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>>> ALL RIGHT, IS MY MICROPHONE 

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ON? WE'RE GOING TO START IT 

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OUT. ALL RIGHT, I DON'T WANT TO

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HIT THE GAVEL, BUT HOLD ON. THAT

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IS MY FIRST TIME HITTING THE 

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GAVEL. I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO 

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KNOW THAT. I'LL DO IT ONE MORE 

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TIME. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO COME

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TO ORDER. THANK YOU. THE MAY 12 

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MEETING OF THE SEATTLE CITY 

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COUNCIL WILL COME TO ORDER. IT 

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IS 2:04, IS THAT GOOD? 2:04 P.M.

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I'M JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCIL 

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PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE

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CALL THE ROLL? 

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>> RINCK? 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> HOUSE MEMBER RIVERA? 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

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HOLLINGSWORTH? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> NINE PRESENT. 

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>> AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 

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HAS A PROCLAMATION FOR SIGNATURE

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AND PRESENTATION TODAY. THE 

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PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES MAY 2026

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AS BIKE EVERYWHERE MONTH. AFTER 

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COUNCILMEMBER SAKA MAKES 

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COMMENT,  THE ROLL WILL BE 

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PRESENT THE PROCLAMATION TO OUR 

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GUEST, AND ALLOW THE GUEST TO 

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PROVIDE BRIEF COMMENT. 

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COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE 

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RECOGNIZED. 

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>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 

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PRESIDENT. IT IS MY DISTINCT 

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HONOR TO PRESENT THIS 

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PROCLAMATION, AGAIN, RECOGNIZING

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MAY 2026 AS BIKE EVERYWHERE 

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MONTH. THIS IS A CRITICALLY 

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IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION NOW MORE 

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THAN EVER THAT WE'RE BRINGING 

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FORWARD ON BEHALF OF SEATTLE'S 

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BICYCLE COMMUNITY. WHICH HERE 

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WITH US TODAY INCLUDE FOLKS FROM

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CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB, BUT ALSO 

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OUR BROADER BIKING COMMUNITY 

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PROJECT, AND COUNTLESS OTHERS 

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TIRELESSLY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO 

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STILL MORE WORK TO DO. TOO MANY 

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PEOPLE CONTINUE TO BE INJURED OR

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SAFE GETTING AROUND THEIR CITY, 

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WORK THAT ORGANIZATIONS AND 

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ADVOCATES HERE TODAY DO TO KEEP 

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PASSIONATE CYCLING COMMUNITY. 

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SOMETHING I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD 

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OF. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, MADAM 

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COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I KNOW WE'RE

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GOING TO DO THE SIGNING OF 

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SIGNATURES AT THIS MOMENT, BUT 

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I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 

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READ A FEW SELECT PASSAGES. THIS

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WELL-CRAFTED PROCLAMATION, SO 

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GOING TO READ THE ENTIRE THING. 

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BUT I WILL READ A FEW SELECT 

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PROCLAMATION. IT'S A HEALTHY, 

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FINANCIAL, AND ACCESSIBLE FORM 

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OF TRANSPORTATION THAT REDUCES 

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WORK OF THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT 

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OF TRANSPORTATION, THE CITY HAS 

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DELIVERED TRANSFORMATIONAL 

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ALASKA WAY, ADDING MORE THAN 20 

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2021 ALONE. AND WHEREAS 

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GOALS. AND WHEREAS CASCADE 

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REBRANDING. SEATTLE STREET 

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INCLUDING BIKE EVERYWHERE DAY ON

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MAY 13, 2026, WHICH IS TOMORROW.

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WHEREAS THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL

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CALLS UPON ALL RESIDENTS TO 

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PROTECTED ROUTES, AND JOINING 

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THE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WORKING 

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SAFER, HEALTHIER, AND MORE 

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CONNECTED CITY FOR EVERYONE. 

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NOW, THEREFORE WE DO DECLARE 

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TODAY TO BE, WELL, THIS MONTH, 

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TO BE BIKE EVERYWHERE MONTH IN 

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THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 

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>> AWESOME. THANK YOU 

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COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. ARE THERE 

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ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE 

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PROCLAMATION TODAY? TAKING A 

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QUICK SCAN. THANK YOU, 

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COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR BRINGING 

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THIS AND FOR CRAFTING A WELL 

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READ AND DELIVERED PROCLAMATION 

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AS WELL. WE LOVE BIKE EVERYWHERE

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MONTH, AND WE'RE LOOKING 

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FORWARD TO GETTING THIS SIGNED. 

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SO I WILL CALL, WILL THE CLERK 

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PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO FIND OUT

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WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE 

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TO AFFIX THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE 

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PROCLAMATION? 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

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>> AYE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

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>> AYE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

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>> AYE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

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>> AYE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

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>> YES. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

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>> AYE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

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>> AYE. 

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>> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 

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KETTLE? 

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>> AYE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

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>> AYE. 

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>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

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HOLLINGSWORTH? 

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>> YES. 

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>> NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE 

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AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION. 

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>> AWESOME, SO EVERYONE ON 

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COUNCIL IS DECLARING IT. THANK 

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YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 

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THIS. I THINK NOW WHAT WE'RE 

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GOING TO DO, IF THERE'S NO 

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OBJECTION, WE'RE GOING TO 

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SUSPEND THE RULES, SO 

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COUNCILMEMBER SAKA CAN PRESENT 

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THE PROCLAMATION, AND THEN ARE 

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THERE A LIST OF SPEAKERS THAT 

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ARE GOING TO BE JOINING US TODAY

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AS WELL? 

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>> YES, THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL

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PRESIDENT. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO 

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INVITE TYLER VAZQUEZ FROM 

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CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB FORWARD TO 

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GIVE HIS REMARKS. WELCOME. 

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. MY 

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POLICY AND ADVOCACY OFFICER FOR 

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CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB. WHEN YOU 

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LEARN TO RIDE A BIKE, THE FIRST 

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THING YOU NOTICE ISN'T THE WIND

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IN YOUR HAIR OR THE FREEDOM 

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EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT, IT'S THE 

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GROUND. YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN, 

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WATCHING THE PAVEMENT, FIGURING 

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OUT WHERE IT'S SAFE TO GO. AND 

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IN SEATTLE, MORE AND MORE THAT 

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PAVEMENT IS FOR PEOPLE WHO BIKE 

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OR WANT TO. MAY IS BIKE 

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EVERYWHERE MONTH. BECAUSE OF 

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PROTECTED BIKE LANES, THE 

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GREENWAYS THAT IMPROVE CROSSINGS

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GOING IN ACROSS THE CITY, 

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GETTING ON A BIKE DOESN'T FEEL 

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LIKE A DARE ANYWHERE. IT FEELS 

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LIKE A CHOICE, A REAL CHOICE. 

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AND TODAY WITH THIS BIKE MONTH 

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PROCLAMATION, OUR ELECTED 

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OFFICIALS ARE PUTTING THAT IN 

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WRITING. THEY'RE SAYING 

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OFFICIALLY ON RECORD, BIKES 

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BELONG IN SEATTLE. PEOPLE WHO 

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RIDE BELONG ON OUR STREETS. 

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PEOPLE WHO RIDE BELONG HERE. 

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THAT MATTERS MORE THAN I CAN 

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SAY. NOT JUST FOR THE SEASON 

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CYCLISTS WHO HAVE BEEN 

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ADVOCATING FOR YEARS FOR OUR 

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PROTECTED BIKE NETWORK, BUT TO 

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EVERY KID, EVERY NEWCOMER, EVERY

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PERSON WHO LOOKS AT SEATTLE 

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STREETS AND WONDER IF THERE IS A

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PLACE FOR THEM. WASHINGTON STATE

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HAS EARNED THE MOST 

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BIKE-FRIENDLY STATE IN THE 

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UNITED STATES. AND SEATTLE IS 

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FORWARD THINKING, MAKING SURE 

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OUR STREETS ARE SAFE FOR PEOPLE 

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WHO BIKE. THIS HAS EARNED 

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NATIONAL RECREATION FOR BUILDING

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A TRULY BIKABLE CITY, AND THAT 

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RECOGNITION BELONGS TO ADVOCATES

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WHO SHOW UP MONTH AFTER MONTH, 

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MEETING AFTER MEETING, AND TO 

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THE LEADERS IN THE ROOM WHO 

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LISTENED AND ACTED, SO THANK 

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YOU. WHEN YOU FUNDED AND 

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CHAMPIONED, WHAT YOU FUNDED AND 

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CHAMPIONED HAS CHANGED WHAT'S 

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POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. 

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PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BIKE. SO 

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WHAT'S NEXT? THE SKYROCKETING, 

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MORE PEOPLE ARE DITCHING THEIR 

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CAR AND MOVING TOWARDS USING 

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THEIR BIKE OR CHOOSING TO WALK 

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OR CHOOSING  TO ROLL. THIS MEANS

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WE NEED SAFER STREETS BY ADDING 

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MORE PROTECTED BIKE LANES, AND 

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MAKING SURE WE SLOW DOWN OUR 

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DRIVERS. BETTER CONNECTIONS 

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ACROSS OUR CITY AND 

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NEIGHBORHOODS, A NETWORK THAT 

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TAKES SOMEONE FROM THEIR FIRST 

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WOBBLY RIDE AND TAKES THEIR 

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TRAINING WHEELS OFF TO BECOME A 

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CONFIDENT COMMUTER THROUGH AND 

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THROUGH THE CITY, AND MAKES 

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EVERY MILE IN BETWEEN FEEL SAFE.

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BIKE EVERYWHERE MONTH IS OUR 

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MOMENT TO SHOW THE CITY WHAT'S 

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POSSIBLE WHEN PEOPLE FEEL SAFE 

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ENOUGH TO TRY. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE

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GETTING CLOSER. SEATTLE, LET'S 

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GET THERE TOGETHER. THANK YOU, 

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COUNCIL, LET'S BIKE EVERYWHERE,

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ESPECIALLY TOMORROW. [ APPLAUSE 

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] 

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>> MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF 

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IT PLEASE THE COUNCIL HERE, 

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WOULD LIKE ONE OTHER PERSON, 

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REPRESENTATIVE, TO SPEAK. ON 

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BEHALF OF SEATTLE STREETS 

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ALLIANCE. WELCOME. AND THEN 

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WE'LL TAKE OUR PICTURE. 

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>> AWESOME, THANK YOU. 

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>> HI, EVERYONE. IS THAT 

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WORKING? HI, EVERYONE, I'M 

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CLARA CANTER, A COMMUNITY 

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ORGANIZER WITH SEATTLE STREET 

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ALLIANCE. WE ARE A GRASSROOTS, 

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PEOPLE-POWERED MOVEMENT. WE WORK

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TO MAKE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN 

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SEATTLE A SAFE PLACE TO WALK, 

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BIKE, AND LIVE. THIS YEAR WE'RE

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CELEBRATING OUR 15th 

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ANNIVERSARY. I WANTED TO LOOK 

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BACK FOR A MOMENT AND LOOK BACK 

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AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE CITY 

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FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. IN THAT 

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TIME, BIKING IN SEATTLE HAS 

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COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED. BACK IN 

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THE DAY, WE WERE CELEBRATING 

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WHEN SEATTLE WAS PAINTING THE 

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STREETS. WE CELEBRATED PUTTING 

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IN OUR FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD 

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GREENWAY UP IN WALLINGFORD. IN 

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2014 WE PASSED A BIKE MASTER 

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PLAN THAT AT THE TIME WAS ONE OF

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THE MOST AMBITIOUS IN THE ENTIRE

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COUNTRY. WHEN I FIRST STARTED 

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ORGANIZING WITH SEATTLE STREETS 

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ALLIANCE, MY VERY FIRST CAMPAIGN

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WAS ADVOCATING FOR A DOWNTOWN 

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BASIC BIKE NETWORK, WHICH NOW IS

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BUILT ON OUR STREETS AND USED BY

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TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 

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EVERY DAY. IT'S AMAZING. I'VE 

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BEEN A LIFELONG BIKE COMMUTER, 

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AND BIKING AROUND MY 

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NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SOUTH END 

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HAS CHANGED COMPLETELY, JUST IN 

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THE LAST FIVE, TEN YEARS. WE 

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HAVE NEW BIKE LANES ON MLK, 

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COLUMBIAN WAY, BEACON AVENUE, 

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THROUGH SODO, THE SOUTH PARK 

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TRAIL. WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY 

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TO BIKE ALL THE WAY FROM THE 

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SHIP CANAL TRAIL, DOWN ALONG THE

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SEATTLE WATERFRONT, AND ALL THE 

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WAY WITHOUT EVER MIXING WITH 

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VEHICLE TRAFFIC, WHICH IS 

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INCREDIBLE. IT'S AMAZING THAT 

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WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. OUR CITY

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NOW HAS 31 MILES OF PROTECTED 

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BIKE LANES AND 55 MILES OF 

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NEIGHBORHOOD GREENWAYS, AND 

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THAT'S THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY 

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MEMBERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN UP AND 

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SAID THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T SAFE 

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FOR ME TO BIKE WITH MY KIDS, AND

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PUSHING FOR FUNDING ALLOCATION 

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FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THEIR 

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NEIGHBORHOODS FOR MORE BIKE TEAM

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STAFF MEMBERS AT SDOT, FOR 

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PASSING THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY 

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IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND

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WE ARE SO, SO, SO GRATEFUL FOR 

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OUR ELECTED LEADERS WHO ARE 

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WILLING TO STAND UP AND SAY 

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IT'S IMPORTANT WE WORK TOWARDS 

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VISION ZERO. IT'S IMPORTANT 

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THAT WE END TRAFFIC DEATHS AND 

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SERIOUS INJURIES ON OUR STREETS,

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WHO ARE WILLING TO SAY OUR 

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CLIMATE GOALS AND THE GEOMETRY 

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OF OUR STREETS DEMAND WE PROVIDE

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WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET AROUND 

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EFFICIENTLY WITHOUT A PRIVATE 

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VEHICLE. AND ELECTED LEADER WHO 

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IS ARE EXCITED TO BE STANDING 

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HERE, DECLARING MAY BIKE 

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EVERYWHERE MONTH. WE ARE VERY 

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EXCITED TO CONTINUE THIS WORK 

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TOGETHER TO CLOSE THE GAPS IN 

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OUR BIKE NETWORK, TO MAKE IT 

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MORE USABLE, MORE INTUITIVE, 

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MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL. EVERY 

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TIME WE COMPLETE A NEW BIKE 

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PROJECT IN SEATTLE, THAT 

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NEIGHBORHOOD BECOMES MORE 

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ACCESSIBLE. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE

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WHO ARE RIDING, WHO ARE WOMEN, 

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WHO ARE ELDERS, WHO ARE YOUNG 

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PEOPLE, WHO ARE KIDS, WHO ARE 

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DISABLED RIDERS, SKYROCKET EVERY

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TIME WE BUILD NEW INFRASTRUCTURE

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HERE IN SEATTLE. AND WE CAN 

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COMPLETE THOSE HARD GAPS, AND 

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COMPLETE THE HARD ROUTES, 

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CONNECTING NEIGHBORHOODS IN AND 

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NEAR RAINIER VALLEY, TO NEW 

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TRAIN STOPS IN THE NORTH END, TO

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MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT COMPLETE 

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CONNECTED NETWORK, SO THAT WE 

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CAN SHARE THE JOY OF GETTING 

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AROUND OUR BIKE WITH OUR KIDS 

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AND OUR GRANDKIDS, AND SO WE CAN

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ACTUALLY BIKE EVERYWHERE. LET'S

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USE IT HAD MOMENTUM AND GET TO 

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WORK. THANK YOU. 

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>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. [ 

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APPLAUSE ] 

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>> THANK YOU, ARE THERE ANY 

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OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE ASK 

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SOME OF THE FOLKS. I DON'T KNOW

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HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING UP TO

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TAKE OUR COUNCIL PHOTO FOR MAY. 

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IS T█HERE A COUPLE? 

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>> WELL, YES, MADAM COUNCIL 

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PRESIDENT. WOULD LIKE TO INVITE 

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REPRESENTATIVES FROM CASCADE, 

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WASHINGTON BIKES, SEATTLE 

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STREETS ALLIANCE, BIKE WORKS, 

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TRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION

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FORWARD TO TAKE OUR PHOTO. 

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>> AWESOME. 

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>> TOGETHER, AND THEN POINT OF 

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CLARIFICATION AS WELL. THIS IS 

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CLEARLY SIGNED BY ALL NINE OF 

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US, BUT ALSO IT'S A JOINT 

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PROCLAMATION THAT MAYOR WILSON 

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HAS SIGNED AS WELL. 

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>> AWESOME. SOUNDS GOOD. 

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AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, SO 

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REPRESENTATIVES FROM THOSE 

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GROUPS, IF YOU'D COME FORWARD, 

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YOU CAN COME OVER HERE TO THE 

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RIGHT AND JUST COME UP, AND WE 

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WILL TAKE OUR COUNCIL PHOTO. AND

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THEN SUE WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE. 

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SUE, YOU'LL GIVE US THE 

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COUNTDOWN TO WHEN. AWESOME. 

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AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU'LL 

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BE IN THE MIDDLE. 

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>> THANK YOU, ALL. THANK YOU, 

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,

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WE'LL RESUME. 

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>> ALL YOURS. 

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>> THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC. WHEN

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WE HAVE THESE PROCLAMATIONS, 

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IT'S ALWAYS FUN, AND IT'S A 

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NEW THING WHERE WE'RE TAKING 

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GROUP PHOTOS, SO I APPRECIATE 

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YOU BEING PATIENT WITH US AS WE 

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DO THAT, AND THANK YOU, 

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COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, WE ARE VERY 

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EXCITED FOR MAY TO BE BIKE 

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EVERYWHERE MONTH. SO IF YOU 

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DON'T HAVE A CHANCE, YOU SHOULD

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FLY DOWN MADISON IN THE BIKE 

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LANE AND BIKE, BE ON A BIKE OR 

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IN THE BUS LANE. IT'S THE MOST 

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FUN THING GOING EAST. IT IS, 

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FROM BROADWAY AND JUST FLYING 

501
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DOWN THE HILL IN YOUR BIKE. I 

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WANTED TO THROW THAT DOWN HERE. 

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SO COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME, 

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WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE HYBRID 

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. IT'S 

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LIMITED TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S 

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AGENDA OR THE INTRODUCTION AND 

508
00:20:02,834 --> 00:20:04,803
REFERRAL CALENDAR OR WITHIN THE 

509
00:20:04,803 --> 00:20:07,873
COUNCIL'S PER VIEW. SO OUR WORK

510
00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,541
PROGRAM. THE COUNCIL CANNOT 

511
00:20:09,541 --> 00:20:11,443
ACCEPT COMMENTS ON QUASI 

512
00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:15,180
JUDICIAL ITEMS OR CAMPAIGN 

513
00:20:15,180 --> 00:20:15,847
RELATED MATTERS. SPEAKER, CLERK,

514
00:20:15,847 --> 00:20:17,316
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE 

515
00:20:17,316 --> 00:20:17,616
SIGNED UP? 

516
00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:20,018
>> WE HAVE 16 IN PERSON AND 

517
00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:20,485
THREE REMOTE. 

518
00:20:20,485 --> 00:20:22,454
>> AWESOME, 16, SO THAT'S 19. 

519
00:20:22,454 --> 00:20:24,489
EVERYONE WILL GET TWO MINUTES. 

520
00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:28,126
WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ THE 

521
00:20:28,126 --> 00:20:29,328
PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? 

522
00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:29,962
>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

523
00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:32,030
WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 

524
00:20:32,030 --> 00:20:32,798
FOLLOWING MATTER. SPEAKERS WILL 

525
00:20:32,798 --> 00:20:34,900
BE CALLED IN WHICH THEY WERE 

526
00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,134
REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A

527
00:20:36,134 --> 00:20:37,903
CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS IS LEFT OF

528
00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:39,404
THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS WILL 

529
00:20:39,404 --> 00:20:41,740
BE MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON 

530
00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:42,808
THE NEXT SPEAKER. PUBLIC COMMENT

531
00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:43,909
PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE'LL 

532
00:20:43,909 --> 00:20:45,444
BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 

533
00:20:45,444 --> 00:20:45,711
THE LIST. 

534
00:20:45,711 --> 00:20:46,979
>> AWESOME, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, 

535
00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:49,748
YOU KNOW WE GO TO IN-PERSON 

536
00:20:49,748 --> 00:20:50,515
SPEAKERS FIRST, THEN WE'LL JUMP

537
00:20:50,515 --> 00:20:52,150
ONLINE TO YOU ALL. WE DO HAVE 16

538
00:20:52,150 --> 00:20:54,086
IN PERSON, THEN WE'LL GO TO OUR

539
00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:57,723
ONLINE FOLKS. THE FIRST PEOPLE 

540
00:20:57,723 --> 00:21:01,927
UP IS RUTH FOLLOWED BY JAN, SO 

541
00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:05,864
RUTH, FOLLOWED BY JAN JOHNSON, 

542
00:21:05,864 --> 00:21:11,903
NICK CURT, PAUL, YVONNE, AND 

543
00:21:11,903 --> 00:21:19,511
THEN WE HAVE HAMSON, . WELCOME. 

544
00:21:19,511 --> 00:21:22,848
>> MY NAME IS RUTH, HERE 

545
00:21:22,848 --> 00:21:23,782
REPRESENTING FRIENDS OF QUEEN 

546
00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:25,550
ANNE. BARNEY FRANK WHO IS IN 

547
00:21:25,550 --> 00:21:26,151
HOSPICE CARE OBSERVED THAT 

548
00:21:26,151 --> 00:21:30,122
OVERREACH BY THE LEFT WITH 

549
00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:31,657
STANCES THAT ALIENATE MODERATES 

550
00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:33,425
HAS SET DEMOCRATS BACK. WE, THE 

551
00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:34,593
MODERATES, COMPROMISE. WE TRY TO

552
00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:36,561
UNDERSTAND THE OTHER SIDE, AND 

553
00:21:36,561 --> 00:21:37,262
FIND THE REASONABLE MIDDLE 

554
00:21:37,262 --> 00:21:39,398
GROUND. WE BELIEVE IN A BIG 

555
00:21:39,398 --> 00:21:40,932
TENT. WE RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO 

556
00:21:40,932 --> 00:21:42,601
UPZONE FROM OUR GROWTH, BUT 

557
00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:43,802
REALIZE UPZONING ALONE WON'T 

558
00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:44,936
MAKE HOUSING MORE AFFORDABLE FOR

559
00:21:44,936 --> 00:21:47,773
THOSE WHO NEED IT MOST. WE THINK

560
00:21:47,773 --> 00:21:48,607
WE CAN GROW SEAMLESSLY BLENDING 

561
00:21:48,607 --> 00:21:51,043
THE NEW WITH THE OLD TO TAKE A 

562
00:21:51,043 --> 00:21:52,711
PHRASE FROM OUR PLAN WITHOUT 

563
00:21:52,711 --> 00:21:55,280
LOSING OUR TREE CANOPY OR 

564
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:56,248
ROLLING BACK IMPORTANT 

565
00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,249
DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS, LIKE 

566
00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:58,917
THE ONE BEING CONSIDERED 

567
00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:01,386
THURSDAY THAT WILL REDUCE STORM 

568
00:22:01,386 --> 00:22:02,921
WATER RUNOFF REQUIREMENTS. BUT 

569
00:22:02,921 --> 00:22:04,823
WE, MODERATES, ARE DROWNED OUT 

570
00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:06,391
BY A WELL-OILED SEATTLE MACHINE 

571
00:22:06,391 --> 00:22:08,894
OF PAID LOBBYISTS AND CITIZEN 

572
00:22:08,894 --> 00:22:10,595
ORGANIZERS WHOSE MESSAGE IS 

573
00:22:10,595 --> 00:22:13,231
AMPLIFIED BY THE URBANIST AND 

574
00:22:13,231 --> 00:22:14,132
OTHER BIAS ADVOCACY JOURNALISM. 

575
00:22:14,132 --> 00:22:15,600
THEY ARE RIDGED IN THEIR VIEWS 

576
00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,637
AND ATTACK AND VILIFY ANY 

577
00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:19,771
ATTEMPT AT MODERATION. MANY IN 

578
00:22:19,771 --> 00:22:23,375
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS REMAIN UNAWARE

579
00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:24,443
OF THE ZONING CHANGES COMING. 

580
00:22:24,443 --> 00:22:26,378
MANY WHO DO FEEL TOO 

581
00:22:26,378 --> 00:22:27,412
DISHEARTENED OR DISTRACTED BY 

582
00:22:27,412 --> 00:22:29,514
NATIONAL POLITICS TO TAKE ON 

583
00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:30,315
ANOTHER BATTLE. BUT I'LL TELL 

584
00:22:30,315 --> 00:22:32,317
YOU THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 

585
00:22:32,317 --> 00:22:35,721
SUPPORTERS OF AFFORDABLE AND 

586
00:22:35,721 --> 00:22:36,355
SOCIAL HOUSING FIELD BEWILDERED 

587
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:42,961
AND ANGRY ABOUT WHAT THE CITY IS

588
00:22:42,961 --> 00:22:44,396
DOING. WHO GETS A SEAT AT THE 

589
00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:47,165
TABLE. SO WE ASK YOU, THE MAYOR 

590
00:22:47,165 --> 00:22:52,304
AND OBCD, TO GIVE US A SEAT AT 

591
00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:53,271
THE TABLE. THANK YOU. 

592
00:22:53,271 --> 00:22:54,272
>> THANK YOU, RUTH. NEXT, JAN, 

593
00:22:54,272 --> 00:22:56,675
FOLLOWED BY NICK. 

594
00:23:03,181 --> 00:23:03,782
IS JAN HERE? JAN JOHNSON? 

595
00:23:03,782 --> 00:23:08,687
WELCOME. AND THEN NICK IS NEXT. 

596
00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:10,021
>> MY NAME IS JAN JOHNSON. I'VE

597
00:23:10,021 --> 00:23:11,823
BEEN IN BUSINESS IN SEATTLE 

598
00:23:11,823 --> 00:23:16,661
SINCE 19, I DON'T KNOW, 84, THE

599
00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:18,663
PANAMA HOTEL. I WANT TO SPEAK ON

600
00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:20,499
BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN HOTEL THE

601
00:23:20,499 --> 00:23:23,668
USE OF THE CID. I THINK THE BEST

602
00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:25,504
USE IS A USE HOSTEL. A LOT OF 

603
00:23:25,504 --> 00:23:27,672
PEOPLE COME TO MY BUILDING. 

604
00:23:27,672 --> 00:23:30,509
IT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF 

605
00:23:30,509 --> 00:23:31,176
CLIENTELE. THERE'S BACKPACKERS,

606
00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:33,311
AND THEY WANT TO STAY HERE, BUT 

607
00:23:33,311 --> 00:23:34,279
THEY WANT TO PAY LESS. THEY'RE 

608
00:23:34,279 --> 00:23:37,215
FINE WITH SLEEPING IN BUNKS AND 

609
00:23:37,215 --> 00:23:38,016
THINGS LIKE THAT. I'VE SHOWN 

610
00:23:38,016 --> 00:23:39,417
THEM WHERE THE AMERICAN HOTEL 

611
00:23:39,417 --> 00:23:41,052
IS. I THINK IT'S A GOOD USE, 

612
00:23:41,052 --> 00:23:44,689
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IT STAY 

613
00:23:44,689 --> 00:23:51,129
THAT WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF -- IS

614
00:23:51,129 --> 00:23:52,030
THAT ENOUGH? TO SAY THANKS. IS 

615
00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:53,832
THAT ENOUGH? I'D LIKE TO LOOK 

616
00:23:53,832 --> 00:23:55,867
INTO IT MORE. I DON'T KNOW IF 

617
00:23:55,867 --> 00:24:02,407
THIS COUNCIL IS ON LAND USE FOR 

618
00:24:02,407 --> 00:24:04,976
THAT BUILDING. ALSO A LOT OF US 

619
00:24:04,976 --> 00:24:07,245
ARE FLOUNDERING, RIGHT? AS FAR 

620
00:24:07,245 --> 00:24:08,346
AS TAXES, LICENSE, IF THE CITY 

621
00:24:08,346 --> 00:24:10,248
WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH 

622
00:24:10,248 --> 00:24:11,983
BUSINESSES LIKE THEM. IF HE'S 

623
00:24:11,983 --> 00:24:13,885
HAVING A HARD TIME, WHATEVER IT 

624
00:24:13,885 --> 00:24:16,087
IS, WE'RE GETTING PEOPLE IN 

625
00:24:16,087 --> 00:24:17,189
HERE. I THINK THE PEOPLE SHOULD 

626
00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:20,091
WORK MORE ON THE OTHER END AS 

627
00:24:20,091 --> 00:24:24,896
OPPOSED  TO PUNISHING US FOR 

628
00:24:24,896 --> 00:24:25,530
FINANCING DIFFERENT THINGS. IF 

629
00:24:25,530 --> 00:24:26,865
YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, I

630
00:24:26,865 --> 00:24:29,334
CAN GET BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU 

631
00:24:29,334 --> 00:24:31,236
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR 

632
00:24:31,236 --> 00:24:31,603
CONSIDERATION. 

633
00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:32,604
>> THANK YOU, JAN. NEXT, WE HAVE

634
00:24:32,604 --> 00:24:36,107
NICK. I WAS GOING TO SAY, MOVING

635
00:24:36,107 --> 00:24:40,512
THAT MICROPHONE UP, IT WAS 

636
00:24:40,512 --> 00:24:43,281
BOTHERING ME. WE WERE OFF 

637
00:24:43,281 --> 00:24:45,050
BALANCE. THANK YOU. WELCOME. 

638
00:24:45,050 --> 00:24:45,650
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, ESTEEMED 

639
00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:46,251
COUNCILMEMBERS. I'D LIKE TO 

640
00:24:46,251 --> 00:24:48,086
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO

641
00:24:48,086 --> 00:24:53,859
SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS NICK, 

642
00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:58,363
AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING. I'M

643
00:24:58,363 --> 00:24:59,464
ALSO A LIFELONG SEATTLITE. I 

644
00:24:59,464 --> 00:25:00,365
WENT TO ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, 

645
00:25:00,365 --> 00:25:01,800
AND THE UNIVERSITY OF 

646
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,236
WASHINGTON. SO I COME HERE NOT 

647
00:25:04,236 --> 00:25:04,870
JUST REPRESENTING SEATTLE LONG 

648
00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:08,240
SHOREMEN, BUT I FEEL QUALIFIED 

649
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,374
TO REPRESENT SEATTLE. AS IT IS 

650
00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:14,946
THE ONLY HOME I'VE EVER KNOWN. 

651
00:25:14,946 --> 00:25:16,748
UNEQUIVOCALLY SUPPORT UNION MADE

652
00:25:16,748 --> 00:25:19,017
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 

653
00:25:19,017 --> 00:25:21,686
PROJECTS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. 

654
00:25:21,686 --> 00:25:23,989
JUST NOT HOUSING IN SODO AND THE

655
00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:25,056
INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. OUR LOVE 

656
00:25:25,056 --> 00:25:26,825
FOR OUR UNION BROTHERS AND 

657
00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:30,228
SISTERS IN ALL INDUSTRIES RUN 

658
00:25:30,228 --> 00:25:32,063
DEEP, RUNS DEEP, AND AN INJURY 

659
00:25:32,063 --> 00:25:35,166
TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL. WE 

660
00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:38,336
WANT OUR UNION SIBLINGS WORKING,

661
00:25:38,336 --> 00:25:39,804
AND WE'RE EXCITED WHEN WE SEE 

662
00:25:39,804 --> 00:25:41,806
THE CRANES UP ACROSS THE SEATTLE

663
00:25:41,806 --> 00:25:47,212
SKYLINE. BUT I'M NOT JUST HERE 

664
00:25:47,212 --> 00:25:48,113
REPRESENTING, BUT HERE  

665
00:25:48,113 --> 00:25:55,387
REPRESENTING POTATO FARMERS IN 

666
00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:56,221
IDAHO, STEELWORKERS IN WEST 

667
00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:59,057
SEATTLE. TO IMPORT AND EXPORT 

668
00:25:59,057 --> 00:26:00,091
THEIR GOODS ACROSS THE GLOBE. 

669
00:26:00,091 --> 00:26:02,294
WE, AS AN INDUSTRY, DON'T 

670
00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:03,561
BELIEVE THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT 

671
00:26:03,561 --> 00:26:06,197
IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE, 

672
00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:10,468
AND I BELIEVE THAT THE GROWTH 

673
00:26:10,468 --> 00:26:11,503
MANAGEMENT HEARING BOARD AFFIRMS

674
00:26:11,503 --> 00:26:12,470
THAT. ANY FUTURE HOUSING 

675
00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:14,773
DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO RUN INTO

676
00:26:14,773 --> 00:26:16,708
THESE EXACT SAME ISSUES THAT 

677
00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:18,043
AREN'T GOING AWAY. AS A 

678
00:26:18,043 --> 00:26:20,712
LIFELONG SEATTLE RESIDENT, MY 

679
00:26:20,712 --> 00:26:21,947
QUESTION TO OUR LEADERSHIP IS 

680
00:26:21,947 --> 00:26:25,183
HOW MUCH DO WE FEEL SEATTLE IS A

681
00:26:25,183 --> 00:26:26,851
GLOBAL CITY? OUR FOOTHOLD TO 

682
00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:30,689
RELEVANCE AND GLOBAL TRADE IS 

683
00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:31,923
RIGHT OUT THAT WINDOW. SEATTLE 

684
00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:33,858
IS TWO STOPLIGHTS AWAY FROM 

685
00:26:33,858 --> 00:26:34,726
MIAMI, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, 

686
00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:36,761
CHICAGO. ALL THOSE ARE VIBRANT 

687
00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:38,596
GLOBAL PORT CITIES THAT 

688
00:26:38,596 --> 00:26:42,000
UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF 

689
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:43,501
INDUSTRIAL LANDS. WHOLEHEARTEDLY

690
00:26:43,501 --> 00:26:44,536
SUPPORTS THIS LEGISLATION, AND I

691
00:26:44,536 --> 00:26:45,737
THANK YOU, OUR FRIENDS ON THE 

692
00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:48,573
BOARD WHO HAVE THE INSIGHT AND 

693
00:26:48,573 --> 00:26:53,545
MENTAL FORTITUDE TO UNDERSTAND 

694
00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:56,815
THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE 

695
00:26:56,815 --> 00:26:57,215
INDUSTRIAL LANDS. 

696
00:26:57,215 --> 00:27:03,288
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NICK. 

697
00:27:03,288 --> 00:27:03,955
OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU. NICK. 

698
00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:08,126
NEXT WE HAVE KURT FOLLOWED BY 

699
00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:14,299
PAUL AND THEN YVONNE. I DON'T 

700
00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:14,899
SEE YOUR HELMET THOUGH, NICK. 

701
00:27:14,899 --> 00:27:17,235
YEAH, OKAY. 

702
00:27:17,235 --> 00:27:18,470
>> COUNCILMEMBERS, THANKS FOR 

703
00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:21,906
HAVING US TODAY. AS ONE OF THE 

704
00:27:21,906 --> 00:27:24,275
FOUNDERS OF TOGETHER FOR 

705
00:27:24,275 --> 00:27:27,846
SEATTLE, A FACILITATION NETWORK 

706
00:27:27,846 --> 00:27:28,646
THAT IS BRINGING PEOPLE 

707
00:27:28,646 --> 00:27:29,781
TOGETHER. OUR PURPOSE FOLLOWING 

708
00:27:29,781 --> 00:27:32,317
COVID WAS TO BRING A CHURCH 

709
00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:33,184
TOGETHER TO MEET SOME NAMES. 

710
00:27:33,184 --> 00:27:34,586
COVID HIT THE CHURCH HARD, AND I

711
00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:37,856
THINK IT HIT THE COMMUNITY HARD.

712
00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:39,524
SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS 

713
00:27:39,524 --> 00:27:42,527
BRING THAT BACK BY BUILDING 

714
00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:43,128
RELATIONSHIPS, HAVING SOME 

715
00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:44,095
DESIRED OUTCOMES TO MEET THE 

716
00:27:44,095 --> 00:27:45,063
NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHAT

717
00:27:45,063 --> 00:27:47,365
YOU'RE DOING HERE IN THE CITY 

718
00:27:47,365 --> 00:27:49,267
IS ON HOW WE WORK TOGETHER. 

719
00:27:49,267 --> 00:27:50,935
WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT 

720
00:27:50,935 --> 00:27:54,472
REALIZED IN GROUPS THAT ARE 

721
00:27:54,472 --> 00:27:56,107
COMING TOGETHER. ONE THING WE'RE

722
00:27:56,107 --> 00:27:57,475
DOING NOW IS BRINGING DISTRICTS,

723
00:27:57,475 --> 00:27:59,644
AND YOUR DISTRICTS, WE ARE 

724
00:27:59,644 --> 00:28:01,212
BRINGING CHURCHES TOGETHER, 

725
00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:02,714
BUSINESS PEOPLE TOGETHER, AND 

726
00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:05,183
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SAY HOW CAN

727
00:28:05,183 --> 00:28:06,818
WE FACILITATE VARIOUS THINGS 

728
00:28:06,818 --> 00:28:08,420
THAT ARE GOING ON WITHIN THE 

729
00:28:08,420 --> 00:28:11,089
COMMUNITY? RECENTLY WE HAD AN 

730
00:28:11,089 --> 00:28:12,524
EVENT IN WEST SEATTLE. ONE OF 

731
00:28:12,524 --> 00:28:13,758
THE ADMINS WERE THERE, AND I 

732
00:28:13,758 --> 00:28:16,061
THINK IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE 

733
00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:17,729
MEETING. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO DO

734
00:28:17,729 --> 00:28:20,398
THAT. THERE WILL BE UPCOMING 

735
00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:21,833
MEETINGS IN BALLARD, YOU KNOW 

736
00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:22,767
WHERE BALLARD IS. THAT'S KIND 

737
00:28:22,767 --> 00:28:30,542
OF HARD TO GET TO. WEST SEATTLE,

738
00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:31,810
VARIOUS PLACES. SORRY. ANY WAY 

739
00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:33,211
WE WANT TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO

740
00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:34,846
THESE MEETINGS WHEN THEY COME 

741
00:28:34,846 --> 00:28:35,480
TOGETHER, SO WE CAN HAVE AN 

742
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,347
EXCHANGE OF QUESTIONS AND 

743
00:28:36,347 --> 00:28:38,149
ANSWERS, AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU

744
00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:43,088
NEED, AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE 

745
00:28:43,088 --> 00:28:44,756
HELPFUL. A RECENT GATHERING IN 

746
00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:45,957
RAINIER VALLEY, THE MAYOR CAME 

747
00:28:45,957 --> 00:28:50,295
AND SPOKE TO SEVERAL OF US. WE 

748
00:28:50,295 --> 00:28:52,931
HAD A WONDERFUL Q&A TIME 

749
00:28:52,931 --> 00:28:54,833
TOGETHER. SHE ACTUALLY SAID SHE 

750
00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:55,567
KIND OF PROMOTED THIS IDEA OF 

751
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,035
NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE HELPFUL 

752
00:28:57,035 --> 00:29:00,505
TO HER. I THINK YOU HAVE A NEW 

753
00:29:00,505 --> 00:29:01,439
NEIGHBORHOOD CZAR THAT YOU 

754
00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:02,207
APPOINTED. SO WE'RE GOING TO 

755
00:29:02,207 --> 00:29:04,109
INVITE YOU TO COME. WE WILL WORK

756
00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:06,544
WITH YOUR ADMINS FROM THE 

757
00:29:06,544 --> 00:29:07,045
STANDPOINT OF GETTING 

758
00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,480
INFORMATION FROM THEM AS TO WHEN

759
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,014
WE'RE DOING THINGS, AND WE 

760
00:29:10,014 --> 00:29:14,352
INVITE YOU TO COME BECAUSE WE 

761
00:29:14,352 --> 00:29:16,221
THINK THIS Q&A THING WILL BE 

762
00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:16,421
GOOD. 

763
00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:19,557
>> THANK YOU, PAUL. ARE YOU 

764
00:29:19,557 --> 00:29:21,459
CURT? AWESOME. COME ON, CURT, 

765
00:29:21,459 --> 00:29:22,961
THEN FOLLOWED CURT IS YVONNE AND

766
00:29:22,961 --> 00:29:23,161
DON. 

767
00:29:23,161 --> 00:29:27,398
>> I'LL TAKE THE SHORTER ONE. 

768
00:29:27,398 --> 00:29:27,932
HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. I 

769
00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:29,868
APPRECIATE THE TIME TO BE HEARD.

770
00:29:29,868 --> 00:29:32,670
MY NAME IS CURT WITH SPIRIT 

771
00:29:32,670 --> 00:29:33,938
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS TRUCKING 

772
00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:34,606
COMPANY, WAS BASED IN GEORGETOWN

773
00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:39,878
FOR THE FIRST 14 YEARS,  NOW IN 

774
00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:41,379
KENT. JUST SPEAKING HERE IN 

775
00:29:41,379 --> 00:29:47,051
SUPPORT OF THE SENATE BILL 

776
00:29:47,051 --> 00:29:49,521
121171, WHICH IS REPEALING 

777
00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:51,289
121791. FIRST AND FOREMOST, 

778
00:29:51,289 --> 00:29:53,525
VISION ZERO, THAT WAS ADOPTED 

779
00:29:53,525 --> 00:29:55,460
BACK IN 2015. BUILDING HOUSING 

780
00:29:55,460 --> 00:30:00,732
IN THE SODO DISTRICT IS IN 

781
00:30:00,732 --> 00:30:02,767
DIRECT CONFLICT TO THAT, THAT 

782
00:30:02,767 --> 00:30:05,236
MOVEMENT. WHAT THE CITY OF 

783
00:30:05,236 --> 00:30:07,372
SEATTLE HAD ADOPTED BACK 11 

784
00:30:07,372 --> 00:30:11,042
YEARS AGO. SO SAFETY, HAVING 

785
00:30:11,042 --> 00:30:12,477
RESIDENTS COME INTO THE 

786
00:30:12,477 --> 00:30:12,977
NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE 

787
00:30:12,977 --> 00:30:13,711
JEOPARDIZING THE SAFETY OF ALL 

788
00:30:13,711 --> 00:30:15,480
THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE 

789
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,082
LIVING HERE. IT'S NOT THE PLACE

790
00:30:18,082 --> 00:30:20,451
FOR HOUSING. MOST IMPORTANTLY, 

791
00:30:20,451 --> 00:30:22,453
IT'S THE ECONOMIC IMPACT. SO 

792
00:30:22,453 --> 00:30:24,055
IMPEDING FREIGHT MOBILITY IN 

793
00:30:24,055 --> 00:30:26,457
SEATTLE. NOT ONLY IMPACTS THE 

794
00:30:26,457 --> 00:30:28,159
ECONOMY HERE IN SEATTLE, BUT 

795
00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:29,260
ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE. TENS OF

796
00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:30,395
THOUSANDS OF BUSINESSES AND 

797
00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:34,599
PROBABLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS 

798
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:36,301
OF WORKERS. YOU KNOW, WHAT THE 

799
00:30:36,301 --> 00:30:37,235
AVERAGE CITIZEN MAY NOT KNOW IS 

800
00:30:37,235 --> 00:30:39,437
EVERYTHING YOU BUY IN THE STORE 

801
00:30:39,437 --> 00:30:43,808
IS BROUGHT THERE BY A TRUCK. SO 

802
00:30:43,808 --> 00:30:45,410
WHEN YOU IMPEDE, IMPACT THE 

803
00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:47,245
HEAVY HAUL CORRIDOR, YOU ARE 

804
00:30:47,245 --> 00:30:48,646
ACTUALLY IMPACTING EVEN THE WELL

805
00:30:48,646 --> 00:30:49,914
BEING OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHEN 

806
00:30:49,914 --> 00:30:53,518
THEY GO TO THE STORES. MY 

807
00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:56,154
COMPANY ACTUALLY DELIVERS 

808
00:30:56,154 --> 00:30:58,022
PRODUCT FOR QUALITY BICYCLE 

809
00:30:58,022 --> 00:31:00,358
PRODUCTS. WE BRING FULL 

810
00:31:00,358 --> 00:31:01,459
CONTAINERS IN FOR BICYCLES. SO 

811
00:31:01,459 --> 00:31:04,762
IT IS VAST AND COMPREHENSIVE HOW

812
00:31:04,762 --> 00:31:05,830
THE GATEWAY IMPACTS THE WELL 

813
00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:08,099
BEING OF THE WHOLE STATE AND 

814
00:31:08,099 --> 00:31:10,201
EVERY CITIZEN THAT RESIDES HERE.

815
00:31:10,201 --> 00:31:12,203
ALTHOUGH IT MAY BENEFIT, YOU 

816
00:31:12,203 --> 00:31:14,339
KNOW, THE CARPENTERS UNION AND 

817
00:31:14,339 --> 00:31:16,307
SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND MAYBE

818
00:31:16,307 --> 00:31:17,275
RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT THINK, IT 

819
00:31:17,275 --> 00:31:19,711
MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO LIVE 

820
00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:21,913
HERE IN THE SODO DISTRICT, WHICH

821
00:31:21,913 --> 00:31:23,848
IT IS NOT. IT WOULD NEGATIVELY 

822
00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:25,483
IMPACT EVEN THOSE THAT ARE 

823
00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:26,651
REAPING SOME OF THE BENEFITS, SO

824
00:31:26,651 --> 00:31:29,787
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK. I

825
00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:31,422
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 

826
00:31:31,422 --> 00:31:39,530
>> NEXT, WE HAVE YVONNE, 

827
00:31:39,530 --> 00:31:40,732
FOLLOWED BY DON. 

828
00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:40,999
>> IVAN. 

829
00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:46,271
>> SORRY. I WAS FRENCH WITH IT. 

830
00:31:46,271 --> 00:31:50,375
>> I'VE HEARD IT PRONOUNCED 

831
00:31:50,375 --> 00:31:50,608
WORST. 

832
00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:53,077
>> HI, I'M IVAN. I STAY AT 

833
00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:54,512
CHER'S BRICK HOUSE, WITH 36 

834
00:31:54,512 --> 00:31:58,116
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND NOW 

835
00:31:58,116 --> 00:32:00,151
SHELTERS 500 PEOPLE A DAY. OUR 

836
00:32:00,151 --> 00:32:01,052
SHELTERS THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY 

837
00:32:01,052 --> 00:32:02,320
ARE HAVING TO TURN AWAY PEOPLE 

838
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,689
BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE 

839
00:32:04,689 --> 00:32:08,526
SPACE FOR IT. MORE SHELTERS 

840
00:32:08,526 --> 00:32:09,594
DESPERATELY NEED IT. AND CHER 

841
00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:13,898
CAN DO MORE. WE HAVE A 

842
00:32:13,898 --> 00:32:14,532
SUCCESSFUL SHELTER OPERATIONAL 

843
00:32:14,532 --> 00:32:17,135
TEMPLATE, WE JUST NEED THE 

844
00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:18,169
FUNDING OF THE SITES. BOTH TENT 

845
00:32:18,169 --> 00:32:20,605
CITY FOUR AND THREE ARE MOVING 

846
00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:24,342
THIS MONTH, AND IN FACT TENT 

847
00:32:24,342 --> 00:32:25,143
CITY FOUR IS MOVING FRIDAY. 

848
00:32:25,143 --> 00:32:26,544
INVITATIONS TO ANYBODY WHO CAN 

849
00:32:26,544 --> 00:32:29,948
MAKE IT, WHO IS WILLING TO HELP.

850
00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:31,516
TENT CITY THREE ONLY HAS THREE 

851
00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:32,650
MONTHS WITH THEIR HOST, AND WE 

852
00:32:32,650 --> 00:32:35,753
WOULD LOVE TO GET IN ON THE CITY

853
00:32:35,753 --> 00:32:36,721
SITE SEARCH EFFORTS. WE REALLY 

854
00:32:36,721 --> 00:32:42,093
WANT TO MOVE TO A YEAR-LONG 

855
00:32:42,093 --> 00:32:43,061
STAY. THANK YOU. 

856
00:32:43,061 --> 00:32:44,696
>> OKAY. THANK YOU, IVAN. NEXT, 

857
00:32:44,696 --> 00:32:52,570
WE HAVE DOM, FOLLOWED BY HAMSON.

858
00:32:52,570 --> 00:32:54,939
>> HI, I'M WITH TENT CITY 

859
00:32:54,939 --> 00:32:57,608
THREE. AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE 

860
00:32:57,608 --> 00:32:59,310
HAVE 500 SPOTS, INDOORS, AND IN 

861
00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:00,478
TENT CITIES. TOGETHER, WE'VE 

862
00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:01,646
BEEN ASSISTING THE HOMELESS FOR 

863
00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:05,450
MY WHOLE LIFE FOR 36 YEARS NOW. 

864
00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:07,118
WE HAVE A TEMPLATE THAT IS 

865
00:33:07,118 --> 00:33:09,620
WORKING AND CAN BE DUPLICATED. 

866
00:33:09,620 --> 00:33:12,557
TO EXPAND THE HELP PROVIDED IN 

867
00:33:12,557 --> 00:33:13,191
OUR COMMUNITY. UNFORTUNATELY 

868
00:33:13,191 --> 00:33:15,526
WE'RE TURNING PEOPLE AWAY 

869
00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:16,994
BECAUSE WE NEED MORE FUNDING AND

870
00:33:16,994 --> 00:33:19,197
MORE SITES. AND WHAT WE REALLY 

871
00:33:19,197 --> 00:33:20,031
NEED IS PERMANENT OR 

872
00:33:20,031 --> 00:33:22,767
SEMI-PERMANENT SITES AND MORE 

873
00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:23,968
FUNDING. WITHOUT SHELTER, PEOPLE

874
00:33:23,968 --> 00:33:25,403
DIE ON THE STREETS ALONE LIKE 

875
00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:27,905
THE MAN KILLED RIGHT NEAR WHERE 

876
00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:29,807
I'M STAYING. WE NEED SAFETY, 

877
00:33:29,807 --> 00:33:33,010
COMPASSION, FUNDS, AND SUPPORT 

878
00:33:33,010 --> 00:33:35,146
GETTING LONG-TERM SITES. THANK 

879
00:33:35,146 --> 00:33:35,346
YOU. 

880
00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:38,383
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, I THINK 

881
00:33:38,383 --> 00:33:40,385
IT'S HAMSON, FOLLOWED BY ANITRA

882
00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:42,820
AND THEN ORIN. 

883
00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:51,596
AND THEN ANITRA IS NEXT AND THEN

884
00:33:51,596 --> 00:33:52,063
ORIN, WELCOME. 

885
00:33:52,063 --> 00:33:53,264
>> I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO START 

886
00:33:53,264 --> 00:33:54,966
OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR YOUR

887
00:33:54,966 --> 00:33:56,667
TIME TODAY ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK 

888
00:33:56,667 --> 00:34:00,271
BEFORE YOU. I'M HARRISON, AND I

889
00:34:00,271 --> 00:34:01,839
STAY AT TENT CITY FOUR. HAS 36 

890
00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:04,575
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND NOW 

891
00:34:04,575 --> 00:34:09,614
SHELTERS 500 PEOPLE AT TENT 

892
00:34:09,614 --> 00:34:10,181
CITIES. MORE SHELTERS ARE 

893
00:34:10,181 --> 00:34:11,048
DESPERATELY NEEDED. I BELIEVE WE

894
00:34:11,048 --> 00:34:13,985
CAN DO MORE WITH MORE FUNDING 

895
00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:15,620
SITES. WE CAN BRING IN AND HELP 

896
00:34:15,620 --> 00:34:17,855
MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE OFF THE 

897
00:34:17,855 --> 00:34:20,191
STREETS. WITH TIME PROVEN AND 

898
00:34:20,191 --> 00:34:20,792
SUCCESSFUL SHELTER OPERATIONS 

899
00:34:20,792 --> 00:34:23,061
TEMPLATE. I WOULD LIKE TO USE MY

900
00:34:23,061 --> 00:34:23,895
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS AN 

901
00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:25,830
EXAMPLE. THREE WEEKS AGO, I WAS 

902
00:34:25,830 --> 00:34:28,466
HOMELESS AT THE PIER OF SEATTLE.

903
00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:30,601
ALLOWED ME TO SLEEP SAFELY AND 

904
00:34:30,601 --> 00:34:33,771
EAT PROPER MEALS WITH A 

905
00:34:33,771 --> 00:34:34,806
COMMUNITY OF LIKE-MINDED PEERS. 

906
00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:37,175
BOTH TC FOUR AND THREE ARE 

907
00:34:37,175 --> 00:34:41,913
MOVING THIS MONTH. TC THREE HAS 

908
00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:42,713
ONLY A THREE-MONTH HOST. WE 

909
00:34:42,713 --> 00:34:44,882
WOULD LOVE TO GET ON CITY SITES,

910
00:34:44,882 --> 00:34:47,351
AND WE REALLY WANT TO MOVE TO 

911
00:34:47,351 --> 00:34:49,654
YEAR-LONG STAYS. THANK YOU FOR 

912
00:34:49,654 --> 00:34:50,154
YOUR TIME. 

913
00:34:50,154 --> 00:34:53,991
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT, WE 

914
00:34:53,991 --> 00:34:54,759
HAVE ANITRA FOLLOWED BY ORIN. 

915
00:35:01,265 --> 00:35:04,702
>> THANK YOU. ANITRA FREE MAN. 

916
00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:10,007
AS YOU'VE HEARD, THEY HAVE 36 

917
00:35:10,007 --> 00:35:14,312
YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, CURRENTLY 

918
00:35:14,312 --> 00:35:17,448
SHELTER 500 PEOPLE, AND IT IS 

919
00:35:17,448 --> 00:35:18,082
NOT ENOUGH. WE'RE TURNING 

920
00:35:18,082 --> 00:35:23,754
PEOPLE AWAY AT THE DOOR OF THE 

921
00:35:23,754 --> 00:35:27,859
WHEEL SHELTERS. WITHOUT SHELTER,

922
00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:31,496
PEOPLE DIE. I GOT INVOLVED WITH 

923
00:35:31,496 --> 00:35:33,397
SHARE/WHEEL IN 1995, WHILE I WAS

924
00:35:33,397 --> 00:35:36,834
HOMELESS. I GOT INTO HOUSING IN 

925
00:35:36,834 --> 00:35:41,772
1996, AND I STAYED INVOLVED 

926
00:35:41,772 --> 00:35:43,241
BECAUSE THIS IS MY COMMUNITY. 

927
00:35:43,241 --> 00:35:45,510
OVER 30 YEARS, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE

928
00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,345
COME IN TO THIS COMMUNITY WITH 

929
00:35:47,345 --> 00:35:52,416
WHAT I CALL THE GREAT PAVEMENT 

930
00:35:52,416 --> 00:35:57,121
LOOK. THEY'RE TORN DOWN, TORN 

931
00:35:57,121 --> 00:35:57,722
UP, PRACTICALLY SLEEPWALKING, 

932
00:35:57,722 --> 00:36:00,324
AND THEY MAY SIT THERE DURING 

933
00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:01,826
MEETINGS, AND THERE'S SOMEBODY 

934
00:36:01,826 --> 00:36:05,630
ASKING FOR THEIR OPINION. IT'S 

935
00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:09,634
LIKE, WHAT? AND THEN THEY SLOWLY

936
00:36:09,634 --> 00:36:11,736
COME BACK TO LIFE BECAUSE 

937
00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:12,670
EVERYWHERE TAKES FOR GRANTED 

938
00:36:12,670 --> 00:36:15,706
THAT YOU DO HAVE AN OPINION. YOU

939
00:36:15,706 --> 00:36:19,277
DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN 

940
00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:21,512
CONTRIBUTE. YOU ARE NEEDED HERE,

941
00:36:21,512 --> 00:36:23,447
AND YOU'RE WANTED AND YOU'RE 

942
00:36:23,447 --> 00:36:27,385
VALUED HERE. I SEE PEOPLE COMING

943
00:36:27,385 --> 00:36:30,388
BACK TO LIFE EVERY DAY IN THE 

944
00:36:30,388 --> 00:36:33,224
COMMUNITY, AND I CONTRAST THAT 

945
00:36:33,224 --> 00:36:35,760
WITH STANDING VIGIL OUT THERE 

946
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:40,364
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DIED WITHOUT 

947
00:36:40,364 --> 00:36:43,601
THE COMMUNITY. PLEASE HELP US 

948
00:36:43,601 --> 00:36:47,004
GIVE THAT COMMUNITY TO MANY, 

949
00:36:47,004 --> 00:36:48,072
MANY MORE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 

950
00:36:48,072 --> 00:36:54,679
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE 

951
00:36:54,679 --> 00:37:00,184
ORIN. WE HAVE MS. YVETTE, KEN, 

952
00:37:00,184 --> 00:37:00,751
AARON, HOWARD, BECCA, AND 

953
00:37:00,751 --> 00:37:00,985
NATHAN. 

954
00:37:00,985 --> 00:37:02,386
>> GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU.

955
00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:06,257
MY NAME IS ORIN BOONE, I'M A 

956
00:37:06,257 --> 00:37:07,458
PARTICIPANT AT TENT CITY FOUR. I

957
00:37:07,458 --> 00:37:09,427
FIND MYSELF TO BE IN A NEW 

958
00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:12,930
SITUATION IN LIFE ABOUT THREE 

959
00:37:12,930 --> 00:37:15,132
MONTHS AGO. AND THE TRANSITION 

960
00:37:15,132 --> 00:37:17,401
INTO THE TENT CITY HAS BEEN 

961
00:37:17,401 --> 00:37:18,436
SOMETHING I NEVER EXPECTED. I 

962
00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:19,904
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A BIT LIKE 

963
00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:22,173
THE LORD OF THE FLIES. THE TRUTH

964
00:37:22,173 --> 00:37:27,178
IS WE HAVE A SELF-REGULATED CAMP

965
00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,213
THAT KEEPS THINGS FAIRLY 

966
00:37:29,213 --> 00:37:31,682
ORDERLY. I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED 

967
00:37:31,682 --> 00:37:32,850
ROLES AS KITCHEN MASTER, 

968
00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:34,051
SECURITY, CURRENTLY I'M THE 

969
00:37:34,051 --> 00:37:35,953
MOVE MASTER HELPING TO MOVE TO 

970
00:37:35,953 --> 00:37:40,558
THE NEXT LOCATION LATER THIS 

971
00:37:40,558 --> 00:37:42,293
WEEK. IT'S CHALLENGING, AND 

972
00:37:42,293 --> 00:37:44,028
IT'S VERY FULFILLING TO SEE 

973
00:37:44,028 --> 00:37:45,930
THINGS LIKE ANITA SPOKE ABOUT TO

974
00:37:45,930 --> 00:37:47,765
SEE THE CHANGES COME ABOUT IN 

975
00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:49,200
PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE GIVEN THE 

976
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,235
OPPORTUNITY. THERE ARE PEOPLE 

977
00:37:51,235 --> 00:37:53,871
BEING TURNED AWAY. THERE ARE NOT

978
00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:56,273
ENOUGH TENTS AND NOT ENOUGH ROOM

979
00:37:56,273 --> 00:37:58,009
AND NOT ENOUGH TIME. CURRENTLY 

980
00:37:58,009 --> 00:38:00,211
WE HAVE A NEW LEASE OUR OTHER 

981
00:38:00,211 --> 00:38:02,280
TENT CITY IS GOING INTO. IT'S 

982
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,148
ONLY 90 DAYS. IT'S DIFFICULT TO

983
00:38:04,148 --> 00:38:05,916
FIND THESE PLACES TIME AND TIME 

984
00:38:05,916 --> 00:38:07,084
AGAIN FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN SO 

985
00:38:07,084 --> 00:38:09,353
FAR. THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST 

986
00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:11,889
HURDLES WE HAVE. AND I WOULD ASK

987
00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:13,557
YOU GIVE CONSIDERATION TO THAT 

988
00:38:13,557 --> 00:38:16,527
WHEN GOING OVER THIS LAND USE 

989
00:38:16,527 --> 00:38:18,329
MOTION, AND TAKING THAT INTO 

990
00:38:18,329 --> 00:38:20,765
HEART THERE ARE THINGS THAT 

991
00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:22,233
WORK. I'M SEEING IT FIRSTHAND, 

992
00:38:22,233 --> 00:38:25,703
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO MORE 

993
00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:26,237
INTO DETAIL. THANK YOU. 

994
00:38:26,237 --> 00:38:28,372
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, MS. YVETTE 

995
00:38:28,372 --> 00:38:31,942
FOLLOWED BY KEN, AARON, HOWARD 

996
00:38:31,942 --> 00:38:36,814
GILL, BECCA, AND NATHAN. 

997
00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:37,948
WELCOME, MS. YVETTE. 

998
00:38:37,948 --> 00:38:39,350
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I PLEDGE 

999
00:38:39,350 --> 00:38:41,452
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE 

1000
00:38:41,452 --> 00:38:42,753
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO

1001
00:38:42,753 --> 00:38:44,522
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT 

1002
00:38:44,522 --> 00:38:47,425
STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, 

1003
00:38:47,425 --> 00:38:50,661
INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND 

1004
00:38:50,661 --> 00:38:53,898
JUSTICE FOR ALL. I WATCHED THIS 

1005
00:38:53,898 --> 00:38:54,432
MORNING'S PUBLIC SAFETY 

1006
00:38:54,432 --> 00:38:55,700
MEETING, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 

1007
00:38:55,700 --> 00:38:57,401
AND THAT WAS INTERESTING. AFTER 

1008
00:38:57,401 --> 00:38:59,170
A WHILE, IT GOT KIND OF RUCKUS. 

1009
00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:02,506
ONCE YOU TOOK A BREAK, I HAD TO 

1010
00:39:02,506 --> 00:39:06,243
GO DO OTHER THINGS. I'D LIKE TO

1011
00:39:06,243 --> 00:39:07,044
SAY THOSE WHO WERE DISRUPTIVE, 

1012
00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:08,913
IF YOU ARE NOT A PART OF THE 

1013
00:39:08,913 --> 00:39:10,314
SOLUTION, THEN YOU'RE A PART OF

1014
00:39:10,314 --> 00:39:17,888
THE PROBLEM. AND ALSO REGARDING 

1015
00:39:17,888 --> 00:39:21,525
PUBLIC SAFETY -- DURING THE 

1016
00:39:21,525 --> 00:39:23,728
RECENT WAVE OF MORE VIOLENCE IN 

1017
00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:25,262
THIS TOWN, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE 

1018
00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:28,399
TO KEEP THE CAMERAS UP AND 

1019
00:39:28,399 --> 00:39:29,700
ROLLING. QUITE FRANKLY THOSE WHO

1020
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:34,138
LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WE 

1021
00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:37,375
WANT MORE OF THEM. YOU KNOW THE 

1022
00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:39,009
SECURITY CAMERAS HAVE BEEN 

1023
00:39:39,009 --> 00:39:40,211
INVALUABLE IN SOLVING SEVERAL 

1024
00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:43,180
RECENT CRIMES IN A  TIMELY 

1025
00:39:43,180 --> 00:39:44,515
MANNER. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE 

1026
00:39:44,515 --> 00:39:46,217
YOU BECAUSE YOU SET ASIDE 

1027
00:39:46,217 --> 00:39:47,551
FUNDING FOR THE WORLD CUP, IF 

1028
00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:49,487
YOU CAN KIND OF PASS A LITTLE 

1029
00:39:49,487 --> 00:39:52,156
BIT ALONG OF THAT FUNDING TO PUT

1030
00:39:52,156 --> 00:39:53,424
UP OUR CAMERAS IN MY 

1031
00:39:53,424 --> 00:39:54,158
NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN WE WOULD 

1032
00:39:54,158 --> 00:39:55,226
GREATLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE 

1033
00:39:55,226 --> 00:39:56,627
I'VE TALKED TO OTHER COMMUNITY 

1034
00:39:56,627 --> 00:39:59,396
MEMBERS AND THEY AGREE AS WELL. 

1035
00:39:59,396 --> 00:40:02,099
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE TENT 

1036
00:40:02,099 --> 00:40:06,837
CITY RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP TO 

1037
00:40:06,837 --> 00:40:09,173
ADVOCATE FOR MORE HOUSING. THEY 

1038
00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:11,142
WERE ELEGANT, TO THE POINT, I 

1039
00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:13,644
LIKE THE SOLUTION AS WELL. THANK

1040
00:40:13,644 --> 00:40:13,844
YOU. 

1041
00:40:13,844 --> 00:40:18,549
>> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE KEN,

1042
00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:20,618
FOLLOWED BY AARON. IS KEN HERE? 

1043
00:40:20,618 --> 00:40:26,957
KEN? NEXT, WE HAVE AARON. MS. 

1044
00:40:26,957 --> 00:40:30,327
YVETTE CAME, SERVED US SOME TIE 

1045
00:40:30,327 --> 00:40:33,731
DYE SPECIAL TODAY. AARON? 

1046
00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:34,298
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL 

1047
00:40:34,298 --> 00:40:34,932
PRESIDENT JOY HOLLINGSWORTH AND 

1048
00:40:34,932 --> 00:40:36,600
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I 

1049
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,003
SERVE AS THE LEGISLATIVE AID OF 

1050
00:40:39,003 --> 00:40:40,805
GLOBAL STRATEGIES, AND WE BUILD 

1051
00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:42,740
BACK BETTER ALLIANCE 

1052
00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:44,942
REPRESENTING MORE THAN 110 

1053
00:40:44,942 --> 00:40:46,977
BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS, AND 

1054
00:40:46,977 --> 00:40:47,678
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS 

1055
00:40:47,678 --> 00:40:49,079
WASHINGTON STATE. WE ARE HERE 

1056
00:40:49,079 --> 00:40:50,514
TODAY IN SUPPORT OF WHAT SOME 

1057
00:40:50,514 --> 00:40:51,916
MAY HAVE LABELED A BLACK BUDGET,

1058
00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:55,119
BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT EXCLUSION 

1059
00:40:55,119 --> 00:40:55,820
OR FAVORITISM, BUT WHETHER 

1060
00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:57,655
SEATTLE IS GOING TO INVEST IN 

1061
00:40:57,655 --> 00:41:02,193
COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN 

1062
00:41:02,193 --> 00:41:03,060
HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCING 

1063
00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:03,661
DISPLACEMENT, DISINVESTMENT, 

1064
00:41:03,661 --> 00:41:04,195
HOUSING INABILITY THAT,  

1065
00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:05,629
VIOLENCE, AND BARRIERS TO 

1066
00:41:05,629 --> 00:41:07,565
OPPORTUNITIES. I GREW UP IN 

1067
00:41:07,565 --> 00:41:08,199
SEATTLE CENTRAL DISTRICT, WHERE 

1068
00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:10,000
MANY WERE PUSHED OUT OF THE CITY

1069
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,235
BECAUSE HOUSING COSTS 

1070
00:41:11,235 --> 00:41:12,203
SKYROCKETED AND LONG-TERM 

1071
00:41:12,203 --> 00:41:13,103
RESIDENTS AND WORKING FAMILIES 

1072
00:41:13,103 --> 00:41:17,241
COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO STAY. 

1073
00:41:17,241 --> 00:41:18,309
SO WHEN WE DISCUSSED 

1074
00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:19,610
GENTRIFICATION, RED LINING, I'M

1075
00:41:19,610 --> 00:41:22,513
NOT SPEAKING FROM VARY, BUT 

1076
00:41:22,513 --> 00:41:24,081
LIVED EXPERIENCE. I ATTEND THESE

1077
00:41:24,081 --> 00:41:25,616
COUNCIL MEETINGS REGULARLY BOTH 

1078
00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:27,284
IN PERSON AND ONLINE. I SEE THE 

1079
00:41:27,284 --> 00:41:28,452
WORK HAPPENING HERE, AND I ALSO 

1080
00:41:28,452 --> 00:41:33,057
SEE THE PRESSURE FROM PUBLIC 

1081
00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:34,658
LEADERSHIP. ACCOUNTABILITY 

1082
00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:36,427
MATTER, VOICE MATTERS, BUT 

1083
00:41:36,427 --> 00:41:38,629
PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF 

1084
00:41:38,629 --> 00:41:42,666
PUBLIC POLICY MOVES FORWARD TOO.

1085
00:41:42,666 --> 00:41:44,134
IF EVERY DECISION CONVERSATION 

1086
00:41:44,134 --> 00:41:46,170
BECOMES THEATER. IT IS MORE THAN

1087
00:41:46,170 --> 00:41:49,974
A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WHAT HAPPENS

1088
00:41:49,974 --> 00:41:53,010
WHEN CULTURE REMAINS POSSIBLE, 

1089
00:41:53,010 --> 00:41:54,812
AND THE PEOPLE WHO DISAPPEAR. IT

1090
00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:56,247
ALSO MEANS THEY CARRY A 

1091
00:41:56,247 --> 00:41:59,216
RESPONSIBILITY OF HOPE. I URGE 

1092
00:41:59,216 --> 00:42:02,353
THE CITY COUNCIL TO PRIORITIZE 

1093
00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:04,421
INVESTMENTS SMALL BUSINESS 

1094
00:42:04,421 --> 00:42:05,789
SUSTAINABILITY, YOUTH 

1095
00:42:05,789 --> 00:42:06,457
MENTORSHIP, VIOLENCE PREVENTION,

1096
00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:08,893
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, 

1097
00:42:08,893 --> 00:42:09,927
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SUPPORT, AND 

1098
00:42:09,927 --> 00:42:10,794
JUVENILE SYSTEM PROGRAMS. THESE 

1099
00:42:10,794 --> 00:42:13,364
ARE TOOLS FOR COMMUNITIES TO 

1100
00:42:13,364 --> 00:42:13,864
CARRY DISPROPORTIONATE, 

1101
00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:15,532
ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL BURDENS FOR

1102
00:42:15,532 --> 00:42:16,867
DECADES. I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE

1103
00:42:16,867 --> 00:42:18,602
PEOPLE LIKE ME STILL CARE DEEPLY

1104
00:42:18,602 --> 00:42:21,438
ABOUT SEATTLE, AND WE WANT TO 

1105
00:42:21,438 --> 00:42:23,240
PARTNERSHIP PROGRESS AND REAL 

1106
00:42:23,240 --> 00:42:24,441
SOLUTIONS. OUR OFFICE RECENTLY 

1107
00:42:24,441 --> 00:42:26,010
SENT MEETINGS AND INVITATIONS TO

1108
00:42:26,010 --> 00:42:28,045
EACH MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, AND

1109
00:42:28,045 --> 00:42:31,548
I LOOK TOWARD TO COLLABORATING 

1110
00:42:31,548 --> 00:42:32,383
TOWARDS POLICIES THAT CREATE 

1111
00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:34,418
MORE OF AN INCLUSION SEATTLE FOR

1112
00:42:34,418 --> 00:42:36,820
EVERYONE. THANK YOU. 

1113
00:42:36,820 --> 00:42:38,422
>> THANK YOU, AARON. NEXT WE 

1114
00:42:38,422 --> 00:42:44,561
HAVE MR. HOWARD, FOLLOWED BY 

1115
00:42:44,561 --> 00:42:46,563
BECCA AND THEN NATHAN. 

1116
00:42:46,563 --> 00:42:49,233
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS MORNING 

1117
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:50,768
IN PUBLIC SAFETY, THIS COUNCIL 

1118
00:42:50,768 --> 00:42:53,003
GAVE VOICE TO THE PEOPLE THAT 

1119
00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:54,238
WERE VICTIMIZED AT CAL ANDERSON 

1120
00:42:54,238 --> 00:42:57,675
LAST YEAR BY THE SPD, AND GAVE 

1121
00:42:57,675 --> 00:43:00,377
VOICE TO THE OPA, OIG, AND THE 

1122
00:43:00,377 --> 00:43:02,212
CPC, WHO PROTECTED THE PEOPLE 

1123
00:43:02,212 --> 00:43:07,585
WHO DID THE VICTIMIZATION, AND 

1124
00:43:07,585 --> 00:43:12,523
YOU DENIED BY VOICE, TWO OF WHOM

1125
00:43:12,523 --> 00:43:15,059
ARE IN THIS CHAMBER. THIS IS 

1126
00:43:15,059 --> 00:43:16,360
UNACCEPTABLE. FOR BRINGING THIS 

1127
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,063
TO PEOPLE'S ATTENTION, AND YES,

1128
00:43:19,063 --> 00:43:20,397
DISRUPTING THE MEETING BECAUSE 

1129
00:43:20,397 --> 00:43:21,532
IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR YOU GUYS 

1130
00:43:21,532 --> 00:43:22,933
TO MAKE DECISIONS WE DON'T 

1131
00:43:22,933 --> 00:43:24,735
LIKE. IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 

1132
00:43:24,735 --> 00:43:28,505
YOU GUYS TO GASLIGHT US, AND TO 

1133
00:43:28,505 --> 00:43:31,175
SILENCE VICTIMS. AND YET 

1134
00:43:31,175 --> 00:43:33,711
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ DECIDED 

1135
00:43:33,711 --> 00:43:35,713
THAT I WAS DUE A SANCTION, THAT 

1136
00:43:35,713 --> 00:43:39,717
I WAS DISRUPTIVE. SO ALL I WOULD

1137
00:43:39,717 --> 00:43:40,317
ASK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS 

1138
00:43:40,317 --> 00:43:41,852
THIS. THOSE ARE THE SAME WORDS 

1139
00:43:41,852 --> 00:43:44,254
YOU WOULD TELL THE PEOPLE IN 

1140
00:43:44,254 --> 00:43:46,357
1970 THAT TOOK OVER DISCOVERY 

1141
00:43:46,357 --> 00:43:48,659
PARK TO MAKE THE DAYBREAK STAR 

1142
00:43:48,659 --> 00:43:50,861
CENTER? ARE YOU THE PERSON THAT 

1143
00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:52,730
WOULD ALSO SAY PEOPLE IN 19722 

1144
00:43:52,730 --> 00:43:55,666
FOR TAKING OVER THE SCHOOL THAT 

1145
00:43:55,666 --> 00:43:57,234
BECAME EL CENTRO? THEY WERE 

1146
00:43:57,234 --> 00:43:58,635
DISRUPTIVE. SOMETIMES PEOPLE 

1147
00:43:58,635 --> 00:44:01,338
HAVE A JUST CAUSE. WHAT HAPPENED

1148
00:44:01,338 --> 00:44:03,307
THIS MORNING WAS ACTUALLY 

1149
00:44:03,307 --> 00:44:04,274
PRODUCTIVE DIALOGUE BECAUSE 

1150
00:44:04,274 --> 00:44:07,111
THERE WAS A DISRUPTION. THAT 

1151
00:44:07,111 --> 00:44:12,016
DISRUPTION WAS ABSOLUTELY PROPER

1152
00:44:12,016 --> 00:44:13,517
AND CORRECT. THANK YOU. 

1153
00:44:13,517 --> 00:44:20,190
>> NEXT, WE HAVE BECCA, PLEASE, 

1154
00:44:20,190 --> 00:44:22,826
NOT TODAY. PLEASE. NEXT, WE HAVE

1155
00:44:22,826 --> 00:44:23,861
BECCA AND THEN NATHAN, AND THEN 

1156
00:44:23,861 --> 00:44:25,229
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONLINE. WE 

1157
00:44:25,229 --> 00:44:28,532
WILL BE RESPECTFUL IN THESE 

1158
00:44:28,532 --> 00:44:31,101
CHAMBERS OR ELSE -- THANK YOU. 

1159
00:44:31,101 --> 00:44:33,237
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL. MY 

1160
00:44:33,237 --> 00:44:35,572
NAME IS BECCA. BOTH OF MY 

1161
00:44:35,572 --> 00:44:37,608
PARENTS ARE FROM SEATTLE. MY MOM

1162
00:44:37,608 --> 00:44:40,677
IS FOURTH GENERATION SEATTLE, 

1163
00:44:40,677 --> 00:44:42,813
GROWING UP IN QUEEN ANNE. MY DAD

1164
00:44:42,813 --> 00:44:44,014
IS FIRST GENERATION FROM 

1165
00:44:44,014 --> 00:44:45,182
SANTIAGO, CHILE, WHO MOVED HERE 

1166
00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:46,650
GROWING UP WEST OF GREEN LAKE. 

1167
00:44:46,650 --> 00:44:48,519
SO I'VE BEEN IN SEATTLE. I HAVE

1168
00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:57,294
GROWN UP HERE AND LIVED HERE FOR

1169
00:44:57,294 --> 00:44:57,928
THE LAST 15 YEARS SINCE I'VE 

1170
00:44:57,928 --> 00:44:58,562
MOVED HERE FOR COLLEGE. FIRST I 

1171
00:44:58,562 --> 00:44:59,663
JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR

1172
00:44:59,663 --> 00:45:01,632
YOUR SERVICE, YOUR COURAGE, AND 

1173
00:45:01,632 --> 00:45:04,468
YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND THE WAYS 

1174
00:45:04,468 --> 00:45:05,803
YOU'RE TACKLING THE HARD 

1175
00:45:05,803 --> 00:45:07,071
ISSUES, THE WAY YOU'RE 

1176
00:45:07,071 --> 00:45:07,938
LISTENING, BEING ABLE TO BE AN 

1177
00:45:07,938 --> 00:45:09,106
OPEN AIR FOR ALL THE ISSUES  AND

1178
00:45:09,106 --> 00:45:16,346
ALL THE WAYS WE WANT TO COME AND

1179
00:45:16,346 --> 00:45:19,450
VOICE WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR 

1180
00:45:19,450 --> 00:45:23,087
COMMUNITY. I'M HERE WITH THE 

1181
00:45:23,087 --> 00:45:24,688
BIG CHURCH, REPRESENTING MANY 

1182
00:45:24,688 --> 00:45:25,322
MINISTRIES FROM DIFFERENT AGES. 

1183
00:45:25,322 --> 00:45:27,691
MANY OF WHOM YOU'VE MET OVER 

1184
00:45:27,691 --> 00:45:30,160
THE PAST FEW WEEKS. DIFFERENT 

1185
00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:30,794
RACES, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, 

1186
00:45:30,794 --> 00:45:31,728
DIFFERENT CREEDS. AND WHILE I 

1187
00:45:31,728 --> 00:45:33,664
THINK THE CHURCH HAS NOT ALWAYS 

1188
00:45:33,664 --> 00:45:35,699
DONE THE BEST JOB AT PARTNERING 

1189
00:45:35,699 --> 00:45:39,536
WITH THE CITY AND WITH OUR LOCAL

1190
00:45:39,536 --> 00:45:41,538
GOVERNMENT. I THINK WE ARE HERE 

1191
00:45:41,538 --> 00:45:47,678
NOT TO BUILD WALLS, BUT BUILD 

1192
00:45:47,678 --> 00:45:51,615
BRIDGES. SO WE PRAY FOR YOU BY 

1193
00:45:51,615 --> 00:45:56,086
NAME AND FOR THE WORK YOU DO. WE

1194
00:45:56,086 --> 00:45:57,888
PRAY YOU FIND WIDE COUNCIL, TO 

1195
00:45:57,888 --> 00:46:00,390
BE PROTECTED FROM ALL THE THINGS

1196
00:46:00,390 --> 00:46:01,992
YOU GUYS WALK INTO. IF THERE IS 

1197
00:46:01,992 --> 00:46:03,727
ANY WAY WE CAN SUPPORT, WE CAN 

1198
00:46:03,727 --> 00:46:05,496
STAND WITH YOU, WE CAN PARTNER 

1199
00:46:05,496 --> 00:46:07,131
WITH YOU, WE CAN DO BETTER TO 

1200
00:46:07,131 --> 00:46:10,000
SHOW UP AS THE CHURCH TO HELP 

1201
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,201
MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER, TO 

1202
00:46:11,201 --> 00:46:13,604
MAKE THEM STRONGER, AND TO MAKE 

1203
00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:15,839
THEM SAFER FOR PERSON. THANK 

1204
00:46:15,839 --> 00:46:16,039
YOU. 

1205
00:46:16,039 --> 00:46:20,110
>> THANK YOU, REBECCA. NEXT, WE 

1206
00:46:20,110 --> 00:46:20,577
HAVE NATHAN. WELCOME. 

1207
00:46:20,577 --> 00:46:23,113
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WAS ALSO 

1208
00:46:23,113 --> 00:46:24,481
DISAPPOINTED TO SEE THE 

1209
00:46:24,481 --> 00:46:25,749
TREATMENT OF VICTIMS AND 

1210
00:46:25,749 --> 00:46:28,719
ADVOCATES WHO ATTEMPTED TO HAVE 

1211
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:30,320
THEIR VOICES HEARD. WHILE I KNOW

1212
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:31,989
A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE CRITICIZE 

1213
00:46:31,989 --> 00:46:36,860
YOU GUYS, I HAVE NOT ONCE SEEN 

1214
00:46:36,860 --> 00:46:37,795
HOWARD, GABRIEL DIAZ, OR OTHERS 

1215
00:46:37,795 --> 00:46:40,430
OTHER THAN A CERTAIN GROUP 

1216
00:46:40,430 --> 00:46:41,365
ATTACK YOU PERSONALLY, RIGHT? 

1217
00:46:41,365 --> 00:46:46,236
THEY CRITICIZE YOU HARSHLY FOR 

1218
00:46:46,236 --> 00:46:47,437
YOUR POLICIES, BUT NOT -- OTHER 

1219
00:46:47,437 --> 00:46:49,239
THAN A CERTAIN GROUP, AND YOU 

1220
00:46:49,239 --> 00:46:50,340
KNOW WHO I'M TALKING ABOUT. 

1221
00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:53,143
YOUR JOB IS TO LISTEN TO THE 

1222
00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:54,845
PUBLIC. OUR JOB IS TO NOT PRAISE

1223
00:46:54,845 --> 00:46:57,981
YOU AND BE YOUR FRIENDS. OUR JOB

1224
00:46:57,981 --> 00:47:00,717
IS TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. IF 

1225
00:47:00,717 --> 00:47:02,786
WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT DISRESPECT

1226
00:47:02,786 --> 00:47:05,022
THOUGH, WAS IT DISRESPECTFUL 

1227
00:47:05,022 --> 00:47:06,190
WHEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 

1228
00:47:06,190 --> 00:47:07,057
CHARACTERIZED PEOPLE WHO 

1229
00:47:07,057 --> 00:47:09,293
CRITICIZED HER ATTACKS ON THE 

1230
00:47:09,293 --> 00:47:10,194
EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE

1231
00:47:10,194 --> 00:47:11,795
FUNDING AS DEMONIZING HER AND 

1232
00:47:11,795 --> 00:47:17,601
BEING MISINFORMED? I THINK IT IS

1233
00:47:17,601 --> 00:47:20,103
DISRESPECTFUL TO CALL PEOPLE 

1234
00:47:20,103 --> 00:47:22,506
MISINFORMED. WAS IT 

1235
00:47:22,506 --> 00:47:23,507
DISRESPECTFUL WHEN KATHY MOORE 

1236
00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:25,809
AND SARA NELSON SCOLDED MORALES 

1237
00:47:25,809 --> 00:47:26,443
DURING A PUBLIC COUNCIL 

1238
00:47:26,443 --> 00:47:28,011
BRIEFING? HOW MANY OF YOU HELD 

1239
00:47:28,011 --> 00:47:29,346
SARA NELSON ACCOUNTABLE FOR 

1240
00:47:29,346 --> 00:47:30,914
RUNNING THIS PLACE LIKE A 

1241
00:47:30,914 --> 00:47:32,282
DICTATORSHIP? IF WE WANT TO TALK

1242
00:47:32,282 --> 00:47:33,116
ABOUT RESPECT, IT IS IMPORTANT 

1243
00:47:33,116 --> 00:47:35,018
TO SHOW RESPECT TO THE PUBLIC. 

1244
00:47:35,018 --> 00:47:36,987
THANK YOU. 

1245
00:47:36,987 --> 00:47:38,355
>> THANK YOU, NATHAN. NEXT, WE 

1246
00:47:38,355 --> 00:47:40,924
HAVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE 

1247
00:47:40,924 --> 00:47:45,662
ONLINE. WE HAVE SCOTT FOLLOWED 

1248
00:47:45,662 --> 00:47:50,834
BY ROSE AND THEN DAVID. SO WE 

1249
00:47:50,834 --> 00:47:52,836
HAVE SCOTT YOU'RE GOING TO PREZ

1250
00:47:52,836 --> 00:47:54,338
STAR SIX, SCOTT. TO UNMUTE 

1251
00:47:54,338 --> 00:47:54,605
YOURSELF. 

1252
00:47:54,605 --> 00:47:56,640
>> YEP. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 

1253
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:58,208
>> GO RIGHT AHEAD. 

1254
00:47:58,208 --> 00:48:00,110
>> THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SCOTT. 

1255
00:48:00,110 --> 00:48:02,913
I OWN A COMPANY CALLED COURT 

1256
00:48:02,913 --> 00:48:05,716
RIGHT ENTERPRISES IN MOSES LAKE 

1257
00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:06,817
WASHINGTON. WE'RE A PROCESSOR 

1258
00:48:06,817 --> 00:48:08,552
AND EXPORTER FROM THE EAST SIDE 

1259
00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:10,020
OF THE STATE. I WANTED TO THANK 

1260
00:48:10,020 --> 00:48:11,088
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

1261
00:48:11,088 --> 00:48:12,522
SPEAK. I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE 

1262
00:48:12,522 --> 00:48:14,124
IN PERSON TODAY, BUT WE ALREADY 

1263
00:48:14,124 --> 00:48:15,859
STARTED OUR HARVEST SEASON HERE 

1264
00:48:15,859 --> 00:48:20,631
THIS LAST WEEK, SO WE'RE BUSY. 

1265
00:48:20,631 --> 00:48:23,300
I DID WANT TO SPEAK OUT IN FAVOR

1266
00:48:23,300 --> 00:48:28,739
OF THE REPEAL OF THE 

1267
00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:30,007
REDISTRICTING SODO. AS IT HAS 

1268
00:48:30,007 --> 00:48:32,542
BEEN THE PORT OF SEATTLE, THE 

1269
00:48:32,542 --> 00:48:34,044
PORT OF EASTERN WASHINGTON, PORT

1270
00:48:34,044 --> 00:48:35,545
OF IDAHO, PORT OF MONTANA, AND 

1271
00:48:35,545 --> 00:48:38,482
ANY OTHER STATE AS WE RELY ON 

1272
00:48:38,482 --> 00:48:42,252
THAT PORT TO SHIP OUR GOODS 

1273
00:48:42,252 --> 00:48:43,253
OVERSEAS. A LITTLE KNOWN FACT, 

1274
00:48:43,253 --> 00:48:46,023
THE HAY INDUSTRY IS ACTUALLY THE

1275
00:48:46,023 --> 00:48:46,623
SINGLE LARGEST COMPUTERIZED 

1276
00:48:46,623 --> 00:48:47,958
PRODUCT THAT SHIPS OFF THE WEST 

1277
00:48:47,958 --> 00:48:49,092
COAST. IN WASHINGTON STATE 

1278
00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:51,261
ALONE, IT REPRESENTS MORE THAN 

1279
00:48:51,261 --> 00:48:53,497
$600 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE 

1280
00:48:53,497 --> 00:48:54,498
JUST ACROSS 20 DIFFERENT 

1281
00:48:54,498 --> 00:48:56,633
EXPORTING COMPANIES WHO EMPLOYEE

1282
00:48:56,633 --> 00:48:58,101
MORE THAN 5,000 PEOPLE. JUST 

1283
00:48:58,101 --> 00:48:59,002
WITHIN OUR OWN BUSINESSES. THAT 

1284
00:48:59,002 --> 00:49:05,809
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE 

1285
00:49:05,809 --> 00:49:07,444
NUMBER OF FARMERS WHO. ALTHOUGH 

1286
00:49:07,444 --> 00:49:08,412
THE WONDERFUL FRONT IS A 

1287
00:49:08,412 --> 00:49:09,846
BEAUTIFUL PLACE, I FEEL STRONGLY

1288
00:49:09,846 --> 00:49:12,015
THERE IS NO BUSINESS IN REZONING

1289
00:49:12,015 --> 00:49:13,650
THE INDUSTRIAL GROUND IN THAT 

1290
00:49:13,650 --> 00:49:16,320
AREA, TO BUILD A SMALL NUMBER OF

1291
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:17,454
HOUSES, CONDOS, WHATEVER, WHILE 

1292
00:49:17,454 --> 00:49:19,856
LIMITING ACCESS TO THE REST OF 

1293
00:49:19,856 --> 00:49:21,425
WASHINGTON STATE AND THE PORTS 

1294
00:49:21,425 --> 00:49:23,927
THAT WE RELY ON. SO THOSE 

1295
00:49:23,927 --> 00:49:25,295
SIGNIFICANTLY, THOSE ARE A 

1296
00:49:25,295 --> 00:49:27,931
PUBLIC ASSET. MANY OF US ACROSS 

1297
00:49:27,931 --> 00:49:34,037
THE STATE, OUR TAX DOLLARS GO 

1298
00:49:34,037 --> 00:49:36,306
TOWARDS IMPROVEMENT THERE, ALONG

1299
00:49:36,306 --> 00:49:38,442
WITH THE SEATTLE TO CONTINUE TO 

1300
00:49:38,442 --> 00:49:43,080
DEVELOP. BUT LEADING THAT AREA 

1301
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:44,981
ALONE BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ON 

1302
00:49:44,981 --> 00:49:47,250
A DAILY BASIS. WE MAKE LARGE 

1303
00:49:47,250 --> 00:49:48,518
INVESTMENTS IN OUR FACILITIES 

1304
00:49:48,518 --> 00:49:50,554
EVERY YEAR. WE CANNOT DO THIS IF

1305
00:49:50,554 --> 00:49:53,523
WE KEEP RUNNING INTO THE SAME 

1306
00:49:53,523 --> 00:49:54,424
CONCERN THAT AT SOME POINT, 

1307
00:49:54,424 --> 00:49:56,026
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ACCESS 

1308
00:49:56,026 --> 00:49:57,194
TO SUPPORT. AGAIN, THANK YOU 

1309
00:49:57,194 --> 00:49:59,029
VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK 

1310
00:49:59,029 --> 00:49:59,229
YOU. 

1311
00:49:59,229 --> 00:50:00,597
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT. NEXT, WE 

1312
00:50:00,597 --> 00:50:03,300
HAVE ROSE FOLLOWED BY DAVID. 

1313
00:50:07,003 --> 00:50:11,942
YOU'LL PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE

1314
00:50:11,942 --> 00:50:12,442
YOURSELF, ROSE. 

1315
00:50:12,442 --> 00:50:14,644
>> HELLO. ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THERE

1316
00:50:14,644 --> 00:50:16,113
WERE TWO TRAGEDIES THAT WENT 

1317
00:50:16,113 --> 00:50:16,880
INTO THE TRANS COMMUNITY. THE 

1318
00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:18,648
FIRST OF WHICH MOST PEOPLE ARE 

1319
00:50:18,648 --> 00:50:20,951
AWARE A TRANS WOMAN WAS MURDERED

1320
00:50:20,951 --> 00:50:22,352
INSIDE HER DORM ROOM INSIDE WHAT

1321
00:50:22,352 --> 00:50:25,389
SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LOCKED 

1322
00:50:25,389 --> 00:50:28,492
FACILITY. THE SECOND IS A TRANS 

1323
00:50:28,492 --> 00:50:29,993
WOMAN WAS LEFT HOMELESS AND HAD 

1324
00:50:29,993 --> 00:50:33,563
NO PLACE TO GO. BOTH OF THESE 

1325
00:50:33,563 --> 00:50:34,197
WERE AVOIDABLE TRAGEDIES. NONE 

1326
00:50:34,197 --> 00:50:36,066
OF THESE WERE THINGS THAT 

1327
00:50:36,066 --> 00:50:37,434
SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED FOR NO 

1328
00:50:37,434 --> 00:50:39,569
REASON. THEY BOTH HAPPENED 

1329
00:50:39,569 --> 00:50:40,570
BECAUSE OF INTENTIONAL THINGS, 

1330
00:50:40,570 --> 00:50:42,539
DECISIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN 

1331
00:50:42,539 --> 00:50:44,741
OUR COMMUNITY. THE TRANS WOMAN 

1332
00:50:44,741 --> 00:50:46,743
THAT WAS MURDERED IN UDUB WAS 

1333
00:50:46,743 --> 00:50:49,880
BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOCKED KEY 

1334
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:53,717
CARD THAT WAS SPLIT OPEN, IT WAS

1335
00:50:53,717 --> 00:50:55,519
CUT WITH TOOLS, AND INSTEAD OF 

1336
00:50:55,519 --> 00:50:56,887
GRAY START FIXING THE BUILDING, 

1337
00:50:56,887 --> 00:50:59,222
THEY LET IT BE BROKEN FOR MONTHS

1338
00:50:59,222 --> 00:51:02,526
WHERE SOMEONE COULD COME IN AND 

1339
00:51:02,526 --> 00:51:07,731
MURDER THIS WOMAN. NOT ONLY 

1340
00:51:07,731 --> 00:51:10,000
THIS, WHEN IT WAS INVESTIGATED, 

1341
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,335
REPORTEDLY BY STUDENTS, ALL THE 

1342
00:51:12,335 --> 00:51:13,070
EVIDENCE WAS THROWN AWAY. THERE 

1343
00:51:13,070 --> 00:51:14,738
NEEDS TO BE PEOPLE HELD 

1344
00:51:14,738 --> 00:51:15,972
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS, AND THERE 

1345
00:51:15,972 --> 00:51:18,175
NEEDS TO BE PEOPLE HELD 

1346
00:51:18,175 --> 00:51:19,142
CRIMINALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS 

1347
00:51:19,142 --> 00:51:20,310
TRANS WOMAN BEING MURDERED FOR 

1348
00:51:20,310 --> 00:51:22,546
NO REASON. SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 

1349
00:51:22,546 --> 00:51:25,415
SAFE. THERE IS NO REASON WHY 

1350
00:51:25,415 --> 00:51:27,150
THIS SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. WE 

1351
00:51:27,150 --> 00:51:29,286
DON'T YET KNOW HER NAME, BUT WE

1352
00:51:29,286 --> 00:51:32,155
DO KNOW SHE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 

1353
00:51:32,155 --> 00:51:34,791
SAFE. SHE DESERVED TO BE SAFE, 

1354
00:51:34,791 --> 00:51:38,495
AS EVERY OTHER STUDENT DOES, AND

1355
00:51:38,495 --> 00:51:41,364
AS THE COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY, 

1356
00:51:41,364 --> 00:51:44,034
AND SOME MAYOR HAVE TALKED ABOUT

1357
00:51:44,034 --> 00:51:45,769
THE TRANS PEOPLE. WE CANNOT 

1358
00:51:45,769 --> 00:51:46,970
LEAVE PEOPLE VULNERABLE. WE'RE 

1359
00:51:46,970 --> 00:51:48,438
THE PEOPLE THAT GETS STARTED 

1360
00:51:48,438 --> 00:51:50,040
FIRST. WE HAVE PEOPLE ALL OVER 

1361
00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:56,513
SEATTLE THAT ARE BEING TARGETED 

1362
00:51:56,513 --> 00:51:57,180
BY HOMOPHOBIC, TRANSPHOBIC SLURS

1363
00:51:57,180 --> 00:51:57,948
BEING ATTACKED, AND THEY FEEL NO

1364
00:51:57,948 --> 00:51:59,850
ONE IS STANDING UP FOR THEM. WE 

1365
00:51:59,850 --> 00:52:01,618
NEED THE CITY TO BE WITH US. WE 

1366
00:52:01,618 --> 00:52:03,386
NEED THE CITY TO STAND BY US. 

1367
00:52:03,386 --> 00:52:08,792
THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE A STAND, 

1368
00:52:08,792 --> 00:52:09,793
AND VERY PUBLICLY COME DOWN ON 

1369
00:52:09,793 --> 00:52:15,398
THOSE THAT LET THIS TRANS WOMAN 

1370
00:52:15,398 --> 00:52:16,766
BE MURDERED. 

1371
00:52:16,766 --> 00:52:20,637
>> THANK YOU, ROSE. NEXT WE HAVE

1372
00:52:20,637 --> 00:52:23,173
DAVID HAINES. DAVID? MR. HAINES?

1373
00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:29,813
STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 

1374
00:52:29,813 --> 00:52:32,215
>> HI, THANK YOU. WE NEED TO 

1375
00:52:32,215 --> 00:52:34,417
INVEST IN TRANSIT SIGNAL. IT 

1376
00:52:34,417 --> 00:52:39,256
REDUCES DELAYS FOR BUSES AND 

1377
00:52:39,256 --> 00:52:41,691
LIGHT RAILS AND STREETCARS. BY 

1378
00:52:41,691 --> 00:52:45,295
ALLOWING TRANSIT VEHICLES TO 

1379
00:52:45,295 --> 00:52:47,464
COMMUNICATE WITH THE TRAFFIC 

1380
00:52:47,464 --> 00:52:49,166
SIGNALS. TSP, TRANSIT SIGNAL 

1381
00:52:49,166 --> 00:52:50,267
PRIORITY EXTENDS THE GREEN 

1382
00:52:50,267 --> 00:52:55,839
LIGHTS OR SHORTENS THE RED 

1383
00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:56,406
LIGHTS. IMPROVING SCHEDULED 

1384
00:52:56,406 --> 00:52:57,340
RELIABILITY, THIS COULD BE 

1385
00:52:57,340 --> 00:53:02,212
APPLIED  ON THE ROUTE EIGHT 

1386
00:53:02,212 --> 00:53:03,680
THAT'S ALWAYS LATE, AND THE 

1387
00:53:03,680 --> 00:53:04,214
RAPID RIDE FROM DOWNTOWN 

1388
00:53:04,214 --> 00:53:06,449
BALLARD, AND THE RAPID RIDE THEY

1389
00:53:06,449 --> 00:53:11,154
SPENT $140 MILLION GOING FROM 

1390
00:53:11,154 --> 00:53:12,188
DOWNTOWN TO WEST SEATTLE. AND ON

1391
00:53:12,188 --> 00:53:13,857
THIRD AVENUE, SO YOU CAN HOP ON 

1392
00:53:13,857 --> 00:53:16,159
A BUS FROM THE WEST LAKES AND 

1393
00:53:16,159 --> 00:53:17,928
HAUL TO THE SEATTLE CENTER WITH 

1394
00:53:17,928 --> 00:53:20,463
THE BUS THREE OR FOUR OR RAPID 

1395
00:53:20,463 --> 00:53:26,603
RIDE D, OR I THINK THE 13. THAT 

1396
00:53:26,603 --> 00:53:28,238
SAID, WE NEED TO STOP SHARING 

1397
00:53:28,238 --> 00:53:30,006
THE STREETS WITH THE DRUG 

1398
00:53:30,006 --> 00:53:31,441
CULTURES. WE NEED A BETTER 

1399
00:53:31,441 --> 00:53:34,578
LEADERSHIP AT THE TOP OF THE 

1400
00:53:34,578 --> 00:53:38,949
POLICE CHIEF, WHO SEEMS TO HAVE 

1401
00:53:38,949 --> 00:53:39,583
THIS LIVED EXPERIENCE FROM THE 

1402
00:53:39,583 --> 00:53:41,384
JIM CROW LAW SOUTH, WHICH SHOULD

1403
00:53:41,384 --> 00:53:43,486
BE EXEMPTED FROM JAIL BECAUSE 

1404
00:53:43,486 --> 00:53:44,554
THEY'RE DEEMED THE MOST 

1405
00:53:44,554 --> 00:53:47,157
VULNERABLE. AS IF THEY DON'T 

1406
00:53:47,157 --> 00:53:49,159
KNOW ANYBODY. AND THEY'RE 

1407
00:53:49,159 --> 00:53:50,193
ALLOWED TO DESTROY THEIR LIVES 

1408
00:53:50,193 --> 00:53:52,529
AND RUIN THE PURSUIT TO 

1409
00:53:52,529 --> 00:53:56,700
HAPPINESS, AND THEN PLAY ALL 

1410
00:53:56,700 --> 00:54:00,370
THESE THEMES, AND BE EXEMPTED 

1411
00:54:00,370 --> 00:54:02,339
FROM JAIL, THAT ARE CONNECTED TO

1412
00:54:02,339 --> 00:54:04,307
THE APPARATUS THAT ARE NOT 

1413
00:54:04,307 --> 00:54:06,910
OVERSEEN PROPERLY AND NOT 

1414
00:54:06,910 --> 00:54:08,411
BREAKING THE ADDICTION OF THE 

1415
00:54:08,411 --> 00:54:10,313
CONSTRICTION OF ALL OF THESE 

1416
00:54:10,313 --> 00:54:10,981
SELF-DESTRUCTIVE INDIVIDUALS WHO

1417
00:54:10,981 --> 00:54:13,283
WILL TAKE ALL THE CAPACITY AWAY 

1418
00:54:13,283 --> 00:54:15,285
FROM INNOCENT HOUSELESS 

1419
00:54:15,285 --> 00:54:22,726
RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS WHO ARE 

1420
00:54:22,726 --> 00:54:24,527
BEING MISTREATED. WHATEVER YOU 

1421
00:54:24,527 --> 00:54:26,696
DO, BEWARE BETWEEN THE BALLARD 

1422
00:54:26,696 --> 00:54:29,599
BRIDGE AND ALL THE WAY UP. 

1423
00:54:29,599 --> 00:54:31,167
>> THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE HAVE 

1424
00:54:31,167 --> 00:54:34,537
REACHED THE END OF THE LIST OF 

1425
00:54:34,537 --> 00:54:36,206
REGISTERED SPEAKERS. PUBLIC 

1426
00:54:36,206 --> 00:54:36,973
SERVICE PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. 

1427
00:54:36,973 --> 00:54:42,812
THERE AREN'T ANYMORE PEOPLE 

1428
00:54:42,812 --> 00:54:44,848
SIGNED UP. AND OH, I'M SORRY. I

1429
00:54:44,848 --> 00:54:47,050
WAS JUST GOING, MY APOLOGIES. 

1430
00:54:47,050 --> 00:54:47,550
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

1431
00:54:47,550 --> 00:54:49,152
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

1432
00:54:49,152 --> 00:54:51,154
JUST PUTTING ON THE RECORD TO 

1433
00:54:51,154 --> 00:54:54,491
REFLECT. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME

1434
00:54:54,491 --> 00:54:56,059
I'VE NOTICED HOWARD GAYLE HAS 

1435
00:54:56,059 --> 00:54:57,060
PERSONALLY IMPUGNED THE MOTIVES 

1436
00:54:57,060 --> 00:54:57,894
OF COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAS 

1437
00:54:57,894 --> 00:55:00,797
COMPARED TO ANYONE ELSE ON THIS 

1438
00:55:00,797 --> 00:55:03,800
COUNCIL. SO I'M JUST MAKING 

1439
00:55:03,800 --> 00:55:04,801
THIS DIRECT COMMENT. THE RECORD 

1440
00:55:04,801 --> 00:55:07,270
DOES NEED TO REFLECT I'M NOW 

1441
00:55:07,270 --> 00:55:09,172
SEEING A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR OF 

1442
00:55:09,172 --> 00:55:10,140
THIS PUBLIC COMMENTER TARGETING 

1443
00:55:10,140 --> 00:55:13,410
A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL ON OUR 

1444
00:55:13,410 --> 00:55:16,746
COUNCIL. THANK YOU. 

1445
00:55:16,746 --> 00:55:18,281
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. SO

1446
00:55:18,281 --> 00:55:24,187
NOW -- SO BOTH Y'ALL ARE BEING 

1447
00:55:24,187 --> 00:55:26,956
DISRUPTIVE. YOU ARE BEING 

1448
00:55:26,956 --> 00:55:28,258
DISRUPTIVE NOW. OKAY. YOUNG LADY

1449
00:55:28,258 --> 00:55:31,728
RIGHT HERE, WE NEED TO CALM 

1450
00:55:31,728 --> 00:55:33,063
DOWN. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1451
00:55:33,063 --> 00:55:34,397
STRAUSS. WE'RE GOING TO 

1452
00:55:34,397 --> 00:55:35,765
CONTINUE -- SO GUESS WHAT? WE'RE

1453
00:55:35,765 --> 00:55:38,001
GOING TO GO INTO A NICE RECESS 

1454
00:55:38,001 --> 00:55:39,669
FOR FIVE MINUTES UNTIL WE CAN 

1455
00:55:39,669 --> 00:55:41,771
CALM DOWN, AND YOU'RE NOT 

1456
00:55:41,771 --> 00:55:43,640
DISRUPTIVE IN THESE CHAMBERS AND

1457
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:45,141
BEING RESPECTFUL, AND THEN IF WE

1458
00:55:45,141 --> 00:55:47,310
COME BACK AND WE'RE CONTINUING 

1459
00:55:47,310 --> 00:55:49,446
TO BE DISRUPTIVE AT THIS 

1460
00:55:49,446 --> 00:55:50,747
COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT

1461
00:55:50,747 --> 00:55:51,781
ONLINE BECAUSE WE HAVE A TON OF 

1462
00:55:51,781 --> 00:55:53,683
BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO GET 

1463
00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:54,718
THROUGH THAT PEOPLE HAVE TOOK 

1464
00:55:54,718 --> 00:55:56,486
THE TIME OUT OF THE DAY MAKING 

1465
00:55:56,486 --> 00:55:57,821
SURE WE GET THROUGH THIS STUFF. 

1466
00:55:57,821 --> 00:55:59,589
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE ON A 

1467
00:55:59,589 --> 00:56:02,225
FIVE-MINUTE RECESS TO CALM DOWN 

1468
00:56:02,225 --> 00:56:05,095
AND BE RESPECTFUL TO EACH OTHER.

1469
00:56:05,095 --> 00:56:11,367
[ MEETING WILL RESUME AFTER A 

1470
00:56:11,367 --> 00:56:21,711
FIVE-MINUTE BREAK ] 

1471
01:04:07,510 --> 01:04:08,978
>>> AWESOME, WELCOME BACK. WILL 

1472
01:04:08,978 --> 01:04:12,815
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 

1473
01:04:12,815 --> 01:04:15,384
FOR THE MEETING? 

1474
01:04:15,384 --> 01:04:16,519
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

1475
01:04:16,519 --> 01:04:17,453
>> PRESENT. 

1476
01:04:17,453 --> 01:04:18,487
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

1477
01:04:18,487 --> 01:04:19,889
>> PRESENT. 

1478
01:04:19,889 --> 01:04:22,291
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

1479
01:04:22,291 --> 01:04:23,059
>> HERE. 

1480
01:04:23,059 --> 01:04:25,361
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

1481
01:04:25,361 --> 01:04:26,762
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

1482
01:04:26,762 --> 01:04:27,330
>> HERE. 

1483
01:04:27,330 --> 01:04:29,198
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

1484
01:04:29,198 --> 01:04:29,732
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

1485
01:04:29,732 --> 01:04:30,900
>> HERE. 

1486
01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:33,536
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

1487
01:04:33,536 --> 01:04:34,337
>> HERE. 

1488
01:04:34,337 --> 01:04:35,071
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

1489
01:04:35,071 --> 01:04:35,438
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

1490
01:04:35,438 --> 01:04:35,705
>> HERE. 

1491
01:04:35,705 --> 01:04:36,138
>> SEVEN PRESENT. 

1492
01:04:36,138 --> 01:04:36,806
>> ALL RIGHT, AWESOME. WE'RE 

1493
01:04:36,806 --> 01:04:38,140
GOING TO JUMP RIGHT INTO OUR 

1494
01:04:38,140 --> 01:04:40,243
AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO 

1495
01:04:40,243 --> 01:04:41,544
OBJECTION, THE INTRODUCTION OF 

1496
01:04:41,544 --> 01:04:44,714
THE REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE 

1497
01:04:44,714 --> 01:04:46,716
ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 

1498
01:04:46,716 --> 01:04:47,283
THE INTRODUCTION REFERRAL 

1499
01:04:47,283 --> 01:04:48,484
CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. THERE'S NO

1500
01:04:48,484 --> 01:04:50,519
OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 

1501
01:04:50,519 --> 01:04:52,655
ADOPTED. HEARING NONE, THE 

1502
01:04:52,655 --> 01:04:54,156
AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE'RE GOING 

1503
01:04:54,156 --> 01:04:55,858
TO NOW CONSIDER THE CONSENT 

1504
01:04:55,858 --> 01:04:56,492
CALENDAR ITEMS INCLUDING  

1505
01:04:56,492 --> 01:05:01,831
MINUTES OF MAY 5, 2026, AND 

1506
01:05:01,831 --> 01:05:03,799
COUNCIL BILL 121206. ARE THERE 

1507
01:05:03,799 --> 01:05:05,067
ANY ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD 

1508
01:05:05,067 --> 01:05:07,169
LIKE TO REMOVE FROM TODAY'S 

1509
01:05:07,169 --> 01:05:08,104
CONSENT CALENDAR? HEARING NONE, 

1510
01:05:08,104 --> 01:05:09,672
I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 

1511
01:05:09,672 --> 01:05:10,806
CALENDAR. IS THERE A SECOND? 

1512
01:05:10,806 --> 01:05:11,107
>> SECOND. 

1513
01:05:11,107 --> 01:05:13,476
>> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED 

1514
01:05:13,476 --> 01:05:15,278
AND SECOND TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 

1515
01:05:15,278 --> 01:05:15,945
CALENDAR. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 

1516
01:05:15,945 --> 01:05:19,248
CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF

1517
01:05:19,248 --> 01:05:20,750
THE CONSENT CALENDAR? 

1518
01:05:20,750 --> 01:05:21,417
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

1519
01:05:21,417 --> 01:05:22,685
>> YES. 

1520
01:05:22,685 --> 01:05:23,886
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

1521
01:05:23,886 --> 01:05:25,421
>> AYE. 

1522
01:05:25,421 --> 01:05:27,556
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

1523
01:05:27,556 --> 01:05:28,557
>> AYE. 

1524
01:05:28,557 --> 01:05:31,327
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

1525
01:05:31,327 --> 01:05:31,861
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

1526
01:05:31,861 --> 01:05:32,528
>> YES. 

1527
01:05:32,528 --> 01:05:34,397
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

1528
01:05:34,397 --> 01:05:34,864
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

1529
01:05:34,864 --> 01:05:36,532
>> AYE. 

1530
01:05:36,532 --> 01:05:37,934
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

1531
01:05:37,934 --> 01:05:38,301
>> YES. 

1532
01:05:38,301 --> 01:05:39,335
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

1533
01:05:39,335 --> 01:05:39,702
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

1534
01:05:39,702 --> 01:05:39,936
>> YES. 

1535
01:05:39,936 --> 01:05:41,237
>> SEVEN IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED.

1536
01:05:41,237 --> 01:05:42,338
>> AWESOME, WILL THE CLERK 

1537
01:05:42,338 --> 01:05:45,007
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE

1538
01:05:45,007 --> 01:05:47,109
MINUTES AND LEGISLATION ON THE 

1539
01:05:47,109 --> 01:05:48,277
CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY BEHALF? 

1540
01:05:48,277 --> 01:05:50,479
COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE

1541
01:05:50,479 --> 01:05:52,081
RIGHT INTO THE AGENDA. SO WILL 

1542
01:05:52,081 --> 01:05:53,382
THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 

1543
01:05:53,382 --> 01:05:55,284
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD? AND 

1544
01:05:55,284 --> 01:05:57,820
FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER 

1545
01:05:57,820 --> 01:05:59,055
JUAREZ IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. 

1546
01:05:59,055 --> 01:06:00,589
>> THANK YOU. 

1547
01:06:00,589 --> 01:06:03,025
>> AGENDA ITEM ONE, COUNCIL BILL

1548
01:06:03,025 --> 01:06:05,828
121171, RELATED TO LAND USE AND 

1549
01:06:05,828 --> 01:06:07,263
ZONING, REPEALING ORDINANCE 

1550
01:06:07,263 --> 01:06:08,597
127191, WHICH ALLOWED 

1551
01:06:08,597 --> 01:06:10,299
RESIDENTIAL USE WITHIN THE 

1552
01:06:10,299 --> 01:06:12,435
STADIUM TRANSITION AREA OVERLAY 

1553
01:06:12,435 --> 01:06:14,270
DISTRICT UNDER CHAPTER 23.74 OF 

1554
01:06:14,270 --> 01:06:16,172
THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. THE 

1555
01:06:16,172 --> 01:06:18,040
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 

1556
01:06:18,040 --> 01:06:18,240
PASS. 

1557
01:06:18,240 --> 01:06:19,241
>> COUNCILMEMBER STEADY READY 

1558
01:06:19,241 --> 01:06:20,609
EDDIE LIN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO

1559
01:06:20,609 --> 01:06:21,744
PROVIDE COMMITTEE REPORT. 

1560
01:06:21,744 --> 01:06:24,480
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

1561
01:06:24,480 --> 01:06:27,383
COLLEAGUES, I THINK YOU ARE ALL 

1562
01:06:27,383 --> 01:06:31,187
FAMILIAR WITH THIS PIECE OF 

1563
01:06:31,187 --> 01:06:33,055
LEGISLATION, BUT JUST FOR 

1564
01:06:33,055 --> 01:06:37,259
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, LAST YEAR

1565
01:06:37,259 --> 01:06:38,627
ORDINANCE 127191 WAS PASSED, 

1566
01:06:38,627 --> 01:06:41,497
WHICH ALLOWED RESIDENTIAL USE 

1567
01:06:41,497 --> 01:06:44,567
WITHIN THE STADIUM TRANSITION 

1568
01:06:44,567 --> 01:06:46,168
AREA OVERLAY DISTRICT. THAT 

1569
01:06:46,168 --> 01:06:48,304
DECISION WAS APPEALED. IT WAS 

1570
01:06:48,304 --> 01:06:49,372
BROUGHT TO THE MANAGEMENT 

1571
01:06:49,372 --> 01:06:51,807
HEARING BOARD. WE LOST THAT 

1572
01:06:51,807 --> 01:06:56,278
APPEAL. WE WERE ORDERED TO TAKE 

1573
01:06:56,278 --> 01:06:59,315
ACTION, AND THIS BILL, 

1574
01:06:59,315 --> 01:07:01,384
ORDINANCE, WHICH WOULD REPEAL 

1575
01:07:01,384 --> 01:07:02,551
THE PRIOR ORDINANCE 127191, 

1576
01:07:02,551 --> 01:07:05,021
ADDRESSES COMPLIANCE WITH THE 

1577
01:07:05,021 --> 01:07:05,588
GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS 

1578
01:07:05,588 --> 01:07:07,757
BOARD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BILL 

1579
01:07:07,757 --> 01:07:10,893
IS SIMPLY PROCEDURAL AND MEANT 

1580
01:07:10,893 --> 01:07:12,261
TO COMPLY WITH THE GROWTH 

1581
01:07:12,261 --> 01:07:14,864
MANAGEMENT HEARING BOARD. IT IS 

1582
01:07:14,864 --> 01:07:18,134
NOT INTENDED TO REVISIT PRIOR 

1583
01:07:18,134 --> 01:07:20,036
POLICY DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT USES

1584
01:07:20,036 --> 01:07:22,338
SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN THIS AREA. 

1585
01:07:22,338 --> 01:07:23,305
I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS 

1586
01:07:23,305 --> 01:07:25,908
WITH MANY OF THE AFFECTED 

1587
01:07:25,908 --> 01:07:28,010
PARTIES, INCLUDING THE BUILDING 

1588
01:07:28,010 --> 01:07:32,815
TRADES, THE STADIUMS, THE PORT, 

1589
01:07:32,815 --> 01:07:36,419
THE ILWU. AND MY MESSAGE HAS 

1590
01:07:36,419 --> 01:07:37,386
BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE, I 

1591
01:07:37,386 --> 01:07:41,290
THINK WE NEED TO FIND A 

1592
01:07:41,290 --> 01:07:41,891
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT WAY TO 

1593
01:07:41,891 --> 01:07:45,828
FIND A USE THAT EVERYONE CAN 

1594
01:07:45,828 --> 01:07:47,596
LIVE WITH. YOU KNOW, ELECTIVES 

1595
01:07:47,596 --> 01:07:49,432
COME AND GO, ADMINISTRATIONS 

1596
01:07:49,432 --> 01:07:51,233
COME AND GO. BUT THESE PARTNERS 

1597
01:07:51,233 --> 01:07:51,934
THAT WORK IN THAT AREA, THEY'RE

1598
01:07:51,934 --> 01:07:54,070
GOING TO BE THERE LONG TERM. AND

1599
01:07:54,070 --> 01:07:55,337
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT 

1600
01:07:55,337 --> 01:07:57,239
HELPFUL WHEN THE PENDULUM SWINGS

1601
01:07:57,239 --> 01:08:01,310
ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WHEN, YOU 

1602
01:08:01,310 --> 01:08:05,247
KNOW, SOMETHING GETS PASSED AND 

1603
01:08:05,247 --> 01:08:05,981
THEN APPEALED AND LAWSUITS 

1604
01:08:05,981 --> 01:08:08,717
HAPPEN. IF WE CAN FIND A 

1605
01:08:08,717 --> 01:08:09,518
LONG-TERM SOLUTION, IF THE 

1606
01:08:09,518 --> 01:08:10,519
PARTIES CAN WORK TOGETHER, AND 

1607
01:08:10,519 --> 01:08:12,655
I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO WORK 

1608
01:08:12,655 --> 01:08:13,255
WITH THE PARTIES TO DO 

1609
01:08:13,255 --> 01:08:16,525
EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP FIND 

1610
01:08:16,525 --> 01:08:17,159
THAT NEGOTIATING SOLUTION, I 

1611
01:08:17,159 --> 01:08:21,197
THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER 

1612
01:08:21,197 --> 01:08:21,764
LONG-TERM SOLUTION. IN THE 

1613
01:08:21,764 --> 01:08:23,899
MEANTIME, WE DO NEED TO COMPLY 

1614
01:08:23,899 --> 01:08:26,769
WITH THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT 

1615
01:08:26,769 --> 01:08:29,505
HEARING BOARD. THE COMMITTEE 

1616
01:08:29,505 --> 01:08:32,308
PASSES 5-0. AND I WOULD 

1617
01:08:32,308 --> 01:08:33,542
ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK 

1618
01:08:33,542 --> 01:08:33,742
YOU. 

1619
01:08:33,742 --> 01:08:34,877
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.

1620
01:08:34,877 --> 01:08:37,179
FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER 

1621
01:08:37,179 --> 01:08:38,180
STRAUSS IS PRESENT. COLLEAGUES, 

1622
01:08:38,180 --> 01:08:44,353
ARE THERE ANY OTHER FURTHER 

1623
01:08:44,353 --> 01:08:50,059
COMMENTS REGARDING COUNCIL BILL 

1624
01:08:50,059 --> 01:08:50,659
121171? COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

1625
01:08:50,659 --> 01:08:51,327
>> SORRY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I 

1626
01:08:51,327 --> 01:08:52,862
THINK I GOT KICKED OFF THE MAIN,

1627
01:08:52,862 --> 01:08:54,330
SO I CAN'T RAISE MY HAND, BUT 

1628
01:08:54,330 --> 01:08:57,566
THANK YOU FOR CALLING ON ME. 

1629
01:08:57,566 --> 01:08:59,368
COLLEAGUES, I WILL VOTE YES 

1630
01:08:59,368 --> 01:09:00,469
TODAY BECAUSE THE GROWTH 

1631
01:09:00,469 --> 01:09:02,705
MANAGEMENT BOARD IS REQUIRING US

1632
01:09:02,705 --> 01:09:04,173
TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, AND 

1633
01:09:04,173 --> 01:09:07,143
THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT I DO WANT

1634
01:09:07,143 --> 01:09:08,377
TO PUBLICLY RESTATE MY SUPPORT 

1635
01:09:08,377 --> 01:09:12,081
FOR THIS STADIUM HOUSING, WHICH 

1636
01:09:12,081 --> 01:09:13,883
WOULD PROVIDE BADLY NEEDED 

1637
01:09:13,883 --> 01:09:14,950
HOUSING AND JOBS. AND HAVING 

1638
01:09:14,950 --> 01:09:17,686
FOLKS LIVING IN THE AREA WOULD 

1639
01:09:17,686 --> 01:09:22,258
BE A PUBLIC SAFETY BENEFIT THERE

1640
01:09:22,258 --> 01:09:24,193
AS WELL. I KNOW THERE'S SOME 

1641
01:09:24,193 --> 01:09:25,161
APPEALS GOING THROUGH THE 

1642
01:09:25,161 --> 01:09:26,562
COURTS. DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS

1643
01:09:26,562 --> 01:09:30,432
OF THOSE APPEALS, I WOULD LOVE 

1644
01:09:30,432 --> 01:09:31,901
TO SEE THIS PROPOSAL BROUGHT 

1645
01:09:31,901 --> 01:09:32,968
BACK, AND YES, COUNCILMEMBER 

1646
01:09:32,968 --> 01:09:36,305
LIN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR

1647
01:09:36,305 --> 01:09:41,377
THE PARTNERS TO ALL WORK 

1648
01:09:41,377 --> 01:09:42,444
TOGETHER AND EVERYONE CAN 

1649
01:09:42,444 --> 01:09:46,882
SUPPORT AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT

1650
01:09:46,882 --> 01:09:48,217
WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY 

1651
01:09:48,217 --> 01:09:49,985
NEGOTIATED, THERE WERE SOME 

1652
01:09:49,985 --> 01:09:51,787
LABOR PARTNERS THAT FELT LIKE 

1653
01:09:51,787 --> 01:09:53,923
THEY WERE NOT A PART OF THAT 

1654
01:09:53,923 --> 01:09:56,458
FINAL CONVERSATION, AND I DON'T

1655
01:09:56,458 --> 01:09:58,694
THINK THAT IS FAIR, AND I WOULD 

1656
01:09:58,694 --> 01:09:59,828
LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

1657
01:09:59,828 --> 01:10:02,831
BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS 

1658
01:10:02,831 --> 01:10:05,434
FEEL GOOD AS PART OF A FINAL 

1659
01:10:05,434 --> 01:10:06,001
NEGOTIATION, AND JOBS ARE 

1660
01:10:06,001 --> 01:10:06,669
IMPORTANT, AND SO IS HOUSING. SO

1661
01:10:06,669 --> 01:10:09,805
ANY WAY I THINK THESE ARE ALL 

1662
01:10:09,805 --> 01:10:12,308
OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THANK YOU FOR

1663
01:10:12,308 --> 01:10:13,509
BRINGING THIS FORWARD LIKE YOU 

1664
01:10:13,509 --> 01:10:14,944
SAID, THE BOARD IS REQUIRING US 

1665
01:10:14,944 --> 01:10:16,545
TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, AND WE 

1666
01:10:16,545 --> 01:10:19,215
NEED TO DO THAT, SO THANK YOU. 

1667
01:10:19,215 --> 01:10:20,616
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1668
01:10:20,616 --> 01:10:21,584
RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

1669
01:10:21,584 --> 01:10:23,118
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 

1670
01:10:23,118 --> 01:10:24,887
PRESIDENT. FIRST, I WANT TO 

1671
01:10:24,887 --> 01:10:26,922
THANK THE COMMITTEE CHAIR LIN 

1672
01:10:26,922 --> 01:10:32,127
FOR USHERING THIS LEGISLATION 

1673
01:10:32,127 --> 01:10:35,998
THROUGH YOUR COMMITTEE. I THINK 

1674
01:10:35,998 --> 01:10:37,967
WE COULD ALL AGREE. AND TO MAKE 

1675
01:10:37,967 --> 01:10:42,771
SURE IT DOESN'T MAKE A LOT OF 

1676
01:10:42,771 --> 01:10:45,407
THINGS FEEL GOOD. AND THE 

1677
01:10:45,407 --> 01:10:46,175
UNDERLINING ISSUES OF THE MERIT.

1678
01:10:46,175 --> 01:10:48,310
BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY UPFRONT

1679
01:10:48,310 --> 01:10:51,347
THAT MY VOTE TODAY IS BASED  

1680
01:10:51,347 --> 01:10:57,252
SOLELY ON THE PROCEDURAL ASPECTS

1681
01:10:57,252 --> 01:11:02,958
OF THIS LEGISLATION. AND THAT'S

1682
01:11:02,958 --> 01:11:05,060
IT. THIS IS EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT 

1683
01:11:05,060 --> 01:11:07,329
COMPLIANCE WITH THE BOARD'S 

1684
01:11:07,329 --> 01:11:10,199
REQUIREMENT THAT OUR CITY 

1685
01:11:10,199 --> 01:11:10,633
ADDRESS PROCEDURAL 

1686
01:11:10,633 --> 01:11:14,303
IRREGULARITIES. I WISH IT WERE 

1687
01:11:14,303 --> 01:11:20,209
MORE. WELL, SOME MAY WISH IT 

1688
01:11:20,209 --> 01:11:22,144
WERE MORE INTRIGUING. AND ABOUT 

1689
01:11:22,144 --> 01:11:26,649
REVERSALS AND REVISITING THE 

1690
01:11:26,649 --> 01:11:27,983
SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES. AND THIS IS 

1691
01:11:27,983 --> 01:11:33,222
ABOUT BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH 

1692
01:11:33,222 --> 01:11:33,722
NITTY-GRITTY TECHNICAL 

1693
01:11:33,722 --> 01:11:35,224
PROCEDURAL DETAILS. TO BE CLEAR,

1694
01:11:35,224 --> 01:11:37,559
THIS IS NOT ABOUT REVISITING THE

1695
01:11:37,559 --> 01:11:38,761
BROADER POLICY DEBATE AROUND 

1696
01:11:38,761 --> 01:11:41,530
WHETHER HOUSING SHOULD OR SHOULD

1697
01:11:41,530 --> 01:11:44,700
NOT BE ALLOWED IN SODO. THOSE 

1698
01:11:44,700 --> 01:11:46,068
REMAIN PENDING ISSUES. OUR CITY 

1699
01:11:46,068 --> 01:11:50,272
WILL NEED TO CONFRONT AGAIN AT 

1700
01:11:50,272 --> 01:11:50,873
SOME POINT. WITH THE PARTIES 

1701
01:11:50,873 --> 01:11:57,079
THAT ARE GOING TO OUTLIVE ALL OF

1702
01:11:57,079 --> 01:12:02,518
US. BEING FRONT AND CENTER. AND 

1703
01:12:02,518 --> 01:12:05,854
MAKING THOSE DECISIONS. AND A 

1704
01:12:05,854 --> 01:12:07,256
PART OF THAT DEBATE EXTENDED 

1705
01:12:07,256 --> 01:12:10,893
WHEN WE FIRST HAD THIS ORIGINAL 

1706
01:12:10,893 --> 01:12:11,427
CONVERSATION. THE LATEST 

1707
01:12:11,427 --> 01:12:13,328
ITERATION OF THE CONVERSATION 

1708
01:12:13,328 --> 01:12:14,697
LAST YEAR. SO MY VOTE TODAY 

1709
01:12:14,697 --> 01:12:17,399
SHOULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS A 

1710
01:12:17,399 --> 01:12:20,502
CHANGE IN MY UNDERLINING 

1711
01:12:20,502 --> 01:12:22,237
POSITION, ON THE SUBSTANTIVE 

1712
01:12:22,237 --> 01:12:23,706
POLICY, THE QUESTION ITSELF. 

1713
01:12:23,706 --> 01:12:26,842
INSTEAD IT'S JUST COMPLIANCE 

1714
01:12:26,842 --> 01:12:27,976
WITH NITTY-GRITTY PROCEDURAL 

1715
01:12:27,976 --> 01:12:30,312
ASPECTS OF THIS LEGISLATION. I 

1716
01:12:30,312 --> 01:12:33,615
STAND BY WHERE I -- WHERE I 

1717
01:12:33,615 --> 01:12:36,385
STOOD ORIGINALLY. MY POSITION IS

1718
01:12:36,385 --> 01:12:43,225
CLEAR, KNOWN. WE ALSO NEED TO BE

1719
01:12:43,225 --> 01:12:44,393
COMPLIANT. AND THAT'S IT. IT'S

1720
01:12:44,393 --> 01:12:46,695
ABOUT PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE, NOT

1721
01:12:46,695 --> 01:12:48,230
THE SUBSTANTIVE NARRATIVE OF 

1722
01:12:48,230 --> 01:12:53,569
THIS BILL OR THE UNDERLINING 

1723
01:12:53,569 --> 01:12:54,203
LEGISLATION RATHER. SO THANK 

1724
01:12:54,203 --> 01:12:54,403
YOU. 

1725
01:12:54,403 --> 01:12:55,537
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1726
01:12:55,537 --> 01:12:58,040
SAKA. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 

1727
01:12:58,040 --> 01:12:59,108
COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL 121171 

1728
01:12:59,108 --> 01:13:02,845
BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE? I SHARE

1729
01:13:02,845 --> 01:13:04,680
THE SAME SENTIMENTS, COMMENTS OF

1730
01:13:04,680 --> 01:13:05,314
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND SAKA. 

1731
01:13:05,314 --> 01:13:07,049
WITH MY VOTE, I SAID IT IN 

1732
01:13:07,049 --> 01:13:08,083
COMMITTEE, THAT THIS IS 

1733
01:13:08,083 --> 01:13:09,852
PROCEDURAL FROM MY END. IT DOES 

1734
01:13:09,852 --> 01:13:11,987
NOT CHANGE MY OPINION AS WELL. 

1735
01:13:11,987 --> 01:13:15,157
SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 

1736
01:13:15,157 --> 01:13:16,291
THE ROLL? 

1737
01:13:16,291 --> 01:13:17,426
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

1738
01:13:17,426 --> 01:13:18,394
>> YES. 

1739
01:13:18,394 --> 01:13:19,395
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

1740
01:13:19,395 --> 01:13:20,529
>> AYE. 

1741
01:13:20,529 --> 01:13:21,263
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

1742
01:13:21,263 --> 01:13:22,631
>> AYE. 

1743
01:13:22,631 --> 01:13:23,565
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

1744
01:13:23,565 --> 01:13:25,100
>> AYE. 

1745
01:13:25,100 --> 01:13:26,168
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

1746
01:13:26,168 --> 01:13:28,270
>> YES. 

1747
01:13:28,270 --> 01:13:28,804
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

1748
01:13:28,804 --> 01:13:29,872
>> AYE. 

1749
01:13:29,872 --> 01:13:30,939
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

1750
01:13:30,939 --> 01:13:32,241
>> AYE. 

1751
01:13:32,241 --> 01:13:33,609
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

1752
01:13:33,609 --> 01:13:35,377
>> YES. 

1753
01:13:35,377 --> 01:13:35,878
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

1754
01:13:35,878 --> 01:13:36,245
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

1755
01:13:36,245 --> 01:13:36,678
>> AYE. 

1756
01:13:36,678 --> 01:13:38,514
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 

1757
01:13:38,514 --> 01:13:40,249
>> THE BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR 

1758
01:13:40,249 --> 01:13:42,117
WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK 

1759
01:13:42,117 --> 01:13:45,454
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE

1760
01:13:45,454 --> 01:13:46,121
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF. WE'RE

1761
01:13:46,121 --> 01:13:47,723
GOING TO JUMP INTO ITEM NUMBER 

1762
01:13:47,723 --> 01:13:50,225
TWO. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ 

1763
01:13:50,225 --> 01:13:52,828
ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE RECORD?

1764
01:13:52,828 --> 01:13:55,197
>> THE FINANCE, NATIVE 

1765
01:13:55,197 --> 01:13:59,268
COMMUNITIES, AND TRIBAL 

1766
01:13:59,268 --> 01:13:59,902
GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE, COUNCIL 

1767
01:13:59,902 --> 01:14:00,502
BILL 121201. THE FEDERATION 

1768
01:14:00,502 --> 01:14:01,069
INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL 

1769
01:14:01,069 --> 01:14:01,570
ASSOCIATION WORLD CUP, 

1770
01:14:01,570 --> 01:14:02,671
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OR THE 

1771
01:14:02,671 --> 01:14:05,307
MAYOR'S DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE AN 

1772
01:14:05,307 --> 01:14:05,941
AGREEMENT BETWEEN SEATTLE FWC26 

1773
01:14:05,941 --> 01:14:08,644
AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THE 

1774
01:14:08,644 --> 01:14:10,579
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE BILL 

1775
01:14:10,579 --> 01:14:11,847
PASSES AS AMENDED. 

1776
01:14:11,847 --> 01:14:12,381
>> AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER 

1777
01:14:12,381 --> 01:14:14,283
STRAUSS, AS CHAIR OF THE 

1778
01:14:14,283 --> 01:14:14,917
COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 

1779
01:14:14,917 --> 01:14:16,285
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

1780
01:14:16,285 --> 01:14:21,824
WE HAVE FIFA COMING UP, IS IT IN

1781
01:14:21,824 --> 01:14:27,296
35 DAYS? 26 DAYS? IT'S COMING. 

1782
01:14:27,296 --> 01:14:29,231
IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 

1783
01:14:29,231 --> 01:14:31,934
WE ARE ALL VERY EXCITED. AND TO 

1784
01:14:31,934 --> 01:14:35,003
MAKE SURE WE ARE WELL PREPARED, 

1785
01:14:35,003 --> 01:14:36,972
WE ARE RECEIVING  FUNDS, FUNDS 

1786
01:14:36,972 --> 01:14:40,209
FROM THE FEDERAL AND FROM THE 

1787
01:14:40,209 --> 01:14:41,476
STATE GOVERNMENT. AND WE ARE 

1788
01:14:41,476 --> 01:14:46,882
ALSO RECEIVING SOME FUNDS FROM 

1789
01:14:46,882 --> 01:14:47,516
OUR LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. 

1790
01:14:47,516 --> 01:14:50,052
AND WE ARE ENTERING INTO AN 

1791
01:14:50,052 --> 01:14:52,654
AGREEMENT WITH OUR LOCAL 

1792
01:14:52,654 --> 01:14:54,356
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE. AND SO 

1793
01:14:54,356 --> 01:14:57,259
THIS $1 MILLION THAT WE'RE 

1794
01:14:57,259 --> 01:15:01,129
RECEIVING FROM THE LOCAL 

1795
01:15:01,129 --> 01:15:01,997
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE IS NOT 

1796
01:15:01,997 --> 01:15:03,265
BEING APPROPRIATED IN THIS BILL.

1797
01:15:03,265 --> 01:15:07,803
WE WILL COME BACK AFTER FIFA, SO

1798
01:15:07,803 --> 01:15:09,771
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT DEPARTMENTS 

1799
01:15:09,771 --> 01:15:12,574
HAVE SPENT AND HOW MUCH MONEY ON

1800
01:15:12,574 --> 01:15:15,043
WHICH THINGS, AND THEN WE'LL DO

1801
01:15:15,043 --> 01:15:20,482
OUR BEST. WE THEN ALSO HAVE $15 

1802
01:15:20,482 --> 01:15:24,086
MILLION, WHICH IS ACCEPTED GRANT

1803
01:15:24,086 --> 01:15:25,220
AND APPROPRIATED FOR SAFETY AND 

1804
01:15:25,220 --> 01:15:26,855
SECURITY, AND THEN WE HAVE A 

1805
01:15:26,855 --> 01:15:30,292
THIRD GRANT, WHICH WE ARE 

1806
01:15:30,292 --> 01:15:32,561
ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING FOR 

1807
01:15:32,561 --> 01:15:34,296
COUNTERDRONE ACTIVITY. WE ARE 

1808
01:15:34,296 --> 01:15:37,332
NOT BUYING. THIS IS SOLELY FOR 

1809
01:15:37,332 --> 01:15:38,000
PERSONNEL TRAINING, PLANNING. 

1810
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:39,768
THERE IS NO EQUIPMENT, SO WE ARE

1811
01:15:39,768 --> 01:15:42,304
NOT GETTING ANY DRONE CATCHERS. 

1812
01:15:42,304 --> 01:15:43,505
BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE 

1813
01:15:43,505 --> 01:15:45,274
ELEMENTS, THE FOUR ELEMENTS OF 

1814
01:15:45,274 --> 01:15:47,376
THE BILL. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT, 

1815
01:15:47,376 --> 01:15:50,045
WE HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS THAT 

1816
01:15:50,045 --> 01:15:53,248
WE ARE ACCEPTING, BUT NOT 

1817
01:15:53,248 --> 01:15:54,917
APPROPRIATING. WE HAVE $15 

1818
01:15:54,917 --> 01:15:56,985
MILLION THAT WE ARE ACCEPTING 

1819
01:15:56,985 --> 01:15:58,320
AND APPROPRIATING FOR SAFETY AND

1820
01:15:58,320 --> 01:16:01,523
SECURITY, AND THEN WE HAVE $2.1 

1821
01:16:01,523 --> 01:16:04,993
MILLION THAT WE'RE ACCEPTING 

1822
01:16:04,993 --> 01:16:06,528
AND APPROPRIATING TOWARDS 

1823
01:16:06,528 --> 01:16:07,729
ANTI-DRONE ACTIVITY. I URGE A 

1824
01:16:07,729 --> 01:16:09,331
YES VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS RIGHT 

1825
01:16:09,331 --> 01:16:10,365
AROUND THE CORNER, AND WE NEED 

1826
01:16:10,365 --> 01:16:14,202
TO GET OUR CITY READY TO HOST AN

1827
01:16:14,202 --> 01:16:15,070
INTERNATIONAL SOCCER EVENT, 

1828
01:16:15,070 --> 01:16:16,638
FOOTBALL EVENT. EXCUSE ME. AND I

1829
01:16:16,638 --> 01:16:19,741
WOULD BE REMISS TO SAY BALLARD 

1830
01:16:19,741 --> 01:16:21,710
FC START THEIR SEASON THIS 

1831
01:16:21,710 --> 01:16:24,713
SEASON. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING

1832
01:16:24,713 --> 01:16:30,619
YOU ALL AT INNER BAY PITCH. 

1833
01:16:30,619 --> 01:16:32,955
>> AWESOME. THANK YOU, 

1834
01:16:32,955 --> 01:16:35,290
COUNCILMEMBER  STRAUSS. COUNCIL 

1835
01:16:35,290 --> 01:16:36,558
BILL 121201. ANY CLOSING 

1836
01:16:36,558 --> 01:16:37,192
COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS?

1837
01:16:37,192 --> 01:16:39,127
>> LOOKING FORWARD TO FIFA. 

1838
01:16:39,127 --> 01:16:39,895
>> AWESOME. WILL THE CLERK 

1839
01:16:39,895 --> 01:16:41,697
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 

1840
01:16:41,697 --> 01:16:43,632
PASSAGE OF THE BILL? 

1841
01:16:43,632 --> 01:16:44,733
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

1842
01:16:44,733 --> 01:16:46,034
>> YES. 

1843
01:16:46,034 --> 01:16:46,868
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

1844
01:16:46,868 --> 01:16:48,036
>> AYE. 

1845
01:16:48,036 --> 01:16:48,704
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

1846
01:16:48,704 --> 01:16:50,105
>> AYE. 

1847
01:16:50,105 --> 01:16:51,273
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

1848
01:16:51,273 --> 01:16:52,674
>> AYE. 

1849
01:16:52,674 --> 01:16:53,275
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

1850
01:16:53,275 --> 01:16:54,409
>> YES. 

1851
01:16:54,409 --> 01:16:55,477
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

1852
01:16:55,477 --> 01:16:56,445
>> AYE. 

1853
01:16:56,445 --> 01:16:57,346
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

1854
01:16:57,346 --> 01:16:59,948
>> AYE. 

1855
01:16:59,948 --> 01:17:00,649
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

1856
01:17:00,649 --> 01:17:01,683
>> YES. 

1857
01:17:01,683 --> 01:17:02,150
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

1858
01:17:02,150 --> 01:17:02,517
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

1859
01:17:02,517 --> 01:17:02,784
>> YES. 

1860
01:17:02,784 --> 01:17:05,621
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 

1861
01:17:05,621 --> 01:17:07,155
>> THE BILL PASSES, THE CHAIR 

1862
01:17:07,155 --> 01:17:08,457
WILL SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK 

1863
01:17:08,457 --> 01:17:10,559
PLEASE AFFIX MY SIGNATURE ON THE

1864
01:17:10,559 --> 01:17:12,027
BILL ON MY BEHALF? NOW, WILL THE

1865
01:17:12,027 --> 01:17:13,328
CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER 

1866
01:17:13,328 --> 01:17:15,297
THREE INTO THE RECORD? 

1867
01:17:15,297 --> 01:17:17,899
>> THE REPORT, THE 

1868
01:17:17,899 --> 01:17:18,900
TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT 

1869
01:17:18,900 --> 01:17:21,303
COMMITTEE, AGENDA THREE, COUNCIL

1870
01:17:21,303 --> 01:17:22,904
BILL 121171, RELATED TO SHARED 

1871
01:17:22,904 --> 01:17:24,940
STREETS, ADDING A NEW CHAPTER, 

1872
01:17:24,940 --> 01:17:29,711
11.45 TO THE SEATTLE OF 

1873
01:17:29,711 --> 01:17:30,078
MUNICIPAL CODE. 

1874
01:17:30,078 --> 01:17:30,746
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AS CHAIR 

1875
01:17:30,746 --> 01:17:33,749
OF THE COMMITTEE, YOU ARE 

1876
01:17:33,749 --> 01:17:34,049
RECOGNIZED. 

1877
01:17:34,049 --> 01:17:37,085
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 

1878
01:17:37,085 --> 01:17:39,521
PRESIDENT. I WOULD LOVE TO PASS 

1879
01:17:39,521 --> 01:17:41,089
IT ON TO THE LEGISLATION 

1880
01:17:41,089 --> 01:17:43,425
SPONSOR. BUT THANK YOU FOR 

1881
01:17:43,425 --> 01:17:45,527
PUTTING THIS ON TODAY'S AGENDA.

1882
01:17:45,527 --> 01:17:48,263
IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO HEAR THIS 

1883
01:17:48,263 --> 01:17:49,464
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION 

1884
01:17:49,464 --> 01:17:51,466
IN OUR STEPS COMMITTEE LAST 

1885
01:17:51,466 --> 01:17:53,101
WEEK. ON APRIL 20, TO SET THE 

1886
01:17:53,101 --> 01:17:56,838
FOUNDATION FOR THIS, ON APRIL 

1887
01:17:56,838 --> 01:17:58,907
2025, WASHINGTON PASSED SENATE 

1888
01:17:58,907 --> 01:18:01,109
BILL 5595 AND BECAME THE FIRST 

1889
01:18:01,109 --> 01:18:04,913
STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO 

1890
01:18:04,913 --> 01:18:06,148
AUTHORIZE SHARED STREETS, A 

1891
01:18:06,148 --> 01:18:06,982
PARADIGM SHIFT THAT COULD 

1892
01:18:06,982 --> 01:18:09,718
RESHAPE HOW PEOPLE MOVE AND 

1893
01:18:09,718 --> 01:18:10,619
CITIES ACROSS THE STATE, AND 

1894
01:18:10,619 --> 01:18:14,790
SERVE AS A MODEL NATIONWIDE. 

1895
01:18:14,790 --> 01:18:15,991
THIS CRITICAL DESIGNATION WILL 

1896
01:18:15,991 --> 01:18:19,227
GIVE WALKERS AND BIKERS 

1897
01:18:19,227 --> 01:18:19,861
PRIORITY, SLOWS VEHICLE TRAFFIC 

1898
01:18:19,861 --> 01:18:23,298
TO 10 MILES PER HOUR, AND 

1899
01:18:23,298 --> 01:18:26,301
REMOVES JAYWALKING RESTRICTIONS.

1900
01:18:26,301 --> 01:18:29,604
THIS IS A MAJOR STEP TOWARDS 

1901
01:18:29,604 --> 01:18:31,707
SAFER PEOPLE CENTERED STREETS. 

1902
01:18:31,707 --> 01:18:32,974
I'M EXCITED TO VOTE TO APPROVE 

1903
01:18:32,974 --> 01:18:34,776
THIS BILL TODAY. I WANT TO THANK

1904
01:18:34,776 --> 01:18:37,379
THE BILL SPONSOR, COUNCILMEMBER 

1905
01:18:37,379 --> 01:18:39,381
STRAUSS, FOR BRINGING THIS 

1906
01:18:39,381 --> 01:18:40,215
FORWARD AT THIS MOMENT. 

1907
01:18:40,215 --> 01:18:43,218
COUNCILMEMBER PRESIDENT, I YIELD

1908
01:18:43,218 --> 01:18:45,353
THE FLOOR TO COUNCILMEMBER 

1909
01:18:45,353 --> 01:18:46,254
STRAUSS AT YOUR PLEASURE. 

1910
01:18:46,254 --> 01:18:47,923
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

1911
01:18:47,923 --> 01:18:49,591
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND 

1912
01:18:49,591 --> 01:18:51,026
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. I 

1913
01:18:51,026 --> 01:18:53,829
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND REALLY 

1914
01:18:53,829 --> 01:18:55,530
PROVIDE MY APPRECIATION FOR THE 

1915
01:18:55,530 --> 01:18:56,498
HISTORY THAT YOU PROVIDED, THE 

1916
01:18:56,498 --> 01:19:01,203
STAGE YOU SET AT YOUR COMMITTEE 

1917
01:19:01,203 --> 01:19:03,672
LAST WEEK. I CAN TELL YOU CARED 

1918
01:19:03,672 --> 01:19:05,407
A LOT ABOUT THIS BILL AND THAT 

1919
01:19:05,407 --> 01:19:08,009
YOU WERE VERY EXCITED THIS WAS 

1920
01:19:08,009 --> 01:19:08,944
COUNCIL GENERATED LEGISLATION 

1921
01:19:08,944 --> 01:19:11,780
BECAUSE WE HAD WAITED FOR SDOT 

1922
01:19:11,780 --> 01:19:14,850
FOR TOO LONG, AND WE'RE EXCITED

1923
01:19:14,850 --> 01:19:15,851
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. SDOT 

1924
01:19:15,851 --> 01:19:17,786
STILL NEEDS TO TAKE THE NEXT 

1925
01:19:17,786 --> 01:19:24,025
STEPS OF THE IMPLEMENTING EITHER

1926
01:19:24,025 --> 01:19:24,860
POLICIES OR LEGISLATION. THIS 

1927
01:19:24,860 --> 01:19:28,964
LAW IS, WOW, ABOUT FIVE YEARS IN

1928
01:19:28,964 --> 01:19:31,233
THE MAKING. IF YOU LOOK AT 

1929
01:19:31,233 --> 01:19:33,101
PICTURES OF OLD TIME SEATTLE 

1930
01:19:33,101 --> 01:19:34,302
HERE DOWN IN PIONEER SQUARE, YOU

1931
01:19:34,302 --> 01:19:36,905
SEE A MIX OF PEOPLE WALKING 

1932
01:19:36,905 --> 01:19:40,942
ACROSS THE STREET WITH SOME 

1933
01:19:40,942 --> 01:19:41,676
STREETCARS AND SOME HORSES. IT 

1934
01:19:41,676 --> 01:19:44,679
LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY LEFT A 

1935
01:19:44,679 --> 01:19:48,850
HELMET HERE. THERE WERE BICYCLES

1936
01:19:48,850 --> 01:19:51,987
EVEN IN THOSE PICTURES. WHAT YOU

1937
01:19:51,987 --> 01:19:53,755
SAW WAS ACTUALLY WHAT LOOKS LIKE

1938
01:19:53,755 --> 01:19:55,891
WHAT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT WITH 

1939
01:19:55,891 --> 01:19:57,459
JUST LOTS OF ACTIVITY, ALL 

1940
01:19:57,459 --> 01:19:59,861
MOVING VERY SLOWLY, ALL IN THE 

1941
01:19:59,861 --> 01:20:01,930
PUBLIC REALM, WHICH IS THE 

1942
01:20:01,930 --> 01:20:04,466
STREET. BUT SOMEHOW THEY BECAME 

1943
01:20:04,466 --> 01:20:05,534
THE ANOMALY INSTEAD OF THE 

1944
01:20:05,534 --> 01:20:10,772
REGULARITY OF OUR CITY. OVER THE

1945
01:20:10,772 --> 01:20:12,474
COURSE OF THAT TIME, WHAT WE 

1946
01:20:12,474 --> 01:20:13,475
JUST BECAME, EVERYONE EITHER GOT

1947
01:20:13,475 --> 01:20:15,343
IN THE LANE OR IF THEY DIDN'T 

1948
01:20:15,343 --> 01:20:17,045
HAVE A LANE, THEY GOT IN 

1949
01:20:17,045 --> 01:20:23,084
SOMEBODY ELSE'S LANE, AND THEY 

1950
01:20:23,084 --> 01:20:24,786
TOOK THE RISKS, RIGHT? AND SO 

1951
01:20:24,786 --> 01:20:28,590
FAST FORWARD OR REWIND TO 2021. 

1952
01:20:28,590 --> 01:20:31,126
WE WERE IN THE PANDEMIC. IN 

1953
01:20:31,126 --> 01:20:32,694
BALLARD, WE WERE LOOKING AT HOW 

1954
01:20:32,694 --> 01:20:34,396
WE COULD MAKE BALLARD AVENUE A 

1955
01:20:34,396 --> 01:20:36,598
BUSINESS STREET THAT COULD 

1956
01:20:36,598 --> 01:20:37,265
CONTINUE GENERATING ECONOMIC 

1957
01:20:37,265 --> 01:20:40,268
ACTIVITY THAT COULD KEEP OUR 

1958
01:20:40,268 --> 01:20:41,036
OWNER OPERATED RESTAURANTS THAT 

1959
01:20:41,036 --> 01:20:44,840
ARE ON A THIN MARGIN, STILL 

1960
01:20:44,840 --> 01:20:46,875
OPERATING, STILL MAKING MONEY, 

1961
01:20:46,875 --> 01:20:49,678
STILL GIVING SEATTLE A VIBRANT 

1962
01:20:49,678 --> 01:20:52,581
PLACE TO ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER,

1963
01:20:52,581 --> 01:20:54,449
DESPITE THIS PANDEMIC. AND SO WE

1964
01:20:54,449 --> 01:20:56,618
WOULD TURN BALLARD AVENUE FROM A

1965
01:20:56,618 --> 01:20:58,520
TWO-WAY STREET INTO A ONE-WAY 

1966
01:20:58,520 --> 01:21:01,756
STREET, SO THOSE CAFES COULD 

1967
01:21:01,756 --> 01:21:02,524
HAVE MORE SPACE TO OPERATE. AND 

1968
01:21:02,524 --> 01:21:09,064
WE RAN A NUMBER OF DESIGN. THE 

1969
01:21:09,064 --> 01:21:10,999
COUNCIL AND MANY DIFFERENT 

1970
01:21:10,999 --> 01:21:12,133
ITERATIONS HAVE SUPPORTED MY 

1971
01:21:12,133 --> 01:21:12,767
INCREMENTAL BUDGET AMENDMENTS 

1972
01:21:12,767 --> 01:21:15,670
THAT FUND JUST ENOUGH TO GET US 

1973
01:21:15,670 --> 01:21:16,905
TO THE NEXT STAGE. THAT'S ME 

1974
01:21:16,905 --> 01:21:18,840
PREPPING US THAT I MIGHT HAVE 

1975
01:21:18,840 --> 01:21:20,942
ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE INCREMENTAL

1976
01:21:20,942 --> 01:21:22,210
BUDGET AMENDMENTS COMING UP SOON

1977
01:21:22,210 --> 01:21:25,780
WITH THE NEXT STEP FOR BALLARD 

1978
01:21:25,780 --> 01:21:30,485
AVENUE. AND WHEN WE WERE SITTING

1979
01:21:30,485 --> 01:21:32,320
THERE, WE HAD TRAFFIC SPEEDING 

1980
01:21:32,320 --> 01:21:33,655
BY US. AND WHILE THE LOWEST 

1981
01:21:33,655 --> 01:21:36,191
SPEED LIMITS CAN BE PUT DOWN TO 

1982
01:21:36,191 --> 01:21:38,260
20 MILES AN HOUR, I THINK 

1983
01:21:38,260 --> 01:21:39,828
BALLARD AVENUE IS STILL 25, BUT 

1984
01:21:39,828 --> 01:21:41,429
LET'S PLAY IT SAFE AND SAY 

1985
01:21:41,429 --> 01:21:43,565
IT'S 20. WHEN YOU ARE SITTING 

1986
01:21:43,565 --> 01:21:47,602
THERE TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH THE 

1987
01:21:47,602 --> 01:21:50,205
OTHER PEOPLE YOU'RE DINING 

1988
01:21:50,205 --> 01:21:52,707
WITH, AND YOU'RE SITTING IN 

1989
01:21:52,707 --> 01:21:54,909
PUBLIC SPACE, AND A VEHICLE 

1990
01:21:54,909 --> 01:21:57,445
MOVES PAST YOU, YOU KNOW, THREE 

1991
01:21:57,445 --> 01:21:59,314
TO FIVE FEET AWAY. IF IT'S 

1992
01:21:59,314 --> 01:22:02,984
MOVING FIVE, TEN MILES AN HOUR, 

1993
01:22:02,984 --> 01:22:04,719
EVERYTHING IS FINE. AS LONG AS 

1994
01:22:04,719 --> 01:22:05,854
THE DRIVER MAINTAINS THEIR EYES 

1995
01:22:05,854 --> 01:22:09,824
ON THE ROAD AND TWO HANDS ON THE

1996
01:22:09,824 --> 01:22:12,427
WHEEL, EVERYTHING IS FINE. BUT 

1997
01:22:12,427 --> 01:22:15,030
WHEN EVERYONE IS MOVING  SLOWLY 

1998
01:22:15,030 --> 01:22:19,234
TOGETHER, WE ARE ABLE TO STOP 

1999
01:22:19,234 --> 01:22:21,069
BAD THINGS FROM HAPPENING, ETC. 

2000
01:22:21,069 --> 01:22:24,172
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS THE STATE 

2001
01:22:24,172 --> 01:22:27,342
HAD PREEMPTION AUTHORITY ON THE 

2002
01:22:27,342 --> 01:22:30,478
CITY TO DETERMINE OUR SPEED 

2003
01:22:30,478 --> 01:22:31,146
LIMITS FOR STREETS LIKE BALLARD 

2004
01:22:31,146 --> 01:22:33,548
AVENUE, BIKE PLACE. I HEARD A 

2005
01:22:33,548 --> 01:22:34,215
NUMBER OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS 

2006
01:22:34,215 --> 01:22:36,217
SHARE STREETS IN THEIR OWN 

2007
01:22:36,217 --> 01:22:38,753
DISTRICTS THAT COULD BENEFIT 

2008
01:22:38,753 --> 01:22:40,422
FROM THIS. AND WHEN WE HEARD 

2009
01:22:40,422 --> 01:22:43,091
PUBLIC COMMENT, CHAIR SAKA, AT 

2010
01:22:43,091 --> 01:22:45,327
YOUR COMMITTEE, I HEARD HEATHER 

2011
01:22:45,327 --> 01:22:47,595
PEEL AND MARK ASTROS SPEAK 

2012
01:22:47,595 --> 01:22:50,899
ELEGANTLY TO WHY THIS IS 

2013
01:22:50,899 --> 01:22:52,267
IMPORTANT FOR SEATTLE TODAY. FOR

2014
01:22:52,267 --> 01:22:56,871
NOW FOR THE FUTURE, AND SO IN 

2015
01:22:56,871 --> 01:22:57,906
THAT 2021 LUNCH DESIGN BREAK 

2016
01:22:57,906 --> 01:22:59,607
THAT WE'RE EATING OUT ON 

2017
01:22:59,607 --> 01:23:01,209
BALLARD AVENUE, AND THESE CARS 

2018
01:23:01,209 --> 01:23:04,412
ARE WHIPPING PAST US, WE 

2019
01:23:04,412 --> 01:23:07,482
REALIZED THE STATE HAD 

2020
01:23:07,482 --> 01:23:09,584
PREEMPTION, SO WE STARTED TO 

2021
01:23:09,584 --> 01:23:11,653
WORK TO HAVE THAT STATE LAW 

2022
01:23:11,653 --> 01:23:14,322
CHANGED. SO 2025 IS WHEN THAT 

2023
01:23:14,322 --> 01:23:17,058
BILL WAS INTRODUCED TO THE 

2024
01:23:17,058 --> 01:23:18,460
LEGISLATURE, IT WAS PASSED OUT 

2025
01:23:18,460 --> 01:23:20,028
OVER A YEAR AGO. AND SINCE THAT 

2026
01:23:20,028 --> 01:23:21,629
TIME, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH 

2027
01:23:21,629 --> 01:23:23,531
SDOT TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE 

2028
01:23:23,531 --> 01:23:25,233
MOVING SO SLOWLY, WHY WE CAN'T 

2029
01:23:25,233 --> 01:23:26,868
MOVE FASTER, IF WE COULD MOVE 

2030
01:23:26,868 --> 01:23:29,404
PAST THIS. AND SO THAT IS THE 

2031
01:23:29,404 --> 01:23:31,506
GENESIS OF US DOING OUR 

2032
01:23:31,506 --> 01:23:33,375
LEGISLATION, WHICH IS DIFFERENT 

2033
01:23:33,375 --> 01:23:34,109
THAN RECEIVING LEGISLATION 

2034
01:23:34,109 --> 01:23:37,545
GENERATED BY THE MAYOR OR BY THE

2035
01:23:37,545 --> 01:23:38,012
DEPARTMENT ITSELF. SO 

2036
01:23:38,012 --> 01:23:38,713
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AGAIN, I 

2037
01:23:38,713 --> 01:23:40,515
APPRECIATE YOU HAVING THIS IN 

2038
01:23:40,515 --> 01:23:41,750
YOUR COMMITTEE AND PUTTING IT 

2039
01:23:41,750 --> 01:23:45,420
FORWARD, AND CLARIFYING FOR THE 

2040
01:23:45,420 --> 01:23:46,254
PUBLIC, THERE'S A TWO-MEETING 

2041
01:23:46,254 --> 01:23:50,325
RULE ON THE DEPARTMENT GENERATED

2042
01:23:50,325 --> 01:23:51,960
LEGISLATION. AND I'M JUST HERE 

2043
01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:53,194
TO CELEBRATE WITH MARK, WITH 

2044
01:23:53,194 --> 01:23:55,230
HEATHER, EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS 

2045
01:23:55,230 --> 01:23:56,631
ADVOCATED FOR THIS FOR SO LONG. 

2046
01:23:56,631 --> 01:23:58,366
BECAUSE WHILE THIS IS AN 

2047
01:23:58,366 --> 01:24:01,302
IMPORTANT STEP TO MOVE FORWARD, 

2048
01:24:01,302 --> 01:24:02,637
IT IS ALSO NOT THE END BECAUSE 

2049
01:24:02,637 --> 01:24:06,174
WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THESE 

2050
01:24:06,174 --> 01:24:09,077
STREETS DESIGNATED, AND I'M 

2051
01:24:09,077 --> 01:24:09,878
REALLY HOPEFUL THE MAYOR WILL 

2052
01:24:09,878 --> 01:24:11,780
SENDS THAT LIST DOWN SOON. IF 

2053
01:24:11,780 --> 01:24:15,784
NOT, IF WE JUST GENERATE OUR 

2054
01:24:15,784 --> 01:24:17,085
LEGISLATION AGAIN. BUT IF YOU 

2055
01:24:17,085 --> 01:24:19,387
LOOK BACK TO THE HISTORIC 

2056
01:24:19,387 --> 01:24:20,522
PICTURES OF SEATTLE, PEOPLE LIKE

2057
01:24:20,522 --> 01:24:22,023
TO REMINISCE ABOUT THIS TIME OF 

2058
01:24:22,023 --> 01:24:24,325
THE PAST. REMINISCE ABOUT THOSE 

2059
01:24:24,325 --> 01:24:26,327
PICTURES WHERE EVERYONE WAS IN 

2060
01:24:26,327 --> 01:24:27,962
THE STREETS TOGETHER BECAUSE IT 

2061
01:24:27,962 --> 01:24:28,730
WAS A SHARED PUBLIC SPACE AS  

2062
01:24:28,730 --> 01:24:30,565
COMPARED TO THE STREETS THAT WE 

2063
01:24:30,565 --> 01:24:33,802
HAVE TODAY, AND THAT IS WHAT 

2064
01:24:33,802 --> 01:24:34,869
THIS LEGISLATION INTENDS TO DO. 

2065
01:24:34,869 --> 01:24:38,373
NOT ON EVERY CITY STREET, JUST 

2066
01:24:38,373 --> 01:24:41,342
ON A FEW. THANK YOU. 

2067
01:24:41,342 --> 01:24:42,444
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2068
01:24:42,444 --> 01:24:44,379
STRAUSS FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN 

2069
01:24:44,379 --> 01:24:46,548
BRINGING THIS, AND THANK YOU 

2070
01:24:46,548 --> 01:24:47,649
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR HEARING 

2071
01:24:47,649 --> 01:24:49,217
IT IN YOUR COMMITTEE. I JUST 

2072
01:24:49,217 --> 01:24:50,518
WANT TO PAUSE HERE. ARE THERE 

2073
01:24:50,518 --> 01:24:53,721
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT THE 

2074
01:24:53,721 --> 01:24:56,925
BILL? I KNOW THERE IS AN 

2075
01:24:56,925 --> 01:24:59,327
AMENDMENT, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY 

2076
01:24:59,327 --> 01:25:00,095
FURTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, 

2077
01:25:00,095 --> 01:25:02,330
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, YOU ARE 

2078
01:25:02,330 --> 01:25:02,630
RECOGNIZED. 

2079
01:25:02,630 --> 01:25:05,533
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2080
01:25:05,533 --> 01:25:06,100
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M 

2081
01:25:06,100 --> 01:25:07,268
REQUESTING COUNCIL RULES BE 

2082
01:25:07,268 --> 01:25:08,169
SUSPENDED TO ALLOW CONSIDERATION

2083
01:25:08,169 --> 01:25:13,241
OF AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS 

2084
01:25:13,241 --> 01:25:14,109
CIRCULATED AFTER THE RULED 

2085
01:25:14,109 --> 01:25:14,375
DEADLINE. 

2086
01:25:14,375 --> 01:25:14,742
>> GO AHEAD. 

2087
01:25:14,742 --> 01:25:17,779
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, IS 

2088
01:25:17,779 --> 01:25:18,847
THERE ANY OBJECTION? 

2089
01:25:18,847 --> 01:25:19,247
>> I OBJECTION. 

2090
01:25:19,247 --> 01:25:20,548
>> THERE IS AN OBJECTION. THAT 

2091
01:25:20,548 --> 01:25:23,251
SENDS US TO A VOTE TO VOTE ON 

2092
01:25:23,251 --> 01:25:23,751
THE COUNCIL RULES BEING 

2093
01:25:23,751 --> 01:25:29,357
SUSPENDED. SO RIGHT NOW, 

2094
01:25:29,357 --> 01:25:29,924
COLLEAGUES, I'LL EXPLAIN. 

2095
01:25:29,924 --> 01:25:31,059
THERE'S A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE

2096
01:25:31,059 --> 01:25:33,361
RULES TO BRING A WALK-ON 

2097
01:25:33,361 --> 01:25:34,462
AMENDMENT TO THIS LEGISLATION. 

2098
01:25:34,462 --> 01:25:36,264
THERE IS AN OBJECTION. SO WE 

2099
01:25:36,264 --> 01:25:39,934
HAVE TO VOTE. WE ARE VOTING ON 

2100
01:25:39,934 --> 01:25:42,604
YES TO ALLOW THE RULES TO BE 

2101
01:25:42,604 --> 01:25:43,271
SUSPENDED. IS THAT CORRECT? YES 

2102
01:25:43,271 --> 01:25:49,410
IS TO ALLOW THE RULES TO BE 

2103
01:25:49,410 --> 01:25:51,246
SUSPENDED. NO IS TO -- WAIT, CAN

2104
01:25:51,246 --> 01:25:53,314
YOU -- YES TO ALLOW THE RULES TO

2105
01:25:53,314 --> 01:25:57,152
BE SUSPENDED. NO TO NOT ALLOW 

2106
01:25:57,152 --> 01:25:58,319
THE RULES TO BE SUSPENDED. YES, 

2107
01:25:58,319 --> 01:26:03,525
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE 

2108
01:26:03,525 --> 01:26:05,093
AMENDMENT. NO FOR US NOT TO HEAR

2109
01:26:05,093 --> 01:26:07,228
THE AMENDMENT FOR THE RULES TO 

2110
01:26:07,228 --> 01:26:08,129
BE SUSPENDED. IS EVERYONE CLEAR 

2111
01:26:08,129 --> 01:26:09,464
ON THAT? JUST LOOKING LEFT AND 

2112
01:26:09,464 --> 01:26:11,533
RIGHT. EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT YES 

2113
01:26:11,533 --> 01:26:15,436
AND NO MEANS? AWESOME. WILL THE 

2114
01:26:15,436 --> 01:26:18,139
CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR 

2115
01:26:18,139 --> 01:26:21,509
THE OBJECTION TO THE RULES BEING

2116
01:26:21,509 --> 01:26:21,809
SUSPENDED. 

2117
01:26:21,809 --> 01:26:23,077
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

2118
01:26:23,077 --> 01:26:24,646
>> NO. 

2119
01:26:24,646 --> 01:26:26,281
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

2120
01:26:26,281 --> 01:26:27,081
>> AYE. 

2121
01:26:27,081 --> 01:26:27,916
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

2122
01:26:27,916 --> 01:26:30,485
>> AYE. 

2123
01:26:30,485 --> 01:26:31,286
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

2124
01:26:31,286 --> 01:26:32,687
>> NO. 

2125
01:26:32,687 --> 01:26:33,688
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

2126
01:26:33,688 --> 01:26:37,292
>> NO. 

2127
01:26:37,292 --> 01:26:41,029
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

2128
01:26:41,029 --> 01:26:41,296
>> YES. 

2129
01:26:41,296 --> 01:26:41,829
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

2130
01:26:41,829 --> 01:26:44,299
>> AYE. 

2131
01:26:44,299 --> 01:26:44,799
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

2132
01:26:44,799 --> 01:26:46,034
>> NO. 

2133
01:26:46,034 --> 01:26:47,902
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

2134
01:26:47,902 --> 01:26:48,269
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

2135
01:26:48,269 --> 01:26:48,570
>> YES. 

2136
01:26:48,570 --> 01:26:50,805
>> IT IS FIVE IN FAVOR, FOUR 

2137
01:26:50,805 --> 01:26:51,072
OPPOSED. 

2138
01:26:51,072 --> 01:26:53,041
>> SO THE RULES, PARDON ME? SO 

2139
01:26:53,041 --> 01:26:56,844
NO, IT NEEDED THE MAJORITY, 

2140
01:26:56,844 --> 01:27:00,348
TWO-THIRDS. SO MOTION FAILS OR 

2141
01:27:00,348 --> 01:27:01,149
THAT MOTION IS -- WAIT. 

2142
01:27:01,149 --> 01:27:04,852
>> WILL IT FAILS. 

2143
01:27:04,852 --> 01:27:08,456
>> THAT MOTION FAILS. SO THAT 

2144
01:27:08,456 --> 01:27:10,625
MEANS WE CANNOT HEAR THE 

2145
01:27:10,625 --> 01:27:11,893
AMENDMENT, SORRY. I'M CONFUSING

2146
01:27:11,893 --> 01:27:15,530
YES OR NO AND WHICH ONE. I 

2147
01:27:15,530 --> 01:27:16,965
APOLOGIZE. SO WE CAN'T HEAR 

2148
01:27:16,965 --> 01:27:20,468
THAT. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO 

2149
01:27:20,468 --> 01:27:23,104
HEAR THE AMENDMENT ON THE FLOOR.

2150
01:27:23,104 --> 01:27:24,706
AND NOW DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY, 

2151
01:27:24,706 --> 01:27:26,240
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS 

2152
01:27:26,240 --> 01:27:28,209
REGARDING THE BILL AT HAND? 

2153
01:27:28,209 --> 01:27:30,244
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOLLOWED BY

2154
01:27:30,244 --> 01:27:30,678
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 

2155
01:27:30,678 --> 01:27:31,746
>> GO AHEAD. I'LL HAVE LAST, IF

2156
01:27:31,746 --> 01:27:35,984
YOU DON'T MIND. I'LL HAVE LAST

2157
01:27:35,984 --> 01:27:36,184
WORD. 

2158
01:27:36,184 --> 01:27:36,551
>> ABSOLUTELY. 

2159
01:27:36,551 --> 01:27:37,752
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

2160
01:27:37,752 --> 01:27:40,688
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED TO AT

2161
01:27:40,688 --> 01:27:42,790
LEAST HEAR THE AMENDMENT. I WILL

2162
01:27:42,790 --> 01:27:43,691
SAY THIS IS DISAPPOINTING. YOU 

2163
01:27:43,691 --> 01:27:44,692
DIDN'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR THE 

2164
01:27:44,692 --> 01:27:46,261
AMENDMENT, BUT I THINK IT IS 

2165
01:27:46,261 --> 01:27:48,096
IMPORTANT FOR US TO EXTEND EACH 

2166
01:27:48,096 --> 01:27:52,133
OTHER THE COURTESY TO ALWAYS AT 

2167
01:27:52,133 --> 01:27:54,435
LEAST LISTEN. I WILL SAY THE 

2168
01:27:54,435 --> 01:27:55,169
AMENDMENT, I WAS TRYING TO BRING

2169
01:27:55,169 --> 01:27:57,005
IN AN AMENDMENT. IT WAS LAST 

2170
01:27:57,005 --> 01:27:57,839
MINUTE, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I 

2171
01:27:57,839 --> 01:28:01,342
DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS COMING 

2172
01:28:01,342 --> 01:28:03,778
BEFORE FULL COUNCIL TODAY. THE 

2173
01:28:03,778 --> 01:28:05,980
AMENDMENT WAS REALLY TO REQUIRE 

2174
01:28:05,980 --> 01:28:09,751
SDOT TO BRING THEIR PLANS 

2175
01:28:09,751 --> 01:28:13,421
THROUGH COUNCIL THROUGH A PUBLIC

2176
01:28:13,421 --> 01:28:15,089
COUNCIL MEETING FOR TRANSPARENCY

2177
01:28:15,089 --> 01:28:16,190
AFTER LEARNING FROM CENTRAL 

2178
01:28:16,190 --> 01:28:19,494
STAFF THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT 

2179
01:28:19,494 --> 01:28:21,262
STREETS WILL LOOK LIKE. THIS IS 

2180
01:28:21,262 --> 01:28:22,930
NOT A PROGRAM LIKE HEALTHY 

2181
01:28:22,930 --> 01:28:25,667
STREETS. THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS

2182
01:28:25,667 --> 01:28:27,568
HEALTHY STREETS WHEREBY WE CAN 

2183
01:28:27,568 --> 01:28:29,337
CLOSE STREETS OFF. THIS IS NOT 

2184
01:28:29,337 --> 01:28:34,142
THAT. THIS IS A BROADER APPROACH

2185
01:28:34,142 --> 01:28:35,710
AND PLAN. I UNDERSTAND THAT A 

2186
01:28:35,710 --> 01:28:37,278
BIG PORTION OF THIS, WHICH I 

2187
01:28:37,278 --> 01:28:39,380
SUPPORT IS TOWARDS OUR VISION 

2188
01:28:39,380 --> 01:28:41,082
ZERO GOALS. I JUST SIMPLY WANTED

2189
01:28:41,082 --> 01:28:42,950
SDOT TO HAVE TO BRING SOMETHING 

2190
01:28:42,950 --> 01:28:44,652
BACK TO COUNCIL, SO WE KNEW WHAT

2191
01:28:44,652 --> 01:28:45,987
THEY WERE DOING, AND THEN WE 

2192
01:28:45,987 --> 01:28:48,189
COULD SHARE THAT WITH OUR 

2193
01:28:48,189 --> 01:28:49,457
CONSTITUENTS. YES, WHILE WE'RE 

2194
01:28:49,457 --> 01:28:53,528
WITHIN OUR RIGHT TO REACH OUT TO

2195
01:28:53,528 --> 01:28:54,228
SDOT, DEPARTMENTS DON'T ALWAYS 

2196
01:28:54,228 --> 01:28:55,163
READILY SHARE AHEAD OF TIME. 

2197
01:28:55,163 --> 01:28:57,398
SOMETIMES WE DON'T FIND THINGS 

2198
01:28:57,398 --> 01:28:59,400
OUT UNTIL THE BACK END, WHAT 

2199
01:28:59,400 --> 01:29:00,568
THEY'RE DOING, AND THIS WOULD 

2200
01:29:00,568 --> 01:29:05,673
HAVE PROVIDED THAT OPPORTUNITY 

2201
01:29:05,673 --> 01:29:07,709
TO GET THAT TRANSPARENCY ON THE 

2202
01:29:07,709 --> 01:29:08,376
FRONT END. UNFORTUNATELY THIS 

2203
01:29:08,376 --> 01:29:09,711
WON'T GO FORWARD, BUT I WANTED 

2204
01:29:09,711 --> 01:29:11,212
TO STATE FOR THE RECORD AND LET 

2205
01:29:11,212 --> 01:29:12,280
THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT THE 

2206
01:29:12,280 --> 01:29:13,314
AMENDMENT WOULD HAVE DONE, AND 

2207
01:29:13,314 --> 01:29:18,152
REALLY IT WAS TO PROVIDE THAT 

2208
01:29:18,152 --> 01:29:20,021
TRANSPARENCY, WOULD NOT HAVE 

2209
01:29:20,021 --> 01:29:20,722
PREVENTED THE SHARED STREETS 

2210
01:29:20,722 --> 01:29:22,457
FROM MOVING FORWARD, AND TO 

2211
01:29:22,457 --> 01:29:28,863
PROVIDE LIKE I SAID, THAT I DO 

2212
01:29:28,863 --> 01:29:30,298
HEAR FROM MANY CONSTITUENTS. AND

2213
01:29:30,298 --> 01:29:33,267
SO THAT IS WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. 

2214
01:29:33,267 --> 01:29:34,502
THANK YOU. 

2215
01:29:34,502 --> 01:29:36,971
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2216
01:29:36,971 --> 01:29:37,572
RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 

2217
01:29:37,572 --> 01:29:39,640
FOLLOWED BY LIN AND THEN SAKA, 

2218
01:29:39,640 --> 01:29:40,141
LAST WORDS. 

2219
01:29:40,141 --> 01:29:40,942
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2220
01:29:40,942 --> 01:29:42,643
I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY

2221
01:29:42,643 --> 01:29:47,615
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 

2222
01:29:47,615 --> 01:29:51,919
WORKING THIS AS COUNCILMEMBER 

2223
01:29:51,919 --> 01:29:55,723
STRAUSS NOTED. IT IS VERY 

2224
01:29:55,723 --> 01:29:56,557
IMPORTANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION. 

2225
01:29:56,557 --> 01:29:57,759
IN FACT, I DROVE BY THAT AREA 

2226
01:29:57,759 --> 01:29:59,527
COMING BACK FROM THE NORDIC 

2227
01:29:59,527 --> 01:30:04,499
MUSEUM LAST NIGHT. WE HAD A 

2228
01:30:04,499 --> 01:30:06,234
MEETING TOWN HALL IN BALLARD. 

2229
01:30:06,234 --> 01:30:10,171
DRIVING BY THAT AREA, JUST 

2230
01:30:10,171 --> 01:30:10,872
SEEING THE ACTIVITY THAT'S 

2231
01:30:10,872 --> 01:30:12,306
HAPPENING IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT 

2232
01:30:12,306 --> 01:30:13,941
IS NOT JUST BALLARD, ALL ACROSS 

2233
01:30:13,941 --> 01:30:15,176
THE CITY TO INCLUDE DISTRICT 

2234
01:30:15,176 --> 01:30:16,711
SEVEN. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE 

2235
01:30:16,711 --> 01:30:18,412
LOOKING TO DO IS FIND THOSE 

2236
01:30:18,412 --> 01:30:19,514
OPPORTUNITIES IN DISTRICT SEVEN.

2237
01:30:19,514 --> 01:30:22,650
WE'RE LOOKING TO CREATE A CIVIC

2238
01:30:22,650 --> 01:30:26,621
CAMPUS ON THE QUEEN ANNE. YOU 

2239
01:30:26,621 --> 01:30:28,823
KNOW, IN THAT AREA. BUT ALSO 

2240
01:30:28,823 --> 01:30:30,858
REALLY BUILDING UP TO QUEEN ANNE

2241
01:30:30,858 --> 01:30:33,928
PARKS. WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO 

2242
01:30:33,928 --> 01:30:35,396
REALLY CREATE THIS SHARED STREET

2243
01:30:35,396 --> 01:30:36,497
EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY 

2244
01:30:36,497 --> 01:30:40,368
TO INCLUDE DISTRICT SEVEN, AND I

2245
01:30:40,368 --> 01:30:43,104
JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ON THE 

2246
01:30:43,104 --> 01:30:43,571
TRANSPORTATION SIDE, 

2247
01:30:43,571 --> 01:30:46,908
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, BUT ALSO THE

2248
01:30:46,908 --> 01:30:48,209
EFFICACY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S 

2249
01:30:48,209 --> 01:30:52,713
BEEN WORKING FOR YEARS, SO THANK

2250
01:30:52,713 --> 01:30:54,549
YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 

2251
01:30:54,549 --> 01:30:55,917
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2252
01:30:55,917 --> 01:30:59,854
THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA,

2253
01:30:59,854 --> 01:31:01,088
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR YOUR 

2254
01:31:01,088 --> 01:31:03,057
LEADERSHIP WITH THIS BILL. AND 

2255
01:31:03,057 --> 01:31:04,725
JUST BRIEFLY ON THE PROCEDURAL 

2256
01:31:04,725 --> 01:31:06,394
FOR THE DESIGNATION OF THE 

2257
01:31:06,394 --> 01:31:09,797
SHARED STREETS, I  CERTAINLY 

2258
01:31:09,797 --> 01:31:11,766
HOPE THERE IS  ENGAGEMENT FROM 

2259
01:31:11,766 --> 01:31:14,502
SDOT, AND I WOULD LOVE TO GET 

2260
01:31:14,502 --> 01:31:15,369
UPDATES THROUGH THE STEPS 

2261
01:31:15,369 --> 01:31:19,874
COMMITTEE FOR THAT BECAUSE I DO 

2262
01:31:19,874 --> 01:31:21,175
THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE

2263
01:31:21,175 --> 01:31:24,312
TO THE NEXT STEP, SO THANK YOU. 

2264
01:31:24,312 --> 01:31:25,046
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2265
01:31:25,046 --> 01:31:25,279
JUAREZ? 

2266
01:31:25,279 --> 01:31:28,115
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MADAM 

2267
01:31:28,115 --> 01:31:29,016
CHAIR OR MADAM PRESIDENT. I WANT

2268
01:31:29,016 --> 01:31:33,488
TO SAY FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, 

2269
01:31:33,488 --> 01:31:34,522
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 

2270
01:31:34,522 --> 01:31:36,858
REMEMBER HOW THEY GREW OUT OF 

2271
01:31:36,858 --> 01:31:38,092
COVID, WHEN WE SHUT DOWN THE 

2272
01:31:38,092 --> 01:31:39,360
STREETS. I THINK THAT'S WHEN 

2273
01:31:39,360 --> 01:31:40,995
YOU BROUGHT SOME LEGISLATION FOR

2274
01:31:40,995 --> 01:31:43,064
US, RIGHT? IS THAT AT THE SAME 

2275
01:31:43,064 --> 01:31:43,264
TIME? 

2276
01:31:43,264 --> 01:31:44,599
>> YEAH, YOU STILL CAN. THAT LAW

2277
01:31:44,599 --> 01:31:46,000
IS STILL ON THE BOOKS. 

2278
01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:48,469
>> SO I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT I 

2279
01:31:48,469 --> 01:31:49,403
WANTED TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 

2280
01:31:49,403 --> 01:31:51,172
RIVERA BECAUSE I KNOW THE POINT 

2281
01:31:51,172 --> 01:31:52,640
SHE WAS TRYING TO MAKE. I ALWAYS

2282
01:31:52,640 --> 01:31:54,342
TRY TO VOTE YES AS A COURTESY 

2283
01:31:54,342 --> 01:31:56,244
BECAUSE I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO 

2284
01:31:56,244 --> 01:31:57,945
HEAR MORE, AND I'M SORRY THAT 

2285
01:31:57,945 --> 01:32:00,948
IT GOT IN TOO LATE. BESIDES THE 

2286
01:32:00,948 --> 01:32:01,549
TRANSPARENCY PIECE, AND THE 

2287
01:32:01,549 --> 01:32:04,085
QUESTION THAT WAS PUT TO ME THAT

2288
01:32:04,085 --> 01:32:05,853
I WANTED TO EXAMINE UNDER THE 

2289
01:32:05,853 --> 01:32:08,022
BILL ITSELF AND LOOKING AT THE 

2290
01:32:08,022 --> 01:32:10,324
FISCAL NOTE IN THE SUMMARY AND 

2291
01:32:10,324 --> 01:32:12,026
BACKGROUND OF THE LEGISLATION. 

2292
01:32:12,026 --> 01:32:12,693
I'M GUESSING COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

2293
01:32:12,693 --> 01:32:17,164
RIVERA, THAT YOU WERE NOT 

2294
01:32:17,164 --> 01:32:19,901
CONVINCED OR NOT SATISFIED THAT 

2295
01:32:19,901 --> 01:32:21,202
WHEN THEY SAY THE LEGISLATION 

2296
01:32:21,202 --> 01:32:23,437
WOULD ESTABLISH THE SHARED 

2297
01:32:23,437 --> 01:32:26,340
STREETS AND WOULD ASSIGN THE 

2298
01:32:26,340 --> 01:32:27,008
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ESTABLISHING 

2299
01:32:27,008 --> 01:32:28,376
PROCEDURES FOR THE DESIGNATION 

2300
01:32:28,376 --> 01:32:31,979
OF SHARED STREETS TO THE CITY 

2301
01:32:31,979 --> 01:32:33,681
TRAFFIC ENGINEER. SO I'M 

2302
01:32:33,681 --> 01:32:39,720
GUESSING YOU FELT THAT WAS NOT 

2303
01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:41,155
ENOUGH. IF WE HAD THE VOTES TO 

2304
01:32:41,155 --> 01:32:42,690
VOTE ON THIS, I WOULD HAVE VOTED

2305
01:32:42,690 --> 01:32:44,191
ON THIS AMENDMENT, AND I'LL 

2306
01:32:44,191 --> 01:32:45,560
TELL YOU WHY. I'LL BE VERY 

2307
01:32:45,560 --> 01:32:47,461
BRIEF. IT'S BECAUSE WE'VE HAD 

2308
01:32:47,461 --> 01:32:51,098
A HISTORY OF TRYING TO DECIDE 

2309
01:32:51,098 --> 01:32:54,969
WHO GETS A SHARED STREET AND 

2310
01:32:54,969 --> 01:32:55,736
HOW. WE'VE HAD -- I CAN'T 

2311
01:32:55,736 --> 01:32:57,338
SPEAK FOR EVERY DISTRICT, BUT 

2312
01:32:57,338 --> 01:32:59,140
SPECIFICALLY FOR A WHILE THERE 

2313
01:32:59,140 --> 01:33:00,875
IN D5, WE HAD ISSUES WHERE A LOT

2314
01:33:00,875 --> 01:33:04,979
OF NEIGHBORHOODS DID NOT WANT 

2315
01:33:04,979 --> 01:33:06,681
THEIR STREETS CLOSED. IT WAS 

2316
01:33:06,681 --> 01:33:07,348
PARKING, WHATEVER, AND WHO MADE 

2317
01:33:07,348 --> 01:33:10,985
THE DECISION AND HOW IS IT MADE?

2318
01:33:10,985 --> 01:33:14,855
WE'VE HAD TIMES WHERE PARKS AND

2319
01:33:14,855 --> 01:33:15,790
SOME PROPERTIES ALONG LAKE 

2320
01:33:15,790 --> 01:33:16,824
WASHINGTON STREET WERE CLOSED, 

2321
01:33:16,824 --> 01:33:19,493
AND IT BLOCKED OFF FOLKS FROM 

2322
01:33:19,493 --> 01:33:24,231
NOT GETTING THERE. WE LOOKED AT 

2323
01:33:24,231 --> 01:33:26,100
OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS, I COULD 

2324
01:33:26,100 --> 01:33:28,803
READ ALL OF THOSE OFF THAT THEY 

2325
01:33:28,803 --> 01:33:30,571
ARE NOT CLOSED. SO PEOPLE 

2326
01:33:30,571 --> 01:33:32,573
STARTED GETTING ANGRY. WHY IS MY

2327
01:33:32,573 --> 01:33:34,241
STREET CLOSED? BUT THIS 

2328
01:33:34,241 --> 01:33:34,976
NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN TOUCH. AND SO

2329
01:33:34,976 --> 01:33:36,644
I GUESS THE QUESTION WAS, AND I 

2330
01:33:36,644 --> 01:33:40,014
WAS HOPING WE WOULD HAVE MORE OF

2331
01:33:40,014 --> 01:33:41,415
A DISCUSSION WITH COUNCILMEMBER 

2332
01:33:41,415 --> 01:33:44,285
RIVERA'S AMENDMENT, YOU KNOW, I

2333
01:33:44,285 --> 01:33:45,453
DON'T NECESSARILY THINK WE 

2334
01:33:45,453 --> 01:33:46,387
SHOULD MAKE THEM DRAG IT IN 

2335
01:33:46,387 --> 01:33:48,089
FRONT OF US EVERY TIME THEY WANT

2336
01:33:48,089 --> 01:33:50,224
A STREET, BUT AT LEAST SHARE 

2337
01:33:50,224 --> 01:33:52,026
WITH US, AND I'M HOPING THEY DO

2338
01:33:52,026 --> 01:33:53,561
THIS WITH THE CITY ENGINEER TO 

2339
01:33:53,561 --> 01:33:56,664
TELL US WHAT THEY LOOK AT WHEN 

2340
01:33:56,664 --> 01:33:57,665
THEY MAKE THESE DETERMINATIONS. 

2341
01:33:57,665 --> 01:33:59,400
AND AS OF TODAY'S DATE SINCE 

2342
01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:00,668
I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, I HAVE 

2343
01:34:00,668 --> 01:34:02,069
NEVER SEEN HOW THAT WORKS, AND 

2344
01:34:02,069 --> 01:34:04,472
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ALMOST 10 

2345
01:34:04,472 --> 01:34:05,673
YEARS, ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID. 

2346
01:34:05,673 --> 01:34:07,975
THEY WOULD TELL US THEY'RE 

2347
01:34:07,975 --> 01:34:09,577
CLOSING THE STREETS. WE'RE 

2348
01:34:09,577 --> 01:34:10,511
LIKE, OKAY. SO THAT WAS MY 

2349
01:34:10,511 --> 01:34:12,279
POINT. I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE, 

2350
01:34:12,279 --> 01:34:15,649
YOU KNOW, MAKE POINTS WITH ANY 

2351
01:34:15,649 --> 01:34:16,851
PARTICULAR VOTING BLOCK OR GROUP

2352
01:34:16,851 --> 01:34:18,686
OR BASE. I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW

2353
01:34:18,686 --> 01:34:20,654
YOU GOT THERE AND WHAT THE 

2354
01:34:20,654 --> 01:34:22,456
FACTORS WERE USED, AND IF THERE 

2355
01:34:22,456 --> 01:34:24,892
IS ANY INPUT FROM FOLKS LIKE US 

2356
01:34:24,892 --> 01:34:28,796
WHO ARE ASKING TRULY IN SOME OF 

2357
01:34:28,796 --> 01:34:30,498
THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE HAVE 

2358
01:34:30,498 --> 01:34:31,298
SMALL BUSINESSES, WHERE PEOPLE 

2359
01:34:31,298 --> 01:34:32,533
COULDN'T GET THERE OR TO PARK, 

2360
01:34:32,533 --> 01:34:34,001
AND THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. SO I 

2361
01:34:34,001 --> 01:34:35,736
JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT. AND SO 

2362
01:34:35,736 --> 01:34:39,840
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PUT MY 

2363
01:34:39,840 --> 01:34:42,376
FAITH IN COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS'

2364
01:34:42,376 --> 01:34:43,010
LEGISLATION AND COUNCILMEMBER 

2365
01:34:43,010 --> 01:34:44,478
SAKA'S WISDOM AS WELL, THAT THE

2366
01:34:44,478 --> 01:34:45,746
CITY ENGINEER WILL MAKE THE 

2367
01:34:45,746 --> 01:34:47,448
CHOICES. IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE 

2368
01:34:47,448 --> 01:34:48,249
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, IF THEY 

2369
01:34:48,249 --> 01:34:50,317
COULD BE ANSWERED IN A TIMELY 

2370
01:34:50,317 --> 01:34:52,520
MANNER,  SO THANK YOU. 

2371
01:34:52,520 --> 01:34:54,455
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2372
01:34:54,455 --> 01:34:59,627
JUAREZ. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL

2373
01:34:59,627 --> 01:35:00,061
COMMENTS? THERE IS, 

2374
01:35:00,061 --> 01:35:00,694
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, SORRY, I 

2375
01:35:00,694 --> 01:35:03,564
WAS LOOKING FOR YOUR NAME AND I 

2376
01:35:03,564 --> 01:35:03,798
FORGOT. 

2377
01:35:03,798 --> 01:35:08,736
>> HERE I AM, HERE, MY HANDS' 

2378
01:35:08,736 --> 01:35:10,671
UP. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2379
01:35:10,671 --> 01:35:12,073
JUAREZ. YOU'RE CORRECT, AND I 

2380
01:35:12,073 --> 01:35:13,441
FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS 

2381
01:35:13,441 --> 01:35:15,710
IS MY THIRD YEAR, AND I DON'T 

2382
01:35:15,710 --> 01:35:18,345
ALWAYS KNOW HOW SDOT MAKES THEIR

2383
01:35:18,345 --> 01:35:20,681
DECISIONS. I OFTEN AM FEELING 

2384
01:35:20,681 --> 01:35:22,450
LIKE I'M GETTING THINGS POST 

2385
01:35:22,450 --> 01:35:23,484
FACTO, AND THEN OUR CONSTITUENTS

2386
01:35:23,484 --> 01:35:27,521
ARE REACHING OUT TO US, AND THEN

2387
01:35:27,521 --> 01:35:31,358
SOME OF THEM GET UPSET. I JUST 

2388
01:35:31,358 --> 01:35:32,726
WANT MORE TRANSPARENCY. I WILL 

2389
01:35:32,726 --> 01:35:35,329
SAY, HOWEVER, THAT WHEN I WAS 

2390
01:35:35,329 --> 01:35:37,264
TALKING TO CENTRAL STAFF TODAY 

2391
01:35:37,264 --> 01:35:39,233
ABOUT THE SHARED STREETS, I WAS 

2392
01:35:39,233 --> 01:35:41,068
TRYING TO GET THE DIFFERENCE 

2393
01:35:41,068 --> 01:35:42,903
BETWEEN SHARED  STREETS AND 

2394
01:35:42,903 --> 01:35:45,372
HEALTHY STREETS BECAUSE WE DID 

2395
01:35:45,372 --> 01:35:47,742
HEALTHY STREETS DURING COVID TO 

2396
01:35:47,742 --> 01:35:50,444
GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

2397
01:35:50,444 --> 01:35:53,814
BE OUTDOORS IN A SAFE WAY. THIS 

2398
01:35:53,814 --> 01:35:56,951
IS NOT THAT. THEY'RE ACTUALLY 

2399
01:35:56,951 --> 01:35:57,785
NOT THE SAME THING. SHARED 

2400
01:35:57,785 --> 01:36:04,091
STREETS IS MORE OF A  CITY-WIDE 

2401
01:36:04,091 --> 01:36:05,192
APPROACH. OUR NON-MATERIALS GO 

2402
01:36:05,192 --> 01:36:07,661
FROM 25 MILES AN HOUR TO 10. 

2403
01:36:07,661 --> 01:36:11,031
THAT KIND OF THING. THAT'S NOT 

2404
01:36:11,031 --> 01:36:12,066
US STREET, THAT'S EVERY STREET,

2405
01:36:12,066 --> 01:36:13,567
AND THAT'S -- I MEAN, THAT'S 

2406
01:36:13,567 --> 01:36:15,436
JUST AN EXAMPLE. I'M NOT SAYING

2407
01:36:15,436 --> 01:36:18,172
THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT 

2408
01:36:18,172 --> 01:36:20,141
IT'S AN EXAMPLE. AND SO THIS 

2409
01:36:20,141 --> 01:36:21,475
PERSON WHO WILL GO BACK, I 

2410
01:36:21,475 --> 01:36:23,878
SUPPOSE WITH A TEAM OF PEOPLE, I

2411
01:36:23,878 --> 01:36:26,147
CAN ONLY ASSUME, AND THEN THEY 

2412
01:36:26,147 --> 01:36:27,481
WILL SAY OVERALL ACROSS THE 

2413
01:36:27,481 --> 01:36:30,251
CITY, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT 

2414
01:36:30,251 --> 01:36:32,219
THINGS WE WILL IMPLEMENT. I JUST

2415
01:36:32,219 --> 01:36:35,422
WANT TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHAT 

2416
01:36:35,422 --> 01:36:37,491
THEY'RE COMING UP WITH, SO 

2417
01:36:37,491 --> 01:36:39,627
PEOPLE AREN'T BLINDSIDED ON THE

2418
01:36:39,627 --> 01:36:41,262
BACK END, REALLY, AT THE END OF 

2419
01:36:41,262 --> 01:36:44,231
THE DAY. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE 

2420
01:36:44,231 --> 01:36:47,034
PREVENTED THEM FROM IMPLEMENTING

2421
01:36:47,034 --> 01:36:47,801
ANYTHING OR MOVING FORWARD. THIS

2422
01:36:47,801 --> 01:36:49,470
WOULD JUST TELL US AS A FULL 

2423
01:36:49,470 --> 01:36:50,571
COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT 

2424
01:36:50,571 --> 01:36:52,940
COULD HAVE BEEN DURING A COUNCIL

2425
01:36:52,940 --> 01:36:54,575
BRIEFING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE 

2426
01:36:54,575 --> 01:36:56,210
DOING. AND THE ABSENCE OF THAT, 

2427
01:36:56,210 --> 01:36:58,379
WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THAT, LIKE 

2428
01:36:58,379 --> 01:37:00,814
I SAID EARLIER AHEAD OF TIME 

2429
01:37:00,814 --> 01:37:03,083
FROM THE DEPARTMENT, AND IT IS 

2430
01:37:03,083 --> 01:37:05,319
THAT ONE PERSON THAT GETS TO 

2431
01:37:05,319 --> 01:37:06,554
DICTATE HOW ALL OF THIS GOADS. 

2432
01:37:06,554 --> 01:37:08,122
BECAUSE THERE WAS THAT LACK OF 

2433
01:37:08,122 --> 01:37:10,291
CLARITY ON WHAT THE SHARED 

2434
01:37:10,291 --> 01:37:11,725
STREETS WERE THAT CENTRAL STAFF,

2435
01:37:11,725 --> 01:37:14,295
WHO HAD BEEN TRACKING THIS THE 

2436
01:37:14,295 --> 01:37:17,064
WHOLE TIME, IT WASN'T ACTUALLY 

2437
01:37:17,064 --> 01:37:18,199
DEFINED IN THE LEGISLATION AT 

2438
01:37:18,199 --> 01:37:20,634
THE STATE LEVEL WHAT THIS WOULD 

2439
01:37:20,634 --> 01:37:22,269
LOOK LIKE. IT'S UP TO EVERY 

2440
01:37:22,269 --> 01:37:24,205
CITY TO DETERMINE WHAT THIS 

2441
01:37:24,205 --> 01:37:25,773
LOOKS LIKE. AND SO SDOT WILL 

2442
01:37:25,773 --> 01:37:28,008
HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT THIS 

2443
01:37:28,008 --> 01:37:29,944
LOOKS LIKE. WE HAVE NO IDEA 

2444
01:37:29,944 --> 01:37:30,511
TODAY WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. 

2445
01:37:30,511 --> 01:37:31,612
BECAUSE OF THAT, I THOUGHT IT 

2446
01:37:31,612 --> 01:37:33,480
WAS PRUDENT FOR US TO REQUIRE 

2447
01:37:33,480 --> 01:37:35,583
THE DEPARTMENT TO COME AND, YOU 

2448
01:37:35,583 --> 01:37:37,785
KNOW, AT SOME FULL COUNCIL VENUE

2449
01:37:37,785 --> 01:37:39,587
TO LET US KNOW. SO THANK YOU. I 

2450
01:37:39,587 --> 01:37:42,022
WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT. I WANTED

2451
01:37:42,022 --> 01:37:43,924
TO EXPLAIN THE DISTINCTION 

2452
01:37:43,924 --> 01:37:44,658
BETWEEN HEALTHY STREETS, WHICH 

2453
01:37:44,658 --> 01:37:48,495
WE STILL HAVE AND THE SHARED 

2454
01:37:48,495 --> 01:37:49,730
STREETS APPROACH. AND ALSO 

2455
01:37:49,730 --> 01:37:52,299
AGAIN, I -- I WANT TO STATE 

2456
01:37:52,299 --> 01:37:55,836
AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, I VERY 

2457
01:37:55,836 --> 01:37:56,837
MUCH SUPPORT THE VISION ZERO. WE

2458
01:37:56,837 --> 01:38:00,407
HAVE A LOT OF KIDS IN MY 

2459
01:38:00,407 --> 01:38:01,041
DISTRICT AND MANY SCHOOLS, AND 

2460
01:38:01,041 --> 01:38:08,749
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE 

2461
01:38:08,749 --> 01:38:09,350
SAFE CROSSING, BIKING, ETC., 

2462
01:38:09,350 --> 01:38:13,954
ROLLING. SO THIS MY -- OUR 

2463
01:38:13,954 --> 01:38:16,757
VISION ZERO AND OUR COLLECTIVE 

2464
01:38:16,757 --> 01:38:19,393
DESIRES TO HAVE OUR VISION ZERO 

2465
01:38:19,393 --> 01:38:20,628
GOALS MET. IT HAD NOTHING TO DO 

2466
01:38:20,628 --> 01:38:21,829
WITH ASKING THE DEPARTMENT TO 

2467
01:38:21,829 --> 01:38:26,533
COME AND BRING US A PLAN AND 

2468
01:38:26,533 --> 01:38:29,503
HAVE THAT TRANSPARENCY. I DON'T

2469
01:38:29,503 --> 01:38:30,838
THINK ONE IS IN CONFLICT WITH 

2470
01:38:30,838 --> 01:38:34,575
THE OTHER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

2471
01:38:34,575 --> 01:38:34,742
CP. 

2472
01:38:34,742 --> 01:38:35,776
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU. 

2473
01:38:35,776 --> 01:38:36,210
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

2474
01:38:36,210 --> 01:38:39,647
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 

2475
01:38:39,647 --> 01:38:45,619
PRESIDENT. FIRST, I WANT TO JUST

2476
01:38:45,619 --> 01:38:46,620
COMMENT ON THE UNSUCCESSFUL 

2477
01:38:46,620 --> 01:38:47,755
AMENDMENT HERE. FIRST OFF I WANT

2478
01:38:47,755 --> 01:38:51,191
TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 

2479
01:38:51,191 --> 01:38:53,727
FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I 

2480
01:38:53,727 --> 01:38:55,596
WAS, LIKE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 

2481
01:38:55,596 --> 01:38:57,431
WELL KIND OF. I WAS GOING TO BE 

2482
01:38:57,431 --> 01:39:00,000
IN A POSITION WHERE I AT LEAST 

2483
01:39:00,000 --> 01:39:03,737
SUPPORTED THE -- I CERTAINLY 

2484
01:39:03,737 --> 01:39:04,838
SUPPORTED THE NOTION THAT WE 

2485
01:39:04,838 --> 01:39:09,043
SHOULD AT LEAST -- THIS 

2486
01:39:09,043 --> 01:39:12,346
AMENDMENT IDEA SHOULD BE 

2487
01:39:12,346 --> 01:39:13,580
CONSIDERED, HEARD, DEBATED, THEN

2488
01:39:13,580 --> 01:39:15,582
VOTED UPON. I THOUGHT WE WERE 

2489
01:39:15,582 --> 01:39:16,216
ROCKING TOGETHER, COUNCILMEMBER 

2490
01:39:16,216 --> 01:39:21,255
JUAREZ, UNTIL YOU SAID YOU WERE 

2491
01:39:21,255 --> 01:39:22,957
GOING TO VOTE FOR IT. FOR FOLKS 

2492
01:39:22,957 --> 01:39:25,592
WHO HAVE BEEN PAYING CLOSE 

2493
01:39:25,592 --> 01:39:27,328
ATTENTION. YOU'LL KNOW I'VE 

2494
01:39:27,328 --> 01:39:28,562
BEEN CLEAR AND CONSISTENT IN 

2495
01:39:28,562 --> 01:39:29,997
PRINCIPLES AND MY POSITION THAT 

2496
01:39:29,997 --> 01:39:33,334
WE ALL DESERVE TO HAVE OUR IDEAS

2497
01:39:33,334 --> 01:39:35,536
VOTED AND DEBAT ED AND DECIDED. 

2498
01:39:35,536 --> 01:39:39,106
AND THAT'S WHY I SUPPORTED THAT

2499
01:39:39,106 --> 01:39:40,574
SORT OF PROCEDURAL MOTION TO DO 

2500
01:39:40,574 --> 01:39:42,910
THAT, EXACTLY THAT WITH THIS 

2501
01:39:42,910 --> 01:39:47,047
AMENDMENT. I DID LAND THE OTHER 

2502
01:39:47,047 --> 01:39:49,316
WAY WITH HOW I WOULD HAVE VOTED 

2503
01:39:49,316 --> 01:39:50,984
ON THIS AMENDMENT ON THE MERITS.

2504
01:39:50,984 --> 01:39:52,186
I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER 

2505
01:39:52,186 --> 01:39:53,187
RIVERA FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD 

2506
01:39:53,187 --> 01:39:54,955
BECAUSE IN MY MIND AT A HIGH 

2507
01:39:54,955 --> 01:39:57,925
LEVEL, THIS IS A GOOD GOVERNANCE

2508
01:39:57,925 --> 01:40:05,699
AMENDMENT, AND THIS IS A 

2509
01:40:05,699 --> 01:40:08,535
TRANSPARENCY PIECE. THOSE ARE 

2510
01:40:08,535 --> 01:40:09,069
ALLOTTABLE, COMMENDABLE, 

2511
01:40:09,069 --> 01:40:13,674
WORTHWHILE PUBLIC POLICY GOALS 

2512
01:40:13,674 --> 01:40:19,346
IT AIMS. THIS COUNCIL HAS 

2513
01:40:19,346 --> 01:40:21,849
CONSISTENTLY SOUGHT TO ADDRESS 

2514
01:40:21,849 --> 01:40:23,650
IN VARIOUS PUBLIC POLICY 

2515
01:40:23,650 --> 01:40:25,953
DECISIONS OVER THE YEARS. WE 

2516
01:40:25,953 --> 01:40:28,288
SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 

2517
01:40:28,288 --> 01:40:38,032
WHERE I DIVERGE ON THIS ONE 

2518
01:40:38,032 --> 01:40:40,801
THOUGH IS THE REPORTING PIECE 

2519
01:40:40,801 --> 01:40:46,407
BEFORE THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE 

2520
01:40:46,407 --> 01:40:48,242
AND IMPLEMENTED. WE'RE 

2521
01:40:48,242 --> 01:40:51,045
CONFRONTING A TRAFFIC SAFETY 

2522
01:40:51,045 --> 01:40:51,845
RIGHT NOW. TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE 

2523
01:40:51,845 --> 01:40:54,515
DYING ON OUR ROADS AND SUFFERING

2524
01:40:54,515 --> 01:40:57,084
BODILY INJURIES AND OUR RIGHTS 

2525
01:40:57,084 --> 01:40:59,753
AWAY. AND I'M AS ONE OF THE 

2526
01:40:59,753 --> 01:41:03,157
LAWMAKERS ON THE BODY, I AM 

2527
01:41:03,157 --> 01:41:06,693
PERSONALLY TRYING TO FIND WAYS 

2528
01:41:06,693 --> 01:41:07,928
TO EXPEDITE PROJECT DELIVERY. 

2529
01:41:07,928 --> 01:41:12,232
I'M TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO 

2530
01:41:12,232 --> 01:41:14,368
DRIVE PROJECT VELOCITY OF THESE 

2531
01:41:14,368 --> 01:41:19,306
CRITICAL TRAFFIC SAFETY 

2532
01:41:19,306 --> 01:41:21,508
PROJECTS, AND ACCELERATE THE 

2533
01:41:21,508 --> 01:41:22,543
PLANNING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

2534
01:41:22,543 --> 01:41:26,146
OF THESE SAFETY PROJECTS ACROSS 

2535
01:41:26,146 --> 01:41:30,851
OUR CITY. AND SO IF THERE WAS A 

2536
01:41:30,851 --> 01:41:33,787
MINOR TWEAK THAT SAID THE 

2537
01:41:33,787 --> 01:41:34,721
DEPARTMENT SHOULD REPORT ON THIS

2538
01:41:34,721 --> 01:41:36,590
KIND OF ON A LOOKING BACK BASIS 

2539
01:41:36,590 --> 01:41:39,193
AS OPPOSED TO BEFORE THE 

2540
01:41:39,193 --> 01:41:40,427
PROJECTS ARE IMPLEMENTED, I 

2541
01:41:40,427 --> 01:41:41,762
COULD PROBABLY GET COMFORTABLE 

2542
01:41:41,762 --> 01:41:46,166
WITH THAT. IT IS REALLY THE 

2543
01:41:46,166 --> 01:41:48,068
DISTINCTION BETWEEN LOOKING BACK

2544
01:41:48,068 --> 01:41:51,171
ON PROJECTS THAT ARE DELIVERED 

2545
01:41:51,171 --> 01:41:51,972
VERSES SOMETHING FORWARD LOOKING

2546
01:41:51,972 --> 01:41:53,574
AND PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THAT 

2547
01:41:53,574 --> 01:41:57,878
KIND OF REPORTING. ONE IN MY 

2548
01:41:57,878 --> 01:42:01,148
MIND IMPOSES A HIGHER HURDLE, A 

2549
01:42:01,148 --> 01:42:02,216
BIGGER BURDEN, AND THAT COULD 

2550
01:42:02,216 --> 01:42:05,752
POTENTIALLY -- I WORRY ABOUT THE

2551
01:42:05,752 --> 01:42:06,353
UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF 

2552
01:42:06,353 --> 01:42:07,788
SLOWING DOWN WHEN WE'RE IN A 

2553
01:42:07,788 --> 01:42:10,157
POINT WHERE WE NEED TO TRY TO 

2554
01:42:10,157 --> 01:42:12,092
EXPEDITE THESE PROJECTS. BUT I 

2555
01:42:12,092 --> 01:42:14,294
DO STRONGLY SUPPORT AND STAND BY

2556
01:42:14,294 --> 01:42:17,931
THE UNDERLYING GOAL. I 

2557
01:42:17,931 --> 01:42:18,565
APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 

2558
01:42:18,565 --> 01:42:21,401
FOR BRINGING FORWARD AND DOING 

2559
01:42:21,401 --> 01:42:27,374
HER BEST TO CENTER THAT GOAL OF 

2560
01:42:27,374 --> 01:42:30,277
IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY. I JUST 

2561
01:42:30,277 --> 01:42:31,745
WOULD HAVE PREFERRED KIND OF 

2562
01:42:31,745 --> 01:42:33,013
LOOKING BACK REPORTING. IN ANY 

2563
01:42:33,013 --> 01:42:35,149
EVENT, THE MAIN BILL AS AMENDED 

2564
01:42:35,149 --> 01:42:37,784
OR NOT, THE MAIN BILL IS 

2565
01:42:37,784 --> 01:42:40,587
TERRIFIC. EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO 

2566
01:42:40,587 --> 01:42:42,289
SUPPORT IT TODAY. I WANT TO 

2567
01:42:42,289 --> 01:42:43,924
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 

2568
01:42:43,924 --> 01:42:45,592
AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD 

2569
01:42:45,592 --> 01:42:47,161
AND PARTNERING SO CLOSELY WITH 

2570
01:42:47,161 --> 01:42:50,831
ME IN MY OFFICE, TO GET TO THIS 

2571
01:42:50,831 --> 01:42:52,633
POINT. SHOUT OUT TO STATE 

2572
01:42:52,633 --> 01:42:55,202
SENATOR EMILY, I THINK ALVARADO,

2573
01:42:55,202 --> 01:42:57,504
RIGHT? WHO WAS THE STATE 

2574
01:42:57,504 --> 01:42:59,306
LEGISLATIVE PRIME SPONSOR OF 

2575
01:42:59,306 --> 01:43:03,310
THIS BILL, SO SHE IS ALSO MY 

2576
01:43:03,310 --> 01:43:07,114
STATE SENATOR, AND THE 34th AND 

2577
01:43:07,114 --> 01:43:11,018
SORT OF VICE VERSA. BUT THANK 

2578
01:43:11,018 --> 01:43:12,920
YOU, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I 

2579
01:43:12,920 --> 01:43:14,821
ENCOURAGE UNANIMOUS SUPPORT HERE

2580
01:43:14,821 --> 01:43:15,255
TODAY. THANK YOU. 

2581
01:43:15,255 --> 01:43:18,392
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2582
01:43:18,392 --> 01:43:18,992
SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

2583
01:43:18,992 --> 01:43:24,097
>> THANK YOU. EVEN THOUGH, I 

2584
01:43:24,097 --> 01:43:24,998
GUESS, LET ME RECONFIRM. CALVIN 

2585
01:43:24,998 --> 01:43:26,133
CHOW WROTE THIS BILL. WE COULD 

2586
01:43:26,133 --> 01:43:29,336
NOT HAVE DONE THAT WITHOUT 

2587
01:43:29,336 --> 01:43:30,737
SDOT'S ASSISTANCE. I MADE IT 

2588
01:43:30,737 --> 01:43:32,139
SOUND THEY WERE NOT HELPFUL, 

2589
01:43:32,139 --> 01:43:33,073
THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL, SO JUST 

2590
01:43:33,073 --> 01:43:34,875
WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP. I 

2591
01:43:34,875 --> 01:43:37,277
REALIZE WHAT I SAID, AND HOW IT 

2592
01:43:37,277 --> 01:43:38,378
CAME ACROSS. JUST WANTED TO 

2593
01:43:38,378 --> 01:43:40,847
THANK SDOT FOR ALL OF YOUR 

2594
01:43:40,847 --> 01:43:45,819
SUPPORT ON THIS. AND THEN ALSO 

2595
01:43:45,819 --> 01:43:47,521
AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 

2596
01:43:47,521 --> 01:43:49,623
HERE. SOMETIMES THE TRAFFIC 

2597
01:43:49,623 --> 01:43:52,459
ENGINEER DOES THINGS THAT I 

2598
01:43:52,459 --> 01:43:53,126
DON'T UNDERSTAND. FOR INSTANCE,

2599
01:43:53,126 --> 01:43:57,030
I RECENTLY REQUESTED A BIKE LANE

2600
01:43:57,030 --> 01:44:00,400
IN MY DISTRICT. WHAT WE RECEIVED

2601
01:44:00,400 --> 01:44:01,034
WERE SPEED  BUMPS. I DIDN'T 

2602
01:44:01,034 --> 01:44:02,869
REALIZE A SPEED HUMP IS A BIKE 

2603
01:44:02,869 --> 01:44:04,705
LANE, BUT MAYBE I'M NEW HERE. 

2604
01:44:04,705 --> 01:44:07,674
ALL THAT TO SAY. I THINK IT 

2605
01:44:07,674 --> 01:44:10,978
WOULD BE GOOD IF SDOT CAME BACK 

2606
01:44:10,978 --> 01:44:14,381
TO YOUR COMMITTEE, CHAIR SAKA, 

2607
01:44:14,381 --> 01:44:17,684
TO PRESENT THEIR PROGRAM AT 

2608
01:44:17,684 --> 01:44:18,785
WHATEVER DISCRETION YOU WANT TO 

2609
01:44:18,785 --> 01:44:20,387
HAVE WITH THEM, WHATEVER TIME 

2610
01:44:20,387 --> 01:44:21,355
FRAME AND HOWEVER THAT WORKS. I 

2611
01:44:21,355 --> 01:44:25,192
DO THINK MORE INFORMATION IS 

2612
01:44:25,192 --> 01:44:25,859
BETTER, AND THAT WE DO NEED TO 

2613
01:44:25,859 --> 01:44:27,694
BE ABLE TO REDUCE SPEEDS DOWN TO

2614
01:44:27,694 --> 01:44:28,929
10 MILES AN HOUR ON CERTAIN 

2615
01:44:28,929 --> 01:44:30,397
STREETS, AND WE SHOULDN'T WAIT 

2616
01:44:30,397 --> 01:44:32,032
ANY LONGER. SO I WANT TO THANK 

2617
01:44:32,032 --> 01:44:33,767
SDOT FOR ALL YOUR WORK. THANK 

2618
01:44:33,767 --> 01:44:34,935
YOU, CALVIN CHOW, FOR ALL YOUR 

2619
01:44:34,935 --> 01:44:38,138
WORK. THANK YOU TO SENATOR 

2620
01:44:38,138 --> 01:44:39,506
ALVARADO AND EVERYONE WHO 

2621
01:44:39,506 --> 01:44:41,942
CHAMPIONED THIS FROM 2021 

2622
01:44:41,942 --> 01:44:45,178
THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE AND TO 

2623
01:44:45,178 --> 01:44:45,612
TODAY. THANK YOU. 

2624
01:44:45,612 --> 01:44:46,913
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 

2625
01:44:46,913 --> 01:44:47,547
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AS LONG 

2626
01:44:47,547 --> 01:44:50,450
AS I CAN STILL GO 20 ON MY BIKE,

2627
01:44:50,450 --> 01:44:50,884
I'M GOOD. 

2628
01:44:50,884 --> 01:44:52,886
>> THERE IS NOTHING HERE. 

2629
01:44:52,886 --> 01:44:55,222
>> OKAY. SO ARE WE GOING TO 

2630
01:44:55,222 --> 01:44:55,789
VOTE? COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

2631
01:44:55,789 --> 01:44:57,491
>> WELL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I 

2632
01:44:57,491 --> 01:44:59,292
REALLY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE IT 

2633
01:44:59,292 --> 01:45:00,460
ON THE TABLE THAT SDOT IS GOING 

2634
01:45:00,460 --> 01:45:01,762
TO CHANGE OUR STREETS AT 10 

2635
01:45:01,762 --> 01:45:05,832
MILES AN HOUR. THAT IS JUST AN 

2636
01:45:05,832 --> 01:45:07,401
EXAMPLE. SO I WANT TO BE REALLY 

2637
01:45:07,401 --> 01:45:09,970
CLEAR. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO 

2638
01:45:09,970 --> 01:45:11,705
BE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. BUT I DO

2639
01:45:11,705 --> 01:45:13,440
KNOW THIS IS ABOUT VISION ZERO, 

2640
01:45:13,440 --> 01:45:15,142
AND I VERY MUCH SUPPORT THAT. 

2641
01:45:15,142 --> 01:45:15,442
THANK YOU. 

2642
01:45:15,442 --> 01:45:17,244
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

2643
01:45:17,244 --> 01:45:20,447
ALL RIGHT, SO ARE WE READY TO 

2644
01:45:20,447 --> 01:45:20,847
VOTE, COLLEAGUES? 

2645
01:45:20,847 --> 01:45:21,114
>> YES. 

2646
01:45:21,114 --> 01:45:21,515
>> YES. 

2647
01:45:21,515 --> 01:45:23,717
>> ALL RIGHT. PRAISE GOD. CAN WE

2648
01:45:23,717 --> 01:45:26,253
VOTE FOR COUNCIL BILL 121176. 

2649
01:45:26,253 --> 01:45:31,324
OKAY. I'M GOING TO SAY THIS 

2650
01:45:31,324 --> 01:45:33,927
LEFT SIDE DOWN HERE, HOT MESS, 

2651
01:45:33,927 --> 01:45:36,296
OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ] 

2652
01:45:36,296 --> 01:45:41,702
>> CALL THE ROLL. 

2653
01:45:41,702 --> 01:45:43,537
>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

2654
01:45:43,537 --> 01:45:44,671
>> YES. 

2655
01:45:44,671 --> 01:45:45,706
>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

2656
01:45:45,706 --> 01:45:46,807
>> AYE. 

2657
01:45:46,807 --> 01:45:47,808
>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

2658
01:45:47,808 --> 01:45:48,608
>> AYE. 

2659
01:45:48,608 --> 01:45:49,743
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

2660
01:45:49,743 --> 01:45:50,977
>> AYE. 

2661
01:45:50,977 --> 01:45:52,145
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

2662
01:45:52,145 --> 01:45:53,380
>> YES. 

2663
01:45:53,380 --> 01:45:54,481
>> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 

2664
01:45:54,481 --> 01:45:55,782
>> AYE. 

2665
01:45:55,782 --> 01:45:56,516
>> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

2666
01:45:56,516 --> 01:45:58,418
>> AYE. 

2667
01:45:58,418 --> 01:45:59,920
>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

2668
01:45:59,920 --> 01:46:00,954
>> YES. 

2669
01:46:00,954 --> 01:46:01,655
>> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

2670
01:46:01,655 --> 01:46:02,022
HOLLINGSWORTH? 

2671
01:46:02,022 --> 01:46:02,255
>> YES. 

2672
01:46:02,255 --> 01:46:03,957
>> NINE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 

2673
01:46:03,957 --> 01:46:04,991
>> BILL PASSES. THE CHAIR WILL 

2674
01:46:04,991 --> 01:46:06,359
SIGN IT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 

2675
01:46:06,359 --> 01:46:08,228
AFFIX MY SIGNATURE TO THE 

2676
01:46:08,228 --> 01:46:09,329
LEGISLATION ON MY BEHALF? 

2677
01:46:09,329 --> 01:46:11,298
COLLEAGUES THERE, WERE NO ITEMS 

2678
01:46:11,298 --> 01:46:13,734
REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT 

2679
01:46:13,734 --> 01:46:14,668
CALENDAR. THERE'S NO RESOLUTION

2680
01:46:14,668 --> 01:46:15,402
FOR INTRODUCTION TODAY. ARE 

2681
01:46:15,402 --> 01:46:16,737
THERE ANYMORE ITEMS TO COME 

2682
01:46:16,737 --> 01:46:21,208
BEFORE THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE 

2683
01:46:21,208 --> 01:46:21,842
ADJOURN? LOOKING LEFT, LOOKING 

2684
01:46:21,842 --> 01:46:24,377
RIGHT. LET ME LOOK TO THE LEFT 

2685
01:46:24,377 --> 01:46:25,011
AGAIN. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

2686
01:46:25,011 --> 01:46:28,215
>> SORRY, THAT WASN'T A JOKE. 

2687
01:46:28,215 --> 01:46:30,250
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO GIVE YOU 

2688
01:46:30,250 --> 01:46:31,618
AN UPDATE ON SOUND TRANSIT. 

2689
01:46:31,618 --> 01:46:35,455
KETTLE JOINED ME AND MYSELF IN 

2690
01:46:35,455 --> 01:46:36,256
THE 36th LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, 

2691
01:46:36,256 --> 01:46:37,724
YESTERDAY AT THE MUSEUM TO 

2692
01:46:37,724 --> 01:46:39,826
DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATUS OF 

2693
01:46:39,826 --> 01:46:40,727
THE SOUND TRANSIT APPROACHES. 

2694
01:46:40,727 --> 01:46:42,929
SINCE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU 

2695
01:46:42,929 --> 01:46:45,866
ALL, WE HAD THE THREE APPROACHES

2696
01:46:45,866 --> 01:46:48,802
THAT SOUND TRANSIT STAFF 

2697
01:46:48,802 --> 01:46:53,473
PRESENTED, NONE OF WHICH 

2698
01:46:53,473 --> 01:46:54,040
PRIORITIZED RIDERSHIP. FROM 

2699
01:46:54,040 --> 01:46:55,575
THERE, CHAIR SUMMERS AND THE 

2700
01:46:55,575 --> 01:46:57,744
ENTIRE 18-MEMBER BOARD PRESENTED

2701
01:46:57,744 --> 01:47:02,649
THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE ON HOW TO 

2702
01:47:02,649 --> 01:47:04,484
MOVE FORWARD. THIS PACKAGE DOES 

2703
01:47:04,484 --> 01:47:05,719
MANY DIFFERENT THINGS. I WON'T 

2704
01:47:05,719 --> 01:47:07,020
GET INTO THOSE DETAILS. I SENT 

2705
01:47:07,020 --> 01:47:09,956
YOU ALL AN E-MAIL AND HOW YOU 

2706
01:47:09,956 --> 01:47:13,360
CAN TESTIFY AT EITHER THE 

2707
01:47:13,360 --> 01:47:17,164
EXECUTIVE MEETING THIS WEEK OR 

2708
01:47:17,164 --> 01:47:17,998
THE EXECUTIVE MEETING, THE FULL 

2709
01:47:17,998 --> 01:47:19,366
BOARD MEETING NEXT WEEK. THOSE 

2710
01:47:19,366 --> 01:47:21,868
ARE THE ONLY TWO OPPORTUNITIES 

2711
01:47:21,868 --> 01:47:22,803
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. 

2712
01:47:22,803 --> 01:47:24,871
BETWEEN NOW AND FINAL PASSAGE OF

2713
01:47:24,871 --> 01:47:27,641
THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE, UNLESS THE

2714
01:47:27,641 --> 01:47:30,477
PROCESS SLOWS DOWN. WE DO HAVE 

2715
01:47:30,477 --> 01:47:32,179
100% DESIGN FOR THE STREET IN 

2716
01:47:32,179 --> 01:47:33,280
THERE. WE ARE GETTING ALL THE 

2717
01:47:33,280 --> 01:47:35,115
WAY TO THE WEST SEATTLE 

2718
01:47:35,115 --> 01:47:37,250
JUNCTION. WE ARE STOPPING SHORT 

2719
01:47:37,250 --> 01:47:38,552
AT SEATTLE CENTER AND WHAT 

2720
01:47:38,552 --> 01:47:40,787
THEY'RE STILL CALLING THE 

2721
01:47:40,787 --> 01:47:42,556
BALLARD SEGMENT, EVEN THOUGH 

2722
01:47:42,556 --> 01:47:43,457
SEATTLE CENTER AS COUNCILMEMBER 

2723
01:47:43,457 --> 01:47:46,460
KETTLE PUT IT IS NOT EVEN 

2724
01:47:46,460 --> 01:47:47,260
ADJACENT TO BALLARD. NORTH KING 

2725
01:47:47,260 --> 01:47:49,362
CAUCUS IS GOING TO BE PUTTING 

2726
01:47:49,362 --> 01:47:50,163
FORWARD SOME AMENDMENTS. I'M 

2727
01:47:50,163 --> 01:47:52,732
GOING TO BE PUTTING FORWARD SOME

2728
01:47:52,732 --> 01:47:54,067
OF MY OWN AMENDMENTS. IT WOULD 

2729
01:47:54,067 --> 01:47:57,170
BE REALLY GREAT TO HAVE YOUR 

2730
01:47:57,170 --> 01:47:58,071
VOICE HEARD AT SOUND TRANSIT. IF

2731
01:47:58,071 --> 01:47:59,706
YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND, 

2732
01:47:59,706 --> 01:48:01,141
PLEASE JUST LET MY OFFICE KNOW, 

2733
01:48:01,141 --> 01:48:03,109
SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE

2734
01:48:03,109 --> 01:48:06,446
SMALL DETAILS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

2735
01:48:06,446 --> 01:48:08,481
THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 

2736
01:48:08,481 --> 01:48:09,516
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

2737
01:48:09,516 --> 01:48:10,550
STRAUSS. ARE THERE ANY 

2738
01:48:10,550 --> 01:48:11,251
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? IT'S GREAT

2739
01:48:11,251 --> 01:48:12,219
TO GET AN UPDATE FROM YOU, AND 

2740
01:48:12,219 --> 01:48:14,221
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD 

2741
01:48:14,221 --> 01:48:14,921
WORK. I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN OUT 

2742
01:48:14,921 --> 01:48:18,058
HERE PUTTING ON FORUMS AND TOWN 

2743
01:48:18,058 --> 01:48:21,595
HALLS, HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN 

2744
01:48:21,595 --> 01:48:22,996
MAKING SURE WE CAN BUILD THE 

2745
01:48:22,996 --> 01:48:24,931
TRAINS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, 

2746
01:48:24,931 --> 01:48:25,732
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. REALLY 

2747
01:48:25,732 --> 01:48:27,033
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK ON 

2748
01:48:27,033 --> 01:48:29,102
THAT. AND REPRESENTING THE CITY 

2749
01:48:29,102 --> 01:48:34,941
OF SEATTLE ON THE SOUND TRANSIT 

2750
01:48:34,941 --> 01:48:35,542
BOARD. COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE 

2751
01:48:35,542 --> 01:48:37,644
ANYMORE ITEMS TO COME BEFORE THE

2752
01:48:37,644 --> 01:48:39,145
COUNCIL? I'M LOOKING TO THE 

2753
01:48:39,145 --> 01:48:39,980
RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS 

2754
01:48:39,980 --> 01:48:41,047
HIS STUFF, HE'S READY TO GO. 

2755
01:48:41,047 --> 01:48:43,783
I'M LOOKING TO THE RIGHT. ALL 

2756
01:48:43,783 --> 01:48:45,819
RIGHT, THIS MEETING IS 

2757
01:48:45,819 --> 01:48:48,021
ADJOURNED. NEXT MEETING WILL BE 

2758
01:48:48,021 --> 01:48:50,423
MAY 19 AT 2:00 P.M. HEARING NO 

2759
01:48:50,423 --> 01:48:50,991
FURTHER BUSINESS, WE'RE 

2760
01:48:50,991 --> 01:48:52,759
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.