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GOOD, GOOD. GOOD MORNING. MY 

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SCRIPT SAYS GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD

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MORNING. THE OCTOBER 8th MEETING

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OF THE GOVERNANCE UTILITIES 

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COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. IT

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IS 9:38 P.M.. I'M COUNCIL 

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PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE

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CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER 

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KETTLE. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER 

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RIVERA PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER 

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STRAUSS VICE CHAIR. JUAREZ HERE.

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CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. HERE. 

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CHAIR. THERE ARE FOUR PRESENT. 

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AUBURN. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS

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EXCUSED. COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO 

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THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW THIS IS A 

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SPECIAL MEETING DURING BUDGET 

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SEASON AND WE ALL HAVE TIGHT 

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SCHEDULES, SO I REALLY 

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APPRECIATE YOU ALL FILLING THIS 

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IN BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO 

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APPOINTMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO 

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CONTINUE DOWN THE PROCESS SO WE 

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CAN GET IT GOING. ONE WITH OUR 

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CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND 

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ALSO WITH OUR AUDITOR AS WELL. 

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SO WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE 

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AGENDA. AND IF THERE'S NO 

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THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WITH 

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THAT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE 

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 

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DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED 

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UP? CHAIR WE HAVE ONE. SPEAKER. 

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AWESOME. TWO MINUTES. I'LL READ

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THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

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INSTRUCTIONS. PUBLIC COMMENT 

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FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 

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BE CALLED IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY

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WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE NOT 

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REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT WOULD 

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PERIOD OR ON COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.

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THE LINK IS LISTED ON TODAY'S 

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AGENDA, OR YOU CAN DO THE SIGN 

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UP SHEET IN FRONT OF US WHEN 

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SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN BY 

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STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM 

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THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING. 

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SPEAKERS WILL THEN HEAR A CHIME 

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10 SECONDS LATER BEFORE. EXCUSE 

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ME, CHIME 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT ON

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THE ALLOTTED TIME. IF SPEAKERS 

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END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD,

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MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL THE 

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NEXT PERSON. THE FIRST PERSON 

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HAVE ANY ONLINE. WE HAVE ZERO 

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ONLINE. WE ZERO IN PERSON. MISS 

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ROBERTS, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? 

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YOU CAN. FOR GOVERNANCE. IT 

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DOESN'T. ARE YOU SURE? ALL 

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RIGHT. AWESOME. AND THEN WE HAVE

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WE HAVE ONE ONLINE. SO, WE'LL GO

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AHEAD AND START WITH OUR ONLINE 

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PERSON. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO

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UNMUTE YOURSELF. GOOD MORNING. 

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HI. GOOD MORNING, DAVID HAINES. 

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MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ADVANCING

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A TOP OFFICIAL FROM BALTIMORE TO

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BE SEATTLE'S NEXT AUDITOR IS A 

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DANGEROUS MISTAKE THAT THREATENS

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WHAT LITTLE PUBLIC TRUST WE HAVE

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ADMINISTRATIVE WARNING SIGN, NOT

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A MODEL TO REPLICATE. IT IS A 

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CITY DEFINED BY SYSTEMIC 

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STRATEGY THAT CONTINUOUSLY 

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CIRCUMVENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT 

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IMPORTING LEADERSHIP FROM THAT 

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BROKEN BUREAUCRACY, THIS COUNCIL

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APPEARS TO BE LEGITIMIZING AND 

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REPACKAGING THOSE SAME EXACT 

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DISASTROUS POLICIES. RIGHT HERE 

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IN SEATTLE. WE DO NOT NEED A 

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RUBBER STAMP FROM AN EMBATTLED 

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EAST COAST SYSTEM TO SHIELD OUR 

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BLOATED SOCIAL SERVICES 

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CONTRACTS FROM GENUINE SCRUTINY.

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WHO WILL AGGRESSIVELY AUDIT 

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WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING,

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AND PUT AN END TO THE OPEN VAULT

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POLICIES THAT HAVE COST THE 

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REGION BILLIONS. REJECT THIS 

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APPOINTMENT AND FIND AN AUDITOR 

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TAXPAYERS, NOT A FAILED 

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POLITICAL PLAYBOOK. AND WE NEED 

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TO PUT AN END TO THE RACIAL 

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HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY USE

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TECHNOLOGY TO WEAPONIZE, LIKE, 

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SPRAYING AND VIOLATING PEOPLE'S

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FURTHERMORE, THE. PREDICTIVE 

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ALGORITHMS THAT ARE FLAWED DATA 

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SETS AND SURVEILLANCE TOOLS DO 

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DISEASE, BUT IT ENFORCES AN 

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IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA AND DIVIDES 

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THE POPULATION. THANK YOU, MR. 

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HAINES. ARE THERE ANY MORE 

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REGISTERED SPEAKERS? AWESOME. 

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PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 

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BALTIMORE, AND PEOPLE GIVE 

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DETROIT A LOT OF HEADACHE. 

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DETROIT'S ACTUALLY REALLY NICE.

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IT'S REALLY CLEAN. IT'S REALLY

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MAKING A GREAT COMEBACK. ALL 

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RIGHT. SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 

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READ ITEM NUMBER ONE AND TWO, 

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THE RECORD. AGENDA ITEM ONE. 

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APPOINTMENT 359 FOR APPOINTMENT 

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OF SHANNON SMITH AS CHIEF 

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TECHNOLOGY OFFICER OF THE 

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DEPARTMENT FOR BRIEFING, 

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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 

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SEATTLE WITH OUR COMMENTS. THANK

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YOU THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE 

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TABLE. WE'LL WAIT TILL WE GET 

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SET UP. UM, LET'S GO. FULL 

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SCREEN. SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER 

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JUAREZ, YOU'RE STILL MY 

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FAVORITE. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO 

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STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD SO 

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EVERYONE HEARS IT. YOU ARE TOO. 

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SHE'S MAD AT ME. ALL RIGHT, SO 

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DO, UH, THANK YOU ALL. ARE WE 

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ALL GOOD FOR EVERYTHING? 

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AWESOME. PLEASE INTRODUCE 

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YOURSELF, AND YOU CAN JUST JUMP 

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RIGHT INTO YOUR. SORRY. YOU'RE 

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OKAY. OKAY. I'M SORRY. MY THING

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WENT. MY. MY COMPUTER IS NOT. MY

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COMPUTER IS NOT CONNECTING WITH 

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THE ZOOM MICROPHONE. I GOT IT 

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NOW. APOLOGIES. NO WORRIES. 

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THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THE I.T. 

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COMMITTEE. THAT'S PERFECT. ALL 

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RIGHT. UH, WILL YOU PLEASE GO 

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AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, 

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AND WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE 

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PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER 

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JUAREZ. I MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE WHO

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CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. THANK 

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YOU. UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 

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PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH VICE 

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CHAIR. JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBERS 

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KETTLE AND RIVERA FOR THE 

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OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF

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SEATTLE AS THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY 

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OFFICER. MY NAME IS SHANNON 

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SMITH. PUBLIC SERVICE AND 

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MISSION DRIVEN WORK REMAINS AT 

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THE CORE OF ALL I DO. AS THE 

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DIRECTOR OF I.T.. AS I CONTINUE 

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TO BUILD UP MY APPROACH TO THE 

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CITY, I AM ENERGIZED IN MANY 

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WAYS. FIRST, THE RESPONSIVENESS 

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OF OUR COUNCIL TO OUR WORK WITH 

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TALENT MODERNIZATION, AI 

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SURVEILLANCE, AND PRIVACY 

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REPORTING, AND DIGITAL EQUITY IS

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MUCH APPRECIATED. SECOND, THE 

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ALIGNMENT WITH THE COUNCIL AND 

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THE MAYOR ON KEY INITIATIVES TO 

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SHORE UP OUR FOUNDATIONAL 

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SERVICES AND ADDRESS CRITICAL 

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COMMUNITY NEEDS IS INCREDIBLY 

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IMPORTANT. FINALLY, THE 

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COLLABORATION AND THOUGHT 

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LEADERSHIP I'VE EXPERIENCED WITH

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SEATTLE'S DEPARTMENTAL 

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LEADERSHIP IS. INSPIRING. WE 

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HAVE SO MANY IDEAS TO IMPROVE, 

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ACCELERATE, AND INNOVATE THE WAY

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WE DELIVER SERVICES TO RESIDENTS

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AND BUSINESSES. I'M EXCITED TO 

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DIG DEEPER AND CONTINUE TO 

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UPLIFT OUR WORK. I'M PUTTING 

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ALL MY CHIPS IN AND I'M READY TO

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GO, SO PLEASE, I LOOK FORWARD TO

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YOUR QUESTIONS. AWESOME. THANK 

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YOU SO MUCH. AND AMANDA 

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PLEASANT-BROWN HEAR FROM OUR 

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MAYOR'S OFFICE. WHO IS OUR 

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COUNCIL LIAISON. DO YOU HAVE ANY

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COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

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CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH AND VICE 

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CHAIR JUAREZ JUST REALLY HERE 

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AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT CTO SMITH. 

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AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING

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US TODAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU 

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BOTH FOR BEING HERE. COLLEAGUES.

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WE SUBMITTED QUESTIONS TO CTO 

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SMITH. UM, WE GOT THOSE 

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QUESTIONS BACK. I WAS VERY 

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PLEASED TO READ A LOT OF THE THE

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ANSWERS, BUT WANTED TO GIVE YOU 

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ALL TIME TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY 

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COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING 

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THIS APPOINTMENT. AND I'LL 

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PAUSE HERE. EASY PEASY. OH, I'M

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SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

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YES, STILL EASY PEASY. LEMON 

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SQUEEZY. UM, CHEDDAR CHEESY. DAD

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JOKE. SORRY, DAD. JOKE. I'M HERE

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FOR IT. UM, YEAH. NO QUESTIONS. 

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THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE 

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ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD. UM, 

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AND, UH, THE MATERIALS, THE 

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RESPONSES AND THE BACKGROUND. 

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AND, UH, I REALLY ENJOYED OUR 

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CONVERSATION, UH, AND TO 

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INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES 

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AND THAT. AND SO IT WAS GOOD TO 

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GET THAT BACKGROUND. UM, BUT SO 

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PLEASE, UH, WELL, THANK YOU. AND

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ALSO PLEASE PASS A THANKS TO THE

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TEAM, UH, THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT 

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FOR THEIR WORK BECAUSE IT SHOWS 

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UP IN SO MANY WAYS, EVEN HELPING

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WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 

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HER, HER ZOOM SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, 

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IT'S, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS 

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THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO THANK

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YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND 

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THEY'RE ALL HERE. SO THEY'RE, 

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THEY'RE HEARING IT DIRECTLY. 

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU,

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THANK YOU. ESPECIALLY THE GUY IN

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THE BLUE SHIRT. I LIKE THAT BLUE

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SHIRT. OH WAIT A MINUTE. AND THE

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GENTLEMAN IN FRONT WITH THE BLUE

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TIE. YOU GUYS ARE MATCHY MATCHY 

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BETWEEN SHIRT AND TIE THERE. SO 

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I LIKE THE LOOK. THANK YOU. 

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AWESOME. THANK YOU. 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THOSE ARE 

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GREAT JOKES AS WELL. UM, 

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COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY OTHER 

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QUESTIONS REGARDING CTO SMITH 

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VICE CHAIR JUAREZ. I'M GOOD, 

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THANK YOU. WE HAD A WE HAD A 

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REALLY GOOD EXCHANGE LAST TIME 

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THAT, UM, UH, MISS SMITH SHANNON

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WAS IN FRONT OF US, SO I'M GOOD.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHAIR. 

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AWESOME. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMEMBER

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RIVERA. YEAH. CHAIR THANK YOU. 

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I'LL JUST SAY, UM, PLUS ONE TO 

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OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER 

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JUAREZ AND ALSO WANT TO THANK 

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YOU, SHANNON, FOR MAKING 

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YOURSELF, UM, AN INTERIM 

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DIRECTOR. SMITH ACTUALLY, UM, 

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FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH

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ME. UM, FOLKS DON'T ALWAYS KNOW

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THAT WE DO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE,

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OUR RIVERA DUE DILIGENCE. AND WE

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DID MEET, UM, IN BETWEEN 

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MEETINGS AND I REALLY 

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APPRECIATED OUR CONVERSATION AND

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YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE WORK. AND

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I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 

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YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU 

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CHAIR. I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND

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I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION. 

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AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM, ONE OF 

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THE THINGS, UH, AND WE'VE HAD 

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MANY CONVERSATIONS. KETTLE. 

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SMITH. AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY 

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QUESTIONS HERE FOR THE PUBLIC, 

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BUT, UM, WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO 

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SHARE REALLY QUICKLY. UM, AND I 

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DIDN'T ASK YOU THIS IN ADVANCE,

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BUT I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT OFF THE

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TOP OF YOUR HEAD. SO YOU'RE ALL,

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YOU'RE ALL GOOD. IF YOU COULD 

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SHARE TO THE PUBLIC, WHAT DO YOU

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THINK ARE OUR BEST OPPORTUNITIES

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TO GROW WITH INFORMATION 

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TECHNOLOGY EXTERNALLY, SO NOT 

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INTERNALLY WITH STAFF OR, YOU 

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KNOW, BETTER LAPTOPS OR ANY OF 

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THAT NATURE OR BETTER SYSTEMS. 

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BUT WHAT EXTERNALLY, WHAT ARE 

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LIKE 2 TO 3 GROWTH EDGES THAT 

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YOU THINK THE PUBLIC IN YOUR 

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TERM WILL SEE IMPROVEMENT ON AS 

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THEY ARE ACCESSING CITY 

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SERVICES? THEY'RE TRYING TO 

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NAVIGATE THE WEBSITE OR INTERACT

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WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS IN WHICH 

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YOU WILL BE. THEY'LL SEE A 

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DIFFERENCE FOR TECHNOLOGY THANK 

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YOU. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ONE 

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OF MY MOST FAVORITE QUESTIONS 

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AND TOPICS. SO I WILL TRY TO, 

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UH, I CAN I HAVE THREE. YEAH, 

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YOU CAN HAVE THREE, YOU CAN HAVE

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FIVE, WHATEVER YOU WANT. OH, 

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DON'T, DON'T. YEAH. THAT'S 

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DANGEROUS. UM, SO I THINK WHEN I

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THINK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, 

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YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST 

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EXCITING THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING

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IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE WAYS 

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THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR SERVICES 

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ACCESSIBLE. AND THERE'S A LOT 

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OF, UM, DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY 

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THERE. UM, BECAUSE AS I SPOKE IN

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MY PREVIOUS MEETING WITH YOU, 

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UM, THERE IS SUCH A DIGITAL 

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DIVIDE. SO UNDERSTANDING HOW WE 

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CAN MEET PEOPLE WHERE WE ARE, 

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THAT WE CAN MAKE IT EASY AND 

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INTUITIVE AND COMBINE SERVICES. 

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I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE 

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WORK WE'VE DONE, FOR EXAMPLE, 

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WITH THE, UM, THE DIFFERENT, UM,

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BENEFITS. SO THE, THE DISCOUNTS 

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PAGE WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK 

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AND THERE IS A, BASICALLY A 

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SYSTEM THERE THAT WHEN YOU PUT 

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IN THE INFORMATION ONCE, IT WILL

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SAY, HEY, THERE'S THESE OTHER 

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DISCOUNTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE

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ADVANTAGE OF. THAT'S THE KIND OF

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THING THAT MAKES A REAL 

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DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. 

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UM, AND IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER 

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FOR THEM TO ACCESS THEM, ACCESS 

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THEM. UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT

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MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT 

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WHERE, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE 

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THINGS THAT I OBSERVED IS THAT 

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WHEN YOU COME TO CITY SERVICES, 

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UM, YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE MORE

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INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, BUT 

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IT IS EXHAUSTING WHEN YOU HAVE 

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TO GO TO THREE, YOU KNOW, THREE 

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DIFFERENT, FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES

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FOR ALL OF THE SERVICES THE CITY

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PROVIDES. SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER 

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YOU ARE UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED 

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OR WHETHER YOU ARE A TOP 

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TECHNOLOGY, UM, KIND OF USER, 

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UM, HAVING THAT ABILITY TO 

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EASILY SWITCH BETWEEN THE TASKS 

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THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO, UM, 

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GIVES US A HUGE EFFICIENCY AND 

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ALLOWS US TO ACCELERATE THE 

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SERVICES BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER 

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BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING 

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THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT, 

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RIGHT? WE WILL NEVER HAVE THE 

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RESOURCES TO DO THAT. UM, THE 

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SECOND THING IS REALLY AROUND, 

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UM, ACCESS AND, UH, REALLY 

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MAKING FOLKS DIGITALLY FLUENT. 

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WE TALK A LOT ABOUT AI 

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UPSKILLING, BUT WE ALSO NEED AI 

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FLUENCY. AND I THINK IT GOES 

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BEYOND THAT TO DIGITAL FLUENCY. 

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SO YESTERDAY I SPOKE AT THE 

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DIGITAL EQUITY LEARNING NETWORK,

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AND IT WAS JUST SO HEARTENING TO

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SEE ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT 

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BENEFIT FROM OUR TECHNOLOGY 

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MATCHING FUND THERE TO HAVE THAT

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DAY TO, TO LEARN AND COLLABORATE

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AND GET RE-ENERGIZED FOR THIS 

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WORK. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 

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I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE, 

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HOPEFULLY TO INVEST IN. UM, 

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WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING THAT 

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KNOWLEDGE TO OUR RESIDENTS. UM, 

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THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE 

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LOOKING AT WITH THE MAYOR'S 

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OFFICE IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE 

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PROVIDE THAT? UM, WHETHER IT'S 

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DIRECT EDUCATION OR PARTNERING 

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WITH THE LIBRARY OR WITH KING 

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COUNTY, WITH OUR DIGITAL 

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NAVIGATORS. UM, HOW DO WE 

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PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES SO THAT 

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PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE, IT'S NOT

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JUST ABOUT HAVING GOOD 

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BROADBAND, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST

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ABOUT WI-FI. IT'S ABOUT HAVING 

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THE SKILLS, HAVING THE 

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EQUIPMENT, HAVING THE TOOLS THEY

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NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL 

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IN TODAY'S WORKFORCE, WHICH IS 

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BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL. 

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THERE ARE VERY FEW ROLES, 

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ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT CITY

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EMPLOYEES OR EVEN IN THE ROLES 

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THAT THE BUSINESSES HAVE HERE 

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TODAY THAT DON'T REQUIRE 

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TECHNOLOGY. UM, EVEN YOUR TIME 

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CARDS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO 

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ON YOUR PHONE, RIGHT? THERE ARE 

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NO PUNCH CARDS ANYMORE. SO, UM, 

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AND THEN I THINK THE THIRD 

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THING, WHICH OF COURSE I'VE 

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FORGOTTEN AT THIS POINT, UM, IS 

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WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN 

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REACH THE PUBLIC, IT'S ABOUT 

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HAVING THAT, UM, CO-DEVELOPMENT 

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IN THAT TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE'RE 

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REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE 

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MODERNIZE AND UPSKILL SO THAT, 

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UM, HOW WE MODERNIZE OUR SYSTEMS

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SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE MUCH 

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MORE EFFICIENT, UM, IN TERMS OF 

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REACHING THE COMMUNITY NICE. 

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THAT'S GREAT. AND ONE OF THE 

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THINGS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, 

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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE 

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HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IS 

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YOU HAVE THIS DEMOGRAPHIC THAT 

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HAS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO 

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CONVENIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, 

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EVERYTHING'S CONVENIENT. NOW YOU

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CAN ORDER FOOD ON AN APP, YOU 

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CAN GET PACKAGES DELIVERED TO 

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YOUR HOUSE WITHIN MINUTES. AND 

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OFTENTIMES THEY EXPECT THAT FROM

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GOVERNMENT AS WELL. UM, WHICH, 

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YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE 

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ABLE TO DELIVER, RESPOND TO AN 

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EMAIL QUICKLY. BUT I ALSO KNOW 

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THAT THERE'S IN GOVERNMENT 

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THINGS MOVE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER.

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UM, WHICH IS GOOD AT TIMES 

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BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY DRASTICALLY

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AFFECTING PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN 

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WE MAKE DECISIONS. BUT THERE'S 

482
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OTHER TIMES JUST LIKE A SIMPLE 

483
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RESPONSE. SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT 

484
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THE WORK IS MOVING AND GOING CAN

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BE MORE CONVENIENT. AND 

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ACCESSING INFORMATION THAT'S 

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ACCESSIBLE AND EASY FOR PEOPLE 

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THAT IS PALATABLE, I THINK IS 

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REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND 

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CLEAR. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 

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THAT BECAUSE SOME OF OUR CITY'S

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WEBSITES AND INFORMATION, IT CAN

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BE VERY CONFUSING. I GET 

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CONFUSED. UM, SO ANYHOW, I'M 

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LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IMPROVED

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PROCESS ON THAT. SO THANK YOU 

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FOR THAT. UM, COLLEAGUES, IF 

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THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, UM, 

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I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT THE 

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COMMITTEE AND GIVE ME ONE 

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SECOND. I GOT TO GET MY NOTES. 

502
00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:50,109
MY APOLOGIES. JEEZ. READY TO GO 

503
00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:51,243
ON THE SECOND. OKAY. I'M SORRY.

504
00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:52,311
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I GOT YOU.

505
00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:54,847
SHE'S ON ME TODAY. OKAY. I JUST

506
00:16:54,847 --> 00:16:58,751
WANT TO SAY SHE'S ON ME. OKAY. 

507
00:16:58,751 --> 00:17:00,019
UH, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO 

508
00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:08,160
AHEAD. UH. YEAH, IT'S ALL OVER 

509
00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,062
THE PLACE. OKAY. I MOVE THE 

510
00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,830
COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 

511
00:17:11,830 --> 00:17:12,431
CONFIRMATION, REFERRAL TO THE 

512
00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:17,102
APPOINTMENT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR.

513
00:17:17,102 --> 00:17:23,575
SECOND. STAGE FOR PAGE FOUR. 

514
00:17:23,575 --> 00:17:26,945
APPOINTMENT 03594. OKAY 

515
00:17:26,945 --> 00:17:28,047
COUNCILMEMBER. OH. FOUND IT. 

516
00:17:28,047 --> 00:17:32,284
OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, 

517
00:17:32,284 --> 00:17:33,819
COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME I MOVE.

518
00:17:33,819 --> 00:17:34,353
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 

519
00:17:34,353 --> 00:17:34,987
CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT.

520
00:17:34,987 --> 00:17:39,158
IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND. 

521
00:17:39,158 --> 00:17:40,526
SECOND. ALSO MARITZA. VICE 

522
00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:42,828
CHAIR. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND 

523
00:17:42,828 --> 00:17:43,796
SECOND TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION

524
00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:45,330
APPOINTMENT. ARE THERE ANY FINAL

525
00:17:45,330 --> 00:17:47,032
COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 

526
00:17:47,032 --> 00:17:48,500
NO. I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. OKAY. 

527
00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:51,070
IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, TO

528
00:17:51,070 --> 00:17:51,570
RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION 

529
00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:53,172
APPOINTMENT. UM, WILL THE CLERK 

530
00:17:53,172 --> 00:17:55,340
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 

531
00:17:55,340 --> 00:17:55,941
RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE 

532
00:17:55,941 --> 00:17:56,975
APPOINTMENT? IT'S 9:30 A.M. ON 

533
00:17:56,975 --> 00:17:58,177
A THURSDAY. WE'VE BEEN IN BUDGET

534
00:17:58,177 --> 00:18:00,412
MEETINGS FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS,

535
00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:01,113
SO WE'RE JUST ROLLING WITH IT. 

536
00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:04,716
GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 

537
00:18:04,716 --> 00:18:05,884
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. A VICE 

538
00:18:05,884 --> 00:18:08,387
CHAIR. JUAREZ HI. CHAIR 

539
00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:09,488
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES, SURE. THERE 

540
00:18:09,488 --> 00:18:11,890
ARE FOUR IN FAVOR AND NONE 

541
00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:13,392
OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE 

542
00:18:13,392 --> 00:18:14,026
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE

543
00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:16,995
SENT TO OCTOBER 20th. CITY 

544
00:18:16,995 --> 00:18:17,396
COUNCIL MEETING. 

545
00:18:17,396 --> 00:18:18,097
CONGRATULATIONS, CTO SMITH, 

546
00:18:18,097 --> 00:18:20,666
LOOKING FORWARD. INFORMATION. 

547
00:18:20,666 --> 00:18:21,967
CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME. THANK 

548
00:18:21,967 --> 00:18:25,337
YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. 

549
00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:28,841
THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, OKAY. 

550
00:18:28,841 --> 00:18:31,009
WE'RE GOING TO NOW DO AGENDA 

551
00:18:31,009 --> 00:18:32,177
ITEM NUMBER TWO. AND FOR THE 

552
00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:34,113
PUBLIC THAT IS WATCHING, THIS IS

553
00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:37,416
HOW WE ROLL IN OUR GOVERNANCE 

554
00:18:37,416 --> 00:18:39,017
MEETING. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 

555
00:18:39,017 --> 00:18:40,786
READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE 

556
00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:43,288
RECORD? AGENDA ITEM TWO 

557
00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:45,757
INFORMATION ITEM 2953. 

558
00:18:45,757 --> 00:18:46,391
INTRODUCTION TO APPOINTMENT OF 

559
00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:47,559
CITY AUDITOR THANDEE MAUNG FOR 

560
00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:48,527
BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 

561
00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:50,662
POSSIBLE VOTE. AWESOME. THANK 

562
00:18:50,662 --> 00:18:54,433
YOU. UM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE 

563
00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:57,736
IF I CAN SEE. YEAH. ONLINE. UM, 

564
00:18:57,736 --> 00:19:00,606
WE HAVE. THANDEE. MAUNG. AND I 

565
00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:02,207
KNOW YOU GO BY D BUT THANK YOU 

566
00:19:02,207 --> 00:19:04,076
ALL. WE'RE TRANSITIONING. WE 

567
00:19:04,076 --> 00:19:07,012
HAVE OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 

568
00:19:07,012 --> 00:19:08,280
PEOPLE, STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE, 

569
00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:09,748
OTHERS MAKING THAT TRANSITION. 

570
00:19:09,748 --> 00:19:10,749
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR

571
00:19:10,749 --> 00:19:11,750
ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK 

572
00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:14,219
YOU. MAYOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU.

573
00:19:14,219 --> 00:19:18,524
CTO SMITH AS WELL. THANK YOU SO 

574
00:19:18,524 --> 00:19:22,895
MUCH. AND SO NOW WE HAVE, UM UH,

575
00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:24,429
INTRODUCTION TO THE APPOINTMENT 

576
00:19:24,429 --> 00:19:26,031
OF THE CITY AUDITOR. THANDEE. 

577
00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:28,367
MAUNG. UM, AND THIS IS GOING TO 

578
00:19:28,367 --> 00:19:30,135
BE FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION 

579
00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:33,071
COLLEAGUES. UM. THANDEE. I 

580
00:19:33,071 --> 00:19:34,907
BELIEVE YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU 

581
00:19:34,907 --> 00:19:37,910
WANT TO JUST GO OPEN UP WITH 

582
00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,945
SOME COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL 

583
00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:41,246
JUST JUMP INTO SOME QUESTIONS. 

584
00:19:41,246 --> 00:19:42,814
THANK YOU. CHAIR. JUST WANTED TO

585
00:19:42,814 --> 00:19:44,783
DO A SOUND CHECK. CAN YOU HEAR 

586
00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:46,451
ME? WELL. YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU 

587
00:19:46,451 --> 00:19:49,021
WELL, LOUD AND CLEAR. THANK YOU.

588
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:51,156
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR 

589
00:19:51,156 --> 00:19:53,225
AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE 

590
00:19:53,225 --> 00:19:54,660
GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 

591
00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:56,128
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS THANDEE 

592
00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:57,763
MAUNG, CANDIDATE FOR THE CITY 

593
00:19:57,763 --> 00:19:59,932
AUDITOR POSITION. THANK YOU VERY

594
00:19:59,932 --> 00:20:03,402
MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. I HAVE

595
00:20:03,402 --> 00:20:03,969
BEEN VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE 

596
00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:06,505
TRANSPARENT AND STREAMLINED 

597
00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:08,540
PROCESS, AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY 

598
00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:12,945
THANK DIRECTOR MARIBEL SANTINO 

599
00:20:12,945 --> 00:20:14,846
UH, HR TEAM AND EVERYONE WHO WAS

600
00:20:14,846 --> 00:20:17,950
INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS ALONG 

601
00:20:17,950 --> 00:20:20,285
THE WAY. ALSO, I APPRECIATE THE 

602
00:20:20,285 --> 00:20:23,188
ACTING CITY AUDITOR ARUSHI 

603
00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:25,090
THAKORLAL FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND

604
00:20:25,090 --> 00:20:27,693
SUPPORT FOR THE CITY AUDITOR'S 

605
00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:29,728
OFFICE WHILE FINDING THE CITY 

606
00:20:29,728 --> 00:20:32,998
AUDITOR, I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED

607
00:20:32,998 --> 00:20:35,234
TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE

608
00:20:35,234 --> 00:20:40,439
YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF THIS 

609
00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:41,006
AMAZING EMERALD CITY. I AM 

610
00:20:41,006 --> 00:20:43,875
ATTRACTED TO THE NATURE, LUSH 

611
00:20:43,875 --> 00:20:44,476
EVERGREEN FORESTS, EXCELLENT 

612
00:20:44,476 --> 00:20:47,412
GREEN SPACES, AND CRISP CLEAN 

613
00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:49,548
AIR, AS WELL AS THE INNOVATIVE 

614
00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:51,883
COMMUNITY AND CULTURE THAT 

615
00:20:51,883 --> 00:20:53,819
SEATTLE OFFERS. I AM VERY 

616
00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:56,588
IMPRESSED BY THE REPUTATION, 

617
00:20:56,588 --> 00:20:59,057
HIGH STANDARDS, A TEAM WITH 

618
00:20:59,057 --> 00:21:00,459
TALENTED AUDITORS THAT THE 

619
00:21:00,459 --> 00:21:04,329
OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR 

620
00:21:04,329 --> 00:21:05,931
HOLDS. SEATTLE WILL BE THE THIRD

621
00:21:05,931 --> 00:21:07,532
MAJOR CITY THAT I SERVE, AND 

622
00:21:07,532 --> 00:21:09,268
THIS WILL GIVE ME THE 

623
00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,036
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY 

624
00:21:11,036 --> 00:21:13,438
PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE LOCAL 

625
00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:15,941
GOVERNMENT. I CHOSE MY CAREER IN

626
00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:17,376
GOVERNMENT BECAUSE I WANTED TO 

627
00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:19,444
GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTRY THAT 

628
00:21:19,444 --> 00:21:21,546
ADOPTED ME, AND I CHOSE PUBLIC 

629
00:21:21,546 --> 00:21:24,182
SERVICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS 

630
00:21:24,182 --> 00:21:26,018
I WANT TO BE CLOSER TO THE 

631
00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:28,453
PUBLIC. AS YOU ALL KNOW, A LOT 

632
00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:29,087
OF SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS ARE 

633
00:21:29,087 --> 00:21:31,456
AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL. I

634
00:21:31,456 --> 00:21:34,059
AM PASSIONATE ABOUT PERFORMANCE 

635
00:21:34,059 --> 00:21:36,261
AUDITING. IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK 

636
00:21:36,261 --> 00:21:39,698
AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, 

637
00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:40,332
EVALUATING WHETHER PROGRAMS ARE 

638
00:21:40,332 --> 00:21:42,000
ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THEIR 

639
00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:44,503
INTENDED GOALS, AND IDENTIFYING 

640
00:21:44,503 --> 00:21:48,040
SYSTEMATIC WAYS TO IMPROVE 

641
00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:49,875
PUBLIC SERVICES. I AM AWARE OF 

642
00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:51,410
THE HOLISTIC CHALLENGES THAT THE

643
00:21:51,410 --> 00:21:53,879
CITY IS CURRENTLY FACING, AND I 

644
00:21:53,879 --> 00:21:55,614
WANT TO BE PART OF FINDING 

645
00:21:55,614 --> 00:21:57,916
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. I CAN 

646
00:21:57,916 --> 00:22:01,520
BRING NEARLY 20 YEARS OF LOCAL 

647
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,154
GOVERNMENT AUDITING EXPERIENCE 

648
00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:05,891
IN TWO MAJOR CITIES, DALLAS AND 

649
00:22:05,891 --> 00:22:08,794
BALTIMORE, TO IMPROVE PUBLIC 

650
00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:09,428
ACCOUNTABILITY, HELPING SEATTLE 

651
00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:10,729
ENSURE THE CITY IS USING 

652
00:22:10,729 --> 00:22:13,265
RESOURCES WITH ECONOMY 

653
00:22:13,265 --> 00:22:18,136
EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS. MY

654
00:22:18,136 --> 00:22:19,237
ROLE IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC 

655
00:22:19,237 --> 00:22:23,041
OBJECTIVELY WHILE SERVING CITY 

656
00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:25,277
COUNCILMEMBERS EQUALLY AND 

657
00:22:25,277 --> 00:22:27,813
SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING CITY 

658
00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:28,480
AUDITOR'S OFFICE STAFF. I CANNOT

659
00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,550
DO THIS JOB ALONE. MY APPROACH, 

660
00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:33,919
MY APPROACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND 

661
00:22:33,919 --> 00:22:37,322
ALWAYS WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE 

662
00:22:37,322 --> 00:22:37,956
APPROACH, WORKING TOGETHER WITH 

663
00:22:37,956 --> 00:22:40,592
ALL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING 

664
00:22:40,592 --> 00:22:43,095
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION, 

665
00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:47,032
TO FIND SOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT 

666
00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:48,800
EACH OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AND 

667
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,470
MEETINGS, I HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN 

668
00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:53,205
MY EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND 

669
00:22:53,205 --> 00:22:55,474
SKILLS. I AM CONFIDENT THAT I 

670
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:57,943
CAN MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTE IN 

671
00:22:57,943 --> 00:23:00,612
BUILDING THE THRIVING 

672
00:23:00,612 --> 00:23:03,148
<u>COMMUNITIES. I AM ENTHUSIAST%C </u>

673
00:23:03,148 --> 00:23:03,782
ABOUT ALL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE

674
00:23:03,782 --> 00:23:05,984
POSITION WILL OFFER. WITH THAT, 

675
00:23:05,984 --> 00:23:07,319
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

676
00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:12,457
CONSIDERATION AWESOME. THANK YOU

677
00:23:12,457 --> 00:23:13,091
THANDEE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 

678
00:23:13,091 --> 00:23:15,394
TIME. UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE 

679
00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:16,695
VIEWING PUBLIC, WE'VE SPENT A 

680
00:23:16,695 --> 00:23:18,563
LOT OF TIME DURING THE SEARCH 

681
00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:21,166
PROCESS FOR THIS CITY AUDITOR. 

682
00:23:21,166 --> 00:23:22,601
AND I WANT TO THANK MY 

683
00:23:22,601 --> 00:23:24,302
COLLEAGUES WHO ENGAGED ON THIS 

684
00:23:24,302 --> 00:23:27,739
PROCESS. I KNOW YOU'VE MET WITH,

685
00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:29,107
I BELIEVE, ALL COUNCILMEMBERS AS

686
00:23:29,107 --> 00:23:30,342
WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

687
00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:32,377
THAT. AND THEN SOME 

688
00:23:32,377 --> 00:23:33,812
COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO SERVED ON 

689
00:23:33,812 --> 00:23:36,348
THE SEARCH COMMITTEE AS WELL. 

690
00:23:36,348 --> 00:23:38,016
AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT 

691
00:23:38,016 --> 00:23:39,584
THIS, BUT I WANT TO PAUSE HERE 

692
00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:41,753
TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY

693
00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:43,955
QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THIS IS THE 

694
00:23:43,955 --> 00:23:45,524
SECOND OF TWO MEETINGS ON THIS 

695
00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:46,658
APPOINTMENT. PRIOR TO THIS 

696
00:23:46,658 --> 00:23:47,292
MEETING, WRITTEN QUESTIONS WERE 

697
00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:49,327
SENT TO MISS MAUNG. UM, AND SHE 

698
00:23:49,327 --> 00:23:51,897
SHARED HER WRITTEN RESPONSES 

699
00:23:51,897 --> 00:23:54,099
WHICH HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THIS

700
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:55,267
AGENDA. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO 

701
00:23:55,267 --> 00:23:56,334
PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF ANYONE HAD 

702
00:23:56,334 --> 00:24:03,074
ANY QUESTIONS. NO. COUNCILMEMBER

703
00:24:03,074 --> 00:24:04,409
KETTLE OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU 

704
00:24:04,409 --> 00:24:07,579
CHAIR. UM, AND THANK YOU, MISS 

705
00:24:07,579 --> 00:24:10,282
MAUNG, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR, 

706
00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:13,251
FOR STARTING THIS PROCESS, THIS 

707
00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:14,886
JOURNEY, UM, THAT HAS GOT US TO 

708
00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:17,622
THIS POINT. UH, I HAPPEN TO BE 

709
00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:20,125
PART OF THE, THE REVIEW PROCESS 

710
00:24:20,125 --> 00:24:22,861
EARLY ON. SO I HAVE MY PACKET, 

711
00:24:22,861 --> 00:24:24,763
UM, I REVIEWED ALL THE 

712
00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:26,198
CANDIDATES TO INCLUDE YOURSELF. 

713
00:24:26,198 --> 00:24:27,332
SO I'M NOT COMING IN AT THE 

714
00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:28,433
END. I WAS THERE AT THE 

715
00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:29,801
BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS AND IT

716
00:24:29,801 --> 00:24:34,406
WAS A FASCINATING, UH, LOOK INTO

717
00:24:34,406 --> 00:24:36,107
THE AUDITOR INSPECTOR GENERAL 

718
00:24:36,107 --> 00:24:37,576
KIND OF WORLD. AND SO I REALLY 

719
00:24:37,576 --> 00:24:39,878
APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY. 

720
00:24:39,878 --> 00:24:41,780
AND CLEARLY, YOU HAVE A VERY 

721
00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:43,882
STRONG BACKGROUND IN MULTIPLE 

722
00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:46,718
CITIES, AS YOU NOTED, YOU KNOW, 

723
00:24:46,718 --> 00:24:51,590
LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW. HOW 

724
00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:54,426
EACH IS DIFFERENT AND HOW THAT 

725
00:24:54,426 --> 00:24:55,026
HELPS IN TERMS OF BROADENING 

726
00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:56,528
YOUR EXPERIENCE AND SO FORTH. 

727
00:24:56,528 --> 00:24:58,096
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HELPING, UH,

728
00:24:58,096 --> 00:25:00,465
YOU KNOW, SET UP FOR THIS 

729
00:25:00,465 --> 00:25:03,034
OPPORTUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE. UM,

730
00:25:03,034 --> 00:25:04,536
SO, AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD 

731
00:25:04,536 --> 00:25:05,604
CONVERSATION IN MY OFFICE. SO 

732
00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:08,406
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST HAVE 

733
00:25:08,406 --> 00:25:10,342
ONE THING AND IT'S COME UP JUST

734
00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:12,177
RECENTLY AND I WAS REVIEWING THE

735
00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:14,279
QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THOSE 

736
00:25:14,279 --> 00:25:15,146
LISTENING IN, WE DO HAVE ALL 

737
00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:17,082
THESE QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, I 

738
00:25:17,082 --> 00:25:19,784
HAVE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE 

739
00:25:19,784 --> 00:25:22,420
ONES, UH, FOR MISS SMITH, UH, 

740
00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:24,956
THAT WE JUST VOTED ON. AND THEN 

741
00:25:24,956 --> 00:25:26,825
I HAVE YOURS AS WELL. AND I WAS 

742
00:25:26,825 --> 00:25:28,393
REVIEWING THEM AND I JUST WANTED

743
00:25:28,393 --> 00:25:31,162
TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THING. AND, UM,

744
00:25:31,162 --> 00:25:35,767
AND THIS GOES TO COMMUNICATIONS 

745
00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:36,801
AND, UH, LIKE THERE'S ONE 

746
00:25:36,801 --> 00:25:38,703
QUESTION ABOUT HOW CAN YOU 

747
00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:39,337
IMPROVE COLLABORATION AMONG THE 

748
00:25:39,337 --> 00:25:41,940
CITY COUNCIL, CITY DEPARTMENTS? 

749
00:25:41,940 --> 00:25:42,407
OCA WHILE PRESERVING 

750
00:25:42,407 --> 00:25:43,008
INDEPENDENCE. AND BY THE WAY, 

751
00:25:43,008 --> 00:25:45,143
THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 

752
00:25:45,143 --> 00:25:46,912
THING. AND WE'RE DOING THAT AND

753
00:25:46,912 --> 00:25:49,047
SOME OTHER FRONTS AS WELL HERE 

754
00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:50,348
IN COUNCIL. BUT I JUST WANTED TO

755
00:25:50,348 --> 00:25:55,120
SPEAK TO, UM, UH, COMMUNICATIONS

756
00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:58,757
AND, UH, AND MAKE AN ASK THAT, 

757
00:25:58,757 --> 00:26:02,093
YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE, UH, TO HAVE

758
00:26:02,093 --> 00:26:03,194
THE TEAM BE PROACTIVE IN ITS 

759
00:26:03,194 --> 00:26:05,063
COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL.

760
00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:07,866
AND SO I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE 

761
00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:10,001
THE CITY AUDITOR REPORT WAS DONE

762
00:26:10,001 --> 00:26:11,903
RECENTLY AND RELEASED. UM, AND 

763
00:26:11,903 --> 00:26:14,372
IT RELATED TO, UH, OUR 

764
00:26:14,372 --> 00:26:16,775
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, UH, IN 

765
00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:18,743
PUBLIC SAFETY AND SPECIFICALLY, 

766
00:26:18,743 --> 00:26:20,612
IT WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE 

767
00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:21,746
SDOT CAMERAS AND THEIR TIE INTO 

768
00:26:21,746 --> 00:26:24,316
THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. UM, 

769
00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:25,150
AND IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD 

770
00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:27,652
REPORT. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, 

771
00:26:27,652 --> 00:26:29,120
UH, THE CHALLENGES. IT WAS 

772
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:32,424
RELEASED ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 

773
00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:32,958
UM, AT WHICH TIME, AS IT 

774
00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:35,961
HAPPENS, I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE TO

775
00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:38,229
SAN DIEGO. AND SO IT CAME OUT 

776
00:26:38,229 --> 00:26:39,864
AND THEN IT WAS GOING TO GO 

777
00:26:39,864 --> 00:26:42,467
PUBLIC, UH, ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.

778
00:26:42,467 --> 00:26:46,071
UM, SOMEHOW IT, YOU KNOW, BY 

779
00:26:46,071 --> 00:26:48,340
MONDAY OR TUESDAY, SEATTLE TIMES

780
00:26:48,340 --> 00:26:49,174
HAD A FULL ARTICLE ON IT. THEY 

781
00:26:49,174 --> 00:26:51,543
HAD QUOTES FROM THE ACLU, BUT 

782
00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:53,612
THERE WAS NO QUOTES OR 

783
00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:55,480
BACKGROUND, UM, ON THIS FROM, 

784
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,049
UM, FROM THE COUNCIL OR FROM 

785
00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:00,652
OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE SEATTLE 

786
00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:01,720
POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS 

787
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:03,922
AN ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE 

788
00:27:03,922 --> 00:27:05,690
READ THESE ARTICLES, THEY CAN 

789
00:27:05,690 --> 00:27:07,993
THINK, UM DIFFERENT THINGS BASED

790
00:27:07,993 --> 00:27:10,428
ON HOW IT'S WRITTEN WITHOUT THE

791
00:27:10,428 --> 00:27:14,032
CONTEXT. UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, 

792
00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:14,566
THERE WAS ISSUES WITH THE 

793
00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:17,435
NONPUBLIC CAMERAS THAT SDOT HAS.

794
00:27:17,435 --> 00:27:19,604
SO THEY'RE USING SPD IS USING 

795
00:27:19,604 --> 00:27:20,271
THE PUBLIC CAMERAS BECAUSE AS IT

796
00:27:20,271 --> 00:27:22,140
TURNS OUT, THERE'S SOME 

797
00:27:22,140 --> 00:27:23,141
TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE TYPE 

798
00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,442
OF CAMERA THAT ARE THAT ARE 

799
00:27:24,442 --> 00:27:25,844
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NONPUBLIC, 

800
00:27:25,844 --> 00:27:29,914
UM, SDOT CAMERAS. AND ALSO, AND 

801
00:27:29,914 --> 00:27:31,049
THIS GOES TO ANOTHER ARTICLE 

802
00:27:31,049 --> 00:27:33,618
TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 

803
00:27:33,618 --> 00:27:34,786
CAMERAS, THE, THE ENTIRE SET OF 

804
00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:36,021
SDOT CAMERAS HASN'T BEEN 

805
00:27:36,021 --> 00:27:37,789
CONNECTED IN. THERE'S SOME 

806
00:27:37,789 --> 00:27:38,723
TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES. THERE'S 

807
00:27:38,723 --> 00:27:41,059
EACH ONE, THERE'S SOME UNIQUE 

808
00:27:41,059 --> 00:27:42,160
PIECES, UM, TO EACH AND THERE'S

809
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,362
ONLY ABOUT 100 THAT ARE 

810
00:27:44,362 --> 00:27:48,400
CONNECTED AND I RAISED THIS 

811
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,635
BECAUSE IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 

812
00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:51,670
REPORT WAS RELEASED, YOU KNOW, 

813
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,806
TO US ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND 

814
00:27:54,806 --> 00:27:56,574
THEN WAS GOING TO THE PUBLIC ON 

815
00:27:56,574 --> 00:27:57,776
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, ALL THESE 

816
00:27:57,776 --> 00:27:59,144
PIECES COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT 

817
00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:00,445
UP. WHEREAS IF IT COMES OUT ON A

818
00:28:00,445 --> 00:28:02,380
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NEXT THING YOU

819
00:28:02,380 --> 00:28:04,249
KNOW IT, WE'RE IN A SITUATION 

820
00:28:04,249 --> 00:28:05,617
WHERE INFORMATION IS BEING PUT 

821
00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:08,453
OUT, COMMENTS ARE MADE FROM A 

822
00:28:08,453 --> 00:28:10,889
SELECTED SOURCE OF STAKEHOLDERS,

823
00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:12,590
AND THAT CREATES SOME 

824
00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:13,725
CHALLENGES. SO I JUST BRING THIS

825
00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:17,095
UP IN THE SENSE OF IN TERMS OF 

826
00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:17,729
COMMUNICATIONS AND RELEASE. UM, 

827
00:28:17,729 --> 00:28:19,964
IF IT DOES GO OUT FRIDAY, BE 

828
00:28:19,964 --> 00:28:22,701
PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF ENGAGING 

829
00:28:22,701 --> 00:28:24,369
SPECIFIC OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS

830
00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:25,937
AND TO COUNCIL OFFICES SAYING, 

831
00:28:25,937 --> 00:28:27,706
HEY, THIS IS HERE. UM, AND THEN,

832
00:28:27,706 --> 00:28:29,741
UM, OR TO MAYBE HAVE IT IN SUCH 

833
00:28:29,741 --> 00:28:31,476
A WAY THAT IT'S NOT BEING 

834
00:28:31,476 --> 00:28:33,678
RELEASED ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON 

835
00:28:33,678 --> 00:28:34,813
BEFORE THE WEEKEND. UM, THAT 

836
00:28:34,813 --> 00:28:36,648
WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO I JUST 

837
00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,049
WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE,

838
00:28:38,049 --> 00:28:39,784
UM, AT THE SAME TIME, LET ME 

839
00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:40,985
ADD, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT WAS A 

840
00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:42,687
GREAT REPORT AND IT HIGHLIGHTED 

841
00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:44,856
AN ISSUE WHERE, YOU KNOW, S DOT 

842
00:28:44,856 --> 00:28:47,692
S DOT DOESN'T IS NOT ONE OF THE

843
00:28:47,692 --> 00:28:49,461
ENTITIES THAT REPORT TO MY 

844
00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:51,129
COMMITTEE DIRECTLY. UM, IT'S THE

845
00:28:51,129 --> 00:28:53,364
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. AND SO

846
00:28:53,364 --> 00:28:54,566
IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DIFFERENT 

847
00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:57,469
TYPE OF SEAM ISSUE IN THE SENSE 

848
00:28:57,469 --> 00:28:58,870
OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONE OF 

849
00:28:58,870 --> 00:29:00,739
THOSE COMMITTEES, BUT IT'S 

850
00:29:00,739 --> 00:29:01,206
TYING INTO THE POLICE 

851
00:29:01,206 --> 00:29:02,440
DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS PART OF MY 

852
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,675
PURVIEW AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC 

853
00:29:03,675 --> 00:29:06,010
SAFETY AND THIS IS SOMETHING 

854
00:29:06,010 --> 00:29:07,245
THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING 

855
00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:08,480
WITH. CHAIR SAKA OF THE 

856
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,648
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO 

857
00:29:10,648 --> 00:29:11,683
ENSURE ALL T'S ARE CROSSED AND 

858
00:29:11,683 --> 00:29:13,985
I'S ARE DOTTED, AND THE CITY 

859
00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:15,186
AUDITOR'S REPORT DID A GREAT 

860
00:29:15,186 --> 00:29:16,054
JOB IN DOING THAT. SO AT THE END

861
00:29:16,054 --> 00:29:18,089
OF THE DAY, GREAT JOB ON THE 

862
00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:18,857
REPORT. WE'RE GOING TO USE IT. 

863
00:29:18,857 --> 00:29:22,327
WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON IT PLUS 

864
00:29:22,327 --> 00:29:23,762
OTHER REPORTS AND THE ECG. FOR 

865
00:29:23,762 --> 00:29:27,732
EXAMPLE, THE OIG DID A, UM, AN 

866
00:29:27,732 --> 00:29:29,467
ENTIRE SET FOR THE TECHNOLOGY 

867
00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:31,703
PROGRAMS. AND SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE

868
00:29:31,703 --> 00:29:32,971
THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO 

869
00:29:32,971 --> 00:29:34,572
HIGHLIGHT THAT FROM A 

870
00:29:34,572 --> 00:29:36,441
COMMUNICATIONS PIECE. AND JUST 

871
00:29:36,441 --> 00:29:38,109
FOR THE TEAM THERE TO BE MINDFUL

872
00:29:38,109 --> 00:29:40,411
ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE USED, HOW 

873
00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:43,248
THE REPORT IS USED, UM, AND SO 

874
00:29:43,248 --> 00:29:46,451
FORTH. SO, UM, SO THANK YOU. UH,

875
00:29:46,451 --> 00:29:48,453
MISS MAUNG, I REALLY APPRECIATE 

876
00:29:48,453 --> 00:29:50,355
YOU BEING HERE AND ALL THE WORK 

877
00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:51,356
YOU'VE DONE TO THIS TO GET TO 

878
00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:53,258
THIS POINT. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 

879
00:29:53,258 --> 00:29:54,793
AWESOME. GREAT COMMENTS. 

880
00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:57,228
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. ARE THERE 

881
00:29:57,228 --> 00:29:58,396
OTHER I SEE COUNCILMEMBER 

882
00:29:58,396 --> 00:29:59,798
RIVERA. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, I 

883
00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:03,334
WANT TO THANK YOU. UM, MISS 

884
00:30:03,334 --> 00:30:05,470
MAUNG, FOR, UM, HAVING A 

885
00:30:05,470 --> 00:30:07,505
CONVERSATION. UM, REALLY ENJOYED

886
00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:10,074
MEETING YOU AND I REALLY 

887
00:30:10,074 --> 00:30:12,610
APPRECIATE OUR CONVERSATION 

888
00:30:12,610 --> 00:30:13,912
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF. AND YOU

889
00:30:13,912 --> 00:30:15,547
MENTIONED TODAY IN YOUR COMMENTS

890
00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:18,383
THE IMPORTANCE OF AUDITS SO THAT

891
00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:20,985
OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN FEEL 

892
00:30:20,985 --> 00:30:22,554
CONFIDENT IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE

893
00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:24,489
DOING, THE FISCAL WORK THAT 

894
00:30:24,489 --> 00:30:27,025
WE'RE DOING, UM, IN PROVIDING 

895
00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:30,728
THE SERVICES TO THEM. THAT IS A 

896
00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:33,631
REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT 

897
00:30:33,631 --> 00:30:34,299
OBVIOUSLY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE,

898
00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:37,168
IT IS THEIR FUNCTION NOW. AND I 

899
00:30:37,168 --> 00:30:37,836
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT THAT YOU

900
00:30:37,836 --> 00:30:42,207
FEEL AS STRONGLY, UM, AS I DO 

901
00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:45,710
THAT, UM, AUDITS PROVIDE US THE 

902
00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:48,446
OPPORTUNITY. UM, I SEE IT AS AN 

903
00:30:48,446 --> 00:30:50,882
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO 

904
00:30:50,882 --> 00:30:52,083
RIGHTSIZE THINGS THAT AREN'T, 

905
00:30:52,083 --> 00:30:56,154
THAT ARE NOT GOING WELL. UM, AND

906
00:30:56,154 --> 00:30:58,356
TO REALLY GIVE THE PUBLIC THE 

907
00:30:58,356 --> 00:30:59,724
CONFIDENCE, UH, THAT WE REALLY 

908
00:30:59,724 --> 00:31:02,260
ARE, ARE TAKING OUR WORK 

909
00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:03,428
SERIOUSLY, ALL OF US 

910
00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:05,363
COLLECTIVELY AT THE CITY. AND, 

911
00:31:05,363 --> 00:31:09,400
YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT 

912
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:10,401
SOMETIMES I FIND THAT FOLKS 

913
00:31:10,401 --> 00:31:12,804
MIGHT BE RESISTANT TO AUDITS, 

914
00:31:12,804 --> 00:31:14,906
BUT I DO SEE THEM AS 

915
00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:17,108
OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE TALKED 

916
00:31:17,108 --> 00:31:18,643
ABOUT THIS TOO, BECAUSE, UM, YOU

917
00:31:18,643 --> 00:31:21,212
KNOW, IF, IF THINGS GO AREN'T 

918
00:31:21,212 --> 00:31:23,014
GOING WELL AND IT GETS TOO DOWN,

919
00:31:23,014 --> 00:31:26,918
TOO FAR DOWN A PATH, IT REALLY 

920
00:31:26,918 --> 00:31:28,653
INHIBITS OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE 

921
00:31:28,653 --> 00:31:30,922
SERVICES FOR FOLKS AND TO DO 

922
00:31:30,922 --> 00:31:32,023
THOSE CORRECTIONS. AND SO, UM, 

923
00:31:32,023 --> 00:31:34,459
YOU KNOW, TO ME, IT IS ONE, AND 

924
00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:39,631
IN FACT, UM, UH, AUDITS ARE 

925
00:31:39,631 --> 00:31:41,132
CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S 

926
00:31:41,132 --> 00:31:43,001
PART OF OUR CHARTERED 

927
00:31:43,001 --> 00:31:43,568
RESPONSIBILITY TO REALLY DO 

928
00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:46,037
AUDITS AND PROVIDE THAT FISCAL 

929
00:31:46,037 --> 00:31:48,439
OVERSIGHT IN THAT WAY. UM, AND 

930
00:31:48,439 --> 00:31:50,508
I, I ACTUALLY RECENTLY LOOKED 

931
00:31:50,508 --> 00:31:53,511
THIS UP. SO IT IS PART OF OUR 

932
00:31:53,511 --> 00:31:54,145
CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY AND ONE

933
00:31:54,145 --> 00:31:56,381
THAT I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. AND,

934
00:31:56,381 --> 00:31:58,917
YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN, UM, AT 

935
00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:00,385
THE, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL MORE 

936
00:32:00,385 --> 00:32:01,986
RECENTLY. AND YOU AND I TALKED 

937
00:32:01,986 --> 00:32:04,389
ABOUT, UM, I BELIEVE WE TALKED 

938
00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:08,493
ABOUT THE, UM, UH, THEY HAD SOME

939
00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:09,093
HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS THAT 

940
00:32:09,093 --> 00:32:11,729
WERE AUDITED. AND UNFORTUNATELY 

941
00:32:11,729 --> 00:32:14,432
SOME OF THOSE DID NOT COME BACK.

942
00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:15,900
WELL. AND SO REALLY NOW THE 

943
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:17,502
COUNTY WILL HAVE THE 

944
00:32:17,502 --> 00:32:19,037
OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO 

945
00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:20,471
RIGHT SIZE THOSE CONTRACTS. 

946
00:32:20,471 --> 00:32:21,606
SIMILARLY, AS WE ALSO TALKED 

947
00:32:21,606 --> 00:32:23,408
ABOUT, I'VE CALLED FOR AN HSD 

948
00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:24,575
AUDIT HERE AT THE CITY BECAUSE 

949
00:32:24,575 --> 00:32:26,911
WE HAVE SIMILAR PROVIDERS THAT 

950
00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:29,580
WE WORK WITH. AND, UM, YOU KNOW,

951
00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:31,749
IT IS SOMETHING THAT CITIES 

952
00:32:31,749 --> 00:32:33,518
SHOULD REALLY EMBRACE AND, AND 

953
00:32:33,518 --> 00:32:35,687
COUNTIES AND JUST GOVERNMENT IN 

954
00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:37,889
GENERAL, BECAUSE AS I SAID, IT 

955
00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:39,891
REALLY DOES AFFORD US THE 

956
00:32:39,891 --> 00:32:43,027
OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE 

957
00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:44,228
ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICES TO 

958
00:32:44,228 --> 00:32:45,863
THE FOLKS THAT REALLY NEED IT. 

959
00:32:45,863 --> 00:32:49,467
AND IF, IF, IF PROVIDERS ARE NOT

960
00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,970
DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE 

961
00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:53,071
DOING, THOSE SERVICES AREN'T 

962
00:32:53,071 --> 00:32:54,505
GOING TO GET TO THE PEOPLE THAT 

963
00:32:54,505 --> 00:32:57,775
WE WANT TO HELP. AND SO THAT IS 

964
00:32:57,775 --> 00:32:59,744
ANOTHER REASON WHY THESE AUDITS 

965
00:32:59,744 --> 00:33:02,313
ARE SO IMPORTANT. UM, AND ALSO 

966
00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:03,481
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 

967
00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:04,782
IMPORTANT TO SHOW OUR WORK. AND 

968
00:33:04,782 --> 00:33:06,985
IF WE'RE DOING GREAT, THEN WE 

969
00:33:06,985 --> 00:33:09,253
SHOULD SHOW THAT TOO, BECAUSE 

970
00:33:09,253 --> 00:33:09,721
THAT DOES INSPIRE THE 

971
00:33:09,721 --> 00:33:11,556
CONFIDENCE. AND IF WE'RE NOT, 

972
00:33:11,556 --> 00:33:12,757
THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO,

973
00:33:12,757 --> 00:33:14,459
TO, YOU KNOW, PULL THE CURTAIN 

974
00:33:14,459 --> 00:33:16,094
BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT DID

975
00:33:16,094 --> 00:33:19,263
NOT GO WELL. AND WE'RE GOING TO

976
00:33:19,263 --> 00:33:20,832
FIX THIS. AND THAT IS REALLY 

977
00:33:20,832 --> 00:33:23,368
IMPORTANT. SO YOU REALLY 

978
00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:25,303
APPRECIATE THAT YOU SHARED, UM, 

979
00:33:25,303 --> 00:33:27,572
YOU KNOW, THE SAME FEELINGS AND 

980
00:33:27,572 --> 00:33:28,673
THOUGHTS. AND I REALLY LOOK 

981
00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:33,578
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. UM,

982
00:33:33,578 --> 00:33:35,046
ON JUST NOT ONLY THE HSD AUDIT, 

983
00:33:35,046 --> 00:33:36,881
BUT OTHER AUDITS THAT WE'RE 

984
00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:38,649
CALLING FOR AT THE CITY TO MAKE 

985
00:33:38,649 --> 00:33:40,852
SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY 

986
00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:41,886
HELPING THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE 

987
00:33:41,886 --> 00:33:43,421
SETTING OUT TO HELP. UM, AND 

988
00:33:43,421 --> 00:33:46,524
THAT WE CAN INSPIRE CONFIDENCE 

989
00:33:46,524 --> 00:33:48,226
WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU

990
00:33:48,226 --> 00:33:50,261
CHAIR. AWESOME. THANK YOU. 

991
00:33:50,261 --> 00:33:51,396
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR THAT. 

992
00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:55,066
UH, DID YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE? 

993
00:33:55,066 --> 00:33:58,503
UH, THANDEE. I DON'T WANT TO 

994
00:33:58,503 --> 00:33:59,637
INTERJECT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY 

995
00:33:59,637 --> 00:34:01,639
MUCH. I THINK THAT I ANSWERED, 

996
00:34:01,639 --> 00:34:03,875
UM, SIMILAR THINGS IN QUESTION 

997
00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:06,411
NUMBER THREE. SO, UM, YES, ONE 

998
00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:08,279
OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT, UM, WE 

999
00:34:08,279 --> 00:34:09,847
HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN 

1000
00:34:09,847 --> 00:34:12,417
INCREASE THE REVENUE AND WE CAN 

1001
00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:13,217
DECREASE THE, YOU KNOW, 

1002
00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:14,419
EXPENDITURE OF WHAT I MEAN BY 

1003
00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:16,521
THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK 

1004
00:34:16,521 --> 00:34:18,656
AT, YOU KNOW, STATE OR FEDERAL 

1005
00:34:18,656 --> 00:34:20,858
FUNDED, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS OR 

1006
00:34:20,858 --> 00:34:22,794
CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS. AND WE CAN

1007
00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:24,328
MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE

1008
00:34:24,328 --> 00:34:26,397
SPENDING, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH

1009
00:34:26,397 --> 00:34:27,598
THE CONTRACTS AND, AND MAKE SURE

1010
00:34:27,598 --> 00:34:31,135
THAT WE ARE SPENDING WISELY. 

1011
00:34:31,135 --> 00:34:34,138
AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

1012
00:34:34,138 --> 00:34:36,974
THAT. ANY MORE COMMENTS? UM, I 

1013
00:34:36,974 --> 00:34:40,011
NUMBER ONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE 

1014
00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:41,145
THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 

1015
00:34:41,145 --> 00:34:42,547
ONE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT 

1016
00:34:42,547 --> 00:34:44,415
TO ME IS THAT OUR BUDGET, OUR 

1017
00:34:44,415 --> 00:34:47,318
EXCUSE ME, OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE

1018
00:34:47,318 --> 00:34:49,053
COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES 

1019
00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:51,989
IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. AND OUR

1020
00:34:51,989 --> 00:34:53,591
BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER 

1021
00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:54,659
AS WELL. AND THAT WAS BROUGHT TO

1022
00:34:54,659 --> 00:34:55,993
OUR ATTENTION WHEN WE WERE DOING

1023
00:34:55,993 --> 00:34:57,595
A LOT OF THE INTERVIEWS WITH 

1024
00:34:57,595 --> 00:34:59,163
OTHER PEOPLE. UM, AND THAT WAS 

1025
00:34:59,163 --> 00:35:00,898
BROUGHT UP ABOUT KIND OF OUR 

1026
00:35:00,898 --> 00:35:02,433
CAPACITY AND WANTING TO CONTINUE

1027
00:35:02,433 --> 00:35:05,036
TO INVEST IN OUR AUDITOR'S 

1028
00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:06,771
OFFICE. BECAUSE I THINK AS WE 

1029
00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:08,139
CONTINUE TO GET BIGGER AS A CITY

1030
00:35:08,139 --> 00:35:09,907
AND WE HAVE MORE CONTRACTS, AND 

1031
00:35:09,907 --> 00:35:12,243
THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON, 

1032
00:35:12,243 --> 00:35:12,844
THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW AND 

1033
00:35:12,844 --> 00:35:14,312
HAVE INFORMATION, KNOWING THAT 

1034
00:35:14,312 --> 00:35:16,881
WE ARE USING TAX DOLLARS WISELY 

1035
00:35:16,881 --> 00:35:18,749
AND NOT ONLY WISELY, BUT THEY'RE

1036
00:35:18,749 --> 00:35:19,584
HAVING THE IMPACT THAT THEY 

1037
00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:20,585
SHOULD. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE 

1038
00:35:20,585 --> 00:35:22,587
AMOUNT, BUT THE IMPACT THAT THAT

1039
00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:24,789
THEY SHOULD. SO I REALLY 

1040
00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:25,423
APPRECIATED YOU IDENTIFYING THAT

1041
00:35:25,423 --> 00:35:27,725
AND NAMING THAT AS WELL. UM, IS 

1042
00:35:27,725 --> 00:35:30,428
THERE ANY MORE OTHER COMMENTS? 

1043
00:35:30,428 --> 00:35:32,063
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ VICE CHAIR.

1044
00:35:32,063 --> 00:35:35,032
THANK YOU. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

1045
00:35:35,032 --> 00:35:36,400
CHAIR OKAY. THANK YOU. I 

1046
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:40,571
APPRECIATE YOU, VICE CHAIR. UM, 

1047
00:35:40,571 --> 00:35:42,440
OKAY. UM, COLLEAGUES, UH, WELL, 

1048
00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:44,909
WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER 

1049
00:35:44,909 --> 00:35:47,512
FINAL COMMENTS? MISS MAUNG, 

1050
00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:48,146
BEFORE WE RECOMMEND OR BEFORE WE

1051
00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:51,816
TAKE A VOTE TO RECOMMEND TO FULL

1052
00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:53,251
COUNCIL? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO 

1053
00:35:53,251 --> 00:35:56,821
THANK AGAIN, UM, TO EVERYONE WHO

1054
00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:59,457
GOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. 

1055
00:35:59,457 --> 00:36:01,159
UM, SERVING AS THE CITY AUDITOR 

1056
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,226
IN THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, I 

1057
00:36:02,226 --> 00:36:04,529
WILL LOVE AND THRIVE. IT HAS 

1058
00:36:04,529 --> 00:36:06,397
BEEN MY DREAM AND WE ARE NOW IN 

1059
00:36:06,397 --> 00:36:09,066
THE FINISHING LINE AND I REALLY,

1060
00:36:09,066 --> 00:36:10,468
UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE 

1061
00:36:10,468 --> 00:36:12,336
OPPORTUNITY AND I'M VERY 

1062
00:36:12,336 --> 00:36:13,838
THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT 

1063
00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:15,273
THAT GIVEN TO ME DURING THIS 

1064
00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:16,140
PROCESS. THANK YOU. AWESOME. 

1065
00:36:16,140 --> 00:36:17,175
THANK YOU. AND ONE THING I KNOW,

1066
00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,643
THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT 

1067
00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:20,578
TALKING ABOUT BALTIMORE. I DO 

1068
00:36:20,578 --> 00:36:21,979
WANT TO SAY THE ONE THING THAT 

1069
00:36:21,979 --> 00:36:23,214
STOOD OUT TO ME ABOUT YOUR 

1070
00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:25,583
RESUME WAS YOUR EXTENSIVE TIME 

1071
00:36:25,583 --> 00:36:27,018
IN DALLAS. FOR LONG PERIOD OF 

1072
00:36:27,018 --> 00:36:27,685
TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU

1073
00:36:27,685 --> 00:36:32,089
WERE THERE, LIKE 15 YEARS, 17, 

1074
00:36:32,089 --> 00:36:33,724
15. OKAY. 15 YEARS. AND THEN 

1075
00:36:33,724 --> 00:36:35,193
YOUR WORK THAT YOU DID IN 

1076
00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:38,329
BALTIMORE AS WELL, UM, YOU HAVE 

1077
00:36:38,329 --> 00:36:42,667
BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS. UH, 

1078
00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:43,601
ALMOST EIGHT SEVEN. AND OKAY, I 

1079
00:36:43,601 --> 00:36:44,835
GOT SEVEN. OKAY. I GOT MY 

1080
00:36:44,835 --> 00:36:48,005
NUMBERS RIGHT. UM, 15 AND EIGHT 

1081
00:36:48,005 --> 00:36:48,973
YEARS. AND YOUR EXPERIENCE IN 

1082
00:36:48,973 --> 00:36:49,907
THAT. SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING 

1083
00:36:49,907 --> 00:36:51,042
TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR 

1084
00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:55,213
CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND NOW THAT

1085
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:57,815
BRINGS US TO, UM, I'M GOING TO 

1086
00:36:57,815 --> 00:37:00,117
MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 

1087
00:37:00,117 --> 00:37:01,919
RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION AND 

1088
00:37:01,919 --> 00:37:04,455
REFERRAL OF THE APPOINTMENT TO 

1089
00:37:04,455 --> 00:37:04,922
THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 

1090
00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:06,924
CONFIRMATION AT THE DECEMBER 8th

1091
00:37:06,924 --> 00:37:09,527
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UH, IS 

1092
00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:13,531
THERE A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. 

1093
00:37:13,531 --> 00:37:15,433
IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, TO

1094
00:37:15,433 --> 00:37:15,900
CONFIRM AND REFER THE 

1095
00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,668
APPOINTMENT TO THE DECEMBER 8th 

1096
00:37:17,668 --> 00:37:19,604
CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ARE THERE 

1097
00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:20,705
ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS? WILL 

1098
00:37:20,705 --> 00:37:22,607
THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE 

1099
00:37:22,607 --> 00:37:24,308
ON THE RECOMMENDATION? 

1100
00:37:24,308 --> 00:37:27,578
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 

1101
00:37:27,578 --> 00:37:28,479
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I VICE 

1102
00:37:28,479 --> 00:37:31,582
CHAIR JUAREZ. I CHAIR 

1103
00:37:31,582 --> 00:37:32,717
HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. FOUR IN 

1104
00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:34,018
FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION 

1105
00:37:34,018 --> 00:37:35,519
CARRIES. COMMITTEE'S ACTION 

1106
00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:37,021
WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY 

1107
00:37:37,021 --> 00:37:37,622
COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION TO 

1108
00:37:37,622 --> 00:37:38,322
REFER THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 

1109
00:37:38,322 --> 00:37:40,658
CITY COUNCIL WITH A. DECEMBER 

1110
00:37:40,658 --> 00:37:42,326
8th CONFIRMATION VOTE. AND I 

1111
00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:44,462
KNOW THAT MISS MAUNG WILL BE 

1112
00:37:44,462 --> 00:37:45,630
HERE IN PERSON AS WELL FOR THAT 

1113
00:37:45,630 --> 00:37:46,998
MEETING. SO WE'RE LOOKING 

1114
00:37:46,998 --> 00:37:48,966
FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON 

1115
00:37:48,966 --> 00:37:50,201
DECEMBER THE 8th. THANK YOU SO 

1116
00:37:50,201 --> 00:37:51,102
MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 

1117
00:37:51,102 --> 00:37:54,572
BEING HERE. AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN

1118
00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:56,274
DECEMBER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK

1119
00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:56,974
YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO

1120
00:37:56,974 --> 00:38:00,978
THE NEXT. THANK YOU. AWESOME. 

1121
00:38:00,978 --> 00:38:03,347
UH, COLLEAGUES, THIS BRINGS US 

1122
00:38:03,347 --> 00:38:04,749
TO THE END OF OUR OCTOBER 8th. 

1123
00:38:04,749 --> 00:38:05,850
GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 

1124
00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:07,385
MEETING. THIS IS OUR FASTEST 

1125
00:38:07,385 --> 00:38:09,086
MEETING. YOU'RE WELCOME. 

1126
00:38:09,086 --> 00:38:10,788
COLLEAGUES, I'M JUST PLAYING SO

1127
00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:12,957
I THINK THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING 

1128
00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:15,760
HERE. I DO I DO WANT TO SAY, AND

1129
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,528
I ACTUALLY I'M ALSO GOING TO 

1130
00:38:17,528 --> 00:38:18,629
SAY THIS ON OCTOBER THE 20th, 

1131
00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:20,531
WHEN WE HAVE A FULL COUNCIL 

1132
00:38:20,531 --> 00:38:22,433
MEETING AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN 

1133
00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:23,834
READING SIGNS AND, AND THIS HAS 

1134
00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:26,037
NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. THANDEE.

1135
00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:26,937
THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE. SO 

1136
00:38:26,937 --> 00:38:28,172
YOU'RE ALL GOOD. UM, BUT I'VE 

1137
00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:31,642
BEEN READING, UH, JUST 

1138
00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:32,310
INFORMATION OR PEOPLE'S COMMENTS

1139
00:38:32,310 --> 00:38:35,313
OR WE HAD THE, THE, THE PUBLIC 

1140
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:38,182
HEARING. UM, AND SOME REMARKS 

1141
00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:39,583
HAVE BEEN MADE TOWARDS MY 

1142
00:38:39,583 --> 00:38:42,687
COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE,

1143
00:38:42,687 --> 00:38:45,823
UM KKK KETTLE. AND I WANT TO 

1144
00:38:45,823 --> 00:38:46,857
NAME THAT AND JUST REALLY PUSH 

1145
00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:47,892
BACK ON THAT. AND I'LL SAY THIS

1146
00:38:47,892 --> 00:38:51,429
IN OCTOBER THE 20th, BECAUSE I 

1147
00:38:51,429 --> 00:38:54,665
DO THINK, UM, THOSE ARE VERY 

1148
00:38:54,665 --> 00:38:57,301
HURTFUL AND, UM, VERY 

1149
00:38:57,301 --> 00:38:58,269
DISRESPECTFUL. AND WE HAVE 

1150
00:38:58,269 --> 00:38:58,936
FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT I'M JUST

1151
00:38:58,936 --> 00:39:00,237
GOING TO PUSH BACK ON IT BECAUSE

1152
00:39:00,237 --> 00:39:01,972
EVERYONE CAN HAVE FREEDOM OF 

1153
00:39:01,972 --> 00:39:04,775
SPEECH. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY 

1154
00:39:04,775 --> 00:39:06,143
THAT PUBLICLY, I HAVE 

1155
00:39:06,143 --> 00:39:06,677
APPRECIATED COUNCILMEMBER 

1156
00:39:06,677 --> 00:39:07,778
KETTLES. WE MIGHT NOT ALL AGREE 

1157
00:39:07,778 --> 00:39:09,680
ON THE SAME THINGS, BUT THERE 

1158
00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:11,782
ARE SOME THINGS THAT 

1159
00:39:11,782 --> 00:39:13,250
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS STOOD 

1160
00:39:13,250 --> 00:39:15,986
UP, STOOD UP FOR, FOR ME 

1161
00:39:15,986 --> 00:39:17,855
PERSONALLY AND BLACK COMMUNITY, 

1162
00:39:17,855 --> 00:39:19,890
UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR, COMMUNITY, 

1163
00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:21,659
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO 

1164
00:39:21,659 --> 00:39:22,660
ECONOMIC MOBILITY. AND THAT IS 

1165
00:39:22,660 --> 00:39:24,929
THE ONE THING THAT I THINK HAS 

1166
00:39:24,929 --> 00:39:27,898
ALWAYS BEEN MISSED IN THIS 

1167
00:39:27,898 --> 00:39:28,432
CONVERSATION IS ABOUT THE 

1168
00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:29,700
ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN OUR 

1169
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:31,736
COMMUNITY AND THE WEALTH GAP IN 

1170
00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:33,137
EVERY SINGLE TIME I HAVE BROUGHT

1171
00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:37,141
TO THIS, COME TO THIS BODY OF, 

1172
00:39:37,141 --> 00:39:40,578
UH, REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, 

1173
00:39:40,578 --> 00:39:44,315
MAKING SURE THAT, UM, PEOPLE OF 

1174
00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:47,184
COLOR OR WOMEN HAD OPPORTUNITIES

1175
00:39:47,184 --> 00:39:50,221
FOR THAT EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF 

1176
00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:51,522
ECONOMIC MOBILITY, WHETHER IT'S

1177
00:39:51,522 --> 00:39:54,058
IN CONTRACTS, WHETHER IT'S 

1178
00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:54,592
INVESTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY 

1179
00:39:54,592 --> 00:39:55,426
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS ALWAYS 

1180
00:39:55,426 --> 00:39:56,694
VOTED YES. HE HAS ALWAYS 

1181
00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:58,829
SUPPORTED THAT MOVEMENT. HE HAS 

1182
00:39:58,829 --> 00:40:00,998
ALWAYS SAID, WHAT CAN I DO? HOW 

1183
00:40:00,998 --> 00:40:03,000
CAN I, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS? 

1184
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:05,002
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY 

1185
00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:05,503
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I 

1186
00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:06,437
APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'LL SAY 

1187
00:40:06,437 --> 00:40:08,305
THAT TODAY, AND I'LL SAY THAT ON

1188
00:40:08,305 --> 00:40:09,774
OCTOBER THE 20th AS WELL, 

1189
00:40:09,774 --> 00:40:10,808
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING 

1190
00:40:10,808 --> 00:40:13,110
THAT HAS BEEN MISSED IN THIS 

1191
00:40:13,110 --> 00:40:17,114
CONVERSATION. UM, AND I, WHETHER

1192
00:40:17,114 --> 00:40:19,350
IT'S BEEN ON REPARATIONS, 

1193
00:40:19,350 --> 00:40:21,519
WHETHER IT'S BEEN ON THE CD, 

1194
00:40:21,519 --> 00:40:22,153
SOUTHEND CENTRAL DISTRICT FUND, 

1195
00:40:22,153 --> 00:40:23,754
WHETHER IT'S BEEN ON 

1196
00:40:23,754 --> 00:40:25,689
PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, I CAN 

1197
00:40:25,689 --> 00:40:26,590
GO DOWN THE LINE AND I CANNOT 

1198
00:40:26,590 --> 00:40:29,160
WAIT TO TALK ABOUT THE 

1199
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,362
INVESTMENTS THAT THE LAST TWO 

1200
00:40:31,362 --> 00:40:33,063
AND A HALF, THREE YEARS THAT 

1201
00:40:33,063 --> 00:40:35,266
THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE TOWARDS 

1202
00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:36,233
DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, AND ALL 

1203
00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:37,635
THE TIMES THAT YOU HAVE STOOD UP

1204
00:40:37,635 --> 00:40:38,903
FOR THAT AND HAVE VOTED YES ON 

1205
00:40:38,903 --> 00:40:40,337
THAT. OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO 

1206
00:40:40,337 --> 00:40:42,473
NAME THAT, AND I WILL SAY THAT 

1207
00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:44,074
ON OCTOBER THE 20th AS WELL, 

1208
00:40:44,074 --> 00:40:46,110
BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE SIGNS, 

1209
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:47,778
UM, PEOPLE CAN HAVE FREEDOM OF 

1210
00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:49,046
SPEECH, BUT I'M GOING TO STAND 

1211
00:40:49,046 --> 00:40:51,749
UP AND SAY WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE 

1212
00:40:51,749 --> 00:40:53,117
TRUE. SO. MADAM CHAIR, MADAM 

1213
00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:55,453
CHAIR, I HAVE A POINT OF THANK 

1214
00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:56,487
YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME 

1215
00:40:56,487 --> 00:40:59,190
TO SPEAK. AND I'M AGAIN, UM, 

1216
00:40:59,190 --> 00:40:59,824
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS IS WHY 

1217
00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:01,926
YOUR LEADERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT.

1218
00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:04,628
I, TOO, WAS DISTURBED BY THAT 

1219
00:41:04,628 --> 00:41:07,364
SIGN WITH PEOPLE. UM, WITH SUCH 

1220
00:41:07,364 --> 00:41:10,034
A DARK CHAPTER IN OUR HISTORY OF

1221
00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:14,972
THE KKK AND TO USE IT. SO I 

1222
00:41:14,972 --> 00:41:17,341
DON'T KNOW, JUST SO HATEFULLY, 

1223
00:41:17,341 --> 00:41:20,411
UM, IT'S BEYOND NOT JUST 

1224
00:41:20,411 --> 00:41:25,549
TRIGGERING, BUT, UM, IT, IT 

1225
00:41:25,549 --> 00:41:28,118
DOESN'T SPEAK TO, UM, THE, THE,

1226
00:41:28,118 --> 00:41:30,120
THE MORALITY AND THE VALUES AND 

1227
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,057
THE SENSIBILITIES OF SEATTLE. 

1228
00:41:33,057 --> 00:41:35,192
AND IF YOU'RE USING THAT TO BE 

1229
00:41:35,192 --> 00:41:35,793
DEMONSTRATIVE, YOU'RE NOT 

1230
00:41:35,793 --> 00:41:37,628
GETTING YOUR POINT ACROSS. ALL I

1231
00:41:37,628 --> 00:41:39,763
SEE IS HATE. UM, COUNCILMEMBER 

1232
00:41:39,763 --> 00:41:41,632
KETTLE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN 

1233
00:41:41,632 --> 00:41:44,535
WORKING. WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE,

1234
00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:48,772
BUT ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INDIGENOUS

1235
00:41:48,772 --> 00:41:49,340
COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS LED 

1236
00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:52,877
NONPROFITS, UM, ALSO IN PUBLIC 

1237
00:41:52,877 --> 00:41:54,945
SAFETY, UM, OUR ISSUE WITH 

1238
00:41:54,945 --> 00:41:56,080
PEOPLE DYING ON THE STREETS FROM

1239
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:58,949
FENTANYL AND OVERDOSES, WORKING 

1240
00:41:58,949 --> 00:42:00,451
WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ON SEX

1241
00:42:00,451 --> 00:42:02,620
TRAFFICKING ON NORTH AURORA. UM,

1242
00:42:02,620 --> 00:42:04,054
ALSO THE SHOOTING AT THE BATTLE 

1243
00:42:04,054 --> 00:42:05,189
OF SEATTLE. I COULD RATTLE OFF 

1244
00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:06,824
LIKE YOU DID COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 

1245
00:42:06,824 --> 00:42:08,692
AND I THINK THAT'S THE SIGN OF A

1246
00:42:08,692 --> 00:42:10,294
GOOD LEADER THAT THEY'RE WILLING

1247
00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:14,398
TO TAKE. UM, TO TAKE A STAND. 

1248
00:42:14,398 --> 00:42:16,667
AND, UM, I GUESS IT'S, AND I, I

1249
00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:17,501
DON'T NORMALLY LIKE TO USE THIS

1250
00:42:17,501 --> 00:42:19,670
WORD, BUT UNFORTUNATE THAT 

1251
00:42:19,670 --> 00:42:21,038
PEOPLE SHOW UP AT CITY HALL WITH

1252
00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:25,276
THE MOST VILE, UM, SIGNS, NOT 

1253
00:42:25,276 --> 00:42:26,710
KNOWING THAT THE POWER BEHIND 

1254
00:42:26,710 --> 00:42:29,647
THOSE KIND OF WORDS IN THE 

1255
00:42:29,647 --> 00:42:32,516
HISTORY IS INCREDIBLY DENSE WITH

1256
00:42:32,516 --> 00:42:33,350
HATE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN 

1257
00:42:33,350 --> 00:42:35,352
IN THIS JOB LONG ENOUGH TO SEE A

1258
00:42:35,352 --> 00:42:39,223
LOT OF UGLY STUFF, SO I'M GLAD 

1259
00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:41,091
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND I WANT TO

1260
00:42:41,091 --> 00:42:42,726
THANK COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, BUT 

1261
00:42:42,726 --> 00:42:43,260
PARTICULARLY YOU, COUNCIL 

1262
00:42:43,260 --> 00:42:44,995
PRESIDENT, FOR STEPPING UP AND 

1263
00:42:44,995 --> 00:42:46,497
SHOWING THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU 

1264
00:42:46,497 --> 00:42:48,232
HAVE AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO 

1265
00:42:48,232 --> 00:42:49,600
CALL THIS STUFF OUT, BECAUSE 

1266
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,570
IT'S NOT EASY. AND OBVIOUSLY IT

1267
00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:54,805
IS NOT LOST ON ANYONE AS AN 

1268
00:42:54,805 --> 00:42:56,607
AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN LEADER. 

1269
00:42:56,607 --> 00:42:58,742
UM, IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN 

1270
00:42:58,742 --> 00:43:00,110
BUSINESS, IT, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES.

1271
00:43:00,110 --> 00:43:01,211
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK

1272
00:43:01,211 --> 00:43:03,047
YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK 

1273
00:43:03,047 --> 00:43:04,782
YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 

1274
00:43:04,782 --> 00:43:05,649
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THANK YOU.

1275
00:43:05,649 --> 00:43:09,920
UM, AGREED. THANK YOU, 

1276
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:10,554
COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR 

1277
00:43:10,554 --> 00:43:12,756
YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND, YOU KNOW, 

1278
00:43:12,756 --> 00:43:14,258
UM, YES, FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS 

1279
00:43:14,258 --> 00:43:18,562
REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, IT'S 

1280
00:43:18,562 --> 00:43:20,130
IT'S WHY, UH, SO MANY PEOPLE 

1281
00:43:20,130 --> 00:43:21,999
HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY 

1282
00:43:21,999 --> 00:43:23,467
BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER

1283
00:43:23,467 --> 00:43:25,035
COUNTRIES WHERE FREEDOM OF 

1284
00:43:25,035 --> 00:43:28,572
SPEECH IS NOT ALLOWED. UM, 

1285
00:43:28,572 --> 00:43:32,610
HOWEVER, THERE IS HATE SPEECH 

1286
00:43:32,610 --> 00:43:35,746
AND THAT KIND OF RHETORIC IS 

1287
00:43:35,746 --> 00:43:38,582
HATE SPEECH. AND, UM, IT IS 

1288
00:43:38,582 --> 00:43:41,418
REALLY DISTURBING WHEN PEOPLE 

1289
00:43:41,418 --> 00:43:44,488
HIDE BEHIND HATE SPEECH, UM, TO 

1290
00:43:44,488 --> 00:43:48,492
REALLY TO ME, YOU KNOW, IF YOU 

1291
00:43:48,492 --> 00:43:49,526
DON'T LIKE WHAT COUNCIL IS 

1292
00:43:49,526 --> 00:43:51,061
DOING, OF COURSE YOU HAVE EVERY 

1293
00:43:51,061 --> 00:43:55,399
RIGHT TO SAY SO. UM, BUT TO 

1294
00:43:55,399 --> 00:43:57,167
ATTACK SOMEONE PERSONALLY WITH 

1295
00:43:57,167 --> 00:43:59,003
WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE HATE 

1296
00:43:59,003 --> 00:44:01,972
SPEECH, THERE'S NO, UM, IT IS 

1297
00:44:01,972 --> 00:44:06,210
NOT, UH, IT IS NOT NECESSARY. 

1298
00:44:06,210 --> 00:44:09,947
UM, AND IN THIS CASE IS ALSO NOT

1299
00:44:09,947 --> 00:44:11,181
TRUE. SO, UM, I WANT TO THANK 

1300
00:44:11,181 --> 00:44:14,718
YOU FOR TAKING TIME THIS MORNING

1301
00:44:14,718 --> 00:44:16,286
TO ACTUALLY, FOR THE RECORD 

1302
00:44:16,286 --> 00:44:17,955
STATE THAT I AGREE WITH WHAT'S 

1303
00:44:17,955 --> 00:44:21,725
BEEN SAID. UM, I TO SUPPORT MY 

1304
00:44:21,725 --> 00:44:22,359
COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

1305
00:44:22,359 --> 00:44:26,196
I HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE VERY 

1306
00:44:26,196 --> 00:44:26,764
SUPPORTIVE OF CERTAINLY MY 

1307
00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:29,233
COMMUNITY AS WELL. UM, AND SO 

1308
00:44:29,233 --> 00:44:31,301
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. 

1309
00:44:31,301 --> 00:44:32,870
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY ACROSS 

1310
00:44:32,870 --> 00:44:35,239
OUR CITY, I'M SEEING, I'M SEEING

1311
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:38,342
A LOT OF HATEFUL, UM, RHETORIC, 

1312
00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:42,079
UH, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS 

1313
00:44:42,079 --> 00:44:43,547
HEALTHY FOR OUR CITY. UM, IT IS 

1314
00:44:43,547 --> 00:44:47,818
REALLY DISTURBING TO SEE. I'M 

1315
00:44:47,818 --> 00:44:49,253
SEEING A LOT OF ANTI-SEMITISM 

1316
00:44:49,253 --> 00:44:50,621
AND RISE OF, AND I THINK THAT IS

1317
00:44:50,621 --> 00:44:55,325
ALSO HATEFUL. I THINK PEOPLE CAN

1318
00:44:55,325 --> 00:44:57,327
DISAGREE. AND I THINK, UM, WHEN 

1319
00:44:57,327 --> 00:45:04,334
YOU START TO, UM, IN VERY 

1320
00:45:04,334 --> 00:45:06,837
AGGRESSIVE, VIOLENT WAYS, ATTACK

1321
00:45:06,837 --> 00:45:08,172
PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE, THAT'S

1322
00:45:08,172 --> 00:45:09,673
NOT WHAT THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT 

1323
00:45:09,673 --> 00:45:13,644
ON. AND THAT MAKES ME REALLY 

1324
00:45:13,644 --> 00:45:14,945
SAD. UM, FOR OUR CITY. AND I 

1325
00:45:14,945 --> 00:45:19,149
JUST THINK PEOPLE NEED TO, UM, 

1326
00:45:19,149 --> 00:45:20,350
THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY

1327
00:45:20,350 --> 00:45:23,754
ARE SAYING BECAUSE, UM, WE DO 

1328
00:45:23,754 --> 00:45:25,055
HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND I, 

1329
00:45:25,055 --> 00:45:28,125
I'VE WORKED AT THE ACLU, SO 

1330
00:45:28,125 --> 00:45:30,094
SUPER SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH 

1331
00:45:30,094 --> 00:45:31,061
AND ALSO, UM, SOME OF THAT 

1332
00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:32,930
SPEECH CAN CROSS OVER TO HATE 

1333
00:45:32,930 --> 00:45:35,733
SPEECH. UM, AND YOU KNOW, 

1334
00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:37,234
THAT'S NOT OKAY. SO THANK YOU 

1335
00:45:37,234 --> 00:45:39,103
FOR, FOR RAISING THAT 

1336
00:45:39,103 --> 00:45:41,038
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU HAVE MY

1337
00:45:41,038 --> 00:45:42,339
SUPPORT ALWAYS. UM, I REALLY 

1338
00:45:42,339 --> 00:45:46,343
WANT TO THANK YOU. UM, AND THANK

1339
00:45:46,343 --> 00:45:46,977
YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH

1340
00:45:46,977 --> 00:45:49,947
FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO REALLY

1341
00:45:49,947 --> 00:45:51,215
STAND UP THIS MORNING AND SAY. 

1342
00:45:51,215 --> 00:45:53,150
SO FOR THE RECORD, I REALLY 

1343
00:45:53,150 --> 00:45:54,118
APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 

1344
00:45:54,118 --> 00:45:55,853
THAT. AND THANK YOU, 

1345
00:45:55,853 --> 00:45:57,955
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR ALWAYS

1346
00:45:57,955 --> 00:45:59,823
SAYING THE THINGS THAT NEED TO 

1347
00:45:59,823 --> 00:46:00,758
BE SAID. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 

1348
00:46:00,758 --> 00:46:02,059
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 

1349
00:46:02,059 --> 00:46:04,261
RIVERA, AND I WILL BE SURE TO 

1350
00:46:04,261 --> 00:46:06,463
SHARE MY COMMENTS ON OCTOBER THE

1351
00:46:06,463 --> 00:46:07,998
20th AT FULL COUNCIL MEETING. 

1352
00:46:07,998 --> 00:46:10,567
UH, BECAUSE I HAVE MORE DETAILED

1353
00:46:10,567 --> 00:46:13,070
INFORMATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO

1354
00:46:13,070 --> 00:46:14,438
EXPRESS AS WELL ABOUT MY 

1355
00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:17,441
FEELINGS TOWARDS A LOT OF, UH, A

1356
00:46:17,441 --> 00:46:18,609
LOT OF OTHER THINGS. ALL RIGHT. 

1357
00:46:18,609 --> 00:46:20,577
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 

1358
00:46:20,577 --> 00:46:22,913
YOU, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, MISS

1359
00:46:22,913 --> 00:46:23,547
MAUNG REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AS 

1360
00:46:23,547 --> 00:46:26,083
WELL. WE'LL SEE YOU IN DECEMBER

1361
00:46:26,083 --> 00:46:28,018
AS WELL. AND IF THERE'S NO 

1362
00:46:28,018 --> 00:46:30,020
FURTHER BUSINESS, GUESS WHAT? 

1363
00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:31,388
THAT IS GOING TO BE THE END OF 

1364
00:46:31,388 --> 00:46:35,793
OUR MEETING. IT IS 10:24 A.M.. 

1365
00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:39,963
APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU.