1 00:00:19,152 --> 00:00:22,288 >>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, 2 00:00:22,288 --> 00:00:23,857 EVERYONE. THE MAY 13, 2026, 3 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:26,459 MEETING OF THE HOUSING, ARTS, 4 00:00:26,459 --> 00:00:28,061 AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE WILL 5 00:00:28,061 --> 00:00:31,064 COME TO ORDER. IT'S 2:02. I'M 6 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:32,465 DIONNE FOSTER. WILL THE CLERK 7 00:00:32,465 --> 00:00:36,803 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:37,937 >> HOLLINGSWORTH? 9 00:00:37,937 --> 00:00:38,838 >> HERE. 10 00:00:38,838 --> 00:00:40,173 >> JUAREZ? 11 00:00:40,173 --> 00:00:40,507 >> HERE. 12 00:00:40,507 --> 00:00:43,610 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 13 00:00:43,610 --> 00:00:44,010 >> PRESENT. 14 00:00:44,010 --> 00:00:46,246 >> VICE CHAIR LIN? 15 00:00:46,246 --> 00:00:46,546 >> PRESENT. 16 00:00:46,546 --> 00:00:47,080 >> CHAIR FOSTER. 17 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,682 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. CLERK, WILL 18 00:00:49,682 --> 00:00:54,354 YOU PLEASE CALL VICE CHAIR LIN 19 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:55,755 ONE MORE TIME? 20 00:00:55,755 --> 00:00:56,790 >> VICE CHAIR LIN? 21 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:57,123 >> PRESENT. 22 00:00:57,123 --> 00:00:58,558 >> FOUR MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. 23 00:00:58,558 --> 00:01:01,060 >> THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO 24 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:03,063 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 25 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,597 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION 26 00:01:04,597 --> 00:01:06,633 THE AGENDA IS NOW OPEN. WE WILL 27 00:01:06,633 --> 00:01:08,401 NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT 28 00:01:08,401 --> 00:01:10,203 PERIOD. THEY SHOULD RELATE TO 29 00:01:10,203 --> 00:01:13,506 THE AGENDA OR WITHIN THE PER 30 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:14,974 VIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. HOW MANY 31 00:01:14,974 --> 00:01:16,876 ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? 32 00:01:16,876 --> 00:01:18,778 >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT 33 00:01:18,778 --> 00:01:22,382 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND TWO 34 00:01:22,382 --> 00:01:23,049 REMOTE SPEAKERS. 35 00:01:23,049 --> 00:01:24,584 >> FANTASTIC. SO WITH THAT 36 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:26,152 NUMBER OF SPEAKER, EACH WILL 37 00:01:26,152 --> 00:01:28,721 HAVE TWO MINUTES. WE WILL START 38 00:01:28,721 --> 00:01:29,889 WITH IN-PERSON FIRST. CLERK, CAN 39 00:01:29,889 --> 00:01:32,459 YOU PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC 40 00:01:32,459 --> 00:01:32,926 COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? 41 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,294 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 42 00:01:34,294 --> 00:01:37,163 UP TO 60 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL 43 00:01:37,163 --> 00:01:40,667 BE CALLED IN WHICH THEY ARE 44 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:42,602 REGISTERED. WE WILL BEGIN WITH 45 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:43,970 IN-PERSON AND THEN REMOTE. 46 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:48,308 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME AT 47 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:48,975 TEN SECONDS. MICS WILL BE MUTED 48 00:01:48,975 --> 00:01:52,412 AT THE END OF THE TIME TO ALLOW 49 00:01:52,412 --> 00:01:55,515 US TO CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC 50 00:01:55,515 --> 00:01:56,916 COMMENT. THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 51 00:01:56,916 --> 00:01:58,351 THE LIST IS SHARON WILLIAMS 52 00:01:58,351 --> 00:01:58,952 FOLLOWED BY MELISSA. 53 00:02:04,123 --> 00:02:05,592 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR 54 00:02:05,592 --> 00:02:09,462 HAVING ME. SO MANY FRIENDLY 55 00:02:09,462 --> 00:02:10,029 FACES. HI, AUNTIE JUAREZ. 56 00:02:10,029 --> 00:02:10,930 >> HEY, GIRL. 57 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:13,032 >> I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 58 00:02:13,032 --> 00:02:16,903 BEHALF OF THE ARTS AND CULTURAL 59 00:02:16,903 --> 00:02:18,037 DISTRICTS IN GEORGETOWN AND 60 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:20,173 COLUMBIA HILLMAN AS WELL. I HAVE 61 00:02:20,173 --> 00:02:23,009 BEEN A -- I AM THE LEADER, 62 00:02:23,009 --> 00:02:25,211 COCHAIR OF THE HISTORIC CENTRAL 63 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:25,812 AREA, ARTS AND CULTURAL 64 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:27,480 DISTRICT. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL 65 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,449 YOU. YOU KNOW THAT ARTS IS 66 00:02:29,449 --> 00:02:30,984 EVERYWHERE, AND WE DO 67 00:02:30,984 --> 00:02:33,319 EVERYTHING. BUT WE ARE ALSO THE 68 00:02:33,319 --> 00:02:34,654 HOLDERS AS ARTS AND CULTURAL 69 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:37,991 DISTRICTS OF THE PAST AND THE 70 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:39,692 PRESENT. THE CENTRAL DISTRICT 71 00:02:39,692 --> 00:02:41,694 WAS STARTED, THE ARTS AND 72 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:42,529 CULTURAL DISTRICT FOR THE 73 00:02:42,529 --> 00:02:47,367 CENTRAL AREA WAS STARTED IN THE 74 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:47,901 MIDST OF GENTRIFICATION. 75 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:48,801 EVERYBODY WAS MOVING OUT. WE 76 00:02:48,801 --> 00:02:50,503 WERE ASKED TO HOLD ON TO THE 77 00:02:50,503 --> 00:02:52,272 SPACE TO HOLD ON TO THE PAST 78 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:54,340 WHILE MOVING INTO THE FUTURE. 79 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:57,176 COLUMBIA, YOU COULD SAY THEY ARE 80 00:02:57,176 --> 00:02:58,545 NOT ALREADY AN ARTS AND CULTURAL 81 00:02:58,545 --> 00:03:00,079 DISTRICT. WHEN YOU HIT THE 82 00:03:00,079 --> 00:03:03,783 BLOCK, COME ON NOW, WHEN YOU HIT 83 00:03:03,783 --> 00:03:05,418 COLEMAN AND COLUMBIA CITY 84 00:03:05,418 --> 00:03:06,853 ANDHILLMAN, YOU LIKE, WAIT A 85 00:03:06,853 --> 00:03:10,223 MINUTE, THIS IS NOTHING BUT ARTS 86 00:03:10,223 --> 00:03:11,624 AND CULTURE. ON BEHALF OF THE 87 00:03:11,624 --> 00:03:12,892 DISTRICT, PLEASE VOTE YES FOR 88 00:03:12,892 --> 00:03:14,193 THESE DISTRICTS BECAUSE IT'S 89 00:03:14,193 --> 00:03:17,964 NOT JUST ABOUT MAKING ART OR 90 00:03:17,964 --> 00:03:18,665 CREATING ART. IT'S ABOUT 91 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:19,499 BRINGING COMMUNITY TOGETHER IN 92 00:03:19,499 --> 00:03:23,203 DIFFERENT KIND OF WAYS, BRINGING 93 00:03:23,203 --> 00:03:24,938 ARTS, BRINGING BUSINESS, BEING 94 00:03:24,938 --> 00:03:26,973 THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE ARTS OF 95 00:03:26,973 --> 00:03:28,441 OFFICE AND CULTURE TO OUR 96 00:03:28,441 --> 00:03:30,109 DISTRICT AND SAVING WHAT WE KNOW 97 00:03:30,109 --> 00:03:31,578 MAKES SEATTLE THE BEST PLACE IN 98 00:03:31,578 --> 00:03:33,313 THE WORLD TO LIVE. THAT'S ARTS 99 00:03:33,313 --> 00:03:35,715 AND CULTURE AND PEOPLE AND 100 00:03:35,715 --> 00:03:37,750 COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 101 00:03:37,750 --> 00:03:40,386 I WILL GIVE BACK THE LEGISLATION 102 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:44,257 OF -- REST OF MY TIME. HOW ABOUT 103 00:03:44,257 --> 00:03:44,958 THAT? SEE YOU LATER. 104 00:03:44,958 --> 00:03:45,224 >> AMEN. 105 00:03:45,224 --> 00:03:48,528 >> ALL RIGHT, MELISSA IS OUR 106 00:03:48,528 --> 00:03:51,564 NEXT SPEAKER, FOLLOWED BY KIERRA 107 00:03:51,564 --> 00:03:52,465 JANE ROBSON. 108 00:03:52,465 --> 00:03:55,268 >> MY NAME IS MELISSA. I'M HERE 109 00:03:55,268 --> 00:03:56,703 REPRESENTING WATERSHED COMMUNITY 110 00:03:56,703 --> 00:03:58,371 DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE A PROJECT TO 111 00:03:58,371 --> 00:04:00,173 ESTABLISH MORE THAN 600 UNITS OF 112 00:04:00,173 --> 00:04:01,541 HOUSING IN THE GEORGETOWN 113 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:04,477 NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE NEXT TEN 114 00:04:04,477 --> 00:04:06,713 YEARS, SO HERE TO SPEAK FIRMLY 115 00:04:06,713 --> 00:04:08,982 IN SUPPORT OF THE ARTS DISTRICT. 116 00:04:08,982 --> 00:04:11,551 IT WILL HELP US DO OUR WORK. WE 117 00:04:11,551 --> 00:04:12,852 NEED TO FOCUS ON CREATING 118 00:04:12,852 --> 00:04:16,089 HOUSING IN A DISTRICT WHERE 119 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,625 THERE ARE ABOUT 2900 UNITS FOR A 120 00:04:18,625 --> 00:04:21,194 WORKFORCE OF 29,000, SO WE ARE 121 00:04:21,194 --> 00:04:23,096 VERY MUCH AN ARTS FORWARD 122 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:24,664 ORGANIZATION, SEEKING TO CREATE 123 00:04:24,664 --> 00:04:26,165 HOUSING THAT ARTISTS CAN AFFORD 124 00:04:26,165 --> 00:04:29,168 AS WELL AS THE WORKERS WHO ARE 125 00:04:29,168 --> 00:04:29,669 ALREADY IN GEORGETOWN. 126 00:04:29,669 --> 00:04:30,870 ESTABLISHING THIS DISTRICT WILL 127 00:04:30,870 --> 00:04:32,372 HELP US ACCOMPLISH OUR WORK AND 128 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:33,539 HOPE YOU WILL, OF COURSE, 129 00:04:33,539 --> 00:04:37,010 SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. 130 00:04:37,010 --> 00:04:41,314 >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER IS 131 00:04:41,314 --> 00:04:42,148 KIE RA FOLLOWED BY VIRGINIA 132 00:04:42,148 --> 00:04:46,119 WRIGHT. 133 00:04:46,119 --> 00:04:49,689 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 134 00:04:49,689 --> 00:04:51,424 KIERA JANE ROBSON THE PRESIDENT 135 00:04:51,424 --> 00:04:52,925 AND COFOUNDER OF THE GEORGETOWN 136 00:04:52,925 --> 00:04:54,994 ARTS AND CULTURAL. I'M A STONE 137 00:04:54,994 --> 00:04:57,764 CARVER MYSELF AND RUN A STONE 138 00:04:57,764 --> 00:05:00,266 CARVING STUDIO OUT OF 139 00:05:00,266 --> 00:05:01,267 GEORGETOWN'S STUDIOS. MY WORK 140 00:05:01,267 --> 00:05:03,636 IS IN HOMES ACROSS THE PACIFIC 141 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:05,672 NORTHWEST. I FOUND MY CREATIVE 142 00:05:05,672 --> 00:05:07,206 HOME IN GEORGETOWN 15 YEARS AGO 143 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:08,307 AS A COLLECTIVE BLACKSMITH 144 00:05:08,307 --> 00:05:10,743 GROUP. I HAVE LIVED ALL OVER THE 145 00:05:10,743 --> 00:05:12,645 CITY, GEORGETOWN IS WHERE I 146 00:05:12,645 --> 00:05:13,913 CHOOSE TO WORK AND VOLUNTEER, 147 00:05:13,913 --> 00:05:14,847 BECAUSE IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD 148 00:05:14,847 --> 00:05:16,849 FULL OF PEOPLE WHO SHARE MY 149 00:05:16,849 --> 00:05:19,986 DEDICATION TO THE ARTS, PEOPLE 150 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:21,220 WHO WORK HARD, PUSH THEMSELVES, 151 00:05:21,220 --> 00:05:24,390 AND ARE PASSION ABOUT ABOUT THE 152 00:05:24,390 --> 00:05:27,427 ARTS AND ITS ABILITY TO UPLIFT 153 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:30,263 THE CITY. IT'S ONE OF THE ONLY 154 00:05:30,263 --> 00:05:30,897 PLACES WITH AFFORDABLE STUDIOS 155 00:05:30,897 --> 00:05:32,498 TO WORK AND A CULTURE THAT 156 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:33,466 SUPPORTS THE ARTS. BECAUSE OF 157 00:05:33,466 --> 00:05:35,835 THIS, OUR DISTRICT IS GROWING. 158 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:38,638 HOME TO A HUGE NUMBER OF 159 00:05:38,638 --> 00:05:40,173 GALLERIES, CREATIVE SCHOOLS, AND 160 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:41,507 SPECIALTY SUPPLY STORES, MORE OF 161 00:05:41,507 --> 00:05:43,142 THESE BUSINESSES ARE MOVING TO 162 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:44,744 GEORGETOWN EVERY YEAR. WE ARE 163 00:05:44,744 --> 00:05:47,447 ALSO CLOSE TO BREAKING GROUND ON 164 00:05:47,447 --> 00:05:48,815 THE WATERSHED PROJECT, THE 165 00:05:48,815 --> 00:05:49,615 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT 166 00:05:49,615 --> 00:05:53,252 GEARED TO ARTS AND INDUSTRY 167 00:05:53,252 --> 00:05:54,721 WORKERS. THE SIGNIFICANT INFLUX 168 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:55,488 OF ARTISTS AND CREATIVE 169 00:05:55,488 --> 00:05:57,323 BUSINESSES PROVIDES US WITH THE 170 00:05:57,323 --> 00:05:59,892 OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A MORE 171 00:05:59,892 --> 00:06:00,626 SOLID, CREATIVE ECONOMY, 172 00:06:00,626 --> 00:06:02,929 CONSERVE TO SUPPORT AND PRESERVE 173 00:06:02,929 --> 00:06:03,629 GEORGETOWN'S UNIQUE CULTURE AND 174 00:06:03,629 --> 00:06:05,431 HELP IT THRIVE AS AN AFFORDABLE 175 00:06:05,431 --> 00:06:07,467 PLACE FOR US TO LIVE AND WORK. 176 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:08,868 THE GEORGETOWN ASSOCIATION OF 177 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:10,236 ARTS AND CULTURE IS DEDICATED TO 178 00:06:10,236 --> 00:06:12,772 WORKING WITH THE OFFICE OF ARTS 179 00:06:12,772 --> 00:06:14,741 AND CULTURE, OTHER CITY 180 00:06:14,741 --> 00:06:16,509 DEPARTMENTS, AND OUR FELLOW 181 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:17,076 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS 182 00:06:17,076 --> 00:06:18,111 THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE ARE 183 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:18,978 BUILDING WORKING RELATIONSHIPS 184 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:23,116 WITH THE OTHER ARTS AND CULTURAL 185 00:06:23,116 --> 00:06:24,417 DISTRICTS AS WELL, CONTRIBUTING 186 00:06:24,417 --> 00:06:27,086 TO THE ARTS FOR SEATTLE. I 187 00:06:27,086 --> 00:06:27,854 SUPPORT THE DESIGNATION OF 188 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:29,455 GEORGETOWN AS ONE OF THE ART 189 00:06:29,455 --> 00:06:31,324 DISTRICTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO 190 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:32,425 OUR CONTINUED COLLABORATIONS. 191 00:06:32,425 --> 00:06:33,025 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 192 00:06:33,025 --> 00:06:38,364 >> ALL RIGHT, NEXT SPEAKER IS 193 00:06:38,364 --> 00:06:40,399 VIRGINIA WRIGHT . 194 00:06:40,399 --> 00:06:41,634 >> JUST A REMINDER, BRING THE 195 00:06:41,634 --> 00:06:43,970 MIC CLOSER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 196 00:06:43,970 --> 00:06:45,872 CATCHING YOU FOR SEATTLE 197 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:46,339 CHANNEL. THANK YOU. 198 00:06:46,339 --> 00:06:47,540 >> IS THAT BETTER? 199 00:06:47,540 --> 00:06:49,008 >> YEAH, IT'S CLOSER THAN YOU 200 00:06:49,008 --> 00:06:50,376 MAY THINK, THANK YOU. 201 00:06:50,376 --> 00:06:52,612 >> MY NAME IS VIRGINIA WRIGHT. 202 00:06:52,612 --> 00:06:53,980 I'M AN ART GALLERY OWNER IN 203 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:55,548 GEORGETOWN, AND I HAVE BEEN 204 00:06:55,548 --> 00:06:57,183 ASSOCIATED WITH THE GEORGETOWN 205 00:06:57,183 --> 00:06:58,618 ASSOCIATION OF ARTS AND CULTURE 206 00:06:58,618 --> 00:07:00,386 FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND 207 00:07:00,386 --> 00:07:01,888 WORKING ON THIS WHOLE PROJECT, 208 00:07:01,888 --> 00:07:06,492 AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE US 209 00:07:06,492 --> 00:07:08,461 REACH THIS POINT. AND I 210 00:07:08,461 --> 00:07:10,029 APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND THE 211 00:07:10,029 --> 00:07:11,230 RECOGNITION AND I'M LOOKING 212 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:12,865 FORWARD TO HOW THIS CAN MOVE US 213 00:07:12,865 --> 00:07:14,534 FORWARD AS AN ORGANIZATION AND 214 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:19,939 AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO SEE HOW 215 00:07:19,939 --> 00:07:22,608 WE CAN GROW AND SUSTAIN AND BE 216 00:07:22,608 --> 00:07:24,143 OUR UNIQUE ARTS AND CULTURAL 217 00:07:24,143 --> 00:07:25,244 AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF 218 00:07:25,244 --> 00:07:29,549 SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 219 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:32,318 >> ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER 220 00:07:32,318 --> 00:07:34,353 IS HEATHER CARNEY FOLLOWED BY 221 00:07:34,353 --> 00:07:34,687 NATHAN WALL. 222 00:07:34,687 --> 00:07:37,423 >> HI, MY NAME IS HEATHER 223 00:07:37,423 --> 00:07:39,392 CARNEY. I LIVE IN GEORGETOWN FOR 224 00:07:39,392 --> 00:07:40,193 EIGHT YEARS NOW. I'M COMING 225 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:42,328 HERE TODAY TO BE A 226 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:44,430 REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 227 00:07:44,430 --> 00:07:47,567 GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL. SO 228 00:07:47,567 --> 00:07:49,268 THE GCC. I SERVE AS THE CHAIR, 229 00:07:49,268 --> 00:07:51,537 AND OUR ORGANIZATION IS MADE UP 230 00:07:51,537 --> 00:07:54,373 OF NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY 231 00:07:54,373 --> 00:07:55,908 MEMBERS WHO REALLY CARE DEEPLY 232 00:07:55,908 --> 00:07:57,009 ABOUT GEORGETOWN AND ITS FUTURE. 233 00:07:57,009 --> 00:07:59,278 WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SUPPORT THE 234 00:07:59,278 --> 00:08:01,247 DESIGNATION OF GEORGETOWN AS AN 235 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:03,115 OFFICIAL ARTS DISTRICT BECAUSE 236 00:08:03,115 --> 00:08:04,417 THE ARTS ARE ALREADY DEEPLY 237 00:08:04,417 --> 00:08:06,152 WOVEN AS YOU JUST HEARD INTO THE 238 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:08,888 IDENTITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 239 00:08:08,888 --> 00:08:09,822 GEORGETOWN HAS LONG BEEN 240 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:13,392 WELCOMING -- A WELCOMING HOME 241 00:08:13,392 --> 00:08:15,061 FOR ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, 242 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:15,728 PERFORMERS, CREATIVE SMALL 243 00:08:15,728 --> 00:08:17,530 BUSINESSES, MAKERS, ALL TYPES OF 244 00:08:17,530 --> 00:08:18,764 PEOPLE, AND CREATIVITY IS NOT 245 00:08:18,764 --> 00:08:21,000 SOMETHING THAT IS ADDED TO 246 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:21,834 GEORGETOWN. IT'S SOMETHING THAT 247 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:25,271 ALREADY EXISTS, HERE EVERY DAY 248 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:27,039 IN OUR STREETS, BUSINESSES, 249 00:08:27,039 --> 00:08:29,141 MURALS, COMMUNITY SPACES, AND I 250 00:08:29,141 --> 00:08:31,544 CAN JUST GO ON. WHAT MAKES 251 00:08:31,544 --> 00:08:32,278 GEORGETOWN SPECIAL IS THE 252 00:08:32,278 --> 00:08:33,679 AUTHENTICITY YOU FEEL THERE. 253 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,416 IT'S A PLACE WHERE DIFFERENT 254 00:08:37,416 --> 00:08:40,186 ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES COEXIST 255 00:08:40,186 --> 00:08:41,320 ALONGSIDE INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS, 256 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,322 HISTORIC SPACES, AND A STRONG 257 00:08:43,322 --> 00:08:45,258 SENSE OF COMMUNITY. THE ART 258 00:08:45,258 --> 00:08:48,127 REALLY HELPS TO CREATE 259 00:08:48,127 --> 00:08:49,095 CONNECTION, BRINGS PEOPLE 260 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:51,063 TOGETHER, AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE 261 00:08:51,063 --> 00:08:52,431 UNIQUE CHARACTER THAT BOTH 262 00:08:52,431 --> 00:08:55,067 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS VALUE. WE 263 00:08:55,067 --> 00:08:56,235 BELIEVE THIS DESIGNATION WILL 264 00:08:56,235 --> 00:08:57,670 PROVIDE IMPORTANT RECOGNITION 265 00:08:57,670 --> 00:08:59,071 FOR THE CREATIVE CULTURE THAT 266 00:08:59,071 --> 00:09:01,774 HAS EXISTED IN GEORGETOWN FOR 267 00:09:01,774 --> 00:09:04,644 DECADES. IT ALSO CREATES 268 00:09:04,644 --> 00:09:06,445 OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE 269 00:09:06,445 --> 00:09:07,346 PARTNERSHIPS, CULTURAL 270 00:09:07,346 --> 00:09:08,581 INVESTMENT, TOURISM, ECONOMIC 271 00:09:08,581 --> 00:09:10,483 SUPPORT, AND PRESERVATION OF THE 272 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:11,484 NEIGHBORHOOD'S CREATIVE SPIRIT 273 00:09:11,484 --> 00:09:13,986 AS SEATTLE CONTINUES TO GROW AND 274 00:09:13,986 --> 00:09:16,389 CHANGE. ON BEHALF OF THE 275 00:09:16,389 --> 00:09:18,624 GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL, WE 276 00:09:18,624 --> 00:09:19,859 RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE THE 277 00:09:19,859 --> 00:09:21,594 HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS 278 00:09:21,594 --> 00:09:24,063 COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THIS 279 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:25,097 PROPOSAL AND OFFICIALLY 280 00:09:25,097 --> 00:09:26,132 DESIGNATE GEORGETOWN AS AN ARTS 281 00:09:26,132 --> 00:09:28,301 DISTRICT. THANK YOU. 282 00:09:28,301 --> 00:09:31,504 >> ALL RIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER 283 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:35,274 IS NATHAN WALL, FOLLOWED BY 284 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:35,641 TIFFANY McCOY. 285 00:09:35,641 --> 00:09:38,110 >> I'M NATHAN WALL IN THE 37th 286 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:39,946 DISTRICT NOW. IT'S THE BEST LD 287 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:41,614 IN THE STATE, DION, EDDIE, AND 288 00:09:41,614 --> 00:09:44,383 JOY WOULD PROBABLY AGREE WITH ME 289 00:09:44,383 --> 00:09:46,385 ON THAT, TOO. OKAY, SO IN MY 290 00:09:46,385 --> 00:09:47,019 NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S REALLY 291 00:09:47,019 --> 00:09:49,488 DANGEROUS FOR KIDS. A LOT OF 292 00:09:49,488 --> 00:09:50,957 KIDS END UP RIDING ON ELECTRIC 293 00:09:50,957 --> 00:09:51,657 SCOOTERS BECAUSE THERE'S 294 00:09:51,657 --> 00:09:53,659 NOTHING TO DO. I DON'T NEED TO 295 00:09:53,659 --> 00:09:55,328 TELL YOU THAT'S REALLY 296 00:09:55,328 --> 00:09:56,796 DANGEROUS. WE ACTUALLY HAD A 297 00:09:56,796 --> 00:09:57,830 10-YEAR-OLD DIE IN MY 298 00:09:57,830 --> 00:09:58,497 NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT'S REALLY 299 00:09:58,497 --> 00:10:00,333 DIFFICULT TO THINK ABOUT. SO I 300 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:01,200 THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS -- I 301 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,102 DON'T WANT TO SAY IT WOULD HAVE 302 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:05,104 PREVENTED THIS, BUT WE NEED MORE 303 00:10:05,104 --> 00:10:07,473 THINGS TO DO IN THE SOUTH END. I 304 00:10:07,473 --> 00:10:10,076 WOULD POINT OUT FROM NEW HOLLY, 305 00:10:10,076 --> 00:10:11,811 BOTH OF THE CULTURAL CENTERS 306 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:14,513 WOULD BE WALKABLE. I CAN WALK TO 307 00:10:14,513 --> 00:10:16,649 GEORGETOWN AND HILLMAN CITY FROM 308 00:10:16,649 --> 00:10:18,384 MY HOUSE. JUST IN GENERAL, THE 309 00:10:18,384 --> 00:10:20,219 SOUTH END NEEDS MORE INVESTMENT, 310 00:10:20,219 --> 00:10:21,420 AND WE NEED TO -- LIKE ALL 311 00:10:21,420 --> 00:10:22,655 ACROSS THE SOUTH END, AND I 312 00:10:22,655 --> 00:10:24,590 THINK WE WOULD AGREE ON THAT. 313 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:26,692 SORRY, I'M NOT REALLY TALKING 314 00:10:26,692 --> 00:10:28,127 INTO THE MIC REALLY WELL. 315 00:10:28,127 --> 00:10:32,365 SOMETHING ELSE THEY THINK IS IN 316 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:34,000 THE OF THE COMMITTEE, WE NEED TO 317 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:34,967 REMEMBER AN IMPORTANT CIVIL 318 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:38,070 RIGHT IS THE RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN 319 00:10:38,070 --> 00:10:40,873 PROTECTED SPEECH AT GOVERNMENT 320 00:10:40,873 --> 00:10:41,774 MEETINGS. THAT SPEECH CAN BE 321 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:43,609 CRITICAL, AND THAT SPEECH CAN BE 322 00:10:43,609 --> 00:10:45,544 TARGETED, BUT AS LONG AS IT IS 323 00:10:45,544 --> 00:10:49,582 -- DOES NOT VIOLATE THE BOUNDS 324 00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:51,617 OF WHAT CONSTITUTES FREE SPEECH, 325 00:10:51,617 --> 00:10:53,986 HARASSMENT, THREATS OF VIOLENCE 326 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:55,654 IT SHOULD BE PROTECTED. IF WE 327 00:10:55,654 --> 00:10:57,490 ARE BANNING -- IF WE ARE GOING 328 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:00,459 TO BE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE BEING 329 00:11:00,459 --> 00:11:01,127 DISRESPECTFUL AND MAKING 330 00:11:01,127 --> 00:11:04,597 PERSONAL ATTACKS, WE WOULDN'T 331 00:11:04,597 --> 00:11:06,932 BE ALLOWING DAVID TO SPEAK, AND 332 00:11:06,932 --> 00:11:09,135 HE'S ALLOWED TO SPEAK, 333 00:11:09,135 --> 00:11:10,569 UNFORTUNATELY. I FEEL MR. HOWARD 334 00:11:10,569 --> 00:11:13,606 GAIL WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST 335 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:14,640 BECAUSE OF HIS VIEWS YESTERDAY 336 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:15,841 BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND I 337 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:25,918 WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE 338 00:11:25,918 --> 00:11:27,553 CONSISTENCY FROM COUNCILMEMBER 339 00:11:27,553 --> 00:11:29,388 STRAUSS FOR THE MEMBERS HE 340 00:11:29,388 --> 00:11:31,290 STANDS UP FOR. FREE SPEAK IS 341 00:11:31,290 --> 00:11:32,358 PROTECTED SPEAK. THANK YOU. 342 00:11:32,358 --> 00:11:35,027 >> NEXT SPEAKER IS TIFFANY 343 00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:36,128 McCOY, FOLLOWED BY JEFF PAUL. 344 00:11:36,128 --> 00:11:38,464 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M TIFFANY 345 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:41,233 McCOY, THE INTERIM CEO FOR THE 346 00:11:41,233 --> 00:11:42,034 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER HERE TO 347 00:11:42,034 --> 00:11:44,336 SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE CHARTER 348 00:11:44,336 --> 00:11:45,638 CHANGES COMING BEFORE YOU. I 349 00:11:45,638 --> 00:11:47,640 JUST WANT TO SAY THERE'S STILL 350 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,743 TREMENDOUS SUPPORT IN THE CITY 351 00:11:50,743 --> 00:11:52,178 OF SEATTLE FOR PERMANENTLY 352 00:11:52,178 --> 00:11:53,145 AFFORDABLE PUBLICALLY OWNED 353 00:11:53,145 --> 00:11:55,481 SOCIAL HOUSING. WE ARE GOING TO 354 00:11:55,481 --> 00:11:57,083 BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU ALL 355 00:11:57,083 --> 00:11:59,251 16 CHARTER CHANGES, AND THE 356 00:11:59,251 --> 00:12:00,553 MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE TECHNICAL 357 00:12:00,553 --> 00:12:01,721 CHANGES, BUT THERE ARE A FEW 358 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,155 BUCKETS THEY DO WANT TO 359 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:04,724 HIGHLIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC. THERE 360 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:06,258 ARE FOUR I'M GOING TO GO INTO 361 00:12:06,258 --> 00:12:08,627 FOR THE BIGGEST CHANGES. ONE IS, 362 00:12:08,627 --> 00:12:10,429 WE NEVER INTENDED FOR US NOT TO 363 00:12:10,429 --> 00:12:13,632 BE ABLE TO PUT UP OUR BUILDINGS 364 00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:15,334 AS COLLATERAL FOR DEBT 365 00:12:15,334 --> 00:12:16,135 FINANCING, BUT APPARENTLY 366 00:12:16,135 --> 00:12:17,736 THAT'S WHAT IS IN THE CHARTER, 367 00:12:17,736 --> 00:12:19,972 SO WE WANT TO CLARIFY THAT TO 368 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:23,109 PUT THE BUILDINGS UP TO 369 00:12:23,109 --> 00:12:25,044 ACCELERATE THE PRODUCTION OF 370 00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:25,711 SOCIAL HOUSING. BUCKET TWO, 371 00:12:25,711 --> 00:12:27,480 GIVEN COMMUNITY INPUT SINCE I 372 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,914 HAVE BEEN THE INTERIM CEO, WE 373 00:12:28,914 --> 00:12:32,651 WANT TO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR 374 00:12:32,651 --> 00:12:33,552 PRIVATELY-OWNED COMMERCIAL CONDO 375 00:12:33,552 --> 00:12:34,286 SPACE FOR COMMUNITY-BASED 376 00:12:34,286 --> 00:12:36,622 ORGANIZATIONS ON THE BOTTOM 377 00:12:36,622 --> 00:12:39,225 FLOOR. WE ARE STILL LOOKING TO 378 00:12:39,225 --> 00:12:41,560 BAKE IN SOME SAFEGUARDS SUCH AS 379 00:12:41,560 --> 00:12:43,963 THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL. WE 380 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:46,999 WOULD BE ABLE TO BUY THAT. ALSO, 381 00:12:46,999 --> 00:12:48,467 POTENTIALLY PUTTING IN INDEX 382 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:49,835 PRICING SO WE ARE ALSO NOT 383 00:12:49,835 --> 00:12:51,103 BAKING IN SPECULATION TO THE 384 00:12:51,103 --> 00:12:52,138 COMMERCIAL SPACE BEING SOLD. THE 385 00:12:52,138 --> 00:12:54,340 THIRD IS WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT 386 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:56,175 THE CURRENT RENTERS APPOINTED BY 387 00:12:56,175 --> 00:12:57,309 THE SEATTLE RENTERS COMMISSION 388 00:12:57,309 --> 00:12:59,612 GET TO SERVE OUT THEIR TERM 389 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:00,813 PRIOR TO RESIDENTS HAVING 390 00:13:00,813 --> 00:13:02,581 ELECTIONS. AND THEN THE FOURTH I 391 00:13:02,581 --> 00:13:04,550 WOULD SAY IS WE WANT SOME TIME 392 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:07,586 TO CREATE A STRONG CONTAINER FOR 393 00:13:07,586 --> 00:13:10,923 RESIDENT GOVERNANCE BEFORE WE 394 00:13:10,923 --> 00:13:12,591 LAUNCH OUR RESIDENT CONSTITUENCY 395 00:13:12,591 --> 00:13:14,493 AND OUR RESIDENT GOVERNANCE 396 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:15,728 COUNCIL. WE WANT TO PASS BYLAWS 397 00:13:15,728 --> 00:13:18,697 FOR THEM PRIOR TO THOSE TAKING 398 00:13:18,697 --> 00:13:22,201 EFFECT. I WANT TO THANK YOU 399 00:13:22,201 --> 00:13:24,036 LAWRENCE AND COUNCILMEMBER 400 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:24,737 FOSTER'S OFFICE AND JENNIFER 401 00:13:24,737 --> 00:13:26,772 FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP THE LAST 402 00:13:26,772 --> 00:13:29,642 FEW MONTHS WHILE WE NAVIGATED 403 00:13:29,642 --> 00:13:30,910 THE CHARTER CHANGES AND 404 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:32,344 DISCUSSIONS, AND THANK YOU 405 00:13:32,344 --> 00:13:33,112 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR 406 00:13:33,112 --> 00:13:33,746 PARTNERSHIP AND OPENING UP THE 407 00:13:33,746 --> 00:13:35,748 SPACE IN THE COMMITTEE FOR THE 408 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:36,749 NEEDED CHANGES. THANK YOU, ALL. 409 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:38,551 LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY 410 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:38,851 QUESTIONS. 411 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:40,986 >> ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER 412 00:13:40,986 --> 00:13:45,457 IS JEFF PAUL, FOLLOWED BY OUR 413 00:13:45,457 --> 00:13:49,061 FIRST ONLINE SPEAKER, DEBORAH 414 00:13:49,061 --> 00:13:49,261 BRAS. 415 00:13:49,261 --> 00:13:52,298 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, I'M 416 00:13:52,298 --> 00:13:53,098 THE INTERIM COEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 417 00:13:53,098 --> 00:13:54,934 OF HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS TO TALK 418 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:59,872 ABOUT THE CHARTER CHANGES. AS 419 00:13:59,872 --> 00:14:02,308 YOU KNOW HOUSE OUR NEIGHBORS RAN 420 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:03,142 TWO INITIATIVES. WE WROTE THE 421 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:04,577 CHARTER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 422 00:14:04,577 --> 00:14:06,512 TODAY, AND WE CARE ABOUT IT A 423 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:11,750 LOT. IT'S WHERE WE BAKED IN OUR 424 00:14:11,750 --> 00:14:13,652 OF OUR VALUES OF WHAT SOCIAL 425 00:14:13,652 --> 00:14:16,255 HOUSING MEANS IN SEATTLE. WE 426 00:14:16,255 --> 00:14:17,122 TAKE THE PROCESS SERIOUSLY. 427 00:14:17,122 --> 00:14:19,058 THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN EXCITED 428 00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:20,292 TO WORK WITH YOUR OFFICE, 429 00:14:20,292 --> 00:14:21,760 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AND WITH 430 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:23,162 THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER TO 431 00:14:23,162 --> 00:14:25,531 COME UP WITH A SET OF CHARTER 432 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:26,699 CHANGES THAT WILL REALLY SUPPORT 433 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:28,334 OUR VISION AND MAKE SURE WE CAN 434 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:29,602 DELIVER SOCIAL HOUSING TO THE 435 00:14:29,602 --> 00:14:31,604 PEOPLE OF SEATTLE QUICKLY AND 436 00:14:31,604 --> 00:14:33,873 GET THIS DONE WELL SO WE CAN 437 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,774 SHOW PEOPLE THAT SOCIAL HOUSING 438 00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:37,543 IS AN INCREDIBLE TOOL THAT 439 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:42,481 SEATTLE HAS AT ITS DISPOSAL TO 440 00:14:42,481 --> 00:14:44,116 ADDRESS OUR HOUSING 441 00:14:44,116 --> 00:14:44,884 AFFORDABILITY CRISIS. HOUSING 442 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:46,151 OUR NEIGHBORS FULLY SUPPORTS 443 00:14:46,151 --> 00:14:47,152 THESE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 444 00:14:47,152 --> 00:14:48,854 GETTING THIS DONE. THANK YOU SO 445 00:14:48,854 --> 00:14:49,054 MUCH. 446 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:51,123 >> ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE 447 00:14:51,123 --> 00:14:57,296 ON TO OUR FIRST REMOTE SPEAKER, 448 00:14:57,296 --> 00:14:59,832 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN YOU 449 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:04,536 HEAR THE PROMPT THAT YOU HAVE 450 00:15:04,536 --> 00:15:12,778 BEEN MUTED. OR UNMUTED I SHOULD 451 00:15:12,778 --> 00:15:15,281 SAY. DEBORAH, ARE YOU UNMUTED? 452 00:15:15,281 --> 00:15:24,056 CAN YOU HEAR US? NOT HEARING 453 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:25,391 YOU. WE WILL JUMP TO THE NEXT 454 00:15:25,391 --> 00:15:29,995 SPEAKER AND THEN COME BACK TO 455 00:15:29,995 --> 00:15:33,165 YOU. MY NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID 456 00:15:33,165 --> 00:15:34,366 PAINES, AND YOU'RE NOW UNMUTED, 457 00:15:34,366 --> 00:15:39,471 AND PRESS STAR SIX. 458 00:15:39,471 --> 00:15:42,308 >> HI, WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO 459 00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:44,510 USE TAX DOLLARS TO PAY 460 00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:46,178 POLITICALLY CONNECTED HOUSING 461 00:15:46,178 --> 00:15:49,014 SPECULATORS LOOKING TO DUMP 462 00:15:49,014 --> 00:15:50,349 THEIR DELAP DATED INFLATED REAL 463 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:52,217 ESTATE ON THE SOCIAL HOUSING 464 00:15:52,217 --> 00:15:53,185 DEVELOPER. THE SOCIAL HOUSING 465 00:15:53,185 --> 00:15:56,956 DEVELOPER IS SUPPOSED TO BE 466 00:15:56,956 --> 00:16:01,527 DEVELOPING NEW HOMES, NOT RULES 467 00:16:01,527 --> 00:16:05,097 AND LAWS GUARANTEEING CERTAIN 468 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:08,167 PRIVILEGES -- REAL ESTATE -- 469 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:10,002 DOES THE SOCIAL HOUSING 470 00:16:10,002 --> 00:16:11,337 DEVELOPER LITERALLY ACTUALLY 471 00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:13,372 THINK THAT SOMEBODY MAKING A 472 00:16:13,372 --> 00:16:14,273 SIX-FIGURE SALARY WANTS TO PAY 473 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:19,278 30% OF THEIR RENT TO COVER 474 00:16:19,278 --> 00:16:20,913 EVERYBODY ELSE LIVING NEXT TO 475 00:16:20,913 --> 00:16:21,513 TRANSIT-ORIENTED HOUSING THAT 476 00:16:21,513 --> 00:16:22,614 HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY THE 477 00:16:22,614 --> 00:16:24,083 HOUSING DEVELOPER BECAUSE THEY 478 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:25,451 ARE NOT QUALIFIED TO BUILD 479 00:16:25,451 --> 00:16:27,252 ANYTHING? DO YOU THINK THEY WANT 480 00:16:27,252 --> 00:16:29,688 TO LIVE THERE AND TURN IN TO 481 00:16:29,688 --> 00:16:31,623 TRANSIT? YOU'RE LYING TO 482 00:16:31,623 --> 00:16:34,994 YOURSELVES. THE SOCIAL HOUSING 483 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,061 DEVELOPER COULD BE LITERALLY 484 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:37,830 GETTING LIKE 20 PIECES OF LAND 485 00:16:37,830 --> 00:16:40,165 OFF OF THE FIRE CHIEF'S LIST OF 486 00:16:40,165 --> 00:16:41,967 ALL OF THOSE CONDEMNED 487 00:16:41,967 --> 00:16:43,936 BUILDINGS. YOU ALL COULD BE 488 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:45,437 DEVELOPING, LIKE, REALLY FAST, 489 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:47,539 IF YOU REALLY PUT FORTH THE 490 00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:49,274 EFFORT AND HAD QUALIFIED 491 00:16:49,274 --> 00:16:50,876 DEVELOPERS, BUT INSTEAD Y'ALL 492 00:16:50,876 --> 00:16:53,979 WANT TO CHANGE THE LAWS, WITH 493 00:16:53,979 --> 00:16:54,880 GUARANTEES FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITY 494 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:55,748 ON THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 495 00:16:55,748 --> 00:17:00,586 FLOOR, AND YET WE ARE NOT GOING 496 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:02,354 TO GET ANY 21st CENTURY FIRST 497 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:05,691 WORLD QUALITY HOUSING WITH THE 498 00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:06,358 ACTUAL AMENITIES THAT MAKE LIFE 499 00:17:06,358 --> 00:17:07,259 ENJOYABLE INSIDE OF THE 500 00:17:07,259 --> 00:17:08,660 BUILDING. IT'S GOING TO BE, OH, 501 00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:11,230 WE HAVE GOTTEN ALL OF THIS 502 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:13,098 HOUSING WE HAVE PURCHASED FROM 503 00:17:13,098 --> 00:17:14,767 POLITICALLY CONNECTED DEVELOPER 504 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,535 LOOKING TO FLIP THEIR RUN-DOWN 505 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:19,505 REAL ESTATE ON EVERYBODY ELSE SO 506 00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:20,773 WE CAN PUT SIX-FIGURE SALARIES 507 00:17:20,773 --> 00:17:22,040 ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD 508 00:17:22,040 --> 00:17:24,243 LISTENING TO THE BUS AND THE 509 00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:25,177 TRAIN NONSTOP. I'M TELLING YOU, 510 00:17:25,177 --> 00:17:26,745 THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF LAND 511 00:17:26,745 --> 00:17:29,181 TO BE BANKED FROM THE BUILDINGS 512 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:30,215 THAT HAVE BEEN LIKE ABANDONED, 513 00:17:30,215 --> 00:17:34,053 AND IT'S ON THE FIRE CHIEF'S 514 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,421 LIST. WHY CAN'T McCOY GO TO THE 515 00:17:35,421 --> 00:17:38,323 FIRE CHIEF AND SAY GIVE ME THE 516 00:17:38,323 --> 00:17:40,225 LIST, WITH ARE GOING TO 517 00:17:40,225 --> 00:17:41,326 CONFISCATE THE LANDS AND BUILD 518 00:17:41,326 --> 00:17:42,694 HOUSING? YOU ARE ALL LOOKING TO 519 00:17:42,694 --> 00:17:45,497 CHANGE THE RULES ON THE ORIGINAL 520 00:17:45,497 --> 00:17:49,868 INTENT SO NO OFFENSE, BUT 521 00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:52,004 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER CAN HELP 522 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:54,907 HER ASSOCIATES, AFFILIATES, AND 523 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:55,574 SUPPORTERS GET THIS SOCIAL 524 00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:57,109 HOUSING MONEY -- REAL ESTATE AND 525 00:17:57,109 --> 00:18:00,145 RUN IN REAL ESTATE, AND YOU'RE 526 00:18:00,145 --> 00:18:04,249 LOOKING TO COME -- OF 527 00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:06,885 POLITICALLY CONNECTED -- AND 528 00:18:06,885 --> 00:18:09,354 THESE BUILDINGS, AND THAT'S AN 529 00:18:09,354 --> 00:18:09,688 ABOMINATION. 530 00:18:09,688 --> 00:18:13,092 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBORAH 531 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:13,725 BRAS. YOU'RE UNMUTED. PRESS 532 00:18:13,725 --> 00:18:14,827 STAR SIX WHEN YOU HEAR THE 533 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:21,200 PROMPT. 534 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,035 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 535 00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:23,268 >> YES. 536 00:18:23,268 --> 00:18:25,637 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 537 00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:26,472 >> YEP. 538 00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:27,639 >> WONDERFUL. IT DIDN'T WORK 539 00:18:27,639 --> 00:18:28,974 LAST TIME. GREAT, THANK YOU. 540 00:18:28,974 --> 00:18:31,443 I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY SUPPORT 541 00:18:31,443 --> 00:18:32,511 FOR DESIGNATING THE GEORGETOWN 542 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,113 NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN ARTS AND 543 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:35,314 CULTURAL DISTRICT. I'M THE 544 00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:37,249 DIRECTOR OF THE GEORGETOWN 545 00:18:37,249 --> 00:18:39,117 BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, AND I'M 546 00:18:39,117 --> 00:18:41,019 ALSO A SCULPTOR AND ART RESTORER 547 00:18:41,019 --> 00:18:42,421 MYSELF WITH A STUDIO IN 548 00:18:42,421 --> 00:18:43,822 GEORGETOWN. I KNOW THE ECONOMIC 549 00:18:43,822 --> 00:18:45,991 AND SOCIAL IMPACTS THE ARTS HAVE 550 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:46,592 IN MAKING GEORGETOWN THE 551 00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:48,627 THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD WE SEE 552 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:49,628 TODAY. THE CREATIVE SPIRIT IN 553 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:51,230 THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS LONG BEEN 554 00:18:51,230 --> 00:18:53,332 THE HEART OF IT, AND THIS 555 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:54,099 DESIGNATION WOULD BOTH RECOGNIZE 556 00:18:54,099 --> 00:18:58,537 ALL OF THE PAST WORK OF THE 557 00:18:58,537 --> 00:18:59,805 ARTISTS AND CULTURAL 558 00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:00,606 PRACTITIONERS AND ENSURE THE 559 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:03,208 FUTURE HEALTH AND GROWTH OF THE 560 00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:05,077 ECONOMY IN GEORGETOWN. 561 00:19:05,077 --> 00:19:06,278 GEORGETOWN IS A HISTORICALLY 562 00:19:06,278 --> 00:19:07,412 UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY WHERE THE 563 00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:09,047 ARTS HAVE THRIVED IN THE FACE OF 564 00:19:09,047 --> 00:19:10,782 MANY CHALLENGES, AND IT ONLY 565 00:19:10,782 --> 00:19:12,384 MAKES SENSE THAT GEORGETOWN BE 566 00:19:12,384 --> 00:19:15,087 OFFICIALLY NAMED AS AN ARTS AND 567 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:15,787 CULTURAL DISTRICT. OUR ARTISTS 568 00:19:15,787 --> 00:19:16,855 HAVE SUSTAINED THE NEIGHBORHOOD 569 00:19:16,855 --> 00:19:18,423 AND MADE IT A WONDERFUL, UNIQUE 570 00:19:18,423 --> 00:19:20,959 PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK, AND WE 571 00:19:20,959 --> 00:19:22,194 DESERVE THIS RECOGNITION. I 572 00:19:22,194 --> 00:19:24,463 WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE 573 00:19:24,463 --> 00:19:25,664 WORK MY COLLEAGUES AT THE 574 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:26,999 GEORGETOWN ASSOCIATION OF ARTS 575 00:19:26,999 --> 00:19:28,634 AND CULTURE HAVE PUT INTO THIS 576 00:19:28,634 --> 00:19:31,436 INITIATIVE TO BRING US HERE 577 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:33,539 TODAY. SO PLEASE GIVE US THIS 578 00:19:33,539 --> 00:19:36,074 DESIGNATION. IT'S SUCH A 579 00:19:36,074 --> 00:19:37,142 WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I 580 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:39,211 ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME VISIT 581 00:19:39,211 --> 00:19:41,113 GEORGETOWN. WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL 582 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:42,347 CARNIVAL COMING UP ON JUNE 13th. 583 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:44,349 YOU CAN COME AND CHECK OUT ALL 584 00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:45,617 OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN OUR 585 00:19:45,617 --> 00:19:46,451 NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE TO OFFER. 586 00:19:46,451 --> 00:19:50,155 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 587 00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:53,058 >> ALL RIGHT, OUR FINAL ONLINE 588 00:19:53,058 --> 00:19:55,127 SPEAKER IS SARA EVERETT. PLEASE 589 00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:56,228 PRESS STAR 6 WHEN YOU HEAR THE 590 00:19:56,228 --> 00:20:06,371 PROMPT. 591 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:09,641 >> HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 592 00:20:09,641 --> 00:20:12,578 >> YEP, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. 593 00:20:12,578 --> 00:20:14,479 >> EXCELLENT. I'M SARA EVERETT, 594 00:20:14,479 --> 00:20:19,985 AND I AM CALLING IN TO SUPPORT 595 00:20:19,985 --> 00:20:22,854 MY -- MANY COMMENTS OF SUPPORT 596 00:20:22,854 --> 00:20:23,989 FOR GEORGETOWN BEING OFFICIALLY 597 00:20:23,989 --> 00:20:25,524 DESIGNATED AS A SEATTLE ARTS 598 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:27,759 DISTRICT. I'M ALSO IN SUPPORT 599 00:20:27,759 --> 00:20:31,463 OF COLUMBIA HILLMAN GETTING THAT 600 00:20:31,463 --> 00:20:32,731 OFFICIAL DESIGNATION AS WELL. I 601 00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:34,766 CURRENTLY SERVE AS THE TREASURER 602 00:20:34,766 --> 00:20:39,705 ON THE BOARD FOR THE UPTOWN ART 603 00:20:39,705 --> 00:20:41,773 DISTRICT. I'M AN ARTIST AND 604 00:20:41,773 --> 00:20:43,241 ORGANIZER MYSELF. I HAVE A 605 00:20:43,241 --> 00:20:44,843 HISTORY OF ALSO HAVING A STUDIO 606 00:20:44,843 --> 00:20:46,612 IN GEORGETOWN IN MY PAST. IT'S 607 00:20:46,612 --> 00:20:49,147 A NEIGHBORHOOD CLOSE TO MY 608 00:20:49,147 --> 00:20:51,250 HEART. GEORGETOWN HAS LONG BEEN 609 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:54,686 A RICH AND DIVERSE EPICENTER FOR 610 00:20:54,686 --> 00:20:56,288 ARTISTS, FABRICATORS, AND 611 00:20:56,288 --> 00:20:57,789 MUSICIANS. GEORGETOWN HAS -- I 612 00:20:57,789 --> 00:20:59,391 WON'T REPEAT -- THERE'S BEEN 613 00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:01,059 SO MANY GREAT COMMENTS ALREADY. 614 00:21:01,059 --> 00:21:02,661 I WON'T REPEAT THE THINGS THAT 615 00:21:02,661 --> 00:21:04,129 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MADE. THE 616 00:21:04,129 --> 00:21:07,165 POINT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS 617 00:21:07,165 --> 00:21:09,401 THAT GEORGETOWN HAS ALREADY BEEN 618 00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:12,371 AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE 619 00:21:12,371 --> 00:21:13,872 ALL-DISTRICT ART MEETINGS. WE 620 00:21:13,872 --> 00:21:15,240 HAVE BEEN GATHERING ABOUT ONCE A 621 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:19,211 QUARTER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AS 622 00:21:19,211 --> 00:21:20,912 A COLLECTIVE OF REPRESENTATIVES 623 00:21:20,912 --> 00:21:23,148 OF ALL OF THE DISTRICTS, TO COME 624 00:21:23,148 --> 00:21:24,950 TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT CROSS 625 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:25,751 PROMOTION AND OPPORTUNITIES AND 626 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:28,020 WAYS THAT WE CAN LIFT EACH OTHER 627 00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:31,089 UP, AND GEORGETOWN HAS ALREADY 628 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:32,057 BEEN PARTICIPATING FOR SEVERAL 629 00:21:32,057 --> 00:21:37,529 YEARS, AND SO THEY HAVE ALREADY 630 00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:40,666 BEEN BRINGING THEIR EXPERIENCE, 631 00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:41,700 INGENUITY, AND GRASS ROOTS 632 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:43,702 CREATIVITY TO THE TABLE. I 633 00:21:43,702 --> 00:21:45,671 BELIEVE ACKNOWLEDGING THE 634 00:21:45,671 --> 00:21:48,240 OFFICIAL DISTRICT WILL ONLY 635 00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:51,176 ENRICH AND EXPAND THE PROGRAM, 636 00:21:51,176 --> 00:21:51,977 ENSURING FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES 637 00:21:51,977 --> 00:21:53,412 AND ACCESS FOR THE ARTS IN 638 00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:54,646 SEATTLE AT LARGE. THAT'S ALL. 639 00:21:54,646 --> 00:21:57,215 THANK YOU. 640 00:21:57,215 --> 00:22:00,052 >> ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NO 641 00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:01,119 ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 642 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:02,120 >>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK 643 00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:04,356 YOU SO MUCH, CLERK, AND THANK 644 00:22:04,356 --> 00:22:07,125 YOU TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS FOR 645 00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:08,994 JOINING US IN CHAMBERS TODAY OR 646 00:22:08,994 --> 00:22:10,796 ONLINE. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE 647 00:22:10,796 --> 00:22:12,931 ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF 648 00:22:12,931 --> 00:22:14,099 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 649 00:22:14,099 --> 00:22:17,169 READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD? 650 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:20,472 >> AGENDA ITEM ONE. ROSE CUSHION 651 00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:22,240 32201. RESOLUTION CREATING AN 652 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:23,909 ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT IN 653 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:25,677 THE GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD OF 654 00:22:25,677 --> 00:22:27,045 SEATTLE. BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, 655 00:22:27,045 --> 00:22:28,380 AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 656 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:29,614 >> FANTASTIC. WE ARE WELCOMING 657 00:22:29,614 --> 00:22:37,522 UP TO THE TABLE, KELLY DAVIDSON 658 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:39,057 AND PINKY ESTELLE. AS THEY ARE 659 00:22:39,057 --> 00:22:40,158 GETTING SETTLED, I WILL TAKE A 660 00:22:40,158 --> 00:22:43,895 QUICK MOMENT TO SPEAK ON THIS 661 00:22:43,895 --> 00:22:45,364 ITEM. TODAY WE ARE CONSIDERING 662 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:48,200 RESOLUTION 32001. AFTER THAT WE 663 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,969 WILL BE HEARING RESOLUTION 664 00:22:50,969 --> 00:22:52,804 32000. THE FIRST, WHICH WOULD 665 00:22:52,804 --> 00:22:53,538 FORMALLY ESTABLISH GEORGETOWN 666 00:22:53,538 --> 00:22:55,240 ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT AND 667 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:57,709 THE SECOND WHICH WOULD RECONFIRM 668 00:22:57,709 --> 00:22:59,010 THE COLUMBIA HILLMAN ARTS AND 669 00:22:59,010 --> 00:23:00,545 CULTURAL DISTRICT. WE HEARD A 670 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:02,714 LOT FROM OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS 671 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:04,850 TODAY, AND THANK YOU FOR 672 00:23:04,850 --> 00:23:07,652 SHARING, SO MANY ARTISTS, 673 00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:09,154 CULTURAL WORKERS, BUSINESS 674 00:23:09,154 --> 00:23:10,422 OWNERS, GEORGETOWN RESIDENTS, 675 00:23:10,422 --> 00:23:13,225 ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE. I GOT A 676 00:23:13,225 --> 00:23:15,093 FANTASTIC E-MAIL FROM A 677 00:23:15,093 --> 00:23:16,695 CONSTITUENT THAT SAID GEORGEDOWN 678 00:23:16,695 --> 00:23:18,597 ISN'T JUST FOR ARTISTS, IT WAS 679 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:22,768 BUILT BY ARTISTS. I THINK IT'S 680 00:23:22,768 --> 00:23:24,436 A REALLY EXEMPLARY TO THE SOCIAL 681 00:23:24,436 --> 00:23:26,671 FABRIC IN THE COMMUNITY BETWEEN 682 00:23:26,671 --> 00:23:28,273 THE FOLKS WHO LIVE THERE, FOLKS 683 00:23:28,273 --> 00:23:30,008 WHO WORK THERE, AND THOSE OF US 684 00:23:30,008 --> 00:23:31,743 WHO COME AND VISIT BECAUSE IT'S 685 00:23:31,743 --> 00:23:34,045 SUCH A FANTASTIC PLACE FOR ARTS 686 00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:35,914 AND CULTURE. IT'S A DISTINCT 687 00:23:35,914 --> 00:23:36,982 NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE SO 688 00:23:36,982 --> 00:23:38,683 MANY ELEMENTS THAT COME TOGETHER 689 00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:41,753 IN A WAY THAT IS UNIQUE TO OUR 690 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:43,488 CITY. THE COLUMBIA HILLMAN ARTS 691 00:23:43,488 --> 00:23:46,324 AND CULTURAL DISTRICT, THIS IS A 692 00:23:46,324 --> 00:23:47,859 RECONFIRMATION OF THE WORK 693 00:23:47,859 --> 00:23:49,394 HAPPENING SINCE 2016, ENSURING 694 00:23:49,394 --> 00:23:51,363 WE MAKE AN IMPACT FOR SOUTHEAST 695 00:23:51,363 --> 00:23:52,864 SEATTLE, SO I WANT TO FIRST 696 00:23:52,864 --> 00:23:55,634 THANK AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK 697 00:23:55,634 --> 00:23:56,234 OF GEORGETOWN ASSOCIATION OF 698 00:23:56,234 --> 00:23:57,903 ARTS AND CULTURE, AS WELL AS THE 699 00:23:57,903 --> 00:23:59,838 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE 700 00:23:59,838 --> 00:24:01,640 BRINGING THESE RESOLUTIONS AND 701 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,275 THIS WORK FORWARD. I AM LOOKING 702 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:05,110 FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT 703 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:07,112 WHAT THIS DESIGNATION WILL MEAN 704 00:24:07,112 --> 00:24:10,182 IN PRACTICE, HOW WE CAN SUPPORT 705 00:24:10,182 --> 00:24:10,916 THE IMPLEMENTATION, AND WHAT 706 00:24:10,916 --> 00:24:13,318 LESSONS THIS PROCESS OFFERS FOR 707 00:24:13,318 --> 00:24:14,686 THE BROADER DISTRICTS CITYWIDE. 708 00:24:14,686 --> 00:24:17,222 WITH THAT, WELCOME TO THE TABLE. 709 00:24:17,222 --> 00:24:20,592 WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM 710 00:24:20,592 --> 00:24:21,827 YOU. PLEASE INTRODUCE 711 00:24:21,827 --> 00:24:22,127 YOURSELVES. 712 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:22,928 >> KELLY DAVIDSON, THE DEPUTY 713 00:24:22,928 --> 00:24:26,097 DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ARTS 714 00:24:26,097 --> 00:24:29,868 AND CULTURE. WITH ME IS OUR 715 00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:30,268 PROJECT MANAGER. 716 00:24:30,268 --> 00:24:31,436 >> I'M PINKY ESTELLE, THE 717 00:24:31,436 --> 00:24:35,307 PROJECT MANAGER, AND WE ARE 718 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:37,676 EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. 719 00:24:37,676 --> 00:24:40,579 >> OKAY, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO 720 00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:42,414 REVIEW CULTURAL DISTRICTS THAT 721 00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:47,953 REQUIRE LEGISLATIVE ACTION FOR 722 00:24:47,953 --> 00:24:48,854 DESIGNATED APPROVAL, GEORGETOWN, 723 00:24:48,854 --> 00:24:49,521 COLUMBIA HILLMAN NEIGHBORHOODS. 724 00:24:49,521 --> 00:24:51,590 >> IT'S NOT JUST A LABEL. IT 725 00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:52,557 CREATES STRUCTURE FOR 726 00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:53,124 COLLABORATION AND MAKES IT 727 00:24:53,124 --> 00:24:56,595 EASIER FOR THE CITY TO RESPOND 728 00:24:56,595 --> 00:24:57,429 TO NEIGHBORHOOD-SPECIFIC 729 00:24:57,429 --> 00:24:58,897 CULTURAL NEEDS. THE KEY FEATURES 730 00:24:58,897 --> 00:25:01,399 OF THE CULTURAL DISTRICTS, 731 00:25:01,399 --> 00:25:03,235 COMMUNITY LED WITH DISTINCT 732 00:25:03,235 --> 00:25:04,336 COALITION. A CITY PARTNERSHIP 733 00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:07,138 WITH VISIBILITY, HAVE ACCESS TO 734 00:25:07,138 --> 00:25:08,540 PLANNING AND ADVOCACY RESOURCES 735 00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:09,508 AND THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 736 00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:10,909 SPECIAL FUNDING AND PROGRAMS. 737 00:25:10,909 --> 00:25:16,615 DISTRICTS WORK BEST WHEN THEY 738 00:25:16,615 --> 00:25:17,616 ARE COMMUNITY DEFINED, 739 00:25:17,616 --> 00:25:18,283 GEOGRAPHICALLY SPECIFIC THAT 740 00:25:18,283 --> 00:25:20,452 PROGRAM GIVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD A 741 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:22,387 PLATFORM AND THE LOCAL COALITION 742 00:25:22,387 --> 00:25:23,655 GIVES THE PLATFORM MEANING. 743 00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:27,726 >> THESE DISTRICTS CREATE A 744 00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:30,929 CITYWIDE NETWORK SUPPORTING THE 745 00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:34,299 ECONOMY AND CULTURE TO THE CITY. 746 00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:36,668 -- ENCOURAGING TOURISM AND LOCAL 747 00:25:36,668 --> 00:25:38,036 VISITATION, SUPPORTING SMALL 748 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:39,704 BUSINESS CONNECTED TO ARTS 749 00:25:39,704 --> 00:25:42,407 ACTIVITY, ACTIVATING PUBLIC 750 00:25:42,407 --> 00:25:47,546 SPACES THROUGH EVENTS, 751 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:48,680 PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS. 752 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,682 >> SAN FRANCISCO IS A USEFUL 753 00:25:50,682 --> 00:25:52,751 EXAMPLE BECAUSE THE CULTURAL 754 00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:54,986 DISTRICTS ARE A CITY-SPONSORED 755 00:25:54,986 --> 00:25:58,757 STRATEGY TO PRESERVE CULTURAL 756 00:25:58,757 --> 00:26:00,025 COMMUNITIES FACING DISPLACEMENT 757 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:01,259 AND GENTRIFICATION. THERE ARE 758 00:26:01,259 --> 00:26:03,695 TEN TOTAL. ONE OF THE MAJOR 759 00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:04,329 DIFFERENCES, THE ALLOCATION OF 760 00:26:04,329 --> 00:26:09,467 $3 MILLION TO THE DISTRICTS 761 00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:12,170 ANNUALLY, AND SEATTLE PROVIDES 762 00:26:12,170 --> 00:26:13,438 ONLY 110,000. SAN FRANCISCO, 763 00:26:13,438 --> 00:26:14,472 300,000. ANOTHER IMPORTANT 764 00:26:14,472 --> 00:26:17,008 FEATURE OF THEIR MODEL IS THAT 765 00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:20,412 DISTRICTS PREPARE THEIR OWN 766 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:23,481 PLANS SPECIFICALLY AROUND 767 00:26:23,481 --> 00:26:24,783 CULTURAL HISTORY, HOUSING, AND 768 00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:25,383 ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY. THE 769 00:26:25,383 --> 00:26:26,117 OFFICE IS LOOKING TO SEE HOW 770 00:26:26,117 --> 00:26:30,622 THIS COULD BE PART OF OUR MODEL 771 00:26:30,622 --> 00:26:31,456 AS WELL. 772 00:26:31,456 --> 00:26:32,924 >> OKAY. WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE 773 00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:36,394 SOME OF THE EXCITING WORK FOR 774 00:26:36,394 --> 00:26:37,762 THE DISTRICTS COMING TO YOU FOR 775 00:26:37,762 --> 00:26:39,531 REVIEW TODAY STARTING WITH THE 776 00:26:39,531 --> 00:26:40,198 GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD. 777 00:26:40,198 --> 00:26:43,969 >> GEORGETOWN, HOME TO A LOT OF 778 00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:46,538 THINGS, SIX ASSOCIATIONS, 11 779 00:26:46,538 --> 00:26:52,344 DESIGN STUDIOS AND CENTERS, 7 780 00:26:52,344 --> 00:26:55,380 CREATIVE FABRICATION COMPANIES, 781 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:57,015 5 PERFORMANCE AND VENUE SPACES, 782 00:26:57,015 --> 00:26:58,516 13 ANNUAL FESTIVALS, 783 00:26:58,516 --> 00:26:59,517 CONTRIBUTING TO THE CULTURE, 784 00:26:59,517 --> 00:27:02,153 ECONOMIC, AND VITALITY OF THE 785 00:27:02,153 --> 00:27:06,124 NEIGHBORHOOD. DISTINCT LANDMARKS 786 00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:08,059 INCLUDE THE BRICK CORRIDOR ON 787 00:27:08,059 --> 00:27:09,094 AIRPORTWAY HAT AND BOOTS 788 00:27:09,094 --> 00:27:14,466 SCULPTURE, AND THE STEAM PLANT 789 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:15,567 AND BOEING FIELD. 790 00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:16,568 >> THERE WERE NUMEROUS 791 00:27:16,568 --> 00:27:19,170 INDIGENOUS VILLAGES IN THE AREA. 792 00:27:19,170 --> 00:27:22,073 COMMUNITIES LIVED ALONG THE 793 00:27:22,073 --> 00:27:23,675 RIVER FOR A MILLENNIUM. WE 794 00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:25,744 REACHED OUT TO THE LONGHOUSE 795 00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:28,013 WITH AN INVITATION TO ENGAGE 796 00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:30,115 THEY NOT RECEIVED A RESPONSE, 797 00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:31,516 BUT THERE WILL BE FUTURE 798 00:27:31,516 --> 00:27:34,252 PROGRAMMING THAT THE DISTRICT 799 00:27:34,252 --> 00:27:36,154 WILL DOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO 800 00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:37,689 SEEK OUT CONNECTIONS. GEORGETOWN 801 00:27:37,689 --> 00:27:40,158 WAS ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF 802 00:27:40,158 --> 00:27:42,994 SEATTLE IN 1910, BECOMING A 803 00:27:42,994 --> 00:27:44,829 MAJOR INDUSTRIAL CENTER. THE 804 00:27:44,829 --> 00:27:46,765 NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A SMALL 805 00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:49,567 RESIDENTIAL POPULATION OF 806 00:27:49,567 --> 00:27:50,168 APPROXIMATELY 1500 RESIDENTS 807 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,670 WITH ABOUT 37% OF THAT AS PEOPLE 808 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,005 OF COLOR. THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS 809 00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:55,740 RECOGNIZED AS A KING COUNTY 810 00:27:55,740 --> 00:27:56,441 COMMUNITY OF OPPORTUNITY. 811 00:27:56,441 --> 00:27:58,910 GEORGETOWN IS HOME TO A STRONG 812 00:27:58,910 --> 00:28:00,845 ARTS ECONOMY INCLUDING STUDIOS, 813 00:28:00,845 --> 00:28:02,213 FABRICATION SHOPS, GALLERIES, 814 00:28:02,213 --> 00:28:04,949 AND DESIGN FIRMS IT HOSTS THE 815 00:28:04,949 --> 00:28:06,284 ART ATTACK ART WALKS EVERY 816 00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:08,119 SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH 817 00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:12,624 ATTRACTING VISITORS YEAR ROUND. 818 00:28:12,624 --> 00:28:15,560 MAJOR FESTIVALS INCLUDE THE 819 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:19,497 GEORGETOWN CARNIVAL, HONK FEST, 820 00:28:19,497 --> 00:28:20,465 AND RAINIER DAYS. 821 00:28:20,465 --> 00:28:22,734 >> THE COMMUNITY HAS SPENT THE 822 00:28:22,734 --> 00:28:26,071 LAST SIX YEARS WORKING TOWARDS 823 00:28:26,071 --> 00:28:27,005 THIS DESIGNATION. FORMED IN 824 00:28:27,005 --> 00:28:29,040 2023, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THEY 825 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,610 GOT THEIR FULL DESIGNATION AS A 826 00:28:32,610 --> 00:28:34,546 NONPROFIT STATUS. THEY SERVE AS 827 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,282 THE NEIGHBORHOOD WIDE COALITION 828 00:28:37,282 --> 00:28:38,416 OF CREATIVE ENTITIES, 829 00:28:38,416 --> 00:28:39,451 REPRESENTING GEORGETOWN IN THE 830 00:28:39,451 --> 00:28:41,286 ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAM. IT 831 00:28:41,286 --> 00:28:44,189 WAS GUIDED BY STAKE HOLDER 832 00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:46,391 INPUT, ENSURING STRATEGIES 833 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:47,892 REFLECT THE COMMUNITY'S 834 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:48,426 PRIORITIES STRENGTHENING 835 00:28:48,426 --> 00:28:49,828 GEORGETOWN'S CREATIVE NETWORK. 836 00:28:49,828 --> 00:28:52,864 THEY ARE GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF 837 00:28:52,864 --> 00:28:55,333 DIRECTORS COMPRISED OF ARTISTS, 838 00:28:55,333 --> 00:28:56,501 CURATORS, RESIDENTS, CREATIVE 839 00:28:56,501 --> 00:28:58,069 BUSINESS OWNERS WHO MEET 840 00:28:58,069 --> 00:28:59,971 MONTHLY, LEAD COMMUNITIES, AND 841 00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:02,474 PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS. 842 00:29:02,474 --> 00:29:03,908 >> ACCORDING TO THE 2025 BUDGET 843 00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,910 REPORT ISSUED FROM ARTS FUND, 844 00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:09,614 THE CREATIVE SECTOR, WITHIN THE 845 00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:10,615 ZIP CODES ENCOMPASSING 846 00:29:10,615 --> 00:29:11,816 GEORGETOWN GENERATED MORE THAN 6 847 00:29:11,816 --> 00:29:13,585 MILLION IN EARNED REVENUE AND 848 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:16,221 RECEIVED JUST OVER 13 MILLION IN 849 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:16,688 CONTRIBUTED REVENUE, 850 00:29:16,688 --> 00:29:18,356 UNDERSCORING THE ECONOMIC AND 851 00:29:18,356 --> 00:29:19,491 COMMUNITY IMPACTS OF ARTS AND 852 00:29:19,491 --> 00:29:21,526 CULTURAL ACTIVITY IN THE 853 00:29:21,526 --> 00:29:22,127 DISTRICT. AFFORDABLE HOUSING 854 00:29:22,127 --> 00:29:23,461 UNITS PLANNED FOR THE AREA ARE 855 00:29:23,461 --> 00:29:25,830 BEING DRIVEN BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD 856 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:27,565 CREATIVE SECTOR. THE UP AND 857 00:29:27,565 --> 00:29:29,000 COMING DEVELOPMENT HAS OWNERSHIP 858 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,636 OF 18 PROPERTIES ALONG 4th 859 00:29:31,636 --> 00:29:33,471 AVENUE WITH PLANS TO DEVELOP 860 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:34,873 INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING STORE 861 00:29:34,873 --> 00:29:45,416 FRONTS AND COMMUNITY SPACE. WE 862 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:49,587 DISCOVERED THE HILLMAN DOCUMENTS 863 00:29:49,587 --> 00:29:50,388 FOR REVIEW WERE NOT CONFIRMED 864 00:29:50,388 --> 00:29:52,690 FOR THE LEGISLATION WAS NEVER 865 00:29:52,690 --> 00:29:54,125 FORMALLY APPROVED THROUGH THIS 866 00:29:54,125 --> 00:29:56,294 PROCESS. THE GROUP HAS BEEN 867 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:57,662 OPERATING AS A CULTURAL DISTRICT 868 00:29:57,662 --> 00:29:58,830 SUCCESSFULLY AND RECEIVING 869 00:29:58,830 --> 00:29:59,697 RESOURCES AS A FORMALIZED 870 00:29:59,697 --> 00:30:02,934 DISTRICT, AND WE ARE SEEKING TO 871 00:30:02,934 --> 00:30:03,535 FORMALIZE THE LEGISLATION. 872 00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:06,638 >> SINCE 2018, THE DISTRICT HAS 873 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:09,107 BEEN ACTIVELY COMMITTED TO 874 00:30:09,107 --> 00:30:11,242 PROGRAMMING AND ADVOCACY FOR THE 875 00:30:11,242 --> 00:30:13,444 NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S WORK 876 00:30:13,444 --> 00:30:14,145 TOWARDS ACQUISITION OF 877 00:30:14,145 --> 00:30:15,647 BUILDINGS, HAVING SECURED ONE, 878 00:30:15,647 --> 00:30:16,781 AND LOOKING TO SECURE ANOTHER 879 00:30:16,781 --> 00:30:18,583 SOON IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. 880 00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:21,986 THE PROCESS IS TURNING THE BLOCK 881 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:26,724 OF RAINIER AVENUE INTO A 882 00:30:26,724 --> 00:30:28,393 CREATIVE HUB FOR THE ACQUISITION 883 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:28,960 OF THE BUILDINGS. THEY ARE 884 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:34,933 CURRENTLY IN THE SAME AREA 885 00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:39,337 WORKING ON ALLEYWAY ACTIVATION. 886 00:30:39,337 --> 00:30:45,276 IF YOU WANT DISTRICTS TO 887 00:30:45,276 --> 00:30:46,444 PRESERVE -- SUSTAINED 888 00:30:46,444 --> 00:30:47,412 IMPLEMENTATION AND SUPPORT. THE 889 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:49,380 DEVELOP OF SUPPORTING POLICIES 890 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:50,381 AND INCREASED FINANCIAL 891 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:53,785 INVESTMENT TO EMPOWER THE 892 00:30:53,785 --> 00:30:54,385 DISTRICTS FURTHER. 893 00:30:54,385 --> 00:30:56,554 >> THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND 894 00:30:56,554 --> 00:30:58,856 CULTURAL WILL BE WORKING TO 895 00:30:58,856 --> 00:31:01,025 DEVELOPING POLICY, SEEKING 896 00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:02,093 RESOURCES, AND ESTABLISHING 897 00:31:02,093 --> 00:31:02,927 TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE DISTRICTS 898 00:31:02,927 --> 00:31:05,196 IN MEETING THEIR GOALS. WE 899 00:31:05,196 --> 00:31:06,464 BELIEVE IT CAN ADDRESS LARGER 900 00:31:06,464 --> 00:31:08,800 ISSUES THE COMMUNITIES ARE 901 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,134 FACING. OUR DEPARTMENT IS HAVING 902 00:31:10,134 --> 00:31:12,904 A FULL-TIME CULTURAL SPACE 903 00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:16,741 MANAGER THAT WILL RESIDE IN THE 904 00:31:16,741 --> 00:31:17,642 NEW DIVISION. WE APPRECIATE YOUR 905 00:31:17,642 --> 00:31:19,377 TIME TODAY, AND WE WELCOME ANY 906 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:19,677 QUESTIONS. 907 00:31:19,677 --> 00:31:22,513 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT 908 00:31:22,513 --> 00:31:24,249 FANTASTIC PRESENTATION. I HAVE 909 00:31:24,249 --> 00:31:26,050 TO JUST START OFF BY SAYING, 910 00:31:26,050 --> 00:31:28,519 THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME 911 00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:29,787 IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY THAT 912 00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:31,189 HAT AND BOOTS HAS BEEN 913 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:35,827 MENTIONED. I DON'T KNOW IF 914 00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:37,228 THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT I 915 00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:40,765 JUST WANT TO SAY TWICE ONE DAY. 916 00:31:40,765 --> 00:31:42,600 SHOUTOUTTO GEORGETOWN AND HAT 917 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,536 AND BOOTS FOR GETTING A SHOUTOUT 918 00:31:45,536 --> 00:31:46,104 TWICE IN ONE DAY. 919 00:31:46,104 --> 00:31:49,641 >> I WORKED ON IT WITH THE PARKS 920 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:49,941 DEPARTMENT. 921 00:31:49,941 --> 00:31:51,743 >> FANTASTIC. WE KNEW KELLY, THE 922 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:53,611 DEPUTY DIRECTOR, HAD A DEPTH OF 923 00:31:53,611 --> 00:31:54,245 EXPERIENCE, BUT NOW THREE TIMES 924 00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:57,115 FOR HAT AND BOOTS. WITH MAY HAVE 925 00:31:57,115 --> 00:32:00,318 TO COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND DO A 926 00:32:00,318 --> 00:32:01,819 PROCLAMATION FOR HAT AND BOOTS 927 00:32:01,819 --> 00:32:03,855 DAY. FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW 928 00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:05,690 WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, IT'S A 929 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:06,724 FANTASTIC SCULPTURE, PIECE OF 930 00:32:06,724 --> 00:32:08,826 ART IN GEORGETOWN THAT IS FUN TO 931 00:32:08,826 --> 00:32:10,194 VISIT. THANK YOU FOR THAT 932 00:32:10,194 --> 00:32:10,828 PRESENTATION, AND REALLY LOVE 933 00:32:10,828 --> 00:32:15,400 THE MENTION OF ALL OF THE 934 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:16,200 FANTASTIC GALLERIES AND 935 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:16,934 FESTIVALS AND REALLY EXCITED TO 936 00:32:16,934 --> 00:32:20,972 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE 937 00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:23,207 SURE WE ARE NOT JUST CREATING 938 00:32:23,207 --> 00:32:25,310 THE FORMAL ARTS DISTRICT IN 939 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:26,878 GEORGETOWN, BUT THE PROPER 940 00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:31,215 RECOGNITION FOR THE HILLMAN CITY 941 00:32:31,215 --> 00:32:36,354 OR COLUMBIA HILLMAN. THEY HAVE 942 00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:37,221 RECENTLY STARTED 98118 ART FEST, 943 00:32:37,221 --> 00:32:38,623 IN ADDITION TO THE CULTURAL 944 00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:40,925 EVENTS WE HAVE HERE IN SEATTLE. 945 00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:43,294 OKAY, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN TO 946 00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:49,500 MY COLLEAGUES TO ASK IF YOU HAVE 947 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:59,978 QUESTIONS FOR OUR PANELISTS 948 00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:02,146 TODAY. SEEING NONE, WHAT DOES 949 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:05,316 THE CITY COMMIT TO WITH THIS 950 00:33:05,316 --> 00:33:06,651 DESIGNATION, AND WHAT REMAINS 951 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:07,852 COMMUNITY LED? PINKY, YOU SPOKE 952 00:33:07,852 --> 00:33:09,320 ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE IN THE 953 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:09,988 APPROACH FROM SEATTLE TO SAN 954 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:12,724 FRANCISCO, BUT I WANT TO 955 00:33:12,724 --> 00:33:13,958 HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR FOLKS' 956 00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:14,258 AWARENESS. 957 00:33:14,258 --> 00:33:16,294 >> YEAH, SO RIGHT NOW, AND HOPES 958 00:33:16,294 --> 00:33:19,464 TO GROW MORE SUPPORT, WE DO 959 00:33:19,464 --> 00:33:20,999 PROVIDE FUNDING, AND WE PROVIDE 960 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:25,370 A STAFF PERSON TO SUPPORT THEM, 961 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:27,138 AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY RUN 962 00:33:27,138 --> 00:33:29,607 INTO A DIFFERENT PERMIT. GIVING 963 00:33:29,607 --> 00:33:31,075 THEM THE GUIDELINE TO HAVE A 964 00:33:31,075 --> 00:33:34,078 STAFF PERSON TO CONNECT AND LINK 965 00:33:34,078 --> 00:33:38,049 TO AND GIVING THEM THE GUIDE 966 00:33:38,049 --> 00:33:40,451 RAILS ON WHAT TO PAY ATTENTION 967 00:33:40,451 --> 00:33:41,986 TO. RELATIVELY BEYOND THAT, 968 00:33:41,986 --> 00:33:42,587 IT'S ABOUT UPLIFTING THEIR 969 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:44,155 VOICES AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE 970 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:47,458 IN THE RIGHT ROOMS, AND WHETHER 971 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:48,960 THAT IS PRIVATE OR PUBLIC. 972 00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:50,728 >> I WILL JUST ADD, THIS IS 973 00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:51,462 DEFINITELY A PROGRAM THAT WE 974 00:33:51,462 --> 00:33:55,466 HAVE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS 975 00:33:55,466 --> 00:33:56,534 WITH OUR NEW DIRECTOR NGUYEN, 976 00:33:56,534 --> 00:33:59,804 ABOUT HOW WE CAN GROW THIS TO 977 00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:01,839 REALLY PROVIDE EVEN MORE 978 00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:05,276 CONNECTS, RESOURCES, AROUND 979 00:34:05,276 --> 00:34:06,677 WORKING THROUGH CITY PROCESSES. 980 00:34:06,677 --> 00:34:08,012 SO IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE 981 00:34:08,012 --> 00:34:09,781 HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON 982 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:12,050 WHAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE 983 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:15,119 ENGAGED IN THIS PROGRAM HAVE 984 00:34:15,119 --> 00:34:16,220 ACCESS TO. 985 00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:17,155 >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. I WILL 986 00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:18,089 JUST ASK ONE MORE QUESTION 987 00:34:18,089 --> 00:34:20,291 BEFORE I TAKE US TO A VOTE. CAN 988 00:34:20,291 --> 00:34:21,559 YOU REMIND US AGAIN, I KNOW WE 989 00:34:21,559 --> 00:34:23,828 TALKED ABOUT THE SUPPORT TO THE 990 00:34:23,828 --> 00:34:25,163 CULTURAL DISTRICTS K YOU REMIND 991 00:34:25,163 --> 00:34:26,531 US AGAIN THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT 992 00:34:26,531 --> 00:34:29,367 GIVEN ALL -- I MEAN, YOU SPOKE 993 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:30,468 TO THIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR 994 00:34:30,468 --> 00:34:31,302 DAVIDSON, THE ECONOMIC 995 00:34:31,302 --> 00:34:32,670 GENERATION THAT COMES FROM SOME 996 00:34:32,670 --> 00:34:34,705 OF THE COMMUNITIES? AND I THINK 997 00:34:34,705 --> 00:34:36,207 IT'S A RELATIVELY MODEST LEVEL 998 00:34:36,207 --> 00:34:38,142 OF SUPPORT THAT IS PROVIDED TO 999 00:34:38,142 --> 00:34:40,044 THE ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICTS 1000 00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:41,479 FOR THE OUTPUT THEY CREATE. CAN 1001 00:34:41,479 --> 00:34:43,714 YOU REMIND US OF THAT? 1002 00:34:43,714 --> 00:34:45,716 >> THE AMOUNT? 1003 00:34:45,716 --> 00:34:45,983 >> YEAH. 1004 00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:48,920 >> THE AMOUNT, ANNUALLY WE 1005 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,188 CONTRIBUTE $110,000. WE TRY TO 1006 00:34:50,188 --> 00:34:51,956 GIVE 25 TO EACH DISTRICT WITH 1007 00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:52,824 ADDING GEORGETOWN, THAT MEANS WE 1008 00:34:52,824 --> 00:34:54,926 WILL BE IN A DEFICIT. WE DO HAVE 1009 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:57,094 PLANS TO HOW WE WILL NAVIGATE 1010 00:34:57,094 --> 00:34:58,596 THAT IN THE BUDGET CYCLE, BUT WE 1011 00:34:58,596 --> 00:35:01,032 WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT AS WE 1012 00:35:01,032 --> 00:35:01,966 MOVE FORWARD. 1013 00:35:01,966 --> 00:35:03,201 >> FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. ALL 1014 00:35:03,201 --> 00:35:03,901 RIGHT, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, JUST 1015 00:35:03,901 --> 00:35:07,071 ONE MORE CHECK TO SEE IF 1016 00:35:07,071 --> 00:35:12,810 THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE 1017 00:35:12,810 --> 00:35:13,444 COMMITTERS. COMMITTERS? I MEAN 1018 00:35:13,444 --> 00:35:14,078 PRESENTERS. OTHERWISE, I WILL 1019 00:35:14,078 --> 00:35:15,780 TAKE US TO A VOTE. OKAY, THANK 1020 00:35:15,780 --> 00:35:18,983 YOU SO MUCH. CLERK, CAN I ASK 1021 00:35:18,983 --> 00:35:22,954 THAT YOU, WHERE AM I -- I MOVE 1022 00:35:22,954 --> 00:35:26,157 THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 1023 00:35:26,157 --> 00:35:27,892 ADOPT OF RESOLUTION 32201, IS 1024 00:35:27,892 --> 00:35:28,593 THERE A SECOND? 1025 00:35:28,593 --> 00:35:28,893 >> SECOND. 1026 00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:30,828 >> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 1027 00:35:30,828 --> 00:35:34,132 RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE 1028 00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:37,101 RESOLUTION. ARE THINK ANY 1029 00:35:37,101 --> 00:35:38,603 FURTHER COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK 1030 00:35:38,603 --> 00:35:42,006 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1031 00:35:42,006 --> 00:35:43,107 RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT 1032 00:35:43,107 --> 00:35:45,042 RESOLUTION 32201. 1033 00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:48,246 >> PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? 1034 00:35:48,246 --> 00:35:48,546 >> YES. 1035 00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:51,315 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 1036 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:52,083 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 1037 00:35:52,083 --> 00:35:54,485 >> VICE CHAIR LIN? 1038 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:55,586 >> YES. 1039 00:35:55,586 --> 00:35:57,088 >> CHAIR FOSTER? 1040 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:57,355 >> YES. 1041 00:35:57,355 --> 00:35:59,657 >> FIVE IN FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. 1042 00:35:59,657 --> 00:36:00,691 >> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 1043 00:36:00,691 --> 00:36:04,262 WILL BE SENT TO THE MAY 19, 1044 00:36:04,262 --> 00:36:05,663 2026, SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 1045 00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:08,399 MEETING. WE WILL NEXT MOVE ON TO 1046 00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:11,235 OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, THE 1047 00:36:11,235 --> 00:36:13,905 VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION CREATING 1048 00:36:13,905 --> 00:36:16,641 AN ARTS AND CULTURAL DISTRICT IN 1049 00:36:16,641 --> 00:36:17,808 COLUMBIA CITY. WILL THE CLERK 1050 00:36:17,808 --> 00:36:22,079 PLEASE READ ITEM TWO IN THE 1051 00:36:22,079 --> 00:36:22,313 RECORD. 1052 00:36:22,313 --> 00:36:27,952 >> RESOLUTION 32200 RESOLUTION 1053 00:36:27,952 --> 00:36:30,021 CREATING AN ARTS AND CULTURAL 1054 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:32,190 DISTRICT IN THE COLUMBIA HILLMAN 1055 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:33,090 CITY NEIGHBORHOOD OF SEATTLE. 1056 00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:39,564 >> DO MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS 1057 00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:41,732 ARTING THE COLUMBIA HILLMAN CITY 1058 00:36:41,732 --> 00:36:42,400 NEIGHBOR DISTRICT? SEEING NONE, 1059 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,902 I RECOMMEND THE MOVE. IS THERE A 1060 00:36:44,902 --> 00:36:45,136 SECOND? 1061 00:36:45,136 --> 00:36:45,503 >> SECOND. 1062 00:36:45,503 --> 00:36:47,772 >> IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED TO 1063 00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:49,206 RECOMMEND ADOPT OF THE 1064 00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:51,876 RESOLUTION, ARE THERE ANY 1065 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:53,311 FURTHER COMMENTS? WILL THE CLERK 1066 00:36:53,311 --> 00:36:56,447 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1067 00:36:56,447 --> 00:36:57,748 RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT 32200? 1068 00:36:57,748 --> 00:36:59,016 >> HOLLINGSWORTH? 1069 00:36:59,016 --> 00:37:00,351 >> YES. 1070 00:37:00,351 --> 00:37:00,818 >> JUAREZ? 1071 00:37:00,818 --> 00:37:02,119 >> AYE. 1072 00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:03,087 >> RINCK? 1073 00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:03,421 >> YES. 1074 00:37:03,421 --> 00:37:05,156 >> VICE CHAIR LIN. 1075 00:37:05,156 --> 00:37:05,523 >> YES. 1076 00:37:05,523 --> 00:37:06,757 >> CHAIR FOSTER. 1077 00:37:06,757 --> 00:37:07,825 >> YES. 1078 00:37:07,825 --> 00:37:11,162 >> FIVE IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 1079 00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:13,431 >> CARRIES. THE COMMITTEE 1080 00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:14,065 RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE 1081 00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:16,601 ADOPTED WILL BE SENT TO THE MAY 1082 00:37:16,601 --> 00:37:17,802 19th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK 1083 00:37:17,802 --> 00:37:19,237 YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US 1084 00:37:19,237 --> 00:37:19,470 TODAY. 1085 00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:20,504 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. 1086 00:37:20,504 --> 00:37:23,007 >> WITH THAT, WE WILL NOW MOVE 1087 00:37:23,007 --> 00:37:25,343 ON TO AGENDA ITEM THREE. WILL 1088 00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:28,012 THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM THREE 1089 00:37:28,012 --> 00:37:29,013 INTO THE RECORD. 1090 00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:30,748 >> AGENDA ITEM THREE, SOCIAL 1091 00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:31,882 HOUSING DEVELOPER CHARTER CHANGE 1092 00:37:31,882 --> 00:37:34,885 FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 1093 00:37:34,885 --> 00:37:35,620 >> FANTASTIC. SO FOR THIS 1094 00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:38,656 CONVERSATION AS WE MOVE ON TO 1095 00:37:38,656 --> 00:37:40,992 DISCUSSION OF THE SEATTLE SOCIAL 1096 00:37:40,992 --> 00:37:41,826 HOUSING DEVELOPER CHARTER 1097 00:37:41,826 --> 00:37:44,962 CHANGE, WE ARE GOING TO BE 1098 00:37:44,962 --> 00:37:46,330 JOINED BY JEN LABRECK THERE 1099 00:37:46,330 --> 00:37:48,633 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF WHO IS 1100 00:37:48,633 --> 00:37:49,767 JOINING US VIRTUALLY. BEFORE I 1101 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:51,168 PASS IT OVER TO JEN, I'M GOING 1102 00:37:51,168 --> 00:37:54,071 TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT WE 1103 00:37:54,071 --> 00:37:55,539 ARE BRINGING FORWARD. WE ARE 1104 00:37:55,539 --> 00:37:56,774 BRINGING THIS FORWARD FOR 1105 00:37:56,774 --> 00:37:58,943 DISCUSSION TODAY. SO I AM REALLY 1106 00:37:58,943 --> 00:38:00,578 EXCITED TO BE DISCUSSING THESE 1107 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:03,114 CHANGES, TO THE CHARTER OF THE 1108 00:38:03,114 --> 00:38:03,948 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER. AS 1109 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:04,982 THEY ARE WORKING QUICKLY TO 1110 00:38:04,982 --> 00:38:07,985 DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF 1111 00:38:07,985 --> 00:38:09,153 PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1112 00:38:09,153 --> 00:38:10,755 AND PLANNING TO MAKE 1113 00:38:10,755 --> 00:38:11,389 ACQUISITIONS, AND AS WE HAVE 1114 00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:13,157 ALREADY HEARD FROM SOME OF OUR 1115 00:38:13,157 --> 00:38:16,260 PUBLIC COMMENTERS TODAY, THESE 1116 00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:17,828 ARE CHANGES THAT MY OFFICE HAS 1117 00:38:17,828 --> 00:38:19,196 BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE 1118 00:38:19,196 --> 00:38:23,034 DEVELOPER ON TO MAKE SURE THEY 1119 00:38:23,034 --> 00:38:25,503 HAVE ALL OF TOOLS NECESSARY AT 1120 00:38:25,503 --> 00:38:27,038 THEIR DISPOSAL TO BRING FORWARD 1121 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:28,406 SOCIAL HOUSING. THE NEED WAS 1122 00:38:28,406 --> 00:38:30,408 FIRST IDENTIFIED BY THE PREVIOUS 1123 00:38:30,408 --> 00:38:33,044 CEO, AND WAS REINFORCED AS A 1124 00:38:33,044 --> 00:38:34,812 NECESSARY CHANGE BY INTERIM CEO 1125 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:36,113 TIFFANY McCOY AND HER TEAM. 1126 00:38:36,113 --> 00:38:38,082 AFTER IDENTIFYING THE NEED FOR 1127 00:38:38,082 --> 00:38:40,618 THIS UPDATE AND ENGAGING CLOSELY 1128 00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:42,253 WITH POTENTIAL LEADERS, THE 1129 00:38:42,253 --> 00:38:43,421 SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER 1130 00:38:43,421 --> 00:38:44,689 IDENTIFIED SEVERAL CHANGES TO 1131 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:46,357 THE CHARTER THAT ARE NECESSARY 1132 00:38:46,357 --> 00:38:48,125 TO SUCCESSFULLY ALIGN WITH THE 1133 00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:50,795 VALUES AND GOALS THAT VOTERS 1134 00:38:50,795 --> 00:38:51,896 APPROVED WHEN THEY 1135 00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:55,900 OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED IN SUPPORT 1136 00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:57,601 OF INITIATIVE I-135. AS WE HAVE 1137 00:38:57,601 --> 00:38:58,736 THIS DISCUSSION TODAY, WE WILL 1138 00:38:58,736 --> 00:39:03,374 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 1139 00:39:03,374 --> 00:39:03,974 PROCESS, REGARDING APPROVING 1140 00:39:03,974 --> 00:39:05,609 THESE CHANGES, AND WE WILL BE 1141 00:39:05,609 --> 00:39:07,945 VOTING ON A -- IN THE FUTURE, MY 1142 00:39:07,945 --> 00:39:09,780 OFFICE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD 1143 00:39:09,780 --> 00:39:11,982 A RESOLUTION TO AFFIRM THE 1144 00:39:11,982 --> 00:39:13,951 CHANGES THAT THE CEO OF THE 1145 00:39:13,951 --> 00:39:15,086 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER HAS 1146 00:39:15,086 --> 00:39:16,721 ALREADY BROUGHT TO THE SOCIAL 1147 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:18,289 HOUSING DEVELOPER BOARD. A BIT 1148 00:39:18,289 --> 00:39:19,623 OF A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR MY 1149 00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:21,125 COLLEAGUES, SO YOU WILL BE 1150 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:22,360 HEARING FROM JEN ON THERE, AND I 1151 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,029 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND 1152 00:39:25,029 --> 00:39:26,230 THAT. JEN GOING TO TALK US 1153 00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:27,131 THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND WE 1154 00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:28,899 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 1155 00:39:28,899 --> 00:39:30,134 FOLKS UNDERSTAND, BOTH THE 1156 00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:31,302 CHANGES THAT WE ARE TALKING 1157 00:39:31,302 --> 00:39:33,371 ABOUT AS WELL AS THE PROCESS 1158 00:39:33,371 --> 00:39:35,406 THAT WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. 1159 00:39:35,406 --> 00:39:36,607 SO WITH THAT, I'M REALLY 1160 00:39:36,607 --> 00:39:38,876 EXCITED. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT WE 1161 00:39:38,876 --> 00:39:40,644 ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE JUST 1162 00:39:40,644 --> 00:39:41,479 SMART, TECHNICAL CHANGES FOR THE 1163 00:39:41,479 --> 00:39:45,349 DEVELOPER. I WILL BE HANDING IT 1164 00:39:45,349 --> 00:39:47,351 OVER TO JEN. 1165 00:39:47,351 --> 00:39:51,622 >> THANK YOU. HI, I'M JENNIFER 1166 00:39:51,622 --> 00:39:52,723 LABRECK. MY VIDEO SEEMS FUNKY. I 1167 00:39:52,723 --> 00:39:56,961 THINK I'M GOING TO TURN THAT 1168 00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:58,362 OFF. I'M CITY COUNCIL CENTRAL 1169 00:39:58,362 --> 00:40:02,266 STAFF. I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD 1170 00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:12,810 AND SHARE THIS PRESENTATION FOR 1171 00:40:21,452 --> 00:40:22,486 YOU TODAY. OKAY, CAN EVERYONE 1172 00:40:22,486 --> 00:40:24,188 SEE THAT? 1173 00:40:24,188 --> 00:40:25,890 >> WE CAN SEE. THANK YOU, JEN. 1174 00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:33,097 >> GREAT. ALL RIGHT. SO TODAY'S 1175 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,632 PRESENTATION IS ON PROPOSED 1176 00:40:34,632 --> 00:40:39,570 CHANGES TO THE SEATTLE SOCIAL 1177 00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:40,337 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CHARTER, 1178 00:40:40,337 --> 00:40:41,705 DEVELOPER CHARTER, AND CHAIR 1179 00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:43,607 FOSTER JUST ELUDED TO THIS, BUT 1180 00:40:43,607 --> 00:40:46,510 THIS -- THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND 1181 00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:48,212 THE ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION ARE 1182 00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:52,082 ON THE AGENDA AS AN INFORMATION 1183 00:40:52,082 --> 00:40:53,317 ITEM. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 1184 00:40:53,317 --> 00:40:53,984 INTRODUCED YET. THAT'S BECAUSE 1185 00:40:53,984 --> 00:40:56,854 WE ARE WAITING FOR THE SOCIAL 1186 00:40:56,854 --> 00:40:59,290 HOUSING DEVELOPER BOARD TO 1187 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:00,724 APPROVE ONE FINAL TECHNICAL 1188 00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:02,526 TWEAK TO THE CHARTER BEFORE WE 1189 00:41:02,526 --> 00:41:04,528 GO FORWARD AND INTRODUCE IT. I 1190 00:41:04,528 --> 00:41:06,363 WILL TALK MORE ABOUT WHY THAT IS 1191 00:41:06,363 --> 00:41:11,969 AND WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT LATER 1192 00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:13,871 ON IN THIS PRESENTATION. JUST A 1193 00:41:13,871 --> 00:41:20,344 LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. 1194 00:41:20,344 --> 00:41:22,379 INITIATIVE MEASURE 135 OTHERWISE 1195 00:41:22,379 --> 00:41:24,882 KNOWN AS I-135 WAS PASSED IN 1196 00:41:24,882 --> 00:41:26,483 NOVEMBER 2023 AND CREATED THE 1197 00:41:26,483 --> 00:41:27,885 SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING 1198 00:41:27,885 --> 00:41:30,054 DEVELOPER. THE MISSION IS TO 1199 00:41:30,054 --> 00:41:32,923 DEVELOP, ACQUIRE, AND OPERATE 1200 00:41:32,923 --> 00:41:38,229 SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE CITY OF 1201 00:41:38,229 --> 00:41:41,232 SEATTLE I-135 INCLUDED A CHARTER 1202 00:41:41,232 --> 00:41:43,968 FOR THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1203 00:41:43,968 --> 00:41:44,602 DEVELOPER, ESSENTIALLY EXHIBIT 1204 00:41:44,602 --> 00:41:48,739 A. TO I-135. UNDER THAT CHARTER, 1205 00:41:48,739 --> 00:41:49,607 THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER 1206 00:41:49,607 --> 00:41:52,343 BOARD CAN RECOMMEND CHANGES TO 1207 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:53,444 THE CHARTER, BUT CITY COUNCIL 1208 00:41:53,444 --> 00:41:55,579 APPROVAL IS NEEDED TO MAKE ANY 1209 00:41:55,579 --> 00:41:58,082 FINAL REVISIONS TO THE CHARTER. 1210 00:41:58,082 --> 00:41:59,683 THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER 1211 00:41:59,683 --> 00:42:03,487 BOARD DID VOTE LAST WEEK TO 1212 00:42:03,487 --> 00:42:04,755 RECOMMEND ALL OF THE PROPOSED 1213 00:42:04,755 --> 00:42:07,324 CHANGES TO THE CHARTER THAT YOU 1214 00:42:07,324 --> 00:42:08,559 SEE, ESSENTIALLY THE CHARTER 1215 00:42:08,559 --> 00:42:10,995 ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA AS AN 1216 00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:11,929 INFORMATION ITEM. THERE'S ONE 1217 00:42:11,929 --> 00:42:14,932 SMALL EXCEPTION THAT WE NEED TO 1218 00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:17,868 MAKE ONE MORE SMALL TWEAK TO THE 1219 00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:18,602 DEFINITION SECTION. REALLY A 1220 00:42:18,602 --> 00:42:21,038 TECHNICAL CHANGE, AND THE SOCIAL 1221 00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:22,106 HOUSING DEVELOPER BOARD WILL BE 1222 00:42:22,106 --> 00:42:24,275 VOTING NEXT WEEK TO MAKE THAT 1223 00:42:24,275 --> 00:42:25,643 TECHNICAL CHANGE, AND SO THE 1224 00:42:25,643 --> 00:42:28,612 VERSION THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE 1225 00:42:28,612 --> 00:42:30,314 AGENDA, ESSENTIALLY ASSUMES THAT 1226 00:42:30,314 --> 00:42:31,315 THE BOARD WILL MAKE THE 1227 00:42:31,315 --> 00:42:37,655 TECHNICAL CHANGE NEXT WEEK AND 1228 00:42:37,655 --> 00:42:38,622 ALREADY REFLECTS IT. I'M NOW 1229 00:42:38,622 --> 00:42:40,591 GOING TO TALK THROUGH THE 1230 00:42:40,591 --> 00:42:41,825 PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CHARTER 1231 00:42:41,825 --> 00:42:43,694 AND THEIR PURPOSE. I THINK JUST 1232 00:42:43,694 --> 00:42:45,362 TAKING A STEP BACK. OVERALL THE 1233 00:42:45,362 --> 00:42:47,231 PURPOSE OF THE CHANGES ARE TO 1234 00:42:47,231 --> 00:42:48,098 HELP THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1235 00:42:48,098 --> 00:42:51,468 DEVELOPER TO BE ABLE TO 1236 00:42:51,468 --> 00:42:52,836 ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION OF 1237 00:42:52,836 --> 00:42:54,104 ACQUIRING, DEVELOPING, AND 1238 00:42:54,104 --> 00:42:56,006 OPERATING SOCIAL HOUSING IN THE 1239 00:42:56,006 --> 00:42:57,942 CITY OF SEATTLE, ESPECIALLY IN 1240 00:42:57,942 --> 00:42:59,610 SOME CASES TO FACILITATE THEM 1241 00:42:59,610 --> 00:43:01,712 BEING ABLE TO DO REAL ESTATE 1242 00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:03,147 TRANSACTIONS. THE FIRST CHANGE 1243 00:43:03,147 --> 00:43:04,381 ALLOWS THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1244 00:43:04,381 --> 00:43:06,183 DEVELOPER TO FORM A SINGLE 1245 00:43:06,183 --> 00:43:09,520 PURPOSE ENTITY, SUCH AS A 1246 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:10,454 LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION. 1247 00:43:10,454 --> 00:43:12,856 BUT I THINK A KEY THING HERE, 1248 00:43:12,856 --> 00:43:16,126 THE SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING 1249 00:43:16,126 --> 00:43:19,697 DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE TO RETAIN 1250 00:43:19,697 --> 00:43:20,531 CONTROL OVER THE HOUSING, EVEN 1251 00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:23,667 IF IT WAS OWNED BY A SINGLE 1252 00:43:23,667 --> 00:43:26,036 PURPOSE ENTITY. I'M SORRY. THE 1253 00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:26,704 SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER 1254 00:43:26,704 --> 00:43:28,072 WHO RETAIN CONTROL OVER THE 1255 00:43:28,072 --> 00:43:31,742 HOUSING BY HAVING TO BOTH OWN 1256 00:43:31,742 --> 00:43:34,511 AND CONTROL THE SINGLE PURPOSE 1257 00:43:34,511 --> 00:43:35,612 ENTITY. THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON 1258 00:43:35,612 --> 00:43:38,916 THING IN REAL ESTATE, YOU SET UP 1259 00:43:38,916 --> 00:43:40,451 AN LLC IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A 1260 00:43:40,451 --> 00:43:42,886 PROPERTY IN ORDER TO PROVIDE 1261 00:43:42,886 --> 00:43:44,221 SOME PROTECTION IF SOMETHING 1262 00:43:44,221 --> 00:43:47,491 HAPPENED AGAINST OTHER ASSETS OF 1263 00:43:47,491 --> 00:43:52,296 THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER 1264 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:53,530 MIGHT OWN. ANOTHER CHANGE, 1265 00:43:53,530 --> 00:43:54,331 RENTAL RATES WOULD BE BASED ON 1266 00:43:54,331 --> 00:43:59,970 MORE THAN JUST THE COST OF THE 1267 00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:02,573 BUILDINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE 1268 00:44:02,573 --> 00:44:04,274 ONE BUILDING HAS FOR AFFORDABLE 1269 00:44:04,274 --> 00:44:05,876 UNITS, ANOTHER BUILDING THAT HAD 1270 00:44:05,876 --> 00:44:09,813 HIGHER MARKET RATE RENTS COULD 1271 00:44:09,813 --> 00:44:12,049 BE USED TO CROSS SUBSIDIZE THE 1272 00:44:12,049 --> 00:44:13,650 BUILDINGS WITH LOWER RENTS OR 1273 00:44:13,650 --> 00:44:15,619 ALLOW THE SUPPORT OF BOND 1274 00:44:15,619 --> 00:44:17,221 PAYMENTS. THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1275 00:44:17,221 --> 00:44:18,455 DEVELOPER WAS CONCERNED AS THE 1276 00:44:18,455 --> 00:44:20,958 CHARTER IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IT 1277 00:44:20,958 --> 00:44:29,867 WAS A LITTLE TOO RESTRICTIVE. IT 1278 00:44:29,867 --> 00:44:31,235 WOULDN'T ALLOW THEM TO 1279 00:44:31,235 --> 00:44:33,504 ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THE OTHER 1280 00:44:33,504 --> 00:44:36,540 OBJECTIVES THEY HAD. THE CHANGES 1281 00:44:36,540 --> 00:44:38,375 FACILITATE THE SEATTLE SOCIAL 1282 00:44:38,375 --> 00:44:39,777 HOUSING DEVELOPER BEING ABLE TO 1283 00:44:39,777 --> 00:44:42,279 USE PROPERTIES AS COLLATERAL FOR 1284 00:44:42,279 --> 00:44:46,116 DEBT. THIS IS A KEY CHANGE. 1285 00:44:46,116 --> 00:44:47,785 THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THE CHARTER 1286 00:44:47,785 --> 00:44:51,055 THAT SAYS THE PROPERTIES MUST BE 1287 00:44:51,055 --> 00:44:52,589 OWNED IN PERPETUITY OF THE 1288 00:44:52,589 --> 00:44:54,258 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER, AND 1289 00:44:54,258 --> 00:44:56,860 THEY FOUND THE LANGUAGE 1290 00:44:56,860 --> 00:44:57,995 PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY 1291 00:44:57,995 --> 00:44:59,797 IT MEANT THEY COULDN'T 1292 00:44:59,797 --> 00:45:01,465 FORECLOSE ON A PROPERTY, SHOULD 1293 00:45:01,465 --> 00:45:04,334 THE DEBT NOT -- YOU KNOW, SHOULD 1294 00:45:04,334 --> 00:45:07,304 THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER GO 1295 00:45:07,304 --> 00:45:07,805 INTO FORECLOSURE. THIS 1296 00:45:07,805 --> 00:45:08,939 ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS THE SOCIAL 1297 00:45:08,939 --> 00:45:13,410 HOUSING DEVELOPER TO USE A 1298 00:45:13,410 --> 00:45:14,978 PROPERTY AS COLLATERAL AND EASES 1299 00:45:14,978 --> 00:45:15,879 THE CONCERN PREVENTING THEM FROM 1300 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:18,115 BEING ABLE TO TAKE ON DEBT. IT 1301 00:45:18,115 --> 00:45:20,717 ALSO ALLOWS THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1302 00:45:20,717 --> 00:45:22,953 DEVELOPER TO EXECUTE REGULATORY 1303 00:45:22,953 --> 00:45:23,887 AGREEMENTS, ONE EXAMPLE FOR 1304 00:45:23,887 --> 00:45:26,924 THAT, FOR EXAMPLE MAY BE THE 1305 00:45:26,924 --> 00:45:27,591 MANDATORY HOUSING AFFORDABILITY 1306 00:45:27,591 --> 00:45:29,359 AGREEMENT IF THAT'S A PATH THEY 1307 00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:31,628 WANTED TO GO DOWN. ANOTHER KEY 1308 00:45:31,628 --> 00:45:33,197 CHANGE, AND I THINK ELUDED TO 1309 00:45:33,197 --> 00:45:35,466 DURING PUBLIC COMMENT IS THAT 1310 00:45:35,466 --> 00:45:37,434 ESSENTIALLY THE CHARTER CHANGES 1311 00:45:37,434 --> 00:45:39,636 ALLOW THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1312 00:45:39,636 --> 00:45:42,873 DEVELOPER TO CONDOIZE A 1313 00:45:42,873 --> 00:45:45,542 PROPERTY. TO FORM A CONDO TO 1314 00:45:45,542 --> 00:45:48,846 HAVE A RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF 1315 00:45:48,846 --> 00:45:50,547 THE CONDO THEY CONTINUE TO OWN. 1316 00:45:50,547 --> 00:45:52,516 THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE TO OWN THE 1317 00:45:52,516 --> 00:45:53,917 RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE 1318 00:45:53,917 --> 00:45:55,285 BUILDING, BUT THEY COULD SELL 1319 00:45:55,285 --> 00:45:57,154 THE COMMERCIAL PORTION. THIS 1320 00:45:57,154 --> 00:45:59,723 WOULD ALLOW THEM TO PARTNER WITH 1321 00:45:59,723 --> 00:46:03,694 THE COMMUNITY OR ORGANIZATION 1322 00:46:03,694 --> 00:46:05,562 WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED OR MIGHT 1323 00:46:05,562 --> 00:46:07,264 OWN LAND FOR EXAMPLE, AND MIGHT 1324 00:46:07,264 --> 00:46:11,768 BE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH 1325 00:46:11,768 --> 00:46:13,670 THE SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER TO 1326 00:46:13,670 --> 00:46:15,672 DEVELOP THE PROPERTY BUT WANT TO 1327 00:46:15,672 --> 00:46:17,908 OWN FOR THEIR OWN USES. ELUDED 1328 00:46:17,908 --> 00:46:19,276 TO DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, 1329 00:46:19,276 --> 00:46:20,744 THERE'S PROTECTIONS AROUND THE 1330 00:46:20,744 --> 00:46:21,778 PORTION. THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1331 00:46:21,778 --> 00:46:24,681 DEVELOPER WOULD HAVE A RIGHT OF 1332 00:46:24,681 --> 00:46:25,983 FIRST REFUSAL FOR THE COMMERCIAL 1333 00:46:25,983 --> 00:46:27,217 PORTION OF THE BUILDING, WERE IT 1334 00:46:27,217 --> 00:46:32,389 TO BE SOLD, AND THERE WOULD BE A 1335 00:46:32,389 --> 00:46:35,292 LIMIT TO THE -- ESSENTIALLY TO 1336 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:36,960 THE RESELL PRICE THAT THE OWNER 1337 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,729 COULD MAKE OFF ANY SALE. WHETHER 1338 00:46:38,729 --> 00:46:40,297 IT WENT TO THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1339 00:46:40,297 --> 00:46:41,131 DEVELOPER OR THEY WERE 1340 00:46:41,131 --> 00:46:42,633 INTERESTED AND IT WENT TO A 1341 00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:44,635 PRIVATE PARTY, THERE WOULD BE A 1342 00:46:44,635 --> 00:46:51,141 LIMIT ON THE PROFIT THAT COULD 1343 00:46:51,141 --> 00:46:54,178 BE MADE. CONTINUING ON, 1344 00:46:54,178 --> 00:46:56,547 CURRENTLY 7 OUT OF THE 13 BOARD 1345 00:46:56,547 --> 00:46:58,949 POSITIONS ARE APPOINTED BY THE 1346 00:46:58,949 --> 00:46:59,917 RENTERS COMMISSION. UNDER THE 1347 00:46:59,917 --> 00:47:03,020 CHARTER, AS THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1348 00:47:03,020 --> 00:47:05,322 DEVELOPER BEGINS TO OWN AND 1349 00:47:05,322 --> 00:47:08,125 OPERATE BUILDINGS, THEY WILL 1350 00:47:08,125 --> 00:47:10,160 HAVE A CONSTITUENCY, COMPRISED 1351 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:11,361 OF RESIDENTS LIVING WITHIN THE 1352 00:47:11,361 --> 00:47:15,165 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. 1353 00:47:15,165 --> 00:47:18,535 UNDER THE CHART IT'S THE 1354 00:47:18,535 --> 00:47:20,304 CONSTITUENCY THAT WILL APPOINT 1355 00:47:20,304 --> 00:47:21,905 THE BOARD MEMBERS, REPLACING THE 1356 00:47:21,905 --> 00:47:22,906 BOARD MEMBERS CURRENTLY 1357 00:47:22,906 --> 00:47:25,509 APPOINTED BY THE RENTERS 1358 00:47:25,509 --> 00:47:26,076 COMMISSION. PREVIOUSLY THE 1359 00:47:26,076 --> 00:47:27,578 CHARTER HAD BEEN SILENT WHAT THE 1360 00:47:27,578 --> 00:47:29,246 PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND IF 1361 00:47:29,246 --> 00:47:31,381 THE BOARD MEMBERS APPOINTED BY 1362 00:47:31,381 --> 00:47:33,116 THE RENTERS COMMISSION WOULD 1363 00:47:33,116 --> 00:47:34,785 FINISH OUT THEIR TERMS, SO THIS 1364 00:47:34,785 --> 00:47:36,853 JUST ADDS CLARITY TO THE 1365 00:47:36,853 --> 00:47:38,922 PROCESS, INCLUDING STATING THERE 1366 00:47:38,922 --> 00:47:44,494 DOES HAVE TO BE CONSTITUENCY 1367 00:47:44,494 --> 00:47:47,598 RULES AND REGULATIONS IN PLACE 1368 00:47:47,598 --> 00:47:48,966 BEFORE ANYONE -- ESSENTIALLY 1369 00:47:48,966 --> 00:47:53,537 BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE APPOINTED 1370 00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:54,238 BY THE CONSTITUENCY. IT 1371 00:47:54,238 --> 00:47:58,775 ELIMINATES THE REQUIREMENT THAT 1372 00:47:58,775 --> 00:48:01,845 THE CONSTITUENCY SELECTS AN 1373 00:48:01,845 --> 00:48:02,913 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR. IT HAS TO 1374 00:48:02,913 --> 00:48:04,982 BE AUDITED BY THE STATE AUDITOR, 1375 00:48:04,982 --> 00:48:06,483 AND THERE'S NO CHOICE IN THE 1376 00:48:06,483 --> 00:48:07,618 SELECTION OF AN INDEPENDENT 1377 00:48:07,618 --> 00:48:09,820 AUDITOR. I WANT TO NOTE THAT THE 1378 00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:11,722 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER IS 1379 00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:13,323 STILL REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 1380 00:48:13,323 --> 00:48:15,192 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO 1381 00:48:15,192 --> 00:48:17,494 THE CITY CLERK ANNUALLY. IT ADDS 1382 00:48:17,494 --> 00:48:19,496 A NEW SECTION RELATED TO 1383 00:48:19,496 --> 00:48:21,732 DEFINITIONS, AND THEN THERE ARE 1384 00:48:21,732 --> 00:48:22,933 JUST OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES 1385 00:48:22,933 --> 00:48:25,469 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARITY. I 1386 00:48:25,469 --> 00:48:29,573 WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK 1387 00:48:29,573 --> 00:48:30,774 ABOUT TIMELINE AND ALSO WHY THIS 1388 00:48:30,774 --> 00:48:32,542 PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION 1389 00:48:32,542 --> 00:48:35,412 IS A LITTLE UNIQUE IN TERMS OF 1390 00:48:35,412 --> 00:48:38,649 AMENDMENTS. I WILL TALK ABOUT 1391 00:48:38,649 --> 00:48:40,951 TIMELINE FIRST. WE ARE HERE 1392 00:48:40,951 --> 00:48:41,585 TODAY. JUNE2nd, THE RESOLUTION 1393 00:48:41,585 --> 00:48:45,822 AND ATTACHED CHARTER WILL BE ON 1394 00:48:45,822 --> 00:48:47,858 THE IRC, THE INTRODUCTION AND 1395 00:48:47,858 --> 00:48:48,792 REFERRAL COMMITTEE. SORRY, 1396 00:48:48,792 --> 00:48:50,894 THAT'S A TYPO. JUNE10th, 1397 00:48:50,894 --> 00:48:52,362 ANOTHER DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL 1398 00:48:52,362 --> 00:48:54,665 VOTE AT COMMITTEE. JUNE16th, THE 1399 00:48:54,665 --> 00:48:55,432 FIRST AVAILABLE DATE AT COUNCIL. 1400 00:48:55,432 --> 00:48:57,000 THIS IS WHERE I JUST WANT TO 1401 00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:01,004 TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUE POSITION 1402 00:49:01,004 --> 00:49:03,240 WE ARE IN. AFTER THE BOARD VOTES 1403 00:49:03,240 --> 00:49:04,508 NEXT WEEK, THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1404 00:49:04,508 --> 00:49:09,046 DEVELOPER VOTES NEXT WEEK ON THE 1405 00:49:09,046 --> 00:49:10,881 ONE TECHNICAL CHANGE, 1406 00:49:10,881 --> 00:49:12,149 ESSENTIALLY THE CHANGES THAT ARE 1407 00:49:12,149 --> 00:49:13,817 ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION THAT 1408 00:49:13,817 --> 00:49:16,320 ARE IN THE PROPOSED CHARTER WILL 1409 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,056 MATCH EXACTLY WHAT THE BOARD HAS 1410 00:49:19,056 --> 00:49:21,158 RECOMMENDED. BECAUSE THERE'S A 1411 00:49:21,158 --> 00:49:22,993 MATCH THERE, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE 1412 00:49:22,993 --> 00:49:24,861 COUNCIL IS ADOPTING EXACTLY THE 1413 00:49:24,861 --> 00:49:25,495 CHANGES THE BOARD RECOMMENDED, 1414 00:49:25,495 --> 00:49:31,969 WE CAN DO THIS THROUGH A 1415 00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:32,602 RESOLUTION WHICH IS CURRENTLY 1416 00:49:32,602 --> 00:49:36,173 HOW IT IS BEING DONE. IF COUNCIL 1417 00:49:36,173 --> 00:49:37,274 WANTED TO MAKE FURTHER CHANGES, 1418 00:49:37,274 --> 00:49:38,608 MORE THAN THE BOARD WANTED TO 1419 00:49:38,608 --> 00:49:40,744 DO, WE WANT TO MAKE OTHER 1420 00:49:40,744 --> 00:49:42,512 CHANGES TO THE CHARTER, AN 1421 00:49:42,512 --> 00:49:44,514 ORDINANCE WOULD ACTUALLY BE 1422 00:49:44,514 --> 00:49:45,549 NECESSARY INSTEAD THAT WOULD 1423 00:49:45,549 --> 00:49:49,319 ESSENTIALLY REQUIRE A DIFFERENT 1424 00:49:49,319 --> 00:49:52,356 AND NEW PIECE OF LESSON. I'M 1425 00:49:52,356 --> 00:49:58,595 GOING TO STOP THERE AND SEE IF 1426 00:49:58,595 --> 00:50:06,570 THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. 1427 00:50:06,570 --> 00:50:10,140 >> YOU'RE RECOGNIZED 1428 00:50:10,140 --> 00:50:10,607 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1429 00:50:10,607 --> 00:50:11,708 >> I HAD A QUESTION. I WANT TO 1430 00:50:11,708 --> 00:50:13,977 MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ME. ELDER 1431 00:50:13,977 --> 00:50:15,445 STATUS HERE. IN THE BEGINNING, 1432 00:50:15,445 --> 00:50:17,948 YOU HAVE THE RESOLUTION WOULD 1433 00:50:17,948 --> 00:50:19,916 AMEND THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1434 00:50:19,916 --> 00:50:20,851 DEVELOPER CHARTER PROPOSED 1435 00:50:20,851 --> 00:50:22,652 CHARTER CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY 1436 00:50:22,652 --> 00:50:24,321 THE SEATTLE SOCIAL HOUSING 1437 00:50:24,321 --> 00:50:27,557 DEVELOPER BOARD AT THEIR MAY 1438 00:50:27,557 --> 00:50:29,960 5th, AND MAY 21st , 2026, 1439 00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:31,161 MEETING, I'M GUESSING THAT'S 1440 00:50:31,161 --> 00:50:32,829 NOT CORRECT ON THE 21st , 1441 00:50:32,829 --> 00:50:34,131 BECAUSE IT'S NOT HAPPENED YET? 1442 00:50:34,131 --> 00:50:37,834 >> THANK YOU FOR CALLING THAT 1443 00:50:37,834 --> 00:50:39,536 OUT. THAT IS -- ON MAY 21st, 1444 00:50:39,536 --> 00:50:41,338 THEY WILL BE MAKING THE SOCIAL 1445 00:50:41,338 --> 00:50:43,974 HOUSING DEVELOPER BOARD WILL BE 1446 00:50:43,974 --> 00:50:47,010 MAKING A TECHNICAL TWEAK IN 1447 00:50:47,010 --> 00:50:48,678 ORDER TO ALIGN THE PROPOSED 1448 00:50:48,678 --> 00:50:50,447 CHANGES THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THE 1449 00:50:50,447 --> 00:50:52,315 RESOLUTION TO WHAT THEY 1450 00:50:52,315 --> 00:50:53,083 RECOMMENDED. YOU ARE CORRECT. 1451 00:50:53,083 --> 00:50:58,054 THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. WE 1452 00:50:58,054 --> 00:50:59,990 ARE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY ISSUES. 1453 00:50:59,990 --> 00:51:01,291 I'M WORKING CLOSELY TO 1454 00:51:01,291 --> 00:51:02,492 COORDINATE THAT. BUT YOU ARE 1455 00:51:02,492 --> 00:51:02,759 CORRECT. 1456 00:51:02,759 --> 00:51:04,161 >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 1457 00:51:04,161 --> 00:51:05,996 BECAUSE I THOUGHT IF THEY HAD 1458 00:51:05,996 --> 00:51:08,465 TWO BOARD MEETINGS, BUT YOU SAID 1459 00:51:08,465 --> 00:51:09,833 ONE AND ANTICIPATING THE 21st TO 1460 00:51:09,833 --> 00:51:10,534 MAKE IT FINAL? 1461 00:51:10,534 --> 00:51:11,101 >> YES. 1462 00:51:11,101 --> 00:51:15,138 >> ALL OF THE CLARIFICATION I 1463 00:51:15,138 --> 00:51:17,808 NEED. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 1464 00:51:17,808 --> 00:51:20,377 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1465 00:51:20,377 --> 00:51:21,478 JUAREZ. COLLEAGUES, I WILL PAUSE 1466 00:51:21,478 --> 00:51:24,081 TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER 1467 00:51:24,081 --> 00:51:24,614 QUESTIONS. HOLLINGSWORTH? 1468 00:51:24,614 --> 00:51:25,649 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU 1469 00:51:25,649 --> 00:51:29,920 FOR BRINGING THIS. A QUICK 1470 00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:31,121 QUESTION, JENNIFER, SORRY. NOW I 1471 00:51:31,121 --> 00:51:32,823 SPEND ALL OF MY TIME TELLING 1472 00:51:32,823 --> 00:51:34,291 PEOPLE TO SPEAK INTO THE MIC, 1473 00:51:34,291 --> 00:51:36,593 THE FACT THAT YOU HAD TO TELL ME 1474 00:51:36,593 --> 00:51:38,662 IS VERY EMBARRASSING. CAN YOU GO 1475 00:51:38,662 --> 00:51:40,030 TO PAGE FOUR PLEASE JENNIFER. I 1476 00:51:40,030 --> 00:51:43,266 WANT TO GET THE TIMELINE DOWN. 1477 00:51:43,266 --> 00:51:47,204 SO JUST TO REITERATE, WHEN WOULD 1478 00:51:47,204 --> 00:51:48,872 AMENDMENTS BE DUE? THERE'S NO 1479 00:51:48,872 --> 00:51:49,172 AMENDMENTS? 1480 00:51:49,172 --> 00:51:51,441 >> THERE'S NO AMENDMENTS. AS 1481 00:51:51,441 --> 00:51:53,076 THE RESOLUTION, COUNCIL CAN ONLY 1482 00:51:53,076 --> 00:51:54,678 ADOPT EXACTLY WHAT THE BOARD 1483 00:51:54,678 --> 00:51:55,011 RECOMMENDED. 1484 00:51:55,011 --> 00:52:00,050 >> SO IT CAN BE A YES OR A NO? 1485 00:52:00,050 --> 00:52:02,085 >> YES, EXACTLY. 1486 00:52:02,085 --> 00:52:02,352 >> OKAY. 1487 00:52:02,352 --> 00:52:09,526 >> SO UP OR DOWN VOTE, AND THAT 1488 00:52:09,526 --> 00:52:12,429 IS -- OKAY GOOD TO KNOW. THANK 1489 00:52:12,429 --> 00:52:13,530 YOU. THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION. 1490 00:52:13,530 --> 00:52:15,165 SO THERE'S NO CHANGES THAT CAN 1491 00:52:15,165 --> 00:52:15,899 BE MADE? 1492 00:52:15,899 --> 00:52:18,835 >> IF A COUNCILMEMBER WANTED TO 1493 00:52:18,835 --> 00:52:20,871 MAKE CHANGES ABOVE AND BEYOND 1494 00:52:20,871 --> 00:52:22,572 WHAT THE BOARD RECOMMENDED, THEY 1495 00:52:22,572 --> 00:52:24,274 WOULD HAVE TO INTRODUCE A NEW 1496 00:52:24,274 --> 00:52:25,642 PIECE OF LEGISLATION, AND IT 1497 00:52:25,642 --> 00:52:28,411 WOULD HAVE TO BE AN ORDINANCE 1498 00:52:28,411 --> 00:52:30,113 RATHER THAN A RESOLUTION. I WANT 1499 00:52:30,113 --> 00:52:32,148 TO BE CLEAR, COUNCIL ALWAYS HAS 1500 00:52:32,148 --> 00:52:33,550 THE AUTHORITY AND ABILITY TO 1501 00:52:33,550 --> 00:52:35,218 MAKE CHANGES ABOVE AND BEYOND 1502 00:52:35,218 --> 00:52:36,987 WHAT THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1503 00:52:36,987 --> 00:52:37,621 DEVELOPER BOARD RECOMMENDS. THEY 1504 00:52:37,621 --> 00:52:39,322 CAN DO THAT AT ANY TIME. THEY 1505 00:52:39,322 --> 00:52:41,358 ARE NOT DEPENDENT ON THE BOARD 1506 00:52:41,358 --> 00:52:42,893 TO INITIATE CHANGES. WE JUST 1507 00:52:42,893 --> 00:52:44,227 NEED A DIFFERENT VEHICLE IF 1508 00:52:44,227 --> 00:52:45,862 COUNCIL DOES THAT, AND THE 1509 00:52:45,862 --> 00:52:47,631 VEHICLE IS AN ORDINANCE COMPARED 1510 00:52:47,631 --> 00:52:49,065 TO A RESOLUTION. 1511 00:52:49,065 --> 00:52:50,200 >> UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S GOOD 1512 00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:52,068 CLARITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 1513 00:52:52,068 --> 00:52:52,302 CHAIR. 1514 00:52:52,302 --> 00:52:55,672 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL 1515 00:52:55,672 --> 00:52:56,306 PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, OTHER 1516 00:52:56,306 --> 00:52:57,274 PRESIDENTS FOR COMMITTEE MEMBERS 1517 00:52:57,274 --> 00:52:59,209 FOR THE BOARD AT THIS TIME 1518 00:52:59,209 --> 00:53:03,013 REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGES 1519 00:53:03,013 --> 00:53:05,415 TO THE CHARTER? OKAY. AND I WILL 1520 00:53:05,415 --> 00:53:07,717 JUST QUICKLY ASK JEN, CAN YOU 1521 00:53:07,717 --> 00:53:10,720 JUST ELABORATE FOR US ABOUT THE 1522 00:53:10,720 --> 00:53:12,255 TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT THE BOARD 1523 00:53:12,255 --> 00:53:14,257 IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERING AT 1524 00:53:14,257 --> 00:53:15,625 THEIR LATER MEETING ON THE 21st? 1525 00:53:15,625 --> 00:53:17,627 I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE 1526 00:53:17,627 --> 00:53:18,695 COLLEAGUES HERE KNOW WHAT TO 1527 00:53:18,695 --> 00:53:21,331 EXPECT AND HAVE A SENSE THESE 1528 00:53:21,331 --> 00:53:22,866 ARE RELATIVELY MINOR TWEAKS. 1529 00:53:22,866 --> 00:53:25,535 >> OH, SURE. THEY ARE ALREADY 1530 00:53:25,535 --> 00:53:28,038 REFLECTED IN THE VERSION THEY 1531 00:53:28,038 --> 00:53:31,608 SHARED. IT'S ALL TO DO WITH THE 1532 00:53:31,608 --> 00:53:33,343 DEFINITION SECTION. I THINK WHAT 1533 00:53:33,343 --> 00:53:37,113 THE BOARD ORIGINALLY VOTED ON, A 1534 00:53:37,113 --> 00:53:38,515 COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, THEY ARE 1535 00:53:38,515 --> 00:53:39,683 CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF 1536 00:53:39,683 --> 00:53:41,818 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, BUT WHAT 1537 00:53:41,818 --> 00:53:43,620 THE BOARD VOTED ON ACCIDENTALLY 1538 00:53:43,620 --> 00:53:44,921 REFERENCED A PART OF THE CHARTER 1539 00:53:44,921 --> 00:53:46,389 THAT DOESN'T EXIST. WE ARE JUST 1540 00:53:46,389 --> 00:53:50,860 MAKING SURE THE NEW DEFINITION 1541 00:53:50,860 --> 00:53:52,195 OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE ENDS UP 1542 00:53:52,195 --> 00:53:53,830 IN THE DEFINITION SECTION THAT 1543 00:53:53,830 --> 00:53:55,298 IS A PART OF THE CHARTER, AND 1544 00:53:55,298 --> 00:53:59,069 THEN THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF 1545 00:53:59,069 --> 00:54:00,537 CLARITY ABOUT, LACK OF CLARITY, 1546 00:54:00,537 --> 00:54:02,706 ABOUT THEY RESTATED A COUPLE OF 1547 00:54:02,706 --> 00:54:04,040 DEFINITIONS, SO THEY ARE 1548 00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:07,043 DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS IN I-135. 1549 00:54:07,043 --> 00:54:09,179 WE ADDED CLARITY THAT THE 1550 00:54:09,179 --> 00:54:11,081 DEFINITIONS ARE RESTATED FOR THE 1551 00:54:11,081 --> 00:54:16,586 PURPOSES OF THE CHARTER, BUT WE 1552 00:54:16,586 --> 00:54:19,656 ARE NOT TRYING TO AMEND AND 1553 00:54:19,656 --> 00:54:20,657 WHICH DEFINITIONS TAKE 1554 00:54:20,657 --> 00:54:22,325 PRECEDENCE IN WHAT SITUATION. 1555 00:54:22,325 --> 00:54:22,759 TRULY TECHNICAL. 1556 00:54:22,759 --> 00:54:26,763 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, JEN. JUST 1557 00:54:26,763 --> 00:54:28,632 REITERATING WHAT WE PUT FORWARD 1558 00:54:28,632 --> 00:54:30,233 IN -- WE UPLOADED AND WHAT 1559 00:54:30,233 --> 00:54:32,102 COLLEAGUES HAVE IN FRONT OF US 1560 00:54:32,102 --> 00:54:33,737 REFLECTS THE CHANGES THAT WE 1561 00:54:33,737 --> 00:54:35,138 ANTICIPATE THE BOARD VOTING ON 1562 00:54:35,138 --> 00:54:36,573 IN THAT MEETING LATER ON THIS 1563 00:54:36,573 --> 00:54:40,143 MONTH, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE 1564 00:54:40,143 --> 00:54:42,979 REASON WHY, AS YOU KNOW NOTED 1565 00:54:42,979 --> 00:54:44,347 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WHO CATCHES 1566 00:54:44,347 --> 00:54:46,383 EVERY DETAIL WITH A TINE-TOOTH 1567 00:54:46,383 --> 00:54:47,917 COMB SAYING IT'S NOT MAY 21st 1568 00:54:47,917 --> 00:54:50,020 YET, WE WANTED TO REFLECT THE 1569 00:54:50,020 --> 00:54:51,988 VERSION WE ANTICIPATE THE BOARD 1570 00:54:51,988 --> 00:54:53,189 VOTING ON SO COLLEAGUES YOU HAVE 1571 00:54:53,189 --> 00:54:54,624 THE OPPORTUNITY IN THIS BRIEFING 1572 00:54:54,624 --> 00:54:56,693 AND DISCUSSION TO BE READING AND 1573 00:54:56,693 --> 00:54:58,695 ENGAGING AND ASKING QUESTIONS 1574 00:54:58,695 --> 00:55:01,531 ABOUT THAT VERSION. THAT IS WHY 1575 00:55:01,531 --> 00:55:02,899 THAT DATE CHANGES THERE, AND WE 1576 00:55:02,899 --> 00:55:05,268 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS 1577 00:55:05,268 --> 00:55:06,503 REFLECTED CLEARLY. I WILL JUST 1578 00:55:06,503 --> 00:55:08,638 SAY, I KNOW THERE'S NOT A TON 1579 00:55:08,638 --> 00:55:11,675 MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE 1580 00:55:11,675 --> 00:55:12,909 COMMITTEE, AND YOU KNOW, SAGE 1581 00:55:12,909 --> 00:55:14,210 FROM MY OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING 1582 00:55:14,210 --> 00:55:15,712 WITH THE DEVELOPER ON THIS. IF 1583 00:55:15,712 --> 00:55:17,847 THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 1584 00:55:17,847 --> 00:55:18,848 CHANGES OR IMPLEMENTATION, OUR 1585 00:55:18,848 --> 00:55:21,418 OFFICE OR JEN IS HAPPY TO WORK 1586 00:55:21,418 --> 00:55:22,752 CLOSELY WITH FOLKS. JEN, WE 1587 00:55:22,752 --> 00:55:23,787 REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE 1588 00:55:23,787 --> 00:55:25,288 HARD WORK YOU DID AND THE HARD 1589 00:55:25,288 --> 00:55:26,723 WORK FROM THE DEVELOPER AND THE 1590 00:55:26,723 --> 00:55:29,292 PARTNERSHIP TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE 1591 00:55:29,292 --> 00:55:30,894 CAN MAKE THESE TECHNICAL TWEAKS 1592 00:55:30,894 --> 00:55:32,362 TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPER CAN BE 1593 00:55:32,362 --> 00:55:34,097 SUCCESSFUL IN THE COMING MONTHS 1594 00:55:34,097 --> 00:55:34,764 AND YEARS. 1595 00:55:34,764 --> 00:55:35,331 >> CHAIR? 1596 00:55:35,331 --> 00:55:37,967 >> OH, SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE YOUR 1597 00:55:37,967 --> 00:55:38,735 HAND. YES, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 1598 00:55:38,735 --> 00:55:40,303 >> CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO -- I 1599 00:55:40,303 --> 00:55:41,671 DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR 1600 00:55:41,671 --> 00:55:43,606 TODAY. I HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO 1601 00:55:43,606 --> 00:55:44,908 REVIEW AND GET MY QUESTIONS 1602 00:55:44,908 --> 00:55:46,609 ANSWERED AHEAD OF THE MEETING. I 1603 00:55:46,609 --> 00:55:47,977 WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK 1604 00:55:47,977 --> 00:55:50,313 YOU AND YOUR OFFICE FOR THE WORK 1605 00:55:50,313 --> 00:55:51,247 WITH THE SOCIAL HOUSING 1606 00:55:51,247 --> 00:55:52,082 DEVELOPER AND OFFER COMMENTS FOR 1607 00:55:52,082 --> 00:55:53,550 THE MOMENT WE ARE IN BECAUSE I 1608 00:55:53,550 --> 00:55:55,051 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE 1609 00:55:55,051 --> 00:55:56,252 THAT SEATTLE VOTERS CONTINUE TO 1610 00:55:56,252 --> 00:55:59,389 AFFIRM THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE 1611 00:55:59,389 --> 00:56:00,724 SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPER, PROP 1612 00:56:00,724 --> 00:56:02,258 1A PASSING WITH 63% OF THE VOTE. 1613 00:56:02,258 --> 00:56:04,694 I BELIEVE THE ACTIONS FROM THE 1614 00:56:04,694 --> 00:56:05,562 DEVELOPER, SINCE THAT VOTE, 1615 00:56:05,562 --> 00:56:07,230 REALLY SPEAK TO THE INTENT TO 1616 00:56:07,230 --> 00:56:09,265 MAKE SURE THAT THE SOCIAL 1617 00:56:09,265 --> 00:56:11,634 HOUSING DEVELOPER AS A BODY 1618 00:56:11,634 --> 00:56:12,836 DELIVERS, INCLUDING THE BOARD 1619 00:56:12,836 --> 00:56:13,937 TAKING NECESSARY ACTION FOR 1620 00:56:13,937 --> 00:56:18,608 IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP CHANGES 1621 00:56:18,608 --> 00:56:20,310 INCLUDING THE HIRING OF HOUSING 1622 00:56:20,310 --> 00:56:21,578 DEVELOPMENT EXPERTS AND YOU HAVE 1623 00:56:21,578 --> 00:56:23,313 BROUGHT INTO COMMITTEE TO HEAR 1624 00:56:23,313 --> 00:56:25,081 DIRECTLY FROM, AND NOW PROPOSING 1625 00:56:25,081 --> 00:56:26,516 THESE TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE 1626 00:56:26,516 --> 00:56:28,485 CHARTER, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL 1627 00:56:28,485 --> 00:56:29,586 HELP ENABLE THE DEVELOPER TO 1628 00:56:29,586 --> 00:56:31,888 DELIVER ON SOCIAL HOUSING. I 1629 00:56:31,888 --> 00:56:34,290 OFFER THAT CONTEXT AS A REMINDER 1630 00:56:34,290 --> 00:56:36,626 THAT WE ARE ENGAGING IN 1631 00:56:36,626 --> 00:56:38,161 SOMETHING NEW, AND WHEN MY 1632 00:56:38,161 --> 00:56:39,729 OFFICE HOSTED A LOCAL PROGRESS, 1633 00:56:39,729 --> 00:56:41,798 JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO, WE HAD 1634 00:56:41,798 --> 00:56:43,466 FOLKS FROM OTHER CITIES AROUND 1635 00:56:43,466 --> 00:56:45,602 THE COUNTRY COMING TO LEARN FROM 1636 00:56:45,602 --> 00:56:47,103 US ON HOW OUR SOCIAL HOUSING 1637 00:56:47,103 --> 00:56:48,638 DEVELOPER IS DOING AND HOW WE 1638 00:56:48,638 --> 00:56:52,675 HAVE DONE THIS. IT IS REALLY A 1639 00:56:52,675 --> 00:56:53,276 LEARNING OPPORTUNITY. WE ARE 1640 00:56:53,276 --> 00:56:53,877 FIGURING THINGS OUT AS WE GO, 1641 00:56:53,877 --> 00:56:59,949 AND I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 1642 00:56:59,949 --> 00:57:01,518 VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE 1643 00:57:01,518 --> 00:57:02,152 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS AND CHANGES 1644 00:57:02,152 --> 00:57:02,819 TO THE CHARTER AS WE ARE REALLY 1645 00:57:02,819 --> 00:57:03,453 CARVING OUT A NEW PATH FORWARD, 1646 00:57:03,453 --> 00:57:06,723 AND FOLKS ARE EAGER TO LEARN 1647 00:57:06,723 --> 00:57:07,323 FROM US AND HOW WE ARE DOING 1648 00:57:07,323 --> 00:57:07,891 THIS. I WANTED TO OFFER THE 1649 00:57:07,891 --> 00:57:08,491 COMMENTS FOR TODAY, AND THANK 1650 00:57:08,491 --> 00:57:10,727 YOU, AGAIN, FOR BRINGING THIS 1651 00:57:10,727 --> 00:57:11,027 BEFORE US. 1652 00:57:11,027 --> 00:57:14,497 >> FANTASTIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1653 00:57:14,497 --> 00:57:16,166 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I 1654 00:57:16,166 --> 00:57:16,900 APPRECIATE THAT. SEEING NO 1655 00:57:16,900 --> 00:57:18,902 FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS 1656 00:57:18,902 --> 00:57:19,869 FROM COLLEAGUES, THANKS, AGAIN, 1657 00:57:19,869 --> 00:57:22,138 JEN, FOR YOUR TIME AND 1658 00:57:22,138 --> 00:57:23,907 LEADERSHIP ON THIS. IS THERE ANY 1659 00:57:23,907 --> 00:57:27,110 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 1660 00:57:27,110 --> 00:57:28,011 COMMITTEE TODAY? ALL RIGHT, 1661 00:57:28,011 --> 00:57:30,346 SEEING NONE, THIS CONCLUDES THE 1662 00:57:30,346 --> 00:57:33,283 MAY 13, 2026 MEETING OF THE 1663 00:57:33,283 --> 00:57:36,953 HOUSING, ARTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS 1664 00:57:36,953 --> 00:57:37,854 COMMITTEE. THE NEXT SCHEDULED 1665 00:57:37,854 --> 00:57:40,356 MEETING IS MAY 27th . THANK YOU 1666 00:57:40,356 --> 00:57:45,728 FOR ATTENDING. IT'S 3:00, AND 1667 00:57:45,728 --> 00:57:46,129 WE ARE ADJOURNED. 1668 00:57:46,129 --> 00:57:46,463 >> THANK YOU. 1669 00:57:46,463 --> 00:57:48,298 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 1670 00:57:48,298 --> 00:57:49,465 >> THANK