1 00:00:04,738 --> 00:00:14,814 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:16,349 --> 00:00:17,350 >>> GOOD MORNING. 3 00:00:17,350 --> 00:00:19,919 THE HUMAN SERVICES, LABOR 4 00:00:19,919 --> 00:00:20,220 AND 5 00:00:20,220 --> 00:00:20,854 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 6 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:21,821 MEETING WILL COME TO ORDER. 7 00:00:21,821 --> 00:00:27,761 IT IS 9:33 A.M., MAY 15th, 2026. 8 00:00:27,761 --> 00:00:28,161 I'M 9 00:00:28,161 --> 00:00:28,762 COUNCILMEMBER ALEXIS MERCEDES 10 00:00:28,762 --> 00:00:29,329 RINCK CHAIR OF THE 11 00:00:29,329 --> 00:00:29,629 COMMITTEE. 12 00:00:29,629 --> 00:00:30,930 WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK 13 00:00:30,930 --> 00:00:32,699 PLEASE CALL THE 14 00:00:32,699 --> 00:00:33,333 ROLL. 15 00:00:33,333 --> 00:00:34,000 >> CHAIR RINCK. 16 00:00:34,134 --> 00:00:34,501 >> 17 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:34,768 PRESENT. 18 00:00:34,768 --> 00:00:36,503 >> VICE CHAIR FOSTER. 19 00:00:36,636 --> 00:00:37,570 >> HERE. 20 00:00:37,704 --> 00:00:39,239 >> COUNCILMEMBER 21 00:00:39,239 --> 00:00:40,240 JUAREZ. 22 00:00:40,373 --> 00:00:41,007 >> HERE. 23 00:00:41,007 --> 00:00:41,408 >> COUNCILMEMBER 24 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:42,208 HOLLINGSWORTH. 25 00:00:42,342 --> 00:00:42,876 >> HERE. 26 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:43,376 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 27 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:43,743 >> HERE. 28 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:45,412 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE FIVE 29 00:00:45,412 --> 00:00:45,945 MEMBERS PRESENT. 30 00:00:46,079 --> 00:00:47,914 >> THANK YOU. 31 00:00:47,914 --> 00:00:51,651 WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO APPROVAL 32 00:00:51,651 --> 00:00:54,020 OF TODAY'S AGENDA IF THERE 33 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:56,356 IS OBJECTION THE AGENDA WILL BE 34 00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:56,956 ADOPTED. 35 00:00:56,956 --> 00:00:57,891 HEARING NO OBJECTION THE 36 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,360 AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 37 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:01,628 WELCOME GOOD MORNING OUR 38 00:01:01,628 --> 00:01:03,463 AGENDA FOR TODAY HAS TWO ITEMS. 39 00:01:03,463 --> 00:01:05,031 THE FIRST ITEM IS A 40 00:01:05,031 --> 00:01:07,033 BRIEFING DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE 41 00:01:07,033 --> 00:01:08,334 VOTE ON THE APPOINTMENT OF BETO 42 00:01:08,334 --> 00:01:08,535 YARCE 43 00:01:08,535 --> 00:01:11,404 AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 44 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:12,038 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 45 00:01:12,038 --> 00:01:13,773 THE SECOND ITEM FOR TODAY IS 46 00:01:13,773 --> 00:01:15,975 A BRIEFING 47 00:01:15,975 --> 00:01:17,177 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE ON 48 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:19,045 A RESOLUTION WHICH 49 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:22,315 ADDRESSES THE NEXT STEPS 50 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:24,184 AFTER THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL 51 00:01:24,317 --> 00:01:24,751 HOMELESSNESS FORENSIC 52 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:25,051 EVALUATION. 53 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:25,752 AS I HAVE SAID IN 54 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:28,021 PREVIOUS MEETINGS ON THIS TOPIC 55 00:01:28,021 --> 00:01:28,188 AND 56 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:29,022 NEW MEMBER TO THE GOVERNING 57 00:01:29,022 --> 00:01:30,790 BOARD AND CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 58 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:33,460 THAT OVERSEES HUMAN SERVICES, 59 00:01:33,460 --> 00:01:34,360 THE FINDINGS OF 60 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:36,196 THE FORENSIC EVALUATION ARE 61 00:01:36,196 --> 00:01:36,996 SERIOUS AND 62 00:01:36,996 --> 00:01:38,064 REQUIRE IMMEDIATE 63 00:01:38,064 --> 00:01:38,531 ACCOUNTABILITY. 64 00:01:38,531 --> 00:01:40,667 AND THIS PROPOSED RESOLUTION IS 65 00:01:40,667 --> 00:01:43,403 A SWIFT BUT THOUGHTFUL MEASURE 66 00:01:43,403 --> 00:01:44,737 THAT PROVIDES A PATHWAY 67 00:01:44,737 --> 00:01:45,004 FORWARD. 68 00:01:45,004 --> 00:01:48,541 SINCE LEARNING THE FULL 69 00:01:48,541 --> 00:01:49,042 DETAILS OF THE FORENSIC 70 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,076 EVALUATION LAST 71 00:01:50,076 --> 00:01:51,211 MONTH I HAVE WORKED 72 00:01:51,211 --> 00:01:53,847 IN COLLABORATION WITH NICE CHAIR 73 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:55,381 FOSTER, AND GOVERNING 74 00:01:55,381 --> 00:01:57,684 BOARD MEMBERS AND COUNTERPARTS 75 00:01:57,684 --> 00:01:58,751 AT KING COUNTY COUNCIL TO FIGURE 76 00:01:58,751 --> 00:01:58,918 OUT 77 00:01:58,918 --> 00:02:00,920 WHERE WE GO FROM HERE AND THE 78 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:03,656 PROPOSED LEGISLATION SUMMARIZES 79 00:02:03,656 --> 00:02:05,058 THE FOR FORENSIC EVALUATION 80 00:02:05,058 --> 00:02:08,461 AND TIMELINE OF DELIVERABLES 81 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:09,529 EXPECTED OF KCRHA INCLUDING 82 00:02:09,529 --> 00:02:10,930 A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN 83 00:02:10,930 --> 00:02:11,831 TO ADDRESS ALL FINDINGS. 84 00:02:11,831 --> 00:02:13,766 A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THIS 85 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:15,768 MATTER WHEN WE ARE AT THAT POINT 86 00:02:15,768 --> 00:02:16,436 IN THE 87 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:17,237 AGENDA, BUT I WANTED TO TEE 88 00:02:17,237 --> 00:02:19,205 US UP WITH THAT POINT TO SAY 89 00:02:19,205 --> 00:02:20,607 AS RESPONSIBLE ELECTED 90 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:21,674 LEADERS WE HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL 91 00:02:21,674 --> 00:02:22,542 DUTY TO GET 92 00:02:22,542 --> 00:02:23,910 PEOPLE HOUSED AND DO RIGHT 93 00:02:23,910 --> 00:02:25,612 BY TAXPAYERS AND WE PLAN BY 94 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:25,812 DOING 95 00:02:25,812 --> 00:02:28,281 THAT WORK TOGETHER, 96 00:02:28,281 --> 00:02:29,883 DELIBERATELY COLLABORATIVELY AND 97 00:02:29,883 --> 00:02:30,250 TRANSPARENTLY. 98 00:02:30,250 --> 00:02:31,751 SO THANK YOU TO OUR 99 00:02:31,751 --> 00:02:35,088 CENTRAL STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR 100 00:02:35,088 --> 00:02:35,321 WORK ON 101 00:02:35,321 --> 00:02:36,256 THE KCRHA ISSUES BROADLY 102 00:02:36,256 --> 00:02:37,624 AND GETTING THIS BEFORE 103 00:02:37,624 --> 00:02:38,091 COMMITTEE 104 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:38,958 TODAY. 105 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:40,560 WE WILL NOW OPEN THE HYBRID 106 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:41,394 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 107 00:02:41,394 --> 00:02:43,429 PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE 108 00:02:43,429 --> 00:02:45,331 TO ITEMS 109 00:02:45,331 --> 00:02:46,833 ON TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 110 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:47,333 PURVIEW OF THE 111 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:49,936 COMMITTEE. HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 112 00:02:49,936 --> 00:02:51,504 SIGNED UP 113 00:02:51,504 --> 00:02:51,971 FOR TODAY? 114 00:02:52,105 --> 00:02:53,373 >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE 115 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:55,942 IN PERSON AND ONE REMOTE. 116 00:02:56,075 --> 00:02:56,609 >> THANK YOU. 117 00:02:56,609 --> 00:02:58,578 EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO 118 00:02:58,578 --> 00:02:59,012 MINUTES. 119 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:00,480 WE WILL START WITH IN- 120 00:03:00,480 --> 00:03:01,481 PERSON SPEAKERS FIRST. 121 00:03:01,481 --> 00:03:03,216 CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE READ 122 00:03:03,216 --> 00:03:06,319 THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS. 123 00:03:06,452 --> 00:03:07,754 >> THE PUBLIC COMMENT 124 00:03:07,754 --> 00:03:09,255 PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN 125 00:03:09,255 --> 00:03:10,056 THE FOLLOWING MANNER 126 00:03:10,056 --> 00:03:12,625 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP 127 00:03:12,625 --> 00:03:13,693 TO 60 128 00:03:13,826 --> 00:03:14,494 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 129 00:03:14,494 --> 00:03:14,661 IN 130 00:03:14,661 --> 00:03:15,895 THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 131 00:03:15,895 --> 00:03:16,195 REGISTERED 132 00:03:16,195 --> 00:03:18,231 AND ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS 133 00:03:18,231 --> 00:03:19,866 OF IN-PERSON AND REMOTE 134 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:20,533 SPEAKERS UNTIL THE PUBLIC 135 00:03:20,533 --> 00:03:20,867 COMMENT 136 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:22,035 PERIOD HAS ENDED. 137 00:03:22,035 --> 00:03:23,536 PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING 138 00:03:23,536 --> 00:03:25,138 YOUR NAME AND ITEM YOU ARE 139 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:25,438 ADDRESSING. 140 00:03:25,438 --> 00:03:26,773 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME 141 00:03:26,773 --> 00:03:29,008 WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT OF 142 00:03:29,008 --> 00:03:29,209 THEIR 143 00:03:29,209 --> 00:03:29,742 TIME. 144 00:03:29,742 --> 00:03:30,910 SPEAKERS' MICS WILL BE MUTED 145 00:03:30,910 --> 00:03:33,613 IF THEY DO NOT END 146 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:35,481 WITHIN THE ALOUTSED TIME TO 147 00:03:35,481 --> 00:03:35,748 ALLOW US 148 00:03:35,748 --> 00:03:36,950 TO CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. 149 00:03:36,950 --> 00:03:37,784 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 150 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:39,252 OPEN AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH 151 00:03:39,252 --> 00:03:39,886 THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE 152 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:40,086 LIST. 153 00:03:40,086 --> 00:03:42,522 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. 154 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:43,489 WE'LL BE STARTING WITH OUR 155 00:03:43,489 --> 00:03:47,694 IN- PERSON PUBLIC 156 00:03:47,694 --> 00:03:48,561 COMMENTERS BEGINNING WITH DR. 157 00:03:48,561 --> 00:03:55,068 CROSBY. 158 00:03:55,201 --> 00:03:57,704 >> ANY MIC. 159 00:03:57,704 --> 00:03:58,371 ONE MOMENT. 160 00:03:58,504 --> 00:03:59,505 >> 161 00:03:59,505 --> 00:03:59,872 HELLO. 162 00:03:59,872 --> 00:04:01,708 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 163 00:04:01,841 --> 00:04:03,242 >> YOU HAVE TO -- THE MIC A 164 00:04:03,376 --> 00:04:03,710 LITTLE BIT. 165 00:04:03,710 --> 00:04:04,110 >> RIGHT HERE. 166 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:05,245 THANK YOU. 167 00:04:05,245 --> 00:04:07,313 GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 168 00:04:07,313 --> 00:04:10,316 GOOD MORNING, CITY 169 00:04:10,316 --> 00:04:11,384 COUNCIL MEMBERS. 170 00:04:11,384 --> 00:04:15,054 I AM CROSBY AND PROUDLY SERVE AS 171 00:04:15,054 --> 00:04:16,089 THE COMMISSIONER. 172 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:18,191 PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS VICE 173 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:19,659 PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 174 00:04:19,659 --> 00:04:21,861 I AM HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY 175 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:24,530 TO EXPRESS MY STRONG SUPPORT 176 00:04:24,530 --> 00:04:25,431 FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF BETO 177 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:27,667 YARCE AS DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE 178 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:28,801 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 179 00:04:28,801 --> 00:04:31,671 I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE 180 00:04:31,671 --> 00:04:32,905 OF WITNESS BETO'S 181 00:04:32,905 --> 00:04:37,043 LEADERSHIP AND HIS COMMITMENT TO 182 00:04:37,043 --> 00:04:37,543 COMMUNITY. 183 00:04:37,543 --> 00:04:41,547 BETO UNDERSTAND -- I AM SO 184 00:04:41,547 --> 00:04:43,149 SORRY, BETO 185 00:04:43,149 --> 00:04:43,783 UNDERSTAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 186 00:04:43,783 --> 00:04:45,385 IS NOT SIMPLE HE 187 00:04:45,385 --> 00:04:46,853 IS ABOUT PEOPLE. 188 00:04:46,853 --> 00:04:52,091 IT IS ABOUT CREATING PATHWAYS 189 00:04:52,091 --> 00:04:52,992 TO OPPORTUNITY, SUPPORTING SMALL 190 00:04:52,992 --> 00:04:53,960 BUSINESS, STRENGTHEN 191 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,195 NEIGHBORS AND ENSURING EVERY 192 00:04:56,195 --> 00:04:59,065 COMMUNITY FEELS SEEN, VALUED AND 193 00:04:59,065 --> 00:04:59,332 INCLUDED. 194 00:04:59,332 --> 00:05:02,168 THROUGHOUT HIS WORK, BETO HAS 195 00:05:02,168 --> 00:05:03,202 CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATE 196 00:05:03,202 --> 00:05:06,406 A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO 197 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:07,206 IMMIGRANT 198 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:09,342 COMMUNITIES, EXPERIENCE -- 199 00:05:09,342 --> 00:05:11,778 SORRY, ENTREPRENEURS -- WORKING 200 00:05:11,778 --> 00:05:13,946 FAMILIES AND HISTORICAL -- 201 00:05:13,946 --> 00:05:14,247 POPULATION. 202 00:05:14,247 --> 00:05:19,052 HE LEADS WITH HUMILITY, 203 00:05:19,052 --> 00:05:21,421 COMPASSION, AND HE HAS THE 204 00:05:21,421 --> 00:05:22,989 ABILITY TO BRING PEOPLE 205 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:25,792 TOGETHER AT -- SECTS AND 206 00:05:25,792 --> 00:05:26,125 BACKGROUNDS. 207 00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:28,061 WHAT MAKES BETO ESPECIALLY 208 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:30,096 IMPACTFUL IS HIS ABILITY TO 209 00:05:30,096 --> 00:05:32,532 BUILD TRUST. 210 00:05:32,532 --> 00:05:33,633 HE UNDERSTANDS THAT FOR MANY 211 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:35,301 COMMUNITIES, LANGUAGE, 212 00:05:35,301 --> 00:05:38,471 CULTURE AND ACCESS CAN BE -- 213 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:41,541 TO PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC 214 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:41,908 OPPORTUNITIES. 215 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:43,843 BETO -- COMMUNITIES FROM A 216 00:05:43,843 --> 00:05:44,177 DISTANCE. 217 00:05:44,177 --> 00:05:45,345 HE SHOW UP. 218 00:05:45,345 --> 00:05:46,846 LISTEN. 219 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:47,380 COLLABORATES. 220 00:05:47,380 --> 00:05:49,649 AND WORKS ALONGSIDE 221 00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:50,650 PEOPLE WITHOUT -- AND RESPECT. 222 00:05:50,650 --> 00:05:54,253 AS A LATINA AND ELECTED 223 00:05:54,253 --> 00:05:56,422 OFFICIAL AN LONG- TIME COMMUNITY 224 00:05:56,422 --> 00:05:59,459 ADVOCATE I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT 225 00:05:59,459 --> 00:05:59,692 IS 226 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:01,728 TO HAVE LEADERS WHO NOT 227 00:06:01,728 --> 00:06:03,396 ONLY UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITIES 228 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:05,365 BUT WHO ALSO BELIEVE IN 229 00:06:05,365 --> 00:06:08,034 THEIR POTENTIAL AND BETO BRINGS 230 00:06:08,034 --> 00:06:12,805 BOTH VISION AND ACTION SO THANK 231 00:06:12,805 --> 00:06:15,742 YOU AND BENEFIT FROM HIS 232 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:16,476 LEADERSHIP AT THE OFFICE 233 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:20,113 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I 234 00:06:20,113 --> 00:06:20,446 RESPECTFULLY 235 00:06:20,446 --> 00:06:22,215 ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT. 236 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:25,952 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 237 00:06:26,085 --> 00:06:31,991 >> THANK YOU. 238 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:35,328 WE'LL BE MOVING ONLINE 239 00:06:35,328 --> 00:06:38,164 PUBLIC COMMENTERS STARTING FIRST 240 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:41,033 WITH 241 00:06:41,033 --> 00:06:43,669 DAVID HAINES. 242 00:06:43,669 --> 00:06:45,772 >> HI. 243 00:06:45,772 --> 00:06:48,174 THANK YOU. 244 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:48,574 DAVID 245 00:06:48,574 --> 00:06:52,745 HAINES. ONE HARD CORECORE 246 00:06:52,745 --> 00:06:53,880 ABOUT KING COUNTY REGIONAL 247 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:54,747 AUTHORITY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO 248 00:06:54,747 --> 00:06:55,581 KEEP 249 00:06:55,581 --> 00:06:58,518 THE SERVICE PROVIDERS HONEST AND 250 00:06:58,518 --> 00:07:00,019 CRITICIZE TO KEEP THEM 251 00:07:00,019 --> 00:07:03,156 FORTH RITE AND DILIGENT. 252 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:03,790 INSTEAD WE PUT THE WRONG PEOPLE 253 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:06,626 IN CHARGE WHO WANTED TO -- 254 00:07:06,626 --> 00:07:08,227 THE INTERPRETATIONS OF POLICY 255 00:07:08,227 --> 00:07:08,394 AND 256 00:07:08,394 --> 00:07:11,097 TAINT IT ALL WITH RACISM. 257 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:13,166 ALL THESE UNNECESSARY 258 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:14,500 SUFFERING CONTINUE TO TAKE 259 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:15,368 PLACE. 260 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:17,203 AND, YET, THE PEOPLE 261 00:07:17,203 --> 00:07:18,571 WHO FINANCED IT, WHO ARE 262 00:07:18,571 --> 00:07:19,238 SUPPOSED TO 263 00:07:19,238 --> 00:07:20,773 OVERSEE IT, FAILED MISERABLY AND 264 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:23,209 NOW THEY WANT TO SHUT IT DOWN. 265 00:07:23,209 --> 00:07:26,179 I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL, WHERE 266 00:07:26,179 --> 00:07:28,915 IS THE INDEPENDENT 267 00:07:28,915 --> 00:07:29,782 OVERSIGHT OF THE SERVICE 268 00:07:29,782 --> 00:07:30,316 PROVIDERS TO HELP 269 00:07:30,316 --> 00:07:31,717 THEM GET IT RIGHT? 270 00:07:31,717 --> 00:07:34,020 YOU ALL HAVE PULLED YOUR PUNCHES 271 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:35,421 BECAUSE THE CONFLICTS 272 00:07:35,421 --> 00:07:38,524 OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE SERVICE 273 00:07:38,524 --> 00:07:40,359 PROVIDERS AND THE CITY 274 00:07:40,359 --> 00:07:42,395 COUNCIL WHO TRADES TAX MONEY 275 00:07:42,395 --> 00:07:43,696 FOR ELECTION SUPPORT HAS 276 00:07:43,696 --> 00:07:46,265 WATERED DOWN THE INTEGRITY OF 277 00:07:46,265 --> 00:07:46,466 THE 278 00:07:46,466 --> 00:07:48,100 OVERSIGHT AND THAT 279 00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:50,336 WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY 280 00:07:50,336 --> 00:07:50,803 KING COUNTY 281 00:07:50,803 --> 00:07:51,871 REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY WAS 282 00:07:51,871 --> 00:07:52,305 CREATED. 283 00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:55,541 THEY RUINED IT WHEN THEY PUT THE 284 00:07:55,541 --> 00:07:58,778 WRONG PEOPLE IN CHARGE AND MAY 285 00:07:58,778 --> 00:08:01,747 GARRIZING FILL IN THE BLANK 286 00:08:01,747 --> 00:08:05,184 CONCEPT OF -- IGNORANT RACISM! 287 00:08:05,184 --> 00:08:07,453 AND IT HAS REALLY SCREWED IT UP. 288 00:08:07,453 --> 00:08:11,123 AND WE NEED AN AUDIT OF ALL 289 00:08:11,123 --> 00:08:13,159 THE SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO HAVE 290 00:08:13,159 --> 00:08:14,427 BEEN PADDING THEIR COSTS 291 00:08:14,427 --> 00:08:14,961 AND COMPLAINING ABOUT NOT 292 00:08:14,961 --> 00:08:15,495 GETTING 293 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:15,761 PAID. 294 00:08:15,761 --> 00:08:17,997 THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE KEPT 295 00:08:17,997 --> 00:08:19,665 HONEST, IMPROVE THEIR SERVICES. 296 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:21,534 THEY HAVE GOTTEN WORSE, BUT THEY 297 00:08:21,534 --> 00:08:23,369 HAVE GOTTEN EXTREMELY RICH 298 00:08:23,369 --> 00:08:25,972 AND STILL BUYING OFF OF CITY 299 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:28,241 COUNCIL. SHARING THE EPITOME OF 300 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:29,942 WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE HOMELESS 301 00:08:29,942 --> 00:08:30,276 RESPONSE. 302 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:31,611 BUT BECAUSE SHE OWNS 303 00:08:31,611 --> 00:08:33,346 EVERYBODY IN COUNCIL, FINANCING 304 00:08:33,346 --> 00:08:34,981 ALL THE 305 00:08:34,981 --> 00:08:35,815 ACTIVISTS AND ORGANIZERS 306 00:08:35,815 --> 00:08:38,718 TO PROTEST AND TAKE OVER THE 307 00:08:38,718 --> 00:08:40,453 ENTIRE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE GOT 308 00:08:40,453 --> 00:08:42,989 NOBODY TO KEEP THE PEOPLE HONEST 309 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:45,758 WHO ARE USING TAX MONEY TO 310 00:08:45,758 --> 00:08:46,025 SUBHUMAN 311 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:49,128 MISTREAT INNOCENT PEOPLE 312 00:08:49,128 --> 00:08:50,229 THAT NEED TO BE -- 313 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:52,598 >> THANK YOU. 314 00:08:52,598 --> 00:08:54,734 OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER WILL BE 315 00:08:54,867 --> 00:08:57,270 HALLE WILLIS. 316 00:08:57,270 --> 00:09:01,841 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 317 00:09:01,841 --> 00:09:03,409 MY NAME IS HOLLY WILLIS. 318 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:06,245 I'M THE POLICY MANAGER FOR 319 00:09:06,245 --> 00:09:07,046 THE SEATTLE KING COUNTY 320 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:07,446 COALITION 321 00:09:07,446 --> 00:09:07,847 ON HOMELESSNESS. 322 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:11,918 SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF 323 00:09:11,918 --> 00:09:12,351 THE RESOLUTION FROM 324 00:09:12,351 --> 00:09:12,985 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND FOSTER, 325 00:09:12,985 --> 00:09:13,152 TO 326 00:09:13,152 --> 00:09:14,654 RESPOND TO THE AUDIT OF THE 327 00:09:14,654 --> 00:09:14,954 KCRHA. 328 00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:16,789 THE COALITION HAS OVER 50 329 00:09:16,789 --> 00:09:18,257 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS WHO HOUSE, 330 00:09:18,257 --> 00:09:20,293 SHELTER AND CARE FOR PEOPLE 331 00:09:20,293 --> 00:09:21,227 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS ACROSS 332 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:21,561 KING COUNTY. 333 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:23,029 THESE ORGANIZATIONS DO THE 334 00:09:23,029 --> 00:09:27,533 WORK EVERY DAY TO HELP PEOPLE 335 00:09:27,533 --> 00:09:27,767 SURVIVE 336 00:09:27,767 --> 00:09:28,434 AND WORK TOWARDS [ INAUDIBLE ]. 337 00:09:28,434 --> 00:09:29,568 THAT WORK NEEDS TO CONTINUE NO 338 00:09:29,568 --> 00:09:30,136 MATTER WHAT. 339 00:09:30,136 --> 00:09:33,439 THIS COMMUNITY HAS MADE IT CLEAR 340 00:09:33,572 --> 00:09:34,073 THAT WE NEED A COUNTYWIDE 341 00:09:34,073 --> 00:09:36,309 REGIONAL APPROACH 342 00:09:36,309 --> 00:09:37,043 TO HOMELESSNESS THAT OPERATES 343 00:09:37,043 --> 00:09:38,945 WITH TRANSPARENCY AND IS A 344 00:09:38,945 --> 00:09:41,213 GOOD STEWARD OF PUBLIC FUNDS. 345 00:09:41,213 --> 00:09:42,515 THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU 346 00:09:42,515 --> 00:09:43,649 TODAY TAKES STEPS TOWARDS THAT 347 00:09:43,649 --> 00:09:43,849 GOAL. 348 00:09:43,849 --> 00:09:45,117 IT REPRESENTS A COMMITMENT 349 00:09:45,117 --> 00:09:47,053 TO GET THIS RIGHT AND WE URGE 350 00:09:47,053 --> 00:09:47,253 YOUR 351 00:09:47,253 --> 00:09:47,520 SUPPORT. 352 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:50,790 AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS 353 00:09:50,790 --> 00:09:51,424 PROCESS OVER THE COMING MONTHS, 354 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:52,858 WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO INCLUDE 355 00:09:52,858 --> 00:09:56,128 THE MANY LESSONS LEARNED DURING 356 00:09:56,128 --> 00:09:56,295 THE 357 00:09:56,295 --> 00:09:56,996 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE KCRHA 358 00:09:56,996 --> 00:10:00,633 AND TO DEEPLY ENGAGE 359 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:01,734 SERVICE PROVIDERS [ INAUDIBLE ] 360 00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:03,669 COALITIONS AND PEOPLE WITH LIVED 361 00:10:03,669 --> 00:10:04,971 EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS IN YOUR 362 00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:06,272 PROCESS TO 363 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:06,872 DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. 364 00:10:06,872 --> 00:10:08,674 IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO SIMPLY 365 00:10:08,674 --> 00:10:11,410 GO BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE. 366 00:10:11,410 --> 00:10:13,512 WITH EACH JURISDICTION GOING 367 00:10:13,512 --> 00:10:16,215 IT ALONE WITH THEIR OWN SEPARATE 368 00:10:16,215 --> 00:10:16,515 PROCESSES. 369 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:18,050 WE NEED TO DETERMINE OUR 370 00:10:18,050 --> 00:10:19,518 NEXT STEPS TOGETHER TOWARDS A 371 00:10:19,518 --> 00:10:19,752 BETTER 372 00:10:19,752 --> 00:10:20,453 SYSTEM IN CLOSE PARTNERSHIP 373 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:21,787 WITH KING COUNTY, OTHER 374 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:23,823 CITIES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND 375 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:24,790 PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. 376 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:29,495 IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GET THIS 377 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:32,565 RIGHT TOGETHER THAN TO DO IT 378 00:10:32,698 --> 00:10:33,032 ALONE. THANK 379 00:10:33,032 --> 00:10:34,834 YOU. 380 00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:36,635 >> THANK YOU, HOLLY. 381 00:10:36,635 --> 00:10:39,405 WE WILL NOW BE CLOSING 382 00:10:39,405 --> 00:10:40,139 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 383 00:10:40,139 --> 00:10:42,308 SINCE THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL 384 00:10:42,308 --> 00:10:42,575 SPEAKERS. 385 00:10:42,575 --> 00:10:44,043 WE'LL PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 386 00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:44,310 BUSINESS. 387 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,911 MOVING TO OUR FIRST ITEM 388 00:10:45,911 --> 00:10:47,613 OF BUSINESS WILL THE CLERK 389 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:50,216 PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE 390 00:10:50,216 --> 00:10:50,449 RECORD. 391 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:53,986 >> ITEM ONE, APPOINTMENT 392 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:55,021 3469 APPOINTMENT OF BETO YARCE 393 00:10:55,021 --> 00:10:55,654 AS 394 00:10:55,654 --> 00:10:58,624 THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 395 00:10:58,624 --> 00:10:59,158 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR 396 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:00,593 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 397 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:01,427 POSSIBLE 398 00:11:01,427 --> 00:11:02,128 VOTE. 399 00:11:02,128 --> 00:11:02,728 >> WONDERFUL. 400 00:11:02,728 --> 00:11:05,064 AS OUR GUESTS TAKE THEIR 401 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:06,298 SEATS AT THE TABLE I WOULD LIKE 402 00:11:06,298 --> 00:11:06,532 TO SAY 403 00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:09,168 A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR NOMINEE 404 00:11:09,168 --> 00:11:10,036 DIRECTOR BETO YARCE. 405 00:11:10,036 --> 00:11:12,304 BETO YARCE IS A BUSINESS 406 00:11:12,304 --> 00:11:13,406 EXECUTIVE, ENTREPRENEUR 407 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:15,841 AND NONPROFIT LEADER DEDICATED 408 00:11:15,841 --> 00:11:17,109 TO ADVANCING ECONOMIC EQUITY 409 00:11:17,109 --> 00:11:18,411 AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH OVER 410 00:11:18,411 --> 00:11:19,879 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 411 00:11:19,879 --> 00:11:22,081 DRIVING GROWTH AND IMPACT ACROSS 412 00:11:22,081 --> 00:11:23,716 BUSINESS, NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC 413 00:11:23,716 --> 00:11:25,184 SECTORS AND FROM HIS DAYS AS A 414 00:11:25,184 --> 00:11:26,619 SOLO IMMIGRANT 415 00:11:26,619 --> 00:11:28,354 ENTREPRENEUR THROUGH HIS TIME 416 00:11:28,354 --> 00:11:30,189 LEADING ADVENTURES TO HIS TIME 417 00:11:30,189 --> 00:11:30,423 LEADING 418 00:11:30,423 --> 00:11:30,923 THE SMALL BUSINESS 419 00:11:30,923 --> 00:11:32,692 ADMINISTRATION'S REGIONAL 420 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:34,927 OFFICE, MR. YARCE HAS ALWAYS PUT 421 00:11:34,927 --> 00:11:36,195 HIS EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE 422 00:11:36,195 --> 00:11:37,830 TO WORK IN SERVICE OF COMMUNITY. 423 00:11:37,830 --> 00:11:40,633 HIS JOHN ROSTY AND CIVIC 424 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:41,500 MINDEDNESS HAVE PROVIDED SO MUCH 425 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:42,568 VALUE TO OUR COMMUNITIES. 426 00:11:42,568 --> 00:11:44,870 IT'S BEEN A REAL PLEASURE 427 00:11:44,870 --> 00:11:47,573 BEING ABLE TO GET TO KNOW HIM 428 00:11:47,573 --> 00:11:48,574 THROUGH 429 00:11:48,574 --> 00:11:50,342 THIS APPOINTMENT PROCESS AND 430 00:11:50,342 --> 00:11:50,543 I'M 431 00:11:50,543 --> 00:11:51,911 EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT HE HAS TO 432 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:53,145 SHARE WITH US TODAY. 433 00:11:53,145 --> 00:11:54,280 COLLEAGUES, AFTER WE HEAR 434 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:55,781 FROM OUR GUESTS I WELCOME 435 00:11:55,781 --> 00:11:57,917 ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FROM 436 00:11:57,917 --> 00:11:58,284 THE 437 00:11:58,284 --> 00:11:58,551 NOMINEE. 438 00:11:58,551 --> 00:11:59,985 LET'S HEAR FIRST DIRECTLY FROM 439 00:11:59,985 --> 00:12:01,554 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND 440 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:02,254 ACTING DIRECTOR YARCE. 441 00:12:02,254 --> 00:12:03,989 PLEASE BEGIN BY STATING 442 00:12:03,989 --> 00:12:06,425 YOUR NAME INTO THE MICROPHONE 443 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:06,659 FOR THE 444 00:12:06,659 --> 00:12:08,327 PUBLIC RECORD. 445 00:12:08,461 --> 00:12:09,395 >> GOOD MORNING. 446 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:10,496 THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US 447 00:12:10,496 --> 00:12:11,330 THIS MORNING. 448 00:12:11,330 --> 00:12:12,565 MY NAME IS MARK 449 00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:15,101 ELLERBROOK, AND I AM THE 450 00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:16,202 DIRECTOR FOR CITY 451 00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:21,240 OPERATIONS IN MAYOR WILSON'S 452 00:12:21,373 --> 00:12:22,041 OFFICE. GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU. 453 00:12:22,041 --> 00:12:24,176 I WILL MAKE MY COMMENTS 454 00:12:24,176 --> 00:12:25,978 AND DIRECTOR YARCE CAN MAKE HIS. 455 00:12:25,978 --> 00:12:27,046 THANK YOU, 456 00:12:27,046 --> 00:12:27,613 COUNCILMEMBERS, FOR THE 457 00:12:27,613 --> 00:12:27,947 INTRODUCTION. 458 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:29,281 YOU TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF 459 00:12:29,281 --> 00:12:31,117 WHAT I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON 460 00:12:31,117 --> 00:12:31,317 THIS 461 00:12:31,317 --> 00:12:31,617 MORNING. 462 00:12:31,617 --> 00:12:33,486 I THINK WHAT I WILL 463 00:12:33,486 --> 00:12:34,754 EMPHASIZE FIRST AND FOREMOST IS 464 00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:35,121 ONE OF 465 00:12:35,121 --> 00:12:37,156 THE GREAT PLEASURES OF MY JOB IS 466 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:40,359 GETTING TO KNOW A LOT OF 467 00:12:40,359 --> 00:12:41,827 OUR DIRECTORS AND BETO IS NO 468 00:12:41,827 --> 00:12:42,528 EXCEPTION TO THAT. 469 00:12:42,528 --> 00:12:46,265 I THINK, AS YOU HEARD IN 470 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:49,235 THE PUBLIC 471 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:50,469 COMMENT, OBVIOUSLY, DIRECTOR 472 00:12:50,469 --> 00:12:51,003 YARCE HAS A LOT 473 00:12:51,003 --> 00:12:53,205 OF EXPERIENCE AND THAT HAS BEEN 474 00:12:53,339 --> 00:12:53,906 EMPHASIZED. I THINK THE PIECE 475 00:12:53,906 --> 00:12:54,640 THAT IS 476 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:56,375 MOST IMPORTANT TO ME AND I THINK 477 00:12:56,375 --> 00:12:57,743 MOST IMPORTANT TO THE MAYOR, IS 478 00:12:57,743 --> 00:13:00,179 HOW HE SHOWS UP AND HOW HE 479 00:13:00,179 --> 00:13:00,613 LEADS. 480 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:03,916 I HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE 481 00:13:03,916 --> 00:13:05,551 ENGAGING, PEOPLE- ORIENTED AND 482 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:06,318 PEOPLE- CENTERED AND I THINK 483 00:13:06,318 --> 00:13:07,987 BOTH AS A LEADER OF PEOPLE 484 00:13:07,987 --> 00:13:08,220 WITHIN 485 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:10,289 THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 486 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:11,023 DEVELOPMENT AND, FRANKLY, AS OUR 487 00:13:11,023 --> 00:13:11,290 FACE 488 00:13:11,290 --> 00:13:12,725 TO SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT 489 00:13:12,725 --> 00:13:12,992 THE 490 00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:14,894 CITY, 491 00:13:14,894 --> 00:13:15,561 THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AS 492 00:13:15,561 --> 00:13:15,861 WE WORK TO 493 00:13:15,861 --> 00:13:17,830 SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES AND 494 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:18,030 BUILD 495 00:13:18,030 --> 00:13:19,431 THRIVING BUSINESS CENTERS 496 00:13:19,431 --> 00:13:20,533 THAT ULTIMATELY ALSO 497 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:22,101 SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND MAKE THOSE 498 00:13:22,101 --> 00:13:23,969 AREAS ACTIVE AND SAFE. 499 00:13:23,969 --> 00:13:25,838 I KNOW THAT ACTING DIRECTOR 500 00:13:25,838 --> 00:13:27,206 YARCE IS THE RIGHT 501 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:28,307 PERSON FOR THIS JOB. 502 00:13:28,307 --> 00:13:29,475 I WILL ALSO COMMENT ON 503 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:30,609 A PERSONAL LEVEL. 504 00:13:30,609 --> 00:13:32,478 WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS 505 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:32,845 BEFORE. 506 00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:34,914 I AM VERY JEALOUS OF THE 507 00:13:34,914 --> 00:13:36,749 WAY ACTING DIRECTOR YARCE 508 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:40,686 ATIRES HIMSELF AND I ASPIRE TO 509 00:13:40,686 --> 00:13:40,853 HIS 510 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:43,189 APPROACH TO THAT PIECE. 511 00:13:43,189 --> 00:13:45,391 SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 512 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:48,427 ACTING DIRECTOR YARCE TO ANSWER 513 00:13:48,427 --> 00:13:48,761 QUESTIONS. 514 00:13:48,761 --> 00:13:49,528 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 515 00:13:49,662 --> 00:13:51,063 >> THANK YOU, MARK, FOR 516 00:13:51,063 --> 00:13:51,831 THE WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION. 517 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:54,500 I APPRECIATE YOU. 518 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:55,568 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS 519 00:13:55,568 --> 00:13:56,602 AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, IT'S 520 00:13:56,602 --> 00:13:56,902 BEEN 521 00:13:56,902 --> 00:14:00,139 A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU. 522 00:14:00,139 --> 00:14:01,907 I JUST WANT TO START WITH I'M 523 00:14:01,907 --> 00:14:03,442 VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE 524 00:14:03,442 --> 00:14:04,944 OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD AND 525 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,713 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A 526 00:14:07,713 --> 00:14:08,347 REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE THAT I 527 00:14:08,347 --> 00:14:11,817 HAVE HAD 528 00:14:11,817 --> 00:14:13,185 IMPLEMENTED INTO MY 529 00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:14,787 ABILITY TO LEAD THE OFFICE OF 530 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:15,054 ECONOMIC 531 00:14:15,187 --> 00:14:15,788 DEVELOPMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO 532 00:14:15,788 --> 00:14:16,155 START WITH 533 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:20,693 A COMMENT OF HOW I LIKE TO LEAD, 534 00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:20,826 A 535 00:14:20,826 --> 00:14:22,061 LEADER THAT IS LIKE A SERVANT 536 00:14:22,061 --> 00:14:22,628 LEADER. 537 00:14:22,628 --> 00:14:24,864 I WILL START WITH 538 00:14:24,864 --> 00:14:27,633 INTERNALLY, SO I LIKE TO KIND OF 539 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:27,833 THINK 540 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:29,001 ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO 541 00:14:29,001 --> 00:14:29,335 DEVELOP 542 00:14:29,335 --> 00:14:31,904 MY TEAM AND REALLY KIND OF 543 00:14:31,904 --> 00:14:32,137 ELEVATE 544 00:14:32,137 --> 00:14:33,072 WHAT IS NEEDED INTERNALLY. 545 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:36,041 I'VE BEEN VERY, VERY INSPIRED 546 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:38,611 OF HOW THAT TEAM LEADS AND HOW 547 00:14:38,611 --> 00:14:39,912 THEY JUST SHOW UP. 548 00:14:39,912 --> 00:14:41,847 I WILL SAY -- LIKE A START- 549 00:14:41,847 --> 00:14:44,683 UP WHICH FOR ME IS VERY, VERY 550 00:14:44,683 --> 00:14:44,917 CLOSE 551 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:47,486 TO WHAT I LIKE TO DO. 552 00:14:47,486 --> 00:14:48,187 THEY COME TOGETHER. 553 00:14:48,187 --> 00:14:50,122 THEY ARE LIKE VERY 554 00:14:50,122 --> 00:14:50,889 EXPERIENCED, SUCH A DIVERSE 555 00:14:50,889 --> 00:14:51,991 GROUP OF 556 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:53,292 PEOPLE, WHO SHOW UP EVERY DAY. 557 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:55,127 FOR ME IT'S LIKE I REALLY 558 00:14:55,127 --> 00:14:56,996 WANT TO ELEVATE THE WORK THAT 559 00:14:56,996 --> 00:14:59,732 THEY DO 560 00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:02,201 AND HOW I CAN SUPPORT THEM 561 00:15:02,201 --> 00:15:03,702 GIVEN THE RESOURCES THEY 562 00:15:03,702 --> 00:15:05,571 NEED TO ELEVATE THE WORK AND 563 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:05,838 THAT'S 564 00:15:05,838 --> 00:15:07,706 HOW I LIKE TO 565 00:15:07,706 --> 00:15:09,041 START SHARING MY VISION OF HOW I 566 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:09,375 LEAD ECONOMIC 567 00:15:09,375 --> 00:15:09,875 DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE WE 568 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:11,310 DON'T HAVE A GOOD FOUNDATION 569 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:11,677 AND WE 570 00:15:11,677 --> 00:15:13,412 DON'T HAVE A GOOD TEAM, 571 00:15:13,412 --> 00:15:15,381 ENGAGING 572 00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:16,015 TEAM, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE 573 00:15:16,015 --> 00:15:17,149 COMPLICATED TO ACHIEVE 574 00:15:17,149 --> 00:15:17,917 THE CHALLENGES AND THE 575 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:18,250 OPPORTUNITIES 576 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:20,052 WE HAVE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 577 00:15:20,052 --> 00:15:22,288 WITH THAT ALSO EXPANDED 578 00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:24,590 COLLABORATION, HOW DO 579 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:26,258 WE COLLABORATE AND DO 580 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:26,558 INTEGRATION 581 00:15:26,558 --> 00:15:27,559 WITH THE DEPARTMENTS. 582 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:29,762 OED HAS INITIATIVES AND 583 00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:30,829 [ INAUDIBLE ] WE NEED TO DO 584 00:15:30,829 --> 00:15:31,864 A LOT OF COLLABORATION. 585 00:15:31,864 --> 00:15:33,766 THAT'S ANOTHER THING I DID 586 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:36,201 ON DAY ONE, CREATE A SYSTEM, 587 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:37,970 STRATEGY, KIND OF COLLABORATE 588 00:15:37,970 --> 00:15:39,838 ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, 589 00:15:39,838 --> 00:15:42,174 ACROSS DIFFERING LEVELS WITH THE 590 00:15:42,174 --> 00:15:43,075 MAYOR'S OFFICE, 591 00:15:43,075 --> 00:15:44,243 COUNCILMEMBERS AND I WOULD LIKE 592 00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:44,877 TO BUILD 593 00:15:44,877 --> 00:15:46,278 RELATIONSHIPS, 594 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:46,845 MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS, 595 00:15:46,845 --> 00:15:47,079 BECAUSE 596 00:15:47,079 --> 00:15:49,515 WHEN THINGS ARE WORKING, WE 597 00:15:49,515 --> 00:15:50,282 ARE CELEBRATING OUR WORK 598 00:15:50,282 --> 00:15:50,549 TOGETHER. 599 00:15:50,549 --> 00:15:52,518 WHEN THINGS ARE NOT 600 00:15:52,518 --> 00:15:53,752 WORKING, HOW CAN WE SOLVE 601 00:15:53,752 --> 00:15:54,286 BECAUSE WE HAVE A 602 00:15:54,286 --> 00:15:55,321 PERSONAL CONNECTION. 603 00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:56,922 I WOULD LIKE TO START 604 00:15:56,922 --> 00:15:59,024 JUST THAT'S HOW I SEE 605 00:15:59,024 --> 00:15:59,325 INTERNALLY. 606 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:02,227 IN THE BIG PICTURE, HOW DO WE -- 607 00:16:02,227 --> 00:16:06,899 HOW DO I ENVISION THE ECONOMIC 608 00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:07,433 DEVELOPMENT. 609 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:10,636 I WOULD LIKE TO START 610 00:16:10,636 --> 00:16:12,271 WITH EQUITABLE THAT WE HAVE 611 00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:12,504 VIBRANT 612 00:16:12,504 --> 00:16:13,105 NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE 613 00:16:13,105 --> 00:16:14,039 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR 614 00:16:14,039 --> 00:16:16,342 THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO 615 00:16:16,342 --> 00:16:17,009 HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED AND 616 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:17,343 UNDERSERVED. 617 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:19,278 THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING 618 00:16:19,278 --> 00:16:21,347 FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. 619 00:16:21,347 --> 00:16:22,881 HOW DO WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE 620 00:16:22,881 --> 00:16:24,750 THEY ARE, THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, 621 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:24,917 HOW 622 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:26,752 DO WE ACTIVATE 623 00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:28,053 THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES AND 624 00:16:28,053 --> 00:16:28,354 RECOVER 625 00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:30,456 FROM PANDEMIC THAT WE STILL HAVE 626 00:16:30,456 --> 00:16:30,656 SOME 627 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:31,123 OF THOSE CHALLENGES. 628 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:32,658 AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN SHOWING UP 629 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:36,061 FANTASTIC WITH THE RESOURCES 630 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:37,029 THAT WE HAVE. 631 00:16:37,029 --> 00:16:41,800 AND AT THE SAME TIME, THEY WERE 632 00:16:41,934 --> 00:16:43,469 RESPONDING WITH THAT 633 00:16:43,469 --> 00:16:45,137 EMERGENCY AND THAT REACTIVENESS 634 00:16:45,137 --> 00:16:45,371 OF WHAT 635 00:16:45,371 --> 00:16:46,505 IS NEEDED IN THE SMALL BUSINESS 636 00:16:46,505 --> 00:16:47,439 AND THE RECOVERY. 637 00:16:47,439 --> 00:16:51,076 WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK BIG 638 00:16:51,076 --> 00:16:52,945 ON WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITIES 639 00:16:52,945 --> 00:16:54,480 THAT WE HAVE A UNIQUE TIME THAT 640 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,415 THE CITY HAS OF DIVERSIFYING OUR 641 00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:56,682 ECONOMY. 642 00:16:56,682 --> 00:16:59,284 HOW WE ARE DIVERSIFYING, WE'VE 643 00:16:59,284 --> 00:17:02,521 BEEN CONCENTRATED VERY HEAVY 644 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:03,822 ON TECH AND I WILL SAY THAT 645 00:17:03,822 --> 00:17:04,089 WE'VE 646 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:07,292 BEEN VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THAT 647 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:08,260 AND WE ARE APPRECIATIVE 648 00:17:08,260 --> 00:17:09,628 AND WONDERFUL TO HAVE THOSE 649 00:17:09,628 --> 00:17:09,962 INVESTMENTS. 650 00:17:09,962 --> 00:17:11,230 AT THE SAME TIME WE 651 00:17:11,230 --> 00:17:15,367 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN 652 00:17:15,367 --> 00:17:17,002 MARITIME, THE CLEAN ENERGY, 653 00:17:17,002 --> 00:17:19,204 A.I. , AND I'M REALLY, REALLY 654 00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:22,074 EXCITED TO KIND OF LIKE 655 00:17:22,074 --> 00:17:24,143 INVEST IN INDUSTRIES AND ELEVATE 656 00:17:24,143 --> 00:17:24,343 THAT 657 00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:27,813 WORK TO CREATE A MORE 658 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:30,382 EQUITABLE AND COMMITTEE THAT IS 659 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:30,983 MORE 660 00:17:30,983 --> 00:17:33,919 SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM AND 661 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:35,154 VISION I HAVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE 662 00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:37,589 ARE GOING TO HAVE A MORE 663 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:39,091 EQUITABLE ECONOMY FOR SEATTLE 664 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:41,059 AND FOR 665 00:17:41,059 --> 00:17:41,427 EVERYBODY. 666 00:17:41,427 --> 00:17:46,231 WE HAVE SEEN HOW THE CITY 667 00:17:46,231 --> 00:17:49,301 HAS GROWN FAST AND PUSHING 668 00:17:49,301 --> 00:17:49,535 PEOPLE 669 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:51,170 OUT AND WE ARE IN A PROSPEROUS 670 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:52,538 REGION, MY BACKGROUND, I 671 00:17:52,538 --> 00:17:53,672 COME FROM PERSPECTIVE. 672 00:17:53,672 --> 00:17:55,841 I AM NOT FROM SEATTLE, BUT I 673 00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:57,309 AM HERE FOR 24 YEARS, COME 674 00:17:57,309 --> 00:17:58,477 FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. 675 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:00,145 I COME FROM A COUNTRY WHO HAS 676 00:18:00,145 --> 00:18:02,181 A LOT OF LIMITATIONS AND WHEN 677 00:18:02,181 --> 00:18:04,917 I COME HERE, AND I SEE THE 678 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:05,617 DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE I 679 00:18:05,617 --> 00:18:06,652 HAVE, I HAVE LIVED 680 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:07,152 INTERNATIONAL, I HAVE 681 00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:08,387 LIVED HERE, I HAVE LIVED 682 00:18:08,387 --> 00:18:10,189 IN OTHER CITIES, WE HAVE 683 00:18:10,189 --> 00:18:11,023 A PROSPEROUS CITY. 684 00:18:11,023 --> 00:18:15,360 WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY 685 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:16,595 THAT WE CAN JUST HAVE AN 686 00:18:16,595 --> 00:18:17,062 OPPORTUNITY 687 00:18:17,062 --> 00:18:18,764 TO PIVOT AND CHANGE AND ELEVATE 688 00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:21,300 AND MAKE IT LIKE REALLY 689 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:21,834 AMAZING PLACE TO LIVE FOR 690 00:18:21,834 --> 00:18:22,134 EVERYBODY. 691 00:18:22,134 --> 00:18:23,602 THAT'S LIKE HOW I WANT TO 692 00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:24,937 START JUST THE FIRST COMMENT 693 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:25,504 THAT I 694 00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:29,475 HAVE, WHAT IS MY VISION ABOUT 695 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:31,443 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR 696 00:18:31,443 --> 00:18:32,311 >> WONDERFUL. 697 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:34,413 THANK YOU, ACTING DIRECTOR 698 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:35,080 YARCE. 699 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:35,747 COLLEAGUES, WHAT 700 00:18:35,747 --> 00:18:39,651 QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR THE 701 00:18:39,651 --> 00:18:40,118 PROPOSED 702 00:18:40,252 --> 00:18:40,519 APPOINTEE? 703 00:18:40,519 --> 00:18:42,621 >> I THINK I HAVE MY HAND UP. 704 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:43,155 MADAM 705 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:43,522 CHAIR. 706 00:18:43,522 --> 00:18:44,723 >> I'M SEEING THAT 707 00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:45,791 NOW, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 708 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:46,325 APOLOGIES. 709 00:18:46,325 --> 00:18:46,892 YOU'RE 710 00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:47,192 RECOGNIZED. 711 00:18:47,192 --> 00:18:48,827 >> IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. 712 00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:50,662 NORMALLY I JUST BUTT IN AND CAN 713 00:18:50,662 --> 00:18:51,763 NEVER GET TO THE HAND THING. 714 00:18:51,763 --> 00:18:54,032 THANK YOU FOR THAT, MADAM CHAIR. 715 00:18:54,032 --> 00:18:56,969 IT'S JUST -- I JUST FIRST OF 716 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:57,536 ALL CONGRATULATIONS, BETO. 717 00:18:57,536 --> 00:19:00,973 IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 718 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:03,008 I WANT TO -- I'M GOING TO DO 719 00:19:03,008 --> 00:19:04,109 A LITTLE WALK DOWN HISTORY 720 00:19:04,109 --> 00:19:04,576 LANE HERE WITH YOU. 721 00:19:04,576 --> 00:19:07,846 I MET YOU WELL OVER A DECADE 722 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:10,349 AGO, AND THE WORK THAT YOU DID 723 00:19:10,349 --> 00:19:10,782 WITH THE SMALL 724 00:19:10,782 --> 00:19:13,252 BUSINESS ASSOCIATION IN MY 725 00:19:13,252 --> 00:19:15,087 FORMER 726 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:17,623 LIFE, WORKING WITH THE SMALL 727 00:19:17,623 --> 00:19:17,890 BUSINESS 728 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:20,592 ASSOCIATION AND DIFFICULTY OF 729 00:19:20,592 --> 00:19:23,228 BANKING, BUSINESS PLANS, 730 00:19:23,228 --> 00:19:24,796 HELPING PEOPLE TAKE A VISION 731 00:19:24,796 --> 00:19:26,798 AND TRANSFORM IT INTO BRICK 732 00:19:26,798 --> 00:19:28,534 AND MORTAR FOR BUSINESSES, 733 00:19:28,534 --> 00:19:29,902 COMMUNITIES, BUILDING 734 00:19:29,902 --> 00:19:31,603 WEALTH, GIVING PEOPLE THAT PRIDE 735 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:31,803 THAT 736 00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:35,140 THEY CAN ACCESS CAPITAL, 737 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:36,475 AND BUILD AND CREATE THAT LEGACY 738 00:19:36,475 --> 00:19:38,744 OF WEALTH FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND 739 00:19:38,744 --> 00:19:40,846 CHILDREN, YOU WERE PART OF 740 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:42,080 THAT 741 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:42,681 AND I REMEMBER MEETING YOU. I 742 00:19:42,681 --> 00:19:44,883 THINK WE KIND OF CROSSED PATHS 743 00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:46,552 BACK AND FORTH, AND THE 744 00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:48,253 THING I THINK I'VE ALWAYS 745 00:19:48,253 --> 00:19:48,687 ADMIRED ABOUT 746 00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:50,055 YOU IS HOW EASY IT WAS TO 747 00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:51,857 GET TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT 748 00:19:51,857 --> 00:19:52,024 HOW 749 00:19:52,024 --> 00:19:52,858 WE BUILD WEALTH. 750 00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:54,927 I WANT TO FOCUS ON THINGS 751 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,461 WE WORKED ON AND I THINK 752 00:19:56,461 --> 00:19:59,665 YOU REMEMBER THIS DURING 2020, 753 00:19:59,665 --> 00:20:01,633 POST- COVID RECESSION AND WE 754 00:20:01,633 --> 00:20:03,669 HAD THE WHAT THEY CALLED THE 755 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:04,036 SOCIAL 756 00:20:04,036 --> 00:20:05,671 JUSTICE RECKONING THAT 757 00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:08,340 TRIFECTA OF WHAT HAPPENED AFTER 758 00:20:08,340 --> 00:20:08,574 2020, 759 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:10,309 A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESSES 760 00:20:10,309 --> 00:20:11,443 WERE RUINED AND DESTROYED. 761 00:20:11,443 --> 00:20:14,580 IN WORKING WITH YOU AND ALSO 762 00:20:14,580 --> 00:20:15,747 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA UNDER AT 763 00:20:15,747 --> 00:20:19,885 THE TIME COUNCILMEMBER 764 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:20,886 RIVERA, SHE WAS WORKING FOR 765 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:21,520 MAYOR -- 766 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:23,989 YOU WORKED WITH US ON THE 767 00:20:23,989 --> 00:20:25,257 EQUITABLE TASK TASK WE GOT $30 768 00:20:25,257 --> 00:20:27,025 MILLION OUT THE DOOR AND I WAS 769 00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:28,527 VERY PROUD OF THAT TO BE ABLE TO 770 00:20:28,527 --> 00:20:33,031 BE MAYOR APPOINTED ME TO BE THE 771 00:20:33,031 --> 00:20:38,270 EX- OFFICIO ON THAT. 772 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:38,904 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WAS WORKING 773 00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:41,807 FOR MAYOR JURKIN. 774 00:20:41,807 --> 00:20:44,209 I REMEMBER WORKING WITH YOU, GET 775 00:20:44,209 --> 00:20:44,610 YOUR REPORTS. 776 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:45,978 THE THING THAT STRUCK ME THE 777 00:20:45,978 --> 00:20:48,113 MOST, WE SAY THIS A LOT 778 00:20:48,113 --> 00:20:50,382 SOMETIMES, BUT I'M NOT TRYING 779 00:20:50,382 --> 00:20:51,950 TO DO PERFORMATIVE POLITICS, 780 00:20:51,950 --> 00:20:53,118 BUT WHAT ALWAYS STRUCK ME THE 781 00:20:53,118 --> 00:20:57,623 MOST ABOUT YOU, YOU WERE 782 00:20:57,623 --> 00:21:00,158 SO PASSIONATE ABOUT BUSINESS 783 00:21:00,158 --> 00:21:01,893 ECONOMIC VITALITY, 784 00:21:01,893 --> 00:21:02,928 VISION, MAKING CONNECTIONS 785 00:21:02,928 --> 00:21:03,996 WITH COMMUNITIES WITH PEOPLE WHO 786 00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:05,397 NORMALLY WOULD HAVE A GREAT 787 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:06,865 IDEA, BUT A BUSINESS, 788 00:21:06,865 --> 00:21:10,235 BUT WOULDN'T KNOW HOW TO GET 789 00:21:10,235 --> 00:21:10,469 THERE. 790 00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:12,504 AND SO, BETO, YOU'RE A GOOD 791 00:21:12,504 --> 00:21:12,838 MAN. 792 00:21:12,838 --> 00:21:15,273 I'M GLAD YOU'RE GOING TO BE 793 00:21:15,273 --> 00:21:19,044 HERE, AND I WATCHED YOU 794 00:21:19,044 --> 00:21:21,813 DO SOME OF YOUR POLITICAL ISSUES 795 00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:22,180 I'VE 796 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:25,751 ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER. 797 00:21:25,751 --> 00:21:27,386 I'M HAPPY TO SEE YOU HERE 798 00:21:27,386 --> 00:21:27,619 TODAY. 799 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:30,922 THANK YOU, MADAM 800 00:21:30,922 --> 00:21:31,390 CHAIR. 801 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:32,024 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 802 00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:32,424 JUAREZ. 803 00:21:32,424 --> 00:21:33,058 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 804 00:21:33,058 --> 00:21:35,093 IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL AND I 805 00:21:35,093 --> 00:21:36,695 REALLY REMEMBER THOSE DAYS WHEN 806 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:36,928 WE 807 00:21:36,928 --> 00:21:38,730 WERE ON THE SCREEN TRYING TO 808 00:21:38,730 --> 00:21:40,365 FIGURE THE $30 MILLION AND WE 809 00:21:40,365 --> 00:21:42,000 DID GREAT WORK TOGETHER, AND 810 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:42,501 I'M 811 00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:45,003 VERY PROUD THAT THE 812 00:21:45,003 --> 00:21:47,239 $7.5 MILLION THAT WE CONTRIBUTED 813 00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:48,307 TO SUPPORT 814 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:49,841 SMALL BUSINESS WAS THE 815 00:21:49,841 --> 00:21:52,310 FIRST INJECTION THAT OED HAD TO 816 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:52,511 GROW 817 00:21:52,511 --> 00:21:53,745 THEIR BUDGET AND OED HAS 818 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:57,749 BEEN GROWING AND GROWING WITH 819 00:21:57,749 --> 00:21:59,117 A LOT OF IMPACT. 820 00:21:59,117 --> 00:22:02,621 I THINK IT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 821 00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:04,122 HELP THE NEEDS OF 822 00:22:04,122 --> 00:22:05,290 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SO I'M 823 00:22:05,290 --> 00:22:06,558 VERY EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE AND 824 00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:07,359 LEAD MY 825 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,562 TEAM IN HELPING THEM TO KIND OF 826 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:11,563 ADVOCATE FOR MORE GROWTH 827 00:22:11,563 --> 00:22:13,832 TO KIND OF MAKE MORE IMPACT ON 828 00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:14,533 OUR 829 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:15,067 CITY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 830 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,169 >> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS STUFF. 831 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:19,905 I MEAN, WE WENT THROUGH A LOT 832 00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:22,174 THAT SUMMER AND THAT FALL. 833 00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:23,375 AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU, YOU 834 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:24,376 KNOW, YOU STEPPED UP. 835 00:22:24,376 --> 00:22:25,377 YOU POSTED UP. 836 00:22:25,377 --> 00:22:26,311 YOU SHOWED UP. 837 00:22:26,311 --> 00:22:27,713 YOU SHOWED US HOW TO GET 838 00:22:27,713 --> 00:22:28,980 THIS MONEY OUT THE DOOR, WHO ARE 839 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:30,749 THE GROUPS THAT NEED IT, THE 840 00:22:30,749 --> 00:22:33,452 COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT NEED 841 00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:34,086 IT, HOW DO WE FIX SMALL 842 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:34,386 BUSINESSES, 843 00:22:34,386 --> 00:22:37,322 HOW DO WE FUND THEM, HELP THEM 844 00:22:37,322 --> 00:22:39,291 WITH 845 00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:40,726 BUSINESS PLANS AND I DID THAT AT 846 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:41,226 INDIAN COUNTRY 847 00:22:41,226 --> 00:22:42,594 FOR TRIBES AND NATIVE AMERICANS 848 00:22:42,594 --> 00:22:43,462 THAT WANTED TO START A 849 00:22:43,462 --> 00:22:45,397 BUSINESS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE 850 00:22:45,397 --> 00:22:46,865 RESERVATION, SO WHEN I MEET 851 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:48,533 A FELLOW PERSON THAT 852 00:22:48,533 --> 00:22:49,768 UNDERSTAND BASICALLY ECONOMICS, 853 00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:49,968 WALL 854 00:22:49,968 --> 00:22:52,371 STREET, CAPITALISM, BUSINESS, 855 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:54,439 I ALWAYS ENJOY THAT ABOUT 856 00:22:54,439 --> 00:22:55,607 YOU, YOU AND I CAN HAVE THOSE 857 00:22:55,607 --> 00:22:55,841 TALKS. 858 00:22:55,841 --> 00:22:56,475 THANK YOU. 859 00:22:56,475 --> 00:22:58,710 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 860 00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:01,513 >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR WORK. 861 00:23:01,513 --> 00:23:02,481 RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER 862 00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:02,748 SAKA. 863 00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:04,750 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, 864 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:06,585 ACTING DIRECTOR YARCE, 865 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:10,489 CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING TO 866 00:23:10,489 --> 00:23:10,989 THIS POINT. 867 00:23:10,989 --> 00:23:11,990 FROM MY EARLY 868 00:23:11,990 --> 00:23:13,525 EXPERIENCES WITH YOU GETTING TO 869 00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:15,026 KNOW YOU, 870 00:23:15,026 --> 00:23:16,461 SITTING DOWN WITH YOU EARLIER 871 00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:17,028 THIS YEAR, 872 00:23:17,028 --> 00:23:18,797 IT'S VERY -- I'VE BEEN 873 00:23:18,797 --> 00:23:21,466 VERY IMPRESSED BY YOU, YOUR 874 00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:23,902 BACKGROUND, YOUR JOURNEY, 875 00:23:23,902 --> 00:23:26,705 YOUR LEADERSHIP APPROACH, YOUR 876 00:23:26,705 --> 00:23:27,839 VISION FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND 877 00:23:27,839 --> 00:23:28,006 ALL 878 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:30,776 THAT YOU BRING COLLECTIVELY TO 879 00:23:30,776 --> 00:23:30,976 THIS 880 00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:31,343 ROLE. 881 00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:34,212 I'M ALSO AS AN ASIDE, VERY 882 00:23:34,212 --> 00:23:36,515 PROUD OF MY PERSONAL AND MY 883 00:23:36,515 --> 00:23:37,749 OFFICE'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 884 00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:37,983 BROADER 885 00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:39,351 BUSINESS COMMUNITY, 886 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:44,089 BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES, SMALL, 887 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:44,656 MEDIUM, 888 00:23:44,656 --> 00:23:45,557 LARGE. 889 00:23:45,557 --> 00:23:49,995 AND I CONSISTENTLY HEAR A LOT 890 00:23:49,995 --> 00:23:51,863 OF PRAISE FROM THE BUSINESS 891 00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:55,901 COMMUNITY ABOUT YOUYOU 892 00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:58,970 YOUR ABILITY TO LEAD THIS 893 00:23:58,970 --> 00:23:59,271 DEPARTMENT. 894 00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:00,639 I THINK YOU ARE THE RIGHT 895 00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:01,406 LEADER, AT THE RIGHT 896 00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:04,009 MOMENT, RIGHT TIME, IN OUR CITY 897 00:24:04,009 --> 00:24:04,176 FOR 898 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:05,076 THIS REALLY IMPORTANT 899 00:24:05,076 --> 00:24:05,377 DEPARTMENT. 900 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:06,812 AND WE HAVE ROUGHLY 40 OR 901 00:24:06,812 --> 00:24:12,951 SO CITY DEPARTMENTS OR AGENCIES, 902 00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:14,419 BALLPARK, BUT -- AND THEY'RE 903 00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:15,020 ALL VERY IMPORTANT. 904 00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:17,789 I DON'T WANT TO UNDERMINE 905 00:24:17,789 --> 00:24:19,558 OR, YOU KNOW, TRIVIALIZE THE 906 00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:19,758 WORK. 907 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:22,194 THEY ALL DO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 908 00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:23,662 WORK IN ADVANCING OUR CITY'S 909 00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:23,829 KEY 910 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:24,930 PRIORITIES BRINGING THEM TO 911 00:24:24,930 --> 00:24:25,764 LIFE. 912 00:24:25,764 --> 00:24:29,201 NOW MORE THAN EVER, I THINK 913 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:31,770 OED, YOUR DEPARTMENT, IS ONE OF 914 00:24:31,770 --> 00:24:33,772 THE MOST IMPORTANT 915 00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:35,106 STRATEGICALLY DEPARTMENTS IN OUR 916 00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:35,373 CITY'S 917 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:36,107 HISTORY. 918 00:24:36,107 --> 00:24:37,943 ESPECIALLY IN A MOMENT OF A LOT 919 00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:41,813 OF PENDING UNCERTAINTY AT 920 00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:43,315 ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT. 921 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:46,151 AND THE BROADER ECONOMY. 922 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:48,520 SO I APPRECIATE YOU. 923 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,255 I APPRECIATE YOUR 924 00:24:50,255 --> 00:24:54,326 COMMENTS EARLIER RELATED 925 00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:54,826 TO, YOU KNOW, 926 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:55,427 THE RECOGNITION THAT WE 927 00:24:55,427 --> 00:24:57,262 HISTORICALLY HAVE INVESTED A 928 00:24:57,262 --> 00:25:00,899 LOT IN TECH AND, YES, WE 929 00:25:00,899 --> 00:25:03,602 SHALL CONTINUE AND AS WE INVEST 930 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:03,869 MORE 931 00:25:03,869 --> 00:25:06,071 HEAVILY IN SOME OTHER SECTORS 932 00:25:06,071 --> 00:25:08,306 AND INDUSTRIES, AGREE, YOU 933 00:25:08,306 --> 00:25:10,642 KNOW, SUPPORTING OUR MARITIME 934 00:25:10,642 --> 00:25:10,809 AND 935 00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:13,245 INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY, 936 00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:14,045 MARITIME MANUFACTURING AND 937 00:25:14,045 --> 00:25:14,880 INDUSTRIAL 938 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,716 ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, A.I., RIGHT, 939 00:25:17,716 --> 00:25:18,817 WE'LL GROW THERE AS WELL. 940 00:25:18,817 --> 00:25:23,221 WE'RE NOT GOING TO DRAW DOWN 941 00:25:23,221 --> 00:25:24,723 OUR INVESTMENTS OR DEINVEST 942 00:25:24,723 --> 00:25:28,493 IN SOME OF THOSE OTHER AREAS, 943 00:25:28,493 --> 00:25:28,960 BUT 944 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:34,099 I APPRECIATE YOU, YOUR 945 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:35,567 LEADERSHIP, YOUR COMMENTS 946 00:25:35,567 --> 00:25:36,101 EARLIER ABOUT IN 947 00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:37,235 YOUR PREFERENCE, 948 00:25:37,235 --> 00:25:41,706 STRONG PREFERENCE, FOR ADOPTING 949 00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:43,575 A, LET'S SEE, SERVANT 950 00:25:43,575 --> 00:25:45,310 LEADER APPROACH AND BRINGING A 951 00:25:45,310 --> 00:25:50,582 SERVANT LEADER APPROACH TO THIS 952 00:25:50,582 --> 00:25:52,183 WORK. 953 00:25:52,183 --> 00:25:54,219 SOMETHING THAT I TRY TO ASPIRE 954 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:55,120 TO AS WELL. 955 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:56,588 I WANT TO TAKE THIS COMMUNITY, 956 00:25:56,588 --> 00:25:59,591 IN ADDITION TO PRAISING YOU 957 00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:01,259 AND YOUR WORK SO FAR YOUR 958 00:26:01,259 --> 00:26:01,559 ABILITIES, 959 00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:03,528 I ALSO WANT TO TAKE 960 00:26:03,528 --> 00:26:07,065 THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE YOUR 961 00:26:07,065 --> 00:26:07,265 TEAM, 962 00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:10,201 MANY MEMBERS ARE SITTING BEHIND 963 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:10,502 YOU. 964 00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:13,171 AND MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN 965 00:26:13,171 --> 00:26:15,140 HERE MUCH LONGER THAN BOTH YOU 966 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:15,440 AND I. 967 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,176 AND A FEW PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR 968 00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:22,013 I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY 969 00:26:22,013 --> 00:26:24,549 HIGHLIGHT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR 970 00:26:24,549 --> 00:26:26,351 ALICIA TEAL HAS 971 00:26:26,351 --> 00:26:28,053 BEEN AMAZING AND 972 00:26:28,053 --> 00:26:29,621 ACTUALLY I THINK SHE BRIEFLY LED 973 00:26:29,621 --> 00:26:31,389 AS ACTING 974 00:26:31,389 --> 00:26:32,390 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT AS 975 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:33,992 WELL. DEPUTY DIRECTOR TEAL HAS 976 00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:34,192 BEEN 977 00:26:34,192 --> 00:26:35,927 AMAZING TO WORK WITH FOR ME 978 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:38,596 AND MY OFFICE, IMPLEMENTING 979 00:26:38,596 --> 00:26:40,332 ANY NUMBER OF KEY 980 00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:41,566 STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FOR OUR 981 00:26:41,566 --> 00:26:41,833 CITY 982 00:26:41,833 --> 00:26:43,401 AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH ME AND 983 00:26:43,401 --> 00:26:45,337 MY OFFICE TO DO EXACTLY THAT. 984 00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:49,674 ONE EXAMPLE IS THE MARITIME 985 00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:51,109 MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL 986 00:26:51,109 --> 00:26:51,843 ECONOMY, YOU KNOW, INVESTMENT 987 00:26:51,843 --> 00:26:53,812 TO SUPPORT SOUND TRANSIT 988 00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:55,180 IMPACTED BUSINESSES IN WEST 989 00:26:55,180 --> 00:26:55,447 SEATTLE, 990 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,115 SOTO, EVENTUALLY WE'RE GOING 991 00:26:57,115 --> 00:27:00,685 TO GET TO BALLARD TOO. 992 00:27:00,685 --> 00:27:02,020 BUT NAVIGATING LIKE UP HERE 993 00:27:02,020 --> 00:27:05,657 AT THIS DAIS AND UPSTAIRS ON 994 00:27:05,657 --> 00:27:08,760 THE SEVENTH FLOOR, WE 995 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:11,062 WRITE POLICY AND -- BUT YOU AND 996 00:27:11,062 --> 00:27:12,697 YOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE 39 997 00:27:12,697 --> 00:27:13,398 OTHER DEPARTMENTS ACROSS 998 00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:15,133 THE CITY ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT. 999 00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:16,935 AND WHEN WE WRITE POLICY WE 1000 00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:18,503 HAVE BLIND SPOTS SOMETIMES. 1001 00:27:18,503 --> 00:27:21,039 WE DON'T ALWAYS ANTICIPATE 1002 00:27:21,039 --> 00:27:21,640 EVERY 1003 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:22,073 SINGLE SCENARIO. 1004 00:27:22,073 --> 00:27:23,808 THAT'S WHY DEPARTMENTS 1005 00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:25,543 LIKE YOURS ARE SO CRITICAL 1006 00:27:25,543 --> 00:27:26,611 BECAUSE YOU'RE THE TIP OF THE 1007 00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:28,380 SPEARS IN 1008 00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:31,349 IMPLEMENTING AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1009 00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:34,753 TEAL, EXPERTLY HELP MANAGE 1010 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:36,488 A VERY DELICATE SITUATION 1011 00:27:36,488 --> 00:27:38,390 WITH MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS 1012 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:41,760 INVOLVED FROM THE WEST SEATTLE 1013 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,461 CHAMBER AND THE VALLEY 1014 00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:45,397 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND AND 1015 00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:46,297 COUNTLESS OTHERS TO BRING 1016 00:27:46,297 --> 00:27:46,564 SOLUTIONS 1017 00:27:46,564 --> 00:27:51,603 AND REALLY BRING TO LIFE THAT 1018 00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:52,203 POLICY VISION AND GOAL. 1019 00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:55,540 SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE DEPUTY 1020 00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:59,377 TEAL, LUCKY TO HAVE EDUARDO ROW 1021 00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:03,548 HAS AND PHILIP SIT FROM 1022 00:28:03,548 --> 00:28:04,616 MY OFFICE WHO ARE SMALL BUSINESS 1023 00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:07,419 SUPPORTERS, VERY IMPORTANT 1024 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:09,220 PRIORITY, STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1025 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:10,121 FOR MY OFFICE AND THE BROADER 1026 00:28:10,121 --> 00:28:13,425 CITY AS WELL, AT A TIME LAST 1027 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:16,594 SUMMER WHEN THE FAMOUS JEWELERS 1028 00:28:16,594 --> 00:28:16,761 IN 1029 00:28:16,761 --> 00:28:18,396 THE JUNCTION OF WEST SEATTLE 1030 00:28:18,396 --> 00:28:21,499 WERE BROKE NOON IN A HIGH- 1031 00:28:21,499 --> 00:28:23,034 PROFILE HEIST, MADE NATIONAL 1032 00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:24,803 HEADLINES, OVER A MILLION 1033 00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:25,403 DOLLARS 1034 00:28:25,403 --> 00:28:27,172 OF MERCHANDISE STOLEN IN A 1035 00:28:27,172 --> 00:28:30,108 BRAZEN DAYTIME ATTACK, I 1036 00:28:30,108 --> 00:28:30,675 RESPONDED 1037 00:28:30,809 --> 00:28:32,377 PERSONALLY. THE CHIEF OF POLICE 1038 00:28:32,377 --> 00:28:33,278 WAS THERE 1039 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:34,112 PERSONALLY. 1040 00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:38,216 IT WAS A GREAT MOMENT OF 1041 00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:38,516 COMMUNITY. 1042 00:28:38,516 --> 00:28:39,984 WITHIN HOURS OR MIGHT HAVE 1043 00:28:39,984 --> 00:28:43,388 BEEN A DAY OR TWO, SO DID 1044 00:28:43,388 --> 00:28:44,522 EDUARDO 1045 00:28:44,522 --> 00:28:47,459 AND PHILIP RESPONDED AND 1046 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:47,726 PROVIDED 1047 00:28:47,726 --> 00:28:48,593 THEM WITH IMMEDIATE RELIEF 1048 00:28:48,593 --> 00:28:52,730 FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE. 1049 00:28:52,730 --> 00:28:55,100 WE HAVE THIS STOREFRONT REPAIR 1050 00:28:55,100 --> 00:28:58,536 FUND THIS COUNCIL EXPANDED TO- 1051 00:28:58,536 --> 00:29:00,338 TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY REACTIVE 1052 00:29:00,338 --> 00:29:01,639 RESPONSE TO BREAK- INS OF SMALL 1053 00:29:01,639 --> 00:29:05,376 BUSINESSES, BUT PROACTIVE 1054 00:29:05,376 --> 00:29:06,578 SECURITY PREVENTION MEASURES, 1055 00:29:06,578 --> 00:29:09,647 HELP THEM AND OTHER 1056 00:29:09,647 --> 00:29:13,017 BUSINESSES LIKE THEM, YOU KNOW, 1057 00:29:13,017 --> 00:29:13,251 RECEIVE 1058 00:29:13,251 --> 00:29:14,052 CRITICAL RESOURCES AT A 1059 00:29:14,052 --> 00:29:15,286 TIME THEY NEED IT THE MOST. 1060 00:29:15,286 --> 00:29:16,554 YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM AND 1061 00:29:16,554 --> 00:29:17,355 THAT'S JUST A FEW. 1062 00:29:17,355 --> 00:29:19,257 I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM 1063 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:19,524 OVERALL. 1064 00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:22,994 BY THE WAY, I WAS GOING TO 1065 00:29:22,994 --> 00:29:24,929 WRITEWRITE AN E- MAIL TO YOU, 1066 00:29:24,929 --> 00:29:26,197 MR. ELLERBROOK, THE MAYOR'S 1067 00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:28,199 OFFICE, PRAISING YOUR GREAT 1068 00:29:28,199 --> 00:29:31,436 TEAM, INCLUDING DEPUTY DIRECTOR 1069 00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:35,673 TEAL, BUT I WILL SAVE SOME 1070 00:29:35,673 --> 00:29:37,442 WORDS BECAUSE ON PAPER WE WRITE 1071 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:37,942 -- 1072 00:29:37,942 --> 00:29:39,344 WE ALL WRITE ENOUGH E- MAILS 1073 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:42,280 AROUND HERE AND LETTERS, 1074 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:43,882 WHAT BETTER THAN TO PUBLICLY 1075 00:29:43,882 --> 00:29:45,383 PRAISE VERBALLY FOR YOU TO SEE, 1076 00:29:45,383 --> 00:29:46,151 THE 1077 00:29:46,151 --> 00:29:48,019 MAYOR'S OFFICE TO SEE AND THE 1078 00:29:48,019 --> 00:29:50,855 MEMBERS OF THE TAX PAYING PUBLIC 1079 00:29:50,855 --> 00:29:51,389 TO 1080 00:29:51,389 --> 00:29:53,158 SEE BECAUSE THEIR TAXPAYER 1081 00:29:53,158 --> 00:29:54,425 DOLLARS ARE HARD AT WORK AND 1082 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:54,659 HAVING 1083 00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:57,695 A TON OF IMPACT. 1084 00:29:57,695 --> 00:29:58,263 THANK YOU. 1085 00:29:58,263 --> 00:30:00,431 I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT YOUR 1086 00:30:00,431 --> 00:30:02,433 CANDIDACY WHEN WE VOTE ON IT. 1087 00:30:02,433 --> 00:30:03,334 THANK 1088 00:30:03,334 --> 00:30:03,535 YOU. 1089 00:30:03,535 --> 00:30:04,969 >> THANK YOU SO 1090 00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:05,737 MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1091 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:08,907 I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 1092 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:09,841 COMMENTS. I WILL SUMMARIZE SOME 1093 00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:10,275 OF 1094 00:30:10,275 --> 00:30:12,243 THE THINGS I HEAR. 1095 00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:15,079 THE SUPPORT OF SMALL 1096 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:15,814 BUSINESS, MEDIUM SIZE BUSINESS 1097 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:16,047 AND 1098 00:30:16,047 --> 00:30:19,484 LARGE BUSINESS HAVE ALIGNMENT 1099 00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:20,251 WITH YOU AND IT'S AN ECOSYSTEM 1100 00:30:20,251 --> 00:30:20,518 AND 1101 00:30:20,518 --> 00:30:22,053 THAT'S HOW I WANT TO LEAD. 1102 00:30:22,053 --> 00:30:24,556 DEFINITELY WHAT YOU SAID 100%. 1103 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:26,291 I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR MY TEAM. 1104 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:28,126 A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN TWO 1105 00:30:28,126 --> 00:30:29,894 MONTHS, BEING SO KIND 1106 00:30:29,894 --> 00:30:31,029 AND GRATEFUL FOR MY LEADERSHIP 1107 00:30:31,029 --> 00:30:32,964 AND TO REALLY SET ME UP FOR 1108 00:30:32,964 --> 00:30:33,598 SUCCESS EVERY DAY. 1109 00:30:33,598 --> 00:30:37,769 I SEE HOW THEY SHOW UP EVERY 1110 00:30:37,769 --> 00:30:37,969 DAY. 1111 00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:40,104 THEY ARE SUPER INSPIRED 1112 00:30:40,104 --> 00:30:40,438 BY THE WORK. 1113 00:30:40,438 --> 00:30:42,407 THEY ARE INSPIRING ABOUT THE 1114 00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:42,674 WORK. 1115 00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:45,777 WE DO HAVE A REALLY VERY, VERY 1116 00:30:45,777 --> 00:30:47,145 TALENTED, DIVERSE GROUP AND WHEN 1117 00:30:47,145 --> 00:30:51,082 I TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY, 1118 00:30:51,082 --> 00:30:51,849 CREATE DIVERSE GROUPS THAT'S 1119 00:30:51,849 --> 00:30:52,684 WHAT PEOPLE ASK ME TO DO. 1120 00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:56,688 I ALREADY HAVE A DIVERSE TEAM, 1121 00:30:56,688 --> 00:30:58,122 WHICH IS SUPER HIGH, BIG 1122 00:30:58,122 --> 00:30:59,424 KUDOS TO THE CITY FOR HAVING 1123 00:30:59,424 --> 00:30:59,624 THAT. 1124 00:30:59,624 --> 00:31:01,459 I'M JUST LOOKING FORWARD 1125 00:31:01,459 --> 00:31:02,961 TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND 1126 00:31:02,961 --> 00:31:07,465 EXPAND AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 1127 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:07,865 YOUR 1128 00:31:07,865 --> 00:31:09,167 SUPPORT, TO GROW THE WHOLE 1129 00:31:09,167 --> 00:31:11,336 DEPARTMENT, WHICH I WILL BE 1130 00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:12,837 AN ADVOCATE WITH THE SPECIFIC 1131 00:31:12,837 --> 00:31:13,771 OUTCOMES AND STRATEGY I HAVE AN 1132 00:31:13,771 --> 00:31:15,740 IDEA OF HOW CAN WE JUST 1133 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:16,975 REALLY BACK UP THAT GROWTH, 1134 00:31:16,975 --> 00:31:18,209 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I LIKE TO 1135 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:18,509 LEAD. 1136 00:31:18,509 --> 00:31:20,378 IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GROW. 1137 00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:22,714 IT'S ABOUT HAVE STRATEGY, IT'S 1138 00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:23,548 ABOUT HAVE SPECIFIC GOAL, 1139 00:31:23,548 --> 00:31:25,617 AMBITION, AND I HAVE IT WITH MY 1140 00:31:25,617 --> 00:31:25,884 TEAM. 1141 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:27,185 ALSO THEY HAVE THE SAME 1142 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:28,052 DESIRE AND CLARITY. 1143 00:31:28,052 --> 00:31:29,187 SO WE'RE ON IT. 1144 00:31:29,187 --> 00:31:30,355 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1145 00:31:30,355 --> 00:31:33,491 YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR KIND 1146 00:31:33,491 --> 00:31:35,894 WORDS. 1147 00:31:35,894 --> 00:31:37,195 SO I APPRECIATE AND LOOK 1148 00:31:37,195 --> 00:31:38,663 FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH 1149 00:31:38,663 --> 00:31:38,863 YOU. 1150 00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:40,064 >> I WANT TO ADD. 1151 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:41,933 SO APPRECIATE THE 1152 00:31:41,933 --> 00:31:43,835 POSITIVE COMMENTS FOR OED AND I 1153 00:31:43,835 --> 00:31:45,637 WILL ACCEPT WRITTEN COMMENT, ALL 1154 00:31:45,637 --> 00:31:46,671 THE POSITIVE COMMENTS 1155 00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:47,772 FOR DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY DO 1156 00:31:47,772 --> 00:31:48,439 SUCH HARD WORK. 1157 00:31:48,439 --> 00:31:49,574 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING 1158 00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:50,108 THAT, COUNCILMEMBER. 1159 00:31:50,241 --> 00:31:52,310 >> MY PLEASURE. 1160 00:31:52,310 --> 00:31:54,045 LOOK, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS -- 1161 00:31:54,045 --> 00:31:56,414 THERE'S 14,000 CITY 1162 00:31:56,414 --> 00:31:58,016 EMPLOYEES AND THEY ALL DO 1163 00:31:58,016 --> 00:31:58,349 TERRIFIC 1164 00:31:58,349 --> 00:31:59,450 WORK, VERY CRITICAL WORK. 1165 00:31:59,450 --> 00:32:04,889 WE'RE NOT ALWAYS AT OUR BEST IN 1166 00:32:04,889 --> 00:32:06,224 OPERATING AS WE SHOULD EVERY 1167 00:32:06,224 --> 00:32:07,358 SINGLE TIME IN EVERY SINGLE 1168 00:32:07,358 --> 00:32:07,692 INSTANCE. 1169 00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:08,960 THAT'S NORMAL ACROSS 1170 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,795 EVERY ORGANIZATION ON THIS 1171 00:32:10,795 --> 00:32:13,531 PLANET, BY THE WAY, NOT SPECIFIC 1172 00:32:13,531 --> 00:32:13,765 TO 1173 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,066 SEATTLE OR ANY GOVERNMENT. 1174 00:32:15,066 --> 00:32:16,501 AND SOMETIMES THOSE 1175 00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:19,137 INSTANCES, WHEN IT DOESN'T GO 1176 00:32:19,137 --> 00:32:19,437 WELL, ARE 1177 00:32:19,437 --> 00:32:24,609 VERY PUBLIC AND HIGH PROFILE. 1178 00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:26,444 AND WE SHOULD ADDRESS THOSE. 1179 00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:29,380 BUT WE SHOULD ALSO BE 1180 00:32:29,380 --> 00:32:31,115 INTENTIONAL ABOUT PAUSING 1181 00:32:31,115 --> 00:32:32,483 AND REFLECTING AND CELEBRATING 1182 00:32:32,483 --> 00:32:34,452 THE MANY TIMES, THE MANY MORE 1183 00:32:34,452 --> 00:32:36,954 TIMES WHEN WORK DOES GO WELL AND 1184 00:32:36,954 --> 00:32:38,356 IS 1185 00:32:38,356 --> 00:32:39,590 IMPLEMENTED APPROPRIATELY 1186 00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:42,727 AND EXPERTLY IN A RESPONSIVE 1187 00:32:42,727 --> 00:32:42,961 MANNER. 1188 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:46,397 THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT. 1189 00:32:46,397 --> 00:32:48,533 THANK YOU AGAIN, AND -- AND I 1190 00:32:48,533 --> 00:32:50,201 ENCOURAGE YOU TO -- YOU HAVE 1191 00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:52,971 A GREAT TEAM, GREAT DEPARTMENT, 1192 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:56,240 ENCOURAGE YOU TO -- TO LEARN 1193 00:32:56,240 --> 00:32:57,008 FROM THE TEAM. 1194 00:32:57,008 --> 00:32:59,610 YOU ARE ALSO THE LEADER SO GUIDE 1195 00:32:59,610 --> 00:33:02,246 THE TEAM, THE DIVISION, 1196 00:33:02,246 --> 00:33:05,550 STRATEGY, AND LET'S GO GET IT. 1197 00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:05,917 THANK YOU. 1198 00:33:06,050 --> 00:33:08,920 >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, 1199 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:09,220 SAKA. 1200 00:33:09,220 --> 00:33:10,188 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 1201 00:33:10,188 --> 00:33:11,723 YOU ARE 1202 00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:12,023 RECOGNIZED. 1203 00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:13,658 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 1204 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,526 THANK YOU, MR. ELLERBROOK 1205 00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:17,996 FOR BEING HERE AND THEN DIRECTOR 1206 00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:18,363 YARCE. 1207 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:20,398 I WILL BE QUICK WITH MY 1208 00:33:20,398 --> 00:33:20,698 COMMENTS. 1209 00:33:20,698 --> 00:33:22,667 VERY HAPPY TO VOTE 1210 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:23,334 THIS APPOINTMENT FORWARD. 1211 00:33:23,334 --> 00:33:24,435 I'VE KNOWN DIRECTOR YARCE 1212 00:33:24,435 --> 00:33:28,206 FOR OVER A DECADE AND VERY 1213 00:33:28,206 --> 00:33:29,073 GRATEFUL TO HIS LEADERSHIP. 1214 00:33:29,073 --> 00:33:32,110 BUT ALSO THE ONE THING THAT 1215 00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:33,378 MATTERED, OBVIOUSLY, BY BEING 1216 00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:36,881 A KIND HUMAN BEING, WHICH IS 1217 00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:38,483 IMPORTANT, ALL THE WAY, THE ONE 1218 00:33:38,483 --> 00:33:43,621 THING THAT STUCK OUT TO ME 1219 00:33:43,621 --> 00:33:47,392 REGARDING DIRECTOR YARCE WAS 1220 00:33:47,392 --> 00:33:49,761 HIS UNDERSTANDING OF HOW ALL 1221 00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:52,463 BUSINESSES, SMALL, BIG, MEDIUM, 1222 00:33:52,463 --> 00:33:55,666 WHATEVER, ALL OF THEM IN 1223 00:33:55,666 --> 00:33:56,434 BETWEEN, HOW THEY ALL PLAY AN 1224 00:33:56,434 --> 00:33:59,771 INTEGRAL ROLE WITH EACH OTHER 1225 00:33:59,771 --> 00:34:02,373 AND HOW, EXCUSE ME, AND HOW 1226 00:34:02,373 --> 00:34:04,375 THEY'RE INTERTWINED AND 1227 00:34:04,375 --> 00:34:05,576 THE IMPACT THEY HAVE AND 1228 00:34:05,576 --> 00:34:06,811 ONE BUSINESS CAN AFFECT ANOTHER. 1229 00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:09,280 I REMEMBER WHEN SIMPSON 1230 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,315 LUMBER CLOSED IN SHELTON, 600 1231 00:34:11,315 --> 00:34:11,783 JOBS 1232 00:34:11,783 --> 00:34:13,651 OVERNIGHT, THE RIPPLE EFFECT 1233 00:34:13,651 --> 00:34:14,952 OF THAT WITH RESTAURANTS 1234 00:34:14,952 --> 00:34:16,621 DOWNTOWN, GROCERY STORES, I SAW 1235 00:34:16,621 --> 00:34:16,754 A 1236 00:34:16,754 --> 00:34:19,056 WHOLE DOWNTOWN DECIMATED BECAUSE 1237 00:34:19,056 --> 00:34:22,160 OF ONE -- BECAUSE OF THE RIPPLE 1238 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:22,994 EFFECT, AND SO 1239 00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:25,029 JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT THE 1240 00:34:25,029 --> 00:34:25,997 BIG BUSINESSES WE HAVE HERE, YOU 1241 00:34:25,997 --> 00:34:27,265 KNOW, WE KNOW THE NATIONAL 1242 00:34:27,265 --> 00:34:28,933 ONES, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF 1243 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:30,535 SMALLER ONES THAT STILL HAVE A 1244 00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:30,835 BIG 1245 00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:35,039 PUNCH AND IMPACT, 1246 00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:36,374 NORDSTROM'S, BROOKS, REGIONAL 1247 00:34:36,374 --> 00:34:38,342 ONES, A LOT OF THESE 1248 00:34:38,342 --> 00:34:40,645 MEDIUM- SIZED BUSINESSES, 1249 00:34:40,645 --> 00:34:43,915 PCC, THAT HAVE INTEGRAL ROLES 1250 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:45,416 IN THESE CONVERSATIONS WHEN 1251 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:46,584 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT 1252 00:34:46,584 --> 00:34:46,784 WAYS 1253 00:34:46,784 --> 00:34:48,152 THAT OUR REGION IS TRYING TO 1254 00:34:48,152 --> 00:34:48,386 GROW. 1255 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:50,822 I THINK WE'RE AT A 1256 00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:53,991 PIVOTAL MOMENT IN SEATTLE WHERE 1257 00:34:53,991 --> 00:34:54,225 I 1258 00:34:54,225 --> 00:34:55,593 THINK WE'RE UNDERSTANDING ABOUT 1259 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:56,027 ALL 1260 00:34:56,027 --> 00:34:58,229 OF THE SERVICES THAT BUSINESSES 1261 00:34:58,229 --> 00:34:59,931 PROVIDE, NOT JUST BEING A 1262 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:01,532 BUSINESS, BUT THE JOBS THEY 1263 00:35:01,532 --> 00:35:02,667 PROVIDE, THE WEALTH THAT IS 1264 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:04,602 BEING, YOU KNOW, STIMULATED 1265 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:05,770 BACK INTO COMMUNITY, THOSE 1266 00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:09,707 LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT REINVEST, 1267 00:35:09,707 --> 00:35:10,441 THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT 1268 00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:12,009 THOSE LARGE BUSINESSES PARTNER 1269 00:35:12,009 --> 00:35:12,210 WITH 1270 00:35:12,210 --> 00:35:15,213 TO PROVIDE CERTAIN THINGS AND 1271 00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:16,914 SERVICES FOR THEIR BUSINESS. 1272 00:35:16,914 --> 00:35:19,117 JUST THAT UNDERSTANDING I THINK 1273 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:21,219 IS EXCELLENT BECAUSE AT 1274 00:35:21,219 --> 00:35:22,587 EVERY SINGLE LEVEL, THERE 1275 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:24,622 ARE -- THERE ARE DIFFERENT 1276 00:35:24,622 --> 00:35:24,922 BUSINESSES. 1277 00:35:24,922 --> 00:35:25,990 THE SECOND THING THAT STOOD 1278 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:28,759 OUT TO ME THE MOST AS WELL IS 1279 00:35:28,759 --> 00:35:29,193 THEIR 1280 00:35:29,193 --> 00:35:31,963 UNDERSTANDING OF 1281 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:32,597 PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND 1282 00:35:32,597 --> 00:35:34,398 HOW OFTEN TIMES 1283 00:35:34,398 --> 00:35:35,266 FOCUSING ON OUTCOMES, YOU KNOW, 1284 00:35:35,266 --> 00:35:36,968 JUST TRYING TO GET THE JOB 1285 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,803 DONE AND FIGURING OUT THE 1286 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:40,204 BEST PATHWAY FORWARD AND THAT 1287 00:35:40,204 --> 00:35:41,606 YOU CAN 1288 00:35:41,606 --> 00:35:44,542 HAVE A PRIVATE SECTOR 1289 00:35:44,542 --> 00:35:45,977 PIECE, PHILANTHROPY PIECE, TO 1290 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:46,177 WHAT 1291 00:35:46,177 --> 00:35:47,512 GOVERNMENT IS DOING. 1292 00:35:47,512 --> 00:35:48,179 THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 1293 00:35:48,179 --> 00:35:49,347 OFTEN TIMES GOVERNMENT IS NOT 1294 00:35:49,347 --> 00:35:50,047 THE 1295 00:35:50,047 --> 00:35:50,414 ONLY PATHWAY. 1296 00:35:50,414 --> 00:35:52,783 WE CAN BE CUMBERSOME, 1297 00:35:52,783 --> 00:35:53,818 BUREAUCRATIC, AND PRIVATE 1298 00:35:53,818 --> 00:35:56,554 SECTOR OR PHILANTHROPY CAN GET 1299 00:35:56,554 --> 00:35:57,688 HELP, YOU KNOW, UNLOCK SOME OF 1300 00:35:57,688 --> 00:35:57,889 THOSE 1301 00:35:57,889 --> 00:35:58,256 THINGS. 1302 00:35:58,256 --> 00:35:59,690 WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH THE 1303 00:35:59,690 --> 00:36:01,192 WATERFRONT, THE ELLIOTT BAY 1304 00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:02,360 CONNECTER, WE'VE SEEN IT 1305 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,029 WITH CLIMATE PLEDGE, WE'VE SEEN 1306 00:36:05,029 --> 00:36:07,331 IT ALL OVER SEATTLE IMPACT 1307 00:36:07,331 --> 00:36:08,466 OUR COMMUNITY 1308 00:36:08,466 --> 00:36:09,433 POSITIVELY. SO JUST 1309 00:36:09,433 --> 00:36:09,867 UNDERSTANDING THAT 1310 00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:11,669 PIECE AS 1311 00:36:11,669 --> 00:36:13,738 WELL. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING 1312 00:36:13,738 --> 00:36:15,439 WITH DIRECTOR YARCE, ECONOMIC 1313 00:36:15,439 --> 00:36:17,074 DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL DOUBLE 1314 00:36:17,074 --> 00:36:18,442 DOWN WHAT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS 1315 00:36:18,442 --> 00:36:18,643 SAID 1316 00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:20,545 ABOUT DIRECTOR TEAL. 1317 00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:25,249 SHE'S BEEN PHENOMENAL IN THEIR 1318 00:36:25,249 --> 00:36:27,585 WORK AND I'LL PUT A PLUG FOR 1319 00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:30,154 US CONTINUING THE WORK IN EAST 1320 00:36:30,154 --> 00:36:30,354 LAKE 1321 00:36:30,354 --> 00:36:32,089 DURING THE CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS 1322 00:36:32,089 --> 00:36:33,190 AS WELL AND APPRECIATE 1323 00:36:33,190 --> 00:36:34,358 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT 1324 00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:34,592 PIECE. 1325 00:36:34,592 --> 00:36:36,561 I HAVE A LOT OF SMALL 1326 00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:38,162 BUSINESSES IN THAT, THAT WE WANT 1327 00:36:38,162 --> 00:36:38,329 TO 1328 00:36:38,329 --> 00:36:39,230 KEEP STAYING ALIVE. 1329 00:36:39,230 --> 00:36:41,032 THANK YOU ALL, REALLY 1330 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,099 APPRECIATE IT AND LOOKING 1331 00:36:42,099 --> 00:36:42,366 FORWARD. 1332 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:43,768 CAN'T WAIT TO VOTE FOR 1333 00:36:43,768 --> 00:36:44,035 DIRECTOR 1334 00:36:44,035 --> 00:36:46,204 YARCE. THANK YOU, MAYOR'S 1335 00:36:46,204 --> 00:36:46,437 OFFICE, 1336 00:36:46,437 --> 00:36:49,974 AND MR. ELLERBROOK FOR PUTTING 1337 00:36:49,974 --> 00:36:51,309 FORTH THIS 1338 00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:51,609 NOMINATION. 1339 00:36:51,609 --> 00:36:51,976 >> THANK YOU SO 1340 00:36:51,976 --> 00:36:52,643 MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER 1341 00:36:52,643 --> 00:36:53,010 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1342 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:54,245 IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE 1343 00:36:54,245 --> 00:36:55,780 WORKING WITH YOU FOR ALL THOSE 1344 00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:56,013 YEARS 1345 00:36:56,013 --> 00:36:58,182 AND DEFINITELY VERY, VERY 1346 00:36:58,182 --> 00:37:00,151 EXCITED ABOUT THIS STRATEGY AND 1347 00:37:00,151 --> 00:37:01,419 THE 1348 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:02,286 ECOSYSTEM AND THE 1349 00:37:02,286 --> 00:37:02,954 IMPORTANCE OF THE MULTIPLE 1350 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:03,187 LEVELS 1351 00:37:03,187 --> 00:37:04,555 OF BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 1352 00:37:04,555 --> 00:37:06,724 I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK 1353 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:08,459 WITH ALL KINDS OF BUSINESS AND 1354 00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:09,827 THE VISION I HAVE AS A PUBLIC 1355 00:37:09,827 --> 00:37:12,063 SERVANT WE HAVE TO SERVE 1356 00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:12,396 EVERYBODY. 1357 00:37:12,396 --> 00:37:13,798 EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS. 1358 00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:15,399 THAT'S HOW I KIND OF SHOW UP. 1359 00:37:15,399 --> 00:37:17,435 WHO NEEDS THE MOST. 1360 00:37:17,435 --> 00:37:18,869 SOME PEOPLE NEED CASH 1361 00:37:18,869 --> 00:37:20,638 INJECTION OR ACCESS TO CAPITAL, 1362 00:37:20,638 --> 00:37:20,838 SOME 1363 00:37:20,838 --> 00:37:23,674 OTHER PEOPLE WILL NEED RESOURCES 1364 00:37:23,674 --> 00:37:23,841 OR 1365 00:37:23,841 --> 00:37:24,342 CONNECTIONS. 1366 00:37:24,342 --> 00:37:26,444 SOME PEOPLE FEEL LIKE 1367 00:37:26,444 --> 00:37:28,312 VALIDATED AND THAT THEY ARE 1368 00:37:28,312 --> 00:37:28,613 WELCOME TO 1369 00:37:28,613 --> 00:37:29,814 DO THEIR BUSINESS HERE. 1370 00:37:29,814 --> 00:37:32,116 I WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT 1371 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:34,518 OVER MY CAREER. 1372 00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:35,119 I'M LOOKING FORWARD 1373 00:37:35,119 --> 00:37:38,723 TO COLLABORATE WITH ALL OF YOU. 1374 00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:40,224 IN THE OTHER 1375 00:37:40,224 --> 00:37:40,791 PUBLIC/PRIVATE, THAT'S 1376 00:37:40,791 --> 00:37:42,159 SOMETHING I'M 1377 00:37:42,159 --> 00:37:43,160 VERY EXCITED BECAUSE OF MY 1378 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,730 PRIVATE LIFE AS A 1379 00:37:45,730 --> 00:37:46,631 FUNDRAISERFUNDRAISER LEADER. 1380 00:37:46,631 --> 00:37:48,199 I LOVE TO ASK FOR MONEY. 1381 00:37:48,199 --> 00:37:50,868 I LOVE TO FUND RAISE FOR 1382 00:37:50,868 --> 00:37:52,536 MONEY, WHICH IS A VERY UNIQUE 1383 00:37:52,536 --> 00:37:52,770 SKILL. 1384 00:37:52,770 --> 00:37:54,005 PEOPLE SAY NOT EVERYBODY 1385 00:37:54,005 --> 00:37:55,172 LIKE IT, BUT I DO. 1386 00:37:55,172 --> 00:37:56,974 I ALREADY HAVE THIS KIND 1387 00:37:56,974 --> 00:37:59,910 OF VISION OF HOW DO WE INVITE 1388 00:37:59,910 --> 00:38:01,045 PHILANTHROPY AND PRIVATE TO 1389 00:38:01,045 --> 00:38:04,548 FILL THE GAPS WE HAVE AS A 1390 00:38:04,548 --> 00:38:04,782 PUBLIC 1391 00:38:04,915 --> 00:38:07,251 SECTOR. SO STAY TUNED BECAUSE I 1392 00:38:07,251 --> 00:38:08,085 HAVE A 1393 00:38:08,085 --> 00:38:10,821 BIG -- FOR THAT AND YOUR 1394 00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:11,856 SUPPORT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY 1395 00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:12,023 IN 1396 00:38:12,023 --> 00:38:12,790 THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 1397 00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:14,592 AGAIN, WE LIVE IN A 1398 00:38:14,592 --> 00:38:16,127 VERY PROSPEROUS CITY. 1399 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:20,431 I COME FROM PERSPECTIVE. 1400 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:22,166 AS IT IS HERE SO I SEE 1401 00:38:22,166 --> 00:38:24,802 THE FUNDING AND THE MONEY. 1402 00:38:24,802 --> 00:38:26,404 HOW DO WE VIEW -- HOW DO I 1403 00:38:26,404 --> 00:38:28,172 SET UP THE TABLE TO MAKE THAT 1404 00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:30,174 HAPPEN, WHICH I LIKE TO SET UP 1405 00:38:30,174 --> 00:38:31,676 A TABLE AND ENTERTAIN 1406 00:38:31,676 --> 00:38:33,778 AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE FEEL 1407 00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:34,178 WELCOME TO DO 1408 00:38:34,178 --> 00:38:34,478 THAT. 1409 00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:37,548 SO I JUST VERY 1410 00:38:37,548 --> 00:38:40,451 EXCITED TO DO THAT WORK. 1411 00:38:40,584 --> 00:38:41,385 >> THANK YOU. 1412 00:38:41,385 --> 00:38:42,320 THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1413 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:42,687 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1414 00:38:42,687 --> 00:38:44,622 VICE CHAIR FOSTER, YOU ARE 1415 00:38:44,622 --> 00:38:44,922 RECOGNIZED. 1416 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:46,190 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 1417 00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:47,925 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 1418 00:38:47,925 --> 00:38:50,695 AND I'M SO PLEASED TO HAVE YOU 1419 00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:53,364 HERE INTERIM DIRECTOR YARCE 1420 00:38:53,364 --> 00:38:54,331 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARK 1421 00:38:54,331 --> 00:38:55,833 ELLERBROOK, FOR 1422 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:56,834 BRINGING DIRECTOR YARCE FORWARD 1423 00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:57,301 TO THE 1424 00:38:57,301 --> 00:38:58,636 MAYOR'S OFFICE. 1425 00:38:58,636 --> 00:39:00,504 I WILL JUST SAY, I'VE GOTTEN 1426 00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:03,107 TO MEET YOU JUST RECENTLY AND 1427 00:39:03,107 --> 00:39:04,008 WAS 1428 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:06,744 JUST SO INSTANTLY THRILLED ABOUT 1429 00:39:06,744 --> 00:39:07,912 YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WILL 1430 00:39:07,912 --> 00:39:09,914 JUST SAY BRIEFLY WE MET AT THE 1431 00:39:09,914 --> 00:39:10,181 -- 1432 00:39:10,181 --> 00:39:12,316 YOU'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE A 1433 00:39:12,316 --> 00:39:15,720 FEW TIMES ACTUALLY, BUT WE MET 1434 00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:16,954 AT THE SMALL BUSINESS 1435 00:39:16,954 --> 00:39:17,922 ROUNDTABLE, COMMUNITY 1436 00:39:17,922 --> 00:39:18,389 ROUNDTABLE, AND I WAS 1437 00:39:18,389 --> 00:39:20,224 REALLY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I 1438 00:39:20,224 --> 00:39:21,726 SAW, WHICH WAS YOUR COMMITMENT 1439 00:39:21,726 --> 00:39:22,126 TO 1440 00:39:22,126 --> 00:39:24,695 THE BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES IN 1441 00:39:24,695 --> 00:39:24,895 THAT 1442 00:39:24,895 --> 00:39:26,897 COMMUNITY AS WELL AS YOUR 1443 00:39:26,897 --> 00:39:27,531 COMMITMENT TO PARTNERSHIP 1444 00:39:27,531 --> 00:39:28,966 WITH OTHER LEADERS WITHIN THE 1445 00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:29,166 CITY. 1446 00:39:29,166 --> 00:39:30,935 JUST REFLECTING ON WHAT YOU 1447 00:39:30,935 --> 00:39:32,636 SAID MULTIPLE TIMES AROUND BEING 1448 00:39:32,636 --> 00:39:34,038 ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH 1449 00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:35,339 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 1450 00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:37,441 BEING ABLE TO 1451 00:39:37,441 --> 00:39:39,210 COLLABORATE WITH SDOT AND 1452 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:40,945 YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF 1453 00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:42,380 THAT COLLABORATION BEING 1454 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:44,248 NEEDED IN ORDER TO DELIVER FOR 1455 00:39:44,248 --> 00:39:44,415 OUR 1456 00:39:44,415 --> 00:39:46,050 BUSINESS COMMUNITY 1457 00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:48,018 IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST 1458 00:39:48,018 --> 00:39:48,285 INSTANTLY 1459 00:39:48,419 --> 00:39:49,520 APPRECIATED. I REALLY LOOK 1460 00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:50,488 FORWARD TO YOUR 1461 00:39:50,488 --> 00:39:52,623 ONGOING LEADERSHIP IN THE 1462 00:39:52,757 --> 00:39:53,924 DEPARTMENT. SO THANK 1463 00:39:53,924 --> 00:39:54,291 YOU. 1464 00:39:54,291 --> 00:39:54,825 >> THANK YOU SO 1465 00:39:54,825 --> 00:39:55,593 MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1466 00:39:55,593 --> 00:39:56,961 IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK 1467 00:39:56,961 --> 00:40:00,364 WITH YOU AS WELL, AND I FEEL 1468 00:40:00,364 --> 00:40:02,099 LIKE THAT'S PART OF MY STYLE OF 1469 00:40:02,099 --> 00:40:03,334 COMING FROM A NONPROFIT 1470 00:40:03,334 --> 00:40:05,269 SECTOR, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF 1471 00:40:05,269 --> 00:40:08,172 RESOURCES AND WE NEED TO BUILD 1472 00:40:08,172 --> 00:40:08,906 CAPACITY AND MEMBERSHIP. 1473 00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:10,407 WHAT I SEE THE NEED HERE IN 1474 00:40:10,407 --> 00:40:13,010 THE CITY AND THE OPPORTUNITY IS 1475 00:40:13,010 --> 00:40:13,411 MORE 1476 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:16,013 INTEGRATION AND MORE 1477 00:40:16,013 --> 00:40:16,781 COLLABORATION, WHICH I AM DOING 1478 00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:20,484 WITH DEPARTMENTS, NEW 1479 00:40:20,484 --> 00:40:22,019 DIRECTORS, AND HAPPY HOURS AND 1480 00:40:22,019 --> 00:40:22,186 HOW 1481 00:40:22,186 --> 00:40:23,654 TO WE BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP 1482 00:40:23,654 --> 00:40:25,055 FOR US 1483 00:40:25,055 --> 00:40:26,390 TO WORK TOGETHER BETTER. 1484 00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:27,625 AND ADVANCE IDEAS. 1485 00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:30,060 HOW DO WE BUILD THAT MEANINGFUL 1486 00:40:30,194 --> 00:40:31,695 CONNECTION. BECAUSE THIS IS THE 1487 00:40:31,695 --> 00:40:33,464 ONLY WAY 1488 00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:34,064 THAT WE REALLY KIND OF 1489 00:40:34,064 --> 00:40:35,032 COORDINATE, INTEGRATE AND 1490 00:40:35,032 --> 00:40:36,233 SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THE MOST 1491 00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:38,536 WAY POSSIBLE BECAUSE SOMETIMES 1492 00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:41,038 WE WORK IN SILOS, AND I WANT TO 1493 00:40:41,038 --> 00:40:42,740 BE THE GLUE OR THE BRIDGE OF 1494 00:40:42,740 --> 00:40:43,941 TRUST ON DOING THAT. 1495 00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:45,810 THANK YOU FOR MAKING 1496 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:48,412 THAT COMMENT AND LOOKING FORWARD 1497 00:40:48,412 --> 00:40:48,579 TO 1498 00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:49,580 CONTINUE THAT 1499 00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:49,780 WORK. 1500 00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:52,216 >> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR FOSTER. 1501 00:40:52,216 --> 00:40:54,752 COLLEAGUES, IT IS GREAT TO HEAR 1502 00:40:54,752 --> 00:40:56,821 ENTHUSIASM FOR DIRECTOR YARCE. 1503 00:40:56,821 --> 00:40:58,055 I SHARE IN IT. 1504 00:40:58,055 --> 00:40:59,456 THIS IS A TREMENDOUSLY 1505 00:40:59,456 --> 00:41:00,324 IMPORTANT ROLE. 1506 00:41:00,324 --> 00:41:01,792 WE ALL KNOW THAT. 1507 00:41:01,792 --> 00:41:04,261 AND I DID WANT TO ASK QUESTION 1508 00:41:04,261 --> 00:41:05,196 FOR TODAY JUST SOMETHING 1509 00:41:05,196 --> 00:41:06,730 THAT I THINK IS FRONT OF MIND 1510 00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:07,331 FOR 1511 00:41:07,331 --> 00:41:08,299 MANY RESIDENTS AS WE'RE SEEING 1512 00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:10,167 SO MANY CLOSURES OF BELOVED 1513 00:41:10,167 --> 00:41:10,367 SMALL 1514 00:41:10,367 --> 00:41:12,803 BUSINESSES, SO I WANTED TO ASK 1515 00:41:12,803 --> 00:41:15,306 YOU, DIRECTOR YARCE, 1516 00:41:15,306 --> 00:41:17,141 WHAT STRATEGIES ARE YOU HOPING 1517 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:19,376 TO DEPLOY OR REALLY PUT FORWARD 1518 00:41:19,376 --> 00:41:21,812 TO ADDRESS THE RISING COSTS 1519 00:41:21,812 --> 00:41:22,046 FACING 1520 00:41:22,046 --> 00:41:22,947 SMALL BUSINESSES? 1521 00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:23,781 >> ABSOLUTELY. 1522 00:41:23,781 --> 00:41:28,219 SO WE ARE IN A PIVOTAL TIME 1523 00:41:28,219 --> 00:41:29,887 THAT WE -- RESPOND THE NEEDS 1524 00:41:29,887 --> 00:41:31,155 OF SMALL BUSINESS BY ALL THE 1525 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:31,388 WORK 1526 00:41:31,388 --> 00:41:35,326 WE'RE DOING AT OED WITH 1527 00:41:35,326 --> 00:41:35,626 ASSISTANCE, 1528 00:41:35,626 --> 00:41:36,227 AFFORDABLE CAPITAL. 1529 00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:37,328 MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE. 1530 00:41:37,328 --> 00:41:38,662 CONNECTING WITH THE RESOURCES 1531 00:41:38,662 --> 00:41:39,630 THAT THEY NEED. 1532 00:41:39,630 --> 00:41:41,131 WE CAN DO EVEN MORE. 1533 00:41:41,131 --> 00:41:42,533 ONE THING THAT I'VE BEEN 1534 00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:44,268 HEARING AND ALSO I'M AN 1535 00:41:44,268 --> 00:41:44,535 ADVOCATE 1536 00:41:44,535 --> 00:41:47,104 FOR THAT IS HOW DO WE CREATE A 1537 00:41:47,104 --> 00:41:48,138 MORE 1538 00:41:48,138 --> 00:41:49,773 EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR 1539 00:41:49,773 --> 00:41:50,875 PERMITTING. 1540 00:41:50,875 --> 00:41:51,675 SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR 1541 00:41:51,675 --> 00:41:54,044 BUSINESS NEED PREDICTABILITY TO 1542 00:41:54,044 --> 00:41:54,645 MAKE SURE 1543 00:41:54,645 --> 00:41:55,212 THAT THEY ARE WHEN THEY 1544 00:41:55,212 --> 00:41:56,647 ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT 1545 00:41:56,647 --> 00:41:56,881 OPENING 1546 00:41:56,881 --> 00:41:59,516 A BUSINESS IN SEATTLE, LIKE 1547 00:41:59,516 --> 00:42:00,684 REALLY WHAT IS THE TIMELINE? 1548 00:42:00,684 --> 00:42:02,486 HOW I GOING TO BE ABLE TO 1549 00:42:02,486 --> 00:42:03,821 OPEN MY BUSINESS? 1550 00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:04,655 TIME IS MONEY. 1551 00:42:04,655 --> 00:42:06,257 AS A FORMER ENTREPRENEUR, 1552 00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:07,892 YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT IN 1553 00:42:07,892 --> 00:42:08,792 YOUR BUSINESS PLAN. 1554 00:42:08,792 --> 00:42:09,660 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 1555 00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:16,333 WE'RE WORKING AND ADVANCING IS, 1556 00:42:16,333 --> 00:42:16,567 HOW DO 1557 00:42:16,567 --> 00:42:17,134 WE EXPEDITE OUR PERMITTING 1558 00:42:17,268 --> 00:42:17,935 PROCESSES? HOW DO WE HELP THOSE 1559 00:42:17,935 --> 00:42:19,937 BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES, 1560 00:42:19,937 --> 00:42:20,237 ESPECIALLY 1561 00:42:20,237 --> 00:42:21,972 THOSE WHO ARE MORE MARGINALIZED, 1562 00:42:21,972 --> 00:42:24,541 UNDERSERVED, NOT A LOT OF CASH 1563 00:42:24,541 --> 00:42:25,609 FLOWING, THEY ARE JUST 1564 00:42:25,609 --> 00:42:26,810 OPENING THEIR FIRST BUSINESS, WE 1565 00:42:26,810 --> 00:42:27,044 NEED TO 1566 00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:28,579 KIND OF EXPEDITE THAT. 1567 00:42:28,579 --> 00:42:31,916 THAT'S ONE OF THE STRATEGIES. 1568 00:42:31,916 --> 00:42:32,883 I THINK WE'RE MAKING 1569 00:42:32,883 --> 00:42:34,184 PROGRESS WITH THE CABINET OF 1570 00:42:34,184 --> 00:42:34,518 GOOD 1571 00:42:34,518 --> 00:42:35,786 GOVERNANCE, BUT WORK THAT 1572 00:42:35,786 --> 00:42:36,987 HAS BEEN DONE PREVIOUS TO MY 1573 00:42:36,987 --> 00:42:37,388 LEADERSHIP. 1574 00:42:37,388 --> 00:42:38,622 I'M SUPPORTING MY TEAM 1575 00:42:38,622 --> 00:42:39,590 MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. 1576 00:42:39,590 --> 00:42:41,458 ANOTHER THING THAT I 1577 00:42:41,458 --> 00:42:44,995 THINK WE ARE AHEAD IS AFFORDABLE 1578 00:42:45,129 --> 00:42:47,998 CAPITAL, SO 1579 00:42:47,998 --> 00:42:48,599 CREATING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF 1580 00:42:48,599 --> 00:42:52,670 BUILDING WEALTH, WE HAVE 1581 00:42:52,670 --> 00:42:52,937 CAPITAL. 1582 00:42:52,937 --> 00:42:54,004 WE -- FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 1583 00:42:54,004 --> 00:42:55,572 HOW DO WE MATCH CAPITAL, HOW DO 1584 00:42:55,572 --> 00:42:59,176 WE GET ACCESS TO CAPITAL, 1585 00:42:59,176 --> 00:42:59,610 REMOVING BARRIERS? 1586 00:42:59,610 --> 00:43:01,712 THE CAPITAL IS MORE AFFORDABLE. 1587 00:43:01,712 --> 00:43:03,113 I THINK THAT WILL 1588 00:43:03,113 --> 00:43:04,982 HELP BUSINESSES BE MORE 1589 00:43:04,982 --> 00:43:07,518 SUSTAINABLE AND COMPETITIVE AND 1590 00:43:07,518 --> 00:43:09,486 CONTINUE ALSO HELPING THOSE 1591 00:43:09,486 --> 00:43:09,787 BUSINESSES 1592 00:43:09,787 --> 00:43:11,822 IN TERMS OF LISTENING AND 1593 00:43:11,822 --> 00:43:12,289 HEARING FROM THEM. 1594 00:43:12,289 --> 00:43:17,127 WHAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THEM? 1595 00:43:17,127 --> 00:43:19,363 ONE THING WE'RE BALANCING 1596 00:43:19,363 --> 00:43:21,565 IS SUBSIDIES FOR BUSINESSES 1597 00:43:21,565 --> 00:43:22,433 AND LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS, HOW 1598 00:43:22,433 --> 00:43:24,234 DO WE -- HOW IS THE 1599 00:43:24,234 --> 00:43:27,771 CITY GOING TO DO MORE SUBSIDIES 1600 00:43:27,771 --> 00:43:28,305 FOR BUSINESSES IN PUBLIC 1601 00:43:28,305 --> 00:43:32,376 UTILITIES, HOW 1602 00:43:32,376 --> 00:43:34,545 CAN WE DO THAT -- THINGS WE CAN 1603 00:43:34,545 --> 00:43:35,479 CHANGE INTERNALLY TO MAKE THE 1604 00:43:35,479 --> 00:43:36,914 BUSINESS MORE AFFORDABLE. 1605 00:43:36,914 --> 00:43:42,152 THINGS WE CAN CONTROL AS A 1606 00:43:42,152 --> 00:43:43,253 CITY, THINGS WE CANNOT CONTROL 1607 00:43:43,253 --> 00:43:43,621 -- 1608 00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:44,989 BUT I THINK IN THE CITY WE HAVE 1609 00:43:44,989 --> 00:43:45,556 THE 1610 00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:46,890 RESOURCES TO KIND OF 1611 00:43:46,890 --> 00:43:48,158 START SHOWING UP AND MAKE 1612 00:43:48,158 --> 00:43:53,998 THOSE BUSINESS MORE AFFORDABLE. 1613 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:57,001 SO IF I GET HIRED FOR THIS 1614 00:43:57,001 --> 00:43:59,036 JOB, I'M NOT REALLY COMING WITH 1615 00:43:59,036 --> 00:44:01,005 THESE ARE MY IDEAS OR -- 1616 00:44:01,005 --> 00:44:03,073 AS SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO LISTEN 1617 00:44:03,073 --> 00:44:03,240 AND 1618 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:05,075 LIKE -- WHAT THE COMMUNITY NEED, 1619 00:44:05,075 --> 00:44:06,377 WHAT SMALL BUSINESSES, TRYING TO 1620 00:44:06,377 --> 00:44:06,810 DO 1621 00:44:06,810 --> 00:44:08,479 A LOT OF -- SITTING AROUND 1622 00:44:08,479 --> 00:44:09,179 BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I 1623 00:44:09,179 --> 00:44:09,413 DON'T 1624 00:44:09,413 --> 00:44:10,080 KNOW AND I DON'T WANT TO SAY 1625 00:44:10,080 --> 00:44:10,347 THIS IS 1626 00:44:10,347 --> 00:44:11,615 WHAT YOU NEED. 1627 00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:13,517 IT'S 1628 00:44:13,517 --> 00:44:14,151 MORE LIKE, WHAT I'M HEARING, 1629 00:44:14,151 --> 00:44:14,918 BUT ALSO WITH 1630 00:44:14,918 --> 00:44:17,655 DATA, COLLECTION DATA, THAT IS 1631 00:44:17,655 --> 00:44:17,855 VERY 1632 00:44:17,855 --> 00:44:20,824 IMPORTANT OF WHAT WE'RE 1633 00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:24,128 HEARING AND GREAT POLICY AND 1634 00:44:24,128 --> 00:44:24,361 IMPACT. 1635 00:44:24,495 --> 00:44:25,929 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. 1636 00:44:25,929 --> 00:44:27,331 EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU 1637 00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:29,733 ON THAT WORK AND EXCITED ABOUT 1638 00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:30,934 YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE OFFICE 1639 00:44:30,934 --> 00:44:32,136 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 1640 00:44:32,136 --> 00:44:33,103 COLLEAGUES, IF THERE ARE 1641 00:44:33,103 --> 00:44:34,138 NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR 1642 00:44:34,138 --> 00:44:35,906 QUESTIONS FOR THE APPOINTEE, 1643 00:44:35,906 --> 00:44:36,206 I'D LIKE 1644 00:44:36,206 --> 00:44:37,741 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH VOTING TO 1645 00:44:37,741 --> 00:44:39,309 CONFIRM THE 1646 00:44:39,309 --> 00:44:40,277 APPOINTMENT. I MOVE THAT THE 1647 00:44:40,277 --> 00:44:41,745 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE 1648 00:44:41,745 --> 00:44:42,746 CONFIRMATION 1649 00:44:42,746 --> 00:44:43,781 OF APPOINTMENT 34469. 1650 00:44:43,781 --> 00:44:45,115 IS THERE A SECOND? 1651 00:44:45,249 --> 00:44:45,549 >> SECOND. 1652 00:44:45,682 --> 00:44:47,051 >> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 1653 00:44:47,051 --> 00:44:47,885 RECOMMEND THE 1654 00:44:47,885 --> 00:44:50,120 CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT. 1655 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:53,023 ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS? 1656 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:54,992 HEARING NONE, WILL THE 1657 00:44:54,992 --> 00:44:56,393 CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1658 00:44:56,393 --> 00:44:56,660 COMMITTEE 1659 00:44:56,660 --> 00:44:58,829 RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM 1660 00:44:58,829 --> 00:45:00,097 APPOINTMENT 3469. 1661 00:45:00,097 --> 00:45:00,364 CHAIR 1662 00:45:00,364 --> 00:45:00,831 RINCK. 1663 00:45:00,831 --> 00:45:01,298 >> YES. 1664 00:45:01,432 --> 00:45:03,801 >> VICE CHAIR FOSTER. 1665 00:45:03,934 --> 00:45:04,468 >> 1666 00:45:04,468 --> 00:45:04,735 YES. 1667 00:45:04,735 --> 00:45:05,903 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1668 00:45:06,036 --> 00:45:07,438 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1669 00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:07,805 >> 1670 00:45:07,805 --> 00:45:08,405 YES. 1671 00:45:08,405 --> 00:45:08,806 >> COUNCILMEMBER 1672 00:45:08,806 --> 00:45:09,106 JUAREZ. 1673 00:45:09,106 --> 00:45:09,273 >> 1674 00:45:09,273 --> 00:45:09,773 YEA. 1675 00:45:09,773 --> 00:45:10,274 >> COUNCILMEMBER 1676 00:45:10,274 --> 00:45:10,541 SAKA. 1677 00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:11,408 >> YEA. 1678 00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:13,677 >> THERE ARE FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO 1679 00:45:13,677 --> 00:45:13,944 OPPOSED. 1680 00:45:14,078 --> 00:45:15,245 >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND 1681 00:45:15,245 --> 00:45:16,780 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 1682 00:45:16,780 --> 00:45:18,048 THE APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED 1683 00:45:18,048 --> 00:45:18,282 WILL 1684 00:45:18,282 --> 00:45:20,784 BE SENT TO THE JUNE 2nd FULL 1685 00:45:20,784 --> 00:45:22,986 COUNCIL MEETING. 1686 00:45:22,986 --> 00:45:23,854 CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR 1687 00:45:23,854 --> 00:45:24,455 YARCE. 1688 00:45:24,455 --> 00:45:25,155 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 1689 00:45:25,289 --> 00:45:25,589 >> 1690 00:45:25,589 --> 00:45:25,856 YEA. 1691 00:45:25,856 --> 00:45:27,724 >> SAY SOMETHING ELSE. 1692 00:45:27,858 --> 00:45:28,258 >> 1693 00:45:28,258 --> 00:45:29,426 PLEASE. 1694 00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:29,626 >> 1695 00:45:29,626 --> 00:45:30,160 >> I JUST WANT TO THANK 1696 00:45:30,160 --> 00:45:31,895 YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 1697 00:45:31,895 --> 00:45:33,797 IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL 1698 00:45:33,797 --> 00:45:35,399 EXPERIENCE TO BE HERE. 1699 00:45:35,399 --> 00:45:36,433 I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, 1700 00:45:36,433 --> 00:45:38,268 THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME AND 1701 00:45:38,268 --> 00:45:38,502 SUPPORT 1702 00:45:38,502 --> 00:45:41,572 ME, FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND 1703 00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:43,407 THEN I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE 1704 00:45:43,407 --> 00:45:44,041 MAYOR'S 1705 00:45:44,041 --> 00:45:45,275 OFFICE. 1706 00:45:45,275 --> 00:45:47,778 THANK YOU, MARK, THANK YOU 1707 00:45:47,778 --> 00:45:49,580 MAYOR WILSON FOR GIVING ME THE 1708 00:45:49,580 --> 00:45:51,949 OPPORTUNITY AND APPOINT ME. 1709 00:45:51,949 --> 00:45:53,117 MY TEAM THAT IS JUST WONDERFUL 1710 00:45:53,117 --> 00:45:54,284 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 1711 00:45:54,284 --> 00:45:55,085 AND SUPPORTING ME. 1712 00:45:55,085 --> 00:45:56,086 ALSO, VERY, VERY 1713 00:45:56,086 --> 00:45:57,921 IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT 1714 00:45:57,921 --> 00:45:58,122 IS MY 1715 00:45:58,255 --> 00:45:59,256 FAMILY. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE 1716 00:45:59,256 --> 00:45:59,623 WATCHING. 1717 00:45:59,623 --> 00:46:00,891 THEY PROBABLY ARE 1718 00:46:00,891 --> 00:46:03,127 WATCHING BECAUSE I SEND THEM THE 1719 00:46:03,127 --> 00:46:04,661 LINK. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN 1720 00:46:04,661 --> 00:46:05,462 WATCH IT FROM HERE. 1721 00:46:05,462 --> 00:46:07,231 BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK 1722 00:46:07,231 --> 00:46:09,399 THEM BECAUSE FAMILY IS SO 1723 00:46:09,399 --> 00:46:09,666 IMPORTANT 1724 00:46:09,666 --> 00:46:10,701 TO ME AND THEY DON'T LIVE 1725 00:46:10,701 --> 00:46:12,970 HERE, BUT WE ARE VERY CONNECTED 1726 00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:13,971 AND ESPECIALLY MY MOTHER 1727 00:46:13,971 --> 00:46:15,873 BECAUSE SHE'S SO 1728 00:46:15,873 --> 00:46:22,146 INFLUENTIAL FOR MY LEADERSHIP. 1729 00:46:22,279 --> 00:46:25,048 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1730 00:46:25,048 --> 00:46:26,817 WITH THAT WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 1731 00:46:26,817 --> 00:46:27,885 OUR SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS. 1732 00:46:27,885 --> 00:46:29,453 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYBODY. 1733 00:46:29,453 --> 00:46:31,054 THANK YOU FOR COMING TO 1734 00:46:31,054 --> 00:46:31,355 COMMITTEE. 1735 00:46:31,355 --> 00:46:32,723 WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR 1736 00:46:32,723 --> 00:46:33,991 SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS. 1737 00:46:33,991 --> 00:46:36,927 WILL THE CLERK READ ITEM 2 INTO 1738 00:46:36,927 --> 00:46:37,694 THE RECORD. 1739 00:46:37,828 --> 00:46:42,566 >> ITEM 2, RESOLUTION 32202, 1740 00:46:42,566 --> 00:46:44,535 A RESOLUTION REGARDING NEXT 1741 00:46:44,535 --> 00:46:47,771 STEPS AFTER THE FORENSIC 1742 00:46:47,771 --> 00:46:49,306 EVALUATION OF THE KING COUNTY 1743 00:46:49,306 --> 00:46:49,573 REGIONAL 1744 00:46:49,573 --> 00:46:50,007 HOMELESS AUTHORITY 1745 00:46:50,007 --> 00:46:51,041 REQUESTING THE SEATTLE MAYOR 1746 00:46:51,041 --> 00:46:52,442 AND KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE TAKE 1747 00:46:52,442 --> 00:46:52,876 STEPS 1748 00:46:52,876 --> 00:46:54,444 TO IMMEDIATELY SAFEGUARD PUBLIC 1749 00:46:54,444 --> 00:46:56,446 FUNDS, DETERMINE IF IT 1750 00:46:56,446 --> 00:46:57,281 IS FEASIBLE FOR KCRHA TO 1751 00:46:57,281 --> 00:46:59,116 ADDRESS ALL OF THE FINDINGS IN 1752 00:46:59,116 --> 00:47:00,684 THE FORENSIC EVALUATION, SUBMIT 1753 00:47:00,684 --> 00:47:00,851 AND 1754 00:47:00,851 --> 00:47:02,719 SET NEXT STEPS ON HOW THE 1755 00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:04,288 CITY WILL APPROACH THE 1756 00:47:04,288 --> 00:47:05,088 DISSOLUTION 1757 00:47:05,088 --> 00:47:06,023 OR RESTRUCTURE OF KCRHA 1758 00:47:06,023 --> 00:47:08,058 IF DETERMINED TO BE NECESSARY 1759 00:47:08,058 --> 00:47:09,293 AND SUBMIT MONTHLY REPORTS TO 1760 00:47:09,293 --> 00:47:11,895 COUNCIL FOR BRIEFING, 1761 00:47:11,895 --> 00:47:12,930 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE 1762 00:47:12,930 --> 00:47:13,163 VOTES. 1763 00:47:13,163 --> 00:47:13,997 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. 1764 00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:17,301 BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OUR 1765 00:47:17,301 --> 00:47:18,135 CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATION 1766 00:47:18,135 --> 00:47:18,368 HEARING 1767 00:47:18,368 --> 00:47:19,770 FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT THE 1768 00:47:19,770 --> 00:47:19,970 TABLE 1769 00:47:19,970 --> 00:47:21,672 I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE 1770 00:47:21,672 --> 00:47:23,073 VICE CHAIR FOSTER TO PROVIDE 1771 00:47:23,073 --> 00:47:23,974 COMMENTS ON THE RESOLUTION. 1772 00:47:23,974 --> 00:47:25,642 OUR OFFICES HAVE BEEN 1773 00:47:25,642 --> 00:47:27,444 WORKING TOGETHER IN DRAFTING 1774 00:47:27,444 --> 00:47:28,278 THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US AND 1775 00:47:28,278 --> 00:47:28,478 THANK 1776 00:47:28,478 --> 00:47:29,546 YOU, VICE CHAIR 1777 00:47:29,546 --> 00:47:30,414 FOSTER, YOUR PARTNERSHIP HAS 1778 00:47:30,414 --> 00:47:30,614 BEEN 1779 00:47:30,614 --> 00:47:33,050 VITAL. 1780 00:47:33,050 --> 00:47:33,951 >> THANK YOUYOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 1781 00:47:33,951 --> 00:47:35,619 I AM EXCITED FOR 1782 00:47:35,619 --> 00:47:37,054 THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE 1783 00:47:37,054 --> 00:47:37,287 GOING 1784 00:47:37,287 --> 00:47:38,555 TO HAVE IN COMMITTEE TODAY. 1785 00:47:38,555 --> 00:47:40,557 I WANT TO START OFF WITH SAYING 1786 00:47:40,557 --> 00:47:43,126 AS WE ALL KNOW AND WE'VE 1787 00:47:43,126 --> 00:47:44,461 TALKED ABOUT PUBLICLY, 1788 00:47:44,461 --> 00:47:44,828 OBVIOUSLY, THE 1789 00:47:44,828 --> 00:47:47,030 RESULTS OF THIS AUDIT HAVE 1790 00:47:47,030 --> 00:47:50,234 BEEN INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING. 1791 00:47:50,234 --> 00:47:52,002 WE AS A CITY HAVE A HUGE 1792 00:47:52,002 --> 00:47:53,537 RESPONSIBILITY, WE AS A 1793 00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:54,238 REGION HAVE A HUGE 1794 00:47:54,238 --> 00:47:54,905 RESPONSIBILITY 1795 00:47:54,905 --> 00:47:57,441 TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING 1796 00:47:57,441 --> 00:47:58,108 HOMELESSNESS. 1797 00:47:58,108 --> 00:47:59,276 WE KNOW THAT IT IS ONE OF 1798 00:47:59,276 --> 00:48:01,478 THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR RESIDENTS 1799 00:48:01,478 --> 00:48:03,213 ALL ACROSS SEATTLE, THAT WE ARE 1800 00:48:03,213 --> 00:48:04,648 WORKING TO BRING OUR NEIGHBORS 1801 00:48:04,648 --> 00:48:05,549 INSIDE, AND THAT WE ARE DOING 1802 00:48:05,549 --> 00:48:07,684 SO IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO 1803 00:48:07,684 --> 00:48:09,453 BE IMPACTFUL AND LASTING. 1804 00:48:09,453 --> 00:48:11,655 WE KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS IS NOT 1805 00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:13,357 AN ISSUE THAT STOPS AT CITY 1806 00:48:13,357 --> 00:48:13,624 BORDERS. 1807 00:48:13,624 --> 00:48:17,995 IT IS A REGIONAL CHALLENGE. 1808 00:48:17,995 --> 00:48:20,764 AND THAT WAS PART OF THE 1809 00:48:20,764 --> 00:48:22,432 GENESIS OF BUILDING KCRHA. 1810 00:48:22,432 --> 00:48:23,834 WHEN THESE AUDIT FINDS CAME 1811 00:48:23,834 --> 00:48:25,802 BACK TO US, AND WE WERE 1812 00:48:25,802 --> 00:48:27,170 PRESENTED WITH THEM IN APRIL, 1813 00:48:27,170 --> 00:48:27,971 MANY OF US 1814 00:48:27,971 --> 00:48:29,373 WERE CHALLENGED TO SEE 1815 00:48:29,373 --> 00:48:31,341 THE RESULTS OF THE 1816 00:48:31,341 --> 00:48:33,777 AUDIT, INCLUDING THE LAPSE IN 1817 00:48:33,777 --> 00:48:34,578 INTERNAL FINANCIAL 1818 00:48:34,578 --> 00:48:35,879 CONTROLS, AND THE 1819 00:48:35,879 --> 00:48:39,116 QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NEGATIVE 1820 00:48:39,116 --> 00:48:40,550 DEFICIT 1821 00:48:40,550 --> 00:48:41,952 THERE, AS WELL AS JUST THE -- I 1822 00:48:41,952 --> 00:48:43,787 WOULD SAY THOSE LACK OF 1823 00:48:43,787 --> 00:48:45,856 STRUCTURE INTERNALLY IN 1824 00:48:45,856 --> 00:48:46,823 THE AGENCY OVER THE YEARS. 1825 00:48:46,823 --> 00:48:48,625 I WILL -- I WANT TO APPRECIATE 1826 00:48:48,625 --> 00:48:50,661 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, 1827 00:48:50,661 --> 00:48:52,229 EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE AND THE 1828 00:48:52,229 --> 00:48:52,496 GOVERNING 1829 00:48:52,496 --> 00:48:53,730 BOARD FOR THE WORK WE DID 1830 00:48:53,730 --> 00:48:54,231 TOGETHER 1831 00:48:54,231 --> 00:48:55,699 TO BEGIN TO CREATE SOME 1832 00:48:55,699 --> 00:48:57,467 STRUCTURE AND TO CREATE SOME 1833 00:48:57,467 --> 00:48:57,734 REQUESTS 1834 00:48:57,734 --> 00:48:58,368 INTO THE AGENCY. 1835 00:48:58,368 --> 00:49:00,971 SO THAT WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN 1836 00:49:00,971 --> 00:49:01,605 DONE AND THIS RESOLUTION 1837 00:49:01,605 --> 00:49:02,439 REALLY BUILDS ON THAT. 1838 00:49:02,439 --> 00:49:04,641 WE KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE 1839 00:49:04,641 --> 00:49:07,444 HAVE QUESTIONS THAT -- AROUND 1840 00:49:07,444 --> 00:49:08,478 WHAT'S NEXT AND I WOULD 1841 00:49:08,478 --> 00:49:10,280 SAY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND I 1842 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:10,914 ARE BRINGING THIS RESOLUTION 1843 00:49:10,914 --> 00:49:12,082 FORWARD BECAUSE WE WANT TO 1844 00:49:12,082 --> 00:49:12,349 ENSURE WE 1845 00:49:12,349 --> 00:49:14,051 HAVE A CLEAR AND GUIDED PATHWAY 1846 00:49:14,051 --> 00:49:15,519 FOR DETERMINING WHAT HAPPENS 1847 00:49:15,652 --> 00:49:19,289 NEXT. SO THAT MEANS, AS WE GO 1848 00:49:19,289 --> 00:49:19,956 INTO 1849 00:49:19,956 --> 00:49:21,958 THIS DISCUSSION TODAY, WE WANT 1850 00:49:21,958 --> 00:49:23,260 TO NOT JUST HAVE CLEAR 1851 00:49:23,260 --> 00:49:24,795 DEADLINES BUT SPACE TO ANALYZE 1852 00:49:24,795 --> 00:49:25,162 THOSE 1853 00:49:25,162 --> 00:49:26,897 RESULTS, TO THEN BE CLEAR 1854 00:49:26,897 --> 00:49:27,898 ABOUT WHAT WE'RE BUILDING 1855 00:49:27,898 --> 00:49:28,131 TOWARDS 1856 00:49:28,131 --> 00:49:30,534 OR WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE FROM. 1857 00:49:30,534 --> 00:49:32,469 AND I BELIEVE THAT MY 1858 00:49:32,469 --> 00:49:32,936 OFFICE BELIEVES AND 1859 00:49:32,936 --> 00:49:33,270 COUNCILMEMBER 1860 00:49:33,270 --> 00:49:35,005 RINCK SHARES THIS, HAVING 1861 00:49:35,005 --> 00:49:36,306 THAT FOUNDATION IS NECESSARY TO 1862 00:49:36,306 --> 00:49:37,908 ENSURE THAT WE DELIVER 1863 00:49:37,908 --> 00:49:39,409 ON WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 1864 00:49:39,409 --> 00:49:39,643 THING, 1865 00:49:39,643 --> 00:49:41,211 WHICH IS ADDRESSING 1866 00:49:41,211 --> 00:49:43,613 HOMELESSNESS IN OUR REGION. 1867 00:49:43,613 --> 00:49:46,083 SO WE THINK THIS APPROACH WE'RE 1868 00:49:46,083 --> 00:49:46,583 BRINGING FORWARD WITH 1869 00:49:46,583 --> 00:49:48,151 THIS RESOLUTION ALLOWS US TO 1870 00:49:48,151 --> 00:49:48,352 HAVE 1871 00:49:48,352 --> 00:49:50,554 THAT CLEAR 1872 00:49:50,554 --> 00:49:51,822 PATHWAY SO THAT WE CAN GET THE 1873 00:49:51,822 --> 00:49:52,389 AGENCY'S INFORMATION 1874 00:49:52,389 --> 00:49:53,123 OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND 1875 00:49:53,123 --> 00:49:57,227 DETERMINE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD IN 1876 00:49:57,227 --> 00:49:57,861 COUNCIL. THIS RESOLUTION AND I 1877 00:49:57,861 --> 00:49:58,428 KNOW 1878 00:49:58,428 --> 00:50:00,130 WE'LL SPEAK ABOUT THIS AS WELL, 1879 00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:02,332 CALL IT A PARTNER RESOLUTION, 1880 00:50:02,332 --> 00:50:03,734 THE COUNTY PASSED A 1881 00:50:03,734 --> 00:50:05,202 RESOLUTION THAT IS QUITE SIMILAR 1882 00:50:05,202 --> 00:50:05,535 TO THIS. 1883 00:50:05,535 --> 00:50:07,404 AGAIN WITH THE SAME INTENT 1884 00:50:07,404 --> 00:50:08,538 OF ENSURING THAT WE 1885 00:50:08,538 --> 00:50:10,507 HAVE INFORMATION THAT COMES INTO 1886 00:50:10,507 --> 00:50:12,743 OUR TWO BODIES SO THAT THE 1887 00:50:12,743 --> 00:50:14,244 BODIES CAN MAKE SMART DECISIONS 1888 00:50:14,244 --> 00:50:14,444 ON 1889 00:50:14,444 --> 00:50:15,479 HOW WE PROCEED. 1890 00:50:15,479 --> 00:50:16,646 SO I WANT TO THANK 1891 00:50:16,646 --> 00:50:19,016 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR 1892 00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:19,750 YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS 1893 00:50:19,750 --> 00:50:20,517 EFFORT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL 1894 00:50:20,517 --> 00:50:20,751 WEEKS. 1895 00:50:20,751 --> 00:50:23,086 YOUR OFFICE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC 1896 00:50:23,086 --> 00:50:25,122 IN DRAFTING THIS RESOLUTION. 1897 00:50:25,122 --> 00:50:29,593 I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL 1898 00:50:29,593 --> 00:50:31,628 STAFF, JEN LEBRECQUE, THANK YOU 1899 00:50:31,628 --> 00:50:31,795 SO 1900 00:50:31,795 --> 00:50:33,797 MUCH, JEN, AND THE MAYOR'S 1901 00:50:33,797 --> 00:50:35,232 OFFICE FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AS 1902 00:50:35,232 --> 00:50:35,432 WELL. 1903 00:50:35,432 --> 00:50:37,567 WE KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT WE 1904 00:50:37,567 --> 00:50:39,002 HAVE ALL FOUR CORNERS HERE FROM 1905 00:50:39,002 --> 00:50:39,202 CITY 1906 00:50:39,202 --> 00:50:41,438 COUNCIL, MAYOR'S 1907 00:50:41,438 --> 00:50:42,406 OFFICE, KING COUNTY COUNCIL, 1908 00:50:42,406 --> 00:50:42,906 KING 1909 00:50:42,906 --> 00:50:43,974 COUNTY EXECUTIVE AS WELL AS 1910 00:50:43,974 --> 00:50:45,942 OUR PARTNERS ON THE GOVERNING 1911 00:50:45,942 --> 00:50:47,544 BOARD WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE AND 1912 00:50:47,544 --> 00:50:48,178 SOUND CITY ASSOCIATION. 1913 00:50:48,178 --> 00:50:50,280 WE CANNOT DO THIS WITH ONE BODY 1914 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:50,514 ALONE. 1915 00:50:50,514 --> 00:50:53,950 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. 1916 00:50:53,950 --> 00:50:55,352 THANK YOU, 1917 00:50:55,352 --> 00:50:55,652 CHAIR. 1918 00:50:55,652 --> 00:50:56,386 >> THANK YOU 1919 00:50:56,386 --> 00:50:56,853 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1920 00:50:56,853 --> 00:50:58,288 VERY WELL PUT. 1921 00:50:58,288 --> 00:50:59,589 APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR WORK ON 1922 00:50:59,589 --> 00:50:59,856 THIS. 1923 00:50:59,856 --> 00:51:01,625 WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT 1924 00:51:01,625 --> 00:51:02,859 TO CENTRAL STAFF AND PRESENTERS 1925 00:51:02,859 --> 00:51:03,026 FOR 1926 00:51:03,026 --> 00:51:04,494 TODAY TO TAKE US THROUGH THE 1927 00:51:04,628 --> 00:51:05,295 PRESENTATION AND DISCUSS THE 1928 00:51:05,295 --> 00:51:09,099 LEGISLATION. 1929 00:51:09,099 --> 00:51:10,167 STARTING WITH JEN. 1930 00:51:10,300 --> 00:51:11,101 >> GREAT. 1931 00:51:11,101 --> 00:51:11,468 THANK YOU. 1932 00:51:11,468 --> 00:51:13,837 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, JUST FOR 1933 00:51:13,837 --> 00:51:14,671 CLARIFICATION, THIS 1934 00:51:14,671 --> 00:51:17,140 PRESENTATION THAT I'M ABOUT TO 1935 00:51:17,140 --> 00:51:19,409 GO INTO 1936 00:51:19,409 --> 00:51:22,379 DOES ESSENTIALLY PRESENT THE 1937 00:51:22,379 --> 00:51:23,146 RESOLUTION AS IF THE 1938 00:51:23,146 --> 00:51:24,381 AMENDMENT -- PASSED. 1939 00:51:24,381 --> 00:51:26,316 WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DISCUSS 1940 00:51:26,316 --> 00:51:26,983 THAT AMENDMENT 1941 00:51:26,983 --> 00:51:27,217 FIRST. 1942 00:51:27,217 --> 00:51:29,152 >> THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR 1943 00:51:29,152 --> 00:51:29,519 CLARIFICATION. 1944 00:51:29,519 --> 00:51:30,554 THANK 1945 00:51:30,554 --> 00:51:31,121 YOU. 1946 00:51:31,121 --> 00:51:31,621 >> OKAY. 1947 00:51:31,755 --> 00:51:35,325 >> SO HI, I'M JENNIFER 1948 00:51:35,325 --> 00:51:36,560 LEBRECQUE WITH CITY COUNCIL 1949 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:36,960 CENTRAL 1950 00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:38,061 STAFF AND HERE TO TALK ABOUT 1951 00:51:38,061 --> 00:51:40,797 RESOLUTION 32202. 1952 00:51:40,797 --> 00:51:41,965 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK DOES 1953 00:51:41,965 --> 00:51:44,568 HAVE ONE AMENDMENT CALLED 1954 00:51:44,568 --> 00:51:45,402 AMENDMENT 1955 00:51:45,402 --> 00:51:47,003 ONE THAT I THINK WE WILL VOTE 1956 00:51:47,003 --> 00:51:47,304 ON LATER. 1957 00:51:47,304 --> 00:51:50,373 TO PROVIDE YOU, THE 1958 00:51:50,373 --> 00:51:52,209 PRESENTATION THAT I'M ABOUT TO 1959 00:51:52,209 --> 00:51:53,376 DO ESSENTIALLY 1960 00:51:53,376 --> 00:51:56,746 ASSUMES THAT AMENDMENT 1 1961 00:51:56,746 --> 00:51:58,315 PASSES, AND SO HAS THAT CONTEXT 1962 00:51:58,315 --> 00:51:58,915 TO IT. 1963 00:51:58,915 --> 00:52:00,350 AMENDMENT 1 JUST MAKES SOME 1964 00:52:00,350 --> 00:52:03,854 SMALL TWEAKS REALLY TO 1965 00:52:03,854 --> 00:52:06,356 TIMING IN ORDER TO ALIGN AS HAS 1966 00:52:06,356 --> 00:52:06,590 ALREADY 1967 00:52:06,590 --> 00:52:08,525 BEEN MENTIONED, KING 1968 00:52:08,525 --> 00:52:10,727 COUNTY COUNCIL HAS -- 1969 00:52:10,727 --> 00:52:11,394 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK CALLS A 1970 00:52:11,394 --> 00:52:11,895 COUSIN 1971 00:52:11,895 --> 00:52:14,564 RESOLUTION THAT HAS SIMILAR 1972 00:52:14,564 --> 00:52:15,565 STEPS 1973 00:52:15,565 --> 00:52:18,835 AND PROCESSES AND 1974 00:52:18,835 --> 00:52:20,670 ESSENTIALLY AMENDMENT ONE JUST 1975 00:52:20,670 --> 00:52:21,538 SYNCS UP THE 1976 00:52:21,538 --> 00:52:22,973 TIMING OF THE KING 1977 00:52:22,973 --> 00:52:26,810 COUNTY RESOLUTION SPONSORED BY 1978 00:52:26,810 --> 00:52:27,477 COUNCILMEMBER BARONE WITH 1979 00:52:27,477 --> 00:52:30,614 THIS RESOLUTION SO THERE'S AN 1980 00:52:30,614 --> 00:52:30,847 INTERIM 1981 00:52:30,847 --> 00:52:32,849 REPORT PROVIDED TO COUNCIL 1982 00:52:32,849 --> 00:52:35,252 ON JUNE 15th AND THEN A FINAL 1983 00:52:35,252 --> 00:52:37,554 REPORT AND SET OF 1984 00:52:37,554 --> 00:52:40,524 RECOMMENDATIONS MADE TO COUNCIL 1985 00:52:40,524 --> 00:52:41,791 ON AUGUST 1st 1986 00:52:41,791 --> 00:52:43,627 REGARDING ESSENTIALLY A 1987 00:52:43,627 --> 00:52:45,428 RECOMMENDATION ON 1988 00:52:45,428 --> 00:52:46,129 WHETHER TO CONTINUE TO 1989 00:52:46,129 --> 00:52:49,533 DISSOLVE OR RESTRUCTURE KCRHA 1990 00:52:49,533 --> 00:52:49,699 AND 1991 00:52:49,699 --> 00:52:51,468 DISSOLUTION OR RESTRUCTURE IS 1992 00:52:51,468 --> 00:52:52,936 RECOMMEND, A SET OF NEXT 1993 00:52:52,936 --> 00:52:54,604 STEPS OR PLAN ABOUT HOW TO GO 1994 00:52:54,604 --> 00:52:56,840 ABOUT DOING THAT. 1995 00:52:56,840 --> 00:52:58,175 JUST KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS 1996 00:52:58,175 --> 00:53:02,012 CURRENT PRESENTATION ASSUMES. 1997 00:53:02,012 --> 00:53:04,681 I THINK I'M GOING TO 1998 00:53:04,681 --> 00:53:06,449 HAVE TO TELL YOU GO TO THE NEXT 1999 00:53:06,449 --> 00:53:06,683 SLIDE, 2000 00:53:06,683 --> 00:53:12,656 PLEASE. 2001 00:53:12,656 --> 00:53:13,623 I DON'T HAVE CONTROL OF 2002 00:53:13,623 --> 00:53:16,126 THE PRESENTATION AT HOME SO 2003 00:53:16,126 --> 00:53:16,660 WE'LL 2004 00:53:16,660 --> 00:53:17,227 JUST NEED WHOEVER -- 2005 00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:18,895 >> YOU GOT IT, 2006 00:53:18,895 --> 00:53:19,229 JEN. 2007 00:53:19,229 --> 00:53:21,131 >> SO SORRY. 2008 00:53:21,264 --> 00:53:25,135 >> THE TABLE. 2009 00:53:25,135 --> 00:53:27,904 FIGURING IT OUT. 2010 00:53:28,038 --> 00:53:28,738 >> ALL RIGHT. 2011 00:53:28,738 --> 00:53:31,241 BEFORE I LAUNCH INTO THE 2012 00:53:31,241 --> 00:53:31,875 RESOLUTION, I JUST WANT 2013 00:53:31,875 --> 00:53:35,946 TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT 2014 00:53:35,946 --> 00:53:37,881 OF BACKGROUND ON THE INTERLOCAL 2015 00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:38,181 AGREEMENTS. 2016 00:53:38,181 --> 00:53:40,150 AS I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE 2017 00:53:40,150 --> 00:53:41,384 IN DECEMBER OF 2019, SEATTLE 2018 00:53:41,384 --> 00:53:45,855 AND KING COUNTY ENTERED INTO A 2019 00:53:45,855 --> 00:53:47,257 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO 2020 00:53:47,257 --> 00:53:48,291 ESTABLISH THE KING COUNTY 2021 00:53:48,291 --> 00:53:49,292 REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS AUTHORITY. 2022 00:53:49,292 --> 00:53:50,694 THE GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE 2023 00:53:50,694 --> 00:53:52,162 A COORDINATED REGIONAL APPROACH 2024 00:53:52,162 --> 00:53:54,264 TO HOMELESSNESS THAT WOULD 2025 00:53:54,264 --> 00:53:54,497 RESULT 2026 00:53:54,497 --> 00:53:55,365 IN BETTER OUTCOMES THROUGH 2027 00:53:55,365 --> 00:53:58,468 THE BETTER AND MORE COORDINATED 2028 00:53:58,468 --> 00:54:00,870 DELIVERY OF SERVICES. 2029 00:54:00,870 --> 00:54:03,440 IN NOVEMBER OF 2024 SEATTLE 2030 00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:06,576 AND KING COUNTY AMENDEDAMENDED 2031 00:54:06,576 --> 00:54:06,810 ILA FOR 2032 00:54:06,810 --> 00:54:08,478 THE MAIN PURPOSE OF 2033 00:54:08,478 --> 00:54:09,813 STREAMLINING THE GOVERNANCE 2034 00:54:09,813 --> 00:54:10,146 STRUCTURE TO 2035 00:54:10,146 --> 00:54:12,415 IMPROVE 2036 00:54:12,415 --> 00:54:13,416 TRANSPARENCY, COORDINATION AND 2037 00:54:13,416 --> 00:54:13,883 OVERSIGHT. 2038 00:54:13,883 --> 00:54:16,753 I DO WANT TO TAKE A 2039 00:54:16,753 --> 00:54:17,420 COUPLE MOMENTS TO TALK ABOUT THE 2040 00:54:17,420 --> 00:54:18,321 -- 2041 00:54:18,321 --> 00:54:20,223 ESSENTIALLY THE TERMS 2042 00:54:20,223 --> 00:54:21,891 FOR TERMINATION AND DISSOLUTION 2043 00:54:21,891 --> 00:54:24,594 OF KCRHA UNDER THE AMENDED ILA. 2044 00:54:24,594 --> 00:54:26,129 TO BE CLEAR THAT'S NOT 2045 00:54:26,129 --> 00:54:29,065 WHAT TODAY'S RESOLUTION IS 2046 00:54:29,065 --> 00:54:29,799 RECOMMENDING, BUT I THINK IT'S 2047 00:54:29,799 --> 00:54:31,868 IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO 2048 00:54:31,868 --> 00:54:33,169 HAVE CLARITY ABOUT THE TERMS OF 2049 00:54:33,169 --> 00:54:33,336 THE 2050 00:54:33,336 --> 00:54:34,871 ILA, AND SORT OF THE 2051 00:54:34,871 --> 00:54:36,439 DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THE TERMS 2052 00:54:36,439 --> 00:54:37,240 WE ARE 2053 00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:37,674 USING. 2054 00:54:37,674 --> 00:54:39,976 UNDER THE AMENDED ILA, THE 2055 00:54:39,976 --> 00:54:44,547 ILA CAN BE TERMINATED VIA 2056 00:54:44,547 --> 00:54:45,348 A CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION OR A 2057 00:54:45,348 --> 00:54:45,548 KING 2058 00:54:45,548 --> 00:54:46,349 COUNTY MOTION WHICH 2059 00:54:46,349 --> 00:54:48,718 IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING AS 2060 00:54:48,718 --> 00:54:48,885 A 2061 00:54:48,885 --> 00:54:49,219 RESOLUTION. 2062 00:54:49,219 --> 00:54:50,787 TO BE CLEAR, EITHER PARTY 2063 00:54:50,787 --> 00:54:52,656 CAN TAKE ACTION TO TERMINATE. 2064 00:54:52,656 --> 00:54:55,392 SO IT CAN BE UNILATERAL. 2065 00:54:55,392 --> 00:54:57,994 IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE BOTH 2066 00:54:57,994 --> 00:55:01,164 SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY COUNCIL. 2067 00:55:01,164 --> 00:55:02,799 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2068 00:55:02,799 --> 00:55:04,734 THE TERMINATION HAS TO BE AT 2069 00:55:04,734 --> 00:55:07,337 LEAST 12 MONTHS AFTER KING 2070 00:55:07,337 --> 00:55:08,438 COUNTY OR 2071 00:55:08,438 --> 00:55:10,073 SEATTLE PASS THEIR RESOLUTION. 2072 00:55:10,073 --> 00:55:12,442 UNLESS THE MAYOR OF SEATTLE 2073 00:55:12,442 --> 00:55:13,610 AND KING COUNTY UNLESS THE MAYOR 2074 00:55:13,610 --> 00:55:16,413 OF SEATTLE AND THE KING COUNTY 2075 00:55:16,413 --> 00:55:18,114 EXECUTIVE JOINTLY AGREE 2076 00:55:18,114 --> 00:55:19,949 TERMINATION CAN AND SHOULD OCCUR 2077 00:55:19,949 --> 00:55:21,785 MORE 2078 00:55:21,785 --> 00:55:22,419 QUICKLY. I WANT TO MAKE THE 2079 00:55:22,419 --> 00:55:22,619 POINT 2080 00:55:22,619 --> 00:55:25,188 HERE THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE 2081 00:55:25,188 --> 00:55:27,724 BETWEEN THE DECISION TO INITIATE 2082 00:55:27,724 --> 00:55:30,894 TERMINATION AND THE PROCESS OF 2083 00:55:30,894 --> 00:55:32,329 DISSOLVING KCRHA. 2084 00:55:32,329 --> 00:55:33,229 KING COUNTY COUNCIL OR 2085 00:55:33,229 --> 00:55:34,898 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL, THEY ARE 2086 00:55:34,898 --> 00:55:35,165 THE ONES 2087 00:55:35,165 --> 00:55:36,232 WHO DECIDE TO INITIATE 2088 00:55:36,232 --> 00:55:38,902 TERMINATION THROUGH PASSAGE OF A 2089 00:55:38,902 --> 00:55:40,003 RESOLUTION, BUT, 2090 00:55:40,003 --> 00:55:41,271 OBVIOUSLY, TERMINATION WOULD 2091 00:55:41,271 --> 00:55:41,738 NEVER OCCUR 2092 00:55:41,738 --> 00:55:42,172 IMMEDIATELY. 2093 00:55:42,172 --> 00:55:46,342 THERE'S A PROCESS OF 2094 00:55:46,342 --> 00:55:47,243 DISSOLVING THE 2095 00:55:47,243 --> 00:55:47,877 AGENCY AND THAT PROCESS IS THE 2096 00:55:47,877 --> 00:55:48,344 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 2097 00:55:48,344 --> 00:55:55,618 EXECUTIVES. 2098 00:55:55,618 --> 00:55:56,219 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 2099 00:55:56,219 --> 00:55:58,021 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE 2100 00:55:58,021 --> 00:55:59,556 FORENSIC EVALUATION. 2101 00:55:59,556 --> 00:56:02,559 IN 2025, CLARK NUBER WAS 2102 00:56:02,559 --> 00:56:03,393 ENGAGED BY SEATTLE AND KING 2103 00:56:03,393 --> 00:56:04,094 COUNTY 2104 00:56:04,094 --> 00:56:08,398 TO CONDUCT A FORENSIC EVALUATION 2105 00:56:08,398 --> 00:56:09,699 OF KCRHA AND THAT 2106 00:56:09,699 --> 00:56:12,001 EVALUATION COVERED THE PERIOD OF 2107 00:56:12,001 --> 00:56:12,202 MID- 2108 00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:13,236 2021 THROUGH JULY 2025. 2109 00:56:13,236 --> 00:56:15,405 SO THERE IS A PERIOD 2110 00:56:15,405 --> 00:56:18,174 FROM ESSENTIALLY AUGUST OF 2025 2111 00:56:18,174 --> 00:56:19,242 TO 2112 00:56:19,242 --> 00:56:21,077 PRESENT THAT IS NOT COVERED BY 2113 00:56:21,077 --> 00:56:22,412 THE FORENSIC EVALUATION. 2114 00:56:22,412 --> 00:56:24,547 THE FOCUS OF THE EVALUATION 2115 00:56:24,547 --> 00:56:26,216 WAS ON FINANCIAL 2116 00:56:26,216 --> 00:56:29,319 CONDITION, GOVERNANCE AND RISK 2117 00:56:29,319 --> 00:56:29,619 MANAGEMENT 2118 00:56:29,619 --> 00:56:30,019 PRACTICES. 2119 00:56:30,019 --> 00:56:31,321 ONE OF THE PURPOSES 2120 00:56:31,321 --> 00:56:33,156 OR ONE OF THE DRIVING REASONS 2121 00:56:33,156 --> 00:56:33,389 BEHIND 2122 00:56:33,389 --> 00:56:35,458 IT WAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 2123 00:56:35,458 --> 00:56:35,692 FACTORS 2124 00:56:35,692 --> 00:56:38,027 WERE CONTRIBUTING TO KCRHA'S 2125 00:56:38,027 --> 00:56:39,863 ONGOING NEGATIVE CASH 2126 00:56:39,863 --> 00:56:41,698 BALANCES AND ALSO JUST 2127 00:56:41,698 --> 00:56:43,833 IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO 2128 00:56:43,833 --> 00:56:45,168 STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT AND 2129 00:56:45,168 --> 00:56:45,468 PROCESSES. 2130 00:56:45,468 --> 00:56:48,738 THE EVALUATION WAS RELEASED IN 2131 00:56:48,738 --> 00:56:50,607 APRIL OF THIS YEAR, AND I 2132 00:56:50,607 --> 00:56:54,544 KNOW YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR 2133 00:56:54,544 --> 00:56:56,379 WITH. IT IDENTIFIED MANY ISSUES 2134 00:56:56,379 --> 00:56:56,546 AT 2135 00:56:56,546 --> 00:56:58,281 KCRHA RELATED TO INTERNAL 2136 00:56:58,281 --> 00:57:01,184 CONTROLS, UNRECONCILABLE 2137 00:57:01,184 --> 00:57:02,051 RECEIVABLES, FINANCIAL 2138 00:57:02,051 --> 00:57:06,356 REPORTING, AND 2139 00:57:06,356 --> 00:57:08,224 ACCOUNTING PRACTICES. 2140 00:57:08,224 --> 00:57:11,895 SO RESOLUTION 32202, AS 2141 00:57:11,895 --> 00:57:15,165 AMENDED BY AMENDMENT 1 AS WE 2142 00:57:15,165 --> 00:57:17,801 DISCUSSED, DOES A FEW THINGS. 2143 00:57:17,801 --> 00:57:19,202 FIRST, RECOGNIZES THAT THE 2144 00:57:19,202 --> 00:57:20,904 FOLLOWING COMMITMENTS 2145 00:57:20,904 --> 00:57:23,106 HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. 2146 00:57:23,106 --> 00:57:24,607 IN APRIL, THE KCRHA GOVERNING 2147 00:57:24,607 --> 00:57:26,709 BOARD CREATED A 2148 00:57:26,709 --> 00:57:28,011 FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THAT 2149 00:57:28,011 --> 00:57:28,244 FINANCE 2150 00:57:28,244 --> 00:57:30,613 COMMITTEE NOW OVERSEES AND HAS 2151 00:57:30,613 --> 00:57:34,050 TO APPROVE ANY NEW 2152 00:57:34,050 --> 00:57:37,454 OBLIGATIONS, ANY NEW HIRING, AND 2153 00:57:37,454 --> 00:57:37,987 ANY 2154 00:57:37,987 --> 00:57:38,955 NEW DISCRETIONARY SPENDING 2155 00:57:38,955 --> 00:57:40,723 THAT KCRHA ENGAGES IN AS A WAY 2156 00:57:40,723 --> 00:57:42,792 TO PROVIDE SOME IMMEDIATE 2157 00:57:42,792 --> 00:57:45,161 CONTROLS AND SAFEGUARDS. 2158 00:57:45,161 --> 00:57:47,697 ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A COVER 2159 00:57:47,697 --> 00:57:50,467 LETTER THAT WENT ALONG WITH THE 2160 00:57:50,467 --> 00:57:51,467 FORENSIC EVALUATION THAT 2161 00:57:51,467 --> 00:57:52,936 WAS SENT TO KCRHA AND THAT 2162 00:57:52,936 --> 00:57:54,804 COVER LETTER REQUIRED KCRHA TO 2163 00:57:54,804 --> 00:57:56,606 SUBMIT BY MAY 8th, WHICH WAS 2164 00:57:56,606 --> 00:57:56,840 LAST 2165 00:57:56,840 --> 00:57:59,209 FRIDAY, ESSENTIALLY A REPORT 2166 00:57:59,209 --> 00:58:00,577 ON HOW THEY WOULD ADDRESS 2167 00:58:00,577 --> 00:58:03,847 FIVE OF THE HIGHEST RISK 2168 00:58:03,847 --> 00:58:04,214 FINDINGS IN 2169 00:58:04,214 --> 00:58:04,380 THE 2170 00:58:04,380 --> 00:58:07,317 EVALUATION. THAT REPORT WAS 2171 00:58:07,317 --> 00:58:08,418 SUBMITTED 2172 00:58:08,418 --> 00:58:10,119 BY KCRHA ON FRIDAY AND WAS SENT 2173 00:58:10,119 --> 00:58:12,789 TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING 2174 00:58:12,789 --> 00:58:13,323 BOARD. 2175 00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:15,558 ADDITIONALLY THE MAYOR AND 2176 00:58:15,558 --> 00:58:17,126 THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE 2177 00:58:17,126 --> 00:58:17,393 COMMITTED 2178 00:58:17,393 --> 00:58:19,162 THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE 2179 00:58:19,162 --> 00:58:20,997 TO COORDINATE TO ENSURE 2180 00:58:20,997 --> 00:58:23,132 THAT THERE WAS SUFFICIENT 2181 00:58:23,132 --> 00:58:27,303 OVERSIGHT CONTROLS AT PLACE IN 2182 00:58:27,303 --> 00:58:28,738 KCRHA. 2183 00:58:28,738 --> 00:58:32,075 NEXT SLIDE. 2184 00:58:32,075 --> 00:58:33,576 THE RESOLUTION ALSO 2185 00:58:33,576 --> 00:58:35,178 REQUESTS INFORMATION IN 2186 00:58:35,178 --> 00:58:36,546 REPORTING FROM THE 2187 00:58:36,546 --> 00:58:38,514 EXECUTIVE. SO FIRST, IT REQUESTS 2188 00:58:38,514 --> 00:58:38,715 THAT 2189 00:58:38,715 --> 00:58:41,251 NO LATER THAN JUNE 15th, THE 2190 00:58:41,251 --> 00:58:41,451 MAYOR 2191 00:58:41,451 --> 00:58:43,286 OR HER DESIGNEE PROVIDE TO 2192 00:58:43,286 --> 00:58:45,788 THE CHAIR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES, 2193 00:58:45,788 --> 00:58:46,589 LABOR AND ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 2194 00:58:46,589 --> 00:58:48,358 AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF 2195 00:58:48,358 --> 00:58:51,728 THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN 2196 00:58:51,728 --> 00:58:52,428 SUBMITTED BY KCRHA. 2197 00:58:52,428 --> 00:58:54,030 SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 2198 00:58:54,030 --> 00:58:55,465 THAT CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR 2199 00:58:55,465 --> 00:58:55,665 A 2200 00:58:55,665 --> 00:58:55,999 MOMENT. 2201 00:58:55,999 --> 00:58:57,767 THERE WAS A COVER LETTER SENT 2202 00:58:57,767 --> 00:58:59,202 TO KCRHA THAT ACCOMPANIED 2203 00:58:59,202 --> 00:58:59,736 THE FORENSIC EVALUATION. 2204 00:58:59,736 --> 00:59:01,237 THAT COVER LETTER HAD TWO 2205 00:59:01,237 --> 00:59:03,006 DATES IN IT. 2206 00:59:03,006 --> 00:59:04,874 ONE WAS JUST BY MAY 8th, 2207 00:59:04,874 --> 00:59:06,342 KCRHA NEEDED TO PROVIDE A PLAN 2208 00:59:06,342 --> 00:59:06,576 ON 2209 00:59:06,576 --> 00:59:08,711 HOW THEY WERE GOING TO ADDRESS 2210 00:59:08,711 --> 00:59:09,212 FIVE 2211 00:59:09,212 --> 00:59:11,180 OF THE HIGHEST RISK FINDINGS. 2212 00:59:11,180 --> 00:59:12,949 ADDITIONALLY, BY MAY 23rd, 2213 00:59:12,949 --> 00:59:16,552 KCRHA NEEDS TO SUBMIT A PLAN FOR 2214 00:59:16,686 --> 00:59:20,089 HOW THEY WILL ADDRESS ALL OF THE 2215 00:59:20,223 --> 00:59:20,556 FINDINGS IN 2216 00:59:20,556 --> 00:59:23,660 THE FORENSIC EVALUATION, SO 2217 00:59:23,660 --> 00:59:25,094 ESSENTIALLY A COMPREHENSIVE 2218 00:59:25,094 --> 00:59:25,395 CORRECTIVE 2219 00:59:25,395 --> 00:59:26,996 ACTION PLAN ON ALL OF THE 2220 00:59:26,996 --> 00:59:28,164 FINDINGS. 2221 00:59:28,164 --> 00:59:29,799 THIS 2222 00:59:29,799 --> 00:59:30,366 IS ASKING FOR THE MAYOR OR 2223 00:59:30,366 --> 00:59:31,901 DESIGNEE TO PROVIDE AN 2224 00:59:31,901 --> 00:59:34,103 INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THAT 2225 00:59:34,103 --> 00:59:34,871 COMPREHENSIVE CORRECTION ACTION 2226 00:59:34,871 --> 00:59:35,071 PLAN 2227 00:59:35,071 --> 00:59:39,208 AFTER IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED. 2228 00:59:39,208 --> 00:59:41,210 ADDITIONALLY NO LATER 2229 00:59:41,210 --> 00:59:42,745 THAN AUGUST 1st, THE MAYOR OR 2230 00:59:42,745 --> 00:59:44,180 DESIGNEE SHOULD MAKE 2231 00:59:44,180 --> 00:59:44,847 A RECOMMENDATION TO THE 2232 00:59:44,847 --> 00:59:47,684 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, THE 2233 00:59:47,684 --> 00:59:47,884 HUMAN 2234 00:59:47,884 --> 00:59:48,751 SERVICES COMMITTEE, ON WHETHER 2235 00:59:48,751 --> 00:59:51,955 THE CITY SHOULD DO ONE OF THREE 2236 00:59:52,088 --> 00:59:53,356 THINGS. TERMINATE ITS 2237 00:59:53,356 --> 00:59:53,756 PARTICIPATION IN 2238 00:59:53,756 --> 00:59:55,792 THE AMENDED ILA AND DISSOLVE 2239 00:59:55,792 --> 01:00:01,230 KCRHA, RESTRUCTURE KCRHA, OR 2240 01:00:01,230 --> 01:00:05,168 CONTINUE IT AS IT IS. 2241 01:00:05,168 --> 01:00:07,737 IF THE EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDS 2242 01:00:07,737 --> 01:00:09,472 DISSOLUTION OR 2243 01:00:09,472 --> 01:00:10,106 RESTRUCTURE, THEN THE MAYOR 2244 01:00:10,106 --> 01:00:13,509 DESIGNEE IS ALSO 2245 01:00:13,509 --> 01:00:15,011 REQUESTED TO PROVIDE A PLAN 2246 01:00:15,011 --> 01:00:17,180 THAT ADDRESSES THE FOLLOWING 2247 01:00:17,180 --> 01:00:17,480 COMPONENTS. 2248 01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:19,315 GUIDING PRINCIPLES INCLUDING 2249 01:00:19,315 --> 01:00:20,516 SEATTLE'S SHARED VALUES, 2250 01:00:20,516 --> 01:00:22,485 MINIMAL DISRUPTION TO SERVICES 2251 01:00:22,485 --> 01:00:23,886 AND MAINTENANCE OF REGIONAL 2252 01:00:23,886 --> 01:00:25,855 APPROACH, A COMMITMENT 2253 01:00:25,855 --> 01:00:29,258 TO ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS 2254 01:00:29,258 --> 01:00:32,128 WHICH INCLUDES HOMELESS 2255 01:00:32,128 --> 01:00:32,462 PROVIDERS AND 2256 01:00:32,462 --> 01:00:33,262 OTHER REGIONAL 2257 01:00:33,262 --> 01:00:34,364 STAKEHOLDERS, OPTIONS FOR HOW 2258 01:00:34,364 --> 01:00:38,101 THE CITY CAN USE 2259 01:00:38,101 --> 01:00:39,068 THIS OPPORTUNITY 2260 01:00:39,068 --> 01:00:40,136 STRATEGICALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, SUCH 2261 01:00:40,136 --> 01:00:40,603 AS 2262 01:00:40,603 --> 01:00:42,305 REBIDDING HOMELESS CONTRACTS 2263 01:00:42,305 --> 01:00:42,872 WHICH 2264 01:00:42,872 --> 01:00:45,808 HAVE NOT BEEN REBID SINCE 2017. 2265 01:00:45,808 --> 01:00:47,243 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ONE, 2266 01:00:47,243 --> 01:00:50,813 UPDATE ON POTENTIAL APPROACHES 2267 01:00:50,813 --> 01:00:51,914 FOR CONTINUUM OF CARE. 2268 01:00:51,914 --> 01:00:54,517 KCRHA IS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE 2269 01:00:54,517 --> 01:00:56,519 ENTITY AND IT PERFORMS 2270 01:00:56,519 --> 01:00:57,820 MANY NECESSARY AND REQUIRED 2271 01:00:57,820 --> 01:00:58,121 FUNCTIONS. 2272 01:00:58,121 --> 01:01:00,289 LET ME PUT THAT DIFFERENTLY, IT 2273 01:01:00,289 --> 01:01:01,991 PERFORMS MANY FUNCTIONS THAT 2274 01:01:01,991 --> 01:01:04,661 ARE NECESSARY AND REQUIRED IN 2275 01:01:04,661 --> 01:01:05,328 ORDERORDER RECEIVE 2276 01:01:05,328 --> 01:01:06,896 FEDERAL CONTINUUM OF CARE 2277 01:01:06,896 --> 01:01:07,530 FUNDING. 2278 01:01:07,530 --> 01:01:09,832 THE REGION CURRENTLY 2279 01:01:09,832 --> 01:01:11,801 RECEIVES KING COUNTY $67 MILLION 2280 01:01:11,801 --> 01:01:13,770 IN FEDERAL FUNDING FOR 2281 01:01:13,770 --> 01:01:14,504 THE CONTINUUM OF CARE, SO 2282 01:01:14,504 --> 01:01:15,238 UNDERSTANDING HOW TO 2283 01:01:15,238 --> 01:01:20,810 APPROACH OUR OPTIONS IN A WAY 2284 01:01:20,810 --> 01:01:21,077 THAT DOES 2285 01:01:21,077 --> 01:01:24,047 NOT PUT COC AT RISK OR FURTHER 2286 01:01:24,047 --> 01:01:26,649 RISK IS IMPORTANT. 2287 01:01:26,649 --> 01:01:29,852 ENSURE THE KCRHA HAS STAFF 2288 01:01:29,852 --> 01:01:30,753 TO ADMINISTER HOMELESS CONTRACTS 2289 01:01:30,753 --> 01:01:30,987 AGAIN. 2290 01:01:30,987 --> 01:01:37,994 AS A REMINDER, IN 2022, THE VAST 2291 01:01:38,127 --> 01:01:38,828 MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S HOMELESS 2292 01:01:38,828 --> 01:01:40,229 SERVICE CONTRACTS 2293 01:01:40,229 --> 01:01:44,200 WERE TRANSFERRED TO KCRHA FOR 2294 01:01:44,200 --> 01:01:45,968 ADMINISTRATION, AND SO AT THAT 2295 01:01:45,968 --> 01:01:50,339 POINT, HSC SHRUNK TO KCRHA 2296 01:01:50,339 --> 01:01:53,042 TO ADMINISTER THOSE CONTRACTS. 2297 01:01:53,042 --> 01:01:54,410 ANY OPTION THAT HAS THOSE 2298 01:01:54,410 --> 01:01:55,078 RETURNING TO THE CITY MEANS 2299 01:01:55,078 --> 01:01:56,579 WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOW TO 2300 01:01:56,579 --> 01:01:58,815 STAFF UP AGAIN, TO ADMINISTER 2301 01:01:58,815 --> 01:02:00,650 THOSE CONTRACTS AND THAT'S NOT 2302 01:02:00,650 --> 01:02:01,584 JUST THINKING ABOUT STAFFING, 2303 01:02:01,584 --> 01:02:01,751 FOR 2304 01:02:01,751 --> 01:02:02,985 EXAMPLE, TO ADMINISTER THE 2305 01:02:02,985 --> 01:02:07,490 CONTRACTS, BUT ALSO ENSURE THAT 2306 01:02:07,490 --> 01:02:09,258 HSD HAS THE SYSTEMS AND 2307 01:02:09,258 --> 01:02:10,726 CONTROLS AND LEADERSHIP TO 2308 01:02:10,726 --> 01:02:14,964 PROVIDE OVERSIGHT TO THAT NEW 2309 01:02:14,964 --> 01:02:15,665 FUNCTION. 2310 01:02:15,665 --> 01:02:17,967 NEXT SLIDE. 2311 01:02:17,967 --> 01:02:20,236 OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE 2312 01:02:20,236 --> 01:02:22,605 PLAN INCLUDE OPTIONS FOR HOW 2313 01:02:22,605 --> 01:02:23,072 SEATTLE/KING COUNTY 2314 01:02:23,072 --> 01:02:24,874 WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN A 2315 01:02:24,874 --> 01:02:25,141 REGIONAL 2316 01:02:25,141 --> 01:02:28,177 APPROACH TO ADDRESSING 2317 01:02:28,311 --> 01:02:28,978 HOMELESSNESS INCLUDING A SEVERE 2318 01:02:28,978 --> 01:02:29,378 WEATHER RESPONSE. 2319 01:02:29,378 --> 01:02:31,214 KCRHA HAS ESTABLISHED A 2320 01:02:31,214 --> 01:02:32,515 SYSTEM WHERE THEY HAVE 2321 01:02:32,515 --> 01:02:34,717 DIFFERENT DEFINED THRESHOLDS FOR 2322 01:02:34,717 --> 01:02:35,251 CITY OR 2323 01:02:35,251 --> 01:02:36,385 WEATHER EVENTS. 2324 01:02:36,385 --> 01:02:38,221 WHEN WE MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA 2325 01:02:38,221 --> 01:02:39,388 IN TERMS OF TEMPERATURE OR 2326 01:02:39,388 --> 01:02:39,622 AMOUNT 2327 01:02:39,622 --> 01:02:42,492 OF RAIN OR SNOW, IT 2328 01:02:42,492 --> 01:02:43,159 TRIGGERS CERTAIN RESPONSES FROM 2329 01:02:43,159 --> 01:02:45,661 THE HOMELESS SYSTEM IN TERMS OF 2330 01:02:45,661 --> 01:02:45,895 WHAT 2331 01:02:45,895 --> 01:02:48,931 KIND OF SHELTER OR OTHER TYPES 2332 01:02:48,931 --> 01:02:51,968 OF RESPONSES ARE INITIATED OR 2333 01:02:51,968 --> 01:02:53,302 ACTIVATED TO RESPOND TO THOSE 2334 01:02:53,302 --> 01:02:53,636 EVENTS. 2335 01:02:53,636 --> 01:02:54,937 HOW WOULD THAT 2336 01:02:54,937 --> 01:02:55,872 COORDINATED APPROACH CONTINUE. 2337 01:02:55,872 --> 01:02:57,807 OPTIONS FOR WHAT ENTITIES 2338 01:02:57,807 --> 01:03:00,042 WILL TAKE ON KCRHA'S EXISTING 2339 01:03:00,042 --> 01:03:00,743 RIGHT OF WAY CONTRACTS. 2340 01:03:00,743 --> 01:03:04,413 THE RIGHT OF WAY IS A 2341 01:03:04,413 --> 01:03:05,648 STATE- FUNDED PROGRAM AND 2342 01:03:05,648 --> 01:03:06,782 KCRHA CURRENTLY HAS MONEY FROM 2343 01:03:06,782 --> 01:03:09,986 THE STATE THEY ARE USING TO 2344 01:03:09,986 --> 01:03:10,753 MASTER LEASE APARTMENT 2345 01:03:10,753 --> 01:03:12,655 BUILDINGS AND THEN CONTRACT WITH 2346 01:03:12,655 --> 01:03:12,989 PROVIDERS TO 2347 01:03:12,989 --> 01:03:15,024 OPERATE SERVICES SO THESE 2348 01:03:15,024 --> 01:03:16,292 ARE BUILDINGS THAT KCRHA HAS 2349 01:03:16,292 --> 01:03:18,528 THE CONTRACTS TO THAT ARE 2350 01:03:18,528 --> 01:03:19,729 ESSENTIALLY OPERATING 2351 01:03:19,729 --> 01:03:20,696 WITH SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND WE 2352 01:03:20,696 --> 01:03:25,234 NEED TO FIND A NEW HOME IF KCRHA 2353 01:03:25,368 --> 01:03:27,403 WERE TO BE DISSOLVED. 2354 01:03:27,403 --> 01:03:29,105 OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE AND 2355 01:03:29,105 --> 01:03:31,007 STRENGTHEN THE WORK OF THE 2356 01:03:31,007 --> 01:03:31,874 OMBUDS OFFICE, AN 2357 01:03:31,874 --> 01:03:32,809 OFFICE THAT WAS FORMED WHEN 2358 01:03:32,809 --> 01:03:33,342 KCRHA WAS 2359 01:03:33,342 --> 01:03:33,676 FORMED. 2360 01:03:33,676 --> 01:03:35,077 THINKING ABOUT WHERE, IF 2361 01:03:35,077 --> 01:03:37,380 IT CONTINUES TO HAVE A HOME. 2362 01:03:37,380 --> 01:03:39,348 FINALLY AN ESTIMATED TIMEFRAME 2363 01:03:39,348 --> 01:03:40,950 AND BUDGET FOR INCREASED 2364 01:03:40,950 --> 01:03:43,820 CITY COSTS RELATED TO DISSOLVING 2365 01:03:43,953 --> 01:03:45,588 OR RESTRUCTURING KCRHA AND 2366 01:03:45,588 --> 01:03:46,622 AN EXPLANATION FOR THE FUND 2367 01:03:46,622 --> 01:03:47,890 SOURCE OF THOSE COSTS. 2368 01:03:47,890 --> 01:03:49,425 NEXT SLIDE. 2369 01:03:49,425 --> 01:03:51,861 THE FINAL PART 2370 01:03:51,861 --> 01:03:52,762 OF THE RESOLUTION IS A REQUEST 2371 01:03:52,762 --> 01:03:54,697 THAT THE MAYOR 2372 01:03:54,697 --> 01:03:55,398 OR HER DESIGNEE SHOULD CONTINUE 2373 01:03:55,398 --> 01:03:56,933 TO REPORT MONTHLY TO THE 2374 01:03:56,933 --> 01:03:58,634 CHAIR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES 2375 01:03:58,634 --> 01:03:59,502 LABOR 2376 01:03:59,502 --> 01:04:01,838 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2377 01:04:01,838 --> 01:04:02,104 COMMITTEE 2378 01:04:02,104 --> 01:04:03,873 ON THE POTENTIAL DISSOLUTION OR 2379 01:04:03,873 --> 01:04:05,107 RETOURED OF KCRHA IF THAT IS 2380 01:04:05,107 --> 01:04:08,144 WHAT IS RECOMMENDED TO 2381 01:04:08,144 --> 01:04:09,345 ENSURE THERE IS CONTINUOUS AND 2382 01:04:09,345 --> 01:04:09,579 REGULAR 2383 01:04:09,579 --> 01:04:11,247 COMMUNICATION WITH COUNCIL AS WE 2384 01:04:11,247 --> 01:04:12,648 TAKE NEXT STEPS THAT WOULD 2385 01:04:12,648 --> 01:04:15,117 HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON 2386 01:04:15,117 --> 01:04:15,785 THE PROVISION OF HOMELESS 2387 01:04:15,785 --> 01:04:16,352 SERVICES IN SEATTLE. 2388 01:04:16,352 --> 01:04:18,754 I WILL 2389 01:04:18,754 --> 01:04:19,388 STOP THERE. THANK YOU. 2390 01:04:19,522 --> 01:04:21,190 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW, 2391 01:04:21,190 --> 01:04:21,824 JEN. 2392 01:04:21,824 --> 01:04:22,758 BEFORE GETTING INTO 2393 01:04:22,758 --> 01:04:24,427 QUESTIONS, I DO WANT TO 2394 01:04:24,427 --> 01:04:24,760 RECOGNIZE WE 2395 01:04:24,760 --> 01:04:26,562 HAVE MARK ELLERBROOK AND 2396 01:04:26,562 --> 01:04:27,330 LINDSEY GUARANTEE AT THE 2397 01:04:27,330 --> 01:04:29,165 TABLE REPRESENTING THE MAYOR'S 2398 01:04:29,165 --> 01:04:29,365 OFF. 2399 01:04:29,365 --> 01:04:31,133 I'M INVITING YOU BOTH IF THERE 2400 01:04:31,133 --> 01:04:32,401 IS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 2401 01:04:32,401 --> 01:04:34,537 OR PERSPECTIVE YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2402 01:04:34,670 --> 01:04:34,937 SHARE. 2403 01:04:34,937 --> 01:04:35,471 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2404 01:04:35,471 --> 01:04:36,839 MARK ELLERBROOK DEPUTY 2405 01:04:36,839 --> 01:04:38,341 DIRECTOR FOR CITY OPERATIONS IN 2406 01:04:38,341 --> 01:04:38,541 MAYOR 2407 01:04:38,541 --> 01:04:39,208 WILSON'S OFFICE. 2408 01:04:39,208 --> 01:04:42,178 THANKS VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US 2409 01:04:42,311 --> 01:04:43,713 TODAY. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT, JEN, 2410 01:04:43,713 --> 01:04:43,913 IT IS 2411 01:04:43,913 --> 01:04:46,115 GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, JEN DID 2412 01:04:46,115 --> 01:04:47,950 A GREAT JOB ON THE BRIEFING 2413 01:04:47,950 --> 01:04:50,052 AND PROVIDED A GOOD AMOUNT 2414 01:04:50,052 --> 01:04:50,786 OF CURRENT INFORMATION. 2415 01:04:50,786 --> 01:04:52,889 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 2416 01:04:52,889 --> 01:04:54,824 I THINK AS COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 2417 01:04:54,824 --> 01:04:56,859 HIGHLIGHTED, I THINK THERE 2418 01:04:56,859 --> 01:04:59,228 IS URGENCY AS WE CONSIDER KCRHA 2419 01:04:59,228 --> 01:05:00,830 THAT WE HOLD FRONT 2420 01:05:00,830 --> 01:05:02,498 AND CENTER THE FOLKS WHO ARE 2421 01:05:02,498 --> 01:05:02,732 LIVING 2422 01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:07,270 HOMELESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. 2423 01:05:07,270 --> 01:05:09,872 WE CANNOT STEP BACK AND 2424 01:05:09,872 --> 01:05:12,441 NOTNOT CONSIDER THOSE NEEDS AND 2425 01:05:12,441 --> 01:05:12,675 VOICES 2426 01:05:12,675 --> 01:05:14,210 AS WE CONSIDER THE CURRENT AND 2427 01:05:14,210 --> 01:05:15,211 FUTURE STATE IN THIS SPACE. 2428 01:05:15,211 --> 01:05:16,112 I WANT 2429 01:05:16,112 --> 01:05:16,612 TO EMPHASIZE THE POINT 2430 01:05:16,612 --> 01:05:17,213 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER MADE ON 2431 01:05:17,213 --> 01:05:21,717 THIS. 2432 01:05:21,717 --> 01:05:23,052 HAPPY TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS. 2433 01:05:23,052 --> 01:05:26,756 WE TAKE THIS MATTER VERY 2434 01:05:26,756 --> 01:05:27,056 SERIOUSLY. 2435 01:05:27,056 --> 01:05:28,758 WE APPRECIATE THE 2436 01:05:28,758 --> 01:05:31,093 PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, CHAIR 2437 01:05:31,093 --> 01:05:32,995 RINCK, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 2438 01:05:32,995 --> 01:05:35,531 OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL AS WE 2439 01:05:35,531 --> 01:05:37,099 INTEREST 2440 01:05:37,099 --> 01:05:39,068 THE CURRENT STATE OF KCRHA AND 2441 01:05:39,068 --> 01:05:42,138 WHAT ITS CONTINUITY LOOKS LIKE. 2442 01:05:42,138 --> 01:05:43,940 WE LOOK VERY MUCH FORWARD 2443 01:05:43,940 --> 01:05:48,377 TO WORKING WITH YOU IN TANDEM 2444 01:05:48,377 --> 01:05:48,844 AND 2445 01:05:48,978 --> 01:05:49,712 PARTNERSHIP. 2446 01:05:49,712 --> 01:05:50,046 >> THANK YOU. 2447 01:05:50,046 --> 01:05:51,247 COLLEAGUES, OPENING IT UP 2448 01:05:51,247 --> 01:05:54,550 FOR QUESTIONS ON 2449 01:05:54,550 --> 01:06:04,460 THE RESOLUTION BEFORE US. 2450 01:06:04,460 --> 01:06:06,028 NOT SEEING ANY HANDS AT THIS 2451 01:06:06,028 --> 01:06:06,295 TIME. 2452 01:06:06,295 --> 01:06:07,596 COLLEAGUES, I WILL NOTE WE 2453 01:06:07,596 --> 01:06:09,765 DO HAVE AN INTENT TO VOTE ON 2454 01:06:09,765 --> 01:06:11,867 THIS RESOLUTION IN COMMITTEE 2455 01:06:11,867 --> 01:06:12,802 TODAY IN 2456 01:06:12,802 --> 01:06:15,504 SERVICE OF AS VICE CHAIR FOSTER 2457 01:06:15,504 --> 01:06:16,038 MENTIONED THE COUNTY HAS 2458 01:06:16,038 --> 01:06:18,140 MOVED ON THEIR AS I CALL IT 2459 01:06:18,140 --> 01:06:18,374 COUSIN 2460 01:06:18,374 --> 01:06:23,512 RESOLUTION SO WE'RE 2461 01:06:23,512 --> 01:06:24,246 DOING WORK TO TRY TO ALIGN SOME 2462 01:06:24,246 --> 01:06:24,513 OF THOSE 2463 01:06:24,513 --> 01:06:25,147 TIMELINES. I SEE A HAND FROM 2464 01:06:25,147 --> 01:06:25,481 COUNCILMEMBER 2465 01:06:25,481 --> 01:06:25,681 SAKA. 2466 01:06:25,815 --> 01:06:26,549 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2467 01:06:26,549 --> 01:06:28,584 I WANT TO THANK YOU, CHAIR, 2468 01:06:28,584 --> 01:06:30,853 AND THE LEADER FOR YOUR 2469 01:06:30,853 --> 01:06:32,121 LEADERSHIPLEADERSHIP AND THAT OF 2470 01:06:32,121 --> 01:06:33,622 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 2471 01:06:33,622 --> 01:06:37,526 FOR BRINGING THIS BOARD. 2472 01:06:37,526 --> 01:06:40,996 I WANT TO THANK MS. 2473 01:06:40,996 --> 01:06:42,098 LEBRECQUE, MR. ELLERBROOK, MS. 2474 01:06:42,098 --> 01:06:42,431 GUARANTEE, I 2475 01:06:42,431 --> 01:06:43,599 THINK I GOT IT, THANK YOU FOR 2476 01:06:43,599 --> 01:06:47,336 THE OVERVIEW, THE PRESENTATION. 2477 01:06:47,336 --> 01:06:48,904 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 2478 01:06:48,904 --> 01:06:50,873 THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK. 2479 01:06:50,873 --> 01:06:55,678 THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT VERY 2480 01:06:55,678 --> 01:06:57,847 CONCERNING AND THIS IS AN 2481 01:06:57,847 --> 01:06:58,481 IMPORTANT RESPONSE FROM THE 2482 01:06:58,481 --> 01:07:00,383 CITY OF SEATTLE'S 2483 01:07:00,383 --> 01:07:01,050 PERSPECTIVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT 2484 01:07:01,050 --> 01:07:04,487 WE NEED TO DO 2485 01:07:04,487 --> 01:07:05,221 TO GET THIS RIGHT. 2486 01:07:05,221 --> 01:07:08,057 WHATEVER WE DO, WHATEVER OUR 2487 01:07:08,057 --> 01:07:09,692 APPROACH IS, IT NEEDS TO BE 2488 01:07:09,692 --> 01:07:12,294 THOUGHTFUL, CAN'T SHOOT FROM 2489 01:07:12,294 --> 01:07:12,461 THE 2490 01:07:12,461 --> 01:07:15,297 HIP HERE. 2491 01:07:15,297 --> 01:07:16,999 THOUGHTFUL, MEASURED, AND TO 2492 01:07:16,999 --> 01:07:18,601 THE FULL EXTENT POSSIBLE 2493 01:07:18,734 --> 01:07:20,036 COLLABORATIVE. AT THE END OF THE 2494 01:07:20,036 --> 01:07:20,736 DAY, WHERE THE 2495 01:07:20,736 --> 01:07:25,007 CHIPS MAY FALL, WHO KNOWS, 2496 01:07:25,007 --> 01:07:29,545 THERE MIGHT BE A MORE -- A 2497 01:07:29,545 --> 01:07:30,246 LESS DISTRIBUTIVE MODEL IN THIS 2498 01:07:30,246 --> 01:07:31,180 -- 2499 01:07:31,180 --> 01:07:32,515 IN CARRYING OUT THIS CRITICALLY 2500 01:07:32,515 --> 01:07:35,951 IMPORTANT WORK. 2501 01:07:35,951 --> 01:07:37,186 WHO KNOWS. 2502 01:07:37,186 --> 01:07:41,490 BUT CAN'T JUST PULL THE 2503 01:07:41,490 --> 01:07:43,859 CORD IMMEDIATELY AND THINK 2504 01:07:43,859 --> 01:07:44,126 THAT'S 2505 01:07:44,126 --> 01:07:45,828 GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR 2506 01:07:45,961 --> 01:07:47,096 PROBLEMS. THAT'S WHY I 2507 01:07:47,096 --> 01:07:48,931 APPRECIATE THIS 2508 01:07:48,931 --> 01:07:49,298 APPROACH. 2509 01:07:49,298 --> 01:07:51,867 IT IS THOUGHTFUL, MEASURED, 2510 01:07:51,867 --> 01:07:54,770 AND I THINK APPROPRIATE FOR 2511 01:07:54,770 --> 01:07:57,640 WHERE WE'RE AT, AND WE'LL SEE 2512 01:07:57,640 --> 01:07:58,974 WHERE THIS WORK TAKES US. 2513 01:07:58,974 --> 01:08:03,546 THIS IS A CRITICAL NEXT STEP. 2514 01:08:03,546 --> 01:08:09,785 AND THAT DOESN'T ABSOLVE KCRHA 2515 01:08:09,785 --> 01:08:12,588 FROM, YOU KNOW, THEIR DUTY 2516 01:08:12,588 --> 01:08:13,989 AND RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE 2517 01:08:13,989 --> 01:08:15,291 IMMEDIATE, YOU KNOW, 2518 01:08:15,291 --> 01:08:18,561 CORRECTIONS, IMPLEMENT 2519 01:08:18,561 --> 01:08:21,797 APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL 2520 01:08:21,797 --> 01:08:24,200 CONTROLS, ALL THE THINGS EVEN IN 2521 01:08:24,200 --> 01:08:24,366 THE 2522 01:08:24,366 --> 01:08:28,237 ABSENCE OF THIS LEGISLATION, 2523 01:08:28,237 --> 01:08:29,505 BUT IT IS -- RETAIN THAT. 2524 01:08:29,505 --> 01:08:32,341 THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE 2525 01:08:32,341 --> 01:08:34,076 OF LEGISLATION TO -- TO HELP GET 2526 01:08:34,076 --> 01:08:36,312 US WHERE WE NEEDBY TO. 2527 01:08:36,312 --> 01:08:37,713 QUESTION ON -- FOR MS. 2528 01:08:37,713 --> 01:08:38,280 LEBRECQUE. 2529 01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:41,317 CAN YOU HELP ME 2530 01:08:41,317 --> 01:08:44,587 BETTER UNDERSTAND -- I 2531 01:08:44,587 --> 01:08:45,121 UNDERSTAND THIS IS CHAIR 2532 01:08:45,121 --> 01:08:47,089 REFERRED TO IT AS 2533 01:08:47,089 --> 01:08:48,123 A COUSIN RESOLUTION. 2534 01:08:48,123 --> 01:08:49,492 SO THERE IS A SIMILAR PIECE 2535 01:08:49,492 --> 01:08:53,596 OF LEGISLATION THAT PASSED 2536 01:08:53,596 --> 01:08:57,199 THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL 2537 01:08:57,199 --> 01:08:58,000 RECENTLY, AND 2538 01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:00,369 I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE 2539 01:09:00,369 --> 01:09:02,905 SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AND DO A 2540 01:09:02,905 --> 01:09:03,272 SIDE-BY- SIDE 2541 01:09:03,272 --> 01:09:06,342 DOC COMPARE AND RED LINE, WHAT 2542 01:09:06,342 --> 01:09:08,244 ARE THE WORD DIFFERENCES, 2543 01:09:08,244 --> 01:09:09,678 DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THAT, 2544 01:09:09,678 --> 01:09:09,845 BUT 2545 01:09:09,845 --> 01:09:11,747 WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS OR 2546 01:09:11,747 --> 01:09:11,947 NOT 2547 01:09:11,947 --> 01:09:16,118 CONCERNED, CURIOUS, I AM CURIOUS 2548 01:09:16,118 --> 01:09:18,721 ABOUT, FRANKLY THIS IS FOR 2549 01:09:18,721 --> 01:09:20,122 ANYONE, YOU KNOW, HERE AT THE 2550 01:09:20,122 --> 01:09:26,061 TABLE OR MS. LEBRECQUE, BUT WHAT 2551 01:09:26,061 --> 01:09:28,264 ARE THE HIGH- LEVEL DIFFERENCES 2552 01:09:28,264 --> 01:09:30,900 BETWEEN OUR RESPECTIVE PIECES OF 2553 01:09:30,900 --> 01:09:32,301 LEGISLATION HERE? 2554 01:09:32,301 --> 01:09:34,904 WHAT ARE THE HIGH- LEVEL 2555 01:09:34,904 --> 01:09:36,739 FEATURES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, A 2556 01:09:36,739 --> 01:09:38,173 LITTLE MORE UNIQUE TO SEATTLE 2557 01:09:38,173 --> 01:09:41,377 WHERE WE 2558 01:09:41,377 --> 01:09:41,911 DEPART A LITTLE BIT 2559 01:09:41,911 --> 01:09:43,546 FROM KING COUNTY AGAIN AT A HIGH 2560 01:09:43,546 --> 01:09:45,047 LEVEL, FROM A PROVISION 2561 01:09:45,047 --> 01:09:45,347 STANDPOINT? 2562 01:09:45,347 --> 01:09:49,585 NOT A LANGUAGE STANDPOINT? 2563 01:09:49,718 --> 01:09:55,591 >> I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND TO 2564 01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:56,458 THAT. 2565 01:09:56,458 --> 01:09:59,295 SO I -- FIRST, AS I MENTIONED, 2566 01:09:59,295 --> 01:10:01,697 THE TIMING IS THE SAME. 2567 01:10:01,697 --> 01:10:03,232 JUST LIKE RESOLUTION 2568 01:10:03,232 --> 01:10:05,701 THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, 2569 01:10:05,701 --> 01:10:07,469 THE KING COUNTY -- THE KING 2570 01:10:07,469 --> 01:10:07,903 COUNTY MOTION 2571 01:10:07,903 --> 01:10:08,904 ASKS THAT THE KING 2572 01:10:08,904 --> 01:10:11,273 COUNTY EXECUTIVE PROVIDE THEM AN 2573 01:10:11,273 --> 01:10:13,309 INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF 2574 01:10:13,309 --> 01:10:15,344 THE COMPREHENSIVE CORRECTIVE 2575 01:10:15,344 --> 01:10:17,179 ACTION PLAN BY JUNE 15th AND 2576 01:10:17,179 --> 01:10:17,513 THEN 2577 01:10:17,513 --> 01:10:20,549 THAT THEY COME BACK 2578 01:10:20,549 --> 01:10:21,917 TO THE KING COUNTY COUNCIL ON 2579 01:10:21,917 --> 01:10:22,318 AUGUST 2580 01:10:22,318 --> 01:10:23,819 1st WITH A FINAL RECOMMENDATION 2581 01:10:23,819 --> 01:10:23,986 ON 2582 01:10:23,986 --> 01:10:26,088 WHETHER TO DISSOLVE, RESTRUCTURE 2583 01:10:26,088 --> 01:10:27,189 OR CONTINUE AS IS. 2584 01:10:27,189 --> 01:10:29,592 THOSE ARE THE SAME. 2585 01:10:29,592 --> 01:10:30,292 I THINK THAT THERE 2586 01:10:30,292 --> 01:10:34,530 ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME DIFFERENCES. 2587 01:10:34,530 --> 01:10:35,764 I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, KING 2588 01:10:35,764 --> 01:10:37,333 COUNTY IS IN AN 2589 01:10:37,333 --> 01:10:39,168 INTERESTING POSITION BECAUSE 2590 01:10:39,168 --> 01:10:39,368 THEY 2591 01:10:39,368 --> 01:10:41,437 ARE ESSENTIALLY KCRHA'S LENDER. 2592 01:10:41,437 --> 01:10:44,573 WHEN KCRHA HAS A NEGATIVE CASH 2593 01:10:44,573 --> 01:10:46,375 BALANCE, THAT IS COMING 2594 01:10:46,375 --> 01:10:48,777 OUT OF THE KING COUNTY CASH FLOW 2595 01:10:48,777 --> 01:10:49,044 AND SO 2596 01:10:49,044 --> 01:10:52,214 I THINK KING COUNTY HAS 2597 01:10:52,214 --> 01:10:53,315 A PARTICULAR INTEREST 2598 01:10:53,315 --> 01:10:55,618 IN UNDERSTANDING KCRHA'S SORT 2599 01:10:55,618 --> 01:10:55,784 OF 2600 01:10:55,784 --> 01:10:57,586 CURRENT CASH POSITION, HOW THEY 2601 01:10:57,586 --> 01:11:00,689 ARE GOING TO SORT OF RECONCILE 2602 01:11:00,689 --> 01:11:02,424 THOSE RECEIVABLES THAT 2603 01:11:02,424 --> 01:11:03,726 THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO 2604 01:11:03,726 --> 01:11:03,959 COLLECT 2605 01:11:03,959 --> 01:11:08,497 ON YET SO THEY CAN GET THE CASH 2606 01:11:08,497 --> 01:11:08,664 AND 2607 01:11:08,664 --> 01:11:09,665 THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, 2608 01:11:09,665 --> 01:11:11,100 ESSENTIALLY GET OUT OF THAT 2609 01:11:11,100 --> 01:11:14,036 NEGATIVE CASH 2610 01:11:14,036 --> 01:11:18,173 POSITION TO THE POINT POSSIBLE. 2611 01:11:18,173 --> 01:11:19,775 THEN I THINK OTHER 2612 01:11:19,775 --> 01:11:20,976 QUESTIONS AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, 2613 01:11:20,976 --> 01:11:21,277 WHAT 2614 01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:22,544 THEIR PLANS ARE TO ADDRESS SOME 2615 01:11:22,544 --> 01:11:23,412 OF 2616 01:11:23,412 --> 01:11:24,647 THE FINDINGS IN THE RESOLUTION. 2617 01:11:24,647 --> 01:11:27,516 I AM HAPPY TO SEND YOU IF 2618 01:11:27,516 --> 01:11:29,151 YOU'RE INTERESTED COUNCILMEMBER 2619 01:11:29,151 --> 01:11:29,351 SAKA 2620 01:11:29,351 --> 01:11:30,219 A COPY OF THE KING 2621 01:11:30,219 --> 01:11:31,620 COUNTY RESOLUTION BUT THAT'S AS 2622 01:11:31,620 --> 01:11:34,890 MUCH DETAIL AS I CAN SPEAK TO 2623 01:11:34,890 --> 01:11:35,190 RIGHT 2624 01:11:35,190 --> 01:11:35,391 NOW. 2625 01:11:35,524 --> 01:11:36,792 >> THANK YOU. 2626 01:11:36,792 --> 01:11:38,861 NO NEED TO SEND. 2627 01:11:38,861 --> 01:11:40,763 I'M LESS INTERESTED IN 2628 01:11:40,763 --> 01:11:42,531 THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, BUT 2629 01:11:42,531 --> 01:11:43,766 LET'S JUST TALK OFF LINE. 2630 01:11:43,766 --> 01:11:45,100 NO NEED TO -- YEAH. 2631 01:11:45,100 --> 01:11:45,701 THANK YOU. 2632 01:11:45,701 --> 01:11:47,736 VERY HELPFUL FOR MY INITIAL -- 2633 01:11:47,736 --> 01:11:48,804 FOR RESPONDING TO MY INITIAL 2634 01:11:48,937 --> 01:11:49,505 QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 2635 01:11:49,638 --> 01:11:52,574 >> APPRECIATE THE 2636 01:11:52,574 --> 01:11:53,242 QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2637 01:11:53,242 --> 01:11:54,043 THANK YOU. 2638 01:11:54,043 --> 01:11:56,311 AND I DID SEE A HAND FROM 2639 01:11:56,311 --> 01:11:57,479 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2640 01:11:57,613 --> 01:11:58,247 >> YES. 2641 01:11:58,247 --> 01:12:02,685 I'M SORRY, MADAM CHAIR, THANK 2642 01:12:02,685 --> 01:12:04,286 YOU. 2643 01:12:04,286 --> 01:12:05,954 I HAVE A POINT OF -- WELL, 2644 01:12:05,954 --> 01:12:08,857 I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND I 2645 01:12:08,857 --> 01:12:12,061 WILL TAKE GUIDANCE FROM YOU AS 2646 01:12:12,061 --> 01:12:12,294 CHAIR. 2647 01:12:12,294 --> 01:12:14,930 ARE WE GOING TO TALK AND THEN 2648 01:12:14,930 --> 01:12:16,899 VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND 2649 01:12:16,899 --> 01:12:18,333 THEN THE RESOLUTION AND THEN 2650 01:12:18,333 --> 01:12:19,935 DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN 2651 01:12:19,935 --> 01:12:21,770 DEPTH ON 2652 01:12:21,770 --> 01:12:24,973 WHAT WE RECEIVED ON MAY 8th 2653 01:12:24,973 --> 01:12:25,874 FROM THE KING COUNTY 2654 01:12:25,874 --> 01:12:26,408 REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS 2655 01:12:26,408 --> 01:12:26,709 ASSOCIATION 2656 01:12:26,709 --> 01:12:28,610 IN REGARDS TO THE FORENSIC 2657 01:12:28,610 --> 01:12:29,345 AUDIT? 2658 01:12:29,345 --> 01:12:30,913 ARE WE HOLDING THAT 2659 01:12:30,913 --> 01:12:33,382 DISCUSSION OR A FEW QUESTIONS 2660 01:12:33,382 --> 01:12:33,749 WITH HAVING 2661 01:12:33,749 --> 01:12:35,117 JENNIFER HERE ON THE LINE OR 2662 01:12:35,117 --> 01:12:36,752 HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT, 2663 01:12:36,752 --> 01:12:36,952 MADAM 2664 01:12:36,952 --> 01:12:37,319 CHAIR? 2665 01:12:37,453 --> 01:12:39,254 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. 2666 01:12:39,254 --> 01:12:40,989 I HAD NOT PLANNED ON THAT 2667 01:12:40,989 --> 01:12:41,457 DISCUSSION TODAY. 2668 01:12:41,457 --> 01:12:43,125 HOWEVER IT IS PERTINENT TO 2669 01:12:43,125 --> 01:12:44,560 THIS DISCUSSION OF NATURALLY AND 2670 01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:47,029 SO HAVING THAT BEFORE US, 2671 01:12:47,029 --> 01:12:48,263 I'M WONDERING MAYBE BEFORE WE 2672 01:12:48,263 --> 01:12:48,464 TAKE 2673 01:12:48,464 --> 01:12:49,698 A VOTE LET'S HAVE A LITTLE BIT 2674 01:12:49,698 --> 01:12:49,865 OF 2675 01:12:49,865 --> 01:12:52,101 A DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE'VE 2676 01:12:52,234 --> 01:12:52,501 RECEIVED. 2677 01:12:52,501 --> 01:12:52,835 >> YEAH. 2678 01:12:52,835 --> 01:12:56,638 I HAD A QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK 2679 01:12:56,638 --> 01:12:57,806 JENNIFER, AND THEN I WILL 2680 01:12:57,806 --> 01:13:02,845 FOLLOW YOUR LEAD, MAD CAM 2681 01:13:02,845 --> 01:13:04,546 CHAIR. ON PAGE 6 OF THE 2682 01:13:04,546 --> 01:13:04,847 POWERPOINT, 2683 01:13:04,847 --> 01:13:10,152 JENNIFER, I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME, 2684 01:13:10,152 --> 01:13:13,389 BECAUSE [ INAUDIBLE ] THE 2685 01:13:13,389 --> 01:13:16,959 RESOLUTION KEN KING COUNTY 2686 01:13:16,959 --> 01:13:18,327 ESTABLISHED THE KING 2687 01:13:18,327 --> 01:13:19,528 COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 2688 01:13:19,528 --> 01:13:19,795 AUTHORITY 2689 01:13:19,795 --> 01:13:22,164 AND WHEN WE SIGNED IT AND 2690 01:13:22,164 --> 01:13:24,533 AMENDED ILA AND THE CLARK NUBER 2691 01:13:24,533 --> 01:13:25,000 FORENSIC EVALUATION. 2692 01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:27,603 ON PAGE 6, I DIDN'T CATCH THIS 2693 01:13:27,603 --> 01:13:28,837 THE FIRST TIME, BUT, 2694 01:13:28,837 --> 01:13:30,672 JENNIFER, WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT 2695 01:13:30,672 --> 01:13:31,640 THE RIGHT 2696 01:13:31,640 --> 01:13:33,041 OF WAY CONTRACT, THAT'S 2697 01:13:33,041 --> 01:13:34,543 STATE FUNDING WAS THAT 2698 01:13:34,543 --> 01:13:35,511 ADDRESSED IN THE AUDIT AND HOW 2699 01:13:35,511 --> 01:13:38,380 MUCH WAS THAT? 2700 01:13:38,380 --> 01:13:42,885 IS THAT EVEN -- AM I BEING 2701 01:13:42,885 --> 01:13:43,685 KNIT PICKY HERE? 2702 01:13:43,819 --> 01:13:48,390 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 2703 01:13:48,390 --> 01:13:49,758 I DON'T RECALL -- I'D HAVE TO 2704 01:13:49,758 --> 01:13:51,393 GO BACK AND REVIEW IT. 2705 01:13:51,393 --> 01:13:52,828 I DON'T RECALL THAT THE 2706 01:13:52,828 --> 01:13:53,762 AUDIT FOUND ANY PROBLEMS 2707 01:13:53,762 --> 01:13:55,164 SPECIFIC WHERE THEY SPECIFICALLY 2708 01:13:55,164 --> 01:13:59,001 CALLED OUT THE RIGHT OF WAY 2709 01:13:59,001 --> 01:13:59,668 CONTRACT, 2710 01:13:59,668 --> 01:14:00,936 BUT, OF COURSE, THEY CALLED 2711 01:14:00,936 --> 01:14:05,841 OUT IN GENERAL WITH THINGS LIKE 2712 01:14:05,841 --> 01:14:06,175 REC 2713 01:14:06,175 --> 01:14:07,476 CONSIGHBLE PROVIDERS, THEY 2714 01:14:07,476 --> 01:14:08,944 DON'T HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO GO 2715 01:14:08,944 --> 01:14:12,848 BACK TO THE FUNDER AND GET 2716 01:14:12,848 --> 01:14:13,482 REIMBURSED FOR THAT. 2717 01:14:13,482 --> 01:14:14,149 I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT 2718 01:14:14,149 --> 01:14:15,451 THE RIGHT OF WAY CONTRACTS 2719 01:14:15,451 --> 01:14:16,618 ARE INVOLVED AND I DON'T THINK 2720 01:14:16,618 --> 01:14:16,919 THE 2721 01:14:16,919 --> 01:14:19,288 AUDIT PROVIDES THAT LEVEL OF 2722 01:14:19,421 --> 01:14:20,556 DETAIL. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR 2723 01:14:20,556 --> 01:14:20,823 QUESTION? 2724 01:14:20,823 --> 01:14:21,757 >> IT DOES. 2725 01:14:21,757 --> 01:14:23,125 I WAS HIGHLIGHTING IT 2726 01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:24,893 BECAUSE YOU MADE IT YOUR SECOND 2727 01:14:24,893 --> 01:14:27,229 BULLET ON PAGE 6 AND THE FIRST 2728 01:14:27,229 --> 01:14:29,198 TIME I 2729 01:14:29,198 --> 01:14:29,598 REALIZED THAT THE 2730 01:14:29,598 --> 01:14:32,134 ORGANIZATION WOULD TAKE THESE 2731 01:14:32,134 --> 01:14:32,501 EXISTING RIGHT 2732 01:14:32,501 --> 01:14:33,569 OF WAY CONTRACTS. 2733 01:14:33,569 --> 01:14:35,304 I WASN'T AWARE A CHUNK CAME 2734 01:14:35,304 --> 01:14:36,872 FROM THE STATE AND DIDN'T KNOW 2735 01:14:36,872 --> 01:14:38,874 HOW 2736 01:14:39,007 --> 01:14:39,675 MUCH. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT WE CAN 2737 01:14:39,675 --> 01:14:39,942 FOLLOW UP 2738 01:14:39,942 --> 01:14:40,642 ON. 2739 01:14:40,642 --> 01:14:42,144 >> I AM HAPPY TO FOLLOW-UP. 2740 01:14:42,144 --> 01:14:44,012 I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY 2741 01:14:44,012 --> 01:14:44,213 HEAD. 2742 01:14:44,346 --> 01:14:45,948 >> THIS IS WHY I LIKE THE 2743 01:14:45,948 --> 01:14:48,884 CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR ARE DOING, 2744 01:14:48,884 --> 01:14:50,085 TAKING THIS MEASURED APPROACH, 2745 01:14:50,085 --> 01:14:51,954 BEFORE WE FIX THE PLANE, LET'S 2746 01:14:51,954 --> 01:14:52,120 NOT 2747 01:14:52,120 --> 01:14:53,922 FIX IT WHILE WE'RE FLYING IT. 2748 01:14:53,922 --> 01:14:55,357 LET'S FIGURE OUT WHERE THE 2749 01:14:55,357 --> 01:14:59,761 MONEY IS, WHERE IT WENT AND 2750 01:14:59,761 --> 01:15:02,497 ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES. 2751 01:15:02,497 --> 01:15:04,166 BRIEFLY, MADAM CHAIR, 2752 01:15:04,166 --> 01:15:05,067 THE QUESTION I WAS CONCERNED 2753 01:15:05,067 --> 01:15:05,968 ABOUT, AND I'M SURE YOU CAN 2754 01:15:05,968 --> 01:15:06,201 RESPOND 2755 01:15:06,201 --> 01:15:09,838 TO HELP ME OUT, IS WHEN WE 2756 01:15:09,838 --> 01:15:10,105 RECEIVED 2757 01:15:10,105 --> 01:15:10,706 THE KING COUNTY 2758 01:15:10,706 --> 01:15:11,740 REGIONAL HOMELESS AUTHORITY'S 2759 01:15:11,740 --> 01:15:18,580 RESPONSE DATED MAY 8th, TO THE 2760 01:15:18,580 --> 01:15:18,847 FORENSIC 2761 01:15:18,847 --> 01:15:20,015 EVALUATION, WHEN WE 2762 01:15:20,015 --> 01:15:23,485 WERE LOOKING AT SPECIFICALLY THE 2763 01:15:23,619 --> 01:15:25,587 TIMELINES THAT THEY LAID OUT MAY 2764 01:15:25,587 --> 01:15:25,787 23rd 2765 01:15:25,787 --> 01:15:26,855 BEING THE CORRECTIVE ACTION 2766 01:15:26,855 --> 01:15:28,891 PLAN THAT IS SUPPOSED TO -- 2767 01:15:28,891 --> 01:15:30,158 THAT CLARK NUBER SAID THESE ARE 2768 01:15:30,158 --> 01:15:31,293 THE THINGS YOU NEED TO 2769 01:15:31,293 --> 01:15:32,294 RESPOND TO AND WE WILL RESPOND 2770 01:15:32,294 --> 01:15:34,463 TO THEM 2771 01:15:34,463 --> 01:15:36,398 BY MAY 23rd, I'M WONDERING HOW 2772 01:15:36,398 --> 01:15:41,103 THAT CHANGES OR DOES CHANGE THE 2773 01:15:41,103 --> 01:15:45,274 TONE OR THE CONVERSATION FOR 2774 01:15:45,274 --> 01:15:46,241 AN ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION OR 2775 01:15:46,241 --> 01:15:47,943 ANYTHING FROM US, WHAT DO 2776 01:15:47,943 --> 01:15:48,844 WE ANTICIPATE FROM THAT ON 2777 01:15:48,844 --> 01:15:52,581 THE 23rd ? 2778 01:15:52,581 --> 01:15:55,551 THEY KIND OF LAID OUT I WILL SAY 2779 01:15:55,551 --> 01:15:57,119 IT, A LOT OF IT IS 2780 01:15:57,119 --> 01:15:57,886 GOVERNMENT WORD SALAD. 2781 01:15:57,886 --> 01:15:59,321 NOT TELLING ME WHAT'S GOING 2782 01:15:59,321 --> 01:16:00,489 TO HAPPEN ON MAY 23rd. 2783 01:16:00,489 --> 01:16:04,226 I'M WONDERING IF 2784 01:16:04,226 --> 01:16:04,960 THERE'S MORE INFORMATION YOU 2785 01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:08,030 CAN PROVIDE? 2786 01:16:08,163 --> 01:16:09,765 WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE ON MAY 2787 01:16:09,765 --> 01:16:12,701 23rd THAT THE FORENSIC 2788 01:16:12,701 --> 01:16:12,968 AUDITORS 2789 01:16:12,968 --> 01:16:14,002 ARE TELLING KING COUNTY YOU NEED 2790 01:16:14,002 --> 01:16:17,072 TO RESPOND TO THIS 2791 01:16:17,072 --> 01:16:18,573 CORRECTION AND IF WE ANTICIPATE 2792 01:16:18,573 --> 01:16:19,408 ANY MORE WORK THE RESOLUTION 2793 01:16:19,408 --> 01:16:19,708 COMING OUT 2794 01:16:19,708 --> 01:16:21,176 OF SEATTLE OR WE'RE GOING 2795 01:16:21,176 --> 01:16:24,980 TO REMAIN COUSINS WITH KING 2796 01:16:24,980 --> 01:16:25,213 COUNTY? 2797 01:16:25,347 --> 01:16:30,352 >> CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? 2798 01:16:30,352 --> 01:16:32,321 I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE LOGIC 2799 01:16:32,321 --> 01:16:33,288 AND IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL 2800 01:16:33,288 --> 01:16:33,622 QUESTIONS. 2801 01:16:33,622 --> 01:16:38,093 I THINK THE TIMING, THE 2802 01:16:38,093 --> 01:16:39,428 DATES, TWO DATES IN THE 2803 01:16:39,428 --> 01:16:39,728 RESOLUTION 2804 01:16:39,728 --> 01:16:40,762 IN WHICH THE EXECUTIVE HAS 2805 01:16:40,762 --> 01:16:42,164 TO REPORT BACK AND THEY ARE 2806 01:16:42,164 --> 01:16:43,532 BASED IN PART WHEN THAT 2807 01:16:43,532 --> 01:16:45,067 CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN HAS TO BE 2808 01:16:45,067 --> 01:16:45,367 SUBMITTED. 2809 01:16:45,367 --> 01:16:49,504 WE HAVE THE INITIAL FINDINGS ON 2810 01:16:49,638 --> 01:16:52,007 MAY 8th OR THE RESPONDINGS OF 2811 01:16:52,007 --> 01:16:53,842 THE HIGHEST RISK FINDINGS. 2812 01:16:53,842 --> 01:16:56,345 MAY 21st IS THE 2813 01:16:56,345 --> 01:16:57,179 COMPREHENSIVE ACTION PLAN. 2814 01:16:57,179 --> 01:17:01,950 JUNE 15th, THE 2815 01:17:01,950 --> 01:17:04,353 RESOLUTION REQUESTS THAT THE 2816 01:17:04,353 --> 01:17:06,922 SEATTLE EXECUTIVE REPORT BACK 2817 01:17:06,922 --> 01:17:07,222 WITH THEIR 2818 01:17:07,222 --> 01:17:07,856 INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF 2819 01:17:07,856 --> 01:17:08,957 THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. 2820 01:17:08,957 --> 01:17:10,792 THERE SHOULD BE THE EXECUTIVE 2821 01:17:10,792 --> 01:17:11,893 ASSESSMENT OF WE THINK THIS IS 2822 01:17:11,893 --> 01:17:13,362 FEASIBLE OR THESE PARTS ARE 2823 01:17:13,362 --> 01:17:15,597 FEASIBLE, BUT THESE PARTS 2824 01:17:15,597 --> 01:17:16,264 AREN'T FEASIBLE, SO IT'S I 2825 01:17:16,264 --> 01:17:16,498 THINK I 2826 01:17:16,498 --> 01:17:18,200 WOULD DESCRIBE THAT AS 2827 01:17:18,200 --> 01:17:22,938 AN INTERIM CHECK- IN BASED ON 2828 01:17:22,938 --> 01:17:23,105 THE 2829 01:17:23,105 --> 01:17:25,040 INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOUT DO WE 2830 01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:27,442 THINK THERE'S A FEASIBLE PATH 2831 01:17:27,442 --> 01:17:31,580 FORWARD TO CONTINUE KCRHA AS IS 2832 01:17:31,580 --> 01:17:34,316 OR NOT BASED ON THE CORRECTIVE 2833 01:17:34,316 --> 01:17:36,485 ACTION PLAN THEY'VE SUBMITTED. 2834 01:17:36,485 --> 01:17:38,453 THEN WE FAST FORWARD TO AUGUST 1 2835 01:17:38,453 --> 01:17:39,988 WHERE THE EXECUTIVE COMES 2836 01:17:39,988 --> 01:17:41,990 BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAYS OKAY, 2837 01:17:41,990 --> 01:17:45,260 NOW WE HAVE FOR YOU A FINAL 2838 01:17:45,260 --> 01:17:46,128 RECOMMENDATION ON 2839 01:17:46,128 --> 01:17:47,529 WHETHER WE SHOULD CONTINUE KCRHA 2840 01:17:47,529 --> 01:17:50,532 AS IT IS, 2841 01:17:50,532 --> 01:17:51,767 RESTRUCTURE OR DISSOLVE AND 2842 01:17:51,767 --> 01:17:52,567 THAT RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE 2843 01:17:52,567 --> 01:17:54,903 BASED ON AN ASSESSMENT OF 2844 01:17:54,903 --> 01:17:56,505 THE VIABILITY OF THE CORRECTIVE 2845 01:17:56,505 --> 01:17:57,406 ACTION PLAN. 2846 01:17:57,406 --> 01:18:00,108 BOTH IN TERMS OF 2847 01:18:00,108 --> 01:18:02,277 POSSIBILITY, TIMELINE AND COSTS. 2848 01:18:02,277 --> 01:18:02,944 SORRY TO 2849 01:18:02,944 --> 01:18:03,545 INTERRUPT 2850 01:18:03,545 --> 01:18:05,047 >> MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO 2851 01:18:05,047 --> 01:18:05,280 FOLLOW 2852 01:18:05,280 --> 01:18:08,583 UP. AUGUST IS THE GO/NO GO DATE? 2853 01:18:08,583 --> 01:18:09,685 AND THEN KING COUNTY 2854 01:18:09,685 --> 01:18:12,220 WILL ADDRESS IT FIRST AND WE'LL 2855 01:18:12,220 --> 01:18:12,421 LOOK 2856 01:18:12,421 --> 01:18:13,255 TO LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER 2857 01:18:13,255 --> 01:18:15,157 OR MADAM CHAIR TO KIND OF 2858 01:18:15,157 --> 01:18:17,159 GUIDE US AND VICE CHAIR TO KIND 2859 01:18:17,159 --> 01:18:19,494 OF GUIDE US LIKE WHAT ARE NEXT 2860 01:18:19,628 --> 01:18:20,762 STEPS? I GUESS -- I DON'T KNOW 2861 01:18:20,762 --> 01:18:20,929 IF 2862 01:18:20,929 --> 01:18:22,297 THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED. 2863 01:18:22,297 --> 01:18:23,899 IT WOULD BE INTERESTING 2864 01:18:23,899 --> 01:18:26,134 IF KING COUNTY SAYS DON'T GO 2865 01:18:26,134 --> 01:18:27,135 FORWARD AND THEN WE SAY, YOU 2866 01:18:27,135 --> 01:18:27,369 KNOW, 2867 01:18:27,369 --> 01:18:31,173 WE CONTRIBUTED 60% OF YOUR 2868 01:18:31,173 --> 01:18:33,542 BUDGET, OUR CONTRACTS MIGRATED 2869 01:18:33,542 --> 01:18:34,276 FROM 2870 01:18:34,276 --> 01:18:35,577 HSD TO KING COUNTY REGIONAL 2871 01:18:35,577 --> 01:18:37,913 HOUSING, IF WE WERE TO -- WOULD 2872 01:18:37,913 --> 01:18:38,413 THERE BE 2873 01:18:38,413 --> 01:18:39,448 A SCENARIO WHERE WE WOULD 2874 01:18:39,448 --> 01:18:39,715 DISAGREE? 2875 01:18:39,848 --> 01:18:42,784 >> IT ONLY TAKES ONE PARTY TO 2876 01:18:42,784 --> 01:18:44,753 TERMINATE THE ILA. 2877 01:18:44,886 --> 01:18:45,320 >> OKAY. 2878 01:18:45,454 --> 01:18:46,788 >> AND SO THERE COULD BE 2879 01:18:46,788 --> 01:18:48,457 A SCENARIO IN WHICH WE COULD 2880 01:18:48,457 --> 01:18:49,591 DISAGREE, BUT WE ONLY NEED ONE 2881 01:18:49,591 --> 01:18:50,492 PARTY TO DISAGREE. 2882 01:18:50,492 --> 01:18:51,960 IT'S NOT A MUTUAL 2883 01:18:51,960 --> 01:18:52,694 TERMINATION. 2884 01:18:52,694 --> 01:18:52,961 >> OKAY. 2885 01:18:52,961 --> 01:18:54,262 YOU JUST HIT IT ON THE HEAD. 2886 01:18:54,262 --> 01:18:55,163 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2887 01:18:55,163 --> 01:18:57,566 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, 2888 01:18:57,566 --> 01:18:58,333 FOR INDULGING 2889 01:18:58,333 --> 01:18:58,734 ME. 2890 01:18:58,734 --> 01:18:59,668 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2891 01:18:59,668 --> 01:19:00,769 JUAREZ, FOR THOSE FANTASTIC 2892 01:19:00,769 --> 01:19:02,404 QUESTIONS AND REALLY 2893 01:19:02,404 --> 01:19:04,005 GRAPPLING WITH KIND OF THE 2894 01:19:04,005 --> 01:19:04,339 COMPLEXITY OF 2895 01:19:04,339 --> 01:19:05,340 THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE IN. 2896 01:19:05,340 --> 01:19:07,309 I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AS 2897 01:19:07,309 --> 01:19:09,377 WELL VICE CHAIR FOSTER WHO 2898 01:19:09,377 --> 01:19:13,815 SITS ON THE KCRHA FINANCE 2899 01:19:13,815 --> 01:19:14,583 COMMITTEE. 2900 01:19:14,716 --> 01:19:17,886 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR 2901 01:19:17,886 --> 01:19:18,420 RINCK, THANK YOU SO 2902 01:19:18,420 --> 01:19:19,454 MUCH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2903 01:19:19,454 --> 01:19:21,356 ALWAYS WITH A FINE- TOOTH COMB. 2904 01:19:21,356 --> 01:19:24,559 I WANT TO JUST SAY ONE 2905 01:19:24,559 --> 01:19:28,096 QUICK THING BY FOLLOW- UP TO 2906 01:19:28,096 --> 01:19:28,296 MAKE 2907 01:19:28,296 --> 01:19:29,464 SURE WE HAVE THIS CLARITY AROUND 2908 01:19:29,464 --> 01:19:31,466 THE MAY 23rd 2909 01:19:31,466 --> 01:19:33,068 DATE. JUST AS A REMINDER AND I 2910 01:19:33,068 --> 01:19:34,636 THINK JEN DID TOUCH ON THIS BUT 2911 01:19:34,636 --> 01:19:35,670 I'M GOING TO RESTATE IT A 2912 01:19:35,670 --> 01:19:35,904 LITTLE 2913 01:19:35,904 --> 01:19:37,639 BIT JUST TO MAKE SURE, THAT DATE 2914 01:19:37,639 --> 01:19:37,806 WAS 2915 01:19:37,806 --> 01:19:41,076 FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE COVER 2916 01:19:41,076 --> 01:19:42,110 LETTER THAT WAS PROVIDED 2917 01:19:42,110 --> 01:19:44,212 TO KCRHA IN A JOINT LETTER 2918 01:19:44,212 --> 01:19:44,446 BETWEEN 2919 01:19:44,446 --> 01:19:46,982 THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE 2920 01:19:46,982 --> 01:19:50,218 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. 2921 01:19:50,218 --> 01:19:51,419 THAT REQUESTED CORRECTIVE ACTION 2922 01:19:51,419 --> 01:19:53,822 PLAN THAT ADDRESSES EACH OF THE 2923 01:19:53,822 --> 01:19:55,657 FINDINGS IN THE AUDIT. 2924 01:19:55,657 --> 01:19:56,958 SO WHILE IT IS TRUE 2925 01:19:56,958 --> 01:19:58,994 THAT THERE IS ONLY SORT OF A 2926 01:19:58,994 --> 01:19:59,194 HIGH- 2927 01:19:59,194 --> 01:20:01,630 LEVEL MENTION OF IT IN THE 2928 01:20:01,630 --> 01:20:02,063 MAYMAY th 2929 01:20:02,063 --> 01:20:03,532 RESPONSE, I WANTED TO TAKE 2930 01:20:03,532 --> 01:20:05,233 US BACK TO I BELIEVE WHAT WAS 2931 01:20:05,233 --> 01:20:07,836 SENT ON APRIL 22nd, WHICH HAS 2932 01:20:07,836 --> 01:20:08,069 THE 2933 01:20:08,069 --> 01:20:09,704 OUTLINE FOR MAY 23rd. 2934 01:20:09,704 --> 01:20:11,139 SO MAYBE THAT WAS HELPFUL 2935 01:20:11,139 --> 01:20:12,974 OR MAYBE THAT WAS MORE 2936 01:20:12,974 --> 01:20:13,475 CONFUSING. 2937 01:20:13,475 --> 01:20:16,044 BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT 2938 01:20:16,044 --> 01:20:17,312 WE'LL RECEIVE ON THE 23rd 2939 01:20:17,312 --> 01:20:19,881 IS THAT CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN 2940 01:20:19,881 --> 01:20:20,916 THAT 2941 01:20:21,049 --> 01:20:21,616 ADDRESSES EACH OF THE AUDIT 2942 01:20:21,616 --> 01:20:21,883 FINDINGS. 2943 01:20:21,883 --> 01:20:23,685 THEN THE ONLY OTHER 2944 01:20:23,685 --> 01:20:24,886 THING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 2945 01:20:24,886 --> 01:20:25,987 WAS COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ YOU 2946 01:20:25,987 --> 01:20:28,623 SPOKE TO AUGUST AS A GO/NO GO 2947 01:20:28,623 --> 01:20:30,392 AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IS 2948 01:20:30,392 --> 01:20:32,394 MEANT TO BE A RECOMMENDATION 2949 01:20:32,394 --> 01:20:32,594 THAT 2950 01:20:32,594 --> 01:20:34,829 WE RECEIVE ON AUGUST 1st FROM 2951 01:20:34,829 --> 01:20:34,996 THE 2952 01:20:34,996 --> 01:20:35,297 EXECUTIVE. 2953 01:20:35,297 --> 01:20:37,666 SO THAT'S HOW WE'VE OUTLINED 2954 01:20:37,666 --> 01:20:38,500 IT IN THIS RESOLUTION. 2955 01:20:38,500 --> 01:20:39,768 RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION 2956 01:20:39,768 --> 01:20:42,070 FROM THE EXECUTIVE TO THE BODY 2957 01:20:42,070 --> 01:20:45,073 THAT WE WILL THEN HAVE 2958 01:20:45,073 --> 01:20:46,708 THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH. 2959 01:20:46,708 --> 01:20:48,176 THERE'S A LITTLE BIT 2960 01:20:48,176 --> 01:20:49,911 FURTHER ENGAGEMENT AFTER THAT 2961 01:20:49,911 --> 01:20:50,111 DATE. 2962 01:20:50,111 --> 01:20:51,012 WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEAR 2963 01:20:51,012 --> 01:20:51,179 ON 2964 01:20:51,179 --> 01:20:53,648 THOSE TWO POINTS. 2965 01:20:53,648 --> 01:20:56,017 I BELIEVE OUR SPEAKERS 2966 01:20:56,017 --> 01:20:56,351 MAY. 2967 01:20:56,351 --> 01:20:56,918 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2968 01:20:56,918 --> 01:20:59,654 I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS 2969 01:20:59,654 --> 01:20:59,988 CONVERSATION. 2970 01:20:59,988 --> 01:21:03,191 JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS TO MAKE. 2971 01:21:03,191 --> 01:21:03,758 THANK YOU FOR THE 2972 01:21:03,758 --> 01:21:04,693 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DATES. 2973 01:21:04,693 --> 01:21:06,161 THAT ALIGNS WITH OUR 2974 01:21:06,161 --> 01:21:07,128 UNDERSTANDING AS WELL AND 2975 01:21:07,128 --> 01:21:08,763 THE PURPOSES OF BOTH THE JUNE 2976 01:21:08,763 --> 01:21:10,265 15th DATE AND THE AUGUST 1st 2977 01:21:10,265 --> 01:21:10,465 DATE. 2978 01:21:10,465 --> 01:21:11,700 I THINK WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT 2979 01:21:11,700 --> 01:21:13,802 THERE. 2980 01:21:13,802 --> 01:21:15,837 I THINK THE OTHER THING 2981 01:21:15,837 --> 01:21:17,973 THAT I WANTED TO SAY, VICE CHAIR 2982 01:21:17,973 --> 01:21:20,508 FOSTER YOU COMMENTED ON THIS, 2983 01:21:20,508 --> 01:21:21,476 THIS IS 2984 01:21:21,476 --> 01:21:22,410 A FOUR- CORNERS APPROACH AND I 2985 01:21:22,410 --> 01:21:25,547 WANT TO SORT OF EMPHASIZE THAT 2986 01:21:25,547 --> 01:21:25,947 WE 2987 01:21:25,947 --> 01:21:27,015 ARE IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE 2988 01:21:27,015 --> 01:21:27,215 KING 2989 01:21:27,215 --> 01:21:30,585 COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S 2990 01:21:30,585 --> 01:21:31,186 OFFICE ON THIS MAKING SURE WE 2991 01:21:31,186 --> 01:21:32,654 ARE 2992 01:21:32,654 --> 01:21:32,988 WELL-ALIGNED. 2993 01:21:32,988 --> 01:21:35,090 THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE 2994 01:21:35,090 --> 01:21:36,358 AND I THINK IT BEARS SORT OF 2995 01:21:36,358 --> 01:21:39,895 PAUSING ON IT, THE REGIONAL 2996 01:21:39,895 --> 01:21:40,161 HOMELESS 2997 01:21:40,161 --> 01:21:40,929 AUTHORITY IS VERY 2998 01:21:40,929 --> 01:21:42,631 COMPLICATED AND INCLUDES FUNDS 2999 01:21:42,631 --> 01:21:43,164 FROM 3000 01:21:43,164 --> 01:21:44,866 A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT 3001 01:21:44,866 --> 01:21:49,404 FUNDERS, THE COUNTY, CITY, 3002 01:21:49,404 --> 01:21:49,638 STATE, 3003 01:21:49,638 --> 01:21:51,306 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE KING 3004 01:21:51,439 --> 01:21:51,940 COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 3005 01:21:51,940 --> 01:21:52,507 AUTHORITY SERVES MULTIPLE 3006 01:21:52,507 --> 01:21:52,774 PURPOSES. 3007 01:21:52,774 --> 01:21:55,143 IT IS A MAJOR 3008 01:21:55,143 --> 01:21:56,144 ACTOR, THE CITY'S MAJOR ACTOR 3009 01:21:56,144 --> 01:21:57,045 IN HOMELESS SPACES 3010 01:21:57,045 --> 01:21:58,246 AND THE SAME FOR THE COUNTY AS 3011 01:21:58,246 --> 01:22:01,349 A REGIONAL CONVENER OF THIS 3012 01:22:01,349 --> 01:22:03,818 TOPIC AND SERVES CRITICALLY 3013 01:22:03,818 --> 01:22:04,085 IMPORTANT 3014 01:22:04,085 --> 01:22:08,256 FUNCTIONS THAT ARE NOT EASILY 3015 01:22:08,256 --> 01:22:11,359 UNWOUND AND THAT ARE -- 3016 01:22:11,359 --> 01:22:12,394 ENSURE COMPLIANCE FOR THE 3017 01:22:12,394 --> 01:22:13,895 CITY AND THE COUNTY TO RECEIVE A 3018 01:22:13,895 --> 01:22:14,195 SUBSTANTIAL 3019 01:22:14,195 --> 01:22:15,397 AMOUNT OF FUNDING. 3020 01:22:15,397 --> 01:22:20,068 SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE 3021 01:22:20,068 --> 01:22:22,704 THAT IT'S BENEFICIAL TO HEAR 3022 01:22:22,704 --> 01:22:22,871 HOW 3023 01:22:22,871 --> 01:22:24,439 ALIGNED WE ARE AND I THINK 3024 01:22:24,439 --> 01:22:26,174 CLEAR IN OUR COMMUNICATION 3025 01:22:26,174 --> 01:22:26,408 BECAUSE 3026 01:22:26,408 --> 01:22:27,876 AS WE SORT OF EMBARK ON THIS 3027 01:22:27,876 --> 01:22:29,744 PATH AND RECEIVE THE 3028 01:22:29,744 --> 01:22:30,612 INFORMATION FROM THE REGIONAL 3029 01:22:30,612 --> 01:22:30,879 HOMELESS 3030 01:22:30,879 --> 01:22:32,747 AUTHORITY ON THE 23rd, EVALUATE 3031 01:22:32,747 --> 01:22:32,948 THAT, 3032 01:22:32,948 --> 01:22:34,149 PROVIDE OUR FEEDBACK TO ALL OF 3033 01:22:34,149 --> 01:22:35,984 YOU AND OUR 3034 01:22:35,984 --> 01:22:38,620 RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT WE REMAIN 3035 01:22:38,620 --> 01:22:40,221 VERY CLOSELY 3036 01:22:40,221 --> 01:22:41,823 ALIGNED BECAUSE WE -- 3037 01:22:41,823 --> 01:22:42,490 THE SIGNIFICANCE IN HOW 3038 01:22:42,490 --> 01:22:44,392 THESE DOLLARS SHOW UP AND HOW 3039 01:22:44,392 --> 01:22:46,895 THIS ORGANIZATION LEADS AND HOW 3040 01:22:46,895 --> 01:22:48,663 WE HEAR FROM OUR SERVICE 3041 01:22:48,663 --> 01:22:48,930 PROVIDERS 3042 01:22:48,930 --> 01:22:50,699 AND HOW WE HEAR FROM THE 3043 01:22:50,699 --> 01:22:53,802 LIVED EXPERIENCE COALITIONS AND 3044 01:22:53,802 --> 01:22:54,002 FOLKS 3045 01:22:54,002 --> 01:22:55,303 IS PARAMOUNT IN HOW WE DO THIS 3046 01:22:55,303 --> 01:22:55,537 WELL. 3047 01:22:55,537 --> 01:22:57,272 SO I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE 3048 01:22:57,272 --> 01:22:59,374 REALLY APPRECIATE 3049 01:22:59,374 --> 01:23:00,675 THIS CONVERSATION AND THE SPIRIT 3050 01:23:00,675 --> 01:23:02,777 OF ALIGNMENT IN THIS SPACE AS 3051 01:23:02,777 --> 01:23:03,445 WE STEP FORWARD. 3052 01:23:03,445 --> 01:23:05,814 SO I AM HAPPY TO HEAR FROM 3053 01:23:05,814 --> 01:23:06,881 ANY AND ALL OF YOU WITH 3054 01:23:06,881 --> 01:23:07,148 QUESTIONS 3055 01:23:07,148 --> 01:23:09,918 YOU MIGHT HAVE AS WE STEP 3056 01:23:09,918 --> 01:23:10,218 FORWARD. 3057 01:23:10,218 --> 01:23:10,985 IT IS COMPLEX. 3058 01:23:10,985 --> 01:23:14,456 I HAVE SPENT A GOOD PORTION 3059 01:23:14,456 --> 01:23:15,790 OF THE TIME IN PUBLIC 3060 01:23:15,790 --> 01:23:17,726 SERVICE WORKING IN HOUSING AND 3061 01:23:17,726 --> 01:23:17,993 HOMELESS 3062 01:23:17,993 --> 01:23:18,393 SPACES. 3063 01:23:18,393 --> 01:23:20,395 LINDSEY TO MY RIGHT HAS STAYED 3064 01:23:20,395 --> 01:23:21,997 WITH THIS FOR MANY YEARS 3065 01:23:21,997 --> 01:23:24,532 AND KNOWS THIS PROBABLY AS WELL 3066 01:23:24,532 --> 01:23:24,833 AS 3067 01:23:24,833 --> 01:23:25,834 ANYBODY AND I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER 3068 01:23:25,834 --> 01:23:27,369 RINCK YOU AS WELL HAVE 3069 01:23:27,369 --> 01:23:29,504 DEEP EXPERIENCE IN THIS SPACE AS 3070 01:23:29,504 --> 01:23:29,904 DO 3071 01:23:29,904 --> 01:23:30,338 OTHERS. 3072 01:23:30,338 --> 01:23:32,507 SO I FEEL LIKE WE ARE 3073 01:23:32,507 --> 01:23:33,541 WELL- EQUIPPED TO TAKE 3074 01:23:33,541 --> 01:23:34,943 THESE STEPS AND WE TAKE THESE 3075 01:23:34,943 --> 01:23:36,711 STEPS WITH SERIOUSNESS. 3076 01:23:36,711 --> 01:23:38,179 SO THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION. 3077 01:23:38,179 --> 01:23:39,814 HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL 3078 01:23:39,814 --> 01:23:40,115 QUESTIONS. 3079 01:23:40,248 --> 01:23:44,619 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, 3080 01:23:44,619 --> 01:23:45,487 RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER 3081 01:23:45,487 --> 01:23:45,754 JUAREZ. 3082 01:23:45,887 --> 01:23:46,955 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 3083 01:23:46,955 --> 01:23:48,623 MY QUESTION IS TO THE CITY AND 3084 01:23:48,623 --> 01:23:50,091 FOLKS AT THE TABLE WHEN YOU 3085 01:23:50,091 --> 01:23:51,493 KEEP SAYING THIS FOUR- CORNER 3086 01:23:51,493 --> 01:23:52,394 APPROACH, AND I'M GOING TO 3087 01:23:52,394 --> 01:23:54,629 SAY THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, 3088 01:23:54,629 --> 01:23:58,533 YEAH, I WAS AROUND WHEN WE 3089 01:23:58,533 --> 01:24:01,069 CREATED 2019 WITH THEN COUNCIL 3090 01:24:01,069 --> 01:24:01,336 PRESIDENT 3091 01:24:01,336 --> 01:24:04,939 HERRO AND MAYOR JURKIN AND I 3092 01:24:04,939 --> 01:24:06,775 BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER SIGNED 3093 01:24:06,775 --> 01:24:09,878 THE ORIGINAL AND THEN AT THE 3094 01:24:09,878 --> 01:24:11,846 TIME, EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE, 3095 01:24:11,846 --> 01:24:14,416 GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THOSE 3096 01:24:14,416 --> 01:24:17,218 ORIGINAL CREATION ORGANIC 3097 01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:18,853 DOCUMENTS, SO WHEN YOU SAY 3098 01:24:18,853 --> 01:24:20,955 WE ARE ALIGNED WITH HOW ARE WE 3099 01:24:20,955 --> 01:24:22,957 ALIGNED WITH OTHER CITIES 3100 01:24:22,957 --> 01:24:25,293 WHO MAYBE DON'T FEEL THE SPIRIT 3101 01:24:25,293 --> 01:24:26,628 OF ALIGNMENT RIGHT NOW THAT 3102 01:24:26,628 --> 01:24:30,331 WE'VE BEEN SEEING THAT ARE NOT 3103 01:24:30,331 --> 01:24:30,565 HAPPY 3104 01:24:30,565 --> 01:24:32,167 WITH WHAT HAS HAPPENED? 3105 01:24:32,167 --> 01:24:33,935 HAS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 3106 01:24:33,935 --> 01:24:36,471 REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE 3107 01:24:36,471 --> 01:24:36,704 CITIES 3108 01:24:36,704 --> 01:24:40,008 THAT ARE NOT HAPPY AND ARE 3109 01:24:40,008 --> 01:24:43,978 PROPOSING COMPLETE DISSOLVEMENT 3110 01:24:43,978 --> 01:24:44,813 OF THIS 3111 01:24:44,813 --> 01:24:46,114 ORGANIZATION? 3112 01:24:46,247 --> 01:24:49,350 >> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. 3113 01:24:49,350 --> 01:24:50,585 I THINK WE HAVE NOT 3114 01:24:50,585 --> 01:24:54,756 HEARD DIRECTLY FROM OTHER 3115 01:24:54,756 --> 01:24:58,460 CITIES AT THIS POINT. 3116 01:24:58,460 --> 01:25:00,128 THAT -- ALSO, YOU KNOW, 3117 01:25:00,128 --> 01:25:01,896 ARE OPERATING IN AND I THINK WE 3118 01:25:01,896 --> 01:25:03,932 TRY TO REMAIN ALIGNED WITH 3119 01:25:03,932 --> 01:25:05,166 THE COUNTY IN PARTICULAR AS SORT 3120 01:25:05,166 --> 01:25:06,234 OF REGIONAL GOVERNMENT. 3121 01:25:06,234 --> 01:25:08,002 I THINK TO THE POINT 3122 01:25:08,002 --> 01:25:10,905 YOU'RE MAKING AS WELL, 3123 01:25:10,905 --> 01:25:12,106 COUNCILMEMBER, I THINK IT IS 3124 01:25:12,106 --> 01:25:13,074 VERY IMPORTANT AS 3125 01:25:13,074 --> 01:25:16,444 WE THINK ABOUT THE CURRENT 3126 01:25:16,444 --> 01:25:18,580 AND I THINK FUTURE STATE OF 3127 01:25:18,580 --> 01:25:19,414 THE REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS 3128 01:25:19,414 --> 01:25:22,283 AUTHORITY THE CORE PREMISE TO 3129 01:25:22,283 --> 01:25:22,550 CREATION 3130 01:25:22,550 --> 01:25:25,887 OF KCRHA WAS THE REGIONAL 3131 01:25:25,887 --> 01:25:28,056 CONCEPT OF COLLECTIVE APPROACH 3132 01:25:28,056 --> 01:25:29,657 TO HOMELESSNESS AND THAT HAS 3133 01:25:29,657 --> 01:25:30,825 WORKED BETTER AND WORSE 3134 01:25:30,825 --> 01:25:31,860 TO CERTAIN DEGREES AS WE SORT OF 3135 01:25:31,860 --> 01:25:33,628 STEPPED INTO THAT SPACE. 3136 01:25:33,628 --> 01:25:37,198 I THINK THAT CONVERSATION 3137 01:25:37,198 --> 01:25:39,300 STILL NEEDS TO BE HAD AND -- IN 3138 01:25:39,300 --> 01:25:41,769 A PUBLIC WAY FROM ALL OF THE 3139 01:25:41,769 --> 01:25:44,939 OTHER 38 CITIES IN THIS COUNTY 3140 01:25:44,939 --> 01:25:47,208 ABOUT HOW THOSE ENTITIES WANT 3141 01:25:47,208 --> 01:25:50,111 TO I THINK CONTRIBUTE AND 3142 01:25:50,111 --> 01:25:51,613 PARTICIPATE IN THAT CONVERSATION 3143 01:25:51,613 --> 01:25:52,313 AND I 3144 01:25:52,313 --> 01:25:53,581 THINK WE WILL LOOK TO OURSELVES, 3145 01:25:53,581 --> 01:25:57,185 THE FACT THAT YOU ALL GET AS 3146 01:25:57,185 --> 01:25:58,486 ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT KCRHA 3147 01:25:58,486 --> 01:25:59,387 AND IMPORTANTLY KING COUNTY AS 3148 01:25:59,387 --> 01:26:01,589 THE REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN THAT 3149 01:26:01,589 --> 01:26:01,956 SPACE. 3150 01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:04,025 I HEAR YOU CLEARLY TO 3151 01:26:04,025 --> 01:26:06,261 SAY LIKE LET'S ENSURE THAT WE 3152 01:26:06,261 --> 01:26:06,561 ARE HEARING 3153 01:26:06,561 --> 01:26:07,595 AND OPEN TO COMMENTS BACK 3154 01:26:07,595 --> 01:26:09,097 FROM OTHER JURISDICTIONS. 3155 01:26:09,230 --> 01:26:09,831 >> YEAH. 3156 01:26:09,831 --> 01:26:11,266 I UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS CREATED. 3157 01:26:11,266 --> 01:26:12,667 I GET IT. 3158 01:26:12,667 --> 01:26:13,334 I WAS THERE. 3159 01:26:13,334 --> 01:26:15,270 AND I WANT TO THANK THE 3160 01:26:15,270 --> 01:26:16,638 CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 3161 01:26:16,638 --> 01:26:16,871 BECAUSE 3162 01:26:16,871 --> 01:26:18,940 SHE UNDERSTAND IT FROM A 3163 01:26:18,940 --> 01:26:19,807 MOLECULAR LEVEL AS WELL. 3164 01:26:19,807 --> 01:26:21,075 MY POINT IS WHEN 3165 01:26:21,075 --> 01:26:22,777 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SPIRIT 3166 01:26:22,777 --> 01:26:22,944 OF 3167 01:26:22,944 --> 01:26:25,413 ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF 3168 01:26:25,413 --> 01:26:27,181 SEATTLE 3169 01:26:27,181 --> 01:26:28,750 AND THE KING COUNTY 3170 01:26:28,750 --> 01:26:29,651 COUNCIL, AND THEN CREATING THIS 3171 01:26:29,651 --> 01:26:30,118 AND THE CITY 3172 01:26:30,118 --> 01:26:31,853 OF SEATTLE, CORRECT ME IF 3173 01:26:31,853 --> 01:26:34,422 I'M WRONG, MADAM CHAIR, 3174 01:26:34,422 --> 01:26:36,424 CONTRIBUTES AT LEAST 06% TO THE 3175 01:26:36,424 --> 01:26:37,358 KING COUNTY 3176 01:26:37,358 --> 01:26:38,092 REGIONAL HOMELESS BUDGET, I 3177 01:26:38,092 --> 01:26:40,328 GUESS MY POINT IS, HOW IS THE 3178 01:26:40,328 --> 01:26:42,230 MAYOR'S OFFICE REACHING OUT 3179 01:26:42,230 --> 01:26:45,433 TO THE OTHER 38 CITIES OR 3180 01:26:45,433 --> 01:26:46,668 WHOMEVER, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE 3181 01:26:46,668 --> 01:26:48,403 CONTRIBUTED, WE'VE SEEN 3182 01:26:48,403 --> 01:26:50,171 IT IN THE PRESS WHERE THEY'RE 3183 01:26:50,171 --> 01:26:50,538 NOT 3184 01:26:50,538 --> 01:26:52,040 HAPPY, HOW IS THE -- WHAT 3185 01:26:52,040 --> 01:26:53,474 IS YOUR MEDIA STRATEGY? 3186 01:26:53,474 --> 01:26:54,909 WHAT IS YOUR ALIGNMENT 3187 01:26:54,909 --> 01:26:57,312 STRATEGY? WHAT IS YOUR 3188 01:26:57,312 --> 01:26:58,212 COMMUNICATIONS WITH 3189 01:26:58,212 --> 01:26:59,280 SOME OF THOSE CITIES 3190 01:26:59,280 --> 01:27:02,317 THAT, IF YOU WILL, USING YOUR 3191 01:27:02,317 --> 01:27:03,585 WORDS, NEED TO BE BROUGHT INTO 3192 01:27:03,585 --> 01:27:03,885 THE SPIRIT 3193 01:27:03,885 --> 01:27:05,320 OF 3194 01:27:05,320 --> 01:27:06,688 ALIGNMENT? 3195 01:27:06,821 --> 01:27:07,589 >> YEAH. SO I THINK WHAT I CAN 3196 01:27:07,589 --> 01:27:07,889 -- I 3197 01:27:07,889 --> 01:27:10,558 THINK WE ARE 3198 01:27:10,558 --> 01:27:12,360 COMMITTED AND THE MAYOR HAS SAID 3199 01:27:12,360 --> 01:27:12,961 THIS, COMMITTED TO SORT 3200 01:27:12,961 --> 01:27:15,029 OF THE CONTINUATION OF A 3201 01:27:15,163 --> 01:27:15,763 REGIONAL APPROACH AND WHEN WE 3202 01:27:15,763 --> 01:27:16,598 COME BACK IN JUNE TO PRESENT 3203 01:27:16,598 --> 01:27:18,099 SORT OF OUR FINDINGS, I 3204 01:27:18,099 --> 01:27:19,534 THINK WE CAN 3205 01:27:19,534 --> 01:27:20,635 ALSO TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE DOING 3206 01:27:20,635 --> 01:27:22,403 THE CONNECTIONS AND THE 3207 01:27:22,403 --> 01:27:25,173 OUTREACH TO THE OTHER 3208 01:27:25,173 --> 01:27:25,907 CITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IN 3209 01:27:25,907 --> 01:27:26,107 THIS 3210 01:27:26,240 --> 01:27:28,376 SPACE. I THINK TO THE POINT YOU 3211 01:27:28,376 --> 01:27:28,943 ALSO 3212 01:27:28,943 --> 01:27:30,945 MADE, COUNCILMEMBER, THE -- 3213 01:27:30,945 --> 01:27:32,614 AND, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE 3214 01:27:32,614 --> 01:27:33,481 ORIGINAL IDEAS WAS THAT KCRHA 3215 01:27:33,481 --> 01:27:33,681 WOULD 3216 01:27:33,681 --> 01:27:36,384 BE SORT OF A GALVANIZING 3217 01:27:36,384 --> 01:27:36,651 PRESENCE 3218 01:27:36,651 --> 01:27:38,686 TO BRING IN FUNDING 3219 01:27:38,686 --> 01:27:40,388 FROM MULTIPLE PLACES AND 3220 01:27:40,388 --> 01:27:41,256 MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS 3221 01:27:41,256 --> 01:27:41,623 THROUGHOUT 3222 01:27:41,623 --> 01:27:45,760 THE CITY TO SUPPORT OR THE 3223 01:27:45,760 --> 01:27:46,094 COUNTY TO 3224 01:27:46,094 --> 01:27:47,328 SUPPORT HOMELESS EFFORTS AND BY 3225 01:27:47,328 --> 01:27:50,365 AND LARGE WITH POTENTIALLY A FEW 3226 01:27:50,365 --> 01:27:52,500 EXCEPTIONS, THAT HASN'T SORT 3227 01:27:52,500 --> 01:27:53,234 OF MATERIALIZED AS ONE OF THE 3228 01:27:53,234 --> 01:27:53,601 MAIN 3229 01:27:53,601 --> 01:27:55,036 OUTCOMES OF THIS. 3230 01:27:55,036 --> 01:27:57,405 I THINK THAT SPIRIT REMAINS 3231 01:27:57,405 --> 01:28:00,174 AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE 3232 01:28:00,174 --> 01:28:02,610 TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE 3233 01:28:02,610 --> 01:28:02,944 ACTUALLY MAKE 3234 01:28:02,944 --> 01:28:03,544 ACTIONS IN THAT SPACE HAPPEN. 3235 01:28:03,544 --> 01:28:03,811 >> OKAY. 3236 01:28:03,811 --> 01:28:04,846 LET ME TRY THIS AGAIN. 3237 01:28:04,846 --> 01:28:06,180 THIS IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. 3238 01:28:06,180 --> 01:28:09,651 WHAT IS THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 3239 01:28:09,651 --> 01:28:11,052 DOING RIGHT NOW TO TALK TO THE 3240 01:28:11,052 --> 01:28:12,887 OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE 3241 01:28:12,887 --> 01:28:13,187 CONTRIBUTED 3242 01:28:13,187 --> 01:28:18,426 AND ARE PART OF THE KING COUNTY 3243 01:28:18,426 --> 01:28:18,960 REGIONAL HOMELESS WHO ARE 3244 01:28:18,960 --> 01:28:20,395 NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE $8 MILLION 3245 01:28:20,395 --> 01:28:22,063 AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHAT ARE 3246 01:28:22,063 --> 01:28:22,230 YOU 3247 01:28:22,230 --> 01:28:24,198 DOING RIGHT NOW TALKING TO THESE 3248 01:28:24,332 --> 01:28:25,700 CITIES? WE HAVE MAY 23rd FOR 3249 01:28:25,700 --> 01:28:27,001 THE CORRECTIVE ACTION AND KNOW 3250 01:28:27,001 --> 01:28:27,201 MORE 3251 01:28:27,201 --> 01:28:27,535 INFORMATION. 3252 01:28:27,535 --> 01:28:28,569 IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING GOING 3253 01:28:28,569 --> 01:28:30,104 ON, THAT'S OKAY, TOO. 3254 01:28:30,104 --> 01:28:32,373 I NEED TO KNOW WHEN WE HEAR 3255 01:28:32,373 --> 01:28:36,010 FROM OTHER CITIES OFF LINE, ALL 3256 01:28:36,010 --> 01:28:36,678 OF 3257 01:28:36,678 --> 01:28:38,713 THEIR ELECTED, WHAT THE 3258 01:28:38,713 --> 01:28:40,481 MAYOR'S TEAM IS DOING OUTREACH 3259 01:28:40,481 --> 01:28:40,815 TO 3260 01:28:40,815 --> 01:28:43,284 THOSE FOLKS WHO SIT ON THE KING 3261 01:28:43,284 --> 01:28:43,985 COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 3262 01:28:43,985 --> 01:28:45,286 AUTHORITY BOARD TO SAY THIS IS 3263 01:28:45,286 --> 01:28:45,486 WHAT 3264 01:28:45,486 --> 01:28:47,055 WE'RE WORKING ON, THIS IS HOW 3265 01:28:47,055 --> 01:28:49,323 WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THIS? 3266 01:28:49,323 --> 01:28:50,725 IS THAT HAPPENING NOW? 3267 01:28:50,725 --> 01:28:52,126 THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING 3268 01:28:52,126 --> 01:28:52,327 AT? 3269 01:28:52,327 --> 01:28:53,161 >> GOT IT. 3270 01:28:53,161 --> 01:28:55,063 I AM UNAWARE OF AN 3271 01:28:55,063 --> 01:28:57,498 ACTIVE CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD 3272 01:28:57,498 --> 01:28:57,699 WITH 3273 01:28:57,699 --> 01:29:00,802 ANOTHER CITY ON THIS TOPIC 3274 01:29:00,935 --> 01:29:02,904 PRESENTLY. SO IF -- BUT I HEAR 3275 01:29:02,904 --> 01:29:03,404 YOU LOUD 3276 01:29:03,404 --> 01:29:05,440 AND CLEAR ABOUT THAT SHOULD BE 3277 01:29:05,573 --> 01:29:06,374 OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE HEARING 3278 01:29:06,374 --> 01:29:06,641 THOSE 3279 01:29:06,641 --> 01:29:09,510 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM OTHER 3280 01:29:09,510 --> 01:29:10,511 JURISDICTIONS, WE WANT TO 3281 01:29:10,511 --> 01:29:11,746 HEAR THAT AS WELL AS WE WORK 3282 01:29:11,746 --> 01:29:13,981 WITH THOSE CITIES, OUR OFFICE OF 3283 01:29:13,981 --> 01:29:15,116 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS 3284 01:29:15,116 --> 01:29:16,451 TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THOSE 3285 01:29:16,584 --> 01:29:16,884 CONNECTIONS. 3286 01:29:16,884 --> 01:29:18,052 >> IT'S BEEN IN THE 3287 01:29:18,052 --> 01:29:20,288 PRESS. IT ISN'T ME GETTING A 3288 01:29:20,288 --> 01:29:20,488 PHONE 3289 01:29:20,488 --> 01:29:20,988 CALL EVERY OTHER DAY. 3290 01:29:20,988 --> 01:29:22,957 IT'S BEEN IN THE MEDIA. 3291 01:29:22,957 --> 01:29:23,825 THEY'RE SAYING, YOU 3292 01:29:23,825 --> 01:29:24,392 KNOW, DISSOLVE IT. 3293 01:29:24,392 --> 01:29:26,327 WE DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF 3294 01:29:26,327 --> 01:29:26,627 THIS. 3295 01:29:26,627 --> 01:29:28,062 WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU ANYMORE 3296 01:29:28,062 --> 01:29:28,463 MONEY. 3297 01:29:28,463 --> 01:29:30,965 SO I -- I'M NOT GOING TO 3298 01:29:30,965 --> 01:29:32,200 BELABOR THE POINT. 3299 01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:33,000 ANYWAY, THANKS. 3300 01:29:33,000 --> 01:29:34,368 THANK YOU, MADAM 3301 01:29:34,368 --> 01:29:35,036 CHAIR. 3302 01:29:35,036 --> 01:29:36,437 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT 3303 01:29:36,437 --> 01:29:36,938 QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER 3304 01:29:36,938 --> 01:29:39,574 JUAREZ. GOOD TO HEAR THE FOCUS 3305 01:29:39,574 --> 01:29:40,007 AND 3306 01:29:40,007 --> 01:29:41,309 ASK THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO BE 3307 01:29:41,309 --> 01:29:43,311 RAMPING UP THIS ENGAGEMENT. 3308 01:29:43,311 --> 01:29:45,513 I WANT TO UPLIFT 3309 01:29:45,513 --> 01:29:47,281 VICE CHAIR FOSTER AND I HAVE 3310 01:29:47,281 --> 01:29:47,749 BEEN DOING 3311 01:29:47,749 --> 01:29:49,384 OUR OUTREACH TO LEADERSHIP TO 3312 01:29:49,384 --> 01:29:51,919 ENGAGE EARLY ON WHEN THE INITIAL 3313 01:29:51,919 --> 01:29:54,522 AUDIT FINDINGS CAME OUT, AND 3314 01:29:54,522 --> 01:29:55,323 THEN AS WELL OVER THE PAST 3315 01:29:55,323 --> 01:29:55,723 COUPLE 3316 01:29:55,723 --> 01:29:57,525 WEEKS THAT WE'VE BEEN 3317 01:29:57,525 --> 01:29:57,825 NAVIGATING 3318 01:29:57,825 --> 01:29:59,160 THESE RESOLUTIONS THROUGH THIS 3319 01:29:59,160 --> 01:29:59,794 CHAMBER AND KING COUNTY COUNCIL. 3320 01:29:59,794 --> 01:30:01,662 WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT AND 3321 01:30:01,662 --> 01:30:02,997 WOULD LOVE PARTNERSHIP FROM THE 3322 01:30:02,997 --> 01:30:07,301 MAYOR'S OFFICE IN NAVIGATING 3323 01:30:07,301 --> 01:30:09,637 THOSE COMMUNICATIONS. 3324 01:30:09,637 --> 01:30:12,407 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 3325 01:30:12,407 --> 01:30:12,673 QUESTION. 3326 01:30:12,673 --> 01:30:13,674 THANK YOU. 3327 01:30:13,674 --> 01:30:14,308 RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER 3328 01:30:14,442 --> 01:30:14,842 HOLLINGSWORTH. 3329 01:30:14,842 --> 01:30:15,476 >> THANK YOU. 3330 01:30:15,476 --> 01:30:16,944 I'LL BE SUPER QUICK. 3331 01:30:16,944 --> 01:30:21,582 SENDING MY APPRECIATE TO YOU, 3332 01:30:21,582 --> 01:30:23,985 CHAIR, AND COUNCILMEMBER 3333 01:30:23,985 --> 01:30:25,820 FOSTER, FOR BRINGING THIS 3334 01:30:25,820 --> 01:30:26,287 FORWARD AND 3335 01:30:26,287 --> 01:30:30,725 HAVING THIS DIFFICULT 3336 01:30:30,858 --> 01:30:35,430 CONVERSATION. I DO WANT TO 3337 01:30:35,430 --> 01:30:35,696 REITERATE 3338 01:30:35,696 --> 01:30:36,397 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S PIECE AND 3339 01:30:36,397 --> 01:30:40,601 IF I HEARD THIS WRONG, I 3340 01:30:40,601 --> 01:30:43,271 THINK WHERE WHAT I HEAR SEATTLE 3341 01:30:43,271 --> 01:30:45,807 HAS 3342 01:30:45,807 --> 01:30:48,910 TO LEAD ON THIS. 3343 01:30:48,910 --> 01:30:53,147 WE PROVIDE A LARGE AMOUNT OF -- 3344 01:30:53,147 --> 01:30:54,549 YOU SAID HOUSING AUTHORITY, MY 3345 01:30:54,549 --> 01:30:55,883 MOM WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IN 3346 01:30:55,883 --> 01:30:57,385 YOU, SHE WORKED THERE 30 3347 01:30:57,385 --> 01:30:58,019 YEARS, IT IS NOT THE 3348 01:30:58,019 --> 01:30:58,519 SAME. 3349 01:30:58,519 --> 01:30:59,187 >> MY BAD. 3350 01:30:59,187 --> 01:30:59,520 SORRY. 3351 01:30:59,654 --> 01:31:00,822 >> THAT'S OKAY. 3352 01:31:00,822 --> 01:31:02,757 BUT THE FUNDING THAT WE 3353 01:31:02,757 --> 01:31:04,525 HAVE TO LEAD ON THIS, AND SO 3354 01:31:04,525 --> 01:31:04,792 THAT'S 3355 01:31:04,792 --> 01:31:09,197 WHY I REALLY APPRECIATE 3356 01:31:09,197 --> 01:31:10,665 THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE 3357 01:31:10,665 --> 01:31:11,699 CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 3358 01:31:11,699 --> 01:31:12,834 WITH BRINGING THIS FORWARD, WE 3359 01:31:12,834 --> 01:31:15,603 NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND FIGURE 3360 01:31:15,603 --> 01:31:16,304 THIS 3361 01:31:16,304 --> 01:31:17,638 OUT, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING 3362 01:31:17,638 --> 01:31:19,774 THAT, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE 3363 01:31:19,774 --> 01:31:21,542 TO LEAD IN, WE HAVE TO BE -- 3364 01:31:21,542 --> 01:31:23,478 IF THERE'S NOT AN ALIGNMENT 3365 01:31:23,478 --> 01:31:25,279 WITH KING COUNTY REGARDING THIS, 3366 01:31:25,279 --> 01:31:25,446 BUT 3367 01:31:25,446 --> 01:31:27,215 WE SEE IT A DIFFERENT 3368 01:31:27,215 --> 01:31:30,451 PATHWAY, LIKE WE NEED TO BE LOUD 3369 01:31:30,451 --> 01:31:33,020 AND CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 3370 01:31:33,020 --> 01:31:34,989 I ALSO KNOW THAT AS WE 3371 01:31:34,989 --> 01:31:35,890 KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE 3372 01:31:35,890 --> 01:31:37,325 THAT 3373 01:31:37,325 --> 01:31:39,026 ARE FRUSTRATED AND SO A 3374 01:31:39,026 --> 01:31:40,194 MEASURED APPROACH MAKING SURE 3375 01:31:40,194 --> 01:31:41,462 OUR COMMUNICATION IS ON POINT 3376 01:31:41,462 --> 01:31:42,864 WHEN WE'RE ARTICULATING THINGS 3377 01:31:42,864 --> 01:31:44,532 AND ALSO THAT THERE IS A PLAN. 3378 01:31:44,532 --> 01:31:45,433 I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING 3379 01:31:45,433 --> 01:31:46,334 FORWARD ON THE DATES. 3380 01:31:46,334 --> 01:31:49,570 I PERSONALLY AND I'VE STATED 3381 01:31:49,570 --> 01:31:52,340 THIS, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE 3382 01:31:52,340 --> 01:31:54,308 VOTING ON ANYTHING 3383 01:31:54,308 --> 01:31:57,044 FINANCIALLY IN ADDITION TO GIVE 3384 01:31:57,044 --> 01:31:57,345 KING 3385 01:31:57,345 --> 01:31:58,479 COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESS 3386 01:31:58,479 --> 01:31:59,747 AUTHORITY UNTIL THERE'S A PLAN 3387 01:31:59,747 --> 01:32:01,616 WE SEE FORWARD, ME 3388 01:32:01,616 --> 01:32:02,683 PERSONALLY, TO FIGURE OUT HOW 3389 01:32:02,683 --> 01:32:03,050 THESE ARE BEING 3390 01:32:03,050 --> 01:32:05,286 SPENT WELL AND THE PLAN TO 3391 01:32:05,286 --> 01:32:06,287 IMPLEMENTING SO THEY HAVE 3392 01:32:06,287 --> 01:32:07,989 THE GREATEST IMPACT. 3393 01:32:07,989 --> 01:32:09,156 I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE 3394 01:32:09,156 --> 01:32:11,826 WORKING HARD ON THAT AND AGAIN 3395 01:32:11,826 --> 01:32:12,026 JUST 3396 01:32:12,026 --> 01:32:13,094 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BEING 3397 01:32:13,094 --> 01:32:14,629 BROUGHT FORWARD, MEASURED 3398 01:32:14,629 --> 01:32:15,663 APPROACH, SO WE CAN KIND 3399 01:32:15,663 --> 01:32:16,764 OF CONTINUE THAT PROCESS 3400 01:32:16,764 --> 01:32:17,265 FORWARD. 3401 01:32:17,265 --> 01:32:19,200 REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 3402 01:32:19,333 --> 01:32:20,534 WORK ON THIS. THANK 3403 01:32:20,534 --> 01:32:20,735 YOU. 3404 01:32:20,735 --> 01:32:22,403 >> MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING 3405 01:32:22,403 --> 01:32:23,137 TO INTERJECT 3406 01:32:23,137 --> 01:32:23,404 BRIEFLY. 3407 01:32:23,404 --> 01:32:24,472 >> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 3408 01:32:24,605 --> 01:32:28,376 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 3409 01:32:28,376 --> 01:32:30,811 I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP WITH 3410 01:32:30,811 --> 01:32:31,245 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 3411 01:32:31,245 --> 01:32:32,680 IT'S HOMELESS. 3412 01:32:32,680 --> 01:32:33,781 NOT HOUSING. 3413 01:32:33,781 --> 01:32:35,950 MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO THANK YOU 3414 01:32:35,950 --> 01:32:38,052 AND VICE CHAIR FOSTER, I'VE 3415 01:32:38,052 --> 01:32:39,353 BEEN WATCHING YOUR LEADERSHIP 3416 01:32:39,353 --> 01:32:43,624 AND WATCHING YOU SHEPHERD THE 3417 01:32:43,624 --> 01:32:45,826 SHELTER ISSUE, THE HOUSE ISSUE, 3418 01:32:45,826 --> 01:32:48,663 THE LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN 3419 01:32:48,663 --> 01:32:51,365 TRANSMITTED TO THE LEGISLATIVE 3420 01:32:51,365 --> 01:32:53,100 BRANCH, CITY COUNCIL, AND NOW 3421 01:32:53,100 --> 01:32:58,005 TRYING TO SHEPHERD, MANAGE IN 3422 01:32:58,005 --> 01:33:01,442 A MEASURED APPROACH THIS 3423 01:33:01,442 --> 01:33:03,477 ISSUE IS -- IT'S BEEN -- WE'RE 3424 01:33:03,477 --> 01:33:03,678 ALL 3425 01:33:03,678 --> 01:33:06,347 TRYING TO HAVE ALL 3426 01:33:06,347 --> 01:33:08,015 HANDS ON DECK, BUT IT'S BEEN 3427 01:33:08,015 --> 01:33:08,649 YOU TWO 3428 01:33:08,649 --> 01:33:09,784 THAT HAVE PROVIDED THE 3429 01:33:09,784 --> 01:33:10,284 LEADERSHIP 3430 01:33:10,284 --> 01:33:12,787 AND I HOPE PEOPLE SEE THAT AND 3431 01:33:12,787 --> 01:33:13,220 THE 3432 01:33:13,220 --> 01:33:14,622 CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE 3433 01:33:14,622 --> 01:33:18,559 ON HOW WE, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS 3434 01:33:18,559 --> 01:33:19,927 THIS, FIX THIS. 3435 01:33:19,927 --> 01:33:21,395 YOUR PARTICIPATION IN 3436 01:33:21,395 --> 01:33:23,097 THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL 3437 01:33:23,097 --> 01:33:23,464 HOMELESS ON THE 3438 01:33:23,464 --> 01:33:25,766 BOARD, ON HOW YOU GET THE 3439 01:33:25,766 --> 01:33:27,768 INFORMATION BACK TO YOUR 3440 01:33:27,768 --> 01:33:30,838 COLLEAGUES, AND ALL OF THIS 3441 01:33:30,838 --> 01:33:33,507 DOVETAILS WITH THE SHELTER 3442 01:33:33,507 --> 01:33:35,343 LEGISLATION WE'RE DEALING 3443 01:33:35,343 --> 01:33:37,144 WITH AND I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC 3444 01:33:37,144 --> 01:33:38,446 TO SEE THAT THIS ISIS HARD 3445 01:33:38,446 --> 01:33:40,781 WORK AND YOU GUYS HAVE 3446 01:33:40,781 --> 01:33:42,717 REALLY STEPPED UP TO DO IT. 3447 01:33:42,717 --> 01:33:44,418 AND I'M JUST VERY PROUD TO BE 3448 01:33:44,418 --> 01:33:48,089 A COLLEAGUE AND HONORED TO 3449 01:33:48,089 --> 01:33:50,291 WORK WITH YOU TWO AND WATCH YOU 3450 01:33:50,291 --> 01:33:51,993 GROW AS LEADERS, YOU WERE 3451 01:33:51,993 --> 01:33:52,693 ALREADY 3452 01:33:52,693 --> 01:33:54,095 LEADERS, IN THESE DIFFICULT -- 3453 01:33:54,095 --> 01:33:55,663 YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE 3454 01:33:55,663 --> 01:33:57,064 USING THESE WORDS -- DIFFICULT 3455 01:33:57,064 --> 01:33:57,298 SPACES. 3456 01:33:57,298 --> 01:34:00,401 IT'S NOT EASY AND YOU'RE DOING 3457 01:34:00,401 --> 01:34:00,701 IT. 3458 01:34:00,701 --> 01:34:03,170 I WANT TO JUST KIND OF ECHO 3459 01:34:03,170 --> 01:34:04,038 WHAT COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST 3460 01:34:04,038 --> 01:34:04,238 SAID. 3461 01:34:04,238 --> 01:34:06,340 THESE ARE DIFFICULT ISSUES 3462 01:34:06,340 --> 01:34:08,009 AND I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH. 3463 01:34:08,009 --> 01:34:10,044 AND YOU TOO, JENNIFER, THANK 3464 01:34:10,044 --> 01:34:10,544 YOU. 3465 01:34:10,544 --> 01:34:13,180 YOU'VE BEEN IN ALL OF 3466 01:34:13,180 --> 01:34:15,816 IT. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING PAGE 3467 01:34:15,816 --> 01:34:19,220 NUMBERS ON THE 3468 01:34:19,220 --> 01:34:19,553 POWERPOINT. 3469 01:34:19,553 --> 01:34:19,820 >> THANK 3470 01:34:19,820 --> 01:34:20,021 YOU. 3471 01:34:20,021 --> 01:34:22,390 >> THANK YOU FOR THOSE GENEROUS 3472 01:34:22,523 --> 01:34:22,990 WORDS. 3473 01:34:22,990 --> 01:34:24,625 DON'T MAKE ME TEAR UP WHILE 3474 01:34:24,625 --> 01:34:26,193 I'M TRYING TO CHAIR A MEETING. 3475 01:34:26,327 --> 01:34:28,329 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 3476 01:34:28,329 --> 01:34:29,463 RECOGNIZING VICE CHAIR 3477 01:34:29,463 --> 01:34:29,697 FOSTER. 3478 01:34:29,697 --> 01:34:31,699 >> THANK YOU SO 3479 01:34:31,699 --> 01:34:32,767 MUCH, CHAIR. WE KNOW SHE HAD TO 3480 01:34:32,767 --> 01:34:33,100 END ABOUT 3481 01:34:33,100 --> 01:34:34,268 THE POWERPOINT BEING NUMBERED. 3482 01:34:34,268 --> 01:34:35,903 THAT WAS A CLASSIC ENDING. 3483 01:34:35,903 --> 01:34:38,472 I JUST WANTED TO -- I'M 3484 01:34:38,472 --> 01:34:40,574 GOING TO BE PREVIOUS. 3485 01:34:40,574 --> 01:34:42,043 I WANTED TO RESPOND TO COUNCIL 3486 01:34:42,043 --> 01:34:42,777 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND MAKE 3487 01:34:42,777 --> 01:34:44,045 SURE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU 3488 01:34:44,045 --> 01:34:44,311 NEED. 3489 01:34:44,311 --> 01:34:46,113 WE DIDN'T DIVE INTO THIS 3490 01:34:46,113 --> 01:34:48,949 IN DEPTH TODAY, BUT ONE OF 3491 01:34:48,949 --> 01:34:49,850 THE ACTIONS WAS -- THAT WAS 3492 01:34:49,850 --> 01:34:51,552 BROUGHT FORWARD AT THE GOVERNING 3493 01:34:51,552 --> 01:34:54,755 BOARD LEVEL WAS ESTABLISHING A 3494 01:34:54,755 --> 01:34:56,090 FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE -- FOR 3495 01:34:56,090 --> 01:34:57,158 KCRHA AND THAT WAS SOMETHING 3496 01:34:57,158 --> 01:35:00,728 THAT I WANT TO APPRECIATE KING 3497 01:35:00,728 --> 01:35:00,961 COUNTY 3498 01:35:00,961 --> 01:35:01,862 MEMBER BARRONE WHO WAS 3499 01:35:01,862 --> 01:35:04,565 WORKING ON THAT AT THE BEGINNING 3500 01:35:04,565 --> 01:35:04,765 OF 3501 01:35:04,765 --> 01:35:06,967 THE YEAR PRIOR TO THE AUDIT AND 3502 01:35:06,967 --> 01:35:09,203 APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE 3503 01:35:09,203 --> 01:35:10,604 MAYOR'S OFFICE DID TO 3504 01:35:10,604 --> 01:35:11,806 BRING CHANGES TO THAT. 3505 01:35:11,806 --> 01:35:12,940 THAT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING 3506 01:35:12,940 --> 01:35:14,275 THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND JUST 3507 01:35:14,275 --> 01:35:16,844 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR 3508 01:35:16,844 --> 01:35:19,213 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SERVING 3509 01:35:19,213 --> 01:35:19,380 AS 3510 01:35:19,380 --> 01:35:20,781 CO-CHAIR OF THAT FINANCE 3511 01:35:20,781 --> 01:35:22,316 COMMITTEE, WE'RE WORKING ON 3512 01:35:22,316 --> 01:35:23,551 THE DETAILS AROUND THIS AND IF 3513 01:35:23,551 --> 01:35:24,852 THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN 3514 01:35:24,852 --> 01:35:26,454 PROVIDE TO YOU IN THAT 3515 01:35:26,454 --> 01:35:27,755 ROLE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 3516 01:35:27,755 --> 01:35:28,022 YOU 3517 01:35:28,022 --> 01:35:30,958 KNOW YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT AND 3518 01:35:30,958 --> 01:35:31,892 I HEAR YOUR POINT AROUND 3519 01:35:31,892 --> 01:35:32,827 THE CONCERNS WITH THE 3520 01:35:32,827 --> 01:35:33,127 RESOURCING. 3521 01:35:33,127 --> 01:35:34,228 JUST WANTED TO MAKE 3522 01:35:34,228 --> 01:35:38,566 SURE YOU HAVE THAT AWARENESS. 3523 01:35:38,566 --> 01:35:39,533 THANK YOU. 3524 01:35:39,667 --> 01:35:41,402 >> THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT 3525 01:35:41,402 --> 01:35:43,204 INFORMATION, VICE CHAIR. 3526 01:35:43,204 --> 01:35:44,271 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 3527 01:35:44,271 --> 01:35:45,673 SERVICE TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 3528 01:35:45,673 --> 01:35:45,973 AND 3529 01:35:45,973 --> 01:35:46,941 CO- CHAIRING IT. 3530 01:35:46,941 --> 01:35:49,143 NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL 3531 01:35:49,143 --> 01:35:49,610 QUESTIONS. 3532 01:35:49,610 --> 01:35:50,377 COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU FOR 3533 01:35:50,377 --> 01:35:52,346 THE DISCUSSION AND ENGAGEMENT ON 3534 01:35:52,346 --> 01:35:52,613 THIS. 3535 01:35:52,613 --> 01:35:54,715 WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR 3536 01:35:54,715 --> 01:35:57,151 US ON THIS ONE, AND I 3537 01:35:57,151 --> 01:35:58,619 SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE 3538 01:35:58,619 --> 01:35:59,086 PARTNERSHIP, 3539 01:35:59,086 --> 01:35:59,286 KIND 3540 01:35:59,286 --> 01:36:01,188 WORDS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME 3541 01:36:01,188 --> 01:36:02,323 AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. 3542 01:36:02,323 --> 01:36:04,125 WE ARE GOING TO MOVE 3543 01:36:04,125 --> 01:36:05,659 FORWARD WITH THE LEGISLATION 3544 01:36:05,659 --> 01:36:06,260 TODAY FOR 3545 01:36:06,260 --> 01:36:08,095 A VOTE BY WAY OF PROCESS. 3546 01:36:08,095 --> 01:36:12,032 I'M FIRST GOING TO MOVE 3547 01:36:12,032 --> 01:36:12,733 THE RESOLUTION AND THEN WE WILL 3548 01:36:12,733 --> 01:36:14,869 MOVE AMENDMENT ONE, WHICH IS 3549 01:36:14,869 --> 01:36:15,069 THAT 3550 01:36:15,069 --> 01:36:16,770 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT, JUST IN 3551 01:36:16,770 --> 01:36:17,638 TERMS OF PROCESS. 3552 01:36:17,638 --> 01:36:20,307 AND SO WITH THAT, I MOVE THAT 3553 01:36:20,307 --> 01:36:22,309 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 3554 01:36:22,309 --> 01:36:25,379 ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 32202. 3555 01:36:25,379 --> 01:36:26,580 THIS A SECOND? 3556 01:36:26,714 --> 01:36:27,348 >> 3557 01:36:27,348 --> 01:36:27,681 SECOND. 3558 01:36:27,681 --> 01:36:28,783 >> MOVED AND SECONDED 3559 01:36:28,783 --> 01:36:31,852 TO RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION OF THE 3560 01:36:31,986 --> 01:36:34,555 RESOLUTION. AND NOW I MOVE TO 3561 01:36:34,555 --> 01:36:34,755 AMEND 3562 01:36:34,755 --> 01:36:38,025 RESOLUTION 3563 01:36:38,025 --> 01:36:38,659 32202 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 3564 01:36:38,659 --> 01:36:40,194 ONE ON THE AGENDA. 3565 01:36:40,194 --> 01:36:41,562 IS THERE A SECOND? 3566 01:36:41,695 --> 01:36:42,796 >> SECOND. 3567 01:36:42,930 --> 01:36:43,297 >> THANK 3568 01:36:43,297 --> 01:36:44,765 YOU. IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED 3569 01:36:44,765 --> 01:36:47,234 TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION 3570 01:36:47,234 --> 01:36:48,903 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 1. 3571 01:36:48,903 --> 01:36:50,137 ARE THERE ANY 3572 01:36:50,137 --> 01:36:50,905 ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS 3573 01:36:50,905 --> 01:36:54,842 ON AMENDMENT 1 BEFORE WE TAKE A 3574 01:36:54,842 --> 01:36:55,176 VOTE? 3575 01:36:55,176 --> 01:36:56,777 SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK 3576 01:36:56,777 --> 01:36:58,879 CALL THE ROLL ON THE ADOPTION 3577 01:36:58,879 --> 01:36:59,680 OF AMENDMENT 3578 01:36:59,680 --> 01:37:00,347 1. 3579 01:37:00,347 --> 01:37:00,648 >> CHAIR 3580 01:37:00,648 --> 01:37:00,948 RINCK. 3581 01:37:00,948 --> 01:37:01,148 >> 3582 01:37:01,148 --> 01:37:01,348 YES. 3583 01:37:01,348 --> 01:37:02,883 >> VICE CHAIR 3584 01:37:02,883 --> 01:37:03,217 FOSTER. 3585 01:37:03,217 --> 01:37:03,517 >> 3586 01:37:03,517 --> 01:37:03,717 YES. 3587 01:37:03,717 --> 01:37:04,819 >> COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3588 01:37:04,952 --> 01:37:05,819 HOLLINGSWORTH. 3589 01:37:05,819 --> 01:37:06,120 >> 3590 01:37:06,120 --> 01:37:07,087 YES. 3591 01:37:07,087 --> 01:37:07,488 >> COUNCILMEMBER 3592 01:37:07,488 --> 01:37:07,721 JUAREZ. 3593 01:37:07,721 --> 01:37:07,888 >> 3594 01:37:07,888 --> 01:37:08,088 YEA. 3595 01:37:08,088 --> 01:37:08,489 >> COUNCILMEMBER 3596 01:37:08,489 --> 01:37:08,689 SAKA. 3597 01:37:08,689 --> 01:37:09,089 >> YEA. 3598 01:37:09,223 --> 01:37:11,492 >> THERE ARE FIVE IN FAVOR, 3599 01:37:11,492 --> 01:37:11,892 ZERO OPPOSED. 3600 01:37:12,026 --> 01:37:12,626 >> THANK YOU. 3601 01:37:12,626 --> 01:37:14,428 THE MOTION CARRIES AND 3602 01:37:14,428 --> 01:37:15,796 AMENDMENT 1 IS ADOPTED. 3603 01:37:15,796 --> 01:37:17,531 ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON 3604 01:37:17,531 --> 01:37:22,102 THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED? 3605 01:37:22,102 --> 01:37:24,104 WITH THAT, WILL THE CLERK 3606 01:37:24,104 --> 01:37:25,739 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 3607 01:37:25,739 --> 01:37:26,640 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO 3608 01:37:26,640 --> 01:37:27,041 ADOPT 3609 01:37:27,041 --> 01:37:28,509 THE RESOLUTION AS 3610 01:37:28,509 --> 01:37:29,510 AMENDED? 3611 01:37:29,510 --> 01:37:29,944 >> CHAIR 3612 01:37:29,944 --> 01:37:30,177 RINCK. 3613 01:37:30,177 --> 01:37:30,477 >> 3614 01:37:30,477 --> 01:37:30,678 YES. 3615 01:37:30,678 --> 01:37:32,079 >> VICE CHAIR 3616 01:37:32,079 --> 01:37:32,313 FOSTER. 3617 01:37:32,313 --> 01:37:33,113 >> YES. 3618 01:37:33,247 --> 01:37:34,882 >> COUNCIL 3619 01:37:34,882 --> 01:37:35,416 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? 3620 01:37:35,549 --> 01:37:36,250 >> 3621 01:37:36,250 --> 01:37:37,084 YES. 3622 01:37:37,084 --> 01:37:37,484 >> COUNCILMEMBER 3623 01:37:37,484 --> 01:37:37,718 JUAREZ. 3624 01:37:37,718 --> 01:37:37,885 >> 3625 01:37:37,885 --> 01:37:38,319 YEA. 3626 01:37:38,319 --> 01:37:39,353 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3627 01:37:39,486 --> 01:37:40,020 >> YEA. 3628 01:37:40,154 --> 01:37:41,855 >> THERE ARE FIVE IN FAVOR, 3629 01:37:41,855 --> 01:37:42,056 ZERO 3630 01:37:42,056 --> 01:37:42,323 OPPOSED. 3631 01:37:42,323 --> 01:37:43,524 >> THE MOTION CARRIES AND 3632 01:37:43,524 --> 01:37:45,226 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO 3633 01:37:45,226 --> 01:37:47,428 ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED 3634 01:37:47,428 --> 01:37:49,463 WILL BE 3635 01:37:49,463 --> 01:37:51,031 SENT TO THE JUNE 2nd FULL 3636 01:37:51,031 --> 01:37:51,432 COUNCIL MEETING. 3637 01:37:51,432 --> 01:37:52,666 THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, JEN, 3638 01:37:52,666 --> 01:37:54,068 MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR BEING HERE 3639 01:37:54,201 --> 01:37:55,536 TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT. 3640 01:37:55,536 --> 01:37:56,770 AND WE HAVE NOW REACHED THE 3641 01:37:56,770 --> 01:37:58,072 END OF TODAY'S AGENDA. 3642 01:37:58,072 --> 01:38:01,842 IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS 3643 01:38:01,842 --> 01:38:02,576 TO COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? 3644 01:38:02,576 --> 01:38:04,078 HEARING NONE, THE NEXT 3645 01:38:04,078 --> 01:38:06,113 MEETING OF THE HUMAN SERVICES 3646 01:38:06,113 --> 01:38:06,447 LABOR 3647 01:38:06,447 --> 01:38:07,348 AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3648 01:38:07,348 --> 01:38:09,350 COMMITTEE WILL TAKE PLACE 3649 01:38:09,350 --> 01:38:09,617 FRIDAY, 3650 01:38:09,617 --> 01:38:11,485 MAY 3651 01:38:11,485 --> 01:38:11,685 29th. 3652 01:38:11,685 --> 01:38:12,853 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE 3653 01:38:12,853 --> 01:38:13,587 ARE ADJOURNED. 3654 01:38:13,587 --> 01:38:15,890 IT IS