1 00:00:12,645 --> 00:00:17,317 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:19,986 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING 3 00:00:19,986 --> 00:00:22,722 EVERYONE. THE SEPTEMBER 9th, 4 00:00:22,722 --> 00:00:25,525 2026 MEETING OF THE LIBRARIES 5 00:00:25,525 --> 00:00:26,025 EDUCATION NEIGHBORHOODS 6 00:00:26,025 --> 00:00:27,527 COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. 7 00:00:27,527 --> 00:00:29,062 IT'S 9:35 A.M.. I'M MARITZA 8 00:00:29,062 --> 00:00:30,864 RIVERA, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 9 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:33,299 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 10 00:00:33,299 --> 00:00:33,500 ROLL? 11 00:00:33,500 --> 00:00:36,803 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 12 00:00:36,803 --> 00:00:38,238 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PRESENT 13 00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:41,274 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. CHAIR 14 00:00:41,274 --> 00:00:43,710 RIVERA. PRESENT. FOUR 15 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:45,078 COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PRESENT. 16 00:00:45,078 --> 00:00:46,780 -- THANK YOU. PLEASE NOTE FOR 17 00:00:46,780 --> 00:00:49,082 THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL 18 00:00:49,082 --> 00:00:49,649 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH IS 19 00:00:49,649 --> 00:00:51,551 EXCUSED FROM TODAY'S MEETING. 20 00:00:51,551 --> 00:00:52,752 GOOD MORNING AGAIN, EVERYONE AND 21 00:00:52,752 --> 00:00:53,887 COLLEAGUES AND THOSE OF YOU 22 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:55,688 WATCHING ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL 23 00:00:55,688 --> 00:00:57,624 AND OUR STAFF IN CHAMBERS AND 24 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:59,759 OUR VISITORS IN CHAMBERS THIS 25 00:00:59,759 --> 00:01:01,761 MORNING. TODAY WE WILL BE 26 00:01:01,761 --> 00:01:03,730 HEARING FROM THREE OF THE 27 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:06,299 DEPARTMENTS IN THIS COMMITTEE'S 28 00:01:06,299 --> 00:01:08,067 PORTFOLIO, THE OFFICE OF 29 00:01:08,067 --> 00:01:09,135 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS, 30 00:01:09,135 --> 00:01:11,938 THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND 31 00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:13,673 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND 32 00:01:13,673 --> 00:01:15,442 EARLY LEARNING. I KNOW THE 33 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:16,643 DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN HARD AT 34 00:01:16,643 --> 00:01:18,078 WORK, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR 35 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:20,380 STAFF'S FOR ALL THEY DO EVERY 36 00:01:20,380 --> 00:01:22,982 DAY. ON BEHALF OF OUR 37 00:01:22,982 --> 00:01:24,517 CONSTITUENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO 38 00:01:24,517 --> 00:01:26,653 YOUR UPDATES AS WE HEAD INTO THE 39 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:29,789 BUDGET PROCESS. THIS IS OUR LAST 40 00:01:29,789 --> 00:01:30,323 MEETING BEFORE COMMITTEE 41 00:01:30,323 --> 00:01:32,325 MEETINGS ARE PUT ON HOLD, SO 42 00:01:32,325 --> 00:01:34,594 THAT COUNCIL AND OUR STAFFS CAN 43 00:01:34,594 --> 00:01:36,529 WORK ON BUDGET. IF THERE'S NO 44 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:38,231 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 45 00:01:38,231 --> 00:01:41,734 ADOPTED HEARING NO OBJECTION, 46 00:01:41,734 --> 00:01:43,336 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE'LL NOW 47 00:01:43,336 --> 00:01:45,472 OPEN THE PUBLIC HYBRID. EXCUSE 48 00:01:45,472 --> 00:01:47,974 ME. THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT 49 00:01:47,974 --> 00:01:49,876 PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 50 00:01:49,876 --> 00:01:52,178 RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR 51 00:01:52,178 --> 00:01:53,580 WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS 52 00:01:53,580 --> 00:01:55,281 COMMITTEE. CLERK HOW MANY 53 00:01:55,281 --> 00:01:58,918 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY 54 00:01:58,918 --> 00:01:59,219 -- I THINK. 55 00:01:59,219 --> 00:02:02,222 -- WE HAVE NONE ONLINE. 56 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:02,689 -- NONE IN PERSON. 57 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:03,890 -- AND NONE IN PERSON. 58 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:06,659 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. GIVEN THAT 59 00:02:06,659 --> 00:02:09,629 WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW 60 00:02:09,629 --> 00:02:11,631 AND WILL PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 61 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:13,199 BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 62 00:02:13,199 --> 00:02:18,204 READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD 63 00:02:18,204 --> 00:02:20,473 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE OFFICE OF 64 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:23,376 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS. 65 00:02:23,376 --> 00:02:24,878 UPDATE ON 2025. INVESTMENTS FOR 66 00:02:24,878 --> 00:02:25,645 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 67 00:02:25,645 --> 00:02:26,813 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. THIS ITEM 68 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:29,949 HAS BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD. 69 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:31,718 THE FIRST OF OUR THREE 70 00:02:31,718 --> 00:02:32,986 PRESENTATIONS TODAY WILL BE FROM 71 00:02:32,986 --> 00:02:35,522 THE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND 72 00:02:35,522 --> 00:02:36,055 REFUGEE AFFAIRS, INTERIM 73 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:37,790 DIRECTOR OKSANA BILOBRAN WILL BE 74 00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:39,459 GIVING US AN OVERVIEW AND UPDATE 75 00:02:39,459 --> 00:02:43,963 ON HOW THE $4 MILLION INVESTMENT 76 00:02:43,963 --> 00:02:46,099 IS BEING IMPLEMENTED TO HELP 77 00:02:46,099 --> 00:02:47,500 COMMUNITIES. INTERIM DIRECTOR, 78 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,502 WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME 79 00:02:49,502 --> 00:02:51,170 FOR THE RECORD AND YOU CAN STATE 80 00:02:51,170 --> 00:02:51,938 YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND 81 00:02:51,938 --> 00:02:54,007 YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. 82 00:02:54,007 --> 00:02:55,408 THANK YOU. 83 00:02:55,408 --> 00:02:56,609 -- GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. GOOD 84 00:02:56,609 --> 00:02:58,611 MORNING, COMMITTEE CHAIR RIVERA 85 00:02:58,611 --> 00:03:00,613 AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. FOSTER 86 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:02,882 LIN AND MERCEDES RINCK. FOR THE 87 00:03:02,882 --> 00:03:04,250 RECORD, MY NAME IS OKSANA 88 00:03:04,250 --> 00:03:06,886 BILOBRAN AND I'M THE NEW INTERIM 89 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:07,520 DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE OFFICE 90 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:08,988 OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 91 00:03:08,988 --> 00:03:11,591 AFFAIRS. AND I'M JOINED TODAY BY 92 00:03:11,591 --> 00:03:13,526 MY COLLEAGUE SHANICE WILSON, WHO 93 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:17,263 IS JUAREZ SPECIAL PROJECTS 94 00:03:17,263 --> 00:03:19,832 SPECIALIST. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO 95 00:03:19,832 --> 00:03:21,968 GIVE YOU SOME IMPORTANT UPDATES 96 00:03:21,968 --> 00:03:25,572 ABOUT THE WORK OF IMMIGRANT AND 97 00:03:25,572 --> 00:03:26,105 REFUGEE AFFAIRS OFFICE OF 98 00:03:26,105 --> 00:03:28,274 SEATTLE AND THE TWO MAIN UPDATES 99 00:03:28,274 --> 00:03:29,842 THAT I WANT TO RELATE TO YOU 100 00:03:29,842 --> 00:03:34,414 TODAY IS THAT WE ARE FACING A 101 00:03:34,414 --> 00:03:34,914 SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN 102 00:03:34,914 --> 00:03:36,616 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN OUR 103 00:03:36,616 --> 00:03:40,420 AREA, AND THAT OUR CITY IS WELL 104 00:03:40,420 --> 00:03:41,821 PREPARED TO MEET THE MOMENT WITH 105 00:03:41,821 --> 00:03:44,290 THE INVESTMENT AND NEW PROGRAMS 106 00:03:44,290 --> 00:03:46,626 THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER THE 107 00:03:46,626 --> 00:03:51,197 LAST YEAR. I WILL NOW GO INTO 108 00:03:51,197 --> 00:03:53,199 THE NEXT SLIDE. AND AS YOU MIGHT 109 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:54,667 HAVE HEARD FROM THE NEWS OR 110 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:56,803 REPORTS FROM OUR CONSTITUENTS, 111 00:03:56,803 --> 00:03:59,405 THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN 112 00:03:59,405 --> 00:04:00,006 ICE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES IN 113 00:04:00,006 --> 00:04:01,708 OUR REGION AND ALSO ACROSS THE 114 00:04:01,708 --> 00:04:04,344 COUNTRY. AFTER A VERY AGGRESSIVE 115 00:04:04,344 --> 00:04:07,780 IN TRAGIC AND POLITICALLY 116 00:04:07,780 --> 00:04:10,516 UNPOPULAR OPERATION, METRO SURGE 117 00:04:10,516 --> 00:04:12,585 IN MINNESOTA, ICE TEMPORARILY 118 00:04:12,585 --> 00:04:14,687 SHIFTED IN WINTER OF THIS YEAR 119 00:04:14,687 --> 00:04:17,156 TOWARDS A QUIETER AND LESS 120 00:04:17,156 --> 00:04:20,293 VISIBLE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH 121 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:23,763 RESULTED INITIALLY IN DIPPED 122 00:04:23,763 --> 00:04:24,230 NUMBER OF IMMIGRATION 123 00:04:24,230 --> 00:04:25,665 ENFORCEMENT FROM DECEMBER TO 124 00:04:25,665 --> 00:04:27,300 FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. THOUGH 125 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:30,837 BACKED BY SUBSTANTIAL 126 00:04:30,837 --> 00:04:33,606 CONGRESSIONAL FUNDING IN 2025 127 00:04:33,606 --> 00:04:35,875 AND 2026, I HAS BEEN ABLE TO 128 00:04:35,875 --> 00:04:38,711 ACHIEVE AND MAINTAIN HIGH AND 129 00:04:38,711 --> 00:04:41,214 RECORD NUMBERS OF ARRESTS ACROSS 130 00:04:41,214 --> 00:04:46,019 THE COUNTRY. RECENT DATA BY THE 131 00:04:46,019 --> 00:04:48,054 DEPORTATION DATA PROJECT AND 132 00:04:48,054 --> 00:04:48,655 ALSO UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 133 00:04:48,655 --> 00:04:50,423 CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SHOWED 134 00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:54,293 THAT THERE IS A RECORD NUMBER OF 135 00:04:54,293 --> 00:04:56,295 ICE ARRESTS IN OUR REGION, AND 136 00:04:56,295 --> 00:04:58,131 SEATTLE ALONE JUST THIS YEAR, 137 00:04:58,131 --> 00:04:58,965 FROM JANUARY TO JULY OF THIS 138 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:04,570 YEAR, HAS SEEN 477 ARRESTS OF 139 00:05:04,570 --> 00:05:07,974 OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS. THIS 140 00:05:07,974 --> 00:05:10,176 AMOUNTS TO ABOUT 2 TO 3 ARRESTS 141 00:05:10,176 --> 00:05:11,878 PER DAY WITHIN THE CITY OF 142 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:16,816 SEATTLE. ONLY. AND THIS HAS A 143 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:19,419 HUGE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY AS 144 00:05:19,419 --> 00:05:20,753 THESE 477 PEOPLE ARE NOT ONLY 145 00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:22,488 OUR NEIGHBORS, THEY ARE BUSINESS 146 00:05:22,488 --> 00:05:24,090 OWNERS. THEY CHILDREN GO TO OUR 147 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:25,892 SCHOOLS. THEY ARE WORKERS. THEY 148 00:05:25,892 --> 00:05:28,761 WORK FOR SEATTLE EMPLOYERS. AND 149 00:05:28,761 --> 00:05:30,897 SO THIS HAS A HUGE IMPACT NOT 150 00:05:30,897 --> 00:05:34,167 ONLY ON THOSE PEOPLE, BUT 151 00:05:34,167 --> 00:05:35,702 EVERYBODY AROUND THEM AND THE 152 00:05:35,702 --> 00:05:39,739 CITY OVERALL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE 153 00:05:39,739 --> 00:05:42,175 INCREASE IN THESE NUMBERS IS 154 00:05:42,175 --> 00:05:44,944 ACHIEVED THROUGH SO-CALLED 155 00:05:44,944 --> 00:05:46,412 STREET LEVEL ARRESTS, WHICH 156 00:05:46,412 --> 00:05:46,913 MEANS THESE ARRESTS ARE 157 00:05:46,913 --> 00:05:49,215 HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN THE 158 00:05:49,215 --> 00:05:50,550 COMMUNITY. WE SEE THEM ON 159 00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:54,320 HIGHWAYS AND CITY STREETS, IN 160 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:54,821 PARKING LOTS AND LOCAL 161 00:05:54,821 --> 00:05:57,590 BUSINESSES. WE SEE ICE ACTIVITY 162 00:05:57,590 --> 00:05:59,592 INCREASING AND BEING REPORTED IN 163 00:05:59,592 --> 00:06:02,695 REGIONAL TRANSIT HUBS AND 164 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:04,464 AIRPORTS SUCH AS SEATAC AIRPORT. 165 00:06:04,464 --> 00:06:07,467 THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSTANTIAL 166 00:06:07,467 --> 00:06:09,836 PORTION OF APPREHENSIONS THAT 167 00:06:09,836 --> 00:06:10,403 INVOLVE INDIVIDUALS WITHOUT 168 00:06:10,403 --> 00:06:12,705 CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS OR WITHOUT 169 00:06:12,705 --> 00:06:15,641 CRIMINAL RECORDS WHATSOEVER. 170 00:06:15,641 --> 00:06:17,377 WHILE KING COUNTY, YAKIMA AND 171 00:06:17,377 --> 00:06:18,878 CLARK COUNTIES HAVE SHOWN THE 172 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:21,714 HIGHEST VOLUME OF ARRESTS. 173 00:06:21,714 --> 00:06:24,350 ADVOCACY GROUPS EMPHASIZE THAT 174 00:06:24,350 --> 00:06:24,851 ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY IS 175 00:06:24,851 --> 00:06:27,120 OCCURRING STATEWIDE AND ALSO 176 00:06:27,120 --> 00:06:28,855 SIMILARLY ALL ACROSS THE 177 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:31,290 COUNTRY. WE ARE IN CONSTANT 178 00:06:31,290 --> 00:06:31,791 COMMUNICATION WITH OUR 179 00:06:31,791 --> 00:06:32,859 COUNTERPARTS IN OTHER STATES, IN 180 00:06:32,859 --> 00:06:36,496 OTHER CITIES, AND THEY ARE 181 00:06:36,496 --> 00:06:37,063 REPORTING SIMILAR UPTICK IN 182 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:41,134 IMMIGRATION ARRESTS. NOW, I 183 00:06:41,134 --> 00:06:43,302 WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH TO THE 184 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:44,771 SECOND PART OF MY UPDATE IS TO 185 00:06:44,771 --> 00:06:45,938 SHOWCASE HOW OUR OFFICE AND THE 186 00:06:45,938 --> 00:06:48,040 CITY OF SEATTLE UTILIZE THE 187 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,909 RECENT INVESTMENT, IN THE FORM 188 00:06:49,909 --> 00:06:51,677 OF $4 MILLION THAT WAS ADDED TO 189 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:54,814 OIRA BUDGET LAST YEAR TO PREPARE 190 00:06:54,814 --> 00:06:57,316 AND RESPOND TO THE FEDERAL 191 00:06:57,316 --> 00:06:57,884 ADMINISTRATION TARGETING OF 192 00:06:57,884 --> 00:06:59,519 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 193 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:01,754 COMMUNITIES. AS YOU RECALL, 194 00:07:01,754 --> 00:07:03,556 EARLIER THIS YEAR, OIRA, IN 195 00:07:03,556 --> 00:07:06,092 CONSULTATION WITH PUBLIC WITH 196 00:07:06,092 --> 00:07:08,227 COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, 197 00:07:08,227 --> 00:07:09,962 DEVELOPED AN INVESTMENT PLAN 198 00:07:09,962 --> 00:07:11,430 THAT IS REFLECTED IN THIS CHART. 199 00:07:11,430 --> 00:07:13,132 WE HAVE PRESENTED THIS CHART TO 200 00:07:13,132 --> 00:07:16,736 YOU EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND SO 201 00:07:16,736 --> 00:07:18,271 I'M HERE TO OFFER SOME UPDATES 202 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:20,807 ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE 203 00:07:20,807 --> 00:07:23,109 CARRYING OUT THESE INVESTMENTS. 204 00:07:23,109 --> 00:07:25,278 AS YOU REMEMBER, OUR INVESTMENT 205 00:07:25,278 --> 00:07:27,280 STRATEGY WAS FOCUSED ON SEVERAL 206 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:31,751 KEY AREAS. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S 207 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:32,351 WHAT WE CALL REMOVAL DEFENSE. 208 00:07:32,351 --> 00:07:33,653 THESE ARE LEGAL SERVICES FOR 209 00:07:33,653 --> 00:07:38,357 PEOPLE WHO ARE FACING REMOVAL. 210 00:07:38,357 --> 00:07:38,925 EVERYTHING FROM IMMIGRATION 211 00:07:38,925 --> 00:07:39,992 CONSULTATIONS TO KNOW YOUR 212 00:07:39,992 --> 00:07:42,195 RIGHTS TO FULL LEGAL 213 00:07:42,195 --> 00:07:43,663 REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE WHO 214 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:44,764 HAVE IMMIGRATION CASES EITHER IN 215 00:07:44,764 --> 00:07:47,433 SEATTLE OR TACOMA. IMMIGRATION 216 00:07:47,433 --> 00:07:48,968 COURT. SECOND AREA OF INVESTMENT 217 00:07:48,968 --> 00:07:50,670 IS WHAT WE CALL RAPID RESPONSE, 218 00:07:50,670 --> 00:07:53,773 AND IT HAS SEVERAL SUB AREAS. 219 00:07:53,773 --> 00:07:55,308 ONE OF THEM IS COMMUNITY SMALL 220 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:57,510 GRANTS. THESE ARE SMALL GRANTS 221 00:07:57,510 --> 00:07:59,345 IN THE AMOUNT OF UP TO $10,000 222 00:07:59,345 --> 00:08:02,882 FOR COMMUNITY BASED 223 00:08:02,882 --> 00:08:04,283 ORGANIZATIONS. NEXT IS OUR 224 00:08:04,283 --> 00:08:06,919 INVESTMENT IN KEY SECTORS OF 225 00:08:06,919 --> 00:08:09,622 CITY LIFE, WHICH ARE WORKERS, 226 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:11,490 SMALL BUSINESSES, SERVICE 227 00:08:11,490 --> 00:08:13,693 PROVIDERS, AND FAMILIES THAT 228 00:08:13,693 --> 00:08:15,061 HAVE CHILDREN IN SEATTLE, PUBLIC 229 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:18,264 SCHOOLS. AND NEXT IS RESOURCE 230 00:08:18,264 --> 00:08:20,433 NAVIGATION. ANOTHER KEY AREA OF 231 00:08:20,433 --> 00:08:23,035 OUR INVESTMENT IS FEDERAL 232 00:08:23,035 --> 00:08:24,637 FUNDING BACKFILL. WE HAVE HEARD 233 00:08:24,637 --> 00:08:26,372 YOU HAVE HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS 234 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:28,174 AND OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS THAT 235 00:08:28,174 --> 00:08:30,176 THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT CUT 236 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:32,478 IN FEDERAL FUNDING TO 237 00:08:32,478 --> 00:08:33,112 ORGANIZATIONS SERVING IMMIGRANTS 238 00:08:33,112 --> 00:08:36,749 AND REFUGEES. AND SO PART OF OUR 239 00:08:36,749 --> 00:08:38,918 $4 MILLION PORTFOLIO IS TO 240 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:42,154 BACKFILL THOSE CUTS BY PUTTING 241 00:08:42,154 --> 00:08:42,788 INVESTMENTS INTO SERVICES SUCH 242 00:08:42,788 --> 00:08:45,892 AS LEGAL ORIENTATION, PROGRAM, 243 00:08:45,892 --> 00:08:46,492 NATURALIZATION SERVICES, AND 244 00:08:46,492 --> 00:08:47,426 ALSO ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS OF 245 00:08:47,426 --> 00:08:52,131 OTHER LANGUAGES. WE'VE ALSO 246 00:08:52,131 --> 00:08:52,732 COMMITTED TO INVEST $300,000 247 00:08:52,732 --> 00:08:54,600 INTO EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE AND 248 00:08:54,600 --> 00:09:00,206 BASIC NEEDS, SUPPORTS AND INVEST 249 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:00,806 $75,000 INTO LANGUAGE ACCESS. 250 00:09:00,806 --> 00:09:02,408 AND I WILL GO INTO MORE DETAILS 251 00:09:02,408 --> 00:09:04,744 ABOUT EACH OF THESE INVESTMENT 252 00:09:04,744 --> 00:09:09,315 AREAS. NEXT OKAY. SO AS I 253 00:09:09,315 --> 00:09:10,917 MENTIONED, LEGAL DEFENSE IS ONE 254 00:09:10,917 --> 00:09:12,752 OF OUR LARGEST INVESTMENT. IT IS 255 00:09:12,752 --> 00:09:15,054 NOT NEW TO OUR OFFICE. WE HAVE 256 00:09:15,054 --> 00:09:17,924 OPERATED A LEGAL DEFENSE PROGRAM 257 00:09:17,924 --> 00:09:19,058 SINCE 2017, BUT BECAUSE OF THE 258 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:21,561 HUGE NEED THAT IS BEING 259 00:09:21,561 --> 00:09:22,929 EXPERIENCED BY OUR COMMUNITY 260 00:09:22,929 --> 00:09:26,132 MEMBERS, WE HAVE DOUBLED OUR 261 00:09:26,132 --> 00:09:29,068 INVESTMENT FROM $1.3 MILLION TO 262 00:09:29,068 --> 00:09:31,337 $2.6 MILLION, AND ARE ABLE TO 263 00:09:31,337 --> 00:09:33,506 PROVIDE FULL LEGAL 264 00:09:33,506 --> 00:09:34,707 REPRESENTATION AGAIN FOR PEOPLE 265 00:09:34,707 --> 00:09:37,510 WHO ARE GOING THROUGH 266 00:09:37,510 --> 00:09:39,845 DEPORTATION. THIS STARTS FROM 267 00:09:39,845 --> 00:09:40,479 GETTING LEGAL ORIENTATION IN THE 268 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:43,215 TACOMA DETENTION CENTER TO 269 00:09:43,215 --> 00:09:44,951 GETTING SCREENING AND FILING FOR 270 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:46,786 RELIEF WHEN AVAILABLE, TO FULL 271 00:09:46,786 --> 00:09:48,487 REPRESENTATION AND FEDERAL 272 00:09:48,487 --> 00:09:49,889 IMMIGRATION JUDGE, AND ALSO WHEN 273 00:09:49,889 --> 00:09:51,757 ELIGIBLE, FILING APPEALS. THIS 274 00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:56,996 IS AN INCREDIBLY VALUABLE 275 00:09:56,996 --> 00:09:57,530 SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY 276 00:09:57,530 --> 00:09:58,297 MEMBERS, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO SAY 277 00:09:58,297 --> 00:10:00,900 THAT WE'VE SELECTED SIX 278 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:02,868 ADDITIONAL SERVICE PROVIDERS 279 00:10:02,868 --> 00:10:03,436 THROUGH AN RFP EARLIER THIS 280 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:05,037 YEAR, AND WE ARE NOW IN 281 00:10:05,037 --> 00:10:07,840 CONTRACTS WITH ALL OF THOSE 282 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:09,575 PROVIDERS. NEXT AREA IS THE 283 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:11,477 BACKFILL FOR FEDERAL FUNDING 284 00:10:11,477 --> 00:10:12,812 CUTS. SO OUR OFFICE HAS 285 00:10:12,812 --> 00:10:15,748 IDENTIFIED, AS I MENTIONED, TWO 286 00:10:15,748 --> 00:10:16,248 SIGNIFICANT AREAS THAT 287 00:10:16,248 --> 00:10:17,083 EXPERIENCED FUNDING CUTS, SUCH 288 00:10:17,083 --> 00:10:19,819 AS NATURALIZATION. SINCE USCIS 289 00:10:19,819 --> 00:10:22,254 HAS STOPPED INVESTING INTO 290 00:10:22,254 --> 00:10:25,858 SUPPORTING PEOPLE, BECOMING 291 00:10:25,858 --> 00:10:27,326 CITIZENS, WE INVESTED $200,000 292 00:10:27,326 --> 00:10:29,362 INTO CONTRACTS WITH OUR EXISTING 293 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,030 PROVIDERS. THIS AREA OF WORK IS 294 00:10:31,030 --> 00:10:33,265 HAS BEEN IN OUR OFFICE PORTFOLIO 295 00:10:33,265 --> 00:10:35,267 FOR OVER A DECADE, AND SO WE'VE 296 00:10:35,267 --> 00:10:35,968 BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE THE 297 00:10:35,968 --> 00:10:38,471 FUNDING THROUGH EXISTING 298 00:10:38,471 --> 00:10:40,673 CONTRACTS. ALSO, WE HAVE 299 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:42,808 RECENTLY COMPLETED AN RFP OR 300 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:45,044 REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR 301 00:10:45,044 --> 00:10:47,079 ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE PROVIDING 302 00:10:47,079 --> 00:10:49,148 ENGLISH CLASSES AND ADULT BASIC 303 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:50,783 EDUCATION AND CAREER TRAINING, 304 00:10:50,783 --> 00:10:53,285 AND IDENTIFIED SIX NONPROFIT 305 00:10:53,285 --> 00:10:56,088 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL BE 306 00:10:56,088 --> 00:10:58,524 STARTING THESE SERVICES EARLY 307 00:10:58,524 --> 00:11:00,359 LATER THIS YEAR. NEXT, PLEASE. 308 00:11:00,359 --> 00:11:02,728 NOW, MOVING ON TO SUPPORT FOR 309 00:11:02,728 --> 00:11:06,432 KEY SECTORS, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 310 00:11:06,432 --> 00:11:08,768 THE NEED THAT EXISTS AMONG THE 311 00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:10,636 BUSINESS COMMUNITY, SMALL 312 00:11:10,636 --> 00:11:12,505 IMMIGRANT OWNED BUSINESSES TO 313 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:14,940 LEARN AND PREPARE FOR INCREASE 314 00:11:14,940 --> 00:11:16,642 IN ICE ENFORCEMENT. AND SAME 315 00:11:16,642 --> 00:11:18,077 GOES FOR WORKERS THAT WORK IN 316 00:11:18,077 --> 00:11:23,182 SEATTLE. AND WE PARTNERED WITH 317 00:11:23,182 --> 00:11:23,749 OUR PARTNERS IN THE SEATTLE 318 00:11:23,749 --> 00:11:24,917 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 319 00:11:24,917 --> 00:11:26,452 AND OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS TO 320 00:11:26,452 --> 00:11:28,654 OFFER KNOW YOUR RIGHTS AND LEGAL 321 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:31,190 SUPPORTS FOR BOTH BUSINESSES AND 322 00:11:31,190 --> 00:11:34,860 WORKERS. WE'RE ALSO PIONEERING 323 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:36,829 A NEW PROJECT TO SUPPORT 324 00:11:36,829 --> 00:11:37,363 FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN IN 325 00:11:37,363 --> 00:11:39,098 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND ARE 326 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:40,633 IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 327 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:45,438 ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION ABOUT 328 00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:45,971 OFFERING KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 329 00:11:45,971 --> 00:11:47,506 TRAININGS FOR FAMILIES WHOSE 330 00:11:47,506 --> 00:11:48,741 CHILDREN GO TO SEATTLE PUBLIC 331 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:49,775 SCHOOLS, BUT NOT ONLY KNOW YOUR 332 00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:52,111 RIGHTS, BUT ACTUAL TANGIBLE 333 00:11:52,111 --> 00:11:53,779 SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF 334 00:11:53,779 --> 00:11:56,248 ASSISTANCE WITH BASIC NEEDS. 335 00:11:56,248 --> 00:11:58,684 WHEN A PARENT IN A FAMILY, FOR 336 00:11:58,684 --> 00:12:00,119 EXAMPLE, IS ARRESTED OR THEY 337 00:12:00,119 --> 00:12:01,721 LOSE INCOME, OR THEIR CAR IS 338 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,222 TOWED BECAUSE OF THE ICE 339 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:05,558 ENFORCEMENT, THEY'RE ABLE TO 340 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:06,559 RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR THOSE 341 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:07,726 EXPENSES. IF THEY ARE IMPACTED 342 00:12:07,726 --> 00:12:09,995 BY FEDERAL IMMIGRATION 343 00:12:09,995 --> 00:12:10,996 ENFORCEMENT. THROUGH THOSE FUNDS 344 00:12:10,996 --> 00:12:12,098 THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE 345 00:12:12,098 --> 00:12:14,467 ALLIANCE FOR EDUCATION RIGHT 346 00:12:14,467 --> 00:12:18,504 NOW, NEED FUND. NEXT IS WE ARE 347 00:12:18,504 --> 00:12:21,474 PARTNERING WITH THE ORGANIZATION 348 00:12:21,474 --> 00:12:23,409 CALLED COMMUNITIES RISING TO 349 00:12:23,409 --> 00:12:26,045 PREPARE OUR SERVICE PROVIDERS 350 00:12:26,045 --> 00:12:27,947 THAT WORK IN THE SECTORS OF 351 00:12:27,947 --> 00:12:30,583 HOUSING, SECURITY AND FOOD 352 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,318 SECURITY, AND SOCIAL SERVICES 353 00:12:32,318 --> 00:12:33,519 FOR IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEE 354 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:35,621 AFFAIRS. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 355 00:12:35,621 --> 00:12:37,189 THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE IT SHOWS 356 00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:38,758 THAT WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND 357 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:40,426 WORK INTO DESIGNING THESE 358 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:41,660 PROGRAMS. SO WITH THE COMMUNITY 359 00:12:41,660 --> 00:12:45,931 RISING, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS 360 00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:48,400 DOING A THREE PHASE PROJECT 361 00:12:48,400 --> 00:12:50,469 WHERE THE COHORT OF 20 NONPROFIT 362 00:12:50,469 --> 00:12:51,103 ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE SELECTED. 363 00:12:51,103 --> 00:12:53,139 THEY WILL FIRST RECEIVE LEGAL 364 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:54,673 CONSULTATION AND PREPARE THE 365 00:12:54,673 --> 00:12:57,143 INDIVIDUAL PLANS FOR THE 366 00:12:57,143 --> 00:12:58,978 ORGANIZATION TO PREPARE FOR ICE 367 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:00,212 ENFORCEMENT. THEN THEY WILL HAVE 368 00:13:00,212 --> 00:13:03,149 AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN ALL OF 369 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:06,452 THEIR STAFF ON THIS PLAN AND 370 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:09,421 COMMUNITIES RISING STAFF WILL DO 371 00:13:09,421 --> 00:13:11,524 SO-CALLED MOCK ICE VISITS TO SEE 372 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:13,092 IF THEIR STAFF IS REALLY, TRULY 373 00:13:13,092 --> 00:13:14,460 PREPARED AND TRAINED ON THESE 374 00:13:14,460 --> 00:13:15,694 PLANS. AND THEN LAST, THEY WILL 375 00:13:15,694 --> 00:13:18,297 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT 376 00:13:18,297 --> 00:13:22,168 ON HOW THAT WENT AND ADJUST 377 00:13:22,168 --> 00:13:25,004 THOSE PLANS. NEXT, PLEASE. WE'RE 378 00:13:25,004 --> 00:13:28,140 ALSO VERY PROUD TO LAUNCH 379 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:29,875 EARLIER THIS YEAR, OUR SMALL 380 00:13:29,875 --> 00:13:32,645 COMMUNITY GRANTS, WE'VE INVESTED 381 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,446 $280,000, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 382 00:13:34,446 --> 00:13:38,484 THESE GRANTS BEING $10,000. AND 383 00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:40,252 WE'VE SELECTED ALREADY 28 SMALL 384 00:13:40,252 --> 00:13:42,087 ORGANIZATIONS THAT SPAN ACROSS 385 00:13:42,087 --> 00:13:44,156 THE CITY. I BELIEVE ALL THEY 386 00:13:44,156 --> 00:13:47,760 REPRESENT ALL DISTRICT OF 387 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:49,628 SEATTLE AND OFFER SUPPORT WITH 388 00:13:49,628 --> 00:13:51,330 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS, 389 00:13:51,330 --> 00:13:53,165 FAMILY SAFETY PLANNING, AND ALSO 390 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:56,068 BASIC NEED FOR COMMUNITY 391 00:13:56,068 --> 00:14:01,073 MEMBERS. NEXT, AS I MENTIONED, 392 00:14:01,073 --> 00:14:01,707 WE HAVE A STRATEGY TO COUNTER A 393 00:14:01,707 --> 00:14:04,210 NEGATIVE IMPACT OF FEDERAL 394 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:07,046 ADMINISTRATION TARGETING ACCESS 395 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:09,215 TO FOOD AND OTHER BASIC NEEDS BY 396 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:11,150 IMMIGRANTS. WE ARE PARTNERING 397 00:14:11,150 --> 00:14:14,820 WITH THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION TO 398 00:14:14,820 --> 00:14:15,454 BRING TOGETHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT 399 00:14:15,454 --> 00:14:17,323 AND PHILANTHROPY TO FILL THE 400 00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:18,424 NEED. YOU MIGHT KNOW THAT THE 401 00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:20,159 BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL, SO-CALLED 402 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:21,560 BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL THAT WAS 403 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:24,830 PASSED LAST YEAR, LIMITS ACCESS 404 00:14:24,830 --> 00:14:26,699 TO MEANS TESTED BENEFITS TO 405 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:27,333 IMMIGRANTS. IT'S GOING TO GO 406 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:29,969 INTO EFFECT. PARTS OF IT ARE 407 00:14:29,969 --> 00:14:31,437 GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT IN 408 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:33,973 OCTOBER THIS YEAR, AND WE EXPECT 409 00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:37,042 A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER NEED FOR 410 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:37,676 BASIC SERVICES SUCH AS FOOD AND 411 00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:39,011 HEALTH CARE. AND SO OUR 412 00:14:39,011 --> 00:14:40,679 PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE 413 00:14:40,679 --> 00:14:42,147 FOUNDATION WILL BRING TOGETHER 414 00:14:42,147 --> 00:14:45,084 PHILANTHROPY AND LOCAL 415 00:14:45,084 --> 00:14:47,586 GOVERNMENTS TO FILL THE NEED AND 416 00:14:47,586 --> 00:14:48,120 PROVIDE LARGER GRANTS TO 417 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:49,688 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE READY AND 418 00:14:49,688 --> 00:14:51,790 PREPARED TO FILL THAT NEED. 419 00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:54,126 LASTLY, WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING 420 00:14:54,126 --> 00:14:56,562 WITH ORGANIZATION CALLED VISN 421 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:57,196 WASHINGTON IMMIGRANT SOLIDARITY 422 00:14:57,196 --> 00:15:00,232 NETWORK TO OFFER COMMUNITY 423 00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:00,833 RESOURCE NAVIGATION TO PEOPLE 424 00:15:00,833 --> 00:15:05,437 WHO ARE IMPACTED BY IMMIGRATION 425 00:15:05,437 --> 00:15:07,239 ENFORCEMENT. AND NOW, AFTER ALL 426 00:15:07,239 --> 00:15:09,642 THIS AMAZING WORK THAT WE HAVE 427 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:11,243 DONE IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS OR 428 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:13,545 SO, WE ARE READY TO LAUNCH OUR 429 00:15:13,545 --> 00:15:15,748 INFORMATION CAMPAIGN TO LET OUR 430 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:18,317 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY 431 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:19,652 KNOW ABOUT THESE RESOURCES AND 432 00:15:19,652 --> 00:15:21,287 ACCESS THEM. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU 433 00:15:21,287 --> 00:15:23,923 TO VISIT, STAND TOGETHER WEBSITE 434 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:25,724 AND OIRA WEBSITE. WHEN YOUR 435 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:28,127 CONSTITUENTS CALL AND INQUIRE 436 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:29,228 ABOUT RESOURCES, ALL OF OUR 437 00:15:29,228 --> 00:15:31,630 INFORMATION THERE IS BEING 438 00:15:31,630 --> 00:15:32,498 REGULARLY UPDATED. SO WE WANT TO 439 00:15:32,498 --> 00:15:36,535 MAKE SURE NOT ONLY THAT THESE 440 00:15:36,535 --> 00:15:37,169 RESOURCES ARE DEVELOPED AND WE 441 00:15:37,169 --> 00:15:39,071 HAVE CONTRACTS IN PLACE, BUT 442 00:15:39,071 --> 00:15:39,705 ALSO THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS 443 00:15:39,705 --> 00:15:41,907 ARE AWARE OF THEM AND UTILIZING 444 00:15:41,907 --> 00:15:44,209 THEM AS MUCH AS THEY NEED. WITH 445 00:15:44,209 --> 00:15:46,779 THAT, I AM READY FOR YOUR 446 00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:50,182 QUESTIONS. 447 00:15:50,182 --> 00:15:53,786 -- THANK YOU. INTERIM DIRECTOR 448 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:54,420 BILOBRAN FOR THIS PRESENTATION. 449 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:59,158 IT IS VERY SOBERING TO KNOW WHAT 450 00:15:59,158 --> 00:16:00,392 IS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL 451 00:16:00,392 --> 00:16:03,595 LEVEL. I DON'T THINK ANYONE IS 452 00:16:03,595 --> 00:16:05,931 UNDER A DELUSION. IT'S IN THE 453 00:16:05,931 --> 00:16:07,800 NEWS ALMOST EVERY DAY. WHAT'S 454 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,936 HAPPENING? IT IS UNFORTUNATE, TO 455 00:16:10,936 --> 00:16:13,305 SAY THE LEAST, BUT I AM 456 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:14,840 ENCOURAGED THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT 457 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:16,308 IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO 458 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:18,444 SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT 459 00:16:18,444 --> 00:16:20,980 COMMUNITIES HERE IN SEATTLE. AND 460 00:16:20,980 --> 00:16:24,917 AND WE SHOULD FEEL, YOU KNOW, 461 00:16:24,917 --> 00:16:27,219 FORTUNATE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED 462 00:16:27,219 --> 00:16:29,388 IN SEATTLE TO REALLY HELPING 463 00:16:29,388 --> 00:16:31,323 COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW YOUR STAFF 464 00:16:31,323 --> 00:16:32,291 IS VERY COMMITTED AS WELL. SO I 465 00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:33,692 WANT TO THANK YOUR STAFF AS WELL 466 00:16:33,692 --> 00:16:36,328 FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE 467 00:16:36,328 --> 00:16:38,397 DOING. REALLY APPRECIATE THIS 468 00:16:38,397 --> 00:16:42,000 UPDATE, COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE 469 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:48,741 ANY QUESTIONS? OH, COUNCILMEMBER 470 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:48,974 FOSTER. 471 00:16:48,974 --> 00:16:51,543 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 472 00:16:51,543 --> 00:16:52,978 THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING AND FOR 473 00:16:52,978 --> 00:16:55,781 ALL THE WORK THAT OIRA IS DOING 474 00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:56,815 FOR COMMUNITY IMMIGRANT 475 00:16:56,815 --> 00:16:58,550 COMMUNITIES IN GENERAL, AND IN 476 00:16:58,550 --> 00:16:59,084 PARTICULAR ON THIS REALLY 477 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:00,786 CHALLENGING ISSUE. I WANTED TO 478 00:17:00,786 --> 00:17:03,122 TURN TO YOUR COMMENTS AROUND THE 479 00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:04,857 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALLIANCE 480 00:17:04,857 --> 00:17:06,492 FOR EDUCATION AND THE RESPONSE 481 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:09,361 WORK. I THINK YOU MENTIONED THE 482 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:10,596 DIFFERENT KINDS OF EXAMPLES OF 483 00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:12,197 WAYS THAT THOSE FUNDS COULD BE 484 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:14,266 DEPLOYED, INCLUDING LIKE HELPING 485 00:17:14,266 --> 00:17:16,368 WITH TOWING EXPENSES OR OTHER 486 00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:18,170 THINGS THAT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT 487 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:19,872 FAMILY COSTS THAT FAMILIES INCUR 488 00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:22,608 AS A RESULT OF THESE UNJUST 489 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:25,010 ACTIONS. AND I JUST WAS SEEKING 490 00:17:25,010 --> 00:17:26,712 CLARIFICATION FOR IN PARTICULAR 491 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,281 ON THAT TOWING PIECE, IS THAT 492 00:17:29,281 --> 00:17:30,015 ONLY THROUGH THE ALLIANCE 493 00:17:30,015 --> 00:17:33,118 PARTNERSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, FOR 494 00:17:33,118 --> 00:17:34,620 DIRECTED TOWARDS FAMILIES, OR IS 495 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:35,287 THAT SOMETHING WE'RE SUPPORTING 496 00:17:35,287 --> 00:17:36,455 MORE BROADLY? 497 00:17:36,455 --> 00:17:39,825 -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. 498 00:17:39,825 --> 00:17:41,093 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER SO OUR 499 00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:42,561 APPROACH TO FUNDING IS TO MEET 500 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:45,497 PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE, AND WE 501 00:17:45,497 --> 00:17:48,133 ARE OFFERING ASSISTANCE WITH 502 00:17:48,133 --> 00:17:49,168 TOWING EXPENSES THROUGH A NUMBER 503 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:50,369 OF WAYS. ONE OF THEM THROUGH 504 00:17:50,369 --> 00:17:52,037 ALLIANCE OF EDUCATION. BUT ALSO, 505 00:17:52,037 --> 00:17:54,406 AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A SMALL 506 00:17:54,406 --> 00:17:56,542 COMMUNITY GRANTS AND A NUMBER OF 507 00:17:56,542 --> 00:17:58,510 THESE ORGANIZATIONS, 28 IN TOTAL 508 00:17:58,510 --> 00:18:00,612 THAT ARE RECEIVING, OFFERING 509 00:18:00,612 --> 00:18:01,847 HELP WITH TOWING EXPENSES. WE 510 00:18:01,847 --> 00:18:04,049 HAVE RECENTLY BEEN ABLE TO 511 00:18:04,049 --> 00:18:04,650 IDENTIFY AN ORGANIZATION THAT 512 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:05,851 STEPPED IN WITH AN IMMIGRATION 513 00:18:05,851 --> 00:18:07,953 ENFORCEMENT WAS HAPPENING HERE 514 00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:10,122 IN THE CITY OVER A WEEKEND IN 515 00:18:10,122 --> 00:18:12,024 THE CITY DISTRICT AND CONNECT 516 00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:13,792 THEM WITH THESE RESOURCES. WE 517 00:18:13,792 --> 00:18:15,761 ARE ALSO IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT 518 00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:18,697 HAVING A SEPARATE TOWING 519 00:18:18,697 --> 00:18:20,466 CONTRACT THAT WE ARE PURSUING 520 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:23,202 WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE'VE 521 00:18:23,202 --> 00:18:25,637 CONNECTED WITH THE SPD ABOUT 522 00:18:25,637 --> 00:18:28,173 THEIR CONTRACTS FOR TOWING AND A 523 00:18:28,173 --> 00:18:31,043 FURTHER EXPLORING OPTION TO 524 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,511 PROVIDE THE MOST STREAMLINED 525 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,413 ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE WHO ARE 526 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:37,182 EXPERIENCING THAT ISSUE. SO 527 00:18:37,182 --> 00:18:37,816 ALREADY, SEVERAL RESOURCES ARE 528 00:18:37,816 --> 00:18:41,520 IN PLACE AND POTENTIALLY MORE TO 529 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:41,720 COME. 530 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:44,356 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT 531 00:18:44,356 --> 00:18:45,190 CLARIFICATION. AND AND I REALLY 532 00:18:45,190 --> 00:18:46,592 APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE 533 00:18:46,592 --> 00:18:49,528 DOING AND THE APPROACH THAT THE 534 00:18:49,528 --> 00:18:50,128 DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THROUGH 535 00:18:50,128 --> 00:18:51,196 PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE SURE THAT 536 00:18:51,196 --> 00:18:53,165 THOSE THAT YOU ARE, AS YOU SAID, 537 00:18:53,165 --> 00:18:54,533 MEETING PEOPLE WHERE YOU'RE AT. 538 00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:56,168 MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS, I'M 539 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:59,671 JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY, 540 00:18:59,671 --> 00:19:00,339 ANY PLACES WHERE YOU'VE SEEN I 541 00:19:00,339 --> 00:19:01,507 MEAN, THERE ARE A LOT OF GAPS, I 542 00:19:01,507 --> 00:19:03,709 KNOW IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY 543 00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:05,777 MEETING THE NEED AND HAVING 544 00:19:05,777 --> 00:19:07,212 ENOUGH RESOURCES, BUT I'M 545 00:19:07,212 --> 00:19:09,381 CURIOUS IF THERE ARE ANY TYPES 546 00:19:09,381 --> 00:19:10,415 OF COMMUNITY NEED THAT WE JUST 547 00:19:10,415 --> 00:19:11,617 HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COVER. SO, 548 00:19:11,617 --> 00:19:12,851 FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THE TOWING 549 00:19:12,851 --> 00:19:16,822 WAS A NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THE 550 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:17,890 DEPARTMENT PIVOTED TO MAKE THAT 551 00:19:17,890 --> 00:19:19,625 HAPPEN THIS YEAR. IS THERE 552 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:20,125 ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE 553 00:19:20,125 --> 00:19:21,793 DEPARTMENT IS TRACKING IN TERMS 554 00:19:21,793 --> 00:19:24,129 OF WAYS THAT WE NEED TO BE 555 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:27,232 FLEXIBLE WITH OUR DOLLARS TO 556 00:19:27,232 --> 00:19:27,766 HELP SUPPORT COMMUNITIES? 557 00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:28,967 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION 558 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:31,103 AGAIN. SO MOST OF THESE 559 00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:32,371 INVESTMENTS ARE FAIRLY NEW. AS 560 00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:34,206 YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR 561 00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:35,240 OF US GETTING THIS ADDITIONAL 562 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:36,108 FUNDING, AND IT TOOK US A WHILE 563 00:19:36,108 --> 00:19:40,979 TO DEVELOP MODELS AND DO RFP. WE 564 00:19:40,979 --> 00:19:42,814 ARE PLANNING TO DO LISTENING 565 00:19:42,814 --> 00:19:44,116 SESSIONS ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS 566 00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:44,917 OF THIS INVESTMENT AT THE END OF 567 00:19:44,917 --> 00:19:46,251 THIS YEAR, TO SEE IF WE NEED TO 568 00:19:46,251 --> 00:19:47,386 PIVOT, OR IF WE NEED TO CHANGE 569 00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:49,888 OUR STRATEGY AT ALL IN THE NEXT 570 00:19:49,888 --> 00:19:51,557 YEAR. SO WE WILL BE TALKING TO 571 00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:53,592 OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WHAT I 572 00:19:53,592 --> 00:19:55,961 WILL SAY IS THAT THERE ARE BIG 573 00:19:55,961 --> 00:19:59,398 AREAS OF NEEDS THAT THE AMOUNT 574 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:01,533 OF FUNDING OUR OFFICE HAS IS 575 00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:02,267 JUST ABSOLUTELY INADEQUATE. AND 576 00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:03,769 I WOULD SAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, 577 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,404 THOSE ARE BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS 578 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:07,839 HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE. AS I 579 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:09,575 MENTIONED, THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL 580 00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:13,178 BILL THAT CUTS ACCESS TO HEALTH 581 00:20:13,178 --> 00:20:14,546 CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS IS GOING TO 582 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:16,281 HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUR 583 00:20:16,281 --> 00:20:17,282 COMMUNITIES. BUT AS YOU MIGHT 584 00:20:17,282 --> 00:20:22,120 HAVE HEARD, STATE GOVERNMENT AND 585 00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:24,623 THE GOVERNOR FERGUSON RECENTLY 586 00:20:24,623 --> 00:20:26,291 ANNOUNCED SOME ACTION IN THAT 587 00:20:26,291 --> 00:20:27,759 AREA. I KNOW KING COUNTY IS 588 00:20:27,759 --> 00:20:31,530 STRUGGLING WITH THE SAME ISSUES 589 00:20:31,530 --> 00:20:32,531 HOUSING RESOURCES ARE JUST 590 00:20:32,531 --> 00:20:34,900 DIFFICULT TO COME BY, AND I KNOW 591 00:20:34,900 --> 00:20:36,668 THAT EVEN OUR PARTNERS AT THE 592 00:20:36,668 --> 00:20:39,504 SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY ARE 593 00:20:39,504 --> 00:20:42,741 UNDERGOING THROUGH RULE CHANGES 594 00:20:42,741 --> 00:20:45,544 BY THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, 595 00:20:45,544 --> 00:20:46,178 SCREENING FOR IMMIGRATION STATUS 596 00:20:46,178 --> 00:20:47,913 OF THEIR RESIDENTS. SO, YES, WE 597 00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:49,982 ARE AWARE OF THE NEEDS THAT WE 598 00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:55,587 JUST CANNOT MEET. BUT WE'LL BE 599 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:59,391 LOOKING INTO WAYS TO POTENTIALLY 600 00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:00,726 CHANGE OR SHIFT IF THERE IS A 601 00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:02,861 NEED OR INVESTMENT STRATEGY 602 00:21:02,861 --> 00:21:04,796 GOING NEXT YEAR. 603 00:21:04,796 --> 00:21:05,964 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, 604 00:21:05,964 --> 00:21:06,198 CHAIR. 605 00:21:06,198 --> 00:21:08,600 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 606 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,203 FOSTER. AND I WANTED TO ADD THAT 607 00:21:11,203 --> 00:21:13,572 THE DEPARTMENT DID A GREAT JOB 608 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:14,206 WORKING WITH COMMUNITY WHEN THEY 609 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:17,209 WERE ALLOCATING AND FIGURING OUT 610 00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:19,278 HOW TO ALLOCATE THESE RESOURCES. 611 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,046 THEY REALLY WORKED WITH 612 00:21:21,046 --> 00:21:23,115 COMMUNITY TO SEE WHERE BEST TO 613 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:25,350 PRIORITIZE THE RESOURCES. SINCE, 614 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:27,419 YOU KNOW, THE, THE NEED IS 615 00:21:27,419 --> 00:21:28,320 OBVIOUSLY ENDLESS. WE'RE NOT 616 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:29,421 GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE 617 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:32,591 FULL NEED, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT 618 00:21:32,591 --> 00:21:35,193 TO HEAR FROM COMMUNITY AND FROM 619 00:21:35,193 --> 00:21:36,495 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY WHAT IT IS 620 00:21:36,495 --> 00:21:38,096 THAT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL. AND 621 00:21:38,096 --> 00:21:39,631 THEY WENT WITH THOSE 622 00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:40,732 INVESTMENTS, WHICH IS WHY AT THE 623 00:21:40,732 --> 00:21:43,669 END OF THE YEAR, I REALLY 624 00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:44,303 APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT GOING 625 00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:45,370 BACK AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, IS 626 00:21:45,370 --> 00:21:47,706 THIS WHAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO 627 00:21:47,706 --> 00:21:50,342 DO OR DO WE NEED TO PIVOT AS 628 00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:52,611 INTERIM DIRECTOR? BILOBRAN JUST 629 00:21:52,611 --> 00:21:55,981 SAID TO TO MEET A DIFFERENT NEED 630 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:57,349 THAT IS MORE PRESSING AT THE 631 00:21:57,349 --> 00:21:59,251 MOMENT. SO I THINK THE 632 00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:02,454 DEPARTMENT REMAINS NIMBLE TO BE 633 00:22:02,454 --> 00:22:03,488 ABLE TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS AS 634 00:22:03,488 --> 00:22:05,190 THEY COME UP, BECAUSE WE DON'T 635 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:06,091 ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO 636 00:22:06,091 --> 00:22:08,860 HAPPEN. THINGS CONTINUE TO 637 00:22:08,860 --> 00:22:10,128 CHANGE ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND 638 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:12,731 WE'RE TRYING TO BE THOUGHTFUL 639 00:22:12,731 --> 00:22:16,001 IN HOW WE PRIORITIZE. SO REALLY 640 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:17,869 APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT FOR 641 00:22:17,869 --> 00:22:18,503 DOING THAT. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 642 00:22:18,503 --> 00:22:22,507 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 643 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:25,711 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR RIVERA. 644 00:22:25,711 --> 00:22:27,279 FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO 645 00:22:27,279 --> 00:22:28,380 TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE 646 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:29,981 VOTERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE 647 00:22:29,981 --> 00:22:31,049 SEATTLE SHIELD INITIATIVE LAST 648 00:22:31,049 --> 00:22:32,484 YEAR. WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND 649 00:22:32,484 --> 00:22:33,719 BELIEF THAT OUR CITY SHOULD BE 650 00:22:33,719 --> 00:22:35,821 TAKING UP ACTIONS TO PROTECT OUR 651 00:22:35,821 --> 00:22:38,023 RESIDENTS, THIS ADDITIONAL 652 00:22:38,023 --> 00:22:38,724 INVESTMENT INTO THE OFFICE OF 653 00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:39,324 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS 654 00:22:39,324 --> 00:22:41,793 WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. AND SO I 655 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:43,095 WANT TO THANK THE VOTERS FOR 656 00:22:43,095 --> 00:22:44,763 THEIR SUPPORT IN THESE IMPORTANT 657 00:22:44,763 --> 00:22:46,098 INVESTMENTS. AND I WANT TO THANK 658 00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:47,799 THIS COUNCIL FOR THEN TAKING 659 00:22:47,799 --> 00:22:49,234 THAT INVESTMENT AND ENSURING 660 00:22:49,234 --> 00:22:51,336 THAT IT WAS AN ONGOING 661 00:22:51,336 --> 00:22:52,170 INVESTMENT INSTEAD OF JUST ONE 662 00:22:52,170 --> 00:22:54,005 TIME. SO THANK YOU, MY 663 00:22:54,005 --> 00:22:55,307 COLLEAGUES, FOR TAKING THAT 664 00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:56,675 ACTION AS WELL. AND THEN JUST TO 665 00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:57,676 REITERATE A POINT THAT THE CHAIR 666 00:22:57,676 --> 00:23:00,011 JUST MADE HUGE THANK YOU TO THE 667 00:23:00,011 --> 00:23:02,781 ENTIRE TEAM AT OIRA FOR YOUR 668 00:23:02,781 --> 00:23:03,348 CAREFUL AND STEADFAST WORK 669 00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:05,717 WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY BASED 670 00:23:05,717 --> 00:23:06,685 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LED BY 671 00:23:06,685 --> 00:23:08,720 AND SERVING IMMIGRANT REFUGEE 672 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:09,387 COMMUNITIES, MUTUAL AID GROUPS, 673 00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:10,522 FOLKS WHO ARE DOING THE WORK DAY 674 00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:12,924 IN AND DAY OUT TO ENSURE THAT 675 00:23:12,924 --> 00:23:15,293 THIS INVESTMENT REFLECTED WHERE 676 00:23:15,293 --> 00:23:16,194 THE NEEDS TRULY ARE. AND SO I 677 00:23:16,194 --> 00:23:17,929 WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM 678 00:23:17,929 --> 00:23:19,664 FOR YOUR CAREFUL WORK IN SHAPING 679 00:23:19,664 --> 00:23:21,633 THIS SPEND PLAN AND BEING ABLE 680 00:23:21,633 --> 00:23:25,003 TO GET IT OUT THE DOOR AS WELL. 681 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:27,539 A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. 682 00:23:27,539 --> 00:23:28,173 JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT DOLLARS 683 00:23:28,173 --> 00:23:31,143 ARE JUST NOW GOING OUT THE DOOR. 684 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:32,377 I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION TO 685 00:23:32,377 --> 00:23:33,879 IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE'LL COME TO 686 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:34,813 UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF THESE 687 00:23:34,813 --> 00:23:36,214 INVESTMENTS. DO YOU HAVE A ROUGH 688 00:23:36,214 --> 00:23:38,150 SENSE OF WHEN WE CAN ANTICIPATE 689 00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:39,851 GETTING SOME HIGH LEVEL DATA 690 00:23:39,851 --> 00:23:43,422 ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THESE 691 00:23:43,422 --> 00:23:43,755 INVESTMENTS? 692 00:23:43,755 --> 00:23:44,956 -- OH, YEAH. BY THE END OF THE 693 00:23:44,956 --> 00:23:46,591 YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY 694 00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:49,594 CLEAR PICTURE, ESPECIALLY ABOUT 695 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:50,796 PROGRAM AREAS THAT ARE NOT NEW 696 00:23:50,796 --> 00:23:52,864 TO OUR DEPARTMENT. AS I 697 00:23:52,864 --> 00:23:54,900 MENTIONED, LEGAL DEFENSE 698 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:56,368 PROGRAM. IT OPERATES ON A 699 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:59,304 FUNDING BASIS THAT IS TIED TO A 700 00:23:59,304 --> 00:24:00,806 SPECIFIC CASELOAD PER EACH 701 00:24:00,806 --> 00:24:02,174 ATTORNEY. SO WE CAN GIVE YOU 702 00:24:02,174 --> 00:24:04,943 EVEN PREDICTIONS WITHOUT GETTING 703 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:07,712 THE DATA, BECAUSE THAT'S 704 00:24:07,712 --> 00:24:09,681 CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS. SAME 705 00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:10,315 FOR NATURALIZATION. BUT BY THE 706 00:24:10,315 --> 00:24:13,852 END OF THE YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE 707 00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:14,419 REALLY GOOD DATA ABOUT THE 708 00:24:14,419 --> 00:24:15,954 IMPACT OF OUR NEW INVESTMENTS, 709 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:19,224 SUCH AS SMALL COMMUNITY GRANTS. 710 00:24:19,224 --> 00:24:21,092 AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME 711 00:24:21,092 --> 00:24:22,427 BACK AND UPDATE YOU ON THOSE AS 712 00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:23,862 WELL. 713 00:24:23,862 --> 00:24:25,463 -- FABULOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 714 00:24:25,463 --> 00:24:27,065 DIRECTOR. AND AS YOU MENTIONED 715 00:24:27,065 --> 00:24:28,233 IN YOUR PRESENTATION, OUR 716 00:24:28,233 --> 00:24:30,202 COMMUNITY HAS JUST BEEN HIT BY A 717 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:32,904 HUGE SURGE IN IMMIGRATION 718 00:24:32,904 --> 00:24:34,873 ACTIVITY WITH HUNDREDS OF OUR 719 00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:36,575 NEIGHBORS BEING KIDNAPED FROM 720 00:24:36,575 --> 00:24:37,642 OUR COMMUNITY. AND THE RESULTING 721 00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:40,245 IMPACT OF THAT HAS BEEN PROFOUND 722 00:24:40,245 --> 00:24:42,480 TO SAY. THERE'S BEEN A CHILLING 723 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,016 EFFECT, I THINK IS AN 724 00:24:45,016 --> 00:24:46,751 UNDERSTATEMENT. NATURALLY, I'M 725 00:24:46,751 --> 00:24:49,254 CONCERNED ABOUT MANY OF OUR 726 00:24:49,254 --> 00:24:50,822 IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS NOT GOING TO 727 00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:51,523 THE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO 728 00:24:51,523 --> 00:24:52,190 SCHOOL, NOT GOING TO WORK, BUT 729 00:24:52,190 --> 00:24:53,825 ALSO NOT GOING OUT TO GET THE 730 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:55,393 SERVICES THAT THEY MAY NEED AT 731 00:24:55,393 --> 00:24:57,596 THIS TIME. AND SO WITH THAT IN 732 00:24:57,596 --> 00:24:59,865 MIND, HOW ARE YOU ALL THINKING 733 00:24:59,865 --> 00:25:03,235 RIGHT NOW ABOUT ANY KIND OF 734 00:25:03,235 --> 00:25:04,536 CHANGE IN IMMEDIATE STRATEGY OR 735 00:25:04,536 --> 00:25:06,771 APPROACH, IN TRYING TO REACH 736 00:25:06,771 --> 00:25:08,440 FOLKS OR ANYTHING THAT OIRA IS 737 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:10,141 LEARNING RIGHT NOW ARE THINKING 738 00:25:10,141 --> 00:25:10,742 ABOUT PIVOTING ON SLIGHTLY TO 739 00:25:10,742 --> 00:25:13,778 TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 740 00:25:13,778 --> 00:25:14,145 REACHING FOLKS. 741 00:25:14,145 --> 00:25:15,046 -- YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT 742 00:25:15,046 --> 00:25:16,414 QUESTION. THAT IS DEFINITELY 743 00:25:16,414 --> 00:25:18,884 SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE HAS 744 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:21,486 NOTICED. JUST IN AN ANECDOTAL 745 00:25:21,486 --> 00:25:23,622 DATA WE RECENTLY SUPPORTED THE 746 00:25:23,622 --> 00:25:25,257 LEGAL CLINIC THAT WAS OFFERED IN 747 00:25:25,257 --> 00:25:27,459 PERSON BY ONE OF OUR SERVICE 748 00:25:27,459 --> 00:25:29,528 PROVIDERS, AND IT WAS A CLINIC 749 00:25:29,528 --> 00:25:30,996 FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE IMPACTED. 750 00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:32,998 YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS 751 00:25:32,998 --> 00:25:38,136 HUGE NEWS STORY ABOUT A LAW FIRM 752 00:25:38,136 --> 00:25:40,238 THAT DEFRAUDED THEIR CLIENTS. 753 00:25:40,238 --> 00:25:43,608 AND THE IMPACT IS HUGE. IT'S 754 00:25:43,608 --> 00:25:45,243 OVER 50,000 CLIENTS. SO WE 755 00:25:45,243 --> 00:25:47,045 ACTUALLY PART OF THIS INVESTMENT 756 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:49,047 WENT TO SUPPORT THE LEGAL CLINIC 757 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:50,448 TO PROVIDE CONSULTATIONS. AND WE 758 00:25:50,448 --> 00:25:53,885 HAVE SEEN THAT EVEN WHEN PEOPLE 759 00:25:53,885 --> 00:25:56,588 SIGN UP FOR A CLINIC OR 760 00:25:56,588 --> 00:25:59,624 PRESCREEN ARE GIVEN A SLOT, THEY 761 00:25:59,624 --> 00:26:01,293 TEND TO SOMETIMES NOT SHOW UP 762 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:03,528 BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF 763 00:26:03,528 --> 00:26:04,763 IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. SO 764 00:26:04,763 --> 00:26:07,265 IT'S DATA LIKE THIS THAT MAKES 765 00:26:07,265 --> 00:26:09,301 US BE FLEXIBLE AND CHANGE OUR 766 00:26:09,301 --> 00:26:11,803 TACTICS AND MAKE THESE SERVICES 767 00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:13,171 AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY AS WELL. 768 00:26:13,171 --> 00:26:15,140 THAT IS SOMETHING WE PRIDE 769 00:26:15,140 --> 00:26:16,608 OURSELVES AS BEING RESPONSIVE TO 770 00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:19,577 COMMUNITY, NEED AND BEING REALLY 771 00:26:19,577 --> 00:26:20,912 FLEXIBLE AND BEING ABLE TO 772 00:26:20,912 --> 00:26:25,050 PIVOT. SO NOT ONLY WE OFFERED A 773 00:26:25,050 --> 00:26:27,652 IN-PERSON CLINIC OPTION, WE ARE 774 00:26:27,652 --> 00:26:28,720 NOW OFFERING THROUGH THE SAME 775 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:30,889 CONTRACT WITH THE SAME 776 00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:31,489 ORGANIZATION, CONSULTATIONS, 777 00:26:31,489 --> 00:26:32,724 OPTIONS, SO PEOPLE CAN SEEK THE 778 00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:35,026 SAME INFORMATION AND SERVICE ONE 779 00:26:35,026 --> 00:26:37,228 ON ONE, MAYBE BY COMING TO 780 00:26:37,228 --> 00:26:39,064 APPOINTMENT TO AN ORGANIZATION 781 00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:41,766 OR SEEKING THOSE SERVICES 782 00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:42,701 VIRTUALLY. WE, THE COMMUNITY, 783 00:26:42,701 --> 00:26:44,736 FEAR AND ANXIETY IS SOMETHING WE 784 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:47,605 TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. MOST OF OUR 785 00:26:47,605 --> 00:26:48,239 STAFF ARE IMMIGRANTS THEMSELVES, 786 00:26:48,239 --> 00:26:50,976 SO WE'RE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT 787 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:53,111 AND UNDERSTAND AND REFLECT ON IT 788 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:55,547 AND OFFER MORE FLEXIBLE OPTIONS 789 00:26:55,547 --> 00:26:55,880 FOR SERVICES. 790 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:57,882 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 791 00:26:57,882 --> 00:26:59,684 UNPACKING THAT POINT, AND GOOD 792 00:26:59,684 --> 00:27:00,852 TO HEAR THAT WAS A VERY WILD 793 00:27:00,852 --> 00:27:03,021 NEWS STORY AND REALLY 794 00:27:03,021 --> 00:27:03,855 ILLUMINATING TO HEAR THAT WE 795 00:27:03,855 --> 00:27:04,956 HAVE HAD A ROLE IN TRYING TO 796 00:27:04,956 --> 00:27:06,191 ADDRESS THAT IN THE AFTERMATH, 797 00:27:06,191 --> 00:27:09,027 AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE MIS 798 00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:10,562 SERVED BY THOSE POOR LEGAL 799 00:27:10,562 --> 00:27:11,997 PRACTICES WITH THAT PARTICULAR 800 00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:15,133 LAW FIRM. AND MY LAST QUESTION 801 00:27:15,133 --> 00:27:17,268 FOR TODAY KIND OF SPEAKS TO THE 802 00:27:17,268 --> 00:27:19,971 MATTER OF WITH THE INVESTMENT 803 00:27:19,971 --> 00:27:21,306 AND WHERE WE ARE DOING THOSE 804 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:24,009 SMALL COMMUNITY GRANTS AND 805 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:25,110 ADDRESSING ESSENTIAL NEEDS. I 806 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:26,244 KNOW WHEN WE ORIGINALLY 807 00:27:26,244 --> 00:27:27,379 CONCEPTUALIZED AND MUCH OF HOW 808 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:28,246 WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WORK ON 809 00:27:28,246 --> 00:27:30,882 THIS BODY, ON THIS COUNCIL FOR 810 00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:32,450 SOME TIME HAS REALLY BEEN 811 00:27:32,450 --> 00:27:33,451 FOCUSING INVESTMENTS TOWARDS 812 00:27:33,451 --> 00:27:34,786 LEGAL DEFENSE OR TRYING TO 813 00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:37,956 BACKFILL SOME OF THE CORE 814 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:38,590 CITIZENSHIP SERVICES THAT WERE 815 00:27:38,590 --> 00:27:39,190 PREVIOUSLY FUNDED THROUGH 816 00:27:39,190 --> 00:27:39,991 FEDERAL GRANTS. BUT IT WAS 817 00:27:39,991 --> 00:27:42,293 THROUGH THIS PROCESS OF ENGAGING 818 00:27:42,293 --> 00:27:44,663 WITH MANY OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS 819 00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:46,431 THAT I KNOW THE BIG NEED THAT MY 820 00:27:46,431 --> 00:27:47,198 OFFICE HEARD, AND I BELIEVE YOU 821 00:27:47,198 --> 00:27:49,167 ALL HEARD, WAS JUST SUPPORT 822 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:51,836 AROUND ESSENTIAL NEEDS, BECAUSE 823 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:54,773 COMMUNITIES ARE PEOPLE AND WE 824 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:56,775 HAVE A REAL NEED TO BE 825 00:27:56,775 --> 00:27:58,009 SUPPORTING BASIC NEEDS FOR ALL 826 00:27:58,009 --> 00:28:01,212 OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHICH 827 00:28:01,212 --> 00:28:02,714 BEGS THE QUESTION, I KNOW WE 828 00:28:02,714 --> 00:28:04,315 HEARD A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR 829 00:28:04,315 --> 00:28:06,084 SUPPORT AROUND HOUSING SERVICES 830 00:28:06,084 --> 00:28:07,652 AND SUPPORT. OIRA DOES 831 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:08,887 INCREDIBLE WORK AND YOU ALL 832 00:28:08,887 --> 00:28:09,554 CAN'T DO IT ALONE. SO I'M 833 00:28:09,554 --> 00:28:10,889 WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO 834 00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:13,158 YOUR PARTNERSHIPS AND WORK WITH 835 00:28:13,158 --> 00:28:17,429 OTHER DEPARTMENTS OR OFFICES 836 00:28:17,429 --> 00:28:17,996 ACROSS THE CITY WHO WORK IN 837 00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:18,630 BASIC NEEDS AND HOUSING SUPPORT, 838 00:28:18,630 --> 00:28:20,165 AND HOW WE MIGHT BE LINKING 839 00:28:20,165 --> 00:28:21,166 THOSE STRATEGIES TOGETHER IN A 840 00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:23,101 SHARED MISSION TO SUPPORT OUR 841 00:28:23,101 --> 00:28:24,969 IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITY? 842 00:28:24,969 --> 00:28:25,203 -- YES. 843 00:28:25,203 --> 00:28:27,138 -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. 844 00:28:27,138 --> 00:28:28,573 AGAIN. DEFINITELY. WE ARE A VERY 845 00:28:28,573 --> 00:28:29,774 SMALL OFFICE. WE CAN'T DO IT 846 00:28:29,774 --> 00:28:30,842 ALONE, AS YOU MENTIONED. SO I 847 00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:32,243 APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING 848 00:28:32,243 --> 00:28:34,579 THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN 849 00:28:34,579 --> 00:28:35,213 COMMUNICATIONS WITH OFFICES SUCH 850 00:28:35,213 --> 00:28:36,614 AS HSD HUMAN SERVICES 851 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:37,982 DEPARTMENT, WHO HAS A MUCH 852 00:28:37,982 --> 00:28:40,518 LARGER INVESTMENTS INTO BOTH 853 00:28:40,518 --> 00:28:42,454 HOUSING, NAVIGATION AND FOOD 854 00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:46,491 NAVIGATION. AND PART OF OUR 855 00:28:46,491 --> 00:28:47,025 INVESTMENT INTO RESOURCE 856 00:28:47,025 --> 00:28:49,627 NAVIGATION IS JUST THAT, BECAUSE 857 00:28:49,627 --> 00:28:51,863 WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR MONEY 858 00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,731 ISN'T ENOUGH TO OFFER MEANINGFUL 859 00:28:53,731 --> 00:28:56,868 ACCESS TO HOUSING OR FOOD. BUT 860 00:28:56,868 --> 00:28:58,603 THESE RESOURCES EXIST ELSEWHERE, 861 00:28:58,603 --> 00:29:00,205 BOTH THROUGH STATE PROGRAMS AND 862 00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:02,373 LOCAL CITY PROGRAMS, AND 863 00:29:02,373 --> 00:29:02,874 THEREFORE OUR RESOURCE 864 00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:03,408 NAVIGATION, SUCH AS, FOR 865 00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:06,211 EXAMPLE, THE CONTRACT WITH WISIN 866 00:29:06,211 --> 00:29:09,080 ALLOWS DEDICATED STAFF TO WORK 867 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,582 WITH PEOPLE TO POINT THEM TO 868 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:13,585 WHERE THESE RESOURCES EXIST 869 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:14,152 ALREADY AND CONNECT THEM TO 870 00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:15,854 THOSE RESOURCES, BECAUSE IT CAN 871 00:29:15,854 --> 00:29:18,523 BE OVERWHELMING TO NAVIGATE 872 00:29:18,523 --> 00:29:20,325 THROUGH HUNDREDS, IF NOT 873 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:21,626 THOUSANDS OF RESOURCES AND 874 00:29:21,626 --> 00:29:23,194 FIGURE OUT IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, 875 00:29:23,194 --> 00:29:25,697 WHAT YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR. 876 00:29:25,697 --> 00:29:27,932 THEREFORE, WE ARE INVESTING INTO 877 00:29:27,932 --> 00:29:29,167 NAVIGATING WHAT ALREADY IS OUT 878 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:31,870 THERE. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT 879 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,371 ABOUT ACCESS TO BASIC NEED. OUR 880 00:29:33,371 --> 00:29:35,573 STRATEGY IN THAT AREA IS 881 00:29:35,573 --> 00:29:37,208 TWOFOLD. FIRST, WE'RE MEETING 882 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:38,910 THAT NEED THROUGH THE SMALL 883 00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:39,677 COMMUNITY GRANTS. AS I 884 00:29:39,677 --> 00:29:41,579 MENTIONED, THOSE SMALL COMMUNITY 885 00:29:41,579 --> 00:29:43,448 GRANTS, MONEY CAN BE UTILIZED 886 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,250 FOR THINGS SUCH AS FOOD 887 00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:50,622 DELIVERY, TOWING, HYGIENE ITEMS, 888 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,624 ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. BUT 889 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:53,658 THESE ARE SMALL GRANTS. AS I 890 00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:55,827 SAID, $10,000. BUT OUR 891 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:58,363 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SEATTLE 892 00:29:58,363 --> 00:30:00,398 FOUNDATION WILL ALLOW US TO 893 00:30:00,398 --> 00:30:01,833 SUPPLEMENT THAT NEED ON A LARGER 894 00:30:01,833 --> 00:30:05,737 SCALE. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE 895 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:07,071 PROJECT IS LAUNCHED AND THE 896 00:30:07,071 --> 00:30:08,840 TIMING OF IT IS GOING TO BE TIED 897 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,277 TO, AS I SAID, THE BIG BEAUTIFUL 898 00:30:12,277 --> 00:30:14,479 BILL IMPACTS GOING INTO EFFECT 899 00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:17,248 IN OCTOBER. SO LARGER 900 00:30:17,248 --> 00:30:17,882 ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS FOOD BANKS 901 00:30:17,882 --> 00:30:21,586 WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO ACCESS THAT 902 00:30:21,586 --> 00:30:22,153 FUNDING THROUGH THE SEATTLE 903 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:23,688 FOUNDATION. SO THAT'S THE SECOND 904 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:28,793 APPROACH. ONE OF THEM IS SMALLER 905 00:30:28,793 --> 00:30:29,260 COMMUNITY GRASSROOTS 906 00:30:29,260 --> 00:30:32,363 ORGANIZATIONS. AND SECOND PILLAR 907 00:30:32,363 --> 00:30:35,800 IS HAVING A LARGER, MORE 908 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:36,401 MAINSTREAM ORGANIZATIONS THAT 909 00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:37,602 EXPERIENCE HIGHER NEED ACCESS 910 00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:39,103 FUNDING AS WELL. 911 00:30:39,103 --> 00:30:41,072 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BILOBRAN, 912 00:30:41,072 --> 00:30:44,809 AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE 913 00:30:44,809 --> 00:30:45,410 APPROACH THAT OIRA IS TAKING. 914 00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:47,378 AND EVERYBODY NEEDS A ROOF OVER 915 00:30:47,378 --> 00:30:48,546 THEIR HEAD. EVERYBODY'S GOT TO 916 00:30:48,546 --> 00:30:49,314 EAT. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN 917 00:30:49,314 --> 00:30:50,982 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BUILDING 918 00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:51,683 THOSE CONNECTIONS SO WE CAN 919 00:30:51,683 --> 00:30:53,184 SERVE OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 920 00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:54,018 NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 921 00:30:54,018 --> 00:30:55,954 CHAIR. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. 922 00:30:55,954 --> 00:30:57,188 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 923 00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,389 RINCK. COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. YOU 924 00:30:58,389 --> 00:30:59,657 ARE RECOGNIZED. 925 00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:02,894 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR, AND THANK 926 00:31:02,894 --> 00:31:07,198 YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'VE 927 00:31:07,198 --> 00:31:08,733 GOT A FEW QUESTIONS. AND IF YOU 928 00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:10,535 KNOW, IF WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ON 929 00:31:10,535 --> 00:31:12,070 ON SOME OF THESE LATER, HAPPY TO 930 00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:15,840 DO SO. BUT FIRST QUESTION IS 931 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,676 JUST ON LOOKING AT THE 932 00:31:18,676 --> 00:31:20,511 PRESENTATION TALKS ABOUT, YOU 933 00:31:20,511 --> 00:31:23,248 KNOW, SIMILAR ENFORCEMENT 934 00:31:23,248 --> 00:31:24,849 ACTIVITIES HAPPENING THROUGHOUT 935 00:31:24,849 --> 00:31:26,217 THE COUNTY. JUST LOOKING AT THE 936 00:31:26,217 --> 00:31:27,885 NUMBERS, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE 937 00:31:27,885 --> 00:31:31,189 EVEN MORE SO THAN IN SEATTLE, IF 938 00:31:31,189 --> 00:31:32,891 I'M LOOKING AT THOSE NUMBERS 939 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:35,393 CORRECTLY. BUT JUST WONDERING 940 00:31:35,393 --> 00:31:35,994 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK MENTIONED 941 00:31:35,994 --> 00:31:38,596 VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAD THE 942 00:31:38,596 --> 00:31:41,065 RESOURCES WE DO, EVEN THOUGH 943 00:31:41,065 --> 00:31:41,766 THEY'RE NOT NEARLY ENOUGH THANKS 944 00:31:41,766 --> 00:31:45,303 TO VOTERS PASSING THE THE 945 00:31:45,303 --> 00:31:45,870 SEATTLE SHIELD INITIATIVE, 946 00:31:45,870 --> 00:31:47,438 WONDERING WHAT RESOURCES, TO THE 947 00:31:47,438 --> 00:31:51,075 EXTENT YOU'RE AWARE, ARE THERE 948 00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:53,411 AT THE COUNTY LEVEL OR SOME OF 949 00:31:53,411 --> 00:31:55,580 THE SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS? 950 00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,548 AND JUST WONDERING HOW MUCH 951 00:31:57,548 --> 00:32:00,551 THERE'S PARTNERSHIPS OR KIND OF 952 00:32:00,551 --> 00:32:03,488 A REGIONAL APPROACH TO HELPING 953 00:32:03,488 --> 00:32:05,590 OUR OUR IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORS 954 00:32:05,590 --> 00:32:07,492 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 955 00:32:07,492 --> 00:32:10,161 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, WE ARE 956 00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:13,398 WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH KING 957 00:32:13,398 --> 00:32:16,301 COUNTY, AND ONE OF THE 958 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:18,936 APPROACHES TO ADDRESSING THE 959 00:32:18,936 --> 00:32:21,806 SITUATION IS TO STREAMLINE 960 00:32:21,806 --> 00:32:23,141 RESOURCES AND SEE WHERE WE CAN 961 00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:24,742 COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER. I KNOW 962 00:32:24,742 --> 00:32:27,011 THAT KING COUNTY IDENTIFIED $2 963 00:32:27,011 --> 00:32:28,079 MILLION THAT IT RECENTLY 964 00:32:28,079 --> 00:32:29,380 ANNOUNCED, AND WE CAN SHARE THAT 965 00:32:29,380 --> 00:32:31,482 PRESS RELEASE WITH YOU AFTER THE 966 00:32:31,482 --> 00:32:34,552 MEETING ABOUT THE INVESTMENT 967 00:32:34,552 --> 00:32:38,289 STRATEGY GOING FORWARD. AND WE 968 00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:39,724 ARE INFORMING EACH OTHER AND 969 00:32:39,724 --> 00:32:41,626 TALKING BOTH ON THE STATE LEVEL 970 00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:43,761 AND THE COUNTY LEVEL, ABOUT 971 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:47,031 WORKING TO COUNTER THE NEGATIVE 972 00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:49,867 IMPACT OF FEDERAL POLICIES ON 973 00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:53,304 ACCESS TO BASIC NEEDS. I KNOW 974 00:32:53,304 --> 00:32:56,407 THAT KING COUNTY IS ALSO 975 00:32:56,407 --> 00:32:56,908 CONSIDERING JOINING THE 976 00:32:56,908 --> 00:33:00,011 INVESTMENT INTO THE SEATTLE 977 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:02,413 FOUNDATION AND THE PHILANTHROPY 978 00:33:02,413 --> 00:33:03,047 DOLLARS THAT SEATTLE FOUNDATION 979 00:33:03,047 --> 00:33:06,050 WAS ABLE TO BRING FORWARD. SO. 980 00:33:06,050 --> 00:33:07,485 BUT THE DETAILS OF THAT, I'M NOT 981 00:33:07,485 --> 00:33:09,087 ABLE TO SPEAK TO. 982 00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:11,389 -- OKAY 983 00:33:11,389 --> 00:33:13,057 -- AND THEN JUST AT THE STATE 984 00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:14,359 LEVEL, AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST LIST 985 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:17,662 OFF A FEW QUESTIONS AND ANYTHING 986 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:18,296 YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWERING. 987 00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:19,297 AND THEN ALSO, WE'RE HAPPY TO 988 00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:22,900 TAKE IT OFFLINE, BUT JUST YOU 989 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:24,669 MENTIONED THE GOVERNOR, YOU 990 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,270 KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THESE CUTS 991 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:30,708 TO HEALTH CARE WHAT IF, IF 992 00:33:30,708 --> 00:33:32,844 ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, OUR STATE 993 00:33:32,844 --> 00:33:34,479 LEGISLATURE, I MEAN, WE'LL LATER 994 00:33:34,479 --> 00:33:35,480 ON IN THE YEAR, WE'LL BE TALKING 995 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,482 ABOUT OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE 996 00:33:37,482 --> 00:33:38,883 PRIORITIES. BUT CAN YOU JUST 997 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:40,985 TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE HEARING 998 00:33:40,985 --> 00:33:42,620 IS HAPPENING AT THE STATE LEVEL 999 00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:44,188 OR ANY CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'RE 1000 00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:45,623 HEARING ABOUT IN TERMS OF 1001 00:33:45,623 --> 00:33:50,061 EITHER, YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR 1002 00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:51,662 IMMIGRATION, DEFENSE FUNDING FOR 1003 00:33:51,662 --> 00:33:54,365 FOR BASIC NEEDS, HEALTH CARE, 1004 00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:56,834 ADDRESSING SORT OF PRIVACY 1005 00:33:56,834 --> 00:33:58,736 PROTECTIONS. YOU KNOW, WE 1006 00:33:58,736 --> 00:34:00,872 CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT DESPITE 1007 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:02,874 OUR STATE LEVEL PROTECTIONS THAT 1008 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:05,209 THE FEDS ARE STILL GETTING 1009 00:34:05,209 --> 00:34:07,879 ACCESS TO LICENSING DATA. AND 1010 00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,013 THEN FINALLY, ANYTHING THAT YOU 1011 00:34:09,013 --> 00:34:12,550 MIGHT KNOW ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE 1012 00:34:12,550 --> 00:34:14,352 LACK OF HEALTH CARE THAT'S BEING 1013 00:34:14,352 --> 00:34:16,020 PROVIDED, THAT THE TACOMA 1014 00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:18,523 DETENTION FACILITY, I KNOW THAT 1015 00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:20,591 OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ARE 1016 00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:21,225 INVESTIGATING AND LOOKING INTO 1017 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:22,427 THAT, BUT JUST WONDERING IF 1018 00:34:22,427 --> 00:34:23,828 YOU'RE AWARE OF ANYTHING AT THE 1019 00:34:23,828 --> 00:34:25,963 STATE LEVEL THAT MIGHT BE 1020 00:34:25,963 --> 00:34:27,765 HAPPENING IN TERMS OF REGULATING 1021 00:34:27,765 --> 00:34:29,033 HEALTH CARE AT THE DETENTION 1022 00:34:29,033 --> 00:34:31,402 FACILITY? 1023 00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:34,372 -- THANK YOU. WELL, I WOULD SAY 1024 00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:35,873 THE SHORTLY IS I KNOW THAT OUR 1025 00:34:35,873 --> 00:34:40,044 STATE LEGISLATURE, LEGISLATORS 1026 00:34:40,044 --> 00:34:42,513 HAVE A REALLY TOUGH SET OF 1027 00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:43,047 CHALLENGES AHEAD OF THIS 1028 00:34:43,047 --> 00:34:44,182 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. IT'S GOING 1029 00:34:44,182 --> 00:34:50,021 TO BE A BUDGET YEAR, AND WE ARE 1030 00:34:50,021 --> 00:34:52,657 STARTING TO HEAR THAT THE STATE 1031 00:34:52,657 --> 00:34:55,860 OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 1032 00:34:55,860 --> 00:34:57,028 ASSISTANCE, OUR COUNTERPART ON 1033 00:34:57,028 --> 00:35:00,198 THE STATE OFFICE, MIGHT BE 1034 00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:00,731 EXPERIENCING SOME FUNDING 1035 00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:01,966 CHALLENGES THAT WOULD BE COMING 1036 00:35:01,966 --> 00:35:05,970 FROM FEDERAL CUTS, A PART OF THE 1037 00:35:05,970 --> 00:35:07,738 OFFICE ACTIVITY IS FUNDED 1038 00:35:07,738 --> 00:35:09,874 THROUGH THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF 1039 00:35:09,874 --> 00:35:11,609 REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT, OR RR, AND 1040 00:35:11,609 --> 00:35:12,643 IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT 1041 00:35:12,643 --> 00:35:14,612 FUNDING MIGHT BE CUT. SO I 1042 00:35:14,612 --> 00:35:16,647 CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT. WE CAN GET 1043 00:35:16,647 --> 00:35:19,584 BACK TO YOU IF WE HEAR MORE 1044 00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:22,520 INFORMATION, BUT THIS IS JUST 1045 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,789 STARTING TO BE A POINT OF 1046 00:35:24,789 --> 00:35:26,757 DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THOSE CUTS 1047 00:35:26,757 --> 00:35:28,559 WOULD IMPACT OUR SERVICE 1048 00:35:28,559 --> 00:35:30,995 PROVIDERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO 1049 00:35:30,995 --> 00:35:32,797 ARE WORKING IN THE AREA OF 1050 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:35,399 REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT. IN TERMS 1051 00:35:35,399 --> 00:35:36,501 OF, SORRY, WHAT WAS THE OTHER 1052 00:35:36,501 --> 00:35:38,302 QUESTION ABOUT TACOMA ACCESS? WE 1053 00:35:38,302 --> 00:35:40,505 KNOW THAT WE HAVE REALLY STRONG 1054 00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:43,141 PARTNERS IN THE OFFICE OF 1055 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:43,808 ATTORNEY GENERAL THAT'S LOOKING 1056 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,209 INTO THAT, AND THE GOVERNOR'S 1057 00:35:45,209 --> 00:35:47,311 OFFICE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 1058 00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:47,945 HEALTH. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT 1059 00:35:47,945 --> 00:35:51,282 THEY ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN IN 1060 00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:53,150 ORDER TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO 1061 00:35:53,150 --> 00:35:53,718 THE DETENTION FACILITY AND 1062 00:35:53,718 --> 00:35:55,152 PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES. SO WE 1063 00:35:55,152 --> 00:35:59,557 HAVE OUR FULL TRUST INTO THE 1064 00:35:59,557 --> 00:36:00,892 INQUIRIES AND THE STEPS THAT 1065 00:36:00,892 --> 00:36:02,660 THEY'RE TAKING TO IMPROVE 1066 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:06,764 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. BUT IT IS 1067 00:36:06,764 --> 00:36:08,399 CLEARLY NOT A GOOD SETUP FOR 1068 00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:10,434 ANYBODY TO BE DETAINED. AND THE 1069 00:36:10,434 --> 00:36:12,570 DETENTION CENTER IS USUALLY AT 1070 00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:15,106 CAPACITY. AND THE CONDITIONS 1071 00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:17,942 THERE ARE INHUMANE, AS ANY CIVIL 1072 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:22,480 DETENTION FACILITY EXPERIENCES. 1073 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,148 -- THANK YOU. 1074 00:36:24,148 --> 00:36:26,417 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1075 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:28,286 AND OBVIOUSLY, I WOULD ENCOURAGE 1076 00:36:28,286 --> 00:36:30,888 YOU ALSO TO REACH OUT TO OUR 1077 00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:33,024 FRIENDS AT THE OFFICE OF 1078 00:36:33,024 --> 00:36:33,624 INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, 1079 00:36:33,624 --> 00:36:35,092 BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERFACING WITH 1080 00:36:35,092 --> 00:36:37,428 OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND ALSO 1081 00:36:37,428 --> 00:36:39,397 THE GOVERNOR, AND THEY AND EVEN 1082 00:36:39,397 --> 00:36:42,066 THE COUNTY. SO I BET THEY CAN 1083 00:36:42,066 --> 00:36:43,534 HELP FIND OUT SOME OF THE 1084 00:36:43,534 --> 00:36:45,770 INFORMATION THAT YOU WERE ASKING 1085 00:36:45,770 --> 00:36:47,638 TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL 1086 00:36:47,638 --> 00:36:50,474 RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, IF THERE ARE 1087 00:36:50,474 --> 00:36:52,043 NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, THEN I'M 1088 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:55,780 GOING TO THANK INTERIM DIRECTOR 1089 00:36:55,780 --> 00:36:58,115 BILOBRAN AND AND MISS WILLIAM 1090 00:36:58,115 --> 00:37:00,117 WILSON FOR BEING HERE. AND WE 1091 00:37:00,117 --> 00:37:03,821 WILL FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THIS 1092 00:37:03,821 --> 00:37:07,191 OTHER THESE ITEMS AND THE END OF 1093 00:37:07,191 --> 00:37:09,727 THE YEAR DATA GATHERING AND 1094 00:37:09,727 --> 00:37:11,295 HEARING MORE ABOUT THE SEATTLE 1095 00:37:11,295 --> 00:37:12,697 FOUNDATION, HOW HOW MANY FUNDS 1096 00:37:12,697 --> 00:37:14,999 THEY WERE ABLE TO RAISE ON THE 1097 00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:16,801 PHILANTHROPIC SIDE, HOW MUCH IS 1098 00:37:16,801 --> 00:37:17,969 BEING ADDED TO ALL THE GREAT 1099 00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:19,270 WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING? AND 1100 00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:22,239 THEN THE SMALL COMMUNITY GRANTS 1101 00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:23,741 THOSE 28 ORGANIZATIONS, IF 1102 00:37:23,741 --> 00:37:26,077 YOU'LL SHARE WHO THEY ARE. SO 1103 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:27,945 WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH 1104 00:37:27,945 --> 00:37:29,614 CONSTITUENTS. THAT'S REALLY 1105 00:37:29,614 --> 00:37:30,014 HELPFUL AS WELL. 1106 00:37:30,014 --> 00:37:32,450 -- SO YES, WE CAN DEFINITELY 1107 00:37:32,450 --> 00:37:34,385 FOLLOW UP ABOUT THAT ALREADY. 1108 00:37:34,385 --> 00:37:34,952 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE 1109 00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:35,853 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU 1110 00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:38,623 TODAY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR 1111 00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:39,223 QUESTIONS AND FOREMOST ABOUT. 1112 00:37:39,223 --> 00:37:41,726 THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT YOU 1113 00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:43,694 PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF 1114 00:37:43,694 --> 00:37:44,262 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE 1115 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:47,698 COMMUNITIES. IT IS NOTED IT IS 1116 00:37:47,698 --> 00:37:49,400 FELT. IT IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY 1117 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:50,801 APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. 1118 00:37:50,801 --> 00:37:52,370 -- THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. ALL 1119 00:37:52,370 --> 00:37:54,405 RIGHT. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE 1120 00:37:54,405 --> 00:37:56,607 READ ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD. 1121 00:37:56,607 --> 00:37:58,743 -- AGENDA ITEM TWO SEATTLE 1122 00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:02,546 PUBLIC LIBRARY LEVY UPDATE AND 1123 00:38:02,546 --> 00:38:05,049 SEATTLE READS 2026 FOR BRIEFING 1124 00:38:05,049 --> 00:38:05,416 AND DISCUSSION. 1125 00:38:05,416 --> 00:38:06,684 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. ALL RIGHT, 1126 00:38:06,684 --> 00:38:09,854 COLLEAGUES, WE'RE NOW JOINED BY 1127 00:38:09,854 --> 00:38:12,456 CHIEF LIBRARIAN LIBRARIAN TOM 1128 00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:13,658 FAY AND HIS TEAM TO GIVE US AN 1129 00:38:13,658 --> 00:38:16,761 UPDATE ON THE LIBRARY LEVY. THE 1130 00:38:16,761 --> 00:38:18,195 LEVY PASSED, AS YOU ALL KNOW, 1131 00:38:18,195 --> 00:38:19,730 WITH VIGOROUS SUPPORT IN AUGUST. 1132 00:38:19,730 --> 00:38:22,767 AND NOW WE WILL GET TO HEAR NEXT 1133 00:38:22,767 --> 00:38:24,235 STEPS AS SPL PLANS FOR THE 1134 00:38:24,235 --> 00:38:26,537 INVESTMENTS FUNDED BY THAT LEVY. 1135 00:38:26,537 --> 00:38:28,172 STESHA BARNES IS HERE ALSO TO 1136 00:38:28,172 --> 00:38:30,541 TELL US ABOUT THE BOOK CHOSEN 1137 00:38:30,541 --> 00:38:31,542 FOR SEATTLE READS COLLEAGUES. 1138 00:38:31,542 --> 00:38:34,812 YOU EACH HAVE ONE AT YOUR DESK. 1139 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:37,882 AND JUST SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT, 1140 00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:40,351 WHO MAY BE WATCHING. I'M. THIS 1141 00:38:40,351 --> 00:38:42,586 IS THE BOOK TRUE BIZ BY SARA 1142 00:38:42,586 --> 00:38:46,324 NOVICK. VERY EXCITING. I ALWAYS 1143 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:49,293 LOVE OUR SEATTLE READS PICK FROM 1144 00:38:49,293 --> 00:38:51,028 OUR LIBRARY FRIENDS. ALL RIGHT. 1145 00:38:51,028 --> 00:38:53,464 AND AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, SEATTLE 1146 00:38:53,464 --> 00:38:55,733 READS IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT 1147 00:38:55,733 --> 00:38:58,269 LITERALLY GETS US ALL ON THE 1148 00:38:58,269 --> 00:39:01,272 SAME PAGE. THANK YOU, WENDY, FOR 1149 00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:03,074 THE PUN. AND IT'S BEEN USED AS A 1150 00:39:03,074 --> 00:39:05,142 MODEL FOR SIMILAR PROGRAMS 1151 00:39:05,142 --> 00:39:06,510 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. IT REALLY IS 1152 00:39:06,510 --> 00:39:08,045 AMAZING. AND I LOOK FORWARD 1153 00:39:08,045 --> 00:39:09,747 EVERY YEAR TO THE TIME OF YEAR 1154 00:39:09,747 --> 00:39:11,816 WHEN WE GET TO KNOW WHAT THE 1155 00:39:11,816 --> 00:39:13,651 SEATTLE READS BOOK IS. SO IT'S 1156 00:39:13,651 --> 00:39:15,553 REALLY AMAZING. AND I LOVE HOW 1157 00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:17,788 OVER THE YEARS, THE DIVERSITY OF 1158 00:39:17,788 --> 00:39:19,623 READS AND AUTHORS THAT THE 1159 00:39:19,623 --> 00:39:21,792 LIBRARY HAS BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL 1160 00:39:21,792 --> 00:39:24,829 AND INTENTIONAL IN SELECTING. SO 1161 00:39:24,829 --> 00:39:26,997 I REALLY WANT TO APPRECIATE YOU 1162 00:39:26,997 --> 00:39:28,799 ALL FOR THE SEATTLE READS 1163 00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:30,301 PROGRAM AND FOR THE WORK THAT 1164 00:39:30,301 --> 00:39:32,236 YOU DO THERE. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, 1165 00:39:32,236 --> 00:39:34,772 WILL YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME 1166 00:39:34,772 --> 00:39:36,340 FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR TEAM, 1167 00:39:36,340 --> 00:39:38,109 AND THEN YOU CAN GET TO YOUR 1168 00:39:38,109 --> 00:39:39,210 PRESENTATION? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1169 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,112 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR RIVERA. MY 1170 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,614 NAME IS TOM FAY. I'M THE CHIEF 1171 00:39:43,614 --> 00:39:46,350 LIBRARIAN FOR THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 1172 00:39:46,350 --> 00:39:46,617 LIBRARY. 1173 00:39:46,617 --> 00:39:47,551 -- KIERSTEN NELSON GOVERNMENT 1174 00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:49,720 RELATIONS FOR THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 1175 00:39:49,720 --> 00:39:49,987 LIBRARY. 1176 00:39:49,987 --> 00:39:51,455 -- STESHA BRANDON. THE 1177 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:51,989 LITERATURE AND HUMANITIES 1178 00:39:51,989 --> 00:39:53,424 PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE SEATTLE 1179 00:39:53,424 --> 00:39:57,928 PUBLIC LIBRARY 1180 00:39:57,928 --> 00:39:58,229 -- WELCOME. 1181 00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:01,132 -- WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1182 00:40:01,132 --> 00:40:04,135 THAT WARM WELCOME. AND I AM 1183 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:05,636 DELIGHTED TO BE A STEWARD OF THE 1184 00:40:05,636 --> 00:40:08,272 SEATTLE READS PROGRAM AS PART OF 1185 00:40:08,272 --> 00:40:08,906 THE BOOK AND AUTHOR PROGRAMING 1186 00:40:08,906 --> 00:40:11,375 THAT I DO AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 1187 00:40:11,375 --> 00:40:12,610 LIBRARY. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU 1188 00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:14,945 WHO MIGHT BE NEW TO THE PROGRAM, 1189 00:40:14,945 --> 00:40:16,781 IT'S A CITY WIDE BOOK GROUP 1190 00:40:16,781 --> 00:40:18,449 THAT BUILDS COMMUNITY THROUGH 1191 00:40:18,449 --> 00:40:19,850 THE SHARED EXPERIENCE OF READING 1192 00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:21,519 THE SAME BOOK. IT WAS CREATED 1193 00:40:21,519 --> 00:40:24,955 BACK IN 1998 AND IS CONSIDERED 1194 00:40:24,955 --> 00:40:26,524 ONE OF THE ORIGINAL. IT IS THE 1195 00:40:26,524 --> 00:40:27,892 ORIGINAL ONE BOOK, ONE CITY 1196 00:40:27,892 --> 00:40:29,827 PROGRAM, AND THERE ARE NOW MORE 1197 00:40:29,827 --> 00:40:32,496 THAN 400 VERSIONS OF THIS ONE 1198 00:40:32,496 --> 00:40:35,466 CITY, ONE BOOK PROGRAM ACROSS 1199 00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:37,902 THE NATION AND ALSO GLOBALLY. 1200 00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:39,136 AND SEATTLE READS IS ONE OF THE 1201 00:40:39,136 --> 00:40:40,871 KEY REASONS THAT SEATTLE WAS 1202 00:40:40,871 --> 00:40:42,873 DESIGNATED A UNESCO CITY OF 1203 00:40:42,873 --> 00:40:45,443 LITERATURE BACK IN 2017, AND AS 1204 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:47,111 WE HEARD, THIS YEAR'S SELECTION 1205 00:40:47,111 --> 00:40:50,481 IS TRUE BIZ BY SARA NOVIC. TRUE 1206 00:40:50,481 --> 00:40:51,615 BIZ IS NOVIK'S SECOND NOVEL, 1207 00:40:51,615 --> 00:40:54,418 AND IT PROVIDES A GLIMPSE INTO A 1208 00:40:54,418 --> 00:40:56,153 SEISMIC YEAR AT THE RIVER VALLEY 1209 00:40:56,153 --> 00:40:58,923 SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. THE STORY 1210 00:40:58,923 --> 00:41:00,691 IS TOLD BY CHARLIE, A REBELLIOUS 1211 00:41:00,691 --> 00:41:02,059 TRANSFER STUDENT WHO'S NEVER 1212 00:41:02,059 --> 00:41:04,161 MET ANOTHER DEAF PERSON BEFORE. 1213 00:41:04,161 --> 00:41:05,996 AUSTIN, THE SCHOOL'S GOLDEN 1214 00:41:05,996 --> 00:41:06,664 BOY, AND FEBRUARY, THE 1215 00:41:06,664 --> 00:41:08,465 HEADMISTRESS WHO'S FIGHTING TO 1216 00:41:08,465 --> 00:41:10,201 KEEP HER SCHOOL OPEN. I'M 1217 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:11,268 EXCITED FOR YOU ALL TO READ THE 1218 00:41:11,268 --> 00:41:12,837 BOOK. IT WELCOMES READERS TO 1219 00:41:12,837 --> 00:41:14,772 LEARN ABOUT DEAF CULTURE AND THE 1220 00:41:14,772 --> 00:41:15,639 LAYOUT AND DESIGN OF THE BOOK. 1221 00:41:15,639 --> 00:41:18,576 DOES A GREAT JOB TRYING TO 1222 00:41:18,576 --> 00:41:19,176 TRANSLATE A THREE DIMENSIONAL 1223 00:41:19,176 --> 00:41:22,613 LANGUAGE INTO WORDS ON A PAGE. 1224 00:41:22,613 --> 00:41:23,681 NOVIC ALSO RECENTLY AUTHORED A 1225 00:41:23,681 --> 00:41:24,949 MEMOIR, MOTHER TONGUE, WHICH WE 1226 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:27,318 ARE ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THROUGHOUT 1227 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:30,120 THE PROGRAM. THE THEMES THIS 1228 00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:31,889 YEAR INCLUDE BODILY AUTONOMY, 1229 00:41:31,889 --> 00:41:34,091 DEAF CULTURE, TECHNOLOGY, AND 1230 00:41:34,091 --> 00:41:37,695 ITS IMPACT ON DEAF COMMUNITY AND 1231 00:41:37,695 --> 00:41:40,364 SARAH IS THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW 1232 00:41:40,364 --> 00:41:42,032 YORK TIMES BEST SELLER, TRUE BIZ 1233 00:41:42,032 --> 00:41:44,368 GIRL AT WAR, WHICH WAS HER FIRST 1234 00:41:44,368 --> 00:41:45,870 NOVEL, AND IT WON AN AMERICAN 1235 00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:47,972 LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S ALEX 1236 00:41:47,972 --> 00:41:49,874 AWARD. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, 1237 00:41:49,874 --> 00:41:51,642 HER LATEST BOOK IS MOTHER TONGUE 1238 00:41:51,642 --> 00:41:53,477 A MEMOIR. SHE'S ALSO AN 1239 00:41:53,477 --> 00:41:54,712 ACTIVIST AND AN INSTRUCTOR OF 1240 00:41:54,712 --> 00:41:55,246 DEAF STUDIES AND CREATIVE 1241 00:41:55,246 --> 00:41:56,413 WRITING, AND LIVES IN 1242 00:41:56,413 --> 00:41:59,884 PENNSYLVANIA. WE SELECTED TRUE 1243 00:41:59,884 --> 00:42:01,318 BIZ BECAUSE IT WAS RECOMMENDED 1244 00:42:01,318 --> 00:42:03,487 BY SEVERAL ADULT SERVICES 1245 00:42:03,487 --> 00:42:04,989 LIBRARIANS. BECAUSE OF THE GREAT 1246 00:42:04,989 --> 00:42:05,456 CHARACTERIZATION, THE 1247 00:42:05,456 --> 00:42:06,991 INTERESTING STORY, AND THE 1248 00:42:06,991 --> 00:42:08,125 ORGANIC WAY THAT DEAF HISTORY 1249 00:42:08,125 --> 00:42:11,295 AND CULTURE IS INTEGRATED INTO 1250 00:42:11,295 --> 00:42:12,029 THE STORY. AND THIS IS THE FIRST 1251 00:42:12,029 --> 00:42:13,998 TIME THAT SEATTLE READS HAS 1252 00:42:13,998 --> 00:42:15,900 FEATURED A DEAF AUTHOR. WE'RE 1253 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:16,767 DELIGHTED THIS YEAR TO BE 1254 00:42:16,767 --> 00:42:19,570 WORKING WITH DEAF SPOTLIGHT AND 1255 00:42:19,570 --> 00:42:21,305 DEAF LITFEST AS OUR COMMUNITY 1256 00:42:21,305 --> 00:42:22,773 LIAISONS. THEY HAVE WORKED TO 1257 00:42:22,773 --> 00:42:24,708 HELP US SHAPE THIS YEAR'S 1258 00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:26,744 PROGRAMING AND HAVE ADVISED US 1259 00:42:26,744 --> 00:42:28,379 ON SELECTING INTERVIEWS FOR THE 1260 00:42:28,379 --> 00:42:31,015 EVENTS AND ALSO HELPED US LEARN 1261 00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:32,316 ABOUT DEAF CULTURE AND WHAT WE 1262 00:42:32,316 --> 00:42:36,086 CAN, HOW WE CAN MAKE THE EVENTS 1263 00:42:36,086 --> 00:42:36,754 MORE INCLUSIVE. AND WE ARE ALSO 1264 00:42:36,754 --> 00:42:38,322 WORKING WITH THE FOLKS AT THE 1265 00:42:38,322 --> 00:42:40,190 HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATION OF 1266 00:42:40,190 --> 00:42:43,027 AMERICA IN WASHINGTON STATE 1267 00:42:43,027 --> 00:42:43,894 ASSOCIATION AND THE HEARING, 1268 00:42:43,894 --> 00:42:46,363 SPEECH AND DEAF CENTER. THEY ARE 1269 00:42:46,363 --> 00:42:47,331 BOTH PROGRAM PARTNERS AND WILL 1270 00:42:47,331 --> 00:42:49,967 BE AT THE PROGRAMING THAT WE'RE 1271 00:42:49,967 --> 00:42:51,302 HOSTING. WE AT THE LIBRARY HAVE 1272 00:42:51,302 --> 00:42:53,404 A NUMBER OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL 1273 00:42:53,404 --> 00:42:55,172 COPIES OF THE BOOK ALREADY IN 1274 00:42:55,172 --> 00:42:57,341 OUR COLLECTIONS, AND WE HAVE 1275 00:42:57,341 --> 00:43:00,110 MORE COMING IN EVERY DAY. OUR 1276 00:43:00,110 --> 00:43:00,711 COLLECTIONS TEAM HAS ENSURED 1277 00:43:00,711 --> 00:43:02,980 THAT WE HAVE UNLIMITED COPIES OF 1278 00:43:02,980 --> 00:43:04,415 THE BOOK AVAILABLE, AND THOSE 1279 00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:07,351 ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR ALWAYS 1280 00:43:07,351 --> 00:43:07,952 AVAILABLE COLLECTION THROUGH 1281 00:43:07,952 --> 00:43:09,420 OCTOBER 1st. AND THEN WE ALSO 1282 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:11,655 HAVE WHAT WE CALL UNCATALOGED 1283 00:43:11,655 --> 00:43:13,324 COPIES, WHICH ARE COPIES FOR 1284 00:43:13,324 --> 00:43:14,725 WHICH YOU DON'T NEED A LIBRARY 1285 00:43:14,725 --> 00:43:18,095 CARD TO, TO TAKE. AND THOSE 1286 00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:19,163 COPIES AND DISCUSSION GUIDES ARE 1287 00:43:19,163 --> 00:43:20,698 AVAILABLE AT ALL OF OUR BRANCHES 1288 00:43:20,698 --> 00:43:22,833 AND ALSO AT SOME OF OUR 1289 00:43:22,833 --> 00:43:24,735 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. WE ALSO HAVE 1290 00:43:24,735 --> 00:43:26,537 COPIES OF TROUBIES AND MOTHER 1291 00:43:26,537 --> 00:43:27,805 TONGUE AVAILABLE AS PEAK PICKS 1292 00:43:27,805 --> 00:43:31,041 THROUGH THE LIBRARY. WE'RE 1293 00:43:31,041 --> 00:43:31,642 REALLY EXCITED THAT SARAH IS 1294 00:43:31,642 --> 00:43:32,543 GOING TO BE VISITING SEATTLE. 1295 00:43:32,543 --> 00:43:34,078 SHE'LL BE IN SEATTLE AT THE END 1296 00:43:34,078 --> 00:43:36,780 OF SEPTEMBER. SHE'LL BE DOING 1297 00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:38,282 FOUR PROGRAMS DESIGNED FOR ALL 1298 00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:40,184 AUDIENCES ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1299 00:43:40,184 --> 00:43:42,953 25th AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1300 00:43:42,953 --> 00:43:44,989 26th. THESE EVENTS WILL BE 1301 00:43:44,989 --> 00:43:47,691 HOSTED AT CENTRAL LIBRARY 1302 00:43:47,691 --> 00:43:49,493 BALLARD LIBRARY, HUGO HOUSE AND 1303 00:43:49,493 --> 00:43:52,730 THE SOUTHEAST SEATTLE SENIOR 1304 00:43:52,730 --> 00:43:53,697 CENTER IN DISTRICT TWO AND 1305 00:43:53,697 --> 00:43:55,666 CENTRAL WILL ALSO HOST A PROGRAM 1306 00:43:55,666 --> 00:43:57,167 THAT WAS DESIGNED BY AND FOR 1307 00:43:57,167 --> 00:44:00,237 DEAF COMMUNITY ON SUNDAY, 1308 00:44:00,237 --> 00:44:01,772 SEPTEMBER 27th, AND ALL PROGRAMS 1309 00:44:01,772 --> 00:44:03,741 WILL HAVE ASL INTERPRETATION, 1310 00:44:03,741 --> 00:44:05,509 CART, LIVE CAPTIONING. AND THEN. 1311 00:44:05,509 --> 00:44:07,478 OF COURSE, PATRONS CAN ALWAYS 1312 00:44:07,478 --> 00:44:09,013 READ, REQUEST ADDITIONAL 1313 00:44:09,013 --> 00:44:10,648 ACCOMMODATIONS AS NEEDED THROUGH 1314 00:44:10,648 --> 00:44:12,816 OUR LIBRARY EQUAL ACCESS 1315 00:44:12,816 --> 00:44:14,385 PROGRAM. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO 1316 00:44:14,385 --> 00:44:16,420 THE SUPPORTERS THAT MAKE SEATTLE 1317 00:44:16,420 --> 00:44:18,355 READS POSSIBLE. THE DONORS TO 1318 00:44:18,355 --> 00:44:20,124 THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1319 00:44:20,124 --> 00:44:21,859 FOUNDATION, THE WALLACE 1320 00:44:21,859 --> 00:44:23,293 FOUNDATION, AND OUR MEDIA 1321 00:44:23,293 --> 00:44:25,529 PARTNERS AT SEATTLE TIMES, AND 1322 00:44:25,529 --> 00:44:27,364 ALSO OUR FRIENDS AT FORK CULTURE 1323 00:44:27,364 --> 00:44:28,298 ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THE WORK 1324 00:44:28,298 --> 00:44:30,134 THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO WE'RE 1325 00:44:30,134 --> 00:44:31,435 REALLY EXCITED TO HOST SARAH. 1326 00:44:31,435 --> 00:44:32,469 SHE'S A FANTASTIC AUTHOR, AND 1327 00:44:32,469 --> 00:44:33,670 WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING 1328 00:44:33,670 --> 00:44:35,005 BOTH OF HER BOOKS THIS 1329 00:44:35,005 --> 00:44:35,672 SEPTEMBER. AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU 1330 00:44:35,672 --> 00:44:41,545 AT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS. 1331 00:44:41,545 --> 00:44:41,879 -- ALL RIGHT. 1332 00:44:41,879 --> 00:44:45,983 -- THANK YOU. 1333 00:44:45,983 --> 00:44:50,554 -- THANK YOU, CHIEF. ANY 1334 00:44:50,554 --> 00:44:51,155 QUESTIONS COLLEAGUES? I HEARD 1335 00:44:51,155 --> 00:44:53,190 YOU COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER SAY YOU 1336 00:44:53,190 --> 00:44:56,160 READ THE BOOK ALREADY. 1337 00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,195 -- YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY SO. 1338 00:44:58,195 --> 00:45:01,031 -- OUR PEOPLE UP HERE THIS 1339 00:45:01,031 --> 00:45:01,298 MORNING. 1340 00:45:01,298 --> 00:45:01,932 -- I WAS GOING TO. I WAS JUST 1341 00:45:01,932 --> 00:45:02,566 GETTING READY TO SAY THANK YOU 1342 00:45:02,566 --> 00:45:05,769 SO MUCH, CHAIR. I JUST FINISHED 1343 00:45:05,769 --> 00:45:07,571 READING THIS OVER THE WEEKEND, 1344 00:45:07,571 --> 00:45:09,139 AND I DON'T EXPECT YOU ALL TO 1345 00:45:09,139 --> 00:45:10,207 REMEMBER THIS, BUT WHEN I SAY 1346 00:45:10,207 --> 00:45:13,010 READING, I MEAN LISTENING TO AN 1347 00:45:13,010 --> 00:45:14,445 AUDIOBOOK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS 1348 00:45:14,445 --> 00:45:15,979 THAT WAS PARTICULARLY COOL ABOUT 1349 00:45:15,979 --> 00:45:17,748 THE WAY THEY DID THE AUDIOBOOK 1350 00:45:17,748 --> 00:45:20,117 IS THAT THEY INCLUDED THE SOUNDS 1351 00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:21,719 WHEN PEOPLE WERE SIGNING OF 1352 00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,687 THAT, THAT THE SIGNING MAKES. SO 1353 00:45:23,687 --> 00:45:26,356 TO SORT OF GIVE YOU THAT 1354 00:45:26,356 --> 00:45:27,491 EXPERIENCE, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS 1355 00:45:27,491 --> 00:45:30,594 JUST A REALLY FANTASTIC EXAMPLE 1356 00:45:30,594 --> 00:45:32,329 OF HOW THIS BOOK SEEKS TO BRING 1357 00:45:32,329 --> 00:45:34,465 READERS IN AND HIGHLIGHT DEAF 1358 00:45:34,465 --> 00:45:35,632 CULTURE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU 1359 00:45:35,632 --> 00:45:36,567 ALL FOR PICKING THIS, BECAUSE I 1360 00:45:36,567 --> 00:45:37,434 WAS ACTUALLY JUST REMARKING TO 1361 00:45:37,434 --> 00:45:39,503 MY COLLEAGUES, I SAID, OH, I 1362 00:45:39,503 --> 00:45:40,904 JUST FINISHED READING THIS AND 1363 00:45:40,904 --> 00:45:42,439 THIS WAS THE FIRST BOOK THAT I 1364 00:45:42,439 --> 00:45:44,675 HAVE READ THAT IS FOCUSED ON 1365 00:45:44,675 --> 00:45:46,577 DEAF CULTURE AND DEAF IDENTITY. 1366 00:45:46,577 --> 00:45:49,279 SO IT WAS JUST A REALLY 1367 00:45:49,279 --> 00:45:50,681 FANTASTIC READ AND A GREAT 1368 00:45:50,681 --> 00:45:53,417 EXPERIENCE FOR ME. SO GREAT PICK 1369 00:45:53,417 --> 00:45:54,051 AND I RECOMMEND YOU GUYS READ 1370 00:45:54,051 --> 00:45:56,620 IT. IT WAS FANTASTIC. 1371 00:45:56,620 --> 00:45:58,388 -- GREAT. THANK YOU. 1372 00:45:58,388 --> 00:46:00,090 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. ANYONE 1373 00:46:00,090 --> 00:46:01,225 ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1374 00:46:01,225 --> 00:46:01,859 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANT 1375 00:46:01,859 --> 00:46:03,560 TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1376 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:04,495 THANK YOU FOR GETTING US SOME 1377 00:46:04,495 --> 00:46:06,430 COPIES OF THIS. I'M REALLY 1378 00:46:06,430 --> 00:46:09,066 EXCITED TO DIG INTO THIS. I HAVE 1379 00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:10,667 A PASSION PROJECT ON THE SIDE OF 1380 00:46:10,667 --> 00:46:11,535 LEARNING SIGN LANGUAGE. AND SO I 1381 00:46:11,535 --> 00:46:13,504 THINK THIS IS THE THE BIG 1382 00:46:13,504 --> 00:46:15,506 IMPETUS TO REALLY JUMP IN AND 1383 00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:16,807 KEEP LEARNING. SO THANK YOU SO 1384 00:46:16,807 --> 00:46:18,208 MUCH FOR BRINGING SOME COPIES. 1385 00:46:18,208 --> 00:46:19,176 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND HOPING 1386 00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:21,245 TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND SOME OF THE 1387 00:46:21,245 --> 00:46:22,412 EVENTS LATER THIS MONTH. TO HEAR 1388 00:46:22,412 --> 00:46:23,347 FROM THE AUTHOR. 1389 00:46:23,347 --> 00:46:25,649 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1390 00:46:25,649 --> 00:46:25,916 -- GREAT. 1391 00:46:25,916 --> 00:46:27,117 -- A GREAT FEATURE OF SEATTLE 1392 00:46:27,117 --> 00:46:29,052 READS ALSO IS THAT USUALLY YOU 1393 00:46:29,052 --> 00:46:31,688 ALL DO BRING THE AUTHOR TO 1394 00:46:31,688 --> 00:46:33,123 SEATTLE AND FOLKS GET TO MEET 1395 00:46:33,123 --> 00:46:34,558 THE AUTHOR. AND THAT MAKES IT 1396 00:46:34,558 --> 00:46:36,894 EVEN MORE ACCESSIBLE. AND IT'S 1397 00:46:36,894 --> 00:46:38,762 REALLY A TREAT. YOU KNOW, AS YOU 1398 00:46:38,762 --> 00:46:42,099 ALL KNOW, COLLEAGUES SEATTLEITES 1399 00:46:42,099 --> 00:46:44,501 LOVE OUR LIBRARIES. AND SO THIS 1400 00:46:44,501 --> 00:46:46,870 IS REALLY HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF 1401 00:46:46,870 --> 00:46:47,437 THE AMAZING PROGRAMS THAT I 1402 00:46:47,437 --> 00:46:48,672 APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT IT 1403 00:46:48,672 --> 00:46:50,574 STARTED IN SEATTLE, THE SEATTLE 1404 00:46:50,574 --> 00:46:53,443 READS PROGRAM, AND NOW THERE ARE 1405 00:46:53,443 --> 00:46:56,446 400 ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT'S 1406 00:46:56,446 --> 00:46:56,980 REALLY AMAZING AND REALLY 1407 00:46:56,980 --> 00:46:58,882 SPECIAL. SO THANK YOU. THANK 1408 00:46:58,882 --> 00:47:01,051 YOU, COLLEAGUES. AND THEN CHIEF 1409 00:47:01,051 --> 00:47:03,520 FAY, YOU WANT TO GET TO THE 1410 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:05,422 UPDATE ON THE LIBRARY'S LEVY 1411 00:47:05,422 --> 00:47:06,557 AND I SHOULD SAY, COLLEAGUES, 1412 00:47:06,557 --> 00:47:10,093 TWO OF OUR PRESENTATIONS TODAY 1413 00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:12,462 ARE ABOUT LEVY'S BOTH THE 1414 00:47:12,462 --> 00:47:14,665 LIBRARY LEVY. AND THEN YOU WILL 1415 00:47:14,665 --> 00:47:17,334 HEAR LATER FROM DIRECTOR DWANE 1416 00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:19,369 CHAPPELLE ABOUT THE LEVY 1417 00:47:19,369 --> 00:47:21,104 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. BUT, YOU 1418 00:47:21,104 --> 00:47:22,539 KNOW, ONE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 1419 00:47:22,539 --> 00:47:24,408 VOTERS FOR THEIR GENEROUS, 1420 00:47:24,408 --> 00:47:27,144 GENEROUS SUPPORT, BOTH FOR 1421 00:47:27,144 --> 00:47:29,479 LIBRARIES AND FOR THE EDUCATION 1422 00:47:29,479 --> 00:47:33,250 LEVY. AS WE YOU KNOW, IT IS 1423 00:47:33,250 --> 00:47:34,785 REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT IS A 1424 00:47:34,785 --> 00:47:38,121 REALLY GENEROUS THING THAT 1425 00:47:38,121 --> 00:47:39,823 VOTERS SEE THE SAME IMPORTANCE 1426 00:47:39,823 --> 00:47:42,826 THAT WE PLACE ON LIBRARIES AS AN 1427 00:47:42,826 --> 00:47:46,163 EDUCATION. WE ALL SHARE THAT 1428 00:47:46,163 --> 00:47:49,099 PASSION TOGETHER, VOTERS AND, 1429 00:47:49,099 --> 00:47:51,335 AND WE ALL COUNCIL AND OBVIOUSLY 1430 00:47:51,335 --> 00:47:54,671 THE MAYOR AS WELL. SO ANYWAY, 1431 00:47:54,671 --> 00:47:57,307 WE'LL GO TO THE LIBRARY'S LEVY 1432 00:47:57,307 --> 00:47:57,541 UPDATE. 1433 00:47:57,541 --> 00:47:59,610 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL CHAIR 1434 00:47:59,610 --> 00:48:02,479 RIVERA AND COUNCILMEMBERS, A BIG 1435 00:48:02,479 --> 00:48:05,816 THANKS TO ALL OF YOU ON THIS 1436 00:48:05,816 --> 00:48:06,350 COMMITTEE FOR MOVING THE 1437 00:48:06,350 --> 00:48:08,485 MAYOR'S PROPOSAL OUT. AND 1438 00:48:08,485 --> 00:48:10,387 OBVIOUSLY, WORKING THROUGH 1439 00:48:10,387 --> 00:48:11,622 SEVERAL SESSIONS WITH A LOT OF 1440 00:48:11,622 --> 00:48:13,824 INFORMATION AND A LOT OF DATA 1441 00:48:13,824 --> 00:48:16,260 THROWN AT YOU FROM THE PREVIOUS 1442 00:48:16,260 --> 00:48:18,896 LEVY AND WHAT WE WERE LOOKING TO 1443 00:48:18,896 --> 00:48:21,798 ACCOMPLISH WITH THE 2026 LEVY. 1444 00:48:21,798 --> 00:48:23,267 IT WAS A LOT OF WORK, BUT A LOT 1445 00:48:23,267 --> 00:48:25,202 OF TRANSPARENCY THAT I THINK 1446 00:48:25,202 --> 00:48:27,871 REALLY HELPED THE PUBLIC 1447 00:48:27,871 --> 00:48:28,905 UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAST LEVY 1448 00:48:28,905 --> 00:48:32,876 DID AND WHAT THIS LEVY WILL DO 1449 00:48:32,876 --> 00:48:34,611 FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. IT IS 1450 00:48:34,611 --> 00:48:36,213 A LITTLE EARLY IN THIS PROCESS, 1451 00:48:36,213 --> 00:48:38,382 BUT I WILL REMIND FOLKS WHAT 1452 00:48:38,382 --> 00:48:41,285 THIS LEVY IS SUPPORTING AND 1453 00:48:41,285 --> 00:48:42,753 IT'S BOOKS FOR A CITY OF 1454 00:48:42,753 --> 00:48:45,289 READERS AND AND REALLY A CITY OF 1455 00:48:45,289 --> 00:48:46,857 LITERATURE. WE ARE ONE OF ONLY 1456 00:48:46,857 --> 00:48:49,026 TWO IN THE UNITED STATES OF THE 1457 00:48:49,026 --> 00:48:52,929 UNESCO CITY OF LITERATURE. ALSO, 1458 00:48:52,929 --> 00:48:53,563 PUBLIC SPACES, REALLY CREATING 1459 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:58,402 THAT SELF SAFE AND WELCOMING 1460 00:48:58,402 --> 00:48:59,536 SPACE FOR FOLKS TO HAVE A SENSE 1461 00:48:59,536 --> 00:49:01,371 OF BELONGING IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 1462 00:49:01,371 --> 00:49:03,807 EARLY LITERACY FOR CHILDREN AND 1463 00:49:03,807 --> 00:49:06,410 THEIR CAREGIVERS, ENRICHMENT, 1464 00:49:06,410 --> 00:49:08,312 WHICH IS MATERIALS AND PROGRAMS 1465 00:49:08,312 --> 00:49:10,380 FOR ALL AGES AND EMPOWERMENT. 1466 00:49:10,380 --> 00:49:12,316 EMPOWERMENT, WHICH IS CLASSES 1467 00:49:12,316 --> 00:49:14,584 AND RESOURCES TO HELP. CHIEF, 1468 00:49:14,584 --> 00:49:16,520 EXCUSE ME, ACHIEVE LIFE GOALS. 1469 00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:18,021 AND AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME 1470 00:49:18,021 --> 00:49:20,390 KEY INVESTMENT AREAS AND THAT'S 1471 00:49:20,390 --> 00:49:23,126 AROUND HOURS AND ACCESS OPEN 1472 00:49:23,126 --> 00:49:25,529 LIBRARIES AT 27 LOCATIONS. EARLY 1473 00:49:25,529 --> 00:49:27,731 LEARNING SUPPORT ALL AGES 1474 00:49:27,731 --> 00:49:29,466 PROGRAMING, OF COURSE 1475 00:49:29,466 --> 00:49:32,235 COLLECTIONS, BOOKS AND 1476 00:49:32,235 --> 00:49:32,703 MATERIALS, EBOOKS AND 1477 00:49:32,703 --> 00:49:33,303 AUDIOBOOKS. THANK YOU FOR THE 1478 00:49:33,303 --> 00:49:37,207 NOTE OF THE AUDIO BOOK AS WELL. 1479 00:49:37,207 --> 00:49:38,942 A GROWING A GROWING TREND IN 1480 00:49:38,942 --> 00:49:41,244 LIBRARIES FOR SURE. BUILDING 1481 00:49:41,244 --> 00:49:41,712 MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL 1482 00:49:41,712 --> 00:49:45,082 IMPROVEMENT, ROUTINE AND 1483 00:49:45,082 --> 00:49:45,582 RESPONSIVE MAINTENANCE 1484 00:49:45,582 --> 00:49:46,683 TECHNOLOGY AND ONLINE SERVICES. 1485 00:49:46,683 --> 00:49:48,819 PUBLIC AND STAFF COMPUTERS. 1486 00:49:48,819 --> 00:49:50,721 ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET, 1487 00:49:50,721 --> 00:49:52,789 DIGITAL EQUITY INITIATIVES. 1488 00:49:52,789 --> 00:49:56,059 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 1489 00:49:56,059 --> 00:50:00,097 THIS. JUST THIS WEEK, WE STARTED 1490 00:50:00,097 --> 00:50:02,432 ON OUR INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM 1491 00:50:02,432 --> 00:50:03,633 UPGRADE. SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE 1492 00:50:03,633 --> 00:50:05,102 SAYING, HEY, IT SEEMS LIKE 1493 00:50:05,102 --> 00:50:05,836 THINGS ARE DOWN, SOME THINGS ARE 1494 00:50:05,836 --> 00:50:07,771 DOWN, BUT YOU'RE STILL ABLE TO 1495 00:50:07,771 --> 00:50:08,805 CHECK OUT BOOKS. SO IT'S, IT'S 1496 00:50:08,805 --> 00:50:10,374 GOOD, BUT WE WILL HAVE A NEW 1497 00:50:10,374 --> 00:50:11,308 SYSTEM AND THAT WILL BE A RESULT 1498 00:50:11,308 --> 00:50:14,745 FROM THE 2019 LEVY, WHICH WILL 1499 00:50:14,745 --> 00:50:16,279 MODERNIZE OUR BACK END THAT 1500 00:50:16,279 --> 00:50:18,515 SUPPORTS ALL OF OUR LIBRARY 1501 00:50:18,515 --> 00:50:21,118 FUNCTIONS. AS NOTED, THE VOTERS 1502 00:50:21,118 --> 00:50:26,156 WERE VERY GENEROUS IN THEIR 1503 00:50:26,156 --> 00:50:27,758 RESPONSE. OVER 75% OF VOTERS 1504 00:50:27,758 --> 00:50:31,228 SAID YES TO THE LIBRARY LEVY 1505 00:50:31,228 --> 00:50:34,798 PROPOSAL. THE LEVY PACKAGE 1506 00:50:34,798 --> 00:50:35,399 PRESENTED TO VOTERS WAS 479.8 1507 00:50:35,399 --> 00:50:36,400 MILLION OVER SEVEN YEARS. 1508 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:41,671 THAT'S 2027 THROUGH 2033. AND 1509 00:50:41,671 --> 00:50:46,309 JUST A NOTE, OBVIOUSLY, AS OUR 1510 00:50:46,309 --> 00:50:47,778 BOARD HAS OVERSIGHT AND 1511 00:50:47,778 --> 00:50:49,746 AUTHORITY ON ALL FISCAL ASPECTS, 1512 00:50:49,746 --> 00:50:51,348 INCLUDING THE LEVY, WE'RE STILL 1513 00:50:51,348 --> 00:50:52,616 IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS. AS YOU 1514 00:50:52,616 --> 00:50:56,019 ALL KNOW, THE MAYOR WILL DELIVER 1515 00:50:56,019 --> 00:50:57,254 HER BUDGET IN LESS THAN TWO 1516 00:50:57,254 --> 00:50:59,856 WEEKS NOW. AND AS PART OF THAT, 1517 00:50:59,856 --> 00:51:02,059 WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR 1518 00:51:02,059 --> 00:51:03,960 BOARD AS WE CREATE OUR 1519 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:06,129 OPERATIONS PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES 1520 00:51:06,129 --> 00:51:08,165 THE BUDGET. WE WILL BE WORKING 1521 00:51:08,165 --> 00:51:12,669 THROUGH THAT. AS YOU CONTEMPLATE 1522 00:51:12,669 --> 00:51:14,438 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET IN 1523 00:51:14,438 --> 00:51:15,806 SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, 1524 00:51:15,806 --> 00:51:18,875 OUR BOARD THEN WILL APPROVE OUR 1525 00:51:18,875 --> 00:51:21,178 OPERATIONS PLAN IN DECEMBER OF 1526 00:51:21,178 --> 00:51:23,246 THIS YEAR FOR 27 AND 28 FROM A 1527 00:51:23,246 --> 00:51:28,018 BIENNIAL BIENNIUM PERSPECTIVE. 1528 00:51:28,018 --> 00:51:29,586 AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE 1529 00:51:29,586 --> 00:51:32,189 ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE 1530 00:51:32,189 --> 00:51:33,323 DON'T HAVE ALL THE DETAILS YET 1531 00:51:33,323 --> 00:51:34,524 AS BUDGET IS STILL UNDERWAY, BUT 1532 00:51:34,524 --> 00:51:36,059 HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 1533 00:51:36,059 --> 00:51:37,327 -- THANK YOU, CHIEF FAY, AND 1534 00:51:37,327 --> 00:51:40,263 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS 1535 00:51:40,263 --> 00:51:42,165 MORNING TO GIVE A REMINDER ON 1536 00:51:42,165 --> 00:51:44,734 WHAT THE LEVY IS SUPPOSED TO BE 1537 00:51:44,734 --> 00:51:46,970 FUNDING. YOU MAY NOT HAVE ALL 1538 00:51:46,970 --> 00:51:48,705 THE INFORMATION TODAY, BUT FOR 1539 00:51:48,705 --> 00:51:50,106 TRANSPARENCY SAKE, AS YOU 1540 00:51:50,106 --> 00:51:51,675 MENTIONED EARLIER, AND AS YOU 1541 00:51:51,675 --> 00:51:53,510 KNOW ABOUT ME, THAT I WANT TO 1542 00:51:53,510 --> 00:51:56,413 PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AND 1543 00:51:56,413 --> 00:51:58,181 CONSTANTLY SO THAT THE VOTERS 1544 00:51:58,181 --> 00:51:59,950 AND OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE AWARE 1545 00:51:59,950 --> 00:52:01,284 OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT 1546 00:52:01,284 --> 00:52:02,586 THE LIBRARIES ARE DOING AND WHAT 1547 00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:05,489 THEY CAN COUNT ON TO SEE FROM 1548 00:52:05,489 --> 00:52:06,923 THEIR LIBRARIES IS REALLY 1549 00:52:06,923 --> 00:52:09,826 IMPORTANT. SO TO ME, MORE 1550 00:52:09,826 --> 00:52:12,128 INFORMATION. HOWEVER, MUCH OR 1551 00:52:12,128 --> 00:52:13,396 LESS THAT WE HAVE AT THE MOMENT 1552 00:52:13,396 --> 00:52:15,999 IS STILL OKAY, BECAUSE I THINK 1553 00:52:15,999 --> 00:52:18,135 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO 1554 00:52:18,135 --> 00:52:20,670 KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME THINGS 1555 00:52:20,670 --> 00:52:22,105 THAT IT IN PARTICULAR, THAT THIS 1556 00:52:22,105 --> 00:52:24,040 LEVY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNDING. 1557 00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:26,243 AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE ON AS 1558 00:52:26,243 --> 00:52:28,645 LONG AS I'M CHAIR HERE, WE WILL 1559 00:52:28,645 --> 00:52:30,914 CONTINUE TO GIVE UPDATES OFTEN 1560 00:52:30,914 --> 00:52:32,983 SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY 1561 00:52:32,983 --> 00:52:34,451 UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND 1562 00:52:34,451 --> 00:52:36,086 THEY'RE BEING BROUGHT ALONG AS 1563 00:52:36,086 --> 00:52:37,888 THESE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE. 1564 00:52:37,888 --> 00:52:40,457 AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS 1565 00:52:40,457 --> 00:52:42,058 THAT WEIGH INTO THESE DECISIONS, 1566 00:52:42,058 --> 00:52:44,427 INCLUDING AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, 1567 00:52:44,427 --> 00:52:47,030 OUR FOUNDATION. SORRY, OUR 1568 00:52:47,030 --> 00:52:48,164 BOARD, OUR LIBRARY BOARD. I 1569 00:52:48,164 --> 00:52:50,033 MEANT TO SAY THE FOUNDATION IS 1570 00:52:50,033 --> 00:52:53,370 IMPORTANT AS WELL. THEY HELP 1571 00:52:53,370 --> 00:52:54,170 SUPPORT SOME OF THE FUNDING AS 1572 00:52:54,170 --> 00:52:56,106 WELL, AND THEY RAISE MONEY FOR 1573 00:52:56,106 --> 00:52:58,341 THE LIBRARY. SO WE VERY MUCH 1574 00:52:58,341 --> 00:52:59,576 APPRECIATE THE FOUNDATION AS THE 1575 00:52:59,576 --> 00:53:01,845 LIBRARY BOARD THAT HELPS MAKES 1576 00:53:01,845 --> 00:53:04,214 DECISION. AND THEY ARE REQUIRED 1577 00:53:04,214 --> 00:53:05,916 TO DO SO UNDER THE LAW. SO 1578 00:53:05,916 --> 00:53:07,784 THEY'RE AN IMPORTANT PARTNER AS 1579 00:53:07,784 --> 00:53:10,420 WELL AS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL IN 1580 00:53:10,420 --> 00:53:12,889 THIS ENDEAVOR. AND YOU ALL AS 1581 00:53:12,889 --> 00:53:15,192 WELL. SO THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 1582 00:53:15,192 --> 00:53:17,294 ANY QUESTIONS? I KNOW THIS WAS 1583 00:53:17,294 --> 00:53:20,096 JUST A LIKE RESTATING WHAT THE 1584 00:53:20,096 --> 00:53:21,698 LIBRARY LEVY IS SUPPOSED TO BE 1585 00:53:21,698 --> 00:53:23,633 FUNDING AND POST PASSAGE OF THE 1586 00:53:23,633 --> 00:53:26,303 LEVY IN AUGUST. I THOUGHT IT WAS 1587 00:53:26,303 --> 00:53:27,737 IMPORTANT JUST TO CENTER US 1588 00:53:27,737 --> 00:53:28,905 AGAIN. BUT IF YOU HAVE 1589 00:53:28,905 --> 00:53:30,173 QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO TAKE THEM, I 1590 00:53:30,173 --> 00:53:32,142 SEE. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU 1591 00:53:32,142 --> 00:53:32,676 HAVE A QUESTION? 1592 00:53:32,676 --> 00:53:34,711 -- YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR RIVERA, 1593 00:53:34,711 --> 00:53:36,646 AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 1594 00:53:36,646 --> 00:53:37,514 PRESENTATION INTO COMMITTEE 1595 00:53:37,514 --> 00:53:39,382 TODAY. JUST AS A TOUCH POINT 1596 00:53:39,382 --> 00:53:40,450 FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE, AND HUGE 1597 00:53:40,450 --> 00:53:41,685 THANK YOU TO THE VOTERS FOR 1598 00:53:41,685 --> 00:53:42,319 THEIR OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR 1599 00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:44,421 OUR LIBRARIES. AND THANK YOU TO 1600 00:53:44,421 --> 00:53:45,956 OUR SPL LEADERSHIP FOR THE 1601 00:53:45,956 --> 00:53:47,090 CONTINUED WORK YOU DO TO LEAD 1602 00:53:47,090 --> 00:53:49,793 OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM. JUST A QUICK 1603 00:53:49,793 --> 00:53:50,460 QUESTION, ACTUALLY, BUILDING ON 1604 00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:51,528 A POINT THAT YOU RAISED JUST 1605 00:53:51,528 --> 00:53:53,029 NOW, CHAIR, JUST ABOUT THE 1606 00:53:53,029 --> 00:53:54,030 INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE LIBRARY 1607 00:53:54,030 --> 00:53:55,999 BOARD AND SOME OF THEIR DECISION 1608 00:53:55,999 --> 00:53:57,100 MAKING. SO, CHIEF LIBRARIAN FAY, 1609 00:53:57,100 --> 00:53:57,667 IF YOU CAN JUST TOUCH ON A 1610 00:53:57,667 --> 00:53:59,603 LITTLE BIT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE 1611 00:53:59,603 --> 00:54:01,438 UPCOMING DECISIONS THAT MIGHT BE 1612 00:54:01,438 --> 00:54:02,072 COMING BEFORE THE LIBRARY BOARD 1613 00:54:02,072 --> 00:54:05,008 AS IT PERTAINS TO THE LEVY? 1614 00:54:05,008 --> 00:54:07,210 -- SO WHAT WE AS STAFF WILL BE 1615 00:54:07,210 --> 00:54:09,579 DOING IS TAKING A LOOK AT ALL 1616 00:54:09,579 --> 00:54:11,348 THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE 1617 00:54:11,348 --> 00:54:12,816 CONTEMPLATED YEAR ONE AND YEAR 1618 00:54:12,816 --> 00:54:15,285 TWO OF THE LEVY. WE THEN 1619 00:54:15,285 --> 00:54:17,120 PRIORITIZE THOSE LOOKING AT OUR 1620 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:18,888 STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN PUT THAT 1621 00:54:18,888 --> 00:54:21,257 FORWARD TO OUR BOARD STARTING AS 1622 00:54:21,257 --> 00:54:23,860 EARLY AS OCTOBER. SO THEY START 1623 00:54:23,860 --> 00:54:25,895 SEEING HOW THAT DRAFT LOOKS. 1624 00:54:25,895 --> 00:54:27,631 THEY'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT 1625 00:54:27,631 --> 00:54:30,967 THAT THROUGH NOVEMBER UNTIL YOUR 1626 00:54:30,967 --> 00:54:33,136 DECISION AS A FULL COUNCIL ON 1627 00:54:33,136 --> 00:54:35,672 THE BUDGET. AND AT THAT POINT, 1628 00:54:35,672 --> 00:54:37,540 THEN AS WE MOVE INTO DECEMBER, 1629 00:54:37,540 --> 00:54:39,476 THAT WE WILL FINALIZE OPERATIONS 1630 00:54:39,476 --> 00:54:40,944 PLAN, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE 1631 00:54:40,944 --> 00:54:43,780 FULL BUDGET ALONG WITH OUR 1632 00:54:43,780 --> 00:54:45,181 PRIVATE DOLLARS THAT ARE 1633 00:54:45,181 --> 00:54:46,683 BUDGETED AS WELL, WHICH IS KIND 1634 00:54:46,683 --> 00:54:47,884 OF A SEPARATE EFFORT THAT WE GO 1635 00:54:47,884 --> 00:54:50,020 THROUGH, BUT ALSO ROLLS UP INTO 1636 00:54:50,020 --> 00:54:53,089 THE FULL BUDGET. AND THEN FROM 1637 00:54:53,089 --> 00:54:54,758 THERE, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING 1638 00:54:54,758 --> 00:54:58,361 JUST TO TO FOLLOW ON WITH CHAIR 1639 00:54:58,361 --> 00:54:59,763 RIVERA'S COMMENTS, WE WILL BE 1640 00:54:59,763 --> 00:55:02,699 ACTUALLY REPORTING OUT TO THIS 1641 00:55:02,699 --> 00:55:04,234 COMMITTEE, LIKELY SOMETIME IN 1642 00:55:04,234 --> 00:55:05,635 THE FIRST QUARTER OR MOVING INTO 1643 00:55:05,635 --> 00:55:08,204 THE SECOND QUARTER ON THE 2019 1644 00:55:08,204 --> 00:55:12,876 LEVY AND ALL OF ITS RESULTS AND 1645 00:55:12,876 --> 00:55:14,611 OUTCOMES. AND THEN WE WILL THEN 1646 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:16,146 ALSO BE REPORTING OUT AS WE GO 1647 00:55:16,146 --> 00:55:18,548 THROUGH TIME ON THE 1648 00:55:18,548 --> 00:55:20,183 -- THE 2026 LEVY. JUST TO NOTE 1649 00:55:20,183 --> 00:55:22,852 THAT WE PUT OUT A QUARTERLY 1650 00:55:22,852 --> 00:55:26,389 REPORT ON THE LEVY THAT OUR 1651 00:55:26,389 --> 00:55:28,992 BOARD APPROVES EVERY SINGLE 1652 00:55:28,992 --> 00:55:30,527 QUARTER THAT'S POSTED ON 1653 00:55:30,527 --> 00:55:31,895 SPL.ORG. AND THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW 1654 00:55:31,895 --> 00:55:33,163 THAT AT ANY TIME TO KEEP TRACK 1655 00:55:33,163 --> 00:55:36,232 OF HOW WE'RE DOING. WE ALSO DO 1656 00:55:36,232 --> 00:55:39,235 AN ANNUAL IMPACT REPORT THAT 1657 00:55:39,235 --> 00:55:40,904 ALSO CONTAINS MUCH OF THAT WORK, 1658 00:55:40,904 --> 00:55:43,373 PLUS A LOT OF THE OTHER WORK 1659 00:55:43,373 --> 00:55:45,742 BASED OFF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. 1660 00:55:45,742 --> 00:55:47,010 -- FABULOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH 1661 00:55:47,010 --> 00:55:47,811 FOR UNPACKING THAT. AND THAT WAS 1662 00:55:47,811 --> 00:55:49,079 MY ONLY QUESTION FOR TODAY. 1663 00:55:49,079 --> 00:55:50,580 CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1664 00:55:50,580 --> 00:55:51,548 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1665 00:55:51,548 --> 00:55:53,717 RINCK. ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT 1666 00:55:53,717 --> 00:55:55,585 THEN. I'M GOING TO THANK CHIEF 1667 00:55:55,585 --> 00:55:57,887 FAY AND KIERSTEN AND STEVE SMITH 1668 00:55:57,887 --> 00:56:01,124 FOR BEING HERE. WE'RE SO 1669 00:56:01,124 --> 00:56:01,658 EXCITED AGAIN TO READ THE 1670 00:56:01,658 --> 00:56:03,159 SEATTLE READS PICK THIS YEAR. 1671 00:56:03,159 --> 00:56:05,428 ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WATCHING TO 1672 00:56:05,428 --> 00:56:06,730 PICK IT UP AT YOUR LOCAL 1673 00:56:06,730 --> 00:56:10,300 LIBRARY. AND READ THAT BOOK 1674 00:56:10,300 --> 00:56:14,971 AGAIN. TRUE BIZ BY SARA NOVICK. 1675 00:56:14,971 --> 00:56:15,371 SHAMELESS TRYING 1676 00:56:15,371 --> 00:56:15,705 -- [LAUGHTER] 1677 00:56:15,705 --> 00:56:16,373 -- TO PROMOTE. 1678 00:56:16,373 --> 00:56:16,840 -- WE APPRECIATE IT. 1679 00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:18,942 -- SARAH AND THE LIBRARIES. 1680 00:56:18,942 --> 00:56:20,710 THANK YOU ALL. REALLY APPRECIATE 1681 00:56:20,710 --> 00:56:23,613 YOU BEING HERE. AND NOW WE HAVE 1682 00:56:23,613 --> 00:56:26,182 CLERK. OUR THIRD ITEM OF 1683 00:56:26,182 --> 00:56:29,152 BUSINESS 1684 00:56:29,152 --> 00:56:30,920 -- ITEM. ITEM. AGENDA. AGENDA 1685 00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:32,689 ITEM THREE. FAMILIES EDUCATION. 1686 00:56:32,689 --> 00:56:33,957 PRESCHOOL. PROMISE. LEVY. YEAR 1687 00:56:33,957 --> 00:56:36,826 ONE. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. UPDATE 1688 00:56:36,826 --> 00:56:39,596 FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 1689 00:56:39,596 --> 00:56:44,567 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. WE ARE 1690 00:56:44,567 --> 00:56:47,403 JOINED BY. DIRECTOR DWANE 1691 00:56:47,403 --> 00:56:49,706 CHAPPELLE FROM OUR DEPARTMENT OF 1692 00:56:49,706 --> 00:56:50,940 EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING TO 1693 00:56:50,940 --> 00:56:52,809 TELL US ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR 1694 00:56:52,809 --> 00:56:53,309 THE IMPLEMENTATION AND 1695 00:56:53,309 --> 00:56:55,145 EVALUATION PLAN FOR THE FAMILIES 1696 00:56:55,145 --> 00:56:57,814 EDUCATION PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY 1697 00:56:57,814 --> 00:57:00,049 THAT THIS COUNCIL JUST RECENTLY 1698 00:57:00,049 --> 00:57:01,818 PASSED THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 1699 00:57:01,818 --> 00:57:04,053 AND AGAIN, AS WITH THE LIBRARY 1700 00:57:04,053 --> 00:57:06,823 LEVY, THIS IS JUST A HIGH LEVEL 1701 00:57:06,823 --> 00:57:10,860 BEGINNER UPDATE OR PRELIMINARY, 1702 00:57:10,860 --> 00:57:13,429 NOT BEGINNER. PRELIMINARY UPDATE 1703 00:57:13,429 --> 00:57:14,364 ON THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT 1704 00:57:14,364 --> 00:57:15,865 LIKE THE LIBRARY'S LEVY, I 1705 00:57:15,865 --> 00:57:17,967 REALLY WANTED TO HAVE AN 1706 00:57:17,967 --> 00:57:19,736 OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR HIGH LEVEL 1707 00:57:19,736 --> 00:57:21,404 WHAT THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING 1708 00:57:21,404 --> 00:57:23,139 ON AND THE TIMELINE FOR THAT 1709 00:57:23,139 --> 00:57:25,341 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, DIRECTOR 1710 00:57:25,341 --> 00:57:26,276 CHAPPELLE, PLEASE STATE YOUR 1711 00:57:26,276 --> 00:57:27,877 NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY 1712 00:57:27,877 --> 00:57:28,111 BEGIN. 1713 00:57:28,111 --> 00:57:30,413 -- GOOD. GOOD MORNING. DWANE 1714 00:57:30,413 --> 00:57:32,515 CHAPPELLE, DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT 1715 00:57:32,515 --> 00:57:35,251 OF EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING 1716 00:57:35,251 --> 00:57:36,653 AND I WOULD LIKE TO. FIRST OF 1717 00:57:36,653 --> 00:57:38,254 ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE 1718 00:57:38,254 --> 00:57:41,925 OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SHARE A 1719 00:57:41,925 --> 00:57:42,525 FEW UPDATES AS COUNCILMEMBER 1720 00:57:42,525 --> 00:57:50,200 SHARED. MENTIONED. WENDY TO 1721 00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:50,433 SHARE. 1722 00:57:50,433 --> 00:57:55,905 -- ONE SECOND, WE'RE TRYING TO 1723 00:57:55,905 --> 00:58:03,780 LOAD THE PRESENTATION. 1724 00:58:04,013 --> 00:58:14,457 -- I JUST NEED TO DO THIS AND 1725 00:58:54,797 --> 00:58:57,133 THEN HIT SHARE. 1726 00:58:57,133 --> 00:59:00,503 -- YOU SHOULD BE. 1727 00:59:00,503 --> 00:59:00,803 -- ABLE TO. 1728 00:59:00,803 --> 00:59:08,511 -- SHARE THIS 1729 00:59:08,645 --> 00:59:15,051 THERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR 1730 00:59:15,051 --> 00:59:15,952 YOUR PATIENCE. SO ONCE AGAIN, 1731 00:59:15,952 --> 00:59:17,754 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS 1732 00:59:17,754 --> 00:59:20,490 MORNING TO SEE YOU ALL. AND 1733 00:59:20,490 --> 00:59:24,160 THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 1734 00:59:24,160 --> 00:59:26,863 COUNCILMEMBERS. SO TODAY WHAT 1735 00:59:26,863 --> 00:59:28,731 I'LL DO IS I'LL REVISIT JUST 1736 00:59:28,731 --> 00:59:31,134 THE PURPOSE OF THE EVERY CHILD 1737 00:59:31,134 --> 00:59:33,369 READY FAMILIES, EDUCATION, 1738 00:59:33,369 --> 00:59:36,606 PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY AND 1739 00:59:36,606 --> 00:59:37,807 SHARE SOME UPDATES REGARDING THE 1740 00:59:37,807 --> 00:59:41,411 LEVY, GOVERNANCE AND 1741 00:59:41,411 --> 00:59:44,480 IMPLEMENTATION. SO AS ALWAYS, 1742 00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:48,151 JUST WANT TO GROUND US, BUT ALSO 1743 00:59:48,151 --> 00:59:50,286 START WITH JUST THE VISION FOR 1744 00:59:50,286 --> 00:59:52,155 OUR CITY. AS SIMPLE. ALL 1745 00:59:52,155 --> 00:59:55,592 CHILDREN AND YOUTH WILL ATTAIN 1746 00:59:55,592 --> 00:59:57,193 THE SKILLS AND CREDENTIAL NEEDED 1747 00:59:57,193 --> 00:59:59,228 TO EARN A LIVING WAGE. AS 1748 00:59:59,228 --> 01:00:01,464 ADULTS, WE DO THIS THROUGH 1749 01:00:01,464 --> 01:00:04,834 INVESTING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 1750 01:00:04,834 --> 01:00:12,775 FROM CRADLE TO CAREER. OUR EVERY 1751 01:00:12,775 --> 01:00:14,010 CHILD READY INVESTMENTS ARE 1752 01:00:14,010 --> 01:00:15,311 ORGANIZED, AND I KNOW YOU'VE 1753 01:00:15,311 --> 01:00:17,146 SEEN THEM BEFORE, BUT THESE 1754 01:00:17,146 --> 01:00:21,584 THREE DOMAINS READY TO START, 1755 01:00:21,584 --> 01:00:24,087 READY TO LEARN AND READY TO 1756 01:00:24,087 --> 01:00:27,623 LAUNCH THE FUNDED STRATEGIES 1757 01:00:27,623 --> 01:00:28,157 WILL PROMOTE KINDERGARTEN 1758 01:00:28,157 --> 01:00:29,826 READINESS, COLLEGE AND CAREER 1759 01:00:29,826 --> 01:00:32,695 READINESS, AND POST-SECONDARY 1760 01:00:32,695 --> 01:00:42,572 ACCESS, AS WELL AS COMPLETION. 1761 01:00:42,572 --> 01:00:44,641 SO TODAY, TODAY'S UPDATE ON THE 1762 01:00:44,641 --> 01:00:47,543 FIRST YEAR OF THE LEVY INCLUDES 1763 01:00:47,543 --> 01:00:52,181 THE BOTH 2026 CALENDAR OR FISCAL 1764 01:00:52,181 --> 01:00:54,784 YEAR INVESTMENTS, WHICH BEGAN IN 1765 01:00:54,784 --> 01:00:59,989 JANUARY OF 26 AFTER REVENUE 1766 01:00:59,989 --> 01:01:02,925 COLLECTION HAD BEGUN, AS WELL AS 1767 01:01:02,925 --> 01:01:08,231 SCHOOL YEAR 2627 INVESTMENTS, 1768 01:01:08,231 --> 01:01:16,039 WHICH JUST BEGUN THIS MONTH 1769 01:01:16,172 --> 01:01:20,209 SO LAST MONTH, THIS COMMITTEE 1770 01:01:20,209 --> 01:01:22,211 AND COUNCIL CONFIRMED 12 1771 01:01:22,211 --> 01:01:25,181 APPOINTEES TO THE LEVY OVERSIGHT 1772 01:01:25,181 --> 01:01:27,216 COMMITTEE. AND THIS MONTH, OUR 1773 01:01:27,216 --> 01:01:28,684 MEMBERS ARE COMPLETING THEIR 1774 01:01:28,684 --> 01:01:31,254 BOARDS AND COMMISSION TRAINING. 1775 01:01:31,254 --> 01:01:33,990 AND WE'LL ACTUALLY BEGIN OUR 1776 01:01:33,990 --> 01:01:34,557 REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS IN 1777 01:01:34,557 --> 01:01:43,132 OCTOBER SO FOR A LITTLE BIT 1778 01:01:43,132 --> 01:01:44,967 ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE, SO WHAT 1779 01:01:44,967 --> 01:01:46,869 I'M DOING, I'M I AM ALSO 1780 01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:49,806 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FIRST 1781 01:01:49,806 --> 01:01:50,239 MEETING OF THE LEVY 1782 01:01:50,239 --> 01:01:51,908 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM, WHICH 1783 01:01:51,908 --> 01:01:53,476 WILL HAPPEN LATER THIS MONTH 1784 01:01:53,476 --> 01:01:57,480 WITH CABINET MEMBERS FROM ALL OF 1785 01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,283 THE LEVY FUNDED DEPARTMENTS. WE 1786 01:02:00,283 --> 01:02:02,051 WILL ESTABLISH STAFF WORK GROUPS 1787 01:02:02,051 --> 01:02:05,021 WHO WILL HAVE KEY DELIVERABLES, 1788 01:02:05,021 --> 01:02:07,390 INCLUDING FINALIZING THE QUARTER 1789 01:02:07,390 --> 01:02:10,460 ONE AND QUARTER QUARTER ONE AND 1790 01:02:10,460 --> 01:02:13,429 TWO, 2026 REPORT UPDATE THE 1791 01:02:13,429 --> 01:02:16,165 COMPETITIVE GRANT SCHEDULE TO 1792 01:02:16,165 --> 01:02:22,238 REFLECT REBID REQUIREMENTS IN 1793 01:02:22,238 --> 01:02:22,739 THE IMPLEMENTATION AND 1794 01:02:22,739 --> 01:02:23,406 EVALUATION PLAN, AND THEN WE'LL 1795 01:02:23,406 --> 01:02:28,010 BEGIN EVALUATION, PLANNING, AND 1796 01:02:28,010 --> 01:02:35,318 WORK PLAN DEVELOPMENT. SO FOR 1797 01:02:35,318 --> 01:02:36,853 THE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE READY 1798 01:02:36,853 --> 01:02:38,020 TO START AREA. SO JUST WANT TO 1799 01:02:38,020 --> 01:02:40,890 NOW WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT 1800 01:02:40,890 --> 01:02:43,126 ABOUT SOME PROGRAMMATIC UPDATES. 1801 01:02:43,126 --> 01:02:45,895 ALL READY TO START. INVESTMENTS 1802 01:02:45,895 --> 01:02:47,897 HAVE BEGUN. IMPLEMENTATION AS 1803 01:02:47,897 --> 01:02:50,032 PLANNED, INCLUDING HOME VISITING 1804 01:02:50,032 --> 01:02:52,468 AND HEALTH INVESTMENTS. OUR 1805 01:02:52,468 --> 01:02:53,970 CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, 1806 01:02:53,970 --> 01:02:56,005 INCREASED COPAY SUPPORT FOR 1807 01:02:56,005 --> 01:02:58,508 FAMILIES, BRINGING OUR SUBSIDY 1808 01:02:58,508 --> 01:03:00,643 RATES INTO ALIGNMENT WITH WITH 1809 01:03:00,643 --> 01:03:03,079 COUNTY AND STATE PROGRAMS. 1810 01:03:03,079 --> 01:03:06,949 EFFECTIVE NINE ONE OF THIS 1811 01:03:06,949 --> 01:03:09,118 MONTH, THE APPLICATION FOR OUR 1812 01:03:09,118 --> 01:03:12,088 CHILD CARE WORKER PAYMENT 1813 01:03:12,088 --> 01:03:13,789 PROGRAM, IMPLEMENTED IN 1814 01:03:13,789 --> 01:03:16,893 PARTNERSHIP WITH BRIGHT SPARKS, 1815 01:03:16,893 --> 01:03:18,861 OPEN EARLIER THIS WEEK AND ALSO 1816 01:03:18,861 --> 01:03:20,930 THIS MONTH, WE BEGIN THE THE 1817 01:03:20,930 --> 01:03:23,099 11th YEAR OF THE SEATTLE 1818 01:03:23,099 --> 01:03:27,036 PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WITH OUR NEW 1819 01:03:27,036 --> 01:03:30,239 FULL YEAR, TEN HOUR DAY PROGRAM 1820 01:03:30,239 --> 01:03:32,809 MODEL AVAILABLE AT 35 LOCATIONS 1821 01:03:32,809 --> 01:03:35,711 CITYWIDE, INCLUDING ALL FAMILY 1822 01:03:35,711 --> 01:03:39,649 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. AND WE ARE 1823 01:03:39,649 --> 01:03:40,116 INDEED READY TO START 1824 01:03:40,116 --> 01:03:45,855 IMPLEMENTING THIS LEVY. OKAY, SO 1825 01:03:45,855 --> 01:03:47,723 NOW IN THE READY TO LEARN 1826 01:03:47,723 --> 01:03:49,692 DOMAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THESE 1827 01:03:49,692 --> 01:03:51,427 INVESTMENTS DO OPERATE ON A 1828 01:03:51,427 --> 01:03:53,629 SCHOOL YEAR MODEL. AND TO 1829 01:03:53,629 --> 01:03:55,898 PREVENT A GAP IN SERVICE 1830 01:03:55,898 --> 01:03:58,401 DELIVERY, THESE INVESTMENTS WERE 1831 01:03:58,401 --> 01:04:01,170 SUSTAINED FOR ONE ADDITIONAL 1832 01:04:01,170 --> 01:04:04,574 YEAR WITH EXISTING SERVICE 1833 01:04:04,574 --> 01:04:06,509 PROVIDERS. AND AS A REMINDER, 1834 01:04:06,509 --> 01:04:08,978 THOSE PARTNERS ARE LISTED IN THE 1835 01:04:08,978 --> 01:04:09,612 APPENDIX OF THIS IMPLEMENTATION 1836 01:04:09,612 --> 01:04:15,051 AND EVALUATION PLAN. AND IN 1837 01:04:15,051 --> 01:04:17,887 RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, 1838 01:04:17,887 --> 01:04:20,356 THE LEVY INCLUDED FUNDING TO 1839 01:04:20,356 --> 01:04:23,492 EXPAND SCHOOL BASED INVESTMENTS 1840 01:04:23,492 --> 01:04:25,528 TO ADD FIVE SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE 1841 01:04:25,528 --> 01:04:27,196 BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH 1842 01:04:27,196 --> 01:04:29,198 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PLAN 1843 01:04:29,198 --> 01:04:31,968 TO ANNOUNCE THIS LATER THIS 1844 01:04:31,968 --> 01:04:40,610 MONTH. OKAY. READY TO LAUNCH. 1845 01:04:40,610 --> 01:04:42,245 INVESTMENTS HAVE ALSO STARTED AS 1846 01:04:42,245 --> 01:04:44,614 PLANNED AND DEAL. WE ARE 1847 01:04:44,614 --> 01:04:45,248 CURRENTLY PREPARING TO RELEASE 1848 01:04:45,248 --> 01:04:46,515 THE PATH TO TRADES. NON COLLEGES 1849 01:04:46,515 --> 01:04:49,552 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS LATER THIS 1850 01:04:49,552 --> 01:04:57,093 FALL 1851 01:04:57,226 --> 01:04:58,995 SO IN SUMMARY, THE 1852 01:04:58,995 --> 01:05:00,763 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM AND LEVY 1853 01:05:00,763 --> 01:05:03,733 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BEGIN THIS 1854 01:05:03,733 --> 01:05:06,002 FALL. ALL CALENDAR YEAR 1855 01:05:06,002 --> 01:05:07,303 INVESTMENTS ARE WELL UNDERWAY 1856 01:05:07,303 --> 01:05:09,739 AND EXPECTED TO MEET THEIR 1857 01:05:09,739 --> 01:05:11,607 ANNUAL SERVICE TARGETS AND ALL 1858 01:05:11,607 --> 01:05:13,409 SCHOOL YEAR CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED 1859 01:05:13,409 --> 01:05:21,984 OR IN THE FINAL STAGES 1860 01:05:22,118 --> 01:05:24,153 SO LOOKING AHEAD. AND DESPITE 1861 01:05:24,153 --> 01:05:28,224 ALL OF THAT WORK, WE'RE JUST 1862 01:05:28,224 --> 01:05:29,392 GETTING STARTED FROM STARTING 1863 01:05:29,392 --> 01:05:33,963 FEASIBILITY STUDIES, EVALUATIONS 1864 01:05:33,963 --> 01:05:34,563 AND COMPETITIVE PROCESSES. WE 1865 01:05:34,563 --> 01:05:37,199 HAVE LOTS OF WORK AHEAD OF US 1866 01:05:37,199 --> 01:05:38,701 AND WE'RE EAGER TO DO IT. SO I 1867 01:05:38,701 --> 01:05:39,936 JUST WANT TO JUST THANK YOU ALL 1868 01:05:39,936 --> 01:05:43,673 FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS LEVY. 1869 01:05:43,673 --> 01:05:44,674 BUT ALSO WANT TO THANK MY 1870 01:05:44,674 --> 01:05:47,076 AMAZING DEPARTMENT STAFF FOR 1871 01:05:47,076 --> 01:05:54,116 STEWARDING THESE INVESTMENTS. 1872 01:05:54,116 --> 01:05:54,417 THANK YOU. 1873 01:05:54,417 --> 01:05:55,484 -- THANK YOU, DIRECTOR 1874 01:05:55,484 --> 01:05:57,820 CHAPPELLE, AND THANK YOUR STAFF 1875 01:05:57,820 --> 01:05:58,854 FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT 1876 01:05:58,854 --> 01:05:59,855 THEY'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT 1877 01:05:59,855 --> 01:06:03,759 WE STARTED THE SCHOOL YEAR ON 1878 01:06:03,759 --> 01:06:04,393 TRACK WITH OUR LEVY INVESTMENTS 1879 01:06:04,393 --> 01:06:05,661 FOR THOSE INVESTMENTS THAT ARE 1880 01:06:05,661 --> 01:06:08,164 TIED TO OUR SCHOOL YEAR. AS YOU 1881 01:06:08,164 --> 01:06:10,533 MAY KNOW, COLLEAGUES, DEALS, 1882 01:06:10,533 --> 01:06:12,768 LEVY INVESTMENTS GO ON THE 1883 01:06:12,768 --> 01:06:16,706 SCHOOL YEAR BECAUSE A CALENDAR 1884 01:06:16,706 --> 01:06:18,007 BECAUSE SO MANY OF THE 1885 01:06:18,007 --> 01:06:20,276 INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING THE THE 1886 01:06:20,276 --> 01:06:22,712 CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL 1887 01:06:22,712 --> 01:06:23,746 INVESTMENTS AND OBVIOUSLY THE K 1888 01:06:23,746 --> 01:06:25,214 THROUGH 12 INVESTMENTS GO 1889 01:06:25,214 --> 01:06:27,216 THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO 1890 01:06:27,216 --> 01:06:27,850 EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK. LIKE I 1891 01:06:27,850 --> 01:06:31,487 SAID, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY 1892 01:06:31,487 --> 01:06:33,022 UPDATE. THERE WILL BE MORE TO 1893 01:06:33,022 --> 01:06:34,223 COME LATER IN THIS COMMITTEE. WE 1894 01:06:34,223 --> 01:06:38,427 WILL HAVE MORE ROBUST UPDATES ON 1895 01:06:38,427 --> 01:06:40,062 EACH OF THESE PIECES. BUT IT WAS 1896 01:06:40,062 --> 01:06:42,331 IMPORTANT TO ME THAT, AGAIN, WE 1897 01:06:42,331 --> 01:06:44,533 WERE LEVEL SETTING AND ALSO 1898 01:06:44,533 --> 01:06:45,568 HEARING FROM THE DEPARTMENT 1899 01:06:45,568 --> 01:06:46,669 ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'VE 1900 01:06:46,669 --> 01:06:49,138 DONE LEADING UP TO THIS, THE 1901 01:06:49,138 --> 01:06:52,742 START OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH 1902 01:06:52,742 --> 01:06:54,543 STARTED LAST WEEK. COLLEAGUES, 1903 01:06:54,543 --> 01:06:56,445 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 1904 01:06:56,445 --> 01:06:57,113 THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT? AND 1905 01:06:57,113 --> 01:07:00,149 LIKE I SAID, THERE'LL BE MORE 1906 01:07:00,149 --> 01:07:02,284 TO COME LATER. COUNCILMEMBER 1907 01:07:02,284 --> 01:07:03,319 RINCK, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1908 01:07:03,319 --> 01:07:05,221 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR RIVERA. AND 1909 01:07:05,221 --> 01:07:07,990 AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU. DIRECTOR 1910 01:07:07,990 --> 01:07:09,358 CHAPPELLE, FOR ALL OF THE WORK 1911 01:07:09,358 --> 01:07:10,960 THAT YOU ARE LEADING WITHIN. 1912 01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:12,528 DEAL. AND PLEASE EXTEND MY 1913 01:07:12,528 --> 01:07:13,863 GRATITUDE AS WELL TO YOUR HARD 1914 01:07:13,863 --> 01:07:15,698 WORKING TEAM FOR THEIR WORK. 1915 01:07:15,698 --> 01:07:20,136 ALSO AND THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR 1916 01:07:20,136 --> 01:07:20,736 BRINGING FORWARD THIS INITIAL 1917 01:07:20,736 --> 01:07:22,038 PRESENTATION JUST TO REALLY 1918 01:07:22,038 --> 01:07:24,106 START GETTING ROOTED IN THE WORK 1919 01:07:24,106 --> 01:07:26,308 THAT IS AHEAD OF US AND FOR THE 1920 01:07:26,308 --> 01:07:27,476 DEPARTMENT. JUST A COUPLE OF 1921 01:07:27,476 --> 01:07:31,447 BRIEF QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. ONE, 1922 01:07:31,447 --> 01:07:32,047 JUST BEING ON THIS POINT THAT 1923 01:07:32,047 --> 01:07:34,116 YOU REFERENCED AROUND THE 1924 01:07:34,116 --> 01:07:36,619 INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM, I'M 1925 01:07:36,619 --> 01:07:38,954 WONDERING WHEN IT COMES TO THE 1926 01:07:38,954 --> 01:07:40,289 IT AND THE EVALUATION AND 1927 01:07:40,289 --> 01:07:42,691 CO-DESIGN AND WORK PLAN 1928 01:07:42,691 --> 01:07:43,325 DEVELOPMENT, IS THERE ANYTHING 1929 01:07:43,325 --> 01:07:45,161 YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT THE 1930 01:07:45,161 --> 01:07:47,363 DEPARTMENTS OR ORGANIZATIONS OR 1931 01:07:47,363 --> 01:07:48,631 OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OR 1932 01:07:48,631 --> 01:07:49,265 STAKEHOLDERS THAT WILL BE A PART 1933 01:07:49,265 --> 01:07:51,834 OF THAT? IT AS THEY'RE KIND OF 1934 01:07:51,834 --> 01:07:53,903 COMING TOGETHER TO START 1935 01:07:53,903 --> 01:07:54,370 INITIATING THAT WORK? 1936 01:07:54,370 --> 01:07:58,240 -- YES. SO IT'LL BE ALL OF THE 1937 01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:00,776 DEPARTMENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY 1938 01:08:00,776 --> 01:08:01,377 ARE CONNECTING OR PARTNERING 1939 01:08:01,377 --> 01:08:04,513 WITH RIGHT NOW FOR THE THEIR 1940 01:08:04,513 --> 01:08:06,816 INVESTMENTS. SO FROM HSD PARKS, 1941 01:08:06,816 --> 01:08:07,983 FIRE AND POLICE. SO WE'RE 1942 01:08:07,983 --> 01:08:08,984 LOOKING AT BRINGING ALL OF THOSE 1943 01:08:08,984 --> 01:08:11,153 DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER. AND I'M 1944 01:08:11,153 --> 01:08:12,555 ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 1945 01:08:12,555 --> 01:08:15,624 THAT. SO WE GET A CHANCE TO 1946 01:08:15,624 --> 01:08:16,225 COORDINATE AND COLLABORATE TO 1947 01:08:16,225 --> 01:08:18,427 MAKE SURE SERVICES ARE EXECUTED 1948 01:08:18,427 --> 01:08:21,730 AND ALIGNED TO WHAT THE LEVY 1949 01:08:21,730 --> 01:08:22,131 REQUIREMENTS ARE. 1950 01:08:22,131 --> 01:08:22,798 -- CERTAINLY, I'M EXCITED TO 1951 01:08:22,798 --> 01:08:23,866 HEAR ABOUT THAT WORK AS WELL, 1952 01:08:23,866 --> 01:08:25,501 PARTICULARLY BECAUSE, OF COURSE, 1953 01:08:25,501 --> 01:08:26,168 THERE'S THE MATTER OF ENSURING 1954 01:08:26,168 --> 01:08:27,870 THAT WE'RE WE'RE EFFICIENT IN 1955 01:08:27,870 --> 01:08:29,505 ALL MOVING IN THE SAME 1956 01:08:29,505 --> 01:08:30,806 DIRECTION, BUT ALSO FOR THE SAKE 1957 01:08:30,806 --> 01:08:31,941 OF REALLY TAKING A CITY WIDE 1958 01:08:31,941 --> 01:08:33,843 APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO 1959 01:08:33,843 --> 01:08:36,345 INVESTING IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND 1960 01:08:36,345 --> 01:08:37,446 THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S JUST SO 1961 01:08:37,446 --> 01:08:38,380 IMPORTANT. SO MORE OPPORTUNITIES 1962 01:08:38,380 --> 01:08:39,515 TO BE ABLE TO REALLY BE ON THE 1963 01:08:39,515 --> 01:08:41,817 SAME PAGE AND WORKING ON UNIFIED 1964 01:08:41,817 --> 01:08:43,385 APPROACHES FOR SUPPORTING 1965 01:08:43,385 --> 01:08:44,386 FAMILIES IN OUR CITY IS SO 1966 01:08:44,386 --> 01:08:46,055 IMPORTANT, SO VERY EXCITED TO 1967 01:08:46,055 --> 01:08:47,957 HEAR ABOUT THE IT COMING 1968 01:08:47,957 --> 01:08:49,425 TOGETHER TO BE THE UNDERPINNING 1969 01:08:49,425 --> 01:08:52,394 FOR THIS WORK. AND I SUPPOSE MY 1970 01:08:52,394 --> 01:08:53,028 OTHER QUESTION, JUST FOR THIS 1971 01:08:53,028 --> 01:08:54,096 TIME, KNOWING THAT WE'RE AT THE 1972 01:08:54,096 --> 01:08:55,064 BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, IS 1973 01:08:55,064 --> 01:08:56,732 JUST SOME OF THE RFP TIMELINES. 1974 01:08:56,732 --> 01:08:57,733 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT 1975 01:08:57,733 --> 01:08:58,567 WE'RE STARTING THE RFP PROCESS. 1976 01:08:58,567 --> 01:08:59,702 COULD YOU JUST DO A QUICK 1977 01:08:59,702 --> 01:09:01,136 REFRESHER ON THE TIMELINES FOR 1978 01:09:01,136 --> 01:09:03,072 THOSE RFP? 1979 01:09:03,072 --> 01:09:04,006 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1980 01:09:04,006 --> 01:09:05,608 COUNCILMEMBER, CAN YOU REPEAT 1981 01:09:05,608 --> 01:09:06,075 YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? 1982 01:09:06,075 --> 01:09:08,043 -- YES. THERE WAS A MENTION. 1983 01:09:08,043 --> 01:09:09,745 LET'S SEE, THERE WAS A COUPLE 1984 01:09:09,745 --> 01:09:11,714 MENTIONED WITH RFP. I SEE ON 1985 01:09:11,714 --> 01:09:13,816 SLIDE TEN WITH THE PATH TO 1986 01:09:13,816 --> 01:09:16,252 TRADES RFP OPENING THIS FALL, 1987 01:09:16,252 --> 01:09:17,486 JUST HIGH LEVEL. WHEN DO WE 1988 01:09:17,486 --> 01:09:18,654 ANTICIPATE THAT CLOSING? WHAT'S 1989 01:09:18,654 --> 01:09:20,489 THE TIMELINE? HAVE WE BUILT OUT 1990 01:09:20,489 --> 01:09:21,457 THAT TIMELINE YET, OR WHEN CAN 1991 01:09:21,457 --> 01:09:22,358 WE EXPECT TO SEE IT? 1992 01:09:22,358 --> 01:09:24,260 -- YEAH. SO IT'LL BE SOME TIME. 1993 01:09:24,260 --> 01:09:25,427 LIKE I SAID, THIS FALL, WE 1994 01:09:25,427 --> 01:09:26,929 ACTUALLY ARE GOING WHERE OUR 1995 01:09:26,929 --> 01:09:28,531 TEAM IS WORKING ON LANGUAGE, 1996 01:09:28,531 --> 01:09:29,732 WORKING WITH LEGAL TO MAKE SURE 1997 01:09:29,732 --> 01:09:33,836 WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE, THE 1998 01:09:33,836 --> 01:09:34,436 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 1999 01:09:34,436 --> 01:09:35,504 GUIDELINES. AND AS SOON AS WE 2000 01:09:35,504 --> 01:09:37,273 GET THAT UP, OF COURSE, THE 2001 01:09:37,273 --> 01:09:38,841 SOONER THE BETTER. MY TEAM IS 2002 01:09:38,841 --> 01:09:40,476 CONSTANTLY HEARING FROM ME LIKE 2003 01:09:40,476 --> 01:09:41,810 WHAT YOU'RE ASKING. ALL RIGHT, 2004 01:09:41,810 --> 01:09:45,080 ARE WE READY TO GO? BUT ONCE WE 2005 01:09:45,080 --> 01:09:46,916 ACTUALLY MEET EVERYTHING THAT WE 2006 01:09:46,916 --> 01:09:49,718 NEED TO DO, I WILL. I'M HAPPY TO 2007 01:09:49,718 --> 01:09:51,887 SHARE LIKE A SHOOT YOU AN EMAIL 2008 01:09:51,887 --> 01:09:52,855 JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, HEY, 2009 01:09:52,855 --> 01:09:54,290 IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED ON A 2010 01:09:54,290 --> 01:09:55,491 CERTAIN DATE, BUT THE PLAN IS TO 2011 01:09:55,491 --> 01:09:57,860 DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT 2012 01:09:57,860 --> 01:09:58,527 WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A 2013 01:09:58,527 --> 01:09:59,595 WHILE. 2014 01:09:59,595 --> 01:10:00,729 -- FABULOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2015 01:10:00,729 --> 01:10:01,730 DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE. REALLY 2016 01:10:01,730 --> 01:10:02,898 APPRECIATE IT. AND THANK YOU, 2017 01:10:02,898 --> 01:10:03,132 CHAIR. 2018 01:10:03,132 --> 01:10:04,934 -- WELL, THANK YOU, 2019 01:10:04,934 --> 01:10:05,301 COUNCILMEMBER. 2020 01:10:05,301 --> 01:10:07,603 -- AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM 2021 01:10:07,603 --> 01:10:10,306 BECAUSE THOUGH WE WANT TO GO 2022 01:10:10,306 --> 01:10:11,106 QUICKLY, WE WE ALSO WANT TO GET 2023 01:10:11,106 --> 01:10:14,043 THINGS RIGHT. AND I KNOW THAT 2024 01:10:14,043 --> 01:10:15,945 THEY'RE DOING DESIGN ON THE RFP 2025 01:10:15,945 --> 01:10:17,780 AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT ON THE 2026 01:10:17,780 --> 01:10:20,916 LEGAL FRONT, IT ALIGNS WITH BOTH 2027 01:10:20,916 --> 01:10:22,851 THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND ALSO 2028 01:10:22,851 --> 01:10:24,086 THE LEVY LANGUAGE ITSELF, 2029 01:10:24,086 --> 01:10:25,254 BECAUSE WE NEED TO REALLY MEET 2030 01:10:25,254 --> 01:10:26,355 AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT RUNNING 2031 01:10:26,355 --> 01:10:28,524 AFOUL OF THAT LEVY LANGUAGE. SO 2032 01:10:28,524 --> 01:10:30,659 ALL THAT WORK IS HAPPENING, AND 2033 01:10:30,659 --> 01:10:32,228 I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TEAM 2034 01:10:32,228 --> 01:10:34,463 FOR CROSSING THE T'S AND 2035 01:10:34,463 --> 01:10:37,132 DOTTING THE I'S ON THAT FRONT. 2036 01:10:37,132 --> 01:10:39,234 ALL RIGHT. ANY COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2037 01:10:39,234 --> 01:10:41,737 I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. YOU 2038 01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:42,104 ARE RECOGNIZED. 2039 01:10:42,104 --> 01:10:46,775 -- THANK YOU CHAIR, THANK YOU. 2040 01:10:46,775 --> 01:10:48,877 DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE. JUST 2041 01:10:48,877 --> 01:10:50,579 WONDERING, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE 2042 01:10:50,579 --> 01:10:53,182 HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT, 2043 01:10:53,182 --> 01:10:54,683 THANKFULLY, THEY WERE ABLE TO 2044 01:10:54,683 --> 01:10:56,885 REACH A T A WITH THE EDUCATORS 2045 01:10:56,885 --> 01:11:00,923 UNION BUT JUST WONDERING, YOU 2046 01:11:00,923 --> 01:11:03,592 KNOW, WE WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEE, 2047 01:11:03,592 --> 01:11:05,861 YOU KNOW, PRETTY DEVASTATING 2048 01:11:05,861 --> 01:11:10,599 EQUITY GAPS IN OUR OUTCOMES. 2049 01:11:10,599 --> 01:11:11,834 JUST WONDERING IN TERMS OF IN, 2050 01:11:11,834 --> 01:11:13,636 YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY HAPPY TO 2051 01:11:13,636 --> 01:11:18,374 FOLLOW UP THIS LATER, BUT ARE 2052 01:11:18,374 --> 01:11:19,875 YOU SEEING ANY CHANGES THAT 2053 01:11:19,875 --> 01:11:20,542 THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS 2054 01:11:20,542 --> 01:11:23,279 OF THEIR APPROACH TO ADDRESSING 2055 01:11:23,279 --> 01:11:27,149 THESE EQUITY GAPS THAT WE MIGHT 2056 01:11:27,149 --> 01:11:31,620 ALIGN WITH OR. YEAH, JUST YEAH. 2057 01:11:31,620 --> 01:11:34,923 -- SO I'LL SAY YES. AND ONE OF 2058 01:11:34,923 --> 01:11:36,358 THE AND I WOULDN'T CALL IT A 2059 01:11:36,358 --> 01:11:37,593 MAIN CHANGE, BUT ONE THING THE 2060 01:11:37,593 --> 01:11:40,663 SUPERINTENDENT HAS BEEN CLEAR 2061 01:11:40,663 --> 01:11:42,331 ABOUT IS USING DATA TO IDENTIFY 2062 01:11:42,331 --> 01:11:44,833 WHERE THE GAPS ARE AND MAKING 2063 01:11:44,833 --> 01:11:46,402 SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS 2064 01:11:46,402 --> 01:11:49,104 INTENTIONAL AS POSSIBLE. AND 2065 01:11:49,104 --> 01:11:50,873 SOME THINGS SUCH AS LIKE 2066 01:11:50,873 --> 01:11:51,507 TUTORING AND MENTORING, WHICH, 2067 01:11:51,507 --> 01:11:54,109 YOU KNOW, HE CONTINUES TO SPEAK 2068 01:11:54,109 --> 01:11:55,811 TO AND WHICH WE KNOW WHAT 2069 01:11:55,811 --> 01:11:57,313 RESEARCH HAS TALKED ABOUT, THE 2070 01:11:57,313 --> 01:11:59,615 IMPACT OF HIGH DOSAGE TUTORING 2071 01:11:59,615 --> 01:12:01,450 AND WHAT MENTORING WOULD LOOK 2072 01:12:01,450 --> 01:12:02,918 LIKE. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS 2073 01:12:02,918 --> 01:12:05,554 THAT I'M HEARING. THOSE ARE 2074 01:12:05,554 --> 01:12:06,889 THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT THE 2075 01:12:06,889 --> 01:12:08,257 LEVY WAS KIND OF BUILT AROUND TO 2076 01:12:08,257 --> 01:12:10,993 MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 2077 01:12:10,993 --> 01:12:11,593 FOCUSING ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC 2078 01:12:11,593 --> 01:12:13,929 NEEDS. SO IT'S BEEN HE'S BEEN 2079 01:12:13,929 --> 01:12:16,031 VERY CONSISTENT. WE'VE BEEN 2080 01:12:16,031 --> 01:12:18,267 VERY CLEAR AND CONSISTENT ON 2081 01:12:18,267 --> 01:12:20,269 WHAT THE LEVY IS SET TO DO. AND 2082 01:12:20,269 --> 01:12:22,404 I SEE A LOT OF ENERGY AND 2083 01:12:22,404 --> 01:12:24,340 PARTNERSHIP AROUND THAT 2084 01:12:24,340 --> 01:12:25,908 -- YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I JUST I 2085 01:12:25,908 --> 01:12:28,010 THINK OBVIOUSLY THAT ALIGNMENT 2086 01:12:28,010 --> 01:12:28,544 AND COLLABORATION IS SO 2087 01:12:28,544 --> 01:12:30,379 IMPORTANT. I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR 2088 01:12:30,379 --> 01:12:31,780 US BECAUSE WE DON'T CONTROL, YOU 2089 01:12:31,780 --> 01:12:33,382 KNOW, SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 2090 01:12:33,382 --> 01:12:36,285 AND AT THE SAME TIME, OBVIOUSLY 2091 01:12:36,285 --> 01:12:36,919 CRITICAL PARTNERS AND INVESTING. 2092 01:12:36,919 --> 01:12:39,955 SO YEAH, ANY ANYTHING WE CAN DO 2093 01:12:39,955 --> 01:12:41,724 TO SORT OF ALIGN AND COLLABORATE 2094 01:12:41,724 --> 01:12:45,227 WITH THEM. THANK YOU. AND THEN 2095 01:12:45,227 --> 01:12:45,861 JUST ANY SIMILAR QUESTION, SORT 2096 01:12:45,861 --> 01:12:47,830 OF AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY OR 2097 01:12:47,830 --> 01:12:48,931 PUBLIC SAFETY INVESTMENTS, 2098 01:12:48,931 --> 01:12:51,467 ANYTHING THAT YOU'RE HEARING 2099 01:12:51,467 --> 01:12:53,902 FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR 2100 01:12:53,902 --> 01:12:54,470 OUR COLLABORATION WITH THEM 2101 01:12:54,470 --> 01:12:56,772 AROUND ADDRESSING PUBLIC SAFETY 2102 01:12:56,772 --> 01:12:57,606 IN THE SCHOOLS OR ANY OF OUR 2103 01:12:57,606 --> 01:12:58,407 INVESTMENTS THERE? 2104 01:12:58,407 --> 01:13:00,008 -- I THINK WHAT I CAN SAY, WHAT 2105 01:13:00,008 --> 01:13:00,709 I WHAT I'VE BEEN HERE, I'M NOT 2106 01:13:00,709 --> 01:13:01,910 GONNA SAY I THINK WHAT I'VE BEEN 2107 01:13:01,910 --> 01:13:03,679 HEARING IS THAT JUST THE 2108 01:13:03,679 --> 01:13:05,414 APPRECIATION THAT OF OUR 2109 01:13:05,414 --> 01:13:08,384 COLLABORATION, THAT WE REALLY 2110 01:13:08,384 --> 01:13:10,052 GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR 2111 01:13:10,052 --> 01:13:11,453 TEAMS TOGETHER AND LOOK TO SEE 2112 01:13:11,453 --> 01:13:13,122 LIKE, AGAIN, WHETHER IT'S THE 2113 01:13:13,122 --> 01:13:14,656 DATA OR OUR INVESTMENTS AND HOW 2114 01:13:14,656 --> 01:13:17,126 OUR INVESTMENTS ARE REALLY 2115 01:13:17,126 --> 01:13:19,428 CATERED TO MEETING STUDENTS AND 2116 01:13:19,428 --> 01:13:21,497 COMMUNITY NEEDS SPECIFICALLY IN 2117 01:13:21,497 --> 01:13:23,165 OR AROUND THE SCHOOLS. SO OUR 2118 01:13:23,165 --> 01:13:24,199 CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY 2119 01:13:24,199 --> 01:13:26,668 ROBUST. AND, AND LIKE I JUST 2120 01:13:26,668 --> 01:13:27,870 MENTIONED, I'M JUST EXCITED THAT 2121 01:13:27,870 --> 01:13:29,505 WE HAVE THE PARTNERSHIP. I WAS 2122 01:13:29,505 --> 01:13:31,340 ACTUALLY WITH THEM A FEW MOMENTS 2123 01:13:31,340 --> 01:13:34,877 BEFORE I CAME DOWN HERE. SO 2124 01:13:34,877 --> 01:13:37,613 SUPER ROBUST CONVERSATIONS, BUT 2125 01:13:37,613 --> 01:13:38,547 MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, 2126 01:13:38,547 --> 01:13:39,681 THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN 2127 01:13:39,681 --> 01:13:41,116 CONTINUING TO COLLABORATE TO 2128 01:13:41,116 --> 01:13:42,251 MAKE SURE THAT KIDS ARE GOING TO 2129 01:13:42,251 --> 01:13:45,320 BE SAFE IN AND AROUND SCHOOLS. 2130 01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:45,654 -- ALL RIGHT. 2131 01:13:45,654 --> 01:13:47,723 -- THANK YOU. 2132 01:13:47,723 --> 01:13:48,357 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2133 01:13:48,357 --> 01:13:54,963 AND I WILL SAY FROM MY PART, I 2134 01:13:54,963 --> 01:13:55,430 HAVE HAD REALLY GREAT 2135 01:13:55,430 --> 01:13:55,931 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 2136 01:13:55,931 --> 01:13:57,432 SUPERINTENDENT. HE'S REALLY I 2137 01:13:57,432 --> 01:13:59,668 HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE REALLY 2138 01:13:59,668 --> 01:14:01,436 COLLABORATIVE AND THOUGHTFUL. 2139 01:14:01,436 --> 01:14:02,438 AND I KNOW THAT HE WANTS TO DO 2140 01:14:02,438 --> 01:14:07,342 ALL HE CAN TO ENSURE THAT OUR 2141 01:14:07,342 --> 01:14:10,913 KIDS ARE MEETING THEIR, THEIR 2142 01:14:10,913 --> 01:14:13,415 EDUCATION MILESTONES. HE'S 2143 01:14:13,415 --> 01:14:14,883 REALLY FOCUSED ON CLOSING GAPS 2144 01:14:14,883 --> 01:14:17,619 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING 2145 01:14:17,619 --> 01:14:19,621 BOTH THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW 2146 01:14:19,621 --> 01:14:21,857 FROM THE. AND THAT RESEARCH 2147 01:14:21,857 --> 01:14:23,392 SHOWS ACTUALLY CLOSE GAPS, WHICH 2148 01:14:23,392 --> 01:14:26,295 IS REALLY ADDRESSING THEIR 2149 01:14:26,295 --> 01:14:28,096 SUPPORTS, ACADEMIC SUPPORTS LIKE 2150 01:14:28,096 --> 01:14:30,365 MENTORING AND TUTORING AS, AS 2151 01:14:30,365 --> 01:14:31,834 DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE JUST SAID. 2152 01:14:31,834 --> 01:14:35,003 AND HE'S ALSO VERY FOCUSED ON 2153 01:14:35,003 --> 01:14:35,637 ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THERE WAS, 2154 01:14:35,637 --> 01:14:36,805 IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, A REALLY 2155 01:14:36,805 --> 01:14:38,974 GOOD ARTICLE ON SUBSTACK ABOUT 2156 01:14:38,974 --> 01:14:41,543 THAT PIECE ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY 2157 01:14:41,543 --> 01:14:47,282 AND SOME AREAS WHERE THE SPS HAD 2158 01:14:47,282 --> 01:14:50,819 GOTTEN LAX OVER SINCE COVID. ON 2159 01:14:50,819 --> 01:14:51,420 THE ACCOUNTABILITY PIECE AND 2160 01:14:51,420 --> 01:14:53,956 SORT OF HOW WE'RE MAKING 2161 01:14:53,956 --> 01:14:56,725 INVESTMENTS IN THE K THROUGH 12 2162 01:14:56,725 --> 01:15:00,562 SPACE FOR OUR KIDS, PARTICULARLY 2163 01:15:00,562 --> 01:15:04,233 THOSE WHO ARE NOT MEETING THEIR 2164 01:15:04,233 --> 01:15:08,103 THIRD AND FIFTH GRADE MATH AND 2165 01:15:08,103 --> 01:15:10,506 READING MILESTONES. AND I'M GLAD 2166 01:15:10,506 --> 01:15:12,441 TO SEE THAT THIS SUPERINTENDENT 2167 01:15:12,441 --> 01:15:14,076 IS REALLY FOCUSED ON ENSURING 2168 01:15:14,076 --> 01:15:15,844 THAT WE HAVE BOTH THE SUPPORTS 2169 01:15:15,844 --> 01:15:17,346 IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE 2170 01:15:17,346 --> 01:15:19,147 MEETING THOSE ACADEMIC, THAT 2171 01:15:19,147 --> 01:15:20,716 THEY'RE HAVING ACADEMIC 2172 01:15:20,716 --> 01:15:21,750 ACHIEVEMENT. AT THE END OF THE 2173 01:15:21,750 --> 01:15:23,752 DAY, BECAUSE WE KNOW IF THEY'RE 2174 01:15:23,752 --> 01:15:25,120 NOT MEETING THEIR THIRD AND 2175 01:15:25,120 --> 01:15:28,056 FIFTH GRADE READING AND MATH NOW 2176 01:15:28,056 --> 01:15:30,993 OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, AND ONCE 2177 01:15:30,993 --> 01:15:32,227 THEY GET TO THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF 2178 01:15:32,227 --> 01:15:33,729 HIGH SCHOOL, THINGS ARE NOT 2179 01:15:33,729 --> 01:15:35,097 GOING TO GET BETTER. SO WE 2180 01:15:35,097 --> 01:15:38,200 REALLY NEED TO ADDRESS MATH AND 2181 01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:40,469 READING EARLY, PARTICULARLY WITH 2182 01:15:40,469 --> 01:15:45,207 OUR KIDS WHO, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS 2183 01:15:45,207 --> 01:15:47,009 WHO ARE NOT MEETING THOSE GOALS, 2184 01:15:47,009 --> 01:15:48,577 WE'RE REALLY DOING A DISSERVICE 2185 01:15:48,577 --> 01:15:51,780 TO THEM IF WE ARE NOT FOCUSED ON 2186 01:15:51,780 --> 01:15:53,382 ENSURING THAT WE'RE HELPING THEM 2187 01:15:53,382 --> 01:15:54,516 MEET THOSE GOALS SO THAT AS THEY 2188 01:15:54,516 --> 01:15:56,685 MOVE FORWARD, THEY HAVE 2189 01:15:56,685 --> 01:15:58,387 OPPORTUNITIES IN 12th GRADE TO 2190 01:15:58,387 --> 01:16:00,923 ENTER EITHER OUR PATH TO TRADES 2191 01:16:00,923 --> 01:16:06,061 OR THE COLLEGES READY, AND NOT 2192 01:16:06,061 --> 01:16:07,262 HAVING TO TAKE REMEDIAL COURSES, 2193 01:16:07,262 --> 01:16:08,897 WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW. 2194 01:16:08,897 --> 01:16:12,267 WHEN THEY DO ENTER, YOU KNOW, 2195 01:16:12,267 --> 01:16:13,569 OUR SEATTLE PROMISE STUDENTS ARE 2196 01:16:13,569 --> 01:16:14,770 ENTERING THE COLLEGES. AND SO 2197 01:16:14,770 --> 01:16:16,405 THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 2198 01:16:16,405 --> 01:16:18,240 ARE CLOSING THOSE GAPS EARLY SO 2199 01:16:18,240 --> 01:16:20,776 THAT KIDS HAVE OUR STUDENTS 2200 01:16:20,776 --> 01:16:24,479 HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE BEST 2201 01:16:24,479 --> 01:16:25,881 OPPORTUNITY IN LIFE. AND SO I 2202 01:16:25,881 --> 01:16:27,816 REALLY HAVE FOUND THE 2203 01:16:27,816 --> 01:16:29,217 SUPERINTENDENT TO BE BOTH 2204 01:16:29,217 --> 01:16:30,886 COLLABORATIVE AND REALLY EYE ON 2205 01:16:30,886 --> 01:16:32,955 THE PRIZE IN HELPING KIDS MEET 2206 01:16:32,955 --> 01:16:34,489 THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS. AND 2207 01:16:34,489 --> 01:16:36,725 THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIM. 2208 01:16:36,725 --> 01:16:37,793 AND I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO 2209 01:16:37,793 --> 01:16:39,795 ALL OF US. SO I AM VERY 2210 01:16:39,795 --> 01:16:42,297 ENCOURAGED BY THE RELATIONSHIP 2211 01:16:42,297 --> 01:16:43,932 WITH THIS NEW SUPERINTENDENT. 2212 01:16:43,932 --> 01:16:45,400 I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT I 2213 01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:47,035 SEE THAT HE'S DOING. AND, YOU 2214 01:16:47,035 --> 01:16:48,837 KNOW, HE HAS A LOT OF ENERGY, 2215 01:16:48,837 --> 01:16:50,339 AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT 2216 01:16:50,339 --> 01:16:53,408 FOR OUR STUDENTS, FOR OUR 2217 01:16:53,408 --> 01:16:55,043 FAMILIES AND FOR OUR CITY. SO I 2218 01:16:55,043 --> 01:16:57,212 WANTED TO, TO RECOGNIZE, BECAUSE 2219 01:16:57,212 --> 01:16:59,748 WE DO NEED TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS 2220 01:16:59,748 --> 01:17:02,217 WHEN THEY REALLY ARE DOING A 2221 01:17:02,217 --> 01:17:06,121 GREAT JOB IN A AND ENSURING THAT 2222 01:17:06,121 --> 01:17:06,755 WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE 2223 01:17:06,755 --> 01:17:09,491 PRIZE, ON WHAT KIDS ACTUALLY 2224 01:17:09,491 --> 01:17:11,193 NEED. SO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR 2225 01:17:11,193 --> 01:17:12,227 CHAPPELLE. I KNOW YOU'RE IN 2226 01:17:12,227 --> 01:17:14,496 CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE 2227 01:17:14,496 --> 01:17:16,031 SUPERINTENDENT AS WELL, AND, AND 2228 01:17:16,031 --> 01:17:17,566 I KNOW IT WAS IMPORTANT TO US 2229 01:17:17,566 --> 01:17:20,502 BECAUSE IN THE I AND E IN THE 2230 01:17:20,502 --> 01:17:21,570 IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION PLAN, 2231 01:17:21,570 --> 01:17:24,039 WE PUT IN A NOTE ABOUT ENSURING 2232 01:17:24,039 --> 01:17:25,407 THAT WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH 2233 01:17:25,407 --> 01:17:27,075 THE SUPERINTENDENT ON ALL THE 2234 01:17:27,075 --> 01:17:28,877 INVESTMENTS IN THE K THROUGH 12 2235 01:17:28,877 --> 01:17:30,312 SPACE. SO I KNOW THAT THE 2236 01:17:30,312 --> 01:17:32,047 DEPARTMENT IS TAKING THAT 2237 01:17:32,047 --> 01:17:33,148 SERIOUSLY. AND THEY'RE DOING 2238 01:17:33,148 --> 01:17:35,751 THAT, AS YOU HEARD TODAY, 2239 01:17:35,751 --> 01:17:38,420 DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE WAS WITH THE 2240 01:17:38,420 --> 01:17:39,621 DISTRICT THIS MORNING. SO THANK 2241 01:17:39,621 --> 01:17:41,356 YOU, DIRECTOR CHAPPELLE, FOR 2242 01:17:41,356 --> 01:17:42,224 BEING HERE. AND THANK YOU, 2243 01:17:42,224 --> 01:17:44,026 COLLEAGUES. OH, COUNCILMEMBER 2244 01:17:44,026 --> 01:17:45,127 FOSTER, YOU JUST JOINED US. SO 2245 01:17:45,127 --> 01:17:47,596 DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ARE 2246 01:17:47,596 --> 01:17:49,531 YOU GOOD? OKAY, GREAT. ALL 2247 01:17:49,531 --> 01:17:50,999 RIGHT. OR NOT THAT YOU JUST 2248 01:17:50,999 --> 01:17:53,301 JOINED US, YOU CAME BACK. YOU'VE 2249 01:17:53,301 --> 01:17:55,237 BEEN HERE ALL ALONG AND YOU 2250 01:17:55,237 --> 01:17:57,773 STEPPED OUT FOR A MINUTE ALL 2251 01:17:57,773 --> 01:17:59,074 RIGHT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR 2252 01:17:59,074 --> 01:18:00,909 CHAPPELLE, FOR BEING HERE. MORE 2253 01:18:00,909 --> 01:18:03,912 TO COME. COLLEAGUES, ON THE 2254 01:18:03,912 --> 01:18:07,049 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 2255 01:18:07,049 --> 01:18:12,754 PLAN. ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET TO 2256 01:18:12,754 --> 01:18:16,158 THE END. OF MY SCRIPT FOR THIS 2257 01:18:16,158 --> 01:18:18,393 MEETING. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO 2258 01:18:18,393 --> 01:18:20,529 FURTHER QUESTIONS OR OR 2259 01:18:20,529 --> 01:18:23,365 COMMENTS. WE WILL MOVE TO 2260 01:18:23,365 --> 01:18:26,702 CONCLUDE THIS MEETING. THIS 2261 01:18:26,702 --> 01:18:28,570 CONCLUDES THIS SEPTEMBER 9th 2262 01:18:28,570 --> 01:18:30,906 MEETING OF THE LIBRARIES, 2263 01:18:30,906 --> 01:18:31,473 EDUCATION AND NEIGHBORHOODS 2264 01:18:31,473 --> 01:18:32,574 COMMITTEE. OUR NEXT COMMITTEE 2265 01:18:32,574 --> 01:18:34,342 MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR AFTER 2266 01:18:34,342 --> 01:18:36,845 BUDGET ON DECEMBER 9th AT 9:30 2267 01:18:36,845 --> 01:18:38,413 A.M.. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER 2268 01:18:38,413 --> 01:18:40,515 BUSINESS, THIS MEETING WILL 2269 01:18:40,515 --> 01:18:43,351 ADJOURN. HEARING NO FURTHER 2270 01:18:43,351 --> 01:18:44,119 BUSINESS IS 10:53 A.M. AND THIS 2271 01:18:44,119 --> 01:18:45,220 MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU 2272 01:18:45,220 --> 01:18:46,721 FOR BEING HERE,