1 00:00:08,608 --> 00:00:17,217 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:18,852 -- NO WORRIES. 3 00:00:18,852 --> 00:00:21,187 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING 4 00:00:21,187 --> 00:00:24,791 EVERYONE. THE JULY 22nd, 2026 5 00:00:24,791 --> 00:00:25,425 MEETING OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE 6 00:00:25,425 --> 00:00:28,395 ON THE FAMILIES, EDUCATION, 7 00:00:28,395 --> 00:00:31,598 PRESCHOOL AND PROMISE LEVY. SIX 8 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:32,098 YEAR IMPLEMENTATION AND 9 00:00:32,098 --> 00:00:32,899 EVALUATION PLAN WILL COME TO 10 00:00:32,899 --> 00:00:35,769 ORDER. IT'S 9:33 A.M.. I'M 11 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:37,937 MARITZA RIVERA, CHAIR OF THE 12 00:00:37,937 --> 00:00:40,740 COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 13 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:42,842 CALL THE ROLL? 14 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:46,112 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. HERE. 15 00:00:46,112 --> 00:00:47,380 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 16 00:00:47,380 --> 00:00:48,615 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 17 00:00:48,615 --> 00:00:52,519 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE. 18 00:00:52,519 --> 00:00:55,622 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 19 00:00:55,622 --> 00:00:57,624 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HERE. 20 00:00:57,624 --> 00:00:58,258 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. VICE 21 00:00:58,258 --> 00:01:00,060 CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. PRESENT. 22 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,227 CHAIR RIVERA. 23 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:01,528 -- PRESENT. 24 00:01:01,528 --> 00:01:03,396 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE NINE 25 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:03,897 COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT. 26 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:06,533 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. GOOD 27 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:07,167 MORNING. COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS 28 00:01:07,167 --> 00:01:10,937 OF THE PUBLIC AND FOLKS WATCHING 29 00:01:10,937 --> 00:01:12,405 ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL. AND 30 00:01:12,405 --> 00:01:14,007 SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE 31 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:15,341 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND 32 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:16,509 EARLY LEARNING, WHO I KNOW ARE 33 00:01:16,509 --> 00:01:20,914 WATCHING ON ONLINE. WELCOME TO 34 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:22,749 OUR LAST MEETING. SELECT MEETING 35 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:25,018 ON THE LEVY. I PLAN TODAY WE 36 00:01:25,018 --> 00:01:27,087 WILL BE VOTING ON THE CHAIR'S 37 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,189 PACKAGE, WHICH CONTAINS MOST OF 38 00:01:29,189 --> 00:01:31,324 THE AMENDMENTS WE REVIEWED LAST 39 00:01:31,324 --> 00:01:32,692 SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL 40 00:01:32,692 --> 00:01:34,527 ALSO BE VOTING ON TWO AMENDMENTS 41 00:01:34,527 --> 00:01:36,696 NOT INCLUDED IN THE CHAIR'S 42 00:01:36,696 --> 00:01:37,897 PACKAGE THAT WE ALSO REVIEWED AT 43 00:01:37,897 --> 00:01:38,998 THE LAST MEETING, AS WELL AS 44 00:01:38,998 --> 00:01:41,768 TAKING OUR FINAL VOTE ON THE 45 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:45,538 PLAN BEFORE SENDING IT TO FULL 46 00:01:45,538 --> 00:01:47,106 COUNCIL NEXT WEEK. IF THERE IS 47 00:01:47,106 --> 00:01:49,309 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 48 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:50,877 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 49 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:53,112 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL 50 00:01:53,112 --> 00:01:55,448 NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT 51 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:56,850 PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 52 00:01:56,850 --> 00:01:59,686 RELATE TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR 53 00:01:59,686 --> 00:02:01,588 WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS 54 00:02:01,588 --> 00:02:03,756 COMMITTEE. AS A REMINDER, THE 55 00:02:03,756 --> 00:02:04,757 COUNCIL CANNOT ACCEPT COMMENTS 56 00:02:04,757 --> 00:02:07,494 ON CAMPAIGN RELATED MATTERS, SO 57 00:02:07,494 --> 00:02:10,263 PLEASE KEEP YOUR TOPICS TO CITY 58 00:02:10,263 --> 00:02:12,832 BUSINESS CLERK. HOW MANY 59 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:16,669 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? 60 00:02:16,669 --> 00:02:19,339 -- CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 31 61 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:21,241 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND 20 REMOTE 62 00:02:21,241 --> 00:02:23,409 SPEAKERS, GIVING US A TOTAL OF 63 00:02:23,409 --> 00:02:23,943 51. 64 00:02:23,943 --> 00:02:25,078 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. GIVEN THAT 65 00:02:25,078 --> 00:02:26,779 EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE ONE 66 00:02:26,779 --> 00:02:29,549 MINUTE. CLERK CAN YOU PLEASE 67 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:32,051 READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 68 00:02:32,051 --> 00:02:34,187 INSTRUCTIONS 69 00:02:34,187 --> 00:02:34,888 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 70 00:02:34,888 --> 00:02:36,656 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 71 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:37,924 FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 72 00:02:37,924 --> 00:02:39,759 COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 60 73 00:02:39,759 --> 00:02:41,461 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 74 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:42,896 ONE MINUTE. SPEAKERS WILL BE 75 00:02:42,896 --> 00:02:43,763 CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 76 00:02:43,763 --> 00:02:45,498 THEY ARE REGISTERED. WE WILL 77 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:46,966 START WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS 78 00:02:46,966 --> 00:02:49,002 FIRST, THEN REMOTE SPEAKERS 79 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:49,936 UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 80 00:02:49,936 --> 00:02:51,704 HAS ENDED, SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 81 00:02:51,704 --> 00:02:52,639 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 82 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:55,542 OF THEIR TIME. THE PUBLIC 83 00:02:55,542 --> 00:02:56,976 COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE 84 00:02:56,976 --> 00:02:58,077 WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 85 00:02:58,077 --> 00:03:01,414 SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 86 00:03:01,414 --> 00:03:02,916 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. WHAT WE'RE 87 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:04,217 GOING TO DO, I'M GOING TO DO 88 00:03:04,217 --> 00:03:05,552 SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 89 00:03:05,552 --> 00:03:07,453 THIS MORNING, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE 90 00:03:07,453 --> 00:03:09,088 SOME ELDERS THAT I WANT TO 91 00:03:09,088 --> 00:03:12,559 RECOGNIZE. FIRST IN THE ROOM, OR 92 00:03:12,559 --> 00:03:13,826 WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS A LITTLE 93 00:03:13,826 --> 00:03:15,295 DIFFERENT THAN WE NORMALLY DO. 94 00:03:15,295 --> 00:03:16,763 BUT IN MY COMMUNITY, IN THE 95 00:03:16,763 --> 00:03:18,898 LATINO COMMUNITY, WE RECOGNIZE 96 00:03:18,898 --> 00:03:20,300 OUR ELDERS FIRST. AND SO THAT IS 97 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:22,835 WHAT I'M GOING TO DO TODAY. AND 98 00:03:22,835 --> 00:03:23,903 THANK YOU FOR INDULGING ME IN 99 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:25,371 THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR 100 00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:28,174 FIRST FROM ELMER DIXON, ELMER 101 00:03:28,174 --> 00:03:29,642 STARTED THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY 102 00:03:29,642 --> 00:03:31,477 HERE IN SEATTLE. THE SECOND 103 00:03:31,477 --> 00:03:33,012 CHAPTER AFTER OAKLAND, IN CASE 104 00:03:33,012 --> 00:03:34,781 ANYONE DIDN'T KNOW. AND THEN WE 105 00:03:34,781 --> 00:03:37,517 WILL BE FOLLOWED BY FORMER STATE 106 00:03:37,517 --> 00:03:38,618 REPRESENTATIVE DON MASON AND 107 00:03:38,618 --> 00:03:39,919 THEN JIM BUCHANAN. AND THEN 108 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:43,089 WE'LL GO TO OUR LIST. THANK YOU 109 00:03:43,089 --> 00:03:44,991 ALL. THIS MORNING 110 00:03:44,991 --> 00:03:46,092 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD 111 00:03:46,092 --> 00:03:50,396 MORNING. HERE, HONORABLE DON 112 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:53,299 MASON. JIM BUCHANAN, DAN JOY 113 00:03:53,299 --> 00:03:53,900 MARITZA ALEXIS. THOSE ARE THE 114 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,168 ONES I KNOW, AND I JUST MET 115 00:03:55,168 --> 00:03:59,639 DIONNE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 116 00:03:59,639 --> 00:04:01,641 WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE INTENT OF 117 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:02,842 THE ORIGINAL CHILDREN'S FREE 118 00:04:02,842 --> 00:04:06,613 BREAKFAST PROGRAM WAS, WHICH WAS 119 00:04:06,613 --> 00:04:07,580 STARTED IN 1969. I'M A 120 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:08,114 CO-FOUNDER OF THE SEATTLE 121 00:04:08,114 --> 00:04:08,848 CHAPTER OF THE BLACK PANTHER 122 00:04:08,848 --> 00:04:11,684 PARTY, AND THE ORIGINAL 123 00:04:11,684 --> 00:04:13,820 BREAKFAST PROGRAM COORDINATOR. 124 00:04:13,820 --> 00:04:16,656 WE INTENDED TO FEED THE MOST 125 00:04:16,656 --> 00:04:18,524 NEEDY AND IN OUR COMMUNITY, THE 126 00:04:18,524 --> 00:04:20,493 BLACK COMMUNITY, THOSE WERE 127 00:04:20,493 --> 00:04:22,495 BLACK KIDS. AND WE STRATEGICALLY 128 00:04:22,495 --> 00:04:25,331 PLACED THESE PROGRAMS IN THE 129 00:04:25,331 --> 00:04:26,833 HOUSING PROJECTS YESLER TERRACE, 130 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:28,968 RAINIER VISTA, HOLLY PARK AND 131 00:04:28,968 --> 00:04:30,370 HIGH POINT, AND THE ATLANTIC 132 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:32,338 STREET CENTER. NOW, IN THOSE 133 00:04:32,338 --> 00:04:34,374 LOCATIONS, ALL KIND OF KIDS WERE 134 00:04:34,374 --> 00:04:36,009 THERE. LATINO KIDS, WHITE KIDS, 135 00:04:36,009 --> 00:04:36,776 ASIAN KIDS. AND WHEN THEY CAME 136 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:37,777 TO THE DOOR, WE DIDN'T KICK THEM 137 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:39,078 OUT BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO FEED 138 00:04:39,078 --> 00:04:41,381 THEM, TOO. IT WAS ABOUT FEEDING 139 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:42,415 THE OPPRESSED AND THE MOST 140 00:04:42,415 --> 00:04:43,683 NEEDY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 141 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:45,018 LUDICROUS FOR US TO TAKE A 142 00:04:45,018 --> 00:04:47,387 BREAKFAST PROGRAM OUT TO LOW 143 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:48,721 LAURELHURST. AND SO THAT WAS THE 144 00:04:48,721 --> 00:04:50,290 INTENT OF THAT BREAKFAST 145 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:51,624 PROGRAM. THAT SHOULD BE IN THE 146 00:04:51,624 --> 00:04:53,526 INTENT OF THIS FEEDING PROGRAM. 147 00:04:53,526 --> 00:04:54,894 I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF 148 00:04:54,894 --> 00:04:56,496 AMENDMENT 6. ALL POWER TO THE 149 00:04:56,496 --> 00:04:57,630 PEOPLE. 150 00:04:57,630 --> 00:05:00,500 -- THANK YOU, ELMER. 151 00:05:00,500 --> 00:05:04,270 -- [APPLAUSE] 152 00:05:04,270 --> 00:05:08,741 -- STATE REP DON MASON, THANKS 153 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:12,979 FOR BEING HERE. GOOD MORNING. 154 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:15,014 -- GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. 155 00:05:15,014 --> 00:05:16,783 MADAM PRESIDENT, AND THE REST OF 156 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:19,085 THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS DON 157 00:05:19,085 --> 00:05:21,187 MASON. I'M A FORMER STATE 158 00:05:21,187 --> 00:05:24,957 REPRESENTATIVE AND, YOU KNOW, 159 00:05:24,957 --> 00:05:26,159 I'VE SPENT MY LIFE FIGHTING TO 160 00:05:26,159 --> 00:05:27,994 FEED BLACK CHILDREN IN THIS 161 00:05:27,994 --> 00:05:29,362 CITY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I 162 00:05:29,362 --> 00:05:32,632 OPPOSED THIS PLAN IT DRESSES UP 163 00:05:32,632 --> 00:05:34,767 A HANDOUT TO THE WEALTHY AS 164 00:05:34,767 --> 00:05:37,603 JUSTICE FOR THE POOR. AND THAT 165 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:40,540 HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. IT'S ALMOST 166 00:05:40,540 --> 00:05:42,975 BECOME A TIC IN THIS CITY. 167 00:05:42,975 --> 00:05:46,579 UNIVERSAL MEALS WERE NEVER ON 168 00:05:46,579 --> 00:05:48,114 THE $1.3 BILLION BALLOT. SEATTLE 169 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:50,683 VOTERS PASSED IT 80% SEATTLE 170 00:05:50,683 --> 00:05:52,919 THAT WE PASSED IT 80%. 171 00:05:52,919 --> 00:05:54,821 SEATTLE'S 104 SCHOOLS ARE 172 00:05:54,821 --> 00:05:57,290 ALREADY 50% COVERED BY FEDERALLY 173 00:05:57,290 --> 00:05:58,558 FUNDED FREE MEALS AND RAINIER 174 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:00,860 VALLEY 80% OF STUDENTS QUALIFY 175 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:03,196 MORE THAN TWO TIMES THE DISTRICT 176 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:04,864 AVERAGE. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO 177 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:05,932 QUALIFY. THEY'RE THE ONES WHO 178 00:06:05,932 --> 00:06:08,901 NEED IT. THE REST DO NOT, AND 179 00:06:08,901 --> 00:06:12,071 THEY SHOULD NOT. IT SHOULD BE 180 00:06:12,071 --> 00:06:13,773 TAKEN AWAY. SO 18,000 SEATTLE 181 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:14,907 CHILDREN ALREADY QUALIFY AND ARE 182 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:18,111 SERVED. THE PLAN FEEDS NO 183 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:20,246 DOESN'T FEED HUNGRY CHILDREN. 184 00:06:20,246 --> 00:06:22,315 JUST SAYING IT FEEDS ALL 185 00:06:22,315 --> 00:06:23,516 CHILDREN MEANS THAT IT CAN TAKE 186 00:06:23,516 --> 00:06:27,153 AWAY FROM CHILDREN WHO ARE 187 00:06:27,153 --> 00:06:28,721 REALLY HUNGRY ANYWAY. SO WHILE 188 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:31,991 THE CITY DROWNS IN A $488 189 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:32,892 MILLION DEFICIT, THE CHILDREN 190 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:36,262 WHO ACTUALLY GO HUNGRY, GO 191 00:06:36,262 --> 00:06:38,398 HUNGRY ON WEEKENDS AND BREAKS IN 192 00:06:38,398 --> 00:06:41,667 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE. AND SO THE 193 00:06:41,667 --> 00:06:43,870 HOLLINGSWORTH FOSTER AMENDMENT 194 00:06:43,870 --> 00:06:44,504 DOES FEED OUR CHILDREN THAT NEED 195 00:06:44,504 --> 00:06:46,072 TO BE FED. SO THANK YOU FOR 196 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:46,339 HEARING. 197 00:06:46,339 --> 00:06:47,406 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK 198 00:06:47,406 --> 00:06:55,848 YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. 199 00:06:55,848 --> 00:06:56,182 JIM BUCHANAN. 200 00:06:56,182 --> 00:06:56,949 -- I'D LIKE TO SAY GOOD 201 00:06:56,949 --> 00:06:58,918 MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, AND TO THE 202 00:06:58,918 --> 00:07:00,153 COUNCIL. IT'S GREAT TO SEE 203 00:07:00,153 --> 00:07:00,453 EVERYBODY. 204 00:07:00,453 --> 00:07:01,454 -- GOOD MORNING. 205 00:07:01,454 --> 00:07:03,256 -- YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KIND OF 206 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:04,657 STICK TO THE FACTS AND 207 00:07:04,657 --> 00:07:06,125 STATISTICS. I'M JIM BUCHANAN, 208 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:07,794 PRESIDENT OF THE WASHINGTON 209 00:07:07,794 --> 00:07:08,928 STATE, DESCENDANTS OF THE 210 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:10,196 ENSLAVED. AND I'M HERE TO ASK 211 00:07:10,196 --> 00:07:12,765 YOU TO VOTE NO, BECAUSE THIS 212 00:07:12,765 --> 00:07:15,902 PLAN TAXES THE WORKING POOR TO 213 00:07:15,902 --> 00:07:17,336 FEED THE WEALTHY. AND IT CALLS 214 00:07:17,336 --> 00:07:20,573 IT COMPASSION. THE NUMBERS ARE 215 00:07:20,573 --> 00:07:23,075 DEVASTATING. UNIVERSAL MEALS 216 00:07:23,075 --> 00:07:25,144 WERE NEVER ON THE $1.3 BILLION 217 00:07:25,144 --> 00:07:27,046 BALLOT. SEATTLE VOTERS PASSED AT 218 00:07:27,046 --> 00:07:30,449 80%. SEATTLE'S 104 SCHOOLS ARE 219 00:07:30,449 --> 00:07:32,885 ALREADY 50% COVERED BY FEDERALLY 220 00:07:32,885 --> 00:07:34,887 FUNDED FREE MEALS AND RAINIER 221 00:07:34,887 --> 00:07:36,923 VALLEY 80% OF STUDENTS QUALIFY, 222 00:07:36,923 --> 00:07:38,858 MORE THAN TWO TIMES THE 223 00:07:38,858 --> 00:07:41,394 DISTRICT'S AVERAGE. 18,000 224 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:42,028 SEATTLE CHILDREN ALREADY QUALIFY 225 00:07:42,028 --> 00:07:44,730 AND ARE SERVED. THIS PLAN FEEDS 226 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:46,566 NO HUNGRY CHILD. IT FUNNELS 227 00:07:46,566 --> 00:07:48,534 $1,200 PER CHILD TO FAMILIES IN 228 00:07:48,534 --> 00:07:51,637 QUEEN ANNE, MAGNOLIA AND IN THAT 229 00:07:51,637 --> 00:07:54,607 AREA WHO CAN ALREADY AFFORD 230 00:07:54,607 --> 00:07:56,609 LUNCH, DRAINING A LEVY RESERVE 231 00:07:56,609 --> 00:07:59,011 WHILE THE CITY DROWNS IN THE 232 00:07:59,011 --> 00:08:01,247 $188 MILLION DEFICIT. VOTE NO. 233 00:08:01,247 --> 00:08:02,548 THREE WHEN YOU VOTE NO. THREE 234 00:08:02,548 --> 00:08:04,450 THINGS HAPPEN. YOU PROTECT THE 235 00:08:04,450 --> 00:08:05,885 RESERVE, YOU HONOR THE VOTERS, 236 00:08:05,885 --> 00:08:07,220 AND YOU FEED THE CHILDREN WHO 237 00:08:07,220 --> 00:08:08,921 ACTUALLY SERVE ON THE WEEKENDS 238 00:08:08,921 --> 00:08:10,990 AND BREAKS. IN SEATTLE AND 239 00:08:10,990 --> 00:08:13,860 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE, WHERE FOOD 240 00:08:13,860 --> 00:08:14,927 INSECURITY HITS A 26.5% 241 00:08:14,927 --> 00:08:16,929 HOLLINGSWORTH FOSTER DOES IT FOR 242 00:08:16,929 --> 00:08:18,431 LESS THAN 50%. THAT COSTS 243 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:21,400 REACHING 5000 FAMILIES. STOP THE 244 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,670 HANDOUT, FEED THE HUNGRY. VOTE 245 00:08:24,670 --> 00:08:26,372 YES ON THE AMENDMENTS. 246 00:08:26,372 --> 00:08:28,808 -- THANK YOU JIM. THANK YOU. ALL 247 00:08:28,808 --> 00:08:32,545 RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO NEXT. 248 00:08:32,545 --> 00:08:34,347 SO, COLLEAGUES, WE HAVE A NUMBER 249 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:36,282 OF FOLKS SPEAKING THIS MORNING. 250 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:37,984 WE HAVE THREE MIKES AND THEY'RE 251 00:08:37,984 --> 00:08:40,519 ALL THEY ALL WORK. SO WHEN YOU 252 00:08:40,519 --> 00:08:41,888 HEAR YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP UP 253 00:08:41,888 --> 00:08:43,155 TO A MIC AND IT'LL MAKE 254 00:08:43,155 --> 00:08:45,391 EVERYTHING GO A LITTLE FASTER IF 255 00:08:45,391 --> 00:08:46,592 YOU WOULD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 256 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:49,161 AND THEN ALSO, WE HAVE A LOT OF 257 00:08:49,161 --> 00:08:50,229 FOLKS IN CHAMBERS AND A LOT OF 258 00:08:50,229 --> 00:08:51,797 WORK TO GET THROUGH. SO IF YOU 259 00:08:51,797 --> 00:08:54,967 COULD DO SNAPS OR HAND WAVES, IF 260 00:08:54,967 --> 00:08:57,937 YOU'RE, IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING 261 00:08:57,937 --> 00:08:58,571 RATHER THAN CLAPPING, IT ALSO 262 00:08:58,571 --> 00:08:59,272 RESPECTS THE PERSON WHO'S GOING 263 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:01,707 TO SPEAK NEXT. AND ALSO HELPS 264 00:09:01,707 --> 00:09:02,508 THE PROCESS. SO I'M GOING TO 265 00:09:02,508 --> 00:09:04,143 THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR DOING 266 00:09:04,143 --> 00:09:06,112 THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. 267 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:08,447 SO WE HAVE NILOU JENKS, OLIVER 268 00:09:08,447 --> 00:09:13,753 MYSKA, AND THEN RACHAEL SHELL. 269 00:09:13,753 --> 00:09:15,187 HI. NILOU. WELCOME. 270 00:09:15,187 --> 00:09:16,455 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING 271 00:09:16,455 --> 00:09:17,723 EVERYBODY. I'M NILOU JENKS 272 00:09:17,723 --> 00:09:18,991 RUNNING FOR SEATTLE CITY 273 00:09:18,991 --> 00:09:20,092 COUNCIL, DISTRICT FIVE. I'M A 274 00:09:20,092 --> 00:09:22,695 LAKE CITY RESIDENT AND A MOM. 275 00:09:22,695 --> 00:09:25,197 I'M ALSO A FORMER PTA ADVOCACY 276 00:09:25,197 --> 00:09:26,999 CHAIR AT A TITLE ONE NORTHEAST 277 00:09:26,999 --> 00:09:27,767 SCHOOL, WHERE I HAD A CHILD TOLD 278 00:09:27,767 --> 00:09:29,902 ME THEY DON'T EAT DINNER IN 279 00:09:29,902 --> 00:09:31,871 THEIR FAMILY. IT WAS ALSO A 280 00:09:31,871 --> 00:09:33,272 SCHOOL THAT NEARLY LOST ITS 281 00:09:33,272 --> 00:09:35,241 TITLE ONE STATUS BECAUSE OF THE 282 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:37,376 SITUATION UNDER TRUMP, BY THREE 283 00:09:37,376 --> 00:09:39,278 KIDS. THAT MEANS AN ENTIRE 284 00:09:39,278 --> 00:09:40,313 SCHOOL COULD LOSE LUNCH UNDER 285 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:40,913 WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT 286 00:09:40,913 --> 00:09:43,516 NOW, THERE ARE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS 287 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:46,752 IN MY DISTRICT THAT WOULD NOT BE 288 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:47,853 SERVED. 30% OF THE KIDS AT 289 00:09:47,853 --> 00:09:49,589 INGRAHAM ARE GOING TO THEIR 290 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:51,958 CLOSET ASKING FOR THINGS LIKE 291 00:09:51,958 --> 00:09:54,927 TOOTHPASTE. I UNDERSTAND THAT 292 00:09:54,927 --> 00:09:55,595 THERE'S A LOT OF NEED, BUT I DO 293 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:57,596 KNOW THAT CHILDREN DON'T LEARN 294 00:09:57,596 --> 00:09:58,297 WHEN THEY'RE HUNGRY. I WAS A 295 00:09:58,297 --> 00:09:59,966 STAY AT HOME PARENT FOR 14 296 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:02,301 YEARS. I CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH I 297 00:10:02,301 --> 00:10:03,836 WORKED IN SCHOOLS AND HOW MANY 298 00:10:03,836 --> 00:10:04,470 HUNGRY KIDS THERE ARE, AND HOW 299 00:10:04,470 --> 00:10:07,907 MUCH INVISIBLE POVERTY THERE IS. 300 00:10:07,907 --> 00:10:08,975 WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO FEED 301 00:10:08,975 --> 00:10:10,142 OUR CHILDREN, AND THIS IS A 302 00:10:10,142 --> 00:10:13,879 GREAT WAY. PLEASE VOTE. NO. 303 00:10:13,879 --> 00:10:14,180 THANK YOU. 304 00:10:14,180 --> 00:10:16,115 -- THANK YOU. OLIVER MISKA, 305 00:10:16,115 --> 00:10:17,149 FOLLOWED BY RACHEL SCHELL, 306 00:10:17,149 --> 00:10:19,785 FOLLOWED BY LINDA SODA. HI, 307 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:20,019 OLIVER. 308 00:10:20,019 --> 00:10:21,153 -- HI. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF 309 00:10:21,153 --> 00:10:22,388 THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS OLIVER 310 00:10:22,388 --> 00:10:24,690 MISKA. I'M HERE TESTIFYING AS A 311 00:10:24,690 --> 00:10:27,126 RETIRED TEACHER IN 35 YEAR OLD 312 00:10:27,126 --> 00:10:28,628 SEATTLEITE AGAINST AMENDMENT 6. 313 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:30,796 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR 314 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:33,099 SEEING THROUGH WHAT IS AN 315 00:10:33,099 --> 00:10:34,533 ARDUOUS PROCESS OF PASSING THIS 316 00:10:34,533 --> 00:10:36,736 $1.3 BILLION LEVY, HELPING 317 00:10:36,736 --> 00:10:38,237 SUPPORT A REALLY FULFILL WHAT 318 00:10:38,237 --> 00:10:40,106 THE STATE DOESN'T, FUNDING OUR 319 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:40,673 SCHOOLS AND THE PROGRAM. SO 320 00:10:40,673 --> 00:10:42,174 IT'S A LOT OF WORK. THANK YOU. 321 00:10:42,174 --> 00:10:44,410 PUBLIC SERVICE IS GRUELING AND 322 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:46,312 NOBODY DESERVES PERSONAL 323 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:47,580 ATTACKS. WITH THAT SAID, 324 00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:49,382 POLITICS IS ALWAYS PERSONAL, 325 00:10:49,382 --> 00:10:50,516 REGARDLESS OF HOW HARD WE TRY TO 326 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:51,851 PUT UP WALLS AND LABELS. 327 00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:54,020 THINKING BACK BEFORE WE HAD A 328 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:55,054 SOCIALIST MAYOR, I HEARD THE 329 00:10:55,054 --> 00:10:56,655 TALKING POINTS OVER AND OVER 330 00:10:56,655 --> 00:10:59,692 AGAIN THAT WE NEEDED OUR SCHOOLS 331 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:01,694 TO HAVE UNIVERSAL APPEAL TO OUR 332 00:11:01,694 --> 00:11:02,328 FAMILIES AND HAVE THEIR SERVICES 333 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:04,030 AND THEIR REPUTATION SPREAD. 334 00:11:04,030 --> 00:11:05,831 AMONGST ALL THE TALKING POINTS A 335 00:11:05,831 --> 00:11:09,635 YEAR AGO WERE DIFFERENT. AND IN 336 00:11:09,635 --> 00:11:10,669 YOUR DEFENSE OF AMENDMENT 6, I 337 00:11:10,669 --> 00:11:13,439 HEAR A BOTH AND NOT A EITHER OR 338 00:11:13,439 --> 00:11:15,975 ARGUMENT. TARGETED UNIVERSALISM 339 00:11:15,975 --> 00:11:17,376 IS JUST THAT BOTH AND NOT EITHER 340 00:11:17,376 --> 00:11:20,046 OR ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, AFTER 341 00:11:20,046 --> 00:11:23,015 ALL, ARE JUST WHITE LIBERALS WAY 342 00:11:23,015 --> 00:11:25,151 OF DECIDING WHAT BASIC NEEDS 343 00:11:25,151 --> 00:11:27,086 SERVICES LIKE FOOD AND HOUSING. 344 00:11:27,086 --> 00:11:29,688 WHO GETS THAT? THANK YOU. WE 345 00:11:29,688 --> 00:11:32,525 CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER WAY. 346 00:11:32,525 --> 00:11:36,595 -- THANK. UNIVERSAL. 347 00:11:36,595 --> 00:11:38,964 -- THANK YOU OLIVER. AND YOU CAN 348 00:11:38,964 --> 00:11:40,232 ALSO LEAVE COMMENTS IN THE BOX. 349 00:11:40,232 --> 00:11:42,034 IF FOLKS RUN OUT OF TIME. WHEN 350 00:11:42,034 --> 00:11:43,569 YOU HEAR THAT DING, IT MEANS YOU 351 00:11:43,569 --> 00:11:45,671 HAVE 10 SECONDS LEFT. THANK YOU. 352 00:11:45,671 --> 00:11:46,672 WELCOME, RACHEL. NICE TO SEE 353 00:11:46,672 --> 00:11:46,872 YOU. 354 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:49,942 -- YEAH, GOOD. GOOD MORNING. 355 00:11:49,942 --> 00:11:51,977 CHAIR RIVERA AND MEMBERS OF THE 356 00:11:51,977 --> 00:11:53,813 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS 357 00:11:53,813 --> 00:11:56,048 RACHEL SNELL AND I'M AN 358 00:11:56,048 --> 00:11:56,682 EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FOR THE 359 00:11:56,682 --> 00:11:59,652 37th LEAD. I'M HERE TO VOTE 360 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:01,921 AGAIN. I'M HERE TO SAY NO TO 361 00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:05,825 AMENDMENT 6. IN A TIME WHERE 362 00:12:05,825 --> 00:12:07,793 PEOPLE ALREADY AND CHILDREN IN 363 00:12:07,793 --> 00:12:09,895 SCHOOL ALREADY DON'T HAVE AN 364 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:11,831 ABILITY TO AFFORD FOOD AT THEIR 365 00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:13,065 AT THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS, USUALLY 366 00:12:13,065 --> 00:12:14,967 THE ONLY TIME THAT THEY CAN 367 00:12:14,967 --> 00:12:17,503 ACTUALLY GET A FREE MEAL AND OR 368 00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:19,371 HAVE DECENT MEAL. SO TO STARVE 369 00:12:19,371 --> 00:12:22,775 THEM INTO LIKE, SAY TO CUT, CUT, 370 00:12:22,775 --> 00:12:24,643 THIS WOULD BE RIDICULOUS. AND 371 00:12:24,643 --> 00:12:26,011 I'M ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I 372 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:28,914 ALWAYS SAY AT EVERY 373 00:12:28,914 --> 00:12:30,382 COUNCILMEMBER, AT EVERY PUBLIC 374 00:12:30,382 --> 00:12:32,218 TESTIMONY I GIVE IS I'M SICK 375 00:12:32,218 --> 00:12:33,152 AND TIRED OF SITTING THROUGH 376 00:12:33,152 --> 00:12:36,522 ANOTHER MEETING WITH LEGISLATORS 377 00:12:36,522 --> 00:12:37,389 AND POLICYMAKERS SAYING, WE NEED 378 00:12:37,389 --> 00:12:38,591 TO CUT SPENDING, WE NEED TO CUT 379 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:41,060 SPENDING. MEANWHILE, WEALTHY 380 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:43,229 CORPORATIONS RECEIVE HANDOUTS 381 00:12:43,229 --> 00:12:45,598 YEAR AFTER YEAR. IT'S ENOUGH. 382 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:48,701 -- THANK YOU. RACHEL, WE HAVE 383 00:12:48,701 --> 00:12:51,437 NEXT. LINDA OSORIO, NOAH 384 00:12:51,437 --> 00:12:57,209 WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY BAILEY OR 385 00:12:57,209 --> 00:13:01,180 MENDILLO MIJAILO. SO SORRY 386 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:01,547 LINDA. WELCOME. 387 00:13:01,547 --> 00:13:03,549 -- HELLO. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME 388 00:13:03,549 --> 00:13:05,384 IS LINDA OSORIO AND I'M A JUNIOR 389 00:13:05,384 --> 00:13:08,587 IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I AM 390 00:13:08,587 --> 00:13:09,221 TESTIFYING AGAINST AMENDMENT 6. 391 00:13:09,221 --> 00:13:10,656 FOR MANY FAMILIES, THIS 392 00:13:10,656 --> 00:13:11,423 AMENDMENT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR 393 00:13:11,423 --> 00:13:13,425 THEM TO FILE PAPERWORK DUE TO 394 00:13:13,425 --> 00:13:14,793 FEAR IF THEIR FAMILIES ARE 395 00:13:14,793 --> 00:13:16,529 IMMIGRANTS. EMBARRASSMENT OR MAY 396 00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:19,031 NOT EVEN QUALIFY, WHICH COULD BE 397 00:13:19,031 --> 00:13:19,665 DUE TO THEIR FAMILY'S INCOME, 398 00:13:19,665 --> 00:13:20,599 AND THIS WOULD RESTRICT THEM 399 00:13:20,599 --> 00:13:22,735 FROM RECEIVING NUTRITIOUS MEALS 400 00:13:22,735 --> 00:13:24,637 DUE TO GROCERY COSTS. FREE 401 00:13:24,637 --> 00:13:25,938 SCHOOL MEALS HAVE SHOWN TO 402 00:13:25,938 --> 00:13:27,606 REDUCE FOOD INSECURITY FOR 403 00:13:27,606 --> 00:13:29,708 FAMILIES AND IMPROVE STUDENTS 404 00:13:29,708 --> 00:13:31,076 OVERALL HEALTH. STARTING IN 405 00:13:31,076 --> 00:13:33,212 KINDERGARTEN. THAT'S 406 00:13:33,212 --> 00:13:35,581 DISAPPOINTING. 6800 SPS STUDENTS 407 00:13:35,581 --> 00:13:36,782 AND THEIR FAMILIES, CAUSING A 408 00:13:36,782 --> 00:13:38,284 FINANCIAL BURDEN TO THEM AND 409 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:40,419 LIMITING THEM FROM ACCESSING 410 00:13:40,419 --> 00:13:41,987 FREE SCHOOL MEALS AND THEIR 411 00:13:41,987 --> 00:13:43,589 SUCCESS IN SCHOOL. IN ADDITION, 412 00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:47,359 THIS WOULD HALT FROM. THIS WOULD 413 00:13:47,359 --> 00:13:49,028 HALT STUDENTS FOCUS IN CLASS AND 414 00:13:49,028 --> 00:13:51,063 NOT RECEIVING FREE SCHOOL MEALS. 415 00:13:51,063 --> 00:13:53,432 AND I HOPE THAT AS YOU MAKE THIS 416 00:13:53,432 --> 00:13:54,433 DECISION THAT YOU THINK ABOUT 417 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:57,002 THESE STUDENTS. 418 00:13:57,002 --> 00:13:57,336 -- THANK YOU. 419 00:13:57,336 --> 00:13:59,405 -- THANK YOU, LINDA. NOAH 420 00:13:59,405 --> 00:14:00,372 WILLIAMS, FOLLOWED BY BAILEY, 421 00:14:00,372 --> 00:14:04,777 FOLLOWED BY SIDNEY LOCK. NOAH, 422 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:05,044 WELCOME. 423 00:14:05,044 --> 00:14:06,579 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 424 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,180 NAME IS NOAH WILLIAMS. AND AS A 425 00:14:08,180 --> 00:14:10,349 TAXPAYER WHO DOES NOT HAVE KIDS, 426 00:14:10,349 --> 00:14:11,650 THERE IS NO BETTER USE OF MY 427 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:14,119 TAXES THAN FEEDING THOSE THAT 428 00:14:14,119 --> 00:14:14,753 ARE HUNGRY, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, 429 00:14:14,753 --> 00:14:16,322 BECAUSE IT IS MORALLY RIGHT. IT 430 00:14:16,322 --> 00:14:17,723 IS ALSO FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE 431 00:14:17,723 --> 00:14:19,491 BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT WE END UP 432 00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:20,626 WITH BETTER TEST SCORES AND MORE 433 00:14:20,626 --> 00:14:22,161 FEDERAL FUNDING. WHEN KIDS HAVE 434 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:24,897 RELIABLE ACCESS TO FOOD. IMAGINE 435 00:14:24,897 --> 00:14:26,398 MEANS TESTING OTHER CORE 436 00:14:26,398 --> 00:14:26,899 ESSENTIALS IN SCHOOLS, 437 00:14:26,899 --> 00:14:28,500 TEXTBOOKS, PAPER, PENCILS. YOU 438 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,070 MUST BE THIS POOR AND YOUR 439 00:14:31,070 --> 00:14:31,670 PARENTS MUST FILL OUT A FORM 440 00:14:31,670 --> 00:14:33,372 WITH A PENCIL FOR YOU TO GET 441 00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:35,741 ONE. IT WOULD BE HUMILIATING FOR 442 00:14:35,741 --> 00:14:36,275 KIDS AND A WASTE OF 443 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:37,610 ADMINISTRATIVE TIME AND EFFORT 444 00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:39,745 THAT COULD GO TO SIMPLY FEEDING 445 00:14:39,745 --> 00:14:41,480 THEM. THE CHILDREN AREN'T GOING 446 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:42,281 HUNGRY BECAUSE WE FEED TOO MANY 447 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:43,883 OF THEIR PEERS. IT'S A TINY 448 00:14:43,883 --> 00:14:46,986 AMOUNT OF MONEY. THEY'RE GOING 449 00:14:46,986 --> 00:14:49,221 HUNGRY BECAUSE OVERALL, OUR 450 00:14:49,221 --> 00:14:49,822 COUNCIL'S BUDGET PREVIOUSLY 451 00:14:49,822 --> 00:14:50,456 REFLECTS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF 452 00:14:50,456 --> 00:14:51,123 MONEY FOR THE COPS. LET'S KEEP 453 00:14:51,123 --> 00:14:53,525 IT REAL. LAST SESSION, I WAS 454 00:14:53,525 --> 00:14:54,526 REALLY GLAD YOU PASSED AN 455 00:14:54,526 --> 00:14:55,728 EXPANSION TO THE FRESH BUCKS 456 00:14:55,728 --> 00:14:57,596 PROGRAM SO THAT MORE FAMILIES 457 00:14:57,596 --> 00:14:59,231 CAN FEED THEIR CHILDREN WITH 458 00:14:59,231 --> 00:14:59,798 FRESH FOOD FROM WASHINGTON 459 00:14:59,798 --> 00:15:01,734 FAMILIES. FARMERS RATHER KEEP 460 00:15:01,734 --> 00:15:03,602 GOING IN THIS DIRECTION AND FEED 461 00:15:03,602 --> 00:15:04,603 ALL THE KIDS. THANK YOU. 462 00:15:04,603 --> 00:15:06,538 -- THANK YOU, NOAH BAILEY, 463 00:15:06,538 --> 00:15:08,173 FOLLOWED BY SIDNEY, FOLLOWED BY 464 00:15:08,173 --> 00:15:09,942 IRENE. 465 00:15:09,942 --> 00:15:10,909 -- SO HEY EVERYONE, CAN YOU HEAR 466 00:15:10,909 --> 00:15:12,411 ME? YES. AWESOME. BEFORE I 467 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:13,979 TESTIFY, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A 468 00:15:13,979 --> 00:15:14,680 HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE YOUNG 469 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,015 PEOPLE HERE TODAY. YOUR BRAVERY 470 00:15:16,015 --> 00:15:19,018 AND SHOWING UP AS STUDENTS, AS 471 00:15:19,018 --> 00:15:20,452 YOUTH IS COMMENDABLE, AND I 472 00:15:20,452 --> 00:15:23,022 APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. MY NAME 473 00:15:23,022 --> 00:15:24,823 IS BAILEY AND I AM GLAD TO BE 474 00:15:24,823 --> 00:15:26,392 HERE TODAY. GOOD MORNING, MADAM 475 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:28,394 CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE 476 00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:29,728 COMMITTEE. I AM THE 477 00:15:29,728 --> 00:15:30,663 COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER FOR THE 478 00:15:30,663 --> 00:15:32,097 WASHINGTON BUS, WHICH IS THE 479 00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:33,766 LARGEST STATEWIDE POLITICAL 480 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:35,901 ORGANIZATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN 481 00:15:35,901 --> 00:15:37,336 WASHINGTON STATE. I WAS ALSO A 482 00:15:37,336 --> 00:15:38,837 RECIPIENT OF FREE AND REDUCED 483 00:15:38,837 --> 00:15:40,105 SCHOOL LUNCH WHEN I WAS IN HIGH 484 00:15:40,105 --> 00:15:41,874 SCHOOL DURING COVID 19. AND 485 00:15:41,874 --> 00:15:43,976 TODAY I'M HERE BECAUSE MY 486 00:15:43,976 --> 00:15:45,344 ORGANIZATION IS URGING THIS 487 00:15:45,344 --> 00:15:47,012 COMMITTEE TO FULLY FUND FREE 488 00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:48,280 SCHOOL MEALS FOR K THROUGH 12 489 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,183 YOUTH AND REMOVE BARRIERS FOR 490 00:15:51,183 --> 00:15:51,884 YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACCESS THESE 491 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:53,819 MEALS. AND WE APPRECIATE THE 492 00:15:53,819 --> 00:15:55,087 THOUGHTFUL APPROACH OF AMENDMENT 493 00:15:55,087 --> 00:15:57,089 6. BUT WE ASK THIS COUNCIL TO 494 00:15:57,089 --> 00:15:58,757 NOT ADOPT IT AND PASS THE LEVY 495 00:15:58,757 --> 00:16:00,225 IN ITS MOST PRESENT AND 496 00:16:00,225 --> 00:16:02,461 IMPACTFUL FORM. THE REAL THING 497 00:16:02,461 --> 00:16:03,095 WE NEED TO SAY HERE IS THAT WE 498 00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:05,998 ARE NOT THE EXPERTS. AS 499 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:06,799 COUNCILMEMBERS. AS ADULTS, WE 500 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:08,734 NEED TO BE LISTENING TO THE 501 00:16:08,734 --> 00:16:09,668 STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS AND 502 00:16:09,668 --> 00:16:11,704 THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY ARE 503 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:12,204 LIVING THROUGH IN THEIR 504 00:16:12,204 --> 00:16:12,905 CLASSROOMS. THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE 505 00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:14,473 SAYING THAT WE NEED TO FUND 506 00:16:14,473 --> 00:16:16,241 UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL MEALS, AND 507 00:16:16,241 --> 00:16:17,042 I BELIEVE THEM, AND I STAND WITH 508 00:16:17,042 --> 00:16:18,777 THEM, AND I'M PROUD TO UPLIFT 509 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:20,679 THEM TODAY AS AN ALLY AND AS A 510 00:16:20,679 --> 00:16:23,282 FORMER RECIPIENT OF FREE SCHOOL 511 00:16:23,282 --> 00:16:24,683 MEALS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 512 00:16:24,683 --> 00:16:27,119 -- THANK YOU. SIDNEY. IRENE, 513 00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:28,087 FOLLOWED BY ANDREW PARK, 514 00:16:28,087 --> 00:16:31,990 FOLLOWED BY KERRY BROWN, FOSTER 515 00:16:31,990 --> 00:16:34,760 IRENE, WELCOME. ARE YOU IRENE 516 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:38,564 OH. OH, SORRY, SIDNEY. GO AHEAD. 517 00:16:38,564 --> 00:16:38,797 SORRY. 518 00:16:38,797 --> 00:16:39,999 -- GOOD MORNING, SEATTLE CITY 519 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,300 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SIDNEY LOCKE 520 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:45,170 AND I AM ALSO WITH BAILEY FROM 521 00:16:45,170 --> 00:16:46,171 THE WASHINGTON BUS. I'M HERE TO 522 00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:47,706 URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST 523 00:16:47,706 --> 00:16:48,941 AMENDMENT SIX AND SAY NO TO 524 00:16:48,941 --> 00:16:50,042 LEAVING YOUNG SCHOOL STUDENTS 525 00:16:50,042 --> 00:16:50,976 HUNGRY. AS THE DAUGHTER OF A 526 00:16:50,976 --> 00:16:51,910 FATHER THAT GREW UP HERE IN 527 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:55,781 SEATTLE LOCALLY, I'VE HEARD OF 528 00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:56,415 HIS EXPERIENCE IN THE PROJECTS 529 00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:57,649 OF YESLER TERRACE AND THROUGH 530 00:16:57,649 --> 00:16:58,484 THAT. ALSO HEARD OF HIS 531 00:16:58,484 --> 00:17:00,552 STRUGGLES WITH FOOD INSECURITY. 532 00:17:00,552 --> 00:17:04,490 NOW HERE IN 2025, I AM HERE TO 533 00:17:04,490 --> 00:17:05,524 CONTINUE OUR MESSAGE OF SUPPORT 534 00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:06,992 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE FACING THE SAME 535 00:17:06,992 --> 00:17:08,927 EXACT ISSUES. TO SEE THE 536 00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:10,062 PARALLELS BETWEEN THEN AND NOW 537 00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,296 IS DEEPLY SADDENING. AND BECAUSE 538 00:17:11,296 --> 00:17:13,866 OF THIS, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT 539 00:17:13,866 --> 00:17:14,933 OUR YOUTH JUST CAN'T WAIT AND 540 00:17:14,933 --> 00:17:16,001 THEY JUST DON'T DESERVE TO WAIT 541 00:17:16,001 --> 00:17:19,571 ANY LONGER. NOW MORE THAN EVER, 542 00:17:19,571 --> 00:17:20,139 WE'RE SEEING AGGRESSIVE 543 00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:20,739 ROLLBACKS AND POOR TO MIDDLE 544 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:22,508 CLASS FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING 545 00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:26,078 THE MOST IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF 546 00:17:26,078 --> 00:17:27,579 THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISES OF OUR 547 00:17:27,579 --> 00:17:29,481 GENERATION. I URGE YOU TO VOTE 548 00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:31,550 NO TO AMENDMENT 6. THANK YOU. 549 00:17:31,550 --> 00:17:34,853 -- THANK YOU. SIDNEY. IRENE, 550 00:17:34,853 --> 00:17:36,522 FOLLOWED BY ANDREW, FOLLOWED BY 551 00:17:36,522 --> 00:17:38,223 CARRIE, IRENE. GOOD MORNING. 552 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:38,957 -- SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME 553 00:17:38,957 --> 00:17:39,992 IS IRENE AND I'M A SENIOR AT 554 00:17:39,992 --> 00:17:41,360 NATHAN HALE HIGH SCHOOL. MY 555 00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:42,561 SCHOOL. NOT EVERY STUDENT HAS 556 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:43,562 ACCESS TO FREE MEALS, EVEN 557 00:17:43,562 --> 00:17:45,798 THOUGH MANY FAMILIES ARE STILL 558 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:46,999 STRUGGLING TO AFFORD THEM. THERE 559 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:49,168 ARE STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS 560 00:17:49,168 --> 00:17:50,369 EITHER MAKE JUST ENOUGH TO NOT 561 00:17:50,369 --> 00:17:51,470 QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED 562 00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:53,138 PRICE LUNCH, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO 563 00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:55,874 BE PAYING FOR SCHOOL MEALS OR 564 00:17:55,874 --> 00:17:56,341 HAVE TROUBLE WITH THE 565 00:17:56,341 --> 00:17:57,443 APPLICATION PROCESS AND 566 00:17:57,443 --> 00:17:58,844 PAPERWORK. EVERY DAY I SEE 567 00:17:58,844 --> 00:18:00,279 STUDENTS HOVERING BY THE LUNCH 568 00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:00,946 LINE DEBATING IF THEY'RE HUNGRY 569 00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:02,381 ENOUGH TO EAT AT SCHOOL OR IF 570 00:18:02,381 --> 00:18:03,649 THEY SHOULD FIND FOOD ELSEWHERE. 571 00:18:03,649 --> 00:18:04,550 FOOD SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE 572 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:05,851 SOMETHING THAT SOMEONE HAS TO 573 00:18:05,851 --> 00:18:06,785 SEARCH FOR, ESPECIALLY AT 574 00:18:06,785 --> 00:18:07,786 SCHOOL. LUNCH CAN BE THE 575 00:18:07,786 --> 00:18:08,420 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING ABLE TO 576 00:18:08,420 --> 00:18:10,289 FOCUS IN CLASS OR SPENDING THE 577 00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:13,625 DAY DISTRACTED BY HUNGER. WHILE 578 00:18:13,625 --> 00:18:14,226 SOME SCHOOLS ALREADY PROVIDE 579 00:18:14,226 --> 00:18:15,260 FREE MEALS FOR EVERY STUDENT, 580 00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,228 NATHAN HALE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. 581 00:18:16,228 --> 00:18:17,963 THIS PROPOSAL WOULD MAKE A REAL 582 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:18,964 DIFFERENCE FOR SCHOOLS LIKE 583 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:19,965 MINE, AND FOR THE THOUSANDS OF 584 00:18:19,965 --> 00:18:21,867 STUDENTS WHO CURRENTLY DON'T 585 00:18:21,867 --> 00:18:23,635 QUALIFY BUT STILL NEED SUPPORT, 586 00:18:23,635 --> 00:18:24,203 PLEASE PRIORITIZE STUDENTS 587 00:18:24,203 --> 00:18:26,472 WELL-BEING AND REJECT AND REJECT 588 00:18:26,472 --> 00:18:27,272 THINGS THAT CREATE MORE 589 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:28,974 BARRIERS. HUNGER SHOULDN'T COME 590 00:18:28,974 --> 00:18:29,575 WITH PAPERWORK. THANK YOU SO 591 00:18:29,575 --> 00:18:31,176 MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 592 00:18:31,176 --> 00:18:32,678 -- THANK YOU. IRENE. ANDREW, 593 00:18:32,678 --> 00:18:34,546 FOLLOWED BY CARRIE, FOLLOWED BY 594 00:18:34,546 --> 00:18:37,483 ALEX KRAMER, ANDREW, WELCOME. 595 00:18:37,483 --> 00:18:39,017 -- HI, I'M ANDREW PARK, I'M A 596 00:18:39,017 --> 00:18:40,219 MATH TEACHER AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL. 597 00:18:40,219 --> 00:18:42,488 SHOUT OUTS TO ANY PARENTS OUT 598 00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:44,256 THERE AND A MEMBER OF THE 599 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:45,991 SEATTLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. 600 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:46,625 PLEASE VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 6. 601 00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:48,093 THAT WOULD DELAY THE UNIVERSAL 602 00:18:48,093 --> 00:18:49,862 SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM. OUR 603 00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:50,496 STUDENTS NEED REGULAR MEALS THAT 604 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:51,997 ARE BOTH FREE AND READILY 605 00:18:51,997 --> 00:18:54,133 AVAILABLE. AMENDMENT 6 PROPOSES 606 00:18:54,133 --> 00:18:55,300 A VOUCHER PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES, 607 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:57,202 BUT DISTRIBUTING MEALS THROUGH 608 00:18:57,202 --> 00:18:59,137 VOUCHERS AND MEANS TESTED 609 00:18:59,137 --> 00:18:59,771 QUALIFICATIONS TREATS THE ROOT 610 00:18:59,771 --> 00:19:03,208 CAUSE OF HUNGER, HUNGER AS AN 611 00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:03,775 ADMINISTRATIVE INEFFICIENCY 612 00:19:03,775 --> 00:19:05,611 RATHER THAN THAN A STRUCTURAL 613 00:19:05,611 --> 00:19:06,812 INEVITABILITY. WHEN FOOD IS SOLD 614 00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:09,114 AND DISTRIBUTED BY FOR PROFIT 615 00:19:09,114 --> 00:19:10,516 ENTITIES LIKE KROGER, 616 00:19:10,516 --> 00:19:12,551 ALBERTSONS, WALMART, AMAZON, ET 617 00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:14,386 CETERA.. ADDITIONALLY, THESE 618 00:19:14,386 --> 00:19:15,387 VOUCHERS FORCE OUR STUDENTS AND 619 00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:16,822 THEIR FAMILIES INTO NAVIGATING A 620 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:18,023 SYSTEM WHERE THEY MUST PROVE 621 00:19:18,023 --> 00:19:18,824 THEY ARE PERFECT VICTIMS THAT 622 00:19:18,824 --> 00:19:20,926 DESERVE THE RESOURCES AT STAKE. 623 00:19:20,926 --> 00:19:22,594 AND IT OMITS THE MANY STUDENTS 624 00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:23,729 WHO FLUCTUATE ABOVE AND BELOW 625 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:25,464 THE DEMARCATION LINE, WHO ARE 626 00:19:25,464 --> 00:19:27,165 STILL IN NEED. A UNIVERSAL 627 00:19:27,165 --> 00:19:27,766 SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM DOES NOT 628 00:19:27,766 --> 00:19:29,334 NEED PERFECT VICTIMS IN ORDER TO 629 00:19:29,334 --> 00:19:30,536 EXIST IN A YEAR. IT SHOULD EXIST 630 00:19:30,536 --> 00:19:33,005 NOW. AGAIN, VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 631 00:19:33,005 --> 00:19:36,041 6. ALTERNATIVELY, YOU CAN EXPAND 632 00:19:36,041 --> 00:19:37,342 THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE FREE AND 633 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:39,144 AVAILABLE MEALS ON WEEKENDS AND 634 00:19:39,144 --> 00:19:39,945 BREAKS WITHOUT THE DELAYS TO THE 635 00:19:39,945 --> 00:19:42,080 ORIGINAL PROGRAM. THANK YOU. 636 00:19:42,080 --> 00:19:43,382 -- THANK YOU ANDREW. CARRIE. 637 00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:45,117 FOLLOWED BY ALEX KRAMER, 638 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:50,289 FOLLOWED BY ARI CARRIE, WELCOME. 639 00:19:50,289 --> 00:19:52,658 -- GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR 640 00:19:52,658 --> 00:19:54,593 HAVING ME. HERE I AM AGAINST 641 00:19:54,593 --> 00:19:56,061 AMENDMENT 6. MY NAME IS CARRIE 642 00:19:56,061 --> 00:19:58,864 AND I'M AN SPS TEACHER IN NORTH 643 00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:02,367 SEATTLE WHO BUYS FOOD FOR HER 644 00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:04,369 STUDENTS TO EAT. I KNOW OF 645 00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:05,003 FAMILIES THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED 646 00:20:05,003 --> 00:20:07,940 THAT WILL NOT APPLY FOR THE FREE 647 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:10,242 AND REDUCED LUNCH PROGRAM. 648 00:20:10,242 --> 00:20:13,178 STUDENTS NEED FOOD TO LEARN, 649 00:20:13,178 --> 00:20:16,515 FEED ALL HUNGRY KIDS, STOP 650 00:20:16,515 --> 00:20:17,149 BLOCKING UNIVERSAL FOOD ACCESS 651 00:20:17,149 --> 00:20:20,018 FOR ALL. 652 00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:25,123 -- THANK YOU CARRIE, ALEX. 653 00:20:25,123 --> 00:20:27,926 WELCOME. 654 00:20:27,926 --> 00:20:29,461 -- GOOD MORNING. I'M ALEX 655 00:20:29,461 --> 00:20:30,495 KRAMER, A PARAPROFESSIONAL AT 656 00:20:30,495 --> 00:20:32,464 SALMON BAY, K EIGHT, THE 657 00:20:32,464 --> 00:20:33,098 PARAPROFESSIONAL VICE PRESIDENT 658 00:20:33,098 --> 00:20:35,100 OF SEATTLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 659 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:36,868 AND A GRADUATE OF SEATTLE PUBLIC 660 00:20:36,868 --> 00:20:38,303 SCHOOLS. I'M HERE TODAY URGING 661 00:20:38,303 --> 00:20:42,341 YOU TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT SIX 662 00:20:42,341 --> 00:20:44,476 TO THE LEVY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. 663 00:20:44,476 --> 00:20:46,044 AS A PARENT, MY JOB IS TO HELP 664 00:20:46,044 --> 00:20:48,747 STUDENTS ACCESS LEARNING BY 665 00:20:48,747 --> 00:20:49,314 PROVIDING TARGETED ACADEMIC 666 00:20:49,314 --> 00:20:49,948 SUPPORT AND TEACHING EMOTIONAL 667 00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:51,450 REGULATION SKILLS, BUT NO AMOUNT 668 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:53,385 OF INTERVENTION CAN OVERCOME THE 669 00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:55,253 BASIC FACT THAT HUNGRY STUDENTS 670 00:20:55,253 --> 00:20:56,221 STRUGGLE TO LEARN. THEY'RE 671 00:20:56,221 --> 00:20:57,689 TIRED, THEY STRUGGLE TO FOCUS 672 00:20:57,689 --> 00:21:00,359 AND FALL BEHIND. EDUCATORS AND 673 00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,294 COMMUNITY COMMUNITY MEMBERS 674 00:21:02,294 --> 00:21:03,695 ALREADY BUY SNACKS AND PROVIDE 675 00:21:03,695 --> 00:21:05,497 FOOD SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS. IT 676 00:21:05,497 --> 00:21:07,599 ISN'T ENOUGH. UNIVERSAL MEALS 677 00:21:07,599 --> 00:21:09,468 ALLOW STUDENTS TO LEARN, 678 00:21:09,468 --> 00:21:11,236 EDUCATORS TO EDUCATE AND LIFT A 679 00:21:11,236 --> 00:21:13,538 BURDEN OFF OF WORKING FAMILIES. 680 00:21:13,538 --> 00:21:16,041 THERE IS ENOUGH MONEY IN SEATTLE 681 00:21:16,041 --> 00:21:17,743 FOR UNIVERSAL MEALS AND FOOD 682 00:21:17,743 --> 00:21:18,243 SUPPORT OVER BREAKS AND 683 00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:19,578 WEEKENDS. LET'S DO BOTH. INSTEAD 684 00:21:19,578 --> 00:21:21,813 OF CHOOSING ONE AND LEAVING 685 00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:22,648 STUDENTS HUNGRY. I LOVE MY JOB. 686 00:21:22,648 --> 00:21:24,349 I CARE DEEPLY FOR OUR STUDENTS 687 00:21:24,349 --> 00:21:25,951 AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. 688 00:21:25,951 --> 00:21:26,952 YOU CAN ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS 689 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:29,087 GET BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. PLEASE 690 00:21:29,087 --> 00:21:30,122 VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 6. 691 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:32,824 -- SORRY. THANK YOU. ALEX. ARI 692 00:21:32,824 --> 00:21:35,327 CHOMSKY, FOLLOWED BY ELENA 693 00:21:35,327 --> 00:21:37,829 MCCALLUM, FOLLOWED BY SIERRA 694 00:21:37,829 --> 00:21:39,631 LEONE. ARI. 695 00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:40,265 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 696 00:21:40,265 --> 00:21:42,801 MY NAME IS ARI CHOMSKY. I AM A 697 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,170 HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WITH SEATTLE 698 00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:46,305 PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I AM HERE TO 699 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:48,740 URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 700 00:21:48,740 --> 00:21:53,245 SIX. MANY OF MY FELLOW EDUCATORS 701 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:54,379 HAVE MENTIONED THAT WE TEND TO 702 00:21:54,379 --> 00:21:55,981 BUY FOOD FOR OUR STUDENTS TO 703 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:58,150 MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY GOES 704 00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:59,918 HUNGRY, BECAUSE AS IT STANDS 705 00:21:59,918 --> 00:22:02,154 RIGHT NOW, MEANS TESTING DOES 706 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:04,089 NOT FACTOR IN EVERY KID WHO 707 00:22:04,089 --> 00:22:07,659 NEEDS FOOD. EVEN IN WEST 708 00:22:07,659 --> 00:22:09,528 SEATTLE, THERE'S KIDS WHO NEED 709 00:22:09,528 --> 00:22:11,496 FOOD, WHO AREN'T GETTING THAT 710 00:22:11,496 --> 00:22:13,065 SUPPORT WITH THE MEANS TESTING 711 00:22:13,065 --> 00:22:16,134 CURRENTLY IN PLACE. AND SO THE 712 00:22:16,134 --> 00:22:18,203 THE MEANS TESTING JUST ISN'T 713 00:22:18,203 --> 00:22:20,939 ROBUST ENOUGH. IT WAS MENTIONED 714 00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:22,674 IT HURTS OUR UNDOCUMENTED 715 00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:24,676 STUDENTS. I WILL CONTINUE TO BUY 716 00:22:24,676 --> 00:22:26,144 FOOD FOR MY STUDENTS BECAUSE I 717 00:22:26,144 --> 00:22:29,014 WILL FEED THESE KIDS. AND I KNOW 718 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:29,648 MANY OF MY OTHER EDUCATORS HAVE 719 00:22:29,648 --> 00:22:30,315 TOO. BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE NOT 720 00:22:30,315 --> 00:22:31,950 TO HAVE TO DROP 5 TO $600 A 721 00:22:31,950 --> 00:22:34,953 SCHOOL YEAR. PLEASE FUND 722 00:22:34,953 --> 00:22:37,989 UNIVERSAL MEALS, FEED OUR KIDS. 723 00:22:37,989 --> 00:22:39,391 -- THANK YOU ARI. ELENA. 724 00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:41,293 FOLLOWED BY SIERRA, FOLLOWED BY 725 00:22:41,293 --> 00:22:44,796 CAITLIN MILTON. ELENA. GOOD 726 00:22:44,796 --> 00:22:45,063 MORNING. 727 00:22:45,063 --> 00:22:48,133 -- I'M ELENA MCCALLUM. I'M A 728 00:22:48,133 --> 00:22:51,870 DISTRICT THREE RESIDENT. STATE 729 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:52,838 SCHOOLS TEACHER, AND I AM HERE 730 00:22:52,838 --> 00:22:53,772 IN SUPPORT OF MAYOR WILSON'S 731 00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:55,841 LEVY PLAN AND AGAINST AMENDMENT 732 00:22:55,841 --> 00:22:58,877 6. THE PURPOSE OF UNIVERSAL FREE 733 00:22:58,877 --> 00:23:00,145 MEALS IS TO ESTABLISH A SAFETY 734 00:23:00,145 --> 00:23:02,714 NET FOR ALL FAMILIES. AS ALREADY 735 00:23:02,714 --> 00:23:04,950 NOTED THAT THERE'S THIS 736 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:07,753 INCONSISTENCY. STUDENTS AND 737 00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:10,122 FAMILIES STATUS IS CONSTANTLY 738 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:11,890 CHANGING, AND BY NOT PROVIDING 739 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:14,092 THAT, WE CAN SEE THE CONSISTENT 740 00:23:14,092 --> 00:23:15,827 IMPACTS THAT I WITNESSED AS AN 741 00:23:15,827 --> 00:23:16,762 EDUCATOR. WHEN STUDENTS ARE 742 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:17,863 HUNGRY, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO 743 00:23:17,863 --> 00:23:19,698 FOCUS, AND WE NEED TO ENSURE 744 00:23:19,698 --> 00:23:23,502 THAT WE HAVE THAT BEFORE WE ARE 745 00:23:23,502 --> 00:23:24,102 ADDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS. I 746 00:23:24,102 --> 00:23:25,971 THINK WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL 747 00:23:25,971 --> 00:23:27,205 SUPPORTS AS AMENDMENT 6, BUT IT 748 00:23:27,205 --> 00:23:28,840 SHOULD NOT BE SOMETHING A 749 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,442 DECISION THAT'S BASED OUT OF 750 00:23:30,442 --> 00:23:32,144 AUSTERITY THAT WE CAN'T HAVE 751 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:34,679 BOTH. WE DO HAVE THE MEANS IN 752 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:36,281 THIS CITY TO DO IT. IF WE ARE 753 00:23:36,281 --> 00:23:38,984 PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR 754 00:23:38,984 --> 00:23:42,254 BUDGET SHOULD BE, VOTE NO ON 755 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,623 AMENDMENT 6. THANK YOU. 756 00:23:44,623 --> 00:23:45,357 -- THANK YOU, ELENA SIERRA, 757 00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:48,460 FOLLOWED BY CAITLIN, FOLLOWED BY 758 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:50,295 VICTOR SIERRA. WELCOME. 759 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,329 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. MY NAME 760 00:23:51,329 --> 00:23:52,931 IS HERE AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF 761 00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:54,166 AMENDMENT 6. WHEN I WAS IN HIGH 762 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:55,300 SCHOOL, I WATCHED FRIENDS RUN 763 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:56,535 OUT OF GROCERY STORES WITH CARTS 764 00:23:56,535 --> 00:23:57,602 OF FOOD OVER SPRING BREAK 765 00:23:57,602 --> 00:23:59,504 BECAUSE THEY HAD NO FOOD AT HOME 766 00:23:59,504 --> 00:24:00,872 AND THE SCHOOL WAS CLOSED AND 767 00:24:00,872 --> 00:24:02,307 WE'RE ABOUT TO HAND EVERY CHILD 768 00:24:02,307 --> 00:24:04,309 IN SEATTLE AN UMBRELLA THAT ONLY 769 00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:05,010 OPENS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9 770 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:07,379 TO 3. AND WHILE SOME KIDS GET TO 771 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:08,180 CLOSE IT AND WALK HOME INTO A 772 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:09,381 DRY HOUSE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF 773 00:24:09,381 --> 00:24:11,283 KIDS THAT CLOSE AND STAND IN THE 774 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:13,218 RAIN FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. IN 775 00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:14,786 TWO WEEKS OVER BREAK. AND SO 776 00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:16,254 BUYING MORE UMBRELLAS DOESN'T 777 00:24:16,254 --> 00:24:17,689 HELP THE KIDS THAT ARE ALREADY 778 00:24:17,689 --> 00:24:18,490 STANDING IN THE RAIN. SCHOOL 779 00:24:18,490 --> 00:24:19,524 MEALS WORK, AND THAT'S EXACTLY 780 00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:21,259 WHY THE GAP OPENS WHEN THEY 781 00:24:21,259 --> 00:24:23,428 STOP. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT FOOD 782 00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:25,630 INSUFFICIENCY FOR THESE FAMILIES 783 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:26,631 HOLDS STEADY THROUGHOUT THE 784 00:24:26,631 --> 00:24:29,201 SCHOOL YEAR, AND THEN CLIMB 785 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:29,868 DURING THE SUMMER. AND SO WHILE 786 00:24:29,868 --> 00:24:31,236 WE KNOW WHAT CLOSES THE GAP, THE 787 00:24:31,236 --> 00:24:32,671 USDA TESTED THIS EXACT SAME 788 00:24:32,671 --> 00:24:35,273 MODEL AND IT CUT THE MOST SEVERE 789 00:24:35,273 --> 00:24:37,509 FORM OF CHILD HUNGER BY 33%. AND 790 00:24:37,509 --> 00:24:39,344 SO YOUR OWN DATA SHOWS THAT 791 00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:42,347 BLACK AND LATINX HOUSEHOLD FOOD 792 00:24:42,347 --> 00:24:43,648 INSECURITY IS TWICE THE RATE OF 793 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:45,317 WHITE HOUSEHOLDS. SO REGARDLESS 794 00:24:45,317 --> 00:24:46,585 OF OPINION, COUNCIL HAS AN 795 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:49,054 OBLIGATION UNDER RSG TO ACTIVELY 796 00:24:49,054 --> 00:24:50,956 DISMANTLE INSTITUTIONAL RACISM, 797 00:24:50,956 --> 00:24:52,257 NOT JUST DOCUMENTED. NOBODY'S 798 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:53,959 AGAINST UNIVERSAL MEALS. WE JUST 799 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:55,093 NEED TO CLOSE THIS. CLOSE THE 800 00:24:55,093 --> 00:24:56,761 DEEPEST GAP FIRST. THANK YOU. 801 00:24:56,761 --> 00:24:58,163 -- THANK YOU. SIERRA. CAITLIN, 802 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:01,500 FOLLOWED BY VICTOR, FOLLOWED BY 803 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,169 AARON TULLOCH, CAITLIN. 804 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:04,836 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 805 00:25:04,836 --> 00:25:07,405 MY NAME IS CAITLIN SKELTON. I AM 806 00:25:07,405 --> 00:25:10,342 A FORMER CHILD CARE PROVIDER AND 807 00:25:10,342 --> 00:25:12,177 I'M HERE TODAY TO STRESS THE 808 00:25:12,177 --> 00:25:15,447 IMPORTANCE OF ADEQUATE NUTRITION 809 00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:16,648 AND THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON 810 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:23,021 OUR CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO LEARN, 811 00:25:23,021 --> 00:25:23,655 GROW AND SUCCEED. I UNDERSTAND 812 00:25:23,655 --> 00:25:26,224 THAT SEATTLE IS FACING 813 00:25:26,224 --> 00:25:28,693 SIGNIFICANT BUDGET CHALLENGES, 814 00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:30,295 AND THAT DIFFICULT DECISIONS 815 00:25:30,295 --> 00:25:33,064 MUST BE MADE. HOWEVER, 816 00:25:33,064 --> 00:25:35,500 ELIMINATING OR REDUCING FUNDING 817 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,936 FOR UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS WOULD 818 00:25:37,936 --> 00:25:38,937 SHIFT THOSE CHALLENGES ONTO OUR 819 00:25:38,937 --> 00:25:42,274 CHILDREN AND TEACHERS, RESEARCH 820 00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:44,709 SHOWS THE IMPACT OF ADEQUATE 821 00:25:44,709 --> 00:25:47,579 NUTRITION LEADS TO BETTER 822 00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:49,781 BEHAVIORAL AND ACADEMIC 823 00:25:49,781 --> 00:25:51,683 OUTCOMES. I URGE AND PLEAD WITH 824 00:25:51,683 --> 00:25:54,553 YOU TO FUND OUR CHILDREN AND 825 00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:57,856 THEIR MEALS. THANK YOU. 826 00:25:57,856 --> 00:25:58,924 -- THANK YOU. CAITLIN. VICTOR, 827 00:25:58,924 --> 00:26:02,060 FOLLOWED BY AARON, FOLLOWED BY 828 00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:04,696 LAUREN TRACY. VICTOR, WELCOME. 829 00:26:04,696 --> 00:26:06,131 -- GOOD MORNING, PRESIDENT 830 00:26:06,131 --> 00:26:07,299 HOLLINGSWORTH AND MEMBERS OF THE 831 00:26:07,299 --> 00:26:09,334 SELECT COMMITTEE. I'M VICTOR 832 00:26:09,334 --> 00:26:11,303 JAGU WITH FMS GLOBAL STRATEGIES, 833 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:12,470 TESTIFYING WITH THE. WE BUILD 834 00:26:12,470 --> 00:26:13,104 BACK BETTER ALLIANCE IN SUPPORT 835 00:26:13,104 --> 00:26:16,107 OF AMENDMENT 6 VERSION TWO. 836 00:26:16,107 --> 00:26:16,708 SEATTLE DATA SHOWS BLACK AND 837 00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:18,209 LATINO HOUSEHOLDS EXPERIENCE 838 00:26:18,209 --> 00:26:19,277 FOOD INSECURITY AT ROUGHLY TWICE 839 00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:20,545 THE RATE OF WHITE HOUSEHOLDS, 840 00:26:20,545 --> 00:26:22,013 ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST SEATTLE. 841 00:26:22,013 --> 00:26:23,548 IN RAINIER BEACH, NEARLY 80% OF 842 00:26:23,548 --> 00:26:25,183 STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE OR 843 00:26:25,183 --> 00:26:26,718 REDUCED PRICE MEALS, COMPARED 844 00:26:26,718 --> 00:26:28,653 WITH ONE THIRD DISTRICT WIDE. 845 00:26:28,653 --> 00:26:29,454 WHEN THE CAFETERIA CLOSES ON 846 00:26:29,454 --> 00:26:31,923 FRIDAY, THAT GAP WIDENS, 847 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:32,624 TREATING EVERY HOUSEHOLD THE 848 00:26:32,624 --> 00:26:34,559 SAME IS NOT NEUTRAL. IT PRODUCES 849 00:26:34,559 --> 00:26:36,394 UNEQUAL OUTCOMES. VERSION TWO 850 00:26:36,394 --> 00:26:38,863 CREATES A DISTINCT FOOD 851 00:26:38,863 --> 00:26:40,598 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BEGINNING 852 00:26:40,598 --> 00:26:42,734 SUPPORT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, 853 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:43,301 PRESERVING 4.7 MILLION FOR 854 00:26:43,301 --> 00:26:44,869 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS AND 855 00:26:44,869 --> 00:26:46,538 REQUIRES MEASURABLE REPORTING. 856 00:26:46,538 --> 00:26:48,039 VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT 6 VERSION 857 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:51,509 TWO. DO NOT LET RACE NEUTRAL 858 00:26:51,509 --> 00:26:52,043 PROCESSES PRODUCE ANOTHER 859 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:52,711 RACIALLY UNEQUAL RESULT. DIRECT 860 00:26:52,711 --> 00:26:53,645 THESE DOLLARS TO THE FAMILIES 861 00:26:53,645 --> 00:26:55,413 CARRYING THE HEAVIEST BURDEN 862 00:26:55,413 --> 00:26:58,516 NOW. THANK YOU. 863 00:26:58,516 --> 00:27:00,285 -- THANK YOU VICTOR AARON, 864 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:04,789 FOLLOWED BY LAUREN, FOLLOWED BY 865 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:07,659 MARTA JOHNSON, AARON, WELCOME. 866 00:27:07,659 --> 00:27:10,395 -- GOOD MORNING. CHAIR RIVERA, 867 00:27:10,395 --> 00:27:11,029 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH 868 00:27:11,029 --> 00:27:11,563 AND MEMBERS OF THE SELECT 869 00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:12,163 COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS AARON 870 00:27:12,163 --> 00:27:13,565 TULLOCH. TESTIFYING ON BEHALF OF 871 00:27:13,565 --> 00:27:16,534 FMS GLOBAL STRATEGIES. AND WE 872 00:27:16,534 --> 00:27:17,202 BUILD BACK BETTER ALLIANCE, A 873 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:19,971 COALITION OF MORE THAN 900 874 00:27:19,971 --> 00:27:21,072 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS. 875 00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:22,607 WE URGE YOU TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 6 876 00:27:22,607 --> 00:27:23,675 VERSION TWO. HUNGER IN THE CITY 877 00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:26,544 IS NOT EVENLY SHARED. PUBLIC 878 00:27:26,544 --> 00:27:28,480 HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY 879 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,547 OWN DATA TELLS THAT STORY FOR 880 00:27:29,547 --> 00:27:31,950 EVERY 100 ADULTS, ROUGHLY 40 881 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:33,318 BLACK ADULTS ARE FOOD INSECURE, 882 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:34,586 COMPARED TO JUST NINE WHITE 883 00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:36,354 ADULTS. BLACK AND LATINO 884 00:27:36,354 --> 00:27:38,023 HOUSEHOLDS GO HUNGRY AT TWICE 885 00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:41,159 THE RATE OF WHITE HOUSEHOLDS AND 886 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:42,160 COUNTRYWIDE, NEARLY 77% OF BLACK 887 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,528 STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR FREE OR 888 00:27:43,528 --> 00:27:46,765 REDUCED PRICE MEALS, AGAINST 889 00:27:46,765 --> 00:27:47,365 ABOUT 70% OF WHITE STUDENTS. 890 00:27:47,365 --> 00:27:48,033 THAT IS A SYSTEM PRODUCING 891 00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:50,402 PREDICTABLE, RADICALIZED, HARM. 892 00:27:50,402 --> 00:27:51,703 AMENDMENT 6 MEETS THAT REALITY, 893 00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:53,138 WHERE IT LIVES ON WEEKENDS AND 894 00:27:53,138 --> 00:27:55,407 OVER SCHOOL BREAKS. WHEN THE 895 00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:56,975 CAFETERIA CLOSES AND WHEN THE 896 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:58,977 HUNGER GAP OPENS WIDEST, IT 897 00:27:58,977 --> 00:27:59,477 DELIVERS TARGETED FOOD 898 00:27:59,477 --> 00:28:00,879 ASSISTANCE TO UP TO 5000 899 00:28:00,879 --> 00:28:02,213 FAMILIES A YEAR AND STILL 900 00:28:02,213 --> 00:28:03,415 LAUNCHES THE UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 901 00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:05,116 MEALS THE VERY NEXT YEAR. EQUITY 902 00:28:05,116 --> 00:28:06,317 IS ABOUT MEASUREMENT, WHO WE 903 00:28:06,317 --> 00:28:08,920 REACH. PLEASE ADOPT VERSION OR 904 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:09,788 AMENDMENT 6 VERSION TWO. THANK 905 00:28:09,788 --> 00:28:10,755 YOU. 906 00:28:10,755 --> 00:28:13,425 -- THANK YOU. AARON. LAUREN. 907 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:15,693 FOLLOWED BY MARTA, FOLLOWED BY 908 00:28:15,693 --> 00:28:17,562 ALBERT SHIVER. LAUREN, WELCOME. 909 00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:19,898 -- HI EVERYONE. MY NAME IS 910 00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:21,032 LAUREN TRACY. PRONOUNS SHE, HER 911 00:28:21,032 --> 00:28:22,500 AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE 912 00:28:22,500 --> 00:28:24,235 DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE. POSSIBLE 913 00:28:24,235 --> 00:28:26,704 WASHINGTON. I KNOW A LOT OF 914 00:28:26,704 --> 00:28:27,205 FOLKS ARE TALKING ABOUT 915 00:28:27,205 --> 00:28:27,872 AMENDMENT 6 TODAY. I'M ALSO THE 916 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:28,840 MOM OF A THREE YEAR OLD WHO IS 917 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,041 WITH ME THIS SUMMER. SO THIS IS 918 00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:34,045 THE ONE DAY I HAD TO DO PUBLIC 919 00:28:34,045 --> 00:28:34,946 COMMENT COLLEGE POSSIBLE 920 00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:36,681 WASHINGTON IS A COLLEGE SUCCESS 921 00:28:36,681 --> 00:28:38,583 AND ACCESS ORGANIZATION. WE 922 00:28:38,583 --> 00:28:39,217 SUPPORT STUDENTS FURTHEST FROM 923 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:40,418 EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE. WE WORK 924 00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:42,020 WITH THEM SOPHOMORE YEAR FOR SIX 925 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:43,721 PLUS YEARS UNTIL THEY GET THEIR 926 00:28:43,721 --> 00:28:45,190 COLLEGE DEGREE. AND WE'VE BEEN 927 00:28:45,190 --> 00:28:45,723 WORKING IN SEATTLE PUBLIC 928 00:28:45,723 --> 00:28:48,460 SCHOOLS FOR 20 YEARS. I'VE TOLD 929 00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:49,427 MANY OF YOU THAT WE WERE ONE OF 930 00:28:49,427 --> 00:28:51,329 THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT LOST OUR 931 00:28:51,329 --> 00:28:52,197 FEDERAL FUNDING, AND THAT 932 00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:53,331 HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. THAT WAS A 933 00:28:53,331 --> 00:28:54,065 THIRD OF OUR FUNDING. I KNOW A 934 00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:56,434 LOT OF COMMUNITY BASED 935 00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:57,569 ORGANIZATIONS LOST BOTH STATE 936 00:28:57,569 --> 00:28:59,137 AND FEDERAL FUNDING AND IS 937 00:28:59,137 --> 00:29:01,473 COMPLETELY REMADE. THE LANDSCAPE 938 00:29:01,473 --> 00:29:02,107 OF COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS 939 00:29:02,107 --> 00:29:03,441 THAT ARE STILL CURRENTLY 940 00:29:03,441 --> 00:29:04,075 OPERATING ARE HOPING TO OPERATE 941 00:29:04,075 --> 00:29:05,543 INTO SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 942 00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:06,978 WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO 943 00:29:06,978 --> 00:29:07,979 RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH THE 944 00:29:07,979 --> 00:29:10,215 PREVIOUS FAF LEVY, AND I'VE 945 00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:10,782 APPRECIATED THE CONSISTENT 946 00:29:10,782 --> 00:29:11,649 INVESTMENT. I'M HOPING TO ECHO A 947 00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:13,284 LOT OF SIMILAR SENTIMENTS FROM 948 00:29:13,284 --> 00:29:14,986 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CSEC 949 00:29:14,986 --> 00:29:16,888 AND THE SENSE THAT I SEE AN 950 00:29:16,888 --> 00:29:17,422 OPPORTUNITY FOR CONTINUED 951 00:29:17,422 --> 00:29:18,923 COLLABORATION, AN OPPORTUNITY TO 952 00:29:18,923 --> 00:29:19,791 BRING CBOS IN, THE 953 00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:21,526 ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE DATA, AND 954 00:29:21,526 --> 00:29:22,760 AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING US INTO 955 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:23,361 THE CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK LOOP 956 00:29:23,361 --> 00:29:26,765 WITH THIS NEW LEVY. THANK YOU SO 957 00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:26,965 MUCH. 958 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:31,136 -- THANK YOU LAUREN MARTE. I'M 959 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:33,438 SORRY, I MIGHT BE MISPRONOUNCING 960 00:29:33,438 --> 00:29:34,906 YOUR NAME. ARE YOU MR. JOHN? OH, 961 00:29:34,906 --> 00:29:36,674 YOU ARE SORRY. 962 00:29:36,674 --> 00:29:39,010 -- THAT'S ME. OKAY. HELLO. YES 963 00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:39,244 IT IS. 964 00:29:39,244 --> 00:29:41,212 -- OH, GREAT. OKAY. HI, MARTA. 965 00:29:41,212 --> 00:29:41,980 -- WELCOME. HI. MY NAME IS 966 00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:45,183 MARTA. I'M A RESIDENT OF FREMONT 967 00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:46,384 AND ALSO A MEMBER OF FOREST 968 00:29:46,384 --> 00:29:48,253 SEATTLE. I'M HERE SPEAKING 969 00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:50,088 TODAY IN FAVOR AND SUPPORT OF 970 00:29:50,088 --> 00:29:52,357 AMENDMENT 6. THANK YOU. 971 00:29:52,357 --> 00:29:54,425 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH 972 00:29:54,425 --> 00:29:55,193 HOLLINGSWORTH AND FOSTER FOR 973 00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:56,594 ALLOWING US TO HAVE AN 974 00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:58,663 OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS FOOD 975 00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:00,398 ACCESS IN THIS CITY WHEN OUR 976 00:30:00,398 --> 00:30:01,866 ORGANIZATION WAS DIGGING INTO 977 00:30:01,866 --> 00:30:03,234 THE DETAILS, WE FOUND THAT THE 978 00:30:03,234 --> 00:30:05,336 HIGHEST POVERTY SCHOOLS IN 979 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:06,805 SEATTLE ALREADY SERVE FREE MEALS 980 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:10,808 TO EVERY STUDENT. ABOUT HALF OF 981 00:30:10,808 --> 00:30:11,776 SPS SCHOOLS DO IT TODAY, PAID 982 00:30:11,776 --> 00:30:12,410 FOR BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE 983 00:30:12,410 --> 00:30:13,778 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEY ARE 984 00:30:13,778 --> 00:30:15,213 CONCENTRATED IN SOUTH AND 985 00:30:15,213 --> 00:30:16,481 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE AS WELL AS THE 986 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:18,750 CENTRAL DISTRICT. THE CITY'S 987 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:20,852 UNIVERSAL ADD ON DOES NOT MOSTLY 988 00:30:20,852 --> 00:30:22,153 REACH THE NEEDIEST KIDS. THEY 989 00:30:22,153 --> 00:30:23,254 ARE ALREADY COVERED ON SCHOOL 990 00:30:23,254 --> 00:30:24,889 DAYS. AND THIS REALLY HAS US 991 00:30:24,889 --> 00:30:26,891 THINKING, WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS 992 00:30:26,891 --> 00:30:28,860 DURING BREAKS AND WEEKENDS? THIS 993 00:30:28,860 --> 00:30:30,228 AMENDMENT ALLOWS FOR A SLIGHT 994 00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:31,996 SHIFT IN FUNDS TO ENSURE THESE 995 00:30:31,996 --> 00:30:33,765 KIDS RECEIVE WEEKEND AND BREAK 996 00:30:33,765 --> 00:30:35,934 MEALS FOR SIX YEARS, AND I THINK 997 00:30:35,934 --> 00:30:38,570 THAT'S A TRADE OFF REALLY WORTH 998 00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:39,337 CONSIDERING. MY SUPPORT COMES 999 00:30:39,337 --> 00:30:40,939 WITH TWO CALL OUTS. ONE, 1000 00:30:40,939 --> 00:30:42,473 UNIVERSAL IS ABSOLUTELY A 1001 00:30:42,473 --> 00:30:43,975 PROGRAM WE SHOULD BUILD TO, AND 1002 00:30:43,975 --> 00:30:46,477 TWO, IS THERE A WAY TO LOOK INTO 1003 00:30:46,477 --> 00:30:49,080 HOW WE CAN CREATE AN AUTO 1004 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,481 ENROLLMENT FEATURE USING DATA 1005 00:30:50,481 --> 00:30:50,815 THAT ALREADY. 1006 00:30:50,815 --> 00:30:52,650 -- EXISTS? 1007 00:30:52,650 --> 00:30:53,918 -- I THINK. SORRY. THANK YOU 1008 00:30:53,918 --> 00:30:56,621 MARTA, BUT YOU CAN YOU CAN EMAIL 1009 00:30:56,621 --> 00:30:57,889 YOUR YOUR THE REST OF YOUR 1010 00:30:57,889 --> 00:30:59,591 COMMENTS. OKAY. SORRY. THANK YOU 1011 00:30:59,591 --> 00:31:03,561 SO MUCH. ALBERT. SHIVER SHIVER 1012 00:31:03,561 --> 00:31:04,829 SHIVER. GREAT. THANK YOU. 1013 00:31:04,829 --> 00:31:05,997 WELCOME, ALBERT. 1014 00:31:05,997 --> 00:31:08,700 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MY NAME 1015 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:10,268 IS ALBERT SHIVER SPEAKING ON 1016 00:31:10,268 --> 00:31:11,836 BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON 1017 00:31:11,836 --> 00:31:12,470 BEHALF OF COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS 1018 00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:14,672 ON THE VOICE. OUR STRONG SUPPORT 1019 00:31:14,672 --> 00:31:15,874 FOR THIS AMENDMENT. AT COMMUNITY 1020 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:17,408 PASSAGEWAYS, WE SEE FIRSTHAND 1021 00:31:17,408 --> 00:31:17,942 THE REALITIES FACING THE 1022 00:31:17,942 --> 00:31:18,943 FAMILIES WE SERVE. WHILE WE 1023 00:31:18,943 --> 00:31:21,279 RECOGNIZE THE INTENTION BEHIND 1024 00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:21,946 UNIVERSAL MEAL PROGRAMS, WE MUST 1025 00:31:21,946 --> 00:31:24,816 BE HONEST ABOUT WHERE THE GAP 1026 00:31:24,816 --> 00:31:25,383 REMAINS. THE CURRENT MODEL 1027 00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:26,884 LEAVES OUR MOST VULNERABLE 1028 00:31:26,884 --> 00:31:28,019 STUDENTS BEHIND DURING THE 1029 00:31:28,019 --> 00:31:29,687 WEEKENDS AND THROUGHOUT WINTER 1030 00:31:29,687 --> 00:31:30,888 AND SPRING BREAKS. HUNGER DOES 1031 00:31:30,888 --> 00:31:32,590 NOT TAKE A BREAK JUST BECAUSE 1032 00:31:32,590 --> 00:31:33,858 THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA IS CLOSED 1033 00:31:33,858 --> 00:31:35,059 FOR THE FAMILIES WE WORK WITH. 1034 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:36,394 THOSE GAPS ARE NOT JUST 1035 00:31:36,394 --> 00:31:38,229 INCONVENIENCES, THEY ARE CRISIS. 1036 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:41,032 THE AMENDMENT IS NECESSARY. 1037 00:31:41,032 --> 00:31:42,867 PIVOT TOWARD TRUE EQUITY BY 1038 00:31:42,867 --> 00:31:43,501 PRIORITIZING OUR FINITE, EXCUSE 1039 00:31:43,501 --> 00:31:44,936 ME, OUR OUR FINITE RESOURCES. 1040 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:46,437 FOR FAMILIES FACING THE DEEPEST 1041 00:31:46,437 --> 00:31:47,205 FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS, WE ENSURE 1042 00:31:47,205 --> 00:31:48,573 THAT SUPPORT REACHES THOSE WHO 1043 00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:49,874 NEED IT MOST. RATHER THAN 1044 00:31:49,874 --> 00:31:51,910 SPREADING FUNDS DAN ACROSS 1045 00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:53,845 HOUSEHOLDS THAT DO NOT REQUIRE 1046 00:31:53,845 --> 00:31:55,546 ASSISTANCE. FURTHERMORE, THIS 1047 00:31:55,546 --> 00:31:56,881 FISCAL STRATEGY PROPOSED HERE IS 1048 00:31:56,881 --> 00:31:57,382 RESPONSIBLE AND FORWARD 1049 00:31:57,382 --> 00:31:59,450 THINKING. BY DELAYING THE FULL 1050 00:31:59,450 --> 00:32:00,551 UNIVERSAL ROLLOUT FOR ONE YEAR, 1051 00:32:00,551 --> 00:32:02,320 WE CAN MAXIMIZE OUR BUDGET TO 1052 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:03,321 ESTABLISH A TARGETED PREPAID 1053 00:32:03,321 --> 00:32:05,089 GROCERY CARD PROGRAM. THIS 1054 00:32:05,089 --> 00:32:06,457 PROVIDES FAMILIES WITH THE 1055 00:32:06,457 --> 00:32:08,860 DIGNITY, DIGNITY AND FLEXIBILITY 1056 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:09,494 TO SECURE CONSISTENT NUTRITION 1057 00:32:09,494 --> 00:32:10,094 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL 1058 00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:11,429 YEAR, NOT JUST DURING THE SCHOOL 1059 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:14,632 WEEK. 1060 00:32:14,632 --> 00:32:17,335 -- THANK YOU ALBERT CALEB TOLDY, 1061 00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:19,070 FOLLOWED BY SABRINA BURR, 1062 00:32:19,070 --> 00:32:22,540 FOLLOWED BY CJ WELCOME. 1063 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:24,208 -- THANK YOU COUNCIL. 1064 00:32:24,208 --> 00:32:26,878 -- MY NAME IS CALEB. I'M AN 1065 00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:28,046 EDUCATOR AT RAINIER SCHOLARS, 1066 00:32:28,046 --> 00:32:28,980 AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE A GREAT 1067 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:30,748 EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE 1068 00:32:30,748 --> 00:32:31,916 DON'T MEANS TEST AND PROVIDE 1069 00:32:31,916 --> 00:32:33,318 ACCESS TO MEALS FOR ALL. A 1070 00:32:33,318 --> 00:32:35,320 FRIEND SHARED HER EXPERIENCE 1071 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,954 WORKING AT EMERGENCY FEEDING 1072 00:32:36,954 --> 00:32:38,456 PROGRAM IN 2019, AND HOW SHE 1073 00:32:38,456 --> 00:32:39,023 WITNESSED THE GLARING FOOD 1074 00:32:39,023 --> 00:32:41,426 ACCESS NEEDS IN OUR CITY. SHE 1075 00:32:41,426 --> 00:32:42,961 SHARED THAT WHAT BROKE HER WAS 1076 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:44,295 SEEING AN EXHAUSTED NURSE WHO 1077 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:45,563 WORKED A FULL DAY AND WOULD WAIT 1078 00:32:45,563 --> 00:32:47,999 IN LINE FOR TWO HOURS FOR FOOD 1079 00:32:47,999 --> 00:32:49,033 BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH 1080 00:32:49,033 --> 00:32:49,901 MONEY TO FEED HER KIDS. SHE GOES 1081 00:32:49,901 --> 00:32:52,103 ON TO EXPLAIN THAT MOTHER AND 1082 00:32:52,103 --> 00:32:53,838 THE MANY FOLKS THAT NEEDED THE 1083 00:32:53,838 --> 00:32:55,306 FOOD DIDN'T HAVE TO SHOW ID OR 1084 00:32:55,306 --> 00:32:56,941 ANY PROOF OF INCOME. ALL THEY 1085 00:32:56,941 --> 00:32:59,410 NEEDED WAS THEIR ZIP CODE AND 1086 00:32:59,410 --> 00:33:00,478 HOW MANY PEOPLE LIVED IN THEIR 1087 00:33:00,478 --> 00:33:01,813 HOUSEHOLD SO THEY COULD GET 1088 00:33:01,813 --> 00:33:02,947 ENOUGH FOOD FOR EVERYONE. AND 1089 00:33:02,947 --> 00:33:05,083 EVEN THE MIDDLE CLASS NURSE 1090 00:33:05,083 --> 00:33:07,418 NEEDED THAT SUPPORT. JUST LIKE 1091 00:33:07,418 --> 00:33:08,686 WITH UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS, BY 1092 00:33:08,686 --> 00:33:10,788 REMOVING BARRIERS, WE CAN 1093 00:33:10,788 --> 00:33:12,423 INCREASE ACCESS TO FOOD FOR 1094 00:33:12,423 --> 00:33:14,325 EVERYONE IN OUR DISTRICT. VOTE 1095 00:33:14,325 --> 00:33:16,994 NO ON AMENDMENT SIX. THANK YOU. 1096 00:33:16,994 --> 00:33:18,429 -- THANK YOU. CALEB. SABRINA 1097 00:33:18,429 --> 00:33:23,101 FOLLOWED BY CJ FOLLOWED BY LEO. 1098 00:33:23,101 --> 00:33:25,770 FELIPE BAIAMONTE, SABRINA. 1099 00:33:25,770 --> 00:33:26,037 WELCOME. 1100 00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:27,505 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 1101 00:33:27,505 --> 00:33:29,907 SABRINA BURR. I WEAR A LOT OF 1102 00:33:29,907 --> 00:33:32,276 HATS, BUT I'M A PART OF THE 1103 00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:33,911 SEATTLE SCHOOL MEALS AND FOOD 1104 00:33:33,911 --> 00:33:35,880 EDUCATION PROGRAM. I HAVE BEEN 1105 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,615 FOR A COUPLE YEARS. I'M THE 1106 00:33:37,615 --> 00:33:40,418 PARENT WHO USED TO PACK EXTRA 1107 00:33:40,418 --> 00:33:41,486 FOOD IN MY CHILD'S LUNCH SO 1108 00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:43,588 THAT SHE COULD SHARE WITH HER 1109 00:33:43,588 --> 00:33:45,123 FRIENDS. I WORK WITH STUDENT 1110 00:33:45,123 --> 00:33:47,658 LEADERS. LAST MONTH WE HAD ABOUT 1111 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:50,428 100 FROM ALL OVER, AND WHAT I 1112 00:33:50,428 --> 00:33:52,397 KNOW IS ACROSS OUR DISTRICT, WE 1113 00:33:52,397 --> 00:33:54,932 HAVE HUNGRY KIDS, WE HAVE 1114 00:33:54,932 --> 00:33:56,768 FAMILIES THAT LEFT SOUTHEAST 1115 00:33:56,768 --> 00:33:58,870 SEATTLE FOR A BETTER EDUCATION 1116 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:00,738 WHO ARE IN NORTH SEATTLE, WHO 1117 00:34:00,738 --> 00:34:06,611 STILL HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS. 1118 00:34:06,611 --> 00:34:09,447 AND SO I AM 100% FOR UNIVERSAL 1119 00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:11,416 MEALS. FROM WHAT I HAVE SEEN IN 1120 00:34:11,416 --> 00:34:14,118 THIS DISTRICT, TALKING TO 1121 00:34:14,118 --> 00:34:15,787 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE 1122 00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:17,054 DISTRICT. I LIVE IN SOUTHEAST 1123 00:34:17,054 --> 00:34:19,590 SEATTLE. I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 1124 00:34:19,590 --> 00:34:24,395 1974. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I AM 1125 00:34:24,395 --> 00:34:25,963 AGAINST AMENDMENT 6 BECAUSE WE 1126 00:34:25,963 --> 00:34:27,799 HAVE TOO MANY KIDS THAT ARE 1127 00:34:27,799 --> 00:34:30,935 HUNGRY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND HUNGRY 1128 00:34:30,935 --> 00:34:32,937 KIDS CAN'T LEARN. 1129 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:33,805 -- THANK YOU SABRINA. CJ 1130 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:37,608 FOLLOWED BY LEO, FOLLOWED BY WAI 1131 00:34:37,608 --> 00:34:41,212 GARRETT CJ. WELCOME. 1132 00:34:41,212 --> 00:34:41,746 -- WE LITERALLY HAVE LAW 1133 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:43,614 ENFORCEMENT EXECUTING FATHERS IN 1134 00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:45,516 THE STREETS FROM ISIS. EXECUTION 1135 00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:46,984 OF JOHANN GUERRERO IN FRONT OF 1136 00:34:46,984 --> 00:34:48,920 HIS THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TO 1137 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,956 SPD'S EXECUTION OF CHRISTIAN 1138 00:34:51,956 --> 00:34:53,691 NELSON LAST YEAR BY SIX SPD COPS 1139 00:34:53,691 --> 00:34:54,992 WHO SHOT OVER TWO DOZEN BULLETS 1140 00:34:54,992 --> 00:34:57,361 INTO HIM AND THE ADJACENT 1141 00:34:57,361 --> 00:34:58,496 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. YET JUST 1142 00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:01,165 A WEEK AFTER HIS MURDER, 1143 00:35:01,165 --> 00:35:01,732 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH YOU 1144 00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:03,101 FOUND THE POLITICAL WILL AND 1145 00:35:03,101 --> 00:35:05,670 BUDGET TO RAISE SEATTLE POLICE 1146 00:35:05,670 --> 00:35:07,672 PAY BY 42%, GIVING SPD AN 1147 00:35:07,672 --> 00:35:10,374 ESTIMATED BUDGET INCREASE OF $57 1148 00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:12,443 MILLION A YEAR. YOU CAN ALSO 1149 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:13,311 FIND THE POLITICAL WILL AND 1150 00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:15,213 FUNDS FOR THE EXPANSION OF 1151 00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:16,380 CAMERAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND 1152 00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:20,017 OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. THE 1153 00:35:20,017 --> 00:35:20,551 TAXPAYERS EXPENSE OF OVER 1154 00:35:20,551 --> 00:35:23,488 $1,025,000 WITH OPERATIONAL 1155 00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:24,055 COSTS OF BETWEEN 70,000 TO 1156 00:35:24,055 --> 00:35:26,557 $90,000 ANNUALLY PER SITE. BUT 1157 00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:27,158 SOMEHOW YOU CAN'T FIND THE 1158 00:35:27,158 --> 00:35:30,228 POLITICAL WILL TO BUDGET TO FUND 1159 00:35:30,228 --> 00:35:31,729 UNIVERSAL MEALS FOR OUR KIDS IN 1160 00:35:31,729 --> 00:35:32,797 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS IS 1161 00:35:32,797 --> 00:35:34,265 NOT A RACE OR NEIGHBORHOOD 1162 00:35:34,265 --> 00:35:36,367 ISSUE. THIS IS ONE OF POLITICAL 1163 00:35:36,367 --> 00:35:36,567 WILL. 1164 00:35:36,567 --> 00:35:40,104 -- THANK YOU, CJ LEO, FOLLOWED 1165 00:35:40,104 --> 00:35:42,106 BY WYKING GARRETT, FOLLOWED BY 1166 00:35:42,106 --> 00:35:44,208 REDMOND BOSHA LEO. WELCOME. 1167 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:46,043 -- YO. WHAT'S UP? HELLO 1168 00:35:46,043 --> 00:35:47,111 COUNCIL, I'M LEO, I'M AN 1169 00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:48,279 INCOMING SENIOR AT NATHAN HALE 1170 00:35:48,279 --> 00:35:49,547 HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M PRESIDENT 1171 00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:51,182 OF THE SEATTLE STUDENT UNION. 1172 00:35:51,182 --> 00:35:52,416 I'M SO SAD TO SEE THESE BEING 1173 00:35:52,416 --> 00:35:53,417 PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT 1174 00:35:53,417 --> 00:35:55,319 I'M STILL HERE TO URGE YOU TO 1175 00:35:55,319 --> 00:35:56,387 VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 6 AND FUND 1176 00:35:56,387 --> 00:35:58,489 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL LUNCH WITHOUT 1177 00:35:58,489 --> 00:35:59,924 DELAY FOR ALL STUDENTS. 1178 00:35:59,924 --> 00:36:00,558 UNIVERSAL LUNCHES ADDRESSES MANY 1179 00:36:00,558 --> 00:36:02,994 OF THE ISSUES ACROSS OUR CITY. 1180 00:36:02,994 --> 00:36:03,895 IT HELPS ADDRESS ATTACKS FROM 1181 00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:04,695 TRUMP IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, DO 1182 00:36:04,695 --> 00:36:06,130 NOT APPLY FOR FREE AND REDUCED 1183 00:36:06,130 --> 00:36:08,399 LUNCH AT A FEAR. IT ALSO HELPS 1184 00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:09,033 WITH AFFORDABILITY, SINCE EVEN 1185 00:36:09,033 --> 00:36:10,968 FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE TOO MUCH TO 1186 00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:12,236 QUALIFY FOR FREE LUNCH, IT IS 1187 00:36:12,236 --> 00:36:13,104 STILL A BURDEN TO PAY FOR SCHOOL 1188 00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:14,438 LUNCH. FINALLY, IT JUST 1189 00:36:14,438 --> 00:36:15,973 GENERALLY HELPS WITH EDUCATION 1190 00:36:15,973 --> 00:36:17,575 RELATED ISSUES AND STUDENTS DO 1191 00:36:17,575 --> 00:36:18,876 BETTER ACADEMICALLY, BEHAVE 1192 00:36:18,876 --> 00:36:19,810 BETTER WHEN THEY ARE NOT HUNGRY. 1193 00:36:19,810 --> 00:36:20,778 THANK YOU COUNCIL, AND I URGE 1194 00:36:20,778 --> 00:36:23,881 YOU TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 6. 1195 00:36:23,881 --> 00:36:26,050 -- THANK YOU, LEO Y KING. 1196 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:26,317 WELCOME. 1197 00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:28,186 -- GOOD MORNING. I JUST HAVE TO 1198 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:30,721 SAY THAT I THINK IT'S A REAL 1199 00:36:30,721 --> 00:36:31,956 SHAME THE WAY THAT THIS ISSUE IS 1200 00:36:31,956 --> 00:36:33,291 BEING FRAMED UP AS IF ONE SIDE 1201 00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:37,628 IS STRIVING TO FEED CHILDREN AND 1202 00:36:37,628 --> 00:36:39,330 ANOTHER SIDE IS NOT SEEKING TO 1203 00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:41,566 FEED CHILDREN. I THINK IT'S A 1204 00:36:41,566 --> 00:36:43,334 MATTER OF IMPLEMENTATION AND 1205 00:36:43,334 --> 00:36:45,102 EXECUTION. I THINK IT WOULD BE A 1206 00:36:45,102 --> 00:36:47,438 GREAT TRAGEDY. ANOTHER GREAT 1207 00:36:47,438 --> 00:36:50,174 TRAGEDY TO HAVE RESOURCES THAT 1208 00:36:50,174 --> 00:36:52,643 HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO ADDRESS, 1209 00:36:52,643 --> 00:36:53,811 PARTICULARLY IN 1991, THE LEVY 1210 00:36:53,811 --> 00:36:58,482 WAS ESTABLISHED. THE. THE 1211 00:36:58,482 --> 00:36:59,984 IMPACTS OF ANTI-BLACK RACISM IN 1212 00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:01,652 THIS CITY, IN THIS SOCIETY, ON 1213 00:37:01,652 --> 00:37:04,922 THE WEALTH AND THE INCOME AND 1214 00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:06,057 THE RESOURCES THAT OUR FAMILIES 1215 00:37:06,057 --> 00:37:08,226 HAVE, AND TO SEE THOSE RESOURCES 1216 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:10,595 TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT ARE 1217 00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:13,464 FOCUSED ON OUR COMMUNITY, THEN 1218 00:37:13,464 --> 00:37:16,534 BE SENT OUT TO LAURELHURST AND 1219 00:37:16,534 --> 00:37:17,134 MAGNOLIA AND EVERYWHERE ELSE, 1220 00:37:17,134 --> 00:37:19,437 AND ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT 1221 00:37:19,437 --> 00:37:20,104 ARE ALWAYS SAID AND THE 1222 00:37:20,104 --> 00:37:21,172 INVESTMENTS THAT ARE SAID TO BE 1223 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:23,641 ON OUR BEHALF DON'T ACTUALLY 1224 00:37:23,641 --> 00:37:26,110 REACH OUR HOMES, OUR FAMILIES 1225 00:37:26,110 --> 00:37:28,546 THAT DESERVE THE REPAIR. SO WE 1226 00:37:28,546 --> 00:37:31,315 NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON MAKING 1227 00:37:31,315 --> 00:37:32,483 SURE THE EQUITY ANALYSIS IS 1228 00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:35,052 STRONG, RIGHT, SO THAT WE CAN 1229 00:37:35,052 --> 00:37:37,622 AVOID THE UNINTENDED 1230 00:37:37,622 --> 00:37:38,723 CONSEQUENCES THAT TIME AND TIME 1231 00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:40,758 AGAIN. THAT LEAVES OUR FAMILIES 1232 00:37:40,758 --> 00:37:41,859 STILL HURTING. SO I DO I'M HERE 1233 00:37:41,859 --> 00:37:46,530 TO SAY YES FOR AMENDMENT 6 AND 1234 00:37:46,530 --> 00:37:47,665 GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH A 1235 00:37:47,665 --> 00:37:49,367 BETTER PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT 1236 00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:51,068 ALL OF THE FAMILY, ALL OF THE 1237 00:37:51,068 --> 00:37:51,969 CHILDREN THAT ARE IN OTHER 1238 00:37:51,969 --> 00:37:54,639 PLACES. 1239 00:37:54,639 --> 00:37:55,273 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 1240 00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:57,208 YOU SO MUCH. RAYMOND BASHA, 1241 00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:58,109 FOLLOWED BY TATIANA BROWN, 1242 00:37:58,109 --> 00:38:01,979 FOLLOWED BY LIZ HUSER REDMOND. 1243 00:38:01,979 --> 00:38:03,681 WELCOME. 1244 00:38:03,681 --> 00:38:04,315 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1245 00:38:04,315 --> 00:38:05,750 MY NAME IS REDMOND BASHA AND I 1246 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,151 AM THE FOOD ACCESS COORDINATOR 1247 00:38:07,151 --> 00:38:08,286 AT FEAST. IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU 1248 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:12,289 ALL AGAIN. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME 1249 00:38:12,289 --> 00:38:13,391 SPEAKING ON THIS ISSUE AND TODAY 1250 00:38:13,391 --> 00:38:14,992 I WOULD LIKE TO FORMALLY SUBMIT 1251 00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:17,528 A LETTER FOR PUBLIC RECORD. OVER 1252 00:38:17,528 --> 00:38:19,063 THE PAST WEEK, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO 1253 00:38:19,063 --> 00:38:22,266 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT 1254 00:38:22,266 --> 00:38:30,875 THEY NEED. WE HAVE HEARD FROM 1255 00:38:30,875 --> 00:38:33,377 OVER 100 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 1256 00:38:33,377 --> 00:38:35,446 PARENTS, TEACHERS AND MOST 1257 00:38:35,446 --> 00:38:38,182 IMPORTANTLY, STUDENTS. AND THEY 1258 00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:38,816 ARE ASKING FOR UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 1259 00:38:38,816 --> 00:38:40,451 MEALS WITH NO DELAY. YOUR 1260 00:38:40,451 --> 00:38:41,519 COMMUNITY IS SPEAKING AND WE ASK 1261 00:38:41,519 --> 00:38:43,487 YOU TO LISTEN. VOTE NO ON 1262 00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:44,689 AMENDMENT 6. 1263 00:38:44,689 --> 00:38:46,857 -- THANK YOU. REDMOND. TATIANA, 1264 00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:49,360 FOLLOWED BY LIZ, FOLLOWED BY 1265 00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:51,295 CRYSTAL LEE. TATIANA. WELCOME. 1266 00:38:51,295 --> 00:38:52,463 -- GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. MY 1267 00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:53,764 NAME IS TATIANA BROWN AND I AM A 1268 00:38:53,764 --> 00:38:56,333 FOOD JUSTICE ADVOCATE. I'M HERE 1269 00:38:56,333 --> 00:38:58,602 REALLY TODAY, JUST TO PLEAD THAT 1270 00:38:58,602 --> 00:39:01,205 WE DON'T FALL INTO THIS TRAP OF 1271 00:39:01,205 --> 00:39:02,139 CONVERSATIONS OF DESERVEDNESS. I 1272 00:39:02,139 --> 00:39:03,407 THINK WE CAN GO DOWN THAT FOR A 1273 00:39:03,407 --> 00:39:06,577 VERY LONG WAY, AND WE CAN TALK 1274 00:39:06,577 --> 00:39:08,179 ABOUT A MOTHER WHO GIVES BIRTH 1275 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:09,880 TO A DAUGHTER, AND THAT DAUGHTER 1276 00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:12,149 WHOSE MOM MAKES $40,000 DOES NOT 1277 00:39:12,149 --> 00:39:13,918 MAKE ENOUGH TO QUALIFY FOR FREE 1278 00:39:13,918 --> 00:39:17,488 MEALS IN SCHOOLS. WE CAN TALK 1279 00:39:17,488 --> 00:39:18,656 ABOUT THE 6800 STUDENTS THAT 1280 00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:19,290 WERE WERE LEAVING OUT OF THIS. 1281 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:20,424 IF WE DO NOT EXPAND THE MEALS. 1282 00:39:20,424 --> 00:39:22,960 AND I THINK FOR ME, IT'S REALLY 1283 00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,195 THE CORE OF WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 1284 00:39:24,195 --> 00:39:25,730 THIS CONVERSATION OF 1285 00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:26,564 DESERVEDNESS. YES, IT HAS DEEP 1286 00:39:26,564 --> 00:39:27,898 ROOTS IN RACISM. IT HAS DEEP 1287 00:39:27,898 --> 00:39:30,000 ROOTS IN THE FACT THAT AT ONE 1288 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:30,668 POINT, MANY OF US AND ALL OF YOU 1289 00:39:30,668 --> 00:39:32,269 THAT I'M LOOKING AT WERE NOT 1290 00:39:32,269 --> 00:39:34,739 CONSIDERED DESERVING OF 1291 00:39:34,739 --> 00:39:36,741 EDUCATION, OF A BANK ACCOUNT, OF 1292 00:39:36,741 --> 00:39:37,775 THE RIGHT TO MARRY, OF THE RIGHT 1293 00:39:37,775 --> 00:39:40,277 FOR OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS. AND 1294 00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:42,346 I THINK THAT WE HAVE AN 1295 00:39:42,346 --> 00:39:42,980 INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY AHEAD OF 1296 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:46,450 US, WHICH IS TO CREATE A SYSTEM 1297 00:39:46,450 --> 00:39:47,051 THAT PROMOTES UNIVERSAL FREE 1298 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:48,919 MEALS FOR ALL SCHOOL, FOR ALL 1299 00:39:48,919 --> 00:39:49,954 STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 1300 00:39:49,954 --> 00:39:51,155 THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE 1301 00:39:51,155 --> 00:39:53,224 IT. THANK YOU. 1302 00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:54,825 -- THANK YOU. TATIANA, LIZ, 1303 00:39:54,825 --> 00:40:00,197 FOLLOWED BY KRYSTAL, FOLLOWED BY 1304 00:40:00,197 --> 00:40:02,333 A DONNA MAYBE. SORRY, LIZ. 1305 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:02,600 WELCOME. 1306 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,969 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, 1307 00:40:04,969 --> 00:40:06,303 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS LIZ 1308 00:40:06,303 --> 00:40:08,038 WIZARD AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE 1309 00:40:08,038 --> 00:40:08,639 DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEAST SEATTLE 1310 00:40:08,639 --> 00:40:12,376 EDUCATION COALITION, THE 1311 00:40:12,376 --> 00:40:13,010 FAMILIES, EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL, 1312 00:40:13,010 --> 00:40:13,677 AND PROMISE LEVY WAS CREATED TO 1313 00:40:13,677 --> 00:40:15,079 CLOSE THE OPPORTUNITY GAP BY 1314 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:17,081 ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC 1315 00:40:17,081 --> 00:40:17,548 INEQUITIES THAT SHAPE 1316 00:40:17,548 --> 00:40:18,182 EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. YOU KNOW 1317 00:40:18,182 --> 00:40:19,617 THIS. WE KNOW THIS AS STEWARDS 1318 00:40:19,617 --> 00:40:21,152 OF THE PUBLIC INVESTMENT, WE 1319 00:40:21,152 --> 00:40:23,921 HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE 1320 00:40:23,921 --> 00:40:25,990 THAT POLICIES WE ADOPT ACHIEVE 1321 00:40:25,990 --> 00:40:27,758 THAT PURPOSE THROUGH THOUGHTFUL 1322 00:40:27,758 --> 00:40:28,325 IMPLEMENTATION, NOT SIMPLY 1323 00:40:28,325 --> 00:40:30,728 THROUGH WELL-INTENTIONED IDEAS. 1324 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:32,997 SEATAC BELIEVES EVERY CHILD 1325 00:40:32,997 --> 00:40:33,564 DESERVES NUTRITIOUS MEALS. 1326 00:40:33,564 --> 00:40:35,166 HOWEVER, IT WILL TAKE TIME TO 1327 00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:37,101 IMPLEMENT A THOUGHTFUL UNIVERSAL 1328 00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:38,102 SCHOOLS MEAL PROGRAM FOR THE 1329 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:40,070 LONG TERM. TIME WILL GIVE THE 1330 00:40:40,070 --> 00:40:41,572 DISTRICT THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1331 00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:43,073 ENSURE MEALS ARE HIGH QUALITY, 1332 00:40:43,073 --> 00:40:44,341 CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE AND 1333 00:40:44,341 --> 00:40:46,277 DELIVERED IN A WAY THAT TRULY 1334 00:40:46,277 --> 00:40:48,045 SERVES STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. I 1335 00:40:48,045 --> 00:40:49,280 ALSO RECOGNIZE THIS HAS BEEN A 1336 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,449 DIFFICULT CONVERSATION EVEN 1337 00:40:51,449 --> 00:40:52,082 WITHIN OUR COALITION. THERE ARE 1338 00:40:52,082 --> 00:40:53,884 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, BUT 1339 00:40:53,884 --> 00:40:55,352 WE'RE UNITED BY ONE GOAL 1340 00:40:55,352 --> 00:40:57,588 ENSURING THIS LEVY DELIVERS 1341 00:40:57,588 --> 00:40:59,023 EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FOR SEATTLE 1342 00:40:59,023 --> 00:41:00,524 CHILDREN. I URGE YOU TO MAKE THE 1343 00:41:00,524 --> 00:41:02,393 THOUGHTFUL CHOICE, NOT THE 1344 00:41:02,393 --> 00:41:03,227 POPULAR ONE. THANK YOU. 1345 00:41:03,227 --> 00:41:05,162 -- THANK YOU, LIZ CRYSTAL, 1346 00:41:05,162 --> 00:41:07,164 FOLLOWED BY, I THINK IT'S DONNA 1347 00:41:07,164 --> 00:41:08,199 SINGHA. AND THEN WE'LL GO 1348 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:10,768 ONLINE. CRYSTAL, WELCOME. 1349 00:41:10,768 --> 00:41:12,469 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1350 00:41:12,469 --> 00:41:13,437 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1351 00:41:13,437 --> 00:41:15,139 CRYSTAL LEE AND I WORK FOR 1352 00:41:15,139 --> 00:41:15,773 COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS, WHERE I 1353 00:41:15,773 --> 00:41:16,841 SUPPORT YOUTH AND FAMILIES EVERY 1354 00:41:16,841 --> 00:41:18,676 DAY, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST NEEDS WE 1355 00:41:18,676 --> 00:41:20,377 HEAR FROM FAMILIES IS SIMPLE 1356 00:41:20,377 --> 00:41:21,412 GROCERIES. PARENTS ARE WORKING 1357 00:41:21,412 --> 00:41:22,980 HARD, BUT MANY ARE BARELY MAKING 1358 00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:25,149 IT ENOUGH TO GET BY. THEY CAN'T 1359 00:41:25,149 --> 00:41:26,083 AFFORD TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO 1360 00:41:26,083 --> 00:41:27,084 SCHOOL WITH LUNCH MONEY. AND 1361 00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:28,319 WHEN SCHOOL IS OUT ON THE 1362 00:41:28,319 --> 00:41:29,353 WEEKENDS AND BREAKS, MANY 1363 00:41:29,353 --> 00:41:31,922 FAMILIES STRUGGLES TO PUT ENOUGH 1364 00:41:31,922 --> 00:41:32,857 FOOD ON THE TABLE. I'VE SEEN 1365 00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:34,592 STUDENTS GO BACK FOR SECONDS AT 1366 00:41:34,592 --> 00:41:35,492 SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY KNOW IT MAY 1367 00:41:35,492 --> 00:41:36,794 BE THEIR LAST FULL MEAL THEY 1368 00:41:36,794 --> 00:41:37,995 HAVE FOR THE DAY. NO CHILD 1369 00:41:37,995 --> 00:41:39,263 SHOULD HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT 1370 00:41:39,263 --> 00:41:40,764 WHETHER THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT. 1371 00:41:40,764 --> 00:41:42,766 THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING I SEE 1372 00:41:42,766 --> 00:41:44,201 AT WORK, IT'S SOMETHING I 1373 00:41:44,201 --> 00:41:45,669 UNDERSTAND PERSONALLY. EVEN WITH 1374 00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:46,937 THE FULL TIME JOB, I CAN BARELY 1375 00:41:46,937 --> 00:41:48,839 AFFORD GROCERIES MYSELF. IT'S 1376 00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:50,307 HARD FOR WORKING FAMILIES TO 1377 00:41:50,307 --> 00:41:51,408 IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE FOR 1378 00:41:51,408 --> 00:41:53,677 THOSE EARNING EVEN LESS. THIS 1379 00:41:53,677 --> 00:41:55,779 AMENDMENT WILL HELP MEET A BASIC 1380 00:41:55,779 --> 00:41:57,381 HUMAN NEED WITH DIGNITY. MAKE 1381 00:41:57,381 --> 00:41:59,049 SURE CHILDREN HAVE FOOD ON THE 1382 00:41:59,049 --> 00:42:00,584 WEEKENDS AND SCHOOL BREAKS MEANS 1383 00:42:00,584 --> 00:42:01,685 THEY CAN COME BACK TO SCHOOL 1384 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:02,419 HEALTHIER AND READY TO LEARN, 1385 00:42:02,419 --> 00:42:03,554 AND WITH ONE LESS BURDEN ON 1386 00:42:03,554 --> 00:42:06,523 THEIR FAMILIES. I URGE YOU TO 1387 00:42:06,523 --> 00:42:06,857 SUPPORT THIS. 1388 00:42:06,857 --> 00:42:09,059 -- THANK YOU. CRYSTAL, MAYBE 1389 00:42:09,059 --> 00:42:10,194 IT'S. I'M SORRY I'M HAVING 1390 00:42:10,194 --> 00:42:11,562 TROUBLE READING THIS NAME, BUT I 1391 00:42:11,562 --> 00:42:17,067 THINK IT'S DONNA SINGHA. ANYONE 1392 00:42:17,067 --> 00:42:21,205 BY THAT NAME OR CLOSE TO THAT 1393 00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:25,342 NAME? OKAY, THEN I'M GOING TO GO 1394 00:42:25,342 --> 00:42:26,810 ONLINE, TAKE TEN FOLKS ONLINE 1395 00:42:26,810 --> 00:42:27,678 BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN WAITING A 1396 00:42:27,678 --> 00:42:29,246 LONG TIME AS WELL. AND THEN I'LL 1397 00:42:29,246 --> 00:42:32,750 COME BACK TO SOME ADDITIONAL ADS 1398 00:42:32,750 --> 00:42:38,389 THAT CAME LATER IN PERSON. SO WE 1399 00:42:38,389 --> 00:42:40,190 WE'VE GOT LOIS MARTIN, LOIS 1400 00:42:40,190 --> 00:42:42,860 PRESS STAR SIX, AND YOU MAY 1401 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:43,093 BEGIN. 1402 00:42:43,093 --> 00:42:45,529 -- WAS IT ME? 1403 00:42:45,529 --> 00:42:46,230 -- I DON'T THINK SHE CALLED YOU. 1404 00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:48,666 DID YOU CALL DAN EDER? OH 1405 00:42:48,666 --> 00:42:49,833 -- DANITA, IS THAT WHO THAT? 1406 00:42:49,833 --> 00:42:51,835 SORRY, LOIS. WE'LL COME BACK TO 1407 00:42:51,835 --> 00:42:53,904 YOU IN ONE MINUTE. DANITA, I'M 1408 00:42:53,904 --> 00:42:56,140 SO SORRY I MISPRONOUNCED YOU. NO 1409 00:42:56,140 --> 00:42:56,407 PROBLEM. 1410 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:58,142 -- SO MY NAME IS DONNA SINCLAIR. 1411 00:42:58,142 --> 00:42:59,843 THANK YOU. AND I AM A COMMUNITY 1412 00:42:59,843 --> 00:43:01,579 LEADER AS WELL AS A GUN VIOLENCE 1413 00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:02,813 PREVENTION. YOU GUYS ALWAYS SEE 1414 00:43:02,813 --> 00:43:05,683 ME. I VOTE YES ON THIS AMENDMENT 1415 00:43:05,683 --> 00:43:07,418 WITH THE MISS HOLLINGSWORTH ARE 1416 00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:09,186 AS A COMMUNITY LEADER WITH THE 1417 00:43:09,186 --> 00:43:11,822 CRISIS INTERVENTION, FOOD 1418 00:43:11,822 --> 00:43:12,723 INSECURITY IS THE NUMBER ONE TOP 1419 00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:15,426 PRIORITY THAT OUR KIDS IS FACING 1420 00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:17,361 ON THE WEEKENDS. WE UNDERSTAND 1421 00:43:17,361 --> 00:43:18,429 THAT EVERYBODY DO DESERVE TO 1422 00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:20,597 EAT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT 1423 00:43:20,597 --> 00:43:21,231 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE 1424 00:43:21,231 --> 00:43:22,333 POVERTY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1425 00:43:22,333 --> 00:43:23,200 LOW INCOME. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1426 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,601 FAMILIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE 1427 00:43:24,601 --> 00:43:27,638 TO REACH THAT CAPACITY. WE ASK 1428 00:43:27,638 --> 00:43:29,239 THAT YOU VOTE YES AND SUPPORT. I 1429 00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:31,208 MEAN, PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH., 1430 00:43:31,208 --> 00:43:33,310 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL 1431 00:43:33,310 --> 00:43:37,514 RIGHT. WE'LL GO ONLINE NEXT. 1432 00:43:37,514 --> 00:43:38,182 LOIS MARTIN, IF YOU'RE THERE, 1433 00:43:38,182 --> 00:43:40,651 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU 1434 00:43:40,651 --> 00:43:45,155 MAY BEGIN. 1435 00:43:45,155 --> 00:43:46,657 -- HI. GOOD EVENING, 1436 00:43:46,657 --> 00:43:47,758 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS LOIS 1437 00:43:47,758 --> 00:43:49,093 MARTIN. I'M THE EXECUTIVE 1438 00:43:49,093 --> 00:43:50,894 DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DAY CENTER 1439 00:43:50,894 --> 00:43:51,929 FOR CHILDREN AND EARLY LEARNING 1440 00:43:51,929 --> 00:43:55,733 CENTER HERE IN SEATTLE. AND ONE 1441 00:43:55,733 --> 00:43:56,333 OF MORE THAN 50 ORGANIZATIONS 1442 00:43:56,333 --> 00:43:57,001 THAT ARE PART OF A COALITION 1443 00:43:57,001 --> 00:43:58,969 THAT SIGNED A LETTER IN SUPPORT 1444 00:43:58,969 --> 00:44:01,505 OF AMENDMENT 6. WE ALL AGREE 1445 00:44:01,505 --> 00:44:03,507 THAT NO CHILD SHOULD GO HUNGRY. 1446 00:44:03,507 --> 00:44:04,141 THE QUESTION BEFORE YOU IS HOW 1447 00:44:04,141 --> 00:44:06,076 TO MEET THAT NEED WHILE HONORING 1448 00:44:06,076 --> 00:44:07,811 THE PURPOSE OF THE LEVY APPROVED 1449 00:44:07,811 --> 00:44:11,448 BY SEATTLE VOTERS. AMENDMENT 6 1450 00:44:11,448 --> 00:44:12,783 KEEPS THE LEVY FOCUS ON ITS CORE 1451 00:44:12,783 --> 00:44:14,885 MISSION OF CLOSING OPPORTUNITY 1452 00:44:14,885 --> 00:44:16,653 GAPS. IT PROVIDES TARGETED FOOD 1453 00:44:16,653 --> 00:44:18,489 ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND 1454 00:44:18,489 --> 00:44:19,089 FAMILIES DURING PERIODS WHEN 1455 00:44:19,089 --> 00:44:20,357 ACCESS TO SCHOOL MEALS IS 1456 00:44:20,357 --> 00:44:22,559 UNAVAILABLE. DIRECT RESOURCES 1457 00:44:22,559 --> 00:44:24,928 WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST AND 1458 00:44:24,928 --> 00:44:26,296 PROTECTS THE RISK AND RESERVE 1459 00:44:26,296 --> 00:44:28,899 FUND. WHILE THE CITY EVALUATES 1460 00:44:28,899 --> 00:44:30,501 LONG TERM FUNDING OPTIONS. THIS 1461 00:44:30,501 --> 00:44:32,302 AMENDMENT IS A THOUGHTFUL 1462 00:44:32,302 --> 00:44:34,571 COMPROMISE. IT MEETS CHILDREN'S 1463 00:44:34,571 --> 00:44:35,139 IMMEDIATE NEEDS TODAY WHILE 1464 00:44:35,139 --> 00:44:36,206 PROTECTING THE LONG TERM 1465 00:44:36,206 --> 00:44:37,541 COMMITMENTS VOTERS APPROVED 1466 00:44:37,541 --> 00:44:40,310 THROUGH THE LEVY. I URGE YOU TO 1467 00:44:40,310 --> 00:44:42,179 VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT 6. THANK 1468 00:44:42,179 --> 00:44:42,413 YOU. 1469 00:44:42,413 --> 00:44:46,383 -- THANK YOU LOIS. DIANE TAO, IF 1470 00:44:46,383 --> 00:44:47,751 YOU'RE THERE, PLEASE PRESS STAR 1471 00:44:47,751 --> 00:44:53,023 SIX AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 1472 00:44:53,023 --> 00:44:54,124 -- HI, MY NAME IS DIANE TAO. I 1473 00:44:54,124 --> 00:44:55,693 TEACH AT WING LUKE ELEMENTARY 1474 00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:57,628 AND I LIVE IN RAINIER BEACH. MOM 1475 00:44:57,628 --> 00:44:59,329 TO THREE YOUNG BOYS, TWO AN SPF. 1476 00:44:59,329 --> 00:45:01,765 WHILE I THINK IT'S NECESSARY TO 1477 00:45:01,765 --> 00:45:02,566 ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY FOR 1478 00:45:02,566 --> 00:45:04,334 FAMILIES WITH THE GREATEST NEED 1479 00:45:04,334 --> 00:45:06,036 BEYOND THE SCHOOL DAY, I DON'T 1480 00:45:06,036 --> 00:45:07,404 SUPPORT AMENDMENT 6. I THINK 1481 00:45:07,404 --> 00:45:08,605 SINCE UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS IS 1482 00:45:08,605 --> 00:45:09,406 ON THE TABLE, WE SHOULD BY ALL 1483 00:45:09,406 --> 00:45:11,241 MEANS MAKE IT HAPPEN. IN 1484 00:45:11,241 --> 00:45:13,043 SEATTLE, WING LUKE IS FORTUNATE 1485 00:45:13,043 --> 00:45:14,011 ENOUGH TO ALREADY HAVE UNIVERSAL 1486 00:45:14,011 --> 00:45:15,112 SCHOOL MEALS, AND I'VE SEEN IT 1487 00:45:15,112 --> 00:45:16,680 MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON STUDENTS 1488 00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:17,581 AND FAMILIES FIRSTHAND OVER THE 1489 00:45:17,581 --> 00:45:19,983 YEARS. WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY. I 1490 00:45:19,983 --> 00:45:20,851 KNOW THAT NOT EVERY SCHOOL, NOT 1491 00:45:20,851 --> 00:45:21,552 EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS THE 1492 00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:22,553 SAME THING. BUT I DO THINK THAT 1493 00:45:22,553 --> 00:45:24,088 THERE ARE KIDS AT EVERY SCHOOL 1494 00:45:24,088 --> 00:45:25,856 IN THE DISTRICT, REGARDLESS OF 1495 00:45:25,856 --> 00:45:26,490 NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT WILL BENEFIT 1496 00:45:26,490 --> 00:45:28,325 FROM UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS. I 1497 00:45:28,325 --> 00:45:30,127 HEAR COST IS A CONCERN, 1498 00:45:30,127 --> 00:45:31,929 ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY 1499 00:45:31,929 --> 00:45:32,596 WITH THE MILLIONAIRE'S TAX AND 1500 00:45:32,596 --> 00:45:33,464 ITS FUTURE. BUT I DON'T THINK 1501 00:45:33,464 --> 00:45:34,932 THAT UNCERTAINTY SHOULD DISSUADE 1502 00:45:34,932 --> 00:45:37,334 US FROM GOOD POLICY. IF LEVY 1503 00:45:37,334 --> 00:45:38,936 FUNDS CAN PROVIDE FREE MEALS TO 1504 00:45:38,936 --> 00:45:40,437 ANY AND ALL SPS STUDENTS FOR TWO 1505 00:45:40,437 --> 00:45:41,405 YEARS, I HAVE TO SAY YES TO 1506 00:45:41,405 --> 00:45:43,006 THAT, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE 1507 00:45:43,006 --> 00:45:44,742 WOULD BLAME THE CITY IN THE 1508 00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:45,342 EVENT THE MILLIONAIRE'S TAX 1509 00:45:45,342 --> 00:45:46,877 DIDN'T GO THROUGH, WE WOULD 1510 00:45:46,877 --> 00:45:47,611 BRING THE FIGHT TO THE STATE. 1511 00:45:47,611 --> 00:45:49,012 LASTLY, I WANTED TO BRING UP HOW 1512 00:45:49,012 --> 00:45:50,247 OFTENTIMES WHEN IT COMES TO 1513 00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:51,448 PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES, STUDENTS 1514 00:45:51,448 --> 00:45:52,182 AND THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S 1515 00:45:52,182 --> 00:45:53,283 ALWAYS THIS IDEA THAT WE DON'T 1516 00:45:53,283 --> 00:45:54,918 HAVE ENOUGH MONEY IF WE NEED TO 1517 00:45:54,918 --> 00:45:57,054 PICK AND CHOOSE. AND BECAUSE OF 1518 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:57,721 BUDGET DEFICITS OR WE GET INTO 1519 00:45:57,721 --> 00:45:59,189 RESERVES, AND THAT WORRIES US. 1520 00:45:59,189 --> 00:46:00,357 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE 1521 00:46:00,357 --> 00:46:03,627 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S 1522 00:46:03,627 --> 00:46:04,261 ANNUAL BUDGET IS $489 MILLION. 1523 00:46:04,261 --> 00:46:05,796 SO I JUST SAY THAT TO SAY WE 1524 00:46:05,796 --> 00:46:07,831 SHOULD TAKE A CHANCE ON 1525 00:46:07,831 --> 00:46:08,532 UNIVERSAL MEALS NOW AND SPEND 1526 00:46:08,532 --> 00:46:10,033 LEVY RESERVES, BUT ALSO FIND THE 1527 00:46:10,033 --> 00:46:11,635 FUNDS TO ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY 1528 00:46:11,635 --> 00:46:12,503 FOR FAMILIES WITH THE GREATEST 1529 00:46:12,503 --> 00:46:15,205 NEED. THANK YOU. 1530 00:46:15,205 --> 00:46:16,373 -- THANK YOU, DIANE. MARSHA 1531 00:46:16,373 --> 00:46:18,408 WRIGHT SOYKA. IF YOU'RE THERE, 1532 00:46:18,408 --> 00:46:22,212 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU 1533 00:46:22,212 --> 00:46:22,513 MAY BEGIN. 1534 00:46:22,513 --> 00:46:25,816 -- THANK YOU. I'M MARSHA SOYKA, 1535 00:46:25,816 --> 00:46:26,416 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FAMILY 1536 00:46:26,416 --> 00:46:27,951 WORKS HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 1537 00:46:27,951 --> 00:46:30,187 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL ON 1538 00:46:30,187 --> 00:46:31,421 UNIVERSAL FREE LUNCH AS PART OF 1539 00:46:31,421 --> 00:46:34,391 THE FEPP LEVY. WITHOUT THE DELAY 1540 00:46:34,391 --> 00:46:35,225 IN AMENDMENT 6. WE HAVE BEEN ON 1541 00:46:35,225 --> 00:46:36,894 THE FRONT LINES OF FIGHTING FOOD 1542 00:46:36,894 --> 00:46:38,195 INSECURITY AND HUNGER FOR 30 1543 00:46:38,195 --> 00:46:39,797 YEARS IN NORTH SEATTLE, WITH A 1544 00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:41,899 DEEP CONNECTION TO SEATTLE 1545 00:46:41,899 --> 00:46:43,667 PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT INCLUDE ON 1546 00:46:43,667 --> 00:46:45,702 CAMPUS RESOURCE CENTERS, 1547 00:46:45,702 --> 00:46:47,137 BACKPACKS TO FIGHT WEEKEND 1548 00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:49,339 HUNGER AND MOBILE FOOD PANTRIES, 1549 00:46:49,339 --> 00:46:49,873 BRINGING FOOD DIRECTLY TO 1550 00:46:49,873 --> 00:46:51,642 SCHOOLS. ALREADY THIS YEAR, 1551 00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:54,278 THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN 2250 1552 00:46:54,278 --> 00:46:55,979 VISITS FROM SPS STUDENTS AND 1553 00:46:55,979 --> 00:46:57,548 FAMILIES TO OUR MOBILE FOOD 1554 00:46:57,548 --> 00:47:00,484 PANTRY AT NORTH SEATTLE SCHOOLS, 1555 00:47:00,484 --> 00:47:03,086 A 68% INCREASE THAN THE WHOLE OF 1556 00:47:03,086 --> 00:47:05,389 LAST YEAR. WE NEED TO ADDRESS 1557 00:47:05,389 --> 00:47:07,191 FOOD INSECURITY BROADLY FOR 1558 00:47:07,191 --> 00:47:08,225 EVERY CHILD THAT WANTS OR NEEDS 1559 00:47:08,225 --> 00:47:09,459 A MEAL. THIS IS A LAYERED ISSUE. 1560 00:47:09,459 --> 00:47:12,162 WE NEED LAYERED SOLUTIONS, 1561 00:47:12,162 --> 00:47:13,564 INCLUDING PUBLIC PRIVATE 1562 00:47:13,564 --> 00:47:14,398 PARTNERSHIPS, BUT THEY DO NOT 1563 00:47:14,398 --> 00:47:16,633 HAVE TO COME AT THE EXPENSE OF 1564 00:47:16,633 --> 00:47:17,968 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL LUNCH NOW. 1565 00:47:17,968 --> 00:47:18,802 THANK YOU. 1566 00:47:18,802 --> 00:47:21,605 -- THANK YOU, MARSHA, JEN, 1567 00:47:21,605 --> 00:47:23,774 JAIME, IF YOU'RE THERE, PLEASE 1568 00:47:23,774 --> 00:47:26,710 PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY 1569 00:47:26,710 --> 00:47:32,449 BEGIN. 1570 00:47:32,449 --> 00:47:33,851 -- GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR 1571 00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:35,419 HOSTING PUBLIC COMMENT THIS 1572 00:47:35,419 --> 00:47:39,089 MORNING. MY NAME IS JEN JAIME. 1573 00:47:39,089 --> 00:47:40,591 I'M THE FACULTY COORDINATOR AND 1574 00:47:40,591 --> 00:47:43,827 PARENT EDUCATOR FOR THE SOUTH 1575 00:47:43,827 --> 00:47:44,328 SEATTLE COLLEGE PARENT 1576 00:47:44,328 --> 00:47:46,864 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. 1577 00:47:46,864 --> 00:47:47,698 AND I REALIZED NOT AMENDMENT 6, 1578 00:47:47,698 --> 00:47:49,333 BUT WE'RE JUMPING IN HERE THIS 1579 00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:51,134 MORNING BECAUSE WE HAVE AN 1580 00:47:51,134 --> 00:47:53,737 EMERGENCY ASK OF THE COMMITTEE. 1581 00:47:53,737 --> 00:47:54,905 WE SUBMITTED A PACKET OF 1582 00:47:54,905 --> 00:47:57,107 INFORMATION VIA EMAIL LAST NIGHT 1583 00:47:57,107 --> 00:47:57,975 WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION, BUT 1584 00:47:57,975 --> 00:48:00,978 WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR ONE TIME 1585 00:48:00,978 --> 00:48:02,112 EMERGENCY FUNDING FROM THE LEVY 1586 00:48:02,112 --> 00:48:04,181 FOR SEATTLE COLLEGE'S PARENT 1587 00:48:04,181 --> 00:48:04,715 EDUCATION AND COOPERATIVE 1588 00:48:04,715 --> 00:48:06,049 PRESCHOOLS TO COVER THE COSTS OF 1589 00:48:06,049 --> 00:48:08,485 OUR PROGRAM FOR WINTER AND 1590 00:48:08,485 --> 00:48:12,489 SPRING QUARTERS 2027. IT'S A 1591 00:48:12,489 --> 00:48:14,024 LONG AND COMPLICATED SAGA, BUT 1592 00:48:14,024 --> 00:48:15,292 DESPITE FRANTIC EFFORTS FROM 1593 00:48:15,292 --> 00:48:15,926 JANUARY THROUGH JUNE OF THIS 1594 00:48:15,926 --> 00:48:18,095 YEAR, THE STATE BOARD OF 1595 00:48:18,095 --> 00:48:19,596 COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES 1596 00:48:19,596 --> 00:48:21,398 NO LONGER RECOGNIZES PARENTING 1597 00:48:21,398 --> 00:48:23,900 AS A VOCATION. AND AS SUCH, ON 1598 00:48:23,900 --> 00:48:25,669 JULY 1st, STOPPED ALLOCATING ANY 1599 00:48:25,669 --> 00:48:27,838 MONEY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND 1600 00:48:27,838 --> 00:48:28,405 TECHNICAL COLLEGES FOR OUR 1601 00:48:28,405 --> 00:48:30,107 PROGRAM. NORTH AND SOUTH DON'T 1602 00:48:30,107 --> 00:48:31,942 HAVE EXTRA FUNDS TO COVER THE 1603 00:48:31,942 --> 00:48:33,277 COSTS WE'VE FUNDRAISED AND 1604 00:48:33,277 --> 00:48:34,645 SCRAPE TOGETHER ENOUGH FOR FALL 1605 00:48:34,645 --> 00:48:37,681 QUARTER, BUT WE REALLY NEED SOME 1606 00:48:37,681 --> 00:48:39,516 SUPPORT FOR WINTER AND SPRING. 1607 00:48:39,516 --> 00:48:42,653 -- AND THANK YOU JEN. YOU CAN 1608 00:48:42,653 --> 00:48:45,722 ALSO SEND IN YOUR COMMENTS. 1609 00:48:45,722 --> 00:48:48,358 ADDIE, CAN CAN NATI, IF YOU'RE 1610 00:48:48,358 --> 00:48:49,860 THERE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND 1611 00:48:49,860 --> 00:48:56,366 YOU MAY BEGIN 1612 00:48:56,366 --> 00:48:58,035 -- MY NAME IS EDDIE KENNEDY. 1613 00:48:58,035 --> 00:49:00,237 I'M A PARENT, EDUCATOR AND 1614 00:49:00,237 --> 00:49:00,804 INSTRUCTOR AT NORTH SEATTLE 1615 00:49:00,804 --> 00:49:02,739 COLLEGE COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL 1616 00:49:02,739 --> 00:49:05,208 PROGRAM. IT'S AN AFFORDABLE, 1617 00:49:05,208 --> 00:49:05,742 MULTIGENERATIONAL PROGRAM 1618 00:49:05,742 --> 00:49:07,077 THAT'S BEEN QUIETLY WORKING IN 1619 00:49:07,077 --> 00:49:10,480 OUR COMMUNITY FOR OVER 70 YEARS. 1620 00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,049 AS YOU KNOW, THE STATE BOARD OF 1621 00:49:12,049 --> 00:49:15,118 COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES 1622 00:49:15,118 --> 00:49:16,787 DEFUNDED PARENT EDUCATION AND 1623 00:49:16,787 --> 00:49:18,255 OVER 2000 PARENTS AND THEIR 1624 00:49:18,255 --> 00:49:20,324 CHILDREN IN SEATTLE WILL LOSE 1625 00:49:20,324 --> 00:49:22,259 ACCESS TO THIS PROGRAM. IN 1626 00:49:22,259 --> 00:49:24,828 JANUARY OF 2027. HOW THIS 1627 00:49:24,828 --> 00:49:26,363 UNFOLDED, AND WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 1628 00:49:26,363 --> 00:49:27,965 TO SAVE THE PROGRAM TO DATE HAS 1629 00:49:27,965 --> 00:49:29,499 BEEN SHARED WITH YOU. IN AN 1630 00:49:29,499 --> 00:49:31,735 EMAIL. DESPITE THE NEWS MEDIA 1631 00:49:31,735 --> 00:49:33,937 AND REPORTING AND WIDESPREAD 1632 00:49:33,937 --> 00:49:36,039 COMMUNITY SUPPORT, WE WERE NOT 1633 00:49:36,039 --> 00:49:36,673 SUCCESSFUL IN RESTORING FUNDING 1634 00:49:36,673 --> 00:49:38,375 THROUGH THE STATE BOARD. OUR 1635 00:49:38,375 --> 00:49:39,843 PROGRAM IS IN LINE WITH THE 1636 00:49:39,843 --> 00:49:43,580 GOALS OF THE FEPP LEVY AND THE 1637 00:49:43,580 --> 00:49:45,315 VALUES EXPRESSED BY THE VOTERS. 1638 00:49:45,315 --> 00:49:47,284 WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN A 1639 00:49:47,284 --> 00:49:48,585 SHORT TERM SOLUTION WHILE WE 1640 00:49:48,585 --> 00:49:50,987 PLAN AND ENSURE THIS PROGRAM IS 1641 00:49:50,987 --> 00:49:52,589 AVAILABLE TO SEATTLE FAMILIES 1642 00:49:52,589 --> 00:49:54,024 FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK 1643 00:49:54,024 --> 00:49:56,760 YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1644 00:49:56,760 --> 00:49:58,095 -- THANK YOU. EDDIE. SANDY 1645 00:49:58,095 --> 00:49:59,196 SHETLER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX 1646 00:49:59,196 --> 00:50:04,568 AND YOU MAY BEGIN 1647 00:50:04,568 --> 00:50:07,404 -- GOOD MORNING. HI, THIS IS 1648 00:50:07,404 --> 00:50:09,606 SANDY SHETLER, D6 RESIDENT IN 1649 00:50:09,606 --> 00:50:11,341 SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT 6. YOU'RE 1650 00:50:11,341 --> 00:50:12,743 USED TO HEARING ME TALK ABOUT 1651 00:50:12,743 --> 00:50:15,645 TREES, BUT I WAS PREVIOUSLY THE 1652 00:50:15,645 --> 00:50:17,447 VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR AT SEATTLE 1653 00:50:17,447 --> 00:50:18,915 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TOPS K-8. MANY 1654 00:50:18,915 --> 00:50:21,718 OF OUR STUDENTS FACE FOOD 1655 00:50:21,718 --> 00:50:23,720 INSECURITY. OUR COMMUNITY 1656 00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:25,389 ORGANIZED FOOD BACKPACKS OVER 1657 00:50:25,389 --> 00:50:26,923 WINTER BREAK BECAUSE WE KNEW 1658 00:50:26,923 --> 00:50:28,125 SOME STUDENTS WOULDN'T HAVE 1659 00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:31,261 ENOUGH TO EAT WHEN SCHOOL WAS 1660 00:50:31,261 --> 00:50:32,195 CLOSED. I REMEMBER CHAPERONING A 1661 00:50:32,195 --> 00:50:33,830 FOURTH GRADE FIELD TRIP ON A 1662 00:50:33,830 --> 00:50:35,966 MONDAY WHEN ONE STUDENT QUIETLY 1663 00:50:35,966 --> 00:50:37,434 ASKED IF SHE COULD HAVE ONE OF 1664 00:50:37,434 --> 00:50:39,536 THE SNACKS BEFORE THE SCHEDULED 1665 00:50:39,536 --> 00:50:41,438 SNACK BREAK. SHE TOLD ME THE 1666 00:50:41,438 --> 00:50:43,707 ONLY THING SHE'D EATEN ALL DAY 1667 00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:45,809 SUNDAY WAS A POP TART. THE 1668 00:50:45,809 --> 00:50:47,077 DISTRICT HELPS DURING SUMMER 1669 00:50:47,077 --> 00:50:48,478 BREAK, BUT WEEKENDS AND SHORTER 1670 00:50:48,478 --> 00:50:51,481 SCHOOL BREAKS ARE A GAP. SCHOOL 1671 00:50:51,481 --> 00:50:52,115 COUNSELORS KNOW WHICH CHILDREN 1672 00:50:52,115 --> 00:50:54,317 ARE GOING HUNGRY. PUBLIC DOLLARS 1673 00:50:54,317 --> 00:50:57,020 ARE LIMITED. AS JOAQUIN JUST 1674 00:50:57,020 --> 00:50:58,188 SAID, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, 1675 00:50:58,188 --> 00:50:59,356 SO LET'S HELP THE CHILDREN WHO 1676 00:50:59,356 --> 00:51:01,291 NEED IT MOST. RATHER THAN 1677 00:51:01,291 --> 00:51:02,626 PROVIDING THE SAME BENEFIT TO 1678 00:51:02,626 --> 00:51:04,127 FAMILIES WHO CAN ALREADY AFFORD 1679 00:51:04,127 --> 00:51:05,262 IT. THANK YOU. 1680 00:51:05,262 --> 00:51:07,230 -- THANK YOU SANDY. WE HAVE 1681 00:51:07,230 --> 00:51:08,732 APARNA BARD. IF YOU'RE THERE, 1682 00:51:08,732 --> 00:51:10,000 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU 1683 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:13,937 MAY BEGIN. 1684 00:51:13,937 --> 00:51:15,539 -- HI. GOOD EVENING, 1685 00:51:15,539 --> 00:51:16,573 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1686 00:51:16,573 --> 00:51:18,408 APARNA AND I'M THE EARLY 1687 00:51:18,408 --> 00:51:20,110 EDUCATION STRATEGY MANAGER AT 1688 00:51:20,110 --> 00:51:22,079 VOICE OF TOMORROW. EVERY DAY OUR 1689 00:51:22,079 --> 00:51:23,780 TEAM SERVES SOMALI AND EAST 1690 00:51:23,780 --> 00:51:26,116 AFRICAN FAMILIES AND HOME BASED 1691 00:51:26,116 --> 00:51:27,117 CHILD CARE PROVIDERS ACROSS KING 1692 00:51:27,117 --> 00:51:29,186 COUNTY. SO HOME VISITING, EARLY 1693 00:51:29,186 --> 00:51:30,554 LITERACY AND PROVIDER SUPPORT. 1694 00:51:30,554 --> 00:51:32,456 WE FOCUS ON THE CRITICAL BIRTH 1695 00:51:32,456 --> 00:51:33,957 TO FIVE YEARS WHEN 90% OF THE 1696 00:51:33,957 --> 00:51:36,226 BRAIN DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. THANK 1697 00:51:36,226 --> 00:51:37,294 YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR 1698 00:51:37,294 --> 00:51:39,196 COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, 1699 00:51:39,196 --> 00:51:40,797 TRANSPARENCY AND EARLY LEARNING 1700 00:51:40,797 --> 00:51:42,966 AND TO CHAIR RIVERA FOR 1701 00:51:42,966 --> 00:51:44,067 AMENDMENT 14. WE RESPECTFULLY 1702 00:51:44,067 --> 00:51:46,403 ASK YOU TO STRENGTHEN IT BY 1703 00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:49,139 REQUIRING OPEN, COMPETITIVE 1704 00:51:49,139 --> 00:51:49,739 GRANT PROCESSES BEGINNING IN 1705 00:51:49,739 --> 00:51:51,441 2027 FOR HOMELESS CHILD CARE 1706 00:51:51,441 --> 00:51:53,443 PROGRAM, FAMILY CHILD CARE 1707 00:51:53,443 --> 00:51:54,311 MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND 1708 00:51:54,311 --> 00:51:56,379 DEVELOPMENTAL BRIDGE SCREENING 1709 00:51:56,379 --> 00:51:57,948 PROGRAM. THIS SMALL CHANGE WILL 1710 00:51:57,948 --> 00:52:00,917 GIVE TRUSTED, CULTURALLY 1711 00:52:00,917 --> 00:52:01,384 RESPONSIVE COMMUNITY 1712 00:52:01,384 --> 00:52:02,786 ORGANIZATIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1713 00:52:02,786 --> 00:52:04,588 COMPETE AND BETTER SERVE SEATTLE 1714 00:52:04,588 --> 00:52:06,089 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THANK YOU 1715 00:52:06,089 --> 00:52:07,691 FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND 1716 00:52:07,691 --> 00:52:09,259 CONSIDERATION. 1717 00:52:09,259 --> 00:52:11,528 -- THANK YOU APARNA. WE HAVE 1718 00:52:11,528 --> 00:52:12,996 ANITA ADAMS. PLEASE PRESS STAR 1719 00:52:12,996 --> 00:52:23,406 SIX AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 1720 00:52:24,341 --> 00:52:26,910 ANITA, IF YOU'RE THERE, PLEASE 1721 00:52:26,910 --> 00:52:28,044 PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU CAN. OH, 1722 00:52:28,044 --> 00:52:30,413 I THINK YOU'RE ON. 1723 00:52:30,413 --> 00:52:33,083 -- YES, I'M HERE. WELCOME. GOOD 1724 00:52:33,083 --> 00:52:35,352 MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME 1725 00:52:35,352 --> 00:52:38,555 IS ANITA ADAMS AND I URGE YOU TO 1726 00:52:38,555 --> 00:52:39,189 SUPPORT AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. AS 1727 00:52:39,189 --> 00:52:40,824 A RETIRED SOCIAL SERVICE 1728 00:52:40,824 --> 00:52:42,926 PROFESSIONAL AND FORMER GARFIELD 1729 00:52:42,926 --> 00:52:44,828 HIGH SCHOOL PTSA BOARD MEMBER, I 1730 00:52:44,828 --> 00:52:47,030 HAVE SEEN WHAT FIRSTHAND WHAT 1731 00:52:47,030 --> 00:52:48,765 ONE SIZE FITS ALL SUPPORT CAN 1732 00:52:48,765 --> 00:52:51,067 DO. IT CAN SPREAD LIMITED 1733 00:52:51,067 --> 00:52:53,970 RESOURCES TO BROADLY CREATE 1734 00:52:53,970 --> 00:52:56,139 WASTE AND FAIL TO CLOSE THE 1735 00:52:56,139 --> 00:52:58,175 GAPS. STEP WAS CREATED TO 1736 00:52:58,175 --> 00:53:01,111 ADDRESS. I RECENTLY HEARD A 1737 00:53:01,111 --> 00:53:03,580 RADIO DISCUSSION ABOUT UNIVERSAL 1738 00:53:03,580 --> 00:53:05,448 FOOD ACCESS IN WHICH ONE CHILD 1739 00:53:05,448 --> 00:53:08,652 RECEIVING SUPPORT AT A PARK WAS 1740 00:53:08,652 --> 00:53:11,655 ACCOMPANIED BY HER NANNY. I DID 1741 00:53:11,655 --> 00:53:12,856 NOT QUESTION THIS CHILD'S RIGHT 1742 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:15,225 TO EAT, OF COURSE, BUT COMING 1743 00:53:15,225 --> 00:53:16,493 FROM A LARGE FAMILY, I 1744 00:53:16,493 --> 00:53:18,428 IMMEDIATELY REMEMBERED MY OWN 1745 00:53:18,428 --> 00:53:21,264 HUNGER DURING SCHOOL BREAKS. 1746 00:53:21,264 --> 00:53:23,133 WHAT THIS DIFFERENCE. WHAT IS 1747 00:53:23,133 --> 00:53:24,935 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EQUALITY 1748 00:53:24,935 --> 00:53:27,070 AND EQUITY? WE'VE ALL SEEN THE 1749 00:53:27,070 --> 00:53:29,172 IMAGES OF THE FENCE WHERE THE 1750 00:53:29,172 --> 00:53:32,809 PERSON IS TRYING TO LOOK OVER. 1751 00:53:32,809 --> 00:53:34,578 EQUALITY GIVES EVERYONE THE SAME 1752 00:53:34,578 --> 00:53:36,846 SUPPORT. EQUITY EXAMINES WHO IS 1753 00:53:36,846 --> 00:53:40,016 CARRYING THE GREATEST BURDEN. 1754 00:53:40,016 --> 00:53:42,752 -- THANK YOU. ANITA, PLEASE DO 1755 00:53:42,752 --> 00:53:44,854 SEND IN THE REMAINDER OF YOUR 1756 00:53:44,854 --> 00:53:46,389 COMMENTS. SORRY WE WERE NOT ABLE 1757 00:53:46,389 --> 00:53:49,259 TO FIT IN YOUR FULL TESTIMONY. 1758 00:53:49,259 --> 00:53:52,295 SUZANNE CABRERA IF YOU'RE THERE, 1759 00:53:52,295 --> 00:53:55,498 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU 1760 00:53:55,498 --> 00:53:58,301 MAY BEGIN. 1761 00:53:58,301 --> 00:54:00,637 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 1762 00:54:00,637 --> 00:54:02,772 SUZANNE CABRERA. I AM A 1763 00:54:02,772 --> 00:54:04,140 GRANDMOTHER MOTHER THAT LIVES IN 1764 00:54:04,140 --> 00:54:05,442 SEATTLE AREA, AND I ASK THAT YOU 1765 00:54:05,442 --> 00:54:08,578 VOTE NO TO AMENDMENT SIX. WE'RE 1766 00:54:08,578 --> 00:54:11,414 ALL SEEING THE RISING COSTS IN 1767 00:54:11,414 --> 00:54:13,783 FOOD. CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING 1768 00:54:13,783 --> 00:54:15,986 TODAY. LET'S NOT BLACK BLOCK 1769 00:54:15,986 --> 00:54:17,887 THE ACCESS TO FOOD FOR OUR KIDS. 1770 00:54:17,887 --> 00:54:21,291 PLEASE VOTE NO. WE ALL KNOW THAT 1771 00:54:21,291 --> 00:54:22,592 CHILDREN DO BETTER WHEN NOT 1772 00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:25,595 HUNGRY, BOTH BEHAVIORALLY AND 1773 00:54:25,595 --> 00:54:26,563 ACADEMICALLY. AGAIN, I ASK THAT 1774 00:54:26,563 --> 00:54:28,732 YOU VOTE NO ON THIS AMENDMENT. 1775 00:54:28,732 --> 00:54:32,335 ALL CHILDREN DESERVE TO EAT. 1776 00:54:32,335 --> 00:54:34,938 -- THANK YOU SUZANNE. CYNTHIA 1777 00:54:34,938 --> 00:54:36,840 GREEN IF YOU'RE THERE, PRESS 1778 00:54:36,840 --> 00:54:38,508 STAR SIX AND THEN WE'LL COME 1779 00:54:38,508 --> 00:54:48,385 BACK IN PERSON. CYNTHIA. 1780 00:54:48,385 --> 00:54:51,721 -- CYNTHIA, PLEASE PRESS STAR 1781 00:54:51,721 --> 00:54:57,761 SIX TO UNMUTE. 1782 00:54:57,761 --> 00:54:58,428 -- CYNTHIA, WE'LL COME BACK TO 1783 00:54:58,428 --> 00:55:02,432 YOU. WE'LL GO TO CADE RAY 1784 00:55:02,432 --> 00:55:05,001 TIPTON, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO 1785 00:55:05,001 --> 00:55:15,545 UNMUTE, AND YOU MAY BEGIN. CADE. 1786 00:55:16,780 --> 00:55:17,347 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1787 00:55:17,347 --> 00:55:19,916 MY NAME IS CADE TIPTON, AND I'M 1788 00:55:19,916 --> 00:55:21,885 A CO-CHAIR AND PARENT AT 1789 00:55:21,885 --> 00:55:22,552 POLITO'S COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL 1790 00:55:22,552 --> 00:55:24,354 IN ESPANOL AT NORTH SEATTLE 1791 00:55:24,354 --> 00:55:27,123 COLLEGE. THE MONOLINGUAL SPANISH 1792 00:55:27,123 --> 00:55:28,725 IMMERSION CO-OP. I'M HERE TODAY 1793 00:55:28,725 --> 00:55:30,960 TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE 1794 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,362 AMENDMENT PUT FORWARD THAT 1795 00:55:32,362 --> 00:55:34,798 PROVIDES FUNDING FOR THE PARENT 1796 00:55:34,798 --> 00:55:35,398 EDUCATION PROGRAM THROUGH THE 1797 00:55:35,398 --> 00:55:36,833 WINTER AND SPRING QUARTERS OF 1798 00:55:36,833 --> 00:55:39,903 2027 IS ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN 1799 00:55:39,903 --> 00:55:40,503 KEEPING PRESCHOOL CLASSROOMS 1800 00:55:40,503 --> 00:55:42,338 OPEN. BRIDGE FUNDING WOULD 1801 00:55:42,338 --> 00:55:43,873 PRESERVE EXPERIENCED EDUCATORS 1802 00:55:43,873 --> 00:55:45,842 JOBS, PROVIDE STABILITY FOR 1803 00:55:45,842 --> 00:55:47,877 COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOLS THAT 1804 00:55:47,877 --> 00:55:49,846 FAMILIES RELY ON, AND ENSURE 1805 00:55:49,846 --> 00:55:52,215 PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS CAN 1806 00:55:52,215 --> 00:55:52,782 CONTINUE RECEIVING EVIDENCE 1807 00:55:52,782 --> 00:55:54,017 BASED PARENT EDUCATION DURING 1808 00:55:54,017 --> 00:55:55,618 SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT YEARS 1809 00:55:55,618 --> 00:55:58,188 OF A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT. 1810 00:55:58,188 --> 00:55:59,522 WITHOUT THIS BRIDGE, PROGRAMS 1811 00:55:59,522 --> 00:56:01,224 THAT HAVE SERVED SEATTLE 1812 00:56:01,224 --> 00:56:03,693 FAMILIES FOR DECADES FACE 1813 00:56:03,693 --> 00:56:04,327 UNNECESSARY DISRUPTION EVEN AS 1814 00:56:04,327 --> 00:56:05,462 LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS 1815 00:56:05,462 --> 00:56:07,731 CONTINUE TO BE EXPLORED BY THE 1816 00:56:07,731 --> 00:56:09,699 STATE. PARENT EDUCATION 1817 00:56:09,699 --> 00:56:10,834 STRENGTHENS CHILDREN, SUPPORTS 1818 00:56:10,834 --> 00:56:12,736 CAREGIVERS, AND BUILDS CONNECTED 1819 00:56:12,736 --> 00:56:14,637 COMMUNITIES. A RELATIVELY SMALL 1820 00:56:14,637 --> 00:56:15,271 INVESTMENT TODAY CAN PRESERVE A 1821 00:56:15,271 --> 00:56:16,673 MODEL THAT BENEFITS FAMILIES 1822 00:56:16,673 --> 00:56:17,807 ACROSS SEVERAL YEARS TO COME. 1823 00:56:17,807 --> 00:56:20,810 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 1824 00:56:20,810 --> 00:56:21,177 CONSIDERATION. 1825 00:56:21,177 --> 00:56:23,813 -- THANK YOU. CADE. ALL RIGHT. 1826 00:56:23,813 --> 00:56:25,382 WE'LL GO BACK IN PERSON AND 1827 00:56:25,382 --> 00:56:26,516 THEN I'LL COME BACK TO THE 1828 00:56:26,516 --> 00:56:28,351 ONLINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE 1829 00:56:28,351 --> 00:56:30,019 ONLINE FOLKS, WE HAVE SUE 1830 00:56:30,019 --> 00:56:34,958 WELLER, FOLLOWED BY ZEBA SFD, 1831 00:56:34,958 --> 00:56:36,359 FOLLOWED BY MATEO DAHLSTROM SUE 1832 00:56:36,359 --> 00:56:46,669 XU WEI, XU, ELLA. 1833 00:56:48,338 --> 00:56:58,148 WELCOME. YOU MAY BEGIN 1834 00:56:58,148 --> 00:56:59,048 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1835 00:56:59,048 --> 00:57:01,618 MY NAME IS SODA ABDI AND I'M A 1836 00:57:01,618 --> 00:57:02,252 HEALTH COORDINATOR WITH VOICES 1837 00:57:02,252 --> 00:57:05,155 OF TOMORROW. TWO WEEKS AGO, I 1838 00:57:05,155 --> 00:57:07,624 SPOKE IN SUPPORT OF AMENDING THE 1839 00:57:07,624 --> 00:57:09,492 DEVELOPMENTAL BRIDGE LANGUAGE TO 1840 00:57:09,492 --> 00:57:12,228 ALLOW QUALIFIED COMMUNITY BASED 1841 00:57:12,228 --> 00:57:13,863 HUBS TO PARTICIPATE IN SERVICE 1842 00:57:13,863 --> 00:57:15,064 DELIVERY. TODAY, I WANT TO THANK 1843 00:57:15,064 --> 00:57:16,466 THE COUNCIL FOR LISTENING TO THE 1844 00:57:16,466 --> 00:57:18,835 CONCERNS RAISED BY FAMILIES, 1845 00:57:18,835 --> 00:57:20,770 PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITY 1846 00:57:20,770 --> 00:57:22,205 PARTNERS. SINCE MY LAST 1847 00:57:22,205 --> 00:57:24,674 TESTIMONY, I WAS ENCOURAGED TO 1848 00:57:24,674 --> 00:57:25,241 SEE CHAIR RIVERA INTRODUCE 1849 00:57:25,241 --> 00:57:27,744 AMENDMENT 14, AND I'M HAPPY TO 1850 00:57:27,744 --> 00:57:29,345 SEE THAT IT TAKES IMPORTANT 1851 00:57:29,345 --> 00:57:29,979 STEPS TOWARDS PROMOTING EQUITY 1852 00:57:29,979 --> 00:57:31,815 IN THE LANGUAGE. I APPRECIATE 1853 00:57:31,815 --> 00:57:33,183 THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO 1854 00:57:33,183 --> 00:57:35,485 RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLE 1855 00:57:35,485 --> 00:57:38,388 COMMUNITY BASED HUBS PLAY IN 1856 00:57:38,388 --> 00:57:41,124 CONNECTING FAMILIES TO SERVICES 1857 00:57:41,124 --> 00:57:43,159 AND SUPPORT. TRUSTED COMMUNITY 1858 00:57:43,159 --> 00:57:43,726 ORGANIZATIONS ARE OFTEN THE 1859 00:57:43,726 --> 00:57:45,461 FIRST PLACE FAMILIES TURN 1860 00:57:45,461 --> 00:57:47,964 BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE CULTURALLY 1861 00:57:47,964 --> 00:57:49,699 RESPONSIVE, TRAUMA INFORMED 1862 00:57:49,699 --> 00:57:50,867 SUPPORT. SPEAK THE FAMILIES 1863 00:57:50,867 --> 00:57:52,702 LANGUAGES, AND HAVE ESTABLISHED 1864 00:57:52,702 --> 00:57:53,236 RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE 1865 00:57:53,236 --> 00:57:55,004 COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE. I 1866 00:57:55,004 --> 00:57:56,706 APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S EFFORTS 1867 00:57:56,706 --> 00:57:57,774 IN ADVANCING THE CURRENT 1868 00:57:57,774 --> 00:57:58,408 AMENDMENTS AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO 1869 00:57:58,408 --> 00:58:00,643 MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENT SO THAT ALL 1870 00:58:00,643 --> 00:58:02,545 FAMILIES HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO 1871 00:58:02,545 --> 00:58:03,580 CARE, AND PROVIDERS CAN EXTEND 1872 00:58:03,580 --> 00:58:07,750 THEIR SERVICES AND SUPPORT 1873 00:58:07,750 --> 00:58:08,218 PARENTS AND CHILDREN. 1874 00:58:08,218 --> 00:58:11,654 -- THANK YOU. SUELA. MCKENZIE 1875 00:58:11,654 --> 00:58:14,757 FOLLOWED BY MATEO DAHLSTROM, 1876 00:58:14,757 --> 00:58:18,795 FOLLOWED BY KEN NEGRI ZEBA 1877 00:58:18,795 --> 00:58:19,195 -- OKAY. 1878 00:58:19,195 --> 00:58:19,829 -- GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR 1879 00:58:19,829 --> 00:58:20,096 ME? OKAY. 1880 00:58:20,096 --> 00:58:22,198 -- GOOD MORNING. 1881 00:58:22,198 --> 00:58:23,433 -- HOW'S EVERYONE? IT'S A LOT 1882 00:58:23,433 --> 00:58:26,002 TODAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO 1883 00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:26,269 SAY THANK 1884 00:58:26,269 --> 00:58:26,836 -- YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1885 00:58:26,836 --> 00:58:27,770 LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE 1886 00:58:27,770 --> 00:58:28,471 THOUGHTFUL WORK THAT HAS GONE 1887 00:58:28,471 --> 00:58:31,307 INTO THIS LEVY. I KNOW IT'S NOT 1888 00:58:31,307 --> 00:58:32,809 EASY TO TO HAVE COMPETING 1889 00:58:32,809 --> 00:58:34,310 PRIORITIES AND JUST GO THROUGH 1890 00:58:34,310 --> 00:58:36,112 THIS PROCESS, BUT I COMMEND YOUR 1891 00:58:36,112 --> 00:58:36,779 COURAGE BACK HOME. WHEN WE SAY A 1892 00:58:36,779 --> 00:58:37,881 CHILD IS GIFTED, IT MEANS THAT 1893 00:58:37,881 --> 00:58:39,849 NO ONE GAVE THAT ONE TO THEM. 1894 00:58:39,849 --> 00:58:41,618 YEAH, THEY WERE BORN THAT WAY. 1895 00:58:41,618 --> 00:58:42,619 THOSE GIFTS BECOME A PART OF 1896 00:58:42,619 --> 00:58:45,388 THEIR IDENTITY. THAT'S THE THING 1897 00:58:45,388 --> 00:58:47,590 THAT MAKES THEM, THEM AND NOBODY 1898 00:58:47,590 --> 00:58:48,691 ELSE. WE'RE ALL BORN 1899 00:58:48,691 --> 00:58:50,493 DIFFERENTLY, AND EACH OF US IS 1900 00:58:50,493 --> 00:58:51,628 UNIQUE IN OUR OWN WAY. THE SAME 1901 00:58:51,628 --> 00:58:53,429 IS TRUE OF OUR COMMUNITY 1902 00:58:53,429 --> 00:58:55,231 ORGANIZATIONS. EACH HAS ITS OWN 1903 00:58:55,231 --> 00:58:56,532 EXPERTISE AND EACH SHINES 1904 00:58:56,532 --> 00:58:59,569 DIFFERENTLY. THE COMMUNITIES 1905 00:58:59,569 --> 00:59:01,471 THAT CHOSE THEM RECOGNIZE AND 1906 00:59:01,471 --> 00:59:01,938 VALUE THAT EXPERTISE. 1907 00:59:01,938 --> 00:59:02,906 RECOGNIZING THIS, I'M ASKING FOR 1908 00:59:02,906 --> 00:59:05,074 YOUR SUPPORT IN STRENGTHENING 1909 00:59:05,074 --> 00:59:07,410 THE LANGUAGE FOR AMENDMENT 14 BY 1910 00:59:07,410 --> 00:59:07,977 ENSURING THE DEVELOPMENTAL 1911 00:59:07,977 --> 00:59:10,380 BRIDGE. HOMELESS. HOMELESS, 1912 00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:11,614 CHILD CARE AND FAMILY CHILD CARE 1913 00:59:11,614 --> 00:59:13,149 MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS MOVE TO AN 1914 00:59:13,149 --> 00:59:15,585 OPEN, COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT 1915 00:59:15,585 --> 00:59:16,219 PROCUREMENT PROCESS BEGINNING IN 1916 00:59:16,219 --> 00:59:17,520 2027. WHEN WE CREATE SPACE FOR 1917 00:59:17,520 --> 00:59:19,289 THOSE DIFFERENCES TO BE 1918 00:59:19,289 --> 00:59:20,390 RECOGNIZED, EVERYONE BENEFITS. 1919 00:59:20,390 --> 00:59:21,891 CHILDREN'S AND FAMILIES GAIN 1920 00:59:21,891 --> 00:59:22,992 ACCESS TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT 1921 00:59:22,992 --> 00:59:23,526 REFLECT THEIR LANGUAGES, 1922 00:59:23,526 --> 00:59:25,895 CULTURES, AND LIVED EXPERIENCES 1923 00:59:25,895 --> 00:59:27,397 AND APPROACHES TO SERVICE. OUR 1924 00:59:27,397 --> 00:59:28,731 NONPROFIT NETWORK IS STRONGER 1925 00:59:28,731 --> 00:59:31,734 WHEN ORGANIZATIONS ARE ABLE TO 1926 00:59:31,734 --> 00:59:32,235 CONTRIBUTE THE UNIQUE. 1927 00:59:32,235 --> 00:59:36,205 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1928 00:59:36,205 --> 00:59:38,174 MATEO DAHLSTROM, FOLLOWED BY 1929 00:59:38,174 --> 00:59:40,810 KEN, FOLLOWED BY CELIA SANCHEZ, 1930 00:59:40,810 --> 00:59:41,144 MATEO. HELLO. 1931 00:59:41,144 --> 00:59:42,712 -- I'M. I'M AN ELEMENTARY 1932 00:59:42,712 --> 00:59:45,415 TEACHER WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC 1933 00:59:45,415 --> 00:59:46,583 SCHOOLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS 1934 00:59:46,583 --> 00:59:48,818 AMENDMENT COMES FROM A SINCERE 1935 00:59:48,818 --> 00:59:50,920 EFFORT TO HELP CHILDREN WHILE 1936 00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:51,421 MAKING DIFFICULT BUDGET 1937 00:59:51,421 --> 00:59:53,690 DECISIONS. I DON'T DISPUTE THAT. 1938 00:59:53,690 --> 00:59:55,892 HOWEVER, I WANT TO SHARE WHAT I 1939 00:59:55,892 --> 00:59:57,827 HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND. I'VE 1940 00:59:57,827 --> 00:59:59,162 TAUGHT AT SCHOOLS WITH UNIVERSAL 1941 00:59:59,162 --> 01:00:00,597 FREE MEALS, AND I'VE TAUGHT AT 1942 01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:01,998 SCHOOLS. WITHOUT THEM, THERE IS 1943 01:00:01,998 --> 01:00:03,700 A REAL DIFFERENCE WHEN EVERY 1944 01:00:03,700 --> 01:00:04,867 CHILD KNOWS THEY'LL BE FED. 1945 01:00:04,867 --> 01:00:06,035 THERE IS LESS STRESS. THERE IS 1946 01:00:06,035 --> 01:00:11,174 LESS STIGMA, AND THEY COMPLAIN 1947 01:00:11,174 --> 01:00:12,375 LESS. THAT'S WHY I FEEL SUCH 1948 01:00:12,375 --> 01:00:13,610 URGENCY. I'M GOING TO ASK THAT 1949 01:00:13,610 --> 01:00:15,712 YOU PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THE 1950 01:00:15,712 --> 01:00:17,847 AMENDMENT. 1951 01:00:17,847 --> 01:00:21,718 -- THANK YOU. MATEO. KEN, 1952 01:00:21,718 --> 01:00:23,319 WELCOME. 1953 01:00:23,319 --> 01:00:23,786 -- SORRY. 1954 01:00:23,786 --> 01:00:25,088 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 1955 01:00:25,088 --> 01:00:26,022 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS KEN AND I 1956 01:00:26,022 --> 01:00:27,824 SERVE AS A FAMILY SUPPORT 1957 01:00:27,824 --> 01:00:29,092 SPECIALIST AS VOICES OF 1958 01:00:29,092 --> 01:00:30,293 TOMORROW. I'M HERE TODAY ON 1959 01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:32,628 BEHALF OF THE PARENTS, CHILDREN, 1960 01:00:32,628 --> 01:00:33,262 AND CHILDCARE PROVIDERS I WORK 1961 01:00:33,262 --> 01:00:35,498 WITH. EVERY DAY. I WALK 1962 01:00:35,498 --> 01:00:36,132 ALONGSIDE FAMILIES OF THREE AND 1963 01:00:36,132 --> 01:00:37,500 FOUR YEAR OLDS AS THEY PREPARE 1964 01:00:37,500 --> 01:00:39,736 TO ENROLL THEIR CHILD IN A ICAP 1965 01:00:39,736 --> 01:00:42,238 PROGRAM, WHICH PROVIDES HIGH 1966 01:00:42,238 --> 01:00:42,739 QUALITY EARLY LEARNING, 1967 01:00:42,739 --> 01:00:45,008 CHILDCARE AND KINDERGARTEN 1968 01:00:45,008 --> 01:00:45,608 READINESS SUPPORT THROUGH OUR 1969 01:00:45,608 --> 01:00:46,676 HOME BASED FAMILY CHILDCARE 1970 01:00:46,676 --> 01:00:47,577 NETWORK, I OFTEN HAVE THE 1971 01:00:47,577 --> 01:00:49,178 PRIVILEGE OF SUPPORTING THE 1972 01:00:49,178 --> 01:00:49,979 FAMILIES AND CHILDREN UNTIL THEY 1973 01:00:49,979 --> 01:00:52,415 AGE OUT OF OUR PROGRAM I 1974 01:00:52,415 --> 01:00:55,151 ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENHANCE 1975 01:00:55,151 --> 01:00:56,119 AMENDMENT 14 TO INCLUDE DIRECTLY 1976 01:00:56,119 --> 01:00:58,021 AWARDED PROGRAMS SUCH AS 1977 01:00:58,021 --> 01:00:58,621 HOMELESSNESS, HOMELESS CHILD 1978 01:00:58,621 --> 01:00:59,789 CARE, FAMILY CHILDCARE, 1979 01:00:59,789 --> 01:01:01,524 MENTORSHIP AND DEVELOPMENTAL 1980 01:01:01,524 --> 01:01:03,826 BRIDGE, A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT 1981 01:01:03,826 --> 01:01:05,595 COMPETITIVE PROCESS HELP ENSURE 1982 01:01:05,595 --> 01:01:07,263 THAT PUBLIC INVESTMENT SUPPORT 1983 01:01:07,263 --> 01:01:09,232 THE HIGHEST QUALITY, CULTURALLY 1984 01:01:09,232 --> 01:01:09,866 RESPONSIVE CARE WHILE CREATING 1985 01:01:09,866 --> 01:01:12,135 EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1986 01:01:12,135 --> 01:01:12,969 COMMUNITY BASED PROVIDER ALL 1987 01:01:12,969 --> 01:01:15,405 AROUND SEATTLE. THANK YOU FOR 1988 01:01:15,405 --> 01:01:15,705 YOUR TIME. 1989 01:01:15,705 --> 01:01:17,874 -- THANK YOU KEN. CELIA SANCHEZ 1990 01:01:17,874 --> 01:01:19,842 WELCOME. 1991 01:01:19,842 --> 01:01:20,476 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1992 01:01:20,476 --> 01:01:21,778 MY NAME IS SALLY AND I WORK AS A 1993 01:01:21,778 --> 01:01:23,179 HEALTH COORDINATOR AT VOICES OF 1994 01:01:23,179 --> 01:01:25,481 TOMORROW. FIRST, I WANTED TO 1995 01:01:25,481 --> 01:01:27,250 START WITH A THANK YOU TO THE 1996 01:01:27,250 --> 01:01:29,118 ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL FOR TAKING 1997 01:01:29,118 --> 01:01:30,987 ON THIS LEVY INITIATIVE. MY DAY 1998 01:01:30,987 --> 01:01:32,588 TO DAY WORK IS DRIVEN BY DATA 1999 01:01:32,588 --> 01:01:34,257 COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF 2000 01:01:34,257 --> 01:01:35,958 HEALTH OUTCOMES AND THE REAL 2001 01:01:35,958 --> 01:01:38,528 NEEDS OF THE FAMILIES WE SERVE 2002 01:01:38,528 --> 01:01:40,997 EVERY DAY I AM ON THE GROUND 2003 01:01:40,997 --> 01:01:41,631 TRACKING DEVELOPMENTAL PROGRESS, 2004 01:01:41,631 --> 01:01:42,198 KEEPING UP WITH HEALTH AND 2005 01:01:42,198 --> 01:01:44,467 SAFETY COMPLIANCES, AND 2006 01:01:44,467 --> 01:01:45,168 CONNECTING PROVIDERS AND PARENTS 2007 01:01:45,168 --> 01:01:46,702 TO THE BEST CARE AVAILABLE. 2008 01:01:46,702 --> 01:01:48,171 BECAUSE I WORK SO CLOSELY WITH 2009 01:01:48,171 --> 01:01:49,305 THESE SERVICES, I AM TESTIFYING 2010 01:01:49,305 --> 01:01:51,040 TODAY TO STRENGTHEN AMENDMENT 2011 01:01:51,040 --> 01:01:53,676 14. THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA, FOR 2012 01:01:53,676 --> 01:01:54,811 SETTING FOR SETTING UP 2 TO 3 2013 01:01:54,811 --> 01:01:56,245 YEAR REBIDDING CYCLES. IT IS A 2014 01:01:56,245 --> 01:01:59,048 HUGE STEP TOWARDS REAL COMMUNITY 2015 01:01:59,048 --> 01:02:00,516 INCLUSION AND INVOLVEMENT, BUT 2016 01:02:00,516 --> 01:02:01,050 BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT IS 2017 01:02:01,050 --> 01:02:02,752 CURRENTLY WRITTEN, IT ONLY 2018 01:02:02,752 --> 01:02:05,288 APPLIES TO INVESTMENTS THAT 2019 01:02:05,288 --> 01:02:05,922 ALREADY HAVE COMPETITIVE BIDS, 2020 01:02:05,922 --> 01:02:06,856 WHICH LEAVES OUT PROGRAMS THAT 2021 01:02:06,856 --> 01:02:08,724 STARTED AS DIRECT AWARDS LIKE 2022 01:02:08,724 --> 01:02:09,992 HOMELESS CHILD CARE, FAMILY 2023 01:02:09,992 --> 01:02:11,861 CHILD CARE, MENTORSHIP, AND 2024 01:02:11,861 --> 01:02:13,730 DEVELOPMENTAL BRIDGE PROGRAM. 2025 01:02:13,730 --> 01:02:15,765 STARTING IN 2027. OPENING THESE 2026 01:02:15,765 --> 01:02:16,966 PROGRAMS UP TO A FAIR, 2027 01:02:16,966 --> 01:02:19,535 COMPETITIVE PROCESS PROVIDES 2028 01:02:19,535 --> 01:02:22,805 PROCESS GIVES ALL OF OUR LOCAL 2029 01:02:22,805 --> 01:02:23,439 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS A CHANCE 2030 01:02:23,439 --> 01:02:25,541 TO SHOW WHAT THEY CAN DO, AND 2031 01:02:25,541 --> 01:02:26,142 THE SMALL CHANGE IN LANGUAGE 2032 01:02:26,142 --> 01:02:29,846 WOULD OPEN THE DOOR FOR. 2033 01:02:29,846 --> 01:02:30,146 -- FUTURE. 2034 01:02:30,146 --> 01:02:32,448 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2035 01:02:32,448 --> 01:02:35,451 OKAY, WE'RE GOING BACK ONLINE 2036 01:02:35,451 --> 01:02:38,187 WITH CYNTHIA GREEN. IF YOU'RE 2037 01:02:38,187 --> 01:02:39,755 THERE, WILL YOU PLEASE PRESS 2038 01:02:39,755 --> 01:02:42,959 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE AND YOU MAY 2039 01:02:42,959 --> 01:02:48,564 BEGIN. I THINK I HEAR YOU, 2040 01:02:48,564 --> 01:02:48,831 CYNTHIA. 2041 01:02:48,831 --> 01:02:50,933 -- GOOD MORNING. 2042 01:02:50,933 --> 01:02:51,334 -- GOOD MORNING. 2043 01:02:51,334 --> 01:02:55,838 -- GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR. AND 2044 01:02:55,838 --> 01:02:57,640 COUNCIL. I'M GLAD TO BE HERE 2045 01:02:57,640 --> 01:02:59,909 THIS MORNING. I WOULD LIKE TO 2046 01:02:59,909 --> 01:03:05,414 HAVE YOUR TWO OF MY OPINIONS. 2047 01:03:05,414 --> 01:03:08,885 FIRST OF ALL, I AM IN FAVOR OF 2048 01:03:08,885 --> 01:03:09,986 ALL KIDS BECAUSE FOOD IS A BASIC 2049 01:03:09,986 --> 01:03:15,691 NEED. NUMBER TWO, I'M AGAINST 2050 01:03:15,691 --> 01:03:18,094 MEANS TESTING. AND THE REASON 2051 01:03:18,094 --> 01:03:19,962 BEING THAT AS A ADVOCATE FOR THE 2052 01:03:19,962 --> 01:03:24,133 KINSHIP COMMUNITY AND ALSO A 2053 01:03:24,133 --> 01:03:25,802 KINSHIP CAREGIVER, WE HAD TWO 2054 01:03:25,802 --> 01:03:27,703 MEAN TESTS IN ORDER TO GET THE 2055 01:03:27,703 --> 01:03:31,207 SMALL TANF TO HELP CARE FOR THE 2056 01:03:31,207 --> 01:03:33,876 CHILDREN. MANY OF THE FAMILIES 2057 01:03:33,876 --> 01:03:35,811 DID NOT TRUST THE SYSTEM, SO 2058 01:03:35,811 --> 01:03:39,415 THEY WOULD NOT APPLY FOR THE 2059 01:03:39,415 --> 01:03:41,684 TANF. INSTEAD, THEY CHOSE TO GO 2060 01:03:41,684 --> 01:03:45,922 WITHOUT SO MY MAIN CONCERN ABOUT 2061 01:03:45,922 --> 01:03:49,592 MEANS TESTING IS THAT I CAN SEE 2062 01:03:49,592 --> 01:03:52,528 POSSIBLY. ONCE AGAIN, HISTORY 2063 01:03:52,528 --> 01:03:53,963 REPEATING ITSELF. THANK YOU SO 2064 01:03:53,963 --> 01:03:55,331 MUCH. 2065 01:03:55,331 --> 01:03:56,966 -- THANK YOU. CYNTHIA. WE ARE 2066 01:03:56,966 --> 01:03:58,801 GOING TO GO TO NORA KENWORTHY. 2067 01:03:58,801 --> 01:04:03,506 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, 2068 01:04:03,506 --> 01:04:03,940 AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 2069 01:04:03,940 --> 01:04:05,208 -- HELLO, THIS IS NORA 2070 01:04:05,208 --> 01:04:07,343 KENWORTHY. I WANT TO THANK THE 2071 01:04:07,343 --> 01:04:10,079 COUNCIL FOR TAKING THIS UP AND 2072 01:04:10,079 --> 01:04:11,714 ENCOURAGE THEM TO VOTE AGAINST 2073 01:04:11,714 --> 01:04:13,583 AMENDMENT SIX. I'M A PCO FROM 2074 01:04:13,583 --> 01:04:14,784 THE 46th DISTRICT. I'M A PUBLIC 2075 01:04:14,784 --> 01:04:16,185 HEALTH EXPERT AND I'M THE 2076 01:04:16,185 --> 01:04:18,354 PARENT OF A CHILD AT MCDONALD 2077 01:04:18,354 --> 01:04:20,389 INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, WHERE MANY 2078 01:04:20,389 --> 01:04:21,657 OF OUR FAMILIES ARE IN NEED OF 2079 01:04:21,657 --> 01:04:24,093 FREE MEALS AND NOT CURRENTLY 2080 01:04:24,093 --> 01:04:26,028 GETTING THEM DUE TO CONCERNS 2081 01:04:26,028 --> 01:04:26,662 ABOUT THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS 2082 01:04:26,662 --> 01:04:30,132 OR THE MEANS TESTING RULES. THE 2083 01:04:30,132 --> 01:04:32,001 BENEFITS OF UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 2084 01:04:32,001 --> 01:04:32,635 MEALS ARE UNEQUIVOCALLY GOOD FOR 2085 01:04:32,635 --> 01:04:33,769 OUR COMMUNITIES, FOR ALL 2086 01:04:33,769 --> 01:04:35,371 FAMILIES, REGARDLESS OF INCOME 2087 01:04:35,371 --> 01:04:37,139 LEVELS. THEY IMPROVE FOOD 2088 01:04:37,139 --> 01:04:40,443 SECURITY, NUTRITION, EDUCATIONAL 2089 01:04:40,443 --> 01:04:42,778 PERFORMANCE AND TEST SCORES, 2090 01:04:42,778 --> 01:04:44,981 REDUCE STIGMA AND EVEN IMPROVE 2091 01:04:44,981 --> 01:04:45,615 OBESITY. THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS 2092 01:04:45,615 --> 01:04:47,283 OF THESE INVESTMENTS ARE 2093 01:04:47,283 --> 01:04:48,251 UNDENIABLE. FOR EVERY DOLLAR 2094 01:04:48,251 --> 01:04:49,752 THAT WE SPEND ON UNIVERSAL 2095 01:04:49,752 --> 01:04:51,554 SCHOOL MEALS, WE SEE $2 IN 2096 01:04:51,554 --> 01:04:54,624 HEALTH AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS, 2097 01:04:54,624 --> 01:04:56,592 AND THESE BENEFITS HOLD TRUE FOR 2098 01:04:56,592 --> 01:04:58,027 HIGHER INCOME STUDENTS IN FREE 2099 01:04:58,027 --> 01:05:00,696 SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS 2100 01:05:00,696 --> 01:05:01,297 LOWER INCOME COUNTERPARTS. I 2101 01:05:01,297 --> 01:05:02,298 WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE SEATTLE 2102 01:05:02,298 --> 01:05:03,933 POLICE DEPARTMENT SEE SUCH SHOW, 2103 01:05:03,933 --> 01:05:04,900 SUCH RETURNS ON THE DOLLAR 2104 01:05:04,900 --> 01:05:06,902 SPENT. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT 2105 01:05:06,902 --> 01:05:11,140 WE'RE FACING AN EITHER OR 2106 01:05:11,140 --> 01:05:11,607 CHOICE HERE, BUT AYE. 2107 01:05:11,607 --> 01:05:12,775 -- THANK YOU, NORA. YOU'RE 2108 01:05:12,775 --> 01:05:14,677 WELCOME TO SUBMIT THE REMAINDER 2109 01:05:14,677 --> 01:05:18,914 OF YOUR COMMENTS ONLINE. WE'RE 2110 01:05:18,914 --> 01:05:21,817 GOING TO GO TO SIOBHAN LIN. 2111 01:05:21,817 --> 01:05:26,055 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, 2112 01:05:26,055 --> 01:05:33,429 AND YOU MAY BEGIN. SIOBHAN, 2113 01:05:33,429 --> 01:05:38,167 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO BEGIN. 2114 01:05:38,167 --> 01:05:38,634 THERE YOU ARE. 2115 01:05:38,634 --> 01:05:41,137 -- HI THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2116 01:05:41,137 --> 01:05:44,373 MY NAME IS SIOBHAN. I AM A 2117 01:05:44,373 --> 01:05:49,145 TAXPAYER. I'M IN WASHINGTON AND 2118 01:05:49,145 --> 01:05:51,614 I 100% SUPPORT EXPANDING ACCESS 2119 01:05:51,614 --> 01:05:53,816 TO FREE SCHOOL MEALS BECAUSE NO 2120 01:05:53,816 --> 01:05:55,151 CHILD SHOULD EVER HAVE TO LEARN 2121 01:05:55,151 --> 01:05:57,787 WHILE HUNGRY, NUTRITIOUS MEALS 2122 01:05:57,787 --> 01:06:00,056 AND IMPROVE STUDENTS ABILITY TO 2123 01:06:00,056 --> 01:06:02,725 FOCUS AND PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL. 2124 01:06:02,725 --> 01:06:04,860 AND THEY CAN EASE FINANCIAL 2125 01:06:04,860 --> 01:06:06,996 PRESSURES ON FAMILIES. I HAVE 2126 01:06:06,996 --> 01:06:07,630 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE BEING THAT 2127 01:06:07,630 --> 01:06:09,899 HUNGRY KID IN CLASS, UNABLE TO 2128 01:06:09,899 --> 01:06:10,499 FOCUS IN SCHOOL, BECAUSE THE 2129 01:06:10,499 --> 01:06:14,537 ONLY THING I COULD REALLY FOCUS 2130 01:06:14,537 --> 01:06:16,505 ON WAS HOW EMPTY MY STOMACH WAS. 2131 01:06:16,505 --> 01:06:18,341 AND REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCE, 2132 01:06:18,341 --> 01:06:19,875 NO CHILD SHOULD EVER FEEL LIKE 2133 01:06:19,875 --> 01:06:21,577 THOSE BELLY PAINS. AS THE CITY 2134 01:06:21,577 --> 01:06:23,612 MAKES THIS INVESTMENT, I REALLY 2135 01:06:23,612 --> 01:06:25,581 ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO 2136 01:06:25,581 --> 01:06:27,416 ESTABLISH CLEAR MEASURES OF 2137 01:06:27,416 --> 01:06:30,353 SUCCESS BEYOND THE MEASURES OF 2138 01:06:30,353 --> 01:06:32,755 MEALS SERVED. I'D ALSO LIKE TO 2139 01:06:32,755 --> 01:06:34,724 SEE EQUAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO 2140 01:06:34,724 --> 01:06:37,727 LITERACY OUTCOMES. A FOOD HELPS 2141 01:06:37,727 --> 01:06:40,463 STUDENTS ARRIVE READY TO LEARN, 2142 01:06:40,463 --> 01:06:41,097 BUT READING PROFICIENCY IS ONE 2143 01:06:41,097 --> 01:06:42,631 OF THE STRONGEST PREDICTORS OF 2144 01:06:42,631 --> 01:06:44,400 LONG TERM ACADEMIC SUCCESS. 2145 01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:46,502 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. 2146 01:06:46,502 --> 01:06:48,404 -- THANK YOU. SIOBHAN. JENNIFER 2147 01:06:48,404 --> 01:06:50,106 GODFREY, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX 2148 01:06:50,106 --> 01:06:58,614 TO UNMUTE AND YOU MAY BEGIN 2149 01:06:58,614 --> 01:07:00,850 JENNIFER, IF YOU'RE THERE, 2150 01:07:00,850 --> 01:07:07,156 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO BEGIN. 2151 01:07:07,156 --> 01:07:08,190 JENNIFER WILL COME BACK TO YOU. 2152 01:07:08,190 --> 01:07:09,692 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ADRIANA 2153 01:07:09,692 --> 01:07:14,563 GORSKI. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO 2154 01:07:14,563 --> 01:07:20,936 UNMUTE AND BEGIN. ADRIANA, IF 2155 01:07:20,936 --> 01:07:23,672 YOU'RE THERE, YOU ARE. 2156 01:07:23,672 --> 01:07:25,908 -- GOOD MORNING. SEATTLE CITY 2157 01:07:25,908 --> 01:07:29,145 COUNCIL I HAVE WORKED FIVE YEARS 2158 01:07:29,145 --> 01:07:31,814 AS A CO-OP TEACHER IN POLLITOS 2159 01:07:31,814 --> 01:07:33,182 COOPERATIVO PREESCOLAR IN 2160 01:07:33,182 --> 01:07:35,551 ESPANOL. I AM ASKING YOU ALL TO 2161 01:07:35,551 --> 01:07:37,386 CONSIDER MAKING AN INVESTMENT TO 2162 01:07:37,386 --> 01:07:40,790 FUND THE GAP NEEDED FOR CO-OP 2163 01:07:40,790 --> 01:07:41,323 PRESCHOOLS TO HAVE PARENT 2164 01:07:41,323 --> 01:07:42,558 EDUCATORS. THEY ARE KEY 2165 01:07:42,558 --> 01:07:45,461 PROFESSIONALS WHO CONNECT 2166 01:07:45,461 --> 01:07:47,630 FAMILIES TO RESOURCES THAT WILL 2167 01:07:47,630 --> 01:07:49,698 HELP CHILDREN THRIVE, SUCH AS 2168 01:07:49,698 --> 01:07:52,802 DIAGNOSTICS, THERAPIES, EARLY 2169 01:07:52,802 --> 01:07:53,836 INTERVENTIONS ARE KEY FOR OUR 2170 01:07:53,836 --> 01:07:55,738 STUDENTS TO BE READY FOR 2171 01:07:55,738 --> 01:07:57,740 KINDERGARTEN. PARENT EDUCATORS 2172 01:07:57,740 --> 01:08:00,376 ARE AKIN TO OUR ELDERS. THEY 2173 01:08:00,376 --> 01:08:02,511 HAVE A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE 2174 01:08:02,511 --> 01:08:06,916 NEEDED TO HELP OUR CHILDREN AND 2175 01:08:06,916 --> 01:08:08,617 FAMILIES THRIVE. I MYSELF HAVE 2176 01:08:08,617 --> 01:08:13,489 HAD HAD MY CHILD IN A CO-OP 2177 01:08:13,489 --> 01:08:14,056 PRESCHOOL AND HAVE SEEN THE 2178 01:08:14,056 --> 01:08:16,525 IMPACT OF PARENT EDUCATORS NOT 2179 01:08:16,525 --> 01:08:20,930 ONLY IN HELPING KIDS BE READY 2180 01:08:20,930 --> 01:08:23,766 FOR KINDERGARTEN, BUT ALSO 2181 01:08:23,766 --> 01:08:27,603 HELPING WITH HELPING PARENTS 2182 01:08:27,603 --> 01:08:30,840 FIND RENT ASSISTANCE AND 2183 01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:36,412 CONNECTING THEM. 2184 01:08:36,412 --> 01:08:39,014 -- THANK YOU ADRIANA. IF YOU 2185 01:08:39,014 --> 01:08:41,417 WANT TO EMAIL THE REST OF YOUR 2186 01:08:41,417 --> 01:08:43,953 PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU CAN DO SO. 2187 01:08:43,953 --> 01:08:46,522 DAVID HAYNES, PRESS STAR SIX TO 2188 01:08:46,522 --> 01:08:48,791 UNMUTE AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 2189 01:08:48,791 --> 01:08:50,226 -- JENNIFER GODFREY IS ON AND 2190 01:08:50,226 --> 01:08:52,962 UNMUTED NOW. 2191 01:08:52,962 --> 01:08:54,063 -- JENNIFER, WELCOME. DAVID WILL 2192 01:08:54,063 --> 01:08:55,531 COME BACK TO YOU IN A SEC. GO 2193 01:08:55,531 --> 01:08:57,132 AHEAD. JENNIFER. 2194 01:08:57,132 --> 01:09:01,203 -- THANK YOU. SORRY. YES, I 2195 01:09:01,203 --> 01:09:03,839 SUPPORT THE FREE UNIVERSAL MEALS 2196 01:09:03,839 --> 01:09:06,141 AND THE CURRENT VERSION OF 2197 01:09:06,141 --> 01:09:09,011 AMENDMENT 6 TO THE FEPP LEVY 2198 01:09:09,011 --> 01:09:09,912 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. AND I WOULD 2199 01:09:09,912 --> 01:09:11,780 PLEASE INCLUDE UNDOCUMENTED 2200 01:09:11,780 --> 01:09:13,649 CHILDREN BY HELPING WITH FOOD 2201 01:09:13,649 --> 01:09:14,283 ASSISTANCE DURING WEEKENDS AND 2202 01:09:14,283 --> 01:09:15,985 SCHOOL BREAKS. AMENDMENT 6 MOVES 2203 01:09:15,985 --> 01:09:17,453 RESOURCES TO STUDENTS WITH THE 2204 01:09:17,453 --> 01:09:21,357 GREATEST NEED WHILE PROVIDING 2205 01:09:21,357 --> 01:09:23,259 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS FOR FOR 2206 01:09:23,259 --> 01:09:24,894 FREE. ALL. ALL KIDS DESERVE TO 2207 01:09:24,894 --> 01:09:27,963 EAT LUNCH. I WAS ONE OF THE KIDS 2208 01:09:27,963 --> 01:09:28,597 WHO RECEIVED SUBSIDIZED LUNCHES 2209 01:09:28,597 --> 01:09:31,567 IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT WAS 2210 01:09:31,567 --> 01:09:32,601 EXTREMELY HARD TO FOCUS IN CLASS 2211 01:09:32,601 --> 01:09:34,203 WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING TO EAT 2212 01:09:34,203 --> 01:09:36,605 BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL. WHILE 2213 01:09:36,605 --> 01:09:39,208 GROWING, I WOULD FILL UP FROM 2214 01:09:39,208 --> 01:09:40,776 HALLWAY WATER FOUNTAIN AS MUCH 2215 01:09:40,776 --> 01:09:42,745 AS POSSIBLE TO JUST GET MY 2216 01:09:42,745 --> 01:09:44,713 STOMACH TO STOP ROLLING, TO GET 2217 01:09:44,713 --> 01:09:46,582 THROUGH CLASS UNTIL LUNCH TIME. 2218 01:09:46,582 --> 01:09:48,117 SO IT WAS EVEN HARDER GETTING IN 2219 01:09:48,117 --> 01:09:49,251 TROUBLE FOR NOT FOCUSING WHEN 2220 01:09:49,251 --> 01:09:51,987 THE CAUSE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY 2221 01:09:51,987 --> 01:09:53,389 OBVIOUS, AND ONE GOOD MEAL 2222 01:09:53,389 --> 01:09:55,057 HELPED PROVIDE FOCUS AND HOPES 2223 01:09:55,057 --> 01:09:57,393 BY DIRECTING RESOURCES TO 2224 01:09:57,393 --> 01:09:57,927 FAMILIES EXPERIENCING THE 2225 01:09:57,927 --> 01:09:59,595 GREATEST NEED WHILE PRESERVING 2226 01:09:59,595 --> 01:10:02,865 FEPP LEVY. AMENDMENT 6 SUPPORTS 2227 01:10:02,865 --> 01:10:05,134 STUDENTS. SO THANK YOU. 2228 01:10:05,134 --> 01:10:06,235 -- THANK YOU. JENNIFER DAVID 2229 01:10:06,235 --> 01:10:07,703 HAYNES, YOUR NEXT. PLEASE PRESS 2230 01:10:07,703 --> 01:10:10,606 STAR SIX AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 2231 01:10:10,606 --> 01:10:13,275 -- HI. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN 2232 01:10:13,275 --> 01:10:13,943 EDUCATION LEVY THAT'S SUPPOSED 2233 01:10:13,943 --> 01:10:15,678 TO IMPROVE EDUCATION FOR ALL, 2234 01:10:15,678 --> 01:10:19,248 NOT A RACE WAR. CAPITULATING TO 2235 01:10:19,248 --> 01:10:20,749 DEVIL'S ADVOCATES, CREATED BY 2236 01:10:20,749 --> 01:10:23,018 JENNY DURKIN AND THE BIPOC CITY 2237 01:10:23,018 --> 01:10:23,652 COUNCIL, SPONSORS OF AMENDMENT 2238 01:10:23,652 --> 01:10:25,988 6. PERVERTING THE INVESTMENTS 2239 01:10:25,988 --> 01:10:28,991 BASED ON SOME IGNORANT PAST. WE 2240 01:10:28,991 --> 01:10:30,459 NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE 2241 01:10:30,459 --> 01:10:33,128 LEVY THAT REDIRECTS OVER A 2242 01:10:33,128 --> 01:10:37,499 QUARTER BILLION DOLLARS TO UP TO 2243 01:10:37,499 --> 01:10:39,835 500 AND OVER $500 MILLION AWAY 2244 01:10:39,835 --> 01:10:43,372 FROM. WELL, THAT'S 2245 01:10:43,372 --> 01:10:44,373 NON-EDUCATIONAL AND WE NEED TO 2246 01:10:44,373 --> 01:10:47,176 CALL OUT COMMUNITY PASSAGEWAYS 2247 01:10:47,176 --> 01:10:49,545 AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP 2248 01:10:49,545 --> 01:10:50,112 PLAYING THE RACE CARD WHILE 2249 01:10:50,112 --> 01:10:52,047 THEY'RE RUNNING INTERFERENCE 2250 01:10:52,047 --> 01:10:53,449 FOR FELONS WHO ARE UNDERMINING 2251 01:10:53,449 --> 01:10:56,385 THE YOUTH AND THEN MISCONSTRUING 2252 01:10:56,385 --> 01:10:57,987 WHAT CONSTITUTES A YOUTH RUNNING 2253 01:10:57,987 --> 01:10:59,154 INTERFERENCE FOR ADULTS AND 2254 01:10:59,154 --> 01:11:01,991 ACTING LIKE THEY GOT TO 2255 01:11:01,991 --> 01:11:02,891 WEAPONIZE AND BROWBEAT AND BULLY 2256 01:11:02,891 --> 01:11:04,893 THE CITY COUNCIL REGULARLY 2257 01:11:04,893 --> 01:11:06,829 COMING DOWN TO COUNCIL MEETINGS 2258 01:11:06,829 --> 01:11:08,564 AND SHAKING DOWN THE BUDGET AND 2259 01:11:08,564 --> 01:11:09,431 UNDERMINING THE EFFORTS OF THE 2260 01:11:09,431 --> 01:11:10,699 YOUTH, ACTING LIKE THEY'RE 2261 01:11:10,699 --> 01:11:11,767 DOING THEM A FAVOR, RUNNING 2262 01:11:11,767 --> 01:11:13,836 INTERFERENCE FOR THEM, KEEPING 2263 01:11:13,836 --> 01:11:15,971 FELONS OUT OF JAIL. 2264 01:11:15,971 --> 01:11:17,806 -- THANK YOU DAVID. CHRISTINE 2265 01:11:17,806 --> 01:11:18,907 CROMER IS NEXT. PLEASE PRESS 2266 01:11:18,907 --> 01:11:27,182 STAR SIX AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 2267 01:11:27,182 --> 01:11:28,517 KRISTEN, IF YOU'RE THERE, 2268 01:11:28,517 --> 01:11:30,986 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. 2269 01:11:30,986 --> 01:11:31,854 -- HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 2270 01:11:31,854 --> 01:11:33,956 -- YES. WELCOME. 2271 01:11:33,956 --> 01:11:36,625 -- OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS KRISTEN 2272 01:11:36,625 --> 01:11:39,194 CROMER. I AM A PARENT OF TWO 2273 01:11:39,194 --> 01:11:40,329 BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS AND THEY ARE 2274 01:11:40,329 --> 01:11:45,768 IN THE EIGHT SOAP, A SPANISH 2275 01:11:45,768 --> 01:11:47,536 PRESCHOOL. AND I AM JUST CALLING 2276 01:11:47,536 --> 01:11:51,073 TO TELL ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE AS 2277 01:11:51,073 --> 01:11:51,607 WORKING PARENTS WITH OUR 2278 01:11:51,607 --> 01:11:52,675 CHILDREN IN THIS PARENT 2279 01:11:52,675 --> 01:11:54,310 EDUCATION PROGRAM. THAT'S AT 2280 01:11:54,310 --> 01:11:55,711 RISK OF LOSING FUNDING. I AM A 2281 01:11:55,711 --> 01:11:57,980 NURSE AT HARBORVIEW MEDICAL 2282 01:11:57,980 --> 01:11:59,314 CENTER AND MY HUSBAND IS AN 2283 01:11:59,314 --> 01:12:00,883 ENGINEER AT KING COUNTY. THESE 2284 01:12:00,883 --> 01:12:02,551 HAVE BEEN THE HARDEST YEARS OF 2285 01:12:02,551 --> 01:12:06,055 OUR LIVES FOR SURE THE PARENT 2286 01:12:06,055 --> 01:12:08,724 EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS OFFERED US 2287 01:12:08,724 --> 01:12:09,324 AMAZING EDUCATION ON HOW TO 2288 01:12:09,324 --> 01:12:10,826 HANDLE OUR CHILDREN, HOW TO MAKE 2289 01:12:10,826 --> 01:12:13,028 THEM PROSPER. IT HAS ALSO 2290 01:12:13,028 --> 01:12:14,229 OFFERED US A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE 2291 01:12:14,229 --> 01:12:16,298 THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US THROUGH 2292 01:12:16,298 --> 01:12:18,333 THESE DIFFICULT BUT WONDERFUL 2293 01:12:18,333 --> 01:12:19,468 YEARS. IT HAS MADE US BETTER 2294 01:12:19,468 --> 01:12:20,769 WORKERS AT WORK AND IT HAS MADE 2295 01:12:20,769 --> 01:12:24,106 US BETTER PARENTS. AND I JUST 2296 01:12:24,106 --> 01:12:25,407 HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE VALUE 2297 01:12:25,407 --> 01:12:27,743 IN THAT FOR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO 2298 01:12:27,743 --> 01:12:30,179 FOR OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE. I 2299 01:12:30,179 --> 01:12:32,514 BELIEVE THAT THIS PROGRAM MAKES 2300 01:12:32,514 --> 01:12:33,315 US BETTER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND 2301 01:12:33,315 --> 01:12:36,318 IT WILL MAKE US GROW BETTER 2302 01:12:36,318 --> 01:12:36,852 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN OUR 2303 01:12:36,852 --> 01:12:39,655 CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2304 01:12:39,655 --> 01:12:40,322 -- THANK YOU. KRISTEN, DESCRIBE 2305 01:12:40,322 --> 01:12:42,057 YOUR NEXT. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX 2306 01:12:42,057 --> 01:12:50,866 AND YOU MAY BEGIN LADY SCRIBE IF 2307 01:12:50,866 --> 01:12:52,234 YOU'RE THERE, PLEASE PRESS STAR 2308 01:12:52,234 --> 01:12:54,269 SIX TO BEGIN 2309 01:12:54,269 --> 01:12:55,838 -- HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 2310 01:12:55,838 --> 01:12:58,540 -- YES. WELCOME. 2311 01:12:58,540 --> 01:12:58,807 -- OKAY. 2312 01:12:58,807 --> 01:12:59,742 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2313 01:12:59,742 --> 01:13:01,577 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS LADY 2314 01:13:01,577 --> 01:13:03,245 SCRIBE WITH THE SEATTLE SOUND 2315 01:13:03,245 --> 01:13:04,480 MUSIC AWARDS FAMILY FOUNDATION, 2316 01:13:04,480 --> 01:13:05,814 AND I'M HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT 2317 01:13:05,814 --> 01:13:08,083 OF AMENDMENT 6. SEATTLE VOTERS 2318 01:13:08,083 --> 01:13:09,685 APPROVED THIS LEVY WITH A CLEAR 2319 01:13:09,685 --> 01:13:11,019 PURPOSE TO INVEST IN OUR 2320 01:13:11,019 --> 01:13:13,222 CHILDREN, STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC 2321 01:13:13,222 --> 01:13:14,656 SCHOOLS, AND SUPPORT THE 2322 01:13:14,656 --> 01:13:16,425 COMMUNITIES THAT NEED THESE 2323 01:13:16,425 --> 01:13:17,459 RESOURCES MOST. AND I MAKE THIS 2324 01:13:17,459 --> 01:13:19,561 A RACE, WAR OR PIT DISTRICTS 2325 01:13:19,561 --> 01:13:21,330 AGAINST DISTRICTS. TODAY'S 2326 01:13:21,330 --> 01:13:21,864 DISCUSSION SHOULD REMAIN 2327 01:13:21,864 --> 01:13:22,998 GROUNDED IN HONORING THE WILL OF 2328 01:13:22,998 --> 01:13:24,600 THE PEOPLE WHO CAST THOSE VOTES, 2329 01:13:24,600 --> 01:13:26,268 AND THE ORIGINAL INTENT THEY 2330 01:13:26,268 --> 01:13:28,370 APPROVED. PLEASE STOP CREATING 2331 01:13:28,370 --> 01:13:31,340 MORE DIVISION PEOPLE, I BEG YOU. 2332 01:13:31,340 --> 01:13:33,308 IT'S ABOUT KEEPING FAITH WITH 2333 01:13:33,308 --> 01:13:34,877 THE PUBLIC AND ENSURING THAT OUR 2334 01:13:34,877 --> 01:13:35,511 MOST VULNERABLE CONSTITUENTS IN 2335 01:13:35,511 --> 01:13:37,312 ALL OF OUR CHILDREN FACING FOOD 2336 01:13:37,312 --> 01:13:40,315 INSECURITY, HOUSING INSTABILITY, 2337 01:13:40,315 --> 01:13:42,084 LEARNING BARRIERS, AND FAMILIES 2338 01:13:42,084 --> 01:13:44,319 STRUGGLING TO MEET IN RECEIVE 2339 01:13:44,319 --> 01:13:47,022 THE SUPPORT THEY WERE PROMISED. 2340 01:13:47,022 --> 01:13:47,656 I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT AMENDMENT 2341 01:13:47,656 --> 01:13:48,957 6 BECAUSE IT PROTECTS THE 2342 01:13:48,957 --> 01:13:50,058 INTEGRITY OF THE VOTERS 2343 01:13:50,058 --> 01:13:50,659 DECISIONS AND KEEPS THE FOCUS 2344 01:13:50,659 --> 01:13:53,829 WHERE IT BELONGS ON OUR STUDENTS 2345 01:13:53,829 --> 01:13:54,463 SUCCESS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY 2346 01:13:54,463 --> 01:13:56,365 AND THE WELL-BEING OF SEATTLE'S 2347 01:13:56,365 --> 01:13:57,466 CHILDREN. WITH ALL THE WEALTH IN 2348 01:13:57,466 --> 01:13:59,067 SEATTLE. WHY TAKE ALLOCATED 2349 01:13:59,067 --> 01:14:00,302 DOLLARS AWAY FROM THE VERY 2350 01:14:00,302 --> 01:14:01,403 PEOPLE IT WAS CREATED FOR? 2351 01:14:01,403 --> 01:14:02,905 PLEASE HONOR THE PEOPLE'S VOTE. 2352 01:14:02,905 --> 01:14:05,274 OUR SCHOLARS NEED TO BE 2353 01:14:05,274 --> 01:14:06,942 SUPPORTED. 2354 01:14:06,942 --> 01:14:09,411 -- THANK YOU, LADY SCRIBE. 2355 01:14:09,411 --> 01:14:11,480 PLEASE GO AHEAD AND EMAIL ANY 2356 01:14:11,480 --> 01:14:13,382 REMAINDER OF YOUR PUBLIC 2357 01:14:13,382 --> 01:14:15,717 TESTIMONY. THERE'S A HANDFUL OF 2358 01:14:15,717 --> 01:14:16,718 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP ONLINE AND 2359 01:14:16,718 --> 01:14:18,754 DON'T LOOK TO BE PRESENT. SO 2360 01:14:18,754 --> 01:14:19,555 I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THEIR 2361 01:14:19,555 --> 01:14:21,857 NAMES. IF YOU INTENDED TO GIVE 2362 01:14:21,857 --> 01:14:25,627 PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE. SEND US 2363 01:14:25,627 --> 01:14:29,398 YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. TANYA HINO 2364 01:14:29,398 --> 01:14:35,470 YAMILA STERLING BELINDA DUNBAR. 2365 01:14:35,470 --> 01:14:41,810 JOSE. JOSE RIVERA, KATHLEEN 2366 01:14:41,810 --> 01:14:43,145 CARSON. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE 2367 01:14:43,145 --> 01:14:48,550 MORE IN PERSON. AIDEN CARROLL, 2368 01:14:48,550 --> 01:14:50,485 YOU CAN STEP UP. YEP. NO 2369 01:14:50,485 --> 01:14:51,687 WORRIES. I SEE YOU WERE ONLINE 2370 01:14:51,687 --> 01:14:54,056 AND NOW YOU'RE IN PERSON. 2371 01:14:54,056 --> 01:14:56,725 TERRIFIC. WELCOME. AND YOU MAY 2372 01:14:56,725 --> 01:14:56,959 BEGIN. 2373 01:14:56,959 --> 01:15:00,662 -- I AM A PARAPROFESSIONAL 2374 01:15:00,662 --> 01:15:02,497 SUBSTITUTE AND CAO SCHOOLS. AND 2375 01:15:02,497 --> 01:15:05,601 I'VE WORKED IN PLACES LIKE 2376 01:15:05,601 --> 01:15:07,836 MEANY WHERE EVERYBODY GETS FREE 2377 01:15:07,836 --> 01:15:09,204 MEAL, WORKING IN PLACES LIKE 2378 01:15:09,204 --> 01:15:09,838 GREEN LAKE WHERE THEY DIDN'T 2379 01:15:09,838 --> 01:15:12,641 USED TO, AND NOW THEY DO. I'VE 2380 01:15:12,641 --> 01:15:14,476 WORKED IN IN ROOSEVELT, WHERE 2381 01:15:14,476 --> 01:15:15,477 DESPITE BEING MORE AFFLUENT 2382 01:15:15,477 --> 01:15:18,714 SCHOOL, THERE IS STILL A FOOD 2383 01:15:18,714 --> 01:15:23,285 PANTRY. THE NORTH END IS MORE 2384 01:15:23,285 --> 01:15:24,753 THAN JUST MAGNOLIA AND, AND 2385 01:15:24,753 --> 01:15:26,788 QUEEN ANNE. THERE'S A LOT OF 2386 01:15:26,788 --> 01:15:28,257 POOR KIDS IN NORTHGATE AND LAKE 2387 01:15:28,257 --> 01:15:30,626 CITY AND BROADVIEW, BUT ALSO, IF 2388 01:15:30,626 --> 01:15:33,829 IT WAS POSSIBLE TO JUST FUND 2389 01:15:33,829 --> 01:15:35,464 MEALS FOR THE KIDS WHO WHO NEED 2390 01:15:35,464 --> 01:15:36,865 IT AND, AND NOT LEAVE ANYBODY 2391 01:15:36,865 --> 01:15:37,766 OUT, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING. 2392 01:15:37,766 --> 01:15:39,968 BUT THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A WAY 2393 01:15:39,968 --> 01:15:41,303 TO DO THAT WITH THESE KIND OF 2394 01:15:41,303 --> 01:15:43,105 SYSTEMS. IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE 2395 01:15:43,105 --> 01:15:44,606 EVERYONE, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO 2396 01:15:44,606 --> 01:15:46,475 NEED IT, WHO GET MISSED BECAUSE 2397 01:15:46,475 --> 01:15:49,811 OF THE LAYERS OF BARRIERS THIS 2398 01:15:49,811 --> 01:15:54,449 SHOULD NOT BE A MATTER OF WEEKS 2399 01:15:54,449 --> 01:15:55,651 VERSUS EVERYONE LIKE WE HAVE THE 2400 01:15:55,651 --> 01:15:58,921 MONEY FROM FROM THE COPS, FROM 2401 01:15:58,921 --> 01:15:59,521 THE CAMERAS. YOU COULD SAVE A 2402 01:15:59,521 --> 01:16:00,923 LOT OF MONEY FROM THE UNITED 2403 01:16:00,923 --> 01:16:02,324 CARE TEAM BY PUTTING 2 TO 4 2404 01:16:02,324 --> 01:16:03,191 SANCTIONED CAMPS IN EVERY 2405 01:16:03,191 --> 01:16:04,259 COUNCIL DISTRICT. FOR EXAMPLE. 2406 01:16:04,259 --> 01:16:06,895 -- THANK YOU AIDEN. LOOKS LIKE 2407 01:16:06,895 --> 01:16:11,333 WE MIGHT HAVE ONE MORE PERSON. 2408 01:16:11,333 --> 01:16:17,306 JACOB, COME ON UP. ZALESKI 2409 01:16:17,306 --> 01:16:18,573 WELCOME. YOU CAN BEGIN. 2410 01:16:18,573 --> 01:16:19,641 -- SORRY, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY 2411 01:16:19,641 --> 01:16:23,211 WRITTEN PREPARED. NO WORRIES. 2412 01:16:23,211 --> 01:16:25,013 BUT. THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL. 2413 01:16:25,013 --> 01:16:26,048 GOOD MORNING AGAIN. AND I'M 2414 01:16:26,048 --> 01:16:28,784 SORRY, I'VE BEEN SAYING, VICE 2415 01:16:28,784 --> 01:16:30,285 CHAIR RINCK HAS BEEN VICE CHAIR 2416 01:16:30,285 --> 01:16:32,187 HOLLINGSWORTH THIS WHOLE TIME. 2417 01:16:32,187 --> 01:16:33,555 I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT 2418 01:16:33,555 --> 01:16:33,789 AGAIN. 2419 01:16:33,789 --> 01:16:34,289 -- SO YOU'RE. 2420 01:16:34,289 --> 01:16:35,057 -- [LAUGHTER] 2421 01:16:35,057 --> 01:16:36,191 -- NOT OKAY? 2422 01:16:36,191 --> 01:16:36,491 -- TOTALLY. 2423 01:16:36,491 --> 01:16:39,661 -- WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE 2424 01:16:39,661 --> 01:16:41,663 WHOLE COUNCIL AND THE MANY 2425 01:16:41,663 --> 01:16:45,367 AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE COME IN. 2426 01:16:45,367 --> 01:16:46,001 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. COUNCILMEMBER 2427 01:16:46,001 --> 01:16:48,303 RINCK. COUNCILMEMBERS, SAKA AND 2428 01:16:48,303 --> 01:16:49,304 HOLLINGSWORTH TO SUPPORT OUR 2429 01:16:49,304 --> 01:16:51,006 FAMILY, CHILD CARE PROVIDERS, 2430 01:16:51,006 --> 01:16:54,876 HOME AND CENTER BASED. THE ONE 2431 01:16:54,876 --> 01:16:56,311 THING THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF 2432 01:16:56,311 --> 01:16:58,680 BEING BROUGHT UP IS THE 2433 01:16:58,680 --> 01:16:59,581 COMPETITIVE BIDDING CYCLES, AND 2434 01:16:59,581 --> 01:17:01,249 WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF AMENDMENT 2435 01:17:01,249 --> 01:17:03,185 14 WITH THE INCLUSION OF. ONE 2436 01:17:03,185 --> 01:17:04,386 MORE CAVEAT IN THAT, THAT THE 2437 01:17:04,386 --> 01:17:05,420 PROGRAMS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN 2438 01:17:05,420 --> 01:17:08,457 DIRECTLY AWARDED HAVE AN OPEN 2439 01:17:08,457 --> 01:17:10,492 COMPETITIVE PROCESS IN THIS 2440 01:17:10,492 --> 01:17:12,227 COMING YEAR. AND THAT WAY WE ARE 2441 01:17:12,227 --> 01:17:16,498 ABLE TO BRING AN INCLUSIVE, 2442 01:17:16,498 --> 01:17:17,099 COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS 2443 01:17:17,099 --> 01:17:19,534 AND AS WELL AS UNIVERSAL CHILD 2444 01:17:19,534 --> 01:17:21,370 MEALS. AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT. 2445 01:17:21,370 --> 01:17:22,771 THE $1 MILLION WAS TAKEN AWAY 2446 01:17:22,771 --> 01:17:24,806 FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY 2447 01:17:24,806 --> 01:17:26,842 LEARNING FUNDS, BUT ANYTHING TO 2448 01:17:26,842 --> 01:17:29,077 FEED THE KIDS 2449 01:17:29,077 --> 01:17:31,046 -- THANK YOU JACOB. ALL RIGHT. 2450 01:17:31,046 --> 01:17:33,181 IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT 2451 01:17:33,181 --> 01:17:34,816 DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC 2452 01:17:34,816 --> 01:17:36,118 COMMENT HERE IN CHAMBERS THAT 2453 01:17:36,118 --> 01:17:38,153 WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC 2454 01:17:38,153 --> 01:17:41,123 COMMENT? STILL GOING ONCE, GOING 2455 01:17:41,123 --> 01:17:44,826 TWICE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN I 2456 01:17:44,826 --> 01:17:46,294 JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO 2457 01:17:46,294 --> 01:17:47,996 SHOWED UP TODAY, EITHER IN 2458 01:17:47,996 --> 01:17:49,097 PERSON OR ONLINE, TO GIVE PUBLIC 2459 01:17:49,097 --> 01:17:53,101 COMMENT ON THIS REALLY IMPORTANT 2460 01:17:53,101 --> 01:17:53,735 FAMILIES, EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL, 2461 01:17:53,735 --> 01:17:55,537 AND PROMISE LEVY IMPLEMENTATION 2462 01:17:55,537 --> 01:17:57,205 AND EVALUATION PLAN. IT IS 2463 01:17:57,205 --> 01:17:59,207 REALLY CLEAR THAT WE ALL CARE 2464 01:17:59,207 --> 01:18:02,511 ABOUT CHILDREN IN THIS ROOM. 2465 01:18:02,511 --> 01:18:04,980 THAT IS UNDENIABLE. WE SHARE 2466 01:18:04,980 --> 01:18:06,448 THAT IN COMMON AND I REALLY 2467 01:18:06,448 --> 01:18:07,249 APPRECIATE, AND I'M JUST GOING 2468 01:18:07,249 --> 01:18:10,118 TO SAY THIS, THAT THE CARE AND 2469 01:18:10,118 --> 01:18:11,720 THE RESPECT THAT YOU SHOWED 2470 01:18:11,720 --> 01:18:13,388 EVERYONE WHO CAME TO SPEAK AND 2471 01:18:13,388 --> 01:18:15,557 EVERYONE ON THIS DAY IS BECAUSE 2472 01:18:15,557 --> 01:18:17,893 WE ARE MORE UNITED THAN WE ARE 2473 01:18:17,893 --> 01:18:21,663 NOT. AND SOMETIMES WE MAY 2474 01:18:21,663 --> 01:18:23,331 DISAGREE ON HOW TO GET THERE, 2475 01:18:23,331 --> 01:18:25,300 BUT WE ALL AGREE THAT WE 2476 01:18:25,300 --> 01:18:26,802 ABSOLUTELY LOVE ALL OUR KIDS IN 2477 01:18:26,802 --> 01:18:28,603 THIS CITY. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF 2478 01:18:28,603 --> 01:18:30,338 THEM. AND WE'RE ALL TRYING TO 2479 01:18:30,338 --> 01:18:33,508 DO THE BEST FOR THEM AS BEST WE 2480 01:18:33,508 --> 01:18:35,010 CAN, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO 2481 01:18:35,010 --> 01:18:37,045 I WANTED TO SAY THAT I WANT TO 2482 01:18:37,045 --> 01:18:39,181 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE, AND WE 2483 01:18:39,181 --> 01:18:43,885 WILL NOW GO ON TO THE NEXT 2484 01:18:43,885 --> 01:18:44,653 PORTION OF OUR MEETING. ALL 2485 01:18:44,653 --> 01:18:46,721 RIGHT. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL 2486 01:18:46,721 --> 01:18:47,522 REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC 2487 01:18:47,522 --> 01:18:48,657 COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED, SO 2488 01:18:48,657 --> 01:18:50,258 WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEM 2489 01:18:50,258 --> 01:18:51,693 OF BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK 2490 01:18:51,693 --> 01:18:53,195 PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO THE 2491 01:18:53,195 --> 01:18:56,731 RECORD 2492 01:18:56,731 --> 01:19:01,536 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE AN ORDINANCE 2493 01:19:01,536 --> 01:19:02,170 RELATING TO THE 2025 FAMILIES, 2494 01:19:02,170 --> 01:19:02,704 EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL, AND 2495 01:19:02,704 --> 01:19:04,272 PROMISE LEVY APPROVING AN 2496 01:19:04,272 --> 01:19:06,174 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 2497 01:19:06,174 --> 01:19:09,077 PLAN AS REQUIRED BY ORDINANCE 2498 01:19:09,077 --> 01:19:11,913 127238 RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING 2499 01:19:11,913 --> 01:19:13,882 CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS FOR BRIEFING, 2500 01:19:13,882 --> 01:19:16,384 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 2501 01:19:16,384 --> 01:19:18,320 -- THANK YOU CLERK. COLLEAGUES. 2502 01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:19,755 AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2503 01:19:19,755 --> 01:19:22,457 CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE 2504 01:19:22,457 --> 01:19:24,860 SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE INE AS 2505 01:19:24,860 --> 01:19:28,230 YOU KNOW, FOR 35 YEARS SINCE THE 2506 01:19:28,230 --> 01:19:30,198 1990s, THE FEPP LEVY HAS BEEN 2507 01:19:30,198 --> 01:19:32,601 BENEFITING KIDS AND DIRECTLY 2508 01:19:32,601 --> 01:19:34,736 SUPPORTING THEIR EDUCATIONAL 2509 01:19:34,736 --> 01:19:37,706 ACHIEVEMENT. SEATTLE VOTERS HAVE 2510 01:19:37,706 --> 01:19:38,340 CONSISTENTLY AND OVERWHELMINGLY 2511 01:19:38,340 --> 01:19:41,176 VOTED TO INVEST IN HIGH QUALITY 2512 01:19:41,176 --> 01:19:43,512 EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS THAT SET 2513 01:19:43,512 --> 01:19:45,914 UP CHILDREN FOR A LIFETIME OF 2514 01:19:45,914 --> 01:19:47,315 SUCCESS TO PROVIDE OUR K THROUGH 2515 01:19:47,315 --> 01:19:49,317 12 STUDENTS WITH THE ACADEMIC 2516 01:19:49,317 --> 01:19:50,786 AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH 2517 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:53,488 SUPPORTS, THEY NEED TO THRIVE 2518 01:19:53,488 --> 01:19:54,956 AND TO PAVE THE WAY TO A BRIGHT 2519 01:19:54,956 --> 01:19:57,792 FUTURE BY PROVIDING UNIVERSAL 2520 01:19:57,792 --> 01:19:59,561 ACCESS TO A TWO YEAR COLLEGE 2521 01:19:59,561 --> 01:20:01,062 DEGREE OR A PATH TO THE TRADES 2522 01:20:01,062 --> 01:20:04,199 WITH THE AMAZING SEATTLE PROMISE 2523 01:20:04,199 --> 01:20:07,736 PROGRAM. THIS IMPLEMENTATION AND 2524 01:20:07,736 --> 01:20:08,970 EVALUATION PLAN IS REALLY PHASE 2525 01:20:08,970 --> 01:20:11,306 TWO OF THE LEVY. PHASE ONE WAS 2526 01:20:11,306 --> 01:20:12,541 THE PASSAGE OF THE LEVY, WHICH 2527 01:20:12,541 --> 01:20:14,843 INCLUDED TELLING VOTERS WHAT 2528 01:20:14,843 --> 01:20:17,712 INVESTMENTS WOULD BE FUNDED IF 2529 01:20:17,712 --> 01:20:19,181 PHASE ONE IS THE FRAME OF THE 2530 01:20:19,181 --> 01:20:21,783 HOUSE, PHASE TWO IS THE DRYWALL 2531 01:20:21,783 --> 01:20:24,786 AND THE PAINT. I WANT TO 2532 01:20:24,786 --> 01:20:27,289 ACKNOWLEDGE FORMER DEPUTY MAYOR 2533 01:20:27,289 --> 01:20:29,958 TIFFANY WASHINGTON IN THE MAYOR 2534 01:20:29,958 --> 01:20:31,159 BRUCE HARRELL ADMINISTRATION, 2535 01:20:31,159 --> 01:20:32,627 WHO WORKED WITH ME AND THE 2536 01:20:32,627 --> 01:20:34,129 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND 2537 01:20:34,129 --> 01:20:35,163 EARLY LEARNING TO BUILD THAT 2538 01:20:35,163 --> 01:20:38,900 FRAME, WHICH I AM GRATEFUL THAT 2539 01:20:38,900 --> 01:20:40,769 COUNCIL SUPPORTED ALL OF THE 2540 01:20:40,769 --> 01:20:42,938 AMENDMENTS NOW IN THE I AND E 2541 01:20:42,938 --> 01:20:44,372 WERE OUTLINED IN THE 2026 LEVY 2542 01:20:44,372 --> 01:20:46,575 BY DESIGN. I'M SORRY, ALL OF 2543 01:20:46,575 --> 01:20:47,609 THE INVESTMENTS IN THE I AND E 2544 01:20:47,609 --> 01:20:50,845 PLAN WERE OUTLINED IN THE 2026 2545 01:20:50,845 --> 01:20:52,347 LEVY BY DESIGN, AND THAT IS 2546 01:20:52,347 --> 01:20:53,481 BECAUSE SINCE IT IS A LEVY THAT 2547 01:20:53,481 --> 01:20:56,551 GOES TO THE VOTERS, WE NEED TO 2548 01:20:56,551 --> 01:20:58,053 TELL VOTERS WHAT WE'RE 2549 01:20:58,053 --> 01:20:59,054 INVESTING IN WHEN THEY TAKE THAT 2550 01:20:59,054 --> 01:21:00,522 VOTE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO 2551 01:21:00,522 --> 01:21:02,490 FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT TO THE 2552 01:21:02,490 --> 01:21:04,226 VOTERS. WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER AN 2553 01:21:04,226 --> 01:21:05,961 IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 2554 01:21:05,961 --> 01:21:10,765 PLAN. TODAY IS THE FINAL AND 2555 01:21:10,765 --> 01:21:11,333 VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN THE 2556 01:21:11,333 --> 01:21:12,400 PROCESS FOR THIS SELECT 2557 01:21:12,400 --> 01:21:14,669 COMMITTEE. AFTER WE HAVE OUR 2558 01:21:14,669 --> 01:21:17,305 FINAL VOTE TODAY, I'LL HAVE A 2559 01:21:17,305 --> 01:21:18,573 FEW MORE WORDS TO SAY, BUT I 2560 01:21:18,573 --> 01:21:21,209 WANT TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED 2561 01:21:21,209 --> 01:21:24,880 WITH THE VOTES. I MOVE 2562 01:21:24,880 --> 01:21:25,413 COLLEAGUES AT THE SELECT 2563 01:21:25,413 --> 01:21:27,115 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF 2564 01:21:27,115 --> 01:21:29,351 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, 240. 2565 01:21:29,351 --> 01:21:31,786 IS THERE A SECOND. 2566 01:21:31,786 --> 01:21:32,287 -- SECOND, SECOND. 2567 01:21:32,287 --> 01:21:34,856 -- THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 2568 01:21:34,856 --> 01:21:35,790 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF 2569 01:21:35,790 --> 01:21:37,492 COUNCIL BILL ONE TWO, ONE, 240. 2570 01:21:37,492 --> 01:21:40,328 THE COMMITTEE WILL NOW BEGIN 2571 01:21:40,328 --> 01:21:41,129 DISCUSSION ON THE PROPOSED 2572 01:21:41,129 --> 01:21:42,998 CHAIR'S PACKAGE AS PRESENTED ON 2573 01:21:42,998 --> 01:21:46,368 THE AGENDA WE HAVE OUR COUNCIL, 2574 01:21:46,368 --> 01:21:48,904 OUR TRUSTY COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF 2575 01:21:48,904 --> 01:21:51,873 HERE, JASMINE AND TRACY, PLEASE 2576 01:21:51,873 --> 01:21:52,507 STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD 2577 01:21:52,507 --> 01:21:53,775 AND YOU CAN REVIEW THE CHAIR'S 2578 01:21:53,775 --> 01:21:55,877 PACKAGE. 2579 01:21:55,877 --> 01:21:57,946 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2580 01:21:57,946 --> 01:21:58,513 -- JASMINE MARWAHA, COUNCIL 2581 01:21:58,513 --> 01:22:00,548 CENTRAL STAFF. 2582 01:22:00,548 --> 01:22:01,149 -- AND TRACI RATZLIFF COUNCIL 2583 01:22:01,149 --> 01:22:02,250 CENTRAL STAFF. I WILL KICK US 2584 01:22:02,250 --> 01:22:03,685 OFF UNLESS YOU HAVE A FEW MORE 2585 01:22:03,685 --> 01:22:05,587 ENTRY WORDS OR. 2586 01:22:05,587 --> 01:22:08,657 -- I DO. TRACY. I DO. MADAM 2587 01:22:08,657 --> 01:22:10,492 CHAIR. MY SCRIPT HERE. 2588 01:22:10,492 --> 01:22:10,859 -- MADAM CHAIR. 2589 01:22:10,859 --> 01:22:14,429 -- OH, SORRY. 2590 01:22:14,429 --> 01:22:17,232 -- I CHAIR. 2591 01:22:17,232 --> 01:22:17,799 -- OH JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBER 2592 01:22:17,799 --> 01:22:20,235 JUAREZ. SORRY. 2593 01:22:20,235 --> 01:22:22,070 -- YES THAT'S OKAY, I APOLOGIZE. 2594 01:22:22,070 --> 01:22:23,905 THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND I 2595 01:22:23,905 --> 01:22:24,572 APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO 2596 01:22:24,572 --> 01:22:26,141 BE THERE IN PERSON. I JUST 2597 01:22:26,141 --> 01:22:27,509 WANTED TO SHARE AND I LEARNED 2598 01:22:27,509 --> 01:22:29,044 FROM THE CLERKS AND FROM YOUR 2599 01:22:29,044 --> 01:22:30,512 STAFF THAT I NEEDED TO PUT ON 2600 01:22:30,512 --> 01:22:31,746 THE RECORD THAT I AM A 2601 01:22:31,746 --> 01:22:33,848 CO-SPONSOR OF ITEM OF A 2602 01:22:33,848 --> 01:22:35,483 AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR AND 2603 01:22:35,483 --> 01:22:37,552 AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX. 2604 01:22:37,552 --> 01:22:38,119 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2605 01:22:38,119 --> 01:22:40,355 JUAREZ. SO NOTED. AND WHEN WE 2606 01:22:40,355 --> 01:22:41,923 GET THERE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT 2607 01:22:41,923 --> 01:22:44,926 THAT IS IN THERE AS WELL. 2608 01:22:44,926 --> 01:22:46,494 -- THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 2609 01:22:46,494 --> 01:22:47,162 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2610 01:22:47,162 --> 01:22:51,900 JUAREZ OKAY, COLLEAGUES, I JUST 2611 01:22:51,900 --> 01:22:53,668 WANT TO SAY A FEW REMARKS ABOUT 2612 01:22:53,668 --> 01:22:54,602 THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE BEFORE WE 2613 01:22:54,602 --> 01:22:58,473 GO ON TO CENTRAL STAFF. I WANT 2614 01:22:58,473 --> 01:23:00,508 TO THE ITEMS CONTAINED THEREIN 2615 01:23:00,508 --> 01:23:01,710 WERE INITIALLY PROPOSED AND 2616 01:23:01,710 --> 01:23:03,211 DISCUSSED AT OUR SELECT 2617 01:23:03,211 --> 01:23:05,113 COMMITTEE ON JULY 8th, AND AS. 2618 01:23:05,113 --> 01:23:07,115 AND THERE IS ALSO A TECHNICAL 2619 01:23:07,115 --> 01:23:08,583 AMENDMENT THAT'S INCLUDED IN 2620 01:23:08,583 --> 01:23:09,784 THE PACKAGE. THE PLAN IS TO VOTE 2621 01:23:09,784 --> 01:23:13,421 ON ALL THESE ITEMS AS A CONSENT 2622 01:23:13,421 --> 01:23:14,823 PACKAGE. CENTRAL STAFF WILL 2623 01:23:14,823 --> 01:23:16,191 PROVIDE US WITH AN OVERVIEW OF 2624 01:23:16,191 --> 01:23:18,660 THE ITEMS IN THE CHAIR'S 2625 01:23:18,660 --> 01:23:20,862 PACKAGE THAT HAVE BEEN REVISED 2626 01:23:20,862 --> 01:23:22,664 SINCE THE JULY 8th MEETING, 2627 01:23:22,664 --> 01:23:23,631 AFTER CENTRAL STAFF'S OVERVIEW, 2628 01:23:23,631 --> 01:23:25,834 I'LL ASK MEMBERS IF THEY WOULD 2629 01:23:25,834 --> 01:23:27,669 LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE 2630 01:23:27,669 --> 01:23:29,170 PACKAGE. THIS. THIS. THIS 2631 01:23:29,170 --> 01:23:30,939 REQUEST DOES NOT REQUIRE A 2632 01:23:30,939 --> 01:23:32,574 SECOND OR A REASON WHY THE 2633 01:23:32,574 --> 01:23:34,175 REQUEST IS BEING MADE. IF AN 2634 01:23:34,175 --> 01:23:35,910 ITEM IS REMOVED, IT WILL BE 2635 01:23:35,910 --> 01:23:37,379 CONSIDERED AFTER THE VOTE ON THE 2636 01:23:37,379 --> 01:23:40,448 CHAIR'S PACKAGE AND IN 2637 01:23:40,448 --> 01:23:41,082 NUMERICAL ORDER BEFORE VOTING ON 2638 01:23:41,082 --> 01:23:42,584 THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE, MEMBERS 2639 01:23:42,584 --> 01:23:44,486 WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 2640 01:23:44,486 --> 01:23:45,020 SPEAK TO THEIR AMENDMENTS 2641 01:23:45,020 --> 01:23:45,687 INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE. I'LL 2642 01:23:45,687 --> 01:23:49,724 MAKE SURE THAT I TURN TO THE THE 2643 01:23:49,724 --> 01:23:50,925 FOLKS THAT PUT AMENDMENTS IN MY 2644 01:23:50,925 --> 01:23:52,894 COACH, MY COLLEAGUES THAT PUT 2645 01:23:52,894 --> 01:23:55,597 AMENDMENTS IN. I WILL SAY 2646 01:23:55,597 --> 01:23:58,233 COLLEAGUES, GENERALLY SPEAKING, 2647 01:23:58,233 --> 01:23:59,667 THAT THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE 2648 01:23:59,667 --> 01:24:01,703 INCLUDED IN THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE 2649 01:24:01,703 --> 01:24:03,772 HAD, BASED ON OUR DISCUSSION AT 2650 01:24:03,772 --> 01:24:07,008 THE PRIOR SELECT COMMITTEE AND 2651 01:24:07,008 --> 01:24:08,810 SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD 2652 01:24:08,810 --> 01:24:11,913 ONE ON ONE WITH MANY OF YOU, I 2653 01:24:11,913 --> 01:24:13,615 WORKED WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO 2654 01:24:13,615 --> 01:24:14,916 INCLUDE THESE THINGS IN THE 2655 01:24:14,916 --> 01:24:16,751 PACKAGE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THEY 2656 01:24:16,751 --> 01:24:18,119 ENJOYED BROAD SUPPORT. BUT 2657 01:24:18,119 --> 01:24:19,854 AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2658 01:24:19,854 --> 01:24:22,490 REMOVE ONE FROM THE CHAIR'S 2659 01:24:22,490 --> 01:24:23,691 PACKAGE, WE. WE CAN DO SO AND 2660 01:24:23,691 --> 01:24:25,560 VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY. OKAY. 2661 01:24:25,560 --> 01:24:28,430 AT THIS POINT, I'LL RECOGNIZE 2662 01:24:28,430 --> 01:24:28,997 CENTRAL STAFF TO REVIEW THE 2663 01:24:28,997 --> 01:24:30,432 CHAIR'S PACKAGE. 2664 01:24:30,432 --> 01:24:31,232 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I 2665 01:24:31,232 --> 01:24:33,134 THINK I'LL START US OFF. SO 2666 01:24:33,134 --> 01:24:35,603 NINE OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE 2667 01:24:35,603 --> 01:24:36,971 IN THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE THAT WE 2668 01:24:36,971 --> 01:24:38,907 DISCUSSED THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT 2669 01:24:38,907 --> 01:24:40,542 THE JULY 8th COMMITTEE MEETING. 2670 01:24:40,542 --> 01:24:41,843 THE MAJORITY OF THE CHANGES I 2671 01:24:41,843 --> 01:24:42,677 WILL WALK THROUGH HAVE TO DO 2672 01:24:42,677 --> 01:24:45,313 WITH CHANGING THE PAGE NUMBERS 2673 01:24:45,313 --> 01:24:45,980 TO ALIGN WITH THE SUBSTITUTE 2674 01:24:45,980 --> 01:24:46,848 BILL THAT WE NOW HAVE IN FRONT 2675 01:24:46,848 --> 01:24:48,216 OF US, WHICH IS NOT WHAT WE HAD 2676 01:24:48,216 --> 01:24:50,518 IN FRONT OF US IN JULY. IN JULY, 2677 01:24:50,518 --> 01:24:51,152 WHEN WE HAD JUST THE INTRODUCED 2678 01:24:51,152 --> 01:24:52,821 VERSION. SO IT IS STRICTLY 2679 01:24:52,821 --> 01:24:54,022 CHANGING THOSE PAGE NUMBERS TO 2680 01:24:54,022 --> 01:24:55,790 ALIGN WITH THE NEW SUBSTITUTE 2681 01:24:55,790 --> 01:24:57,725 BILL. IT ALSO MAY ADD 2682 01:24:57,725 --> 01:24:59,394 CO-SPONSORS. SO THERE AND THEN 2683 01:24:59,394 --> 01:25:01,029 THERE ARE TWO OF THE AMENDMENTS 2684 01:25:01,029 --> 01:25:02,363 THAT ACTUALLY HAVE SOME 2685 01:25:02,363 --> 01:25:03,398 SUBSTITUTE CHANGES THAT WERE 2686 01:25:03,398 --> 01:25:05,300 DISCUSSED. AND THEN THERE ARE 2687 01:25:05,300 --> 01:25:06,434 FIVE NEW AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE 2688 01:25:06,434 --> 01:25:08,036 NOT YET BEEN DISCUSSED THAT WE 2689 01:25:08,036 --> 01:25:09,704 WILL WALK THROUGH AS WELL. SO 2690 01:25:09,704 --> 01:25:11,206 MOVING TO AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE, 2691 01:25:11,206 --> 01:25:14,409 VERSION TWO. SO THIS IS THE 2692 01:25:14,409 --> 01:25:16,044 AMENDMENT THAT WOULD CALL FOR 2693 01:25:16,044 --> 01:25:16,478 THE FORMATION OF AN 2694 01:25:16,478 --> 01:25:18,213 INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM FOR THE 2695 01:25:18,213 --> 01:25:20,181 LEVY COORDINATION AND THE CHANGE 2696 01:25:20,181 --> 01:25:20,882 HERE THAT IS MADE IS JUST THAT. 2697 01:25:20,882 --> 01:25:22,517 IT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT DEAL 2698 01:25:22,517 --> 01:25:28,389 WOULD BE THE LEAD ON THAT. IT. 2699 01:25:28,389 --> 01:25:30,825 -- AND AMENDMENT TWO, VERSION 2700 01:25:30,825 --> 01:25:36,564 TWO. IS ONLY UPDATED TO REFLECT 2701 01:25:36,564 --> 01:25:37,966 THE NEW PAGE NUMBERS, WHERE THE 2702 01:25:37,966 --> 01:25:39,834 TABLES AND GRAPHICS COULD BE 2703 01:25:39,834 --> 01:25:41,136 FOUND BASED ON THE SUBSTITUTE 2704 01:25:41,136 --> 01:25:42,770 VERSION THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE 2705 01:25:42,770 --> 01:25:44,439 SELECT COMMITTEE ON JULY 8th. SO 2706 01:25:44,439 --> 01:25:47,108 ALL AMENDMENTS INCLUDE UPDATED 2707 01:25:47,108 --> 01:25:48,943 PAGE NUMBERS, BUT THIS HAD TO BE 2708 01:25:48,943 --> 01:25:52,881 VERSION TWO JUST BECAUSE OF THE 2709 01:25:52,881 --> 01:25:56,417 PAGE NUMBERS. AND AS I SCROLL 2710 01:25:56,417 --> 01:26:03,525 DOWN AMENDMENT THREE. VERSION 2711 01:26:03,525 --> 01:26:05,660 TWO IS UPDATED FOR PAGE NUMBERS 2712 01:26:05,660 --> 01:26:06,761 AS WELL AS TO REFLECT ADDITIONAL 2713 01:26:06,761 --> 01:26:08,296 CO-SPONSORS. AND HERE WE WILL 2714 01:26:08,296 --> 01:26:12,167 NOTE THAT THE FIRST 2715 01:26:12,167 --> 01:26:12,800 COUNCILMEMBER LISTED AMONG THE 2716 01:26:12,800 --> 01:26:14,602 LIST OF CO-SPONSORS IS THE PRIME 2717 01:26:14,602 --> 01:26:16,204 SPONSOR, AND THAT CONTINUES 2718 01:26:16,204 --> 01:26:18,072 THROUGHOUT THE. THE OTHER 2719 01:26:18,072 --> 01:26:21,242 AMENDMENTS AS WELL 2720 01:26:21,242 --> 01:26:23,311 -- AMENDMENT FIVE, VERSION TWO 2721 01:26:23,311 --> 01:26:25,947 WOULD UPDATE THE NEW PAGE 2722 01:26:25,947 --> 01:26:26,548 NUMBERS AFTER ADOPTION OF THE 2723 01:26:26,548 --> 01:26:27,215 SUBSTITUTE. AND THIS IS THE 2724 01:26:27,215 --> 01:26:28,917 AMENDMENT THAT HAS TO DO WITH 2725 01:26:28,917 --> 01:26:31,185 COLLABORATION BETWEEN DEEL AND 2726 01:26:31,185 --> 01:26:31,819 SUPERINTENDENT OF SEATTLE PUBLIC 2727 01:26:31,819 --> 01:26:33,988 SCHOOLS AND CHARTER SCHOOLS. 2728 01:26:33,988 --> 01:26:36,591 AMENDMENT SEVEN, VERSION TWO 2729 01:26:36,591 --> 01:26:38,459 WOULD UPDATE AND REFLECT THE 2730 01:26:38,459 --> 01:26:40,361 ADDITION OF COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 2731 01:26:40,361 --> 01:26:42,897 AS A CO-SPONSOR AS WELL AS 2732 01:26:42,897 --> 01:26:43,731 CORRECTING THE PAGE NUMBER 2733 01:26:43,731 --> 01:26:45,767 UPDATES. AND THIS IS THE 2734 01:26:45,767 --> 01:26:47,135 AMENDMENT THAT HAD TO DO WITH 2735 01:26:47,135 --> 01:26:47,602 RESTORATIVE PRACTICE 2736 01:26:47,602 --> 01:26:49,237 COORDINATORS IN ELEMENTARY 2737 01:26:49,237 --> 01:26:49,871 SCHOOLS. BEING ABLE TO BE PART 2738 01:26:49,871 --> 01:26:54,909 TIME 2739 01:26:54,909 --> 01:26:56,878 -- AMENDMENT EIGHT, VERSION TWO 2740 01:26:56,878 --> 01:26:58,212 WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2741 01:26:58,212 --> 01:27:02,216 CO-SPONSORSHIP AS WELL AS TO 2742 01:27:02,216 --> 01:27:04,619 SIMPLIFY THE REPORT BACK 2743 01:27:04,619 --> 01:27:05,220 REQUIREMENT AND TO REMOVE THE 2744 01:27:05,220 --> 01:27:08,056 LANGUAGE THAT CONDITION FUNDING 2745 01:27:08,056 --> 01:27:10,458 UPON THE SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS. 2746 01:27:10,458 --> 01:27:15,396 REPORT BACK AMENDMENT NINE WAS 2747 01:27:15,396 --> 01:27:16,097 WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2748 01:27:16,097 --> 01:27:18,032 ADDITION OF COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2749 01:27:18,032 --> 01:27:20,134 AS CO-SPONSOR AND ALSO INCLUDES 2750 01:27:20,134 --> 01:27:22,036 PAGE NUMBER UPDATES 2751 01:27:22,036 --> 01:27:24,505 -- AMENDMENT TEN, VERSION TWO 2752 01:27:24,505 --> 01:27:26,708 WOULD BE UPDATED TO REFLECT 2753 01:27:26,708 --> 01:27:30,612 ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS, AS WELL 2754 01:27:30,612 --> 01:27:31,846 AS CORRECTING PAGE NUMBERS. 2755 01:27:31,846 --> 01:27:33,982 -- AMENDMENT 11 IS SIMILARLY 2756 01:27:33,982 --> 01:27:37,885 JUST FOR PAGE NUMBERS. 2757 01:27:37,885 --> 01:27:38,486 -- MOVING ON TO THE NEW 2758 01:27:38,486 --> 01:27:40,388 AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE NOT YET 2759 01:27:40,388 --> 01:27:41,522 BEEN DISCUSSED. AMENDMENT 12, 2760 01:27:41,522 --> 01:27:43,024 VERSION ONE. THIS IS A NEW 2761 01:27:43,024 --> 01:27:45,593 AMENDMENT THAT'S SPONSORED BY 2762 01:27:45,593 --> 01:27:46,227 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA THAT WOULD 2763 01:27:46,227 --> 01:27:47,095 ADD THE RED BARN RANCH AS A 2764 01:27:47,095 --> 01:27:49,230 POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR THE 2765 01:27:49,230 --> 01:27:54,402 SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION'S 2766 01:27:54,402 --> 01:27:55,036 ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING PROGRAMS. 2767 01:27:55,036 --> 01:27:56,004 AMENDMENT 13 ALSO A NEW 2768 01:27:56,004 --> 01:27:59,040 AMENDMENT VERSION ONE SPONSORED 2769 01:27:59,040 --> 01:28:00,274 BY COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WOULD 2770 01:28:00,274 --> 01:28:02,443 CLARIFY THAT THE PATH TO TRADES 2771 01:28:02,443 --> 01:28:03,945 NON COLLEGES PROGRAM IS INTENDED 2772 01:28:03,945 --> 01:28:05,647 TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOL 2773 01:28:05,647 --> 01:28:06,247 STUDENTS IN SEATTLE ENTERING 2774 01:28:06,247 --> 01:28:07,649 TRADES TRAINING PROGRAMS AND. 2775 01:28:07,649 --> 01:28:10,485 THIS CHANGE IS BEING DONE TO BE 2776 01:28:10,485 --> 01:28:11,052 CONSISTENT WITH THE SEATTLE 2777 01:28:11,052 --> 01:28:12,587 PROMISE PATH TO TRADES PROGRAM 2778 01:28:12,587 --> 01:28:15,857 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. MOVING 2779 01:28:15,857 --> 01:28:17,825 ON TO AMENDMENT 14, THIS NEW 2780 01:28:17,825 --> 01:28:19,861 AMENDMENT, SPONSORED BY CHAIR 2781 01:28:19,861 --> 01:28:23,931 RIVERA, WOULD STATE THAT THE ALL 2782 01:28:23,931 --> 01:28:24,432 INVESTMENTS AWARDED BY 2783 01:28:24,432 --> 01:28:26,200 COMPETITIVE PROCESS WILL BE 2784 01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:32,674 REBID IN A 2 TO 3 YEAR CYCLE. 2785 01:28:32,674 --> 01:28:33,808 -- AMENDMENT 15 IS A NEW 2786 01:28:33,808 --> 01:28:35,777 AMENDMENT SPONSORED BY 2787 01:28:35,777 --> 01:28:36,411 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THAT WOULD 2788 01:28:36,411 --> 01:28:37,912 MODIFY THE ELIGIBILITY FOR 2789 01:28:37,912 --> 01:28:39,681 SEATTLE FIRE AND POLICE 2790 01:28:39,681 --> 01:28:40,281 DEPARTMENT CAREER PROGRAMS BY 2791 01:28:40,281 --> 01:28:42,250 GIVING ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION 2792 01:28:42,250 --> 01:28:44,319 TO STUDENTS WITH HOUSEHOLD 2793 01:28:44,319 --> 01:28:46,254 INCOMES AT OR BELOW 80% OF AREA 2794 01:28:46,254 --> 01:28:47,221 MEDIAN INCOME. IN ADDITION, A 2795 01:28:47,221 --> 01:28:48,356 DIRECT SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 2796 01:28:48,356 --> 01:28:50,558 TO RECRUIT DIVERSE GROUPS OF 2797 01:28:50,558 --> 01:28:52,493 STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR 2798 01:28:52,493 --> 01:29:00,168 OUTREACH EVENTS FOR THE SPD, 2799 01:29:00,168 --> 01:29:00,768 CAREER PROGRAMS AND FINALLY, 2800 01:29:00,768 --> 01:29:01,402 AMENDMENT 16 IS A NEW AMENDMENT 2801 01:29:01,402 --> 01:29:02,270 SPONSORED BY CHAIR RIVERA THAT 2802 01:29:02,270 --> 01:29:03,805 WOULD MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 2803 01:29:03,805 --> 01:29:05,540 TO THE PLAN FOR CLARITY AND 2804 01:29:05,540 --> 01:29:09,711 CONSISTENCY I BELIEVE THAT THAT 2805 01:29:09,711 --> 01:29:11,446 CONCLUDES THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE 2806 01:29:11,446 --> 01:29:12,847 PRESENTATION. 2807 01:29:12,847 --> 01:29:16,217 -- GREAT. THANK YOU. CENTRAL 2808 01:29:16,217 --> 01:29:17,185 STAFF TRACY AND JASMINE FOR 2809 01:29:17,185 --> 01:29:19,320 REVIEWING THAT. LET ME GET TO MY 2810 01:29:19,320 --> 01:29:21,355 SCRIPT HERE. ALL RIGHT, 2811 01:29:21,355 --> 01:29:22,990 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS 2812 01:29:22,990 --> 01:29:24,892 THAT COUNCILMEMBER WOULD LIKE TO 2813 01:29:24,892 --> 01:29:26,160 REMOVE FROM THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE 2814 01:29:26,160 --> 01:29:28,429 BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE 2815 01:29:28,429 --> 01:29:30,932 -- CHAIR, CAN WE REMOVE 13 AND 2816 01:29:30,932 --> 01:29:31,099 14? 2817 01:29:31,099 --> 01:29:38,840 -- WE CAN MOVE 13 AND 14. 2818 01:29:38,840 --> 01:29:43,311 REMEMBER WHAT THOSE ARE. ALL 2819 01:29:43,311 --> 01:29:46,247 RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? ALL RIGHT. 2820 01:29:46,247 --> 01:29:49,450 OH, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, YOU ARE 2821 01:29:49,450 --> 01:29:49,751 RECOGNIZED. 2822 01:29:49,751 --> 01:29:53,855 -- THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR 2823 01:29:53,855 --> 01:29:54,655 QUESTION FIRST, CAN WE TALK A 2824 01:29:54,655 --> 01:29:57,191 LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE 2825 01:29:57,191 --> 01:29:58,726 ITERATIVE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE 2826 01:29:58,726 --> 01:30:00,628 TO PROPOSE AMENDMENT NUMBER 2827 01:30:00,628 --> 01:30:06,100 EIGHT? I HAVE PREVIOUSLY 2828 01:30:06,100 --> 01:30:06,701 EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE 2829 01:30:06,701 --> 01:30:07,668 PROVISO OR EFFECTIVE PROVISO OR 2830 01:30:07,668 --> 01:30:10,638 QUASI PROVISO IN THAT PROVISION 2831 01:30:10,638 --> 01:30:17,378 THAT WOULD THAT WENT BEYOND THE 2832 01:30:17,378 --> 01:30:18,012 MERE REPORTING OBLIGATION, WHICH 2833 01:30:18,012 --> 01:30:20,448 I KNOW SOME OF IT FROM FROM OUR 2834 01:30:20,448 --> 01:30:20,948 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 2835 01:30:20,948 --> 01:30:21,816 CONVERSATIONS YESTERDAY. I KNOW 2836 01:30:21,816 --> 01:30:24,952 SOME SOME OF US DON'T LIKE. AND 2837 01:30:24,952 --> 01:30:28,489 WENT INTO A THRESHOLD OF 2838 01:30:28,489 --> 01:30:29,090 REQUIRING EXPRESS AN EXPLICIT 2839 01:30:29,090 --> 01:30:30,358 COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION AFTER ANY 2840 01:30:30,358 --> 01:30:31,526 REPORT IS DELIVERED. CAN YOU 2841 01:30:31,526 --> 01:30:34,061 TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE THOSE 2842 01:30:34,061 --> 01:30:34,695 ITERATIVE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE 2843 01:30:34,695 --> 01:30:38,199 TO THAT SPECIFIC AMENDMENT? 2844 01:30:38,199 --> 01:30:42,370 -- SURE. SO THE THE PREVIOUS 2845 01:30:42,370 --> 01:30:46,541 AMENDMENT HAD HAD SAID THAT THE 2846 01:30:46,541 --> 01:30:49,777 ADDITIONAL SCHOOL SAFETY 2847 01:30:49,777 --> 01:30:51,112 PROGRAMS, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, 2848 01:30:51,112 --> 01:30:52,680 OPPORTUNITY BASED MENTORING, AND 2849 01:30:52,680 --> 01:30:56,150 THE HSD SCHOOL SAFETY BUCKET 2850 01:30:56,150 --> 01:30:58,085 WOULD WOULD HAVE THEIR FUNDING 2851 01:30:58,085 --> 01:31:01,022 CONDITIONED UPON A REPORT BACK 2852 01:31:01,022 --> 01:31:03,524 AFTER SCHOOL YEAR 2627 AND 2853 01:31:03,524 --> 01:31:05,159 BEFORE CONTRACT RENEWALS. THIS 2854 01:31:05,159 --> 01:31:06,594 REMOVES THAT SORT OF EFFECTIVE 2855 01:31:06,594 --> 01:31:08,162 QUASI PROVISO. AS YOU MENTIONED, 2856 01:31:08,162 --> 01:31:12,233 SO THAT IT IS SIMPLY REQUIRING A 2857 01:31:12,233 --> 01:31:15,169 REPORT BACK TO THE CITY IN 2027. 2858 01:31:15,169 --> 01:31:17,538 PRIOR TO COMPETITIVE FUNDING 2859 01:31:17,538 --> 01:31:19,540 PROCESSES OR CONTRACT RENEWALS. 2860 01:31:19,540 --> 01:31:21,609 BUT IT IS NOT CONDITION FUNDING. 2861 01:31:21,609 --> 01:31:23,077 UPON THAT REPORT, BACK. 2862 01:31:23,077 --> 01:31:27,315 -- THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY. NO 2863 01:31:27,315 --> 01:31:28,549 MORE FURTHER QUESTIONS. 2864 01:31:28,549 --> 01:31:29,517 COMMENTS. THANK YOU. 2865 01:31:29,517 --> 01:31:32,119 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2866 01:31:32,119 --> 01:31:34,555 SAKA. ANYONE ELSE? COLLEAGUES. 2867 01:31:34,555 --> 01:31:35,656 ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO 2868 01:31:35,656 --> 01:31:37,625 GO TO A VOTE ON THE CHAIR'S 2869 01:31:37,625 --> 01:31:40,228 PACKAGE. ONE SECOND WHILE I FIND 2870 01:31:40,228 --> 01:31:41,963 MY PLACE ON MY SCRIPT. I'M 2871 01:31:41,963 --> 01:31:44,632 SORRY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER 2872 01:31:44,632 --> 01:31:49,270 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 2873 01:31:49,270 --> 01:31:49,971 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 2874 01:31:49,971 --> 01:31:50,972 -- I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE 2875 01:31:50,972 --> 01:31:51,606 ANYTHING TO PULL. I JUST WANTED 2876 01:31:51,606 --> 01:31:52,073 TO SPEAK TO ONE OF MY 2877 01:31:52,073 --> 01:31:52,740 AMENDMENTS. SINCE IT WAS NEW, 2878 01:31:52,740 --> 01:31:54,642 SINCE THE LAST TIME WE. 2879 01:31:54,642 --> 01:31:55,676 -- WERE HERE. I KNOW THAT SAID 2880 01:31:55,676 --> 01:31:56,611 WE WOULD DO THAT. YEAH. THANK 2881 01:31:56,611 --> 01:31:59,614 YOU FOR THE REMINDER. 2882 01:31:59,614 --> 01:32:00,648 -- APOLOGIES IF ANYONE. I'M NOT 2883 01:32:00,648 --> 01:32:02,884 GOING TO CALL ON YOU 2884 01:32:02,884 --> 01:32:03,818 INDIVIDUALLY, BUT IF YOU WOULD 2885 01:32:03,818 --> 01:32:05,419 LIKE TO SPEAK TO AN AMENDMENT 2886 01:32:05,419 --> 01:32:06,587 THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2887 01:32:06,587 --> 01:32:07,722 CHAIR'S PACKAGE, YOU MAY AND 2888 01:32:07,722 --> 01:32:09,657 WE'LL START WITH COUNCILMEMBER 2889 01:32:09,657 --> 01:32:09,891 FOSTER. 2890 01:32:09,891 --> 01:32:11,359 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR 2891 01:32:11,359 --> 01:32:11,893 RIVERA. AND THANK YOU, 2892 01:32:11,893 --> 01:32:12,493 COLLEAGUES. I JUST WANTED TO 2893 01:32:12,493 --> 01:32:15,796 HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU AMENDMENT 15, 2894 01:32:15,796 --> 01:32:16,831 AND I APPRECIATE CENTRAL STAFF 2895 01:32:16,831 --> 01:32:19,567 FOR THIS. THIS IS A CHANGE THAT 2896 01:32:19,567 --> 01:32:21,769 PRIORITIZES STUDENTS WITH AREA 2897 01:32:21,769 --> 01:32:26,240 MEDIAN INCOME OF 80% AND BELOW. 2898 01:32:26,240 --> 01:32:26,741 SO THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL 2899 01:32:26,741 --> 01:32:28,042 CONSIDERATION IN SELECTION WHEN 2900 01:32:28,042 --> 01:32:30,177 IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE 2901 01:32:30,177 --> 01:32:31,913 CAREER ELIGIBILITY PROGRAMS. 2902 01:32:31,913 --> 01:32:33,281 FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, THIS WAS 2903 01:32:33,281 --> 01:32:34,015 AN IMPORTANT ADD TO MAKE SURE, 2904 01:32:34,015 --> 01:32:37,218 AGAIN, THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING 2905 01:32:37,218 --> 01:32:39,554 RECRUITMENT OF LOWER INCOME 2906 01:32:39,554 --> 01:32:41,155 STUDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO THESE 2907 01:32:41,155 --> 01:32:42,823 PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS THAT TEND 2908 01:32:42,823 --> 01:32:44,892 TO BE HIGH QUALITY, GOOD PAYING 2909 01:32:44,892 --> 01:32:45,893 JOBS. SO COLLEAGUES JUST WANTED 2910 01:32:45,893 --> 01:32:47,728 TO HIGHLIGHT THIS BECAUSE THIS 2911 01:32:47,728 --> 01:32:48,863 WAS A NEW AMENDMENT. AND THANK 2912 01:32:48,863 --> 01:32:50,131 YOU, CHAIR, FOR INCLUDING THIS 2913 01:32:50,131 --> 01:32:50,731 IN THE PACKAGE. AND I ASK FOR 2914 01:32:50,731 --> 01:32:53,534 YOUR SUPPORT. 2915 01:32:53,534 --> 01:32:54,101 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2916 01:32:54,101 --> 01:32:56,103 FOSTER COLLEAGUES. ANYONE ELSE 2917 01:32:56,103 --> 01:32:57,939 WANT TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE 2918 01:32:57,939 --> 01:32:59,373 AMENDMENT THAT MIGHT APPEAR IN 2919 01:32:59,373 --> 01:33:04,211 THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE? 2920 01:33:04,211 --> 01:33:04,812 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOU'RE 2921 01:33:04,812 --> 01:33:05,546 RECOGNIZED. 2922 01:33:05,546 --> 01:33:07,081 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR RIVERA. I 2923 01:33:07,081 --> 01:33:08,649 SIMPLY WANTED TO VOICE MY 2924 01:33:08,649 --> 01:33:09,717 APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR 2925 01:33:09,717 --> 01:33:10,351 INCLUDING MY AMENDMENTS IN THE 2926 01:33:10,351 --> 01:33:11,886 CHAIR'S PACKAGE. GREATLY 2927 01:33:11,886 --> 01:33:12,587 APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION 2928 01:33:12,587 --> 01:33:16,357 WITH YOUR OFFICE AND WANTED TO 2929 01:33:16,357 --> 01:33:17,024 JUST EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR 2930 01:33:17,024 --> 01:33:17,224 THAT. 2931 01:33:17,224 --> 01:33:17,792 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2932 01:33:17,792 --> 01:33:23,397 RINCK. ANYONE ELSE? COLLEAGUES. 2933 01:33:23,397 --> 01:33:24,532 OKAY THEN. AMENDMENTS 13 AND 14 2934 01:33:24,532 --> 01:33:26,367 HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND WILL BE 2935 01:33:26,367 --> 01:33:27,835 ADDRESSED SEPARATELY. I MOVE TO 2936 01:33:27,835 --> 01:33:30,771 ADOPT THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE 2937 01:33:30,771 --> 01:33:31,639 EXCLUDING AMENDMENTS 13 AND 14. 2938 01:33:31,639 --> 01:33:32,873 IS THERE A SECOND. 2939 01:33:32,873 --> 01:33:34,709 -- SECOND, SECOND. 2940 01:33:34,709 --> 01:33:36,510 -- THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 2941 01:33:36,510 --> 01:33:38,579 SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CHAIR'S 2942 01:33:38,579 --> 01:33:41,382 PACKAGE, EXCLUDING AMENDMENTS 13 2943 01:33:41,382 --> 01:33:44,218 AND 14. SINCE WE HAVE ALREADY 2944 01:33:44,218 --> 01:33:45,753 HAD COUNCILMEMBERS BRIEFLY SPEAK 2945 01:33:45,753 --> 01:33:46,988 TO THEIR AMENDMENTS CONTAINED IN 2946 01:33:46,988 --> 01:33:47,989 THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE, I WILL ASK 2947 01:33:47,989 --> 01:33:49,724 THE CLERK NOW TO CALL THE ROLL 2948 01:33:49,724 --> 01:33:51,993 ON THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE, 2949 01:33:51,993 --> 01:33:57,798 EXCLUDING AMENDMENTS 13 AND 14. 2950 01:33:57,798 --> 01:34:00,401 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 2951 01:34:00,401 --> 01:34:02,303 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AYE. 2952 01:34:02,303 --> 01:34:02,803 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AYE. 2953 01:34:02,803 --> 01:34:03,337 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2954 01:34:03,337 --> 01:34:05,339 -- YES. 2955 01:34:05,339 --> 01:34:07,141 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 2956 01:34:07,141 --> 01:34:09,577 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE. 2957 01:34:09,577 --> 01:34:10,044 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2958 01:34:10,044 --> 01:34:11,379 -- YES. 2959 01:34:11,379 --> 01:34:12,747 -- VICE CHAIR. HOLLINGSWORTH. 2960 01:34:12,747 --> 01:34:12,980 -- YES. 2961 01:34:12,980 --> 01:34:14,482 -- CHAIR RIVERA. AYE. CHAIR. 2962 01:34:14,482 --> 01:34:18,119 THERE ARE NINE IN FAVOR. ZERO 2963 01:34:18,119 --> 01:34:18,386 OPPOSED. 2964 01:34:18,386 --> 01:34:19,220 -- THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE 2965 01:34:19,220 --> 01:34:21,288 EXCLUDING EXCLUDING AMENDMENTS, 2966 01:34:21,288 --> 01:34:22,857 13 AND 14 ARE ADOPTED AND WILL 2967 01:34:22,857 --> 01:34:27,561 BE INCORPORATED IN THE BILL. WE 2968 01:34:27,561 --> 01:34:29,397 WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE VOTES ON 2969 01:34:29,397 --> 01:34:29,997 AMENDMENTS THAT WERE REMOVED 2970 01:34:29,997 --> 01:34:32,233 FROM THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE, AND 2971 01:34:32,233 --> 01:34:32,767 THE ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUAL 2972 01:34:32,767 --> 01:34:33,768 AMENDMENTS THAT WERE NOT 2973 01:34:33,768 --> 01:34:34,435 INCLUDED IN THE CHAIR'S 2974 01:34:34,435 --> 01:34:40,708 PACKAGE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL. 2975 01:34:40,708 --> 01:34:41,709 OKAY, SO AMENDMENT 13 WAS MINE, 2976 01:34:41,709 --> 01:34:44,412 SO I MOVE TO AMEND THE BILL AS 2977 01:34:44,412 --> 01:34:46,380 PRESENTED IN AMENDMENT 13. IS 2978 01:34:46,380 --> 01:34:46,747 THERE A SECOND? 2979 01:34:46,747 --> 01:34:47,415 -- SECOND. 2980 01:34:47,415 --> 01:34:48,749 -- THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 2981 01:34:48,749 --> 01:34:49,850 SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS 2982 01:34:49,850 --> 01:34:52,520 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 13, 2983 01:34:52,520 --> 01:34:54,922 CENTRAL STAFF HAS PROVIDED AN 2984 01:34:54,922 --> 01:34:58,459 OVERVIEW ALREADY, SO I WILL GO 2985 01:34:58,459 --> 01:35:00,761 AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE AMENDMENT 2986 01:35:00,761 --> 01:35:02,697 BASICALLY, THIS IS A TECHNICAL. 2987 01:35:02,697 --> 01:35:04,398 I CONSIDER THIS A TECHNICAL 2988 01:35:04,398 --> 01:35:07,668 AMENDMENT BECAUSE BOTH THE PRIOR 2989 01:35:07,668 --> 01:35:08,169 ADMINISTRATION, MAYORAL 2990 01:35:08,169 --> 01:35:10,438 ADMINISTRATION. THIS CURRENT 2991 01:35:10,438 --> 01:35:11,605 MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION AND THE 2992 01:35:11,605 --> 01:35:14,475 DEPARTMENT AND AYE. WHEN WE 2993 01:35:14,475 --> 01:35:15,609 ADDED THE THIRD ARM, WHICH I 2994 01:35:15,609 --> 01:35:20,748 WILL TALK ABOUT LATER IN MY 2995 01:35:20,748 --> 01:35:22,750 REMARKS TO THE PROMISE PROGRAM, 2996 01:35:22,750 --> 01:35:26,353 IT WAS TO INCLUDE ANOTHER PATH 2997 01:35:26,353 --> 01:35:28,022 FOR THE PROMISE STUDENTS TO DO A 2998 01:35:28,022 --> 01:35:32,093 TRADES PROGRAM THAT WOULD NOT BE 2999 01:35:32,093 --> 01:35:34,295 AT THE COLLEGES, BUT THAT WOULD 3000 01:35:34,295 --> 01:35:35,930 GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN 3001 01:35:35,930 --> 01:35:38,599 APPRENTICESHIP AT A WASHINGTON 3002 01:35:38,599 --> 01:35:39,934 STATE ACCREDITED EDUCATION. WHEN 3003 01:35:39,934 --> 01:35:41,469 THIS GOT PUT INTO THE INE, 3004 01:35:41,469 --> 01:35:46,774 SOMEHOW THIS DID NOT MEET THE 3005 01:35:46,774 --> 01:35:49,143 REQUIREMENTS OF THE UNDERLYING 3006 01:35:49,143 --> 01:35:51,178 LEVY AND THE INTENT. AND SO IT 3007 01:35:51,178 --> 01:35:53,848 WAS ALWAYS TO MATCH THE SEATTLE 3008 01:35:53,848 --> 01:35:55,216 PROMISE PROGRAM'S PATH TO 3009 01:35:55,216 --> 01:35:57,318 TRADES. BUT JUST AT A STATE 3010 01:35:57,318 --> 01:35:59,887 ACCREDITED SCHOOL OR 3011 01:35:59,887 --> 01:36:01,021 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, RATHER 3012 01:36:01,021 --> 01:36:03,791 THAN AT THE COLLEGES. SO THAT IN 3013 01:36:03,791 --> 01:36:04,792 ESSENCE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY 3014 01:36:04,792 --> 01:36:06,427 IS THE INTENT OF THIS WAS ALWAYS 3015 01:36:06,427 --> 01:36:08,863 TO HAVE WE HAVE THE PROMISE 3016 01:36:08,863 --> 01:36:10,531 PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS IN 3017 01:36:10,531 --> 01:36:12,333 SEATTLE, FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND 3018 01:36:12,333 --> 01:36:14,769 CHARTER SCHOOLS IN SEATTLE. THEY 3019 01:36:14,769 --> 01:36:17,872 COULD EITHER GO TO THE SEATTLE 3020 01:36:17,872 --> 01:36:21,775 PROMISE, A TWO YEAR A A TWO YEAR 3021 01:36:21,775 --> 01:36:23,644 ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, OR THEY 3022 01:36:23,644 --> 01:36:25,813 COULD DO THE SEATTLE'S PATH TO 3023 01:36:25,813 --> 01:36:26,714 TRADES FOR A CERTIFICATE OR. NOW 3024 01:36:26,714 --> 01:36:28,449 THIS IS A THIRD OPPORTUNITY, 3025 01:36:28,449 --> 01:36:32,787 WHICH IS THEY COULD GO STRAIGHT 3026 01:36:32,787 --> 01:36:36,223 TO THE ACCREDITED TRADES PROGRAM 3027 01:36:36,223 --> 01:36:38,559 AT A STATE ACCREDITED 3028 01:36:38,559 --> 01:36:40,728 INSTITUTION. AND SO THIS LEVEL 3029 01:36:40,728 --> 01:36:43,397 SETS WHAT WE ALWAYS INTENDED AND 3030 01:36:43,397 --> 01:36:44,798 TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS TO MATCH 3031 01:36:44,798 --> 01:36:47,902 IT TO THE PATH TO TRADES. 3032 01:36:47,902 --> 01:36:49,303 SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM. SO THIS 3033 01:36:49,303 --> 01:36:51,906 IS A CLEANUP, AND I'M HAPPY TO 3034 01:36:51,906 --> 01:36:56,644 TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. 3035 01:36:56,644 --> 01:36:57,077 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3036 01:36:57,077 --> 01:36:58,612 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR JUST THAT 3037 01:36:58,612 --> 01:37:01,448 WAS HELPFUL. COULD YOU CLARIFY 3038 01:37:01,448 --> 01:37:02,116 THE DELETION OF THE UP TO AGE 20 3039 01:37:02,116 --> 01:37:06,287 FOR THE PURPOSE OF THAT? 3040 01:37:06,287 --> 01:37:08,556 -- THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS 3041 01:37:08,556 --> 01:37:09,890 PICKED UP BY, I THINK THIS WAS 3042 01:37:09,890 --> 01:37:11,192 TRANSFERRED OVER FROM SOME 3043 01:37:11,192 --> 01:37:12,893 LANGUAGE. HSD HAD. AND SO I 3044 01:37:12,893 --> 01:37:14,061 DON'T KNOW WAS INCLUDED THERE. 3045 01:37:14,061 --> 01:37:15,496 BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO THE I MEAN, 3046 01:37:15,496 --> 01:37:18,232 AGAIN, I SPOKE TO THE MAYOR'S 3047 01:37:18,232 --> 01:37:19,800 OFFICE. I REGRET NOT HAVING 3048 01:37:19,800 --> 01:37:21,068 CAUGHT THIS SOONER WHEN I RAN 3049 01:37:21,068 --> 01:37:21,635 THROUGH THE INE BUT WHEN I 3050 01:37:21,635 --> 01:37:23,837 TALKED TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND 3051 01:37:23,837 --> 01:37:27,308 THE DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL 3052 01:37:27,308 --> 01:37:28,776 AGREED THAT THE LANGUAGE SHOULD 3053 01:37:28,776 --> 01:37:30,044 REFLECT WHAT WE ALREADY DO FOR 3054 01:37:30,044 --> 01:37:31,245 THE PROMISE PROGRAMS AT THE 3055 01:37:31,245 --> 01:37:33,747 COLLEGES. IT WAS JUST ANOTHER 3056 01:37:33,747 --> 01:37:34,815 OPPORTUNITY, WHICH WAS REALLY 3057 01:37:34,815 --> 01:37:36,550 SOMETHING I PUT IN. THAT'S WHY I 3058 01:37:36,550 --> 01:37:39,353 KNOW ABOUT IT. THE MOST PART. AN 3059 01:37:39,353 --> 01:37:40,788 ONCOLOGIST WAS MY BIG BABY, 3060 01:37:40,788 --> 01:37:42,623 WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT LATER. 3061 01:37:42,623 --> 01:37:44,091 I'LL TALK ABOUT MORE LATER, BUT 3062 01:37:44,091 --> 01:37:44,725 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. I 3063 01:37:44,725 --> 01:37:46,961 KNOW IT SEEMS ODD. IT WAS ODD TO 3064 01:37:46,961 --> 01:37:48,796 ME TOO WHEN I READ IT INTO 3065 01:37:48,796 --> 01:37:49,797 CENTRAL STAFF, BUT WE CLEANED IT 3066 01:37:49,797 --> 01:37:51,031 UP AND THAT'S WHAT THAT'S 3067 01:37:51,031 --> 01:37:52,433 ABOUT. BUT I'M GLAD YOU YOU 3068 01:37:52,433 --> 01:37:54,535 ASKED. SO GAVE AN OPPORTUNITY 3069 01:37:54,535 --> 01:37:56,737 FOR ME TO SAY WHAT THIS WAS TO 3070 01:37:56,737 --> 01:37:57,037 BEGIN WITH. 3071 01:37:57,037 --> 01:37:58,138 -- THANK YOU. 3072 01:37:58,138 --> 01:37:58,405 -- CHAIR. 3073 01:37:58,405 --> 01:37:59,807 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3074 01:37:59,807 --> 01:38:02,509 ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES. 3075 01:38:02,509 --> 01:38:04,912 COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. 3076 01:38:04,912 --> 01:38:05,913 -- CHAIR THANK YOU. 3077 01:38:05,913 --> 01:38:07,681 -- I JUST WANTED YOU KNOW, WE'VE 3078 01:38:07,681 --> 01:38:08,649 HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSIONS 3079 01:38:08,649 --> 01:38:09,183 REGARDING THE TRADES AND 3080 01:38:09,183 --> 01:38:10,651 ENSURING THAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE 3081 01:38:10,651 --> 01:38:13,654 AVAILABLE AND ROBUST ACROSS THE 3082 01:38:13,654 --> 01:38:15,322 BOARD. AND WE HAD DISCUSSIONS 3083 01:38:15,322 --> 01:38:16,991 ABOUT WHAT TO INCLUDE. AND YOU 3084 01:38:16,991 --> 01:38:20,427 RIGHTLY KEPT IT TIGHT HERE IN 3085 01:38:20,427 --> 01:38:21,862 THE WRITING. SO THANK YOU FOR 3086 01:38:21,862 --> 01:38:25,065 THAT. AND IF POSSIBLE, I'D LIKE 3087 01:38:25,065 --> 01:38:28,702 TO BE A CO-SPONSOR. 3088 01:38:28,702 --> 01:38:30,137 -- OF COURSE, COUNCILMEMBER 3089 01:38:30,137 --> 01:38:31,805 KETTLE, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN 3090 01:38:31,805 --> 01:38:32,973 REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE TRADES 3091 01:38:32,973 --> 01:38:35,643 AS BOTH OUR PARENTS, BOTH OUR 3092 01:38:35,643 --> 01:38:37,044 DADS WERE IN THE TRADES. AND SO 3093 01:38:37,044 --> 01:38:39,179 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS 3094 01:38:39,179 --> 01:38:40,214 AS DEAR TO YOUR HEART AS IT IS 3095 01:38:40,214 --> 01:38:43,250 MINE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE 3096 01:38:43,250 --> 01:38:45,119 CO-SPONSORSHIP ALL RIGHT, 3097 01:38:45,119 --> 01:38:47,154 COLLEAGUES, THEN LET'S GO TO A 3098 01:38:47,154 --> 01:38:51,592 VOTE ON THIS AMENDMENT ALL 3099 01:38:51,592 --> 01:38:52,960 RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 3100 01:38:52,960 --> 01:38:54,929 CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF 3101 01:38:54,929 --> 01:38:57,865 AMENDMENT 13? 3102 01:38:57,865 --> 01:38:58,399 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3103 01:38:58,399 --> 01:38:59,934 -- AYE. 3104 01:38:59,934 --> 01:39:01,802 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 3105 01:39:01,802 --> 01:39:02,236 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3106 01:39:02,236 --> 01:39:03,370 -- YES. 3107 01:39:03,370 --> 01:39:07,741 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3108 01:39:07,741 --> 01:39:07,975 -- YES. 3109 01:39:07,975 --> 01:39:08,475 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I 3110 01:39:08,475 --> 01:39:09,810 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AYE. 3111 01:39:09,810 --> 01:39:12,079 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3112 01:39:12,079 --> 01:39:12,313 -- YES. 3113 01:39:12,313 --> 01:39:13,614 -- VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 3114 01:39:13,614 --> 01:39:14,481 YES. CHAIR RIVERA. AYE. CHAIR. 3115 01:39:14,481 --> 01:39:17,318 THERE ARE NINE IN FAVOR AND ZERO 3116 01:39:17,318 --> 01:39:17,584 OPPOSED. 3117 01:39:17,584 --> 01:39:18,519 -- THANK YOU. AND I ALSO SHOULD 3118 01:39:18,519 --> 01:39:20,354 HAVE SAID, COLLEAGUES, OUR LABOR 3119 01:39:20,354 --> 01:39:24,591 PARTNERS, I, I, I DIDN'T LIST 3120 01:39:24,591 --> 01:39:25,759 THEM AS A COLLABORATOR WHEN I 3121 01:39:25,759 --> 01:39:26,894 WAS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. AND I 3122 01:39:26,894 --> 01:39:29,096 SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT. SO I 3123 01:39:29,096 --> 01:39:31,699 WANTED TO MAKE SURE I SAID THAT 3124 01:39:31,699 --> 01:39:34,034 NOW. OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES AN 3125 01:39:34,034 --> 01:39:36,603 AMENDMENT 13 IS ADOPTED. SO LET 3126 01:39:36,603 --> 01:39:41,241 US GO. NOW, THE SECOND ONE, 3127 01:39:41,241 --> 01:39:46,413 AMENDMENT NUMBER 14, IS MY 3128 01:39:46,413 --> 01:39:48,182 AMENDMENT AS WELL. CENTRAL STAFF 3129 01:39:48,182 --> 01:39:50,384 SPOKE TO IT. SO I GUESS NOW I 3130 01:39:50,384 --> 01:39:52,019 WILL SPEAK TO IT AS WELL. 3131 01:39:52,019 --> 01:39:52,252 -- SO. 3132 01:39:52,252 --> 01:39:52,987 -- YOU. 3133 01:39:52,987 --> 01:39:53,554 -- NEED TO MOVE. YOU NEED. 3134 01:39:53,554 --> 01:39:55,055 -- TO MOVE. OH I NEED TO MOVE 3135 01:39:55,055 --> 01:39:59,159 IT. THANK YOU. CLERK ALL RIGHT. 3136 01:39:59,159 --> 01:40:01,095 I MOVE TO AMEND THE BILL AS 3137 01:40:01,095 --> 01:40:02,896 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 14. 3138 01:40:02,896 --> 01:40:03,864 -- SECOND. 3139 01:40:03,864 --> 01:40:06,467 -- THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED 3140 01:40:06,467 --> 01:40:09,303 AND SECONDED TO ADDRESS 3141 01:40:09,303 --> 01:40:10,704 AMENDMENT 14. I WILL GO AHEAD 3142 01:40:10,704 --> 01:40:13,207 AND SPEAK TO IT. COLLEAGUES. 3143 01:40:13,207 --> 01:40:15,743 BASICALLY, I HEARD I HEARD 3144 01:40:15,743 --> 01:40:19,413 FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS ABOUT THIS 3145 01:40:19,413 --> 01:40:21,048 COMPETITIVE PROCESSES. SO IN THE 3146 01:40:21,048 --> 01:40:23,350 LEVY ITSELF, IT TALKS ABOUT THE 3147 01:40:23,350 --> 01:40:25,953 FACT THAT WE NEED TO DO THINGS 3148 01:40:25,953 --> 01:40:27,688 VIA COMPETITIVE PROCESS 3149 01:40:27,688 --> 01:40:29,323 PROCESSES. AND I THINK WHEN THE 3150 01:40:29,323 --> 01:40:30,958 I WAS PUT TOGETHER, OUR FRIENDS 3151 01:40:30,958 --> 01:40:34,294 AT DEEL DIDN'T CALL OUT THAT 3152 01:40:34,294 --> 01:40:35,996 THE THE CYCLES OF WHICH THEY 3153 01:40:35,996 --> 01:40:37,264 WOULD DO RFP PROCESSES, BECAUSE 3154 01:40:37,264 --> 01:40:38,599 I THINK IN THEIR MINDS, THEY 3155 01:40:38,599 --> 01:40:41,435 ALREADY DO THAT. AND SO THEY 3156 01:40:41,435 --> 01:40:44,271 DIDN'T. IT WAS JUST A 3157 01:40:44,271 --> 01:40:47,174 INADVERTENT INADVERTENTLY, THEY 3158 01:40:47,174 --> 01:40:48,675 DIDN'T CALL IT OUT. SO I WANT 3159 01:40:48,675 --> 01:40:52,246 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE 3160 01:40:52,246 --> 01:40:54,982 ADDRESSING SOME CONCERNS FROM 3161 01:40:54,982 --> 01:40:56,016 EXTERNAL FOLKS. I WANTED TO MAKE 3162 01:40:56,016 --> 01:40:57,618 SURE THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT 3163 01:40:57,618 --> 01:41:01,188 THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING RFP 3164 01:41:01,188 --> 01:41:02,489 PROCESSES EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS, AS 3165 01:41:02,489 --> 01:41:04,558 IS THE STANDARD PRACTICE FOR RFP 3166 01:41:04,558 --> 01:41:05,459 PROCESSES, NOT JUST ACROSS THE 3167 01:41:05,459 --> 01:41:08,462 CITY BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 3168 01:41:08,462 --> 01:41:10,497 REALLY. SO THIS WAS JUST A 3169 01:41:10,497 --> 01:41:12,332 CLARIFICATION TO CLARIFY THAT 3170 01:41:12,332 --> 01:41:14,301 THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE DOING 3171 01:41:14,301 --> 01:41:15,969 COMPETITIVE PROCESSES ON THIS 2 3172 01:41:15,969 --> 01:41:18,372 TO 3 YEAR CYCLE AND A 2 TO 3, 3173 01:41:18,372 --> 01:41:19,473 BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS FIRST YEAR 3174 01:41:19,473 --> 01:41:21,041 AS A TRANSITION YEAR, AND 3175 01:41:21,041 --> 01:41:23,210 THAT'S WHY IT SHOWS UP AS A 2 3176 01:41:23,210 --> 01:41:25,112 TO 3, DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY 3177 01:41:25,112 --> 01:41:27,347 ACTUALLY DO THE RFP PROCESS, IF 3178 01:41:27,347 --> 01:41:30,918 THAT MAKES SENSE. HAPPY TO TAKE 3179 01:41:30,918 --> 01:41:33,053 ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3180 01:41:33,053 --> 01:41:35,989 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST WANT 3181 01:41:35,989 --> 01:41:37,057 TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND 3182 01:41:37,057 --> 01:41:38,926 BECAUSE I HEARD SOME PUBLIC 3183 01:41:38,926 --> 01:41:41,295 COMMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN 3184 01:41:41,295 --> 01:41:43,130 THINGS WERE ALREADY ON THIS 2 TO 3185 01:41:43,130 --> 01:41:46,600 3 YEAR CYCLE, BUT MAYBE OTHERS 3186 01:41:46,600 --> 01:41:48,969 WEREN'T. COULD YOU JUST KIND OF 3187 01:41:48,969 --> 01:41:50,037 CLARIFY THE INTENT THERE AND OR 3188 01:41:50,037 --> 01:41:51,805 ANY FEEDBACK YOU MIGHT HAVE 3189 01:41:51,805 --> 01:41:54,041 HEARD FROM DEAL OR. 3190 01:41:54,041 --> 01:41:56,076 -- YEAH. HAPPY TO COUNCILMEMBER 3191 01:41:56,076 --> 01:41:58,312 LIN. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW 3192 01:41:58,312 --> 01:41:59,079 EVERYTHING THE CITY DOES REALLY 3193 01:41:59,079 --> 01:42:01,682 HAS TO BE BY COMPETITIVE 3194 01:42:01,682 --> 01:42:04,384 PROCESSES. THERE IS A SEATTLE 3195 01:42:04,384 --> 01:42:07,754 MUNICIPAL CODE ALLOWANCE FOR A 3196 01:42:07,754 --> 01:42:10,891 DIRECT CONTRACT, A CONTRACT AND 3197 01:42:10,891 --> 01:42:13,694 IT'S VERY CLEARLY DELINEATED IN 3198 01:42:13,694 --> 01:42:17,898 THE SMC. IT HAS TO MEET THE SMC 3199 01:42:17,898 --> 01:42:19,099 REQUIREMENT TO BE A DIRECT 3200 01:42:19,099 --> 01:42:19,833 CONTRACT. AND USUALLY IT'S FOR 3201 01:42:19,833 --> 01:42:22,903 SOMETHING THAT ONLY THAT 3202 01:42:22,903 --> 01:42:25,739 ORGANIZATION CAN PROVIDE, AND 3203 01:42:25,739 --> 01:42:27,107 OTHERWISE IT HAS TO BE 3204 01:42:27,107 --> 01:42:28,242 COMPETITIVE PROCESS. SO WHAT 3205 01:42:28,242 --> 01:42:29,510 I'M TRYING TO SAY IS IN THE 3206 01:42:29,510 --> 01:42:31,345 SMC, THERE'S SOME ALLOWANCES IS 3207 01:42:31,345 --> 01:42:33,347 VERY CLEARLY DELINEATED. WHAT 3208 01:42:33,347 --> 01:42:36,550 THEY ARE. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY 3209 01:42:36,550 --> 01:42:39,353 THAT DEPARTMENTS CAN DO 3210 01:42:39,353 --> 01:42:39,887 NONCOMPETITIVE PROCESSES. 3211 01:42:39,887 --> 01:42:40,821 OTHERWISE THEY HAVE TO DO 3212 01:42:40,821 --> 01:42:43,924 EVERYTHING VIA COMPETITIVE 3213 01:42:43,924 --> 01:42:45,692 PROCESSES. AND THEN I THINK 3214 01:42:45,692 --> 01:42:47,394 IT'S IMPORTANT, AND I SHOULD 3215 01:42:47,394 --> 01:42:50,430 MENTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR 3216 01:42:50,430 --> 01:42:52,533 LEVY, FOR THE LAST LEVY, SOME OF 3217 01:42:52,533 --> 01:42:54,167 THE INVESTMENTS WERE DONE. THERE 3218 01:42:54,167 --> 01:42:56,770 WAS ONE COMPETITIVE PROCESS AT 3219 01:42:56,770 --> 01:42:58,772 THE BEGINNING. AND AND THEN MOST 3220 01:42:58,772 --> 01:42:59,840 ORGANIZATIONS WERE AWARDED FOR 3221 01:42:59,840 --> 01:43:02,176 THE LIFE OF THE LEVY. AND WE 3222 01:43:02,176 --> 01:43:04,177 WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 3223 01:43:04,177 --> 01:43:06,613 WEREN'T DOING THAT THIS TIME TO 3224 01:43:06,613 --> 01:43:08,916 ALLOW OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHER 3225 01:43:08,916 --> 01:43:10,551 FOLKS THAT WANTED TO APPLY, YOU 3226 01:43:10,551 --> 01:43:12,219 KNOW, FOR A FUTURE RFP IF THEY 3227 01:43:12,219 --> 01:43:14,388 DIDN'T WEREN'T SUCCESSFUL IN 3228 01:43:14,388 --> 01:43:15,489 THE FIRST RFP OR IF THEY 3229 01:43:15,489 --> 01:43:17,057 WEREN'T AROUND DURING THE FIRST 3230 01:43:17,057 --> 01:43:18,959 RFP. AND THERE WERE SOME NEW 3231 01:43:18,959 --> 01:43:20,527 ORGANIZATION PROVIDING SOME 3232 01:43:20,527 --> 01:43:21,929 GREAT TUTORING, FOR INSTANCE, 3233 01:43:21,929 --> 01:43:22,829 OR, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING 3234 01:43:22,829 --> 01:43:25,232 THAT THIS LEVY SUPPORTS THAT 3235 01:43:25,232 --> 01:43:27,434 THEY WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY 3236 01:43:27,434 --> 01:43:28,835 THERE TO BE AT THE MIDYEAR OF 3237 01:43:28,835 --> 01:43:30,470 THE SIX YEAR LEVY, AN 3238 01:43:30,470 --> 01:43:34,708 OPPORTUNITY FOR GROUPS TO 3239 01:43:34,708 --> 01:43:35,776 REAPPLY. AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN 3240 01:43:35,776 --> 01:43:37,277 IF THE GROUPS THAT WERE ALREADY 3241 01:43:37,277 --> 01:43:41,281 GETTING FUNDED IN THE FIRST RFP 3242 01:43:41,281 --> 01:43:43,016 COULD BE APPLIED FOR THE SECOND 3243 01:43:43,016 --> 01:43:45,752 RFP, BUT IT REALLY JUST GIVES 3244 01:43:45,752 --> 01:43:47,120 OPPORTUNITY TO OTHER GROUPS THAT 3245 01:43:47,120 --> 01:43:49,189 WOULD WANT TO APPLY AT THE MID 3246 01:43:49,189 --> 01:43:50,891 YEAR. AND IN THE LAST LEVY, THAT 3247 01:43:50,891 --> 01:43:54,695 WAS NOT ALLOWABLE, WHICH IS WHY 3248 01:43:54,695 --> 01:43:56,196 I UNDERSTAND WHEN SOME GROUPS 3249 01:43:56,196 --> 01:43:58,765 CAME TO CHAMBERS TO TALK ABOUT 3250 01:43:58,765 --> 01:44:00,267 THE RFP PROCESSES AND THE 3251 01:44:00,267 --> 01:44:01,401 CONCERNS ABOUT THE RFP 3252 01:44:01,401 --> 01:44:03,470 PROCESSES. SO I WANTED TO MAKE 3253 01:44:03,470 --> 01:44:03,971 IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE 3254 01:44:03,971 --> 01:44:05,439 DEPARTMENT WILL DO AN RFP 3255 01:44:05,439 --> 01:44:08,508 PROCESS AT THE MID YEAR AS WELL, 3256 01:44:08,508 --> 01:44:11,712 TO GIVE FOLKS OPPORTUNITY TO 3257 01:44:11,712 --> 01:44:17,751 APPLY AND I HOPE I, I, I 3258 01:44:17,751 --> 01:44:20,454 ANSWERED THAT I ARTICULATED THAT 3259 01:44:20,454 --> 01:44:20,954 WELL ENOUGH FOR YOU TO 3260 01:44:20,954 --> 01:44:22,522 UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEANT. 3261 01:44:22,522 --> 01:44:25,292 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3262 01:44:25,292 --> 01:44:27,160 -- YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 3263 01:44:27,160 --> 01:44:28,228 JUST BRIEFLY, I MEAN, I THINK IT 3264 01:44:28,228 --> 01:44:30,464 MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO, YOU 3265 01:44:30,464 --> 01:44:32,532 KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THESE RFP 3266 01:44:32,532 --> 01:44:36,069 PROCESSES AND THAT IT IS A LONG 3267 01:44:36,069 --> 01:44:38,071 LEVY. AND SO SORT OF A MID LEVY 3268 01:44:38,071 --> 01:44:43,610 CYCLE, IT SOUNDS LIKE I MEAN, I 3269 01:44:43,610 --> 01:44:44,645 THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT, 3270 01:44:44,645 --> 01:44:46,313 A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO 3271 01:44:46,313 --> 01:44:49,616 BIDDING FOR AN RFP. AND I ALSO 3272 01:44:49,616 --> 01:44:50,784 THINK THAT ORGANIZATIONS NEED TO 3273 01:44:50,784 --> 01:44:51,385 DO LONG RANGE PLANNING. SO I 3274 01:44:51,385 --> 01:44:53,086 THINK THERE'S ALWAYS A BALANCE 3275 01:44:53,086 --> 01:44:54,388 BETWEEN SORT OF THAT NEED FOR 3276 01:44:54,388 --> 01:44:58,692 LONG RANGE PLANNING. I THINK 3277 01:44:58,692 --> 01:45:00,327 THERE'S ALSO JUST A DIFFICULTY 3278 01:45:00,327 --> 01:45:02,229 OF SORT OF THE TIMING OF THOSE 3279 01:45:02,229 --> 01:45:03,430 RFPS AND HOW THEY LINE UP WITH 3280 01:45:03,430 --> 01:45:05,599 LIKE SCHOOL YEAR CYCLES AND OR. 3281 01:45:05,599 --> 01:45:08,301 SO. I WOULD HOPE THAT AS THIS IS 3282 01:45:08,301 --> 01:45:12,205 IMPLEMENTED, THAT DEAL WORKS 3283 01:45:12,205 --> 01:45:17,177 WITH OUR CBOS TO MAKE SURE THAT 3284 01:45:17,177 --> 01:45:17,944 THEY GIVE ENOUGH TIME AS PART OF 3285 01:45:17,944 --> 01:45:19,313 THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD IF 3286 01:45:19,313 --> 01:45:20,947 THEY ISSUE THE RFP OR THE AWARD, 3287 01:45:20,947 --> 01:45:23,216 AND THEN PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO 3288 01:45:23,216 --> 01:45:24,184 PIVOT IMMEDIATELY. THAT CREATES 3289 01:45:24,184 --> 01:45:25,986 A LOT OF TURMOIL. SO I HOPE AS 3290 01:45:25,986 --> 01:45:28,522 THIS IS IMPLEMENTED, THAT THAT 3291 01:45:28,522 --> 01:45:30,624 THEY ALLOW FOR ENOUGH SORT OF 3292 01:45:30,624 --> 01:45:33,727 LEAD TIME FOR PEOPLE TO PIVOT. 3293 01:45:33,727 --> 01:45:34,594 -- AGREED. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 3294 01:45:34,594 --> 01:45:36,563 WHICH IS WHY I WAS IT WAS 3295 01:45:36,563 --> 01:45:37,698 IMPORTANT TO ME TO INCLUDE IT IN 3296 01:45:37,698 --> 01:45:41,401 THE INE. SO IT WAS VERY CLEAR ON 3297 01:45:41,401 --> 01:45:44,037 THE ONSET, BEFORE EVEN ALL OF 3298 01:45:44,037 --> 01:45:45,972 THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED, IT WAS 3299 01:45:45,972 --> 01:45:48,375 CLEAR TO THE EXTERNAL COMMUNITY 3300 01:45:48,375 --> 01:45:49,409 GROUPS WHAT THE INTENT IS IN 3301 01:45:49,409 --> 01:45:51,478 TERMS OF THE RFP PROCESSES. AND 3302 01:45:51,478 --> 01:45:53,814 SO THAT THEY KNOW. AND SO EVEN 3303 01:45:53,814 --> 01:45:54,614 THOUGH THE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS 3304 01:45:54,614 --> 01:45:55,782 GOING TO BE THEIR INTENT ANYWAY, 3305 01:45:55,782 --> 01:45:59,953 IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THAT 3306 01:45:59,953 --> 01:46:00,487 LANGUAGE, THIS PARTICULAR 3307 01:46:00,487 --> 01:46:03,857 LANGUAGE, IS INCLUDED IN THE I N 3308 01:46:03,857 --> 01:46:05,392 E TO GIVE EVERYONE THAT 3309 01:46:05,392 --> 01:46:07,928 TRANSPARENCY, THAT LEVEL OF 3310 01:46:07,928 --> 01:46:09,363 TRANSPARENCY TO, TO ADDRESS THE 3311 01:46:09,363 --> 01:46:11,531 VERY THING YOU'RE RAISING. SO I 3312 01:46:11,531 --> 01:46:11,932 APPRECIATE THAT. 3313 01:46:11,932 --> 01:46:14,935 -- THANK YOU. 3314 01:46:14,935 --> 01:46:16,770 -- THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 3315 01:46:16,770 --> 01:46:18,972 COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY 3316 01:46:18,972 --> 01:46:21,074 COUNCILMEMBER? FOSTER 3317 01:46:21,074 --> 01:46:21,908 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 3318 01:46:21,908 --> 01:46:23,143 JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUICK 3319 01:46:23,143 --> 01:46:25,078 QUESTION ABOUT THIS. IT SAYS AS 3320 01:46:25,078 --> 01:46:26,413 I'M LOOKING AT IT, PLAN 3321 01:46:26,413 --> 01:46:28,014 COMPETITIVE PROCESSES ARE 3322 01:46:28,014 --> 01:46:30,350 OUTLINED IN TABLE THREE. AND SO 3323 01:46:30,350 --> 01:46:34,588 I, I READ THIS TO MEAN THAT FOR 3324 01:46:34,588 --> 01:46:36,456 THOSE PROCESSES THAT ARE ALREADY 3325 01:46:36,456 --> 01:46:38,492 GOING TO DO A COMPETITIVE 3326 01:46:38,492 --> 01:46:40,394 PROCESS, THAT THEY CAN HAPPEN NO 3327 01:46:40,394 --> 01:46:43,530 MORE FREQUENTLY THAN 2 TO 3 YEAR 3328 01:46:43,530 --> 01:46:45,065 CYCLES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 3329 01:46:45,065 --> 01:46:47,100 MAYBE TRACY OR JASMINE CAN MAKE 3330 01:46:47,100 --> 01:46:48,902 SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS 3331 01:46:48,902 --> 01:46:50,704 CORRECTLY. IS IT IS IT ENSURING 3332 01:46:50,704 --> 01:46:51,238 BASICALLY THAT WE HAVE A 3333 01:46:51,238 --> 01:46:52,939 MINIMUM, OR IS IT LIKE YOU HAVE 3334 01:46:52,939 --> 01:46:58,378 TO AT THAT PERIOD? 3335 01:46:58,378 --> 01:46:59,012 -- I SO YOU ARE CORRECT. THERE 3336 01:46:59,012 --> 01:47:01,615 IS A TABLE THAT TALKS ABOUT WHEN 3337 01:47:01,615 --> 01:47:02,783 WILL THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS BE 3338 01:47:02,783 --> 01:47:04,518 RFP. THIS LANGUAGE IS SAYING 3339 01:47:04,518 --> 01:47:06,319 THERE'S AN INTENT THAT IT WOULD 3340 01:47:06,319 --> 01:47:08,522 HAPPEN ON EVERY 2 TO 3 YEAR 3341 01:47:08,522 --> 01:47:11,324 PERIOD. IT WILL REQUIRE. IF IT 3342 01:47:11,324 --> 01:47:12,826 IS CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT IS IN 3343 01:47:12,826 --> 01:47:13,994 THE TABLE AS RFP, THEY WILL HAVE 3344 01:47:13,994 --> 01:47:15,595 TO COME BACK TO US EITHER 3345 01:47:15,595 --> 01:47:17,330 THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS OR 3346 01:47:17,330 --> 01:47:18,799 THROUGH A SEPARATE ORDINANCE TO 3347 01:47:18,799 --> 01:47:20,200 AUTHORIZE THAT RFP PROCESS. BUT 3348 01:47:20,200 --> 01:47:22,536 I THINK THE INTENT IS THAT THAT, 3349 01:47:22,536 --> 01:47:24,137 GENERALLY SPEAKING, FOR THOSE 3350 01:47:24,137 --> 01:47:24,738 INVESTMENTS THAT ARE LISTED, 3351 01:47:24,738 --> 01:47:25,872 THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE. THEY 3352 01:47:25,872 --> 01:47:27,073 WOULD TRY TO DO IT ON A 2 TO 3 3353 01:47:27,073 --> 01:47:28,141 YEAR PERIOD, BUT THEY'RE CLEARLY 3354 01:47:28,141 --> 01:47:28,809 GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO US 3355 01:47:28,809 --> 01:47:30,410 FOR THE ONES WHERE WE ACTUALLY 3356 01:47:30,410 --> 01:47:31,545 HAVE LISTED WHAT THE RFP DATES 3357 01:47:31,545 --> 01:47:33,046 ARE, BECAUSE YOU ARE CORRECT, 3358 01:47:33,046 --> 01:47:34,114 THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE LISTED 3359 01:47:34,114 --> 01:47:35,382 THERE AND FRANKLY, SOME THAT ARE 3360 01:47:35,382 --> 01:47:37,784 LISTED IN 28 AND 29 THAT YOU'RE 3361 01:47:37,784 --> 01:47:40,187 NOT GOING TO SEE A PROBABLY 3362 01:47:40,187 --> 01:47:42,289 ANOTHER RFP BECAUSE IT'S SO 3363 01:47:42,289 --> 01:47:46,393 LATE IN THE IN THE LEVY FUNDING. 3364 01:47:46,393 --> 01:47:47,127 PROCESS. 3365 01:47:47,127 --> 01:47:47,761 -- YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3366 01:47:47,761 --> 01:47:49,763 AND THAT THANK YOU. TRACY. THIS 3367 01:47:49,763 --> 01:47:54,067 IS WHY IT'S LEFT ON THIS 2 TO 3 3368 01:47:54,067 --> 01:47:54,768 YEAR TERM CYCLE. I WILL ALSO 3369 01:47:54,768 --> 01:47:55,869 SAY, AND WE HAVEN'T TALKED 3370 01:47:55,869 --> 01:47:58,672 ABOUT THIS PART, THAT THE 3371 01:47:58,672 --> 01:47:59,773 DEPARTMENTS DO YEARLY CONTRACTS, 3372 01:47:59,773 --> 01:48:02,075 EVEN WHEN THEY AWARD FOR A TWO 3373 01:48:02,075 --> 01:48:02,976 YEAR AWARD OR A THREE YEAR 3374 01:48:02,976 --> 01:48:05,879 AWARD, THEY STILL HAVE TO DO 3375 01:48:05,879 --> 01:48:07,914 LEGALLY CONTRACTS ANNUALLY. AND 3376 01:48:07,914 --> 01:48:10,650 AT THAT POINT, THEY CAN RESET 3377 01:48:10,650 --> 01:48:12,552 THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACTS IN 3378 01:48:12,552 --> 01:48:13,520 TERMS OF OUTCOMES, WHETHER OR 3379 01:48:13,520 --> 01:48:15,822 NOT THEY MET THOSE OUTCOMES OR 3380 01:48:15,822 --> 01:48:18,191 THINGS NEED. IF THEY NEED TO 3381 01:48:18,191 --> 01:48:19,960 REQUIRE SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN 3382 01:48:19,960 --> 01:48:23,530 ORDER TO HELP MEET THE OUTCOMES. 3383 01:48:23,530 --> 01:48:24,698 SO, YOU KNOW. 3384 01:48:24,698 --> 01:48:25,932 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHAIR. 3385 01:48:25,932 --> 01:48:28,301 AND I AND I, EXCUSE ME, I, THIS 3386 01:48:28,301 --> 01:48:29,603 IS IMPORTANT TO ME AND I 3387 01:48:29,603 --> 01:48:30,270 APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE TO YOU 3388 01:48:30,270 --> 01:48:31,404 AS WELL. AND I'LL JUST SAY FOR 3389 01:48:31,404 --> 01:48:33,673 ME, BECAUSE I WORKED IN 3390 01:48:33,673 --> 01:48:35,242 PHILANTHROPY PRIOR AND WE ALWAYS 3391 01:48:35,242 --> 01:48:36,977 MADE AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE WHEN 3392 01:48:36,977 --> 01:48:38,378 WE COULD BECAUSE WE COULDN'T 3393 01:48:38,378 --> 01:48:40,013 ALWAYS JUST THE SAME WAY THE 3394 01:48:40,013 --> 01:48:41,948 CITY CAN'T ALWAYS. THESE LONGER 3395 01:48:41,948 --> 01:48:44,451 TERM GRANTS TO GIVE THAT 3396 01:48:44,451 --> 01:48:46,119 STABILITY TO ORGANIZATIONS AND 3397 01:48:46,119 --> 01:48:47,621 THEN BALANCE THAT WITH THE NEED 3398 01:48:47,621 --> 01:48:49,489 TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES IF WE 3399 01:48:49,489 --> 01:48:50,190 NEED TO, BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO 3400 01:48:50,190 --> 01:48:52,259 GET TO A PARTICULAR OUTCOME. SO 3401 01:48:52,259 --> 01:48:55,262 I, I UNDERSTAND THIS AMENDMENT 3402 01:48:55,262 --> 01:48:56,429 TO BE SAYING YOU CAN'T LIKE, YOU 3403 01:48:56,429 --> 01:48:58,565 KNOW, NO MORE THAN 2 TO 3 OR, 3404 01:48:58,565 --> 01:48:59,633 EXCUSE ME, NO FEWER THAN 2 TO 3 3405 01:48:59,633 --> 01:49:01,301 YEARS. SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING 3406 01:49:01,301 --> 01:49:02,569 IT TODAY. AND THEN CHAIR, I'LL 3407 01:49:02,569 --> 01:49:04,938 JUST FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AFTER TO 3408 01:49:04,938 --> 01:49:06,439 DISCUSS THE NUANCE HERE. AND I 3409 01:49:06,439 --> 01:49:07,040 APPRECIATE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3410 01:49:07,040 --> 01:49:07,841 LIN, FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS FOR 3411 01:49:07,841 --> 01:49:10,644 OUR ATTENTION. 3412 01:49:10,644 --> 01:49:11,244 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 3413 01:49:11,244 --> 01:49:12,479 FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, 3414 01:49:12,479 --> 01:49:13,346 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 3415 01:49:13,346 --> 01:49:15,148 -- THANK YOU. QUESTION FOR 3416 01:49:15,148 --> 01:49:16,416 CENTRAL STAFF. SORRY IF I'M A 3417 01:49:16,416 --> 01:49:18,785 LITTLE DENSE AND THIS HAS BEEN 3418 01:49:18,785 --> 01:49:20,587 ASKED AND ANSWERED A NUMBER OF 3419 01:49:20,587 --> 01:49:22,355 TIMES, WHAT HAS BEEN AND WHAT IS 3420 01:49:22,355 --> 01:49:27,661 OUR CURRENT PRACTICE FOR RFPS? 3421 01:49:27,661 --> 01:49:30,163 -- I THINK IT DOES. YEAH. 3422 01:49:30,163 --> 01:49:31,598 -- SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT 3423 01:49:31,598 --> 01:49:33,366 IT VARIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY 3424 01:49:33,366 --> 01:49:34,467 DEPENDING ON THE DEPARTMENT. I, 3425 01:49:34,467 --> 01:49:39,306 BILL LEVY, FOR THIS LEVY. IN THE 3426 01:49:39,306 --> 01:49:41,608 PAST PRACTICE IN 2018. MY 3427 01:49:41,608 --> 01:49:45,111 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE HAD 3428 01:49:45,111 --> 01:49:45,712 DEPEND ON THE INVESTMENT FOR 3429 01:49:45,712 --> 01:49:46,947 SCHOOL BASED INVESTMENTS. THERE 3430 01:49:46,947 --> 01:49:48,949 WAS ONE RFP PROCESS THAT LASTED 3431 01:49:48,949 --> 01:49:52,018 FOR THE LIFE OF THE LEVY. 3432 01:49:52,018 --> 01:49:52,385 -- OKAY. 3433 01:49:52,385 --> 01:49:54,454 -- AND SO THIS IS A MORE 3434 01:49:54,454 --> 01:49:56,656 FREQUENT RFP PROCESS. 3435 01:49:56,656 --> 01:49:56,890 -- YES. 3436 01:49:56,890 --> 01:49:57,257 -- THANK YOU. 3437 01:49:57,257 --> 01:49:59,025 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3438 01:49:59,025 --> 01:50:00,660 STRAUSS. AND I WILL SAY THE 3439 01:50:00,660 --> 01:50:02,762 REASON FOR THAT, AS WELL AS THE 3440 01:50:02,762 --> 01:50:06,533 LAST LEVY, WAS SEVEN YEARS. AND 3441 01:50:06,533 --> 01:50:08,134 WHEN YOU AWARD ONE ORGANIZATION 3442 01:50:08,134 --> 01:50:09,703 FOR SEVEN YEARS, I UNDERSTAND 3443 01:50:09,703 --> 01:50:11,004 THE STABILITY PIECE. BUT THEN 3444 01:50:11,004 --> 01:50:12,973 ALSO IT DIDN'T GIVE OPPORTUNITY. 3445 01:50:12,973 --> 01:50:16,643 AND I THINK YOU HEARD THAT IN 3446 01:50:16,643 --> 01:50:17,277 CHAMBERS FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 3447 01:50:17,277 --> 01:50:21,081 TO BE ABLE TO AND PROVIDERS TO 3448 01:50:21,081 --> 01:50:23,550 BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A FUTURE 3449 01:50:23,550 --> 01:50:25,919 OPPORTUNITY. SO THEN IT WAS JUST 3450 01:50:25,919 --> 01:50:26,920 THAT'S ALL. AND NOW WITH A 3451 01:50:26,920 --> 01:50:28,688 TRANSITION YEAR, THAT MEANS ALL 3452 01:50:28,688 --> 01:50:30,790 OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND 3453 01:50:30,790 --> 01:50:32,392 PROVIDERS GOT EIGHT YEARS WORTH 3454 01:50:32,392 --> 01:50:36,563 OF, OF, OF LEVY FUNDING. AND IT 3455 01:50:36,563 --> 01:50:40,000 DIDN'T GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR 3456 01:50:40,000 --> 01:50:40,500 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND 3457 01:50:40,500 --> 01:50:42,435 PROVIDERS WHO WANTED TO APPLY. 3458 01:50:42,435 --> 01:50:44,004 MAYBE THEY WEREN'T EVEN READY 3459 01:50:44,004 --> 01:50:47,273 AT THIS GO ROUND, BUT WITH A 3460 01:50:47,273 --> 01:50:49,242 FUTURE RFP, THEY COULD BE. AND 3461 01:50:49,242 --> 01:50:51,978 HERE'S THE THING. AND THE 3462 01:50:51,978 --> 01:50:52,846 REALITY IS THAT PARTICULARLY IN 3463 01:50:52,846 --> 01:50:54,948 THE K THROUGH 12 SPACE, WE 3464 01:50:54,948 --> 01:50:56,883 DIDN'T GET THE OUTCOMES THAT WE 3465 01:50:56,883 --> 01:50:59,452 WANTED TO SEE WITH THE 2018 3466 01:50:59,452 --> 01:51:01,554 LEVY. THAT'S JUST A FACT. AND 3467 01:51:01,554 --> 01:51:03,590 SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 3468 01:51:03,590 --> 01:51:05,925 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. LIKE I SAID 3469 01:51:05,925 --> 01:51:08,995 EARLIER, IF THERE IS AN OFFERING 3470 01:51:08,995 --> 01:51:10,130 THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE NOW, WHEN 3471 01:51:10,130 --> 01:51:12,298 THEY DO THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT 3472 01:51:12,298 --> 01:51:15,435 YEAR'S RFP, BUT THERE WOULD BE 3473 01:51:15,435 --> 01:51:18,204 AVAILABLE AT THE 2 OR 3 YEAR 3474 01:51:18,204 --> 01:51:21,608 MARK THAT THAT OPPORTUNITY COULD 3475 01:51:21,608 --> 01:51:24,077 BE COMPETITIVE FOR ANOTHER ROUND 3476 01:51:24,077 --> 01:51:25,078 OF RFP. SO COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 3477 01:51:25,078 --> 01:51:26,880 YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS A BALANCE, 3478 01:51:26,880 --> 01:51:29,215 AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT 3479 01:51:29,215 --> 01:51:30,984 SOMEONE WHO GETS WHO APPLIES FOR 3480 01:51:30,984 --> 01:51:32,285 AN RFP NOW AND GETS AWARDED 3481 01:51:32,285 --> 01:51:33,720 DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WOULD BE 3482 01:51:33,720 --> 01:51:35,822 SUCCESSFUL IF THEY HAVE TO 3483 01:51:35,822 --> 01:51:38,024 REAPPLY FOR AN RFP. YOU KNOW, IN 3484 01:51:38,024 --> 01:51:39,859 THE 2 TO 3 YEAR MARK. BUT IT 3485 01:51:39,859 --> 01:51:43,797 DOES MEAN IT GIVES MORE 3486 01:51:43,797 --> 01:51:45,932 OPPORTUNITY TO SOME OTHER GROUPS 3487 01:51:45,932 --> 01:51:47,434 THAT WERE EITHER UNSUCCESSFUL OR 3488 01:51:47,434 --> 01:51:48,868 NOT READY TO APPLY FOR THE 3489 01:51:48,868 --> 01:51:50,336 INITIAL RFP. SO IT'S A BALANCING 3490 01:51:50,336 --> 01:51:52,772 ACT, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS 3491 01:51:52,772 --> 01:51:54,074 STRIKING. BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE 3492 01:51:54,074 --> 01:51:59,079 IT WAS DEAL THE LAST TIME BASED 3493 01:51:59,079 --> 01:52:02,382 ON PAST PRACTICE. THIS IS WHAT 3494 01:52:02,382 --> 01:52:04,384 MAKES MOST SENSE TO DO NOW. AND 3495 01:52:04,384 --> 01:52:06,753 THEN WE'LL KEEP MONITORING IT 3496 01:52:06,753 --> 01:52:08,521 AND WE WILL KNOW AND DEAL WILL 3497 01:52:08,521 --> 01:52:11,991 COME BACK TO US WHEN THEY'RE 3498 01:52:11,991 --> 01:52:14,094 THEY'LL THEY WILL KEEP US 3499 01:52:14,094 --> 01:52:15,562 UPDATED AND INFORMED ON THE RFP 3500 01:52:15,562 --> 01:52:18,231 PROCESSES. AS TRACY HAS 3501 01:52:18,231 --> 01:52:24,037 DELINEATED ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER 3502 01:52:24,037 --> 01:52:24,804 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS THAT A 3503 01:52:24,804 --> 01:52:25,071 NEW HAND? 3504 01:52:25,071 --> 01:52:26,639 -- NOPE. 3505 01:52:26,639 --> 01:52:29,442 -- OKAY. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT 3506 01:52:29,442 --> 01:52:30,777 LEAD. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER 3507 01:52:30,777 --> 01:52:33,313 HANDS, COLLEAGUES. SO WHY DON'T 3508 01:52:33,313 --> 01:52:35,482 WE TAKE A VOTE? CLERK CAN YOU 3509 01:52:35,482 --> 01:52:36,716 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 3510 01:52:36,716 --> 01:52:41,254 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT 14. 3511 01:52:41,254 --> 01:52:41,788 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 3512 01:52:41,788 --> 01:52:42,355 -- AYE. 3513 01:52:42,355 --> 01:52:43,990 -- COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. 3514 01:52:43,990 --> 01:52:47,393 -- AYE. 3515 01:52:47,393 --> 01:52:47,927 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3516 01:52:47,927 --> 01:52:50,630 -- YES. 3517 01:52:50,630 --> 01:52:51,131 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 3518 01:52:51,131 --> 01:52:52,799 -- YES. 3519 01:52:52,799 --> 01:52:53,600 -- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. 3520 01:52:53,600 --> 01:52:54,934 -- AYE. 3521 01:52:54,934 --> 01:52:58,037 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE. 3522 01:52:58,037 --> 01:52:58,838 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3523 01:52:58,838 --> 01:52:59,639 -- YES. 3524 01:52:59,639 --> 01:53:01,908 -- VICE CHAIR. HOLLINGSWORTH. 3525 01:53:01,908 --> 01:53:02,142 -- YES. 3526 01:53:02,142 --> 01:53:03,343 -- CHAIR RIVERA. 3527 01:53:03,343 --> 01:53:03,576 -- AYE. 3528 01:53:03,576 --> 01:53:04,344 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE NINE IN 3529 01:53:04,344 --> 01:53:06,346 FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. 3530 01:53:06,346 --> 01:53:08,214 -- THE MOTION CARRIES AN 3531 01:53:08,214 --> 01:53:11,651 AMENDMENT 14 IS ADOPTED ARE 3532 01:53:11,651 --> 01:53:12,886 THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE 3533 01:53:12,886 --> 01:53:18,792 BILL AS AMENDED, COLLEAGUES. AND 3534 01:53:18,792 --> 01:53:19,759 COLLEAGUES, I'LL SAY IF YOU 3535 01:53:19,759 --> 01:53:20,493 HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY IN GENERAL, 3536 01:53:20,493 --> 01:53:23,530 I THINK THIS IS A A GOOD SPOT TO 3537 01:53:23,530 --> 01:53:28,701 DO THAT. OH, TRACY. I THINK. 3538 01:53:28,701 --> 01:53:29,035 -- THERE'S 3539 01:53:29,035 --> 01:53:29,369 -- [LAUGHTER] 3540 01:53:29,369 --> 01:53:29,802 -- TWO AMENDMENTS. 3541 01:53:29,802 --> 01:53:30,336 -- APOLOGIES APOLOGIES. 3542 01:53:30,336 --> 01:53:31,437 -- IT SAID REPEAT AMENDMENT. 3543 01:53:31,437 --> 01:53:32,972 -- MOTION FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES TO 3544 01:53:32,972 --> 01:53:33,673 SPEAK UP, NOT WANTING TO SPEAK. 3545 01:53:33,673 --> 01:53:34,007 -- [LAUGHTER] 3546 01:53:34,007 --> 01:53:38,244 -- FOR THEM SORRY, 3547 01:53:38,244 --> 01:53:39,646 COUNCILMEMBER, WHAT CAN YOU SAY? 3548 01:53:39,646 --> 01:53:40,880 THE NEXT AMENDMENT. SORRY. 3549 01:53:40,880 --> 01:53:41,948 -- IT WOULD BE IF YOU WANTED TO 3550 01:53:41,948 --> 01:53:43,516 DO NUMERICAL ORDER WOULD BE 3551 01:53:43,516 --> 01:53:44,884 AMENDMENTS FOR FOUR MEMBER. 3552 01:53:44,884 --> 01:53:46,953 FOSTER IS THE PRIME AND 3553 01:53:46,953 --> 01:53:48,755 AMENDMENT 6 COUNCILMEMBER 3554 01:53:48,755 --> 01:53:50,523 HOLLINGSWORTH. OKAY. AND I CAN 3555 01:53:50,523 --> 01:53:51,991 DESCRIBE THE CHANGES. SO THERE 3556 01:53:51,991 --> 01:53:53,359 ARE TWO NEW VERSIONS TO BOTH OF 3557 01:53:53,359 --> 01:53:55,028 THOSE AMENDMENTS. AND THE 3558 01:53:55,028 --> 01:53:55,862 CHANGES ARE IDENTICAL IN BOTH 3559 01:53:55,862 --> 01:53:58,264 BILLS OR IN BOTH AMENDMENTS. SO 3560 01:53:58,264 --> 01:54:00,200 WE MOVE. 3561 01:54:00,200 --> 01:54:00,767 -- THAT FIRST AMENDMENT FOR 3562 01:54:00,767 --> 01:54:02,335 SHOULD WE MOVE TO HAVE 3563 01:54:02,335 --> 01:54:03,036 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER MOVE 3564 01:54:03,036 --> 01:54:03,803 AMENDMENT FOUR. AND THEN YOU CAN 3565 01:54:03,803 --> 01:54:05,838 SPEAK TO IT. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 3566 01:54:05,838 --> 01:54:07,674 FOSTER YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 3567 01:54:07,674 --> 01:54:08,474 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 3568 01:54:08,474 --> 01:54:09,776 I'D LIKE TO MOVE AMENDMENT 3569 01:54:09,776 --> 01:54:11,544 FOUR, VERSION TWO. DO I HAVE A 3570 01:54:11,544 --> 01:54:11,778 SECOND? 3571 01:54:11,778 --> 01:54:13,947 -- SECOND. 3572 01:54:13,947 --> 01:54:16,115 -- IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 3573 01:54:16,115 --> 01:54:18,985 SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL AS 3574 01:54:18,985 --> 01:54:21,354 PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT FOUR, 3575 01:54:21,354 --> 01:54:23,089 CENTRAL STAFF. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED 3576 01:54:23,089 --> 01:54:24,724 TO REVIEW IT AND THEN 3577 01:54:24,724 --> 01:54:25,325 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER I'LL 3578 01:54:25,325 --> 01:54:27,760 RECOGNIZE YOU TO SPEAK TO IT. 3579 01:54:27,760 --> 01:54:30,096 -- SO I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO THE 3580 01:54:30,096 --> 01:54:31,164 CHANGE OF AMENDMENT 4 BECAUSE 3581 01:54:31,164 --> 01:54:32,432 JASMINE HANDLED IT. THE BULK OF 3582 01:54:32,432 --> 01:54:34,467 IT, THE CHANGE THAT IS HAPPENING 3583 01:54:34,467 --> 01:54:37,070 IN BOTH AMENDMENT 4 AND SIX ARE 3584 01:54:37,070 --> 01:54:38,938 IDENTICAL. THESE ARE THE TWO 3585 01:54:38,938 --> 01:54:40,773 AMENDMENTS THAT ESTABLISH A NEW 3586 01:54:40,773 --> 01:54:42,141 A NEW FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 3587 01:54:42,141 --> 01:54:44,844 IN THE PRIOR VERSION, WE 3588 01:54:44,844 --> 01:54:45,478 ACTUALLY HAD ATTACHED THE MONEY 3589 01:54:45,478 --> 01:54:46,145 TO AN EXISTING PROGRAM, THE 3590 01:54:46,145 --> 01:54:47,547 HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS 3591 01:54:47,547 --> 01:54:50,650 PROGRAM, AND IN THE AMENDMENT 3592 01:54:50,650 --> 01:54:51,284 VERSION TWO FOR FOUR AND SIX, WE 3593 01:54:51,284 --> 01:54:53,086 ACTUALLY ESTABLISH A NEW PROGRAM 3594 01:54:53,086 --> 01:54:56,256 LINE CALLED THE FOOD ASSISTANCE 3595 01:54:56,256 --> 01:54:58,858 PROGRAM. IN ADDITION, WE 3596 01:54:58,858 --> 01:54:59,459 ESTABLISHED SEPARATE OUTCOMES 3597 01:54:59,459 --> 01:55:01,361 AND REPORTING ELEMENTS, AS WELL 3598 01:55:01,361 --> 01:55:03,096 AS SERVICE TARGETS FOR THAT NEW 3599 01:55:03,096 --> 01:55:03,997 PROGRAM. WE MAKE IT CLEAR THAT 3600 01:55:03,997 --> 01:55:05,865 IT'S FOR STUDENTS FROM LOW 3601 01:55:05,865 --> 01:55:07,934 INCOME FAMILIES TO SUPPORT FOOD 3602 01:55:07,934 --> 01:55:09,335 PURCHASES OVER WEEKENDS AND 3603 01:55:09,335 --> 01:55:10,904 SCHOOL BREAKS, EXCLUDING SUMMER. 3604 01:55:10,904 --> 01:55:13,506 AND IT ALSO AUTHORIZES THE 3605 01:55:13,506 --> 01:55:15,174 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND 3606 01:55:15,174 --> 01:55:16,476 EARLY LEARNING DIRECTOR TO DO A 3607 01:55:16,476 --> 01:55:19,112 DIRECT AWARD OF FUNDS AS 3608 01:55:19,112 --> 01:55:19,712 PERMITTED UNDER THE ORIGINAL 3609 01:55:19,712 --> 01:55:22,315 LEVY AUTHORIZING ORDINANCE AND 3610 01:55:22,315 --> 01:55:23,850 THE REASON FOR THAT AUTHORITY IS 3611 01:55:23,850 --> 01:55:27,754 THERE IS A CBO COMMUNITY BASED 3612 01:55:27,754 --> 01:55:28,688 ORGANIZATION CALLED ALLIANCE FOR 3613 01:55:28,688 --> 01:55:29,289 EDUCATION THAT ALREADY WORKS 3614 01:55:29,289 --> 01:55:30,623 WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO 3615 01:55:30,623 --> 01:55:33,359 PROVIDE VOUCHERS FOR STUDENTS 3616 01:55:33,359 --> 01:55:34,360 FOR FOOD. AND SO THEY WANT THE 3617 01:55:34,360 --> 01:55:35,762 FLEXIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO 3618 01:55:35,762 --> 01:55:38,164 CONTRACT WITH AN EXISTING CBO 3619 01:55:38,164 --> 01:55:40,066 FOR THE PURPOSES OF EFFICIENCY. 3620 01:55:40,066 --> 01:55:41,567 AND THOSE ARE THE CHANGES TO 3621 01:55:41,567 --> 01:55:43,102 BOTH AMENDMENT 4 AND AMENDMENT 3622 01:55:43,102 --> 01:55:43,269 6. 3623 01:55:43,269 --> 01:55:45,538 -- THANK YOU. TRACY 3624 01:55:45,538 --> 01:55:46,239 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU ARE 3625 01:55:46,239 --> 01:55:48,441 RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR 3626 01:55:48,441 --> 01:55:48,775 AMENDMENT 4. 3627 01:55:48,775 --> 01:55:49,409 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. SO 3628 01:55:49,409 --> 01:55:50,643 AS I DID IN THE PREVIOUS 3629 01:55:50,643 --> 01:55:52,412 COMMITTEE, I'M GOING TO SPEAK 3630 01:55:52,412 --> 01:55:54,280 FIRST TO AMENDMENT 4 IN TERMS OF 3631 01:55:54,280 --> 01:55:56,716 THE VOUCHER COMPONENT, AND THEN 3632 01:55:56,716 --> 01:55:58,651 I WILL HOLD MY COMMENTS IN TERMS 3633 01:55:58,651 --> 01:55:59,585 OF OUR INVESTMENTS IN FOOD 3634 01:55:59,585 --> 01:56:01,521 SECURITY FOR OUR DISCUSSION ON 3635 01:56:01,521 --> 01:56:02,322 AMENDMENT 6. SO, COLLEAGUES, I 3636 01:56:02,322 --> 01:56:03,623 WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF 3637 01:56:03,623 --> 01:56:05,024 BACKGROUND FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, 3638 01:56:05,024 --> 01:56:07,493 AND I BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED THIS 3639 01:56:07,493 --> 01:56:08,795 CONTEXT FROM CENTRAL STAFF. BUT 3640 01:56:08,795 --> 01:56:11,531 AS WE ALL KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO 3641 01:56:11,531 --> 01:56:12,131 HAVE SIGNIFICANT NEED IN OUR 3642 01:56:12,131 --> 01:56:14,767 CITY FOR INVESTMENTS INTO 3643 01:56:14,767 --> 01:56:15,868 PRESCHOOL AND A LOT OF DEMAND 3644 01:56:15,868 --> 01:56:17,637 FOR ACCESS TO THE SEATTLE 3645 01:56:17,637 --> 01:56:20,406 PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. THIS 3646 01:56:20,406 --> 01:56:22,375 AMENDMENT IS IN IN ITS 3647 01:56:22,375 --> 01:56:25,411 STRUCTURAL CHANGE IS DESIGNED TO 3648 01:56:25,411 --> 01:56:26,579 ALLOW ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION 3649 01:56:26,579 --> 01:56:27,980 FOR DEAL. WHEN IT COMES TO HOW 3650 01:56:27,980 --> 01:56:30,383 THEY MIGHT DEPLOY A VOUCHER 3651 01:56:30,383 --> 01:56:32,185 PILOT PROGRAM, AND I TYPICALLY 3652 01:56:32,185 --> 01:56:33,152 DON'T READ FROM MY EMAILS, BUT 3653 01:56:33,152 --> 01:56:34,620 I'M GOING TO DO THAT AGAIN 3654 01:56:34,620 --> 01:56:37,390 TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO PROVIDE 3655 01:56:37,390 --> 01:56:37,857 SOME REALLY IMPORTANT 3656 01:56:37,857 --> 01:56:40,326 INFORMATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE 3657 01:56:40,326 --> 01:56:43,096 EXISTING WAITLIST. AND THAT'S 3658 01:56:43,096 --> 01:56:44,397 WHAT THIS AMENDMENT WOULD MODIFY 3659 01:56:44,397 --> 01:56:46,232 IN THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT, AS 3660 01:56:46,232 --> 01:56:47,734 WELL AS WHERE IT SENDS THE 3661 01:56:47,734 --> 01:56:49,335 DOLLARS ORIGINALLY. SO WHEN IT 3662 01:56:49,335 --> 01:56:50,570 COMES TO THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL 3663 01:56:50,570 --> 01:56:52,872 PROGRAM, BECAUSE THE PRESCHOOL 3664 01:56:52,872 --> 01:56:53,439 PROGRAM ALREADY PRIORITIZES 3665 01:56:53,439 --> 01:56:54,741 ENROLLMENT BASED ON FACTORS SUCH 3666 01:56:54,741 --> 01:56:57,210 AS HOUSING INSTABILITY, AGE, AND 3667 01:56:57,210 --> 01:56:57,777 DEVELOPMENTAL NEED, INCOME, 3668 01:56:57,777 --> 01:56:59,178 FAMILY STRUCTURE, AND ENGLISH 3669 01:56:59,178 --> 01:57:00,880 LANGUAGE LEARNERS, CHILDREN WHO 3670 01:57:00,880 --> 01:57:02,682 ARE ON A WAITLIST FOR SBP 3671 01:57:02,682 --> 01:57:05,218 CLASSROOMS TEND TO BE YOUNGER, 3672 01:57:05,218 --> 01:57:08,087 MIDDLE TO HIGHER INCOME AND OR 3673 01:57:08,087 --> 01:57:09,222 ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPEAKERS. AS OF 3674 01:57:09,222 --> 01:57:11,391 MARCH 2026, THERE WERE 420 3675 01:57:11,391 --> 01:57:13,826 DUPLICATED CHILDREN, NOT 3676 01:57:13,826 --> 01:57:14,460 DEDUPLICATED DUPLICATED CHILDREN 3677 01:57:14,460 --> 01:57:16,996 ON THE WAITLIST FOR A DEAL 3678 01:57:16,996 --> 01:57:18,498 SELECTED SBP CITE. THAT FIGURE 3679 01:57:18,498 --> 01:57:20,066 IS AN OVERESTIMATE OF NEED 3680 01:57:20,066 --> 01:57:21,100 BECAUSE CHILDREN CAN BE ON A 3681 01:57:21,100 --> 01:57:22,835 WAITLIST AT MULTIPLE SITES AND 3682 01:57:22,835 --> 01:57:24,504 IN MULTIPLE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AT 3683 01:57:24,504 --> 01:57:26,038 THE SAME TIME. CHILDREN CAN ALSO 3684 01:57:26,038 --> 01:57:27,573 BE ON A WAITLIST IF THEY ARE 3685 01:57:27,573 --> 01:57:30,510 ACTIVELY ENROLLED AND 3686 01:57:30,510 --> 01:57:31,010 PARTICIPATING IN AN SBP 3687 01:57:31,010 --> 01:57:35,014 CLASSROOM. SO AMONG THE 420 3688 01:57:35,014 --> 01:57:36,149 CHILDREN ON AN SEATTLE PRESCHOOL 3689 01:57:36,149 --> 01:57:37,517 PROGRAM CLASSROOM WAITLIST IN 3690 01:57:37,517 --> 01:57:39,218 MARCH, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE 3691 01:57:39,218 --> 01:57:41,320 SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT 3692 01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:43,489 DEMOGRAPHIC FOR THOSE 420 3693 01:57:43,489 --> 01:57:45,191 CHILDREN, 46% OF THEM, OR 195, 3694 01:57:45,191 --> 01:57:47,326 WERE ALREADY BEING SERVED BY 3695 01:57:47,326 --> 01:57:48,594 ANOTHER SBP PROGRAM WHILE 3696 01:57:48,594 --> 01:57:49,829 WAITING TO GET OFF THE WAITLIST 3697 01:57:49,829 --> 01:57:55,234 AT THEIR PREFERRED LOCATION, 34% 3698 01:57:55,234 --> 01:57:56,969 OR 143 PEOPLE DECLINED OFFERS OF 3699 01:57:56,969 --> 01:57:59,572 PLACEMENT IN AN SBP CLASSROOM, 3700 01:57:59,572 --> 01:58:02,642 20% OR 82 PEOPLE DID NOT YET 3701 01:58:02,642 --> 01:58:04,844 RECEIVE A PLACEMENT OFFER IN AN 3702 01:58:04,844 --> 01:58:05,478 SBP CLASSROOM, AND I JUST WANT 3703 01:58:05,478 --> 01:58:08,514 TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF 3704 01:58:08,514 --> 01:58:09,148 INFORMATION ABOUT THE THE FOLKS 3705 01:58:09,148 --> 01:58:11,451 WHO ARE REPRESENTED BY THAT 20% 3706 01:58:11,451 --> 01:58:12,618 OF THE WAITLIST, OR THE 82 3707 01:58:12,618 --> 01:58:15,188 PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING. SO 60% 3708 01:58:15,188 --> 01:58:17,123 OF THEM WERE FROM A HOUSEHOLD 3709 01:58:17,123 --> 01:58:20,426 WITH A STATE MEDIAN INCOME OF 3710 01:58:20,426 --> 01:58:21,561 95% OR HIGHER. SO THOSE ARE 3711 01:58:21,561 --> 01:58:24,030 FAMILIES THAT WOULD PAY FULL SBP 3712 01:58:24,030 --> 01:58:27,266 TUITION, 37% ARE OR 30 FAMILIES 3713 01:58:27,266 --> 01:58:30,436 WERE WHITE, 82% WERE FROM 3714 01:58:30,436 --> 01:58:31,070 ENGLISH SPEAKING HOUSEHOLDS. ALL 3715 01:58:31,070 --> 01:58:34,240 OF THEM WERE THREE YEARS OLD AND 3716 01:58:34,240 --> 01:58:36,375 40% LIVED IN COUNCIL DISTRICT 3717 01:58:36,375 --> 01:58:37,043 ONE. THERE'S MORE INFORMATION 3718 01:58:37,043 --> 01:58:38,978 THAT YOU ALL WERE PROVIDED, BUT 3719 01:58:38,978 --> 01:58:41,047 THE INTENT OF THIS, IT WAS TO 3720 01:58:41,047 --> 01:58:42,715 ENSURE THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS 3721 01:58:42,715 --> 01:58:44,917 THE TIMELINE AND THE FLEXIBILITY 3722 01:58:44,917 --> 01:58:46,619 TO DESIGN A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS 3723 01:58:46,619 --> 01:58:48,154 US TO DIRECT ANY DOLLARS FOR A 3724 01:58:48,154 --> 01:58:49,989 VOUCHER PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT 3725 01:58:49,989 --> 01:58:50,957 WE'RE REACHING, AGAIN, THE 3726 01:58:50,957 --> 01:58:52,525 FAMILIES WHO HAVE THE HIGHEST 3727 01:58:52,525 --> 01:58:54,093 NEED. SO THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT, 3728 01:58:54,093 --> 01:58:56,429 WHERE WE MAKE CHANGES IN TERMS 3729 01:58:56,429 --> 01:58:58,197 OF ALLOWING THE DEPARTMENT TO 3730 01:58:58,197 --> 01:59:01,100 TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION ITEMS 3731 01:59:01,100 --> 01:59:02,368 OTHER THAN JUST THE COUNCIL 3732 01:59:02,368 --> 01:59:04,003 DISTRICT WHERE WAITLIST FAMILY 3733 01:59:04,003 --> 01:59:05,838 MIGHT BE LOCATED, WE GIVE THE 3734 01:59:05,838 --> 01:59:07,073 DEPARTMENT FLEXIBILITY TO BRING 3735 01:59:07,073 --> 01:59:08,941 IN OTHER CRITERIA AND ENSURE 3736 01:59:08,941 --> 01:59:11,777 THAT WE ARE ALIGNED WITH THE 3737 01:59:11,777 --> 01:59:13,412 REST OF THE GOALS AND 3738 01:59:13,412 --> 01:59:15,615 INTENTIONS. SO THAT'S THE INTENT 3739 01:59:15,615 --> 01:59:16,149 BEHIND THE THE STRUCTURAL 3740 01:59:16,149 --> 01:59:17,049 CHANGES IN THIS AMENDMENT. AND 3741 01:59:17,049 --> 01:59:18,784 THEN AGAIN, I'LL SPEAK TO THE 3742 01:59:18,784 --> 01:59:19,919 FUNDING COMPONENTS OF IT. WHEN 3743 01:59:19,919 --> 01:59:21,554 WE SPEAK TO AMENDMENT 6. 3744 01:59:21,554 --> 01:59:23,089 -- THANK YOU. 3745 01:59:23,089 --> 01:59:25,858 -- OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. 3746 01:59:25,858 --> 01:59:26,492 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER COLLEAGUES, 3747 01:59:26,492 --> 01:59:33,599 ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3748 01:59:33,599 --> 01:59:33,966 YOU RECOGNIZED. 3749 01:59:33,966 --> 01:59:37,803 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR, AND I JUST 3750 01:59:37,803 --> 01:59:41,073 WANT TO KIND OF CLARIFY. SO THIS 3751 01:59:41,073 --> 01:59:44,443 WOULD JUST PUSH BACK THE START 3752 01:59:44,443 --> 01:59:47,513 DATE ONE YEAR FOR THIS, THE 3753 01:59:47,513 --> 01:59:53,052 VOUCHER PILOT, IS THAT CORRECT 3754 01:59:53,052 --> 01:59:53,553 -- THAT'S CORRECT. 3755 01:59:53,553 --> 01:59:55,621 -- AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE'RE 3756 01:59:55,621 --> 01:59:56,189 GOING TO TALK ABOUT FUNDING 3757 01:59:56,189 --> 01:59:58,724 LATER. BUT I GUESS I KIND OF 3758 01:59:58,724 --> 02:00:00,560 WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNDING 3759 02:00:00,560 --> 02:00:02,128 NOW. SO IT WOULD REDEPLOY THOSE 3760 02:00:02,128 --> 02:00:05,765 TO THE FOOD SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR 3761 02:00:05,765 --> 02:00:07,266 SEVEN YEARS, IT LOOKS LIKE. IS 3762 02:00:07,266 --> 02:00:09,402 THAT CORRECT? 3763 02:00:09,402 --> 02:00:10,002 -- THAT'S CORRECT. IT WOULD 3764 02:00:10,002 --> 02:00:11,771 AVERAGE OUT TO ABOUT $154,000 A 3765 02:00:11,771 --> 02:00:14,607 YEAR FOR THE SIX YEARS. 3766 02:00:14,607 --> 02:00:18,211 -- OKAY. AND I GUESS JUST WANT 3767 02:00:18,211 --> 02:00:20,112 TO CLARIFY, I MEAN, THIS 3768 02:00:20,112 --> 02:00:21,614 AMENDMENT COULD BE A STANDALONE 3769 02:00:21,614 --> 02:00:24,984 AMENDMENT, SORT OF REGARDLESS OF 3770 02:00:24,984 --> 02:00:25,651 AMENDMENT 6. IS THAT CORRECT? I 3771 02:00:25,651 --> 02:00:27,053 MEAN, DO THEY TWO HAVE TO WORK 3772 02:00:27,053 --> 02:00:31,157 TOGETHER OR CAN THEY BE 3773 02:00:31,157 --> 02:00:31,457 STANDALONE? 3774 02:00:31,457 --> 02:00:33,159 -- THEY COULD BE STANDALONE. 3775 02:00:33,159 --> 02:00:39,699 -- OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU 3776 02:00:39,699 --> 02:00:42,234 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3777 02:00:42,234 --> 02:00:43,269 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. YOU'RE 3778 02:00:43,269 --> 02:00:43,569 RECOGNIZED. 3779 02:00:43,569 --> 02:00:46,238 -- THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND 3780 02:00:46,238 --> 02:00:48,207 THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK 3781 02:00:48,207 --> 02:00:50,209 COUNCILMEMBERS, FOSTER AND 3782 02:00:50,209 --> 02:00:52,678 HOLLINGSWORTH FOR BRINGING THIS 3783 02:00:52,678 --> 02:00:55,815 FORWARD. APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR 3784 02:00:55,815 --> 02:00:58,117 STEADFAST LEADERSHIP AND 3785 02:00:58,117 --> 02:01:00,052 CHAMPIONING OF THE ISSUE. THE 3786 02:01:00,052 --> 02:01:02,154 BROADER ISSUE OF FOOD ACCESS AND 3787 02:01:02,154 --> 02:01:04,156 FOOD SECURITY. REALLY IMPORTANT 3788 02:01:04,156 --> 02:01:05,291 CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE NOW 3789 02:01:05,291 --> 02:01:06,926 MORE THAN EVER GIVING AMIDST ALL 3790 02:01:06,926 --> 02:01:08,894 THE FEDERAL CUTS, INCLUDING TO 3791 02:01:08,894 --> 02:01:10,329 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, BY 3792 02:01:10,329 --> 02:01:13,599 THE WAY BUT I SUPPORT THE GOAL 3793 02:01:13,599 --> 02:01:15,768 OF MAKING SURE FAMILIES HAVE 3794 02:01:15,768 --> 02:01:21,841 ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD. NO 3795 02:01:21,841 --> 02:01:22,475 FUNDAMENTAL DISAGREEMENT OR NON 3796 02:01:22,475 --> 02:01:23,843 ALIGNMENT ON THAT POINT. FROM MY 3797 02:01:23,843 --> 02:01:25,044 PERSPECTIVE, I'M ALSO, YOU KNOW, 3798 02:01:25,044 --> 02:01:27,146 AT HIGH LEVEL SUPPORTIVE OF 3799 02:01:27,146 --> 02:01:29,448 REQUIRING GREATER OVERSIGHT AND 3800 02:01:29,448 --> 02:01:32,018 ACCOUNTABILITY OF VARIOUS 3801 02:01:32,018 --> 02:01:34,954 PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY WOULD 3802 02:01:34,954 --> 02:01:36,522 IMPLEMENT. THAT SAID, I DO WORRY 3803 02:01:36,522 --> 02:01:40,159 THAT THIS AMENDMENT 3804 02:01:40,159 --> 02:01:42,628 UNINTENTIONALLY PITS TWO VERY 3805 02:01:42,628 --> 02:01:45,531 WORTHY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES 3806 02:01:45,531 --> 02:01:48,134 AGAINST ONE ANOTHER, SIMILAR TO 3807 02:01:48,134 --> 02:01:48,701 ACTUALLY AMENDMENT SIX. BUT 3808 02:01:48,701 --> 02:01:49,802 THERE'S ACTUALLY A HUGE 3809 02:01:49,802 --> 02:01:51,470 DIFFERENCE WITH THIS ONE, 3810 02:01:51,470 --> 02:01:52,571 AMENDMENT 6, WHICH I ALSO HAVE 3811 02:01:52,571 --> 02:01:56,442 SOME CONCERNS WITH. WE'LL TALK 3812 02:01:56,442 --> 02:01:57,977 ABOUT LATER, BUT BUT I THINK 3813 02:01:57,977 --> 02:02:00,413 THERE'S SOME GLARING 3814 02:02:00,413 --> 02:02:02,982 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THIS AND 3815 02:02:02,982 --> 02:02:03,716 THAT WITH THIS AMENDMENT. I 3816 02:02:03,716 --> 02:02:06,118 BELIEVE THAT WE'RE BEING FORCED 3817 02:02:06,118 --> 02:02:08,754 TO CHOOSE BETWEEN IMPLEMENTATION 3818 02:02:08,754 --> 02:02:13,459 OF THE SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROMISE 3819 02:02:13,459 --> 02:02:14,093 WAITLIST. THE WAITLIST VOUCHER 3820 02:02:14,093 --> 02:02:18,230 PILOT FOR THE COMING 2627 SCHOOL 3821 02:02:18,230 --> 02:02:19,632 YEAR. ON THE ONE HAND. ON THE 3822 02:02:19,632 --> 02:02:24,603 OTHER HAND. AND FUNDING FOOD 3823 02:02:24,603 --> 02:02:25,204 ASSISTANCE OVER WEEKENDS AND 3824 02:02:25,204 --> 02:02:29,008 SCHOOL BREAKS. AT A HIGH LEVEL 3825 02:02:29,008 --> 02:02:31,944 AND GROSSLY OVERSIMPLIFIED. WE 3826 02:02:31,944 --> 02:02:33,279 STRUCTURED THE LEVY SO THAT 3827 02:02:33,279 --> 02:02:36,449 THERE'S THREE MAIN BUCKETS. 3828 02:02:36,449 --> 02:02:37,450 THEY'RE CALLED DIFFERENT 3829 02:02:37,450 --> 02:02:39,852 THINGS, BUT FOR SIMPLICITY 3830 02:02:39,852 --> 02:02:41,187 PURPOSES, THREE MAIN BUCKETS. 3831 02:02:41,187 --> 02:02:43,289 THERE'S EARLY CHILDHOOD 3832 02:02:43,289 --> 02:02:44,724 EDUCATION COMPONENT, WHICH WAS 3833 02:02:44,724 --> 02:02:49,562 MY BABY CHAIR SOMETHING THAT I 3834 02:02:49,562 --> 02:02:50,196 LED ON THIS COUNCIL AND HELPED 3835 02:02:50,196 --> 02:02:52,698 CHAMPION. AND I'M PROUD OF. AND 3836 02:02:52,698 --> 02:02:54,166 I DID IT BECAUSE IT'S AN 3837 02:02:54,166 --> 02:02:54,800 AFFORDABILITY ISSUE. AND I DID 3838 02:02:54,800 --> 02:02:56,969 IT BECAUSE I HAVE THREE KIDS AND 3839 02:02:56,969 --> 02:03:01,207 TWO OF WHICH ARE PROUD GRADUATES 3840 02:03:01,207 --> 02:03:06,011 OF SOAP. I ALSO DID IT BECAUSE I 3841 02:03:06,011 --> 02:03:08,114 KNOW THAT MY DISTRICT IS MY 3842 02:03:08,114 --> 02:03:10,116 COUNCIL DISTRICT. OUT OF ALL THE 3843 02:03:10,116 --> 02:03:11,951 SEVEN COUNCIL DISTRICTS. HIS 3844 02:03:11,951 --> 02:03:15,921 NUMBER TWO IN THE NUMBER OF 3845 02:03:15,921 --> 02:03:18,891 UNDER AGE 18 AND UNDER YOUTH. 3846 02:03:18,891 --> 02:03:21,193 AFTER COUNCIL DISTRICT TWO. 3847 02:03:21,193 --> 02:03:23,129 THEREFORE, MY DISTRICT IS MORE 3848 02:03:23,129 --> 02:03:24,330 LIKELY TO BENEFIT. AND INDEED 3849 02:03:24,330 --> 02:03:26,499 SOME OF THE STATS AND DATA SHOW 3850 02:03:26,499 --> 02:03:31,370 THAT AT LEAST 40% OF THE 3851 02:03:31,370 --> 02:03:33,639 WAITLISTS OCCUR IN DISTRICT ONE. 3852 02:03:33,639 --> 02:03:35,641 I ALSO DID IT, AND THIS HAS BEEN 3853 02:03:35,641 --> 02:03:36,308 MY BABY BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT 3854 02:03:36,308 --> 02:03:40,212 THING TO DO. IT'S GOOD POLICY 3855 02:03:40,212 --> 02:03:41,747 HELPS IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY WHEN 3856 02:03:41,747 --> 02:03:43,783 WORKING PARENTS ARE ABLE TO NOT 3857 02:03:43,783 --> 02:03:44,417 HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT CHILD CARE 3858 02:03:44,417 --> 02:03:51,056 FOR THEIR KIDS. THEY CAN GO TO 3859 02:03:51,056 --> 02:03:55,795 WORK, PURSUE ECONOMIC 3860 02:03:55,795 --> 02:03:58,764 OPPORTUNITY. LIVELIHOOD AND 3861 02:03:58,764 --> 02:04:00,166 THEN, YOU KNOW, THE RESEARCH WE 3862 02:04:00,166 --> 02:04:01,534 KNOW IS CLEAR ON ON KIDS WHO 3863 02:04:01,534 --> 02:04:05,871 HAVE ACCESS TO THESE PROGRAMS. 3864 02:04:05,871 --> 02:04:09,675 FORMAL KIND OF CURRICULUM BASED 3865 02:04:09,675 --> 02:04:10,209 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 3866 02:04:10,209 --> 02:04:11,610 PROGRAMS. THEIR LIFE OUTCOMES 3867 02:04:11,610 --> 02:04:13,746 ARE WAY BETTER THAN KIDS WHO 3868 02:04:13,746 --> 02:04:19,351 DON'T. SOUND POLICY. SO EARLY 3869 02:04:19,351 --> 02:04:20,019 CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, ONE ONE OF 3870 02:04:20,019 --> 02:04:21,587 THREE BUCKETS K THROUGH 12. 3871 02:04:21,587 --> 02:04:25,591 ANOTHER BUCKET. AND THEN 3872 02:04:25,591 --> 02:04:27,259 POST-SECONDARY OR REALLY PATH TO 3873 02:04:27,259 --> 02:04:29,128 TRADES. THOSE THREE BUCKETS. SO 3874 02:04:29,128 --> 02:04:30,963 THIS AMENDMENT I HAVE CONCERNS 3875 02:04:30,963 --> 02:04:32,164 WITH IT IS BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES 3876 02:04:32,164 --> 02:04:35,267 IT PURPORT TO PIT TWO WORTHY 3877 02:04:35,267 --> 02:04:37,903 COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AGAINST 3878 02:04:37,903 --> 02:04:40,806 ANOTHER, IT DOES IT AT THE 3879 02:04:40,806 --> 02:04:44,276 EXPENSE OF OF THE EARLY 3880 02:04:44,276 --> 02:04:46,745 CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PIECE. AND 3881 02:04:46,745 --> 02:04:47,813 UNLIKE AMENDMENT SIX, WHERE 3882 02:04:47,813 --> 02:04:48,414 THOSE CONNECTIONS, THERE'S 3883 02:04:48,414 --> 02:04:50,049 ACTUALLY A DIRECT NEXUS FOOD 3884 02:04:50,049 --> 02:04:51,584 ACCESS AND SECURITY AND FOOD 3885 02:04:51,584 --> 02:04:52,685 ACCESS, SECURITY. WHEN YOU TALK 3886 02:04:52,685 --> 02:04:54,753 ABOUT UNIVERSAL FREE MEALS AND 3887 02:04:54,753 --> 02:04:57,389 AND MEALS DURING BREAKS. I THINK 3888 02:04:57,389 --> 02:04:59,391 THE CONNECTION HERE IS TOO 3889 02:04:59,391 --> 02:05:01,026 REMOTE. IT'S TOO ATTENUATED. IT 3890 02:05:01,026 --> 02:05:01,861 REQUIRES ONE TO UNDERTAKE, YOU 3891 02:05:01,861 --> 02:05:05,231 KNOW, A BIT TOO MANY MENTAL AND 3892 02:05:05,231 --> 02:05:06,999 LOGICAL CONTORTIONS TO, TO 3893 02:05:06,999 --> 02:05:11,537 FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE HOW, 3894 02:05:11,537 --> 02:05:13,339 HOW THIS TIES INTO AND, AND I 3895 02:05:13,339 --> 02:05:15,140 DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT DOES 3896 02:05:15,140 --> 02:05:20,012 TIE INTO EARLY CHILDHOOD 3897 02:05:20,012 --> 02:05:25,184 EDUCATION AND MY OFFICE HAS 3898 02:05:25,184 --> 02:05:27,419 WORKED CLOSELY WITH DEAL AND HSD 3899 02:05:27,419 --> 02:05:29,755 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT 3900 02:05:29,755 --> 02:05:30,322 CURRENT SERVICE GAPS EXIST 3901 02:05:30,322 --> 02:05:33,125 THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH 3902 02:05:33,125 --> 02:05:35,361 AGENCIES LIKE THE BACKPACK 3903 02:05:35,361 --> 02:05:36,428 BRIGADE, WHO UTILIZES THE WEST 3904 02:05:36,428 --> 02:05:39,231 SEATTLE FOOD BANK. IN MY OWN 3905 02:05:39,231 --> 02:05:39,932 DISTRICT, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I 3906 02:05:39,932 --> 02:05:41,333 WAS RECENTLY ABLE TO TOUR AND 3907 02:05:41,333 --> 02:05:43,502 AND SEE FIRSTHAND THE BAGS OF 3908 02:05:43,502 --> 02:05:44,670 FOOD THAT THEY HAND OUT TO KIDS 3909 02:05:44,670 --> 02:05:48,107 AND FAMILIES BEFORE SCHOOL 3910 02:05:48,107 --> 02:05:49,675 BREAKS. I, I BELIEVE THAT MUCH 3911 02:05:49,675 --> 02:05:52,344 OF THIS NEED NOT ALL. BUT MUCH 3912 02:05:52,344 --> 02:05:56,548 OF THIS NEED IS IS ALREADY BEING 3913 02:05:56,548 --> 02:05:58,183 MET. HOWEVER, THERE IS OBVIOUSLY 3914 02:05:58,183 --> 02:06:00,185 MORE WORK TO DO TO CONTINUE 3915 02:06:00,185 --> 02:06:02,087 CLOSING THOSE GAPS THAT EXIST. 3916 02:06:02,087 --> 02:06:05,791 THIS PAST WEEK IN DISTRICT AT 3917 02:06:05,791 --> 02:06:07,359 HIGHLAND PARK PLAYFIELD, WHERE I 3918 02:06:07,359 --> 02:06:09,561 WAS HANDING OUT FREE SUMMER 3919 02:06:09,561 --> 02:06:12,231 MEALS TO STUDENTS ALONGSIDE HSD 3920 02:06:12,231 --> 02:06:13,499 DIRECTOR TANYA KIM, THE SUMMER 3921 02:06:13,499 --> 02:06:15,401 MEALS PROGRAM IS A WORTHY CITY 3922 02:06:15,401 --> 02:06:20,039 INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE FUNDED 3923 02:06:20,039 --> 02:06:20,573 FOR MANY YEARS, OFFERING 3924 02:06:20,573 --> 02:06:21,206 STUDENTS FREE MEALS THROUGHOUT 3925 02:06:21,206 --> 02:06:21,874 THE SUMMER, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. 3926 02:06:21,874 --> 02:06:25,010 FUNDED THROUGH A VARIETY OF 3927 02:06:25,010 --> 02:06:26,445 PROGRAMS. THERE OBVIOUSLY 3928 02:06:26,445 --> 02:06:27,713 REMAINS SOME SERVICE GAPS. AS I 3929 02:06:27,713 --> 02:06:29,615 ALLUDED TO EARLIER, AND I 3930 02:06:29,615 --> 02:06:32,284 BELIEVE WE MADE GREAT STRIDES TO 3931 02:06:32,284 --> 02:06:33,619 CLOSE THESE GAPS. BUT I DO NOT 3932 02:06:33,619 --> 02:06:36,021 BELIEVE THAT PASSING THIS 3933 02:06:36,021 --> 02:06:38,891 AMENDMENT WARRANTS THE RISKS AND 3934 02:06:38,891 --> 02:06:43,796 DELAYS IMPLEMENTING A CRITICAL 3935 02:06:43,796 --> 02:06:44,330 EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 3936 02:06:44,330 --> 02:06:45,130 INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT K THROUGH 3937 02:06:45,130 --> 02:06:51,036 12. THESE ARE DIFFERENT 3938 02:06:51,036 --> 02:06:55,641 STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. AND AND 3939 02:06:55,641 --> 02:06:57,543 DELAYING THIS PROGRAM RISKS 3940 02:06:57,543 --> 02:06:58,143 DELAYING THIS PROGRAM, WHICH 3941 02:06:58,143 --> 02:07:00,512 DEEL IS READY TO DO TODAY. AND 3942 02:07:00,512 --> 02:07:03,315 SO I APPRECIATE THE INTENT OF OF 3943 02:07:03,315 --> 02:07:09,688 THE AMENDMENT AUTHORS HERE. BUT 3944 02:07:09,688 --> 02:07:11,357 FOR THOSE REASONS, I WON'T BE 3945 02:07:11,357 --> 02:07:12,424 SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. 3946 02:07:12,424 --> 02:07:12,725 THANK YOU. 3947 02:07:12,725 --> 02:07:14,927 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3948 02:07:14,927 --> 02:07:15,694 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. IS 3949 02:07:15,694 --> 02:07:17,062 THAT A NEW HAND? 3950 02:07:17,062 --> 02:07:17,396 -- IT IS. 3951 02:07:17,396 --> 02:07:20,399 -- OKAY. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 3952 02:07:20,399 --> 02:07:21,834 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 3953 02:07:21,834 --> 02:07:24,470 THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND 3954 02:07:24,470 --> 02:07:27,573 COMMENTS TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3955 02:07:27,573 --> 02:07:28,540 AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. DID 3956 02:07:28,540 --> 02:07:30,209 JUST WANT TO KIND OF QUICKLY 3957 02:07:30,209 --> 02:07:31,276 CLARIFY SOMETHING HERE, WHICH 3958 02:07:31,276 --> 02:07:32,678 IS, YOU KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE 3959 02:07:32,678 --> 02:07:33,979 YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMEMBER 3960 02:07:33,979 --> 02:07:35,280 SAKA. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE 3961 02:07:35,280 --> 02:07:35,914 DISCUSSION WHEN WE DISCUSS 3962 02:07:35,914 --> 02:07:37,883 AMENDMENT SIX. BUT I WOULD BE 3963 02:07:37,883 --> 02:07:40,452 BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD 3964 02:07:40,452 --> 02:07:44,089 REGARDLESS. AND THE REASON IS AS 3965 02:07:44,089 --> 02:07:46,625 WRITTEN, WITHOUT THIS AMENDMENT, 3966 02:07:46,625 --> 02:07:49,094 THE CRITERIA THAT ARE PROVIDED 3967 02:07:49,094 --> 02:07:51,597 ARE TO PRIORITIZE THE WAITLIST 3968 02:07:51,597 --> 02:07:52,231 VOUCHER PROGRAM BASED ON COUNCIL 3969 02:07:52,231 --> 02:07:55,367 DISTRICTS. I TAKE PRIDE IN BEING 3970 02:07:55,367 --> 02:07:55,968 A CITYWIDE COUNCILMEMBER AND 3971 02:07:55,968 --> 02:07:57,169 KNOWING THAT THERE IS NEED ALL 3972 02:07:57,169 --> 02:08:00,372 ACROSS OUR CITY FOR ACCESS TO 3973 02:08:00,372 --> 02:08:00,939 PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS AND HIGH 3974 02:08:00,939 --> 02:08:03,108 QUALITY EDUCATION. I KNOW I 3975 02:08:03,108 --> 02:08:06,512 RATTLED OFF THOSE STATISTICS 3976 02:08:06,512 --> 02:08:08,680 QUICKLY EARLIER, BUT I WANT TO 3977 02:08:08,680 --> 02:08:11,417 BE CLEAR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH 3978 02:08:11,417 --> 02:08:14,286 ALLOWING ONLY COUNCIL DISTRICTS 3979 02:08:14,286 --> 02:08:16,755 TO BE THE PRIORITIZATION WE RISK 3980 02:08:16,755 --> 02:08:18,190 MAKING AN ERROR IN TERMS OF 3981 02:08:18,190 --> 02:08:20,292 SERVING FAMILIES WHO NEED THE 3982 02:08:20,292 --> 02:08:22,227 SUPPORT THE MOST. THAT'S WHY I 3983 02:08:22,227 --> 02:08:24,763 SHARED THE STATS AND THE DATA IN 3984 02:08:24,763 --> 02:08:27,800 TERMS OF WHO IS ON THE WAITLIST 3985 02:08:27,800 --> 02:08:29,535 AND IN TERMS OF WHO WE'RE TRYING 3986 02:08:29,535 --> 02:08:31,537 TO SERVE WITH THE LEVY. AND I 3987 02:08:31,537 --> 02:08:32,905 APPRECIATE THE CATEGORIZATION OF 3988 02:08:32,905 --> 02:08:34,873 THE VARIOUS BUCKETS OF READY TO 3989 02:08:34,873 --> 02:08:37,509 LEARN TO READY TO LAUNCH. 3990 02:08:37,509 --> 02:08:40,112 HOWEVER, IT IS MY BELIEF DEEPLY 3991 02:08:40,112 --> 02:08:40,646 THAT THROUGH ALLOWING THE 3992 02:08:40,646 --> 02:08:43,115 DEPARTMENT ADDITIONAL 3993 02:08:43,115 --> 02:08:43,582 ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, 3994 02:08:43,582 --> 02:08:45,584 FLEXIBILITY. AND ALLOWING THEM 3995 02:08:45,584 --> 02:08:47,086 THE TIME TO DESIGN A THOUGHTFUL 3996 02:08:47,086 --> 02:08:49,021 PROGRAM, WE WILL IMPLEMENT A 3997 02:08:49,021 --> 02:08:50,189 PROGRAM THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE 3998 02:08:50,189 --> 02:08:51,724 THOUGHTFUL, MORE EQUITABLE, AND 3999 02:08:51,724 --> 02:08:52,825 MORE IN LINE WITH THE VALUES 4000 02:08:52,825 --> 02:08:54,426 THAT WE HAVE AS A CITY AND MORE 4001 02:08:54,426 --> 02:08:56,361 IN LINE WITH THE GOALS OF THE 4002 02:08:56,361 --> 02:08:58,797 LEVY. THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING 4003 02:08:58,797 --> 02:09:00,532 THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD. I'M 4004 02:09:00,532 --> 02:09:02,067 PROUD. AND AND I THINK IT'S 4005 02:09:02,067 --> 02:09:04,069 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT AS WE 4006 02:09:04,069 --> 02:09:05,537 GIVE THE DEPARTMENT MORE TIME TO 4007 02:09:05,537 --> 02:09:07,072 DEVELOP THE PROGRAM, WE DIRECT 4008 02:09:07,072 --> 02:09:08,707 THOSE RESOURCES TO FAMILIES WHO 4009 02:09:08,707 --> 02:09:10,442 NEED THAT SUPPORT TODAY. 4010 02:09:10,442 --> 02:09:11,443 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I APPRECIATE 4011 02:09:11,443 --> 02:09:13,045 YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE 4012 02:09:13,045 --> 02:09:13,679 CONNECTION BETWEEN AMENDMENT 4 4013 02:09:13,679 --> 02:09:15,180 AND AMENDMENT 6, SO I WILL SPEAK 4014 02:09:15,180 --> 02:09:17,816 TO IT NOW. EVEN THOUGH I SAID I 4015 02:09:17,816 --> 02:09:19,218 WASN'T. SO WHAT WE WOULD DO 4016 02:09:19,218 --> 02:09:21,720 WITH THIS AMENDMENT IS IF IT IF 4017 02:09:21,720 --> 02:09:22,988 FOUR WERE TO PASS IS IT DOES 4018 02:09:22,988 --> 02:09:25,757 PROVIDE THIS ADDITIONAL RESOURCE 4019 02:09:25,757 --> 02:09:26,992 THAT'S TARGETED TOWARDS KIDS 4020 02:09:26,992 --> 02:09:28,894 WHO HAVE FOOD ACCESS NEEDS, AND 4021 02:09:28,894 --> 02:09:30,262 IT WOULD PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL 4022 02:09:30,262 --> 02:09:31,730 RESOURCE. MY HOPE IS THAT, 4023 02:09:31,730 --> 02:09:34,800 COUPLED WITH AMENDMENT SIX, AND 4024 02:09:34,800 --> 02:09:37,503 THAT'S BECAUSE TOGETHER WE 4025 02:09:37,503 --> 02:09:38,003 WOULD HAVE OVER 600,000 4026 02:09:38,003 --> 02:09:39,271 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS GOING TO OUR 4027 02:09:39,271 --> 02:09:41,940 LOWEST INCOME KIDS FOR WEEKENDS 4028 02:09:41,940 --> 02:09:45,344 AND SCHOOL BREAKS. IF SOLELY 4029 02:09:45,344 --> 02:09:45,978 AMENDMENT 4 PASS COUNCIL CENTRAL 4030 02:09:45,978 --> 02:09:48,280 STAFF ALREADY PROVIDED THAT 4031 02:09:48,280 --> 02:09:49,047 NUMBER. IT'S AROUND 100,000 4032 02:09:49,047 --> 02:09:50,349 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS. AND I'LL SAY 4033 02:09:50,349 --> 02:09:51,550 THIS AGAIN WHEN WE GET LATER. 4034 02:09:51,550 --> 02:09:52,251 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE 4035 02:09:52,251 --> 02:09:54,553 RIGHT NOW, THE CITY'S 4036 02:09:54,553 --> 02:09:55,187 INVESTMENT IN SCHOOLS OR EXCUSE 4037 02:09:55,187 --> 02:09:57,256 ME, IN SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN FOR 4038 02:09:57,256 --> 02:09:59,825 WEEKENDS AND SCHOOL BREAKS IS 4039 02:09:59,825 --> 02:10:05,097 AROUND $537,000 ANNUALLY. SO 4040 02:10:05,097 --> 02:10:06,899 WITH AMENDMENT 4 AND AMENDMENT 6 4041 02:10:06,899 --> 02:10:08,834 TOGETHER, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO 4042 02:10:08,834 --> 02:10:10,669 DOUBLE THE INVESTMENT THAT WE 4043 02:10:10,669 --> 02:10:11,904 ARE PROVIDING TO KIDS DURING 4044 02:10:11,904 --> 02:10:13,071 THESE BREAKS. AND I THINK 4045 02:10:13,071 --> 02:10:14,907 THAT'S AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT 4046 02:10:14,907 --> 02:10:15,541 PRIORITY. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, 4047 02:10:15,541 --> 02:10:17,242 I'D BE BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT 4048 02:10:17,242 --> 02:10:18,210 FORWARD REGARDLESS, BECAUSE I 4049 02:10:18,210 --> 02:10:19,945 BELIEVE IT'S THE EQUITABLE THING 4050 02:10:19,945 --> 02:10:21,013 TO DO SO THAT AS WE MAKE THE 4051 02:10:21,013 --> 02:10:22,581 INVESTMENTS IN A POTENTIAL 4052 02:10:22,581 --> 02:10:25,217 PRESCHOOL, EXCUSE ME, SEATTLE 4053 02:10:25,217 --> 02:10:26,652 PRESCHOOL PROGRAM VOUCHER PILOT 4054 02:10:26,652 --> 02:10:28,854 OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE LEVY, 4055 02:10:28,854 --> 02:10:29,388 WE MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS 4056 02:10:29,388 --> 02:10:30,589 EQUITABLY. THANK YOU CHAIR. 4057 02:10:30,589 --> 02:10:33,392 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4058 02:10:33,392 --> 02:10:35,327 FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. IS 4059 02:10:35,327 --> 02:10:38,363 THAT A NEW HAND? OKAY. YOU'RE 4060 02:10:38,363 --> 02:10:38,664 RECOGNIZED. 4061 02:10:38,664 --> 02:10:39,832 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I 4062 02:10:39,832 --> 02:10:42,601 APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. 4063 02:10:42,601 --> 02:10:44,002 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND YOU 4064 02:10:44,002 --> 02:10:45,604 KNOW, I DON'T QUESTION AT ALL 4065 02:10:45,604 --> 02:10:48,907 YOUR YOUR MOTIVES OR INTENTS AND 4066 02:10:48,907 --> 02:10:50,175 THE BASIS FOR YOU BRINGING THIS 4067 02:10:50,175 --> 02:10:51,777 FORWARD. I THINK IT'S JUST A 4068 02:10:51,777 --> 02:10:54,046 MATTER OF DIFFERENT 4069 02:10:54,046 --> 02:10:55,013 PERSPECTIVES. RESPECT THE FACT 4070 02:10:55,013 --> 02:10:58,183 THAT YOU YOU REPRESENT CITYWIDE 4071 02:10:58,183 --> 02:10:58,817 PERSPECTIVES. AND JUST AS I KNOW 4072 02:10:58,817 --> 02:11:00,319 YOU RESPECT THE FACT THAT I 4073 02:11:00,319 --> 02:11:02,521 REPRESENT DISTRICT PERSPECTIVES. 4074 02:11:02,521 --> 02:11:04,223 AND IF THE. AND IF ALL THE 4075 02:11:04,223 --> 02:11:07,359 AMENDMENT DID WAS MODIFY THE 4076 02:11:07,359 --> 02:11:09,761 CRITERIA TO MAKE IT LESS SORT OF 4077 02:11:09,761 --> 02:11:10,996 DISTRICT CENTRIC, WHICH, AS I 4078 02:11:10,996 --> 02:11:14,366 HEARD YOU SAY, IS, IS ONE OF THE 4079 02:11:14,366 --> 02:11:15,834 MAIN RATIONALES. I WOULD 4080 02:11:15,834 --> 02:11:18,136 ABSOLUTELY BE OPEN TO THAT 4081 02:11:18,136 --> 02:11:20,305 CONVERSATION. HECK, DEPENDING ON 4082 02:11:20,305 --> 02:11:22,341 THE WORDING, IN FACT, THE 4083 02:11:22,341 --> 02:11:23,508 RELEVANT WORDING IN THIS 4084 02:11:23,508 --> 02:11:24,710 AMENDMENT, I'D PROBABLY SUPPORT 4085 02:11:24,710 --> 02:11:26,945 IT IF THAT'S ALL IT DID. BUT 4086 02:11:26,945 --> 02:11:28,780 BUT THAT'S NOT ALL IT DOES. IT 4087 02:11:28,780 --> 02:11:31,884 ALSO, AGAIN, DOES THAT AT THE 4088 02:11:31,884 --> 02:11:33,785 EXPENSE, NOT ONLY MODIFYING THE 4089 02:11:33,785 --> 02:11:35,153 CRITERIA, BUT DOES IT DOES IT AT 4090 02:11:35,153 --> 02:11:37,890 THE EXPENSE OF DILUTING, IN MY 4091 02:11:37,890 --> 02:11:39,291 VIEW, IN MY VIEW DOES THAT AT 4092 02:11:39,291 --> 02:11:42,027 THE EXPENSE OF DILUTING AND 4093 02:11:42,027 --> 02:11:44,696 DELAYING A VITAL EARLY CHILDHOOD 4094 02:11:44,696 --> 02:11:47,332 EDUCATION PROGRAM IN FAVOR OF 4095 02:11:47,332 --> 02:11:48,834 EXPANDING K THROUGH 12 4096 02:11:48,834 --> 02:11:50,369 INVESTMENTS, SPECIFICALLY AS IT 4097 02:11:50,369 --> 02:11:52,170 PERTAINS TO FOOD SECURITY TODAY. 4098 02:11:52,170 --> 02:11:55,040 AND I DON'T THINK THE, YOU 4099 02:11:55,040 --> 02:11:56,608 KNOW, THE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, 4100 02:11:56,608 --> 02:11:57,776 YOU KNOW, WARRANTS THAT, 4101 02:11:57,776 --> 02:11:59,678 ALTHOUGH I DO APPRECIATE YOUR 4102 02:11:59,678 --> 02:12:00,012 PERSPECTIVE. 4103 02:12:00,012 --> 02:12:02,214 -- THANK YOU. 4104 02:12:02,214 --> 02:12:04,917 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4105 02:12:04,917 --> 02:12:10,022 COLLEAGUES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 4106 02:12:10,022 --> 02:12:11,423 COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS 4107 02:12:11,423 --> 02:12:16,228 THIS. ACTUALLY, THIS AMENDMENT. 4108 02:12:16,228 --> 02:12:16,862 I APPRECIATE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4109 02:12:16,862 --> 02:12:19,264 FOSTER, FOR BRINGING THIS 4110 02:12:19,264 --> 02:12:20,766 FORWARD. COLLEAGUES, I WILL SAY, 4111 02:12:20,766 --> 02:12:24,202 AND I AND I APPRECIATE THAT SOME 4112 02:12:24,202 --> 02:12:25,304 OF OUR COLLEAGUES WERE NOT HERE 4113 02:12:25,304 --> 02:12:26,872 EARLY LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE 4114 02:12:26,872 --> 02:12:28,307 WORKING ON THE LEVY. SO I ALSO 4115 02:12:28,307 --> 02:12:29,441 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAD 4116 02:12:29,441 --> 02:12:32,744 A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT 4117 02:12:32,744 --> 02:12:33,412 UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL. I JUST WANT 4118 02:12:33,412 --> 02:12:35,514 TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COLLEAGUE 4119 02:12:35,514 --> 02:12:37,749 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. HE AND I 4120 02:12:37,749 --> 02:12:40,118 BOTH HAD A STRONG INTEREST IN 4121 02:12:40,118 --> 02:12:40,786 SEEING UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL, 4122 02:12:40,786 --> 02:12:43,488 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT KIDS DO 4123 02:12:43,488 --> 02:12:47,025 BETTER, HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES. 4124 02:12:47,025 --> 02:12:49,828 LIFETIME OUTCOMES, WHEN THEY 4125 02:12:49,828 --> 02:12:53,565 HAVE ACCESS TO PRESCHOOL TO 4126 02:12:53,565 --> 02:12:56,301 QUALITY PRESCHOOL. SO I WILL SAY 4127 02:12:56,301 --> 02:12:57,703 THAT DEALS PRESCHOOL PROGRAM IS 4128 02:12:57,703 --> 02:13:00,339 AWARD WINNING, AN AWARD WINNING 4129 02:13:00,339 --> 02:13:01,907 PROGRAM. IT IS SOMETHING THAT 4130 02:13:01,907 --> 02:13:07,212 THE CITY DOES VERY WELL. AND IN 4131 02:13:07,212 --> 02:13:08,947 TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT 4132 02:13:08,947 --> 02:13:13,118 THE FIRST COUNCIL TO CARE ABOUT 4133 02:13:13,118 --> 02:13:15,620 PRESCHOOL AND COUNCILMEMBER 4134 02:13:15,620 --> 02:13:18,056 SAKA. AYE., I ADMIRE YOUR 4135 02:13:18,056 --> 02:13:19,858 ADVOCACY. AND I WILL SAY FOR 4136 02:13:19,858 --> 02:13:21,159 UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL, AND I WILL 4137 02:13:21,159 --> 02:13:23,829 SAY THERE ARE OTHER 4138 02:13:23,829 --> 02:13:26,898 COUNCILMEMBERS IN THE PAST WHO 4139 02:13:26,898 --> 02:13:28,767 ALSO VERY STRONGLY BELIEVED IN 4140 02:13:28,767 --> 02:13:30,669 UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL. AND I'M 4141 02:13:30,669 --> 02:13:32,204 GOING TO NAME TIM BURGESS, HAS 4142 02:13:32,204 --> 02:13:33,538 THAT COUNCILMEMBER, BECAUSE 4143 02:13:33,538 --> 02:13:35,140 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, YOU SERVED 4144 02:13:35,140 --> 02:13:35,774 WITH COUNCILMEMBER BURGESS AND 4145 02:13:35,774 --> 02:13:38,210 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH AND HOW DEEPLY 4146 02:13:38,210 --> 02:13:41,179 HE CARES ABOUT PRESCHOOL EVEN 4147 02:13:41,179 --> 02:13:46,685 EVEN NOW. AND SO I SAY THAT TO 4148 02:13:46,685 --> 02:13:49,287 SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ALL OF COURSE, 4149 02:13:49,287 --> 02:13:50,722 IT GOES BACK TO WE ALL CARE 4150 02:13:50,722 --> 02:13:54,960 ABOUT KIDS. WE ALL CARE ABOUT 4151 02:13:54,960 --> 02:13:56,862 ENSURING THAT THEY HAVE QUALITY 4152 02:13:56,862 --> 02:13:58,864 EDUCATION, ACCESS TO QUALITY 4153 02:13:58,864 --> 02:13:59,965 EDUCATION AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 4154 02:13:59,965 --> 02:14:01,900 LEVEL. AND SO I DO WANT TO CALL 4155 02:14:01,900 --> 02:14:04,836 OUT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, THAT YOU 4156 02:14:04,836 --> 02:14:05,737 VERY MUCH CARED ABOUT DOING 4157 02:14:05,737 --> 02:14:10,409 THAT. AND WE JUST WHEN COUNCIL 4158 02:14:10,409 --> 02:14:10,976 WHEN COUNCILMEMBER BURGESS 4159 02:14:10,976 --> 02:14:13,278 LOOKED INTO UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL, 4160 02:14:13,278 --> 02:14:15,514 IT WAS TWO. IT WAS COST 4161 02:14:15,514 --> 02:14:17,449 PROHIBITIVE. I MEAN, EVEN IF WE 4162 02:14:17,449 --> 02:14:19,918 PUT THIS FULL LEVY JUST TO THAT, 4163 02:14:19,918 --> 02:14:22,921 IT WOULDN'T COVER ALL THE COSTS. 4164 02:14:22,921 --> 02:14:25,323 SO. BUT BARRING THAT, I KNOW YOU 4165 02:14:25,323 --> 02:14:27,592 HAD THEN AN INTEREST IN 4166 02:14:27,592 --> 02:14:29,094 EXPANDING AS MUCH AS WE COULD. 4167 02:14:29,094 --> 02:14:30,695 THE THE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM. SO I 4168 02:14:30,695 --> 02:14:31,897 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOR 4169 02:14:31,897 --> 02:14:34,933 YOU. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT, 4170 02:14:34,933 --> 02:14:38,837 YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME THAT WE DO 4171 02:14:38,837 --> 02:14:41,807 SOMETHING TO EXPAND AN OFFERING 4172 02:14:41,807 --> 02:14:44,076 THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, LIKE OUR 4173 02:14:44,076 --> 02:14:49,681 PRESCHOOL PROGRAM, I WORRY ABOUT 4174 02:14:49,681 --> 02:14:51,283 IMPACTS TO THAT AWARD WINNING 4175 02:14:51,283 --> 02:14:56,254 PROGRAM. SO I SAY THAT TO SAY I 4176 02:14:56,254 --> 02:14:58,223 APPRECIATED YOU BRINGING THAT 4177 02:14:58,223 --> 02:15:00,258 VOUCHER PROGRAM. AND THE 4178 02:15:00,258 --> 02:15:00,892 DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO 4179 02:15:00,892 --> 02:15:02,761 FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THAT 4180 02:15:02,761 --> 02:15:04,830 VOUCHER PROGRAM IN A WAY THAT 4181 02:15:04,830 --> 02:15:06,798 DOESN'T DILUTE THAT AWARD 4182 02:15:06,798 --> 02:15:08,934 WINNING ASPECT TO THE PROGRAM, 4183 02:15:08,934 --> 02:15:11,703 BECAUSE NOW IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE 4184 02:15:11,703 --> 02:15:12,537 REALM OF HOW THEY NORMALLY DO 4185 02:15:12,537 --> 02:15:15,440 IT. AND WHEN YOU START GIVING 4186 02:15:15,440 --> 02:15:18,977 VOUCHERS TO FAMILIES, IT BECOMES 4187 02:15:18,977 --> 02:15:20,245 LESS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WE'LL 4188 02:15:20,245 --> 02:15:22,347 HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY 4189 02:15:22,347 --> 02:15:24,616 TRACK THOSE PROVIDERS AND HOW 4190 02:15:24,616 --> 02:15:25,217 THEY ENSURE THAT THE PROGRAM 4191 02:15:25,217 --> 02:15:28,687 STAYS QUALITY FOR ALL THE KIDS 4192 02:15:28,687 --> 02:15:29,688 THAT RECEIVE THAT BENEFIT. AND I 4193 02:15:29,688 --> 02:15:32,390 WILL ALSO SAY THAT THIS 4194 02:15:32,390 --> 02:15:34,593 AMENDMENT IS NOT FAR AFIELD FROM 4195 02:15:34,593 --> 02:15:37,095 WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY 4196 02:15:37,095 --> 02:15:37,662 ALREADY DOES. COUNCILMEMBER 4197 02:15:37,662 --> 02:15:39,965 FOSTER. THEY DO LEAD WITH 4198 02:15:39,965 --> 02:15:41,766 EQUITY. AND SO REALLY, IT'S A 4199 02:15:41,766 --> 02:15:43,935 CALL OUT TO SOMETHING THE 4200 02:15:43,935 --> 02:15:45,837 DEPARTMENT ALREADY DOES IN THAT 4201 02:15:45,837 --> 02:15:48,773 WAY. I WILL SAY, IN TERMS OF THE 4202 02:15:48,773 --> 02:15:49,708 COUNCIL DISTRICTS, AND I'VE BEEN 4203 02:15:49,708 --> 02:15:53,478 SAYING THIS SINCE I GOT TO THIS 4204 02:15:53,478 --> 02:15:55,514 COUNCIL, DEMOGRAPHICS ACROSS THE 4205 02:15:55,514 --> 02:15:57,315 CITY ARE CHANGING. AND YOU HEARD 4206 02:15:57,315 --> 02:15:59,951 A PUBLIC COMMENTER COME TODAY TO 4207 02:15:59,951 --> 02:16:02,420 TALK ABOUT NEEDS ACROSS THE 4208 02:16:02,420 --> 02:16:04,856 DISTRICTS. WE HAVE A LOT OF 4209 02:16:04,856 --> 02:16:06,558 IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ON THE NORTH 4210 02:16:06,558 --> 02:16:07,993 END. AND IN THE D FIVE 4211 02:16:07,993 --> 02:16:09,461 ESPECIALLY. SO WHEN WE TALK 4212 02:16:09,461 --> 02:16:11,162 ABOUT THOSE, YOU KNOW, THAT THE 4213 02:16:11,162 --> 02:16:16,101 COUNCIL SPECIFIC, THE DEPARTMENT 4214 02:16:16,101 --> 02:16:18,737 WILL HAVE TO LOOK ACROSS ALL 4215 02:16:18,737 --> 02:16:20,472 COUNCIL DISTRICTS WHEN THEY 4216 02:16:20,472 --> 02:16:22,040 IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE 4217 02:16:22,040 --> 02:16:23,875 WE HAVE NEED ALL ACROSS THE 4218 02:16:23,875 --> 02:16:25,043 CITY, THE TYPE OF NEED THAT THAT 4219 02:16:25,043 --> 02:16:27,546 YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT. 4220 02:16:27,546 --> 02:16:29,548 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. SO I 4221 02:16:29,548 --> 02:16:31,283 DON'T I WANT TO SAY IT DOESN'T 4222 02:16:31,283 --> 02:16:33,218 HAVE TO BE THAT IT IS DISTRICT 4223 02:16:33,218 --> 02:16:34,986 SPECIFIC. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU 4224 02:16:34,986 --> 02:16:36,955 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE 4225 02:16:36,955 --> 02:16:37,589 LEADING WITH THE EQUITY PIECE, 4226 02:16:37,589 --> 02:16:39,491 WHICH I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE 4227 02:16:39,491 --> 02:16:41,326 DEPARTMENT DOES. AND THIS LEVY 4228 02:16:41,326 --> 02:16:43,161 HAS ALWAYS DONE. AND IT IS TRUE 4229 02:16:43,161 --> 02:16:45,530 THAT, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THE 4230 02:16:45,530 --> 02:16:48,767 PRESCHOOL PROGRAM SERVES A 4231 02:16:48,767 --> 02:16:51,603 VARIETY OF FOLKS, BECAUSE IF A 4232 02:16:51,603 --> 02:16:53,605 SLOT IS OPEN, IT'S IT IS A 4233 02:16:53,605 --> 02:16:56,441 LITTLE BIT UNIVERSAL IN NATURE. 4234 02:16:56,441 --> 02:16:58,109 IF THERE'S A SLOT OPEN THAT NO 4235 02:16:58,109 --> 02:16:59,878 ONE'S USING, IT GETS OFFERED TO 4236 02:16:59,878 --> 02:17:01,780 SOMEONE AT A SLIDING SCALE. SO 4237 02:17:01,780 --> 02:17:03,548 THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FAMILIES 4238 02:17:03,548 --> 02:17:04,783 BEING SERVED BY THIS PROGRAM 4239 02:17:04,783 --> 02:17:08,019 THAT ARE BEYOND, YOU KNOW, WHAT 4240 02:17:08,019 --> 02:17:08,720 WE'VE ALWAYS PRIORITIZED BECAUSE 4241 02:17:08,720 --> 02:17:10,121 OF THAT. SO IN THAT WAY, IT 4242 02:17:10,121 --> 02:17:12,324 SERVES A LITTLE BIT OF A 4243 02:17:12,324 --> 02:17:13,825 UNIVERSAL FUNCTION, BUT WE'RE 4244 02:17:13,825 --> 02:17:15,660 NOT THERE YET. OBVIOUSLY, ONE 4245 02:17:15,660 --> 02:17:17,963 DAY I WOULD LOVE TO BE AT 4246 02:17:17,963 --> 02:17:19,698 UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL, BUT BUT 4247 02:17:19,698 --> 02:17:21,266 THAT IS NOT TODAY. SO ANYWAY, 4248 02:17:21,266 --> 02:17:25,870 ALL THAT TO SAY THAT I DON'T 4249 02:17:25,870 --> 02:17:27,339 SEE THIS, THIS AMENDMENT AS 4250 02:17:27,339 --> 02:17:28,707 BEING VERY MUCH DIFFERENT FROM 4251 02:17:28,707 --> 02:17:30,008 WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ALREADY 4252 02:17:30,008 --> 02:17:32,010 DOES. BUT WHAT I DO APPRECIATE 4253 02:17:32,010 --> 02:17:33,445 ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT, 4254 02:17:33,445 --> 02:17:34,980 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, IS TO GIVE 4255 02:17:34,980 --> 02:17:36,481 THE DEPARTMENT THE ADDITIONAL 4256 02:17:36,481 --> 02:17:38,783 TIME BY WHICH TO ENSURE THAT AS 4257 02:17:38,783 --> 02:17:41,219 THEY'RE DOING THIS NEW VOUCHER 4258 02:17:41,219 --> 02:17:43,622 PROGRAM, IT ALIGNS WITH THEIR 4259 02:17:43,622 --> 02:17:46,825 PRESCHOOL PROMISE. PROGRAM IN A 4260 02:17:46,825 --> 02:17:53,465 WAY THAT DOESN'T DILUTE. IT'S 4261 02:17:53,465 --> 02:17:54,933 IT'S, YOU KNOW, AWARD WINNING 4262 02:17:54,933 --> 02:17:55,533 STATUS BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG 4263 02:17:55,533 --> 02:17:56,835 DEAL BECAUSE YOU CAN PROVIDE 4264 02:17:56,835 --> 02:17:58,169 EARLY EDUCATION. BUT IF IT'S NOT 4265 02:17:58,169 --> 02:17:59,271 QUALITY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP 4266 02:17:59,271 --> 02:18:03,441 THE KIDS LIFE LONG. SO FOR THOSE 4267 02:18:03,441 --> 02:18:05,610 REASONS, I'M GOING TO BE I 4268 02:18:05,610 --> 02:18:08,013 APPRECIATE BOTH MY COLLEAGUES, 4269 02:18:08,013 --> 02:18:08,513 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 4270 02:18:08,513 --> 02:18:10,849 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, ON THIS, 4271 02:18:10,849 --> 02:18:13,818 AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS. 4272 02:18:13,818 --> 02:18:14,386 AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, I 4273 02:18:14,386 --> 02:18:15,220 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR AND I 4274 02:18:15,220 --> 02:18:16,788 KNOW COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WOULD 4275 02:18:16,788 --> 02:18:19,691 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THIS AS WELL, 4276 02:18:19,691 --> 02:18:21,559 SHE SAID. SO EARLIER IN THIS 4277 02:18:21,559 --> 02:18:23,862 MEETING ONLINE, I MEAN FOR THE 4278 02:18:23,862 --> 02:18:28,066 RECORD, SO UNLESS THERE ARE ANY 4279 02:18:28,066 --> 02:18:30,101 OTHER QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE 4280 02:18:30,101 --> 02:18:32,103 BOTH OF YOU. COUNCILMEMBERS, 4281 02:18:32,103 --> 02:18:33,305 FOSTER AND SAKA. AND LET'S GO TO 4282 02:18:33,305 --> 02:18:37,976 A VOTE ON THIS. CLERK, WILL YOU 4283 02:18:37,976 --> 02:18:41,813 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON PASSAGE 4284 02:18:41,813 --> 02:18:43,481 OF AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR? 4285 02:18:43,481 --> 02:18:46,351 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 4286 02:18:46,351 --> 02:18:47,218 -- AYE. 4287 02:18:47,218 --> 02:18:48,353 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4288 02:18:48,353 --> 02:18:49,754 -- AYE. 4289 02:18:49,754 --> 02:18:50,221 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4290 02:18:50,221 --> 02:18:50,455 -- YES. 4291 02:18:50,455 --> 02:18:52,057 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 4292 02:18:52,057 --> 02:18:52,290 -- YES. 4293 02:18:52,290 --> 02:18:54,059 -- COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. 4294 02:18:54,059 --> 02:18:54,292 -- NAY. 4295 02:18:54,292 --> 02:18:56,194 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE. 4296 02:18:56,194 --> 02:18:57,495 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 4297 02:18:57,495 --> 02:18:58,863 FOSTER. SORRY. VICE CHAIR. 4298 02:18:58,863 --> 02:19:00,265 HOLLINGSWORTH. 4299 02:19:00,265 --> 02:19:00,498 -- YES. 4300 02:19:00,498 --> 02:19:02,300 -- CHAIR RIVERA. I CHAIR, THERE 4301 02:19:02,300 --> 02:19:05,437 ARE EIGHT IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED 4302 02:19:05,437 --> 02:19:05,637 THE. 4303 02:19:05,637 --> 02:19:07,338 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. THE MOTION 4304 02:19:07,338 --> 02:19:10,041 CARRIES AN AMENDMENT FOUR IS 4305 02:19:10,041 --> 02:19:10,542 ADOPTED. COUNCILMEMBER 4306 02:19:10,542 --> 02:19:11,176 HOLLINGSWORTH WOULD YOU LIKE TO 4307 02:19:11,176 --> 02:19:13,044 MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX? 4308 02:19:13,044 --> 02:19:16,514 -- YES. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO 4309 02:19:16,514 --> 02:19:22,387 AMEND EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY. I 4310 02:19:22,387 --> 02:19:25,023 MOVE AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX, 4311 02:19:25,023 --> 02:19:25,356 VERSION TWO. 4312 02:19:25,356 --> 02:19:26,324 -- SECOND. 4313 02:19:26,324 --> 02:19:27,525 -- THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED 4314 02:19:27,525 --> 02:19:28,827 AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE BILL 4315 02:19:28,827 --> 02:19:31,296 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT SIX. 4316 02:19:31,296 --> 02:19:32,564 CENTRAL STAFF WILL WALK US 4317 02:19:32,564 --> 02:19:34,599 THROUGH THE AMENDMENT AND THEN 4318 02:19:34,599 --> 02:19:37,235 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH OR 4319 02:19:37,235 --> 02:19:39,237 VICE CHAIR AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 4320 02:19:39,237 --> 02:19:39,904 HOLLINGSWORTH. I'LL RECOGNIZE 4321 02:19:39,904 --> 02:19:42,273 YOU TO SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT. 4322 02:19:42,273 --> 02:19:43,775 CENTRAL STAFF. 4323 02:19:43,775 --> 02:19:44,676 -- SO THIS IS AMENDMENT 6. THIS 4324 02:19:44,676 --> 02:19:46,845 IS THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ADD 4325 02:19:46,845 --> 02:19:48,113 $500,000 A YEAR OVER THE SIX 4326 02:19:48,113 --> 02:19:51,349 YEAR LEVY PERIOD TO PROVIDE FOOD 4327 02:19:51,349 --> 02:19:51,883 ASSISTANCE TO LOW INCOME 4328 02:19:51,883 --> 02:19:53,718 STUDENTS OVER WEEKENDS AND 4329 02:19:53,718 --> 02:19:55,420 SCHOOL BREAKS. THE ASSISTANCE 4330 02:19:55,420 --> 02:19:56,788 PROVIDED WOULD BE PROVIDED 4331 02:19:56,788 --> 02:19:58,690 THROUGH VOUCHERS THAT WOULD BE 4332 02:19:58,690 --> 02:19:59,324 DISTRIBUTED BY SCHOOL PERSONNEL 4333 02:19:59,324 --> 02:20:01,559 TO FAMILIES IN NEED. THIS WOULD 4334 02:20:01,559 --> 02:20:03,561 BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE 2627 4335 02:20:03,561 --> 02:20:07,165 SCHOOL YEAR. THE PROGRAM WOULD 4336 02:20:07,165 --> 02:20:07,766 BE FUNDED BY IMPLEMENTING THE 4337 02:20:07,766 --> 02:20:09,000 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAM 4338 02:20:09,000 --> 02:20:10,368 IN THE 2728 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH 4339 02:20:10,368 --> 02:20:12,737 WOULD FREE UP ABOUT $3 MILLION 4340 02:20:12,737 --> 02:20:15,507 TO SUPPORT THIS NEW FOOD 4341 02:20:15,507 --> 02:20:15,940 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 4342 02:20:15,940 --> 02:20:18,009 -- THANK YOU, CENTRAL STAFF 4343 02:20:18,009 --> 02:20:18,943 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND VICE CHAIR 4344 02:20:18,943 --> 02:20:20,879 HOLLINGSWORTH. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED 4345 02:20:20,879 --> 02:20:22,680 TO SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT. 4346 02:20:22,680 --> 02:20:25,683 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I WANT 4347 02:20:25,683 --> 02:20:26,918 TO THANK COLLEAGUES. I WANT TO 4348 02:20:26,918 --> 02:20:29,053 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT 4349 02:20:29,053 --> 02:20:29,687 DURING THIS PROCESS. I ALSO WANT 4350 02:20:29,687 --> 02:20:32,190 TO THANK PEOPLE WHO JOINED US 4351 02:20:32,190 --> 02:20:34,058 TODAY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I TOOK 4352 02:20:34,058 --> 02:20:37,429 TIME OUT OF THE DAY. THEY GAVE 4353 02:20:37,429 --> 02:20:38,596 FEEDBACK, PROVIDED INFORMATION, 4354 02:20:38,596 --> 02:20:40,532 FOLKS THAT SENT IN LETTERS WITH 4355 02:20:40,532 --> 02:20:42,767 INFORMATION, SHARED THEIR 4356 02:20:42,767 --> 02:20:43,301 STORIES AND OUTLETS THAT 4357 02:20:43,301 --> 02:20:45,937 ACTUALLY WROTE ABOUT THE ISSUE 4358 02:20:45,937 --> 02:20:47,806 AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO THANK 4359 02:20:47,806 --> 02:20:48,406 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR HER 4360 02:20:48,406 --> 02:20:49,941 THOUGHTFULNESS AND ADVOCACY AND 4361 02:20:49,941 --> 02:20:51,976 INTELLIGENCE, AND UNBELIEVABLE 4362 02:20:51,976 --> 02:20:53,011 DEEP COMMITMENT TO HELPING CLOSE 4363 02:20:53,011 --> 02:20:54,979 THE FOOD EQUITY GAPS WITHIN OUR 4364 02:20:54,979 --> 02:20:59,484 SYSTEM, AS WELL. I ALSO WANT TO 4365 02:20:59,484 --> 02:21:00,685 SHARE THAT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 4366 02:21:00,685 --> 02:21:03,388 DISCUSS TODAY IS PARTICULARLY A 4367 02:21:03,388 --> 02:21:05,590 POLICY AND IMPLEMENTATION 4368 02:21:05,590 --> 02:21:08,827 DECISION. FOR ME, THIS WAS NEVER 4369 02:21:08,827 --> 02:21:11,396 ABOUT UNIVERSAL MEALS OR NOT. IT 4370 02:21:11,396 --> 02:21:12,030 WAS ALWAYS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION 4371 02:21:12,030 --> 02:21:13,898 STRATEGY TO BUILD A SUSTAINABLE 4372 02:21:13,898 --> 02:21:17,001 FOOD SYSTEM. SO FOOD JUSTICE HAS 4373 02:21:17,001 --> 02:21:18,570 ALWAYS BEEN AT THE CORE OF THIS 4374 02:21:18,570 --> 02:21:20,038 AMENDMENT. WE HAVE ALWAYS LED 4375 02:21:20,038 --> 02:21:22,340 WITH FACTS, DATA AND REALITY. 4376 02:21:22,340 --> 02:21:24,242 THE FAMILIES, EDUCATION, 4377 02:21:24,242 --> 02:21:25,743 PRESCHOOL, AND PROMISE LEVY 4378 02:21:25,743 --> 02:21:26,611 TRACES ITS ROOTS BACK TO 1990. 4379 02:21:26,611 --> 02:21:28,079 YOU HEARD SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 4380 02:21:28,079 --> 02:21:30,415 THE DAY WHEN FORMER MAYOR NORM 4381 02:21:30,415 --> 02:21:32,851 RICE ORGANIZED AN EDUCATION 4382 02:21:32,851 --> 02:21:33,852 SUMMIT TO IDENTIFY THE CITY OF 4383 02:21:33,852 --> 02:21:35,820 SEATTLE, HOW WE COULD IMPROVE 4384 02:21:35,820 --> 02:21:37,455 OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN. THE STATE 4385 02:21:37,455 --> 02:21:39,724 OF WASHINGTON, AS WE KNOW, IS 4386 02:21:39,724 --> 02:21:41,259 RESPONSIBLE FOR FUNDING PUBLIC 4387 02:21:41,259 --> 02:21:42,694 EDUCATION. BUT TOO MANY 4388 02:21:42,694 --> 02:21:45,496 STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY IN LOW 4389 02:21:45,496 --> 02:21:46,130 INCOME FAMILIES AND HISTORICALLY 4390 02:21:46,130 --> 02:21:47,966 UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES, 4391 02:21:47,966 --> 02:21:48,533 FACE BARRIERS THAT EXTENDED 4392 02:21:48,533 --> 02:21:52,637 BEYOND THE CLASSROOMS. WHAT THEY 4393 02:21:52,637 --> 02:21:53,137 IDENTIFIED FIVE GUIDING 4394 02:21:53,137 --> 02:21:54,873 PRINCIPLES INVOLVE COMMUNITIES 4395 02:21:54,873 --> 02:21:56,841 AND SCHOOLS CELEBRATE CULTURAL 4396 02:21:56,841 --> 02:21:58,510 DIVERSITY, ENSURE THAT EVERY 4397 02:21:58,510 --> 02:21:59,744 CHILD WAS SAFE, HEALTHY AND 4398 02:21:59,744 --> 02:22:01,112 READY TO LEARN, STRENGTHENING 4399 02:22:01,112 --> 02:22:03,448 LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND 4400 02:22:03,448 --> 02:22:06,584 ADVOCATING FOR STRONGER PUBLIC 4401 02:22:06,584 --> 02:22:09,787 EDUCATION AND FUNDING. THIS LED 4402 02:22:09,787 --> 02:22:10,421 TO SEATTLE'S FIRST EDUCATION 4403 02:22:10,421 --> 02:22:13,458 LEVY THAT WAS APPROVED BY VOTERS 4404 02:22:13,458 --> 02:22:15,894 IN 1990, AND IT PARTICULARLY 4405 02:22:15,894 --> 02:22:17,562 FOCUSED ON EARLY LEARNING HEALTH 4406 02:22:17,562 --> 02:22:19,163 SERVICES, ACADEMIC SUPPORT, 4407 02:22:19,163 --> 02:22:21,633 FAMILY ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY 4408 02:22:21,633 --> 02:22:22,834 PARTNERSHIPS. AND SINCE THEN, 4409 02:22:22,834 --> 02:22:24,702 THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE 4410 02:22:24,702 --> 02:22:26,538 LEVIES THAT SEATTLE HAS 4411 02:22:26,538 --> 02:22:28,740 CHAMPIONED. ONE OF OUR LEGACY 4412 02:22:28,740 --> 02:22:31,009 LEVIES BECAUSE WE RENEWED IT IN 4413 02:22:31,009 --> 02:22:33,578 1997, 2004 AND 2011, AND WE 4414 02:22:33,578 --> 02:22:35,513 EXPANDED TO SEATTLE PRESCHOOL 4415 02:22:35,513 --> 02:22:39,751 LEVY IN 2014 AND 2018. SO 4416 02:22:39,751 --> 02:22:43,121 THROUGHOUT ITS EVOLUTION, ONE 4417 02:22:43,121 --> 02:22:43,621 PRINCIPLE HAS REMAINED 4418 02:22:43,621 --> 02:22:45,290 CONSISTENT. EDUCATIONAL EQUITY 4419 02:22:45,290 --> 02:22:46,691 REQUIRES MORE THAN EQUAL 4420 02:22:46,691 --> 02:22:49,394 FUNDING. IT REQUIRES TARGETED 4421 02:22:49,394 --> 02:22:49,928 INVESTMENTS THAT ADDRESS 4422 02:22:49,928 --> 02:22:51,229 SYSTEMIC BARRIERS 4423 02:22:51,229 --> 02:22:51,829 DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTING 4424 02:22:51,829 --> 02:22:52,564 STUDENTS OF COLOR. STUDENTS FROM 4425 02:22:52,564 --> 02:22:55,867 LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS, ENGLISH 4426 02:22:55,867 --> 02:22:58,369 LANGUAGE LEARNERS, IMMIGRANT AND 4427 02:22:58,369 --> 02:22:59,504 REFUGEE STUDENTS, AND OTHER 4428 02:22:59,504 --> 02:23:01,472 HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED 4429 02:23:01,472 --> 02:23:02,273 COMMUNITIES SO THAT EVERY CHILD 4430 02:23:02,273 --> 02:23:05,076 HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. 4431 02:23:05,076 --> 02:23:06,577 THIS IS WHY THIS AMENDMENT WAS 4432 02:23:06,577 --> 02:23:08,813 BORN. IT WAS NOT ONE OR THE 4433 02:23:08,813 --> 02:23:12,116 OTHER. I WAS TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT 4434 02:23:12,116 --> 02:23:14,018 SOME OF THE DIVESTMENT FOR FUNDS 4435 02:23:14,018 --> 02:23:15,086 THAT WERE INTENDED, EXCUSE ME, 4436 02:23:15,086 --> 02:23:17,121 SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE 4437 02:23:17,121 --> 02:23:21,426 INTENDED TO CLOSE OPPORTUNITY 4438 02:23:21,426 --> 02:23:22,627 GAPS FOR STUDENTS. AND IF YOU 4439 02:23:22,627 --> 02:23:24,963 LOOK AT THE DATA CLOSING 4440 02:23:24,963 --> 02:23:27,332 OPPORTUNITY GAPS REQUIRE US TO 4441 02:23:27,332 --> 02:23:28,833 LOOK WHO WILL BENEFIT THE MOST 4442 02:23:28,833 --> 02:23:30,802 FROM THAT POLICY AND TRY TO 4443 02:23:30,802 --> 02:23:31,936 ADJUST ACCORDINGLY. IT'S A VERY, 4444 02:23:31,936 --> 02:23:34,672 VERY THIN NEEDLE TODAY, AND I 4445 02:23:34,672 --> 02:23:38,910 WANT TO THANK MR. ELMER DIXON, 4446 02:23:38,910 --> 02:23:41,112 WHO SENT IN A LETTER OF SUPPORT 4447 02:23:41,112 --> 02:23:42,847 AND CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE 4448 02:23:42,847 --> 02:23:45,016 FREE BREAKFAST PROGRAM, BECAUSE 4449 02:23:45,016 --> 02:23:45,950 IN SOME OUTLETS TALKED ABOUT, 4450 02:23:45,950 --> 02:23:48,152 YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING THIS 4451 02:23:48,152 --> 02:23:51,289 PROGRAM BECAUSE OF THE BLACK 4452 02:23:51,289 --> 02:23:53,291 PANTHERS AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT 4453 02:23:53,291 --> 02:23:55,593 THAT IN 1969, IT WAS RESPONDING 4454 02:23:55,593 --> 02:23:57,362 TO THE IMMEDIATE NEED, THE 4455 02:23:57,362 --> 02:23:58,930 CRISIS, THE CHILDREN THAT WERE 4456 02:23:58,930 --> 02:24:00,765 IN LOW INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT 4457 02:24:00,765 --> 02:24:03,368 HAD EXPERIENCED DECADES OF 4458 02:24:03,368 --> 02:24:06,137 SEGREGATION, DIVESTMENT AND 4459 02:24:06,137 --> 02:24:07,939 POVERTY WHEN ARRIVING AT SCHOOL, 4460 02:24:07,939 --> 02:24:11,109 HUNGRY BECAUSE WE HAVE DIVESTED 4461 02:24:11,109 --> 02:24:11,843 IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS IN THIS 4462 02:24:11,843 --> 02:24:13,277 CITY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, 4463 02:24:13,277 --> 02:24:15,546 THERE WAS NO WIDESPREAD SCHOOL 4464 02:24:15,546 --> 02:24:17,782 BREAKFAST PROGRAM IN THEIR 4465 02:24:17,782 --> 02:24:19,083 NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THEIR SOLUTION 4466 02:24:19,083 --> 02:24:22,787 WAS UNIVERSAL MEALS WITHIN THEIR 4467 02:24:22,787 --> 02:24:24,889 COMMUNITY. SEATTLE 2026 IS VERY 4468 02:24:24,889 --> 02:24:27,058 DIFFERENT TODAY. AND COLLEAGUES, 4469 02:24:27,058 --> 02:24:29,360 YOU KNOW THAT. AND IT'S BEEN 4470 02:24:29,360 --> 02:24:32,430 SHARED THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF 4471 02:24:32,430 --> 02:24:33,498 THERE ARE 50/50 TITLE ONE 4472 02:24:33,498 --> 02:24:34,132 SCHOOLS. AND WE'VE ALSO HEARD 4473 02:24:34,132 --> 02:24:35,433 FROM PEOPLE TODAY THAT THAT 4474 02:24:35,433 --> 02:24:36,501 DOESN'T MATTER. THERE'S KIDS 4475 02:24:36,501 --> 02:24:38,302 THAT ARE HUNGRY AT SCHOOLS THAT 4476 02:24:38,302 --> 02:24:39,404 ARE TITLE ONE SCHOOLS, OR 4477 02:24:39,404 --> 02:24:43,074 THERE'S KIDS THAT ARE HUNGRY AT 4478 02:24:43,074 --> 02:24:44,709 SCHOOLS THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR 4479 02:24:44,709 --> 02:24:45,877 FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. WE HEARD 4480 02:24:45,877 --> 02:24:47,178 A TEACHER HERE WHO TALKED ABOUT 4481 02:24:47,178 --> 02:24:50,415 HAVING TO PAY THREE, FOUR, $500 4482 02:24:50,415 --> 02:24:52,917 TO KEEP THEIR STUDENTS FED, AND 4483 02:24:52,917 --> 02:24:53,985 THE ONE QUESTION I'VE BEEN 4484 02:24:53,985 --> 02:24:57,355 TRYING TO ANSWER IS, HOW CAN 4485 02:24:57,355 --> 02:24:57,889 SEATTLE BEST ADDRESS THE 4486 02:24:57,889 --> 02:25:00,558 INEQUITIES THAT STILL PERSIST? 4487 02:25:00,558 --> 02:25:03,361 DATA CONTINUES TO SHOW THAT FOOD 4488 02:25:03,361 --> 02:25:03,961 INSECURITY DISPROPORTIONATELY 4489 02:25:03,961 --> 02:25:08,132 AFFECTS DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, 4490 02:25:08,132 --> 02:25:09,167 PARTICULARLY WITH THE 4491 02:25:09,167 --> 02:25:10,935 SEGREGATION THAT HAS HAPPENED IN 4492 02:25:10,935 --> 02:25:13,104 SEATTLE. SEATTLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN 4493 02:25:13,104 --> 02:25:16,874 A TALE OF TWO CITIES, ALWAYS. 4494 02:25:16,874 --> 02:25:18,776 EQUITY DOES NOT MEAN PROVIDING 4495 02:25:18,776 --> 02:25:20,878 THE EXACT SAME INVESTMENTS FOR 4496 02:25:20,878 --> 02:25:21,479 EVERY STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF 4497 02:25:21,479 --> 02:25:22,914 NEED. IT MEANS DIRECTING 4498 02:25:22,914 --> 02:25:25,016 RESOURCES WHERE BARRIERS REMAIN 4499 02:25:25,016 --> 02:25:26,417 THE GREATEST. AND THAT WAS MY 4500 02:25:26,417 --> 02:25:29,720 GOAL WITH THIS AMENDMENT. VERY 4501 02:25:29,720 --> 02:25:32,590 LIKE INTENTIONS THAT WERE 4502 02:25:32,590 --> 02:25:34,292 INCREDIBLY TRYING TO BE VERY 4503 02:25:34,292 --> 02:25:37,061 THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE FOOD 4504 02:25:37,061 --> 02:25:38,029 INSECURITY WAS THROUGHOUT THE 4505 02:25:38,029 --> 02:25:40,565 CITY. AND THEN ALSO FROM MY 4506 02:25:40,565 --> 02:25:41,999 PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS WELL, AND 4507 02:25:41,999 --> 02:25:45,303 SOME OF THE CRACKS AND GAPS THAT 4508 02:25:45,303 --> 02:25:46,604 WE'VE SEEN. SO WHAT I'VE HEARD 4509 02:25:46,604 --> 02:25:49,173 FROM PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND 4510 02:25:49,173 --> 02:25:50,374 COMMUNITIES WAS ABOUT 4511 02:25:50,374 --> 02:25:51,776 SUPPLEMENTING WEEKEND AND 4512 02:25:51,776 --> 02:25:54,011 HOLIDAY SCHOOL BREAKS, 4513 02:25:54,011 --> 02:25:57,148 PARTICULARLY WINTER BREAK, 4514 02:25:57,148 --> 02:25:59,584 BECAUSE THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT 4515 02:25:59,584 --> 02:26:00,885 ARE IN SPRING BREAK THAT ARE NOT 4516 02:26:00,885 --> 02:26:02,153 IN WINTER BREAK. AND WITH THIS 4517 02:26:02,153 --> 02:26:03,721 NEW AMENDMENT, WE HAVE CREATED A 4518 02:26:03,721 --> 02:26:06,190 LINE ITEM FOOD ASSISTANCE 4519 02:26:06,190 --> 02:26:08,626 BUCKET. AND I WOULD LIKE TO 4520 02:26:08,626 --> 02:26:09,193 BREAK DOWN SOME INFORMATION 4521 02:26:09,193 --> 02:26:13,531 BECAUSE A LOT OF THE EMAILS THAT 4522 02:26:13,531 --> 02:26:16,134 I'VE SEEN IN OBJECTION TO THIS 4523 02:26:16,134 --> 02:26:16,968 AMENDMENT WAS MEANS TESTING 4524 02:26:16,968 --> 02:26:17,568 MEANS TESTING. THAT WAS NOT 4525 02:26:17,568 --> 02:26:19,137 SOMETHING WE EVER PUT OUT. THAT 4526 02:26:19,137 --> 02:26:20,538 WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WAS 4527 02:26:20,538 --> 02:26:22,573 EXPRESSED DURING THIS AMENDMENT. 4528 02:26:22,573 --> 02:26:25,009 AS YOU HEARD, THE CALEB SPEAK 4529 02:26:25,009 --> 02:26:26,511 HERE TODAY, HE WAS REFERRING TO 4530 02:26:26,511 --> 02:26:29,080 ME WORKING AT THIS EMERGENCY 4531 02:26:29,080 --> 02:26:29,814 FEEDING PROGRAM IN 2019. AND FOR 4532 02:26:29,814 --> 02:26:32,016 A LOT OF FOOD BANKS, THEY WOULD 4533 02:26:32,016 --> 02:26:35,419 REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE AN ID OR A 4534 02:26:35,419 --> 02:26:36,254 LIGHT BILL TO SHOW WHERE YOU 4535 02:26:36,254 --> 02:26:38,356 LIVED, BECAUSE THEY WOULD ONLY 4536 02:26:38,356 --> 02:26:40,158 SERVICE PEOPLE WITHIN THOSE ZIP 4537 02:26:40,158 --> 02:26:44,362 CODES. AND SO FOR US, WE WERE 4538 02:26:44,362 --> 02:26:44,862 THE LARGEST BLACK FOOD 4539 02:26:44,862 --> 02:26:46,497 DISTRIBUTOR, AND WE SERVED EVERY 4540 02:26:46,497 --> 02:26:49,233 SINGLE ZIP CODE. WE HAD PEOPLE 4541 02:26:49,233 --> 02:26:52,303 COMING FROM VASHON, PEOPLE 4542 02:26:52,303 --> 02:26:52,937 COMING FROM ACROSS THE ISLAND. 4543 02:26:52,937 --> 02:26:54,305 WE HAD PEOPLE COMING FROM DOWN 4544 02:26:54,305 --> 02:26:54,939 SOUTH, PARTICULARLY SOUTH KING 4545 02:26:54,939 --> 02:26:57,141 COUNTY, UP NORTH TO OUR FOOD 4546 02:26:57,141 --> 02:26:59,544 BANK, BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY 4547 02:26:59,544 --> 02:27:00,811 ONE AT THE TIME DURING THE 4548 02:27:00,811 --> 02:27:01,445 PANDEMIC THAT DID NOT ALLOW OR 4549 02:27:01,445 --> 02:27:02,246 DID NOT REQUIRE PEOPLE TO HAVE A 4550 02:27:02,246 --> 02:27:06,217 ZIP CODE OR AN ID TO GET FOOD. 4551 02:27:06,217 --> 02:27:08,286 WE WOULD ONLY ASK THEM HOW MANY 4552 02:27:08,286 --> 02:27:11,122 PEOPLE WERE IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD 4553 02:27:11,122 --> 02:27:11,756 SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH WE 4554 02:27:11,756 --> 02:27:14,859 COULD GIVE THEM. SO THIS 4555 02:27:14,859 --> 02:27:15,393 PARTICULARLY SO THE MEANS 4556 02:27:15,393 --> 02:27:19,730 TESTING. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT 4557 02:27:19,730 --> 02:27:20,264 CAME FROM. I JUST WANT TO 4558 02:27:20,264 --> 02:27:20,832 HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS FUNDING 4559 02:27:20,832 --> 02:27:23,968 WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO. WE CREATED 4560 02:27:23,968 --> 02:27:24,569 IT SO IT WAS FLEXIBLE. SO IT 4561 02:27:24,569 --> 02:27:25,736 COULD GO DIRECTLY TO FAMILY 4562 02:27:25,736 --> 02:27:30,041 SUPPORT WORKERS MCKINNEY-VENTO 4563 02:27:30,041 --> 02:27:31,409 PROGRAMS, SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS 4564 02:27:31,409 --> 02:27:33,077 TO BEST IDENTIFY THE ROLLOUT OF 4565 02:27:33,077 --> 02:27:35,279 A GROCERY CARD ASSISTANCE 4566 02:27:35,279 --> 02:27:36,981 PROGRAM FOR WEEKEND AND SCHOOL 4567 02:27:36,981 --> 02:27:39,617 BREAKS. THEY ARE THE EXPERTS. I 4568 02:27:39,617 --> 02:27:42,086 AM NOT, I'M THE ONLY WHAT I DO 4569 02:27:42,086 --> 02:27:43,487 IN MY LEGISLATIVE ROLE IS TO 4570 02:27:43,487 --> 02:27:45,256 MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE 4571 02:27:45,256 --> 02:27:47,391 RESOURCES AND FUNDING TO LET THE 4572 02:27:47,391 --> 02:27:48,926 EXPERTS DO THEIR JOB. THE FOOD 4573 02:27:48,926 --> 02:27:49,760 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WOULD BE 4574 02:27:49,760 --> 02:27:51,929 FUNDING FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF 4575 02:27:51,929 --> 02:27:57,001 THE LEVY. SIX YEARS, $500,000 4576 02:27:57,001 --> 02:27:58,970 EVERY YEAR. THIS FOOD ASSISTANCE 4577 02:27:58,970 --> 02:28:01,205 PROGRAM IS ALSO SUPER FLEXIBLE. 4578 02:28:01,205 --> 02:28:03,007 SO WHEN SPEAKING TO FAMILY 4579 02:28:03,007 --> 02:28:04,976 SUPPORT WORKERS, MCKINNEY-VENTO 4580 02:28:04,976 --> 02:28:05,409 PROGRAM AND SCHOOL 4581 02:28:05,409 --> 02:28:06,010 ADMINISTRATORS, HAVING THAT 4582 02:28:06,010 --> 02:28:06,878 EXTRA RESOURCE IS SOMETHING THAT 4583 02:28:06,878 --> 02:28:09,013 WAS GREATLY NEEDED, ESPECIALLY 4584 02:28:09,013 --> 02:28:11,682 AS WE KNOW WHILE SNAP IS BEING 4585 02:28:11,682 --> 02:28:13,584 CUT AND FOOD ASSISTANCE DOLLARS 4586 02:28:13,584 --> 02:28:15,753 ARE BEING CUT FEDERALLY, SOME 4587 02:28:15,753 --> 02:28:17,855 PEOPLE HAVE SENT IN QUESTIONS. 4588 02:28:17,855 --> 02:28:19,590 WILL YOU KNOW, ONE VERSUS THE 4589 02:28:19,590 --> 02:28:20,725 OTHER? UNIVERSAL MEALS, $1,200 4590 02:28:20,725 --> 02:28:24,362 WILL JOY HOW HOW FAR CAN A $50 4591 02:28:24,362 --> 02:28:26,998 GROCERY VOUCHER GO? COLLEAGUES? 4592 02:28:26,998 --> 02:28:29,367 A $50 GROCERY CARD FOR WINTER OR 4593 02:28:29,367 --> 02:28:32,236 SPRING BREAK FOR FAMILY CAN MAKE 4594 02:28:32,236 --> 02:28:33,771 AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT. IT'S NOT 4595 02:28:33,771 --> 02:28:35,806 INTENDED TO REPLACE SNAP, BUT ON 4596 02:28:35,806 --> 02:28:37,675 A FAMILY GROCERY BUDGET, IT'S 4597 02:28:37,675 --> 02:28:39,310 INTENDED TO BRIDGE THE GAP 4598 02:28:39,310 --> 02:28:41,145 DURING A THREE DAY WEEKEND AND 4599 02:28:41,145 --> 02:28:42,947 WINTER BREAK, SPRING BREAK OR 4600 02:28:42,947 --> 02:28:44,615 OTHER PERIODS WHEN SCHOOL 4601 02:28:44,615 --> 02:28:46,284 CAFETERIAS ARE CLOSED. THEY CAN 4602 02:28:46,284 --> 02:28:47,351 PURCHASE MILK, A DOZEN EGGS, A 4603 02:28:47,351 --> 02:28:49,887 LOAF OF BREAD, FRESH FRUIT, A 4604 02:28:49,887 --> 02:28:52,123 BAG OF RICE. THEY CAN SURVIVE, 4605 02:28:52,123 --> 02:28:55,626 BE ABLE TO TRY TO KEEP SURVIVING 4606 02:28:55,626 --> 02:28:57,395 AND FILL THAT GAP. THIS ALSO 4607 02:28:57,395 --> 02:28:59,697 CREATES A LINE ITEM OF FOOD 4608 02:28:59,697 --> 02:29:01,165 ASSISTANCE UNDER BASIC NEEDS IN 4609 02:29:01,165 --> 02:29:02,199 THE LEVY. THIS HAS NEVER BEEN 4610 02:29:02,199 --> 02:29:04,235 DONE BEFORE. IN THE LEVY WE HAVE 4611 02:29:04,235 --> 02:29:05,636 THE HOUSING AND HOMELESS 4612 02:29:05,636 --> 02:29:07,638 SERVICES, THE TRANSPORTATION 4613 02:29:07,638 --> 02:29:08,839 BUCKET. WE HAVE HSD SUMMER 4614 02:29:08,839 --> 02:29:10,508 FOODS, WHICH YOU TALKED ABOUT 4615 02:29:10,508 --> 02:29:13,344 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA GOING TO YOUR 4616 02:29:13,344 --> 02:29:15,046 SERVING WITH DIRECTOR KIM. IT 4617 02:29:15,046 --> 02:29:16,147 ALSO HAS UNIVERSAL MEALS IN 4618 02:29:16,147 --> 02:29:18,182 THERE, AND THIS WOULD CREATE A 4619 02:29:18,182 --> 02:29:22,053 FOOD ASSISTANT BUCKET THAT WOULD 4620 02:29:22,053 --> 02:29:23,821 BE IN CORRELATION WITH UNIVERSAL 4621 02:29:23,821 --> 02:29:29,293 MEALS TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL 4622 02:29:29,293 --> 02:29:29,960 SUPPORT FOR RESOURCES FOR OUR 4623 02:29:29,960 --> 02:29:31,128 STUDENTS. LET ME BE VERY CLEAR, 4624 02:29:31,128 --> 02:29:31,962 I WANT TO I REALLY WANT TO THANK 4625 02:29:31,962 --> 02:29:34,332 FOR PEOPLE FOR REACHING OUT AND 4626 02:29:34,332 --> 02:29:35,566 CONNECTING WITH US, BECAUSE I'M 4627 02:29:35,566 --> 02:29:38,703 GOING TO TELL YOU THIS. IT HAS 4628 02:29:38,703 --> 02:29:41,472 BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE 4629 02:29:41,472 --> 02:29:42,039 THESE CONVERSATIONS AND TO 4630 02:29:42,039 --> 02:29:43,708 LISTEN TO SOME OF THE NARRATIVE 4631 02:29:43,708 --> 02:29:44,608 THAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT THERE, 4632 02:29:44,608 --> 02:29:48,746 BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE DIVED 4633 02:29:48,746 --> 02:29:49,347 AWAY FROM THE POLICY PIECE IN 4634 02:29:49,347 --> 02:29:50,448 THIS. AND THIS, FOR ME HAS NEVER 4635 02:29:50,448 --> 02:29:52,984 BEEN ABOUT EITHER OR. IT ALWAYS 4636 02:29:52,984 --> 02:29:55,052 HAS BEEN ABOUT HOW DO WE 4637 02:29:55,052 --> 02:29:55,686 IMPLEMENT A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM. 4638 02:29:55,686 --> 02:30:00,858 THAT'S ALL THIS HAS BEEN. AND I 4639 02:30:00,858 --> 02:30:02,760 WANT TO READ FROM FOLKS FROM THE 4640 02:30:02,760 --> 02:30:06,530 MCKINNEY-VENTO PROGRAM BECAUSE I 4641 02:30:06,530 --> 02:30:08,399 HAD ASKED HOW THEY CURRENTLY. 4642 02:30:08,399 --> 02:30:11,002 BECAUSE SOMEONE BECAUSE ANOTHER 4643 02:30:11,002 --> 02:30:11,635 THING WAS SAID, WELL, THIS WOULD 4644 02:30:11,635 --> 02:30:13,170 BE A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE 4645 02:30:13,170 --> 02:30:14,438 BURDEN ON PEOPLE. HOW WOULD THEY 4646 02:30:14,438 --> 02:30:15,406 IMPLEMENT THIS? AND I WANT TO 4647 02:30:15,406 --> 02:30:17,842 SAY THEY ALREADY DO THIS. 4648 02:30:17,842 --> 02:30:19,343 PROGRAMS ARE EXISTING IN SCHOOLS 4649 02:30:19,343 --> 02:30:21,545 THAT ALREADY DO THIS. FAMILIES. 4650 02:30:21,545 --> 02:30:22,880 THIS IS DIRECTLY. FAMILIES 4651 02:30:22,880 --> 02:30:23,481 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN 4652 02:30:23,481 --> 02:30:24,849 SEATTLE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACE 4653 02:30:24,849 --> 02:30:25,716 DECISIONS. AND THIS IS NOT 4654 02:30:25,716 --> 02:30:26,751 ENDORSEMENT. THIS IS JUST HOW DO 4655 02:30:26,751 --> 02:30:30,287 THEY IMPLEMENT THEIR PROGRAM 4656 02:30:30,287 --> 02:30:33,090 FACE DECISIONS BETWEEN 4657 02:30:33,090 --> 02:30:34,358 PURCHASING FOOD, FUELING THEIR 4658 02:30:34,358 --> 02:30:36,060 VEHICLES, AND MEETING OTHER 4659 02:30:36,060 --> 02:30:38,062 BASIC NEEDS. SEATTLE PUBLIC 4660 02:30:38,062 --> 02:30:40,631 SCHOOLS IDENTIFIES MORE THAN 4661 02:30:40,631 --> 02:30:41,198 2000 STUDENTS EXPERIENCING 4662 02:30:41,198 --> 02:30:42,433 HOMELESSNESS EACH YEAR, AND THE 4663 02:30:42,433 --> 02:30:46,203 GROCERY CARDS PROVIDE A SIMPLE, 4664 02:30:46,203 --> 02:30:46,804 DIGNIFIED AND HIGHLY FLEXIBLE 4665 02:30:46,804 --> 02:30:49,440 FORM OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE OR 4666 02:30:49,440 --> 02:30:52,309 GAP FUNDING TO WHERE THEY CAN BE 4667 02:30:52,309 --> 02:30:54,278 ABLE TO PURCHASE NUTRITIOUS 4668 02:30:54,278 --> 02:30:56,981 MEALS. WHEN TRADITIONAL FOOD 4669 02:30:56,981 --> 02:30:58,349 PANTRIES MAY NOT MEET THEIR 4670 02:30:58,349 --> 02:31:02,386 DIETARY, CULTURAL OR SCHEDULING 4671 02:31:02,386 --> 02:31:04,121 NEEDS. AND I THINK THIS IS 4672 02:31:04,121 --> 02:31:05,256 IMPORTANT. AND THEY DO DIFFERENT 4673 02:31:05,256 --> 02:31:07,792 TYPES. THEY DO $25 VOUCHERS, 4674 02:31:07,792 --> 02:31:09,093 THEY DO DOLLAR VOUCHERS, AND IT 4675 02:31:09,093 --> 02:31:10,861 CAN PREVENT A FAMILY FROM 4676 02:31:10,861 --> 02:31:12,196 MISSING WORK, LOSING ACCESS TO 4677 02:31:12,196 --> 02:31:14,265 SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION, OR GOING 4678 02:31:14,265 --> 02:31:17,535 WITHOUT FOOD FOR SEVERAL DAYS. 4679 02:31:17,535 --> 02:31:19,737 AND THE REASON WHY I THOUGHT 4680 02:31:19,737 --> 02:31:22,807 THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT TO READ IS 4681 02:31:22,807 --> 02:31:24,875 BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE 4682 02:31:24,875 --> 02:31:25,843 THAT COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I HEARD 4683 02:31:25,843 --> 02:31:26,577 SOME PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT MEANS, 4684 02:31:26,577 --> 02:31:29,013 I HEARD SOME PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. 4685 02:31:29,013 --> 02:31:30,848 THIS WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR 4686 02:31:30,848 --> 02:31:31,482 TO IMPLEMENT, AND I WANTED TO 4687 02:31:31,482 --> 02:31:32,349 MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON THE 4688 02:31:32,349 --> 02:31:35,386 RECORD. SO WE UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE 4689 02:31:35,386 --> 02:31:35,886 WERE PROPOSING AND THE 4690 02:31:35,886 --> 02:31:37,621 FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THIS 4691 02:31:37,621 --> 02:31:39,156 AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT 4692 02:31:39,156 --> 02:31:40,224 FAMILIES WERE ABLE TO GET THE 4693 02:31:40,224 --> 02:31:41,792 RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, 4694 02:31:41,792 --> 02:31:43,260 ESPECIALLY DURING BREAKS. I ALSO 4695 02:31:43,260 --> 02:31:44,595 WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD 4696 02:31:44,595 --> 02:31:49,233 THAT I'M ALL FOR, AND I AND I 4697 02:31:49,233 --> 02:31:52,937 WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR PUBLICLY 4698 02:31:52,937 --> 02:31:55,773 FOR ACCELERATING UNIVERSAL MEALS 4699 02:31:55,773 --> 02:31:59,176 BEFORE THE STATE IMPLEMENTATION 4700 02:31:59,176 --> 02:32:00,411 PLAN, BECAUSE WE BOTH SHARE THE 4701 02:32:00,411 --> 02:32:03,781 SAME GOALS OF HELPING TO END 4702 02:32:03,781 --> 02:32:06,484 HUNGER, FOOD ACCESS, AND 4703 02:32:06,484 --> 02:32:07,084 CENTERING CHILDREN. THAT'S 4704 02:32:07,084 --> 02:32:09,253 ALWAYS, I TELL PEOPLE THIS. THAT 4705 02:32:09,253 --> 02:32:11,322 HAS BEEN MY MISSION BEFORE BEING 4706 02:32:11,322 --> 02:32:11,989 ON COUNCIL, AND THAT'S GOING TO 4707 02:32:11,989 --> 02:32:13,924 BE MY MISSION AFTER ON COUNCIL. 4708 02:32:13,924 --> 02:32:15,860 AND THAT REMAINS OUR SHARED 4709 02:32:15,860 --> 02:32:19,396 VISION. I'LL I WILL HOLD MY 4710 02:32:19,396 --> 02:32:21,765 COMMENTS AT THE AT THE END FOR 4711 02:32:21,765 --> 02:32:22,833 MY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT I 4712 02:32:22,833 --> 02:32:27,304 HAVE. AND THANK YOU, CHAIR. 4713 02:32:27,304 --> 02:32:29,139 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, 4714 02:32:29,139 --> 02:32:29,773 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 4715 02:32:29,773 --> 02:32:31,075 AND VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 4716 02:32:31,075 --> 02:32:32,076 I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO 4717 02:32:32,076 --> 02:32:34,545 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AS 4718 02:32:34,545 --> 02:32:36,347 CO-CHAIR, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 4719 02:32:36,347 --> 02:32:38,115 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 4720 02:32:38,115 --> 02:32:40,284 SORRY, I'M NOT. MY COMPUTER DID 4721 02:32:40,284 --> 02:32:41,252 A RESTART, SO I'M NO LONGER ON 4722 02:32:41,252 --> 02:32:42,887 THE ZOOM. SO THANK YOU FOR 4723 02:32:42,887 --> 02:32:45,055 RECOGNIZING ME. AND I WANT TO 4724 02:32:45,055 --> 02:32:48,192 START BY EXPRESSING MY DEEP 4725 02:32:48,192 --> 02:32:51,862 APPRECIATION TO YOU. COUNCIL 4726 02:32:51,862 --> 02:32:53,430 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND, AND 4727 02:32:53,430 --> 02:32:54,098 I I'LL COME BACK TO THIS LATER, 4728 02:32:54,098 --> 02:32:55,866 BUT I THINK YOUR BACKGROUND IN, 4729 02:32:55,866 --> 02:32:57,935 IN WORKING DIRECTLY IN FOOD 4730 02:32:57,935 --> 02:33:03,941 ASSISTANCE AND ALSO I THINK OUR 4731 02:33:03,941 --> 02:33:04,575 WILLINGNESS TO HAVE WHAT IS IN 4732 02:33:04,575 --> 02:33:07,111 THE PUBLIC A DIFFICULT 4733 02:33:07,111 --> 02:33:09,647 CONVERSATION. BUT WHAT I KNOW TO 4734 02:33:09,647 --> 02:33:11,815 BE TRUE IS THAT THIS IS A 4735 02:33:11,815 --> 02:33:13,484 CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE 4736 02:33:13,484 --> 02:33:15,319 ACTUALLY REACH ALL OF OUR KIDS. 4737 02:33:15,319 --> 02:33:17,321 AND I KNOW THAT I'VE SAT IN 4738 02:33:17,321 --> 02:33:19,823 COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND 4739 02:33:19,823 --> 02:33:22,893 NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE'S 4740 02:33:22,893 --> 02:33:23,527 ALREADY UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS 4741 02:33:23,527 --> 02:33:24,428 AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 4742 02:33:24,428 --> 02:33:26,397 THEIR GAPS DURING BREAKS AND 4743 02:33:26,397 --> 02:33:27,831 WEEKENDS. I'VE LISTENED TO KIDS 4744 02:33:27,831 --> 02:33:30,968 TALK ABOUT HOW THEY HAD SOMEBODY 4745 02:33:30,968 --> 02:33:31,602 WHO LOOKED OUT FOR THEM AND GAVE 4746 02:33:31,602 --> 02:33:33,337 THEM A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA MONEY 4747 02:33:33,337 --> 02:33:36,907 TO CLOSE THAT GAP. AND TO ME, 4748 02:33:36,907 --> 02:33:39,209 THAT'S WHAT'S AT THE CENTER OF 4749 02:33:39,209 --> 02:33:40,077 THIS CONVERSATION. THAT IS 4750 02:33:40,077 --> 02:33:40,744 WHAT'S BEEN AT THE CENTER OF 4751 02:33:40,744 --> 02:33:42,546 THESE AMENDMENTS. THAT'S WHAT 4752 02:33:42,546 --> 02:33:46,183 THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE SAYS AND 4753 02:33:46,183 --> 02:33:47,451 DOES. AND IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING 4754 02:33:47,451 --> 02:33:48,919 TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 4755 02:33:48,919 --> 02:33:50,454 WHAT I KNOW IS THE HEART OF THIS 4756 02:33:50,454 --> 02:33:51,689 CONVERSATION. WHAT I KNOW IS THE 4757 02:33:51,689 --> 02:33:52,923 LANGUAGE OF THE AMENDMENTS, AND 4758 02:33:52,923 --> 02:33:55,125 THEN THE SURROUNDING PUBLIC 4759 02:33:55,125 --> 02:33:57,661 CONVERSATION. AND OUR JOBS ARE 4760 02:33:57,661 --> 02:33:59,229 CHALLENGING. I THINK THAT'S OUR 4761 02:33:59,229 --> 02:34:00,931 DUTY. AND SO I WANT TO JUST TALK 4762 02:34:00,931 --> 02:34:03,801 TO A COUPLE OF PIECES HERE. SO 4763 02:34:03,801 --> 02:34:04,868 FIRST, I STARTED TO SPEAK TO 4764 02:34:04,868 --> 02:34:08,238 THIS EARLIER IN TERMS OF WHAT 4765 02:34:08,238 --> 02:34:09,039 THE CITY IS ALREADY DOING WHEN 4766 02:34:09,039 --> 02:34:10,975 IT COMES TO WEEKENDS AND SCHOOL 4767 02:34:10,975 --> 02:34:17,181 BREAKS. SO THE CITY CURRENTLY 4768 02:34:17,181 --> 02:34:19,483 INVESTS $537,732 ANNUALLY IN 4769 02:34:19,483 --> 02:34:20,417 PROGRAMS THAT ARE SUPPORTING 4770 02:34:20,417 --> 02:34:21,952 KIDS SPL STUDENTS WITH FOOD 4771 02:34:21,952 --> 02:34:23,554 ACCESS ON WEEKENDS AND DURING 4772 02:34:23,554 --> 02:34:25,589 SCHOOL BREAKS. ABOUT LESS THAN A 4773 02:34:25,589 --> 02:34:27,458 HALF OR, EXCUSE ME, A LITTLE 4774 02:34:27,458 --> 02:34:29,093 OVER A HALF $1 MILLION. THE 4775 02:34:29,093 --> 02:34:30,861 PROPOSAL THAT WE ORIGINALLY 4776 02:34:30,861 --> 02:34:32,730 RECEIVED DID NOT CONTAIN ANY 4777 02:34:32,730 --> 02:34:33,364 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR THOSE 4778 02:34:33,364 --> 02:34:35,466 CRITICAL INVESTMENTS. CURRENTLY, 4779 02:34:35,466 --> 02:34:37,401 THOSE INVESTMENTS ARE PAID FOR 4780 02:34:37,401 --> 02:34:40,004 BY THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX, 4781 02:34:40,004 --> 02:34:42,473 WHICH WE KNOW IS ONE OF OUR MORE 4782 02:34:42,473 --> 02:34:44,108 REGRESSIVE TAX SOURCES. THAT'S 4783 02:34:44,108 --> 02:34:45,509 HOW WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING FOR 4784 02:34:45,509 --> 02:34:48,679 WEEKEND AND SCHOOL BREAKS. OUR 4785 02:34:48,679 --> 02:34:49,947 AMENDMENT ASKS THAT INSTEAD OF 4786 02:34:49,947 --> 02:34:51,548 STARTING UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS 4787 02:34:51,548 --> 02:34:52,449 ON THE TIMELINE THAT WAS 4788 02:34:52,449 --> 02:34:55,252 PROPOSED BY THE MAYOR, WE WAIT 4789 02:34:55,252 --> 02:34:56,987 ONE YEAR AND WE TAKE THE 4790 02:34:56,987 --> 02:34:58,122 RESOURCES FROM THAT YEAR, AND WE 4791 02:34:58,122 --> 02:35:00,958 PUT IT INTO A FUND ALONG WITH 4792 02:35:00,958 --> 02:35:01,558 THE FUND THAT WE JUST PASSED 4793 02:35:01,558 --> 02:35:03,694 FROM AMENDMENT 4. THE RESOURCES 4794 02:35:03,694 --> 02:35:06,196 FROM AMENDMENT 4, AND WE CREATE 4795 02:35:06,196 --> 02:35:07,998 A $3.927 MILLION RESOURCE ACROSS 4796 02:35:07,998 --> 02:35:09,700 THE LIFETIME OF THE LEVY. THAT 4797 02:35:09,700 --> 02:35:13,170 RESOURCE WOULD MEAN AN 4798 02:35:13,170 --> 02:35:15,005 ADDITIONAL $654,500 ANNUALLY, 4799 02:35:15,005 --> 02:35:16,840 GOING TO STUDENT MEALS OVER 4800 02:35:16,840 --> 02:35:18,876 BREAKS AND WEEKENDS. THAT IS 4801 02:35:18,876 --> 02:35:20,978 MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR EXISTING 4802 02:35:20,978 --> 02:35:23,614 COMMITMENT TO THAT GAP TIME. 4803 02:35:23,614 --> 02:35:25,482 NEED. I HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE 4804 02:35:25,482 --> 02:35:27,718 TODAY SPEAK ABOUT MEANS TESTING. 4805 02:35:27,718 --> 02:35:29,520 WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF EMAILS 4806 02:35:29,520 --> 02:35:31,889 ABOUT THIS FRAME OF MEANS 4807 02:35:31,889 --> 02:35:32,690 TESTING VERSUS UNIVERSAL MEALS, 4808 02:35:32,690 --> 02:35:37,628 AND I WANT TO READ DIRECTLY FROM 4809 02:35:37,628 --> 02:35:38,662 THE AMENDMENT LANGUAGE. THE FOOD 4810 02:35:38,662 --> 02:35:39,229 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PROVIDES 4811 02:35:39,229 --> 02:35:40,964 SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS FROM LOW 4812 02:35:40,964 --> 02:35:42,833 INCOME FAMILIES IN NEED OF FOOD 4813 02:35:42,833 --> 02:35:44,268 ASSISTANCE OVER WEEKENDS AND 4814 02:35:44,268 --> 02:35:46,136 SCHOOL BREAKS, EXCLUDING 4815 02:35:46,136 --> 02:35:46,770 SUMMERS. THIS ASSISTANCE WOULD 4816 02:35:46,770 --> 02:35:48,038 BE PROVIDED THROUGH VOUCHERS AND 4817 02:35:48,038 --> 02:35:51,108 WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED BY SPS 4818 02:35:51,108 --> 02:35:52,843 PERSONNEL TO STUDENTS AND THEIR 4819 02:35:52,843 --> 02:35:55,079 FAMILIES, IDENTIFIED AS IN NEED 4820 02:35:55,079 --> 02:35:56,447 OF SUCH ASSISTANCE, SPS WILL 4821 02:35:56,447 --> 02:35:57,948 DESIGNATE HOW SUCH FUNDING WILL 4822 02:35:57,948 --> 02:36:00,284 BE DISTRIBUTED BY SCHOOL 4823 02:36:00,284 --> 02:36:02,086 PERSONNEL. THAT'S THE END OF 4824 02:36:02,086 --> 02:36:03,320 THE AMENDMENT. LANGUAGE. 4825 02:36:03,320 --> 02:36:05,456 THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR 4826 02:36:05,456 --> 02:36:07,991 MEANS TESTING. OUR INTENT IS TO 4827 02:36:07,991 --> 02:36:11,295 PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY AND TARGETED 4828 02:36:11,295 --> 02:36:11,929 RESOURCES TO THE STUDENTS, WHO 4829 02:36:11,929 --> 02:36:13,497 ARE IDENTIFIED AS HAVING THE 4830 02:36:13,497 --> 02:36:16,934 HIGHEST NEED. THAT'S THE INTENT. 4831 02:36:16,934 --> 02:36:18,769 THE INTENT HAS NEVER BEEN TO 4832 02:36:18,769 --> 02:36:19,336 UNDERMINE UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 4833 02:36:19,336 --> 02:36:21,905 MEALS. IT'S BEEN TO PRIORITIZE 4834 02:36:21,905 --> 02:36:23,941 RESOURCES TO KIDS WHO ARE 4835 02:36:23,941 --> 02:36:26,143 RELIANT ON THOSE MEALS FOR FOOD 4836 02:36:26,143 --> 02:36:28,812 ACCESS, AND TO ENSURE THERE ARE 4837 02:36:28,812 --> 02:36:29,413 ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THOSE 4838 02:36:29,413 --> 02:36:30,547 YOUNG PEOPLE DURING OUT OF 4839 02:36:30,547 --> 02:36:35,686 SCHOOL TIMES AND WEEKENDS. I 4840 02:36:35,686 --> 02:36:37,054 ALSO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE 4841 02:36:37,054 --> 02:36:39,857 SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT, AND I 4842 02:36:39,857 --> 02:36:41,492 WANT TO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY 4843 02:36:41,492 --> 02:36:42,960 WHO'S BEEN IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS 4844 02:36:42,960 --> 02:36:45,596 TODAY. AND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO 4845 02:36:45,596 --> 02:36:47,064 WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS, 4846 02:36:47,064 --> 02:36:48,132 AMENDMENT SIX IS SUPPORTED BY A 4847 02:36:48,132 --> 02:36:49,466 LARGE COALITION OF PEOPLE. AS 4848 02:36:49,466 --> 02:36:50,934 YOU HEARD TODAY, ELMER DIXON, 4849 02:36:50,934 --> 02:36:52,202 WHO FOUNDED THE BLACK PANTHER 4850 02:36:52,202 --> 02:36:53,804 PARTY HERE IN SEATTLE. IT'S 4851 02:36:53,804 --> 02:36:56,206 SUPPORTED BY THE CHILDREN'S 4852 02:36:56,206 --> 02:36:56,774 ALLIANCE OF WASHINGTON FOR 4853 02:36:56,774 --> 02:36:57,975 SEATTLE. IT'S SUPPORTED BY 4854 02:36:57,975 --> 02:36:59,910 FORMER MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT 4855 02:36:59,910 --> 02:37:01,578 COMMITTEE, MEMBERS OF THE 4856 02:37:01,578 --> 02:37:02,980 ALLIANCE OF EDUCATION, PARENTS 4857 02:37:02,980 --> 02:37:04,615 AND TEACHERS FROM ACROSS 4858 02:37:04,615 --> 02:37:07,451 SEATTLE, LEADERSHIP FROM THE 4859 02:37:07,451 --> 02:37:07,985 ASIAN PACIFIC COALITION, 4860 02:37:07,985 --> 02:37:09,520 LEADERSHIP FROM THE LEAGUE OF 4861 02:37:09,520 --> 02:37:10,120 EDUCATION VOTERS, LEADERSHIP 4862 02:37:10,120 --> 02:37:11,688 FROM SEATTLE INSTITUTE FOR EARLY 4863 02:37:11,688 --> 02:37:12,856 LEARNING, EXCUSE ME, EARLY 4864 02:37:12,856 --> 02:37:14,992 CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, AND MANY 4865 02:37:14,992 --> 02:37:16,426 OTHERS. WE'VE RECEIVED LETTERS 4866 02:37:16,426 --> 02:37:18,829 OF SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT 4867 02:37:18,829 --> 02:37:19,830 BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT 4868 02:37:19,830 --> 02:37:21,331 OUR INTENT IS, AND OUR INTENT IS 4869 02:37:21,331 --> 02:37:22,199 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING 4870 02:37:22,199 --> 02:37:25,169 CARE OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. I 4871 02:37:25,169 --> 02:37:27,604 ALSO WANT TO SPEAK DIRECTLY NOW 4872 02:37:27,604 --> 02:37:29,606 TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE 4873 02:37:29,606 --> 02:37:32,543 COME IN TO MY INBOX AROUND THIS, 4874 02:37:32,543 --> 02:37:35,445 AND MY OWN PERSONAL HISTORY. 4875 02:37:35,445 --> 02:37:38,849 I'VE BEEN ON FOOD STAMPS AS AN 4876 02:37:38,849 --> 02:37:40,250 ADULT. I'VE BEEN TO FOOD BANKS 4877 02:37:40,250 --> 02:37:41,919 AS AN ADULT. I'VE GONE TO THE 4878 02:37:41,919 --> 02:37:44,354 FARMER'S MARKET AND UTILIZED 4879 02:37:44,354 --> 02:37:45,823 FRESH BUCKS AS AN ADULT. AND I 4880 02:37:45,823 --> 02:37:47,558 WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN 4881 02:37:47,558 --> 02:37:48,859 PARTICULAR, BECAUSE I HEARD SOME 4882 02:37:48,859 --> 02:37:51,895 DISCUSSION OF THE FRESH BUCKS 4883 02:37:51,895 --> 02:37:53,096 PROGRAM TODAY. AND I FIND IT 4884 02:37:53,096 --> 02:37:54,431 INTERESTING WHEN I THINK ABOUT 4885 02:37:54,431 --> 02:37:57,067 THAT PROGRAM THAT IS A TARGETED 4886 02:37:57,067 --> 02:37:59,770 VOUCHER TO LOW INCOME PEOPLE. I 4887 02:37:59,770 --> 02:38:01,471 DIDN'T HEAR DISCUSSION OF FRESH 4888 02:38:01,471 --> 02:38:03,340 BUCKS AS A MEANS TESTED PROGRAM 4889 02:38:03,340 --> 02:38:05,776 THAT'S DESIGNED TO TARGET 4890 02:38:05,776 --> 02:38:06,443 PEOPLE. I REMEMBER GOING TO THE 4891 02:38:06,443 --> 02:38:08,278 FOOD BANK, AND IT'S DIFFERENT 4892 02:38:08,278 --> 02:38:08,912 NOW THAN IT USED TO BE. EXCUSE 4893 02:38:08,912 --> 02:38:10,214 ME, I'M GOING TO THE FARMER'S 4894 02:38:10,214 --> 02:38:11,481 MARKET. IT'S CHANGED. THIS WAS 4895 02:38:11,481 --> 02:38:14,384 FOR ME MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. 4896 02:38:14,384 --> 02:38:16,320 AND SWIPING MY CARD, MY EBT CARD 4897 02:38:16,320 --> 02:38:17,154 AND GET IT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 4898 02:38:17,154 --> 02:38:19,189 THAT $10 BENEFIT AND THEN YOU 4899 02:38:19,189 --> 02:38:20,390 GET THIS $10 MATCH IN THE FORM 4900 02:38:20,390 --> 02:38:24,061 OF IT USED TO BE LITTLE PAPER 4901 02:38:24,061 --> 02:38:25,495 TOKENS THAT YOU WOULD USE TO 4902 02:38:25,495 --> 02:38:26,496 THEN THAT I WOULD USE TO THEN 4903 02:38:26,496 --> 02:38:27,865 GET FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 4904 02:38:27,865 --> 02:38:29,199 FROM THE FARMER'S MARKET, FROM 4905 02:38:29,199 --> 02:38:31,768 MY FAMILY. MY KID HAS TONS OF 4906 02:38:31,768 --> 02:38:33,203 GREAT EARLY MEMORIES OF GOING TO 4907 02:38:33,203 --> 02:38:35,672 THE FARMER'S MARKET BECAUSE OF 4908 02:38:35,672 --> 02:38:36,707 THAT PROGRAM. AND I THINK IT 4909 02:38:36,707 --> 02:38:38,108 MATTERS HOW WE TALK ABOUT 4910 02:38:38,108 --> 02:38:40,010 THINGS. AND THIS DISCUSSION OF 4911 02:38:40,010 --> 02:38:42,446 THIS IDEA OF PROVIDING VOUCHERS 4912 02:38:42,446 --> 02:38:45,315 OR GIFT CARDS TO LOW INCOME 4913 02:38:45,315 --> 02:38:46,650 STUDENTS WHEN IT GETS FRAMED AS 4914 02:38:46,650 --> 02:38:47,551 YOU WANT A MEANS TEST, PEOPLE 4915 02:38:47,551 --> 02:38:49,186 OUT OF LUNCHES. BUT THEN WHEN WE 4916 02:38:49,186 --> 02:38:50,654 TALK ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS THAT 4917 02:38:50,654 --> 02:38:51,989 REQUIRE ELIGIBILITY, WE TALK 4918 02:38:51,989 --> 02:38:53,657 ABOUT THEM AS EXPANSION. AND I 4919 02:38:53,657 --> 02:38:56,994 WONDER WHY THAT IS. I WANT TO 4920 02:38:56,994 --> 02:38:59,730 ALSO TURN TO SOME OF THIS 4921 02:38:59,730 --> 02:39:01,198 DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD AROUND 4922 02:39:01,198 --> 02:39:03,500 EITHER OR. I HEARD THAT FROM 4923 02:39:03,500 --> 02:39:04,968 PUBLIC COMMENTERS TODAY, AND I 4924 02:39:04,968 --> 02:39:06,470 AGAIN, WANT TO REITERATE WHAT 4925 02:39:06,470 --> 02:39:07,804 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS 4926 02:39:07,804 --> 02:39:09,006 AMENDMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN BOTH, 4927 02:39:09,006 --> 02:39:12,009 AND IT HAS BEEN A QUESTION OF 4928 02:39:12,009 --> 02:39:13,577 SEQUENCING AND WHAT WE DO. 4929 02:39:13,577 --> 02:39:14,745 FIRST, I ALSO WANT TO BE CLEAR, 4930 02:39:14,745 --> 02:39:15,712 IF I DIDN'T OFFER AMENDMENT 4931 02:39:15,712 --> 02:39:17,948 FOUR AND WE DIDN'T OFFER 4932 02:39:17,948 --> 02:39:20,550 AMENDMENT SIX, WE WOULD NOT BE 4933 02:39:20,550 --> 02:39:21,485 EXPANDING ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 4934 02:39:21,485 --> 02:39:22,986 FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT WE'VE 4935 02:39:22,986 --> 02:39:24,021 TALKED ABOUT, WHO WE'VE HEARD 4936 02:39:24,021 --> 02:39:26,089 ABOUT, WHO CONTINUE TO HAVE 4937 02:39:26,089 --> 02:39:26,723 ACCESS NEEDS, DESPITE THE FACT 4938 02:39:26,723 --> 02:39:29,326 THAT THEY ALREADY QUALIFY FOR 4939 02:39:29,326 --> 02:39:29,960 FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. THERE 4940 02:39:29,960 --> 02:39:33,463 WAS NOT A BOTH. AND IN THE 4941 02:39:33,463 --> 02:39:34,731 ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, I'M PROUD TO 4942 02:39:34,731 --> 02:39:37,434 SUPPORT THIS AMENDMENT. I STAND 4943 02:39:37,434 --> 02:39:38,368 HERE, COLLEAGUES, AND I ASK FOR 4944 02:39:38,368 --> 02:39:41,972 YOUR SUPPORT. I THINK THAT THE 4945 02:39:41,972 --> 02:39:42,606 CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN 4946 02:39:42,606 --> 02:39:44,541 HAVING IN THE PUBLIC IN THE LAST 4947 02:39:44,541 --> 02:39:46,410 SEVERAL WEEKS, I HOPE WE CAN 4948 02:39:46,410 --> 02:39:48,345 MOVE TOWARDS A MORE NUANCED 4949 02:39:48,345 --> 02:39:49,546 CONVERSATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO 4950 02:39:49,546 --> 02:39:51,148 TAKE CARE OF OUR CHILDREN HERE 4951 02:39:51,148 --> 02:39:53,016 IN SEATTLE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT 4952 02:39:53,016 --> 02:39:54,384 THAT IS A SHARED PRIORITY. THANK 4953 02:39:54,384 --> 02:39:58,121 YOU 4954 02:39:58,121 --> 02:39:58,689 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4955 02:39:58,689 --> 02:40:01,391 FOSTER COLLEAGUES. QUESTIONS, 4956 02:40:01,391 --> 02:40:03,593 COMMENTS? I'M LOOKING TO SEE 4957 02:40:03,593 --> 02:40:04,594 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. YOU'RE 4958 02:40:04,594 --> 02:40:04,895 RECOGNIZED. 4959 02:40:04,895 --> 02:40:07,998 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I WANT 4960 02:40:07,998 --> 02:40:09,433 TO START OFF FOR JUST A BRIEF 4961 02:40:09,433 --> 02:40:11,602 MOMENT TALKING ABOUT PAPERWORK. 4962 02:40:11,602 --> 02:40:16,807 OH, NO PAPERWORK, WHAT ARE YOU 4963 02:40:16,807 --> 02:40:18,275 TALKING ABOUT? PAPERWORK. I HAVE 4964 02:40:18,275 --> 02:40:19,343 A CONFESSION TO MAKE AS PART OF 4965 02:40:19,343 --> 02:40:22,479 THIS, AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOW ME TO 4966 02:40:22,479 --> 02:40:24,548 BE VULNERABLE AND CONTINUE TO BE 4967 02:40:24,548 --> 02:40:25,949 VULNERABLE. YOU KNOW ME. WEAR MY 4968 02:40:25,949 --> 02:40:27,217 HEART ON MY SLEEVE, AND I SAY 4969 02:40:27,217 --> 02:40:28,485 WHAT I MEAN, AND I MEAN WHAT I 4970 02:40:28,485 --> 02:40:36,460 SAY BUT PAPERWORK. SO HERE'S A 4971 02:40:36,460 --> 02:40:40,731 TRUE FOR ME PERSONALLY, GROWING 4972 02:40:40,731 --> 02:40:43,000 UP FROM AGE 9 TO 18, I CAN COUNT 4973 02:40:43,000 --> 02:40:45,035 ON ONE HAND HOW MANY TIMES I 4974 02:40:45,035 --> 02:40:47,771 WENT TO SEE THE DOCTOR DURING 4975 02:40:47,771 --> 02:40:50,407 THAT ENTIRE TIME. NOT ONE TIME 4976 02:40:50,407 --> 02:40:51,742 DID I GO SEE THE DENTIST. NOT 4977 02:40:51,742 --> 02:40:55,178 ONE TIME. WHEN I FINALLY DID GO 4978 02:40:55,178 --> 02:40:57,447 TO SEE THE DENTIST, YOU KNOW, IN 4979 02:40:57,447 --> 02:41:00,617 MY EARLY 20s, HAD TO HAD TO HAVE 4980 02:41:00,617 --> 02:41:01,218 MULTIPLE VISITS BECAUSE THERE 4981 02:41:01,218 --> 02:41:03,620 WAS SOME, SOME, LET'S JUST SAY 4982 02:41:03,620 --> 02:41:06,857 IT NEEDED TO ADDRESS SOME LATENT 4983 02:41:06,857 --> 02:41:08,291 DENTAL HYGIENE ISSUES FOR FROM 4984 02:41:08,291 --> 02:41:11,762 OVER A DECADE OF NOT GOING TO 4985 02:41:11,762 --> 02:41:17,367 THE DENTIST. I ONE HAND HOW MANY 4986 02:41:17,367 --> 02:41:20,137 TIMES I WENT TO THE DOCTOR NINE 4987 02:41:20,137 --> 02:41:23,173 THROUGH 18 DESPITE HAVING 4988 02:41:23,173 --> 02:41:29,112 SUFFERING SEVERE BACTERIAL 4989 02:41:29,112 --> 02:41:30,013 INFECTIONS OF VARIOUS SORTS. ONE 4990 02:41:30,013 --> 02:41:35,085 TIME I HAD A FREAKING RINGWORM 4991 02:41:35,085 --> 02:41:39,456 ON MY FACE. AS A KID, NOT ONCE. 4992 02:41:39,456 --> 02:41:40,857 ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES. AND 4993 02:41:40,857 --> 02:41:42,092 WHEN I DID, MY DAD PAID OUT OF 4994 02:41:42,092 --> 02:41:47,698 OUT OF POCKET. HE RAISED ME 4995 02:41:47,698 --> 02:41:49,032 COLLEAGUES, AS YOU KNOW, AS A 4996 02:41:49,032 --> 02:41:53,336 SINGLE PARENT FROM AGE NINE. TO 4997 02:41:53,336 --> 02:41:55,739 TILL I WAS 18. AND I'M THE PROUD 4998 02:41:55,739 --> 02:41:58,442 SON OF A NIGERIAN IMMIGRANT. AND 4999 02:41:58,442 --> 02:42:00,710 I'M ALSO VERY FORTUNATE AND 5000 02:42:00,710 --> 02:42:01,645 PRIVILEGED TO BE WHERE I AM 5001 02:42:01,645 --> 02:42:06,083 TODAY, PERSONALLY AND 5002 02:42:06,083 --> 02:42:07,117 PROFESSIONALLY. BUT I'M ALSO 5003 02:42:07,117 --> 02:42:08,652 SOMEONE WHO HAS OVERCOME THE 5004 02:42:08,652 --> 02:42:11,455 FOSTER CARE SYSTEM IN THE STATE 5005 02:42:11,455 --> 02:42:12,956 OF MINNESOTA FROM 0 TO 9 YEARS 5006 02:42:12,956 --> 02:42:13,724 OLD, CYCLING IN AND OUT OF THE 5007 02:42:13,724 --> 02:42:16,326 SYSTEM, MOSTLY IN. BEFORE MY DAD 5008 02:42:16,326 --> 02:42:21,698 WAS ABLE TO RESCUE ME AND WE 5009 02:42:21,698 --> 02:42:23,266 WERE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. 5010 02:42:23,266 --> 02:42:25,268 I WAS ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. 5011 02:42:25,268 --> 02:42:27,504 WHEN I WAS UNDER HIS CARE. WENT 5012 02:42:27,504 --> 02:42:28,972 TO 13 DIFFERENT K THROUGH 12 5013 02:42:28,972 --> 02:42:33,877 SCHOOLS GROWING UP 13. ALL OF 5014 02:42:33,877 --> 02:42:34,444 THEM EXCLUSIVELY TITLE ONE 5015 02:42:34,444 --> 02:42:36,346 SCHOOLS FOR KIDS LIKE MYSELF AT 5016 02:42:36,346 --> 02:42:39,249 THE TIME ON FREE AND REDUCED 5017 02:42:39,249 --> 02:42:40,817 LUNCH. TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A 5018 02:42:40,817 --> 02:42:45,489 MOMENT BUT I NEVER WENT TO SEA. 5019 02:42:45,489 --> 02:42:47,190 I NEVER WENT TO SEE THE DENTIST, 5020 02:42:47,190 --> 02:42:51,261 AND I RARELY WENT TO SEE THE 5021 02:42:51,261 --> 02:42:52,696 DOCTOR. BECAUSE MY DAD WAS AN 5022 02:42:52,696 --> 02:42:56,133 HOURLY WAGE WORKER, PRIMARILY IN 5023 02:42:56,133 --> 02:42:57,300 THE WAREHOUSE INDUSTRY, AND WE 5024 02:42:57,300 --> 02:42:59,736 DIDN'T HAVE EMPLOYER PROVIDED 5025 02:42:59,736 --> 02:43:02,372 HEALTH INSURANCE. NOW, LIKE I 5026 02:43:02,372 --> 02:43:04,341 MENTIONED, WE QUALIFY FOR FREE 5027 02:43:04,341 --> 02:43:06,510 AND REDUCED LUNCH, BUT I NEVER. 5028 02:43:06,510 --> 02:43:12,582 WHICH MEANS WE ALSO WOULD HAVE 5029 02:43:12,582 --> 02:43:14,784 LIKELY QUALIFIED FOR MEDICAID. 5030 02:43:14,784 --> 02:43:16,453 BUT I, I NEVER WENT TO THE 5031 02:43:16,453 --> 02:43:18,021 DENTIST AND ONLY WENT TO THE 5032 02:43:18,021 --> 02:43:21,892 DOCTOR A HANDFUL OF TIMES IN 5033 02:43:21,892 --> 02:43:23,293 NINE YEARS. BECAUSE OF THE 5034 02:43:23,293 --> 02:43:27,030 SEVERE, SIGNIFICANT, 5035 02:43:27,030 --> 02:43:27,631 NON-TRIVIAL, AND SUBSTANTIAL 5036 02:43:27,631 --> 02:43:29,900 ADMINISTRATIVE PAPERWORK BURDEN 5037 02:43:29,900 --> 02:43:32,135 IMPOSED ON PEOPLE THAT NEED 5038 02:43:32,135 --> 02:43:39,509 THESE VALUABLE RESOURCES. MANY 5039 02:43:39,509 --> 02:43:40,877 FAMILIES WHO NEED HELP. AT THE 5040 02:43:40,877 --> 02:43:44,815 END OF THE DAY, BALANCING TRYING 5041 02:43:44,815 --> 02:43:46,116 TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY'RE GOING 5042 02:43:46,116 --> 02:43:50,520 TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE HOW 5043 02:43:50,520 --> 02:43:52,756 THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE 5044 02:43:52,756 --> 02:43:53,623 CLOTHING AND SHELTER TO THEIR 5045 02:43:53,623 --> 02:43:59,763 FAMILY, TO THEIR KIDS. THEY HAVE 5046 02:43:59,763 --> 02:44:01,631 TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO NAVIGATE 5047 02:44:01,631 --> 02:44:04,201 THE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 5048 02:44:04,201 --> 02:44:06,303 AND THE RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS 5049 02:44:06,303 --> 02:44:08,939 AVAILABLE TO THEM. HUGE BARRIER. 5050 02:44:08,939 --> 02:44:11,041 THEN THEY HAVE TO GO AND 5051 02:44:11,041 --> 02:44:12,409 UNDERTAKE THE ADMINISTRATIVE 5052 02:44:12,409 --> 02:44:15,045 BURDEN OF FILLING OUT THAT 5053 02:44:15,045 --> 02:44:16,546 PAPERWORK. AND I CAN ONLY AND 5054 02:44:16,546 --> 02:44:21,084 THIS WAS IN THE 90s, AND I CAN 5055 02:44:21,084 --> 02:44:23,420 ONLY IMAGINE THAT BURDEN ON THE 5056 02:44:23,420 --> 02:44:24,588 FAMILIES MOST IN NEED TODAY, 5057 02:44:24,588 --> 02:44:26,389 ESPECIALLY THOSE FROM IMMIGRANT 5058 02:44:26,389 --> 02:44:29,192 AND REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS, BECAUSE 5059 02:44:29,192 --> 02:44:30,861 NOW YOU HAVE NOW YOU'RE WORRYING 5060 02:44:30,861 --> 02:44:33,063 ABOUT NAVIGATING THE SYSTEM, 5061 02:44:33,063 --> 02:44:35,732 FILLING OUT PAPERWORK, AND THEN 5062 02:44:35,732 --> 02:44:38,902 WORRYING ABOUT INFORMATION FROM 5063 02:44:38,902 --> 02:44:40,837 THAT PAPERWORK BEING, BEING SENT 5064 02:44:40,837 --> 02:44:42,939 TO THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIES. IF 5065 02:44:42,939 --> 02:44:46,009 YOU'RE AN IMMIGRANT FROM AN 5066 02:44:46,009 --> 02:44:48,311 IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITY, YOU 5067 02:44:48,311 --> 02:44:48,778 MIGHT BE TARGETED FOR 5068 02:44:48,778 --> 02:44:52,048 ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION. 5069 02:44:52,048 --> 02:44:54,384 IT'S MORE BURDENSOME. IT'S MORE 5070 02:44:54,384 --> 02:44:57,754 ONEROUS NOW, AND IT'S MORE 5071 02:44:57,754 --> 02:45:08,198 RISKY. SO WE KNOW TODAY, 5072 02:45:09,299 --> 02:45:11,902 COLLEAGUES, THAT THERE ARE 5073 02:45:11,902 --> 02:45:15,005 FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY, MANY 5074 02:45:15,005 --> 02:45:16,439 FAMILIES THAT QUALIFY FOR FREE 5075 02:45:16,439 --> 02:45:18,808 AND REDUCED LUNCH THAT TODAY ARE 5076 02:45:18,808 --> 02:45:29,352 NOT BEING SERVED. WE KNOW THAT. 5077 02:45:30,520 --> 02:45:31,554 WHEN WE TALK. SO WHEN WE TALK 5078 02:45:31,554 --> 02:45:37,160 ABOUT WAYS TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC 5079 02:45:37,160 --> 02:45:37,727 BARRIERS TO REMOVE SYSTEMIC 5080 02:45:37,727 --> 02:45:40,764 BARRIERS AND ADDRESS INEQUITIES, 5081 02:45:40,764 --> 02:45:43,533 PASSING UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL 5082 02:45:43,533 --> 02:45:44,100 MEAL PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF 5083 02:45:44,100 --> 02:45:47,103 SEATTLE. NOW, TODAY IS THE 5084 02:45:47,103 --> 02:45:48,138 NUMBER ONE, IN MY VIEW, THE 5085 02:45:48,138 --> 02:45:49,306 NUMBER ONE MOST IMPACTFUL THING 5086 02:45:49,306 --> 02:45:54,444 WE CAN DO. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT 5087 02:45:54,444 --> 02:45:59,649 THE STIGMA. AND I'VE BEEN VERY 5088 02:45:59,649 --> 02:46:01,818 CLEAR. ABOUT THE THE IMPACTS OF 5089 02:46:01,818 --> 02:46:08,792 STIGMA ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH 5090 02:46:08,792 --> 02:46:10,160 PROGRAMS. BECAUSE LIKE I 5091 02:46:10,160 --> 02:46:13,863 MENTIONED IN THE PAST I'VE 5092 02:46:13,863 --> 02:46:15,899 LITERALLY WAITED TO THE VERY 5093 02:46:15,899 --> 02:46:18,835 LAST MOMENT TO, TO BUY MY LUNCH 5094 02:46:18,835 --> 02:46:21,171 FOR $0.75 OR HOWEVER MUCH IT WAS 5095 02:46:21,171 --> 02:46:23,073 ON THE FREE ON THE REDUCED 5096 02:46:23,073 --> 02:46:24,975 PROGRAM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT 5097 02:46:24,975 --> 02:46:25,909 SOME OF MY CLASSMATES AND PEERS 5098 02:46:25,909 --> 02:46:27,143 TO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I PAID 5099 02:46:27,143 --> 02:46:28,478 THE DIFFERENTIAL RATE, THE LOWER 5100 02:46:28,478 --> 02:46:30,413 RATE, NOT THE FULL BUCK 50 IN 5101 02:46:30,413 --> 02:46:32,115 SOME CHANGE OR WHATEVER IT WAS. 5102 02:46:32,115 --> 02:46:35,185 AND I MISSED MEALS BECAUSE 5103 02:46:35,185 --> 02:46:38,955 BECAUSE OF IT ON A FEW 5104 02:46:38,955 --> 02:46:40,623 OCCASIONS, LUNCH LADY CLOSED UP 5105 02:46:40,623 --> 02:46:43,994 SHOP TOO LATE. I SHOULD HAVE 5106 02:46:43,994 --> 02:46:45,762 WENT EARLIER. AND WHEN YOU'RE SO 5107 02:46:45,762 --> 02:46:48,965 I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE FIRSTHAND 5108 02:46:48,965 --> 02:46:49,799 TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR THE NUMBER 5109 02:46:49,799 --> 02:46:53,169 ONE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING 5110 02:46:53,169 --> 02:46:55,405 SERVICES AND AS A SECONDARY 5111 02:46:55,405 --> 02:46:57,407 PURPOSE, EDUCATION AND I KNOW 5112 02:46:57,407 --> 02:47:01,244 WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GO THROUGH 5113 02:47:01,244 --> 02:47:06,516 CLASS ALL DAY HUNGRY. AND WHAT 5114 02:47:06,516 --> 02:47:08,251 THAT MEANS FOR THE REST OF THE 5115 02:47:08,251 --> 02:47:11,154 DAY WHEN THE PANTRY IS, IS 5116 02:47:11,154 --> 02:47:15,058 SCARCE AND THE WEEKENDS AS WELL. 5117 02:47:15,058 --> 02:47:19,362 LAUNCHING UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL 5118 02:47:19,362 --> 02:47:22,732 PROGRAMS TODAY, WHICH WE ARE 5119 02:47:22,732 --> 02:47:24,801 PREPARED TO DO, HELPS ADDRESS 5120 02:47:24,801 --> 02:47:27,971 THOSE INEQUITIES, REMOVE 5121 02:47:27,971 --> 02:47:29,839 SYSTEMIC BARRIERS, ELIMINATE THE 5122 02:47:29,839 --> 02:47:32,342 ONEROUS AND BURDENSOME PAPERWORK 5123 02:47:32,342 --> 02:47:35,311 REQUIREMENT ON OUR COMMUNITY'S 5124 02:47:35,311 --> 02:47:39,282 MOST VULNERABLE. IT ALSO 5125 02:47:39,282 --> 02:47:43,286 ADDRESSES THE STIGMA. NOW, LET 5126 02:47:43,286 --> 02:47:47,757 ME TAKE A MOMENT AND ADDRESS THE 5127 02:47:47,757 --> 02:47:50,059 ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. FOR SOME, 5128 02:47:50,059 --> 02:47:55,899 AT LEAST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE 5129 02:47:55,899 --> 02:47:57,867 HEARD THAT STATEMENTS ALONG THE 5130 02:47:57,867 --> 02:48:00,837 LINES OF THIS IS NOT A RACE OR 5131 02:48:00,837 --> 02:48:01,971 NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUE. MAYBE NOT 5132 02:48:01,971 --> 02:48:06,709 PRIMARILY, BUT THERE ARE 5133 02:48:06,709 --> 02:48:07,944 IMPORTANT UNDERTONES OF RACE AND 5134 02:48:07,944 --> 02:48:10,814 CLASS AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. 5135 02:48:10,814 --> 02:48:13,883 NOW, I COULD TALK ALL DAY ABOUT 5136 02:48:13,883 --> 02:48:19,189 ALL OF THAT, BUT BECAUSE UNLIKE 5137 02:48:19,189 --> 02:48:22,058 CLASS AND SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, 5138 02:48:22,058 --> 02:48:26,463 RACE IS AN IMMUTABLE 5139 02:48:26,463 --> 02:48:29,666 CHARACTERISTIC. THERE'S A LOT OF 5140 02:48:29,666 --> 02:48:30,333 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 5141 02:48:30,333 --> 02:48:34,003 WHO, WHO'S THIS AT THE AT THE 5142 02:48:34,003 --> 02:48:35,472 ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL? WHO, 5143 02:48:35,472 --> 02:48:41,945 WHO'S THE CHAMPION? WHO ARE THE 5144 02:48:41,945 --> 02:48:45,248 CHAMPIONS OF UNIVERSAL FREE 5145 02:48:45,248 --> 02:48:46,883 SCHOOL MEALS? FOR ONE, I THINK 5146 02:48:46,883 --> 02:48:47,717 IT'S A COMMUNITY LED THING. BUT 5147 02:48:47,717 --> 02:48:50,687 AT THE ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL, 5148 02:48:50,687 --> 02:48:52,755 THERE'S A LOT OF US INVOLVED 5149 02:48:52,755 --> 02:48:53,857 AND BASED ON THE ONE ON ONE 5150 02:48:53,857 --> 02:48:58,094 CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH MY 5151 02:48:58,094 --> 02:48:59,696 COLLEAGUES. I THINK THERE'S A 5152 02:48:59,696 --> 02:49:01,431 RECOGNITION THAT ON THIS FLOOR, 5153 02:49:01,431 --> 02:49:06,803 ON THIS BODY, THIS IS THIS HAS 5154 02:49:06,803 --> 02:49:08,805 BEEN MY INITIATIVE. WHEN WE TALK 5155 02:49:08,805 --> 02:49:10,773 ABOUT UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL 5156 02:49:10,773 --> 02:49:11,508 PROGRAMS, FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S 5157 02:49:11,508 --> 02:49:12,775 ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES. THOSE OF 5158 02:49:12,775 --> 02:49:14,377 US WHO HAVE BEEN HERE THE LAST 5159 02:49:14,377 --> 02:49:17,180 THREE YEARS BECAUSE TIME AND 5160 02:49:17,180 --> 02:49:20,116 TIME AGAIN, WE'VE WE'VE 5161 02:49:20,116 --> 02:49:23,753 DISCUSSED WE'VE TAKEN SPECIFIC 5162 02:49:23,753 --> 02:49:24,487 LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS, INCLUDING 5163 02:49:24,487 --> 02:49:26,122 THROUGH ADVOCACY OF STATE 5164 02:49:26,122 --> 02:49:29,726 LEGISLATURE, TO FINALLY BRING 5165 02:49:29,726 --> 02:49:31,327 THIS TO LIFE. AND I'M AND I'M. 5166 02:49:31,327 --> 02:49:33,096 AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE 5167 02:49:33,096 --> 02:49:37,934 MAYOR'S PARTNERSHIP ON THIS 5168 02:49:37,934 --> 02:49:38,568 BECAUSE CHAMPIONING A PARTICULAR 5169 02:49:38,568 --> 02:49:41,371 ISSUE MULTIPLE NAMES CAN BE 5170 02:49:41,371 --> 02:49:46,242 INVOLVED IN THE CONVERSATION. 5171 02:49:46,242 --> 02:49:47,777 BUT SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO 5172 02:49:47,777 --> 02:49:51,581 THANK THE MAYOR FOR FOR HER 5173 02:49:51,581 --> 02:49:53,349 EFFORTS TO ACCELERATE UNIVERSAL 5174 02:49:53,349 --> 02:49:56,653 FREE SCHOOL MEALS. BUT FROM ITS 5175 02:49:56,653 --> 02:50:01,591 INCEPTION AND IDEATION. THROUGH 5176 02:50:01,591 --> 02:50:04,394 NOW, THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A 5177 02:50:04,394 --> 02:50:06,696 BLACK LED POLICY CONVERSATION, 5178 02:50:06,696 --> 02:50:10,567 AN INITIATIVE AT THE CITY LEVEL. 5179 02:50:10,567 --> 02:50:13,903 AND IT'S A FORM OF BLACK 5180 02:50:13,903 --> 02:50:17,373 ERASURE TO FORGET THAT FROM 5181 02:50:17,373 --> 02:50:21,778 INCEPTION TO IDEATION TO THE 5182 02:50:21,778 --> 02:50:23,046 CURRENT SPLIT. THAT WE'RE SEEING 5183 02:50:23,046 --> 02:50:26,950 AND WITNESSING RIGHT NOW HERE 5184 02:50:26,950 --> 02:50:30,386 TODAY. IS A BLACK LED 5185 02:50:30,386 --> 02:50:35,058 INITIATIVE. WHY? BECAUSE. MANY 5186 02:50:35,058 --> 02:50:37,060 OF THE COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED 5187 02:50:37,060 --> 02:50:39,195 BY THESE VERY POLICY 5188 02:50:39,195 --> 02:50:43,066 CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING 5189 02:50:43,066 --> 02:50:43,666 TODAY ARE BLACK COMMUNITIES, 5190 02:50:43,666 --> 02:50:48,304 BLACK AND AFRICAN IMMIGRANT 5191 02:50:48,304 --> 02:50:51,107 COMMUNITIES. I DON'T ENVY MY 5192 02:50:51,107 --> 02:50:53,376 COLLEAGUES FOR HAVING TO PICK 5193 02:50:53,376 --> 02:51:02,452 SIDES ON THIS COMPLEX ISSUE BUT 5194 02:51:02,452 --> 02:51:03,786 I DO THINK WE ARE READY TO ROLL 5195 02:51:03,786 --> 02:51:08,057 THIS OUT TODAY. WE NEED TO WE 5196 02:51:08,057 --> 02:51:10,560 HAVE AN EXECUTIVE WHO IS ALIGNED 5197 02:51:10,560 --> 02:51:12,295 AND HAS HELPED CHAMPION THE 5198 02:51:12,295 --> 02:51:13,162 ACCELERATION OF THIS EFFORT. WE 5199 02:51:13,162 --> 02:51:18,201 NEED TO STICK WITH IT AND AND 5200 02:51:18,201 --> 02:51:20,937 ROLL IT OUT TODAY. ROLL IT OUT 5201 02:51:20,937 --> 02:51:25,141 NOW. I DO. THAT SAID, I WANT TO 5202 02:51:25,141 --> 02:51:27,010 THANK COMMUNITY FOR TAKING THE 5203 02:51:27,010 --> 02:51:30,213 TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAYS, 5204 02:51:30,213 --> 02:51:32,348 SHOWING UP, TESTIFYING TODAY, 5205 02:51:32,348 --> 02:51:32,915 SHARING YOUR FEEDBACK. EVEN 5206 02:51:32,915 --> 02:51:34,117 WITHIN THE BLACK COMMUNITY, WE 5207 02:51:34,117 --> 02:51:35,251 WITNESSED AND OBSERVED AND SAW 5208 02:51:35,251 --> 02:51:40,657 FIRSTHAND A SPLIT. WE ARE NOT A 5209 02:51:40,657 --> 02:51:41,824 MONOLITH. THERE'S NUANCE HERE. 5210 02:51:41,824 --> 02:51:43,259 THERE'S COMPLEXITY. BUT WHEN 5211 02:51:43,259 --> 02:51:44,961 YOU TALK ABOUT THE FULL CONTEXT 5212 02:51:44,961 --> 02:51:49,632 AND THE EVOLUTION OF THIS, OF 5213 02:51:49,632 --> 02:51:50,700 THESE INITIATIVES. REMEMBER HOW 5214 02:51:50,700 --> 02:51:52,235 IT STARTED AT THIS AT THE 5215 02:51:52,235 --> 02:51:53,036 ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL, WHICH IS 5216 02:51:53,036 --> 02:51:55,772 WHY I WANT TO THANK 5217 02:51:55,772 --> 02:51:58,441 COUNCILMEMBERS COUNCILMEMBER 5218 02:51:58,441 --> 02:51:59,042 FOSTER AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5219 02:51:59,042 --> 02:52:04,147 HOLLINGSWORTH FOR YOUR 5220 02:52:04,147 --> 02:52:07,016 LEADERSHIP ON THIS. I KNOW 5221 02:52:07,016 --> 02:52:07,717 AFTERWARDS C P I'M GONNA COME IN 5222 02:52:07,717 --> 02:52:09,585 YOUR OFFICE AND WE'RE GOING TO 5223 02:52:09,585 --> 02:52:13,323 HUG THIS OUT IRRESPECTIVE OF THE 5224 02:52:13,323 --> 02:52:14,857 FINAL VOTE COUNT. AND, BUT I 5225 02:52:14,857 --> 02:52:18,227 APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR LEADERSHIP 5226 02:52:18,227 --> 02:52:22,332 ON ADDRESSING FOOD SECURITY AND 5227 02:52:22,332 --> 02:52:25,001 ACCESS AND, AND THAT AND THAT 5228 02:52:25,001 --> 02:52:26,269 REMAINS TRUE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE 5229 02:52:26,269 --> 02:52:29,806 FINAL VOTE. BUT I, BUT I HAVE 5230 02:52:29,806 --> 02:52:30,373 CONCERNS FOR THE REASONS I 5231 02:52:30,373 --> 02:52:31,007 MENTIONED. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT 5232 02:52:31,007 --> 02:52:32,675 THIS AMENDMENT AND I CAN'T I 5233 02:52:32,675 --> 02:52:33,476 CAN'T SUPPORT IT, BUT I BUT I 5234 02:52:33,476 --> 02:52:34,277 APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU. 5235 02:52:34,277 --> 02:52:36,546 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5236 02:52:36,546 --> 02:52:40,383 SAKA. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YOU'RE 5237 02:52:40,383 --> 02:52:40,683 RECOGNIZED. 5238 02:52:40,683 --> 02:52:47,156 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. GREAT 5239 02:52:47,156 --> 02:52:50,059 WORDS. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AND 5240 02:52:50,059 --> 02:52:52,128 THIS. THIS ONE IS A IS DIFFICULT 5241 02:52:52,128 --> 02:52:56,466 FOR ME FOR THE MANY REASONS THAT 5242 02:52:56,466 --> 02:52:59,836 YOU JUST STATED. WE'VE HEARD A 5243 02:52:59,836 --> 02:53:00,803 VERY ROBUST DIALOG TODAY, AND I 5244 02:53:00,803 --> 02:53:03,973 JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCIL 5245 02:53:03,973 --> 02:53:06,442 PRESIDENT AND COUNCILMEMBER 5246 02:53:06,442 --> 02:53:08,845 FOSTER FOR FOR BRINGING THIS 5247 02:53:08,845 --> 02:53:11,948 DIALOG FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, 5248 02:53:11,948 --> 02:53:13,149 THERE ARE THINGS THAT IT WAS IT 5249 02:53:13,149 --> 02:53:14,717 WAS GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU 5250 02:53:14,717 --> 02:53:18,187 KNOW, THE HISTORY. I MEAN, I 5251 02:53:18,187 --> 02:53:19,188 THINK WE KNEW ABOUT THE HISTORY 5252 02:53:19,188 --> 02:53:21,390 OF THE BLACK PANTHERS, BUT IT 5253 02:53:21,390 --> 02:53:23,459 WAS GREAT TO SEE THAT HISTORY 5254 02:53:23,459 --> 02:53:25,294 BEFORE US TODAY. COME TESTIFY. 5255 02:53:25,294 --> 02:53:31,701 THAT'S POWERFUL AND I DO THERE 5256 02:53:31,701 --> 02:53:34,003 HAS BEEN A LOT OF SORT OF 5257 02:53:34,003 --> 02:53:35,338 DISCUSSION AND DIALOG, AND SOME 5258 02:53:35,338 --> 02:53:40,877 OF IT IS NOT ENTIRELY ACCURATE. 5259 02:53:40,877 --> 02:53:43,279 AND THAT MAKES THE DISCUSSION 5260 02:53:43,279 --> 02:53:44,414 HARDER. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK 5261 02:53:44,414 --> 02:53:47,850 ONE THING I DO JUST I HAS BEEN 5262 02:53:47,850 --> 02:53:49,719 CLARIFIED, BUT I JUST WANT TO 5263 02:53:49,719 --> 02:53:51,387 REPEAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS, 5264 02:53:51,387 --> 02:53:53,423 THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS 5265 02:53:53,423 --> 02:53:54,957 PROMISED TO THE VOTERS. AND SO I 5266 02:53:54,957 --> 02:53:57,026 JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS 5267 02:53:57,026 --> 02:53:58,361 WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE VOTED 5268 02:53:58,361 --> 02:54:02,532 ON. AND, AND YET IT FEELS THAT 5269 02:54:02,532 --> 02:54:03,900 WAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK 5270 02:54:03,900 --> 02:54:05,134 PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT SCHOOL 5271 02:54:05,134 --> 02:54:06,702 LUNCH. I'M EXCITED ABOUT 5272 02:54:06,702 --> 02:54:08,271 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL LUNCHES. AND I 5273 02:54:08,271 --> 02:54:11,874 THINK WE ALL ARE. AND, YOU KNOW, 5274 02:54:11,874 --> 02:54:13,276 ONCE THERE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT 5275 02:54:13,276 --> 02:54:14,443 THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, 5276 02:54:14,443 --> 02:54:15,678 IT'S KIND OF HARD TO ROLL THAT 5277 02:54:15,678 --> 02:54:17,513 BACK. AND SO IT FEELS IT SORT OF 5278 02:54:17,513 --> 02:54:19,415 FRAMES IT A LITTLE BIT 5279 02:54:19,415 --> 02:54:21,651 DIFFERENTLY. AND SO I JUST WANT 5280 02:54:21,651 --> 02:54:23,753 TO RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT BUT 5281 02:54:23,753 --> 02:54:26,422 AGAIN, IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT 5282 02:54:26,422 --> 02:54:31,227 THAT VOTERS APPROVED. YOU KNOW, 5283 02:54:31,227 --> 02:54:32,528 THIS IS HARD FOR ME AS, AS 5284 02:54:32,528 --> 02:54:36,632 DISTRICT TWO REPRESENTATIVE, 5285 02:54:36,632 --> 02:54:38,167 PRETTY MUCH EVERY SCHOOL IN MY 5286 02:54:38,167 --> 02:54:39,635 DISTRICT HAS A UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 5287 02:54:39,635 --> 02:54:41,470 LUNCH, FREE LUNCHES, WHICH IS 5288 02:54:41,470 --> 02:54:43,105 GREAT PEOPLE. IT'S A GREAT 5289 02:54:43,105 --> 02:54:44,140 THING. I THINK THERE'S ONE 5290 02:54:44,140 --> 02:54:48,711 SCHOOL THAT DOESN'T AND, YOU 5291 02:54:48,711 --> 02:54:51,247 KNOW, JUST OVERALL DISTRICT TWO, 5292 02:54:51,247 --> 02:54:53,015 PROBABLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER 5293 02:54:53,015 --> 02:54:54,817 DISTRICT UNDER THE LEVY, GETS A 5294 02:54:54,817 --> 02:54:57,687 TON OF SUPPORT, AS IT SHOULD 5295 02:54:57,687 --> 02:54:59,222 BASED ON EQUITY. AND I'M 5296 02:54:59,222 --> 02:55:01,324 EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND 5297 02:55:01,324 --> 02:55:02,325 SO THIS THIS IS HARD BECAUSE, 5298 02:55:02,325 --> 02:55:05,828 YOU KNOW, THIS AMENDMENT WOULD 5299 02:55:05,828 --> 02:55:08,297 BRING A LOT OF RESOURCES TO 5300 02:55:08,297 --> 02:55:09,665 DISTRICT TWO TO, TO FAMILIES IN 5301 02:55:09,665 --> 02:55:12,368 NEED, TO STUDENTS IN NEED. AND I 5302 02:55:12,368 --> 02:55:15,538 THINK WE HEARD VERY COMPELLINGLY 5303 02:55:15,538 --> 02:55:17,206 THAT, YOU KNOW, FOOD INSECURITY 5304 02:55:17,206 --> 02:55:19,275 DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN FOR 5305 02:55:19,275 --> 02:55:21,077 BREAKFAST OR LUNCH. IT HAPPENS 5306 02:55:21,077 --> 02:55:21,711 IN THE EVENING. IT HAPPENS ON 5307 02:55:21,711 --> 02:55:23,346 WEEKENDS. IT HAPPENS DURING 5308 02:55:23,346 --> 02:55:26,649 SCHOOL BREAKS. AND THAT 5309 02:55:26,649 --> 02:55:27,283 ABSOLUTELY IS SOMETHING WE NEED 5310 02:55:27,283 --> 02:55:29,519 TO, TO FIGURE OUT AND ADDRESS. 5311 02:55:29,519 --> 02:55:30,853 IT'S PART OF WHY I WAS EXCITED 5312 02:55:30,853 --> 02:55:33,089 TO SUPPORT AMENDMENT NUMBER 5313 02:55:33,089 --> 02:55:37,527 FOUR. AND, YOU KNOW, 5314 02:55:37,527 --> 02:55:39,262 UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, THIS 5315 02:55:39,262 --> 02:55:42,131 SHOULDN'T BE A ZERO SUM GAME. I 5316 02:55:42,131 --> 02:55:46,302 WOULD LOVE TO DO BOTH. AND, YOU 5317 02:55:46,302 --> 02:55:48,337 KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T 5318 02:55:48,337 --> 02:55:49,438 HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES. I MEAN, 5319 02:55:49,438 --> 02:55:51,240 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY 5320 02:55:51,240 --> 02:55:52,942 HARD BUDGET CONVERSATION THIS 5321 02:55:52,942 --> 02:55:56,078 FALL. AND THIS CONVERSATION 5322 02:55:56,078 --> 02:56:00,182 TODAY IS JUST A SMALL PREVIEW OF 5323 02:56:00,182 --> 02:56:01,183 THOSE VERY, VERY HARD 5324 02:56:01,183 --> 02:56:04,487 DISCUSSIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO 5325 02:56:04,487 --> 02:56:09,191 HAVE. BUT I WON'T BE SUPPORTING 5326 02:56:09,191 --> 02:56:14,864 THIS TODAY. JUST I AM EXCITED TO 5327 02:56:14,864 --> 02:56:17,033 TO BUILD THE MOMENTUM FOR 5328 02:56:17,033 --> 02:56:17,667 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL LUNCHES ACROSS 5329 02:56:17,667 --> 02:56:23,272 BOTH THE CITY AND HOPEFULLY THE 5330 02:56:23,272 --> 02:56:26,742 STATE. AND. BUT I DO JUST WANT 5331 02:56:26,742 --> 02:56:28,911 TO SAY AN ENORMOUS GRATITUDE FOR 5332 02:56:28,911 --> 02:56:32,014 FOR YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD 5333 02:56:32,014 --> 02:56:33,783 FOR UPLIFTING THE THE DIALOG FOR 5334 02:56:33,783 --> 02:56:36,352 JUMPING INTO THE NUANCE, 5335 02:56:36,352 --> 02:56:37,853 REGARDLESS OF SOME OF THE PUBLIC 5336 02:56:37,853 --> 02:56:40,323 DISCOURSE. AND, YOU KNOW, I 5337 02:56:40,323 --> 02:56:43,559 THINK FOR THE PUBLIC, THEY ARE 5338 02:56:43,559 --> 02:56:45,294 SORT OF CERTAINLY WELCOME TO SAY 5339 02:56:45,294 --> 02:56:47,063 WHATEVER THEY WANT ABOUT US. AND 5340 02:56:47,063 --> 02:56:49,131 WE GET CRITICISM FROM ALL SIDES 5341 02:56:49,131 --> 02:56:50,466 OVER A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 5342 02:56:50,466 --> 02:56:52,468 THINGS. BUT JUST FOR ME 5343 02:56:52,468 --> 02:56:56,605 PERSONALLY, IT IS IT IS LESS 5344 02:56:56,605 --> 02:56:58,874 PERSUASIVE WHEN THINGS ARE SAID 5345 02:56:58,874 --> 02:57:00,676 THAT DON'T RING TRUE TO ME. 5346 02:57:00,676 --> 02:57:04,113 WHEN THINGS ARE SAID THAT 5347 02:57:04,113 --> 02:57:04,914 QUESTION THE CHARACTER OF SOME 5348 02:57:04,914 --> 02:57:07,550 OF MY COLLEAGUES, WHEN I KNOW 5349 02:57:07,550 --> 02:57:09,652 THAT YOU CARE DEEPLY AND HAVE A 5350 02:57:09,652 --> 02:57:11,554 DEEP ROOTED HISTORY AROUND FOOD 5351 02:57:11,554 --> 02:57:14,457 ACCESS AND FOOD EQUITY. AND SO 5352 02:57:14,457 --> 02:57:15,625 WHILE PEOPLE ARE FREE TO MAKE 5353 02:57:15,625 --> 02:57:17,893 THOSE COMMENTS, THEY ARE NOT 5354 02:57:17,893 --> 02:57:20,563 PERSUASIVE TO ME. WHEN I KNOW 5355 02:57:20,563 --> 02:57:22,064 THERE'S NO TRUTH TO THAT. SO I 5356 02:57:22,064 --> 02:57:23,265 JUST WANT TO STATE THAT, FOR THE 5357 02:57:23,265 --> 02:57:29,438 RECORD SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS 5358 02:57:29,438 --> 02:57:30,973 I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD 5359 02:57:30,973 --> 02:57:33,009 DIALOG FOR, FOR ALL OF US TO 5360 02:57:33,009 --> 02:57:35,811 UNDERSTAND THAT THE HUGE UNMET 5361 02:57:35,811 --> 02:57:39,915 NEED. SO IF WE DO PROVIDE, YOU 5362 02:57:39,915 --> 02:57:42,018 KNOW, UNIVERSAL SCHOOL LUNCHES, 5363 02:57:42,018 --> 02:57:43,886 IF THAT GOES FORWARD AND WE 5364 02:57:43,886 --> 02:57:45,955 DON'T DO THIS, I DON'T KNOW HOW 5365 02:57:45,955 --> 02:57:47,189 THIS VOTE IS GOING TO PLAY OUT. 5366 02:57:47,189 --> 02:57:49,959 BUT I THINK REGARDLESS, IT 5367 02:57:49,959 --> 02:57:53,429 HIGHLIGHTS THE CRITICAL NEED, 5368 02:57:53,429 --> 02:57:54,096 UNMET NEED THAT YOU'VE RAISED. 5369 02:57:54,096 --> 02:57:55,364 SO THANK YOU. 5370 02:57:55,364 --> 02:57:57,233 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 5371 02:57:57,233 --> 02:57:57,867 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YOU'RE 5372 02:57:57,867 --> 02:57:59,301 RECOGNIZED. 5373 02:57:59,301 --> 02:57:59,935 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA. I 5374 02:57:59,935 --> 02:58:02,705 WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING 5375 02:58:02,705 --> 02:58:04,840 BOTH COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 5376 02:58:04,840 --> 02:58:05,374 COUNCILMEMBERS FOSTER FOR 5377 02:58:05,374 --> 02:58:06,675 SHARING YOUR STORIES. I REALLY 5378 02:58:06,675 --> 02:58:09,011 WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR 5379 02:58:09,011 --> 02:58:10,546 COURAGE TO SHOW THAT 5380 02:58:10,546 --> 02:58:11,914 VULNERABILITY AND SHARE A BIT 5381 02:58:11,914 --> 02:58:13,482 ABOUT YOUR STORIES AND 5382 02:58:13,482 --> 02:58:16,052 UPBRINGING. SO THANK YOU 5383 02:58:16,052 --> 02:58:19,088 COLLEAGUES. THE DISCUSSION ON 5384 02:58:19,088 --> 02:58:20,489 UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS AND THIS 5385 02:58:20,489 --> 02:58:21,390 AMENDMENT IN PARTICULAR, HAS 5386 02:58:21,390 --> 02:58:23,959 BEEN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING 5387 02:58:23,959 --> 02:58:24,593 AND EMOTIONAL POLICY DISCUSSIONS 5388 02:58:24,593 --> 02:58:27,096 I'VE EXPERIENCED DURING MY TIME 5389 02:58:27,096 --> 02:58:29,298 ON COUNCIL AND HEARING TODAY'S 5390 02:58:29,298 --> 02:58:31,100 PUBLIC COMMENT, I HAVE BEEN 5391 02:58:31,100 --> 02:58:34,904 REMINDED OF MY OWN EXPERIENCES 5392 02:58:34,904 --> 02:58:36,138 OF HUNGER. NOW, I DIDN'T GO 5393 02:58:36,138 --> 02:58:37,339 HUNGRY BECAUSE MY MOM MY GRANDMA 5394 02:58:37,339 --> 02:58:45,281 DIDN'T PACK ME A LUNCH. I WAS 5395 02:58:45,281 --> 02:58:45,915 HUNGRY FOR A WHILE BECAUSE MY 5396 02:58:45,915 --> 02:58:46,549 FRIENDS PARENTS DIDN'T PACK 5397 02:58:46,549 --> 02:58:47,183 THEM A LUNCH, AND I WAS GIVING 5398 02:58:47,183 --> 02:58:48,984 THEM MY FOOD AND THEY DIDN'T GET 5399 02:58:48,984 --> 02:58:50,986 FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES, BUT THEY 5400 02:58:50,986 --> 02:58:51,654 WERE FOLKS WEREN'T GIVING THEM 5401 02:58:51,654 --> 02:58:53,956 FOOD, AND I WAS GIVING THEM 5402 02:58:53,956 --> 02:58:54,924 MINE. AND MY FOLKS WERE SO MAD 5403 02:58:54,924 --> 02:58:56,659 WHEN THEY FOUND OUT I WAS GIVING 5404 02:58:56,659 --> 02:58:59,995 AWAY MY LUNCH TO MY FRIENDS. AND 5405 02:58:59,995 --> 02:59:01,931 OF COURSE, I TRIED TO KEEP IT A 5406 02:59:01,931 --> 02:59:02,832 SECRET FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE I 5407 02:59:02,832 --> 02:59:03,632 DIDN'T WANT MY FOLKS TO BE MAD 5408 02:59:03,632 --> 02:59:05,134 AT ME. I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO 5409 02:59:05,134 --> 02:59:05,901 GET IN TROUBLE. YOU KNOW, WHEN 5410 02:59:05,901 --> 02:59:06,902 YOU'RE A KID, YOU DON'T WANT TO 5411 02:59:06,902 --> 02:59:08,871 GET IN TROUBLE. YOU JUST WANT TO 5412 02:59:08,871 --> 02:59:11,340 HELP YOUR FRIEND OUT. BUT ONCE 5413 02:59:11,340 --> 02:59:12,541 MY FOLKS FOUND OUT WHAT WAS 5414 02:59:12,541 --> 02:59:15,077 GOING ON, THEY SAID, OKAY. THEY 5415 02:59:15,077 --> 02:59:16,712 STARTED PACKING ME DOUBLE AND 5416 02:59:16,712 --> 02:59:19,215 TRIPLE LUNCHES. YOU KNOW, HUNGER 5417 02:59:19,215 --> 02:59:21,951 CAN BE HIDDEN. HUNGER ISN'T 5418 02:59:21,951 --> 02:59:22,918 ALWAYS OBVIOUS, AND IT ISN'T 5419 02:59:22,918 --> 02:59:24,920 ALWAYS EXPERIENCED BY WHO YOU 5420 02:59:24,920 --> 02:59:27,590 WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE. AND WE 5421 02:59:27,590 --> 02:59:29,725 DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN 5422 02:59:29,725 --> 02:59:30,359 YOUNG PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND I 5423 02:59:30,359 --> 02:59:31,060 DON'T THINK WE, THE GOVERNMENT, 5424 02:59:31,060 --> 02:59:33,295 NEED TO KNOW EVERY SINGLE DETAIL 5425 02:59:33,295 --> 02:59:35,564 ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN KIDS 5426 02:59:35,564 --> 02:59:37,666 LIVES WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN 5427 02:59:37,666 --> 02:59:39,502 GETTING THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET, 5428 02:59:39,502 --> 02:59:41,170 AND WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS 5429 02:59:41,170 --> 02:59:42,705 HAPPENING ACROSS OUR COUNTRY 5430 02:59:42,705 --> 02:59:44,440 RIGHT NOW, I DO BELIEVE IT IS 5431 02:59:44,440 --> 02:59:45,875 IMPERATIVE THAT WE MOVE WITH 5432 02:59:45,875 --> 02:59:49,278 URGENCY TO ADDRESS HUNGER IN OUR 5433 02:59:49,278 --> 02:59:50,713 COMMUNITY. SO ON ONE HAND, IT 5434 02:59:50,713 --> 02:59:53,949 HAS BEEN HEARTENING TO SEE THE 5435 02:59:53,949 --> 02:59:56,152 OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT ACROSS OUR 5436 02:59:56,152 --> 02:59:57,286 CITY FOR FEEDING OUR KIDS, 5437 02:59:57,286 --> 03:00:00,089 WHETHER IT BE IN SCHOOLS, ON 5438 03:00:00,089 --> 03:00:02,324 WEEKENDS, OVER SCHOOL BREAKS. NO 5439 03:00:02,324 --> 03:00:02,958 CHILD IN THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD 5440 03:00:02,958 --> 03:00:04,960 BE GOING HUNGRY. I KNOW WE ALL 5441 03:00:04,960 --> 03:00:05,594 AGREE TO THAT AND THAT IS WHY IT 5442 03:00:05,594 --> 03:00:07,496 IS SHOCKING TO MY CONSCIENCE 5443 03:00:07,496 --> 03:00:10,166 THAT IN A CITY WITH THE WEALTH 5444 03:00:10,166 --> 03:00:12,268 THAT WE KNOW EXISTS, WE STILL 5445 03:00:12,268 --> 03:00:16,605 HAVE KIDS GOING HUNGRY. THE 5446 03:00:16,605 --> 03:00:17,273 POLICY GOALS OF UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 5447 03:00:17,273 --> 03:00:19,842 MEALS AND EXPANDED FOOD 5448 03:00:19,842 --> 03:00:22,278 ASSISTANCE ON WEEKEND AND 5449 03:00:22,278 --> 03:00:23,546 WEEKENDS AND BREAKS ARE BOTH 5450 03:00:23,546 --> 03:00:26,448 GOOD POLICIES. THE POLICY CHOICE 5451 03:00:26,448 --> 03:00:28,083 IN FRONT OF US WITH AMENDMENT 6 5452 03:00:28,083 --> 03:00:30,486 ASKS US TO DELAY IMPLEMENTATION 5453 03:00:30,486 --> 03:00:31,587 OF UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS TO 5454 03:00:31,587 --> 03:00:33,989 FUND THAT WEEKEND AND BREAK 5455 03:00:33,989 --> 03:00:37,026 MEALS. NOW, IF THE OPTION BEFORE 5456 03:00:37,026 --> 03:00:38,861 US WAS TO FUND THIS WEEKEND 5457 03:00:38,861 --> 03:00:39,762 BREAK MEALS PROGRAM USING 5458 03:00:39,762 --> 03:00:40,396 ANOTHER FUND SOURCE OUTSIDE OF 5459 03:00:40,396 --> 03:00:44,867 THIS LEVY, PERHAPS OUR GRAFFITI 5460 03:00:44,867 --> 03:00:45,501 ABATEMENT FUND, THE UNIFIED CARE 5461 03:00:45,501 --> 03:00:46,869 TEAM, OR THE REAL TIME CRIME 5462 03:00:46,869 --> 03:00:47,770 CENTER, JUST TO NAME A FEW 5463 03:00:47,770 --> 03:00:49,505 EXAMPLES. THAT CHOICE WOULD BE 5464 03:00:49,505 --> 03:00:51,207 CLEAR TO ME AND I WOULD SUPPORT 5465 03:00:51,207 --> 03:00:54,944 IT IN A HEARTBEAT BUT TO TAKE IT 5466 03:00:54,944 --> 03:00:58,180 OUT OF OUR UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 5467 03:00:58,180 --> 03:01:00,516 MEALS EXPANSION IS A TRADE OFF 5468 03:01:00,516 --> 03:01:03,419 THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT TODAY NOW, 5469 03:01:03,419 --> 03:01:05,321 LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO 5470 03:01:05,321 --> 03:01:07,656 TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK TO THE 5471 03:01:07,656 --> 03:01:08,858 RHETORIC THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON 5472 03:01:08,858 --> 03:01:10,559 IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS 5473 03:01:10,559 --> 03:01:12,361 AMENDMENT OVER THE PAST COUPLE 5474 03:01:12,361 --> 03:01:13,896 OF WEEKS, PARTICULARLY THE 5475 03:01:13,896 --> 03:01:15,464 ATTACKS ON THE CO-SPONSORS OF 5476 03:01:15,464 --> 03:01:17,600 THIS AMENDMENT GOING AFTER THEIR 5477 03:01:17,600 --> 03:01:19,068 CHARACTER AND THEIR INTENTIONS. 5478 03:01:19,068 --> 03:01:20,870 I DO NOT SUPPORT THAT. I KNOW 5479 03:01:20,870 --> 03:01:22,104 THE SPONSORS OF THIS AMENDMENT 5480 03:01:22,104 --> 03:01:23,639 CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE KIDS IN 5481 03:01:23,639 --> 03:01:26,008 OUR CITY AND TAKE THEIR 5482 03:01:26,008 --> 03:01:28,711 RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR COMMUNITY 5483 03:01:28,711 --> 03:01:29,645 VERY SERIOUSLY. THERE IS NO 5484 03:01:29,645 --> 03:01:30,546 QUESTION OF THAT. AND WHILE WE 5485 03:01:30,546 --> 03:01:34,083 MAY FALL ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF A 5486 03:01:34,083 --> 03:01:34,717 SPECIFIC POLICY CHOICE WE'RE 5487 03:01:34,717 --> 03:01:35,918 MAKING HERE, I WANT TO BE CLEAR 5488 03:01:35,918 --> 03:01:37,486 THAT I STAND WITH OUR AMENDMENT 5489 03:01:37,486 --> 03:01:39,188 SPONSORS AND OUR SHARED 5490 03:01:39,188 --> 03:01:39,989 COMMITMENT TO USE OUR POWER TO 5491 03:01:39,989 --> 03:01:41,857 TAKE CARE OF OUR KIDS EQUITABLY 5492 03:01:41,857 --> 03:01:44,126 AND SUSTAINABLY AND 5493 03:01:44,126 --> 03:01:45,728 HOLISTICALLY. SO I WILL BE 5494 03:01:45,728 --> 03:01:48,797 RESPECTFULLY VOTING NO ON THIS 5495 03:01:48,797 --> 03:01:49,431 AMENDMENT TODAY. AND IT IS MY 5496 03:01:49,431 --> 03:01:51,767 HOPE THAT WHEREVER WE GO FROM 5497 03:01:51,767 --> 03:01:55,004 HERE, WE KEEP UP THIS ENERGY AND 5498 03:01:55,004 --> 03:01:55,537 PASSION FOR FEEDING YOUNG 5499 03:01:55,537 --> 03:01:56,839 PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT 5500 03:01:56,839 --> 03:01:58,207 COMES TO OUR BUDGET 5501 03:01:58,207 --> 03:01:59,608 DELIBERATIONS LATER THIS YEAR. 5502 03:01:59,608 --> 03:02:02,378 THANK YOU. 5503 03:02:02,378 --> 03:02:02,945 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5504 03:02:02,945 --> 03:02:04,546 RINCK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 5505 03:02:04,546 --> 03:02:06,682 JUAREZ. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 5506 03:02:06,682 --> 03:02:07,683 -- THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I 5507 03:02:07,683 --> 03:02:08,684 WANT TO START WITH JUST A FEW 5508 03:02:08,684 --> 03:02:10,853 FACTS, AND I WANT TO THANK. 5509 03:02:10,853 --> 03:02:13,422 FIRST OF ALL, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 5510 03:02:13,422 --> 03:02:14,056 HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCILMEMBER 5511 03:02:14,056 --> 03:02:14,757 FOSTER FOR BRINGING THIS. I'LL 5512 03:02:14,757 --> 03:02:16,258 GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE 5513 03:02:16,258 --> 03:02:18,093 DETAIL ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT, 5514 03:02:18,093 --> 03:02:18,727 BUT COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER BROUGHT 5515 03:02:18,727 --> 03:02:20,596 UP A REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND 5516 03:02:20,596 --> 03:02:21,630 I'M REALLY GLAD WE HAD A CHANCE 5517 03:02:21,630 --> 03:02:23,899 TO TALK THROUGH. AND WITH THE 5518 03:02:23,899 --> 03:02:24,767 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THESE ISSUES, 5519 03:02:24,767 --> 03:02:25,934 AS WELL AS YOURSELF, 5520 03:02:25,934 --> 03:02:27,836 COUNCILMEMBER OR MADAM CHAIR ON 5521 03:02:27,836 --> 03:02:30,005 THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX THAT 5522 03:02:30,005 --> 03:02:32,975 WE PASSED IN 2017, WHICH WAS 5523 03:02:32,975 --> 03:02:36,478 IMPLEMENTED IN 2018. THE FACT IS 5524 03:02:36,478 --> 03:02:40,549 THIS OVER THE EIGHT YEARS, $191 5525 03:02:40,549 --> 03:02:41,950 MILLION HAS BEEN GATHERED AND 5526 03:02:41,950 --> 03:02:45,287 ONLY 4 MILLION HAS BEEN 5527 03:02:45,287 --> 03:02:45,921 DEDICATED TO CHILDREN IN SCHOOL, 5528 03:02:45,921 --> 03:02:49,358 HEALTHY FOOD IN SCHOOLS, WHICH 5529 03:02:49,358 --> 03:02:51,126 COMES OUT TO ABOUT LESS THAN 9% 5530 03:02:51,126 --> 03:02:53,228 OVER EIGHT YEARS OF TOTAL 5531 03:02:53,228 --> 03:02:54,697 INVESTMENT. AND THAT SHOULD BE 5532 03:02:54,697 --> 03:02:55,931 CONCERNING. WHAT I WANT TO 5533 03:02:55,931 --> 03:02:58,233 SHARE, THOUGH, FROM A HEARTFELT 5534 03:02:58,233 --> 03:02:59,468 POSITION OF I'VE TAKEN HARD 5535 03:02:59,468 --> 03:03:01,570 VOTES BEFORE AND QUITE FRANKLY, 5536 03:03:01,570 --> 03:03:03,839 I'VE SEEN IT A LOT WORSE. BUT 5537 03:03:03,839 --> 03:03:05,207 I'VE BEEN AROUND PROBABLY A LOT 5538 03:03:05,207 --> 03:03:09,311 LONGER. I WANT TO SAY THIS ABOUT 5539 03:03:09,311 --> 03:03:09,945 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 5540 03:03:09,945 --> 03:03:12,081 AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. I WANT 5541 03:03:12,081 --> 03:03:14,450 TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR 5542 03:03:14,450 --> 03:03:15,050 CONVICTION, THEIR CONSCIENCE 5543 03:03:15,050 --> 03:03:17,886 BASED ON DIGNITY AND KINSHIP. 5544 03:03:17,886 --> 03:03:18,754 AND IN INDIAN COUNTRY WE WOULD 5545 03:03:18,754 --> 03:03:21,323 CALL THAT GOOD WORDS AND GOOD 5546 03:03:21,323 --> 03:03:23,559 MEDICINE. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN 5547 03:03:23,559 --> 03:03:25,060 ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. IT HAS 5548 03:03:25,060 --> 03:03:26,795 NEVER BEEN ABOUT DENYING A 5549 03:03:26,795 --> 03:03:29,064 PROGRAM. IT'S ABOUT DELAYING A 5550 03:03:29,064 --> 03:03:30,933 PROGRAM AND COUNCIL. MADAM 5551 03:03:30,933 --> 03:03:32,935 CHAIR, YOU AND I, ALONG WITH THE 5552 03:03:32,935 --> 03:03:33,969 DURKIN ADMINISTRATION, KNOW AND 5553 03:03:33,969 --> 03:03:35,771 HAD WORKED ON AND WERE THE 5554 03:03:35,771 --> 03:03:37,773 ARCHITECTS OF A UNIVERSAL 5555 03:03:37,773 --> 03:03:38,340 PROGRAM CALLED THE PROMISE 5556 03:03:38,340 --> 03:03:40,709 PROGRAM AND HOW WE LAYERED AND 5557 03:03:40,709 --> 03:03:43,412 SCAFFOLD THAT PROGRAM IN. 5558 03:03:43,412 --> 03:03:44,046 STARTING WITH TWO HIGH SCHOOLS, 5559 03:03:44,046 --> 03:03:45,114 THEN FOUR, AND THEN EVERY HIGH 5560 03:03:45,114 --> 03:03:45,948 SCHOOL. SO EVERY HIGH SCHOOL 5561 03:03:45,948 --> 03:03:48,617 STUDENT COULD ENJOY GOING TO 5562 03:03:48,617 --> 03:03:50,853 COLLEGE FOR FREE IN THE CITY OF 5563 03:03:50,853 --> 03:03:52,621 SEATTLE. WE DID THAT AS 5564 03:03:52,621 --> 03:03:54,623 ARCHITECTS AND WORKING WITH 5565 03:03:54,623 --> 03:03:55,257 LEADERSHIP BECAUSE WE WANTED IT 5566 03:03:55,257 --> 03:03:58,227 TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND 5567 03:03:58,227 --> 03:03:59,128 SUSTAINABLE. AND I WANT TO THANK 5568 03:03:59,128 --> 03:04:00,696 THOSE OF YOU WHO BROUGHT UP 5569 03:04:00,696 --> 03:04:02,931 HISTORY IS SO IMPORTANT, AND WE 5570 03:04:02,931 --> 03:04:03,932 HEARD SO MANY GOOD COMMENTS. I 5571 03:04:03,932 --> 03:04:05,701 MEAN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE A 5572 03:04:05,701 --> 03:04:07,536 RIGHT TO COME TO PUBLIC COMMENT 5573 03:04:07,536 --> 03:04:09,838 AND HAVE THEIR OPINIONS IN 5574 03:04:09,838 --> 03:04:12,040 HISTORY. BUT SOME OF THE 5575 03:04:12,040 --> 03:04:14,076 COMMENTS WERE INCREDIBLY SUBLIME 5576 03:04:14,076 --> 03:04:15,778 AND PROFOUND. I LOVE HOW PEOPLE 5577 03:04:15,778 --> 03:04:17,479 COME WITH HISTORY AND FACTS. 5578 03:04:17,479 --> 03:04:21,984 BEFORE WE GET TO FEELINGS. 5579 03:04:21,984 --> 03:04:24,686 TALKING FROM 1990, 1997, 2004, 5580 03:04:24,686 --> 03:04:28,357 2011, 2014, 2018 WE ARE SIX 5581 03:04:28,357 --> 03:04:30,793 TIMES THE VOTERS WENT OUT THERE 5582 03:04:30,793 --> 03:04:32,194 AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT 5583 03:04:32,194 --> 03:04:33,128 AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN, THANK YOU 5584 03:04:33,128 --> 03:04:35,064 FOR BRINGING UP SOMETHING THAT I 5585 03:04:35,064 --> 03:04:35,664 JOTTED DOWN EARLIER. FIRST OF 5586 03:04:35,664 --> 03:04:37,366 ALL, YOUR GOOD WORDS ABOUT 5587 03:04:37,366 --> 03:04:39,001 EQUITY. BUT SECOND OF ALL, WE 5588 03:04:39,001 --> 03:04:40,602 HAD YOU HAD STRUCTURED THIS, 5589 03:04:40,602 --> 03:04:43,605 MADAM CHAIR, UNDER THE HAROLD 5590 03:04:43,605 --> 03:04:44,206 ADMINISTRATION. AND THAT'S 5591 03:04:44,206 --> 03:04:45,441 THAT'S WHAT THE VOTERS WERE 5592 03:04:45,441 --> 03:04:49,845 ASKING FOR. NOW, I UNDERSTAND 5593 03:04:49,845 --> 03:04:52,848 THAT PEOPLE HAVE HAVE THEIR 5594 03:04:52,848 --> 03:04:54,650 IDEOLOGY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY 5595 03:04:54,650 --> 03:04:55,851 HAVE POLITICAL GOALS THAT THEY 5596 03:04:55,851 --> 03:04:57,219 WANT TO SEE DONE, AND I RESPECT 5597 03:04:57,219 --> 03:05:00,222 THAT. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO TAKE 5598 03:05:00,222 --> 03:05:01,590 US BACK TO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE 5599 03:05:01,590 --> 03:05:04,026 TALKING ABOUT HERE. WE ARE 5600 03:05:04,026 --> 03:05:04,660 TALKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION. WE 5601 03:05:04,660 --> 03:05:06,762 ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING 5602 03:05:06,762 --> 03:05:08,430 BEING DELAYED, NOT DENIED. WE 5603 03:05:08,430 --> 03:05:11,934 ARE TALKING ABOUT EQUITY. WE ARE 5604 03:05:11,934 --> 03:05:13,235 TALKING ABOUT THE ROOTS OF 5605 03:05:13,235 --> 03:05:15,003 CHILDREN BEING HUNGRY. AND I 5606 03:05:15,003 --> 03:05:15,637 JUST I'VE BEEN I WAS TAKING 5607 03:05:15,637 --> 03:05:16,405 NOTES DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, 5608 03:05:16,405 --> 03:05:18,574 WHICH I ALWAYS DO. AND I WANT TO 5609 03:05:18,574 --> 03:05:20,642 THANK COUNCIL. OUR FORMER 5610 03:05:20,642 --> 03:05:21,510 REPRESENTATIVE, JOHN MASON, FOR 5611 03:05:21,510 --> 03:05:22,511 HER GOOD WORDS. I WORKED WITH 5612 03:05:22,511 --> 03:05:25,047 HER IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE 5613 03:05:25,047 --> 03:05:27,549 MANY YEARS AGO, WHICH I WON'T 5614 03:05:27,549 --> 03:05:30,185 BRING UP. AND THE FOLKS, THE 5615 03:05:30,185 --> 03:05:32,187 GENTLEMAN FROM JIM AND DON AND 5616 03:05:32,187 --> 03:05:33,856 ELMER, AND PARTICULARLY FROM THE 5617 03:05:33,856 --> 03:05:37,526 BLACK PANTHER, AND HOW THESE ALL 5618 03:05:37,526 --> 03:05:38,060 BEGAN WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE 5619 03:05:38,060 --> 03:05:39,128 MOVEMENTS, BECAUSE PEOPLE OF 5620 03:05:39,128 --> 03:05:41,964 COLOR HAD TO DO IT OURSELVES. 5621 03:05:41,964 --> 03:05:44,533 WELL, I THANK OUR ALLIES. 5622 03:05:44,533 --> 03:05:46,001 SOMETIMES I THINK YOU TRY TO 5623 03:05:46,001 --> 03:05:47,269 SPEAK FOR US. AND SO LET ME JUST 5624 03:05:47,269 --> 03:05:49,771 SAY THIS. I LOVE THE FOLKS THAT 5625 03:05:49,771 --> 03:05:52,441 TALKED ABOUT THAT HUNGER 5626 03:05:52,441 --> 03:05:53,675 DOESN'T TAKE A BREAK AND 5627 03:05:53,675 --> 03:05:55,077 UNDERSTOOD THE HISTORY OF THIS 5628 03:05:55,077 --> 03:05:56,812 AND THE PASSION BEHIND IT. THIS 5629 03:05:56,812 --> 03:05:59,248 ISN'T EITHER OR. IT NEVER HAS 5630 03:05:59,248 --> 03:06:00,682 BEEN. SOME PEOPLE HAVE 5631 03:06:00,682 --> 03:06:02,084 CHARACTERIZED IT AS THAT HAS PUT 5632 03:06:02,084 --> 03:06:04,720 IT INTO SOME KIND OF CONTEXTUAL 5633 03:06:04,720 --> 03:06:07,523 US VERSUS THEM. IT WAS NEVER 5634 03:06:07,523 --> 03:06:09,558 THAT. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT 5635 03:06:09,558 --> 03:06:10,692 HOW DO WE FEED ALL OF THESE 5636 03:06:10,692 --> 03:06:13,228 CHILDREN, DO IT UNIVERSALLY, 5637 03:06:13,228 --> 03:06:15,964 MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE ACROSS THE 5638 03:06:15,964 --> 03:06:20,002 BOARD AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, 5639 03:06:20,002 --> 03:06:22,371 BUT TALK TO THE VALUES THAT THIS 5640 03:06:22,371 --> 03:06:24,339 CITY PROCLAIMS TO HAVE EVERY 5641 03:06:24,339 --> 03:06:29,912 DAY, ALL THE TIME, AND NOT JUST 5642 03:06:29,912 --> 03:06:32,481 ABOUT NOT JUST ABOUT POLITICS. 5643 03:06:32,481 --> 03:06:34,149 AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THANK 5644 03:06:34,149 --> 03:06:35,450 YOU FOR POINTING OUT SOME OF THE 5645 03:06:35,450 --> 03:06:37,252 COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. AS YOU 5646 03:06:37,252 --> 03:06:39,254 ALL KNOW, I'M NOT ON SOCIAL 5647 03:06:39,254 --> 03:06:39,888 MEDIA, SO I DON'T YOU KNOW, I 5648 03:06:39,888 --> 03:06:41,190 THINK IT'S JUST TRASH. BUT MY 5649 03:06:41,190 --> 03:06:43,926 POINT IS THIS. I THINK IT'S 5650 03:06:43,926 --> 03:06:45,394 UNFORTUNATE, BUT I'VE WATCHED IT 5651 03:06:45,394 --> 03:06:46,862 A LOT IN THIS JOB WHERE PEOPLE 5652 03:06:46,862 --> 03:06:48,263 HAVE TAKEN ISSUES THAT ARE SO 5653 03:06:48,263 --> 03:06:51,266 DEAR TO US ABOUT CHILDREN BEING 5654 03:06:51,266 --> 03:06:52,301 HUNGRY AND THOSE THAT DON'T GET 5655 03:06:52,301 --> 03:06:54,736 FED ON THE WEEKENDS AND DURING 5656 03:06:54,736 --> 03:06:56,672 BREAKS. SO I APPRECIATE WHAT 5657 03:06:56,672 --> 03:06:58,907 COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA SAID. I, 5658 03:06:58,907 --> 03:06:59,975 TOO, WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS THAT 5659 03:06:59,975 --> 03:07:01,310 GREW UP WITH THE LAST THREE DAYS 5660 03:07:01,310 --> 03:07:04,446 OF THE MONTH. I DIDN'T EAT FOOD 5661 03:07:04,446 --> 03:07:06,548 STAMPS, REDUCED LUNCH, NO LUNCH. 5662 03:07:06,548 --> 03:07:08,183 SO I MEAN, I COULD GO ON AND ON, 5663 03:07:08,183 --> 03:07:09,818 BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THE 5664 03:07:09,818 --> 03:07:12,187 POINT IS, I'M SAYING THAT FROM 5665 03:07:12,187 --> 03:07:14,923 WHAT YOU ALL LOVE TO SAY, LIVED 5666 03:07:14,923 --> 03:07:16,825 EXPERIENCE, BUT I'M NOT 5667 03:07:16,825 --> 03:07:17,359 VULNERABLE AND I'M NOT 5668 03:07:17,359 --> 03:07:18,994 MARGINALIZED. AND I REALLY WANT 5669 03:07:18,994 --> 03:07:20,996 TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 5670 03:07:20,996 --> 03:07:22,564 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TO STEP UP 5671 03:07:22,564 --> 03:07:25,701 AND HAVE A VOICE, HAVE THE 5672 03:07:25,701 --> 03:07:28,003 SUPPORT SO PEOPLE CAN HEAR US 5673 03:07:28,003 --> 03:07:30,038 AND WHY THESE PROGRAMS CAME 5674 03:07:30,038 --> 03:07:30,872 ABOUT. AND AGAIN, I'LL JUST 5675 03:07:30,872 --> 03:07:32,140 I'LL END ON THIS NOTE. MADAM 5676 03:07:32,140 --> 03:07:33,609 CHAIR, I WANT TO THANK YOU 5677 03:07:33,609 --> 03:07:35,244 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WORKED WITH 5678 03:07:35,244 --> 03:07:37,112 YOU UNDER THE DURKIN 5679 03:07:37,112 --> 03:07:37,779 ADMINISTRATION. I'VE WATCHED, 5680 03:07:37,779 --> 03:07:39,881 AND UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOU 5681 03:07:39,881 --> 03:07:40,482 HAVE BEEN GREAT ABOUT SITTING 5682 03:07:40,482 --> 03:07:42,818 DOWN WITH US, GOING THROUGH THE 5683 03:07:42,818 --> 03:07:45,420 LEVY, GOING THROUGH THE CHAIRS 5684 03:07:45,420 --> 03:07:46,688 PACKAGE. THAT'S THE KIND OF 5685 03:07:46,688 --> 03:07:47,723 THAT'S THE KIND OF QUOTE, 5686 03:07:47,723 --> 03:07:49,658 UNQUOTE PROGRESSIVE, IF YOU 5687 03:07:49,658 --> 03:07:50,759 WILL. THAT'S THE KIND OF 5688 03:07:50,759 --> 03:07:51,426 CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TO HAVE 5689 03:07:51,426 --> 03:07:54,429 IN THESE POLICIES THAT WE START 5690 03:07:54,429 --> 03:07:55,697 WITH THE FACTS. CAN WE FUND IT? 5691 03:07:55,697 --> 03:07:59,534 IS IT SUSTAINABLE? WE DON'T HAVE 5692 03:07:59,534 --> 03:08:01,803 TO GO INTO SCREAMING AT ELECTED 5693 03:08:01,803 --> 03:08:02,971 FOLKS AND ATTACKING THEIR 5694 03:08:02,971 --> 03:08:05,040 INTEGRITY AND THEIR HEART. AND 5695 03:08:05,040 --> 03:08:05,841 IT'S IT SADDENS ME TO SEE THAT, 5696 03:08:05,841 --> 03:08:07,342 BUT I GUESS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE 5697 03:08:07,342 --> 03:08:09,177 AT IN POLITICS THESE DAYS. SO 5698 03:08:09,177 --> 03:08:11,380 THAT BEING SAID, I AS YOU KNOW, 5699 03:08:11,380 --> 03:08:12,814 MADAM CHAIR, I AM A PROUD 5700 03:08:12,814 --> 03:08:15,684 SPONSOR OF AMENDMENT 4 AND 5701 03:08:15,684 --> 03:08:17,252 AMENDMENT 6. AND AGAIN, I CANNOT 5702 03:08:17,252 --> 03:08:21,189 THANK YOU MORE, MADAM CHAIR, FOR 5703 03:08:21,189 --> 03:08:23,091 YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND ALSO, OF 5704 03:08:23,091 --> 03:08:24,292 COURSE, THE RESPECT I HAVE FOR 5705 03:08:24,292 --> 03:08:26,561 COUNCIL, COUNCIL, PRESIDENT AND 5706 03:08:26,561 --> 03:08:28,297 COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. THANK 5707 03:08:28,297 --> 03:08:28,497 YOU. 5708 03:08:28,497 --> 03:08:31,233 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5709 03:08:31,233 --> 03:08:32,701 JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 5710 03:08:32,701 --> 03:08:33,168 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 5711 03:08:33,168 --> 03:08:34,202 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 5712 03:08:34,202 --> 03:08:35,437 YOU TO THE SPONSORS. THANK YOU 5713 03:08:35,437 --> 03:08:36,938 TO ALL THE COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE 5714 03:08:36,938 --> 03:08:39,708 SPOKEN ON THIS ISSUE. UNIVERSAL 5715 03:08:39,708 --> 03:08:41,510 MEALS ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY'RE 5716 03:08:41,510 --> 03:08:42,911 IMPORTANT TO ME. IT'S IMPORTANT 5717 03:08:42,911 --> 03:08:44,579 THAT NO KID IN ANY SCHOOL IS 5718 03:08:44,579 --> 03:08:48,050 HUNGRY. STIGMA AND PAPERWORK AND 5719 03:08:48,050 --> 03:08:50,385 DOCUMENTATION, AS WAS DISCUSSED, 5720 03:08:50,385 --> 03:08:52,587 ARE BARRIERS THAT NEED TO BE 5721 03:08:52,587 --> 03:08:54,423 REDUCED OR ELIMINATED. I THINK 5722 03:08:54,423 --> 03:08:56,024 THE QUESTION OF STANDING IN THE 5723 03:08:56,024 --> 03:08:58,760 LUNCH LINE AND WONDERING IF THEY 5724 03:08:58,760 --> 03:09:01,530 SHOULD GET LUNCH OR NOT IS 5725 03:09:01,530 --> 03:09:02,698 SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO 5726 03:09:02,698 --> 03:09:04,633 ME. THAT RINGS REALLY TRUE TO 5727 03:09:04,633 --> 03:09:06,201 THE VALUES THAT I HOLD AND THE 5728 03:09:06,201 --> 03:09:07,235 PERSPECTIVE THAT I BRING HERE AT 5729 03:09:07,235 --> 03:09:10,238 CITY COUNCIL. AS COUNCILMEMBER 5730 03:09:10,238 --> 03:09:11,073 LIN MENTIONED JUST A COUPLE 5731 03:09:11,073 --> 03:09:13,575 MINUTES AGO, THE QUESTION BEFORE 5732 03:09:13,575 --> 03:09:17,713 US WAS NOT A PROMISE MADE TO 5733 03:09:17,713 --> 03:09:18,313 VOTERS THROUGH THE FAMILIES, 5734 03:09:18,313 --> 03:09:18,847 EDUCATION, PRESCHOOL, AND 5735 03:09:18,847 --> 03:09:19,481 PROMISE LEVY. IT WAS A PROMISE 5736 03:09:19,481 --> 03:09:21,216 THAT WAS MADE JUST IN THE LAST 5737 03:09:21,216 --> 03:09:26,088 FEW MONTHS THE SOURCE OF FUNDING 5738 03:09:26,088 --> 03:09:28,657 FOR THIS PLAN, USING THE RISK 5739 03:09:28,657 --> 03:09:29,524 AND RESERVE FUND, IS, AS THE 5740 03:09:29,524 --> 03:09:34,863 NAME STATES, RISKY. AND I SAY 5741 03:09:34,863 --> 03:09:37,499 THAT BECAUSE. AND SPEAKING AS 5742 03:09:37,499 --> 03:09:38,934 THE BUDGET CHAIR, I'M MOSTLY 5743 03:09:38,934 --> 03:09:40,502 FOCUSED ON THE NUMBERS HERE 5744 03:09:40,502 --> 03:09:43,572 TODAY. I CALL THE RISK AND 5745 03:09:43,572 --> 03:09:44,139 RESERVE ACCOUNTS WITHIN OUR 5746 03:09:44,139 --> 03:09:46,842 LEVIES. THE INFLATION ACCOUNT, 5747 03:09:46,842 --> 03:09:49,478 THE COST RISING ACCOUNT, BECAUSE 5748 03:09:49,478 --> 03:09:50,979 THESE LEVIES ARE SET UP FOR 8 TO 5749 03:09:50,979 --> 03:09:54,416 10 YEARS, DEPENDING AND IN THOSE 5750 03:09:54,416 --> 03:09:58,553 8 TO 10 YEARS, EVEN OUR BEST 5751 03:09:58,553 --> 03:10:00,589 GUESSES AT INFLATION DO NOT 5752 03:10:00,589 --> 03:10:03,091 NECESSARILY INCLUDE THE COST. 5753 03:10:03,091 --> 03:10:05,060 ESCALATORS OF MATERIALS, GOOD 5754 03:10:05,060 --> 03:10:06,428 LABOR, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IT 5755 03:10:06,428 --> 03:10:08,697 TAKES TO DELIVER THE PROMISES OF 5756 03:10:08,697 --> 03:10:10,532 THE LEVIES THAT ARE TAKEN TO 5757 03:10:10,532 --> 03:10:12,434 VOTERS. JUST LOOK AT THE LAST 5758 03:10:12,434 --> 03:10:14,136 TRANSPORTATION LEVY. IF WE 5759 03:10:14,136 --> 03:10:17,239 HADN'T HAD THE OVERSIGHT BODY 5760 03:10:17,239 --> 03:10:18,373 ALERT US TO THE FACT THAT WE 5761 03:10:18,373 --> 03:10:19,841 WERE SO OFF BASE, WE WOULD NEVER 5762 03:10:19,841 --> 03:10:22,644 HAVE GOTTEN BACK ON TRACK. AND 5763 03:10:22,644 --> 03:10:25,213 WE HAD TO USE EVERY TOOL IN OUR 5764 03:10:25,213 --> 03:10:27,048 BOOK BECAUSE OF THE INFLATION 5765 03:10:27,048 --> 03:10:29,184 AND COST ESCALATIONS THAT 5766 03:10:29,184 --> 03:10:30,819 OCCURRED THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. 5767 03:10:30,819 --> 03:10:35,424 THAT IS WHY WE HAVE AND WE'VE 5768 03:10:35,424 --> 03:10:36,224 SEEN, YEAH, WE'VE SEEN TIME AND 5769 03:10:36,224 --> 03:10:37,726 TIME AGAIN OUR LEVIES, HAVING 5770 03:10:37,726 --> 03:10:40,529 DIFFICULTY MEETING OUR GOALS 5771 03:10:40,529 --> 03:10:41,196 BECAUSE COSTS RISE OVER THOSE 8 5772 03:10:41,196 --> 03:10:43,498 TO 10 YEARS OF THE LEVY. BEYOND 5773 03:10:43,498 --> 03:10:45,467 THIS, THE PROMISE THAT HAS BEEN 5774 03:10:45,467 --> 03:10:51,173 MADE TO OUR COMMUNITY RELIES ON 5775 03:10:51,173 --> 03:10:52,974 A MILLIONAIRE'S TAX, WHICH 5776 03:10:52,974 --> 03:10:55,010 IT'S EVEN ITS FUTURE IS 5777 03:10:55,010 --> 03:10:56,912 UNCERTAIN. MY HOPE IS THAT IT 5778 03:10:56,912 --> 03:10:58,914 HAS A SECURE FUTURE. BUT WE 5779 03:10:58,914 --> 03:11:03,251 DON'T KNOW THAT TODAY. THE PLAN 5780 03:11:03,251 --> 03:11:03,885 TRANSMITTED HAS MADE A PROMISE 5781 03:11:03,885 --> 03:11:06,721 TO SEATTLEITES WITHOUT A PLAN. 5782 03:11:06,721 --> 03:11:10,392 IN MY TIME AS BUDGET CHAIR, WE 5783 03:11:10,392 --> 03:11:12,694 HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO REDUCE 5784 03:11:12,694 --> 03:11:15,430 THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT 5785 03:11:15,430 --> 03:11:18,900 FROM $270 MILLION TO $150 5786 03:11:18,900 --> 03:11:20,268 MILLION IN JUST THIS LAST 5787 03:11:20,268 --> 03:11:26,007 BUDGET. IN THIS YEAR ALONE, WE 5788 03:11:26,007 --> 03:11:26,641 HAVE APPROVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING 5789 03:11:26,641 --> 03:11:28,143 REQUESTS FOR IMPORTANT PROGRAMS. 5790 03:11:28,143 --> 03:11:29,878 THAT HAS INCREASED OUR 5791 03:11:29,878 --> 03:11:32,514 STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT TO 5792 03:11:32,514 --> 03:11:35,317 $175 MILLION. AND THERE ARE 5793 03:11:35,317 --> 03:11:37,118 ADDITIONAL FUNDING PROMISES THAT 5794 03:11:37,118 --> 03:11:40,255 HAVE BEEN MADE OF 30 TO $40 5795 03:11:40,255 --> 03:11:42,591 MILLION WITHOUT A FUNDING SOURCE 5796 03:11:42,591 --> 03:11:46,761 IDENTIFIED I SAY THIS BECAUSE I 5797 03:11:46,761 --> 03:11:50,665 SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS AND I 5798 03:11:50,665 --> 03:11:53,001 SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS. AND WE 5799 03:11:53,001 --> 03:11:55,337 NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR EYED ABOUT 5800 03:11:55,337 --> 03:11:56,571 THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING 5801 03:11:56,571 --> 03:11:59,207 WITH OUR BUDGETS AND THE AND THE 5802 03:11:59,207 --> 03:12:02,143 BUDGET REFORM, BOTH STRUCTURALLY 5803 03:12:02,143 --> 03:12:02,777 AND PROCEDURALLY, THAT WE'VE 5804 03:12:02,777 --> 03:12:04,246 BEEN DOING, WE'VE BEEN DOING TO 5805 03:12:04,246 --> 03:12:05,814 OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGETS, BUT 5806 03:12:05,814 --> 03:12:08,416 ALSO TO OUR LEVY BUDGETS. WHEN 5807 03:12:08,416 --> 03:12:10,018 THIS LEVY WAS BUILT, WE BUILT IT 5808 03:12:10,018 --> 03:12:14,856 TO ENSURE THE FUNDING SOURCE WAS 5809 03:12:14,856 --> 03:12:15,390 SUSTAINABLE AND SECURE TO 5810 03:12:15,390 --> 03:12:18,059 DELIVER THE PROMISES MADE 5811 03:12:18,059 --> 03:12:21,296 WITHOUT RELYING ON OTHER FUND 5812 03:12:21,296 --> 03:12:23,298 SOURCES. NEW PROMISES LIKE THE 5813 03:12:23,298 --> 03:12:26,501 UNIVERSAL MEALS, ARE GOOD, AND 5814 03:12:26,501 --> 03:12:29,304 THEY SHOULD RELY ON SECURE 5815 03:12:29,304 --> 03:12:31,473 SOURCES OF FUNDING. THIS IS 5816 03:12:31,473 --> 03:12:32,007 IMPORTANT BECAUSE WITHOUT 5817 03:12:32,007 --> 03:12:33,208 SECURITY AND SUSTAINABILITY, WE 5818 03:12:33,208 --> 03:12:36,378 COULD BE RIGHT BACK HERE AGAIN 5819 03:12:36,378 --> 03:12:38,580 ASKING FOR FUNDING AND ADDING 5820 03:12:38,580 --> 03:12:40,148 INSTABILITY TO THE LIVES OF THE 5821 03:12:40,148 --> 03:12:42,851 VERY KIDS WE WANT TO SERVE. 5822 03:12:42,851 --> 03:12:46,187 STIGMA IS REAL. DOCUMENTATION IS 5823 03:12:46,187 --> 03:12:47,155 REAL. AS WE HEARD FROM THE 5824 03:12:47,155 --> 03:12:48,256 SPONSOR TODAY, IT IS UP TO SPL 5825 03:12:48,256 --> 03:12:50,492 TO DETERMINE THAT THERE'S NO 5826 03:12:50,492 --> 03:12:52,560 MEANS TESTING, THERE'S NO 5827 03:12:52,560 --> 03:12:53,728 NECESSARILY ADDITIONAL 5828 03:12:53,728 --> 03:12:55,830 DOCUMENTATION. IT'S UP TO THEM 5829 03:12:55,830 --> 03:12:57,432 TO DECIDE WITH THE MONEY THAT WE 5830 03:12:57,432 --> 03:13:00,035 ARE PROVIDING TO ADD SECURITY 5831 03:13:00,035 --> 03:13:02,904 TODAY. BUT FOR UNIVERSAL MEALS 5832 03:13:02,904 --> 03:13:07,142 AS THE PLAN, AS WHAT HAS BEEN 5833 03:13:07,142 --> 03:13:08,343 DESCRIBED TODAY, WE COULD BE 5834 03:13:08,343 --> 03:13:10,178 HERE, WE COULD BE RIGHT BACK 5835 03:13:10,178 --> 03:13:13,281 HERE AGAIN. AND STABILITY IS 5836 03:13:13,281 --> 03:13:14,482 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE 5837 03:13:14,482 --> 03:13:15,317 MAKING A PROMISE OF FOOD AND 5838 03:13:15,317 --> 03:13:17,052 THEN TELLING OUR KIDS THAT IT'S 5839 03:13:17,052 --> 03:13:18,420 IN JEOPARDY ONLY FOR US ADULTS 5840 03:13:18,420 --> 03:13:20,021 IN THE ROOM TO FIND A BETTER 5841 03:13:20,021 --> 03:13:24,593 FUNDING PATH TO BRING IT BACK. 5842 03:13:24,593 --> 03:13:25,226 THAT CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE 5843 03:13:25,226 --> 03:13:27,062 VERY CHILDREN THAT WE ARE 5844 03:13:27,062 --> 03:13:28,830 LOOKING TO SERVE NOT THE ADULTS 5845 03:13:28,830 --> 03:13:31,900 IN THIS ROOM, BUT YET THEY'RE 5846 03:13:31,900 --> 03:13:32,601 THE ONES THAT SUFFER BECAUSE 5847 03:13:32,601 --> 03:13:33,368 WE'RE SAYING YOU HAVE IT, THEN 5848 03:13:33,368 --> 03:13:34,235 YOU DON'T, AND THEN YOU DO, AND 5849 03:13:34,235 --> 03:13:37,038 THEN YOU DON'T. WHY NOT TAKE 5850 03:13:37,038 --> 03:13:38,840 THE EXTRA TIME TO MAKE A PLAN 5851 03:13:38,840 --> 03:13:40,842 THAT IS ROBUST, TO MAKE A PLAN 5852 03:13:40,842 --> 03:13:45,480 THAT IS SECURE, TO MAKE A PLAN 5853 03:13:45,480 --> 03:13:46,948 THAT IS STABLE. WE BRIEFED THE 5854 03:13:46,948 --> 03:13:49,718 MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET 5855 03:13:49,718 --> 03:13:51,486 YESTERDAY, AND I WAS TRULY I WAS 5856 03:13:51,486 --> 03:13:54,322 IMPRESSED TO ONLY SEE A $500,000 5857 03:13:54,322 --> 03:13:56,925 INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND SPEND 5858 03:13:56,925 --> 03:14:00,028 IN GENERAL FUND SPENDING AND 5859 03:14:00,028 --> 03:14:02,597 THAT $500,000 WAS SET UP TO 5860 03:14:02,597 --> 03:14:03,999 SUPPORT AN EXTREME RISK 5861 03:14:03,999 --> 03:14:06,768 PROTECTION ORDER. ASSISTANT CITY 5862 03:14:06,768 --> 03:14:09,604 ATTORNEY TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE 5863 03:14:09,604 --> 03:14:10,705 WHO ARE A DANGER TO THEMSELVES 5864 03:14:10,705 --> 03:14:13,008 AND OTHERS WITH FIREARMS IN OUR 5865 03:14:13,008 --> 03:14:15,310 COMMUNITY ARE HELD THROUGH DUE 5866 03:14:15,310 --> 03:14:19,080 PROCESS TO ACCOUNT. THAT'S THE 5867 03:14:19,080 --> 03:14:20,949 INCREASE IN GENERAL FUND SO FAR 5868 03:14:20,949 --> 03:14:25,220 THIS YEAR THAT WE'RE SEEING IN 5869 03:14:25,220 --> 03:14:25,787 THE MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL. I 5870 03:14:25,787 --> 03:14:27,889 GUESS I'M WONDERING OUT HERE 5871 03:14:27,889 --> 03:14:29,290 OUT I'M WONDERING OUT LOUD WHY 5872 03:14:29,290 --> 03:14:31,626 THE PLAN FOR UNIVERSAL MEALS 5873 03:14:31,626 --> 03:14:35,730 WERE NOT FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND. 5874 03:14:35,730 --> 03:14:39,701 EVEN IT IS A MORE SECURE FUNDING 5875 03:14:39,701 --> 03:14:42,137 SOURCE THAN THE MILLIONAIRE'S 5876 03:14:42,137 --> 03:14:44,839 TAX TODAY. EVEN THAT PROCESS 5877 03:14:44,839 --> 03:14:45,674 ENSURES THAT WE ARE NOT PUTTING 5878 03:14:45,674 --> 03:14:49,110 AT RISK THE OTHER PROMISES THAT 5879 03:14:49,110 --> 03:14:50,845 WE'VE MADE TO OUR CHILDREN 5880 03:14:50,845 --> 03:14:51,479 THROUGH THE FAMILIES, EDUCATION, 5881 03:14:51,479 --> 03:14:55,150 PRESCHOOL, AND PROMISE LEVY WHAT 5882 03:14:55,150 --> 03:14:56,818 I JUST DESCRIBED IS EXACTLY WHAT 5883 03:14:56,818 --> 03:14:58,920 I DID WHEN I FOUND A WAITLIST 5884 03:14:58,920 --> 03:15:00,288 FOR FRESH BUCKS. WHEN I CAME 5885 03:15:00,288 --> 03:15:02,924 INTO OFFICE, THE FIRST DOLLAR OF 5886 03:15:02,924 --> 03:15:05,026 GENERAL FUND THAT EVER WENT INTO 5887 03:15:05,026 --> 03:15:06,461 FRESH BUCKS WAS MY FIRST BUDGET 5888 03:15:06,461 --> 03:15:09,698 AMENDMENT THAT I EVER PASSED. 5889 03:15:09,698 --> 03:15:11,833 BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE SEEING WAS 5890 03:15:11,833 --> 03:15:14,235 THE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX WAS 5891 03:15:14,235 --> 03:15:16,471 NOT A SECURE FUNDING SOURCE. IT 5892 03:15:16,471 --> 03:15:19,374 WAS COMING IN LOWER THAN 5893 03:15:19,374 --> 03:15:19,874 PROJECTIONS BECAUSE OF 5894 03:15:19,874 --> 03:15:20,675 SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SAID IN MORE 5895 03:15:20,675 --> 03:15:21,376 PLAIN LANGUAGE, PEOPLE WERE 5896 03:15:21,376 --> 03:15:25,880 GOING TO SHORELINE TO BUY THEIR 5897 03:15:25,880 --> 03:15:30,952 SODA OR TUKWILA AND SO THAT'S 5898 03:15:30,952 --> 03:15:32,987 WHAT I DID TO SECURE THAT 5899 03:15:32,987 --> 03:15:34,222 FUNDING FOR FRESH BUCKS. I SAID, 5900 03:15:34,222 --> 03:15:35,824 LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS 5901 03:15:35,824 --> 03:15:41,463 GENERAL FUND. DOES THAT DID MY 5902 03:15:41,463 --> 03:15:43,231 ACTIONS INCREASE THE STRUCTURAL 5903 03:15:43,231 --> 03:15:45,867 STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT? YES, 5904 03:15:45,867 --> 03:15:47,135 IT DID. DID IT CREATE A MORE 5905 03:15:47,135 --> 03:15:51,506 STABLE FUNDING SOURCE? 5906 03:15:51,506 --> 03:15:52,807 ABSOLUTELY. AND TODAY I'M 5907 03:15:52,807 --> 03:15:56,144 CONCERNED THAT THE PLAN AS 5908 03:15:56,144 --> 03:15:57,879 TRANSMITTED MAKES A PROMISE 5909 03:15:57,879 --> 03:15:59,948 WITHOUT A PLAN. IT PUTS AT RISK 5910 03:15:59,948 --> 03:16:01,483 THE STABILITY WE SHOULD BE 5911 03:16:01,483 --> 03:16:03,184 PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS. IT PUTS 5912 03:16:03,184 --> 03:16:05,653 AT RISK OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER 5913 03:16:05,653 --> 03:16:08,223 THE PROMISES WE HAVE MADE TO 5914 03:16:08,223 --> 03:16:12,393 VOTERS BECAUSE WE'RE RUSHING TO 5915 03:16:12,393 --> 03:16:15,029 MAKE DECISIONS. FRANKLY, I'M 5916 03:16:15,029 --> 03:16:15,630 DISAPPOINTED BY THE AVOIDABLE 5917 03:16:15,630 --> 03:16:19,634 CONFLICT WE ARE IN TODAY. IT WAS 5918 03:16:19,634 --> 03:16:22,904 VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO HEAR 5919 03:16:22,904 --> 03:16:23,538 FROM ELMER DIXON, AS EVERYONE 5920 03:16:23,538 --> 03:16:24,739 HAS SAID, WHO FOUNDED THE BLACK 5921 03:16:24,739 --> 03:16:26,474 PANTHER PARTY HERE IN CITY OF 5922 03:16:26,474 --> 03:16:30,211 SEATTLE. I WAS HONORED TO GET TO 5923 03:16:30,211 --> 03:16:32,680 PARTICIPATE IN POW WOW AT UNITED 5924 03:16:32,680 --> 03:16:34,415 INDIANS OF ALL TRIBES THIS 5925 03:16:34,415 --> 03:16:37,118 WEEKEND. THOSE TWO, BOTH WITH 5926 03:16:37,118 --> 03:16:39,187 ELMER, SHARED WITH US TODAY AND 5927 03:16:39,187 --> 03:16:41,222 POW WOW ARE THE LIVING, 5928 03:16:41,222 --> 03:16:43,992 BREATHING EXAMPLES OF THE GANG 5929 03:16:43,992 --> 03:16:46,628 OF FOUR COMING TOGETHER IN THE 5930 03:16:46,628 --> 03:16:47,929 1970s. AND SO I'M MOVED BY THE 5931 03:16:47,929 --> 03:16:50,799 WORDS THAT I HEARD FROM ELMER AS 5932 03:16:50,799 --> 03:16:52,367 HE WAS THE ONE THAT STARTED THE 5933 03:16:52,367 --> 03:16:54,235 PROGRAMS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE 5934 03:16:54,235 --> 03:16:56,671 THAT I KNOW BENEFITED FROM AND 5935 03:16:56,671 --> 03:17:02,277 WHO, THROUGH ACTION, INSPIRED 5936 03:17:02,277 --> 03:17:03,945 EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO BE 5937 03:17:03,945 --> 03:17:04,579 HAVING THE CONVERSATION THAT WE 5938 03:17:04,579 --> 03:17:07,749 ARE HAVING TODAY. BECAUSE 5939 03:17:07,749 --> 03:17:09,551 WITHOUT ELMER AND THE BLACK 5940 03:17:09,551 --> 03:17:11,719 PANTHER PARTY OF SEATTLE, WE 5941 03:17:11,719 --> 03:17:14,255 WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THESE FOOD 5942 03:17:14,255 --> 03:17:16,057 PROGRAMS IN THE FIRST PLACE TO 5943 03:17:16,057 --> 03:17:17,292 EVEN INSPIRE US TO HAVE THE 5944 03:17:17,292 --> 03:17:20,161 CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING 5945 03:17:20,161 --> 03:17:21,629 TODAY. AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE FROM 5946 03:17:21,629 --> 03:17:24,332 ME IS MY COMMITMENT TO MAKE 5947 03:17:24,332 --> 03:17:24,966 UNIVERSAL MEALS A REALITY ACROSS 5948 03:17:24,966 --> 03:17:29,470 OUR CITY. AND THAT WE WILL DO SO 5949 03:17:29,470 --> 03:17:30,538 WITH A PLAN THAT DOES NOT PUT 5950 03:17:30,538 --> 03:17:34,609 PROMISES IN JEOPARDY. I'LL BE 5951 03:17:34,609 --> 03:17:35,210 SUPPORTING AMENDMENT 6 TODAY, 5952 03:17:35,210 --> 03:17:36,344 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT I 5953 03:17:36,344 --> 03:17:38,046 HOPE WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE 5954 03:17:38,046 --> 03:17:40,114 PROCESS WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 5955 03:17:40,114 --> 03:17:42,350 TO FIND A SECURE AND STABLE 5956 03:17:42,350 --> 03:17:44,018 FUNDING SOURCE. THANK YOU 5957 03:17:44,018 --> 03:17:44,319 COLLEAGUES. 5958 03:17:44,319 --> 03:17:46,621 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 5959 03:17:46,621 --> 03:17:47,722 STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. IS 5960 03:17:47,722 --> 03:17:50,525 THAT A NEW HAND? OKAY. AND 5961 03:17:50,525 --> 03:17:51,526 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, ARE YOU 5962 03:17:51,526 --> 03:17:54,229 TRYING TO OR IS THAT A NEW HAND? 5963 03:17:54,229 --> 03:17:54,829 IS THAT YOUR FINAL REMARKS? 5964 03:17:54,829 --> 03:17:55,863 -- IT IS NOT, NO. 5965 03:17:55,863 --> 03:17:56,798 -- OKAY. 5966 03:17:56,798 --> 03:17:57,398 -- THEN I'LL. 5967 03:17:57,398 --> 03:17:57,932 -- CALL YOUR HAND THOUGH. 5968 03:17:57,932 --> 03:17:58,166 -- YES. 5969 03:17:58,166 --> 03:18:00,201 -- THEN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 5970 03:18:00,201 --> 03:18:02,470 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 5971 03:18:02,470 --> 03:18:04,372 THANK YOU. I, I APPRECIATE ALL 5972 03:18:04,372 --> 03:18:07,942 OF YOU DEEPLY, COLLEAGUES. I 5973 03:18:07,942 --> 03:18:09,444 WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE A 5974 03:18:09,444 --> 03:18:11,479 LITTLE BIT OF SPACE JUST TO TURN 5975 03:18:11,479 --> 03:18:12,413 TO CENTRAL STAFF BEFORE WE CLOSE 5976 03:18:12,413 --> 03:18:16,251 OUT TODAY. I WASN'T GOING TO DO 5977 03:18:16,251 --> 03:18:17,085 THIS, BUT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 5978 03:18:17,085 --> 03:18:18,620 LISTENING TO YOUR COMMENTS 5979 03:18:18,620 --> 03:18:20,855 AROUND THE THE LONG TERM 5980 03:18:20,855 --> 03:18:23,524 PLANNING, I JUST I REALIZE 5981 03:18:23,524 --> 03:18:24,058 THERE'S A PART OF THIS 5982 03:18:24,058 --> 03:18:26,361 CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVEN'T YET 5983 03:18:26,361 --> 03:18:27,228 SPOKEN ABOUT. SO I JUST WANT TO 5984 03:18:27,228 --> 03:18:28,296 ASK CENTRAL STAFF IF YOU CAN 5985 03:18:28,296 --> 03:18:30,064 SHARE WITH US FROM THE LAST 5986 03:18:30,064 --> 03:18:32,333 LEVY, HOW DID WE USE THE 5987 03:18:32,333 --> 03:18:35,570 UNDERSPEND IN THE 2019 FEPP 5988 03:18:35,570 --> 03:18:35,770 LEVY. 5989 03:18:35,770 --> 03:18:37,405 -- YEAH. SO IN THE IN THE 5990 03:18:37,405 --> 03:18:40,208 PREVIOUS LEVY, THERE WASN'T A 5991 03:18:40,208 --> 03:18:44,345 LINE ITEM FOR COST AND RISK 5992 03:18:44,345 --> 03:18:46,381 RESERVE. RATHER, INDIVIDUAL 5993 03:18:46,381 --> 03:18:47,915 LARGE PROGRAMS HAD A BIT OF LIKE 5994 03:18:47,915 --> 03:18:50,151 A, FOR BETTER LACK OF A BETTER 5995 03:18:50,151 --> 03:18:52,487 WORD, PADDING IN THEM TO ACCOUNT 5996 03:18:52,487 --> 03:18:55,590 FOR ANY SORT OF UNINTENDED OR 5997 03:18:55,590 --> 03:18:59,927 UNANTICIPATED COSTS. AND SO THAT 5998 03:18:59,927 --> 03:19:03,531 THE. UNDER THAT UNDERSPEND, MY 5999 03:19:03,531 --> 03:19:04,198 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ON 6000 03:19:04,198 --> 03:19:07,402 AVERAGE, THERE WAS ABOUT A 2 TO 6001 03:19:07,402 --> 03:19:13,941 3% UNDERSPEND THAT PROBABLY 6002 03:19:13,941 --> 03:19:14,709 REFLECTED THE EXTRA RISK AND 6003 03:19:14,709 --> 03:19:17,645 RESERVE MONEY THAT WAS BUILT 6004 03:19:17,645 --> 03:19:20,915 INTO THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES IN 6005 03:19:20,915 --> 03:19:21,749 FOR THIS YEAR'S THIS CURRENT 6006 03:19:21,749 --> 03:19:24,018 LEVY, WE HAVE AN EXTRA. WE HAVE 6007 03:19:24,018 --> 03:19:26,421 A MORE TRANSPARENT COST AND RISK 6008 03:19:26,421 --> 03:19:29,757 RESERVE THAT IS THAT IS PULLED 6009 03:19:29,757 --> 03:19:29,958 OUT. 6010 03:19:29,958 --> 03:19:31,392 -- THANK YOU. AND LET ME JUST I 6011 03:19:31,392 --> 03:19:32,927 GUESS I'LL JUST READ FROM THE 6012 03:19:32,927 --> 03:19:34,228 THE MEMO THAT I HAVE FROM 6013 03:19:34,228 --> 03:19:36,197 CENTRAL STAFF, WHICH SHARES THAT 6014 03:19:36,197 --> 03:19:39,701 THE. DURING THE 2019 LEVY, 6015 03:19:39,701 --> 03:19:43,071 ACCORDING TO THE WAY THAT THE 6016 03:19:43,071 --> 03:19:44,172 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FUNCTIONED, 6017 03:19:44,172 --> 03:19:47,041 THEY DEDICATED ANY OF THAT 6018 03:19:47,041 --> 03:19:50,311 UNDERSPEND TO PRESCHOOL FOR. IS 6019 03:19:50,311 --> 03:19:50,645 THAT CORRECT? 6020 03:19:50,645 --> 03:19:54,182 -- THE. THE PREVIOUS I E PLAN 6021 03:19:54,182 --> 03:19:55,783 HAD A POLICY THAT SAID ANY 6022 03:19:55,783 --> 03:19:56,417 UNDERSPEND SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED 6023 03:19:56,417 --> 03:20:01,022 TOWARDS PRESCHOOL. WHAT ENDED UP 6024 03:20:01,022 --> 03:20:01,656 HAPPENING? BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY 6025 03:20:01,656 --> 03:20:04,492 BECAUSE OF COVID, YOU KNOW, 6026 03:20:04,492 --> 03:20:06,627 THERE WAS THERE WAS ACTUALLY A 6027 03:20:06,627 --> 03:20:07,228 SIGNIFICANT UNDERSPEND WITHIN 6028 03:20:07,228 --> 03:20:09,397 PRESCHOOL. AND THE UNDERSPEND 6029 03:20:09,397 --> 03:20:12,033 WAS THEN REALLOCATED TOWARDS 6030 03:20:12,033 --> 03:20:14,035 OTHER PROGRAMS, MOSTLY PROMISE 6031 03:20:14,035 --> 03:20:15,236 AND SOME K THROUGH 12 6032 03:20:15,236 --> 03:20:15,570 INVESTMENTS. 6033 03:20:15,570 --> 03:20:16,637 -- THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO 6034 03:20:16,637 --> 03:20:17,872 MAKE SURE WE WERE HIGHLIGHTING 6035 03:20:17,872 --> 03:20:18,973 THAT IN TERMS OF ENSURING THAT 6036 03:20:18,973 --> 03:20:20,708 WE HAVE CLARITY AROUND THE 6037 03:20:20,708 --> 03:20:22,076 PREVIOUS PRACTICES WITH 6038 03:20:22,076 --> 03:20:23,144 UNDERSPEND, AND THEN THE CURRENT 6039 03:20:23,144 --> 03:20:24,779 PRACTICES. THANK YOU. 6040 03:20:24,779 --> 03:20:26,514 -- AND IF I COULD ADD SOMETHING 6041 03:20:26,514 --> 03:20:29,784 HERE, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 6042 03:20:29,784 --> 03:20:31,686 BECAUSE YOU RAISE A A GREAT 6043 03:20:31,686 --> 03:20:33,321 POINT IN TERMS OF UNDERSPEND IS 6044 03:20:33,321 --> 03:20:36,157 THAT DURING COVID, THERE WAS A 6045 03:20:36,157 --> 03:20:38,292 LOT OF DISRUPTION TO THIS LAST 6046 03:20:38,292 --> 03:20:42,030 LEVY. AND SO WE USE SOME OF THE. 6047 03:20:42,030 --> 03:20:42,630 AND I HAPPEN TO BE IN THE 6048 03:20:42,630 --> 03:20:43,531 MAYOR'S OFFICE. SO THAT'S WHY I 6049 03:20:43,531 --> 03:20:44,766 SAY WE. AND WHEN I SAY I'VE 6050 03:20:44,766 --> 03:20:47,435 WORKED WITH WITH DIRECTOR 6051 03:20:47,435 --> 03:20:48,236 CHAPELLE FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS IS 6052 03:20:48,236 --> 03:20:50,738 BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT WE WORK 6053 03:20:50,738 --> 03:20:51,606 TOGETHER AND, AND A LOT OF THE 6054 03:20:51,606 --> 03:20:56,210 FUNDING DID GO TO FUND MEALS FOR 6055 03:20:56,210 --> 03:20:58,146 KIDS BECAUSE THAT WAS NEEDED 6056 03:20:58,146 --> 03:20:59,113 DURING COVID. KIDS WEREN'T 6057 03:20:59,113 --> 03:21:00,715 COMING TO SCHOOL AND THEN WE 6058 03:21:00,715 --> 03:21:01,849 WEREN'T GETTING THEM BREAKFAST 6059 03:21:01,849 --> 03:21:02,784 AND LUNCH BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT 6060 03:21:02,784 --> 03:21:03,985 LUNCH, BUT THEY GET FREE 6061 03:21:03,985 --> 03:21:09,323 BREAKFAST ALSO AT SCHOOL. AND SO 6062 03:21:09,323 --> 03:21:11,058 WE WERE DOING WORKING WITH 6063 03:21:11,058 --> 03:21:13,795 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO DO 6064 03:21:13,795 --> 03:21:15,530 SACK MEALS FOR FAMILIES, YOU 6065 03:21:15,530 --> 03:21:17,665 KNOW, FOR KIDS, FOR THE KIDS. 6066 03:21:17,665 --> 03:21:21,836 AND OVER THE WEEKEND. SO 6067 03:21:21,836 --> 03:21:22,503 THERE'S A LONG STANDING PRACTICE 6068 03:21:22,503 --> 03:21:24,439 OF, OF USING SOME OF THE FUNDING 6069 03:21:24,439 --> 03:21:28,743 FOR THAT FOOD ASSISTANCE, WHICH 6070 03:21:28,743 --> 03:21:30,878 IS ACTUALLY IN THE, IN THE LEVY 6071 03:21:30,878 --> 03:21:32,880 LANGUAGE ITSELF IN TERMS OF FOOD 6072 03:21:32,880 --> 03:21:33,915 ASSISTANCE. SO JUST WANTED TO 6073 03:21:33,915 --> 03:21:37,385 SAY, YOU KNOW, THE RISK RESERVE 6074 03:21:37,385 --> 03:21:39,520 PIECE WAS IMPORTANT THIS GO 6075 03:21:39,520 --> 03:21:41,122 AROUND BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THEY 6076 03:21:41,122 --> 03:21:41,789 DIDN'T THE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T 6077 03:21:41,789 --> 03:21:43,658 CALL IT OUT THAT WAY LAST GO 6078 03:21:43,658 --> 03:21:46,694 ROUND. AND THEN WHEN THINGS 6079 03:21:46,694 --> 03:21:47,595 HAPPEN, LIKE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, 6080 03:21:47,595 --> 03:21:49,964 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO 6081 03:21:49,964 --> 03:21:55,036 PIVOT AND, AND USE SOME OF THE 6082 03:21:55,036 --> 03:21:57,205 RESERVES TO BACKFILL ANYTHING 6083 03:21:57,205 --> 03:21:58,506 THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO 6084 03:21:58,506 --> 03:22:00,308 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH 6085 03:22:00,308 --> 03:22:02,043 FUNDING FOR ET-CETERA. SO THAT 6086 03:22:02,043 --> 03:22:03,411 PIECE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO 6087 03:22:03,411 --> 03:22:05,880 THANKS FOR CALLING OUT THE, THE 6088 03:22:05,880 --> 03:22:06,647 UNDERSPEND PIECE, COLLEAGUES. 6089 03:22:06,647 --> 03:22:10,218 ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 6090 03:22:10,218 --> 03:22:13,421 ABOUT AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX? ALL 6091 03:22:13,421 --> 03:22:15,223 RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I I'D LIKE 6092 03:22:15,223 --> 03:22:18,226 TO ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS. 6093 03:22:18,226 --> 03:22:20,761 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ THANK YOU 6094 03:22:20,761 --> 03:22:22,563 FOR CALLING OUT. YOU KNOW, THIS 6095 03:22:22,563 --> 03:22:24,432 IS AN INTERESTING LEVY BECAUSE 6096 03:22:24,432 --> 03:22:25,666 IT DOES START WITH A DIFFERENT 6097 03:22:25,666 --> 03:22:27,101 MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION. AND NOW 6098 03:22:27,101 --> 03:22:29,337 THERE'S THIS MAYORAL 6099 03:22:29,337 --> 03:22:34,008 ADMINISTRATION. SO I WANT TO SET 6100 03:22:34,008 --> 03:22:37,745 SOME THINGS. STRAIGHT HERE IN 6101 03:22:37,745 --> 03:22:39,847 TERMS OF WHEN I WORKED WITH THE 6102 03:22:39,847 --> 03:22:42,717 PRIOR ADMINISTRATION AND THE 6103 03:22:42,717 --> 03:22:45,987 DEPARTMENT ON THE LEVY, WE 6104 03:22:45,987 --> 03:22:49,557 DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT 6105 03:22:49,557 --> 03:22:50,358 UNIVERSAL MEALS. THAT'S NOT IN 6106 03:22:50,358 --> 03:22:54,462 THE LEVY. FOOD ASSISTANCE IS IN 6107 03:22:54,462 --> 03:22:56,497 THE LEVY. IT'S VERY PLAINLY 6108 03:22:56,497 --> 03:23:01,302 SPELLED OUT. SO THAT IT SAYS 6109 03:23:01,302 --> 03:23:04,372 UNDER K THROUGH 12 HEALTH AND 6110 03:23:04,372 --> 03:23:07,775 SAFETY THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE 6111 03:23:07,775 --> 03:23:09,644 HEALTH, EDUCATION, MENTAL HEALTH 6112 03:23:09,644 --> 03:23:11,279 CARE AND FOOD ASSISTANCE, 6113 03:23:11,279 --> 03:23:13,214 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT KIDS NEED 6114 03:23:13,214 --> 03:23:14,682 ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO BE 6115 03:23:14,682 --> 03:23:18,920 SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL. BUT IT WAS 6116 03:23:18,920 --> 03:23:20,021 NOT CALLED OUT AS AS OTHER 6117 03:23:20,021 --> 03:23:22,623 COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, UP HAVE 6118 03:23:22,623 --> 03:23:24,325 HAVE SAID, HAVE SET UP HERE. 6119 03:23:24,325 --> 03:23:25,593 UNIVERSAL MEALS WERE NOT CALLED 6120 03:23:25,593 --> 03:23:29,764 OUT. THAT SAID, WE ALL SUPER 6121 03:23:29,764 --> 03:23:31,532 SUPPORT MEALS. THERE ISN'T A 6122 03:23:31,532 --> 03:23:33,000 PERSON SITTING UP HERE NOW OR 6123 03:23:33,000 --> 03:23:35,836 WHO IS SITTING HERE. WHEN THE 6124 03:23:35,836 --> 03:23:38,539 LEVY WAS PASSED LAST YEAR, OR 6125 03:23:38,539 --> 03:23:41,175 THE LAST GO ROUND, OR EITHER 6126 03:23:41,175 --> 03:23:42,910 MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION, THAT I 6127 03:23:42,910 --> 03:23:44,445 WOULD SAY DOESN'T OBVIOUSLY 6128 03:23:44,445 --> 03:23:46,881 SUPPORT SCHOOL MEALS FOR OUR 6129 03:23:46,881 --> 03:23:47,648 KIDS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR 6130 03:23:47,648 --> 03:23:49,016 THE PUBLIC TO KNOW BECAUSE 6131 03:23:49,016 --> 03:23:51,319 THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS AWARE THAT 6132 03:23:51,319 --> 03:23:54,922 UNIVERSAL MEALS WERE NOT PART OF 6133 03:23:54,922 --> 03:23:58,926 THIS LEVY AT THE TIME. AND ALSO, 6134 03:23:58,926 --> 03:24:00,328 IT BEARS MENTIONING THAT UNDER 6135 03:24:00,328 --> 03:24:03,297 WASHINGTON STATE LAWS, THE 6136 03:24:03,297 --> 03:24:04,432 SCHOOLS WHERE 40% OR MORE OF THE 6137 03:24:04,432 --> 03:24:06,267 KIDS ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED 6138 03:24:06,267 --> 03:24:08,035 LUNCH ALREADY GET UNIVERSAL 6139 03:24:08,035 --> 03:24:09,770 SCHOOL MEALS. SO, COUNCILMEMBER 6140 03:24:09,770 --> 03:24:11,872 JUAREZ, YOUR POINT ABOUT 6141 03:24:11,872 --> 03:24:13,107 SCAFFOLDING WITHOUT KNOWING, 6142 03:24:13,107 --> 03:24:14,175 BECAUSE I HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE 6143 03:24:14,175 --> 03:24:17,712 GOVERNOR ABOUT THIS, BUT WHEN HE 6144 03:24:17,712 --> 03:24:18,279 PROPOSED A UNIVERSAL SCHOOL 6145 03:24:18,279 --> 03:24:19,246 MEALS, IT SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS 6146 03:24:19,246 --> 03:24:23,918 SCAFFOLDING RIGHT? AND SO AND I 6147 03:24:23,918 --> 03:24:24,518 UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CURRENT 6148 03:24:24,518 --> 03:24:27,021 MAYORAL ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO 6149 03:24:27,021 --> 03:24:28,322 INTERESTED IN MEALS. SO IT 6150 03:24:28,322 --> 03:24:29,590 SOUNDS LIKE THEY WANTED TO 6151 03:24:29,590 --> 03:24:32,627 BRIDGE A GAP. BUT AS WE'VE SAID 6152 03:24:32,627 --> 03:24:36,764 HERE THERE IS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 6153 03:24:36,764 --> 03:24:41,435 CONCERNS ABOUT CONTINUATION OF 6154 03:24:41,435 --> 03:24:43,137 FILLING THE GAP. IF WE SHOULD 6155 03:24:43,137 --> 03:24:46,340 NEED TO INTO THE FUTURE. AND SO 6156 03:24:46,340 --> 03:24:49,677 WE'RE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT ON, 6157 03:24:49,677 --> 03:24:51,712 ON UNSTEADY GROUND HERE IN TERMS 6158 03:24:51,712 --> 03:24:54,048 OF THE LONG TERM, HOW WE WOULD 6159 03:24:54,048 --> 03:24:55,082 SUPPORT THIS LONG TERM IF WE 6160 03:24:55,082 --> 03:24:56,684 SHOULD NEED TO, BECAUSE ONCE WE 6161 03:24:56,684 --> 03:24:59,353 STARTED AND WHAT I DO KNOW ABOUT 6162 03:24:59,353 --> 03:25:01,989 WORKING AT THE CITY SO MANY 6163 03:25:01,989 --> 03:25:02,623 YEARS AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 6164 03:25:02,623 --> 03:25:05,860 YOU AS WELL, IS THAT ONCE WE 6165 03:25:05,860 --> 03:25:08,729 START SOMETHING, WE CANNOT JUST 6166 03:25:08,729 --> 03:25:15,136 TAKE IT AWAY. WHAT I ALSO KNOW 6167 03:25:15,136 --> 03:25:15,770 IS THAT SUPPORTING AFTER SCHOOL 6168 03:25:15,770 --> 03:25:17,672 MEALS, SO BACKPACKS LIKE THE 6169 03:25:17,672 --> 03:25:19,440 BACKPACK BRIGADE THAT SEATTLE 6170 03:25:19,440 --> 03:25:21,942 PUBLIC SCHOOL ALREADY DOES, AND 6171 03:25:21,942 --> 03:25:23,911 WEEKEND MEALS HAS A LONG 6172 03:25:23,911 --> 03:25:25,913 STANDING PRACTICE. SO SEATTLE 6173 03:25:25,913 --> 03:25:30,151 PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE WELL 6174 03:25:30,151 --> 03:25:32,887 POSITIONED TO IMPLEMENT THE 6175 03:25:32,887 --> 03:25:36,891 FUNDS BEING CONTEMPLATED BY 6176 03:25:36,891 --> 03:25:37,525 COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 6177 03:25:37,525 --> 03:25:39,126 HOLLINGSWORTH. WITH THIS 6178 03:25:39,126 --> 03:25:41,929 AMENDMENT, AND I WILL SAY THAT I 6179 03:25:41,929 --> 03:25:44,265 SPOKE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT 6180 03:25:44,265 --> 03:25:47,268 ABOUT THIS IN PARTICULAR, 6181 03:25:47,268 --> 03:25:48,703 BECAUSE IN RIVERA DUE DILIGENCE 6182 03:25:48,703 --> 03:25:50,271 FASHION, I WANTED TO TO YOU 6183 03:25:50,271 --> 03:25:51,772 KNOW, WE WE WOULD BE GIVING 6184 03:25:51,772 --> 03:25:54,075 FUNDING TO THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 6185 03:25:54,075 --> 03:25:56,343 SCHOOLS. AND I WANTED TO CHECK 6186 03:25:56,343 --> 03:25:58,279 IN, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THIS 6187 03:25:58,279 --> 03:25:59,380 WORK OUT IN TERMS OF ITS, YOU 6188 03:25:59,380 --> 03:26:01,782 KNOW, UNIVERSAL MEAL EXPANSION, 6189 03:26:01,782 --> 03:26:03,751 EXPANSION ACROSS ALL THE 6190 03:26:03,751 --> 03:26:08,856 SCHOOLS. SO WE KNOW OR I KNOW 6191 03:26:08,856 --> 03:26:09,356 FROM SPEAKING TO THE 6192 03:26:09,356 --> 03:26:11,992 SUPERINTENDENT THAT THE MEALS 6193 03:26:11,992 --> 03:26:13,728 CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AMENDMENT 6194 03:26:13,728 --> 03:26:15,029 IS DOABLE. THEY ALREADY DO IT. 6195 03:26:15,029 --> 03:26:16,263 IT'S AN EXPANSION OF SOMETHING 6196 03:26:16,263 --> 03:26:19,133 THAT THEY DO AND IS NEEDED 6197 03:26:19,133 --> 03:26:20,468 BECAUSE THE KIDS THAT ARE 6198 03:26:20,468 --> 03:26:21,969 GETTING FREE AND REDUCED 6199 03:26:21,969 --> 03:26:23,871 BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IN SCHOOL DO 6200 03:26:23,871 --> 03:26:24,538 NEED MEALS AFTER SCHOOL AND INTO 6201 03:26:24,538 --> 03:26:27,074 THE WEEKENDS. THAT'S SOMETHING 6202 03:26:27,074 --> 03:26:29,510 THAT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF 6203 03:26:29,510 --> 03:26:31,645 AND THAT WE COULD DO AND READILY 6204 03:26:31,645 --> 03:26:34,682 DO AND EASILY DO. SO TO ME, IT 6205 03:26:34,682 --> 03:26:37,218 MAKES SENSE TO BRIDGE THE 6206 03:26:37,218 --> 03:26:39,186 WEEKEND MEAL GAP, IF YOU WILL, 6207 03:26:39,186 --> 03:26:41,922 KNOWING THAT THE KIDS THAT MOST 6208 03:26:41,922 --> 03:26:43,824 NEED THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH 6209 03:26:43,824 --> 03:26:46,494 ARE ABLE TO TO GET THAT AT 6210 03:26:46,494 --> 03:26:49,029 SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY SINCE 6211 03:26:49,029 --> 03:26:52,433 IT'S ALREADY UNIVERSAL IN THOSE 6212 03:26:52,433 --> 03:26:54,835 SCHOOLS THAT SERVICE MORE THAN, 6213 03:26:54,835 --> 03:26:56,804 YOU KNOW, 40 OR MORE PERCENT OF 6214 03:26:56,804 --> 03:26:57,571 THE KIDS ARE FREE AND REDUCED 6215 03:26:57,571 --> 03:27:02,777 LUNCH. THESE ARE DIFFICULT 6216 03:27:02,777 --> 03:27:07,448 CONVERSATIONS, I KNOW, AND TO 6217 03:27:07,448 --> 03:27:08,115 THE POINT OF SCAFFOLDING, I'LL 6218 03:27:08,115 --> 03:27:09,683 SAY TO THE SCHOOL BASED HEALTH 6219 03:27:09,683 --> 03:27:10,251 CENTERS, WHICH PROVIDE THE 6220 03:27:10,251 --> 03:27:14,255 HEALTH AND THE THE MENTAL HEALTH 6221 03:27:14,255 --> 03:27:15,122 SUPPORT TO STUDENTS. THAT WAS 6222 03:27:15,122 --> 03:27:19,794 SCAFFOLD AS WELL. COUNCILMEMBER 6223 03:27:19,794 --> 03:27:20,394 JUAREZ YOU'LL REMEMBER WE 6224 03:27:20,394 --> 03:27:20,961 STARTED SCHOOL BASED HEALTH 6225 03:27:20,961 --> 03:27:22,730 CENTERS AT SOME SCHOOLS. AND 6226 03:27:22,730 --> 03:27:26,433 THEN EVERY YEAR THE LEVY, WE 6227 03:27:26,433 --> 03:27:27,768 HAVE ADDED MORE SO THAT WITH 6228 03:27:27,768 --> 03:27:29,670 THIS LEVY, WE'RE ADDING MORE 6229 03:27:29,670 --> 03:27:31,505 SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS TO 6230 03:27:31,505 --> 03:27:32,573 THE LIST. AND WE STILL DON'T 6231 03:27:32,573 --> 03:27:34,508 HAVE SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS 6232 03:27:34,508 --> 03:27:40,114 AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL. BUT AS 6233 03:27:40,114 --> 03:27:41,415 IN THE THE MEALS THAT WE DO 6234 03:27:41,415 --> 03:27:43,551 AFTER SCHOOL AND OVER THE 6235 03:27:43,551 --> 03:27:46,153 WEEKEND, I BELIEVE THAT I AM 6236 03:27:46,153 --> 03:27:46,987 CORRECT IN SAYING ANY KID, JUST 6237 03:27:46,987 --> 03:27:48,756 LIKE WITH THE SCHOOL BASED 6238 03:27:48,756 --> 03:27:50,090 HEALTH CENTER THAT NEEDS ACCESS 6239 03:27:50,090 --> 03:27:52,526 TO THAT CAN ACCESS THAT AT A 6240 03:27:52,526 --> 03:27:54,161 DIFFERENT SCHOOL. SO SEATTLE 6241 03:27:54,161 --> 03:27:55,896 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DEAL HAVE 6242 03:27:55,896 --> 03:27:56,530 PARTNERED AND WORK TOGETHER TO 6243 03:27:56,530 --> 03:28:01,836 MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THE CASE. 6244 03:28:01,836 --> 03:28:05,306 SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 6245 03:28:05,306 --> 03:28:09,210 THIS IS THIS IS I THIS IS ONE OF 6246 03:28:09,210 --> 03:28:11,145 THOSE POINTS WHERE AGAIN, WE ARE 6247 03:28:11,145 --> 03:28:15,649 ALL ALIGNED HERE. THERE'S MORE 6248 03:28:15,649 --> 03:28:16,250 ALIGNMENT THAN NOT INCLUDING 6249 03:28:16,250 --> 03:28:17,585 WITH THE MAYOR. AND I APPRECIATE 6250 03:28:17,585 --> 03:28:20,387 THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO BRIDGE 6251 03:28:20,387 --> 03:28:21,021 THAT GAP BETWEEN WHEN THE STATE 6252 03:28:21,021 --> 03:28:24,925 COULD START THIS. AND AND NOW. 6253 03:28:24,925 --> 03:28:28,329 AND IT ALL GOES TO WHAT'S THE 6254 03:28:28,329 --> 03:28:31,232 BEST WAY TO IMPLEMENT IN THE 6255 03:28:31,232 --> 03:28:35,803 FASTEST WAY MEALS FOR KIDS THAT 6256 03:28:35,803 --> 03:28:38,205 NEED THEM ACROSS OUR SYSTEM. SO 6257 03:28:38,205 --> 03:28:42,910 IT IS NOT ABOUT FOLKS, NOT FOLKS 6258 03:28:42,910 --> 03:28:45,112 UP HERE, CITY COUNCIL NOT CARING 6259 03:28:45,112 --> 03:28:47,715 ABOUT KIDS. IT IS REALLY ABOUT 6260 03:28:47,715 --> 03:28:50,284 AT THIS JUNCTURE, WHAT IS THE 6261 03:28:50,284 --> 03:28:51,919 BEST WAY AND WHAT IS THE BEST 6262 03:28:51,919 --> 03:28:54,722 WAY TO PROVIDE THAT FOOD SUPPORT 6263 03:28:54,722 --> 03:28:56,490 TO THE KIDS THAT NEED IT IN THIS 6264 03:28:56,490 --> 03:29:01,428 CITY RIGHT NOW? SO THIS IS WHY 6265 03:29:01,428 --> 03:29:03,030 THIS PARTICULAR CONVERSATION HAS 6266 03:29:03,030 --> 03:29:04,732 BEEN SO DIFFICULT, IS BECAUSE 6267 03:29:04,732 --> 03:29:06,233 THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT GOT 6268 03:29:06,233 --> 03:29:07,301 ADDED LATER. IT DID NOT GET 6269 03:29:07,301 --> 03:29:09,637 ADDED AS UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS 6270 03:29:09,637 --> 03:29:12,006 IN THE LEVY. WE COULD HAVE DONE 6271 03:29:12,006 --> 03:29:13,707 SO AT THE TIME IF THAT HAD BEEN 6272 03:29:13,707 --> 03:29:14,775 CONTEMPLATED. BUT AGAIN, WE KNEW 6273 03:29:14,775 --> 03:29:16,143 THAT WASHINGTON STATE LAW WAS 6274 03:29:16,143 --> 03:29:20,214 COVERING THE FREE AND REDUCED 6275 03:29:20,214 --> 03:29:21,448 KIDS MEALS. AND THEN IN THOSE 6276 03:29:21,448 --> 03:29:23,217 SCHOOLS THAT HAD THE 40% OR 6277 03:29:23,217 --> 03:29:25,686 MORE, IT WAS UNIVERSAL. IN ORDER 6278 03:29:25,686 --> 03:29:28,689 TO ADDRESS THAT, THE STIGMA 6279 03:29:28,689 --> 03:29:29,290 PIECE THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 6280 03:29:29,290 --> 03:29:32,593 YOU, YOU RAISED. AND THAT IS AN 6281 03:29:32,593 --> 03:29:35,062 IMPORTANT POINT TO RAISE. SO I 6282 03:29:35,062 --> 03:29:38,165 SAY ALL THIS TO SAY THAT NO 6283 03:29:38,165 --> 03:29:41,168 MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS 6284 03:29:41,168 --> 03:29:41,802 PARTICULAR AMENDMENT TODAY, IT 6285 03:29:41,802 --> 03:29:44,572 IS TRUE THAT WE ALL SUPPORT KIDS 6286 03:29:44,572 --> 03:29:48,108 IN OUR SCHOOLS AND FOOD ACCESS 6287 03:29:48,108 --> 03:29:51,679 TO KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS, AND TO 6288 03:29:51,679 --> 03:29:54,448 ALL KIDS ACROSS THE CITY. THIS 6289 03:29:54,448 --> 03:29:55,549 IS IMPORTANT. WE'VE DONE A LOT 6290 03:29:55,549 --> 03:29:59,353 TO SUPPORT FOOD ACCESS, AND I 6291 03:29:59,353 --> 03:29:59,887 KNOW THAT. COUNCILMEMBER 6292 03:29:59,887 --> 03:30:01,188 HOLLINGSWORTH, THIS IS SOMETHING 6293 03:30:01,188 --> 03:30:02,856 THAT'S BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO 6294 03:30:02,856 --> 03:30:04,858 YOUR HEART, AND I KNOW. 6295 03:30:04,858 --> 03:30:06,393 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS IN YOUR 6296 03:30:06,393 --> 03:30:08,095 COLLEAGUE YOU CARE ABOUT THIS 6297 03:30:08,095 --> 03:30:09,563 DEEPLY TOO. SO AGAIN, I JUST 6298 03:30:09,563 --> 03:30:13,233 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE ALL CARE 6299 03:30:13,233 --> 03:30:13,867 DEEPLY ABOUT PROVIDING FOOD TO 6300 03:30:13,867 --> 03:30:15,369 KIDS. AND I KNOW THE MAYOR CARES 6301 03:30:15,369 --> 03:30:17,438 DEEPLY ABOUT PROVIDING FOOD TO 6302 03:30:17,438 --> 03:30:19,406 KIDS. AND WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH 6303 03:30:19,406 --> 03:30:21,375 THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT, THAT 6304 03:30:21,375 --> 03:30:23,444 DOES NOT CHANGE. AND THANK YOU, 6305 03:30:23,444 --> 03:30:25,646 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, FOR RAISING 6306 03:30:25,646 --> 03:30:27,748 THAT EARLIER AS WELL. SO THERE 6307 03:30:27,748 --> 03:30:29,516 IS NO THERE IS NO NEED. AND I 6308 03:30:29,516 --> 03:30:32,286 HOPE THAT THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF 6309 03:30:32,286 --> 03:30:32,920 THOSE THINGS THAT DOESN'T GO 6310 03:30:32,920 --> 03:30:36,090 DOWN. YOU KNOW, FOLKS LOVE 6311 03:30:36,090 --> 03:30:37,658 CONTROVERSY OUT THERE IN THE 6312 03:30:37,658 --> 03:30:39,426 STRATOSPHERE. AND I DON'T WANT 6313 03:30:39,426 --> 03:30:41,195 THIS TO BE ANOTHER SOURCE OF 6314 03:30:41,195 --> 03:30:42,062 CONTROVERSY, CONTROVERSY. I HOPE 6315 03:30:42,062 --> 03:30:46,066 THAT WE WILL ALL RESPECT EACH 6316 03:30:46,066 --> 03:30:47,334 OTHER NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS 6317 03:30:47,334 --> 03:30:49,336 WITH THIS AMENDMENT, AND THAT WE 6318 03:30:49,336 --> 03:30:50,504 RECOGNIZE THAT THE MAIN THING 6319 03:30:50,504 --> 03:30:52,172 AND THE IMPORTANT THING HERE IS 6320 03:30:52,172 --> 03:30:53,974 THAT WE SUPPORT FOOD FOR KIDS IN 6321 03:30:53,974 --> 03:30:57,311 THIS CITY, PERIOD. FULL STOP. SO 6322 03:30:57,311 --> 03:31:01,315 I WILL LET THE, THE AND I WILL 6323 03:31:01,315 --> 03:31:02,516 SAY ALSO, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE 6324 03:31:02,516 --> 03:31:04,952 BOTH COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 6325 03:31:04,952 --> 03:31:06,120 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR 6326 03:31:06,120 --> 03:31:09,256 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I TOO, 6327 03:31:09,256 --> 03:31:10,591 LIKE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WANT 6328 03:31:10,591 --> 03:31:12,126 TO ADD MY NAME AS A CO-SPONSOR 6329 03:31:12,126 --> 03:31:15,029 TO THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT. I 6330 03:31:15,029 --> 03:31:15,829 WILL BE SUPPORTING IT, AND I 6331 03:31:15,829 --> 03:31:17,498 LOOK FORWARD TO A DAY JUST LIKE 6332 03:31:17,498 --> 03:31:20,734 UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL AND MAYBE 6333 03:31:20,734 --> 03:31:21,568 UNIVERSAL MEALS WILL COME FIRST, 6334 03:31:21,568 --> 03:31:22,870 BUT WHERE WE CAN DO UNIVERSAL 6335 03:31:22,870 --> 03:31:25,472 MEALS FOR ALL KIDS ACROSS ALL 6336 03:31:25,472 --> 03:31:28,008 OUR SCHOOLS IN THE CITY. BUT 6337 03:31:28,008 --> 03:31:29,276 UNTIL THEN, I THINK THERE IS A 6338 03:31:29,276 --> 03:31:32,613 HUGE NEED FOR AFTER SCHOOL AND 6339 03:31:32,613 --> 03:31:33,280 WEEKEND MEALS. AND THAT IS WHAT 6340 03:31:33,280 --> 03:31:35,849 THIS NEED IS TRYING TO FILL. OR 6341 03:31:35,849 --> 03:31:37,651 THAT IS THE NEED THAT THIS 6342 03:31:37,651 --> 03:31:39,086 AMENDMENT IS TRYING TO FILL. AND 6343 03:31:39,086 --> 03:31:41,121 I'M VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT 6344 03:31:41,121 --> 03:31:45,859 NEED, GIVEN WHAT I KNOW FROM MY 6345 03:31:45,859 --> 03:31:46,427 EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THE 6346 03:31:46,427 --> 03:31:50,431 DEPARTMENT DURING COVID AND AND 6347 03:31:50,431 --> 03:31:51,799 SUBSEQUENTLY, BECAUSE I KNOW 6348 03:31:51,799 --> 03:31:53,801 THEY'VE GIVEN FOCUS TO THIS 6349 03:31:53,801 --> 03:31:57,738 SINCE THEN. SO ANYWAY, COUNCIL 6350 03:31:57,738 --> 03:31:58,372 PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY 6351 03:31:58,372 --> 03:32:00,174 ANY FINAL REMARKS OR 6352 03:32:00,174 --> 03:32:01,275 COUNCILMEMBER? FOSTER. I KNOW 6353 03:32:01,275 --> 03:32:02,443 YOU HAD TO AS WELL. 6354 03:32:02,443 --> 03:32:03,677 -- I THINK WE BOTH WOULD. CHAIR 6355 03:32:03,677 --> 03:32:05,679 IF THAT'S OKAY. 6356 03:32:05,679 --> 03:32:06,346 -- YES. 6357 03:32:06,346 --> 03:32:07,815 -- YOU'RE RECOGNIZED A COUNCIL 6358 03:32:07,815 --> 03:32:08,115 PRESIDENT. 6359 03:32:08,115 --> 03:32:08,716 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK 6360 03:32:08,716 --> 03:32:09,383 YOU, CHAIR. AND I WANT TO FIRST 6361 03:32:09,383 --> 03:32:11,218 START BY THANKING COUNCILMEMBER 6362 03:32:11,218 --> 03:32:13,187 SAKA FOR YOUR WORDS AND THE HUG. 6363 03:32:13,187 --> 03:32:13,787 I WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 6364 03:32:13,787 --> 03:32:17,891 STRAUSS FOR YOUR WORDS AS WELL. 6365 03:32:17,891 --> 03:32:18,525 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR YOUR WORDS 6366 03:32:18,525 --> 03:32:21,028 ABOUT DISTRICT TWO. 6367 03:32:21,028 --> 03:32:24,098 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AS 6368 03:32:24,098 --> 03:32:24,531 CO-SPONSOR AS WELL. 6369 03:32:24,531 --> 03:32:26,266 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR YOUR 6370 03:32:26,266 --> 03:32:31,705 WORDS AS WELL AND COUNCILMEMBER. 6371 03:32:31,705 --> 03:32:34,308 KETTLE FOR OUR CONVERSATIONS AND 6372 03:32:34,308 --> 03:32:35,375 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND CHAIR 6373 03:32:35,375 --> 03:32:38,445 TO YOU AS WELL. COLLEAGUES, THIS 6374 03:32:38,445 --> 03:32:42,549 IS OBVIOUSLY A REALLY HARD 6375 03:32:42,549 --> 03:32:44,718 DECISION, AND I BELIEVE THAT 6376 03:32:44,718 --> 03:32:46,120 THIS WAS NEVER ABOUT EITHER OR. 6377 03:32:46,120 --> 03:32:48,856 IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT AND AND 6378 03:32:48,856 --> 03:32:49,490 IMPLEMENTATION. AND I JUST WANT 6379 03:32:49,490 --> 03:32:52,292 TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW 6380 03:32:52,292 --> 03:32:53,794 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT 6381 03:32:53,794 --> 03:32:54,628 PERSPECTIVES OUT THERE. THERE'S 6382 03:32:54,628 --> 03:32:56,763 BEEN A LOT OF SWIRL. SOMETIMES 6383 03:32:56,763 --> 03:32:58,198 THE LIES ARE MORE ENTERTAINING 6384 03:32:58,198 --> 03:33:01,034 THAN THE TRUTH, I GET THAT, BUT 6385 03:33:01,034 --> 03:33:04,805 I DO, I DO WANT TO SAY, AND JUST 6386 03:33:04,805 --> 03:33:07,241 FOR THE RECORD, THAT I'VE ALWAYS 6387 03:33:07,241 --> 03:33:08,208 BEEN WILLING AND READY TO WORK 6388 03:33:08,208 --> 03:33:10,744 WITH OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE ON THIS. 6389 03:33:10,744 --> 03:33:12,379 AND SOME PEOPLE SAID, WELL, CAN 6390 03:33:12,379 --> 03:33:13,480 WE DO BOTH? I'VE ALWAYS BEEN 6391 03:33:13,480 --> 03:33:15,549 WILLING AND READY TO WORK WITH 6392 03:33:15,549 --> 03:33:16,483 OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE. WE SHARE 6393 03:33:16,483 --> 03:33:19,086 THE SAME GOALS OF FOOD ACCESS. 6394 03:33:19,086 --> 03:33:21,822 WE SAME THE SAME GOALS OF 6395 03:33:21,822 --> 03:33:24,291 ACCESSIBILITY, AND TO MAKE SURE 6396 03:33:24,291 --> 03:33:24,858 THAT KIDS ARE FED AND THAT 6397 03:33:24,858 --> 03:33:26,326 FAMILIES ARE NOT GOING HUNGRY. 6398 03:33:26,326 --> 03:33:28,362 WE SHARE THE SAME GOALS OF THE 6399 03:33:28,362 --> 03:33:30,564 CLOSING THE GAP ON INCOME 6400 03:33:30,564 --> 03:33:32,032 INEQUALITY AND MAKING SURE OUR 6401 03:33:32,032 --> 03:33:33,300 CITY IS RUNNING WELL. AND 6402 03:33:33,300 --> 03:33:34,635 FUNCTIONALLY, THESE ARE THINGS 6403 03:33:34,635 --> 03:33:37,137 THAT WE SHARE AND THE VALUES. 6404 03:33:37,137 --> 03:33:40,274 THE PIECE THAT COMES IS THE 6405 03:33:40,274 --> 03:33:41,508 IMPLEMENTATION OF IT. AND HOW 6406 03:33:41,508 --> 03:33:43,343 ARE WE MOVING FORWARD. AND 6407 03:33:43,343 --> 03:33:45,279 THAT'S WHAT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN OUR 6408 03:33:45,279 --> 03:33:46,814 CITY. SO THOSE VALUES CONTINUE 6409 03:33:46,814 --> 03:33:49,783 TO BE THE SAME. AND OBVIOUSLY 6410 03:33:49,783 --> 03:33:54,922 THIS IS NOT A THIS IS NOT AN 6411 03:33:54,922 --> 03:33:56,089 EASY VOTE. AND THIS IS ALSO NOT 6412 03:33:56,089 --> 03:33:59,860 AN EASY DECISION. FEELING LIKE 6413 03:33:59,860 --> 03:34:01,328 YOU'RE CHOOSING THIS OR THAT. 6414 03:34:01,328 --> 03:34:02,329 BUT I FEEL LIKE FROM THIS 6415 03:34:02,329 --> 03:34:02,996 POSITION, AND I'M GOING TO TELL 6416 03:34:02,996 --> 03:34:07,100 YOU THIS, KNOWING WHAT I KNOW, 6417 03:34:07,100 --> 03:34:07,634 GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE 6418 03:34:07,634 --> 03:34:08,569 PROCESS, SEEING WHAT I'VE SEEN, 6419 03:34:08,569 --> 03:34:09,403 INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE, I WOULD 6420 03:34:09,403 --> 03:34:12,272 HAVE CONTINUED TO DO THIS AGAIN, 6421 03:34:12,272 --> 03:34:13,340 EVEN KNOWING WHAT I'VE HAD TO 6422 03:34:13,340 --> 03:34:14,341 GONE THROUGH IN THE LAST COUPLE 6423 03:34:14,341 --> 03:34:15,509 OF WEEKS, ENGAGING WITH 6424 03:34:15,509 --> 03:34:17,211 COMMUNITY AND TALKING TO PEOPLE 6425 03:34:17,211 --> 03:34:18,212 AND SEEING THE COMMENTS, READING 6426 03:34:18,212 --> 03:34:19,580 THE ARTICLES, SOME 6427 03:34:19,580 --> 03:34:20,347 MISINFORMATION. I WOULD HAVE 6428 03:34:20,347 --> 03:34:22,416 CONTINUED TO DO THIS BECAUSE IN 6429 03:34:22,416 --> 03:34:24,685 MY TRUEST HEART OF HEART, I 6430 03:34:24,685 --> 03:34:25,986 BELIEVE THIS IS THE RIGHT THING 6431 03:34:25,986 --> 03:34:28,222 TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND 6432 03:34:28,222 --> 03:34:29,623 COLLEAGUES. I JUST ASK FOR YOUR 6433 03:34:29,623 --> 03:34:30,757 SUPPORT. I KNOW WHERE SOME OF 6434 03:34:30,757 --> 03:34:31,725 YOU STAND, SO I APPRECIATE THAT 6435 03:34:31,725 --> 03:34:33,160 WE JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT OF 6436 03:34:33,160 --> 03:34:34,828 OPINION ON POLICY, BUT I REALLY, 6437 03:34:34,828 --> 03:34:36,763 REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION 6438 03:34:36,763 --> 03:34:39,166 TODAY. FOCUS ON POLICY AND 6439 03:34:39,166 --> 03:34:40,434 IMPLEMENTATION. SO THANK YOU. 6440 03:34:40,434 --> 03:34:41,835 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 6441 03:34:41,835 --> 03:34:44,037 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU'RE 6442 03:34:44,037 --> 03:34:45,906 RECOGNIZED FOR FINAL COMMENTS. 6443 03:34:45,906 --> 03:34:47,407 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I'LL BE 6444 03:34:47,407 --> 03:34:49,376 BRIEF. I'LL SAY I BELIEVE THAT 6445 03:34:49,376 --> 03:34:50,544 WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IS 6446 03:34:50,544 --> 03:34:53,780 ALLOW US TO PRIORITIZE 6447 03:34:53,780 --> 03:34:56,416 ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS WHILE 6448 03:34:56,416 --> 03:34:58,852 STILL ENSURING THAT WE REACH 6449 03:34:58,852 --> 03:34:59,953 EVERYONE. I ECHO WHAT YOU SAID, 6450 03:34:59,953 --> 03:35:02,689 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THIS IS ABOUT 6451 03:35:02,689 --> 03:35:04,091 SEQUENCING AND ABOUT MAKING SURE 6452 03:35:04,091 --> 03:35:07,661 THAT WE GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 6453 03:35:07,661 --> 03:35:09,496 TO KIDS DURING SCHOOL BREAKS, 6454 03:35:09,496 --> 03:35:11,164 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO KIDS 6455 03:35:11,164 --> 03:35:11,765 DURING WEEKENDS, AND WITHOUT 6456 03:35:11,765 --> 03:35:13,300 THIS AMENDMENT, WE WOULD NOT BE 6457 03:35:13,300 --> 03:35:15,535 ADDING THOSE ADDITIONAL 6458 03:35:15,535 --> 03:35:16,703 RESOURCES. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS 6459 03:35:16,703 --> 03:35:17,871 IS ABOUT FOR ME. THAT'S WHAT'S 6460 03:35:17,871 --> 03:35:20,974 IN THE CORE OF THIS AMENDMENT. 6461 03:35:20,974 --> 03:35:22,609 AND COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 6462 03:35:22,609 --> 03:35:25,012 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 6463 03:35:25,012 --> 03:35:25,679 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 6464 03:35:25,679 --> 03:35:31,251 FOSTER. ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, 6465 03:35:31,251 --> 03:35:34,087 LET US GO TO A VOTE ON AMENDMENT 6466 03:35:34,087 --> 03:35:36,456 NUMBER SIX. CLERK, CAN YOU 6467 03:35:36,456 --> 03:35:38,892 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 6468 03:35:38,892 --> 03:35:40,694 AMENDMENT NUMBER SIX? 6469 03:35:40,694 --> 03:35:41,228 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 6470 03:35:41,228 --> 03:35:43,030 -- AYE. 6471 03:35:43,030 --> 03:35:43,563 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 6472 03:35:43,563 --> 03:35:46,199 -- AYE. 6473 03:35:46,199 --> 03:35:46,733 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 6474 03:35:46,733 --> 03:35:48,135 -- NO. 6475 03:35:48,135 --> 03:35:49,569 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. NO. 6476 03:35:49,569 --> 03:35:52,372 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 6477 03:35:52,372 --> 03:35:52,673 -- NAY. 6478 03:35:52,673 --> 03:35:54,308 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 6479 03:35:54,308 --> 03:35:54,541 -- AYE. 6480 03:35:54,541 --> 03:35:55,642 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 6481 03:35:55,642 --> 03:35:55,876 -- YES. 6482 03:35:55,876 --> 03:35:59,313 -- VICE CHAIR. HOLLINGSWORTH. 6483 03:35:59,313 --> 03:35:59,546 -- YES. 6484 03:35:59,546 --> 03:36:00,614 -- CHAIR RIVERA. 6485 03:36:00,614 --> 03:36:00,847 -- AYE. 6486 03:36:00,847 --> 03:36:01,782 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE SIX IN FAVOR 6487 03:36:01,782 --> 03:36:07,120 AND THREE OPPOSED. 6488 03:36:07,120 --> 03:36:09,256 -- THE MOTION CARRIES AN 6489 03:36:09,256 --> 03:36:14,561 AMENDMENT. NUMBER SIX IS 6490 03:36:14,561 --> 03:36:18,398 ADOPTED. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, 6491 03:36:18,398 --> 03:36:22,135 COLLEAGUES. ONE SECOND. THIS IS 6492 03:36:22,135 --> 03:36:25,339 A VERY LONG SCRIPT. APOLOGIES. 6493 03:36:25,339 --> 03:36:27,374 AND IT'S BEEN A LONG MEETING. 6494 03:36:27,374 --> 03:36:28,842 THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO STAYED 6495 03:36:28,842 --> 03:36:34,381 HERE FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. 6496 03:36:34,381 --> 03:36:44,891 -- I GOTTA GO RUN IT BACK TO. 6497 03:36:45,859 --> 03:36:56,169 -- YA, BUT ALL RIGHT. 6498 03:37:08,782 --> 03:37:10,951 SORRY, COLLEAGUES. ONE MORE 6499 03:37:10,951 --> 03:37:14,154 MINUTE I LOST ONE OF. 6500 03:37:14,154 --> 03:37:21,695 -- MY 6501 03:37:21,928 --> 03:37:27,334 -- ALL RIGHT. WELL, 6502 03:37:27,334 --> 03:37:27,968 -- [LAUGHTER] 6503 03:37:27,968 --> 03:37:29,202 -- THANK YOU. HERE IT IS. NO, I 6504 03:37:29,202 --> 03:37:31,838 DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. 6505 03:37:31,838 --> 03:37:42,416 ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE. NO 6506 03:37:48,021 --> 03:37:49,489 -- I GOT IT. 6507 03:37:49,489 --> 03:37:51,058 -- GREAT 6508 03:37:51,058 --> 03:37:52,959 -- ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, ARE 6509 03:37:52,959 --> 03:37:54,461 THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THE 6510 03:37:54,461 --> 03:38:01,101 BILL AS AMENDED ALL RIGHT. THEN 6511 03:38:01,101 --> 03:38:02,869 WE WILL COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 6512 03:38:02,869 --> 03:38:03,804 DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND UP HERE. 6513 03:38:03,804 --> 03:38:05,972 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. COUPLE 6514 03:38:05,972 --> 03:38:08,742 QUICK POINTS. FIRST. YOU KNOW, I 6515 03:38:08,742 --> 03:38:11,945 WANT TO ADDRESS THE NOTION THAT 6516 03:38:11,945 --> 03:38:16,750 THE. BECAUSE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS 6517 03:38:16,750 --> 03:38:18,652 IN. AND PROPOSALS WERE NOT 6518 03:38:18,652 --> 03:38:21,455 INCLUDED IN THE UNDERLYING LEVY 6519 03:38:21,455 --> 03:38:22,689 LEGISLATION AND FORM THE BASIS 6520 03:38:22,689 --> 03:38:23,323 FOR WHAT VOTERS ULTIMATELY 6521 03:38:23,323 --> 03:38:25,659 APPROVED, THAT. THEREFORE, WE 6522 03:38:25,659 --> 03:38:28,795 SHOULDN'T APPROVE THEM OR AND 6523 03:38:28,795 --> 03:38:34,301 WANT TO ADDRESS THE RELATIVE 6524 03:38:34,301 --> 03:38:36,870 RELEVANCE, SIGNIFICANCE OF OF 6525 03:38:36,870 --> 03:38:39,739 THAT FACT OR NOT, I JUST I 6526 03:38:39,739 --> 03:38:41,541 COULDN'T DISAGREE MORE ON THE 6527 03:38:41,541 --> 03:38:42,909 NOTION THAT JUST BECAUSE 6528 03:38:42,909 --> 03:38:45,946 SOMETHING WASN'T INCLUDED 6529 03:38:45,946 --> 03:38:47,647 EXPRESSLY OR EXPLICITLY STATED 6530 03:38:47,647 --> 03:38:48,148 IN THE UNDERLYING LEVY 6531 03:38:48,148 --> 03:38:49,516 LEGISLATION, THAT THEREFORE, YOU 6532 03:38:49,516 --> 03:38:50,517 KNOW, WHEN A PROPOSAL EMERGES, 6533 03:38:50,517 --> 03:38:52,018 WHEN WE START FLESHING OUT THE 6534 03:38:52,018 --> 03:38:55,455 DETAILS THAT WE SHOULD DISCOUNT 6535 03:38:55,455 --> 03:38:56,690 THAT BECAUSE IT WAS INCLUDED 6536 03:38:56,690 --> 03:38:57,958 COLLEAGUES, WE KNOW THE PURPOSE 6537 03:38:57,958 --> 03:39:00,894 GOAL OF ANY LEVY, LEGISLATION OR 6538 03:39:00,894 --> 03:39:02,863 LEGISLATION THAT ULTIMATELY 6539 03:39:02,863 --> 03:39:04,865 FORMS THE BASIS OF A PROPOSAL 6540 03:39:04,865 --> 03:39:05,499 THAT WILL ULTIMATELY GO BEFORE 6541 03:39:05,499 --> 03:39:06,733 VOTERS, WHETHER IT'S A LEVY OR 6542 03:39:06,733 --> 03:39:07,868 IT'S A AS IN THE CASE OF 6543 03:39:07,868 --> 03:39:09,970 YESTERDAY, A TRANSIT MEASURE. 6544 03:39:09,970 --> 03:39:11,271 THE WHOLE PURPOSE AND GOAL OF 6545 03:39:11,271 --> 03:39:13,673 THAT EXERCISE IS NOT TO 6546 03:39:13,673 --> 03:39:16,943 SPECIFICALLY ARTICULATE OR 6547 03:39:16,943 --> 03:39:22,682 CODIFY OR, OR ENUMERATE EVERY 6548 03:39:22,682 --> 03:39:23,316 SINGLE CONCEIVABLE PROGRAM AND 6549 03:39:23,316 --> 03:39:24,751 INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD 6550 03:39:24,751 --> 03:39:28,889 POTENTIALLY BE SPENT, YOU KNOW, 6551 03:39:28,889 --> 03:39:31,057 WORTHY OF INVESTMENT IN, IN 6552 03:39:31,057 --> 03:39:31,591 CREATE AND ARTICULATE AN 6553 03:39:31,591 --> 03:39:34,628 EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF STUFF. 6554 03:39:34,628 --> 03:39:36,963 PURPOSE IS FRAMEWORK LEVEL 6555 03:39:36,963 --> 03:39:39,132 LEGISLATION ONLY WITH DETAILS TO 6556 03:39:39,132 --> 03:39:41,034 BE IMPLEMENTED AND FINALIZED AND 6557 03:39:41,034 --> 03:39:42,903 ITERATED UPON LATER. AND THAT'S 6558 03:39:42,903 --> 03:39:48,008 WHY WE HAVE THIS LEVY 6559 03:39:48,008 --> 03:39:48,708 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. SO ALTHOUGH 6560 03:39:48,708 --> 03:39:51,511 ON THE ONE HAND, IT WAS NOT 6561 03:39:51,511 --> 03:39:53,046 EXPRESSLY OR EXPLICITLY 6562 03:39:53,046 --> 03:39:56,249 CONTEMPLATED IN THE OR OR 6563 03:39:56,249 --> 03:39:57,484 COVERED IN THE FRAMEWORK LEVEL 6564 03:39:57,484 --> 03:39:59,419 LEVY LEGISLATION, IT WAS 100% 6565 03:39:59,419 --> 03:40:01,688 CONTEMPLATED. WE HAD SO MANY 6566 03:40:01,688 --> 03:40:02,789 PARALLEL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 6567 03:40:02,789 --> 03:40:06,426 THAT INITIATIVE AT THE TIME. 6568 03:40:06,426 --> 03:40:09,863 AND, AND SO I JUST WANT TO BE 6569 03:40:09,863 --> 03:40:11,164 MINDFUL OF THAT. THE SECOND 6570 03:40:11,164 --> 03:40:13,733 THING I WANT A FRIENDLY REMINDER 6571 03:40:13,733 --> 03:40:15,902 THAT WE LEARNED AND WERE 6572 03:40:15,902 --> 03:40:18,171 REMINDED TODAY THAT THE WHOLE. 6573 03:40:18,171 --> 03:40:20,006 THE WHOLE UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL 6574 03:40:20,006 --> 03:40:23,276 MEAL PROGRAM, FROM ITS IDEATION 6575 03:40:23,276 --> 03:40:26,780 AND INCEPTION HERE IN THE CITY 6576 03:40:26,780 --> 03:40:29,082 OF SEATTLE, IT'S. IT STARTED 6577 03:40:29,082 --> 03:40:29,783 OUT AND CONTINUES TODAY TO BE A 6578 03:40:29,783 --> 03:40:32,319 BLACK LED INITIATIVE GOING BACK 6579 03:40:32,319 --> 03:40:35,388 DECADES WITH THE LOCAL BLACK 6580 03:40:35,388 --> 03:40:35,956 PANTHER PARTY. THROUGH THE 6581 03:40:35,956 --> 03:40:38,191 CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING 6582 03:40:38,191 --> 03:40:42,629 TODAY, DON'T FORGET THAT. THIRD 6583 03:40:42,629 --> 03:40:44,831 FINAL POINT IS, LOOK, I HAD 6584 03:40:44,831 --> 03:40:48,902 THREE MAIN PRIORITIES FOR THE 6585 03:40:48,902 --> 03:40:51,271 LEVY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH 6586 03:40:51,271 --> 03:40:52,772 ARE SORT OF OFFSHOOTS OF, YOU 6587 03:40:52,772 --> 03:40:55,275 KNOW, HOW I APPROACH THE 6588 03:40:55,275 --> 03:40:59,145 ORIGINAL LEVY LEGISLATION OR SO 6589 03:40:59,145 --> 03:41:00,647 THREE OF MY BABIES, IF YOU WILL, 6590 03:41:00,647 --> 03:41:04,184 AS AS THE CHAIR NOTED, ONE OF 6591 03:41:04,184 --> 03:41:11,324 THEM WAS, IS THE ULTIMATELY 6592 03:41:11,324 --> 03:41:11,825 CREATING UNIVERSAL FREE 6593 03:41:11,825 --> 03:41:17,831 PRESCHOOL FOR ALL. SO EARLY 6594 03:41:17,831 --> 03:41:19,933 CHILDHOOD EDUCATION. ANOTHER WAS 6595 03:41:19,933 --> 03:41:22,202 FOOD ACCESS AND AND SECURITY 6596 03:41:22,202 --> 03:41:26,840 THROUGH PRIMARILY THROUGH 6597 03:41:26,840 --> 03:41:29,876 UNIVERSAL FREE SCHOOL MEALS FOR 6598 03:41:29,876 --> 03:41:32,512 ALL. AND THE THIRD AND FINAL ONE 6599 03:41:32,512 --> 03:41:33,947 IS DIGITAL ADDRESSING DIGITAL 6600 03:41:33,947 --> 03:41:34,748 EQUITY, DIGITAL SKILLING, AND AI 6601 03:41:34,748 --> 03:41:37,884 INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE MORE 6602 03:41:37,884 --> 03:41:39,819 SEATTLEITES ARE EMPOWERED WITH 6603 03:41:39,819 --> 03:41:41,755 THE SKILLS TO BE COMPETITIVE. 6604 03:41:41,755 --> 03:41:46,393 AND, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS TECH 6605 03:41:46,393 --> 03:41:49,362 FIELDS. SO DIGITAL SKILLING 6606 03:41:49,362 --> 03:41:50,430 PROFESSIONS. TWO OF THOSE THREE 6607 03:41:50,430 --> 03:41:53,466 PRIORITIES WERE SIGNIFICANTLY 6608 03:41:53,466 --> 03:41:55,235 ABROGATED, SLOWED DOWN, WATERED 6609 03:41:55,235 --> 03:41:57,237 DOWN, ERODED AS PART OF THIS 6610 03:41:57,237 --> 03:42:00,307 AMENDMENT PROCESS AND THAT THAT 6611 03:42:00,307 --> 03:42:04,978 I FOUGHT SO HARD FOR, FOR MY 6612 03:42:04,978 --> 03:42:07,914 CONSTITUENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO 6613 03:42:07,914 --> 03:42:09,182 HELP BRING TO LIFE AND DELIVER. 6614 03:42:09,182 --> 03:42:12,318 SO 2 OR 3 OF THOSE SIGNIFICANTLY 6615 03:42:12,318 --> 03:42:14,187 ABROGATED. AND I CANNOT SUPPORT 6616 03:42:14,187 --> 03:42:16,623 THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE THE 6617 03:42:16,623 --> 03:42:20,260 AMENDED LEGISLATION. I DO INTEND 6618 03:42:20,260 --> 03:42:21,194 TO WORK WITH CENTRAL STAFF TO 6619 03:42:21,194 --> 03:42:23,663 FIGURE OUT WAYS TO TO STRIKE A 6620 03:42:23,663 --> 03:42:27,167 BETTER BALANCE AND POTENTIALLY 6621 03:42:27,167 --> 03:42:29,536 RESTORE SOME SOME ELEMENTS 6622 03:42:29,536 --> 03:42:30,170 BEFORE THE FINAL LEGISLATION 6623 03:42:30,170 --> 03:42:30,837 COMES TO FULL COUNCIL. BUT IN 6624 03:42:30,837 --> 03:42:32,105 ITS CURRENT AMENDMENT FORM, I 6625 03:42:32,105 --> 03:42:33,440 CANNOT SUPPORT FOR THOSE 6626 03:42:33,440 --> 03:42:34,407 REASONS. THANK YOU. 6627 03:42:34,407 --> 03:42:38,111 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6628 03:42:38,111 --> 03:42:39,212 SAKA. I WILL ASK, PLEASE, THAT 6629 03:42:39,212 --> 03:42:42,615 IF YOU'RE ANYONE CONSIDERING 6630 03:42:42,615 --> 03:42:46,219 ANYONE CONSIDERING MAKING ANY 6631 03:42:46,219 --> 03:42:47,654 AMENDMENTS FOR NEXT WEEK TO 6632 03:42:47,654 --> 03:42:49,656 PLEASE TALK TO ME RIGHT AWAY. 6633 03:42:49,656 --> 03:42:52,692 THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY 6634 03:42:52,692 --> 03:42:57,797 ROBUST AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO 6635 03:42:57,797 --> 03:42:58,865 MOVE FORWARD, AND WE NEED TO 6636 03:42:58,865 --> 03:43:01,768 TAKE A VOTE ON IT NEXT WEEK 6637 03:43:01,768 --> 03:43:03,103 BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT HAS TO 6638 03:43:03,103 --> 03:43:05,004 START IMPLEMENTING THIS WORK. 6639 03:43:05,004 --> 03:43:08,308 AND THERE IS SOMEWHAT OF A TIME, 6640 03:43:08,308 --> 03:43:10,577 A TIME ISSUE. SO IF YOU ARE 6641 03:43:10,577 --> 03:43:11,211 CONTEMPLATING ANYTHING, PLEASE 6642 03:43:11,211 --> 03:43:14,314 LET ME IN. CENTRAL STAFF KNOW 6643 03:43:14,314 --> 03:43:15,915 RIGHT AWAY. ALL RIGHT, 6644 03:43:15,915 --> 03:43:17,183 COLLEAGUES, WILL THE CLERK 6645 03:43:17,183 --> 03:43:18,685 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 6646 03:43:18,685 --> 03:43:19,319 RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THE BILL 6647 03:43:19,319 --> 03:43:22,188 AS AMENDED? 6648 03:43:22,188 --> 03:43:24,090 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 6649 03:43:24,090 --> 03:43:25,792 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. A 6650 03:43:25,792 --> 03:43:28,194 COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. 6651 03:43:28,194 --> 03:43:28,995 -- YES. 6652 03:43:28,995 --> 03:43:30,697 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 6653 03:43:30,697 --> 03:43:31,131 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 6654 03:43:31,131 --> 03:43:32,465 -- AYE. 6655 03:43:32,465 --> 03:43:34,768 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE. 6656 03:43:34,768 --> 03:43:35,235 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 6657 03:43:35,235 --> 03:43:36,536 -- YES. 6658 03:43:36,536 --> 03:43:37,871 -- VICE CHAIR. HOLLINGSWORTH. 6659 03:43:37,871 --> 03:43:39,406 YES. CHAIR RIVERA. I CHAIR, 6660 03:43:39,406 --> 03:43:41,341 THERE ARE EIGHT IN FAVOR AND ONE 6661 03:43:41,341 --> 03:43:42,609 OPPOSED. 6662 03:43:42,609 --> 03:43:45,011 -- THANK YOU. CLERK. THE MOTION 6663 03:43:45,011 --> 03:43:46,379 CARRIES THE RECOMMENDATION TO 6664 03:43:46,379 --> 03:43:47,947 PASS THE BILL AS AMENDED, WILL 6665 03:43:47,947 --> 03:43:49,949 BE SENT TO THE JULY 28th. FULL 6666 03:43:49,949 --> 03:43:50,150 CITY. 6667 03:43:50,150 --> 03:43:53,086 -- I HEARD FROM AMELIA BECAUSE 6668 03:43:53,086 --> 03:43:54,554 THAT THE VOTE HAPPENED AFTER 1 6669 03:43:54,554 --> 03:43:57,490 P.M. TODAY. THE INTENT TO SEND 6670 03:43:57,490 --> 03:43:58,491 THIS TO THE JULY 28th MEETING 6671 03:43:58,491 --> 03:44:04,597 HAS TO BE VOTED ON BY COUNCIL. 6672 03:44:04,597 --> 03:44:04,764 SO. 6673 03:44:04,764 --> 03:44:05,031 -- OKAY. 6674 03:44:05,031 --> 03:44:06,065 -- ALL RIGHT. 6675 03:44:06,065 --> 03:44:09,469 -- COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S NO 6676 03:44:09,469 --> 03:44:10,170 OBJECTION, COUNCIL BILL ONE TWO, 6677 03:44:10,170 --> 03:44:10,770 ONE, TWO, FOUR ZERO WILL BE 6678 03:44:10,770 --> 03:44:13,440 RECOMMENDED. RECOMMENDED FOR 6679 03:44:13,440 --> 03:44:15,508 PASSAGE AT THE JULY 28th CITY 6680 03:44:15,508 --> 03:44:16,543 COUNCIL MEETING. DO I HEAR ANY 6681 03:44:16,543 --> 03:44:18,111 OBJECTION? HEARING NO OBJECTION. 6682 03:44:18,111 --> 03:44:22,382 THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO BRING, 6683 03:44:22,382 --> 03:44:24,617 ONCE PASSAGE OF THIS BILL 6684 03:44:24,617 --> 03:44:25,251 HAPPENS TODAY TO THE JULY 28th 6685 03:44:25,251 --> 03:44:29,422 FULL COUNCIL MEETING. ALL RIGHT. 6686 03:44:29,422 --> 03:44:30,156 NOW, THE RECOMMENDATION TO PASS 6687 03:44:30,156 --> 03:44:32,492 THE BILL, AS AMENDED, WILL BE 6688 03:44:32,492 --> 03:44:35,195 SENT TO THE JULY 28th FULL 6689 03:44:35,195 --> 03:44:36,963 COUNCIL, FULL CITY COUNCIL 6690 03:44:36,963 --> 03:44:38,031 MEETING. COLLEAGUES, I'M SO 6691 03:44:38,031 --> 03:44:40,467 SORRY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO READ. 6692 03:44:40,467 --> 03:44:41,067 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION 6693 03:44:41,067 --> 03:44:42,502 TODAY. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG 6694 03:44:42,502 --> 03:44:44,671 MEETING, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO 6695 03:44:44,671 --> 03:44:46,906 READ SOME REMARKS FOR THE 6696 03:44:46,906 --> 03:44:49,309 RECORD. I AM SO HAPPY, AS I'M 6697 03:44:49,309 --> 03:44:49,976 SURE YOU ARE TOO, TO BE AT THIS 6698 03:44:49,976 --> 03:44:51,277 POINT. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 6699 03:44:51,277 --> 03:44:53,980 LEVY. WE ALL CARE SO MUCH ABOUT 6700 03:44:53,980 --> 03:44:55,748 OUR KIDS ACROSS THE CITY. THIS 6701 03:44:55,748 --> 03:44:58,618 LEVY MEANS SO MUCH TO THOSE KIDS 6702 03:44:58,618 --> 03:44:59,919 AND THEIR FAMILIES. AS I SAID 6703 03:44:59,919 --> 03:45:01,688 EARLIER, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT 6704 03:45:01,688 --> 03:45:04,958 STEP IN THE LEVY PROCESS. I JUST 6705 03:45:04,958 --> 03:45:06,726 WANT TO MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. 6706 03:45:06,726 --> 03:45:10,196 FIRST, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 6707 03:45:10,196 --> 03:45:11,264 SUPPORT IN EXPANDING THE PATH TO 6708 03:45:11,264 --> 03:45:13,032 TRADES INVESTMENT WITH THE PATH 6709 03:45:13,032 --> 03:45:14,801 TO TRADES NON COLLEGES, WHICH I 6710 03:45:14,801 --> 03:45:15,802 PUT IN THE LEVY SO THAT OUR 6711 03:45:15,802 --> 03:45:18,872 PROMISE STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN 6712 03:45:18,872 --> 03:45:19,839 ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY. THIS 6713 03:45:19,839 --> 03:45:21,140 MEANS THAT OUR PUBLIC HIGH 6714 03:45:21,140 --> 03:45:23,009 SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN EITHER GET 6715 03:45:23,009 --> 03:45:24,577 AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE OR 6716 03:45:24,577 --> 03:45:27,213 CERTIFICATE FROM A TRADE PROGRAM 6717 03:45:27,213 --> 03:45:28,748 AT SEATTLE COLLEGES, OR THIS 6718 03:45:28,748 --> 03:45:29,883 THIRD OPTION, WHICH IS TO GO 6719 03:45:29,883 --> 03:45:30,850 STRAIGHT FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO AN 6720 03:45:30,850 --> 03:45:32,785 APPRENTICESHIP AT AN ACCREDITED 6721 03:45:32,785 --> 03:45:35,054 TRADE SCHOOL. AS YOU ALL KNOW, 6722 03:45:35,054 --> 03:45:35,922 THIS ONE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY 6723 03:45:35,922 --> 03:45:37,924 HEART. AS THE DAUGHTER OF A 6724 03:45:37,924 --> 03:45:39,325 WELDER WHO LIVED PAYCHECK TO 6725 03:45:39,325 --> 03:45:40,960 PAYCHECK, BUT WHOSE GREAT UNION 6726 03:45:40,960 --> 03:45:42,795 JOB PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE. 6727 03:45:42,795 --> 03:45:43,396 TODAY, THE TRADES ARE AN 6728 03:45:43,396 --> 03:45:45,465 EXCELLENT OPTION FOR STUDENTS, 6729 03:45:45,465 --> 03:45:48,167 WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO ENSURE 6730 03:45:48,167 --> 03:45:48,801 THEY HAD THIS ADDITIONAL PATH. 6731 03:45:48,801 --> 03:45:52,472 AND I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT THE 6732 03:45:52,472 --> 03:45:53,006 SEATTLE COLLEGES WHO WERE 6733 03:45:53,006 --> 03:45:54,040 SUPPORTIVE OF THIS THIRD PATH, 6734 03:45:54,040 --> 03:45:56,542 WHICH I KNOW WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF 6735 03:45:56,542 --> 03:45:58,077 THE COLLEGES. BUT IT DOESN'T 6736 03:45:58,077 --> 03:45:58,945 DIMINISH ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY 6737 03:45:58,945 --> 03:46:01,047 DO. THERE'S SO MANY GREAT 6738 03:46:01,047 --> 03:46:03,683 TRADES PROGRAMS AT COLLEGES, 6739 03:46:03,683 --> 03:46:04,851 INCLUDING WELDING. AND SHOUT OUT 6740 03:46:04,851 --> 03:46:07,220 TO PRESIDENT MONICA BROWN AT 6741 03:46:07,220 --> 03:46:07,754 SEATTLE CENTRAL AT SOUTH 6742 03:46:07,754 --> 03:46:10,957 SEATTLE, WHO RUNS ALL THE TRADE 6743 03:46:10,957 --> 03:46:11,991 PROGRAMS AT SEATTLE COLLEGES. 6744 03:46:11,991 --> 03:46:14,627 THE SECOND POINT I WANT TO MAKE, 6745 03:46:14,627 --> 03:46:16,496 WHICH I CANNOT OVERSTATE, IS 6746 03:46:16,496 --> 03:46:18,331 THIS LEVY, AND THEREFORE I AND E 6747 03:46:18,331 --> 03:46:20,533 PLAN INCLUDES INVESTMENTS FROM 6748 03:46:20,533 --> 03:46:22,835 OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. WHILE 6749 03:46:22,835 --> 03:46:23,937 NOT NEW TO THE CITY, THEY ARE 6750 03:46:23,937 --> 03:46:24,904 NEW TO THIS LEVY. AS YOU KNOW, 6751 03:46:24,904 --> 03:46:26,639 THESE INVESTMENTS FROM THE HUMAN 6752 03:46:26,639 --> 03:46:28,074 SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE 6753 03:46:28,074 --> 03:46:29,342 PARKS AND REC AND SEATTLE OFFICE 6754 03:46:29,342 --> 03:46:32,011 OF SUSTAINABILITY WERE 6755 03:46:32,011 --> 03:46:32,645 TRANSFERRED OVER BECAUSE THEY 6756 03:46:32,645 --> 03:46:34,547 WERE IN SUPPORT OF KIDS 6757 03:46:34,547 --> 03:46:35,815 EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATE TO 6758 03:46:35,815 --> 03:46:39,218 THIS LEVY WITH, OF COURSE, THE 6759 03:46:39,218 --> 03:46:40,119 UNDERSTANDING THAT BY LAW THEY 6760 03:46:40,119 --> 03:46:42,221 WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE LEVY 6761 03:46:42,221 --> 03:46:44,624 REQUIREMENTS AND PARAMETERS AS 6762 03:46:44,624 --> 03:46:47,226 TOLD TO VOTERS AS THIS I AND E 6763 03:46:47,226 --> 03:46:48,995 IS IMPLEMENTED, WE NEED TO 6764 03:46:48,995 --> 03:46:50,330 ENSURE. AND I WILL BE MONITORING 6765 03:46:50,330 --> 03:46:52,265 CLOSELY THAT ALL INVESTMENTS, 6766 03:46:52,265 --> 03:46:54,233 INCLUDING THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN 6767 03:46:54,233 --> 03:46:57,070 TRANSFERRED, DO NOT STRAY FROM 6768 03:46:57,070 --> 03:46:58,071 THE CONSTRAINTS SET FORTH IN THE 6769 03:46:58,071 --> 03:46:59,172 LEVY AND WHICH WE TOLD VOTERS WE 6770 03:46:59,172 --> 03:47:01,107 WOULD DO. DOING SO WOULD 6771 03:47:01,107 --> 03:47:02,508 DIMINISH OUR ABILITY TO TRULY 6772 03:47:02,508 --> 03:47:06,612 HELP KIDS. THIS LEVY HAS BEEN SO 6773 03:47:06,612 --> 03:47:08,247 SUCCESSFUL FOR DECADES BECAUSE 6774 03:47:08,247 --> 03:47:10,283 WE HAVE ALWAYS STAYED TRUE TO 6775 03:47:10,283 --> 03:47:11,951 ITS PURPOSE TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS, 6776 03:47:11,951 --> 03:47:13,186 WHETHER THAT BE CHILD CARE K 6777 03:47:13,186 --> 03:47:16,155 THROUGH 12 OR PROMISE. THIS 2026 6778 03:47:16,155 --> 03:47:20,126 LEVY WAS PASSED BY 80% OF VOTERS 6779 03:47:20,126 --> 03:47:21,794 BECAUSE WE SHOWED OUR WORK IN 6780 03:47:21,794 --> 03:47:23,596 SIX YEARS. I WANT TO BE IN THE 6781 03:47:23,596 --> 03:47:24,530 SAME POSITION WHERE KIDS ARE 6782 03:47:24,530 --> 03:47:26,532 RECEIVING THIS INVESTMENT, ARE 6783 03:47:26,532 --> 03:47:27,667 BETTER OFF AND DOING WELL. AND 6784 03:47:27,667 --> 03:47:30,003 SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU 6785 03:47:30,003 --> 03:47:31,170 FOR ENGAGING IN THIS PROCESS. I 6786 03:47:31,170 --> 03:47:34,073 WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO MY SISTER, 6787 03:47:34,073 --> 03:47:34,774 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. IT'S HER 6788 03:47:34,774 --> 03:47:37,243 BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THANK 6789 03:47:37,243 --> 03:47:40,046 YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR YOUR 6790 03:47:40,046 --> 03:47:41,347 DISTRICT AND FOR OUR CITY. I 6791 03:47:41,347 --> 03:47:43,616 ALSO WANT TO THANK MY STAFF 6792 03:47:43,616 --> 03:47:46,352 CHIEF, MY CHIEF OF STAFF, WENDY 6793 03:47:46,352 --> 03:47:49,022 SYKES AND JACOB EVINGER. AND I 6794 03:47:49,022 --> 03:47:51,924 ALSO WANT TO THANK TRACI 6795 03:47:51,924 --> 03:47:55,061 RATZLIFF AND JASMINE MARWAHA 6796 03:47:55,061 --> 03:47:56,262 FROM CENTRAL STAFF, WITHOUT 6797 03:47:56,262 --> 03:47:57,563 WHICH WE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN 6798 03:47:57,563 --> 03:48:00,133 TO THIS POINT TODAY. AND I WANT 6799 03:48:00,133 --> 03:48:01,868 TO THANK THE DEPARTMENT OF 6800 03:48:01,868 --> 03:48:03,970 EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING FOR 6801 03:48:03,970 --> 03:48:06,639 THEIR PARTNERSHIP, NOT JUST ON 6802 03:48:06,639 --> 03:48:08,074 THIS, BUT FOR THE LAST ALMOST 6803 03:48:08,074 --> 03:48:10,276 TEN YEARS. ON THE PRIOR LEVY AND 6804 03:48:10,276 --> 03:48:13,913 IN SUPPORT OF THE KIDS, BECAUSE 6805 03:48:13,913 --> 03:48:15,481 THEY TOO CARE ABOUT KIDS ACROSS 6806 03:48:15,481 --> 03:48:17,116 OUR CITY AS MUCH AS WE DO. SO 6807 03:48:17,116 --> 03:48:20,286 THANK YOU ALL. IF THERE ARE NO 6808 03:48:20,286 --> 03:48:22,255 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 6809 03:48:22,255 --> 03:48:26,993 THIS COMMITTEE, IT IS 121121 AND 6810 03:48:26,993 --> 03:48:28,528 THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED 6811 03:48:28,528 --> 03:48:31,330 -- THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 6812 03:48:31,330 --> 03:48:33,700 -- THANK YOU.