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-- ALL RIGHT. WELL. GOOD 

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AFTERNOON. THE SEPTEMBER 8th, 

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2026 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE 

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SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION 

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ENGINEERING PROJECT. SPORTS AND 

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EXPERIENCES COMMITTEE WILL COME 

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TO ORDER. IT IS 2:03 P.M.. THIS 

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IS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THIS 

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COMMITTEE. I AM ROB SAKA, CHAIR 

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OF THE COMMITTEE. WILL THE 

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COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 

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ROLL? 

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-- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 

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COUNCILMEMBER LYNN HERE. VICE 

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CHAIR RINCK. PRESENT. CHAIR 

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SAKA. HERE. CHAIR. THERE ARE 

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FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. 

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-- THANK YOU. AND LET THE RECORD

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REFLECT THAT. COUNCILMEMBER 

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FOSTER IS EXCUSED FOR TODAY'S 

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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE 

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TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT IN 

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SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE. FIRST,

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I WANT TO NOTE THAT AFTER WE 

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PUBLISHED THIS AGENDA, MY OFFICE

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WAS INFORMED THAT COUNCIL BILL 

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121263, WHICH WAS A RENEWAL OF A

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SKY BRIDGE PERMIT. THE SECOND 

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AGENDA ITEM DID NOT NEED TO BE 

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APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE

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THE TERMS OF THE RENEWAL HAD NOT

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BEEN CHANGED SUBSTANTIVELY. 

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THEREFORE, I AM REMOVING AGENDA 

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ITEM TWO FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. 

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NOW, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, 

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THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 

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HEARING AND SEEING NO OBJECTION,

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THE AGENDA IS HEREBY ADOPTED. 

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ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON,

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COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE 

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PUBLIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

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JOINING US TODAY FOR THIS 

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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE STEPS 

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COMMITTEE. TODAY'S MEETING IS 

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FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON AN ISSUE 

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THAT HAS BEEN AT THE HEART OF 

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REORGANIZE AND RESTRUCTURE THE 

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FORMER TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 

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UNDER AN EXPANDED PORTFOLIO, 

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TRAFFIC SAFETY. THAT'S BEEN THE

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FOCUS WHEN WE WHEN WE CREATED 

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THE RECONSTITUTED STEPS 

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COMMITTEE, WE DELIBERATELY PUT 

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SAFETY FIRST IN THE NAME FOR A 

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REASON. WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO 

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WALK, BIKE, ROLL, RIDE, TRANSIT,

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DRIVE OR MOVE FREIGHT THROUGH 

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OUR CITY, EVERYONE DESERVES TO 

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GET WHERE THEY ARE GOING SAFELY.

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NEARLY 11 YEARS AGO, SEATTLE 

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COMMITTED TO VISION ZERO WITH 

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THE AMBITIOUS GOAL OF 

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ELIMINATING TRAFFIC DEATHS AND 

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SERIOUS INJURIES BY 2030. SADLY,

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DATE. THAT IS DIFFICULT TO 

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ACKNOWLEDGE, BUT IT DOES NOT 

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MEAN ABANDONING THE GOAL OR 

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LOWERING OUR SIGHTS. IT MEANS 

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SHARPENING OUR APPROACH, 

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STRENGTHENING OUR FOCUS BECAUSE 

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STRIVING FOR ZERO TRAFFIC DEATHS

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IS MORE THAN JUST ASPIRATIONAL. 

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IT REFLECTS A BASIC MORAL 

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PRINCIPLE EVERYONE AND EVERY 

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LIFE ON OUR STREET MATTERS. WE 

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ALSO HAVE TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT 

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WHAT CITY GOVERNMENT CAN AND 

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CANNOT CONTROL, DIRECTLY OR 

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INDIRECTLY. IN SOME CASES, WE 

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CANNOT ELIMINATE HUMAN ERROR OR 

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PREVENT EVERY RECKLESS DECISION.

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OUR AUTHORITY ALSO HAS LIMITS 

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AND SIGNIFICANT DEPENDENCIES. 

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SAFETY IS A SHARED 

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RESPONSIBILITY THAT CANNOT BE 

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ADDRESSED BY THE CITY ALONE. 

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INDEED, A UNIVERSAL, A UNIVERSAL

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RECOGNITION THAT RESPONSIBILITY 

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JURISDICTIONS HAS BECOME A 

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SAFETY, WHICH THIS LEGISLATION 

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TRANSFORM INTO DURABLE ACTION. 

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AMONG OTHER REQUIREMENTS, THERE 

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IS MUCH WE CAN INFLUENCE 

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DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY. WE CAN 

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DESIGN SAFER STREETS, IMPROVE 

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VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS. WE 

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CAN ALSO USE DATA AND TARGETED 

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ENFORCEMENT TO ADDRESS DANGEROUS

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BEHAVIORS AND LOCATIONS. MAKE 

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LARGE VEHICLES PERFORMING CITY 

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WORK SAFER, AND WHEN TRAGEDY 

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OCCURS, WE CAN LEARN AND RESPOND

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MORE QUICKLY THAT'S THE 

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SAFER STREETS ACT. MY OFFICE 

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BEGAN DEVELOPING THIS FIRST OF 

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ITS KIND LEGISLATION EARLIER 

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THIS YEAR, ALONGSIDE COMMUNITY 

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MEMBERS AND ADVOCATES. SINCE OUR

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FIRST COMMITTEE DISCUSSION IN 

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REFINING AND FINALIZING THE 

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PACKAGE BASED ON FEEDBACK AND 

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LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL REVIEW. 

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THIS LEGISLATION IS NOT THE 

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FINAL WORD ON VISION ZERO, BUT 

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IT DOES TAKE IMPORTANT CONCRETE 

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STEPS. NOW, WHILE ESTABLISHING 

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MORE DURABLE EXPECTATIONS FOR 

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SAFETY GOING FORWARD. AND MAKE 

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NO MISTAKE, DURABILITY MATTERS. 

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ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE, 

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LEADERSHIP CHANGES, INCLUDING 

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HERE AT THE DAIS. POLICIES AND 

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PRIORITIES CHANGE. BUT WHEN WE 

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FRAMEWORKS WORTHY OF ENDURING 

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ADMINISTRATION, COUNCIL SHOULD 

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CONSIDER WHETHER THEY BELONG IN 

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LAW. TODAY, WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR

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LANDMARK PACKAGE AND HOW IT HAS 

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PROPOSAL. AGAIN, WE CANNOT 

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SAFETY ON OUR STREETS, BUT WE 

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INJURY PREVENTED MATTERS EVERY 

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LIFE SAVED MATTERS. THAT'S THE 

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WORK BEFORE US. THANK YOU. WE'LL

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NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

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PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 

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RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S 

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AGENDA OR WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF 

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THIS COMMITTEES PORTFOLIO CLERK.

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HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP 

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TODAY? 

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-- CHAIR WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO 

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IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND

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ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. 

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-- THANK YOU. EACH SPEAKER WILL 

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HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. 

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WE WILL START WITH IN-PERSON 

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SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK, COULD YOU

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PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

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INSTRUCTIONS? 

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-- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

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WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 

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FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 

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THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 

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LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS 

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WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END

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THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 

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ALLOTTED TIME. TO ALLOW US TO 

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CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. PUBLIC

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COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW OPEN. WE 

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WILL BEGIN WITH THE FIRST 

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SPEAKER ON THE LIST DAVID 

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HAYNES. 

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-- THERE HE IS. HE'S COMING IN.

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-- TAKE YOUR TIME. 

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-- THANK YOU. 

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-- GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. HAYNES. 

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WELCOME. 

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-- APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE. MY 

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NAME IS DAVID HAYNES. I'M 

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LIVING IN LOWER QUEEN ANNE AND 

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COMING HERE. I HOPPED ON THE 

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FIRST BUS COMING PAST, TURNED 

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PUSHERS GET ON THE BUS, MAKE A 

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MEET AND GREET, NEGOTIATE ON 

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WHATEVER PRODUCTS THEY GOT. 

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SOMEONE'S GOT THIS AIRPLANE 

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BOTTLE OF TOXIC POISON. I DON'T

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KNOW IF IT WAS LIQUID METH. I 

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NOTIFIED TRANSIT SECURITY. THEY 

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NOT FAIR. WE GOT TO PUT UP WITH 

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CRAP LIKE THAT. BUT I'M HERE 

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BECAUSE OF SAFE STREETS. ON ALL 

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PROPER INTERPRETATIONS OF. AND 

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WE STILL NEED 21st CENTURY, 

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FIRST WORLD QUALITY 

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INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S RESIDENT 

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FRIENDLY AND PEDESTRIAN 

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FRIENDLY. THAT WHERE IF YOU'RE A

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PEDESTRIAN AND YOU'RE TRYING TO

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CROSS THE STREET AND YOU PUSH 

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THE PEDESTRIAN STOPLIGHT, YOU 

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GET PRIORITY, NOT THE CAR, YOU 

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GOT TO STAND THERE FOR LIKE TWO 

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MINUTES. BUT IT'S A CORRUPT, 

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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE 

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LANDLORDS ON CITY COUNCIL 

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CREATED THAT SABOTAGE THE 

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INTEGRITY OF THE NEXT 20 YEARS 

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OF DEVELOPMENT ARE STILL 

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ALLOWING FOR THE ROAD RAGE IN 

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BETWEEN ALL THESE LOW QUALITY 

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BUILDINGS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE 

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TRASH TRUCKS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO

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COME INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND 

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BANG AND CLANG FOR MORE THAN TWO

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DAYS A WEEK. THERE NEEDS TO BE 

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ADDRESSING OF THE ABUSE AND 

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EXACTLY WHERE YOU PLACE THOSE. 

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BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF 

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PATCHWORK, FIXING IT BY LEAVING 

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IT UP TO THESE CONTRACTORS WHO 

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SUPPOSEDLY FIX THIRD AVENUE AND 

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MADE IT A LIVING HELL TO DRIVE 

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ON THE BUS BECAUSE YOUR BACK IS 

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BEING PUMMELED, YOUR HIPS AND 

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YOUR ARE BEING LIKE POUNDED WITH

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METAL SEATS, INCLUDING ON THE 

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TRAIN. AND IT'S A LIVING HELL. 

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IT'S MESSING UP YOUR HEALTH, 

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MENTAL HEALTH, AND PHYSICAL 

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HEALTH. BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE 

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KIND OF LIKE PATCHWORK SKIMS. 

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LIKE I HAULED ON THIS BIKE DOWN 

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QUEEN ANNE HILL, AND IT'S 

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DANGEROUS AS HELL AT NIGHTTIME, 

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BUT EVEN DURING THE DAY. BUT, 

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YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PATCHWORK 

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SCHEME THAT YOU CAN DO TO FILL 

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IN ALL THOSE LITTLE SCOOCHED OUT

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POTHOLES THAT WILL GRAB THE 

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SMALL LITTLE LIKE SCOOTER WHEEL 

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AND JUST FLIP YOU OUT AND LIKE, 

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RIP THE FREAKING HANDLEBARS OUT 

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OF YOUR HANDS. BUT YOU GUYS HAVE

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TO REALIZE THAT JUST BECAUSE WE 

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HAVE 20th CENTURY CAR CENTRIC 

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INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T GIVE YOU

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ALL THE RIGHT TO FORCE PEOPLE TO

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STILL PUT UP WITH LIVING ON THE 

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SIDE OF THE ROAD RAGE, YOU GOT 

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TO LIKE SHUT DOWN SOME OF THESE 

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ROADS AND ALLOW FOR WALKABLE 

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NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE YOU TEAR UP 

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THE HEAT ISLAND AND BUILD 

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HOUSING AND PUT GREEN SPACE TO 

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WALK THE BLOCK WITHOUT ANYBODY 

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ROAD RACING THROUGH THE 

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NEIGHBORHOOD. 

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-- THANK YOU, MR. HAINES 

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-- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON SPEAKER 

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WILL BE TYLER VASQUEZ. 

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-- OKAY. 

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-- GOOD MORNING. GOOD AFTERNOON.

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MY NAME IS TYLER VASQUEZ. I'M 

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WITH CASCADE BICYCLE CLUB, AND I

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WANTED TO APPRECIATE COUNCIL AND

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COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR MAKING 

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TRAFFIC SAFETY A PRIORITY. WE'RE

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SEEING IN OUR CITY THAT THE 

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MAYOR AND ALSO COUNCIL ARE 

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COMING TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO 

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ELEVATE CONCERNS THAT CASCADE 

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BICYCLE CLUB REALLY IS CONCERNED

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ABOUT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS 

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THAT YOU REFERENCED IN YOUR 

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SPEECH EARLIER WAS RESILIENCE. I

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DO WANT TO NOTE THAT EARLIER 

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THIS YEAR, THE FEDERAL 

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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SCRAPPED 

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PROVEN SAFETY MEASURES OF 

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BICYCLE LANES AND TO TO MITIGATE

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SPEED ON OUR ON OUR ROADWAY. I 

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JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT BECAUSE

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WHEN WE COME WITH RESILIENCE AND

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR POLICY 

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IS RESILIENT, WE WANT TO MAKE 

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SURE THAT WITH THE POLARIZATION 

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OF OUR FEDERAL TO CITY 

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GOVERNMENTS, WE HAVE THE ABILITY

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TO HAVE A POLICY THAT RESPONDS 

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IN A IN A WAY THAT ALSO IS TAKEN

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INTO ACCOUNT. PROVEN SAFETY 

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MEASURES. ADDITIONALLY, I WANT 

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TO THANK THE ATTENTION ON SIDE 

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GUARDS. THIS, THIS. AFTER THIS 

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WEEKEND, I WAS WALKING WITH MY 

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MY WIFE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD 

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AND WE SAW THAT THERE WAS A 

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RECOLOGY TRUCK THAT HAD SIDE 

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GUARDS ON THEM, AND I SEE THAT 

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THIS AS THE ASPECTS OF HAVING 

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VENDORS BE ABLE TO INPUT AND HAS

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PROVEN SAFETY MEASURES. ONCE WE 

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FOUND OUT THAT CHRISTIAN SAVIOR,

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UNFORTUNATELY WAS KILLED BY A 

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RECOLOGY TRUCK CASCADE BICYCLE 

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CLUB PUT SIDE GUARDS ON OUR BOX 

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TRUCK. THAT'S A BOX TRUCK THAT 

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GOES TO ALL OUR ALL OUR RIDES 

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THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE. WE 

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NOTED THAT IT WAS IT WAS A 

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PRIORITY FOR OUR NONPROFIT, BUT 

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ALSO A PRIORITY FOR SAFETY FOR 

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ALL USERS. AND WE FEEL THAT MANY

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OF THE VENDORS THROUGHOUT THE 

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WHOLE CITY CAN DO THE SAME 

335
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THING. LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO 

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SAY THAT HAVING WALKABLE 

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NEIGHBORHOODS, ELEVATING THE 

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PRIORITIES OF VULNERABLE USERS, 

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WHICH ARE DEFINED IN THIS IN 

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THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION, IS 

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REALLY ENCOURAGING FOR OUR 

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NONPROFIT, FOR SAFE, FOR SAFETY 

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ADVOCATES, AND ALSO FOR OUR 

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CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO

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THANK YOU. AND I HOPE YOU'RE ALL

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ABLE TO MOVE WITH THIS 

347
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LEGISLATION AND PRIORITIZE 

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TRAFFIC SAFETY. 

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-- THANK YOU, MR. VASQUEZ. 

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-- WE WILL NOW SWITCH TO OUR 

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REMOTE SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST AND 

352
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ONLY REMOTE CALLER WE HAVE IS 

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GORDON PADELFORD GORDON. PLEASE 

354
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HIT STAR SIX. 

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-- GOOD AFTERNOON, 

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COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 

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GORDON PADELFORD. I'M THE 

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 

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SEATTLE STREETS ALLIANCE. AND I 

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REALLY ALSO WANT TO ECHO 

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TYLER'S COMMENTS THAT WE 

362
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APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL'S 

363
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ATTENTION TO VISION ZERO. IT'S 

364
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ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE EXECUTIVE

365
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BRANCH AND THE LEGISLATIVE 

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BRANCH ALIGNED IN PLACING AN 

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EMPHASIS ON MAKING SURE EVERYONE

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CAN GET HOME SAFELY TO THEIR 

369
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LOVED ONES. OUR TRANSPORTATION 

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SYSTEM IS A CULMINATION OF MANY 

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CHOICES, AND WE CAN MAKE CHOICES

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THAT WILL KEEP EVERYONE SAFE ON 

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OUR STREETS. AND WE APPRECIATE 

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THE COUNCIL EXPLORING DIFFERENT 

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OPTIONS TO DO JUST THAT. YOU 

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KNOW, TYLER MENTIONED SIDE 

377
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GUARDS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. YOU

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KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE USDOT, 

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WHILE LARGE TRUCKS COMPRISE JUST

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4% OF REGISTERED VEHICLES, 

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THEY'RE INVOLVED IN 8% OF 

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PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND 11% OF

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PEOPLE BIKING WHO ARE KILLED. 

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AND HALF AND A QUARTER, 

385
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RESPECTIVELY. PEOPLE BIKING AND 

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WALKING ARE HIT BY THE SIDE OF 

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THE TRUCK FIRST. AND SO WE KNOW 

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THAT SIDE GUARDS ARE A PROVEN 

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SOLUTION THAT CAN REALLY MAKE A 

390
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DIFFERENCE. AND IT'S ENCOURAGING

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TO SEE SEATTLE TAKING ACTION ON 

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THAT. IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL 

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BILL ON DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT ARE

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INCLUDED IN THE SEATTLE 

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MUNICIPAL CODE, IT WOULD REALLY 

396
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LOVE TO HEAR THOUGHTS 

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PERSPECTIVE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL 

398
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MEETING ON WHAT LEGAL TOOLS ARE 

399
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REALLY NEEDED TO SORT OF GIVE 

400
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THEM ADDITIONAL OPTIONS TO MOVE 

401
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MORE QUICKLY TO MAKE CHANGES. 

402
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MANY OF THESE SEEM TO BE THINGS 

403
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THAT ARE ALREADY ALLOWED. WE'D 

404
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LOVE TO HAVE SOME MOVEMENT ON 

405
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KNOWN BLOCKERS, LIKE, FOR 

406
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INSTANCE, THE ABILITY FOR THE 

407
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PIONEER SQUARE HISTORIC 

408
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PRESERVATION BOARD TO BLOCK 

409
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INTERSECTION DAYLIGHTING. THAT 

410
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IS A LEGAL BLOCKER THAT WE KNOW 

411
00:14:28,968 --> 00:14:33,505
ABOUT THAT HAS RUN INTO. AND IF 

412
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WE'RE ABLE TO MUSTER CHANGES TO

413
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THAT, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY 

414
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ALLOW SDOT TO MOVE ON SOMETHING 

415
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THEY KNOW WOULD MAKE A 

416
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DIFFERENCE. SO JUST CURIOUS TO 

417
00:14:40,746 --> 00:14:43,349
HEAR SDOT PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT 

418
00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:44,016
THOSE BLOCKERS ARE POTENTIALLY 

419
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AT A FUTURE MEETING. THANK YOU. 

420
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-- THANK YOU. GORDON. 

421
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-- CHAIR, WE'VE HAD ONE MORE 

422
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IN-PERSON SPEAKER SIGN UP. THIS 

423
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WILL BE KIM WILSON. 

424
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-- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 

425
00:14:58,097 --> 00:14:58,364
WELCOME. 

426
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-- THANK YOU. 

427
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-- I WASN'T EXPECTING TO SHARE 

428
00:15:01,567 --> 00:15:04,503
TODAY, BUT I AM PROBABLY ONE OF 

429
00:15:04,503 --> 00:15:05,904
THOSE RARE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY 

430
00:15:05,904 --> 00:15:08,173
FOLLOWS THE SPEED LIMIT. AND I 

431
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HAVE NOTICED IN PLACES THAT 

432
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IT'S ACTUALLY CAUSING MORE 

433
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DANGER TO FOLLOW THE SPEED LIMIT

434
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THAN IT IS NOT, BECAUSE 

435
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EVIDENTLY OUR PUBLIC THINKS 

436
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IT'S UNREASONABLE. ON SOME OF 

437
00:15:19,218 --> 00:15:19,985
THE THOROUGHFARES. SO I JUST 

438
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WANTED TO SHARE, AND I'M HAPPY 

439
00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:22,187
TO SHARE WHICH STREETS. BUT I 

440
00:15:22,187 --> 00:15:24,023
WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE TIMES 

441
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WHERE I'M FOLLOWING THE SPEED 

442
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LIMIT AND LITERALLY CAUSING 

443
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PEOPLE TO MAKE RECKLESS 

444
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DECISIONS TO GO AROUND ME ALONG 

445
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LIKE MAGNOLIA INTERBAY ALONG 

446
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PARTS OF UW AREA. SO I KNOW THAT

447
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THAT'S PART OF THIS 

448
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COMMITTEE'S WORK AS WELL. AND 

449
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SO I JUST WANT I SHARED THAT 

450
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FEEDBACK WHEN THOSE FIRST THE 20

451
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FIVES FIRST WENT IN TEN YEARS 

452
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AGO, I GUESS 8 OR 10, WHEREVER 

453
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THAT WAS. AND IT CONTINUES TO BE

454
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AN ISSUE EVEN NOW. SO THANK YOU.

455
00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:03,962
-- THANK YOU. 

456
00:16:03,962 --> 00:16:04,830
-- CHAIR, THAT WAS OUR FINAL 

457
00:16:04,830 --> 00:16:06,799
SPEAKER 

458
00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:12,905
-- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IF 

459
00:16:12,905 --> 00:16:14,707
THERE ARE NO OTHER ADDITIONAL 

460
00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:15,341
REGISTERED SPEAKERS, REMOTE OR 

461
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IN PERSON, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON 

462
00:16:16,408 --> 00:16:21,246
TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. 

463
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WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 

464
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ONE INTO THE RECORD. 

465
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-- AGENDA? ITEM ONE BRIEFING AND

466
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DISCUSSION SEATTLE SAFER STREETS

467
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ACT. 

468
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-- THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE OUR 

469
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PRESENTERS ARE HAVE ALREADY 

470
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JOINED US AT THE TABLE. THANK 

471
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YOU. WELCOME. BEFORE I TURN IT 

472
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OVER TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF 

473
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PARTNERS, I WANT TO BRIEFLY 

474
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ACKNOWLEDGE THAT SINCE OUR FIRST

475
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DISCUSSION, MAYOR WILSON ISSUED 

476
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AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ADVANCING 

477
00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:49,541
SEVERAL COMPLEMENTARY TRAFFIC 

478
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SAFETY ACTIONS. I SUPPOSE GREAT 

479
00:16:50,409 --> 00:16:53,112
MINDS CAN ARRIVE AT SOME OF THE 

480
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SAME INTERSECTIONS AS WE APPEAR 

481
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TO HAVE DONE, AND ALIGNED ON 

482
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FROM AN EXECUTIVE, FROM A 

483
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LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE 

484
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PERSPECTIVE. AND THAT'S A GOOD 

485
00:17:01,854 --> 00:17:03,522
THING. I'M PLEASED TO SEE 

486
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ADDITIONAL COMPLEMENTARY ACTIONS

487
00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:09,061
FROM THE MAYOR. THE TWO EFFORTS 

488
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ARE COMPLEMENTARY BUT DISTINCT. 

489
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EXECUTIVE ACTION CAN MOVE 

490
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QUICKLY, INITIATE CHANGES TODAY 

491
00:17:21,006 --> 00:17:23,742
LEGISLATION, BY COMPARISON, CAN 

492
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ESTABLISH DURABLE REQUIREMENTS 

493
00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:26,612
THAT SURVIVE CHANGES IN 

494
00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:29,481
ADMINISTRATIONS. DEPARTMENT 

495
00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:31,650
LEADERSHIP OR PRIORITIES. AGAIN,

496
00:17:31,650 --> 00:17:32,317
THE TOOLS ARE COMPLEMENTARY. NOT

497
00:17:32,317 --> 00:17:34,920
AT ALL INTERCHANGEABLE. WHERE 

498
00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:37,523
SOMETHING IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO

499
00:17:37,523 --> 00:17:39,992
INSTITUTIONALIZE. THERE IS REAL 

500
00:17:39,992 --> 00:17:42,327
VALUE AND IMPACT IN PUTTING IT 

501
00:17:42,327 --> 00:17:46,598
INTO LAW. AND IF WE'RE USING 

502
00:17:46,598 --> 00:17:47,733
OUR RESPECTIVE AUTHORITIES TO 

503
00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:51,370
MAKE STREETS SAFER, SEATTLE 

504
00:17:51,370 --> 00:17:57,176
BENEFITS TODAY, OUR FOCUS IS ON 

505
00:17:57,176 --> 00:17:59,812
DOING OUR PART FROM A 

506
00:17:59,812 --> 00:18:00,379
LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE AND 

507
00:18:00,379 --> 00:18:02,314
HEARING HOW THIS PACKAGE HAS 

508
00:18:02,314 --> 00:18:02,815
EVOLVED SINCE OUR FIRST 

509
00:18:02,815 --> 00:18:06,051
DISCUSSION LAST MONTH AND 

510
00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:07,152
BEFORE. WE ALSO PROCEED WITH 

511
00:18:07,152 --> 00:18:09,621
CENTRAL STAFF. I JUST WANT TO 

512
00:18:09,621 --> 00:18:10,889
NOTE THAT ONE DETAIL ABOUT THE 

513
00:18:10,889 --> 00:18:15,828
DRAFTS THAT WE WILL BE WE WILL 

514
00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:18,597
BE REVIEWING TODAY BETWEEN BEING

515
00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:19,932
APPROVED BY ME, APPROVED BY LAW,

516
00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:21,333
BEING UPLOADED TO LEGISTAR, THE 

517
00:18:21,333 --> 00:18:22,801
DRAFT OF THE ORDINANCES RELATED 

518
00:18:22,801 --> 00:18:24,870
TO TRAFFIC SAFETY RECEIVED SOME 

519
00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:26,738
LIGHT EDITS FROM THE LAW 

520
00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:29,274
DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY THAT 

521
00:18:29,274 --> 00:18:30,542
FIRST BILL THAT WE'RE GOING TO 

522
00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:33,078
COVER TODAY. SO SOME EDITS ON 

523
00:18:33,078 --> 00:18:35,948
THE TECHNICAL SIDE, MOSTLY 

524
00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:36,949
RELATED TO TRAFFIC SAFETY AND 

525
00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:38,884
MOST NOTABLY FOR THE SAKE OF 

526
00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:40,519
CONSISTENCY, THE REST OF THE TO 

527
00:18:40,519 --> 00:18:43,689
BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE REST OF

528
00:18:43,689 --> 00:18:46,291
THE SMC. SO OUR LEGAL TEAM 

529
00:18:46,291 --> 00:18:48,160
BELIEVES THAT THE. THE ORDINANCE

530
00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,461
NEED TO REFERENCE BOTH 

531
00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:50,028
VULNERABLE USERS AND PUBLIC 

532
00:18:50,028 --> 00:18:52,798
RIGHT OF WAY AND VULNERABLE 

533
00:18:52,798 --> 00:18:54,066
TRAVEL TRAVELERS, WHICH AYE. 

534
00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:55,367
WHICH I STRONGLY SUPPORT. SO 

535
00:18:55,367 --> 00:18:57,269
THESE ARE THE EDITS THAT ARE 

536
00:18:57,269 --> 00:18:59,171
REFLECTED IN THE RED LINE 

537
00:18:59,171 --> 00:18:59,838
VERSION THAT WE'RE GOING TO KIND

538
00:18:59,838 --> 00:19:01,907
OF COVER TODAY. HOPEFULLY, WE'LL

539
00:19:01,907 --> 00:19:03,642
BE ABLE TO UPLOAD A CLEAN 

540
00:19:03,642 --> 00:19:06,044
VERSION OF THE DOC TO THE AGENDA

541
00:19:06,044 --> 00:19:08,981
AFTER THIS. IF DOABLE BUT THE 

542
00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:10,082
OTHER TWO DRAFTS HAVE HAVE ALSO,

543
00:19:10,082 --> 00:19:14,019
OF COURSE, BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR 

544
00:19:14,019 --> 00:19:15,888
LEGAL PARTNERS, AND THEY DO NOT 

545
00:19:15,888 --> 00:19:19,558
CONTAIN THOSE EDITS. ALL RIGHT. 

546
00:19:19,558 --> 00:19:20,859
THAT SAID, WELCOME CENTRAL 

547
00:19:20,859 --> 00:19:21,960
STAFF. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 

548
00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,163
YOU. CAN YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE 

549
00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,565
YOURSELVES AND BEGIN YOUR 

550
00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:26,899
PRESENTATION? 

551
00:19:26,899 --> 00:19:27,933
-- AMANDA ALLEN WITH CENTRAL 

552
00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:28,166
STAFF. 

553
00:19:28,166 --> 00:19:31,803
-- AND GORMAN CENTRAL STAFF. 

554
00:19:31,803 --> 00:19:42,281
-- OKAY, LET'S JUMP IN. 

555
00:19:43,115 --> 00:19:50,088
OKAY, SO TODAY WE ARE TALKING 

556
00:19:50,088 --> 00:19:51,356
ABOUT THE SEATTLE SAFER STREETS 

557
00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:56,929
BILLS THAT ANN AND I HAVE BEEN 

558
00:19:56,929 --> 00:19:58,864
WORKING ON WITH THE 

559
00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:02,367
COUNCILMEMBER. THERE WE GO. 

560
00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:04,703
THERE ARE THREE PIECES OF 

561
00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,805
LEGISLATION FOR YOUR 

562
00:20:06,805 --> 00:20:07,539
CONSIDERATION. FIRST, WE START 

563
00:20:07,539 --> 00:20:09,708
OFF WITH THE TRAFFIC SAFETY 

564
00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:11,710
ORDINANCE. THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO

565
00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:14,313
THE TRAFFIC SAFETY POSITION 

566
00:20:14,313 --> 00:20:18,951
RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH TOUCHES 

567
00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:21,486
ON THE SDOT. CHIEF SAFETY 

568
00:20:21,486 --> 00:20:24,356
OFFICER AND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER

569
00:20:24,356 --> 00:20:27,726
ROLES. AND THEN LASTLY, WE'LL BE

570
00:20:27,726 --> 00:20:28,260
COVERING THE CONTRACTING 

571
00:20:28,260 --> 00:20:29,895
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TO THE

572
00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:33,265
INSTALLATION OF SIDE GUARDS ON 

573
00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:35,601
CONTRACTED VEHICLES SO JUST A 

574
00:20:35,601 --> 00:20:40,572
LITTLE RECAP AT THE AUGUST 20th 

575
00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:43,141
MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE, WE 

576
00:20:43,141 --> 00:20:47,246
DID BRIEF YOU ALL ON A DRAFT 

577
00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:50,816
VERSION OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY 

578
00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:53,085
ORDINANCE AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY

579
00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:56,021
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES. THEY 

580
00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:56,655
WERE ATTACHED AS INFORMATIONAL 

581
00:20:56,655 --> 00:20:58,590
ITEMS. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME 

582
00:20:58,590 --> 00:20:59,925
EDITS MADE SINCE THEN AND WILL 

583
00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:01,660
HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S CHANGED BETWEEN

584
00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:05,597
THEN AND NOW, AND ALSO AT THAT 

585
00:21:05,597 --> 00:21:06,131
MEETING, WE DISCUSSED THE 

586
00:21:06,131 --> 00:21:11,436
CONCEPT OF LEGISLATION REGARDING

587
00:21:11,436 --> 00:21:13,271
SIDE GUARDS. ALL THREE BILLS 

588
00:21:13,271 --> 00:21:14,906
WERE ATTACHED TO THE SEPTEMBER 

589
00:21:14,906 --> 00:21:17,042
8th COMMITTEE AGENDA AS 

590
00:21:17,042 --> 00:21:18,777
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, JUST DUE TO

591
00:21:18,777 --> 00:21:19,711
THE TIMING OF THE RECESS AND 

592
00:21:19,711 --> 00:21:21,880
WHEN THERE WAS A FULL COMMITTEE 

593
00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:22,547
MEETING, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO 

594
00:21:22,547 --> 00:21:26,518
BE ON THE IRC UNTIL THE 

595
00:21:26,518 --> 00:21:27,052
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 

596
00:21:27,052 --> 00:21:29,554
CALENDAR UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15th. 

597
00:21:29,554 --> 00:21:32,157
I'M NOT EXPECTING SIGNIFICANT 

598
00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:34,793
CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. 

599
00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:37,362
TODAY'S FOCUS REALLY WILL BE ON

600
00:21:37,362 --> 00:21:39,131
WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE NOW. IN 

601
00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:41,833
THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING AND 

602
00:21:41,833 --> 00:21:45,170
INTRODUCE TO YOU ALL THOSE. THE 

603
00:21:45,170 --> 00:21:47,239
CONTRACTING SIDE GUARD 

604
00:21:47,239 --> 00:21:49,608
RECOMMENDATIONS ORDINANCE, WHICH

605
00:21:49,608 --> 00:21:57,215
HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE. SO 

606
00:21:57,215 --> 00:21:59,084
JUST A LITTLE RECAP OF THE 

607
00:21:59,084 --> 00:22:01,486
TRAFFIC SAFETY ORDINANCE, 

608
00:22:01,486 --> 00:22:03,088
REVIEWING FROM OUR OUR LAST 

609
00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:06,758
MEETING. THE LEGISLATION REALLY 

610
00:22:06,758 --> 00:22:08,026
FOCUSES IN ON, AS WE DISCUSSED 

611
00:22:08,026 --> 00:22:09,928
LAST TIME, RECOGNIZING THE 

612
00:22:09,928 --> 00:22:10,762
IMPORTANCE OF VISION ZERO AND 

613
00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:17,736
LOOKING FOR WAYS TO CODIFY THAT 

614
00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:20,572
IMPORTANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF

615
00:22:20,572 --> 00:22:23,875
STARTS WORK IN CONTEMPLATING 

616
00:22:23,875 --> 00:22:25,977
TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURES, 

617
00:22:25,977 --> 00:22:29,281
INCORPORATING THOSE TRAFFIC 

618
00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:31,049
SAFETY MEASURES INTO THE WORK 

619
00:22:31,049 --> 00:22:32,517
THAT'S DONE IN THE PLANNING AND

620
00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:35,620
DESIGN PHASE IN OPERATIONS, AND 

621
00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:38,056
ALSO MAINTENANCE OF 

622
00:22:38,056 --> 00:22:40,325
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IT

623
00:22:40,325 --> 00:22:42,094
ADDS IN SOME SPECIFIC REFERENCES

624
00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:45,530
TO SPECIFIC TYPES OF SAFETY 

625
00:22:45,530 --> 00:22:49,067
COUNTERMEASURES, LIKE LEADING 

626
00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:51,069
PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS, 

627
00:22:51,069 --> 00:22:51,570
INTERSECTION, SIGHTLINE 

628
00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:53,638
ENHANCEMENTS, NO TURN ON RED 

629
00:22:53,638 --> 00:22:57,042
RESTRICTIONS. AND IT ALSO HAD, 

630
00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:57,642
AS WE TALKED ABOUT A REQUEST 

631
00:22:57,642 --> 00:23:00,278
THAT THE WASHINGTON STATE 

632
00:23:00,278 --> 00:23:03,048
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

633
00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:04,916
RETURN FEEDBACK ON SDOT ON RAMPS

634
00:23:04,916 --> 00:23:08,620
AND ON RAMP DESIGNS WITHIN 180 

635
00:23:08,620 --> 00:23:12,357
DAYS. SO THAT'S WHAT WE COVERED

636
00:23:12,357 --> 00:23:16,128
LAST TIME NEW THINGS TO THE 

637
00:23:16,128 --> 00:23:18,597
TRAFFIC SAFETY ORDINANCE THAT 

638
00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:21,800
YOU WILL SEE FIRST IS WHENEVER 

639
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:25,036
SDOT CONDUCTS A MAJOR PAVING 

640
00:23:25,036 --> 00:23:26,738
PROJECT, THEY'RE IN IN THE 

641
00:23:26,738 --> 00:23:27,939
ORDINANCE NOW, WHICH WASN'T 

642
00:23:27,939 --> 00:23:33,178
THERE BEFORE. THERE IS A CALL 

643
00:23:33,178 --> 00:23:35,013
OUT FOR INTERSECTION SIGHTLINE 

644
00:23:35,013 --> 00:23:37,082
UPGRADES TO BE MADE AND TO BE 

645
00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:40,986
CONSIDERED, AND ALSO A CALL OUT 

646
00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:43,955
FOR THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO

647
00:23:43,955 --> 00:23:45,357
REVIEW PROJECT DESIGN AND 

648
00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:48,794
IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE SAFETY 

649
00:23:48,794 --> 00:23:51,963
MEASURE TREATMENTS. SECONDLY, 

650
00:23:51,963 --> 00:23:53,865
THERE IS A SOMETHING THERE'S 

651
00:23:53,865 --> 00:23:57,102
THERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES IN THE

652
00:23:57,102 --> 00:23:58,537
ORDINANCE VERSION THAT YOU WOULD

653
00:23:58,537 --> 00:24:00,405
SEE TODAY THAT INCORPORATE 

654
00:24:00,405 --> 00:24:03,008
ADDITIONAL DATA ELEMENTS CALLED 

655
00:24:03,008 --> 00:24:05,844
OUT FOR ANNUAL REPORTING TO 

656
00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:08,180
PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ON PER 

657
00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:10,615
CAPITA INCIDENTS OF SERIOUS 

658
00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:12,317
INJURIES AND FATALITIES, AND 

659
00:24:12,317 --> 00:24:16,421
SOME REQUESTS FOR OTHER DATA 

660
00:24:16,421 --> 00:24:26,231
ELEMENTS. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT 

661
00:24:26,231 --> 00:24:28,667
SLIDE, JUST CALLING OUT WE WE 

662
00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:30,402
DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT AT THE 

663
00:24:30,402 --> 00:24:32,437
LAST MEETING AS DOT'S 

664
00:24:32,437 --> 00:24:34,206
PROGRAMMATIC FATAL CRASH 

665
00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:35,273
RESPONSE POLICY THAT THEY HAVE 

666
00:24:35,273 --> 00:24:38,076
ROLLED OUT IN MAY. AND THIS 

667
00:24:38,076 --> 00:24:40,946
VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE ALSO 

668
00:24:40,946 --> 00:24:43,949
RECOGNIZES THAT POLICY AND 

669
00:24:43,949 --> 00:24:45,584
IDENTIFIES IT AS A BASELINE THAT

670
00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:49,921
WE WANT THE DEPARTMENT TO 

671
00:24:49,921 --> 00:24:51,156
UPHOLD. AND THEN RELATED TO 

672
00:24:51,156 --> 00:24:52,724
THAT, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR 

673
00:24:52,724 --> 00:24:58,263
SDOT TO SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT 

674
00:24:58,263 --> 00:24:58,830
DESCRIBING THREE DIFFERENT 

675
00:24:58,830 --> 00:25:01,700
OPTIONS FOR PROGRESSIVELY MORE 

676
00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:05,070
STRINGENT RESPONSES THAT WOULD 

677
00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:09,508
THAT WOULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND 

678
00:25:09,508 --> 00:25:14,679
WHAT THE CURRENT FATAL CRASH 

679
00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:22,854
RESPONSE POLICY CALLS FOR. SO AS

680
00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:25,657
FAR AS POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 

681
00:25:25,657 --> 00:25:27,826
FROM WHERE I SIT AND NOT HAVING 

682
00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:29,094
HAD A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO TALK 

683
00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:30,929
TO THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THIS 

684
00:25:30,929 --> 00:25:33,265
PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

685
00:25:33,265 --> 00:25:35,000
THERE IS SOME CAUTION THAT MIGHT

686
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:38,537
NEED SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO

687
00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:41,072
MEET THE ANNUAL REPORTING OR THE

688
00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:46,945
FATAL CRASH POLICY OPTIONS TO 

689
00:25:46,945 --> 00:25:49,881
CREATE THOSE NEW STUDIES. AND 

690
00:25:49,881 --> 00:25:53,018
THAT IS WHERE I END AND I WILL 

691
00:25:53,018 --> 00:25:59,958
HAND IT OFF TO AN. 

692
00:25:59,958 --> 00:26:02,427
-- SO I'M MY MY PIECE OF THIS 

693
00:26:02,427 --> 00:26:02,994
PRESENTATION. PRESENTATION 

694
00:26:02,994 --> 00:26:05,263
STARTS WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE 

695
00:26:05,263 --> 00:26:08,867
SECOND OF THREE BILLS THAT ARE 

696
00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:10,969
IN THE SAFER STREETS RUBRIC. 

697
00:26:10,969 --> 00:26:12,771
THIS BILL WOULD AMEND THE 

698
00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:14,573
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE TO 

699
00:26:14,573 --> 00:26:16,808
CLARIFY THE AUTHORITY OF THE 

700
00:26:16,808 --> 00:26:18,877
CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER WITH 

701
00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:20,912
RESPECT TO TRAFFIC SAFETY. IT 

702
00:26:20,912 --> 00:26:24,249
WOULD ADD. IN SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 

703
00:26:24,249 --> 00:26:25,483
CODE TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF 

704
00:26:25,483 --> 00:26:27,586
THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER. THE 

705
00:26:27,586 --> 00:26:30,689
OBLIGATION TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE

706
00:26:30,689 --> 00:26:31,323
RECOMMENDATIONS TO ENHANCE THE 

707
00:26:31,323 --> 00:26:33,658
SAFETY OF ROADWAYS AND 

708
00:26:33,658 --> 00:26:34,893
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. 

709
00:26:34,893 --> 00:26:38,363
AGAIN, THAT'S A SAFETY SAFETY 

710
00:26:38,363 --> 00:26:40,432
ROLE. IT CODIFIES THIS 

711
00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:42,334
POSITION'S OVERSIGHT OF THE CITY

712
00:26:42,334 --> 00:26:44,903
TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS, WHICH 

713
00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:48,440
INCLUDE VISION ZERO, AND IT ALSO

714
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:49,007
CODIFIES THIS POSITION'S 

715
00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:50,542
DIRECTION OF AND ABILITY TO 

716
00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:53,211
EXPEDITE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON 

717
00:26:53,211 --> 00:26:55,447
STREETS WITH A HISTORY OF HIGH 

718
00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,749
RATES OF TRAFFIC RELATED SERIOUS

719
00:26:57,749 --> 00:27:02,988
INJURIES AND FATALITIES ONE 

720
00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:03,622
POLICY CONSIDERATION ASSOCIATED 

721
00:27:03,622 --> 00:27:06,891
WITH THIS BILL IS THAT IN GIVING

722
00:27:06,891 --> 00:27:09,027
THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER BROAD 

723
00:27:09,027 --> 00:27:11,463
SAFETY OVERSIGHT AND 

724
00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:14,733
INCORPORATING THAT IN THE 

725
00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:17,402
SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, THE BILL

726
00:27:17,402 --> 00:27:18,670
COULD ENJOIN A FUTURE. S DOT 

727
00:27:18,670 --> 00:27:20,605
DIRECTORS POTENTIAL INTENT TO 

728
00:27:20,605 --> 00:27:22,273
CREATE A SEPARATE SAFETY 

729
00:27:22,273 --> 00:27:24,876
POSITION. FOR INSTANCE, A CHIEF 

730
00:27:24,876 --> 00:27:27,779
SAFETY OFFICER. THOSE. THE SMC 

731
00:27:27,779 --> 00:27:30,849
WILL REFLECT THAT THE SAFETY 

732
00:27:30,849 --> 00:27:33,218
ROLE IS UNDER THE CITY TRAFFIC 

733
00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:40,325
ENGINEER. NEXT BILL IS 

734
00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:43,194
CONCERNING SIDE GUARD 

735
00:27:43,194 --> 00:27:45,163
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THIS BILL 

736
00:27:45,163 --> 00:27:47,632
REQUESTS THAT FAS DEVELOP 

737
00:27:47,632 --> 00:27:49,734
RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS FOR THE

738
00:27:49,734 --> 00:27:51,936
USE OF TRUCK LATERAL PROTECTIVE 

739
00:27:51,936 --> 00:27:53,738
DEVICES, ALSO KNOWN BY TRUCK 

740
00:27:53,738 --> 00:27:55,774
SIDE GUARDS, WHICH IS WHAT I 

741
00:27:55,774 --> 00:27:56,708
WILL SAY JUST FOR THE PURPOSES 

742
00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:59,411
OF SAVING SOME SYLLABLES BY ALL 

743
00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:02,047
CITY CONTRACTORS, 

744
00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,616
SUBCONTRACTORS, VENDORS AND SUB 

745
00:28:04,616 --> 00:28:06,418
VENDORS IN ASKING FAS TO DO THIS

746
00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:07,819
WORK, THE BILL ALSO SAYS THAT 

747
00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:10,955
FAS MAY CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS

748
00:28:10,955 --> 00:28:12,791
FOR THE USE OF COMPLEMENTARY 

749
00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:17,362
SAFETY DEVICES, SUCH AS SAFETY 

750
00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,330
DECALS AND CERTAIN MIRRORS, AN 

751
00:28:19,330 --> 00:28:19,964
ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH INDUSTRY

752
00:28:19,964 --> 00:28:22,901
AND ADVOCATE PARTICIPATION 

753
00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:23,802
SHOULD INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF

754
00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:26,771
ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. THE 

755
00:28:26,771 --> 00:28:27,338
RECOMMENDATION SHOULD MODEL 

756
00:28:27,338 --> 00:28:29,074
BOSTON MUNICIPAL CODE FOUR 

757
00:28:29,074 --> 00:28:34,145
EIGHT, WHICH REQUIRES THE USE OF

758
00:28:34,145 --> 00:28:36,948
TRUCK SIDE GUARDS BY BOSTON CITY

759
00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:37,415
CONTRACTORS, AND THE 

760
00:28:37,415 --> 00:28:39,250
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REQUESTED BY

761
00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:42,353
MAY 1st, 2027. AND LET ME LET ME

762
00:28:42,353 --> 00:28:44,022
JUST BACK UP. I GOT A LITTLE 

763
00:28:44,022 --> 00:28:46,224
AHEAD OF MYSELF. FAS IS THE 

764
00:28:46,224 --> 00:28:49,461
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 

765
00:28:49,461 --> 00:28:51,863
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. THE 

766
00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:54,265
CITY FLEETS ARE MANAGED BY FAS 

767
00:28:54,265 --> 00:28:55,934
WHEN DEPARTMENTS DO NOT MANAGE 

768
00:28:55,934 --> 00:29:01,840
THEIR OWN FLEETS SOME DETAILS 

769
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,242
ABOUT THE WORK THAT THE BILL 

770
00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:08,379
REQUESTS FAS TO DO. IT INCLUDES 

771
00:29:08,379 --> 00:29:08,947
A MINIMUM FRAMEWORK FOR THE 

772
00:29:08,947 --> 00:29:11,516
REQUESTED RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT 

773
00:29:11,516 --> 00:29:12,183
TRUCK SIDE GUARDS. ESSENTIALLY, 

774
00:29:12,183 --> 00:29:16,755
IT INCLUDES A SPEC FOR FUTURE 

775
00:29:16,755 --> 00:29:17,255
RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE 

776
00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:19,090
DIMENSIONS THAT THOSE 

777
00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:20,925
RECOMMENDATIONS SHOULD COVER 

778
00:29:20,925 --> 00:29:22,193
INCLUDE THE TYPES AND DIMENSIONS

779
00:29:22,193 --> 00:29:24,796
OF VEHICLES TO WHICH THEY SHOULD

780
00:29:24,796 --> 00:29:26,464
APPLY. DESIGN, STRENGTH, 

781
00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:29,467
DIMENSION COMPOSITION, TECHNICAL

782
00:29:29,467 --> 00:29:31,436
FIT, INSTALLATION AND 

783
00:29:31,436 --> 00:29:32,070
MAINTENANCE SPECIFICATIONS, HOW 

784
00:29:32,070 --> 00:29:33,972
AND BY WHOM INSPECTIONS OF THESE

785
00:29:33,972 --> 00:29:36,441
VEHICLES SHOULD BE PERFORMED TO 

786
00:29:36,441 --> 00:29:37,876
MAKE SURE THAT THE SIDE GUARDS 

787
00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:40,512
ARE INDEED IN PLACE AND THAT 

788
00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:41,980
THEY ARE INSTALLED AS THEY 

789
00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:43,848
SHOULD BE, AND THE ENFORCEMENT 

790
00:29:43,848 --> 00:29:46,985
OF ANY NEW REGULATIONS ARISING 

791
00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:51,356
FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE 

792
00:29:51,356 --> 00:29:55,059
WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH FAS 

793
00:29:55,059 --> 00:29:56,828
ABOUT THIS BILL LAST WEEK. VERY 

794
00:29:56,828 --> 00:29:58,797
GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR JUMPING IN 

795
00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:00,665
AND PROVIDING THEIR ANALYSIS. 

796
00:30:00,665 --> 00:30:01,466
THEY THEY RAISED A COUPLE 

797
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:03,635
ISSUES, WHICH WE HAVE FLAGGED AS

798
00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:07,405
POLICY CONSIDERATIONS. FAS MAY 

799
00:30:07,405 --> 00:30:09,274
REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO 

800
00:30:09,274 --> 00:30:09,741
DEVELOP THE REQUESTED 

801
00:30:09,741 --> 00:30:11,209
RECOMMENDATIONS. FOR INSTANCE, 

802
00:30:11,209 --> 00:30:15,513
FAS DOES NOT HAVE MECHANICAL 

803
00:30:15,513 --> 00:30:17,382
ENGINEERING CAPACITY, AND FAS 

804
00:30:17,382 --> 00:30:20,518
MAY NOT HAVE CAPACITY TO PERFORM

805
00:30:20,518 --> 00:30:22,687
AND OR OVERSEE THE REQUESTED 

806
00:30:22,687 --> 00:30:27,025
BODY OF WORK BY THE DATE THAT IS

807
00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:27,659
CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE. JUST

808
00:30:27,659 --> 00:30:30,762
JUST AS AS HIGH LEVEL EXAMPLES. 

809
00:30:30,762 --> 00:30:32,730
AGAIN, BECAUSE FAS HAS HAS ONLY 

810
00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:35,166
BEGUN TO ENGAGE WITH THE BILL, 

811
00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:38,970
FAS SUSPECTED THAT THEY MIGHT 

812
00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:40,772
NEED 200 OR $300,000 FOR A 

813
00:30:40,772 --> 00:30:43,508
CONTRACT FOR SOMEBODY TO HELP 

814
00:30:43,508 --> 00:30:47,045
DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND 

815
00:30:47,045 --> 00:30:49,013
THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE

816
00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:50,915
CONTRACT, THE PROCUREMENT OF A 

817
00:30:50,915 --> 00:30:53,151
CONTRACTOR AND THE COMPLETION OF

818
00:30:53,151 --> 00:30:56,454
THE WORK. THEY ESTIMATE THAT 

819
00:30:56,454 --> 00:30:59,224
TYPICALLY THEY COULD DO THAT 

820
00:30:59,224 --> 00:31:03,695
MORE 6 TO 9 MONTHS WOULD BE A 

821
00:31:03,695 --> 00:31:05,163
TIME FRAME THAT THAT THEY WOULD 

822
00:31:05,163 --> 00:31:08,399
PLAN IF THEY WERE SETTING UP 

823
00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:15,607
THIS WORK PROGRAM FOR THEMSELVES

824
00:31:15,607 --> 00:31:15,940
-- OKAY. 

825
00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:17,875
-- SO JUST A QUICK PREVIEW ON 

826
00:31:17,875 --> 00:31:20,912
NEXT STEPS. TODAY WE'RE HAVING 

827
00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:23,147
A DISCUSSION ON THESE BILLS ON 

828
00:31:23,147 --> 00:31:28,920
THE NINTH CENTRAL STAFF IS 

829
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,455
HOPING THAT WE WOULD HAVE 

830
00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:30,989
AMENDMENT IDEAS FROM THE 

831
00:31:30,989 --> 00:31:31,890
COUNCILMEMBERS BY CLOSE OF 

832
00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:34,626
BUSINESS. AND THEN ON THE 15th, 

833
00:31:34,626 --> 00:31:36,227
AGAIN, IT WILL BE ON THE 

834
00:31:36,227 --> 00:31:39,697
INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 

835
00:31:39,697 --> 00:31:42,200
COUNCIL ACCOUNT CALENDAR. AND 

836
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,036
WITH A ANTICIPATED DISCUSSION 

837
00:31:45,036 --> 00:31:49,507
AND VOTE ON THE 17th OF THIS 

838
00:31:49,507 --> 00:31:50,909
MONTH. SO WE'RE INTERESTED TO 

839
00:31:50,909 --> 00:31:53,978
HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS. 

840
00:31:53,978 --> 00:31:56,014
-- ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, 

841
00:31:56,014 --> 00:31:57,649
MISS GORMAN. MISS ALLEN, FOR 

842
00:31:57,649 --> 00:32:00,485
YOUR PRESENTATION. THE OVERVIEW,

843
00:32:00,485 --> 00:32:02,620
THE FIRST THE SUMMATION, MISS 

844
00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:04,656
ALLEN, WITH RESPECT TO THE 

845
00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:05,256
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE 

846
00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:06,024
LAST ITERATION, WHEN WE TALKED 

847
00:32:06,024 --> 00:32:09,661
ABOUT THE EARLIER TO TWO BILLS 

848
00:32:09,661 --> 00:32:11,829
AND THEN THE, THE THE NEWER 

849
00:32:11,829 --> 00:32:13,665
STUFF OF COURSE. SO I REALLY 

850
00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:14,866
APPRECIATE THAT. I'M GOING TO 

851
00:32:14,866 --> 00:32:15,900
JUMP INTO COMMENTS AND 

852
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:17,235
QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE I DO WANT 

853
00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:21,105
TO WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS TWO 

854
00:32:21,105 --> 00:32:24,709
KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT I THAT 

855
00:32:24,709 --> 00:32:28,846
I'VE HAD WITH VARIOUS 

856
00:32:28,846 --> 00:32:30,648
STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT ABOUT THE 

857
00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:33,284
PACKAGE. YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST

858
00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:38,723
3 OR 4 WEEKS. SO ONE IS GREAT 

859
00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:41,526
QUESTIONS. ONE IS, WHY ARE WE 

860
00:32:41,526 --> 00:32:43,294
STUDYING A 72 HOUR FATAL CRASH 

861
00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:45,263
RESPONSE INSTEAD OF REQUIRING 

862
00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:48,299
ONE? NOW, COLLEAGUES WILL 

863
00:32:48,299 --> 00:32:49,968
RECALL, WE'VE HEARD IN IN THIS 

864
00:32:49,968 --> 00:32:52,203
COMMITTEE IN MULTIPLE OCCASIONS,

865
00:32:52,203 --> 00:32:54,505
ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY 

866
00:32:54,505 --> 00:32:56,641
REQUESTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT 

867
00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:59,577
PERIOD FOR 72 HOUR POST 

868
00:32:59,577 --> 00:33:01,913
FATALITY, CRASH RESPONSE AND AND

869
00:33:01,913 --> 00:33:05,216
REMEDIATIONS INSTALLED REMEDIAL 

870
00:33:05,216 --> 00:33:07,752
MEASURES INSTALLED BY SDOT, KIND

871
00:33:07,752 --> 00:33:11,756
OF IN LINE WITH OUR 72 HOUR 

872
00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:12,290
SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT, 

873
00:33:12,290 --> 00:33:14,058
INFORMAL SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT

874
00:33:14,058 --> 00:33:14,792
OR RESPONSE POSTURE THAT WE HAVE

875
00:33:14,792 --> 00:33:19,030
IN PLACE TODAY FOR SPOT 

876
00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:19,664
CONDITIONS, PAVEMENT CONDITIONS 

877
00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:22,166
ON OUR ROADS. SO POTHOLE REPAIR,

878
00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:23,468
IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WHY NOT 

879
00:33:23,468 --> 00:33:25,737
JUST REQUIRE IT A 72 HOUR 

880
00:33:25,737 --> 00:33:29,107
RESPONSE POST FATAL CRASH 

881
00:33:29,107 --> 00:33:31,409
RESPONSE. NOW WITH WITH THIS 

882
00:33:31,409 --> 00:33:38,282
LEGISLATION AND I WANT THE THE 

883
00:33:38,282 --> 00:33:39,851
STRONGEST POSSIBLE POLICY THAT 

884
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:42,019
WE CAN ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT TODAY 

885
00:33:42,019 --> 00:33:47,492
OR WHEN THIS PASSES, NOT AN 

886
00:33:47,492 --> 00:33:49,227
ARBITRARY DEADLINE UNSUPPORTED 

887
00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:51,529
BY STAFFING AND OPERATIONAL 

888
00:33:51,529 --> 00:33:53,464
ANALYSIS, WHICH THIS STUDY AND 

889
00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:58,336
REPORT WOULD WOULD REQUIRE THIS 

890
00:33:58,336 --> 00:34:00,238
BROADLY, THIS PACKAGE REQUIRES A

891
00:34:00,238 --> 00:34:03,808
GENUINELY STRONGER MODEL 

892
00:34:03,808 --> 00:34:07,311
TRIGGERED BY NOTICE OF 

893
00:34:07,311 --> 00:34:09,313
QUALIFYING FATALITY. SO IT 

894
00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:12,016
CODIFIES THE THE EXISTING POLICY

895
00:34:12,016 --> 00:34:13,818
AS BASELINE INCLUDE ATTACHING IT

896
00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:16,921
BY REFERENCE. SO THAT'S THE NEW

897
00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:24,162
BASELINE. AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A

898
00:34:24,162 --> 00:34:26,631
A MORE STRINGENT RESPONSE MODEL,

899
00:34:26,631 --> 00:34:28,232
INCLUDING EVALUATION OF A 72 

900
00:34:28,232 --> 00:34:29,567
HOUR INITIAL SITE REVIEW AND 

901
00:34:29,567 --> 00:34:32,370
POTENTIAL 14 DAY REMEDIATION 

902
00:34:32,370 --> 00:34:37,008
WITH SPECIFIC COSTS AND 

903
00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:37,642
IMPLEMENTATION CHANGES SPELLED 

904
00:34:37,642 --> 00:34:39,911
OUT. TODAY, THE DEPARTMENT HAS A

905
00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:43,648
POLICY WHICH THIS SETS AS A NEW 

906
00:34:43,648 --> 00:34:46,551
BASELINE THAT BASICALLY SAYS 

907
00:34:46,551 --> 00:34:52,156
WITHIN 90 DAYS OR 2 TO 4 WEEKS 

908
00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:55,126
AFTER RECEIVING A FINAL REPORT 

909
00:34:55,126 --> 00:34:57,395
FROM SPD. AND THOSE REPORTS, BY 

910
00:34:57,395 --> 00:35:00,364
THE WAY, CAN CAN TAKE ANYWHERE 

911
00:35:00,364 --> 00:35:01,165
FROM A FEW DAYS, MORE LIKELY A 

912
00:35:01,165 --> 00:35:02,667
FEW WEEKS AND SOMETIMES A FEW 

913
00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:07,705
MONTHS TO TO PRODUCE. SO CURRENT

914
00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:09,440
POLICY SAYS WITHIN 2 TO 4 WEEKS 

915
00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,943
AFTER RECEIVING SPD'S FINAL 

916
00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:13,311
REPORT, HAVE TO DO A REVIEW AND 

917
00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:15,713
THEN REMEDIATION ISN'T REQUIRED

918
00:35:15,713 --> 00:35:17,982
UNTIL 90 DAYS AFTER THAT. IF THE

919
00:35:17,982 --> 00:35:19,517
DEPARTMENT DETERMINES ANY 

920
00:35:19,517 --> 00:35:21,052
REMEDIATION IS NECESSARY. 90 

921
00:35:21,052 --> 00:35:22,720
DAYS AFTER THAT, WHICH IS CAN 

922
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,857
EFFECTIVELY BE MONTHS, MONTHS, 

923
00:35:25,857 --> 00:35:26,958
MANY MONTHS COMPOUNDED UPON MANY

924
00:35:26,958 --> 00:35:28,126
MONTHS AND YEARS. AND SO AGAIN, 

925
00:35:28,126 --> 00:35:31,996
THE INTENT GOAL HERE IS TO, TO 

926
00:35:31,996 --> 00:35:32,630
ESTABLISH A BASELINE THAT WE WE 

927
00:35:32,630 --> 00:35:34,132
KNOW THE DEPARTMENT IS CAPABLE 

928
00:35:34,132 --> 00:35:38,069
OF DOING TODAY, BUT ALSO PUTTING

929
00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:41,439
US REQUIRING PROGRESSIVELY MORE 

930
00:35:41,439 --> 00:35:42,139
STRINGENT MODELS TO ALLOW US TO 

931
00:35:42,139 --> 00:35:43,107
DO BETTER BECAUSE THAT'S 

932
00:35:43,107 --> 00:35:46,110
SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO 

933
00:35:46,110 --> 00:35:48,546
SEE US IS, IS SOMETHING MORE 

934
00:35:48,546 --> 00:35:50,781
ALONG THE LINES OF A 72 HOUR 

935
00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:52,850
RESPONSE MODEL THAN SIX PLUS 

936
00:35:52,850 --> 00:35:54,886
MONTHS. WHAT IS EFFECTIVELY IN 

937
00:35:54,886 --> 00:35:58,556
PLACE TODAY? THE SECOND QUESTION

938
00:35:58,556 --> 00:36:01,058
IS WHY NOT MANDATE CONTRACTOR 

939
00:36:01,058 --> 00:36:02,860
SIDE NOW, BOSTON ALREADY DID 

940
00:36:02,860 --> 00:36:07,431
THIS YEARS AGO. ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

941
00:36:07,431 --> 00:36:08,566
AND WHEN WE WERE ITERATING, MY 

942
00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:10,268
OFFICE WAS ITERATING ON THIS 

943
00:36:10,268 --> 00:36:13,704
WITH WITH, WITH OUR CENTRAL 

944
00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:15,506
STAFF, LAW AND COMMUNITY. IT'S 

945
00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:19,443
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD.

946
00:36:19,443 --> 00:36:21,145
THERE'S QUITE LITERALLY A MODEL

947
00:36:21,145 --> 00:36:22,780
IN PLACE TODAY WHEN WE TALK 

948
00:36:22,780 --> 00:36:23,915
ABOUT BOSTON. BUT HERE'S THE 

949
00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:26,584
TRUTH. BOSTON IS A STRONG 

950
00:36:26,584 --> 00:36:28,019
COMPARATOR. BUT SEATTLE HAS ITS 

951
00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:33,758
OWN UNIQUE TECHNICAL SOUND 

952
00:36:33,758 --> 00:36:35,426
REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE 

953
00:36:35,426 --> 00:36:38,963
SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO OUR OWN

954
00:36:38,963 --> 00:36:39,564
CONTRACTING VEHICLE, FREIGHT 

955
00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:42,900
INSPECTION AND ENFORCEMENT 

956
00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:46,771
ENVIRONMENT. THIS PATH DEFINED 

957
00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:48,739
PATH WITH A DATE CERTAIN TO 

958
00:36:48,739 --> 00:36:52,610
CREATE AND ULTIMATELY IMPOSE 

959
00:36:52,610 --> 00:36:53,277
THESE TRUCK SIDE GUARDS, IS NOT 

960
00:36:53,277 --> 00:36:56,747
AN OPEN ENDED STUDY. FAS MUST 

961
00:36:56,747 --> 00:36:59,050
RETURN BY A DATE CERTAIN MAY 

962
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:02,620
1st, 2027, WITH SPECIFIC 

963
00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:05,823
REQUIREMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION 

964
00:37:05,823 --> 00:37:06,457
CONCEPTS AND SAMPLE LEGISLATIVE 

965
00:37:06,457 --> 00:37:10,194
LANGUAGE FOR COUNCIL TO REVIEW 

966
00:37:10,194 --> 00:37:16,000
AND AND I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED 

967
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,770
BY THE COMMENT ABOUT, OH, WE 

968
00:37:19,770 --> 00:37:21,339
FAS. I UNDERSTAND OUR CENTRAL 

969
00:37:21,339 --> 00:37:22,373
STAFF IS JUST REPORTING WHAT 

970
00:37:22,373 --> 00:37:24,208
THEY WHAT THEY HEARD. THEY MIGHT

971
00:37:24,208 --> 00:37:25,776
THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY

972
00:37:25,776 --> 00:37:29,213
WITH MAY 1st OR SOME OTHER TIME 

973
00:37:29,213 --> 00:37:32,183
FRAME. ACTUALLY, A GOOD 

974
00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:33,117
QUESTION. CENTRAL STAFF CAN CAN 

975
00:37:33,117 --> 00:37:35,152
YOU CAN YOU HELP ME BETTER 

976
00:37:35,152 --> 00:37:36,487
UNDERSTAND THE PERIL? CAN YOU 

977
00:37:36,487 --> 00:37:38,556
HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THE 

978
00:37:38,556 --> 00:37:40,424
PARALLEL TRUCK SIDE GUARD 

979
00:37:40,424 --> 00:37:43,561
REPORTING REQUIREMENT IN THE IN 

980
00:37:43,561 --> 00:37:46,397
THE COMPLIMENTARY EXECUTIVE 

981
00:37:46,397 --> 00:37:50,301
ORDER AND THE SPECIFIC DATE, THE

982
00:37:50,301 --> 00:37:53,404
SPECIFIC DATE THAT REQUIRED BY 

983
00:37:53,404 --> 00:37:55,473
THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER? 

984
00:37:55,473 --> 00:37:59,243
-- SURE. I HAVE I HAVE SOME 

985
00:37:59,243 --> 00:38:02,480
INFORMATION HERE. THE THE 

986
00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:07,318
EXECUTIVE ORDER REQUESTS A 

987
00:38:07,318 --> 00:38:10,488
REPORT BY JANUARY 31st, 2027. 

988
00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:12,857
IT. THE REPORT ASKS FOR A 

989
00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:17,194
DIFFERENT BODY OF WORK THAN THAN

990
00:38:17,194 --> 00:38:18,696
THIS BILL DOES WITH RESPECT TO 

991
00:38:18,696 --> 00:38:21,399
TRUCK SIDE GUARDS. THE EXECUTIVE

992
00:38:21,399 --> 00:38:24,335
ORDER ASKS FOR AN OPPORTUNITY 

993
00:38:24,335 --> 00:38:25,670
IMPACT ANALYSIS, INCLUDING A 

994
00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:28,939
RACIAL EQUITY TOOLKIT ANALYSIS 

995
00:38:28,939 --> 00:38:31,642
TOOLKIT ANALYSIS OF REQUIRING 

996
00:38:31,642 --> 00:38:33,110
CITY CONTRACTORS TO BE OUTFITTED

997
00:38:33,110 --> 00:38:35,946
WITH SIDE GUARDS AND ALSO WITH 

998
00:38:35,946 --> 00:38:37,548
OTHER ENHANCED SAFETY FEATURES. 

999
00:38:37,548 --> 00:38:40,017
THE YOUR, YOUR YOUR BILL CHAIR 

1000
00:38:40,017 --> 00:38:42,420
IS IS MUCH MORE TECHNICAL IN 

1001
00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:46,824
NATURE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT LISTS 

1002
00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:48,626
VARIOUS DIMENSIONS THAT 

1003
00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:51,062
REGARDING WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE 

1004
00:38:51,062 --> 00:38:52,430
FAS TO MAKE REQUIREMENTS THAT 

1005
00:38:52,430 --> 00:38:54,965
WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO ALL CITY 

1006
00:38:54,965 --> 00:38:57,668
CONTRACTORS. THE THE EXECUTIVE 

1007
00:38:57,668 --> 00:38:59,870
ORDER IS IT'S, IT'S VERY MUCH 

1008
00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:00,805
IN A SIMILAR SUBJECT AREA, BUT 

1009
00:39:00,805 --> 00:39:02,606
IT IS ASKING FOR ANOTHER THING. 

1010
00:39:02,606 --> 00:39:05,209
IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO EXPECT 

1011
00:39:05,209 --> 00:39:08,446
THAT AFTER THE REQUESTED REPORT 

1012
00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:13,017
IS DELIVERED ON JANUARY 31st OF 

1013
00:39:13,017 --> 00:39:16,187
2027, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE MIGHT 

1014
00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:18,456
CONSIDER DEVELOPING. YOU KNOW, 

1015
00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:20,257
ACTUAL REQUIREMENTS BASED ON 

1016
00:39:20,257 --> 00:39:23,561
WHAT IT HAS HEARD ABOUT THE 

1017
00:39:23,561 --> 00:39:25,062
OPPORTUNITY AND IMPACTS 

1018
00:39:25,062 --> 00:39:26,664
ANALYSIS. BUT IT IS IT'S IT'S 

1019
00:39:26,664 --> 00:39:29,734
NOT THAT'S THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S

1020
00:39:29,734 --> 00:39:29,967
DOING. 

1021
00:39:29,967 --> 00:39:30,234
-- YEAH. 

1022
00:39:30,234 --> 00:39:31,769
-- THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S NOT,

1023
00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:33,070
IT'S NOT WHAT IT'S DOING. AND 

1024
00:39:33,070 --> 00:39:34,939
WHO KNOWS? IT'S IS IT POSSIBLE 

1025
00:39:34,939 --> 00:39:38,542
THAT THE REPORT DUE ON THE 31st 

1026
00:39:38,542 --> 00:39:40,978
COULD INCLUDE, EVEN THOUGH IT 

1027
00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:41,645
DOESN'T SPECIFY OR SPECIFICALLY

1028
00:39:41,645 --> 00:39:44,648
CALL OUT OR GET TO THAT LEVEL OF

1029
00:39:44,648 --> 00:39:45,216
GRANULAR DETAIL DIMENSIONS, 

1030
00:39:45,216 --> 00:39:48,886
LENGTH, WIDTH, IS IT POSSIBLE 

1031
00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:51,956
THAT DEPARTMENTAL REPORT DUE TO 

1032
00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:54,458
THE EXECUTIVE ON JANUARY 31st, 

1033
00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,794
COULD STILL NONETHELESS INCLUDE 

1034
00:39:56,794 --> 00:39:59,764
THAT INFORMATION 

1035
00:39:59,764 --> 00:40:01,732
-- IT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THE

1036
00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:02,733
I MEAN, ALL I, ALL I CAN TALK 

1037
00:40:02,733 --> 00:40:05,002
ABOUT IS WHAT, WHAT IS 

1038
00:40:05,002 --> 00:40:07,104
SPECIFICALLY IN THE EXECUTIVE 

1039
00:40:07,104 --> 00:40:07,705
ORDER AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 

1040
00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:11,575
DOES NOT DOES NOT REQUEST THAT. 

1041
00:40:11,575 --> 00:40:13,744
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFTEN 

1042
00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:16,213
DEPARTMENTS IN RESPONDING TO AN 

1043
00:40:16,213 --> 00:40:16,714
EXECUTIVE ORDER DECIDE 

1044
00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:17,381
INDEPENDENTLY, I'M GOING TO GO 

1045
00:40:17,381 --> 00:40:19,450
ABOVE AND BEYOND. I'M. I'M ALSO

1046
00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:21,352
GOING TO PROVIDE THIS THIS EXTRA

1047
00:40:21,352 --> 00:40:22,686
BODY OF WORK. 

1048
00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:22,953
-- YEAH. 

1049
00:40:22,953 --> 00:40:25,055
-- WELL, TO ACHIEVE THE SHARED 

1050
00:40:25,055 --> 00:40:26,957
POLICY GOAL, I WOULD HOPE THEY 

1051
00:40:26,957 --> 00:40:30,194
WOULD, BECAUSE I THINK OUR OUR 

1052
00:40:30,194 --> 00:40:32,396
COMPLEMENTARY EFFORTS ARE 

1053
00:40:32,396 --> 00:40:34,131
ULTIMATELY DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE 

1054
00:40:34,131 --> 00:40:35,599
THE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME 

1055
00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:36,967
POLICY GOAL. AND THE FACT THAT 

1056
00:40:36,967 --> 00:40:38,869
WE HAVE WE ARE GIVING THEM THREE

1057
00:40:38,869 --> 00:40:40,604
MONTHS, DELIBERATELY GIVING THEM

1058
00:40:40,604 --> 00:40:41,472
THREE EXTRA MONTHS ON TOP OF 

1059
00:40:41,472 --> 00:40:44,809
THEIR TO EXECUTIVE DATE. SO 

1060
00:40:44,809 --> 00:40:48,179
WE'RE IN THIS IN THIS ONE 

1061
00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:48,946
PARTICULAR AREA, WE'RE BUILDING

1062
00:40:48,946 --> 00:40:50,514
UPON THE INTENT THERE IS TO 

1063
00:40:50,514 --> 00:40:53,250
BUILD UPON THE EXECUTIVE WORK AS

1064
00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:55,486
IT RELATES TO THAT DATE. AND 

1065
00:40:55,486 --> 00:40:58,322
THEN AND THEN REPORT BACK. SO IN

1066
00:40:58,322 --> 00:40:59,190
ANY EVENT, THANK YOU FOR THE 

1067
00:40:59,190 --> 00:41:00,458
CLARITY THERE AT THIS POINT. 

1068
00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,426
WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO COMMENTS.

1069
00:41:02,426 --> 00:41:04,128
QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL 

1070
00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:05,729
COLLEAGUES, STARTING FIRST WITH 

1071
00:41:05,729 --> 00:41:06,630
VICE CHAIR RINCK. 

1072
00:41:06,630 --> 00:41:10,668
-- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA, AS WE 

1073
00:41:10,668 --> 00:41:11,836
DISCUSSED, THESE BILLS WERE IN 

1074
00:41:11,836 --> 00:41:13,504
DRAFT FORM DURING OUR LAST 

1075
00:41:13,504 --> 00:41:14,505
COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE RECESS,

1076
00:41:14,505 --> 00:41:15,906
WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT 

1077
00:41:15,906 --> 00:41:16,607
CHANGES WERE STILL BEING MADE. 

1078
00:41:16,607 --> 00:41:17,474
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE CASE 

1079
00:41:17,474 --> 00:41:19,043
WITH THE UPDATED DRAFTS BEFORE 

1080
00:41:19,043 --> 00:41:21,979
US TODAY. AND SINCE OUR LAST 

1081
00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:23,781
MEETING, THE MAYOR ISSUED HER 

1082
00:41:23,781 --> 00:41:24,648
VISION ZERO EXECUTIVE ORDER. 

1083
00:41:24,648 --> 00:41:26,784
SOMETHING IN MY OFFICE WORKED 

1084
00:41:26,784 --> 00:41:27,785
ALONGSIDE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON

1085
00:41:27,785 --> 00:41:28,886
FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND WAS 

1086
00:41:28,886 --> 00:41:30,921
PROUD TO ROLL OUT IN DISTRICT 

1087
00:41:30,921 --> 00:41:31,755
TWO ALONGSIDE COUNCILMEMBER LIN 

1088
00:41:31,755 --> 00:41:33,791
AND A NUMBER OF OUR 

1089
00:41:33,791 --> 00:41:34,425
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY ADVOCATES.

1090
00:41:34,425 --> 00:41:37,494
AND SO I AM SEEING A LOT OF 

1091
00:41:37,494 --> 00:41:38,028
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THAT 

1092
00:41:38,028 --> 00:41:39,563
EXECUTIVE ORDER AND WHAT IS 

1093
00:41:39,563 --> 00:41:41,065
BEFORE US TODAY. THE CHAIR 

1094
00:41:41,065 --> 00:41:44,034
MENTIONED THIS AS WELL. SO FROM 

1095
00:41:44,034 --> 00:41:44,702
MY UNDERSTANDING, I'M WONDERING

1096
00:41:44,702 --> 00:41:46,437
IF CENTRAL STAFF, COULD YOU 

1097
00:41:46,437 --> 00:41:46,937
PLEASE UNPACK THE CORE 

1098
00:41:46,937 --> 00:41:48,038
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THAT 

1099
00:41:48,038 --> 00:41:51,375
EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THESE PIECES

1100
00:41:51,375 --> 00:41:51,742
OF LEGISLATION? 

1101
00:41:51,742 --> 00:41:52,676
-- I WILL I WILL GIVE IT A SHOT 

1102
00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:55,980
AT AT A HIGH LEVEL, THE 

1103
00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:56,614
EXECUTIVE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS

1104
00:41:56,614 --> 00:41:57,848
A IS A COUPLE PAGES LONG. AND 

1105
00:41:57,848 --> 00:42:00,317
IT'S IT'S QUITE DENSE. BUT FOR

1106
00:42:00,317 --> 00:42:01,652
THE FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS 

1107
00:42:01,652 --> 00:42:02,553
COMMITTEE, I WILL I WILL GIVE IT

1108
00:42:02,553 --> 00:42:05,089
A SPIN. THE THE EXECUTIVE. 

1109
00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:06,724
LET'S SEE, HERE'S HERE'S SOME

1110
00:42:06,724 --> 00:42:08,525
LANGUAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE 

1111
00:42:08,525 --> 00:42:10,928
ORDER. IT DIRECTS SDOT TO 

1112
00:42:10,928 --> 00:42:13,831
ADVANCE NEAR-TERM SAFETY 

1113
00:42:13,831 --> 00:42:14,465
IMPROVEMENTS AND LARGER PROJECTS

1114
00:42:14,465 --> 00:42:17,101
ALONG SOME OF SEATTLE'S HIGHEST

1115
00:42:17,101 --> 00:42:18,068
CRASH STREETS, WHILE LOOKING FOR

1116
00:42:18,068 --> 00:42:20,538
WAYS TO STREAMLINE PROJECT 

1117
00:42:20,538 --> 00:42:21,539
DELIVERY. AND THE WAY I READ 

1118
00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:24,608
THAT IS THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IS 

1119
00:42:24,608 --> 00:42:27,378
IT'S VERY OPERATIONAL IN 

1120
00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:29,146
NATURE. AS AN EXAMPLE, IT 

1121
00:42:29,146 --> 00:42:31,081
SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSES 19 

1122
00:42:31,081 --> 00:42:34,084
IDENTIFIED HIGH COLLISION 

1123
00:42:34,084 --> 00:42:36,554
LOCATIONS. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 

1124
00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:37,021
ALSO ADDRESSES OTHER 

1125
00:42:37,021 --> 00:42:38,722
ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS THAT ARE 

1126
00:42:38,722 --> 00:42:39,990
OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF THE 

1127
00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:41,559
COUNCIL. AS THE CITY'S 

1128
00:42:41,559 --> 00:42:42,593
LEGISLATIVE BODY. A COUPLE OF 

1129
00:42:42,593 --> 00:42:44,061
THINGS. THE EXECUTIVE ORDER 

1130
00:42:44,061 --> 00:42:46,263
DOES. IT DIRECTS THE CITY TO 

1131
00:42:46,263 --> 00:42:48,732
SUPPORT LEGISLATION LOWERING 

1132
00:42:48,732 --> 00:42:49,333
WASHINGTON'S MAXIMUM BLOOD 

1133
00:42:49,333 --> 00:42:52,369
ALCOHOL CONTENT FOR DRIVERS TO 

1134
00:42:52,369 --> 00:42:55,205
0.5%. IT EXPANDS PARTICIPATION 

1135
00:42:55,205 --> 00:42:56,807
IN SEATTLE'S SCHOOL STREETS 

1136
00:42:56,807 --> 00:42:58,342
PROGRAM, WHICH PROMOTES SAFETY 

1137
00:42:58,342 --> 00:42:59,944
BY CLOSING TO THROUGH TRAFFIC. 

1138
00:42:59,944 --> 00:43:01,045
SOME STREETS THAT ARE ADJACENT 

1139
00:43:01,045 --> 00:43:03,013
TO SCHOOLS, AND IT COMMITS TO 

1140
00:43:03,013 --> 00:43:04,982
IMPROVED ACCESS TO TRAFFIC 

1141
00:43:04,982 --> 00:43:06,483
SAFETY INFORMATION VIA AN ONLINE

1142
00:43:06,483 --> 00:43:07,251
DASHBOARD. AGAIN, THESE ARE 

1143
00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:10,654
THESE ARE ALL VERY 

1144
00:43:10,654 --> 00:43:12,189
ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE, AND IT

1145
00:43:12,189 --> 00:43:14,325
REQUIRES A REPORT FROM FAS 

1146
00:43:14,325 --> 00:43:16,460
RELATED TO TRUCK SIDE GUARDS, 

1147
00:43:16,460 --> 00:43:20,764
STARTING WITH AN OPPORTUNITY 

1148
00:43:20,764 --> 00:43:22,800
IMPACTS ANALYSIS. THIS. THIS 

1149
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:26,203
REQUIREMENT, IF IMPLEMENTED, 

1150
00:43:26,203 --> 00:43:26,837
WOULD FALL ON CITY CONTRACTORS 

1151
00:43:26,837 --> 00:43:28,706
AND DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE

1152
00:43:28,706 --> 00:43:32,309
CITY CONTRACTOR, DEPENDING ON 

1153
00:43:32,309 --> 00:43:34,044
THE. THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES OF 

1154
00:43:34,044 --> 00:43:34,678
THE CONTRACTOR, HOW LONG THEY 

1155
00:43:34,678 --> 00:43:37,114
HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS, A NEW 

1156
00:43:37,114 --> 00:43:38,615
POTENTIALLY STRINGENT 

1157
00:43:38,615 --> 00:43:41,619
REQUIREMENT WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE 

1158
00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:42,820
FELT DIFFERENTLY BY BY DIFFERENT

1159
00:43:42,820 --> 00:43:43,821
CONTRACTORS. AND, AND AGAIN, 

1160
00:43:43,821 --> 00:43:45,956
JUST THE WAY I READ THE 

1161
00:43:45,956 --> 00:43:48,392
EXECUTIVE ORDER, I SEE THE 

1162
00:43:48,392 --> 00:43:50,160
EXECUTIVE AS WANTING TO 

1163
00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,997
UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER 

1164
00:43:52,997 --> 00:43:53,764
WHAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY 

1165
00:43:53,764 --> 00:43:56,266
NEW REQUIREMENTS WOULD LOOK LIKE

1166
00:43:56,266 --> 00:43:58,369
BEFORE SAYING, AND THESE ARE THE

1167
00:43:58,369 --> 00:44:01,939
REQUIREMENTS 

1168
00:44:01,939 --> 00:44:03,007
-- THANK YOU FOR WALKING THROUGH

1169
00:44:03,007 --> 00:44:04,775
THOSE PIECES. AND JUST SO I'M 

1170
00:44:04,775 --> 00:44:06,910
CLEAR, AS WAS STATED, THERE'S 

1171
00:44:06,910 --> 00:44:07,644
INTENDED TO BE A COMPLEMENTARY 

1172
00:44:07,644 --> 00:44:09,079
NATURE TO THESE EFFORTS. WHAT 

1173
00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:10,814
ARE THE SPECIFIC THINGS THEN 

1174
00:44:10,814 --> 00:44:11,615
WITHIN THIS LEGISLATION THAT 

1175
00:44:11,615 --> 00:44:13,517
BUILD UPON WHAT THE EXECUTIVE IS

1176
00:44:13,517 --> 00:44:18,789
DOING? THE CORE DIFFERENCES 

1177
00:44:18,789 --> 00:44:20,524
-- I WOULD SAY FROM FROM THE 

1178
00:44:20,524 --> 00:44:21,058
TRAFFIC SAFETY ORDINANCE 

1179
00:44:21,058 --> 00:44:22,192
PERSPECTIVE, THE EXECUTIVE 

1180
00:44:22,192 --> 00:44:23,360
ORDER, LIKE ANNE MENTIONED, IS 

1181
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:27,231
VERY OPERATIONAL. SO IT'S 

1182
00:44:27,231 --> 00:44:29,266
FOCUSED ON HAVING SDOT BUILD 

1183
00:44:29,266 --> 00:44:33,303
PROJECTS FASTER. IT CALLS OUT 

1184
00:44:33,303 --> 00:44:34,972
SPECIFIC AREAS WHERE THEY WANT 

1185
00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:36,540
THOSE PROJECTS TO TAKE TO TAKE 

1186
00:44:36,540 --> 00:44:41,412
PLACE. IT CALLS OUT SPECIFIC KEY

1187
00:44:41,412 --> 00:44:42,880
PROJECT AREAS. THEY HAVE A LIST 

1188
00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:45,716
OF BULLETED LISTS AND ALSO 

1189
00:44:45,716 --> 00:44:48,652
DIRECT STAFF TO DETERMINE A SET 

1190
00:44:48,652 --> 00:44:50,621
OF PROJECT TYPES AND CRITERIA. 

1191
00:44:50,621 --> 00:44:52,790
WERE ADJUSTMENTS TO CURRENT 

1192
00:44:52,790 --> 00:44:54,224
PRACTICES COULD BE ACCELERATED. 

1193
00:44:54,224 --> 00:44:55,826
SO IT'S VERY OPERATIONAL. YOU 

1194
00:44:55,826 --> 00:44:59,196
KNOW WE WANT TO SEE SPECIFIC 

1195
00:44:59,196 --> 00:45:02,666
PROJECTS CHANGING IN IN 

1196
00:45:02,666 --> 00:45:06,203
COMPARISON, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY 

1197
00:45:06,203 --> 00:45:08,372
ORDINANCE AS LEGISLATION MUST IS

1198
00:45:08,372 --> 00:45:10,307
FOCUSED ON THE CODE AND WHERE WE

1199
00:45:10,307 --> 00:45:12,576
HAVE INFLUENCE OVER THE CODE. SO

1200
00:45:12,576 --> 00:45:15,646
REALLY INFUSING THE TRAFFIC 

1201
00:45:15,646 --> 00:45:16,914
SAFETY GOALS INTO THE WORK THAT 

1202
00:45:16,914 --> 00:45:20,217
SDOT DOES. THERE ARE DIFFERENT 

1203
00:45:20,217 --> 00:45:23,654
AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBILITIES 

1204
00:45:23,654 --> 00:45:25,823
REPORTING DUTIES AND REALLY ASK 

1205
00:45:25,823 --> 00:45:29,226
THEM IN A CALLED OUT WAY TO 

1206
00:45:29,226 --> 00:45:31,228
FOCUS IN ON TRAFFIC SAFETY. SO 

1207
00:45:31,228 --> 00:45:33,197
AND IN THAT SENSE, THEY'RE 

1208
00:45:33,197 --> 00:45:33,831
COMPLEMENTARY AND SUPPORTING THE

1209
00:45:33,831 --> 00:45:37,668
WORK THAT'S THAT'S ALREADY 

1210
00:45:37,668 --> 00:45:37,901
DOING. 

1211
00:45:37,901 --> 00:45:39,203
-- CERTAINLY. I, I SUPPOSE WHAT 

1212
00:45:39,203 --> 00:45:40,037
I'M ASKING FOR IS TO THINK OF 

1213
00:45:40,037 --> 00:45:41,939
IT IN A VERY VISUAL SENSE, A 

1214
00:45:41,939 --> 00:45:43,240
VENN DIAGRAM, SO TO SPEAK. THERE

1215
00:45:43,240 --> 00:45:45,175
ARE THINGS WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE 

1216
00:45:45,175 --> 00:45:46,944
ORDER WHERE THERE IS OVERLAP 

1217
00:45:46,944 --> 00:45:49,146
BETWEEN THESE PIECES OF 

1218
00:45:49,146 --> 00:45:49,646
LEGISLATION. THERE ARE 

1219
00:45:49,646 --> 00:45:50,581
OPERATIONAL PIECES, AS YOU JUST 

1220
00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:52,082
UNPACKED, THAT ARE REALLY 

1221
00:45:52,082 --> 00:45:52,683
DISTINCT ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE 

1222
00:45:52,683 --> 00:45:53,951
ORDER. AND THEN I SUPPOSE WHAT 

1223
00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:56,386
I'M ASKING FOR IS WHEN WE THINK

1224
00:45:56,386 --> 00:45:58,589
ABOUT THAT, THAT VENN DIAGRAM, 

1225
00:45:58,589 --> 00:45:59,690
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE 

1226
00:45:59,690 --> 00:46:03,460
CAPTURED BY THIS LEGISLATION 

1227
00:46:03,460 --> 00:46:04,995
THAT ARE NOT OVERLAPPED BY WHAT 

1228
00:46:04,995 --> 00:46:07,865
THE EXECUTIVE IS DOING? 

1229
00:46:07,865 --> 00:46:08,665
-- SO I THINK DEFINITELY THE 

1230
00:46:08,665 --> 00:46:12,436
CALL OUT IN THE LEGISLATION ON 

1231
00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:13,070
THE I'M ALWAYS WORRIED I'M 

1232
00:46:13,070 --> 00:46:16,340
GOING TO GET THE NAME WRONG ON 

1233
00:46:16,340 --> 00:46:18,308
THE PROGRAMMATIC FATAL CRASH 

1234
00:46:18,308 --> 00:46:20,444
RESPONSE POLICY. THAT'S NOT 

1235
00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:22,179
PART OF THE MAYOR'S LEGISLATION.

1236
00:46:22,179 --> 00:46:24,081
IT WAS A POLICY THAT WAS JUST 

1237
00:46:24,081 --> 00:46:24,715
PUBLISHED BY SDOT BACK IN MAY. 

1238
00:46:24,715 --> 00:46:28,352
SO IT'S A RECENT WIN FOR THE 

1239
00:46:28,352 --> 00:46:29,686
DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THAT OUT 

1240
00:46:29,686 --> 00:46:33,157
THERE. HAVING THAT PART OF THE 

1241
00:46:33,157 --> 00:46:34,358
TRAFFIC SAFETY ORDINANCE IS 

1242
00:46:34,358 --> 00:46:35,993
SOMETHING THAT'S NEW AND IS 

1243
00:46:35,993 --> 00:46:39,096
DIFFERENT FROM THE EXECUTIVE 

1244
00:46:39,096 --> 00:46:41,198
ORDER. ALSO CALLING OUT THIS, I 

1245
00:46:41,198 --> 00:46:44,134
THINK, IS MORE COMPLEMENTARY 

1246
00:46:44,134 --> 00:46:46,670
BECAUSE THE EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES

1247
00:46:46,670 --> 00:46:52,042
TALK ABOUT ACCOMPLISHING 

1248
00:46:52,042 --> 00:46:52,576
PROJECTS AND ACCELERATING 

1249
00:46:52,576 --> 00:46:57,447
PROJECTS IT TALKS ABOUT CAPITAL 

1250
00:46:57,447 --> 00:46:59,149
PROJECTS IN THE TRAFFIC SAFETY 

1251
00:46:59,149 --> 00:47:01,218
ORDINANCE. WE ARE CALLING OUT A 

1252
00:47:01,218 --> 00:47:04,955
REQUEST AND A FOCUS IN ON PAVING

1253
00:47:04,955 --> 00:47:07,491
PROJECTS, WHICH ARE A SUBSET OF 

1254
00:47:07,491 --> 00:47:10,060
CAPITAL PROJECTS TO INCLUDE 

1255
00:47:10,060 --> 00:47:11,328
TRAFFIC SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES. 

1256
00:47:11,328 --> 00:47:13,330
SO AGAIN, COMPLEMENTARY TO WHAT 

1257
00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:13,997
THE MAYOR'S DOING, BUT A LITTLE

1258
00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:17,501
BIT MORE FOCUSED IN ON. 

1259
00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:21,538
ENHANCING THE THE SIGHT LINES. 

1260
00:47:21,538 --> 00:47:23,740
THANK YOU. AND THEN I GUESS THE 

1261
00:47:23,740 --> 00:47:25,175
LAST PIECE, WHICH IS RELATED TO 

1262
00:47:25,175 --> 00:47:28,879
THE FATAL CRASH RESPONSE POLICY,

1263
00:47:28,879 --> 00:47:30,047
IS MAKING THAT REQUEST FOR THE 

1264
00:47:30,047 --> 00:47:32,115
DEPARTMENT TO COME BACK TO 

1265
00:47:32,115 --> 00:47:35,352
PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE ON

1266
00:47:35,352 --> 00:47:35,919
A SHORTER TIMELINE THAN THE 

1267
00:47:35,919 --> 00:47:36,753
POLICY THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED IN 

1268
00:47:36,753 --> 00:47:37,988
MAY 

1269
00:47:37,988 --> 00:47:39,189
-- UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR 

1270
00:47:39,189 --> 00:47:40,557
UNPACKING THAT. I THINK JUST 

1271
00:47:40,557 --> 00:47:42,259
WITH THE SEPARATE EFFORTS, IT'S

1272
00:47:42,259 --> 00:47:42,893
HELPFUL TO UNPACK WHERE ARE WE 

1273
00:47:42,893 --> 00:47:43,694
SIMILAR? WHERE ARE SOME OF THE 

1274
00:47:43,694 --> 00:47:45,629
CORE DIFFERENCES HERE? AND 

1275
00:47:45,629 --> 00:47:48,198
AMANDA, I WAS STRUCK EARLIER BY 

1276
00:47:48,198 --> 00:47:49,800
SOMETHING YOU SAID IN COMMITTEE,

1277
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:51,668
JUST THAT YOU HAVEN'T HAD TIME 

1278
00:47:51,668 --> 00:47:53,537
TO CHECK IN WITH SDOT ON 

1279
00:47:53,537 --> 00:47:53,937
ADDITIONAL POLICY 

1280
00:47:53,937 --> 00:47:58,442
CONSIDERATIONS. WONDERING ABOUT 

1281
00:47:58,442 --> 00:47:59,042
LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT FROM THE 

1282
00:47:59,042 --> 00:47:59,643
DEPARTMENT AND WHEN WE WILL 

1283
00:47:59,643 --> 00:48:00,444
RECEIVE THEIR FORMAL FEEDBACK ON

1284
00:48:00,444 --> 00:48:03,180
THESE PIECES OF LEGISLATION. 

1285
00:48:03,180 --> 00:48:04,781
-- THAT'S A THAT'S A FAIR 

1286
00:48:04,781 --> 00:48:05,716
QUESTION, AND I WILL HAVE TO 

1287
00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:07,818
FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT THAT. 

1288
00:48:07,818 --> 00:48:11,555
WE DID SHARE THE DRAFTS THAT 

1289
00:48:11,555 --> 00:48:12,189
WERE MADE PUBLIC LAST WEEK, BUT.

1290
00:48:12,189 --> 00:48:13,657
AND I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO 

1291
00:48:13,657 --> 00:48:15,993
TALK WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN 

1292
00:48:15,993 --> 00:48:16,293
DEPTH YET. 

1293
00:48:16,293 --> 00:48:17,995
-- OKAY. 

1294
00:48:17,995 --> 00:48:20,364
-- BUILDING ON THAT POINT, I'M 

1295
00:48:20,364 --> 00:48:22,532
CURIOUS IF THERE'S A REASON WHY

1296
00:48:22,532 --> 00:48:23,200
WE DON'T HAVE THE DEPARTMENT AT

1297
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,235
THE TABLE TODAY TO DISCUSS THESE

1298
00:48:25,235 --> 00:48:27,304
PIECES OF LEGISLATION AS WELL. 

1299
00:48:27,304 --> 00:48:28,739
AND I WILL JUST STATE THAT I 

1300
00:48:28,739 --> 00:48:30,540
HOPE WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY

1301
00:48:30,540 --> 00:48:32,609
TO HEAR FROM THEM, WHETHER 

1302
00:48:32,609 --> 00:48:33,744
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE OR FORMALLY

1303
00:48:33,744 --> 00:48:35,078
IN WRITING. I DO THINK THEIR 

1304
00:48:35,078 --> 00:48:36,580
PERSPECTIVE ON IMPLEMENTATION IS

1305
00:48:36,580 --> 00:48:39,216
REALLY IMPORTANT HERE, BUT I DID

1306
00:48:39,216 --> 00:48:41,685
WANT TO DIVE ALSO INTO ONE OF 

1307
00:48:41,685 --> 00:48:43,920
THE PIECES OF LEGISLATION HERE, 

1308
00:48:43,920 --> 00:48:46,290
AS IT'S TITLED IN OUR AGENDA 

1309
00:48:46,290 --> 00:48:49,192
PACKET. THIS IS INFORMATION ITEM

1310
00:48:49,192 --> 00:48:53,630
2945. THIS IS WHERE THERE'S SOME

1311
00:48:53,630 --> 00:48:54,264
LANGUAGE AROUND REQUIRING SDOT 

1312
00:48:54,264 --> 00:48:56,934
TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM THE 

1313
00:48:56,934 --> 00:48:59,536
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF 

1314
00:48:59,536 --> 00:49:00,804
TRANSPORTATION ON DESIGNS FOR ON

1315
00:49:00,804 --> 00:49:03,073
RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS. AND 

1316
00:49:03,073 --> 00:49:04,675
THERE'S LANGUAGE HERE THAT 

1317
00:49:04,675 --> 00:49:06,843
STATES THAT IN NO CASE, THIS CAN

1318
00:49:06,843 --> 00:49:07,945
BE MORE THAN 180 DAYS FOR THAT 

1319
00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:10,480
TIMELINE OF RECEIVING FEEDBACK 

1320
00:49:10,480 --> 00:49:12,649
FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE 

1321
00:49:12,649 --> 00:49:14,017
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. 

1322
00:49:14,017 --> 00:49:16,853
AND LISTEN, I AM ALL FOR WASHDOT

1323
00:49:16,853 --> 00:49:18,755
WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH US 

1324
00:49:18,755 --> 00:49:21,058
THERE. WE ALL BENEFIT WHEN WE 

1325
00:49:21,058 --> 00:49:23,093
HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF 

1326
00:49:23,093 --> 00:49:25,028
GOVERNMENT WORKING TOGETHER. BUT

1327
00:49:25,028 --> 00:49:28,598
AS A STATE ENTITY, WE CAN'T 

1328
00:49:28,598 --> 00:49:29,266
DIRECT THEM LIKE THIS, CAN WE? 

1329
00:49:29,266 --> 00:49:32,336
IS THAT CORRECT? 

1330
00:49:32,336 --> 00:49:34,404
-- THE WAY THAT THINGS ARE 

1331
00:49:34,404 --> 00:49:35,672
WORDED IN THE ORDINANCE IS THAT 

1332
00:49:35,672 --> 00:49:38,942
THIS IS OUR REQUEST TO THE 

1333
00:49:38,942 --> 00:49:40,210
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT, 

1334
00:49:40,210 --> 00:49:41,678
BECAUSE YOU ARE CORRECT, 

1335
00:49:41,678 --> 00:49:44,247
COUNCILMEMBER, WE DON'T HAVE 

1336
00:49:44,247 --> 00:49:44,715
JURISDICTION TO TELL 

1337
00:49:44,715 --> 00:49:46,583
-- WASHED OUT. WHAT TO DO? 

1338
00:49:46,583 --> 00:49:48,518
-- I WISH WE COULD. 

1339
00:49:48,518 --> 00:49:50,554
-- SOMETIMES JUST GIVEN THE 

1340
00:49:50,554 --> 00:49:51,521
COMPLEXITY OF OUR OF OUR WORK, I

1341
00:49:51,521 --> 00:49:53,690
KNOW ACROSS THE CITY. BUT I'M 

1342
00:49:53,690 --> 00:49:55,859
WONDERING IF WE'VE HAD A 

1343
00:49:55,859 --> 00:49:59,429
CONVERSATION WITH THE WASHINGTON

1344
00:49:59,429 --> 00:49:59,863
STATE DEPARTMENT OF 

1345
00:49:59,863 --> 00:50:01,865
TRANSPORTATION JUST TO 

1346
00:50:01,865 --> 00:50:03,967
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A REASONABLE 

1347
00:50:03,967 --> 00:50:06,370
TIMELINE. PARTICULARLY I'M 

1348
00:50:06,370 --> 00:50:07,003
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR INABILITY 

1349
00:50:07,003 --> 00:50:07,938
TO MEET THAT TIMELINE IN ANY 

1350
00:50:07,938 --> 00:50:09,539
PARTICULAR IMPLICATIONS FOR S 

1351
00:50:09,539 --> 00:50:11,208
DOT S DOT IS THE DELIVERING 

1352
00:50:11,208 --> 00:50:13,677
PARTNER. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF

1353
00:50:13,677 --> 00:50:15,278
THERE HAVE BEEN CONVERSATIONS. 

1354
00:50:15,278 --> 00:50:16,847
MAYBE THAT'S MORE A QUESTION 

1355
00:50:16,847 --> 00:50:18,048
FOR THE SPONSOR, OR MAYBE I'LL 

1356
00:50:18,048 --> 00:50:21,051
JUST SAY PUBLICLY, I HOPE THAT 

1357
00:50:21,051 --> 00:50:23,153
WE CAN ENGAGE THE DEPARTMENT. 

1358
00:50:23,153 --> 00:50:24,421
WASHDOT ON WHAT IS A REASONABLE 

1359
00:50:24,421 --> 00:50:25,956
TIMELINE SO WE CAN SET EVERYBODY

1360
00:50:25,956 --> 00:50:27,958
UP FOR SUCCESS. I WOULD HOPE 180

1361
00:50:27,958 --> 00:50:29,292
DAYS IS A REASONABLE TIMELINE, 

1362
00:50:29,292 --> 00:50:31,762
BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE THAT 

1363
00:50:31,762 --> 00:50:32,095
CONFIRMATION. 

1364
00:50:32,095 --> 00:50:33,163
-- AND ON THAT FRONT, 

1365
00:50:33,163 --> 00:50:35,132
COUNCILMEMBER, I CAN COMMENT 

1366
00:50:35,132 --> 00:50:36,299
THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHARED THAT 

1367
00:50:36,299 --> 00:50:39,636
IN MOST CASES, THEY ARE SEEING 

1368
00:50:39,636 --> 00:50:40,270
THAT THEY'RE GETTING FEEDBACK 

1369
00:50:40,270 --> 00:50:42,372
WITHIN ABOUT THREE WEEKS. SO 

1370
00:50:42,372 --> 00:50:44,274
THEY ARE THEY ARE IN MOST CASES,

1371
00:50:44,274 --> 00:50:48,678
MEETING THAT 180 DAY TIMELINE. I

1372
00:50:48,678 --> 00:50:50,080
THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING OR 

1373
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:50,947
WHAT THE THE CHAIR HAS BEEN 

1374
00:50:50,947 --> 00:50:53,583
HEARING IS THAT THERE ARE SOME 

1375
00:50:53,583 --> 00:50:56,086
CASES WHERE THAT'S NOT BEEN THE

1376
00:50:56,086 --> 00:50:58,321
CASE, BUT 

1377
00:50:58,321 --> 00:51:00,390
-- SO ON THAT ON THAT SPECIFIC 

1378
00:51:00,390 --> 00:51:03,293
POINT, ON THE TIMELINE, THE TO 

1379
00:51:03,293 --> 00:51:05,395
THE TO MY EARLIER POINT ABOUT 

1380
00:51:05,395 --> 00:51:07,497
DEPENDENCIES, THERE ARE 

1381
00:51:07,497 --> 00:51:09,099
DEPENDENCIES IN ALL OF THIS WORK

1382
00:51:09,099 --> 00:51:13,904
UNDERLYING ALL OF THIS WORK. AND

1383
00:51:13,904 --> 00:51:16,273
ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE TRUE THAT IN 

1384
00:51:16,273 --> 00:51:18,875
SOME CASES OR MANY CASES, THE 

1385
00:51:18,875 --> 00:51:21,278
DEPARTMENT IS REPORTING A THREE 

1386
00:51:21,278 --> 00:51:25,549
WEEK REVIEW PERIOD BY WASHDOT. 

1387
00:51:25,549 --> 00:51:28,685
THIS LEGISLATION SEEKS TO 

1388
00:51:28,685 --> 00:51:29,352
ADDRESS THOSE CASES WHERE IT'S 

1389
00:51:29,352 --> 00:51:31,888
NOT THREE WEEKS AND WHERE IT'S 

1390
00:51:31,888 --> 00:51:33,090
EXCESSIVELY LONG. AND WHERE'S 

1391
00:51:33,090 --> 00:51:33,657
DOT PROJECTS ARE THEREFORE 

1392
00:51:33,657 --> 00:51:36,526
DELAYED, AND SAFETY REMAINS ON 

1393
00:51:36,526 --> 00:51:41,164
THE LINE AND. AND IN KEEPING 

1394
00:51:41,164 --> 00:51:42,499
WITH THE FACT THAT WE OBVIOUSLY 

1395
00:51:42,499 --> 00:51:44,434
CANNOT REGULATE ANOTHER 

1396
00:51:44,434 --> 00:51:46,570
GOVERNMENT, CERTAINLY NOT THE 

1397
00:51:46,570 --> 00:51:47,637
STATE GOVERNMENT. THAT'S WHY WE

1398
00:51:47,637 --> 00:51:49,940
FRAME THIS IN THE MOST LEGALLY 

1399
00:51:49,940 --> 00:51:50,740
DEFENSIBLE WAY POSSIBLE. IT'S A

1400
00:51:50,740 --> 00:51:54,377
IT'S A IT'S A REQUEST. AND ON 

1401
00:51:54,377 --> 00:51:56,680
THE SPECIFIC TIMELINE, 180 DAYS,

1402
00:51:56,680 --> 00:52:02,486
WE ASKED S DOT THEIR SUGGESTION 

1403
00:52:02,486 --> 00:52:04,788
FOR WHAT WOULD BE REASONABLE 

1404
00:52:04,788 --> 00:52:06,490
HERE, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZING THAT

1405
00:52:06,490 --> 00:52:07,057
THE DEPARTMENT HAS A GREAT 

1406
00:52:07,057 --> 00:52:09,593
RELATIONSHIP WITH WASHDOT. WE 

1407
00:52:09,593 --> 00:52:12,295
STILL HAVE OUR OWN RESPECTIVE 

1408
00:52:12,295 --> 00:52:15,298
INTERESTS AT TIMES. AND NEED TO 

1409
00:52:15,298 --> 00:52:18,068
MOVE OUR OWN PROJECTS ALONG. 

1410
00:52:18,068 --> 00:52:22,873
WE'RE DEFINITELY MOTIVATED AT 

1411
00:52:22,873 --> 00:52:23,507
TIMES. SO THE 180 DAY MARK WAS 

1412
00:52:23,507 --> 00:52:25,842
WAS THE WAS THE IT WAS JUST A 

1413
00:52:25,842 --> 00:52:27,043
PLACEHOLDER AT FIRST, BUT THAT 

1414
00:52:27,043 --> 00:52:31,014
WAS THE SUGGESTION FROM THE 

1415
00:52:31,014 --> 00:52:31,314
DEPARTMENT. 

1416
00:52:31,314 --> 00:52:32,949
-- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. 

1417
00:52:32,949 --> 00:52:33,583
-- THAT'S HELPFUL TO UNPACK A 

1418
00:52:33,583 --> 00:52:34,317
BIT MORE KIND OF WHERE THAT 

1419
00:52:34,317 --> 00:52:38,288
FIGURE COMES FROM AND WHAT THE 

1420
00:52:38,288 --> 00:52:39,756
CURRENT TIMELINES ARE FOR 

1421
00:52:39,756 --> 00:52:42,392
GETTING THAT FEEDBACK BACK. AND 

1422
00:52:42,392 --> 00:52:44,628
TO THAT END, THIS IS KIND OF A 

1423
00:52:44,628 --> 00:52:46,830
SEPARATE. BUT I THINK A RELATED 

1424
00:52:46,830 --> 00:52:49,432
QUESTION, SINCE A NUMBER OF 

1425
00:52:49,432 --> 00:52:51,101
COMPONENTS IN HERE ARE PROVIDING

1426
00:52:51,101 --> 00:52:52,469
ADDITIONAL DISCRETION TO THE S 

1427
00:52:52,469 --> 00:52:54,304
DOT DIRECTOR, AND I WANT TO 

1428
00:52:54,304 --> 00:52:55,906
RECOGNIZE THAT IN THIS MOMENT, 

1429
00:52:55,906 --> 00:52:58,542
WE DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT SDOT 

1430
00:52:58,542 --> 00:52:59,509
DIRECTOR. AND I KNOW THERE'S A 

1431
00:52:59,509 --> 00:53:02,012
FAIR AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN THIS,

1432
00:53:02,012 --> 00:53:03,880
SINCE OUR SDOT DIRECTOR WILL BE 

1433
00:53:03,880 --> 00:53:05,682
THE ONE LEADING ON IMPLEMENTING 

1434
00:53:05,682 --> 00:53:06,850
AND SHEPHERDING THIS VISION ZERO

1435
00:53:06,850 --> 00:53:08,885
WORK, WHICH WE ALL AGREE IS 

1436
00:53:08,885 --> 00:53:11,388
TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT. SO I AM 

1437
00:53:11,388 --> 00:53:13,123
WONDERING OPENLY IF WE HAVE A 

1438
00:53:13,123 --> 00:53:14,524
SENSE AT THIS TIME OF WHEN WE 

1439
00:53:14,524 --> 00:53:18,562
WILL HAVE A PERMANENT SDOT 

1440
00:53:18,562 --> 00:53:18,828
DIRECTOR. 

1441
00:53:18,828 --> 00:53:20,664
-- I'M. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY 

1442
00:53:20,664 --> 00:53:22,098
TIMELINE AT THE MOMENT. I CAN 

1443
00:53:22,098 --> 00:53:24,434
GET BACK TO YOU. 

1444
00:53:24,434 --> 00:53:27,170
-- THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'LL

1445
00:53:27,170 --> 00:53:29,339
CLOSE WITH JUST A COUPLE OF 

1446
00:53:29,339 --> 00:53:32,842
PROCEDURAL QUESTIONS SO THE 

1447
00:53:32,842 --> 00:53:33,743
VERSION BEFORE US, AS I 

1448
00:53:33,743 --> 00:53:36,246
UNDERSTAND IT, HAS NOT THE 

1449
00:53:36,246 --> 00:53:38,048
VERSIONS BEFORE US OF THESE 

1450
00:53:38,048 --> 00:53:40,116
PIECES OF LEGISLATION BEFORE US 

1451
00:53:40,116 --> 00:53:42,152
HAVE NOT BEEN INTRODUCED. AND IF

1452
00:53:42,152 --> 00:53:42,786
I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, 

1453
00:53:42,786 --> 00:53:45,522
THEY WILL BE PUT ON THE 

1454
00:53:45,522 --> 00:53:46,790
SEPTEMBER 15th IRC FOR A 

1455
00:53:46,790 --> 00:53:51,861
COMMITTEE VOTE ON THE 17th. AND 

1456
00:53:51,861 --> 00:53:53,530
I WILL NOTE FOR THE RECORD, I'M

1457
00:53:53,530 --> 00:53:54,130
A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT A 48 

1458
00:53:54,130 --> 00:53:56,600
HOUR TURNAROUND FOR A BILL THAT 

1459
00:53:56,600 --> 00:53:59,135
HAS BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE, 

1460
00:53:59,135 --> 00:53:59,603
AND I NOTICED IN THE 

1461
00:53:59,603 --> 00:54:01,605
PRESENTATION TODAY THAT CENTRAL 

1462
00:54:01,605 --> 00:54:02,138
STAFF IS ESTABLISHING AN 

1463
00:54:02,138 --> 00:54:04,040
AMENDMENT DEADLINE FOR TOMORROW.

1464
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:06,543
DID I READ THAT CORRECTLY? 

1465
00:54:06,543 --> 00:54:08,278
-- YOU DID. YES. THIS IS ALL 

1466
00:54:08,278 --> 00:54:09,813
VERY TIGHT TIMELINE. IF WE'RE 

1467
00:54:09,813 --> 00:54:12,215
GOING TO ACHIEVE A VOTE ON THE 

1468
00:54:12,215 --> 00:54:13,883
17th. 

1469
00:54:13,883 --> 00:54:15,785
-- AND THIS IS A FIRST FOR ME, 

1470
00:54:15,785 --> 00:54:17,354
I'VE NEVER SEEN AN AMENDMENT 

1471
00:54:17,354 --> 00:54:18,521
DEADLINE FOR A PIECE OF 

1472
00:54:18,521 --> 00:54:19,055
LEGISLATION THAT HAS NOT 

1473
00:54:19,055 --> 00:54:20,257
FORMALLY BEEN INTRODUCED YET. 

1474
00:54:20,257 --> 00:54:23,326
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? 

1475
00:54:23,326 --> 00:54:24,394
-- I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT 

1476
00:54:24,394 --> 00:54:27,731
WE'VE BEEN WORKING OUT HOW TO 

1477
00:54:27,731 --> 00:54:29,966
MAKE ALL THE PIECES FIT, AND 

1478
00:54:29,966 --> 00:54:31,534
THIS IS THE TIMELINE THAT WE 

1479
00:54:31,534 --> 00:54:34,771
DEVELOPED TO TRY TO ACHIEVE THIS

1480
00:54:34,771 --> 00:54:38,275
VOTE. VOTE DATE. 

1481
00:54:38,275 --> 00:54:39,609
-- AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MY CANDOR

1482
00:54:39,609 --> 00:54:40,577
IN THAT. I JUST THAT WAS NEW 

1483
00:54:40,577 --> 00:54:42,379
INFORMATION LEARNING HERE IN 

1484
00:54:42,379 --> 00:54:44,581
COMMITTEE JUST RIGHT NOW THAT WE

1485
00:54:44,581 --> 00:54:46,883
WOULD HAVE AN AMENDMENT DEADLINE

1486
00:54:46,883 --> 00:54:48,251
FOR TOMORROW. I WAS UNDER THE 

1487
00:54:48,251 --> 00:54:50,186
IMPRESSION THAT WE WOULD BE 

1488
00:54:50,186 --> 00:54:51,888
FOLLOWING A USUAL PROCESS WHERE 

1489
00:54:51,888 --> 00:54:53,056
A BILL WOULD BE OFFICIALLY 

1490
00:54:53,056 --> 00:54:53,590
INTRODUCED. AN AMENDMENT 

1491
00:54:53,590 --> 00:54:55,992
DEADLINE WOULD BE SET IN BETWEEN

1492
00:54:55,992 --> 00:54:56,526
ITS INTRODUCTION AND THE 

1493
00:54:56,526 --> 00:54:58,595
COMMITTEE VOTE. SO WITH THAT 

1494
00:54:58,595 --> 00:55:03,867
KIND OF TIMELINE IN MIND, AND I 

1495
00:55:03,867 --> 00:55:05,235
QUESTION FOR THE SPONSOR, I 

1496
00:55:05,235 --> 00:55:07,203
MEAN, DO WE ANTICIPATE ANY 

1497
00:55:07,203 --> 00:55:08,905
CHANGES TO THE UNDERLYING DRAFTS

1498
00:55:08,905 --> 00:55:11,508
BEFORE US BEFORE IT IS FORMALLY 

1499
00:55:11,508 --> 00:55:11,808
INTRODUCED. 

1500
00:55:11,808 --> 00:55:13,610
-- THESE. 

1501
00:55:13,610 --> 00:55:14,277
-- AND YOU CAN HAVE MY YOU HAVE 

1502
00:55:14,277 --> 00:55:15,612
MY COMMITMENT. THESE ARE THESE 

1503
00:55:15,612 --> 00:55:17,313
ARE THE THE VERSIONS THAT ARE 

1504
00:55:17,313 --> 00:55:18,715
UPLOADED IN IRC IN THE 

1505
00:55:18,715 --> 00:55:19,382
LEGISLATURE RIGHT NOW. THESE ARE

1506
00:55:19,382 --> 00:55:20,750
THE VERSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO 

1507
00:55:20,750 --> 00:55:23,453
APPEAR ON IRC NEXT WEEK. AND SO 

1508
00:55:23,453 --> 00:55:24,888
WE CAN TREAT THESE AS THE 

1509
00:55:24,888 --> 00:55:27,057
BASELINE FOR PURPOSES OF ANY 

1510
00:55:27,057 --> 00:55:29,092
AMENDMENT CONCEPTS YOU MIGHT 

1511
00:55:29,092 --> 00:55:31,428
HAVE, ET CETERA. THESE ARE THESE

1512
00:55:31,428 --> 00:55:35,598
ARE THE DOCUMENTS CLEAN VERSIONS

1513
00:55:35,598 --> 00:55:35,865
OF THEM. 

1514
00:55:35,865 --> 00:55:37,701
-- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR, 

1515
00:55:37,701 --> 00:55:39,436
AND I'LL JUST CLOSE WITH A 

1516
00:55:39,436 --> 00:55:40,303
NOTE. AND THANK YOU FOR 

1517
00:55:40,303 --> 00:55:41,471
APPOINTING ME THE TIME TO ASK 

1518
00:55:41,471 --> 00:55:43,406
ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. WE CAN 

1519
00:55:43,406 --> 00:55:44,908
ALL AGREE THAT VISION ZERO WORK 

1520
00:55:44,908 --> 00:55:45,542
IS TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT, AND 

1521
00:55:45,542 --> 00:55:47,277
WE NEED TO SEE PROGRESS ON THESE

1522
00:55:47,277 --> 00:55:51,281
EFFORTS. AND AS WE ARE NOW, 

1523
00:55:51,281 --> 00:55:51,915
LUCKILY, WE HAVE THE ENGAGEMENT 

1524
00:55:51,915 --> 00:55:53,283
OF BOTH THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

1525
00:55:53,283 --> 00:55:54,084
AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ON 

1526
00:55:54,084 --> 00:55:56,653
THESE EFFORTS, MAKING SURE WE'RE

1527
00:55:56,653 --> 00:55:57,821
CLEAR ON ROLE CLARITY, HOW THESE

1528
00:55:57,821 --> 00:55:58,788
EFFORTS ARE BUILDING ON ONE 

1529
00:55:58,788 --> 00:56:00,056
ANOTHER IS JUST VERY IMPORTANT 

1530
00:56:00,056 --> 00:56:01,424
TO ME. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU 

1531
00:56:01,424 --> 00:56:02,459
AGAIN, CHAIR, FOR YOUR TIME AND 

1532
00:56:02,459 --> 00:56:03,159
COMMITTEE TODAY, AND I HAVE NO 

1533
00:56:03,159 --> 00:56:06,696
FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 

1534
00:56:06,696 --> 00:56:08,431
-- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, 

1535
00:56:08,431 --> 00:56:10,133
COUNCILMEMBER. KETTLE FLOOR IS 

1536
00:56:10,133 --> 00:56:10,367
YOURS. 

1537
00:56:10,367 --> 00:56:11,968
-- THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA THANK 

1538
00:56:11,968 --> 00:56:13,570
YOU, CENTRAL STAFF, FOR BEING 

1539
00:56:13,570 --> 00:56:15,805
HERE AND FOR THE UPDATE. VERY 

1540
00:56:15,805 --> 00:56:20,243
HELPFUL. OBVIOUSLY, TRAFFIC 

1541
00:56:20,243 --> 00:56:20,877
SAFER ORDINANCE SHOWS THE NEED 

1542
00:56:20,877 --> 00:56:23,012
FOR SAFER STREETS AND THE NEED 

1543
00:56:23,012 --> 00:56:26,049
FOR THE BILL. SAFE, ACCOUNTABLE,

1544
00:56:26,049 --> 00:56:28,351
FLEXIBLE, EQUITABLE AND 

1545
00:56:28,351 --> 00:56:29,886
RESPONSIVE. AND IT SHOWS THE 

1546
00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:31,488
NEED TO SUPPORT VISION ZERO. AND

1547
00:56:31,488 --> 00:56:32,288
I APPRECIATE THIS. AND THIS IS 

1548
00:56:32,288 --> 00:56:33,790
ONE REASON WHY I LIKE MY 

1549
00:56:33,790 --> 00:56:35,725
DISTRICT FUNDS ARE ALL DEDICATED

1550
00:56:35,725 --> 00:56:38,094
TO BASICALLY VISION ZERO 

1551
00:56:38,094 --> 00:56:40,230
PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, SAFE ROUTES 

1552
00:56:40,230 --> 00:56:43,466
TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, JUST COUGH 

1553
00:56:43,466 --> 00:56:44,834
TRAFFIC, CALMING ALL THE REST 

1554
00:56:44,834 --> 00:56:47,203
AND BASICALLY ASKING FROM UPTOWN

1555
00:56:47,203 --> 00:56:49,706
EASTLAKE UP THROUGH QUEEN ANNE 

1556
00:56:49,706 --> 00:56:51,374
OVER INTO MAGNOLIA. AND I THINK 

1557
00:56:51,374 --> 00:56:54,144
THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO 

1558
00:56:54,144 --> 00:56:55,612
REALLY SUPPORT THIS. AND I THINK

1559
00:56:55,612 --> 00:56:57,881
EVERYBODY, I HAVE A SENSE THAT 

1560
00:56:57,881 --> 00:56:59,949
THEY ARE LIKE ALL ELEMENTS 

1561
00:56:59,949 --> 00:57:00,583
BELIEVE IN VISION ZERO. SO WE 

1562
00:57:00,583 --> 00:57:02,418
HAVE TO LOOK FOR OUR 

1563
00:57:02,418 --> 00:57:03,420
OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO IMPROVE IT.

1564
00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:04,187
YOU KNOW, ONE WAY FOR ME, JUST 

1565
00:57:04,187 --> 00:57:05,688
AS A DISTRICT REP IS, YOU KNOW, 

1566
00:57:05,688 --> 00:57:06,723
USING THESE DISTRICT FUNDS, 

1567
00:57:06,723 --> 00:57:08,658
OBVIOUSLY AS CHAIR OF THIS 

1568
00:57:08,658 --> 00:57:09,893
COMMITTEE IS TO COME FORWARD 

1569
00:57:09,893 --> 00:57:12,996
WITH THIS SAFER. SEATTLE SEATTLE

1570
00:57:12,996 --> 00:57:16,666
SAFER STREETS ORDINANCE. AND I 

1571
00:57:16,666 --> 00:57:19,536
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I 

1572
00:57:19,536 --> 00:57:20,270
THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE 

1573
00:57:20,270 --> 00:57:23,139
AREAS OF SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES.

1574
00:57:23,139 --> 00:57:25,742
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT AS

1575
00:57:25,742 --> 00:57:26,276
NOTED BY VICE CHAIR, THE 

1576
00:57:26,276 --> 00:57:28,511
COMPLEXITY OF OUR WORK REALLY 

1577
00:57:28,511 --> 00:57:31,948
DEMANDS FOR THAT COMMUNITY 

1578
00:57:31,948 --> 00:57:33,583
INVOLVEMENT. ONE THING I'VE 

1579
00:57:33,583 --> 00:57:34,384
LEARNED OVER THE YEARS, BOTH IN 

1580
00:57:34,384 --> 00:57:36,085
COMMUNITY AND NOW HERE IN 

1581
00:57:36,085 --> 00:57:37,520
COUNCIL, IS THE NEED TO GET THAT

1582
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:42,692
KIND OF EVERYDAY ON THE GROUND 

1583
00:57:42,692 --> 00:57:43,259
EXPERIENCE OF DEALING WITH 

1584
00:57:43,259 --> 00:57:44,727
WHATEVER THAT CHALLENGE IS. AND 

1585
00:57:44,727 --> 00:57:48,832
SO EVEN WE HAVE FIXES. THE FIXES

1586
00:57:48,832 --> 00:57:49,465
MAY HAVE SOME NEED FOR TWEAKS. 

1587
00:57:49,465 --> 00:57:50,266
AND ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THAT 

1588
00:57:50,266 --> 00:57:52,402
BEFOREHAND IS TO HAVE THAT 

1589
00:57:52,402 --> 00:57:53,036
COORDINATION WITH COMMITTEE. AND

1590
00:57:53,036 --> 00:57:55,472
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST

1591
00:57:55,472 --> 00:57:58,274
WANT TO FOOT STOMP ON A LITTLE 

1592
00:57:58,274 --> 00:57:59,509
BIT, BECAUSE IT COMES UP AGAIN, 

1593
00:57:59,509 --> 00:58:03,179
NOW AND AGAIN. AND I THINK 

1594
00:58:03,179 --> 00:58:03,780
HAVING THAT COORDINATION WITH 

1595
00:58:03,780 --> 00:58:07,083
SDOT AND MY OFFICE IS ALWAYS 

1596
00:58:07,083 --> 00:58:08,852
HERE TO SUPPORT ANY INTERACTION 

1597
00:58:08,852 --> 00:58:11,454
WITH DISTRICT SEVEN 

1598
00:58:11,454 --> 00:58:13,957
ORGANIZATIONS TO FACILITATE ANY 

1599
00:58:13,957 --> 00:58:15,525
SAFE SAFETY COUNTERMEASURES, ANY

1600
00:58:15,525 --> 00:58:18,528
SAFETY PLANS, VISION ZERO AND 

1601
00:58:18,528 --> 00:58:21,664
OTHERWISE MAJOR PROJECTS. AGAIN,

1602
00:58:21,664 --> 00:58:26,503
NEED TO COORDINATE WITH 

1603
00:58:26,503 --> 00:58:27,937
COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS LIKE AN 

1604
00:58:27,937 --> 00:58:29,906
AREA TOO, YOU KNOW, WHERE IN 

1605
00:58:29,906 --> 00:58:31,474
TERMS OF HAVING IDEAS AND THEN 

1606
00:58:31,474 --> 00:58:33,109
THE, THE OPERATIONAL PIECES IS 

1607
00:58:33,109 --> 00:58:34,978
THE IT WAS BEING DESCRIBED WITH 

1608
00:58:34,978 --> 00:58:36,212
THE OEO IS THAT WE NEED TO 

1609
00:58:36,212 --> 00:58:38,114
ENSURE THAT OUR AREAS ARE 

1610
00:58:38,114 --> 00:58:40,650
COVERED AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE 

1611
00:58:40,650 --> 00:58:42,919
HAVE A GOOD BASELINE AND 

1612
00:58:42,919 --> 00:58:43,553
UNDERPINNING FOR EVERYTHING THAT

1613
00:58:43,553 --> 00:58:45,855
WE DO. NOW WHEN IT COMES TO 

1614
00:58:45,855 --> 00:58:47,557
MAJOR PROJECTS. AND I'M JUST 

1615
00:58:47,557 --> 00:58:48,992
GOING TO DO A LIKE A HIGHLIGHT, 

1616
00:58:48,992 --> 00:58:50,360
A QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO COME

1617
00:58:50,360 --> 00:58:53,296
DOWN FOR. MR. LABORDE, WHO'S IN

1618
00:58:53,296 --> 00:58:55,398
CHAMBERS TODAY, IS THAT, YOU 

1619
00:58:55,398 --> 00:58:59,202
KNOW, WHAT IS THE MAJOR PROJECT?

1620
00:58:59,202 --> 00:59:01,404
WHAT IS A PROJECT THAT CAN HAVE 

1621
00:59:01,404 --> 00:59:03,673
AN IMPACT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW,

1622
00:59:03,673 --> 00:59:05,041
PREVENTING THE LOSS OF LIFE? 

1623
00:59:05,041 --> 00:59:07,076
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY

1624
00:59:07,076 --> 00:59:08,478
THE MAIN ROADS LIKE, YOU KNOW, 

1625
00:59:08,478 --> 00:59:09,012
RAINIER, YOU KNOW, THESE 

1626
00:59:09,012 --> 00:59:10,079
DIFFERENT PLACES THAT ARE WELL 

1627
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:11,281
KNOWN TO EVERYBODY. BUT WE 

1628
00:59:11,281 --> 00:59:15,785
SHOULD ALSO NOT FORGET THAT 

1629
00:59:15,785 --> 00:59:17,654
LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, MAGNOLIA 

1630
00:59:17,654 --> 00:59:19,255
BRIDGE, WHEN WE DID THE SEATTLE 

1631
00:59:19,255 --> 00:59:20,089
TRANSPORTATION TO LEVY AND THE 

1632
00:59:20,089 --> 00:59:22,325
PLAN, WE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED THE 

1633
00:59:22,325 --> 00:59:24,561
BRIDGES PROGRAM. AND I SAY THIS 

1634
00:59:24,561 --> 00:59:25,128
BECAUSE I WAS WITH PARKS AT 

1635
00:59:25,128 --> 00:59:26,529
SMITH COVE, SMITH COVE PARK IS 

1636
00:59:26,529 --> 00:59:28,231
MOVING ALONG. GREAT WORK BEING 

1637
00:59:28,231 --> 00:59:30,033
DONE BY PARKS. BUT WHEN YOU 

1638
00:59:30,033 --> 00:59:31,935
STAND BENEATH THE MAGNOLIA 

1639
00:59:31,935 --> 00:59:34,037
BRIDGE, YOU, YOU, YOU RECOGNIZE 

1640
00:59:34,037 --> 00:59:36,639
THAT IT JUST TAKES ONE INCIDENT.

1641
00:59:36,639 --> 00:59:38,808
AND THERE MAY BE A LOT OF CARS 

1642
00:59:38,808 --> 00:59:39,475
ON THAT BRIDGE WHEN THERE'S AN 

1643
00:59:39,475 --> 00:59:40,143
EARTHQUAKE OR WHATEVER IT MAY 

1644
00:59:40,143 --> 00:59:45,848
BE. AND THEN YOU CAN MATCH SOME 

1645
00:59:45,848 --> 00:59:47,450
OF THESE AREA PROBLEM SPOTS IN 

1646
00:59:47,450 --> 00:59:49,185
ONE SECOND. IN THE EVENT OF A 

1647
00:59:49,185 --> 00:59:49,752
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE. AND SO WE 

1648
00:59:49,752 --> 00:59:51,988
SHOULD NOT BE FORGETTING THOSE 

1649
00:59:51,988 --> 00:59:53,556
PROJECTS TOO. WE SHOULD KEEP 

1650
00:59:53,556 --> 00:59:55,191
THAT STRATEGIC OUTLOOK. AND I 

1651
00:59:55,191 --> 00:59:56,960
SAY THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE 

1652
00:59:56,960 --> 00:59:58,461
WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THE 

1653
00:59:58,461 --> 00:59:59,095
MAGNOLIA BRIDGE STUDY AND SOME 

1654
00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:01,130
OF THE WORK, AND ALSO THE FIRST 

1655
01:00:01,130 --> 01:00:02,899
RESPONDER CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE 

1656
01:00:02,899 --> 01:00:04,233
THE SMITH COVE MARINA AND THEN 

1657
01:00:04,233 --> 01:00:06,035
OVER INTO MAGNOLIA, BECAUSE 

1658
01:00:06,035 --> 01:00:07,003
THESE ARE IMPORTANT. AND I JUST 

1659
01:00:07,003 --> 01:00:09,939
WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY 

1660
01:00:09,939 --> 01:00:10,907
TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE, YOU 

1661
01:00:10,907 --> 01:00:14,444
KNOW, IN AN INSTANT, WE CAN HAVE

1662
01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:17,814
A, A, A TRAGEDY EQUAL IN TERMS 

1663
01:00:17,814 --> 01:00:21,017
OF NUMBER OF CARS, NUMBER OF 

1664
01:00:21,017 --> 01:00:21,784
INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED THAN WHAT 

1665
01:00:21,784 --> 01:00:24,053
WE'VE SEEN IN SOME OF OUR 

1666
01:00:24,053 --> 01:00:26,556
CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE MORE DAY 

1667
01:00:26,556 --> 01:00:27,223
TO DAY. CHAIR, THE LAST THING I 

1668
01:00:27,223 --> 01:00:30,760
WANTED TO SAY, AND I JUST BEFORE

1669
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:32,228
THE RECESS, I HAD A MEETING WITH

1670
01:00:32,228 --> 01:00:34,097
THE MEDIA AND THERE WERE SOME 

1671
01:00:34,097 --> 01:00:36,165
QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PUBLIC 

1672
01:00:36,165 --> 01:00:38,468
SAFETY. AND AND THIS ACTUALLY 

1673
01:00:38,468 --> 01:00:40,837
WAS THE DAY OF THE THE MAYOR'S 

1674
01:00:40,837 --> 01:00:42,372
PRESS CONFERENCE AND SO FORTH, 

1675
01:00:42,372 --> 01:00:43,172
WHICH I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT. FOR 

1676
01:00:43,172 --> 01:00:44,407
THE RECORD, I DID NOT KNOW SHE 

1677
01:00:44,407 --> 01:00:48,678
WAS HAVING THAT THAT AFTERNOON. 

1678
01:00:48,678 --> 01:00:49,312
AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS 

1679
01:00:49,312 --> 01:00:50,346
RECEIVING WAS RELATED TO 

1680
01:00:50,346 --> 01:00:51,981
PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, 

1681
01:00:51,981 --> 01:00:53,716
AND I MADE THE POINT THAT, YES, 

1682
01:00:53,716 --> 01:00:57,320
PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT OUR SYSTEM IS

1683
01:00:57,320 --> 01:00:59,288
THAT I WORK WITH MY PUBLIC 

1684
01:00:59,288 --> 01:01:01,290
SAFETY VICE CHAIR AND VICE 

1685
01:01:01,290 --> 01:01:01,924
VERSA. I WORK WITH HIM AS CHAIR 

1686
01:01:01,924 --> 01:01:06,729
OF THIS COMMITTEE TO TO WORK 

1687
01:01:06,729 --> 01:01:07,330
THOSE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC 

1688
01:01:07,330 --> 01:01:08,364
SAFETY ISSUES. AND THIS IS 

1689
01:01:08,364 --> 01:01:10,633
SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN DOING 

1690
01:01:10,633 --> 01:01:13,536
FOR OVER A DECADE NOW, GOING 

1691
01:01:13,536 --> 01:01:14,404
BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND HERE IN 

1692
01:01:14,404 --> 01:01:15,805
THE COUNCIL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, 

1693
01:01:15,805 --> 01:01:18,508
IN COMMUNITY QUEEN ANNE 

1694
01:01:18,508 --> 01:01:19,142
COMMUNITY COUNCIL, FOR EXAMPLE, 

1695
01:01:19,142 --> 01:01:19,709
EVERY YEAR I WOULD HAVE TWO 

1696
01:01:19,709 --> 01:01:20,543
MEETINGS COMBINED WITH THE 

1697
01:01:20,543 --> 01:01:21,644
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE OF THAT

1698
01:01:21,644 --> 01:01:23,846
COUNCIL, ONE ON PEDESTRIAN 

1699
01:01:23,846 --> 01:01:24,881
SAFETY, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE 

1700
01:01:24,881 --> 01:01:26,015
S.COM AND BRIEF THE ISSUES 

1701
01:01:26,015 --> 01:01:28,084
RELATED TO QUEEN ANNE AND ITS 

1702
01:01:28,084 --> 01:01:29,886
IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS. AND

1703
01:01:29,886 --> 01:01:31,854
THEN ONE SEPARATELY WITH TRAFFIC

1704
01:01:31,854 --> 01:01:36,893
SAFETY WITH SPD. SO THESE ARE 

1705
01:01:36,893 --> 01:01:37,527
TWO REALLY IMPORTANT AREAS FOR 

1706
01:01:37,527 --> 01:01:41,397
ME. AND AND THEY DO APPLY TO 

1707
01:01:41,397 --> 01:01:41,964
PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT BASED ON 

1708
01:01:41,964 --> 01:01:42,598
THOSE QUESTIONS I GOT CHAIR. I 

1709
01:01:42,598 --> 01:01:44,167
JUST THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR 

1710
01:01:44,167 --> 01:01:45,635
ME RIGHT NOW JUST TO HIGHLIGHT 

1711
01:01:45,635 --> 01:01:47,770
THAT. SO EVERYBODY IS CLEAR THAT

1712
01:01:47,770 --> 01:01:51,174
YES, IT IS PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT AS

1713
01:01:51,174 --> 01:01:52,375
THE WAY THE COMMITTEES ARE 

1714
01:01:52,375 --> 01:01:54,944
STRUCTURED AND SO FORTH, AND THE

1715
01:01:54,944 --> 01:01:55,545
RESPONSIBILITIES, THESE AREAS 

1716
01:01:55,545 --> 01:01:57,280
I'M LOOKING TO WORK PARTNER 

1717
01:01:57,280 --> 01:01:58,581
WITH YOU. CHAIR ON PEDESTRIAN 

1718
01:01:58,581 --> 01:02:01,350
TRAFFIC SAFETY. AND OBVIOUSLY 

1719
01:02:01,350 --> 01:02:02,885
VICE VERSA ON MORE GENERAL 

1720
01:02:02,885 --> 01:02:05,121
ISSUES OF PUBLIC SAFETY. AND SO 

1721
01:02:05,121 --> 01:02:06,155
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE 

1722
01:02:06,155 --> 01:02:07,590
OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE

1723
01:02:07,590 --> 01:02:09,058
THAT CAME UP JUST BEFORE THE 

1724
01:02:09,058 --> 01:02:11,194
RECESS. AND I JUST WANTED TO TO 

1725
01:02:11,194 --> 01:02:11,794
ADDRESS IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK 

1726
01:02:11,794 --> 01:02:13,096
YOU. CHAIR. 

1727
01:02:13,096 --> 01:02:15,198
-- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 

1728
01:02:15,198 --> 01:02:15,832
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. WELL SAID.

1729
01:02:15,832 --> 01:02:18,201
APPRECIATE YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND 

1730
01:02:18,201 --> 01:02:19,469
THIS AND ALL OF OUR BROADER 

1731
01:02:19,469 --> 01:02:22,638
PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS AS WELL. 

1732
01:02:22,638 --> 01:02:27,710
WE HAVE A WE HAVE A CHARTER 

1733
01:02:27,710 --> 01:02:28,311
RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP PEOPLE 

1734
01:02:28,311 --> 01:02:28,911
SAFE. AND THAT MEANS KEEPING 

1735
01:02:28,911 --> 01:02:31,347
PEOPLE SAFE ON OUR IN OUR 

1736
01:02:31,347 --> 01:02:33,850
NEIGHBORHOODS ALSO MEANS KEEPING

1737
01:02:33,850 --> 01:02:35,485
PEOPLE SAFE ON OUR ROADS AND OUR

1738
01:02:35,485 --> 01:02:39,755
PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY. SO AND 

1739
01:02:39,755 --> 01:02:41,357
STARTING BY PROTECTING OUR MOST 

1740
01:02:41,357 --> 01:02:44,060
VULNERABLE USERS WITH THIS, 

1741
01:02:44,060 --> 01:02:44,627
WHICH THIS LEGISLATION DOES 

1742
01:02:44,627 --> 01:02:48,998
EXACTLY THAT. SO ANYWAY, 

1743
01:02:48,998 --> 01:02:51,467
APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. ANY 

1744
01:02:51,467 --> 01:02:53,503
OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON 

1745
01:02:53,503 --> 01:02:55,505
THIS? TURNING IT OVER TO 

1746
01:02:55,505 --> 01:02:56,105
COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YOU'RE 

1747
01:02:56,105 --> 01:02:57,106
RECOGNIZED. 

1748
01:02:57,106 --> 01:02:59,609
-- THANK YOU. CHAIR, AND THANKS 

1749
01:02:59,609 --> 01:03:02,011
FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS 

1750
01:03:02,011 --> 01:03:04,580
LEGISLATION. I DO THINK IT'S 

1751
01:03:04,580 --> 01:03:07,250
GREAT THAT WE'RE WORKING THIS 

1752
01:03:07,250 --> 01:03:12,054
VISION ZERO ISSUE FROM OUR SIDE.

1753
01:03:12,054 --> 01:03:13,623
WHILE THE MAYOR'S OFFICE DOES 

1754
01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:15,258
THEIRS. AND I AGREE WITH YOU 

1755
01:03:15,258 --> 01:03:17,527
THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE 

1756
01:03:17,527 --> 01:03:18,127
IMPLEMENTATION SIDE AND THEN 

1757
01:03:18,127 --> 01:03:20,863
THERE'S THE LONGEVITY AND 

1758
01:03:20,863 --> 01:03:24,066
MAKING SURE WE WE HAVE THIS IN 

1759
01:03:24,066 --> 01:03:26,669
LAW. AND I GUESS ONE JUST 

1760
01:03:26,669 --> 01:03:30,907
CONCERN I HAVE IS ON THE TIMING,

1761
01:03:30,907 --> 01:03:36,445
THE AMENDMENTS DEADLINE AND AS 

1762
01:03:36,445 --> 01:03:40,316
DISCUSSED EARLIER, I WOULD BE 

1763
01:03:40,316 --> 01:03:40,883
INTERESTED IN HEARING SDCI 

1764
01:03:40,883 --> 01:03:43,853
FEEDBACK AND JUST WANT TO MAKE 

1765
01:03:43,853 --> 01:03:44,987
SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT 

1766
01:03:44,987 --> 01:03:45,788
THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ADOPT

1767
01:03:45,788 --> 01:03:47,623
WHAT THEY SAY, BUT I DO JUST 

1768
01:03:47,623 --> 01:03:48,925
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS 

1769
01:03:48,925 --> 01:03:50,226
GOING TO WORK FOR THEM AS WELL. 

1770
01:03:50,226 --> 01:03:52,461
AND IF THERE ARE POTENTIAL 

1771
01:03:52,461 --> 01:03:56,098
CONCERNS OR TWEAKING OF ANYTHING

1772
01:03:56,098 --> 01:03:58,668
THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE TIME 

1773
01:03:58,668 --> 01:04:00,970
TO, TO BRING THOSE FORWARD FOR 

1774
01:04:00,970 --> 01:04:03,239
DISCUSSION. SO I'M NOT SURE. 

1775
01:04:03,239 --> 01:04:03,873
JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE. NOT

1776
01:04:03,873 --> 01:04:05,942
SURE IF THERE I KNOW THERE'S 

1777
01:04:05,942 --> 01:04:06,576
SOME URGENCY TO THIS AND I WANT 

1778
01:04:06,576 --> 01:04:08,711
TO MEET THE TIMELINES THAT 

1779
01:04:08,711 --> 01:04:10,079
YOU'RE WORKING UNDER. AT THE 

1780
01:04:10,079 --> 01:04:12,648
SAME TIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE 

1781
01:04:12,648 --> 01:04:15,151
THAT WE HAVE SORT OF FEEDBACK 

1782
01:04:15,151 --> 01:04:16,686
AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TO THAT 

1783
01:04:16,686 --> 01:04:19,722
IDEA OF THE LONGEVITY, YOU KNOW,

1784
01:04:19,722 --> 01:04:20,690
MAKING SURE THAT THAT WE GET IT 

1785
01:04:20,690 --> 01:04:25,494
RIGHT. SO JUST HAPPY TO CHAT 

1786
01:04:25,494 --> 01:04:26,329
OFFLINE. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT

1787
01:04:26,329 --> 01:04:28,965
OUT THERE AGAIN, THANKS FOR 

1788
01:04:28,965 --> 01:04:29,465
BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 

1789
01:04:29,465 --> 01:04:31,567
-- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN.

1790
01:04:31,567 --> 01:04:32,935
APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR COMMENTS 

1791
01:04:32,935 --> 01:04:37,807
AND, AND EXCELLENT FEEDBACK 

1792
01:04:37,807 --> 01:04:42,245
THERE. I'LL I'LL SAY THAT MY 

1793
01:04:42,245 --> 01:04:46,148
OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY 

1794
01:04:46,148 --> 01:04:48,317
WITH SDOT ON, ON THIS, 

1795
01:04:48,317 --> 01:04:52,622
ESPECIALLY THE LAST SIX WEEKS 

1796
01:04:52,622 --> 01:04:57,827
PLUS EVEN BEFORE THAT, ON 

1797
01:04:57,827 --> 01:04:59,428
VARIOUS HIGHER LEVEL ASPECTS OF 

1798
01:04:59,428 --> 01:05:02,331
THIS, THEY HAVE REVIEWED AND 

1799
01:05:02,331 --> 01:05:03,633
PROVIDED MY OFFICE WITH 

1800
01:05:03,633 --> 01:05:11,474
EXTENSIVE FEEDBACK. AND MY 

1801
01:05:11,474 --> 01:05:13,609
OFFICE HAS MET WITH THE 

1802
01:05:13,609 --> 01:05:15,511
DEPARTMENT, MET DIRECTLY WITH 

1803
01:05:15,511 --> 01:05:16,012
THE DEPARTMENT AND THE 

1804
01:05:16,012 --> 01:05:19,181
EXECUTIVE. THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON

1805
01:05:19,181 --> 01:05:22,151
OUR COMPLEMENTARY EFFORTS 

1806
01:05:22,151 --> 01:05:24,787
NUMEROUS TIMES, AND I WOULD 

1807
01:05:24,787 --> 01:05:27,490
ENCOURAGE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN

1808
01:05:27,490 --> 01:05:32,561
VICE CHAIR AS WELL. ANYONE TO TO

1809
01:05:32,561 --> 01:05:33,062
MEET DIRECTLY WITH THE 

1810
01:05:33,062 --> 01:05:39,101
DEPARTMENT YOURSELVES. AND I 

1811
01:05:39,101 --> 01:05:40,569
ALSO THINK FOR A COUNCIL LED 

1812
01:05:40,569 --> 01:05:44,307
INITIATIVE, COUNCIL SPONSORED 

1813
01:05:44,307 --> 01:05:46,776
INITIATIVE, IT'S NOT AT ALL 

1814
01:05:46,776 --> 01:05:51,447
UNUSUAL TO. IN FACT, IT'S PRETTY

1815
01:05:51,447 --> 01:05:52,081
STANDARD PRACTICE TO, TO. WHEN 

1816
01:05:52,081 --> 01:05:57,186
WE TALK ABOUT WHO'S AT THE TABLE

1817
01:05:57,186 --> 01:05:59,088
TO HAVE OUR CENTRAL STAFF AT THE

1818
01:05:59,088 --> 01:06:00,623
TABLE, SOMETIMES COMMUNITY AT 

1819
01:06:00,623 --> 01:06:02,224
THE TABLE, BUT NOT HAVING THE 

1820
01:06:02,224 --> 01:06:03,693
EXECUTIVE BRANCH. THIS IS A 

1821
01:06:03,693 --> 01:06:05,194
LEGISLATIVE EFFORT. THIS IS A 

1822
01:06:05,194 --> 01:06:07,163
LEGISLATIVE EFFORT. I WANT TO 

1823
01:06:07,163 --> 01:06:11,567
UNDERSCORE FOOTSTOMP THAT AS 

1824
01:06:11,567 --> 01:06:14,437
WELL. IT'S COMPLEMENTARY, YOU 

1825
01:06:14,437 --> 01:06:16,806
KNOW, WITH WITH, YOU KNOW, 

1826
01:06:16,806 --> 01:06:17,406
PARALLEL EXECUTIVE ACTION AS 

1827
01:06:17,406 --> 01:06:22,244
WELL BUT I'M PLEASED TO SEE THE

1828
01:06:22,244 --> 01:06:24,547
EXECUTIVE ACTION AND THIS 

1829
01:06:24,547 --> 01:06:26,148
LEGISLATION ALLOWS US TO CONTROL

1830
01:06:26,148 --> 01:06:27,650
OUR OWN CONTROLLABLES AS WELL. 

1831
01:06:27,650 --> 01:06:31,187
ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE. AND SO,

1832
01:06:31,187 --> 01:06:32,955
AGAIN, WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, ALL 

1833
01:06:32,955 --> 01:06:35,558
COLLEAGUES, TO MEET WITH THE 

1834
01:06:35,558 --> 01:06:38,127
DEPARTMENT AND AND ENGAGE WITH 

1835
01:06:38,127 --> 01:06:40,863
THEM. BUT I KNOW MY OFFICE HAS, 

1836
01:06:40,863 --> 01:06:43,265
THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE THIS THIS 

1837
01:06:43,265 --> 01:06:44,133
PROCESS, ESPECIALLY THE LAST 

1838
01:06:44,133 --> 01:06:46,602
COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO I 

1839
01:06:46,602 --> 01:06:48,404
APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. ALL 

1840
01:06:48,404 --> 01:06:51,774
RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 

1841
01:06:51,774 --> 01:06:59,248
QUESTIONS OKAY. HEARING SEEING 

1842
01:06:59,248 --> 01:07:01,984
NONE. THANK YOU AGAIN, MISS 

1843
01:07:01,984 --> 01:07:04,854
GORMAN. MISS ALLEN FOR THE 

1844
01:07:04,854 --> 01:07:05,988
PRESENTATION TODAY. ALL YOUR 

1845
01:07:05,988 --> 01:07:08,758
HARD WORK THAT, YOU KNOW, 

1846
01:07:08,758 --> 01:07:10,226
ALLOWED US TO GET TO THIS 

1847
01:07:10,226 --> 01:07:14,130
MILESTONE APPRECIATE THE 

1848
01:07:14,130 --> 01:07:14,964
PARTNERSHIP TO DATE. AND ON A 

1849
01:07:14,964 --> 01:07:18,267
GOING FORWARD BASIS AS WELL. ALL

1850
01:07:18,267 --> 01:07:19,635
RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED THE END 

1851
01:07:19,635 --> 01:07:21,937
OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. OUR 

1852
01:07:21,937 --> 01:07:23,839
NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON 

1853
01:07:23,839 --> 01:07:26,942
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 2026 

1854
01:07:26,942 --> 01:07:29,011
AT 9:30 A.M.. WE WILL VOTE ON 

1855
01:07:29,011 --> 01:07:30,713
THE SAFER STREETS ACT AT THAT 

1856
01:07:30,713 --> 01:07:32,381
NEXT MEETING. AS A REMINDER, 

1857
01:07:32,381 --> 01:07:33,816
AMENDMENT CONCEPTS ARE DUE TO 

1858
01:07:33,816 --> 01:07:36,752
CENTRAL STAFF BY CLOSE OF 

1859
01:07:36,752 --> 01:07:37,353
BUSINESS TOMORROW, SEPTEMBER 

1860
01:07:37,353 --> 01:07:40,523
9th. IS THERE ANY FINAL BUSINESS

1861
01:07:40,523 --> 01:07:43,125
BEFORE WE COME TO ADJOURN THIS 

1862
01:07:43,125 --> 01:07:45,494
MEETING? HEARING AND SEEING NO 

1863
01:07:45,494 --> 01:07:46,228
FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 

1864
01:07:46,228 --> 01:07:49,065
THE COMMITTEE. WE ARE 

