>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
FOR BEING HERE FOR THE
GOVERNANCE EQUITY AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE MEETING ON
FEBRUARY 5. IT WAS DIFFICULT
FOR MANY FOLKS TO GET HERE TO
CITY HALL AND I APPRECIATE THE
EFFORTS YOU MADE, BY MANY.
THANK YOU.
WE HAD SOME PEOPLE UNABLE TO
MAKE IT AND WE WILL STILL
PROCEED WITH SOME OF THE
APPOINTMENTS. MANY OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE FAMILIAR
WITH AND WE WILL TALK THROUGH
THOSE ITEMS.
>> WE START UP WITH
APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY
SURVEILLANCE WORKING GROUP AND
TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS ABOUT
AND WE WILL MOVE TO OTHER
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NATIONAL
SPECIAL REVIEW DISTRICT BOARD
AND THE ETHICS AND ELECTIONS
COMMISSION AND THEN WE HAVE AN
ORDINANCE DEALING WITH THE
MYRTLE RESERVOIR RADIO
TRANSMITTER FACILITY.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION
OF OUR NEW CHIEF TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER, ASSAD BESHEAR THAT WE
LOOK FORWARD TO.
WHY DON'T WE START OFF WITH THE
FIRST THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE
SURVEILLANCE GROUP.
WHY DON'T YOU READ THOSE INTO
THE RECORD AND WE WILL FIRST
HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE TWO
SPEAKERS, MR. ALEX ZIMMERMAN
AND THEN MICHAEL SCHEFFLER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> MR. ZIMMERMAN, BEFORE YOU
START, WE ALSO HAVE, AS REQUIRED
BY RULES, A PUBLIC HEARING ON
THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
AND WE WILL HAVE THOSE THOSE.
MAY I HAVE BOTH OF THOSE?
>> WE ARE DOING THEM SEPARATE.
OKAY.
WE WILL TAKE THIS AS PUBLIC
COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN, THEN.
>> WE HAVE A LITTLE CONFUSION.
YOU ACTUALLY DID NOT SIGN UP
FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M SHOWING YOU INTENDED TO DO
THAT.
WE DO HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC
COMMENT SIGN UP ON ALL AGENDA
ITEMS AND NO PEOPLE SIGNED UP
FOR THAT.
WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING
AGENDA ON THE ITEM NUMBER
SEVEN.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE GENERAL
SIGN-UP SHEET FOR ALL OF THE
AGENDA ITEMS?
>> I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA
ITEM NUMBER SIX.
>> NUMBER SEVEN?
>> NO, SIX.
WHY DON'T YOU HAVE MR.
ZIMMERMAN SIGN UP FOR THAT ONE.
>> SIX, I CAN SPEAK ABOUT
SEVEN, TOO.
FIRST I WILL SPEAK WITH SIX.
CAN I SPEAK TWICE?
>> AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME TO
SAY THIS, YES, YOU HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TWICE.
YOU WILL SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND
THEN HAVE TWO MINUTES AND WE
WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT ON
GENERAL ITEMS AND MOVED TO A
PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN IS REQUIRED BY THE
RULES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
>> AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX ABOUT
THE APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN
TAYLOR.
GARBAGE, RATS, ANTI-SEMITE AND
CROOKS.
MY NAME ALEX ZIMMERMAN AND I
WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA ITEM
NUMBER SIX FOR THE ELECTION
COMMITTEE.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH THESE PEOPLE
FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, NEGATIVE.
EACH TIME WE ARE APPROVED SOME
BUDGET FOR THE AUTHORITIES, ALL
CROOKS WITHOUT EXCEPTION. I
KNOW THIS. I
GIVE YOU A SIMPLE EXAMPLE HOW
THIS COMMITTEE WORKS. A
COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO YOU GAVE
ME A TRESPASS FOR ONE MONTH AND
I GO TO APPEAL.
MY APPEAL ON THE WEBSITE BUT
YOU DON'T HAVE THIS ON WEBSITE
SO I GO TO CITY CLERK, I GO TO
THE COUNCIL AND YOU HAVE MY
APPEAL WITHOUT THE PUBLIC.
I BRING THIS TWO MONTHS AGO AND
THE ELECTION COMMITTEE, THIS
CROOK INCLUDES THE DIRECTOR AND
NEVER ANSWERED ME.
WHY MY APPEAL -- LIKE CIVILIZED
PEOPLE IN THIS AUTHORITY -- MR.
HARRELL, YOU DID THIS.
WHY IS POSSIBLE?
HOW IS POSSIBLE?
MY APPEAL NOT IN WEBSITE SO
NOBODY KNOW WHAT IT IS MY
APPEAL ABOUT.
HOW YOU CAN MAKE DECISION LIKE
PROFESSIONAL AUTHORITY WITH
LICENSES ABOUT APPEAL WHAT
DOESN'T HAVE APPEAL.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
I GO TO COURT TO APPEAL AND THE
COURT TALK NO YOU DON'T HAVE
APPEAL SO WE MAKE DECISION
ABOUT THIS FOR EXAMPLE.
YOU ARE QUICK BY DEFINITION.
NOT ONLY CROOK BUT A NAZI
PRINCIPLE, EXACTLY WHAT IS
THIS.
STAND UP SEATTLE AND THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
>> HOLD ON, MR. ZIMMERMAN.
YOU WILL GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK
AGAIN.
MR. SCHUSSLER, YOU MIGHT HAVE
SIGNED ON THE WRONG LINE.
YOU NEED THIS ETO APPOINTMENT
AND THAT WILL BE ON THE GENERAL
COMMENT.
WHY DON'T WE TAKE YOUR
TESTIMONY NEXT AND THEN WE WILL
GO BACK TO NUMBER SEVEN.
MR. SCHUSSLER IS UP AND THEN WE
WILL GO BACK TO MR. ZIMMERMAN.
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL
MEMBERS.
MICHAEL SCHUSSLER, CEO OF THE
TECH INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, A CO-
OP OF NEARLY 1200 TECH
COMPANIES 12 STARTUPS SUCCEED,
HELPING PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
WOMEN GET JOBS INTACT AND
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PUBLIC
SECTOR TO BUILD A STRONGER
COMMUNITY.
I WAS HONORED TO SERVE WITH MY
COLLEAGUE, SHARON WILLIAMS FROM
THE TECH ACCESS FOUNDATION AS
COCHAIR OF THE SELECTION
COMMITTEE FOR THIS NEW CTO
INCLUDING SENIOR TECH LEADERS
AND A FEW CEOs WITH HIGH
STANDARDS FOR THIS ROLE AND
MORE THAN 200 APPLICANTS FROM
AROUND THE COUNTRY WANTED THIS
JOB.
OUR COMMITTEE EVALUATED DOZENS
OF THE MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED
CANDIDATES AND WE CONDUCTED
RIGOROUS PANEL INTERVIEWS OF
THE MOST PROMISING ONES.
SAAD BASHIR STOOD OUT AS THE
BEST AMONG THE BEST AND HIS
SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE AS A CTO IN
OTTAWA, HIS WIDE RANGE OF
OPERATIONAL EXPERTISE AND
COMMUNICATION SKILLS WERE
UNMATCHED AND I WAS
PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED WITH HIS
INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY, NOT A
MERE TECHNOLOGIST, A STUDENT OF
HISTORY AND ORGANIZATIONAL
DESIGN AND HE COULD EASILY
FETCH A MUCH HIGHER SALARY IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR BUT HIS
SENSE OF CIVIC DUTY AND A
DESIRE TO SERVE THIS, OUR
COMMUNITY, HAS LED HIM HERE AND
WE ARE LUCKY, AS A CITY, TO
ATTRACT SOMEONE OF THIS
CALIBER.
WE ARE EAGER TO WORK TO SUPPORT
THE MISSION.
THANK YOU AND I'D BE HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY, VERY HELPFUL.
THAT CONCLUDES THE GENERAL
PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AND WE
NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING
ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,
THE MYRTLE RESERVOIR RADIO
TRANSMITTER FACILITY
LEGISLATION AND MR. ZIMMERMAN,
YOU'VE SIGNED UP FOR THAT, SIR.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THIS IS ON A SPECIFIC ITEM
DEALING WITH THE RESERVOIR
RADIO TRANSMITTER FACILITY, NOT
ABOUT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS,
SIR.
>> START THE CLOCK.
>> WHERE IS MY FACE?
WHERE IS I AM?
HELLO.
[ LAUGHTER ] MY NAME ALEX
ZIMMERMAN.
I WILL TRANSMIT WHAT IS A RADIO
AND I GO TO COUNCIL CHAMBER FOR
MANY YEAR, LIKE YOU, HUNDRED
TIMES, MAY BE THOUSAND AND I
KNOW ABOUT THIS RADIO
TRANSMISSION.
MY QUESTION RIGHT NOW VERY
SIMPLE.
VERY INTERESTING.
GO TO PEOPLE, NOT CORPORATION
OR GOVERNMENT AND I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY SEATTLE NEED BE
PART OF THIS BUSINESS.
THE COUNTRY HAS $12 BILLION,
$12 BILLION.
IS THIS $12 BILLION BY
DEFINITION GUARANTEE A RADIO
EMERGENCY FOR EVERY COUNTRY?
WHY SEATTLE PART OF THIS?
BELLEVUE PART OF THIS?
REDMAN PART OF THIS RENT AND
PART OF THIS WHY SEATTLE PART
OF THIS?
THIS NOT US DUTY.
THIS COUNTRY DUTY, COUNTRY
RESPONSIBILITY.
THEY HAVE $12 BILLION.
THIS A TON OF MONEY.
SEATTLE HAS TOO MANY HOMELESS
AND PROBLEM WITH HOUSING, NEED
250,000 HOME FOR POOR.
WHY THEY ENROLLED IN SOMETHING
ABSOLUTELY NO NEED DOING THIS?
I CANNOT HAVE A SENSE IN THIS.
I'M A BUSINESSMAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN?
NO PROFIT, FOR SURVIVING,
COUNTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR
EVERYTHING? I
SPEAK TO EVERYBODY.
STAND UP SEATTLE, STAND UP
AMERICA.
STEALING MILLIONS FOR NOTHING
IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED RIGHT
NOW.
STAND UP AMERICA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
WE WILL MOVE TO OUR FIRST THREE
AGENDA ITEMS.
WHY NOT READ ALL THREE OF THE
FIRST?
>> APPOINTMENT 012-4947 AND 48,
APPOINTMENTS OF SHANKAR
NARAYAN, RICHARD STOLZ, JOSEPH
WOOLLEY FOR THE TERM DECEMBER
3121 AND 2020.
>> WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF AND I WILL HANDED
OVER.
>> THANK YOU, GREG DAWES,
COUNCIL FOR CENTRAL STAFF.
>> FOR WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO
ESTABLISH, WE'VE SET UP
PURSUANT TO OUR PRIVACY WORK
AND SURVEILLANCE REVIEW WORK, A
SEVEN-MEMBER SURVEILLANCE
COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP, WHICH
IS TRULY THAT, MEMBERS FROM THE
COMMUNITY WITH SOME LEVEL OF
EXPERTISE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE
CITY USES AND PURCHASES AND
DEPLOYS TECHNOLOGY AND STRIKES A
BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING OUR
PRIVACY NEEDS AND INTERESTS AND
USING AND MAKING SURE WE USE
TECHNOLOGY IN A SMART AND
EFFECTIVE WAY.
THE MAYOR HAS FOUR MEMBERS THAT
SHE WOULD APPOINT AND THE
COUNCIL VOTES AND CONFIRMS
THREE AND TODAY'S PRESENTATION,
WE WERE GOING TO INTRODUCE
THREE AND ALL THREE HAD
COMPLICATIONS ON GETTING HERE
AND ONE IS OUT-OF-TOWN AT A
NATIONAL CONFERENCE BUT WE ARE
FAMILIAR WITH ALL THREE AND
HAVE THE RESUMES AND WE ALSO
INVITED ANY OF THE MAYORS TO
COME TO THE TABLE THIS MORNING.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION THANK YOU
TO MISS MOSQUEDA.
WE'VE HAD THE RESUMES AND
REVIEWED THEM AND MANY WERE
ELIGIBLE.
WHY DON'T YOU GIVE AN OVERVIEW
OF THE GROUP AND THESE
INDIVIDUALS AND I THINK WE CAN
PROCEED EVEN THOUGH THE
PRESENCE ISN'T HERE.
>> THANK YOU, WILL DO.
THE COUNCIL CREATED THE WORKING
GROUP, AS YOU DISCUSSED UNDER
THE SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE,
WHICH IS 12569.
THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED THAT THE
WORKING GROUP WOULD CONSIST OF
MEMBERS FROM COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR AND THOSE THAT ARE
HISTORICALLY SUBJECT TO
DISPROPORTIONATE SURVEILLANCE.
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES,
RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AND GROUPS
CONCERNED WITH PRIVACY AND
PROTEST.
AS MENTIONED, IT'S A SEVEN-
MEMBER COMMITTEE WITH THREE
APPOINTMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL
AND FOUR FROM THE MAYOR AND I
WILL INTRODUCE EVERYONE IN A
MOMENT.
I WILL DISTINGUISH WHICH COME
FROM WHICH BODIES AND I WOULD
NOTE THAT THE WORKGROUP IS
CHARGED WITH CREATING A PRIVACY
AND CIVIL LIBERTIES IMPACT
STATEMENT FOR EACH OF THE
TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL BE
COMING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE SURVEILLANCE ORDINANCE
REQUIRES THAT ANY SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY COME BEFORE THE CITY
COUNCIL FOR A REVIEW AND
BRIEFING.
THE WORKGROUP APPOINTMENTS WERE
MADE AFTER PROCESS THAT
ADVERTISED TO THE COMMUNITY AND
ALSO REACHED OUT TO SPECIFIC
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
IDENTIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE.
WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE THE
INTRODUCTIONS AND I START WITH
THE MAYORAL APPOINTMENTS.
THOSE APPOINTMENTS ARE ON A
SHOW AT THE HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT AND THE ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON, MICHELLE MERIWETHER,
THE PRESIDENT AND CEO WITH THE
URBAN LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN
SEATTLE, THE COUNCIL ON
AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS AND
NOW, THE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS
AND THESE THREE ARE RICHARD
STOLZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ONE
AMERICA, SHANKAR NARAYAN, THE
TECHNOLOGY AND LIBERTY PROJECT
DIRECTOR FOR THE ACLU OF
WASHINGTON AND JOSEPH WOOLLEY, A
VOLUNTEER ON THE COMMUNITY
ADVISORY TECHNOLOGY BOARD'S
PRIVACY AND CYBER SECURITY
SUBCOMMITTEE.
THEY ALREADY ARE UP AND RUNNING
AND WILL RECEIVE THE FIRST
SURVEILLANCE IMPACT REVIEW AND
HAVE THE FIRST MEETING ON
FEBRUARY 14.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER LISA HERBOLD, IT
WAS TOUGH TO GET HERE. ARE YOU
FINISHED WITH THE OPENING
REMARK?
A FEW THOUGHTS.
ONE, THIS IS REALLY, I THINK, IN
MY HUMBLE OPINION, A GREAT GROUP
OF FOLKS THAT CAN STRIKE THE
BALANCE OF PRIVACY AND
SURVEILLANCE.
THE REVIEW OF SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD, JUST SO MY
COLLEAGUES KNOW AND IT'S BEEN
SUGGESTED TO ME AND I AGREE,
ONE REASON IS THAT THEY ARE
FORM OF WORK IS BEGINNING BUT
WE WANT THEM, TECHNICALLY, TO
BE IN PLACE AS SOME WORK IS
BEING DONE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR
TWO.
MY PLAN WAS TO VOTE IT OUT OF
COMMITTEE BASED ON THE
REPUTATIONS ON THE RESUME AND
PRESENT IT TO THE FULL COUNCIL.
AGAIN, MANY WERE GOING TO BE
HERE BUT BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER
THEY WERE UNABLE TO BE HERE.
ONE COMMENT I WAS GOING TO
MAKE, AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN
NICE TO GET A REACTION, THESE
ARE TECHNOLOGY TYPES AND WE
WILL LOOK AT THE VIDEO VIDEO.
WE WILL PROBABLY WATCH THEM
RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS -- AND NOT
TO SINGLE OUT ANY INDIVIDUAL --
BUT ONE CONCERN MOVING FORWARD
IS THAT THIS GROUP, AS WE LOOK
AT TECHNOLOGY, SOME OF WHICH
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN USING, THAT
WE DO IT EFFICIENTLY AND WHAT
INEFFICIENCY WOULD LOOK LIKE IS
WHERE WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY WE ARE
USING AND THE REVIEW OR THE
IMPACT STATEMENT MAY SLOW SOME
THINGS UP.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE RUSH IT
AND WAVE OUR PRIVACY ARGUMENTS.
BUT, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN STUDYING POTENTIAL ABUSE
AND USE. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE
IS A BALANCE IN THIS GROUP TO
LOOK AT SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY.
I HAVE TO SHARE PERSONAL STORY
WITH YOU.
WE WILL BE OUT OF HERE BEFORE
NOON BUT LAST NIGHT I WAS GOING
THROUGH A CREDIT CARD STATEMENT
AND DISCOVERED FRAUD ONCE AGAIN
ON ONE OF MY CREDIT CARDS.
MANY PEOPLE HAVE DEALT WITH
THIS ISSUE ONCE OR TWICE.
THERE ARE BAD PEOPLE DOING BAD
THINGS WITH TECHNOLOGY AND THE
GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT BE ON
THAT.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE
RUSHED THROUGH THE PROCESS BUT
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT
DEPARTMENTS HAVE ARTICULATED TO
ME IS THAT AS WE HAVE HAD IN
PAST TECHNOLOGY, THAT WE CLOG UP
THE PROCESS WITH TOO MUCH
BUREAUCRACY AND TOO MUCH
INEFFICIENCY.
I TRUST THAT THERE IS GOING TO
BE SOME OF THAT BECAUSE, AGAIN,
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL
USES OF ABUSE AND ACTUAL ABUSE.
I'M HOPEFUL THEY STRIKE THE
BALANCE BETWEEN A SMART AND
THOROUGH REVIEW AND REALIZING
THAT TIME IS MONEY IN CERTAIN
SITUATIONS WITH TECHNOLOGY.
THAT IS MY CHAIR'S OPINION AND
AGAIN, WE ARE DEVELOPING A
WORKING RELATIONSHIP SO I HOPE
THAT IT WORKS WELL AND
EFFICIENTLY.
ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER GREG OR
TO THE ABSENT MEMBERS BEFORE WE
TAKE A VOTE?
I'M ACTUALLY PREPARED TO VOTE.
ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES?
>> I WOULD JUST SAY THAT I'M
VERY COMFORTABLE MOVING
FORWARD, AS WELL.
I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE DONE A
TREMENDOUS JOB OF THINKING
THROUGH WHAT THE TASK FORCE
SHOULD BE AND HAVE TAKEN INPUT
FROM THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF
THE FOLKS ON THE LIST TO BE
NOMINATED AND WITH YOUR
GUIDANCE AND THE FRAME YOU
OUTLINED, I THINK WE ARE IN
GOOD HANDS TO HAVE THIS QUICKLY
MOVE FORWARD IN AN EXPEDITED
WAY.
I APPRECIATE YOU MOVING FORWARD
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THE WEATHER
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
I WILL MOVE THE APPOINTMENTS,
01249, 01247, 01248.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE
APPOINTMENTS VOTE AYE.
OPPOSED, THE AYES HAVE IT AND
WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT
AT THE NEXT FULL COUNCIL
MEETING.
>> PLEASE READ THE NEXT
APPOINTMENT TO TO THE RECORD.
DEPUTY MAYOR, PLEASE COME
FORWARD AS WE PRESENT.
>> APPOINTMENT 01252.
APPOINTMENT OF SAAD BASHIR AS
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR A
TERM TO JANUARY 21, 2023.
>> WHY DON'T WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
I KNOW YOU HAVE OPENING WORDS,
AS WELL.
INTRODUCTIONS, FIRST NAME WOULD
BE FINE.
>> MY FIRST TEST.
>> [ LAUGHTER ] PUSH A BUTTON
AND IT TURNS GREEN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SAAD BASHIR.
>> A WANT TO GIVE A PROCESS
EXPLANATION AND THEN TURN IT
BACK TO THE GUEST AT THE TABLE.
WE RECEIVED THE CLERK FILE ON
JANUARY 25, A TRANSMITTAL
LETTER FROM MAYOR DURKAN.
AS POINTED OUT, IT WAS THE
RESULT OF A VERY EXTENSIVE
SEARCH WITH LITERALLY HUNDREDS
OF POTENTIAL CANDIDATES.
I APPEAR THAT SAAD BASHIR
APPEARS TO BE THE BEST OF THE
BEST.
AND FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECK
AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, ON
FEBRUARY 4TH, WE HAVE SUBMITTED
TO THE INSTRUCTIONAL CALENDAR
AND WE HAVE THE INITIAL
DISCUSSION AND I HAVE SEVERAL
QUESTIONS I WOULD ASK IN WHAT I
HOPE TO ACHIEVE OUT OF SOME OF
THESE QUESTIONS.
I WILL TAKE SOME OF THE
QUESTIONS AND LIST THEM BY THE
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DURING THE
WEEK, FORMULATE WRITTEN
QUESTIONS IN A FEW DAYS TO GIVE
ADEQUATE TIME TO RESPOND SO
THIS PROCESS, I HAVE SOME
DRAFTS. I
WILL FINALIZE IT WITH A DRAFT
QUESTION AND I WILL FINALIZE
INTO A FORMAL LETTER.
WE PROBABLY COULD DO IT THIS
WEEK AND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS AND I WOULD ASK THAT THOSE
RESPONSES COME BACK TO US AROUND
FEBRUARY 27, IF THAT IS
ACCEPTABLE AND WE HAVE
FLEXIBILITY.
WE THINK THAT SHOULD GIVE AMPLE
TIME.
WE ARE NOT ASKING YOU TO WRITE A
PhD, JUST GIVE US A BACKGROUND
OF YOUR VALUES AND ON MARCH 5TH
WE WILL HAVE A SECOND MEETING
IN WHICH IT SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO VOTE OUT OF COMMITTEE AND
PRESENT TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON
MARCH 11.
THAT IS THE PLAN AND PLANS CAN
CHANGE BUT THAT IS THE PLAN AT
THIS POINT AND I HAVE NO REASON
TO THINK WE CAN'T DEPART FROM
IT.
HAVING SAID THAT, ROILING OUT
THE GAME PLAN, WHY DON'T YOU
SHARE SOME OPENING THOUGHTS.
DEPUTY MAYOR?
>> THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT,
IT'S MY HONOR TO WORK WITH THE
STAFF AND SEARCH COMMITTEE FOR
I.T.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE, AS
MICHAEL SCHUSSLER POINTED OUT,
TO BE JOINED ON THE SEARCH
COMMITTEE BY PEOPLE VERY
INVOLVED IN SOME EXCITING
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES IN OUR CITY.
CERTAINLY, MICHAEL WAS A
COCHAIR AND SHERRY WILLIAMS WAS
ALSO THE OTHER COCHAIR.
EXEDIA, NORDSTROM -- THE FOLKS
IN TOWN THAT ARE JUST DOING
EXCITING TECHNOLOGY WORK WERE
PART OF THAT.
WE DID INTERVIEW, I BELIEVE,
NINE PEOPLE IN THE END.
ORIGINALLY 10 BUT ONE PULLED
OUT.
FROM THAT, FROM THOSE
DISCUSSIONS, SAAD BASHIR
DEMONSTRATED THE KIND OF
COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE,
KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNOLOGY AND
APPRECIATION FOR THE WORK THAT
NEEDS TO BE DONE TO SERVE THE
CUSTOMERS OF I.T.
THE FIRST LINE OF CUSTOMERS ARE
THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY.
SO, WE ALSO HAD THE COMMITTEE
BECAUSE WE WANTED A DEPARTMENT
THAT I.T.
SERVES AS PART OF THAT PROCESS.
I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET
TO KNOW MR. BASHIR AND THE
ISSUES HE WILL BRING FOR THE
CITY, WHICH HE WILL TALK WITH
YOU NOW AND IT IS THE MAYOR AND
I VERY PLEASED WE WERE ABLE TO
ATTRACT A PERSON OF SAAD
BASHIR'S KNOWLEDGE AND
EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND INTEGRITY
TO THIS POSITION.
FOR THAT, WE EXPRESS OUR
APPRECIATION AND LOOK FORWARD
TO THE COUNCIL HEARING.
>> BEFORE WE CROSS-EXAMINE YOU
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY IF YOU
REMARKS?
>> I DON'T KNOW, FOR SOME
REASON, I'M MORE NERVOUS TODAY
THAN I WAS WHEN THE MAYOR MADE
THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN FRONT OF THE
MEDIA FOLKS.
JUST A FEW QUICK WORDS, THE
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I'M TRULY
EXCITED TO POTENTIALLY JOIN THE
CITY AS YOUR PERMANENT CTO AND
THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS BUT
THE BIGGEST THING THAT IS
MOTIVATING ME TO TAKE THIS ROLE
ON IS THE IDEA THAT WE CAN
CREATE A BEST IN CLASS I.T.
SERVICE DELIVERY TEAM IN THE
WORLD-CLASS CITY THAT IS HOME
TO SOME OF THE WORLD'S GLOBAL
TECHNOLOGY BRANDS AND THAT I.D.
IS MOTIVATING.
AS WE ALL KNOW, TECHNOLOGY IS
TELLING US AND DICTATING US IN
MANY CASES, HOW WE RUN OUR
OPERATIONS AND DELIVER OUR
SERVICES AND ENGAGE WITH OUR
CITIZENS.
SO, IF NOT DONE RIGHT, VERY
QUICKLY, YOU CAN ADD UP COSTS
AND EXPOSE YOUR ORGANIZATION TO
CYBER SECURITY THREATS.
YOU CAN HAVE PRIVACY CONCERNS
AND POOR DIGITAL EXPERIENCES
AND YOU CAN HAVE DEPLOYMENT
TIMELINES THAT NEVER SEEM TO
END ON TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.
VERY BRIEFLY, I WANT TO GIVE
YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT MY
APPROACH HAS BEEN IN THE PAST
IN A SIMILAR ROLE AND WHAT I
EXPECT TO BRING FORWARD WITH
THIS ROLE.
ONE OF THEM WILL BE FOCUSED,
ABSOLUTE CLARITY ON WHY I.T.
EXISTS AND THAT WILL ONLY COME
TO US IF WE ARE IN COMPLETE
SINK WITH THE PROJECTS WE LOOK
TO SERVE AND THE CITIZENS IN
THE CITY WE ARE LOOKING TO
SERVE.
THE OTHER THING IS BEING
NIMBLE.
WE HAVE TO OPERATE LIKE A
LIVING ORGANIZATION, AS
BUSINESS LEADS CHANGE, THE WAY
WE DO BUSINESS NEEDS TO CHANGE,
AS WELL.
PROCESS FOR THE SAKE OF PROCESS
SHOULDN'T BE STAGNATING OUR
CREATIVITY.
THE THIRD IS OUTCOME DRIVEN
WITH EVERY SMALL AND BIG EFFORT
IN I.T.
HAVING TO BE ALIGNED TO SOME
OUTCOME THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS
EXPECTING AND THAT IS GOING TO
BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
TRANSPARENCY IN HOW WE MAKE
DECISIONS AND DEPLOY THE BUDGETS
YOU GIVE US AND HOW WE DEPLOY
THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE,
THAT IS GOING TO BE PARAMOUNT TO
ME, AS WELL.
VENDOR MANAGEMENT -- SO MUCH OF
OUR DAILY OPERATIONAL SUCCESS
IS DEPENDENT ON THIRD-PARTY
PRODUCTS.
SO, I WOULD LOVE TO MOVE US FROM
A FRAGMENTED TRANSACTION AND
RELATIONSHIP THAT SO MANY
VENDORS HAVE AND HAVE TRUE
PARTNERSHIPS WITH A SELECT FEW.
PRIVACY, RESPECTING ALL
POLICIES AND LEGISLATION AND
GUIDELINES, TO SHOW THAT YOU
CAN HAVE A STRONG TECHNOLOGY
LANDSCAPE IN A COMPLEX
ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS WHILE
STILL RESPECTING PRIVACY
CONCERNS.
IF SHANKAR NARAYAN, JOSEPH
WOOLLEY AND RICHARD STOLZ WERE
HERE, I WOULD BE SPEAKING WITH
THEM BUT WE WILL WORK TOGETHER
ON A REGULAR BASIS.
VERY QUICKLY, TWO THINGS THAT
WILL SERVE AS MY ANCHOR IN THIS
JOB AND ONE WILL BE TALENT
DEVELOPMENT AND THE OTHER WILL
BE CYBER SECURITY.
BOTH OF THEM, BOTH OF THESE HAS
THE POTENTIAL OF CREATING HUGE
VALUE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND
AT THE SAME TIME, IF NOT DONE
RIGHT, MAJOR LIABILITIES.
JUST IN CLOSING, I WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE A COMMITMENT THAT I
MADE DURING THE NOMINATION,
WHICH WAS ABOUT MAKING SURE
THAT A BEST IN CLASS I.T.
ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO STAY
TRUE TO DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL
JUSTICE AND INCLUSIVE VALUES.
AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE KIND
OF WORK I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
SUPPORT WITH MY PARTICIPATION
IN NONPROFIT BOARDS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING
THAT TYPE OF APPROACH IN THIS
ROLE, AS WELL AND THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE
THOSE REMARKS FROM YOU. I
WILL START OFF WITH AN OPENING
QUESTION AND TURN IT OVER TO MY
COLLEAGUES. I
DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT OTTAWA.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE -- YOU HAD THE
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER AND
THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC
INNOVATION AND CAN YOU DESCRIBE
SIMILARITIES THAT EXISTED IN
THAT JOB RELATIVE TO THE
CHALLENGE WE HAVE OR THE
DIFFERENCES?
EITHER ONE, I WANT TO CONTRAST
WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM AND
WHAT YOUR VISION IS FOR AND
WHERE WE ARE HEADING.
>> EVERY DAY SINCE THE LAST SIX
DAYS I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROLE IN
AN ACTING CAPACITY HAVE LOOKED
AT THOSE SIMILARITIES AND
DIFFERENCES.
I START WITH THE DIRECTOR OF
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND I
WORKED REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE
MAYOR FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS AND
IN THAT ROLE I HAD THE LUXURY
OF WORKING ACROSS THE VARIOUS
ORGANIZATION BUSINESS LINES AND
WITH THE BUSINESS SECTOR AND
THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
I'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD
APPRECIATION OF HOW
MUNICIPALITY WORKS AND THE
KINDS OF THINGS WE DID IN
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE MAYOR
AND THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME
THOUGHT ABOUT IF WE NEEDED
SOMEBODY TO MAKE OUR I.T.
ORGANIZATION ALIGNED TO THE
BUSINESS OBJECTIVES AND TO WHAT
THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO FOR THE
CITIZENS OF THE CITY.
THEY WANTED ME TO TAKE ALL OF
THAT LEARNING AND APPROACH THAT
THEY HAD SEEN IN THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND APPROACH TO
THIS ROLE.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I WOULD
SAY DIDN'T GIVE DIRECT
TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE BUT I
WOULD SAY OTTAWA IS CONSIDERED
TO BE A SILICON NORTH WITH THAT
LABEL BECAUSE IT HAS A HIGH
CONCENTRATION OF TECH COMPANIES
AND EVEN THOUGH I WAS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY WAS ONE
OF THE SECTORS THAT I WAS ON A
DAILY BASIS INVOLVED IN.
MOVING INTO THE CIO ROLE, VERY
SIMILAR. IF YOU TALK ABOUT
SIMILARITIES, SIMILAR TO
SEATTLE IN TERMS OF THE SAME
FOOTPRINT, PROVIDING A SIMILAR
NUMBER OF USERS AND THE KINDS
OF SERVICES YOU EXPECT FROM
I.T.
TODAY.
THERE ARE LAPTOPS AND
APPLICATIONS AND THE BUSINESS
NEEDS TO RUN THE OPERATIONS.
CYBER SECURITY, SERVICE DESK,
ALL OF THE BREAD AND BUTTER YOU
WOULD FIND IN SEATTLE.
ONE THING THAT WAS SIMILAR WHEN
I JOINED THAT I FIND SIMILAR AT
THIS POINT IN TIME IS PERHAPS
THE RELATIONSHIPS WERE NOT AS
STRONG BETWEEN I.T.
AND THE REST OF THE
ORGANIZATION.
PEOPLE WEREN'T CLEAR ON THE
VALUE THEY GENERATED EVEN
THOUGH I.T.
IN THE OTTAWA, WHEN I JOINED
THEM, IN MY SIX DAYS, I'VE
NOTICED SOME REALLY GREAT
THINGS.
SO, HOW DO YOU TELL THAT STORY?
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT
COMMUNICATION BUT THERE ARE
GOOD POCKETS OF IT GOING ON AND
IN OTTAWA, WE REBUILT THAT
TRUST WITH OUR CLIENTS.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT,
COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THAT WAS A
DAILY EXERCISE AND HE LOST
TRUST BECAUSE THE PROJECT
FALTERED AND YOU GAINED TRUST
IN ANOTHER AREA BECAUSE YOU DID
SOMETHING BETTER THAN WHAT WAS
EXPECTED.
THOSE WOULD BE THE SIMILARITIES
AND DIFFERENCES.
>> VERY GOOD. I
HAVE ONE MORE AND THEN I WILL
TURN IT OVER.
I'VE BECOME INTRIGUED WHEN I
HEAR TECHNOLOGY AND THE VISION.
IN ANOTHER LIFE I WAS CHIEF
COUNSEL FOR A TELECOM COMPANY.
I'VE SPENT HOURS IN THESE KINDS
OF MEETINGS.
AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, AND I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE KNOWN THIS
IN YOUR SIX DAYS HERE, BUT THE
CITY OF SEATTLE HAS GONE
THROUGH A DRASTIC CONSOLIDATION
PROCESS OF ALL OF OUR I.T.
WORK AND OF COURSE WE STILL
HAVE INDIVIDUAL POCKETS OF
GREAT WORK BEING DONE.
WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE TOWARD A
FOUR PHASE CONSOLIDATION EFFORT
AND WE ARE MARKING THE FOURTH
PHASE AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO
GO THROUGH IT, PARTICULARLY
WITH MANAGING HUGE CAPITAL
PROJECTS.
MY QUESTION IS, HOW DO YOU
APPROACH APPROACH?
YOU ARE CALLED UPON TO MAKE A
LOT OF TOUGH STRATEGIC
DECISIONS.
I'M SURE YOU RELY ON STAFF AND
FRIENDS AND WHOEVER BUT HOW DO
YOU GO ABOUT MAKING THESE KINDS
OF HUGE STRATEGIC DECISIONS?
HOW HAVE YOU GONE ABOUT THAT IN
THE PAST.
CERTAINLY LARGER THAN ONE
PERSON TO MAKE THESE STRATEGIC
CALLS AND PARTICULARLY IN PHASE
4, THERE IS MANY CALLS THAT
HAVE TO BE MADE.
>> RIGHT.
WHAT YOU ARE ASKING, WHAT IS
THAT SECRET SAUCE?
I WISH THERE WAS ONE SIMPLE
ANSWER I COULD GIVE YOU AND I
THINK THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED
DURING THE INTERVIEW, AS WELL
AND THERE WILL BE A COMBINATION
OF FACTORS AND I WILL LIST A
FEW.
ONE IS GOING TO BE THE ABILITY
FOR I.T.'S WORKFORCE, OUR OWN
STAFF AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO
TAKE ON THE MODERNIZATION THAT
WE WANT TO UNDERTAKE IN
TECHNOLOGY.
THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN JUST BY
ASSIGNING WORK, THAT WILL TAKE
A VERY DELIBERATE EXERCISE OF
INVESTING INTO A SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT, RETOOLING MANY OF
OUR PEOPLE AND REALLY MAKING
SURE THAT OUR TALENT, NOT A
THIRD-PARTY VENDOR, NOT A
CONSULTANT IS FRONT AND CENTER
OF MODERNIZATION EFFORTS.
IF THERE WAS ONE THING I HAD TO
PICK WHICH I CANNOT DO THIS
JOB, IT WILL BE THE FOCUS ON
TALENT.
NO MATTER HOW MOTIVATED THE
TALENT, IF I AM UNABLE TO GET
THAT TRUST FROM THE CLIENTS
THAT I AM GOING TO BE SERVING,
THE DEPARTMENTS -- AND NOT JUST
DEPARTMENT HEADS, MIND YOU --
I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE.
EVEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT IN SOME DEPARTMENT
THAT I.T.
IS WILLING TO SERVE HAS LOTS OF
GOOD PERSPECTIVES.
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN I.T., ALL
OF THE BUSINESS LINES AT EVERY
LEVEL WILL BE FUNDAMENTAL.
THAT ALSO IS NOT AN EASY
EXERCISE.
MANY PEOPLE SHY AWAY BECAUSE
IT'S QUITE TIME-CONSUMING AND
YOU HAVE TO SPEND TIMES TO
BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP BUT IT'S
SOMETHING I'M WILLING TO DO,
NOT JUST ME, BUT MY MANAGEMENT
TEAM AS WELL.
IT'S A GOOD SOLID PRACTICE AND
YOU HAVE, WE HAVE THE LUXURY
AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
TECH HOTBED, NO SHORTAGE OF
BEST PRACTICES IN THIS CITY FOR
SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO DO THINGS
IN I.T. I
REMEMBER IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE I
USED TO SEND PEOPLE TO SEATTLE.
I CAME TO SEATTLE MULTIPLE
TIMES TO SIT WITH PEOPLE THAT I
THOUGHT WERE EXPERTS IN
WHATEVER THEY WERE DOING AND I
COULD STEAL SOME IDEAS FROM
THEM.
I FEEL REALLY LUCKY AND MAYBE
THIS MIGHT BE THE EASIEST PART
OF THE ROLE, TO CALL UPON THOSE
NETWORKS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY
TO GO TO THEIR OFFICES AND
INVITE THEM TO HOURS AND SHARE
THOSE BEST PRACTICES.
SORT OF THOSE WOULD BE THE TOP
THREE THINGS THAT I WOULD BE
LOOKING FOR.
>> VERY GOOD.
COLLEAGUES?
COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> FORMER MAYOR MOSLEY, CAN YOU
TELL ME IF THE COMMUNITY
TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD WAS
INVOLVED IN THE SEARCH
COMMITTEE?
>> WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
FROM THE TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITY,
BUT THE SPECIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
WAS NOT.
>> THE ADVISORY BOARD WAS NOT
INVOLVED?
>> CORRECT.
>> ALSO, A QUESTION FOR THE
NOMINEE.
SEATTLE'S I.T.
IS A RELATIVELY NEW DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD
DURING THE CONSOLIDATION, FROM
FOLKS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, IS
THAT BECAUSE OF MICROMANAGING
AND PRACTICES THAT HAVE LED TO
RELATIVELY LOW MORALE IN THE
DEPARTMENT, THERE ARE SOME REAL
CHALLENGES.
AS IT RELATES TO OTHER
DEPARTMENTS, THERE IS A LOT OF
CONCERN.
IT WILL LEAD TO A FEE FOR
SERVICE APPROACH AND SMALLER
DEPARTMENTS WON'T GET THE
ATTENTION THAT THEY DESPERATELY
NEED TO DO THEIR WORK AND
DELIVER SERVICES TO OUR
CONSTITUENTS.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOUR EXPERIENCE RUNNING LARGE
DEPARTMENTS LIKE THIS?
úAND, WHAT YOU SEE AS HOW TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES
RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO BOTH
MORALE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT,
AS WELL AS CREATING THE TRUST
WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT
THEIR NEEDS WILL BE MET AS WE
MOVE THROUGHCONSOLIDATION.
>> I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU
THE EXPERIENCE FROM THE
PREVIOUS ROLE AND I'M FINDING
ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK AND THE
SAME THING IS EMERGING.
INTERNALLY, THERE SEEMS TO BE
SOME SENTMENT, FROM THE
PREVIOUS ROLE AS WELL, THAT WE
ARE NOT HEARD AND WE HAVE GREAT
IDEAS AND WE ARE FRONTLINE
PEOPLE AND SEE THE BUSINESS
EVERY DAY.
IT HELPS SIMPLIFY THE WAY WE'VE
BEEN DOING BUSINESS.
IN THE PREVIOUS ROLE, YOU CAN
MAKE IT EASY.
IT IS HOW TO RUN THE BUSINESS
BETTER AND SIMPLER AND GIVE
THEM THE CREDIT WHEN WE
ACTUALLY GO AHEAD WITH SOME OF
THOSE THINGS.
THE OTHER, AND VERY TRUE FOR
MORE OF THE I.T.
WORKER THAN ANYBODY ELSE, IT'S
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, A BIG DEAL.
IT'S NOT ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
WHO WANTS TO DO EXACTLY THE
SAME TYPE OF JOB FOR THE NEXT
30 YEARS.
THERE'S A CERTAIN MINDSET
SOMEONE GETS ATTRACTED TO.
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, THE
PROGRESSION PROGRESSION,
FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHERE THEY
WANT TO GO IN THE NEXT FIVE
YEARS AND HAVING A BIT OF
TALENT DEVELOPMENT PLAN, REALLY
A VERY SIMPLE THING TO DO.
IT JUST REQUIRES ATTENTION TO
THAT ASPECT OF YOUR WORK AND
IT'S SOMETHING I AM VERY MUCH
LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING, THAT
CAREER PROGRESSION PLANNING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE
ARE GOING TO REMEMBER THE MOST
-- AND MY PREVIOUS ROLE WAS THE
INTRODUCTION OF A LOT OF
TACTICS AROUND TRAINING.
WE INTRODUCED A TRAINING
PLATFORM THAT IS THE SAME
PLATFORM USED BY SOME OF THE
TOP GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY FIRMS FOR
THE INTERNAL I.T.
SHOPS.
WE USED TO HAVE TRAINING
THURSDAYS, FOR EXAMPLE AND I'M
HOPING THEY STILL DO OVER
THERE.
WE CARVED OUT TIME FROM
PEOPLE'S CALENDAR BECAUSE IF
YOU LEAVE IT TO THEM, THEY WILL
ALWAYS HAVE ENOUGH THINGS TO
KEEP THEMSELVES BUSY AND NEVER
TIME TO DO INTERNAL TRAINING.
TO ME, THAT IS THE BEST WAY TO
RAISE THE MORALE OF THE TEAM
VERSUS JUST SAYING ALL THE
RIGHT WORDS THAT MAY BE HAVE
BEEN SAID BEFORE.
IN TERMS OF THE REBUILDING OF
THE TRUST, AND AS YOU MENTION,
FOR ME, IT WILL COME WITH
INCREMENTAL SUCCESSES AND I'M
NOT GOING TO PROMISE ANY
DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT THE NEXT
PROJECT THAT HAPPENS FROM THE
NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE ON BUDGET,
ON TIME AND WILL DELIVER THE
VALUE WE PROMISED 110 PERCENT.
THAT WOULD NOT BE SINCERE.
BUT I AM GOING TO PROMISE TO
THEM IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO
REMOVE ANY RED TAPE, ANY
BUREAUCRACY OR PROCESSES THAT
MAY BE UNNECESSARILY HINDERING
THE DELIVERY OF WORK FROM THE
TEAM.
I'M ALSO GOING TO COMMIT TO THEM
THAT WHATEVER WE PLAN TO DO IN
2019 AND BEYOND, THAT PLAN WILL
BE COMPLETELY BUILT OF THE INPUT
AND FEEDBACK.
IT WOULDN'T BE A ONE SIDED
DISCUSSION.
>> THANKS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MUSK ATER?
>> MY QUESTION IS FOR DEPUTY
MAYOR MOSELEY.
HAVING PARTICIPATED IN THE
COMMITTEE, I KNOW HE RUNS A
ROBUST SEARCH PROCESS AND I WAS
VERY IMPRESSED BY THE SEATTLE
CITY LIGHT'S APPOINTEE AND
OPPRESSED BY YOU, AS WELL.
IN LINE WITH THE QUESTION, CAN
YOU GIVE A LIST OF FOLKS WHO
PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS?
>> I CAN SEND YOU THE NAMES OF
THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
MICHAEL SCHUSSLER REPRESENTED
FROM EXPEDIA AND NORDSTROM AND
MICROSOFT AND SPU BEING A
CUSTOMER OF THE AGENCY.
TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOUNDATION,
THE VICE CHAIR AND IBEW WAS
ENGAGED IN THE SAME PERSON ON
THE COMMITTEE HAD MEMBERS IN
BOTH CITY LIGHT AND I.T., A
MEMBER OF THIS SEARCH PROCESS.
I CAN SEND YOU THE EXACT LIST
WITH THE AFFILIATIONS BUT IT
WAS A GROUP OF ABOUT NINE PEOPLE
AND WE HAD THE SAME KIND OF
INTERVIEW PROCESS OVER THREE
SEPARATE DAYS WHERE WE
INTERVIEWED NINE SEPARATE
PEOPLE.
>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.
PART OF THE REASON THAT IS
IMPORTANT IS WE HAVE A LOT OF
TRUST FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND
MY BACKGROUND IS IN LABOR SO I
WAS INTERESTED TO HEAR WHO WAS
PARTICIPATING AND WE HAD STEVE
IN IBEW.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCE WITH HOW YOU'VE MADE
SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE PAST
AND DOCUMENT ABOUT THIS WITH
SOME OF THE QUESTIONS?
IT SAYS IN YOUR DOCUMENTS HERE,
MR. BASHIR TRANSFORM THE
DEPARTMENT THROUGH A
RESTRUCTURING THAT MADE THE
ORGANIZATION MORE NIMBLE AND
CLIENT CENTRIC AND WHEN YOU
COME FROM ORGANIZED LABOR AND
HERE ARE NIMBLE AND PARTNERSHIP
BACKGROUND, PEOPLE THINK
OUTSOURCING OR DOWNSIZING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN
CONSCIOUS TO MAKE SURE THERE
ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE CALLED
TALENT AND I LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT MAKING THOSE
CHANGES, RECOGNIZING THE ROLE
THAT ORGANIZED LABOR HAS TO
PLAY? I
KNOW CANADA HAS STRONGER
PROTECTIONS IN MANY WAYS IN THE
U.S. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCE THERE?
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
I WILL LIST EXAMPLES.
YESTERDAY I HAD A GREAT SECOND
TIME CHAT WITH STEVE AND IT
FEELS LIKE WE ARE ON THE SAME
PAGE AND IT FEELS FAMILIAR
BECAUSE I'VE HAD SIMILAR
CONVERSATIONS WITH UNION REPS
IN OTTAWA WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT
HOW TO RETOOL THE SKILLS THAT
WE HAVE.
ONE EXAMPLE THAT DEMONSTRATES
WHAT THE APPROACH IS, IN MY
EARLY DAYS IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE,
I REALIZED THAT FOR MANY CORE
OPERATION RULES AND I.T., WE
HAD BEEN USING A NUMBER OF
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
CONSULTANTS.
THE SAME JOB, FOR MANY YEARS.
THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.
NOT ON A FINANCIAL LEVEL OR ON
THE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION LEVEL
OR RENEWING THOSE CONTRACTS YEAR
OVER YEAR FOR MORE THAN 10
YEARS, FOR CORE BUSINESS. I
WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND
DID A REPORT AND ASKED THEM
WHAT I THINK THEY HAVE NEVER --
I SHOULDN'T SAY NEVER -- BUT
IT'S SELDOM THAT YOU TAKE AWAY
THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS AND
INSTEAD, GIVE ME THIS NUMBER OF
PEOPLE THAT I CAN STAFF
UNIONIZE WHO CAN TAKE ON THE
WORK WE HAVE BEEN ASKING
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FIRMS TO
DO.
THAT WAS A MAJOR SUCCESS IN THE
COUNCIL WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPROVED
IT.
ON THE DOLLAR LEVEL, IT MADE
SENSE FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND
THAT IS THE APPROACH THAT
WHENEVER POSSIBLE WE LOOK FOR
OUR OWN PEOPLE TO BE PART OF
THE TRANSFORMATION AND I KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN BECAUSE
TRANSFORMATION TYPICALLY MEANS
FEWER PEOPLE BECAUSE HE WILL DO
THINGS IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
IN MY CASE, WHAT I'M TALKING
ABOUT IS NEW TOOLS AND
TECHNOLOGIES BEING PUT IN PLACE
AS WE SPEAK TODAY AND WHAT I
WOULD LOVE FOR THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO DO, THAT MANY PEOPLE
ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED, THERE
MAY NOT BE ANOTHER 10 YEARS
LEFT AND I THINK THERE IS NO
HIDING FROM THAT FACT BECAUSE
TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING.
HOW DO WE TAKE THOSE PEOPLE AND
RETOOL THEM?
>> WE WILL DO A ROUND ROBIN.
A FEW THOUGHTS TO PIGGYBACK ON
COUNCILMEMBER'S POINT ABOUT C
TAB.
BETWEEN NOW AND THE NEXT
MEETING, WE COULD EXTEND AN
INVITATION FOR YOURSELF TO MEET
WITH THE C TAB MEMBERS.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A FORMAL
MEETING BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE A
MEETING BETWEEN THEN AND NOW
AND IT MIGHT BE NICE TO INCLUDE
THEM IN THE PROCESSES.
IN NUMBER TWO, SAAD BASHIR, I'M
SURE YOU'VE PICKED UP ON THE
FACT THAT A LOT OF THE INQUIRY
HAS TO DO WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE
AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND
REALIZING HOW MANY ARE NOT
GAINING ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED
INTERNET OR THE ROLE OF
INNOVATION.
WE SPENT TIME THROUGH MATCHING
GRANTS AND WE ARE TRYING TO
ADDRESS THE DIGITAL DIVIDE.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW OTTAWA, BUT
CAN YOU DESCRIBE YOUR WORK ON
DEALING WITH UNDERREPRESENTED
GROUPS OR PEOPLE BEING SHUT OUT
OR DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS THAT
WE LIKE THEM TO SEE?
IF YOU DON'T HAVE EXPERIENCE,
THAT'S FINE. I
WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR VIEWS
IN THAT REGARD.
>> RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF
THIS STUFF RESONATING WITH ME.
20 YEARS AGO, WHEN I CAME TO
CANADA, I COULDN'T SPEAK
ENGLISH AND HAD LOTS OF IDEAS
TO DO AND I WANTED TO APPLY FOR
JOBS BUT I STRUGGLED SPEAKING
ENGLISH IN A COHERENT WAY. I
FREQUENTLY HAD BUMPED INTO
THOSE SITUATIONS.
ESPECIALLY WITH OTTAWA.
THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE WITH
A JOB INTERVIEW OR TRYING TO
SELL SOMETHING TO THE CITY.
PARTICIPATING AND GIVING INPUT
TO THE CITY, WITHIN THE POWERS
I HAVE, WE'VE MADE DIFFERENCES
HERE AND THERE.
WITH THE UNIVERSITY THAT IS A
TOP UNIVERSITY IN CANADA BASED
IN OTTAWA, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO
BRING IN A NUMBER OF
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND EVEN
STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME TO WORK
ON INTERNSHIPS AND SOME HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO FIND FULL-TIME
ROLES.
THEY ARE STRUGGLING ON THE
MERIT AND IN MY ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE
LOAN FUND MAY BE AN
ORGANIZATION WITH CLOSE TIES
PROVIDING UP TO $5000 MICRO
LOANS TO BUSINESSES WHO
OTHERWISE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT
MAY NOT GET A LOAN FROM A BANK
BECAUSE THEY MAY BE OUT OF A
JAIL OR HAVE CERTAIN PERSONAL
SITUATIONS.
MANY OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS WITH
RELATED ENTITIES FOR THIS.
I WAS IN OTTAWA OVER THE
WEEKEND AND I WAS READING A
MAGAZINE AND ON THE LONG FLIGHT
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO READ
THEM.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN
ORGANIZATION CALLED THE HIDDEN
GENIUS AND I TOOK A PHOTO OF
THAT ARTICLE WHICH PROVIDES FOR
THE AFRICAN COMMUNITY IN SAN
FRANCISCO, TO WORK IN THE HIGH
TECH BUSINESS.
HOW COULD WE PARTICIPATE IN
THOSE INITIATIVES?
>> THAT WAS THE ONE OF LONDON
BREED'S INITIATIVES AND I'VE
BEEN FOLLOWING IT VERY CLOSELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY
COLLEAGUES?
>> THANK YOU.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED
WAS THE INTEREST IN REMOVING
THE RED TAPE.
THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT SAID WE
ARE GOING THROUGH A DRASTIC
CONSOLIDATION PROCESS IN ONE OF
THE THINGS I HEARD AFTER COMING
INTO OFFICE LAST YEAR WAS BOTH
THE CONSOLIDATION OF I.T.
AND THE CONSOLIDATION OF HR
HAVE BEEN REALLY TOUGH GROWING
PAINS FOR OUR LABOR COMMUNITY
AND FOLKS WHO WORK FOR SEATTLE,
THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
AS YOU TALK ABOUT REMOVING RED
TAPE, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D BE
INTERESTED IN, IN ADDITION TO
YOUR ELOQUENT ANSWER AROUND
PROTECTING LABOR AND MAKING
SURE PEOPLE FEEL PART OF THE
CHANGE PROCESS, IS WHETHER OR
NOT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED OR
HOW YOU WOULD APPROACH THE FACT
THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM SOME
DEPARTMENTS THAT IT IS NOW MORE
EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO ENGAGE IN
I.T.
CHANGES AND MORE TIME-
CONSUMING, AS WELL.
IS THERE ANY SORT OF AUDIT OR
REVIEW THAT YOU MIGHT ENGAGE IN
AS THE DIRECTOR TO ADDRESS THAT
CONCERN?
>> FOR TWO THINGS, ONE WOULD BE
ALREADY IN THE LAST WEEK,
CERTAIN BREAD AND BUTTER
OPERATIONS.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
FUNCTION.
CALL THEM AUDITS OR CALL IT ME
TRYING TO WIN THE BUSINESS A
BIT MORE IN SEATTLE, IN THE
VERY EARLY DAYS AND WHEREVER I
FEEL A BEST PRACTICE CAN BE
APPLIED, I WILL, WITHOUT
HESITATION.
ANOTHER TACTIC I WOULD EMPLOYEE
WOULD BE, LACK OF A BETTER
WORD, FOCUS GROUPS.
THRE MAY BE A BETTER WORD.
TAKE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FROM
THE CLIENTS AND A COUPLE OF
PEOPLE FROM THE ACTUAL
TECHNICIANS TO DO THAT WORK ON
AN I.T.
BASIS AND FOR SOMEONE WITH NO
KNOWLEDGE OF THE CLIENT AND THE
TECHNICAL WORK AND FIGURE OUT
HOW WE CAN DO THIS PROCESS,
THIS ENGAGEMENT SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENTLY.
THAT WILL BE SOMETHING I
ALREADY STARTED TO MAKE NOTE OF
IN THESE AREAS THAT I WOULD
EMPLOYEE.
ONE LAST THING, COUNCILMEMBER, I
BELIEVE THAT THE ORGANIZATION AS
COMPLEX AS THE CITY OF SEATTLE
DESERVES I.T.
THAT WILL BE OKAY AND RESHAPING
ITSELF AS THE BUSINESS NEEDS
CHANGE.
IN FEBRUARY 19, IT NEEDS TO BE
FINE TUNED.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR?
>> I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT
ONE OF THE THINGS TRACY
CANTRELL DID IN HER INTERIM
WORK AS THE I.T.
DIRECTOR WAS TO OVERSEE AN
ASSESSMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT,
COMPLETED TOWARD THE END OF THE
TERM AND SAAD BASHIR HAS
REACHED OUT TO THE TEAM THAT
DID THE ASSESSMENT TO GET
BRIEFED ON WHAT THE FINDINGS
WERE AND I THINK THAT WILL BE
-- RATHER THAN AN AUDIT --
SOMETHING ALREADY OCCURRED THAT
TRACY WANTED TO DO FOR THE NEXT
DIRECTOR AND I BELIEVE, SAAD
BASHIR, YOU'VE ALREADY MET WITH
THE FOLKS THAT DID THE
ASSESSMENT.
>> VERY GOOD.
COUNCILMEMBER HERBAL?
WE DO HAVE OTHER AGENDA ITEMS
AND I WANT TO MOVE ON.
>> I WILL BE QUICK.
I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO EXPRESS
MY HOPE THAT YOU RESIST THE
TEMPTATION THAT IS NATURAL FOR
NEW LEADERSHIP BUT YOU CONSIDER
RESISTING THE TEMPTATION TO
RENAME THE DEPARTMENT.
THIS DEPARTMENT HAS HAD THREE
NAME CHANGES IN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO KEEP FOCUSED ON THE
PRIORITIES FOR THE DIRECTION
THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS TAKEN AND
THE CONTINUED REBRANDING OF
THIS LARGE DEPARTMENT IS
DISRUPTIVE AND CAN TAKE AWAY
FROM THE TRUE PRIORITIES.
>> UNDERSTOOD.
THANK YOU.
>> AN INTERESTING POINT.
I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE
DIFFERENT NAME CHANGES AND WHAT
THAT DOES.
I GUESS I DON'T THINK I
DISAGREE, I JUST HADN'T THOUGHT
ABOUT IT.
THERE IS ANOTHER PART OF ME
THAT SAYS WE WOULDN'T HAVE NEW
LEADERSHIP, AND THERE IS SOME
GREAT WORK DONE IN THE PAST,
BUT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THE
DEPARTMENT OR THE MAYOR --
>> A REQUEST TO CONSIDER.
>> I'M NOT SURE I DISAGREE BUT
HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT. I
APPRECIATE THE POINT BUT THE
STRONGER POINT I FULLY AGREE
WITH IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THE
DEPARTMENT HAS GONE THROUGH A
LOT OVER SEVERAL YEARS AND
THERE COULD BE MORALE ISSUES
AND WE COULD BE MORE OPEN.
WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT GOOD STRONG
LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUITY, IT'S
CRITICAL AND THAT IS A GREAT
POINT I STRONGLY AGREE WITH. I
HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE NAME
CHANGE BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT I
WAS SORT OF OPPOSED TO IT WHEN
THE NAMES IT STARTED TO CHANGE
BUT I SAID, IF WE ARE HEADING
IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, I
APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.
>> I WANTED TO DIG INTO THIS
DATA BUT I APPRECIATED YOUR
COMMENT AROUND PROMOTING WOMEN
AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AND MAKING
SURE THAT WE LIFT UP THE TALENT
AND SHOW DIVERSITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS
ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT.
WE ARE THINKING ABOUT
RECRUITING TALENT AND YOUNGER
FOLKS AND WE WANT FOLKS TO STAY
HERE.
CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR BEFORE WE
MEET AGAIN?
WE'D BE INTERESTED IN THE
ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT
DEMOGRAPHICS AND WHAT THAT SAYS
TO YOU NOW AND WHAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO DO, IN TERMS OF
CHANGING SOME OF THOSE
DEMOGRAPHICS AND FOR LEADERSHIP
FOR THE GENDER, RACE AND AGE
DIVERSITY. I
HAVE NOT TAKEN A LOOK AT THE
DEMOGRAPHICS.
IT'S GREAT BUT THINKING ABOUT
WAYS WE CAN BE AN ATTRACTIVE
PLACE TO WORK REQUIRES US TO
CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PEOPLE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE MAKE SURE
PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND THEY ARE IN
WORKPLACES THAT DON'T HAVE
HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION AND
PEOPLE AREN'T BEING SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED IN THE WORKPLACE.
IT'S SOMETHING WHERE DEALING
WITH THE MANY DEPARTMENTS AND
SOMETHING WE TALKED ABOUT WITH
THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT
DIRECTOR, AS WELL.
WE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT
LOOKING AT POLICY CHANGES TO
CREATE SAFE WORKPLACES AND
WELCOMING WORKPLACES THAT
RECRUIT TALENT.
I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
HEARING THAT.
>> SOUNDS GOOD, FOR SURE.
>> TO BUTTON UP ON THE PROCESS,
AND I WON'T REPEAT THE
CHRONOLOGY, BUT ON THE LAST
DRAFT, I HAD 20 QUESTIONS IN
WRITING THAT I WILL SHAVE DOWN
TO 12 OR SO AND I WILL SHARE
THESE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND I
WOULD ASK THAT THEY ADD OR
SUBTRACT FROM THE QUESTIONS. I
WILL GIVE YOU A DRAFT IN A
COUPLE OF DAYS SO YOU CAN CHEW
IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND I
WILL GET THAT TO YOU THIS WEEK.
THIS IS JUST MY FIRST DRAFT FOR
DISCUSSION ITEMS AND I WANT TO
SEE WHERE THE CONVERSATION LED
US. I
WILL SHAVE IT DOWN AND GET IT
TO THE COLLEAGUES THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I
LOOK FORWARD TO POSSIBLY
WORKING WITH YOU AND THANK YOU
DEPUTY MAYOR FOR THE
PRESENTATION.
I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR
DISCUSSION WITH C TAB.
LET'S READ THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM
AND MOVE FORWARD.
>> APPOINTMENT 01229,
APPOINTMENT OF YUKO KUNUGI AS
THE DISTRICT BOARD FOR A TERM
NOVEMBER 30, 2019.
>> WELCOME.
>> ONCE YOU ARE SETTLED, MAKE
SURE THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON AND
WHY DON'T YOU START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS AND TELL US WHY
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE BOARD
AND MAYBE REBECCA COULD EXPLAIN
TO THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL
RIVER DISTRICT BOARD.
>> I'M REBECCA PRIEST AT THE
COORDINATOR FOR THE SPECIAL
REVIEW DISTRICT BOARD AND THE
COLUMBIA CITY LANDMARK DISTRICT
BOARD.
THESE ARE THE HISTORIC
DISTRICTS IN THE CITY.
IT'S A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD THAT
HAS TEAM MEMBERS APPOINTED BY
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND FIVE
ELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY IN THE
ANNUAL ELECTION AND THIS
APPOINTMENT IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE
BECAUSE THIS IS A VACANCY THAT
WAS IN ONE OF THE ELECTIVE
SEATS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE BOARD RULES AND PROCEDURES,
THOSE ARE FILLED THROUGH A
MAYORAL APPOINTMENT.
SO, YUKO IS APPOINTED AND THE
RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE
POSITION FOR A RESIDENT, TENANT
OR COMMUNITY PARTICIPANT.
IT OVERSEES APPLICATIONS FOR
CHANGES FOR PHYSICAL CHANGES TO
BUILDINGS WITHIN THE HISTORIC
DISTRICT AND ANY OPEN SPACES,
CHANGES WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-
WAY.
YUKO IS A LICENSED ARCHITECT,
AND ARCHITECTURE FOR 18 YEARS
AND SHE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN AN
APPLICANT BEFORE THE BOARD IN
THE PAST.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHY
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS
BOARD?
>> I'M BORN AND RAISED IN JAPAN
AND MOVED TO SEATTLE IN 2000
AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 18
YEARS.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN AN ARCHITECT
AND I MOVED HERE FOR A MORE
CHALLENGING AND DIVERSE PROJECT
TYPE AND A WORKING ENVIRONMENT.
THE REASON I APPLIED FOR THIS IS
THE INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REVIEW
DISTRICT BOARD, IS THAT I
ALWAYS WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO
THIS COMMUNITY AND AS REBECCA
MENTIONED, I'VE BEEN ON THE
APPLICANT SIDE BEFORE.
WITH THIS BOARD AND FOR THE
ARCHITECT BOARD, I'VE DONE
SEVERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS.
I HAVE SEEN A FEW SUCCESSFUL
AND UNSUCCESSFUL PUBLIC
MEETINGS AND I'VE BEEN LEARN
WHAT IT TAKES FOR THE BOARD
MEMBER TO HELP OUT THE PROCESS.
SOMETIMES IT IS REASONABLE AND
SOMETIMES NOT. I
JUST WANTED TO HELP OUT THE
PROCESS.
THIS COMMUNITY, IN SPECIFIC, I
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR
A PROJECT IN 2012 AND I'VE SEEN
THE PROCESS WITH COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS AND
APPLICANTS AND ADVISORY BOARDS.
THEY ARE ALL VERY ON THE SAME
PAGE.
IT'S A VERY COLLABORATIVE
EFFORT.
I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY HOW
EVERYONE IS TRYING TO GET
THROUGH THE SAME GOAL AND STILL
IN RESPECT FOR THE FUTURE OF
THE DISTRICT AND ADDRESSING THE
CHALLENGING SAFETY AND SECURITY
ISSUES.
ALSO, THIS DISTRICT HAS UNIQUE
ASSETS OF HISTORICAL UNIQUENESS
. AND, HOW WE PRESERVE THAT
WHILE WE HAVE THIS AMAZING
SPEED OF GROWING, IT'S
SOMETHING THAT I FELT LIKE IT
WAS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO JUMP
IN AND PARTICIPATE.
>> VERY GOOD.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, MORE
OF A STATEMENT.
I APPRECIATED YOUR WORK AT THE
MUSEUM THAT I WAS AWARE OF.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU KUDOS
ON THAT.
>> GREAT.
>> I DON'T QUESTION HER
QUALIFICATIONS BUT WANTED TO
PUT A PLUG IN FOR YOUR
BACKGROUND THAT THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HAS A REAL STRONG
SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP IN
JAPAN AND STACEY IS AN ALL-STAR
HERE WITH THE CITY AND HAS BEEN
INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING ME GET
INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH THAT
SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP.
ASSUMING YOU ARE POINTED, AND
THAT'S A GOOD ASSUMPTION, IT
WOULD BE GREAT TO YOU TO GET
INVOLVED WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE
THE BANDWIDTH TO DO THAT.
I THINK YOU WOULD BE A GREAT
PERSON TO BE INVOLVED WITH WHAT
WE ARE DOING THERE.
WE HAVE ART EXCHANGES AND WORK
WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR AND WE
HAVE A TOTEM POLE THAT IS NEAR
THE END OF LIFE AND WE ARE
CHANGING THAT WAS SOME OTHER
ARTWORK.
I COULD SEND YOU SOME
INFORMATION IF YOU ARE SO
INTERESTED.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HERBOLD?
>> I APPRECIATED HEARING THE
FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE UNIQUE
EXPERIENCE OF HAVING BROUGHT
PROJECTS BEFORE THE BOARD AND
YOU REFERENCED THE FACT THAT
YOU HAD SEEN SOME SUCCESSFUL
MEETINGS ABOUT PROJECTS AND SOME
THAT IT SOUNDED LIKE YOU
THOUGHT THERE COULD BE
IMPROVEMENTS.
I'M WONDERING FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEBODY WHO HAS
BROUGHT PROJECTS BEFORE THE
BOARD, ARE THERE SPECIFIC
PROCESS CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS
THAT YOU INTEND TO WORK WITH
THE BOARD ON MAKING?
>> I THINK I WOULD SHARE SOME
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCES I'VE
SEEN.
I'VE SEEN OTHER PROJECTS WHERE
I THINK IT'S MAKING THINGS
REALLY CHALLENGING WHEN BOARD
MEMBERS ARE NOT TRYING TO
REALLY PUT THEM IN THE
APPLICANT'S SHOES.
IT'S A SOURCE OF LOT OF BIGGER
ISSUES WE HAVE FOR DIVERSITY,
TOO, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO BE
ON THE PRESENTER'S SIDE AND TRY
TO UNDERSTAND THEM AND REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE TRYING
TO DO, NOT PUSHING YOUR AGENDA
OR, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST
TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO EACH
OTHER, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO.
MY TERM HASN'T STARTED YET, SO
I WILL SEE HOW IT GOES AND OF
COURSE, I WILL MAKE SOME
SUGGESTIONS IF THERE IS
ANYTHING THAT COMES UP.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF YUKO
KUNUGI?
>> CAN I ADD REAL QUICKLY THAT
IN LIGHT OF HER PENDING
APPOINTMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF
THE HIGH PROFILE AND
SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS COMING
THROUGH THE BOARD, I THINK ONE
TESTAMENT TO HER DEDICATION IS
THAT SHE'S COME TO A COUPLE OF
THE PAST BOARD MEETINGS AND HAS
BEEN TRACKING THE WORK OF THE
BOARD FOR THE LAST MONTH OR
TWO. I
THINK WE WILL HIT THE GROUND
RUNNING REALLY WELL.
>> VERY GOOD.
OKAY.
I'M PREPARED TO MOVE IT UNLESS
THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS AND
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING
WILLING TO SERVE.
THIS DISTRICT IS SUCH A GEM FOR
THE ENTIRE CITY THAT IT'S
BECOME THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF
THE VOLUNTEER WORK BY SO MANY
GREAT INDIVIDUALS AND YOU ARE
ONE OF THEM.
I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE
APPOINTMENT 01229, YUKO KUNUGI.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE AYES HAVE IT AND I WILL
PRESENTED TO THE FULL COUNCIL
AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO BE HERE
IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
I'M SURE IT WILL GO SMOOTHLY.
>> LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM
AND READ IT INTO THE RECORD.
>> APPOINTMENT 01251,
APPOINTMENT OF SUSAN R TAYLOR
AS A MEMBER OF THE ETHICS
COMMISSION TERM DECEMBER 31
2021.
>> OKAY.
HELLO.
JUST TO MAKE SURE, THE LIGHTS
ARE GREEN AND WHEN IT WAS
STARTED WITH INTRODUCTIONS AND
YOU CAN LEAD US THROUGH THE
DISCUSSION OF MS. TAYLOR.
>> MY NAME IS WAYNE BARNETT,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
ETHICS COMMISSION.
>> I'M SUSAN TAYLOR.
ON THE APPLICANT AND I'M VERY
EXCITED TO BE HERE THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO
DO, TELL ME HOW WE GOT HERE?
>> TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROCESS
AND HOW YOU'VE CHOSEN MS.
TAYLOR AND THEN MAYBE WE TURN
IT OVER TO HER TO TELL HER
ANSWERS.
>> I BELIEVE IT WAS EARLY
DECEMBER WHEN VICKI RAWLINS
ANNOUNCED SHE WOULD BE STEPPING
DOWN FROM THE COMMISSION AT THE
END OF THE YEAR AFTER HER THREE
YEARS OF SERVICE.
>> IT SEEMS VERY LOUD.
>> AT THE POINT WE PUT OUT A
CALL AND WE BROADLY PUBLICIZED
WE HAD AN OPENING AND SENT IT
TO THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND IN
KING COUNTY, AND AS WELL,
WASHINGTON STATE.
AND, THE NORTHWEST ETHICS
NETWORK, RUN OUT OF THE AUBURN
SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY.
MS. TAYLOR WAS SOMEONE WHO SAW
THE POSTING IN THE NORTHWEST
ETHICS NETWORK AND I THINK WE
GOT AROUND, I GUESS, ABOUT HALF
A DOZEN APPLICATIONS.
I THINK MAY BE A FEW MORE THAN
THAT.
WE INTERVIEWED FOUR CANDIDATES
AT THE DECEMBER MEETING.
MS. TAYLOR WAS THE CHOICE OF THE
COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.
>> MS. TAYLOR, WE HAVE YOUR
BACKGROUND AND RESUME, CAN WE
TALK ABOUT YOUR INTEREST IN
SERVING ON THIS PARTICULAR
COMMISSION?
>> CERTAINLY.
THANK YOU.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM MY
BACKGROUND, I RECENTLY RETIRED
FROM BEING THE CHIEF COMPLIANCE
OFFICER AT THE ELECTRONICS
COMPANY AND I'M WORKING ON AN
INTERIM BASIS.
I BUILT A VERY STRONG PROGRAMS
OF COMPLIANCE, OVERSEEING THE
ANTICORRUPTION PROGRAM, THE
STANDARD OF CONDUCT AND OUR
WHISTLEBLOWER HOTLINE WITH A
VERY VIGOROUS HOTLINE PROGRAM.
MY BELIEF IS THAT WITH THE
BACKGROUND FROM THAT WORK, I'M
QUALIFIED TO SERVE ON THE
COMMISSION AND USE SOME OF THAT
LEARNING.
ALSO, I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT
SUPPORTING AND LEARNING MORE
ABOUT ELECTIONS AND LOBBYING
AND PARTICULARLY, SUPPORTING
THE DEMOCRACY VOUCHER PROGRAM,
WHICH I THINK IS SO EXCITING.
AS I UNDERSTAND IT, SEATTLE IS
THE FIRST AND ONLY PLACE WHERE
IT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED.
PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE THAT BIG
MONEY IS A PROBLEM IN POLITICS
AND WITH CITIZENS UNITED, IT'S
HARD TO LIMIT THAT SO MUCH.
THROUGH THE DEMOCRACY VOUCHER
PROGRAM, WE WILL MAKE THE
SMALLER MONEY MATTER MORE AND
THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.
THAT IS PARTLY WHAT REALLY GOT
ME INTERESTED IN THIS, BUT IT'S
MY BACKGROUND THAT MAKES ME
FEEL LIKE I REALLY HAVE
SOMETHING TO OFFER, AS WELL.
>> DO YOU THINK BECAUSE OF OUR
NOVEL VOUCHER PROGRAM, THAT IT
MAY HAVE THE EFFECT OF
INCREASING BIG-MONEY AND LOCAL
POLITICS?
VIS-C-VIS INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES, AND TRYING TO
INFLUENCE ELECTIONS?
>> YOU KNOW, TO BE QUITE
HONEST, I DON'T THINK I HAVE
THE EXPERIENCE TO PREDICT THAT.
I DO FEEL LIKE THE DEMOCRACY
VOUCHER PROGRAM IS A GRAND
EXPERIMENT.
IT'S UP TO US TO MANAGE IT
PROPERLY SO THAT THE LEGACY FOR
ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS STRONG.
BUT I HOPE NOT, IS THE ANSWER.
>> I ASKED THE QUESTION BECAUSE
I DON'T THINK YOUR ROLE AS A
COMMISSIONER, TO BUILD POLICY
IN THIS REGARD, BUT I DO THINK
YOUR ROLE AS A COMMISSIONER, AS
YOU SCREWED NIGHT ROLLS, SHOULD
BE MINDFUL OF THE ECOSYSTEM
WITH WHICH YOU WORK IN AND TO
BE RESOURCES FOR SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES WE HAVE.
NONE OF US KNOWS HOW THIS WILL
PLAY OUT.
IT LOOKED LIKE A GREAT WAY TO
LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AND TO
ALLOW CANDIDATES THE ABILITY TO
RUN AND TO EQUALIZE THINGS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD LOOK
LIKE BUT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT
YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
I HOPE THE COMMISSIONERS WILL
LOOK AT THE BIG COMMISSION AND
PICTURE AND MAYBE MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY
GATHERED DATA.
>> COLLEAGUES?
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I GET THE HONOR OF SAYING MY
NEW TITLE IS, I'M THE FIRST,
FIRST-TIME CANDIDATE TO EVER
WIN USING DEMOCRACY VOUCHER'S
NATIONALLY.
>> IN THE WORLD.
>> EVEN BETTER.
A HISTORY MAKER RIGHT THERE.
>> SO, I FEEL REALLY EXCITED
ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
ALSO, COGNIZANT OF THE FACT,
JUST LIKE EVERY LEGISLATION,
THIS INITIATIVE HAS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENTS
AND ENHANCEMENTS.
WE MADE SOME OF THOSE
LEGISLATIVELY THIS PAST YEAR
AND ONE THING I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON,
AND AN INCREDIBLE LEADER FOR THE
COMMISSION, ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT IS THE BIGGEST PRESSING
NEED IS TO MAKE SURE OUR
COMMUNITIES WHO SPEAK ENGLISH
AS A SECOND LANGUAGE TRULY
UNDERSTAND AND ARE REACHED OUT
TO HIM HAVE CULTURALLY COMPETENT
-- NOT BILINGUAL -- BUT
CULTURALLY COMPLEMENT OUTREACH
ENTITIES THAT CAN EDUCATE
PEOPLE ABOUT THOSE DEMOCRACY
VOUCHERS AND PERHAPS THIS IS A
QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOU, BUT
WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF
PLAYING AND WHAT ROLE DOES THE
COMMISSION HAVE BEEN DEPLOYING
AND TESTING AND THINK ABOUT
THAT BILINGUAL, BICULTURAL
OUTREACH FOR THIS PROGRAM?
>> WELL, I CAN AT LEAST LEAD
IN.
IT'S CLEAR FROM THE WEBSITE
THAT THE BIG EFFORT HAS BEEN
MADE AS FAR AS NATIVE LOCAL
LANGUAGES TO COMMUNICATE HOW
THE DEMOCRACY VOUCHER PROGRAM
WORKS.
I DON'T KNOW IN TERMS OF
OUTREACH OF PEOPLE, ACTUALLY
VISITING LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS
OR ORGANIZATIONS.
TO ME, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER
LOGICAL STEP.
DOES THAT TAKE PLACE?
>> YES.
I SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE
LOOKED AT HOW THINGS WENT IN
2017 AND THAT WAS AN AREA THAT
WE DID NOT OPTIMIZE THE
OUTREACH IN THE WAY THAT WE HAD
HOPED TO.
THIS YEAR WE'VE ENTERED INTO
CONTRACTS WITH NINE COMMUNITY-
BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO
SPECIFICALLY DO OUTREACH AND
LANGUAGE TO THESE COMMUNITIES.
HOPING THIS YEAR WE CAN DO EVEN
BETTER.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, IT MIGHT BE
INTERESTING TO GET AN UPDATE
LIKE A MIDWAY POINT, I KNOW
THIS RELATES TO GOVERNANCE TO
SOME DEGREE AND ELECTIONS ARE
NOT SOMETHING WE NECESSARILY
OVERSEE.
IN TERMS OF GETTING AN UPDATE
ON HOW WE ARE DOING WITH THE
NEW NINE ENTITIES, THAT MIGHT
BE OF INTEREST LATER IN THE
YEAR.
úONE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD WAS
WHEN I STARTED GOING DOOR-TO-
DOOR, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE
LIMITED ENGLISH-SPEAKING
NEIGHBORHOODS, I HAD A FEW
ELDERS WHO SPOKE ENGLISH AS A
SECOND LANGUAGE AND SAID, I'D
GIVE THEM TO YOU, SWEETIE, BUT
THE CITY ALREADY COLLECTED
THEM, NOT REALIZING THEY WERE
HANDING THEM OVER TO SOMEONE NOT
NECESSARILY FROM THE CITY.
THE CITY DOESN'T COLLECT THESE.
GETTING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT THEY ARE AND THE POWER
AND ENGAGING IN DEMOCRACY, IT
IS REALLY JUST BEGINNING TO
SHOW HOW VALUABLE THIS TOOL CAN
BE FOR HAVING A MORE ENGAGED
CIVIC POPULATION, CIVIC GLEE
ENGAGED POPULATION.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE
CHANGES YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON.
>> IT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION AND
WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
SOME OF THE PROBLEMS IN THE
FIELDS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH
THE VOUCHERS, IT'S GOOD TO HEAR
THAT SO WE CAN PUT UP SAFEGUARDS
AND MOVE FORWARD TO IMPROVE THE
SYSTEM.
REALLY GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE
MOVE ON WITH MS. TAYLOR?
IF NOT, I AM MOVED TO APPROVE
APPOINTMENT 01251, APPOINTMENT
OF SUSAN TAYLOR TO THE ETHICS
AND COMMISSIONS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE AYES HAVE IT AND I LOOK
FORWARD TO PRESENTING THIS TO
THE FULL COUNCIL IN THE NEXT
FULL COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR SETTING UP AND WE
APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
>> I WANT TO THANK WAYNE FOR HIS
WORK.
LAST YEAR YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF
OPPORTUNITIES TO TELL FOLKS
ABOUT THE DEMOCRACY VOUCHERS
AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT HOW
WELL YOU REPRESENTED THE CITY
IN THE PROGRAM AND LESSONS
LEARNED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT AND
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THE LAST AGENDA ITEM IS FOR
THE PRESENTERS TO COME FORWARD.
>> CONSTABLE 119454, KNOWN AS
RELATED TO THE CITY OF
SEATTLE'S MYRTLE RESERVOIR
RADIO TRANSMITTER FACILITY.
>> I HOPE EVERYONE'S MICROPHONE
IS OPEN.
WHY DON'T WE START WITH
INTRODUCTIONS.
>> LISA K, CENTRAL STAFF.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> WHY DON'T YOU INTRODUCE
YOURSELF?
>> ON ROBERT FARRELL, SENIOR
AGENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
>> I'M SPENCER BAHNER, THE
RADIO COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
WITH SEATTLE I.T.
>> I MET MARK SCHMITT, SEATTLE
ITE.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND
EXPLAIN TO US WHAT WE MIGHT
APPROVE.
LISE KAYE, WHEN YOU TELL US
WHAT WE MIGHT APPROVE?
>> VOTERS IN KING COUNTY
APPROVED A BALLOT MEASURE
AUTHORIZING CONSTRUCTION OF A
NEW UPGRADED REGIONAL PUBLIC
SAFETY EMERGENCY NETWORK, WHICH
WE WILL BE CALLING PSERN AND IT
REQUIRES CONSTRUCTION OF NEW
RADIO TOWERS.
THE LEASE WOULD AUTHORIZE
CONSTRUCTION ON ONE OF THOSE.
>> OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION OR
POWERPOINT TO LEAD US THROUGH?
WE ARE ALL YEARS.
>> I WILL GO TO THE FIRST
SLIDE, THE NEXT PAGE, THE
SUMMARY.
>> IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PUGET
SOUND EMERGENCY RADIO NETWORK,
ALSO KNOWN AS PSERN, THE
APPROVAL IS REQUESTED TO
AUTHORIZE FAS TO ENTER INTO A
25-YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH
RENEWAL OPTIONS WITH KING
COUNTY AND EIS WHICH THEY WILL
INSTALL AND OPERATE EMERGENCY
RADIO EQUIPMENT AT THE FAS
MYRTLE FACILITY IN WEST
SEATTLE.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, 2015, THE
LOW VOTERS APPROVED $273
MILLION IN A LEVEE TO UPGRADE
THE AGENT EMERGENCY RADIO
NETWORK, A NONPROFIT, PSERN IS
ESTABLISHED OR WILL BE
ESTABLISHED TO MANAGE THE
NETWORK AND IT WAS IDENTIFIED
THAT THE MYRTLE TRANSMITTER
FACILITY WOULD BE A PREFERRED
SITE FOR PSERN'S COMMUNICATION
FACILITIES AND THE CITY OF
SEATTLE WILL BE A SUBSCRIBER TO
THE PSERN SYSTEM.
OUR NEXT SLIDE, IT DISCUSSES
MORE OF THE BACKGROUND.
FAS AND KING COUNTY REACHED
AGREEMENT ON THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF THE LEASE TO
GOVERN PSERN'S USE OF THE
FACILITY.
AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT,
PSERN WILL PAY FAS
APPROXIMATELY $20,000 IN ANNUAL
RENT AND THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND
KING COUNTY, GOVERNING PSERN'S
USE OF CITY-OWNED PROPERTIES AND
A COUPLE OF PREVIOUS
AGREEMENTS, ONE BETWEEN SPU AND
KING COUNTY PSERN, GOVERNING
PSERN'S USE OF SPU PROPERTY
WITHIN THE WATERSHED AND
ANOTHER AGREEMENT BETWEEN FAS
AND KING COUNTY GOVERNING
PSERN'S USE OF THE MAPLE LEAF
TRANSMITTER FACILITY.
THE LAST SLIDE IS A MAP
DEPICTING THE LOCATION OF THE
MYRTLE TRANSMITTER FACILITY.
>> VERY GOOD.
LISE KAYE, I SAW THIS AS
SOMEWHAT PERFUNCTORY BUT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT MISSING
ANYTHING HUGE IN THE LEASE
AGREEMENT.
ANY RED FLAGS?
>> NO.
THIS APPEARS TO BE CONSISTENT
WITH THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS.
>> ANYTHING YOU'RE NOT TELLING
ME THAT I FORGOT TO ASK,
GENTLEMEN?
>> NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF BUT
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG
NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND I'VE
HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM THE
PEOPLE OF SEATTLE. OVER THE
LAST YEAR OR SO, WE BUILT A
STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR
COUNTERPARTS AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THIS.
>> AS A SIDE NOTE, I SPENT A
LOT OF TIME WITH OTHER ISSUES
ON PSERN AND THE GOVERNANCE
RELATIONSHIP AND THE WHOLE BIT.
I'M GLAD TO GET THAT OVER WITH
AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY
AND DOING THE LEASE.
THAT IS GOOD.
>> I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW IF
THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS
OF THE DESTRUCTION OR
INSTALLATION OF THIS FACILITY
THAT WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT AND
WHETHER YOU'VE HAD ENGAGEMENT
WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEM,
SHOULD THERE BE A TAX?
>> WE HAVEN'T BEEN ENGAGE WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND AS THE
LANDLORD I CAN'T SPEAK FOR
PEACE AND KING COUNTY BUT I
WILL POINT OUT THAT PART OF THE
STRUCTURE IS THE EXISTING TOWER
COMES DOWN AND WE PUT UP A NEW
TOWER OF THE SAME HEIGHT.
I DON'T SEE ANY GREATER IMPACT
ON THE COMMUNITY.
>> BUT, IT WILL BE A LIKE
FACILITY AS WHAT IS THERE NOW
BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THERE ARE
CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS?
>> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
>> SO, THE CONSTRUCTION IS
PLANNED TO START SHORTLY AFTER
THE LEASE IS EXECUTED AND WILL
OCCUR OVER THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR.
THE COUNTY WHO IS LEAD WILL
MANAGE SOME OF THOSE LOGISTICS.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN DIRECTLY
ENGAGED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
THEY WILL CERTAINLY GO THROUGH
NORMAL PERMITTING PROCESSES WITH
PARKS THAT ALSO ADMINISTER THE
FACILITIES TO ENSURE THEY ARE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH CURRENT CITY
CODE.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER MOSQUEDA, ARE WE
GOOD?
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING AND I
APPRECIATE YOUR INQUIRY.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE AND I
MOVED TO PASS COUNCIL BILL
119454.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE AYES HAVE IT AND I WILL
PRESENTED TO THE FULL COUNCIL
AT THE NEXT MEETING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> WITH THAT, THANK YOU,
COLLEAGUES.
WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.