1 00:00:09,075 --> 00:00:15,782 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:15,915 --> 00:00:17,283 -- AWESOME. GOOD AFTERNOON. 3 00:00:17,283 --> 00:00:19,052 TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 14th, 2026. 4 00:00:19,052 --> 00:00:20,920 THE COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETING 5 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:22,822 WILL COME TO ORDER. THE TIME IS 6 00:00:22,822 --> 00:00:23,990 2:03 P.M.. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 7 00:00:23,990 --> 00:00:25,658 CALL THE ROLL? 8 00:00:25,658 --> 00:00:27,727 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 9 00:00:27,727 --> 00:00:30,663 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 10 00:00:30,663 --> 00:00:32,732 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 11 00:00:32,732 --> 00:00:35,135 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 12 00:00:35,135 --> 00:00:35,635 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 13 00:00:35,635 --> 00:00:37,070 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 14 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:39,139 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 15 00:00:39,139 --> 00:00:39,706 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 16 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:40,440 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH 17 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:41,741 HERE. SEVEN. PRESENT. 18 00:00:41,741 --> 00:00:43,710 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND 19 00:00:43,710 --> 00:00:44,344 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ARE EXCUSED 20 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:46,479 UNTIL THEY GET HERE. COLLEAGUES. 21 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:47,514 WELCOME BACK. AND WE HAD A GREAT 22 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:49,582 RECESS. AND SO THIS IS OUR FIRST 23 00:00:49,582 --> 00:00:50,850 COUNCIL BRIEFING BACK FROM 24 00:00:50,850 --> 00:00:52,252 RECESS. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. 25 00:00:52,252 --> 00:00:54,654 WE HAVE A TON ON THE AGENDA, SO 26 00:00:54,654 --> 00:00:55,388 WE'LL KEEP I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS 27 00:00:55,388 --> 00:00:56,456 BRIEF AND WE'LL KEEP STUFF 28 00:00:56,456 --> 00:00:59,459 MOVING. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 29 00:00:59,459 --> 00:01:00,493 THE MINUTES OF AUGUST THE 10th, 30 00:01:00,493 --> 00:01:02,929 2026 WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO 31 00:01:02,929 --> 00:01:05,398 OBJECTION, THE MINUTES ARE 32 00:01:05,398 --> 00:01:06,866 ADOPTED. TODAY. WE HAVE ON THE 33 00:01:06,866 --> 00:01:08,701 AGENDA FOR PROCLAMATIONS. WE 34 00:01:08,701 --> 00:01:10,904 HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS AND ONE 35 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:13,740 EXECUTIVE SESSION. AFTER THIS 36 00:01:13,740 --> 00:01:15,442 COUNCIL BRIEFING. THERE ARE ALSO 37 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:17,444 25 ITEMS ON THE CONSENT 38 00:01:17,444 --> 00:01:19,679 CALENDAR, AND THERE ARE 50 ITEMS 39 00:01:19,679 --> 00:01:21,514 ON THE INTRODUCTION AND REFERRAL 40 00:01:21,514 --> 00:01:23,016 CALENDAR. A LOT OF THOSE ARE 41 00:01:23,016 --> 00:01:24,851 APPOINTMENTS COLLEAGUES THAT ARE 42 00:01:24,851 --> 00:01:27,320 GETTING VOTED ON. SO THEIR 43 00:01:27,320 --> 00:01:29,289 APPOINTMENTS, THE FUTURE COUNCIL 44 00:01:29,289 --> 00:01:33,927 BRIEFING, MEETINGS FROM 45 00:01:33,927 --> 00:01:34,561 SEPTEMBER 21st THROUGH NOVEMBER 46 00:01:34,561 --> 00:01:35,862 23rd WILL BE CANCELED FOR US TO 47 00:01:35,862 --> 00:01:38,398 ALLOW COUNCIL TO PREPARE AND 48 00:01:38,398 --> 00:01:42,368 DELIBERATE ON BUDGET INFORMATION 49 00:01:42,368 --> 00:01:43,903 FOR 2027 AND 2028. OKAY, SO THE 50 00:01:43,903 --> 00:01:45,805 FIRST THING THAT WE ARE WE HAVE 51 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:49,175 OUR APPOINTMENTS. THAT IS OUR 52 00:01:49,175 --> 00:01:50,844 FIRST PRESENTATION. SUPER 53 00:01:50,844 --> 00:01:52,378 EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO I KNOW WE 54 00:01:52,378 --> 00:01:54,347 HAVE MATT FROM THE MAYOR'S 55 00:01:54,347 --> 00:01:56,382 OFFICE AND AMANI FROM Y OF 56 00:01:56,382 --> 00:02:00,153 GREATER SEATTLE. WELCOME. AND 57 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:03,823 YOU'LL JUST COME SIT HERE AT 58 00:02:03,823 --> 00:02:06,926 THE TABLE. SORRY I DIDN'T INVITE 59 00:02:06,926 --> 00:02:10,063 YOU ALL UP SOONER. MY APOLOGIES, 60 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:11,231 BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO THANK YOU 61 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:12,832 MATT. THANK YOU IMANI. LOOKING 62 00:02:12,832 --> 00:02:13,766 FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION 63 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:14,400 TODAY. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME 64 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,804 OF THOSE STUDENTS HERE THAT ARE 65 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:18,338 LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR 66 00:02:18,338 --> 00:02:20,707 APPOINTMENTS AND HEARING FROM 67 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:21,508 THEM AS WELL. HELLO. HI, MATT. 68 00:02:21,508 --> 00:02:22,876 YOU CAN JUMP RIGHT IN. 69 00:02:22,876 --> 00:02:26,079 -- OKAY, GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. 70 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:26,713 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 71 00:02:26,713 --> 00:02:27,780 COUNCILMEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR 72 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:29,315 YOUR TIME TODAY. IT'S A 73 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:30,750 PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE ALONGSIDE 74 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:32,252 MY COLLEAGUE IMANI BENDER. MY 75 00:02:32,252 --> 00:02:33,887 NAME IS MATT MCINTOSH. I WORK IN 76 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:36,156 THE OFFICE OF MAYOR CASEY 77 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:37,223 WILSON. FIRST, THANK YOU FOR ALL 78 00:02:37,223 --> 00:02:38,258 THE WORK THAT EACH OF YOU DO TO 79 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:39,726 SUPPORT OUR BOARDS AND 80 00:02:39,726 --> 00:02:41,127 COMMISSIONS, AND TO SUPPORT OUR 81 00:02:41,127 --> 00:02:42,462 CITY'S YOUNG ADULTS IN SO MANY 82 00:02:42,462 --> 00:02:44,230 DIFFERENT WAYS. I ALSO WANT TO 83 00:02:44,230 --> 00:02:46,466 THANK THE BOARD AND COMMISSION 84 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:47,534 LIAISONS WHO DO SIMILAR CRITICAL 85 00:02:47,534 --> 00:02:48,835 WORK TO KEEP OUR BOARDS AND 86 00:02:48,835 --> 00:02:49,936 COMMISSIONS RUNNING SMOOTHLY, 87 00:02:49,936 --> 00:02:50,537 INCLUDING SUPPORTING THE GET 88 00:02:50,537 --> 00:02:51,971 ENGAGED PROGRAM. AND I 89 00:02:51,971 --> 00:02:52,906 ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK TOR 90 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:53,973 MADSEN FOR HER WORK IN THIS 91 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:55,608 REGARD. THE APPLICANTS THAT WE 92 00:02:55,608 --> 00:02:57,610 WILL HEAR FROM TODAY ARE A GREAT 93 00:02:57,610 --> 00:02:59,145 REMINDER OF JUST HOW HARD 94 00:02:59,145 --> 00:03:00,580 WORKING, WISE AND SKILLED OUR 95 00:03:00,580 --> 00:03:02,382 YOUNG LEADERS ARE. THEY CARE 96 00:03:02,382 --> 00:03:03,449 DEEPLY ABOUT PUBLIC LIFE IN 97 00:03:03,449 --> 00:03:04,684 SEATTLE, AND THEY REPRESENT THE 98 00:03:04,684 --> 00:03:05,518 DIVERSITY OF OUR CITY, 99 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:07,487 REPRESENTING MANY DIFFERENT 100 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:09,122 NEIGHBORHOODS, IDENTITIES, AND 101 00:03:09,122 --> 00:03:09,722 BACKGROUNDS, BRINGING UNIQUE 102 00:03:09,722 --> 00:03:11,124 SKILL SETS AND EXPERIENCES TO 103 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:12,825 STRENGTHEN OUR CITY GOVERNMENT. 104 00:03:12,825 --> 00:03:14,427 AS YOU KNOW, SEATTLE'S YOUNG 105 00:03:14,427 --> 00:03:15,461 PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST 106 00:03:15,461 --> 00:03:16,563 REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR CITY'S 107 00:03:16,563 --> 00:03:18,097 FUTURE. THEY ARE LEADING OUR 108 00:03:18,097 --> 00:03:19,899 PRESENT TOO. MAYOR WILSON AND 109 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:20,934 HER OFFICE HAVE ENGAGED YOUNG 110 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:22,502 PEOPLE IN NUMEROUS WAYS FROM HER 111 00:03:22,502 --> 00:03:23,036 YOUTH COMMITTEE ON HER 112 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:24,304 TRANSITION TEAM TO NUMEROUS 113 00:03:24,304 --> 00:03:25,805 VISITS TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY 114 00:03:25,805 --> 00:03:27,173 CENTERS ALL OVER OUR CITY TO 115 00:03:27,173 --> 00:03:28,341 DISCUSS THE KEY ISSUES FACING 116 00:03:28,341 --> 00:03:30,109 YOUNG PEOPLE. MAYOR WILSON WORKS 117 00:03:30,109 --> 00:03:32,645 WITH YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS TO 118 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:33,780 CRAFT AND CRAFT AN AFFORDABLE 119 00:03:33,780 --> 00:03:35,181 CITY WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE, HAVE 120 00:03:35,181 --> 00:03:36,115 OPPORTUNITIES TO LIVE LIVES OF 121 00:03:36,115 --> 00:03:37,617 DIGNITY AND PURPOSE, AND CAN 122 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:39,118 PLAN TO GROW INTO ADULTHOOD TO 123 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:42,155 LEAD OUR CITY FORWARD. THE MAYOR 124 00:03:42,155 --> 00:03:42,722 IS GRATEFUL FOR COUNCIL'S 125 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:43,923 LEADERSHIP ON THESE SAME ISSUES 126 00:03:43,923 --> 00:03:45,425 AND MORE. AND SO, ON BEHALF OF 127 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:46,659 THE MAYOR, I'M SO PLEASED TO BE 128 00:03:46,659 --> 00:03:47,860 HERE TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF 129 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:50,196 AMANI AND THE Y, TO ENSURE THAT 130 00:03:50,196 --> 00:03:51,397 OUR CITY'S BOARDS AND 131 00:03:51,397 --> 00:03:51,898 COMMISSIONS INCLUDE THE 132 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:53,233 PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF 133 00:03:53,233 --> 00:03:54,267 YOUNG ADULTS FROM ACROSS OUR 134 00:03:54,267 --> 00:03:57,270 CITY. AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 135 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:57,837 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 136 00:03:57,837 --> 00:03:58,738 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME AND 137 00:03:58,738 --> 00:04:00,340 CONSIDERATION OF THIS YEAR'S GET 138 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:00,940 ENGAGED APPLICANTS. AND THANK 139 00:04:00,940 --> 00:04:01,975 YOU TO EACH OF THE APPLICANTS 140 00:04:01,975 --> 00:04:02,976 HERE TODAY FOR YOUR COMMITMENT 141 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:05,011 TO OUR CITY. I WILL NOW PASS IT 142 00:04:05,011 --> 00:04:06,512 TO AMANI. FOR FURTHER 143 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:07,113 INFORMATION ABOUT GET ENGAGED 144 00:04:07,113 --> 00:04:08,748 AND THIS YEAR'S EXCITING GROUP 145 00:04:08,748 --> 00:04:09,115 OF APPLICANTS. 146 00:04:09,115 --> 00:04:10,550 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, MATT. AND 147 00:04:10,550 --> 00:04:11,150 FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER 148 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:14,153 RIVERA IS HERE. GO AHEAD. AMANI. 149 00:04:14,153 --> 00:04:16,456 -- THANK YOU. MATT. GOOD 150 00:04:16,456 --> 00:04:18,257 AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 151 00:04:18,257 --> 00:04:19,859 NAME IS IMANI BENDER AND I'M 152 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:21,394 HERE REPRESENTING THE Y SOCIAL 153 00:04:21,394 --> 00:04:23,796 IMPACT CENTER, WHICH IS OUR 154 00:04:23,796 --> 00:04:24,430 SOCIAL SERVICES BRANCH WITH THE 155 00:04:24,430 --> 00:04:26,399 Y OF GREATER SEATTLE. SOME OF 156 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:28,868 YOU MIGHT REMEMBER ME FROM PAST 157 00:04:28,868 --> 00:04:30,903 YEARS IN THIS PROGRAM, SO I'M 158 00:04:30,903 --> 00:04:32,105 VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY. 159 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:33,473 TO TELL YOU A BIT ABOUT THE GET 160 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:35,642 ENGAGED PROGRAM AND THE 161 00:04:35,642 --> 00:04:36,609 INSPIRING GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE 162 00:04:36,609 --> 00:04:38,211 THAT ARE SITTING BEFORE YOU 163 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:43,216 TODAY. SO GET ENGAGED PLACES OR 164 00:04:43,216 --> 00:04:45,051 SORRY, GET ENGAGED PROGRAM 165 00:04:45,051 --> 00:04:45,618 PLACES YOUNG ADULTS AGE 18 166 00:04:45,618 --> 00:04:48,288 THROUGH 29 ON THE CITY OF 167 00:04:48,288 --> 00:04:48,955 SEATTLE'S BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 168 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:51,891 TO SERVE A YEAR LONG TERM. THE 169 00:04:51,891 --> 00:04:53,726 PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2001, 170 00:04:53,726 --> 00:04:55,828 AND SO IT REALLY REPRESENTS THIS 171 00:04:55,828 --> 00:04:57,030 LONG LASTING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN 172 00:04:57,030 --> 00:05:02,468 THE Y AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE 173 00:05:02,468 --> 00:05:03,069 AND DEMONSTRATES THE CITY'S 174 00:05:03,069 --> 00:05:04,804 COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN OUR 175 00:05:04,804 --> 00:05:07,707 NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS, AND 176 00:05:07,707 --> 00:05:10,576 ALSO UPLIFTING YOUNG VOICES IN 177 00:05:10,576 --> 00:05:11,678 LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THE IMPACT OF 178 00:05:11,678 --> 00:05:13,346 THIS PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS HAS 179 00:05:13,346 --> 00:05:14,747 BEEN VERY CLEAR. OUR GET ENGAGED 180 00:05:14,747 --> 00:05:16,883 COMMISSIONERS ARE CONTRIBUTING 181 00:05:16,883 --> 00:05:19,285 TO BOARD WORK PLANS. THEY ARE 182 00:05:19,285 --> 00:05:21,354 ADVOCATING FOR LEGISLATION. 183 00:05:21,354 --> 00:05:21,988 THEY'RE MEETING WITH ELECTED 184 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:23,523 OFFICIALS AND PERHAPS MOST 185 00:05:23,523 --> 00:05:24,891 IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE REALLY 186 00:05:24,891 --> 00:05:26,125 UPLIFTING THE NEEDS OF THEIR 187 00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:29,028 NEIGHBORS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES 188 00:05:29,028 --> 00:05:32,098 AND REALLY CRITICAL MOMENTS AND 189 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:33,800 CONVERSATIONS. THEY ALWAYS ASK 190 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:34,967 THOSE REALLY HARD QUESTIONS. 191 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:36,369 EVEN IN OUR GET ENGAGED COHORT 192 00:05:36,369 --> 00:05:38,237 MEETINGS, THEY STUMPED ME 193 00:05:38,237 --> 00:05:39,806 SOMETIMES. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY 194 00:05:39,806 --> 00:05:42,308 HAVE THE COURAGE TO IMAGINE OUR 195 00:05:42,308 --> 00:05:43,676 CITY AND NEW WAYS AND WAYS THAT 196 00:05:43,676 --> 00:05:46,279 COULD BE BETTER. WE FIND THAT 197 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:47,714 THE YOUNG ADULTS IN THIS PROGRAM 198 00:05:47,714 --> 00:05:49,082 TEND TO MAKE AN IMPACT ON CITY 199 00:05:49,082 --> 00:05:50,950 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT LAST 200 00:05:50,950 --> 00:05:52,385 FAR PAST THEIR GET ENGAGED TERM 201 00:05:52,385 --> 00:05:57,457 AS WELL. SO WE'VE GOT FORMER 202 00:05:57,457 --> 00:05:58,057 GET ENGAGED COMMISSIONERS WHO 203 00:05:58,057 --> 00:05:59,525 ARE NOW CO-CHAIRS ON THE 204 00:05:59,525 --> 00:06:02,829 COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY 205 00:06:02,829 --> 00:06:05,064 BOARD, OUR LGBTQ COMMISSION, THE 206 00:06:05,064 --> 00:06:07,133 RENTERS COMMISSION, AND THE 207 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:09,936 PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD. AND 208 00:06:09,936 --> 00:06:11,904 OF COURSE, THERE ARE MANY OTHER 209 00:06:11,904 --> 00:06:12,638 GET ENGAGED ALUMNI WHO HAVE 210 00:06:12,638 --> 00:06:14,407 CONTINUED THEIR SERVICE ON OTHER 211 00:06:14,407 --> 00:06:17,110 BOARD SEATS AS WELL. SO FOR MANY 212 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:18,511 OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE SITTING 213 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:19,979 BEFORE YOU, TODAY IS JUST THE 214 00:06:19,979 --> 00:06:20,980 BEGINNING OF A REALLY LONG 215 00:06:20,980 --> 00:06:26,185 JOURNEY IN CIVIC SERVICE. I WANT 216 00:06:26,185 --> 00:06:27,820 TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ABOUT 217 00:06:27,820 --> 00:06:31,290 OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS AS WELL. 218 00:06:31,290 --> 00:06:33,426 SO THIS YEAR WE STARTED 219 00:06:33,426 --> 00:06:33,960 RECRUITMENT IN SPRING AND 220 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:36,295 INTERVIEWED OVER 50 APPLICANTS 221 00:06:36,295 --> 00:06:38,965 ACROSS 21 BOARDS AND 222 00:06:38,965 --> 00:06:41,401 COMMISSIONS, RECRUITMENT AND 223 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:41,901 OUTREACH WAS EXTREMELY 224 00:06:41,901 --> 00:06:42,668 SUCCESSFUL. WE SPREAD THE WORD 225 00:06:42,668 --> 00:06:44,771 ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE CONNECTED 226 00:06:44,771 --> 00:06:47,240 WITH LOCAL COLLEGES, 227 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,510 UNIVERSITIES, YOUNG 228 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:51,144 PROFESSIONALS, GROUPS AND HANDED 229 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:52,812 OUT A TON OF FLIERS ALL OVER THE 230 00:06:52,812 --> 00:06:54,480 CITY IN PLACES THAT ARE 231 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:57,850 FREQUENTED BY OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 232 00:06:57,850 --> 00:07:00,553 WE ALSO REALLY CENTER EQUITY AND 233 00:07:00,553 --> 00:07:02,388 DIVERSITY IN THE GET ENGAGED 234 00:07:02,388 --> 00:07:03,423 RECRUITMENT PROCESS. OUR GOAL 235 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:04,991 EACH YEAR IS TO PUT TOGETHER A 236 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:07,226 COHORT OF YOUNG COMMISSIONERS 237 00:07:07,226 --> 00:07:08,795 THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 238 00:07:08,795 --> 00:07:10,596 MANY COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP 239 00:07:10,596 --> 00:07:12,465 THE CITY, AND AS A SOCIAL 240 00:07:12,465 --> 00:07:13,633 SERVICES AGENCY, THE SOCIAL 241 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:15,835 IMPACT CENTER HAS A LARGE 242 00:07:15,835 --> 00:07:17,637 NETWORK OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS 243 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:19,972 THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SURE TO 244 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:22,208 REACH OUT TO IN THESE MOMENTS 245 00:07:22,208 --> 00:07:24,644 WITH THESE OPPORTUNITY, WE SHARE 246 00:07:24,644 --> 00:07:27,180 THE OPPORTUNITY WITH YOUTH 247 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:29,015 FACING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE URBAN 248 00:07:29,015 --> 00:07:32,151 LEAGUE, MOCKINGBIRD SOCIETY, 249 00:07:32,151 --> 00:07:33,319 YOUTH CARE AND LAMBERT HOUSE, 250 00:07:33,319 --> 00:07:35,087 JUST TO NAME A FEW. AND WE 251 00:07:35,087 --> 00:07:36,522 REALLY TRY TO REACH YOUNG ADULTS 252 00:07:36,522 --> 00:07:38,090 WHO ARE COMING FROM COMMUNITIES 253 00:07:38,090 --> 00:07:39,926 THAT HAVE NOT HISTORICALLY HAD 254 00:07:39,926 --> 00:07:41,994 ACCESS TO THESE TYPES OF CIVIC 255 00:07:41,994 --> 00:07:45,832 DECISION MAKING SPACES. WE WE 256 00:07:45,832 --> 00:07:47,166 REALLY AIM TO REACH YOUNG PEOPLE 257 00:07:47,166 --> 00:07:49,569 WHO REPRESENT A WIDE VARIETY OF 258 00:07:49,569 --> 00:07:52,071 RACIAL AND CULTURAL IDENTITIES, 259 00:07:52,071 --> 00:07:54,040 NEIGHBORHOODS, SOCIOECONOMIC 260 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:55,908 BACKGROUNDS, LIVED EXPERIENCES, 261 00:07:55,908 --> 00:07:58,044 AND TO REALLY PUT TOGETHER A 262 00:07:58,044 --> 00:07:58,678 WELL-ROUNDED AND REPRESENTATIVE 263 00:07:58,678 --> 00:08:02,715 COHORT AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T DO 264 00:08:02,715 --> 00:08:03,783 THAT WORK ALONE. SO I WANT TO 265 00:08:03,783 --> 00:08:06,285 MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE AND THANK 266 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:06,819 THE BOARD AND COMMISSION 267 00:08:06,819 --> 00:08:07,620 LIAISONS WHO DID A SIGNIFICANT 268 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:09,088 AMOUNT OF OUTREACH WITHIN THEIR 269 00:08:09,088 --> 00:08:11,290 OWN NETWORKS TO. AND THEY 270 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:13,426 PARTICIPATE IN EVERY SINGLE 271 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:14,694 INTERVIEW WITH ME EVERY SINGLE 272 00:08:14,694 --> 00:08:16,262 YEAR. I COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT 273 00:08:16,262 --> 00:08:20,733 THEM. IT'S ALSO A HUGE EFFORT. 274 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:21,767 AND, YOU KNOW, WE COULDN'T DO IT 275 00:08:21,767 --> 00:08:22,401 WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY 276 00:08:22,401 --> 00:08:25,504 GREAT CITY STAFF. I ALSO WANT TO 277 00:08:25,504 --> 00:08:26,973 MENTION TOR MADSEN WITH THE CITY 278 00:08:26,973 --> 00:08:28,641 CLERK'S OFFICE, WHO'S OFFERED 279 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:31,110 ME SO MUCH GUIDANCE WITH THIS 280 00:08:31,110 --> 00:08:33,079 RECRUITMENT PROCESS OVER THE 281 00:08:33,079 --> 00:08:34,580 YEARS. YOU KNOW, I'D BE LOST 282 00:08:34,580 --> 00:08:36,015 WITHOUT TOR TRULY. I WOULDN'T 283 00:08:36,015 --> 00:08:36,782 KNOW WHEN ANYTHING WAS DUE. ANY 284 00:08:36,782 --> 00:08:40,987 OF THE DEADLINES. SO, YOU KNOW, 285 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:42,555 WITH THAT, I WILL GET STARTED 286 00:08:42,555 --> 00:08:44,991 PRESENTING TODAY'S GET ENGAGED 287 00:08:44,991 --> 00:08:46,459 NOMINATIONS. YOU WILL BE 288 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:48,928 INTRODUCED TO 22 HOPEFUL 289 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:49,996 APPOINTEES. I HAD THE 290 00:08:49,996 --> 00:08:51,097 OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THIS GROUP 291 00:08:51,097 --> 00:08:53,032 OF YOUNG ADULTS DURING THE 292 00:08:53,032 --> 00:08:55,001 INTERVIEW PROCESS, AND THEY ARE 293 00:08:55,001 --> 00:08:58,170 TRULY EXTRAORDINARY. I'M JUST 294 00:08:58,170 --> 00:08:59,572 CONSISTENTLY INSPIRED AND 295 00:08:59,572 --> 00:09:00,139 IMPRESSED WITH THESE YOUNG 296 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:02,141 ADULTS. AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE 297 00:09:02,141 --> 00:09:04,043 TO WORK ALONGSIDE THEM. BUT 298 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:05,411 REALLY, THEY TEACH ME SO MUCH. 299 00:09:05,411 --> 00:09:07,680 -- AWESOME. AND BEFORE WE GO 300 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,282 INTO THE PRESENTATIONS, IS IT 301 00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:10,483 POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE 302 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:12,318 A VISUAL STUFF, BUT EVERYONE WAS 303 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:14,387 SENT A MEMO AND I WOULD ACTUALLY 304 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:17,023 LIKE THAT. DO YOU ALL WOULD YOU 305 00:09:17,023 --> 00:09:18,257 ALL LIKE THAT MEMO UP ON THE 306 00:09:18,257 --> 00:09:19,125 SCREEN OR WOULD YOU LIKE A LINK 307 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:20,526 TO IT? SO YOU HAVE IT 308 00:09:20,526 --> 00:09:21,928 COLLEAGUES. THERE'S 22 309 00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:23,462 APPOINTMENTS. I DON'T KNOW HOW 310 00:09:23,462 --> 00:09:24,397 MANY FOLKS DO WE HAVE HERE 311 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:24,630 TODAY? 312 00:09:24,630 --> 00:09:26,432 -- YES, WE'VE GOT 14 OF THE 22 313 00:09:26,432 --> 00:09:27,433 HERE TODAY. 314 00:09:27,433 --> 00:09:28,601 -- AWESOME. OKAY. AND I HAVE A 315 00:09:28,601 --> 00:09:29,802 LIST AND EVERYTHING. WOULD YOU 316 00:09:29,802 --> 00:09:31,504 ALL LIKE, LIKE THAT? OKAY, WELL, 317 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:32,672 I'M GOING TO HAVE MY TEAM SEND 318 00:09:32,672 --> 00:09:34,140 THAT TO ME. SO YOU ALL HAVE IT 319 00:09:34,140 --> 00:09:35,374 IN FRONT OF YOU. SO WE KNOW WHO 320 00:09:35,374 --> 00:09:36,475 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL. 321 00:09:36,475 --> 00:09:38,110 AND WITH THE MEMO FROM TOR. 322 00:09:38,110 --> 00:09:41,347 OKAY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. 323 00:09:41,347 --> 00:09:42,915 -- YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS 324 00:09:42,915 --> 00:09:45,618 WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH 325 00:09:45,618 --> 00:09:48,187 OUR FIRST NOMINEE. SO I'LL CALL 326 00:09:48,187 --> 00:09:49,589 DALE L BAKER UP TO THE PODIUM 327 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:52,158 FOR THE COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY 328 00:09:52,158 --> 00:09:53,926 ADVISORY BOARD 329 00:09:53,926 --> 00:09:59,699 -- [APPLAUSE] 330 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:01,567 -- THAT MICROPHONE. YEAH, THAT 331 00:10:01,567 --> 00:10:02,335 SHOULD BE ON. WE CANNOT YOU NEED 332 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:03,336 TO PULL IT TO YOU AND THEN IT 333 00:10:03,336 --> 00:10:05,504 SHOULD BE ON. THERE YOU GO. 334 00:10:05,504 --> 00:10:07,473 HELLO. YEP. PERFECT. 335 00:10:07,473 --> 00:10:08,874 -- OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. 336 00:10:08,874 --> 00:10:11,544 MY NAME IS DALE L BAKER JUNIOR. 337 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:14,213 HE HIM PRONOUNS. THANK YOU. I AM 338 00:10:14,213 --> 00:10:17,116 A UW GRADUATE WHERE I RECEIVED 339 00:10:17,116 --> 00:10:18,250 MY MASTER'S IN COMMUNICATION, 340 00:10:18,250 --> 00:10:20,052 MY MASTER'S IN HUMAN CENTERED 341 00:10:20,052 --> 00:10:22,421 DESIGN AND ENGINEERING. AND MY 342 00:10:22,421 --> 00:10:24,357 BA IN COMMUNICATION. I'VE BEEN A 343 00:10:24,357 --> 00:10:25,458 SEATTLE RESIDENT MY WHOLE LIFE 344 00:10:25,458 --> 00:10:28,494 AS I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. 345 00:10:28,494 --> 00:10:30,062 AND IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE 346 00:10:30,062 --> 00:10:32,898 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON CTAB 347 00:10:32,898 --> 00:10:36,168 BY TRADE. I AM A DESIGNER. THE 348 00:10:36,168 --> 00:10:37,636 ETHOS OF MY WORK IS TO BRIDGE 349 00:10:37,636 --> 00:10:38,537 THE GAP BETWEEN RESEARCH AND 350 00:10:38,537 --> 00:10:41,707 DESIGN, TO SUPPORT AND EMPOWER 351 00:10:41,707 --> 00:10:42,241 SYSTEMICALLY MARGINALIZED 352 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:43,542 COMMUNITIES THROUGH ACCESSIBLE, 353 00:10:43,542 --> 00:10:45,644 CULTURALLY GROUNDED SOLUTIONS. 354 00:10:45,644 --> 00:10:47,813 MY PRACTICES ARE ROOTED IN 355 00:10:47,813 --> 00:10:48,814 BELIEF THAT THE PEOPLE MOST 356 00:10:48,814 --> 00:10:50,449 IMPACTED BY A SYSTEM SHOULD BE 357 00:10:50,449 --> 00:10:52,918 AT THE CENTER OF ITS REDESIGN. 358 00:10:52,918 --> 00:10:56,722 SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT I'M 359 00:10:56,722 --> 00:10:57,189 INTERESTED IN ON ARE 360 00:10:57,189 --> 00:10:58,157 ACCESSIBILITY TO TECHNOLOGY, 361 00:10:58,157 --> 00:11:00,459 SURVEILLANCE, AND AI. BY THE END 362 00:11:00,459 --> 00:11:03,095 OF MY TERM, THE PROJECTS AND 363 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:04,063 PROPOSALS SUBMITTED BY ME WILL 364 00:11:04,063 --> 00:11:06,532 BE SURE TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF 365 00:11:06,532 --> 00:11:08,034 THE COMMUNITY THAT I AM SERVING. 366 00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:10,703 THANK YOU. 367 00:11:10,703 --> 00:11:16,442 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. DALE. 368 00:11:16,442 --> 00:11:18,744 -- ALL RIGHT. UP NEXT IS KARIEL 369 00:11:18,744 --> 00:11:19,712 GALBRAITH WITH THE SEATTLE ARTS 370 00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:24,316 COMMISSION 371 00:11:24,316 --> 00:11:24,650 -- [APPLAUSE] 372 00:11:24,650 --> 00:11:29,822 -- A KARIEL AUNTIE. AUNTIE 373 00:11:29,822 --> 00:11:31,123 STATUS HERE. 374 00:11:31,123 --> 00:11:33,159 -- MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTS ON. 375 00:11:33,159 --> 00:11:34,860 PULL IT TO YOU. GET IT REAL 376 00:11:34,860 --> 00:11:37,029 CLOSE. YES. PERFECT. 377 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:38,697 -- OKAY. HI, MY NAME IS KARIEL 378 00:11:38,697 --> 00:11:39,465 GALBRAITH. 379 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:40,833 -- I'M AN ENROLLED MEMBER OF 380 00:11:40,833 --> 00:11:41,467 THE CENTRAL COUNCIL OF TLINGIT 381 00:11:41,467 --> 00:11:42,635 AND HAIDA INDIAN TRIBES OF 382 00:11:42,635 --> 00:11:44,603 ALASKA. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN 383 00:11:44,603 --> 00:11:46,439 SITKA, ALASKA, BUT I'VE CALLED 384 00:11:46,439 --> 00:11:47,506 SEATTLE HOME FOR OVER FIVE 385 00:11:47,506 --> 00:11:49,141 YEARS. I GRADUATED FROM THE UW 386 00:11:49,141 --> 00:11:50,376 SEATTLE CAMPUS WITH A 387 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:52,545 BACHELOR'S IN ENGLISH AND 388 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:53,546 AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES, AND 389 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:54,914 I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN 390 00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:56,649 SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE SEATTLE 391 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:57,850 ARTS COMMISSION. I'M A WRITER 392 00:11:57,850 --> 00:11:59,251 AND FIBER ARTIST WHO HAS HAD THE 393 00:11:59,251 --> 00:12:01,153 PLEASURE OF WORKING AND TEACHING 394 00:12:01,153 --> 00:12:02,922 AT ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, 395 00:12:02,922 --> 00:12:03,522 INSTITUTIONS, AND NON-PROFITS 396 00:12:03,522 --> 00:12:06,225 ACROSS THE GREATER SEATTLE AREA. 397 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:08,060 I HAVE FOUND TREASURED COMMUNITY 398 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:10,062 IN SEATTLE'S ART SCENE AND HAVE 399 00:12:10,062 --> 00:12:10,629 SEEN FIRSTHAND THE POSITIVE 400 00:12:10,629 --> 00:12:13,632 IMPACT ENGAGING WITH ART HAS ON 401 00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:15,167 SEATTLE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS. 402 00:12:15,167 --> 00:12:15,835 I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING ON THE 403 00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:17,002 ARTS COMMISSION AND UPLIFTING 404 00:12:17,002 --> 00:12:18,437 THE NEEDS OF THE DIVERSE AND 405 00:12:18,437 --> 00:12:19,872 VIBRANT ARTS COMMUNITY IN 406 00:12:19,872 --> 00:12:22,274 SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 407 00:12:22,274 --> 00:12:25,878 -- THANK YOU AND FOR THE RECORD, 408 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:26,345 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 409 00:12:26,345 --> 00:12:28,314 -- IS UP NEXT. WE HAVE RYSHUN 410 00:12:28,314 --> 00:12:31,550 SAMPSON FOR THE SEATTLE 411 00:12:31,550 --> 00:12:32,051 DISABILITY COMMISSION. 412 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:32,785 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 413 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:33,886 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 414 00:12:33,886 --> 00:12:35,121 RYSHUN SAMPSON AND I'M GRATEFUL 415 00:12:35,121 --> 00:12:36,622 TO BE HERE TODAY ACCEPTING MY 416 00:12:36,622 --> 00:12:37,857 NOMINATION TO SERVE ON THE 417 00:12:37,857 --> 00:12:39,225 DISABILITY COMMISSION. THIS 418 00:12:39,225 --> 00:12:40,693 NOMINATION IS A FULL CIRCLE 419 00:12:40,693 --> 00:12:41,393 MOMENT FOR ME. BEING BORN AND 420 00:12:41,393 --> 00:12:42,428 RAISED IN THE SOUTH END OF 421 00:12:42,428 --> 00:12:43,629 SEATTLE AS A PROUD GRADUATE OF 422 00:12:43,629 --> 00:12:45,064 CLEVELAND HIGH SCHOOL IN SEATTLE 423 00:12:45,064 --> 00:12:46,565 UNIVERSITY, I'VE BEEN THINKING 424 00:12:46,565 --> 00:12:48,534 A LOT ABOUT TIME PEOPLE IN 425 00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:49,168 CONNECTION, AND THE ROLES EACH 426 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:49,902 OF US GET TO PLAY AS WE MOVE 427 00:12:49,902 --> 00:12:53,139 THROUGH LIFE. A LITTLE TIME AGO 428 00:12:53,139 --> 00:12:53,773 WHILE AT CLEVELAND, I SHARED A 429 00:12:53,773 --> 00:12:55,040 JOINT PIECE PERIOD WITH OUR 430 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,108 SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASS, AND 431 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:57,543 THAT'S WHERE I MET MY FRIEND 432 00:12:57,543 --> 00:12:58,477 SEAN. AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW 433 00:12:58,477 --> 00:12:59,278 THAT THAT MOMENT WAS STILL 434 00:12:59,278 --> 00:13:00,579 MATTERED TO ME YEARS LATER. I 435 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:02,948 JUST KNEW SEAN AND I CONNECTED. 436 00:13:02,948 --> 00:13:03,749 WE BUILT A FRIENDSHIP THAT MAY 437 00:13:03,749 --> 00:13:04,416 HAVE LOOKED FORWARD TO SOME OF 438 00:13:04,416 --> 00:13:06,519 OUR PEERS, BUT TO US IT WAS JUST 439 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:07,787 A FRIENDSHIP. WE LAUGHED, WE 440 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:08,487 COMMUNICATED IN OUR OWN WAYS, 441 00:13:08,487 --> 00:13:09,221 AND WE CREATED A SPACE WHERE 442 00:13:09,221 --> 00:13:12,792 BOTH OF US COULD BE OURSELVES. 443 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:13,392 MY HEART UNDERSTOOD SOMETHING 444 00:13:13,392 --> 00:13:14,126 BEFORE I HAD THE WORDS FOR IT. I 445 00:13:14,126 --> 00:13:15,461 DIDN'T KNOW ALL THE LANGUAGE 446 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:16,762 AROUND ACCESSIBILITY, 447 00:13:16,762 --> 00:13:17,897 DISABILITY, OR INCLUSION. I JUST 448 00:13:17,897 --> 00:13:19,999 KNEW CONNECTION. AND NOW TIME 449 00:13:19,999 --> 00:13:20,966 HAS GIVEN ME LANGUAGE. PEOPLE 450 00:13:20,966 --> 00:13:22,368 HAVE GIVEN ME PERSPECTIVE. 451 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:23,135 CONNECTION HAS GIVEN ME 452 00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:24,170 UNDERSTANDING, AND THIS 453 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:25,271 NOMINATION HAS GIVEN ME ANOTHER 454 00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:27,406 ROLE TO PLAY. THAT'S WHAT I 455 00:13:27,406 --> 00:13:28,574 BELIEVE PROGRESS ASKS OF ALL OF 456 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:29,675 US NOT TO HAVE EVERY ANSWER, NOT 457 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:31,510 TO BELIEVE WE CAN CHANGE 458 00:13:31,510 --> 00:13:32,745 EVERYTHING OURSELVES, BUT TO 459 00:13:32,745 --> 00:13:34,113 RECOGNIZE THE ROLE WE HAVE AND 460 00:13:34,113 --> 00:13:35,114 THE TIME WE HAVE IT, AND TO BE 461 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:35,748 INTENTIONAL ABOUT WHAT WE DO 462 00:13:35,748 --> 00:13:37,416 WITH IT. FOR ME, SERVING ON THIS 463 00:13:37,416 --> 00:13:38,350 COMMISSION IS ONE OF THOSE 464 00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:40,786 ROLES. I IMAGINE A SEATTLE BUILT 465 00:13:40,786 --> 00:13:43,022 AROUND SHARED POSSIBILITY, WHERE 466 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:43,656 ACCESSIBILITY AND INCLUSION ARE 467 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:44,290 CONSIDERED FROM THE BEGINNING, 468 00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:44,890 AND WHERE PEOPLE TRUST THAT 469 00:13:44,890 --> 00:13:47,393 THEIR NEEDS, EXPERIENCES AND 470 00:13:47,393 --> 00:13:48,327 PERSPECTIVES MATTER, AND THAT 471 00:13:48,327 --> 00:13:50,029 THAT WORK BELONGS TO ALL OF US. 472 00:13:50,029 --> 00:13:51,263 WHATEVER YOUR ROLE MAY BE, WE 473 00:13:51,263 --> 00:13:52,831 CAN LISTEN, WE CAN CONNECT, WE 474 00:13:52,831 --> 00:13:54,433 CAN CONSIDER ONE ANOTHER, AND WE 475 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:56,569 CAN INTENTIONALLY MOVE SOMETHING 476 00:13:56,569 --> 00:13:57,102 FORWARD BECAUSE TIME WILL 477 00:13:57,102 --> 00:13:57,870 CONTINUE, PEOPLE WILL CHANGE, 478 00:13:57,870 --> 00:14:00,539 AND OUR ROLES MAY SHIFT, BUT WE 479 00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:02,608 BUT WE CREATE THAT CONNECTION 480 00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:05,044 THAT CAN LIVE BEYOND US. THE 481 00:14:05,044 --> 00:14:05,644 POSSIBILITIES OURS TO CREATE. 482 00:14:05,644 --> 00:14:10,282 AND THANK YOU 483 00:14:10,282 --> 00:14:10,616 -- [APPLAUSE] 484 00:14:10,616 --> 00:14:11,717 -- AND FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE 485 00:14:11,717 --> 00:14:13,652 JUST ONE SECOND. WE HAVE IT UP 486 00:14:13,652 --> 00:14:14,720 ONLINE. SO PEOPLE'S NAMES SO 487 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:15,988 EVERYONE CAN SEE. AND THEN YOU 488 00:14:15,988 --> 00:14:17,823 ALSO HAVE THE MEMO IN YOUR INBOX 489 00:14:17,823 --> 00:14:21,393 COLLEAGUES. ALL RIGHT. THANK 490 00:14:21,393 --> 00:14:21,594 YOU. 491 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:24,763 -- OKAY. NEXT, AMY NICHOLS WITH 492 00:14:24,763 --> 00:14:25,297 THE SEATTLE HUMAN RIGHTS 493 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:27,166 COMMISSION 494 00:14:27,166 --> 00:14:31,170 -- NOW, SAM, ALICIA, AMY. JOSHUA 495 00:14:31,170 --> 00:14:35,040 SAMMAMISH BARRETT SOARES, HELLO, 496 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,141 HONORABLE PEOPLE. MY NAME IS AMY 497 00:14:36,141 --> 00:14:37,376 NICHOLS, AND I'M A MEMBER OF 498 00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:38,911 THE BARRETT FAMILY OF THE SAMISH 499 00:14:38,911 --> 00:14:42,281 INDIAN NATION. MY MOTHER IS 500 00:14:42,281 --> 00:14:43,816 LISA. HER MOTHER IS CARRIE. HER 501 00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:46,018 MOTHER WAS MARGARET. HER MOTHER 502 00:14:46,018 --> 00:14:50,189 WAS DELIA. HER MOTHER WAS FANNY, 503 00:14:50,189 --> 00:14:52,091 ALSO KNOWN AS ELIZA. THE LAST 504 00:14:52,091 --> 00:14:53,926 SIX GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY 505 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:55,594 HAVE LIVED IN THE GREATER 506 00:14:55,594 --> 00:14:57,897 SEATTLE AREA AND IN THE AREA 507 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:01,133 SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. MY FABRIC 508 00:15:01,133 --> 00:15:03,335 OF MY LIFE AND MY COMMUNITY HAS 509 00:15:03,335 --> 00:15:07,106 BEEN WOVEN INTO THIS PLACE, TO 510 00:15:07,106 --> 00:15:08,307 THE WATERS, TO THE LAND, TO THE 511 00:15:08,307 --> 00:15:11,043 SALISH SEA. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO 512 00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:15,381 BE STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY, AS 513 00:15:15,381 --> 00:15:16,215 I'M A HOPEFUL APPOINTEE TO THE 514 00:15:16,215 --> 00:15:18,851 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION. I 515 00:15:18,851 --> 00:15:21,854 BELIEVE THAT IN A MULTIETHNIC, 516 00:15:21,854 --> 00:15:24,189 MULTINATIONAL, MULTIRACIAL 517 00:15:24,189 --> 00:15:25,491 SOCIETY, WHEN THERE'S A 518 00:15:25,491 --> 00:15:27,026 CHALLENGE TO THE RIGHTS OF ONE 519 00:15:27,026 --> 00:15:29,194 GROUP, THERE'S A CHALLENGE TO 520 00:15:29,194 --> 00:15:30,796 THE RIGHTS AND WELL-BEING OF ALL 521 00:15:30,796 --> 00:15:32,898 GROUPS. IT IS WITH THAT THAT I 522 00:15:32,898 --> 00:15:37,069 HUMBLY ASK FOR MY APPOINTMENT TO 523 00:15:37,069 --> 00:15:38,871 THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO 524 00:15:38,871 --> 00:15:39,438 CONTINUE MY SERVICE TO THE 525 00:15:39,438 --> 00:15:42,308 COMMUNITY. I ALSO SERVE ON THE 526 00:15:42,308 --> 00:15:44,510 KING COUNTY CLIMATE EQUITY 527 00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:46,345 COMMUNITY TASK FORCE, AND IT'S 528 00:15:46,345 --> 00:15:49,848 MY GOAL TO BUILD PARTNERSHIPS 529 00:15:49,848 --> 00:15:51,750 BETWEEN MY FELLOW GET ENGAGED 530 00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:52,251 MEMBERS, BETWEEN FELLOW 531 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:54,253 COMMISSIONERS AND BETWEEN FELLOW 532 00:15:54,253 --> 00:15:55,454 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO REALLY 533 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:58,357 BRING US ALL TOGETHER AS WE 534 00:15:58,357 --> 00:15:59,892 STRIVE TO IMPROVE HUMAN RIGHTS 535 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:03,062 IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. 536 00:16:03,062 --> 00:16:09,134 -- [APPLAUSE] 537 00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:11,537 -- OKAY. UP NEXT WE HAVE TEDDY 538 00:16:11,537 --> 00:16:14,606 TSAI WITH THE SEATTLE LGBTQ 539 00:16:14,606 --> 00:16:15,274 COMMISSION. TEDDY ISN'T ABLE TO 540 00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:16,475 MAKE IT TODAY, SO I'LL GO AHEAD 541 00:16:16,475 --> 00:16:19,778 AND READ THEIR INTRODUCTION. 542 00:16:19,778 --> 00:16:23,816 TEDDY IS EXCITED TO SERVE ON THE 543 00:16:23,816 --> 00:16:25,517 LGBTQ COMMISSION AS BEING PART 544 00:16:25,517 --> 00:16:27,486 OF THE COMMUNITY MEANS SO MUCH 545 00:16:27,486 --> 00:16:29,154 TO THEM. AS A QUEER TRANS 546 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:31,223 IMMIGRANT, FIGHTING AND 547 00:16:31,223 --> 00:16:32,791 ADVOCATING FOR QUEER AND TRANS 548 00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:35,194 RIGHTS IS A LIFELONG PASSION. 549 00:16:35,194 --> 00:16:36,962 TEDDY BELIEVES IN CREATING AND 550 00:16:36,962 --> 00:16:38,197 BUILDING A JUST WORLD WHERE WE 551 00:16:38,197 --> 00:16:41,066 ARE NO LONGER SURVIVING BUT 552 00:16:41,066 --> 00:16:42,401 THRIVING AND LIVING DOES NOT 553 00:16:42,401 --> 00:16:44,937 HAVE TO FEEL EXHAUSTING. TEDDY 554 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:46,905 IS EXCITED TO WORK ALONGSIDE AND 555 00:16:46,905 --> 00:16:48,574 LEARN FROM THE COMMISSION 556 00:16:48,574 --> 00:16:52,478 MEMBERS AND THE GET ENGAGED 557 00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:54,446 COHORT. ALL RIGHT, UP NEXT, WE 558 00:16:54,446 --> 00:16:58,450 HAVE ASHTON HOPE WITH THE 559 00:16:58,450 --> 00:16:59,084 SEATTLE RENTERS' COMMISSION. 560 00:16:59,084 --> 00:17:02,354 -- [APPLAUSE] 561 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:03,455 -- HELLO. HELLO. THERE WE GO. 562 00:17:03,455 --> 00:17:06,191 HELLO, COUNCIL. I AM ASHTON 563 00:17:06,191 --> 00:17:07,760 HOPE. I AM INDEED WITH THE 564 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:09,161 SEATTLE RENTERS' COMMISSION AND 565 00:17:09,161 --> 00:17:10,362 WHILE I DO NOT HAVE MY FULL 566 00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:11,764 SCRIPT ON ME, I DO HAVE THE 567 00:17:11,764 --> 00:17:14,099 SUMMARY OF IT. I'VE LIVED IN 568 00:17:14,099 --> 00:17:15,501 WASHINGTON STATE FOR MY WHOLE 569 00:17:15,501 --> 00:17:17,403 LIFE AND I HAVE CHERISHED LIVING 570 00:17:17,403 --> 00:17:21,073 IN THIS CITY. NOW I DO A DAY JOB 571 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:23,976 AS A CANVASSER AND THUS I END UP 572 00:17:23,976 --> 00:17:25,477 SEEING PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF 573 00:17:25,477 --> 00:17:27,046 LIFE, WHETHER RICH OR POOR. I 574 00:17:27,046 --> 00:17:28,680 END UP HEARING THEIR STORIES, 575 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:31,583 THEIR ANXIETIES, THEIR HOPES FOR 576 00:17:31,583 --> 00:17:33,085 THE FUTURE, AND HELPING THEM 577 00:17:33,085 --> 00:17:34,486 TURN THAT INTO ACTION. WITH THE 578 00:17:34,486 --> 00:17:35,754 NONPROFITS I REPRESENT, WHICH IS 579 00:17:35,754 --> 00:17:37,556 WHY I AM SO EXCITED TO WORK ON 580 00:17:37,556 --> 00:17:38,957 THE RENTERS COMMISSION, BECAUSE 581 00:17:38,957 --> 00:17:41,460 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS 582 00:17:41,460 --> 00:17:43,128 A CITY FOR EVERYONE, A PLACE 583 00:17:43,128 --> 00:17:44,363 WHERE REGARDLESS OF YOUR INCOME, 584 00:17:44,363 --> 00:17:46,131 OF YOUR PAST, OF YOUR 585 00:17:46,131 --> 00:17:47,733 DISABILITIES AND STRUGGLES THAT 586 00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:49,935 YOU WERE ABLE TO AFFORD TO HAVE 587 00:17:49,935 --> 00:17:52,204 SAFE HOUSING WHERE YOU CAN TRULY 588 00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:54,073 LIVE AND BE AMONGST YOUR 589 00:17:54,073 --> 00:17:55,874 COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS 590 00:17:55,874 --> 00:17:57,743 OPPORTUNITY. I WON'T AT ALL 591 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:01,814 SQUANDER IT 592 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:05,117 -- [APPLAUSE] 593 00:18:05,117 --> 00:18:09,154 -- ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS PRISHA 594 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:09,822 VAJJA WITH THE SEATTLE WOMEN'S 595 00:18:09,822 --> 00:18:13,425 COMMISSION 596 00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:15,427 -- GOOD MORNING. HELLO, MY NAME 597 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:17,029 IS PRISHA D VAJJA AND I HAVE 598 00:18:17,029 --> 00:18:18,964 BEEN APPOINTED TO THE SEATTLE 599 00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:19,765 WOMEN'S COMMISSION. IT'S GREAT 600 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:22,634 TO BE HERE. I'VE BEEN APPOINTED 601 00:18:22,634 --> 00:18:24,536 BECAUSE OF MY LIVED EXPERIENCE 602 00:18:24,536 --> 00:18:26,171 WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND 603 00:18:26,171 --> 00:18:29,141 RACIAL INJUSTICE, AS WELL AS MY 604 00:18:29,141 --> 00:18:30,209 EXPERIENCE PRESENTING TEDX TALKS 605 00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:31,643 TO GIRLS IN HIGH SCHOOL, ALL 606 00:18:31,643 --> 00:18:34,279 ABOUT DATING, VIOLENCE, SEXUAL 607 00:18:34,279 --> 00:18:36,315 ASSAULT, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 608 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:37,649 IN A HOUSEHOLD SO THEY CAN MOVE 609 00:18:37,649 --> 00:18:40,619 AWAY FROM IT. I'M VERY EXCITED 610 00:18:40,619 --> 00:18:42,621 TO BE HERE, ESPECIALLY IN 611 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:44,189 SEATTLE, BECAUSE I VIEW IT AS A 612 00:18:44,189 --> 00:18:49,027 CITY PRIME FOR CHANGE. SO THANK 613 00:18:49,027 --> 00:18:49,361 YOU SO MUCH. 614 00:18:49,361 --> 00:18:52,231 -- [APPLAUSE] 615 00:18:52,231 --> 00:18:55,734 -- OKAY. UP NEXT, WE HAVE 616 00:18:55,734 --> 00:18:59,371 CHRISTOPHER BENNETT-BOEHM WITH 617 00:18:59,371 --> 00:18:59,905 THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. 618 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:06,178 -- [APPLAUSE] 619 00:19:06,178 --> 00:19:06,712 -- MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER 620 00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:07,513 BENNETT-BOEHM, AND I'M SEEKING 621 00:19:07,513 --> 00:19:11,517 TO SERVE OUR CITY AS A MEMBER OF 622 00:19:11,517 --> 00:19:13,852 ITS DESIGN REVIEW BOARD. FOR 623 00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:14,720 OVER THREE DECADES, THE DESIGN 624 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:17,055 REVIEW BOARD HAS BEEN ONE OF THE 625 00:19:17,055 --> 00:19:19,191 ONLY PUBLIC FORUMS WHERE 626 00:19:19,191 --> 00:19:22,127 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, MUNICIPAL 627 00:19:22,127 --> 00:19:22,761 PLANNERS AND ENGAGED RESIDENTS 628 00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:24,730 COULD OPENLY DISCUSS THE 629 00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:26,698 CONSTRUCTION OF A HEALTHIER, 630 00:19:26,698 --> 00:19:27,232 KINDER AND MORE BEAUTIFUL 631 00:19:27,232 --> 00:19:29,434 SEATTLE DRAWING ON MY 632 00:19:29,434 --> 00:19:31,703 EXPERIENCES WITH VARIOUS MISSION 633 00:19:31,703 --> 00:19:33,739 DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS, I PROMISE 634 00:19:33,739 --> 00:19:35,707 TO MODERATE THESE DISCUSSIONS 635 00:19:35,707 --> 00:19:38,143 WITH CARE, CLARITY, AND 636 00:19:38,143 --> 00:19:39,778 EQUANIMITY OVER MY NEXT YEAR OF 637 00:19:39,778 --> 00:19:41,813 SERVICE AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF 638 00:19:41,813 --> 00:19:43,182 MY GET ENGAGED PEERS. STAFF FROM 639 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:44,383 BOTH THE DEPARTMENT OF 640 00:19:44,383 --> 00:19:46,051 CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS AND 641 00:19:46,051 --> 00:19:47,719 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 642 00:19:47,719 --> 00:19:49,221 COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, COMMUNITY 643 00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:51,623 ORGANIZATIONS, AND OF COURSE, 644 00:19:51,623 --> 00:19:52,224 LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS, I BELIEVE 645 00:19:52,224 --> 00:19:55,527 THAT THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD CAN 646 00:19:55,527 --> 00:19:57,362 SHOW IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT 647 00:19:57,362 --> 00:19:59,097 SAFEGUARDING THE VOICES OF 648 00:19:59,097 --> 00:19:59,631 COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE 649 00:19:59,631 --> 00:20:01,600 DESIGNING OF THEIR STREETS DOES 650 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:02,935 NOT HAVE TO COME AT THE EXPENSE 651 00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:05,337 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I HOPE 652 00:20:05,337 --> 00:20:09,174 THAT I CAN COUNT ON YOUR 653 00:20:09,174 --> 00:20:09,608 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 654 00:20:09,608 --> 00:20:13,979 -- [APPLAUSE] 655 00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:15,747 -- ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE SARAH 656 00:20:15,747 --> 00:20:19,051 CHAMP WITH THE DESIGN REVIEW 657 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:19,284 BOARD. 658 00:20:19,284 --> 00:20:22,054 -- [APPLAUSE] 659 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:22,487 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. 660 00:20:22,487 --> 00:20:24,489 -- I'M HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED 661 00:20:24,489 --> 00:20:25,824 FOR APPOINTMENT. I CURRENTLY 662 00:20:25,824 --> 00:20:27,092 WORK FOR KITSAP COUNTY AS AN 663 00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:29,261 ANALYST AND HOLD A DEGREE IN 664 00:20:29,261 --> 00:20:29,861 URBAN PLANNING. MY BACKGROUND 665 00:20:29,861 --> 00:20:31,897 HAS FOCUSED ON SUSTAINABILITY, 666 00:20:31,897 --> 00:20:35,067 AND I HAVE A DEEP INTEREST IN 667 00:20:35,067 --> 00:20:36,535 PLACE, COMMUNITY RESILIENCE, AND 668 00:20:36,535 --> 00:20:37,169 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE 669 00:20:37,169 --> 00:20:40,138 AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTS. THE 670 00:20:40,138 --> 00:20:40,872 DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS PLAYS AN 671 00:20:40,872 --> 00:20:42,874 IMPORTANT ROLE IN SHAPING HOW 672 00:20:42,874 --> 00:20:44,343 SEATTLE GROWS AS OUR CITY 673 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:46,878 CONTINUES TO CHANGE. THOUGHTFUL 674 00:20:46,878 --> 00:20:48,513 DESIGN CAN HELP ENSURE THAT 675 00:20:48,513 --> 00:20:50,649 GROWTH CREATES PLACES THAT ARE 676 00:20:50,649 --> 00:20:52,751 WELCOMING AND ACCESSIBLE AND 677 00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,219 BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M 678 00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:54,853 EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 679 00:20:54,853 --> 00:20:56,288 BRING A COMMUNITY FOCUSED 680 00:20:56,288 --> 00:20:57,623 PERSPECTIVE AND TO APPLY THE 681 00:20:57,623 --> 00:21:00,292 CITY'S DESIGN GUIDELINES 682 00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:01,793 THOUGHTFULLY AND CONSISTENTLY. 683 00:21:01,793 --> 00:21:02,094 THANK YOU. 684 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:09,101 -- THANK YOU 685 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,736 -- SORRY. JUST GIVE ME ONE 686 00:21:10,736 --> 00:21:18,410 MOMENT. NO WORRIES I JUST 687 00:21:18,410 --> 00:21:26,218 REALIZED OVER. 688 00:21:26,451 --> 00:21:32,024 -- AND YOU CAN JUST HAVE THEM 689 00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:33,025 COME. COME ON UP TO. 690 00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:34,126 -- AND I'M ACTUALLY READING 691 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:34,393 THIS ONE. 692 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:36,695 -- OH, YOU ARE OKAY. NO, SORRY. 693 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:38,297 YOU'RE OKAY. WELL, WE CAN GET 694 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:39,564 THROUGH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE 695 00:21:39,564 --> 00:21:40,198 WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT 696 00:21:40,198 --> 00:21:42,067 UP. IS THAT IS THAT OKAY? IT IS 697 00:21:42,067 --> 00:21:43,201 LOOKING. YEAH. 698 00:21:43,201 --> 00:21:44,236 -- I ACTUALLY HAVE IT HERE. 699 00:21:44,236 --> 00:21:44,503 -- OKAY. 700 00:21:44,503 --> 00:21:46,638 -- SO I'M READY. THE NEXT ONE 701 00:21:46,638 --> 00:21:49,241 THAT WE HAVE UP IS ERIC ALIPIO 702 00:21:49,241 --> 00:21:51,376 WITH THE SEATTLE DESIGN 703 00:21:51,376 --> 00:21:53,311 COMMISSION. THIS IS A 704 00:21:53,311 --> 00:21:55,580 REAPPOINTMENT. SO ERIC IS 705 00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:58,383 SEEKING REAPPOINTMENT ERIC IS IS 706 00:21:58,383 --> 00:22:01,086 A CURRENT MASTER OF LANDSCAPE 707 00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:02,587 ARCHITECTURE STUDENT AT THE UW, 708 00:22:02,587 --> 00:22:04,990 HAVING LIVED IN SEATTLE FOR A 709 00:22:04,990 --> 00:22:06,792 DECADE NOW, ERIC HAS HAD THE 710 00:22:06,792 --> 00:22:08,293 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THIS 711 00:22:08,293 --> 00:22:10,295 REGION'S TRIBAL NATIONS, LOCAL 712 00:22:10,295 --> 00:22:13,899 NATIVE LED NONPROFITS, VARIOUS 713 00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:17,069 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY 714 00:22:17,069 --> 00:22:17,636 ADVISORY GROUPS CONCERNING 715 00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:19,538 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING AND 716 00:22:19,538 --> 00:22:20,105 EQUITABLE TRANSIT, TRANSIT 717 00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:22,274 ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AND IN 718 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:24,476 TURN WITH DIFFERENT LOCAL 719 00:22:24,476 --> 00:22:26,578 PLANNING AND DESIGN FIRMS. 720 00:22:26,578 --> 00:22:29,014 THROUGH HIS WORK, ERIC HAS 721 00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:29,514 BECOME PASSIONATE ABOUT 722 00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:31,249 CO-CREATING MORE EQUITABLE, 723 00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:33,819 INCLUSIVE AND JUST CITIES. AS A 724 00:22:33,819 --> 00:22:35,387 MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE DESIGN 725 00:22:35,387 --> 00:22:37,122 COMMISSION, HE IS EXCITED BY THE 726 00:22:37,122 --> 00:22:39,157 OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE 727 00:22:39,157 --> 00:22:41,727 ADVOCATING FOR HEALTHY, PLAYFUL, 728 00:22:41,727 --> 00:22:44,096 RESILIENT AND COMMUNITY ORIENTED 729 00:22:44,096 --> 00:22:48,066 URBAN DESIGN WITHIN OUR CITY'S 730 00:22:48,066 --> 00:22:48,467 PUBLIC PROJECTS. 731 00:22:48,467 --> 00:22:50,502 -- OKAY 732 00:22:50,502 --> 00:22:52,537 -- AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'VE 733 00:22:52,537 --> 00:22:54,039 GOT SARAH WARSAME. I'LL ALSO BE 734 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:55,574 READING FOR SARAH. SHE WASN'T 735 00:22:55,574 --> 00:22:58,844 ABLE TO MAKE IT SARAH IS SEEKING 736 00:22:58,844 --> 00:22:59,411 APPOINTMENT TO THE SEATTLE 737 00:22:59,411 --> 00:23:03,849 PLANNING COMMISSION. SARAH IS A 738 00:23:03,849 --> 00:23:04,483 RECENT UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 739 00:23:04,483 --> 00:23:05,884 GRADUATE IN GEOGRAPHY AND A 740 00:23:05,884 --> 00:23:07,986 LONGTIME SOUTH SEATTLE RESIDENT. 741 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:10,355 HER PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE 742 00:23:10,355 --> 00:23:11,757 AREA DRIVES HER ADVOCACY ON 743 00:23:11,757 --> 00:23:14,893 ISSUES LIKE GENTRIFICATION AND 744 00:23:14,893 --> 00:23:17,095 DISPLACEMENT. AS AN INTERN AT 745 00:23:17,095 --> 00:23:19,097 PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL, 746 00:23:19,097 --> 00:23:22,033 SHE WORKED ON DATA VISUALIZATION 747 00:23:22,033 --> 00:23:24,035 FOR THE REGION'S DEMOGRAPHIC 748 00:23:24,035 --> 00:23:24,636 PROFILE AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 749 00:23:24,636 --> 00:23:26,238 FOR THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION 750 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:29,407 PLAN. THROUGH THIS WORK, SHE 751 00:23:29,407 --> 00:23:30,008 GAINED FIRSTHAND INSIGHT INTO 752 00:23:30,008 --> 00:23:32,477 HOW CRITICAL COMMUNITY 753 00:23:32,477 --> 00:23:34,212 UNDERSTANDING IS. EXCUSE ME, 754 00:23:34,212 --> 00:23:36,481 INTO HOW CRITICAL COMMUNITY 755 00:23:36,481 --> 00:23:38,483 UNDERSTANDING IS TO EFFECTIVE 756 00:23:38,483 --> 00:23:40,886 SERVICE. SHE AIMS TO USE HER 757 00:23:40,886 --> 00:23:42,888 UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND EXPERTISE 758 00:23:42,888 --> 00:23:45,891 INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS, 759 00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:47,092 ENSURING THAT ADVOCACY IS 760 00:23:47,092 --> 00:23:48,460 EMBEDDED WHERE IT MATTERS MOST. 761 00:23:48,460 --> 00:23:51,396 FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 762 00:23:51,396 --> 00:23:51,696 -- AWESOME. 763 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:53,365 -- OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE SAMAREE 764 00:23:53,365 --> 00:23:55,233 WAKIMOTO WITH THE URBAN FORESTRY 765 00:23:55,233 --> 00:23:58,970 COMMISSION 766 00:23:58,970 --> 00:23:59,304 -- [APPLAUSE] 767 00:23:59,304 --> 00:24:00,906 -- HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY 768 00:24:00,906 --> 00:24:02,207 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 769 00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:03,275 SAMAREE WAKIMOTO, AND I'M 770 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:04,743 HONORED TO HAVE BEEN SELECTED 771 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:06,178 FOR THE URBAN FORESTRY 772 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:08,313 COMMISSION. I WAS BORN AND 773 00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:08,947 RAISED IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON, 774 00:24:08,947 --> 00:24:10,081 AND SOME OF MY HAPPIEST MEMORIES 775 00:24:10,081 --> 00:24:11,016 ARE FROM THE DAYS I SPENT 776 00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:13,285 WALKING THROUGH URBAN FOREST IN 777 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:14,386 MY HOMETOWN OF MY GRANDMA. IT 778 00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:16,454 BROUGHT US PEACE, JOY, AND THE 779 00:24:16,454 --> 00:24:17,989 OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN. AND NOW 780 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:20,225 THAT I'M IN SEATTLE, I GET TO 781 00:24:20,225 --> 00:24:21,726 EXPLORE ANOTHER WORLD OF URBAN 782 00:24:21,726 --> 00:24:22,427 FORESTS. I'M ABOUT TO START MY 783 00:24:22,427 --> 00:24:24,563 SENIOR YEAR AT UW STUDYING 784 00:24:24,563 --> 00:24:25,297 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND 785 00:24:25,297 --> 00:24:26,631 SCIENCE. I'VE LEARNED A LOT 786 00:24:26,631 --> 00:24:28,400 ABOUT SEATTLE'S TREE CANOPY AND 787 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:29,901 GREEN SPACE, BUT WE ESPECIALLY 788 00:24:29,901 --> 00:24:31,203 LEARNED THAT CANOPY LOSS IN 789 00:24:31,203 --> 00:24:32,704 SEATTLE IS NOT HAPPENING 790 00:24:32,704 --> 00:24:34,539 EQUITABLY. NEIGHBORHOODS HIT 791 00:24:34,539 --> 00:24:36,241 HARDEST BY RACIAL AND ECONOMIC 792 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:37,108 INJUSTICE STARTED WITH LESS 793 00:24:37,108 --> 00:24:38,009 CANOPY, AND THEY LOST EVEN MORE 794 00:24:38,009 --> 00:24:41,146 OF IT THAN THE REST OF THE CITY. 795 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:42,214 STATISTICS AND CONVERSATIONS 796 00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:43,315 LIKE THESE ARE WHAT MADE ME WANT 797 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:44,182 TO DO MORE FOR SEATTLE, AND WHAT 798 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:45,650 MADE ME INTERESTED IN JOINING 799 00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:47,586 THE URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION. 800 00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:48,153 THIS COMMISSION IS A WAY TO 801 00:24:48,153 --> 00:24:49,754 PROTECT GREEN SPACE AND REBUILD 802 00:24:49,754 --> 00:24:50,856 WHAT'S BEEN LOST. IT'S A WAY 803 00:24:50,856 --> 00:24:52,657 TO MAKE SURE ACCESS TO GREEN 804 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:53,892 SPACE ISN'T DECIDED BY YOUR 805 00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:55,026 INCOME OR YOUR ZIP CODE. BUT 806 00:24:55,026 --> 00:24:56,595 MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A CHANCE 807 00:24:56,595 --> 00:24:58,129 TO LISTEN AND INTERACT WITH THE 808 00:24:58,129 --> 00:24:59,764 NEEDS OF OUR PEOPLE. OUR GREEN 809 00:24:59,764 --> 00:25:01,032 SPACES KEEP OUR PEOPLE HEALTHY, 810 00:25:01,032 --> 00:25:02,234 HAPPY, AND THRIVING, AND I'M 811 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:03,969 EXCITED TO HELP MAKE SURE EVERY 812 00:25:03,969 --> 00:25:04,636 NEIGHBORHOOD GETS TO GROW UP 813 00:25:04,636 --> 00:25:06,171 WITH A GREEN SPACE LIKE THE ONE 814 00:25:06,171 --> 00:25:14,479 THAT RAISED ME. THANK YOU 815 00:25:14,479 --> 00:25:18,383 -- NEXT IS GABRIEL NAVARRO WITH 816 00:25:18,383 --> 00:25:18,917 THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 817 00:25:18,917 --> 00:25:19,217 COMMISSION. 818 00:25:19,217 --> 00:25:22,854 -- [APPLAUSE] 819 00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:23,555 -- BUENOS TARDES. GOOD AFTERNOON 820 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:24,656 COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GABRIEL 821 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:25,690 NAVARRO. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE 822 00:25:25,690 --> 00:25:26,958 HERE WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY FOR 823 00:25:26,958 --> 00:25:29,261 THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE APPOINTED 824 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:29,861 TO THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 825 00:25:29,861 --> 00:25:30,528 COMMISSION. I'VE LIVED IN THIS 826 00:25:30,528 --> 00:25:32,797 CITY FOR OVER HALF A DECADE NOW 827 00:25:32,797 --> 00:25:34,733 IN DISTRICTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE 828 00:25:34,733 --> 00:25:35,934 AND SIX AND WORKED IN AND FOR 829 00:25:35,934 --> 00:25:36,968 DISTRICTS ONE, TWO AND SEVEN. 830 00:25:36,968 --> 00:25:38,870 AND I LOVE SEATTLE. I LOVE THIS 831 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:40,472 CITY. I VIEW MY PEERS HERE AS MY 832 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:43,275 BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND ALL OF 833 00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:44,476 YOU AS MY UNCLES AND AUNTS AND 834 00:25:44,476 --> 00:25:45,944 ELDERS THAT CAN TEACH ME AND US 835 00:25:45,944 --> 00:25:49,447 A LOT OF THINGS. WHAT I WANT TO 836 00:25:49,447 --> 00:25:50,782 BRING TO THE COMMUNITY IS JUST 837 00:25:50,782 --> 00:25:52,784 THAT IS VIEWING EACH OTHER AS 838 00:25:52,784 --> 00:25:54,653 MORE THAN JUST RESIDENTS, BUT 839 00:25:54,653 --> 00:25:55,820 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS. 840 00:25:55,820 --> 00:25:59,224 AT THE END OF THE DAY, I AM VERY 841 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:00,425 GRATEFUL TO LIVE IN A CITY SUCH 842 00:26:00,425 --> 00:26:02,127 AS SEATTLE THAT HAS THESE 843 00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:03,862 OPPORTUNITIES FOR US AND HAS 844 00:26:03,862 --> 00:26:05,297 OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY TO 845 00:26:05,297 --> 00:26:07,899 GET INVOLVED. I SEEK TO CREATE 846 00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:08,433 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MY 847 00:26:08,433 --> 00:26:09,067 NEIGHBORS AND MY COMMUNITIES, 848 00:26:09,067 --> 00:26:11,169 FOR ALL OF US TO CONNECT. I VERY 849 00:26:11,169 --> 00:26:12,404 MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY OF 850 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:14,973 SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 26th 851 00:26:14,973 --> 00:26:15,507 THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF 852 00:26:15,507 --> 00:26:16,274 NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE CITY OF 853 00:26:16,274 --> 00:26:17,742 SEATTLE. AND AGAIN, GRATEFUL FOR 854 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:21,179 THAT AND ONE THING THAT I WANT 855 00:26:21,179 --> 00:26:24,282 TO CARRY FORWARD IN THIS 856 00:26:24,282 --> 00:26:25,717 OPPORTUNITY IS MY LOVE OF GOD. 857 00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:27,886 AND GOD TEACHES US TO LOVE THY 858 00:26:27,886 --> 00:26:29,287 NEIGHBOR. AND SO I WANT TO CARRY 859 00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:30,722 THAT ENERGY FORWARD, DO 860 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:31,923 EVERYTHING I CAN TO CONNECT US, 861 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:33,458 TO HELP WITH OUR PUBLIC 862 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:34,826 DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC 863 00:26:34,826 --> 00:26:35,460 INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CONTRIBUTE 864 00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:36,928 TO PUBLIC SAFETY ALL THROUGH 865 00:26:36,928 --> 00:26:39,431 INVOLVING COMMUNITY FOR THE 866 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:40,932 GREATER SHAPING AND SHARED 867 00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:42,133 PROSPERITY OF OUR FUTURE AND OUR 868 00:26:42,133 --> 00:26:43,068 CITY. THANK YOU. 869 00:26:43,068 --> 00:26:48,473 -- THANK YOU 870 00:26:48,473 --> 00:26:50,175 -- OKAY. UP NEXT, WE HAVE ANNA 871 00:26:50,175 --> 00:26:52,043 GOULD WITH THE LANDMARKS 872 00:26:52,043 --> 00:26:55,680 PRESERVATION BOARD. I'LL BE 873 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,782 READING FOR ANNA TODAY. SO ANNA 874 00:26:57,782 --> 00:27:00,151 GOULD HAS BEEN SELECTED TO SERVE 875 00:27:00,151 --> 00:27:01,820 ON THE LANDMARKS PRESERVATION 876 00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:03,688 BOARD, AND AYE GRADUATED FROM 877 00:27:03,688 --> 00:27:05,290 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON IN 878 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:08,326 2023 WITH A MASTER OF 879 00:27:08,326 --> 00:27:08,960 ARCHITECTURE AND CERTIFICATE AND 880 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,130 HISTORIC PRESERVATION. ANNA IS 881 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:13,365 EXCITED TO BRING HER 882 00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:15,600 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE WORKING 883 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:16,234 WITH OLD STRUCTURES AND CONTINUE 884 00:27:16,234 --> 00:27:19,170 TO ADVOCATE AND TO CONTINUE TO 885 00:27:19,170 --> 00:27:20,605 ADVOCATE FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 886 00:27:20,605 --> 00:27:24,209 COMMUNAL SPACES. DURING HER TIME 887 00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:27,379 AS A COMMISSIONER. AMAZING. AND 888 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:30,915 THEN NEXT, WE HAVE IZABELLA 889 00:27:30,915 --> 00:27:32,350 GOSSING WITH THE PIONEER SQUARE 890 00:27:32,350 --> 00:27:35,987 PRESERVATION BOARD. I WILL ALSO 891 00:27:35,987 --> 00:27:36,521 BE READING FOR IZABELLA. 892 00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:38,056 IZABELLA USES SHE HER PRONOUNS 893 00:27:38,056 --> 00:27:39,557 AND WAS SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE 894 00:27:39,557 --> 00:27:41,626 PIONEER SQUARE PRESERVATION 895 00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:43,061 BOARD. SHE IS HONORED TO HAVE 896 00:27:43,061 --> 00:27:44,095 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE 897 00:27:44,095 --> 00:27:48,099 PEOPLE OF SEATTLE. SHE IS A 898 00:27:48,099 --> 00:27:49,634 WASHINGTON NATIVE, ATTORNEY AND 899 00:27:49,634 --> 00:27:50,769 PROGRAM MANAGER AND HAS CALLED 900 00:27:50,769 --> 00:27:53,271 SEATTLE HOME FOR THE PAST 901 00:27:53,271 --> 00:27:54,806 SEVERAL YEARS. OUTSIDE OF HER 902 00:27:54,806 --> 00:27:56,241 LEGAL CAREER, SHE HAS A LIFELONG 903 00:27:56,241 --> 00:27:57,675 BACKGROUND IN THE PERFORMING 904 00:27:57,675 --> 00:27:58,777 ARTS AS A DANCER AND ACTOR, 905 00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:00,578 WHICH HAS SHAPED HER 906 00:28:00,578 --> 00:28:02,514 APPRECIATION FOR THE HISTORY, 907 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:04,082 CULTURE AND CREATIVITY THAT GIVE 908 00:28:04,082 --> 00:28:06,985 A CITY ITS IDENTITY. EVERY TIME 909 00:28:06,985 --> 00:28:08,386 SHE WALKS THROUGH PIONEER 910 00:28:08,386 --> 00:28:11,656 SQUARE, SHE IS MESMERIZED BY ITS 911 00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:12,190 HISTORIC STONE AND BRICK 912 00:28:12,190 --> 00:28:14,159 BUILDINGS AND THAT FEELING THAT 913 00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:15,360 FOR A MOMENT, SHE HAS BEEN 914 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,896 TRANSPORTED BACK TO ANOTHER 915 00:28:17,896 --> 00:28:19,631 TIME. THERE IS SOMETHING 916 00:28:19,631 --> 00:28:20,265 INCREDIBLY SPECIAL ABOUT PLACES 917 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:21,833 THAT ALLOW US TO EXPERIENCE THE 918 00:28:21,833 --> 00:28:25,236 HISTORY OF A CITY IN SUCH A 919 00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:26,805 TANGIBLE WAY, SHE, SHE BELIEVES 920 00:28:26,805 --> 00:28:27,372 PLACES LIKE PIONEER SQUARE, 921 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:28,907 WHICH CONNECT US TO THE PEOPLE, 922 00:28:28,907 --> 00:28:31,543 STORIES, AND CHARACTER OF 923 00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:33,711 SEATTLE'S PAST ARE WORTH 924 00:28:33,711 --> 00:28:35,146 PROTECTING. SHE IS EXCITED TO 925 00:28:35,146 --> 00:28:36,948 BRING HER LEGAL AND ANALYTICAL 926 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:38,316 PERSPECTIVE TO THE BOARD, WHILE 927 00:28:38,316 --> 00:28:40,418 LEARNING MORE ABOUT HISTORIC 928 00:28:40,418 --> 00:28:41,052 PRESERVATION AND HELPING ENSURE 929 00:28:41,052 --> 00:28:44,189 THAT THIS UNIQUE PART OF SEATTLE 930 00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:44,823 IS PRESERVED FOR GENERATIONS TO 931 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:53,098 COME OKAY. AND THEN NEXT, WE 932 00:28:53,098 --> 00:28:55,900 HAVE JONATHAN LOPEZ CHAVEZ. 933 00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:56,334 JONATHAN IS SEEKING 934 00:28:56,334 --> 00:28:58,303 REAPPOINTMENT TO THE IMMIGRANT 935 00:28:58,303 --> 00:29:03,108 AND REFUGEE COMMISSION. OKAY 936 00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:05,210 JONATHAN LOPEZ CHAVEZ IS A FIRST 937 00:29:05,210 --> 00:29:07,145 GENERATION LATINO AND THE SON OF 938 00:29:07,145 --> 00:29:09,180 IMMIGRANT PARENTS. HE IS 939 00:29:09,180 --> 00:29:11,416 PASSIONATE ABOUT CLOSING 940 00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:12,050 KNOWLEDGE GAPS AND OPPORTUNITY 941 00:29:12,050 --> 00:29:12,917 DIVIDES THAT CAN MAKE IT 942 00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:14,919 DIFFICULT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND 943 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:17,322 FAMILIES TO NAVIGATE SYSTEMS, 944 00:29:17,322 --> 00:29:19,691 ACCESS RESOURCES AND PURSUE 945 00:29:19,691 --> 00:29:21,860 OPPORTUNITIES. THROUGH HIS 946 00:29:21,860 --> 00:29:23,661 INVOLVEMENT WITH THE NONPROFIT 947 00:29:23,661 --> 00:29:25,663 YEAR UP, UNITED, JONATHAN HAS 948 00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:28,199 WORKED TO CONNECT YOUNG ADULTS 949 00:29:28,199 --> 00:29:30,268 WITH PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS, 950 00:29:30,268 --> 00:29:30,802 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND 951 00:29:30,802 --> 00:29:33,238 RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM 952 00:29:33,238 --> 00:29:35,440 ADVANCE. THAT EXPERIENCE HAS 953 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,476 REINFORCED HIS BELIEF THAT 954 00:29:38,476 --> 00:29:38,977 ACCESS TO INFORMATION, 955 00:29:38,977 --> 00:29:40,512 REPRESENTATION AND THE RIGHT 956 00:29:40,512 --> 00:29:43,148 SUPPORT CAN MEANINGFULLY CHANGE 957 00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:44,649 SOMEONE'S PATH. FOR JONATHAN, 958 00:29:44,649 --> 00:29:45,984 SERVING ON THE SEATTLE IMMIGRANT 959 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:47,185 AND REFUGEE COMMISSION IS AN 960 00:29:47,185 --> 00:29:49,087 OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THAT SAME 961 00:29:49,087 --> 00:29:50,955 COMMITMENT, ALONG WITH HIS LIVED 962 00:29:50,955 --> 00:29:52,624 EXPERIENCE TO SEATTLE'S 963 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:54,592 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 964 00:29:54,592 --> 00:29:56,694 COMMUNITIES. HE HOPES TO 965 00:29:56,694 --> 00:29:57,228 STRENGTHEN THE CONNECTION 966 00:29:57,228 --> 00:29:58,696 BETWEEN COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL 967 00:29:58,696 --> 00:30:01,266 GOVERNMENT, MAKE RESOURCES AND 968 00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:03,101 OPPORTUNITIES MORE ACCESSIBLE, 969 00:30:03,101 --> 00:30:05,570 AND ENSURE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE 970 00:30:05,570 --> 00:30:06,171 VOICES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE 971 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:09,908 CONVERSATIONS AND DECISIONS THAT 972 00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:12,443 AFFECT THEM. ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE 973 00:30:12,443 --> 00:30:14,479 HAVE KASSIDY WITT WITH THE BOARD 974 00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:16,481 OF PARKS AND RECREATION 975 00:30:16,481 --> 00:30:23,421 COMMISSIONERS 976 00:30:23,421 --> 00:30:23,922 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD 977 00:30:23,922 --> 00:30:25,089 AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 978 00:30:25,089 --> 00:30:27,792 NAME IS KASSIDY WITT AND I'M A 979 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:28,426 CURRENT FIFTH GRADE TEACHER AND 980 00:30:28,426 --> 00:30:30,261 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SIX. I'M 981 00:30:30,261 --> 00:30:31,329 HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR 982 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:31,930 APPOINTMENT WITH THE BOARD OF 983 00:30:31,930 --> 00:30:33,665 PARKS AND RECREATION 984 00:30:33,665 --> 00:30:34,999 COMMISSIONERS. I BELIEVE THAT 985 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:36,701 PARKS AND COMMUNAL SPACES ARE 986 00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:37,302 NECESSARY FOR CONNECTION AND 987 00:30:37,302 --> 00:30:38,369 EQUITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY. 988 00:30:38,369 --> 00:30:39,270 VALUES THAT I HAVE HELD 989 00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:41,072 THROUGHOUT MY ACADEMIC AND 990 00:30:41,072 --> 00:30:41,639 PROFESSIONAL CAREER. WHILE 991 00:30:41,639 --> 00:30:43,575 PURSUING MY BACHELOR OF ARTS IN 992 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:44,175 POLITICAL SCIENCE, I INTERNED 993 00:30:44,175 --> 00:30:46,377 WITH MY HOMETOWN OF SAN 994 00:30:46,377 --> 00:30:46,978 ANTONIO'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND 995 00:30:46,978 --> 00:30:47,912 HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 996 00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:50,181 WHERE I WROTE AND PRESENTED 997 00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:51,149 POLICY PROPOSALS TO THE MAYOR. 998 00:30:51,149 --> 00:30:52,217 THERE, I SAW THE IMPORTANCE OF 999 00:30:52,217 --> 00:30:53,685 ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC TO SEEK 1000 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,420 FEEDBACK AND HEAR THEIR 1001 00:30:55,420 --> 00:30:55,987 CONCERNS. ADDITIONALLY, MY 1002 00:30:55,987 --> 00:30:56,988 BACKGROUND IN TEACHING HAS 1003 00:30:56,988 --> 00:30:58,156 STRENGTHENED AND REAFFIRMED MY 1004 00:30:58,156 --> 00:30:59,691 VALUES AND DESIRE TO BECOME 1005 00:30:59,691 --> 00:31:01,092 INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY. I'VE 1006 00:31:01,092 --> 00:31:02,260 PRIMARILY WORKED WITH LOW INCOME 1007 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:04,629 AND HISTORICALLY 1008 00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:05,230 UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS, 1009 00:31:05,230 --> 00:31:06,130 AND AS A FIRST GENERATION 1010 00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:07,265 COLLEGE GRADUATE FROM A LOW 1011 00:31:07,265 --> 00:31:08,800 INCOME BACKGROUND MYSELF, I 1012 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,168 UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF 1013 00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:11,369 EMPOWERING AND SUPPORTING 1014 00:31:11,369 --> 00:31:12,370 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, A POWER I 1015 00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:14,239 BELIEVE PARKS HOLD. I UNDERSTAND 1016 00:31:14,239 --> 00:31:15,306 THAT PARKS ARE VITAL TO A 1017 00:31:15,306 --> 00:31:17,108 COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC, CULTURAL 1018 00:31:17,108 --> 00:31:18,476 AND SOCIAL HEALTH, AND I COMMIT 1019 00:31:18,476 --> 00:31:20,712 TO BEARING THESE ASPECTS AND 1020 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:23,181 RESPONSIBILITIES IN MIND WHILE I 1021 00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:23,715 REPRESENT THEM WITH EVERY 1022 00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:24,315 DECISION I MAKE. WHILE ON THE 1023 00:31:24,315 --> 00:31:25,817 BOARD OF PARKS AND RECREATION 1024 00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,118 COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR 1025 00:31:27,118 --> 00:31:30,655 YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. 1026 00:31:30,655 --> 00:31:36,794 -- THANK YOU. KASSIDY. 1027 00:31:36,794 --> 00:31:38,963 -- OKAY, UP NEXT WE HAVE REXER 1028 00:31:38,963 --> 00:31:41,532 WITH THE SEATTLE BICYCLE 1029 00:31:41,532 --> 00:31:43,468 ADVISORY BOARD, AND REXER IS IS 1030 00:31:43,468 --> 00:31:44,936 HONORED TO BE APPOINTED AS THE 1031 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:46,804 GET ENGAGED MEMBER FOR THE 1032 00:31:46,804 --> 00:31:48,606 SEATTLE BICYCLE ADVISORY BOARD. 1033 00:31:48,606 --> 00:31:50,141 AN ENGAGED MEMBER OF THE LOCAL 1034 00:31:50,141 --> 00:31:54,479 CYCLING COMMUNITY. THEY RELY ON 1035 00:31:54,479 --> 00:31:55,046 CYCLING FOR TRANSPORTATION, 1036 00:31:55,046 --> 00:31:57,015 RECREATION AND SOCIALIZING. THEY 1037 00:31:57,015 --> 00:31:58,883 BRING A STRONG ANALYTICAL LENS 1038 00:31:58,883 --> 00:32:00,718 AND LIVED COMMUTER EXPERIENCE TO 1039 00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:04,555 HELP EVALUATE AND EXPAND SAFE, 1040 00:32:04,555 --> 00:32:05,189 ACCESSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS 1041 00:32:05,189 --> 00:32:07,292 OUR TRANSIT NETWORK. M LOOKS 1042 00:32:07,292 --> 00:32:09,894 FORWARD TO REPRESENTING THE 1043 00:32:09,894 --> 00:32:11,429 YOUNG ADULT PERSPECTIVE AND IS 1044 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:12,063 GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1045 00:32:12,063 --> 00:32:18,202 SERVE THE CITY. NEXT, WE HAVE 1046 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:22,573 CAROLINE HEDLUND WITH SEATTLE 1047 00:32:22,573 --> 00:32:23,141 CENTER ADVISORY COMMISSION. 1048 00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:26,377 -- [APPLAUSE] 1049 00:32:26,377 --> 00:32:27,011 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 1050 00:32:27,011 --> 00:32:28,646 CAROLINE HEDLUND AND I'VE BEEN 1051 00:32:28,646 --> 00:32:29,881 SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE SEATTLE 1052 00:32:29,881 --> 00:32:32,417 CENTER ADVISORY COMMISSION. 1053 00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:34,118 AFTER GRADUATING FROM THE 1054 00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:35,153 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, WHERE 1055 00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:37,288 I STUDIED URBAN PLANNING AND 1056 00:32:37,288 --> 00:32:37,955 BUSINESS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE 1057 00:32:37,955 --> 00:32:39,157 OF JOINING AN AMAZING TEAM 1058 00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:40,058 WITHIN THE CITY OF KIRKLAND 1059 00:32:40,058 --> 00:32:43,361 PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AS A 1060 00:32:43,361 --> 00:32:45,863 PLANNER, I PERFORM TECHNICAL 1061 00:32:45,863 --> 00:32:46,464 REVIEW OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS 1062 00:32:46,464 --> 00:32:48,166 AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT 1063 00:32:48,166 --> 00:32:49,467 CITY REGULATIONS TO THE PUBLIC 1064 00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:52,003 AND INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS 1065 00:32:52,003 --> 00:32:53,905 ALIKE. THROUGH WORKING WITH 1066 00:32:53,905 --> 00:32:54,405 HOMEOWNERS, ARCHITECTS, 1067 00:32:54,405 --> 00:32:55,573 DEVELOPERS, AND MORE. I'VE 1068 00:32:55,573 --> 00:32:59,377 GAINED A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR 1069 00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:01,079 TRANSPARENCY, EFFICIENCY, AND 1070 00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:01,579 ACCESSIBILITY IN LOCAL 1071 00:33:01,579 --> 00:33:03,081 GOVERNMENT. THIS APPRECIATION IS 1072 00:33:03,081 --> 00:33:05,483 WHAT DREW ME TOWARDS THIS 1073 00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:07,051 PROGRAM. JUST AS I BELIEVE LOCAL 1074 00:33:07,051 --> 00:33:08,319 GOVERNMENTS SHOULD WORK FOR 1075 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:09,954 EVERYONE, I BELIEVE GOOD CITIES 1076 00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:11,956 SHOULD. TOO. THE SEATTLE CENTER 1077 00:33:11,956 --> 00:33:14,559 IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS. IN 1078 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:16,260 ADDITION TO BEING AN ECONOMIC 1079 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:17,729 POWERHOUSE, THE SEATTLE CENTER 1080 00:33:17,729 --> 00:33:19,864 IS A BELOVED COMMUNITY GATHERING 1081 00:33:19,864 --> 00:33:21,899 SPACE. I BELIEVE THAT VIBRANT, 1082 00:33:21,899 --> 00:33:23,568 FUN AND INCLUSIVE CITIES CREATE 1083 00:33:23,568 --> 00:33:25,470 A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR 1084 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:27,905 BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS ALIKE. 1085 00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:29,674 I'M EXCITED TO BRING MY PASSION 1086 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:31,242 FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 1087 00:33:31,242 --> 00:33:32,443 COMMUNITY BUILDING, AND LOCAL 1088 00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:33,444 GOVERNMENT TO MY TERM AS A 1089 00:33:33,444 --> 00:33:36,347 COMMISSIONER, AND I THANK YOU 1090 00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:36,881 ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 1091 00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:37,215 -- [APPLAUSE] 1092 00:33:37,215 --> 00:33:41,252 -- THANK YOU. 1093 00:33:41,252 --> 00:33:42,854 -- OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE MARISA M 1094 00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:47,558 TERRY WITH THE SEATTLE 1095 00:33:47,558 --> 00:33:48,126 PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD. 1096 00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:52,930 -- [APPLAUSE] 1097 00:33:52,930 --> 00:33:53,431 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD 1098 00:33:53,431 --> 00:33:56,100 AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS 1099 00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:58,002 MARISA M TERRY AND I'M A 1100 00:33:58,002 --> 00:33:58,536 RESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL 1101 00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:01,472 DISTRICT THREE. I PRESENT MYSELF 1102 00:34:01,472 --> 00:34:03,274 TODAY AS THE HOPEFUL APPOINTEE 1103 00:34:03,274 --> 00:34:06,310 FOR THE SEATTLE PEDESTRIAN 1104 00:34:06,310 --> 00:34:07,412 ADVISORY BOARD. I HAVE A 1105 00:34:07,412 --> 00:34:10,047 BACKGROUND IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, 1106 00:34:10,047 --> 00:34:12,116 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND 1107 00:34:12,116 --> 00:34:13,851 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL 1108 00:34:13,851 --> 00:34:14,485 AS SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE 1109 00:34:14,485 --> 00:34:16,687 IN THE TRANSPORTATION AND 1110 00:34:16,687 --> 00:34:18,423 MOBILITY ADVOCACY SPACE IN BOTH 1111 00:34:18,423 --> 00:34:20,591 PIERCE AND KING COUNTY. I COME 1112 00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:22,059 TO YOU TODAY AS SOMEONE WHO 1113 00:34:22,059 --> 00:34:24,095 BELIEVES PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND 1114 00:34:24,095 --> 00:34:26,264 THE RIGHT TO WALK IN THE CITY 1115 00:34:26,264 --> 00:34:28,966 ARE CORNERSTONES OF EQUITY AND 1116 00:34:28,966 --> 00:34:31,869 ACCESSIBILITY. I'M INTERESTED 1117 00:34:31,869 --> 00:34:33,671 IN SERVING BECAUSE I CARE DEEPLY 1118 00:34:33,671 --> 00:34:35,039 ABOUT MY COMMUNITY AND ABOUT 1119 00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:36,841 CREATING A CITY THAT IS SAFE, 1120 00:34:36,841 --> 00:34:38,976 ACCESSIBLE AND WELCOMING FOR 1121 00:34:38,976 --> 00:34:40,912 EVERYONE. AS AN URBAN MOBILITY 1122 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:42,113 ADVOCATE, I'VE HAD THE 1123 00:34:42,113 --> 00:34:44,382 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH 1124 00:34:44,382 --> 00:34:44,916 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS 1125 00:34:44,916 --> 00:34:46,951 SEATTLE, AND I WANT TO HELP 1126 00:34:46,951 --> 00:34:48,786 ELEVATE THEIR VOICES IN 1127 00:34:48,786 --> 00:34:49,387 CONVERSATIONS THAT SHAPE OUR 1128 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:52,256 STREETS AND PUBLIC SPACES. THE 1129 00:34:52,256 --> 00:34:52,890 WAY WE DESIGN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 1130 00:34:52,890 --> 00:34:54,892 AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HAS A 1131 00:34:54,892 --> 00:34:56,494 DIRECT IMPACT ON WHO IS 1132 00:34:56,494 --> 00:34:59,797 ULTIMATELY ABLE TO ACCESS JOBS, 1133 00:34:59,797 --> 00:35:02,800 SCHOOLS, SERVICES, AND COMMUNITY 1134 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,368 LIFE. THROUGH THIS ROLE, I HOPE 1135 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:06,204 TO KEEP PEDESTRIAN ISSUES FRONT 1136 00:35:06,204 --> 00:35:09,073 AND CENTER IN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT 1137 00:35:09,073 --> 00:35:11,008 TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, 1138 00:35:11,008 --> 00:35:12,510 SAFETY AND MOBILITY, WHILE 1139 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:14,679 ENSURING THAT THE NEEDS OF THE 1140 00:35:14,679 --> 00:35:15,379 MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS REMAIN 1141 00:35:15,379 --> 00:35:16,714 A PRIORITY IN THE DECISIONS THAT 1142 00:35:16,714 --> 00:35:20,751 WE MAKE AS A CITY. I WOULD 1143 00:35:20,751 --> 00:35:21,319 COMMIT MYSELF TO CRITICALLY 1144 00:35:21,319 --> 00:35:23,554 EXAMINING THE WAYS PEDESTRIAN 1145 00:35:23,554 --> 00:35:25,523 INFRASTRUCTURE IS TOO OFTEN 1146 00:35:25,523 --> 00:35:27,125 SIDELINED, WHETHER THROUGH THE 1147 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:29,660 PRIORITIZATION OF OTHER MODES OF 1148 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:30,294 TRANSPORTATION OR THROUGH FEARS 1149 00:35:30,294 --> 00:35:32,697 AROUND LOITERING AND VAGRANCY 1150 00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:35,166 THAT SHAPE HOW PUBLIC SPACE IS 1151 00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:36,901 DESIGNED AND POLICED. URBAN 1152 00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:37,435 DESIGN DECISIONS ARE NOT 1153 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:39,137 NEUTRAL. THEY CARRY HISTORIES 1154 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:43,040 MARKED BY RACE, CLASS, AND 1155 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:43,641 ABILITY BASED EXCLUSION FROM 1156 00:35:43,641 --> 00:35:44,775 ENSURING THAT PEOPLE CAN WALK 1157 00:35:44,775 --> 00:35:48,146 WITHOUT FEAR OF VEHICLES, TO 1158 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:48,713 ADVOCATING FOR CLEANLINESS, 1159 00:35:48,713 --> 00:35:49,914 ADEQUATE SHADE AND PLACES TO SIT 1160 00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:52,450 AND REST. I WILL WORK TO PROTECT 1161 00:35:52,450 --> 00:35:54,952 THE RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE TO MOVE 1162 00:35:54,952 --> 00:35:56,854 FREELY THROUGH THE CITY WITHOUT 1163 00:35:56,854 --> 00:35:59,323 FEAR, EXCLUSION OR SUSPICION. 1164 00:35:59,323 --> 00:36:00,658 THANK YOU, AND I'M EXCITED TO 1165 00:36:00,658 --> 00:36:05,429 CONTRIBUTE TO THE BOARD'S WORK 1166 00:36:05,429 --> 00:36:05,763 -- THANK YOU. 1167 00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:07,498 -- [APPLAUSE] 1168 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:12,637 -- OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE RISHAB 1169 00:36:12,637 --> 00:36:13,170 BALAKRISHNAN WITH SEATTLE 1170 00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:18,843 TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD 1171 00:36:18,843 --> 00:36:19,277 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1172 00:36:19,277 --> 00:36:20,578 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1173 00:36:20,578 --> 00:36:21,412 RISHAB BALAKRISHNAN, AND IT'S AN 1174 00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:22,647 HONOR TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL 1175 00:36:22,647 --> 00:36:24,949 HERE TODAY. GROWING UP, TRANSIT 1176 00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:25,683 HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE CORE OF 1177 00:36:25,683 --> 00:36:28,085 WHO I AM. MY MOM WAS A PUBLIC 1178 00:36:28,085 --> 00:36:29,587 TRANSIT EMPLOYEE FOR OVER TEN 1179 00:36:29,587 --> 00:36:30,688 YEARS AND COUNTING, AND SO I 1180 00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:32,023 USED TO HAVE TO TAKE THE BUS AND 1181 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:33,491 TRAIN PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE. I 1182 00:36:33,491 --> 00:36:34,125 TOOK IT TO HIGH SCHOOL. I USED 1183 00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:35,693 TO TAKE IT TO AFTER SCHOOL 1184 00:36:35,693 --> 00:36:36,827 ACTIVITIES, AND EVEN NOW IN 1185 00:36:36,827 --> 00:36:37,929 SEATTLE, I DON'T HAVE A CAR AND 1186 00:36:37,929 --> 00:36:40,631 I LOVE TAKING THE BUS AND TRAIN. 1187 00:36:40,631 --> 00:36:42,266 AND AS A COMMUTER, I CARE VERY 1188 00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:43,367 DEEPLY ABOUT SOME OF THE LITTLE 1189 00:36:43,367 --> 00:36:44,936 THINGS. I'M A SELF-PROCLAIMED 1190 00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:46,304 TRANSIT NERD, SO ALL OF THE 1191 00:36:46,304 --> 00:36:47,238 LITTLE THINGS WHEN YOU TAKE THE 1192 00:36:47,238 --> 00:36:48,573 BUS, I PAY ATTENTION TO HOW LONG 1193 00:36:48,573 --> 00:36:49,874 THE STOPS ARE, PAY ATTENTION TO 1194 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:50,775 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING ON 1195 00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:53,177 THE BUS AT ALL TIMES. AND SO FOR 1196 00:36:53,177 --> 00:36:54,445 ME, PUBLIC TRANSIT IS AT THE 1197 00:36:54,445 --> 00:36:57,615 CORE OF WHO I AM. AND SO 1198 00:36:57,615 --> 00:36:59,617 ESPECIALLY IN A CITY LIKE 1199 00:36:59,617 --> 00:37:01,252 SEATTLE, TRANSIT IS A GEM. IT'S 1200 00:37:01,252 --> 00:37:01,886 SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS EVERYONE 1201 00:37:01,886 --> 00:37:04,822 TO LIVE HAPPIER, HEALTHIER AND 1202 00:37:04,822 --> 00:37:06,224 MORE SUSTAINABLE LIVES. AND IT 1203 00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:07,825 IS A FORCE FOR PROFOUND EQUITY 1204 00:37:07,825 --> 00:37:09,794 IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND REALLY 1205 00:37:09,794 --> 00:37:10,361 INTERLINKS DEEPLY WITH THE 1206 00:37:10,361 --> 00:37:12,430 SYSTEM THAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE, 1207 00:37:12,430 --> 00:37:14,265 WITH OPPORTUNITY, AND REALLY 1208 00:37:14,265 --> 00:37:16,467 JUST PROGRESS FOR EVERYONE ELSE. 1209 00:37:16,467 --> 00:37:17,935 SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR FOR 1210 00:37:17,935 --> 00:37:19,570 HAVING ME HERE TODAY. I'M A UW 1211 00:37:19,570 --> 00:37:22,940 GRAD, SO GO DAWGS, AND THANK YOU 1212 00:37:22,940 --> 00:37:23,207 SO MUCH. 1213 00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:25,376 -- THANK YOU. 1214 00:37:25,376 --> 00:37:26,677 -- I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE 1215 00:37:26,677 --> 00:37:30,948 ONE LAST ONE. CORRECT. AWESOME. 1216 00:37:30,948 --> 00:37:33,784 -- SO OUR LAST NOMINEE IS UP FOR 1217 00:37:33,784 --> 00:37:36,153 REAPPOINTMENT. THIS IS LEONARD 1218 00:37:36,153 --> 00:37:38,422 HARRISON JEROME WITH THE 1219 00:37:38,422 --> 00:37:41,225 TRANSPORTATION LEVY OVERSIGHT 1220 00:37:41,225 --> 00:37:42,827 COMMITTEE. LEONARD APOLOGIZES 1221 00:37:42,827 --> 00:37:44,629 FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE THIS 1222 00:37:44,629 --> 00:37:47,031 HEARING IN PERSON. NO ONE SHOULD 1223 00:37:47,031 --> 00:37:48,599 BE KILLED BY A CAR BECAUSE THEY 1224 00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:51,669 CHOOSE TO WALK OR BIKE AS THEIR 1225 00:37:51,669 --> 00:37:53,437 MODE OF TRANSPORTATION. EVEN IF 1226 00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:55,106 A BIKER OR WALKER MAKES A 1227 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:57,341 MISTAKE, AS ANY OF US ARE PRONE 1228 00:37:57,341 --> 00:37:58,876 TO MAKE, THE CONSEQUENCES SHOULD 1229 00:37:58,876 --> 00:38:02,113 NOT BE SO DIRE THAT THEY DO NOT 1230 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:04,515 COME HOME FOCUSING ON SAFE 1231 00:38:04,515 --> 00:38:06,150 WALKING AND BIKE ROUTES IS A 1232 00:38:06,150 --> 00:38:08,319 NOBLE PROJECT, AND THE SINGLE 1233 00:38:08,319 --> 00:38:10,221 MOST IMPORTANT PREREQUISITE TO 1234 00:38:10,221 --> 00:38:10,821 GIVING PEOPLE TRANSPORTATION 1235 00:38:10,821 --> 00:38:13,491 OPTIONS OTHER THAN DRIVING. IF 1236 00:38:13,491 --> 00:38:16,093 REAPPOINTED, LEONARD WILL 1237 00:38:16,093 --> 00:38:16,927 CONTINUE FIGHTING TO ENSURE 1238 00:38:16,927 --> 00:38:19,463 THESE PROJECTS ARE DONE WELL AND 1239 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:21,332 ON TIME. HE HUMBLY ASKS TO BE 1240 00:38:21,332 --> 00:38:24,302 REAPPOINTED TO THE TRANSIT LEVY 1241 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:26,137 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 1242 00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:27,405 -- AWESOME. WELL, THANK THANK 1243 00:38:27,405 --> 00:38:28,606 YOU IMANI. THANK YOU. MATT. I 1244 00:38:28,606 --> 00:38:30,574 WANT TO THANK THE. 22 THE PEOPLE 1245 00:38:30,574 --> 00:38:32,276 THAT ARE IN PERSON. 14 OF OF YOU 1246 00:38:32,276 --> 00:38:36,113 ALL AND THE. 22 TOTAL FOR THIS 1247 00:38:36,113 --> 00:38:37,715 PROGRAM AND FOR YOU ALL WANTING 1248 00:38:37,715 --> 00:38:39,517 TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME TO GET 1249 00:38:39,517 --> 00:38:41,585 INVOLVED. THAT IS HUGE THAT YOU 1250 00:38:41,585 --> 00:38:44,221 ALL ARE AT THIS POINT OF YOUR 1251 00:38:44,221 --> 00:38:44,889 LIFE AS YOUNG ADULTS. I REMEMBER 1252 00:38:44,889 --> 00:38:46,290 WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, I DIDN'T 1253 00:38:46,290 --> 00:38:48,492 EVEN THINK ABOUT ANY PROGRAM 1254 00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:49,226 LIKE THIS. BUT THE FACT THAT YOU 1255 00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:50,695 ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT GETTING 1256 00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:52,229 INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND 1257 00:38:52,229 --> 00:38:53,664 HELPING US SHAPE WHAT IS 1258 00:38:53,664 --> 00:38:55,266 IMPORTANT FOR YOU, BECAUSE THE 1259 00:38:55,266 --> 00:38:56,600 DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE UP HERE, 1260 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,169 THE MAYOR MAKES, IMPACTS YOU ALL 1261 00:38:58,169 --> 00:38:59,670 THE MOST. WHEN WE'RE TALKING 1262 00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:01,138 ABOUT LIGHT RAIL IN 2040, YOU 1263 00:39:01,138 --> 00:39:02,907 KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU 1264 00:39:02,907 --> 00:39:04,075 HOW OLD I'M GOING TO BE, BUT 1265 00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:05,509 THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOU ALL. 1266 00:39:05,509 --> 00:39:09,313 AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S 1267 00:39:09,313 --> 00:39:09,914 WHAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IT 1268 00:39:09,914 --> 00:39:13,150 WILL BE VERY OLD, BUT JUST 1269 00:39:13,150 --> 00:39:17,755 PLAYING. BUT THESE ARE YOU'LL BE 1270 00:39:17,755 --> 00:39:19,256 OLDER BUT THESE YOUR YOUR WORK 1271 00:39:19,256 --> 00:39:20,591 DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. AND WE'RE 1272 00:39:20,591 --> 00:39:21,726 INCREDIBLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU ALL 1273 00:39:21,726 --> 00:39:23,294 HERE AS WELL. I WILL PAUSE HERE 1274 00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:27,565 FOR ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE 1275 00:39:27,565 --> 00:39:28,966 TRANSITION INTO OUR NEXT 1276 00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:29,533 PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER 1277 00:39:29,533 --> 00:39:29,867 JUAREZ. 1278 00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:30,868 -- THANK YOU. I JUST I'LL BE 1279 00:39:30,868 --> 00:39:32,737 VERY BRIEF. FIRST OF ALL, THANK 1280 00:39:32,737 --> 00:39:33,804 YOU. AS MY 8 OR 9 YEARS BEING 1281 00:39:33,804 --> 00:39:34,004 HERE. 1282 00:39:34,004 --> 00:39:35,306 -- WILL YOU SPEAK IN THE MIC 1283 00:39:35,306 --> 00:39:37,007 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. THANK YOU. 1284 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:40,044 BEING SORRY. THANK YOU. OKAY. 1285 00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:43,614 I'VE, I'VE OVERSEEN MANY YEARS 1286 00:39:43,614 --> 00:39:44,582 OF BOARD PARTICIPATION, 1287 00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:47,318 COMMUNITY, ALL THESE DIFFERENT 1288 00:39:47,318 --> 00:39:48,452 GROUPS AND 9 OR 10 YEARS OF 1289 00:39:48,452 --> 00:39:49,987 DOING THIS. SO AND IT'S ALWAYS 1290 00:39:49,987 --> 00:39:50,755 INTERESTING TO SEE THE FOLKS 1291 00:39:50,755 --> 00:39:51,856 THAT COME FORWARD. SO THANK YOU 1292 00:39:51,856 --> 00:39:53,724 FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO. AND 1293 00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:54,592 THANK YOU FOR YOU ALL WANTING TO 1294 00:39:54,592 --> 00:39:55,893 BE ON THESE BOARDS AND SERVE 1295 00:39:55,893 --> 00:39:56,694 BECAUSE WE ALL TAKE IT 1296 00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:57,394 SERIOUSLY. I KNOW YOU THINK WE 1297 00:39:57,394 --> 00:39:59,797 DON'T, BUT WE DO. BUT I'M GOING 1298 00:39:59,797 --> 00:40:00,431 TO EMBARRASS SOMEBODY BECAUSE I 1299 00:40:00,431 --> 00:40:01,799 WANT HER TO KNOW HOW SPECIAL SHE 1300 00:40:01,799 --> 00:40:04,535 IS TO ME. AND THAT'S KARIEL 1301 00:40:04,535 --> 00:40:05,636 KARIEL. JUST QUICKLY, I'M JUST 1302 00:40:05,636 --> 00:40:06,704 GOING TO ADD THIS BECAUSE I 1303 00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:07,938 DON'T WANT TO BURY THE LEAD. 1304 00:40:07,938 --> 00:40:09,473 KARIEL HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH 1305 00:40:09,473 --> 00:40:11,008 ME, AND I'VE HAD THE 1306 00:40:11,008 --> 00:40:12,176 OPPORTUNITY AND HONOR AS AN 1307 00:40:12,176 --> 00:40:14,245 AUNTIE TO WATCH HER GROW 1308 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:14,845 PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY 1309 00:40:14,845 --> 00:40:15,446 THROUGH THE NATIVE ACTION 1310 00:40:15,446 --> 00:40:18,616 NETWORK. HER WORK IN INDIAN 1311 00:40:18,616 --> 00:40:19,216 COUNTRY, MISSING AND MURDERED 1312 00:40:19,216 --> 00:40:19,817 INDIGENOUS WOMEN, HER WORK AT 1313 00:40:19,817 --> 00:40:20,451 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, 1314 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:21,719 AND THE BOOK SHE WROTE WHERE SHE 1315 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:23,454 GOT ONE IMPORTANT FACT WRONG. 1316 00:40:23,454 --> 00:40:26,123 SHE SAID THAT I WENT AROUND THE 1317 00:40:26,123 --> 00:40:27,625 NATIVE AMERICAN CIRCUIT PLAYING 1318 00:40:27,625 --> 00:40:29,593 BASKETBALL. I SAID, GIRL, I'M 1319 00:40:29,593 --> 00:40:30,194 FIVE THREE, OKAY? THEY WOULD 1320 00:40:30,194 --> 00:40:31,929 HAVE KILLED ME. ON THE NATIVE 1321 00:40:31,929 --> 00:40:32,563 AMERICAN BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT 1322 00:40:32,563 --> 00:40:33,764 WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, THEY 1323 00:40:33,764 --> 00:40:35,599 CALLED HER UP AND I SAID, IT'S 1324 00:40:35,599 --> 00:40:36,600 BASEBALL. AND EVEN THEN I 1325 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:37,802 SUCKED. BUT ANYWAY, SHE DIDN'T 1326 00:40:37,802 --> 00:40:39,804 WRITE THAT IN THE BOOK. BUT 1327 00:40:39,804 --> 00:40:40,805 ANYWAY, CAROL, IT'S SO GOOD TO 1328 00:40:40,805 --> 00:40:42,673 SEE YOU AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF 1329 00:40:42,673 --> 00:40:43,707 YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 1330 00:40:43,707 --> 00:40:44,008 PRESIDENT. 1331 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:45,309 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1332 00:40:45,309 --> 00:40:47,211 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. ARE THERE 1333 00:40:47,211 --> 00:40:50,915 OTHER COMMENTS? 1334 00:40:50,915 --> 00:40:51,248 -- THANK YOU. 1335 00:40:51,248 --> 00:40:54,285 -- BIG THANK YOU ALL. I'M JUST 1336 00:40:54,285 --> 00:40:55,553 SEEING BIG, BIG THANK YOU. I 1337 00:40:55,553 --> 00:40:56,520 DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY 1338 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:57,888 CLOSING COMMENTS FROM MATT OR 1339 00:40:57,888 --> 00:40:59,456 AMANI. OH, THERE IS ONE FROM 1340 00:40:59,456 --> 00:41:01,559 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1341 00:41:01,559 --> 00:41:02,193 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1342 00:41:02,193 --> 00:41:05,496 I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS 1343 00:41:05,496 --> 00:41:07,064 SUCH AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM. THE 1344 00:41:07,064 --> 00:41:09,567 GET ENGAGED PROGRAM, IT'S BEEN 1345 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:11,869 AROUND FOREVER AND IT JUST 1346 00:41:11,869 --> 00:41:12,837 SPEAKS TO, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, 1347 00:41:12,837 --> 00:41:15,005 THAT FOLKS AGAIN WANT TO 1348 00:41:15,005 --> 00:41:17,908 VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME TO SIT ON 1349 00:41:17,908 --> 00:41:19,577 THIS PROGRAM. THEY SIT ON THESE 1350 00:41:19,577 --> 00:41:21,312 COMMISSIONS RATHER, THEY CARE SO 1351 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:24,048 DEEPLY ABOUT THIS CITY. I AM SO 1352 00:41:24,048 --> 00:41:26,550 APPRECIATIVE. AND I LOVE SEEING 1353 00:41:26,550 --> 00:41:27,151 YOUNG PEOPLE INVOLVED BECAUSE 1354 00:41:27,151 --> 00:41:29,854 YOU GUYS ARE THE PRESENT AND THE 1355 00:41:29,854 --> 00:41:30,754 FUTURE. AND THEN I WANT TO SAY, 1356 00:41:30,754 --> 00:41:33,824 I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE. HE'S 1357 00:41:33,824 --> 00:41:36,494 NOT HERE TODAY, BUT OF MEETING 1358 00:41:36,494 --> 00:41:38,629 JONATHAN CHAVEZ. HE'S REACHED 1359 00:41:38,629 --> 00:41:40,598 OUT TO MEET WITH ME PROACTIVELY. 1360 00:41:40,598 --> 00:41:42,266 AND IT JUST GOES TO THE 1361 00:41:42,266 --> 00:41:43,634 ENGAGEMENT OF THESE YOUNG 1362 00:41:43,634 --> 00:41:46,070 PEOPLE. SO I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE 1363 00:41:46,070 --> 00:41:48,606 TODAY, BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY 1364 00:41:48,606 --> 00:41:49,607 HE'S GETTING APPOINTED TODAY. 1365 00:41:49,607 --> 00:41:50,341 AND I JUST TO EACH OF YOU, I 1366 00:41:50,341 --> 00:41:53,644 JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1367 00:41:53,644 --> 00:41:56,146 GETTING INVOLVED FOR THE GREAT 1368 00:41:56,146 --> 00:41:58,549 AND VERY SPECIAL WORDS THAT YOU 1369 00:41:58,549 --> 00:42:01,919 GAVE TODAY ABOUT WHY YOU WANT TO 1370 00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:03,487 BE INVOLVED. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL. 1371 00:42:03,487 --> 00:42:05,422 WE NEED MORE FOLKS, ESPECIALLY 1372 00:42:05,422 --> 00:42:07,525 YOUNG FOLKS, TO BE INVOLVED. SO 1373 00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,360 I, FOR ONE, JUST WANT TO THANK 1374 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,262 YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL 1375 00:42:11,262 --> 00:42:11,562 PRESIDENT. 1376 00:42:11,562 --> 00:42:12,763 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1377 00:42:12,763 --> 00:42:13,230 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1378 00:42:13,230 --> 00:42:15,399 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1379 00:42:15,399 --> 00:42:16,667 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR OR COUNCIL 1380 00:42:16,667 --> 00:42:18,335 PRESIDENT. I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN 1381 00:42:18,335 --> 00:42:19,870 GOADED TO SAY THIS, BUT WHEN I 1382 00:42:19,870 --> 00:42:23,040 WAS IN YOUR POSITION, I THINK 1383 00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,909 RONALD REAGAN WAS PRESIDENT AND 1384 00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:26,477 THE COLD WAR, THERE STILL WAS A 1385 00:42:26,477 --> 00:42:28,345 SOVIET UNION. YES. COUNCILMEMBER 1386 00:42:28,345 --> 00:42:32,483 JUAREZ YOU AND I ARE TOGETHER. 1387 00:42:32,483 --> 00:42:35,252 AND THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S 1388 00:42:35,252 --> 00:42:38,656 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AFTER 1389 00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:39,957 RETIRING FROM THE NAVY AND 1390 00:42:39,957 --> 00:42:41,358 STARTING ANEW, I WAS AT THE 1391 00:42:41,358 --> 00:42:42,359 EVANS SCHOOL HERE LOCALLY AT UW, 1392 00:42:42,359 --> 00:42:46,830 AND I WAS VOLUNTEERING IN A 1393 00:42:46,830 --> 00:42:48,265 SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT SITUATION. 1394 00:42:48,265 --> 00:42:50,601 AND, YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN 1395 00:42:50,601 --> 00:42:51,936 YOURSELF AND INVESTING IN THIS 1396 00:42:51,936 --> 00:42:53,871 WORK HELPS YOU, BUT IT ALSO 1397 00:42:53,871 --> 00:42:55,539 HELPS THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU 1398 00:42:55,539 --> 00:42:57,041 MAY BE WORKING FOR. AND I THINK 1399 00:42:57,041 --> 00:42:58,842 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO 1400 00:42:58,842 --> 00:43:00,244 UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 1401 00:43:00,244 --> 00:43:02,179 MORE THAT YOU INVEST IN WHAT 1402 00:43:02,179 --> 00:43:02,846 YOU'RE DOING, THE MORE YOU CAN 1403 00:43:02,846 --> 00:43:06,250 HELP YOUR COMMUNITY. BUT IT ALSO 1404 00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:07,451 INVESTS IN YOUR FUTURE SO THAT 1405 00:43:07,451 --> 00:43:08,285 YOU CAN THEN TAKE THE NEXT STEP. 1406 00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:09,586 AND WHICH IS SOMETHING I USED TO 1407 00:43:09,586 --> 00:43:12,122 TELL MY SAILORS ALL THE TIME IS 1408 00:43:12,122 --> 00:43:13,190 LIKE, LOOK HOW BEST TO TAKE THAT 1409 00:43:13,190 --> 00:43:15,192 NEXT STEP FOR YOURSELVES AND 1410 00:43:15,192 --> 00:43:15,859 YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS 1411 00:43:15,859 --> 00:43:17,061 REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU 1412 00:43:17,061 --> 00:43:20,130 CAN DO BOTH. AND, AND I NOTED, 1413 00:43:20,130 --> 00:43:23,200 BY THE WAY, SINCE SEATTLE 1414 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,468 UNIVERSITY HERE, THIS IS MY 1415 00:43:24,468 --> 00:43:26,136 CHANCE TO GET BACK AT THE CHAIR 1416 00:43:26,136 --> 00:43:30,007 HERE THAT I SAW THAT SHE WAS ON 1417 00:43:30,007 --> 00:43:30,641 A SEATTLE UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL 1418 00:43:30,641 --> 00:43:31,742 TEAM. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I 1419 00:43:31,742 --> 00:43:36,146 THINK, YOU KNOW, SHE TAKE, YOU. 1420 00:43:36,146 --> 00:43:36,413 -- KNOW. 1421 00:43:36,413 --> 00:43:38,515 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I 1422 00:43:38,515 --> 00:43:39,149 COACHED THERE FOR THREE YEARS. 1423 00:43:39,149 --> 00:43:42,686 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 1424 00:43:42,686 --> 00:43:43,153 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1425 00:43:43,153 --> 00:43:44,455 -- THANK YOU COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1426 00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:46,023 AND UNLIKE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 1427 00:43:46,023 --> 00:43:47,491 I THINK I JUST AGED OUT OF THE 1428 00:43:47,491 --> 00:43:51,095 GET ENGAGED PROGRAM. 1429 00:43:51,095 --> 00:43:51,428 -- [LAUGHTER] 1430 00:43:51,428 --> 00:43:52,696 -- SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE 1431 00:43:52,696 --> 00:43:55,733 THAT AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL 1432 00:43:55,733 --> 00:43:56,367 FOR BEING HERE TODAY, FOR YOUR 1433 00:43:56,367 --> 00:43:57,034 WILLINGNESS TO SERVE ON OUR 1434 00:43:57,034 --> 00:43:58,602 BOARDS. AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR 1435 00:43:58,602 --> 00:44:00,637 SHARING YOUR STORIES AND YOUR 1436 00:44:00,637 --> 00:44:02,272 WHY. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT 1437 00:44:02,272 --> 00:44:04,375 IT IS TIME FOR OUR GENERATION TO 1438 00:44:04,375 --> 00:44:05,676 STEP UP AND SHAPE OUR FUTURE. 1439 00:44:05,676 --> 00:44:07,845 AND THE GET ENGAGED PROGRAM 1440 00:44:07,845 --> 00:44:08,445 REALLY PROMOTES AND SUPPORTS 1441 00:44:08,445 --> 00:44:10,614 EXACTLY THAT. AND SO I KNOW MY 1442 00:44:10,614 --> 00:44:11,648 OFFICE, WE WORK WITH A LOT OF 1443 00:44:11,648 --> 00:44:12,716 OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN 1444 00:44:12,716 --> 00:44:14,218 THE CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO NOT 1445 00:44:14,218 --> 00:44:15,052 ONLY SAY THANK YOU, BUT JUST 1446 00:44:15,052 --> 00:44:16,754 SAY, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD 1447 00:44:16,754 --> 00:44:17,855 TO WORKING WITH YOU, LEARNING 1448 00:44:17,855 --> 00:44:19,323 MORE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR 1449 00:44:19,323 --> 00:44:19,957 PRIORITIES AND HOW YOU WANT TO 1450 00:44:19,957 --> 00:44:21,892 SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. SO 1451 00:44:21,892 --> 00:44:23,293 THANK YOU AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL 1452 00:44:23,293 --> 00:44:23,594 PRESIDENT. 1453 00:44:23,594 --> 00:44:25,429 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1454 00:44:25,429 --> 00:44:26,930 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. I DON'T SEE 1455 00:44:26,930 --> 00:44:27,498 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. ONCE 1456 00:44:27,498 --> 00:44:28,432 AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, 1457 00:44:28,432 --> 00:44:29,633 AMANI AND MATT FOR BEING HERE 1458 00:44:29,633 --> 00:44:31,902 AND FOR RUNNING THE PROGRAM THAT 1459 00:44:31,902 --> 00:44:33,937 YOU ALL DO WITH THE YMCA. WE'RE 1460 00:44:33,937 --> 00:44:36,407 VERY, VERY GRATEFUL. AND THEN 1461 00:44:36,407 --> 00:44:37,675 FOR YOU ALL PARTICIPATING IN THE 1462 00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:39,043 PROGRAM AS WELL. SO JUST REALLY 1463 00:44:39,043 --> 00:44:39,710 GRATEFUL FOR YOU ALL TO BE HERE. 1464 00:44:39,710 --> 00:44:44,615 THIS WILL BE ON OUR IN ON THIS 1465 00:44:44,615 --> 00:44:46,917 WILL BE VOTED ON NEXT TUESDAY, I 1466 00:44:46,917 --> 00:44:48,152 BELIEVE. NO, THIS TUESDAY, 1467 00:44:48,152 --> 00:44:49,420 EXCUSE ME, THIS COMING TUESDAY, 1468 00:44:49,420 --> 00:44:50,788 WE'RE VOTING ON IT. MY 1469 00:44:50,788 --> 00:44:53,123 APOLOGIES. THIS TO TOMORROW. SO 1470 00:44:53,123 --> 00:44:55,459 TOMORROW WE ARE VOTING ON YOUR 1471 00:44:55,459 --> 00:44:56,927 APPOINTMENTS. YES, THIS COMING 1472 00:44:56,927 --> 00:44:57,594 TUESDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1473 00:44:57,594 --> 00:44:58,328 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE AND 1474 00:44:58,328 --> 00:44:59,296 TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY 1475 00:44:59,296 --> 00:45:00,497 TO AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU 1476 00:45:00,497 --> 00:45:03,300 ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE 1477 00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:05,736 ARE NOW GOING TO TRANSITION AS 1478 00:45:05,736 --> 00:45:09,940 WE ARE MAKING THIS SWITCH. WE DO 1479 00:45:09,940 --> 00:45:12,309 HAVE OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND 1480 00:45:12,309 --> 00:45:13,577 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LISH FROM 1481 00:45:13,577 --> 00:45:17,014 OUR CENTRAL, OUR FEARLESS 1482 00:45:17,014 --> 00:45:19,049 CENTRAL STAFF DIRECTOR COME TO 1483 00:45:19,049 --> 00:45:22,352 THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE 1484 00:45:22,352 --> 00:45:26,957 BUDGET PROCESS. AND BEFORE WE 1485 00:45:26,957 --> 00:45:28,492 START. I KNOW WE'LL WAIT TILL WE 1486 00:45:28,492 --> 00:45:31,462 GET THIS UP ON THE SCREEN. 1487 00:45:31,462 --> 00:45:32,830 COLLEAGUES, THANK YOU ALL FOR 1488 00:45:32,830 --> 00:45:34,231 COMING. REALLY APPRECIATE OUR 1489 00:45:34,231 --> 00:45:36,467 YOUNG PEOPLE. AND FOR 1490 00:45:36,467 --> 00:45:38,635 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, YOU KNOW, 1491 00:45:38,635 --> 00:45:39,837 THROWING SHOTS AT THE REST OF US 1492 00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:46,176 SAYING SHE JUST AGED OUT OF YOUR 1493 00:45:46,176 --> 00:45:46,543 PROGRAM. OKAY. 1494 00:45:46,543 --> 00:45:47,544 -- NO SHADE. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1495 00:45:47,544 --> 00:45:51,982 -- YEAH, NO SHADE. YEAH. OKAY. 1496 00:45:51,982 --> 00:45:53,350 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WE ARE 1497 00:45:53,350 --> 00:45:54,918 JUST JUMPING INTO OUR BUDGET. 1498 00:45:54,918 --> 00:45:56,620 THANK YOU. IT'S ALL YOURS. I'D 1499 00:45:56,620 --> 00:45:59,056 LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO YOU. OUR 1500 00:45:59,056 --> 00:45:59,556 FEARLESS BUDGET CHAIR. 1501 00:45:59,556 --> 00:46:01,592 -- WONDERFUL. LET ME FIND MY 1502 00:46:01,592 --> 00:46:03,594 NOTES AFTER. WHAT A FUN DAY 1503 00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:07,598 WE'VE BEEN HAVING SO FAR. I 1504 00:46:07,598 --> 00:46:09,032 LOST MY NOTES. BUT WHAT I CAN 1505 00:46:09,032 --> 00:46:12,436 TELL YOU, MY FRIENDS, IS THAT I 1506 00:46:12,436 --> 00:46:14,705 AM EXCITED TO BE YOUR STEWARD 1507 00:46:14,705 --> 00:46:16,039 THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS. 1508 00:46:16,039 --> 00:46:17,674 THERE THEY ARE. AND THAT WAS THE 1509 00:46:17,674 --> 00:46:20,444 FIRST BULLET POINT FOR THOSE OF 1510 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:22,579 YOU THAT WERE HERE LAST YEAR. 1511 00:46:22,579 --> 00:46:25,482 YOU KNOW THAT I SHEPHERDED A 1512 00:46:25,482 --> 00:46:27,117 PROCESS OF COLLABORATION, OF 1513 00:46:27,117 --> 00:46:29,086 TRANSPARENCY, OF US WORKING 1514 00:46:29,086 --> 00:46:31,121 TOGETHER. I DO THAT AGAIN. I 1515 00:46:31,121 --> 00:46:32,923 LOOK TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. 1516 00:46:32,923 --> 00:46:34,291 WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT NEXT 1517 00:46:34,291 --> 00:46:37,528 WEEK WHAT THE MAYOR HAS AND HAS 1518 00:46:37,528 --> 00:46:39,830 NOT INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S 1519 00:46:39,830 --> 00:46:42,366 BUDGET. YEAR AFTER YEAR. THIS 1520 00:46:42,366 --> 00:46:44,134 COUNCIL HAS ADDRESSED THE 1521 00:46:44,134 --> 00:46:45,169 STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT. IT 1522 00:46:45,169 --> 00:46:47,571 STARTED AT 275. IT HAS COME 1523 00:46:47,571 --> 00:46:50,040 DOWN. IT'S GONE BACK UP. BUT I 1524 00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:51,909 WAS VERY PROUD OF THE CHAIR'S 1525 00:46:51,909 --> 00:46:53,944 PACKAGE LAST YEAR THAT DID 1526 00:46:53,944 --> 00:46:55,813 INDEED REDUCE THE STRUCTURAL 1527 00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:57,648 BUDGET DEFICIT. I'LL CONTINUE ON 1528 00:46:57,648 --> 00:46:59,383 MY FOCUS ON BUDGET REFORM, BOTH 1529 00:46:59,383 --> 00:47:01,985 IN PROCESS AND IN CONTENT. AND 1530 00:47:01,985 --> 00:47:04,922 SO I HOPE THAT THERE ARE 1531 00:47:04,922 --> 00:47:05,589 ELEMENTS OF THE MAYOR'S BUDGET 1532 00:47:05,589 --> 00:47:08,258 THAT ENGAGE IN THAT. AND REALLY, 1533 00:47:08,258 --> 00:47:09,326 THE MESSAGE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU 1534 00:47:09,326 --> 00:47:10,561 COLLEAGUES IS I'M HERE TO HELP 1535 00:47:10,561 --> 00:47:13,330 YOU. I'M HERE TO HELP YOU MEET 1536 00:47:13,330 --> 00:47:14,998 THE NEEDS OF SEATTLEITES IN THE 1537 00:47:14,998 --> 00:47:17,701 WAYS THAT YOU FIND TO BE MOST 1538 00:47:17,701 --> 00:47:19,203 IMPORTANT IN EACH OF US. AS NINE 1539 00:47:19,203 --> 00:47:21,872 SEPARATELY, ELECTED OFFICIALS 1540 00:47:21,872 --> 00:47:23,173 HAVE A DIFFERENT GROUP OF 1541 00:47:23,173 --> 00:47:25,943 PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S 1542 00:47:25,943 --> 00:47:27,110 GEOGRAPHICALLY OR JUST BY WHO WE 1543 00:47:27,110 --> 00:47:30,681 ARE AS HUMAN BEINGS ARE ABLE TO 1544 00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:32,382 INTERACT WITH. WE DON'T HAVE TO. 1545 00:47:32,382 --> 00:47:33,750 THERE WAS A FAMOUS BUDGET 1546 00:47:33,750 --> 00:47:34,785 AMENDMENT THAT I BROUGHT ONCE. 1547 00:47:34,785 --> 00:47:36,553 THAT WAS FOR A PROJECT IN 1548 00:47:36,553 --> 00:47:38,922 DISTRICT ONE, AND, YOU KNOW, 1549 00:47:38,922 --> 00:47:39,923 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND I WERE 1550 00:47:39,923 --> 00:47:40,757 ABLE TO PARTNER ON THAT. RIGHT. 1551 00:47:40,757 --> 00:47:43,093 SO WE ARE NOT HERE BY DISTRICT. 1552 00:47:43,093 --> 00:47:44,561 WE ARE ALL HERE SERVING THE 1553 00:47:44,561 --> 00:47:46,830 ENTIRE CITY OF SEATTLE. SO I'M 1554 00:47:46,830 --> 00:47:48,999 HERE TO HELP YOU. AND WHAT I'LL 1555 00:47:48,999 --> 00:47:50,067 NEED FROM YOU IS A BUDGET LEAD 1556 00:47:50,067 --> 00:47:51,201 WITHIN YOUR OFFICE. I'LL NEED 1557 00:47:51,201 --> 00:47:53,136 YOU TO CALL ME IF THERE'S 1558 00:47:53,136 --> 00:47:56,540 SOMETHING GOOD OR IF THERE'S 1559 00:47:56,540 --> 00:47:57,975 SOMETHING BAD. AS WE APPROACH 1560 00:47:57,975 --> 00:47:58,675 THE CHAIR'S BALANCING PACKAGE. 1561 00:47:58,675 --> 00:48:00,911 I WILL NEED YOU TO BE AVAILABLE 1562 00:48:00,911 --> 00:48:02,145 TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I'LL NEED 1563 00:48:02,145 --> 00:48:03,914 YOU TO HELP CENTRAL STAFF BY 1564 00:48:03,914 --> 00:48:07,618 MEETING THEIR DEADLINES. AND AS 1565 00:48:07,618 --> 00:48:09,286 WE DID LAST YEAR, I WILL BE 1566 00:48:09,286 --> 00:48:10,988 BASING MY CHAIR'S PACKAGE OFF 1567 00:48:10,988 --> 00:48:13,423 THE WORK WE WILL BE DOING 1568 00:48:13,423 --> 00:48:15,492 THROUGH POLICY IDENTIFICATION 1569 00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:16,026 AND THROUGH COUNCILMEMBER 1570 00:48:16,026 --> 00:48:21,965 PROPOSALS. WE ARE 36 DAYS AWAY 1571 00:48:21,965 --> 00:48:23,600 FROM OCTOBER 20th. OCTOBER 20th 1572 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:27,537 -- IS THE DAY WHERE YOU HAVE TO 1573 00:48:27,537 --> 00:48:28,038 HAVE YOUR COUNCILMEMBER 1574 00:48:28,038 --> 00:48:30,040 AMENDMENT PROPOSALS, 1575 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:30,574 CO-SPONSORED BY TWO OTHER 1576 00:48:30,574 --> 00:48:31,909 INDIVIDUALS AND SUBMITTED TO 1577 00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:34,511 CENTRAL STAFF BY NOON. AND THAT 1578 00:48:34,511 --> 00:48:37,781 IS A HARD DEADLINE. AND SO 36 1579 00:48:37,781 --> 00:48:40,484 DAYS AWAY, I WILL BE GOING 1580 00:48:40,484 --> 00:48:41,952 THROUGH THE FIRST ROUNDS OF THE 1581 00:48:41,952 --> 00:48:45,822 PROCESS THAT HELP US IDENTIFY 1582 00:48:45,822 --> 00:48:46,423 AND STRUCTURE OUR AMENDMENTS. 1583 00:48:46,423 --> 00:48:49,159 BUT I'M GIVING US 36 DAYS TO 1584 00:48:49,159 --> 00:48:52,095 HAVE YOUR IDEAS, YOUR 1585 00:48:52,095 --> 00:48:53,664 CO-SPONSORS, LINED UP, SO THAT 1586 00:48:53,664 --> 00:48:54,998 WE CAN CREATE THIS CHAIR'S 1587 00:48:54,998 --> 00:48:56,366 PACKAGE AS SEAMLESSLY AS 1588 00:48:56,366 --> 00:48:58,201 POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I'M DOING IT 1589 00:48:58,201 --> 00:48:59,703 WITH US, NOT FOR US. I'M DOING 1590 00:48:59,703 --> 00:49:03,273 IT ALONGSIDE OF YOU, NOT IN A 1591 00:49:03,273 --> 00:49:05,909 DIFFERENT POSITION THAN YOU. 1592 00:49:05,909 --> 00:49:06,209 THANK YOU. 1593 00:49:06,209 --> 00:49:07,844 -- AWESOME. AND THANK YOU, 1594 00:49:07,844 --> 00:49:10,881 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AND I 1595 00:49:10,881 --> 00:49:12,716 WILL SAY YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 1596 00:49:12,716 --> 00:49:15,085 PROFESSIONAL. YOU HAVE ALWAYS 1597 00:49:15,085 --> 00:49:16,586 HAD INFORMATION READY. YOU HAVE 1598 00:49:16,586 --> 00:49:18,021 ALWAYS BEEN COLLABORATIVE. SO 1599 00:49:18,021 --> 00:49:20,190 JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD 1600 00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:22,025 WORK DURING THIS PROCESS. SO 1601 00:49:22,025 --> 00:49:23,627 LISH, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE 1602 00:49:23,627 --> 00:49:25,495 COUNCIL BUDGET PROCESS. AFTER 1603 00:49:25,495 --> 00:49:27,397 LISH IS FINISHED, I'LL POINT IT 1604 00:49:27,397 --> 00:49:27,998 BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 1605 00:49:27,998 --> 00:49:29,967 AND THEN WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS. 1606 00:49:29,967 --> 00:49:32,402 -- GREAT. 1607 00:49:32,402 --> 00:49:33,003 -- SO THE COUNCIL'S SELECT 1608 00:49:33,003 --> 00:49:34,171 BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL START ITS 1609 00:49:34,171 --> 00:49:35,639 ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE MAYOR'S 1610 00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:38,141 PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR 2027 AND 1611 00:49:38,141 --> 00:49:41,478 2028. NEXT WEEK. WE HAVE A NINE 1612 00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:42,946 WEEK PROCESS VERY SIMILAR TO 1613 00:49:42,946 --> 00:49:44,748 LAST YEAR'S, THAT WILL ALLOW 1614 00:49:44,748 --> 00:49:46,683 THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A BALANCED 1615 00:49:46,683 --> 00:49:49,119 BUDGET THE WEEK BEFORE 1616 00:49:49,119 --> 00:49:50,721 THANKSGIVING. YOU RECEIVED THIS 1617 00:49:50,721 --> 00:49:51,955 CALENDAR IN JULY WHEN THE SELECT 1618 00:49:51,955 --> 00:49:53,090 BUDGET COMMITTEE WAS SET UP, AND 1619 00:49:53,090 --> 00:49:54,191 I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY WALK 1620 00:49:54,191 --> 00:49:57,260 THROUGH THE DIFFERENT PHASES. 1621 00:49:57,260 --> 00:50:00,797 THE MAYOR WILL BE RELEASING HER 1622 00:50:00,797 --> 00:50:02,466 PROPOSAL ON SEPTEMBER 22nd. TWO 1623 00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:04,101 DAYS LATER, THE COMMITTEE WILL 1624 00:50:04,101 --> 00:50:05,936 CONVENE TO START DIGGING INTO 1625 00:50:05,936 --> 00:50:07,337 THOSE THAT PROPOSED BUDGET. IT 1626 00:50:07,337 --> 00:50:09,206 WILL KICK OFF WITH AN OVERVIEW 1627 00:50:09,206 --> 00:50:10,207 PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY 1628 00:50:10,207 --> 00:50:12,509 BUDGET OFFICE, AND THEN DIVES 1629 00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:13,944 INTO KEY DEPARTMENT BUDGETS WITH 1630 00:50:13,944 --> 00:50:16,413 DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND FINANCE 1631 00:50:16,413 --> 00:50:17,948 DIRECTORS. IF YOU HAVE STRONG 1632 00:50:17,948 --> 00:50:19,182 FEELINGS ABOUT A DEPARTMENT 1633 00:50:19,182 --> 00:50:20,584 PRESENTING DURING THIS PHASE, 1634 00:50:20,584 --> 00:50:22,152 PLEASE LET CHAIR STRAUSS KNOW AS 1635 00:50:22,152 --> 00:50:23,653 SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE FIRMING 1636 00:50:23,653 --> 00:50:26,723 UP THAT LIST OF DEPARTMENTS. THE 1637 00:50:26,723 --> 00:50:28,191 FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON THE 1638 00:50:28,191 --> 00:50:29,626 PROPOSED BUDGET WILL TAKE PLACE 1639 00:50:29,626 --> 00:50:32,462 ABOUT A WEEK LATER, ON OCTOBER 1640 00:50:32,462 --> 00:50:34,398 6th, WITH REMOTE TESTIMONY IN 1641 00:50:34,398 --> 00:50:36,666 THE AFTERNOON AND IN-PERSON 1642 00:50:36,666 --> 00:50:40,070 TESTIMONY IN THE EVENING AS YOU 1643 00:50:40,070 --> 00:50:40,804 ARE RECEIVING PRESENTATIONS, MY 1644 00:50:40,804 --> 00:50:42,606 TEAM WILL BE DIVING DEEP INTO 1645 00:50:42,606 --> 00:50:44,408 THE PROPOSED BUDGET. WE MAY NOT 1646 00:50:44,408 --> 00:50:45,942 HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS YOU WANT 1647 00:50:45,942 --> 00:50:47,411 RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 1648 00:50:47,411 --> 00:50:50,013 PROCESS, BUT WE'LL WORK 1649 00:50:50,013 --> 00:50:51,214 DILIGENTLY TO GET YOU THE 1650 00:50:51,214 --> 00:50:54,651 ANSWERS YOU NEED. WE'LL HAVE 1651 00:50:54,651 --> 00:50:56,186 SUMMARIES OF KEY CHANGES IN THE 1652 00:50:56,186 --> 00:50:57,754 BUDGET AND POLICY OPTIONS FOR 1653 00:50:57,754 --> 00:50:59,423 THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. A 1654 00:50:59,423 --> 00:51:01,591 SERIES OF MEETINGS STARTING ON 1655 00:51:01,591 --> 00:51:02,459 OCTOBER 13th, AND AT THE END OF 1656 00:51:02,459 --> 00:51:04,261 THAT WEEK, WE'LL RECEIVE AN 1657 00:51:04,261 --> 00:51:06,096 UPDATED BUDGET FORECAST FROM THE 1658 00:51:06,096 --> 00:51:09,599 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND REVENUE 1659 00:51:09,599 --> 00:51:11,601 FORECASTS. YOUR BUDGET AMENDMENT 1660 00:51:11,601 --> 00:51:13,537 CONCEPTS WILL BE DUE TO MY TEAM 1661 00:51:13,537 --> 00:51:18,175 ON OCTOBER 20th AT NOON. YOU'LL 1662 00:51:18,175 --> 00:51:20,043 NEED TWO CO-SPONSORS, AND 1663 00:51:20,043 --> 00:51:21,211 DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF 1664 00:51:21,211 --> 00:51:22,646 THE BUDGET AND THE REVENUE 1665 00:51:22,646 --> 00:51:24,047 FORECASTS, CHAIR STRAUSS MAY ASK 1666 00:51:24,047 --> 00:51:25,982 THAT YOU IDENTIFY A FUNDING 1667 00:51:25,982 --> 00:51:28,385 SOURCE FOR ANY BUDGET INCREASES 1668 00:51:28,385 --> 00:51:30,587 WE'LL SPEND THE NEXT WEEK OR SO 1669 00:51:30,587 --> 00:51:31,955 REFINING THOSE PROPOSALS, AND 1670 00:51:31,955 --> 00:51:32,489 THOSE AMENDMENTS WILL BE 1671 00:51:32,489 --> 00:51:35,358 PRESENTED ON OCTOBER 27th AND 1672 00:51:35,358 --> 00:51:39,729 29th THROUGH 29th. AT THOSE 1673 00:51:39,729 --> 00:51:40,630 MEETINGS WILL BE PROVIDING A 1674 00:51:40,630 --> 00:51:41,765 HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF EACH 1675 00:51:41,765 --> 00:51:44,601 AMENDMENT, AND YOU'LL HAVE THE 1676 00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:47,137 OPPORTUNITY TO DIG INTO THE 1677 00:51:47,137 --> 00:51:49,406 ARGUMENTS FOR WHY YOU'RE 1678 00:51:49,406 --> 00:51:51,741 PROPOSING THEM AND TO ADD 1679 00:51:51,741 --> 00:51:53,910 YOURSELVES AS CO-SPONSORS FOR 1680 00:51:53,910 --> 00:51:54,478 AMENDMENTS THAT YOU REALLY 1681 00:51:54,478 --> 00:51:58,181 SUPPORT AFTER THOSE MEETINGS, 1682 00:51:58,181 --> 00:51:59,616 COUNCIL CHAIR STRAUSS WILL 1683 00:51:59,616 --> 00:52:01,284 COMPILE A BALANCED PACKAGE OF 1684 00:52:01,284 --> 00:52:03,186 AMENDMENTS TO THE MAYOR'S 1685 00:52:03,186 --> 00:52:05,455 PROPOSED BUDGET. IT'LL BE 1686 00:52:05,455 --> 00:52:07,190 RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 3rd AND BE 1687 00:52:07,190 --> 00:52:09,759 DISCUSSED AT A MEETING ON 1688 00:52:09,759 --> 00:52:11,695 NOVEMBER 4th. IT WILL REFLECT 1689 00:52:11,695 --> 00:52:14,030 THE REVENUE FORECASTS AND 1690 00:52:14,030 --> 00:52:14,998 INCORPORATE YOUR PROPOSALS TO 1691 00:52:14,998 --> 00:52:19,436 THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, BASED ON 1692 00:52:19,436 --> 00:52:21,238 THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE AVAILABLE. 1693 00:52:21,238 --> 00:52:22,439 SOME PROPOSALS MAY NEED TO BE 1694 00:52:22,439 --> 00:52:24,040 SCALED. WE PROBABLY WON'T HAVE 1695 00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:25,909 ENOUGH MONEY FOR EVERYTHING THAT 1696 00:52:25,909 --> 00:52:30,146 COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO PROPOSE. 1697 00:52:30,146 --> 00:52:31,882 THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE WILL 1698 00:52:31,882 --> 00:52:33,650 PROBABLY INCLUDE SOME NEW IDEAS 1699 00:52:33,650 --> 00:52:34,985 TO REFLECT CHANGES IN REVENUE 1700 00:52:34,985 --> 00:52:36,086 FORECASTS. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE 1701 00:52:36,086 --> 00:52:37,153 SUDDENLY HAVE A LOT MORE MONEY, 1702 00:52:37,153 --> 00:52:39,489 WE'LL HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO ADD 1703 00:52:39,489 --> 00:52:45,462 THAT MORE MONEY TO THE BUDGET 1704 00:52:45,462 --> 00:52:46,096 APPROXIMATELY 48 HOURS AFTER THE 1705 00:52:46,096 --> 00:52:46,696 PUBLICATION OF THE CHAIR'S 1706 00:52:46,696 --> 00:52:51,334 PACKAGE, THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 1707 00:52:51,334 --> 00:52:51,902 ROUND OF PUBLIC HEARINGS ON 1708 00:52:51,902 --> 00:52:57,274 NOVEMBER 5th. AFTER THOSE 1709 00:52:57,274 --> 00:52:59,209 MEETINGS, YOU'LL HAVE THE 1710 00:52:59,209 --> 00:53:00,744 OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE CHANGES 1711 00:53:00,744 --> 00:53:02,179 TO THE CHAIR'S PACKAGE BY NOON 1712 00:53:02,179 --> 00:53:04,681 ON NOVEMBER 9th. AGAIN, YOU'LL 1713 00:53:04,681 --> 00:53:06,750 NEED TWO CO-SPONSORS, AND AT 1714 00:53:06,750 --> 00:53:08,285 THAT PHASE, YOUR AMENDMENTS WILL 1715 00:53:08,285 --> 00:53:13,890 NEED TO BE BALANCED. THE CHAIR 1716 00:53:13,890 --> 00:53:15,125 WILL PUT FORWARD A FINAL PACKAGE 1717 00:53:15,125 --> 00:53:16,593 FOR COMMITTEE VOTES ON NOVEMBER 1718 00:53:16,593 --> 00:53:21,231 13th AND 16th, AND WE'LL ALSO 1719 00:53:21,231 --> 00:53:21,731 CONSIDER ANY AMENDMENTS 1720 00:53:21,731 --> 00:53:23,366 OUTSTANDING TO THE CHAIR'S 1721 00:53:23,366 --> 00:53:26,636 PACKAGE. THE FINAL COMMITTEE 1722 00:53:26,636 --> 00:53:30,707 ACTION WILL BE SENT TO FULL 1723 00:53:30,707 --> 00:53:32,175 COUNCIL FOR A FINAL VOTE ON 1724 00:53:32,175 --> 00:53:34,878 NOVEMBER 20th, AND HAPPY TO 1725 00:53:34,878 --> 00:53:37,380 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 1726 00:53:37,380 --> 00:53:41,251 -- THANK YOU. I WILL REDIRECT TO 1727 00:53:41,251 --> 00:53:41,885 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND THEN 1728 00:53:41,885 --> 00:53:43,053 WE'LL OPEN UP QUESTIONS TO 1729 00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:44,854 OTHER COLLEAGUES. 1730 00:53:44,854 --> 00:53:45,622 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS LISH 1731 00:53:45,622 --> 00:53:46,723 SAID IT BETTER THAN I COULD SAY 1732 00:53:46,723 --> 00:53:47,490 ANYTHING ELSE, SO I HAVE NOTHING 1733 00:53:47,490 --> 00:53:48,024 TO ADD. 1734 00:53:48,024 --> 00:53:48,658 -- THANK YOU. AWESOME. 1735 00:53:48,658 --> 00:53:50,160 -- THANK YOU. TO ANSWER ANY 1736 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:50,460 QUESTIONS. 1737 00:53:50,460 --> 00:53:52,495 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1738 00:53:52,495 --> 00:53:53,063 STRAUSS OUR COLLEAGUES, ARE 1739 00:53:53,063 --> 00:53:56,032 THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING O. 1740 00:53:56,032 --> 00:53:56,633 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THANK 1741 00:53:56,633 --> 00:53:59,135 YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1742 00:53:59,135 --> 00:53:59,769 THANK YOU. BUDGET CHAIR STRAUSS 1743 00:53:59,769 --> 00:54:00,971 AND CENTRAL STAFF REALLY 1744 00:54:00,971 --> 00:54:01,771 APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. I JUST 1745 00:54:01,771 --> 00:54:04,374 WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THE 1746 00:54:04,374 --> 00:54:05,942 POTENTIAL FOR SELF BALANCING 1747 00:54:05,942 --> 00:54:07,244 AMENDMENTS. I KNOW THIS IS 1748 00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:09,045 SOMETHING THE CHAIR SPOKE TO AS 1749 00:54:09,045 --> 00:54:10,981 A POSSIBILITY A FEW MONTHS BACK. 1750 00:54:10,981 --> 00:54:12,916 I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY STILL A 1751 00:54:12,916 --> 00:54:14,150 POSSIBILITY. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE 1752 00:54:14,150 --> 00:54:15,785 WE'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT 1753 00:54:15,785 --> 00:54:17,020 THAT, BUT NOT A CERTAINTY AT 1754 00:54:17,020 --> 00:54:18,855 THIS POINT. IS THAT CORRECT? 1755 00:54:18,855 --> 00:54:19,723 -- THAT'S CORRECT. AND I THINK 1756 00:54:19,723 --> 00:54:24,327 IT WILL DEPEND TO SOME EXTENT ON 1757 00:54:24,327 --> 00:54:26,863 THE REVENUE FORECASTS. IF THEY 1758 00:54:26,863 --> 00:54:29,833 YOU KNOW, THE FORECASTS HAVE 1759 00:54:29,833 --> 00:54:33,103 BEEN VOLATILE AND IF THEY COME 1760 00:54:33,103 --> 00:54:35,105 IN WHERE WE ARE SEEING 1761 00:54:35,105 --> 00:54:35,739 SIGNIFICANT DEFICITS FROM WHAT 1762 00:54:35,739 --> 00:54:39,142 THE MAYOR IS PROPOSING, WHICH IS 1763 00:54:39,142 --> 00:54:41,011 A POSSIBILITY, A SELF BALANCED 1764 00:54:41,011 --> 00:54:43,480 AMENDMENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE 1765 00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:43,747 REQUIRED. 1766 00:54:43,747 --> 00:54:45,081 -- THAT'S HELPFUL. AND THEN 1767 00:54:45,081 --> 00:54:46,383 REMIND ME JUST ONE MORE TIME. 1768 00:54:46,383 --> 00:54:48,485 THE DATE FOR THAT UPDATED 1769 00:54:48,485 --> 00:54:51,421 FORECAST. 1770 00:54:51,421 --> 00:54:54,891 -- THAT IS ON THE FRIDAY OF 1771 00:54:54,891 --> 00:54:56,593 OCTOBER. OCTOBER 16th. 1772 00:54:56,593 --> 00:54:57,927 -- OKAY, FANTASTIC. SO IT SOUNDS 1773 00:54:57,927 --> 00:55:00,096 LIKE IF WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO 1774 00:55:00,096 --> 00:55:01,665 DO SELF-BALANCING SHORTLY AFTER 1775 00:55:01,665 --> 00:55:03,300 THAT IS WHEN WE'LL WE'LL HEAR 1776 00:55:03,300 --> 00:55:05,835 THAT. IS THAT LOOK TO THE CHAIR 1777 00:55:05,835 --> 00:55:06,469 THROUGH YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1778 00:55:06,469 --> 00:55:08,938 IF THAT'S OKAY. 1779 00:55:08,938 --> 00:55:09,673 -- THANK YOU. 1780 00:55:09,673 --> 00:55:11,307 -- YES, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. 1781 00:55:11,307 --> 00:55:13,843 WELL DONE. WITH PARLIAMENTARY 1782 00:55:13,843 --> 00:55:17,681 PROCEDURE. AND I WILL SAY, I 1783 00:55:17,681 --> 00:55:20,183 THINK WE ADDED THIS CAVEAT 1784 00:55:20,183 --> 00:55:21,985 DURING THE MEMO DRAFTING PHASE 1785 00:55:21,985 --> 00:55:24,821 WHEN WE HAD BEFORE THE MOST 1786 00:55:24,821 --> 00:55:25,388 RECENT REVENUE FORECAST AND 1787 00:55:25,388 --> 00:55:27,057 BEFORE WE DID THE SUPPLEMENTAL 1788 00:55:27,057 --> 00:55:29,092 BUDGET WHERE WE HAD THIS 1789 00:55:29,092 --> 00:55:30,226 EXPERIENCE WHERE WE ASKED PEOPLE 1790 00:55:30,226 --> 00:55:32,862 TO FIND FUNDING SOURCES. WE'RE 1791 00:55:32,862 --> 00:55:35,432 STILL REVIEWING IF THAT WAS 1792 00:55:35,432 --> 00:55:37,434 HELPFUL OR UNHELPFUL. AND SO 1793 00:55:37,434 --> 00:55:38,968 I'M I APPRECIATE THIS AS A 1794 00:55:38,968 --> 00:55:40,070 PROVISION THIS YEAR. I'M NOT 1795 00:55:40,070 --> 00:55:43,740 SURE WE WILL UTILIZE IT. IT IS 1796 00:55:43,740 --> 00:55:46,409 SOMETHING THAT AS WE GO THROUGH 1797 00:55:46,409 --> 00:55:47,544 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION, THE FIRST 1798 00:55:47,544 --> 00:55:49,412 ROUND, THE FIRST AND SECOND 1799 00:55:49,412 --> 00:55:50,547 ROUND, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WE 1800 00:55:50,547 --> 00:55:51,715 CALL IT THESE DAYS. I'M STUCK IN 1801 00:55:51,715 --> 00:55:52,816 THE PAST IN THAT WAY. ONCE YOU 1802 00:55:52,816 --> 00:55:53,983 TELL ME WHAT IT'S CALLED, THEN 1803 00:55:53,983 --> 00:55:55,285 IT'S CALLED THAT FOR THE REST 1804 00:55:55,285 --> 00:55:57,153 OF MY LIFE. SO ONCE WE GO 1805 00:55:57,153 --> 00:55:59,089 THROUGH THE FIRST TWO STEPS, THE 1806 00:55:59,089 --> 00:56:01,157 DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTING AND THEN 1807 00:56:01,157 --> 00:56:02,258 CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTING, YOU 1808 00:56:02,258 --> 00:56:04,894 WILL ALSO WANT TO BE AWARE OF IF 1809 00:56:04,894 --> 00:56:07,097 WE DON'T HAVE A POSITIVE 1810 00:56:07,097 --> 00:56:08,898 REVENUE FORECAST IN OCTOBER, 1811 00:56:08,898 --> 00:56:10,066 WHAT ARE THOSE PLACES THAT YOU 1812 00:56:10,066 --> 00:56:12,502 WANT TO BE PULLING FROM? EVEN IF 1813 00:56:12,502 --> 00:56:14,504 YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BRING IT 1814 00:56:14,504 --> 00:56:17,040 TO SELF BALANCE YOUR AMENDMENT, 1815 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:17,640 IT IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE 1816 00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:19,476 SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT IN 1817 00:56:19,476 --> 00:56:20,744 ADVANCE. AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS 1818 00:56:20,744 --> 00:56:24,948 THAT WE FOUND WITH ASKING TO 1819 00:56:24,948 --> 00:56:25,582 SELF BALANCE IS EVERYONE CHOSE 1820 00:56:25,582 --> 00:56:27,517 THE SAME POT OF EASY MONEY, 1821 00:56:27,517 --> 00:56:30,053 RIGHT? AND THAT'S AND I 1822 00:56:30,053 --> 00:56:31,988 APPRECIATE THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO 1823 00:56:31,988 --> 00:56:32,856 MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT. SO 1824 00:56:32,856 --> 00:56:33,757 WE'RE STILL, WE'RE, WE'RE 1825 00:56:33,757 --> 00:56:35,458 GOING THROUGH IT. AND I 1826 00:56:35,458 --> 00:56:36,826 APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING, BEING 1827 00:56:36,826 --> 00:56:39,629 WILLING TO ENTERTAIN THIS AS AN 1828 00:56:39,629 --> 00:56:39,863 OPTION. 1829 00:56:39,863 --> 00:56:40,997 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 1830 00:56:40,997 --> 00:56:42,232 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, IF I'VE GOT 1831 00:56:42,232 --> 00:56:44,534 A FEW. OKAY. FANTASTIC. THAT'S 1832 00:56:44,534 --> 00:56:46,169 VERY HELPFUL. THE ONLY OTHER 1833 00:56:46,169 --> 00:56:47,470 QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK, I 1834 00:56:47,470 --> 00:56:48,037 HEARD YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, IF 1835 00:56:48,037 --> 00:56:49,205 THERE'S A DEPARTMENT THAT WE 1836 00:56:49,205 --> 00:56:50,607 FEEL PASSIONATE ABOUT PRESENTING 1837 00:56:50,607 --> 00:56:53,810 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THAT 1838 00:56:53,810 --> 00:56:55,745 INFORMATION WITH, WAS THAT WITH 1839 00:56:55,745 --> 00:56:56,579 CENTRAL STAFF OR WITH THE CHAIR? 1840 00:56:56,579 --> 00:56:58,148 -- I THINK THE CHAIR IS FIRMING 1841 00:56:58,148 --> 00:57:00,283 UP THE SCHEDULE. 1842 00:57:00,283 --> 00:57:01,851 -- FANTASTIC. AND I ASSUME 1843 00:57:01,851 --> 00:57:03,787 THERE'S SOME BEAR WITH ME AS MY 1844 00:57:03,787 --> 00:57:05,155 MY FIRST BUDGET RODEO CHAIR. DO. 1845 00:57:05,155 --> 00:57:07,557 DO WE HAVE A LIST OF WHO'S 1846 00:57:07,557 --> 00:57:08,024 ALREADY HERE ALREADY 1847 00:57:08,024 --> 00:57:08,792 ANTICIPATING, OR SHOULD WE JUST 1848 00:57:08,792 --> 00:57:12,061 SEND YOU OUR PRIORITIES. 1849 00:57:12,061 --> 00:57:13,863 -- ALREADY PARTICIPATING IN 1850 00:57:13,863 --> 00:57:15,431 DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS? 1851 00:57:15,431 --> 00:57:15,732 -- CORRECT. 1852 00:57:15,732 --> 00:57:16,332 -- WE HAVE A GENERAL LIST. I 1853 00:57:16,332 --> 00:57:17,634 THINK WE'RE FINALIZING IT RIGHT 1854 00:57:17,634 --> 00:57:18,635 NOW. IF THERE IS A DEPARTMENT 1855 00:57:18,635 --> 00:57:20,170 THAT YOU ARE HIGHLY INTERESTED 1856 00:57:20,170 --> 00:57:21,671 IN, PLEASE SEND IT OUR WAY. 1857 00:57:21,671 --> 00:57:23,940 THERE HAS, OVER THE LAST DECADE 1858 00:57:23,940 --> 00:57:26,509 PLUS BEEN A CORE GROUP OF 1859 00:57:26,509 --> 00:57:28,344 DEPARTMENTS THAT SEEM TO RECEIVE 1860 00:57:28,344 --> 00:57:30,146 MORE QUESTIONS THAN OTHERS. WHAT 1861 00:57:30,146 --> 00:57:31,447 WILL ALSO OCCUR LIKE LAST YEAR? 1862 00:57:31,447 --> 00:57:32,849 AND WE NEED TO RECONFIRM WITH 1863 00:57:32,849 --> 00:57:33,950 THE BUDGET DIRECTOR THAT WE DO 1864 00:57:33,950 --> 00:57:36,052 THIS AGAIN THIS YEAR. LAST YEAR, 1865 00:57:36,052 --> 00:57:37,387 FOR THE DEPARTMENTS THAT DID NOT 1866 00:57:37,387 --> 00:57:39,756 PRESENT, THEY STILL CREATED 1867 00:57:39,756 --> 00:57:41,391 POWERPOINTS FOR US TO REVIEW. 1868 00:57:41,391 --> 00:57:43,660 AND SO WHETHER THEY ARE IN 1869 00:57:43,660 --> 00:57:47,363 CHAMBERS ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS 1870 00:57:47,363 --> 00:57:50,066 OR PROVIDING US THE SAME 1871 00:57:50,066 --> 00:57:50,700 INFORMATION THROUGH POWERPOINTS, 1872 00:57:50,700 --> 00:57:52,101 IT'S A BALANCE BETWEEN IF WE 1873 00:57:52,101 --> 00:57:53,970 HAD EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT UP 1874 00:57:53,970 --> 00:57:56,072 HERE, WE WOULD BE HERE FOR TWO 1875 00:57:56,072 --> 00:57:57,874 MONTHS AND THEN THE BUDGET 1876 00:57:57,874 --> 00:57:59,242 WOULDN'T BE PASSED ON TIME. SO 1877 00:57:59,242 --> 00:58:00,710 WE'RE ALL KIND OF BALANCING 1878 00:58:00,710 --> 00:58:01,811 -- OKAY, I WON'T SEND YOU AN 1879 00:58:01,811 --> 00:58:04,214 EMAIL THAT SAYS ALL OF THEM. 1880 00:58:04,214 --> 00:58:04,481 -- OKAY. 1881 00:58:04,481 --> 00:58:05,949 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU, 1882 00:58:05,949 --> 00:58:06,516 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1883 00:58:06,516 --> 00:58:09,285 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1884 00:58:09,285 --> 00:58:09,853 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER LISH. 1885 00:58:09,853 --> 00:58:12,355 -- I'LL ADD THAT WE WILL BE 1886 00:58:12,355 --> 00:58:14,057 CREATING MEMOS FOR EVERY SINGLE 1887 00:58:14,057 --> 00:58:14,457 CITY DEPARTMENT. 1888 00:58:14,457 --> 00:58:15,625 -- YEAH, GREAT. 1889 00:58:15,625 --> 00:58:17,861 -- THANK YOU. LISH. 1890 00:58:17,861 --> 00:58:21,397 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1891 00:58:21,397 --> 00:58:22,031 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1892 00:58:22,031 --> 00:58:25,335 I'D LOVE TO ASK THE CHAIR IF. 1893 00:58:25,335 --> 00:58:25,702 -- ABSOLUTELY. 1894 00:58:25,702 --> 00:58:30,773 -- HE HAS STARTED TO MEET WITH 1895 00:58:30,773 --> 00:58:31,341 COUNCILMEMBERS ABOUT THEIR 1896 00:58:31,341 --> 00:58:32,008 BUDGET PRIORITIES. ONE QUESTION. 1897 00:58:32,008 --> 00:58:36,846 AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS 1898 00:58:36,846 --> 00:58:38,615 AROUND HOW DEPARTMENTS WILL BE 1899 00:58:38,615 --> 00:58:41,384 WILL GET SELECTED FOR 1900 00:58:41,384 --> 00:58:41,885 PRESENTATIONS AT BUDGET 1901 00:58:41,885 --> 00:58:43,519 MEETINGS. THANK YOU. 1902 00:58:43,519 --> 00:58:45,955 -- ANSWER THE SECOND QUESTION 1903 00:58:45,955 --> 00:58:47,290 FIRST ABOUT DEPARTMENTS, AND IT 1904 00:58:47,290 --> 00:58:48,892 IS BASED ON THE DEPARTMENTS THAT 1905 00:58:48,892 --> 00:58:49,993 HAVE PRESENTED OVER THE PAST 1906 00:58:49,993 --> 00:58:51,561 YEARS. IT'S A SIMILAR CORE GROUP 1907 00:58:51,561 --> 00:58:53,396 OF DEPARTMENTS. THERE'S NOT A 1908 00:58:53,396 --> 00:58:57,300 LOT OF CHANGE THERE AS FAR AS 1909 00:58:57,300 --> 00:58:58,401 MEETING I THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE 1910 00:58:58,401 --> 00:58:59,869 BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE PAST 1911 00:58:59,869 --> 00:59:01,738 YEARS WITH LABOR DAY A WEEK 1912 00:59:01,738 --> 00:59:02,939 LATER IN THE CALENDAR THAN 1913 00:59:02,939 --> 00:59:06,309 OTHERS. SO TYPICALLY 1914 00:59:06,309 --> 00:59:06,943 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WAS ASKING 1915 00:59:06,943 --> 00:59:08,811 LIKE, WHY DOES IT FEEL SO 1916 00:59:08,811 --> 00:59:10,446 INTENSE RIGHT NOW? AND IT FEELS 1917 00:59:10,446 --> 00:59:11,781 SO INTENSE BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE 1918 00:59:11,781 --> 00:59:15,919 FEWER WEEK BETWEEN RECESS AND 1919 00:59:15,919 --> 00:59:17,153 THE BUDGET STARTING. ALL THAT TO 1920 00:59:17,153 --> 00:59:18,421 SAY IS WE ARE FIGURING OUT IF 1921 00:59:18,421 --> 00:59:19,055 WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH YOU 1922 00:59:19,055 --> 00:59:20,857 THURSDAY, FRIDAY, MONDAY, 1923 00:59:20,857 --> 00:59:22,792 TUESDAY. I'M HAPPY WE'RE GOING 1924 00:59:22,792 --> 00:59:26,729 TO BE SETTING UP TWO 1925 00:59:26,729 --> 00:59:27,363 COUNCILMEMBER TO COUNCILMEMBER 1926 00:59:27,363 --> 00:59:29,432 MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 1927 00:59:29,432 --> 00:59:33,336 AND IF I'M UNAVAILABLE, YOU CAN 1928 00:59:33,336 --> 00:59:34,137 ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FOR AN 1929 00:59:34,137 --> 00:59:35,104 OFFICIAL MEETING, JUST GIVE ME A 1930 00:59:35,104 --> 00:59:37,273 CALL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 1931 00:59:37,273 --> 00:59:39,776 YOUR PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW, I 1932 00:59:39,776 --> 00:59:45,581 WON'T NEED UNTIL OCTOBER 20th. 1933 00:59:45,581 --> 00:59:47,150 SO. IT NEVER HURTS FOR ME TO 1934 00:59:47,150 --> 00:59:50,954 KNOW EARLIER. BUT FROM A 1935 00:59:50,954 --> 00:59:51,921 FUNCTIONAL PROCESS STANDPOINT, I 1936 00:59:51,921 --> 00:59:53,523 WON'T NEED THEM BEFORE OCTOBER 1937 00:59:53,523 --> 00:59:56,159 20th. BUT I DO NEED THEM BY 1938 00:59:56,159 --> 00:59:58,761 OCTOBER 20th. 1939 00:59:58,761 --> 00:59:59,295 -- THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL 1940 00:59:59,295 --> 01:00:01,564 PRESIDENT, ONE MORE QUESTION AND 1941 01:00:01,564 --> 01:00:04,300 THAT IS IS THERE ANYTHING YOU 1942 01:00:04,300 --> 01:00:06,436 CAN SHARE? MAYBE NOT HERE, BUT 1943 01:00:06,436 --> 01:00:07,704 INDIVIDUALLY WITH US ABOUT WHAT 1944 01:00:07,704 --> 01:00:09,806 YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT THE BUDGET 1945 01:00:09,806 --> 01:00:11,541 PROCESS? I MEAN, ABOUT THE 1946 01:00:11,541 --> 01:00:13,776 BUDGET ITSELF AND WHAT WE CAN 1947 01:00:13,776 --> 01:00:14,010 EXPECT? 1948 01:00:14,010 --> 01:00:16,379 -- YEAH, I MEAN, I, I HAVE SOME 1949 01:00:16,379 --> 01:00:19,048 INSIGHT. I'M WAITING FOR NEXT 1950 01:00:19,048 --> 01:00:20,750 WEEK, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, 1951 01:00:20,750 --> 01:00:25,188 TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EXACTLY WHERE 1952 01:00:25,188 --> 01:00:27,090 ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS 1953 01:00:27,090 --> 01:00:28,791 HAVE OCCURRED AND WHAT DISCRETE 1954 01:00:28,791 --> 01:00:29,392 ACTIONS HAVE OCCURRED WITHIN 1955 01:00:29,392 --> 01:00:30,893 DEPARTMENTS. SO I'M WAITING TO 1956 01:00:30,893 --> 01:00:32,762 DIG REALLY INTO THE DETAILS, BUT 1957 01:00:32,762 --> 01:00:33,863 HAPPY TO CHAT WITH YOU TOO. 1958 01:00:33,863 --> 01:00:34,464 -- THANK YOU. YEAH. 1959 01:00:34,464 --> 01:00:36,332 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1960 01:00:36,332 --> 01:00:38,101 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 1961 01:00:38,101 --> 01:00:38,735 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA COLLEAGUES, 1962 01:00:38,735 --> 01:00:39,502 ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS 1963 01:00:39,502 --> 01:00:41,738 REGARDING THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR 1964 01:00:41,738 --> 01:00:46,009 THE CHAIR OR CENTRAL STAFF? 1965 01:00:46,009 --> 01:00:48,578 AWESOME. OKAY. WELL, LOOKING 1966 01:00:48,578 --> 01:00:49,112 FORWARD TO COUNCILMEMBER 1967 01:00:49,112 --> 01:00:49,612 STRAUSS. 1968 01:00:49,612 --> 01:00:50,713 -- YEAH. ONE LAST THING. NOW 1969 01:00:50,713 --> 01:00:54,083 THAT WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF 1970 01:00:54,083 --> 01:00:54,684 DISCUSSION FOR COUNCILMEMBER 1971 01:00:54,684 --> 01:00:56,486 FOSTER AND LIN, I WILL SHARE 1972 01:00:56,486 --> 01:00:58,988 THAT WE HAVE A SIX YEAR LOOKBACK 1973 01:00:58,988 --> 01:00:59,889 DOCUMENT THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL. 1974 01:00:59,889 --> 01:01:01,991 AND I THINK WE SHOULD RESEND 1975 01:01:01,991 --> 01:01:03,693 THAT AROUND THIS YEAR. WE DID A 1976 01:01:03,693 --> 01:01:04,327 BETTER JOB OF HAVING IT 1977 01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:06,295 COMPLETED IN JANUARY OR 1978 01:01:06,295 --> 01:01:08,631 FEBRUARY. AND SO THAT LOOKED AT 1979 01:01:08,631 --> 01:01:11,934 LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, THAT SIX 1980 01:01:11,934 --> 01:01:14,470 YEAR LOOKBACK PLUS THE BUDGET 1981 01:01:14,470 --> 01:01:17,040 DOCUMENT THAT WE RECEIVE HELPS 1982 01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:17,607 NAVIGATE THROUGH WHERE HAVE 1983 01:01:17,607 --> 01:01:19,475 THINGS SHIFTED OVER LIKE SINCE 1984 01:01:19,475 --> 01:01:20,977 THE PANDEMIC, JUST BEFORE THE 1985 01:01:20,977 --> 01:01:22,345 PANDEMIC, AS COMPARED TO WHERE 1986 01:01:22,345 --> 01:01:25,915 WE ARE TODAY, AS WELL AS ONCE WE 1987 01:01:25,915 --> 01:01:29,385 ENTER BUDGET, THERE ARE 1988 01:01:29,385 --> 01:01:30,887 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS THAT 1989 01:01:30,887 --> 01:01:32,188 CHANGE WITH DEPARTMENTS. AND SO 1990 01:01:32,188 --> 01:01:33,756 IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT 1991 01:01:33,756 --> 01:01:37,860 BUDGET, IT DOES NEED TO BE 1992 01:01:37,860 --> 01:01:38,461 ROUTED THROUGH OUR SHAREPOINT 1993 01:01:38,461 --> 01:01:42,432 DOCUMENT THAT CENTRAL STAFF 1994 01:01:42,432 --> 01:01:43,066 MANAGES WITH CBO. THE REASON IS, 1995 01:01:43,066 --> 01:01:44,767 I BET YOU ALL NINE OF US HAVE 1996 01:01:44,767 --> 01:01:46,536 THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT ITEM 1997 01:01:46,536 --> 01:01:49,072 NUMBER TEN, RIGHT? AND SO IF WE 1998 01:01:49,072 --> 01:01:50,406 ALL ASK THE DEPARTMENT ABOUT 1999 01:01:50,406 --> 01:01:51,507 ITEM NUMBER TEN, THEY'RE STUCK 2000 01:01:51,507 --> 01:01:54,310 IN A FRENZY. IF WE ROUTE IT 2001 01:01:54,310 --> 01:01:56,345 THROUGH CENTRAL STAFF, WE'RE 2002 01:01:56,345 --> 01:01:58,181 ABLE TO GET BETTER CLARITY AND 2003 01:01:58,181 --> 01:01:59,415 OFFICIAL ANSWERS. AND SO I JUST 2004 01:01:59,415 --> 01:02:01,451 HIGHLIGHT THAT AS AN IMPORTANT 2005 01:02:01,451 --> 01:02:02,885 COMMUNICATION TOOL. THERE WILL 2006 01:02:02,885 --> 01:02:04,220 ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON 2007 01:02:04,220 --> 01:02:07,890 BUDGET. LAST YEAR, WE, WE, WE 2008 01:02:07,890 --> 01:02:09,025 ACTUALLY CAME OUT IN A BETTER 2009 01:02:09,025 --> 01:02:11,260 PLACE THAN WE EXPECTED TO. AND 2010 01:02:11,260 --> 01:02:13,596 IN PART THAT WAS DUE TO 2011 01:02:13,596 --> 01:02:14,230 PROGRESSIVE REVENUE THROUGH THE 2012 01:02:14,230 --> 01:02:16,766 B AND O CHANGES, THE B AND O TAX 2013 01:02:16,766 --> 01:02:19,268 CHANGES. AND AT THE BEGINNING OF 2014 01:02:19,268 --> 01:02:20,269 BUDGET I SAID, LOOK, WE REALLY 2015 01:02:20,269 --> 01:02:22,772 NEED TO FOCUS ON STATEMENTS OF 2016 01:02:22,772 --> 01:02:23,372 LEGISLATIVE INTENT BECAUSE I 2017 01:02:23,372 --> 01:02:25,108 DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR MONEY IS 2018 01:02:25,108 --> 01:02:26,576 GOING TO BE. TURNED OUT. WE WERE 2019 01:02:26,576 --> 01:02:29,612 OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE CAME OUT WITH 2020 01:02:29,612 --> 01:02:31,280 A CHAIR RINCK PACKAGE THAT WAS 2021 01:02:31,280 --> 01:02:34,117 REDUCED. THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. 2022 01:02:34,117 --> 01:02:36,352 BUT EVERYONE ALSO ADDED TEN 2023 01:02:36,352 --> 01:02:37,553 STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE 2024 01:02:37,553 --> 01:02:39,922 INTENT. SO MY ASK TO YOU ALL 2025 01:02:39,922 --> 01:02:44,327 THIS YEAR IS ONE OR THE OTHER. 2026 01:02:44,327 --> 01:02:46,996 PLEASE EITHER FUND PROGRAMS OR 2027 01:02:46,996 --> 01:02:48,331 ASK QUESTIONS, BUT PLEASE DON'T 2028 01:02:48,331 --> 01:02:51,734 DO BOTH. THANK YOU. 2029 01:02:51,734 --> 01:02:54,003 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2030 01:02:54,003 --> 01:02:54,937 STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. IS 2031 01:02:54,937 --> 01:02:56,139 THAT AN OLD HAND OR IT. 2032 01:02:56,139 --> 01:02:56,706 -- IS OLD HAND? 2033 01:02:56,706 --> 01:02:57,406 -- OKAY. NO WORRIES. NO, NO, NO. 2034 01:02:57,406 --> 01:02:58,407 YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD. I 2035 01:02:58,407 --> 01:03:01,177 KNOW YOU'RE GOOD AT THE FOLLOW 2036 01:03:01,177 --> 01:03:03,212 UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. 2037 01:03:03,212 --> 01:03:04,714 THANK YOU. LISH. THANK YOU 2038 01:03:04,714 --> 01:03:06,149 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR THAT 2039 01:03:06,149 --> 01:03:07,517 OVERVIEW. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, 2040 01:03:07,517 --> 01:03:09,452 FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. WE'RE GOING 2041 01:03:09,452 --> 01:03:10,386 TO KEEP PLUGGING ALONG HERE 2042 01:03:10,386 --> 01:03:12,321 TODAY. WE HAVE FOUR 2043 01:03:12,321 --> 01:03:13,256 PROCLAMATIONS FOR DISCUSSION AND 2044 01:03:13,256 --> 01:03:14,991 SIGNATURE. I WILL ASK EACH 2045 01:03:14,991 --> 01:03:16,459 COUNCILMEMBER TO INTRODUCE THE 2046 01:03:16,459 --> 01:03:17,693 PROCLAMATION. AND SO WE CAN SEEK 2047 01:03:17,693 --> 01:03:19,128 FINAL FEEDBACK BEFORE I REQUEST 2048 01:03:19,128 --> 01:03:20,730 A ROLL CALL. SO COUNCILMEMBERS 2049 01:03:20,730 --> 01:03:24,433 CAN FIX THEIR SIGNATURE TO EACH 2050 01:03:24,433 --> 01:03:25,001 PROCLAMATION. COUNCILMEMBER 2051 01:03:25,001 --> 01:03:26,369 FOSTER DECLARING SEPTEMBER 15th 2052 01:03:26,369 --> 01:03:27,904 TO BE CLEAN. AIR DAY FOR BLUE 2053 01:03:27,904 --> 01:03:29,806 SKIES. COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER 2054 01:03:29,806 --> 01:03:32,208 GIVE US BLUE SKIES. 2055 01:03:32,208 --> 01:03:34,377 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2056 01:03:34,377 --> 01:03:36,179 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I'M REALLY 2057 01:03:36,179 --> 01:03:37,313 EXCITED TO BRING FORWARD THIS 2058 01:03:37,313 --> 01:03:39,882 PROCLAMATION. EXCUSE ME, THIS 2059 01:03:39,882 --> 01:03:40,416 PROCLAMATION TO ESTABLISH 2060 01:03:40,416 --> 01:03:41,918 SEPTEMBER 15th AS CLEAN AIR FOR 2061 01:03:41,918 --> 01:03:43,886 BLUE SKIES DAY. AND I WANT TO 2062 01:03:43,886 --> 01:03:46,222 FIRST START OFF WITH THANKING 2063 01:03:46,222 --> 01:03:48,491 FORMER STATE REP VELMA VELORIA, 2064 01:03:48,491 --> 01:03:52,094 WHO, AS MANY FOLKS KNOW, IS A 2065 01:03:52,094 --> 01:03:52,562 LONGTIME ADVOCATE FOR 2066 01:03:52,562 --> 01:03:54,130 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALONGSIDE 2067 01:03:54,130 --> 01:03:56,933 THE KING COUNTY INTERNATIONAL 2068 01:03:56,933 --> 01:03:57,800 AIRPORT COMMUNITY COALITION. 2069 01:03:57,800 --> 01:03:58,968 THOSE FOLKS REACHED OUT TO MY 2070 01:03:58,968 --> 01:04:01,370 OFFICE TO HELP BRING MORE 2071 01:04:01,370 --> 01:04:02,004 ATTENTION TO AIR POLLUTION AND 2072 01:04:02,004 --> 01:04:04,006 OTHER AVIATION RELATED HEALTH 2073 01:04:04,006 --> 01:04:06,375 IMPACTS TO COMMUNITIES, 2074 01:04:06,375 --> 01:04:07,343 PARTICULARLY IN SOUTH SEATTLE. 2075 01:04:07,343 --> 01:04:09,078 AS WE ALL KNOW, GEORGETOWN AND 2076 01:04:09,078 --> 01:04:11,581 SOUTH PARK ALREADY EXPERIENCE 2077 01:04:11,581 --> 01:04:13,416 SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 2078 01:04:13,416 --> 01:04:13,883 DISPARITIES, AND THIS 2079 01:04:13,883 --> 01:04:16,686 PROCLAMATION REINFORCES 2080 01:04:16,686 --> 01:04:17,220 SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT TO 2081 01:04:17,220 --> 01:04:17,853 COLLABORATING, IMPROVING AIR 2082 01:04:17,853 --> 01:04:19,655 QUALITY, PUBLIC HEALTH AND 2083 01:04:19,655 --> 01:04:21,023 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR OUR 2084 01:04:21,023 --> 01:04:22,792 RESIDENTS. A COPY OF THE 2085 01:04:22,792 --> 01:04:23,426 RESOLUTION HAS BEEN CIRCULATED 2086 01:04:23,426 --> 01:04:25,561 TO ALL OF YOUR OFFICES, AND I 2087 01:04:25,561 --> 01:04:27,763 WILL JUST READ A BRIEF EXCERPT. 2088 01:04:27,763 --> 01:04:29,832 WHEREAS RESIDENTS OF SOUTH PARK 2089 01:04:29,832 --> 01:04:32,435 OF SEATTLE, SOUTH PARK AND 2090 01:04:32,435 --> 01:04:33,035 GEORGETOWN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE 2091 01:04:33,035 --> 01:04:35,004 HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED LIFE 2092 01:04:35,004 --> 01:04:35,571 EXPECTANCY APPROXIMATELY 13 2093 01:04:35,571 --> 01:04:37,240 YEARS SHORTER THAN RESIDENTS OF 2094 01:04:37,240 --> 01:04:39,175 SOME WEALTHIER SEATTLE 2095 01:04:39,175 --> 01:04:41,077 COMMUNITIES, REFLECTING 2096 01:04:41,077 --> 01:04:41,677 CUMULATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND 2097 01:04:41,677 --> 01:04:43,846 SOCIO ECONOMIC BURDENS THAT 2098 01:04:43,846 --> 01:04:45,014 INCLUDE AIR POLLUTION, LIMITED 2099 01:04:45,014 --> 01:04:47,283 ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE, PROXIMITY 2100 01:04:47,283 --> 01:04:50,152 TO INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. MAJOR, 2101 01:04:50,152 --> 01:04:52,255 MAJOR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS. 2102 01:04:52,255 --> 01:04:52,855 WHEREAS PROTECTING OUR SHARED 2103 01:04:52,855 --> 01:04:55,057 ATMOSPHERE REQUIRES SUSTAINED 2104 01:04:55,057 --> 01:04:56,692 PARTNERSHIP AMONG RESIDENTS, 2105 01:04:56,692 --> 01:04:57,326 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL 2106 01:04:57,326 --> 01:04:59,195 AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS, PUBLIC 2107 01:04:59,195 --> 01:05:01,631 AGENCIES, BUSINESSES AND 2108 01:05:01,631 --> 01:05:02,265 INSTITUTIONS, AND REQUIRES THE 2109 01:05:02,265 --> 01:05:04,066 VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE BORNE 2110 01:05:04,066 --> 01:05:05,534 THE GREATEST ENVIRONMENTAL 2111 01:05:05,534 --> 01:05:06,035 BURDENS, HELP SHARE THE 2112 01:05:06,035 --> 01:05:07,503 SOLUTIONS AND INVESTMENTS 2113 01:05:07,503 --> 01:05:08,537 INTENDED TO ADDRESS THEM. AND 2114 01:05:08,537 --> 01:05:10,907 WHEREAS, THE UNITED NATIONS 2115 01:05:10,907 --> 01:05:13,342 ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM RECOGNIZES 2116 01:05:13,342 --> 01:05:14,610 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF CLEAN AIR 2117 01:05:14,610 --> 01:05:16,345 FOR BLUE SKIES ANNUALLY IN 2118 01:05:16,345 --> 01:05:18,581 SEPTEMBER, CALLING ATTENTION TO 2119 01:05:18,581 --> 01:05:19,181 OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY TO 2120 01:05:19,181 --> 01:05:20,583 REDUCE AIR POLLUTION, PROTECT 2121 01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:22,084 HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFEGUARD OUR 2122 01:05:22,084 --> 01:05:24,186 PLANET. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR 2123 01:05:24,186 --> 01:05:26,088 YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS 2124 01:05:26,088 --> 01:05:26,422 PROCLAMATION. 2125 01:05:26,422 --> 01:05:27,123 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2126 01:05:27,123 --> 01:05:28,925 FOSTER. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS 2127 01:05:28,925 --> 01:05:32,595 REGARDING CLEAN AIR DAY FOR BLUE 2128 01:05:32,595 --> 01:05:35,231 SKIES? BEFORE I CALL THE ROLL 2129 01:05:35,231 --> 01:05:36,966 ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. WE WILL. CAN 2130 01:05:36,966 --> 01:05:39,902 WE? OH I'M SORRY, MY BAD. 2131 01:05:39,902 --> 01:05:40,336 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2132 01:05:40,336 --> 01:05:41,871 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I 2133 01:05:41,871 --> 01:05:43,139 APOLOGIZE. HAVING TECH ISSUES 2134 01:05:43,139 --> 01:05:45,708 WITH LOGGING ON, BUT I JUST WANT 2135 01:05:45,708 --> 01:05:47,176 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 2136 01:05:47,176 --> 01:05:48,878 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IN 2137 01:05:48,878 --> 01:05:49,945 ADDITION TO SOUTH PARK AND 2138 01:05:49,945 --> 01:05:51,881 GEORGETOWN, YOU KNOW, THEIR 2139 01:05:51,881 --> 01:05:54,016 SCHOOLS RIGHT ABOVE THE 2140 01:05:54,016 --> 01:05:56,052 INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THERE ON 2141 01:05:56,052 --> 01:05:58,688 BEACON HILL, MAPLE ELEMENTARY, 2142 01:05:58,688 --> 01:06:02,158 CLEVELAND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A 2143 01:06:02,158 --> 01:06:04,627 LITTLE BIT SHOCKING TO KNOW THAT 2144 01:06:04,627 --> 01:06:06,963 THERE'S STILL LEADED FUEL USED 2145 01:06:06,963 --> 01:06:09,932 IN THESE SMALL PLANES. AND IT'S 2146 01:06:09,932 --> 01:06:11,133 STILL A LITTLE UNCLEAR HOW BIG 2147 01:06:11,133 --> 01:06:15,438 OF AN IMPACT THAT IS IN TERMS OF 2148 01:06:15,438 --> 01:06:17,540 HOW MUCH THAT'S LANDING ON, YOU 2149 01:06:17,540 --> 01:06:20,676 KNOW, THE DIRT AND SOILS AND 2150 01:06:20,676 --> 01:06:22,445 PLAYGROUNDS NEAR THIS AIRPORT. 2151 01:06:22,445 --> 01:06:24,213 BUT CERTAINLY I THINK IT'S ABOUT 2152 01:06:24,213 --> 01:06:28,284 TIME TO TO, YOU KNOW, PUT AN END 2153 01:06:28,284 --> 01:06:29,819 TO LEADED FUEL. AND SO I 2154 01:06:29,819 --> 01:06:31,320 APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS 2155 01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:31,921 FORWARD. APPRECIATE CERTAINLY 2156 01:06:31,921 --> 01:06:35,658 ALL THE WORK OF FORMER REP VELMA 2157 01:06:35,658 --> 01:06:36,759 VELORIA AND THE AND THE WHOLE 2158 01:06:36,759 --> 01:06:38,127 COALITION THAT'S WORKING ON THIS 2159 01:06:38,127 --> 01:06:38,361 ISSUE. 2160 01:06:38,361 --> 01:06:39,261 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2161 01:06:39,261 --> 01:06:42,331 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. COUNCILMEMBER 2162 01:06:42,331 --> 01:06:42,531 SAKA. 2163 01:06:42,531 --> 01:06:43,566 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 2164 01:06:43,566 --> 01:06:46,168 PRESIDENT, I TOO, WANTED TO 2165 01:06:46,168 --> 01:06:46,802 THANK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR 2166 01:06:46,802 --> 01:06:48,704 BRINGING THIS FORWARD, BRINGING 2167 01:06:48,704 --> 01:06:51,107 AWARENESS TO THIS CRITICAL ISSUE 2168 01:06:51,107 --> 01:06:54,210 THAT IMPACTS TWO NEIGHBORHOODS, 2169 01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:56,112 TWO SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY 2170 01:06:56,112 --> 01:06:59,281 DISTRICT, SOUTH PARK AND 2171 01:06:59,281 --> 01:07:01,851 GEORGETOWN. SO VERY IMPORTANT 2172 01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:04,253 AND ALSO VERY IMPACTFUL. SO 2173 01:07:04,253 --> 01:07:04,653 THANK YOU AGAIN. 2174 01:07:04,653 --> 01:07:07,957 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2175 01:07:07,957 --> 01:07:09,492 ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? ALL 2176 01:07:09,492 --> 01:07:11,127 RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WILL THE 2177 01:07:11,127 --> 01:07:13,362 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE TO 2178 01:07:13,362 --> 01:07:13,996 DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS 2179 01:07:13,996 --> 01:07:15,798 WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURE TO 2180 01:07:15,798 --> 01:07:18,034 FIX THE PROCLAMATION? 2181 01:07:18,034 --> 01:07:18,501 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2182 01:07:18,501 --> 01:07:19,935 -- YES. 2183 01:07:19,935 --> 01:07:22,772 -- COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 2184 01:07:22,772 --> 01:07:23,773 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 2185 01:07:23,773 --> 01:07:26,642 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 2186 01:07:26,642 --> 01:07:27,143 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2187 01:07:27,143 --> 01:07:28,244 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 2188 01:07:28,244 --> 01:07:30,346 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 2189 01:07:30,346 --> 01:07:31,447 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 2190 01:07:31,447 --> 01:07:31,881 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2191 01:07:31,881 --> 01:07:32,581 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE 2192 01:07:32,581 --> 01:07:34,383 SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. 2193 01:07:34,383 --> 01:07:35,017 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. WE WILL 2194 01:07:35,017 --> 01:07:37,386 NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND 2195 01:07:37,386 --> 01:07:37,953 PROCLAMATION. COUNCILMEMBER 2196 01:07:37,953 --> 01:07:39,522 RINCK DECLARE SEPTEMBER 25th TO 2197 01:07:39,522 --> 01:07:41,724 BE DOLLY PARTON DAY 2198 01:07:41,724 --> 01:07:43,726 COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK. 2199 01:07:43,726 --> 01:07:44,360 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2200 01:07:44,360 --> 01:07:46,729 IT IS TRULY BITTERSWEET TO BRING 2201 01:07:46,729 --> 01:07:48,731 THIS PROCLAMATION FORWARD TODAY, 2202 01:07:48,731 --> 01:07:50,800 HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF 2203 01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:53,469 THE ONE AND ONLY DOLLY PARTON. 2204 01:07:53,469 --> 01:07:54,970 ON AUGUST 25th, WHILE COUNCIL 2205 01:07:54,970 --> 01:07:56,539 WAS ON RECESS, OUR NATION LOST A 2206 01:07:56,539 --> 01:07:58,441 TRUE ICON WITH DOLLY PARTON'S 2207 01:07:58,441 --> 01:07:59,775 PASSING FOLLOWING A BRIEF BATTLE 2208 01:07:59,775 --> 01:08:02,411 WITH CANCER. NOW I WAS IN THE UK 2209 01:08:02,411 --> 01:08:03,846 WHEN THE NEWS BROKE, AND EVEN ON 2210 01:08:03,846 --> 01:08:05,414 THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, THE 2211 01:08:05,414 --> 01:08:08,417 SHOPS CAFES WERE FILLED WITH HER 2212 01:08:08,417 --> 01:08:10,686 MUSIC, CELEBRATING HER LIFE. 2213 01:08:10,686 --> 01:08:12,021 DOLLY PARTON WAS MANY THINGS A 2214 01:08:12,021 --> 01:08:14,123 DIVA, A QUEER ICON, A SINGER 2215 01:08:14,123 --> 01:08:15,758 SONGWRITER BUT ALSO A 2216 01:08:15,758 --> 01:08:18,227 PHILANTHROPIST, AND HER 2217 01:08:18,227 --> 01:08:18,861 CHILDREN'S LITERACY ADVOCACY 2218 01:08:18,861 --> 01:08:20,629 WITH THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY 2219 01:08:20,629 --> 01:08:22,631 MAILING FREE, HIGH QUALITY BOOKS 2220 01:08:22,631 --> 01:08:24,166 EACH MONTH TO KIDS FROM BIRTH TO 2221 01:08:24,166 --> 01:08:27,670 AGE FIVE IS SOMETHING I WILL 2222 01:08:27,670 --> 01:08:29,972 REMEMBER THE MOST. THE 2223 01:08:29,972 --> 01:08:30,573 IMAGINATION LIBRARY EXPANDED 2224 01:08:30,573 --> 01:08:32,408 INTO WASHINGTON STATE IN 2022. 2225 01:08:32,408 --> 01:08:36,512 IT CURRENTLY HAS OVER 85,000 2226 01:08:36,512 --> 01:08:37,046 CHILDREN ENROLLED AND HAS 2227 01:08:37,046 --> 01:08:39,748 DISTRIBUTED NEARLY 4.5 MILLION 2228 01:08:39,748 --> 01:08:41,517 BOOKS STATEWIDE. AND THAT'S JUST 2229 01:08:41,517 --> 01:08:43,052 IN WASHINGTON. SO THIS 2230 01:08:43,052 --> 01:08:47,156 PROCLAMATION WILL BE PRESENTED 2231 01:08:47,156 --> 01:08:47,723 IN COMMUNITY NEXT WEEK AT A 2232 01:08:47,723 --> 01:08:49,225 FAMILY STORYTIME EVENT IN 2233 01:08:49,225 --> 01:08:49,859 PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC 2234 01:08:49,859 --> 01:08:52,094 LIBRARIES AND THE IMAGINATION 2235 01:08:52,094 --> 01:08:54,163 IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF 2236 01:08:54,163 --> 01:08:56,765 WASHINGTON. ADDITIONALLY, NEXT 2237 01:08:56,765 --> 01:08:59,068 WEEK, SEPTEMBER 25th OR 925, IT 2238 01:08:59,068 --> 01:09:01,604 IS BEING ENCOURAGED THAT 2239 01:09:01,604 --> 01:09:02,905 COMMUNITIES ALL OVER CELEBRATE 2240 01:09:02,905 --> 01:09:03,606 DOLLY'S LIFE AND LOCALLY THAT 2241 01:09:03,606 --> 01:09:04,573 DAY. I WILL NOTE THAT SEATTLE 2242 01:09:04,573 --> 01:09:06,876 PARKS AND RECREATION IS HOSTING 2243 01:09:06,876 --> 01:09:08,878 A SILENT DISCO, FOLLOWED BY A 2244 01:09:08,878 --> 01:09:11,747 SCREENING OF DOLLY'S 9 TO 5 2245 01:09:11,747 --> 01:09:13,816 FILM AT DENNY PARK. SEATTLE WILL 2246 01:09:13,816 --> 01:09:15,317 ALWAYS LOVE AND MISS DOLLY AND 2247 01:09:15,317 --> 01:09:16,452 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 2248 01:09:16,452 --> 01:09:17,586 SIGNATURES. THANK YOU. 2249 01:09:17,586 --> 01:09:18,687 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2250 01:09:18,687 --> 01:09:21,123 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ARE THERE 2251 01:09:21,123 --> 01:09:21,757 ANY OTHER COLLEAGUES THAT HAVE 2252 01:09:21,757 --> 01:09:24,026 ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 2253 01:09:24,026 --> 01:09:26,028 DOLLY PARTON PROCLAMATION? I 2254 01:09:26,028 --> 01:09:27,229 LOVE IT, THANK YOU, 2255 01:09:27,229 --> 01:09:27,863 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR YOUR 2256 01:09:27,863 --> 01:09:29,565 LEADERSHIP ON THIS. LOOKING 2257 01:09:29,565 --> 01:09:30,633 FORWARD TO SIGNING ON. PROBABLY 2258 01:09:30,633 --> 01:09:32,001 THE COOLEST THING THAT I READ, 2259 01:09:32,001 --> 01:09:33,636 OBVIOUSLY HER PHILANTHROPY, BUT 2260 01:09:33,636 --> 01:09:37,239 SHE EMPLOYED THOUSANDS OF 2261 01:09:37,239 --> 01:09:37,806 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IN DOLLY 2262 01:09:37,806 --> 01:09:39,808 PARTON LAND AND ALL THE GOOD 2263 01:09:39,808 --> 01:09:40,543 AMUSEMENT PARKS. SO THAT WAS 2264 01:09:40,543 --> 01:09:43,312 LIKE REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSIVE. 2265 01:09:43,312 --> 01:09:45,180 THE, THE BUSINESS DEALING OF 2266 01:09:45,180 --> 01:09:47,283 DOLLY PARTON AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. 2267 01:09:47,283 --> 01:09:48,984 WE'LL THE CLERK, PLEASE CALL 2268 01:09:48,984 --> 01:09:50,586 THE ROLL ON WHO WOULD LIKE THEIR 2269 01:09:50,586 --> 01:09:52,054 SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE DOLLY 2270 01:09:52,054 --> 01:09:55,157 PARTON DAY PROCLAMATION. 2271 01:09:55,157 --> 01:09:56,425 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 2272 01:09:56,425 --> 01:09:57,826 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 2273 01:09:57,826 --> 01:10:00,863 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 2274 01:10:00,863 --> 01:10:04,099 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 2275 01:10:04,099 --> 01:10:04,600 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2276 01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:04,833 -- AYE. 2277 01:10:04,833 --> 01:10:06,735 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 2278 01:10:06,735 --> 01:10:06,969 FOSTER. 2279 01:10:06,969 --> 01:10:09,238 -- YES. 2280 01:10:09,238 --> 01:10:10,906 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 2281 01:10:10,906 --> 01:10:11,540 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE I COUNCIL 2282 01:10:11,540 --> 01:10:12,374 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. 2283 01:10:12,374 --> 01:10:13,876 NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. 2284 01:10:13,876 --> 01:10:15,811 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW 2285 01:10:15,811 --> 01:10:17,112 GOING TO GO TO OUR THIRD 2286 01:10:17,112 --> 01:10:20,015 PROCLAMATION. COUNCILMEMBER 2287 01:10:20,015 --> 01:10:20,616 RIVERA IS DECLARING SEPTEMBER 2288 01:10:20,616 --> 01:10:23,118 10th THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19th AS 2289 01:10:23,118 --> 01:10:25,454 WELCOME WELCOMING WEEK IN 2290 01:10:25,454 --> 01:10:27,089 SEATTLE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2291 01:10:27,089 --> 01:10:27,423 -- THANK YOU. 2292 01:10:27,423 --> 01:10:29,291 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES, 2293 01:10:29,291 --> 01:10:32,161 I'M REQUESTING YOUR SIGNATURE ON 2294 01:10:32,161 --> 01:10:32,695 PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING 2295 01:10:32,695 --> 01:10:34,296 SEPTEMBER 10th THROUGH THE 19th 2296 01:10:34,296 --> 01:10:38,133 AS WELCOMING WEEK WELCOMING WEEK 2297 01:10:38,133 --> 01:10:39,768 IS ONE THAT IS BEING RECOGNIZED 2298 01:10:39,768 --> 01:10:43,539 BY A NUMBER OF CITIES ACROSS THE 2299 01:10:43,539 --> 01:10:46,041 COUNTRY. BY RECOGNIZING 2300 01:10:46,041 --> 01:10:47,910 WELCOMING WEEK. SEATTLE'S 2301 01:10:47,910 --> 01:10:49,845 JOINING 49 OTHER CITIES ACROSS 2302 01:10:49,845 --> 01:10:52,247 THE U.S. IN EXPRESSING A DEEP 2303 01:10:52,247 --> 01:10:54,283 SOLIDARITY WITH IMMIGRANTS FROM 2304 01:10:54,283 --> 01:10:56,852 ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD. 2305 01:10:56,852 --> 01:10:57,386 WELCOMING WEEK ENCOURAGES 2306 01:10:57,386 --> 01:10:59,154 ORGANIZATIONS, CITIES AND 2307 01:10:59,154 --> 01:11:01,523 LOCALITIES TO SHOWCASE THEIR 2308 01:11:01,523 --> 01:11:02,057 VALUES THROUGH EVENTS AND 2309 01:11:02,057 --> 01:11:04,326 INITIATIVES THAT FOSTER 2310 01:11:04,326 --> 01:11:06,795 CONNECTIONS AND COLLABORATION 2311 01:11:06,795 --> 01:11:07,296 BETWEEN IMMIGRANTS AND 2312 01:11:07,296 --> 01:11:09,198 NON-IMMIGRANTS, AS WELL AS 2313 01:11:09,198 --> 01:11:11,667 BELONGING FOR ALL. THERE'S MORE 2314 01:11:11,667 --> 01:11:12,234 IN THIS PROCLAMATION, BUT I 2315 01:11:12,234 --> 01:11:13,602 THINK YOU ALL KNOW, COLLEAGUES, 2316 01:11:13,602 --> 01:11:17,039 THAT WE IN SEATTLE SUPPORT OUR 2317 01:11:17,039 --> 01:11:20,809 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHOLLY, 2318 01:11:20,809 --> 01:11:22,645 AND WE ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD 2319 01:11:22,645 --> 01:11:24,780 SO THAT WE CAN JOIN OUR VOICES 2320 01:11:24,780 --> 01:11:26,148 WITH THOSE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE 2321 01:11:26,148 --> 01:11:29,051 ALSO DECLARING THIS AS WHO'S 2322 01:11:29,051 --> 01:11:31,020 10th THROUGH THE 19th AS 2323 01:11:31,020 --> 01:11:32,788 WELCOMING WEEK. THIS 2324 01:11:32,788 --> 01:11:34,990 PROCLAMATION, COLLEAGUES, WILL 2325 01:11:34,990 --> 01:11:36,892 BE PRESENTED AT A CITIZENSHIP 2326 01:11:36,892 --> 01:11:37,559 DAY CLINIC HOSTED BY ONE AMERICA 2327 01:11:37,559 --> 01:11:41,563 ON SEPTEMBER 19th. THE CLINICS 2328 01:11:41,563 --> 01:11:43,032 ARE HELD TO SUPPORT FOLKS WHO 2329 01:11:43,032 --> 01:11:44,933 ARE TAKING THE NEXT STEPS TO 2330 01:11:44,933 --> 01:11:47,202 BECOME CITIZENS. THEY OFFER FREE 2331 01:11:47,202 --> 01:11:48,704 LEGAL HELP TO ENSURE FOLKS ARE 2332 01:11:48,704 --> 01:11:50,839 FILLING OUT FORMS CORRECTLY AND 2333 01:11:50,839 --> 01:11:53,342 PROVIDE HELP PREPARING FOR 2334 01:11:53,342 --> 01:11:54,843 CITIZENSHIP INTERVIEWS, APPLYING 2335 01:11:54,843 --> 01:11:56,111 TO BECOME A U.S. CITIZEN. AS YOU 2336 01:11:56,111 --> 01:11:59,481 ALL CAN IMAGINE, IS A VERY BIG 2337 01:11:59,481 --> 01:12:01,216 DEAL. THE. THIS EVENT, WHERE 2338 01:12:01,216 --> 01:12:03,285 IMMIGRANTS WILL GET THEIR 2339 01:12:03,285 --> 01:12:05,320 CITIZENSHIP IS SUCH A MOVING AND 2340 01:12:05,320 --> 01:12:08,457 JOYFUL EXPERIENCE. IF YOU HAVE 2341 01:12:08,457 --> 01:12:10,159 NOT EVER ATTENDED ONE, I WOULD 2342 01:12:10,159 --> 01:12:13,595 ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO. IT 2343 01:12:13,595 --> 01:12:15,097 REALLY IS AN AMAZING EVENT AND I 2344 01:12:15,097 --> 01:12:16,398 ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. HAPPY TO 2345 01:12:16,398 --> 01:12:18,067 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 2346 01:12:18,067 --> 01:12:19,501 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2347 01:12:19,501 --> 01:12:20,903 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR YOUR 2348 01:12:20,903 --> 01:12:22,337 LEADERSHIP ON THIS. VERY HAPPY 2349 01:12:22,337 --> 01:12:25,341 TO SIGN. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 2350 01:12:25,341 --> 01:12:26,542 COMMENTS REGARDING THE 2351 01:12:26,542 --> 01:12:27,776 PROCLAMATION BEFORE US AS 2352 01:12:27,776 --> 01:12:31,013 WELCOMING WEEK, SEPTEMBER 10th 2353 01:12:31,013 --> 01:12:31,647 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19th? SEEING 2354 01:12:31,647 --> 01:12:32,347 NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2355 01:12:32,347 --> 01:12:33,949 THE ROLL? WHO WOULD LIKE THEIR 2356 01:12:33,949 --> 01:12:35,184 SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE 2357 01:12:35,184 --> 01:12:38,120 PROCLAMATION? 2358 01:12:38,120 --> 01:12:38,654 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN YES. 2359 01:12:38,654 --> 01:12:40,055 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 2360 01:12:40,055 --> 01:12:42,925 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I 2361 01:12:42,925 --> 01:12:45,794 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 2362 01:12:45,794 --> 01:12:46,295 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I 2363 01:12:46,295 --> 01:12:48,597 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 2364 01:12:48,597 --> 01:12:49,865 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ I 2365 01:12:49,865 --> 01:12:50,499 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE I COUNCIL 2366 01:12:50,499 --> 01:12:51,433 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH YES. 2367 01:12:51,433 --> 01:12:52,935 NINE SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. 2368 01:12:52,935 --> 01:12:55,070 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. AND THEN 2369 01:12:55,070 --> 01:12:57,873 LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COLLEAGUES, 2370 01:12:57,873 --> 01:13:00,042 I WANT TO REVISIT OUR OUR 2371 01:13:00,042 --> 01:13:02,578 PROCLAMATION. WE DECLARED AUGUST 2372 01:13:02,578 --> 01:13:05,047 18th TO BE A LIN RUTH DAY AND 2373 01:13:05,047 --> 01:13:07,049 SEVERAL COUNCILMEMBERS WERE 2374 01:13:07,049 --> 01:13:08,517 EXCUSED FROM THE AUGUST 18th 2375 01:13:08,517 --> 01:13:10,486 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WERE 2376 01:13:10,486 --> 01:13:12,054 UNABLE TO SIGN THE PROCLAMATION. 2377 01:13:12,054 --> 01:13:13,889 MISS LIN HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY 2378 01:13:13,889 --> 01:13:16,658 FOR 50 YEARS. LAST YEAR WAS HER 2379 01:13:16,658 --> 01:13:18,427 50th YEAR WORKING HERE. SHE'S 2380 01:13:18,427 --> 01:13:20,162 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 2381 01:13:20,162 --> 01:13:21,096 NEIGHBORHOODS AND JUST WANTED TO 2382 01:13:21,096 --> 01:13:22,264 GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE 2383 01:13:22,264 --> 01:13:25,534 HAD A GREAT HONORING WITH HER ON 2384 01:13:25,534 --> 01:13:27,936 THE 18th, CELEBRATED WITH A LOT 2385 01:13:27,936 --> 01:13:30,105 OF MOSTLY ALL THE DEPARTMENT OF 2386 01:13:30,105 --> 01:13:30,706 NEIGHBORHOOD STAFF AND HAD A 2387 01:13:30,706 --> 01:13:32,841 PARTY AS WELL. AND SO JUST 2388 01:13:32,841 --> 01:13:33,375 WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE THE 2389 01:13:33,375 --> 01:13:34,176 OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SIGN 2390 01:13:34,176 --> 01:13:37,179 ON, ON THAT AS WE GIVE A LIN HER 2391 01:13:37,179 --> 01:13:38,981 MISS AYE LIN EXCUSE ME, HER 2392 01:13:38,981 --> 01:13:41,683 PROCLAMATION. SO IF THERE'S NO 2393 01:13:41,683 --> 01:13:43,919 OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS REAL 2394 01:13:43,919 --> 01:13:45,320 QUICK, JUST KIND OF A 2395 01:13:45,320 --> 01:13:46,755 TECHNICALITY. WILL THE CLERK 2396 01:13:46,755 --> 01:13:47,356 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON WHO 2397 01:13:47,356 --> 01:13:48,957 WOULD LIKE TO FIX THEIR 2398 01:13:48,957 --> 01:13:51,627 SIGNATURE 2399 01:13:51,627 --> 01:13:52,628 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 2400 01:13:52,628 --> 01:13:54,196 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 2401 01:13:54,196 --> 01:13:54,430 -- YES. 2402 01:13:54,430 --> 01:13:57,266 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2403 01:13:57,266 --> 01:13:57,499 -- AYE. 2404 01:13:57,499 --> 01:13:58,000 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2405 01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:00,669 -- AYE. 2406 01:14:00,669 --> 01:14:01,203 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2407 01:14:01,203 --> 01:14:01,937 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2408 01:14:01,937 --> 01:14:02,171 -- YES. 2409 01:14:02,171 --> 01:14:04,006 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AYE. 2410 01:14:04,006 --> 01:14:05,007 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 2411 01:14:05,007 --> 01:14:06,341 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2412 01:14:06,341 --> 01:14:06,875 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. NINE 2413 01:14:06,875 --> 01:14:07,643 SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. 2414 01:14:07,643 --> 01:14:10,612 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2415 01:14:10,612 --> 01:14:12,147 SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN. COLLEAGUES 2416 01:14:12,147 --> 01:14:13,148 WERE MOVING THROUGH IT. AND WE 2417 01:14:13,148 --> 01:14:14,817 ALSO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. 2418 01:14:14,817 --> 01:14:18,487 SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO 2419 01:14:18,487 --> 01:14:19,822 OUR FINAL ITEM ON THE AGENDA, 2420 01:14:19,822 --> 01:14:22,191 WHICH WILL BE OUR DISCUSSION OF 2421 01:14:22,191 --> 01:14:25,527 CITY COUNCIL ACTIONS AND COUNCIL 2422 01:14:25,527 --> 01:14:26,428 AND REGIONAL COMMITTEES. IN 2423 01:14:26,428 --> 01:14:27,996 ORDER TO DISCUSSION, WE'LL START 2424 01:14:27,996 --> 01:14:28,564 WITH MEMBERS SITTING ON MY 2425 01:14:28,564 --> 01:14:30,499 RIGHT, AND WE'LL JUST MOVE 2426 01:14:30,499 --> 01:14:32,334 DOWN. COLLEAGUES, WE DO HAVE AN 2427 01:14:32,334 --> 01:14:34,169 EXECUTIVE SESSION TODAY. AND SO 2428 01:14:34,169 --> 01:14:35,304 JUST ASKING THAT WE ARE YOU ALL 2429 01:14:35,304 --> 01:14:36,872 CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. 2430 01:14:36,872 --> 01:14:38,574 YOU'RE ALL YOU'RE ELECTED. BUT 2431 01:14:38,574 --> 01:14:40,409 JUST SAYING IT WOULD BE NICE IF 2432 01:14:40,409 --> 01:14:43,846 WE HEARD WHAT WAS JUST IN YOUR 2433 01:14:43,846 --> 01:14:44,446 COMMITTEE. OKAY. AND WHATEVER 2434 01:14:44,446 --> 01:14:45,013 ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2435 01:14:45,013 --> 01:14:46,148 SHARE WITH THE GROUP, WHAT YOU 2436 01:14:46,148 --> 01:14:46,982 ATE FOR LUNCH, WHAT YOU DID ON 2437 01:14:46,982 --> 01:14:49,418 THE WEEKEND. OKAY, WHO WON THE 2438 01:14:49,418 --> 01:14:51,520 BASKETBALL GAME? WHATEVER. BUT 2439 01:14:51,520 --> 01:14:53,322 JUST IF WE COULD KEEP OUR 2440 01:14:53,322 --> 01:14:56,725 COMMENTS LIMITED. THANK YOU. 2441 01:14:56,725 --> 01:14:57,359 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU'RE 2442 01:14:57,359 --> 01:14:59,494 FIRST. YOU'RE GOING TO START US 2443 01:14:59,494 --> 01:15:02,064 OFF. PLEASE SET THE TONE 2444 01:15:02,064 --> 01:15:05,267 -- WELL, I WAS JUST SAYING USA, 2445 01:15:05,267 --> 01:15:07,202 USA AFTER THE UNITED STATES BEAT 2446 01:15:07,202 --> 01:15:10,372 FRANCE IN THE FIBA WOMEN'S 2447 01:15:10,372 --> 01:15:13,675 BASKETBALL WORLD CUP. SO 2448 01:15:13,675 --> 01:15:14,243 STARTING WITH THAT COUNCIL 2449 01:15:14,243 --> 01:15:16,078 PRESIDENT, I WILL JUST NOTE 2450 01:15:16,078 --> 01:15:20,415 QUICKLY I HAVE TWO PUBLIC SAFETY 2451 01:15:20,415 --> 01:15:21,583 COMMITTEE MEETINGS COMING UP 2452 01:15:21,583 --> 01:15:23,018 TOMORROW, WHICH WILL BE FOCUSED 2453 01:15:23,018 --> 01:15:25,787 ON THE RV LEGISLATION WITH OUR 2454 01:15:25,787 --> 01:15:27,389 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2455 01:15:27,389 --> 01:15:28,991 AND THEN ON THE 22nd, WHICH IS 2456 01:15:28,991 --> 01:15:32,661 PRIMARILY GOING TO BE A A BIT OF 2457 01:15:32,661 --> 01:15:33,228 SEATTLE AFTER ACTION REPORT 2458 01:15:33,228 --> 01:15:36,198 CENTERED PRIMARILY ON THE 2459 01:15:36,198 --> 01:15:38,467 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND 2460 01:15:38,467 --> 01:15:41,336 LOOKING TO LOOK AT THAT 2461 01:15:41,336 --> 01:15:42,971 HOLISTICALLY, WE. SO THAT'S 2462 01:15:42,971 --> 01:15:44,106 GOING TO BE THE SECOND ONE. AND. 2463 01:15:44,106 --> 01:15:45,641 AND THAT WILL ALSO HAVE AN RV 2464 01:15:45,641 --> 01:15:48,610 PIECE TO IT, TOO. JUST QUICKLY 2465 01:15:48,610 --> 01:15:51,113 THIS MORNING, PARTNERSHIP FOR 2466 01:15:51,113 --> 01:15:51,747 COMPREHENSIVE COMPETITIVE PUGET 2467 01:15:51,747 --> 01:15:53,615 SOUND WAS AT THAT EVENT. SO MUCH 2468 01:15:53,615 --> 01:15:56,652 WORK WE NEED TO DO AND JUST 2469 01:15:56,652 --> 01:15:58,086 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT BECAUSE 2470 01:15:58,086 --> 01:15:59,054 AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED 2471 01:15:59,054 --> 01:16:01,056 TO MOVE FORWARD AS A CITY. AND 2472 01:16:01,056 --> 01:16:01,990 YOU KNOW WHAT? I LOOK AT 2473 01:16:01,990 --> 01:16:03,625 EVERYTHING ELSE ON MY LIST AND I 2474 01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:10,198 WILL JUST SAY. JUST FROM LAST 2475 01:16:10,198 --> 01:16:12,834 WEEK, I HAD A GOOD MEETING WITH 2476 01:16:12,834 --> 01:16:13,468 CITY ATTORNEY EVANS WORKING THE 2477 01:16:13,468 --> 01:16:14,503 ISSUES RELATED TO A FUNCTIONAL 2478 01:16:14,503 --> 01:16:15,570 CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, WHICH 2479 01:16:15,570 --> 01:16:16,905 LEADS TO MY MEETING ON WEDNESDAY 2480 01:16:16,905 --> 01:16:18,840 THAT I HAD WITH THE MAYOR, 2481 01:16:18,840 --> 01:16:20,475 DEPUTY MAYOR, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 2482 01:16:20,475 --> 01:16:21,743 SAFETY, CITY ATTORNEY EVANS, HER 2483 01:16:21,743 --> 01:16:23,312 CRIMINAL CHIEF GENERAL ROBERTS, 2484 01:16:23,312 --> 01:16:25,581 THREE MEMBERS OF THE KING COUNTY 2485 01:16:25,581 --> 01:16:28,984 PROSECUTING TEAM CHIEFS SALES 2486 01:16:28,984 --> 01:16:31,186 AND CAPTAIN GARTH GREEN TALKING 2487 01:16:31,186 --> 01:16:33,355 ABOUT THE BELLTOWN LABOR DAY 2488 01:16:33,355 --> 01:16:37,492 WEEKEND SHOOTINGS. WE HAVE TO DO 2489 01:16:37,492 --> 01:16:39,061 MORE, AND WE NEED TO PRESS ON 2490 01:16:39,061 --> 01:16:40,228 THIS TOPIC FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR 2491 01:16:40,228 --> 01:16:42,564 ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST FOR 2492 01:16:42,564 --> 01:16:43,732 BELLTOWN, BUT WE HAVE TO MOVE 2493 01:16:43,732 --> 01:16:46,468 FORWARD ON GUN VIOLENCE AND AND 2494 01:16:46,468 --> 01:16:47,636 THIS WILL BE SOME OF THE WORK 2495 01:16:47,636 --> 01:16:49,471 THAT WE DO IN COMMITTEE. AND 2496 01:16:49,471 --> 01:16:52,774 I'LL JUST STOP THERE. 2497 01:16:52,774 --> 01:16:53,775 -- I'M PROUD OF YOU. 2498 01:16:53,775 --> 01:16:54,943 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THANK YOU 2499 01:16:54,943 --> 01:16:57,813 FOR THAT, COUNCILMAN. PARDON ME. 2500 01:16:57,813 --> 01:16:59,147 TWO MINUTES I GOT. OH, WE GOT A 2501 01:16:59,147 --> 01:17:02,250 TIMER DOWN HERE. COUNCILMEMBER 2502 01:17:02,250 --> 01:17:02,484 RINCK. 2503 01:17:02,484 --> 01:17:04,586 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2504 01:17:04,586 --> 01:17:05,687 LAST WEEK, THE HUMAN SERVICES, 2505 01:17:05,687 --> 01:17:07,589 LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 2506 01:17:07,589 --> 01:17:10,425 COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY ON 2507 01:17:10,425 --> 01:17:11,460 THE FAIR PRICING LEGISLATION. 2508 01:17:11,460 --> 01:17:12,661 AND THAT BILL IS HEADED TO FULL 2509 01:17:12,661 --> 01:17:14,529 COUNCIL. NOT TOMORROW, BUT NEXT 2510 01:17:14,529 --> 01:17:16,498 TUESDAY. WE HAVE OUR FINAL PRE 2511 01:17:16,498 --> 01:17:18,467 BUDGET HUMAN SERVICES, LABOR AND 2512 01:17:18,467 --> 01:17:20,469 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE 2513 01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:22,404 MEETING THIS FRIDAY ON THE 18th. 2514 01:17:22,404 --> 01:17:24,573 AND WE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING 2515 01:17:24,573 --> 01:17:25,340 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. AND WE DO 2516 01:17:25,340 --> 01:17:26,942 EXPECT COMMITTEE TO RUN A BIT 2517 01:17:26,942 --> 01:17:28,577 LONG. WE WILL HAVE OUR 2518 01:17:28,577 --> 01:17:31,146 COMMERCIAL LEASE TRANSPARENCY 2519 01:17:31,146 --> 01:17:32,581 ORDINANCE WITH ANY DISCUSSION ON 2520 01:17:32,581 --> 01:17:33,482 AMENDMENTS AND POSSIBLE VOTES. 2521 01:17:33,482 --> 01:17:38,687 WE HAVE FOUR PIECES OF S, 2522 01:17:38,687 --> 01:17:39,287 LEGISLATION, INCLUDING CIVIL 2523 01:17:39,287 --> 01:17:41,723 SERVICE STATUS CHANGES AND FAS 2524 01:17:41,723 --> 01:17:43,625 AUTOMOTIVE SHEET WORKER 2525 01:17:43,625 --> 01:17:45,861 ORDINANCE, SALARY COMPRESSION 2526 01:17:45,861 --> 01:17:48,630 INVERSION ORDINANCE, AND THEN AN 2527 01:17:48,630 --> 01:17:49,297 SPR RESTORATION ECOLOGIST 2528 01:17:49,297 --> 01:17:50,565 ORDINANCE. AND THEN LASTLY, WE 2529 01:17:50,565 --> 01:17:54,736 WILL BE HEARING FROM KCRA ON THE 2530 01:17:54,736 --> 01:17:55,771 90 DAY CAP REPORT. THEY WILL BE 2531 01:17:55,771 --> 01:17:57,939 HAVING A BRIEFING. AND THAT 2532 01:17:57,939 --> 01:17:59,374 CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, 2533 01:17:59,374 --> 01:18:01,109 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2534 01:18:01,109 --> 01:18:01,676 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2535 01:18:01,676 --> 01:18:02,444 RINCK. 2536 01:18:02,444 --> 01:18:02,811 -- WAS MY TIME. 2537 01:18:02,811 --> 01:18:07,282 -- THAT WAS AMAZING. 2538 01:18:07,282 --> 01:18:07,716 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2539 01:18:07,716 --> 01:18:08,817 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2540 01:18:08,817 --> 01:18:10,318 WE'LL HAVE A LAND USE COMMITTEE 2541 01:18:10,318 --> 01:18:14,022 MEETING ON WEDNESDAY. WE HAVE 2542 01:18:14,022 --> 01:18:15,490 SOME APPOINTMENTS TO THE GREEN 2543 01:18:15,490 --> 01:18:16,958 NEW GREEN NEW DEAL OVERSIGHT 2544 01:18:16,958 --> 01:18:18,760 BOARD, THE URBAN FORESTRY 2545 01:18:18,760 --> 01:18:19,361 COMMISSION AND THE SWEETENED 2546 01:18:19,361 --> 01:18:24,533 BEVERAGE TAX OVERSIGHT BOARD. WE 2547 01:18:24,533 --> 01:18:26,368 HAVE OUR BILL AMENDING 2548 01:18:26,368 --> 01:18:26,902 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR 2549 01:18:26,902 --> 01:18:28,537 INSTITUTIONS AND MULTIFAMILY 2550 01:18:28,537 --> 01:18:31,173 ZONES. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING 2551 01:18:31,173 --> 01:18:34,543 ON THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME 2552 01:18:34,543 --> 01:18:37,512 SUB AREA PLANS. WE HAVE THERE 2553 01:18:37,512 --> 01:18:39,047 ORIGINALLY WERE FOUR SUB AREA 2554 01:18:39,047 --> 01:18:42,651 PLANS. NORTHGATE DOWNTOWN, 2555 01:18:42,651 --> 01:18:44,753 GREATER DUWAMISH AND THE BEND 2556 01:18:44,753 --> 01:18:47,789 MIC THE DOWNTOWN. WE'RE GOING 2557 01:18:47,789 --> 01:18:49,591 TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO 2558 01:18:49,591 --> 01:18:51,326 REMOVE DOWNTOWN BECAUSE OF THE 2559 01:18:51,326 --> 01:18:52,394 GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS, 2560 01:18:52,394 --> 01:18:54,963 BOARD DECISION, AND ALSO THE 2561 01:18:54,963 --> 01:18:56,298 GREATER DUWAMISH. JUST WANT TO 2562 01:18:56,298 --> 01:18:57,499 GIVE THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT MORE 2563 01:18:57,499 --> 01:19:00,936 BREATHING ROOM. SO WE'LL HAVE 2564 01:19:00,936 --> 01:19:03,905 AN AMENDMENT TO TAKE THOSE OFF 2565 01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:06,708 OF ACTION AND TO MOVE FORWARD 2566 01:19:06,708 --> 01:19:08,477 WITH NORTHGATE AND MIC ON 2567 01:19:08,477 --> 01:19:12,147 WEDNESDAY IS THE EXPECTATION. 2568 01:19:12,147 --> 01:19:13,648 THAT'S ALL AWESOME. 2569 01:19:13,648 --> 01:19:15,484 -- GOOD JOB. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2570 01:19:15,484 --> 01:19:17,652 WILL POP UP TO COUNCILMEMBER 2571 01:19:17,652 --> 01:19:21,123 SAKA AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK 2572 01:19:21,123 --> 01:19:21,656 DOWN. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2573 01:19:21,656 --> 01:19:22,858 -- ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU BOYS. 2574 01:19:22,858 --> 01:19:24,326 WHEN YOU'RE DONE EATING YOUR 2575 01:19:24,326 --> 01:19:25,327 SNACK, MAKE SURE YOU'RE UP THERE 2576 01:19:25,327 --> 01:19:29,998 DOING YOUR, YOUR YOUR HOMEWORK. 2577 01:19:29,998 --> 01:19:32,534 DON'T START FIGHTING RIGHT NOW. 2578 01:19:32,534 --> 01:19:33,135 WORKING PARENTS STRUGGLES ARE 2579 01:19:33,135 --> 01:19:34,836 REAL FOLKS. BUT IN ANY EVENT, 2580 01:19:34,836 --> 01:19:39,040 LET ME START OFF JUST BY SAYING 2581 01:19:39,040 --> 01:19:41,409 WITH RESPECT TO OUR COMMITTEE 2582 01:19:41,409 --> 01:19:44,112 MEETING, WE WILL HAVE ONE FINAL 2583 01:19:44,112 --> 01:19:45,447 COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE BUDGET 2584 01:19:45,447 --> 01:19:46,448 THIS COMING THURSDAY ON THE 2585 01:19:46,448 --> 01:19:47,349 AGENDA, WHICH IS ALREADY 2586 01:19:47,349 --> 01:19:49,484 PUBLISHED. THERE ARE FOUR 2587 01:19:49,484 --> 01:19:50,986 EXACTLY FOUR AGENDA ITEMS. ONE 2588 01:19:50,986 --> 01:19:53,021 IS THE SAFER STREETS PACKAGE OF 2589 01:19:53,021 --> 01:19:55,290 THREE ORDINANCES. THE OTHER IS 2590 01:19:55,290 --> 01:19:57,759 HEARING NUMBER ONE ON THE 2591 01:19:57,759 --> 01:20:00,829 MAYOR'S PROPOSED PERMANENT 2592 01:20:00,829 --> 01:20:03,431 NOMINEE FOR THE SEATTLE CENTER 2593 01:20:03,431 --> 01:20:05,734 DIRECTOR POSITION. AND WITH 2594 01:20:05,734 --> 01:20:07,636 RESPECT TO THE SAFER STREETS 2595 01:20:07,636 --> 01:20:09,671 LEGISLATION, I AM LOOKING 2596 01:20:09,671 --> 01:20:13,775 FORWARD TO DELIBERATION AND AND 2597 01:20:13,775 --> 01:20:16,178 THE VOTE ON THESE THREE 2598 01:20:16,178 --> 01:20:18,480 ORDINANCES ON THURSDAY. AND AS A 2599 01:20:18,480 --> 01:20:20,715 FRIENDLY REMINDER, THIS WILL BE 2600 01:20:20,715 --> 01:20:21,283 THE THIRD COMMITTEE MEETING 2601 01:20:21,283 --> 01:20:23,051 WE'VE HAD ON SAFER STREETS. THE 2602 01:20:23,051 --> 01:20:27,656 FIRST ONE WAS ON AUGUST 20th. 2603 01:20:27,656 --> 01:20:29,758 SECOND WAS SEPTEMBER 8th AND 2604 01:20:29,758 --> 01:20:31,259 THIRD ONE AT COMMITTEE WILL BE 2605 01:20:31,259 --> 01:20:33,895 ON THIS COMING THURSDAY, AND I 2606 01:20:33,895 --> 01:20:34,496 APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR, YOU 2607 01:20:34,496 --> 01:20:36,298 KNOW, PUTTING FORTH AMENDMENTS 2608 01:20:36,298 --> 01:20:37,999 TO MAKE THE PACKAGE EVEN BETTER 2609 01:20:37,999 --> 01:20:40,068 AND APPRECIATE SOME OF THE 2610 01:20:40,068 --> 01:20:42,003 OFFLINE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD 2611 01:20:42,003 --> 01:20:42,470 WITH IN COLLABORATIVE 2612 01:20:42,470 --> 01:20:44,973 CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH WITH 2613 01:20:44,973 --> 01:20:47,776 MY COMMITTEE MATES AS WELL ON 2614 01:20:47,776 --> 01:20:49,845 THOSE IN THE INTEREST OF 2615 01:20:49,845 --> 01:20:51,580 TRANSPARENCY, MY OFFICE AS WELL 2616 01:20:51,580 --> 01:20:53,448 WILL BE PUTTING FORTH TO TWO OF 2617 01:20:53,448 --> 01:20:58,220 OUR OWN AMENDMENTS. ONE IS A 2618 01:20:58,220 --> 01:20:59,754 DEFINITION TO TO MODIFY THE 2619 01:20:59,754 --> 01:21:01,556 DEFINITION OF VULNERABLE 2620 01:21:01,556 --> 01:21:02,891 TRAVELER UNDER THE ORDINANCES, 2621 01:21:02,891 --> 01:21:03,658 TO BE MORE INDIRECTLY IN LINE, 2622 01:21:03,658 --> 01:21:06,361 TO BE MORE EXPANSIVE, MORE 2623 01:21:06,361 --> 01:21:07,329 ACCESSIBLE TO, TO BE MORE 2624 01:21:07,329 --> 01:21:08,663 DIRECTLY IN LINE WITH SOME 2625 01:21:08,663 --> 01:21:10,632 SPECIFIC FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM 2626 01:21:10,632 --> 01:21:11,132 THE SEATTLE DISABILITY 2627 01:21:11,132 --> 01:21:13,335 COMMISSION AND THE OTHER 2628 01:21:13,335 --> 01:21:15,670 AMENDMENT WILL BE WILL MODIFY 2629 01:21:15,670 --> 01:21:18,607 CERTAIN DUTIES OF THE CITY 2630 01:21:18,607 --> 01:21:20,775 TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND EXPANDING 2631 01:21:20,775 --> 01:21:21,776 THEIR AUTHORITY BASICALLY TO 2632 01:21:21,776 --> 01:21:22,377 REVIEW MAJOR STREET CHANGING 2633 01:21:22,377 --> 01:21:24,446 CAPITAL PROJECTS AND RELEVANT 2634 01:21:24,446 --> 01:21:26,748 SAFETY NEEDS. AND POSSIBLE 2635 01:21:26,748 --> 01:21:28,183 SAFETY TREATMENTS. USING 2636 01:21:28,183 --> 01:21:31,353 GUIDANCE FROM VISION ZERO. 2637 01:21:31,353 --> 01:21:31,820 BASICALLY MAKING THIS 2638 01:21:31,820 --> 01:21:33,255 TRANSFORMING IT AT A HIGH LEVEL 2639 01:21:33,255 --> 01:21:36,224 FROM A MAY DO PERMISSIVE MAY 2640 01:21:36,224 --> 01:21:38,126 INCORPORATE CONSTRUCT IF THEY 2641 01:21:38,126 --> 01:21:38,693 DETERMINE SUCH PROJECTS ARE 2642 01:21:38,693 --> 01:21:41,763 NECESSARY TO. YOU MUST DO 2643 01:21:41,763 --> 01:21:43,265 INCORPORATE OR YOU DETERMINE 2644 01:21:43,265 --> 01:21:45,066 IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FRAMEWORK. SO 2645 01:21:45,066 --> 01:21:48,136 IN ANY EVENT, THAT IS MY UPDATES 2646 01:21:48,136 --> 01:21:49,871 FOR TODAY ON COMMITTEE. THANK 2647 01:21:49,871 --> 01:21:51,239 YOU. WE'LL WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS 2648 01:21:51,239 --> 01:21:55,110 OR COMMENTS. IF NOT, WE'LL PASS 2649 01:21:55,110 --> 01:21:55,410 THE BATON. 2650 01:21:55,410 --> 01:21:58,213 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 2651 01:21:58,213 --> 01:22:01,016 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA COUNCILMEMBER 2652 01:22:01,016 --> 01:22:02,617 JUAREZ 2653 01:22:02,617 --> 01:22:05,053 -- YES. SORRY, I'M SPEAKING TO 2654 01:22:05,053 --> 01:22:09,057 THE MICROPHONE SO I'LL BE BRIEF. 2655 01:22:09,057 --> 01:22:10,191 PARKS AND CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE, 2656 01:22:10,191 --> 01:22:11,159 THE FINAL COMMITTEE MEETING THAT 2657 01:22:11,159 --> 01:22:13,929 I WILL CHAIR WILL BE THIS 2658 01:22:13,929 --> 01:22:14,629 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th. WE 2659 01:22:14,629 --> 01:22:16,498 HAVE ONE ITEM TO DISCUSS AND 2660 01:22:16,498 --> 01:22:17,699 VOTE ON THE FINAL LEGISLATION 2661 01:22:17,699 --> 01:22:18,600 PACKAGE FOR THE LAKE CITY 2662 01:22:18,600 --> 01:22:20,368 COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH I'VE 2663 01:22:20,368 --> 01:22:22,871 BEEN WORKING ON SINCE 2014. AS 2664 01:22:22,871 --> 01:22:25,473 YOU RECALL, THIS IS A TWO STORY, 2665 01:22:25,473 --> 01:22:26,074 FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY CENTER 2666 01:22:26,074 --> 01:22:28,476 WITH 111 NEW AFFORDABLE HOMES ON 2667 01:22:28,476 --> 01:22:30,045 THE UPPER FLOORS. THROUGH A 2668 01:22:30,045 --> 01:22:30,679 PARTNERSHIP WITH MERCY HOUSING 2669 01:22:30,679 --> 01:22:32,847 FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE CITY. 2670 01:22:32,847 --> 01:22:34,316 VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THE 2671 01:22:34,316 --> 01:22:34,849 COMMUNITY CENTER COST 38 2672 01:22:34,849 --> 01:22:36,017 MILLION. THE HOUSING IS 86 2673 01:22:36,017 --> 01:22:38,486 MILLION. APPROXIMATELY 122 2674 01:22:38,486 --> 01:22:40,755 MILLION TOTAL, AND FIVE CITY 2675 01:22:40,755 --> 01:22:42,157 DEPARTMENTS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER 2676 01:22:42,157 --> 01:22:45,160 ON THIS, AND I HOPE THAT WE WILL 2677 01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:47,629 SEE MUCH MORE COMMUNITY CENTERS 2678 01:22:47,629 --> 01:22:48,263 AND OTHER ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENTAL 2679 01:22:48,263 --> 01:22:51,366 FUNCTIONS AND SERVICES, PLACING 2680 01:22:51,366 --> 01:22:52,834 COMMUNITY HOUSING, LOW INCOME 2681 01:22:52,834 --> 01:22:53,635 HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON 2682 01:22:53,635 --> 01:22:57,072 THESE TYPE OF FOOTPRINTS. I WILL 2683 01:22:57,072 --> 01:22:59,174 BE SPEAKING ON THE PANEL THIS 2684 01:22:59,174 --> 01:23:00,675 FRIDAY FOR THE INDIGENOUS CIVIC 2685 01:23:00,675 --> 01:23:02,544 ENGAGEMENT DAY, HOSTED BY THE 2686 01:23:02,544 --> 01:23:05,046 INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL. MY 2687 01:23:05,046 --> 01:23:05,513 UNDERSTANDING IS THAT 2688 01:23:05,513 --> 01:23:06,114 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WILL BE 2689 01:23:06,114 --> 01:23:08,917 JOINING US AT SOME POINT. YEAH, 2690 01:23:08,917 --> 01:23:11,586 GREAT. THE GOAL OF THE EVENT IS 2691 01:23:11,586 --> 01:23:12,187 TO BRIDGE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN 2692 01:23:12,187 --> 01:23:13,788 CITY AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES, 2693 01:23:13,788 --> 01:23:15,790 PARTICULARLY URBAN NATIVE 2694 01:23:15,790 --> 01:23:16,358 ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY 2695 01:23:16,358 --> 01:23:17,792 MEMBERS. TOPICS TO BE COVERED 2696 01:23:17,792 --> 01:23:20,261 ARE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, 101 CITY 2697 01:23:20,261 --> 01:23:22,197 OF SEATTLE BUDGET PROCESS GRANTS 2698 01:23:22,197 --> 01:23:24,566 AND FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONS, 2699 01:23:24,566 --> 01:23:26,668 SERVICES AND PROGRAMS FOR NATIVE 2700 01:23:26,668 --> 01:23:28,603 RESIDENTS, ADVISORY BOARDS AND 2701 01:23:28,603 --> 01:23:30,505 COMMISSIONS. LIAISON PROGRAMS, 2702 01:23:30,505 --> 01:23:31,573 AND IN OTHER NEWS, VERY QUICKLY. 2703 01:23:31,573 --> 01:23:32,741 AND THEN I'LL HAVE MORE TO ADD 2704 01:23:32,741 --> 01:23:37,045 LATER. YAY! BEEN WORKING ON THIS 2705 01:23:37,045 --> 01:23:38,880 SINCE 2014 2015. WE ARE GOING TO 2706 01:23:38,880 --> 01:23:39,581 HAVE THE OPENING FOR THE 2707 01:23:39,581 --> 01:23:42,283 PINEHURST LIGHT RAIL STATION. AS 2708 01:23:42,283 --> 01:23:43,585 YOU RECALL, ON SOUND TRANSIT 2709 01:23:43,585 --> 01:23:46,121 THREE, WHICH WE PASSED IN 2016. 2710 01:23:46,121 --> 01:23:49,624 WE HAD THREE STATIONS. IT WAS 2711 01:23:49,624 --> 01:23:50,992 PINEHURST, GRAHAM AND THE BOEING 2712 01:23:50,992 --> 01:23:52,527 ACCESS ROAD. AND WHEN YOURS 2713 01:23:52,527 --> 01:23:54,195 TRULY SERVED ON SOUND TRANSIT, 2714 01:23:54,195 --> 01:23:57,098 WE SHEPHERDED ALL THREE OF THOSE 2715 01:23:57,098 --> 01:23:59,134 INTO INTO HAPPENING. A COMMUNITY 2716 01:23:59,134 --> 01:24:00,402 CELEBRATION WILL BE HOSTED BY 2717 01:24:00,402 --> 01:24:02,137 SOUND TRANSIT IN THE AFTERNOON 2718 01:24:02,137 --> 01:24:03,204 AT THE STATION, THERE WILL BE 2719 01:24:03,204 --> 01:24:05,807 FOOD TRUCKS, ART DEMONSTRATIONS 2720 01:24:05,807 --> 01:24:08,743 AND COMMUNITY TABLES, GROUP 2721 01:24:08,743 --> 01:24:09,811 TABLING LAST IN LATE LATE 2722 01:24:09,811 --> 01:24:11,713 AUGUST, I, ALONG WITH OUR 2723 01:24:11,713 --> 01:24:13,815 COMMUNITY FRIEND AND ORGANIZER 2724 01:24:13,815 --> 01:24:15,216 RENEE STANTON, MET WITH THE 2725 01:24:15,216 --> 01:24:16,284 SEATTLE TIMES AND WENT THROUGH 2726 01:24:16,284 --> 01:24:18,953 THE WHOLE HISTORY OF WHAT 2727 01:24:18,953 --> 01:24:20,388 HAPPENED FROM 2015 TO 2026, A 2728 01:24:20,388 --> 01:24:22,123 LONG TIME COMING. I'M REALLY 2729 01:24:22,123 --> 01:24:23,124 PROUD TO SHARE THAT. OF THE 2730 01:24:23,124 --> 01:24:24,759 THREE STATIONS, PINEHURST, 2731 01:24:24,759 --> 01:24:27,862 GRAHAM AND BOEING ACCESS 2732 01:24:27,862 --> 01:24:29,497 PINEHURST IT COSTS THE LOWEST 2733 01:24:29,497 --> 01:24:30,665 AND HAS THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP, 2734 01:24:30,665 --> 01:24:33,501 AND THAT IS WHAT WE EXPECTED AND 2735 01:24:33,501 --> 01:24:34,135 WHAT WE BELIEVED WOULD HAPPEN. 2736 01:24:34,135 --> 01:24:35,336 WHEN YOU HAVE TRANSIT ORIENTED 2737 01:24:35,336 --> 01:24:37,405 HOUSING, TRANSIT ORIENTED 2738 01:24:37,405 --> 01:24:38,773 DEVELOPMENT, AND YOU PUT IN A 2739 01:24:38,773 --> 01:24:43,711 INFILL STATION BETWEEN 1/45 IN 2740 01:24:43,711 --> 01:24:44,312 ALSO ROOSEVELT OR NORTHGATE, 2741 01:24:44,312 --> 01:24:44,946 WHICH IS THE OTHER STATION WE 2742 01:24:44,946 --> 01:24:47,282 WORKED ON. SO I'M SO GLAD THAT 2743 01:24:47,282 --> 01:24:48,516 I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME 2744 01:24:48,516 --> 01:24:50,151 BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND 2745 01:24:50,151 --> 01:24:53,054 ACTUALLY SEE THIS STUFF GETTING 2746 01:24:53,054 --> 01:24:55,290 DONE. AND I HOPE THOSE OF YOU 2747 01:24:55,290 --> 01:24:58,793 WILL JOIN US AT THE COMMUNITY 2748 01:24:58,793 --> 01:24:59,761 CELEBRATION ON SEPTEMBER 30th. 2749 01:24:59,761 --> 01:25:01,930 LET ME SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING 2750 01:25:01,930 --> 01:25:02,697 ELSE. NOPE. THAT'S IT. THANK 2751 01:25:02,697 --> 01:25:04,365 YOU. 2752 01:25:04,365 --> 01:25:06,601 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 2753 01:25:06,601 --> 01:25:07,068 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2754 01:25:07,068 --> 01:25:09,237 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2755 01:25:09,237 --> 01:25:10,605 -- THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO MORE 2756 01:25:10,605 --> 01:25:12,707 FINANCING. COMMUNITY AND TRIBAL 2757 01:25:12,707 --> 01:25:14,209 GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEES BETWEEN 2758 01:25:14,209 --> 01:25:15,743 NOW AND BUDGET, AS WE HAVE 2759 01:25:15,743 --> 01:25:17,278 SHARED THAT TIME WITH THE PUBLIC 2760 01:25:17,278 --> 01:25:19,113 SAFETY COMMITTEE FOR ITS SPECIAL 2761 01:25:19,113 --> 01:25:20,849 MEETING TOMORROW, WHICH DOES 2762 01:25:20,849 --> 01:25:22,484 INCLUDE THE VEHICLE RESIDENT 2763 01:25:22,484 --> 01:25:23,651 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. AS YOU 2764 01:25:23,651 --> 01:25:25,487 HEARD, IT'S UP TOMORROW. 2765 01:25:25,487 --> 01:25:26,821 TOMORROW'S BRIEFING WILL BE A 2766 01:25:26,821 --> 01:25:28,389 FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE BILL 2767 01:25:28,389 --> 01:25:30,358 AND CENTRAL STAFF ISSUE ID. 2768 01:25:30,358 --> 01:25:30,992 WE'RE HOPING THAT AMENDMENT 2769 01:25:30,992 --> 01:25:33,261 CONCEPTS CAN BE PART OF IT. THAT 2770 01:25:33,261 --> 01:25:35,897 DOES REQUIRE EVERYONE TO RELEASE 2771 01:25:35,897 --> 01:25:36,531 CONFIDENTIALITY SO THAT WE CAN 2772 01:25:36,531 --> 01:25:37,565 START TALKING ABOUT IT IN 2773 01:25:37,565 --> 01:25:39,901 PUBLIC. ALSO, I'M NOTICING THAT 2774 01:25:39,901 --> 01:25:41,169 I MIGHT HAVE WE MIGHT HAVE A 2775 01:25:41,169 --> 01:25:43,004 BUNCH OF DUPLICATIVE IDEAS. AND 2776 01:25:43,004 --> 01:25:45,106 SO TO TRIM DOWN THE NUMBER OF 2777 01:25:45,106 --> 01:25:47,775 AMENDMENTS, I'M JUST RELEASE 2778 01:25:47,775 --> 01:25:48,243 REQUESTING RELEASE OF 2779 01:25:48,243 --> 01:25:49,210 CONFIDENTIALITY SO THAT WE CAN 2780 01:25:49,210 --> 01:25:51,379 LOOK AT EVERYONE'S AMENDMENTS, 2781 01:25:51,379 --> 01:25:53,148 TALKED ABOUT BUDGET, TALKED 2782 01:25:53,148 --> 01:25:54,949 ABOUT THE DEBORA JUAREZ STATION 2783 01:25:54,949 --> 01:25:57,519 AT 130th BEING OPEN ON THE 30th. 2784 01:25:57,519 --> 01:26:00,455 AND LAST IS ASSOCIATION OF 2785 01:26:00,455 --> 01:26:01,122 WASHINGTON CITY'S COUNCILMEMBER 2786 01:26:01,122 --> 01:26:03,258 RIVERA. AND I WILL BE AT THE END 2787 01:26:03,258 --> 01:26:05,159 OF NEXT WEEK. I'LL BE HERE FOR 2788 01:26:05,159 --> 01:26:06,561 BUDGET AND THEN I'LL HAVE TO 2789 01:26:06,561 --> 01:26:09,397 DISAPPEAR FOR EXECUTIVE 2790 01:26:09,397 --> 01:26:10,365 ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON CITIES 2791 01:26:10,365 --> 01:26:13,501 WORK AT THE END OF THE WEEK. 2792 01:26:13,501 --> 01:26:14,135 FRIDAY AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. 2793 01:26:14,135 --> 01:26:14,669 THANK YOU. 2794 01:26:14,669 --> 01:26:18,139 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2795 01:26:18,139 --> 01:26:18,740 STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2796 01:26:18,740 --> 01:26:20,475 THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCILMEMBER 2797 01:26:20,475 --> 01:26:22,243 FOSTER. 2798 01:26:22,243 --> 01:26:25,146 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2799 01:26:25,146 --> 01:26:25,747 I DITTO TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE, 2800 01:26:25,747 --> 01:26:26,714 COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS JUST 2801 01:26:26,714 --> 01:26:32,720 SAID. I'LL BE JOINING HWC LATER 2802 01:26:32,720 --> 01:26:34,455 THIS MONTH. AT OUR LAST 2803 01:26:34,455 --> 01:26:35,957 COMMITTEE MEETING, WE HAD THREE 2804 01:26:35,957 --> 01:26:37,692 OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE 2805 01:26:37,692 --> 01:26:38,893 UNDER THE COMMITTEE, OIRA DEEL, 2806 01:26:38,893 --> 01:26:40,862 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND 2807 01:26:40,862 --> 01:26:42,997 EARLY LEARNING AND THE SEATTLE 2808 01:26:42,997 --> 01:26:44,899 PUBLIC LIBRARY'S SEATTLE PUBLIC 2809 01:26:44,899 --> 01:26:45,466 LIBRARIES TALKED ABOUT THE 2810 01:26:45,466 --> 01:26:48,136 SEATTLE READS BOOK, WHICH THIS 2811 01:26:48,136 --> 01:26:50,371 YEAR IS TRUE BIZ BY SARA NOVICK. 2812 01:26:50,371 --> 01:26:52,840 SARA IS THE FIRST DEAF AUTHOR 2813 01:26:52,840 --> 01:26:54,576 THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THE 2814 01:26:54,576 --> 01:26:57,645 SEATTLE READS PROGRAM, AND IT'S 2815 01:26:57,645 --> 01:27:02,083 REALLY EXCITING. AND OUR 2816 01:27:02,083 --> 01:27:02,951 COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER, OH MY 2817 01:27:02,951 --> 01:27:05,086 GOSH, I'M DOING IT AGAIN. 2818 01:27:05,086 --> 01:27:07,989 FOSTER READ THE THE BOOK. SO SHE 2819 01:27:07,989 --> 01:27:10,658 REALLY OUTSHINED US. AND I HOPE 2820 01:27:10,658 --> 01:27:12,260 YOU ALL. I KNOW THAT YOU ALL GOT 2821 01:27:12,260 --> 01:27:13,494 COPIES OF THE BOOK SO EVERYONE 2822 01:27:13,494 --> 01:27:15,029 WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ 2823 01:27:15,029 --> 01:27:17,999 IT. AND THEY ALSO TALKED A 2824 01:27:17,999 --> 01:27:21,336 LITTLE BIT ABOUT PRELIMINARY 2825 01:27:21,336 --> 01:27:24,072 INFORMATION. AND REALLY, IT WAS 2826 01:27:24,072 --> 01:27:26,274 JUST A REITERATING OF 2827 01:27:26,274 --> 01:27:26,841 INFORMATION RELATED TO THE 2828 01:27:26,841 --> 01:27:31,045 LIBRARY'S LEVY INVESTMENTS. WE 2829 01:27:31,045 --> 01:27:32,513 ALSO HAD DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2830 01:27:32,513 --> 01:27:35,316 AND EARLY LEARNING TALKING ABOUT 2831 01:27:35,316 --> 01:27:35,883 THEIR THE TIMELINE FOR THE 2832 01:27:35,883 --> 01:27:38,319 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. AND 2833 01:27:38,319 --> 01:27:40,555 EVERYTHING IS ON SCHEDULE. AND 2834 01:27:40,555 --> 01:27:43,157 THE LOC THE LEVY OVERSIGHT 2835 01:27:43,157 --> 01:27:44,659 COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET. AND I 2836 01:27:44,659 --> 01:27:46,628 KNOW THAT THEY ALL. I HAD 2837 01:27:46,628 --> 01:27:47,762 REQUESTED THAT THEY MAKE SURE TO 2838 01:27:47,762 --> 01:27:50,765 CHECK IN WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE 2839 01:27:50,765 --> 01:27:51,366 SURE THAT THE REPRESENTATIVE 2840 01:27:51,366 --> 01:27:52,767 SELECTED FOR YOUR PARTICULAR 2841 01:27:52,767 --> 01:27:53,935 DISTRICT. FOR THOSE OF US THAT 2842 01:27:53,935 --> 01:27:57,639 ARE DISTRICT SPECIFIC, WERE 2843 01:27:57,639 --> 01:27:59,040 INCLUDED ON THE LEVY OVERSIGHT 2844 01:27:59,040 --> 01:28:01,109 COMMITTEE. SO THAT'S REALLY 2845 01:28:01,109 --> 01:28:03,144 EXCITING. AND THEN THE 2846 01:28:03,144 --> 01:28:04,946 DEPARTMENT OR THE OFFICE OF 2847 01:28:04,946 --> 01:28:06,247 IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS 2848 01:28:06,247 --> 01:28:08,816 GAVE AN UPDATE ON THEIR GREAT 2849 01:28:08,816 --> 01:28:09,417 WORK AND SUPPORTIVE IMMIGRANT 2850 01:28:09,417 --> 01:28:11,686 COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY. THEY 2851 01:28:11,686 --> 01:28:12,787 TALKED A BIT ABOUT THE 4 MILLION 2852 01:28:12,787 --> 01:28:15,456 INVESTMENT, WHICH IS GOING, THE 2853 01:28:15,456 --> 01:28:18,192 BULK OF WHICH IS GOING TOWARD 2854 01:28:18,192 --> 01:28:20,428 LEGAL DEFENSE AND ALSO SOME TO 2855 01:28:20,428 --> 01:28:22,363 TO GIVE, EXCUSE ME, TO GIVE 2856 01:28:22,363 --> 01:28:25,733 DIRECT SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY 2857 01:28:25,733 --> 01:28:27,602 MEMBERS. THEN TOMORROW, 2858 01:28:27,602 --> 01:28:29,671 COLLEAGUES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AT 2859 01:28:29,671 --> 01:28:31,572 FULL COUNCIL, WE WILL BE VOTING 2860 01:28:31,572 --> 01:28:33,274 ON MY RESOLUTION TO PARTNER WITH 2861 01:28:33,274 --> 01:28:35,843 THE NATIONAL NETWORK FOR SAFE 2862 01:28:35,843 --> 01:28:38,079 COMMUNITIES ON BRINGING A GUN 2863 01:28:38,079 --> 01:28:40,114 VIOLENCE REDUCTION STRATEGY TO 2864 01:28:40,114 --> 01:28:41,416 SEATTLE. I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO 2865 01:28:41,416 --> 01:28:43,184 HAVE YOUR SUPPORT TOMORROW. LET 2866 01:28:43,184 --> 01:28:44,419 ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY 2867 01:28:44,419 --> 01:28:45,820 QUESTIONS. I'VE BEEN TALKING 2868 01:28:45,820 --> 01:28:47,188 ABOUT THIS FOR SO LONG, AND 2869 01:28:47,188 --> 01:28:48,690 IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR 2870 01:28:48,690 --> 01:28:51,926 ACTUALLY. SO BUT HAPPY TO ASK OR 2871 01:28:51,926 --> 01:28:53,561 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY 2872 01:28:53,561 --> 01:28:56,030 HAVE. AND THEN FINALLY, I WANT 2873 01:28:56,030 --> 01:28:57,965 TO THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN 2874 01:28:57,965 --> 01:28:59,867 ADVANCE BECAUSE TOMORROW STARTS 2875 01:28:59,867 --> 01:29:01,602 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND 2876 01:29:01,602 --> 01:29:03,504 I'LL BE BRINGING A PROCLAMATION 2877 01:29:03,504 --> 01:29:05,506 NEXT WEEK TO OUR FULL COUNCIL 2878 01:29:05,506 --> 01:29:06,874 MEETING. AS YOU KNOW, 2879 01:29:06,874 --> 01:29:08,009 COLLEAGUES, THE LAST TWO YEARS 2880 01:29:08,009 --> 01:29:09,077 I'VE SAID ON COUNCIL, I'VE 2881 01:29:09,077 --> 01:29:11,312 BROUGHT THIS HISPANIC HERITAGE 2882 01:29:11,312 --> 01:29:12,714 MONTH PROCLAMATION. OBVIOUSLY, 2883 01:29:12,714 --> 01:29:14,215 IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEAR 2884 01:29:14,215 --> 01:29:15,883 AND DEAR TO MY HEART AS A PUERTO 2885 01:29:15,883 --> 01:29:18,886 RICAN WOMAN IN SEATTLE, THE 2886 01:29:18,886 --> 01:29:21,556 MONTH GOES FROM SEPTEMBER 15th 2887 01:29:21,556 --> 01:29:22,690 TO OCTOBER 15th AND REALLY WANT 2888 01:29:22,690 --> 01:29:25,126 TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE 2889 01:29:25,126 --> 01:29:27,962 CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR LATINO 2890 01:29:27,962 --> 01:29:28,596 COMMUNITIES, IMMIGRANTS, WHETHER 2891 01:29:28,596 --> 01:29:30,398 YOU WERE BORN HERE OR YOU 2892 01:29:30,398 --> 01:29:32,166 IMMIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY, 2893 01:29:32,166 --> 01:29:34,502 YOU'VE MADE AMAZING 2894 01:29:34,502 --> 01:29:36,604 CONTRIBUTIONS. AND WE JUST WANT 2895 01:29:36,604 --> 01:29:39,273 TO RECOGNIZE OUR OUR LATINO 2896 01:29:39,273 --> 01:29:42,777 COMMUNITIES. MUY CALIENTE. 2897 01:29:42,777 --> 01:29:43,411 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AND THERE 2898 01:29:43,411 --> 01:29:45,446 ARE THREE, THREE LATINAS UP 2899 01:29:45,446 --> 01:29:47,949 HERE. SO THAT IS REALLY A SOURCE 2900 01:29:47,949 --> 01:29:50,284 OF PRIDE. I KNOW FOR OUR 2901 01:29:50,284 --> 01:29:52,220 COMMUNITY. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 2902 01:29:52,220 --> 01:29:55,456 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND MYSELF, 2903 01:29:55,456 --> 01:29:57,692 ALL HAVING HISPANIC BACKGROUNDS. 2904 01:29:57,692 --> 01:29:58,893 SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. THAT'S 2905 01:29:58,893 --> 01:30:00,595 ALL. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 2906 01:30:00,595 --> 01:30:02,263 QUESTIONS. AND OTHERWISE I'LL 2907 01:30:02,263 --> 01:30:04,031 PASS THE BATON TO COUNCIL 2908 01:30:04,031 --> 01:30:04,332 PRESIDENT. 2909 01:30:04,332 --> 01:30:05,500 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 2910 01:30:05,500 --> 01:30:07,769 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. WE'LL GO 2911 01:30:07,769 --> 01:30:09,404 TO COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2912 01:30:09,404 --> 01:30:10,538 -- FANTASTIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2913 01:30:10,538 --> 01:30:13,441 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. THANK YOU 2914 01:30:13,441 --> 01:30:14,041 COLLEAGUES. REALLY EXCITED TO 2915 01:30:14,041 --> 01:30:15,710 GIVE SOME UPDATES. SO TOMORROW 2916 01:30:15,710 --> 01:30:17,145 AT FULL COUNCIL, WE WILL BE 2917 01:30:17,145 --> 01:30:20,181 VOTING ON THE CONFIRMATION FOR 2918 01:30:20,181 --> 01:30:21,315 THE NEW OFFICE OF HOUSING 2919 01:30:21,315 --> 01:30:22,483 DIRECTOR KELLY LARSEN. REALLY 2920 01:30:22,483 --> 01:30:24,619 EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THANKS 2921 01:30:24,619 --> 01:30:26,120 TO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE HOUSING, 2922 01:30:26,120 --> 01:30:28,856 ARTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE 2923 01:30:28,856 --> 01:30:29,524 FOR UNANIMOUSLY VOTING KELLY'S 2924 01:30:29,524 --> 01:30:30,591 APPOINTMENT OUT OF COMMITTEE, I 2925 01:30:30,591 --> 01:30:32,527 AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO 2926 01:30:32,527 --> 01:30:35,296 CONFIRMING HER TOMORROW. I ALSO 2927 01:30:35,296 --> 01:30:35,930 WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION 2928 01:30:35,930 --> 01:30:38,065 TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR YOUR 2929 01:30:38,065 --> 01:30:41,903 BILL THAT WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED 2930 01:30:41,903 --> 01:30:44,539 ABOUT IN TERMS OF IN TERMS OF 2931 01:30:44,539 --> 01:30:47,241 PROVIDING PROTECTIONS FOR 2932 01:30:47,241 --> 01:30:47,775 FAMILY, DIFFERENT FAMILY 2933 01:30:47,775 --> 01:30:50,478 STRUCTURES HERE. AND I LOOK 2934 01:30:50,478 --> 01:30:52,380 FORWARD TO VOTING ON THAT IN 2935 01:30:52,380 --> 01:30:53,147 FULL COUNCIL TOMORROW AS WELL. 2936 01:30:53,147 --> 01:30:54,415 AND THEN, COLLEAGUES, WE WILL 2937 01:30:54,415 --> 01:30:57,018 HAVE A FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE 2938 01:30:57,018 --> 01:30:58,786 HOUSING, ARTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS 2939 01:30:58,786 --> 01:30:59,654 COMMITTEE, WE HAVE A SPECIAL 2940 01:30:59,654 --> 01:31:01,989 MEETING THIS FRIDAY AT 2 P.M.. 2941 01:31:01,989 --> 01:31:03,324 IF YOU WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE, 2942 01:31:03,324 --> 01:31:05,059 YOU WILL HEAR FROM MY TEAM 2943 01:31:05,059 --> 01:31:06,294 MEMBERS THIS WEEK JUST TO MAKE 2944 01:31:06,294 --> 01:31:07,728 SURE THAT YOU HAVE MORE 2945 01:31:07,728 --> 01:31:08,830 INFORMATION ON WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2946 01:31:08,830 --> 01:31:10,131 THAT COMMITTEE. AND WE 2947 01:31:10,131 --> 01:31:12,633 ANTICIPATE PUBLISHING THAT 2948 01:31:12,633 --> 01:31:13,901 AGENDA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THANK 2949 01:31:13,901 --> 01:31:14,969 YOU. 2950 01:31:14,969 --> 01:31:17,705 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2951 01:31:17,705 --> 01:31:20,174 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. I WILL END 2952 01:31:20,174 --> 01:31:21,909 WITH MY COMMITTEE, GOVERNANCE 2953 01:31:21,909 --> 01:31:23,177 AND UTILITIES. THIS WILL MEET 2954 01:31:23,177 --> 01:31:24,278 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th AT 2 2955 01:31:24,278 --> 01:31:27,915 P.M.. SO THIS THURSDAY WE HAVE 2956 01:31:27,915 --> 01:31:30,117 FOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. 2957 01:31:30,117 --> 01:31:32,086 COUNCIL BILL 121292 AUTHORIZING 2958 01:31:32,086 --> 01:31:33,988 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO 2959 01:31:33,988 --> 01:31:36,257 ACQUIRE THREE PARCELS OF LAND ON 2960 01:31:36,257 --> 01:31:38,392 AURORA. ALSO, THE APPOINTMENT OF 2961 01:31:38,392 --> 01:31:40,261 SHANNON SMITH AS OUR CHIEF 2962 01:31:40,261 --> 01:31:42,330 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER OF. ON. OF 2963 01:31:42,330 --> 01:31:44,665 THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2964 01:31:44,665 --> 01:31:45,299 DEPARTMENT. THIS IS FIRST OF TWO 2965 01:31:45,299 --> 01:31:47,268 COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR BRIEFING 2966 01:31:47,268 --> 01:31:51,539 AND DISCUSSION AND APPOINTMENT 2967 01:31:51,539 --> 01:31:53,808 OF. D AS THE CITY AUDITOR FOR 2968 01:31:53,808 --> 01:31:56,711 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. WHICH 2969 01:31:56,711 --> 01:32:01,115 COUNCILMEMBERS ARE GOING TO GET 2970 01:32:01,115 --> 01:32:02,750 MEETINGS. OKAY, THAT IS ON OUR. 2971 01:32:02,750 --> 01:32:04,018 OKAY. EXCUSE ME. SORRY. THAT 2972 01:32:04,018 --> 01:32:07,955 KIND OF TOOK. OKAY, SO WE HAVE 2973 01:32:07,955 --> 01:32:10,925 FOUR THINGS ON OUR COMMITTEE 2974 01:32:10,925 --> 01:32:12,927 MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. SO THANK 2975 01:32:12,927 --> 01:32:16,297 YOU BEFORE. AND I WILL DISCUSS 2976 01:32:16,297 --> 01:32:20,768 WITH MY TEAM AND ALSO YOU 2977 01:32:20,768 --> 01:32:22,637 COLLEAGUES ABOUT OUR AUDITOR AS 2978 01:32:22,637 --> 01:32:25,306 WELL. ARE THERE ANY ARE THERE 2979 01:32:25,306 --> 01:32:27,542 ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER. 2980 01:32:27,542 --> 01:32:28,142 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT, I JUST 2981 01:32:28,142 --> 01:32:29,543 WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE 2982 01:32:29,543 --> 01:32:32,013 WELCOME BACK NOTE FROM RECESS, 2983 01:32:32,013 --> 01:32:33,547 AND LITTLE NOTE OF APPRECIATION. 2984 01:32:33,547 --> 01:32:34,682 WELL RECEIVED. THANK YOU VERY 2985 01:32:34,682 --> 01:32:35,049 MUCH. 2986 01:32:35,049 --> 01:32:38,119 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 2987 01:32:38,119 --> 01:32:38,753 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. WELCOME 2988 01:32:38,753 --> 01:32:41,789 BACK TO. LOVE Y'ALL. OKAY, SO I 2989 01:32:41,789 --> 01:32:44,125 JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. 2990 01:32:44,125 --> 01:32:46,193 WE'RE THE 2991 01:32:46,193 --> 01:32:46,527 -- [LAUGHTER] 2992 01:32:46,527 --> 01:32:47,361 -- LOVE FLOOR. ALL RIGHT. WELL 2993 01:32:47,361 --> 01:32:50,031 THANK YOU. OKAY. WHAT'S THE LOVE 2994 01:32:50,031 --> 01:32:51,265 FLOOR? OKAY. I LOVE ALL Y'ALL. 2995 01:32:51,265 --> 01:32:52,199 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 2996 01:32:52,199 --> 01:32:53,734 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IT'S 2997 01:32:53,734 --> 01:32:55,937 GOING TO BE THE FALL OF LOVE. 2998 01:32:55,937 --> 01:32:57,438 OKAY? YES. STEP INTO FALL. Y'ALL 2999 01:32:57,438 --> 01:33:00,408 KNOW YOU LIKE YOUR. YOU LIKE 3000 01:33:00,408 --> 01:33:02,076 YOUR CUDDLE BOXES AND YOUR NORTH 3001 01:33:02,076 --> 01:33:03,844 FACES. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE 3002 01:33:03,844 --> 01:33:05,279 GOING TO GO RIGHT INTO EXECUTIVE 3003 01:33:05,279 --> 01:33:08,849 SESSION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 3004 01:33:08,849 --> 01:33:10,484 COMMENTS? THANK YOU. APPRECIATE 3005 01:33:10,484 --> 01:33:11,819 YOU ALL. SO IF THERE'S NO 3006 01:33:11,819 --> 01:33:13,120 FURTHER BUSINESS WE WILL MOVE 3007 01:33:13,120 --> 01:33:15,423 INTO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION 3008 01:33:15,423 --> 01:33:17,058 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. 3009 01:33:17,058 --> 01:33:18,492 WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO EXECUTIVE 3010 01:33:18,492 --> 01:33:20,061 SESSION. AS PRESIDING OFFICER. I 3011 01:33:20,061 --> 01:33:20,695 AM ANNOUNCING THAT THE SEATTLE 3012 01:33:20,695 --> 01:33:22,697 CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONVENE 3013 01:33:22,697 --> 01:33:24,565 INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. THE 3014 01:33:24,565 --> 01:33:26,300 PURPOSE OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION 3015 01:33:26,300 --> 01:33:28,369 IS DISCUSSING IS TO DISCUSS 3016 01:33:28,369 --> 01:33:29,403 PENDING POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL 3017 01:33:29,403 --> 01:33:30,838 LITIGATION. THE COUNCIL 3018 01:33:30,838 --> 01:33:32,707 EXECUTIVE SESSION IS AN 3019 01:33:32,707 --> 01:33:33,341 OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCILMEMBERS 3020 01:33:33,341 --> 01:33:34,175 TO DISCUSS CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL 3021 01:33:34,175 --> 01:33:35,910 MATTERS WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY 3022 01:33:35,910 --> 01:33:37,411 AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW. LEGAL 3023 01:33:37,411 --> 01:33:38,646 MONITOR FROM THE CITY'S 3024 01:33:38,646 --> 01:33:39,180 ATTORNEY OFFICE IS ALWAYS 3025 01:33:39,180 --> 01:33:40,314 PRESENT TO ENSURE THE COUNCIL 3026 01:33:40,314 --> 01:33:42,350 RESERVES QUESTIONS FOR POLICY 3027 01:33:42,350 --> 01:33:43,317 FOR OPEN DISCUSSIONS. I EXPECT 3028 01:33:43,317 --> 01:33:46,153 THE TIME OF EXECUTIVE SESSION TO 3029 01:33:46,153 --> 01:33:51,592 END BY 4:35 P.M. IF THE 3030 01:33:51,592 --> 01:33:52,593 EXECUTIVE SESSION IS EXTENDED 3031 01:33:52,593 --> 01:33:54,362 BEYOND THAT TIME, I WILL 3032 01:33:54,362 --> 01:33:56,831 ANNOUNCE THE EXTENSION AND ITS 3033 01:33:56,831 --> 01:33:57,365 EXPECTED DURATION AT THE 3034 01:33:57,365 --> 01:33:58,265 CONCLUSION OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. 3035 01:33:58,265 --> 01:34:01,268 THIS COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETING 3036 01:34:01,268 --> 01:34:03,437 WILL AUTOMATICALLY ADJOURN. I'M 3037 01:34:03,437 --> 01:34:04,105 ACTUALLY, FOR THE RECORD, GOING 3038 01:34:04,105 --> 01:34:07,408 TO HAVE IT FOR AT 445, BECAUSE 3039 01:34:07,408 --> 01:34:08,976 IT WILL TAKE US TIME TO GET TO 3040 01:34:08,976 --> 01:34:13,948 OUR DESKS. OKAY, SO. 445 ALL 3041 01:34:13,948 --> 01:34:14,482 RIGHT. COUNCIL IS NOW IN 3042 01:34:14,482 --> 01:34:17,585 EXECUTIVE SESSION. THANK YOU 3043 01:34:17,585 --> 01:34:21,122 COLLEAGUES. 3044 01:34:21,122 --> 01:34:30,664 -- [MUSIC] [MUSIC]