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>> COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER? 

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COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? COUNCIL 

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PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> SEVEN PRESENT. 

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>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 

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COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ARE EXCUSE 

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TODAY. IF THERE'S NO 

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OBJECTIONS, THE MEETING MINUTES 

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WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING NO 

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OBJECTION, AT MEETING MINUTES 

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ARE ADOPTED. BILLS AND MINUTES, 

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ORDINANCE RELATING TO LAND USE 

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EDUCATION PRESCHOOL PROMISE. 

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MY RIGHT. AND COLLEAGUES. I KNOW

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TRYING TO FIGURE OUT OUR FLOW 

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FOR MONDAY BRIEFINGS. I KNOW 

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THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 

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COMMITTEES, A LOT OF TIME 

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COMMITTEES, CONSTITUENT AFFAIRS,

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SPECIAL MEETINGS WE'VE HAD, ALL

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BUDGET. SO WE'RE STILL TRYING 

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TO GET A FEEL FOR THESE MONDAY 

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BRIEFINGS. AND REGIONAL AS WELL 

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FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND 

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WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE. SO JUST 

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TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

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>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

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HELLO, EVERYBODY. IT'S BEEN A 

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ART WHO DID THE WORLD FAMOUS CUP

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MURAL WITH THE CAPTAIN OF THE 

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ABOUT BRINGING ART AND, YOU 

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BELLTOWN. AND I THINK WHAT 

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THEY'VE DONE WITH THE MURAL 

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PROGRAM WAS UNBELIEVABLE. IT HAS

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WAS FANTASTIC TO BE WITH NOW A 

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FAMOUS ARTIST WAS OUT. IT WAS 

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PRETTY NICE AS WELL. SO THIS 

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WEEK, I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH 

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VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, LIKE TODAY 

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IN PARKS AND SDOT. TOMORROW, 

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DIRECTOR PHAM FROM 

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NEIGHBORHOODS, ALONG WITH 

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OTHERS. OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR 

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ROUND OF 32 MATCH ON WEDNESDAY, 

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BUT THEN I'LL BE MEETING WITH 

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THE AQUARIUM. WE HAVE ALL OF OUR

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DIFFERENT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS 

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WELL. HAPPY FOURTH TO EVERYBODY.

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AGAIN, DIFFERENT MEETINGS SO 

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FORTH. OUR NEXT PUBLIC SAFETY 

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COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE WE'VE

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IS KIND OF WEIRD. WE'LL BE 

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DIVING INTO OUR POSSESSION BILL,

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WHICH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 

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CARE BILL, WHICH WAS PASSED OUT 

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OF COMMITTEE LAST WEEK, KIND OF 

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DEALING WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES

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THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR 

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STREETS. AND SO THAT IS -- OH. 

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IN TERMS OF LAST WEEK, I HAVE TO

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HIGHLIGHT. SPENT A COUPLE OF 

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GREAT EVENTS WITH OUR COUNCIL 

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PRESIDENT. FIRST, WE HAD A TOUR 

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OF KXP DOWN THERE IN DISTRICT 

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SEVEN, BUT ALSO SEATTLE CENTER. 

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IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. A GREAT 

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EVENT. THEY'RE A GREAT ASSET. 

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BY THE WAY, THEY ARE AN ASSET TO

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THE CITY. AS I SAID IN SOCIAL 

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MEDIA. THE WAY THAT A LOT OF 

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PEOPLE SEE  SEATTLE IS HOW THEY 

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MUSIC, HOW WE DO BUSINESS, AND 

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BORN FROM THAT, SO THAT WAS 

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FANTASTIC. SO THAT WAS IN THE 

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MORNING THAT WE DID THIS WITH 

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COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND THE TWO 

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OF US WENT TO SEATTLE STORM WITH

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DIRECTOR FOSTER WHO IS NOT HERE 

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TODAY TO READ THE PROCLAMATION 

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AND FOLLOW UP WITH THE SEATTLE 

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STORM. THEY'RE AT THEIR 

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PERFORMANCE CENTER IN DISTRICT 

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SEVEN. [ LAUGHTER ] AND SO 

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FANTASTIC EVENT . ANY WAY I JUST

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WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. I ALSO

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DID SOME OTHER THINGS, AND WENT 

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TO THE NEW COURSE SUMMER PLANT 

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IN DISTRICT ONE. AN UNBELIEVABLE

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EVENT THERE. BUT I JUST WANTED 

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TO HIGHLIGHT THE FRIDAY VISITS 

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TO THE SEATTLE STORM PERFORMANCE

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CENTER AND ALL THE WORK THEY DO 

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IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS 

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FANTASTIC. THE KIDS PROGRAM AND 

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THE LIKES. SO ANY WAY OVER TO 

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YOU, MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT 

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>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

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KETTLE. I TOO HAVE PART OF INNER

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BAY IN DISTRICT SIX, A PART OF 

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FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL. YOU KNOW,

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IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 

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TRAIN TRACKS. ANYHOW IN FINANCE,

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NATIVE COMMUNITY AND TRIBAL 

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COMMUNITY, WE FOCUSED ON THE 

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SUPPLEMENTAL. I'LL TELL YOU WE 

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RECEIVED THE MID YEAR 

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SUPPLEMENTAL, TAKING A LITTLE 

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EXTRA TIME BEFORE INTRODUCING IT

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TO ENSURE WE DON'T, THAT THERE 

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AREN'T ANY NEEDS FOR 

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PRE-INTRODUCTORY CHANGES. SO WE 

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HAD NEXT WEEK, JULY 7, SCHEDULED

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TO START THE MID YEAR 

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SUPPLEMENTAL CONVERSATION. WE 

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WEEKS. AND SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO 

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HAVE SOME OF OUR NATIVE 

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COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 

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GOVERNMENT WORKS PRESENT NEXT 

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WEEK, WE WILL STILL HAVE 

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COMMITTEE. IF NOT, WE WILL HAVE 

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A MORE COMPRESSED SCHEDULE LATER

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THIS SUMMER. SO THE REMAINING 

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WORK WE NEED TO DO IN NATIVE 

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COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 

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GOVERNMENTS ARE APPOINT FOLKS TO

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THE INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL,

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HEAR FROM THE INDIGENOUS COUNCIL

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ABOUT THEIR WORK PROGRAM FOR THE

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YEAR. AND ALSO WALK THROUGH THE 

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DIFFERENT COMMITMENT AREAS THAT 

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WE MADE DURING THE SUMMIT. SO 

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WHETHER THAT STARTS ON JULY 7 OR

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IS A PART OF A MORE RIGOROUS 

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COMMITTEE PROCESS LATER THIS 

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YEAR, THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

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SO STAY TUNED TO HEAR IF NEXT 

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WEEK'S COMMITTEE IS A GO OR IF 

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WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL IN LIEU 

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OF SPENDING MORE TIME TOGETHER 

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LATER. BACK TO THE MID-YEAR 

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SUPPLEMENTAL. CENTRAL STAFF IS 

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CURRENTLY WORKING TO REVIEW AND 

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WRITE THE MEMO. WE'LL TAKE A 

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COUPLE EXTRA WEEKS. SO WE 

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ANTICIPATE HEARING THE MID-YEAR 

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SUPPLEMENTAL FOR THE FIRST TIME 

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DURING OUR JULY 21 MEETING. THIS

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MEANS AMENDMENTS ARE DUE TO 

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CENTRAL STAFF, JUST THREE DAYS 

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LATER. BUT YOU'LL ALL HAVE 

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ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION, WELL

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IN ADVANCE OF THAT COMMITTEE 

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MEETING. WE WOULD HAVE A SECOND 

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BRIEFING IN COMMITTEE VOTE ON 

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AUGUST 4, SO THAT IS GOING TO 

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COME TO COUNCIL IN THE MIDDLE OF

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AUGUST. IN MY EXTERNAL RELATIONS

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COMMITTEE, I WAS IN SPOKANE LAST

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WEEK WITH COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, 

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REPRESENTING THE CITY OF SEATTLE

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AT THE ASSOCIATION WASHINGTON 

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CITIES AT BOTH BOARD MEETINGS 

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AND THE CONFERENCE. IT WAS A 

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PRODUCTIVE CONFERENCE. WE WERE 

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ABLE TO CONNECT WITH MANY 

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DIFFERENT CITIES AND TOWNS,  

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WHETHER THEY ARE JUST ON THE 

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CITY OF SEATTLE'S BORDER AND 

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ACROSS THE STATE. I COULD TELL 

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YOU ALL 281 CITIES ARE FEELING 

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SIMILAR PRESSURES. AND WHETHER 

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IT IS PUBLIC SAFETY, 

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TRANSPORTATION, THE BUDGET, WHAT

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I CAN TELL YOU IS ALL CITIES ARE

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FEELING THIS BUDGETARY PRESSURE 

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THAT WE ARE HEARING IN SEATTLE. 

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AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE ALL 

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CITIES  IN WASHINGTON STATE ARE 

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NOT ABLE TO RAISE REVENUES 

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BEYOND 1%,  WHICH IS OFTENTIMES 

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4% LESS THAN INFLATION. SO EVERY

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DOLLAR WE HAVE TODAY GOES, THREE

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QUARTERS OF THAT DISTANCE THE 

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FOLLOWING YEAR. ALSO IN EXTERNAL

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RELATIONS, I ATTENDED THE SOUND 

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TRANSIT BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK,

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WHERE WE DID PASS THE FIRST 

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ROUND OF DESIGN FUNDING FOR WEST

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SEATTLE AND BALLARD. WHILE WE 

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HEARD BAD NEWS EARLIER THIS 

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YEAR, THE MONTH BEFORE REGARDING

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BALLARD, THIS IS A BIT OF GOOD 

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NEWS. THIS PROCESS, THIS IS NOW 

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THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE'LL FIND

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THE COST SAVINGS WITHIN THE 

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LINE. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO 

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THE BRIGHTER FUTURE. IN DISTRICT

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SIX, WE HAD -- WE DID NOT HAVE 

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OFFICE HOURS LAST WEEK BECAUSE I

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WAS IN ASSOCIATION FROM 

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WASHINGTON CITY, BUT WE WERE 

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ABLE TO REOPEN THE GOLDEN GARDEN

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DIRECT PILOT PROGRAM THAT 

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CONNECTS THE ONLY -- THE GOLDEN 

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GARDENS ARE THE TWO MOST POPULAR

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BEACHES IN THE CITY. GOLDEN 

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GARDENS HAS NO TRANSIT SERVICE. 

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SOMETHING I LEARNED ACTUALLY IN 

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AFTER THE FACT AT THE PRESS 

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CONFERENCE, IS IF WE WANTED TO 

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MAKE THIS PILOT TO GOLDEN 

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GARDENS PEARL INNOCENT. THE 

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CURRENT THING IN THE SEATTLE 

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TRANSIT MEASURE DOES NOT ALLOW 

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US TO DO THAT. SO IF WE WANTED 

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TO -- I MEAN, LAKE WASHINGTON, I

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THINK OF THE WATERFRONT, I THINK

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OF ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT 

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PLACES, WHERE PEOPLE DO NEED 

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THAT LAST MILE TRANSIT. WE MIGHT

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NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE, SO THAT 

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COULD BE PERMANENT. AND OFFICE 

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HOURS THIS WEEK, AND THAT IS MY 

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REPORT, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. ANY 

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QUESTIONS? WITH THAT, I'LL TURN

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IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 

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>> ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON 

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COLLEAGUES ON THE SELECT 

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COMMITTEE ON SEATTLE 

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TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 

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FRONT. THANK YOU FOR WORKING SO 

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DILIGENTLY WITH OUR CENTRAL 

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STAFF EXPERTS, FOR GETTING THOSE

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MEMOS ON TIME. WE HAVE 

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APPROXIMATELY 20 PLUS AMENDMENTS

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THAT I'M AWARE OF AT A HIGH 

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LEVEL, SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU 

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ALL KINDLY RELEASE 

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CONFIDENTIALITY WITH MY OFFICE, 

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SO WE CAN MAKE THIS THE MOST 

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EFFICIENT AND PRODUCTIVE SET OF 

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REMAINING TWO MEETINGS THAT WE 

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HAVE OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC 

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HEARING. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF

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YOUR THOUGHTFUL ENGAGEMENT ON 

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THAT. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE 

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NEXT MONDAY, JULY 6 AT 11:00 

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A.M. WE HAVE SLIGHTLY REVISED 

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THE MEETING START TIME IN LARGE 

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PART TO ACCOMMODATE A FIFA 

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MATCH. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 

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WORKERS AND STAFF MEMBERS THAT 

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ARE HERE FOR THAT, AND IT'S 

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GOING TO BE AN ELIMINATION 

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ROUND, ROUND OF 32 MATCH, SO WE 

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WANT TO BE ABLE TO START AND END

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ON TIME TO PRESERVE FLEXIBILITY 

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FOR LOGISTICS AND ALL THE STAFF 

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THAT WILL NEED TO GO TO VARIOUS 

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PLACES. LAST FRIDAY NIGHT, I WAS

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REALLY HONORED TO PARTICIPATE IN

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A MEMORIAL FOR A RESIDENT, A 

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COMMUNITY LEADER, LIFELONG 

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CYCLIST, LGBTQ COMMUNITY MEMBER,

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AN ADVOCATE, RESPECTED POLITICAL

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ACTIVIST. 76-YEAR-OLD WHO 

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TRAGICALLY LOST HER LIFE ON OUR 

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ROADS. IN PARTICULAR IN WEST 

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SEATTLE, ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO. 

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SO SHE WAS CYCLING AT THAT TIME 

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TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ANTI-I.C.E.

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PROTEST. CONTINUING HER LIFELONG

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COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS AND 

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COMMUNITY ADVOCACY. TO HER WIFE,

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LAURA, AND HER DAUGHTER, 

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FRIENDS, AND THE RAINBOW RIDER 

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CYCLING GROUP, MY HEART IS WITH 

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YOU. MEANT SO MUCH TO SO MANY 

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PEOPLE, AND THE WEST SEATTLE 

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LGBTQ AND CYCLING COMMUNITIES 

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ARE GRIEVING  DEEPLY AND WILL 

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CONTINUE TO. A HUGE LOSS FOR THE

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CITY OF SEATTLE, BUT WAS HONORED

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TO BE ABLE TO JOIN AND VISIT A 

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COMMUNITY RALLY, A MEMORIAL TO 

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HONOR HER LAST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE

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PLACE AT THAT CRASH SITE STANDS 

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AS A MEMORIAL, BUT IT IS ALSO A 

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WARNING THAT OUR STREETS ARE NOT

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SAFE. PLENTY OF MORE WORK TO DO.

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ALL RIGHT. WELL, OKAY. ON A MUCH

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LIGHTER NOTE. FIFA, FIFA WAS 

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MENTIONED. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT

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OF EXCITEMENT AND ENERGY 

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PERTAINING TO FIFA. WE'RE ABOUT

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TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY THROUGH AS

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A HOSTING CITY. NOT A BAD TIME 

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TO STEP OFF THE GAS IN TERMS OF 

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ALL OF OUR IMMENSE PLANNING AND 

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EXECUTION, THAT IS TAKING PLACE 

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AS WE  SPEAK. BUT SO FAR SOME OF

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THE INITIAL DATA WE'VE BEEN 

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SUCCESSFUL IN THIS MULTI-YEAR 

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PLANNING EFFORT. SO I REALLY, 

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REALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE 

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14,000 OR SO CITY OF SEATTLE 

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EMPLOYEES ACROSS 40 PLUS 

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DEPARTMENTS, WHO HAVE BEEN 

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WORKING SO HARD, SO DILIGENTLY 

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IN PLANNING OVER THE LAST THREE,

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FOUR PLUS YEARS TO HELP US BE SO

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SUCCESSFUL. SO FAR WHETHER 

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THEY'RE FROM THE SEATTLE 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 

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THE OFFICE OF WATERFRONT, 

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SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE 

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C.A.R.E. DEPARTMENT, THE SEATTLE

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POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SO MANY 

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MORE. WE'RE EXPERIENCING 

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SUCCESS FROM KING COUNTY METRO, 

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SOUND TRANSIT, ETC. I WANT TO 

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SHARE SOME -- BRIEFLY SHARE SOME

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IMPORTANT DATA. TELLS A CRITICAL

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PICTURE ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE 

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AND THIS SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL 

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STATE. ON THE JUNETEENTH MATCH 

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ALONE, OF COURSE, THE BIG TEAM 

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U.S.A. VERSES AUSTRALIA MATCH. 

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SO SHARED MICRO MOBILITY 

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SCOOTERS, LIME SCOOTERS TALLIED 

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83,000 RIDES ALONE, WHICH IS A 

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RECORD. BEAT THE CITY HAWKS, 

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VICTORY PARADE BACK IN FEBRUARY.

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SO SHOT OUT TO MICRO MOBILITY. 

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SOUND TRANSIT, LIGHT RAIL, HAD A

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RECORD OF 280,000 PLUS 

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BOARDINGS. KING COUNTY METRO 

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TALLIED OVER 320,000 RIDERS ON 

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THAT DAY. SEATTLE MONORAIL, KING

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COUNTY METRO WAS A RECORD, NO 

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RECORD. I DO NOT BELIEVE IT WAS 

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A RECORD, BUT STILL 84,000 PLUS 

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FANS ON JUNETEENTH. THE SEATTLE 

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STREETCAR COMBINED FOR A TALLY 

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OF 7,000, WHICH INCLUDED RECORD 

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RIDERSHIP FOR THE FIRST HILL 

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LINE. EVEN THE WATERFRONT, THE 

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WEST SEATTLE WATER TAXI BROUGHT 

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IN OVER 8,500 PASSENGERS ACROSS 

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THE BAY THAT DAY. NOT 

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SPECIFICALLY LIMITED TO THE 

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JUNETEENTH HISTORIC MATCH, BUT 

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FROM THE TIME FIFA STARTED 

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THROUGH THE FIRST 11 DAYS OF 

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FIFA. THE FRIENDS OF THE 

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WATERFRONT PARK REPORTED OVER 

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450,000 PEOPLE AT SEATTLE'S 

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WATERFRONT PARK. AND GUYS AS YOU

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KNOW, ARE DISTRIBUTED WITH THE 

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FAN EXPERIENCE MODEL. WE DON'T 

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HAVE EVERYTHING CONCENTRATED IN 

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ONE LOCATION. IT IS NOT JUST 

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SEATTLE CENTER, BUT ALSO THE 

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STADIUM. THERE IS ALSO PACIFIC 

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PLACE AND THE WATERFRONT. 

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THERE'S OTHER UNOFFICIAL PLACES

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LIKE PIONEER SQUARE. CHECK THAT 

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OUT. VISIT THEM ALL. ME AND MY 

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OFFICE HAVE VISITED WHERE THE 

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WATERFRONT IS PROBABLY ONE OF 

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THE MOST EXCITING, BUT ALL SUPER

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COOL. CHECK THEM OUT. AND I'LL 

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CLOSE ON FIFA, EXCITEMENT, 

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ENERGY, AND WE ARE ALREADY 

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HAVING INITIAL PRELIMINARY 

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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEATTLE, 

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POTENTIALLY HOSTING THE 2031 

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FIFA WORLD WOMEN'S CUP SHOULD 

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IT BE SELECTED LATER THIS YEAR 

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AS PART OF A HOST COUNTRY. 

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CURRENTLY THE U.S., JAMAICA, 

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COSTA RICA, AND ONE OTHER 

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COUNTRY ARE IN THE RUNNING, 

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BLEEDING CANDIDATES TO BE A HOST

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COUNTRY FOR THE WOMEN'S WORLD 

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CUP IN 2031. SO ALREADY HAVING 

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AN INITIAL CONVERSATION ABOUT 

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LET'S RUN IT AGAIN. LET'S RUN 

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IT BACK, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 

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PRIDE MATCH OR EXCUSE ME, PRIDE 

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-- HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE. STILL 

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JUNE. HAPPY PRIDE. WAS HONORED 

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YESTERDAY TO PARTICIPATE WITH MY

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OFFICE, OUR ANNUAL BIG CITY 

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PRIDE MARCH DOWNTOWN. SUCH AN 

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AMAZING VIBES. BROUGHT MY 

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12-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, MAY WITH 

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ME. SHE REALLY LOVED IT. SO JUST

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SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO 

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PARTICIPATE IN THAT. MOVING ON 

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TO LAST WEEK. I HAD THE PLEASURE

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OF JOINING COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S OFFICE 

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TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEST 

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SEATTLE DEMOCRATIC WOMEN'S 

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FORUM RIGHT THERE. OF COURSE, 

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WEST SEATTLE, SUCH A GREAT 

492
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EVENT. AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK 

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TO SOME WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN, YOU

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KNOW, COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD, 

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COMMUNITY LEADERS, NEIGHBORHOOD 

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LEADERS. POLITICAL LEADERS IN MY

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DISTRICT FOR MANY DECADES. 

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TOPICS OF CONVERSATION, FOCUSED 

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AREAS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION,

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PUBLIC SAFETY, HOUSING 

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AFFORDABILITY, AND SO MUCH MORE.

502
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HOW PEOPLE CAN AGE IN PLACE, 

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ETC. SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO 

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JOIN THAT, AND I WANT TO THANK 

505
00:20:13,679 --> 00:20:15,080
EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED. THE 

506
00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,915
MEMBERS WHO ATTENDED, AND 

507
00:20:16,915 --> 00:20:17,983
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 

508
00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:19,051
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER'S OFFICE 

509
00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:20,619
FOR BEARING WITH ME THROUGH MY 

510
00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:22,387
CORNY DAD JOKES. THEY WERE A 

511
00:20:22,387 --> 00:20:27,492
LOT. I AM DAD FROM DELRIDGE. I 

512
00:20:27,492 --> 00:20:30,929
WAS INFUSIVE OF THOSE CORNY DAD 

513
00:20:30,929 --> 00:20:36,802
JOKES. FINALLY, I WANT TO NOTE 

514
00:20:36,802 --> 00:20:41,974
THE RECONNECT SOUTH PARK EFFORT.

515
00:20:41,974 --> 00:20:45,944
OVER THE EFFORT TO REUNITE OUR 

516
00:20:45,944 --> 00:20:47,846
WONDERFUL DIVERSE SOUTH PARK 

517
00:20:47,846 --> 00:20:49,648
NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS CURRENTLY

518
00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:52,784
CUT IN HALF. BISECTED BY STATE 

519
00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:54,286
ROUTE 99. LAST WEEK OPCD 

520
00:20:54,286 --> 00:20:56,255
RELEASED A REPORT IN CONJUNCTION

521
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,757
WITH RECONNECT SOUTH PARK, A 

522
00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:02,461
PROJECT THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN 

523
00:21:02,461 --> 00:21:05,530
ENGAGED ON SINCE I'VE BEEN IN 

524
00:21:05,530 --> 00:21:06,965
OFFICE, OVER TWO AND A HALF 

525
00:21:06,965 --> 00:21:09,234
YEARS NOW THAT IDENTIFIES 

526
00:21:09,234 --> 00:21:13,171
HIGHWAY 99 AS A MAJOR BURDEN ON 

527
00:21:13,171 --> 00:21:17,309
SOUTH PARK. NOTE THAT THERE 

528
00:21:17,309 --> 00:21:20,779
WHERE ARE FOUR OTHER MAJOR 

529
00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:22,014
NORTH-SOUTH ARTERIALS, SIMILAR 

530
00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:23,882
TO HIGHWAY 99, THAT ARE WITHIN 

531
00:21:23,882 --> 00:21:26,485
ONE MILE OF HIGHWAY 99, 

532
00:21:26,485 --> 00:21:29,321
INCLUDING I-5 AND STATE ROUTE 

533
00:21:29,321 --> 00:21:30,522
509. THE REPORT FINDS MANY 

534
00:21:30,522 --> 00:21:32,324
OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTS A NUMBER 

535
00:21:32,324 --> 00:21:34,860
OF OPTIONS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE

536
00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:37,729
FURTHER REFINED AND STUDIED AND 

537
00:21:37,729 --> 00:21:42,200
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS, AND THEN 

538
00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,903
COMMUNITY STAKE HOLDER, 

539
00:21:44,903 --> 00:21:45,937
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. ALL THAT. 

540
00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:47,172
WHATEVER THE FINAL OPTION, MAYBE

541
00:21:47,172 --> 00:21:49,107
ONE OF THE FINAL OPTIONS IS A 

542
00:21:49,107 --> 00:21:51,777
HYBRID OF SOME OF THE CURRENT 

543
00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:55,113
OPTIONS. BUT IN RESPECT OF THE 

544
00:21:55,113 --> 00:21:56,815
FINAL COMMUNITY, I THINK IT IS 

545
00:21:56,815 --> 00:22:01,720
VERY CLEAR THAT THE STATUS QUO 

546
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,691
OF HAVING SOUTH PARK CUT IN HALF

547
00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:09,027
AND THE DANGER THAT POSES ON 

548
00:22:09,027 --> 00:22:09,995
PEOPLE'S HEALTH, THE 

549
00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:14,299
ENVIRONMENT, AND TRAFFIC SAFETY 

550
00:22:14,299 --> 00:22:16,501
AND SO MUCH MORE. IT IS TOTALLY 

551
00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:17,736
UP B ACCEPTABLE, AND LOOKING 

552
00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:19,271
FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THE 

553
00:22:19,271 --> 00:22:21,973
COMMUNITY TO DO EXACTLY THAT. 

554
00:22:21,973 --> 00:22:26,211
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT WITH 

555
00:22:26,211 --> 00:22:27,179
ONE MINOR EXCEPTION. THE FOURTH 

556
00:22:27,179 --> 00:22:29,815
OF JULY IS COMING UP. I WANT TO 

557
00:22:29,815 --> 00:22:30,716
WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY 

558
00:22:30,716 --> 00:22:32,117
INDEPENDENCE DAY. ONE OF THE 

559
00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:35,454
MOST PROFOUND IN MY TWO AND A 

560
00:22:35,454 --> 00:22:36,888
HALF YEARS IN THIS BODY 

561
00:22:36,888 --> 00:22:38,256
CONVERSATION A MONTH OR TWO AGO 

562
00:22:38,256 --> 00:22:40,492
ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A 

563
00:22:40,492 --> 00:22:45,097
PATRIOT IN THIS COUNTRY AND 

564
00:22:45,097 --> 00:22:51,470
THESE TIMES. IN PARTICULAR, 

565
00:22:51,470 --> 00:22:55,474
MINOR EPILOGUE TO THAT. IT'S A 

566
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:56,775
THREE TO FOUR-PART DOCU SERIES. 

567
00:22:56,775 --> 00:22:58,977
I STARTED THE FIRST ONE LAST 

568
00:22:58,977 --> 00:22:59,611
NIGHT. REALLY, REALLY GREAT. 

569
00:22:59,611 --> 00:23:01,313
HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU ALL TO 

570
00:23:01,313 --> 00:23:04,649
CHECK IT OUT. BLACK PATRIOTS ON 

571
00:23:04,649 --> 00:23:06,284
NETFLIX. THANK YOU. I WELCOME 

572
00:23:06,284 --> 00:23:06,952
ANY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. IF 

573
00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:12,157
NOT, WE'LL PASS IT ON TO 

574
00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:13,125
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 

575
00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:15,861
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, 

576
00:23:15,861 --> 00:23:16,762
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. I'M GOING 

577
00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:18,430
TO START THIS WEEK THIS MORNING.

578
00:23:18,430 --> 00:23:20,766
I HOSTED A PUBLIC SAFETY WALK IN

579
00:23:20,766 --> 00:23:22,534
WEDGEWOOD. YOU HAVE ALL HEARD ME

580
00:23:22,534 --> 00:23:26,104
TALK ABOUT SINCE I CAME ONTO THE

581
00:23:26,104 --> 00:23:27,239
COUNCIL, HOSTING PUBLIC SAFETY 

582
00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:30,976
WALKS TO VISIT WITH OUR SMALL 

583
00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:31,810
BUSINESSES ACROSS THE DISTRICT. 

584
00:23:31,810 --> 00:23:37,149
AND HEAR FROM THEM ON THEIR 

585
00:23:37,149 --> 00:23:40,886
EXPERIENCES. AND REPRESENTATIVES

586
00:23:40,886 --> 00:23:46,091
FROM CARE AND SEATTLE PUBLIC 

587
00:23:46,091 --> 00:23:49,394
UTILITIES IT AND PARKS. AND FROM

588
00:23:49,394 --> 00:23:51,163
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, FOR ALSO 

589
00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:58,270
JOINING US. AND I HAVE TO SAY, I

590
00:23:58,270 --> 00:24:00,639
WAS VERY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE OUR 

591
00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:01,573
SMALL BUSINESSES IN WEDGEWOOD 

592
00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:06,077
ARE REPORTING THAT THINGS ARE A 

593
00:24:06,077 --> 00:24:07,212
LOT BETTER THAN THEY WERE. I HAD

594
00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:09,714
A CONVERSATION WITH A LOT OF THE

595
00:24:09,714 --> 00:24:12,117
BUSINESSES LAST YEAR WITH THEN 

596
00:24:12,117 --> 00:24:14,586
MAYOR HARRELL AND BUSINESSES 

597
00:24:14,586 --> 00:24:16,454
WERE VERY STRESSED OUT. AND THIS

598
00:24:16,454 --> 00:24:17,589
YEAR THINGS ARE MUCH BETTER. SO 

599
00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:22,160
I REALLY WANTED TO THANK ALL THE

600
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:23,261
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, CHIEF BARNES, 

601
00:24:23,261 --> 00:24:27,332
AND HIS TEAM FOR REALLY 

602
00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:29,434
FOCUSING, REALLY FOCUSING CHIEF 

603
00:24:29,434 --> 00:24:30,068
BARNES' COMMUNITY POLICING 

604
00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:32,804
EFFORT. IT IS SOMETHING HE VERY 

605
00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:35,207
MUCH CARES ABOUT AND HAS 

606
00:24:35,207 --> 00:24:35,974
FOSTERED IN THE DEPARTMENT, AND 

607
00:24:35,974 --> 00:24:44,883
WE ARE SEEING THE RESULTS OF 

608
00:24:44,883 --> 00:24:48,253
THAT WITH HIS GREAT TEAM. AND 

609
00:24:48,253 --> 00:24:52,324
ABOUT IMPLEMENTING OUR VACANT 

610
00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:52,958
BUILDINGS, LEGISLATION AMONGST 

611
00:24:52,958 --> 00:24:54,826
OTHER THINGS. AND HUGE RESPECT 

612
00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:56,761
FOR BOTH THE CHIEFS. AND THEN A 

613
00:24:56,761 --> 00:25:02,033
LOT OF OUR FOLKS ACROSS THE CITY

614
00:25:02,033 --> 00:25:06,538
DEPARTMENTS LIKE UTILITIES FOR 

615
00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:07,906
HELPING WITH TRASH MITIGATION, 

616
00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:09,975
ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE DUMPSTERS

617
00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:16,815
AROUND. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, DOWN

618
00:25:16,815 --> 00:25:19,751
TO OUR CARE TEAM, HELPING TO 

619
00:25:19,751 --> 00:25:21,553
ADDRESS, OUR NEEDS, THE UNHOUSED

620
00:25:21,553 --> 00:25:24,022
NEIGHBORHOODS OF OUR DISTRICT. 

621
00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:25,790
SO REALLY SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE.

622
00:25:25,790 --> 00:25:28,927
AND THE RESULTS, WE'RE SEEING 

623
00:25:28,927 --> 00:25:30,762
THE RESULTS. THAT FEELS REALLY 

624
00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:33,098
GOOD BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING 

625
00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:35,767
YOU'LL KNOW. SOME OF US STARTED

626
00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:38,470
HERE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. 

627
00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:41,072
IT IS SOMETHING A LOT OF THEM 

628
00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:42,540
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPACTS. 

629
00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:44,676
IT REALLY FEELS GOOD TO BE ABLE 

630
00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:46,578
TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE AND 

631
00:25:46,578 --> 00:25:49,114
HAVE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY WERE 

632
00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:50,548
BEING HEARD AND THINGS WERE 

633
00:25:50,548 --> 00:25:52,617
BETTER FOR THEM. SO WE'RE ON 

634
00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:55,587
THE RIGHT TRACK, ALL THAT TO 

635
00:25:55,587 --> 00:25:59,291
SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE 

636
00:25:59,291 --> 00:25:59,991
EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION THIS 

637
00:25:59,991 --> 00:26:00,926
MORNING. AND ALSO TOMORROW, 

638
00:26:00,926 --> 00:26:02,227
WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING 

639
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:04,996
ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE 

640
00:26:04,996 --> 00:26:05,897
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVALUATION 

641
00:26:05,897 --> 00:26:08,833
PLAN, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR

642
00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:10,902
FROM CENTRAL STAFF ON THEIR 

643
00:26:10,902 --> 00:26:13,004
ISSUE I.D. AND OUR POLICY 

644
00:26:13,004 --> 00:26:17,008
CONSIDERATIONS. THANK YOU FOR 

645
00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:17,742
YOUR PARTICIPATION. I'M NOT 

646
00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:25,684
SURE IF I WAS ABLE TO SAY THE 

647
00:26:25,684 --> 00:26:27,919
LAST TIME. BUT JUST TO SAY THAT 

648
00:26:27,919 --> 00:26:29,921
I CREATED THE SELECT COMMITTEE, 

649
00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:31,189
SO EVERYONE COULD PARTICIPATE ON

650
00:26:31,189 --> 00:26:33,658
THIS CONVERSATION, RATHER THAN 

651
00:26:33,658 --> 00:26:35,894
ME HAVING IT THROUGH OUR REGULAR

652
00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:36,528
COMMITTEE MEETING BECAUSE ONLY 

653
00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:40,465
FIVE OF US COULD PARTICIPATE ON 

654
00:26:40,465 --> 00:26:41,599
THAT. ROBUSTLY ANYONE COULD 

655
00:26:41,599 --> 00:26:42,500
JOIN, BUT ONLY FIVE PEOPLE COULD

656
00:26:42,500 --> 00:26:45,203
VOTE. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO

657
00:26:45,203 --> 00:26:46,037
ME THAT EVERYONE HAD THE 

658
00:26:46,037 --> 00:26:47,439
OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AND AT 

659
00:26:47,439 --> 00:26:50,608
LEAST CREATE A SELECT COMMITTEE 

660
00:26:50,608 --> 00:26:52,310
FOR THAT. AND REALLY THANK YOU 

661
00:26:52,310 --> 00:26:54,245
FOR PRIORITIZING THAT AS PART OF

662
00:26:54,245 --> 00:26:56,448
YOUR SCHEDULES. I KNOW YOU ALL, 

663
00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,883
WE HAD THAT FIRST MEETING, AND 

664
00:26:58,883 --> 00:27:00,719
TOMORROW IS A SECOND MEETING. SO

665
00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:01,553
PLEASE, I, LIKE COUNCILMEMBER 

666
00:27:01,553 --> 00:27:02,454
SAKA, WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU 

667
00:27:02,454 --> 00:27:04,222
ALL LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE 

668
00:27:04,222 --> 00:27:06,758
AMENDMENTS. IT IS GREAT WHEN YOU

669
00:27:06,758 --> 00:27:07,726
TELL CENTRAL STAFF. BUT TO BE 

670
00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:10,028
HONEST WITH YOU, IT IS ALSO 

671
00:27:10,028 --> 00:27:11,563
HELPFUL WHEN YOU TELL THE CHAIR.

672
00:27:11,563 --> 00:27:13,164
BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT 

673
00:27:13,164 --> 00:27:16,001
AS WE ARE LEADING THOSE 

674
00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:17,602
MEETINGS. AND SO I WOULD SAY, 

675
00:27:17,602 --> 00:27:21,840
YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT FOR YOU TO

676
00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:23,908
TELL CENTRAL STAFF WHO ARE 

677
00:27:23,908 --> 00:27:25,110
HELPING YOU ACTUALLY CRAFT 

678
00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:27,379
THOSE, AND IT IS EQUALLY 

679
00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:28,780
IMPORTANT TO TELL THE CHAIR. SO 

680
00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:30,482
I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE 

681
00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:35,754
TELL US, SO IT HELPS US PREPARE.

682
00:27:35,754 --> 00:27:36,721
AND THEN LAST WEEK AS 

683
00:27:36,721 --> 00:27:39,157
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS BEAT ME TO

684
00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,426
THE PUNCH THERE. WE ATTENDED 

685
00:27:41,426 --> 00:27:42,494
ASSOCIATION OUT OF WASHINGTON 

686
00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:45,630
CITY. WE BOTH SIT ON THE BOARD 

687
00:27:45,630 --> 00:27:46,364
AS REPRESENTATIVES TO SEATTLE. I

688
00:27:46,364 --> 00:27:49,634
ALSO SIT ON THE LEGISLATIVE 

689
00:27:49,634 --> 00:27:51,836
COMMITTEE, SO WE HAD A MEETING 

690
00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:53,238
ABOUT THAT AS WELL. MORE TO COME

691
00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:56,541
ON THAT. WE ARE STARTING TO 

692
00:27:56,541 --> 00:27:58,676
FORMULATE THE AGENDA FOR THAT. 

693
00:27:58,676 --> 00:27:59,577
NOT SURPRISING MOST CITIES 

694
00:27:59,577 --> 00:28:04,315
ACROSS THE STATE ARE GRAPPLING 

695
00:28:04,315 --> 00:28:04,983
WITH BUDGET ISSUES AND 

696
00:28:04,983 --> 00:28:05,784
STRUCTURAL BUDGET ISSUES. THAT 

697
00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:11,022
WAS A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION AT

698
00:28:11,022 --> 00:28:12,924
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. I ALSO 

699
00:28:12,924 --> 00:28:15,960
WAS REALLY HONORED TO HAVE BEEN 

700
00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,731
ASKED BY AWC TO LEAD, CO-LEAD 

701
00:28:19,731 --> 00:28:24,569
WITH MY FRIEND AND COUNTERPART 

702
00:28:24,569 --> 00:28:27,272
IN THE CITY OF JILLIAN HENSLEY 

703
00:28:27,272 --> 00:28:29,941
TO LEAD A ROUND TABLE FOR NEW 

704
00:28:29,941 --> 00:28:30,742
ELECTIVES. AND THAT WAS REALLY 

705
00:28:30,742 --> 00:28:32,310
GREAT. IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR, 

706
00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:34,179
FIRST OF ALL, SOME FOLKS WATCH 

707
00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:36,414
OUR MEETINGS. SOME OF OUR 

708
00:28:36,414 --> 00:28:38,650
COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO

709
00:28:38,650 --> 00:28:39,718
THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING, AND

710
00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:44,189
REALLY JUST KIND OF A NEAT THING

711
00:28:44,189 --> 00:28:46,591
TO KNOW. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO 

712
00:28:46,591 --> 00:28:49,260
HEAR FROM NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, 

713
00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:53,131
THEIR EXPERIENCES, AND IT WAS 

714
00:28:53,131 --> 00:28:55,800
REALLY A ROUNDTABLE TO SHARE HOW

715
00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,069
WE, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM SOLVED FOR

716
00:28:58,069 --> 00:29:02,841
CHALLENGES AS WE SIT ON COUNCILS

717
00:29:02,841 --> 00:29:05,710
ACROSS THE STATE. SO THAT WAS 

718
00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:07,746
REALLY HUMBLING. I WAS REALLY 

719
00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:10,014
HONORED, AND IT WAS GREAT TO 

720
00:29:10,014 --> 00:29:14,652
HEAR FROM FRESHLY APPOINTED, NOT

721
00:29:14,652 --> 00:29:15,887
APPOINTED, BUT ELECTED COUNCIL 

722
00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:16,788
MEMBERS. SOME ARE APPOINTED AS 

723
00:29:16,788 --> 00:29:18,757
WE DO HERE, WHERE THEY ARE BACK 

724
00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:23,528
FILLING, THEN THEY GO ONTO THE 

725
00:29:23,528 --> 00:29:24,429
ELECTIONS, SO VERY INTERESTING. 

726
00:29:24,429 --> 00:29:26,998
THE WEEK BEFORE I'LL SAY 

727
00:29:26,998 --> 00:29:28,767
SOMETHING THAT I'M SUPER, 

728
00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:33,071
SUPER, I FELT SO PRIVILEGED AND 

729
00:29:33,071 --> 00:29:34,405
HONORED  TO ATTEND. SEATTLE 

730
00:29:34,405 --> 00:29:36,074
PROMISE AND PROJECT BALDWIN HAD 

731
00:29:36,074 --> 00:29:37,709
A RECEPTION FOR THE SEATTLE 

732
00:29:37,709 --> 00:29:41,679
PROMISE STUDENTS. AND IT WAS FOR

733
00:29:41,679 --> 00:29:46,584
THE FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE 

734
00:29:46,584 --> 00:29:47,452
STUDENT, WHICH I'M FIRST 

735
00:29:47,452 --> 00:29:49,521
GENERATION. I WAS VERY TEARY 

736
00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:53,424
EYED, I'LL ADMIT. JUST SEEING 

737
00:29:53,424 --> 00:29:55,593
ALL THESE FAMILIES AND YOUNG 

738
00:29:55,593 --> 00:30:00,298
PEOPLE, SOME OLDER PEOPLE TOO 

739
00:30:00,298 --> 00:30:01,299
WILL GET THEIR COLLEGE DEGREES. 

740
00:30:01,299 --> 00:30:03,768
IT WAS REALLY JUST SUCH A JOY AS

741
00:30:03,768 --> 00:30:09,374
YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY. I WAS

742
00:30:09,374 --> 00:30:11,009
REALLY PRIVILEGED TO HELP 

743
00:30:11,009 --> 00:30:12,010
IMPLEMENT THE FIRST SEATTLE 

744
00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:15,880
PROMISE, ALONG WITH THE SEATTLE 

745
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,883
COLLEGES AND MAYOR DURKIN, HER 

746
00:30:18,883 --> 00:30:25,390
LEGACY. A PART OF HER LEGACY. 

747
00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:30,595
AND IT EXCEEDED OUR EXPECTATIONS

748
00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:32,664
IN TERMS OF SUCCESS. THAT WAS A 

749
00:30:32,664 --> 00:30:34,933
REALLY WONDERFUL THING TO BE A 

750
00:30:34,933 --> 00:30:38,503
PART OF. SO MANY FIRST 

751
00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:43,174
GENERATION KIDS, YOU KNOW, MANY 

752
00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:49,180
OF WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF OUR 

753
00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:50,582
COMMUNITY BLACK AND BROWN 

754
00:30:50,582 --> 00:30:51,783
STUDENTS, SO MANY IMMIGRANT 

755
00:30:51,783 --> 00:30:55,720
FAMILIES AND STUDENTS. THIS IS A

756
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:57,889
GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THAT'S 

757
00:30:57,889 --> 00:30:59,724
WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. I'M SO

758
00:30:59,724 --> 00:31:04,729
PROUD OF THEM, AND IT WAS VERY 

759
00:31:04,729 --> 00:31:08,633
UPLIFTING. THEN LASTLY I'LL 

760
00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:10,635
SAY, ANOTHER EQUALLY UPLIFTING 

761
00:31:10,635 --> 00:31:11,936
EVENT WAS THIS IMMIGRANT 

762
00:31:11,936 --> 00:31:14,873
HERITAGE MONTH, AN EVENT PUT ON 

763
00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:16,808
BY OUR OFFICE OF REFUGEE AFFAIRS

764
00:31:16,808 --> 00:31:20,912
TO CELEBRATE ORIENTAL GRANT AND 

765
00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:23,581
REFUGEE NEIGHBORS HERE IN THE 

766
00:31:23,581 --> 00:31:26,684
CITY. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK WAS 

767
00:31:26,684 --> 00:31:28,853
THERE AS WELL. WE GOT TO GREET 

768
00:31:28,853 --> 00:31:29,754
THE AUDIENCE, WHICH WAS REALLY 

769
00:31:29,754 --> 00:31:31,022
SPECIAL AND TO REALLY TALK ABOUT

770
00:31:31,022 --> 00:31:33,291
AND SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT AND 

771
00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:34,292
REFUGEE NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE 

772
00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:35,727
CITY. OF COURSE, IT'S IMPORTANT

773
00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:39,130
TO ALL OF US. AND I WAS JUST SO 

774
00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:40,098
HONORED TO BE THERE AS WELL. SO 

775
00:31:40,098 --> 00:31:45,903
THERE IS MORE I COULD SAY. 

776
00:31:45,903 --> 00:31:50,041
UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION? 

777
00:31:50,041 --> 00:31:51,843
>> YES, SORRY, I PROBABLY SHOULD

778
00:31:51,843 --> 00:31:55,079
HAVE ASKED THIS LAST WEEK. FOR 

779
00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:57,315
THE PRIORITY AT AWC. COLLEAGUES,

780
00:31:57,315 --> 00:31:59,417
WE'VE HAD TIMES WHERE AWC HAS 

781
00:31:59,417 --> 00:32:00,051
LOBBIED AGAINST OUR INTERESTS. 

782
00:32:00,051 --> 00:32:03,087
WE HAVE HAD TIMES WHERE THEY 

783
00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:08,459
HAVE LOBBIED ALONGSIDE OF OUR 

784
00:32:08,459 --> 00:32:14,799
INTEREST. THEY DIDN'T GIVE ME 

785
00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:16,634
FIRM COMMITMENTS. IT'S ABOUT 

786
00:32:16,634 --> 00:32:18,569
HB2213 RELATING TO THE RECYCLING

787
00:32:18,569 --> 00:32:19,504
LAWS. THIS WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT

788
00:32:19,504 --> 00:32:22,273
I ADDED TO OUR OWN LEGISLATIVE 

789
00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:24,475
PRIORITIES HERE AT THE CITY OF 

790
00:32:24,475 --> 00:32:26,911
SEATTLE. AND LAST YEAR THE BILL 

791
00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:30,548
DIDN'T EVEN GET A HEARING. SO 

792
00:32:30,548 --> 00:32:32,383
IT MOVED NOWHERE. JUST BASICALLY

793
00:32:32,383 --> 00:32:37,889
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOOPHOLE 

794
00:32:37,889 --> 00:32:39,824
THAT IF YOU GET $30, YOU DON'T 

795
00:32:39,824 --> 00:32:43,027
HAVE TO SHOW I.D., YOU COULD GET

796
00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:46,898
PAID IN CASH. THERE IS NO 

797
00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:49,200
ACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS. DID 

798
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:50,201
ANYONE RAISE THAT ISSUE? DO YOU 

799
00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:52,370
KNOW IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN 

800
00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:55,206
SUPPORTING THIS? DID YOU GET A 

801
00:32:55,206 --> 00:32:55,440
SENSE? 

802
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,177
>> WE HAVEN'T YET DONE 

803
00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:04,649
ESTABLISH WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS 

804
00:33:04,649 --> 00:33:06,050
GOING TO BE WORKING ON. WE'RE 

805
00:33:06,050 --> 00:33:07,385
KIND OF IN THE IDEATION PHASE IF

806
00:33:07,385 --> 00:33:09,687
YOU WILL, SO I'M HAPPY TO GO 

807
00:33:09,687 --> 00:33:13,558
BACK AND ASK ABOUT THAT IN 

808
00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:17,428
PARTICULAR. WHAT WILL BE ON THE 

809
00:33:17,428 --> 00:33:20,565
AGENDA FOR THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE

810
00:33:20,565 --> 00:33:23,368
SESSION IN JANUARY, BUT MORE TO 

811
00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:24,435
COME ON THAT. YOU ALSO DON'T 

812
00:33:24,435 --> 00:33:25,937
HAVE TO WAIT FOR ME WHEN I'M 

813
00:33:25,937 --> 00:33:26,637
ASKING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR 

814
00:33:26,637 --> 00:33:28,840
ONE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE LIST

815
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:32,877
YET. LIKE WE DON'T HERE EITHER,

816
00:33:32,877 --> 00:33:34,345
IN FACT. BUT YEAH, WE'LL SEE. 

817
00:33:34,345 --> 00:33:35,947
>> OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. 

818
00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:39,050
>> AWESOME. I THINK NEXT WE HAVE

819
00:33:39,050 --> 00:33:40,952
COUNCILMEMBER LIN. FOR THE 

820
00:33:40,952 --> 00:33:42,920
RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS 

821
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,155
HERE. WE'LL GO COUNCILMEMBER 

822
00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:44,822
LIN, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, THEN 

823
00:33:44,822 --> 00:33:46,791
BOUNCE IT BACK OVER TO 

824
00:33:46,791 --> 00:33:47,258
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

825
00:33:47,258 --> 00:33:47,692
COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 

826
00:33:47,692 --> 00:33:50,028
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 

827
00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:50,962
BRINGING THAT UP, COUNCILMEMBER 

828
00:33:50,962 --> 00:33:52,230
STRAUSS. WE ALL KNOW COPPER WIRE

829
00:33:52,230 --> 00:33:54,332
THEFT IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL, 

830
00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:55,266
INCLUDING THE WEST SEATTLE 

831
00:33:55,266 --> 00:33:58,936
BRIDGE. THE LIGHTS WERE OUT 

832
00:33:58,936 --> 00:33:59,504
RECENTLY. WE'RE SPENDING 

833
00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:01,272
ENORMOUS AMOUNTS ON SOMETHING 

834
00:34:01,272 --> 00:34:05,276
THAT CAN BE SOLVED PRETTY 

835
00:34:05,276 --> 00:34:06,344
SIMPLY, SO THERE IS NO REASON 

836
00:34:06,344 --> 00:34:11,516
FOR THAT NOT TO BE A PRIORITY IN

837
00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:13,918
OUR MIND. YOU KNOW, WE SAW 

838
00:34:13,918 --> 00:34:16,921
SIMILAR EFFORTS. AND I HAVE NOT 

839
00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:18,089
HEARD ABOUT THE CONVERTED THEFT 

840
00:34:18,089 --> 00:34:22,093
FOR QUITE A BIT NOW. I DON'T 

841
00:34:22,093 --> 00:34:25,563
KNOW. MAYBE IT'S STILL 

842
00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:26,197
HAPPENING. OKAY. BUT CERTAINLY 

843
00:34:26,197 --> 00:34:26,931
HAS DECLINED FROM THE HEIGHT. SO

844
00:34:26,931 --> 00:34:28,466
YEAH, PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET 

845
00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:29,300
RID OF COPPER THEFT ALTOGETHER, 

846
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:32,103
BUT WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT 

847
00:34:32,103 --> 00:34:34,005
EASY FOR IT TO HAPPEN. SO YEAH, 

848
00:34:34,005 --> 00:34:38,543
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME ACTION 

849
00:34:38,543 --> 00:34:39,877
THERE. IN TERMS OF COMMITTEES, 

850
00:34:39,877 --> 00:34:43,147
LAND USE COMMITTEE, WE'LL BE 

851
00:34:43,147 --> 00:34:45,983
MEETING THIS WEEK. WE WILL HAVE 

852
00:34:45,983 --> 00:34:46,617
OUR SEPA APPELLATE PROCEDURE 

853
00:34:46,617 --> 00:34:49,720
BILL. THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC 

854
00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:51,923
HEARING, NOT A VOTE THIS 

855
00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,258
WEDNESDAY. SO WE'RE 

856
00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:55,159
ANTICIPATING A VOTE ON JULY 15. 

857
00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:57,862
SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A

858
00:34:57,862 --> 00:34:59,664
HEADS UP ABOUT THAT. BUT WE WILL

859
00:34:59,664 --> 00:35:01,332
BE HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING 

860
00:35:01,332 --> 00:35:02,133
THIS WEDNESDAY. THE OTHER THING 

861
00:35:02,133 --> 00:35:03,768
THAT WILL BE ON JUST FOR 

862
00:35:03,768 --> 00:35:07,772
BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION IS A 

863
00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:08,973
TEMPORARY DESIGN REVIEW BILL. 

864
00:35:08,973 --> 00:35:10,374
BASICALLY THERE WAS A TEMPORARY 

865
00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:12,376
DESIGN REVIEW BILL THAT HAS 

866
00:35:12,376 --> 00:35:15,213
EXPIRED, SO WE BASICALLY WANT TO

867
00:35:15,213 --> 00:35:16,948
PUT THAT, WHAT WAS IN PLACE AND 

868
00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:22,553
KIND OF MAKE THAT ACTIVE AGAIN. 

869
00:35:22,553 --> 00:35:24,589
WHILE THE SDCI WILL WORK ON A 

870
00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:26,290
PERMANENT DESIGN REVIEW. WE'RE 

871
00:35:26,290 --> 00:35:31,395
REQUIRED TO UPDATE OUR DESIGN 

872
00:35:31,395 --> 00:35:37,168
REVIEW PER STATE LAW. AND IN THE

873
00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:40,137
MEANTIME, THIS BILL WOULD BE 

874
00:35:40,137 --> 00:35:41,405
HELPFUL, PREVIOUSLY ALLOWING IF 

875
00:35:41,405 --> 00:35:48,713
YOU'RE DOING THE IMAGE 

876
00:35:48,713 --> 00:35:52,049
PERFORMANCE TO BE EXEMPT. AND SO

877
00:35:52,049 --> 00:35:53,751
WE WILL BE BRINGING BASICALLY 

878
00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:55,686
REAUTHORIZING THOSE ON THE 

879
00:35:55,686 --> 00:35:56,287
TEMPORARY SIX-MONTH BASIS. 

880
00:35:56,287 --> 00:36:00,958
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE 

881
00:36:00,958 --> 00:36:01,192
MOMENT. 

882
00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:03,427
>> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN.

883
00:36:03,427 --> 00:36:03,895
THERE'S QUESTIONS. 

884
00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:04,328
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

885
00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:08,666
>> IF I MAY, I JUST WANT TO 

886
00:36:08,666 --> 00:36:10,334
THANK YOU FOR RAISING WHAT YOUR 

887
00:36:10,334 --> 00:36:11,869
OVERVIEW IS TODAY, BUT ALSO 

888
00:36:11,869 --> 00:36:14,005
RAISING THE IMPORTANT ISSUE OF 

889
00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:15,907
COPPER WIRE THEFT AND THE IMPACT

890
00:36:15,907 --> 00:36:25,116
THAT HAS ON OUR UTILITIES, OUR 

891
00:36:25,116 --> 00:36:26,317
ECONOMY, AND SEATTLE CITY LIGHT.

892
00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:27,184
SPECIFICALLY THE WEST SEATTLE 

893
00:36:27,184 --> 00:36:28,786
BRIDGE, THE COPPER WIRE THEFT, 

894
00:36:28,786 --> 00:36:32,256
WHICH HAS BEEN HAPPENING NOW FOR

895
00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:35,726
OVER A YEAR. MY OFFICE HAS BEEN 

896
00:36:35,726 --> 00:36:37,061
CLOSELY INVOLVED AND ENGAGED 

897
00:36:37,061 --> 00:36:38,996
WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. THE 

898
00:36:38,996 --> 00:36:40,998
MAYOR'S OFFICE, SPANNING TWO 

899
00:36:40,998 --> 00:36:43,434
ADMINISTRATIONS NOW, SPD ON THIS

900
00:36:43,434 --> 00:36:46,771
ISSUE. SEATTLE CITY LIGHT LET US

901
00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:50,308
KNOW EARLIER TODAY THAT I 

902
00:36:50,308 --> 00:36:54,378
BELIEVE ON SATURDAY NIGHT, THERE

903
00:36:54,378 --> 00:37:00,685
WAS SPD ARRESTED INDIVIDUAL ON 

904
00:37:00,685 --> 00:37:04,889
THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE. THE 

905
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:07,358
COPPER WIRE FROM STREET LIGHTS. 

906
00:37:07,358 --> 00:37:10,361
IT IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS AND 

907
00:37:10,361 --> 00:37:14,799
HARMFUL SET OF CONDUCT FOR OUR 

908
00:37:14,799 --> 00:37:20,004
ECONOMY. TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC 

909
00:37:20,004 --> 00:37:21,038
SAFETY AND ROAD SAFETY. WHEN YOU

910
00:37:21,038 --> 00:37:23,140
CANNOT SEE ONE OF THE CORRIDORS 

911
00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:24,609
OF THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE. 

912
00:37:24,609 --> 00:37:25,676
VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. SO SHOUT 

913
00:37:25,676 --> 00:37:30,381
OUT TO SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, SPD 

914
00:37:30,381 --> 00:37:32,250
FOR, YOU KNOW, YOUR EFFORT TO 

915
00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,085
HOLD THAT INDIVIDUAL 

916
00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:35,486
ACCOUNTABLE, THEN MAKING 

917
00:37:35,486 --> 00:37:36,654
APPROPRIATE UPGRADES TO HARDEN 

918
00:37:36,654 --> 00:37:37,488
THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BETTER 

919
00:37:37,488 --> 00:37:45,096
PREVENT THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT 

920
00:37:45,096 --> 00:37:45,696
HAPPENING AGAIN. THANK YOU. 

921
00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:48,532
>> AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD, 

922
00:37:48,532 --> 00:37:49,567
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

923
00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:51,569
YOU KNOW, AWC IS ONE BODY, BUT 

924
00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:54,538
WE HAVE OUR OWN LEGISLATIVE 

925
00:37:54,538 --> 00:37:56,540
AGENDA OBVIOUSLY. SO THIS IS 

926
00:37:56,540 --> 00:37:59,343
SOMETHING TO TALK TO OIR ABOUT, 

927
00:37:59,343 --> 00:38:00,678
OBVIOUSLY. BECAUSE WITH AWC AND 

928
00:38:00,678 --> 00:38:02,613
THE SAME WAY WE DO HERE, BUT 

929
00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:03,781
PROBABLY EVEN MORE SO THERE 

930
00:38:03,781 --> 00:38:05,349
BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY 

931
00:38:05,349 --> 00:38:06,183
CITIES. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY 

932
00:38:06,183 --> 00:38:10,488
HARD WHEN YOU HAVE HUNDREDS AND 

933
00:38:10,488 --> 00:38:11,889
HUNDREDS IN OLYMPIA. AND THEY 

934
00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:13,591
PRIORITIZE THEIR TOP THREE, FOUR

935
00:38:13,591 --> 00:38:15,059
THINGS. IT'S NOT THE ONLY 

936
00:38:15,059 --> 00:38:16,560
THINGS THEY CARE ABOUT, BUT IT 

937
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:18,596
HAS TO BE THE PRIORITY PIECE. 

938
00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:20,531
BUT IT IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO 

939
00:38:20,531 --> 00:38:22,533
THINK ABOUT FOR OURSELVES. WHEN 

940
00:38:22,533 --> 00:38:23,834
WE'RE TALKING TO OIR, MAKE SURE

941
00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:25,703
THIS IS RISING TO THE SURFACE 

942
00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:27,672
BECAUSE IT IS A BIG ISSUE IN OUR

943
00:38:27,672 --> 00:38:30,007
CITY, AND I DON'T THINK IT IS 

944
00:38:30,007 --> 00:38:31,742
JUST OUR CITY. IT IS DEFINITELY 

945
00:38:31,742 --> 00:38:33,544
A BIG ISSUE IN OUR CITY, AND 

946
00:38:33,544 --> 00:38:34,679
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS

947
00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:35,913
FOR BRINGING IT UP. SO IT IS 

948
00:38:35,913 --> 00:38:39,283
SOMETHING FOR US TO TALK TO OIR 

949
00:38:39,283 --> 00:38:42,153
AND MAKE SURE WE ARE GIVING IT 

950
00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:43,788
OUR PRIORITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A 

951
00:38:43,788 --> 00:38:44,789
LOBBYIST THAT WILL GO TO 

952
00:38:44,789 --> 00:38:48,092
OLYMPIA, SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO

953
00:38:48,092 --> 00:38:50,428
TALK ABOUT, AS WE'RE 

954
00:38:50,428 --> 00:38:51,362
PRIORITIZING OUR AGENDA, SO 

955
00:38:51,362 --> 00:38:51,796
THANK YOU. 

956
00:38:51,796 --> 00:38:53,297
>> IF I MIGHT STEP IN REAL 

957
00:38:53,297 --> 00:38:56,033
QUICK. I KNOW I'VE HEARD FROM A

958
00:38:56,033 --> 00:38:57,134
NUMBER OF COLLEAGUES REGARDING 

959
00:38:57,134 --> 00:39:00,137
OIR COMING FOR AN UPDATE, JUST 

960
00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:03,207
SO WE COULD KIND OF HEAR WHAT 

961
00:39:03,207 --> 00:39:05,109
THEY'RE COOKING UP, AND THEY 

962
00:39:05,109 --> 00:39:06,110
NEED TO HEAR FROM US. I'VE 

963
00:39:06,110 --> 00:39:07,445
HEARD THAT REQUEST, AND EVEN GOT

964
00:39:07,445 --> 00:39:08,813
A SIDE EYE FROM COUNCILMEMBER 

965
00:39:08,813 --> 00:39:10,781
KETTLE JUST NOW. I'M JUST 

966
00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:16,353
PLAYING. IT WAS A POSITIVE SIDE 

967
00:39:16,353 --> 00:39:18,022
EYE, OKAY? I'LL MAKE SURE THAT 

968
00:39:18,022 --> 00:39:20,291
IS ON THE DOCKET FOR JULY FOR US

969
00:39:20,291 --> 00:39:23,961
TO GET AN UPDATE FROM OIR, SO 

970
00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:26,130
THAT IS ON MY LIST. I'VE HEARD 

971
00:39:26,130 --> 00:39:27,331
LOUD AND CLEAR, COLLEAGUES. 

972
00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:28,432
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 

973
00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:29,900
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

974
00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:32,103
AND I WANT TO KICK OFF BY 

975
00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:34,205
THANKING EVERYONE WHO 

976
00:39:34,205 --> 00:39:35,806
PARTICIPATED IN LAST WEEK'S 

977
00:39:35,806 --> 00:39:36,407
SELECT COMMITTEE ON POLICY 

978
00:39:36,407 --> 00:39:42,346
CHANGES FOR THOSE WHO MISSED IT 

979
00:39:42,346 --> 00:39:45,082
AS WELL AS A PANEL FOCUSED ON 

980
00:39:45,082 --> 00:39:47,118
ISSUES FACING OUR LOCAL TRANS 

981
00:39:47,118 --> 00:39:47,985
COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE PARTNERS 

982
00:39:47,985 --> 00:39:51,789
WE HAD AT THE TABLE LAST WEEK 

983
00:39:51,789 --> 00:39:53,257
INCLUDED ARBOR VIEW CEO AS WELL 

984
00:39:53,257 --> 00:39:54,225
AS HERE IN THE HEALTHCARE 

985
00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:56,026
AUTHORITY AND SOME OF THE 

986
00:39:56,026 --> 00:40:00,030
COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS, SUCH 

987
00:40:00,030 --> 00:40:03,334
AS SEATTLE INDIANA HEALTH BOARD,

988
00:40:03,334 --> 00:40:04,168
AGENT COUNCILLING AND REFERRAL 

989
00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:05,503
SERVICES, AND A DIVISION WITHIN 

990
00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:06,270
THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 

991
00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:09,306
WHICH PROVIDES A LOT OF 

992
00:40:09,306 --> 00:40:10,708
LONG-TERM CARE SUPPORT. THEY 

993
00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:14,044
ACTUALLY HOLD THE LOCAL AREA 

994
00:40:14,044 --> 00:40:15,646
AGENCY. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO 

995
00:40:15,646 --> 00:40:16,881
UPLIFT THAT. ONE OF THE KEY 

996
00:40:16,881 --> 00:40:19,283
THINGS TO KNOW OUT OF THAT 

997
00:40:19,283 --> 00:40:21,852
UPDATE IS THE IMPACTS OF HR ONE,

998
00:40:21,852 --> 00:40:23,487
SO HOUSE RESOLUTION ONE, ALSO 

999
00:40:23,487 --> 00:40:24,922
KNOWN AS THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL 

1000
00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:28,159
OR AS MANY PEOPLE ALSO CALL IT, 

1001
00:40:28,159 --> 00:40:30,795
THE TRAIL BILL, INCLUDED SEVERE 

1002
00:40:30,795 --> 00:40:32,029
CUTS  TO MEDICAID. THOSE IMPACTS

1003
00:40:32,029 --> 00:40:34,999
ARE GOING TO START COMING IN 

1004
00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:36,033
FACING OUR RESIDENTS STARTING 

1005
00:40:36,033 --> 00:40:39,470
OCTOBER 1 OF THIS YEAR. SOME OF 

1006
00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:42,072
THOSE BIG IMPACTS INCLUDE THE 

1007
00:40:42,072 --> 00:40:42,640
INSTITUTION OF WORK 

1008
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:43,941
REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS 

1009
00:40:43,941 --> 00:40:47,278
REQUIRING FOLKS TO REAPPLY FOR 

1010
00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:47,912
THEIR HEALTHCARE IN SIX-MONTH 

1011
00:40:47,912 --> 00:40:50,714
INCREMENTS AS OPPOSED TO 

1012
00:40:50,714 --> 00:40:53,851
ANNUALLY. AND THE OUTSTANDING 

1013
00:40:53,851 --> 00:40:54,985
ISSUE OF NON-CITIZEN, LONG-TERM 

1014
00:40:54,985 --> 00:40:56,887
CARE RESIDENTS, WHO WILL NO 

1015
00:40:56,887 --> 00:40:57,822
LONGER BE ELIGIBLE ON THE 

1016
00:40:57,822 --> 00:41:01,192
QUESTION OF WHERE DO THOSE FOLKS

1017
00:41:01,192 --> 00:41:02,960
GO. SO PRETTY SEVERE 

1018
00:41:02,960 --> 00:41:04,562
CIRCUMSTANCES COMING OUR WAY AND

1019
00:41:04,562 --> 00:41:07,665
A DEFINITE CALL TO ACTION BY 

1020
00:41:07,665 --> 00:41:10,434
SOME OF OUR PANEL PARTICIPANTS 

1021
00:41:10,434 --> 00:41:11,802
TO START THINKING HOW WE WRAP 

1022
00:41:11,802 --> 00:41:12,703
OUR ARMS TOGETHER IN THE 

1023
00:41:12,703 --> 00:41:16,974
COMMUNITY TO TRY TO WEATHER THE 

1024
00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:19,910
IMPACTS. WE HAD A PANEL FOCUSED 

1025
00:41:19,910 --> 00:41:23,080
ON THE TRANS ISSUE FACING OUR 

1026
00:41:23,080 --> 00:41:24,315
CITY, HAVING THE COMMISSION AND 

1027
00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:26,750
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AT THE 

1028
00:41:26,750 --> 00:41:28,552
TABLE, TALKING ABOUT THE TEAM 

1029
00:41:28,552 --> 00:41:30,621
THAT HAS BEEN STOOD UP TO TAKE A

1030
00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:32,223
CITY WIDE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING

1031
00:41:32,223 --> 00:41:34,124
AND REALLY DEVELOPING A PLAN TO 

1032
00:41:34,124 --> 00:41:35,893
MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR TRANS 

1033
00:41:35,893 --> 00:41:41,765
RESIDENTS AND THOSE FLEEING 

1034
00:41:41,765 --> 00:41:43,534
OTHER STATES, BECOMIN NEW 

1035
00:41:43,534 --> 00:41:45,703
RESIDENTS  FOR THE CITY. THIS 

1036
00:41:45,703 --> 00:41:47,671
WEEK, WE WILL BE MEETING 

1037
00:41:47,671 --> 00:41:49,573
ACTUALLY ON JULY 2, SO IT IS A 

1038
00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:51,342
SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE WE WILL 

1039
00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:53,077
HAVE THIS FRIDAY OFF. AND WE 

1040
00:41:53,077 --> 00:41:56,580
WILL BE DISCUSSING AND HOLDING A

1041
00:41:56,580 --> 00:41:59,416
POSSIBLE VOTE ON COUNCIL BILL 

1042
00:41:59,416 --> 00:42:02,353
121207, WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH A 

1043
00:42:02,353 --> 00:42:02,953
FORENSIC DIGITAL EVIDENCE 

1044
00:42:02,953 --> 00:42:03,888
CLASSIFICATION TITLE SERIES AND 

1045
00:42:03,888 --> 00:42:06,390
CORRESPONDING RATES OF PAY IN 

1046
00:42:06,390 --> 00:42:07,124
THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 

1047
00:42:07,124 --> 00:42:08,492
THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE 

1048
00:42:08,492 --> 00:42:12,162
DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE 

1049
00:42:12,162 --> 00:42:13,397
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES. 

1050
00:42:13,397 --> 00:42:16,800
WE ALSO WILL HAVE APPOINTMENTS  

1051
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,670
TO DOMESTIC WORKERS SUPPORT. TO 

1052
00:42:19,670 --> 00:42:21,171
HIGHLIGHT SOME REGIONAL WORK, 

1053
00:42:21,171 --> 00:42:22,773
THE GOVERNING COMMITTEE MET ON 

1054
00:42:22,773 --> 00:42:24,875
FRIDAY, AND RECOVERED THREE MAIN

1055
00:42:24,875 --> 00:42:27,077
POINTS. WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON

1056
00:42:27,077 --> 00:42:29,146
THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. WE 

1057
00:42:29,146 --> 00:42:31,215
ALSO PROVIDED SOME UPDATES TO 

1058
00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:32,182
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF 

1059
00:42:32,182 --> 00:42:33,784
PROTOCOLS. AND THEN LASTLY, WE 

1060
00:42:33,784 --> 00:42:36,921
RECEIVED THE REPORT ON THE 2026 

1061
00:42:36,921 --> 00:42:39,156
POINT IN TIME COUNT. SOME MAY 

1062
00:42:39,156 --> 00:42:41,025
HAVE SEEN THE REPORTING ON THIS 

1063
00:42:41,025 --> 00:42:42,726
2026 POINT IN TIME COUNT FOUND 

1064
00:42:42,726 --> 00:42:45,729
WE HAD A 9% RISE IN HOMELESSNESS

1065
00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:48,432
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS. IN THAT

1066
00:42:48,432 --> 00:42:49,066
PRESENTATION, WE REALLY WALKED 

1067
00:42:49,066 --> 00:42:50,601
THROUGH KIND OF THE FINER 

1068
00:42:50,601 --> 00:42:53,170
DETAILS OF THAT REPORT, BUT ALSO

1069
00:42:53,170 --> 00:42:56,740
HAD A FEW COMMUNITY PARTNERS. I 

1070
00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:57,441
SHOULD SAY SERVICE PROVIDER 

1071
00:42:57,441 --> 00:42:59,176
PARTNERS, A PART OF THE 

1072
00:42:59,176 --> 00:42:59,877
DISCUSSION, TALKING ABOUT THEIR 

1073
00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:04,581
WORK AS THEY ARE SEEING IT, SO 

1074
00:43:04,581 --> 00:43:06,617
PARTICIPATING IN THE DISCUSSION 

1075
00:43:06,617 --> 00:43:08,285
AS WELL. TO THAT END, I THINK 

1076
00:43:08,285 --> 00:43:12,056
IT'S CLEAR TO SAY ANY INCREASE 

1077
00:43:12,056 --> 00:43:16,126
IN HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY

1078
00:43:16,126 --> 00:43:16,760
IS PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING. AND

1079
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:17,895
IT'S SADDENING FOR MANY OF US 

1080
00:43:17,895 --> 00:43:18,996
WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE 

1081
00:43:18,996 --> 00:43:21,231
WORK FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND 

1082
00:43:21,231 --> 00:43:23,567
WANT TO SEE OUR NEIGHBORS GET 

1083
00:43:23,567 --> 00:43:24,935
HOUSED. SO IT IS WORTH 

1084
00:43:24,935 --> 00:43:26,537
COMMENDING THE ACTIONS WE'VE 

1085
00:43:26,537 --> 00:43:29,373
TAKEN THIS PAST YEAR TO SCALE 

1086
00:43:29,373 --> 00:43:30,140
MORE SHELTER ACROSS OUR CITY. 

1087
00:43:30,140 --> 00:43:33,310
AND WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO 

1088
00:43:33,310 --> 00:43:34,378
GO, AND THE CHALLENGES ARE 

1089
00:43:34,378 --> 00:43:35,279
MOUNTING AGAINST US AS WE 

1090
00:43:35,279 --> 00:43:39,450
CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYES ON THE

1091
00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:41,619
CONTINUUM OF CARE FUNDING, WHICH

1092
00:43:41,619 --> 00:43:46,056
IS UNDER THREAT RIGHT NOW. I 

1093
00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:47,992
WANT TO NOTE WITH JUST CLOSING  

1094
00:43:47,992 --> 00:43:49,126
A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY EVENTS AND

1095
00:43:49,126 --> 00:43:51,929
TO GO TO A MORE POPULAR PLACE 

1096
00:43:51,929 --> 00:43:54,164
AFTER NOTE. AND I WANT TO THANK 

1097
00:43:54,164 --> 00:43:57,401
YOU ALL FOR SIGNING ONTO THE 

1098
00:43:57,401 --> 00:43:58,202
TRANS PRIDE PROCLAMATION. I WAS 

1099
00:43:58,202 --> 00:44:00,637
ABLE TO IN COMMUNITY ON FRIDAY 

1100
00:44:00,637 --> 00:44:02,706
NIGHT AT TRANS PRIDE. IT WAS A 

1101
00:44:02,706 --> 00:44:04,274
REALLY BEAUTIFUL EVENT. AND 

1102
00:44:04,274 --> 00:44:08,412
THERE WAS A LOT OF APPRECIATION 

1103
00:44:08,412 --> 00:44:10,280
FOR THAT PROCLAMATION, AND I 

1104
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,349
ALSO WAS ABLE TO ATTEND MOUNT 

1105
00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:14,551
BAKER PRIDE. THIS IS A 

1106
00:44:14,551 --> 00:44:16,754
FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENT THAT TOOK 

1107
00:44:16,754 --> 00:44:20,157
PLACE ON SUNDAY. REALLY 

1108
00:44:20,157 --> 00:44:21,258
BEAUTIFUL, LOTS OF KIDDOS  OUT. 

1109
00:44:21,258 --> 00:44:22,993
IT WAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING 

1110
00:44:22,993 --> 00:44:25,996
OUT AT THE PARK ON FRIDAY, AND 

1111
00:44:25,996 --> 00:44:29,733
OF COURSE, IT IS ALWAYS A BLAST.

1112
00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:32,503
I WANT TO CLOSE WITH PERHAPS -- 

1113
00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:33,137
I DON'T WANT TO CHOOSE 

1114
00:44:33,137 --> 00:44:34,905
FAVORITES, BUT PROBABLY ONE OF 

1115
00:44:34,905 --> 00:44:35,672
THE MOST MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY 

1116
00:44:35,672 --> 00:44:37,541
EVENTS THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND

1117
00:44:37,541 --> 00:44:41,812
THIS WEEKEND. IT WAS THE GRAND 

1118
00:44:41,812 --> 00:44:43,647
OPENING OF THE NICHOLSVILLE 

1119
00:44:43,647 --> 00:44:45,315
VILLAGE, WHICH WAS LONG AWAITED 

1120
00:44:45,315 --> 00:44:47,651
IN SOMETHING THAT MY OFFICE HAS 

1121
00:44:47,651 --> 00:44:49,420
ENGAGED WITH AND TRACKING A 

1122
00:44:49,420 --> 00:44:50,854
NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. SO HAVING 

1123
00:44:50,854 --> 00:44:52,489
THOSE 14 UNITS OF HOUSING COME 

1124
00:44:52,489 --> 00:44:54,525
ONLINE FOR THOSE WHO DON'T 

1125
00:44:54,525 --> 00:44:56,493
KNOW. IT IS A SELF-MANAGED 

1126
00:44:56,493 --> 00:44:58,195
MODEL. THIS IS ACTUALLY NOW 

1127
00:44:58,195 --> 00:45:01,565
THEIR THIRD SITE IN THE CITY. IT

1128
00:45:01,565 --> 00:45:03,133
WAS JUST A VERY WHOLESOME DAY 

1129
00:45:03,133 --> 00:45:05,569
AND ONE THAT DEFINITELY INSPIRED

1130
00:45:05,569 --> 00:45:07,471
A BIT OF GUYS WITHOUT SHELTER 

1131
00:45:07,471 --> 00:45:09,373
PEOPLE WHO DIE, AND WE'RE 

1132
00:45:09,373 --> 00:45:10,574
MAKING SURE THEY'RE TRYING TO 

1133
00:45:10,574 --> 00:45:12,142
MAKE MORE SHELTER ACROSS THE 

1134
00:45:12,142 --> 00:45:13,710
CITY. AND SO I WANTED TO CLOSE 

1135
00:45:13,710 --> 00:45:14,912
ON THAT NOTE OF POSITIVITY. I'M

1136
00:45:14,912 --> 00:45:20,117
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL

1137
00:45:20,117 --> 00:45:24,221
RIGHT, I'LL PASS IT ONTO 

1138
00:45:24,221 --> 00:45:25,889
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. WHO WAS 

1139
00:45:25,889 --> 00:45:26,724
THERE AT THAT OPENING. 

1140
00:45:26,724 --> 00:45:29,226
>> I WAS THERE AT THAT OPENING. 

1141
00:45:29,226 --> 00:45:32,663
WHAT A GREAT PASS OFF. GOOD 

1142
00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:33,263
AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. I'M 

1143
00:45:33,263 --> 00:45:35,032
REALLY GLAD I MADE IT. APOLOGIES

1144
00:45:35,032 --> 00:45:37,000
FOR ARRIVING LATE. I WAS AT A 

1145
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,737
CONVENING HELD BY THE COUNTY 

1146
00:45:39,737 --> 00:45:40,571
EXECUTIVE THIS AFTERNOON 

1147
00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:41,205
SURROUNDING HOUSING, BUT HAPPY 

1148
00:45:41,205 --> 00:45:43,507
TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL RIGHT 

1149
00:45:43,507 --> 00:45:46,944
NOW. I'LL START WITH COMMITTEE 

1150
00:45:46,944 --> 00:45:48,979
UPDATES. SO THIS MORNING, WE 

1151
00:45:48,979 --> 00:45:50,013
HEARD A PIECE OF LEGISLATION MY 

1152
00:45:50,013 --> 00:45:51,281
OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING ON OVER 

1153
00:45:51,281 --> 00:45:53,117
THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS FOR THE 

1154
00:45:53,117 --> 00:45:56,653
FIRST TIME IN COMMITTEE, 

1155
00:45:56,653 --> 00:45:57,254
SURROUNDING HOMEOWNER PRIVACY 

1156
00:45:57,254 --> 00:46:00,958
AND PROTECTIONS. SO THIS IS 

1157
00:46:00,958 --> 00:46:01,825
LEGISLATION THAT OUR COMMITTEE 

1158
00:46:01,825 --> 00:46:03,127
WILL BE CONSIDERING IN THE 

1159
00:46:03,127 --> 00:46:04,394
COMING WEEKS. I BELIEVE MY STAFF

1160
00:46:04,394 --> 00:46:05,429
HAS CHATTED WITH YOUR OFFICES 

1161
00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:06,930
ABOUT IT. I'LL SHARE JUST A 

1162
00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:10,000
LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT HERE. I'M 

1163
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,101
REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS 

1164
00:46:11,101 --> 00:46:12,736
LEGISLATION. IT CAME FROM 

1165
00:46:12,736 --> 00:46:15,205
ENGAGEMENT THAT WE DID. THINGS 

1166
00:46:15,205 --> 00:46:16,206
WE HEARD AROUND EXCESSIVE 

1167
00:46:16,206 --> 00:46:18,442
SOLICITATION, IN PARTICULAR FOR 

1168
00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:19,176
LEGACY HOMEOWNERS AND SENIORS. 

1169
00:46:19,176 --> 00:46:25,549
AND PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING 

1170
00:46:25,549 --> 00:46:26,984
CONSISTENT, FREQUENT CALLS AND 

1171
00:46:26,984 --> 00:46:27,584
LETTERS, SOMETIMES IN-PERSON 

1172
00:46:27,584 --> 00:46:28,585
VISITS TO THEIR HOMES WHEN THEIR

1173
00:46:28,585 --> 00:46:29,987
HOMES ARE NOT ON THE MARKET. 

1174
00:46:29,987 --> 00:46:32,022
ASKING THEM TO PUT THEIR HOUSE 

1175
00:46:32,022 --> 00:46:34,191
FOR SALE. WE HEARD FROM PEOPLE 

1176
00:46:34,191 --> 00:46:36,660
WHO SHARED SOME REALLY EMOTIONAL

1177
00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:37,528
EXPERIENCES. BOTH ABOUT, YOU 

1178
00:46:37,528 --> 00:46:39,496
KNOW, JUST THE INTERRUPTION OF 

1179
00:46:39,496 --> 00:46:41,131
THEIR PRIVACY, BUT ALSO ON THE 

1180
00:46:41,131 --> 00:46:41,999
OTHER END OF THE SCALE. PEOPLE 

1181
00:46:41,999 --> 00:46:44,601
WHO DO END UP GOING FOR THESE 

1182
00:46:44,601 --> 00:46:47,437
DEALS, WHICH ARE NOT DEALS, BUT 

1183
00:46:47,437 --> 00:46:48,672
ARE OFTEN AGGRESSIVE WAYS THAT 

1184
00:46:48,672 --> 00:46:52,843
GET PEOPLE TO SELL THEIR HOUSES 

1185
00:46:52,843 --> 00:46:53,877
FOR UNDERMARKET VALUE. WE HEARD 

1186
00:46:53,877 --> 00:46:54,945
STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LEFT 

1187
00:46:54,945 --> 00:46:59,049
CANDY ON THE PORCH FOR THE 

1188
00:46:59,049 --> 00:46:59,750
HOMEOWNERS' CHILDREN. WE HEARD 

1189
00:46:59,750 --> 00:47:03,921
STORIES OF PEOPLE DROPPING OFF 

1190
00:47:03,921 --> 00:47:04,555
SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH OFFERS 

1191
00:47:04,555 --> 00:47:05,789
UNDER MARKET VALUE. AND IT IS 

1192
00:47:05,789 --> 00:47:07,191
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AT THE 

1193
00:47:07,191 --> 00:47:09,359
END OF THE DAY, WE KNOW SO MUCH 

1194
00:47:09,359 --> 00:47:12,262
OF WEALTH BUILDING ISN'T 

1195
00:47:12,262 --> 00:47:13,130
HOMEOWNERSHIP. AND IN PARTICULAR

1196
00:47:13,130 --> 00:47:14,565
FOR BLACK RESIDENTS OF THE CITY,

1197
00:47:14,565 --> 00:47:17,434
WE KNOW WE HAVE A GAP IN BOTH 

1198
00:47:17,434 --> 00:47:18,135
HOMEOWNERSHIP AND WEALTH 

1199
00:47:18,135 --> 00:47:19,403
BUILDING. BUT BEYOND THAT, THIS 

1200
00:47:19,403 --> 00:47:22,272
IS LEGISLATION THAT'S GOING TO 

1201
00:47:22,272 --> 00:47:22,973
BE IMPACTFUL FOR EVERYONE. OUR 

1202
00:47:22,973 --> 00:47:25,275
OFFICE PUT OUT A SURVEY, AND 

1203
00:47:25,275 --> 00:47:27,110
WE'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN 

1204
00:47:27,110 --> 00:47:30,614
EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT ABOUT 

1205
00:47:30,614 --> 00:47:31,381
THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH UNWANTED 

1206
00:47:31,381 --> 00:47:32,749
SOLICITATION. WE ACTUALLY HAD A 

1207
00:47:32,749 --> 00:47:34,184
LOT OF FOLKS CALL IN TODAY AND 

1208
00:47:34,184 --> 00:47:36,887
SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL. SO REALLY

1209
00:47:36,887 --> 00:47:38,856
EXCITED ABOUT THIS LEGISLATION 

1210
00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:40,424
THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING, AND THE

1211
00:47:40,424 --> 00:47:43,627
INTENT OF IT, AGAIN, IS TO ALLOW

1212
00:47:43,627 --> 00:47:45,862
PEOPLE TO OPT IN TO A DO NOT 

1213
00:47:45,862 --> 00:47:49,099
SOLICIT LIST TO PREVENT THEM 

1214
00:47:49,099 --> 00:47:51,168
FROM RECEIVING UNWANTED REAL 

1215
00:47:51,168 --> 00:47:51,835
ESTATE, UNWANTED REAL ESTATE 

1216
00:47:51,835 --> 00:47:54,371
SOLICITATIONS. SO THIS IS NOT A 

1217
00:47:54,371 --> 00:47:54,972
BLANKET CONSIDERATION. IT'S 

1218
00:47:54,972 --> 00:47:56,106
SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD 

1219
00:47:56,106 --> 00:47:57,074
CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN. IT 

1220
00:47:57,074 --> 00:47:58,742
WOULD CREATE A PRIVATE RIGHT OF 

1221
00:47:58,742 --> 00:48:00,143
ACTION FOR FOLKS, AND IT WOULD 

1222
00:48:00,143 --> 00:48:01,712
ALSO ALLOW THE CITY TO ASSESS 

1223
00:48:01,712 --> 00:48:04,982
FINES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN 

1224
00:48:04,982 --> 00:48:05,649
REPEAT VIOLATION OF THE 

1225
00:48:05,649 --> 00:48:06,683
ORDINANCE. AND WE THINK THAT'S 

1226
00:48:06,683 --> 00:48:07,584
REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AT THE 

1227
00:48:07,584 --> 00:48:10,754
END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE TO BE 

1228
00:48:10,754 --> 00:48:11,755
ABLE TO ENFORCE THIS. WHEN I 

1229
00:48:11,755 --> 00:48:12,889
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE 

1230
00:48:12,889 --> 00:48:16,727
FOLKS WHO JOINED US AT THIS 

1231
00:48:16,727 --> 00:48:19,263
TABLE THIS MORNING, CHUKUNDI 

1232
00:48:19,263 --> 00:48:20,731
SALISBURY FROM BLACK LEGACY 

1233
00:48:20,731 --> 00:48:21,498
HOMEOWNERS. WE HAD GREGORY SAVES

1234
00:48:21,498 --> 00:48:25,068
FROM RAINIER BEACH ACTION 

1235
00:48:25,068 --> 00:48:27,905
COALITION, AND LONG-TIME BEACON 

1236
00:48:27,905 --> 00:48:29,406
HILL LEADER, MARIA AS WELL. 

1237
00:48:29,406 --> 00:48:30,240
COLLEAGUES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO 

1238
00:48:30,240 --> 00:48:31,909
REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE IF YOU 

1239
00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:33,210
HAVE QUESTIONS. OUR CENTRAL 

1240
00:48:33,210 --> 00:48:34,344
STAFF IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

1241
00:48:34,344 --> 00:48:35,846
WE'LL BE MAKING A COUPLE 

1242
00:48:35,846 --> 00:48:36,713
ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TIMELINE TO 

1243
00:48:36,713 --> 00:48:38,081
MAKE SURE WE HAVE SPACE TO GET 

1244
00:48:38,081 --> 00:48:39,616
ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS IN, BUT 

1245
00:48:39,616 --> 00:48:43,186
THIS IS SOMETHING WE FEEL VERY 

1246
00:48:43,186 --> 00:48:43,987
PASSIONATELY ABOUT. I ALSO WANT 

1247
00:48:43,987 --> 00:48:45,656
TO SHARE WE WILL HAVE IN 

1248
00:48:45,656 --> 00:48:46,657
COMMITTEE TOMORROW. WE'LL BE 

1249
00:48:46,657 --> 00:48:48,592
VOTING ON THREE PIECES OF 

1250
00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:49,159
LEGISLATION COMING FROM MY 

1251
00:48:49,159 --> 00:48:49,993
COMMITTEE. THAT IS GOING TO SET 

1252
00:48:49,993 --> 00:48:52,796
THE CITY UP TO INVEST IN 

1253
00:48:52,796 --> 00:48:55,299
BUILDING AT LEAST 277 NEW 

1254
00:48:55,299 --> 00:48:56,333
AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS. AND 

1255
00:48:56,333 --> 00:48:58,201
YOU'LL HEAR MORE TOMORROW, BUT 

1256
00:48:58,201 --> 00:48:59,803
THESE ARE PROJECTS IN MOUNT 

1257
00:48:59,803 --> 00:49:02,539
BAKER, MOTT LAKE, AND THE 

1258
00:49:02,539 --> 00:49:04,408
CENTRAL DISTRICT. AND I WILL 

1259
00:49:04,408 --> 00:49:05,509
EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THE 

1260
00:49:05,509 --> 00:49:07,377
OFFICE OF HOUSING STAFF FOR 

1261
00:49:07,377 --> 00:49:09,212
THEIR LONG-TIME WORK ON THESE 

1262
00:49:09,212 --> 00:49:09,980
PROJECTS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT 

1263
00:49:09,980 --> 00:49:13,016
HAVE BEEN IN THE MIX FOR QUITE A

1264
00:49:13,016 --> 00:49:13,717
BIT, AND HAVE REQUIRED 

1265
00:49:13,717 --> 00:49:15,952
COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY, THE

1266
00:49:15,952 --> 00:49:17,154
STATE, AND LOCAL DEVELOPERS. SO 

1267
00:49:17,154 --> 00:49:19,156
REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO BRING 

1268
00:49:19,156 --> 00:49:20,123
IN PARTICULAR, THE MOUNT BAKER 

1269
00:49:20,123 --> 00:49:22,392
PIECE TO THE FINISH LINE. BUT 

1270
00:49:22,392 --> 00:49:23,994
I'LL HIGHLIGHT TODAY, AND I'LL

1271
00:49:23,994 --> 00:49:25,996
HIGHLIGHT AGAIN TOMORROW FOR THE

1272
00:49:25,996 --> 00:49:26,596
CENTRAL DISTRICT PROJECTS. 

1273
00:49:26,596 --> 00:49:28,732
REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE WE HAVE 

1274
00:49:28,732 --> 00:49:30,300
THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST 

1275
00:49:30,300 --> 00:49:32,302
BRING THESE PROJECTS TO 

1276
00:49:32,302 --> 00:49:34,004
FRUITION, BUT WE WILL BE -- THE 

1277
00:49:34,004 --> 00:49:37,808
OFFICE OF HOUSING WORKED WITH MY

1278
00:49:37,808 --> 00:49:39,343
OFFICE ROB PREINTRODUCTION  

1279
00:49:39,343 --> 00:49:42,179
EDITS, TO BE APPLYING TO THAT 

1280
00:49:42,179 --> 00:49:42,679
PROJECT. AND COMMUNITY 

1281
00:49:42,679 --> 00:49:44,581
PREFERENCE WILL ALLOW THE OFFICE

1282
00:49:44,581 --> 00:49:46,650
OF HOUSING TO AFFIRMATIVELY 

1283
00:49:46,650 --> 00:49:48,518
MARKET AND PRIORITIZE PEOPLE 

1284
00:49:48,518 --> 00:49:49,853
WITH, EXCUSE ME, HISTORIC TIES 

1285
00:49:49,853 --> 00:49:51,688
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO A REALLY

1286
00:49:51,688 --> 00:49:54,524
EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 

1287
00:49:54,524 --> 00:49:55,992
BRING BACK AFFORDABLE 

1288
00:49:55,992 --> 00:49:57,494
HOMEOWNERSHIP INTO THE CENTRAL 

1289
00:49:57,494 --> 00:49:58,095
DISTRICT. ALL RIGHT. STARTING 

1290
00:49:58,095 --> 00:49:59,696
WITH THOSE, I'LL JUST SHARE A 

1291
00:49:59,696 --> 00:50:01,998
COUPLE OF UPDATES. WE'VE BEEN 

1292
00:50:01,998 --> 00:50:04,401
BUSY. WE'VE ALL BEEN BUSY. SO 

1293
00:50:04,401 --> 00:50:05,202
MOST RECENTLY I WANT TO 

1294
00:50:05,202 --> 00:50:06,603
APPRECIATE MOST OF MY 

1295
00:50:06,603 --> 00:50:09,573
COLLEAGUES. I SAW YOU AT THE 

1296
00:50:09,573 --> 00:50:12,709
SOUTHEAST EDUCATION FORUM. THERE

1297
00:50:12,709 --> 00:50:16,012
WERE SEVERAL OF THERE THAT TO 

1298
00:50:16,012 --> 00:50:16,913
ISSUE A QUORUM. I GOT A CHANCE 

1299
00:50:16,913 --> 00:50:20,650
TO HAVE A TOUR. IT WAS OVER IN 

1300
00:50:20,650 --> 00:50:21,351
YOUR DISTRICT. COUNCILMEMBER 

1301
00:50:21,351 --> 00:50:22,652
SAKA WITH THE COMMUNITY IN SOUTH

1302
00:50:22,652 --> 00:50:25,756
PARK, AND TALKING TO THE 

1303
00:50:25,756 --> 00:50:26,323
COMMUNITY MEMBERS THERE. IN 

1304
00:50:26,323 --> 00:50:28,125
PARTICULAR, ACTUALLY, ABOUT THE 

1305
00:50:28,125 --> 00:50:31,128
CHANGES COMING FROM THE FEDERAL 

1306
00:50:31,128 --> 00:50:32,062
GOVERNMENT AND THE POSSIBLE 

1307
00:50:32,062 --> 00:50:33,063
UNENROLLMENT OF MANY OF THE 

1308
00:50:33,063 --> 00:50:37,734
COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE 

1309
00:50:37,734 --> 00:50:39,202
CURRENTLY SERVED VIA THE WORK 

1310
00:50:39,202 --> 00:50:44,007
THEY'RE DOING TO PLAN AND TO 

1311
00:50:44,007 --> 00:50:44,841
ADJUST. THAT WAS REALLY 

1312
00:50:44,841 --> 00:50:46,410
FANTASTIC. I DON'T BELIEVE WE 

1313
00:50:46,410 --> 00:50:48,211
HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WITH 

1314
00:50:48,211 --> 00:50:49,646
US HERE, BUT COUNCILMEMBER 

1315
00:50:49,646 --> 00:50:50,981
KETTLE, COUNCIL PRESIDENT 

1316
00:50:50,981 --> 00:50:53,383
HOLLINGSWORTH AND MYSELF HAD THE

1317
00:50:53,383 --> 00:50:57,254
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE 

1318
00:50:57,254 --> 00:50:57,921
OFFICIAL STORM DAY PROCLAMATION.

1319
00:50:57,921 --> 00:50:59,623
I LIVED TO TELL THE STORY. I 

1320
00:50:59,623 --> 00:51:01,057
DIDN'T FAINT. I DIDN'T PASS 

1321
00:51:01,057 --> 00:51:03,860
OUT FROM MY FANDOM. I'M VERY 

1322
00:51:03,860 --> 00:51:05,595
PROUD OF THAT, COLLEAGUES. BUT 

1323
00:51:05,595 --> 00:51:06,396
IT WAS REALLY FANTASTIC. WE GOT 

1324
00:51:06,396 --> 00:51:07,697
A CHANCE TO PRESENT THE 

1325
00:51:07,697 --> 00:51:09,733
PROCLAMATION TO THE ROOKIES THAT

1326
00:51:09,733 --> 00:51:14,070
WERE THERE, AND IT WAS REALLY 

1327
00:51:14,070 --> 00:51:15,272
SPECIAL. AND SO SANDWICHED 

1328
00:51:15,272 --> 00:51:17,274
BETWEEN TWO HOME TEAM WINS, I 

1329
00:51:17,274 --> 00:51:19,509
WOULD SAY. SO CREDIT TO THE 

1330
00:51:19,509 --> 00:51:21,111
TEAM, BUT THE TIMING IS 

1331
00:51:21,111 --> 00:51:24,247
IMPORTANT, I THINK. I'M JUST 

1332
00:51:24,247 --> 00:51:24,881
SAYING. I'M JUST SAYING. OUR 

1333
00:51:24,881 --> 00:51:25,849
OFFICE ALSO HAD SOME GREAT 

1334
00:51:25,849 --> 00:51:27,017
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE FOLKS FROM 

1335
00:51:27,017 --> 00:51:29,653
SOLID GROUND, AND I WANT TO 

1336
00:51:29,653 --> 00:51:30,487
APPRECIATE THEM FOR ENGAGING 

1337
00:51:30,487 --> 00:51:34,157
WITH US ON THE IMPACT OF THE 

1338
00:51:34,157 --> 00:51:35,792
SALES TAX, ON OUR LOW INCOME 

1339
00:51:35,792 --> 00:51:37,661
RESIDENTS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE

1340
00:51:37,661 --> 00:51:44,835
SURE WE WERE SEEKING PROACTIVE 

1341
00:51:44,835 --> 00:51:45,702
COMMUNITY FEEDBACK THERE. WE 

1342
00:51:45,702 --> 00:51:47,304
WERE IN QUEEN ANNE. AND 

1343
00:51:47,304 --> 00:51:48,438
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE DID NOT 

1344
00:51:48,438 --> 00:51:51,074
PLAY PICKLEBALL WITH ME, BUT 

1345
00:51:51,074 --> 00:51:54,211
WE'LL LET THAT SLIDE. AND A LOT

1346
00:51:54,211 --> 00:51:55,612
MORE ENGAGEMENT FOR THE 

1347
00:51:55,612 --> 00:51:56,580
COMMUNITY COMING UP. I'LL LEAVE

1348
00:51:56,580 --> 00:52:00,684
IT THERE AND HAPPY TO TAKE 

1349
00:52:00,684 --> 00:52:00,984
QUESTIONS. 

1350
00:52:00,984 --> 00:52:02,018
>> AWESOME, THANK YOU, 

1351
00:52:02,018 --> 00:52:03,820
COLLEAGUES. IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO

1352
00:52:03,820 --> 00:52:05,055
HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S 

1353
00:52:05,055 --> 00:52:06,756
GOING ON IN THE COMMITTEES, 

1354
00:52:06,756 --> 00:52:07,924
REGIONAL COMMITTEES, WHAT YOU 

1355
00:52:07,924 --> 00:52:09,893
HAVE GOING ON, ENGAGEMENT WITH 

1356
00:52:09,893 --> 00:52:14,164
THE COMMUNITY. I'LL BE SUPER 

1357
00:52:14,164 --> 00:52:15,165
QUICK ON MINE. THE UTILITIES 

1358
00:52:15,165 --> 00:52:16,366
COMMITTEE WILL BEGIN AND WILL 

1359
00:52:16,366 --> 00:52:17,934
MEET ON JULY 9. WE'RE GOING TO 

1360
00:52:17,934 --> 00:52:21,771
TAKE ONE APPOINTMENT TO THE 

1361
00:52:21,771 --> 00:52:22,372
WASHINGTON STATE CONVENTION 

1362
00:52:22,372 --> 00:52:23,507
CENTER BOARD, OKAY? AND THEN GET

1363
00:52:23,507 --> 00:52:25,709
A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY 

1364
00:52:25,709 --> 00:52:27,677
AUDITOR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS YOU

1365
00:52:27,677 --> 00:52:29,246
ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE HIRING. 

1366
00:52:29,246 --> 00:52:31,882
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING 

1367
00:52:31,882 --> 00:52:37,921
A NEW CITY AUDITOR WITH THE 

1368
00:52:37,921 --> 00:52:42,826
CITY,  WE'LL HEAR FROM THEIR 

1369
00:52:42,826 --> 00:52:44,528
OFFICE REGARDING SOME AUDITS AND

1370
00:52:44,528 --> 00:52:45,195
SOME OTHER BACKGROUNDS. WE'LL 

1371
00:52:45,195 --> 00:52:46,396
ALSO HEAR FROM THE PROGRAM 

1372
00:52:46,396 --> 00:52:49,366
LEGISLATION THAT IS SPONSORED BY

1373
00:52:49,366 --> 00:52:50,500
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, AND THEN 

1374
00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:55,338
GET BRIEFED ALSO AS WELL ON 

1375
00:52:55,338 --> 00:52:57,207
SEATTLE UTILITY RATES, WHICH 

1376
00:52:57,207 --> 00:52:58,642
WILL BE GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE 

1377
00:52:58,642 --> 00:53:01,378
WATER RATES IN CONJUNCTION WITH 

1378
00:53:01,378 --> 00:53:02,045
THE UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM. SO

1379
00:53:02,045 --> 00:53:03,914
THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF 

1380
00:53:03,914 --> 00:53:06,950
MOVEMENT AS WE KNOW FROM OUR 

1381
00:53:06,950 --> 00:53:10,887
UTILITIES. WE KNOW EVERYONE IS 

1382
00:53:10,887 --> 00:53:11,555
PASSIONATE ABOUT UTILITIES AND 

1383
00:53:11,555 --> 00:53:14,791
WASTEWATER, AND ALL OF THE 

1384
00:53:14,791 --> 00:53:15,892
THINGS. I DO KNOW EVEN THOUGH WE

1385
00:53:15,892 --> 00:53:18,161
SENT OUR LETTER TO KING COUNTY, 

1386
00:53:18,161 --> 00:53:19,963
REGARDING THE RATES. I KNOW THEY

1387
00:53:19,963 --> 00:53:21,364
STILL PUSHED THROUGH A DIFFERENT

1388
00:53:21,364 --> 00:53:23,667
RATE OPTION, SO I THINK THE 

1389
00:53:23,667 --> 00:53:24,467
UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM COULD 

1390
00:53:24,467 --> 00:53:31,107
NOT COME AT A BETTER TIME, 

1391
00:53:31,107 --> 00:53:31,708
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, DURING 

1392
00:53:31,708 --> 00:53:42,252
THIS PROCESS. BUT I THINK THIS 

1393
00:53:43,086 --> 00:53:46,089
IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL, ESPECIALLY

1394
00:53:46,089 --> 00:53:46,923
WITH AFFORDABILITY. THERE IS 

1395
00:53:46,923 --> 00:53:47,691
ONLY CERTAIN LEVERAGE WE COULD 

1396
00:53:47,691 --> 00:53:50,060
PUSH IN THE COUNCIL ON THE 

1397
00:53:50,060 --> 00:53:58,435
LEGISLATIVE ROLE, WHICH IS A BIG

1398
00:53:58,435 --> 00:54:02,172
ONE. AND THE UTILITY OFFICIAL 

1399
00:54:02,172 --> 00:54:03,273
NOTICE WILL BE COMING SOON. SO 

1400
00:54:03,273 --> 00:54:07,677
WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING. OUR 

1401
00:54:07,677 --> 00:54:09,813
MEETINGS ARE ONLY ONCE A MONTH, 

1402
00:54:09,813 --> 00:54:14,718
SO I KNEW THAT DURING THIS TIME 

1403
00:54:14,718 --> 00:54:15,852
BEFORE A BREAK, BEFORE RECESS OR

1404
00:54:15,852 --> 00:54:19,055
BUDGET THAT THERE MIGHT HAVE TO 

1405
00:54:19,055 --> 00:54:19,789
BE SOME MEETINGS WE COULD 

1406
00:54:19,789 --> 00:54:22,225
SQUEEZE IN TO FIT SOME OF THE 

1407
00:54:22,225 --> 00:54:22,792
LEGISLATION MOVING THROUGH. 

1408
00:54:22,792 --> 00:54:23,593
COLLEAGUES, I APPRECIATE YOUR 

1409
00:54:23,593 --> 00:54:24,728
WORK ON THAT. LAST, BUT NOT 

1410
00:54:24,728 --> 00:54:25,862
LEAST, END OF JUNE, SO PRIDE 

1411
00:54:25,862 --> 00:54:27,464
MONTH IS COMING TO A CLOSE, BUT 

1412
00:54:27,464 --> 00:54:30,400
IT'S PRIDE MONTH EVERY DAY HERE

1413
00:54:30,400 --> 00:54:31,167
ON COUNCIL, DIFFERENT PRIDE. YOU

1414
00:54:31,167 --> 00:54:32,802
MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT PRIDES. IT 

1415
00:54:32,802 --> 00:54:38,742
MIGHT BE NORWEGIAN PRIDE. IT 

1416
00:54:38,742 --> 00:54:40,043
MIGHT BE YOUR PRIDE, JUST 

1417
00:54:40,043 --> 00:54:42,345
HANGING UP IN YOUR OFFICE OR THE

1418
00:54:42,345 --> 00:54:43,580
WEST SEATTLE FLAG. WHATEVER 

1419
00:54:43,580 --> 00:54:47,817
PRIDE YOU'RE CELEBRATING, I'M 

1420
00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:49,352
HERE FOR IT, OKAY? THE OTHER 

1421
00:54:49,352 --> 00:54:50,854
THING, COLLEAGUES. I DO WANT TO 

1422
00:54:50,854 --> 00:54:52,322
TAKE THIS TIME AND THANK YOU 

1423
00:54:52,322 --> 00:54:55,158
ALL. I KNOW THAT IT IS VIOLENCE 

1424
00:54:55,158 --> 00:54:57,927
PREVENTION MONTH, EVERY TUESDAY,

1425
00:54:57,927 --> 00:54:59,629
SINCE THE BEGINNING. AND I JUST 

1426
00:54:59,629 --> 00:55:01,231
WANT TO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 

1427
00:55:01,231 --> 00:55:02,565
TIME AND ENGAGEMENT. A LOT OF 

1428
00:55:02,565 --> 00:55:08,138
THE FAMILIES I HAVE KNOWN FOR 

1429
00:55:08,138 --> 00:55:09,506
YEARS. AND IN A RESPECTFUL WAY. 

1430
00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:13,476
YOU KNOW, IT IS REALLY, REALLY 

1431
00:55:13,476 --> 00:55:15,545
MEANINGFUL TO THOSE FAMILIES 

1432
00:55:15,545 --> 00:55:16,146
BECAUSE IT IS ONE THING, YOU 

1433
00:55:16,146 --> 00:55:17,580
KNOW, WE HAVE AWARENESS, BUT I 

1434
00:55:17,580 --> 00:55:19,416
THINK IT IS ANOTHER THING TO 

1435
00:55:19,416 --> 00:55:21,484
ACTUALLY SEE THE IMPACT THAT 

1436
00:55:21,484 --> 00:55:25,422
THIS IS HAVING ON FOLKS. A LOT 

1437
00:55:25,422 --> 00:55:26,089
OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. A COUPLE 

1438
00:55:26,089 --> 00:55:27,824
WEEKS AGO, I LOST MY COUSIN TO 

1439
00:55:27,824 --> 00:55:32,529
GUN VIOLENCE, AND HE WAS A 

1440
00:55:32,529 --> 00:55:34,831
GENTLEMAN. SHOUT OUT AND REST IN

1441
00:55:34,831 --> 00:55:35,932
PEACE TO CASH STEWARD. HIS 

1442
00:55:35,932 --> 00:55:37,233
FATHER IS ANTHONY STEWARD, WHO 

1443
00:55:37,233 --> 00:55:39,936
IS MY COUSIN, AND HE LOST HIS 

1444
00:55:39,936 --> 00:55:42,038
LIFE IN RAINIER BEACH. TO THIS 

1445
00:55:42,038 --> 00:55:43,473
IS VERY IMPACTFUL. ALWAYS A 

1446
00:55:43,473 --> 00:55:44,774
COUPLE OF DEGREES OF SEPARATION 

1447
00:55:44,774 --> 00:55:47,010
FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FORCED,

1448
00:55:47,010 --> 00:55:47,944
YOU KNOW, IN OUR CITY. AND I 

1449
00:55:47,944 --> 00:55:51,815
KNOW WE ALL HAVE FAMILY OR 

1450
00:55:51,815 --> 00:55:53,717
FRIENDS OR WE KNOW OF PEOPLE WHO

1451
00:55:53,717 --> 00:55:55,251
PASSED AWAY FROM GUN VIOLENCE IN

1452
00:55:55,251 --> 00:55:57,253
THOSE THINGS AND HOW WE'RE 

1453
00:55:57,253 --> 00:55:58,822
IMPACTED. SO YOU KNOW, IT IS A 

1454
00:55:58,822 --> 00:56:00,423
VERY HEAVY MONTH, BUT I DO 

1455
00:56:00,423 --> 00:56:03,727
BELIEVE THERE ARE A LOT OF 

1456
00:56:03,727 --> 00:56:05,295
FORWARD PROGRESS DURING THIS 

1457
00:56:05,295 --> 00:56:08,264
MONTH WITH THE GUN VIOLENCE 

1458
00:56:08,264 --> 00:56:09,699
SYMPOSIUM. WE ALSO HAD THE 

1459
00:56:09,699 --> 00:56:11,568
PEOPLE COME AND TELL US THIS IS 

1460
00:56:11,568 --> 00:56:13,870
WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN 

1461
00:56:13,870 --> 00:56:15,238
OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE COMMUNITY

1462
00:56:15,238 --> 00:56:16,473
PASSAGES COMING HERE TO TALK 

1463
00:56:16,473 --> 00:56:18,108
ABOUT THE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON 

1464
00:56:18,108 --> 00:56:19,509
THE COMMUNITY. SO I KNOW THERE 

1465
00:56:19,509 --> 00:56:20,510
IS FORWARD PROGRESS, AND A LOT 

1466
00:56:20,510 --> 00:56:22,245
OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE THIS. 

1467
00:56:22,245 --> 00:56:24,581
I KNOW THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WANT 

1468
00:56:24,581 --> 00:56:25,582
TO SEE PROGRESS. EVERYBODY WANTS

1469
00:56:25,582 --> 00:56:27,150
TO SEE THE PROGRESS ON THIS. SO 

1470
00:56:27,150 --> 00:56:29,219
JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU 

1471
00:56:29,219 --> 00:56:32,422
ALL FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT DURING 

1472
00:56:32,422 --> 00:56:33,389
THIS MONTH. SO COUNCILMEMBER 

1473
00:56:33,389 --> 00:56:33,590
SAKA? 

1474
00:56:33,590 --> 00:56:35,859
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 

1475
00:56:35,859 --> 00:56:40,263
PRESIDENT. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO 

1476
00:56:40,263 --> 00:56:42,632
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN

1477
00:56:42,632 --> 00:56:44,234
THOSE HONORARY PROCLAMATIONS IN 

1478
00:56:44,234 --> 00:56:46,503
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I 

1479
00:56:46,503 --> 00:56:50,707
COULDN'T AGREE MORE THAT THEY 

1480
00:56:50,707 --> 00:56:52,242
REFLECTED FOR PROGRESS AND 

1481
00:56:52,242 --> 00:56:56,079
MOMENTUM, AND LAYER THAT ON TOP 

1482
00:56:56,079 --> 00:56:59,182
OF COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, GUN 

1483
00:56:59,182 --> 00:57:00,717
VIOLENCE PREVENTION SUMMIT. THE 

1484
00:57:00,717 --> 00:57:03,753
OFFICIAL NAME ESCAPES ME. BUT 

1485
00:57:03,753 --> 00:57:10,760
TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, A GREAT SET 

1486
00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:14,097
OF SPECIFIC ACTIONS, TREMENDOUS 

1487
00:57:14,097 --> 00:57:16,866
MOMENTUM. SO KUDOS, ABSOLUTE FOR

1488
00:57:16,866 --> 00:57:17,901
YOUR LEADERSHIP, RESPONSIVE 

1489
00:57:17,901 --> 00:57:24,240
LEADERSHIP. I WANTED TO QUICKLY 

1490
00:57:24,240 --> 00:57:32,482
SHIFT GEARS TO A MUCH MORE, 

1491
00:57:32,482 --> 00:57:36,719
MAYBE DRY OR DULL TOPIC. I 

1492
00:57:36,719 --> 00:57:38,755
DON'T HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF 

1493
00:57:38,755 --> 00:57:40,390
SITTING ON YOUR COMMITTEE, WHERE

1494
00:57:40,390 --> 00:57:42,058
THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED FURTHER. 

1495
00:57:42,058 --> 00:57:43,193
CAN YOU HELP US BETTER 

1496
00:57:43,193 --> 00:57:44,561
UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT TIMELINE 

1497
00:57:44,561 --> 00:57:46,896
AND PLAN, AND KIND OF SCHEDULED 

1498
00:57:46,896 --> 00:57:48,498
FOR HIRING, YOU KNOW, THAT 

1499
00:57:48,498 --> 00:57:49,899
CRITICAL ROLE WITHIN THE CITY? 

1500
00:57:49,899 --> 00:57:51,167
>> ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR 

1501
00:57:51,167 --> 00:57:53,636
THAT. THIS IS NOT A DRY SUBJECT.

1502
00:57:53,636 --> 00:57:54,504
>> IT'S IMPORTANT. 

1503
00:57:54,504 --> 00:57:55,038
>> YEAH, YEAH. 

1504
00:57:55,038 --> 00:57:59,375
>> IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO THE 

1505
00:57:59,375 --> 00:58:00,910
TIMELINE FOR THE CITY AUDITOR, 

1506
00:58:00,910 --> 00:58:02,979
DAVID JONES, HAS BEEN WITH I 

1507
00:58:02,979 --> 00:58:05,281
BELIEVE OVER 20 YEARS, IS IT 20?

1508
00:58:05,281 --> 00:58:08,551
20 PLUS YEARS. SO THIS IS A BIG 

1509
00:58:08,551 --> 00:58:12,288
DEAL, AND BECAUSE THE CITY 

1510
00:58:12,288 --> 00:58:13,356
AUDITOR'S OFFICE IS VERY SMALL.

1511
00:58:13,356 --> 00:58:15,024
IT IS BETWEEN 15 PEOPLE OR LESS.

1512
00:58:15,024 --> 00:58:16,960
IT IS VERY SMALL. I'M LOOKING 

1513
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:17,694
AT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IF I 

1514
00:58:17,694 --> 00:58:19,395
GET A HEAD NOD FROM HIM, I KNOW 

1515
00:58:19,395 --> 00:58:25,268
I'M ON THE RIGHT TRACK. JUST 

1516
00:58:25,268 --> 00:58:27,136
ONE. BUT WHAT WE HAVE TONE FOR 

1517
00:58:27,136 --> 00:58:29,505
THE TIMELINE IS HIRED A 

1518
00:58:29,505 --> 00:58:31,307
CONSULTANT. WE HAD AN HR 

1519
00:58:31,307 --> 00:58:32,876
DEPARTMENT. WE ALSO HAD, I 

1520
00:58:32,876 --> 00:58:34,043
BELIEVE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 

1521
00:58:34,043 --> 00:58:36,246
SOMEONE WAS ON THE FIRST ROUND, 

1522
00:58:36,246 --> 00:58:38,381
SO WE DID HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS 

1523
00:58:38,381 --> 00:58:39,949
AND THEN THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE 

1524
00:58:39,949 --> 00:58:41,384
AS WELL, BE ENGAGED IN THAT 

1525
00:58:41,384 --> 00:58:44,420
FIRST ROUND OF THE POOL OF 

1526
00:58:44,420 --> 00:58:49,325
CANDIDATES. SO THEN NOW WE'RE 

1527
00:58:49,325 --> 00:58:50,894
MOVING ONTO THE SECOND ROUND, 

1528
00:58:50,894 --> 00:58:53,162
WHICH I AM MORE HAPPY, 

1529
00:58:53,162 --> 00:58:55,265
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, IF THIS IS 

1530
00:58:55,265 --> 00:58:56,466
AN OPPORTUNITY, IF YOU WANT TO 

1531
00:58:56,466 --> 00:59:02,171
SIT WITH ME. I SEE THE HAND 

1532
00:59:02,171 --> 00:59:02,739
RAISED. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

1533
00:59:02,739 --> 00:59:04,073
>> YES, MADAM COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

1534
00:59:04,073 --> 00:59:07,277
>> I WOULD LOVE THIS, THANK YOU.

1535
00:59:07,277 --> 00:59:14,017
>> OKAY, AWESOME. SO GOING INTO 

1536
00:59:14,017 --> 00:59:19,756
SECOND AND THIRD ROUNDS, 

1537
00:59:19,756 --> 00:59:20,323
COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS ON 

1538
00:59:20,323 --> 00:59:23,793
THAT? NO. THE SELECTION 

1539
00:59:23,793 --> 00:59:27,897
COMMITTEE IN ADDITION TO THE 

1540
00:59:27,897 --> 00:59:28,998
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, THE PANEL. WE

1541
00:59:28,998 --> 00:59:35,471
HAVE OUR TOP FIVE CANDIDATES. 

1542
00:59:35,471 --> 00:59:37,106
FIVE, SIX CANDIDATES. AND WHERE 

1543
00:59:37,106 --> 00:59:39,409
WE ALL KIND OF DECIDE AND, YOU 

1544
00:59:39,409 --> 00:59:41,611
KNOW, I TAKE FEEDBACK FROM YOU 

1545
00:59:41,611 --> 00:59:44,414
ALL, ESPECIALLY FROM THE 

1546
00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:45,048
AUDITOR'S OFFICE ABOUT WHAT 

1547
00:59:45,048 --> 00:59:48,184
THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT 

1548
00:59:48,184 --> 00:59:49,085
FINAL CANDIDATE AS WELL. 

1549
00:59:49,085 --> 00:59:52,555
>> THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 

1550
00:59:52,555 --> 00:59:53,756
PRESIDENT. ALL THAT MAKES SENSE.

1551
00:59:53,756 --> 00:59:56,592
FOR CLARITY, WE WOULD LOVE TO 

1552
00:59:56,592 --> 00:59:58,261
SIT ON ANY SUBSEQUENT PANEL OR 

1553
00:59:58,261 --> 01:00:00,997
IN ANY WAY THAT COULD BE 

1554
01:00:00,997 --> 01:00:04,901
HELPFUL. THIS IS COMPARED TO, 

1555
01:00:04,901 --> 01:00:06,369
YOU KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE 

1556
01:00:06,369 --> 01:00:07,971
PREVENTION, ARGUABLY MORE, 

1557
01:00:07,971 --> 01:00:08,738
SLIGHTLY MORE DRY AND DULL. BUT 

1558
01:00:08,738 --> 01:00:11,307
VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL. WE ARE 

1559
01:00:11,307 --> 01:00:14,310
TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND

1560
01:00:14,310 --> 01:00:15,645
OVERSIGHT AND TRANSPARENCY. AND 

1561
01:00:15,645 --> 01:00:17,614
THE CORNERSTONES ARE EFFECTIVE, 

1562
01:00:17,614 --> 01:00:21,217
EFFICIENT, AND RESPONSE OF 

1563
01:00:21,217 --> 01:00:22,752
GOVERNMENT. SO ACCOUNTABILITY, 

1564
01:00:22,752 --> 01:00:23,586
THE CITY AUDITOR'S OFFICES. IT 

1565
01:00:23,586 --> 01:00:25,054
MIGHT BE THEY WOULD PERFORM SOME

1566
01:00:25,054 --> 01:00:26,489
OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK 

1567
01:00:26,489 --> 01:00:29,192
ACROSS THE CITY OF SEATTLE. SO 

1568
01:00:29,192 --> 01:00:34,630
IT IS WHY I ASKED, AND ALSO TO 

1569
01:00:34,630 --> 01:00:38,735
KIND OF THREAD THE NEEDLE HERE 

1570
01:00:38,735 --> 01:00:42,572
THROUGH SOME OF THE PREVIOUS 

1571
01:00:42,572 --> 01:00:43,873
CONVERSATIONS. I PREVIOUSLY 

1572
01:00:43,873 --> 01:00:44,807
TALKED ABOUT THE UNTIMELY DEMISE

1573
01:00:44,807 --> 01:00:47,210
ON OUR ROADS AS A CYCLIST IN 

1574
01:00:47,210 --> 01:00:49,278
WEST SEATTLE, A WEEK AND A HALF 

1575
01:00:49,278 --> 01:00:50,646
AGO, ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO NOW. 

1576
01:00:50,646 --> 01:00:52,582
AND THAT IS TWO PLUS WEEKS AFTER

1577
01:00:52,582 --> 01:00:54,650
THE OTHER CYCLIST LOST THEIR 

1578
01:00:54,650 --> 01:00:57,320
LIVES ON CITY STREETS AND, YOU 

1579
01:00:57,320 --> 01:00:58,187
KNOW, PEDESTRIANS GETTING KILLED

1580
01:00:58,187 --> 01:01:05,728
ALL THE TIME. NO ONE REPORTS ON 

1581
01:01:05,728 --> 01:01:06,362
IT UNFORTUNATELY. TALKING ABOUT 

1582
01:01:06,362 --> 01:01:08,798
ALL THE PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE 

1583
01:01:08,798 --> 01:01:14,037
DYING. THIS IS A REALLY 

1584
01:01:14,037 --> 01:01:22,178
IMPORTANT TOPIC. FOR THE TRAFFIC

1585
01:01:22,178 --> 01:01:23,913
SAFETY PROGRAM. I WILL BE 

1586
01:01:23,913 --> 01:01:25,314
PUSHING FOR, LOOKING FOR SOMEONE

1587
01:01:25,314 --> 01:01:27,617
WHO IS GOING TO PRIORITIZE THAT 

1588
01:01:27,617 --> 01:01:28,985
WORK. AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO 

1589
01:01:28,985 --> 01:01:31,621
ME. I MET WITH THEM, AND THEIR 

1590
01:01:31,621 --> 01:01:33,823
INTERIM LEADERSHIP, YOU KNOW, 

1591
01:01:33,823 --> 01:01:35,525
THAT ARE UNDERTAKING PRELIMINARY

1592
01:01:35,525 --> 01:01:39,629
EFFORTS RIGHT NOW, WHICH I 

1593
01:01:39,629 --> 01:01:44,701
REALLY APPRECIATE, AND THEY 

1594
01:01:44,701 --> 01:01:46,869
ADDED THIS TO THE QUEUE. GIVEN 

1595
01:01:46,869 --> 01:01:47,937
THE SORT OF GRAVITY AND WEIGHT 

1596
01:01:47,937 --> 01:01:50,673
OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, I'LL

1597
01:01:50,673 --> 01:01:55,211
BE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT WILL

1598
01:01:55,211 --> 01:01:56,379
BE PRIORITIZING. 

1599
01:01:56,379 --> 01:02:00,483
>> WANTING A LITTLE EXTRA THING,

1600
01:02:00,483 --> 01:02:02,985
WHICH IS PERFECT. WE DO HAVE 

1601
01:02:02,985 --> 01:02:04,020
REALLY GREAT FINALISTS, YOU 

1602
01:02:04,020 --> 01:02:11,060
KNOW, HAVE SELECTED BETWEEN SIX 

1603
01:02:11,060 --> 01:02:13,996
TO EIGHT IDENTIFIED FOLKS. SIX. 

1604
01:02:13,996 --> 01:02:16,065
WE HAD SIX, OKAY. THANK YOU. I 

1605
01:02:16,065 --> 01:02:19,335
THINK I HAD ADDED. ANY WAY THE 

1606
01:02:19,335 --> 01:02:20,737
WHOLE POINT IS, THANK YOU, 

1607
01:02:20,737 --> 01:02:24,607
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. WE'RE IN 

1608
01:02:24,607 --> 01:02:25,208
THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCESS. 

1609
01:02:25,208 --> 01:02:26,175
HOPEFULLYWHAT WE HAVE AT THE END

1610
01:02:26,175 --> 01:02:27,777
OF THE YEAR, WE WOULD HAVE 

1611
01:02:27,777 --> 01:02:29,545
SELECTED A NEW AUDITOR AT THE 

1612
01:02:29,545 --> 01:02:32,215
TIMELINE. SO I WILL GET YOU IN 

1613
01:02:32,215 --> 01:02:33,149
THAT PROCESS. IF ANYONE ELSE 

1614
01:02:33,149 --> 01:02:35,551
WANTS YOU TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE 

1615
01:02:35,551 --> 01:02:37,386
PROCESS LEADING UP TO THE FINAL 

1616
01:02:37,386 --> 01:02:39,856
SELECTION, MORE THAN HAPPY TO 

1617
01:02:39,856 --> 01:02:41,691
INCORPORATE YOU ALL AS WELL. 

1618
01:02:41,691 --> 01:02:42,492
YEAH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

1619
01:02:42,492 --> 01:02:44,360
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

1620
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,395
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AS YOU 

1621
01:02:46,395 --> 01:02:48,331
KNOW, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN 

1622
01:02:48,331 --> 01:02:51,367
AUDITS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE 

1623
01:02:51,367 --> 01:02:52,001
ARE ACCOUNTABLE. SOMETIMES THE 

1624
01:02:52,001 --> 01:02:53,469
ONLY WAY THAT WE KNOW FOR 

1625
01:02:53,469 --> 01:02:56,038
CERTAIN IS WHEN WE GET THAT 

1626
01:02:56,038 --> 01:02:57,707
AUDIT INFORMATION BACK. IT IS 

1627
01:02:57,707 --> 01:02:59,075
VERY HELPFUL AND VERY IMPORTANT 

1628
01:02:59,075 --> 01:03:01,210
AND A NECESSARY PART OF THE JOB.

1629
01:03:01,210 --> 01:03:03,946
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I 

1630
01:03:03,946 --> 01:03:05,281
WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO -- 

1631
01:03:05,281 --> 01:03:06,048
>> OF COURSE. 

1632
01:03:06,048 --> 01:03:08,317
>> BEING CONSIDERED AND MAKING 

1633
01:03:08,317 --> 01:03:11,220
SURE THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT 

1634
01:03:11,220 --> 01:03:11,921
INFORMATION. I APPRECIATE THAT. 

1635
01:03:11,921 --> 01:03:13,156
>> JUST TO CLARIFY, THEY STILL 

1636
01:03:13,156 --> 01:03:16,325
NEED TO BE CONFIRMED BY COUNCIL.

1637
01:03:16,325 --> 01:03:20,196
SO THIS IS SHAPING THAT AND WHAT

1638
01:03:20,196 --> 01:03:21,230
THAT LOOKS LIKE. OUR AUDITOR'S 

1639
01:03:21,230 --> 01:03:22,765
OFFICE MIGHT BE SMALL, BUT 

1640
01:03:22,765 --> 01:03:23,599
MIGHTY AND VERY EFFICIENT. THEY 

1641
01:03:23,599 --> 01:03:25,601
WILL GET A LOT OF STUFF DONE AND

1642
01:03:25,601 --> 01:03:27,270
VERY CLOSE KNIT. I GOT TO LEARN 

1643
01:03:27,270 --> 01:03:28,571
THEM VERY WELL. JUST COULDN'T 

1644
01:03:28,571 --> 01:03:30,773
BE MORE IMPRESSED WITH THE 

1645
01:03:30,773 --> 01:03:32,108
PROFESSIONALISM FROM OUR OFFICE,

1646
01:03:32,108 --> 01:03:33,609
FROM OUR AUDITORS OFFICE AS 

1647
01:03:33,609 --> 01:03:35,711
WELL. THIS IS A BIG DEAL TO, YOU

1648
01:03:35,711 --> 01:03:37,747
KNOW, HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP IN 

1649
01:03:37,747 --> 01:03:39,182
THERE. BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT THE 

1650
01:03:39,182 --> 01:03:39,715
AUDITORS OFFICE, IT WAS 

1651
01:03:39,715 --> 01:03:41,617
IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THEY WERE 

1652
01:03:41,617 --> 01:03:43,352
INCLUDED IN EVERY SINGLE STEP OF

1653
01:03:43,352 --> 01:03:45,054
THIS PROCESS AS THEY ARE  

1654
01:03:45,054 --> 01:03:46,656
CHOOSING, AS WE ARE ALL  

1655
01:03:46,656 --> 01:03:47,623
CHOOSING, BUT WANTED THEM TO 

1656
01:03:47,623 --> 01:03:49,892
FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN A PART 

1657
01:03:49,892 --> 01:03:50,860
OF THE PROCESS VERY INTIMATELY, 

1658
01:03:50,860 --> 01:03:53,296
SO THEY ARE NOT JUST SURPRISED 

1659
01:03:53,296 --> 01:03:54,363
BY THE CANDIDATES. THEY'VE BEEN

1660
01:03:54,363 --> 01:03:57,233
ON ROUND ONE IN THE SELECTION 

1661
01:03:57,233 --> 01:03:58,100
ROUND TWO, ROUND THREE. THEY 

1662
01:03:58,100 --> 01:04:00,670
HAVE BEEN, WE MET WITH THEM 

1663
01:04:00,670 --> 01:04:01,537
PREVIOUSLY BEFORE, TO FIND OUT 

1664
01:04:01,537 --> 01:04:02,972
WHAT VALUES THEY WERE LOOKING 

1665
01:04:02,972 --> 01:04:04,607
FOR. WE ALSO HAVE OUR CONSULTANT

1666
01:04:04,607 --> 01:04:07,043
MAKE SURE THEY TOOK A LIST. SO 

1667
01:04:07,043 --> 01:04:09,512
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE 

1668
01:04:09,512 --> 01:04:14,750
WERE, WE ARE RUNNING A GOOD 

1669
01:04:14,750 --> 01:04:15,418
TOPNOTCH PROCESS. AWESOME. YES, 

1670
01:04:15,418 --> 01:04:15,885
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 

1671
01:04:15,885 --> 01:04:18,688
>> ONE LAST THING, COUNCIL 

1672
01:04:18,688 --> 01:04:19,288
PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. YOU 

1673
01:04:19,288 --> 01:04:22,758
BROUGHT UP THE GUN VIOLENCE 

1674
01:04:22,758 --> 01:04:24,594
SYMPOSIUM. THIS WAS NOT MEANT TO

1675
01:04:24,594 --> 01:04:26,295
BE A GATHERING, THEN WE DON'T 

1676
01:04:26,295 --> 01:04:28,898
DO ANYTHING. SO I'M WORKING ON 

1677
01:04:28,898 --> 01:04:30,967
NEXT STEPS WITH THEM. YOU KNOW, 

1678
01:04:30,967 --> 01:04:32,201
WE'VE SPOKEN, I'VE SPOKEN WITH

1679
01:04:32,201 --> 01:04:33,736
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL, SO 

1680
01:04:33,736 --> 01:04:35,538
MORE TO COME ON THAT. I DON'T 

1681
01:04:35,538 --> 01:04:38,474
WANT FOLKS TO THINK THAT'S IT. 

1682
01:04:38,474 --> 01:04:39,809
>> THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. 

1683
01:04:39,809 --> 01:04:41,410
COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY OTHER 

1684
01:04:41,410 --> 01:04:42,011
FURTHER BUSINESS? JUST TO 

1685
01:04:42,011 --> 01:04:43,779
CLARIFY, MY GOAL IS TO ALWAYS 

1686
01:04:43,779 --> 01:04:44,647
HAVE COUNCIL BRIEFING NO MORE 

1687
01:04:44,647 --> 01:04:47,049
THAN AN HOUR, SO WE ARE AROUND 

1688
01:04:47,049 --> 01:04:49,285
THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I 

1689
01:04:49,285 --> 01:04:50,820
CAME LATE. WE STARTED AT 2:05. 

1690
01:04:50,820 --> 01:04:54,156
BUT THAT IS THE GOAL FOR THESE 

1691
01:04:54,156 --> 01:04:56,926
TO BE AN HOUR, GET IN, AND GET 

1692
01:04:56,926 --> 01:05:05,034
OUT, AND BE VERY EFFICIENT. YES?

1693
01:05:05,034 --> 01:05:05,668
AWESOME. ANY FURTHER BUSINESS? 

1694
01:05:05,668 --> 01:05:06,202
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? NO? 

1695
01:05:06,202 --> 01:05:08,804
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, IT 

1696
01:05:08,804 --> 01:05:09,705
IS 3:10. THIS MEETING IS 

1697
01:05:09,705 --> 01:05:11,874
ADJOURNED.