1 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:17,650 -- GOOD AFTERNOON COLLEAGUES. 2 00:00:17,650 --> 00:00:19,519 TODAY IS AUGUST 10th, 2026. THE 3 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:20,120 COUNCIL BRIEFING MEETING WILL 4 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:22,188 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 203 SHARP. 5 00:00:22,188 --> 00:00:24,190 CLERK WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE 6 00:00:24,190 --> 00:00:25,358 ROLL? 7 00:00:25,358 --> 00:00:28,094 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 8 00:00:28,094 --> 00:00:30,530 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 9 00:00:30,530 --> 00:00:31,097 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 10 00:00:31,097 --> 00:00:32,766 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 11 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:35,869 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK HERE. 12 00:00:35,869 --> 00:00:36,336 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 13 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:37,670 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. HERE. 14 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:38,304 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. COUNCIL 15 00:00:38,304 --> 00:00:39,039 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. 16 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:39,272 -- AYE. 17 00:00:39,272 --> 00:00:40,907 -- HERE. SIX PRESENT. 18 00:00:40,907 --> 00:00:42,175 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. EXCUSE. 19 00:00:42,175 --> 00:00:44,177 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 20 00:00:44,177 --> 00:00:44,711 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ARE 21 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:45,545 EXCUSED UNTIL THEY GET HERE. SO 22 00:00:45,545 --> 00:00:47,080 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 23 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,116 MINUTES OF JULY 27th, 2026 WILL 24 00:00:50,116 --> 00:00:51,751 BE ADOPTED. FOR THE RECORD, 25 00:00:51,751 --> 00:00:53,486 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS HERE. 26 00:00:53,486 --> 00:00:54,687 WELCOME, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 27 00:00:54,687 --> 00:00:56,489 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE 28 00:00:56,489 --> 00:00:57,991 MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. THE 29 00:00:57,991 --> 00:00:59,125 REFERRAL. EXCUSE ME. THERE ARE 30 00:00:59,125 --> 00:01:02,195 26 ITEMS OF THE INTRODUCTION AND 31 00:01:02,195 --> 00:01:04,764 REFERRAL CALENDAR. THERE ARE 32 00:01:04,764 --> 00:01:06,332 FIVE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT 33 00:01:06,332 --> 00:01:07,801 CALENDAR, THREE FROM PARKS AND 34 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:10,703 CITY LIGHT MINUTES AND BILLS. WE 35 00:01:10,703 --> 00:01:11,838 HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS TODAY, BUT 36 00:01:11,838 --> 00:01:14,607 WE DO HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS. 37 00:01:14,607 --> 00:01:17,110 COLLEAGUES. SO WE'LL START WITH. 38 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:18,678 I'M GOING TO ASK EACH 39 00:01:18,678 --> 00:01:20,313 COUNCILMEMBER TO INTRODUCE THE 40 00:01:20,313 --> 00:01:21,781 PROCLAMATION AND SEEK THEIR 41 00:01:21,781 --> 00:01:23,883 FINAL FEEDBACK. BEFORE I REQUEST 42 00:01:23,883 --> 00:01:25,385 THE ROLL CALL FOR COUNCILMEMBERS 43 00:01:25,385 --> 00:01:28,621 TO AFFIX THEIR SIGNATURE TO EACH 44 00:01:28,621 --> 00:01:29,255 PROCLAMATION. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 45 00:01:29,255 --> 00:01:31,291 YOU HAVE A PROCLAMATION 46 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:32,725 RECOGNIZING AUGUST 11th AS WEST 47 00:01:32,725 --> 00:01:35,395 SEATTLE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL 48 00:01:35,395 --> 00:01:35,595 DAY. 49 00:01:35,595 --> 00:01:37,197 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SURE. 50 00:01:37,197 --> 00:01:37,730 THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 51 00:01:37,730 --> 00:01:40,533 PRESIDENT. SO COLLEAGUES, WE WE 52 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:44,037 HAVE A HISTORY IN THIS CHAMBER 53 00:01:44,037 --> 00:01:46,372 OF HONORING VARIOUS SPORTS TEAMS 54 00:01:46,372 --> 00:01:47,841 AND LEGENDS FROM THE SEATTLE 55 00:01:47,841 --> 00:01:49,843 STORM TO THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION 56 00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:51,277 SEAHAWKS TO MOST RECENTLY, 57 00:01:51,277 --> 00:01:54,481 SALMON BAY FC AND THEIR THEIR 58 00:01:54,481 --> 00:01:56,115 CHAMPIONSHIP RAINIER BEACH BOYS 59 00:01:56,115 --> 00:01:58,017 EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS WELL. 60 00:01:58,017 --> 00:02:00,253 PROUD TO BE INTRODUCING ONE TO 61 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:01,955 HONOR THE WEST SEATTLE LITTLE 62 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:04,757 LEAGUE. 11 NEW SOFTBALL 63 00:02:04,757 --> 00:02:06,593 CHAMPIONS AS WELL. I'LL READ A 64 00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:09,095 FEW SELECT PASSAGES FROM A FEW 65 00:02:09,095 --> 00:02:10,330 WEST SEATTLE MEDIA OUTLETS. THIS 66 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:13,833 FIRST ONE FROM THE JULY 26th OF 67 00:02:13,833 --> 00:02:16,302 THE WEST SEATTLE BLOG WEST 68 00:02:16,302 --> 00:02:17,604 SEATTLE LITTLE LEAGUE IS PROUD 69 00:02:17,604 --> 00:02:19,539 TO CELEBRATE AN INCREDIBLE 70 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:21,608 MILESTONE AS OUR 11 NEW ALL STAR 71 00:02:21,608 --> 00:02:24,144 SOFTBALL TEAM CAPTURED THE 2026 72 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:25,979 WEST WASHINGTON STATE 73 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:28,781 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE ON SATURDAY. 74 00:02:28,781 --> 00:02:29,415 AFTER LOSING ITS OPENING GAME, 75 00:02:29,415 --> 00:02:30,884 WEST SEATTLE LITTLE LEAGUE 76 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:32,919 BATTLED THROUGH THE 77 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:34,521 CONSOLIDATION BRACKET, EARNING A 78 00:02:34,521 --> 00:02:36,356 SPOT BACK IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP 79 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:38,224 GAME. THE TEAM DEFEATED 80 00:02:38,224 --> 00:02:39,492 OPPONENTS BY A COMBINED SCORE OF 81 00:02:39,492 --> 00:02:42,295 55 TO 10, GOING SIX AND ONE IN 82 00:02:42,295 --> 00:02:44,397 THE STATE TOURNAMENT, PLAYING 83 00:02:44,397 --> 00:02:45,965 SEVEN GAMES IN SEVEN DAYS. THEY 84 00:02:45,965 --> 00:02:47,667 DEFEATED THE SAME TEAM THAT 85 00:02:47,667 --> 00:02:49,569 HANDED THEM THEIR VERY FIRST 86 00:02:49,569 --> 00:02:51,404 LOSS NOT NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE TO 87 00:02:51,404 --> 00:02:53,339 CLAIM THE STATE TITLE. THE 88 00:02:53,339 --> 00:02:54,674 CHAMPIONSHIP MARKS A HISTORIC 89 00:02:54,674 --> 00:02:56,242 ACHIEVEMENT FOR WEST SEATTLE 90 00:02:56,242 --> 00:02:58,845 LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL. THE 91 00:02:58,845 --> 00:02:59,445 LEAGUE LAUNCHED ITS SOFTBALL 92 00:02:59,445 --> 00:03:03,383 PROGRAM IN 2022, MAKING THIS THE 93 00:03:03,383 --> 00:03:05,318 FIRST THE PROGRAM'S FIRST EVER 94 00:03:05,318 --> 00:03:07,487 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. IT IS ALSO 95 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:08,321 JUST THE THIRD STATE TITLE IN 96 00:03:08,321 --> 00:03:10,690 WEST SEATTLE LITTLE LEAGUE 97 00:03:10,690 --> 00:03:11,791 HISTORY, JOINING THE 20 1711. U. 98 00:03:11,791 --> 00:03:13,860 BOYS BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP IN 99 00:03:13,860 --> 00:03:17,430 THE 20 1812. YOU BOYS BASEBALL 100 00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:18,865 CHAMPIONSHIP AND SOME SOME FOLKS 101 00:03:18,865 --> 00:03:21,601 HAVE ASKED, WELL, YOU KNOW, DOES 102 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:22,735 THIS MEAN THEY GET TO PLAY IN 103 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:24,470 THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES? 104 00:03:24,470 --> 00:03:27,340 BECAUSE IF IF IF YOU ARE LIKE MY 105 00:03:27,340 --> 00:03:28,474 HOUSEHOLD. YESTERDAY WE WATCHED 106 00:03:28,474 --> 00:03:29,676 THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES 107 00:03:29,676 --> 00:03:33,580 ON TV, ON NATIONAL TV, AT ABC, 108 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:35,982 AT NOON, WE WATCH NORTH CAROLINA 109 00:03:35,982 --> 00:03:39,519 WIN THE WHOLE DANG THING. SO 110 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:41,487 I'LL READ A PASSAGE ABOUT THIS 111 00:03:41,487 --> 00:03:42,222 FROM WEST SIDE SEATTLE FROM 112 00:03:42,222 --> 00:03:43,990 THEIR REPORTING ON JULY 25th, 113 00:03:43,990 --> 00:03:46,326 THE STATE CHAMPION DOES NOT 114 00:03:46,326 --> 00:03:47,760 ADVANCE TO A REGIONAL PLAY IN 115 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:52,265 THIS GROUP, BUT DOES NOT HAVE 116 00:03:52,265 --> 00:03:54,400 REGIONAL ACTION AND EVENTUAL 117 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:56,269 WORLD SERIES IN GREENVILLE, 118 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:57,503 SOUTH NORTH CAROLINA FOR THIS 119 00:03:57,503 --> 00:03:59,872 AGE. BUT IT DOES AT THE NEXT 120 00:03:59,872 --> 00:04:02,175 AGE, SO THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE 121 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:03,109 IF THEY WON AGAIN, POTENTIALLY, 122 00:04:03,109 --> 00:04:05,812 YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR. SO REALLY 123 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:08,448 EXCITED TO BRING THIS FORTH AND 124 00:04:08,448 --> 00:04:11,484 ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND 125 00:04:11,484 --> 00:04:12,352 JOINING ME HONORING OUR GIRLS IN 126 00:04:12,352 --> 00:04:12,685 WEST SEATTLE. 127 00:04:12,685 --> 00:04:14,153 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 128 00:04:14,153 --> 00:04:15,088 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. FOR THE 129 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:16,589 RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS 130 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:19,025 HERE. WELCOME. ARE THERE ANY 131 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:20,693 COMMENTS REGARDING THE 132 00:04:20,693 --> 00:04:21,628 PROCLAMATION BEFORE US BEFORE I 133 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:23,896 TAKE THE ROLE FOR US TO AFFIX 134 00:04:23,896 --> 00:04:26,199 OUR SIGNATURES? OKAY, AWESOME. 135 00:04:26,199 --> 00:04:27,567 HEY, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SIGN 136 00:04:27,567 --> 00:04:28,635 THIS. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THANK 137 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:30,136 YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 138 00:04:30,136 --> 00:04:31,070 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 139 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:32,372 ROLL TO DETERMINE WHICH 140 00:04:32,372 --> 00:04:34,407 COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE THEIR 141 00:04:34,407 --> 00:04:34,941 SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE 142 00:04:34,941 --> 00:04:36,509 PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING AUGUST 143 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:38,378 11th AS WEST SEATTLE LITTLE 144 00:04:38,378 --> 00:04:40,613 LEAGUE SOFTBALL DAY 145 00:04:40,613 --> 00:04:42,215 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 146 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:43,650 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. HI 147 00:04:43,650 --> 00:04:45,251 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HI, 148 00:04:45,251 --> 00:04:46,686 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 149 00:04:46,686 --> 00:04:49,522 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 150 00:04:49,522 --> 00:04:50,023 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. HI 151 00:04:50,023 --> 00:04:51,024 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. COUNCIL 152 00:04:51,024 --> 00:04:52,425 PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. 153 00:04:52,425 --> 00:04:54,727 EIGHT SIGNATURES WILL BE 154 00:04:54,727 --> 00:04:54,994 AFFIXED. 155 00:04:54,994 --> 00:04:56,696 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU, 156 00:04:56,696 --> 00:04:57,730 COUNCILMEMBER. SAKA. AND 157 00:04:57,730 --> 00:04:59,999 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TO THE 158 00:04:59,999 --> 00:05:03,503 THE 11 IT'S 1111U11U11 AND U IS 159 00:05:03,503 --> 00:05:06,739 UNDER IS IT. YES. OKAY OKAY. 160 00:05:06,739 --> 00:05:09,309 11111111 AND UNDER SOFTBALL TEAM 161 00:05:09,309 --> 00:05:10,510 WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE ON TO 162 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:12,211 OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION. AND 163 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:15,348 THAT IS FROM COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 164 00:05:15,348 --> 00:05:15,982 RECOGNIZING AUGUST 11th, EXCUSE 165 00:05:15,982 --> 00:05:18,618 ME, 15th AS ALKI BEACH PRIDE 166 00:05:18,618 --> 00:05:18,818 DAY. 167 00:05:18,818 --> 00:05:20,453 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 168 00:05:20,453 --> 00:05:22,755 PRESIDENT COLLEAGUES, REALLY 169 00:05:22,755 --> 00:05:26,359 EXCITED TO BRING FORTH ANOTHER 170 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:26,826 PROCLAMATION HONORING 171 00:05:26,826 --> 00:05:29,095 SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF 172 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:30,196 SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS AND 173 00:05:30,196 --> 00:05:31,597 GROUPS WITHIN WEST SEATTLE THAT 174 00:05:31,597 --> 00:05:32,131 HAVE REALLY HAVE CITYWIDE 175 00:05:32,131 --> 00:05:35,535 IMPACT. SO THIS ONE IS ALKI 176 00:05:35,535 --> 00:05:38,471 BEACH PRIDE, WHICH RETURNS FOR 177 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:40,673 THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th FOR 178 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:44,010 ITS 12th YEAR. REALLY EXCITING. 179 00:05:44,010 --> 00:05:46,179 CO-FOUNDED BY STACY AND JOLIE 180 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:47,980 BASS WALDEN TO BLACK WOMEN, THIS 181 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:52,785 FESTIVAL IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THE 182 00:05:52,785 --> 00:05:54,754 LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY AND BLACK AND 183 00:05:54,754 --> 00:05:57,757 BROWN LEADERSHIP. BY CONTINUING 184 00:05:57,757 --> 00:05:59,525 PRIDE EVENTS INTO LATE SUMMER, 185 00:05:59,525 --> 00:06:01,894 NOT JUST JUNE, LATE SUMMER, ALKI 186 00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:06,799 BEACH PRIDE HELPS SUSTAIN LGBTQ 187 00:06:06,799 --> 00:06:09,135 COMMUNITY VISIBILITY AND HELP 188 00:06:09,135 --> 00:06:12,372 AMPLIFY EXISTING SUPPORT. AS THE 189 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:14,874 ONLY BEACH BASED PRIDE 190 00:06:14,874 --> 00:06:17,543 CELEBRATION IN WASHINGTON STATE 191 00:06:17,543 --> 00:06:20,513 AND ONE FOR, YOU KNOW, 192 00:06:20,513 --> 00:06:21,013 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO 193 00:06:21,013 --> 00:06:24,317 CELEBRATE STARTING WITH AS WELL, 194 00:06:24,317 --> 00:06:25,985 ALKI BEACH PRIDE OFFERS AN OPEN 195 00:06:25,985 --> 00:06:28,488 AIR, AIRY AND WELCOMING 196 00:06:28,488 --> 00:06:29,789 ENVIRONMENT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD 197 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:32,458 TO PRESENTING THIS PROCLAMATION 198 00:06:32,458 --> 00:06:35,328 IN PERSON WITH COMMUNITY ON 199 00:06:35,328 --> 00:06:35,962 SATURDAY AND JOINING COMMUNITY 200 00:06:35,962 --> 00:06:37,897 IN THIS UPLIFTING JOY INCLUSION 201 00:06:37,897 --> 00:06:40,433 AND PRIDE DAY CELEBRATION ON THE 202 00:06:40,433 --> 00:06:43,736 BEACH. I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 203 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:44,036 THANK YOU. 204 00:06:44,036 --> 00:06:44,971 -- AWESOME COLLEAGUES. ARE THERE 205 00:06:44,971 --> 00:06:47,940 ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT 206 00:06:47,940 --> 00:06:49,642 AUGUST 15th AS ALKI BEACH PRIDE 207 00:06:49,642 --> 00:06:52,912 DAY? I WILL SAY THANK YOU 208 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:54,313 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. IT'S REALLY 209 00:06:54,313 --> 00:06:56,883 MEANINGFUL BECAUSE THE WORK THAT 210 00:06:56,883 --> 00:06:59,452 STACY DOES AND HER TEAM AND ALKI 211 00:06:59,452 --> 00:07:00,620 BEACH PRIDE IS A TRUE GEM OF THE 212 00:07:00,620 --> 00:07:02,889 CITY, SO YOU'D BE RECOGNIZING IT 213 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:04,423 JUST AS REALLY MEANINGFUL AS 214 00:07:04,423 --> 00:07:05,291 WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 215 00:07:05,291 --> 00:07:07,160 THIS FORWARD. GOOD JOB. ALL 216 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:09,362 RIGHT. SEEING NO FURTHER 217 00:07:09,362 --> 00:07:11,330 DISCUSSION, WILL THE CLERK 218 00:07:11,330 --> 00:07:12,098 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO FIND OUT 219 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:15,368 WHO WOULD LIKE TO FIX THEIR 220 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:17,737 SIGNATURE TO THE PROCLAMATION? 221 00:07:17,737 --> 00:07:19,972 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 222 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:20,439 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 223 00:07:20,439 --> 00:07:21,774 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 224 00:07:21,774 --> 00:07:23,476 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 225 00:07:23,476 --> 00:07:24,477 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 226 00:07:24,477 --> 00:07:27,146 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. HI. 227 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:28,080 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I COUNCIL 228 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:28,614 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 229 00:07:28,614 --> 00:07:29,715 -- YES. 230 00:07:29,715 --> 00:07:30,283 -- EIGHT SIGNATURES WILL BE 231 00:07:30,283 --> 00:07:30,516 FIXED. 232 00:07:30,516 --> 00:07:31,417 -- THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 233 00:07:31,417 --> 00:07:33,386 OUR THIRD AND FINAL 234 00:07:33,386 --> 00:07:33,953 PROCLAMATION. COUNCILMEMBER 235 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:34,954 SAKA. AND I'M JUST PLAYING. I 236 00:07:34,954 --> 00:07:38,958 JUST GOTCHA. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 237 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:40,793 RINCK HAS A PROCLAMATION 238 00:07:40,793 --> 00:07:43,329 RECOGNIZING AUGUST 11th AS SUSAN 239 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:43,830 HAHN, APPRECIATION DAY 240 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:44,597 COUNCILMEMBER. RINCK, PLEASE 241 00:07:44,597 --> 00:07:45,631 LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON THE 242 00:07:45,631 --> 00:07:46,232 PROCLAMATION. 243 00:07:46,232 --> 00:07:47,767 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL 244 00:07:47,767 --> 00:07:49,001 PRESIDENT. COLLEAGUES, TOMORROW 245 00:07:49,001 --> 00:07:50,436 WILL BE PRESENTING OUR 246 00:07:50,436 --> 00:07:51,070 PROCLAMATION TO HONOR THE WORK 247 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:52,538 OF SUSAN HAHN OF SEATTLE 248 00:07:52,538 --> 00:07:54,173 CHANNEL, THE AWARD WINNING 249 00:07:54,173 --> 00:07:56,342 SEATTLE CHANNEL, AT FULL 250 00:07:56,342 --> 00:07:57,944 COUNCIL. NOW, SUSAN SERVED AS A 251 00:07:57,944 --> 00:08:00,446 SENIOR PRODUCER AT SEATTLE 252 00:08:00,446 --> 00:08:03,783 CHANNEL SINCE 20. SORRY. YEAH, 253 00:08:03,783 --> 00:08:05,151 2007, AND HER WORK AS A 254 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:07,086 JOURNALIST IS ACTUALLY SPANNED 255 00:08:07,086 --> 00:08:07,920 MORE THAN 40 YEARS IN SEATTLE. 256 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,224 AND SHE IS NOW RETIRED NOW. I 257 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:12,158 WAS SHOCKED WITH THAT NEWS WHEN 258 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:14,894 I SAT DOWN TO DO A CITY INSIDE 259 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:17,630 EPISODE WITH BRIAN CALLANAN AND 260 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:18,464 NATURALLY, I WAS LIKE, WE HAVE 261 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:20,566 TO FIND A WAY TO HONOR SUSAN AND 262 00:08:20,566 --> 00:08:22,702 THE INCREDIBLE WORK THAT SHE'S 263 00:08:22,702 --> 00:08:24,504 DONE. SHARING OUR CITY'S 264 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:26,939 HISTORY, HIGHLIGHTING PEOPLE'S 265 00:08:26,939 --> 00:08:28,841 STORIES, AND I WAS REALLY 266 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:29,475 THANKFUL FOR BRIAN CALLAHAN'S 267 00:08:29,475 --> 00:08:30,610 WORK, WORKING WITH MY OFFICE TO 268 00:08:30,610 --> 00:08:32,578 PUT TOGETHER THIS REALLY 269 00:08:32,578 --> 00:08:34,814 BEAUTIFUL PROCLAMATION THAT 270 00:08:34,814 --> 00:08:35,448 CELEBRATES AND HIGHLIGHTS MANY 271 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:36,249 PARTS OF SUSAN'S CAREER. AND I 272 00:08:36,249 --> 00:08:37,149 KNOW WE'LL BE TALKING MORE 273 00:08:37,149 --> 00:08:38,117 ABOUT THIS IN FULL CHAMBERS 274 00:08:38,117 --> 00:08:39,519 TOMORROW. BUT JUST TO HIGHLIGHT 275 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:41,187 A COUPLE OF HIGH NOTES, I 276 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:43,256 DIDN'T KNOW THAT SUSAN SPOKE 277 00:08:43,256 --> 00:08:44,524 FOUR LANGUAGES, IMMENSELY 278 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:47,260 TALENTED, BUT SHE ALSO, THE BULK 279 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:48,628 OF HER WORK AT SEATTLE CHANNEL 280 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,296 HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO PRODUCING 281 00:08:50,296 --> 00:08:52,698 MORE THAN 250 EPISODES OF CITY 282 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:55,668 INSIDE OUT, AND PAIRED WITH THAT 283 00:08:55,668 --> 00:08:58,404 UNDER HER WORK, SHE HAS WON 284 00:08:58,404 --> 00:08:59,839 EIGHT REGIONAL EMMY AWARDS AND 285 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:02,542 CONTRIBUTED TO SEATTLE CHANNEL 286 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,243 STATION EXCELLENCE AWARD IN 287 00:09:04,243 --> 00:09:05,845 2025. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE 288 00:09:05,845 --> 00:09:06,646 SNIPPET. I'M SURE WE WILL ALL 289 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:08,614 BE READY TO SING. SUSAN'S 290 00:09:08,614 --> 00:09:10,182 INCREDIBLE PRAISES TOMORROW WHEN 291 00:09:10,182 --> 00:09:12,318 WE PRESENT THIS AT FULL COUNCIL. 292 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:14,086 THIS DRAFT PROCLAMATION WAS 293 00:09:14,086 --> 00:09:17,290 SHARED WITH COUNCIL OFFICES ON 294 00:09:17,290 --> 00:09:18,758 JULY 29th, AND WE SET A DEADLINE 295 00:09:18,758 --> 00:09:20,259 FOR AUGUST 4th FOR FEEDBACK. WE 296 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:21,427 DIDN'T GET ANY FEEDBACK FROM 297 00:09:21,427 --> 00:09:23,162 COUNCIL OFFICES ON THE DRAFT, SO 298 00:09:23,162 --> 00:09:23,996 WE SENT THE PROCLAMATION TO THE 299 00:09:23,996 --> 00:09:26,198 MAYOR'S OFFICE. MAYOR WILSON 300 00:09:26,198 --> 00:09:28,000 HAS ADDED HER SIGNATURE FOR 301 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:28,701 TOMORROW. WE'RE EXPECTING THREE 302 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:30,469 SPEAKERS, INCLUDING BRIAN 303 00:09:30,469 --> 00:09:31,404 CALLANAN, HOST AND PRODUCER OF 304 00:09:31,404 --> 00:09:33,439 THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, THAT WE ALL 305 00:09:33,439 --> 00:09:35,908 KNOW, AS WELL AS SHANNON G, 306 00:09:35,908 --> 00:09:37,877 GENERAL MANAGER AT SEATTLE 307 00:09:37,877 --> 00:09:40,046 CHANNEL, AND SUSAN, OF COURSE. 308 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:41,581 SO I'D APPRECIATE YOUR 309 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:44,283 SIGNATURES AND OPEN TO ANY 310 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:44,583 QUESTIONS. 311 00:09:44,583 --> 00:09:45,117 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. 312 00:09:45,117 --> 00:09:47,420 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, ARE THERE 313 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:47,987 ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THE 314 00:09:47,987 --> 00:09:50,289 PROCLAMATION AWESOME. SEEING 315 00:09:50,289 --> 00:09:52,525 NONE. EASY MONEY. ALL RIGHT. 316 00:09:52,525 --> 00:09:53,359 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 317 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:55,861 FORWARD. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 318 00:09:55,861 --> 00:09:56,362 CELEBRATION TOMORROW IN 319 00:09:56,362 --> 00:09:57,797 CHAMBERS. SO WILL THE CLERK 320 00:09:57,797 --> 00:09:59,131 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL TO 321 00:09:59,131 --> 00:10:00,499 DETERMINE WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS 322 00:10:00,499 --> 00:10:01,734 WOULD LIKE THEIR SIGNATURES TO 323 00:10:01,734 --> 00:10:04,236 BE AFFIXED TO THE PROCLAMATION.? 324 00:10:04,236 --> 00:10:06,105 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. YES. 325 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:07,673 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I 326 00:10:07,673 --> 00:10:09,208 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AYE. 327 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:10,543 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 328 00:10:10,543 --> 00:10:12,111 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. YES. 329 00:10:12,111 --> 00:10:13,479 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 330 00:10:13,479 --> 00:10:14,280 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AYE. 331 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,448 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 332 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:16,816 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. EIGHT 333 00:10:16,816 --> 00:10:17,883 SIGNATURES WILL BE AFFIXED. 334 00:10:17,883 --> 00:10:19,652 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE 335 00:10:19,652 --> 00:10:20,953 GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT 336 00:10:20,953 --> 00:10:21,554 AGENDA ITEM. SO WE GOT THOSE 337 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:23,522 THREE PROCLAMATIONS ALL SET. 338 00:10:23,522 --> 00:10:24,957 WE'RE NOW GOING TO BEGIN OUR 339 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:26,292 DISCUSSION AND PREVIEW OF CITY 340 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:28,294 COUNCIL ACTIONS AND COUNCIL AND 341 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:29,362 REGIONAL COMMITTEES. THIS IS A 342 00:10:29,362 --> 00:10:31,063 REMINDER FOR THE PUBLIC THAT 343 00:10:31,063 --> 00:10:33,032 COUNCIL WILL BE ON RECESS FROM 344 00:10:33,032 --> 00:10:36,902 AUGUST. OUR LAST IN DAY IS 345 00:10:36,902 --> 00:10:39,071 AUGUST THE 21st, AND THEN WE 346 00:10:39,071 --> 00:10:40,239 RETURN ON AUGUST THE OR EXCUSE 347 00:10:40,239 --> 00:10:41,774 ME, SEPTEMBER. EVERYONE LOOKED 348 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:43,142 AT ME CRAZY. AUGUST THE 21st 349 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:45,011 WILL BE OUR LAST DAY IN CHAMBERS 350 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:46,846 WHERE MEETINGS AND THEN THOSE. 351 00:10:46,846 --> 00:10:49,348 PAUSE ALL THE WAY UNTIL 352 00:10:49,348 --> 00:10:50,683 SEPTEMBER THE 8th. AND THAT'S 353 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:52,318 WHEN COUNCIL RETURNS. SO THE DAY 354 00:10:52,318 --> 00:10:53,653 AFTER LABOR DAY. SO THERE'S A 355 00:10:53,653 --> 00:10:54,754 LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE 356 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:57,023 THAT IS COMING TO COMMITTEE 357 00:10:57,023 --> 00:10:58,457 BEFORE THE RECESS. AND I GUESS 358 00:10:58,457 --> 00:10:59,392 WE'LL JUST JUMP TO THE RIGHT, 359 00:10:59,392 --> 00:11:01,794 IF THAT'S COOL. COUNCILMEMBER 360 00:11:01,794 --> 00:11:02,461 SAKA YOU ARE FIRST, MY FRIEND. 361 00:11:02,461 --> 00:11:04,397 -- THANK YOU MADAM COUNCIL 362 00:11:04,397 --> 00:11:06,098 PRESIDENT. SO FIRST, ON THE 363 00:11:06,098 --> 00:11:08,334 SUBSTANTIVE COMMITTEE, BUSINESS 364 00:11:08,334 --> 00:11:09,702 COLLEAGUES, OUR NEXT 365 00:11:09,702 --> 00:11:11,671 TRANSPORTATION, WATERFRONT AND 366 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:12,838 SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE FORMAL 367 00:11:12,838 --> 00:11:13,939 NAME AND FORMALLY KNOWN AS STEPS 368 00:11:13,939 --> 00:11:16,509 THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD NEXT 369 00:11:16,509 --> 00:11:17,910 THURSDAY, AUGUST 20th. I THINK 370 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:20,579 IT'S THE 20th AT 9:30 A.M. THE 371 00:11:20,579 --> 00:11:21,614 AGENDA ON THAT ONE IS STILL 372 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:24,617 BEING FINALIZED, SO STAY TUNED. 373 00:11:24,617 --> 00:11:27,219 IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY EVENTS, 374 00:11:27,219 --> 00:11:30,890 I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW COOL 375 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:32,692 EVENTS. AND FOR THE REST, CHECK 376 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:34,994 OUT MY SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT IF YOU 377 00:11:34,994 --> 00:11:37,396 I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE TODAY 378 00:11:37,396 --> 00:11:39,432 INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT 379 00:11:39,432 --> 00:11:40,066 LAST TUESDAY, I HAD THE PLEASURE 380 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:44,437 OF JOINING THE. AS PART OF OUR 381 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:45,037 SEATTLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 382 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:46,072 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT NIGHT OUT 383 00:11:46,072 --> 00:11:49,241 EVENT, I WAS ABLE TO PERSONALLY 384 00:11:49,241 --> 00:11:51,544 JOIN 5 OR 6 OF THEM MYSELF AND 385 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:53,446 CONCLUDING WITH MY OWN 386 00:11:53,446 --> 00:11:56,082 NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT EVENT IN 387 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:58,284 NORTH DELRIDGE BUT SUCH A 388 00:11:58,284 --> 00:11:58,918 WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT 389 00:11:58,918 --> 00:12:01,454 WITH CONSTITUENTS, NEIGHBORS 390 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:04,090 ACROSS THE DISTRICT AND HEARING 391 00:12:04,090 --> 00:12:06,225 DIRECTLY FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 392 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:06,725 INCLUDING ABOUT KIND OF 393 00:12:06,725 --> 00:12:07,526 SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES THAT THEY 394 00:12:07,526 --> 00:12:09,195 CARE ABOUT THE MOST AND WHO 395 00:12:09,195 --> 00:12:11,897 BROUGHT WHAT POTATO SALAD AND 396 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:13,732 WHAT COOKIES TO AVOID, AND STEER 397 00:12:13,732 --> 00:12:15,367 CLEAR OF ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD 398 00:12:15,367 --> 00:12:16,802 STUFF TOO. THAT WAS A FUN 399 00:12:16,802 --> 00:12:18,971 CONVERSATION. ALSO HONORED LAST 400 00:12:18,971 --> 00:12:23,876 WEEK TO JOIN OUR LEADERS AT THE 401 00:12:23,876 --> 00:12:25,878 CITY'S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY 402 00:12:25,878 --> 00:12:26,479 AT THE GEORGETOWN FARMER'S 403 00:12:26,479 --> 00:12:30,382 MARKET. LAST WEEK. SO OSE HAS 404 00:12:30,382 --> 00:12:31,650 PARTNERED WITH THE GEORGETOWN 405 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:35,688 FARMERS MARKET, WHICH IS ONE OF 406 00:12:35,688 --> 00:12:36,222 23 FARMERS MARKETS IN THE 407 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:37,289 SEATTLE AREA OR IN THE CITY OF 408 00:12:37,289 --> 00:12:41,360 SEATTLE THAT ACCEPTS FRESH AND 409 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:41,927 HELPING ENSURE EVERYONE HAS 410 00:12:41,927 --> 00:12:45,264 ACCESS TO FRESH, HEALTHY PRODUCE 411 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:48,300 AND, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE THE 412 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:50,336 CONTRIBUTIONS AND LEADERSHIP OF 413 00:12:50,336 --> 00:12:52,371 OF FOLKS IN THIS OFFICE OR IN 414 00:12:52,371 --> 00:12:54,940 THIS IN THIS BODY, INCLUDING 415 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:57,409 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, COUNCIL 416 00:12:57,409 --> 00:12:58,277 PRESIDENT MYSELF LAST YEAR LED 417 00:12:58,277 --> 00:13:00,212 LED A FEW BUDGET INITIATIVES TO 418 00:13:00,212 --> 00:13:02,715 HELP DRIVE AND IMPROVE ACCESS, 419 00:13:02,715 --> 00:13:04,350 ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY AT A 420 00:13:04,350 --> 00:13:06,719 CRITICAL TIME DURING THE FEDERAL 421 00:13:06,719 --> 00:13:07,353 SNAP CUTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. 422 00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:08,754 AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SOME 423 00:13:08,754 --> 00:13:11,757 OF THIS WORK FIRSTHAND. ON TOP 424 00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:13,959 OF THAT, GOT TO PURCHASE A FEW 425 00:13:13,959 --> 00:13:18,230 GREAT ITEMS MYSELF. AND YEAH, 426 00:13:18,230 --> 00:13:20,366 IT'S GREAT TO, TO, TO SHARE THE 427 00:13:20,366 --> 00:13:21,967 JOYS OF EVENTS LIKE FARMER'S 428 00:13:21,967 --> 00:13:24,670 MARKETS LIKE THAT DIRECTLY WITH 429 00:13:24,670 --> 00:13:26,572 COMMUNITY. SO LOVE THAT ON 430 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:31,343 SATURDAY, ANOTHER COOL EVENT WAS 431 00:13:31,343 --> 00:13:33,879 THE DUWAMISH RIVER FEST, WHICH 432 00:13:33,879 --> 00:13:36,282 WAS A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF 433 00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:38,784 HISTORY OF CULTURE, FRANKLY, THE 434 00:13:38,784 --> 00:13:41,020 THAT BROUGHT TOGETHER PEOPLE 435 00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:43,556 CELEBRATING THE FUTURE OF WHAT 436 00:13:43,556 --> 00:13:45,391 THAT COMMUNITY IS AND CAN BE AS 437 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:47,893 WELL. SO THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL 438 00:13:47,893 --> 00:13:50,296 INCLUDED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOPA 439 00:13:50,296 --> 00:13:52,765 AND CULTIVATE SOUTH PARK, 440 00:13:52,765 --> 00:13:53,365 BRINGING EVEN MORE COMMUNITY 441 00:13:53,365 --> 00:13:55,868 ENERGY, CREATIVITY AND VITALITY 442 00:13:55,868 --> 00:13:58,237 TO THE EVENT. I'M HONORED TO 443 00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:00,372 PARTICIPATE IN THAT EVENT 444 00:14:00,372 --> 00:14:03,142 ALONGSIDE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 445 00:14:03,142 --> 00:14:05,778 THANK YOU FOR FOR JOINING US, 446 00:14:05,778 --> 00:14:08,614 AND IT'S GREAT TO SHARE THAT 447 00:14:08,614 --> 00:14:10,816 SPACE WITH YOU. BUT SUCH A GREAT 448 00:14:10,816 --> 00:14:12,418 EVENT AND MORE TO COME. SOUTH 449 00:14:12,418 --> 00:14:14,486 PARK IS ALIVE AND THRIVING AS 450 00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:16,889 WELL AND THRIVING. SO IN ANY 451 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:18,390 EVENT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE FROM 452 00:14:18,390 --> 00:14:19,058 MY PERSPECTIVE, I WELCOME ANY 453 00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:21,760 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK. 454 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,029 IF NOT, I WILL PASS IT OFF TO MY 455 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:28,234 MY GOING RIGHT TO MY TO MY RIGHT 456 00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:28,701 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 457 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,903 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER. 458 00:14:30,903 --> 00:14:33,072 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. SO NEXT UP 459 00:14:33,072 --> 00:14:35,541 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IS TOMORROW. 460 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:36,942 TOMORROW MORNING. AND WE HAVE 461 00:14:36,942 --> 00:14:38,377 THREE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. IT'S 462 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:40,112 GOING TO BE VERY BUSY. WE'RE 463 00:14:40,112 --> 00:14:40,713 GOING TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH 464 00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:44,149 THEM, BUT ALSO GIVE THE EACH THE 465 00:14:44,149 --> 00:14:45,517 ATTENTION THEY DESERVE, ALTHOUGH 466 00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:46,418 MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS FOR THE 467 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:47,987 RVS. THAT'S GOING TO BE AN 468 00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:49,355 INTRODUCTION. BUT IMPORTANTLY, 469 00:14:49,355 --> 00:14:51,690 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BITE OF 470 00:14:51,690 --> 00:14:54,560 SEATTLE SECURITY RESPONSE. QUICK 471 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,795 LOOK WITH INTERIM CHIEF SALES. 472 00:14:56,795 --> 00:14:58,597 AND ALSO DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 473 00:14:58,597 --> 00:15:00,199 SAFETY, HOQUIAM AND OTHERS. SO 474 00:15:00,199 --> 00:15:01,500 THAT'S GOING TO BE TOMORROW. 475 00:15:01,500 --> 00:15:04,737 BUT THIS IS KIND OF A SETUP TOO, 476 00:15:04,737 --> 00:15:05,437 BECAUSE WE HAVE WANT TO HAVE ON 477 00:15:05,437 --> 00:15:07,773 OUR CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER 22nd, 478 00:15:07,773 --> 00:15:11,043 A HEARING REVIEW OF THE MASS 479 00:15:11,043 --> 00:15:14,947 SHOOTING AND TO SEE, YOU KNOW, 480 00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:16,649 WHAT, AFTER WHAT LESSONS LEARNED 481 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:19,084 AND HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD AND 482 00:15:19,084 --> 00:15:23,722 MULTIPLE AREAS TO INCLUDE MAJOR 483 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:26,258 VENUE, MAJOR EVENT SECURITY. BUT 484 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:26,725 IMPORTANTLY AND MOST 485 00:15:26,725 --> 00:15:28,060 IMPORTANTLY, THE GUN VIOLENCE 486 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:29,995 THAT WE'RE SEEING, PARTICULARLY 487 00:15:29,995 --> 00:15:30,596 AMONGST OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO 488 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:31,931 THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BITE OF 489 00:15:31,931 --> 00:15:33,866 SEATTLE SECURITY RESPONSE. QUICK 490 00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:36,735 LOOK, TOMORROW. AND THEN 491 00:15:36,735 --> 00:15:39,171 FOLLOWED LATER BY A MORE FULLER 492 00:15:39,171 --> 00:15:40,606 FULL MEETING AGENDA ON THAT 493 00:15:40,606 --> 00:15:44,343 ITEM. RIGHT AFTER THAT WILL BE 494 00:15:44,343 --> 00:15:44,910 HARBORVIEW. LOOKING AT THE 495 00:15:44,910 --> 00:15:46,478 CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE WITH 496 00:15:46,478 --> 00:15:48,647 MEDICAL DECLINES AT KCJ. AND 497 00:15:48,647 --> 00:15:51,583 THAT WILL BE HARBORVIEW ITSELF 498 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:52,685 PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH SPD. 499 00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:54,086 TALKING TO SOME OF THE STATS. 500 00:15:54,086 --> 00:15:57,690 AND AS I KIND OF ALLUDED TO, WE 501 00:15:57,690 --> 00:16:00,359 HAVE RVS PARTNERING WITH MY 502 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:01,593 COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT SIX 503 00:16:01,593 --> 00:16:03,762 REGARDING THE ISSUES RELATED TO 504 00:16:03,762 --> 00:16:06,532 RVS. I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT 505 00:16:06,532 --> 00:16:09,568 IF YOU'D LIKE. AND IT'S 506 00:16:09,568 --> 00:16:10,269 SOMETHING THAT I'M WELL AWARE 507 00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:13,038 OF, BEEN WORKING ALONG WITH 508 00:16:13,038 --> 00:16:14,206 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. IT'S IT 509 00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:15,641 DOES HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL AREA 510 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:16,308 PREDOMINANTLY, ALTHOUGH IT'S AN 511 00:16:16,308 --> 00:16:17,976 ISSUE ACROSS THE CITY. SO THOSE 512 00:16:17,976 --> 00:16:20,646 ARE THREE FOR TOMORROW FOR THIS 513 00:16:20,646 --> 00:16:22,781 WEEK. YOU KNOW, TODAY I MET WITH 514 00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:25,184 PIONEER SQUARE ALLIANCE AND SOTO 515 00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:26,385 BE TALKING TO SOME OF THE ISSUES 516 00:16:26,385 --> 00:16:31,256 RELATED TO, IN SOME RESPECTS, 517 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:31,924 THE WEST PRECINCT ISSUE. I ALSO 518 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:35,194 MET WITH INTERIM CHIEF SALES FOR 519 00:16:35,194 --> 00:16:36,562 SPD, AGAIN, ALONG WITH DIRECTOR 520 00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:37,996 OF PUBLIC SAFETY HOLCOMB FROM 521 00:16:37,996 --> 00:16:39,531 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. YOU KNOW, 522 00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:41,600 DIFFERENT CONSTITUENT MEETINGS. 523 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,236 OPA ON THURSDAY, ANOTHER 524 00:16:44,236 --> 00:16:45,304 IMPORTANT AREA, AND I'LL BE AT 525 00:16:45,304 --> 00:16:47,172 THE SEATTLE METRO CHAMBER EVENT 526 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:49,208 ON THURSDAY AND TO AND THEN 527 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:53,145 FRIDAY, SEAHAWKS TRAINING CAMP. 528 00:16:53,145 --> 00:16:55,681 SO THAT SHOULD BE INTERESTING. 529 00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:57,783 AND RIGHT NOW I SHOULD ADD TO 530 00:16:57,783 --> 00:17:00,419 TYING INTO OTHER PUBLIC SAFETY 531 00:17:00,419 --> 00:17:02,254 SCHEDULING FOR A MEETING WITH 532 00:17:02,254 --> 00:17:03,422 THE NYU GROUP THAT'S LOOKING AT 533 00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:05,424 OUR TECH PROGRAM. SO THAT SHOULD 534 00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:07,292 HAPPEN ON FRIDAY NEXT WEEK. A 535 00:17:07,292 --> 00:17:08,427 BUNCH OF DIFFERENT VISITS, YOU 536 00:17:08,427 --> 00:17:09,928 KNOW, LIKE UPLIFT NORTHWEST, 537 00:17:09,928 --> 00:17:12,598 WHICH IS A GREAT ORGANIZATION, 538 00:17:12,598 --> 00:17:14,666 BUT AND ALSO GOING IN TERMS OF 539 00:17:14,666 --> 00:17:15,334 PARKS DOWN TO SMITH COVE PARK, 540 00:17:15,334 --> 00:17:16,668 THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON 541 00:17:16,668 --> 00:17:19,338 GETTING A SITE VISIT OF THAT. 542 00:17:19,338 --> 00:17:21,440 VERY EXCITED FOR THAT. AND THE 543 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:23,675 OTHER DISTRICT SEVEN PARKS THAT 544 00:17:23,675 --> 00:17:25,878 ARE IN WORK RIGHT NOW OR WILL 545 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,246 HAVE LIKE SHOVELS IN THE DIRT 546 00:17:27,246 --> 00:17:31,216 NEXT SUMMER, FOR EXAMPLE, 547 00:17:31,216 --> 00:17:32,718 THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. AND 548 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,286 LAST WEEK, COLLEAGUES, I WAS IN 549 00:17:34,286 --> 00:17:37,389 WESTERN NEW YORK, ALTHOUGH I WAS 550 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:39,057 AT COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL ON 551 00:17:39,057 --> 00:17:39,691 TUESDAY, PLUS HAD A MEETING WITH 552 00:17:39,691 --> 00:17:42,027 PORT OF SEATTLE ON WEDNESDAY. I 553 00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:43,429 AM STILL THE BLOCK WATCH KENT 554 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:45,464 FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD 555 00:17:45,464 --> 00:17:46,465 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND EVERYONE. 556 00:17:46,465 --> 00:17:48,534 BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR 557 00:17:48,534 --> 00:17:50,502 BECAUSE I WAS OUT OF TOWN DRIVEN 558 00:17:50,502 --> 00:17:52,004 MORE BY FAMILY SCHEDULING 559 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:52,805 DYNAMICS THAN ANYTHING ELSE I 560 00:17:52,805 --> 00:17:54,039 HAD TO MISS, EVEN THOUGH I 561 00:17:54,039 --> 00:17:54,873 SCHEDULED IT, REGISTERED AND 562 00:17:54,873 --> 00:17:56,141 EVERYTHING, I COULD NOT MAKE MY 563 00:17:56,141 --> 00:17:57,576 OWN NIGHT OUT, BUT MY NEIGHBORS 564 00:17:57,576 --> 00:17:59,411 GAVE ME THE DEBRIEF AND IT WAS, 565 00:17:59,411 --> 00:18:01,847 AS USUAL, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY 566 00:18:01,847 --> 00:18:03,115 FOR EVERYONE TO GET TOGETHER, 567 00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:04,083 WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT IF WE 568 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:05,417 START TALKING ABOUT SAFETY OF 569 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:06,351 NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, PART OF 570 00:18:06,351 --> 00:18:07,352 IT IS YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR 571 00:18:07,352 --> 00:18:08,987 NEIGHBORS. SO I REALLY APPLAUD 572 00:18:08,987 --> 00:18:11,356 THE NIGHT OUT PROGRAM AND THANK 573 00:18:11,356 --> 00:18:12,424 FOR EVERYONE THAT WAS THERE. I 574 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:15,828 SHOULD ALSO NOTE TO MY STAFF, 575 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:19,164 MADE A VISIT OUT TO JACOBS AGRO, 576 00:18:19,164 --> 00:18:21,533 WHICH IS A BLACK OWNED FARM. SO 577 00:18:21,533 --> 00:18:23,368 THERE WAS A TOUR THAT WAS 578 00:18:23,368 --> 00:18:24,736 SPONSORED BY PIKE PLACE MARKET. 579 00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:26,505 IT'S THERE A PRODUCE VENDOR AT 580 00:18:26,505 --> 00:18:29,241 PIKE PLACE MARKET, AND I WAS NOT 581 00:18:29,241 --> 00:18:31,143 THERE, BUT MY TEAM WAS MY SOME 582 00:18:31,143 --> 00:18:34,980 OF MY STAFF WERE. SO THAT IS IT. 583 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:36,281 COUNCILMEMBER, PRESIDENT AND 584 00:18:36,281 --> 00:18:37,783 COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS? 585 00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:39,852 OTHERWISE I'LL BE PASSING OFF 586 00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:42,955 TO COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 587 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:43,789 -- I GOT NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU 588 00:18:43,789 --> 00:18:48,460 FOR THAT. IT'S VERY THOROUGH. HE 589 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:50,062 TAUGHT ME HOW TO SALUTE. SO TRY 590 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:52,464 AND DO THAT BETTER NOW. OH, IT 591 00:18:52,464 --> 00:18:55,801 WAS A RIGHT HAND WRONG ANSWER 592 00:18:55,801 --> 00:18:58,670 MAN, THAT'S ON TV FOREVER TOO. 593 00:18:58,670 --> 00:18:58,871 OKAY. 594 00:18:58,871 --> 00:18:59,204 -- [LAUGHTER] 595 00:18:59,204 --> 00:19:00,272 -- ALL RIGHT. APPARENTLY IT 596 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:01,173 WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION. SORRY 597 00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:02,474 ABOUT THAT. RIGHT HAND. THANK 598 00:19:02,474 --> 00:19:03,275 YOU. YOU JUST HAD TO POINT THAT 599 00:19:03,275 --> 00:19:04,877 OUT, DIDN'T YOU? APPRECIATE 600 00:19:04,877 --> 00:19:06,111 THAT? THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 601 00:19:06,111 --> 00:19:09,314 STRAUSS MY RIDE OR DIE. OKAY, 602 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:11,316 SO, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, LET ME 603 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:12,351 GIVE YOU A LITTLE BRIEF OVERVIEW 604 00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:17,422 AND I WILL BE BRIEF. PARKS AND 605 00:19:17,422 --> 00:19:19,024 CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE MET ON 606 00:19:19,024 --> 00:19:20,492 AUGUST 5th. WE PASSED THREE 607 00:19:20,492 --> 00:19:21,527 ITEMS OUT OF COMMITTEE. I 608 00:19:21,527 --> 00:19:22,127 BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ON THE 609 00:19:22,127 --> 00:19:23,529 CONSENT CALENDAR FOR TOMORROW, 610 00:19:23,529 --> 00:19:27,499 BUT VERY QUICKLY. COUNCIL BILL 611 00:19:27,499 --> 00:19:29,468 12161 REGARDING AN ORDINANCE TO 612 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:31,270 UPDATE THE VOLUNTARY GREEN POWER 613 00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:34,273 SOLAR PROGRAM COUNCIL BILL 614 00:19:34,273 --> 00:19:35,507 121269 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 615 00:19:35,507 --> 00:19:36,608 ORDINANCE TO EXECUTE THE FIRST 616 00:19:36,608 --> 00:19:40,078 AMENDMENT TO THE BOUNDARY 617 00:19:40,078 --> 00:19:40,646 HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT AND A 618 00:19:40,646 --> 00:19:41,813 RESOLUTION OF SEATTLE PARKS AND 619 00:19:41,813 --> 00:19:44,116 REC FOR STATE RECREATION AND 620 00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:46,818 CONSERVATION OFFICE 2026 GRANT 621 00:19:46,818 --> 00:19:48,287 APPLICATION. THESE ARE ACTUALLY 622 00:19:48,287 --> 00:19:50,088 PRETTY NORMAL. IT'S BASICALLY 623 00:19:50,088 --> 00:19:51,390 GIVING THEM PERMISSION TO ACCEPT 624 00:19:51,390 --> 00:19:53,058 MONEY FROM THE COUNTY AND THE 625 00:19:53,058 --> 00:19:55,294 STATE. FIRST, I WANT TO NOTE 626 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:56,828 THAT SOFIA SUAREZ DID HER FIRST 627 00:19:56,828 --> 00:19:57,396 TIME CLERKING AND SHE DID A 628 00:19:57,396 --> 00:20:00,566 GREAT JOB. I WANT HER TO HEAR 629 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:01,867 THAT. LET'S SEE. I WANT TO 630 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:04,002 REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WEDNESDAY, 631 00:20:04,002 --> 00:20:05,404 AUGUST 19th, THE PARKS AND CITY 632 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:07,205 LIGHT COMMITTEE IS CANCELED. OUR 633 00:20:07,205 --> 00:20:09,007 FINAL COMMITTEE WILL BE 634 00:20:09,007 --> 00:20:10,342 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th, WHERE 635 00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:12,444 WE'LL DISCUSS THE LAKE CITY 636 00:20:12,444 --> 00:20:13,445 REDEVELOPMENT PLAN PART TWO. AND 637 00:20:13,445 --> 00:20:14,379 I SHOULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD, 638 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:18,250 THAT IS NOW GOING ON 11 YEARS 639 00:20:18,250 --> 00:20:21,920 AND REAL QUICKLY WE GOT NOTICE 640 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:22,554 THIS MORNING FROM THE NISQUALLY 641 00:20:22,554 --> 00:20:25,524 TRIBE. WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT 642 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:26,091 TO PAUSE AND RECOGNIZE THE 643 00:20:26,091 --> 00:20:27,593 PASSING OF THE NISQUALLY TRIBAL 644 00:20:27,593 --> 00:20:31,163 CHAIRMAN, ELLERY CAN CHOKE. HE 645 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:32,331 PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 4th, AND 646 00:20:32,331 --> 00:20:34,800 AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE ANNUAL 647 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:35,434 INTERTRIBAL CANOE JOURNEY WAS 648 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:36,835 BEING HOSTED THIS YEAR BY THE 649 00:20:36,835 --> 00:20:38,503 NISQUALLY TRIBE. THAT'S WHERE 650 00:20:38,503 --> 00:20:40,339 EVERYBODY GOT THE IDEA ABOUT 651 00:20:40,339 --> 00:20:41,940 LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, WHICH I'LL 652 00:20:41,940 --> 00:20:43,942 EXPLAIN LATER. A STATEMENT WAS 653 00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:45,577 RELEASED BY THE NISQUALLY VICE 654 00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:47,179 CHAIR, FRAZIER, SAYING THAT, 655 00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:48,180 QUOTE, KEN WAS HAPPY TO KNOW 656 00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:50,482 THAT ALL OF THE CANOE FAMILIES 657 00:20:50,482 --> 00:20:51,717 HAD ARRIVED SAFELY AND THAT 658 00:20:51,717 --> 00:20:53,418 PROTOCOL HAD BEGUN AND HAS BEEN 659 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:54,586 PROGRESSING AS WE WORKED SO HARD 660 00:20:54,586 --> 00:20:56,822 TO PLAN. ALTHOUGH WE MISS HIM 661 00:20:56,822 --> 00:20:57,689 DEARLY AND REMAIN COMMITTED TO 662 00:20:57,689 --> 00:20:58,924 HONORING THE LOSS OF OUR LOVED 663 00:20:58,924 --> 00:20:59,925 ONES, WE ARE WORKING TO FINISH 664 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:03,528 THE WORK OF THE CANOE JOURNEY AS 665 00:21:03,528 --> 00:21:04,763 HOSTS FOR THE 2026 PADDLE. THIS 666 00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:06,598 HAS ONLY BEEN POSSIBLE THROUGH 667 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:07,366 THE GENEROUS HELP OF ALL OF YOU 668 00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:09,067 IN ATTENDANCE. HE'S TALKING 669 00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:10,435 ABOUT TRIBAL COMMUNITY, TRIBAL 670 00:21:10,435 --> 00:21:12,638 LEADERSHIP, INDIGENOUS FOLKS 671 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:13,438 HOLDING US UP AND CARRYING US 672 00:21:13,438 --> 00:21:15,307 THROUGH. THIS WAS KEN'S WAY TO 673 00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:17,009 PUT THE COMMUNITY FIRST, AND HAS 674 00:21:17,009 --> 00:21:18,310 BEEN AN HONOR TO HELP HIM 675 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:19,845 COMPLETE HIS WORK, END QUOTE. 676 00:21:19,845 --> 00:21:21,146 AND WITH THAT, WE WANT TO KEEP 677 00:21:21,146 --> 00:21:22,114 HIS WIFE, ROSE, AND THEIR 678 00:21:22,114 --> 00:21:24,449 CHILDREN, LAURA LEE, JOSEPHINE, 679 00:21:24,449 --> 00:21:26,718 SAMANTHA, MARLENE, MILAN, ROBERT 680 00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:27,786 JOSEPH AND CHEYENNE AND SEVEN 681 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:29,421 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN IN OUR 682 00:21:29,421 --> 00:21:30,255 THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. AND 683 00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:33,692 THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. 684 00:21:33,692 --> 00:21:35,527 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 685 00:21:35,527 --> 00:21:36,395 JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 686 00:21:36,395 --> 00:21:37,429 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 687 00:21:37,429 --> 00:21:39,164 I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF, BUT WE 688 00:21:39,164 --> 00:21:41,099 HAVE SIX PIECES OF LEGISLATION 689 00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:43,035 COMING TO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 690 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:44,403 COMMITTEE TOMORROW, SO I'LL 691 00:21:44,403 --> 00:21:46,805 ATTEMPT MY BEST IN THE FINANCE, 692 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:48,340 NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 693 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:48,974 GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A 694 00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:51,243 FEW BILLS COMING TO FULL COUNCIL 695 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:54,046 TOMORROW. FIVE APPOINTMENTS ARE 696 00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:55,547 REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE INDIGENOUS 697 00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:56,948 ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND WE HAVE 698 00:21:56,948 --> 00:21:58,150 TWO BILLS, ONE BEING THE MID 699 00:21:58,150 --> 00:22:00,452 YEAR GRANT ACCEPTANCE, WHICH IS 700 00:22:00,452 --> 00:22:03,288 CHARTER AUTHORIZED AND REQUIRED 701 00:22:03,288 --> 00:22:04,556 THAT WE APPROVE THE GRANTS AS 702 00:22:04,556 --> 00:22:06,058 WELL AS THE MIDYEAR 703 00:22:06,058 --> 00:22:07,059 SUPPLEMENTAL. I'M HEARING THAT 704 00:22:07,059 --> 00:22:08,660 THERE MIGHT STILL BE A COUPLE 705 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:09,961 AMENDMENTS OUT THERE FOR THE 706 00:22:09,961 --> 00:22:11,329 MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL. I 707 00:22:11,329 --> 00:22:13,832 APPRECIATE ALL MY COLLEAGUES 708 00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:14,833 WORKING ON WORKING ON YOUR 709 00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:16,168 CHANGES. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE 710 00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:18,770 THAT. AND SO OUR NEXT FINANCE, 711 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:21,006 NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND TRIBAL 712 00:22:21,006 --> 00:22:22,941 GOVERNMENTS COMMITTEE WILL BE ON 713 00:22:22,941 --> 00:22:25,043 SEPTEMBER 15th BECAUSE NEXT NEXT 714 00:22:25,043 --> 00:22:25,877 WEEK'S COMMITTEE WILL BE 715 00:22:25,877 --> 00:22:27,379 CANCELED. SO JUST FOR YOUR 716 00:22:27,379 --> 00:22:29,114 AWARENESS AND THAT SEPTEMBER 717 00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:30,549 15th MEETING WILL BE THE FINAL 718 00:22:30,549 --> 00:22:32,851 COMMITTEE MEETING BEFORE WE GET 719 00:22:32,851 --> 00:22:34,820 INTO BUDGET, WHICH WILL JUST BE 720 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:37,322 BUDGET ALL THE TIME MOVING ON 721 00:22:37,322 --> 00:22:41,493 TO, YES, IT'S TRUE. AND SO THEN 722 00:22:41,493 --> 00:22:44,162 MOVING INTO PUBLIC SAFETY 723 00:22:44,162 --> 00:22:46,798 TOMORROW, THE PUBLIC SAFETY 724 00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:47,432 COMMITTEE WILL HEAR MY PACKAGE 725 00:22:47,432 --> 00:22:51,403 OF SIX BILLS CALLED THE VEHICLE 726 00:22:51,403 --> 00:22:52,037 RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WE 727 00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:54,806 ALL WE WE KNOW THAT AROUND 1 IN 728 00:22:54,806 --> 00:22:56,942 4, ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR PEOPLE 729 00:22:56,942 --> 00:22:58,210 EXPERIENCING UNSHELTERED 730 00:22:58,210 --> 00:22:59,211 HOMELESSNESS IN OUR REGION IS 731 00:22:59,211 --> 00:23:01,146 LIVING IN A VEHICLE. THAT DATA 732 00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:02,981 COMES FROM THE 2024 POINT IN 733 00:23:02,981 --> 00:23:05,083 TIME COUNT. I THINK THAT THAT 734 00:23:05,083 --> 00:23:07,018 COUNT UNDERCOUNTS AND DOESN'T 735 00:23:07,018 --> 00:23:07,552 DO A COMPLETELY ACCURATE 736 00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:10,122 READING, BUT IT IS WHAT WE HAVE, 737 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:10,822 AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT PART OF 738 00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:12,457 OUR POPULATION. WE KNOW THAT 739 00:23:12,457 --> 00:23:13,125 THEIR NEEDS ARE DIFFERENT FROM 740 00:23:13,125 --> 00:23:14,993 THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN OTHER 741 00:23:14,993 --> 00:23:17,395 TYPES OF UNSHELTERED HOMELESS 742 00:23:17,395 --> 00:23:18,296 SITUATIONS. YET THE CITY OF 743 00:23:18,296 --> 00:23:20,165 SEATTLE, AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE 744 00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:22,167 ZERO SHELTERS SET UP FOR PEOPLE 745 00:23:22,167 --> 00:23:23,802 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES. WE 746 00:23:23,802 --> 00:23:25,070 DON'T HAVE ANY SAFE SLOTS OPEN. 747 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,772 WE DON'T HAVE ANY TEAMS BUILT 748 00:23:26,772 --> 00:23:30,308 OTHER THAN A PILOT TEAM AT SPU 749 00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:31,510 FOR VEHICLE ASSISTANCE. AND THEN 750 00:23:31,510 --> 00:23:32,944 WE HAVE THE WASTEWATER PUMP 751 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:35,714 TEAM. WE RELY ON CONTRACTED 752 00:23:35,714 --> 00:23:37,182 OUTREACH FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR 753 00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:38,550 SERVICES. TWO THIRDS OF THOSE 754 00:23:38,550 --> 00:23:40,085 CONTRACTS ARE RUN BY AN 755 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:41,553 ORGANIZATION THAT IS FISCALLY 756 00:23:41,553 --> 00:23:43,822 SPONSORED BY ANOTHER ONE. I JUST 757 00:23:43,822 --> 00:23:45,624 SAY ALL OF THIS BECAUSE IT IS A 758 00:23:45,624 --> 00:23:47,959 GAPING HOLE IN HOW WE ADDRESS 759 00:23:47,959 --> 00:23:48,960 HOMELESSNESS TO NOT BE ABLE TO 760 00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,595 PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO PEOPLE 761 00:23:50,595 --> 00:23:52,397 WHO HAVE VERY UNIQUE NEEDS 762 00:23:52,397 --> 00:23:53,598 COMPARED TO COUCH SURFING, 763 00:23:53,598 --> 00:23:55,033 COMPARED TO YOUTH HOMELESSNESS, 764 00:23:55,033 --> 00:23:56,334 COMPARED TO STREET HOMELESSNESS. 765 00:23:56,334 --> 00:23:57,435 WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN PLACE FOR 766 00:23:57,435 --> 00:23:59,638 ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT FOLKS. I 767 00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:03,475 TOTALLY WENT OFF SCRIPT. WE ALSO 768 00:24:03,475 --> 00:24:06,178 TURN IN THE PAGE, TURN THE PAGE. 769 00:24:06,178 --> 00:24:08,513 WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CITY'S 770 00:24:08,513 --> 00:24:10,081 CURRENT APPROACH TO RVS TO 771 00:24:10,081 --> 00:24:11,249 MOTORHOMES IS NOT WORKING, AND 772 00:24:11,249 --> 00:24:13,919 WE NEED TOOLS TO HELP PEOPLE 773 00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:16,221 LIVING IN THESE VEHICLES TO GET 774 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:19,024 INSIDE, WE NEED TO WE NEED TOOLS 775 00:24:19,024 --> 00:24:20,692 TO ADDRESS THE RVS THAT ARE 776 00:24:20,692 --> 00:24:23,929 SMALL MINORITY OF RVS THAT ARE 777 00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:27,732 NOT BEING GREAT PARTNERS IN THE 778 00:24:27,732 --> 00:24:29,067 NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT WE SEE WITH 779 00:24:29,067 --> 00:24:30,769 THIS PERMITTING THAT I'M PUTTING 780 00:24:30,769 --> 00:24:33,104 FORWARD, WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN 781 00:24:33,104 --> 00:24:36,474 JUST A MINUTE. IS WE WANT TO BE 782 00:24:36,474 --> 00:24:40,612 ABLE TO SAY, BECAUSE AGAIN, RVS 783 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:42,113 HAVE BEEN BUILT OVER THE COURSE 784 00:24:42,113 --> 00:24:43,348 OF TIME WITH A WHOLE COURSE OF 785 00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:46,184 DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIALS. I 786 00:24:46,184 --> 00:24:49,221 SHARE WITH EVERYONE HERE. WE ALL 787 00:24:49,221 --> 00:24:49,855 THREW AWAY OUR NALGENE BOTTLES 788 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:51,823 THAT ARE 15 YEARS OLD, AND WE 789 00:24:51,823 --> 00:24:52,924 GOT NEW NALGENE BOTTLES BECAUSE 790 00:24:52,924 --> 00:24:54,860 WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE BPA 791 00:24:54,860 --> 00:24:56,394 IN THE PLASTICS, RIGHT? SO IF 792 00:24:56,394 --> 00:24:59,397 YOU THINK BACK TO AN RV THAT WAS 793 00:24:59,397 --> 00:25:01,633 BUILT TEN YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS 794 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:05,203 AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, THAT 19, THAT 795 00:25:05,203 --> 00:25:06,872 1983 SUBARU STATION WAGON THAT 796 00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:09,341 WAS MADE OUT OF STEEL CLOTH AND 797 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:11,176 SOME PLASTIC IS VERY DIFFERENT 798 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:12,944 FROM THE RV THAT WAS BUILT IN 799 00:25:12,944 --> 00:25:14,546 1983. SO THESE ARE UNIQUE TYPES 800 00:25:14,546 --> 00:25:16,114 OF VEHICLES THAT ARE ON OUR 801 00:25:16,114 --> 00:25:18,416 STREETS. WHAT WE ARE SAYING 802 00:25:18,416 --> 00:25:19,818 TODAY IS THAT WHAT I'M SAYING 803 00:25:19,818 --> 00:25:22,487 TODAY IS THAT IN A YEAR FROM 804 00:25:22,487 --> 00:25:24,122 NOW, RVS AND FIFTH WHEELS NEED 805 00:25:24,122 --> 00:25:26,024 TO BE PARKED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY 806 00:25:26,024 --> 00:25:28,159 AND NOT ON THE CITY STREETS. AND 807 00:25:28,159 --> 00:25:28,793 BETWEEN HERE AND THERE, WE HAVE 808 00:25:28,793 --> 00:25:32,230 TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO 809 00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:34,332 ARE CURRENTLY LIVING IN THEIR 810 00:25:34,332 --> 00:25:36,201 RVS AND THEIR MOTORHOMES. SO ALL 811 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:37,402 OF THE. WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF 812 00:25:37,402 --> 00:25:38,970 THE. I'M SPENDING MORE TIME ON 813 00:25:38,970 --> 00:25:40,438 THIS RIGHT NOW. I KNOW THAT I 814 00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:41,706 EMAILED ALL OF YOU THIS LAST 815 00:25:41,706 --> 00:25:43,708 WEEK, BUT SPENDING A LITTLE BIT 816 00:25:43,708 --> 00:25:44,809 MORE TIME RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I 817 00:25:44,809 --> 00:25:46,478 KNOW COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS 818 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:47,679 REQUESTED JUST. WE'VE GOT A LOT 819 00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:49,714 GOING ON. PUBLIC SAFETY 820 00:25:49,714 --> 00:25:51,783 TOMORROW. AND SO THE RESOURCES. 821 00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:53,919 THE CITY SIDE RESOURCES, THE 822 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:55,020 CONTRACTED OUTREACH RESOURCES, 823 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:56,621 THE SHELTER RESOURCES, THE CASE 824 00:25:56,621 --> 00:25:58,089 MANAGEMENT RESOURCES, THOSE 825 00:25:58,089 --> 00:25:59,391 WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE 826 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:03,061 LIVING IN ANY TYPE OF VEHICLE. 827 00:26:03,061 --> 00:26:03,695 THE REGULATIONS AND THE PERMITS 828 00:26:03,695 --> 00:26:05,664 ARE ONLY SPECIFIED FOR MOTOR 829 00:26:05,664 --> 00:26:07,165 HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS, 830 00:26:07,165 --> 00:26:09,167 COMMONLY CALLED RVS AND FIFTH 831 00:26:09,167 --> 00:26:11,303 WHEELS, AND THAT THOSE PORTIONS 832 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:13,538 OF THE LEGISLATION DON'T GO 833 00:26:13,538 --> 00:26:15,240 INTO EFFECT UNTIL APRIL 30th. 834 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,875 AND MY REQUEST IS THAT THE FIRST 835 00:26:16,875 --> 00:26:18,877 90 DAYS IS JUST LIKE A RED LIGHT 836 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:20,545 CAMERA, WHERE YOU GET WARNINGS 837 00:26:20,545 --> 00:26:22,113 FOR THE FIRST 90 DAYS THAT WE DO 838 00:26:22,113 --> 00:26:23,381 THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 839 00:26:23,381 --> 00:26:25,083 IS FULL IMPLEMENTATION IS A YEAR 840 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:27,352 FROM NOW, AND THAT'S ENOUGH TIME 841 00:26:27,352 --> 00:26:29,421 TO SAY WE ARE CHANGING THE 842 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:30,755 REGULATIONS ON THIS ONE TYPE OF 843 00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:31,923 VEHICLE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO 844 00:26:31,923 --> 00:26:34,459 MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF 845 00:26:34,459 --> 00:26:35,060 EVERYONE THAT IS RESIDING IN 846 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:39,431 THAT TYPE OF VEHICLE. JUST REAL 847 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:40,298 QUICKLY. IT DOES THREE THINGS AT 848 00:26:40,298 --> 00:26:43,034 A HIGH LEVEL. IT INCREASES 849 00:26:43,034 --> 00:26:43,969 FUNDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN 850 00:26:43,969 --> 00:26:45,837 PUTTING IN THE BUDGET. SO THIS 851 00:26:45,837 --> 00:26:46,471 DOES NOT CHANGE THE STRUCTURAL 852 00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:49,140 BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS DOES NOT 853 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:51,910 CUT ANYTHING FROM ANYWHERE ELSE. 854 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:54,713 WE HAVE $3.5 MILLION ONGOING 855 00:26:54,713 --> 00:26:55,814 FUNDING AND $1.5 MILLION ONE 856 00:26:55,814 --> 00:26:58,783 TIME FUNDS. SO THERE'S THAT. IT 857 00:26:58,783 --> 00:27:00,952 ALSO MAKES ADMINISTRATIVE 858 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:03,021 CHANGES TO LEASING SHELTER 859 00:27:03,021 --> 00:27:04,389 LOCATIONS, LAND USE CODE CHANGES 860 00:27:04,389 --> 00:27:06,858 TO CREATE SHELTER STORAGE AND 861 00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,693 CLARIFICATIONS OF THE JUNK 862 00:27:08,693 --> 00:27:09,294 VEHICLE ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS 863 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:10,962 VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT LIVED IN. 864 00:27:10,962 --> 00:27:13,898 AND THEN FROM THERE, IT CREATES 865 00:27:13,898 --> 00:27:15,634 THE VEHICLE RESIDENT ASSISTANCE 866 00:27:15,634 --> 00:27:17,435 PERMIT TO GIVE THAT STABILITY 867 00:27:17,435 --> 00:27:18,837 AND PATHWAYS INTO SHELTER AND 868 00:27:18,837 --> 00:27:22,440 HOUSING, AND TO HELP BETTER 869 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:23,074 CONNECT OUTREACH WORKERS TO THE 870 00:27:23,074 --> 00:27:24,576 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN RVS AND FIFTH 871 00:27:24,576 --> 00:27:27,579 WHEELS. THEY HAVE TO REMAIN 872 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:29,080 ENGAGED IN CITY SERVICES. THEY 873 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,782 HAVE TO FOLLOW EXISTING TRAFFIC 874 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:32,250 RULES, PARKING, 72 HOUR RULES, 875 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:36,855 ALL THAT, AND JUST KIND OF BE A 876 00:27:36,855 --> 00:27:37,622 DECENT NEIGHBOR. I MEAN, IT'S 877 00:27:37,622 --> 00:27:40,992 NOT THERE. AND SO THAT'S ALL 878 00:27:40,992 --> 00:27:43,995 SPELLED OUT IN THAT IT IS 879 00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:45,497 ACCOMPLISHED BY CREATING A CITY 880 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:46,097 VEHICLE TEAM TO WORK DIRECTLY 881 00:27:46,097 --> 00:27:48,333 WITH CONTRACTED OUTREACH, 882 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:51,169 EXPANDING OUTREACH CONTRACTS TO 883 00:27:51,169 --> 00:27:53,405 BETTER ASSIST THEM. IF WE HAVE A 884 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:54,005 FISCALLY SPONSORED NONPROFIT 885 00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:55,507 DOING TWO THIRDS OF THIS WORK, 886 00:27:55,507 --> 00:27:56,608 WE NEED TO CREATE SOME CHANGES 887 00:27:56,608 --> 00:27:57,876 THERE. WE NEED TO HAVE THEM TO 888 00:27:57,876 --> 00:28:00,445 BE BETTER SUPPORTED SO THAT THEY 889 00:28:00,445 --> 00:28:01,012 CAN INTERACT WITH OUR CITY. 890 00:28:01,012 --> 00:28:02,580 WE'RE GOING TO FUND ADDITIONAL 891 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:05,483 SAFE LOTS AND AND SHELTER, 892 00:28:05,483 --> 00:28:06,885 CREATE VEHICLE, CREATE SHELTER 893 00:28:06,885 --> 00:28:08,086 STORAGE SO THAT FOLKS THAT ARE 894 00:28:08,086 --> 00:28:09,954 LIVING IN THEIR VEHICLES CAN 895 00:28:09,954 --> 00:28:12,424 STORE THEIR VEHICLES WHILE THEY 896 00:28:12,424 --> 00:28:13,925 MOVE INTO SHELTER. AND THEN ALSO 897 00:28:13,925 --> 00:28:15,260 INTO CITY. IF WE HAVE CITY 898 00:28:15,260 --> 00:28:15,894 SUPPORTED HOUSING THAT THEY WANT 899 00:28:15,894 --> 00:28:18,930 TO MOVE INTO, AND THEY NEED THAT 900 00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:20,298 TRANSITION SPACE, WE CAN WE CAN 901 00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:20,899 STORE THEIR VEHICLE FOR THEM 902 00:28:20,899 --> 00:28:22,534 THERE AS WELL. WE'RE ALSO GOING 903 00:28:22,534 --> 00:28:24,836 TO CREATE THAT VEHICLE RESIDENT 904 00:28:24,836 --> 00:28:25,437 ASSISTANCE PERMIT FOR PEOPLE 905 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:27,072 LIVING IN MOTOR HOMES AND TRAVEL 906 00:28:27,072 --> 00:28:28,873 TRAILERS. AND WE'RE GOING TO 907 00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:31,009 CREATE NEW REGULATIONS ONLY 908 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:31,609 APPLIED TO UNPERMITTED MOTOR 909 00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:33,344 HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS, 910 00:28:33,344 --> 00:28:33,945 ALLOWING THEM TO STAY ON OUR 911 00:28:33,945 --> 00:28:36,281 CITY STREETS FOR TWO HOURS AT A 912 00:28:36,281 --> 00:28:39,117 TIME. AGAIN, NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 913 00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:41,019 APRIL 30th OF NEXT YEAR. AND 914 00:28:41,019 --> 00:28:42,053 THEN LASTLY, WE CLARIFY THE JUNK 915 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:43,555 VEHICLE CODE FOR NOT LIVED IN 916 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,657 VEHICLES. THE SIX PIECES OF 917 00:28:45,657 --> 00:28:47,525 LEGISLATION ARE THE RESOLUTION 918 00:28:47,525 --> 00:28:50,128 TYING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. THE 919 00:28:50,128 --> 00:28:50,729 APPROPRIATIONS LAND USE CODE 920 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:51,930 CHANGE THE VEHICLE. RESIDENT 921 00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:53,598 ASSISTANT PERMIT, JUNK VEHICLE 922 00:28:53,598 --> 00:28:55,967 CODE, AND THEN THE SIGNING 923 00:28:55,967 --> 00:29:01,005 AUTHORITY FOR FAS AND. THAT IS 924 00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:04,509 WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. WE 925 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:07,412 ARE GOING TO UPLOAD THIS INTO 926 00:29:07,412 --> 00:29:10,381 LEGISTAR TOMORROW. AND SO IF YOU 927 00:29:10,381 --> 00:29:12,917 DO HAVE FEEDBACK, I WILL HAPPILY 928 00:29:12,917 --> 00:29:15,386 TAKE FEEDBACK TO DO 929 00:29:15,386 --> 00:29:16,020 PRE-INTRODUCTION CHANGES. THIS 930 00:29:16,020 --> 00:29:17,956 IS A. GO FAST, THEN GO SLOW 931 00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:19,724 MOMENT WHERE WE ARE GOING FAST 932 00:29:19,724 --> 00:29:21,593 RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE SHARED THIS 933 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:22,760 WITH EVERYONE. I'VE SHARED THIS 934 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,796 WITH FOLKS FOR MANY FOR QUITE 935 00:29:24,796 --> 00:29:28,099 SOME TIME, BUT WE PUBLICLY 936 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:29,267 POSTED THIS ON FRIDAY. WE'LL 937 00:29:29,267 --> 00:29:30,435 HAVE THE COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT 938 00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:31,803 WEEK, BUT THEN WE WON'T TAKE 939 00:29:31,803 --> 00:29:33,605 FINAL ACTION IN COUNCILMEMBER 940 00:29:33,605 --> 00:29:35,440 KETTLE COMMITTEE UNTIL 941 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:36,775 SEPTEMBER, AND THEN WE LIKELY 942 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:37,442 WON'T TAKE FINAL ACTION IN FULL 943 00:29:37,442 --> 00:29:39,377 COUNCIL UNTIL EARLY OCTOBER. AND 944 00:29:39,377 --> 00:29:40,945 THEN THIS BILL DOES NOT COME 945 00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:43,515 INTO EFFECT. THE PERMITTING PART 946 00:29:43,515 --> 00:29:45,183 DOES NOT COME INTO EFFECT UNTIL 947 00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:51,322 APRIL, AND THEN. SO THAT'S WHAT 948 00:29:51,322 --> 00:29:52,323 I MEAN BY IT'S GOING TO GO FAST 949 00:29:52,323 --> 00:29:53,525 AND THEN IT'S GOING TO GO SLOW. 950 00:29:53,525 --> 00:29:55,326 THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR YOUR 951 00:29:55,326 --> 00:30:00,465 ASSISTANCE HERE AND SO IF YOU DO 952 00:30:00,465 --> 00:30:01,099 HAVE FEEDBACK, I APPRECIATE ALL 953 00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:02,367 OF YOU AND YOUR HELP. IF YOU DO 954 00:30:02,367 --> 00:30:03,301 HAVE FEEDBACK BETWEEN NOW AND 955 00:30:03,301 --> 00:30:04,702 THEN, I AM MORE THAN OPEN, YOU 956 00:30:04,702 --> 00:30:07,205 KNOW, WE'RE MEETING WITH 957 00:30:07,205 --> 00:30:08,206 STAKEHOLDERS. I HAVE BEEN BACK 958 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:09,307 TO BACK ALL DAY. I KNOW SOME OF 959 00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:10,141 YOU HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY 960 00:30:10,141 --> 00:30:11,709 ATTENTION, BUT WE'VE JUST BEEN 961 00:30:11,709 --> 00:30:15,446 BACK TO BACK BECAUSE WE DON'T 962 00:30:15,446 --> 00:30:15,947 WANT TO HAVE UNINTENDED 963 00:30:15,947 --> 00:30:16,948 CONSEQUENCES. WE DON'T WANT TO 964 00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:18,583 LEAVE PEOPLE WORSE OFF THAN THEY 965 00:30:18,583 --> 00:30:21,219 WERE BEFORE. WE AND I DON'T, 966 00:30:21,219 --> 00:30:23,188 AND I WANT TO GET EVERYONE'S 967 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:24,556 FEEDBACK INTO THIS LEGISLATION. 968 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:25,657 SO JUST STATING WE'VE GOT TIME. 969 00:30:25,657 --> 00:30:26,825 WE'RE IN A GO FAST MOMENT. BUT 970 00:30:26,825 --> 00:30:28,393 THEN THE REST OF THIS PROCESS IS 971 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:31,829 GO SLOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET 972 00:30:31,829 --> 00:30:33,531 IT RIGHT. I HAVE OTHER STUFF IN 973 00:30:33,531 --> 00:30:35,166 MY REPORT, WHICH IS SOUND 974 00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:38,236 TRANSIT. SOUND TRANSIT AS PART 975 00:30:38,236 --> 00:30:40,104 OF MY REGIONAL COMMITTEE, 976 00:30:40,104 --> 00:30:41,539 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA SHOULD BE 977 00:30:41,539 --> 00:30:45,043 EXCITED TO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO 978 00:30:45,043 --> 00:30:45,677 START INITIATING THE PURCHASES 979 00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:46,778 OF PROPERTY IN WEST SEATTLE FOR 980 00:30:46,778 --> 00:30:49,380 THE WEST SEATTLE EXTENSION LINE, 981 00:30:49,380 --> 00:30:51,015 AND SOUND TRANSIT HAS NOT QUITE 982 00:30:51,015 --> 00:30:53,551 GOTTEN ME. THEIR VACANT BUILDING 983 00:30:53,551 --> 00:30:55,320 POLICIES. I HAVE SAID TO THEM 984 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:57,622 THAT THEY NEED TO UPDATE THEIR 985 00:30:57,622 --> 00:30:59,357 VACANT BUILDING POLICIES BEFORE 986 00:30:59,357 --> 00:31:01,159 WE START PURCHASING LAND IN WEST 987 00:31:01,159 --> 00:31:02,560 SEATTLE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT 988 00:31:02,560 --> 00:31:04,395 SOUND TRANSIT TO OWN SOME 989 00:31:04,395 --> 00:31:05,029 DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES IN YOUR 990 00:31:05,029 --> 00:31:06,164 NEIGHBORHOOD AND LEAVE THEM 991 00:31:06,164 --> 00:31:08,633 UNATTENDED. THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN 992 00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:09,400 THAT POLICY FINISHED RIGHT NOW, 993 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,705 BUT THEY DO REMAIN ON TRACK. SO 994 00:31:13,705 --> 00:31:14,706 THAT'S IT'S BOTH GOOD NEWS. SO 995 00:31:14,706 --> 00:31:16,040 WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH 996 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,609 THAT. LIKE SOME OF YOU OTHERS, I 997 00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:18,576 CANCELED OFFICE HOURS LAST WEEK 998 00:31:18,576 --> 00:31:20,945 SO THAT I COULD GO TO 999 00:31:20,945 --> 00:31:22,547 NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUT. IT WAS A 1000 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:23,481 TON OF FUN. WE GOT I GOT AROUND 1001 00:31:23,481 --> 00:31:24,582 TO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT 1002 00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:25,850 NEIGHBORHOOD NIGHT OUTS. IT WAS 1003 00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:27,485 JUST SUCH AN EXCITING EXPERIENCE 1004 00:31:27,485 --> 00:31:29,120 TO GET TO TALK TO PEOPLE 1005 00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:32,090 LITERALLY ON THEIR OWN BLOCK AND 1006 00:31:32,090 --> 00:31:33,825 HAVE SOME REALLY CANDID 1007 00:31:33,825 --> 00:31:34,425 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S 1008 00:31:34,425 --> 00:31:36,427 GOING ON IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW. 1009 00:31:36,427 --> 00:31:38,296 I DO HAVE OFFICE HOURS THIS 1010 00:31:38,296 --> 00:31:42,233 WEEK, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. 1011 00:31:42,233 --> 00:31:43,902 COLLEAGUES, DO YOU HAVE ANY 1012 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:46,904 QUESTIONS 1013 00:31:46,904 --> 00:31:47,138 -- NO. 1014 00:31:47,138 --> 00:31:49,040 -- WELL, WITH THAT, OH, AND IF 1015 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:50,275 YOU DO WANT TO SIGN UP, YOU CAN 1016 00:31:50,275 --> 00:31:51,709 HIT THE REQUEST A MEETING ON MY 1017 00:31:51,709 --> 00:31:53,511 WEBSITE. OVER TO YOU. 1018 00:31:53,511 --> 00:31:56,881 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 1019 00:31:56,881 --> 00:31:59,050 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1020 00:31:59,050 --> 00:31:59,851 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. WAY TO, 1021 00:31:59,851 --> 00:32:01,953 WAY TO STAY FOCUSED. UNDER UNDER 1022 00:32:01,953 --> 00:32:04,722 PRESSURE WITH THAT SPILL. THAT 1023 00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:05,690 WAS GREAT. AND I'LL JUST SAY NO 1024 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:06,824 QUESTIONS FOR YOU ON THE SOUND 1025 00:32:06,824 --> 00:32:07,692 TRANSIT PIECE, BUT I'LL FOLLOW 1026 00:32:07,692 --> 00:32:09,961 UP WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, OUR 1027 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:11,663 OFFICE HAS HAD SOME EARLY 1028 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:13,131 CONVERSATIONS WITH SOUND TRANSIT 1029 00:32:13,131 --> 00:32:13,698 AROUND PROPERTIES THAT'S 1030 00:32:13,698 --> 00:32:15,633 CURRENTLY THAT ARE CURRENTLY 1031 00:32:15,633 --> 00:32:16,267 USED FOR STORAGE NEAR SOME OF 1032 00:32:16,267 --> 00:32:17,535 THE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS. AND WE 1033 00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:18,503 WANT TO BE A GOOD PARTNER IN 1034 00:32:18,503 --> 00:32:21,339 MAKING SURE THOSE ARE SPACES 1035 00:32:21,339 --> 00:32:22,473 THAT ARE WELCOMING FOR THE 1036 00:32:22,473 --> 00:32:24,075 COMMUNITY. SO I REALLY 1037 00:32:24,075 --> 00:32:25,376 APPRECIATE YOUR INTENT AND THE 1038 00:32:25,376 --> 00:32:26,811 LONG BODY OF WORK THAT YOU'VE 1039 00:32:26,811 --> 00:32:28,146 DONE TO, TO GET TO THIS UPCOMING 1040 00:32:28,146 --> 00:32:32,350 POLICY. OKAY. I WILL WORK FOR 1041 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:34,552 BREVITY HERE. SO COLLEAGUES, WE 1042 00:32:34,552 --> 00:32:35,620 WILL HAVE IN MY COMMITTEE THIS 1043 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:37,722 WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE 1044 00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:40,058 BEGINNING OF THE APPOINTMENT 1045 00:32:40,058 --> 00:32:40,925 PROCESS FOR THE MAYOR'S 1046 00:32:40,925 --> 00:32:42,927 SELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF 1047 00:32:42,927 --> 00:32:45,096 HOUSING DIRECTOR. SO WE'LL HAVE 1048 00:32:45,096 --> 00:32:46,397 THAT PROCESS WILL START THIS 1049 00:32:46,397 --> 00:32:48,032 WEDNESDAY. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1050 00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:49,634 ENGAGING WITH YOU ALL ON 1051 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,602 QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE 1052 00:32:51,602 --> 00:32:54,472 APPOINTEE, FOR KELLY, FOR KELLY 1053 00:32:54,472 --> 00:32:56,474 LARSON. WE ARE ALSO GOING TO 1054 00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:57,976 HAVE AN DISCUSSION AND A REPORT 1055 00:32:57,976 --> 00:33:00,044 FROM THE OFFICE OF HOUSING ON 1056 00:33:00,044 --> 00:33:02,180 THEIR 2025 ANNUAL REPORTS AND 1057 00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:07,051 STATEMENTS OF LEGISLATIVE 1058 00:33:07,051 --> 00:33:07,719 INTENT. THAT'S ACTUALLY REALLY 1059 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:08,353 EXCITING. SO THAT WE ARE GOING 1060 00:33:08,353 --> 00:33:09,020 TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 1061 00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:11,289 THE HOUSING LEVY INVESTMENTS AND 1062 00:33:11,289 --> 00:33:13,524 GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE 1063 00:33:13,524 --> 00:33:14,959 ARE WITH THOSE. I THINK WE'RE 1064 00:33:14,959 --> 00:33:15,793 LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME GOOD 1065 00:33:15,793 --> 00:33:17,261 NEWS. WE'LL ALSO GET AN 1066 00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:19,998 OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 MH AYE 1067 00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,165 ANNUAL REPORT. SO THOSE ARE IN 1068 00:33:21,165 --> 00:33:23,534 COMMITTEE THIS WEEK. TOMORROW, 1069 00:33:23,534 --> 00:33:25,403 WE WILL BE VOTING AT FULL 1070 00:33:25,403 --> 00:33:27,905 COUNCIL ON THE LEGISLATION THAT 1071 00:33:27,905 --> 00:33:29,507 OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN SPONSORING. 1072 00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:31,642 WE HAVE HAD THAT IN COMMITTEE 1073 00:33:31,642 --> 00:33:32,276 THREE TIMES, AND WE JUST VOTED 1074 00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:34,278 IT OUT IN A SPECIAL COMMITTEE 1075 00:33:34,278 --> 00:33:36,414 MEETING. AND I KNOW THERE ARE 1076 00:33:36,414 --> 00:33:37,515 SOME AMENDMENTS COMING TO FULL 1077 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:39,550 COUNCIL. I WANT TO APPRECIATE, 1078 00:33:39,550 --> 00:33:41,285 FOLKS, FOR THE ENGAGEMENT WITH 1079 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:42,387 OUR OFFICE AND THE LEADERSHIP 1080 00:33:42,387 --> 00:33:43,821 FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND 1081 00:33:43,821 --> 00:33:45,289 SENDING THAT LEGISLATION DOWN, 1082 00:33:45,289 --> 00:33:46,290 AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A 1083 00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:47,859 FULL VOTE ON THAT OR A FULL VOTE 1084 00:33:47,859 --> 00:33:50,495 IN COUNCIL ON THAT TOMORROW. AND 1085 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:52,597 THEN LASTLY, I'LL SAY I WANT TO 1086 00:33:52,597 --> 00:33:53,197 APPRECIATE YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1087 00:33:53,197 --> 00:33:54,031 STRAUSS, FOR YOUR WORK ON THE 1088 00:33:54,031 --> 00:33:55,466 MIDYEAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET, AND 1089 00:33:55,466 --> 00:33:58,903 I'M REALLY EXCITED AND WANT TO 1090 00:33:58,903 --> 00:34:00,471 THANK THE FOLKS IN COMMITTEE 1091 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:03,674 LAST WEEK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF 1092 00:34:03,674 --> 00:34:04,275 OUR AMENDMENT ON THE THE FUND 1093 00:34:04,275 --> 00:34:04,942 THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING 1094 00:34:04,942 --> 00:34:06,411 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PHILANTHROPY 1095 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:09,113 THAT'S GOING TO INVEST $400,000 1096 00:34:09,113 --> 00:34:12,450 A YEAR, $400,000 STARTING THIS 1097 00:34:12,450 --> 00:34:14,185 YEAR IN HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION 1098 00:34:14,185 --> 00:34:15,019 FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. I'M JUST 1099 00:34:15,019 --> 00:34:16,254 REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT 1100 00:34:16,254 --> 00:34:19,023 WORK. AND WE KNOW THAT YOUNG 1101 00:34:19,023 --> 00:34:19,991 PEOPLE WHO ARE HOMELESS ARE TWO 1102 00:34:19,991 --> 00:34:21,159 AND A HALF TIMES MORE LIKELY TO 1103 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:23,394 EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS AS 1104 00:34:23,394 --> 00:34:24,996 ADULTS. SO WHILE I DON'T SIT ON 1105 00:34:24,996 --> 00:34:26,831 THAT COMMITTEE, I WANTED TO TAKE 1106 00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:28,666 THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1107 00:34:28,666 --> 00:34:30,034 EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR 1108 00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:32,136 SUPPORT OF THAT AMENDMENT. LAST 1109 00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:33,638 WEEK, AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP 1110 00:34:33,638 --> 00:34:34,806 IT CHURNING UNTIL WE GET INTO 1111 00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:36,841 RECESS. SO THAT'S MY UPDATE AND 1112 00:34:36,841 --> 00:34:45,149 HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS. ALL 1113 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:45,383 RIGHT. 1114 00:34:45,383 --> 00:34:46,717 -- ALL RIGHT. 1115 00:34:46,717 --> 00:34:49,720 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, COLLEAGUES. 1116 00:34:49,720 --> 00:34:50,655 IT'S FUN TO HEAR WHAT 1117 00:34:50,655 --> 00:34:54,892 EVERYBODY'S BEEN UP TO. 1118 00:34:54,892 --> 00:34:57,094 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. YOU KNOW, 1119 00:34:57,094 --> 00:34:59,197 JUST HEARING ABOUT THE RV 1120 00:34:59,197 --> 00:35:00,731 LEGISLATION AND ALL THE WORK. 1121 00:35:00,731 --> 00:35:02,800 IT'S AN IMPRESSIVE SORT OF 1122 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,435 AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO 1123 00:35:04,435 --> 00:35:07,371 THAT. AND SO LOOK FORWARD TO 1124 00:35:07,371 --> 00:35:10,541 THAT DISCUSSION TOMORROW 1125 00:35:10,541 --> 00:35:12,076 MORNING. ON FRIDAY, I WENT AND 1126 00:35:12,076 --> 00:35:15,146 TOURED AN AREA DOWN IN RAINIER 1127 00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:16,948 BEACH THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF A 1128 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,916 HOT SPOT DOWN THERE. IT'S 1129 00:35:18,916 --> 00:35:20,685 PRIVATE PROPERTY AND SOME 1130 00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:23,621 UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY, BUT IT 1131 00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:28,426 HAS BEEN TAKEN OVER BY BOTH 1132 00:35:28,426 --> 00:35:29,060 UNINHABITED AND SOME INHABITED 1133 00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:32,330 RVS. IT IS DEFINITELY NOT SORT 1134 00:35:32,330 --> 00:35:34,165 OF. THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME 1135 00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:35,433 PUBLIC SAFETY, SOME SANITATION 1136 00:35:35,433 --> 00:35:37,368 ISSUES, AND I'LL BE CURIOUS TO 1137 00:35:37,368 --> 00:35:40,104 CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT HOW IT YOUR 1138 00:35:40,104 --> 00:35:42,340 LEGISLATION MIGHT WORK ON. I 1139 00:35:42,340 --> 00:35:45,042 THINK A LOT OF TIMES THE 1140 00:35:45,042 --> 00:35:46,911 ENCAMPMENTS CAN BE PARTICULARLY 1141 00:35:46,911 --> 00:35:50,081 DIFFICULT WHEN THEY'RE ON 1142 00:35:50,081 --> 00:35:51,148 PRIVATE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF JUST 1143 00:35:51,148 --> 00:35:52,583 JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES WITH OUR 1144 00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:55,186 DEPARTMENTS. AND SO CURIOUS TO 1145 00:35:55,186 --> 00:35:59,991 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT. AND, 1146 00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:01,225 AND THEN JUST WHEN IT COMES TO, 1147 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:02,326 TO SOUND TRANSIT WOULD ALSO BE 1148 00:36:02,326 --> 00:36:04,028 EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 1149 00:36:04,028 --> 00:36:06,364 PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS, 1150 00:36:06,364 --> 00:36:07,899 PARTICULARLY AROUND THE STATION 1151 00:36:07,899 --> 00:36:09,567 AREAS. IF THOSE ARE PART OF 1152 00:36:09,567 --> 00:36:10,768 WHAT'S BEING LOOKED AT IN WEST 1153 00:36:10,768 --> 00:36:14,572 SEATTLE, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, 1154 00:36:14,572 --> 00:36:16,274 SOUND TRANSIT TRIES TO MINIMIZE 1155 00:36:16,274 --> 00:36:18,075 THE SIZE OF THEIR ACQUISITIONS 1156 00:36:18,075 --> 00:36:19,844 BECAUSE IT COSTS, WHICH IS 1157 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:22,179 TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT THAT 1158 00:36:22,179 --> 00:36:23,681 CAN LEAVE SOME WEIRD SIZED 1159 00:36:23,681 --> 00:36:25,049 REMNANTS, WHICH ARE NOT VERY 1160 00:36:25,049 --> 00:36:27,818 HELPFUL. WE HAD A BUNCH OF THOSE 1161 00:36:27,818 --> 00:36:29,654 ON MLK THAT HAVE BEEN EMPTY FOR 1162 00:36:29,654 --> 00:36:31,088 OVER A DECADE. NOW THAT WE ARE 1163 00:36:31,088 --> 00:36:33,624 FINALLY CONVERTING INTO 1164 00:36:33,624 --> 00:36:35,793 AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP, WHICH 1165 00:36:35,793 --> 00:36:36,894 IS GREAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WITH A 1166 00:36:36,894 --> 00:36:39,397 LITTLE BIT MORE, WITH A LARGER 1167 00:36:39,397 --> 00:36:41,899 ACQUISITION, YOU CAN JUST DO A 1168 00:36:41,899 --> 00:36:43,301 LOT MORE TO, TO CONVERT THAT TO 1169 00:36:43,301 --> 00:36:46,103 SOME PERMANENT USE. SO ANYWAY, 1170 00:36:46,103 --> 00:36:47,138 WONDERING IF THERE MIGHT BE SOME 1171 00:36:47,138 --> 00:36:50,041 OPPORTUNITIES HERE. I'D BE HAPPY 1172 00:36:50,041 --> 00:36:51,676 TO CHAT LATER THIS MORNING. HAD 1173 00:36:51,676 --> 00:36:55,646 A DELEGATION FROM TAIWAN SISTER 1174 00:36:55,646 --> 00:36:57,548 CITY. IT'S A PORT CITY ON THE 1175 00:36:57,548 --> 00:37:02,386 SOUTHERN TIP OF TAIWAN. IT IS 1176 00:37:02,386 --> 00:37:03,020 ALSO SORT OF BECOMING A LITTLE 1177 00:37:03,020 --> 00:37:04,922 BIT MORE OF A TECH CITY. AND SO 1178 00:37:04,922 --> 00:37:06,257 THEY WERE DOING A TOUR UP AND 1179 00:37:06,257 --> 00:37:08,459 DOWN THE WEST COAST, TOURING 1180 00:37:08,459 --> 00:37:10,995 BOEING. AND SO IT WAS REALLY 1181 00:37:10,995 --> 00:37:13,864 WONDERFUL TO TO MEET WITH THEM 1182 00:37:13,864 --> 00:37:15,933 IN TERMS OF TOMORROW, I DO HAVE 1183 00:37:15,933 --> 00:37:18,469 TWO AMENDMENTS. ONE IS THE 1184 00:37:18,469 --> 00:37:19,070 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AMENDMENT 1185 00:37:19,070 --> 00:37:21,739 FOR TWO DEDICATED OUTREACH 1186 00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:23,474 WORKERS FOR NORTHERN PARTS OF 1187 00:37:23,474 --> 00:37:24,675 DISTRICT TWO, AS WELL AS SOME 1188 00:37:24,675 --> 00:37:27,144 OVERLAP WITH THE TIP OF DISTRICT 1189 00:37:27,144 --> 00:37:28,446 THREE AND THE NORTH RAINIER 1190 00:37:28,446 --> 00:37:34,752 CORRIDOR. JUST GIVEN THE ONGOING 1191 00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:35,319 VERY SERIOUS PUBLIC SAFETY 1192 00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:37,255 CONCERNS THAT THAT CONTINUE TO 1193 00:37:37,255 --> 00:37:40,291 REACH CRISIS LEVEL IN THAT AREA. 1194 00:37:40,291 --> 00:37:41,759 UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NEWS 1195 00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:44,762 REPORTING LAST WEEK OF OF 1196 00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:46,430 ANOTHER BODY ON THE WEST 1197 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:48,165 NORTHWEST PART OF BEACON HILL IN 1198 00:37:48,165 --> 00:37:52,470 THAT GREEN BELT. NOT SURE WHAT 1199 00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:53,871 THE CAUSE IS. ANOTHER SHOOTING 1200 00:37:53,871 --> 00:37:56,741 IN SOME OF THE TENTS OFF OF 1201 00:37:56,741 --> 00:37:59,577 NORTH RAINIER AND JUST CONTINUES 1202 00:37:59,577 --> 00:38:02,613 TO BE VERY SIGNIFICANT CONCERN. 1203 00:38:02,613 --> 00:38:05,282 VERY CLOSE TO BUSINESSES, 1204 00:38:05,282 --> 00:38:05,850 RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, 1205 00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:06,884 OBVIOUSLY WOULD LOVE YOUR 1206 00:38:06,884 --> 00:38:07,618 SUPPORT TOMORROW. HAPPY TO 1207 00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:12,223 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. 1208 00:38:12,223 --> 00:38:15,026 WE ALSO HAVE WE HAD AN AMENDMENT 1209 00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:16,994 TO THE JUNK FEES LEGISLATION. WE 1210 00:38:16,994 --> 00:38:18,996 UPDATED IT SLIGHTLY, THE SORT OF 1211 00:38:18,996 --> 00:38:20,931 GENERAL OVERVIEW WAS WE WERE 1212 00:38:20,931 --> 00:38:26,337 TRYING TO ENCOURAGE NON 1213 00:38:26,337 --> 00:38:26,937 BASICALLY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE 1214 00:38:26,937 --> 00:38:31,208 KIND OF RESOLUTION TO WHEN A 1215 00:38:31,208 --> 00:38:33,577 LANDLORD BASICALLY CHARGES FEES 1216 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:35,980 THAT ARE BANNED, YOU KNOW, AS 1217 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:38,115 ESPECIALLY AS THE, IF THE LAW IS 1218 00:38:38,115 --> 00:38:40,117 NEW, IF THEY DO SO 1219 00:38:40,117 --> 00:38:40,785 INADVERTENTLY, ALTHOUGH THAT'S 1220 00:38:40,785 --> 00:38:42,953 NOT A REQUIREMENT. BUT THE IDEA 1221 00:38:42,953 --> 00:38:45,956 IS LIKE LANDLORDS MIGHT MAKE A 1222 00:38:45,956 --> 00:38:48,893 MISTAKE. THERE'S A UNDER OUR 1223 00:38:48,893 --> 00:38:50,828 AMENDMENT LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, 1224 00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:52,897 THERE'S A PROVISION THAT ALLOWS 1225 00:38:52,897 --> 00:38:55,766 TENANTS TO SORT OF DEMAND THAT 1226 00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:58,803 THOSE BE REFUNDED. PLUS DOUBLE 1227 00:38:58,803 --> 00:39:01,305 DAMAGES. AND IF THE LANDLORD 1228 00:39:01,305 --> 00:39:02,406 PROMPTLY CURES WITHIN 30 DAYS, 1229 00:39:02,406 --> 00:39:04,608 THEN YOU'RE DONE. YOU DON'T 1230 00:39:04,608 --> 00:39:05,476 HAVE TO RELY UPON, YOU KNOW, 1231 00:39:05,476 --> 00:39:07,011 GOING TO COURT. YOU DON'T HAVE 1232 00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:09,146 ATTORNEY'S FEES. YOU DON'T HAVE 1233 00:39:09,146 --> 00:39:10,781 ADDITIONAL PENALTIES. SO IT'S A 1234 00:39:10,781 --> 00:39:12,883 QUICK RESOLUTION FOR TENANTS, 1235 00:39:12,883 --> 00:39:13,718 SORT OF EMPOWERS THEM TO DO 1236 00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:16,554 SOMETHING WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY. 1237 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:18,489 BUT ALSO THERE'S INCENTIVES 1238 00:39:18,489 --> 00:39:20,491 THERE FOR THE LANDLORD TO 1239 00:39:20,491 --> 00:39:23,327 PROMPTLY CURE WHAT WE HEARD 1240 00:39:23,327 --> 00:39:23,861 FROM, FROM SOME TENANT 1241 00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:24,462 ADVOCATES. AND I THINK IT'S 1242 00:39:24,462 --> 00:39:27,331 REASONABLE IS, IS THAT IF 1243 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:29,100 LANDLORD IS PUT ON NOTICE THAT 1244 00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,702 THEY'VE CHARGED THAT FEE AND 1245 00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:33,771 THAT IS BANNED, THAT THEY SHOULD 1246 00:39:33,771 --> 00:39:35,473 BE REFUNDED TO ALL SIMILARLY 1247 00:39:35,473 --> 00:39:36,640 SITUATED TENANTS IN THAT 1248 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,043 BUILDING WITHIN THAT SAME 30 DAY 1249 00:39:39,043 --> 00:39:39,710 CURE PERIOD. AND AGAIN, IF THEY 1250 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:43,080 DO SO, THEN, YOU KNOW, THEN THEN 1251 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:43,881 THEY'RE DONE. NO, THEY DON'T 1252 00:39:43,881 --> 00:39:47,551 HAVE TO GO TO COURT. BUT IF THEY 1253 00:39:47,551 --> 00:39:49,754 DON'T, THEN ANY TENANTS WHO 1254 00:39:49,754 --> 00:39:52,656 HAVEN'T SORT OF HAD THOSE FEES 1255 00:39:52,656 --> 00:39:55,292 REFUNDED AND THOSE DAMAGES ARE 1256 00:39:55,292 --> 00:39:59,730 PAID WOULD HAVE THAT ABILITY TO 1257 00:39:59,730 --> 00:40:01,098 TAKE THEM TO COURT. SO THAT'S 1258 00:40:01,098 --> 00:40:02,066 THE GIST OF THE THE AMENDMENT TO 1259 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:02,967 THE AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE 1260 00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:04,168 BRINGING FORWARD TO TOMORROW. 1261 00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:06,036 WOULD LOVE IF YOU HAVE ANY 1262 00:40:06,036 --> 00:40:08,672 QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT 1263 00:40:08,672 --> 00:40:10,674 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK 1264 00:40:10,674 --> 00:40:10,875 YOU. 1265 00:40:10,875 --> 00:40:12,843 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1266 00:40:12,843 --> 00:40:16,814 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1267 00:40:16,814 --> 00:40:17,448 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1268 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:18,349 JUST A QUICK LOOK BACK. ON 1269 00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:19,450 FRIDAY, THE HUMAN SERVICES, 1270 00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:21,285 LABOR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 1271 00:40:21,285 --> 00:40:23,320 COMMITTEE MET AND WE HEARD THREE 1272 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:24,422 ITEMS A BRIEFING FROM THE 1273 00:40:24,422 --> 00:40:25,656 MAYOR'S OFFICE AND HUMAN 1274 00:40:25,656 --> 00:40:27,725 SERVICES DEPARTMENT REGARDING A 1275 00:40:27,725 --> 00:40:29,794 PLAN TO REVIEW REVERT HUMAN 1276 00:40:29,794 --> 00:40:30,394 SERVICES CONTRACTS FROM KING 1277 00:40:30,394 --> 00:40:32,196 COUNTY REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS 1278 00:40:32,196 --> 00:40:33,597 AUTHORITY BACK INTO CITY OF 1279 00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:35,266 SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY. WE ALSO 1280 00:40:35,266 --> 00:40:37,902 HAD A BRIEFING ON AMENDMENTS TO 1281 00:40:37,902 --> 00:40:38,536 THE DOMESTIC WORKERS ORDINANCE. 1282 00:40:38,536 --> 00:40:39,603 THE OFFICE OF LABOR STANDARDS 1283 00:40:39,603 --> 00:40:42,840 HAS BEEN WORKING ON UPDATES TO 1284 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:43,340 ALIGN CITY LAW WITH THE 1285 00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:44,809 STATEWIDE DOMESTIC WORKERS BILL 1286 00:40:44,809 --> 00:40:46,410 OF RIGHTS, LEGISLATION THAT 1287 00:40:46,410 --> 00:40:47,778 PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR, 1288 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:50,781 SHEPHERDED BY STATE 1289 00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:51,382 REPRESENTATIVE BRIANNA THOMAS 1290 00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:52,349 FROM THE 34th LEGISLATIVE 1291 00:40:52,349 --> 00:40:54,718 DISTRICT, HAVE TO HONOR WEST 1292 00:40:54,718 --> 00:40:56,153 SEATTLE. THE AMENDED ORDINANCE 1293 00:40:56,153 --> 00:40:58,989 WOULD ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR 1294 00:40:58,989 --> 00:41:00,591 WRITTEN AGREEMENTS AND RECORDS 1295 00:41:00,591 --> 00:41:02,760 RETENTION, USE OF ENTITLED, PAID 1296 00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,295 AND UNPAID LEAVE AND ADVANCE 1297 00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:06,030 NOTICE OF TERMINATION. IT WOULD 1298 00:41:06,030 --> 00:41:08,032 ALSO PROHIBIT RETALIATION FOR 1299 00:41:08,032 --> 00:41:09,233 TAKING PERMISSIBLE TIME OFF. AND 1300 00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:11,569 THEN WE RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON 1301 00:41:11,569 --> 00:41:13,838 THE FAIR PRICING AND 1302 00:41:13,838 --> 00:41:14,839 TRANSPARENCY ORDINANCE. AND 1303 00:41:14,839 --> 00:41:16,607 COLLEAGUES, I JUST WANT TO 1304 00:41:16,607 --> 00:41:17,208 QUICKLY REITERATE SOME OF THE 1305 00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:18,409 PROCESS POINTS THAT I ADDRESSED 1306 00:41:18,409 --> 00:41:20,611 IN COMMITTEE FOR EVERYONE'S 1307 00:41:20,611 --> 00:41:22,947 AWARENESS. SO THE DRAFT 1308 00:41:22,947 --> 00:41:24,448 LEGISLATION WILL BE ON THE IRC 1309 00:41:24,448 --> 00:41:26,050 TOMORROW, AT WHICH POINT CENTRAL 1310 00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:27,318 STAFF WILL FINISH THEIR WORK ON 1311 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,753 THE BILL MEMO AMENDMENT CONCEPTS 1312 00:41:29,753 --> 00:41:33,023 WILL BE DUE A FEW DAYS AFTER THE 1313 00:41:33,023 --> 00:41:33,624 RELEASE OF THE CENTRAL STAFF 1314 00:41:33,624 --> 00:41:34,425 MEMO, AND CENTRAL STAFF WILL 1315 00:41:34,425 --> 00:41:36,460 INCLUDE A SPECIFIC DUE DATE WITH 1316 00:41:36,460 --> 00:41:38,929 THEIR MEMO EMAIL AT THE AUGUST 1317 00:41:38,929 --> 00:41:42,199 21st MEETING OF THE HUMAN 1318 00:41:42,199 --> 00:41:42,800 SERVICES, LABOR AND ECONOMIC 1319 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:43,434 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WE WILL 1320 00:41:43,434 --> 00:41:44,702 BE BRIEFED BY CENTRAL STAFF ON 1321 00:41:44,702 --> 00:41:46,370 POLICY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS 1322 00:41:46,370 --> 00:41:48,205 BILL AND, IMPORTANTLY, ANY 1323 00:41:48,205 --> 00:41:50,207 COUNCILMEMBERS WITH AMENDMENT 1324 00:41:50,207 --> 00:41:52,109 CONCEPTS WILL BE ASKED TO SPEAK 1325 00:41:52,109 --> 00:41:54,144 TO THEM DURING THIS COMMITTEE 1326 00:41:54,144 --> 00:41:55,946 AND IN OUR FIRST COMMITTEE 1327 00:41:55,946 --> 00:41:57,014 MEETING FOLLOWING RECESS, WE 1328 00:41:57,014 --> 00:41:58,949 WILL VOTE ON AMENDMENTS AND THE 1329 00:41:58,949 --> 00:41:59,783 UNDERLYING LEGISLATION. SO MY 1330 00:41:59,783 --> 00:42:01,919 TEAM AND OUR CENTRAL STAFFERS, 1331 00:42:01,919 --> 00:42:02,987 JASMINE AND TOMASSO, ARE 1332 00:42:02,987 --> 00:42:04,421 AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU 1333 00:42:04,421 --> 00:42:06,490 HAVE ON THIS PIECE OF 1334 00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:08,092 LEGISLATION. OUR NEXT HUMAN 1335 00:42:08,092 --> 00:42:10,361 SERVICES, LABOR AND ECONOMIC 1336 00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:11,328 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WILL BE 1337 00:42:11,328 --> 00:42:13,063 HELD NEXT WEEK. SO FRIDAY, 1338 00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:15,266 AUGUST 21st, THE AGENDA IS 1339 00:42:15,266 --> 00:42:16,500 ROBUST AND INCLUDES THE 1340 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:18,035 FOLLOWING. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING 1341 00:42:18,035 --> 00:42:19,236 TO HAVE A BRIEFING, PUBLIC 1342 00:42:19,236 --> 00:42:20,971 HEARING AND POTENTIAL VOTE ON AN 1343 00:42:20,971 --> 00:42:23,173 AMENDMENT TO THE BALLARD BIA AND 1344 00:42:23,173 --> 00:42:25,476 THE ASSESSMENT FORMULA WILL THEN 1345 00:42:25,476 --> 00:42:26,577 HAVE A BRIEFING, PUBLIC HEARING 1346 00:42:26,577 --> 00:42:28,279 AND POTENTIAL VOTE ON AN 1347 00:42:28,279 --> 00:42:29,647 AMENDMENT TO THE BROADWAY BIA 1348 00:42:29,647 --> 00:42:31,482 AND CAPITOL HILL. I'LL JUST NOTE 1349 00:42:31,482 --> 00:42:34,184 THAT THIS BIA LEGISLATION 1350 00:42:34,184 --> 00:42:35,953 REQUIRED A NOTICE OF PUBLIC 1351 00:42:35,953 --> 00:42:39,056 HEARING. THIS HEARING WILL BE TO 1352 00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:40,824 SOLICIT INPUT ON THE FIVE 1353 00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:41,392 PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 1354 00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:43,561 BROADWAY BIA ORDINANCE INTENDED 1355 00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:44,295 TO STABILIZE THE CAPITOL HILL 1356 00:42:44,295 --> 00:42:46,063 AND BROADWAY BIA BUDGET TO 1357 00:42:46,063 --> 00:42:48,198 BETTER ALIGN THE DISTRICT 1358 00:42:48,198 --> 00:42:49,700 BOUNDARY WITH CURRENT COMMERCIAL 1359 00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:52,369 ACTIVITY. OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 1360 00:42:52,369 --> 00:42:53,404 DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PARTNERS IN 1361 00:42:53,404 --> 00:42:54,705 CAPITOL HILL HAVE BEEN WORKING 1362 00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:56,407 HARD TO GET CONSENSUS ON THESE 1363 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:58,208 CHANGES THAT WILL ULTIMATELY 1364 00:42:58,208 --> 00:42:59,510 BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CAPITOL HILL 1365 00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:00,945 NEIGHBORHOOD. SO LOOKING FORWARD 1366 00:43:00,945 --> 00:43:02,846 TO DOING OUR PART IN COMMITTEE 1367 00:43:02,846 --> 00:43:04,548 TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1368 00:43:04,548 --> 00:43:05,716 AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE THAT CENTRAL 1369 00:43:05,716 --> 00:43:08,619 STAFF BRIEFING ON THE FAIR 1370 00:43:08,619 --> 00:43:09,153 PRICING AND TRANSPARENCY 1371 00:43:09,153 --> 00:43:10,554 ORDINANCE AND A DISCUSSION FROM 1372 00:43:10,554 --> 00:43:12,256 ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON 1373 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:13,590 AMENDMENT CONCEPTS. WE'LL HAVE A 1374 00:43:13,590 --> 00:43:15,392 VOTE ON THE AMENDED DOMESTIC 1375 00:43:15,392 --> 00:43:16,994 WORKERS ORDINANCE AND THEN A 1376 00:43:16,994 --> 00:43:19,363 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION ON AN 1377 00:43:19,363 --> 00:43:22,299 ORDINANCE RELATED TO COMMERCIAL 1378 00:43:22,299 --> 00:43:23,300 LEASE TRANSPARENCY. SO A 1379 00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:24,868 CONTINUATION ON OUR DISCUSSION 1380 00:43:24,868 --> 00:43:26,603 OF HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR SMALL 1381 00:43:26,603 --> 00:43:28,606 BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 1382 00:43:28,606 --> 00:43:30,741 I'LL CLOSE ON A VERY FUN NOTE, 1383 00:43:30,741 --> 00:43:33,577 BECAUSE LAST MONTH WE HAD A 1384 00:43:33,577 --> 00:43:35,145 COMMUNITY ART COMPETITION OUT IN 1385 00:43:35,145 --> 00:43:35,846 DISTRICT SIX AND BALLARD. THANK 1386 00:43:35,846 --> 00:43:37,114 YOU COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, FOR 1387 00:43:37,114 --> 00:43:38,582 YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THAT VERY 1388 00:43:38,582 --> 00:43:39,817 FUN EVENT WHERE WE ALSO ISSUED 1389 00:43:39,817 --> 00:43:42,486 OUR PROCLAMATION FOR EVERYONE'S 1390 00:43:42,486 --> 00:43:45,623 FAVORITE RACCOON JIMOTHY. NOW 1391 00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:47,658 THE TWO WINNERS, WE HAVE A 1392 00:43:47,658 --> 00:43:49,994 STAINED GLASS MOSAIC CALLED 1393 00:43:49,994 --> 00:43:52,663 SAINT JIMOTHY BY VIRGINIA 1394 00:43:52,663 --> 00:43:54,098 MCFADDEN. AND WE ALSO HAVE AN 1395 00:43:54,098 --> 00:43:55,899 OIL PAINTING CALLED JIMOTHY. 1396 00:43:55,899 --> 00:43:59,937 TAKE SEATTLE. AND THIS WAS DONE 1397 00:43:59,937 --> 00:44:01,572 BY KAYLA JULIANA CAROBS. THESE 1398 00:44:01,572 --> 00:44:03,440 ARE NOW IN DISPLAY IN THE CITY 1399 00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:04,942 HALL LOBBY. SO WOULD ENCOURAGE 1400 00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:06,910 FOLKS TO TAKE BUY WHEN YOU'RE 1401 00:44:06,910 --> 00:44:09,847 BUYING A CUP OF COFFEE OR A 1402 00:44:09,847 --> 00:44:12,349 LATTE OR WHATEVER IS YOUR 1403 00:44:12,349 --> 00:44:14,752 CHOICE. OVER AT CITY GRIND, TAKE 1404 00:44:14,752 --> 00:44:15,319 A MOMENT AND TAKE A LOOK AT 1405 00:44:15,319 --> 00:44:18,455 THESE INCREDIBLE ART PIECES. WE 1406 00:44:18,455 --> 00:44:19,757 HAVE SO MUCH TALENT IN THIS 1407 00:44:19,757 --> 00:44:21,959 CITY. WE ACTUALLY HAD OVER 100 1408 00:44:21,959 --> 00:44:24,028 PEOPLE SHOW UP WITH ART PIECES 1409 00:44:24,028 --> 00:44:29,333 FOR EVERYTHING FROM TATTOOS TO 1410 00:44:29,333 --> 00:44:30,267 PINATAS TO EMBROIDERY. I MEAN, 1411 00:44:30,267 --> 00:44:32,403 WE REALLY SAW IT ALL. AND SO IT 1412 00:44:32,403 --> 00:44:33,670 WAS TOUGH CHOOSING SOME WINNERS, 1413 00:44:33,670 --> 00:44:36,840 BUT THOSE TWO WERE THE ONES THAT 1414 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:37,508 ROSE TO THE TOP, AND IT'S BEEN 1415 00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:38,075 EXCITING TO SEE THEM HAVE A 1416 00:44:38,075 --> 00:44:38,675 PLACE IN CITY HALL, AT LEAST 1417 00:44:38,675 --> 00:44:39,777 THROUGH THE END OF THE SUMMER. 1418 00:44:39,777 --> 00:44:40,944 AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR 1419 00:44:40,944 --> 00:44:42,546 TODAY. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY 1420 00:44:42,546 --> 00:44:46,850 QUESTIONS 1421 00:44:46,850 --> 00:44:48,218 -- ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 1422 00:44:48,218 --> 00:44:49,920 AWESOME. LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THE 1423 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:51,321 ARTWORK. I SAW IT, IT LOOKS 1424 00:44:51,321 --> 00:44:54,725 REALLY DOPE. SO GOOD JOB ON THAT 1425 00:44:54,725 --> 00:44:56,326 COLLEAGUES. I'LL BE SHORT ON 1426 00:44:56,326 --> 00:44:58,429 THURSDAY, AUGUST 13th. THE 1427 00:44:58,429 --> 00:44:58,962 GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 1428 00:44:58,962 --> 00:45:00,431 COMMITTEE HAS BEEN CANCELED. 1429 00:45:00,431 --> 00:45:03,167 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND 1430 00:45:03,167 --> 00:45:04,968 THAT. IS THERE ANY FURTHER 1431 00:45:04,968 --> 00:45:07,905 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE I'M SO 1432 00:45:07,905 --> 00:45:10,074 SERIOUS. I GOT YOU. SO WE WILL 1433 00:45:10,074 --> 00:45:12,242 BE DISCUSSING THE CONFIRMATION 1434 00:45:12,242 --> 00:45:15,079 OF CTO SMITH IN OUR SEPTEMBER 1435 00:45:15,079 --> 00:45:16,413 MEETING, SEPTEMBER 17th. THAT 1436 00:45:16,413 --> 00:45:18,248 WILL COME TO THAT MEETING. BUT 1437 00:45:18,248 --> 00:45:22,186 THIS WEEK HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR 1438 00:45:22,186 --> 00:45:23,487 OUR MEETING. IS THERE ANY 1439 00:45:23,487 --> 00:45:24,955 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 1440 00:45:24,955 --> 00:45:27,157 THE COUNCIL? I DON'T HAVE ANY 1441 00:45:27,157 --> 00:45:28,258 UPDATES, BUT SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE 1442 00:45:28,258 --> 00:45:29,660 BEST WAY FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT 1443 00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:32,963 THE HECK I'M DOING. AND SOME 1444 00:45:32,963 --> 00:45:33,630 NEWSLETTERS, ALL THAT GOOD 1445 00:45:33,630 --> 00:45:35,299 STUFF. I WILL SAY. LAST BUT NOT 1446 00:45:35,299 --> 00:45:38,268 LEAST. OKAY, I WANT TO GIVE A 1447 00:45:38,268 --> 00:45:39,136 CAPITOL HILL A BIG SHOUT OUT 1448 00:45:39,136 --> 00:45:40,471 ABOUT THE CAPITOL HILL BLOCK 1449 00:45:40,471 --> 00:45:42,506 PARTY WAS A SUCCESS. IT IS THE 1450 00:45:42,506 --> 00:45:44,374 ECONOMIC ENGINE, NOT THE BLOCK 1451 00:45:44,374 --> 00:45:46,210 PARTY. IT IS ONE OF THE. BUT THE 1452 00:45:46,210 --> 00:45:48,612 JUST THE PIKE PINE CORRIDOR, 1453 00:45:48,612 --> 00:45:50,247 JUST NEEDS A LOT MORE ATTENTION. 1454 00:45:50,247 --> 00:45:52,015 SO THANK YOU ALL. SOME HELP IS 1455 00:45:52,015 --> 00:45:54,585 COMING, OBVIOUSLY WITH SOME OF 1456 00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:55,185 OUR AMBASSADORS THAT WILL GET 1457 00:45:55,185 --> 00:45:57,054 PICKED UP VERY QUICKLY HERE. YOU 1458 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:59,156 ALL. AND SO THAT BALL HAS BEEN 1459 00:45:59,156 --> 00:46:00,457 ROLLING AND HAS STARTED. SO 1460 00:46:00,457 --> 00:46:01,792 LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT 1461 00:46:01,792 --> 00:46:03,694 UP AND RUNNING VERY QUICKLY HERE 1462 00:46:03,694 --> 00:46:06,163 WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH. I CAN 1463 00:46:06,163 --> 00:46:10,467 CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT. SO 1464 00:46:10,467 --> 00:46:10,901 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1465 00:46:10,901 --> 00:46:12,002 -- THANK YOU, MADAM COUNCIL 1466 00:46:12,002 --> 00:46:15,205 PRESIDENT, JUST WANT TO 1467 00:46:15,205 --> 00:46:17,141 ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK 1468 00:46:17,141 --> 00:46:21,378 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS FOR YOUR 1469 00:46:21,378 --> 00:46:22,746 PROPOSED RV LEGISLATION. I AM 1470 00:46:22,746 --> 00:46:23,981 STILL WORKING MY WAY THROUGH IT. 1471 00:46:23,981 --> 00:46:27,251 IT IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, 1472 00:46:27,251 --> 00:46:29,186 EXTENSIVE, AND I THINK 1473 00:46:29,186 --> 00:46:31,955 THOUGHTFUL. SIX BILLS, A PACKAGE 1474 00:46:31,955 --> 00:46:35,392 OF SIX BILLS TO ADDRESS A REALLY 1475 00:46:35,392 --> 00:46:38,629 IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT 1476 00:46:38,629 --> 00:46:39,163 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS 1477 00:46:39,163 --> 00:46:40,164 PREVIOUSLY LED ON THROUGH THE 1478 00:46:40,164 --> 00:46:41,365 BUDGET. I'VE LED ON THROUGH THE 1479 00:46:41,365 --> 00:46:45,035 BUDGET PROCESS AND SPONSOR 1480 00:46:45,035 --> 00:46:45,802 COSPONSORED, YOU KNOW, 1481 00:46:45,802 --> 00:46:47,304 ADDITIONAL EXPANSION, RV SAFE, 1482 00:46:47,304 --> 00:46:48,705 LOTS THINGS TO ADDRESS IT. BUT 1483 00:46:48,705 --> 00:46:50,841 WHAT I THINK YOU'RE SO I'M STILL 1484 00:46:50,841 --> 00:46:53,577 WORKING MY WAY THROUGH IT, BUT 1485 00:46:53,577 --> 00:46:55,212 WHAT I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY IS 1486 00:46:55,212 --> 00:46:56,713 LIKE, I THINK WHAT I LIKE ABOUT 1487 00:46:56,713 --> 00:46:57,815 YOUR PROPOSAL, AT LEAST AT A 1488 00:46:57,815 --> 00:47:01,585 HIGH LEVEL, IS THAT IT 1489 00:47:01,585 --> 00:47:02,152 RECOGNIZES THAT SOME OF THE 1490 00:47:02,152 --> 00:47:05,822 EFFORTS UNDERTAKEN TO DATE HAVE 1491 00:47:05,822 --> 00:47:08,025 BEEN KIND OF FRAGMENTED 1492 00:47:08,025 --> 00:47:09,293 DISJOINTED A BIT, AND THAT, YOU 1493 00:47:09,293 --> 00:47:10,861 KNOW, THEY'RE NOT WORKING AND 1494 00:47:10,861 --> 00:47:14,164 WE NEED A WE NEED A MORE 1495 00:47:14,164 --> 00:47:15,199 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. AND, AND 1496 00:47:15,199 --> 00:47:16,366 I SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO THANK 1497 00:47:16,366 --> 00:47:21,004 YOU FOR LEADING THIS, PUTTING 1498 00:47:21,004 --> 00:47:23,440 THIS TOGETHER. AND, AND SO I 1499 00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:24,708 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. LOOK 1500 00:47:24,708 --> 00:47:27,144 FORWARD TO REVIEWING IT IN MORE 1501 00:47:27,144 --> 00:47:29,079 DETAIL PERSONALLY AND THEN IN 1502 00:47:29,079 --> 00:47:30,547 COMMITTEE TOMORROW AND DURING 1503 00:47:30,547 --> 00:47:31,548 THE COMMITTEE AND THEN OFFLINE 1504 00:47:31,548 --> 00:47:34,551 ONE ON ONE WITH YOU AS WELL. BUT 1505 00:47:34,551 --> 00:47:36,453 I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 1506 00:47:36,453 --> 00:47:37,020 LEADERSHIP IN PUTTING THIS 1507 00:47:37,020 --> 00:47:38,155 TOGETHER. THANK YOU. 1508 00:47:38,155 --> 00:47:38,789 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1509 00:47:38,789 --> 00:47:40,257 SAKA. AYE. COULDN'T HAVE ALL OF 1510 00:47:40,257 --> 00:47:41,558 THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS. SINCE 1511 00:47:41,558 --> 00:47:43,093 YOU'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, YOU'VE 1512 00:47:43,093 --> 00:47:43,927 BEEN A CO-SPONSOR OF. AND SO I 1513 00:47:43,927 --> 00:47:45,128 GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT 1514 00:47:45,128 --> 00:47:46,930 OVER THE COURSE OF THESE YEARS. 1515 00:47:46,930 --> 00:47:49,433 -- YEAH. AWESOME. GOOD JOB. 1516 00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:50,067 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, BECAUSE I 1517 00:47:50,067 --> 00:47:51,869 WILL SAY IT'S A COMPLICATED 1518 00:47:51,869 --> 00:47:55,606 ISSUE. AND SO OF COURSE, IT 1519 00:47:55,606 --> 00:47:57,274 NEEDS A COMPLICATED APPROACH AND 1520 00:47:57,274 --> 00:47:57,841 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH THAT 1521 00:47:57,841 --> 00:48:00,544 YOU'VE PUT. AND I LIKE THE 1522 00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:01,979 EFFORT OF TRYING TO FIGURE IT 1523 00:48:01,979 --> 00:48:03,680 OUT, YOU KNOW, SO I WILL SAY 1524 00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:04,548 THAT HE DIDN'T HEAR A WORD I 1525 00:48:04,548 --> 00:48:06,917 SAID. I WAS GIVING HIM ALL THE 1526 00:48:06,917 --> 00:48:07,551 LOVE, ALL THE LOVE. AND HE WAS 1527 00:48:07,551 --> 00:48:09,019 OVER THERE TALKING TO 1528 00:48:09,019 --> 00:48:10,053 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. DID YOU 1529 00:48:10,053 --> 00:48:10,887 ALL HEAR ME? ALL THE LOVE I GAVE 1530 00:48:10,887 --> 00:48:12,522 TO COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. OKAY. 1531 00:48:12,522 --> 00:48:16,159 I JUST JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. 1532 00:48:16,159 --> 00:48:16,760 COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE. 1533 00:48:16,760 --> 00:48:20,030 NO, I WAS SAYING, AND THEN MY 1534 00:48:20,030 --> 00:48:21,398 ENDING IS THAT A COMPREHENSIVE 1535 00:48:21,398 --> 00:48:22,799 APPROACH TO A VERY COMPLEX 1536 00:48:22,799 --> 00:48:24,601 PROBLEM ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW. 1537 00:48:24,601 --> 00:48:25,769 AND WE'VE WE'VE DONE THIS 1538 00:48:25,769 --> 00:48:27,471 DANCE BEFORE AT THE CITY. AND I 1539 00:48:27,471 --> 00:48:31,575 THINK AT LEAST YOU'RE TRYING AND 1540 00:48:31,575 --> 00:48:32,709 I'M SUPPORTING THAT 1,000% AND 1541 00:48:32,709 --> 00:48:33,644 WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT. 1542 00:48:33,644 --> 00:48:35,379 SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE 1543 00:48:35,379 --> 00:48:36,346 LEGISLATION. GOOD JOB. AND WE'RE 1544 00:48:36,346 --> 00:48:38,081 GOING TO ROCK IT TOGETHER, 1545 00:48:38,081 --> 00:48:40,017 BROTHER. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER 1546 00:48:40,017 --> 00:48:40,250 RINCK. 1547 00:48:40,250 --> 00:48:41,051 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1548 00:48:41,051 --> 00:48:42,386 I JUST VERY QUICKLY WANTED TO 1549 00:48:42,386 --> 00:48:44,688 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN 1550 00:48:44,688 --> 00:48:46,223 THE DISTRICT. AND I SAY THAT NOT 1551 00:48:46,223 --> 00:48:47,624 JUST AS A CITY WIDE, BUT AS 1552 00:48:47,624 --> 00:48:50,894 SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE PIKE 1553 00:48:50,894 --> 00:48:51,461 PINE CORRIDOR AND SEES THE 1554 00:48:51,461 --> 00:48:52,429 TREMENDOUS NEED OF A FOCUSED 1555 00:48:52,429 --> 00:48:54,031 APPROACH AND BRINGING RESOURCES. 1556 00:48:54,031 --> 00:48:55,966 SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. AS 1557 00:48:55,966 --> 00:48:58,468 A RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT, TOO, 1558 00:48:58,468 --> 00:49:00,237 FOR TAKING THE STEP TO GET THOSE 1559 00:49:00,237 --> 00:49:02,005 RESOURCES OUT AND GET MORE EYES 1560 00:49:02,005 --> 00:49:02,906 ON THE STREET. I'VE REALLY 1561 00:49:02,906 --> 00:49:03,907 APPRECIATED PARTNERING WITH YOU, 1562 00:49:03,907 --> 00:49:05,375 ESPECIALLY IN THE WAKE OF WHAT 1563 00:49:05,375 --> 00:49:06,009 HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY 1564 00:49:06,009 --> 00:49:07,511 CHALLENGING MOMENT, PUBLIC 1565 00:49:07,511 --> 00:49:09,613 SAFETY MOMENTS IN THE DISTRICT 1566 00:49:09,613 --> 00:49:10,213 AND SHOOTINGS THAT DEFINITELY 1567 00:49:10,213 --> 00:49:11,782 ROCKED OUR NEIGHBORS. AND SO I 1568 00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:13,583 JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 1569 00:49:13,583 --> 00:49:15,285 TAKING THAT LEADERSHIP AND FOR 1570 00:49:15,285 --> 00:49:15,686 YOUR PARTNERSHIP. 1571 00:49:15,686 --> 00:49:16,820 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'D 1572 00:49:16,820 --> 00:49:19,990 BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY 1573 00:49:19,990 --> 00:49:20,490 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I 1574 00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:21,692 APPRECIATE YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, I 1575 00:49:21,692 --> 00:49:23,293 GOT MAD LOVE FOR YOU, OKAY? AND 1576 00:49:23,293 --> 00:49:26,129 I KNOW WE WANT THE SAME THING. 1577 00:49:26,129 --> 00:49:26,596 AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT 1578 00:49:26,596 --> 00:49:28,298 APPROACHES. HOWEVER, I 1579 00:49:28,298 --> 00:49:30,701 APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP. 1580 00:49:30,701 --> 00:49:31,268 OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 1581 00:49:31,268 --> 00:49:33,704 BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED. 1582 00:49:33,704 --> 00:49:35,305 THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION THAT YOU 1583 00:49:35,305 --> 00:49:37,274 CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND 1584 00:49:37,274 --> 00:49:38,709 PUBLIC SAFETY. OKAY, SO WE'RE 1585 00:49:38,709 --> 00:49:42,446 FRIENDS NOW, CORRECT? 1586 00:49:42,446 --> 00:49:43,080 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU'RE 1587 00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:43,747 GOING TO SAY IN THAT MICROPHONE, 1588 00:49:43,747 --> 00:49:47,084 ARE WE FRIENDS OR NOT? 1589 00:49:47,084 --> 00:49:48,685 -- I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. ALWAYS 1590 00:49:48,685 --> 00:49:48,885 WILL. 1591 00:49:48,885 --> 00:49:49,519 -- AND YOU'RE GOING TO AND 1592 00:49:49,519 --> 00:49:50,187 YOU'RE GOING TO LET THE PUBLIC 1593 00:49:50,187 --> 00:49:53,824 KNOW THAT YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU 1594 00:49:53,824 --> 00:49:54,091 LOVE ME. 1595 00:49:54,091 --> 00:49:54,858 -- [LAUGHTER] 1596 00:49:54,858 --> 00:49:55,525 -- OF COURSE. 1597 00:49:55,525 --> 00:49:57,160 -- THANK YOU. 1598 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:57,661 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 1599 00:49:57,661 --> 00:49:58,195 APPROPRIATE PROFESSIONAL. 1600 00:49:58,195 --> 00:49:59,029 -- OKAY. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU, 1601 00:49:59,029 --> 00:49:59,730 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR THOSE 1602 00:49:59,730 --> 00:50:01,498 COMMENTS. SEE HOW YOU BRING 1603 00:50:01,498 --> 00:50:02,466 EVERYBODY TOGETHER. THANK YOU 1604 00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:03,166 COLLEAGUES. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO 1605 00:50:03,166 --> 00:50:08,005 KNOW. ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER