1 00:00:14,714 --> 00:00:15,315 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. THE SEPTEMBER 2 00:00:15,315 --> 00:00:16,483 29th SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE 3 00:00:16,483 --> 00:00:17,450 MEETING. WE'LL COME BACK TO 4 00:00:17,450 --> 00:00:20,053 ORDER. IT IS NOT. 1:35 P.M. WILL 5 00:00:20,053 --> 00:00:24,090 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 6 00:00:24,090 --> 00:00:26,292 -- COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 7 00:00:26,292 --> 00:00:30,430 PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 8 00:00:30,430 --> 00:00:30,964 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. 9 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:31,831 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. HERE. 10 00:00:31,831 --> 00:00:35,435 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 11 00:00:35,435 --> 00:00:35,802 HOLLINGSWORTH. 12 00:00:35,802 --> 00:00:36,336 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 13 00:00:36,336 --> 00:00:37,570 -- HERE. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 14 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:41,341 HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE AND 15 00:00:41,341 --> 00:00:42,675 CHAIR STRAUSS. PRESENT SEVEN. 16 00:00:42,675 --> 00:00:42,942 PRESENT. 17 00:00:42,942 --> 00:00:45,311 -- THANK YOU. ANYONE WHO'S NOT 18 00:00:45,311 --> 00:00:47,013 HERE IS EXCUSED UNTIL THEY 19 00:00:47,013 --> 00:00:48,815 ARRIVE. AND OFFICE OF PLANNING, 20 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:49,983 COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT. YOU 21 00:00:49,983 --> 00:00:51,851 ARE THE ONLY THING STANDING 22 00:00:51,851 --> 00:00:53,720 BETWEEN US AND OUR CENTRAL 23 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:54,354 STAFF. PRESENTATIONS THAT COME 24 00:00:54,354 --> 00:00:55,388 IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. COUNCIL 25 00:00:55,388 --> 00:00:56,790 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH IS NOW 26 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:58,691 PRESENT WITH US AS WELL, SO NO 27 00:00:58,691 --> 00:01:00,393 PRESSURE. WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE 28 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:02,495 YOU. WITH THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE 29 00:01:02,495 --> 00:01:03,229 TO, WE'RE GOING TO. IF THE 30 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:06,499 CLERK COULD READ THE THIRD ITEM 31 00:01:06,499 --> 00:01:08,635 INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN WE'RE 32 00:01:08,635 --> 00:01:09,235 GOING TO SWITCH RIGHT OVER TO 33 00:01:09,235 --> 00:01:10,370 YOU, WE'LL HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 34 00:01:10,370 --> 00:01:12,839 LIN DO INTRODUCTORY AND 35 00:01:12,839 --> 00:01:13,540 CONCLUDING COMMENTS. I'LL ALWAYS 36 00:01:13,540 --> 00:01:14,674 GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE TABLE 37 00:01:14,674 --> 00:01:16,242 TO SEE IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING 38 00:01:16,242 --> 00:01:19,112 MORE TO ADD WITH THAT CLERK. 39 00:01:19,112 --> 00:01:20,814 -- AGENDA ITEM THREE OFFICE OF 40 00:01:20,814 --> 00:01:21,314 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 41 00:01:21,314 --> 00:01:22,549 DEVELOPMENT FOR BRIEFING AND 42 00:01:22,549 --> 00:01:22,849 DISCUSSION. 43 00:01:22,849 --> 00:01:31,291 -- THANK YOU. TAKE IT AWAY. 44 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:32,459 -- GOOD MORNING, CHAIR OR NO? 45 00:01:32,459 --> 00:01:33,993 GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S AFTERNOON 46 00:01:33,993 --> 00:01:38,131 NOW, ISN'T IT? THANK YOU VERY 47 00:01:38,131 --> 00:01:39,999 MUCH FOR HAVING US AND FOR 48 00:01:39,999 --> 00:01:40,633 ALLOWING US TO DO A PRESENTATION 49 00:01:40,633 --> 00:01:43,970 OF OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 27 50 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:45,371 AND 28. AND ALSO MUCH 51 00:01:45,371 --> 00:01:47,173 APPRECIATION. I KNOW THAT YOU 52 00:01:47,173 --> 00:01:49,943 HAVE SPENT MANY LONG HOURS ON 53 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:51,177 THE DAIS LISTENING TO 54 00:01:51,177 --> 00:01:52,912 PRESENTATIONS, AND WE'RE HONORED 55 00:01:52,912 --> 00:01:55,949 TO BE THE LAST TO PRESENT. SO WE 56 00:01:55,949 --> 00:02:02,589 ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT OFFICE OF 57 00:02:02,589 --> 00:02:03,089 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 58 00:02:03,089 --> 00:02:07,293 DEVELOPMENT'S 2027 AND 2028 59 00:02:07,293 --> 00:02:08,795 PROPOSED BUDGET, AND I WILL BE 60 00:02:08,795 --> 00:02:11,464 PRESENTING. I'M THE DIRECTOR, 61 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:14,801 RICO QUIRINDONGO AND 62 00:02:14,801 --> 00:02:15,168 INTRODUCTIONS. 63 00:02:15,168 --> 00:02:16,369 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 64 00:02:16,369 --> 00:02:17,403 COUNCILMEMBERS. MELISSA WILKE, 65 00:02:17,403 --> 00:02:20,974 FINANCE MANAGER FOR OPCD. 66 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:24,944 -- ALY. PENNUCCI. BUDGET 67 00:02:24,944 --> 00:02:25,211 DIRECTOR. 68 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:27,547 -- SCHWITZEN DIRECTOR. COUNCIL 69 00:02:27,547 --> 00:02:27,914 CENTRAL STAFF. 70 00:02:27,914 --> 00:02:34,954 -- ALL RIGHT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE 71 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:36,789 SO OFFICE OF PLANNING COMMUNITY 72 00:02:36,789 --> 00:02:37,690 DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE CELEBRATING 73 00:02:37,690 --> 00:02:39,359 OUR TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS 74 00:02:39,359 --> 00:02:40,927 YEAR. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT 75 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:46,232 THAT. WE WERE ESTABLISHED TO 76 00:02:46,232 --> 00:02:46,866 LEAD CITYWIDE PLANNING EFFORTS 77 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:52,005 FOR THE CITY AND ENSURE THAT 78 00:02:52,005 --> 00:02:56,276 INVESTMENTS IN ENSURE THAT 79 00:02:56,276 --> 00:02:58,878 INVESTMENTS THAT ARE MADE ACROSS 80 00:02:58,878 --> 00:02:59,445 OUR CAPITAL DEPARTMENTS ARE 81 00:02:59,445 --> 00:03:06,019 ALIGNED, AND THAT WE ARE BEING 82 00:03:06,019 --> 00:03:06,653 FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE REGARDING 83 00:03:06,653 --> 00:03:11,057 OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AND OUR 84 00:03:11,057 --> 00:03:11,658 INVESTMENTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS 85 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:16,262 ACROSS THE CITY. WE COORDINATE 86 00:03:16,262 --> 00:03:18,231 WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS TO ENSURE 87 00:03:18,231 --> 00:03:19,666 THAT, AS WE ALL DO OUR WORK, 88 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:23,903 THAT IT IS ALIGNED NOT ONLY WITH 89 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:26,673 THE VALUES AND INTENTIONS OF THE 90 00:03:26,673 --> 00:03:28,041 ADMINISTRATION, BUT ALSO THAT WE 91 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:34,881 ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE HIGH 92 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:36,616 LEVEL POLICY GUIDANCE THAT WE'VE 93 00:03:36,616 --> 00:03:39,118 ALL AGREED UPON THROUGH THE 94 00:03:39,118 --> 00:03:43,189 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ONE OF OUR 95 00:03:43,189 --> 00:03:46,125 RESPONSIBILITIES, OR ONE OF MY 96 00:03:46,125 --> 00:03:48,494 RESPONSIBILITIES ALONGSIDE ALY, 97 00:03:48,494 --> 00:03:51,764 IS TO CO-CHAIR THE CAPITAL 98 00:03:51,764 --> 00:03:54,367 SUBCABINET, WHICH FACILITATES 99 00:03:54,367 --> 00:03:58,504 ROBUST DISCUSSION AROUND OUR 100 00:03:58,504 --> 00:04:01,274 POLICY MAKING AND INVESTMENTS 101 00:04:01,274 --> 00:04:04,043 THAT SUPPORT ALL OF OUR SEATTLE 102 00:04:04,043 --> 00:04:04,544 NEIGHBORHOODS AND BIPOC 103 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:14,087 COMMUNITIES. NEXT SLIDE. SO OPCD 104 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:17,223 IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR DIFFERENT 105 00:04:17,223 --> 00:04:19,025 DIVISIONS. LONG RANGE PLANNING, 106 00:04:19,025 --> 00:04:22,795 LAND USE POLICY, AND STRATEGIC 107 00:04:22,795 --> 00:04:25,198 INITIATIVES, COMMUNITY PLANNING, 108 00:04:25,198 --> 00:04:25,798 AND OUR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 109 00:04:25,798 --> 00:04:29,168 INITIATIVE, WHICH I'LL GO INTO 110 00:04:29,168 --> 00:04:31,271 SOME GREATER DETAIL ON. YOU ARE 111 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:33,906 ALSO AWARE THAT WE HAVE. WE ALSO 112 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:35,308 HOUSE THE SEATTLE DESIGN 113 00:04:35,308 --> 00:04:37,076 COMMISSION AND THE SEATTLE 114 00:04:37,076 --> 00:04:40,146 PLANNING COMMISSION. BOTH OF 115 00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:40,680 THOSE COMMISSIONS OPERATE 116 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,016 ENTIRELY INDEPENDENTLY OF OPCD 117 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:47,053 STAFF AND HAVE THEIR OWN 118 00:04:47,053 --> 00:04:51,157 CHARTERS. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE 119 00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:53,293 PRIORITIES, THE PRIORITIES THAT 120 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,194 YOU SEE FOR 27 AND 28 ARE PRETTY 121 00:04:55,194 --> 00:04:57,130 CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU SEE 122 00:04:57,130 --> 00:05:00,667 YEAR OVER YEAR IN OUR OFFICE. SO 123 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:03,903 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PASSING OF 124 00:05:03,903 --> 00:05:06,239 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN 125 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:09,742 DECEMBER OF 25, AS WE MOVED INTO 126 00:05:09,742 --> 00:05:12,412 26, WE HAD OUR FIRST SET OF 127 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:14,447 ANNUAL AMENDMENTS. AGAIN, THANK 128 00:05:14,447 --> 00:05:17,984 YOU FOR THE PASSAGE OF OUR 129 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:20,286 ANNUAL AMENDMENTS THIS YEAR. WE 130 00:05:20,286 --> 00:05:24,290 HAVE OTHER STEPS RELATED TO COMP 131 00:05:24,290 --> 00:05:26,259 PLAN. SO THE PHASE TWO ZONING 132 00:05:26,259 --> 00:05:28,061 LEGISLATION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY 133 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:33,633 ON HOLD, THE PHASE THREE WORK 134 00:05:33,633 --> 00:05:36,636 THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY WE, AS I 135 00:05:36,636 --> 00:05:39,005 MENTIONED BEFORE, WILL GO INTO 136 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:41,107 SOME DETAIL RELATED TO OUR EDDIE 137 00:05:41,107 --> 00:05:43,343 PROGRAM. WE ALSO HAVE STAFF THAT 138 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:46,346 ARE DEDICATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT 139 00:05:46,346 --> 00:05:49,282 OF REGIONAL CENTER PLANS, WHICH 140 00:05:49,282 --> 00:05:52,552 WERE INTRODUCED AS A NEW 141 00:05:52,552 --> 00:05:54,721 REQUIREMENT FROM PUGET SOUND 142 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:57,490 REGIONAL COUNCIL TO PROVIDE 143 00:05:57,490 --> 00:05:58,558 COMPLETE REGIONAL CENTER 144 00:05:58,558 --> 00:06:04,497 PLANNING BEGINNING IN 2018. WE 145 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:08,468 ALSO HAVE STAFF DEDICATED TO 146 00:06:08,468 --> 00:06:11,137 WORKING BOTH INTERNALLY WITH 147 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:12,705 SDOT AND EXTERNALLY WITH SOUND 148 00:06:12,705 --> 00:06:13,339 TRANSIT RELATED TO STATION AREA 149 00:06:13,339 --> 00:06:15,241 PLANNING AND WORKING HAND IN 150 00:06:15,241 --> 00:06:17,910 HAND WITH COMMUNITY. REGARDING 151 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:20,446 VISUALIZATION OF HOW OUR 152 00:06:20,446 --> 00:06:22,915 COMMUNITIES WILL GROW AND TAKE 153 00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:24,784 THE GREATEST ADVANTAGE OF 154 00:06:24,784 --> 00:06:27,186 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT 155 00:06:27,186 --> 00:06:28,321 OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN FINALLY, 156 00:06:28,321 --> 00:06:32,725 ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE A COUPLE 157 00:06:32,725 --> 00:06:35,228 OF REALLY IMPORTANT SPECIAL 158 00:06:35,228 --> 00:06:38,464 PROJECTS. ONE. CONTINUED 159 00:06:38,464 --> 00:06:41,601 LEADERSHIP IN OR WE HAVE AN 160 00:06:41,601 --> 00:06:43,836 INNER AGENCY PARTNERSHIP THAT 161 00:06:43,836 --> 00:06:48,274 LOOKS AT SOUTH DOWNTOWN 162 00:06:48,274 --> 00:06:51,110 REVITALIZATION. AND THEN WE'RE 163 00:06:51,110 --> 00:06:53,813 ALSO HAVE STAFF DEDICATED TO 164 00:06:53,813 --> 00:06:59,018 WORKING ON FUTURE PLANNING. NEXT 165 00:06:59,018 --> 00:07:02,054 SLIDE. SO EDDIE, YOU'RE ALL 166 00:07:02,054 --> 00:07:09,028 FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROGRAM IS AN 167 00:07:09,028 --> 00:07:11,798 ANTI-DISPLACEMENT STRATEGIES. IT 168 00:07:11,798 --> 00:07:14,901 IS A WAY FOR THE CITY TO BE 169 00:07:14,901 --> 00:07:19,205 INVESTED WITH COMMUNITY 170 00:07:19,205 --> 00:07:21,407 PARTNERS, BIPOC ORGANIZATIONS 171 00:07:21,407 --> 00:07:23,876 THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN COMMUNITY, 172 00:07:23,876 --> 00:07:26,813 PROVIDING SERVICES IN THE WAY 173 00:07:26,813 --> 00:07:29,782 THAT ONLY THOSE ORGANIZATIONS 174 00:07:29,782 --> 00:07:34,020 KNOW HOW AND CAN. AND THE 175 00:07:34,020 --> 00:07:34,654 INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE THROUGH 176 00:07:34,654 --> 00:07:39,525 THIS PROGRAM ALLOW THOSE 177 00:07:39,525 --> 00:07:42,061 ORGANIZATIONS TO STAY IN PLACE, 178 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:45,064 IN LARGE PART BECAUSE WE ARE 179 00:07:45,064 --> 00:07:46,332 HELPING THEM TO BUILD UP A 180 00:07:46,332 --> 00:07:48,134 FACILITY OR INVEST IN THE 181 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:49,435 BUILDING OF A FACILITY THAT IS 182 00:07:49,435 --> 00:07:53,973 THEIRS TO OWN, WHICH NOT ONLY 183 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:55,174 STEMS DISPLACEMENT, BUT ALSO 184 00:07:55,174 --> 00:07:58,110 HELPS TO BUILD GENERATIONAL 185 00:07:58,110 --> 00:08:04,016 WEALTH. NEXT SLIDE. SOME GOOD 186 00:08:04,016 --> 00:08:07,487 NEWS FROM 2026. WE ARE NOW FOR 187 00:08:07,487 --> 00:08:09,422 THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN 188 00:08:09,422 --> 00:08:16,095 IN THIS POSITION, FULLY STAFFED 189 00:08:16,095 --> 00:08:19,665 FOR OUR EDDIE PROGRAM. SO WE 190 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:29,308 HAVE EIGHT FULL TIME F FTE. WE 191 00:08:29,308 --> 00:08:31,444 HAD TWO SUCCESSFUL RFP ROUNDS 192 00:08:31,444 --> 00:08:34,280 THIS YEAR, ONE CLOSED, ONE OPEN. 193 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:40,119 WE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF PROGRAM 194 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:43,256 ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENTS, 195 00:08:43,256 --> 00:08:44,357 WHICH WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE 196 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:45,658 PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND I CAN 197 00:08:45,658 --> 00:08:48,794 TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 198 00:08:48,794 --> 00:08:52,498 THAT. WE ALSO WAS VERY EXCITED 199 00:08:52,498 --> 00:08:54,700 ABOUT THIS. WE KICKED OFF A 200 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:59,972 STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORT, WHICH 201 00:08:59,972 --> 00:09:02,441 IS SOMETHING I LIKE TO CALL 202 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:04,176 EDDIE 2.0, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING 203 00:09:04,176 --> 00:09:07,580 AT, YOU KNOW, HOW HAVE WE BEEN 204 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:11,150 SUCCESSFUL IN THE FIRST TEN 205 00:09:11,150 --> 00:09:12,285 YEARS? AND THEN WHAT ARE THE 206 00:09:12,285 --> 00:09:14,053 THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO 207 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:19,025 DO TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE, 208 00:09:19,025 --> 00:09:19,659 MORE EFFECTIVE, MORE STRATEGIC? 209 00:09:19,659 --> 00:09:22,328 AS WE LOOK AT CONTINUED 210 00:09:22,328 --> 00:09:25,565 INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY? 211 00:09:25,565 --> 00:09:29,168 LASTLY ON THIS SLIDE, I JUST 212 00:09:29,168 --> 00:09:30,670 WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT WE 213 00:09:30,670 --> 00:09:35,308 HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH 214 00:09:35,308 --> 00:09:36,242 SEATTLEITE ON A DATABASE 215 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:38,344 DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN TRACK 216 00:09:38,344 --> 00:09:42,315 MORE CLOSELY AND MORE EASILY HOW 217 00:09:42,315 --> 00:09:44,116 THE PROGRAM IS DOING, HOW MUCH 218 00:09:44,116 --> 00:09:47,453 DRAW DOWN THEY HAVE BEEN ON 219 00:09:47,453 --> 00:09:49,989 INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS FOR ANY OF 220 00:09:49,989 --> 00:09:52,992 OUR EDDIE PARTNERS. THAT PROJECT 221 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:58,431 IS STILL UNDERWAY. NEXT SLIDE. 222 00:09:58,431 --> 00:10:03,169 SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND ANY 223 00:10:03,169 --> 00:10:05,237 TIME ON THE NUMBERS ON THIS 224 00:10:05,237 --> 00:10:06,605 SLIDE, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY A 225 00:10:06,605 --> 00:10:11,911 COUPLE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE 226 00:10:11,911 --> 00:10:13,579 IMPORTANT. ONE, YOU KNOW, AS OF 227 00:10:13,579 --> 00:10:17,984 AS OF 2022, WE ONLY HAD EIGHT 228 00:10:17,984 --> 00:10:21,020 COMPLETED PROJECTS AS OF TODAY. 229 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:28,728 WE HAVE 91 EDDIE PARTNERS. WE 230 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:32,164 HAVE OVER 23 COMPLETED PROJECTS. 231 00:10:32,164 --> 00:10:34,834 AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO ALL 232 00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:36,268 OF YOU. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 233 00:10:36,268 --> 00:10:38,004 RIVERA, FOR HOLDING US TO 234 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:45,011 ACCOUNT. AND PROVIDING US THE 235 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:47,079 INSPIRATION TO TIGHTEN UP OUR 236 00:10:47,079 --> 00:10:48,614 PROGRAM, BE MORE STRATEGIC ABOUT 237 00:10:48,614 --> 00:10:50,516 HOW WE COULD INVEST WITH 238 00:10:50,516 --> 00:10:55,087 EXISTING PARTNERS TO HELP MOVE 239 00:10:55,087 --> 00:10:56,455 ALONG PROJECTS MORE QUICKLY. AND 240 00:10:56,455 --> 00:10:58,324 THEN ALSO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE 241 00:10:58,324 --> 00:11:00,493 STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE INVESTED 242 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:05,464 NEW DOLLARS FOR NEW PARTNERS, 243 00:11:05,464 --> 00:11:06,232 WHAT WE'VE REALLY DONE IS DONE 244 00:11:06,232 --> 00:11:10,870 SOME RIGHTSIZING RELATED TO NOT 245 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:11,504 ONLY THE DOLLARS THAT WE PROVIDE 246 00:11:11,504 --> 00:11:14,173 FOR EXISTING PARTNERS, BUT ALSO 247 00:11:14,173 --> 00:11:15,274 LIKE HOW MANY NEW THINGS WE TAKE 248 00:11:15,274 --> 00:11:17,043 ON A YEAR. SO YOU'LL, YOU'LL 249 00:11:17,043 --> 00:11:19,845 NOTE THAT LIKE WITH THE 2026 250 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:25,251 AWARDS, WE ONLY HAD FOUR NEW 251 00:11:25,251 --> 00:11:28,888 PROJECTS FOR AND FOR NEW $75,000 252 00:11:28,888 --> 00:11:38,164 KIND OF VISIONING. PROGRAM 253 00:11:38,164 --> 00:11:41,567 DOLLARS. NEXT SLIDE. SO LOOKING 254 00:11:41,567 --> 00:11:44,303 AHEAD. YOU KNOW, WE I THINK 255 00:11:44,303 --> 00:11:46,539 WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT 256 00:11:46,539 --> 00:11:48,340 THAT THE PROGRAM HAS GROWN AND 257 00:11:48,340 --> 00:11:49,708 THE BUDGET FOR THE PROGRAM HAS 258 00:11:49,708 --> 00:11:52,611 GROWN YEAR OVER YEAR IT IS 259 00:11:52,611 --> 00:11:56,916 ANTICIPATED TO EXCEED 29,000,000 260 00:11:56,916 --> 00:12:02,688 IN 2027. WE WILL, AS WE ALWAYS 261 00:12:02,688 --> 00:12:04,990 DO, WORK CLOSELY WITH THE EDDIE 262 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:07,493 ADVISORY BOARD RELATED TO 263 00:12:07,493 --> 00:12:11,897 SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR THE 2027 264 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:14,233 RFP. WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH THE 265 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:16,102 BOARD AS WE CONTINUE OUR 266 00:12:16,102 --> 00:12:18,504 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS AND 267 00:12:18,504 --> 00:12:21,307 DEVELOP LONG TERM PROGRAM AND 268 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:26,879 PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. WE 269 00:12:26,879 --> 00:12:29,715 ANTICIPATE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A 270 00:12:29,715 --> 00:12:33,953 VERY EXCITING STRATEGIC PLAN AND 271 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:37,223 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR EDDIE 272 00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:42,962 2.0 BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR. 273 00:12:42,962 --> 00:12:44,597 NEXT SLIDE. AND I THINK THIS IS 274 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:46,699 WHERE I PASS TO YOU, MELISSA. 275 00:12:46,699 --> 00:12:48,300 -- THANK YOU. SO I THINK THAT 276 00:12:48,300 --> 00:12:52,471 TAKES US INTO OUR BUDGET SLIDE 277 00:12:52,471 --> 00:12:55,040 OPCD 2027. PROPOSED BUDGET 278 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:55,674 REMAINS LARGELY CONSISTENT WITH 279 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:57,343 THE CURRENT YEAR. IT MAKES 280 00:12:57,343 --> 00:12:59,044 SEVERAL MODERATE REDUCTIONS, 281 00:12:59,044 --> 00:13:01,380 INCLUDING THE ELIMINATION OF TWO 282 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:02,982 VACANT POSITIONS AND MAINTAINS 283 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:05,117 EXISTING SERVICES. THE TABLE ON 284 00:13:05,117 --> 00:13:06,819 THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A 285 00:13:06,819 --> 00:13:08,154 MORE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION THAN 286 00:13:08,154 --> 00:13:09,855 IT ACTUALLY IS. THE REDUCTION 287 00:13:09,855 --> 00:13:12,258 YOU SEE HERE IS PRIMARILY DUE TO 288 00:13:12,258 --> 00:13:13,259 THE REMOVAL OF ONE TIME ITEMS 289 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:13,893 THAT I THINK WE SAW WITH SOME 290 00:13:13,893 --> 00:13:16,228 OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL, THAT 291 00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:20,132 WERE ADDED IN THE 2026 BUDGET OF 292 00:13:20,132 --> 00:13:22,468 THOSE, I THINK 3 MILLION WERE 293 00:13:22,468 --> 00:13:25,237 SPECIFIC ITEMS FOR SPECIFIC 294 00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:29,942 PROJECTS, AND SOME OF IT WAS FOR 295 00:13:29,942 --> 00:13:31,076 NORTH AURORA PLANNING. YOU WILL 296 00:13:31,076 --> 00:13:32,845 ALSO SEE ON THIS SLIDE THE OPCD 297 00:13:32,845 --> 00:13:35,781 TOTAL POSITION COUNT IS REDUCED 298 00:13:35,781 --> 00:13:39,185 FROM 50.5 FTE TO 49 FTE, WHICH 299 00:13:39,185 --> 00:13:40,085 IS A FULL TIME POCKET AND A HALF 300 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:41,153 TIME POCKET. BOTH OF THESE 301 00:13:41,153 --> 00:13:42,721 POCKETS ARE CURRENTLY VACANT AND 302 00:13:42,721 --> 00:13:52,865 THEY HAVE BEEN VACANT ALL YEAR. 303 00:13:52,865 --> 00:13:53,499 SO THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POLICY 304 00:13:53,499 --> 00:13:58,070 CHANGE IN OPCD BUDGET IS A FUND 305 00:13:58,070 --> 00:14:00,639 SWAP OF $338,000 OF EDDIE FUNDS. 306 00:14:00,639 --> 00:14:02,841 JUMPSTART FUNDS TO SUPPORT 307 00:14:02,841 --> 00:14:05,678 GENERAL FUND OVERHEAD STAFF. 308 00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:10,683 EDDIE TOTAL BUDGET IN 2027. 309 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:11,317 TOTAL NON-LABOR BUDGET IS 26.8 310 00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:13,852 MILLION, WHICH MAKES IT ABOUT 311 00:14:13,852 --> 00:14:21,026 70% OF OPCD OVERALL BUDGET. THE 312 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:22,461 SWAP OF 338,000 TO SUPPORT 313 00:14:22,461 --> 00:14:23,796 GENERAL FUND STAFF REPRESENTS 314 00:14:23,796 --> 00:14:26,165 ABOUT A 1% REDUCTION TO 315 00:14:26,165 --> 00:14:27,433 NON-LABOR BUDGETS, WHICH COULD 316 00:14:27,433 --> 00:14:29,235 EQUATE TO ABOUT FOUR CAPACITY 317 00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:29,735 BUILDING AWARDS OR ONE 318 00:14:29,735 --> 00:14:39,478 PREDEVELOPMENT AWARD. THE NEXT 319 00:14:39,478 --> 00:14:41,480 SLIDE DETAILS THE POSITION 320 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:42,014 CHANGES AND OPCD PROPOSED 321 00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:44,350 BUDGETS. AS WE MENTIONED IN THE 322 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:46,318 OVERVIEW AND THE BUDGET 323 00:14:46,318 --> 00:14:48,420 OVERVIEW, THE PROPOSED BUDGET 324 00:14:48,420 --> 00:14:49,154 ELIMINATES TWO VACANT POSITIONS. 325 00:14:49,154 --> 00:14:50,489 IN BOTH CASES, THE POSITIONS 326 00:14:50,489 --> 00:14:52,424 HAVE BEEN VACANT ALL YEAR AND 327 00:14:52,424 --> 00:14:54,426 THE WORK HAS BEEN ALREADY BEEN 328 00:14:54,426 --> 00:14:56,562 DISTRIBUTED AMONG OTHER STAFF IN 329 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:58,130 THE OFFICE. WORK IS CONTINUING 330 00:14:58,130 --> 00:14:59,498 ON. ALL ITEMS ON OUR WORK 331 00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:01,400 PROGRAM. THERE IS NO IMPACT TO 332 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:02,801 OPCD WORK PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR. 333 00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:04,136 AS A RESULT OF THESE VACANT 334 00:15:04,136 --> 00:15:10,676 POSITIONS GOING AWAY. AND THIS 335 00:15:10,676 --> 00:15:13,712 IS THE FINAL POSITION SUMMARY 336 00:15:13,712 --> 00:15:17,449 FOR OPCD SUMMARIZES THE POSITION 337 00:15:17,449 --> 00:15:20,786 CHANGES FROM 50.5 TO 49. THE 338 00:15:20,786 --> 00:15:22,121 OTHER POSITION CHANGE WITHIN OUR 339 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:22,721 BUDGET IS RELATED TO A SUNSET 340 00:15:22,721 --> 00:15:25,691 DATE EXTENSION. AND THAT IS JUST 341 00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:27,626 TO ALIGN TO ITEMS IN THE WORK 342 00:15:27,626 --> 00:15:33,065 PROGRAM FOR 27 AND 28. SO WITH 343 00:15:33,065 --> 00:15:37,236 THAT, I'LL TAKE US TO QUESTIONS 344 00:15:37,236 --> 00:15:38,804 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THOROUGH 345 00:15:38,804 --> 00:15:41,407 AND QUICK. AND COUNCILMEMBER 346 00:15:41,407 --> 00:15:42,441 VICE CHAIR RIVERA WAS HERE WHILE 347 00:15:42,441 --> 00:15:44,310 YOU WERE ON SWITCHING BETWEEN 348 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:45,544 SLIDE TWO AND THREE, WHICH WAS 349 00:15:45,544 --> 00:15:47,479 STILL THE INTRODUCTORY PARTS OF 350 00:15:47,479 --> 00:15:49,248 IT. WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 351 00:15:49,248 --> 00:15:50,249 AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 352 00:15:50,249 --> 00:15:51,216 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT, 353 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:52,618 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO KICK US 354 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:53,185 OFF AND CLOSE US OUT. 355 00:15:53,185 --> 00:15:56,722 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 356 00:15:56,722 --> 00:15:59,224 I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO KICK US 357 00:15:59,224 --> 00:16:01,293 OFF. I THINK I'LL SORT OF 358 00:16:01,293 --> 00:16:02,428 RESERVE IF THAT'S OKAY. CHAIR, 359 00:16:02,428 --> 00:16:05,164 ANY SORT OF FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, 360 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:05,798 DEPENDING ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUES 361 00:16:05,798 --> 00:16:10,269 HAVE TO ASK. BUT I GUESS I'LL 362 00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:11,737 JUST START OFF WITH ONE JUST 363 00:16:11,737 --> 00:16:14,239 SORT OF GENERAL QUESTION. 364 00:16:14,239 --> 00:16:16,809 OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD IMPACTS 365 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:17,443 FROM LITIGATION, INCLUDING THE 366 00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:18,610 GROWTH MANAGEMENT HEARINGS BOARD 367 00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:20,412 DECISION. COULD YOU JUST SPEAK 368 00:16:20,412 --> 00:16:24,016 TO IN TERMS OF YOUR YOUR 369 00:16:24,016 --> 00:16:26,352 BUDGETING AND PLANNING FOR THAT 370 00:16:26,352 --> 00:16:29,655 AND SOME OF THE STATIONARY 371 00:16:29,655 --> 00:16:31,123 PLANNING AND THE EXCITING WE 372 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:32,191 HAVE THE OPENING, I BELIEVE. AND 373 00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:33,359 SO WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE, 374 00:16:33,359 --> 00:16:35,427 MAKE SURE THAT COUNCILMEMBER 375 00:16:35,427 --> 00:16:36,061 JUAREZ CAN GET TO THE OPENING. 376 00:16:36,061 --> 00:16:38,063 THEY'RE UP AT PINEHURST. BUT 377 00:16:38,063 --> 00:16:40,032 COULD YOU JUST SPEAK TO HOW THAT 378 00:16:40,032 --> 00:16:44,169 DOES OR DOES NOT AFFECT SORT OF 379 00:16:44,169 --> 00:16:44,803 STAFFING? 380 00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:45,437 -- I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO 381 00:16:45,437 --> 00:16:50,175 ASK ME ABOUT MONEY. SO NO EFFECT 382 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:52,578 TO STAFFING. WE I'M TRYING TO 383 00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:53,679 THINK OF WHAT THE SHORT VERSION 384 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:57,116 IS. WE'RE STILL HARD AT WORK 385 00:16:57,116 --> 00:16:59,051 ON, ON THE COMP PLAN ACTIVITIES. 386 00:16:59,051 --> 00:17:01,553 LIKE I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, 387 00:17:01,553 --> 00:17:05,391 BOTH PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE. 388 00:17:05,391 --> 00:17:07,893 AND WE HAVE SUFFICIENT DOLLARS 389 00:17:07,893 --> 00:17:10,429 IN OUR BUDGET PRESENTLY TO COVER 390 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:12,865 THOSE ACTIVITIES. AND THE STAFF 391 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:16,502 THAT WE HAVE ARE WE WE'VE HAD 392 00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:23,375 TO DO A BUNCH OF REALIGNING AND 393 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:26,712 ADJUSTING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO 394 00:17:26,712 --> 00:17:29,581 THE WORK AS IT HAS CHANGED, 395 00:17:29,581 --> 00:17:33,485 INCLUDING CURRENTLY MAKING 396 00:17:33,485 --> 00:17:34,053 ADJUSTMENTS RELATED TO THE 397 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,154 GROWTH MANAGEMENT, HEARING, 398 00:17:35,154 --> 00:17:39,258 HEARINGS BOARD DECISION 399 00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:41,126 DETERMINATIONS. BUT WE'RE ABLE 400 00:17:41,126 --> 00:17:42,294 TO DO THAT WITH THE STAFF THAT 401 00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:45,798 WE HAVE AND ALL OF THE STAFF ARE 402 00:17:45,798 --> 00:17:47,866 FULLY ALLOCATED. YEAH. 403 00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:48,534 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THAT'S ALL 404 00:17:48,534 --> 00:17:51,303 I HAVE TO KICK US OFF. 405 00:17:51,303 --> 00:17:53,739 -- FANTASTIC. COLLEAGUES. 406 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:58,410 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. NOW IS THE 407 00:17:58,410 --> 00:18:02,548 TIME. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 408 00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:03,916 -- NICE TO SEE YOU. DIRECTOR 409 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:04,983 QUIRINDONGO, AND THANKS FOR 410 00:18:04,983 --> 00:18:06,518 BEING HERE. MELISSA. NICE TO SEE 411 00:18:06,518 --> 00:18:12,991 YOU AGAIN TOO. I JUST WANT TO 412 00:18:12,991 --> 00:18:14,560 THANK YOU FOR PARTNERING WITH ME 413 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:15,627 AND WORKING TOGETHER. I KNOW I 414 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:16,929 GAVE YOU FEEDBACK, I MET WITH 415 00:18:16,929 --> 00:18:20,265 SOME OF THE EDDIE BACK IN 24 416 00:18:20,265 --> 00:18:21,467 RECIPIENTS, AND I KNOW THEY HAD 417 00:18:21,467 --> 00:18:24,236 A LOT OF FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF 418 00:18:24,236 --> 00:18:27,172 WANTING TO MEET TOGETHER IN THIS 419 00:18:27,172 --> 00:18:28,707 QUARTERLY WAY, AND I THINK YOU 420 00:18:28,707 --> 00:18:29,475 MADE CHANGES TO THAT. AND CAN 421 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:31,777 YOU SPEAK A LITTLE TO THAT, TOO, 422 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:32,578 BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT, 423 00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:34,179 RIGHT? THEY'RE ALL AT DIFFERENT 424 00:18:34,179 --> 00:18:36,882 STAGES OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT OF 425 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:38,016 THEIR PROJECTS, AND THEY WANTED 426 00:18:38,016 --> 00:18:40,686 TO HEAR FROM EACH OTHER TO GET 427 00:18:40,686 --> 00:18:43,322 IDEAS FOR HOW TO BEST MOVE 428 00:18:43,322 --> 00:18:45,023 FORWARD AND BE SUCCESSFUL. AND 429 00:18:45,023 --> 00:18:47,426 OF COURSE, COMPLETING MORE 430 00:18:47,426 --> 00:18:49,495 PROJECTS IN A SHORTER AMOUNT OF 431 00:18:49,495 --> 00:18:52,064 TIME IS REALLY OUTSTANDING. 432 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:53,499 BECAUSE IF THESE PROJECTS DON'T 433 00:18:53,499 --> 00:18:55,033 GET DEVELOPED, THEY ACTUALLY 434 00:18:55,033 --> 00:18:56,034 HELP NO ONE. AND THAT'S THE 435 00:18:56,034 --> 00:18:58,170 POINT. SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 436 00:18:58,170 --> 00:18:59,938 MADE TWEAKS ACTUALLY TO THE 437 00:18:59,938 --> 00:19:02,674 PROGRAM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE 438 00:19:02,674 --> 00:19:05,577 THAT WE WERE GOING TO HELP 439 00:19:05,577 --> 00:19:07,045 COMMUNITY DEVELOP THOSE PROJECTS 440 00:19:07,045 --> 00:19:09,548 FASTER. AND SO I REALLY 441 00:19:09,548 --> 00:19:11,817 APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID THAT AND 442 00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:14,353 WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IF THOSE 443 00:19:14,353 --> 00:19:16,121 QUARTERLY MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING 444 00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:16,889 OR IF THEY'RE HAPPENING AT ALL. 445 00:19:16,889 --> 00:19:23,629 HOW, HOW EVER OFTEN I THINK 446 00:19:23,629 --> 00:19:24,263 COMMUNITY AND I HAVE CONTINUED 447 00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:25,531 TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS 448 00:19:25,531 --> 00:19:27,933 IN COMMUNITY THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, 449 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:30,936 THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM 450 00:19:30,936 --> 00:19:33,438 -- THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 451 00:19:33,438 --> 00:19:36,508 SO WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF DOING 452 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:39,611 IT AS A MULTI-LAYER CAKE. SO 453 00:19:39,611 --> 00:19:42,981 WITH THE STRATEGIC PLANNING 454 00:19:42,981 --> 00:19:46,218 EFFORT, WE HAVE BEGUN DOING SOME 455 00:19:46,218 --> 00:19:53,125 CONVENING. SO WE HAVE A. I'M 456 00:19:53,125 --> 00:19:54,426 CATHERINE CORTEZ, WHO'S OUR 457 00:19:54,426 --> 00:19:55,661 DIVISION MANAGER. WILL JUST KILL 458 00:19:55,661 --> 00:19:56,395 ME LATER BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING 459 00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:57,596 TO GET ANY OF THE NAMES OF THE 460 00:19:57,596 --> 00:20:01,233 COMMITTEES CORRECT. BUT. 461 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:05,037 -- EVERYBODY 462 00:20:05,037 --> 00:20:05,671 -- EXCUSE ME THERE. WE'RE IN 463 00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:09,441 THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING, SO 464 00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:09,875 WE'LL CONTINUE. 465 00:20:09,875 --> 00:20:10,442 -- PUBLIC COMMENT. OTHELLO. 466 00:20:10,442 --> 00:20:14,813 -- PLEASE CONTINUE. 467 00:20:14,813 --> 00:20:18,951 -- SURE. SO WE DO. WE HAVE WE 468 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:20,586 HAVE A NUMBER OF CONVENINGS ON 469 00:20:20,586 --> 00:20:23,255 THE CALENDAR, SOME WITH LARGER 470 00:20:23,255 --> 00:20:27,459 BODY OF STAKEHOLDERS FOR LIKE A 471 00:20:27,459 --> 00:20:30,362 FULL DAY CONVENING AND THEN SOME 472 00:20:30,362 --> 00:20:32,598 SMALLER SESSIONS WITH WORKGROUPS 473 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:34,666 OVER SPECIFIC TOPIC AREAS. IN 474 00:20:34,666 --> 00:20:37,803 ADDITION TO THAT, OUTSIDE OF THE 475 00:20:37,803 --> 00:20:39,838 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, WE 476 00:20:39,838 --> 00:20:42,908 ALSO HAVE STARTED TO DO A 477 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:45,877 SEPARATE CONVENING. WE ACTUALLY 478 00:20:45,877 --> 00:20:51,183 JUST LAST WEEK HAD A CELEBRATION 479 00:20:51,183 --> 00:20:51,783 FOR NU EDDIE PARTNERS, ALONG 480 00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:55,487 WITH EXISTING ONES AT OUR PLACE, 481 00:20:55,487 --> 00:20:57,456 WHO'S OBVIOUSLY ONE OF OUR 482 00:20:57,456 --> 00:20:59,958 PARTNERS, WHICH WAS REALLY 483 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:03,662 GREAT. SO I VERY MUCH HEARD THAT 484 00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:05,263 PIECE OF IT AS WELL. AND IT WAS 485 00:21:05,263 --> 00:21:07,032 SOMETHING THAT THAT HAD GONE 486 00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:08,934 DORMANT DURING COVID, AND NOW 487 00:21:08,934 --> 00:21:10,335 WE'RE BACK IN FULL SWING IN 488 00:21:10,335 --> 00:21:12,170 TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER 489 00:21:12,170 --> 00:21:15,874 AND SHARING BEST PRACTICES AND, 490 00:21:15,874 --> 00:21:17,376 AND KIND OF WHERE PEOPLE HAVING 491 00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:19,111 WHERE, WHERE PINCH POINTS ON 492 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:23,448 PROJECTS AND WHERE PEOPLE HAVING 493 00:21:23,448 --> 00:21:24,483 NEEDS THAT THEY CAN NOT ONLY 494 00:21:24,483 --> 00:21:25,350 SHARE WITH STAFF, BUT SHARE WITH 495 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:26,118 EACH OTHER. SO WE CAN TRY TO 496 00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:27,719 FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE ARE 497 00:21:27,719 --> 00:21:30,822 OPPORTUNITIES FOR BETTERMENTS. 498 00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:31,089 -- YEAH. 499 00:21:31,089 --> 00:21:31,723 -- THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. AND THEN 500 00:21:31,723 --> 00:21:33,291 YOU ALSO MADE SOME OTHER TWEAKS 501 00:21:33,291 --> 00:21:35,460 TO THE PROGRAM AS WELL. I KNOW, 502 00:21:35,460 --> 00:21:38,330 AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE 503 00:21:38,330 --> 00:21:40,365 IN ORDER TO HELP THOSE PROJECTS 504 00:21:40,365 --> 00:21:41,433 ALONG FASTER. 505 00:21:41,433 --> 00:21:43,935 -- YEAH. AND I THANK YOU FOR THE 506 00:21:43,935 --> 00:21:44,569 PROMPT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I 507 00:21:44,569 --> 00:21:48,006 SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IS THAT WE 508 00:21:48,006 --> 00:21:51,743 DID DO A REQUEST FOR 509 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:55,113 QUALIFICATIONS TO GET A WHOLE 510 00:21:55,113 --> 00:21:59,818 CADRE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 511 00:21:59,818 --> 00:22:06,658 CONSULTANTS WHO NOW HELP US THEY 512 00:22:06,658 --> 00:22:07,225 HELP EXISTING PARTNERS WITH 513 00:22:07,225 --> 00:22:09,861 THEIR PROJECTS AND DIFFERENT 514 00:22:09,861 --> 00:22:10,696 DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE WORK, 515 00:22:10,696 --> 00:22:13,665 WHETHER IT'S FINANCE OR 516 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:16,068 CONSTRUCTION RELATED OR 517 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:22,207 OPERATIONS RELATED OR OR 518 00:22:22,207 --> 00:22:25,043 OPERATIONS PLANNING. AND THEN WE 519 00:22:25,043 --> 00:22:29,748 ALSO HAVE TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS 520 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,016 THAT HELP EDDIE PARTNERS 521 00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:32,451 ACTUALLY BE RESPONSIVE TO THE 522 00:22:32,451 --> 00:22:35,153 CITY, RELATED TO OUR APPLICATION 523 00:22:35,153 --> 00:22:37,389 PROCESS AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, 524 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:42,961 THERE IS A IS A HUGE UPTICK IN. 525 00:22:42,961 --> 00:22:46,031 APPLICANTS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE 526 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:48,266 COMPLETE APPLICATIONS AND ONES 527 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:50,635 WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR US 528 00:22:50,635 --> 00:22:52,971 TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR MORE IS 529 00:22:52,971 --> 00:22:57,008 VERY MUCH REDUCED. AND THEY'RE 530 00:22:57,008 --> 00:22:58,710 THEY'RE ABILITY TO GET THROUGH 531 00:22:58,710 --> 00:23:01,747 THE PROCESS TO A COMPLETE AWARD 532 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:03,949 OR A SUCCESSFUL AWARD HAS ALSO 533 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:04,249 INCREASED. 534 00:23:04,249 --> 00:23:04,516 -- YEAH. 535 00:23:04,516 --> 00:23:05,884 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 536 00:23:05,884 --> 00:23:07,018 SHARING THAT. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 537 00:23:07,018 --> 00:23:08,186 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 538 00:23:08,186 --> 00:23:09,988 RIVERA. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 539 00:23:09,988 --> 00:23:10,789 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 540 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:12,624 YOU. DIRECTOR QUIRINDONGO AND 541 00:23:12,624 --> 00:23:14,559 YOUR TEAM FOR BEING HERE. 542 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:15,527 PRESENTATION AND THE OFFLINE 543 00:23:15,527 --> 00:23:17,095 INFORMATION YOU SHARED EARLIER 544 00:23:17,095 --> 00:23:23,702 ABOUT. MY QUESTION FOR OH. I'LL 545 00:23:23,702 --> 00:23:25,003 START WITH I'LL JUST SAY AS A 546 00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:26,872 AS A COUNCILMEMBER THAT 547 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:28,473 REPRESENTS DISTRICT ONE, WAS 548 00:23:28,473 --> 00:23:30,442 REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE 549 00:23:30,442 --> 00:23:32,377 RECONNECT SOUTH PARK WAS 550 00:23:32,377 --> 00:23:32,944 IDENTIFIED IN THE PROPOSED 551 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:35,680 BUDGET AS SORT OF A. THIS MAJOR 552 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,948 ONGOING COMMUNITY PLANNING 553 00:23:36,948 --> 00:23:39,484 EFFORT WITH THE DEPARTMENT. SO 554 00:23:39,484 --> 00:23:41,753 JUST BE CURIOUS TO BETTER 555 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:44,122 UNDERSTAND HOW CAN OPCD PARTNER 556 00:23:44,122 --> 00:23:45,791 WITH SOUTH PARK COMMUNITY GROUPS 557 00:23:45,791 --> 00:23:48,827 TO DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE AND 558 00:23:48,827 --> 00:23:52,264 LAND USE STRATEGIES THAT 559 00:23:52,264 --> 00:23:52,731 SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCE 560 00:23:52,731 --> 00:23:55,000 DISPLACEMENT RISKS, STRENGTHEN 561 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,569 CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND ADDRESS 562 00:23:57,569 --> 00:24:00,105 LONG STANDING ENVIRONMENTAL 563 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:00,906 CHALLENGES AND ASSOCIATED, IN 564 00:24:00,906 --> 00:24:03,041 THE CASE OF RECONNECT SOUTH PARK 565 00:24:03,041 --> 00:24:04,843 LIKE TRANSPORTATION BURDENS? 566 00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:05,944 -- YEAH. NO, I APPRECIATE THE 567 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:09,281 QUESTION. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE 568 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,416 BEEN REALLY EXCITED TO PARTNER 569 00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:15,487 WITH COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONS 570 00:24:15,487 --> 00:24:16,721 IN SOUTH PARK RELATED TO 571 00:24:16,721 --> 00:24:18,023 VISIONING FOR WHAT'S THE FUTURE 572 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:23,295 OF, OF THAT PART OF OUR CITY AND 573 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:28,033 THE SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, 574 00:24:28,033 --> 00:24:29,000 SPECIFICALLY. THERE'S LOTS OF 575 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:29,968 MOVING PARTS THERE, RIGHT? SO 576 00:24:29,968 --> 00:24:32,003 THERE'S, THERE IS 577 00:24:32,003 --> 00:24:38,210 INFRASTRUCTURE THERE'S IN THE 578 00:24:38,210 --> 00:24:38,844 BIG PICTURE, LIKE SEA LEVEL RISE 579 00:24:38,844 --> 00:24:44,316 AND IMPACTS THERE. WE ARE IN 580 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:47,352 PARTNERSHIP WITH SPU WITH OFFICE 581 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:51,423 OF SUSTAINABILITY AND WITH 582 00:24:51,423 --> 00:24:53,325 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS RELATED 583 00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:56,261 TO WHAT FUTURE INVESTMENTS MIGHT 584 00:24:56,261 --> 00:24:58,730 LOOK LIKE ALONGSIDE S DOT AND 585 00:24:58,730 --> 00:25:01,933 WASHDOT AS WELL. WE HAVE A 586 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:03,001 REGULAR REOCCURRING MEETING WITH 587 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:03,935 WASHDOT REGARDING NOT ONLY 588 00:25:03,935 --> 00:25:05,337 RECONNECT SOUTH PARK, BUT A 589 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:08,640 NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN OUR OFFICE 590 00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:11,076 WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT 591 00:25:11,076 --> 00:25:15,013 THE WORK THAT WE DO PARTNERS 592 00:25:15,013 --> 00:25:17,449 WELL WITH WASHOUTS EFFORTS TO DO 593 00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:22,220 THEIR ENTIRE CORRIDOR STUDY. AND 594 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:22,821 SO THOSE RECONNECT SOUTH PARK 595 00:25:22,821 --> 00:25:23,989 WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, WE WANT 596 00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:27,859 TO HAVE IT HELP INFORM SOME OF 597 00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:28,793 THE DECISION MAKING THAT'S A 598 00:25:28,793 --> 00:25:32,530 PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL. SO 599 00:25:32,530 --> 00:25:35,500 I THINK, YOU KNOW YOU'RE NEVER 600 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:36,701 DONE. I THINK THAT WHAT I THINK 601 00:25:36,701 --> 00:25:39,404 THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO 602 00:25:39,404 --> 00:25:40,605 THAT I'VE BEEN PROUD OF OVER 603 00:25:40,605 --> 00:25:47,712 THE LAST THREE YEARS IS TO BUILD 604 00:25:47,712 --> 00:25:48,346 SOME WELL-GREASED CONDUITS FOR 605 00:25:48,346 --> 00:25:52,083 COORDINATION AND DISCUSSION AS 606 00:25:52,083 --> 00:25:54,352 WE TRY TO BUILD THE PLANE WHILE 607 00:25:54,352 --> 00:25:57,088 WE'RE FLYING IT. AS YOU KNOW, 608 00:25:57,088 --> 00:26:04,429 WE RELEASED A FUTURES VISIONING 609 00:26:04,429 --> 00:26:05,997 STUDY RELATED TO RECONNECT SOUTH 610 00:26:05,997 --> 00:26:07,832 PARK WITH FOUR POSSIBLE FUTURES, 611 00:26:07,832 --> 00:26:11,303 AND THAT WILL INFORM SOME OF OUR 612 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:14,639 FUTURE WORK. AND WE, THROUGH THE 613 00:26:14,639 --> 00:26:17,275 RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT 614 00:26:17,275 --> 00:26:21,246 PROGRAM, WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, 615 00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:23,348 UPWARDS OF $4 MILLION NOW 616 00:26:23,348 --> 00:26:24,883 RELATED TO WORK IN SOUTH PARK. 617 00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:27,519 SO A LOT OF GOOD WORK AHEAD. 618 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:30,388 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. 619 00:26:30,388 --> 00:26:32,490 APPRECIATE THE INITIAL CLARITY 620 00:26:32,490 --> 00:26:34,993 THERE. AND MY NEXT QUESTION 621 00:26:34,993 --> 00:26:36,795 PERTAINS TO YOUR DEPARTMENT'S 622 00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:39,731 ROLE IN FACILITATING CRITICAL 623 00:26:39,731 --> 00:26:42,834 MAJOR TRANSPORTATION OR TRANSIT 624 00:26:42,834 --> 00:26:45,904 INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, 625 00:26:45,904 --> 00:26:49,341 SPECIFICALLY LIGHT RAIL. SO HOW 626 00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:52,510 CAN YOUR DEPARTMENT WORK 627 00:26:52,510 --> 00:26:55,013 COLLABORATIVELY WITH COMMUNITIES 628 00:26:55,013 --> 00:26:57,215 THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY 629 00:26:57,215 --> 00:27:00,352 LIGHT RAIL EXPANSION? SO I'M 630 00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:01,619 THINKING ABOUT. YOU KNOW, IN MY 631 00:27:01,619 --> 00:27:04,222 DISTRICT, STAKEHOLDERS IN THE 632 00:27:04,222 --> 00:27:06,424 WEST SEATTLE COMMUNITY, 633 00:27:06,424 --> 00:27:07,892 SPECIFICALLY NORTH DELRIDGE AND 634 00:27:07,892 --> 00:27:10,261 THE JUNCTION, SOTO, TO ENSURE 635 00:27:10,261 --> 00:27:13,098 THAT UPCOMING LIGHT RAIL STATION 636 00:27:13,098 --> 00:27:16,201 AREA PLANNING AND FUTURE PLACE 637 00:27:16,201 --> 00:27:19,337 BASED PLANNING SUPPORT EQUITABLE 638 00:27:19,337 --> 00:27:21,806 DEVELOPMENT, STRENGTHEN 639 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:22,407 NEIGHBORHOOD CONNECTIONS AND 640 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:25,810 IDENTITY. FOSTER A VIBRANT AND 641 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:26,945 WALKABLE SET OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 642 00:27:26,945 --> 00:27:29,014 WHETHER IT'S THE WEST SEATTLE 643 00:27:29,014 --> 00:27:33,318 JUNCTION, THE NEW NORTH DELRIDGE 644 00:27:33,318 --> 00:27:35,353 STATION, SODO, WALKABLE AND 645 00:27:35,353 --> 00:27:38,289 VIBRANT BUSINESS DISTRICTS, AND 646 00:27:38,289 --> 00:27:38,823 REFLECT COMMUNITY DRIVEN 647 00:27:38,823 --> 00:27:41,192 PRIORITIES 648 00:27:41,192 --> 00:27:42,494 -- AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE 649 00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:45,497 QUESTION. I WOULD SAY THERE'S 650 00:27:45,497 --> 00:27:46,297 TWO DIFFERENT DEDICATED PROGRAMS 651 00:27:46,297 --> 00:27:47,699 THAT WE HAVE IN OUR OFFICE RIGHT 652 00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:53,405 NOW. WE HAVE OUR OUR OUR 653 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:54,039 DEDICATED STATION AREA PLANNING 654 00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:56,207 STAFF AND THEY'RE VERY FOCUSED 655 00:27:56,207 --> 00:28:01,312 RIGHT NOW ON, ON WEST SEATTLE 656 00:28:01,312 --> 00:28:05,617 AND NOT ONLY THE STATION AREA 657 00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:06,184 PLANNING EFFORT FOR ALL THE 658 00:28:06,184 --> 00:28:08,353 STATIONS THAT YOU JUST NAMED, 659 00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:11,456 BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE FRAMEWORK 660 00:28:11,456 --> 00:28:14,793 THAT WE WILL UTILIZE TO TAKE 661 00:28:14,793 --> 00:28:17,662 COMMUNITY INPUT, HAVE THAT 662 00:28:17,662 --> 00:28:20,632 INFORM THE PLANNING PROCESS, 663 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:23,568 HAVE THE AND THEN HAVE THE 664 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:27,705 RESULTING PLAN OVERLAYS ADOPTED 665 00:28:27,705 --> 00:28:31,242 IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT. IT'S NOT 666 00:28:31,242 --> 00:28:33,912 ONLY A DISCOVERABLE EXERCISE, 667 00:28:33,912 --> 00:28:36,347 BUT THAT. SUCH THAT IT ACTUALLY 668 00:28:36,347 --> 00:28:40,251 INFORMS THE. PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT 669 00:28:40,251 --> 00:28:42,387 AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS 670 00:28:42,387 --> 00:28:43,588 THAT RESULT. AFTER THE STATION 671 00:28:43,588 --> 00:28:47,792 BOXES ARE COMPLETE. WE'RE STILL 672 00:28:47,792 --> 00:28:50,228 WORKING ON THAT. THE OTHER THING 673 00:28:50,228 --> 00:28:53,531 I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT, YOU 674 00:28:53,531 --> 00:28:57,102 KNOW, WE HAVE 1.75 MILLION IN 675 00:28:57,102 --> 00:29:00,371 FEDERAL DOLLARS, WHICH IS 676 00:29:00,371 --> 00:29:02,440 ASSOCIATED WITH EQUITABLE 677 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,041 TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT 678 00:29:03,041 --> 00:29:04,742 SPECIFICALLY. SO WE HAVE A 679 00:29:04,742 --> 00:29:09,714 COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP, THAT 680 00:29:09,714 --> 00:29:12,350 IS MADE UP OF COMMUNITY 681 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:13,718 STAKEHOLDERS, THAT IS HELPING TO 682 00:29:13,718 --> 00:29:14,886 INFORM US ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD BE 683 00:29:14,886 --> 00:29:16,654 THINKING ABOUT FUTURE CITY 684 00:29:16,654 --> 00:29:18,423 INVESTMENTS AND PUBLIC PRIVATE 685 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:21,259 PARTNERSHIPS, AS WELL AS WHO ARE 686 00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:23,628 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT 687 00:29:23,628 --> 00:29:26,831 WANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THOSE 688 00:29:26,831 --> 00:29:29,234 FUTURE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 689 00:29:29,234 --> 00:29:30,502 OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN ALSO, 690 00:29:30,502 --> 00:29:33,204 HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT ABOUT 691 00:29:33,204 --> 00:29:35,306 BLACK AND BROWN AND SMALL 692 00:29:35,306 --> 00:29:40,945 BUSINESS IN TERMS OF 693 00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:42,113 DISPLACEMENT, CONSTRUCTION 694 00:29:42,113 --> 00:29:45,984 MITIGATION, INCLUSION, AND 695 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:48,353 FUTURE TRANSFER AND DEVELOPMENT 696 00:29:48,353 --> 00:29:49,487 OPPORTUNITIES, AND NOT AS AN 697 00:29:49,487 --> 00:29:51,756 AFTERTHOUGHT, BUT INFORMING BOTH 698 00:29:51,756 --> 00:29:54,359 THE PLANNING EFFORT AND THE 699 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:56,261 VISIONING. SO AGAIN, I FEEL 700 00:29:56,261 --> 00:29:59,097 REALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE THE 701 00:29:59,097 --> 00:30:00,798 WORK AND THE OPPORTUNITY, 702 00:30:00,798 --> 00:30:02,567 ACKNOWLEDGING THAT, YEAH, 703 00:30:02,567 --> 00:30:03,868 THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLICATED 704 00:30:03,868 --> 00:30:04,302 MOVING PARTS THERE. 705 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:07,705 -- SURE. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT 706 00:30:07,705 --> 00:30:10,975 ANSWER. AND LAST YEAR WE ADDED 707 00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:13,178 A, A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR 708 00:30:13,178 --> 00:30:15,180 $250,000 FOR ANTI-DISPLACEMENT 709 00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:16,214 WORK. AND I THINK THAT WAS 710 00:30:16,214 --> 00:30:20,952 DISTRIBUTED BY OED. BUT THE 711 00:30:20,952 --> 00:30:21,452 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE AND 712 00:30:21,452 --> 00:30:23,755 ADDRESSING THE ULTIMATE 713 00:30:23,755 --> 00:30:24,522 CHALLENGE, I THINK YOUR 714 00:30:24,522 --> 00:30:26,491 DEPARTMENT IS, IS IN TERMS OF 715 00:30:26,491 --> 00:30:27,692 DISPLACEMENT. THE LAST THING YOU 716 00:30:27,692 --> 00:30:28,293 TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS WHAT I 717 00:30:28,293 --> 00:30:30,395 WANT TO DOUBLE CLICK ON JUST A 718 00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:31,863 LITTLE MORE. AND I, I APPRECIATE 719 00:30:31,863 --> 00:30:33,464 YOUR ANSWER. THERE REALLY WAS 720 00:30:33,464 --> 00:30:34,365 HONING IN AND LOVING THE LAST 721 00:30:34,365 --> 00:30:35,500 THING YOU TALKED ABOUT IN 722 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,268 PARTICULAR IN TERMS OF, YOU 723 00:30:37,268 --> 00:30:39,704 KNOW, SUPPORTING AND MITIGATING 724 00:30:39,704 --> 00:30:42,407 AGAINST DISPLACEMENT, AGAINST 725 00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:43,341 THE EXISTING RESIDENTS AND 726 00:30:43,341 --> 00:30:44,742 BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THE BLACK 727 00:30:44,742 --> 00:30:47,679 AND BROWN ONES AND SMALL 728 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:52,617 BUSINESSES. SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT 729 00:30:52,617 --> 00:30:55,520 ROLE DO YOU ENVISION YOUR 730 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,789 DEPARTMENT PLAYING IN TERMS OF 731 00:30:57,789 --> 00:30:59,224 DOING EXACTLY THAT DURING THIS 732 00:30:59,224 --> 00:31:02,327 UPCOMING YEAR? LEVERAGING THESE 733 00:31:02,327 --> 00:31:04,996 BUDGET RESOURCES, YOU DO HAVE TO 734 00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:07,065 SUPPORT ANTI-DISPLACEMENT 735 00:31:07,065 --> 00:31:07,599 EFFORTS OF SOUND TRANSIT 736 00:31:07,599 --> 00:31:09,200 IMPACTED SMALL BUSINESSES AND 737 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:10,468 RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY ON THE 738 00:31:10,468 --> 00:31:13,471 SMALL BUSINESS FRONT. 739 00:31:13,471 --> 00:31:14,772 -- SURE. SO I THINK IT'S A 740 00:31:14,772 --> 00:31:16,541 MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH. I WOULD 741 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:19,644 SAY THAT. 742 00:31:19,644 --> 00:31:21,279 -- THAT THAT FELT LIKE AN 743 00:31:21,279 --> 00:31:23,081 EARTHQUAKE TO ME. WE'RE GOING TO 744 00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:26,084 PAUSE. WE'RE GOING TO STAY AT 745 00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:27,619 EASE. I MAY ASK TO CLEAR THE 746 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:29,554 COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN A MOMENT, 747 00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:31,256 BUT I JUST WANT TO CHECK TO MAKE 748 00:31:31,256 --> 00:31:32,891 SURE THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO 749 00:31:32,891 --> 00:31:34,259 AT EASE FOR JUST A MINUTE. IF 750 00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:36,194 YOU CAN HIT THE MICROPHONES AND 751 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:37,228 WE'LL COME RIGHT BACK ON IN 752 00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:47,505 JUST A SECOND. 753 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:58,249 WELCOME BACK. WE HAVE JUST 754 00:33:47,091 --> 00:33:49,060 EXPERIENCED A 4.0 EARTHQUAKE SIX 755 00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:51,229 KILOMETERS WEST OF BURLEY 756 00:33:51,229 --> 00:33:51,863 WASHINGTON. AND SO WE ARE GOING 757 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:53,765 TO DO THIS DOUBLE TIME. IF WE 758 00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:55,400 HAVE AN AFTERSHOCK OR ANOTHER 759 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,202 EARTHQUAKE, WE WILL PAUSE AND 760 00:33:58,202 --> 00:33:58,836 WE'LL JUST END COMMITTEE. SO 761 00:33:58,836 --> 00:34:00,304 I'M GOING TO ASK US TO DO THIS 762 00:34:00,304 --> 00:34:01,572 DOUBLE TIME. I'M ALSO GOING TO 763 00:34:01,572 --> 00:34:03,074 ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT CAN BE 764 00:34:03,074 --> 00:34:04,776 HELD FOR SHAREPOINT TO BE HELD 765 00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:06,811 FOR SHAREPOINT. IF WE DO HAVE 766 00:34:06,811 --> 00:34:08,112 ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE, PLEASE STAY 767 00:34:08,112 --> 00:34:10,982 AWAY FROM THE GLASS. PLEASE GET 768 00:34:10,982 --> 00:34:13,985 UNDER SOMETHING. SO IF YOU ARE 769 00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:15,520 SITTING IN CHAMBERS, I WOULD SIT 770 00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,056 ON THE EDGES OR ON THE BACK WITH 771 00:34:18,056 --> 00:34:20,158 THAT AND STAY AWAY FROM THIS 772 00:34:20,158 --> 00:34:21,759 GLASS. SO SIR, WITH THE SHOW UP 773 00:34:21,759 --> 00:34:23,027 SEATTLE HAT, I WOULD NOT SIT 774 00:34:23,027 --> 00:34:24,695 THERE. MY FRIEND BENNETT, CAN 775 00:34:24,695 --> 00:34:26,464 YOU ASSIST OUR GOOD FRIEND? 776 00:34:26,464 --> 00:34:28,032 THANK YOU. BACK TO YOU, DIRECTOR 777 00:34:28,032 --> 00:34:29,233 QUIRINDONGO. AND IF WE CAN DO 778 00:34:29,233 --> 00:34:35,139 THIS DOUBLE TIME. THANK YOU 779 00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:37,008 -- YES. SO, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, 780 00:34:37,008 --> 00:34:39,410 RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTION, I 781 00:34:39,410 --> 00:34:42,847 THINK IT IS A MULTI PRONGED 782 00:34:42,847 --> 00:34:44,816 APPROACH, AND I LOST MY TRAIN OF 783 00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:47,785 THOUGHT A LITTLE BIT THERE. BUT 784 00:34:47,785 --> 00:34:50,354 I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE 785 00:34:50,354 --> 00:34:54,325 CERTAINLY THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY 786 00:34:54,325 --> 00:34:58,896 ADVISORY GROUP ARE ARE LOOKING 787 00:34:58,896 --> 00:35:00,631 FOR. IDENTIFICATION OF 788 00:35:00,631 --> 00:35:02,834 OPPORTUNITIES FOR WHERE WE CAN 789 00:35:02,834 --> 00:35:04,368 LEAN IN AND WHERE WE CAN, WHERE 790 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:07,872 THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 791 00:35:07,872 --> 00:35:11,075 FUTURE CITY INVESTMENTS AND 792 00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:13,110 PARTNERSHIPS. OPCD. AT OPCD, WE 793 00:35:13,110 --> 00:35:14,579 HAVE A LOT OF GREAT 794 00:35:14,579 --> 00:35:16,047 RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE 795 00:35:16,047 --> 00:35:19,150 DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. AND SO AS 796 00:35:19,150 --> 00:35:23,387 WE LOOK AT THESE FUTURE SITES, 797 00:35:23,387 --> 00:35:27,391 AS WE GET CLOSER TO LIKE THE 798 00:35:27,391 --> 00:35:28,025 COMPLETION OF PLANNING EFFORTS 799 00:35:28,025 --> 00:35:30,728 AND THAT SORT OF THING, WE WE 800 00:35:30,728 --> 00:35:32,497 WILL ALSO BE VERY INTERESTED TO 801 00:35:32,497 --> 00:35:36,534 HEAR FROM PROSPECTIVE 802 00:35:36,534 --> 00:35:39,470 DEVELOPERS. WHAT SITES ARE OF 803 00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:41,005 INTEREST, WHAT DEVELOPMENTS 804 00:35:41,005 --> 00:35:42,373 MIGHT LOOK LIKE, WHAT'S THE ROLE 805 00:35:42,373 --> 00:35:48,446 THE CITY WILL PLAY? WE OBVIOUSLY 806 00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:53,084 RELATED TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH 807 00:35:53,084 --> 00:35:54,485 SOUND TRANSIT. WE ARE WORKING 808 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:57,455 VERY CLOSELY WITH DOT AND WITH 809 00:35:57,455 --> 00:36:02,593 SDCI. REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT 810 00:36:02,593 --> 00:36:06,197 OF. THE STATIONARY BOXES, THE 811 00:36:06,197 --> 00:36:08,733 STATIONS AND AREA IMPROVEMENTS 812 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:11,302 RELATED TO THE PUBLIC REALM, BUT 813 00:36:11,302 --> 00:36:13,571 ALSO LOOKING FOR INPUT FROM 814 00:36:13,571 --> 00:36:15,206 COMMUNITY RELATED TO ALL OF 815 00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:16,674 THOSE PARTS AND PIECES AS WELL. 816 00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:20,211 LAST THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT I 817 00:36:20,211 --> 00:36:20,811 THINK THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS 818 00:36:20,811 --> 00:36:23,514 WITH COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR EDDIE 819 00:36:23,514 --> 00:36:24,549 PROGRAM ARE ALSO REALLY 820 00:36:24,549 --> 00:36:27,251 IMPORTANT, NOT ONLY BECAUSE ALL 821 00:36:27,251 --> 00:36:31,822 OF OUR PARTNERS ARE ALREADY LIKE 822 00:36:31,822 --> 00:36:33,291 DEEPLY INVESTED IN COMMUNITY AND 823 00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:36,160 HAVE WILL HAVE A LOT OF GUIDANCE 824 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,564 RELATED TO HOW THEY FEEL. 825 00:36:39,564 --> 00:36:41,999 COMMUNITY MAY PLAY A ROLE IN 826 00:36:41,999 --> 00:36:44,468 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND I THINK 827 00:36:44,468 --> 00:36:51,409 THAT WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF 828 00:36:51,409 --> 00:36:59,183 PROVIDING A. VENUE AN 829 00:36:59,183 --> 00:37:02,353 OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE, WELCOME 830 00:37:02,353 --> 00:37:05,990 PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERS 831 00:37:05,990 --> 00:37:08,059 FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. SO 832 00:37:08,059 --> 00:37:08,359 -- GOT IT. 833 00:37:08,359 --> 00:37:10,761 -- THANK YOU FOR THAT. 834 00:37:10,761 --> 00:37:13,564 APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THERE. 835 00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:16,834 FINALLY, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT 836 00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:20,905 FOR THE RECORD, THERE ARE SIX. 837 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:24,475 SEATTLE SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS 838 00:37:24,475 --> 00:37:27,144 FOR FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY ZONE 2.0 839 00:37:27,144 --> 00:37:28,179 DESIGNATIONS, ONE IN THE U. 840 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:30,781 DISTRICT AND UW CAMPUS, ANOTHER 841 00:37:30,781 --> 00:37:32,250 IN THE U. DISTRICT AND THE U 842 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:33,484 DISTRICT STATION, AND ANOTHER A 843 00:37:33,484 --> 00:37:34,685 THIRD IN THE U DISTRICT. AN 844 00:37:34,685 --> 00:37:37,154 EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES. 845 00:37:37,154 --> 00:37:38,856 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ONE IN 846 00:37:38,856 --> 00:37:39,590 FIRST HILL S U. CAMPUS NEAR 847 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:41,959 YESLER, EAST YESLER ONE LITTLE 848 00:37:41,959 --> 00:37:43,394 SAIGON AND CENTRAL DISTRICTS, 849 00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:45,563 ONE IN RAINIER BEACH. AND IT 850 00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:48,165 SOUNDS LIKE THE SEATTLE HOUSING 851 00:37:48,165 --> 00:37:48,733 AUTHORITY ALSO SUCCESSFULLY 852 00:37:48,733 --> 00:37:50,568 SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION FOR THE 853 00:37:50,568 --> 00:37:54,572 NORTHGATE REGIONAL CENTER. SO A 854 00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:59,644 LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND 855 00:37:59,644 --> 00:38:02,113 AHEAD. AND I APPRECIATE THAT 856 00:38:02,113 --> 00:38:03,280 INITIAL INFORMATION AND THE 857 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,016 ANSWERS THERE WILL FOLLOW UP 858 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:06,884 WITH ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS 859 00:38:06,884 --> 00:38:08,152 NEEDED IN THE IN THE TRACKER. 860 00:38:08,152 --> 00:38:08,552 THANK YOU CHAIR. 861 00:38:08,552 --> 00:38:10,855 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 862 00:38:10,855 --> 00:38:12,423 COLLEAGUES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? 863 00:38:12,423 --> 00:38:15,026 COMMENTS, STATEMENTS? I AM GOING 864 00:38:15,026 --> 00:38:20,765 TO SAVE MINE FOR SHAREPOINT. I 865 00:38:20,765 --> 00:38:21,432 WILL JUST I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU 866 00:38:21,432 --> 00:38:23,834 TO GIVE US THE HISTORY OF EDDIE. 867 00:38:23,834 --> 00:38:24,935 I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT. 868 00:38:24,935 --> 00:38:25,870 RATHER THAN DO THE BACK AND 869 00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:28,806 FORTH. ALL THAT TO SAY IS IT WAS 870 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:31,375 A ONE TIME PROGRAM FUNDED FROM 871 00:38:31,375 --> 00:38:33,511 THE SUPERBLOCK SALE OF DENNY WAY 872 00:38:33,511 --> 00:38:34,545 BROAD STREET OF BROAD STREET. WE 873 00:38:34,545 --> 00:38:36,380 WERE JUST LOOKING DOWN THERE. 874 00:38:36,380 --> 00:38:37,081 IT'S STILL UNDEVELOPED. THAT'S 875 00:38:37,081 --> 00:38:38,215 NOT OUR FAULT AT THIS POINT. BUT 876 00:38:38,215 --> 00:38:40,751 WE WERE ABLE TO SELL THAT RIGHT 877 00:38:40,751 --> 00:38:42,019 OF WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT, WHICH 878 00:38:42,019 --> 00:38:45,790 GAVE US A LOT OF ONE TIME CASH 879 00:38:45,790 --> 00:38:49,527 THAT CREATED THE EQUITABLE 880 00:38:49,527 --> 00:38:50,161 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE. AND THE 881 00:38:50,161 --> 00:38:54,065 ONLY ONLY ONCE WE WERE WE PASSED 882 00:38:54,065 --> 00:38:54,632 JUMPSTART WAS THEIR ONGOING 883 00:38:54,632 --> 00:38:58,235 FUNDING FOR EDDIE. SO THAT IS 884 00:38:58,235 --> 00:39:00,604 HOW YOUR BUDGET FROM 2019 TO 885 00:39:00,604 --> 00:39:06,577 TODAY HAS GROWN. 224%. AND I 886 00:39:06,577 --> 00:39:08,079 WILL I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL 887 00:39:08,079 --> 00:39:09,613 FEEDBACK TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT 888 00:39:09,613 --> 00:39:10,715 THE REGIONAL PLAN MEETING. THE 889 00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:12,116 OTHER NIGHT, WE HAD ANOTHER 890 00:39:12,116 --> 00:39:13,818 RESIDENT WHO WASN'T ABLE TO 891 00:39:13,818 --> 00:39:15,119 MAKE IT THERE. SO LET'S JUST 892 00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:16,153 COORDINATE A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 893 00:39:16,153 --> 00:39:18,389 I WANT TO BRING UP LITING I 894 00:39:18,389 --> 00:39:20,224 FIVE. WE CAN TALK MORE. I'M 895 00:39:20,224 --> 00:39:21,726 PUTTING IT ON THE RECORD NOW 896 00:39:21,726 --> 00:39:23,627 THAT IT'S NOT JUST DOWNTOWN. WE 897 00:39:23,627 --> 00:39:25,563 NEED TO ALSO BE LOOKING AT 898 00:39:25,563 --> 00:39:26,964 PINEHURST BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING 899 00:39:26,964 --> 00:39:28,999 THAT STATION OPEN TODAY. I WANT 900 00:39:28,999 --> 00:39:32,837 TO RECONNECT ROOSEVELT WAY. SO 901 00:39:32,837 --> 00:39:34,038 IT'S I WANT TO RECONNECT THAT 902 00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:35,339 ENVIRONMENT. AND WE DON'T HAVE 903 00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:36,907 TO USE PUBLIC FUNDING. WHEN WE 904 00:39:36,907 --> 00:39:38,409 LOOK AT WASHINGTON, DC, IT WAS 905 00:39:38,409 --> 00:39:40,044 ALL PRIVATELY FUNDED. IT 906 00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:43,013 RECONNECTED THEIR GRID. IT BUILT 907 00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:43,647 HOUSING, IT BUILT OFFICE SPACE. 908 00:39:43,647 --> 00:39:44,982 WE CAN DO IT UP THERE. AND I'D 909 00:39:44,982 --> 00:39:47,318 LOVE TO DIG IN MORE WITH THE 910 00:39:47,318 --> 00:39:50,554 STATUS OF YOUR WORK AROUND NORTH 911 00:39:50,554 --> 00:39:51,455 AURORA AVENUE, WHERE IT'S AT 912 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:53,457 AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. SO THOSE 913 00:39:53,457 --> 00:39:54,458 ARE MY QUESTIONS THAT I'LL 914 00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:57,828 FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ABOUT LATER. 915 00:39:57,828 --> 00:40:00,664 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA YOU HAD ONE 916 00:40:00,664 --> 00:40:01,031 MORE QUESTION. 917 00:40:01,031 --> 00:40:03,834 -- YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. I 918 00:40:03,834 --> 00:40:05,636 ACTUALLY MEANT TO RAISE THE 919 00:40:05,636 --> 00:40:08,806 OUTREACH. SO RELATED TO THE COMP 920 00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:10,741 PLAN. AS YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR 921 00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:13,978 QUIRINDONGO, WE HAVE A LOT OF 922 00:40:13,978 --> 00:40:16,514 CONSTITUENTS WHO HAVE FELT A 923 00:40:16,514 --> 00:40:18,315 LACK OF COMMUNICATION COMING 924 00:40:18,315 --> 00:40:20,451 FROM THE FROM YOUR OFFICE, FROM 925 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:22,887 OPCD. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE 926 00:40:22,887 --> 00:40:24,522 SURE THAT THERE IS A PLAN, A 927 00:40:24,522 --> 00:40:28,626 ROBUST PLAN TO ENGAGE FOLKS AS 928 00:40:28,626 --> 00:40:29,460 WE CONTINUE EVERY ITERATION OF 929 00:40:29,460 --> 00:40:31,162 THE COMP PLAN. THIS IS REALLY 930 00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:32,997 IMPORTANT TO CONSTITUENTS. AS 931 00:40:32,997 --> 00:40:34,799 YOU KNOW, AND I REALLY 932 00:40:34,799 --> 00:40:36,300 APPRECIATE THAT WHEN YOU AND I 933 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:40,070 TALK, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS GET BACK 934 00:40:40,070 --> 00:40:44,175 TO ME WHEN I REACH OUT. AND ALSO 935 00:40:44,175 --> 00:40:46,577 THE ONE I ACKNOWLEDGE WHEN 936 00:40:46,577 --> 00:40:47,178 CONSTITUENTS REACH OUT TO THE 937 00:40:47,178 --> 00:40:48,412 OFFICE, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS 938 00:40:48,412 --> 00:40:50,781 GETTING THAT LEVEL OF 939 00:40:50,781 --> 00:40:52,650 COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH. AND 940 00:40:52,650 --> 00:40:53,217 THEN IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT 941 00:40:53,217 --> 00:40:55,319 BECAUSE WE HEAR ABOUT THAT. SO 942 00:40:55,319 --> 00:40:57,288 WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP THE 943 00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,857 DEPARTMENT MAKE SURE THAT THEY 944 00:40:59,857 --> 00:41:01,725 ARE COMMUNICATING WITH 945 00:41:01,725 --> 00:41:03,928 CONSTITUENTS, RESPONDING BACK TO 946 00:41:03,928 --> 00:41:05,863 CONSTITUENTS, AND EVEN BETTER, 947 00:41:05,863 --> 00:41:07,198 PROPHYLACTICALLY REACHING OUT TO 948 00:41:07,198 --> 00:41:08,465 CONSTITUENTS, AS YOU ALL ARE 949 00:41:08,465 --> 00:41:10,768 DOING THE COMP PLAN, EVERY PIECE 950 00:41:10,768 --> 00:41:12,469 OF THE COMP PLAN WORK THAT IS 951 00:41:12,469 --> 00:41:13,938 IMPORTANT. SOME MEMBERS OF YOUR 952 00:41:13,938 --> 00:41:17,241 TEAM FEEL LIKE BECAUSE THEY DID 953 00:41:17,241 --> 00:41:18,943 ONE POSTING OR ONE TOUCH POINT, 954 00:41:18,943 --> 00:41:20,311 THAT THAT IS SUFFICIENT. BUT 955 00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,446 THAT'S NOT HOW CONSTITUENTS 956 00:41:22,446 --> 00:41:26,283 FEEL IT. AND I KNOW YOU KNOW 957 00:41:26,283 --> 00:41:27,084 ABOUT THIS. SO BECAUSE I, I 958 00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:30,020 MEAN, AGAIN, RICO YOU AND WE'VE 959 00:41:30,020 --> 00:41:30,721 KNOWN EACH OTHER A LONG TIME. SO 960 00:41:30,721 --> 00:41:34,592 I KNOW YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS, BUT 961 00:41:34,592 --> 00:41:36,927 THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE 962 00:41:36,927 --> 00:41:37,761 THIS IMPACTS THE ENTIRE CITY 963 00:41:37,761 --> 00:41:39,763 FAMILY. AND SO JUST WHATEVER I 964 00:41:39,763 --> 00:41:41,365 CAN DO TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE 965 00:41:41,365 --> 00:41:45,469 SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THAT. 966 00:41:45,469 --> 00:41:47,037 OPCD IS OPCD IS DOING THAT 967 00:41:47,037 --> 00:41:48,205 ROBUST OUTREACH. I WANT TO BE A 968 00:41:48,205 --> 00:41:49,573 PARTNER IN THAT BECAUSE I WANT 969 00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:51,809 TO MAKE SURE MY CONSTITUENTS 970 00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:53,944 FEEL THOSE TOUCH POINTS OUT OF 971 00:41:53,944 --> 00:41:56,213 OPCD. THANK YOU, CHAIR. TALKING 972 00:41:56,213 --> 00:41:56,514 SUPER FAST. 973 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:57,381 -- THANK YOU. BACK TO THE 974 00:41:57,381 --> 00:42:00,217 COMMITTEE TABLE FOR ANY 975 00:42:00,217 --> 00:42:00,484 RESPONSE. 976 00:42:00,484 --> 00:42:01,785 -- I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. 977 00:42:01,785 --> 00:42:03,354 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I WOULD 978 00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:05,589 SAY A COUPLE THINGS. WE ARE 979 00:42:05,589 --> 00:42:08,792 WORKING ON A PLAN FOR THE NEXT 980 00:42:08,792 --> 00:42:15,132 PHASE. SHORT VERSION. BECAUSE OF 981 00:42:15,132 --> 00:42:17,801 THE DELAYS RELATED TO PHASE TWO 982 00:42:17,801 --> 00:42:23,140 LEGISLATION AND THE LITIGATION 983 00:42:23,140 --> 00:42:25,743 UNDERWAY, THE $100,000 THAT WAS 984 00:42:25,743 --> 00:42:27,578 IN THE BUDGET FOR 2026, FOR 985 00:42:27,578 --> 00:42:28,679 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE I MADE 986 00:42:28,679 --> 00:42:33,217 A DECISION THAT WE NEEDED TO 987 00:42:33,217 --> 00:42:35,386 HOLD ON THOSE DOLLARS, WHICH WE 988 00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:39,323 HOPE TO DIP INTO NOW IN 2027, AS 989 00:42:39,323 --> 00:42:41,692 WE AS WE KICK OFF A NEW 990 00:42:41,692 --> 00:42:47,598 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. RIGHT NOW, 991 00:42:47,598 --> 00:42:50,801 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING 992 00:42:50,801 --> 00:42:53,671 FOR THE OUTREACH THAT HAS FOR 993 00:42:53,671 --> 00:42:54,438 FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE REACHED OUT 994 00:42:54,438 --> 00:42:58,909 TO US. WE HAVE TRIED TO BE 995 00:42:58,909 --> 00:42:59,944 RESPONSIVE THIS YEAR RELATED TO 996 00:42:59,944 --> 00:43:01,745 WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? WHAT 997 00:43:01,745 --> 00:43:04,949 WHAT LAYS OUT AHEAD OF US. AND 998 00:43:04,949 --> 00:43:07,117 THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH 999 00:43:07,117 --> 00:43:10,154 DEPARTMENTS TO PUT TOGETHER A 1000 00:43:10,154 --> 00:43:12,923 NUMBER OF ONE PAGERS THAT 1001 00:43:12,923 --> 00:43:15,426 PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT ARE 1002 00:43:15,426 --> 00:43:16,794 KIND OF FREQUENTLY ASKED 1003 00:43:16,794 --> 00:43:20,397 QUESTIONS, WHETHER IT'S RELATED 1004 00:43:20,397 --> 00:43:24,501 TO INFRASTRUCTURE, SIDEWALKS, 1005 00:43:24,501 --> 00:43:30,174 WATER SERVICES ISSUES THAT OFTEN 1006 00:43:30,174 --> 00:43:31,342 ARE OPEN SPACE, THINGS THAT 1007 00:43:31,342 --> 00:43:35,079 OFTEN COME UP WHEN WE'RE IN COMP 1008 00:43:35,079 --> 00:43:36,447 PLAN MEETINGS. AND THEN WE ARE 1009 00:43:36,447 --> 00:43:39,149 ALSO TRYING TO RESPOND TO 1010 00:43:39,149 --> 00:43:42,519 ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AS 1011 00:43:42,519 --> 00:43:45,589 WE ARE CALLED TO RESPOND. SO, 1012 00:43:45,589 --> 00:43:47,891 FOR EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO A ONE 1013 00:43:47,891 --> 00:43:49,827 OIRA EVENT THIS EVENING TO TALK 1014 00:43:49,827 --> 00:43:53,831 ABOUT OUR COMP PLAN WORK. WE 1015 00:43:53,831 --> 00:43:56,767 HAVE A MEETING AT THE END OF THE 1016 00:43:56,767 --> 00:44:00,471 MONTH TO SPEAK WITH A NUMBER OF 1017 00:44:00,471 --> 00:44:03,340 SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT 1018 00:44:03,340 --> 00:44:05,943 STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT WANTED 1019 00:44:05,943 --> 00:44:10,748 TO PROVIDE US SOME GUIDANCE. SO 1020 00:44:10,748 --> 00:44:12,316 I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION. I 1021 00:44:12,316 --> 00:44:16,420 THINK THE THE ANSWER IS FOR NOW, 1022 00:44:16,420 --> 00:44:19,356 IN 26, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 1023 00:44:19,356 --> 00:44:23,060 IS INFORMAL. AND IN. 27 WE WILL 1024 00:44:23,060 --> 00:44:26,230 WE WILL BE ABLE TO OUTLINE AND 1025 00:44:26,230 --> 00:44:30,768 PRESENT A FORMAL COMMUNITY 1026 00:44:30,768 --> 00:44:31,201 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. 1027 00:44:31,201 --> 00:44:32,603 -- I JUST THINK I APPRECIATE 1028 00:44:32,603 --> 00:44:35,005 THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 1029 00:44:35,005 --> 00:44:37,007 THAT THE INFORMAL REACH OUTS ARE 1030 00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:38,876 EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AND AND 1031 00:44:38,876 --> 00:44:41,912 THAT'S WHERE I FEEL LIKE THERE 1032 00:44:41,912 --> 00:44:43,047 COULD BE IMPROVEMENT. WE'LL SEE 1033 00:44:43,047 --> 00:44:44,481 IT THAT WAY. SO AGAIN, WE CAN 1034 00:44:44,481 --> 00:44:46,884 TALK MORE ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU 1035 00:44:46,884 --> 00:44:47,117 CHAIR. 1036 00:44:47,117 --> 00:44:49,420 -- THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, 1037 00:44:49,420 --> 00:44:49,953 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR 1038 00:44:49,953 --> 00:44:51,355 INDICATING YOU'LL ASK QUESTIONS 1039 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:53,390 ON SHAREPOINT AND COLLEAGUES AS 1040 00:44:53,390 --> 00:44:54,158 WELL. COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS CHAIR 1041 00:44:54,158 --> 00:44:55,759 OF THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 1042 00:44:55,759 --> 00:44:56,827 DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED 1043 00:44:56,827 --> 00:44:57,528 TO CLOSE US OUT, AND THEN I'LL 1044 00:44:57,528 --> 00:45:00,064 HAVE A FEW CLOSING REMARKS, AND 1045 00:45:00,064 --> 00:45:00,531 THEN WE WILL BE DONE. 1046 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:03,333 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1047 00:45:03,333 --> 00:45:08,072 JUST QUICKLY, FIRST, JUST ON 1048 00:45:08,072 --> 00:45:10,374 EDDIE, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 1049 00:45:10,374 --> 00:45:11,942 THE IMPORTANCE OF EDDIE. I MEAN, 1050 00:45:11,942 --> 00:45:12,543 COLLEAGUES HAVE SPOKEN TO IT. 1051 00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:15,979 WE. BUT JUST WHAT AN IMPORTANT 1052 00:45:15,979 --> 00:45:16,980 GENERATIONAL INVESTMENT IT IS. 1053 00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:18,615 YOU KNOW, IT HAS NOT BEEN AROUND 1054 00:45:18,615 --> 00:45:21,985 THAT LONG. BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE 1055 00:45:21,985 --> 00:45:22,820 INVESTMENTS ARE I THINK, YOU 1056 00:45:22,820 --> 00:45:24,521 KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK 1057 00:45:24,521 --> 00:45:26,990 IN TEN, 20, 30 MORE YEARS. AND 1058 00:45:26,990 --> 00:45:29,660 THESE ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL 1059 00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:31,028 CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THAT I 1060 00:45:31,028 --> 00:45:32,563 THINK WE'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK 1061 00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:35,399 AND, YOU KNOW, BE VERY THANKFUL 1062 00:45:35,399 --> 00:45:36,867 FOR THAT INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE 1063 00:45:36,867 --> 00:45:40,604 MAKING TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR 1064 00:45:40,604 --> 00:45:42,773 THAT. TODAY'S EARTHQUAKE. WOW. 1065 00:45:42,773 --> 00:45:46,210 QUITE A REMINDER OF JUST THE 1066 00:45:46,210 --> 00:45:48,812 IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING AND 1067 00:45:48,812 --> 00:45:51,682 UNDERSTANDING THAT WE LIVE ON, 1068 00:45:51,682 --> 00:45:55,052 A, YOU KNOW, AN UNCERTAIN 1069 00:45:55,052 --> 00:45:57,221 GROUND. AND THERE ARE CRITICAL 1070 00:45:57,221 --> 00:45:59,389 AREAS THAT WE NEED TO THINK MORE 1071 00:45:59,389 --> 00:46:04,995 ABOUT. THE UNREINFORCED MASONRY 1072 00:46:04,995 --> 00:46:08,165 THAT IN PIONEER SQUARE C, I'D. 1073 00:46:08,165 --> 00:46:12,836 ANYWAY, JUST JUST REINFORCES WHY 1074 00:46:12,836 --> 00:46:16,507 THIS PLANNING WORK IS SO 1075 00:46:16,507 --> 00:46:18,375 CRITICAL. AND YEAH. SO THANK YOU 1076 00:46:18,375 --> 00:46:21,411 FOR ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU CHAIR. 1077 00:46:21,411 --> 00:46:22,412 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1078 00:46:22,412 --> 00:46:23,714 I FORGOT TO ASK YOU ALL. DID YOU 1079 00:46:23,714 --> 00:46:27,417 WANT ANY LAST WORDS? NO. OKAY. I 1080 00:46:27,417 --> 00:46:29,386 WILL JUST CONTEND WITH YOU. 1081 00:46:29,386 --> 00:46:31,455 COUNCILMEMBER LIN THESE ARE NOT 1082 00:46:31,455 --> 00:46:32,623 UNCERTAIN GROUNDS. THEY ARE FILL 1083 00:46:32,623 --> 00:46:34,057 ON TOP OF FAULT LINES. 1084 00:46:34,057 --> 00:46:36,293 -- WELL, THERE YOU GO. 1085 00:46:36,293 --> 00:46:36,627 -- ALL RIGHT. 1086 00:46:36,627 --> 00:46:38,128 -- JUST SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR. 1087 00:46:38,128 --> 00:46:39,797 WELL, WITH THAT, THAT BRINGS US 1088 00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:41,732 TO THE END OF THIS SEGMENT OF 1089 00:46:41,732 --> 00:46:43,333 BUDGET DIRECTOR PENNUCCI. ANY 1090 00:46:43,333 --> 00:46:44,468 CLOSING WORDS THAT YOU WANT FOR 1091 00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:46,170 THIS SEGMENT? THIS IS YOUR LAST 1092 00:46:46,170 --> 00:46:47,538 DAY OFFICIALLY AT THE TABLE. WE 1093 00:46:47,538 --> 00:46:49,039 MAY ELECT TO ASK YOU TO COME 1094 00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:51,542 BACK, BUT THIS IS YOUR LAST DAY 1095 00:46:51,542 --> 00:46:52,809 OFFICIALLY HERE. 1096 00:46:52,809 --> 00:46:54,344 -- DO YOU WANT ME TO TALK ABOUT 1097 00:46:54,344 --> 00:46:55,612 ONE TIME SPENDING ONE MORE TIME? 1098 00:46:55,612 --> 00:46:56,580 JUST JUST JUST KIDDING. JUST A 1099 00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:58,148 LITTLE BREVITY. JUST A LITTLE 1100 00:46:58,148 --> 00:46:58,782 BREVITY AT THE END. JUST. THANK 1101 00:46:58,782 --> 00:46:59,716 YOU. SURE. 1102 00:46:59,716 --> 00:47:02,319 -- LET'S HEAR IT AGAIN. ALY. 1103 00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:06,456 ONE MORE TIME. 1104 00:47:06,456 --> 00:47:07,691 -- TO ANSWERING MORE QUESTIONS 1105 00:47:07,691 --> 00:47:09,459 AS YOU MOVE THROUGH YOUR PROCESS 1106 00:47:09,459 --> 00:47:11,595 AND COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE AT 1107 00:47:11,595 --> 00:47:12,796 THE END OF NOVEMBER. THANK YOU. 1108 00:47:12,796 --> 00:47:13,630 -- THANK YOU. I MEAN, WE'RE 1109 00:47:13,630 --> 00:47:14,698 STILL GOING TO BE TALKING EVERY 1110 00:47:14,698 --> 00:47:17,601 DAY. I WILL SAY THAT, 1111 00:47:17,601 --> 00:47:18,902 COLLEAGUES, DIRECTOR AND I HAD A 1112 00:47:18,902 --> 00:47:20,137 MISCOMMUNICATION, NOT IN AN 1113 00:47:20,137 --> 00:47:21,538 ACADEMIC WAY, IN A WAY THAT I 1114 00:47:21,538 --> 00:47:23,473 DIDN'T COMMUNICATE WELL. SO 1115 00:47:23,473 --> 00:47:24,908 TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IN PAST 1116 00:47:24,908 --> 00:47:26,276 YEARS, WE'VE HAD THE 1117 00:47:26,276 --> 00:47:26,944 DEPARTMENTS THAT DON'T PRESENT 1118 00:47:26,944 --> 00:47:28,779 ALSO CREATE POWERPOINTS. I DID 1119 00:47:28,779 --> 00:47:30,547 NOT MAKE THAT REQUEST IN THE 1120 00:47:30,547 --> 00:47:31,215 TRANSITION THIS YEAR. SO I'VE 1121 00:47:31,215 --> 00:47:34,151 MADE THAT REQUEST FOR NEXT YEAR. 1122 00:47:34,151 --> 00:47:35,319 LISH HAS ASSURED ME THAT ALL OF 1123 00:47:35,319 --> 00:47:36,186 THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE IN 1124 00:47:36,186 --> 00:47:38,055 THOSE POWERPOINTS, CENTRAL STAFF 1125 00:47:38,055 --> 00:47:41,158 WILL BE PRESENTING. AND SO I'M 1126 00:47:41,158 --> 00:47:42,292 NOT FEELING A LOSS HERE, AND 1127 00:47:42,292 --> 00:47:44,061 I'M TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR 1128 00:47:44,061 --> 00:47:45,963 MISSING THAT STEP IN THE 1129 00:47:45,963 --> 00:47:48,432 TRANSITION. WE DO. AS YOU ALL 1130 00:47:48,432 --> 00:47:50,367 KNOW, WE'RE COMING ACCUSTOMED TO 1131 00:47:50,367 --> 00:47:52,436 IT. PLEASE USE SHAREPOINT, OUR 1132 00:47:52,436 --> 00:47:54,972 NEXT GATHERING OF THE SELECT 1133 00:47:54,972 --> 00:47:55,606 BUDGET MEETING BUDGET COMMITTEE 1134 00:47:55,606 --> 00:47:57,808 WILL BE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 1135 00:47:57,808 --> 00:48:00,544 OCTOBER 6th. VIRTUAL STARTS AT 1 1136 00:48:00,544 --> 00:48:03,480 P.M. IN PERSON, STARTS AT 5 P.M. 1137 00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:06,516 INDIVIDUALS WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE 1138 00:48:06,516 --> 00:48:07,718 30s GROUPS OF THREE OR MORE WILL 1139 00:48:07,718 --> 00:48:10,754 HAVE FOUR MINUTES AND 30s GROUPS 1140 00:48:10,754 --> 00:48:12,522 ARE DIFFICULT TO DO VIRTUALLY, 1141 00:48:12,522 --> 00:48:13,757 YET WE WILL MAKE THAT 1142 00:48:13,757 --> 00:48:16,660 ACCOMMODATION. IF THAT'S YOUR 1143 00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:18,362 PREFERENCE. OUR NEXT SEGMENT 1144 00:48:18,362 --> 00:48:19,396 AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE 1145 00:48:19,396 --> 00:48:22,099 CENTRAL STAFF PRESENTATIONS. AND 1146 00:48:22,099 --> 00:48:25,335 SO I KNOW YOUR TEAM IS WORKING 1147 00:48:25,335 --> 00:48:27,905 HARD. DIRECTOR WHITSON AND THEN 1148 00:48:27,905 --> 00:48:28,338 AFTER CENTRAL STAFF 1149 00:48:28,338 --> 00:48:30,207 PRESENTATION. SO WE WILL HAVE A 1150 00:48:30,207 --> 00:48:33,210 VERBAL PUBLIC COMMENT THERE ON 1151 00:48:33,210 --> 00:48:36,580 OCTOBER 13th AS WELL. AND THEN 1152 00:48:36,580 --> 00:48:39,383 THE NEXT DEADLINE IS THE OCTOBER 1153 00:48:39,383 --> 00:48:41,518 20th NOON DEADLINE FOR 1154 00:48:41,518 --> 00:48:42,119 COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSALS TO BE 1155 00:48:42,119 --> 00:48:44,254 SUBMITTED WITH TWO CO-SPONSORS. 1156 00:48:44,254 --> 00:48:45,922 AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET THE 1157 00:48:45,922 --> 00:48:46,690 CO-SPONSORS. YOU CAN'T JUST KIND 1158 00:48:46,690 --> 00:48:52,329 OF ASK PEOPLE. SO WITH THAT, ANY 1159 00:48:52,329 --> 00:48:54,164 FINAL BUSINESS, ANY ANYTHING FOR 1160 00:48:54,164 --> 00:48:55,532 THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, THIS DOES 1161 00:48:55,532 --> 00:48:57,200 CONCLUDE THE. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1162 00:48:57,200 --> 00:49:00,304 29th, 2026 BUDGET COMMITTEE AND 1163 00:49:00,304 --> 00:49:02,639 DEPARTMENT BRIEFINGS AND OUR 1164 00:49:02,639 --> 00:49:04,141 NEXT REGULAR COMMITTEE WILL BE 1165 00:49:04,141 --> 00:49:05,342 ON OCTOBER 13th AS DISCUSSED. 1166 00:49:05,342 --> 00:49:07,844 WE'LL SEE YOU ALL ON OCTOBER 1167 00:49:07,844 --> 00:49:09,112 6th. FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. 1168 00:49:09,112 --> 00:49:10,280 THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE 1169 00:49:10,280 --> 00:49:12,049 WILL BE ADJOURNED. HEARING NO 1170 00:49:12,049 --> 00:49:13,817 FURTHER BUSINESS. WE ARE 1171 00:49:13,817 --> 00:49:15,952 ADJOURNED.