1 00:03:22,101 --> 00:03:22,735 >> THERE WERE ALMOST $18 MILLION 2 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:23,703 OF CUTS PROPOSED FOR THE 3 00:03:23,703 --> 00:03:28,374 OPERATING PROGRAMS TO HELP, AND 4 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:30,476 AGAIN, SPREAD ACROSS, UM, THE 5 00:03:30,476 --> 00:03:31,110 PROGRAMS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS 6 00:03:31,110 --> 00:03:34,514 OF THOSE CUTS GENERALLY, THE 7 00:03:34,514 --> 00:03:37,183 REDUCTIONS WERE TRIMMING ON 8 00:03:37,183 --> 00:03:39,619 SPENDING, LIMITING THE USE OF 9 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:42,889 CONSULTING CONTRACTS, REDUCING 10 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:43,389 PREVENTATIVE OR ROUTINE 11 00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:45,158 MAINTENANCE CAPACITY ACROSS A 12 00:03:45,158 --> 00:03:49,495 VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. THERE WERE 13 00:03:49,495 --> 00:03:52,465 CUTS TO REDUCE REDUCE SERVICE 14 00:03:52,465 --> 00:03:55,568 LEVELS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO 15 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:57,937 SLOW RESPONSE, EXTEND 16 00:03:57,937 --> 00:03:58,571 MAINTENANCE INTERVALS AND LIMIT 17 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:00,707 PREVENTATIVE CARE. THESE TYPES 18 00:04:00,707 --> 00:04:02,508 OF CHANGES CAN POTENTIALLY 19 00:04:02,508 --> 00:04:07,480 AFFECT SAFETY, MOBILITY AND LONG 20 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:09,349 TERM ASSET CONDITION. SO THE 21 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:10,683 PROGRAMS, UM, THE OPERATING 22 00:04:10,683 --> 00:04:13,486 PROGRAMS I'M GOING TO FOCUS IN 23 00:04:13,486 --> 00:04:16,022 ON EXPERIENCING CUTS. FIRST IS 24 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:22,095 UM BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES. IT'S 25 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:24,797 A REDUCTION OF 400,000, WHICH 26 00:04:24,797 --> 00:04:26,833 UM, WAS OFFSET BY A MUCH LARGER 27 00:04:26,833 --> 00:04:28,301 REDUCTION THAT THIS PROGRAM 28 00:04:28,301 --> 00:04:29,836 WOULD HAVE TAKEN IF NOT FOR THE 29 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:32,338 BACKFILL OF $2.5 MILLION FROM 30 00:04:32,338 --> 00:04:36,442 THE NEW KING COUNTY 31 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:37,443 TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT FUNDING. 32 00:04:37,443 --> 00:04:39,946 UM, MOVING DOWN TO THE 33 00:04:39,946 --> 00:04:40,513 MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS. SO 34 00:04:40,513 --> 00:04:45,818 THERE'S A 10% REDUCTION IN MOST 35 00:04:45,818 --> 00:04:47,420 INSTANCES, UM, CUTS IN THIS AREA 36 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:50,823 ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINIMIZED BY 37 00:04:50,823 --> 00:04:52,892 THEIR SIZE, WITH SERVICES 38 00:04:52,892 --> 00:04:55,528 REDUCED OR SLOWED AND RESPONSE 39 00:04:55,528 --> 00:05:00,800 TIMES INCREASED. IT'S DIFFICULT. 40 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,735 UM, TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE FULL 41 00:05:02,735 --> 00:05:03,269 IMPACTS OF THE CHANGES AS 42 00:05:03,269 --> 00:05:05,972 THEY'RE CURRENTLY PRESENTED. IN 43 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:09,142 SOME CASES, UM, THERE WERE ALSO 44 00:05:09,142 --> 00:05:09,742 PROPOSALS THAT CUT CONTINGENT 45 00:05:09,742 --> 00:05:13,112 BUDGETS FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES. 46 00:05:13,112 --> 00:05:18,551 SO SOME NOTABLE CHANGES IN THIS 47 00:05:18,551 --> 00:05:23,289 BSL INCLUDE 100 AND OR SORRY, 48 00:05:23,289 --> 00:05:23,823 $944,000 REDUCTION IN THE 49 00:05:23,823 --> 00:05:26,125 MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS PROGRAM 50 00:05:26,125 --> 00:05:27,960 THAT SUPPORTS SEATTLE'S INCIDENT 51 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:28,895 RESPONSE TEAM AND SUPPORTS, 52 00:05:28,895 --> 00:05:31,464 WHICH IS A TEAM THAT SUPPORTS 53 00:05:31,464 --> 00:05:32,098 THE REMOVAL OF HAZARDS IN THE 54 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:33,900 RIGHT OF WAY, LIKE A FALLEN TREE 55 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:36,369 OR, UM, POTENTIALLY A SPILL THAT 56 00:05:36,369 --> 00:05:40,940 OCCURRED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 57 00:05:40,940 --> 00:05:43,676 THERE'S ALSO A $637, UM, 58 00:05:43,676 --> 00:05:46,212 REDUCTION IN THE STREETS, 59 00:05:46,212 --> 00:05:46,846 CLEANING SERVICES PROGRAM THAT 60 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:48,748 WOULD RESULT IN CLEANING 61 00:05:48,748 --> 00:05:50,116 SERVICES DECREASED IN THE PIKE 62 00:05:50,116 --> 00:05:53,252 PINE CORRIDOR. THE CONVENTION 63 00:05:53,252 --> 00:05:56,255 CENTER, PIONEER SQUARE AND 64 00:05:56,255 --> 00:05:58,958 LITTLE SAIGON. THERE'S A 29% OR 65 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:00,893 $1.3 MILLION REDUCTION FOR THE 66 00:06:00,893 --> 00:06:03,596 POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM. THIS CUT 67 00:06:03,596 --> 00:06:07,300 COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT STATES 68 00:06:07,300 --> 00:06:09,335 ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR 69 00:06:09,335 --> 00:06:13,406 COMMITMENT TO A 72 HOUR RESPONSE 70 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:17,243 TIME. AND CONTINUING TO MOVE ON 71 00:06:17,243 --> 00:06:21,047 IN THE MOBILITY OPERATIONS. WERE 72 00:06:21,047 --> 00:06:23,950 ACTUALLY SEEING AN INCREASE OF 73 00:06:23,950 --> 00:06:25,184 ALMOST 5%. AND THAT IS IN THE 74 00:06:25,184 --> 00:06:28,588 FACE OF $6.8 MILLION IN 75 00:06:28,588 --> 00:06:31,524 REDUCTIONS. AGAIN, THIS, UM, THE 76 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:33,459 FACT THAT IT'S SHOWING AN 77 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:35,061 INCREASE IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT 78 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:38,698 THERE WERE THESE BASELINE 79 00:06:38,698 --> 00:06:39,232 ADJUSTMENTS FOR CITY WIDE 80 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:43,336 STANDARD COSTS INCLUDED. UM, 81 00:06:43,336 --> 00:06:45,905 AGAIN, THIS PROGRAM WOULD HAVE 82 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:46,539 EXPERIENCED ANOTHER $5 MILLION 83 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:50,676 IN CUTS, IF NOT OFFSET FOR 84 00:06:50,676 --> 00:06:53,479 OFFSET BY DIFFERENT FUNDING 85 00:06:53,479 --> 00:06:56,382 SWAPS, INCLUDING THE REALIGNMENT 86 00:06:56,382 --> 00:06:59,352 OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, WITH AN 87 00:06:59,352 --> 00:07:02,155 INCREASE IN AUTOMATED TRAFFIC 88 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:04,924 SAFETY CAMERA FUNDS. A COUPLE 89 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:06,993 NOTABLE CHANGES THAT WE'RE 90 00:07:06,993 --> 00:07:09,662 SEEING IS A $2.5 MILLION 91 00:07:09,662 --> 00:07:11,197 REDUCTION TO THE PAY BY PHONE 92 00:07:11,197 --> 00:07:14,333 PROGRAM. SO YOU GO AND PAY A 93 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:16,302 PARKING METER USING YOUR CREDIT 94 00:07:16,302 --> 00:07:17,770 CARD. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY 95 00:07:17,770 --> 00:07:20,540 ABSORBS THAT CREDIT CARD FEE 96 00:07:20,540 --> 00:07:21,307 COST AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET 97 00:07:21,307 --> 00:07:24,844 THAT COST WOULD BE PASSED ON TO 98 00:07:24,844 --> 00:07:28,447 THE CUSTOMER. THERE'S ALSO A 99 00:07:28,447 --> 00:07:30,983 $1.1 MILLION REDUCTION IN THE 100 00:07:30,983 --> 00:07:32,785 STREET SERVICE MAINTENANCE 101 00:07:32,785 --> 00:07:34,387 PROGRAM, WHICH IS A 49% CUT OF 102 00:07:34,387 --> 00:07:37,223 THIS BUDGET AND LOWER SERVICE 103 00:07:37,223 --> 00:07:40,459 MAINTENANCE, DECREASING CAPACITY 104 00:07:40,459 --> 00:07:44,697 TO CONDUCT PREVENTATIVE STREET 105 00:07:44,697 --> 00:07:46,132 SERVICE MAINTENANCE. AND 106 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:49,402 THERE'S ALSO A REDUCTION, I'LL 107 00:07:49,402 --> 00:07:51,137 JUST NOTE, OF 535,000 TO START 108 00:07:51,137 --> 00:07:52,238 SPOT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH 109 00:07:52,238 --> 00:07:54,607 ELIMINATES ALL THE GENERAL FUND 110 00:07:54,607 --> 00:07:56,709 THAT THIS PROGRAM HAD RECEIVED 111 00:07:56,709 --> 00:07:59,111 AND REDUCES THEIR BUDGET 112 00:07:59,111 --> 00:08:00,580 SIGNIFICANTLY SO THAT THEY THINK 113 00:08:00,580 --> 00:08:02,515 THEY WILL BE MORE LIMITED IN 114 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:05,384 BEING ABLE TO RAPIDLY ADDRESS 115 00:08:05,384 --> 00:08:08,154 SMALL SCALE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS 116 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:11,858 AND RESPOND TO PUBLIC 117 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:13,793 COMPLAINTS. MOVING FORWARD TO 118 00:08:13,793 --> 00:08:17,897 THE RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT, UM, 119 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:20,766 AGAIN, THAT'S A SMALL A SMALL 120 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:22,935 CHANGE. UM, I ACTUALLY, I'M NOT 121 00:08:22,935 --> 00:08:29,976 GOING TO GO INTO DETAIL THERE. 122 00:08:29,976 --> 00:08:32,078 OKAY, SO NOW FOR THE BOTTOM PART 123 00:08:32,078 --> 00:08:35,815 OF THE TABLE, THE CAPITAL 124 00:08:35,815 --> 00:08:40,119 APPROPRIATIONS. THE CIP 125 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:45,157 REPRESENT A SIX YEAR SPENDING 126 00:08:45,157 --> 00:08:47,693 PLAN. AND WHILE THE 2027 TO 2032 127 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:53,633 PROPOSED CIP CIP REFLECTS A 15% 128 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:54,166 DECREASE IN SPENDING WHEN 129 00:08:54,166 --> 00:08:55,835 COMPARED TO THE 26 ADOPTED 130 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:57,937 BUDGET, THIS WAS ACTUALLY A 131 00:08:57,937 --> 00:09:01,741 PLANNED DECLINE. IT'S NOTEWORTHY 132 00:09:01,741 --> 00:09:03,409 THAT THE PRIOR YEARS ADOPTED CIP 133 00:09:03,409 --> 00:09:05,978 ACTUALLY INCLUDED LESS FUNDING 134 00:09:05,978 --> 00:09:08,147 FOR 2027 THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY 135 00:09:08,147 --> 00:09:08,915 BEING PROPOSED, WHICH IS 136 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:14,387 ACTUALLY 7% INCREASED. UM OVER 137 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:17,723 OVER WHAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED FOR 138 00:09:17,723 --> 00:09:19,759 2027. AND IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE 139 00:09:19,759 --> 00:09:23,396 FOUR OF MY PEOPLE, MY PAPER, UM, 140 00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:25,031 AT TABLE TWO, YOU'LL SEE 141 00:09:25,031 --> 00:09:27,767 THERE'S A $28 MILLION INCREASE 142 00:09:27,767 --> 00:09:30,603 FOR 2027 OVER WHAT WE HAD 143 00:09:30,603 --> 00:09:33,039 ANTICIPATED PREVIOUSLY AND A $79 144 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:37,176 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE 28 145 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:39,078 PRIOR PLAN. THIS INCREASE IS 146 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:40,246 PRIMARILY DUE TO THE 147 00:09:40,246 --> 00:09:42,882 REPROGRAMING OF REDUCTIONS 148 00:09:42,882 --> 00:09:45,718 INCLUDED IN THE 2026 YEAR END 149 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:48,554 SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE, WHICH 150 00:09:48,554 --> 00:09:51,691 REPRESENTS A MORE TRANSPARENT 151 00:09:51,691 --> 00:09:52,325 APPROACH TO CAPITAL CARRYFORWARD 152 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:56,028 APPROPRIATIONS THERE ARE TWO 153 00:09:56,028 --> 00:09:56,963 AREAS IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET 154 00:09:56,963 --> 00:09:58,831 WHERE I WANT TO FOCUS YOUR 155 00:09:58,831 --> 00:10:01,200 ATTENTION ON MATERIAL CHANGES. 156 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:02,668 THE FIRST IS IN THE MAJOR 157 00:10:02,668 --> 00:10:04,971 MAINTENANCE AND REPLACEMENT BSL, 158 00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:07,506 WHERE THERE'S A 5.5% DECREASE 159 00:10:07,506 --> 00:10:11,510 IN SPENDING FROM 26 LEVELS. UM, 160 00:10:11,510 --> 00:10:13,613 THIS DECREASE WAS ACTUALLY 161 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:15,982 PLANNED IN THE 27 BUDGET 162 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:18,684 ACTUALLY REPRESENTS A $10 163 00:10:18,684 --> 00:10:21,220 MILLION INCREASE OVER THE 164 00:10:21,220 --> 00:10:22,588 PREVIOUS PLAN. AND THAT IS DUE 165 00:10:22,588 --> 00:10:25,625 TO SPENDING ALLOCATION OR 166 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:30,229 REALLOCATION OF 10.5 MILLION OF 167 00:10:30,229 --> 00:10:30,830 TRANSPORTATION LEVY FUNDS. SO 168 00:10:30,830 --> 00:10:32,365 SOME EXAMPLES OF CHANGES THAT 169 00:10:32,365 --> 00:10:34,834 WE'RE SEEING HERE IS AN 170 00:10:34,834 --> 00:10:36,635 ADDITION OF 3.2 MILLION FOR 171 00:10:36,635 --> 00:10:43,576 STREET CAR REPAIRS. UH, ONLY IN 172 00:10:43,576 --> 00:10:45,111 2027 AND 28, 7.1 MILLION IS 173 00:10:45,111 --> 00:10:47,747 ADDED TO BRIDGES AND STRUCTURES 174 00:10:47,747 --> 00:10:50,683 TO INCREASE THAT PROGRAM BY 22%. 175 00:10:50,683 --> 00:10:53,686 THERE IS ALSO THERE ARE ALSO 176 00:10:53,686 --> 00:10:54,887 DECREASES. UM, SOME NOTABLE ONES 177 00:10:54,887 --> 00:10:56,522 IS THE MILLION DOLLAR REDUCTION 178 00:10:56,522 --> 00:11:00,259 FROM THE ROADS PROGRAM. AND 179 00:11:00,259 --> 00:11:01,527 $570,000 REDUCTION FROM THE 180 00:11:01,527 --> 00:11:05,398 SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE 181 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:09,802 PROGRAM, WHICH IS A 6% DECREASE. 182 00:11:09,802 --> 00:11:14,140 IN THE MOBILITY CAPITAL BSL OF 183 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:17,009 THE CAPITAL PROGRAM. THE TABLE 184 00:11:17,009 --> 00:11:19,445 IS SHOWING A 20% DECREASE IN 27 185 00:11:19,445 --> 00:11:22,715 SPENDING WHEN COMPARED TO 2026. 186 00:11:22,715 --> 00:11:24,917 HOWEVER, THE ALLOCATION FOR THIS 187 00:11:24,917 --> 00:11:26,886 PROGRAM ACTUALLY INCREASED OVER 188 00:11:26,886 --> 00:11:32,224 WHAT HAD BEEN PLANNED FOR 2027. 189 00:11:32,224 --> 00:11:38,464 BY 18 MILLION. SOME NOTABLE 190 00:11:38,464 --> 00:11:39,098 CHANGES INCLUDED THE ADDITION OF 191 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:40,366 $10.7 MILLION FOR NEW TRAILS AND 192 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:44,470 BIKE PATHS WHICH IS A 32% 193 00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:47,506 INCREASE IN THAT PROGRAM AREA. A 194 00:11:47,506 --> 00:11:52,945 5.1 MILLION ADDITION TO CORRIDOR 195 00:11:52,945 --> 00:11:53,946 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. UM, I 196 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:56,348 WILL ALSO NOTE THERE WERE SOME 197 00:11:56,348 --> 00:11:59,251 NOTABLE DECREASES, WHICH IS 3.3 198 00:11:59,251 --> 00:12:02,088 MILLION REDUCED FROM THE 199 00:12:02,088 --> 00:12:02,621 NEIGHBORHOOD ENHANCEMENTS 200 00:12:02,621 --> 00:12:04,724 PROGRAM AND 600,000 REDUCED FROM 201 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:06,525 THE FREIGHT MOBILITY PROGRAM, 202 00:12:06,525 --> 00:12:12,164 WHICH IS A 12% DECREASE. SO, UM, 203 00:12:12,164 --> 00:12:13,966 LET'S SEE, I THINK I'LL LEAVE 204 00:12:13,966 --> 00:12:16,168 IT THERE FOR THIS. FOR THIS 205 00:12:16,168 --> 00:12:19,472 TABLE. THOSE WERE THE MOST 206 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:20,773 NOTABLE CHANGES. LOOK AT THAT. 207 00:12:20,773 --> 00:12:24,977 WE'RE ON SLIDE TWO. OKAY. DOT 208 00:12:24,977 --> 00:12:27,313 IS PROPOSING A REDUCTION OF NINE 209 00:12:27,313 --> 00:12:32,051 FTE TO ITS CURRENT 1291 FTE 210 00:12:32,051 --> 00:12:34,320 COUNT. NONE OF THE POSITION 211 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:34,920 PROPOSED FOR ABROGATION ARE 212 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,957 CURRENTLY FILLED. SEVEN OF THE 213 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:39,759 POSITIONS HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO 214 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,162 SUNSET. UM. THEY WERE PART OF 215 00:12:43,162 --> 00:12:47,500 THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY WORK, 216 00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:48,968 WHICH HAS RAMPED DOWN. TWO FTE 217 00:12:48,968 --> 00:12:50,536 HAD BEEN ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT 218 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:53,973 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM, AND THESE 219 00:12:53,973 --> 00:12:54,540 POSITIONS WERE NEVER FILLED 220 00:12:54,540 --> 00:12:57,476 SINCE THEY WERE. SINCE THE TIME 221 00:12:57,476 --> 00:13:01,046 THEY WERE ADDED IN 2023. ONE 222 00:13:01,046 --> 00:13:03,983 THING THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN 223 00:13:03,983 --> 00:13:05,518 THIS FTE COUNT IS THE. THE 224 00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:10,156 PROPOSAL BY STAFF TO MAINTAIN 225 00:13:10,156 --> 00:13:12,091 THE VACANCY OF AN ADDITIONAL TWO 226 00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:14,260 FTE THAT ARE. HAD BEEN INTENDED 227 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:17,129 TO SUPPORT THE UNIFIED CARE 228 00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:20,266 TEAM. AS DOT HAS SHARED THAT. 229 00:13:20,266 --> 00:13:20,900 GIVEN THAT THESE POSITIONS HAVE 230 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:22,635 NEVER BEEN FILLED, THESE CHANGES 231 00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:24,470 WILL NOT CHANGE THE TEAM'S 232 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:28,140 RESPONSE TIMES, NOR WOULD AFFECT 233 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:30,609 THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE DATA 234 00:13:30,609 --> 00:13:31,210 ANALYSIS OR REPORTING OF THE 235 00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:34,346 WORKLOAD AND YOU WILL, UM, LOOK 236 00:13:34,346 --> 00:13:35,915 FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT 237 00:13:35,915 --> 00:13:37,716 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM CHANGES 238 00:13:37,716 --> 00:13:41,187 DURING TOMORROW'S PRESENTATION 239 00:13:41,187 --> 00:13:43,923 OF THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 240 00:13:43,923 --> 00:13:51,463 BUDGET. BUT LET'S NOT FORGET TO 241 00:13:51,463 --> 00:13:53,933 TALK ABOUT REVENUES. UM, SO 242 00:13:53,933 --> 00:13:56,335 YOU'LL SEE A 1% DECREASE FOR 243 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:58,237 THE GENERAL FUND EVEN WITH THIS 244 00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:00,506 DECREASE, WE ARE STILL MEETING 245 00:14:00,506 --> 00:14:03,108 THE PROPOSED, UM FLOOR 246 00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:06,612 REQUIREMENT OF $53.6 MILLION FOR 247 00:14:06,612 --> 00:14:09,949 THE GENERAL FUND. THE 248 00:14:09,949 --> 00:14:12,384 UNRESTRICTED CUMULATIVE RESERVE 249 00:14:12,384 --> 00:14:19,425 FUND IS ZEROED OUT. UM, FROM 250 00:14:19,425 --> 00:14:21,927 24,000,000 IN 20 26 TO 20 TO 0 251 00:14:21,927 --> 00:14:25,097 IN 2027. THE MOVE SEATTLE LEVY, 252 00:14:25,097 --> 00:14:28,500 WHICH ENDED IN AT THE END OF 253 00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:29,535 2024, IS RAMPING DOWN, AND 254 00:14:29,535 --> 00:14:32,605 THERE'S NO ANTICIPATED FUNDING 255 00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:35,774 FOR 2028. THE TRANSPORTATION 256 00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:37,643 LEVY IS RECOGNIZING THE 257 00:14:37,643 --> 00:14:38,644 REALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM 258 00:14:38,644 --> 00:14:44,049 2026 INTO 2027, AND THE 2028 259 00:14:44,049 --> 00:14:46,418 BUDGETS, SO THIS, AGAIN, TALKING 260 00:14:46,418 --> 00:14:48,120 ABOUT THE REALIGNMENT OF FUNDING 261 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,257 FROM THE YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL. 262 00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:54,493 AND, UM, THE REALIGNMENT OF 263 00:14:54,493 --> 00:14:57,630 134.6 MILLION IN TRANSPORTATION 264 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:59,965 LEVY FUNDING COMING FROM 26 INTO 265 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:03,269 THESE BUDGETS AND INTO THE OUT 266 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:05,938 YEARS, THE TRANSPORTATION FUND 267 00:15:05,938 --> 00:15:09,642 HAS SHOWS A DECREASE OF ALMOST 268 00:15:09,642 --> 00:15:13,545 34% DUE TO REDUCTIONS IN FEES 269 00:15:13,545 --> 00:15:15,180 AND, AND OTHER FUNDS THAT MAKE 270 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:17,683 UP THE SOURCE, WHICH INCLUDE 271 00:15:17,683 --> 00:15:19,952 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX PERMIT 272 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:22,454 FEES, SERVICE CHARGES AND GRANT 273 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:24,623 FUNDING. I'LL NOTE THAT WITHIN 274 00:15:24,623 --> 00:15:27,293 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND, THIS IS 275 00:15:27,293 --> 00:15:30,229 WHERE WE ARE ALLOCATING THE NEW 276 00:15:30,229 --> 00:15:32,965 KING COUNTY TRANSPORTATION 277 00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:36,201 DISTRICT FUNDING OF 4.7 MILLION. 278 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:37,770 AND THEN THE PAYROLL EXPENSE TAX 279 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,638 OR THE JUMP START LINE, YOU'LL 280 00:15:39,638 --> 00:15:41,573 SEE ZEROED OUT DUE TO THE 281 00:15:41,573 --> 00:15:44,076 BACKING OUT OF ONE TIME 282 00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:46,045 EXPENDITURES THAT HAD BEEN IN 283 00:15:46,045 --> 00:15:47,746 BUDGET LAST YEAR FOR FIFA WORLD 284 00:15:47,746 --> 00:15:51,050 CUP ACTIVITIES AND SOUND TRANSIT 285 00:15:51,050 --> 00:15:56,822 THREE UM PROJECT COORDINATION. 286 00:15:56,822 --> 00:15:59,758 THE AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY 287 00:15:59,758 --> 00:16:02,761 CAMERA FUND SHOWS A INCREASE OF 288 00:16:02,761 --> 00:16:05,898 72%, WHICH RECOGNIZES THE 289 00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:08,100 ANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM THE NEW 290 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:11,437 SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS THAT ARE NOW 291 00:16:11,437 --> 00:16:14,707 INSTALLED. UM, AND ALSO THE 292 00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:17,776 ADDITION OF FOUR NEW LOCATIONS 293 00:16:17,776 --> 00:16:22,648 FOR SEVEN NEW SPEED CAMERAS. SO 294 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:25,017 ON A WHOLE, THE REVENUE FROM 295 00:16:25,017 --> 00:16:26,452 THOSE PARTICULAR SPEED CAMERAS 296 00:16:26,452 --> 00:16:30,389 IS ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE BY 297 00:16:30,389 --> 00:16:35,828 8.2 MILLION IN 2027. AND BY A 298 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:39,665 FURTHER 3.1 MILLION IN 2028. AND 299 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:40,933 YOU'LL SEE THERE WAS A 300 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:41,600 REDUCTION IN ROUTE ONE. THIS WAS 301 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:47,439 A PLANNED CHANGE FROM 26 TO 27. 302 00:16:47,439 --> 00:16:48,073 AND AN ADDITIONAL REDUCTION IN 303 00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:51,944 ROUTE TWO. THIS WAS A CHANGE 304 00:16:51,944 --> 00:16:54,580 THAT, UM IS IN RESPONSE TO 305 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:56,248 REDUCTIONS UM IN RESPONSE TO 306 00:16:56,248 --> 00:16:59,718 MEET TARGET REDUCTIONS FOR THIS 307 00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:04,123 PARTICULAR BUDGET AND HAD NOT 308 00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:06,625 BEEN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. 309 00:17:06,625 --> 00:17:09,228 OKAY. NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO 310 00:17:09,228 --> 00:17:11,029 POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 311 00:17:11,029 --> 00:17:11,663 >> COUNCILMEMBER WOO YOU WANT TO 312 00:17:11,663 --> 00:17:12,798 HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT FIRST 313 00:17:12,798 --> 00:17:13,799 PART? I WANT TO JUST KEEP GOING 314 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:15,434 THROUGH. PERFECT. TRACI. 315 00:17:15,434 --> 00:17:16,435 RATZLIFF. COUNCIL. CENTRAL 316 00:17:16,435 --> 00:17:18,203 STAFF. SO MOVING TO POLICY 317 00:17:18,203 --> 00:17:19,038 CONSIDERATION NUMBER ONE, WHICH 318 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,105 HAS TO DO WITH THE. 319 00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:22,741 TRANSPORTATION FUND STABILITY 320 00:17:22,741 --> 00:17:24,143 AND PROPOSED INTERFUND LOAN. SO 321 00:17:24,143 --> 00:17:26,578 AS A POLICY CONSIDERATION, MEMOS 322 00:17:26,578 --> 00:17:28,514 DISCUSS DISCUSSES THE. 2728 323 00:17:28,514 --> 00:17:30,482 PROPOSED BUDGET ATTEMPTS TO 324 00:17:30,482 --> 00:17:32,518 ADDRESS TWO ISSUES RELATED TO 325 00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:33,685 TRANSPORTATION FUND. THE FIRST 326 00:17:33,685 --> 00:17:34,153 ISSUE RELATES TO THE 327 00:17:34,153 --> 00:17:35,220 TRANSPORTATION FUNDS ANNUAL 328 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:37,389 BUDGET AND THE NEED TO ALIGN 329 00:17:37,389 --> 00:17:39,725 ANNUAL. EXPENDITURES TO EXPECTED 330 00:17:39,725 --> 00:17:41,093 REVENUES. AS DISCUSSED FURTHER, 331 00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:44,163 THE MEMO. IN THE MEMO. THIS IS 332 00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:44,730 ACCOMPLISHED BY INCREASING 333 00:17:44,730 --> 00:17:45,931 SEVERAL REVENUE SOURCES. THE. 334 00:17:45,931 --> 00:17:47,666 THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX AND 335 00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:49,134 THE STREET USE PERMIT FEES IN 336 00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:50,436 PARTICULAR THAT SUPPORT THE FUND 337 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:52,738 AND ALSO REDUCING EXPENDITURES 338 00:17:52,738 --> 00:17:54,339 IN THE FUND. UM, INCLUDING 339 00:17:54,339 --> 00:17:55,507 REDUCTIONS THAT BEGAN IN THE 340 00:17:55,507 --> 00:17:55,774 YEAR END. 341 00:17:55,774 --> 00:17:58,544 >> SUPPLEMENTAL. 342 00:17:58,544 --> 00:17:59,111 >> THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE 343 00:17:59,111 --> 00:17:59,645 TRANSPORTATION FUND HAS 344 00:17:59,645 --> 00:18:01,079 STRUGGLED IN RECENT YEARS TO 345 00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:03,549 MAINTAIN A POSITIVE DAILY 346 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:06,085 MONTHLY CASH BALANCE DUE TO 347 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:06,685 SEVERAL CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. 348 00:18:06,685 --> 00:18:08,620 INCLUDING CASH SHORTFALLS DRIVEN 349 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:09,888 BY COVID RELATED DECLINES IN 350 00:18:09,888 --> 00:18:11,557 PARKING AND TRANSPORTATION. 351 00:18:11,557 --> 00:18:11,890 >> REVENUES. 352 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:13,859 >> THAT HAVE NOT REBOUNDED AND 353 00:18:13,859 --> 00:18:15,861 STABILIZED EVEN TODAY, TIMING 354 00:18:15,861 --> 00:18:17,096 DELAYS IN THE PAYMENTS OF 355 00:18:17,096 --> 00:18:18,997 EXPENDITURES AND THE RECEIPT OF 356 00:18:18,997 --> 00:18:19,331 REVENUES AND. 357 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:19,765 >> REIMBURSEMENTS. 358 00:18:19,765 --> 00:18:21,767 >> AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT ARE 359 00:18:21,767 --> 00:18:23,335 GRANTS THAT FLOW THROUGH THAT 360 00:18:23,335 --> 00:18:25,070 FUND, AS WELL AS OTHER 361 00:18:25,070 --> 00:18:27,439 EXPENDITURES FROM OUR PARTNERS, 362 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:28,774 LAGS IN THE MOVEMENT OF 363 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:30,442 DEPARTMENT WIDE EXPENSES, IN 364 00:18:30,442 --> 00:18:31,076 PARTICULAR, PAYROLL AND INTERNAL 365 00:18:31,076 --> 00:18:32,311 SERVICE COSTS THAT FIRST HIT 366 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:34,580 THE. TRANSPORTATION FUND, BUT 367 00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:36,582 MUST THEN BE APPROPRIATELY 368 00:18:36,582 --> 00:18:38,116 DISTRIBUTED TO THE OTHER FUNDS, 369 00:18:38,116 --> 00:18:40,786 AS WELL AS OTHER ACCOUNTING. 370 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:42,321 PRACTICES. AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL 371 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:43,722 TEAM WAS FORMED BY THE EXECUTIVE 372 00:18:43,722 --> 00:18:45,958 IN JULY OF. 2026 TO ASSESS AND 373 00:18:45,958 --> 00:18:47,860 IDENTIFY THE ROOT CAUSES AND 374 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:49,862 DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO RESTORE 375 00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:53,065 LONG TERM STABILITY TO THE FUND. 376 00:18:53,065 --> 00:18:55,200 ATTACHMENT ONE TO THE POLICY 377 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:55,834 CONSIDERATION MEMO LAYS OUT THE 378 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:58,871 WORK PROGRAM FOR THIS. IT. THE 379 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:01,240 BULK OF. 2026 WILL BE SPENT 380 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:02,508 IDENTIFYING THE CAUSES AND THEN 381 00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:04,910 MOVING INTO. 2027 AND BEYOND. 382 00:19:04,910 --> 00:19:07,379 EVALUATING OPTIONS AND BEGINNING 383 00:19:07,379 --> 00:19:07,980 IMPLEMENTATION TO ADDRESS THE 384 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:10,482 CAUSES. THIS IS GOING TO BE A 385 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:11,150 MULTI-YEAR PROCESS OF OF 386 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:12,784 ADDRESSING THESE CAUSES FOR A 387 00:19:12,784 --> 00:19:15,387 PROBLEM THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER 388 00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:16,555 MULTIPLE YEARS TO ADDRESS THE 389 00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:17,756 SHORT TERM CASH NEEDS, THE 390 00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:19,992 EXECUTIVE HAS SUBMITTED A 391 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:21,293 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A 392 00:19:21,293 --> 00:19:23,862 TEN YEAR INTERFUND LOAN OF UP 393 00:19:23,862 --> 00:19:24,029 TO. 394 00:19:24,029 --> 00:19:24,429 >> $63.5 MILLION. 395 00:19:24,429 --> 00:19:25,664 >> TO DEAL WITH THIS DIFFICULT 396 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:28,133 SEASON FOR THE TRANSPORTATION 397 00:19:28,133 --> 00:19:29,568 FUND. THE PROPOSED INTERFUND 398 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:30,669 LOAN IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE 399 00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:32,171 FUND'S NEGATIVE CASH. POSITION 400 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:34,072 UNTIL IT CAN BE RESTORED OVER 401 00:19:34,072 --> 00:19:35,974 TIME THROUGH ADJUSTMENTS TO 402 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:36,608 ADMINISTRATIVE CASH MANAGEMENT. 403 00:19:36,608 --> 00:19:38,110 PRACTICES AND THROUGH 404 00:19:38,110 --> 00:19:39,278 EXPENDITURE REDUCTIONS THAT 405 00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:41,180 CREATE RESERVES THAT CAN HELP TO 406 00:19:41,180 --> 00:19:43,849 SUPPORT POSITIVE CASH FLOW, THE 407 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:44,449 EXECUTIVE DOES NOT ANTICIPATE 408 00:19:44,449 --> 00:19:45,350 USING ALL OF THE LOAN AMOUNT AT 409 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:48,020 ONE TIME, BUT INSTEAD TO USE IT 410 00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:49,655 SORT OF AS A LINE OF CREDIT THAT 411 00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:51,256 THEY TAP WHEN THEY NEED TO PUT 412 00:19:51,256 --> 00:19:54,927 OR KEEP THE FUNDS CASH BALANCE 413 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:57,396 POSITIVE. THERE ARE. 414 00:19:57,396 --> 00:19:59,131 APPROPRIATIONS IN BOTH. 2027 415 00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:01,733 AND. 2028 2028 OF APPROXIMATELY 416 00:20:01,733 --> 00:20:03,835 $2.2 MILLION ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT 417 00:20:03,835 --> 00:20:05,003 REPAYMENT OF THIS LOAN. THE LOAN 418 00:20:05,003 --> 00:20:07,272 IS TO BE REPAID BY DECEMBER 31st 419 00:20:07,272 --> 00:20:09,174 OF. 420 00:20:09,174 --> 00:20:09,441 >> 2036. 421 00:20:09,441 --> 00:20:10,108 >> THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AS 422 00:20:10,108 --> 00:20:12,778 IT RELATES TO THIS PROPOSAL IS 423 00:20:12,778 --> 00:20:14,947 ONE TO ADD ANNUAL REPORTING. 424 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:15,547 REQUIREMENTS ON THE INTERFUND 425 00:20:15,547 --> 00:20:16,748 LOAN. REPAYMENTS UNTIL THE LOAN 426 00:20:16,748 --> 00:20:20,752 IS REPAID. REQUEST A REPORT FROM 427 00:20:20,752 --> 00:20:22,287 THE ITT DETAILING THE CAUSES OF 428 00:20:22,287 --> 00:20:23,589 THE. THE TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, 429 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:25,390 CASH BALANCE ISSUES AND THE 430 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:27,693 STRATEGIES TO RESTORE A POSITIVE 431 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:35,100 BALANCE AND NO CHANGE OR GOOD. 432 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:37,769 >> OKAY. UM, CAPITAL PROJECT 433 00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:39,638 SELECTION AS DOT'S APPROACH TO 434 00:20:39,638 --> 00:20:41,340 THE SELECTION OF AND THE SCOPE 435 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:44,343 OF CAPITAL PROJECTS IS INFORMED 436 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:47,779 BY A VARIETY OF POLICY DOCUMENTS 437 00:20:47,779 --> 00:20:50,082 ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, INCLUDING 438 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:51,350 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND 439 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:55,120 THIS. YET THE 20 YEAR SEATTLE 440 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:57,089 TRANSPORTATION PLAN, UM, IN 441 00:20:57,089 --> 00:20:58,190 ADDITION, DOT ALSO CONSIDERS 442 00:20:58,190 --> 00:21:01,927 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, CONSIDERS 443 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:03,962 ENGINEERING LIMITS. THE PLANT 444 00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:06,031 PLAN GOALS, ENVIRONMENTAL RULES 445 00:21:06,031 --> 00:21:09,635 AND PROGRAM BUDGETS TO IDENTIFY 446 00:21:09,635 --> 00:21:11,703 INVESTMENT PRIORITIES. GIVEN 447 00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:13,605 LIMITED RESOURCES. AT TIMES, THE 448 00:21:13,605 --> 00:21:14,239 RESULTING INVESTMENT PRIORITIES 449 00:21:14,239 --> 00:21:18,677 MAY NOT MEET THE EXPECTATION OF 450 00:21:18,677 --> 00:21:20,512 DISTRICT STAKEHOLDERS. COUNCIL 451 00:21:20,512 --> 00:21:21,980 ESTABLISHED THE COUNCIL DISTRICT 452 00:21:21,980 --> 00:21:24,383 FUND IN THE LAST BIENNIAL 453 00:21:24,383 --> 00:21:27,319 BUDGET, GIVING COUNCILMEMBERS 454 00:21:27,319 --> 00:21:29,154 UM, THE THE ABILITY TO DIRECT 455 00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:32,157 RESOURCES TOWARD NEIGHBORHOOD 456 00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:34,993 SCALE TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS 457 00:21:34,993 --> 00:21:36,695 THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND WAS 458 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:39,298 PROPOSED AS A ONE TIME 459 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:42,367 INVESTMENT, AND FUNDING WAS NOT 460 00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:45,804 INCLUDED BEYOND 2025 AND 2026. 461 00:21:45,804 --> 00:21:50,475 OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL COULD BE 462 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:52,377 REINSTATE THE DISTRICT FUND BY 463 00:21:52,377 --> 00:21:52,978 INCREASING REVENUES OR MAKING 464 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:56,748 COMMENSURATE CUTS, COMMENSURATE 465 00:21:56,748 --> 00:22:04,456 CUTS OR NO CHANGE. COMMERCIAL 466 00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:07,092 PARKING TAX THE MAYOR HAS 467 00:22:07,092 --> 00:22:08,727 PROPOSED INCREASING THE 468 00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:12,998 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX FROM 469 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:16,068 14.5% TO 17%, WHICH WOULD 470 00:22:16,068 --> 00:22:19,971 GENERATE $9.3 MILLION IN REVENUE 471 00:22:19,971 --> 00:22:22,507 FOR SDOT PROGRAMS. CUSTOMERS 472 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:23,742 PAYING FOR PRIVATE PARKING, IN 473 00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:26,411 ADDITION TO PAYING THE CPP ALSO 474 00:22:26,411 --> 00:22:29,281 PAY FOR CITY SALES TAX. THIS 475 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:34,720 PROPOSAL FOR A 2.2.5 INCREASE 476 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,755 WAS INFORMED BY ECONOMIC 477 00:22:36,755 --> 00:22:38,557 MODELING, REVIEW OF CUSTOMER 478 00:22:38,557 --> 00:22:40,759 BEHAVIOR. AND TO REALLY 479 00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:41,359 UNDERSTAND THE ELASTICITY OF 480 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,528 DEMAND FOR PAID PRIVATE PARKING 481 00:22:43,528 --> 00:22:47,532 AS PRICES INCREASE, SOME OPTIONS 482 00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:50,168 INCLUDE AMENDING THE COMMERCIAL 483 00:22:50,168 --> 00:22:52,070 PARKING TAX INCREMENT OR NO 484 00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:59,845 CHANGE. NO CHANGE. SO I HAVE TWO 485 00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:02,314 CONTEXTUAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 486 00:23:02,314 --> 00:23:04,049 THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE, FOR 487 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:06,618 WHICH THERE WILL BE NO NO 488 00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:09,554 OPTIONS. THE FIRST IS THE 489 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:10,122 TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT CAMERA 490 00:23:10,122 --> 00:23:14,226 EXPANSION VISION ZERO, AND 491 00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:14,860 MULTIPLE TRAFFIC SAFETY EXPERTS 492 00:23:14,860 --> 00:23:15,927 CONSISTENTLY IDENTIFY SPEEDING 493 00:23:15,927 --> 00:23:17,262 AS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT 494 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:19,631 CAUSES OF TRAFFIC DEATHS AND 495 00:23:19,631 --> 00:23:21,967 SERIOUS INJURY. AND FOR THIS 496 00:23:21,967 --> 00:23:24,236 REASON, SDOT CONTINUES TO USE 497 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:26,138 AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS 498 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:27,739 TO DETER SPEEDING AND HELP MAKE 499 00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:31,343 OUR STREETS SAFER, AS THEY ARE A 500 00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:33,211 PROVEN, EFFECTIVE METHOD TO GET 501 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:36,014 PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE TRAFFIC 502 00:23:36,014 --> 00:23:39,651 LAWS. AS DOTS 2027 PROPOSED 503 00:23:39,651 --> 00:23:42,487 BUDGET SUPPORTS INSTALLATION OF 504 00:23:42,487 --> 00:23:44,890 SEVEN AUTOMATED TRAFFIC SAFETY 505 00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:46,925 CAMERAS AT FOUR NEW LOCATIONS TO 506 00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:47,726 HELP ENFORCE SPEED LIMITS 24 507 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:50,962 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. 508 00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:54,499 OF COURSE, A SIDE BENEFIT OF THE 509 00:23:54,499 --> 00:23:57,035 CAMERAS IS THE RESULT OF NEW 510 00:23:57,035 --> 00:23:59,971 REVENUES GENERATED FOR SAFETY 511 00:23:59,971 --> 00:24:02,307 PROGRAMS AND A TAX REVENUES ARE 512 00:24:02,307 --> 00:24:04,442 ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE BY 9.6 513 00:24:04,442 --> 00:24:10,048 MILLION IN THE UM FROM THE FROM 514 00:24:10,048 --> 00:24:12,017 THE IN 2026, FROM THE ADOPTED TO 515 00:24:12,017 --> 00:24:15,687 THE REVISED AND ADDITIONAL 3.6 516 00:24:15,687 --> 00:24:24,763 MILLION ANTICIPATED FOR 2027. 517 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:27,232 OKAY. LAST ONE TRANSPORTATION 518 00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:30,068 FUNDING TASK FORCE IN TANDEM 519 00:24:30,068 --> 00:24:32,304 WITH THE 2024 SEATTLE 520 00:24:32,304 --> 00:24:32,871 TRANSPORTATION LEVY, WHICH 521 00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:35,607 AUTHORIZED FUNDING FOR CITYWIDE 522 00:24:35,607 --> 00:24:36,241 TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS, THE 523 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:38,977 CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED TWO 524 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:40,946 RESOLUTIONS THAT ESTABLISHED THE 525 00:24:40,946 --> 00:24:43,882 SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A 526 00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:44,449 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING TASK 527 00:24:44,449 --> 00:24:47,352 FORCE. IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS 528 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:49,554 YEAR, COUNCIL APPROVED AN 529 00:24:49,554 --> 00:24:50,655 ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION, WHICH 530 00:24:50,655 --> 00:24:51,790 APPOINTED THE MEMBERS TO THE 531 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:53,792 TASK FORCE. THE CURRENT WORK OF 532 00:24:53,792 --> 00:24:55,160 THE TASK FORCE IS TO UNDERSTAND 533 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,095 THE CURRENT CONTEXT AND THEIR 534 00:24:57,095 --> 00:24:58,497 DELIVERABLE TO COUNCIL IS TO 535 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:02,234 MAKE A FINAL RECOMMENDATION IN 536 00:25:02,234 --> 00:25:07,305 DECEMBER OF 2027. AND SO 537 00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:09,808 CONCLUDES OUR PROGRAM. 538 00:25:09,808 --> 00:25:11,943 >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JOB WELL 539 00:25:11,943 --> 00:25:12,143 DONE. 540 00:25:12,143 --> 00:25:12,644 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 541 00:25:12,644 --> 00:25:13,545 >> AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 542 00:25:13,545 --> 00:25:14,179 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT, YOU 543 00:25:14,179 --> 00:25:14,813 ARE. 544 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:15,180 >> RECOGNIZED. 545 00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:15,814 >> AND THEN COLLEAGUES, IF YOU 546 00:25:15,814 --> 00:25:16,515 WANT TO START RAISING YOUR HANDS 547 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:17,749 NOW, WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING DOWN 548 00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:19,050 THE LINE. 549 00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:20,352 >> THANKS. HOW ARE YOU? THANK 550 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,621 YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU. 551 00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:26,758 AMANDA TRACI CAO FOR YOUR. 552 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:27,392 PRESENTATION TODAY AND ALL THE 553 00:25:27,392 --> 00:25:29,995 WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. AND, UH, 554 00:25:29,995 --> 00:25:33,164 REVIEWED ALL THE, THE POLICY. 555 00:25:33,164 --> 00:25:35,901 >> ANALYSIS DOCUMENTATION. 556 00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:38,203 >> AND SLIDE DECKS TODAY. SO IN 557 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:39,738 THE CONTEXT OF THE BROADER 558 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:41,006 PROPOSED BUDGET, IT'S VERY 559 00:25:41,006 --> 00:25:43,375 HELPFUL. REALLY APPRECIATE THE, 560 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:46,244 THE INSIGHTS HERE. UM 561 00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:46,678 >> STABILIZING. OUR 562 00:25:46,678 --> 00:25:48,713 TRANSPORTATION. 563 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:50,315 >> SYSTEM MATTERS NOW MORE THAN 564 00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:53,852 EVER BECAUSE EVERY DAY MOMENTS 565 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:56,888 SHAPE HOW PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND 566 00:25:56,888 --> 00:25:58,890 CONNECTED WHEN NAVIGATING OUR 567 00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:01,860 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. 568 00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:02,294 >> WHEN SIDEWALKS. 569 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:04,329 >> ABRUPTLY END OR ARE SIMPLY 570 00:26:04,329 --> 00:26:06,331 MISSING IN CERTAIN. 571 00:26:06,331 --> 00:26:06,731 >> NEIGHBORHOODS. 572 00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:08,466 >> SIGNALS FEEL TOO SHORT OR 573 00:26:08,466 --> 00:26:13,338 CARS MOVE TOO. FAST.. AND. 574 00:26:13,338 --> 00:26:15,874 POTHOLES PESKY POTHOLES REMAIN. 575 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:16,207 >> UNFILLED. 576 00:26:16,207 --> 00:26:18,710 >> TRUST IN THE SYSTEM. ERODES. 577 00:26:18,710 --> 00:26:22,113 OUR TRANSPORTATION FUND IS 578 00:26:22,113 --> 00:26:22,714 STRAINED BY UNEVEN. RESOURCES 579 00:26:22,714 --> 00:26:26,851 AND DELAYS, WHILE OUR VISION 580 00:26:26,851 --> 00:26:27,419 ZERO GOALS AND COMMITMENTS 581 00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:30,755 REMAIN MORE. URGENT NOW THAN 582 00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:33,224 EVER. AS GAPS IN. 583 00:26:33,224 --> 00:26:33,558 >> SIDEWALKS. 584 00:26:33,558 --> 00:26:34,726 >> BIKE ROUTES AND SAFE 585 00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:35,393 CROSSINGS CONTINUE TO. 586 00:26:35,393 --> 00:26:40,432 >> PERSIST. 587 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:40,999 >> NOW STABILIZING THE FUND 588 00:26:40,999 --> 00:26:43,268 BUILDS THE FOUNDATION FOR SAFER 589 00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:45,770 STREETS AND ENSURES SDOT CAN 590 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:47,973 BETTER, MORE EFFECTIVELY AND 591 00:26:47,973 --> 00:26:50,542 EFFICIENTLY FIX ROADS, ADD NEW. 592 00:26:50,542 --> 00:26:50,875 >> SIDEWALKS. 593 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:53,945 >> COMPLETE BIKE. NETWORKS AND 594 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:56,748 USE PROVEN SAFETY TOOLS. WHETHER 595 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:58,350 IT'S AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC SAFETY, 596 00:26:58,350 --> 00:26:59,250 ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS OR OTHERS. 597 00:26:59,250 --> 00:27:01,886 THAT'S ONE OF A LIST OF 40 598 00:27:01,886 --> 00:27:04,789 PLUS. PROVEN SAFETY. 599 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:07,125 >> COUNTERMEASURES. 600 00:27:07,125 --> 00:27:09,694 >> THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR US TO 601 00:27:09,694 --> 00:27:11,896 RESTORE FINANCIAL HEALTH AND. 602 00:27:11,896 --> 00:27:14,032 ACCELERATE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS 603 00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:18,703 SO EVERYONE CAN MOVE THROUGH OUR 604 00:27:18,703 --> 00:27:19,537 CITY SAFELY. AS THE COMMITTEE 605 00:27:19,537 --> 00:27:25,377 CHAIR THAT. OVERSEES SDOT, UM, 606 00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:26,011 PERSONALLY DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT 607 00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:28,113 COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO 608 00:27:28,113 --> 00:27:31,116 AUTHORIZE A TEN YEAR LOAN OF UP 609 00:27:31,116 --> 00:27:33,718 TO. 610 00:27:33,718 --> 00:27:36,221 >> $63.5 MILLION. 611 00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:38,490 >> ON THE ONE HAND, WHILE THE. 612 00:27:38,490 --> 00:27:40,959 >> PROPOSED BUDGET. 613 00:27:40,959 --> 00:27:43,261 >> ALSO RAISES TRANSPORTATION 614 00:27:43,261 --> 00:27:44,929 RELATED COSTS AND FEES. ON THE 615 00:27:44,929 --> 00:27:47,699 OTHER HAND. AND REDUCES POTHOLE 616 00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:49,934 REPAIR 617 00:27:49,934 --> 00:27:50,368 >> TRANSPORTATION. 618 00:27:50,368 --> 00:27:52,070 >> STUDIES, SPOT. 619 00:27:52,070 --> 00:27:52,470 >> IMPROVEMENTS. 620 00:27:52,470 --> 00:27:53,505 >> STREET CLEANING, 621 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:53,838 PREVENTATIVE. 622 00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:57,208 >> MAINTENANCE. 623 00:27:57,208 --> 00:27:59,044 >> WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE. 624 00:27:59,044 --> 00:27:59,411 >> I RECOGNIZE. 625 00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:02,247 >> THAT CASH FLOW TIMING. 626 00:28:02,247 --> 00:28:04,883 CHALLENGES ARE NOT NECESSARILY 627 00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:08,620 THE SAME AS A STRUCTURAL. 628 00:28:08,620 --> 00:28:08,920 >> DEFICIT. 629 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:11,089 >> HOWEVER, BORROWING OF THIS. 630 00:28:11,089 --> 00:28:13,925 MAGNITUDE CANNOT BECOME A. 631 00:28:13,925 --> 00:28:16,861 SUBSTITUTE FOR FIXING EITHER 632 00:28:16,861 --> 00:28:19,264 PROBLEM. MY GOAL HERE IS TO 633 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:21,733 PROTECT ESSENTIAL SAFETY AND 634 00:28:21,733 --> 00:28:24,636 MAINTENANCE. SERVICES WHILE. 635 00:28:24,636 --> 00:28:27,372 ESTABLISHING PRUDENT. 636 00:28:27,372 --> 00:28:27,872 >> GUARDRAILS. EARLIER 637 00:28:27,872 --> 00:28:30,709 MILESTONES. 638 00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:30,942 >> AND. 639 00:28:30,942 --> 00:28:33,144 >> TRANSPARENT ACCOUNTABILITY. 640 00:28:33,144 --> 00:28:33,611 >> THAT RETURNED THE 641 00:28:33,611 --> 00:28:35,046 TRANSPORTATION FUND TO A MORE 642 00:28:35,046 --> 00:28:36,948 STABLE FOOTING. THERE'S A LOT 643 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:39,951 GOING ON WITH SDOT PROPOSED THE. 644 00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:45,957 TRANSPORTATION FUND INTERFUND 645 00:28:45,957 --> 00:28:46,357 LOAN ISSUES. THE. 646 00:28:46,357 --> 00:28:48,827 >> THE REDUCTION. IN STAFFING. 647 00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:52,197 POTENTIALLY IMPACTING 648 00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:52,797 >> CURES TO LEARN MORE LATER, 649 00:28:52,797 --> 00:28:54,399 YOU KNOW WHAT THE ANTICIPATED 650 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:56,968 IMPACTS ON OUR ABILITY TO 651 00:28:56,968 --> 00:29:00,138 DELIVER ON THESE VARIOUS LEVY. 652 00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:02,707 PROGRAMS AND AND. PROJECTS 653 00:29:02,707 --> 00:29:04,876 BECAUSE WE RECENTLY. AUTHORIZED 654 00:29:04,876 --> 00:29:08,379 AN EXPANSION OF 20 PLUS 655 00:29:08,379 --> 00:29:10,749 ADDITIONAL PEOPLE IN SDOT, IN 656 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:11,916 PART TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 657 00:29:11,916 --> 00:29:13,685 DEPARTMENT IS WELL. POSITIONED 658 00:29:13,685 --> 00:29:15,286 AND DOESN'T GET OFF TO A SLOW 659 00:29:15,286 --> 00:29:19,858 START WHEN DELIVERING UPON THE 660 00:29:19,858 --> 00:29:25,063 2024 VOTER APPROVED LEVY 661 00:29:25,063 --> 00:29:25,797 THERE'S A THERE'S A. INCREASE 662 00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:28,399 IN THE SEATTLE MONORAIL FEES 663 00:29:28,399 --> 00:29:31,302 HASN'T BEEN REVISITED OR 664 00:29:31,302 --> 00:29:35,039 RAISED, I GUESS IN ABOUT 12 665 00:29:35,039 --> 00:29:35,573 YEARS. BUT INCREASING THE 666 00:29:35,573 --> 00:29:37,876 MAXIMUM FARE AMOUNT FROM. I 667 00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:39,744 THINK $4 TO $7, I BELIEVE, IF 668 00:29:39,744 --> 00:29:43,715 I'M RECALLING CORRECTLY. LOT 669 00:29:43,715 --> 00:29:45,583 GOING ON AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET 670 00:29:45,583 --> 00:29:47,018 FOR SDOT. BUT AGAINST THAT. 671 00:29:47,018 --> 00:29:48,386 >> BACKDROP. 672 00:29:48,386 --> 00:29:51,789 >> LET ME LET ME ASK RATHER 673 00:29:51,789 --> 00:29:54,726 THAN. GRANTING THE. REQUESTED 674 00:29:54,726 --> 00:29:57,462 THE FULL TEN YEAR AUTHORITY IN 675 00:29:57,462 --> 00:30:00,064 ITS ENTIRETY. NOW UP FRONT, 676 00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:01,900 COULD WE GRANT A. SMALLER 677 00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:04,502 INITIAL. TRANCHE WITH 678 00:30:04,502 --> 00:30:06,137 ADDITIONAL. BORROWING SUBJECT TO 679 00:30:06,137 --> 00:30:09,707 COUNCIL REVIEW, AND IF SO, WHAT? 680 00:30:09,707 --> 00:30:10,175 >> WHAT FORECASTING? 681 00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:11,342 >> WELL, I GUESS IRRESPECTIVE OF 682 00:30:11,342 --> 00:30:15,413 THE ANSWER TO THAT, WHAT CASH. 683 00:30:15,413 --> 00:30:15,914 FORECASTING DRAW LIMITS 684 00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:20,051 REPAYMENT. BENCHMARKS OR OTHER. 685 00:30:20,051 --> 00:30:20,518 SAFEGUARDS COULD BE. 686 00:30:20,518 --> 00:30:23,388 INCORPORATED INTO THE. 687 00:30:23,388 --> 00:30:25,957 >> ORDINANCE. 688 00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:27,025 >> UM WELL IN TERMS OF THE 689 00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:30,695 AMOUNT. SO SDOT HAS HAD A LOT OF 690 00:30:30,695 --> 00:30:31,262 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY 691 00:30:31,262 --> 00:30:32,597 FINANCE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE 692 00:30:32,597 --> 00:30:34,365 INTERFUND LOAN AND WHAT WOULD BE 693 00:30:34,365 --> 00:30:37,035 THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL, AS AYE. 694 00:30:37,035 --> 00:30:37,368 >> INDICATED. 695 00:30:37,368 --> 00:30:38,970 >> THEY ARE NOT. INTENDING TO 696 00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:40,672 DRAW DOWN THAT ENTIRE $63 697 00:30:40,672 --> 00:30:41,873 MILLION. THEY WILL REALLY DO 698 00:30:41,873 --> 00:30:44,943 WHAT THEY NEED TO, TO KEEP THEIR 699 00:30:44,943 --> 00:30:45,577 CASH BALANCE POSITIVE ON A DAY 700 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:48,246 BY DAY BASIS. I WILL TELL YOU 701 00:30:48,246 --> 00:30:50,014 THAT THE END OF MONTH, UH, 702 00:30:50,014 --> 00:30:53,184 BALANCE FOR THAT CASH FUND FOR 703 00:30:53,184 --> 00:30:54,953 SEPTEMBER WAS. 704 00:30:54,953 --> 00:30:56,721 >> -$24 MILLION. 705 00:30:56,721 --> 00:30:59,857 >> THE AVERAGE DAILY BALANCE WAS 706 00:30:59,857 --> 00:31:00,024 A. 707 00:31:00,024 --> 00:31:00,892 >> -$41 MILLION. 708 00:31:00,892 --> 00:31:02,527 >> THAT IS JUST ONE DATA POINT. 709 00:31:02,527 --> 00:31:04,462 AND OBVIOUSLY THESE THINGS CAN 710 00:31:04,462 --> 00:31:05,563 FLUCTUATE. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU 711 00:31:05,563 --> 00:31:08,266 DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS 712 00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:11,135 FOR THEM TO HAVE TO COME BACK 713 00:31:11,135 --> 00:31:12,036 FOR MULTIPLE INTERFUND LOANS, 714 00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:13,838 BECAUSE THOSE HAVE TO BE 715 00:31:13,838 --> 00:31:14,472 AUTHORIZED BY ORDINANCE. I THINK 716 00:31:14,472 --> 00:31:16,541 YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN ADD MORE 717 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:18,610 REQUIREMENTS IN THE ORDINANCE 718 00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:21,846 ABOUT. REPORTING ABOUT EVEN, UM, 719 00:31:21,846 --> 00:31:23,147 MINIMUM AMOUNTS THAT YOU EXPECT 720 00:31:23,147 --> 00:31:24,616 FOR THEM TO PAY EVERY YEAR. 721 00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:25,950 AGAIN, I TOLD YOU THEY HAVE. 722 00:31:25,950 --> 00:31:27,485 APPROPRIATIONS IN BOTH THE 27 723 00:31:27,485 --> 00:31:30,722 AND 28 BUDGET TO PAY, UH, 724 00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:31,256 INTEREST PAYMENTS ON THE 725 00:31:31,256 --> 00:31:32,290 REPAYMENT, ON THE LOAN AMOUNT 726 00:31:32,290 --> 00:31:33,992 THAT THEY DRAW DOWN. SO I THINK 727 00:31:33,992 --> 00:31:35,059 THERE IS MORE THAT COULD BE 728 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:36,661 ADDED IN IN TERMS OF. GUARDRAILS 729 00:31:36,661 --> 00:31:39,330 IN THE ORDINANCE. UM, TO. 730 00:31:39,330 --> 00:31:41,366 >> ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS 731 00:31:41,366 --> 00:31:41,566 AND. 732 00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:42,066 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 733 00:31:42,066 --> 00:31:43,568 >> IF I MAY, JUST FROM THE 734 00:31:43,568 --> 00:31:44,903 REPORT, I, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 735 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:46,037 TODAY, JUST THE REPORT FROM THE 736 00:31:46,037 --> 00:31:47,572 DEBT MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL 737 00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:49,207 MEETING THIS MORNING. WE HAD A 738 00:31:49,207 --> 00:31:51,042 LONG AND ROBUST CONVERSATION ON 739 00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:54,479 THIS POINT IN PARTICULAR. AND SO 740 00:31:54,479 --> 00:31:56,748 I CAN EITHER GO INTO DETAIL OR I 741 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,082 CAN STAY HIGH LEVEL JUST TO SAY 742 00:31:58,082 --> 00:31:59,951 THAT WORKING WITH THE CITY 743 00:31:59,951 --> 00:32:02,820 BUDGET OFFICE AND THE. 744 00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:04,255 >> FINANCE DEPARTMENT. 745 00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:06,924 >> WE WILL BE. 746 00:32:06,924 --> 00:32:07,458 >> INCLUDING ADDITIONAL. 747 00:32:07,458 --> 00:32:08,426 >> LANGUAGE REGARDING REPAYMENT, 748 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:09,761 SPECIFICALLY ON INTEREST, SO 749 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:13,932 THAT IT IS. SCHEDULED RATHER 750 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:16,100 THAN, UM. VOLUNTARY BECAUSE SDOT 751 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:18,202 DID IN FACT NOT REPAY THEIR LAST 752 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:19,837 INTERFUND LOAN THAT WAS GRANTED 753 00:32:19,837 --> 00:32:21,739 DURING THE. 754 00:32:21,739 --> 00:32:22,073 >> PANDEMIC. 755 00:32:22,073 --> 00:32:23,708 >> AS WELL AS IT WILL LIKELY 756 00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:26,911 TAKE TEN YEARS TO REPAY THIS. 757 00:32:26,911 --> 00:32:29,113 AND THE WHAT TRACI JUST 758 00:32:29,113 --> 00:32:32,083 MENTIONED OF BRINGING THE BILLS 759 00:32:32,083 --> 00:32:33,818 BACK BEFORE COUNCIL AT A REGULAR 760 00:32:33,818 --> 00:32:34,786 CADENCE THROUGHOUT THOSE TEN 761 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,154 YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL 762 00:32:36,154 --> 00:32:37,588 LIKELY DO. SO, AND THAT'S ALL 763 00:32:37,588 --> 00:32:39,357 BEEN DISCUSSED WITH IMPACT WITH 764 00:32:39,357 --> 00:32:41,926 THE CITY BUDGET OFFICE, WITH THE 765 00:32:41,926 --> 00:32:45,129 FINANCE OFFICE. AND IT'S A WAY 766 00:32:45,129 --> 00:32:47,365 FOR US TO HELP SUPPORT SDOT 767 00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:47,832 WHILE MAINTAINING THE 768 00:32:47,832 --> 00:32:48,633 APPROPRIATE CHECKS AND BALANCES 769 00:32:48,633 --> 00:32:49,634 TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE 770 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,469 INDEED IMPROVING. 771 00:32:51,469 --> 00:32:52,337 >> SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER, BACK TO 772 00:32:52,337 --> 00:32:54,339 YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR, WE 773 00:32:54,339 --> 00:32:57,175 DEFINITELY SUPPORT THAT APPROACH 774 00:32:57,175 --> 00:32:59,177 RATHER THAN GRANT A CARTE, CARTE 775 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:01,112 BLANCHE BLANKET, TEN YEAR 776 00:33:01,112 --> 00:33:04,515 AUTHORITY. NOW UP FRONT, UM, IN 777 00:33:04,515 --> 00:33:09,053 ANY EVENT, JUST. 778 00:33:09,053 --> 00:33:09,354 >> CURIOUS. 779 00:33:09,354 --> 00:33:10,955 >> TRACI. AMANDA MAYBE LIKE 780 00:33:10,955 --> 00:33:12,357 BASED OFF. CENTRAL STAFF REVIEW, 781 00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:14,625 HOW MUCH OF THE PROPOSED. 782 00:33:14,625 --> 00:33:17,595 >> $63.5 MILLION. 783 00:33:17,595 --> 00:33:18,196 >> AUTHORIZATION REFLECTS A. 784 00:33:18,196 --> 00:33:19,897 TEMPORARY CASH FLOW? 785 00:33:19,897 --> 00:33:22,667 >> TIMING ISSUES. 786 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:24,736 >> VERSUS A STRUCTURAL MISMATCH 787 00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:25,002 BETWEEN. 788 00:33:25,002 --> 00:33:25,470 >> ONGOING REVENUES. 789 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:27,672 >> AND. 790 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:28,072 >> EXPENDITURES? 791 00:33:28,072 --> 00:33:29,907 >> WHAT INFORMATION IS STILL 792 00:33:29,907 --> 00:33:33,244 MISSING TO. DETERMINE THE LOWEST 793 00:33:33,244 --> 00:33:37,915 PRUDENT. AUTHORIZATION CEILING? 794 00:33:37,915 --> 00:33:39,951 >> UM, I, I THINK IN THE 795 00:33:39,951 --> 00:33:41,352 MAJORITY, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, 796 00:33:41,352 --> 00:33:42,587 AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I AM 797 00:33:42,587 --> 00:33:45,022 NEW TO THIS ISSUE, AS YOU ALL 798 00:33:45,022 --> 00:33:46,691 MIGHT NOTICE, I'VE NOT BEEN 799 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:47,892 SITTING WITH THE BUDGET BEFORE. 800 00:33:47,892 --> 00:33:49,193 UM, SO I HAVE MY COLLEAGUE CAL, 801 00:33:49,193 --> 00:33:51,396 WHO HAS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE 802 00:33:51,396 --> 00:33:52,997 HISTORY, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, 803 00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:54,799 THERE IS A, THERE IS A. 804 00:33:54,799 --> 00:33:56,234 CONNECTION WITH THE CASH 805 00:33:56,234 --> 00:33:58,069 BALANCE, THE CASH BALANCE ISSUE 806 00:33:58,069 --> 00:33:59,570 IS FUNDAMENTALLY A CASH BALANCE 807 00:33:59,570 --> 00:34:00,772 PROBLEM IN TERMS OF WHEN 808 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:01,339 EXPENDITURES COME INTO THAT 809 00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:02,306 FUND, AND THEN WHEN REVENUES 810 00:34:02,306 --> 00:34:04,942 COME IN TO PAY IT. HOWEVER, IN 811 00:34:04,942 --> 00:34:07,478 THE PAST, THIS FUND HAS HAD A 812 00:34:07,478 --> 00:34:09,881 RESERVE THAT HAS HELPED THEM 813 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:11,115 BUFFER THROUGH WHAT MIGHT BE 814 00:34:11,115 --> 00:34:12,583 THOSE MISMATCHES IN TERMS OF THE 815 00:34:12,583 --> 00:34:13,818 EXPENDITURES COMING IN AND 816 00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:15,086 REVENUES COMING IN. ARE 817 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:15,653 EXPENDITURES BEING PAID IN, 818 00:34:15,653 --> 00:34:16,788 REVENUES COMING IN? THAT RESERVE 819 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:19,157 HAS BEEN SPUN DOWN. THERE IS NO 820 00:34:19,157 --> 00:34:21,225 RESERVE LEFT. THIS PROPOSED 821 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:22,660 BUDGET INCLUDES A FINANCIAL PLAN 822 00:34:22,660 --> 00:34:24,295 THAT BEGINS TO SHOW A REBUILDING 823 00:34:24,295 --> 00:34:25,430 OF A RESERVE FOR THIS FUND. AND 824 00:34:25,430 --> 00:34:26,831 I THINK THAT IS A VERY PRUDENT, 825 00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:28,966 AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND LOOKING 826 00:34:28,966 --> 00:34:29,901 AT THE REVENUE PICTURE AND THE 827 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:30,902 INSTABILITY OF SOME OF THESE 828 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:32,503 REVENUE SOURCES, THAT WE DON'T 829 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:33,538 KNOW WHERE THE END IS ON THIS. 830 00:34:33,538 --> 00:34:36,808 RIGHT. SO I THINK IT IS NOT AN. 831 00:34:36,808 --> 00:34:39,110 IMPRUDENT ACT TO ESTABLISH A 832 00:34:39,110 --> 00:34:40,945 RESERVE FOR THIS FUND TO PROVIDE 833 00:34:40,945 --> 00:34:42,814 JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE BUFFER, 834 00:34:42,814 --> 00:34:45,049 WHILE THEY ALSO LOOK AT WHAT ARE 835 00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:46,651 THE DAY TO DAY KIND OF CASH 836 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:47,985 MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTING PRACTICES 837 00:34:47,985 --> 00:34:49,153 THAT THEY HAVE THAT THEY CAN USE 838 00:34:49,153 --> 00:34:50,688 TO TRY TO CORRECT SOME OF THIS 839 00:34:50,688 --> 00:34:52,523 DAY TO DAY IMBALANCE THAT 840 00:34:52,523 --> 00:34:53,825 HAPPENS BETWEEN EXPENDITURES AND 841 00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:55,960 REVENUE AND THE BALANCE OF THAT 842 00:34:55,960 --> 00:34:56,327 FUND. AND AYE. 843 00:34:56,327 --> 00:34:56,961 >> DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO 844 00:34:56,961 --> 00:34:58,663 ADD ANYTHING TO THAT. YEAH, I 845 00:34:58,663 --> 00:35:00,932 THINK FROM MY. 846 00:35:00,932 --> 00:35:01,299 >> PERSPECTIVE. 847 00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:02,333 >> UM, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER, 848 00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:04,569 WHEN YOU MENTIONED A. 849 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:05,937 >> STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. 850 00:35:05,937 --> 00:35:07,405 >> A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM, I MEAN, 851 00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:09,607 THAT REALLY CAME TO LIGHT WITH 852 00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:11,642 THE PANDEMIC AND REVENUES FELL 853 00:35:11,642 --> 00:35:12,477 AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY COME 854 00:35:12,477 --> 00:35:13,544 BACK, OR AT LEAST THEY DIDN'T 855 00:35:13,544 --> 00:35:15,279 COME BACK AS FAST AS PEOPLE HAD 856 00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:17,014 HOPED. AND THE SPENDING, THE 857 00:35:17,014 --> 00:35:18,549 EXPECTATIONS CONTINUE. SO WE 858 00:35:18,549 --> 00:35:19,884 HAVE A STRUCTURAL IMBALANCE 859 00:35:19,884 --> 00:35:21,419 THERE. AND TO MY MIND, THAT IS 860 00:35:21,419 --> 00:35:23,888 LARGELY PART OF WHAT THE WORK OF 861 00:35:23,888 --> 00:35:24,522 THE TRANSPORTATION REVENUE TASK 862 00:35:24,522 --> 00:35:25,923 FORCE IS INTENDED TO WORK ON. 863 00:35:25,923 --> 00:35:27,425 YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OUR 864 00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:28,526 PRIORITIES SUPPOSED TO BE? WHAT 865 00:35:28,526 --> 00:35:29,327 ARE THE FUNDING SOURCES WE 866 00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:31,429 SHOULD BE USING, AND HOW IS THAT 867 00:35:31,429 --> 00:35:33,865 ALIGNED? THIS ISSUE IS COMING TO 868 00:35:33,865 --> 00:35:37,268 A HEAD THIS YEAR, IN PART 869 00:35:37,268 --> 00:35:39,337 BECAUSE OF REALLY ACCOUNTING 870 00:35:39,337 --> 00:35:39,871 MEASURES THAT WE USE THE 871 00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:41,038 TRANSPORTATION FUND TO CLEAR 872 00:35:41,038 --> 00:35:45,510 ACCOUNTS, TO BASICALLY RUN THE. 873 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:45,877 >> DEPARTMENT. 874 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:46,978 >> AND THAT'S WHAT HAS BEEN 875 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:49,113 RUNNING IN NEGATIVE AND CAUSING 876 00:35:49,113 --> 00:35:49,680 A ESSENTIALLY AN ACCOUNTING 877 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,482 PROBLEM AS MUCH AS ANYTHING, 878 00:35:51,482 --> 00:35:54,819 NECESSITATING THIS LOAN. SO TO 879 00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:55,853 THE EXTENT THAT BOTH THOSE 880 00:35:55,853 --> 00:35:57,088 THINGS ARE DRAWING ON THE SAME 881 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:57,822 FUND, THEY'RE INTERACTIVE, BUT 882 00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,590 I THINK THEY ARE KIND OF TWO 883 00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:01,225 DIFFERENT BODIES OF, OF ANALYSIS 884 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:03,928 THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. THE IT 885 00:36:03,928 --> 00:36:04,896 THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS REALLY 886 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:06,831 LOOKING AT A LOT OF THOSE 887 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:07,098 INTERNAL. 888 00:36:07,098 --> 00:36:07,431 >> CONTROLS. 889 00:36:07,431 --> 00:36:08,766 >> LOOKING ABOUT WHAT IS PRUDENT 890 00:36:08,766 --> 00:36:10,601 RESERVE WOULD BE LOOKING AT, YOU 891 00:36:10,601 --> 00:36:13,037 KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF PROCESS 892 00:36:13,037 --> 00:36:13,604 IMPROVEMENTS CAN REDUCE THE 893 00:36:13,604 --> 00:36:15,072 STRAIN ON, ON THE TRANSPORTATION 894 00:36:15,072 --> 00:36:17,175 FUND FROM THE, FROM THE 895 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,209 ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE, UM, BUT 896 00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:19,610 YOU KNOW, THAT ISN'T NECESSARILY 897 00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:22,613 GOING TO GET YOU TO, FRANKLY, 898 00:36:22,613 --> 00:36:24,015 THE ISSUE OF DO WE HAVE TO CURB 899 00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:24,849 OUR EXPENSES IN THE FUTURE? DO 900 00:36:24,849 --> 00:36:26,050 WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR NEW 901 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:27,885 REVENUES? THAT IS THAT IS, TO MY 902 00:36:27,885 --> 00:36:32,256 MIND, A BIT MORE FROM THE, UM, 903 00:36:32,256 --> 00:36:32,924 THE REVENUE TASK FORCE. BUT UM, 904 00:36:32,924 --> 00:36:35,226 FOR THIS YEAR, THOSE THINGS 905 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:36,761 COMBINED TO HIT THE 906 00:36:36,761 --> 00:36:38,129 TRANSPORTATION FUNDS BOTTOM LINE 907 00:36:38,129 --> 00:36:40,064 AND THEY ENDED UP WITH WHAT IS 908 00:36:40,064 --> 00:36:41,966 REALLY A BEST GUESS ABOUT THE 909 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:44,202 HIGHEST. FLUCTUATION OF. 910 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:45,202 >> OUTSTANDING. 911 00:36:45,202 --> 00:36:46,337 >> UH, LOAN THAT THEY WOULD NEED 912 00:36:46,337 --> 00:36:48,339 TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A CASH 913 00:36:48,339 --> 00:36:52,176 BALANCE. 914 00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:55,012 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WOULD, 915 00:36:55,012 --> 00:36:57,381 UH, YES, THE. TRANSPORTATION 916 00:36:57,381 --> 00:36:59,684 FUNDING TASK FORCE, IT WAS BORN 917 00:36:59,684 --> 00:37:01,786 OUT OF THE. RECOGNITION 2 OR 3 918 00:37:01,786 --> 00:37:07,992 YEARS AGO. NOW THAT AS. GENEROUS 919 00:37:07,992 --> 00:37:08,192 OF A. 920 00:37:08,192 --> 00:37:11,529 >> LEVY 921 00:37:11,529 --> 00:37:14,732 >> AS IT WAS AT THE TIME, 922 00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:18,135 BECAUSE OF THE ARBITRARY. 923 00:37:18,135 --> 00:37:21,739 CAPRICIOUS AND TIM EYMAN 924 00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:23,941 HONORING 1% CAP ON OUR ABILITY 925 00:37:23,941 --> 00:37:26,978 TO TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES 926 00:37:26,978 --> 00:37:28,479 IMPOSED BY THE STATE, AS 927 00:37:28,479 --> 00:37:30,214 GENEROUS AS IT WAS AT THE TIME, 928 00:37:30,214 --> 00:37:31,082 SOME ADVOCATES AT THE TIME WERE 929 00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,617 CALLING FOR A 2 OR $3 BILLION 930 00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:35,653 PLUS LEVY. AND EVEN IF WE DID 931 00:37:35,653 --> 00:37:38,389 THAT, WE STILL COULDN'T FUND THE 932 00:37:38,389 --> 00:37:42,760 NEED FOR FULFILLING OUR 933 00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:45,162 COMMITMENT TO BUILD MORE 934 00:37:45,162 --> 00:37:46,864 SIDEWALKS, MAKE STRONGER, 935 00:37:46,864 --> 00:37:47,865 FASTER, MORE URGENT PROGRESS ON 936 00:37:47,865 --> 00:37:49,934 CLOSING OUT THE MISSING. 27% 937 00:37:49,934 --> 00:37:51,902 MISSING SIDEWALK NETWORK, MAKING 938 00:37:51,902 --> 00:37:53,804 SURE ALL ALL OF OUR ROADS AND 939 00:37:53,804 --> 00:37:55,573 THE PAVEMENT CONDITIONS ARE IN 940 00:37:55,573 --> 00:37:57,375 GOOD, SERVICEABLE WORKING ORDER, 941 00:37:57,375 --> 00:37:58,843 BETTER THAN THE OVERALL POOR 942 00:37:58,843 --> 00:38:00,444 STATE THEY ARE TODAY BECAUSE A 943 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:02,546 LACK OF INVESTMENT, NOT BECAUSE 944 00:38:02,546 --> 00:38:05,216 OF THE WORK. AND THEN 945 00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:06,751 MAINTAINING OUR BRIDGES, UH, 946 00:38:06,751 --> 00:38:07,985 WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT AS A 947 00:38:07,985 --> 00:38:10,454 COUNCILMEMBER THAT REPRESENTS 948 00:38:10,454 --> 00:38:11,722 WEST SEATTLE, KNOW WHAT IT'S 949 00:38:11,722 --> 00:38:14,592 LIKE TO BE WITHOUT A MAJOR. 950 00:38:14,592 --> 00:38:16,861 LIFELINE TO THE REST OF THE 951 00:38:16,861 --> 00:38:21,465 REGION, NOT TO THE CITY. SO NOW 952 00:38:21,465 --> 00:38:23,134 THAT THAT WORK, NOW HERE WE ARE 953 00:38:23,134 --> 00:38:26,137 WITH THESE CURRENT. ISSUES THAT 954 00:38:26,137 --> 00:38:28,873 THE WORK OF THE TRANSPORTATION 955 00:38:28,873 --> 00:38:31,275 FUNDING TASK FORCE IS TAKING ON 956 00:38:31,275 --> 00:38:34,679 RENEWED URGENCY AND IMPORTANCE. 957 00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:36,647 AND WE AUTHORIZE THE. MEMBERSHIP 958 00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:38,482 A FEW MONTHS AGO AND REALLY 959 00:38:38,482 --> 00:38:42,787 APPRECIATE, UH, THE. 960 00:38:42,787 --> 00:38:43,154 >> VOLUNTEERS. 961 00:38:43,154 --> 00:38:46,757 >> STEPPING UP TO, UM, TO LEAD 962 00:38:46,757 --> 00:38:48,793 HERE. IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN 963 00:38:48,793 --> 00:38:52,763 EVER. NEXT QUESTION 964 00:38:52,763 --> 00:38:53,130 >> PERTAINS TO. 965 00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:57,001 >> UH, IMPACTS OF SOME OF THESE 966 00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:59,003 REDUCTIONS. SO THE EXECUTIVE IS 967 00:38:59,003 --> 00:38:59,637 PROPOSING SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS 968 00:38:59,637 --> 00:39:00,938 IN CORE MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS, 969 00:39:00,938 --> 00:39:02,206 INCLUDING CUTS TO POTHOLE 970 00:39:02,206 --> 00:39:03,607 REPAIR, STREET SURFACE 971 00:39:03,607 --> 00:39:05,609 MAINTENANCE, SPOT. 972 00:39:05,609 --> 00:39:06,243 >> IMPROVEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION. 973 00:39:06,243 --> 00:39:07,545 >> STUDIES, AND STREET CLEANING, 974 00:39:07,545 --> 00:39:12,149 WHICH MAY RESULT IN SLOWER 975 00:39:12,149 --> 00:39:12,717 RESPONSE TIMES AND DEGRADED 976 00:39:12,717 --> 00:39:17,822 SAFETY. CONDITIONS. OF THESE 977 00:39:17,822 --> 00:39:18,456 SPECIFICALLY LISTED MAINTENANCE. 978 00:39:18,456 --> 00:39:22,993 FUNCTIONS WITHIN SDOT, WHICH 979 00:39:22,993 --> 00:39:23,594 PROPOSE OPERATING REDUCTIONS, 980 00:39:23,594 --> 00:39:24,695 PRESENT THE GREATEST RISK IN 981 00:39:24,695 --> 00:39:30,534 YOUR ASSESSMENT TO SAFETY RISKS 982 00:39:30,534 --> 00:39:33,471 TO ASSET. PRESERVATION.. RISK TO 983 00:39:33,471 --> 00:39:33,671 JUST. 984 00:39:33,671 --> 00:39:37,775 >> FUNDAMENTAL CONSTITUENT 985 00:39:37,775 --> 00:39:39,343 RESPONSIVENESS. I THINK IT WAS 986 00:39:39,343 --> 00:39:40,978 ALI PANUCCI THAT SAID, UM, 987 00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:42,346 THERE'S SOMETHING IN THIS 988 00:39:42,346 --> 00:39:45,716 BUDGET FOR EVERYONE TO HATE. AND 989 00:39:45,716 --> 00:39:48,519 I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 990 00:39:48,519 --> 00:39:50,855 MANY CHANGES. MOST OF THE 991 00:39:50,855 --> 00:39:53,324 CHANGES ARE, OR THE CHANGES AS 992 00:39:53,324 --> 00:39:55,693 I'M READING THEM, EITHER ARE 993 00:39:55,693 --> 00:39:59,396 ONES THAT THEY FOUND A WAY TO DO 994 00:39:59,396 --> 00:40:02,466 A FUND SWAP. UM, OR ONES WHERE 995 00:40:02,466 --> 00:40:03,968 THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING TO 996 00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:07,705 MINIMIZE THE HARM. SO THEY'RE 997 00:40:07,705 --> 00:40:10,174 EXTENDING THESE TIMELINES, BUT 998 00:40:10,174 --> 00:40:11,609 BRIDGE INSPECTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, 999 00:40:11,609 --> 00:40:12,810 IN SOME CASES ARE GOING TO BE 1000 00:40:12,810 --> 00:40:14,779 EXTENDED FROM TWO YEARS TO THREE 1001 00:40:14,779 --> 00:40:19,116 YEARS. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, 1002 00:40:19,116 --> 00:40:20,351 POTHOLES ARE NOT GOING TO BE 1003 00:40:20,351 --> 00:40:23,053 FILLED AS QUICKLY. SO I DON'T 1004 00:40:23,053 --> 00:40:24,922 KNOW THAT THERE'S ANY ONE CHANGE 1005 00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:28,859 THAT I CAN IDENTIFY. I THINK IT 1006 00:40:28,859 --> 00:40:29,527 REALLY DEPENDS ON THE COUNCIL'S 1007 00:40:29,527 --> 00:40:30,528 PRIORITIES ABOUT HOW YOU WANT 1008 00:40:30,528 --> 00:40:33,397 THE FUNDING TO BE SPENT. 1009 00:40:33,397 --> 00:40:36,167 >> IF I COULD, TO I MEAN, THE 1010 00:40:36,167 --> 00:40:37,067 STRATEGY APPEARS TO BE, UM, IN 1011 00:40:37,067 --> 00:40:39,904 THE FACE OF REDUCED AVAILABLE 1012 00:40:39,904 --> 00:40:41,305 RESOURCES TO SPREAD THAT AROUND. 1013 00:40:41,305 --> 00:40:44,742 SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE 1014 00:40:44,742 --> 00:40:45,943 SPECIFIC ITEMS OF CONCERN, WE 1015 00:40:45,943 --> 00:40:47,077 CAN LOOK AT THAT. BUT RIGHT NOW, 1016 00:40:47,077 --> 00:40:48,779 A LOT OF IT IS WE KNOW THE 1017 00:40:48,779 --> 00:40:49,980 AMOUNT THAT THEY'VE SHIFTED. WE 1018 00:40:49,980 --> 00:40:51,282 KNOW KIND OF WHAT PERCENTAGE 1019 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:52,983 THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, BUT WE 1020 00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:55,953 DON'T KNOW HOW TO TURN THAT 1021 00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:57,254 INTO A SERVICE LEVEL, YOU KNOW, 1022 00:40:57,254 --> 00:40:57,888 IMPACT WITHOUT SORT OF FOLLOWING 1023 00:40:57,888 --> 00:40:59,790 UP 1024 00:40:59,790 --> 00:41:00,391 >> WITH THE DEPARTMENT. THANK 1025 00:41:00,391 --> 00:41:01,759 YOU. WILL DEFINITELY BE 1026 00:41:01,759 --> 00:41:02,993 INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP WITH 1027 00:41:02,993 --> 00:41:04,395 THE DEPARTMENT ON THIS AND 1028 00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:06,363 CONCERNED ABOUT ALL THOSE KIND 1029 00:41:06,363 --> 00:41:07,965 OF THREE FUNCTIONAL AREAS THAT I 1030 00:41:07,965 --> 00:41:10,234 MENTIONED IMPACTS THE RISK TO 1031 00:41:10,234 --> 00:41:12,036 SAFETY, ASSET PRESERVATION, AND 1032 00:41:12,036 --> 00:41:15,906 THEN CONSTITUENT RESPONSIVENESS. 1033 00:41:15,906 --> 00:41:17,208 BUT, UH, REALLY IN THAT, IN THAT 1034 00:41:17,208 --> 00:41:18,976 ORDER, UM, AND I PUT SAFETY AT 1035 00:41:18,976 --> 00:41:21,545 THE, AT THE TOP AND. 1036 00:41:21,545 --> 00:41:22,379 >> INDIVIDUALLY. 1037 00:41:22,379 --> 00:41:25,349 >> OUR ABILITY TO REPAIR. 1038 00:41:25,349 --> 00:41:27,284 POTHOLES OR FUND. TRANSPORTATION 1039 00:41:27,284 --> 00:41:29,720 STUDIES MAY OR MAY NOT. IMPACT 1040 00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:32,089 HAVE A MATERIAL IMPACT. I'LL SAY 1041 00:41:32,089 --> 00:41:36,260 ON, ON SAFETY, BUT. COLLECTIVELY 1042 00:41:36,260 --> 00:41:37,061 IT MIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT 1043 00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:38,729 I'D BE INTERESTED IN LEARNING 1044 00:41:38,729 --> 00:41:40,965 MORE ABOUT. FINAL QUESTION. 1045 00:41:40,965 --> 00:41:45,202 THANK YOU CHAIR AS WAS NOTED, 1046 00:41:45,202 --> 00:41:45,703 THE EXECUTIVE DOES NOT 1047 00:41:45,703 --> 00:41:47,171 ANTICIPATE COMPLETING THE. 1048 00:41:47,171 --> 00:41:49,306 TRANSPORTATION FUNDING REVIEW 1049 00:41:49,306 --> 00:41:51,108 UNTIL FALL OF 2027. SO ABOUT A 1050 00:41:51,108 --> 00:41:55,212 YEAR FROM NOW, CURIOUS TO BETTER 1051 00:41:55,212 --> 00:41:55,779 UNDERSTAND WHICH SPECIFIC. 1052 00:41:55,779 --> 00:41:56,814 REMEDIES IN THE WORK PLAN, 1053 00:41:56,814 --> 00:41:59,884 INCLUDING MORE FREQUENT. 1054 00:41:59,884 --> 00:42:02,219 >> INTERFUND SETTLEMENTS DIRECT 1055 00:42:02,219 --> 00:42:02,519 ALLOCATION. 1056 00:42:02,519 --> 00:42:04,788 >> OF DEPARTMENT WIDE. 1057 00:42:04,788 --> 00:42:07,858 >> COSTS. 1058 00:42:07,858 --> 00:42:08,392 >> FASTER REIMBURSEMENT. 1059 00:42:08,392 --> 00:42:10,027 >> PROCESSING AND REVISED. 1060 00:42:10,027 --> 00:42:12,863 OVERHEAD PRACTICES. COULD 1061 00:42:12,863 --> 00:42:13,163 REASONABLY. 1062 00:42:13,163 --> 00:42:13,964 >> BE IMPLEMENTED OR AT LEAST 1063 00:42:13,964 --> 00:42:16,367 TESTED, PILOTED, WHATEVER 1064 00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:17,468 EARLIER IN. 1065 00:42:17,468 --> 00:42:20,004 >> 2027. 1066 00:42:20,004 --> 00:42:22,206 >> SO ACCORDING TO THE WORK. 1067 00:42:22,206 --> 00:42:23,707 PROGRAM FOR THE ITT, WHICH I 1068 00:42:23,707 --> 00:42:24,909 THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING 1069 00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:26,443 ABOUT, THE TRANSPORTATION FUND, 1070 00:42:26,443 --> 00:42:28,212 IT. UM, MUCH OF. 2026 IS REALLY 1071 00:42:28,212 --> 00:42:30,114 GOING TO BE ABOUT ISSUE 1072 00:42:30,114 --> 00:42:31,515 IDENTIFICATION OR CAUSES, UM, 1073 00:42:31,515 --> 00:42:33,050 TRYING TO GET A REALLY GOOD 1074 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:34,652 SENSE ON THE CAUSES OF THE CASH 1075 00:42:34,652 --> 00:42:35,786 BALANCE TO THE EXTENT THAT THOSE 1076 00:42:35,786 --> 00:42:37,354 ARE RELATED TO ACCOUNTING 1077 00:42:37,354 --> 00:42:40,491 PRACTICES. 2027 AND BEYOND IS 1078 00:42:40,491 --> 00:42:43,561 WHEN THEY REALLY ARE LOOKING AT. 1079 00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:43,961 >> IMPLEMENTING. 1080 00:42:43,961 --> 00:42:45,095 >> IDENTIFYING WHAT THE OPTIONS 1081 00:42:45,095 --> 00:42:47,197 ARE FOR AND SOLUTIONS ARE, AND 1082 00:42:47,197 --> 00:42:48,866 THEN IMPLEMENTING. I CAN ASK 1083 00:42:48,866 --> 00:42:49,500 THEM WHEN THEY THINK THEY MIGHT 1084 00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:51,902 BE ABLE TO, TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF 1085 00:42:51,902 --> 00:42:54,171 THESE, UM, POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, 1086 00:42:54,171 --> 00:42:56,240 BUT I'M NOT SURE THEY'VE 1087 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,675 IDENTIFIED FULLY ALL THE CAUSES. 1088 00:42:57,675 --> 00:42:59,276 AND THEN THE SOLUTIONS IS TO 1089 00:42:59,276 --> 00:43:01,979 COME AFTER THE CAUSES HAVE BEEN 1090 00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:02,646 IDENTIFIED. NOT THAT THEY DON'T 1091 00:43:02,646 --> 00:43:03,981 HAVE SOME SENSE ABOUT THAT, BUT 1092 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:05,049 RELATIVE SENSE. SO I CAN CHECK 1093 00:43:05,049 --> 00:43:06,583 WITH THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK 1094 00:43:06,583 --> 00:43:09,086 MIGHT BE DOABLE IN, 1095 00:43:09,086 --> 00:43:09,320 >> IN. 1096 00:43:09,320 --> 00:43:09,586 >> 2027. 1097 00:43:09,586 --> 00:43:10,554 >> I'D ADD THAT SOME OF THE 1098 00:43:10,554 --> 00:43:11,789 THINGS THAT THAT YOU JUST 1099 00:43:11,789 --> 00:43:13,958 MENTIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, ARE 1100 00:43:13,958 --> 00:43:14,858 REALLY. REQUIRE THAT WE DO THE 1101 00:43:14,858 --> 00:43:16,460 BUDGET DIFFERENTLY. SO I THINK 1102 00:43:16,460 --> 00:43:18,228 THE NEAREST, THE NEXT 1103 00:43:18,228 --> 00:43:18,729 OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY 1104 00:43:18,729 --> 00:43:19,964 EFFECTUATE THAT WOULD BE NEXT 1105 00:43:19,964 --> 00:43:21,899 YEAR'S BUDGET. UM, YOU KNOW, WE 1106 00:43:21,899 --> 00:43:23,367 AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO 1107 00:43:23,367 --> 00:43:23,934 DIRECT APPROPRIATE WITHOUT 1108 00:43:23,934 --> 00:43:25,002 GIVING THEM THE DIRECT 1109 00:43:25,002 --> 00:43:26,370 APPROPRIATION. SO THERE'S A 1110 00:43:26,370 --> 00:43:27,304 POTENTIAL THAT THEY COULD COME 1111 00:43:27,304 --> 00:43:28,405 FORWARD WITH SOME CHANGES IN 1112 00:43:28,405 --> 00:43:29,440 SUPPLEMENTAL, BUT I THINK IT'S 1113 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,875 MORE LIKELY TO DO IT ALL OVER 1114 00:43:31,875 --> 00:43:35,913 AGAIN FOR THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE. 1115 00:43:35,913 --> 00:43:37,448 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. NO 1116 00:43:37,448 --> 00:43:38,782 FURTHER 1117 00:43:38,782 --> 00:43:39,383 >> QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR. 1118 00:43:39,383 --> 00:43:40,884 CHAIR. THANK YOU. 1119 00:43:40,884 --> 00:43:42,152 >> COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1120 00:43:42,152 --> 00:43:42,519 >> I'VE GOT. 1121 00:43:42,519 --> 00:43:43,053 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 1122 00:43:43,053 --> 00:43:43,520 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1123 00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:44,488 >> AND. 1124 00:43:44,488 --> 00:43:45,022 >> COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1125 00:43:45,022 --> 00:43:46,056 >> OVER TO YOU. 1126 00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:46,590 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1127 00:43:46,590 --> 00:43:47,725 >> THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, THANK 1128 00:43:47,725 --> 00:43:50,628 YOU, MISS ALLEN. MISS RATZLIFF 1129 00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:52,529 AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR CHOW, THANK 1130 00:43:52,529 --> 00:43:55,466 YOU, UM, FOR BEING HERE IN THE 1131 00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:56,033 WORK TO INCLUDE THE CENTRAL 1132 00:43:56,033 --> 00:43:57,968 STAFF MEMO. AND I KNOW WE FOCUS 1133 00:43:57,968 --> 00:43:59,136 ON THE BRIEFINGS, BUT AYE. 1134 00:43:59,136 --> 00:44:01,839 >> APPRECIATE. 1135 00:44:01,839 --> 00:44:02,473 >> FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE CENTRAL 1136 00:44:02,473 --> 00:44:04,208 STAFF MEMO THAT I HAVE UP TODAY, 1137 00:44:04,208 --> 00:44:07,444 UH, HERE RIGHT NOW. UM, I KIND 1138 00:44:07,444 --> 00:44:10,881 OF WANTED TO START NOT TO REHASH 1139 00:44:10,881 --> 00:44:12,216 THE ENTIRE UNIFIED CARE TEAM 1140 00:44:12,216 --> 00:44:14,084 DISCUSSION FROM THIS MORNING, 1141 00:44:14,084 --> 00:44:15,352 BUT TO. 1142 00:44:15,352 --> 00:44:15,686 >> HIGHLIGHT. 1143 00:44:15,686 --> 00:44:17,921 >> YOU KNOW, AS, AS LISTED HERE 1144 00:44:17,921 --> 00:44:20,090 IN THE CENTRAL STAFF MEMO, THE, 1145 00:44:20,090 --> 00:44:21,825 UM, THE CLEAN SEATTLE. 1146 00:44:21,825 --> 00:44:22,126 >> PROGRAM. 1147 00:44:22,126 --> 00:44:26,697 >> YOU KNOW, AND ITS. IMPACTS 1148 00:44:26,697 --> 00:44:29,299 AND IN THE MEMO IT SAID WOULD 1149 00:44:29,299 --> 00:44:30,668 NOT CHANGE THE TEAM'S RESPONSE 1150 00:44:30,668 --> 00:44:31,802 TIMES BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN 1151 00:44:31,802 --> 00:44:33,804 FILLED. UM, COULD ONE ALSO ADD A 1152 00:44:33,804 --> 00:44:35,639 SENTENCE AFTERWARDS? NOR WOULD 1153 00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:37,875 IT. IMPROVE THE RESPONSE TIMES 1154 00:44:37,875 --> 00:44:41,979 BY NOT FILLING THE POSITIONS. 1155 00:44:41,979 --> 00:44:42,546 COULD WE ADD THAT SENTENCE. 1156 00:44:42,546 --> 00:44:43,714 >> AFTERWARDS? 1157 00:44:43,714 --> 00:44:46,917 >> THAT WOULD BE ACCURATE. YEAH, 1158 00:44:46,917 --> 00:44:48,352 >> FOR SURE. YOU KNOW, I BRING 1159 00:44:48,352 --> 00:44:49,520 THIS UP BECAUSE AS WE'LL SEE IN 1160 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:50,721 OTHER PARTS OF THE BUDGET, 1161 00:44:50,721 --> 00:44:52,556 WHETHER IT'S PARKS. 1162 00:44:52,556 --> 00:44:53,457 >> TRANSPORTATION. 1163 00:44:53,457 --> 00:44:54,091 >> OTHER AREAS, THERE'S, YOU 1164 00:44:54,091 --> 00:44:57,361 KNOW, AS IT RELATES TO THIS 1165 00:44:57,361 --> 00:44:58,028 IMPORTANT MISSION AREA, THERE'S 1166 00:44:58,028 --> 00:45:00,531 THAT DRIP, DRIP, DRIP OF 1167 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:02,499 DECISIONS THAT NEGATIVELY. 1168 00:45:02,499 --> 00:45:03,100 IMPACT THE ABILITY TO IMPROVE 1169 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:04,201 OUR. 1170 00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:04,601 >> NEIGHBORHOODS. 1171 00:45:04,601 --> 00:45:05,903 >> UH, UNDER THAT MISSION SET OF 1172 00:45:05,903 --> 00:45:07,771 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM ON THE 1173 00:45:07,771 --> 00:45:09,039 STREETS OF THESE. 1174 00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:11,075 >> NEIGHBORHOODS. 1175 00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:13,610 >> AND TIED TO THAT TO PAGE 1176 00:45:13,610 --> 00:45:15,512 THREE, JUST ABOVE IT IS THE 1177 00:45:15,512 --> 00:45:17,514 STREET CLEANING SERVICES. 1178 00:45:17,514 --> 00:45:17,815 >> PROGRAM. 1179 00:45:17,815 --> 00:45:20,417 >> WHICH IS GOING TO CUT. 1180 00:45:20,417 --> 00:45:20,651 >> 7%. 1181 00:45:20,651 --> 00:45:23,954 >> AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S 1182 00:45:23,954 --> 00:45:25,222 INTERESTING BECAUSE EARLIER THIS 1183 00:45:25,222 --> 00:45:28,826 YEAR, WE HAD A PRESS. CONFERENCE 1184 00:45:28,826 --> 00:45:30,127 JUST OUTSIDE THESE DOORS HERE. 1185 00:45:30,127 --> 00:45:32,496 IT WAS ABOUT NORTH AURORA. AND, 1186 00:45:32,496 --> 00:45:34,098 YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION I GOT AS 1187 00:45:34,098 --> 00:45:35,632 PART OF THAT PRESS CONFERENCE 1188 00:45:35,632 --> 00:45:37,367 IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK? 1189 00:45:37,367 --> 00:45:38,302 AND I SAID THAT I DIDN'T REALLY 1190 00:45:38,302 --> 00:45:42,673 HAVE ANY. CONFIDENCE IN THE CITY 1191 00:45:42,673 --> 00:45:44,174 TO REALLY CHANGE WHERE WE ARE 1192 00:45:44,174 --> 00:45:46,510 RELATED TO THAT CHRONIC. PROBLEM 1193 00:45:46,510 --> 00:45:49,880 OF NORTH AURORA, ANOTHER AREA 1194 00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:51,748 THAT TIED TO THAT, AND I WAS 1195 00:45:51,748 --> 00:45:55,018 PART OF MY MY REMARKS THAT DAY 1196 00:45:55,018 --> 00:45:56,787 WAS A LITTLE SAIGON. AND LITTLE 1197 00:45:56,787 --> 00:45:58,255 SAIGON HAS JUST FINISHED ITS 90 1198 00:45:58,255 --> 00:46:01,191 DAY. AND I'M HEARING THAT 1199 00:46:01,191 --> 00:46:03,627 THINGS HAVEN'T CHANGED. AND I 1200 00:46:03,627 --> 00:46:06,463 SEE HERE THAT LITTLE SAIGON IS 1201 00:46:06,463 --> 00:46:07,531 GOING TO BE IS PART OF THE CUT 1202 00:46:07,531 --> 00:46:10,834 IN TERMS OF SERVICES, CLEANING. 1203 00:46:10,834 --> 00:46:11,168 >> SERVICES. 1204 00:46:11,168 --> 00:46:12,402 >> AND IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC 1205 00:46:12,402 --> 00:46:13,570 SAFETY POSTURE OF OUR. 1206 00:46:13,570 --> 00:46:13,871 >> STREETS. 1207 00:46:13,871 --> 00:46:15,105 >> AND LITTLE SAIGON BEING ONE 1208 00:46:15,105 --> 00:46:18,108 OF THE THE MAIN AREAS, YOU KNOW. 1209 00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:20,010 OH, THIS IS A FOCUS AREA. WE'RE 1210 00:46:20,010 --> 00:46:21,912 GOING TO ADD MORE STREET COPS. 1211 00:46:21,912 --> 00:46:24,681 WE'RE GOING TO CLEAN. AND HERE 1212 00:46:24,681 --> 00:46:26,250 THE BUDGET IS SHOWING THAT 1213 00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:27,784 LITTLE. SAIGON IS GOING TO BE 1214 00:46:27,784 --> 00:46:29,086 IMPACTED BY A REDUCTION OF 1215 00:46:29,086 --> 00:46:31,355 CLEANING. 1216 00:46:31,355 --> 00:46:31,688 >> SERVICES. 1217 00:46:31,688 --> 00:46:32,689 >> UM, IS THERE ANY MORE DETAIL 1218 00:46:32,689 --> 00:46:37,494 ON THAT THAT WAS GIVEN FROM THE. 1219 00:46:37,494 --> 00:46:39,496 >> EXECUTIVE? I DON'T HAVE ANY 1220 00:46:39,496 --> 00:46:41,098 ADDITIONAL DETAIL AND I'M HAPPY 1221 00:46:41,098 --> 00:46:46,036 TO TO LOOK FOR MORE. DO YOU HAVE 1222 00:46:46,036 --> 00:46:47,471 PARTICULAR AREAS THAT YOU'D 1223 00:46:47,471 --> 00:46:47,671 LIKE. 1224 00:46:47,671 --> 00:46:50,741 >> US TO FOCUS ON? WELL, IT KIND 1225 00:46:50,741 --> 00:46:54,411 OF GOES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE 1226 00:46:54,411 --> 00:46:55,045 COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH KIND OF 1227 00:46:55,045 --> 00:46:56,246 ANGLE. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE 1228 00:46:56,246 --> 00:46:58,315 DO HAVE THESE, UM, YOU KNOW, 1229 00:46:58,315 --> 00:47:00,551 THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP AND I 1230 00:47:00,551 --> 00:47:02,386 RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE 1231 00:47:02,386 --> 00:47:03,520 EXECUTIVE'S PIECE HERE, BUT OH, 1232 00:47:03,520 --> 00:47:04,388 WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ON 1233 00:47:04,388 --> 00:47:06,623 LITTLE SAIGON. WE'RE GOING TO 1234 00:47:06,623 --> 00:47:08,492 DO THIS ON NORTH AURORA. OUR 1235 00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:09,426 STREETS ARE ARE PROBLEMATIC. 1236 00:47:09,426 --> 00:47:10,827 AND, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO 1237 00:47:10,827 --> 00:47:15,699 HAVE THIS 90 DAY AND THEN 90 1238 00:47:15,699 --> 00:47:16,466 DAYS COMES AND GOES. BUT ON TOP 1239 00:47:16,466 --> 00:47:18,368 OF THAT, WE HAVE THESE BUDGET 1240 00:47:18,368 --> 00:47:19,636 DECISIONS. I SAID EARLIER, WE 1241 00:47:19,636 --> 00:47:21,271 HAVE THESE INFLECTION POINTS. 1242 00:47:21,271 --> 00:47:22,606 BITE OF SEATTLE WAS AN 1243 00:47:22,606 --> 00:47:24,474 INFLECTION POINT. THE REMOVAL OF 1244 00:47:24,474 --> 00:47:25,709 CHIEF BARNES, AND NOW THE SEARCH 1245 00:47:25,709 --> 00:47:28,011 FOR A NEW CHIEF IS AN INFLECTION 1246 00:47:28,011 --> 00:47:29,112 POINT. AND THE BIGGEST 1247 00:47:29,112 --> 00:47:30,080 INFLECTION POINT OF ALL IS THE 1248 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:31,949 BUDGET, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE 1249 00:47:31,949 --> 00:47:33,750 SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING. AND AS I 1250 00:47:33,750 --> 00:47:35,752 SAID THIS MORNING, THIS IS AT 1251 00:47:35,752 --> 00:47:37,321 LEAST FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE 1252 00:47:37,321 --> 00:47:39,523 OF THINGS. THIS IS THE UNFUNDED 1253 00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:41,091 BUDGET. AND THIS IS ANOTHER 1254 00:47:41,091 --> 00:47:42,759 EXAMPLE WHERE WE'RE SEEING THIS 1255 00:47:42,759 --> 00:47:44,061 UNFUNDED AND THIS HAS AN IMPACT 1256 00:47:44,061 --> 00:47:45,529 ON LITTLE SAIGON. SO I HAVE NO 1257 00:47:45,529 --> 00:47:47,130 QUESTION, EXCEPT MAYBE THE 1258 00:47:47,130 --> 00:47:48,932 EXECUTIVE CAN EXPLAIN HOW DOES 1259 00:47:48,932 --> 00:47:52,769 THIS HELP GET US TO A SOLUTION 1260 00:47:52,769 --> 00:47:54,404 ON LITTLE SAIGON? I WOULD ARGUE 1261 00:47:54,404 --> 00:47:54,972 THAT IT DOESN'T. I GUESS 1262 00:47:54,972 --> 00:47:57,374 THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A 1263 00:47:57,374 --> 00:47:59,509 RHETORICAL QUESTION FOR THAT. 1264 00:47:59,509 --> 00:48:01,211 UM, THE OTHER POINT HERE TIED TO 1265 00:48:01,211 --> 00:48:03,513 THESE TWO IS THAT WE HAVE THIS 1266 00:48:03,513 --> 00:48:05,182 KIND OF. RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE 1267 00:48:05,182 --> 00:48:06,049 DO THE PUBLIC PRIVATE 1268 00:48:06,049 --> 00:48:07,217 PARTNERSHIPS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 1269 00:48:07,217 --> 00:48:08,852 THE DSA, THE MID AMBASSADOR 1270 00:48:08,852 --> 00:48:11,722 PROGRAM. I WAS JUST AT THE SEA 1271 00:48:11,722 --> 00:48:13,490 STAR, WHICH IS THAT KIND OF 1272 00:48:13,490 --> 00:48:15,492 PUBLIC SAFETY HUB, AS THEY CALL 1273 00:48:15,492 --> 00:48:16,426 IT AT THE CONVENTION CENTER, 1274 00:48:16,426 --> 00:48:18,061 BECAUSE IT MENTIONS HERE ON THE 1275 00:48:18,061 --> 00:48:19,563 SAME TOPIC, YOU KNOW, THE 1276 00:48:19,563 --> 00:48:21,098 CONVENTION CENTER, YOU KNOW, THE 1277 00:48:21,098 --> 00:48:22,799 PIKE PINE CORRIDOR, UH, IN MY 1278 00:48:22,799 --> 00:48:23,600 OWN. 1279 00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:23,934 >> DISTRICT. 1280 00:48:23,934 --> 00:48:25,802 >> YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE TRYING TO 1281 00:48:25,802 --> 00:48:27,638 IMPROVE THINGS IN THIS PUBLIC 1282 00:48:27,638 --> 00:48:29,006 PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. AGAIN, WITH 1283 00:48:29,006 --> 00:48:30,540 THE MID AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. 1284 00:48:30,540 --> 00:48:31,808 THOSE GUYS DO GREAT PIECES 1285 00:48:31,808 --> 00:48:33,877 BECAUSE I CAN TAKE YOU TO PIKE 1286 00:48:33,877 --> 00:48:35,812 AND FIRST, IF YOU'RE THERE AT 1287 00:48:35,812 --> 00:48:38,782 MIDNIGHT, TWO, THREE, 4 OR 5, IT 1288 00:48:38,782 --> 00:48:38,949 IS. 1289 00:48:38,949 --> 00:48:40,884 >> INCREDIBLE. 1290 00:48:40,884 --> 00:48:42,019 >> INCREDIBLY SAD. AND THEN THE 1291 00:48:42,019 --> 00:48:42,619 MID AMBASSADORS COME IN NEXT 1292 00:48:42,619 --> 00:48:45,289 THING YOU KNOW. 8390 1293 00:48:45,289 --> 00:48:46,690 EVERYTHING'S GREAT. UM AND 1294 00:48:46,690 --> 00:48:47,491 FURTHER UP THE CORRIDOR, YOU 1295 00:48:47,491 --> 00:48:49,092 KNOW, AS WE GO TO THE CONVENTION 1296 00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:54,698 CENTER AND BEYOND INTO, UM, INTO 1297 00:48:54,698 --> 00:48:56,667 CAP HILL AND WHAT ARE WE SAYING 1298 00:48:56,667 --> 00:48:57,968 TO OUR PARTNERS? AND WE'RE 1299 00:48:57,968 --> 00:49:01,138 TRYING TO HAVE THESE PRIVATE 1300 00:49:01,138 --> 00:49:01,672 PARTNERS IMPROVE WHAT'S 1301 00:49:01,672 --> 00:49:02,572 HAPPENING ON OUR STREETS. AND AT 1302 00:49:02,572 --> 00:49:05,542 THE SAME TIME, WE'RE HAVING 1303 00:49:05,542 --> 00:49:06,643 CUTS, WHAT IS THE. 1304 00:49:06,643 --> 00:49:09,413 >> MESSAGE. 1305 00:49:09,413 --> 00:49:10,047 >> THE EXECUTIVE IS SENDING BY 1306 00:49:10,047 --> 00:49:12,149 REDUCING S DOT'S ABILITY TO 1307 00:49:12,149 --> 00:49:15,619 PARTICIPATE IN THAT PARTNERSHIP? 1308 00:49:15,619 --> 00:49:18,622 AGAIN I'M TECHNICALLY A 1309 00:49:18,622 --> 00:49:20,123 RHETORICAL QUESTIONS, BUT I KNOW 1310 00:49:20,123 --> 00:49:21,158 UPSTAIRS IS WATCHING SO THEY CAN 1311 00:49:21,158 --> 00:49:23,527 COME IN AND ANSWER AT SOME 1312 00:49:23,527 --> 00:49:25,395 POINT. UM, BUT IT'S AN 1313 00:49:25,395 --> 00:49:26,330 IMPORTANT POINT THAT NOBODY'S 1314 00:49:26,330 --> 00:49:27,331 TALKING ABOUT, BUT I THINK WE 1315 00:49:27,331 --> 00:49:28,932 SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT FROM A 1316 00:49:28,932 --> 00:49:29,533 PUBLIC POLICY POINT OF VIEW. 1317 00:49:29,533 --> 00:49:31,101 HEY, WE'RE EMBARKING ON ALL 1318 00:49:31,101 --> 00:49:32,869 THESE PUBLIC PRIVATE. 1319 00:49:32,869 --> 00:49:33,270 >> PARTNERSHIPS. 1320 00:49:33,270 --> 00:49:35,572 >> EFFORTS 1321 00:49:35,572 --> 00:49:35,906 >> IMPORTANT. 1322 00:49:35,906 --> 00:49:38,175 >> AS IT RELATES TO OUR STREETS. 1323 00:49:38,175 --> 00:49:39,976 S DOT'S ROLE IN PUBLIC SAFETY, 1324 00:49:39,976 --> 00:49:45,315 UM, HERE, THE I'VE SAID THIS 1325 00:49:45,315 --> 00:49:50,754 BEFORE, UM, SWITCHING SUBJECTS, 1326 00:49:50,754 --> 00:49:51,355 THE AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC SAFETY 1327 00:49:51,355 --> 00:49:53,690 CAMERAS, IMPORTANT PIECE. UM, 1328 00:49:53,690 --> 00:49:55,592 AND BY THE WAY, THIS HAS COME 1329 00:49:55,592 --> 00:49:57,361 UP. TRANSPORTATION CAMERAS, 1330 00:49:57,361 --> 00:49:58,795 THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 100 THAT 1331 00:49:58,795 --> 00:50:00,097 HAVE BEEN CONNECTED INTO THE 1332 00:50:00,097 --> 00:50:01,598 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. THE 1333 00:50:01,598 --> 00:50:02,466 NONPUBLIC ONES ARE NOT PART OF 1334 00:50:02,466 --> 00:50:04,067 IT, PARTLY BECAUSE THE CAMERAS 1335 00:50:04,067 --> 00:50:05,402 WEREN'T REALLY SUITED FOR THE 1336 00:50:05,402 --> 00:50:07,471 REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. SO THAT 1337 00:50:07,471 --> 00:50:08,171 IS THERE WAS A LOT OF REPORTING 1338 00:50:08,171 --> 00:50:10,674 ON THAT, AND A LOT OF THAT 1339 00:50:10,674 --> 00:50:12,075 REPORTING WAS KIND OF OFF BASE. 1340 00:50:12,075 --> 00:50:13,710 IT WASN'T BAKED ENOUGH, TO BE 1341 00:50:13,710 --> 00:50:17,981 FRANK. UM, BUT IT, BUT THE OIG 1342 00:50:17,981 --> 00:50:19,082 REPORT DOES HIGHLIGHT THAT WE 1343 00:50:19,082 --> 00:50:22,152 HAVE TO DO MORE WORK. AND, AND 1344 00:50:22,152 --> 00:50:25,055 THE WHOLE ISSUE OF SDOT CAMERAS 1345 00:50:25,055 --> 00:50:25,589 IS IMPORTANT. AND IT'S 1346 00:50:25,589 --> 00:50:26,223 SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO 1347 00:50:26,223 --> 00:50:28,225 LOOK AT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY 1348 00:50:28,225 --> 00:50:28,859 COMMITTEE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY 1349 00:50:28,859 --> 00:50:31,461 VICE CHAIR, WHO CHAIRS. 1350 00:50:31,461 --> 00:50:31,895 >> TRANSPORTATION. 1351 00:50:31,895 --> 00:50:32,496 >> TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, 1352 00:50:32,496 --> 00:50:34,097 THOSE T'S ARE CROSSED AND I'S 1353 00:50:34,097 --> 00:50:36,867 ARE DOTTED. BUT IN TERMS OF THE, 1354 00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:39,903 UM, THE AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC SAFETY 1355 00:50:39,903 --> 00:50:40,771 CAMERAS, UM, I THINK THIS IS 1356 00:50:40,771 --> 00:50:42,672 GREAT. MY ONLY CONCERN IS, AND 1357 00:50:42,672 --> 00:50:44,708 AGAIN, THIS DOESN'T REALLY FALL 1358 00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:46,510 TO THE SDOT PORTFOLIO, BUT IS 1359 00:50:46,510 --> 00:50:48,011 WHAT HAPPENS TO THE SEATTLE 1360 00:50:48,011 --> 00:50:49,312 MUNICIPAL COURT BECAUSE IT'S 1361 00:50:49,312 --> 00:50:51,848 KIND OF LIKE SDCI. THEY'RE GOING 1362 00:50:51,848 --> 00:50:54,584 TO BE IN A PROBLEMATIC POSITION 1363 00:50:54,584 --> 00:50:56,186 BECAUSE THEY'RE. ANTICIPATING 1364 00:50:56,186 --> 00:50:57,621 MONEY COMING IN. AND THERE MAY 1365 00:50:57,621 --> 00:50:58,388 BE A FLOOD AT THE BEGINNING, AND 1366 00:50:58,388 --> 00:50:59,990 THEN IT TRAILS OFF AND IT'S, 1367 00:50:59,990 --> 00:51:01,958 YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE IN THE. 1368 00:51:01,958 --> 00:51:03,160 SDCI KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS 1369 00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:03,960 OF THE PERMITS AND SO FORTH, 1370 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:05,429 THAT KIND OF. 1371 00:51:05,429 --> 00:51:05,729 >> PROCESS. 1372 00:51:05,729 --> 00:51:07,697 >> COLLEAGUES, I'M JUST 1373 00:51:07,697 --> 00:51:08,665 HIGHLIGHTING THIS AS A, AS A, 1374 00:51:08,665 --> 00:51:11,601 UM, A TOPIC THAT WE SHOULD BE 1375 00:51:11,601 --> 00:51:12,235 CONSIDERING AND THINKING ABOUT 1376 00:51:12,235 --> 00:51:15,672 OR ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE. 1377 00:51:15,672 --> 00:51:16,006 >> EXECUTIVE. 1378 00:51:16,006 --> 00:51:18,275 >> UM, ANOTHER AREA OF THIS. 1379 00:51:18,275 --> 00:51:20,844 PRESENTATION AND OR THE MEMO IS 1380 00:51:20,844 --> 00:51:22,312 THE COUNCIL DISTRICT FUND. I 1381 00:51:22,312 --> 00:51:24,214 THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM 1382 00:51:24,214 --> 00:51:29,085 THAT MY, MY COLLEAGUE, PUT 1383 00:51:29,085 --> 00:51:31,021 TOGETHER AND I DON'T KNOW, 1384 00:51:31,021 --> 00:51:31,655 PERHAPS OUR SDOT FRIENDS WOULD 1385 00:51:31,655 --> 00:51:32,823 SAY YES, BECAUSE IT GIVES A 1386 00:51:32,823 --> 00:51:35,892 LITTLE DIFFERENT LOOK AT ALL MY 1387 00:51:35,892 --> 00:51:36,893 PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT 1388 00:51:36,893 --> 00:51:38,295 FUND WERE ALL VISION ZERO. 1389 00:51:38,295 --> 00:51:39,830 >> PROJECTS. 1390 00:51:39,830 --> 00:51:41,631 >> WHETHER IT'S IN UPTOWN OR 1391 00:51:41,631 --> 00:51:41,998 QUEEN ANNE OR. 1392 00:51:41,998 --> 00:51:43,433 >> MAGNOLIA. 1393 00:51:43,433 --> 00:51:45,402 >> UM, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THEY 1394 00:51:45,402 --> 00:51:46,670 WERE POSITIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT 1395 00:51:46,670 --> 00:51:49,072 SDOT WAS DOING AS RESPECTS TO, 1396 00:51:49,072 --> 00:51:52,876 UM, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SAFETY, 1397 00:51:52,876 --> 00:51:54,244 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. AND I KNOW 1398 00:51:54,244 --> 00:51:55,445 THERE'S A PIECE HERE TO, YOU 1399 00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:56,079 KNOW, THEY'VE ZEROED IT OUT 1400 00:51:56,079 --> 00:51:57,881 BECAUSE IT'S QUOTE, UNQUOTE, 1401 00:51:57,881 --> 00:51:59,583 ONE TIME SPENDING, UM, AND, AND 1402 00:51:59,583 --> 00:52:02,219 AGAIN, GENERALLY, I APPRECIATE 1403 00:52:02,219 --> 00:52:04,087 WHAT DIRECTOR IS DOING FROM A 1404 00:52:04,087 --> 00:52:05,989 BUDGETARY, UH. 1405 00:52:05,989 --> 00:52:06,356 >> PERSPECTIVE. 1406 00:52:06,356 --> 00:52:08,024 >> UM, BUT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE 1407 00:52:08,024 --> 00:52:10,227 I THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF. 1408 00:52:10,227 --> 00:52:11,495 >> POSITIVE IMPACTS. 1409 00:52:11,495 --> 00:52:12,929 >> UM, I THINK FOR DISTRICT 1410 00:52:12,929 --> 00:52:14,564 SEVEN, I CAN SAY THAT, UM, AND I 1411 00:52:14,564 --> 00:52:16,366 THINK THE, WHEN THESE PROJECTS 1412 00:52:16,366 --> 00:52:17,067 ARE GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN, 1413 00:52:17,067 --> 00:52:18,568 THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, THIS 1414 00:52:18,568 --> 00:52:19,970 IS GREAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE 1415 00:52:19,970 --> 00:52:22,072 TRYING TO DO IN THESE. 1416 00:52:22,072 --> 00:52:22,472 >> NEIGHBORHOODS. 1417 00:52:22,472 --> 00:52:25,976 >> AND SO THAT IS A KEY AREA. 1418 00:52:25,976 --> 00:52:28,411 SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO 1419 00:52:28,411 --> 00:52:30,547 HIGHLIGHT THAT ANOTHER PIECE IN 1420 00:52:30,547 --> 00:52:34,985 HERE TOO WAS, UM UH, WELL, 1421 00:52:34,985 --> 00:52:35,952 BEFORE GOING TO CAPITAL PROGRAM, 1422 00:52:35,952 --> 00:52:39,189 UM, THE SOUTH LAKE UNION. 1423 00:52:39,189 --> 00:52:39,523 >> STREETCAR. 1424 00:52:39,523 --> 00:52:44,294 >> UM, I HAD LAST WEEK A, UM, A 1425 00:52:44,294 --> 00:52:46,196 BUDGET LISTENING, UH, BUDGET, 1426 00:52:46,196 --> 00:52:47,998 UH, OFFICE HOURS, IF YOU WILL, 1427 00:52:47,998 --> 00:52:50,066 IN SOUTH LAKE UNION. AND THEY 1428 00:52:50,066 --> 00:52:50,967 CAME UP, THEY HAD A LOT OF 1429 00:52:50,967 --> 00:52:51,902 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SOUTH LAKE 1430 00:52:51,902 --> 00:52:54,671 UNION STREETCAR. I KNOW IT'S 1431 00:52:54,671 --> 00:52:55,305 PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC AND 1432 00:52:55,305 --> 00:52:57,173 IT'S TIED IN AS WELL WITH 1433 00:52:57,173 --> 00:52:58,441 STREET THREE FOUR, WHATEVER IT 1434 00:52:58,441 --> 00:53:00,443 ENDS UP BEING, UH, AS WELL. UM, 1435 00:53:00,443 --> 00:53:02,179 BUT THEY HAD SOME IDEAS IN TERMS 1436 00:53:02,179 --> 00:53:03,780 OF HOW CAN THEY USE THE SOUTH 1437 00:53:03,780 --> 00:53:05,815 LAKE UNION STREETCAR TO BETTER 1438 00:53:05,815 --> 00:53:08,251 THE, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1439 00:53:08,251 --> 00:53:10,654 OF SOUTH LAKE UNION, YOU KNOW, 1440 00:53:10,654 --> 00:53:12,355 THAT KIND OF ADDITIONAL DOWN 1441 00:53:12,355 --> 00:53:12,989 GREATER DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD, 1442 00:53:12,989 --> 00:53:14,124 YOU KNOW, A CENTER OF. 1443 00:53:14,124 --> 00:53:15,659 >> ACTIVITY. 1444 00:53:15,659 --> 00:53:16,993 >> UM, BY THE WAY, IN A 1445 00:53:16,993 --> 00:53:19,195 GENERALLY BETTER PUBLIC SAFETY 1446 00:53:19,195 --> 00:53:20,263 POSTURE. AND, AND ONE OF THE 1447 00:53:20,263 --> 00:53:21,197 POINTS THAT WAS RAISED WAS, YOU 1448 00:53:21,197 --> 00:53:22,866 KNOW, IS CAN WE LEARN LESSONS OF 1449 00:53:22,866 --> 00:53:24,634 THE. MONORAIL PARTICULARLY HAS 1450 00:53:24,634 --> 00:53:25,635 THE MONORAIL IS NOW USED, LIKE 1451 00:53:25,635 --> 00:53:27,137 WITH THE KRAKEN AND CLIMATE 1452 00:53:27,137 --> 00:53:29,105 PLEDGE AND SO FORTH. IS THERE, 1453 00:53:29,105 --> 00:53:30,006 IS THERE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO 1454 00:53:30,006 --> 00:53:32,309 WITH THE SOUTH LAKE UNION. 1455 00:53:32,309 --> 00:53:32,642 >> STREETCAR? 1456 00:53:32,642 --> 00:53:33,810 >> UM, SIMILARLY TO THE 1457 00:53:33,810 --> 00:53:35,011 MONORAIL, I DON'T HAVE THE 1458 00:53:35,011 --> 00:53:37,247 ANSWER TO THAT, UM, BUT I JUST 1459 00:53:37,247 --> 00:53:38,114 NOTED THE, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY 1460 00:53:38,114 --> 00:53:39,716 THAT WE ARE SPENDING ON THE 1461 00:53:39,716 --> 00:53:41,184 SOUTH LAKE UNION STREETCAR, 1462 00:53:41,184 --> 00:53:42,485 WHICH IS ARGUABLY NOT A REALLY 1463 00:53:42,485 --> 00:53:43,653 GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT. BUT 1464 00:53:43,653 --> 00:53:46,623 IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT OTHER. 1465 00:53:46,623 --> 00:53:48,992 OPPORTUNITIES AND MAYBE, UM, 1466 00:53:48,992 --> 00:53:51,094 PIGGYBACK OFF THE MONORAIL, UM, 1467 00:53:51,094 --> 00:53:52,228 EXPERIENCE, RECENT EXPERIENCE, I 1468 00:53:52,228 --> 00:53:53,230 THINK WE COULD MAYBE FIND SOME 1469 00:53:53,230 --> 00:53:55,231 OTHER. OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 1470 00:53:55,231 --> 00:53:56,499 SOUTH LAKE UNION STREETCAR IN 1471 00:53:56,499 --> 00:53:58,902 TERMS OF INCREASING RIDERSHIP 1472 00:53:58,902 --> 00:54:02,072 AND SO FORTH UH, CHAIR, JUST ONE 1473 00:54:02,072 --> 00:54:06,743 LAST THING. UM, JUST AS I NOTED 1474 00:54:06,743 --> 00:54:08,311 BEFORE ON THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, 1475 00:54:08,311 --> 00:54:10,680 BRIDGES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. THE 1476 00:54:10,680 --> 00:54:11,648 MAGNOLIA BRIDGE, BOTH THE REPAIR 1477 00:54:11,648 --> 00:54:12,282 PLUS FIGURING OUT WHAT WE'RE 1478 00:54:12,282 --> 00:54:14,050 GOING TO DO WITH THAT. AND TIED 1479 00:54:14,050 --> 00:54:15,619 TO THAT IS THE EMERGENCY ACCESS 1480 00:54:15,619 --> 00:54:18,154 CONNECTING SOUTHERN. MAGNOLIA TO 1481 00:54:18,154 --> 00:54:20,056 THE MARINA INTERBAY. AND THEN 1482 00:54:20,056 --> 00:54:21,791 THEREFORE, THE CITY. SUPER 1483 00:54:21,791 --> 00:54:24,728 IMPORTANT TO WORK ON THAT. AND, 1484 00:54:24,728 --> 00:54:26,029 UH, AND ONE AREA THAT KIND OF 1485 00:54:26,029 --> 00:54:27,731 FALLS UNDER MY. 1486 00:54:27,731 --> 00:54:28,064 >> MARITIME. 1487 00:54:28,064 --> 00:54:30,867 >> UM STRATEGIC PRIORITY IS THE 1488 00:54:30,867 --> 00:54:33,069 FREIGHT PROGRAM. I KNOW IT'S A 1489 00:54:33,069 --> 00:54:35,705 SMALL, WELL, COULD BE CONSIDERED 1490 00:54:35,705 --> 00:54:36,373 SMALL BECAUSE IT'S ONE PART OF 1491 00:54:36,373 --> 00:54:37,007 THE OVERALL FREIGHT PROGRAM, BUT 1492 00:54:37,007 --> 00:54:39,042 THE FREIGHT MOBILITY PROGRAM 1493 00:54:39,042 --> 00:54:40,110 BEING REDUCED 12%. WE NEED TO 1494 00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:43,980 BE. AND AS TIMES OF. 1495 00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:44,514 >> BUDGETARY CHALLENGES. 1496 00:54:44,514 --> 00:54:46,082 >> THE MARITIME PIECE IS SO 1497 00:54:46,082 --> 00:54:47,050 IMPORTANT FOR OUR REVENUE AND WE 1498 00:54:47,050 --> 00:54:49,619 SHOULD BE LOOKING TO SUPPORT 1499 00:54:49,619 --> 00:54:51,021 THE. MARITIME ENTERPRISE HERE IN 1500 00:54:51,021 --> 00:54:52,956 OUR CITY AS A WAY TO ENSURE THAT 1501 00:54:52,956 --> 00:54:54,024 ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THAT WE 1502 00:54:54,024 --> 00:54:56,893 HAVE STRONG, UM, REVENUE COMING 1503 00:54:56,893 --> 00:54:58,795 IN AND WE SHOULD LOOK FOR 1504 00:54:58,795 --> 00:54:59,429 OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THAT. 1505 00:54:59,429 --> 00:55:00,497 AND WHEN IT COMES TO. 1506 00:55:00,497 --> 00:55:02,098 >> TRANSPORTATION. 1507 00:55:02,098 --> 00:55:04,000 >> THE FREIGHT PROGRAM IS HUGE 1508 00:55:04,000 --> 00:55:06,970 IN THAT AREA. SO, UM, CHAIR, 1509 00:55:06,970 --> 00:55:08,304 JUST SOME. 1510 00:55:08,304 --> 00:55:08,705 >> OBSERVATIONS. 1511 00:55:08,705 --> 00:55:10,874 >> SOME RHETORICAL QUESTIONS. 1512 00:55:10,874 --> 00:55:13,009 AGAIN. THANK YOU, MISS ALLEN, 1513 00:55:13,009 --> 00:55:14,744 FOR NODDING YOUR HEAD. I 1514 00:55:14,744 --> 00:55:16,613 RECOGNIZE THE THE ANSWER MAY BE 1515 00:55:16,613 --> 00:55:18,481 MISS LABORDE CAN ANSWER BEHIND 1516 00:55:18,481 --> 00:55:20,517 YOU OR FOLKS UPSTAIRS OR ACROSS 1517 00:55:20,517 --> 00:55:23,019 IN SMC 1518 00:55:23,019 --> 00:55:23,586 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1519 00:55:23,586 --> 00:55:25,055 KETTLE COMMITTEE ANYTHING TO 1520 00:55:25,055 --> 00:55:26,556 SHARE IN RESPONSE? ANY 1521 00:55:26,556 --> 00:55:28,758 REFLECTIONS? FAIR ENOUGH. 1522 00:55:28,758 --> 00:55:30,393 >> COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOLLOWED 1523 00:55:30,393 --> 00:55:31,461 BY JUAREZ. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1524 00:55:31,461 --> 00:55:34,264 CHAIR. UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR 1525 00:55:34,264 --> 00:55:35,598 BEING HERE AND ANSWERING OUR 1526 00:55:35,598 --> 00:55:39,636 QUESTIONS. I, UM UH, AND THANK 1527 00:55:39,636 --> 00:55:41,571 YOU BOTH AMANDA AND TRACI FOR 1528 00:55:41,571 --> 00:55:43,039 LIKE JUMPING INTO S DOTS. UH, 1529 00:55:43,039 --> 00:55:50,647 ISSUE ID UM, I WELL, FIRST OFF, 1530 00:55:50,647 --> 00:55:53,049 I, UM, APPRECIATE MY 1531 00:55:53,049 --> 00:55:55,552 COLLEAGUE'S COMMENTS AND I, AND 1532 00:55:55,552 --> 00:55:58,188 I DON'T DISAGREE. UM I'M GOING 1533 00:55:58,188 --> 00:55:59,689 TO SHARE, I'M A LITTLE. 1534 00:55:59,689 --> 00:56:01,991 FRUSTRATED BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, 1535 00:56:01,991 --> 00:56:05,795 AND THIS KEEPS HAPPENING. UM. 1536 00:56:05,795 --> 00:56:07,731 >> COUNCIL. 1537 00:56:07,731 --> 00:56:10,266 >> UH, GETS REQUESTED TO. 1538 00:56:10,266 --> 00:56:12,369 BASICALLY THIS TO ME IS LIKE A 1539 00:56:12,369 --> 00:56:14,237 BAILOUT. UM, AND YET WE'RE ONLY 1540 00:56:14,237 --> 00:56:15,605 JUST FINDING OUT IN THE LAST 1541 00:56:15,605 --> 00:56:17,273 COUPLE OF WEEKS. AND THIS IS 1542 00:56:17,273 --> 00:56:18,141 IMPORTANT TO NOTE FOR THE 1543 00:56:18,141 --> 00:56:20,143 RECORD, BECAUSE OUR CONSTITUENTS 1544 00:56:20,143 --> 00:56:21,578 DON'T KNOW, LIKE THEY ASSUME WE 1545 00:56:21,578 --> 00:56:23,513 KNOW THESE THINGS, BUT WE DO 1546 00:56:23,513 --> 00:56:25,215 NOT. SO I DID NOT KNOW UP UNTIL 1547 00:56:25,215 --> 00:56:27,484 A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, RIGHT? 1548 00:56:27,484 --> 00:56:28,118 DURING THE BUDGET, AS PART OF 1549 00:56:28,118 --> 00:56:30,353 THE BUDGET. PROCESS THAT SDOT 1550 00:56:30,353 --> 00:56:32,288 WAS OPERATING BASICALLY IN THE 1551 00:56:32,288 --> 00:56:35,191 RED IN THIS WAY. THIS IS A NEW. 1552 00:56:35,191 --> 00:56:36,559 DEVELOPMENT FOR. 1553 00:56:36,559 --> 00:56:36,860 >> COUNCIL. 1554 00:56:36,860 --> 00:56:38,795 >> AND THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR. 1555 00:56:38,795 --> 00:56:39,963 CONSTITUENTS TO KNOW. SO MY 1556 00:56:39,963 --> 00:56:43,400 FIRST QUESTION IS, HOW LONG HAS 1557 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:45,068 THE EXECUTIVE AND THE DEPARTMENT 1558 00:56:45,068 --> 00:56:45,568 KNOWN THIS? BECAUSE WE. 1559 00:56:45,568 --> 00:56:47,604 >> WERE NOT TOLD. 1560 00:56:47,604 --> 00:56:50,173 >> THIS, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT 1561 00:56:50,173 --> 00:56:51,241 SPECIFIC QUESTION, BUT I DO WANT 1562 00:56:51,241 --> 00:56:54,611 TO POINT OUT THAT PART OF THIS 1563 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:56,312 IS ABOUT RUNNING A DEFICIT IN 1564 00:56:56,312 --> 00:56:56,780 THE SPECIFICALLY THE 1565 00:56:56,780 --> 00:56:57,614 TRANSPORTATION FUND. SO OVERALL, 1566 00:56:57,614 --> 00:57:00,150 THERE IS MONEY THERE. THE MONEY 1567 00:57:00,150 --> 00:57:01,851 IS THERE. IT'S NOT IN THIS 1568 00:57:01,851 --> 00:57:04,120 ACCOUNTING FUND, WHICH IS TAKING 1569 00:57:04,120 --> 00:57:05,288 ALL THE HITS AND TRYING TO 1570 00:57:05,288 --> 00:57:08,391 PROCESS ALL THE MONEY. UM, SO 1571 00:57:08,391 --> 00:57:09,359 NOT TO DISAPPOINT YOUR, YOUR, 1572 00:57:09,359 --> 00:57:09,559 YOUR. 1573 00:57:09,559 --> 00:57:11,694 >> POINT, BUT JUST TO 1574 00:57:11,694 --> 00:57:13,096 UNDERSCORE, BUT WE'RE JUST 1575 00:57:13,096 --> 00:57:15,131 FINDING OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE 1576 00:57:15,131 --> 00:57:17,066 SITUATION IS TODAY AND BEING 1577 00:57:17,066 --> 00:57:19,135 ASKED TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, 1578 00:57:19,135 --> 00:57:23,506 OR TO. APPROVE THIS. INTERFUND 1579 00:57:23,506 --> 00:57:24,908 LOAN PIECE IN ORDER TO BACKFILL, 1580 00:57:24,908 --> 00:57:26,709 BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE RESERVES. 1581 00:57:26,709 --> 00:57:29,279 SO THERE IS A LOT HERE THAT 1582 00:57:29,279 --> 00:57:31,481 WE'RE JUST FINDING OUT MORE 1583 00:57:31,481 --> 00:57:33,416 RECENTLY. AND I'M. 1584 00:57:33,416 --> 00:57:33,750 >> WONDERING. 1585 00:57:33,750 --> 00:57:35,418 >> BECAUSE I HEARD YOU SAY PART 1586 00:57:35,418 --> 00:57:37,053 OF THIS ISSUE. WELL, FIRST OF 1587 00:57:37,053 --> 00:57:38,621 ALL, WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE 1588 00:57:38,621 --> 00:57:41,357 CAUSES. SO LET ME JUST START 1589 00:57:41,357 --> 00:57:43,126 THERE. WE WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE 1590 00:57:43,126 --> 00:57:44,694 CAUSES. THERE'S THIS PRETTY BIG 1591 00:57:44,694 --> 00:57:46,663 THING THAT HAS BEEN DISCLOSED. 1592 00:57:46,663 --> 00:57:48,031 AND THEN THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT 1593 00:57:48,031 --> 00:57:50,500 AMOUNT OF MONEY, 1594 00:57:50,500 --> 00:57:51,701 >> 63.5 MILLION. 1595 00:57:51,701 --> 00:57:52,368 >> THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT 1596 00:57:52,368 --> 00:57:55,505 OF MONEY TO BE ASKING FOR US TO 1597 00:57:55,505 --> 00:57:57,040 APPROVE AHEAD OF TIME AND ENTER 1598 00:57:57,040 --> 00:58:00,476 PHONE LOAN. INTERFUND LOAN FOR 1599 00:58:00,476 --> 00:58:02,412 THE DEPARTMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE 1600 00:58:02,412 --> 00:58:05,181 TO DRAW FROM AS THEY THINK. 1601 00:58:05,181 --> 00:58:06,950 >> NECESSARY. 1602 00:58:06,950 --> 00:58:09,085 >> UM, SO I DEFINITELY SUPPORT 1603 00:58:09,085 --> 00:58:11,354 PUTTING GUARDRAILS IN PLACE 1604 00:58:11,354 --> 00:58:12,522 BECAUSE WE, AS I JUST. 1605 00:58:12,522 --> 00:58:12,856 >> DISCLOSED. 1606 00:58:12,856 --> 00:58:15,124 >> WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S 1607 00:58:15,124 --> 00:58:16,326 HAPPENING IN REAL TIME. AND SO 1608 00:58:16,326 --> 00:58:17,827 IF WE DON'T PUT GUARDRAILS IN 1609 00:58:17,827 --> 00:58:19,762 PLACE, THAT'S OUR ONLY. 1610 00:58:19,762 --> 00:58:22,999 OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT IS 1611 00:58:22,999 --> 00:58:25,268 HAPPENING IN REAL TIME, BECAUSE. 1612 00:58:25,268 --> 00:58:27,503 OTHERWISE FOLKS AREN'T. 1613 00:58:27,503 --> 00:58:28,638 PROPHYLACTICALLY COMING TO US AS 1614 00:58:28,638 --> 00:58:29,639 I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD. HEY, LET 1615 00:58:29,639 --> 00:58:31,341 ME LET US FLAG THIS FOR YOU 1616 00:58:31,341 --> 00:58:33,142 BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE TO DEAL 1617 00:58:33,142 --> 00:58:34,777 WITH THIS AT COME BUDGET TIME. 1618 00:58:34,777 --> 00:58:37,881 SO I GUESS CAL, THAT IS REALLY 1619 00:58:37,881 --> 00:58:40,016 MY SOURCE OF. FRUSTRATION IS 1620 00:58:40,016 --> 00:58:42,518 WHEN COUNCIL FINDS THESE THINGS 1621 00:58:42,518 --> 00:58:45,755 OUT. SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE 1622 00:58:45,755 --> 00:58:47,657 I'D T KNEW, ABOUT THIS. 1623 00:58:47,657 --> 00:58:47,991 >> SITUATION. 1624 00:58:47,991 --> 00:58:49,592 >> I SUSPECT OBVIOUSLY BEFORE 1625 00:58:49,592 --> 00:58:51,094 BUDGET, BUT WE WEREN'T TOLD THEN 1626 00:58:51,094 --> 00:58:56,199 AND I DON'T KNOW BEFORE THEN. 1627 00:58:56,199 --> 00:58:58,001 UM, WHEN THE DEPARTMENT AND THE. 1628 00:58:58,001 --> 00:58:59,636 EXECUTIVE KNEW ABOUT THE 1629 00:58:59,636 --> 00:59:01,070 SITUATION THAT THEY COULD HAVE 1630 00:59:01,070 --> 00:59:02,472 FLAGGED FOR US SOONER. I GUESS 1631 00:59:02,472 --> 00:59:05,642 THAT'S MY POINT. 1632 00:59:05,642 --> 00:59:07,710 >> SO I DO THINK THAT COUNCIL 1633 00:59:07,710 --> 00:59:09,479 HAD AN AWARENESS OF THE 1634 00:59:09,479 --> 00:59:10,914 TRANSPORTATION FUND CHALLENGES, 1635 00:59:10,914 --> 00:59:12,916 BECAUSE WE AUTHORIZED IN. 1636 00:59:12,916 --> 00:59:13,182 >> 2020. 1637 00:59:13,182 --> 00:59:13,950 >> 2020, WAS 1638 00:59:13,950 --> 00:59:16,352 >> THE FIRST INTERFUND LOAN OF 1639 00:59:16,352 --> 00:59:19,055 $25 MILLION THAT THEY WERE 1640 00:59:19,055 --> 00:59:20,223 PAYING OFF OVER THE LAST FEW 1641 00:59:20,223 --> 00:59:21,724 YEARS. AND WITH THE LAST, I 1642 00:59:21,724 --> 00:59:22,859 THINK PAYMENT HAPPENED IN 1643 00:59:22,859 --> 00:59:23,927 DECEMBER OF 2025. SO I THINK 1644 00:59:23,927 --> 00:59:25,828 THERE WAS SOME AWARENESS THAT 1645 00:59:25,828 --> 00:59:26,829 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND WAS 1646 00:59:26,829 --> 00:59:27,664 HAVING CHALLENGES. NOW, IT MAY 1647 00:59:27,664 --> 00:59:29,933 NOT HAVE HAD AWARENESS THAT 1648 00:59:29,933 --> 00:59:31,200 STARTING IN 2026, AFTER THE 1649 00:59:31,200 --> 00:59:32,335 INTERFUND LOAN WAS PAID OFF, 1650 00:59:32,335 --> 00:59:35,071 THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE 1651 00:59:35,071 --> 00:59:36,572 CHALLENGES. BUT WHEN I'M LOOKING 1652 00:59:36,572 --> 00:59:38,274 AT THE BUDGET, MATERIALS AND 1653 00:59:38,274 --> 00:59:39,809 FINANCIAL PLANS, I LOOKED AT 1654 00:59:39,809 --> 00:59:40,843 LAST YEAR'S FINANCIAL PLAN AND 1655 00:59:40,843 --> 00:59:43,479 IT WAS A NEGATIVE BALANCE AND 1656 00:59:43,479 --> 00:59:44,847 PROJECTED FOR IT TO BE NEGATIVE 1657 00:59:44,847 --> 00:59:46,015 BALANCE FOR THIS YEAR AND THE 1658 00:59:46,015 --> 00:59:47,550 COMING YEARS. THIS YEAR, I'M 1659 00:59:47,550 --> 00:59:48,418 LOOKING AT THE FINANCIAL PLAN 1660 00:59:48,418 --> 00:59:49,319 AND IT IS NOT NEGATIVE. IT IS 1661 00:59:49,319 --> 00:59:50,887 NOW SHOWING A POSITIVE GOING 1662 00:59:50,887 --> 00:59:52,956 FORWARD. FROM 2028 ON. SO I'M 1663 00:59:52,956 --> 00:59:55,124 NOT SURE TO WHAT EXTENT. AS THE 1664 00:59:55,124 --> 00:59:56,559 HISTORIAN HERE. 1665 00:59:56,559 --> 00:59:57,560 >> I DO THINK I DO THINK THAT, 1666 00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:59,329 YOU KNOW, THAT JUST SPEAKS TO 1667 00:59:59,329 --> 01:00:00,730 ACTUALLY THE SAME ISSUE THAT YOU 1668 01:00:00,730 --> 01:00:02,732 HAVE IS THAT YOU'RE PRESENTED 1669 01:00:02,732 --> 01:00:03,800 WITH THE HOW DO WE FIX IT SORT 1670 01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:05,368 OF AT THE END WITHOUT SORT OF 1671 01:00:05,368 --> 01:00:07,036 KNOWING AS LONG AS YOU GET 1672 01:00:07,036 --> 01:00:08,905 ALONG, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE 1673 01:00:08,905 --> 01:00:12,175 PATH, WHAT'S THE CHART? UM, 1674 01:00:12,175 --> 01:00:13,176 WHAT TRACI IS MENTIONING IS THAT 1675 01:00:13,176 --> 01:00:14,210 IT WAS KNOWN THAT WE WERE IN A 1676 01:00:14,210 --> 01:00:16,980 BAD SITUATION LAST YEAR. UM, 1677 01:00:16,980 --> 01:00:17,981 SIMILAR TO THE GENERAL FUND, WE 1678 01:00:17,981 --> 01:00:19,782 DID NOT SHOW BALANCED BUDGETS 1679 01:00:19,782 --> 01:00:20,850 GOING OUT INTO, INTO FUTURE 1680 01:00:20,850 --> 01:00:22,051 YEARS. THAT WAS ALSO TRUE FOR 1681 01:00:22,051 --> 01:00:24,354 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. SO YES, 1682 01:00:24,354 --> 01:00:24,988 THERE WERE SOME WARNING LIGHTS, 1683 01:00:24,988 --> 01:00:26,389 BUT IT WASN'T DESCRIBED IN THE 1684 01:00:26,389 --> 01:00:28,925 SAME WAY AS CORRECT. RUNNING 1685 01:00:28,925 --> 01:00:30,193 THIS DEFICIT FOR HOW MANY DAYS 1686 01:00:30,193 --> 01:00:31,561 AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 1687 01:00:31,561 --> 01:00:32,962 >> NOR THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE 1688 01:00:32,962 --> 01:00:35,031 RESERVES, NOR THAT I DIDN'T KNOW 1689 01:00:35,031 --> 01:00:36,499 ABOUT THE 2020 INTER LOAN FUND, 1690 01:00:36,499 --> 01:00:38,301 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY MANY OF US 1691 01:00:38,301 --> 01:00:41,938 WEREN'T HERE IN 2020. UM, 1692 01:00:41,938 --> 01:00:44,173 EXCEPT FOR COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1693 01:00:44,173 --> 01:00:47,577 UM, AND SO YOU WERE HERE AND 1694 01:00:47,577 --> 01:00:48,111 COUNCIL COUNCIL AND CHAIR 1695 01:00:48,111 --> 01:00:49,812 STRAUSS APOLOGIES, BUT THE 1696 01:00:49,812 --> 01:00:53,683 MAJORITY OF US WERE NOT. UM, AND 1697 01:00:53,683 --> 01:00:55,118 THEN EVEN MORE RECENTLY, WE HAVE 1698 01:00:55,118 --> 01:00:56,152 NEWER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO 1699 01:00:56,152 --> 01:00:59,322 AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE, 1700 01:00:59,322 --> 01:01:00,790 THIS INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE 1701 01:01:00,790 --> 01:01:02,225 GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT WE 1702 01:01:02,225 --> 01:01:04,661 AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT WE KNOW 1703 01:01:04,661 --> 01:01:06,929 AND NOT MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT 1704 01:01:06,929 --> 01:01:08,631 BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED IN 2020, 1705 01:01:08,631 --> 01:01:10,633 WE WOULD WE WOULD KNOW WHAT THE 1706 01:01:10,633 --> 01:01:12,335 SITUATION WAS. SO THAT IS THE 1707 01:01:12,335 --> 01:01:14,237 SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION. CAL, AND 1708 01:01:14,237 --> 01:01:16,272 THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT 1709 01:01:16,272 --> 01:01:19,709 IT IS I MEAN, IT IS TROUBLESOME 1710 01:01:19,709 --> 01:01:22,578 TO BE HERE BEING ASKED TO 1711 01:01:22,578 --> 01:01:25,048 APPROVE ANOTHER INTERFUND LOAN 1712 01:01:25,048 --> 01:01:26,449 OF THIS AMOUNT, UM, AND NOT 1713 01:01:26,449 --> 01:01:30,653 HAVING BEEN FLAGGED THAT SOONER. 1714 01:01:30,653 --> 01:01:31,454 I MEAN, THE DEPARTMENT COULD 1715 01:01:31,454 --> 01:01:34,323 HAVE. OKAY. SO LET'S, LET'S PUT 1716 01:01:34,323 --> 01:01:36,626 THAT ASIDE. SO THE OTHER PIECE 1717 01:01:36,626 --> 01:01:40,463 IS ON THE DISTRICT FUND. MANY OF 1718 01:01:40,463 --> 01:01:41,898 US SAW THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1719 01:01:41,898 --> 01:01:46,069 HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS, UM, BE 1720 01:01:46,069 --> 01:01:47,537 ABLE TO FULFILL PROJECTS WE KNEW 1721 01:01:47,537 --> 01:01:50,139 WERE NOT GOING TO GET DONE 1722 01:01:50,139 --> 01:01:52,708 UNLESS WE ALLOCATED MONEY. 1723 01:01:52,708 --> 01:01:54,544 REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER 1724 01:01:54,544 --> 01:01:57,180 UM, SAKA FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AS 1725 01:01:57,180 --> 01:01:58,548 TRANSPORTATION CHAIR TO REALLY, 1726 01:01:58,548 --> 01:02:03,186 UM, SUPPORT, UM, THIS FUND AND 1727 01:02:03,186 --> 01:02:04,120 BUILD IT AS PART OF THE, THE 1728 01:02:04,120 --> 01:02:06,122 LEVY, QUITE FRANKLY, 1729 01:02:06,122 --> 01:02:07,156 TRANSPORTATION LEVY A COUPLE OF 1730 01:02:07,156 --> 01:02:09,959 YEARS AGO. SO, UM, IN MY 1731 01:02:09,959 --> 01:02:12,261 DISTRICT, FOR INSTANCE, THERE, 1732 01:02:12,261 --> 01:02:16,432 UH, I IDENTIFIED A PROJECT FOR 1733 01:02:16,432 --> 01:02:17,100 THE FUND THAT WOULD NOT, WASN'T 1734 01:02:17,100 --> 01:02:18,668 GOING TO GET DONE OTHERWISE. 1735 01:02:18,668 --> 01:02:21,003 STILL HASN'T GOTTEN DONE. 1736 01:02:21,003 --> 01:02:22,038 CONSTITUENTS HAVE BEEN WAITING 1737 01:02:22,038 --> 01:02:23,439 TEN YEARS OR HAVE BEEN ASKING 1738 01:02:23,439 --> 01:02:26,742 FOR TEN YEARS. SDOT TO DO THIS. 1739 01:02:26,742 --> 01:02:29,278 VISION ZERO TYPE PROJECT. IT'S 1740 01:02:29,278 --> 01:02:32,882 BASICALLY A TRAFFIC CIRCLE AND 1741 01:02:32,882 --> 01:02:34,150 NO, CAN'T DO IT. DON'T HAVE 1742 01:02:34,150 --> 01:02:35,284 THE MONEY, DON'T HAVE THE 1743 01:02:35,284 --> 01:02:36,385 MONEY, DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. 1744 01:02:36,385 --> 01:02:39,021 AND SO I IDENTIFIED THE MONEY. 1745 01:02:39,021 --> 01:02:41,224 STILL HASN'T GOTTEN DONE. SO IT 1746 01:02:41,224 --> 01:02:43,226 IS HARD FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO 1747 01:02:43,226 --> 01:02:45,428 COME AND TO HEAR ABOUT THIS 1748 01:02:45,428 --> 01:02:49,098 SITUATION. AND THEN FEEL LIKE, 1749 01:02:49,098 --> 01:02:54,203 UM, I'M BEING ASKED TO, TO GIVE 1750 01:02:54,203 --> 01:02:56,839 ANOTHER, UM, APPROVAL FOR AN 1751 01:02:56,839 --> 01:02:58,708 INTERFUND LOAN. ALL THE WHILE, 1752 01:02:58,708 --> 01:03:00,710 THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE 1753 01:03:00,710 --> 01:03:01,377 REQUESTING AREN'T GETTING DONE. 1754 01:03:01,377 --> 01:03:03,446 EVEN WHEN WE DO IDENTIFY THE 1755 01:03:03,446 --> 01:03:06,516 MONEY FOR IT. UM, SAME WITH LAST 1756 01:03:06,516 --> 01:03:09,051 YEAR'S BUDGET WHERE I 1757 01:03:09,051 --> 01:03:10,119 IDENTIFIED, UM, YOU KNOW, I 1758 01:03:10,119 --> 01:03:12,121 ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO DO A 1759 01:03:12,121 --> 01:03:14,624 TRAFFIC CALMING ON SAND POINT 1760 01:03:14,624 --> 01:03:17,894 WAY AND THEY DIDN'T DO IT. THEY 1761 01:03:17,894 --> 01:03:18,494 NEEDED TO TALK TO THE STATE. 1762 01:03:18,494 --> 01:03:21,464 THEY NEEDED TO TALK TO OUR 1763 01:03:21,464 --> 01:03:22,098 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER 1764 01:03:22,098 --> 01:03:24,834 TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. IT WAS 1765 01:03:24,834 --> 01:03:26,335 TRAFFIC CALMING. UM, THERE'S ALL 1766 01:03:26,335 --> 01:03:27,336 THIS SPEED RACING THAT HAS 1767 01:03:27,336 --> 01:03:29,238 HAPPENED IN THAT AREA. THEY 1768 01:03:29,238 --> 01:03:32,008 DIDN'T TALK TO THE STATE. THEY 1769 01:03:32,008 --> 01:03:32,675 DIDN'T TALK TO OUR TRANS, YOU 1770 01:03:32,675 --> 01:03:35,144 KNOW, OUR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS 1771 01:03:35,144 --> 01:03:37,213 AND THEN COME BACK. NO, CAN'T DO 1772 01:03:37,213 --> 01:03:38,748 THE PROJECT BECAUSE OF THESE 1773 01:03:38,748 --> 01:03:40,149 ISSUES. YES. WE'VE IDENTIFIED 1774 01:03:40,149 --> 01:03:41,350 THAT THAT IS A STATE ROAD AND 1775 01:03:41,350 --> 01:03:43,886 THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE 1776 01:03:43,886 --> 01:03:45,721 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. BUT THERE 1777 01:03:45,721 --> 01:03:46,722 WAS NO EVIDENCE, NOR DID THEY 1778 01:03:46,722 --> 01:03:48,524 TELL ME WHEN THEY TALKED TO ME 1779 01:03:48,524 --> 01:03:49,559 DIRECTLY, THAT THEY HAD TALKED 1780 01:03:49,559 --> 01:03:52,328 TO THOSE AGENCIES IN ORDER TO 1781 01:03:52,328 --> 01:03:54,263 FIGURE OUT, CAN WE DO SOME 1782 01:03:54,263 --> 01:03:56,265 TRAFFIC CALMING THERE? SO THIS 1783 01:03:56,265 --> 01:03:58,501 IS A SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION. I'M 1784 01:03:58,501 --> 01:04:00,836 FRUSTRATED ON BEHALF OF MY 1785 01:04:00,836 --> 01:04:03,272 CONSTITUENTS WHO ASK FOR THIS 1786 01:04:03,272 --> 01:04:03,840 FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, 1787 01:04:03,840 --> 01:04:07,376 THERE ARE SAFETY FOCUSED. UM, 1788 01:04:07,376 --> 01:04:09,278 AND THEN THEY, THEY, THEY, 1789 01:04:09,278 --> 01:04:10,346 THERE'S NO RESOLVE. EVEN WHEN 1790 01:04:10,346 --> 01:04:13,649 WE DO PUT THINGS IN THE BUDGET. 1791 01:04:13,649 --> 01:04:15,751 SO THAT'S A SECOND PIECE, BUT 1792 01:04:15,751 --> 01:04:18,855 IT DOES INCREASE MY LEVEL OF 1793 01:04:18,855 --> 01:04:21,123 FRUSTRATION THAN WHEN I'M BEING 1794 01:04:21,123 --> 01:04:22,325 ASKED TO APPROVE AN INTERFUND 1795 01:04:22,325 --> 01:04:24,694 LOAN IN THE AMOUNT, UM, FOR THEM 1796 01:04:24,694 --> 01:04:26,362 TO CONTINUE DOING THEIR WORK. 1797 01:04:26,362 --> 01:04:29,198 AND YET I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT 1798 01:04:29,198 --> 01:04:31,601 GIVING SERVICE TO THE 1799 01:04:31,601 --> 01:04:33,402 CONSTITUENTS THAT I REPRESENT IN 1800 01:04:33,402 --> 01:04:35,171 THE DISTRICT. SO THIS IS A 1801 01:04:35,171 --> 01:04:37,907 SOURCE OF FRUSTRATION AS WELL. 1802 01:04:37,907 --> 01:04:41,844 UM, THAT'S NOT A QUESTION. THAT 1803 01:04:41,844 --> 01:04:44,080 IS A COMMENT. UM, BUT I FEEL 1804 01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:46,849 REALLY STRONGLY THAT AS SDOT IS 1805 01:04:46,849 --> 01:04:48,451 MOVING FORWARD, AS YOU KNOW, I 1806 01:04:48,451 --> 01:04:52,722 THESE CAUSES FOR WHY WE THIS IS 1807 01:04:52,722 --> 01:04:54,123 HAPPENING IS IMPORTANT. I GET 1808 01:04:54,123 --> 01:04:55,224 CAL WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IN TERMS 1809 01:04:55,224 --> 01:04:57,793 OF WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE 1810 01:04:57,793 --> 01:04:59,862 CAUSES AND THEN POTENTIAL 1811 01:04:59,862 --> 01:05:02,265 SOLUTIONS BEFORE WE CAN GET TO 1812 01:05:02,265 --> 01:05:06,269 THE NEXT PART. UM, BUT, BUT I AM 1813 01:05:06,269 --> 01:05:07,670 FRUSTRATED EVER NOT JUST ON THIS 1814 01:05:07,670 --> 01:05:09,171 DEPARTMENT, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS 1815 01:05:09,171 --> 01:05:10,573 WELL, THAT SOMETIMES I DO THINK 1816 01:05:10,573 --> 01:05:12,508 COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE THE FULL 1817 01:05:12,508 --> 01:05:14,010 INFORMATION. UM, AND WE FIND 1818 01:05:14,010 --> 01:05:15,778 WE'RE LIKE THE LAST PEOPLE TO 1819 01:05:15,778 --> 01:05:17,280 FIND THINGS OUT. I ALMOST FEEL 1820 01:05:17,280 --> 01:05:19,181 LIKE, AND THAT'S NOT A GREAT 1821 01:05:19,181 --> 01:05:21,651 POSITION TO BE IN. AND I, I 1822 01:05:21,651 --> 01:05:24,387 UNDERSTAND THAT SOMETIMES 1823 01:05:24,387 --> 01:05:25,354 SOMETHING OCCURRED SIX YEARS 1824 01:05:25,354 --> 01:05:26,822 AGO, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THE 1825 01:05:26,822 --> 01:05:28,858 ASSUMPTION THAT WE KNOW THAT. 1826 01:05:28,858 --> 01:05:30,259 AND I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY YEAR 1827 01:05:30,259 --> 01:05:31,093 WE BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND WE 1828 01:05:31,093 --> 01:05:33,396 KNOW WE HAVE TO BALANCE EVERY 1829 01:05:33,396 --> 01:05:34,330 DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. BUT DON'T. 1830 01:05:34,330 --> 01:05:35,765 I'M NOT I WASN'T GOING TO 1831 01:05:35,765 --> 01:05:37,199 ASSUME THAT THE SITUATION WAS AS 1832 01:05:37,199 --> 01:05:39,068 BAD AS THIS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T 1833 01:05:39,068 --> 01:05:40,436 KNOW WE DIDN'T HAVE A. THE 1834 01:05:40,436 --> 01:05:43,372 CONVERSATION. IF WE DID, IT WAS 1835 01:05:43,372 --> 01:05:45,541 NOT IN IN A MANNER THAT REALLY, 1836 01:05:45,541 --> 01:05:47,209 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS INTER 1837 01:05:47,209 --> 01:05:49,779 DEFINED IN DEPARTMENT. EXCUSE 1838 01:05:49,779 --> 01:05:51,580 ME, INTERFUND LOAN THAT'S COMING 1839 01:05:51,580 --> 01:05:54,116 TO AN END AND WE WILL HAVE TO 1840 01:05:54,116 --> 01:05:56,852 RE-UP IT TO THIS LEVEL. SO THOSE 1841 01:05:56,852 --> 01:05:58,554 ARE PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT 1842 01:05:58,554 --> 01:06:02,191 WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO HAVE 1843 01:06:02,191 --> 01:06:04,260 SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO I 1844 01:06:04,260 --> 01:06:06,495 AM SIMPLY STATING THAT HAVING 1845 01:06:06,495 --> 01:06:09,332 COUNCIL HAVE INFORMATION SOONER 1846 01:06:09,332 --> 01:06:09,932 RATHER THAN LATER ACROSS THE 1847 01:06:09,932 --> 01:06:12,068 BOARD, AND ESPECIALLY AS REGARDS 1848 01:06:12,068 --> 01:06:14,537 SDOT, IS REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, 1849 01:06:14,537 --> 01:06:17,740 AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING. SO 1850 01:06:17,740 --> 01:06:19,642 UM, THAT ALONG WITH THE 1851 01:06:19,642 --> 01:06:21,277 FRUSTRATION OF THESE PROJECTS 1852 01:06:21,277 --> 01:06:23,212 THAT WE ASK FOR IN OUR DISTRICTS 1853 01:06:23,212 --> 01:06:27,983 AND THEY DO NOT HAPPEN. SO AS 1854 01:06:27,983 --> 01:06:29,552 SDOT IS NOT GARDENING, YOU KNOW, 1855 01:06:29,552 --> 01:06:32,655 THEY'RE NOT OCCURRING ANY 1856 01:06:32,655 --> 01:06:35,124 FAVORS WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS 1857 01:06:35,124 --> 01:06:37,493 WHEN THIS LEVEL OF PROBLEM IS 1858 01:06:37,493 --> 01:06:40,229 IDENTIFIED. AND YET THEY'RE ALSO 1859 01:06:40,229 --> 01:06:41,697 CONSTITUENTS DON'T FEEL LIKE 1860 01:06:41,697 --> 01:06:43,099 THEY'RE GETTING THE SERVICE. SO 1861 01:06:43,099 --> 01:06:45,501 THANK YOU, CHAIR, FOR LETTING 1862 01:06:45,501 --> 01:06:47,536 ME, UM, SPEAK BECAUSE THIS IS 1863 01:06:47,536 --> 01:06:50,072 REALLY OUR OPPORTUNITY TO TELL 1864 01:06:50,072 --> 01:06:51,974 OUR CONSTITUENTS WHAT IS GOING 1865 01:06:51,974 --> 01:06:54,710 ON. UM, OTHERWISE THERE'S REALLY 1866 01:06:54,710 --> 01:06:55,378 NO OPPORTUNITY AND I DON'T WANT 1867 01:06:55,378 --> 01:06:57,179 TO LEAVE IT ON THE TABLE THAT WE 1868 01:06:57,179 --> 01:06:58,848 KNOW THINGS THAT WE DON'T, THAT 1869 01:06:58,848 --> 01:06:59,815 THE EXECUTIVE KNOWS AND WE 1870 01:06:59,815 --> 01:07:02,351 DON'T GET TOLD, UM, WITH, WITH 1871 01:07:02,351 --> 01:07:07,223 WHAT I FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. UM, 1872 01:07:07,223 --> 01:07:09,392 APPROPRIATE NOTICE, AMOUNT OF 1873 01:07:09,392 --> 01:07:10,326 NOTICE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO 1874 01:07:10,326 --> 01:07:12,027 HEARING MORE ABOUT WHAT CAUSED 1875 01:07:12,027 --> 01:07:15,297 THIS AND, AND WHERE WE'RE AT 1876 01:07:15,297 --> 01:07:17,400 PUTTING MORE GUARDRAILS ON, UH, 1877 01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:18,834 INTERFUND LOAN. AND THEN MORE 1878 01:07:18,834 --> 01:07:19,468 IMPORTANTLY, HOW THE DEPARTMENT 1879 01:07:19,468 --> 01:07:21,337 IS GOING TO DELIVER ON THESE 1880 01:07:21,337 --> 01:07:25,341 DISTRICT PROJECTS. UM, MOVING 1881 01:07:25,341 --> 01:07:27,510 FORWARD. BECAUSE IF WE'RE GOING 1882 01:07:27,510 --> 01:07:29,278 TO SAY YES TO THIS LOAN, I 1883 01:07:29,278 --> 01:07:33,249 EXPECT THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS IN 1884 01:07:33,249 --> 01:07:36,185 EVERY DISTRICT IS GOING TO GET 1885 01:07:36,185 --> 01:07:37,720 SERVICE. THANK YOU CHAIR. 1886 01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:38,854 >> THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE 1887 01:07:38,854 --> 01:07:40,089 TABLE HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE? 1888 01:07:40,089 --> 01:07:42,024 >> I WILL JUST SAY ON THE FRONT 1889 01:07:42,024 --> 01:07:45,561 OF THE DISTRICT PROJECTS, WE DID 1890 01:07:45,561 --> 01:07:46,162 RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM SDOT 1891 01:07:46,162 --> 01:07:48,230 SAYING THAT THEY ANTICIPATE THAT 1892 01:07:48,230 --> 01:07:50,132 MORE THAN HALF OF THE PROJECTS 1893 01:07:50,132 --> 01:07:51,801 THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE 1894 01:07:51,801 --> 01:07:52,435 COUNCILMEMBERS WILL BE DELIVERED 1895 01:07:52,435 --> 01:07:56,539 IN 2027, WITH THE REMAINING 1896 01:07:56,539 --> 01:08:01,977 FINISHING UP IN 2028. 1897 01:08:01,977 --> 01:08:02,611 >> THANK YOU AMANDA. 1898 01:08:02,611 --> 01:08:05,314 >> WELL, UM COUNCILMEMBER 1899 01:08:05,314 --> 01:08:07,049 JUAREZ, YOU'RE UP NEXT. 1900 01:08:07,049 --> 01:08:11,120 >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UM, SO 1901 01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:13,022 LET ME GET ON CAMERA HERE. UH, 1902 01:08:13,022 --> 01:08:15,658 FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. UM, 1903 01:08:15,658 --> 01:08:17,359 TRACI AND KELVIN AND I 1904 01:08:17,359 --> 01:08:19,195 UNDERSTAND, I APOLOGY, 1905 01:08:19,195 --> 01:08:20,229 APOLOGIES, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT 1906 01:08:20,229 --> 01:08:22,731 BILL IS IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL. 1907 01:08:22,731 --> 01:08:24,533 SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, MR. CHAIR, I 1908 01:08:24,533 --> 01:08:26,635 JUST WANT TO PUT SOME THINGS IN 1909 01:08:26,635 --> 01:08:29,238 CONTEXT ABOUT NORTH AURORA. THIS 1910 01:08:29,238 --> 01:08:34,143 CHRONOLOGY, WORKING WITH SPD 1911 01:08:34,143 --> 01:08:36,545 SDOT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND 1912 01:08:36,545 --> 01:08:38,214 OUR LACK OF A PLAN TO ADDRESS 1913 01:08:38,214 --> 01:08:39,515 THE GUN VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL 1914 01:08:39,515 --> 01:08:40,850 ACTIVITY ON NORTH AURORA IN 1915 01:08:40,850 --> 01:08:43,686 REGARDS TO THE STREET CLOSURES. 1916 01:08:43,686 --> 01:08:44,887 SO PLEASE JUST BEAR WITH ME. I 1917 01:08:44,887 --> 01:08:47,323 WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. BETWEEN 1918 01:08:47,323 --> 01:08:51,393 MAY AND JUNE, THE NEIGHBORS TOOK 1919 01:08:51,393 --> 01:08:53,128 IT UPON THEMSELVES. DIY DO IT 1920 01:08:53,128 --> 01:08:55,531 YOURSELF. THEY CLOSED STREETS 1921 01:08:55,531 --> 01:08:57,233 DUE TO GUN VIOLENCE AND CRIMINAL 1922 01:08:57,233 --> 01:08:59,335 ACTIVITY, SEX TRAFFICKING, ET 1923 01:08:59,335 --> 01:09:01,237 CETERA.. ON JUNE 11th AND I 1924 01:09:01,237 --> 01:09:02,738 STILL HAVE MY NOTES IN FRONT OF 1925 01:09:02,738 --> 01:09:06,375 ME. WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE 1926 01:09:06,375 --> 01:09:07,710 WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CITY 1927 01:09:07,710 --> 01:09:10,012 ATTORNEY, CHIEF BARNES, MAYOR 1928 01:09:10,012 --> 01:09:11,747 WILSON COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 1929 01:09:11,747 --> 01:09:13,449 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, ET CETERA. 1930 01:09:13,449 --> 01:09:15,518 UM, AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE 1931 01:09:15,518 --> 01:09:16,685 ON JULY 8th. THANK YOU, MAYOR 1932 01:09:16,685 --> 01:09:20,055 WILSON. WE SIGNED. SHE SIGNED 1933 01:09:20,055 --> 01:09:22,324 THE LEGISLATION WHICH ALLOWED 1934 01:09:22,324 --> 01:09:24,894 SDOT TO CLOSE STREETS ON 1935 01:09:24,894 --> 01:09:25,794 RECOMMENDATION OF THE CHIEF OF 1936 01:09:25,794 --> 01:09:27,096 POLICE. IF INDEED THERE WAS 1937 01:09:27,096 --> 01:09:29,331 CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. SO WE CAN 1938 01:09:29,331 --> 01:09:30,900 CLOSE STREETS FOR A LOT OF 1939 01:09:30,900 --> 01:09:33,369 REASONS. BUT NOW WE ADDED TO THE 1940 01:09:33,369 --> 01:09:37,740 MENU CRIMINAL ACTIVITY SO, UM, 1941 01:09:37,740 --> 01:09:40,509 WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH 1942 01:09:40,509 --> 01:09:44,346 SENDING INFO EMAILS WITH UM SPD 1943 01:09:44,346 --> 01:09:47,316 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE ON 1944 01:09:47,316 --> 01:09:50,185 SEPTEMBER 8th, SEPTEMBER 14th, 1945 01:09:50,185 --> 01:09:54,590 SEPTEMBER 15th, SEPTEMBER 21st 1946 01:09:54,590 --> 01:09:56,492 AND SEPTEMBER 29th. UM, WHERE WE 1947 01:09:56,492 --> 01:09:59,295 SENT EMAILS NOT ONLY TO SDOT. 1948 01:09:59,295 --> 01:10:01,664 AND THANK YOU, BILL, FOR BEING 1949 01:10:01,664 --> 01:10:03,265 ATTENTIVE AND RESPONDING, BUT 1950 01:10:03,265 --> 01:10:04,567 ALSO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. UM, WE 1951 01:10:04,567 --> 01:10:09,838 DID, WE DID GET A RESPONSE ON 1952 01:10:09,838 --> 01:10:10,472 OCTOBER 5th FROM SPD RESPONDING 1953 01:10:10,472 --> 01:10:13,576 TO OUR OCTOBER 1st, AGAIN ON AN 1954 01:10:13,576 --> 01:10:16,111 UPDATE OF THESE STREETS. SO AS 1955 01:10:16,111 --> 01:10:22,384 OF TODAY'S DATE, OCTOBER 14th, 1956 01:10:22,384 --> 01:10:23,552 THERE ARE SEVEN STREETS THAT ARE 1957 01:10:23,552 --> 01:10:24,320 CLOSED. LET ME LET ME JUST GO 1958 01:10:24,320 --> 01:10:30,259 THROUGH THEM QUICKLY. 96 IS A 1959 01:10:30,259 --> 01:10:32,962 TEMPORARY FULL, FULLY CLOSED 1960 01:10:32,962 --> 01:10:34,630 STREET. 97th IS A TEMPORARY 1961 01:10:34,630 --> 01:10:37,066 PARTIAL CLOSURE. 98th IS A 1962 01:10:37,066 --> 01:10:40,536 TEMPORARY. FULL DISCLOSURE. 1963 01:10:40,536 --> 01:10:43,305 100th IS A TEMPORARY FULL 1964 01:10:43,305 --> 01:10:45,908 DISCLOSURE 101st IS A TEMPORARY 1965 01:10:45,908 --> 01:10:47,643 FULL DISCLOSURE 102nd IS A 1966 01:10:47,643 --> 01:10:49,445 TEMPORARY FULL DISCLOSURE, AND 1967 01:10:49,445 --> 01:10:51,614 107th IS A TEMPORARY FULL 1968 01:10:51,614 --> 01:10:52,681 DISCLOSURE. I WON'T GO INTO THE 1969 01:10:52,681 --> 01:10:56,552 SHOOTINGS ON ONE ONE OH ON 1970 01:10:56,552 --> 01:10:57,920 105th, IN WHICH THE CAMERAS WERE 1971 01:10:57,920 --> 01:10:59,388 SHUT OFF. IT'S ANOTHER ISSUE 1972 01:10:59,388 --> 01:11:01,557 FOR ANOTHER DAY. SO BASICALLY ON 1973 01:11:01,557 --> 01:11:05,894 NORTH AURORA, FROM 96, 97, 98th, 1974 01:11:05,894 --> 01:11:10,199 100th, 101, 102 AND 107 SEVEN 1975 01:11:10,199 --> 01:11:13,102 STREETS, EVERY STREET EXCEPT FOR 1976 01:11:13,102 --> 01:11:15,004 SIX IS A TEMPORARY. FULL 1977 01:11:15,004 --> 01:11:16,105 DISCLOSURE. AND AGAIN, BILL, I 1978 01:11:16,105 --> 01:11:17,706 KNOW YOU'RE THERE. I HEARD I, I 1979 01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:19,074 CAN'T SEE YOU, BUT I HEARD THAT 1980 01:11:19,074 --> 01:11:22,077 YOU WERE THERE. UM, WE HAVE YET 1981 01:11:22,077 --> 01:11:24,780 TO KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS SINCE 1982 01:11:24,780 --> 01:11:28,550 MAY, JUNE. PRESS CONFERENCE 1983 01:11:28,550 --> 01:11:31,820 PASSED A LAW ON JULY. MULTIPLE 1984 01:11:31,820 --> 01:11:33,355 CORRESPONDENCE. WE STILL DO NOT 1985 01:11:33,355 --> 01:11:35,958 HAVE A PLAN FOR WHAT WE'RE GOING 1986 01:11:35,958 --> 01:11:39,795 TO DO ABOUT THOSE STREETS. SO IT 1987 01:11:39,795 --> 01:11:40,763 ISN'T JUST CONSTITUENTS IN D 1988 01:11:40,763 --> 01:11:42,865 FIVE. IT'S THE WHOLE CITY. 1989 01:11:42,865 --> 01:11:43,899 BECAUSE AURORA IS A STATE 1990 01:11:43,899 --> 01:11:50,039 HIGHWAY. UM, SO IT'S ALL OF 1991 01:11:50,039 --> 01:11:52,341 AURORA UP INTO SHORELINE SOUTH 1992 01:11:52,341 --> 01:11:54,777 OF, UH, D5 AND D6, AND OF COURSE 1993 01:11:54,777 --> 01:11:56,679 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, TO THE CITY 1994 01:11:56,679 --> 01:11:59,314 LIMITS AND THEN SOME, BUT THOSE 1995 01:11:59,314 --> 01:12:00,783 SEVEN STREETS THAT I POINT OUT, 1996 01:12:00,783 --> 01:12:07,589 WE HAVE YET TO HAVE A PLAN, ANY 1997 01:12:07,589 --> 01:12:09,324 PLAN ON THE TEMPORARY STREETS 1998 01:12:09,324 --> 01:12:11,694 AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT 1999 01:12:11,694 --> 01:12:14,630 THOSE, LET ALONE FUNDING. SO 2000 01:12:14,630 --> 01:12:15,731 I'M HOPING THAT THE MAYOR'S 2001 01:12:15,731 --> 01:12:17,733 OFFICE AND AGAIN, I'M NOT 2002 01:12:17,733 --> 01:12:19,034 PICKING ON THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 2003 01:12:19,034 --> 01:12:21,036 OR SDOT OR SPD. I'M TRYING TO 2004 01:12:21,036 --> 01:12:22,204 RESPOND TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE 2005 01:12:22,204 --> 01:12:25,908 ON THESE STREETS THAT WANT TO 2006 01:12:25,908 --> 01:12:26,975 KNOW. AND THIS IS GOING ON 2007 01:12:26,975 --> 01:12:28,811 BEFORE MAY, JUNE. THIS WAS 2008 01:12:28,811 --> 01:12:30,446 BUILDING FROM THE FROM JANUARY 2009 01:12:30,446 --> 01:12:31,547 WHEN WE WERE MEETING WITH THE 2010 01:12:31,547 --> 01:12:33,749 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE 2011 01:12:33,749 --> 01:12:36,351 KING COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE. 2012 01:12:36,351 --> 01:12:39,588 SO WE ARE AT A BREAKING POINT 2013 01:12:39,588 --> 01:12:41,957 ABOUT WHAT IS SPD AND SDOT AND 2014 01:12:41,957 --> 01:12:44,093 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE GOING TO DO 2015 01:12:44,093 --> 01:12:45,728 ABOUT THESE SEVEN STREETS WHERE 2016 01:12:45,728 --> 01:12:51,033 THERE ARE TEMPORARY CLOSURES? UM 2017 01:12:51,033 --> 01:12:53,001 ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO 2018 01:12:53,001 --> 01:12:55,204 WITH THESE STREETS. WE'RE JUST 2019 01:12:55,204 --> 01:12:58,207 WAITING. SO THAT'S MORE OF A 2020 01:12:58,207 --> 01:12:59,641 STATEMENT. HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY 2021 01:12:59,641 --> 01:13:01,009 WILL GET BACK TO US AGAIN AND 2022 01:13:01,009 --> 01:13:03,312 LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND 2023 01:13:03,312 --> 01:13:04,880 THEN I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. 2024 01:13:04,880 --> 01:13:06,782 IT'S KIND OF A BASIC NERDY ONE 2025 01:13:06,782 --> 01:13:10,018 ON THE INTERFUND LOAN. WHAT IS 2026 01:13:10,018 --> 01:13:13,255 THE INTEREST RATE BETWEEN THE 2027 01:13:13,255 --> 01:13:16,258 CITY OR IS THERE AN INTEREST 2028 01:13:16,258 --> 01:13:16,759 RATE ISSUE THERE ON THE 2029 01:13:16,759 --> 01:13:18,293 INTERFUND LOAN BETWEEN THE 2030 01:13:18,293 --> 01:13:20,562 DEPARTMENTS? 2031 01:13:20,562 --> 01:13:21,263 >> IT'S A THEY'RE ESTIMATING A 2032 01:13:21,263 --> 01:13:23,065 4% INTEREST RATE OR WHATEVER THE 2033 01:13:23,065 --> 01:13:24,700 CURRENT INTEREST RATE IS THAT'S 2034 01:13:24,700 --> 01:13:25,768 CHARGED TO THE CITY'S 2035 01:13:25,768 --> 01:13:28,070 CONSOLIDATED CASH POOL. 2036 01:13:28,070 --> 01:13:30,472 >> OKAY. SO 4%. YEAH. SO I THINK 2037 01:13:30,472 --> 01:13:31,540 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC 2038 01:13:31,540 --> 01:13:31,707 TO. 2039 01:13:31,707 --> 01:13:33,942 >> BUT IT WILL BE. YEAH. YEAH. 2040 01:13:33,942 --> 01:13:34,243 YOU GOT IT. 2041 01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:37,513 >> AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF 2042 01:13:37,513 --> 01:13:38,847 THOSE TRACI WITH MPD GENERAL 2043 01:13:38,847 --> 01:13:40,382 FUND. BACK OVER TO PARK. SO I 2044 01:13:40,382 --> 01:13:41,450 THINK PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW THAT 2045 01:13:41,450 --> 01:13:43,452 THEY ARE GOING TO GET PAID BACK 2046 01:13:43,452 --> 01:13:45,654 WITH INTEREST. AND THAT'S A VERY 2047 01:13:45,654 --> 01:13:46,922 COMMON MUNICIPAL TOOL THAT 2048 01:13:46,922 --> 01:13:48,991 PEOPLE USE, INCLUDING TRIBES TO, 2049 01:13:48,991 --> 01:13:50,392 TO LOAN MONEY TO EACH OTHER, 2050 01:13:50,392 --> 01:13:53,996 KNOWING THAT THERE'S A, UM, A 2051 01:13:53,996 --> 01:13:56,198 HEALTHY OR A FAIR INTEREST RATE. 2052 01:13:56,198 --> 01:13:57,766 GO AHEAD. LOAN TO ANOTHER 2053 01:13:57,766 --> 01:13:58,434 DEPARTMENT KNOWING THAT THEY'RE 2054 01:13:58,434 --> 01:13:59,835 GOING TO GET IT BACK. SO I GUESS 2055 01:13:59,835 --> 01:14:02,304 MY LAST COMMENT IS, UM, AGAIN, I 2056 01:14:02,304 --> 01:14:03,939 JUST WANT TO WORK WITH THE 2057 01:14:03,939 --> 01:14:06,108 MAYOR'S OFFICE, SDOT AND SPD TO 2058 01:14:06,108 --> 01:14:09,812 ADDRESS THESE SEVEN STREETS. 2059 01:14:09,812 --> 01:14:10,212 THANK YOU CHAIR. 2060 01:14:10,212 --> 01:14:11,880 >> THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2061 01:14:11,880 --> 01:14:12,414 JUAREZ ANYTHING FROM THE 2062 01:14:12,414 --> 01:14:15,350 COMMITTEE TABLE AT THIS TIME? 2063 01:14:15,350 --> 01:14:15,918 COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL 2064 01:14:15,918 --> 01:14:16,585 QUESTIONS? I CAN GO THROUGH SOME 2065 01:14:16,585 --> 01:14:21,356 OF MINE SEEING NONE AT THIS 2066 01:14:21,356 --> 01:14:22,591 TIME. UH, JUST A COUPLE 2067 01:14:22,591 --> 01:14:24,660 QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2068 01:14:24,660 --> 01:14:29,264 IS THAT OLD HAND? OLD HAND. SO, 2069 01:14:29,264 --> 01:14:32,000 UM. DOES THIS BUDGET ASSUME THE 2070 01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:35,103 PASSAGE OF THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 2071 01:14:35,103 --> 01:14:35,370 MEASURE? 2072 01:14:35,370 --> 01:14:37,406 >> YES 2073 01:14:37,406 --> 01:14:37,673 >> YEAH. 2074 01:14:37,673 --> 01:14:38,640 >> YES IT DOES. 2075 01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:40,976 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND HOW MUCH 2076 01:14:40,976 --> 01:14:42,845 OF THIS BUDGET IS DEPENDENT 2077 01:14:42,845 --> 01:14:45,214 UPON. RIGHT. WE KNOW THAT RATE 2078 01:14:45,214 --> 01:14:46,548 HAS BEEN DOWNTURNING IN THE PAST 2079 01:14:46,548 --> 01:14:49,084 BIT. IF IT WAS TO CONTINUE 2080 01:14:49,084 --> 01:14:50,385 DOWNTURNING, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING 2081 01:14:50,385 --> 01:14:53,255 AT? DO WE HAVE TO JUST DELAY 2082 01:14:53,255 --> 01:14:56,825 PROJECTS OR KIND OF WHERE ARE WE 2083 01:14:56,825 --> 01:15:02,364 AT? THERE? 2084 01:15:02,364 --> 01:15:04,233 >> SO ON PAGE SIX OF THE MEMO, 2085 01:15:04,233 --> 01:15:07,069 THE FUND APPROPRIATION SUMMARY, 2086 01:15:07,069 --> 01:15:11,773 IT LISTS OUT RE ONE AND RE TWO. 2087 01:15:11,773 --> 01:15:15,611 BUT RI TWO 2027 PROPOSED RIGHT 2088 01:15:15,611 --> 01:15:17,045 NOW IS 15.2 MILLION. 2089 01:15:17,045 --> 01:15:17,312 >> OKAY. 2090 01:15:17,312 --> 01:15:18,447 >> I THINK YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP 2091 01:15:18,447 --> 01:15:20,315 TO THAT. NO. 2092 01:15:20,315 --> 01:15:23,519 >> JUST TO IF THAT RATE 2093 01:15:23,519 --> 01:15:28,991 DISAPPEARS WHAT DO WE DO. IS IT 2094 01:15:28,991 --> 01:15:29,558 JUST PROJECTS GET DELAYED? 2095 01:15:29,558 --> 01:15:30,893 >> UM, I WOULD SAY IT DEPENDS ON 2096 01:15:30,893 --> 01:15:33,428 WHERE THIS FUNDING IS ALLOCATED, 2097 01:15:33,428 --> 01:15:34,329 WHETHER THEY'RE DELAYED OR 2098 01:15:34,329 --> 01:15:35,764 WHETHER THERE'S A WAY TO SPREAD 2099 01:15:35,764 --> 01:15:37,733 THE REDUCTION SO THAT IF THEY 2100 01:15:37,733 --> 01:15:40,469 HAVE UNDER OTHER FUNDING SOURCES 2101 01:15:40,469 --> 01:15:41,603 ALLOCATED TO THEM, MAYBE THEY 2102 01:15:41,603 --> 01:15:42,771 CAN CONTINUE, BUT JUST AT A 2103 01:15:42,771 --> 01:15:44,406 SLOWER PACE. 2104 01:15:44,406 --> 01:15:45,707 >> OKAY. I SEE YOU GOT SOME. 2105 01:15:45,707 --> 01:15:47,776 >> BROADLY SPEAKING, IS FOR 2106 01:15:47,776 --> 01:15:49,211 CAPITAL PROJECTS ONLY. AND SO, 2107 01:15:49,211 --> 01:15:51,380 YOU KNOW, WE COULD THE COUNCIL 2108 01:15:51,380 --> 01:15:52,981 COULD CONSIDER SHIFTING OTHER 2109 01:15:52,981 --> 01:15:54,550 REVENUES OR OTHER SOURCES, BUT 2110 01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:56,218 THAT THAT WOULD NECESSITATE 2111 01:15:56,218 --> 01:15:57,386 TAKING CUTS FROM OTHER OTHER 2112 01:15:57,386 --> 01:15:59,655 SOURCES AS WELL. 2113 01:15:59,655 --> 01:16:01,323 >> YEAH. SO THROUGH THIS 2114 01:16:01,323 --> 01:16:01,857 DISCUSSION, I APPRECIATE 2115 01:16:01,857 --> 01:16:04,026 DIRECTOR PANUCCI BRINGING THIS 2116 01:16:04,026 --> 01:16:07,396 TO THE FOREFRONT. UM, AS I'VE 2117 01:16:07,396 --> 01:16:10,999 BEEN DIGGING INTO THIS 2118 01:16:10,999 --> 01:16:13,201 SITUATION, THIS ISSUE, UH, THE 2119 01:16:13,201 --> 01:16:14,903 INFORMATION THAT I'M RECEIVING 2120 01:16:14,903 --> 01:16:17,906 IS WORSE THAN I EXPECTED. AND SO 2121 01:16:17,906 --> 01:16:20,676 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHY 2122 01:16:20,676 --> 01:16:23,245 PROJECTS CAN'T OR CAN BE 2123 01:16:23,245 --> 01:16:25,180 FUNDED, IT'S BECAUSE A MIXTURE 2124 01:16:25,180 --> 01:16:27,382 OF FUNDING SOURCES ARE BEING 2125 01:16:27,382 --> 01:16:28,817 USED. AND THEN REPLENISHED 2126 01:16:28,817 --> 01:16:31,286 WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. AND SO 2127 01:16:31,286 --> 01:16:33,855 THROUGH THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE, I 2128 01:16:33,855 --> 01:16:36,959 FRANKLY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN 2129 01:16:36,959 --> 01:16:39,094 I HAVE ANSWERS STARTING OUT 2130 01:16:39,094 --> 01:16:42,664 HERE. UM, THERE WILL BE A NEED 2131 01:16:42,664 --> 01:16:45,734 FOR THE AUDITOR TO LOOK AT THE 2132 01:16:45,734 --> 01:16:47,669 DEPARTMENT AND HOW IT'S 2133 01:16:47,669 --> 01:16:48,203 FUNCTIONING TO PROVIDE US 2134 01:16:48,203 --> 01:16:49,738 RECOMMENDATIONS. AND IT MAY ALSO 2135 01:16:49,738 --> 01:16:53,909 BE THAT WE NEED TO HIRE AN 2136 01:16:53,909 --> 01:16:56,178 EXTERNAL FISCAL CONSULTANT TO, 2137 01:16:56,178 --> 01:16:58,647 WHETHER IT'S A FISCAL OR 2138 01:16:58,647 --> 01:17:03,418 FORENSIC AUDIT OR JUST A, UM, AN 2139 01:17:03,418 --> 01:17:06,121 EXTERNAL CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE 2140 01:17:06,121 --> 01:17:07,389 US DIRECTION ON HOW TO FIX SOME 2141 01:17:07,389 --> 01:17:11,259 OF THESE ISSUES. BECAUSE, UM, 2142 01:17:11,259 --> 01:17:12,694 I'LL JUST KIND OF LEAVE IT AT 2143 01:17:12,694 --> 01:17:13,328 THAT FOR RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THESE 2144 01:17:13,328 --> 01:17:17,699 ARE REALLY SERIOUS ISSUES. IF 2145 01:17:17,699 --> 01:17:20,602 SDOT CAN'T MAKE PAYROLL, THEN 2146 01:17:20,602 --> 01:17:21,203 WE ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE. IF 2147 01:17:21,203 --> 01:17:24,506 YOU NEED $59 MILLION IN A MONTH, 2148 01:17:24,506 --> 01:17:25,507 THAT SAYS TO ME THAT YOU NEED A 2149 01:17:25,507 --> 01:17:26,775 LOT OF ASSISTANCE. AND THAT'S 2150 01:17:26,775 --> 01:17:27,609 THE NUMBER THAT I HEARD TODAY 2151 01:17:27,609 --> 01:17:30,278 DURING IMPACT IS AT TIMES YOU 2152 01:17:30,278 --> 01:17:32,514 COULD REACH UP TO NEEDING $59 2153 01:17:32,514 --> 01:17:35,250 MILLION. UM, THAT'S REALLY 2154 01:17:35,250 --> 01:17:37,019 SERIOUS. UM, AT THE LAST MEETING 2155 01:17:37,019 --> 01:17:39,821 THAT WE HAD, I LISTED A NUMBER 2156 01:17:39,821 --> 01:17:42,958 OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS UH, THAT I 2157 01:17:42,958 --> 01:17:44,726 HAD FOUND INEFFICIENCIES AND 2158 01:17:44,726 --> 01:17:46,128 THEY WERE NOT MY PRIORITIES. 2159 01:17:46,128 --> 01:17:47,929 THESE WERE THE PROJECTS THAT 2160 01:17:47,929 --> 01:17:49,698 WERE LISTED IN SCOTT'S LEVY 2161 01:17:49,698 --> 01:17:50,332 DELIVERY PLAN AT THE BEGINNING 2162 01:17:50,332 --> 01:17:52,067 OF THIS LAST YEAR THAT I WENT 2163 01:17:52,067 --> 01:17:54,603 THROUGH WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY 2164 01:17:54,603 --> 01:17:57,039 HOW THESE PROJECTS COULD BE DONE 2165 01:17:57,039 --> 01:17:58,907 BETTER. AND THEY WEREN'T. AND 2166 01:17:58,907 --> 01:18:01,810 THAT IS AN INEFFICIENT USE OF 2167 01:18:01,810 --> 01:18:02,811 TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT THE END OF 2168 01:18:02,811 --> 01:18:06,715 THE DAY. AND SO WE ARE HAVING 2169 01:18:06,715 --> 01:18:07,182 TWO THINGS OCCURRING 2170 01:18:07,182 --> 01:18:08,283 SIMULTANEOUSLY. WE ARE HAVING 2171 01:18:08,283 --> 01:18:10,419 INEFFICIENT USE OF TAX DOLLARS 2172 01:18:10,419 --> 01:18:12,487 TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS OF OUR 2173 01:18:12,487 --> 01:18:14,689 CITY, AND WE ARE HAVING A 2174 01:18:14,689 --> 01:18:16,558 SERIOUS FISCAL ISSUE WITHIN THE 2175 01:18:16,558 --> 01:18:18,727 TRANSPORTATION FUND, WHICH IS 2176 01:18:18,727 --> 01:18:21,129 EFFECTIVELY A GENERAL FUND FOR 2177 01:18:21,129 --> 01:18:23,532 THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT 2178 01:18:23,532 --> 01:18:25,600 UM, IT'S CLEAR, YOU KNOW, LIKE 2179 01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:27,569 I'M SDOT NEEDS A BAILOUT AND 2180 01:18:27,569 --> 01:18:30,372 I'M HERE TO HELP THEM OUT. UM, 2181 01:18:30,372 --> 01:18:32,340 WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT 2182 01:18:32,340 --> 01:18:34,776 YOU'RE THAT SDOT IS ABLE TO 2183 01:18:34,776 --> 01:18:36,945 MAKE PAYROLL TO PAY THEIR BILLS 2184 01:18:36,945 --> 01:18:39,247 TO CONTINUE WORKING TOWARDS A 2185 01:18:39,247 --> 01:18:41,850 GREATER FINANCIAL STABILITY AND 2186 01:18:41,850 --> 01:18:44,119 WE HAVE TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT 2187 01:18:44,119 --> 01:18:45,921 ARE OCCURRING TODAY BECAUSE BOTH 2188 01:18:45,921 --> 01:18:48,023 FROM A USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS 2189 01:18:48,023 --> 01:18:50,425 IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER AND 2190 01:18:50,425 --> 01:18:53,395 STRONG FISCAL PRIORITIES, STRONG 2191 01:18:53,395 --> 01:18:54,496 FISCAL ABILITIES, WE NEED BOTH. 2192 01:18:54,496 --> 01:18:57,566 AND THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT 2193 01:18:57,566 --> 01:18:58,600 STREETS, PATHS, SIDEWALKS, BIKE 2194 01:18:58,600 --> 01:18:59,334 LANES, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO CALL 2195 01:18:59,334 --> 01:19:01,136 THEM. THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT 2196 01:19:01,136 --> 01:19:05,307 ROUTES. UM, I DID ABSTAIN AT AT 2197 01:19:05,307 --> 01:19:07,342 IMPACT TODAY. WE HAD A VERY 2198 01:19:07,342 --> 01:19:09,978 CLEAR AND OPEN CONVERSATION 2199 01:19:09,978 --> 01:19:12,280 ABOUT THE, THE ADDITIONAL, UM, 2200 01:19:12,280 --> 01:19:12,981 GUARDRAILS THAT WE'LL BE PUTTING 2201 01:19:12,981 --> 01:19:14,883 IN. AND THIS IS SPEAKING 2202 01:19:14,883 --> 01:19:16,351 SPECIFICALLY TO PAYING OFF THE 2203 01:19:16,351 --> 01:19:18,320 INTEREST AND MAKING SURE THAT IT 2204 01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:19,721 IS PAID OFF. TRACI YOU ARE 2205 01:19:19,721 --> 01:19:21,957 CORRECT IN STATING THAT WE HAD 2206 01:19:21,957 --> 01:19:23,859 AN INKLING THAT SOMETHING WAS 2207 01:19:23,859 --> 01:19:27,129 WRONG WHEN SDOT COULDN'T REPAY 2208 01:19:27,129 --> 01:19:28,463 ITS LAST INTERFUND LOAN. UM, I 2209 01:19:28,463 --> 01:19:30,165 HAD ANOTHER INKLING THAT I 2210 01:19:30,165 --> 01:19:31,533 SHARED AT THE LAST COMMITTEE 2211 01:19:31,533 --> 01:19:33,435 MEETING OF BEING TOLD THAT WE 2212 01:19:33,435 --> 01:19:35,704 HAVE ONLY ENOUGH GREENWAYS MONEY 2213 01:19:35,704 --> 01:19:38,807 AND TO DO AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 2214 01:19:38,807 --> 01:19:39,908 BLOCKS OF GREENWAYS IN THE NEXT 2215 01:19:39,908 --> 01:19:41,243 TEN EIGHT YEARS, SORRY, EIGHT 2216 01:19:41,243 --> 01:19:43,445 YEARS IN DISTRICT SIX. THESE ARE 2217 01:19:43,445 --> 01:19:45,280 INDICATORS THAT THERE'S 2218 01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:48,617 SOMETHING NOT NOT GOING WELL. 2219 01:19:48,617 --> 01:19:52,220 AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT 2220 01:19:52,220 --> 01:19:53,822 THE DEPARTMENT IS MADE WHOLE AND 2221 01:19:53,822 --> 01:19:56,057 HAS A STRUCTURED PATH TO BETTER 2222 01:19:56,057 --> 01:20:00,562 STABILITY. AS WELL AS PROVIDING 2223 01:20:00,562 --> 01:20:01,897 ADDITIONAL GUARDRAILS AND 2224 01:20:01,897 --> 01:20:04,733 CHECKPOINTS. AND SO LIKELY IT 2225 01:20:04,733 --> 01:20:06,301 ESPECIALLY FOR THE STATE 2226 01:20:06,301 --> 01:20:08,870 AUDITOR, WHO WILL PROBABLY 2227 01:20:08,870 --> 01:20:11,339 REVIEW THIS TAPE, IT IS CLEAR 2228 01:20:11,339 --> 01:20:13,975 THAT IT WILL TAKE PROBABLY UP TO 2229 01:20:13,975 --> 01:20:17,512 TEN YEARS FOR THIS LOAN OF $63 2230 01:20:17,512 --> 01:20:22,083 MILLION TO BE REPAID AND WE WILL 2231 01:20:22,083 --> 01:20:23,185 BE STRUCTURING THIS IN A NUMBER 2232 01:20:23,185 --> 01:20:25,820 OF DIFFERENT LOANS SO THAT WE 2233 01:20:25,820 --> 01:20:29,591 CAN ENSURE THAT THERE THAT OTHER 2234 01:20:29,591 --> 01:20:30,225 COUNCILMEMBERS AREN'T GETTING 2235 01:20:30,225 --> 01:20:31,493 CAUGHT OFF GUARD, THAT THAT WE 2236 01:20:31,493 --> 01:20:33,995 HAVE AN ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM 2237 01:20:33,995 --> 01:20:36,965 HERE THAT IS ENGAGING WITH 2238 01:20:36,965 --> 01:20:38,333 COUNCIL AS IT IS OUR CHARTER 2239 01:20:38,333 --> 01:20:40,802 DUTY TO PASS THE BUDGET. AND SO 2240 01:20:40,802 --> 01:20:41,770 WE'RE GOING TO WORK HAND IN 2241 01:20:41,770 --> 01:20:42,671 HAND TO MAKE SURE THAT SDOT IS 2242 01:20:42,671 --> 01:20:45,373 IN A BETTER PLACE. UM, BUT IT 2243 01:20:45,373 --> 01:20:46,575 WILL LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT 2244 01:20:46,575 --> 01:20:48,476 THAN WHAT WAS PASSED OUT OF 2245 01:20:48,476 --> 01:20:50,278 IMPACT TODAY. SO THIS THIS 2246 01:20:50,278 --> 01:20:52,113 REPAYMENT COULD TAKE A DECADE. 2247 01:20:52,113 --> 01:20:53,715 AND WE'LL NEED THOSE ADDITIONAL 2248 01:20:53,715 --> 01:20:56,484 CHECK INS WITH REAFFIRMATIONS 2249 01:20:56,484 --> 01:21:02,824 THROUGHOUT THAT TEN YEARS. THIS 2250 01:21:02,824 --> 01:21:04,993 IS ALSO NOT ANYONE'S FAULT. ANY 2251 01:21:04,993 --> 01:21:06,928 SINGLE PERSON'S FAULT. UM, I 2252 01:21:06,928 --> 01:21:09,664 THINK THAT THIS SPEAKS TO THE 2253 01:21:09,664 --> 01:21:12,634 LARGER ISSUE OF LEADERSHIP 2254 01:21:12,634 --> 01:21:16,638 TURNOVER IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 2255 01:21:16,638 --> 01:21:17,739 UM, AND I'M KIND OF TEASING YOU 2256 01:21:17,739 --> 01:21:19,674 HERE, BUT THE FACT THAT YOU 2257 01:21:19,674 --> 01:21:20,442 FORGOT I WAS HERE EVEN SIX YEARS 2258 01:21:20,442 --> 01:21:21,710 AGO, I MEAN, IT JUST 2259 01:21:21,710 --> 01:21:24,679 DEMONSTRATES IT JUST 2260 01:21:24,679 --> 01:21:25,747 DEMONSTRATES THAT IN THE LAST 2261 01:21:25,747 --> 01:21:28,516 TEN YEARS, WE HAD SCOTT KUBLI, 2262 01:21:28,516 --> 01:21:30,252 JOHN SPARKMAN, AN ADDITIONAL 2263 01:21:30,252 --> 01:21:31,486 INTERIM DIRECTOR THAT I CAN'T 2264 01:21:31,486 --> 01:21:33,188 REMEMBER HER NAME, SAM ZIMBABWE. 2265 01:21:33,188 --> 01:21:36,625 GREG SPOTTS, ADIAM EMERY AND 2266 01:21:36,625 --> 01:21:39,327 ANGELA BRADY AS SDOT DIRECTORS. 2267 01:21:39,327 --> 01:21:42,931 THAT'S 7 IN 10 YEARS AND. 2268 01:21:42,931 --> 01:21:44,933 THAT'S WHY. THAT'S WHY I DON'T 2269 01:21:44,933 --> 01:21:47,469 PUT THIS AT ANY ONE SINGLE 2270 01:21:47,469 --> 01:21:48,837 INDIVIDUAL'S FEET, THAT THIS IS 2271 01:21:48,837 --> 01:21:50,972 A PROBLEM THAT THE LACK OF 2272 01:21:50,972 --> 01:21:53,375 CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT 2273 01:21:53,375 --> 01:21:55,343 OUR ENTIRE CITY HAS CREATED. AND 2274 01:21:55,343 --> 01:21:58,179 IT'S OUR JOB HERE TO MAKE SURE 2275 01:21:58,179 --> 01:21:59,681 IT'S FIXED, TO MAKE SURE THAT 2276 01:21:59,681 --> 01:22:01,917 THE DEPARTMENT IS STABLE AND 2277 01:22:01,917 --> 01:22:03,218 THAT THEY'RE BEING RESPONSIVE TO 2278 01:22:03,218 --> 01:22:03,852 COMMUNITY NEEDS. I HEARD LAST 2279 01:22:03,852 --> 01:22:05,453 NIGHT WHEN I WAS IN COMMUNITY, 2280 01:22:05,453 --> 01:22:07,722 AND AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR 2281 01:22:07,722 --> 01:22:10,091 SPEED HUMPS ON RESIDENTIAL 2282 01:22:10,091 --> 01:22:11,660 STREETS, AND I SAID, SDOT 2283 01:22:11,660 --> 01:22:13,828 DOESN'T DO THAT. THEY PRESSED 2284 01:22:13,828 --> 01:22:15,597 ME FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND I 2285 01:22:15,597 --> 01:22:16,798 SAID, IF IT WAS MY DECISION, 2286 01:22:16,798 --> 01:22:20,502 THEY WOULD. BUT, UM 2287 01:22:20,502 --> 01:22:21,603 ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THAT WE 2288 01:22:21,603 --> 01:22:23,038 NEED TO BE SPENDING MORE MONEY 2289 01:22:23,038 --> 01:22:26,741 IN PLACES WHERE THERE'S DEATHS 2290 01:22:26,741 --> 01:22:27,842 OCCURRING. RAINIER AVENUE STANDS 2291 01:22:27,842 --> 01:22:29,377 OUT TO ME THAT THEY NEED A LOT 2292 01:22:29,377 --> 01:22:32,547 MORE HELP. UM, THAN SOME OF THE 2293 01:22:32,547 --> 01:22:38,687 OTHER STREETS THAT ARE ALREADY 2294 01:22:38,687 --> 01:22:39,688 SAFER. SO I DON'T HAVE MUCH MORE 2295 01:22:39,688 --> 01:22:43,325 TO SAY HERE. UH, I DO THIS IS 2296 01:22:43,325 --> 01:22:46,628 JUST THE GENERAL FRAMING OF HOW 2297 01:22:46,628 --> 01:22:48,997 WE WILL GET THE, GET THE 2298 01:22:48,997 --> 01:22:50,665 DEPARTMENT THROUGH THIS NEXT 2299 01:22:50,665 --> 01:22:53,768 HURDLE AND THAT THERE WILL 2300 01:22:53,768 --> 01:22:54,235 LIKELY BE ADDITIONAL 2301 01:22:54,235 --> 01:22:56,204 ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES PUT ON 2302 01:22:56,204 --> 01:22:58,273 THE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE 2303 01:22:58,273 --> 01:22:59,341 ARE WORKING WELL TOGETHER, AND 2304 01:22:59,341 --> 01:23:00,809 THAT THERE ARE NO SURPRISES, AND 2305 01:23:00,809 --> 01:23:03,244 THAT THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME 2306 01:23:03,244 --> 01:23:07,248 TO THE SURFACE ARE ADDRESSED IN 2307 01:23:07,248 --> 01:23:08,483 A TIMELY MANNER. BEFORE I MOVE 2308 01:23:08,483 --> 01:23:10,452 ON TO ADDITIONAL COUNCILMEMBERS 2309 01:23:10,452 --> 01:23:11,319 COMMITTEE TABLE, I ALWAYS CHECK 2310 01:23:11,319 --> 01:23:12,487 BACK IN. ANYTHING TO SHARE, 2311 01:23:12,487 --> 01:23:14,589 REFLECT. DID I GET IT WRONG OR 2312 01:23:14,589 --> 01:23:16,291 ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY HERE? 2313 01:23:16,291 --> 01:23:17,826 SEEING NONE, I'VE GOT 2314 01:23:17,826 --> 01:23:20,195 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. UP NEXT. 2315 01:23:20,195 --> 01:23:20,495 THANK YOU. 2316 01:23:20,495 --> 01:23:21,296 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2317 01:23:21,296 --> 01:23:23,465 >> CHAIR, AND APOLOGIES FOR THE 2318 01:23:23,465 --> 01:23:24,532 LATE HAND. THERE WAS JUST 2319 01:23:24,532 --> 01:23:27,168 PULLING SOME STUFF UP. UH, AS 2320 01:23:27,168 --> 01:23:27,802 ALWAYS, THANKS TO CENTRAL STAFF 2321 01:23:27,802 --> 01:23:29,304 TEAM. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 2322 01:23:29,304 --> 01:23:30,939 THANK YOU AMANDA, FOR YOUR WORK 2323 01:23:30,939 --> 01:23:32,540 AND THE PRESENTATION TODAY. UM, 2324 01:23:32,540 --> 01:23:34,009 IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST GOING 2325 01:23:34,009 --> 01:23:40,315 BACK TO SLIDE FIVE, PLEASE FOR 2326 01:23:40,315 --> 01:23:41,383 THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX. AND 2327 01:23:41,383 --> 01:23:42,217 I THINK MY QUESTION IS FAIRLY 2328 01:23:42,217 --> 01:23:45,286 SHORT. I JUST, I KNOW THIS IS A 2329 01:23:45,286 --> 01:23:49,824 TWO, UH, THIS IS 2%. I THINK 2330 01:23:49,824 --> 01:23:50,625 WE'RE AT A 2.5% INCREASE IN 2331 01:23:50,625 --> 01:23:52,127 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX. NOW. THE 2332 01:23:52,127 --> 01:23:54,429 LAST ONE WAS 2%. UM, HOW DOES 2333 01:23:54,429 --> 01:23:56,264 OUR COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX HERE 2334 01:23:56,264 --> 01:23:59,167 IN THE CITY COMPARE TO OTHER 2335 01:23:59,167 --> 01:24:02,604 JURISDICTIONS? DO WE DO WE HAVE 2336 01:24:02,604 --> 01:24:06,941 THAT? 2337 01:24:06,941 --> 01:24:09,544 >> UM, I DID RECEIVE SOME 2338 01:24:09,544 --> 01:24:12,814 INFORMATION FROM SDOT ON OTHER 2339 01:24:12,814 --> 01:24:14,282 JURISDICTIONS KIND OF COUNTRY 2340 01:24:14,282 --> 01:24:17,085 WIDE. UM, OUR COMMERCIAL PARKING 2341 01:24:17,085 --> 01:24:21,356 TAX ISN'T THE HIGHEST. IT'S NOT 2342 01:24:21,356 --> 01:24:23,124 THE LOWEST. I, I'M HAPPY TO 2343 01:24:23,124 --> 01:24:24,225 SHARE WITH YOU THE INFORMATION 2344 01:24:24,225 --> 01:24:25,894 THAT THEY'VE PROVIDED SO THAT 2345 01:24:25,894 --> 01:24:27,762 YOU CAN TAKE A PEEK AT THE 2346 01:24:27,762 --> 01:24:29,330 CITIES THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO 2347 01:24:29,330 --> 01:24:31,366 PROVIDE DATA ON THAT. 2348 01:24:31,366 --> 01:24:32,000 >> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I'M 2349 01:24:32,000 --> 01:24:34,002 HAPPY TO DO THAT AS A FOLLOW UP. 2350 01:24:34,002 --> 01:24:35,170 AND THEN THE THE ONLY OTHER 2351 01:24:35,170 --> 01:24:36,971 QUESTION I WANTED TO ASK IS, 2352 01:24:36,971 --> 01:24:39,240 DOES THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED, 2353 01:24:39,240 --> 01:24:41,042 ASSUME SORT OF A PATH HERE FOR 2354 01:24:41,042 --> 01:24:43,278 THE COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX, 2355 01:24:43,278 --> 01:24:44,679 NOTING THAT THE LAST TIME WE 2356 01:24:44,679 --> 01:24:46,347 INCREASED IT WAS IN 2022. WE'RE 2357 01:24:46,347 --> 01:24:48,550 INCREASING IT IN 2024. UM, ARE 2358 01:24:48,550 --> 01:24:51,453 THERE ANY ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT 2359 01:24:51,453 --> 01:24:53,021 REMAINING FLAT WITH THE 2360 01:24:53,021 --> 01:24:54,522 COMMERCIAL PARKING TAX OVER THE 2361 01:24:54,522 --> 01:24:56,324 NEXT FOUR YEARS? UM, AND IF SO, 2362 01:24:56,324 --> 01:24:58,393 CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THOSE, 2363 01:24:58,393 --> 01:24:58,626 PLEASE? 2364 01:24:58,626 --> 01:25:00,862 >> AT THE MOMENT I'M NOT AWARE 2365 01:25:00,862 --> 01:25:03,665 OF A LONGER TERM STRATEGY BEING 2366 01:25:03,665 --> 01:25:05,166 OFFERED UP BY THE EXECUTIVE. 2367 01:25:05,166 --> 01:25:08,169 I'M HAPPY TO ASK AND FIND OUT 2368 01:25:08,169 --> 01:25:09,204 WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AT THE 2369 01:25:09,204 --> 01:25:11,873 MOMENT. IT'S JUST PROPOSED IN 2370 01:25:11,873 --> 01:25:12,841 THE 2027 BUDGET. 2371 01:25:12,841 --> 01:25:13,641 >> THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I THINK 2372 01:25:13,641 --> 01:25:14,809 ONE THING THAT'S BEEN ON MY 2373 01:25:14,809 --> 01:25:16,377 MIND, AND IT CAME UP HERE A 2374 01:25:16,377 --> 01:25:19,914 LITTLE BIT ALSO IN SDCI, IS JUST 2375 01:25:19,914 --> 01:25:20,748 AROUND THE, UM, THE 2376 01:25:20,748 --> 01:25:22,584 PREDICTABILITY. AND I KNOW 2377 01:25:22,584 --> 01:25:23,251 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HEARD 2378 01:25:23,251 --> 01:25:24,752 SOME OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS 2379 01:25:24,752 --> 01:25:26,054 SPEAK TO AT THE TABLE AND THE 2380 01:25:26,054 --> 01:25:26,888 SORT OF THE FORWARD PLANNING. 2381 01:25:26,888 --> 01:25:28,957 AND I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME 2382 01:25:28,957 --> 01:25:31,893 ABILITY FOR US TO DO THAT. UM, 2383 01:25:31,893 --> 01:25:33,461 THAT WORK LOOKING OUT THERE AT 2384 01:25:33,461 --> 01:25:35,396 THE POTENTIAL NEED TO INCREASE 2385 01:25:35,396 --> 01:25:36,531 OR SHIFT THIS OVER TIME. AND 2386 01:25:36,531 --> 01:25:38,399 I'M JUST VERY CURIOUS ABOUT HOW 2387 01:25:38,399 --> 01:25:40,401 THAT WILL SIT AND SIT ALONGSIDE 2388 01:25:40,401 --> 01:25:43,171 THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT 2389 01:25:43,171 --> 01:25:43,771 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ALREADY 2390 01:25:43,771 --> 01:25:45,073 THAT CHAIR STRAUSS ALREADY SPOKE 2391 01:25:45,073 --> 01:25:47,509 TO IN TERMS OF THE, THE 2392 01:25:47,509 --> 01:25:49,010 INTERFUND LOAN AND THE BALANCE 2393 01:25:49,010 --> 01:25:50,378 AND THE DEPARTMENT. SO I LOOK 2394 01:25:50,378 --> 01:25:53,648 FORWARD TO THAT. UM, AND THEN I 2395 01:25:53,648 --> 01:25:56,584 ON SLIDE SIX, I THINK, UM, I 2396 01:25:56,584 --> 01:25:57,986 WANT TO SAY I HEARD ANOTHER 2397 01:25:57,986 --> 01:25:58,586 COUNCILMEMBER SPEAK TO THIS 2398 01:25:58,586 --> 01:26:00,221 EARLIER. I THINK IT WAS 2399 01:26:00,221 --> 01:26:00,822 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE JUST IN 2400 01:26:00,822 --> 01:26:03,892 TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO ENSURE 2401 01:26:03,892 --> 01:26:04,726 AS WE IMPLEMENT. I'LL WAIT. 2402 01:26:04,726 --> 01:26:05,860 ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU'RE PULLING 2403 01:26:05,860 --> 01:26:09,664 UP. SLIDE SIX. SO THIS IS THE 2404 01:26:09,664 --> 01:26:10,198 AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC SAFETY 2405 01:26:10,198 --> 01:26:13,268 CAMERAS. AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE 2406 01:26:13,268 --> 01:26:15,503 PROJECTING IN THIS BUDGET AN 2407 01:26:15,503 --> 01:26:16,571 INCREASE IN REVENUE. UH, I THINK 2408 01:26:16,571 --> 01:26:19,374 WE'VE GOT AN INCREASE OF 9.6 2409 01:26:19,374 --> 01:26:21,809 MILLION. OH YEAH. AN INCREASE OF 2410 01:26:21,809 --> 01:26:24,412 9.6 MILLION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE 2411 01:26:24,412 --> 01:26:25,446 SURE, WHAT INFORMATION DO WE 2412 01:26:25,446 --> 01:26:28,283 HAVE IN TERMS OF SEATTLE 2413 01:26:28,283 --> 01:26:28,783 MUNICIPAL COURT OR THE 2414 01:26:28,783 --> 01:26:29,784 APPROPRIATE STAFFING TO ENSURE 2415 01:26:29,784 --> 01:26:31,519 THAT WE'RE PROCESSING THE 2416 01:26:31,519 --> 01:26:33,788 TICKETS THAT COME FROM THE 2417 01:26:33,788 --> 01:26:35,089 TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERAS AND HOW 2418 01:26:35,089 --> 01:26:37,158 WE'RE SORT OF JUDGING OR 2419 01:26:37,158 --> 01:26:37,792 EVALUATING OUR CONFIDENCE THAT 2420 01:26:37,792 --> 01:26:40,061 AS WE, UM, EXPAND TRAFFIC SAFETY 2421 01:26:40,061 --> 01:26:41,763 CAMERAS, THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO 2422 01:26:41,763 --> 01:26:43,164 GET ALL OF THE REVENUE THAT 2423 01:26:43,164 --> 01:26:46,467 COMES FROM THOSE IN THE DOOR AT 2424 01:26:46,467 --> 01:26:46,734 THE CITY. 2425 01:26:46,734 --> 01:26:48,403 >> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. 2426 01:26:48,403 --> 01:26:49,704 COUNCILMEMBER, I CAN'T COMMENT 2427 01:26:49,704 --> 01:26:51,806 ON THAT. AND WE CAN DEFINITELY 2428 01:26:51,806 --> 01:26:54,709 FOLLOW UP. MAYBE THE AT A 2429 01:26:54,709 --> 01:26:57,111 MINIMUM, WITH THE ANALYST AT 2430 01:26:57,111 --> 01:26:58,880 CENTRAL STAFF THAT STAFFS THE 2431 01:26:58,880 --> 01:27:00,448 MUNICIPAL COURT. BUT AND 2432 01:27:00,448 --> 01:27:03,251 DEFINITELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT 2433 01:27:03,251 --> 01:27:03,551 THEMSELVES. 2434 01:27:03,551 --> 01:27:03,818 >> OKAY. 2435 01:27:03,818 --> 01:27:04,919 >> DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 2436 01:27:04,919 --> 01:27:06,220 >> I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS 2437 01:27:06,220 --> 01:27:07,322 OF WHAT'S IN THE PROPOSED 2438 01:27:07,322 --> 01:27:08,723 BUDGET, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE 2439 01:27:08,723 --> 01:27:10,358 ISSUE OF HOW THE WORKFLOW GOES 2440 01:27:10,358 --> 01:27:12,293 IS SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER 2441 01:27:12,293 --> 01:27:14,262 DEPARTMENTS HAVE RAISED THEIR 2442 01:27:14,262 --> 01:27:15,430 HAND AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS 2443 01:27:15,430 --> 01:27:17,432 IMPACTS US AS WELL. SO, YOU 2444 01:27:17,432 --> 01:27:20,068 KNOW, NOT JUST THE PARKING 2445 01:27:20,068 --> 01:27:20,668 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR EXCUSE 2446 01:27:20,668 --> 01:27:22,403 ME, THE, THE, THE POLICE 2447 01:27:22,403 --> 01:27:23,004 OFFICERS AND THE POTENTIAL TO 2448 01:27:23,004 --> 01:27:24,372 USE PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS 2449 01:27:24,372 --> 01:27:26,307 TO DO THE CITATIONS, DO THE 2450 01:27:26,307 --> 01:27:28,943 REVIEW, AND THEN THE, UM, THE 2451 01:27:28,943 --> 01:27:30,044 COURT TO ACTUALLY PROCESS THE 2452 01:27:30,044 --> 01:27:31,879 CLAIMS IF IT GOES TO IT AS WELL 2453 01:27:31,879 --> 01:27:33,281 AS FRANKLY, OUR, OUR, OUR 2454 01:27:33,281 --> 01:27:34,782 ACCOUNTING STAFF TO KIND OF 2455 01:27:34,782 --> 01:27:36,918 HANDLE THE VOLUMES AS WELL, UM, 2456 01:27:36,918 --> 01:27:39,654 THERE, I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS 2457 01:27:39,654 --> 01:27:41,489 THAT PART OF THE, UM, FINANCIAL 2458 01:27:41,489 --> 01:27:43,625 PLANNING IS TO PROVIDE A RESERVE 2459 01:27:43,625 --> 01:27:44,892 AGAINST THOSE TYPES OF COSTS 2460 01:27:44,892 --> 01:27:47,762 TOO. SO THERE IS AT LEAST SOME 2461 01:27:47,762 --> 01:27:48,396 FINANCIAL BUFFER AVAILABLE THAT 2462 01:27:48,396 --> 01:27:50,265 THEY COULD COME BACK AND ASK FOR 2463 01:27:50,265 --> 01:27:50,898 APPROPRIATIONS IF THEY NEEDED TO 2464 01:27:50,898 --> 01:27:53,167 MOVE THINGS AROUND TO ADDRESS 2465 01:27:53,167 --> 01:27:57,105 ADDITIONAL CHANGES. UM, BUT 2466 01:27:57,105 --> 01:27:59,574 LARGELY THEY'RE SHOWING, UM, A 2467 01:27:59,574 --> 01:28:01,009 SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION OF THE 2468 01:28:01,009 --> 01:28:01,643 SCHOOL ZONE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. 2469 01:28:01,643 --> 01:28:02,910 AND THEN WITH THE ADDITIONAL 2470 01:28:02,910 --> 01:28:05,113 STREET SPEED CAMERAS, WE DO 2471 01:28:05,113 --> 01:28:07,382 EXPECT MORE COSTS FOR THOSE 2472 01:28:07,382 --> 01:28:07,782 DEPARTMENTS. YES. 2473 01:28:07,782 --> 01:28:08,516 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I THINK 2474 01:28:08,516 --> 01:28:10,151 WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, DEPUTY 2475 01:28:10,151 --> 01:28:11,786 DIRECTOR CHOW, IS THAT WHILE 2476 01:28:11,786 --> 01:28:13,254 WE'RE ANTICIPATING MORE COSTS 2477 01:28:13,254 --> 01:28:13,888 FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT 2478 01:28:13,888 --> 01:28:15,423 ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN 2479 01:28:15,423 --> 01:28:16,324 IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS, I THINK 2480 01:28:16,324 --> 01:28:17,925 YOU SAID THERE'S SORT OF A 2481 01:28:17,925 --> 01:28:18,960 RESERVE OR A BALANCE THAT 2482 01:28:18,960 --> 01:28:22,664 THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO. 2483 01:28:22,664 --> 01:28:24,699 >> SO WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY, 2484 01:28:24,699 --> 01:28:25,767 MY EXPECTATION IS THAT THE THE 2485 01:28:25,767 --> 01:28:27,335 SIZE OF THIS IS BUILT INTO THIS 2486 01:28:27,335 --> 01:28:28,836 BUDGET. AND THAT'S SOMETHING 2487 01:28:28,836 --> 01:28:29,804 WE'LL CONFIRM AND TRY TO FIND 2488 01:28:29,804 --> 01:28:32,106 OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE 2489 01:28:32,106 --> 01:28:32,840 UNDERSTAND WHAT OTHER CHANGES 2490 01:28:32,840 --> 01:28:34,342 MIGHT BE. BUT THEN IN ADDITION, 2491 01:28:34,342 --> 01:28:38,112 IN THE FINANCIAL, UM, FUND FOR 2492 01:28:38,112 --> 01:28:39,647 THE TRAFFIC SAFETY CAMERA FUND, 2493 01:28:39,647 --> 01:28:42,417 THERE IS A RESERVE THAT IS MEANT 2494 01:28:42,417 --> 01:28:43,985 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF THERE ARE 2495 01:28:43,985 --> 01:28:45,386 ADDITIONAL COSTS, IF THERE ARE 2496 01:28:45,386 --> 01:28:46,087 ADDITIONAL FLUCTUATIONS, OR 2497 01:28:46,087 --> 01:28:47,755 FRANKLY, IF THE REVENUE DOESN'T 2498 01:28:47,755 --> 01:28:51,092 GO, UH, COME IN AS STRONGLY AS 2499 01:28:51,092 --> 01:28:53,661 ANTICIPATED, THERE IS AT LEAST 2500 01:28:53,661 --> 01:28:55,263 A, A RESERVE TO HELP BUFFER 2501 01:28:55,263 --> 01:28:55,463 THAT. 2502 01:28:55,463 --> 01:28:56,097 >> THAT'S HELPFUL. AND DO WE 2503 01:28:56,097 --> 01:28:58,800 KNOW THE AMOUNT OF THAT RESERVE? 2504 01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:00,101 >> I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP 2505 01:29:00,101 --> 01:29:01,302 OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN PROBABLY 2506 01:29:01,302 --> 01:29:01,903 FIND IT. 2507 01:29:01,903 --> 01:29:02,904 >> THAT'S OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO 2508 01:29:02,904 --> 01:29:04,038 TAKE THIS OFFLINE. I MEAN, I 2509 01:29:04,038 --> 01:29:05,340 THINK THAT YOU CAN TELL MORE. MY 2510 01:29:05,340 --> 01:29:05,973 QUESTIONS ARE HEADED HERE. I 2511 01:29:05,973 --> 01:29:07,909 JUST WANT TO ENSURE, AS WE'RE 2512 01:29:07,909 --> 01:29:10,578 LOOKING AT THIS, UH, PROJECTED 2513 01:29:10,578 --> 01:29:12,046 REVENUE INCREASE, GIVEN THAT 2514 01:29:12,046 --> 01:29:12,613 THERE'S SORT OF MULTIPLE 2515 01:29:12,613 --> 01:29:14,082 DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED IN 2516 01:29:14,082 --> 01:29:16,217 IMPLEMENTING THAT, WE HAVE THE 2517 01:29:16,217 --> 01:29:18,152 APPROPRIATE STAFFING AND REVIEW 2518 01:29:18,152 --> 01:29:19,854 TO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL 2519 01:29:19,854 --> 01:29:21,222 SEE THE REVENUE PROJECTED FROM 2520 01:29:21,222 --> 01:29:22,590 THIS. I THINK I'VE GIVEN ENOUGH 2521 01:29:22,590 --> 01:29:23,624 TIME TO PULL UP HIS NOTES. 2522 01:29:23,624 --> 01:29:26,327 >> YOU DID THE THE RESERVE IS 2523 01:29:26,327 --> 01:29:28,529 10% OF REVENUE. IT'S EXPECTED 2524 01:29:28,529 --> 01:29:30,298 TO BE ABOUT $3 MILLION IN 2027. 2525 01:29:30,298 --> 01:29:34,335 >> OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 2526 01:29:34,335 --> 01:29:34,569 CHAIR. 2527 01:29:34,569 --> 01:29:35,503 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2528 01:29:35,503 --> 01:29:37,405 FOSTER COLLEAGUES, ANY 2529 01:29:37,405 --> 01:29:40,608 ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THIS 2530 01:29:40,608 --> 01:29:42,443 TIME? SEEING NONE. COUNCILMEMBER 2531 01:29:42,443 --> 01:29:43,578 SAKA AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 2532 01:29:43,578 --> 01:29:44,212 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT, YOU 2533 01:29:44,212 --> 01:29:45,847 ARE RECOGNIZED. 2534 01:29:45,847 --> 01:29:47,548 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND FIRST 2535 01:29:47,548 --> 01:29:50,051 OFF, LET ME CLARIFY SOMETHING 2536 01:29:50,051 --> 01:29:51,419 BECAUSE I MISSPOKE EARLIER WHEN 2537 01:29:51,419 --> 01:29:52,620 I WAS SAYING THAT THERE WAS A 2538 01:29:52,620 --> 01:29:54,555 LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE 2539 01:29:54,555 --> 01:29:55,790 PROPOSED BUDGET FOR S DOT, AND 2540 01:29:55,790 --> 01:29:59,594 THEN I MISTAKENLY CONFLATED THE 2541 01:29:59,594 --> 01:30:03,731 SEATTLE CENTER MONORAIL FARE 2542 01:30:03,731 --> 01:30:05,333 INCREASES. THAT WAS FOR SEATTLE 2543 01:30:05,333 --> 01:30:07,402 CENTER. THAT WAS MY BAD. UH, THE 2544 01:30:07,402 --> 01:30:10,471 CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS MEMOS 2545 01:30:10,471 --> 01:30:11,839 WERE WERE CIRCULATED, DELIVERED 2546 01:30:11,839 --> 01:30:12,807 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. I READ THEM 2547 01:30:12,807 --> 01:30:13,541 BOTH LAST NIGHT SIDE BY SIDE. 2548 01:30:13,541 --> 01:30:14,809 AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE BACK TO 2549 01:30:14,809 --> 01:30:18,346 BACK. BUT THE, THE FARE STUFF 2550 01:30:18,346 --> 01:30:20,081 THAT'S THAT'S IN SEATTLE 2551 01:30:20,081 --> 01:30:23,284 CENTERS. UM, BUDGET. IN ANY 2552 01:30:23,284 --> 01:30:25,186 EVENT, I STAND BY THE, WHAT I 2553 01:30:25,186 --> 01:30:28,356 SAID THE PROPOSITION, WHICH IS 2554 01:30:28,356 --> 01:30:29,290 THERE IS A LOT STILL GOING ON IN 2555 01:30:29,290 --> 01:30:31,426 THE BUDGET, JUST NOT PERTAINING 2556 01:30:31,426 --> 01:30:35,263 TO, UH, TO THE MONORAIL OR 2557 01:30:35,263 --> 01:30:39,300 FARES. UM, LOOKING AT THE, 2558 01:30:39,300 --> 01:30:43,337 LOOKING AT THE RESOLUTION, 2559 01:30:43,337 --> 01:30:48,276 ESTABLISHING THE, THE DISTRICT 2560 01:30:48,276 --> 01:30:50,111 PROJECT FUND RESOLUTION THREE, 2561 01:30:50,111 --> 01:30:54,248 2179 PASSED BY COUNCIL LAST 2562 01:30:54,248 --> 01:30:56,451 YEAR. THAT WAS A, A JOINT MAYOR 2563 01:30:56,451 --> 01:30:59,220 HARRELL CONCURRENCE. UM 2564 01:30:59,220 --> 01:31:00,988 RESOLUTION AND THE OPERATIVE 2565 01:31:00,988 --> 01:31:01,556 PROVISIONS THERE THAT THAT 2566 01:31:01,556 --> 01:31:03,724 GOVERN TIMING OF PROJECT 2567 01:31:03,724 --> 01:31:05,626 DELIVERY IS SECTIONS ONE E AND 2568 01:31:05,626 --> 01:31:09,697 SECTIONS TWO D BASICALLY 1 TO 2 2569 01:31:09,697 --> 01:31:13,634 YEARS UP TO 1 TO 2 YEARS. 2570 01:31:13,634 --> 01:31:15,136 THAT'S THE TLDR ON THAT ONE. UP 2571 01:31:15,136 --> 01:31:20,508 TO 1 TO 2 YEARS. UM, BUT, BUT 2572 01:31:20,508 --> 01:31:21,809 MOST PROJECTS APPROVED FOR 2573 01:31:21,809 --> 01:31:23,377 CONSTRUCTION WILL BE SCHEDULED 2574 01:31:23,377 --> 01:31:23,878 FOR DELIVERY DURING THE 2575 01:31:23,878 --> 01:31:26,914 FOLLOWING YEARS. CONSTRUCTION 2576 01:31:26,914 --> 01:31:28,449 WINDOW. THAT'S THAT REPRESENTS 2577 01:31:28,449 --> 01:31:30,685 THE, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO AS 2578 01:31:30,685 --> 01:31:33,688 WELL. I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I'M 2579 01:31:33,688 --> 01:31:36,324 HEARING FROM MY COLLEAGUES SOME 2580 01:31:36,324 --> 01:31:36,958 CONCERNS AROUND EFFICIENCY AND 2581 01:31:36,958 --> 01:31:37,859 EFFECTIVENESS OF DELIVERY OF 2582 01:31:37,859 --> 01:31:40,094 PROJECTS. AND IN THIS PROGRAM 2583 01:31:40,094 --> 01:31:42,396 AND JUST OTHER PROGRAMS ACROSS 2584 01:31:42,396 --> 01:31:45,600 THE CITY. UM, AND AT LEAST AS IT 2585 01:31:45,600 --> 01:31:47,034 RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR 2586 01:31:47,034 --> 01:31:49,170 PROGRAM THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE 2587 01:31:49,170 --> 01:31:51,706 THE LIKE DROP DEAD FLOOR, LIKE, 2588 01:31:51,706 --> 01:31:55,276 UH, MAX DATES, I WOULD HOPE THAT 2589 01:31:55,276 --> 01:31:56,744 THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, A HANDFUL 2590 01:31:56,744 --> 01:31:58,646 OF PROJECTS DEPENDING ON THE 2591 01:31:58,646 --> 01:32:00,348 VOLUME IN EACH OF THE, THE 2592 01:32:00,348 --> 01:32:01,616 QUEUES FOR EACH DISTRICT. I 2593 01:32:01,616 --> 01:32:02,283 WOULD HOPE THAT THERE IS AT 2594 01:32:02,283 --> 01:32:06,787 LEAST 1 OR 2 PROJECTS THAT CAN 2595 01:32:06,787 --> 01:32:09,624 AND SHOULD START DELIVERY NOW 2596 01:32:09,624 --> 01:32:13,794 BEFORE YEAR END. UM, BECAUSE THE 2597 01:32:13,794 --> 01:32:16,130 CONCERN THAT I HEAR EXPRESSED BY 2598 01:32:16,130 --> 01:32:17,665 MY COLLEAGUES IS EXPRESSED BY 2599 01:32:17,665 --> 01:32:18,299 THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND MINE AS 2600 01:32:18,299 --> 01:32:20,534 WELL IS LIKE, OKAY, I APPROVE 2601 01:32:20,534 --> 01:32:22,203 THIS AS A COUNCILMEMBER SIX 2602 01:32:22,203 --> 01:32:24,038 MONTHS AGO, TOLD EVERYONE ABOUT 2603 01:32:24,038 --> 01:32:25,907 IT AND NOW THERE'S CONFUSION. 2604 01:32:25,907 --> 01:32:30,912 WELL, WHY ISN'T IT BUILT? AND 2605 01:32:30,912 --> 01:32:32,213 IN FAIRNESS, LIKE TO TO THE 2606 01:32:32,213 --> 01:32:33,581 DEPARTMENT, SOME OF THESE 2607 01:32:33,581 --> 01:32:35,449 PROJECTS ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN 2608 01:32:35,449 --> 01:32:37,885 OTHERS. AND THERE'S MATERIALS 2609 01:32:37,885 --> 01:32:41,055 ISSUES AND ALL THE THINGS. AND, 2610 01:32:41,055 --> 01:32:43,591 AND SOME OF THEM ARE LOW HANGING 2611 01:32:43,591 --> 01:32:47,695 FRUIT. UH, SO AYE. WOULD LOVE 2612 01:32:47,695 --> 01:32:50,197 FOR MORE OF THEM TO BE DELIVERED 2613 01:32:50,197 --> 01:32:53,000 MORE EFFICIENTLY, UM, AS WELL, 2614 01:32:53,000 --> 01:32:53,968 BECAUSE THIS, BECAUSE WE COULD 2615 01:32:53,968 --> 01:32:55,102 HAVE SAID WHATEVER WE WANTED IN 2616 01:32:55,102 --> 01:32:57,204 THIS RESOLUTION, BUT WE 2617 01:32:57,204 --> 01:33:00,241 INTENTIONALLY WENT THE, THE 2618 01:33:00,241 --> 01:33:03,744 JOINT ROUTE, IF YOU WILL UM, BUT 2619 01:33:03,744 --> 01:33:05,379 THAT WAS ALSO INTENDED TO BE 2620 01:33:05,379 --> 01:33:09,917 THE, THE BARE BONES. AND I WOULD 2621 01:33:09,917 --> 01:33:11,852 LOVE FOR THESE TO BE DELIVERED 2622 01:33:11,852 --> 01:33:13,287 MORE EFFICIENTLY, OR AT LEAST A 2623 01:33:13,287 --> 01:33:17,058 FEW IN EACH DISTRICT. UM, BUT 2624 01:33:17,058 --> 01:33:18,960 GREAT, GREAT PROGRAM. I'VE USED 2625 01:33:18,960 --> 01:33:20,828 IT FOR SAFETY IN MY DISTRICT. 2626 01:33:20,828 --> 01:33:24,799 UH, AND IT'S, IT'S AN 2627 01:33:24,799 --> 01:33:27,835 EFFECTIVE PROGRAM AS PART OF OUR 2628 01:33:27,835 --> 01:33:28,402 BROADER SET OF NEIGHBORHOOD 2629 01:33:28,402 --> 01:33:30,604 INVESTMENT SAFETY INVESTMENTS TO 2630 01:33:30,604 --> 01:33:32,673 ADDRESS VISION ZERO. UH, 2631 01:33:32,673 --> 01:33:35,009 APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION 2632 01:33:35,009 --> 01:33:36,877 AGAIN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 2633 01:33:36,877 --> 01:33:37,478 CONTINUING COLLABORATION WITH 2634 01:33:37,478 --> 01:33:39,747 YOU ALL COLLEAGUES TO, TO HELP 2635 01:33:39,747 --> 01:33:41,315 RESOLVE SOME OF THESE 2636 01:33:41,315 --> 01:33:42,750 CHALLENGES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 2637 01:33:42,750 --> 01:33:43,951 >> WELL SAID. ANYTHING ANY LAST 2638 01:33:43,951 --> 01:33:45,519 WORDS OR REFLECTIONS FROM THE 2639 01:33:45,519 --> 01:33:47,455 COMMITTEE TABLE TODAY? SEEING 2640 01:33:47,455 --> 01:33:50,825 NONE. THIS DOES BRING US TO THE 2641 01:33:50,825 --> 01:33:53,928 END OF OUR MEETING TOMORROW, 2642 01:33:53,928 --> 01:33:56,964 OCTOBER 15th. WE WILL START AT 2643 01:33:56,964 --> 01:33:58,332 9:30 A.M.. THANK YOU, 2644 01:33:58,332 --> 01:33:59,400 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, FOR BEING 2645 01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:01,235 ON TIME. OUR NEXT COMMITTEE 2646 01:34:01,235 --> 01:34:02,670 MEETING WILL BE TOMORROW MORNING 2647 01:34:02,670 --> 01:34:04,772 AT 930. SEATTLE POLICE 2648 01:34:04,772 --> 01:34:07,508 DEPARTMENT, FOLLOWED BY SEATTLE 2649 01:34:07,508 --> 01:34:08,042 FIRE DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY 2650 01:34:08,042 --> 01:34:08,776 ASSISTED RESPONSE AND 2651 01:34:08,776 --> 01:34:11,379 ENGAGEMENT. THAT IS ALL. IN THE 2652 01:34:11,379 --> 01:34:13,247 MORNING. SUPPOSEDLY. AND THEN IN 2653 01:34:13,247 --> 01:34:16,250 THE AFTERNOON, THE HUMAN 2654 01:34:16,250 --> 01:34:18,319 SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND UNIFIED 2655 01:34:18,319 --> 01:34:19,820 CARE TEAM. SO IF YOU THOUGHT 2656 01:34:19,820 --> 01:34:23,658 TODAY WAS FULL, BUCKLE UP FOR 2657 01:34:23,658 --> 01:34:24,658 TOMORROW. ON FRIDAY, WE WILL 2658 01:34:24,658 --> 01:34:26,927 HAVE THE REVENUE FORECAST. WE 2659 01:34:26,927 --> 01:34:29,263 ARE NOT HAVING AN AFTERNOON 2660 01:34:29,263 --> 01:34:31,065 SESSION. UH, REGARDING THE 2661 01:34:31,065 --> 01:34:32,166 REVENUE FORECAST. SO IF YOU 2662 01:34:32,166 --> 01:34:35,836 WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SIT IN 2663 01:34:35,836 --> 01:34:37,838 THE AUDIENCE AND, UH, PLEASE BE 2664 01:34:37,838 --> 01:34:39,373 WELCOME TO YOU CAN TEXT ME YOUR 2665 01:34:39,373 --> 01:34:40,741 QUESTIONS. I'LL ASK THEM ON THE 2666 01:34:40,741 --> 01:34:44,912 RECORD, BUT, UM, WE'LL GO FROM 2667 01:34:44,912 --> 01:34:48,482 THERE. ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO 2668 01:34:48,482 --> 01:34:49,016 COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 2669 01:34:49,016 --> 01:34:50,017 HEARING? NO FURTHER BUSINESS. WE 2670 01:34:50,017 --> 01:34:50,818 ARE ADJOURNED. LOOK FORWARD TO 2671 01:34:50,818 --> 01:34:55,389 SEEING YOU AT 9:30 A.M.. THANK 2672 01:34:55,389 --> 01:35:03,264 YOU.