1 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:41,094 -- OCTOBER 28th, 2026. SELECT 2 00:02:41,094 --> 00:02:41,694 BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING WILL 3 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:43,696 COME TO ORDER. 9:30 A.M. I'M DAN 4 00:02:43,696 --> 00:02:44,330 STRAUSS, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 5 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:45,431 CLERK. WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE 6 00:02:45,431 --> 00:02:47,367 ROLL? 7 00:02:47,367 --> 00:02:47,901 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 8 00:02:47,901 --> 00:02:51,671 -- HERE 9 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:52,138 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 10 00:02:52,138 --> 00:02:52,739 HOLLINGSWORTH. COUNCILMEMBER. 11 00:02:52,739 --> 00:02:54,440 JUAREZ HERE. COUNCILMEMBER 12 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,910 KETTLE HERE. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 13 00:02:56,910 --> 00:03:01,181 HERE. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 14 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:01,648 COUNCILMEMBER. RIVERA 15 00:03:01,648 --> 00:03:03,316 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HERE. CHAIR 16 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:05,351 STRAUSS. PRESENT SIX. PRESENT. 17 00:03:05,351 --> 00:03:07,554 -- THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE A 18 00:03:07,554 --> 00:03:09,589 PACKED AGENDA TODAY. CONTINUING 19 00:03:09,589 --> 00:03:12,292 THE REVIEW OF INITIAL 20 00:03:12,292 --> 00:03:12,926 COUNCILMEMBER PROPOSALS FOR THE 21 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:13,927 BALANCING PACKAGE. I WILL CALL 22 00:03:13,927 --> 00:03:15,094 FOR HOPEFULLY WHAT IS IN OUR 23 00:03:15,094 --> 00:03:18,031 BREAK TODAY. BUT AS WE ARE 24 00:03:18,031 --> 00:03:20,400 SPENDING A LOT OF TIME, WE'LL 25 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,268 HAVE TO SHORTEN THAT TO 45 26 00:03:22,268 --> 00:03:24,304 MINUTES OR 30 MINUTES ON 27 00:03:24,304 --> 00:03:25,872 TODAY'S AGENDA, WE HAVE OFFICE 28 00:03:25,872 --> 00:03:28,441 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. S DOT 29 00:03:28,441 --> 00:03:30,410 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARTS 30 00:03:30,410 --> 00:03:32,412 SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION. 31 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:33,446 AND ON THE AGENDA. SO BEFORE WE 32 00:03:33,446 --> 00:03:35,281 BEGIN, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, 33 00:03:35,281 --> 00:03:37,383 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 34 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:39,886 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA 35 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:42,956 IS ADOPTED. WE ARE HOPING TO 36 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:44,424 ACCOMPLISH OED S DOT AND SFD 37 00:03:44,424 --> 00:03:46,359 THIS MORNING WITH ARTS AND PARKS 38 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:48,995 THIS AFTERNOON. THAT SAID CLERK, 39 00:03:48,995 --> 00:03:53,066 COULD YOU READ ALL ITEMS INTO 40 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:53,700 ALL FIVE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD 41 00:03:53,700 --> 00:03:55,602 AT THIS TIME? 42 00:03:55,602 --> 00:03:57,270 -- AGENDA ITEMS ONE THROUGH 43 00:03:57,270 --> 00:03:59,138 FIVE, INCLUDING A SUMMARY OF 44 00:03:59,138 --> 00:04:01,774 AGENDA ITEMS. AGENDA ITEM ONE 45 00:04:01,774 --> 00:04:04,544 OED FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 46 00:04:04,544 --> 00:04:06,212 THE BUDGET PROPOSAL PACKET. 47 00:04:06,212 --> 00:04:09,882 AGENDA ITEM TWO. S DOT BUDGET 48 00:04:09,882 --> 00:04:10,450 PROPOSAL PACKET AGENDA ITEM 49 00:04:10,450 --> 00:04:12,819 THREE. SEATTLE FIRE BUDGET 50 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:15,521 PROPOSAL PACKET AGENDA ITEM 51 00:04:15,521 --> 00:04:18,958 FOUR. EXCUSE ME. AGENDA ITEM 52 00:04:18,958 --> 00:04:19,626 FOUR. OFFICE OF ARTS AND 53 00:04:19,626 --> 00:04:23,296 CULTURE. BUDGET PROPOSAL PACKET 54 00:04:23,296 --> 00:04:26,366 AND ITEM FIVE. SEATTLE PARKS AND 55 00:04:26,366 --> 00:04:26,933 RECREATION BUDGET PROPOSAL 56 00:04:26,933 --> 00:04:28,368 PACKET. ALL FOR BRIEFING AND 57 00:04:28,368 --> 00:04:30,069 DISCUSSION. 58 00:04:30,069 --> 00:04:31,604 -- THANK YOU. CLERK SCHWINN. 59 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:32,872 WITH THAT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO 60 00:04:32,872 --> 00:04:34,474 JUMP RIGHT ON IN. COLLEAGUES. WE 61 00:04:34,474 --> 00:04:36,576 HAD A NICE EXPERIENCE YESTERDAY 62 00:04:36,576 --> 00:04:37,343 UNDERSTANDING THE RHYTHM AND THE 63 00:04:37,343 --> 00:04:38,978 FLOW. I'M GOING TO BE CALLING 64 00:04:38,978 --> 00:04:40,413 ON THE PROPOSAL SPONSOR. THEN 65 00:04:40,413 --> 00:04:43,616 THE COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSION 66 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:44,484 CO-SPONSORS. MOVE ON TO THE 67 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:47,320 NEXT. WE HAVE 59 PROPOSALS TO 68 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,455 GET THROUGH TODAY, WHICH IS JUST 69 00:04:49,455 --> 00:04:51,924 A LITTLE FEWER THAN DOUBLE OF 70 00:04:51,924 --> 00:04:53,493 YESTERDAY. AND SO I WILL ASK 71 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:54,427 THAT WE MOVE QUICKLY. AND WE 72 00:04:54,427 --> 00:04:55,995 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PRESENT 73 00:04:55,995 --> 00:04:59,666 WITH US NOW AS WELL. IF YOU 74 00:04:59,666 --> 00:05:00,800 KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS NOT THE 75 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:07,507 TIME NECESSARILY FOR US, HOW DO 76 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:08,875 YOU SAY DISAGREEMENT THAT LASTS 77 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:10,877 A REALLY LONG TIME? BUT IF, YOU 78 00:05:10,877 --> 00:05:13,546 KNOW, LONG CONVERSATIONS DO 79 00:05:13,546 --> 00:05:15,548 OCCUR AGAIN, I'LL BE 80 00:05:15,548 --> 00:05:16,482 FACILITATING. THAT'S JUST MY 81 00:05:16,482 --> 00:05:18,317 ROLE HERE. STEWARDING THE 82 00:05:18,317 --> 00:05:20,053 CONVERSATION, NOTHING MORE. AND 83 00:05:20,053 --> 00:05:21,521 IF THAT DOES OCCUR, I'LL COME 84 00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:23,790 BACK TO THE SPONSOR AT THE END 85 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:24,757 OF THE CONVERSATION. SO WITH 86 00:05:24,757 --> 00:05:25,591 THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT 87 00:05:25,591 --> 00:05:26,926 ON IN. WE'VE GOT COUNCIL 88 00:05:26,926 --> 00:05:27,760 PRESIDENT WITH US RIGHT NOW. 89 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:31,631 I'M GOING TO CHECK IN ON 90 00:05:31,631 --> 00:05:32,832 OED1A1. WELCOME. MR.. GOOD 91 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:33,066 NIGHT. 92 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:33,800 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, 93 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:35,201 COUNCILMEMBERS. BRIAN. GOOD 94 00:05:35,201 --> 00:05:36,336 NIGHT. COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. SO 95 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:38,271 THE FIRST ITEM IS OED ONE A, 96 00:05:38,271 --> 00:05:39,972 WHICH WOULD INCREASE 97 00:05:39,972 --> 00:05:42,408 APPROPRIATIONS IN THE OFFICE OF 98 00:05:42,408 --> 00:05:43,042 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY $500,000 99 00:05:43,042 --> 00:05:46,813 GENERAL FUND IN BOTH 2027 AND 100 00:05:46,813 --> 00:05:47,346 2028 TO SUPPORT EXPANDED 101 00:05:47,346 --> 00:05:48,614 CLEANING SERVICES AND TARGETED 102 00:05:48,614 --> 00:05:49,916 PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS IN WEST 103 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:52,018 SEATTLE BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND 104 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:53,319 COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND 105 00:05:53,319 --> 00:05:54,721 CORNERS. THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED 106 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:56,089 BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 107 00:05:56,089 --> 00:05:56,723 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS, 108 00:05:56,723 --> 00:05:59,092 LIN AND KETTLE. 109 00:05:59,092 --> 00:05:59,726 -- WONDERFUL COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 110 00:05:59,726 --> 00:06:00,827 SPONSORED THE PROPOSAL. YOU ARE 111 00:06:00,827 --> 00:06:01,127 RECOGNIZED. 112 00:06:01,127 --> 00:06:03,296 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FOLKS, 113 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:07,600 WEST SEATTLE IS PROUDLY OPEN FOR 114 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,636 BUSINESS. THIS IS WHAT I'LL CALL 115 00:06:10,636 --> 00:06:11,871 THE WEST SEATTLE BUSINESS 116 00:06:11,871 --> 00:06:14,340 DISTRICT CLEAN, SAFE AND 117 00:06:14,340 --> 00:06:14,907 WELCOMING PACKAGE. IT'S A 118 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:17,110 COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE 119 00:06:17,110 --> 00:06:18,845 PACKAGE OF. TO SUPPORT 120 00:06:18,845 --> 00:06:21,414 CLEANLINESS, SAFETY AND ENSURING 121 00:06:21,414 --> 00:06:23,483 THAT WEST SEATTLE'S COMMERCIAL 122 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:24,117 CORRIDORS AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS 123 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:29,288 ARE WELCOMING AND SUPPORT 124 00:06:29,288 --> 00:06:31,324 COSMETIC UPGRADES. THIS IS 125 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:33,493 ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE AT ITS 126 00:06:33,493 --> 00:06:36,362 CORE. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD INVEST 127 00:06:36,362 --> 00:06:38,297 $500,000 IN EACH YEAR TO SUPPORT 128 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:40,767 FASTER CLEANING AND VISIBLE 129 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:41,401 IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE ALASKA 130 00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:43,136 JUNCTION ADMIRAL JUNCTION, 131 00:06:43,136 --> 00:06:45,238 MORGAN JUNCTION AND CONNECTING 132 00:06:45,238 --> 00:06:47,740 COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS. IT COULD 133 00:06:47,740 --> 00:06:49,208 FUND PRESSURE WASHING, LITTER 134 00:06:49,208 --> 00:06:52,178 AND GARBAGE REMOVAL, PEDESTRIAN 135 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:54,480 LIGHTING UPGRADES, GRAFFITI 136 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,215 RESISTANT TREATMENTS, BIKE 137 00:06:56,215 --> 00:06:58,751 PARKING, SEATING, PLANTERS AND 138 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:01,020 SMALL PUBLIC REALM REPAIRS. SO 139 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:03,055 THERE'S BOTH A CAPITAL 140 00:07:03,055 --> 00:07:03,589 COMPONENT, SMALL CAPITAL 141 00:07:03,589 --> 00:07:06,826 COMPONENT, AND A SERVICES 142 00:07:06,826 --> 00:07:10,096 COMPONENT. IN ADDITION, IT COULD 143 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:10,663 FUND PRESSURE WASHING OR I 144 00:07:10,663 --> 00:07:11,497 MENTIONED THAT JUST AS 145 00:07:11,497 --> 00:07:13,633 IMPORTANT, JUST AS IMPORTANT, IT 146 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:16,169 IS BUILT AROUND STRATEGIC 147 00:07:16,169 --> 00:07:17,336 PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PEOPLE ON 148 00:07:17,336 --> 00:07:19,138 THE GROUND ACTUALLY DOING THE 149 00:07:19,138 --> 00:07:22,141 WORK. FOLKS LIKE THE WEST 150 00:07:22,141 --> 00:07:25,011 SEATTLE CHAMBER, THE WEST 151 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:25,545 SEATTLE JUNCTION BUSINESS 152 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:27,180 ASSOCIATION, OR BUSINESS 153 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:29,982 IMPROVEMENT AREA RATHER, AND A 154 00:07:29,982 --> 00:07:32,218 CLEANER LCCI WHEN WE CLEAN AN 155 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:34,220 ALLEY, IMPROVE LIGHTING, REPAIR 156 00:07:34,220 --> 00:07:35,321 A PUBLIC SPACE OR REMOVE 157 00:07:35,321 --> 00:07:39,125 GRAFFITI QUICKLY, WE'RE TELLING 158 00:07:39,125 --> 00:07:41,360 CUSTOMERS, WORKERS AND 159 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:43,396 ENTREPRENEURS, IN ADDITION TO 160 00:07:43,396 --> 00:07:46,766 RESIDENTS, THAT WEST SEATTLE IS 161 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:47,366 OPEN FOR BUSINESS COLLEAGUES. 162 00:07:47,366 --> 00:07:48,734 THIS IS A PRACTICAL PACKAGE 163 00:07:48,734 --> 00:07:50,636 DESIGNED WITH OUR COMMUNITY, NOT 164 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:52,638 MERELY FOR IT. IT CONNECTS 165 00:07:52,638 --> 00:07:55,241 CLEANER STREETS, SAFER PUBLIC 166 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:58,244 SPACES, AND STRONGER BUSINESS 167 00:07:58,244 --> 00:08:00,346 BUSINESSES INTO ONE COORDINATED 168 00:08:00,346 --> 00:08:03,449 STRATEGY. MY MESSAGE IS SIMPLE 169 00:08:03,449 --> 00:08:06,118 OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS 170 00:08:06,118 --> 00:08:07,720 DISTRICTS SHOULD LOOK AND FEEL 171 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:09,255 AS VALUED AS THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP 172 00:08:09,255 --> 00:08:13,059 RUNNING THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. 173 00:08:13,059 --> 00:08:13,359 THANK YOU. 174 00:08:13,359 --> 00:08:14,660 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 175 00:08:14,660 --> 00:08:15,328 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AS CHAIR OF 176 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:16,629 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 177 00:08:16,629 --> 00:08:18,531 DEPARTMENT, ANYTHING TO ADD? 178 00:08:18,531 --> 00:08:21,968 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS, IN 179 00:08:21,968 --> 00:08:23,169 THE SPIRIT OF HOW YOU STARTED 180 00:08:23,169 --> 00:08:24,537 OFF OUR MEETING TODAY, I'M 181 00:08:24,537 --> 00:08:25,638 MINDFUL OF TIME, SO I DON'T 182 00:08:25,638 --> 00:08:27,106 THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT I 183 00:08:27,106 --> 00:08:27,807 NEED TO CHIME IN ON EVERY SINGLE 184 00:08:27,807 --> 00:08:29,408 ONE. BUT I APPRECIATE THE 185 00:08:29,408 --> 00:08:30,376 OPPORTUNITY. I'LL JUST CHIME IN 186 00:08:30,376 --> 00:08:31,644 AT THE TOP OF OUR DISCUSSION ON 187 00:08:31,644 --> 00:08:34,180 ALL OF THESE. I JUST REALLY 188 00:08:34,180 --> 00:08:35,715 APPRECIATE ALL OF THE PROPOSALS 189 00:08:35,715 --> 00:08:36,649 FROM YOU, ALL COLLEAGUES ON THIS 190 00:08:36,649 --> 00:08:38,885 MATTER. WE KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN 191 00:08:38,885 --> 00:08:40,987 A CHALLENGING TIME FOR OUR LOCAL 192 00:08:40,987 --> 00:08:43,990 ECONOMY, AND I APPRECIATE 193 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:44,590 EVERYONE'S LASER FOCUS ON 194 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:45,892 SUPPORT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 195 00:08:45,892 --> 00:08:47,159 BUSINESS DISTRICT. SO EXCITED TO 196 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:48,528 GET FURTHER BRIEFED ON THE 197 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:50,396 PROPOSALS, AND I'LL CHIME IN 198 00:08:50,396 --> 00:08:51,030 THROUGHOUT THE DISCUSSION, BUT 199 00:08:51,030 --> 00:08:52,899 NO NEED TO COMMENT ON EVERY 200 00:08:52,899 --> 00:08:55,034 AMENDED THANK YOU. 201 00:08:55,034 --> 00:08:55,568 -- THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES 202 00:08:55,568 --> 00:09:00,773 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION. SEEING NO 203 00:09:00,773 --> 00:09:02,742 FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL CALL 204 00:09:02,742 --> 00:09:04,043 FOR CO-SPONSORS ON OED ONE A 205 00:09:04,043 --> 00:09:05,044 ONE. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 206 00:09:05,044 --> 00:09:10,483 THIS TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 207 00:09:10,483 --> 00:09:13,252 CO-SPONSOR. LAST CALL SEEING NO 208 00:09:13,252 --> 00:09:13,920 ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS, WE'LL 209 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:18,557 MOVE ON TO OED TWO, A ONE. 210 00:09:18,557 --> 00:09:19,191 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS 211 00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:21,827 JASMINE MARWAHA COUNCIL CENTRAL 212 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:26,699 STAFF PRESENTING OED TWO. AYE. 213 00:09:26,699 --> 00:09:27,266 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD 214 00:09:27,266 --> 00:09:29,468 INCREASE OED BY $200,000. 215 00:09:29,468 --> 00:09:31,771 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 TO SUPPORT 216 00:09:31,771 --> 00:09:33,639 STREET ACTIVATION EFFORTS ON 217 00:09:33,639 --> 00:09:34,941 BALLARD AVENUE AND IN THE 218 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:37,143 BALLARD BREWERY DISTRICT. THIS 219 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:39,679 CBAS IS SPONSORED BY 220 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:40,313 COUNCILMEMBER CHAIR STRAUSS AND 221 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:42,081 COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND FOSTER. 222 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:43,950 -- THANK YOU. I'LL SPEAK TO IT 223 00:09:43,950 --> 00:09:45,818 AS THE SPONSOR. THIS IS 224 00:09:45,818 --> 00:09:46,953 FOLLOWING UP ON SIP AND STROLL 225 00:09:46,953 --> 00:09:48,387 LEGISLATION THAT WE PASSED A 226 00:09:48,387 --> 00:09:50,856 NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AT THE STATE 227 00:09:50,856 --> 00:09:52,258 LEGISLATURE. IT'S WHAT PIKE 228 00:09:52,258 --> 00:09:53,759 PLACE MARKET IS DOING RIGHT NOW, 229 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:59,365 WHERE YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP 230 00:09:59,365 --> 00:09:59,899 BUSINESSES BY HAVING MORE 231 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:02,735 ACTIVATION IN THE STREETS, IN 232 00:10:02,735 --> 00:10:03,235 THE BREWERY DISTRICT IN 233 00:10:03,235 --> 00:10:04,737 PARTICULAR, BREWERIES ARE NOT 234 00:10:04,737 --> 00:10:08,341 ABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO, BUT 235 00:10:08,341 --> 00:10:10,276 YOU CAN'T HAVE A SHARED BEER 236 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:12,411 GARDEN BECAUSE OF LCB LAWS. 237 00:10:12,411 --> 00:10:14,146 THESE. AND THAT REALLY LIMITS 238 00:10:14,146 --> 00:10:15,448 THEIR ABILITY TO PARTNER 239 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:17,450 TOGETHER. SO THIS IS SIMPLY 240 00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:20,786 STREET ACTIVATION TO CLOSE DOWN 241 00:10:20,786 --> 00:10:21,387 STREETS TEMPORARILY AND HAVE 242 00:10:21,387 --> 00:10:24,657 PEOPLE GATHER TOGETHER. 243 00:10:24,657 --> 00:10:25,291 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK ANYTHING TO 244 00:10:25,291 --> 00:10:26,359 ADD? AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, 245 00:10:26,359 --> 00:10:29,695 NOTHING TO ADD, COLLEAGUES. ANY 246 00:10:29,695 --> 00:10:31,330 DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? 247 00:10:31,330 --> 00:10:32,865 SEEING NO DISCUSSION. IF YOU'D 248 00:10:32,865 --> 00:10:34,066 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED TWO A 249 00:10:34,066 --> 00:10:37,370 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 250 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:38,938 THIS TIME. SEEING NO FURTHER 251 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:40,072 CO-SPONSORS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO 252 00:10:40,072 --> 00:10:43,042 OED THREE, A ONE. 253 00:10:43,042 --> 00:10:44,410 -- OED THREE A. THIS COUNCIL 254 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:47,413 BUDGET ACTION WOULD INCREASE THE 255 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:48,047 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 256 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:50,282 BY $200,000. GENERAL FUND ONE 257 00:10:50,282 --> 00:10:52,818 TIME IN 2027 FOR COMMERCIAL 258 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:53,419 TENANT ATTRACTION IN PIONEER 259 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:57,490 SQUARE. THIS. THE CBA IS 260 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:58,124 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 261 00:10:58,124 --> 00:10:59,592 AND CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCIL 262 00:10:59,592 --> 00:11:01,227 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH 263 00:11:01,227 --> 00:11:03,162 AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 264 00:11:03,162 --> 00:11:03,796 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 265 00:11:03,796 --> 00:11:05,297 SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL YOU 266 00:11:05,297 --> 00:11:05,598 RECOGNIZED. 267 00:11:05,598 --> 00:11:06,999 -- THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. 268 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:09,835 COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE PIONEER 269 00:11:09,835 --> 00:11:12,805 SQUARE UPPER FLOOR COMMERCIAL 270 00:11:12,805 --> 00:11:14,473 ACTIVATION PACKAGE. WE KNOW THAT 271 00:11:14,473 --> 00:11:17,309 PIONEER SQUARE HAS SHOWN WHAT 272 00:11:17,309 --> 00:11:17,877 FOCUSED NEIGHBORHOOD BASED 273 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:19,745 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN 274 00:11:19,745 --> 00:11:21,547 ACCOMPLISH. ACCORDING TO THE 275 00:11:21,547 --> 00:11:22,848 ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER SQUARE, THE 276 00:11:22,848 --> 00:11:25,418 LOCAL BIA STOREFRONT VACANCY 277 00:11:25,418 --> 00:11:27,853 FELL DRAMATICALLY AFTER 278 00:11:27,853 --> 00:11:30,489 SUSTAINED LOCAL WORK. DESPITE 279 00:11:30,489 --> 00:11:32,658 SOME OF THAT SUSTAINED LOCAL 280 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:35,294 WORK. NOW, THE NEXT FRONTIER IS 281 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:37,897 UPSTAIRS, LITERALLY THIS 282 00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:40,800 $200,000 INVESTMENT WOULD 283 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,069 INVENTORY VACANT UPPER FLOOR 284 00:11:43,069 --> 00:11:47,373 SPACES, ENGAGE PROPERTY OWNERS, 285 00:11:47,373 --> 00:11:47,873 RECRUIT BUSINESSES AND 286 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:50,476 EMPLOYERS, MARKET AVAILABLE 287 00:11:50,476 --> 00:11:52,912 SPACE AND HELP PROSPECTIVE 288 00:11:52,912 --> 00:11:55,815 TENANTS NAVIGATE CITY 289 00:11:55,815 --> 00:11:56,449 ASSISTANCE. VACANT UPPER FLOORS 290 00:11:56,449 --> 00:11:59,819 ARE SLEEPING. ECONOMIC ASSETS. 291 00:11:59,819 --> 00:12:01,721 FILLING THEM MEANS MORE WORKERS 292 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,155 SUPPORTING LOCAL SHOPS AND 293 00:12:03,155 --> 00:12:05,725 RESTAURANTS, MORE INVESTMENT IN 294 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:07,226 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND A 295 00:12:07,226 --> 00:12:10,229 STRONGER, MORE ROBUST TAX BASE. 296 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:12,498 PIONEER SQUARE HAS MOMENTUM. WE 297 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:14,834 LEARNED THAT FROM FIFA WORLD CUP 298 00:12:14,834 --> 00:12:16,936 RECENTLY. THIS AMENDMENT HELPS 299 00:12:16,936 --> 00:12:19,405 CONVERT THAT STRONG MOMENTUM 300 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:22,208 INTO LASTING, DURABLE OCCUPANCY 301 00:12:22,208 --> 00:12:24,643 JOBS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. 302 00:12:24,643 --> 00:12:25,344 THANK YOU. 303 00:12:25,344 --> 00:12:27,079 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 304 00:12:27,079 --> 00:12:28,013 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ANYTHING TO 305 00:12:28,013 --> 00:12:29,648 ADD AT THIS TIME, COLLEAGUES? 306 00:12:29,648 --> 00:12:32,251 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I SEE YOUR 307 00:12:32,251 --> 00:12:33,586 HAND. SOUNDS GOOD. COLLEAGUES, 308 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:36,255 ANY DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION? NO 309 00:12:36,255 --> 00:12:37,123 FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF YOU'D 310 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:38,958 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED THREE A 311 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:39,725 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 312 00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:45,197 THIS TIME. LAST CALL SEEING 313 00:12:45,197 --> 00:12:47,666 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ADDING HER 314 00:12:47,666 --> 00:12:49,769 NAME TO OED THREE AYE ONE 315 00:12:49,769 --> 00:12:51,170 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THANK YOU. 316 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:55,474 MOVING ON TO OED FIVE A ONE. 317 00:12:55,474 --> 00:12:57,042 -- OED FIVE A. THIS COUNCIL 318 00:12:57,042 --> 00:12:59,512 BUDGET ACTION WOULD BE PROVISO 319 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:01,780 OF $200,000 IN OED TO ACTIVATE 320 00:13:01,780 --> 00:13:03,215 VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACES IN 321 00:13:03,215 --> 00:13:04,183 RAINIER BEACH, PARTICULARLY ON 322 00:13:04,183 --> 00:13:05,684 THE CORNER OF RAINIER AVENUE 323 00:13:05,684 --> 00:13:06,619 SOUTH AND SOUTH HENDERSON 324 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:09,021 STREET. THIS COUNCIL OR THIS 325 00:13:09,021 --> 00:13:11,056 PROVISO COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS 326 00:13:11,056 --> 00:13:11,657 IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 327 00:13:11,657 --> 00:13:14,493 LIN AND CO-SPONSORED BY 328 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:15,794 COUNCILMEMBERS FOSTER AND RINCK. 329 00:13:15,794 --> 00:13:16,929 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, 330 00:13:16,929 --> 00:13:18,130 A SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL YOU 331 00:13:18,130 --> 00:13:20,966 RECOGNIZED. 332 00:13:20,966 --> 00:13:22,101 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, THIS 333 00:13:22,101 --> 00:13:23,736 PROVISO CAME OUT OF A RECENT 334 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:25,704 COMMUNITY WALK WITH COMMUNITY 335 00:13:25,704 --> 00:13:26,906 MEMBERS IN RAINIER BEACH. 336 00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:28,240 UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE HAD A 337 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:29,141 NUMBER OF BUSINESSES CLOSED 338 00:13:29,141 --> 00:13:30,576 RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF RAINIER 339 00:13:30,576 --> 00:13:33,379 AND HENDERSON, A KEY 340 00:13:33,379 --> 00:13:33,979 INTERSECTION. THERE'S FIVE 341 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:35,848 SCHOOLS NEAR THERE. THERE'S THE 342 00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:38,050 RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY CENTER, 343 00:13:38,050 --> 00:13:39,251 AND THERE'S BEEN A VACANT BANK 344 00:13:39,251 --> 00:13:42,054 OF AMERICA, A RITE AID THAT 345 00:13:42,054 --> 00:13:43,856 CLOSED RECENTLY, AND MOST 346 00:13:43,856 --> 00:13:45,357 RECENTLY, A STARBUCKS DRIVE THRU 347 00:13:45,357 --> 00:13:46,759 THAT WAS THERE FOR, I THINK, 348 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:49,862 LESS THAN A YEAR. AND THEY 349 00:13:49,862 --> 00:13:51,664 RECENTLY CLOSED. SO WITH ALL 350 00:13:51,664 --> 00:13:53,999 THESE VACANT STOREFRONTS, AS WE 351 00:13:53,999 --> 00:13:55,968 THINK ABOUT SEPTET AND HOW TO 352 00:13:55,968 --> 00:13:56,569 ACTIVATE THESE SPACES, WE ARE 353 00:13:56,569 --> 00:14:00,005 HOPING TO PROVIDE A 200,000 OED 354 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:01,207 TO, TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY 355 00:14:01,207 --> 00:14:02,708 TO FIND WAYS TO ACTIVATE THOSE 356 00:14:02,708 --> 00:14:04,643 SPACES. 357 00:14:04,643 --> 00:14:05,711 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 358 00:14:05,711 --> 00:14:07,680 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. NOTHING TO 359 00:14:07,680 --> 00:14:10,683 ADD, COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION 360 00:14:10,683 --> 00:14:11,850 DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. IF YOU 361 00:14:11,850 --> 00:14:14,787 WOULD LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO 362 00:14:14,787 --> 00:14:16,922 OED FIVE A ONE, PLEASE RAISE 363 00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:22,661 YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME SET. 364 00:14:22,661 --> 00:14:25,798 WE'VE GOT COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 365 00:14:25,798 --> 00:14:26,365 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ADDING 366 00:14:26,365 --> 00:14:28,801 THEIR NAMES TO FIVE A ONE. 367 00:14:28,801 --> 00:14:29,435 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, HOLLINGSWORTH 368 00:14:29,435 --> 00:14:30,669 AND JUAREZ. 369 00:14:30,669 --> 00:14:31,237 -- AND I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 370 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:31,870 RIVERA. ARE YOU ALSO ADDING YOUR 371 00:14:31,870 --> 00:14:35,241 NAME TO FIVE A ONE? THANK YOU. 372 00:14:35,241 --> 00:14:35,774 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 373 00:14:35,774 --> 00:14:37,176 -- WONDERFUL. MOVING ON TO OED 374 00:14:37,176 --> 00:14:40,646 SIX A ONE. 375 00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:42,715 -- OED SIX A. THIS COUNCIL 376 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:44,617 BUDGET ACTION WOULD INCREASE OED 377 00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:46,518 BY $2.5 MILLION. GENERAL FUND 378 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:50,155 ONE TIME IN 2027 TO CONTINUE TO 379 00:14:50,155 --> 00:14:51,857 STABILIZE, ACTIVATE AND INVEST 380 00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:53,993 LOCALLY OR SAIL FUND, 381 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:54,426 PARTICULARLY IN THE 382 00:14:54,426 --> 00:14:55,961 NEIGHBORHOODS OF THE CHINATOWN 383 00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:57,730 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND LAKE 384 00:14:57,730 --> 00:15:00,499 CITY. THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION 385 00:15:00,499 --> 00:15:01,100 IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 386 00:15:01,100 --> 00:15:03,269 LIN AND CO-SPONSORED BY 387 00:15:03,269 --> 00:15:05,037 COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND CHAIR 388 00:15:05,037 --> 00:15:05,304 STRAUSS. 389 00:15:05,304 --> 00:15:06,605 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 390 00:15:06,605 --> 00:15:07,406 HAS SPONSORED THE PROPOSAL. YOU 391 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:09,475 RECOGNIZED. 392 00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:10,909 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FIRST, 393 00:15:10,909 --> 00:15:12,778 I WANT TO THANK CHAIR STRAUSS 394 00:15:12,778 --> 00:15:16,282 FOR SPEARHEADING THE CREATION OF 395 00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:16,916 SAIL FUND IN 2026. THIS FUND HAS 396 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,317 BEEN ESSENTIAL IN SUPPORTING 397 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:19,251 SMALL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY 398 00:15:19,251 --> 00:15:20,352 IN LITTLE SAIGON AND LAKE CITY, 399 00:15:20,352 --> 00:15:22,454 INCLUDING COMMUNITY SAFETY 400 00:15:22,454 --> 00:15:22,988 AMBASSADORS, NEIGHBORHOOD 401 00:15:22,988 --> 00:15:24,523 COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATORS, 402 00:15:24,523 --> 00:15:27,092 NEIGHBORHOOD AMBASSADORS, 403 00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:27,626 ENHANCED STREET CLEANING, 404 00:15:27,626 --> 00:15:28,394 PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 405 00:15:28,394 --> 00:15:31,096 CHANGES TO PREVENT CRIME 406 00:15:31,096 --> 00:15:31,730 ACTIVATIONS. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD 407 00:15:31,730 --> 00:15:33,232 ENSURE CONTINUATION OF THAT MUCH 408 00:15:33,232 --> 00:15:34,233 NEEDED SUPPORT FOR THESE 409 00:15:34,233 --> 00:15:35,934 NEIGHBORHOODS, WITH ADDITIONAL 410 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:36,902 1.5 MILLION FOR LITTLE SAIGON, 1 411 00:15:36,902 --> 00:15:40,572 MILLION FOR LAKE CITY. THIS IS 412 00:15:40,572 --> 00:15:42,608 FOR OUR OFFICE, REALLY ONE OF 413 00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:46,779 OUR TOP PRIORITIES. WE MOST OF 414 00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:48,447 OUR ASKS ARE PROVISOS. THIS IS 415 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:50,049 AN ADDITIONAL. WE'RE LOOKING TO 416 00:15:50,049 --> 00:15:51,917 INCREASE OED FUNDING. WOULD. 417 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:52,985 WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT, 418 00:15:52,985 --> 00:15:53,919 COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. 419 00:15:53,919 --> 00:15:56,088 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 420 00:15:56,088 --> 00:15:57,790 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 421 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:58,424 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS, AND 422 00:15:58,424 --> 00:15:59,892 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 423 00:15:59,892 --> 00:16:02,461 FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I 424 00:16:02,461 --> 00:16:04,697 WANTED TO QUICKLY NOTE, AND I 425 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:07,166 BELIEVE THE COUNCIL BUDGET 426 00:16:07,166 --> 00:16:07,800 ACTION LISTED HERE OUTLINES THE 427 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:09,401 IMPORTANT WORK THAT SAIL HAS 428 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:12,237 DONE SINCE IT'S BEEN BROUGHT 429 00:16:12,237 --> 00:16:13,806 ONLINE, AND I WILL BE ADDING MY 430 00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:15,607 NAME IN SUPPORT AS A CO-SPONSOR 431 00:16:15,607 --> 00:16:17,476 SHORTLY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT 432 00:16:17,476 --> 00:16:18,777 THIS WORK SHOULD CONTINUE, 433 00:16:18,777 --> 00:16:20,579 PARTICULARLY IN ADDITIONAL 434 00:16:20,579 --> 00:16:21,847 INVESTMENT INTO THE CITY IN LAKE 435 00:16:21,847 --> 00:16:23,716 CITY. THANK YOU. 436 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,050 -- GREAT DISCUSSION. 437 00:16:25,050 --> 00:16:26,518 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THANK YOU. 438 00:16:26,518 --> 00:16:28,153 -- WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO 439 00:16:28,153 --> 00:16:30,189 THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YEAH, 440 00:16:30,189 --> 00:16:31,824 LAKE CITY WAY. THANK YOU. 441 00:16:31,824 --> 00:16:33,492 COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. BESIDES 442 00:16:33,492 --> 00:16:34,493 BEING A GREAT DANCER AND DOING 443 00:16:34,493 --> 00:16:36,695 THE WORK, YES, I HAVE SOME 444 00:16:36,695 --> 00:16:38,497 PREPARED STATEMENTS BECAUSE THEY 445 00:16:38,497 --> 00:16:41,000 STABILIZE, ACTIVATE, INVEST 446 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,202 LOCALLY FUND HAS BEEN A SUCCESS 447 00:16:43,202 --> 00:16:44,370 AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE SEEING 448 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:46,605 IT NORTH AND SOUTH. SO AGAIN, 449 00:16:46,605 --> 00:16:48,140 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, THANK YOU FOR 450 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:48,774 BRINGING THIS AMENDMENT FORWARD 451 00:16:48,774 --> 00:16:50,309 AS A SPONSOR. THANK YOU, BUDGET 452 00:16:50,309 --> 00:16:52,478 CHAIR, FOR YOUR COSPONSORSHIP. 453 00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:54,346 AS YOU KNOW, LAKE CITY'S 454 00:16:54,346 --> 00:16:55,848 CHALLENGES ARE WELL KNOWN. WE'VE 455 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,383 LOST A FRED MEYER, A WALGREENS, 456 00:16:57,383 --> 00:17:00,252 A BARTELS WHICH HAS LIMITED 457 00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:02,121 ACCESS TO FOOD AND PHARMACIES IN 458 00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:04,123 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SMALL 459 00:17:04,123 --> 00:17:05,891 BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN SEVERELY 460 00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:06,925 IMPACTED BY BREAK-INS AND THEFT 461 00:17:06,925 --> 00:17:08,227 POST 2020, TO A POINT WHERE 462 00:17:08,227 --> 00:17:10,295 IT'S JUST GOT. WE JUST CAN'T 463 00:17:10,295 --> 00:17:12,097 EVEN KEEP TRACK ANYMORE. WE'VE 464 00:17:12,097 --> 00:17:14,333 HAD THREE MURDERS IN VIRGIL AND 465 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:16,168 ALBERT DAVIS PARK. LAKE CITY IS 466 00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:17,536 ALSO A DIVERSE COMMUNITY, WITH 467 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:18,937 NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS WORKING TO 468 00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:20,806 SHIFT THE DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY OF 469 00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:22,207 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT ALL 470 00:17:22,207 --> 00:17:24,243 GLOOM AND DOOM, FOLKS. LAKE CITY 471 00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:25,844 BUSINESS ALLIANCE IS LED BY 472 00:17:25,844 --> 00:17:28,447 CHRIS LEVERSON WONDERFUL, 473 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:28,947 WONDERFUL ASSET TO THE 474 00:17:28,947 --> 00:17:30,149 COMMUNITY. THE LAKE CITY 475 00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:31,817 COLLECTIVE IS LED BY CÉSAR AND 476 00:17:31,817 --> 00:17:34,186 PEGGY GARCIA, ANOTHER 477 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:36,388 INSTRUMENTAL GROUP THAT HAS BEEN 478 00:17:36,388 --> 00:17:37,856 WONDERFUL UP AT LITTLEBROOK, THE 479 00:17:37,856 --> 00:17:39,291 LAKE CITY COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 480 00:17:39,291 --> 00:17:40,426 WHICH IS NEWLY FORMED. THE WORK 481 00:17:40,426 --> 00:17:41,960 OF THESE GROUPS IN LAKE CITY 482 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:43,529 WERE RECENTLY HIGHLIGHTED BY THE 483 00:17:43,529 --> 00:17:45,230 SEATTLE TIMES ON THE FRONT PAGE 484 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:47,032 THIS SUNDAY. THIS DEPARTMENT DID 485 00:17:47,032 --> 00:17:48,167 NOT GET FUNDS OUT OF THE 486 00:17:48,167 --> 00:17:51,470 COMMUNITY UNTIL LATE 2026. THIS 487 00:17:51,470 --> 00:17:52,838 CONTINUED INVESTMENT OF 1 488 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:55,541 MILLION IS INTENDED TO DEEPEN 489 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:58,076 SERVICES AND INCREASE ONGOING 490 00:17:58,076 --> 00:17:58,544 WORK, INCLUDING CRIME 491 00:17:58,544 --> 00:17:59,945 PREVENTION, PUBLIC SAFETY, 492 00:17:59,945 --> 00:18:02,381 LIGHTING THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL 493 00:18:02,381 --> 00:18:05,184 DESIGN, ADDITIONAL STOREFRONT 494 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:05,818 ACTIVATION, ADDRESSING COMMUNITY 495 00:18:05,818 --> 00:18:06,885 PRIORITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT 496 00:18:06,885 --> 00:18:08,921 LIMITED TO SMALL BUSINESS 497 00:18:08,921 --> 00:18:10,689 STABILIZATION, PUBLIC SAFETY 498 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,057 INITIATIVES, BUILDING REPAIR, 499 00:18:12,057 --> 00:18:13,425 COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS. 500 00:18:13,425 --> 00:18:14,493 ANOTHER ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY 501 00:18:14,493 --> 00:18:15,360 MEMBERS, WHICH I SHOULD MENTION, 502 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:16,528 WHICH I WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT 503 00:18:16,528 --> 00:18:19,965 OUT TO KELLY BROWN, WHO USED TO 504 00:18:19,965 --> 00:18:20,566 BE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR 505 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:22,835 NORTH HELP LINE FOOD BANK, IN 506 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:24,736 WHICH THEY DID MORE THAN FOOD. 507 00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:26,805 THEY DID EVICTION PREVENTION. WE 508 00:18:26,805 --> 00:18:30,075 GOT PEOPLE ON MEDICAID. WE GOT 509 00:18:30,075 --> 00:18:31,577 PEOPLE INTO HOUSING. WE BUILT 510 00:18:31,577 --> 00:18:32,644 THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD 511 00:18:32,644 --> 00:18:34,146 CLINIC UP THERE. SO NOW THE 512 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:34,780 SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD HAS 513 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,949 A FOOTPRINT ACROSS FROM THE 514 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:38,217 SACRED MEDICINE HOUSE WITH OUR 515 00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:40,118 HOUSING PIECE THAT WE DID WITH 516 00:18:40,118 --> 00:18:40,752 THE SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD 517 00:18:40,752 --> 00:18:42,654 AND CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES. 518 00:18:42,654 --> 00:18:44,356 SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, AND 519 00:18:44,356 --> 00:18:46,225 WE WANT TO CONTINUE IT. AND 520 00:18:46,225 --> 00:18:46,859 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 521 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:49,294 AND FOSTER, FOR YOUR OFFICE'S 522 00:18:49,294 --> 00:18:50,562 ENGAGEMENT IN THE LAKE CITY SALE 523 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:52,331 AND FUNDING PROCESS THROUGHOUT 524 00:18:52,331 --> 00:18:53,432 THE YEAR. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU 525 00:18:53,432 --> 00:18:55,067 BOTH HAVE BEEN UP THERE AND HAVE 526 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:57,669 VISITED NOT ONLY THE REFUGEE 527 00:18:57,669 --> 00:18:59,404 ARTISAN INITIATIVE, WOMEN'S, AND 528 00:18:59,404 --> 00:19:01,340 NOT ONLY LITERACY SOURCE, BUT 529 00:19:01,340 --> 00:19:04,543 ALSO SALE. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR 530 00:19:04,543 --> 00:19:05,177 SUPPORT ON THIS BUDGET ACTION. 531 00:19:05,177 --> 00:19:07,446 AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, 532 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:07,880 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 533 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,448 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 534 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:11,717 JUAREZ. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 535 00:19:11,717 --> 00:19:14,186 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 536 00:19:14,186 --> 00:19:14,786 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR PUTTING 537 00:19:14,786 --> 00:19:16,588 THIS OUT. AND THIS IS ONE OF A 538 00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:19,191 NUMBER OF ADS THAT WE ADDED LAST 539 00:19:19,191 --> 00:19:20,626 YEAR THAT WERE NOT CONTINUED IN 540 00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:24,730 THIS BUDGET. THIS PROVIDES MUCH 541 00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:27,266 NEEDED SUPPORT TO BUSINESSES. I 542 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:28,967 HAVE A LEADER CBA THAT WE'LL 543 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:32,304 TALK ABOUT IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT 544 00:19:32,304 --> 00:19:33,372 IS ANOTHER PART OF THAT MONEY 545 00:19:33,372 --> 00:19:35,674 THAT DID NOT GET CONTINUED IN 546 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:37,209 OED THAT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT, 547 00:19:37,209 --> 00:19:38,544 WHICH IS THAT BACK TO BUSINESS 548 00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:40,512 FUND. I PROVIDE IT BECAUSE I 549 00:19:40,512 --> 00:19:43,182 KNOW THAT WE ARE. I JUST DID NOT 550 00:19:43,182 --> 00:19:46,351 KNOW WHERE THE FUNDS ARE COMING 551 00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:48,754 FROM. BUT THESE EFFORTS ARE ALL 552 00:19:48,754 --> 00:19:50,622 REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OUR 553 00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:54,993 SMALL BUSINESSES ARE STRUGGLING, 554 00:19:54,993 --> 00:19:58,463 PARTICULARLY OUR SMALL WOMEN AND 555 00:19:58,463 --> 00:19:59,298 MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES IN OUR 556 00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:00,999 CITY, AND WE JUST NEED TO 557 00:20:00,999 --> 00:20:02,601 PROVIDE THE SUPPORT. IT'S BEEN 558 00:20:02,601 --> 00:20:06,171 VERY HARD POST COVID, AND EVEN 559 00:20:06,171 --> 00:20:07,806 THOUGH COVID HAS NOW BEEN SIX 560 00:20:07,806 --> 00:20:10,409 YEARS AGO, OUR BUSINESSES 561 00:20:10,409 --> 00:20:11,577 CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE. AND SO I 562 00:20:11,577 --> 00:20:14,379 SEE THIS AS A SUPPORT. SO, YOU 563 00:20:14,379 --> 00:20:16,048 KNOW, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS 564 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,717 FORWARD. AND I KNOW IT'S A LARGE 565 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:19,851 ASK. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS 566 00:20:19,851 --> 00:20:21,853 WILL LAND, BUT I DO SUPPORT THE 567 00:20:21,853 --> 00:20:23,655 UNDERLYING LEGISLATION. AND SO 568 00:20:23,655 --> 00:20:27,059 I'LL BE PROVIDING MY NAME AS A 569 00:20:27,059 --> 00:20:28,527 CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. 570 00:20:28,527 --> 00:20:28,994 -- THANK YOU. FURTHER 571 00:20:28,994 --> 00:20:29,995 DISCUSSION. 572 00:20:29,995 --> 00:20:30,729 -- MISTER CHAIR, CAN I ADD ONE. 573 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:31,263 -- THING, PLEASE. 574 00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:32,731 -- IF YOU DON'T MIND. 575 00:20:32,731 --> 00:20:33,332 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ YOU WERE 576 00:20:33,332 --> 00:20:36,368 HERE. POST 20 IS WHAT? 577 00:20:36,368 --> 00:20:37,736 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WAS SAYING. 578 00:20:37,736 --> 00:20:40,138 A LOT OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, 579 00:20:40,138 --> 00:20:42,207 PARTICULARLY IN THE EDDIE 580 00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:44,843 CHINATOWN, LITTLE SAIGON, LAKE 581 00:20:44,843 --> 00:20:46,578 CITY WAY, JUST NEVER RECOVERED. 582 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:48,580 AFTER 2020. AND THIS WAS JUST 583 00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:51,950 IT'S INCREMENTAL. BUT HEY, 584 00:20:51,950 --> 00:20:52,517 WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TO 585 00:20:52,517 --> 00:20:53,819 REACTIVATE THESE SPACES TO GET 586 00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:55,287 THE COMMUNITY FEELING SAFE 587 00:20:55,287 --> 00:20:56,388 AGAIN. AND THEN YOU ADD THIS 588 00:20:56,388 --> 00:21:00,525 ADDED LAYER OF ICE UP THERE 589 00:21:00,525 --> 00:21:01,159 HUNTING DOWN SOMALIA DAY CARES. 590 00:21:01,159 --> 00:21:02,394 AND I MEAN, I COULD GO ON AND 591 00:21:02,394 --> 00:21:03,495 ON, BUT MY POINT IS, WHEN WE 592 00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:07,032 HAVE POSITIVE THINGS LIKE THIS, 593 00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:09,101 IT REALLY PLANTS SO MUCH 594 00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:10,302 GOODWILL. SO WITH THAT, I HOPE I 595 00:21:10,302 --> 00:21:13,105 HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 596 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:13,672 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 597 00:21:13,672 --> 00:21:14,773 JUAREZ ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, 598 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:18,510 COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION? 599 00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:19,711 I WILL JUST SAY THAT WE NEED TO 600 00:21:19,711 --> 00:21:22,014 BE DOING MORE FOR LITTLE SAIGON 601 00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:23,849 AND CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 602 00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:26,285 DISTRICT, NOT LESS. WE ARE NOT 603 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:27,786 MEETING THE PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS 604 00:21:27,786 --> 00:21:30,055 THAT THEY DESERVE OR THAT OUR 605 00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:31,923 CITY DESERVES THIS, ALONG WITH 606 00:21:31,923 --> 00:21:32,524 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT FRAMEWORK 607 00:21:32,524 --> 00:21:34,359 AND MANY OTHER THINGS I KNOW. 608 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:34,893 COUNCILMEMBER LIN YOU ARE 609 00:21:34,893 --> 00:21:37,529 WORKING ON ARE ARE LAYERED 610 00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:40,465 APPROACH TO DO BETTER FOR THE 611 00:21:40,465 --> 00:21:43,435 RESIDENTS OF CHINATOWN 612 00:21:43,435 --> 00:21:44,069 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT. AND WE 613 00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:46,071 NEED TO DO EVEN MORE. SO I 614 00:21:46,071 --> 00:21:50,342 APPRECIATE THIS ASK ANY FINAL 615 00:21:50,342 --> 00:21:50,909 COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER LIN 616 00:21:50,909 --> 00:21:51,576 SEEING NO FINAL COMMENTS. IF 617 00:21:51,576 --> 00:21:53,478 YOU'D LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED 618 00:21:53,478 --> 00:21:54,946 SIX A ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 619 00:21:54,946 --> 00:22:02,821 HAND AT THIS TIME 620 00:22:02,954 --> 00:22:04,356 LAST CALL WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 621 00:22:04,356 --> 00:22:06,992 RIVERA FOSTER. RINCK. SAKA. 622 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:10,362 HOLLINGSWORTH 623 00:22:10,362 --> 00:22:12,097 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. SORRY. 624 00:22:12,097 --> 00:22:12,531 -- YOU'RE FINE. 625 00:22:12,531 --> 00:22:16,435 -- FOSTER. HOLLINGSWORTH. RINCK. 626 00:22:16,435 --> 00:22:21,273 RIVERA. AND SAKA. 627 00:22:21,273 --> 00:22:22,507 -- YES. DID WE MISS ANYONE ON 628 00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:23,308 THAT ONE? SORRY, WE'RE GETTING A 629 00:22:23,308 --> 00:22:24,776 LITTLE RUSTY STARTING OFF THE 630 00:22:24,776 --> 00:22:26,311 MORNING. COFFEE'S STILL HITTING. 631 00:22:26,311 --> 00:22:28,714 DID I MISS ANYONE? SEEING AS WE 632 00:22:28,714 --> 00:22:30,615 DID NOT MISS ANYONE? AND THAT 633 00:22:30,615 --> 00:22:32,317 WAS OED SIX A ONE. WE ARE NOW 634 00:22:32,317 --> 00:22:37,723 GOING TO MOVE ON TO OED SEVEN, A 635 00:22:37,723 --> 00:22:37,923 ONE. 636 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:39,791 -- OED SEVEN A. THIS COUNCIL 637 00:22:39,791 --> 00:22:41,927 BUDGET ACTION WOULD PROVIDE A 638 00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:44,196 $100,000 IN OED TO SUPPORT 639 00:22:44,196 --> 00:22:46,264 CLEANING SERVICES IN THE 640 00:22:46,264 --> 00:22:47,899 UNIVERSITY DISTRICT. THIS 641 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:50,035 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION IS 642 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:50,602 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 643 00:22:50,602 --> 00:22:53,105 RIVERA AND CO-SPONSORED BY 644 00:22:53,105 --> 00:22:55,006 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 645 00:22:55,006 --> 00:22:55,540 AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 646 00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:56,842 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 647 00:22:56,842 --> 00:22:58,176 RIVERA SPONSORED THE PROPOSAL. 648 00:22:58,176 --> 00:22:58,677 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 649 00:22:58,677 --> 00:23:02,047 -- THANK YOU. I WANT TO BEGIN BY 650 00:23:02,047 --> 00:23:06,551 THANKING MY CO-SPONSORS COUNCIL 651 00:23:06,551 --> 00:23:07,119 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 652 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,054 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR THEIR 653 00:23:09,054 --> 00:23:09,688 CO-SPONSORSHIP COLLEAGUES. THIS 654 00:23:09,688 --> 00:23:13,692 IS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE BIA 655 00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:15,994 AND THE UNIVERSITY DISTRICT FOR 656 00:23:15,994 --> 00:23:17,596 CLEANING SERVICES. WE ADDED THIS 657 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:18,597 LAST YEAR. THIS IS SOMETHING 658 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:21,466 THAT THEY CONTINUE TO NEED. THEY 659 00:23:21,466 --> 00:23:23,201 DO A LOT IN THE DISTRICT WITH 660 00:23:23,201 --> 00:23:25,370 THE LIGHT RAIL STATION THERE. 661 00:23:25,370 --> 00:23:26,805 THERE IS A LOT OF CLEANING 662 00:23:26,805 --> 00:23:29,441 SUPPORT THAT THE SMALL 663 00:23:29,441 --> 00:23:31,009 BUSINESSES NEED THERE, AND THIS 664 00:23:31,009 --> 00:23:32,944 PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA 665 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:35,814 SUPPORT TO DO THAT WORK. THE BIA 666 00:23:35,814 --> 00:23:37,916 NOT ONLY SUPPORTS THE SMALL 667 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:39,284 BUSINESSES UP IN THE DISTRICT, 668 00:23:39,284 --> 00:23:41,486 BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WRIT LARGE. 669 00:23:41,486 --> 00:23:42,988 AND SO THIS REALLY IS JUST TO 670 00:23:42,988 --> 00:23:44,856 PROVIDE A LITTLE EXTRA SUPPORT 671 00:23:44,856 --> 00:23:46,224 FOR THE BUSINESSES. THANK YOU. 672 00:23:46,224 --> 00:23:47,726 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 673 00:23:47,726 --> 00:23:48,393 RINCK, AS CHAIR OF THE 674 00:23:48,393 --> 00:23:49,428 COMMITTEE, NOTHING TO ADD, 675 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:51,663 COLLEAGUES. FURTHER DISCUSSION, 676 00:23:51,663 --> 00:23:53,398 FURTHER DISCUSSION. MOVING 677 00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:55,100 FORWARD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO 678 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:55,934 CO-SPONSOR OED SEVEN A ONE, 679 00:23:55,934 --> 00:23:59,538 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 680 00:23:59,538 --> 00:24:01,473 TIME. SET. WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 681 00:24:01,473 --> 00:24:02,808 JUAREZ ADDING HER NAME TO OED 682 00:24:02,808 --> 00:24:04,176 SEVEN A ONE. 683 00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:05,343 -- ADDING COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 684 00:24:05,343 --> 00:24:07,379 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OED 685 00:24:07,379 --> 00:24:10,282 EIGHT A ONE. 686 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:11,917 -- OED EIGHT A. THIS COUNCIL 687 00:24:11,917 --> 00:24:14,352 BUDGET ACTION WOULD INCREASE OED 688 00:24:14,352 --> 00:24:16,855 BY $150,000. GENERAL FUND IN 689 00:24:16,855 --> 00:24:17,989 2027 FOR ACTIVATIONS AND BALLARD 690 00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:19,257 BALLARD, INCLUDING, BUT NOT 691 00:24:19,257 --> 00:24:21,159 LIMITED TO, SEASONAL LIGHTING, 692 00:24:21,159 --> 00:24:22,594 INSTALLATIONS, DECORATIONS AND 693 00:24:22,594 --> 00:24:24,696 CHARITABLE GIVING EVENTS. THIS 694 00:24:24,696 --> 00:24:26,898 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION IS 695 00:24:26,898 --> 00:24:29,034 SPONSORED BY CHAIR STRAUSS AND 696 00:24:29,034 --> 00:24:29,668 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 697 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:31,536 RINCK AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 698 00:24:31,536 --> 00:24:32,404 -- THANK YOU. SPONSOR OF THIS 699 00:24:32,404 --> 00:24:35,140 PROPOSAL. I WILL ADDRESS IT NOW. 700 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:38,143 THIS IS NOT JUST FOR WINTER 701 00:24:38,143 --> 00:24:39,811 LIGHT ACTIVATION. THE BALLARD 702 00:24:39,811 --> 00:24:41,546 ALLIANCE IS SEEKING TO CREATE 703 00:24:41,546 --> 00:24:43,348 MORE PARTNERSHIPS WITH ONE OF 704 00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:44,783 OUR SISTER CITIES, AND THAT IS 705 00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:47,352 THROUGH LIGHTS. AND THIS IS A 706 00:24:47,352 --> 00:24:49,454 CONNECTION WITH REYKJAVIK, 707 00:24:49,454 --> 00:24:52,791 ICELAND. IT IS FOR STRUCTURES 708 00:24:52,791 --> 00:24:55,694 THAT ARE ILLUMINATED SO THAT IT 709 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:56,328 NOT ONLY DRAWS ATTRACTION, BUT 710 00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:59,197 IT ALSO SETS UP WHAT THEIR 711 00:24:59,197 --> 00:25:01,199 CHARITABLE GIVING. ONE OF THESE 712 00:25:01,199 --> 00:25:01,833 STRUCTURES WOULD LIKELY BE THE 713 00:25:01,833 --> 00:25:05,337 ANIMAL GYM AND ANOTHER ONE TO BE 714 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:06,738 A CAT. BUT THEY ARE LARGE AND 715 00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:10,041 THEY ARE DURABLE, SO THERE. 716 00:25:10,041 --> 00:25:11,176 WHILE THIS FEELS LIKE A LOT OF 717 00:25:11,176 --> 00:25:12,911 MONEY FOR LIGHTS, THESE. THIS 718 00:25:12,911 --> 00:25:16,948 INVESTMENT WOULD LAST PROBABLY 719 00:25:16,948 --> 00:25:17,682 10 TO 20 YEARS. COUNCILMEMBER 720 00:25:17,682 --> 00:25:18,717 RINCK ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING 721 00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:21,253 AT THIS TIME. COUNCIL 722 00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:22,988 COLLEAGUES. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 723 00:25:22,988 --> 00:25:24,489 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. LOOK, I 724 00:25:24,489 --> 00:25:26,258 WASN'T GOING TO SUPPORT THIS 725 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:29,127 BEFORE YOU MENTIONED THE WORD 726 00:25:29,127 --> 00:25:30,228 GIMMICKY, BUT BECAUSE PRECISELY 727 00:25:30,228 --> 00:25:31,696 BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED THE WORD 728 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:32,764 TIMOTHY AND YOU MENTIONED IT SO 729 00:25:32,764 --> 00:25:34,199 CASUALLY THAT LIKE, THAT'S A 730 00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:36,234 NORMAL EVERYDAY THING. BUT YES, 731 00:25:36,234 --> 00:25:37,469 I WOULD LOVE TO PUT MY NAME 732 00:25:37,469 --> 00:25:41,139 BEHIND THIS AND GO, TIMOTHY. 733 00:25:41,139 --> 00:25:42,741 -- THANK YOU, TIMOTHY. AND ALL 734 00:25:42,741 --> 00:25:44,409 OF HIS RACCOON COUSINS ARE 735 00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:47,412 PRETTY REGULAR PART OF LIVING IN 736 00:25:47,412 --> 00:25:50,849 BALLARD COLLEAGUES. ANY FURTHER 737 00:25:50,849 --> 00:25:51,483 DISCUSSION? THANK YOU FOR THAT 738 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:54,319 COMMENT. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 739 00:25:54,319 --> 00:25:57,589 THIS IS A ONE TIME AD FOR A LONG 740 00:25:57,589 --> 00:25:59,591 TIME. RETURN COLLEAGUES, ANY 741 00:25:59,591 --> 00:26:00,458 FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. 742 00:26:00,458 --> 00:26:02,560 IF YOU'D LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED 743 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:03,628 EIGHT A ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 744 00:26:03,628 --> 00:26:08,800 HAND AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE 745 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:09,401 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADDING HIS 746 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:10,135 NAME. 747 00:26:10,135 --> 00:26:10,702 -- AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 748 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:15,674 -- MOVING ON TO OED TEN, A ONE. 749 00:26:15,674 --> 00:26:16,241 -- OED TEN A. THIS COUNCIL 750 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:17,776 BUDGET ACTION WOULD INCREASE OED 751 00:26:17,776 --> 00:26:21,646 BY $200,000. GENERAL FUND ONE 752 00:26:21,646 --> 00:26:22,380 TIME IN 2027 TO SUPPORT A 753 00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:24,883 MARITIME INNOVATION CENTER AT 754 00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:26,451 FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL. THIS 755 00:26:26,451 --> 00:26:28,887 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION IS 756 00:26:28,887 --> 00:26:29,454 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 757 00:26:29,454 --> 00:26:30,789 KETTLE AND CO-SPONSORED BY CHAIR 758 00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:32,057 STRAUSS AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 759 00:26:32,057 --> 00:26:34,159 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 760 00:26:34,159 --> 00:26:37,729 KETTLE SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU 761 00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:38,096 ARE RECOGNIZED. 762 00:26:38,096 --> 00:26:41,199 -- THANK YOU CHAIR, COLLEAGUES. 763 00:26:41,199 --> 00:26:43,234 YOU KNOW, MARITIME IS ONE OF MY 764 00:26:43,234 --> 00:26:44,336 THREE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, AND 765 00:26:44,336 --> 00:26:45,637 WE MUST ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A 766 00:26:45,637 --> 00:26:49,140 VIABLE PORT 100 YEARS FROM NOW. 767 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:50,241 THIS IS IMPORTANT, ENSURES THE 768 00:26:50,241 --> 00:26:51,710 REVENUES FOR OUR CITY, AS WE 769 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:52,978 TALK ABOUT IN THIS BUDGET SEASON 770 00:26:52,978 --> 00:26:54,879 REVENUES, WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT 771 00:26:54,879 --> 00:26:56,214 THOSE TRADITIONAL AREAS ARE 772 00:26:56,214 --> 00:26:58,416 THERE FOR US TO INCLUDE THE 773 00:26:58,416 --> 00:27:00,719 MARITIME, AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE 774 00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:03,588 STRONG UNION JOBS THAT ARE AI 775 00:27:03,588 --> 00:27:05,490 RESISTANT AND THAT CAN FORM A 776 00:27:05,490 --> 00:27:11,730 BEDROCK OF OF FAMILY WAGES FOR 777 00:27:11,730 --> 00:27:12,897 THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE TO 778 00:27:12,897 --> 00:27:14,366 ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A STRONG 779 00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:16,701 MARITIME ECOSYSTEM THAT WE NEED 780 00:27:16,701 --> 00:27:22,574 TO INCUBATE, THAT WE HAVE TO 781 00:27:22,574 --> 00:27:23,141 LOOK TO PROMOTE INNOVATION. 782 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,309 INNOVATION. AND THIS IS WHAT 783 00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:25,410 WE'RE DOING HERE. JUST LAST 784 00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:28,513 WEEK, WE HAD ONE WEEK SEATTLE 785 00:27:28,513 --> 00:27:30,749 HERE SHOWING ALL THIS ON DISPLAY 786 00:27:30,749 --> 00:27:32,317 AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTED, BY THE 787 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:34,819 WAY, PARTNERSHIPS. LAST YEAR WE 788 00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:37,889 HAD IRELAND, BUT THIS YEAR THIS 789 00:27:37,889 --> 00:27:40,325 THIS TIME WE HAD BUSAN, SOUTH 790 00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:40,992 KOREA. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT 791 00:27:40,992 --> 00:27:42,594 IF WE WANT TO BE STRONG MOVING 792 00:27:42,594 --> 00:27:43,862 FORWARD, WE HAVE TO COMPETE. AND 793 00:27:43,862 --> 00:27:45,196 IN DOING SO, WE HAVE TO HAVE 794 00:27:45,196 --> 00:27:48,333 PLACES LIKE MARITIME HUB 795 00:27:48,333 --> 00:27:50,301 PROMOTING MARITIME INNOVATION 796 00:27:50,301 --> 00:27:51,836 AND AND MOVING FORWARD IN THIS 797 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:52,404 SPACE AND BRINGING ALL THE 798 00:27:52,404 --> 00:27:53,605 STRENGTHS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS 799 00:27:53,605 --> 00:27:54,806 AREA TOGETHER. AND THIS IS THE 800 00:27:54,806 --> 00:27:58,943 REASON WHY I ASK FOR YOUR 801 00:27:58,943 --> 00:28:01,379 SUPPORT FOR THIS PROPOSAL THIS 802 00:28:01,379 --> 00:28:02,480 MORNING. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 803 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,382 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 804 00:28:04,382 --> 00:28:06,484 KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 805 00:28:06,484 --> 00:28:07,819 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS AND 806 00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:08,453 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 807 00:28:08,453 --> 00:28:09,621 FOR BRINGING THIS PROPOSAL 808 00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:12,223 FORWARD. I WILL BE SIGNING ON AS 809 00:28:12,223 --> 00:28:13,958 A CO-SPONSOR AND WANTED TO TAKE 810 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:16,194 THIS MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE 811 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:17,362 RECENT WORK THAT IS BEING DONE 812 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:19,898 BY THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 813 00:28:19,898 --> 00:28:20,432 DEVELOPMENT ALONGSIDE THE 814 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:21,199 MAYOR'S OFFICE, IN PARTICULAR 815 00:28:21,199 --> 00:28:22,333 WITH THE SEAWALL REPORT THAT 816 00:28:22,333 --> 00:28:25,970 CAME OUT HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF 817 00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:31,109 THE DYNAMICS GOING ON IN OUR 818 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:31,743 LOCAL ECONOMY, IN PARTICULARLY 819 00:28:31,743 --> 00:28:32,343 NOTING THAT IT WOULD DO OUR 820 00:28:32,343 --> 00:28:33,945 ECONOMY WELL TO DIVERSIFY AND 821 00:28:33,945 --> 00:28:36,214 EXPAND IN OUR SECTORS AND 822 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:36,848 PARTICULARLY SUPPORT THE GROWTH 823 00:28:36,848 --> 00:28:39,184 OF MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES, 824 00:28:39,184 --> 00:28:40,585 MARITIME BEING ONE OF THOSE AND 825 00:28:40,585 --> 00:28:42,654 THAT BEING IN AN AREA, I THINK 826 00:28:42,654 --> 00:28:43,788 GIVEN OUR NATURAL ASSETS AS A 827 00:28:43,788 --> 00:28:45,657 REGION, HAVING THE DEEPWATER 828 00:28:45,657 --> 00:28:50,495 PORT AND THE CONNECTION TO I-90 829 00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:51,563 REALLY POSITIONS US WELL TO BE 830 00:28:51,563 --> 00:28:54,065 GROWING THIS SECTOR. 831 00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:54,699 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU NOTED 832 00:28:54,699 --> 00:28:56,868 WELL AROUND THE OPPORTUNITIES 833 00:28:56,868 --> 00:28:57,769 FOR GOOD PAYING UNION JOBS AS A 834 00:28:57,769 --> 00:29:00,071 PART OF THIS SECTOR AS WELL. SO 835 00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:01,606 I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS 836 00:29:01,606 --> 00:29:02,607 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION, AS I 837 00:29:02,607 --> 00:29:03,741 BELIEVE IT'S IN ALIGNMENT WITH 838 00:29:03,741 --> 00:29:04,776 ALSO THE BROADER WORK HAPPENING 839 00:29:04,776 --> 00:29:06,678 WITHIN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 840 00:29:06,678 --> 00:29:07,178 DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. 841 00:29:07,178 --> 00:29:08,580 -- THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 842 00:29:08,580 --> 00:29:12,350 DISCUSSION DISCUSSION. SEEING NO 843 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:13,451 FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD 844 00:29:13,451 --> 00:29:15,954 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED TEN A 845 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:20,191 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 846 00:29:20,191 --> 00:29:25,263 THIS TIME. AND SET. WE HAVE 847 00:29:25,263 --> 00:29:25,864 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND SAKA 848 00:29:25,864 --> 00:29:27,432 ADDING THEIR NAMES TO OED TEN 849 00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:28,666 AYE ONE. 850 00:29:28,666 --> 00:29:30,401 -- COUNCILMEMBERS RINCK AND 851 00:29:30,401 --> 00:29:30,602 SAKA. 852 00:29:30,602 --> 00:29:32,337 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OED 853 00:29:32,337 --> 00:29:34,239 11 A ONE. 854 00:29:34,239 --> 00:29:37,876 -- OED 11 A. THIS COUNCIL BUDGET 855 00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:38,443 ACTION WOULD PROVIDE A $1.8 856 00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:40,778 MILLION IN OED FOR THE BACK TO 857 00:29:40,778 --> 00:29:43,281 BUSINESS FUND. THIS CBA IS 858 00:29:43,281 --> 00:29:43,848 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 859 00:29:43,848 --> 00:29:46,050 RIVERA AND CO-SPONSORED BY 860 00:29:46,050 --> 00:29:46,684 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 861 00:29:46,684 --> 00:29:47,952 AND COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 862 00:29:47,952 --> 00:29:49,988 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 863 00:29:49,988 --> 00:29:50,622 RIVERA SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU 864 00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:51,723 ARE RECOGNIZED. 865 00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:53,091 -- THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO 866 00:29:53,091 --> 00:29:55,894 COUNCIL PRESIDENT AND 867 00:29:55,894 --> 00:29:56,394 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR 868 00:29:56,394 --> 00:29:58,329 CO-SPONSORING. AS I MENTIONED 869 00:29:58,329 --> 00:30:00,598 EARLIER, THIS WAS AN AD THAT WE 870 00:30:00,598 --> 00:30:02,634 HAD MADE LAST YEAR AND CONTINUE 871 00:30:02,634 --> 00:30:07,872 IN THIS BUDGET. THIS IS AN 872 00:30:07,872 --> 00:30:08,673 IMPORTANT. INVESTMENT IN OUR 873 00:30:08,673 --> 00:30:11,075 SMALL BUSINESSES, OUR SMALL 874 00:30:11,075 --> 00:30:13,678 BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY, AND 875 00:30:13,678 --> 00:30:15,180 CERTAINLY IN ALL THE COMMERCIAL 876 00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:17,415 CORRIDORS OF THE D FOUR BEING 877 00:30:17,415 --> 00:30:19,984 IMPACTED BY BREAK INS, WINDOWS 878 00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:23,354 BROKEN AND DOORS BROKEN IN, 879 00:30:23,354 --> 00:30:26,524 MERCHANDISE TAKEN AND THEY NEED 880 00:30:26,524 --> 00:30:28,393 SUPPORT. THIS IS CONTINUING TO 881 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:30,295 HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. IT'S HAPPENING 882 00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:32,630 IN OUR DISTRICT AROUND THE 883 00:30:32,630 --> 00:30:34,332 ROOSEVELT STATION. THERE'S A 884 00:30:34,332 --> 00:30:35,600 LOT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUES, AND 885 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:37,602 THIS VERY MUCH IMPACTS THE SMALL 886 00:30:37,602 --> 00:30:38,970 BUSINESSES. THIS PARTICULAR FUND 887 00:30:38,970 --> 00:30:40,939 WAS SET UP, AS YOU ALL KNOW, 888 00:30:40,939 --> 00:30:42,974 POST COVID COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 889 00:30:42,974 --> 00:30:43,942 THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS 890 00:30:43,942 --> 00:30:48,079 LIKE POST COVID TO TRY TO 891 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:50,048 SUPPORT BUSINESSES IN THIS WAY. 892 00:30:50,048 --> 00:30:52,750 THEY LOSE A LOT OF MONEY. AND 893 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:54,352 THEN IF THEY CLAIM TO INSURANCE, 894 00:30:54,352 --> 00:30:55,920 THEIR INSURANCE RATES GO UP. SO 895 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:58,856 THEY REALLY NEED SUPPORT WITH 896 00:30:58,856 --> 00:31:00,525 FIXING LITERALLY A WINDOW OR A 897 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:04,996 DOOR AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE 898 00:31:04,996 --> 00:31:06,598 LEAST THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR 899 00:31:06,598 --> 00:31:08,566 SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS THE 900 00:31:08,566 --> 00:31:10,034 CITY. I PROVIDE THE MONEY AGAIN, 901 00:31:10,034 --> 00:31:11,603 COLLEAGUES, BECAUSE I DIDN'T 902 00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:13,204 KNOW WHERE MONEY WAS COMING 903 00:31:13,204 --> 00:31:15,006 FROM. I WOULD SAY FOR THE 904 00:31:15,006 --> 00:31:19,944 RECORD, CHAIR, THAT IF YOU DO 905 00:31:19,944 --> 00:31:22,180 FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT I 906 00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:24,082 WOULD RECOMMEND THIS NOT BEING A 907 00:31:24,082 --> 00:31:24,716 PROVISO BECAUSE OED ALREADY DOES 908 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:28,152 A LOT OF GREAT WORK. BUT I ALSO 909 00:31:28,152 --> 00:31:29,520 FEEL REALLY STRONGLY THAT THIS 910 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:31,222 FUND IS NEEDED FOR ALL THIS, FOR 911 00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:32,490 ALL THE BUSINESSES ACROSS THE 912 00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:34,626 CITY. SO I HOPE FOLKS WILL 913 00:31:34,626 --> 00:31:36,761 SUPPORT THIS AD BECAUSE IT'S A 914 00:31:36,761 --> 00:31:39,564 REALLY IMPORTANT ONE. AND IT'S 915 00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:40,765 ONE THAT IMPACTS ALL OF OUR 916 00:31:40,765 --> 00:31:43,534 COLLECTIVE SMALL BUSINESSES 917 00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:44,736 ACROSS ALL THE DISTRICTS. THANK 918 00:31:44,736 --> 00:31:44,936 YOU. 919 00:31:44,936 --> 00:31:45,837 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 920 00:31:45,837 --> 00:31:48,172 RINCK ANYTHING TO ADD 921 00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:49,407 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS, AND 922 00:31:49,407 --> 00:31:51,943 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 923 00:31:51,943 --> 00:31:53,378 FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, I 924 00:31:53,378 --> 00:31:54,712 APPRECIATE YOU SHINING A LIGHT 925 00:31:54,712 --> 00:31:55,947 ON THE BACK TO BUSINESS PROGRAM 926 00:31:55,947 --> 00:31:57,148 BECAUSE IT IS SO IMPORTANT. AND 927 00:31:57,148 --> 00:32:00,818 I KNOW I HEAR FROM MANY OF OUR 928 00:32:00,818 --> 00:32:01,452 SMALL BUSINESSES THE TREMENDOUS 929 00:32:01,452 --> 00:32:03,855 VALUE THAT THEY FIND IN THIS 930 00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:04,989 PROGRAM. MY QUESTION JUST ON 931 00:32:04,989 --> 00:32:07,158 THIS MATTER AND SPEAKING IN 932 00:32:07,158 --> 00:32:09,127 CAPACITY AS CHAIR OVER ECONOMIC 933 00:32:09,127 --> 00:32:10,929 DEVELOPMENT, MY WORK WITH OED 934 00:32:10,929 --> 00:32:11,696 UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A 935 00:32:11,696 --> 00:32:13,197 PROVISO, AND I KNOW WE'VE. AS A 936 00:32:13,197 --> 00:32:14,799 PART OF OUR DISCUSSION SO FAR 937 00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:16,367 THIS MORNING, WE'VE ALREADY 938 00:32:16,367 --> 00:32:17,335 REVIEWED A NUMBER OF BUDGET 939 00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:19,304 ACTIONS THAT ARE PROVISOS, BUT I 940 00:32:19,304 --> 00:32:22,540 DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS ONE IS 941 00:32:22,540 --> 00:32:25,843 THE LARGEST ONE. AS A PART OF 942 00:32:25,843 --> 00:32:27,745 THIS. 1.8 MILLION. IT BEGS THE 943 00:32:27,745 --> 00:32:29,480 QUESTION, I'M HEARING YOUR 944 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:31,349 INTENT THAT IDEALLY WE'RE 945 00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:33,017 FUNDING THIS WITH NEW MONEY. BUT 946 00:32:33,017 --> 00:32:36,087 THE ACTION BEFORE US IS A $1.8 947 00:32:36,087 --> 00:32:37,989 MILLION PROVISO. SO I'M THINKING 948 00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:39,958 ABOUT IF THERE'S NOT NEW MONEY 949 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:43,027 TO FUND THIS REQUEST, AND IT IS 950 00:32:43,027 --> 00:32:44,295 THE INTENT OF PROVISO OTHER 951 00:32:44,295 --> 00:32:46,230 FUNNY WITH IT OTHER MONEY WITHIN 952 00:32:46,230 --> 00:32:46,898 OED. WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM 953 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:48,499 AND HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE 954 00:32:48,499 --> 00:32:51,235 BROADER WORK OF OED? AND SO I'M 955 00:32:51,235 --> 00:32:53,004 WONDERING MAYBE CENTRAL STAFF. I 956 00:32:53,004 --> 00:32:53,604 UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE HERE 957 00:32:53,604 --> 00:32:56,140 DOESN'T OUTLINE OR IDENTIFY A 958 00:32:56,140 --> 00:32:57,608 PARTICULAR PART OF OED BUDGET 959 00:32:57,608 --> 00:33:00,211 WHERE IT WOULD BE. PROVISO. I'M 960 00:33:00,211 --> 00:33:00,778 WONDERING WHAT MIGHT BE THE 961 00:33:00,778 --> 00:33:02,080 PROCESS OR HOW MIGHT WE WEIGH 962 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:03,514 THOSE CONSIDERATIONS OF WHAT THE 963 00:33:03,514 --> 00:33:05,683 TRADE OFFS ARE? 964 00:33:05,683 --> 00:33:06,651 -- YEAH, I THINK THE DEPARTMENT 965 00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:08,419 WOULD BE BEST SITUATED TO TALK 966 00:33:08,419 --> 00:33:11,055 ABOUT THE TRADE OFFS. I CAN TELL 967 00:33:11,055 --> 00:33:12,924 YOU THAT THERE'S ABOUT OUT OF 968 00:33:12,924 --> 00:33:14,459 THE TOTAL BUDGET AND OED, 969 00:33:14,459 --> 00:33:16,194 THERE'S ABOUT $18 MILLION. 970 00:33:16,194 --> 00:33:18,763 THAT'S NON LABOR BUDGET. SO I 971 00:33:18,763 --> 00:33:22,667 WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE 972 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:23,267 DEPARTMENT WOULD REPURPOSE $1 973 00:33:23,267 --> 00:33:26,938 MILLION OUT OF THAT 18 MILLION. 974 00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:28,806 THERE'S ALREADY $800,000 THAT IS 975 00:33:28,806 --> 00:33:31,809 DEDICATED, ONGOING. SO THE 1.8 976 00:33:31,809 --> 00:33:33,778 MILLION PROVISO REPRESENTS $1 977 00:33:33,778 --> 00:33:35,346 MILLION. IN ADDITION, THAT OED 978 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:38,116 WOULD HAVE TO REPURPOSE FROM ITS 979 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:38,516 EXISTING BUDGET. 980 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:39,350 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 981 00:33:39,350 --> 00:33:40,218 RINCK YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. 982 00:33:40,218 --> 00:33:41,019 ANYTHING TO ADD? 983 00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,653 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR STRAUSS. SO 984 00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:44,989 JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THIS POINT, 985 00:33:44,989 --> 00:33:46,691 WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OED 986 00:33:46,691 --> 00:33:47,325 BUDGET AND THE NONLABOR COSTS, 987 00:33:47,325 --> 00:33:48,092 THAT OTHER POT OF MONEY, WE'RE 988 00:33:48,092 --> 00:33:49,894 TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER 989 00:33:49,894 --> 00:33:52,130 PROGRAMING THAT THEY DO. SO 990 00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:53,297 SEATTLE RESTORED ABC. CAN YOU 991 00:33:53,297 --> 00:33:55,800 UNPACK THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? 992 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,068 -- JASMINE, FEEL FREE TO TAKE 993 00:33:57,068 --> 00:34:00,104 THE FLOOR AND WE MIGHT IF WE 994 00:34:00,104 --> 00:34:00,738 HAVE TO HAVE PROLONGED 995 00:34:00,738 --> 00:34:02,640 DISCUSSION, I MIGHT ASK FOR A 996 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,543 CONVERSATION OFF THE DAIS. 997 00:34:05,543 --> 00:34:05,810 JASMINE. 998 00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:08,146 -- SURE. I DON'T HAVE THEIR 999 00:34:08,146 --> 00:34:09,213 EXACT BREAKDOWN MEMORIZED, BUT I 1000 00:34:09,213 --> 00:34:12,316 CAN DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH 1001 00:34:12,316 --> 00:34:12,950 YOU AFTER THIS. I DO KNOW THAT 1002 00:34:12,950 --> 00:34:13,818 THEY DO HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER 1003 00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:16,120 PROGRAMS WITH THAT 18 MILLION 1004 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:17,455 GRANT PROGRAMS THAT THEY 1005 00:34:17,455 --> 00:34:18,089 SUPPORT, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY 1006 00:34:18,089 --> 00:34:21,392 WEALTH BUILDING BUCKET, THAT THE 1007 00:34:21,392 --> 00:34:22,960 BUSINESS, WHICH INCLUDES THE 1008 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:24,529 BUSINESS COMMUNITY OWNERSHIP 1009 00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:25,063 FUND, TENANT IMPROVEMENT 1010 00:34:25,063 --> 00:34:26,731 PROGRAM, PROGRAMS LIKE THAT THAT 1011 00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:33,171 ARE GRANTS TO, TO BUSINESSES. 1012 00:34:33,171 --> 00:34:33,805 THEY ALSO HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1013 00:34:33,805 --> 00:34:35,373 DISTRICT FUNDING AS WELL. THAT 1014 00:34:35,373 --> 00:34:35,973 PROVIDES THE ACTIVATIONS AND 1015 00:34:35,973 --> 00:34:38,042 THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED 1016 00:34:38,042 --> 00:34:40,211 EARLIER TODAY. SO I THINK THAT 1017 00:34:40,211 --> 00:34:41,145 DEPARTMENT COULD BE BEST 1018 00:34:41,145 --> 00:34:42,346 SITUATED. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS 1019 00:34:42,346 --> 00:34:44,215 ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT REPURPOSE 1020 00:34:44,215 --> 00:34:45,516 THAT FUNDING. 1021 00:34:45,516 --> 00:34:46,083 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1022 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:46,951 RINCK. SO THE FLOOR, BUT I'M 1023 00:34:46,951 --> 00:34:48,352 GOING TO ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS. 1024 00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:48,753 YOU TAKE OFFLINE. 1025 00:34:48,753 --> 00:34:50,088 -- NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS 1026 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:51,422 CHAIR. I'LL JUST CLOSE. THANK 1027 00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:53,925 YOU FOR ENTERTAINING THOSE 1028 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:54,992 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERING THEM. 1029 00:34:54,992 --> 00:34:56,994 JASMINE. I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST 1030 00:34:56,994 --> 00:34:58,996 TRYING TO WHERE THE WAY THE 1031 00:34:58,996 --> 00:35:00,031 CONSIDERATIONS HERE INVOLVED 1032 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:03,401 WITH THIS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS 1033 00:35:03,401 --> 00:35:05,336 NOTHING THIS I AGAIN WANT TO 1034 00:35:05,336 --> 00:35:06,237 EMPHASIZE, JUST MY SUPPORT FOR 1035 00:35:06,237 --> 00:35:07,405 THE BACK TO BUSINESS FUND, BUT I 1036 00:35:07,405 --> 00:35:08,639 WANT TO UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, THE 1037 00:35:08,639 --> 00:35:10,408 THE TRADE OFFS BY TAKING A 1038 00:35:10,408 --> 00:35:11,876 PROVISO APPROACH. THANK YOU 1039 00:35:11,876 --> 00:35:13,511 CHAIR. 1040 00:35:13,511 --> 00:35:14,045 -- THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 1041 00:35:14,045 --> 00:35:16,814 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 1042 00:35:16,814 --> 00:35:17,215 DISCUSSION? YES. 1043 00:35:17,215 --> 00:35:19,684 -- I'D LIKE TO. 1044 00:35:19,684 --> 00:35:20,685 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, AS THE 1045 00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:22,587 SPONSOR, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE 1046 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:24,989 CALLED ON TO CLOSE US OUT. SO 1047 00:35:24,989 --> 00:35:25,356 FLOOR IS YOURS. 1048 00:35:25,356 --> 00:35:29,093 -- THANK YOU. I WILL SAY, 1049 00:35:29,093 --> 00:35:30,561 COLLEAGUES, THE PROVISO PIECE 1050 00:35:30,561 --> 00:35:31,629 AGAIN, WE HAVE THE LAST TIME I 1051 00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:32,997 READ AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY 1052 00:35:32,997 --> 00:35:36,167 HIGHER NOW, $47 MILLION WORTH OF 1053 00:35:36,167 --> 00:35:37,568 ADS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE 1054 00:35:37,568 --> 00:35:39,770 TO SUSTAIN. MAYBE, I DON'T 1055 00:35:39,770 --> 00:35:40,638 KNOW. THE CHAIR KNOWS BEST, 1056 00:35:40,638 --> 00:35:44,108 WHICH IS WHY I SAID IF IF THIS 1057 00:35:44,108 --> 00:35:45,243 CAN BE AN INCREASE RATHER THAN A 1058 00:35:45,243 --> 00:35:46,978 PROVISO, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD 1059 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:48,880 RECOMMEND. BUT AT THE MOMENT, I 1060 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:50,314 HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE WHETHER WE'LL 1061 00:35:50,314 --> 00:35:52,216 BE ABLE TO INCREASE THIS OR NOT. 1062 00:35:52,216 --> 00:35:54,218 I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS PUT IN AS 1063 00:35:54,218 --> 00:35:56,220 A. I'M TRYING TO PUT IN A 1064 00:35:56,220 --> 00:35:58,656 MILLION. IT'S 1.8 BECAUSE 1065 00:35:58,656 --> 00:35:59,524 THERE'S 800,000. BUT IT IS A 1066 00:35:59,524 --> 00:36:02,660 FUND THAT WAS HEAVILY UTILIZED 1067 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:04,629 AND THEY NEED MORE FUNDING. AND 1068 00:36:04,629 --> 00:36:08,099 SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US 1069 00:36:08,099 --> 00:36:10,968 TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES WITH 1070 00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:11,602 DIRECT IMPACTS ON PUBLIC SAFETY. 1071 00:36:11,602 --> 00:36:13,704 WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE 1072 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:15,873 FULL PUBLIC SAFETY SUPPORT IN 1073 00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:18,676 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND SO TO ME, 1074 00:36:18,676 --> 00:36:21,078 THIS IS A NO BRAINER PIECE FOR 1075 00:36:21,078 --> 00:36:23,648 SUPPORT. I DID NOT ADD VERY MANY 1076 00:36:23,648 --> 00:36:25,249 THINGS TO THIS BUDGET WRIT 1077 00:36:25,249 --> 00:36:26,751 LARGE. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING 1078 00:36:26,751 --> 00:36:29,220 THAT I THINK OUR SMALL 1079 00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:30,421 BUSINESSES REALLY NEED. IT'S NOT 1080 00:36:30,421 --> 00:36:34,125 THE SAME AS AN ACTIVATION. THIS 1081 00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:36,360 IS FOR DIRECT IMPACTS TO 1082 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:36,961 BUSINESSES WHEN THEIR WINDOWS 1083 00:36:36,961 --> 00:36:40,798 ARE BROKEN AND THEIR DOORS ARE 1084 00:36:40,798 --> 00:36:41,332 BROKEN AND MERCHANDISE IS 1085 00:36:41,332 --> 00:36:43,100 STOLEN. BUSINESSES THEN HAVE TO 1086 00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:43,634 MAKE THE DECISION WHETHER 1087 00:36:43,634 --> 00:36:45,636 THEY'RE GOING TO STAY OPEN OR 1088 00:36:45,636 --> 00:36:46,704 NOT. SO I UNDERSTAND THEIR 1089 00:36:46,704 --> 00:36:49,040 IMPACTS. BUT I ALSO WORKED AT A 1090 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,741 CITY DEPARTMENT, SO I UNDERSTAND 1091 00:36:50,741 --> 00:36:52,176 THAT DEPARTMENT IS IN A BETTER 1092 00:36:52,176 --> 00:36:53,644 POSITION TO SAY WHERE THE MONEY 1093 00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:57,148 WOULD BE COMING FROM, AND I KNOW 1094 00:36:57,148 --> 00:36:59,050 THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY 1095 00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:00,785 WHAT THINGS WILL HAVE LEAST 1096 00:37:00,785 --> 00:37:02,286 IMPACT IF THEY'RE IF THEY HAVE 1097 00:37:02,286 --> 00:37:04,455 TO ADD SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN. 1098 00:37:04,455 --> 00:37:10,127 SO I, FOR A DEPARTMENT LIKE OED, 1099 00:37:10,127 --> 00:37:10,761 WHO HAS, I BELIEVE, $28 MILLION 1100 00:37:10,761 --> 00:37:14,498 WORTH OF A BUDGET, I THINK THAT 1101 00:37:14,498 --> 00:37:16,200 THEY CAN MAKE SOME CHANGES IN 1102 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,635 THEIR BUDGET TO ACCOMMODATE AND 1103 00:37:17,635 --> 00:37:19,537 BE ABLE TO SUPPORT SMALL 1104 00:37:19,537 --> 00:37:21,272 BUSINESSES IN THIS WAY. AND SO 1105 00:37:21,272 --> 00:37:23,140 THIS IS WHY, AGAIN, IT'S A 1106 00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:25,209 PROVISO. IT'S IMPORTANT. IT'S 1107 00:37:25,209 --> 00:37:28,179 NEEDED. AND AGAIN, IF THE CHAIR 1108 00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:29,547 IS ABLE TO INCREASE IT WITHOUT 1109 00:37:29,547 --> 00:37:32,116 MAKING IT A PROVISO, THE CHAIR 1110 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:33,517 IS WITHIN HIS AUTHORITY TO DO 1111 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:34,385 SO. THANK YOU. 1112 00:37:34,385 --> 00:37:35,720 -- THANK YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO 1113 00:37:35,720 --> 00:37:37,288 CO-SPONSOR OED 11 AYE ONE, 1114 00:37:37,288 --> 00:37:40,458 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 1115 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:41,092 TIME. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ DID 1116 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:42,593 YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? NO, 1117 00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:47,298 NO. GREAT. I HAVE PENS DOWN 1118 00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:49,567 ADDING THEIR NAMES TO OED 11 AYE 1119 00:37:49,567 --> 00:37:51,569 ONE IS OUR COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 1120 00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:53,337 AND KETTLE. 1121 00:37:53,337 --> 00:37:53,838 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 1122 00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:54,505 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1123 00:37:54,505 --> 00:37:55,906 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OED 1124 00:37:55,906 --> 00:38:00,277 12 AYE ONE. 1125 00:38:00,277 --> 00:38:02,280 -- OED 12 AYE. THIS COUNCIL 1126 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,749 BUDGET ACTION WOULD INCREASE OED 1127 00:38:04,749 --> 00:38:06,884 BY $150,000. GENERAL FUND IN 1128 00:38:06,884 --> 00:38:09,887 2027 TO SUPPORT TECHNICAL 1129 00:38:09,887 --> 00:38:11,389 ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES AND 1130 00:38:11,389 --> 00:38:11,856 SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 1131 00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:13,691 PRESERVATION OF BUSINESSES IN 1132 00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:15,660 COMMUNITIES FURTHEST FROM 1133 00:38:15,660 --> 00:38:16,160 ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND 1134 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,695 OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS TABOR 100. 1135 00:38:17,695 --> 00:38:20,031 THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION IS 1136 00:38:20,031 --> 00:38:22,800 SPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1137 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:23,434 HOLLINGSWORTH AND CO-SPONSORED 1138 00:38:23,434 --> 00:38:25,069 BY COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND 1139 00:38:25,069 --> 00:38:26,437 SAKA. 1140 00:38:26,437 --> 00:38:27,038 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, 1141 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:28,806 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH. 1142 00:38:28,806 --> 00:38:29,306 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1143 00:38:29,306 --> 00:38:32,243 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND 1144 00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:32,843 THANK YOU TO MY CO-SPONSORS. 1145 00:38:32,843 --> 00:38:35,479 COUNCILMEMBER. THERE NEXT TO ME, 1146 00:38:35,479 --> 00:38:35,980 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 1147 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:36,747 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ COLLEAGUES. 1148 00:38:36,747 --> 00:38:38,516 TABOR WAS FOUNDED IN 1978. IT 1149 00:38:38,516 --> 00:38:42,186 HAS OVER 550 MEMBERS WHO ARE ALL 1150 00:38:42,186 --> 00:38:44,355 BUSINESS OWNERS. THEY ALSO HAVE 1151 00:38:44,355 --> 00:38:47,091 22 PARTNERS. THEY PROVIDE 1152 00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:48,559 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BUSINESSES 1153 00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:49,527 IN SEATTLE. THEY DO EV CAR 1154 00:38:49,527 --> 00:38:51,562 SHARE. THEY DO A SMALL BUSINESS 1155 00:38:51,562 --> 00:38:52,963 LAUNCH PAD. THEY ALSO DO A 1156 00:38:52,963 --> 00:38:54,131 BUSINESS LOAN PROGRAM. THEY ALSO 1157 00:38:54,131 --> 00:38:57,134 HAVE BUSINESS GRANTS. THEY HAVE 1158 00:38:57,134 --> 00:38:58,936 A DAY CENTER AS WELL FOR PEOPLE 1159 00:38:58,936 --> 00:39:00,671 TO BE ABLE TO GO AND GET HELP. 1160 00:39:00,671 --> 00:39:01,739 THE ONE THING THAT I THINK IS 1161 00:39:01,739 --> 00:39:03,207 REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT THIS 1162 00:39:03,207 --> 00:39:05,443 ORGANIZATION IS NOT THAT THEY 1163 00:39:05,443 --> 00:39:06,077 REALLY FOCUS ON THE BUSINESSES 1164 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:07,211 THAT DO BUSINESS WITH CONSUMER, 1165 00:39:07,211 --> 00:39:09,347 BUT ALSO B2B BUSINESS TO 1166 00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:10,715 BUSINESS, AND ALSO BUSINESSES TO 1167 00:39:10,715 --> 00:39:13,184 BE ABLE TO GET GOVERNMENT 1168 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:15,152 CONTRACTS, ECONOMIC MOBILITY, 1169 00:39:15,152 --> 00:39:17,621 PARTICULARLY FOR WOMEN, 1170 00:39:17,621 --> 00:39:18,222 BUSINESSES AND BUSINESSES OF 1171 00:39:18,222 --> 00:39:19,356 COLOR AND WOULD LOVE YOUR 1172 00:39:19,356 --> 00:39:21,125 SUPPORT. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 1173 00:39:21,125 --> 00:39:22,326 -- THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMEMBER 1174 00:39:22,326 --> 00:39:25,062 RINCK. ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING 1175 00:39:25,062 --> 00:39:25,830 AT THIS TIME, COLLEAGUES. 1176 00:39:25,830 --> 00:39:28,432 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 1177 00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:28,966 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER 1178 00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:29,200 RIVERA. 1179 00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:31,102 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU, 1180 00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:33,571 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I REALLY 1181 00:39:33,571 --> 00:39:36,640 APPRECIATE YOU CALLING OUT TABOR 1182 00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:39,176 100. THEY DO REALLY GREAT WORK. 1183 00:39:39,176 --> 00:39:40,277 I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING 1184 00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:41,112 THIS. I KNOW IT'S AN INCREASE 1185 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,013 AND NOT A PROVISO. I DON'T KNOW 1186 00:39:43,013 --> 00:39:44,749 WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM, 1187 00:39:44,749 --> 00:39:47,785 BUT I DO SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING 1188 00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:48,753 INTENT. THANK YOU. 1189 00:39:48,753 --> 00:39:51,455 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 1190 00:39:51,455 --> 00:39:52,690 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1191 00:39:52,690 --> 00:39:54,859 IF YOU'D LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED 1192 00:39:54,859 --> 00:39:55,693 1281, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 1193 00:39:55,693 --> 00:40:01,899 THIS TIME COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1194 00:40:01,899 --> 00:40:04,301 ARE YOU ADDING YOUR NAME? 1195 00:40:04,301 --> 00:40:05,503 -- YES. 1196 00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:06,737 -- CAN YOU PLEASE. OKAY, WE'RE 1197 00:40:06,737 --> 00:40:10,274 DOING THAT AT THIS TIME. THANK 1198 00:40:10,274 --> 00:40:10,941 YOU. COLLEAGUES, JUST SO YOU 1199 00:40:10,941 --> 00:40:13,344 KNOW, RAISING YOUR HAND ALLOWS 1200 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:14,345 CENTRAL STAFF AT THE TABLE TO BE 1201 00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:17,448 ABLE TO SEE YOUR HAND. THAT'S 1202 00:40:17,448 --> 00:40:20,751 WHY IT'S IMPORTANT WE HAVE 1203 00:40:20,751 --> 00:40:21,352 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOSTER AND 1204 00:40:21,352 --> 00:40:23,521 RIVERA ADDING THEIR NAMES TO 12 1205 00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:24,321 AYE ONE. 1206 00:40:24,321 --> 00:40:25,422 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, LIN, FOSTER 1207 00:40:25,422 --> 00:40:25,990 AND RIVERA. 1208 00:40:25,990 --> 00:40:28,392 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO OED 1209 00:40:28,392 --> 00:40:31,162 13 AYE ONE. 1210 00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:32,663 -- OED 13 AYE. THIS COUNCIL 1211 00:40:32,663 --> 00:40:35,166 BUDGET ACTION WOULD INCREASE OED 1212 00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:37,301 BY $20,000. GENERAL FUND IN 2027 1213 00:40:37,301 --> 00:40:40,271 FOR A MUSIC LAUREATE PILOT 1214 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:41,705 PROGRAM. THIS COUNCIL BUDGET 1215 00:40:41,705 --> 00:40:43,974 ACTION IS SPONSORED BY 1216 00:40:43,974 --> 00:40:44,442 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND 1217 00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:46,977 COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 1218 00:40:46,977 --> 00:40:47,545 RINCK AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1219 00:40:47,545 --> 00:40:48,279 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1220 00:40:48,279 --> 00:40:49,780 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1221 00:40:49,780 --> 00:40:51,816 IS SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU ARE 1222 00:40:51,816 --> 00:40:52,116 RECOGNIZED. 1223 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:54,652 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. COLLEAGUES. 1224 00:40:54,652 --> 00:40:56,654 SINCE 2015, THE OFFICE OF ARTS 1225 00:40:56,654 --> 00:40:57,755 AND CULTURE HAS MANAGED THE 1226 00:40:57,755 --> 00:40:59,056 CIVIC POET PROGRAM, WHICH 1227 00:40:59,056 --> 00:41:00,291 SELECTS A POET LAUREATE OR CIVIC 1228 00:41:00,291 --> 00:41:01,458 POET FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE 1229 00:41:01,458 --> 00:41:02,593 EVERY TWO YEARS. FOLLOWING ON 1230 00:41:02,593 --> 00:41:03,527 THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM, 1231 00:41:03,527 --> 00:41:06,197 THIS CBAS WOULD STAND UP A PILOT 1232 00:41:06,197 --> 00:41:07,631 PROGRAM, THE SEATTLE MUSIC 1233 00:41:07,631 --> 00:41:09,500 COMMISSION, ADMINISTERED BY OED, 1234 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:12,303 WOULD HELP DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT 1235 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:14,738 THE PILOT PROGRAM. I THINK WE 1236 00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:16,407 ALL LOVE THE RICH, INCREDIBLE 1237 00:41:16,407 --> 00:41:17,975 HISTORY OF MUSIC IN OUR 1238 00:41:17,975 --> 00:41:20,211 COMMUNITY AND THIS POSITION 1239 00:41:20,211 --> 00:41:21,779 WOULD HELP TO CELEBRATE THAT AND 1240 00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:25,115 HELP TO BRING BUSINESS MUSIC 1241 00:41:25,115 --> 00:41:26,984 RELATED BUSINESS TO OUR CITY. I 1242 00:41:26,984 --> 00:41:28,619 ENCOURAGE YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK 1243 00:41:28,619 --> 00:41:30,955 YOU TO CO-SPONSORS. 1244 00:41:30,955 --> 00:41:32,056 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1245 00:41:32,056 --> 00:41:33,791 RINCK. ANYTHING TO ADD? 1246 00:41:33,791 --> 00:41:34,492 -- VERY BRIEFLY, CHAIR, AND 1247 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:36,694 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 1248 00:41:36,694 --> 00:41:37,728 FORWARD. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I 1249 00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:39,763 WOULD JUST NOTE, I'M 1250 00:41:39,763 --> 00:41:40,397 PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS 1251 00:41:40,397 --> 00:41:42,933 PILOT APPROACH, PARTICULARLY 1252 00:41:42,933 --> 00:41:44,235 GIVEN HOW MUCH VALUE I BELIEVE 1253 00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:45,536 OUR CIVIC POET PROGRAM HAS 1254 00:41:45,536 --> 00:41:47,738 BROUGHT TO ALL OF US. IT'S BEEN 1255 00:41:47,738 --> 00:41:48,973 VERY COOL HAVING A CIVIC POET 1256 00:41:48,973 --> 00:41:50,407 AND BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH 1257 00:41:50,407 --> 00:41:51,809 THEM, AND GOING TO A NUMBER OF 1258 00:41:51,809 --> 00:41:52,910 THE EVENTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN A 1259 00:41:52,910 --> 00:41:54,745 PART OF. IT'S CLEAR OUR 1260 00:41:54,745 --> 00:41:55,880 COMMUNITY FINDS AND RECEIVES A 1261 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,116 LOT OF VALUE FROM CELEBRATING 1262 00:41:59,116 --> 00:41:59,750 AND UPLIFTING AN ARTIST LIKE A 1263 00:41:59,750 --> 00:42:03,587 POET. I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT 1264 00:42:03,587 --> 00:42:04,154 UPLIFTING LOCAL ARTIST AS A 1265 00:42:04,154 --> 00:42:05,222 MUSIC LAUREATE WOULD BRING FOR 1266 00:42:05,222 --> 00:42:06,423 OUR CITY. SO EXCITED TO BE A 1267 00:42:06,423 --> 00:42:07,491 CO-SPONSOR ON THIS ONE. THANK 1268 00:42:07,491 --> 00:42:08,659 YOU. 1269 00:42:08,659 --> 00:42:11,161 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 1270 00:42:11,161 --> 00:42:13,964 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION 1271 00:42:13,964 --> 00:42:15,432 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, 1272 00:42:15,432 --> 00:42:16,100 I'LL JUST SAY COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1273 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:17,568 I'VE HEARD FROM MY RESIDENTS 1274 00:42:17,568 --> 00:42:18,669 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AS 1275 00:42:18,669 --> 00:42:20,070 WELL, AND I'M EXCITED THAT YOU 1276 00:42:20,070 --> 00:42:21,272 PUT IT FORWARD. COLLEAGUES, IF 1277 00:42:21,272 --> 00:42:23,607 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED 1278 00:42:23,607 --> 00:42:24,408 1381, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 1279 00:42:24,408 --> 00:42:29,413 THIS TIME. LAST CALL, NO FURTHER 1280 00:42:29,413 --> 00:42:32,950 CO-SPONSORS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO 1281 00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:36,220 OED 14SA1. 1282 00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:38,289 -- OED 14SA. THIS STATEMENT OF 1283 00:42:38,289 --> 00:42:39,623 LEGISLATIVE INTENT WOULD REQUEST 1284 00:42:39,623 --> 00:42:42,026 THAT OED PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT 1285 00:42:42,026 --> 00:42:43,561 OF INSURANCE COSTS IN SEATTLE 1286 00:42:43,561 --> 00:42:46,196 FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND DEVELOP 1287 00:42:46,196 --> 00:42:47,431 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY ACTION. 1288 00:42:47,431 --> 00:42:50,000 THIS SLIDE IS SPONSORED BY 1289 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:50,534 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 1290 00:42:50,534 --> 00:42:52,036 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 1291 00:42:52,036 --> 00:42:52,903 KETTLE AND SAKA. 1292 00:42:52,903 --> 00:42:53,470 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1293 00:42:53,470 --> 00:42:56,407 FOSTER. SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. 1294 00:42:56,407 --> 00:42:56,840 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1295 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:57,474 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 1296 00:42:57,474 --> 00:42:58,509 APPRECIATE THAT, COLLEAGUES. 1297 00:42:58,509 --> 00:42:59,944 I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BRING 1298 00:42:59,944 --> 00:43:02,413 THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 1299 00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:04,481 INTENT FORWARD. THIS IS A 1300 00:43:04,481 --> 00:43:06,116 RESPONSE TO CONCERNS I'VE HEARD 1301 00:43:06,116 --> 00:43:07,618 FROM SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 1302 00:43:07,618 --> 00:43:09,086 AROUND OUR CITY WHO ARE 1303 00:43:09,086 --> 00:43:09,620 STRUGGLING TO AFFORD THE 1304 00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:10,821 COMMERCIAL INSURANCE THEY NEED, 1305 00:43:10,821 --> 00:43:13,791 AS PREMIUMS HAVE SKYROCKETED. 1306 00:43:13,791 --> 00:43:15,492 THIS SLIDE REQUESTS THAT OED 1307 00:43:15,492 --> 00:43:17,361 PROVIDE A REPORT DETAILING THE 1308 00:43:17,361 --> 00:43:19,797 COST OF COMMERCIAL GENERAL 1309 00:43:19,797 --> 00:43:21,298 LIABILITY INSURANCE AND 1310 00:43:21,298 --> 00:43:23,534 COMMERCIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE IN 1311 00:43:23,534 --> 00:43:25,235 SEATTLE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, 1312 00:43:25,235 --> 00:43:25,869 INCLUDING ANALYZING HOW PREMIUMS 1313 00:43:25,869 --> 00:43:28,439 HAVE CHANGED OVER TIME AND WHAT 1314 00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:29,039 FACTORS ARE INFLUENCING THOSE 1315 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:32,876 RATES. LASTLY, I'D ASKED FOR 1316 00:43:32,876 --> 00:43:33,477 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OED THAT 1317 00:43:33,477 --> 00:43:35,379 COULD REDUCE THESE COSTS FOR 1318 00:43:35,379 --> 00:43:36,680 BUSINESSES, INCLUDING A 1319 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:38,582 FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF A CITY 1320 00:43:38,582 --> 00:43:41,085 BACKED INSURANCE POOL TO 1321 00:43:41,085 --> 00:43:43,320 STABILIZE AND OR REDUCE 1322 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,455 INSURANCE COSTS FOR BUSINESSES. 1323 00:43:44,455 --> 00:43:45,556 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 1324 00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:45,823 SUPPORT. 1325 00:43:45,823 --> 00:43:46,724 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 1326 00:43:46,724 --> 00:43:47,725 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 1327 00:43:47,725 --> 00:43:49,760 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. ANYTHING TO 1328 00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:49,960 ADD? 1329 00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:50,594 -- YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR 1330 00:43:50,594 --> 00:43:51,795 STRAUSS. AND THANK YOU, 1331 00:43:51,795 --> 00:43:54,098 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR 1332 00:43:54,098 --> 00:43:55,466 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I'M VERY 1333 00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:56,634 EXCITED TO SEE THIS SLIDE COME 1334 00:43:56,634 --> 00:43:59,069 FORWARD, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 1335 00:43:59,069 --> 00:43:59,670 TREMENDOUSLY RESPONSIVE TO A 1336 00:43:59,670 --> 00:44:00,371 NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN 1337 00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:01,438 HEARING FROM OUR SMALL 1338 00:44:01,438 --> 00:44:03,407 BUSINESSES. WE HEAR CONSISTENTLY 1339 00:44:03,407 --> 00:44:04,074 THAT THE COST TO DO BUSINESS IN 1340 00:44:04,074 --> 00:44:07,144 THE CITY IS TREMENDOUSLY HIGH 1341 00:44:07,144 --> 00:44:09,613 FROM THOSE OPERATING COSTS AND 1342 00:44:09,613 --> 00:44:11,215 THE COST OF INSURANCE HAS GONE 1343 00:44:11,215 --> 00:44:14,251 UP. THAT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST 1344 00:44:14,251 --> 00:44:16,120 FACTORS THAT I'VE HEARD, THAT 1345 00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:17,821 OUR SMALL BUSINESSES ARE FACING. 1346 00:44:17,821 --> 00:44:19,456 AND SO THIS SLIDE, I BELIEVE, 1347 00:44:19,456 --> 00:44:20,824 WILL DELIVER HELP US UNDERSTAND 1348 00:44:20,824 --> 00:44:23,661 AND GET A GOOD GROUNDING OF WHAT 1349 00:44:23,661 --> 00:44:24,261 THAT LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE AND 1350 00:44:24,261 --> 00:44:26,163 WILL HELP US INFORM SOME POLICY 1351 00:44:26,163 --> 00:44:26,864 DIRECTION TO TAKE ON THIS. SO I 1352 00:44:26,864 --> 00:44:27,664 THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 1353 00:44:27,664 --> 00:44:28,932 FORWARD, AND I'LL BE 1354 00:44:28,932 --> 00:44:29,733 SUPPORTING. THANK YOU. 1355 00:44:29,733 --> 00:44:30,267 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. 1356 00:44:30,267 --> 00:44:32,870 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 1357 00:44:32,870 --> 00:44:35,105 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1358 00:44:35,105 --> 00:44:36,273 I WILL JUST ALSO SAY THAT I HAVE 1359 00:44:36,273 --> 00:44:38,642 HEARD INSURANCE COSTS ARE 1360 00:44:38,642 --> 00:44:40,411 PROHIBITIVE FACTOR FOR MANY 1361 00:44:40,411 --> 00:44:42,046 SMALL BUSINESSES. COLLEAGUES, IF 1362 00:44:42,046 --> 00:44:43,514 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED 1363 00:44:43,514 --> 00:44:44,748 14 S AYE ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 1364 00:44:44,748 --> 00:44:47,985 HAND AT THIS TIME. WONDERFUL. 1365 00:44:47,985 --> 00:44:52,222 WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR A FULL 1366 00:44:52,222 --> 00:44:54,224 DECK HERE. WE'VE GOT ALL 1367 00:44:54,224 --> 00:44:54,825 COUNCILMEMBERS CO-SPONSORING 1368 00:44:54,825 --> 00:44:55,926 THIS ITEM. WELL DONE. 1369 00:44:55,926 --> 00:44:59,129 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. MOVING ON 1370 00:44:59,129 --> 00:45:00,898 TO COUNCIL OED 15SA1. 1371 00:45:00,898 --> 00:45:02,766 -- GOOD MORNING, REBECCA BASKIN. 1372 00:45:02,766 --> 00:45:06,136 -- COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF OED 1373 00:45:06,136 --> 00:45:08,072 15SA THIS STATEMENT OF 1374 00:45:08,072 --> 00:45:08,706 LEGISLATIVE INTENT REQUESTS THAT 1375 00:45:08,706 --> 00:45:10,507 THE NORTH DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD 1376 00:45:10,507 --> 00:45:11,809 IS INCLUDED IN A MARKET ANALYSIS 1377 00:45:11,809 --> 00:45:13,077 OF GROCERY STORE DEMAND AND 1378 00:45:13,077 --> 00:45:15,846 FEASIBILITY THAT IS CURRENTLY 1379 00:45:15,846 --> 00:45:18,215 BEING PRODUCED BY THE OFFICE OF 1380 00:45:18,215 --> 00:45:18,749 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND 1381 00:45:18,749 --> 00:45:20,784 CONSULTANTS FROM THE INDEPENDENT 1382 00:45:20,784 --> 00:45:22,052 GROCERS ASSOCIATION, OR EXCUSE 1383 00:45:22,052 --> 00:45:23,620 ME, ALLIANCE. THIS ITEM IS 1384 00:45:23,620 --> 00:45:26,290 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1385 00:45:26,290 --> 00:45:28,559 AND SPONSORED COSPONSORED BY 1386 00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:29,193 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 1387 00:45:29,193 --> 00:45:29,893 AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA RIVERA. 1388 00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:32,262 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1389 00:45:32,262 --> 00:45:33,664 SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU 1390 00:45:33,664 --> 00:45:33,964 RECOGNIZED. 1391 00:45:33,964 --> 00:45:36,500 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST A 1392 00:45:36,500 --> 00:45:37,501 LITTLE FRIENDLY BANTER ON THE 1393 00:45:37,501 --> 00:45:39,136 SIDELINES HERE AT THE DAIS. LIVE 1394 00:45:39,136 --> 00:45:44,108 ON THE SPOT. JUST JUST JUST FOR 1395 00:45:44,108 --> 00:45:46,510 CLARITY. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1396 00:45:46,510 --> 00:45:47,544 TODAY IS DELRIDGE DAY IN THE 1397 00:45:47,544 --> 00:45:50,748 CITY OF SEATTLE. AND AND WE'RE 1398 00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:52,249 PROUD TO WE'RE PROUD TO 1399 00:45:52,249 --> 00:45:55,552 ANNOUNCE A NUMBER OF INVESTMENTS 1400 00:45:55,552 --> 00:45:56,053 TO SUPPORT THE VIBRANT 1401 00:45:56,053 --> 00:45:58,889 NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS 1402 00:45:58,889 --> 00:46:01,592 HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED 1403 00:46:01,592 --> 00:46:02,159 AND HISTORICALLY OVERLOOKED 1404 00:46:02,159 --> 00:46:03,026 UNTIL THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, 1405 00:46:03,026 --> 00:46:06,830 AT LEAST THROUGH A NUMBER OF 1406 00:46:06,830 --> 00:46:08,465 SUSTAINED BUDGET INVESTMENTS AND 1407 00:46:08,465 --> 00:46:09,967 ACTIONS. AND THIS IS JUST THE 1408 00:46:09,967 --> 00:46:11,802 FIRST THAT WE'RE ANNOUNCING 1409 00:46:11,802 --> 00:46:15,272 TODAY. MORE TO COME. BUT IN ANY 1410 00:46:15,272 --> 00:46:17,841 EVENT, WHAT THIS IS, IT'S A 1411 00:46:17,841 --> 00:46:20,010 NORTH DELRIDGE GROCERY ACCESS 1412 00:46:20,010 --> 00:46:23,080 ACTION PLAN. AND NORTH DELRIDGE 1413 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:25,382 RESIDENTS HAVE WAITED FOR FAR 1414 00:46:25,382 --> 00:46:27,084 TOO LONG FOR RELIABLE ACCESS TO 1415 00:46:27,084 --> 00:46:32,589 A FULL SERVICE GROCERY STORE. WE 1416 00:46:32,589 --> 00:46:33,957 ALREADY HAVE AN ANALYSIS. IN 1417 00:46:33,957 --> 00:46:35,058 FACT, MULTIPLE REPORTS AND 1418 00:46:35,058 --> 00:46:36,160 ANALYSIS OVER THE LAST FEW 1419 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:38,629 YEARS. LAST YEAR, IN FACT, I WAS 1420 00:46:38,629 --> 00:46:40,130 PROUD TO TO SPONSOR ONE OF 1421 00:46:40,130 --> 00:46:42,633 THOSE. AND THIS ACTUALLY BUILDS 1422 00:46:42,633 --> 00:46:44,701 UPON PREVIOUS WORK. THIS 1423 00:46:44,701 --> 00:46:45,269 PARTICULAR SLIDE ASKED FOR 1424 00:46:45,269 --> 00:46:47,771 SOMETHING MORE USEFUL, AN 1425 00:46:47,771 --> 00:46:52,743 EXECUTABLE PATH AND PLAN. IT 1426 00:46:52,743 --> 00:46:53,310 SPECIFICALLY REQUIRES NORTH 1427 00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:55,779 DELRIDGE TO BE INCLUDED IN OED 1428 00:46:55,779 --> 00:46:58,582 GROCERY MARKET WORK. EVALUATES 1429 00:46:58,582 --> 00:47:00,918 AT LEAST THREE POTENTIAL SITES 1430 00:47:00,918 --> 00:47:03,987 OR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, 1431 00:47:03,987 --> 00:47:08,625 INCLUDING PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND 1432 00:47:08,625 --> 00:47:09,092 SOUND TRANSIT RELATED 1433 00:47:09,092 --> 00:47:11,361 PROPERTIES, AND IDENTIFIES 1434 00:47:11,361 --> 00:47:11,895 INFRASTRUCTURE BARRIERS, 1435 00:47:11,895 --> 00:47:13,463 INCENTIVES, TIMELINES, AND 1436 00:47:13,463 --> 00:47:14,431 MEASURABLE OUTCOMES. AND 1437 00:47:14,431 --> 00:47:17,301 COLLEAGUES, I NOTE THAT LAST 1438 00:47:17,301 --> 00:47:19,169 NIGHT, OUR SOCIAL HOUSING 1439 00:47:19,169 --> 00:47:21,305 DEVELOPER ANNOUNCED, AND I'M 1440 00:47:21,305 --> 00:47:23,307 PROUD TO SUPPORT THEIR THEIR 1441 00:47:23,307 --> 00:47:24,675 RECENT ACQUISITION OF A PROPERTY 1442 00:47:24,675 --> 00:47:28,512 IN THE NORTH DELRIDGE AREA NEAR 1443 00:47:28,512 --> 00:47:31,982 THE UPCOMING TRANSIT STATION AT 1444 00:47:31,982 --> 00:47:34,351 DELRIDGE. SO WITH INCREASED 1445 00:47:34,351 --> 00:47:36,220 DENSITY, INCREASED OPPORTUNITY 1446 00:47:36,220 --> 00:47:39,389 COMES INCREASED DEMAND AND 1447 00:47:39,389 --> 00:47:39,890 CORRESPONDING INCREASED 1448 00:47:39,890 --> 00:47:42,426 RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR CITY TO 1449 00:47:42,426 --> 00:47:44,962 HELP SUPPORT GROCERY STORE 1450 00:47:44,962 --> 00:47:48,265 ACCESS. AND THAT NOTABLE FOOD 1451 00:47:48,265 --> 00:47:50,100 DESERT. THE FINAL REPORT MUST 1452 00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:51,635 RECOMMEND A VIABLE STRATEGY OR 1453 00:47:51,635 --> 00:47:54,204 CLEARLY IDENTIFY AGAIN WHAT MUST 1454 00:47:54,204 --> 00:47:58,642 CHANGE TO MAKE ONE TRULY VIABLE 1455 00:47:58,642 --> 00:48:01,845 COLLEAGUES, THIS IS A YES AND 1456 00:48:01,845 --> 00:48:04,681 SOLUTION. A GROCERY RETAILER IN 1457 00:48:04,681 --> 00:48:07,050 NORTH DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD 1458 00:48:07,050 --> 00:48:08,819 ISN'T INTENDED AT ALL TO TAKE 1459 00:48:08,819 --> 00:48:12,055 THE PLACE OF COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS 1460 00:48:12,055 --> 00:48:15,025 LIKE CO-OPS, FRESH FARMERS 1461 00:48:15,025 --> 00:48:16,860 MARKETS, FAMILY GROCERY HYBRIDS, 1462 00:48:16,860 --> 00:48:19,696 OR POP UP LOCATIONS, COMMUNITY 1463 00:48:19,696 --> 00:48:23,200 GARDENS AND PEA PATCH, PEA PATCH 1464 00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:24,434 GARDENS, EXISTING SOLUTIONS LIKE 1465 00:48:24,434 --> 00:48:27,070 THAT, URBAN FARMS AND THE LIKE. 1466 00:48:27,070 --> 00:48:27,771 IT'S NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE 1467 00:48:27,771 --> 00:48:31,508 THOSE. WE NEED THOSE THINGS TO. 1468 00:48:31,508 --> 00:48:34,845 AND WE ALSO NEED A DEDICATED 1469 00:48:34,845 --> 00:48:37,047 RETAIL GROCERY LOCATION WHERE 1470 00:48:37,047 --> 00:48:38,548 PEOPLE CAN GO AND WORKERS CAN GO 1471 00:48:38,548 --> 00:48:42,552 WHEN THEY GET OFF WORK AT NINE, 1472 00:48:42,552 --> 00:48:44,354 10:00 AND FEVERISHLY PREPARE 1473 00:48:44,354 --> 00:48:45,255 FOOD FOR THAT NIGHT OR THE NEXT 1474 00:48:45,255 --> 00:48:48,225 DAY OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO A 1475 00:48:48,225 --> 00:48:50,193 STUDY SHOULD NOT BE THE FINISH 1476 00:48:50,193 --> 00:48:52,362 LINE FOR NORTH DELRIDGE. IT MUST 1477 00:48:52,362 --> 00:48:55,966 BECOME THE ROADMAP FOR FOOD 1478 00:48:55,966 --> 00:48:58,635 ACCESS GAP TO GROCERY STORE 1479 00:48:58,635 --> 00:49:01,738 OPPORTUNITY AND ASK FOR YOUR 1480 00:49:01,738 --> 00:49:02,172 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 1481 00:49:02,172 --> 00:49:02,739 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1482 00:49:02,739 --> 00:49:03,373 RINCK IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 1483 00:49:03,373 --> 00:49:03,774 ANYTHING TO ADD? 1484 00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:04,942 -- ALL RIGHT. 1485 00:49:04,942 --> 00:49:06,243 -- NOTHING AT THIS TIME. 1486 00:49:06,243 --> 00:49:07,377 COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION. THERE'S 1487 00:49:07,377 --> 00:49:08,378 A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION ON 1488 00:49:08,378 --> 00:49:09,680 THE DAIS. SO ANYONE WANT TO PUT 1489 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,581 IT ON THE RECORD? SEEING NONE. 1490 00:49:11,581 --> 00:49:13,216 IF YOU'D LIKE TO COUNCILMEMBER 1491 00:49:13,216 --> 00:49:14,618 FOSTER. 1492 00:49:14,618 --> 00:49:16,119 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 1493 00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:17,354 THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER 1494 00:49:17,354 --> 00:49:18,588 SAKA, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 1495 00:49:18,588 --> 00:49:19,956 I JUST HAD ONE CLARIFYING 1496 00:49:19,956 --> 00:49:21,958 QUESTION, WHICH IS, IS THAT THE 1497 00:49:21,958 --> 00:49:24,428 INTENT OF THE SLI TO INCLUDE 1498 00:49:24,428 --> 00:49:26,029 DELRIDGE IN THE WORK THAT'S 1499 00:49:26,029 --> 00:49:27,965 ALREADY HAPPENING, OR A SEPARATE 1500 00:49:27,965 --> 00:49:28,298 BODY OF WORK. 1501 00:49:28,298 --> 00:49:31,601 -- AND I'M GOING TO 1502 00:49:31,601 --> 00:49:33,003 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FEEL FREE TO 1503 00:49:33,003 --> 00:49:35,105 TAKE THAT QUESTION. 1504 00:49:35,105 --> 00:49:35,906 -- YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND 1505 00:49:35,906 --> 00:49:37,908 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 1506 00:49:37,908 --> 00:49:41,044 FOR THE QUESTION. THERE IS A 1507 00:49:41,044 --> 00:49:42,412 PENDING ANALYSIS OR THAT THAT 1508 00:49:42,412 --> 00:49:44,781 WILL BE COMMISSIONED AS AS AS 1509 00:49:44,781 --> 00:49:48,151 YOU ALLUDED TO, IDEALLY, THIS 1510 00:49:48,151 --> 00:49:50,354 WOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF 1511 00:49:50,354 --> 00:49:51,955 THAT ANALYSIS. AND AND IT ALSO 1512 00:49:51,955 --> 00:49:54,324 INCLUDES SOME SOME FEATURES 1513 00:49:54,324 --> 00:49:57,160 SPECIFIC TO THE NORTH DELRIDGE 1514 00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,262 NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT YES, THAT IS 1515 00:49:59,262 --> 00:49:59,563 THE INTENT. 1516 00:49:59,563 --> 00:50:01,832 -- CENTRAL STAFF ANYTHING TO 1517 00:50:01,832 --> 00:50:02,032 ADD? 1518 00:50:02,032 --> 00:50:03,700 -- I'LL ADD THAT DELRIDGE IS 1519 00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:05,335 INCLUDED IN THE STUDY, BUT NOT 1520 00:50:05,335 --> 00:50:06,770 SPECIFICALLY NORTH. DELRIDGE. 1521 00:50:06,770 --> 00:50:07,971 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1522 00:50:07,971 --> 00:50:11,308 FOSTER FLOOR IS STILL YOURS. 1523 00:50:11,308 --> 00:50:13,443 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. 1524 00:50:13,443 --> 00:50:15,212 -- FANTASTIC. ANY FURTHER 1525 00:50:15,212 --> 00:50:16,246 DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION? 1526 00:50:16,246 --> 00:50:16,880 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF 1527 00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:19,750 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED 1528 00:50:19,750 --> 00:50:20,584 15SA1, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 1529 00:50:20,584 --> 00:50:24,554 THIS TIME PENCILS DOWN. 1530 00:50:24,554 --> 00:50:25,589 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS ADDING 1531 00:50:25,589 --> 00:50:32,462 HER NAME TO OED 15SA1. MOVING ON 1532 00:50:32,462 --> 00:50:32,929 TO OED COUNCILMEMBER 1533 00:50:32,929 --> 00:50:33,530 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. MY GOOD 1534 00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:35,298 FRIENDS, WE'VE GOT 60 1535 00:50:35,298 --> 00:50:36,099 AMENDMENTS TO GET THROUGH TODAY. 1536 00:50:36,099 --> 00:50:37,434 YOU KNOW THE SHOW THAT I RUN, 1537 00:50:37,434 --> 00:50:41,104 WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS TRAIN 1538 00:50:41,104 --> 00:50:42,906 MOVING. MOVING ON TO OED 16, AYE 1539 00:50:42,906 --> 00:50:43,774 ONE. 1540 00:50:43,774 --> 00:50:45,442 -- ALL RIGHT, BACK TO ME. OED 16 1541 00:50:45,442 --> 00:50:47,144 AYE THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION 1542 00:50:47,144 --> 00:50:49,212 WOULD INCREASE OED BY $200,000 1543 00:50:49,212 --> 00:50:53,550 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 FOR SPORTS 1544 00:50:53,550 --> 00:50:54,184 EVENTS PROMOTION, SPECIFICALLY 1545 00:50:54,184 --> 00:50:55,152 TO SUPPORT THE EFFORTS OF A 1546 00:50:55,152 --> 00:50:56,386 LOCAL ORGANIZATION SUCH AS THE 1547 00:50:56,386 --> 00:51:02,559 SEATTLE SPORTS COMMISSION. THIS 1548 00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:03,093 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION IS 1549 00:51:03,093 --> 00:51:03,727 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1550 00:51:03,727 --> 00:51:04,828 AND COSPONSORED BY COUNCIL 1551 00:51:04,828 --> 00:51:06,229 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1552 00:51:06,229 --> 00:51:06,696 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1553 00:51:06,696 --> 00:51:08,031 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1554 00:51:08,031 --> 00:51:09,499 SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL. YOU ARE 1555 00:51:09,499 --> 00:51:09,800 RECOGNIZED. 1556 00:51:09,800 --> 00:51:10,534 -- THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. 1557 00:51:10,534 --> 00:51:12,936 COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE SEATTLE 1558 00:51:12,936 --> 00:51:16,306 SPORTS COMMISSION EVENT 1559 00:51:16,306 --> 00:51:18,842 RECRUITMENT FUND AND WE KNOW 1560 00:51:18,842 --> 00:51:21,378 THAT SPORTING EVENTS ARE NOT 1561 00:51:21,378 --> 00:51:24,247 JUST GAMES, THEY ARE SMALL 1562 00:51:24,247 --> 00:51:24,848 BUSINESS GENERATORS, TOURISM 1563 00:51:24,848 --> 00:51:28,218 DRIVERS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO 1564 00:51:28,218 --> 00:51:30,620 BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. AND FOR 1565 00:51:30,620 --> 00:51:35,725 THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, YES, 1566 00:51:35,725 --> 00:51:36,626 SPORTS ARE PART OF OUR BROADER 1567 00:51:36,626 --> 00:51:41,164 ARTS AND CULTURAL SCENE. IT'S A 1568 00:51:41,164 --> 00:51:43,633 VITAL INVESTMENT IN THIS 1569 00:51:43,633 --> 00:51:46,436 $200,000 INVESTMENT WOULD 1570 00:51:46,436 --> 00:51:48,772 ACTUALLY RESTORE SOME FUNDING 1571 00:51:48,772 --> 00:51:50,040 THAT THE THE COMMISSION HAS 1572 00:51:50,040 --> 00:51:50,674 RECEIVED THE LAST, OVER THE LAST 1573 00:51:50,674 --> 00:51:56,947 FEW YEARS FROM THE CITY TO 1574 00:51:56,947 --> 00:51:58,081 SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE 1575 00:51:58,081 --> 00:52:00,217 SEATTLE SPORTS COMMISSION IN 1576 00:52:00,217 --> 00:52:00,851 RECRUITING AND PROMOTING EVENTS 1577 00:52:00,851 --> 00:52:03,019 AND ACTIVATIONS THAT BENEFIT 1578 00:52:03,019 --> 00:52:06,189 HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, 1579 00:52:06,189 --> 00:52:07,424 NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES, AND OUR 1580 00:52:07,424 --> 00:52:12,095 BROADER, BROADER CIVIC LIFE. IT 1581 00:52:12,095 --> 00:52:12,762 ALSO RECOGNIZES THAT SEATTLE'S 1582 00:52:12,762 --> 00:52:16,833 SPORTS ECOSYSTEM IS BIGGER THAN 1583 00:52:16,833 --> 00:52:19,669 ITS LARGEST FRANCHISES. INDEED, 1584 00:52:19,669 --> 00:52:21,304 SEMIPROFESSIONAL TEAMS, EMERGENT 1585 00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:22,339 TEAMS, AND COMMUNITY FACING 1586 00:52:22,339 --> 00:52:25,876 EVENTS DESERVE A PLACE IN OUR 1587 00:52:25,876 --> 00:52:26,510 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AS 1588 00:52:26,510 --> 00:52:29,479 WELL. A MODEST RECRUITMENT 1589 00:52:29,479 --> 00:52:31,815 INVESTMENT CAN BRING SIGNIFICANT 1590 00:52:31,815 --> 00:52:33,917 OUTSIDE SPENDING INTO SEATTLE, 1591 00:52:33,917 --> 00:52:36,853 BUT THIS IS ABOUT COMPETING FOR 1592 00:52:36,853 --> 00:52:39,923 EVENTS, FILLING SEATS AND 1593 00:52:39,923 --> 00:52:41,825 STOREFRONTS, AND MAKING SEATTLE 1594 00:52:41,825 --> 00:52:44,761 A CITY WHERE SPORTS OF EVERY 1595 00:52:44,761 --> 00:52:46,229 SIZE CAN THRIVE. AND I ASK FOR 1596 00:52:46,229 --> 00:52:47,697 YOUR SUPPORT. 1597 00:52:47,697 --> 00:52:50,233 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 1598 00:52:50,233 --> 00:52:50,867 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA COUNCILMEMBER 1599 00:52:50,867 --> 00:52:52,936 RINCK. ANYTHING TO ADD? SEEING 1600 00:52:52,936 --> 00:52:53,603 NOTHING, I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER 1601 00:52:53,603 --> 00:52:54,604 JUAREZ 1602 00:52:54,604 --> 00:52:56,406 -- OH NO, THAT'S IT. 1603 00:52:56,406 --> 00:52:59,042 -- THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER 1604 00:52:59,042 --> 00:53:01,611 DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION? 1605 00:53:01,611 --> 00:53:04,514 I WILL STATE THAT IT'S MY 1606 00:53:04,514 --> 00:53:05,148 UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FUNDING 1607 00:53:05,148 --> 00:53:07,984 THAT THIS REPRESENTS, THAT HAS 1608 00:53:07,984 --> 00:53:08,585 BEEN EXISTING IS THE FUNDING 1609 00:53:08,585 --> 00:53:10,353 THAT HELPED US SECURE THE 1610 00:53:10,353 --> 00:53:12,989 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP. AND SO IF 1611 00:53:12,989 --> 00:53:13,990 THERE ARE SIMILAR TYPES OF 1612 00:53:13,990 --> 00:53:15,692 EVENTS IN THE FUTURE, SUCH AS 1613 00:53:15,692 --> 00:53:18,862 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP THIS IS THE 1614 00:53:18,862 --> 00:53:20,363 FUNDING THAT HELPS MAKE THAT 1615 00:53:20,363 --> 00:53:21,932 HAPPEN. COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD 1616 00:53:21,932 --> 00:53:24,401 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OED 16, AYE 1617 00:53:24,401 --> 00:53:28,538 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 1618 00:53:28,538 --> 00:53:30,607 THIS TIME. LAST CALL 1619 00:53:30,607 --> 00:53:31,241 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND FOSTER 1620 00:53:31,241 --> 00:53:32,509 TO 16 AYE ONE. 1621 00:53:32,509 --> 00:53:34,010 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. KETTLE AND 1622 00:53:34,010 --> 00:53:34,244 FOSTER. 1623 00:53:34,244 --> 00:53:37,514 -- THANK YOU. LAST ONE IN OED 1624 00:53:37,514 --> 00:53:39,182 OED 17 AYE ONE. 1625 00:53:39,182 --> 00:53:41,851 -- ALL RIGHT. OED 17 AYE. THIS 1626 00:53:41,851 --> 00:53:43,687 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD 1627 00:53:43,687 --> 00:53:46,323 INCREASE OED BY $100,000 GENERAL 1628 00:53:46,323 --> 00:53:48,892 FUND IN 2027 FOR INTERBAY SPORTS 1629 00:53:48,892 --> 00:53:50,961 DISTRICT BRANDING. THIS COUNCIL 1630 00:53:50,961 --> 00:53:53,129 BUDGET ACTION IS SPONSORED BY 1631 00:53:53,129 --> 00:53:54,497 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 1632 00:53:54,497 --> 00:53:57,334 COSPONSORED BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1633 00:53:57,334 --> 00:53:57,934 HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCIL AND 1634 00:53:57,934 --> 00:53:59,536 CHAIR STRAUSS. 1635 00:53:59,536 --> 00:54:00,103 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 1636 00:54:00,103 --> 00:54:00,737 KETTLE SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL. 1637 00:54:00,737 --> 00:54:01,237 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1638 00:54:01,237 --> 00:54:02,405 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I JUST 1639 00:54:02,405 --> 00:54:04,240 WANTED TO SAY THE THE 1640 00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:06,142 NEIGHBORHOOD IN INTERBAY HAS 1641 00:54:06,142 --> 00:54:09,246 LONG BEEN OVERLOOKED. OBVIOUSLY 1642 00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:09,913 SANDWICHED BETWEEN MAGNOLIA AND 1643 00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:13,149 QUEEN ANNE, BUT IT'S TIME TO, 1644 00:54:13,149 --> 00:54:13,917 YOU KNOW, TO BRING IT UP, TO 1645 00:54:13,917 --> 00:54:16,553 RAISE IT UP. AND AS IT HAPPENS, 1646 00:54:16,553 --> 00:54:17,854 IT'S BECOME A SPORTS CENTER. 1647 00:54:17,854 --> 00:54:19,756 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE SEATTLE 1648 00:54:19,756 --> 00:54:21,524 STORM PRACTICE FACILITY, THE 1649 00:54:21,524 --> 00:54:23,026 CENTER FOR BASKETBALL 1650 00:54:23,026 --> 00:54:26,229 PERFORMANCE. WE HAVE KIDS SPORTS 1651 00:54:26,229 --> 00:54:27,831 THERE AT THE INTERBAY PLAYFIELD 1652 00:54:27,831 --> 00:54:30,000 ACROSS THE BOARD, BOYS AND GIRLS 1653 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:31,134 PLAYING. AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT. 1654 00:54:31,134 --> 00:54:34,604 AND ALSO AN AREA WHERE I'VE 1655 00:54:34,604 --> 00:54:36,473 SEEN LACROSSE PLAYED FOR KIDS IS 1656 00:54:36,473 --> 00:54:38,408 THE THE HOME OF THE BALLARD FC 1657 00:54:38,408 --> 00:54:41,044 AND THE SALMON BAY FC. THE 1658 00:54:41,044 --> 00:54:43,079 CHAMPIONS, I SHOULD ADD. EXCUSE 1659 00:54:43,079 --> 00:54:45,649 ME, CHAMPION SALMON BAY FC AND 1660 00:54:45,649 --> 00:54:48,652 NOW EVEN A NEW TOP OF THE LINE 1661 00:54:48,652 --> 00:54:50,153 PICKLEBALL FACILITY. SO WHAT WE 1662 00:54:50,153 --> 00:54:52,422 HAVE GOING ON IN, IN IN THE 1663 00:54:52,422 --> 00:54:53,890 NEIGHBORHOOD IS SOMETHING THAT 1664 00:54:53,890 --> 00:54:56,226 CAN REALLY BE PROMOTED AND 1665 00:54:56,226 --> 00:54:56,726 REALLY TO INCREASE THE 1666 00:54:56,726 --> 00:54:58,795 NEIGHBORHOOD, TO PROMOTE IT AND 1667 00:54:58,795 --> 00:55:01,197 TO CREATE THAT STABILITY AND 1668 00:55:01,197 --> 00:55:02,866 ECONOMIC VITALITY THAT IT NEEDS 1669 00:55:02,866 --> 00:55:04,134 AS THERE AS PART OF THE NORTHERN 1670 00:55:04,134 --> 00:55:07,504 PART OF THE INNER BAY AREA. SO, 1671 00:55:07,504 --> 00:55:08,972 AYE COLLEAGUES, I'D LIKE TO ASK 1672 00:55:08,972 --> 00:55:11,608 FOR YOUR SUPPORT BEYOND MY 1673 00:55:11,608 --> 00:55:13,043 CO-SPONSORS. THANK YOU VERY 1674 00:55:13,043 --> 00:55:14,611 MUCH. C P HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1675 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:14,978 CHAIR STRAUSS. 1676 00:55:14,978 --> 00:55:16,813 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1677 00:55:16,813 --> 00:55:18,181 KETTLE COLLEAGUES. COUNCILMEMBER 1678 00:55:18,181 --> 00:55:19,616 RINCK. ANYTHING TO ADD 1679 00:55:19,616 --> 00:55:23,119 COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER 1680 00:55:23,119 --> 00:55:24,387 DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION? 1681 00:55:24,387 --> 00:55:25,789 I'LL JUST SAY THAT IT SOUNDS 1682 00:55:25,789 --> 00:55:28,658 LIKE YOU MIGHT NEED TO HAVE A 1683 00:55:28,658 --> 00:55:29,326 DRIVER'S DAY LIKE COUNCILMEMBER 1684 00:55:29,326 --> 00:55:31,327 SAKA DELRIDGE DAY. 1685 00:55:31,327 --> 00:55:33,096 -- STARTS WITH A D. 1686 00:55:33,096 --> 00:55:34,230 -- AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 1687 00:55:34,230 --> 00:55:35,932 THIS FORWARD. JUST NOTING THAT 1688 00:55:35,932 --> 00:55:38,201 NOT ONLY IS OUR WINNINGEST TEAM, 1689 00:55:38,201 --> 00:55:39,869 THE SEATTLE STORM, LOCATED HERE, 1690 00:55:39,869 --> 00:55:42,205 BUT AS COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE 1691 00:55:42,205 --> 00:55:43,973 SAID, BOTH NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 1692 00:55:43,973 --> 00:55:44,974 SALMON BAY FC AND BALLARD FC. IF 1693 00:55:44,974 --> 00:55:48,011 YOU'D LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR YOUR 1694 00:55:48,011 --> 00:55:49,679 THIS AMENDMENT. OED 1781, PLEASE 1695 00:55:49,679 --> 00:55:53,750 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. 1696 00:55:53,750 --> 00:55:55,318 PENCILS DOWN. HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 1697 00:55:55,318 --> 00:55:57,887 SAKA ADDING HIS NAME 1698 00:55:57,887 --> 00:55:59,155 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THANK YOU. 1699 00:55:59,155 --> 00:56:02,792 MOVING OUT OF OED AND INTO SDOT, 1700 00:56:02,792 --> 00:56:08,031 WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON INTO S .11 1701 00:56:08,031 --> 00:56:08,264 A ONE. 1702 00:56:08,264 --> 00:56:10,967 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCILMEMBERS. 1703 00:56:10,967 --> 00:56:15,839 S DOT ONE A SPONSORED BY CHAIR 1704 00:56:15,839 --> 00:56:18,775 STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 1705 00:56:18,775 --> 00:56:26,015 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. THIS 1706 00:56:26,015 --> 00:56:27,050 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD 1707 00:56:27,050 --> 00:56:29,886 IMPOSE A PROVISO OF 400,000 TO 1708 00:56:29,886 --> 00:56:32,455 THE SEATTLE OF SEATTLE 1709 00:56:32,455 --> 00:56:34,991 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 1710 00:56:34,991 --> 00:56:37,894 FUNDS AND S DOT'S BUDGET FOR A 1711 00:56:37,894 --> 00:56:39,229 SUMMER TRANSIT PROGRAM TO THE 1712 00:56:39,229 --> 00:56:41,765 GOLDEN GARDENS PARK IN BALLARD. 1713 00:56:41,765 --> 00:56:44,768 THE INTENT IS TO RUN A PUBLIC 1714 00:56:44,768 --> 00:56:47,904 TRANSIT SERVICE TO GOLDEN 1715 00:56:47,904 --> 00:56:50,573 GARDENS PARK. FROM CONNECTING 1716 00:56:50,573 --> 00:56:53,042 BUS STOPS IN BALLARD AT THE 1717 00:56:53,042 --> 00:56:55,979 CORNERS OF 15th AVENUE NORTHWEST 1718 00:56:55,979 --> 00:56:57,147 AND NORTHWEST MARKET STREET. 1719 00:56:57,147 --> 00:56:58,715 -- THANK YOU. SPONSOR THIS 1720 00:56:58,715 --> 00:56:59,549 PROPOSAL. I'LL SPEAK TO IT. 1721 00:56:59,549 --> 00:57:01,418 THIS IS THE SAME ACTION THAT I 1722 00:57:01,418 --> 00:57:03,686 BROUGHT LAST YEAR. LAST YEAR, IT 1723 00:57:03,686 --> 00:57:04,988 WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE'D 1724 00:57:04,988 --> 00:57:06,055 DONE IT. I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE 1725 00:57:06,055 --> 00:57:10,260 HOW WELL IT WAS RECEIVED, AND IT 1726 00:57:10,260 --> 00:57:12,429 WAS THE RECEPTION WAS MORE 1727 00:57:12,429 --> 00:57:13,897 OVERWHELMING THAN I EXPECTED. WE 1728 00:57:13,897 --> 00:57:15,565 KNEW AT THAT TIME THERE'S NO BUS 1729 00:57:15,565 --> 00:57:17,333 SERVICE TO ONE OF TWO CITY 1730 00:57:17,333 --> 00:57:18,368 BEACHES OF THIS SIZE, GOLDEN 1731 00:57:18,368 --> 00:57:20,303 GARDENS AND ALKI GOLDEN GARDENS 1732 00:57:20,303 --> 00:57:23,139 DOES NOT. IT'S A TWO MILE WALK 1733 00:57:23,139 --> 00:57:25,074 OR A 200 FOOT ELEVATION HIKE 1734 00:57:25,074 --> 00:57:26,109 THROUGH THE DARK TO GET TO THE 1735 00:57:26,109 --> 00:57:28,711 NEAREST BUS SERVICE. AND SO THIS 1736 00:57:28,711 --> 00:57:29,913 WAS OVERWHELMINGLY EMBRACED 1737 00:57:29,913 --> 00:57:31,114 WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE'RE 1738 00:57:31,114 --> 00:57:34,017 PUTTING IT FORWARD AGAIN THIS 1739 00:57:34,017 --> 00:57:35,151 YEAR. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, AS 1740 00:57:35,151 --> 00:57:35,652 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 1741 00:57:35,652 --> 00:57:36,286 OVERSEEING THIS DEPARTMENT, DO 1742 00:57:36,286 --> 00:57:38,421 YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? 1743 00:57:38,421 --> 00:57:40,323 -- NOTHING TO ADD. FROM MY 1744 00:57:40,323 --> 00:57:42,158 PERSPECTIVE. YEAH, I'LL I'LL BE 1745 00:57:42,158 --> 00:57:44,093 BRIEF ON THE CHAIR. COMMENTS. 1746 00:57:44,093 --> 00:57:44,394 THANK YOU. 1747 00:57:44,394 --> 00:57:46,729 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. 1748 00:57:46,729 --> 00:57:48,731 FURTHER DISCUSSION? FURTHER 1749 00:57:48,731 --> 00:57:49,265 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER 1750 00:57:49,265 --> 00:57:50,633 RIVERA. 1751 00:57:50,633 --> 00:57:53,536 -- THANK YOU. FOLLOWING ON THE 1752 00:57:53,536 --> 00:57:55,438 THREAD, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AYE 1753 00:57:55,438 --> 00:57:57,574 RAISED EARLIER, THIS IS A 400 1754 00:57:57,574 --> 00:58:01,277 PROVISO ON S DOT UNLIKE OED. 1755 00:58:01,277 --> 00:58:05,048 ACTUALLY, S DOT IS IN A MORE 1756 00:58:05,048 --> 00:58:06,049 PRECARIOUS SITUATION. WE KNOW 1757 00:58:06,049 --> 00:58:07,517 THEY'RE GOING TO NEED AN 1758 00:58:07,517 --> 00:58:08,184 INTERFUND LOAN THAT THEY'VE HAD 1759 00:58:08,184 --> 00:58:09,819 IN THE PAST. WE NEED TO RENEW 1760 00:58:09,819 --> 00:58:13,289 IT. SO, YOU KNOW, CURIOUS ABOUT 1761 00:58:13,289 --> 00:58:19,596 THE IMPACTS OF THIS, GIVEN THEIR 1762 00:58:19,596 --> 00:58:21,564 BUDGET, PRECARIOUS SITUATION. 1763 00:58:21,564 --> 00:58:22,599 -- THANK YOU FOR S DOT S 1764 00:58:22,599 --> 00:58:24,133 SITUATION. RIGHT NOW IT'S ON 1765 00:58:24,133 --> 00:58:25,134 THE TRANSPORTATION FUND. THIS IS 1766 00:58:25,134 --> 00:58:26,236 TO THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 1767 00:58:26,236 --> 00:58:28,605 FUND, WHICH IS A SECURED FUNDING 1768 00:58:28,605 --> 00:58:30,907 SOURCE. BUT CENTRAL STAFF 1769 00:58:30,907 --> 00:58:31,307 ANYTHING TO ADD. 1770 00:58:31,307 --> 00:58:32,642 -- ONLY 1771 00:58:32,642 --> 00:58:37,146 -- TO ADD THAT THE BUDGET FROM 1772 00:58:37,146 --> 00:58:37,714 WHICH THE PROVISO WOULD BE 1773 00:58:37,714 --> 00:58:41,150 CARVED HAS ALMOST $45 MILLION 1774 00:58:41,150 --> 00:58:44,420 ALLOCATED. SO IT'S ALLOCATED FOR 1775 00:58:44,420 --> 00:58:46,723 TRANSIT SERVICE. AND THIS 1776 00:58:46,723 --> 00:58:48,224 FUNDING HINGES ON THE PASSAGE OF 1777 00:58:48,224 --> 00:58:50,693 THE SEATTLE TRANSIT. 1778 00:58:50,693 --> 00:58:52,629 -- AND HAS THIS. COUNCILMEMBER 1779 00:58:52,629 --> 00:58:54,731 RIVERA HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK 1780 00:58:54,731 --> 00:58:56,299 YOU. AND HAS THE I THOUGHT THE 1781 00:58:56,299 --> 00:58:59,836 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE HAD A 1782 00:58:59,836 --> 00:59:01,838 FUNDING PROPOSAL ASSOCIATED WITH 1783 00:59:01,838 --> 00:59:03,273 IT. SO AND I DON'T THINK THIS 1784 00:59:03,273 --> 00:59:05,041 WAS ON IT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M 1785 00:59:05,041 --> 00:59:09,012 ASKING ABOUT THE PARTICULAR. 1786 00:59:09,012 --> 00:59:10,980 -- IMPACTS CENTRAL STAFF. 1787 00:59:10,980 --> 00:59:15,351 -- YES. SO IF IF FUNDING WAS 1788 00:59:15,351 --> 00:59:17,453 CARVED OUT FROM WHAT THE CURRENT 1789 00:59:17,453 --> 00:59:19,722 PLAN IS, IT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM 1790 00:59:19,722 --> 00:59:22,559 FUNDING FOR OTHER TRANSIT 1791 00:59:22,559 --> 00:59:23,426 SERVICE. 1792 00:59:23,426 --> 00:59:25,295 -- SO THIS IS COMING OUT OF. 1793 00:59:25,295 --> 00:59:25,862 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA DIRECT 1794 00:59:25,862 --> 00:59:27,363 ROUTES. 1795 00:59:27,363 --> 00:59:27,664 -- CORRECT. 1796 00:59:27,664 --> 00:59:29,065 -- YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1797 00:59:29,065 --> 00:59:31,134 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 1798 00:59:31,134 --> 00:59:32,902 DISCUSSION? IF THIS WAS NOT 1799 00:59:32,902 --> 00:59:34,170 SOMETHING THAT WAS ABLE TO BE 1800 00:59:34,170 --> 00:59:34,837 DONE LAST YEAR, I WOULD NOT BE 1801 00:59:34,837 --> 00:59:36,072 BRINGING IT BACK FORWARD AGAIN 1802 00:59:36,072 --> 00:59:38,841 THIS YEAR. AND WE CONTINUE TO 1803 00:59:38,841 --> 00:59:39,375 HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 1804 00:59:39,375 --> 00:59:41,077 EXECUTIVE AND THE TRANSPORTATION 1805 00:59:41,077 --> 00:59:41,878 DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS LAST 1806 00:59:41,878 --> 00:59:44,781 YEAR, THIS WAS THE SAME FUNDING 1807 00:59:44,781 --> 00:59:45,315 PROPOSAL THAT WE BROUGHT 1808 00:59:45,315 --> 00:59:46,549 FORWARD, AND FEWER DOLLARS WERE 1809 00:59:46,549 --> 00:59:49,686 NEEDED, AND THE REMAINDER WAS 1810 00:59:49,686 --> 00:59:50,687 RELEASED. SEEING AS WE HAVE NO 1811 00:59:50,687 --> 00:59:51,955 FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF YOU'D 1812 00:59:51,955 --> 00:59:52,655 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THE ITEM, 1813 00:59:52,655 --> 00:59:56,225 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 1814 00:59:56,225 --> 00:59:57,226 TIME. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADDING 1815 00:59:57,226 --> 01:00:00,797 HIS NAME TO S DOT ONE A ONE. OH, 1816 01:00:00,797 --> 01:00:03,933 ARE THOSE ALL ON THIS ONE? OKAY, 1817 01:00:03,933 --> 01:00:05,268 I'M GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE. SO 1818 01:00:05,268 --> 01:00:07,003 I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO SLOW 1819 01:00:07,003 --> 01:00:07,971 DOWN, BUT I DO. I WILL SLOW DOWN 1820 01:00:07,971 --> 01:00:09,672 ON THE CO-SPONSOR REQUESTS, BUT 1821 01:00:09,672 --> 01:00:12,275 I DO NEED EVERYONE TO PICK UP A 1822 01:00:12,275 --> 01:00:15,211 LITTLE BIT ON S DOT ONE, A ONE. 1823 01:00:15,211 --> 01:00:15,778 I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 1824 01:00:15,778 --> 01:00:18,448 JUAREZ. LIN. SAKA. 1825 01:00:18,448 --> 01:00:20,783 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1826 01:00:20,783 --> 01:00:21,351 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. FOSTER. 1827 01:00:21,351 --> 01:00:27,190 HOLLINGSWORTH. JUAREZ. LIN. AND 1828 01:00:27,190 --> 01:00:27,390 SAKA. 1829 01:00:27,390 --> 01:00:27,623 -- YES. 1830 01:00:27,623 --> 01:00:33,396 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO S DOT 1831 01:00:33,396 --> 01:00:35,832 2SA1S. 1832 01:00:35,832 --> 01:00:38,701 -- DOT 2SA1 IS SPONSORED BY 1833 01:00:38,701 --> 01:00:39,335 CHAIR STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1834 01:00:39,335 --> 01:00:42,138 AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THIS 1835 01:00:42,138 --> 01:00:45,241 IS A REQUEST THAT'S DOT PROVIDE 1836 01:00:45,241 --> 01:00:47,443 A REPORT ON THE CITY'S LONG 1837 01:00:47,443 --> 01:00:49,145 TERM STRATEGY FOR THE MAGNOLIA 1838 01:00:49,145 --> 01:00:51,814 BRIDGE AND THE WEST DAVIS BRIDGE 1839 01:00:51,814 --> 01:00:53,983 REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS THE 1840 01:00:53,983 --> 01:00:58,388 MAGNOLIA EMERGENCY ACCESS PLAN. 1841 01:00:58,388 --> 01:00:59,255 -- THANK YOU. SPONSOR OF THE 1842 01:00:59,255 --> 01:01:02,191 PROPOSAL. I'LL SPEAK TO IT. THIS 1843 01:01:02,191 --> 01:01:04,293 IS BACK TO DAVIS NEIGHBORHOOD. 1844 01:01:04,293 --> 01:01:05,695 MAGNOLIA BRIDGE, BUT ALSO THE 1845 01:01:05,695 --> 01:01:08,598 EMERGENCY ACCESS. THIS IS A 1846 01:01:08,598 --> 01:01:09,232 CONVERSATION THAT COUNCILMEMBER 1847 01:01:09,232 --> 01:01:11,267 KETTLE AND I HAVE CONTINUED TO 1848 01:01:11,267 --> 01:01:12,902 HAVE WITH DEPARTMENTS. THE 1849 01:01:12,902 --> 01:01:15,304 IMPORTANT CHANGE HERE IS 1850 01:01:15,304 --> 01:01:17,540 REGARDING THE DAVIS BRIDGE AND 1851 01:01:17,540 --> 01:01:19,475 PREPARING FOR THE DAVIS LIGHT 1852 01:01:19,475 --> 01:01:22,311 RAIL STATION. CURRENTLY, THE 1853 01:01:22,311 --> 01:01:24,313 DAVIS BRIDGE IS FOUR LANES WITH 1854 01:01:24,313 --> 01:01:27,483 A DIFFICULT TO USE ACCESS 1855 01:01:27,483 --> 01:01:29,686 SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE. THIS 1856 01:01:29,686 --> 01:01:33,890 REQUEST IS TO STUDY A LID OVER 1857 01:01:33,890 --> 01:01:35,358 THE TRAIN YARD SO THAT YOU CAN 1858 01:01:35,358 --> 01:01:38,461 HAVE BUS LANES, BIKE LANES, 1859 01:01:38,461 --> 01:01:39,429 WALKING LANES, DRIVING LANES, 1860 01:01:39,429 --> 01:01:40,830 AND POTENTIALLY SOME ADDITIONAL 1861 01:01:40,830 --> 01:01:42,932 GREEN SPACE SO THAT WE CAN 1862 01:01:42,932 --> 01:01:44,701 ENHANCE THE ACCESS INTO THE 1863 01:01:44,701 --> 01:01:46,903 NEIGHBORHOOD AND INCREASE THE 1864 01:01:46,903 --> 01:01:47,537 ACCESS, INCREASE THE PLACEMAKING 1865 01:01:47,537 --> 01:01:49,605 OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS 1866 01:01:49,605 --> 01:01:50,840 BE READY FOR LIGHT RAIL IN THE 1867 01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:53,209 FUTURE. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1868 01:01:53,209 --> 01:01:53,976 ANYTHING TO ADD? 1869 01:01:53,976 --> 01:01:54,844 -- NOTHING TO ADD FROM MY 1870 01:01:54,844 --> 01:01:56,112 PERSPECTIVE. 1871 01:01:56,112 --> 01:01:58,881 -- AT THIS TIME, COLLEAGUES, FOR 1872 01:01:58,881 --> 01:01:59,315 FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1873 01:01:59,315 --> 01:01:59,782 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1874 01:01:59,782 --> 01:02:00,850 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST 1875 01:02:00,850 --> 01:02:02,919 WANTED TO FOOT STOMP. THIS IS SO 1876 01:02:02,919 --> 01:02:04,487 IMPORTANT FOR MAGNOLIA ACCESS. 1877 01:02:04,487 --> 01:02:06,823 MAGNOLIA CAN BE EASILY BE 1878 01:02:06,823 --> 01:02:07,623 ISOLATED, WHICH WOULD HAVE A LOT 1879 01:02:07,623 --> 01:02:13,296 OF, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATED AND 1880 01:02:13,296 --> 01:02:13,863 UNANTICIPATED EFFECTS. MOST 1881 01:02:13,863 --> 01:02:15,431 NEGATIVE. AND SO WE NEED TO SEE 1882 01:02:15,431 --> 01:02:17,366 WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR BRIDGE 1883 01:02:17,366 --> 01:02:17,934 PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY WITH 1884 01:02:17,934 --> 01:02:19,535 MAGNOLIA AND WEST DAVIS BRIDGE. 1885 01:02:19,535 --> 01:02:23,906 AND, BUT ALSO IN THE EVENT OF AN 1886 01:02:23,906 --> 01:02:25,675 A EARTHQUAKE AND SO FORTH, YOU 1887 01:02:25,675 --> 01:02:27,343 KNOW, SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR 1888 01:02:27,343 --> 01:02:28,444 SUCCESS, THINKING FORWARD IN 1889 01:02:28,444 --> 01:02:31,013 TERMS OF EMERGENCY ACCESS, THIS 1890 01:02:31,013 --> 01:02:33,216 POINT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT. 1891 01:02:33,216 --> 01:02:33,883 AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED 1892 01:02:33,883 --> 01:02:36,052 TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE 1893 01:02:36,052 --> 01:02:38,054 READY IF SOMETHING WAS TO HAPPEN 1894 01:02:38,054 --> 01:02:39,922 WITH RESPECT TO AN EARTHQUAKE 1895 01:02:39,922 --> 01:02:41,891 AND TSUNAMI. SO YES, THANK YOU 1896 01:02:41,891 --> 01:02:43,726 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, CHAIR. 1897 01:02:43,726 --> 01:02:45,595 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. 1898 01:02:45,595 --> 01:02:49,599 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 1899 01:02:49,599 --> 01:02:50,533 DISCUSSION. SEEING NO FURTHER 1900 01:02:50,533 --> 01:02:52,101 DISCUSSION, IF YOU'D LIKE TO 1901 01:02:52,101 --> 01:02:53,636 COSPONSOR. S DOT 2SA1, PLEASE 1902 01:02:53,636 --> 01:03:02,378 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME 1903 01:03:02,512 --> 01:03:06,582 I SEE ON 2SA1 COUNCILMEMBER 1904 01:03:06,582 --> 01:03:07,150 JUAREZ FOSTER HOLLINGSWORTH 1905 01:03:07,150 --> 01:03:09,252 RIVERA. 1906 01:03:09,252 --> 01:03:09,886 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. JUAREZ FOSTER 1907 01:03:09,886 --> 01:03:11,354 HOLLINGSWORTH AND RIVERA. 1908 01:03:11,354 --> 01:03:13,389 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO S DOT 1909 01:03:13,389 --> 01:03:15,858 THREE A ONE. 1910 01:03:15,858 --> 01:03:17,293 -- S DOT THREE A ONE IS 1911 01:03:17,293 --> 01:03:20,463 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 1912 01:03:20,463 --> 01:03:20,930 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1913 01:03:20,930 --> 01:03:22,999 -- HOLLINGSWORTH AND 1914 01:03:22,999 --> 01:03:23,466 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1915 01:03:23,466 --> 01:03:24,967 -- THIS IS A COUNCIL BUDGET 1916 01:03:24,967 --> 01:03:28,171 ACTION THAT WOULD ALLOCATE 1917 01:03:28,171 --> 01:03:30,039 CONTINUED APPROPRIATIONS TO S 1918 01:03:30,039 --> 01:03:32,108 DOT IN THE AMOUNT OF $7 MILLION 1919 01:03:32,108 --> 01:03:34,977 IN GENERAL FUND IN 2027 AND 2028 1920 01:03:34,977 --> 01:03:37,547 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE 1921 01:03:37,547 --> 01:03:41,017 DISTRICT PROJECT FUND. THIS IS A 1922 01:03:41,017 --> 01:03:41,517 PROGRAM THAT IMPLEMENTS 1923 01:03:41,517 --> 01:03:43,686 NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TRAFFIC 1924 01:03:43,686 --> 01:03:46,022 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER 1925 01:03:46,022 --> 01:03:46,589 DISTRICT PRIORITIES AT THE 1926 01:03:46,589 --> 01:03:48,791 DIRECTION OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS 1927 01:03:48,791 --> 01:03:51,427 REPRESENTING DISTRICTS. 1928 01:03:51,427 --> 01:03:51,994 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1929 01:03:51,994 --> 01:03:53,329 SAKA. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1930 01:03:53,329 --> 01:03:55,598 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR COLLEAGUES. 1931 01:03:55,598 --> 01:03:58,968 THIS PROPOSAL WOULD RESTORE THE 1932 01:03:58,968 --> 01:04:00,903 WILDLY POPULAR AND WILDLY 1933 01:04:00,903 --> 01:04:02,238 SUCCESSFUL DISTRICT PROJECT 1934 01:04:02,238 --> 01:04:04,607 FUND. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR 1935 01:04:04,607 --> 01:04:07,476 YOUR STRONG ENTHUSIASM AND 1936 01:04:07,476 --> 01:04:08,911 PARTICIPATION OF THIS PROGRAM 1937 01:04:08,911 --> 01:04:10,947 OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 1938 01:04:10,947 --> 01:04:13,983 TRAFFIC SAFETY IS EXPERIENCED 1939 01:04:13,983 --> 01:04:16,886 BLOCK BY BLOCK, CROSSING BY 1940 01:04:16,886 --> 01:04:19,121 CROSSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD BY 1941 01:04:19,121 --> 01:04:20,823 NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS OUR CITY. 1942 01:04:20,823 --> 01:04:23,125 THE DISTRICT PROJECT FUND GIVES 1943 01:04:23,125 --> 01:04:26,062 EACH OF SEATTLE'S SEVEN COUNCIL 1944 01:04:26,062 --> 01:04:28,464 DISTRICTS EQUAL RESOURCES TO 1945 01:04:28,464 --> 01:04:31,167 ADDRESS THE VITAL TRAFFIC SAFETY 1946 01:04:31,167 --> 01:04:32,635 NEEDS. RESIDENTS RAISED DIRECTLY 1947 01:04:32,635 --> 01:04:35,137 WITH US IN OUR RESPECTIVE 1948 01:04:35,137 --> 01:04:40,042 OFFICES EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS 1949 01:04:40,042 --> 01:04:40,676 AMENDMENT RESTORES 7,000,000 IN 1950 01:04:40,676 --> 01:04:44,013 2027 AND 7,000,000 IN 2028, OR 1 1951 01:04:44,013 --> 01:04:46,983 MILLION PER DISTRICT EACH YEAR 1952 01:04:46,983 --> 01:04:49,652 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, SAFETY 1953 01:04:49,652 --> 01:04:51,988 AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. 1954 01:04:51,988 --> 01:04:54,390 COUNCIL CREATED THIS FUND 1955 01:04:54,390 --> 01:04:57,260 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO A 1956 01:04:57,260 --> 01:04:59,528 DANGEROUS INTERSECTION MISSING 1957 01:04:59,528 --> 01:05:01,764 CROSSING, OR UNSAFE CORRIDOR 1958 01:05:01,764 --> 01:05:03,833 OFTEN KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. 1959 01:05:03,833 --> 01:05:05,902 FIRST. RESTORING IT IS NOT ABOUT 1960 01:05:05,902 --> 01:05:07,737 COUNCILMEMBER DISCRETION FOR ITS 1961 01:05:07,737 --> 01:05:11,040 OWN SAKE. IT IS ABOUT TURNING 1962 01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:11,607 CONSTITUENT KNOWLEDGE INTO 1963 01:05:11,607 --> 01:05:14,777 ACCOUNTABLE, VISIBLE SAFETY 1964 01:05:14,777 --> 01:05:17,179 IMPROVEMENTS. NOW WE KNOW THAT 1965 01:05:17,179 --> 01:05:19,548 THERE ARE A VARIETY WELL OVER A 1966 01:05:19,548 --> 01:05:23,552 DOZEN, PROBABLY TWO DOZEN PLUS 1967 01:05:23,552 --> 01:05:25,354 TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAMS THAT 1968 01:05:25,354 --> 01:05:26,622 CURRENTLY LIVE WITHIN THE 1969 01:05:26,622 --> 01:05:29,058 DEPARTMENT. TODAY. THAT 1970 01:05:29,058 --> 01:05:31,294 INCLUDES, OBVIOUSLY, VISION 1971 01:05:31,294 --> 01:05:33,195 ZERO, SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR 1972 01:05:33,195 --> 01:05:37,333 ALL SIDEWALK SAFETY REPAIR, NEW 1973 01:05:37,333 --> 01:05:39,769 SIDEWALK PROGRAM, ADA PROGRAM, 1974 01:05:39,769 --> 01:05:41,404 SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL, PROTECTED 1975 01:05:41,404 --> 01:05:43,005 BIKE LANES, NEIGHBORHOOD 1976 01:05:43,005 --> 01:05:45,908 GREENWAYS, NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC, 1977 01:05:45,908 --> 01:05:46,475 NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, TRAFFIC 1978 01:05:46,475 --> 01:05:49,912 SAFETY PROGRAM. NOT TO BE 1979 01:05:49,912 --> 01:05:50,546 CONFUSED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1980 01:05:50,546 --> 01:05:52,248 INITIATED SAFETY PROGRAM. 1981 01:05:52,248 --> 01:05:53,816 PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING PROGRAM. 1982 01:05:53,816 --> 01:05:57,286 PEOPLE, STREETS AND PUBLIC 1983 01:05:57,286 --> 01:05:58,354 SPACES. OUT OF BREATH LIST GOES 1984 01:05:58,354 --> 01:05:59,388 ON AND ON. THIS IS JUST. AND 1985 01:05:59,388 --> 01:06:01,757 THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN CRITERIA 1986 01:06:01,757 --> 01:06:06,762 AND AND FUNDING LEVELS. THIS IS 1987 01:06:06,762 --> 01:06:10,533 JUST ANOTHER OF THE MANY GREAT 1988 01:06:10,533 --> 01:06:12,702 SAFETY PROGRAMS TO SUPPLEMENT 1989 01:06:12,702 --> 01:06:14,103 THE MANY GREAT SAFETY PROGRAMS 1990 01:06:14,103 --> 01:06:16,539 THAT CURRENTLY LIVE WITHIN THE 1991 01:06:16,539 --> 01:06:20,810 DEPARTMENT. HIGH LEVEL. IT 1992 01:06:20,810 --> 01:06:23,212 ALLOWS COUNCILMEMBER OFFICES TO 1993 01:06:23,212 --> 01:06:24,246 DETERMINE THE WHERE AND THE WHAT 1994 01:06:24,246 --> 01:06:26,048 IN TERMS OF SPECIFIC PROBLEMS 1995 01:06:26,048 --> 01:06:27,883 THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN A 1996 01:06:27,883 --> 01:06:30,653 SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD LOCATION 1997 01:06:30,653 --> 01:06:31,687 AND ALLOWS THE DEPARTMENT TO 1998 01:06:31,687 --> 01:06:33,522 TAKE USER EXPERTISE AND GO FROM 1999 01:06:33,522 --> 01:06:34,824 THERE DETERMINING WHAT ARE THE 2000 01:06:34,824 --> 01:06:37,960 BEST ENGINEERING TREATMENTS AND 2001 01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:38,961 SOLUTIONS NEEDED TO ADDRESS 2002 01:06:38,961 --> 01:06:41,097 THOSE ISSUES IN THAT SPECIFIC 2003 01:06:41,097 --> 01:06:42,965 LOCATION? WE KNOW THAT VISION 2004 01:06:42,965 --> 01:06:46,035 ZERO SUCCEEDS WHEN CITYWIDE 2005 01:06:46,035 --> 01:06:46,502 COMMITMENTS REACH THE 2006 01:06:46,502 --> 01:06:49,638 NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK. THIS FUND 2007 01:06:49,638 --> 01:06:50,606 HELPS CLOSE THAT CRITICAL LAST 2008 01:06:50,606 --> 01:06:52,241 MILE AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2009 01:06:52,241 --> 01:06:54,210 THANK YOU. 2010 01:06:54,210 --> 01:06:54,844 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2011 01:06:54,844 --> 01:06:56,746 COLLEAGUES. FURTHER DISCUSSION? 2012 01:06:56,746 --> 01:06:57,980 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2013 01:06:57,980 --> 01:07:00,149 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 2014 01:07:00,149 --> 01:07:01,083 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR THIS. I 2015 01:07:01,083 --> 01:07:01,917 KNOW THIS WAS AN AD YOU MADE 2016 01:07:01,917 --> 01:07:04,754 LAST YEAR AND I FULLY SUPPORTED 2017 01:07:04,754 --> 01:07:07,823 IT. THERE ARE VERY FEW THINGS IN 2018 01:07:07,823 --> 01:07:10,726 OUR $9 BILLION BUDGET THAT THAT 2019 01:07:10,726 --> 01:07:13,562 CONSTITUENTS CAN DIRECTLY 2020 01:07:13,562 --> 01:07:15,531 ACCESS. IN THIS WAY, FOLKS IN 2021 01:07:15,531 --> 01:07:17,133 THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ABLE TO 2022 01:07:17,133 --> 01:07:20,970 PUT IN THEIR REQUEST FOR A, AS 2023 01:07:20,970 --> 01:07:23,105 YOU SAID, A TRAFFIC CIRCLE OR 2024 01:07:23,105 --> 01:07:24,874 SOME SOME SAFETY, YOU KNOW, 2025 01:07:24,874 --> 01:07:26,342 TRAFFIC CALMING AND THINGS OF 2026 01:07:26,342 --> 01:07:31,080 THAT NATURE. SO THIS, I KNOW IS 2027 01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:32,448 AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM. AND I WILL 2028 01:07:32,448 --> 01:07:34,984 SAY THAT $1 MILLION PER DISTRICT 2029 01:07:34,984 --> 01:07:38,654 SOUNDS LIKE A LOT. AND I WAS 2030 01:07:38,654 --> 01:07:41,290 REALLY SHOCKED TO LEARN HOW 2031 01:07:41,290 --> 01:07:42,658 LITTLE A MILLION GETS YOU IN 2032 01:07:42,658 --> 01:07:47,663 TERMS OF ACTUAL WHEN IT COMES TO 2033 01:07:47,663 --> 01:07:48,631 A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT. SO IT 2034 01:07:48,631 --> 01:07:50,266 MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT THAT 2035 01:07:50,266 --> 01:07:52,134 MIGHT ONLY FUND ONE PROJECT, 2036 01:07:52,134 --> 01:07:55,171 MAYBE TWO. SO I DO THINK THIS IS 2037 01:07:55,171 --> 01:07:56,872 IMPORTANT. I'M GOING TO SAY THE 2038 01:07:56,872 --> 01:07:57,540 SAME CAVEAT I'VE BEEN SAYING. I 2039 01:07:57,540 --> 01:08:00,109 DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS 2040 01:08:00,109 --> 01:08:02,578 COMING FROM. I DON'T KNOW IF 2041 01:08:02,578 --> 01:08:04,547 THIS CAN BE PROVIDED OR NOT. 2042 01:08:04,547 --> 01:08:06,282 SEEMS LIKE OTHER THINGS ARE 2043 01:08:06,282 --> 01:08:08,317 GETTING PROVIDED FROM SDOT, SO 2044 01:08:08,317 --> 01:08:09,452 MAYBE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY. I 2045 01:08:09,452 --> 01:08:11,086 DON'T KNOW. BUT IT IS AN 2046 01:08:11,086 --> 01:08:15,991 IMPORTANT ONE AND SO I WILL BE. 2047 01:08:15,991 --> 01:08:17,793 YOU KNOW, COSPONSORING THIS. 2048 01:08:17,793 --> 01:08:19,061 BECAUSE OF THAT. I KNOW IT'S 2049 01:08:19,061 --> 01:08:21,030 SOMETHING THAT THE CONSTITUENTS 2050 01:08:21,030 --> 01:08:23,599 AND THE D4 CARE ABOUT. AND I'VE 2051 01:08:23,599 --> 01:08:25,468 HEARD A LOT ABOUT JUST NOT, NOT 2052 01:08:25,468 --> 01:08:28,704 JUST FROM THE D4. SO THANK YOU. 2053 01:08:28,704 --> 01:08:31,507 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 2054 01:08:31,507 --> 01:08:33,342 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 2055 01:08:33,342 --> 01:08:36,579 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 2056 01:08:36,579 --> 01:08:39,748 SDOT FOR A ONE. NOPE. SORRY. S 2057 01:08:39,748 --> 01:08:41,517 DOT THREE A ONE THE DISTRICT 2058 01:08:41,517 --> 01:08:45,921 PROJECT FUND. PLEASE RAISE YOUR 2059 01:08:45,921 --> 01:08:47,022 HAND AT THIS TIME. I HAVE 2060 01:08:47,022 --> 01:08:48,691 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND JUAREZ 2061 01:08:48,691 --> 01:08:49,658 ADDING THEIR NAMES TO THREE A 2062 01:08:49,658 --> 01:08:51,260 ONE. 2063 01:08:51,260 --> 01:08:51,861 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, RIVERA AND 2064 01:08:51,861 --> 01:08:52,461 JUAREZ. 2065 01:08:52,461 --> 01:08:54,997 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO STOP 2066 01:08:54,997 --> 01:08:57,967 FOR A ONE. 2067 01:08:57,967 --> 01:09:01,136 -- S FOR A IS SPONSORED BY 2068 01:09:01,136 --> 01:09:01,704 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. COUNCIL 2069 01:09:01,704 --> 01:09:02,271 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH AND 2070 01:09:02,271 --> 01:09:05,207 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THIS 2071 01:09:05,207 --> 01:09:07,676 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD 2072 01:09:07,676 --> 01:09:08,310 INCREASE PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS 2073 01:09:08,310 --> 01:09:12,548 TO STOP BY 1 MILLION. I DON'T 2074 01:09:12,548 --> 01:09:16,418 KNOW WHY I'M SAYING THAT. $1.25 2075 01:09:16,418 --> 01:09:20,222 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND AND IN 2076 01:09:20,222 --> 01:09:23,359 2027 ONLY FOR STAFF SUPPORTING 2077 01:09:23,359 --> 01:09:25,594 THE POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM. THIS 2078 01:09:25,594 --> 01:09:28,731 WOULD ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO 2079 01:09:28,731 --> 01:09:31,634 RESPOND TO REQUESTS TO ADDRESS 2080 01:09:31,634 --> 01:09:32,368 POTHOLES WITHIN THE 72 HOUR TIME 2081 01:09:32,368 --> 01:09:35,938 FRAME THAT SDOT HAS PLEDGED TO 2082 01:09:35,938 --> 01:09:37,806 RESPOND IN. 2083 01:09:37,806 --> 01:09:38,374 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2084 01:09:38,374 --> 01:09:39,108 SAKA. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 2085 01:09:39,108 --> 01:09:40,910 -- THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. SO 2086 01:09:40,910 --> 01:09:45,481 AS NOTED, THIS PROPOSAL WOULD 2087 01:09:45,481 --> 01:09:47,516 RESTORE OUR VITAL POTHOLE REPAIR 2088 01:09:47,516 --> 01:09:49,118 FUNDING. AND I SUPPOSE IT'S NO 2089 01:09:49,118 --> 01:09:52,021 SECRET THAT I'VE BEEN 2090 01:09:52,021 --> 01:09:54,123 OCCASIONALLY CALLED LOCAL KING 2091 01:09:54,123 --> 01:09:55,157 OF POTHOLES OR KING OF POTHOLE 2092 01:09:55,157 --> 01:09:58,194 REPAIR OR WHATEVER IT IS. I 2093 01:09:58,194 --> 01:10:00,763 ACCEPT THE CROWN, BUT I WOULD 2094 01:10:00,763 --> 01:10:03,966 REALLY PREFER FEWER POTHOLES TO 2095 01:10:03,966 --> 01:10:07,703 RULE OVER THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL 2096 01:10:07,703 --> 01:10:10,039 CUTS $1.25 MILLION FROM THE 2097 01:10:10,039 --> 01:10:12,107 POTHOLE REPAIR PROGRAM. THIS 2098 01:10:12,107 --> 01:10:14,076 AMENDMENT SIMPLY RESTORES IT 2099 01:10:14,076 --> 01:10:16,879 NOW, A POTHOLE MAY LOOK SMALL. 2100 01:10:16,879 --> 01:10:22,484 CERTAINLY ON A SPREADSHEET, BUT 2101 01:10:22,484 --> 01:10:25,087 IT IS NOT SMALL WHEN IT DAMAGES 2102 01:10:25,087 --> 01:10:27,156 A TIRE OF A CAR OR A BIKE, 2103 01:10:27,156 --> 01:10:31,760 BRAKES AN AXLE, A VEHICLE OR 2104 01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:34,163 TRUCK, OR THROWS A PERSON. EVEN 2105 01:10:34,163 --> 01:10:35,564 WORSE OFF A BICYCLE HAPPENS ALL 2106 01:10:35,564 --> 01:10:37,299 THE TIME BECAUSE OF POTHOLES IN 2107 01:10:37,299 --> 01:10:41,870 OUR CITY. SDOT HAS A GOAL OF 2108 01:10:41,870 --> 01:10:43,339 RESPONDING WITHIN 72 HOURS AFTER 2109 01:10:43,339 --> 01:10:44,807 A POTHOLE IS REPORTED, AND 2110 01:10:44,807 --> 01:10:46,642 THAT'S BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL, A 2111 01:10:46,642 --> 01:10:47,943 COUPLE YEARS AGO SPECIFICALLY 2112 01:10:47,943 --> 01:10:50,512 BAKED IN, ENSHRINED THAT AS A 2113 01:10:50,512 --> 01:10:53,182 DURABLE VOTER, VOTER COMMITMENT 2114 01:10:53,182 --> 01:10:55,150 THAT THE CITY WILL RESPOND AND 2115 01:10:55,150 --> 01:10:58,153 FILL AT LEAST 80% OF REPORTED 2116 01:10:58,153 --> 01:11:03,125 POTHOLES WITHIN 72 HOURS OF THEM 2117 01:11:03,125 --> 01:11:05,761 BEING REPORTED, CUTTING NEARLY 2118 01:11:05,761 --> 01:11:09,398 29% FROM THIS WORK PUTS THAT 2119 01:11:09,398 --> 01:11:11,100 BASIC SERVICE PROMISE AND 2120 01:11:11,100 --> 01:11:14,403 COMMITMENT AT RISK, AND I 2121 01:11:14,403 --> 01:11:17,373 CONCEDE THIS IS NOT PARTICULARLY 2122 01:11:17,373 --> 01:11:21,410 GLAMOROUS OR SEXY WORK HOWEVER, 2123 01:11:21,410 --> 01:11:24,046 IT IS THE BASIC NUTS AND BOLTS 2124 01:11:24,046 --> 01:11:26,415 OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT'S 2125 01:11:26,415 --> 01:11:29,084 EXACTLY THE KIND OF BLOCKING AND 2126 01:11:29,084 --> 01:11:31,620 TACKLING. TO INSERT A SPORTS 2127 01:11:31,620 --> 01:11:34,456 ANALOGY THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT 2128 01:11:34,456 --> 01:11:36,558 SHOULD BE STARTING WITH ITS 2129 01:11:36,558 --> 01:11:37,026 GOVERNMENT DOING THE 2130 01:11:37,026 --> 01:11:39,061 FUNDAMENTALS WELL. FIX THE 2131 01:11:39,061 --> 01:11:42,297 STREETS, PROTECT PEOPLE'S 2132 01:11:42,297 --> 01:11:45,334 VEHICLES AND BIKES, PROMOTE 2133 01:11:45,334 --> 01:11:47,936 SAFETY AND RESPOND WHEN 2134 01:11:47,936 --> 01:11:50,105 RESIDENTS REPORT A PROBLEM. 2135 01:11:50,105 --> 01:11:52,775 AGAIN, I KNOW IT'S NOT SEXY NOT 2136 01:11:52,775 --> 01:11:56,578 A NEW SHINY THING. I GET IT, BUT 2137 01:11:56,578 --> 01:11:58,814 IT'S STILL CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 2138 01:11:58,814 --> 01:11:59,715 FOR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE 2139 01:11:59,715 --> 01:12:01,083 OURS. AND I THEREFORE ASK FOR 2140 01:12:01,083 --> 01:12:04,620 YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 2141 01:12:04,620 --> 01:12:05,254 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2142 01:12:05,254 --> 01:12:08,057 COLLEAGUES. ANY COMMENTS? 2143 01:12:08,057 --> 01:12:09,458 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS A HAND 2144 01:12:09,458 --> 01:12:12,594 IS UP, BUT I ASSUME IT WAS FROM 2145 01:12:12,594 --> 01:12:16,065 THE LAST. SO IF NO ONE HAS ANY 2146 01:12:16,065 --> 01:12:20,536 COMMENTS THEN WE'LL GO TO. WHO 2147 01:12:20,536 --> 01:12:22,304 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR. AND I 2148 01:12:22,304 --> 01:12:23,439 DON'T SEE ANY. HANDS UP. 2149 01:12:23,439 --> 01:12:24,673 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. YOUR HAND 2150 01:12:24,673 --> 01:12:26,709 WAS UP AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE 2151 01:12:26,709 --> 01:12:28,177 SURE YOU DIDN'T DO THAT ON 2152 01:12:28,177 --> 01:12:30,746 PURPOSE FOR A COMMENT ON THIS 2153 01:12:30,746 --> 01:12:30,946 CBAS. 2154 01:12:30,946 --> 01:12:32,314 -- I'M SORRY. POTHOLES. 2155 01:12:32,314 --> 01:12:34,783 -- THE POTHOLES. 2156 01:12:34,783 --> 01:12:35,117 -- THAT'S. 2157 01:12:35,117 --> 01:12:35,751 -- THAT'S AN OLD HAND. OKAY. 2158 01:12:35,751 --> 01:12:37,252 AND SO NOW I'M ASKING FOR HANDS 2159 01:12:37,252 --> 01:12:41,657 FOR WHO WOULD LIKE TO 2160 01:12:41,657 --> 01:12:43,292 CO-SPONSOR. LET ME GET THE RIGHT 2161 01:12:43,292 --> 01:12:48,297 CB. A NUMBER FOR FOR A ONE. 2162 01:12:48,297 --> 01:12:50,165 SEEING NO ONE. LET'S GO ON TO 2163 01:12:50,165 --> 01:12:52,267 FIVE A ONE, PLEASE. 2164 01:12:52,267 --> 01:12:58,474 -- S DOT FIVE A IS SPONSORED BY 2165 01:12:58,474 --> 01:12:59,108 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH 2166 01:12:59,108 --> 01:13:00,609 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND RIVERA. 2167 01:13:00,609 --> 01:13:03,512 THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD 2168 01:13:03,512 --> 01:13:05,981 APPROVE IMPOSE A PROVISO OF 2169 01:13:05,981 --> 01:13:07,349 $400,000 IN 2020 FOR 2170 01:13:07,349 --> 01:13:10,052 TRANSPORTATION LEVY FUNDING WITH 2171 01:13:10,052 --> 01:13:12,521 DOT'S VISION ZERO PROJECT FOR 2172 01:13:12,521 --> 01:13:14,390 TWO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS 2173 01:13:14,390 --> 01:13:16,492 IN DISTRICT THREE, THE FIRST 2174 01:13:16,492 --> 01:13:19,094 PROJECT WOULD SUPPORT 2175 01:13:19,094 --> 01:13:19,561 INSTALLATION OF LESS 2176 01:13:19,561 --> 01:13:22,030 NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC CALMING 2177 01:13:22,030 --> 01:13:24,733 MEASURES, AND THE SECOND PROJECT 2178 01:13:24,733 --> 01:13:27,503 WOULD SUPPORT WORK IN MADISON 2179 01:13:27,503 --> 01:13:31,039 PARK, FOCUSING ON DAYLIGHTING 2180 01:13:31,039 --> 01:13:32,574 AND UPGRADING INTERSECTIONS AND 2181 01:13:32,574 --> 01:13:35,277 CROSSWALKS. DUE TO PEDESTRIAN 2182 01:13:35,277 --> 01:13:37,146 CONCERNS. I WILL JUST NOTE THAT 2183 01:13:37,146 --> 01:13:39,681 SOME OF THE SCOPE, PARTICULARLY 2184 01:13:39,681 --> 01:13:42,718 OF THE MADISON COMPONENT, ARE 2185 01:13:42,718 --> 01:13:44,486 STILL BEING UNDER DEVELOPED, ARE 2186 01:13:44,486 --> 01:13:46,889 STILL BEING DEVELOPED, AND 2187 01:13:46,889 --> 01:13:49,191 WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO 2188 01:13:49,191 --> 01:13:52,094 IDENTIFY THE GREATEST NEEDS. 2189 01:13:52,094 --> 01:13:52,561 -- THANK YOU. AMANDA 2190 01:13:52,561 --> 01:13:53,162 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH, 2191 01:13:53,162 --> 01:13:54,129 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO 2192 01:13:54,129 --> 01:13:55,864 YOUR CB. AYE. 2193 01:13:55,864 --> 01:13:56,431 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2194 01:13:56,431 --> 01:13:59,768 RIVERA. AND THANK YOU. ALSO, 2195 01:13:59,768 --> 01:14:00,302 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND 2196 01:14:00,302 --> 01:14:02,471 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR YOUR 2197 01:14:02,471 --> 01:14:02,971 COSPONSORSHIP ON THIS. 2198 01:14:02,971 --> 01:14:04,439 COLLEAGUES, OFTENTIMES WE FOCUS 2199 01:14:04,439 --> 01:14:07,543 A LOT ON THE ARTERIALS AND MAIN 2200 01:14:07,543 --> 01:14:08,143 STREETS, WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY 2201 01:14:08,143 --> 01:14:09,845 IMPORTANT. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT 2202 01:14:09,845 --> 01:14:11,647 SOME OF OUR SIDE STREETS NEED 2203 01:14:11,647 --> 01:14:16,485 LOVE. SO THESE PROJECTS ARE SIDE 2204 01:14:16,485 --> 01:14:19,888 STREETS. ONE IS LIKE WE HEARD IS 2205 01:14:19,888 --> 01:14:22,157 BETWEEN 16th AVENUE SOUTH AND 2206 01:14:22,157 --> 01:14:23,392 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET. IT'S 2207 01:14:23,392 --> 01:14:25,160 BETWEEN A SCHOOL BAILEY GATZERT, 2208 01:14:25,160 --> 01:14:27,429 AND ALSO PRATT PARK, WHERE THE 2209 01:14:27,429 --> 01:14:29,832 RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED FOR SAFETY 2210 01:14:29,832 --> 01:14:32,034 IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH IS TRAFFIC 2211 01:14:32,034 --> 01:14:33,869 CALMING. TRAFFIC CIRCLE. THEY 2212 01:14:33,869 --> 01:14:34,503 SUBMITTED PROJECTS THROUGH THE 2213 01:14:34,503 --> 01:14:35,103 NEIGHBORHOOD STREET FUND AND 2214 01:14:35,103 --> 01:14:36,538 YOUR VOICE, YOUR CHOICE. AND 2215 01:14:36,538 --> 01:14:38,006 ULTIMATELY WERE NOT SELECTED AND 2216 01:14:38,006 --> 01:14:41,143 HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THESE 2217 01:14:41,143 --> 01:14:42,478 UPGRADES FOR A LONG TIME. THE 2218 01:14:42,478 --> 01:14:45,047 OTHER PROJECT IS IN LUSHAI 2219 01:14:45,047 --> 01:14:47,483 COMMUNITY THAT'S OFF OF SORT OF 2220 01:14:47,483 --> 01:14:50,452 OFF 31st AVENUE AND TERRACE 2221 01:14:50,452 --> 01:14:53,021 STREET. AND THIS IS PARTICULARLY 2222 01:14:53,021 --> 01:14:54,523 IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS STREET 2223 01:14:54,523 --> 01:14:56,425 GOES FROM IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO 2224 01:14:56,425 --> 01:14:57,526 LUSHAI SCHOOL, AND IT'S LIKE 2225 01:14:57,526 --> 01:14:58,694 ONE OF THE ONLY STREETS THAT YOU 2226 01:14:58,694 --> 01:14:59,494 CAN TAKE TO GO FROM CHERRY ALL 2227 01:14:59,494 --> 01:15:01,797 THE WAY TO FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL 2228 01:15:01,797 --> 01:15:05,234 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT STREET 2229 01:15:05,234 --> 01:15:05,868 FOR 30 YEARS, ON THE EAST SIDE 2230 01:15:05,868 --> 01:15:07,035 OF THAT STREET, ON 31st, YOU 2231 01:15:07,035 --> 01:15:08,203 HAVE LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, 2232 01:15:08,203 --> 01:15:10,005 WHICH IS A MAIN THOROUGHFARE FOR 2233 01:15:10,005 --> 01:15:11,039 PEOPLE. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE 2234 01:15:11,039 --> 01:15:14,176 ON THE WEST SIDE, MLK AND 2235 01:15:14,176 --> 01:15:15,644 RAINIER. AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT 2236 01:15:15,644 --> 01:15:16,979 OF TRAFFIC WITH A LOT OF THE 2237 01:15:16,979 --> 01:15:18,447 IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON 2238 01:15:18,447 --> 01:15:22,150 MLK AND ALSO ON RAINIER. A LOT 2239 01:15:22,150 --> 01:15:23,151 OF PRESSURE HAS BEEN PUSHED ONTO 2240 01:15:23,151 --> 01:15:24,486 OUR SIDE STREETS, WHICH MAKES A 2241 01:15:24,486 --> 01:15:25,587 LITTLE BIT MORE DANGEROUS. AND 2242 01:15:25,587 --> 01:15:29,391 SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR TRAFFIC 2243 01:15:29,391 --> 01:15:30,025 CALMING MEASURES AND THINGS THAT 2244 01:15:30,025 --> 01:15:32,361 WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR KIDS TO 2245 01:15:32,361 --> 01:15:32,995 GET TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE THAT IS 2246 01:15:32,995 --> 01:15:35,831 RIGHT NEXT TO HIGH SCHOOL AS 2247 01:15:35,831 --> 01:15:37,833 WELL. AND THEN REGARDING MADISON 2248 01:15:37,833 --> 01:15:40,102 PARK, IT'S UPGRADES ON SIGNAGE, 2249 01:15:40,102 --> 01:15:42,838 BULBS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT AREA 2250 01:15:42,838 --> 01:15:44,539 DURING THE SUMMER, IT BECOMES A 2251 01:15:44,539 --> 01:15:45,607 DESTINATION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE 2252 01:15:45,607 --> 01:15:47,276 WHEN THEY GO DOWN TO THE BEACH. 2253 01:15:47,276 --> 01:15:49,177 AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR MADISON 2254 01:15:49,177 --> 01:15:50,879 PARK RESIDENTS. WE GET PEOPLE 2255 01:15:50,879 --> 01:15:53,415 FROM ALL OVER THE CITY TO GO TO 2256 01:15:53,415 --> 01:15:54,349 ENJOY THE BEACH. YES, THERE IS A 2257 01:15:54,349 --> 01:15:56,151 BEACH AT MADISON PARK. THERE'S 2258 01:15:56,151 --> 01:15:58,887 NOT A BEACH AT RAINIER BEACH 2259 01:15:58,887 --> 01:15:59,922 JUST THAT'S JUST WANTED TO LET 2260 01:15:59,922 --> 01:16:00,555 EVERYBODY KNOW THAT. THANK YOU 2261 01:16:00,555 --> 01:16:01,990 FOR THE SNAPS. COUNCILMEMBER 2262 01:16:01,990 --> 01:16:03,392 STRAUSS. ALL RIGHT. COLLEAGUES, 2263 01:16:03,392 --> 01:16:04,459 I WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT ON 2264 01:16:04,459 --> 01:16:05,627 THIS. I KNOW WE'RE STILL WORKING 2265 01:16:05,627 --> 01:16:08,163 OUT, BUT THESE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED 2266 01:16:08,163 --> 01:16:09,398 FOR THESE PROJECTS, AND I JUST 2267 01:16:09,398 --> 01:16:10,966 WANTED TO ELEVATE THEM AS THEIR 2268 01:16:10,966 --> 01:16:11,533 REPRESENTATIVE. THANK YOU. 2269 01:16:11,533 --> 01:16:13,302 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2270 01:16:13,302 --> 01:16:14,369 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. ANYTHING TO 2271 01:16:14,369 --> 01:16:15,070 ADD? NOTHING TO ADD AT THIS 2272 01:16:15,070 --> 01:16:18,440 TIME. I JUST. COUNCILMEMBER 2273 01:16:18,440 --> 01:16:18,640 SAKA. 2274 01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:19,274 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHAIR. 2275 01:16:19,274 --> 01:16:21,076 NO, I JUST WANT TO WANT TO THANK 2276 01:16:21,076 --> 01:16:22,544 THE SPONSOR FOR BRINGING THIS 2277 01:16:22,544 --> 01:16:23,111 FORWARD AND EXCITED TO, YOU 2278 01:16:23,111 --> 01:16:25,113 KNOW, BE ABLE TO ADD MY NAME AS 2279 01:16:25,113 --> 01:16:26,915 A CO-SPONSOR. THANK YOU. 2280 01:16:26,915 --> 01:16:29,851 -- WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. 2281 01:16:29,851 --> 01:16:30,485 COLLEAGUES. FURTHER DISCUSSION, 2282 01:16:30,485 --> 01:16:32,287 FURTHER DISCUSSION. SEEING NO 2283 01:16:32,287 --> 01:16:33,989 FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD 2284 01:16:33,989 --> 01:16:37,326 LIKE TO ADD YOUR NAME TO 2285 01:16:37,326 --> 01:16:38,093 CO-SPONSOR S .581, PLEASE RAISE 2286 01:16:38,093 --> 01:16:46,668 YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. I'M 2287 01:16:46,668 --> 01:16:47,135 SEEING NO ADDITIONAL 2288 01:16:47,135 --> 01:16:47,970 CO-SPONSORS, SO WE WILL MOVE ON 2289 01:16:47,970 --> 01:16:53,141 TO S DOT SIX, A ONE. 2290 01:16:53,141 --> 01:16:56,044 -- S DOT SIX A IS SPONSORED BY 2291 01:16:56,044 --> 01:16:58,947 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCIL CHAIR. 2292 01:16:58,947 --> 01:17:00,349 STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2293 01:17:00,349 --> 01:17:02,317 THIS IS A CBA THAT WOULD IMPOSE 2294 01:17:02,317 --> 01:17:06,455 A PROVISO OF $500,000 IN 2020 2295 01:17:06,455 --> 01:17:08,256 FOR TRANSPORTATION LEVY FUNDING. 2296 01:17:08,256 --> 01:17:11,560 ALSO IN THE VISION ZERO PROJECT 2297 01:17:11,560 --> 01:17:12,194 FOR THE CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION 2298 01:17:12,194 --> 01:17:14,496 OF TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS ON 2299 01:17:14,496 --> 01:17:16,999 RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH, WITH THE 2300 01:17:16,999 --> 01:17:18,667 FOCUS ON IMPROVING THE AREA FOR 2301 01:17:18,667 --> 01:17:20,736 PEOPLE USING THE STREETS, 2302 01:17:20,736 --> 01:17:22,904 SIDEWALKS AND TRANSIT, AND FOCUS 2303 01:17:22,904 --> 01:17:25,807 ON DETERRING UNSAFE DRIVING 2304 01:17:25,807 --> 01:17:28,076 ALONG THE SIDE STREETS ADJACENT 2305 01:17:28,076 --> 01:17:30,312 AND PARALLEL TO RAINIER AVENUE. 2306 01:17:30,312 --> 01:17:31,980 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2307 01:17:31,980 --> 01:17:33,081 IS SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL. YOU 2308 01:17:33,081 --> 01:17:35,083 ARE RECOGNIZED. 2309 01:17:35,083 --> 01:17:37,185 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK YOU 2310 01:17:37,185 --> 01:17:38,620 COLLEAGUES. AS YOU KNOW, RAINIER 2311 01:17:38,620 --> 01:17:41,923 AVENUE SOUTH IS A CRITICAL SPINE 2312 01:17:41,923 --> 01:17:44,559 FOR SOUTH SEATTLE THAT CONNECTS 2313 01:17:44,559 --> 01:17:46,061 OUR COMMUNITY TO GROCERY STORES, 2314 01:17:46,061 --> 01:17:48,597 RESTAURANTS, TO HEALTH CARE 2315 01:17:48,597 --> 01:17:49,731 FACILITIES. IT HAS ONE OF THE 2316 01:17:49,731 --> 01:17:52,300 HIGHEST BUS RIDERSHIP IN 2317 01:17:52,300 --> 01:17:54,036 SEATTLE. UNFORTUNATELY, RAINIER 2318 01:17:54,036 --> 01:17:55,404 AVENUE SOUTH ALSO SEES A 2319 01:17:55,404 --> 01:17:56,038 DISPROPORTIONATELY HIGH NUMBER 2320 01:17:56,038 --> 01:17:57,539 OF COLLISIONS AND SERIOUS 2321 01:17:57,539 --> 01:18:00,042 INJURIES. IS ONE OF OUR TOP 2322 01:18:00,042 --> 01:18:02,878 PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF OUR 2323 01:18:02,878 --> 01:18:05,881 VISION ZERO WORK. THIS PROVISO 2324 01:18:05,881 --> 01:18:07,983 WOULD ENSURE THAT SDOT 2325 01:18:07,983 --> 01:18:08,517 PRIORITIZE TRAFFIC SAFETY 2326 01:18:08,517 --> 01:18:09,584 IMPROVEMENTS ON AND AROUND 2327 01:18:09,584 --> 01:18:11,820 RAINIER AVENUE SOUTH IN 2027. 2328 01:18:11,820 --> 01:18:14,723 THANK YOU TO CO-SPONSORS, AND I 2329 01:18:14,723 --> 01:18:16,124 WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT. 2330 01:18:16,124 --> 01:18:17,659 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2331 01:18:17,659 --> 01:18:21,930 ANYTHING TO ADD 2332 01:18:21,930 --> 01:18:24,266 -- I'LL SAY THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY 2333 01:18:24,266 --> 01:18:24,833 IS THE HIGHEST REMAINS THE 2334 01:18:24,833 --> 01:18:26,535 HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR MY OFFICE. 2335 01:18:26,535 --> 01:18:28,503 AND I THINK THERE'S STRONG 2336 01:18:28,503 --> 01:18:30,138 SUPPORT OF TRAFFIC SAFETY 2337 01:18:30,138 --> 01:18:31,807 INITIATIVES ACROSS THIS FLOOR 2338 01:18:31,807 --> 01:18:33,675 AND ACROSS CITY HALL, INCLUDING 2339 01:18:33,675 --> 01:18:36,078 UPSTAIRS AND THE MAYOR'S 2340 01:18:36,078 --> 01:18:37,879 OFFICE. AND WE KNOW THAT RAINIER 2341 01:18:37,879 --> 01:18:39,881 AVENUE IS ONE OF THE ONE OF THE 2342 01:18:39,881 --> 01:18:41,483 IS ALONG THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK 2343 01:18:41,483 --> 01:18:43,018 AND, YOU KNOW, SUFFERS 2344 01:18:43,018 --> 01:18:47,789 TRAGICALLY TOO MANY PREVENTABLE 2345 01:18:47,789 --> 01:18:49,057 SERIOUS INJURIES AND DEATHS. SO 2346 01:18:49,057 --> 01:18:50,358 PROUD TO BE ABLE TO PUT MY NAME, 2347 01:18:50,358 --> 01:18:53,261 RAISE MY HAND AND PUT MY NAME AS 2348 01:18:53,261 --> 01:18:53,795 A CO-SPONSOR IN A MOMENT. 2349 01:18:53,795 --> 01:18:54,863 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 2350 01:18:54,863 --> 01:18:58,166 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA COLLEAGUES. 2351 01:18:58,166 --> 01:18:59,768 FURTHER DISCUSSION? FURTHER 2352 01:18:59,768 --> 01:19:01,303 DISCUSSION. I WILL JUST SAY THAT 2353 01:19:01,303 --> 01:19:03,205 I AM CONFOUNDED THAT SDOT SPENDS 2354 01:19:03,205 --> 01:19:05,173 ANY VISION ZERO MONEY ANYWHERE 2355 01:19:05,173 --> 01:19:08,310 ELSE IN THE CITY. WHILE THIS 2356 01:19:08,310 --> 01:19:10,312 REMAINS SUCH A DANGEROUS 2357 01:19:10,312 --> 01:19:11,313 THOROUGHFARE, WHEN VISION ZERO 2358 01:19:11,313 --> 01:19:13,014 WAS CREATED, YOU KNOW, REALLY 2359 01:19:13,014 --> 01:19:14,249 CREATED AND PROPPED UP, IT WAS 2360 01:19:14,249 --> 01:19:15,817 RAINIER AVENUE THAT CAME TO MIND 2361 01:19:15,817 --> 01:19:17,886 FOR ME FIRST AND MOST. AND IT 2362 01:19:17,886 --> 01:19:20,322 REMAINS YEARS LATER, AFTER MANY 2363 01:19:20,322 --> 01:19:20,922 SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN 2364 01:19:20,922 --> 01:19:22,124 DONE AT PLACES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE 2365 01:19:22,124 --> 01:19:25,127 NOT BEEN HURT, RAINIER AVENUE 2366 01:19:25,127 --> 01:19:27,295 REMAINS UNCHANGED, UNSAFE, AND 2367 01:19:27,295 --> 01:19:29,397 IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. COLLEAGUES, 2368 01:19:29,397 --> 01:19:29,931 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR 2369 01:19:29,931 --> 01:19:30,565 COUNCILMEMBER LIN YOU WANT TO 2370 01:19:30,565 --> 01:19:31,199 CLOSE THIS OUT? NOTHING. THANK 2371 01:19:31,199 --> 01:19:34,836 YOU. CHAIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO 2372 01:19:34,836 --> 01:19:35,403 CO-SPONSOR S DOT SIX A ONE, 2373 01:19:35,403 --> 01:19:38,907 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 2374 01:19:38,907 --> 01:19:41,676 TIME. AND WE HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 2375 01:19:41,676 --> 01:19:42,778 JUAREZ, RINCK AND SAKA ADDING 2376 01:19:42,778 --> 01:19:45,413 THEIR NAMES TO S .681. 2377 01:19:45,413 --> 01:19:46,815 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, JUAREZ, RINCK 2378 01:19:46,815 --> 01:19:48,884 AND SAKA. 2379 01:19:48,884 --> 01:19:52,821 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO S DOT 2380 01:19:52,821 --> 01:19:54,656 7SA1S. 2381 01:19:54,656 --> 01:19:58,793 -- DOT 7SA IS SPONSORED BY 2382 01:19:58,793 --> 01:19:59,427 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COUNCILMEMBER 2383 01:19:59,427 --> 01:20:01,563 SAKA AND COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2384 01:20:01,563 --> 01:20:03,098 THE COUNCIL WOULD REQUEST A 2385 01:20:03,098 --> 01:20:06,368 STUDY OF A CIRCULAR OR A SHUTTLE 2386 01:20:06,368 --> 01:20:08,570 FROM RAINIER BEACH TO LAKE 2387 01:20:08,570 --> 01:20:09,171 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. ON THE 2388 01:20:09,171 --> 01:20:11,206 DAYS THAT THE BOULEVARD IS 2389 01:20:11,206 --> 01:20:14,176 CLOSED TO CAR TRAFFIC. THE STUDY 2390 01:20:14,176 --> 01:20:15,744 SHOULD EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES TO 2391 01:20:15,744 --> 01:20:18,013 CONNECT LIGHT RAIL, BUS, TRANSIT 2392 01:20:18,013 --> 01:20:20,515 HUBS AND IDENTIFY COST ESTIMATES 2393 01:20:20,515 --> 01:20:22,350 FOR OPERATIONS AND ANY CAPITAL 2394 01:20:22,350 --> 01:20:24,052 IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE 2395 01:20:24,052 --> 01:20:25,620 NEEDED TO ALLOW THIS TO BE 2396 01:20:25,620 --> 01:20:25,954 IMPLEMENTED. 2397 01:20:25,954 --> 01:20:26,955 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2398 01:20:26,955 --> 01:20:27,956 IS SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL. YOU 2399 01:20:27,956 --> 01:20:30,725 ARE RECOGNIZED. 2400 01:20:30,725 --> 01:20:31,526 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. COLLEAGUES. 2401 01:20:31,526 --> 01:20:33,161 LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD IS 2402 01:20:33,161 --> 01:20:35,664 REALLY ONE OF THE GEMS OF SOUTH 2403 01:20:35,664 --> 01:20:38,800 SEATTLE AND REALLY OUR CITY AND 2404 01:20:38,800 --> 01:20:40,869 THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 2405 01:20:40,869 --> 01:20:43,038 INTENT ASKS US DOT TO STUDY 2406 01:20:43,038 --> 01:20:43,572 POTENTIAL SHUTTLE SERVICE 2407 01:20:43,572 --> 01:20:45,473 BETWEEN RAINIER BEACH, LAKE, 2408 01:20:45,473 --> 01:20:46,808 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. REALLY, 2409 01:20:46,808 --> 01:20:47,542 THE INTENT IS TWOFOLD. I WANT TO 2410 01:20:47,542 --> 01:20:49,511 MAKE SURE THAT RAINIER BEACH 2411 01:20:49,511 --> 01:20:50,745 RESIDENTS AND OTHER SOUTH END 2412 01:20:50,745 --> 01:20:52,147 COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ABLE TO 2413 01:20:52,147 --> 01:20:53,248 ACCESS LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 2414 01:20:53,248 --> 01:20:54,015 ON DAYS IT IS CLOSED TO CAR 2415 01:20:54,015 --> 01:20:56,084 TRAFFIC. IT'S CHALLENGING TO 2416 01:20:56,084 --> 01:20:58,620 ACCESS LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD 2417 01:20:58,620 --> 01:20:59,521 VIA PUBLIC TRANSIT, AND THE 2418 01:20:59,521 --> 01:21:00,188 STEEP SLOPE DOWN TO THE LAKE 2419 01:21:00,188 --> 01:21:01,890 MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE 2420 01:21:01,890 --> 01:21:03,325 WITH LIMITED MOBILITY TO ENJOY 2421 01:21:03,325 --> 01:21:05,193 THE AREA WITHOUT A CAR, SHUTTLE 2422 01:21:05,193 --> 01:21:06,995 COULD HELP INCREASE ACCESS FOR 2423 01:21:06,995 --> 01:21:09,197 MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. 2424 01:21:09,197 --> 01:21:10,665 ADDITIONAL. IN ADDITION, BICYCLE 2425 01:21:10,665 --> 01:21:12,801 WEEKENDS DRAWS PEOPLE FROM 2426 01:21:12,801 --> 01:21:14,603 THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND A 2427 01:21:14,603 --> 01:21:15,871 SHUTTLE COULD HELP FOLKS WHO ARE 2428 01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:17,505 VISITING LAKE WASHINGTON 2429 01:21:17,505 --> 01:21:19,741 BOULEVARD ON THOSE WEEKENDS TO 2430 01:21:19,741 --> 01:21:21,042 CONNECT TO THE BEAUTIFUL 2431 01:21:21,042 --> 01:21:22,811 BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY DOWN IN 2432 01:21:22,811 --> 01:21:24,379 RAINIER BEACH. FINALLY, A STUDY 2433 01:21:24,379 --> 01:21:26,848 MAY INCLUDE EXPLORATION OF OTHER 2434 01:21:26,848 --> 01:21:28,250 OPPORTUNITIES FOR SEASONAL 2435 01:21:28,250 --> 01:21:31,753 ACCESS TO OTHER PARKS ACROSS 2436 01:21:31,753 --> 01:21:34,556 SEATTLE, WHERE FUTURE BIKE BIKE 2437 01:21:34,556 --> 01:21:36,791 WEEKENDS OR STREET CLOSURES 2438 01:21:36,791 --> 01:21:37,993 COULD BE PAIRED WITH SHUTTLE 2439 01:21:37,993 --> 01:21:39,160 SERVICE TO INCREASE 2440 01:21:39,160 --> 01:21:39,794 ACCESSIBILITY AND FOOT TRAFFIC 2441 01:21:39,794 --> 01:21:41,997 TO NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS 2442 01:21:41,997 --> 01:21:44,065 DISTRICTS. PARTIALLY, THIS IS 2443 01:21:44,065 --> 01:21:46,701 INSPIRED BY THE INCREDIBLE 2444 01:21:46,701 --> 01:21:47,802 GOLDEN GARDENS TRANSIT PILOT. IN 2445 01:21:47,802 --> 01:21:49,204 THE SUCCESS OF THAT, I WOULD 2446 01:21:49,204 --> 01:21:50,405 LOVE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU 2447 01:21:50,405 --> 01:21:50,705 COLLEAGUES. 2448 01:21:50,705 --> 01:21:52,140 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2449 01:21:52,140 --> 01:21:54,876 I WAS ABOUT TO SAY I'VE SEEN 2450 01:21:54,876 --> 01:21:55,510 THIS MOVIE BEFORE. COUNCILMEMBER 2451 01:21:55,510 --> 01:21:56,912 SAKA ANYTHING TO ADD? NOTHING TO 2452 01:21:56,912 --> 01:21:58,446 ADD. 2453 01:21:58,446 --> 01:21:59,180 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUST WANT 2454 01:21:59,180 --> 01:22:00,615 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 2455 01:22:00,615 --> 01:22:04,753 THIS. FOR THIS REALLY 2456 01:22:04,753 --> 01:22:05,420 INTENTIONAL ASK, BECAUSE I KNOW 2457 01:22:05,420 --> 01:22:08,223 WE HEARD FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITY 2458 01:22:08,223 --> 01:22:09,591 MEMBERS STILL WANTING ACCESS TO 2459 01:22:09,591 --> 01:22:11,092 LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. SO 2460 01:22:11,092 --> 01:22:13,662 JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AND 2461 01:22:13,662 --> 01:22:14,195 LOOKING FORWARD TO OTHER 2462 01:22:14,195 --> 01:22:14,930 NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE CITY TO 2463 01:22:14,930 --> 01:22:16,531 BE ABLE TO HAVE BICYCLE WEEKENDS 2464 01:22:16,531 --> 01:22:20,201 AS WELL. YOU KNOW, AROUND THE 2465 01:22:20,201 --> 01:22:21,703 CITY, ALKI AND OTHER PLACES. SO 2466 01:22:21,703 --> 01:22:25,340 WE CAN HAVE AN EQUITABLE 2467 01:22:25,340 --> 01:22:27,575 APPROACH TO AND EQUITABLE 2468 01:22:27,575 --> 01:22:28,743 APPROACH TO BICYCLE WEEKENDS 2469 01:22:28,743 --> 01:22:30,278 AROUND. SO IT'S NOT JUST LAKE 2470 01:22:30,278 --> 01:22:31,680 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD, BUT IT CAN 2471 01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:32,781 BE SPREAD AROUND THE CITY AS 2472 01:22:32,781 --> 01:22:34,416 WELL. SO REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 2473 01:22:34,416 --> 01:22:36,151 BRINGING THIS. SO PEOPLE 2474 01:22:36,151 --> 01:22:37,652 CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR 2475 01:22:37,652 --> 01:22:39,020 LAKE WASHINGTON BOULEVARD. THANK 2476 01:22:39,020 --> 01:22:39,220 YOU. 2477 01:22:39,220 --> 01:22:40,422 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 2478 01:22:40,422 --> 01:22:43,358 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 2479 01:22:43,358 --> 01:22:44,426 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, 2480 01:22:44,426 --> 01:22:49,097 I'LL CALL FOR CO-SPONSORS ON S 2481 01:22:49,097 --> 01:22:53,435 DOT 7SA1 THE RAINIER BEACH 2482 01:22:53,435 --> 01:22:55,737 TRANSIT COUNCIL. AND FOR THIS 2483 01:22:55,737 --> 01:22:58,006 ONE I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 2484 01:22:58,006 --> 01:22:58,540 HOLLINGSWORTH AND RINCK. 2485 01:22:58,540 --> 01:22:59,474 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, JUAREZ. 2486 01:22:59,474 --> 01:23:00,775 HOLLINGSWORTH AND RINCK. 2487 01:23:00,775 --> 01:23:02,410 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 2488 01:23:02,410 --> 01:23:05,513 MOVE ON TO S DOT TEN, A ONE. 2489 01:23:05,513 --> 01:23:09,284 -- S DOT TEN A IS SPONSORED BY 2490 01:23:09,284 --> 01:23:09,751 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2491 01:23:09,751 --> 01:23:12,053 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND BUDGET 2492 01:23:12,053 --> 01:23:14,289 CHAIR STRAUSS. THIS COUNCIL 2493 01:23:14,289 --> 01:23:18,626 BUDGET ACTION WOULD IMPOSE A 2494 01:23:18,626 --> 01:23:21,463 PROVISO OF $640,000 IN SEATTLE 2495 01:23:21,463 --> 01:23:22,097 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 2496 01:23:22,097 --> 01:23:24,032 FUNDING WITHIN SDOT TO SUPPORT 2497 01:23:24,032 --> 01:23:26,267 THE CONTINUED FUNDING OF A 2498 01:23:26,267 --> 01:23:28,169 SUMMER WATERFRONT PILOT, WHICH 2499 01:23:28,169 --> 01:23:30,739 IS OPERATED BY KING COUNTY 2500 01:23:30,739 --> 01:23:33,341 METRO. THE CBA ANTICIPATES THE 2501 01:23:33,341 --> 01:23:35,410 VOTER APPROVAL OF THE SEATTLE 2502 01:23:35,410 --> 01:23:37,178 TRANSIT MEASURE RENEWAL. 2503 01:23:37,178 --> 01:23:38,947 -- THANK YOU. ANOTHER MOVIE I'VE 2504 01:23:38,947 --> 01:23:39,581 SEEN BEFORE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2505 01:23:39,581 --> 01:23:40,582 SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU'RE 2506 01:23:40,582 --> 01:23:41,783 RECOGNIZED. 2507 01:23:41,783 --> 01:23:43,051 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 2508 01:23:43,051 --> 01:23:44,652 YOU, MISS ALLEN. YES, THIS IS 2509 01:23:44,652 --> 01:23:46,154 THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE LIKE 2510 01:23:46,154 --> 01:23:46,755 GOLDEN GARDENS, WHERE WE YOU 2511 01:23:46,755 --> 01:23:49,057 KNOW, WE HAVE PUBLIC TRANSIT 2512 01:23:49,057 --> 01:23:51,459 CHALLENGED AREAS WHERE THEY NEED 2513 01:23:51,459 --> 01:23:53,762 PUBLIC TRANSIT TO FACILITATE TO 2514 01:23:53,762 --> 01:23:56,631 HELP US. AND THIS IS ONE OF 2515 01:23:56,631 --> 01:23:57,766 THOSE AREAS. AND ON TOP OF THAT, 2516 01:23:57,766 --> 01:23:59,501 THOUGH, THIS HAS BEEN VERY 2517 01:23:59,501 --> 01:24:00,468 SUCCESSFUL, AS SHOWN THIS YEAR 2518 01:24:00,468 --> 01:24:03,838 WITH FIFA WORLD CUP AND, YOU 2519 01:24:03,838 --> 01:24:05,306 KNOW, SHOWING HOW PUBLIC TRANSIT 2520 01:24:05,306 --> 01:24:08,109 CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO 2521 01:24:08,109 --> 01:24:09,878 THIS HAS BEEN HELPING, BY THE 2522 01:24:09,878 --> 01:24:11,279 WAY, NOT JUST TOURISTS, BUT ALSO 2523 01:24:11,279 --> 01:24:12,580 LOCALS ALIKE. AND THIS IS 2524 01:24:12,580 --> 01:24:14,482 IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN 2525 01:24:14,482 --> 01:24:15,283 DISCUSSIONS WITH VISIT SEATTLE 2526 01:24:15,283 --> 01:24:16,785 FRIENDS OF THE WATERFRONT TO 2527 01:24:16,785 --> 01:24:18,887 CREATE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE 2528 01:24:18,887 --> 01:24:19,454 THAT WILL ENSURE CONTINUED 2529 01:24:19,454 --> 01:24:20,722 STRONG VISITATION. YOU KNOW, WE 2530 01:24:20,722 --> 01:24:22,323 HAVE TO DO THIS AS A MORE 2531 01:24:22,323 --> 01:24:25,160 IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMY. 2532 01:24:25,160 --> 01:24:26,461 AND OUR REVENUE IS THE FACT THAT 2533 01:24:26,461 --> 01:24:28,296 WE ARE A, YOU KNOW, A 2534 01:24:28,296 --> 01:24:28,997 DESTINATION. AND ONE OF THE 2535 01:24:28,997 --> 01:24:30,665 THINGS TO THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT 2536 01:24:30,665 --> 01:24:32,634 THAT EXPERIENCE IS POSITIVE. AND 2537 01:24:32,634 --> 01:24:34,402 THIS IS WHAT THE WATERFRONT 2538 01:24:34,402 --> 01:24:36,070 SHUTTLE DID. IT'S WHAT WAS SHOWN 2539 01:24:36,070 --> 01:24:37,605 TO DONE DURING THE COURSE OF THE 2540 01:24:37,605 --> 01:24:39,274 FIFA WORLD CUP AND CAN DO IN THE 2541 01:24:39,274 --> 01:24:41,309 FUTURE. I KNOW THIS IS UNDER 2542 01:24:41,309 --> 01:24:43,044 STOP, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU COULD 2543 01:24:43,044 --> 01:24:45,613 ARGUE IT'S UNDER OED AND SPR AS 2544 01:24:45,613 --> 01:24:49,784 WELL. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 2545 01:24:49,784 --> 01:24:54,155 YOU KNOW, MULTIFACETED SHUTTLE 2546 01:24:54,155 --> 01:24:56,324 TRANSIT OPTION. THAT AGAIN IS 2547 01:24:56,324 --> 01:24:56,758 MORE THAN JUST THE 2548 01:24:56,758 --> 01:24:57,459 TRANSPORTATION PIECE. IT IS 2549 01:24:57,459 --> 01:24:58,793 CRUCIAL IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE 2550 01:24:58,793 --> 01:25:01,429 TRYING TO DO WITH OED AND ALSO 2551 01:25:01,429 --> 01:25:03,231 TO FACILITATE THE PARKS 2552 01:25:03,231 --> 01:25:07,235 EXPERIENCE TOO, SO THAT 2553 01:25:07,235 --> 01:25:07,769 COLLEAGUES AND BEYOND MY 2554 01:25:07,769 --> 01:25:10,371 CO-SPONSORS CHAIR STRAUSS AND 2555 01:25:10,371 --> 01:25:11,473 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, I ASK FOR 2556 01:25:11,473 --> 01:25:13,675 YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 2557 01:25:13,675 --> 01:25:14,242 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2558 01:25:14,242 --> 01:25:14,909 SAKA, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, 2559 01:25:14,909 --> 01:25:15,977 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 2560 01:25:15,977 --> 01:25:17,512 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I'LL JUST 2561 01:25:17,512 --> 01:25:18,613 SAY AS AS CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL 2562 01:25:18,613 --> 01:25:21,282 COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES BOTH 2563 01:25:21,282 --> 01:25:23,351 SDOT AND THE WATERFRONT, THIS IS 2564 01:25:23,351 --> 01:25:25,386 SOMETHING THAT I WAS WAS ON MY 2565 01:25:25,386 --> 01:25:27,422 RADAR AND ON MY LIST AND WAS 2566 01:25:27,422 --> 01:25:29,023 PREPARED TO PUT FORWARD MYSELF. 2567 01:25:29,023 --> 01:25:32,660 BUT I'M DELIGHTED AND GLAD THAT 2568 01:25:32,660 --> 01:25:34,229 THANKFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF 2569 01:25:34,229 --> 01:25:35,296 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR FOR 2570 01:25:35,296 --> 01:25:36,664 PUTTING IT FORWARD IN A MOMENT. 2571 01:25:36,664 --> 01:25:37,899 BE HONORED TO PUT MY NAME, RAISE 2572 01:25:37,899 --> 01:25:39,801 MY HAND AS A CO-SPONSOR. THANK 2573 01:25:39,801 --> 01:25:40,902 YOU. 2574 01:25:40,902 --> 01:25:42,737 -- THANK YOU. AND I HAVE 2575 01:25:42,737 --> 01:25:43,371 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOLLOWED BY 2576 01:25:43,371 --> 01:25:48,943 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WATERFRONT 2577 01:25:48,943 --> 01:25:51,646 SHUTTLE, OLD HAND COUNCILMEMBER 2578 01:25:51,646 --> 01:25:51,846 LIN. 2579 01:25:51,846 --> 01:25:53,114 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANT 2580 01:25:53,114 --> 01:25:59,053 TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AND HOPE 2581 01:25:59,053 --> 01:26:00,455 THAT THIS WATERFRONT SHUTTLE CAN 2582 01:26:00,455 --> 01:26:01,289 ALSO REACH THE CITY AS PART OF 2583 01:26:01,289 --> 01:26:03,658 THIS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO PUT 2584 01:26:03,658 --> 01:26:05,593 THAT ON THE RECORD. AND ALSO, 2585 01:26:05,593 --> 01:26:08,830 CHAIR, I BELIEVE IF I COULD ASK 2586 01:26:08,830 --> 01:26:10,031 A QUESTION, I BELIEVE THERE 2587 01:26:10,031 --> 01:26:13,034 MIGHT BE SOME MATCHING FUNDING 2588 01:26:13,034 --> 01:26:14,536 FROM THE COUNTY FOR THIS. AND SO 2589 01:26:14,536 --> 01:26:16,771 I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IF 2590 01:26:16,771 --> 01:26:17,071 THAT'S. 2591 01:26:17,071 --> 01:26:18,039 -- THANK YOU. CENTRAL STAFF. I 2592 01:26:18,039 --> 01:26:19,841 BELIEVE THAT THAT IS ACCURATE. 2593 01:26:19,841 --> 01:26:20,942 CAN YOU SHARE ANY COUNTY 2594 01:26:20,942 --> 01:26:22,744 CONTRIBUTIONS? I KNOW THAT THIS 2595 01:26:22,744 --> 01:26:25,413 WENT FROM A PRIVATELY FUNDED OR 2596 01:26:25,413 --> 01:26:27,649 PUBLIC, PRIVATELY FUNDED FREE 2597 01:26:27,649 --> 01:26:28,283 WATERFRONT SHUTTLE FROM A NUMBER 2598 01:26:28,283 --> 01:26:30,952 OF YEARS AGO THAT TRANSITIONED 2599 01:26:30,952 --> 01:26:32,487 INTO A KING COUNTY OPERATED 2600 01:26:32,487 --> 01:26:34,055 ROUTE. CAN YOU SHARE MORE 2601 01:26:34,055 --> 01:26:34,856 INFORMATION, PLEASE? 2602 01:26:34,856 --> 01:26:37,859 -- YES, THAT IS CORRECT. THE 2603 01:26:37,859 --> 01:26:39,661 COUNTY FUNDS THE BULK OF THIS 2604 01:26:39,661 --> 01:26:41,996 SHUTTLE, I THINK ON THEIR 2027 2605 01:26:41,996 --> 01:26:47,502 BUDGET, THEY HAVE $940,000 SET 2606 01:26:47,502 --> 01:26:49,971 ASIDE. SO THIS 640 MAKES UP THE 2607 01:26:49,971 --> 01:26:52,407 GAP TO COMPLETE THE FUNDING. 2608 01:26:52,407 --> 01:26:53,808 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2609 01:26:53,808 --> 01:26:54,375 YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. 2610 01:26:54,375 --> 01:26:56,244 -- THANK YOU. 2611 01:26:56,244 --> 01:26:57,412 -- CHAIR, ANYTHING FURTHER? 2612 01:26:57,412 --> 01:26:59,347 NOPE. NOTHING FURTHER. 2613 01:26:59,347 --> 01:26:59,914 COUNCILMEMBER HALL COUNCIL 2614 01:26:59,914 --> 01:27:01,382 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH FOLLOWED 2615 01:27:01,382 --> 01:27:01,916 BY COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2616 01:27:01,916 --> 01:27:02,584 -- YEP. I'LL BE REALLY QUICK. 2617 01:27:02,584 --> 01:27:04,152 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 2618 01:27:04,152 --> 01:27:05,253 FOR BRINGING THIS. AND THANK 2619 01:27:05,253 --> 01:27:06,688 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 2620 01:27:06,688 --> 01:27:07,322 TALKING ABOUT THE C. I'D. I 2621 01:27:07,322 --> 01:27:10,325 WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY 2622 01:27:10,325 --> 01:27:12,093 THAT WHEN I SAW THIS. MY HOPE 2623 01:27:12,093 --> 01:27:14,329 WAS THAT SOMETHING COULD BE 2624 01:27:14,329 --> 01:27:15,029 INCLUDED FOR EASTLAKE. THERE'S A 2625 01:27:15,029 --> 01:27:18,032 LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ON 2626 01:27:18,032 --> 01:27:18,666 EASTLAKE AND TRANSPORTATION IS 2627 01:27:18,666 --> 01:27:19,334 INCREDIBLY HARD RIGHT NOW. WE 2628 01:27:19,334 --> 01:27:21,135 HAVE BUSINESSES CLOSING LEFT AND 2629 01:27:21,135 --> 01:27:22,971 RIGHT, AND TO BE ABLE TO BRING 2630 01:27:22,971 --> 01:27:24,405 SOME TYPE OF ACTIVITY AND PEOPLE 2631 01:27:24,405 --> 01:27:27,041 FROM THE WATERFRONT TO EASTLAKE 2632 01:27:27,041 --> 01:27:28,710 AND VICE VERSA DURING THIS 2633 01:27:28,710 --> 01:27:29,310 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WOULD BE 2634 01:27:29,310 --> 01:27:30,878 GREAT. BUT I KNOW THAT I DON'T 2635 01:27:30,878 --> 01:27:32,146 EVEN KNOW IF IT'S FEASIBLE, BUT 2636 01:27:32,146 --> 01:27:33,715 WE DID PUT IN A REQUEST WHEN WE 2637 01:27:33,715 --> 01:27:34,749 SAW THAT THIS WAS BEING CUT TO 2638 01:27:34,749 --> 01:27:36,551 SEE IF WE COULD ADD EASTLAKE, SO 2639 01:27:36,551 --> 01:27:37,485 I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT FOR 2640 01:27:37,485 --> 01:27:38,486 THE RECORD. THANK YOU. 2641 01:27:38,486 --> 01:27:40,755 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2642 01:27:40,755 --> 01:27:41,356 KETTLE. 2643 01:27:41,356 --> 01:27:43,925 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST 2644 01:27:43,925 --> 01:27:45,360 WANTED TO FOLLOW UP AND SAY IF. 2645 01:27:45,360 --> 01:27:46,961 -- I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY CHECK 2646 01:27:46,961 --> 01:27:48,696 ANY FINAL COMMENTS, ANY FINAL 2647 01:27:48,696 --> 01:27:50,265 COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2648 01:27:50,265 --> 01:27:50,865 HAS LAST WORD. 2649 01:27:50,865 --> 01:27:52,166 -- OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS ALLEN, 2650 01:27:52,166 --> 01:27:53,401 FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE COUNTY 2651 01:27:53,401 --> 01:27:54,836 PIECE. AND I MENTIONED TO THANK 2652 01:27:54,836 --> 01:27:57,905 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I DO 2653 01:27:57,905 --> 01:27:58,606 SUPPORT THE EXTENSION OF THIS TO 2654 01:27:58,606 --> 01:27:59,907 THE C. I'D. I THINK IT'S REALLY 2655 01:27:59,907 --> 01:28:02,110 IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT 2656 01:28:02,110 --> 01:28:02,710 CONNECTION AND TO THE COUNCIL 2657 01:28:02,710 --> 01:28:03,811 PRESIDENT'S POINT, THIS IS, YOU 2658 01:28:03,811 --> 01:28:05,113 KNOW, THE LAKE TO THE BAY. THIS 2659 01:28:05,113 --> 01:28:08,316 IS MARKET TO MOHAI. WE DO NEED 2660 01:28:08,316 --> 01:28:10,251 TO FACILITATE THOSE CONNECTIONS 2661 01:28:10,251 --> 01:28:11,152 FROM THE WATERFRONT BACK INTO. 2662 01:28:11,152 --> 01:28:12,487 AND, FOR EXAMPLE, LAKE UNION. 2663 01:28:12,487 --> 01:28:13,888 AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 2664 01:28:13,888 --> 01:28:14,822 THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT 2665 01:28:14,822 --> 01:28:15,823 PIECES, BUT WE NEED TO DO 2666 01:28:15,823 --> 01:28:16,724 BETTER. AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT 2667 01:28:16,724 --> 01:28:19,093 YOU SAID. SO THANK YOU FOR 2668 01:28:19,093 --> 01:28:21,462 HIGHLIGHTING THAT. THANK YOU, 2669 01:28:21,462 --> 01:28:21,696 CHAIR. 2670 01:28:21,696 --> 01:28:22,196 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2671 01:28:22,196 --> 01:28:23,264 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2672 01:28:23,264 --> 01:28:26,000 CO-SPONSOR S DOT 1081, PLEASE 2673 01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:32,073 RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. 2674 01:28:32,073 --> 01:28:34,108 EVERYONE SET? I'VE GOT 2675 01:28:34,108 --> 01:28:34,742 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND 2676 01:28:34,742 --> 01:28:36,611 SAKA ADDING THEIR NAMES TO S DOT 2677 01:28:36,611 --> 01:28:38,146 1081. 2678 01:28:38,146 --> 01:28:38,780 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, HOLLINGSWORTH 2679 01:28:38,780 --> 01:28:40,682 AND SAKA 2680 01:28:40,682 --> 01:28:41,482 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 2681 01:28:41,482 --> 01:28:45,820 MOVE ON TO S .1181. 2682 01:28:45,820 --> 01:28:50,658 -- S .11. A IS SPONSORED BY 2683 01:28:50,658 --> 01:28:51,225 CHAIR STRAUSS COUNCILMEMBER 2684 01:28:51,225 --> 01:28:53,161 JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2685 01:28:53,161 --> 01:28:55,296 THIS COUNCIL BUDGET ACTION WOULD 2686 01:28:55,296 --> 01:28:58,032 ADD BACK POSITION AUTHORITY 2687 01:28:58,032 --> 01:29:00,802 WITHOUT CORRESPONDING BUDGET 2688 01:29:00,802 --> 01:29:01,369 ALLOCATIONS FOR TWO VACANT 2689 01:29:01,369 --> 01:29:05,606 POSITIONS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED 2690 01:29:05,606 --> 01:29:07,475 WITH THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM WORK. 2691 01:29:07,475 --> 01:29:09,310 AND WERE PROPOSED ARE PROPOSED 2692 01:29:09,310 --> 01:29:11,212 TO BE REDUCED IN THE 2027 2693 01:29:11,212 --> 01:29:13,181 PROPOSED BUDGET. 2694 01:29:13,181 --> 01:29:14,315 -- THANK YOU. THE SPONSOR OF THE 2695 01:29:14,315 --> 01:29:15,383 PROPOSAL. I'LL SPEAK TO THIS 2696 01:29:15,383 --> 01:29:17,118 AND ALL OF THE OTHER UNIFIED 2697 01:29:17,118 --> 01:29:19,153 CARE TEAM PROPOSALS THAT I'VE 2698 01:29:19,153 --> 01:29:21,823 GOT HERE TODAY. I AM PROPOSING 2699 01:29:21,823 --> 01:29:25,026 TO RETAIN POSITION, AUTHORITY 2700 01:29:25,026 --> 01:29:26,394 FOR THESE POSITIONS. MANY OF 2701 01:29:26,394 --> 01:29:28,262 THEM HAVE BEEN REPORTEDLY NOT 2702 01:29:28,262 --> 01:29:30,465 FILLED FOR SOME TIME. THEY DO 2703 01:29:30,465 --> 01:29:31,599 NOT COST US MONEY. IF WE DO NOT 2704 01:29:31,599 --> 01:29:37,038 PUT MONEY INTO THEM. I DO FIND 2705 01:29:37,038 --> 01:29:37,605 IT TO BE IMPORTANT THAT WE 2706 01:29:37,605 --> 01:29:39,207 RETAIN THE POSITION AUTHORITY SO 2707 01:29:39,207 --> 01:29:41,309 THAT IF WE NEED TO EXPAND ANY 2708 01:29:41,309 --> 01:29:43,711 SERVICES, WE ARE ABLE TO. AND I 2709 01:29:43,711 --> 01:29:45,980 SAY THIS REALLY WITH THE MIND OF 2710 01:29:45,980 --> 01:29:48,750 TRASH MITIGATION, AS MOST 2711 01:29:48,750 --> 01:29:50,051 IMPORTANT, AND I SAY THAT IN THE 2712 01:29:50,051 --> 01:29:52,687 ONLY FUNDING YOU'LL SEE IN ANY 2713 01:29:52,687 --> 01:29:54,522 OF THESE PROPOSALS THAT YOU WILL 2714 01:29:54,522 --> 01:29:56,424 SEE FROM ME IS RETURNING MONEY 2715 01:29:56,424 --> 01:29:58,659 TO CLEAN UP MORE TRASH. UNIFIED 2716 01:29:58,659 --> 01:30:00,995 CARE TEAM CAME FROM THE CLEAN 2717 01:30:00,995 --> 01:30:03,231 CITIES TEAM, WHICH THE CLEAN 2718 01:30:03,231 --> 01:30:04,065 CITIES TEAM WAS A COMPONENT OF 2719 01:30:04,065 --> 01:30:05,500 WHAT BECAME THE UNIFIED CARE 2720 01:30:05,500 --> 01:30:08,136 TEAM AND THEIR DIRECTIVE WAS TO 2721 01:30:08,136 --> 01:30:10,371 PICK UP TRASH IN OUR CITY. 2722 01:30:10,371 --> 01:30:11,906 THERE'S NOT. I HOPE THAT 2723 01:30:11,906 --> 01:30:12,907 EVERYONE CAN AGREE WITH ME THAT 2724 01:30:12,907 --> 01:30:14,041 WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF 2725 01:30:14,041 --> 01:30:15,576 PICKING UP TRASH AROUND OUR 2726 01:30:15,576 --> 01:30:20,081 CITY, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE 2727 01:30:20,081 --> 01:30:20,715 FUNCTIONAL AND OPERATIONAL WAYS 2728 01:30:20,715 --> 01:30:23,851 FOR US TO DO SO. COUNCILMEMBER 2729 01:30:23,851 --> 01:30:28,289 SAKA AND I WILL ALSO CALL ON 2730 01:30:28,289 --> 01:30:29,957 COUNCIL. YEAH, I'M GOING TO 2731 01:30:29,957 --> 01:30:30,591 JUST CALL COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AS 2732 01:30:30,591 --> 01:30:32,226 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 2733 01:30:32,226 --> 01:30:35,730 -- NO, COULDN'T AGREE MORE. AND 2734 01:30:35,730 --> 01:30:38,466 IN A MOMENT, BE EXCITED TO RAISE 2735 01:30:38,466 --> 01:30:39,534 MY HAND AS A CO-SPONSOR. 2736 01:30:39,534 --> 01:30:40,201 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'VE 2737 01:30:40,201 --> 01:30:41,369 GOT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, KETTLE 2738 01:30:41,369 --> 01:30:42,837 AND RIVERA. 2739 01:30:42,837 --> 01:30:43,971 -- THANK YOU. FIRST, I WANT TO 2740 01:30:43,971 --> 01:30:46,607 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 2741 01:30:46,607 --> 01:30:48,576 AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR 2742 01:30:48,576 --> 01:30:50,778 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IF YOU 2743 01:30:50,778 --> 01:30:51,879 RECALL, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK 2744 01:30:51,879 --> 01:30:53,815 I SHARED WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES 2745 01:30:53,815 --> 01:30:54,849 THE CHRONOLOGY OF HOW WE GOT 2746 01:30:54,849 --> 01:30:56,818 HERE WITH THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM 2747 01:30:56,818 --> 01:30:59,220 TO PUT IT IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT, 2748 01:30:59,220 --> 01:31:03,224 THE GROWTH OF THIS, AND I WILL 2749 01:31:03,224 --> 01:31:04,625 REPEAT A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU 2750 01:31:04,625 --> 01:31:05,693 SAID, MR. CHAIR, IN THAT ON THE 2751 01:31:05,693 --> 01:31:06,727 COUNCIL BUDGET ACTIONS, THERE 2752 01:31:06,727 --> 01:31:09,030 ARE THREE OF THEM. REGARDING THE 2753 01:31:09,030 --> 01:31:12,800 UNIFIED CARE TEAM, WHICH STRETCH 2754 01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:13,434 OVER THREE DEPARTMENTS. TWO OF 2755 01:31:13,434 --> 01:31:15,203 THEM WILL ADDRESS TODAY UNDER S 2756 01:31:15,203 --> 01:31:18,206 DOT AND SPR, AND I BELIEVE 2757 01:31:18,206 --> 01:31:20,875 TOMORROW WILL ADDRESS IT AGAIN 2758 01:31:20,875 --> 01:31:23,311 UNDER HSD 019 A, AND THAT IS THE 2759 01:31:23,311 --> 01:31:25,446 INCREASING THE POSITIONS OR 2760 01:31:25,446 --> 01:31:27,882 INCREASING THE. THE TWO FTE, THE 2761 01:31:27,882 --> 01:31:30,051 FOUR FTES. BUT LET ME GET TO MY 2762 01:31:30,051 --> 01:31:31,786 POINTS HERE. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT 2763 01:31:31,786 --> 01:31:32,720 TRYING TO BELABOR THIS, BUT I 2764 01:31:32,720 --> 01:31:34,589 WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT INTO 2765 01:31:34,589 --> 01:31:36,791 HISTORICAL CONTEXT HOW WE GOT 2766 01:31:36,791 --> 01:31:38,960 HERE FOR A PARTICULAR WAS WHICH 2767 01:31:38,960 --> 01:31:41,062 STARTED OUT AS A ONE TIME 2768 01:31:41,062 --> 01:31:43,264 FUNDING. AND WE STARTED OUT WITH 2769 01:31:43,264 --> 01:31:45,867 THESE DISCUSSIONS IN 2017 UNDER 2770 01:31:45,867 --> 01:31:47,768 MAYOR MURRAY. AND THAT'S WHEN WE 2771 01:31:47,768 --> 01:31:50,838 WENT FROM 20 IN BETWEEN 2017 AND 2772 01:31:50,838 --> 01:31:55,176 2019, THE TEAM EXPANDED TO 38 2773 01:31:55,176 --> 01:31:55,743 PEOPLE, WHICH INCLUDED THE 2774 01:31:55,743 --> 01:31:56,911 POLICE REACH OUTREACH WORKERS, 2775 01:31:56,911 --> 01:31:59,413 ADDITIONAL FIELD COORDINATORS, 2776 01:31:59,413 --> 01:32:01,449 DATA ANALYSTS AND SYSTEM 2777 01:32:01,449 --> 01:32:03,284 NAVIGATORS. AND THE GOAL WAS TO 2778 01:32:03,284 --> 01:32:05,620 BETTER ADDRESS UNMANAGED 2779 01:32:05,620 --> 01:32:08,389 ENCAMPMENTS AND POSING IN PUBLIC 2780 01:32:08,389 --> 01:32:10,892 AND AND IN PUBLIC ACCESS. I'M 2781 01:32:10,892 --> 01:32:12,927 SORRY. AND SAFETY CONCERNS. AND 2782 01:32:12,927 --> 01:32:14,795 THEN IN AUGUST 2020, CITY 2783 01:32:14,795 --> 01:32:16,097 COUNCIL VOTED TO DEFUND AND 2784 01:32:16,097 --> 01:32:18,466 ELIMINATE THE TEAM. MAYOR DURKAN 2785 01:32:18,466 --> 01:32:19,667 VETOED THAT. AND THEN IN 2786 01:32:19,667 --> 01:32:21,869 SEPTEMBER, SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL 2787 01:32:21,869 --> 01:32:23,471 OVERRODE THE MAYOR'S VETO. SO 2788 01:32:23,471 --> 01:32:26,073 LET'S FAST FORWARD UP TO 2020 2789 01:32:26,073 --> 01:32:27,642 AGAIN. THIS STARTED OUT AS A ONE 2790 01:32:27,642 --> 01:32:32,380 TIME PROGRAM THAT TRANSITIONED 2791 01:32:32,380 --> 01:32:34,382 INTO THE FULLY FUNDED UNIFIED 2792 01:32:34,382 --> 01:32:36,551 CARE TEAM, WHICH BECAME, I 2793 01:32:36,551 --> 01:32:37,818 BELIEVE, AN ESSENTIAL 2794 01:32:37,818 --> 01:32:38,352 GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE, AN 2795 01:32:38,352 --> 01:32:40,688 ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION 2796 01:32:40,688 --> 01:32:43,357 FOR THE CITY AT THAT TIME. MAYOR 2797 01:32:43,357 --> 01:32:44,425 DURKAN ADOPTED AND FUNDED BY THE 2798 01:32:44,425 --> 01:32:46,527 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL TO COMBAT 2799 01:32:46,527 --> 01:32:48,796 THE SURGE IN LITTER, ILLEGAL 2800 01:32:48,796 --> 01:32:50,298 DUMPING, NEEDLE DEBRIS, ET 2801 01:32:50,298 --> 01:32:51,933 CETERA. INCLUDING. AND THIS IS 2802 01:32:51,933 --> 01:32:54,168 HAPPENING DURING POST PANDEMIC 2803 01:32:54,168 --> 01:32:56,637 AS WELL, INCREASING SOCIAL 2804 01:32:56,637 --> 01:32:57,405 SERVICE OUTREACH FOR HOUSING, 2805 01:32:57,405 --> 01:32:58,906 HEALTHCARE, ET CETERA. SO IT WAS 2806 01:32:58,906 --> 01:33:00,141 MORE THAN JUST REMOVAL, IF YOU 2807 01:33:00,141 --> 01:33:01,943 WILL. AND THAT IS WHEN WE 2808 01:33:01,943 --> 01:33:05,212 STARTED REALLY FOCUSING IN ON 2809 01:33:05,212 --> 01:33:05,680 INCLUDING OTHER CITY 2810 01:33:05,680 --> 01:33:07,381 DEPARTMENTS, SEATTLE PUBLIC 2811 01:33:07,381 --> 01:33:09,383 UTILITIES, SEATTLE PARK AND 2812 01:33:09,383 --> 01:33:11,218 RECREATION SEATTLE, DEPARTMENT 2813 01:33:11,218 --> 01:33:12,320 OF TRANSPORTATION. AND THEN YOU 2814 01:33:12,320 --> 01:33:13,921 FAST FORWARD, WE KEPT MOVING 2815 01:33:13,921 --> 01:33:15,590 FORWARD IN 2020 TO CREATE THE 2816 01:33:15,590 --> 01:33:18,259 HOPE THE HOMELESS OUTREACH 2817 01:33:18,259 --> 01:33:18,926 PROVIDER ECOSYSTEM. AND THAT WAS 2818 01:33:18,926 --> 01:33:20,528 THE TEAM THAT WAS FORMED AS PART 2819 01:33:20,528 --> 01:33:22,997 OF THE 2021 BUDGET. I KNOW 2820 01:33:22,997 --> 01:33:24,732 BECAUSE I WAS THERE, SO THAT'S 2821 01:33:24,732 --> 01:33:25,466 WHEN WE DEALT WITH THE 2822 01:33:25,466 --> 01:33:26,634 ENCAMPMENTS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT 2823 01:33:26,634 --> 01:33:28,636 OF WAY AND PARKS AND SIDEWALKS. 2824 01:33:28,636 --> 01:33:30,104 WE MADE THOSE PRIORITIES BY THE 2825 01:33:30,104 --> 01:33:31,872 DEPARTMENTS, AND THEN WE HAD THE 2826 01:33:31,872 --> 01:33:34,041 FOCUS ON THE COORDINATED 2827 01:33:34,041 --> 01:33:35,710 OUTREACH TO REFER OUR OUR 2828 01:33:35,710 --> 01:33:38,179 NEIGHBORS AND OUR RELATIVES 2829 01:33:38,179 --> 01:33:40,448 LIVING UNHOUSED TO SHELTER, 2830 01:33:40,448 --> 01:33:42,383 ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS AND 2831 01:33:42,383 --> 01:33:42,950 ENCAMPMENTS PRIORITIZE FOR 2832 01:33:42,950 --> 01:33:44,485 REMOVAL BY PROPERTY, OWNING, BY 2833 01:33:44,485 --> 01:33:45,820 PROPERTY OWNING CITY 2834 01:33:45,820 --> 01:33:47,154 DEPARTMENTS. SO IF THE CITY 2835 01:33:47,154 --> 01:33:49,924 OWNED THAT PROPERTY, WE TRIED TO 2836 01:33:49,924 --> 01:33:51,125 MAKE THAT A PRIORITY AND THAT IT 2837 01:33:51,125 --> 01:33:53,661 WOULD BE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, 2838 01:33:53,661 --> 01:33:58,866 THOSE WERE A LOT OF PLACES WERE 2839 01:33:58,866 --> 01:34:00,768 PLACES IN FRONT OF PERMANENT 2840 01:34:00,768 --> 01:34:01,369 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND OTHER 2841 01:34:01,369 --> 01:34:03,871 PLACES OF SHELTER AND TINY HOME, 2842 01:34:03,871 --> 01:34:05,840 TINY HOUSE VILLAGES TO MAKE SURE 2843 01:34:05,840 --> 01:34:08,409 THAT THOSE FOLKS WERE HOUSED AS 2844 01:34:08,409 --> 01:34:09,644 WELL. IN 2022 IS WHEN WE 2845 01:34:09,644 --> 01:34:12,580 ACTUALLY KIND OF FINALIZED AND 2846 01:34:12,580 --> 01:34:14,048 CRYSTALLIZED THIS TRANSITION TO 2847 01:34:14,048 --> 01:34:15,549 THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM, BECAUSE 2848 01:34:15,549 --> 01:34:16,150 THERE WAS CONFUSION ABOUT WHO 2849 01:34:16,150 --> 01:34:18,953 WAS DOING WHAT. SO IN JANUARY 2850 01:34:18,953 --> 01:34:20,588 2022, WE CREATED THE UNIFIED 2851 01:34:20,588 --> 01:34:22,523 CARE TEAM UNDER MAYOR HAROLD, 2852 01:34:22,523 --> 01:34:23,457 AND HIS FIRST ACTIONS WERE 2853 01:34:23,457 --> 01:34:25,326 BRINGING TOGETHER ALL THE CITY 2854 01:34:25,326 --> 01:34:25,926 DEPARTMENTS. SO THAT WAS THE 2855 01:34:25,926 --> 01:34:29,296 HOPE. UNDER HSD, THE CLEAN CITY 2856 01:34:29,296 --> 01:34:30,965 INITIATIVE UNDER SPU, S, P, R 2857 01:34:30,965 --> 01:34:33,467 AND STOP. WE FORMALIZED IT IN 2858 01:34:33,467 --> 01:34:35,903 THE 2023 BUDGET, AND AT THAT 2859 01:34:35,903 --> 01:34:38,339 POINT WE HAD SEVEN CITY 2860 01:34:38,339 --> 01:34:39,607 DEPARTMENTS THAT HAD BUDGET LINE 2861 01:34:39,607 --> 01:34:41,876 ITEMS FOR U, C, T HUMAN 2862 01:34:41,876 --> 01:34:43,577 SERVICES, FINANCE AND 2863 01:34:43,577 --> 01:34:44,078 ADMINISTRATION, SEATTLE 2864 01:34:44,078 --> 01:34:46,680 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, 2865 01:34:46,680 --> 01:34:48,349 SPD SEATTLE, PARKS AND REC, 2866 01:34:48,349 --> 01:34:50,651 SEATTLEITE AND SEATTLE PUBLIC 2867 01:34:50,651 --> 01:34:52,219 UTILITIES. AND WE SHOULD INCLUDE 2868 01:34:52,219 --> 01:34:53,988 THE OTHER FIVE DEPARTMENTS THAT 2869 01:34:53,988 --> 01:34:57,291 ENGAGED IN UKT WORK IN AN AD HOC 2870 01:34:57,291 --> 01:34:58,859 FASHION THAT DID NOT HAVE, BUT 2871 01:34:58,859 --> 01:35:01,295 EVENTUALLY DID HAVE SOME 2872 01:35:01,295 --> 01:35:01,896 DEDICATED FUNDING, INCLUDING 2873 01:35:01,896 --> 01:35:03,731 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, SEATTLE 2874 01:35:03,731 --> 01:35:06,600 CITY LIGHT SDCI SEATTLE FIRE 2875 01:35:06,600 --> 01:35:07,968 DEPARTMENT, AND THE CITY'S 2876 01:35:07,968 --> 01:35:08,903 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. AND IF SOME 2877 01:35:08,903 --> 01:35:10,604 OF YOU REMEMBER, WITH SEATTLE 2878 01:35:10,604 --> 01:35:11,605 PUBLIC LIBRARIES, WHEN WE 2879 01:35:11,605 --> 01:35:13,707 STARTED FOCUSING ON HAVING 2880 01:35:13,707 --> 01:35:16,010 SOCIAL WORKERS AND NAVIGATORS 2881 01:35:16,010 --> 01:35:16,911 AND AMBASSADORS IN THESE PUBLIC 2882 01:35:16,911 --> 01:35:20,047 SPACES WHERE WE OWN THE PROPERTY 2883 01:35:20,047 --> 01:35:21,882 TO DIRECT PEOPLE, AND WE FIND 2884 01:35:21,882 --> 01:35:23,217 PEOPLE TO SERVICES IN OUR 2885 01:35:23,217 --> 01:35:24,685 LIBRARIES, THAT WAS A A 2886 01:35:24,685 --> 01:35:26,020 COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE, AND WE 2887 01:35:26,020 --> 01:35:29,056 FOLLOWED THROUGH ON. SO JUST BY 2888 01:35:29,056 --> 01:35:32,059 MY COUNT, THAT'S 12 2889 01:35:32,059 --> 01:35:34,395 DEPARTMENTS. SO AGAIN, WE 2890 01:35:34,395 --> 01:35:36,163 FOCUSED ON CLEANING UP FOR THE 2891 01:35:36,163 --> 01:35:37,398 FOR NOT JUST THE NORTH PART OF 2892 01:35:37,398 --> 01:35:41,902 THE CITY, BUT THE WHOLE CITY. SO 2893 01:35:41,902 --> 01:35:44,138 THE CITY SITE VISITS AND 2894 01:35:44,138 --> 01:35:45,773 INSPECTIONS. AND SO FOR US, FOR 2895 01:35:45,773 --> 01:35:50,344 ME TO WATCH THE UCT ACROSS THREE 2896 01:35:50,344 --> 01:35:53,714 DEPARTMENTS, JUST BE REMOVED 2897 01:35:53,714 --> 01:35:54,348 WITHOUT RECOGNIZING AND YOU CAN 2898 01:35:54,348 --> 01:35:55,750 CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT. I DON'T 2899 01:35:55,750 --> 01:35:57,485 YOU CAN CALL IT THE UCT, YOU CAN 2900 01:35:57,485 --> 01:35:58,719 CALL IT CARE. I DON'T IT 2901 01:35:58,719 --> 01:35:59,653 DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. BUT WHAT 2902 01:35:59,653 --> 01:36:02,056 DOES MATTER TO ME IS THAT THIS 2903 01:36:02,056 --> 01:36:08,129 WENT FROM A ONE TIME FUNDED 2904 01:36:08,129 --> 01:36:08,762 PROGRAM TO BECOMING, I BELIEVE, 2905 01:36:08,762 --> 01:36:10,331 AN ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENTAL 2906 01:36:10,331 --> 01:36:12,299 FUNCTION, ESSENTIAL GOVERNMENTAL 2907 01:36:12,299 --> 01:36:13,300 SERVICE. IT BELONGS IN THE 2908 01:36:13,300 --> 01:36:15,836 FAMILY OF ALL THE CITY 2909 01:36:15,836 --> 01:36:17,338 DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER, 2910 01:36:17,338 --> 01:36:18,739 BECAUSE WHAT WE RECOGNIZE BACK 2911 01:36:18,739 --> 01:36:20,274 THEN, WHICH I THOUGHT WE CAME TO 2912 01:36:20,274 --> 01:36:23,177 NOW, IS THAT WE CANNOT BE SILOED 2913 01:36:23,177 --> 01:36:25,312 IN OUR RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS 2914 01:36:25,312 --> 01:36:26,447 AND ADDICTION AND ALL THESE 2915 01:36:26,447 --> 01:36:27,648 ISSUES. WE ALL HAVE TO BE 2916 01:36:27,648 --> 01:36:29,917 TOGETHER. AND I WAS REALLY PROUD 2917 01:36:29,917 --> 01:36:32,419 OF OUR INDIGENOUS LED 2918 01:36:32,419 --> 01:36:32,953 ORGANIZATIONS THAT LENDED 2919 01:36:32,953 --> 01:36:36,357 SUPPORT TO OUR RELATIVES. AND AS 2920 01:36:36,357 --> 01:36:36,957 YOU LEARN FROM CHIEF SEATTLE 2921 01:36:36,957 --> 01:36:39,760 CLUB, WE WERE VASTLY 2922 01:36:39,760 --> 01:36:41,695 UNDERCOUNTED AS FOLKS WHO ARE 2923 01:36:41,695 --> 01:36:43,764 HOMELESS AND DID NOT HAVE THE 2924 01:36:43,764 --> 01:36:45,699 SERVICES THAT THEY NEEDED. SO 2925 01:36:45,699 --> 01:36:47,168 FOR THAT, AND I DON'T WANT TO 2926 01:36:47,168 --> 01:36:48,202 REPEAT THIS AGAIN, YOU'RE 2927 01:36:48,202 --> 01:36:49,069 PROBABLY TIRED OF HEARING ME SAY 2928 01:36:49,069 --> 01:36:57,878 IT, BUT AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING TO 2929 01:36:57,878 --> 01:37:00,047 TODAY'S S .011 DASH AYE AND 2930 01:37:00,047 --> 01:37:01,649 SEATTLE PUBLIC REC SPR019 AYE 2931 01:37:01,649 --> 01:37:02,616 WHICH IS TODAY. AND THEN OF 2932 01:37:02,616 --> 01:37:05,252 COURSE, TOMORROW WE'LL ADDRESS 2933 01:37:05,252 --> 01:37:07,788 IT AGAIN UNDER HSD 019 AYE. 2934 01:37:07,788 --> 01:37:09,123 THANK YOU CHAIR. 2935 01:37:09,123 --> 01:37:11,125 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2936 01:37:11,125 --> 01:37:12,726 KETTLE. FOLLOWED BY RIVERA. 2937 01:37:12,726 --> 01:37:13,828 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. FIRST, I 2938 01:37:13,828 --> 01:37:15,829 REALLY WANT TO THANK 2939 01:37:15,829 --> 01:37:16,397 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR AN 2940 01:37:16,397 --> 01:37:18,432 INCREDIBLE RUNDOWN SHOWING HOW 2941 01:37:18,432 --> 01:37:19,667 WE GOT HERE. IT'S REALLY 2942 01:37:19,667 --> 01:37:21,535 IMPORTANT AND IT SHOWS, YOU KNOW 2943 01:37:21,535 --> 01:37:25,272 WHY AND THE WHY IS THAT IT'S 2944 01:37:25,272 --> 01:37:25,773 CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT FOR 2945 01:37:25,773 --> 01:37:28,442 IMPROVING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 2946 01:37:28,442 --> 01:37:31,111 POSTURE FOR THE CITY, FOR OUR 2947 01:37:31,111 --> 01:37:31,745 NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT ULTIMATELY, 2948 01:37:31,745 --> 01:37:32,580 IT'S FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE 2949 01:37:32,580 --> 01:37:34,982 IN CRISIS. AND WE TEND TO FORGET 2950 01:37:34,982 --> 01:37:36,584 WE TEND TO FOCUS ON ONE AND NOT 2951 01:37:36,584 --> 01:37:39,086 THE OTHER, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS 2952 01:37:39,086 --> 01:37:40,054 ON EVERYTHING. AND AGAIN, THIS 2953 01:37:40,054 --> 01:37:41,722 IS ACROSS THE CITY AND IT'S 2954 01:37:41,722 --> 01:37:43,190 CRUCIAL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I 2955 01:37:43,190 --> 01:37:45,793 GET A LITTLE BIT TIRED OF IS 2956 01:37:45,793 --> 01:37:47,061 HEARING PEOPLE SAY, WELL, LET'S 2957 01:37:47,061 --> 01:37:48,662 JUST CUT IT BECAUSE IT HASN'T 2958 01:37:48,662 --> 01:37:52,333 BEEN FILLED IN A LONG TIME. 2959 01:37:52,333 --> 01:37:54,501 WELL, IN BUDGETARY WORLD, THESE 2960 01:37:54,501 --> 01:37:56,070 DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ASKED FOR 2961 01:37:56,070 --> 01:37:59,340 YEARS NOW, HEY, GIVE ME A ONE 2962 01:37:59,340 --> 01:38:04,378 2%, 5%, 8%, 5%, 10% CUTS UNIFIED 2963 01:38:04,378 --> 01:38:07,114 CARE TEAM IS A IS A TASK FORCE 2964 01:38:07,114 --> 01:38:08,249 TEAM, IF YOU WILL LIKE. FOR 2965 01:38:08,249 --> 01:38:10,184 SDOT, IT'S NOT THEIR PRIMARY 2966 01:38:10,184 --> 01:38:11,785 MISSION. SO WHEN SDOT IS GOING 2967 01:38:11,785 --> 01:38:12,820 THROUGH A BUDGET DRILL AND 2968 01:38:12,820 --> 01:38:14,588 THEY'RE PROPOSING DIFFERENT 2969 01:38:14,588 --> 01:38:15,356 THINGS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE 2970 01:38:15,356 --> 01:38:16,857 PROTECTING THEIR PRIMARY 2971 01:38:16,857 --> 01:38:19,159 FUNCTION. THEY'RE NOT GOING, OH, 2972 01:38:19,159 --> 01:38:21,762 THIS IS SECONDARY. OH WE'LL GIVE 2973 01:38:21,762 --> 01:38:23,397 THIS UP. SAME THING WITH THE 2974 01:38:23,397 --> 01:38:26,066 OTHER DEPARTMENTS. SO SO THAT'S 2975 01:38:26,066 --> 01:38:26,667 THE REFLECTION OF WHAT IT IS. 2976 01:38:26,667 --> 01:38:29,436 IT'S NOT LIKE THE YOU KNOW, OH 2977 01:38:29,436 --> 01:38:30,638 YEAH. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN EMPTY 2978 01:38:30,638 --> 01:38:32,306 FOREVER. SO WE SHOULD JUST CUT 2979 01:38:32,306 --> 01:38:34,041 IT. NO, IT'S REFLECTION OF THE 2980 01:38:34,041 --> 01:38:37,912 PROCESS, THE BUDGETARY PROCESS. 2981 01:38:37,912 --> 01:38:39,980 WHICH IS SAD. NOBODY UNDERSTANDS 2982 01:38:39,980 --> 01:38:41,415 IT. APPARENTLY. I NEVER SEE IT 2983 01:38:41,415 --> 01:38:42,216 PRINTED ANYWHERE. I NEVER SEE IT 2984 01:38:42,216 --> 01:38:46,020 IN AN ARTICLE. BUT THAT'S THE 2985 01:38:46,020 --> 01:38:48,922 FACT AND THE FACT TOO, IS THAT. 2986 01:38:48,922 --> 01:38:50,791 AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, 2987 01:38:50,791 --> 01:38:51,325 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR 2988 01:38:51,325 --> 01:38:52,026 HIGHLIGHTING ALL THE DEPARTMENTS 2989 01:38:52,026 --> 01:38:54,762 THAT ARE PART OF THIS. WE CANNOT 2990 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:57,698 JUST HAVE HSD LEAD. THIS PROCESS 2991 01:38:57,698 --> 01:38:58,599 BECAUSE IT'S TOO EASY FOR THE 2992 01:38:58,599 --> 01:38:59,233 OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SAY, OH, 2993 01:38:59,233 --> 01:39:05,673 WELL, WE HAVE OUR PRIORITIES. 2994 01:39:05,673 --> 01:39:07,608 THIS PROCESS, UNIFIED CARE TEAM 2995 01:39:07,608 --> 01:39:08,175 SHOULD RESIDE WITH DIRECTOR 2996 01:39:08,175 --> 01:39:09,276 ELLENBROOK. IT NEEDS TO BE IN 2997 01:39:09,276 --> 01:39:11,478 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE TO HAVE THAT 2998 01:39:11,478 --> 01:39:12,379 OVERSIGHT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO 2999 01:39:12,379 --> 01:39:12,980 MANY DEPARTMENTS AND THE FACT 3000 01:39:12,980 --> 01:39:14,948 THAT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED IN MY 3001 01:39:14,948 --> 01:39:17,618 MIND, DESPITE THE COMMENTS 3002 01:39:17,618 --> 01:39:19,520 SAYING THE OPPOSITE, SHOWS A 3003 01:39:19,520 --> 01:39:20,688 SOMEWHAT OF A DISINTEREST BY THE 3004 01:39:20,688 --> 01:39:24,158 MAYOR AND HER TEAM. IF THE MAYOR 3005 01:39:24,158 --> 01:39:25,259 DOES BELIEVE IN UNIFIED CARE 3006 01:39:25,259 --> 01:39:26,994 TEAM, AND I DO BELIEVE SHE CARES 3007 01:39:26,994 --> 01:39:29,063 ABOUT IT IN A SENSE, BECAUSE SHE 3008 01:39:29,063 --> 01:39:29,830 HAS BEEN MOVING FORWARD WITH 3009 01:39:29,830 --> 01:39:31,532 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. WELL, PUT 3010 01:39:31,532 --> 01:39:34,234 YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS, 3011 01:39:34,234 --> 01:39:35,602 HAVE IT PLACED IN THE MAYOR'S 3012 01:39:35,602 --> 01:39:36,070 OFFICE WHERE DIRECTOR 3013 01:39:36,070 --> 01:39:37,304 ELLENBROOK, FOR ALL THE REASONS 3014 01:39:37,304 --> 01:39:39,373 THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAS 3015 01:39:39,373 --> 01:39:40,808 NOTED WHAT I JUST NOTED 3016 01:39:40,808 --> 01:39:42,309 REGARDING BUDGETARY PROCESSES. 3017 01:39:42,309 --> 01:39:43,410 OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST GOING TO 3018 01:39:43,410 --> 01:39:45,245 BE SPINNING OUR WHEELS. AND 3019 01:39:45,245 --> 01:39:49,283 AGAIN, WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THESE 3020 01:39:49,283 --> 01:39:49,750 CHRONIC PUBLIC SAFETY 3021 01:39:49,750 --> 01:39:51,985 CHALLENGES? ANOTHER EXAMPLE. 3022 01:39:51,985 --> 01:39:53,954 THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, 3023 01:39:53,954 --> 01:39:55,823 AND THANK YOU, CHAIR. 3024 01:39:55,823 --> 01:39:56,390 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3025 01:39:56,390 --> 01:39:57,992 RIVERA, FOLLOWED BY FOSTER. 3026 01:39:57,992 --> 01:39:58,625 -- THANK YOU. AND I TOO WANT TO 3027 01:39:58,625 --> 01:40:01,228 THANK COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR 3028 01:40:01,228 --> 01:40:03,330 THAT CHRONOLOGY. IT'S REALLY 3029 01:40:03,330 --> 01:40:04,498 IMPORTANT. OFTENTIMES, WE MAKE 3030 01:40:04,498 --> 01:40:06,500 CHANGES IN THE CITY AND WE LOSE 3031 01:40:06,500 --> 01:40:09,703 THE CONTEXT AS TIME GOES ON AND 3032 01:40:09,703 --> 01:40:11,305 PEOPLE SHIFT AROUND. SO IT'S 3033 01:40:11,305 --> 01:40:13,374 REALLY ONE OF THE THINGS I VERY 3034 01:40:13,374 --> 01:40:15,309 MUCH ENJOY ABOUT YOU. 3035 01:40:15,309 --> 01:40:15,909 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THAT I 3036 01:40:15,909 --> 01:40:18,345 WILL MISS. SO I'LL SAY THAT 3037 01:40:18,345 --> 01:40:19,413 PUBLICLY. WELL, MANY THINGS I 3038 01:40:19,413 --> 01:40:21,248 WILL MISS, MY FRIEND, BUT ONE IS 3039 01:40:21,248 --> 01:40:24,018 THAT YOU BRING THAT HISTORICAL 3040 01:40:24,018 --> 01:40:25,319 CONTEXT THAT'S SO IMPORTANT AS 3041 01:40:25,319 --> 01:40:27,254 WE'RE MAKING THESE BUDGET 3042 01:40:27,254 --> 01:40:27,888 DECISIONS, BECAUSE I WAS HERE 3043 01:40:27,888 --> 01:40:31,225 JUST RIGHT POST. MURRAY. SO I 3044 01:40:31,225 --> 01:40:32,326 KNOW EXACTLY. AND ONE THING I'LL 3045 01:40:32,326 --> 01:40:35,362 ADD TO YOUR CHRONOLOGY IS THAT 3046 01:40:35,362 --> 01:40:37,598 WHEN KCRW WAS FORMED TO, TO MAKE 3047 01:40:37,598 --> 01:40:39,900 IT REALLY BE THIS REGIONAL 3048 01:40:39,900 --> 01:40:42,369 APPROACH AND TO TAKE ON THIS 3049 01:40:42,369 --> 01:40:46,340 WORK, THERE WERE SLOTS, SHELTER 3050 01:40:46,340 --> 01:40:48,776 SLOTS RESERVED AT THE UC T 3051 01:40:48,776 --> 01:40:51,345 PARTICULAR SORRY, AT THE KCRW, 3052 01:40:51,345 --> 01:40:56,650 PARTICULARLY FOR UC TEES USE. SO 3053 01:40:56,650 --> 01:40:58,519 THAT WAS DONE. SO WHEN WE 3054 01:40:58,519 --> 01:41:00,487 OFFERED SHELTER TO THE FOLKS AT 3055 01:41:00,487 --> 01:41:01,855 THE ENCAMPMENTS, THOSE WERE 3056 01:41:01,855 --> 01:41:04,558 TRUE, GENUINE OFFERS OF SUPPORT 3057 01:41:04,558 --> 01:41:07,027 AND SHELTERING. SO THOSE THOSE 3058 01:41:07,027 --> 01:41:08,829 SHELTER BEDS WERE AVAILABLE FOR 3059 01:41:08,829 --> 01:41:11,064 THE UC T FOLKS AND PARTNERSHIP 3060 01:41:11,064 --> 01:41:13,634 WITH KCRW. SO I JUST WANTED TO 3061 01:41:13,634 --> 01:41:16,437 SAY THAT AS WELL. TO YOUR POINT 3062 01:41:16,437 --> 01:41:18,338 ABOUT WE'RE NOT JUST WE WE'RE 3063 01:41:18,338 --> 01:41:20,040 TRYING TO CONNECT FOLKS TO 3064 01:41:20,040 --> 01:41:21,675 SHELTER. IF THEY ACCEPT IT, THEN 3065 01:41:21,675 --> 01:41:26,213 THEY WERE IT WAS A TRUE, GENUINE 3066 01:41:26,213 --> 01:41:28,882 OFFER OF HELP. I WILL SAY IT'S 3067 01:41:28,882 --> 01:41:32,619 REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE UC 3068 01:41:32,619 --> 01:41:34,555 T POSITIONS. I UNDERSTAND THIS 3069 01:41:34,555 --> 01:41:35,155 IS ONLY POSITION. AUTHORITY, 3070 01:41:35,155 --> 01:41:36,023 UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT THE FUNDS 3071 01:41:36,023 --> 01:41:39,293 BY WHICH TO BE ABLE TO HIRE 3072 01:41:39,293 --> 01:41:40,294 THESE POSITIONS. AND THAT IS 3073 01:41:40,294 --> 01:41:42,396 IMPORTANT. AND TO THE POINTS 3074 01:41:42,396 --> 01:41:44,031 THAT YOU COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 3075 01:41:44,031 --> 01:41:45,265 AND COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAVE 3076 01:41:45,265 --> 01:41:46,800 BOTH MADE, UC T IS REALLY 3077 01:41:46,800 --> 01:41:48,669 IMPORTANT. WE NEED THESE FOLKS. 3078 01:41:48,669 --> 01:41:50,671 AND SO TO HAVE THE FUNDING SO 3079 01:41:50,671 --> 01:41:52,139 THAT THESE FOLKS COULD DO THE 3080 01:41:52,139 --> 01:41:53,407 WORK IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND 3081 01:41:53,407 --> 01:41:57,478 PART OF THE VACANCIES IS 3082 01:41:57,478 --> 01:41:59,146 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE TO YOUR 3083 01:41:59,146 --> 01:42:01,315 POINT, NOT ONLY ARE DEPARTMENTS 3084 01:42:01,315 --> 01:42:03,183 BEING ASKED TO REDUCE A CERTAIN 3085 01:42:03,183 --> 01:42:05,686 PERCENTAGE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO 3086 01:42:05,686 --> 01:42:08,088 TOLD NOT TO HIRE. SO IF THERE'S 3087 01:42:08,088 --> 01:42:09,189 A VACANCY, THEY DO A HIRING 3088 01:42:09,189 --> 01:42:10,624 FREEZE, WHICH YOU ALL KNOW, 3089 01:42:10,624 --> 01:42:11,758 COLLEAGUES. SO FOR THE FOLKS 3090 01:42:11,758 --> 01:42:13,660 THAT MIGHT BE WATCHING. SO THESE 3091 01:42:13,660 --> 01:42:15,596 POSITIONS, I'M NOT CLEAR, WERE 3092 01:42:15,596 --> 01:42:16,964 THEY PART OF THE HIRING FREEZE 3093 01:42:16,964 --> 01:42:19,333 OR NOT? AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE 3094 01:42:19,333 --> 01:42:21,802 VACANT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER 3095 01:42:21,802 --> 01:42:23,403 ANOTHER ELEMENT IF YOU WILL. BUT 3096 01:42:23,403 --> 01:42:27,040 ALL TO SAY THAT UC T IS REALLY 3097 01:42:27,040 --> 01:42:29,042 IMPORTANT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, 3098 01:42:29,042 --> 01:42:33,146 I SUPPORT THE POSITION AUTHORITY 3099 01:42:33,146 --> 01:42:34,481 AND I WISH WE HAD THE MONEY TO 3100 01:42:34,481 --> 01:42:36,016 NOT ONLY JUST DO POSITION 3101 01:42:36,016 --> 01:42:38,085 AUTHORITY, BUT TO ACTUALLY FUND 3102 01:42:38,085 --> 01:42:40,787 THEM SO WE COULD HIRE THEM. AND 3103 01:42:40,787 --> 01:42:42,356 THEN CHAIR, APOLOGIES, BUT I'M 3104 01:42:42,356 --> 01:42:44,358 JUST GOING TO MAKE A QUICK 3105 01:42:44,358 --> 01:42:45,559 COMMENT ABOUT THE LAST CBA ON 3106 01:42:45,559 --> 01:42:46,460 THE WATERFRONT SHUTTLE, BECAUSE 3107 01:42:46,460 --> 01:42:48,996 I HAD TO STEP AWAY AND I MISSED 3108 01:42:48,996 --> 01:42:49,997 THE MY NAME AND I'M I KNOW 3109 01:42:49,997 --> 01:42:52,666 YOU'RE NOT TAKING NAMES POST 3110 01:42:52,666 --> 01:42:54,801 FACTO, BUT I DID WANT TO SAY FOR 3111 01:42:54,801 --> 01:42:56,670 THE RECORD THAT I DO SUPPORT THE 3112 01:42:56,670 --> 01:42:57,838 WATERFRONT SHUTTLE. IT'S 3113 01:42:57,838 --> 01:42:59,907 IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CONNECTION 3114 01:42:59,907 --> 01:43:01,742 BETWEEN THE SEATTLE CENTER AND 3115 01:43:01,742 --> 01:43:03,544 THIS REALLY BRAND NEW, BEAUTIFUL 3116 01:43:03,544 --> 01:43:05,445 ASSET THAT WE HAVE. THE 3117 01:43:05,445 --> 01:43:06,079 WATERFRONT DURING THOSE SEASONAL 3118 01:43:06,079 --> 01:43:08,115 TIMES, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A 3119 01:43:08,115 --> 01:43:09,449 THERE ISN'T LIGHT RAIL OVER 3120 01:43:09,449 --> 01:43:11,318 THERE. AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO 3121 01:43:11,318 --> 01:43:12,853 GET FROM THE SEATTLE CENTER 3122 01:43:12,853 --> 01:43:14,588 CAMPUS TO THE WATERFRONT. AND WE 3123 01:43:14,588 --> 01:43:16,957 REALLY WANT FOLKS DOWNTOWN AND 3124 01:43:16,957 --> 01:43:18,258 GOING TO THE BOTH THE SEATTLE 3125 01:43:18,258 --> 01:43:20,394 CENTER AND THE WATERFRONT. SO I 3126 01:43:20,394 --> 01:43:24,765 THINK THIS WATERFRONT SHUTTLE 3127 01:43:24,765 --> 01:43:25,699 DURING THE SEASONAL CYCLE, YOU 3128 01:43:25,699 --> 01:43:27,668 KNOW, IT'S AN IMPORTANT WAY TO 3129 01:43:27,668 --> 01:43:30,637 GET FOLKS AROUND, ESPECIALLY IF 3130 01:43:30,637 --> 01:43:32,172 THEY'RE NOT. AND THEY AND WE'RE 3131 01:43:32,172 --> 01:43:33,106 HOPING THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR 3132 01:43:33,106 --> 01:43:34,708 CARS. SO IT JUST PROVIDES 3133 01:43:34,708 --> 01:43:37,477 ANOTHER MUCH NEEDED 3134 01:43:37,477 --> 01:43:38,812 TRANSPORTATION CONNECTION POINT. 3135 01:43:38,812 --> 01:43:39,112 THANK YOU. 3136 01:43:39,112 --> 01:43:40,213 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3137 01:43:40,213 --> 01:43:42,049 FOSTER. FOLLOWED BY SAKA. 3138 01:43:42,049 --> 01:43:43,650 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 3139 01:43:43,650 --> 01:43:46,520 JUST WANTED TO TURN TO THE, THE 3140 01:43:46,520 --> 01:43:47,554 FACTS AND THE, THE WHAT'S IN 3141 01:43:47,554 --> 01:43:50,123 FRONT OF US IN TERMS OF THE 3142 01:43:50,123 --> 01:43:51,925 PROPOSAL. AND MY, MY QUESTION IS 3143 01:43:51,925 --> 01:43:53,427 JUST FOR CENTRAL STAFF, I KNOW 3144 01:43:53,427 --> 01:43:55,028 WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT UKTI 3145 01:43:55,028 --> 01:43:56,063 OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS HERE. SO 3146 01:43:56,063 --> 01:43:59,900 FOR THESE TWO POSITIONS, CAN YOU 3147 01:43:59,900 --> 01:44:01,768 JUST REFRESH US ON THE ROLE OF 3148 01:44:01,768 --> 01:44:02,336 THESE TWO POSITIONS AND THE 3149 01:44:02,336 --> 01:44:03,437 HISTORY OF THEM WHEN IT COMES TO 3150 01:44:03,437 --> 01:44:05,339 THE VACANCY, AS SORT OF ALLUDED 3151 01:44:05,339 --> 01:44:06,239 TO BY SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES 3152 01:44:06,239 --> 01:44:08,875 HERE? 3153 01:44:08,875 --> 01:44:10,177 -- CENTRAL STAFF. 3154 01:44:10,177 --> 01:44:11,778 -- SURE. SO THESE TWO POSITIONS 3155 01:44:11,778 --> 01:44:13,680 STARTED OUT AS TEMPORARY 3156 01:44:13,680 --> 01:44:15,782 POSITIONS, AND THEN THEY WERE 3157 01:44:15,782 --> 01:44:23,056 ADDED FORMALLY IN 2023. BUT THEN 3158 01:44:23,056 --> 01:44:25,459 WE'RE NOT FILLED. SO THEY ARE 3159 01:44:25,459 --> 01:44:26,860 TWO VACANT MAINTENANCE LABOR 3160 01:44:26,860 --> 01:44:32,032 POSITIONS. AND THEIR GOAL WAS TO 3161 01:44:32,032 --> 01:44:34,501 PERFORM TRASH REMOVAL AND OTHER 3162 01:44:34,501 --> 01:44:36,703 CLEANUP ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND 3163 01:44:36,703 --> 01:44:37,037 ENCAMPMENTS. 3164 01:44:37,037 --> 01:44:39,339 -- OKAY. GOT IT. SO THESE WERE 3165 01:44:39,339 --> 01:44:41,441 TRASH REMOVAL POSITIONS THAT 3166 01:44:41,441 --> 01:44:44,211 WERE ADDED IN 2023 AS POSITIONS 3167 01:44:44,211 --> 01:44:46,413 NEVER FILLED AND HELD VACANT 3168 01:44:46,413 --> 01:44:48,015 FROM 2023 UNTIL NOW. THAT'S 3169 01:44:48,015 --> 01:44:48,282 CORRECT. 3170 01:44:48,282 --> 01:44:48,615 -- CORRECT. 3171 01:44:48,615 --> 01:44:49,416 -- OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR 3172 01:44:49,416 --> 01:44:50,317 THAT. AND I THE REASON I ASKED 3173 01:44:50,317 --> 01:44:53,954 FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND I, I 3174 01:44:53,954 --> 01:44:56,556 HEARD THE COMMENTS PREVIOUSLY 3175 01:44:56,556 --> 01:44:57,891 REGARDING WHETHER OR NOT THESE 3176 01:44:57,891 --> 01:44:58,659 POSITIONS WERE VACANT AND THE 3177 01:44:58,659 --> 01:45:00,293 MEANING OF THAT. AND I CONTINUE 3178 01:45:00,293 --> 01:45:01,795 TO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S AN 3179 01:45:01,795 --> 01:45:03,163 IMPORTANT DISTINCTION TO MAKE 3180 01:45:03,163 --> 01:45:04,398 AND ONE THAT WE CAN MAKE AS 3181 01:45:04,398 --> 01:45:05,766 PUBLIC SERVANTS WITH A 3182 01:45:05,766 --> 01:45:06,366 RESPONSIBILITY TO BE CLEAR TO 3183 01:45:06,366 --> 01:45:08,335 OUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHETHER 3184 01:45:08,335 --> 01:45:09,770 OR NOT THIS IS A CUT OF A 3185 01:45:09,770 --> 01:45:12,039 POSITION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN 3186 01:45:12,039 --> 01:45:13,874 FILLED, OR WORK THAT IS ALREADY 3187 01:45:13,874 --> 01:45:14,941 HAPPENING, OR WHETHER THIS IS A 3188 01:45:14,941 --> 01:45:15,842 REMOVAL OF A POSITION THAT HAS 3189 01:45:15,842 --> 01:45:18,712 BEEN VACANT FOR THREE YEARS. AND 3190 01:45:18,712 --> 01:45:20,614 I THINK THAT CONTINUES TO BE AN 3191 01:45:20,614 --> 01:45:21,648 IMPORTANT DISTINCTION FOR US TO 3192 01:45:21,648 --> 01:45:23,116 MAKE SO THAT WE HAVE CLARITY 3193 01:45:23,116 --> 01:45:25,185 ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE 3194 01:45:25,185 --> 01:45:26,720 DISCUSSING CHANGES IN LEVEL OF 3195 01:45:26,720 --> 01:45:28,588 SERVICE THAT ARE CURRENTLY BEING 3196 01:45:28,588 --> 01:45:29,189 DEPLOYED TO OUR RESIDENTS, OR 3197 01:45:29,189 --> 01:45:31,091 WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE DISCUSSING 3198 01:45:31,091 --> 01:45:32,159 A REMOVAL OF A VACANT POSITION 3199 01:45:32,159 --> 01:45:32,926 THAT HAS NEVER BEEN FILLED. AND 3200 01:45:32,926 --> 01:45:35,028 TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE DISCUSSING 3201 01:45:35,028 --> 01:45:35,696 THE LATTER. SO WHILE I 3202 01:45:35,696 --> 01:45:37,731 APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUE'S 3203 01:45:37,731 --> 01:45:39,132 COMMENTS, I WILL SAY I THINK 3204 01:45:39,132 --> 01:45:41,234 PEOPLE DESERVE THAT TRANSPARENCY 3205 01:45:41,234 --> 01:45:42,769 AND WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN 3206 01:45:42,769 --> 01:45:44,571 THE BUDGET. THANK YOU. 3207 01:45:44,571 --> 01:45:45,872 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3208 01:45:45,872 --> 01:45:47,040 FOSTER AND COLLEAGUES. I'M AN 3209 01:45:47,040 --> 01:45:48,508 CENTRAL STAFF. I'M GOING TO 3210 01:45:48,508 --> 01:45:50,577 REQUEST THAT WE JUST LET ME MAKE 3211 01:45:50,577 --> 01:45:53,346 SURE WE'RE FACILITATING, AS WE 3212 01:45:53,346 --> 01:45:56,983 HAVE A LOT MORE TO GET THROUGH. 3213 01:45:56,983 --> 01:45:57,551 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA YOU ARE 3214 01:45:57,551 --> 01:45:58,852 RECOGNIZED. 3215 01:45:58,852 --> 01:45:59,686 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I TOO, 3216 01:45:59,686 --> 01:46:03,757 WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3217 01:46:03,757 --> 01:46:07,994 JUAREZ FOR BRINGING REMINDING US 3218 01:46:07,994 --> 01:46:10,497 ABOUT THE IMPORTANT HISTORY HERE 3219 01:46:10,497 --> 01:46:11,431 BEHIND THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM AND 3220 01:46:11,431 --> 01:46:14,601 THE BROADER EFFORT. THE WORK, 3221 01:46:14,601 --> 01:46:16,803 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITING TO AS 3222 01:46:16,803 --> 01:46:20,140 RELATED TO THE SPECIFIC BUDGET 3223 01:46:20,140 --> 01:46:21,408 INVESTMENT BEFORE US AT THE HIGH 3224 01:46:21,408 --> 01:46:24,111 HIGHEST PRINCIPAL LEVEL, I DO 3225 01:46:24,111 --> 01:46:26,646 AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS MADE 3226 01:46:26,646 --> 01:46:27,214 FROM COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER A 3227 01:46:27,214 --> 01:46:29,549 MOMENT AGO. AT LEAST AS IT 3228 01:46:29,549 --> 01:46:31,084 PERTAINS TO, YOU KNOW, THE 3229 01:46:31,084 --> 01:46:33,153 IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY AND 3230 01:46:33,153 --> 01:46:36,223 CLARITY AND BEING CLEAR ABOUT 3231 01:46:36,223 --> 01:46:38,658 WHAT SOMETHING DOES AND WHAT IT 3232 01:46:38,658 --> 01:46:43,463 DOESN'T. SO IN THE IN THOSE 3233 01:46:43,463 --> 01:46:44,865 VEINS ALONG THOSE LINES, LET ME 3234 01:46:44,865 --> 01:46:46,700 BE VERY CRYSTAL CLEAR AND 3235 01:46:46,700 --> 01:46:49,236 TRANSPARENT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN 3236 01:46:49,236 --> 01:46:51,371 VERY CONSISTENT AND CLEAR ABOUT 3237 01:46:51,371 --> 01:46:54,741 THIS PRINCIPLE THROUGHOUT THIS 3238 01:46:54,741 --> 01:46:58,812 BUDGET REVIEW PROCESS. AND THAT 3239 01:46:58,812 --> 01:47:03,583 IS BY BURYING THE UNIFIED CARE 3240 01:47:03,583 --> 01:47:09,156 TEAM INTO A DEPARTMENT, IN THIS 3241 01:47:09,156 --> 01:47:11,691 CASE, HSD. THAT EFFECTIVELY 3242 01:47:11,691 --> 01:47:14,194 PRIORITIZES THAT WORK BEFORE, 3243 01:47:14,194 --> 01:47:16,663 WHEN THAT WORK, BECAUSE OF 3244 01:47:16,663 --> 01:47:20,767 SPECIFIC LESSONS LEARNED AS 3245 01:47:20,767 --> 01:47:21,301 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ GOT 3246 01:47:21,301 --> 01:47:23,837 LITERALLY HAS THE RECEIPTS 3247 01:47:23,837 --> 01:47:27,440 BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC LESSONS 3248 01:47:27,440 --> 01:47:30,477 LEARNED AND TEACHINGS AND 3249 01:47:30,477 --> 01:47:31,711 INSIGHTS CULTIVATED OVER MANY, 3250 01:47:31,711 --> 01:47:35,749 MANY, MANY YEARS, MANY FAILURES. 3251 01:47:35,749 --> 01:47:37,617 WE LEARNED THAT THAT WORK IS 3252 01:47:37,617 --> 01:47:42,322 BEST WHEN IT HAS A SINGLE 3253 01:47:42,322 --> 01:47:44,391 THREADED OWNER AT THE MAYOR 3254 01:47:44,391 --> 01:47:46,359 MAYORAL OFFICE LEVEL, NOT LIVING 3255 01:47:46,359 --> 01:47:48,829 SILOED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. 3256 01:47:48,829 --> 01:47:49,496 I'VE LITERALLY BEEN IN SOME OF 3257 01:47:49,496 --> 01:47:51,832 THOSE ROOMS WHEN SOME OF THOSE 3258 01:47:51,832 --> 01:47:52,966 DECISIONS ARE MADE. THERE'S A 3259 01:47:52,966 --> 01:47:55,802 LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM 3260 01:47:55,802 --> 01:47:56,336 MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, AND 3261 01:47:56,336 --> 01:47:59,372 WITHOUT CLEAR, STRONG EXECUTIVE 3262 01:47:59,372 --> 01:48:01,141 LEADERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP OF 3263 01:48:01,141 --> 01:48:03,710 THE OF THE INITIATIVE, THERE'S 3264 01:48:03,710 --> 01:48:04,911 THERE'S THIS WHOLE WHO'S ON 3265 01:48:04,911 --> 01:48:06,980 FIRST SITUATION. WELL, WELL, I 3266 01:48:06,980 --> 01:48:08,181 DON'T KNOW, LIKE WE MIGHT BE 3267 01:48:08,181 --> 01:48:11,384 ABLE TO DO IT. WE MIGHT NOT. AND 3268 01:48:11,384 --> 01:48:16,489 IT ULTIMATELY RESULTS IN 3269 01:48:16,489 --> 01:48:17,123 CONFUSION, CHAOS, WASTED CYCLES, 3270 01:48:17,123 --> 01:48:23,597 ENDLESS CHURN, THRASH. SO LOOK, 3271 01:48:23,597 --> 01:48:26,433 I ASSUME THE BEST, THE POSSIBLE 3272 01:48:26,433 --> 01:48:29,436 INTENT OF OF THE MAYOR FOR HER 3273 01:48:29,436 --> 01:48:36,443 DECISION TO DEMOTE DEPRIORITIZE 3274 01:48:36,443 --> 01:48:39,112 THE THIS BROADER BODY OF WORK 3275 01:48:39,112 --> 01:48:40,313 INTO HSD THAT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, 3276 01:48:40,313 --> 01:48:43,516 IT WAS SHE HAD THE BEST POSSIBLE 3277 01:48:43,516 --> 01:48:45,185 INTENT. BUT I'M TELLING THE 3278 01:48:45,185 --> 01:48:46,319 MAYOR AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE 3279 01:48:46,319 --> 01:48:50,557 RIGHT NOW THAT THE RESULT OF 3280 01:48:50,557 --> 01:48:51,091 THIS DECISION EFFECTIVELY 3281 01:48:51,091 --> 01:48:53,527 PRIORITIZES THIS CRITICAL WORK. 3282 01:48:53,527 --> 01:49:00,700 IT EFFECTIVELY SLOWS IT DOWN. SO 3283 01:49:00,700 --> 01:49:01,334 I HAVE THAT BEST POSSIBLE, I 3284 01:49:01,334 --> 01:49:03,103 ASSUME, THE BEST POSSIBLE INTENT 3285 01:49:03,103 --> 01:49:04,671 UNTIL PEOPLE GIVE ME A REASON TO 3286 01:49:04,671 --> 01:49:09,476 THINK OTHERWISE AND AS LONG AS 3287 01:49:09,476 --> 01:49:13,046 THIS CRITICAL BODY OF WORK. 3288 01:49:13,046 --> 01:49:20,854 -- LIVES. 3289 01:49:21,087 --> 01:49:29,195 -- AROUND. AT THE TIME WE GOT 3290 01:49:29,195 --> 01:49:33,033 SOME OF THE RECEIPTS HERE, BUT 3291 01:49:33,033 --> 01:49:34,534 BUT THAT IS TRULY THE BEST 3292 01:49:34,534 --> 01:49:37,037 PRACTICE. SO LET'S, LET'S DO THE 3293 01:49:37,037 --> 01:49:41,308 RIGHT THING HERE. AND IT STARTS 3294 01:49:41,308 --> 01:49:42,409 BY RESTORING SOME OF THESE 3295 01:49:42,409 --> 01:49:43,677 POSITIONS THAT WERE NEVER HIRED. 3296 01:49:43,677 --> 01:49:44,744 DOESN'T MEAN THERE WASN'T AN 3297 01:49:44,744 --> 01:49:45,712 ATTEMPT TO HIRE THEM OR THERE 3298 01:49:45,712 --> 01:49:47,380 WASN'T, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE 3299 01:49:47,380 --> 01:49:51,685 THERE, THERE WAS NO INCENTIVE OR 3300 01:49:51,685 --> 01:49:56,456 MOTIVATION TO DO THAT. LET'S 3301 01:49:56,456 --> 01:49:59,459 CONTROL OUR CONTROLLABLES HERE, 3302 01:49:59,459 --> 01:50:00,126 COLLEAGUES FUND THESE POSITIONS, 3303 01:50:00,126 --> 01:50:02,228 STOP THE TOMFOOLERY. GET THIS 3304 01:50:02,228 --> 01:50:03,630 DONE. THANK YOU. 3305 01:50:03,630 --> 01:50:06,132 -- THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER 3306 01:50:06,132 --> 01:50:07,467 DISCUSSION? SEEING NO FURTHER 3307 01:50:07,467 --> 01:50:09,169 DISCUSSION, I WILL CLOSE IT OUT 3308 01:50:09,169 --> 01:50:11,438 BY JUST SAYING THESE HAVE BEEN 3309 01:50:11,438 --> 01:50:13,807 UNFILLED. THEY HAVE BEEN 3310 01:50:13,807 --> 01:50:14,908 UNFUNDED. AND THAT IS SIMPLY 3311 01:50:14,908 --> 01:50:17,277 WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO DO TO 3312 01:50:17,277 --> 01:50:19,212 RETAIN POSITION, AUTHORITY. AND 3313 01:50:19,212 --> 01:50:21,481 LATER YOU WILL SEE ME TALK ABOUT 3314 01:50:21,481 --> 01:50:25,618 INCREASING TRASH SERVICE, 3315 01:50:25,618 --> 01:50:27,487 WHETHER I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE 3316 01:50:27,487 --> 01:50:29,723 ARE APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSING 3317 01:50:29,723 --> 01:50:31,691 HOMELESSNESS IN THIS CITY. AND I 3318 01:50:31,691 --> 01:50:33,693 DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE 3319 01:50:33,693 --> 01:50:34,327 APPROPRIATELY PICKING UP TRASH 3320 01:50:34,327 --> 01:50:36,863 AROUND THE CITY. BUT MORE ON 3321 01:50:36,863 --> 01:50:37,597 THAT LATER. COLLEAGUES. IF YOU 3322 01:50:37,597 --> 01:50:41,101 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR S .11 A 3323 01:50:41,101 --> 01:50:44,704 ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 3324 01:50:44,704 --> 01:50:49,175 THIS TIME. PENCILS DOWN. I'VE 3325 01:50:49,175 --> 01:50:51,211 GOT COUNCILMEMBER SAKA ADDING 3326 01:50:51,211 --> 01:50:51,478 HIS NAME. 3327 01:50:51,478 --> 01:50:51,978 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 3328 01:50:51,978 --> 01:50:55,649 -- AND THEN WE WILL MOVE BRIEFLY 3329 01:50:55,649 --> 01:50:57,050 THROUGH S DOT 901 BECAUSE IT IS 3330 01:50:57,050 --> 01:50:58,618 TECHNICAL. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE 3331 01:50:58,618 --> 01:51:00,687 ON TO THE S DOT AMENDMENT. 3332 01:51:00,687 --> 01:51:02,455 -- S .901 IS A TECHNICAL 3333 01:51:02,455 --> 01:51:04,157 AMENDMENT TO RECORD THE OCTOBER 3334 01:51:04,157 --> 01:51:06,259 FORECAST AS IT RELATES TO S DOT. 3335 01:51:06,259 --> 01:51:07,394 -- THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL 3336 01:51:07,394 --> 01:51:10,096 MOVE ON TO THIS S DOT AMENDMENT 3337 01:51:10,096 --> 01:51:10,263 TO. 3338 01:51:10,263 --> 01:51:11,398 -- COUNCILMEMBERS TRACY 3339 01:51:11,398 --> 01:51:12,399 RATCLIFFE CENTRAL STAFF. I'LL 3340 01:51:12,399 --> 01:51:13,933 TRY NOT TO CUT CORNERS IN 3341 01:51:13,933 --> 01:51:14,434 DESCRIBING THE PROPOSED 3342 01:51:14,434 --> 01:51:15,435 AMENDMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 3343 01:51:15,435 --> 01:51:17,237 AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE 3344 01:51:17,237 --> 01:51:18,972 TRANSPORTATION FUND. INTERFUND 3345 01:51:18,972 --> 01:51:21,241 LOAN ORDINANCE. CB 121325. THIS 3346 01:51:21,241 --> 01:51:22,742 AMENDMENT IS SPONSORED BY 3347 01:51:22,742 --> 01:51:24,277 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WITH 3348 01:51:24,277 --> 01:51:24,878 CO-SPONSORS HOLLINGSWORTH AND 3349 01:51:24,878 --> 01:51:26,846 RINCK. IT WOULD REQUEST TWO 3350 01:51:26,846 --> 01:51:29,049 REPORTS, AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE 3351 01:51:29,049 --> 01:51:30,884 REPAYMENT OF THE LOAN THAT WOULD 3352 01:51:30,884 --> 01:51:32,652 BE SUBMITTED WITH THE MAYOR'S 3353 01:51:32,652 --> 01:51:35,422 ANNUAL BUDGET, AND THE SECOND 3354 01:51:35,422 --> 01:51:35,955 REPORT WOULD BE FROM THE 3355 01:51:35,955 --> 01:51:38,992 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL 3356 01:51:38,992 --> 01:51:39,626 INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT'S 3357 01:51:39,626 --> 01:51:41,261 LOOKING AT THE CAUSES OF THE 3358 01:51:41,261 --> 01:51:42,662 TRANSPORTATION FUNDS, CASH 3359 01:51:42,662 --> 01:51:44,764 BALANCE CHALLENGES, AND IS ALSO 3360 01:51:44,764 --> 01:51:45,632 TRYING TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO 3361 01:51:45,632 --> 01:51:47,200 RESTORE THAT FUND TO A POSITIVE 3362 01:51:47,200 --> 01:51:48,768 BALANCE. SO WE WOULD BE ASKING 3363 01:51:48,768 --> 01:51:52,305 FOR A REPORT BY SEPTEMBER 15th 3364 01:51:52,305 --> 01:51:54,841 OF 2027 TO GET AN UPDATE ON THE 3365 01:51:54,841 --> 01:51:57,877 FINDINGS OF THAT WORK BY THE. 3366 01:51:57,877 --> 01:51:58,144 I'D T. 3367 01:51:58,144 --> 01:52:00,346 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3368 01:52:00,346 --> 01:52:01,681 SPONSOR THE AMENDMENT. YOU'RE 3369 01:52:01,681 --> 01:52:01,981 RECOGNIZED. 3370 01:52:01,981 --> 01:52:03,650 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. COLLEAGUES 3371 01:52:03,650 --> 01:52:04,517 IN INTERFUND LOAN CAN BE A 3372 01:52:04,517 --> 01:52:07,687 BRIDGE, BUT IT CAN ALSO CANNOT 3373 01:52:07,687 --> 01:52:10,323 BECOME A SUSTAINED BUSINESS 3374 01:52:10,323 --> 01:52:12,492 MODEL. S DOT'S TRANSPORTATION 3375 01:52:12,492 --> 01:52:14,794 FUND SUPPORTS CORE SERVICES, YET 3376 01:52:14,794 --> 01:52:15,929 DECLINING REVENUES HAVE PUSHED 3377 01:52:15,929 --> 01:52:18,698 IT INTO NEGATIVE CASH POSITION. 3378 01:52:18,698 --> 01:52:23,369 IF COUNCIL AUTHORIZES A LOAN, 3379 01:52:23,369 --> 01:52:23,903 THE PUBLIC DESERVES CLEAR 3380 01:52:23,903 --> 01:52:25,338 REPAYMENT PLAN AND RECOVERY 3381 01:52:25,338 --> 01:52:27,841 PLANS AS WELL. THIS AMENDMENT 3382 01:52:27,841 --> 01:52:30,777 REQUIRES AN ANNUAL REPAYMENT 3383 01:52:30,777 --> 01:52:31,711 REPORTING TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY 3384 01:52:31,711 --> 01:52:34,814 INTO THE LOAN IS FULLY REPAID. 3385 01:52:34,814 --> 01:52:35,448 IT ALSO REQUIRES THE EXECUTIVE 3386 01:52:35,448 --> 01:52:37,817 TO PRODUCE A SINGLE CONSOLIDATED 3387 01:52:37,817 --> 01:52:39,619 REPORT EXPLAINING THE CAUSES OF 3388 01:52:39,619 --> 01:52:41,788 THE FUND'S NEGATIVE CASH 3389 01:52:41,788 --> 01:52:44,124 POSITION AND IDENTIFYING 3390 01:52:44,124 --> 01:52:44,657 STRATEGIES TO RESTORE THE 3391 01:52:44,657 --> 01:52:48,228 POSITIVE. THE POSITIVE BALANCE 3392 01:52:48,228 --> 01:52:50,797 RATHER RESPONSIBLE BORROWING. 3393 01:52:50,797 --> 01:52:54,634 TRY AGAIN. RESPONSIBLE BORROWING 3394 01:52:54,634 --> 01:52:57,270 REQUIRES TRANSPARENT REPAYMENT, 3395 01:52:57,270 --> 01:53:02,208 ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND A CLEAR 3396 01:53:02,208 --> 01:53:02,909 PLAN THAT PREVENTS RELIANCE ON 3397 01:53:02,909 --> 01:53:05,445 EMERGENCY LOANS IN THE FUTURE. 3398 01:53:05,445 --> 01:53:08,114 THANK YOU. 3399 01:53:08,114 --> 01:53:11,317 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES, ANY 3400 01:53:11,317 --> 01:53:13,486 DISCUSSION? ANY DISCUSSION? 3401 01:53:13,486 --> 01:53:15,021 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 3402 01:53:15,021 --> 01:53:17,791 CO-SPONSOR S DOT AMENDMENT TWO, 3403 01:53:17,791 --> 01:53:18,424 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 3404 01:53:18,424 --> 01:53:23,463 TIME I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 3405 01:53:23,463 --> 01:53:25,198 JUAREZ, RIVERA AND KETTLE ADDING 3406 01:53:25,198 --> 01:53:26,266 THEIR NAMES. 3407 01:53:26,266 --> 01:53:27,901 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, JUAREZ, 3408 01:53:27,901 --> 01:53:28,334 RIVERA AND KETTLE. 3409 01:53:28,334 --> 01:53:32,205 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW GOING TO 3410 01:53:32,205 --> 01:53:34,007 SWITCH DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE MOVING 3411 01:53:34,007 --> 01:53:36,409 INTO SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 3412 01:53:36,409 --> 01:53:38,945 WE'RE GOING TO FIRST TAKE OVER 3413 01:53:38,945 --> 01:53:42,649 TIME AS A GROUP BECAUSE WE HAVE 3414 01:53:42,649 --> 01:53:45,218 THREE PROPOSALS THAT WHICH 3415 01:53:45,218 --> 01:53:46,553 INCLUDE EVERY COUNCILMEMBER ON 3416 01:53:46,553 --> 01:53:48,955 THE DAIS IN ONE OF THOSE THREE 3417 01:53:48,955 --> 01:53:50,757 BUCKETS, TWO OF THE AMENDMENTS 3418 01:53:50,757 --> 01:53:53,526 ARE THE SAME AND ONE IS 3419 01:53:53,526 --> 01:53:55,995 DIFFERENT. AND SO IF WE COULD, 3420 01:53:55,995 --> 01:53:57,163 WE'LL FIRST GO THROUGH THE TWO 3421 01:53:57,163 --> 01:53:58,898 THAT ARE THE SAME, AND THEN WE 3422 01:53:58,898 --> 01:54:00,633 WILL GO THROUGH THE ONE THAT IS 3423 01:54:00,633 --> 01:54:02,502 DIFFERENT. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 3424 01:54:02,502 --> 01:54:04,637 I'LL GIVE YOU THE FLOOR AFTER 3425 01:54:04,637 --> 01:54:08,975 THE SPONSOR OF EACH, AND WE WILL 3426 01:54:08,975 --> 01:54:11,077 NOT BE CALLING FOR CO-SPONSORS 3427 01:54:11,077 --> 01:54:13,580 ON EITHER OF THESE TODAY. SO 3428 01:54:13,580 --> 01:54:14,948 WITH THAT, OVER TO YOU, CENTRAL 3429 01:54:14,948 --> 01:54:16,983 STAFF. WELCOME AN. 3430 01:54:16,983 --> 01:54:18,618 -- GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE 3431 01:54:18,618 --> 01:54:19,719 MEMBERS AND GORMAN COUNCIL. 3432 01:54:19,719 --> 01:54:21,120 CENTRAL STAFF. AS AS YOU 3433 01:54:21,120 --> 01:54:22,989 DESCRIBED. CHAIR STRAUSS. WE 3434 01:54:22,989 --> 01:54:25,391 HAVE TWO PROPOSALS THAT ARE 3435 01:54:25,391 --> 01:54:26,926 SUBSTANTIVELY IDENTICAL, SO I 3436 01:54:26,926 --> 01:54:31,564 WILL DISCUSS THEM TOGETHER. SFD 3437 01:54:31,564 --> 01:54:34,000 ONE B IS SPONSORED BY 3438 01:54:34,000 --> 01:54:34,534 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WITH 3439 01:54:34,534 --> 01:54:39,105 CO-SPONSORS KETTLE AND SAKA 3440 01:54:39,105 --> 01:54:41,608 EXCUSE ME. SFD ONE A IS 3441 01:54:41,608 --> 01:54:44,410 SPONSORED BY CHAIR STRAUSS WITH 3442 01:54:44,410 --> 01:54:45,044 CO-SPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 3443 01:54:45,044 --> 01:54:46,713 AND COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH. 3444 01:54:46,713 --> 01:54:49,182 BOTH OF THESE PROPOSALS WOULD 3445 01:54:49,182 --> 01:54:50,283 INCREASE THE SEATTLE FIRE 3446 01:54:50,283 --> 01:54:52,585 DEPARTMENT SFD BY 7.1 MILLION. 3447 01:54:52,585 --> 01:54:57,890 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 AND 2028 TO 3448 01:54:57,890 --> 01:55:00,026 FUND OVERTIME COSTS AT THE 3449 01:55:00,026 --> 01:55:00,660 CURRENT TARGET STAFFING LEVEL. 3450 01:55:00,660 --> 01:55:03,229 BOTH OF THESE PROPOSALS WOULD 3451 01:55:03,229 --> 01:55:06,199 REVERSE A PROPOSED REDUCTION IN 3452 01:55:06,199 --> 01:55:10,270 THE 2027 2028 PROPOSED BUDGET. 3453 01:55:10,270 --> 01:55:11,871 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3454 01:55:11,871 --> 01:55:12,839 RIVERA IS SPONSOR OF ONE OF 3455 01:55:12,839 --> 01:55:16,476 THESE AMENDMENTS. WOULD YOU LIKE 3456 01:55:16,476 --> 01:55:16,843 TO SPEAK TO IT? 3457 01:55:16,843 --> 01:55:19,912 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, AS 3458 01:55:19,912 --> 01:55:23,082 YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY, OUR FIRE 3459 01:55:23,082 --> 01:55:24,851 SERVICE IS A CHARTER 3460 01:55:24,851 --> 01:55:26,653 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY. AND 3461 01:55:26,653 --> 01:55:29,756 I'LL ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I 3462 01:55:29,756 --> 01:55:30,623 UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAYOR SAID 3463 01:55:30,623 --> 01:55:32,759 THAT SHE DOESN'T THINK THAT THIS 3464 01:55:32,759 --> 01:55:34,794 CUT WOULD HAVE IMPACT TO 3465 01:55:34,794 --> 01:55:35,962 SERVICES. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE 3466 01:55:35,962 --> 01:55:39,032 HEARD FROM SEATTLE FIRE 3467 01:55:39,032 --> 01:55:40,700 DEPARTMENT CHIEF SCOGGINS THAT 3468 01:55:40,700 --> 01:55:43,036 IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT TO 3469 01:55:43,036 --> 01:55:45,405 SERVICES. AND QUITE FRANKLY, HOW 3470 01:55:45,405 --> 01:55:47,106 COULD IT NOT? AND I WILL SAY 3471 01:55:47,106 --> 01:55:49,742 I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHIEF 3472 01:55:49,742 --> 01:55:51,110 SCOGGINS FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS 3473 01:55:51,110 --> 01:55:53,079 THROUGH COVID, THROUGH THE FIRE 3474 01:55:53,079 --> 01:55:56,182 DEPARTMENT, SETTING UP TESTING 3475 01:55:56,182 --> 01:55:57,884 SITES, THROUGH THE FIRE 3476 01:55:57,884 --> 01:56:00,620 DEPARTMENT, SETTING UP THE 3477 01:56:00,620 --> 01:56:03,256 VACCINE SITES AND THEN 3478 01:56:03,256 --> 01:56:06,292 EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. YOU KNOW, 3479 01:56:06,292 --> 01:56:08,861 THAT FIRE PROVIDES NOT JUST FIRE 3480 01:56:08,861 --> 01:56:11,030 SUPPRESSION SERVICES, BUT THERE 3481 01:56:11,030 --> 01:56:12,999 ALSO ARE EMERGENCY MEDICAL 3482 01:56:12,999 --> 01:56:14,967 SERVICES, AND THEY PROVIDE OUR 3483 01:56:14,967 --> 01:56:16,836 HEALTH ONE SERVICE THAT 3484 01:56:16,836 --> 01:56:17,370 ADDRESSES BEHAVIOR, THAT 3485 01:56:17,370 --> 01:56:19,939 PROVIDES BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 3486 01:56:19,939 --> 01:56:21,674 SUPPORT TO ON THE GROUND TO 3487 01:56:21,674 --> 01:56:22,975 CONSTITUENTS, AS WELL AS HEALTH. 3488 01:56:22,975 --> 01:56:27,213 99 WHEN SOMEONE IS ODING. SO 3489 01:56:27,213 --> 01:56:29,916 THEY THEY DO A LOT THE OT IS TO 3490 01:56:29,916 --> 01:56:34,988 BE ABLE TO COVER AND GIVE PROPER 3491 01:56:34,988 --> 01:56:39,993 RESPONSE. WHEN 911 IS CALLED. 3492 01:56:39,993 --> 01:56:40,493 AND SO THIS SIGNIFICANT 3493 01:56:40,493 --> 01:56:42,562 REDUCTION TO THE OVERTIME HOURS 3494 01:56:42,562 --> 01:56:44,197 WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR 3495 01:56:44,197 --> 01:56:45,832 ABILITY TO TO PROVIDE SERVICE. 3496 01:56:45,832 --> 01:56:48,634 YOU HEARD THAT DURING THE BUDGET 3497 01:56:48,634 --> 01:56:51,437 BRIEFINGS FROM CHIEF SCOGGINS 3498 01:56:51,437 --> 01:56:53,473 DIRECTLY. SO THIS IS SOMETHING 3499 01:56:53,473 --> 01:56:54,874 THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. 3500 01:56:54,874 --> 01:56:57,343 I'VE ALWAYS REALLY VALUED OUR 3501 01:56:57,343 --> 01:57:00,179 FIRE DEPARTMENT. I WILL SAY FIRE 3502 01:57:00,179 --> 01:57:03,549 HAS WAS IN MY PORTFOLIO FOR A 3503 01:57:03,549 --> 01:57:04,650 NUMBER OF YEARS WHEN I WORKED IN 3504 01:57:04,650 --> 01:57:05,952 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. SO THAT IS 3505 01:57:05,952 --> 01:57:08,221 WHY I'M SO FAMILIAR WITH THEIR 3506 01:57:08,221 --> 01:57:10,223 WORK. AND I'M SO FAMILIAR WITH 3507 01:57:10,223 --> 01:57:15,928 CHIEF SCOGGINS COMMITMENT. THIS 3508 01:57:15,928 --> 01:57:17,296 IS NOT THIS IS A MUST HAVE, NOT 3509 01:57:17,296 --> 01:57:19,832 A NICE TO HAVE. BECAUSE AGAIN, 3510 01:57:19,832 --> 01:57:22,368 IT IS A CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY 3511 01:57:22,368 --> 01:57:24,203 AND THEY PROVIDE SO MUCH MORE 3512 01:57:24,203 --> 01:57:27,373 THAN JUST FIRE SUPPRESSION. BUT 3513 01:57:27,373 --> 01:57:27,974 FIRE SUPPRESSION ALONE WOULD 3514 01:57:27,974 --> 01:57:29,909 WARRANT THE AD AS WELL, BECAUSE 3515 01:57:29,909 --> 01:57:32,445 WE NEED THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS 3516 01:57:32,445 --> 01:57:35,214 FIRES AND MORE FIRES ARE 3517 01:57:35,214 --> 01:57:35,681 HAPPENING, NOT LESS, 3518 01:57:35,681 --> 01:57:36,849 PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN 3519 01:57:36,849 --> 01:57:39,385 A RISE IN FIRES AT ENCAMPMENTS, 3520 01:57:39,385 --> 01:57:41,320 FOR INSTANCE. SO THEY'RE THE 3521 01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:42,655 ONES THAT ADDRESS TO THEY'RE THE 3522 01:57:42,655 --> 01:57:44,891 ONES THAT ADDRESS ALL OF THESE 3523 01:57:44,891 --> 01:57:47,860 NEEDS. AND OVER THE YEARS, 3524 01:57:47,860 --> 01:57:50,797 THEY'VE HAD ON ON AD ON NEEDS 3525 01:57:50,797 --> 01:57:54,934 LIKE HEALTH ONE AND 99. SO TO 3526 01:57:54,934 --> 01:57:56,903 ME, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ABOVE 3527 01:57:56,903 --> 01:57:58,171 ANYTHING ELSE, WE NEED TO ENSURE 3528 01:57:58,171 --> 01:58:00,706 THAT OUR CHARTER 3529 01:58:00,706 --> 01:58:02,141 RESPONSIBILITIES ARE BEING 3530 01:58:02,141 --> 01:58:03,743 FUNDED. AND THIS IS WHY I FEEL 3531 01:58:03,743 --> 01:58:05,078 SO STRONGLY. AND COLLEAGUES, 3532 01:58:05,078 --> 01:58:07,580 YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT MY 3533 01:58:07,580 --> 01:58:10,783 CONCERNS AROUND THIS PARTICULAR 3534 01:58:10,783 --> 01:58:12,251 REDUCTION TO FIRE FOR A LONG 3535 01:58:12,251 --> 01:58:14,687 TIME NOW, AND WHY I MADE THE 3536 01:58:14,687 --> 01:58:19,692 COMMITMENT TO INCLUDE THIS AD IN 3537 01:58:19,692 --> 01:58:21,461 THE BUDGET. THIS IS THIS SHOULD 3538 01:58:21,461 --> 01:58:24,864 BE OUR ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE 3539 01:58:24,864 --> 01:58:26,365 PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET. AND IT 3540 01:58:26,365 --> 01:58:27,867 IS SOMETHING THAT I HOPE THAT WE 3541 01:58:27,867 --> 01:58:29,802 WILL ALL SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN 3542 01:58:29,802 --> 01:58:31,938 MAKE SURE WHEN OUR CONSTITUENTS 3543 01:58:31,938 --> 01:58:34,907 CALL 911 AND NEED THE FIRE 3544 01:58:34,907 --> 01:58:37,310 DEPARTMENT SERVICE, THEY'RE ABLE 3545 01:58:37,310 --> 01:58:38,110 TO RESPOND AS QUICKLY AS 3546 01:58:38,110 --> 01:58:41,113 POSSIBLE. AND AND QUITE FRANKLY, 3547 01:58:41,113 --> 01:58:42,548 I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY 3548 01:58:42,548 --> 01:58:44,250 THAT. LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW 3549 01:58:44,250 --> 01:58:46,819 WHAT ELSE. I MEAN, THIS IS SO 3550 01:58:46,819 --> 01:58:47,753 CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ME THAT I 3551 01:58:47,753 --> 01:58:51,257 DON'T THINK I NEED TO DESCRIBE 3552 01:58:51,257 --> 01:58:52,992 FURTHER WHY THIS IS NEEDED. SO I 3553 01:58:52,992 --> 01:58:55,561 HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT THIS 3554 01:58:55,561 --> 01:59:02,368 AD AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALL I'LL 3555 01:59:02,368 --> 01:59:03,703 SAY FOR NOW. THANK YOU. 3556 01:59:03,703 --> 01:59:06,072 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3557 01:59:06,072 --> 01:59:08,608 RIVERA, AS SPONSOR OF THE OTHER 3558 01:59:08,608 --> 01:59:09,909 SIMILAR AMENDMENT, I WILL JUST 3559 01:59:09,909 --> 01:59:11,544 SAY, IF IT WERE NOT THE FIRE 3560 01:59:11,544 --> 01:59:14,881 DEPARTMENT SHOWING UP WITHIN 3 3561 01:59:14,881 --> 01:59:17,550 TO 4 MINUTES, I WOULDN'T HAVE 3562 01:59:17,550 --> 01:59:18,784 HAD MY SECOND LIFE. I WOULDN'T 3563 01:59:18,784 --> 01:59:21,120 HAVE HAD MY SECOND CHANCE AT 3564 01:59:21,120 --> 01:59:23,356 LIFE. I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE 3565 01:59:23,356 --> 01:59:23,856 SITTING HERE. I REFLECT 3566 01:59:23,856 --> 01:59:26,759 SOMETIMES ON THE PERMANENT AND 3567 01:59:26,759 --> 01:59:29,362 ONGOING PAIN THAT I STILL HAVE 3568 01:59:29,362 --> 01:59:30,796 TODAY, FROM BEING HIT BY A CAR, 3569 01:59:30,796 --> 01:59:34,767 BEING AND I JUST THE THOUGHT 3570 01:59:34,767 --> 01:59:37,603 COMES TO ME OF HOW MUCH WORSE OR 3571 01:59:37,603 --> 01:59:38,771 HOW MUCH MORE PAIN OR HOW MUCH 3572 01:59:38,771 --> 01:59:41,040 MORE LIFE ALTERING WOULD THAT 3573 01:59:41,040 --> 01:59:42,241 HAVE EXPERIENCE HAVE BEEN HAD IT 3574 01:59:42,241 --> 01:59:46,078 TAKEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET 3575 01:59:46,078 --> 01:59:47,713 THEIR ANY LONGER THAN IT DID? 3576 01:59:47,713 --> 01:59:49,882 I'M GOING TO TAKE A POINT OF 3577 01:59:49,882 --> 01:59:52,285 PERSONAL PRIVILEGE. WE HAVE 3578 01:59:52,285 --> 01:59:54,153 MARIA ROSAS IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 3579 01:59:54,153 --> 01:59:56,088 LONGTIME CITY EMPLOYEE WHO 3580 01:59:56,088 --> 01:59:56,589 SERVED THE LEGISLATIVE 3581 01:59:56,589 --> 01:59:58,090 DEPARTMENT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 3582 01:59:58,090 --> 01:59:59,992 LET'S ALL GIVE A BIG WAVE TO 3583 01:59:59,992 --> 02:00:01,794 MARIA ROSAS. THANK YOU FOR 3584 02:00:01,794 --> 02:00:02,929 JOINING US, BLESSING US WITH 3585 02:00:02,929 --> 02:00:04,030 YOUR PRESENCE. WE LOVE YOU, 3586 02:00:04,030 --> 02:00:09,468 MARIA. BUT JUST TO SAY, JUST TO 3587 02:00:09,468 --> 02:00:12,905 SAY ANY TIME DELAYED FOR THE 3588 02:00:12,905 --> 02:00:15,408 FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWING UP, 3589 02:00:15,408 --> 02:00:17,543 WHETHER IT'S MEDICAL OR FIRE 3590 02:00:17,543 --> 02:00:19,645 RELATED, IS THE DIFFERENCE 3591 02:00:19,645 --> 02:00:20,179 BETWEEN SOMEBODY HAVING A 3592 02:00:20,179 --> 02:00:22,248 HEALTHY REMAINDER OF THEIR LIFE 3593 02:00:22,248 --> 02:00:24,750 OR NOT, OR THE DIFFERENCE 3594 02:00:24,750 --> 02:00:26,085 BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH. WITH 3595 02:00:26,085 --> 02:00:28,421 THAT, I'VE GOT COUNCILMEMBER 3596 02:00:28,421 --> 02:00:31,123 KETTLE, FOLLOWED BY JUAREZ. 3597 02:00:31,123 --> 02:00:35,528 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND I ALSO 3598 02:00:35,528 --> 02:00:36,095 WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3599 02:00:36,095 --> 02:00:38,397 RIVERA AS WELL FOR LEADING ON 3600 02:00:38,397 --> 02:00:39,665 THIS EFFORT, ALONG WITH MY VICE 3601 02:00:39,665 --> 02:00:40,600 CHAIR AND PUBLIC SAFETY 3602 02:00:40,600 --> 02:00:43,035 COMMITTEE. AND IN FACT, EVERYONE 3603 02:00:43,035 --> 02:00:43,469 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 3604 02:00:43,469 --> 02:00:46,072 COUNCILMEMBER, JUAREZ AND MY 3605 02:00:46,072 --> 02:00:47,907 COLLEAGUES HERE TO MY RIGHT, 3606 02:00:47,907 --> 02:00:50,176 BECAUSE IT'S BEEN UNIVERSAL AS 3607 02:00:50,176 --> 02:00:51,310 PUBLIC SAFETY CHAIR, I'VE HEARD 3608 02:00:51,310 --> 02:00:53,045 AND SPOKEN WITH EVERYONE RELATED 3609 02:00:53,045 --> 02:00:57,650 TO THIS. THIS TOPIC, AND FOR THE 3610 02:00:57,650 --> 02:00:58,217 REASONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER 3611 02:00:58,217 --> 02:01:00,019 RIVERA SAID THIS IMPACTS, YOU 3612 02:01:00,019 --> 02:01:03,322 KNOW, THE ABILITY, CAPACITY, 3613 02:01:03,322 --> 02:01:05,558 SERVICE AND TO CHAIR'S POINT 3614 02:01:05,558 --> 02:01:07,093 EVERY MINUTE, EVERY SECOND 3615 02:01:07,093 --> 02:01:08,628 COUNTS. AND I'VE SAID MORE THAN 3616 02:01:08,628 --> 02:01:11,530 ONCE MORE BROADLY, THAT AS IT 3617 02:01:11,530 --> 02:01:13,332 RELATES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THIS 3618 02:01:13,332 --> 02:01:16,335 IS THE UNFUNDED BUDGET AND I 3619 02:01:16,335 --> 02:01:17,603 KNOW THAT MOST OF WHAT WE'RE 3620 02:01:17,603 --> 02:01:18,671 TRYING TO DO ON PUBLIC SAFETY IS 3621 02:01:18,671 --> 02:01:20,506 NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF 3622 02:01:20,506 --> 02:01:22,041 THE FISCAL STRAITS THAT WE'RE 3623 02:01:22,041 --> 02:01:23,142 IN. BUT THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE 3624 02:01:23,142 --> 02:01:25,278 PIECE. THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS 3625 02:01:25,278 --> 02:01:27,947 TO HAPPEN. AND BECAUSE IT'S SO 3626 02:01:27,947 --> 02:01:30,616 DIRE, AGAIN, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY 3627 02:01:30,616 --> 02:01:32,818 SECOND. AND SO I THANK ALL OF MY 3628 02:01:32,818 --> 02:01:34,754 COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE BOARD FOR 3629 02:01:34,754 --> 02:01:36,789 YOUR SUPPORT, BECAUSE THIS WILL 3630 02:01:36,789 --> 02:01:39,125 MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND IT ALSO 3631 02:01:39,125 --> 02:01:40,026 HIGHLIGHTS AN ISSUE IN TERMS OF 3632 02:01:40,026 --> 02:01:43,596 HOW WE DO OVERTIME, LONG TERM, 3633 02:01:43,596 --> 02:01:45,097 WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WHAT WE 3634 02:01:45,097 --> 02:01:46,799 CAN DO TO ALLEVIATE THIS AND TO 3635 02:01:46,799 --> 02:01:48,267 GET AWAY FROM THE SYSTEM THAT 3636 02:01:48,267 --> 02:01:52,538 CAME INTO BEING 15, 20 YEARS 3637 02:01:52,538 --> 02:01:54,540 AGO. CONSCIOUS DECISION TO GO 3638 02:01:54,540 --> 02:01:55,241 THIS ROUTE, TO USE OVERTIME IN A 3639 02:01:55,241 --> 02:02:00,313 WAY THAT WE ARE NOW SUFFERING. 3640 02:02:00,313 --> 02:02:01,080 SO WE SHOULD BIGGER PICTURE 3641 02:02:01,080 --> 02:02:01,714 STRATEGICALLY ALSO LOOK AT THAT 3642 02:02:01,714 --> 02:02:04,116 AS WELL. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW AND 3643 02:02:04,116 --> 02:02:05,651 FOR THIS BUDGET, THIS IS THE 3644 02:02:05,651 --> 02:02:07,119 NUMBER ONE PIECE AS IT RELATES 3645 02:02:07,119 --> 02:02:08,587 TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THE ONE FIX 3646 02:02:08,587 --> 02:02:10,389 THAT HAS TO HAPPEN IN THIS 3647 02:02:10,389 --> 02:02:12,692 PUBLIC SAFETY UNFUND BUDGET. AND 3648 02:02:12,692 --> 02:02:15,695 I, I ASK FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. 3649 02:02:15,695 --> 02:02:17,763 THANK YOU. 3650 02:02:17,763 --> 02:02:19,198 -- THANK YOU. AND I'VE GOT 3651 02:02:19,198 --> 02:02:20,433 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ YOU HAVE 3652 02:02:20,433 --> 02:02:22,068 NOT SPOKEN ON THIS ITEM YET, 3653 02:02:22,068 --> 02:02:22,635 CORRECT? NO. COUNCILMEMBER 3654 02:02:22,635 --> 02:02:24,003 JUAREZ. AND THEN ANY DISCUSSION, 3655 02:02:24,003 --> 02:02:25,404 THEN I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. 3656 02:02:25,404 --> 02:02:26,772 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AT THE 3657 02:02:26,772 --> 02:02:27,039 VERY END. 3658 02:02:27,039 --> 02:02:28,941 -- THANK YOU. AND I WANT TO 3659 02:02:28,941 --> 02:02:31,344 THANK YOU, BUDGET CHAIR AND 3660 02:02:31,344 --> 02:02:31,944 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR YOUR 3661 02:02:31,944 --> 02:02:36,282 COMMITMENT IN BOTH OF YOUR ADS. 3662 02:02:36,282 --> 02:02:36,882 IN TALKING ABOUT SEATTLE FIRE 3663 02:02:36,882 --> 02:02:37,750 DEPARTMENT, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE 3664 02:02:37,750 --> 02:02:39,185 BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS AND WE'VE 3665 02:02:39,185 --> 02:02:42,621 HEARD FROM THE RANK AND FILE 3666 02:02:42,621 --> 02:02:45,825 FROM LOCAL 27 AND OF COURSE, 3667 02:02:45,825 --> 02:02:46,926 CHIEF SCOGGINS. AND AGAIN, I'M 3668 02:02:46,926 --> 02:02:48,160 GOING TO DO WHAT YOU PROBABLY 3669 02:02:48,160 --> 02:02:48,928 ARE ALL GETTING ANNOYED WITH, 3670 02:02:48,928 --> 02:02:50,296 BUT I'M GOING TO GO BACK INTO 3671 02:02:50,296 --> 02:02:51,430 THE TIME MACHINE JUST A TAD 3672 02:02:51,430 --> 02:02:53,532 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY 3673 02:02:53,532 --> 02:02:56,135 IMPORTANT TO SAY HOW WE GOT HERE 3674 02:02:56,135 --> 02:02:57,536 WITH THE 7.1 MILLION AND WHY 3675 02:02:57,536 --> 02:02:58,237 THIS CUT, AND I SAID THIS 3676 02:02:58,237 --> 02:03:01,807 BEFORE, WAS A BIT OF A MISNOMER. 3677 02:03:01,807 --> 02:03:03,142 SO THE PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS FOR 3678 02:03:03,142 --> 02:03:03,709 THE CAL FIRE DEPARTMENT'S 3679 02:03:03,709 --> 02:03:08,714 OVERTIME BY 7.1 MILLION. IT'S A 3680 02:03:08,714 --> 02:03:11,250 MASSIVE 17% REDUCTION IN 3681 02:03:11,250 --> 02:03:12,985 OVERTIME IS HOW'S IS HOW THE 3682 02:03:12,985 --> 02:03:14,787 CAL FIRE DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS 3683 02:03:14,787 --> 02:03:16,088 DAILY STAFFING. THAT'S VERY KEY 3684 02:03:16,088 --> 02:03:17,723 HERE. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED 3685 02:03:17,723 --> 02:03:19,925 OVER A DECADE AGO. THE CITY 3686 02:03:19,925 --> 02:03:23,195 INTENTIONALLY CHOSE TO HIRE 3687 02:03:23,195 --> 02:03:23,696 FEWER FIREFIGHTERS AND 3688 02:03:23,696 --> 02:03:25,364 SUPPLEMENT WITH OVERTIME TO SAVE 3689 02:03:25,364 --> 02:03:27,333 MONEY BY PAYING LESS IN 3690 02:03:27,333 --> 02:03:28,200 BENEFITS. NOW, THESE ARE ALL 3691 02:03:28,200 --> 02:03:29,869 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 3692 02:03:29,869 --> 02:03:32,638 AGREEMENTS. CUTTING THIS MONEY 3693 02:03:32,638 --> 02:03:32,938 BREAKS THAT 3694 02:03:32,938 --> 02:03:34,740 -- MODEL ENFORCES THE DAILY 3695 02:03:34,740 --> 02:03:39,044 MINIMUM STAFFING TARGET, DOWN 3696 02:03:39,044 --> 02:03:41,347 FROM 22 222 TO 209. SO THEY KIND 3697 02:03:41,347 --> 02:03:42,481 OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN TEN 3698 02:03:42,481 --> 02:03:44,750 YEARS, BASICALLY. SO. SO THE 3699 02:03:44,750 --> 02:03:46,252 CHIEF HAS SAID THAT IF THIS 3700 02:03:46,252 --> 02:03:48,788 MONEY IS CUT, THE DEPARTMENT 3701 02:03:48,788 --> 02:03:50,923 CANNOT MEET THE CITY'S NEEDS 3702 02:03:50,923 --> 02:03:51,557 AND REQUIREMENTS THROUGH, THOUGH 3703 02:03:51,557 --> 02:03:53,426 THE MAYOR CLAIMS SHE BELIEVES 3704 02:03:53,426 --> 02:03:55,161 THEY CAN. AND AGAIN, I DON'T 3705 02:03:55,161 --> 02:03:56,395 WANT TO. FACTS ARE IMPORTANT, 3706 02:03:56,395 --> 02:03:58,864 BUT LET'S NOT PRETEND HERE THAT 3707 02:03:58,864 --> 02:04:01,300 POLITICS PLAYS A BIG ROLE HERE 3708 02:04:01,300 --> 02:04:02,301 WITHOUT ME GOING BACK TO THE 3709 02:04:02,301 --> 02:04:06,439 UNIFIED CARE TEAM. WHEN SEATTLE 3710 02:04:06,439 --> 02:04:07,807 FIRE DEPARTMENT LACKED STAFF, 3711 02:04:07,807 --> 02:04:10,142 THEY ARE FORCED TO IMPLEMENT 3712 02:04:10,142 --> 02:04:11,777 UNIT OUTAGES, TAKING FIRE 3713 02:04:11,777 --> 02:04:12,311 ENGINES AND LADDER TRUCKS 3714 02:04:12,311 --> 02:04:15,047 COMPLETELY OUT OF SERVICE. SO 3715 02:04:15,047 --> 02:04:17,583 THE SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS 3716 02:04:17,583 --> 02:04:19,084 ALREADY FREQUENTLY SHORT ON 3717 02:04:19,084 --> 02:04:21,287 UNITS DUE TO STAFFING. INSTEAD 3718 02:04:21,287 --> 02:04:24,790 OF ADDRESSING THIS, THE BUDGET 3719 02:04:24,790 --> 02:04:27,126 CUT IT SYSTEMIZED THIS ISSUE. IT 3720 02:04:27,126 --> 02:04:31,697 FORCES S SFD TO PLAN AND 3721 02:04:31,697 --> 02:04:33,999 SCHEDULE TIMES WHEN EMERGENCY 3722 02:04:33,999 --> 02:04:34,633 VEHICLES ARE DELIBERATELY LEFT 3723 02:04:34,633 --> 02:04:37,136 ON RESOURCED. THIS AMENDMENT 3724 02:04:37,136 --> 02:04:39,905 ENSURES THAT TAKING CRITICAL 3725 02:04:39,905 --> 02:04:42,942 FIRE APPARATUS OFFLINE REMAINS 3726 02:04:42,942 --> 02:04:45,277 AN EMERGENCY EXCEPTION, NOT A 3727 02:04:45,277 --> 02:04:48,013 ROUTINE, NOT A ROUTINE PLANNED 3728 02:04:48,013 --> 02:04:51,016 OPERATIONAL STRATEGY. THIS 3729 02:04:51,016 --> 02:04:51,784 AMENDMENT PRESENTS A SPIKE IN 3730 02:04:51,784 --> 02:04:54,987 OUT OF SERVICE EMERGENCY 3731 02:04:54,987 --> 02:05:00,226 VEHICLES IN 2025, SFD HAD TO 3732 02:05:00,226 --> 02:05:02,928 MANAGE 1009 1094 UNIT OUTAGES TO 3733 02:05:02,928 --> 02:05:05,698 AVOID OVERTIME COSTS. THIS 7.1 3734 02:05:05,698 --> 02:05:07,566 MILLION CUT WOULD CAUSE AN 3735 02:05:07,566 --> 02:05:12,705 ESTIMATED 50% INCREASE, FORCING 3736 02:05:12,705 --> 02:05:15,174 1600 TO 1700 PLANNED UNIT 3737 02:05:15,174 --> 02:05:16,141 OUTAGES PER YEAR. AND THAT'S 3738 02:05:16,141 --> 02:05:18,844 VERY KEY, FOLKS. SEATTLE IS 3739 02:05:18,844 --> 02:05:20,546 GETTING A WORLD CLASS FIRE 3740 02:05:20,546 --> 02:05:22,314 DEPARTMENT AT A BARGAIN. 3741 02:05:22,314 --> 02:05:24,250 COMPARABLE CITIES LIKE SAN 3742 02:05:24,250 --> 02:05:26,185 FRANCISCO HAVE ALMOST TWICE THE 3743 02:05:26,185 --> 02:05:27,820 NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS, ALONG 3744 02:05:27,820 --> 02:05:28,354 WITH MORE ADMINISTRATION, 3745 02:05:28,354 --> 02:05:29,855 TRAINING AND RESOURCES. YES, I 3746 02:05:29,855 --> 02:05:31,090 KNOW WE'RE NOT SAN FRANCISCO, 3747 02:05:31,090 --> 02:05:32,625 BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO PUT 3748 02:05:32,625 --> 02:05:35,828 THINGS IN CONTEXT WITH SOME OF 3749 02:05:35,828 --> 02:05:36,896 OUR CITIES. WE CANNOT STARVE OUR 3750 02:05:36,896 --> 02:05:41,367 FRONT LINE RESPONSE ANY FURTHER 3751 02:05:41,367 --> 02:05:44,670 FUNDING, MORE RECRUIT CLASSES 3752 02:05:44,670 --> 02:05:45,204 CANNOT INSTANTLY REPLACE 3753 02:05:45,204 --> 02:05:46,906 OVERTIME. RECRUIT COMPLETION 3754 02:05:46,906 --> 02:05:49,041 RATES ARE UNPREDICTABLE, AND 3755 02:05:49,041 --> 02:05:51,210 FIREFIGHTERS CAN RETIRE WITHOUT 3756 02:05:51,210 --> 02:05:51,777 ADVANCE NOTICE, EVEN IF THE 3757 02:05:51,777 --> 02:05:53,979 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTED 3758 02:05:53,979 --> 02:05:56,248 TO IMMEDIATELY HIRE AND TRAIN 3759 02:05:56,248 --> 02:05:58,117 MORE FIREFIGHTERS, THE SYSTEM IS 3760 02:05:58,117 --> 02:05:59,118 MAXED OUT AS THE PERSONNEL 3761 02:05:59,118 --> 02:06:01,954 NEEDED TO LEAD. THOSE TRAININGS 3762 02:06:01,954 --> 02:06:03,555 ARE ALREADY WORKING PAST THEIR 3763 02:06:03,555 --> 02:06:05,925 REGULAR 46 HOUR WEEKS AND TAKING 3764 02:06:05,925 --> 02:06:09,895 OVERTIME JUST TO KEEP UP. SO 3765 02:06:09,895 --> 02:06:12,131 OVER TIME IS F SFD S ONLY 3766 02:06:12,131 --> 02:06:15,668 FLEXIBLE, IMMEDIATE TOOL TO 3767 02:06:15,668 --> 02:06:17,903 HANDLE DAILY VOLATILITY AND KEEP 3768 02:06:17,903 --> 02:06:19,271 SFD UNITS ON THE STREET. NOW, AS 3769 02:06:19,271 --> 02:06:21,607 YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THIS 3770 02:06:21,607 --> 02:06:22,274 CONTEXT, I HAD TO REWRITE IT, 3771 02:06:22,274 --> 02:06:26,445 BUT ALSO HEAR FROM NOT ONLY 3772 02:06:26,445 --> 02:06:28,747 CHIEF SCOGGINS BUT KENNY STEWART 3773 02:06:28,747 --> 02:06:30,249 BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY, 3774 02:06:30,249 --> 02:06:31,650 REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU TALK 3775 02:06:31,650 --> 02:06:32,952 TO FOLKS ON THE GROUND WHO ARE 3776 02:06:32,952 --> 02:06:34,887 ACTUALLY DOING THE WORK, WHAT 3777 02:06:34,887 --> 02:06:36,255 THIS LOOKS LIKE INSTEAD OF JUST 3778 02:06:36,255 --> 02:06:40,125 OUR INK ON A PAPER SAYING WE'RE 3779 02:06:40,125 --> 02:06:41,527 CUTTING 7 MILLION BECAUSE IT'S 3780 02:06:41,527 --> 02:06:43,629 OVERTIME. AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S 3781 02:06:43,629 --> 02:06:44,630 A MISNOMER. AND WE'LL SEE THE 3782 02:06:44,630 --> 02:06:46,465 SAME THING. I'M SURE WHEN SPD 3783 02:06:46,465 --> 02:06:49,068 CONVERSATIONS COME UP $68 3784 02:06:49,068 --> 02:06:50,169 MILLION WAS NOT JUST THROWN AT 3785 02:06:50,169 --> 02:06:51,670 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 56 3786 02:06:51,670 --> 02:06:52,972 MILLION OF THAT GOES TO 3787 02:06:52,972 --> 02:06:55,908 SALARIES. BUT YOU KNOW WHO CARES 3788 02:06:55,908 --> 02:06:59,111 ABOUT THE FACTS. SO ANYWAY WITH 3789 02:06:59,111 --> 02:07:00,946 THAT I AM SUPPORTING BOTH AND 3790 02:07:00,946 --> 02:07:05,250 WANT TO BOTH THANK COUNCILMEMBER 3791 02:07:05,250 --> 02:07:05,851 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3792 02:07:05,851 --> 02:07:08,520 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AND OF 3793 02:07:08,520 --> 02:07:11,490 COURSE COUNCIL COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3794 02:07:11,490 --> 02:07:12,124 HOLLINGSWORTH AND BUDGET CHAIR 3795 02:07:12,124 --> 02:07:14,259 STRAUSS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THIS 3796 02:07:14,259 --> 02:07:15,427 ISSUE. I WANT TO THANK MY STAFF 3797 02:07:15,427 --> 02:07:17,262 FOR HELPING US AND WORKING WITH 3798 02:07:17,262 --> 02:07:19,565 AND THANKING CHIEF SCOGGINS AND 3799 02:07:19,565 --> 02:07:20,466 KENNY STEWART FOR TAKING THE 3800 02:07:20,466 --> 02:07:24,570 TIME TO WALK US THROUGH HOW THIS 3801 02:07:24,570 --> 02:07:27,439 $7 MILLION CUT WILL HURT. AS 3802 02:07:27,439 --> 02:07:28,040 YOU'VE HEARD COUNCILMEMBER 3803 02:07:28,040 --> 02:07:29,341 RIVERA SAY MANY TIMES, A 3804 02:07:29,341 --> 02:07:31,243 CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S 3805 02:07:31,243 --> 02:07:33,245 AN OATH THAT WE TAKE TO PUBLIC 3806 02:07:33,245 --> 02:07:35,314 SAFETY. AND PART OF THAT, OF 3807 02:07:35,314 --> 02:07:36,582 COURSE, IS THE SEATTLE FIRE 3808 02:07:36,582 --> 02:07:38,117 DEPARTMENT. AND IF SOME OF YOU 3809 02:07:38,117 --> 02:07:39,351 REMEMBER, THERE IS A WE PASSED A 3810 02:07:39,351 --> 02:07:41,453 LAW. WAS IT THREE YEARS AGO? I 3811 02:07:41,453 --> 02:07:42,588 KNOW ONE OF YOU WILL CORRECT ME 3812 02:07:42,588 --> 02:07:45,424 IF I'M WRONG. WHERE I THINK CAL 3813 02:07:45,424 --> 02:07:46,725 WILL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, 3814 02:07:46,725 --> 02:07:49,561 WHERE WE FINALLY RECOGNIZE THAT 3815 02:07:49,561 --> 02:07:50,696 THE POLICE OR THE SEATTLE FIRE 3816 02:07:50,696 --> 02:07:52,398 DEPARTMENT DOES MORE THAN PUT 3817 02:07:52,398 --> 02:07:53,966 OUT FIRES. THEY'RE OFTEN FIRST 3818 02:07:53,966 --> 02:07:57,069 RESPONDERS. AND FOR THAT REASON, 3819 02:07:57,069 --> 02:07:58,971 IF YOU TWO WERE TO ASSAULT A 3820 02:07:58,971 --> 02:08:01,173 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSON, 3821 02:08:01,173 --> 02:08:04,076 JUST LIKE IF YOU WERE TO ASSAULT 3822 02:08:04,076 --> 02:08:06,979 A SEATTLE POLICE OFFICER, THERE 3823 02:08:06,979 --> 02:08:08,580 WOULD BE ENHANCED PENALTIES 3824 02:08:08,580 --> 02:08:09,148 BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS ARE THE 3825 02:08:09,148 --> 02:08:11,150 FRONTLINE FOLKS. AND THE 3826 02:08:11,150 --> 02:08:12,818 PROBLEMS WE WERE HAVING. THEN 3827 02:08:12,818 --> 02:08:15,854 POST 2020 WERE PEOPLE ASSAULTING 3828 02:08:15,854 --> 02:08:18,357 SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOLKS 3829 02:08:18,357 --> 02:08:20,459 AND STEALING THEIR EQUIPMENT AND 3830 02:08:20,459 --> 02:08:21,427 DOING OTHER STUFF. AND I SHOULD 3831 02:08:21,427 --> 02:08:24,096 ADD, WE ALSO PUSHED REALLY HARD 3832 02:08:24,096 --> 02:08:25,297 AND THEY THEY STEPPED UP. AND I 3833 02:08:25,297 --> 02:08:29,568 WANT TO THANK THE UNION FOR THAT 3834 02:08:29,568 --> 02:08:30,169 TO ALSO ADMINISTER ADMINISTER 3835 02:08:30,169 --> 02:08:32,805 NARCAN AND OTHER TOOLS TO SAVE 3836 02:08:32,805 --> 02:08:34,273 PEOPLE'S LIVES. AND THIS WAS 3837 02:08:34,273 --> 02:08:35,808 POST THIS WAS DURING 2020 WHERE 3838 02:08:35,808 --> 02:08:38,310 A LOT OF FOLKS DID NOT WANT TO 3839 02:08:38,310 --> 02:08:41,713 BE FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE SCENE 3840 02:08:41,713 --> 02:08:43,048 BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED 3841 02:08:43,048 --> 02:08:43,782 ABOUT COVID. SO I'LL LEAVE IT 3842 02:08:43,782 --> 02:08:45,217 AT THAT. THANK YOU SIR. 3843 02:08:45,217 --> 02:08:46,885 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3844 02:08:46,885 --> 02:08:48,387 MEREDITH JUAREZ COLLEAGUES, ANY 3845 02:08:48,387 --> 02:08:50,389 FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME, 3846 02:08:50,389 --> 02:08:52,357 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THIS 3847 02:08:52,357 --> 02:08:54,927 TIME? LAST THING I WILL SAY IS 3848 02:08:54,927 --> 02:08:56,662 JUST THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A 3849 02:08:56,662 --> 02:08:58,931 FULLY STAFFED FIRE DEPARTMENT. 3850 02:08:58,931 --> 02:09:00,799 WE NEED TO REVIEW THE FIRE 3851 02:09:00,799 --> 02:09:02,668 DEPARTMENT HIRING PRACTICES. I 3852 02:09:02,668 --> 02:09:03,836 KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WILL 3853 02:09:03,836 --> 02:09:05,704 SPEAK TO THIS IN JUST A SECOND, 3854 02:09:05,704 --> 02:09:08,340 BUT UNTIL THEN, WE NEED, IN MY 3855 02:09:08,340 --> 02:09:11,243 OPINION, TO FULLY FUND THE 3856 02:09:11,243 --> 02:09:13,145 OVERTIME BUDGET BECAUSE EVERY 3857 02:09:13,145 --> 02:09:14,446 SECOND COUNTS WHEN A PERSON'S 3858 02:09:14,446 --> 02:09:16,682 LIFE IS ON THE LINE. 3859 02:09:16,682 --> 02:09:17,282 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA TO CLOSE 3860 02:09:17,282 --> 02:09:18,250 THIS OUT. 3861 02:09:18,250 --> 02:09:20,586 -- THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO 3862 02:09:20,586 --> 02:09:22,488 SAY, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU 3863 02:09:22,488 --> 02:09:23,989 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR THE 3864 02:09:23,989 --> 02:09:25,591 FOR THE CONTEXT, YOU REMINDED ME 3865 02:09:25,591 --> 02:09:28,193 OF A COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS MORE 3866 02:09:28,193 --> 02:09:29,761 RECENTLY WHEN BITE OF SEATTLE 3867 02:09:29,761 --> 02:09:30,762 HAPPENED, THE FIRST RESPONDERS 3868 02:09:30,762 --> 02:09:32,431 DID A GREAT JOB AND PART OF THE 3869 02:09:32,431 --> 02:09:34,600 FIRST RESPONDERS WERE WAS THE 3870 02:09:34,600 --> 02:09:36,101 FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO IT WASN'T 3871 02:09:36,101 --> 02:09:38,804 JUST. AND, AND OF COURSE, SPD AS 3872 02:09:38,804 --> 02:09:40,239 WELL. SO I WANT TO THANK BOTH 3873 02:09:40,239 --> 02:09:41,673 SPD AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. BUT 3874 02:09:41,673 --> 02:09:44,810 JUST TO SAY THAT THIS CRITICAL 3875 02:09:44,810 --> 02:09:47,012 AD ENABLES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT 3876 02:09:47,012 --> 02:09:50,249 TO DO THAT CRITICAL, VERY QUICK 3877 02:09:50,249 --> 02:09:51,450 RESPONSE. AND SO LIKE THAT IS 3878 02:09:51,450 --> 02:09:52,684 THAT IS ONE PIECE. THE OTHER 3879 02:09:52,684 --> 02:09:57,089 THING IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 3880 02:09:57,089 --> 02:09:59,625 TWO ADS HERE. YOU KNOW, 3881 02:09:59,625 --> 02:10:00,259 OFTENTIMES COUNCILMEMBERS WILL 3882 02:10:00,259 --> 02:10:03,962 HAVE THE SAME IDEAS. YOU KNOW, 3883 02:10:03,962 --> 02:10:05,797 SO, YOU KNOW, WANTED TO SAY, 3884 02:10:05,797 --> 02:10:06,798 EXPLAIN WHY THERE WAS TWO IN 3885 02:10:06,798 --> 02:10:09,601 HERE. ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER 3886 02:10:09,601 --> 02:10:11,670 JUAREZ, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 3887 02:10:11,670 --> 02:10:14,439 UP KENNY STEWART. HE IS THE 3888 02:10:14,439 --> 02:10:16,909 UNION PRESIDENT. AND I KNOW 3889 02:10:16,909 --> 02:10:18,744 THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE REACHED 3890 02:10:18,744 --> 02:10:22,414 OUT, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, OF 3891 02:10:22,414 --> 02:10:23,148 COURSE I WAS GOING TO SAY RIGHT 3892 02:10:23,148 --> 02:10:27,719 AWAY, YES, WE NEED TO INCLUDE 3893 02:10:27,719 --> 02:10:29,588 THIS AD INTO THE INTO THE 3894 02:10:29,588 --> 02:10:30,923 BUDGET. YOU HAVE MY FULL 3895 02:10:30,923 --> 02:10:32,791 SUPPORT. BECAUSE AGAIN, HAVING 3896 02:10:32,791 --> 02:10:34,693 WORKED WITH SPD S SFD FOR AS 3897 02:10:34,693 --> 02:10:38,163 LONG AS I HAVE, I KNOW THAT THE 3898 02:10:38,163 --> 02:10:40,432 SERVICE THEY THEY PROVIDE IS 3899 02:10:40,432 --> 02:10:42,234 NEEDED TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY'RE 3900 02:10:42,234 --> 02:10:45,270 PROVIDING IT. AND SO TO ME, THIS 3901 02:10:45,270 --> 02:10:47,673 WAS AGAIN, A NO BRAINER. SO 3902 02:10:47,673 --> 02:10:50,309 COLLEAGUES, I HOPE YOU'LL 3903 02:10:50,309 --> 02:10:53,445 SUPPORT THIS AD INTO THE BUDGET. 3904 02:10:53,445 --> 02:10:55,948 AND YOU KNOW, I CAN WAX POETIC 3905 02:10:55,948 --> 02:10:57,716 ALL DAY ABOUT THE FIRE 3906 02:10:57,716 --> 02:10:58,984 DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DO SUCH 3907 02:10:58,984 --> 02:11:00,052 GREAT JOB. THE LAST THING I'LL 3908 02:11:00,052 --> 02:11:02,588 SAY IS THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND 3909 02:11:02,588 --> 02:11:03,755 BECAUSE THEY WILL STAY LATER. IF 3910 02:11:03,755 --> 02:11:05,757 THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO 3911 02:11:05,757 --> 02:11:09,094 PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND THE 3912 02:11:09,094 --> 02:11:09,928 CARE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT 3913 02:11:09,928 --> 02:11:12,831 WE WANT TO BE ENCOURAGING IN 3914 02:11:12,831 --> 02:11:15,534 THIS CITY. AND WE WANT TO BE 3915 02:11:15,534 --> 02:11:17,369 SUPPORTING. THANK YOU. 3916 02:11:17,369 --> 02:11:18,604 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 3917 02:11:18,604 --> 02:11:19,638 COLLEAGUES, FOR THE ROBUST 3918 02:11:19,638 --> 02:11:22,474 DISCUSSION. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON 3919 02:11:22,474 --> 02:11:25,377 TO SFD SFD 281. 3920 02:11:25,377 --> 02:11:29,748 -- SFD TWO. AYE IS SPONSORED BY 3921 02:11:29,748 --> 02:11:30,282 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WITH 3922 02:11:30,282 --> 02:11:32,718 CO-SPONSORS. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3923 02:11:32,718 --> 02:11:35,487 AND COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. THIS 3924 02:11:35,487 --> 02:11:37,990 WOULD ADD $5.1 MILLION GENERAL 3925 02:11:37,990 --> 02:11:40,559 FUND IN BOTH 2027 AND 2028 TO 3926 02:11:40,559 --> 02:11:43,061 FUND ESTIMATED OVERTIME COSTS, 3927 02:11:43,061 --> 02:11:44,763 BASED ON A DATA ANALYSIS 3928 02:11:44,763 --> 02:11:47,099 CONDUCTED BY SFD. 3929 02:11:47,099 --> 02:11:48,634 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 3930 02:11:48,634 --> 02:11:49,468 FOSTER IS SPONSOR OF THE 3931 02:11:49,468 --> 02:11:51,169 PROPOSAL. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 3932 02:11:51,169 --> 02:11:52,304 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 3933 02:11:52,304 --> 02:11:53,939 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CENTRAL 3934 02:11:53,939 --> 02:11:55,374 STAFF AND ESPECIALLY TO MISS 3935 02:11:55,374 --> 02:11:56,375 GORMAN FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I 3936 02:11:56,375 --> 02:11:59,011 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO 3937 02:11:59,011 --> 02:12:01,847 COLLEAGUES, I THINK A LOT OF US 3938 02:12:01,847 --> 02:12:04,316 SEE VERY SIMILAR THINGS WHEN WE 3939 02:12:04,316 --> 02:12:06,318 LOOK AT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 3940 02:12:06,318 --> 02:12:07,219 FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE ROLE 3941 02:12:07,219 --> 02:12:08,654 THAT THEY PLAY. AS I LISTEN TO 3942 02:12:08,654 --> 02:12:09,388 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, I'M LIKE, 3943 02:12:09,388 --> 02:12:11,456 OH, THERE ARE TWO COUNCILMEMBERS 3944 02:12:11,456 --> 02:12:15,427 HERE WITH SORT OF SEMI PERMANENT 3945 02:12:15,427 --> 02:12:15,994 INJURIES RESULTING FROM CAR 3946 02:12:15,994 --> 02:12:17,462 ACCIDENTS OR FIRE HELPED THEM 3947 02:12:17,462 --> 02:12:19,665 MYSELF BEING ANOTHER ONE. AND SO 3948 02:12:19,665 --> 02:12:20,666 I THINK THAT THE WORK OF OUR 3949 02:12:20,666 --> 02:12:22,701 FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY 3950 02:12:22,701 --> 02:12:23,602 IMPORTANT. WHAT I WANTED TO DO 3951 02:12:23,602 --> 02:12:24,603 WITH THIS PROPOSAL, AND I KNOW 3952 02:12:24,603 --> 02:12:26,538 I'VE GOT A DIFFERENT NUMBER 3953 02:12:26,538 --> 02:12:27,205 HERE THAN THE ORIGINAL, THAN THE 3954 02:12:27,205 --> 02:12:28,740 PROPOSAL. WE JUST DISCUSSED. 3955 02:12:28,740 --> 02:12:29,875 WHAT I WANTED TO DO HERE WAS TO 3956 02:12:29,875 --> 02:12:32,644 TRY TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE 3957 02:12:32,644 --> 02:12:33,879 ROLE THAT THE NEW HIRES WOULD 3958 02:12:33,879 --> 02:12:36,281 PLAY, WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 3959 02:12:36,281 --> 02:12:37,649 HIRING PIPELINE WHEN IT COMES TO 3960 02:12:37,649 --> 02:12:38,717 SORT OF FIGURING OUT THE RIGHT 3961 02:12:38,717 --> 02:12:42,054 LEVEL OF INVESTMENT FOR 2027. SO 3962 02:12:42,054 --> 02:12:43,021 WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL JUST READ 3963 02:12:43,021 --> 02:12:44,556 A LITTLE BIT FROM THE CBA, 3964 02:12:44,556 --> 02:12:46,992 BECAUSE I THINK IT HELPS TO 3965 02:12:46,992 --> 02:12:47,526 HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES 3966 02:12:47,526 --> 02:12:48,827 BETWEEN THE PROPOSALS. SO TO 3967 02:12:48,827 --> 02:12:52,064 SCOPE THE CBA, WE LOOKED AT SFD 3968 02:12:52,064 --> 02:12:54,433 ALIGNED THE 2025 BASELINE TO AN 3969 02:12:54,433 --> 02:12:56,301 ANTICIPATED HIGHER NUMBER OF 3970 02:12:56,301 --> 02:12:58,503 FIREFIGHTERS AT THE DEPARTMENT 3971 02:12:58,503 --> 02:13:00,138 IN 2027 COMPARED TO 2025. SO 3972 02:13:00,138 --> 02:13:02,874 TAKING THAT UNDER CONSIDERATION, 3973 02:13:02,874 --> 02:13:04,276 SFD BASED BUDGET INCLUDES 3974 02:13:04,276 --> 02:13:06,311 FUNDING TO TRAIN 60 NEW 3975 02:13:06,311 --> 02:13:07,312 FIREFIGHTER RECRUITS PER YEAR. 3976 02:13:07,312 --> 02:13:09,815 AND IN 2026. THANK YOU TO THE 3977 02:13:09,815 --> 02:13:11,350 COUNCIL THAT WAS HERE BEFORE 3978 02:13:11,350 --> 02:13:13,852 BOTH THE EXECUTIVE AND THE 3979 02:13:13,852 --> 02:13:14,386 COUNCIL ADDED ADDITIONAL 3980 02:13:14,386 --> 02:13:16,488 RECRUITS FOR A TOTAL OF 100 3981 02:13:16,488 --> 02:13:18,357 RECRUITS. SO WHEN BALANCING 3982 02:13:18,357 --> 02:13:18,924 THOSE NEW RECRUITS WITH THE 3983 02:13:18,924 --> 02:13:21,159 DEPARTMENT'S EXPECTATIONS FOR 3984 02:13:21,159 --> 02:13:22,861 FIREFIGHTER SEPARATIONS, SFD 3985 02:13:22,861 --> 02:13:24,830 BELIEVES THAT THE HIGHER 3986 02:13:24,830 --> 02:13:26,631 STAFFING LEVEL IN 2027 WILL MEAN 3987 02:13:26,631 --> 02:13:27,265 MORE FIREFIGHTERS WILL VOLUNTEER 3988 02:13:27,265 --> 02:13:30,035 FOR OVERTIME SHIFTS THAN IN 3989 02:13:30,035 --> 02:13:32,471 2025. HOWEVER, EVEN WITH THAT 3990 02:13:32,471 --> 02:13:33,839 ANALYSIS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT 3991 02:13:33,839 --> 02:13:36,241 SOME LEVEL OF UNIT OUTAGES WILL 3992 02:13:36,241 --> 02:13:37,342 PERSIST. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST 3993 02:13:37,342 --> 02:13:39,678 AN IMPORTANT THING TO TAKE INTO 3994 02:13:39,678 --> 02:13:40,345 CONSIDERATION WHEN WE'RE LOOKING 3995 02:13:40,345 --> 02:13:42,314 AT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE 3996 02:13:42,314 --> 02:13:43,582 DEPARTMENT. SECOND, I WANTED TO 3997 02:13:43,582 --> 02:13:45,717 ASK THE QUESTION OF IF WE ARE 3998 02:13:45,717 --> 02:13:48,320 GOING TO EXPLORE SORT OF SOME 3999 02:13:48,320 --> 02:13:50,655 RESTORATION OF THE PROPOSED CUT, 4000 02:13:50,655 --> 02:13:51,256 UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT WOULD 4001 02:13:51,256 --> 02:13:53,692 IMPACT SFD TARGET DAILY STAFFING 4002 02:13:53,692 --> 02:13:55,127 LEVEL. SO THIS PROPOSAL THAT WE 4003 02:13:55,127 --> 02:13:57,362 PUT FORWARD IS INTENDED TO TAKE 4004 02:13:57,362 --> 02:14:00,098 UNDER CONSIDERATION THE FACT 4005 02:14:00,098 --> 02:14:00,699 THAT THERE ARE PLANNED UNIT 4006 02:14:00,699 --> 02:14:03,034 OUTAGES, THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 4007 02:14:03,034 --> 02:14:04,770 NEW RECRUITS COMING ON AND THEN 4008 02:14:04,770 --> 02:14:07,406 MAKE A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD ALLOW 4009 02:14:07,406 --> 02:14:11,309 SFD TO MAINTAIN THE SAME TARGET 4010 02:14:11,309 --> 02:14:12,844 DAILY STAFFING LEVEL IN 2027, 4011 02:14:12,844 --> 02:14:13,412 WITHOUT THE REDUCTIONS THAT 4012 02:14:13,412 --> 02:14:14,813 FOLKS SPOKE TO PREVIOUSLY. SO 4013 02:14:14,813 --> 02:14:17,382 THAT IS THE INTENT OF THIS 4014 02:14:17,382 --> 02:14:19,084 PROPOSAL AND HOW WE ARRIVED AT 4015 02:14:19,084 --> 02:14:20,318 THIS NUMBER OF 5.1. I DO HAVE 4016 02:14:20,318 --> 02:14:21,420 SOME QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO 4017 02:14:21,420 --> 02:14:22,888 ASK CENTRAL STAFF TO RESPOND TO. 4018 02:14:22,888 --> 02:14:24,623 CHAIR, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO 4019 02:14:24,623 --> 02:14:25,991 JUST FLOW RIGHT INTO THAT. 4020 02:14:25,991 --> 02:14:28,293 -- YES, I WILL ASK THAT I 4021 02:14:28,293 --> 02:14:29,394 FACILITATE WHEN EACH PARTY IS 4022 02:14:29,394 --> 02:14:30,695 SPEAKING, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED 4023 02:14:30,695 --> 02:14:31,329 ALREADY THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE 4024 02:14:31,329 --> 02:14:33,365 BIT OF OVER TALKING OVER FOLKS 4025 02:14:33,365 --> 02:14:34,299 EACH OTHER. NOT INTENTIONAL, 4026 02:14:34,299 --> 02:14:36,468 JUST WANT TO KEEP FACILITATION. 4027 02:14:36,468 --> 02:14:37,969 SO ASK YOUR QUESTIONS. I'LL 4028 02:14:37,969 --> 02:14:39,237 DIRECT TO CENTRAL STAFF IF 4029 02:14:39,237 --> 02:14:39,704 THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 4030 02:14:39,704 --> 02:14:40,305 -- SOUNDS GREAT. THANK YOU SO 4031 02:14:40,305 --> 02:14:42,140 MUCH, CHAIR. I WOULD LOVE 4032 02:14:42,140 --> 02:14:44,042 CENTRAL STAFF. CAN YOU JUST 4033 02:14:44,042 --> 02:14:47,345 SPEAK TO THE ANALYSIS THAT WENT 4034 02:14:47,345 --> 02:14:49,181 INTO DEVELOPING THE $5.1 MILLION 4035 02:14:49,181 --> 02:14:49,481 PROPOSAL.? 4036 02:14:49,481 --> 02:14:51,116 -- AND SURE, THE THE FOUR 4037 02:14:51,116 --> 02:14:53,485 CORNERS OF THE ANALYSIS THAT SFD 4038 02:14:53,485 --> 02:14:58,256 PERFORMED WERE, AS YOU SAID, 4039 02:14:58,256 --> 02:15:01,326 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER THE 1094 4040 02:15:01,326 --> 02:15:03,762 UNIT OUTAGE LEVEL IN 2025, THE 4041 02:15:03,762 --> 02:15:04,863 ANTICIPATED HIGHER NUMBER OF 4042 02:15:04,863 --> 02:15:07,432 FIREFIGHTERS WHO WILL BE WORKING 4043 02:15:07,432 --> 02:15:13,505 AT SFD IN 2027, A FOUR YEAR 4044 02:15:13,505 --> 02:15:14,039 ANALYSIS OF FIREFIGHTERS 4045 02:15:14,039 --> 02:15:16,408 PATTERNS OF TIME LOSS. THAT'S 4046 02:15:16,408 --> 02:15:18,743 THE USE OF LEAVE FOR VARIOUS 4047 02:15:18,743 --> 02:15:20,078 THINGS LIKE PARENTAL LEAVE, 4048 02:15:20,078 --> 02:15:22,647 MILITARY LEAVE, SICK LEAVE, ET 4049 02:15:22,647 --> 02:15:25,383 CETERA. AND THE PER SHIFT COST 4050 02:15:25,383 --> 02:15:26,551 OF COVERING, COVERING A 4051 02:15:26,551 --> 02:15:28,787 FIREFIGHTER SHIFT ON AN OVERTIME 4052 02:15:28,787 --> 02:15:29,020 BASIS. 4053 02:15:29,020 --> 02:15:30,789 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4054 02:15:30,789 --> 02:15:31,022 FOSTER. 4055 02:15:31,022 --> 02:15:31,656 -- THANK YOU. AND HOW DOES THAT 4056 02:15:31,656 --> 02:15:32,991 COMPARE? BECAUSE I WANT TO 4057 02:15:32,991 --> 02:15:33,992 UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE 4058 02:15:33,992 --> 02:15:34,626 GOT TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS. SO I 4059 02:15:34,626 --> 02:15:37,662 GOT 5.1. THE OTHER PROPOSALS GOT 4060 02:15:37,662 --> 02:15:39,097 7.1. HOW DOES THAT ANALYSIS 4061 02:15:39,097 --> 02:15:41,132 COMPARE TO THE ANALYSIS THAT 4062 02:15:41,132 --> 02:15:45,337 SUPPORTS THE. 7.1. WHERE DO THEY 4063 02:15:45,337 --> 02:15:45,570 DIFFER. 4064 02:15:45,570 --> 02:15:48,640 -- IN THE THE ADDITION OF $7.1 4065 02:15:48,640 --> 02:15:50,442 MILLION ASSUMES THAT FOR THE 4066 02:15:50,442 --> 02:15:54,079 TARGET DAILY STAFFING LEVEL OF 4067 02:15:54,079 --> 02:15:57,616 222, THAT ALL OF THESE SHIFTS 4068 02:15:57,616 --> 02:15:59,651 WILL BE FILLED EVERY SINGLE DAY, 4069 02:15:59,651 --> 02:16:01,286 INCLUDING SOME PROPORTION OF 4070 02:16:01,286 --> 02:16:04,089 THEM ON AN OVERTIME BASIS. THE 4071 02:16:04,089 --> 02:16:07,893 PROPOSAL THAT IS INCLUDED IN SFD 4072 02:16:07,893 --> 02:16:09,628 TWO AYE, WHICH WE'RE DISCUSSING 4073 02:16:09,628 --> 02:16:12,931 RIGHT NOW, ASSUMES THAT EVERY 4074 02:16:12,931 --> 02:16:15,233 DAY THERE WILL BE SOME SHIFTS 4075 02:16:15,233 --> 02:16:16,835 OUT OF THAT TARGET DAILY 4076 02:16:16,835 --> 02:16:19,638 STAFFING LEVEL OF 222 THAT ARE 4077 02:16:19,638 --> 02:16:23,074 NOT FILLED BECAUSE AN 4078 02:16:23,074 --> 02:16:23,575 INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF 4079 02:16:23,575 --> 02:16:24,809 FIREFIGHTERS VOLUNTEERED TO WORK 4080 02:16:24,809 --> 02:16:27,679 THEM ON AN OVERTIME BASIS. 4081 02:16:27,679 --> 02:16:28,380 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 4082 02:16:28,380 --> 02:16:30,215 -- THANK YOU. SO ESSENTIALLY, 4083 02:16:30,215 --> 02:16:32,117 EVEN WITH THAT, THE DIFFERENCE 4084 02:16:32,117 --> 02:16:33,552 BETWEEN THE ASSUMPTIONS IS THAT 4085 02:16:33,552 --> 02:16:35,120 THE. MY PROPOSAL ASSUMES THAT 4086 02:16:35,120 --> 02:16:37,556 EVEN IF WE WERE TO ADD THE FULL 4087 02:16:37,556 --> 02:16:38,623 AMOUNT BACK IN. GIVEN THE FACT 4088 02:16:38,623 --> 02:16:40,392 THAT WE STILL HAVE GAPS TO REACH 4089 02:16:40,392 --> 02:16:42,594 OUR OVERALL STAFFING IN THE FIRE 4090 02:16:42,594 --> 02:16:43,862 DEPARTMENT, SOME OF THOSE SHIFTS 4091 02:16:43,862 --> 02:16:45,730 WOULD REMAIN UNFILLED. IS THAT 4092 02:16:45,730 --> 02:16:46,998 ACCURATE? 4093 02:16:46,998 --> 02:16:47,465 -- THAT IS ACCURATE. 4094 02:16:47,465 --> 02:16:49,034 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST 4095 02:16:49,034 --> 02:16:49,534 WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE 4096 02:16:49,534 --> 02:16:51,069 DIFFERENCE. I KNOW THAT 4097 02:16:51,069 --> 02:16:51,903 OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT THE 4098 02:16:51,903 --> 02:16:53,438 CO-SPONSORS FOR THE FIRST TWO 4099 02:16:53,438 --> 02:16:54,673 PROPOSALS, BUT I THINK I WANTED 4100 02:16:54,673 --> 02:16:56,708 TO MAKE CLEAR SORT OF WHAT THIS 4101 02:16:56,708 --> 02:16:58,843 ASSUMPTION WAS BASED ON. AND I 4102 02:16:58,843 --> 02:16:59,711 THINK COLLEAGUES, AS WE 4103 02:16:59,711 --> 02:17:01,546 OBVIOUSLY WERE HAVING A VERY 4104 02:17:01,546 --> 02:17:02,581 CHALLENGING BUDGET WITH A LOT OF 4105 02:17:02,581 --> 02:17:05,317 REALLY IMPORTANT PRIORITIES, 4106 02:17:05,317 --> 02:17:06,351 FIRE CONTINUES TO BE A PRIORITY 4107 02:17:06,351 --> 02:17:07,419 FOR MANY OF US, AND I JUST WANT 4108 02:17:07,419 --> 02:17:09,554 TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE 4109 02:17:09,554 --> 02:17:11,656 OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN, AND I 4110 02:17:11,656 --> 02:17:12,257 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4111 02:17:12,257 --> 02:17:13,692 FOR THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE 4112 02:17:13,692 --> 02:17:14,893 GOING TO DISCUSS TO MAKE SURE 4113 02:17:14,893 --> 02:17:17,062 THAT WE HAVE A BETTER LOOK AHEAD 4114 02:17:17,062 --> 02:17:20,832 HERE. AS A CITY. THAT IS. 4115 02:17:20,832 --> 02:17:21,533 THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU SO 4116 02:17:21,533 --> 02:17:22,434 MUCH, CHAIR. 4117 02:17:22,434 --> 02:17:23,668 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4118 02:17:23,668 --> 02:17:24,269 FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, 4119 02:17:24,269 --> 02:17:25,003 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 4120 02:17:25,003 --> 02:17:25,971 OVERSEEING THIS DEPARTMENT. 4121 02:17:25,971 --> 02:17:27,205 ANYTHING TO ADD? 4122 02:17:27,205 --> 02:17:27,739 -- YES. THANK YOU REALLY 4123 02:17:27,739 --> 02:17:30,075 QUICKLY. FIRST, THANK YOU, 4124 02:17:30,075 --> 02:17:30,675 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR THIS 4125 02:17:30,675 --> 02:17:32,244 AND THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU 4126 02:17:32,244 --> 02:17:34,779 HAVE. I SUPPORT, OBVIOUSLY, THIS 4127 02:17:34,779 --> 02:17:35,814 GOES IN THE SAME VEIN AS YOU 4128 02:17:35,814 --> 02:17:36,681 MENTIONED, IN TERMS OF WHAT 4129 02:17:36,681 --> 02:17:38,049 WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH 4130 02:17:38,049 --> 02:17:39,217 HERE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 4131 02:17:39,217 --> 02:17:41,753 TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION EACH 4132 02:17:41,753 --> 02:17:43,121 YEAR. I HAVE MY THREE CHIEFS 4133 02:17:43,121 --> 02:17:45,223 MEETING. USUALLY I PICK A TOPIC 4134 02:17:45,223 --> 02:17:48,026 TO BE THE FOCUS OF THAT. AND 4135 02:17:48,026 --> 02:17:50,195 CLEARLY THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO 4136 02:17:50,195 --> 02:17:50,762 BE STAFFING BECAUSE IT'S 4137 02:17:50,762 --> 02:17:51,997 SOMETHING THAT CUTS ACROSS THE 4138 02:17:51,997 --> 02:17:53,531 BOARD. I WILL NOTE TOO, I WANT 4139 02:17:53,531 --> 02:17:56,801 TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES OVER THE 4140 02:17:56,801 --> 02:17:58,203 LAST NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE 4141 02:17:58,203 --> 02:17:59,271 WORK THEY'VE DONE, BECAUSE JUST 4142 02:17:59,271 --> 02:18:01,006 LIKE IN POLICE, WE'VE INCREASED. 4143 02:18:01,006 --> 02:18:02,340 AND THAT'S REALLY A REFLECTION 4144 02:18:02,340 --> 02:18:03,708 OF LEADERSHIP IS SHOWING UP AT 4145 02:18:03,708 --> 02:18:04,776 FIRE STATIONS FOR DINNER. IT'S 4146 02:18:04,776 --> 02:18:07,312 SHOWING UP AT GRADUATION 4147 02:18:07,312 --> 02:18:08,513 CEREMONIES FROM THE ACADEMY. I 4148 02:18:08,513 --> 02:18:10,715 THINK THE THE ATTENTION THAT 4149 02:18:10,715 --> 02:18:12,484 WE'VE GIVEN TO THE FIRE 4150 02:18:12,484 --> 02:18:14,152 DEPARTMENT TO MEET WITH THE 4151 02:18:14,152 --> 02:18:15,420 FIREFIGHTERS THEMSELVES, TO TALK 4152 02:18:15,420 --> 02:18:17,589 TO THEM, IS ALSO PART OF THIS, 4153 02:18:17,589 --> 02:18:19,157 AND THEN TAKE THE BUDGET ACTIONS 4154 02:18:19,157 --> 02:18:22,794 AND OTHER ACTIONS THAT WE DO TO 4155 02:18:22,794 --> 02:18:23,428 SUPPORT THEM INCLUDE DANGEROUS 4156 02:18:23,428 --> 02:18:24,763 ABATEMENT, BUILDING, ABATEMENT 4157 02:18:24,763 --> 02:18:26,231 THAT WE DID, PARTICULARLY IN 4158 02:18:26,231 --> 02:18:27,866 SUPPORTING DISTRICT TWO. THESE 4159 02:18:27,866 --> 02:18:28,733 KINDS OF THINGS MAKE A 4160 02:18:28,733 --> 02:18:29,968 DIFFERENCE. AND SO I WANT TO 4161 02:18:29,968 --> 02:18:31,803 THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR WORK 4162 02:18:31,803 --> 02:18:34,105 TO HELP IMPROVE THE NUMBERS 4163 02:18:34,105 --> 02:18:34,906 WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. BUT 4164 02:18:34,906 --> 02:18:36,574 CLEARLY WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 4165 02:18:36,574 --> 02:18:38,276 AND IT'S A TOPIC FOR FUTURE 4166 02:18:38,276 --> 02:18:39,177 DISCUSSION. THANK YOU CHAIR. 4167 02:18:39,177 --> 02:18:42,180 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4168 02:18:42,180 --> 02:18:44,549 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR THANK YOU, 4169 02:18:44,549 --> 02:18:46,885 COLLEAGUES. I KNOW WE'VE TALKED 4170 02:18:46,885 --> 02:18:50,422 ABOUT THIS OVER TIME A LOT, 4171 02:18:50,422 --> 02:18:51,523 INCLUDING SOME OF THE HISTORY OF 4172 02:18:51,523 --> 02:18:52,857 HOW WE GOT HERE, WHICH WAS AT 4173 02:18:52,857 --> 02:18:55,560 ONE POINT, THERE WAS AN 4174 02:18:55,560 --> 02:18:57,529 INTENTIONAL SORT OF EFFORT BY 4175 02:18:57,529 --> 02:18:59,831 SFD TO TO RELY UPON OVERTIME 4176 02:18:59,831 --> 02:19:02,434 INSTEAD OF CORE STAFFING. AND MY 4177 02:19:02,434 --> 02:19:05,336 UNDERSTANDING FROM SPEAKING TO 4178 02:19:05,336 --> 02:19:06,204 THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION IS THAT 4179 02:19:06,204 --> 02:19:09,240 PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OVER 4180 02:19:09,240 --> 02:19:11,676 TIME WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE. 4181 02:19:11,676 --> 02:19:14,379 AND MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO IS 4182 02:19:14,379 --> 02:19:16,781 THAT IT'S OFTENTIMES HARD TO 4183 02:19:16,781 --> 02:19:20,485 FILL THESE OVERTIME SHIFTS 4184 02:19:20,485 --> 02:19:22,854 BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, OUR 4185 02:19:22,854 --> 02:19:25,457 FIREFIGHTERS ARE OFTEN ALREADY 4186 02:19:25,457 --> 02:19:28,293 OVER OVERWORKED. SO I JUST WANT 4187 02:19:28,293 --> 02:19:30,295 TO IN AYE APOLOGIES IF I'M BEING 4188 02:19:30,295 --> 02:19:33,765 THE DENSE ONE HERE, BUT I JUST 4189 02:19:33,765 --> 02:19:36,801 WANT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, I 4190 02:19:36,801 --> 02:19:37,836 KNOW THAT THERE'S OUTAGES THAT 4191 02:19:37,836 --> 02:19:42,607 WE HAVE BEEN HAVING EVERY YEAR. 4192 02:19:42,607 --> 02:19:46,711 AND SO THE 7.1 MILLION VERSUS 4193 02:19:46,711 --> 02:19:51,950 5.1, 7.1, IF ALL THOSE OVERTIME 4194 02:19:51,950 --> 02:19:53,017 SHIFTS WERE ABLE TO BE FILLED 4195 02:19:53,017 --> 02:19:55,053 AND IT'S A VOLUNTARY THING, WE 4196 02:19:55,053 --> 02:19:57,021 CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO FILL 4197 02:19:57,021 --> 02:19:59,290 THOSE. AND CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO 4198 02:19:59,290 --> 02:20:01,359 ASK SOME QUESTIONS TO CENTRAL 4199 02:20:01,359 --> 02:20:02,227 STAFF, IF. 4200 02:20:02,227 --> 02:20:02,627 -- THAT'S OKAY. 4201 02:20:02,627 --> 02:20:06,431 -- PERFECT. OKAY. JUST TO, JUST 4202 02:20:06,431 --> 02:20:07,932 TO, YOU KNOW, CORRECT ME IF I'M 4203 02:20:07,932 --> 02:20:09,334 WRONG, BUT WE CAN'T FORCE 4204 02:20:09,334 --> 02:20:11,569 FIREFIGHTERS TO, TO FILL THE 4205 02:20:11,569 --> 02:20:15,373 OVERTIME. BUT THE 7.1, IF THOSE 4206 02:20:15,373 --> 02:20:17,408 WERE FULLY SPENT, WOULD THAT 4207 02:20:17,408 --> 02:20:21,579 IMPROVE ALL THE OUTAGES THAT 4208 02:20:21,579 --> 02:20:21,913 WE'VE HAD? 4209 02:20:21,913 --> 02:20:23,415 -- AND I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A 4210 02:20:23,415 --> 02:20:26,351 CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP. THE 7.1 4211 02:20:26,351 --> 02:20:29,788 MILLION WOULD PROVIDE SUFFICIENT 4212 02:20:29,788 --> 02:20:34,492 FUNDING FOR ALL 222 DAILY SHIFTS 4213 02:20:34,492 --> 02:20:36,861 TO BE FILLED EVERY SINGLE DAY. 4214 02:20:36,861 --> 02:20:38,663 MAYBE. I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE 4215 02:20:38,663 --> 02:20:40,031 ASKING, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4216 02:20:40,031 --> 02:20:44,669 -- I GUESS MY MY QUESTION IS. 4217 02:20:44,669 --> 02:20:48,673 I'M NOT I'M NOT SURE THE FIRE 4218 02:20:48,673 --> 02:20:50,542 DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO 4219 02:20:50,542 --> 02:20:51,643 FULFILL ALL THOSE SHIFTS BECAUSE 4220 02:20:51,643 --> 02:20:53,111 I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 4221 02:20:53,111 --> 02:20:55,847 GOING TO BASED ON PAST PRACTICE 4222 02:20:55,847 --> 02:20:57,715 OR PAST HISTORY, THAT THEY'RE 4223 02:20:57,715 --> 02:21:00,518 ABLE TO FILL ALL OF THOSE. AND 4224 02:21:00,518 --> 02:21:03,221 IF THEY'RE NOT, THEN I GUESS MY 4225 02:21:03,221 --> 02:21:05,056 QUESTION WOULD BE WHAT WOULD 4226 02:21:05,056 --> 02:21:08,526 HAPPEN TO THAT FUNDING 4227 02:21:08,526 --> 02:21:09,160 -- ONE QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER 4228 02:21:09,160 --> 02:21:11,696 LIN CAN I CLARIFY THE QUESTION, 4229 02:21:11,696 --> 02:21:13,965 PLEASE? IS YOUR QUESTION. IF THE 4230 02:21:13,965 --> 02:21:16,234 FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES $7.1 4231 02:21:16,234 --> 02:21:17,335 MILLION IN OVERTIME FUNDING AND 4232 02:21:17,335 --> 02:21:19,604 DOES NOT SPEND IT ALL, WHAT WHAT 4233 02:21:19,604 --> 02:21:20,972 HAPPENS THEN IS THAT THE 4234 02:21:20,972 --> 02:21:22,974 QUESTION. 4235 02:21:22,974 --> 02:21:24,375 -- BASICALLY, AND BASED ON PAST 4236 02:21:24,375 --> 02:21:25,543 PRACTICE OR PAST HISTORY, WHAT 4237 02:21:25,543 --> 02:21:29,214 IS LIKELY. 4238 02:21:29,214 --> 02:21:29,447 -- AN. 4239 02:21:29,447 --> 02:21:33,084 -- SO IF IF SFD RECEIVES $7.1 4240 02:21:33,084 --> 02:21:36,254 MILLION FOR. IN ADDITION TO 4241 02:21:36,254 --> 02:21:37,589 OTHER OVERTIME FUNDING, THIS IS 4242 02:21:37,589 --> 02:21:39,858 JUST A SLICE OF TOTAL OVERTIME 4243 02:21:39,858 --> 02:21:43,528 FUNDING. IF SFD DOES RECEIVE 4244 02:21:43,528 --> 02:21:44,662 THIS $7.1 MILLION IN OVERTIME 4245 02:21:44,662 --> 02:21:46,497 FUNDING, BUT DOES NOT SPEND IT 4246 02:21:46,497 --> 02:21:48,399 ALL FOR THAT PURPOSE, THAT 4247 02:21:48,399 --> 02:21:50,635 FUNDING WILL BE IN SFD BUDGET 4248 02:21:50,635 --> 02:21:54,739 AND IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO 4249 02:21:54,739 --> 02:21:57,575 COVER UNBUDGETED COSTS IN OTHER 4250 02:21:57,575 --> 02:22:00,845 AREAS. EMERGENT NEEDS 4251 02:22:00,845 --> 02:22:02,213 HISTORICALLY, ONE USE OF FUNDING 4252 02:22:02,213 --> 02:22:04,749 THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR OVERTIME 4253 02:22:04,749 --> 02:22:07,619 BUT NOT NEEDED FOR OVERTIME HAS 4254 02:22:07,619 --> 02:22:09,354 BEEN UTILITY UTILITY COSTS 4255 02:22:09,354 --> 02:22:11,623 ACROSS ALL OF THE ALL OF THE 4256 02:22:11,623 --> 02:22:13,758 CITY FIRE STATIONS AND 4257 02:22:13,758 --> 02:22:15,159 MAINTENANCE NEEDS. THAT IS 4258 02:22:15,159 --> 02:22:15,660 SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN 4259 02:22:15,660 --> 02:22:17,862 HISTORICALLY UNDER BUDGETED IN 4260 02:22:17,862 --> 02:22:19,430 SFD BUDGET THIS YEAR. THERE WAS 4261 02:22:19,430 --> 02:22:23,568 AN ADJUSTMENT THAT RIGHT SIZES, 4262 02:22:23,568 --> 02:22:24,168 THE UTILITIES AND MAINTENANCE 4263 02:22:24,168 --> 02:22:28,773 BUDGET. SO IT'S NOT ANTICIPATED 4264 02:22:28,773 --> 02:22:29,374 THAT UNSPENT OVERTIME BUDGET 4265 02:22:29,374 --> 02:22:32,143 WILL BE NEEDED IN THAT AREA. BUT 4266 02:22:32,143 --> 02:22:33,678 PERHAPS SFD WILL NEED FUNDING IN 4267 02:22:33,678 --> 02:22:36,247 SOME OTHER AREAS THAT HAVEN'T 4268 02:22:36,247 --> 02:22:38,082 BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND UNNEEDED 4269 02:22:38,082 --> 02:22:40,718 OVERTIME COSTS WILL JUST BE 4270 02:22:40,718 --> 02:22:41,252 SHIFTED INTO THOSE THOSE 4271 02:22:41,252 --> 02:22:41,519 ACCOUNTS. 4272 02:22:41,519 --> 02:22:42,620 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 4273 02:22:42,620 --> 02:22:43,955 YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOOR. 4274 02:22:43,955 --> 02:22:46,190 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I'LL JUST 4275 02:22:46,190 --> 02:22:48,726 SORT OF STATE MY UNDERSTANDING 4276 02:22:48,726 --> 02:22:51,262 AND SORT OF THEN MOVE ON. BUT 4277 02:22:51,262 --> 02:22:52,931 AND, YOU KNOW, IF OTHERS WANT TO 4278 02:22:52,931 --> 02:22:56,401 CORRECT ME ONE, I JUST I THINK 4279 02:22:56,401 --> 02:22:59,003 OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY SUPPORTS SFD 4280 02:22:59,003 --> 02:23:01,239 AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE 4281 02:23:01,239 --> 02:23:03,841 APPROPRIATELY STAFFED. I, MY, MY 4282 02:23:03,841 --> 02:23:06,644 ONE CONCERN ABOUT THE 7.1 IS 4283 02:23:06,644 --> 02:23:09,814 THAT IT, IT MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO 4284 02:23:09,814 --> 02:23:14,152 BE SPENT BECAUSE IT IS THERE MAY 4285 02:23:14,152 --> 02:23:16,788 NOT BE THE ABILITY TO TO FILL 4286 02:23:16,788 --> 02:23:19,924 THOSE OVERTIME SLOTS. AND ALSO 4287 02:23:19,924 --> 02:23:21,392 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IF THEY 4288 02:23:21,392 --> 02:23:24,095 ARE SUCCESSFUL, WHICH WOULD BE 4289 02:23:24,095 --> 02:23:26,264 GREAT, THAT THAT WOULD BE AN 4290 02:23:26,264 --> 02:23:27,699 IMPROVEMENT TO THE OUTAGES 4291 02:23:27,699 --> 02:23:28,733 LEVELS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO, 4292 02:23:28,733 --> 02:23:32,337 YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT'S FRAMED, 4293 02:23:32,337 --> 02:23:34,505 IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE STATUS QUO, 4294 02:23:34,505 --> 02:23:36,908 BUT I BELIEVE THAT IF THOSE 7.1 4295 02:23:36,908 --> 02:23:37,942 MILLION ARE FULLY SPENT, THAT 4296 02:23:37,942 --> 02:23:39,043 THAT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT TO, 4297 02:23:39,043 --> 02:23:41,779 TO OUTAGES. BUT MAYBE I'M 4298 02:23:41,779 --> 02:23:42,313 WRONG. THANK YOU CHAIR. 4299 02:23:42,313 --> 02:23:43,781 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4300 02:23:43,781 --> 02:23:44,916 FOSTER, WE'VE HAD A LONG 4301 02:23:44,916 --> 02:23:45,516 DISCUSSION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO 4302 02:23:45,516 --> 02:23:47,952 CLOSE US OUT WITH ANYTHING? 4303 02:23:47,952 --> 02:23:50,088 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 4304 02:23:50,088 --> 02:23:51,422 JUST ACTUALLY I'LL ASK ONE 4305 02:23:51,422 --> 02:23:52,857 QUESTION ON THE HEELS OF 4306 02:23:52,857 --> 02:23:53,491 COUNCILMEMBER LIN COMMENTS. JUST 4307 02:23:53,491 --> 02:23:56,127 TO CLARIFY THIS. AND SO I KNOW 4308 02:23:56,127 --> 02:23:57,395 THE LANGUAGE IS DIFFERENT IN 4309 02:23:57,395 --> 02:23:58,963 BOTH, BUT I KNOW IN THE CBA THAT 4310 02:23:58,963 --> 02:24:01,499 I'M PUTTING FORWARD, IT STATES 4311 02:24:01,499 --> 02:24:03,901 THE CBA WOULD NOT REDUCE SFD 4312 02:24:03,901 --> 02:24:06,237 TARGET DAILY STAFFING LEVELS IN 4313 02:24:06,237 --> 02:24:08,573 2027. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT 4314 02:24:08,573 --> 02:24:09,874 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WAS GETTING AT 4315 02:24:09,874 --> 02:24:12,310 WITH HIS LINE OF QUESTIONING, IS 4316 02:24:12,310 --> 02:24:15,546 THAT BOTH OF THESE PROPOSALS 4317 02:24:15,546 --> 02:24:17,048 SUPPORT THAT. 222 BASELINE 4318 02:24:17,048 --> 02:24:17,415 STAFFING LEVEL. 4319 02:24:17,415 --> 02:24:18,049 -- AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO 4320 02:24:18,049 --> 02:24:18,783 SHARE ON THAT? 4321 02:24:18,783 --> 02:24:20,385 -- YEAH, THAT IS THAT IS 4322 02:24:20,385 --> 02:24:22,654 CORRECT. THE REDUCTION THAT WAS 4323 02:24:22,654 --> 02:24:24,856 INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET 4324 02:24:24,856 --> 02:24:26,324 WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW TARGET 4325 02:24:26,324 --> 02:24:30,461 DAILY STAFFING LEVEL OF 209 4326 02:24:30,461 --> 02:24:34,065 VERSUS 222. THE PROPOSAL IN SFD 4327 02:24:34,065 --> 02:24:35,466 TWO AYE DOES NOT MAKE ANY 4328 02:24:35,466 --> 02:24:37,502 CHANGES TO THE TARGET DAILY 4329 02:24:37,502 --> 02:24:40,171 STAFFING LEVEL. IT INSTEAD 4330 02:24:40,171 --> 02:24:46,344 RECOGNIZES SFD PREDICTED 4331 02:24:46,344 --> 02:24:51,349 PATTERNS OF SFD. SFD. LEAD LEAVE 4332 02:24:51,349 --> 02:24:53,117 TIME USAGE, WHICH INFLUENCES THE 4333 02:24:53,117 --> 02:24:54,318 ABILITY FOR THOSE POSITIONS TO 4334 02:24:54,318 --> 02:24:55,920 BE FILLED. 4335 02:24:55,920 --> 02:24:56,487 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 4336 02:24:56,487 --> 02:24:57,455 FOSTER. ANYTHING TO CLOSE US OUT 4337 02:24:57,455 --> 02:24:57,655 WITH? 4338 02:24:57,655 --> 02:24:58,356 -- THANK YOU. I'LL JUST SAY I 4339 02:24:58,356 --> 02:24:59,490 THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT 4340 02:24:59,490 --> 02:25:00,691 DISTINCTION, AND I THINK WHAT I 4341 02:25:00,691 --> 02:25:02,727 CAN SHARE IS THAT'S WHERE THESE 4342 02:25:02,727 --> 02:25:04,529 TWO PROPOSALS, I BELIEVE, HAVE 4343 02:25:04,529 --> 02:25:05,663 ALIGNMENT IN TERMS OF THAT GOAL, 4344 02:25:05,663 --> 02:25:07,932 IN SUPPORTING THAT TARGET DAILY 4345 02:25:07,932 --> 02:25:09,434 STAFFING LEVEL. WHAT I SEE AS 4346 02:25:09,434 --> 02:25:11,202 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM IS 4347 02:25:11,202 --> 02:25:12,603 THAT THE DECISION ON HOW WE'RE 4348 02:25:12,603 --> 02:25:14,372 CALCULATING THAT AND HOW WE'RE 4349 02:25:14,372 --> 02:25:16,841 CALCULATING IT BASED ON RECENT 4350 02:25:16,841 --> 02:25:18,242 INDICATORS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT 4351 02:25:18,242 --> 02:25:20,111 OF THE USAGE OF THOSE OVERTIME 4352 02:25:20,111 --> 02:25:22,280 HOURS, AS INDICATED BY 4353 02:25:22,280 --> 02:25:22,947 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. SO, 4354 02:25:22,947 --> 02:25:23,948 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 4355 02:25:23,948 --> 02:25:25,450 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 4356 02:25:25,450 --> 02:25:26,150 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 4357 02:25:26,150 --> 02:25:31,055 MOVE ON TO SFD THREE, AYE ONE. 4358 02:25:31,055 --> 02:25:34,525 -- SFD THREE AYE WOULD INCREASE 4359 02:25:34,525 --> 02:25:36,561 SFD BY $60,000 GENERAL FUND IN 4360 02:25:36,561 --> 02:25:38,496 2027 FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR 4361 02:25:38,496 --> 02:25:41,265 A NEW FIRE STATION ON SOUTH LAKE 4362 02:25:41,265 --> 02:25:43,735 UNION. THIS IS SPONSORED BY 4363 02:25:43,735 --> 02:25:44,268 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WITH 4364 02:25:44,268 --> 02:25:46,771 CO-SPONSORS. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4365 02:25:46,771 --> 02:25:48,806 AND COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 4366 02:25:48,806 --> 02:25:49,373 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4367 02:25:49,373 --> 02:25:50,041 KETTLE SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU 4368 02:25:50,041 --> 02:25:52,009 ARE RECOGNIZED. 4369 02:25:52,009 --> 02:25:53,177 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I WANTED TO 4370 02:25:53,177 --> 02:25:55,213 ADD TO THAT. I DID THROW MY HAND 4371 02:25:55,213 --> 02:25:57,949 UP IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER 4372 02:25:57,949 --> 02:25:59,450 FOSTER JUST BECAUSE IT'S 4373 02:25:59,450 --> 02:26:00,651 IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO 4374 02:26:00,651 --> 02:26:01,319 HIGHLIGHT THOSE ISSUES AND IT'S 4375 02:26:01,319 --> 02:26:01,953 GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S 4376 02:26:01,953 --> 02:26:02,754 GOING TO BE PART OF THE 4377 02:26:02,754 --> 02:26:06,390 COMMITTEE WORK PLAN NEXT YEAR AS 4378 02:26:06,390 --> 02:26:08,126 PART OF THE OVERALL STAFFING 4379 02:26:08,126 --> 02:26:10,928 PIECE. COLLEAGUES, THIS CORRECT 4380 02:26:10,928 --> 02:26:14,365 PROPOSAL IS PUT FORWARD BECAUSE 4381 02:26:14,365 --> 02:26:15,466 AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A 4382 02:26:15,466 --> 02:26:17,335 CORRECTION TO. BY THE WAY, I 4383 02:26:17,335 --> 02:26:19,003 SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THIS THIS 4384 02:26:19,003 --> 02:26:20,505 FIRE, THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY IS 4385 02:26:20,505 --> 02:26:21,906 FOR NEW FIRE STATION ON LAKE 4386 02:26:21,906 --> 02:26:24,075 UNION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE SOUTH 4387 02:26:24,075 --> 02:26:26,611 LAKE UNION, BUT SOUTH LAKE UNION 4388 02:26:26,611 --> 02:26:28,079 IS DRIVING IN A LOT OF WAYS. THE 4389 02:26:28,079 --> 02:26:32,016 NEED JUST RECENTLY I HAD SOME 4390 02:26:32,016 --> 02:26:32,617 VISITORS IN TOWN AND I DROVE 4391 02:26:32,617 --> 02:26:34,452 THEM THROUGH SOUTH LAKE UNION. I 4392 02:26:34,452 --> 02:26:36,187 WAS HIGHLIGHTING THAT, YOU KNOW, 4393 02:26:36,187 --> 02:26:39,557 OFTENTIMES IN THE PAST, LIKE IN 4394 02:26:39,557 --> 02:26:40,558 MY FORMER CAREER, YOU KNOW, YOU 4395 02:26:40,558 --> 02:26:41,659 WOULD HAVE THESE CITIES JUST 4396 02:26:41,659 --> 02:26:43,661 SPROUT OUT OF NOWHERE IN AFRICA 4397 02:26:43,661 --> 02:26:46,597 AND ASIA AND SOME DIFFERENT 4398 02:26:46,597 --> 02:26:48,166 PLACES BECAUSE THERE'S NO 4399 02:26:48,166 --> 02:26:49,300 RULES. EVERYTHING JUST WAS BUILT 4400 02:26:49,300 --> 02:26:51,035 UP. BUT TO HAVE WHAT WE'VE HAD 4401 02:26:51,035 --> 02:26:52,637 HAPPEN IN SOUTH LAKE UNION IS 4402 02:26:52,637 --> 02:26:54,205 INCREDIBLE. OVER THE LAST DOZEN 4403 02:26:54,205 --> 02:26:57,241 DECADE AND A HALF, WHERE WE'VE 4404 02:26:57,241 --> 02:26:58,609 ESSENTIALLY CREATED A NEW CITY. 4405 02:26:58,609 --> 02:26:59,243 AND AS I WAS DRIVING AROUND, I 4406 02:26:59,243 --> 02:27:00,278 WAS POINTING, YES, THAT 4407 02:27:00,278 --> 02:27:01,579 BUILDINGS NEW, NEW, NEW NEW, NEW 4408 02:27:01,579 --> 02:27:03,748 NEW. ALL THESE BUILDINGS ARE 4409 02:27:03,748 --> 02:27:06,350 NEW. AND, AND MY DISTRICT HAS 4410 02:27:06,350 --> 02:27:08,319 COME IN HORIZONTALLY BECAUSE 4411 02:27:08,319 --> 02:27:10,388 WE'VE GONE VERTICALLY AND IT'S 4412 02:27:10,388 --> 02:27:11,022 ALL BRAND NEW DRIVEN, YOU KNOW, 4413 02:27:11,022 --> 02:27:14,959 WITH, WITH PAUL ALLEN AND ALSO 4414 02:27:14,959 --> 02:27:17,495 WITH AMAZON AND THE LIKE. BUT 4415 02:27:17,495 --> 02:27:18,162 WE'VE ESSENTIALLY CREATED A NEW 4416 02:27:18,162 --> 02:27:21,265 CITY INCREASE. BUT HAVE WE 4417 02:27:21,265 --> 02:27:23,334 INCREASED THE PUBLIC SAFETY 4418 02:27:23,334 --> 02:27:24,902 INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THIS NEW CITY 4419 02:27:24,902 --> 02:27:26,771 WITHIN THE CITY? I KNOW WE 4420 02:27:26,771 --> 02:27:28,306 HAVEN'T. AND THIS IS THE 4421 02:27:28,306 --> 02:27:30,241 DRIVING FORCE BETWEEN MY PUBLIC 4422 02:27:30,241 --> 02:27:32,677 SAFETY ELEMENT AMENDMENT FOR THE 4423 02:27:32,677 --> 02:27:33,477 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND THIS IS 4424 02:27:33,477 --> 02:27:38,249 WHERE WE CAN SHOW ACTION, 4425 02:27:38,249 --> 02:27:39,750 BECAUSE ACTION IS NEEDED. WE 4426 02:27:39,750 --> 02:27:42,253 NEED A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO SHOW 4427 02:27:42,253 --> 02:27:44,422 POTENTIALLY TO HAVE A FIRE 4428 02:27:44,422 --> 02:27:45,523 STATION ON LAKE UNION. SO NOT 4429 02:27:45,523 --> 02:27:47,992 SOUTH LAKE UNION, BUT ON LAKE 4430 02:27:47,992 --> 02:27:48,926 UNION. AND THIS WOULD SERVE 4431 02:27:48,926 --> 02:27:50,161 OBVIOUSLY EASTLAKE, WEST LAKE 4432 02:27:50,161 --> 02:27:51,696 AND THE BROADER AREA, NOT JUST 4433 02:27:51,696 --> 02:27:52,897 SOUTH LAKE UNION, BUT IT'S 4434 02:27:52,897 --> 02:27:53,864 NEEDED BECAUSE OF THAT INCREASE, 4435 02:27:53,864 --> 02:27:55,366 BUT ALSO THE DYNAMIC ON THE 4436 02:27:55,366 --> 02:27:58,669 WATER SPACE TOO. THIS IS FOR 4437 02:27:58,669 --> 02:27:59,570 LAND, BUT ALSO FOR THE WATER 4438 02:27:59,570 --> 02:28:02,373 SPACE AS WELL. AND IT'S 4439 02:28:02,373 --> 02:28:02,907 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT HAS 4440 02:28:02,907 --> 02:28:06,210 CAPTURED IN IN MISS GORMAN'S 4441 02:28:06,210 --> 02:28:08,346 EXCELLENT SUMMARY HERE. IT 4442 02:28:08,346 --> 02:28:10,615 REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOES TO THOSE 4443 02:28:10,615 --> 02:28:11,916 PIECES AS WELL. AND I'D JUST 4444 02:28:11,916 --> 02:28:14,318 LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 4445 02:28:14,318 --> 02:28:15,753 AND BEFORE DOING SO, I ALSO WANT 4446 02:28:15,753 --> 02:28:17,021 TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FIRE, 4447 02:28:17,021 --> 02:28:18,789 THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, HARBOR 4448 02:28:18,789 --> 02:28:20,458 PATROL, BECAUSE THEY DO GREAT 4449 02:28:20,458 --> 02:28:23,227 WORK TOO. BUT THE NEED IS SO 4450 02:28:23,227 --> 02:28:24,829 MUCH GREATER. THERE'S THE 4451 02:28:24,829 --> 02:28:25,463 LANDWARD SIDE IN TERMS OF, YOU 4452 02:28:25,463 --> 02:28:27,865 KNOW, THE RESPONSE, BUT ALSO ON 4453 02:28:27,865 --> 02:28:28,833 THE WATER SPACE AS WELL. AS 4454 02:28:28,833 --> 02:28:31,068 NOTED IN HERE. SO WITH THAT, 4455 02:28:31,068 --> 02:28:33,938 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 4456 02:28:33,938 --> 02:28:36,274 SUPPORT FOR THIS FEASIBILITY 4457 02:28:36,274 --> 02:28:36,907 STUDY PROPOSAL FOR FIRE STATION 4458 02:28:36,907 --> 02:28:37,608 ON LAKE UNION. 4459 02:28:37,608 --> 02:28:39,243 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 4460 02:28:39,243 --> 02:28:41,913 KETTLE COLLEAGUES, ANY 4461 02:28:41,913 --> 02:28:42,647 DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC, ANY 4462 02:28:42,647 --> 02:28:47,251 DISCUSSION ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL 4463 02:28:47,251 --> 02:28:50,221 JUST ADD TO THE DISCUSSION OF 4464 02:28:50,221 --> 02:28:51,889 SAYING YES, SOME OF I THINK 1 OR 4465 02:28:51,889 --> 02:28:53,858 2 OF THE SEATTLE POLICE 4466 02:28:53,858 --> 02:28:56,160 DEPARTMENT, HARBOR PATROL 4467 02:28:56,160 --> 02:28:58,763 VESSELS HAVE WATER PUMPING 4468 02:28:58,763 --> 02:29:00,531 CAPABILITIES. I DON'T KNOW IF 4469 02:29:00,531 --> 02:29:02,700 THEY ARE TO THE SAME LEVEL AS 4470 02:29:02,700 --> 02:29:04,502 THE CHIEF SEALTH OR TO THE 4471 02:29:04,502 --> 02:29:06,871 LEICIAI ARE TWO LARGER FIRE 4472 02:29:06,871 --> 02:29:08,773 BOATS. WHAT YOU WERE JUST 4473 02:29:08,773 --> 02:29:09,307 SPEAKING TO COUNCILMEMBER 4474 02:29:09,307 --> 02:29:11,342 KETTLE? I IS COMPLETELY ACCURATE 4475 02:29:11,342 --> 02:29:14,045 AND I WOULD ADD TO IT TO SAY 4476 02:29:14,045 --> 02:29:19,517 THAT WHEN THAT THESE. THIS WATER 4477 02:29:19,517 --> 02:29:21,285 BORNE FIRE STATIONS SUPPORT LAND 4478 02:29:21,285 --> 02:29:23,287 BASED ACTIVITIES AS WELL. 4479 02:29:23,287 --> 02:29:25,923 CURRENTLY, THE CLOSEST MOORED 4480 02:29:25,923 --> 02:29:26,390 FIRE VESSEL IS IN THE 4481 02:29:26,390 --> 02:29:29,026 FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL, WHICH TO 4482 02:29:29,026 --> 02:29:30,728 ACCESS SOUTH TO ACCESS LAKE 4483 02:29:30,728 --> 02:29:33,097 UNION OR PORTAGE BAY, REQUIRES 4484 02:29:33,097 --> 02:29:37,568 TRAVELING THROUGH NO WAKE SPEED. 4485 02:29:37,568 --> 02:29:38,202 REDUCED ZONES. THAT MEANS THAT 4486 02:29:38,202 --> 02:29:40,371 YOU CAN LITERALLY RIDE A BIKE 4487 02:29:40,371 --> 02:29:42,974 FASTER THAN THE BOAT CAN TRAVEL. 4488 02:29:42,974 --> 02:29:47,044 AND THIS IS THAT RESPONSE TIME 4489 02:29:47,044 --> 02:29:47,712 RIGHT FROM FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL 4490 02:29:47,712 --> 02:29:50,047 TO LAKE UNION OR TO PORTAGE BAY. 4491 02:29:50,047 --> 02:29:53,250 WE'RE SPEAKING. YES, PRIMARILY 4492 02:29:53,250 --> 02:29:57,655 IF WE KNOW ABOUT THE EAST LAKE 4493 02:29:57,655 --> 02:29:59,023 HOUSEBOAT COMMUNITY, WHICH IF 4494 02:29:59,023 --> 02:29:59,657 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN DOWN THERE, 4495 02:29:59,657 --> 02:30:01,025 IT'S NOT JUST LIKE 1 OR 2. 4496 02:30:01,025 --> 02:30:02,960 IT'S AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 4497 02:30:02,960 --> 02:30:04,362 HOUSEBOATS. TRY RUNNING A FIRE 4498 02:30:04,362 --> 02:30:08,733 HOSE DOWN THE DOCK, AND MORE. SO 4499 02:30:08,733 --> 02:30:10,601 IF ANY OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE 4500 02:30:10,601 --> 02:30:13,237 SHORE SIDE ARE ON FIRE AND IT'S 4501 02:30:13,237 --> 02:30:14,171 A MULTIPLE ALARM FIRE, THEY NEED 4502 02:30:14,171 --> 02:30:15,773 THE FIRE BOAT TO START PUMPING 4503 02:30:15,773 --> 02:30:17,808 TO KEEP WATER PRESSURE UP. SO I 4504 02:30:17,808 --> 02:30:19,977 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COMING 4505 02:30:19,977 --> 02:30:21,512 FORWARD BECAUSE WE NEED TO 4506 02:30:21,512 --> 02:30:24,548 EXPAND OUR WATERBORNE SERVICE 4507 02:30:24,548 --> 02:30:27,585 FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 4508 02:30:27,585 --> 02:30:29,920 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 4509 02:30:29,920 --> 02:30:35,092 CO-SPONSOR SFD THREE, AYE ONE, 4510 02:30:35,092 --> 02:30:36,560 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 4511 02:30:36,560 --> 02:30:37,561 TIME. SEE, I'M TRYING TO SLOW 4512 02:30:37,561 --> 02:30:40,031 DOWN. I'M TRYING TO SLOW DOWN. 4513 02:30:40,031 --> 02:30:44,502 ALL RIGHT. FOR CO-SPONSORSHIP OF 4514 02:30:44,502 --> 02:30:48,139 SFD THREE. AYE ONE. I HAVE 4515 02:30:48,139 --> 02:30:48,606 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 4516 02:30:48,606 --> 02:30:50,841 HOLLINGSWORTH RINCK AND RIVERA. 4517 02:30:50,841 --> 02:30:51,475 -- COUNCILMEMBERS HOLLINGSWORTH 4518 02:30:51,475 --> 02:30:52,510 JUAREZ RINCK AND RIVERA. 4519 02:30:52,510 --> 02:30:53,778 -- YES. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING 4520 02:30:53,778 --> 02:30:57,448 TO MOVE ON TO THE LAST ITEM 4521 02:30:57,448 --> 02:30:59,750 BEFORE LUNCH. SFD FOUR S EIGHT 4522 02:30:59,750 --> 02:31:00,684 ONE. 4523 02:31:00,684 --> 02:31:05,289 -- SFD FOUR S AYE IS SPONSORED 4524 02:31:05,289 --> 02:31:05,856 BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WITH 4525 02:31:05,856 --> 02:31:08,058 CO-SPONSORS. COUNCILMEMBERS. 4526 02:31:08,058 --> 02:31:09,627 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH AND 4527 02:31:09,627 --> 02:31:11,462 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THIS IS A 4528 02:31:11,462 --> 02:31:13,197 STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT, 4529 02:31:13,197 --> 02:31:15,966 REQUESTING THAT THE SEATTLE FIRE 4530 02:31:15,966 --> 02:31:16,500 DEPARTMENT REPORT ON ITS 4531 02:31:16,500 --> 02:31:17,835 FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENT, HIRING 4532 02:31:17,835 --> 02:31:19,804 AND TRAINING PRACTICES, 4533 02:31:19,804 --> 02:31:22,440 INCLUDING LOCAL AND REGIONAL 4534 02:31:22,440 --> 02:31:22,773 COMPARISONS. 4535 02:31:22,773 --> 02:31:24,642 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4536 02:31:24,642 --> 02:31:25,443 AS SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL, YOU 4537 02:31:25,443 --> 02:31:26,777 ARE RECOGNIZED. 4538 02:31:26,777 --> 02:31:30,514 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO YOU 4539 02:31:30,514 --> 02:31:32,483 KNOW, THANK ANN AND CENTRAL 4540 02:31:32,483 --> 02:31:33,584 STAFF FOR FOR BRIEFING THIS FROM 4541 02:31:33,584 --> 02:31:35,119 A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE. AS WAS 4542 02:31:35,119 --> 02:31:38,722 POINTED OUT, THE THE TECHNICAL 4543 02:31:38,722 --> 02:31:40,724 SORT OF POLICY WONK ISH TITLE OF 4544 02:31:40,724 --> 02:31:42,593 THIS IS REQUEST THAT THE SEATTLE 4545 02:31:42,593 --> 02:31:44,395 FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON ITS 4546 02:31:44,395 --> 02:31:45,729 FIREFIGHTER RECRUITMENT, HIRING 4547 02:31:45,729 --> 02:31:46,230 AND TRAINING PRACTICES, 4548 02:31:46,230 --> 02:31:48,699 INCLUDING LOCAL AND REGIONAL 4549 02:31:48,699 --> 02:31:52,102 COMPARISONS. THAT'S THE 4550 02:31:52,102 --> 02:31:53,737 TECHNICAL IMPACT OF THIS. BUT 4551 02:31:53,737 --> 02:31:54,839 WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT, WHAT 4552 02:31:54,839 --> 02:31:59,343 THE SLIDE IS REALLY ABOUT, IT'S 4553 02:31:59,343 --> 02:32:00,878 ABOUT A FASTER AND MORE 4554 02:32:00,878 --> 02:32:01,512 COMPETITIVE FIREFIGHTER HIRING. 4555 02:32:01,512 --> 02:32:04,281 SO WE'RE RESTORING THIS YEAR'S 4556 02:32:04,281 --> 02:32:06,817 PROPOSED OVERTIME CUTS IS 4557 02:32:06,817 --> 02:32:09,286 OBVIOUSLY THE NECESSARY SHORT 4558 02:32:09,286 --> 02:32:12,122 TERM ANSWER BUT BUILDING A 4559 02:32:12,122 --> 02:32:17,228 STRONGER FIREFIGHTER PIPELINE IS 4560 02:32:17,228 --> 02:32:19,864 THE MORE DURABLE SOLUTION THAT 4561 02:32:19,864 --> 02:32:23,334 SUPPORTED BY THE FIREFIGHTERS 4562 02:32:23,334 --> 02:32:24,668 UNION THEMSELVES. AND I THINK 4563 02:32:24,668 --> 02:32:26,070 THERE'S CONSENSUS ON THIS FLOOR 4564 02:32:26,070 --> 02:32:28,005 BASED OFF OF CONVERSATIONS THAT 4565 02:32:28,005 --> 02:32:29,640 I'VE HAD INDIVIDUALLY, OFFLINE 4566 02:32:29,640 --> 02:32:30,241 AND MANY PUBLIC CONVERSATIONS 4567 02:32:30,241 --> 02:32:33,477 WE'VE HAD IN DIFFERENT FORUMS, 4568 02:32:33,477 --> 02:32:34,111 INCLUDING JUST RIGHT NOW DURING 4569 02:32:34,111 --> 02:32:35,779 THE COMP PLAN, THERE'S 4570 02:32:35,779 --> 02:32:38,015 CONSENSUS. WE NEED TO HIRE 4571 02:32:38,015 --> 02:32:41,085 QUICKLY, HIRE MORE FIREFIGHTERS. 4572 02:32:41,085 --> 02:32:42,453 THIS LIE ASKS THE FIRE 4573 02:32:42,453 --> 02:32:45,055 DEPARTMENT AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY 4574 02:32:45,055 --> 02:32:47,558 CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO 4575 02:32:47,558 --> 02:32:49,693 COMPARE SEATTLE'S RECRUITMENT, 4576 02:32:49,693 --> 02:32:51,595 TESTING, HIRING AND TRAINING 4577 02:32:51,595 --> 02:32:54,331 PROCESSES AND PRACTICES WITH 4578 02:32:54,331 --> 02:32:55,332 COMPETING DEPARTMENTS ACROSS OUR 4579 02:32:55,332 --> 02:32:56,233 REGION. BECAUSE THE TRUTH BE 4580 02:32:56,233 --> 02:33:01,005 TOLD, WE'RE NOT JUST COMPETING 4581 02:33:01,005 --> 02:33:03,274 FOR FOR TALENT. LOCALLY HERE 4582 02:33:03,274 --> 02:33:04,675 AMONG LIKE BELLEVUE FIRE, FOR 4583 02:33:04,675 --> 02:33:06,710 EXAMPLE, WE'RE COMPETING FOR 4584 02:33:06,710 --> 02:33:09,413 FIRE TALENT ACROSS THE REGION. 4585 02:33:09,413 --> 02:33:11,515 AND SO WE NEED TO ADOPT, WE NEED 4586 02:33:11,515 --> 02:33:13,284 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND HAVE 4587 02:33:13,284 --> 02:33:16,220 SOME CLEAR HIRING PROCESS AND 4588 02:33:16,220 --> 02:33:18,422 PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS. 4589 02:33:18,422 --> 02:33:19,089 UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'RE DOING 4590 02:33:19,089 --> 02:33:22,459 AND HOW IT MEASURES AGAINST WHAT 4591 02:33:22,459 --> 02:33:24,328 OTHERS ARE DOING. SO THIS 4592 02:33:24,328 --> 02:33:27,665 EXAMINES THIS WOULD HELP EXAMINE 4593 02:33:27,665 --> 02:33:30,067 DELAYS, CANDIDATE ATTRITION, 4594 02:33:30,067 --> 02:33:30,701 LOCAL RECRUITMENT TRAINING AND 4595 02:33:30,701 --> 02:33:32,403 WHY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS MAY 4596 02:33:32,403 --> 02:33:34,838 CHOOSE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. 4597 02:33:34,838 --> 02:33:38,342 FASTER HIRING MUST NEVER MEAN 4598 02:33:38,342 --> 02:33:40,044 LOWERING STANDARDS INSTEAD, IT 4599 02:33:40,044 --> 02:33:42,680 SHOULD MEAN REMOVING AVOIDABLE 4600 02:33:42,680 --> 02:33:45,382 FRICTION AND BARRIERS WHILE 4601 02:33:45,382 --> 02:33:47,718 PROTECTING PROFESSIONAL 4602 02:33:47,718 --> 02:33:49,887 EXCELLENCE. MORE FIREFIGHTERS 4603 02:33:49,887 --> 02:33:52,890 HIRED AND TRAINED ON TIME MEANS 4604 02:33:52,890 --> 02:33:55,092 GREATER STAFFING STABILITY, LESS 4605 02:33:55,092 --> 02:34:01,765 DEPENDANCE ON OVERTIME AND MORE 4606 02:34:01,765 --> 02:34:02,399 RELIABLE EMERGENCY RESPONSES AND 4607 02:34:02,399 --> 02:34:05,102 FUTURE BUDGET YEARS. WE SHOULD 4608 02:34:05,102 --> 02:34:07,104 FIX TODAY'S OVERTIME GAP. NO 4609 02:34:07,104 --> 02:34:08,572 DOUBT. AND THAT'S FIRST IN 4610 02:34:08,572 --> 02:34:15,179 LINE. WE'LL DO THAT AND BUILD 4611 02:34:15,179 --> 02:34:15,679 SUSTAINABLE SYSTEMS AND 4612 02:34:15,679 --> 02:34:16,280 STRUCTURES AND PUT THOSE IN 4613 02:34:16,280 --> 02:34:20,884 PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT 4614 02:34:20,884 --> 02:34:22,753 GAP BECOMES LESS LIKELY. AND 4615 02:34:22,753 --> 02:34:25,189 I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SHARING. SO, 4616 02:34:25,189 --> 02:34:27,157 YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN 4617 02:34:27,157 --> 02:34:28,225 WE ORIGINALLY BRIEFED THIS, I 4618 02:34:28,225 --> 02:34:29,860 THINK AT THE CENTRAL STAFF 4619 02:34:29,860 --> 02:34:36,033 LEVEL, THE FUNDING GAP, I WAS 4620 02:34:36,033 --> 02:34:36,567 WORKING REMOTELY FROM THE 4621 02:34:36,567 --> 02:34:38,302 SATELLITE, THE DELRIDGE 4622 02:34:38,302 --> 02:34:39,937 SATELLITE OFFICE, I.E. MY HOME, 4623 02:34:39,937 --> 02:34:43,374 AND I HAD MY MY YOUNG SON THERE 4624 02:34:43,374 --> 02:34:45,976 WHO, YOU KNOW, I SHARED A STORY. 4625 02:34:45,976 --> 02:34:48,512 HE SUFFERED A FEBRILE SEIZURE 4626 02:34:48,512 --> 02:34:49,046 AND FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY 4627 02:34:49,046 --> 02:34:49,947 RESPONDED TO OUR HOUSE WHEN HE 4628 02:34:49,947 --> 02:34:53,550 WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. AND HE WAS 4629 02:34:53,550 --> 02:34:55,619 WAS ON CAMERA. AND, AND I JUST 4630 02:34:55,619 --> 02:34:57,554 WANT TO SHARE A QUICK EPILOG 4631 02:34:57,554 --> 02:34:58,455 BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, 4632 02:34:58,455 --> 02:34:59,456 WELL, WHAT HAPPENED? IS HE OKAY? 4633 02:34:59,456 --> 02:35:02,626 AND PEOPLE UNFAMILIAR WITH WHAT 4634 02:35:02,626 --> 02:35:05,262 A SEIZURE IS, IT'S A VERY WELL, 4635 02:35:05,262 --> 02:35:06,463 I'M NOT A DOCTOR. I DON'T WANT 4636 02:35:06,463 --> 02:35:09,533 TO TRY AND EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS. 4637 02:35:09,533 --> 02:35:11,201 BUT MY POINT IS MY YOUNG SON 4638 02:35:11,201 --> 02:35:12,970 WILEY IS FINE AND I'M HAPPY TO 4639 02:35:12,970 --> 02:35:16,540 REPORT HE IS BACK TO NOT EATING 4640 02:35:16,540 --> 02:35:19,376 HIS VEGETABLES, TALKING BACK TO 4641 02:35:19,376 --> 02:35:20,411 HIS PARENTS, ARGUING AND 4642 02:35:20,411 --> 02:35:26,450 FIGHTING WITH HIS SIBLINGS AND 4643 02:35:26,450 --> 02:35:27,084 NOT REMEMBERING TO CONSISTENTLY 4644 02:35:27,084 --> 02:35:29,620 BRUSH HIS TEETH IN THE MORNING. 4645 02:35:29,620 --> 02:35:31,588 AND AND EVENING. LIKE EVERY 4646 02:35:31,588 --> 02:35:32,623 OTHER OF OUR KIDS, AND PROBABLY 4647 02:35:32,623 --> 02:35:33,691 LIKE MANY KIDS ACROSS THE CITY. 4648 02:35:33,691 --> 02:35:40,531 SO HE'S FINE. ANYWAYS, SUCH A 4649 02:35:40,531 --> 02:35:42,466 GREAT INVESTMENT. IT'S A REPORT, 4650 02:35:42,466 --> 02:35:45,869 BUT IT'S A PATHWAY TO A MORE 4651 02:35:45,869 --> 02:35:46,937 DURABLE SOLUTION. SO WE SO WE 4652 02:35:46,937 --> 02:35:49,106 AVOID THESE KIND OF ONE TIME 4653 02:35:49,106 --> 02:35:50,341 CRISES ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS. 4654 02:35:50,341 --> 02:35:51,608 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK 4655 02:35:51,608 --> 02:35:54,411 YOU. 4656 02:35:54,411 --> 02:35:55,045 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 4657 02:35:55,045 --> 02:35:57,014 COLLEAGUES, ANY COMMENTS? 4658 02:35:57,014 --> 02:35:58,248 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. IS THAT A 4659 02:35:58,248 --> 02:36:02,019 THAT'S A NEW HAND. OKAY. YOU'RE 4660 02:36:02,019 --> 02:36:02,319 RECOGNIZED. 4661 02:36:02,319 --> 02:36:05,355 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. 4662 02:36:05,355 --> 02:36:06,557 QUESTION. IT'S KIND OF A 4663 02:36:06,557 --> 02:36:12,129 QUESTION, BUT COMMENT AS WELL. I 4664 02:36:12,129 --> 02:36:14,231 THINK PARTIALLY WHAT I HEAR IS 4665 02:36:14,231 --> 02:36:17,301 THAT THERE IS A NEED TO LOOK AT 4666 02:36:17,301 --> 02:36:20,671 SFD SORT OF OVERALL STAFFING 4667 02:36:20,671 --> 02:36:23,507 NUMBERS. AND WHAT I'VE HEARD 4668 02:36:23,507 --> 02:36:25,409 FROM FIREFIGHTERS IS THAT 4669 02:36:25,409 --> 02:36:26,977 THERE'S A REAL NEED TO MAKE 4670 02:36:26,977 --> 02:36:28,312 SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGING WITH 4671 02:36:28,312 --> 02:36:31,115 THE UNION ON ANY LONG TERM 4672 02:36:31,115 --> 02:36:32,850 PLANNING AROUND, NOT JUST 4673 02:36:32,850 --> 02:36:36,186 HIRING, BUT ALSO THINGS LIKE 4674 02:36:36,186 --> 02:36:38,989 RETIREMENTS AND AND THE OVERALL 4675 02:36:38,989 --> 02:36:40,557 PLAN. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE 4676 02:36:40,557 --> 02:36:43,260 HIRE AND I THINK THERE IS A NEED 4677 02:36:43,260 --> 02:36:43,994 TO HIRE MORE. BUT IF WE, YOU 4678 02:36:43,994 --> 02:36:46,964 KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THIS HUGE 4679 02:36:46,964 --> 02:36:50,234 GROWTH IN HIRING OVER A YEAR OR 4680 02:36:50,234 --> 02:36:50,834 SHORT PERIOD, YOU KNOW, YOU 4681 02:36:50,834 --> 02:36:54,338 MIGHT BE LOOKING IN 20, 30 YEARS 4682 02:36:54,338 --> 02:36:55,906 ABOUT A WAVE OF RETIREMENTS, 4683 02:36:55,906 --> 02:36:57,908 RIGHT? AND SO HOW DO WE MAKE 4684 02:36:57,908 --> 02:36:59,710 SURE THAT WE ARE BEING SORT OF 4685 02:36:59,710 --> 02:37:01,078 THOUGHTFUL ABOUT SORT OF THE 4686 02:37:01,078 --> 02:37:02,946 LONG TERM STAFFING PLAN? AND SO 4687 02:37:02,946 --> 02:37:07,284 I GUESS I DON'T THINK THE THIS 4688 02:37:07,284 --> 02:37:11,321 PRECLUDES IT, BUT I WOULD JUST 4689 02:37:11,321 --> 02:37:11,989 IN ASSUMING IT DOESN'T, I WOULD 4690 02:37:11,989 --> 02:37:13,190 ASK THAT WE ENGAGE WITH THE 4691 02:37:13,190 --> 02:37:14,258 FIREFIGHTERS UNION AS PART OF 4692 02:37:14,258 --> 02:37:16,760 ANY OF THIS REPORTING OR 4693 02:37:16,760 --> 02:37:18,495 PLANNING. AND, AND I IF 4694 02:37:18,495 --> 02:37:21,064 POSSIBLE, I WOULD LOVE TO EXPAND 4695 02:37:21,064 --> 02:37:24,101 ANY OF THIS WORK TO LOOK AT 4696 02:37:24,101 --> 02:37:25,602 THINGS LIKE STAFFING PLANS AND 4697 02:37:25,602 --> 02:37:26,703 RETIREMENTS AS PART OF THAT AS 4698 02:37:26,703 --> 02:37:28,872 WELL. THANK YOU. 4699 02:37:28,872 --> 02:37:31,275 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, ANY 4700 02:37:31,275 --> 02:37:34,178 FURTHER DISCUSSION? FURTHER 4701 02:37:34,178 --> 02:37:34,812 DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 4702 02:37:34,812 --> 02:37:36,380 AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE THIS OUT. 4703 02:37:36,380 --> 02:37:39,716 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND 4704 02:37:39,716 --> 02:37:40,250 APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK. 4705 02:37:40,250 --> 02:37:41,285 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. AND I JUST 4706 02:37:41,285 --> 02:37:44,721 WANT TO I'M REMISS AND AND THIS 4707 02:37:44,721 --> 02:37:46,590 IS MY BAD. I SHOULD HAVE LED 4708 02:37:46,590 --> 02:37:47,558 WITH. I'M PROUD OF THE FACT 4709 02:37:47,558 --> 02:37:52,062 THAT MY OFFICE WORKED HAND IN 4710 02:37:52,062 --> 02:37:52,963 HAND, QUITE LITERALLY WITH KENNY 4711 02:37:52,963 --> 02:37:54,331 STEWART AND THE FIREFIGHTERS 4712 02:37:54,331 --> 02:37:55,632 UNION TO DEVELOP THIS. AND WHEN, 4713 02:37:55,632 --> 02:37:58,802 WHEN, WHEN I LEARNED OF THE 4714 02:37:58,802 --> 02:38:00,037 PROPOSAL AND I HAD MULTIPLE 4715 02:38:00,037 --> 02:38:02,906 CONVERSATIONS WITH LOCAL 27 4716 02:38:02,906 --> 02:38:06,610 ABOUT THIS OBVIOUSLY INDICATED 4717 02:38:06,610 --> 02:38:09,146 MY SUPPORT FOR THE SHORT TERM 4718 02:38:09,146 --> 02:38:11,114 SOLUTION. AND, AND THEN I ASKED 4719 02:38:11,114 --> 02:38:12,950 AND INQUIRED ABOUT THEIR 4720 02:38:12,950 --> 02:38:13,884 WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE CLOSELY 4721 02:38:13,884 --> 02:38:16,220 WITH ME AND MY OFFICE TO ADDRESS 4722 02:38:16,220 --> 02:38:17,254 THE ROOT CAUSES, A LONGER TERM, 4723 02:38:17,254 --> 02:38:20,357 MORE DURABLE SOLUTION. AND THANK 4724 02:38:20,357 --> 02:38:22,125 YOU TO KENNY STEWART AND THE 4725 02:38:22,125 --> 02:38:24,094 FIREFIGHTERS FOR, FOR BECAUSE 4726 02:38:24,094 --> 02:38:25,329 THEY'RE CONCERNED BOTH ABOUT 4727 02:38:25,329 --> 02:38:27,164 THE SHORT TERM SOLVE AND THE 4728 02:38:27,164 --> 02:38:29,766 LONGER TERM DURABLE SOLUTION. 4729 02:38:29,766 --> 02:38:30,767 AND I APPRECIATE THAT WE WORK 4730 02:38:30,767 --> 02:38:32,703 CLOSELY HAND IN HAND TO DEVELOP 4731 02:38:32,703 --> 02:38:35,239 THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSAL, 4732 02:38:35,239 --> 02:38:35,839 INCLUDING MULTIPLE ITERATIONS 4733 02:38:35,839 --> 02:38:37,040 AND SUBSTANTIVE FEEDBACK AND 4734 02:38:37,040 --> 02:38:39,543 COMMENTS. AS A DIRECT RESULT TO 4735 02:38:39,543 --> 02:38:41,979 REFLECT THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR 4736 02:38:41,979 --> 02:38:44,982 FIREFIGHTER HEROES IN LOCAL 27. 4737 02:38:44,982 --> 02:38:46,516 THANK YOU. ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 4738 02:38:46,516 --> 02:38:50,020 -- THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE 4739 02:38:50,020 --> 02:38:51,088 TO CO-SPONSOR SFD FOR S AYE ONE, 4740 02:38:51,088 --> 02:38:55,292 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 4741 02:38:55,292 --> 02:39:02,299 TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR 4742 02:39:02,299 --> 02:39:02,799 EVERYONE. EVERYONE IS A 4743 02:39:02,799 --> 02:39:04,968 CO-SPONSOR COUNCILMEMBER. THANK 4744 02:39:04,968 --> 02:39:09,339 YOU ALL RIGHT, COLLEAGUES, WE'RE 4745 02:39:09,339 --> 02:39:10,407 JUST GOING TO CLOSE US OUT RIGHT 4746 02:39:10,407 --> 02:39:12,876 NOW. WE HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH. WE 4747 02:39:12,876 --> 02:39:16,446 HAVE 29 REMAINING PROPOSALS TO 4748 02:39:16,446 --> 02:39:17,981 GO THROUGH. SO WE STILL HAVE 4749 02:39:17,981 --> 02:39:19,850 HALF OF OUR WORK TO DO. I AM 4750 02:39:19,850 --> 02:39:22,853 GOING TO HAVE US BREAK FOR A 4751 02:39:22,853 --> 02:39:25,155 FULL HOUR BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN 4752 02:39:25,155 --> 02:39:27,157 MAKING GOOD TIME. THAT MEANS FOR 4753 02:39:27,157 --> 02:39:29,459 US TO GET OUT ON TIME THIS 4754 02:39:29,459 --> 02:39:30,961 AFTERNOON. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE 4755 02:39:30,961 --> 02:39:33,163 MAKING GOOD TIME THIS AFTERNOON. 4756 02:39:33,163 --> 02:39:34,631 I APPRECIATE EVERYONE ENGAGING 4757 02:39:34,631 --> 02:39:35,566 IN DISCUSSION. THAT IS WHAT 4758 02:39:35,566 --> 02:39:37,167 WE'RE HERE TO DO. I ALSO 4759 02:39:37,167 --> 02:39:39,269 APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING YOUR 4760 02:39:39,269 --> 02:39:40,737 QUESTIONS OFFLINE FOR THE ONES 4761 02:39:40,737 --> 02:39:43,740 THAT YOU CAN, AND FOR HAVING. 4762 02:39:43,740 --> 02:39:44,741 YESTERDAY I KICKED US OFF SAYING 4763 02:39:44,741 --> 02:39:46,310 LET'S HAVE HEALTHY 4764 02:39:46,310 --> 02:39:47,778 CONVERSATIONS SO WE CAN CREATE A 4765 02:39:47,778 --> 02:39:48,779 HEALTHY DEMOCRACY. I FEEL LIKE 4766 02:39:48,779 --> 02:39:50,747 THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON, AND 4767 02:39:50,747 --> 02:39:51,281 I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE 4768 02:39:51,281 --> 02:39:53,617 EVERYONE'S COMMITMENT TO THAT. 4769 02:39:53,617 --> 02:39:57,721 WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO BREAK 4770 02:39:57,721 --> 02:40:00,023 UNTIL 1:10 P.M. AND THEN WE WILL 4771 02:40:00,023 --> 02:40:03,393 JUMP RIGHT BACK IN WITH ARTS AND 4772 02:40:03,393 --> 02:40:04,728 SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION. SO 4773 02:40:04,728 --> 02:40:05,896 IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE 4774 02:40:05,896 --> 02:40:07,664 SELECT BUDGET COMMITTEE WILL BE 4775 02:40:07,664 --> 02:40:09,900 IN RECESS UNTIL 1:10 P.M.. 4776 02:40:09,900 --> 02:40:12,669 HEARING NO OBJECTION, THE SELECT 4777 02:40:12,669 --> 02:40:14,304 BUDGET COMMITTEE IS IN RECESS 4778 02:40:14,304 --> 02:40:20,611 UNTIL 1:10 P.M.. THANK YOU.