1 00:09:51,824 --> 00:09:52,391 I WAS TALKING TO EVERYONE. OKAY, 2 00:09:52,391 --> 00:09:53,526 GOOD, GOOD. GOOD MORNING. MY 3 00:09:53,526 --> 00:09:55,394 SCRIPT SAYS GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD 4 00:09:55,394 --> 00:09:56,495 MORNING. THE OCTOBER 8th MEETING 5 00:09:56,495 --> 00:09:58,397 OF THE GOVERNANCE UTILITIES 6 00:09:58,397 --> 00:09:59,865 COMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER. IT 7 00:09:59,865 --> 00:10:00,900 IS 9:38 P.M.. I'M COUNCIL 8 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:01,934 PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 9 00:10:01,934 --> 00:10:04,570 CALL THE ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER 10 00:10:04,570 --> 00:10:07,974 KETTLE. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER 11 00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:08,574 RIVERA PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER 12 00:10:08,574 --> 00:10:13,079 STRAUSS VICE CHAIR. JUAREZ HERE. 13 00:10:13,079 --> 00:10:14,647 CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. HERE. 14 00:10:14,647 --> 00:10:15,281 CHAIR. THERE ARE FOUR PRESENT. 15 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:16,782 AUBURN. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS 16 00:10:16,782 --> 00:10:18,484 EXCUSED. COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO 17 00:10:18,484 --> 00:10:20,319 THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW THIS IS A 18 00:10:20,319 --> 00:10:22,221 SPECIAL MEETING DURING BUDGET 19 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:23,322 SEASON AND WE ALL HAVE TIGHT 20 00:10:23,322 --> 00:10:24,757 SCHEDULES, SO I REALLY 21 00:10:24,757 --> 00:10:25,791 APPRECIATE YOU ALL FILLING THIS 22 00:10:25,791 --> 00:10:27,126 IN BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO 23 00:10:27,126 --> 00:10:28,961 APPOINTMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO 24 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:29,629 CONTINUE DOWN THE PROCESS SO WE 25 00:10:29,629 --> 00:10:33,733 CAN GET IT GOING. ONE WITH OUR 26 00:10:33,733 --> 00:10:35,768 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND 27 00:10:35,768 --> 00:10:38,804 ALSO WITH OUR AUDITOR AS WELL. 28 00:10:38,804 --> 00:10:41,007 SO WE WILL NOW CONSIDER THE 29 00:10:41,007 --> 00:10:42,508 AGENDA. AND IF THERE'S NO 30 00:10:42,508 --> 00:10:45,077 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 31 00:10:45,077 --> 00:10:45,711 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 32 00:10:45,711 --> 00:10:46,579 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WITH 33 00:10:46,579 --> 00:10:47,980 THAT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE 34 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,015 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC 35 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:50,416 COMMENT SHOULD BE RELATED TO 36 00:10:50,416 --> 00:10:51,650 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. CLERK 37 00:10:51,650 --> 00:10:53,052 DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED 38 00:10:53,052 --> 00:10:54,720 UP? CHAIR WE HAVE ONE. SPEAKER. 39 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:56,589 AWESOME. TWO MINUTES. I'LL READ 40 00:10:56,589 --> 00:10:59,525 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 41 00:10:59,525 --> 00:11:00,826 INSTRUCTIONS. PUBLIC COMMENT 42 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:02,361 PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 43 00:11:02,361 --> 00:11:03,229 FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 44 00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:04,463 BE CALLED IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY 45 00:11:04,463 --> 00:11:06,132 ARE REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S 46 00:11:06,132 --> 00:11:06,966 WEBSITE. IF YOU HAVE NOT 47 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:08,034 REGISTERED TO SPEAK BUT WOULD 48 00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:09,568 LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN UP BEFORE 49 00:11:09,568 --> 00:11:11,804 THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT 50 00:11:11,804 --> 00:11:12,471 PERIOD OR ON COUNCIL'S WEBSITE. 51 00:11:12,471 --> 00:11:14,373 THE LINK IS LISTED ON TODAY'S 52 00:11:14,373 --> 00:11:15,508 AGENDA, OR YOU CAN DO THE SIGN 53 00:11:15,508 --> 00:11:17,476 UP SHEET IN FRONT OF US WHEN 54 00:11:17,476 --> 00:11:19,078 SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN BY 55 00:11:19,078 --> 00:11:19,945 STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM 56 00:11:19,945 --> 00:11:21,714 THAT YOU ARE ADDRESSING. 57 00:11:21,714 --> 00:11:23,215 SPEAKERS WILL THEN HEAR A CHIME 58 00:11:23,215 --> 00:11:25,117 10 SECONDS LATER BEFORE. EXCUSE 59 00:11:25,117 --> 00:11:28,320 ME, CHIME 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT ON 60 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:29,889 THE ALLOTTED TIME. IF SPEAKERS 61 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:31,223 DO NOT END THEIR COMMENT AT THE 62 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:32,925 END OF THE ALLOTTED TIME PERIOD, 63 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:34,493 THE SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE 64 00:11:34,493 --> 00:11:35,594 MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL THE 65 00:11:35,594 --> 00:11:38,330 NEXT PERSON. THE FIRST PERSON 66 00:11:38,330 --> 00:11:39,765 WILL START WITH IN-PERSON 67 00:11:39,765 --> 00:11:40,599 SPEAKERS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE 68 00:11:40,599 --> 00:11:43,169 HAVE ANY ONLINE. WE HAVE ZERO 69 00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:46,038 ONLINE. WE ZERO IN PERSON. MISS 70 00:11:46,038 --> 00:11:47,273 ROBERTS, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? 71 00:11:47,273 --> 00:11:48,541 YOU CAN. FOR GOVERNANCE. IT 72 00:11:48,541 --> 00:11:49,909 DOESN'T. ARE YOU SURE? ALL 73 00:11:49,909 --> 00:11:51,043 RIGHT. AWESOME. AND THEN WE HAVE 74 00:11:51,043 --> 00:11:55,047 WE HAVE ONE ONLINE. SO, WE'LL GO 75 00:11:55,047 --> 00:11:57,516 AHEAD AND START WITH OUR ONLINE 76 00:11:57,516 --> 00:11:59,652 PERSON. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO 77 00:11:59,652 --> 00:12:03,689 UNMUTE YOURSELF. GOOD MORNING. 78 00:12:03,689 --> 00:12:06,492 HI. GOOD MORNING, DAVID HAINES. 79 00:12:06,492 --> 00:12:08,461 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ADVANCING 80 00:12:08,461 --> 00:12:10,129 A TOP OFFICIAL FROM BALTIMORE TO 81 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:12,465 BE SEATTLE'S NEXT AUDITOR IS A 82 00:12:12,465 --> 00:12:14,166 DANGEROUS MISTAKE THAT THREATENS 83 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:15,534 WHAT LITTLE PUBLIC TRUST WE HAVE 84 00:12:15,534 --> 00:12:18,104 LEFT. BALTIMORE IS AN 85 00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:18,738 ADMINISTRATIVE WARNING SIGN, NOT 86 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:21,140 A MODEL TO REPLICATE. IT IS A 87 00:12:21,140 --> 00:12:23,976 CITY DEFINED BY SYSTEMIC 88 00:12:23,976 --> 00:12:25,945 FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT, 89 00:12:25,945 --> 00:12:26,545 UNCHECKED NONPROFIT SPENDING, 90 00:12:26,545 --> 00:12:27,713 AND A FAILED PUBLIC SAFETY 91 00:12:27,713 --> 00:12:30,549 STRATEGY THAT CONTINUOUSLY 92 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:33,319 CIRCUMVENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT 93 00:12:33,319 --> 00:12:33,886 ACCOUNTABILITY IN FAVOR OF 94 00:12:33,886 --> 00:12:36,722 UNMONITORED SOCIAL SERVICES. BY 95 00:12:36,722 --> 00:12:38,991 IMPORTING LEADERSHIP FROM THAT 96 00:12:38,991 --> 00:12:39,625 BROKEN BUREAUCRACY, THIS COUNCIL 97 00:12:39,625 --> 00:12:41,827 APPEARS TO BE LEGITIMIZING AND 98 00:12:41,827 --> 00:12:44,230 REPACKAGING THOSE SAME EXACT 99 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:45,264 DISASTROUS POLICIES. RIGHT HERE 100 00:12:45,264 --> 00:12:46,632 IN SEATTLE. WE DO NOT NEED A 101 00:12:46,632 --> 00:12:48,567 RUBBER STAMP FROM AN EMBATTLED 102 00:12:48,567 --> 00:12:51,804 EAST COAST SYSTEM TO SHIELD OUR 103 00:12:51,804 --> 00:12:52,304 BLOATED SOCIAL SERVICES 104 00:12:52,304 --> 00:12:53,439 CONTRACTS FROM GENUINE SCRUTINY. 105 00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:55,674 WE NEED AN INDEPENDENT WATCHDOG 106 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:56,876 WHO WILL AGGRESSIVELY AUDIT 107 00:12:56,876 --> 00:12:59,445 WHERE OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE GOING, 108 00:12:59,445 --> 00:13:00,412 ENFORCE STRICT ACCOUNTABILITY, 109 00:13:00,412 --> 00:13:02,815 AND PUT AN END TO THE OPEN VAULT 110 00:13:02,815 --> 00:13:04,283 POLICIES THAT HAVE COST THE 111 00:13:04,283 --> 00:13:06,152 REGION BILLIONS. REJECT THIS 112 00:13:06,152 --> 00:13:08,120 APPOINTMENT AND FIND AN AUDITOR 113 00:13:08,120 --> 00:13:08,621 WHO ANSWERS TO SEATTLE 114 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:09,889 TAXPAYERS, NOT A FAILED 115 00:13:09,889 --> 00:13:12,024 POLITICAL PLAYBOOK. AND WE NEED 116 00:13:12,024 --> 00:13:14,827 TO PUT AN END TO THE RACIAL 117 00:13:14,827 --> 00:13:16,595 PRACTICES WITHIN THE PUBLIC 118 00:13:16,595 --> 00:13:18,397 HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY USE 119 00:13:18,397 --> 00:13:22,802 TECHNOLOGY TO WEAPONIZE, LIKE, 120 00:13:22,802 --> 00:13:24,603 PHILOSOPHIES OF RACIST WOKE, 121 00:13:24,603 --> 00:13:25,070 BOTTOM OF THE BARREL 122 00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:27,339 MISINTERPRETATIONS OF WHY PEOPLE 123 00:13:27,339 --> 00:13:30,075 ARE INCONSIDERATELY, SPIT 124 00:13:30,075 --> 00:13:32,278 SPRAYING AND VIOLATING PEOPLE'S 125 00:13:32,278 --> 00:13:34,013 PERSONAL SPACE, BUT INSTEAD, 126 00:13:34,013 --> 00:13:35,114 SEATTLE ALWAYS WANTS TO PLAY THE 127 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:36,282 RACE CARD AND BLAME THE WRONG 128 00:13:36,282 --> 00:13:38,551 PEOPLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S 129 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:40,352 PROBLEMS. AND IT'S BECOME AN 130 00:13:40,352 --> 00:13:50,763 UNTENABLE IN THIS CITY. 131 00:13:51,363 --> 00:13:57,803 FURTHERMORE, THE. PREDICTIVE 132 00:13:57,803 --> 00:13:59,538 ALGORITHMS THAT ARE FLAWED DATA 133 00:13:59,538 --> 00:14:01,373 SETS AND SURVEILLANCE TOOLS DO 134 00:14:01,373 --> 00:14:02,975 NOT STOP THE PHYSICAL SPREAD OF 135 00:14:02,975 --> 00:14:05,044 DISEASE, BUT IT ENFORCES AN 136 00:14:05,044 --> 00:14:07,213 IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA AND DIVIDES 137 00:14:07,213 --> 00:14:08,147 THE POPULATION. THANK YOU, MR. 138 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:09,915 HAINES. ARE THERE ANY MORE 139 00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:12,051 REGISTERED SPEAKERS? AWESOME. 140 00:14:12,051 --> 00:14:12,985 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 141 00:14:12,985 --> 00:14:15,154 CLOSED. I ACTUALLY LIKE 142 00:14:15,154 --> 00:14:16,121 BALTIMORE, AND PEOPLE GIVE 143 00:14:16,121 --> 00:14:17,656 DETROIT A LOT OF HEADACHE. 144 00:14:17,656 --> 00:14:18,657 DETROIT'S ACTUALLY REALLY NICE. 145 00:14:18,657 --> 00:14:20,659 IT'S REALLY CLEAN. IT'S REALLY 146 00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:22,161 MAKING A GREAT COMEBACK. ALL 147 00:14:22,161 --> 00:14:23,963 RIGHT. SO WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 148 00:14:23,963 --> 00:14:26,565 READ ITEM NUMBER ONE AND TWO, 149 00:14:26,565 --> 00:14:28,701 THE RECORD. AGENDA ITEM ONE. 150 00:14:28,701 --> 00:14:30,236 APPOINTMENT 359 FOR APPOINTMENT 151 00:14:30,236 --> 00:14:32,338 OF SHANNON SMITH AS CHIEF 152 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:32,871 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER OF THE 153 00:14:32,871 --> 00:14:34,807 SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 154 00:14:34,807 --> 00:14:38,177 DEPARTMENT FOR BRIEFING, 155 00:14:38,177 --> 00:14:38,777 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 156 00:14:38,777 --> 00:14:40,546 AWESOME. IT'S LIKE WELCOME TO 157 00:14:40,546 --> 00:14:43,782 SEATTLE WITH OUR COMMENTS. THANK 158 00:14:43,782 --> 00:14:47,386 YOU THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE 159 00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:49,355 TABLE. WE'LL WAIT TILL WE GET 160 00:14:49,355 --> 00:14:53,559 SET UP. UM, LET'S GO. FULL 161 00:14:53,559 --> 00:14:56,228 SCREEN. SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER 162 00:14:56,228 --> 00:14:56,762 JUAREZ, YOU'RE STILL MY 163 00:14:56,762 --> 00:14:57,429 FAVORITE. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO 164 00:14:57,429 --> 00:14:58,430 STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD SO 165 00:14:58,430 --> 00:15:05,371 EVERYONE HEARS IT. YOU ARE TOO. 166 00:15:05,371 --> 00:15:07,640 SHE'S MAD AT ME. ALL RIGHT, SO 167 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:10,009 DO, UH, THANK YOU ALL. ARE WE 168 00:15:10,009 --> 00:15:11,877 ALL GOOD FOR EVERYTHING? 169 00:15:11,877 --> 00:15:12,711 AWESOME. PLEASE INTRODUCE 170 00:15:12,711 --> 00:15:13,913 YOURSELF, AND YOU CAN JUST JUMP 171 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:19,018 RIGHT INTO YOUR. SORRY. YOU'RE 172 00:15:19,018 --> 00:15:20,319 OKAY. OKAY. I'M SORRY. MY THING 173 00:15:20,319 --> 00:15:23,155 WENT. MY. MY COMPUTER IS NOT. MY 174 00:15:23,155 --> 00:15:26,125 COMPUTER IS NOT CONNECTING WITH 175 00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:27,393 THE ZOOM MICROPHONE. I GOT IT 176 00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:28,560 NOW. APOLOGIES. NO WORRIES. 177 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:29,628 THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THE I.T. 178 00:15:29,628 --> 00:15:32,698 COMMITTEE. THAT'S PERFECT. ALL 179 00:15:32,698 --> 00:15:35,668 RIGHT. UH, WILL YOU PLEASE GO 180 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:36,302 AHEAD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, 181 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:39,204 AND WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO THE 182 00:15:39,204 --> 00:15:39,772 PRESENTATION. COUNCILMEMBER 183 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:40,506 JUAREZ. I MIGHT HAVE SOMEONE WHO 184 00:15:40,506 --> 00:15:45,311 CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT. THANK 185 00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:48,180 YOU. UH, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 186 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:49,815 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH VICE 187 00:15:49,815 --> 00:15:51,850 CHAIR. JUAREZ COUNCILMEMBERS 188 00:15:51,850 --> 00:15:53,319 KETTLE AND RIVERA FOR THE 189 00:15:53,319 --> 00:15:54,353 OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITY OF 190 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:56,288 SEATTLE AS THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY 191 00:15:56,288 --> 00:15:57,790 OFFICER. MY NAME IS SHANNON 192 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:59,525 SMITH. PUBLIC SERVICE AND 193 00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:02,194 MISSION DRIVEN WORK REMAINS AT 194 00:16:02,194 --> 00:16:02,795 THE CORE OF ALL I DO. AS THE 195 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:03,862 DIRECTOR OF I.T.. AS I CONTINUE 196 00:16:03,862 --> 00:16:05,397 TO BUILD UP MY APPROACH TO THE 197 00:16:05,397 --> 00:16:06,465 TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS IN THE 198 00:16:06,465 --> 00:16:08,767 CITY, I AM ENERGIZED IN MANY 199 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:10,869 WAYS. FIRST, THE RESPONSIVENESS 200 00:16:10,869 --> 00:16:12,805 OF OUR COUNCIL TO OUR WORK WITH 201 00:16:12,805 --> 00:16:14,173 TALENT MODERNIZATION, AI 202 00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:16,241 SURVEILLANCE, AND PRIVACY 203 00:16:16,241 --> 00:16:18,477 REPORTING, AND DIGITAL EQUITY IS 204 00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:19,545 MUCH APPRECIATED. SECOND, THE 205 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:21,280 ALIGNMENT WITH THE COUNCIL AND 206 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:22,448 THE MAYOR ON KEY INITIATIVES TO 207 00:16:22,448 --> 00:16:25,150 SHORE UP OUR FOUNDATIONAL 208 00:16:25,150 --> 00:16:27,653 SERVICES AND ADDRESS CRITICAL 209 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:28,253 COMMUNITY NEEDS IS INCREDIBLY 210 00:16:28,253 --> 00:16:30,122 IMPORTANT. FINALLY, THE 211 00:16:30,122 --> 00:16:32,191 COLLABORATION AND THOUGHT 212 00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:32,891 LEADERSHIP I'VE EXPERIENCED WITH 213 00:16:32,891 --> 00:16:35,260 SEATTLE'S DEPARTMENTAL 214 00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:36,729 LEADERSHIP IS. INSPIRING. WE 215 00:16:36,729 --> 00:16:38,998 HAVE SO MANY IDEAS TO IMPROVE, 216 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:40,799 ACCELERATE, AND INNOVATE THE WAY 217 00:16:40,799 --> 00:16:43,035 WE DELIVER SERVICES TO RESIDENTS 218 00:16:43,035 --> 00:16:44,370 AND BUSINESSES. I'M EXCITED TO 219 00:16:44,370 --> 00:16:46,205 DIG DEEPER AND CONTINUE TO 220 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:46,972 UPLIFT OUR WORK. I'M PUTTING 221 00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:48,173 ALL MY CHIPS IN AND I'M READY TO 222 00:16:48,173 --> 00:16:50,743 GO, SO PLEASE, I LOOK FORWARD TO 223 00:16:50,743 --> 00:16:51,977 YOUR QUESTIONS. AWESOME. THANK 224 00:16:51,977 --> 00:16:54,380 YOU SO MUCH. AND AMANDA 225 00:16:54,380 --> 00:16:55,781 PLEASANT-BROWN HEAR FROM OUR 226 00:16:55,781 --> 00:16:56,715 MAYOR'S OFFICE. WHO IS OUR 227 00:16:56,715 --> 00:16:58,183 COUNCIL LIAISON. DO YOU HAVE ANY 228 00:16:58,183 --> 00:16:59,718 COMMENTS? THANK YOU SO MUCH. 229 00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:01,019 CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH AND VICE 230 00:17:01,019 --> 00:17:02,121 CHAIR JUAREZ JUST REALLY HERE 231 00:17:02,121 --> 00:17:03,255 AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT CTO SMITH. 232 00:17:03,255 --> 00:17:04,323 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING 233 00:17:04,323 --> 00:17:06,025 US TODAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU 234 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:10,429 BOTH FOR BEING HERE. COLLEAGUES. 235 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:12,197 WE SUBMITTED QUESTIONS TO CTO 236 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:13,198 SMITH. UM, WE GOT THOSE 237 00:17:13,198 --> 00:17:15,067 QUESTIONS BACK. I WAS VERY 238 00:17:15,067 --> 00:17:16,902 PLEASED TO READ A LOT OF THE THE 239 00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:18,070 ANSWERS, BUT WANTED TO GIVE YOU 240 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:21,507 ALL TIME TO SEE IF YOU HAD ANY 241 00:17:21,507 --> 00:17:24,410 COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING 242 00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:27,513 THIS APPOINTMENT. AND I'LL 243 00:17:27,513 --> 00:17:38,090 PAUSE HERE. EASY PEASY. OH, I'M 244 00:17:39,858 --> 00:17:40,392 SORRY. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 245 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:45,164 YES, STILL EASY PEASY. LEMON 246 00:17:45,164 --> 00:17:50,169 SQUEEZY. UM, CHEDDAR CHEESY. DAD 247 00:17:50,169 --> 00:17:52,671 JOKE. SORRY, DAD. JOKE. I'M HERE 248 00:17:52,671 --> 00:17:55,307 FOR IT. UM, YEAH. NO QUESTIONS. 249 00:17:55,307 --> 00:17:57,276 THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE 250 00:17:57,276 --> 00:17:58,977 ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD. UM, 251 00:17:58,977 --> 00:18:01,413 AND, UH, THE MATERIALS, THE 252 00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:03,816 RESPONSES AND THE BACKGROUND. 253 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:05,818 AND, UH, I REALLY ENJOYED OUR 254 00:18:05,818 --> 00:18:06,518 CONVERSATION, UH, AND TO 255 00:18:06,518 --> 00:18:08,020 INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES 256 00:18:08,020 --> 00:18:10,689 AND THAT. AND SO IT WAS GOOD TO 257 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,291 GET THAT BACKGROUND. UM, BUT SO 258 00:18:12,291 --> 00:18:15,094 PLEASE, UH, WELL, THANK YOU. AND 259 00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:16,228 ALSO PLEASE PASS A THANKS TO THE 260 00:18:16,228 --> 00:18:18,030 TEAM, UH, THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT 261 00:18:18,030 --> 00:18:18,697 FOR THEIR WORK BECAUSE IT SHOWS 262 00:18:18,697 --> 00:18:22,067 UP IN SO MANY WAYS, EVEN HELPING 263 00:18:22,067 --> 00:18:24,269 WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 264 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:25,337 HER, HER ZOOM SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, 265 00:18:25,337 --> 00:18:26,738 IT'S, IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS 266 00:18:26,738 --> 00:18:28,907 THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO THANK 267 00:18:28,907 --> 00:18:29,475 YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND 268 00:18:29,475 --> 00:18:32,711 THEY'RE ALL HERE. SO THEY'RE, 269 00:18:32,711 --> 00:18:33,345 THEY'RE HEARING IT DIRECTLY. 270 00:18:33,345 --> 00:18:34,213 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 271 00:18:34,213 --> 00:18:35,380 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 272 00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:36,648 THANK YOU. ESPECIALLY THE GUY IN 273 00:18:36,648 --> 00:18:37,649 THE BLUE SHIRT. I LIKE THAT BLUE 274 00:18:37,649 --> 00:18:39,618 SHIRT. OH WAIT A MINUTE. AND THE 275 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,552 GENTLEMAN IN FRONT WITH THE BLUE 276 00:18:40,552 --> 00:18:43,222 TIE. YOU GUYS ARE MATCHY MATCHY 277 00:18:43,222 --> 00:18:44,256 BETWEEN SHIRT AND TIE THERE. SO 278 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:48,427 I LIKE THE LOOK. THANK YOU. 279 00:18:48,427 --> 00:18:49,428 AWESOME. THANK YOU. 280 00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:51,463 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THOSE ARE 281 00:18:51,463 --> 00:18:53,699 GREAT JOKES AS WELL. UM, 282 00:18:53,699 --> 00:18:56,668 COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY OTHER 283 00:18:56,668 --> 00:18:59,304 QUESTIONS REGARDING CTO SMITH 284 00:18:59,304 --> 00:19:01,373 VICE CHAIR JUAREZ. I'M GOOD, 285 00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:02,508 THANK YOU. WE HAD A WE HAD A 286 00:19:02,508 --> 00:19:04,443 REALLY GOOD EXCHANGE LAST TIME 287 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:06,445 THAT, UM, UH, MISS SMITH SHANNON 288 00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:07,212 WAS IN FRONT OF US, SO I'M GOOD. 289 00:19:07,212 --> 00:19:08,914 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CHAIR. 290 00:19:08,914 --> 00:19:12,117 AWESOME. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMEMBER 291 00:19:12,117 --> 00:19:14,253 RIVERA. YEAH. CHAIR THANK YOU. 292 00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:16,121 I'LL JUST SAY, UM, PLUS ONE TO 293 00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:18,490 OUR COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER 294 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:19,358 JUAREZ AND ALSO WANT TO THANK 295 00:19:19,358 --> 00:19:20,926 YOU, SHANNON, FOR MAKING 296 00:19:20,926 --> 00:19:23,729 YOURSELF, UM, AN INTERIM 297 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:25,664 DIRECTOR. SMITH ACTUALLY, UM, 298 00:19:25,664 --> 00:19:27,299 FOR TAKING THE TIME TO MEET WITH 299 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:29,368 ME. UM, FOLKS DON'T ALWAYS KNOW 300 00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:31,036 THAT WE DO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE, 301 00:19:31,036 --> 00:19:34,072 OUR RIVERA DUE DILIGENCE. AND WE 302 00:19:34,072 --> 00:19:35,807 DID MEET, UM, IN BETWEEN 303 00:19:35,807 --> 00:19:36,408 MEETINGS AND I REALLY 304 00:19:36,408 --> 00:19:39,144 APPRECIATED OUR CONVERSATION AND 305 00:19:39,144 --> 00:19:39,912 YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE WORK. AND 306 00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:41,113 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 307 00:19:41,113 --> 00:19:44,049 YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU 308 00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:45,851 CHAIR. I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND 309 00:19:45,851 --> 00:19:47,686 I APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION. 310 00:19:47,686 --> 00:19:49,254 AWESOME. THANK YOU. UM, ONE OF 311 00:19:49,254 --> 00:19:51,223 THE THINGS, UH, AND WE'VE HAD 312 00:19:51,223 --> 00:19:53,525 MANY CONVERSATIONS. KETTLE. 313 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:55,527 SMITH. AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANY 314 00:19:55,527 --> 00:19:56,962 QUESTIONS HERE FOR THE PUBLIC, 315 00:19:56,962 --> 00:19:59,765 BUT, UM, WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO 316 00:19:59,765 --> 00:20:01,667 SHARE REALLY QUICKLY. UM, AND I 317 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:02,935 DIDN'T ASK YOU THIS IN ADVANCE, 318 00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:03,769 BUT I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT OFF THE 319 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,837 TOP OF YOUR HEAD. SO YOU'RE ALL, 320 00:20:05,837 --> 00:20:08,607 YOU'RE ALL GOOD. IF YOU COULD 321 00:20:08,607 --> 00:20:09,975 SHARE TO THE PUBLIC, WHAT DO YOU 322 00:20:09,975 --> 00:20:12,711 THINK ARE OUR BEST OPPORTUNITIES 323 00:20:12,711 --> 00:20:15,247 TO GROW WITH INFORMATION 324 00:20:15,247 --> 00:20:18,383 TECHNOLOGY EXTERNALLY, SO NOT 325 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:19,051 INTERNALLY WITH STAFF OR, YOU 326 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:21,486 KNOW, BETTER LAPTOPS OR ANY OF 327 00:20:21,486 --> 00:20:24,022 THAT NATURE OR BETTER SYSTEMS. 328 00:20:24,022 --> 00:20:25,524 BUT WHAT EXTERNALLY, WHAT ARE 329 00:20:25,524 --> 00:20:27,559 LIKE 2 TO 3 GROWTH EDGES THAT 330 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:29,528 YOU THINK THE PUBLIC IN YOUR 331 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:32,097 TERM WILL SEE IMPROVEMENT ON AS 332 00:20:32,097 --> 00:20:33,665 THEY ARE ACCESSING CITY 333 00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:36,935 SERVICES? THEY'RE TRYING TO 334 00:20:36,935 --> 00:20:39,238 NAVIGATE THE WEBSITE OR INTERACT 335 00:20:39,238 --> 00:20:40,272 WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS IN WHICH 336 00:20:40,272 --> 00:20:42,808 YOU WILL BE. THEY'LL SEE A 337 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:45,477 DIFFERENCE FOR TECHNOLOGY THANK 338 00:20:45,477 --> 00:20:46,979 YOU. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ONE 339 00:20:46,979 --> 00:20:48,780 OF MY MOST FAVORITE QUESTIONS 340 00:20:48,780 --> 00:20:50,882 AND TOPICS. SO I WILL TRY TO, 341 00:20:50,882 --> 00:20:53,585 UH, I CAN I HAVE THREE. YEAH, 342 00:20:53,585 --> 00:20:55,020 YOU CAN HAVE THREE, YOU CAN HAVE 343 00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:56,488 FIVE, WHATEVER YOU WANT. OH, 344 00:20:56,488 --> 00:20:58,957 DON'T, DON'T. YEAH. THAT'S 345 00:20:58,957 --> 00:21:01,893 DANGEROUS. UM, SO I THINK WHEN I 346 00:21:01,893 --> 00:21:05,464 THINK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, 347 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:06,632 YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST 348 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:08,066 EXCITING THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING 349 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:09,067 IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE WAYS 350 00:21:09,067 --> 00:21:12,070 THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR SERVICES 351 00:21:12,070 --> 00:21:13,271 ACCESSIBLE. AND THERE'S A LOT 352 00:21:13,271 --> 00:21:17,743 OF, UM, DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY 353 00:21:17,743 --> 00:21:20,612 THERE. UM, BECAUSE AS I SPOKE IN 354 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:23,081 MY PREVIOUS MEETING WITH YOU, 355 00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:24,916 UM, THERE IS SUCH A DIGITAL 356 00:21:24,916 --> 00:21:26,618 DIVIDE. SO UNDERSTANDING HOW WE 357 00:21:26,618 --> 00:21:28,820 CAN MEET PEOPLE WHERE WE ARE, 358 00:21:28,820 --> 00:21:31,490 THAT WE CAN MAKE IT EASY AND 359 00:21:31,490 --> 00:21:32,958 INTUITIVE AND COMBINE SERVICES. 360 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:33,558 I'M INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THE 361 00:21:33,558 --> 00:21:35,093 WORK WE'VE DONE, FOR EXAMPLE, 362 00:21:35,093 --> 00:21:39,197 WITH THE, UM, THE DIFFERENT, UM, 363 00:21:39,197 --> 00:21:40,966 BENEFITS. SO THE, THE DISCOUNTS 364 00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:43,235 PAGE WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK 365 00:21:43,235 --> 00:21:46,305 AND THERE IS A, BASICALLY A 366 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:47,839 SYSTEM THERE THAT WHEN YOU PUT 367 00:21:47,839 --> 00:21:48,907 IN THE INFORMATION ONCE, IT WILL 368 00:21:48,907 --> 00:21:50,509 SAY, HEY, THERE'S THESE OTHER 369 00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:51,743 DISCOUNTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE 370 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:53,745 ADVANTAGE OF. THAT'S THE KIND OF 371 00:21:53,745 --> 00:21:55,447 THING THAT MAKES A REAL 372 00:21:55,447 --> 00:21:56,848 DIFFERENCE IN PEOPLE'S LIVES. 373 00:21:56,848 --> 00:21:58,116 UM, AND IT MAKES IT MUCH EASIER 374 00:21:58,116 --> 00:22:00,585 FOR THEM TO ACCESS THEM, ACCESS 375 00:22:00,585 --> 00:22:02,354 THEM. UM, I THINK THERE'S A LOT 376 00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:04,356 MORE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT 377 00:22:04,356 --> 00:22:06,958 WHERE, YOU KNOW, UM, ONE OF THE 378 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:08,360 THINGS THAT I OBSERVED IS THAT 379 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:10,395 WHEN YOU COME TO CITY SERVICES, 380 00:22:10,395 --> 00:22:13,899 UM, YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE MORE 381 00:22:13,899 --> 00:22:15,167 INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED, BUT 382 00:22:15,167 --> 00:22:17,002 IT IS EXHAUSTING WHEN YOU HAVE 383 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:17,636 TO GO TO THREE, YOU KNOW, THREE 384 00:22:17,636 --> 00:22:19,938 DIFFERENT, FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES 385 00:22:19,938 --> 00:22:22,107 FOR ALL OF THE SERVICES THE CITY 386 00:22:22,107 --> 00:22:26,111 PROVIDES. SO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER 387 00:22:26,111 --> 00:22:27,612 YOU ARE UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED 388 00:22:27,612 --> 00:22:29,981 OR WHETHER YOU ARE A TOP 389 00:22:29,981 --> 00:22:31,817 TECHNOLOGY, UM, KIND OF USER, 390 00:22:31,817 --> 00:22:34,353 UM, HAVING THAT ABILITY TO 391 00:22:34,353 --> 00:22:36,054 EASILY SWITCH BETWEEN THE TASKS 392 00:22:36,054 --> 00:22:37,222 THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO, UM, 393 00:22:37,222 --> 00:22:41,827 GIVES US A HUGE EFFICIENCY AND 394 00:22:41,827 --> 00:22:42,394 ALLOWS US TO ACCELERATE THE 395 00:22:42,394 --> 00:22:43,295 SERVICES BECAUSE WE WILL NEVER 396 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:44,730 BE ABLE TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING 397 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:46,565 THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS WANT, 398 00:22:46,565 --> 00:22:48,300 RIGHT? WE WILL NEVER HAVE THE 399 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,434 RESOURCES TO DO THAT. UM, THE 400 00:22:49,434 --> 00:22:51,937 SECOND THING IS REALLY AROUND, 401 00:22:51,937 --> 00:22:57,442 UM, ACCESS AND, UH, REALLY 402 00:22:57,442 --> 00:22:58,844 MAKING FOLKS DIGITALLY FLUENT. 403 00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:00,545 WE TALK A LOT ABOUT AI 404 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:02,114 UPSKILLING, BUT WE ALSO NEED AI 405 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:03,248 FLUENCY. AND I THINK IT GOES 406 00:23:03,248 --> 00:23:05,450 BEYOND THAT TO DIGITAL FLUENCY. 407 00:23:05,450 --> 00:23:07,853 SO YESTERDAY I SPOKE AT THE 408 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:09,755 DIGITAL EQUITY LEARNING NETWORK, 409 00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:12,124 AND IT WAS JUST SO HEARTENING TO 410 00:23:12,124 --> 00:23:13,992 SEE ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT 411 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:15,193 BENEFIT FROM OUR TECHNOLOGY 412 00:23:15,193 --> 00:23:16,528 MATCHING FUND THERE TO HAVE THAT 413 00:23:16,528 --> 00:23:17,796 DAY TO, TO LEARN AND COLLABORATE 414 00:23:17,796 --> 00:23:19,998 AND GET RE-ENERGIZED FOR THIS 415 00:23:19,998 --> 00:23:22,534 WORK. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 416 00:23:22,534 --> 00:23:23,869 I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE, 417 00:23:23,869 --> 00:23:26,138 HOPEFULLY TO INVEST IN. UM, 418 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:28,840 WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING THAT 419 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,709 KNOWLEDGE TO OUR RESIDENTS. UM, 420 00:23:30,709 --> 00:23:32,744 THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE 421 00:23:32,744 --> 00:23:33,779 LOOKING AT WITH THE MAYOR'S 422 00:23:33,779 --> 00:23:35,180 OFFICE IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE 423 00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:38,350 PROVIDE THAT? UM, WHETHER IT'S 424 00:23:38,350 --> 00:23:40,519 DIRECT EDUCATION OR PARTNERING 425 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:41,353 WITH THE LIBRARY OR WITH KING 426 00:23:41,353 --> 00:23:43,355 COUNTY, WITH OUR DIGITAL 427 00:23:43,355 --> 00:23:44,723 NAVIGATORS. UM, HOW DO WE 428 00:23:44,723 --> 00:23:47,025 PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES SO THAT 429 00:23:47,025 --> 00:23:49,795 PEOPLE ARE GETTING THE, IT'S NOT 430 00:23:49,795 --> 00:23:51,163 JUST ABOUT HAVING GOOD 431 00:23:51,163 --> 00:23:53,432 BROADBAND, RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST 432 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,467 ABOUT WI-FI. IT'S ABOUT HAVING 433 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:57,202 THE SKILLS, HAVING THE 434 00:23:57,202 --> 00:23:58,737 EQUIPMENT, HAVING THE TOOLS THEY 435 00:23:58,737 --> 00:24:00,439 NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL 436 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:02,207 IN TODAY'S WORKFORCE, WHICH IS 437 00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:03,875 BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DIGITAL. 438 00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:05,744 THERE ARE VERY FEW ROLES, 439 00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:07,846 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT CITY 440 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:10,148 EMPLOYEES OR EVEN IN THE ROLES 441 00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:11,850 THAT THE BUSINESSES HAVE HERE 442 00:24:11,850 --> 00:24:14,319 TODAY THAT DON'T REQUIRE 443 00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:15,954 TECHNOLOGY. UM, EVEN YOUR TIME 444 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:17,622 CARDS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DO 445 00:24:17,622 --> 00:24:18,523 ON YOUR PHONE, RIGHT? THERE ARE 446 00:24:18,523 --> 00:24:22,327 NO PUNCH CARDS ANYMORE. SO, UM, 447 00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:24,229 AND THEN I THINK THE THIRD 448 00:24:24,229 --> 00:24:25,430 THING, WHICH OF COURSE I'VE 449 00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:32,070 FORGOTTEN AT THIS POINT, UM, IS 450 00:24:32,070 --> 00:24:32,804 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN 451 00:24:32,804 --> 00:24:35,140 REACH THE PUBLIC, IT'S ABOUT 452 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:39,544 HAVING THAT, UM, CO-DEVELOPMENT 453 00:24:39,544 --> 00:24:41,746 IN THAT TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE'RE 454 00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:44,316 REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE 455 00:24:44,316 --> 00:24:46,084 MODERNIZE AND UPSKILL SO THAT, 456 00:24:46,084 --> 00:24:47,819 UM, HOW WE MODERNIZE OUR SYSTEMS 457 00:24:47,819 --> 00:24:49,154 SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE MUCH 458 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:52,257 MORE EFFICIENT, UM, IN TERMS OF 459 00:24:52,257 --> 00:24:56,595 REACHING THE COMMUNITY NICE. 460 00:24:56,595 --> 00:24:58,530 THAT'S GREAT. AND ONE OF THE 461 00:24:58,530 --> 00:25:00,799 THINGS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE, 462 00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:02,267 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE 463 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:05,203 HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IS 464 00:25:05,203 --> 00:25:07,305 YOU HAVE THIS DEMOGRAPHIC THAT 465 00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:09,841 HAS BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO 466 00:25:09,841 --> 00:25:10,976 CONVENIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, 467 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:12,344 EVERYTHING'S CONVENIENT. NOW YOU 468 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:13,511 CAN ORDER FOOD ON AN APP, YOU 469 00:25:13,511 --> 00:25:15,513 CAN GET PACKAGES DELIVERED TO 470 00:25:15,513 --> 00:25:18,149 YOUR HOUSE WITHIN MINUTES. AND 471 00:25:18,149 --> 00:25:20,018 OFTENTIMES THEY EXPECT THAT FROM 472 00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:21,486 GOVERNMENT AS WELL. UM, WHICH, 473 00:25:21,486 --> 00:25:23,788 YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE 474 00:25:23,788 --> 00:25:26,191 ABLE TO DELIVER, RESPOND TO AN 475 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,125 EMAIL QUICKLY. BUT I ALSO KNOW 476 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:29,094 THAT THERE'S IN GOVERNMENT 477 00:25:29,094 --> 00:25:30,328 THINGS MOVE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. 478 00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:31,763 UM, WHICH IS GOOD AT TIMES 479 00:25:31,763 --> 00:25:33,899 BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY DRASTICALLY 480 00:25:33,899 --> 00:25:35,133 AFFECTING PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN 481 00:25:35,133 --> 00:25:36,568 WE MAKE DECISIONS. BUT THERE'S 482 00:25:36,568 --> 00:25:38,203 OTHER TIMES JUST LIKE A SIMPLE 483 00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:39,571 RESPONSE. SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT 484 00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:41,373 THE WORK IS MOVING AND GOING CAN 485 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:43,875 BE MORE CONVENIENT. AND 486 00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:46,478 ACCESSING INFORMATION THAT'S 487 00:25:46,478 --> 00:25:47,112 ACCESSIBLE AND EASY FOR PEOPLE 488 00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:50,115 THAT IS PALATABLE, I THINK IS 489 00:25:50,115 --> 00:25:51,983 REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AND 490 00:25:51,983 --> 00:25:52,584 CLEAR. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 491 00:25:52,584 --> 00:25:54,452 THAT BECAUSE SOME OF OUR CITY'S 492 00:25:54,452 --> 00:25:56,288 WEBSITES AND INFORMATION, IT CAN 493 00:25:56,288 --> 00:25:58,123 BE VERY CONFUSING. I GET 494 00:25:58,123 --> 00:26:00,125 CONFUSED. UM, SO ANYHOW, I'M 495 00:26:00,125 --> 00:26:01,626 LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT IMPROVED 496 00:26:01,626 --> 00:26:03,395 PROCESS ON THAT. SO THANK YOU 497 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:06,298 FOR THAT. UM, COLLEAGUES, IF 498 00:26:06,298 --> 00:26:07,399 THERE'S NO MORE QUESTIONS, UM, 499 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:09,501 I'M GOING TO MOVE THAT THE 500 00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:10,835 COMMITTEE AND GIVE ME ONE 501 00:26:10,835 --> 00:26:12,404 SECOND. I GOT TO GET MY NOTES. 502 00:26:12,404 --> 00:26:18,476 MY APOLOGIES. JEEZ. READY TO GO 503 00:26:18,476 --> 00:26:19,611 ON THE SECOND. OKAY. I'M SORRY. 504 00:26:19,611 --> 00:26:20,679 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, I GOT YOU. 505 00:26:20,679 --> 00:26:23,214 SHE'S ON ME TODAY. OKAY. I JUST 506 00:26:23,214 --> 00:26:27,118 WANT TO SAY SHE'S ON ME. OKAY. 507 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:28,386 UH, UM, WE'RE GOING TO GO 508 00:26:28,386 --> 00:26:36,528 AHEAD. UH. YEAH, IT'S ALL OVER 509 00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:38,430 THE PLACE. OKAY. I MOVE THE 510 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:40,198 COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 511 00:26:40,198 --> 00:26:40,799 CONFIRMATION, REFERRAL TO THE 512 00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:45,470 APPOINTMENT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR. 513 00:26:45,470 --> 00:26:51,943 SECOND. STAGE FOR PAGE FOUR. 514 00:26:51,943 --> 00:26:55,313 APPOINTMENT 03594. OKAY 515 00:26:55,313 --> 00:26:56,414 COUNCILMEMBER. OH. FOUND IT. 516 00:26:56,414 --> 00:27:00,652 OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, 517 00:27:00,652 --> 00:27:02,187 COLLEAGUES, AT THIS TIME I MOVE. 518 00:27:02,187 --> 00:27:02,721 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 519 00:27:02,721 --> 00:27:03,355 CONFIRMATION OF THE APPOINTMENT. 520 00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:07,525 IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND. 521 00:27:07,525 --> 00:27:08,893 SECOND. ALSO MARITZA. VICE 522 00:27:08,893 --> 00:27:11,196 CHAIR. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND 523 00:27:11,196 --> 00:27:12,163 SECOND TO RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION 524 00:27:12,163 --> 00:27:13,698 APPOINTMENT. ARE THERE ANY FINAL 525 00:27:13,698 --> 00:27:15,400 COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 526 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,868 NO. I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. OKAY. 527 00:27:16,868 --> 00:27:19,437 IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, TO 528 00:27:19,437 --> 00:27:19,938 RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION 529 00:27:19,938 --> 00:27:21,539 APPOINTMENT. UM, WILL THE CLERK 530 00:27:21,539 --> 00:27:23,708 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 531 00:27:23,708 --> 00:27:24,309 RECOMMENDATION TO CONFIRM THE 532 00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:25,343 APPOINTMENT? IT'S 9:30 A.M. ON 533 00:27:25,343 --> 00:27:26,544 A THURSDAY. WE'VE BEEN IN BUDGET 534 00:27:26,544 --> 00:27:28,780 MEETINGS FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS, 535 00:27:28,780 --> 00:27:29,481 SO WE'RE JUST ROLLING WITH IT. 536 00:27:29,481 --> 00:27:33,084 GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 537 00:27:33,084 --> 00:27:34,252 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. A VICE 538 00:27:34,252 --> 00:27:36,755 CHAIR. JUAREZ HI. CHAIR 539 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:37,856 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES, SURE. THERE 540 00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:40,258 ARE FOUR IN FAVOR AND NONE 541 00:27:40,258 --> 00:27:41,760 OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THE 542 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:42,394 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE 543 00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:45,363 SENT TO OCTOBER 20th. CITY 544 00:27:45,363 --> 00:27:45,764 COUNCIL MEETING. 545 00:27:45,764 --> 00:27:46,464 CONGRATULATIONS, CTO SMITH, 546 00:27:46,464 --> 00:27:49,034 LOOKING FORWARD. INFORMATION. 547 00:27:49,034 --> 00:27:50,335 CONGRATULATIONS. AWESOME. THANK 548 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:53,705 YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. 549 00:27:53,705 --> 00:27:57,208 THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, OKAY. 550 00:27:57,208 --> 00:27:59,377 WE'RE GOING TO NOW DO AGENDA 551 00:27:59,377 --> 00:28:00,545 ITEM NUMBER TWO. AND FOR THE 552 00:28:00,545 --> 00:28:02,480 PUBLIC THAT IS WATCHING, THIS IS 553 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,784 HOW WE ROLL IN OUR GOVERNANCE 554 00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:07,385 MEETING. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 555 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:09,154 READ ITEM NUMBER TWO INTO THE 556 00:28:09,154 --> 00:28:11,656 RECORD? AGENDA ITEM TWO 557 00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:14,125 INFORMATION ITEM 2953. 558 00:28:14,125 --> 00:28:14,759 INTRODUCTION TO APPOINTMENT OF 559 00:28:14,759 --> 00:28:15,927 CITY AUDITOR THANDEE MAUNG FOR 560 00:28:15,927 --> 00:28:16,895 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 561 00:28:16,895 --> 00:28:19,030 POSSIBLE VOTE. AWESOME. THANK 562 00:28:19,030 --> 00:28:22,801 YOU. UM, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE 563 00:28:22,801 --> 00:28:26,104 IF I CAN SEE. YEAH. ONLINE. UM, 564 00:28:26,104 --> 00:28:28,973 WE HAVE. THANDEE. MAUNG. AND I 565 00:28:28,973 --> 00:28:30,575 KNOW YOU GO BY D BUT THANK YOU 566 00:28:30,575 --> 00:28:32,444 ALL. WE'RE TRANSITIONING. WE 567 00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:35,380 HAVE OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 568 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:36,648 PEOPLE, STAFF IN THE AUDIENCE, 569 00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,116 OTHERS MAKING THAT TRANSITION. 570 00:28:38,116 --> 00:28:39,117 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE FOR 571 00:28:39,117 --> 00:28:40,118 ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. THANK 572 00:28:40,118 --> 00:28:42,587 YOU. MAYOR'S OFFICE. THANK YOU. 573 00:28:42,587 --> 00:28:46,891 CTO SMITH AS WELL. THANK YOU SO 574 00:28:46,891 --> 00:28:51,262 MUCH. AND SO NOW WE HAVE, UM UH, 575 00:28:51,262 --> 00:28:52,797 INTRODUCTION TO THE APPOINTMENT 576 00:28:52,797 --> 00:28:54,399 OF THE CITY AUDITOR. THANDEE. 577 00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:56,734 MAUNG. UM, AND THIS IS GOING TO 578 00:28:56,734 --> 00:28:58,503 BE FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION 579 00:28:58,503 --> 00:29:01,439 COLLEAGUES. UM. THANDEE. I 580 00:29:01,439 --> 00:29:03,274 BELIEVE YOU'RE ONLINE AND YOU 581 00:29:03,274 --> 00:29:06,277 WANT TO JUST GO OPEN UP WITH 582 00:29:06,277 --> 00:29:08,313 SOME COMMENTS AND THEN WE'LL 583 00:29:08,313 --> 00:29:09,614 JUST JUMP INTO SOME QUESTIONS. 584 00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:11,182 THANK YOU. CHAIR. JUST WANTED TO 585 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:13,151 DO A SOUND CHECK. CAN YOU HEAR 586 00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:14,819 ME? WELL. YES. WE CAN HEAR YOU 587 00:29:14,819 --> 00:29:17,388 WELL, LOUD AND CLEAR. THANK YOU. 588 00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:19,524 THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR 589 00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:21,593 AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE 590 00:29:21,593 --> 00:29:23,027 GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 591 00:29:23,027 --> 00:29:24,496 COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS THANDEE 592 00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:26,131 MAUNG, CANDIDATE FOR THE CITY 593 00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:28,299 AUDITOR POSITION. THANK YOU VERY 594 00:29:28,299 --> 00:29:31,769 MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. I HAVE 595 00:29:31,769 --> 00:29:32,337 BEEN VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE 596 00:29:32,337 --> 00:29:34,873 TRANSPARENT AND STREAMLINED 597 00:29:34,873 --> 00:29:36,908 PROCESS, AND I WANT TO PUBLICLY 598 00:29:36,908 --> 00:29:41,312 THANK DIRECTOR MARIBEL SANTINO 599 00:29:41,312 --> 00:29:43,214 UH, HR TEAM AND EVERYONE WHO WAS 600 00:29:43,214 --> 00:29:46,317 INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS ALONG 601 00:29:46,317 --> 00:29:48,653 THE WAY. ALSO, I APPRECIATE THE 602 00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:51,556 ACTING CITY AUDITOR ARUSHI 603 00:29:51,556 --> 00:29:53,458 THAKORLAL FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND 604 00:29:53,458 --> 00:29:56,060 SUPPORT FOR THE CITY AUDITOR'S 605 00:29:56,060 --> 00:29:58,096 OFFICE WHILE FINDING THE CITY 606 00:29:58,096 --> 00:30:01,366 AUDITOR, I AM INCREDIBLY EXCITED 607 00:30:01,366 --> 00:30:03,601 TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE 608 00:30:03,601 --> 00:30:08,807 YOU AND THE RESIDENTS OF THIS 609 00:30:08,807 --> 00:30:09,374 AMAZING EMERALD CITY. I AM 610 00:30:09,374 --> 00:30:12,243 ATTRACTED TO THE NATURE, LUSH 611 00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:12,844 EVERGREEN FORESTS, EXCELLENT 612 00:30:12,844 --> 00:30:15,780 GREEN SPACES, AND CRISP CLEAN 613 00:30:15,780 --> 00:30:17,916 AIR, AS WELL AS THE INNOVATIVE 614 00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:20,251 COMMUNITY AND CULTURE THAT 615 00:30:20,251 --> 00:30:22,187 SEATTLE OFFERS. I AM VERY 616 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:24,956 IMPRESSED BY THE REPUTATION, 617 00:30:24,956 --> 00:30:27,425 HIGH STANDARDS, A TEAM WITH 618 00:30:27,425 --> 00:30:28,826 TALENTED AUDITORS THAT THE 619 00:30:28,826 --> 00:30:32,697 OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR 620 00:30:32,697 --> 00:30:34,299 HOLDS. SEATTLE WILL BE THE THIRD 621 00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:35,900 MAJOR CITY THAT I SERVE, AND 622 00:30:35,900 --> 00:30:37,635 THIS WILL GIVE ME THE 623 00:30:37,635 --> 00:30:39,404 OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY 624 00:30:39,404 --> 00:30:41,806 PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE LOCAL 625 00:30:41,806 --> 00:30:44,309 GOVERNMENT. I CHOSE MY CAREER IN 626 00:30:44,309 --> 00:30:45,743 GOVERNMENT BECAUSE I WANTED TO 627 00:30:45,743 --> 00:30:47,812 GIVE BACK TO THE COUNTRY THAT 628 00:30:47,812 --> 00:30:49,914 ADOPTED ME, AND I CHOSE PUBLIC 629 00:30:49,914 --> 00:30:52,550 SERVICE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS 630 00:30:52,550 --> 00:30:54,385 I WANT TO BE CLOSER TO THE 631 00:30:54,385 --> 00:30:56,821 PUBLIC. AS YOU ALL KNOW, A LOT 632 00:30:56,821 --> 00:30:57,455 OF SERVICE DELIVERY POINTS ARE 633 00:30:57,455 --> 00:30:59,824 AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL. I 634 00:30:59,824 --> 00:31:02,427 AM PASSIONATE ABOUT PERFORMANCE 635 00:31:02,427 --> 00:31:04,629 AUDITING. IT ALLOWS US TO LOOK 636 00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:08,066 AT THE BIGGER PICTURE, 637 00:31:08,066 --> 00:31:08,700 EVALUATING WHETHER PROGRAMS ARE 638 00:31:08,700 --> 00:31:10,368 ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THEIR 639 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:12,871 INTENDED GOALS, AND IDENTIFYING 640 00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:16,407 SYSTEMATIC WAYS TO IMPROVE 641 00:31:16,407 --> 00:31:18,243 PUBLIC SERVICES. I AM AWARE OF 642 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:19,777 THE HOLISTIC CHALLENGES THAT THE 643 00:31:19,777 --> 00:31:22,247 CITY IS CURRENTLY FACING, AND I 644 00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:23,982 WANT TO BE PART OF FINDING 645 00:31:23,982 --> 00:31:26,284 SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS. I CAN 646 00:31:26,284 --> 00:31:29,887 BRING NEARLY 20 YEARS OF LOCAL 647 00:31:29,887 --> 00:31:30,521 GOVERNMENT AUDITING EXPERIENCE 648 00:31:30,521 --> 00:31:34,259 IN TWO MAJOR CITIES, DALLAS AND 649 00:31:34,259 --> 00:31:37,161 BALTIMORE, TO IMPROVE PUBLIC 650 00:31:37,161 --> 00:31:37,795 ACCOUNTABILITY, HELPING SEATTLE 651 00:31:37,795 --> 00:31:39,097 ENSURE THE CITY IS USING 652 00:31:39,097 --> 00:31:41,633 RESOURCES WITH ECONOMY 653 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:46,504 EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS. MY 654 00:31:46,504 --> 00:31:47,605 ROLE IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC 655 00:31:47,605 --> 00:31:51,409 OBJECTIVELY WHILE SERVING CITY 656 00:31:51,409 --> 00:31:53,645 COUNCILMEMBERS EQUALLY AND 657 00:31:53,645 --> 00:31:56,180 SUPPORTING AND DEVELOPING CITY 658 00:31:56,180 --> 00:31:56,848 AUDITOR'S OFFICE STAFF. I CANNOT 659 00:31:56,848 --> 00:31:59,917 DO THIS JOB ALONE. MY APPROACH, 660 00:31:59,917 --> 00:32:02,287 MY APPROACH HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND 661 00:32:02,287 --> 00:32:05,690 ALWAYS WILL BE A COLLABORATIVE 662 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:06,324 APPROACH, WORKING TOGETHER WITH 663 00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:08,960 ALL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING 664 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,462 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION, 665 00:32:11,462 --> 00:32:15,400 TO FIND SOLUTIONS THROUGHOUT 666 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,168 EACH OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AND 667 00:32:17,168 --> 00:32:19,837 MEETINGS, I HOPE YOU HAVE SEEN 668 00:32:19,837 --> 00:32:21,572 MY EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND 669 00:32:21,572 --> 00:32:23,841 SKILLS. I AM CONFIDENT THAT I 670 00:32:23,841 --> 00:32:26,311 CAN MEANINGFULLY CONTRIBUTE IN 671 00:32:26,311 --> 00:32:28,980 BUILDING THE THRIVING 672 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:31,516 COMMUNITIES. I AM ENTHUSIAST%C 673 00:32:31,516 --> 00:32:32,150 ABOUT ALL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE 674 00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:34,352 POSITION WILL OFFER. WITH THAT, 675 00:32:34,352 --> 00:32:35,687 I THANK YOU FOR YOUR 676 00:32:35,687 --> 00:32:40,825 CONSIDERATION AWESOME. THANK YOU 677 00:32:40,825 --> 00:32:41,459 THANDEE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 678 00:32:41,459 --> 00:32:43,761 TIME. UH, YOU KNOW, FOR THE 679 00:32:43,761 --> 00:32:45,063 VIEWING PUBLIC, WE'VE SPENT A 680 00:32:45,063 --> 00:32:46,931 LOT OF TIME DURING THE SEARCH 681 00:32:46,931 --> 00:32:49,534 PROCESS FOR THIS CITY AUDITOR. 682 00:32:49,534 --> 00:32:50,969 AND I WANT TO THANK MY 683 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,670 COLLEAGUES WHO ENGAGED ON THIS 684 00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:56,107 PROCESS. I KNOW YOU'VE MET WITH, 685 00:32:56,107 --> 00:32:57,475 I BELIEVE, ALL COUNCILMEMBERS AS 686 00:32:57,475 --> 00:32:58,710 WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 687 00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:00,745 THAT. AND THEN SOME 688 00:33:00,745 --> 00:33:02,180 COUNCILMEMBERS ALSO SERVED ON 689 00:33:02,180 --> 00:33:04,716 THE SEARCH COMMITTEE AS WELL. 690 00:33:04,716 --> 00:33:06,384 AND I FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT 691 00:33:06,384 --> 00:33:07,952 THIS, BUT I WANT TO PAUSE HERE 692 00:33:07,952 --> 00:33:10,121 TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY 693 00:33:10,121 --> 00:33:12,323 QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THIS IS THE 694 00:33:12,323 --> 00:33:13,891 SECOND OF TWO MEETINGS ON THIS 695 00:33:13,891 --> 00:33:15,026 APPOINTMENT. PRIOR TO THIS 696 00:33:15,026 --> 00:33:15,660 MEETING, WRITTEN QUESTIONS WERE 697 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,695 SENT TO MISS MAUNG. UM, AND SHE 698 00:33:17,695 --> 00:33:20,264 SHARED HER WRITTEN RESPONSES 699 00:33:20,264 --> 00:33:22,467 WHICH HAVE BEEN ATTACHED TO THIS 700 00:33:22,467 --> 00:33:23,634 AGENDA. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO 701 00:33:23,634 --> 00:33:24,702 PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF ANYONE HAD 702 00:33:24,702 --> 00:33:31,442 ANY QUESTIONS. NO. COUNCILMEMBER 703 00:33:31,442 --> 00:33:32,777 KETTLE OR COMMENTS. THANK YOU 704 00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:35,947 CHAIR. UM, AND THANK YOU, MISS 705 00:33:35,947 --> 00:33:38,649 MAUNG, FOR BEING HERE AND FOR, 706 00:33:38,649 --> 00:33:41,619 FOR STARTING THIS PROCESS, THIS 707 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:43,254 JOURNEY, UM, THAT HAS GOT US TO 708 00:33:43,254 --> 00:33:45,990 THIS POINT. UH, I HAPPEN TO BE 709 00:33:45,990 --> 00:33:48,493 PART OF THE, THE REVIEW PROCESS 710 00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:51,229 EARLY ON. SO I HAVE MY PACKET, 711 00:33:51,229 --> 00:33:53,131 UM, I REVIEWED ALL THE 712 00:33:53,131 --> 00:33:54,565 CANDIDATES TO INCLUDE YOURSELF. 713 00:33:54,565 --> 00:33:55,700 SO I'M NOT COMING IN AT THE 714 00:33:55,700 --> 00:33:56,801 END. I WAS THERE AT THE 715 00:33:56,801 --> 00:33:58,169 BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS AND IT 716 00:33:58,169 --> 00:34:02,774 WAS A FASCINATING, UH, LOOK INTO 717 00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:04,475 THE AUDITOR INSPECTOR GENERAL 718 00:34:04,475 --> 00:34:05,943 KIND OF WORLD. AND SO I REALLY 719 00:34:05,943 --> 00:34:08,246 APPRECIATED THAT OPPORTUNITY. 720 00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:10,148 AND CLEARLY, YOU HAVE A VERY 721 00:34:10,148 --> 00:34:12,250 STRONG BACKGROUND IN MULTIPLE 722 00:34:12,250 --> 00:34:15,086 CITIES, AS YOU NOTED, YOU KNOW, 723 00:34:15,086 --> 00:34:19,957 LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW. HOW 724 00:34:19,957 --> 00:34:22,794 EACH IS DIFFERENT AND HOW THAT 725 00:34:22,794 --> 00:34:23,394 HELPS IN TERMS OF BROADENING 726 00:34:23,394 --> 00:34:24,896 YOUR EXPERIENCE AND SO FORTH. 727 00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:26,464 AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HELPING, UH, 728 00:34:26,464 --> 00:34:28,833 YOU KNOW, SET UP FOR THIS 729 00:34:28,833 --> 00:34:31,402 OPPORTUNITY HERE IN SEATTLE. UM, 730 00:34:31,402 --> 00:34:32,904 SO, AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD 731 00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:33,971 CONVERSATION IN MY OFFICE. SO 732 00:34:33,971 --> 00:34:36,774 THANK YOU FOR THAT. I JUST HAVE 733 00:34:36,774 --> 00:34:38,709 ONE THING AND IT'S COME UP JUST 734 00:34:38,709 --> 00:34:40,545 RECENTLY AND I WAS REVIEWING THE 735 00:34:40,545 --> 00:34:42,647 QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THOSE 736 00:34:42,647 --> 00:34:43,514 LISTENING IN, WE DO HAVE ALL 737 00:34:43,514 --> 00:34:45,450 THESE QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, I 738 00:34:45,450 --> 00:34:48,152 HAVE THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE 739 00:34:48,152 --> 00:34:50,788 ONES, UH, FOR MISS SMITH, UH, 740 00:34:50,788 --> 00:34:53,324 THAT WE JUST VOTED ON. AND THEN 741 00:34:53,324 --> 00:34:55,193 I HAVE YOURS AS WELL. AND I WAS 742 00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:56,761 REVIEWING THEM AND I JUST WANTED 743 00:34:56,761 --> 00:34:59,530 TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THING. AND, UM, 744 00:34:59,530 --> 00:35:04,135 AND THIS GOES TO COMMUNICATIONS 745 00:35:04,135 --> 00:35:05,169 AND, UH, LIKE THERE'S ONE 746 00:35:05,169 --> 00:35:07,071 QUESTION ABOUT HOW CAN YOU 747 00:35:07,071 --> 00:35:07,705 IMPROVE COLLABORATION AMONG THE 748 00:35:07,705 --> 00:35:10,308 CITY COUNCIL, CITY DEPARTMENTS? 749 00:35:10,308 --> 00:35:10,775 OCA WHILE PRESERVING 750 00:35:10,775 --> 00:35:11,375 INDEPENDENCE. AND BY THE WAY, 751 00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:13,511 THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 752 00:35:13,511 --> 00:35:15,279 THING. AND WE'RE DOING THAT AND 753 00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:17,415 SOME OTHER FRONTS AS WELL HERE 754 00:35:17,415 --> 00:35:18,716 IN COUNCIL. BUT I JUST WANTED TO 755 00:35:18,716 --> 00:35:23,488 SPEAK TO, UM, UH, COMMUNICATIONS 756 00:35:23,488 --> 00:35:27,125 AND, UH, AND MAKE AN ASK THAT, 757 00:35:27,125 --> 00:35:30,461 YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE, UH, TO HAVE 758 00:35:30,461 --> 00:35:31,562 THE TEAM BE PROACTIVE IN ITS 759 00:35:31,562 --> 00:35:33,431 COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COUNCIL. 760 00:35:33,431 --> 00:35:36,234 AND SO I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE 761 00:35:36,234 --> 00:35:38,369 THE CITY AUDITOR REPORT WAS DONE 762 00:35:38,369 --> 00:35:40,271 RECENTLY AND RELEASED. UM, AND 763 00:35:40,271 --> 00:35:42,740 IT RELATED TO, UH, OUR 764 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:45,143 TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, UH, IN 765 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:47,111 PUBLIC SAFETY AND SPECIFICALLY, 766 00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:48,980 IT WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE 767 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:50,114 SDOT CAMERAS AND THEIR TIE INTO 768 00:35:50,114 --> 00:35:52,683 THE REAL TIME CRIME CENTER. UM, 769 00:35:52,683 --> 00:35:53,518 AND IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD 770 00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:56,020 REPORT. I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH, 771 00:35:56,020 --> 00:35:57,488 UH, THE CHALLENGES. IT WAS 772 00:35:57,488 --> 00:36:00,791 RELEASED ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 773 00:36:00,791 --> 00:36:01,325 UM, AT WHICH TIME, AS IT 774 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:04,328 HAPPENS, I WAS ON AN AIRPLANE TO 775 00:36:04,328 --> 00:36:06,597 SAN DIEGO. AND SO IT CAME OUT 776 00:36:06,597 --> 00:36:08,232 AND THEN IT WAS GOING TO GO 777 00:36:08,232 --> 00:36:10,835 PUBLIC, UH, ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. 778 00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:14,438 UM, SOMEHOW IT, YOU KNOW, BY 779 00:36:14,438 --> 00:36:16,707 MONDAY OR TUESDAY, SEATTLE TIMES 780 00:36:16,707 --> 00:36:17,542 HAD A FULL ARTICLE ON IT. THEY 781 00:36:17,542 --> 00:36:19,911 HAD QUOTES FROM THE ACLU, BUT 782 00:36:19,911 --> 00:36:21,979 THERE WAS NO QUOTES OR 783 00:36:21,979 --> 00:36:23,848 BACKGROUND, UM, ON THIS FROM, 784 00:36:23,848 --> 00:36:26,417 UM, FROM THE COUNCIL OR FROM 785 00:36:26,417 --> 00:36:29,020 OTHER DEPARTMENTS LIKE SEATTLE 786 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:30,087 POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS 787 00:36:30,087 --> 00:36:32,290 AN ISSUE BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE 788 00:36:32,290 --> 00:36:34,058 READ THESE ARTICLES, THEY CAN 789 00:36:34,058 --> 00:36:36,360 THINK, UM DIFFERENT THINGS BASED 790 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,796 ON HOW IT'S WRITTEN WITHOUT THE 791 00:36:38,796 --> 00:36:42,400 CONTEXT. UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, 792 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:42,934 THERE WAS ISSUES WITH THE 793 00:36:42,934 --> 00:36:45,803 NONPUBLIC CAMERAS THAT SDOT HAS. 794 00:36:45,803 --> 00:36:47,972 SO THEY'RE USING SPD IS USING 795 00:36:47,972 --> 00:36:48,639 THE PUBLIC CAMERAS BECAUSE AS IT 796 00:36:48,639 --> 00:36:50,508 TURNS OUT, THERE'S SOME 797 00:36:50,508 --> 00:36:51,509 TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE TYPE 798 00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:52,810 OF CAMERA THAT ARE THAT ARE 799 00:36:52,810 --> 00:36:54,211 ASSOCIATED WITH THE NONPUBLIC, 800 00:36:54,211 --> 00:36:58,282 UM, SDOT CAMERAS. AND ALSO, AND 801 00:36:58,282 --> 00:36:59,417 THIS GOES TO ANOTHER ARTICLE 802 00:36:59,417 --> 00:37:01,986 TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF 803 00:37:01,986 --> 00:37:03,154 CAMERAS, THE, THE ENTIRE SET OF 804 00:37:03,154 --> 00:37:04,388 SDOT CAMERAS HASN'T BEEN 805 00:37:04,388 --> 00:37:06,157 CONNECTED IN. THERE'S SOME 806 00:37:06,157 --> 00:37:07,091 TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES. THERE'S 807 00:37:07,091 --> 00:37:09,427 EACH ONE, THERE'S SOME UNIQUE 808 00:37:09,427 --> 00:37:10,528 PIECES, UM, TO EACH AND THERE'S 809 00:37:10,528 --> 00:37:12,730 ONLY ABOUT 100 THAT ARE 810 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:16,767 CONNECTED AND I RAISED THIS 811 00:37:16,767 --> 00:37:19,003 BECAUSE IF, FOR EXAMPLE, THE 812 00:37:19,003 --> 00:37:20,037 REPORT WAS RELEASED, YOU KNOW, 813 00:37:20,037 --> 00:37:23,174 TO US ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND 814 00:37:23,174 --> 00:37:24,942 THEN WAS GOING TO THE PUBLIC ON 815 00:37:24,942 --> 00:37:26,143 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, ALL THESE 816 00:37:26,143 --> 00:37:27,511 PIECES COULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT 817 00:37:27,511 --> 00:37:28,813 UP. WHEREAS IF IT COMES OUT ON A 818 00:37:28,813 --> 00:37:30,748 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NEXT THING YOU 819 00:37:30,748 --> 00:37:32,617 KNOW IT, WE'RE IN A SITUATION 820 00:37:32,617 --> 00:37:33,985 WHERE INFORMATION IS BEING PUT 821 00:37:33,985 --> 00:37:36,821 OUT, COMMENTS ARE MADE FROM A 822 00:37:36,821 --> 00:37:39,257 SELECTED SOURCE OF STAKEHOLDERS, 823 00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:40,958 AND THAT CREATES SOME 824 00:37:40,958 --> 00:37:42,093 CHALLENGES. SO I JUST BRING THIS 825 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:45,463 UP IN THE SENSE OF IN TERMS OF 826 00:37:45,463 --> 00:37:46,097 COMMUNICATIONS AND RELEASE. UM, 827 00:37:46,097 --> 00:37:48,332 IF IT DOES GO OUT FRIDAY, BE 828 00:37:48,332 --> 00:37:51,068 PROACTIVE IN TERMS OF ENGAGING 829 00:37:51,068 --> 00:37:52,737 SPECIFIC OFFICES AND DEPARTMENTS 830 00:37:52,737 --> 00:37:54,305 AND TO COUNCIL OFFICES SAYING, 831 00:37:54,305 --> 00:37:56,073 HEY, THIS IS HERE. UM, AND THEN, 832 00:37:56,073 --> 00:37:58,109 UM, OR TO MAYBE HAVE IT IN SUCH 833 00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:59,844 A WAY THAT IT'S NOT BEING 834 00:37:59,844 --> 00:38:02,046 RELEASED ON A FRIDAY AFTERNOON 835 00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:03,180 BEFORE THE WEEKEND. UM, THAT 836 00:38:03,180 --> 00:38:05,016 WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO I JUST 837 00:38:05,016 --> 00:38:06,417 WANTED TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE, 838 00:38:06,417 --> 00:38:08,152 UM, AT THE SAME TIME, LET ME 839 00:38:08,152 --> 00:38:09,353 ADD, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT WAS A 840 00:38:09,353 --> 00:38:11,055 GREAT REPORT AND IT HIGHLIGHTED 841 00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:13,224 AN ISSUE WHERE, YOU KNOW, S DOT 842 00:38:13,224 --> 00:38:16,060 S DOT DOESN'T IS NOT ONE OF THE 843 00:38:16,060 --> 00:38:17,828 ENTITIES THAT REPORT TO MY 844 00:38:17,828 --> 00:38:19,497 COMMITTEE DIRECTLY. UM, IT'S THE 845 00:38:19,497 --> 00:38:21,732 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. AND SO 846 00:38:21,732 --> 00:38:22,933 IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DIFFERENT 847 00:38:22,933 --> 00:38:25,836 TYPE OF SEAM ISSUE IN THE SENSE 848 00:38:25,836 --> 00:38:27,238 OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONE OF 849 00:38:27,238 --> 00:38:29,106 THOSE COMMITTEES, BUT IT'S 850 00:38:29,106 --> 00:38:29,573 TYING INTO THE POLICE 851 00:38:29,573 --> 00:38:30,808 DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS PART OF MY 852 00:38:30,808 --> 00:38:32,043 PURVIEW AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC 853 00:38:32,043 --> 00:38:34,378 SAFETY AND THIS IS SOMETHING 854 00:38:34,378 --> 00:38:35,613 THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING 855 00:38:35,613 --> 00:38:36,847 WITH. CHAIR SAKA OF THE 856 00:38:36,847 --> 00:38:39,016 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE TO 857 00:38:39,016 --> 00:38:40,051 ENSURE ALL T'S ARE CROSSED AND 858 00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:42,353 I'S ARE DOTTED, AND THE CITY 859 00:38:42,353 --> 00:38:43,554 AUDITOR'S REPORT DID A GREAT 860 00:38:43,554 --> 00:38:44,422 JOB IN DOING THAT. SO AT THE END 861 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:46,457 OF THE DAY, GREAT JOB ON THE 862 00:38:46,457 --> 00:38:47,224 REPORT. WE'RE GOING TO USE IT. 863 00:38:47,224 --> 00:38:50,695 WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON IT PLUS 864 00:38:50,695 --> 00:38:52,129 OTHER REPORTS AND THE ECG. FOR 865 00:38:52,129 --> 00:38:56,100 EXAMPLE, THE OIG DID A, UM, AN 866 00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:57,835 ENTIRE SET FOR THE TECHNOLOGY 867 00:38:57,835 --> 00:39:00,071 PROGRAMS. AND SO, UM, WE'LL HAVE 868 00:39:00,071 --> 00:39:01,338 THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO 869 00:39:01,338 --> 00:39:02,940 HIGHLIGHT THAT FROM A 870 00:39:02,940 --> 00:39:04,809 COMMUNICATIONS PIECE. AND JUST 871 00:39:04,809 --> 00:39:06,477 FOR THE TEAM THERE TO BE MINDFUL 872 00:39:06,477 --> 00:39:08,779 ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE USED, HOW 873 00:39:08,779 --> 00:39:11,615 THE REPORT IS USED, UM, AND SO 874 00:39:11,615 --> 00:39:14,819 FORTH. SO, UM, SO THANK YOU. UH, 875 00:39:14,819 --> 00:39:16,821 MISS MAUNG, I REALLY APPRECIATE 876 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:18,723 YOU BEING HERE AND ALL THE WORK 877 00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:19,724 YOU'VE DONE TO THIS TO GET TO 878 00:39:19,724 --> 00:39:21,625 THIS POINT. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 879 00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:23,160 AWESOME. GREAT COMMENTS. 880 00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:25,596 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. ARE THERE 881 00:39:25,596 --> 00:39:26,764 OTHER I SEE COUNCILMEMBER 882 00:39:26,764 --> 00:39:28,165 RIVERA. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, I 883 00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:31,702 WANT TO THANK YOU. UM, MISS 884 00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:33,838 MAUNG, FOR, UM, HAVING A 885 00:39:33,838 --> 00:39:35,873 CONVERSATION. UM, REALLY ENJOYED 886 00:39:35,873 --> 00:39:38,442 MEETING YOU AND I REALLY 887 00:39:38,442 --> 00:39:40,978 APPRECIATE OUR CONVERSATION 888 00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:42,279 ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF. AND YOU 889 00:39:42,279 --> 00:39:43,914 MENTIONED TODAY IN YOUR COMMENTS 890 00:39:43,914 --> 00:39:46,751 THE IMPORTANCE OF AUDITS SO THAT 891 00:39:46,751 --> 00:39:49,353 OUR CONSTITUENTS CAN FEEL 892 00:39:49,353 --> 00:39:50,921 CONFIDENT IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE 893 00:39:50,921 --> 00:39:52,857 DOING, THE FISCAL WORK THAT 894 00:39:52,857 --> 00:39:55,393 WE'RE DOING, UM, IN PROVIDING 895 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:59,096 THE SERVICES TO THEM. THAT IS A 896 00:39:59,096 --> 00:40:01,999 REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT 897 00:40:01,999 --> 00:40:02,666 OBVIOUSLY THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, 898 00:40:02,666 --> 00:40:05,536 IT IS THEIR FUNCTION NOW. AND I 899 00:40:05,536 --> 00:40:06,203 VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT THAT YOU 900 00:40:06,203 --> 00:40:10,574 FEEL AS STRONGLY, UM, AS I DO 901 00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:14,078 THAT, UM, AUDITS PROVIDE US THE 902 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:16,814 OPPORTUNITY. UM, I SEE IT AS AN 903 00:40:16,814 --> 00:40:19,250 OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO 904 00:40:19,250 --> 00:40:20,451 RIGHTSIZE THINGS THAT AREN'T, 905 00:40:20,451 --> 00:40:24,522 THAT ARE NOT GOING WELL. UM, AND 906 00:40:24,522 --> 00:40:26,724 TO REALLY GIVE THE PUBLIC THE 907 00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:28,092 CONFIDENCE, UH, THAT WE REALLY 908 00:40:28,092 --> 00:40:30,628 ARE, ARE TAKING OUR WORK 909 00:40:30,628 --> 00:40:31,796 SERIOUSLY, ALL OF US 910 00:40:31,796 --> 00:40:33,731 COLLECTIVELY AT THE CITY. AND, 911 00:40:33,731 --> 00:40:37,768 YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY THAT 912 00:40:37,768 --> 00:40:38,769 SOMETIMES I FIND THAT FOLKS 913 00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:41,172 MIGHT BE RESISTANT TO AUDITS, 914 00:40:41,172 --> 00:40:43,274 BUT I DO SEE THEM AS 915 00:40:43,274 --> 00:40:45,476 OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE TALKED 916 00:40:45,476 --> 00:40:47,011 ABOUT THIS TOO, BECAUSE, UM, YOU 917 00:40:47,011 --> 00:40:49,580 KNOW, IF, IF THINGS GO AREN'T 918 00:40:49,580 --> 00:40:51,382 GOING WELL AND IT GETS TOO DOWN, 919 00:40:51,382 --> 00:40:55,286 TOO FAR DOWN A PATH, IT REALLY 920 00:40:55,286 --> 00:40:57,021 INHIBITS OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE 921 00:40:57,021 --> 00:40:59,290 SERVICES FOR FOLKS AND TO DO 922 00:40:59,290 --> 00:41:00,391 THOSE CORRECTIONS. AND SO, UM, 923 00:41:00,391 --> 00:41:02,827 YOU KNOW, TO ME, IT IS ONE, AND 924 00:41:02,827 --> 00:41:07,998 IN FACT, UM, UH, AUDITS ARE 925 00:41:07,998 --> 00:41:09,500 CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY. IT'S 926 00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:11,368 PART OF OUR CHARTERED 927 00:41:11,368 --> 00:41:11,936 RESPONSIBILITY TO REALLY DO 928 00:41:11,936 --> 00:41:14,405 AUDITS AND PROVIDE THAT FISCAL 929 00:41:14,405 --> 00:41:16,807 OVERSIGHT IN THAT WAY. UM, AND 930 00:41:16,807 --> 00:41:18,876 I, I ACTUALLY RECENTLY LOOKED 931 00:41:18,876 --> 00:41:21,879 THIS UP. SO IT IS PART OF OUR 932 00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:22,513 CHARTERED RESPONSIBILITY AND ONE 933 00:41:22,513 --> 00:41:24,748 THAT I TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. AND, 934 00:41:24,748 --> 00:41:27,284 YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN, UM, AT 935 00:41:27,284 --> 00:41:28,752 THE, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL MORE 936 00:41:28,752 --> 00:41:30,354 RECENTLY. AND YOU AND I TALKED 937 00:41:30,354 --> 00:41:32,756 ABOUT, UM, I BELIEVE WE TALKED 938 00:41:32,756 --> 00:41:36,861 ABOUT THE, UM, UH, THEY HAD SOME 939 00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:37,461 HUMAN SERVICES CONTRACTS THAT 940 00:41:37,461 --> 00:41:40,097 WERE AUDITED. AND UNFORTUNATELY 941 00:41:40,097 --> 00:41:42,800 SOME OF THOSE DID NOT COME BACK. 942 00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,268 WELL. AND SO REALLY NOW THE 943 00:41:44,268 --> 00:41:45,870 COUNTY WILL HAVE THE 944 00:41:45,870 --> 00:41:47,404 OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY TO 945 00:41:47,404 --> 00:41:48,839 RIGHT SIZE THOSE CONTRACTS. 946 00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:49,974 SIMILARLY, AS WE ALSO TALKED 947 00:41:49,974 --> 00:41:51,775 ABOUT, I'VE CALLED FOR AN HSD 948 00:41:51,775 --> 00:41:52,943 AUDIT HERE AT THE CITY BECAUSE 949 00:41:52,943 --> 00:41:55,279 WE HAVE SIMILAR PROVIDERS THAT 950 00:41:55,279 --> 00:41:57,948 WE WORK WITH. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, 951 00:41:57,948 --> 00:42:00,117 IT IS SOMETHING THAT CITIES 952 00:42:00,117 --> 00:42:01,886 SHOULD REALLY EMBRACE AND, AND 953 00:42:01,886 --> 00:42:04,054 COUNTIES AND JUST GOVERNMENT IN 954 00:42:04,054 --> 00:42:06,257 GENERAL, BECAUSE AS I SAID, IT 955 00:42:06,257 --> 00:42:08,259 REALLY DOES AFFORD US THE 956 00:42:08,259 --> 00:42:11,395 OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT WE 957 00:42:11,395 --> 00:42:12,596 ARE PROVIDING THE SERVICES TO 958 00:42:12,596 --> 00:42:14,231 THE FOLKS THAT REALLY NEED IT. 959 00:42:14,231 --> 00:42:17,835 AND IF, IF, IF PROVIDERS ARE NOT 960 00:42:17,835 --> 00:42:20,337 DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO BE 961 00:42:20,337 --> 00:42:21,438 DOING, THOSE SERVICES AREN'T 962 00:42:21,438 --> 00:42:22,873 GOING TO GET TO THE PEOPLE THAT 963 00:42:22,873 --> 00:42:26,143 WE WANT TO HELP. AND SO THAT IS 964 00:42:26,143 --> 00:42:28,112 ANOTHER REASON WHY THESE AUDITS 965 00:42:28,112 --> 00:42:30,681 ARE SO IMPORTANT. UM, AND ALSO 966 00:42:30,681 --> 00:42:31,849 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S 967 00:42:31,849 --> 00:42:33,150 IMPORTANT TO SHOW OUR WORK. AND 968 00:42:33,150 --> 00:42:35,352 IF WE'RE DOING GREAT, THEN WE 969 00:42:35,352 --> 00:42:37,621 SHOULD SHOW THAT TOO, BECAUSE 970 00:42:37,621 --> 00:42:38,088 THAT DOES INSPIRE THE 971 00:42:38,088 --> 00:42:39,924 CONFIDENCE. AND IF WE'RE NOT, 972 00:42:39,924 --> 00:42:41,125 THEN WE SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO, 973 00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:42,826 TO, YOU KNOW, PULL THE CURTAIN 974 00:42:42,826 --> 00:42:44,461 BACK AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT DID 975 00:42:44,461 --> 00:42:47,631 NOT GO WELL. AND WE'RE GOING TO 976 00:42:47,631 --> 00:42:49,199 FIX THIS. AND THAT IS REALLY 977 00:42:49,199 --> 00:42:51,735 IMPORTANT. SO YOU REALLY 978 00:42:51,735 --> 00:42:53,671 APPRECIATE THAT YOU SHARED, UM, 979 00:42:53,671 --> 00:42:55,940 YOU KNOW, THE SAME FEELINGS AND 980 00:42:55,940 --> 00:42:57,041 THOUGHTS. AND I REALLY LOOK 981 00:42:57,041 --> 00:43:01,946 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. UM, 982 00:43:01,946 --> 00:43:03,414 ON JUST NOT ONLY THE HSD AUDIT, 983 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:05,249 BUT OTHER AUDITS THAT WE'RE 984 00:43:05,249 --> 00:43:07,017 CALLING FOR AT THE CITY TO MAKE 985 00:43:07,017 --> 00:43:09,219 SURE THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY 986 00:43:09,219 --> 00:43:10,254 HELPING THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE 987 00:43:10,254 --> 00:43:11,789 SETTING OUT TO HELP. UM, AND 988 00:43:11,789 --> 00:43:14,892 THAT WE CAN INSPIRE CONFIDENCE 989 00:43:14,892 --> 00:43:16,594 WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS. THANK YOU 990 00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:18,629 CHAIR. AWESOME. THANK YOU. 991 00:43:18,629 --> 00:43:19,763 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR THAT. 992 00:43:19,763 --> 00:43:23,434 UH, DID YOU HAVE ANY RESPONSE? 993 00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:26,870 UH, THANDEE. I DON'T WANT TO 994 00:43:26,870 --> 00:43:28,005 INTERJECT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY 995 00:43:28,005 --> 00:43:30,007 MUCH. I THINK THAT I ANSWERED, 996 00:43:30,007 --> 00:43:32,242 UM, SIMILAR THINGS IN QUESTION 997 00:43:32,242 --> 00:43:34,778 NUMBER THREE. SO, UM, YES, ONE 998 00:43:34,778 --> 00:43:36,647 OF THE OPPORTUNITY THAT, UM, WE 999 00:43:36,647 --> 00:43:38,215 HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN 1000 00:43:38,215 --> 00:43:40,784 INCREASE THE REVENUE AND WE CAN 1001 00:43:40,784 --> 00:43:41,585 DECREASE THE, YOU KNOW, 1002 00:43:41,585 --> 00:43:42,786 EXPENDITURE OF WHAT I MEAN BY 1003 00:43:42,786 --> 00:43:44,888 THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK 1004 00:43:44,888 --> 00:43:47,024 AT, YOU KNOW, STATE OR FEDERAL 1005 00:43:47,024 --> 00:43:49,226 FUNDED, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMS OR 1006 00:43:49,226 --> 00:43:51,161 CITY FUNDED PROGRAMS. AND WE CAN 1007 00:43:51,161 --> 00:43:52,696 MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE 1008 00:43:52,696 --> 00:43:54,765 SPENDING, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1009 00:43:54,765 --> 00:43:55,966 THE CONTRACTS AND, AND MAKE SURE 1010 00:43:55,966 --> 00:43:59,503 THAT WE ARE SPENDING WISELY. 1011 00:43:59,503 --> 00:44:02,506 AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1012 00:44:02,506 --> 00:44:05,342 THAT. ANY MORE COMMENTS? UM, I 1013 00:44:05,342 --> 00:44:08,379 NUMBER ONE, I REALLY APPRECIATE 1014 00:44:08,379 --> 00:44:09,513 THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS. 1015 00:44:09,513 --> 00:44:10,914 ONE THING THAT REALLY STOOD OUT 1016 00:44:10,914 --> 00:44:12,783 TO ME IS THAT OUR BUDGET, OUR 1017 00:44:12,783 --> 00:44:15,686 EXCUSE ME, OUR AUDITOR'S OFFICE 1018 00:44:15,686 --> 00:44:17,421 COMPARED TO OTHER MAJOR CITIES 1019 00:44:17,421 --> 00:44:20,357 IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER. AND OUR 1020 00:44:20,357 --> 00:44:21,959 BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER 1021 00:44:21,959 --> 00:44:23,027 AS WELL. AND THAT WAS BROUGHT TO 1022 00:44:23,027 --> 00:44:24,361 OUR ATTENTION WHEN WE WERE DOING 1023 00:44:24,361 --> 00:44:25,963 A LOT OF THE INTERVIEWS WITH 1024 00:44:25,963 --> 00:44:27,531 OTHER PEOPLE. UM, AND THAT WAS 1025 00:44:27,531 --> 00:44:29,266 BROUGHT UP ABOUT KIND OF OUR 1026 00:44:29,266 --> 00:44:30,801 CAPACITY AND WANTING TO CONTINUE 1027 00:44:30,801 --> 00:44:33,404 TO INVEST IN OUR AUDITOR'S 1028 00:44:33,404 --> 00:44:35,139 OFFICE. BECAUSE I THINK AS WE 1029 00:44:35,139 --> 00:44:36,507 CONTINUE TO GET BIGGER AS A CITY 1030 00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:38,275 AND WE HAVE MORE CONTRACTS, AND 1031 00:44:38,275 --> 00:44:40,611 THERE'S JUST A LOT GOING ON, 1032 00:44:40,611 --> 00:44:41,211 THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW AND 1033 00:44:41,211 --> 00:44:42,679 HAVE INFORMATION, KNOWING THAT 1034 00:44:42,679 --> 00:44:45,249 WE ARE USING TAX DOLLARS WISELY 1035 00:44:45,249 --> 00:44:47,117 AND NOT ONLY WISELY, BUT THEY'RE 1036 00:44:47,117 --> 00:44:47,951 HAVING THE IMPACT THAT THEY 1037 00:44:47,951 --> 00:44:48,952 SHOULD. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE 1038 00:44:48,952 --> 00:44:50,954 AMOUNT, BUT THE IMPACT THAT THAT 1039 00:44:50,954 --> 00:44:53,157 THEY SHOULD. SO I REALLY 1040 00:44:53,157 --> 00:44:53,791 APPRECIATED YOU IDENTIFYING THAT 1041 00:44:53,791 --> 00:44:56,093 AND NAMING THAT AS WELL. UM, IS 1042 00:44:56,093 --> 00:44:58,796 THERE ANY MORE OTHER COMMENTS? 1043 00:44:58,796 --> 00:45:00,431 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ VICE CHAIR. 1044 00:45:00,431 --> 00:45:03,400 THANK YOU. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. 1045 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:04,768 CHAIR OKAY. THANK YOU. I 1046 00:45:04,768 --> 00:45:08,939 APPRECIATE YOU, VICE CHAIR. UM, 1047 00:45:08,939 --> 00:45:10,808 OKAY. UM, COLLEAGUES, UH, WELL, 1048 00:45:10,808 --> 00:45:13,277 WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER 1049 00:45:13,277 --> 00:45:15,879 FINAL COMMENTS? MISS MAUNG, 1050 00:45:15,879 --> 00:45:16,513 BEFORE WE RECOMMEND OR BEFORE WE 1051 00:45:16,513 --> 00:45:20,184 TAKE A VOTE TO RECOMMEND TO FULL 1052 00:45:20,184 --> 00:45:21,618 COUNCIL? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO 1053 00:45:21,618 --> 00:45:25,189 THANK AGAIN, UM, TO EVERYONE WHO 1054 00:45:25,189 --> 00:45:27,825 GOT INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. 1055 00:45:27,825 --> 00:45:29,526 UM, SERVING AS THE CITY AUDITOR 1056 00:45:29,526 --> 00:45:30,594 IN THE CITY THAT, YOU KNOW, I 1057 00:45:30,594 --> 00:45:32,896 WILL LOVE AND THRIVE. IT HAS 1058 00:45:32,896 --> 00:45:34,765 BEEN MY DREAM AND WE ARE NOW IN 1059 00:45:34,765 --> 00:45:37,434 THE FINISHING LINE AND I REALLY, 1060 00:45:37,434 --> 00:45:38,836 UM, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE 1061 00:45:38,836 --> 00:45:40,704 OPPORTUNITY AND I'M VERY 1062 00:45:40,704 --> 00:45:42,206 THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT 1063 00:45:42,206 --> 00:45:43,640 THAT GIVEN TO ME DURING THIS 1064 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:44,508 PROCESS. THANK YOU. AWESOME. 1065 00:45:44,508 --> 00:45:45,542 THANK YOU. AND ONE THING I KNOW, 1066 00:45:45,542 --> 00:45:47,010 THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT 1067 00:45:47,010 --> 00:45:48,946 TALKING ABOUT BALTIMORE. I DO 1068 00:45:48,946 --> 00:45:50,347 WANT TO SAY THE ONE THING THAT 1069 00:45:50,347 --> 00:45:51,582 STOOD OUT TO ME ABOUT YOUR 1070 00:45:51,582 --> 00:45:53,951 RESUME WAS YOUR EXTENSIVE TIME 1071 00:45:53,951 --> 00:45:55,385 IN DALLAS. FOR LONG PERIOD OF 1072 00:45:55,385 --> 00:45:56,053 TIME. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU 1073 00:45:56,053 --> 00:46:00,457 WERE THERE, LIKE 15 YEARS, 17, 1074 00:46:00,457 --> 00:46:02,092 15. OKAY. 15 YEARS. AND THEN 1075 00:46:02,092 --> 00:46:03,560 YOUR WORK THAT YOU DID IN 1076 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:06,697 BALTIMORE AS WELL, UM, YOU HAVE 1077 00:46:06,697 --> 00:46:11,034 BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS. UH, 1078 00:46:11,034 --> 00:46:11,969 ALMOST EIGHT SEVEN. AND OKAY, I 1079 00:46:11,969 --> 00:46:13,203 GOT SEVEN. OKAY. I GOT MY 1080 00:46:13,203 --> 00:46:16,373 NUMBERS RIGHT. UM, 15 AND EIGHT 1081 00:46:16,373 --> 00:46:17,341 YEARS. AND YOUR EXPERIENCE IN 1082 00:46:17,341 --> 00:46:18,275 THAT. SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING 1083 00:46:18,275 --> 00:46:19,409 TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR 1084 00:46:19,409 --> 00:46:23,580 CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND NOW THAT 1085 00:46:23,580 --> 00:46:26,183 BRINGS US TO, UM, I'M GOING TO 1086 00:46:26,183 --> 00:46:28,485 MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 1087 00:46:28,485 --> 00:46:30,287 RECOMMENDS CONFIRMATION AND 1088 00:46:30,287 --> 00:46:32,823 REFERRAL OF THE APPOINTMENT TO 1089 00:46:32,823 --> 00:46:33,290 THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 1090 00:46:33,290 --> 00:46:35,292 CONFIRMATION AT THE DECEMBER 8th 1091 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,895 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UH, IS 1092 00:46:37,895 --> 00:46:41,899 THERE A SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. 1093 00:46:41,899 --> 00:46:43,800 IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND SECOND, TO 1094 00:46:43,800 --> 00:46:44,268 CONFIRM AND REFER THE 1095 00:46:44,268 --> 00:46:46,036 APPOINTMENT TO THE DECEMBER 8th 1096 00:46:46,036 --> 00:46:47,971 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ARE THERE 1097 00:46:47,971 --> 00:46:49,072 ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS? WILL 1098 00:46:49,072 --> 00:46:50,974 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLE 1099 00:46:50,974 --> 00:46:52,676 ON THE RECOMMENDATION? 1100 00:46:52,676 --> 00:46:55,946 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 1101 00:46:55,946 --> 00:46:56,847 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I VICE 1102 00:46:56,847 --> 00:46:59,950 CHAIR JUAREZ. I CHAIR 1103 00:46:59,950 --> 00:47:01,084 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. FOUR IN 1104 00:47:01,084 --> 00:47:02,386 FAVOR. NONE OPPOSED. MOTION 1105 00:47:02,386 --> 00:47:03,887 CARRIES. COMMITTEE'S ACTION 1106 00:47:03,887 --> 00:47:05,389 WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY 1107 00:47:05,389 --> 00:47:05,989 COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION TO 1108 00:47:05,989 --> 00:47:06,690 REFER THE APPOINTMENT TO THE 1109 00:47:06,690 --> 00:47:09,026 CITY COUNCIL WITH A. DECEMBER 1110 00:47:09,026 --> 00:47:10,694 8th CONFIRMATION VOTE. AND I 1111 00:47:10,694 --> 00:47:12,829 KNOW THAT MISS MAUNG WILL BE 1112 00:47:12,829 --> 00:47:13,997 HERE IN PERSON AS WELL FOR THAT 1113 00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:15,365 MEETING. SO WE'RE LOOKING 1114 00:47:15,365 --> 00:47:17,334 FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON 1115 00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:18,569 DECEMBER THE 8th. THANK YOU SO 1116 00:47:18,569 --> 00:47:19,469 MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 1117 00:47:19,469 --> 00:47:22,940 BEING HERE. AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN 1118 00:47:22,940 --> 00:47:24,641 DECEMBER. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK 1119 00:47:24,641 --> 00:47:25,342 YOU VERY MUCH. I LOOK FORWARD TO 1120 00:47:25,342 --> 00:47:29,346 THE NEXT. THANK YOU. AWESOME. 1121 00:47:29,346 --> 00:47:31,715 UH, COLLEAGUES, THIS BRINGS US 1122 00:47:31,715 --> 00:47:33,116 TO THE END OF OUR OCTOBER 8th. 1123 00:47:33,116 --> 00:47:34,218 GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 1124 00:47:34,218 --> 00:47:35,752 MEETING. THIS IS OUR FASTEST 1125 00:47:35,752 --> 00:47:37,454 MEETING. YOU'RE WELCOME. 1126 00:47:37,454 --> 00:47:39,156 COLLEAGUES, I'M JUST PLAYING SO 1127 00:47:39,156 --> 00:47:41,325 I THINK THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING 1128 00:47:41,325 --> 00:47:44,127 HERE. I DO I DO WANT TO SAY, AND 1129 00:47:44,127 --> 00:47:45,896 I ACTUALLY I'M ALSO GOING TO 1130 00:47:45,896 --> 00:47:46,997 SAY THIS ON OCTOBER THE 20th, 1131 00:47:46,997 --> 00:47:48,899 WHEN WE HAVE A FULL COUNCIL 1132 00:47:48,899 --> 00:47:50,801 MEETING AS WELL. I HAVE BEEN 1133 00:47:50,801 --> 00:47:52,202 READING SIGNS AND, AND THIS HAS 1134 00:47:52,202 --> 00:47:54,404 NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU. THANDEE. 1135 00:47:54,404 --> 00:47:55,305 THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE. SO 1136 00:47:55,305 --> 00:47:56,540 YOU'RE ALL GOOD. UM, BUT I'VE 1137 00:47:56,540 --> 00:48:00,010 BEEN READING, UH, JUST 1138 00:48:00,010 --> 00:48:00,677 INFORMATION OR PEOPLE'S COMMENTS 1139 00:48:00,677 --> 00:48:03,680 OR WE HAD THE, THE, THE PUBLIC 1140 00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:06,550 HEARING. UM, AND SOME REMARKS 1141 00:48:06,550 --> 00:48:07,951 HAVE BEEN MADE TOWARDS MY 1142 00:48:07,951 --> 00:48:11,054 COLLEAGUE COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE, 1143 00:48:11,054 --> 00:48:14,191 UM KKK KETTLE. AND I WANT TO 1144 00:48:14,191 --> 00:48:15,225 NAME THAT AND JUST REALLY PUSH 1145 00:48:15,225 --> 00:48:16,260 BACK ON THAT. AND I'LL SAY THIS 1146 00:48:16,260 --> 00:48:19,796 IN OCTOBER THE 20th, BECAUSE I 1147 00:48:19,796 --> 00:48:23,033 DO THINK, UM, THOSE ARE VERY 1148 00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:25,669 HURTFUL AND, UM, VERY 1149 00:48:25,669 --> 00:48:26,637 DISRESPECTFUL. AND WE HAVE 1150 00:48:26,637 --> 00:48:27,304 FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT I'M JUST 1151 00:48:27,304 --> 00:48:28,605 GOING TO PUSH BACK ON IT BECAUSE 1152 00:48:28,605 --> 00:48:30,340 EVERYONE CAN HAVE FREEDOM OF 1153 00:48:30,340 --> 00:48:33,143 SPEECH. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY 1154 00:48:33,143 --> 00:48:34,511 THAT PUBLICLY, I HAVE 1155 00:48:34,511 --> 00:48:35,045 APPRECIATED COUNCILMEMBER 1156 00:48:35,045 --> 00:48:36,146 KETTLES. WE MIGHT NOT ALL AGREE 1157 00:48:36,146 --> 00:48:38,048 ON THE SAME THINGS, BUT THERE 1158 00:48:38,048 --> 00:48:40,150 ARE SOME THINGS THAT 1159 00:48:40,150 --> 00:48:41,618 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS STOOD 1160 00:48:41,618 --> 00:48:44,354 UP, STOOD UP FOR, FOR ME 1161 00:48:44,354 --> 00:48:46,223 PERSONALLY AND BLACK COMMUNITY, 1162 00:48:46,223 --> 00:48:48,258 UH, PEOPLE OF COLOR, COMMUNITY, 1163 00:48:48,258 --> 00:48:50,027 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO 1164 00:48:50,027 --> 00:48:51,028 ECONOMIC MOBILITY. AND THAT IS 1165 00:48:51,028 --> 00:48:53,297 THE ONE THING THAT I THINK HAS 1166 00:48:53,297 --> 00:48:56,266 ALWAYS BEEN MISSED IN THIS 1167 00:48:56,266 --> 00:48:56,800 CONVERSATION IS ABOUT THE 1168 00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:58,068 ECONOMIC MOBILITY IN OUR 1169 00:48:58,068 --> 00:49:00,103 COMMUNITY AND THE WEALTH GAP IN 1170 00:49:00,103 --> 00:49:01,505 EVERY SINGLE TIME I HAVE BROUGHT 1171 00:49:01,505 --> 00:49:05,509 TO THIS, COME TO THIS BODY OF, 1172 00:49:05,509 --> 00:49:08,945 UH, REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH, 1173 00:49:08,945 --> 00:49:12,683 MAKING SURE THAT, UM, PEOPLE OF 1174 00:49:12,683 --> 00:49:15,552 COLOR OR WOMEN HAD OPPORTUNITIES 1175 00:49:15,552 --> 00:49:18,588 FOR THAT EQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF 1176 00:49:18,588 --> 00:49:19,890 ECONOMIC MOBILITY, WHETHER IT'S 1177 00:49:19,890 --> 00:49:22,426 IN CONTRACTS, WHETHER IT'S 1178 00:49:22,426 --> 00:49:22,960 INVESTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY 1179 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:23,794 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HAS ALWAYS 1180 00:49:23,794 --> 00:49:25,062 VOTED YES. HE HAS ALWAYS 1181 00:49:25,062 --> 00:49:27,197 SUPPORTED THAT MOVEMENT. HE HAS 1182 00:49:27,197 --> 00:49:29,366 ALWAYS SAID, WHAT CAN I DO? HOW 1183 00:49:29,366 --> 00:49:31,368 CAN I, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THIS? 1184 00:49:31,368 --> 00:49:33,370 AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY 1185 00:49:33,370 --> 00:49:33,870 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I 1186 00:49:33,870 --> 00:49:34,805 APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'LL SAY 1187 00:49:34,805 --> 00:49:36,673 THAT TODAY, AND I'LL SAY THAT ON 1188 00:49:36,673 --> 00:49:38,141 OCTOBER THE 20th AS WELL, 1189 00:49:38,141 --> 00:49:39,176 BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THING 1190 00:49:39,176 --> 00:49:41,478 THAT HAS BEEN MISSED IN THIS 1191 00:49:41,478 --> 00:49:45,482 CONVERSATION. UM, AND I, WHETHER 1192 00:49:45,482 --> 00:49:47,718 IT'S BEEN ON REPARATIONS, 1193 00:49:47,718 --> 00:49:49,886 WHETHER IT'S BEEN ON THE CD, 1194 00:49:49,886 --> 00:49:50,520 SOUTHEND CENTRAL DISTRICT FUND, 1195 00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:52,122 WHETHER IT'S BEEN ON 1196 00:49:52,122 --> 00:49:54,057 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING, I CAN 1197 00:49:54,057 --> 00:49:54,958 GO DOWN THE LINE AND I CANNOT 1198 00:49:54,958 --> 00:49:57,527 WAIT TO TALK ABOUT THE 1199 00:49:57,527 --> 00:49:59,730 INVESTMENTS THAT THE LAST TWO 1200 00:49:59,730 --> 00:50:01,431 AND A HALF, THREE YEARS THAT 1201 00:50:01,431 --> 00:50:03,633 THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE TOWARDS 1202 00:50:03,633 --> 00:50:04,601 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, AND ALL 1203 00:50:04,601 --> 00:50:06,003 THE TIMES THAT YOU HAVE STOOD UP 1204 00:50:06,003 --> 00:50:07,270 FOR THAT AND HAVE VOTED YES ON 1205 00:50:07,270 --> 00:50:08,705 THAT. OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO 1206 00:50:08,705 --> 00:50:10,841 NAME THAT, AND I WILL SAY THAT 1207 00:50:10,841 --> 00:50:12,442 ON OCTOBER THE 20th AS WELL, 1208 00:50:12,442 --> 00:50:14,478 BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE SIGNS, 1209 00:50:14,478 --> 00:50:16,146 UM, PEOPLE CAN HAVE FREEDOM OF 1210 00:50:16,146 --> 00:50:17,414 SPEECH, BUT I'M GOING TO STAND 1211 00:50:17,414 --> 00:50:20,117 UP AND SAY WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE 1212 00:50:20,117 --> 00:50:21,485 TRUE. SO. MADAM CHAIR, MADAM 1213 00:50:21,485 --> 00:50:23,820 CHAIR, I HAVE A POINT OF THANK 1214 00:50:23,820 --> 00:50:24,855 YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME 1215 00:50:24,855 --> 00:50:27,557 TO SPEAK. AND I'M AGAIN, UM, 1216 00:50:27,557 --> 00:50:28,191 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, THIS IS WHY 1217 00:50:28,191 --> 00:50:30,293 YOUR LEADERSHIP IS SO IMPORTANT. 1218 00:50:30,293 --> 00:50:32,996 I, TOO, WAS DISTURBED BY THAT 1219 00:50:32,996 --> 00:50:35,732 SIGN WITH PEOPLE. UM, WITH SUCH 1220 00:50:35,732 --> 00:50:38,402 A DARK CHAPTER IN OUR HISTORY OF 1221 00:50:38,402 --> 00:50:43,340 THE KKK AND TO USE IT. SO I 1222 00:50:43,340 --> 00:50:45,709 DON'T KNOW, JUST SO HATEFULLY, 1223 00:50:45,709 --> 00:50:48,779 UM, IT'S BEYOND NOT JUST 1224 00:50:48,779 --> 00:50:53,917 TRIGGERING, BUT, UM, IT, IT 1225 00:50:53,917 --> 00:50:56,486 DOESN'T SPEAK TO, UM, THE, THE, 1226 00:50:56,486 --> 00:50:58,488 THE MORALITY AND THE VALUES AND 1227 00:50:58,488 --> 00:51:01,425 THE SENSIBILITIES OF SEATTLE. 1228 00:51:01,425 --> 00:51:03,560 AND IF YOU'RE USING THAT TO BE 1229 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:04,161 DEMONSTRATIVE, YOU'RE NOT 1230 00:51:04,161 --> 00:51:05,996 GETTING YOUR POINT ACROSS. ALL I 1231 00:51:05,996 --> 00:51:08,131 SEE IS HATE. UM, COUNCILMEMBER 1232 00:51:08,131 --> 00:51:10,000 KETTLE HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL IN 1233 00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:12,903 WORKING. WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, 1234 00:51:12,903 --> 00:51:17,140 BUT ON PUBLIC SAFETY, INDIGENOUS 1235 00:51:17,140 --> 00:51:17,707 COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS LED 1236 00:51:17,707 --> 00:51:21,244 NONPROFITS, UM, ALSO IN PUBLIC 1237 00:51:21,244 --> 00:51:23,313 SAFETY, UM, OUR ISSUE WITH 1238 00:51:23,313 --> 00:51:24,448 PEOPLE DYING ON THE STREETS FROM 1239 00:51:24,448 --> 00:51:27,317 FENTANYL AND OVERDOSES, WORKING 1240 00:51:27,317 --> 00:51:28,819 WITH COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ON SEX 1241 00:51:28,819 --> 00:51:30,987 TRAFFICKING ON NORTH AURORA. UM, 1242 00:51:30,987 --> 00:51:32,422 ALSO THE SHOOTING AT THE BATTLE 1243 00:51:32,422 --> 00:51:33,557 OF SEATTLE. I COULD RATTLE OFF 1244 00:51:33,557 --> 00:51:35,192 LIKE YOU DID COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1245 00:51:35,192 --> 00:51:37,060 AND I THINK THAT'S THE SIGN OF A 1246 00:51:37,060 --> 00:51:38,662 GOOD LEADER THAT THEY'RE WILLING 1247 00:51:38,662 --> 00:51:42,766 TO TAKE. UM, TO TAKE A STAND. 1248 00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:45,035 AND, UM, I GUESS IT'S, AND I, I 1249 00:51:45,035 --> 00:51:45,869 DON'T NORMALLY LIKE TO USE THIS 1250 00:51:45,869 --> 00:51:48,038 WORD, BUT UNFORTUNATE THAT 1251 00:51:48,038 --> 00:51:49,406 PEOPLE SHOW UP AT CITY HALL WITH 1252 00:51:49,406 --> 00:51:53,643 THE MOST VILE, UM, SIGNS, NOT 1253 00:51:53,643 --> 00:51:55,078 KNOWING THAT THE POWER BEHIND 1254 00:51:55,078 --> 00:51:58,014 THOSE KIND OF WORDS IN THE 1255 00:51:58,014 --> 00:52:00,884 HISTORY IS INCREDIBLY DENSE WITH 1256 00:52:00,884 --> 00:52:01,718 HATE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN 1257 00:52:01,718 --> 00:52:03,720 IN THIS JOB LONG ENOUGH TO SEE A 1258 00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:07,591 LOT OF UGLY STUFF, SO I'M GLAD 1259 00:52:07,591 --> 00:52:09,459 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, AND I WANT TO 1260 00:52:09,459 --> 00:52:11,094 THANK COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, BUT 1261 00:52:11,094 --> 00:52:11,628 PARTICULARLY YOU, COUNCIL 1262 00:52:11,628 --> 00:52:13,363 PRESIDENT, FOR STEPPING UP AND 1263 00:52:13,363 --> 00:52:14,865 SHOWING THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU 1264 00:52:14,865 --> 00:52:16,600 HAVE AS COUNCIL PRESIDENT TO 1265 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:17,968 CALL THIS STUFF OUT, BECAUSE 1266 00:52:17,968 --> 00:52:20,937 IT'S NOT EASY. AND OBVIOUSLY IT 1267 00:52:20,937 --> 00:52:23,173 IS NOT LOST ON ANYONE AS AN 1268 00:52:23,173 --> 00:52:24,975 AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN LEADER. 1269 00:52:24,975 --> 00:52:27,110 UM, IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN 1270 00:52:27,110 --> 00:52:28,478 BUSINESS, IT, IT SPEAKS VOLUMES. 1271 00:52:28,478 --> 00:52:29,579 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK 1272 00:52:29,579 --> 00:52:31,414 YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK 1273 00:52:31,414 --> 00:52:33,150 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1274 00:52:33,150 --> 00:52:34,017 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. THANK YOU. 1275 00:52:34,017 --> 00:52:38,288 UM, AGREED. THANK YOU, 1276 00:52:38,288 --> 00:52:38,922 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH FOR 1277 00:52:38,922 --> 00:52:41,124 YOUR LEADERSHIP. AND, YOU KNOW, 1278 00:52:41,124 --> 00:52:42,626 UM, YES, FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS 1279 00:52:42,626 --> 00:52:46,930 REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, IT'S 1280 00:52:46,930 --> 00:52:48,498 IT'S WHY, UH, SO MANY PEOPLE 1281 00:52:48,498 --> 00:52:50,367 HAVE COME TO THIS COUNTRY 1282 00:52:50,367 --> 00:52:51,835 BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER 1283 00:52:51,835 --> 00:52:53,403 COUNTRIES WHERE FREEDOM OF 1284 00:52:53,403 --> 00:52:56,940 SPEECH IS NOT ALLOWED. UM, 1285 00:52:56,940 --> 00:53:00,977 HOWEVER, THERE IS HATE SPEECH 1286 00:53:00,977 --> 00:53:04,114 AND THAT KIND OF RHETORIC IS 1287 00:53:04,114 --> 00:53:06,950 HATE SPEECH. AND, UM, IT IS 1288 00:53:06,950 --> 00:53:09,786 REALLY DISTURBING WHEN PEOPLE 1289 00:53:09,786 --> 00:53:12,856 HIDE BEHIND HATE SPEECH, UM, TO 1290 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:16,860 REALLY TO ME, YOU KNOW, IF YOU 1291 00:53:16,860 --> 00:53:17,894 DON'T LIKE WHAT COUNCIL IS 1292 00:53:17,894 --> 00:53:19,429 DOING, OF COURSE YOU HAVE EVERY 1293 00:53:19,429 --> 00:53:23,767 RIGHT TO SAY SO. UM, BUT TO 1294 00:53:23,767 --> 00:53:25,535 ATTACK SOMEONE PERSONALLY WITH 1295 00:53:25,535 --> 00:53:27,370 WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE HATE 1296 00:53:27,370 --> 00:53:30,340 SPEECH, THERE'S NO, UM, IT IS 1297 00:53:30,340 --> 00:53:34,578 NOT, UH, IT IS NOT NECESSARY. 1298 00:53:34,578 --> 00:53:38,315 UM, AND IN THIS CASE IS ALSO NOT 1299 00:53:38,315 --> 00:53:39,549 TRUE. SO, UM, I WANT TO THANK 1300 00:53:39,549 --> 00:53:43,086 YOU FOR TAKING TIME THIS MORNING 1301 00:53:43,086 --> 00:53:44,654 TO ACTUALLY, FOR THE RECORD 1302 00:53:44,654 --> 00:53:46,323 STATE THAT I AGREE WITH WHAT'S 1303 00:53:46,323 --> 00:53:50,093 BEEN SAID. UM, I TO SUPPORT MY 1304 00:53:50,093 --> 00:53:50,727 COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1305 00:53:50,727 --> 00:53:54,564 I HAVE FOUND HIM TO BE VERY 1306 00:53:54,564 --> 00:53:55,131 SUPPORTIVE OF CERTAINLY MY 1307 00:53:55,131 --> 00:53:57,601 COMMUNITY AS WELL. UM, AND SO 1308 00:53:57,601 --> 00:53:59,669 THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME. 1309 00:53:59,669 --> 00:54:01,237 AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY ACROSS 1310 00:54:01,237 --> 00:54:03,607 OUR CITY, I'M SEEING, I'M SEEING 1311 00:54:03,607 --> 00:54:06,710 A LOT OF HATEFUL, UM, RHETORIC, 1312 00:54:06,710 --> 00:54:10,447 UH, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS 1313 00:54:10,447 --> 00:54:11,915 HEALTHY FOR OUR CITY. UM, IT IS 1314 00:54:11,915 --> 00:54:16,186 REALLY DISTURBING TO SEE. I'M 1315 00:54:16,186 --> 00:54:17,621 SEEING A LOT OF ANTI-SEMITISM 1316 00:54:17,621 --> 00:54:18,989 AND RISE OF, AND I THINK THAT IS 1317 00:54:18,989 --> 00:54:23,693 ALSO HATEFUL. I THINK PEOPLE CAN 1318 00:54:23,693 --> 00:54:25,695 DISAGREE. AND I THINK, UM, WHEN 1319 00:54:25,695 --> 00:54:32,702 YOU START TO, UM, IN VERY 1320 00:54:32,702 --> 00:54:35,205 AGGRESSIVE, VIOLENT WAYS, ATTACK 1321 00:54:35,205 --> 00:54:36,539 PEOPLE FOR WHO THEY ARE, THAT'S 1322 00:54:36,539 --> 00:54:38,041 NOT WHAT THIS COUNTRY WAS BUILT 1323 00:54:38,041 --> 00:54:42,012 ON. AND THAT MAKES ME REALLY 1324 00:54:42,012 --> 00:54:43,313 SAD. UM, FOR OUR CITY. AND I 1325 00:54:43,313 --> 00:54:47,517 JUST THINK PEOPLE NEED TO, UM, 1326 00:54:47,517 --> 00:54:48,718 THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT THEY 1327 00:54:48,718 --> 00:54:52,122 ARE SAYING BECAUSE, UM, WE DO 1328 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:53,423 HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND I, 1329 00:54:53,423 --> 00:54:56,493 I'VE WORKED AT THE ACLU, SO 1330 00:54:56,493 --> 00:54:58,461 SUPER SUPPORT FREEDOM OF SPEECH 1331 00:54:58,461 --> 00:54:59,429 AND ALSO, UM, SOME OF THAT 1332 00:54:59,429 --> 00:55:01,297 SPEECH CAN CROSS OVER TO HATE 1333 00:55:01,297 --> 00:55:04,100 SPEECH. UM, AND YOU KNOW, 1334 00:55:04,100 --> 00:55:05,602 THAT'S NOT OKAY. SO THANK YOU 1335 00:55:05,602 --> 00:55:07,470 FOR, FOR RAISING THAT 1336 00:55:07,470 --> 00:55:09,406 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU HAVE MY 1337 00:55:09,406 --> 00:55:10,707 SUPPORT ALWAYS. UM, I REALLY 1338 00:55:10,707 --> 00:55:14,711 WANT TO THANK YOU. UM, AND THANK 1339 00:55:14,711 --> 00:55:15,345 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH 1340 00:55:15,345 --> 00:55:18,315 FOR HAVING THE COURAGE TO REALLY 1341 00:55:18,315 --> 00:55:19,582 STAND UP THIS MORNING AND SAY. 1342 00:55:19,582 --> 00:55:21,518 SO FOR THE RECORD, I REALLY 1343 00:55:21,518 --> 00:55:22,485 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP ON 1344 00:55:22,485 --> 00:55:24,220 THAT. AND THANK YOU, 1345 00:55:24,220 --> 00:55:26,322 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR ALWAYS 1346 00:55:26,322 --> 00:55:28,191 SAYING THE THINGS THAT NEED TO 1347 00:55:28,191 --> 00:55:29,125 BE SAID. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. 1348 00:55:29,125 --> 00:55:30,427 THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 1349 00:55:30,427 --> 00:55:32,629 RIVERA, AND I WILL BE SURE TO 1350 00:55:32,629 --> 00:55:34,831 SHARE MY COMMENTS ON OCTOBER THE 1351 00:55:34,831 --> 00:55:36,366 20th AT FULL COUNCIL MEETING. 1352 00:55:36,366 --> 00:55:38,935 UH, BECAUSE I HAVE MORE DETAILED 1353 00:55:38,935 --> 00:55:41,438 INFORMATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO 1354 00:55:41,438 --> 00:55:42,806 EXPRESS AS WELL ABOUT MY 1355 00:55:42,806 --> 00:55:45,809 FEELINGS TOWARDS A LOT OF, UH, A 1356 00:55:45,809 --> 00:55:46,976 LOT OF OTHER THINGS. ALL RIGHT. 1357 00:55:46,976 --> 00:55:48,945 SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK 1358 00:55:48,945 --> 00:55:51,281 YOU, COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU, MISS 1359 00:55:51,281 --> 00:55:51,915 MAUNG REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AS 1360 00:55:51,915 --> 00:55:54,451 WELL. WE'LL SEE YOU IN DECEMBER 1361 00:55:54,451 --> 00:55:56,386 AS WELL. AND IF THERE'S NO 1362 00:55:56,386 --> 00:55:58,388 FURTHER BUSINESS, GUESS WHAT? 1363 00:55:58,388 --> 00:55:59,756 THAT IS GOING TO BE THE END OF 1364 00:55:59,756 --> 00:56:04,160 OUR MEETING. IT IS 10:24 A.M.. 1365 00:56:04,160 --> 00:56:08,364 APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK YOU.