1 00:00:18,918 --> 00:00:22,722 >>> ALL RIGHT. 2 00:00:22,722 --> 00:00:23,857 WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 3 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:28,228 THE JUNE 4th, 2026 MEETING OF 4 00:00:28,361 --> 00:00:29,362 THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON SEATTLE 5 00:00:29,362 --> 00:00:29,996 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 6 00:00:29,996 --> 00:00:31,731 WILL COME TO ORDER. 7 00:00:31,731 --> 00:00:32,966 IT IS 9:32 A.M. 8 00:00:32,966 --> 00:00:34,467 I AM ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF THE 9 00:00:34,601 --> 00:00:37,036 COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 10 00:00:37,036 --> 00:00:37,470 CLERK PLEASE 11 00:00:37,604 --> 00:00:38,571 CALL THE ROLL. 12 00:00:38,571 --> 00:00:39,272 >> COUNCILMEMBER 13 00:00:39,272 --> 00:00:39,572 FOSTER. 14 00:00:39,572 --> 00:00:39,839 >> HERE. 15 00:00:39,973 --> 00:00:44,811 >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH? 16 00:00:44,811 --> 00:00:46,012 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ? 17 00:00:46,146 --> 00:00:46,913 >> HERE. 18 00:00:47,046 --> 00:00:52,018 >> COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 19 00:00:52,018 --> 00:00:52,852 COUNCILMEMBER LIN? 20 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:53,586 >> HERE. 21 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:59,292 >> COUNCILMEMBER RINCK? 22 00:00:59,292 --> 00:01:01,828 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? 23 00:01:01,961 --> 00:01:02,929 >> PRESENT. 24 00:01:03,129 --> 00:01:04,364 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS? 25 00:01:04,364 --> 00:01:06,266 >> HERE. 26 00:01:06,399 --> 00:01:07,600 >> CHAIR SAKA? 27 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:08,301 >> HERE. 28 00:01:08,301 --> 00:01:09,035 >> CHAIR, THERE ARE 29 00:01:09,035 --> 00:01:10,470 SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. 30 00:01:10,603 --> 00:01:11,337 >> THANK YOU. 31 00:01:11,337 --> 00:01:12,872 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT 32 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:14,007 THE REMAINING 33 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:16,509 COUNCILMEMBERS CURRENTLY ABSENT 34 00:01:16,509 --> 00:01:16,776 ARE 35 00:01:16,776 --> 00:01:18,044 EXCUSED UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. 36 00:01:18,044 --> 00:01:20,146 NOW IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, 37 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:20,313 THE 38 00:01:20,313 --> 00:01:22,916 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 39 00:01:22,916 --> 00:01:24,551 HEARING AND SEEING NO 40 00:01:24,551 --> 00:01:26,319 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS HEREBY 41 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:27,454 ADOPTED. 42 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:28,822 ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, 43 00:01:28,822 --> 00:01:30,056 COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE 44 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:30,423 PUBLIC. 45 00:01:30,423 --> 00:01:31,691 EXCITING DAY TODAY. 46 00:01:31,691 --> 00:01:33,726 SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 47 00:01:33,726 --> 00:01:35,628 AND FOR THOSE IN THE 48 00:01:35,628 --> 00:01:37,964 AUDIENCE WHO MAY NOT HAVE -- OR 49 00:01:37,964 --> 00:01:38,631 WHO HAVE 50 00:01:38,631 --> 00:01:42,335 TUNED IN EXPECTING ONE OF 51 00:01:42,335 --> 00:01:44,637 OUR REGULAR STEPS COMMITTEE 52 00:01:44,771 --> 00:01:47,006 MEETINGS, WELCOME. WE ARE 53 00:01:47,006 --> 00:01:48,641 CONVENING THE VERY 54 00:01:48,641 --> 00:01:49,209 FIRST 55 00:01:49,209 --> 00:01:49,776 SELECT COMMITTEE ON SEATTLE 56 00:01:49,776 --> 00:01:50,410 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT. 57 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:51,344 OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS 58 00:01:51,344 --> 00:01:52,145 THIS COMMITTEE WILL UNDERTAKE 59 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:52,345 ONE 60 00:01:52,345 --> 00:01:53,813 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT 61 00:01:53,813 --> 00:01:55,315 TRANSPORTATION 62 00:01:55,315 --> 00:01:55,882 POLICY DISCUSSIONS FACING 63 00:01:55,882 --> 00:01:58,885 OUR CITY THIS YEAR. 64 00:01:58,885 --> 00:02:01,955 THE DECISIONS WE MAKE WILL 65 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:04,524 HELP SHAPE HOW PEOPLE MOVE 66 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:04,824 THROUGHOUT 67 00:02:04,824 --> 00:02:06,926 OUR CITY, ACCESS OPPORTUNITY, 68 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:07,660 AND CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES 69 00:02:07,660 --> 00:02:10,697 FOR YEARS TO COME. 70 00:02:10,697 --> 00:02:11,764 TRANSPORTATION AFFECTS 71 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:14,300 NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF DAILY 72 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:14,901 LIFE. 73 00:02:14,901 --> 00:02:16,569 IT AFFECTS WHETHER SOMEONE CAN 74 00:02:16,569 --> 00:02:19,439 GET TO WORK, GO TO 75 00:02:19,439 --> 00:02:20,707 SCHOOL, ACCESS HEALTH CARE, 76 00:02:20,707 --> 00:02:21,341 SUPPORT 77 00:02:21,341 --> 00:02:24,077 A LOCAL BUSINESS, OR SPEND 78 00:02:24,077 --> 00:02:26,079 LESS TIME IN TRAFFIC AND MORE 79 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:27,814 TIME WITH FAMILY. 80 00:02:27,814 --> 00:02:30,083 IT ALSO PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN 81 00:02:30,216 --> 00:02:33,086 HELPING SEATTLE MEET ITS 82 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:33,953 AMBITIOUS CLIMATE GOALS 83 00:02:33,953 --> 00:02:35,822 WHILE SUPPORTING A STRONG AND 84 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:36,055 VIBRANT 85 00:02:36,055 --> 00:02:36,489 ECONOMY. 86 00:02:36,489 --> 00:02:39,225 FOR MANY SEATTLEITES, 87 00:02:39,225 --> 00:02:41,027 TRANSPORTATION IS NOT 88 00:02:41,027 --> 00:02:43,429 SOME ABSTRACT POLICY DISCUSSION. 89 00:02:43,429 --> 00:02:45,064 IT'S A DAILY REALITY. 90 00:02:45,064 --> 00:02:48,535 I KNOW THAT PERSONALLY, 91 00:02:48,668 --> 00:02:51,237 FIRSTHAND. I'VE BEEN RIDING 92 00:02:51,237 --> 00:02:51,471 TRANSIT 93 00:02:51,471 --> 00:02:52,272 FOR MOST OF MY LIFE. 94 00:02:52,272 --> 00:02:54,374 GROWING UP, MY FAMILY RELIED 95 00:02:54,374 --> 00:02:57,644 HEAVILY ON TRANSIT BECAUSE, 96 00:02:57,644 --> 00:02:58,845 OFTENTIMES, CARS WERE UNRELIABLE 97 00:02:58,845 --> 00:03:01,915 OR SIMPLY UNAVAILABLE. 98 00:03:01,915 --> 00:03:06,085 WE DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE OPTIONS. 99 00:03:06,085 --> 00:03:07,820 TRANSIT WAS HOW WE GOT TO WHERE 100 00:03:07,820 --> 00:03:09,656 WE 101 00:03:09,656 --> 00:03:11,191 NEEDED TO GO. THAT EXPERIENCE 102 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:11,424 TAUGHT 103 00:03:11,424 --> 00:03:13,459 ME SOMETHING THAT HAS STAYED 104 00:03:13,459 --> 00:03:14,561 WITH ME EVER SINCE. 105 00:03:14,561 --> 00:03:15,929 AT THE END OF THE DAY 106 00:03:15,929 --> 00:03:18,064 TRANSPORTATION IS ABOUT 107 00:03:18,198 --> 00:03:19,799 OPPORTUNITY. WHEN TRANSPORTATION 108 00:03:19,799 --> 00:03:20,500 SYSTEMS 109 00:03:20,500 --> 00:03:22,468 WORK WELL, THEY CONNECT PEOPLE 110 00:03:22,468 --> 00:03:22,635 TO 111 00:03:22,635 --> 00:03:25,805 JOBS, SCHOOLS, HEALTH 112 00:03:25,805 --> 00:03:26,773 CARE, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. 113 00:03:26,773 --> 00:03:30,577 WHEN THEY DO NOT, THEY CREATE 114 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:30,843 BARRIERS. 115 00:03:30,843 --> 00:03:33,279 AS WE BEGIN THIS VITAL WORK, WE 116 00:03:33,279 --> 00:03:34,847 MUST ALSO RECOGNIZE THE 117 00:03:34,847 --> 00:03:36,916 REALITY FACING MANY SEATTLE 118 00:03:36,916 --> 00:03:37,483 FAMILIES 119 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:39,519 TODAY. HOUSING COSTS REMAIN 120 00:03:39,519 --> 00:03:39,986 HIGH. 121 00:03:39,986 --> 00:03:43,690 EVERYDAY EXPENSES CONTINUE TO 122 00:03:43,690 --> 00:03:44,023 RISE. 123 00:03:44,023 --> 00:03:45,792 MANY PEOPLE ARE 124 00:03:45,792 --> 00:03:47,694 CAREFULLY EVALUATING EVERY 125 00:03:47,694 --> 00:03:47,927 SINGLE 126 00:03:47,927 --> 00:03:51,197 DOLLAR THAT THEY SPEND. 127 00:03:51,197 --> 00:03:54,434 THAT REALITY MUST REMAIN FRONT 128 00:03:54,434 --> 00:03:55,902 OF MIND AND CENTERED 129 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:57,704 THROUGHOUT OUR UPCOMING 130 00:03:57,704 --> 00:04:00,907 CONVERSATIONS AND 131 00:04:00,907 --> 00:04:01,608 DELIBERATIONS. 132 00:04:01,608 --> 00:04:03,242 NOW, AS ELECTED 133 00:04:03,242 --> 00:04:06,579 OFFICIALS, WE HAVE A DUTY, A 134 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:06,946 RESPONSIBILITY, 135 00:04:06,946 --> 00:04:09,449 TO ENSURE THAT EVERY 136 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:12,518 SINGLE DOLLAR ENTRUSTED TO US IS 137 00:04:12,518 --> 00:04:13,486 AN 138 00:04:13,486 --> 00:04:15,355 INVESTED THOUGHTFULLY, RESPONSE 139 00:04:15,355 --> 00:04:16,789 PLAY AND IN A MANNER THAT 140 00:04:16,789 --> 00:04:18,791 DELIVERS MEANINGFUL PUBLIC 141 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:21,394 BENEFIT. PUBLIC TRUST IS NOT 142 00:04:21,394 --> 00:04:21,761 EARNED. 143 00:04:21,761 --> 00:04:24,397 PUBLIC TRUST IS EARNED, NOT 144 00:04:24,397 --> 00:04:24,664 ASSUMED. 145 00:04:24,664 --> 00:04:28,067 OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, SIX 146 00:04:28,067 --> 00:04:28,801 WEEKS, REALLY, THIS 147 00:04:28,801 --> 00:04:32,271 COMMITTEE WILL CAREFULLY REVIEW 148 00:04:32,271 --> 00:04:33,906 THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US, HEAR 149 00:04:33,906 --> 00:04:34,107 FROM 150 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:35,074 STAKEHOLDERS AND MEMBERS OF THE 151 00:04:35,074 --> 00:04:37,110 PUBLIC, AND ENGAGE IN 152 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:39,178 THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 153 00:04:39,178 --> 00:04:39,612 BEST PATH 154 00:04:39,746 --> 00:04:41,481 FORWARD. I ALSO WANT TO 155 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:41,781 ACKNOWLEDGE 156 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:43,916 THAT WE HAVE AN AMBITIOUS TIME 157 00:04:43,916 --> 00:04:46,586 LINE BEFORE US, SIX WEEKS I 158 00:04:46,719 --> 00:04:47,754 MENTIONED. THIS COMMITTEE HAS 159 00:04:47,754 --> 00:04:48,621 BEEN ASKED 160 00:04:48,621 --> 00:04:51,457 TO REVIEW A SIGNIFICANT PROPOSAL 161 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:51,958 ON 162 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:53,693 A VERY COMPRESSED SCHEDULE. 163 00:04:53,693 --> 00:04:55,795 THAT REALITY MAKES 164 00:04:55,795 --> 00:04:57,830 OUR RESPONSIBILITY EVEN GREATER. 165 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:00,199 WE MUST ENSURE THE PUBLIC HAS 166 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:02,335 CONFIDENCE THAT THIS COUNCIL IS 167 00:05:02,335 --> 00:05:03,503 CONDUCTING A THOROUGH 168 00:05:03,503 --> 00:05:06,339 AND THOUGHTFUL REVIEW OF THE 169 00:05:06,339 --> 00:05:06,606 ISSUES 170 00:05:06,606 --> 00:05:07,774 BEFORE US. 171 00:05:07,774 --> 00:05:09,242 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL IS A 172 00:05:09,242 --> 00:05:10,910 CO- EQUAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, 173 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:14,047 AND OUR ROLE IS AN IMPORTANT 174 00:05:14,047 --> 00:05:14,380 ONE. 175 00:05:14,380 --> 00:05:15,782 OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS NOT SIMPLY 176 00:05:15,782 --> 00:05:18,551 TO RECEIVE PROPOSALS. 177 00:05:18,551 --> 00:05:19,652 WE'RE NOT SIMPLY HERE TO PUT 178 00:05:19,652 --> 00:05:23,122 A ROUND PEG IN A ROUND HOLE -- 179 00:05:23,122 --> 00:05:25,525 A SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE. 180 00:05:25,525 --> 00:05:26,893 OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AGAIN, 181 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:31,030 DUTY, IS TO EVALUATE THEM 182 00:05:31,030 --> 00:05:33,299 CAREFULLY, ASK QUESTIONS, WEIGH 183 00:05:33,299 --> 00:05:35,568 TRADEOFFS, AND ENSURE THAT ANY 184 00:05:35,568 --> 00:05:37,370 MEASURE ULTIMATELY SENT TO 185 00:05:37,370 --> 00:05:38,471 VOTERS REFLECTS THE NEEDS AND 186 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:38,705 VALUES 187 00:05:38,705 --> 00:05:41,808 OF THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. 188 00:05:41,808 --> 00:05:43,409 NOW, AS WE UNDERTAKE 189 00:05:43,409 --> 00:05:45,078 THIS WORK, I HOPE WE REMAIN 190 00:05:45,078 --> 00:05:46,245 FOCUSED ON THE 191 00:05:46,245 --> 00:05:47,180 ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION 192 00:05:47,180 --> 00:05:47,680 EXPERIENCE. 193 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:48,781 PEOPLE DESERVE 194 00:05:48,781 --> 00:05:50,983 TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT ARE 195 00:05:50,983 --> 00:05:51,250 RELIABLE. 196 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:52,719 PEOPLE DESERVE 197 00:05:52,719 --> 00:05:55,054 TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT ARE 198 00:05:55,054 --> 00:05:55,621 ACCESSIBLE. 199 00:05:55,621 --> 00:05:56,989 PEOPLE DESERVE 200 00:05:56,989 --> 00:05:59,425 TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT ARE 201 00:05:59,425 --> 00:05:59,692 SAFE. 202 00:05:59,692 --> 00:06:02,395 THAT MEANS SAFETY FOR TRANSIT 203 00:06:02,395 --> 00:06:04,230 RIDERS, TRANSIT OPERATORS, 204 00:06:04,230 --> 00:06:07,600 AND THE PEOPLE WALKING TO, 205 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:08,601 NAVIGATING TO AND FROM TRANSIT 206 00:06:08,601 --> 00:06:12,338 EVERY SINGLE DAY, 207 00:06:12,338 --> 00:06:13,573 BECAUSE TRANSIT TRIPS BEGINS AND 208 00:06:13,573 --> 00:06:13,806 ENDS AT 209 00:06:13,806 --> 00:06:16,542 THE END OF THE DAY WITH A 210 00:06:16,542 --> 00:06:17,043 CONNECTION. 211 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:19,679 PEOPLE MUST BE ABLE TO REACH 212 00:06:19,812 --> 00:06:22,915 TRANSIT SAFELY. THEY MUST BE 213 00:06:22,915 --> 00:06:23,382 ABLE TO 214 00:06:23,382 --> 00:06:24,217 LEAVE TRANSIT SAFELY. 215 00:06:24,217 --> 00:06:26,052 AND OUR TRANSPORTATION 216 00:06:26,052 --> 00:06:27,987 SYSTEM SHOULD SUPPORT SAFE 217 00:06:27,987 --> 00:06:30,590 CONNECTIONS TO TRANSIT IN EVERY 218 00:06:30,590 --> 00:06:31,691 NEIGHBORHOOD 219 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:32,792 ACROSS SEATTLE. 220 00:06:32,792 --> 00:06:34,627 ACCESSIBILITY MUST 221 00:06:34,627 --> 00:06:36,729 REMAIN CENTRAL TO OUR THINKING 222 00:06:36,729 --> 00:06:37,029 AS WELL. 223 00:06:37,029 --> 00:06:40,767 OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 224 00:06:40,767 --> 00:06:43,302 SHOULD WORK FOR EVERYONE 225 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:43,636 REGARDLESS OF 226 00:06:43,636 --> 00:06:47,673 AGE, INCOME, ABILITY, RACE, 227 00:06:47,673 --> 00:06:48,541 GENDER, ZIP CODE. 228 00:06:48,541 --> 00:06:51,844 THAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE 229 00:06:51,844 --> 00:06:52,311 US. 230 00:06:52,311 --> 00:06:55,081 AGAIN, NOT MERELY TO RENEW OR 231 00:06:55,081 --> 00:06:57,884 NOT RENEW A SPECIFIC MEASURE OR 232 00:06:57,884 --> 00:06:59,519 PROPOSAL BUT TO 233 00:06:59,519 --> 00:07:01,020 THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDER HOW WE CAN 234 00:07:01,020 --> 00:07:01,287 CONTINUE 235 00:07:01,287 --> 00:07:02,955 BUILDING A TRANSPORTATION 236 00:07:02,955 --> 00:07:05,558 SYSTEM THAT IS SAFE, 237 00:07:05,558 --> 00:07:07,960 ACCESSIBLE, RELIABLE AND WORTHY 238 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:11,230 OF A WORLD-CLASS CITY STATUS. 239 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:14,333 TODAY IS THE BEGINNING OF THAT 240 00:07:14,333 --> 00:07:14,700 CONVERSATION. 241 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:15,935 OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS A 242 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:17,637 BRIEFING FROM THE SEATTLE 243 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:18,404 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND 244 00:07:18,404 --> 00:07:19,539 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REGARDING 245 00:07:19,539 --> 00:07:21,274 THE PROPOSED RENEWAL MEASURE. 246 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:23,242 I WANT TO THANK OUR 247 00:07:23,242 --> 00:07:26,446 EXECUTIVE BRANCH PARTNERS IN THE 248 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:26,746 MAYOR'S 249 00:07:26,746 --> 00:07:28,080 OFFICE, SDOT, FOR THE 250 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,416 WORK DEVELOPING AND TRANSMITTING 251 00:07:30,416 --> 00:07:30,850 THIS PROPOSAL. 252 00:07:30,850 --> 00:07:33,186 CRAFTING LEGISLATION OF 253 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:34,520 THIS MAGNITUDE IS NO SMALL TASK, 254 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:36,289 AND I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT 255 00:07:36,289 --> 00:07:36,489 THAT 256 00:07:36,489 --> 00:07:39,692 HAS GONE INTO BRINGING 257 00:07:39,692 --> 00:07:40,226 THIS FORWARD. 258 00:07:40,226 --> 00:07:42,261 THIS PROPOSAL WILL SERVE AS 259 00:07:42,261 --> 00:07:44,730 A STARTING POINT FOR 260 00:07:44,730 --> 00:07:45,097 DELIBERATIONS. 261 00:07:45,097 --> 00:07:46,933 AND OUR SECOND AGENDA ITEM IS 262 00:07:46,933 --> 00:07:49,335 A BRIEFING FROM THE 263 00:07:49,335 --> 00:07:50,203 TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD. 264 00:07:50,203 --> 00:07:53,673 WE APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICE, 265 00:07:53,673 --> 00:07:56,342 EXPERTISE, AND PARTNERSHIP. 266 00:07:56,342 --> 00:07:58,978 COLLEAGUES, THE WORK AHEAD 267 00:07:58,978 --> 00:07:59,378 IS SIGNIFICANT. 268 00:07:59,378 --> 00:08:00,646 AGAIN, FOR SOME 269 00:08:00,646 --> 00:08:01,747 TRANSPORTATION IS AN ECONOMIC 270 00:08:01,747 --> 00:08:01,981 ISSUE. 271 00:08:01,981 --> 00:08:03,216 FOR OTHERS, IT IS A CLIMATE 272 00:08:03,216 --> 00:08:04,817 ISSUE, A SAFETY ISSUE, 273 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:06,219 AN ACCESSIBILITY ISSUE. 274 00:08:06,219 --> 00:08:08,588 THE TRUTH IS IT'S ALL OF THOSE 275 00:08:08,721 --> 00:08:11,724 THINGS. AND THAT IS WHY THIS 276 00:08:11,724 --> 00:08:12,992 MOMENT 277 00:08:13,125 --> 00:08:14,227 MATTERS. AND SOMEONE WHO HAS 278 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:14,460 RELIED 279 00:08:14,460 --> 00:08:18,531 ON TRANSIT FOR MUCH OF MY LIFE. 280 00:08:18,531 --> 00:08:20,733 GOOD OLD- FASHIONED JOE 281 00:08:20,733 --> 00:08:22,602 METRO GROWING UP IN SOUTH KING 282 00:08:22,602 --> 00:08:22,835 COUNTY. 283 00:08:22,969 --> 00:08:24,971 AND IF YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW ABOUT 284 00:08:24,971 --> 00:08:25,404 JOE METRO. 285 00:08:25,404 --> 00:08:28,407 I KNOW FIRSTHAND THAT 286 00:08:28,407 --> 00:08:29,809 TRANSPORTATION CAN OPEN 287 00:08:29,809 --> 00:08:31,878 DOORS AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITY. 288 00:08:31,878 --> 00:08:35,147 LET US APPROACH THIS WORK WITH 289 00:08:35,281 --> 00:08:37,416 HUMILITY. LET US APPROACH IT 290 00:08:37,416 --> 00:08:37,617 WITH 291 00:08:37,617 --> 00:08:38,784 SERIOUSNESS, AND LET US APPROACH 292 00:08:38,784 --> 00:08:41,687 IT WITH A SHARED UNDERSTANDING 293 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:42,555 THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY 294 00:08:42,555 --> 00:08:44,123 IS LARGER THAN ANY 295 00:08:44,123 --> 00:08:44,657 SINGLE PROPOSAL OR POLICY 296 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:48,895 DEBATE. 297 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:49,729 OUR RESPONSIBILITY, 298 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:53,633 AGAIN, IS NOT MERELY TO RENEW A 299 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:54,700 MEASURE, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS 300 00:08:54,700 --> 00:08:55,134 TO RENEW 301 00:08:55,134 --> 00:08:57,537 THE PUBLIC'S TRUST. 302 00:08:57,537 --> 00:08:59,839 AND IF WE DO THAT WELL 303 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:01,240 TOGETHER, WE WILL BUILD 304 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:01,607 SOMETHING 305 00:09:01,607 --> 00:09:04,143 EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY 306 00:09:04,143 --> 00:09:05,177 TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE. 307 00:09:05,177 --> 00:09:08,381 WE WILL BUILD A 308 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,182 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT 309 00:09:10,182 --> 00:09:20,459 CONNECTS PEOPLE 310 00:10:51,183 --> 00:10:52,018 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. 311 00:10:52,018 --> 00:10:55,855 TRANSPORTATION IS A HUMAN RIGHT 312 00:10:55,855 --> 00:11:02,762 AS THEY CONNECT WITH LIGHT RAIL, 313 00:11:02,895 --> 00:11:03,462 WHATEVER THEY NEED -- PEOPLE 314 00:11:03,462 --> 00:11:10,569 NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND. 315 00:11:10,569 --> 00:11:12,672 THE ROAD SYSTEM IS 316 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:14,440 NOT GOING TO BE INCREASING 317 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:14,840 UNLESS THERE'S 318 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:15,374 SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON. 319 00:11:15,374 --> 00:11:16,008 THE POPULATION 320 00:11:16,008 --> 00:11:16,676 IS INCREASING BY ALMOST 1,000 321 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:20,613 PEOPLE PER MONTH. 322 00:11:20,613 --> 00:11:23,883 IF THAT CONTINUES, THERE'S 323 00:11:23,883 --> 00:11:30,623 100 THOUSAND MORE PEOPLE. 324 00:11:30,623 --> 00:11:35,661 THAT'S WHAT THIS LEVY DOES. 325 00:11:35,661 --> 00:11:36,729 ALSO, CARS ARE LESS AFFORDABLE 326 00:11:36,729 --> 00:11:37,697 FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. 327 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:41,400 WE'VE ALL SEEN AT THE GAS PUMP. 328 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:45,805 THE LEVY ALSO SUPPORTS THE 329 00:11:45,805 --> 00:11:47,440 STREETCAR, WHICH IS ACTUALLY 330 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,208 VERY VITAL FOR THETHE HIGH- 331 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:50,710 DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS IN SOUTH 332 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:55,381 LAKE UNION AND FIRST HILL. 333 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:57,483 ALSO, 334 00:11:57,483 --> 00:11:58,084 PROVIDING FOR MORE SAFETY AND 335 00:11:58,084 --> 00:11:58,651 SECURITY, WHICH IS VITALLY 336 00:11:58,784 --> 00:11:59,552 IMPORTANT. PEOPLE NEED TO FEEL 337 00:11:59,552 --> 00:11:59,885 -- 338 00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:02,088 EVERYONE NEEDS TO FEEL SAFE AND 339 00:12:02,088 --> 00:12:02,655 SECURE ON 340 00:12:02,655 --> 00:12:05,458 THE BUS OR THE TRAIN OR WHATEVER 341 00:12:05,458 --> 00:12:06,625 YOU'RE DOING, THE STREETCAR, 342 00:12:06,625 --> 00:12:06,792 YOU 343 00:12:06,792 --> 00:12:08,427 NEED TO FAIL SAFE GOING OUT. 344 00:12:08,427 --> 00:12:11,764 AND, ALSO, I THINK FOR 345 00:12:11,764 --> 00:12:14,166 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, IT GIVES 346 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:14,366 YOU A 347 00:12:14,366 --> 00:12:15,935 LITTLE MORE LEVERAGE HOW 348 00:12:15,935 --> 00:12:17,536 SERVICE IS PLANNED AND 349 00:12:17,536 --> 00:12:17,937 IMPLEMENTED 350 00:12:17,937 --> 00:12:22,408 WITH KING COUNTY TRANSIT. 351 00:12:22,408 --> 00:12:23,175 IT WILL GIVE YOU THAT EXTRA UMPH 352 00:12:23,175 --> 00:12:25,010 ON THAT. 353 00:12:25,010 --> 00:12:26,378 ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 354 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:31,217 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 355 00:12:31,350 --> 00:12:33,919 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER 356 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:36,822 WILL BE PATRICK BRADEN. 357 00:12:36,822 --> 00:12:37,890 NOAH WILLIAMS 358 00:12:37,890 --> 00:12:38,157 AFTER. 359 00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:38,557 >> GOOD MORNING. 360 00:12:38,557 --> 00:12:39,525 I'M PATRICK. 361 00:12:39,525 --> 00:12:42,461 I AM A DRIVER FOR ATU 16 362 00:12:42,461 --> 00:12:43,462 YEARS, AND I'M ALSO A DISTRICT 363 00:12:43,462 --> 00:12:43,596 6 364 00:12:43,596 --> 00:12:45,965 RESIDENT. 365 00:12:45,965 --> 00:12:47,299 YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF 366 00:12:47,299 --> 00:12:49,635 INPUT TODAY AND I'LL JUST SHARE 367 00:12:49,635 --> 00:12:51,070 TWO THINGS, REALLY, FROM 368 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:54,206 THE PERSPECTIVE OF BEING AN 369 00:12:54,206 --> 00:12:54,607 OPERATOR. 370 00:12:54,607 --> 00:12:56,108 ONE IS THAT I'M CURRENTLY 371 00:12:56,108 --> 00:12:59,612 DRIVING A 106. 372 00:12:59,612 --> 00:13:01,247 I APPRECIATE SOMETHING 373 00:13:01,247 --> 00:13:03,249 CALLED PINCH POINTS ARE TO BE 374 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:03,783 ADDRESSED 375 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:05,050 IN 376 00:13:05,050 --> 00:13:05,751 THIS, AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT -- 377 00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:06,685 FOR A DRIVER, 378 00:13:06,685 --> 00:13:09,221 IT'S REALLY ABOUT MIRROR 379 00:13:09,221 --> 00:13:09,522 CLEARANCES. 380 00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:12,825 OUR CHALLENGE TO SET UP A 381 00:13:12,825 --> 00:13:15,995 TURN, SPLIT A LANE, AVOID 382 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:16,228 GETTING 383 00:13:16,228 --> 00:13:19,198 A MIRROR HIT OR HITTING OTHERS 384 00:13:19,198 --> 00:13:20,232 IS SOMETHING THAT'S CONSTRAINED 385 00:13:20,232 --> 00:13:22,001 BY HOW THIS CITY WAS BUILT, AND 386 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:25,037 THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THAT. 387 00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:27,973 THE SECOND THING I SEE AS AN 388 00:13:27,973 --> 00:13:29,575 OPERATOR IS WITH PEOPLE PAYING 389 00:13:29,575 --> 00:13:30,042 THEIR FARES. 390 00:13:30,042 --> 00:13:35,381 AND SO TO SEE THE SUBSIDY FOR 391 00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:36,515 HSA AND OTHERS, A 392 00:13:36,515 --> 00:13:40,085 DRIVER'S ANXIETY AND 393 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:41,353 CONFIDENCE, IS 394 00:13:41,353 --> 00:13:44,723 REALLY HELPED WHEN YOU SEE 395 00:13:44,723 --> 00:13:46,025 EVERYBODY TAPS. 396 00:13:46,025 --> 00:13:47,793 YOU KNOW THEY APPRECIATE IT'S A 397 00:13:47,793 --> 00:13:49,428 RIGHT, IT'S A PRIVILEGE, 398 00:13:49,428 --> 00:13:50,696 THAT THEY'RE PART OF A LARGER 399 00:13:50,696 --> 00:13:50,930 SYSTEM. 400 00:13:50,930 --> 00:13:52,398 AND TO PUT ORCA CARDS IN 401 00:13:52,398 --> 00:13:53,666 THE HANDS OF MORE PEOPLE, I 402 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:57,136 THINK, IS A WAY TO WIDEN THAT 403 00:13:57,136 --> 00:13:57,369 CIRCLE. 404 00:13:57,369 --> 00:13:58,571 CHAIR, YOU MENTIONED THREE 405 00:13:58,571 --> 00:14:01,574 THINGS ABOUT SPENDING MONEY, 406 00:14:01,574 --> 00:14:04,977 THOUGHTFULLY, RESPONSIBLY AND 407 00:14:04,977 --> 00:14:06,645 MEANINGFULLY, AND I FEEL 408 00:14:06,645 --> 00:14:07,813 LIKE I HAVE 409 00:14:07,813 --> 00:14:09,081 CONFIDENCE THAT THIS IS WHAT 410 00:14:09,081 --> 00:14:09,882 THIS MEASURE WILL DO. 411 00:14:09,882 --> 00:14:13,052 I WATCH METRO PARTICIPATE WITH 412 00:14:13,052 --> 00:14:13,819 ALL OF YOU AND SO MANY OTHERS 413 00:14:13,819 --> 00:14:16,188 IN THIS FIFA EFFORT, AND I'M 414 00:14:16,188 --> 00:14:16,589 PROUD 415 00:14:16,589 --> 00:14:20,593 OF METRO IN THAT THEY ARE UPPING 416 00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:22,027 THIS CHALLENGE. 417 00:14:22,027 --> 00:14:24,029 OPERATORS SEE IT IN DOZENS OF 418 00:14:24,029 --> 00:14:25,631 WAYS, HOW METRO IS GEARING TO 419 00:14:25,631 --> 00:14:28,100 PARTICIPATE AND TO SERVE THE 420 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:28,334 PUBLIC. 421 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:30,836 AND TO DO SO WITH SOME ENERGY 422 00:14:30,836 --> 00:14:32,004 AND SOME ORGANIZATION, 423 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:33,138 AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO 424 00:14:33,138 --> 00:14:33,539 THE SAME 425 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:33,873 WITH THIS. 426 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:34,440 THANKS VERY MUCH. 427 00:14:34,573 --> 00:14:36,909 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 428 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:38,811 >> AS A REMINDER, WHEN THE CHIME 429 00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:41,347 GOES OFF, YOU HAVE TEN 430 00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:43,349 SECONDS TO FINISH, BUT THANK 431 00:14:43,349 --> 00:14:43,649 YOU. 432 00:14:43,782 --> 00:14:45,084 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL 433 00:14:45,084 --> 00:14:45,718 BE NOAH WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY 434 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:48,554 DAVID HILL. 435 00:14:48,687 --> 00:14:50,289 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 436 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:51,523 MY NAME IS NOAH WILLIAMS. 437 00:14:51,523 --> 00:14:53,292 I'M A RESIDENT OF D-1 AND A 438 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:54,860 MEMBER OF THE TRANSIT RIDERS 439 00:14:54,860 --> 00:14:55,427 UNION. 440 00:14:55,427 --> 00:14:57,263 THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US 441 00:14:57,263 --> 00:14:59,565 TODAY ASKS ABOUT $58 A YEAR FROM 442 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:01,467 THE AVERAGE SEATTLEITE IN TAXES 443 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:03,302 OR ABOUT ONE TANK OF GAS PER 444 00:15:03,302 --> 00:15:03,636 PERSON. 445 00:15:03,636 --> 00:15:05,904 AND IN RETURN THEY GET A FREEDOM 446 00:15:05,904 --> 00:15:07,172 OF MOVEMENT ALL AROUND SEATTLE 447 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:09,041 AT ALL TIMES OF DAY. 448 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:10,342 IT MEANS THE SHIFT WORKER CAN 449 00:15:10,342 --> 00:15:14,680 GET TO THEIR JOB, THEIR MEDICAL 450 00:15:14,813 --> 00:15:15,447 APPOINTMENT OR SEE THEIR PARTNER 451 00:15:15,447 --> 00:15:16,048 AT WHATEVER TIME THEY MAY BE 452 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:17,750 ABLE. IT MEANS THEY CAN TAKE 453 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:18,350 THAT 454 00:15:18,350 --> 00:15:20,653 JOB THAT WOULD HAVE 455 00:15:20,653 --> 00:15:21,754 PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED A CAR SAVING 456 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:22,121 AROUND 457 00:15:22,121 --> 00:15:22,888 $12,000 A YEAR. 458 00:15:22,888 --> 00:15:25,758 WHEN POTUS DECIDED TO LAUNCH 459 00:15:25,758 --> 00:15:27,326 AN ILLEGAL WAR EARLIER THIS YEAR 460 00:15:27,326 --> 00:15:28,627 HE GREATLY WORSENED 461 00:15:28,627 --> 00:15:29,828 THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS FOR 462 00:15:29,828 --> 00:15:31,330 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, AND THAT 463 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:32,431 IS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE AN 464 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:33,599 ABILITY TO MITIGATE, AT LEAST 465 00:15:33,599 --> 00:15:35,567 FOR YOUR DISTRICT TODAY. 466 00:15:35,567 --> 00:15:36,168 I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT 467 00:15:36,168 --> 00:15:36,936 OF IMPORTANT 468 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:38,370 TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES ON 469 00:15:38,370 --> 00:15:39,538 YOUR PLATE THIS 470 00:15:39,538 --> 00:15:41,440 YEAR, AND AS YOU THINK ABOUT 471 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:42,908 HOW TO PRIORITIZE THOSE, JUST 472 00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:44,109 PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT THE MONEY 473 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:44,610 IN 474 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:46,879 THIS PROPOSAL IS INTENDED FOR 475 00:15:46,879 --> 00:15:47,646 SERVICE HOURS, TARGETED SPEED 476 00:15:47,646 --> 00:15:48,147 AND 477 00:15:48,147 --> 00:15:49,214 RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS 478 00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:51,483 THAT MAKE EFFICIENT USE OF THOSE 479 00:15:51,617 --> 00:15:53,118 SERVICE HOURS AND PROVIDING 480 00:15:53,118 --> 00:15:54,353 TRANSIT PASSES FOR SOME OF OUR 481 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:57,623 MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN 482 00:15:57,623 --> 00:16:00,025 SEATTLE. 483 00:16:00,025 --> 00:16:02,761 PLEASE DIRECT IT TO THAT. 484 00:16:02,761 --> 00:16:04,997 THIS IS THE CORE OF WHAT STARTED 485 00:16:04,997 --> 00:16:06,932 THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION AND 486 00:16:06,932 --> 00:16:09,568 WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY IT STHUD 487 00:16:09,568 --> 00:16:09,802 GO 488 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:10,169 TOWARDS THAT. 489 00:16:10,169 --> 00:16:12,271 LASTLY, I WOULD BE REMISS IF 490 00:16:12,271 --> 00:16:15,274 I DIDN'T MENTION TAXES. 491 00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:17,409 WE UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE 492 00:16:17,409 --> 00:16:19,511 FOR PROGRESSIVE REVENUE AND HAVE 493 00:16:19,511 --> 00:16:23,115 THE STRONG SAME DESIRES 494 00:16:23,115 --> 00:16:23,549 OURSELVES. 495 00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:26,218 UNTIL THE WASHINGTON STATE 496 00:16:26,218 --> 00:16:29,321 LEGISLATURE GIVES US THESE TOOLS 497 00:16:29,321 --> 00:16:30,556 OR CASE LAW IS OVERTURNED 498 00:16:30,556 --> 00:16:31,924 AND WE'RE ABLE TO USE 499 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:33,092 MORE PROGRESSIVE SOURCES OF 500 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:34,393 REVENUE, WE HAVE TO DRIVE THE 501 00:16:34,393 --> 00:16:34,560 BUS 502 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,028 WITH THE FUEL THAT WE HAVE. 503 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:39,398 AND WHILE WE DON'T LIKE RAISING 504 00:16:39,531 --> 00:16:41,467 REGRESSIVE TAXES, THIS IS THE 505 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:42,167 MOST PROGRESSIVE 506 00:16:42,167 --> 00:16:42,634 USE OF TAX DOLLARS. 507 00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:47,106 THANK YOU. 508 00:16:47,239 --> 00:16:48,974 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL 509 00:16:48,974 --> 00:16:54,313 BE DAVID HILL FOLLOWED BY KATIE. 510 00:16:54,446 --> 00:16:55,848 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 511 00:16:55,848 --> 00:16:57,583 MY NAME IS DAVID HILL. 512 00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:59,051 I'M A CAR- FREE SEATTLE 513 00:16:59,051 --> 00:16:59,318 RESIDENT 514 00:16:59,318 --> 00:17:01,820 IN DISTRICT 4, AND I'M 515 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:03,155 THE TREASURER OF THE TRANSIT 516 00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:03,389 RIDERS 517 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:04,556 UNION. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE 518 00:17:04,556 --> 00:17:07,926 OUTCOMES OF THE 2026 SEATTLE 519 00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:10,629 TRANSIT MEASURE BECAUSE WORK IN 520 00:17:10,629 --> 00:17:12,164 LOW-INCOME NEEDS SAFE, 521 00:17:12,164 --> 00:17:13,766 RELIABLE BUSES AND EXPANDED FREE 522 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:13,999 TRANSIT 523 00:17:13,999 --> 00:17:16,535 TO SURVIVE IN AN INCREASINGLY 524 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:17,636 UNAFFORDABLE CITY. 525 00:17:17,636 --> 00:17:18,904 THAT SAID, WE ARE 526 00:17:18,904 --> 00:17:20,406 DISAPPOINT THAT HAD THIS MEASURE 527 00:17:20,406 --> 00:17:20,672 RELIES 528 00:17:20,672 --> 00:17:22,641 ON A REGRESSIVE SALES 529 00:17:22,641 --> 00:17:24,009 TAX, SQUEEZING WORKING CLASS 530 00:17:24,009 --> 00:17:24,243 FAMILY 531 00:17:24,243 --> 00:17:26,145 BUDGETS TO PAY FOR A PUBLIC GOOD 532 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:27,980 IS OBVIOUSLY NOT OUR 533 00:17:27,980 --> 00:17:29,081 PREFERENCE, THOUGH WE UNDERSTAND 534 00:17:29,081 --> 00:17:29,548 THE 535 00:17:29,548 --> 00:17:30,949 CITY'S FUNDING OPTIONS ARE 536 00:17:30,949 --> 00:17:31,183 LIMITED 537 00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:33,585 HERE. MAYOR WILSON CAMPAIGNED 538 00:17:33,585 --> 00:17:35,054 ON PROGRESSIVE TAXATION YET OUR 539 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:36,321 BIG CORPORATIONS ARE STILL 540 00:17:36,321 --> 00:17:36,588 GETTING A 541 00:17:36,588 --> 00:17:38,424 FREE RIDE ON OUR PUBLIC 542 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:39,525 INFRASTRUCTURE. WE URGE YOU TO 543 00:17:39,525 --> 00:17:40,058 PASS THIS 544 00:17:40,058 --> 00:17:41,860 MEASURE BECAUSE RIDERS NEED 545 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:42,161 RELIEF 546 00:17:42,294 --> 00:17:44,329 TODAY. BUT WE CALL ON THIS 547 00:17:44,329 --> 00:17:44,630 COUNCIL TO 548 00:17:44,630 --> 00:17:45,697 COMMIT TO PROGRESSIVE 549 00:17:45,697 --> 00:17:46,932 REVENUE OPTIONS LIKE 550 00:17:46,932 --> 00:17:48,534 AN EMPLOYER TAX OR AN UPDATED 551 00:17:48,534 --> 00:17:50,002 PARKING TAX MOVING 552 00:17:50,135 --> 00:17:51,136 FORWARD. LET'S BUILD THE WORLD- 553 00:17:51,136 --> 00:17:53,539 CLASS TRANSIT SYSTEM WE NEED BY 554 00:17:53,539 --> 00:17:54,506 TAXING THE CORPORATE CLASS NOT 555 00:17:54,506 --> 00:17:54,673 THE 556 00:17:54,807 --> 00:17:55,407 POOR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 557 00:17:55,541 --> 00:18:01,013 >> THANK YOU. 558 00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:03,449 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL 559 00:18:03,449 --> 00:18:04,917 BE KATIE FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN 560 00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:05,284 GONZALEZ. 561 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:06,518 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 562 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:06,952 >> MORNING. 563 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:08,754 >> MY NAME IS KATIE. 564 00:18:08,754 --> 00:18:10,022 I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF 565 00:18:10,022 --> 00:18:11,223 TRANSPORTATION CHOICES COALITION 566 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:13,325 AND I'M A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 567 00:18:13,325 --> 00:18:13,992 3. 568 00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:15,627 TCC SUPPORTS THE DURATION 569 00:18:15,627 --> 00:18:17,196 AND AMOUNT OF MAYOR WILSON'S 570 00:18:17,196 --> 00:18:18,831 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 571 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:19,097 PROPOSAL. 572 00:18:19,097 --> 00:18:20,365 OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS 573 00:18:20,365 --> 00:18:22,768 SEATTLE HAS INVESTED IN A 574 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:24,069 TRANSIT NETWORK THAT PEOPLE 575 00:18:24,069 --> 00:18:25,871 HAVE ORGANIZED THEIR LIVES 576 00:18:25,871 --> 00:18:26,105 AROUND. 577 00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:26,872 THIS MEASURE KEEPS THAT GOING 578 00:18:26,872 --> 00:18:28,507 AND EXPANDS IT. 579 00:18:28,507 --> 00:18:30,542 IT GETS US BACK TO 2019 580 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:30,909 SERVICE LEVELS. 581 00:18:30,909 --> 00:18:34,046 THIS IS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR 582 00:18:34,046 --> 00:18:34,313 THE CITY. 583 00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:35,981 PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED AT 584 00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:36,682 THE COSTS OF 585 00:18:36,682 --> 00:18:37,649 LIVING. I GET IT. 586 00:18:37,649 --> 00:18:40,385 I LIVE HERE. 587 00:18:40,385 --> 00:18:42,087 IT'S ALSO REALLY EXPENSIVE TO 588 00:18:42,087 --> 00:18:42,621 OWN A CAR. 589 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:44,156 GAS HAS SKYROCKETED. 590 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:46,358 IF WE DO NOT INVEST IN 591 00:18:46,358 --> 00:18:47,459 TRANSIT, WE WILL BE TELLING 592 00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:48,393 MORE PEOPLE THAT THEY NEED TO 593 00:18:48,393 --> 00:18:49,962 BUY A CAR 594 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:50,863 TO GET AROUND. 595 00:18:50,863 --> 00:18:52,064 THEY'LL NEED TO BUY 596 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:54,066 GAS, INSURANCE AND PAY FOR 597 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:54,800 PARKING. 598 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:56,301 WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, AS YOU 599 00:18:56,301 --> 00:18:58,370 SAID, CHAIR SAKA, TO INVEST 600 00:18:58,370 --> 00:18:59,705 IN TRANSIT SO PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE 601 00:18:59,705 --> 00:18:59,872 TO 602 00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:00,405 LIVE THAT WAY. 603 00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:02,141 TRANSIT IS ONE OF THE 604 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,475 MOST DIRECT TOOLS WE HAVE TO 605 00:19:03,475 --> 00:19:03,675 MAKE 606 00:19:03,675 --> 00:19:06,044 THE CITY MORE AFFORDABLE. 607 00:19:06,044 --> 00:19:08,013 EVERY PERSON WHO 608 00:19:08,013 --> 00:19:08,614 CAN RELIABLYRELIABLY GET TO 609 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:09,114 WORK, THE DOCTOR OR 610 00:19:09,114 --> 00:19:10,716 TO A GROCERY STORE WITHOUT A CAR 611 00:19:10,716 --> 00:19:11,683 IS SAVING MONEY. 612 00:19:11,683 --> 00:19:13,585 EVERY AFFORDABLE ORCA PASS 613 00:19:13,585 --> 00:19:15,787 IS MONEY THAT A PERSON CAN PASS 614 00:19:15,787 --> 00:19:15,954 ON 615 00:19:15,954 --> 00:19:17,723 FOOD, MEDICINE OR CHILD CARE. 616 00:19:17,723 --> 00:19:19,858 I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE 617 00:19:19,858 --> 00:19:21,460 TRANSIT RIDERS WHETHER YOU'RE 618 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:22,628 COMING FROM WEST SEATTLE, 619 00:19:22,628 --> 00:19:23,695 CAPITOL 620 00:19:23,695 --> 00:19:24,730 HILL, BALLARD OR ANYWHERE ELSE 621 00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:24,963 IN THE 622 00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:26,565 CITY, AND I KNOW YOU WANT 623 00:19:26,565 --> 00:19:28,500 BETTER ACCESS FOR YOUR 624 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:28,834 CONSTITUENTS. 625 00:19:28,834 --> 00:19:30,702 THIS TRANSIT MEASURE IS 626 00:19:30,702 --> 00:19:31,303 NOT ABOUT EXTRAS. 627 00:19:31,303 --> 00:19:34,406 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YOUR 628 00:19:34,406 --> 00:19:35,340 TRIPS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS' 629 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:35,941 TRIPS, AND 630 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:37,910 EVERYDAY LIVES BEING AFFECTED. 631 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,378 PLEASE KEEP THE AMOUNT AND 632 00:19:39,378 --> 00:19:39,978 THE DURATION OF THE PROPOSAL 633 00:19:39,978 --> 00:19:40,212 BEFORE 634 00:19:40,345 --> 00:19:44,416 YOU. THANK YOU. 635 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:46,318 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL 636 00:19:46,318 --> 00:19:49,721 BE JONATHAN GONZALEZ FOLLOWED BY 637 00:19:49,721 --> 00:19:50,689 DAVID HAYNES. 638 00:19:50,822 --> 00:19:51,490 >> HELLO. 639 00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:53,525 I'M JONATHAN GONZALEZ. 640 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:56,361 I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH BALLARD 641 00:19:56,361 --> 00:19:57,763 ANDAND ORGANIZER OF SAFE RAIL 642 00:19:57,763 --> 00:19:57,930 AND 643 00:19:57,930 --> 00:19:59,298 HERE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE 644 00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:00,599 TRANSIT MEASURE GIVEN LIMITED 645 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:02,501 TOOLS AVAILABLE FOR RAISING 646 00:20:02,501 --> 00:20:03,435 REVENUE, AGGRESSIVE SALES TAX 647 00:20:03,435 --> 00:20:03,669 ISN'T 648 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:05,404 IDEAL, BUT WITHOUT PUBLIC 649 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:06,238 TRANSIT WE WOULD 650 00:20:06,238 --> 00:20:06,939 BE FORCED INTO CARS CLOGGING OUR 651 00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:07,339 STREETS 652 00:20:07,339 --> 00:20:07,973 AND POLLUTING OUR AIR. 653 00:20:07,973 --> 00:20:10,042 WITH THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF 654 00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:11,009 THE BALLARD LINK 655 00:20:11,009 --> 00:20:11,944 EXTENSION, COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE 656 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:12,144 WILL 657 00:20:12,144 --> 00:20:14,713 NEED TO CONTINUE TO RELY ON BUS 658 00:20:14,846 --> 00:20:16,114 SERVICE. WE NEED TO KEEP 659 00:20:16,114 --> 00:20:16,582 INVESTING IN 660 00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:18,183 OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT NETWORKS SO 661 00:20:18,183 --> 00:20:19,818 WE CAN ENSURE RELIABLE, 662 00:20:19,818 --> 00:20:22,154 FREQUENT AND GOOD SERVICE. 663 00:20:22,154 --> 00:20:23,555 100,000 MORE BUS TRIPS PER YEAR 664 00:20:23,555 --> 00:20:24,756 HELPS US GET TO THAT GOAL. 665 00:20:24,756 --> 00:20:26,258 I HOPE TO SEE THIS MEASURE 666 00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:27,559 BREEZE THROUGH COUNCIL SO WEWE 667 00:20:27,693 --> 00:20:28,160 VOTE ON IT IN NOVEMBER. 668 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:28,393 THANKS. 669 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:31,863 >> THANK YOU. 670 00:20:31,863 --> 00:20:35,467 OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HAYNES 671 00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:37,502 FOLLOWED BY NICK SOTELLI. 672 00:20:37,636 --> 00:20:38,370 >> DAVID HAYNES. 673 00:20:38,370 --> 00:20:41,106 WE NEED TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY 674 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,108 TECHNOLOGY TO STRATEGICALLY 675 00:20:43,108 --> 00:20:44,343 BE PLACED AT INTERSECTIONS 676 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:46,311 THAT SLOW UP THE LATE EIGHT 677 00:20:46,311 --> 00:20:47,579 AND RAPIDRIDE BUSES WHETHER 678 00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:49,281 THEY'RE GOING TO WEST SEATTLE, 679 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:50,115 SEATTLE CENTER OR BALLARD. 680 00:20:50,115 --> 00:20:52,818 WE STILL NEED TO PROGRAM ALL THE 681 00:20:52,818 --> 00:20:54,186 DISCOMBOBULATED TRAFFIC LIGHTS 682 00:20:54,186 --> 00:20:55,053 ON THIRD AVENUE 683 00:20:55,053 --> 00:20:55,921 THAT CREATE ALL OF THIS 684 00:20:55,921 --> 00:20:56,321 CONGESTION 685 00:20:56,321 --> 00:20:57,456 UNNECESSARILY, AND IF YOU WANT 686 00:20:57,456 --> 00:20:58,857 TO REGULATE THE BUS 687 00:20:58,857 --> 00:20:59,691 DRIVERS, MAYBE GIVE THEM A 688 00:20:59,691 --> 00:20:59,925 WARNING 689 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:03,061 TO SLOW DOWN, BUT DON'T HARM 690 00:21:03,061 --> 00:21:04,763 THEIR 691 00:21:04,763 --> 00:21:06,164 INSURANCE. 692 00:21:06,164 --> 00:21:07,466 THE SUPERVISORS OF TRANSIT NEED 693 00:21:07,466 --> 00:21:08,867 TO HAVE THEIR VEHICLES TAKEN 694 00:21:08,867 --> 00:21:11,069 AWAY FROM THEM FOR A PERIOD OF 695 00:21:11,069 --> 00:21:11,803 TIME TO FORCE THEM INTO 696 00:21:11,803 --> 00:21:13,105 THE SYSTEM TO REALIZE ALL THE 697 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,973 UNNECESSARY DELAYS AND PROBLEMS 698 00:21:14,973 --> 00:21:15,841 THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. 699 00:21:15,841 --> 00:21:17,476 AND THE BUS DRIVERS STILL 700 00:21:17,476 --> 00:21:18,744 NEED TO SPEAK UP ABOUT ALL 701 00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:19,845 THE HORRIBLE CRAP THAT'S GOING 702 00:21:19,845 --> 00:21:20,012 ON 703 00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:24,983 IN AND AROUND TRANSIT- ORIENTED 704 00:21:24,983 --> 00:21:25,484 BUS 705 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:26,752 SYSTEMS, BECAUSE THE CITY -- 706 00:21:26,752 --> 00:21:29,154 EXCUSE ME, THE CITY OF 707 00:21:29,154 --> 00:21:30,989 SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF, COPS AND 708 00:21:30,989 --> 00:21:32,557 TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND THE KING 709 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:34,192 COUNTY SHERIFFS ARE ARGUING 710 00:21:34,192 --> 00:21:34,459 ABOUT WHO 711 00:21:34,459 --> 00:21:36,261 IS RESPONSIBLE, AND THEY KEEP, 712 00:21:36,261 --> 00:21:37,562 LIKE, TRANSFERRING YOU TO 713 00:21:37,562 --> 00:21:39,031 THE OTHER AGENCY SAYING IT'S 714 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:39,197 NOT 715 00:21:39,197 --> 00:21:39,931 OUR PROBLEM BECAUSE SOMEBODY 716 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:40,198 JUST 717 00:21:40,198 --> 00:21:41,099 STEPPED OUT OF THE BUS. 718 00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:43,035 BUT THE TRANSIT SIGNAL 719 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:47,472 PRIORITY WILL EX PE DICE -- 720 00:21:47,472 --> 00:21:47,739 EXPEDITE 721 00:21:47,739 --> 00:21:48,540 WITH SO MANY PEOPLE COMING 722 00:21:48,540 --> 00:21:48,774 AROUND. 723 00:21:48,774 --> 00:21:51,576 WHEN THE BUS COMES UP TO THE 724 00:21:51,576 --> 00:21:52,644 INTERSECTION, THE LIGHT TURNS 725 00:21:52,644 --> 00:21:53,311 GREEN. 726 00:21:53,311 --> 00:21:54,780 WE STILL NEED PEDESTRIAN 727 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:56,248 CENTRIC BUT WHEN YOU'RE GOING 728 00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,115 THROUGH THIRD AVENUE YOU CAN 729 00:21:57,115 --> 00:21:57,416 PROGRAM IT 730 00:21:57,416 --> 00:21:58,550 A LITTLE BIT BETTER. 731 00:21:58,550 --> 00:21:59,951 AND IF THE BUS DRIVERS ARE 732 00:21:59,951 --> 00:22:01,219 SPEEDING, TRANSIT CAN ADDRESS 733 00:22:01,219 --> 00:22:01,453 THAT. 734 00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:02,888 JUST GIVE THEM WARNINGS. 735 00:22:02,888 --> 00:22:05,724 DON'T RUN THEIR DRIVER'S 736 00:22:05,724 --> 00:22:07,459 LICENSE FOR INSURANCE. 737 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:08,927 BUT YOU HAVE TO, LIKE, IMPROVE 738 00:22:08,927 --> 00:22:09,494 THE SERVICE. 739 00:22:09,494 --> 00:22:11,430 YOU ALL ARE SAYING, WELL, 740 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:14,032 IT TAKES TOO LONG TO GO ON 741 00:22:14,032 --> 00:22:15,367 RIDES. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO 742 00:22:15,367 --> 00:22:15,767 SPEND 743 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:17,235 $7 BILLION ON A TRANSIT -- 744 00:22:17,235 --> 00:22:17,469 EXCUSE 745 00:22:17,469 --> 00:22:20,439 ME, A LINK- LIGHT RAIL THAT 746 00:22:20,439 --> 00:22:21,907 GOES ONE STOP AND YOU GET 747 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:23,041 DROPPED OFF 748 00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:23,675 AT ALASKA JUNCTION. 749 00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:25,744 THAT'S KIND OF RIDICULOUS, MAN. 750 00:22:25,744 --> 00:22:26,878 TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY. 751 00:22:26,878 --> 00:22:29,581 IT'S A HELL OF A LOT CHEAPER. 752 00:22:29,581 --> 00:22:30,115 $5,000 PER INTERSECTION. 753 00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:31,683 THANK YOU. 754 00:22:31,817 --> 00:22:34,353 >> THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES. 755 00:22:34,486 --> 00:22:36,288 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NICK 756 00:22:36,288 --> 00:22:40,158 SOTELLI FOLLOWED BY JASON LEE. 757 00:22:40,292 --> 00:22:41,460 >> HELLO. 758 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:43,195 HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. 759 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:45,430 MY NAME IS NICK. 760 00:22:45,430 --> 00:22:47,099 I LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. 761 00:22:47,099 --> 00:22:48,800 I'M HERE FOR A MORE AFFORDABLE 762 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:49,067 SEATTLE. 763 00:22:49,067 --> 00:22:51,103 TODAY THE MOST EXPENSIVE THINGS 764 00:22:51,103 --> 00:22:53,038 IN A SEATTLEITE'S BUDGET 765 00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:54,306 ARE HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. 766 00:22:54,306 --> 00:22:55,941 ON HOUSING WE'RE FORCED TO LIVE 767 00:22:55,941 --> 00:22:57,409 IN SOME OF THE FEW 768 00:22:57,409 --> 00:22:58,443 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE TRANSIT 769 00:22:58,443 --> 00:22:58,810 RICH OR 770 00:22:58,810 --> 00:23:00,345 FORCED TO BUY A CAR TO GET 771 00:23:00,345 --> 00:23:00,579 AROUND. 772 00:23:00,579 --> 00:23:02,347 THE MOST EXPENSIVE PART OF OUR 773 00:23:02,347 --> 00:23:03,749 BUDGETS ARE THE COST OF DRIVING. 774 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:05,817 INSURANCE RATES ARE 775 00:23:05,817 --> 00:23:06,151 SKYROCKETING 776 00:23:06,151 --> 00:23:06,918 NATIONALLY. CAR PAYMENTS ARE 777 00:23:06,918 --> 00:23:07,152 INSANE. 778 00:23:07,152 --> 00:23:09,521 THE COST OF A NEW CAR NOW IS 779 00:23:09,521 --> 00:23:09,855 $50,000. 780 00:23:09,855 --> 00:23:10,822 GAS IS SKYROCKETING. 781 00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:12,624 ON MY WAY HERE ALMOST $7 A 782 00:23:12,624 --> 00:23:12,924 GALLON. 783 00:23:12,924 --> 00:23:14,459 AND PARKING IS MORE 784 00:23:14,459 --> 00:23:15,794 EXPENSIVE THAN EVER. 785 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:16,895 WE NEED MORE TRANSIT TO 786 00:23:16,895 --> 00:23:17,763 GIVE PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET 787 00:23:17,763 --> 00:23:18,630 AROUND IN WAYS OTHER THAN 788 00:23:18,764 --> 00:23:20,232 DRIVING. AS WE TALKED ABOUT 789 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:22,100 EARLIER, GETTING BACK TO 2019 790 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:23,201 SERVICE LEVELS WOULD BE 791 00:23:23,201 --> 00:23:24,035 REVOLUTIONARY FOR THE CITY. 792 00:23:24,035 --> 00:23:25,937 BEING ABLE TO GET TEN- MINUTE 793 00:23:25,937 --> 00:23:27,239 BUS SERVICE IN ALL OF OUR 794 00:23:27,239 --> 00:23:28,173 NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THE WAY WE 795 00:23:28,173 --> 00:23:29,374 HAD, BEING ABLE TO HAVE OFF 796 00:23:29,374 --> 00:23:30,809 PEAK AND NIGHT SERVICE, MEANS 797 00:23:30,809 --> 00:23:32,310 PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET 798 00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:32,544 AROUND 799 00:23:32,544 --> 00:23:35,180 NOT JUST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 800 00:23:35,180 --> 00:23:35,781 DAY. 801 00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:36,548 LUCKILY THERE'S A LIGHT AT 802 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:37,916 THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR THIS 803 00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:38,216 PROBLEM. 804 00:23:38,216 --> 00:23:40,419 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL, WHILE 805 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:41,586 A REGRESSIVE SALES TAX, 806 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:43,088 AS WE TALKED ABOUT, IS NOT 807 00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:44,656 IDEAL, IT WOULD COST THE MEDIAN 808 00:23:44,656 --> 00:23:45,190 TWO- 809 00:23:45,190 --> 00:23:47,159 PERSON HOUSEHOLD $29 A YEAR FOR 810 00:23:47,159 --> 00:23:47,359 THIS 811 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:47,926 INCREASE. 812 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:49,361 THAT'S THE SAME AS FOUR HOURS 813 00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:49,528 OF 814 00:23:49,528 --> 00:23:51,630 PARKING IN BALLARD, FIVE 815 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:53,165 GALLONS OF GAS OR LESS THAN ONE 816 00:23:53,165 --> 00:23:53,432 WEEK 817 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,300 OF TOTAL CAR OWNERSHIP. 818 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:57,169 THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR 819 00:23:57,169 --> 00:23:58,203 AN AFFORDABLE SEATTLE TO 820 00:23:58,203 --> 00:23:59,604 HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET 821 00:23:59,604 --> 00:24:00,705 AROUND WITHOUT DRIVING. 822 00:24:00,705 --> 00:24:02,374 WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE IF 823 00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:03,809 THEY WANT TO GO OUT TO EAT IN 824 00:24:03,809 --> 00:24:05,143 BALLARD TO PAY FOR ALL THIS 825 00:24:05,143 --> 00:24:05,443 PARKING. 826 00:24:05,443 --> 00:24:06,678 WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE IF 827 00:24:06,678 --> 00:24:07,913 THEY WANT TO GO OUT TO A SHOW 828 00:24:07,913 --> 00:24:08,113 DOWN 829 00:24:08,113 --> 00:24:09,481 TOWN TO PAY FOR GAS. 830 00:24:09,481 --> 00:24:10,849 HAVING TRANSIT MEANS PEOPLE ARE 831 00:24:10,849 --> 00:24:11,716 ABLE TO GET AROUND WITHIN 832 00:24:11,716 --> 00:24:14,352 OUR CITY INSTEAD OF 833 00:24:14,352 --> 00:24:15,987 LEAVING TO GO TO THE SUBURBS 834 00:24:15,987 --> 00:24:16,354 WHERE THEY GET 835 00:24:16,354 --> 00:24:16,888 FREE 836 00:24:16,888 --> 00:24:17,889 PARKING. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE 837 00:24:18,023 --> 00:24:18,623 OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AND 838 00:24:18,623 --> 00:24:19,257 MORE FREEDOM TO GET AROUND WHEN 839 00:24:19,257 --> 00:24:19,891 THEY WANT TO GET AROUND, HOW 840 00:24:19,891 --> 00:24:20,525 THEY WANT 841 00:24:20,525 --> 00:24:20,992 TO GET AROUND ACROSS 842 00:24:20,992 --> 00:24:21,560 THE ENTIRE CITY. THANK YOU. 843 00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:24,996 >> THANK YOU. 844 00:24:25,130 --> 00:24:28,066 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JASON LEE 845 00:24:28,066 --> 00:24:31,269 FOLLOWED BY JACK WISNER. 846 00:24:31,403 --> 00:24:34,873 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. 847 00:24:34,873 --> 00:24:36,408 ACCORDING TO THE SEATTLE 848 00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:40,412 TIMES IN 2024 SEATTLE ADDED 849 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:40,645 13,000 850 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:41,746 DRIVERS COMMUTING ALONE TO 851 00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:43,448 WORK IN JUST ONE YEAR. 852 00:24:43,448 --> 00:24:45,183 WE ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT 853 00:24:45,183 --> 00:24:47,586 THE TRAFFIC THAT 854 00:24:47,586 --> 00:24:48,253 THE WORLD CUP WILL BRING, BUT IF 855 00:24:48,253 --> 00:24:48,753 THIS 856 00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:49,554 PATTERN DOESN'T START TO 857 00:24:49,554 --> 00:24:50,121 CHANGE, THEN BY 858 00:24:50,121 --> 00:24:51,656 THE END OF THE DECADE THE AMOUNT 859 00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:52,824 OF NEW DRIVERS WE'VE ADDED 860 00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:56,428 TO OUR ROADS COULD NEARLY FILL 861 00:24:56,428 --> 00:24:57,896 LUMEN FIELD TO CAPACITY AND THE 862 00:24:57,896 --> 00:24:59,231 TRAFFIC WE'VE BEEN PREPARING 863 00:24:59,231 --> 00:24:59,397 FOR 864 00:24:59,397 --> 00:25:01,633 AND DOING SO MANY THINGS TO 865 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:03,134 MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO MAKE SURE 866 00:25:03,134 --> 00:25:03,602 THAT 867 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:04,536 GOES SMOOTHLY, THAT WILL 868 00:25:04,536 --> 00:25:06,071 BE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 869 00:25:06,071 --> 00:25:07,839 WE NEED SOMETHING TO CHANGE, 870 00:25:07,839 --> 00:25:09,541 AND THIS PROPOSAL BY THE MAYOR 871 00:25:09,541 --> 00:25:10,942 WILL DO EXACTLY THAT. 872 00:25:10,942 --> 00:25:12,477 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT 873 00:25:12,477 --> 00:25:13,812 PEOPLE ARE SWITCHING FROM 874 00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:14,412 DRIVING TO 875 00:25:14,412 --> 00:25:15,113 TRANSIT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 876 00:25:15,113 --> 00:25:16,681 THAT WILL NOT ONLY GIVE 877 00:25:16,681 --> 00:25:18,850 PEOPLE THE FINANCIAL FREEDOM THE 878 00:25:18,850 --> 00:25:20,151 OTHER COMMENTORS HAVE COMMENTED 879 00:25:20,151 --> 00:25:20,385 ON 880 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:21,519 BUT THE INDEPENDENT FREEDOM TO 881 00:25:21,519 --> 00:25:23,054 GO WHERE THEY WANT IF THEY 882 00:25:23,054 --> 00:25:23,288 CAN'T 883 00:25:23,288 --> 00:25:23,521 DRIVE. 884 00:25:23,521 --> 00:25:25,123 TRANSIT IS THE BEST WAY TO 885 00:25:25,123 --> 00:25:26,591 ENSURE THAT PEOPLE OF ALL 886 00:25:26,591 --> 00:25:27,726 AGES AND ABILITIES CAN MOVE 887 00:25:27,726 --> 00:25:27,959 AROUND 888 00:25:27,959 --> 00:25:30,595 THE CITY AS THEY PLEASE LIKE 889 00:25:30,595 --> 00:25:33,064 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA DISCUSSED. 890 00:25:33,064 --> 00:25:34,833 RIGHT NOW TOO MANY PEOPLE 891 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:37,202 HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION 892 00:25:37,202 --> 00:25:38,870 BETWEEN GETTING HOME ON TIME BY 893 00:25:38,870 --> 00:25:39,104 LEAVING 894 00:25:39,104 --> 00:25:40,105 THREE, FOUR, FIVE HOURS 895 00:25:40,105 --> 00:25:42,007 EARLY FOR THE LAST DIRECT BUS, 896 00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:43,041 WHICH 897 00:25:43,041 --> 00:25:44,542 I KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER 898 00:25:44,542 --> 00:25:45,810 STRAUSS, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR 899 00:25:45,810 --> 00:25:46,011 WITH, 900 00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:47,279 OR BEING ABLE TO ENJOY 901 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:48,747 THEMSELVES FOR THE REST OF THE 902 00:25:48,747 --> 00:25:49,114 NIGHT 903 00:25:49,114 --> 00:25:51,116 BUT SPENDING SEVERAL TIMES 904 00:25:51,116 --> 00:25:52,851 MORE GETTING HOME. 905 00:25:52,851 --> 00:25:54,219 THE AMOUNTS THAT PEOPLE ARE 906 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:57,789 SPENDING IN TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW IS 907 00:25:57,789 --> 00:25:58,924 ABSURD AND TRANSIT IS THE EASY 908 00:25:58,924 --> 00:25:59,891 WAY TO FIX THAT. 909 00:25:59,891 --> 00:26:01,793 WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS 910 00:26:01,793 --> 00:26:03,028 CHOICE OF TRANSIT IS OBVIOUS. 911 00:26:03,028 --> 00:26:04,329 RIGHT NOW TOO MANY PEOPLE FEEL 912 00:26:04,329 --> 00:26:06,965 LIKE THEY'RE FORCED TO DRIVE 913 00:26:06,965 --> 00:26:07,933 AND, BECAUSE OF THAT, 914 00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:09,234 OUR STREETS ARE MORE UNSAFE THAN 915 00:26:09,367 --> 00:26:11,236 EVER. WE NEED THE PEOPLE WHO 916 00:26:11,236 --> 00:26:12,103 KNOW THEY'RE BAD DRIVERS TO BE 917 00:26:12,103 --> 00:26:12,304 ABLE 918 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:13,371 TO TAKE THE OBVIOUS CHOICE 919 00:26:13,371 --> 00:26:14,873 AND SWITCH TO TRANSIT. 920 00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:16,474 RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST 921 00:26:16,474 --> 00:26:17,576 DRIVING BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR 922 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:18,543 ONLY 923 00:26:18,543 --> 00:26:18,877 OPTION 924 00:26:18,877 --> 00:26:20,645 REALLY. IF WE DIDN'T HAVE -- IF 925 00:26:20,645 --> 00:26:22,847 WE DIDN'T HAVE A SYSTEM 926 00:26:22,847 --> 00:26:24,382 WHERE PEOPLE FEEL YOU ARE FORCED 927 00:26:24,382 --> 00:26:24,783 TO 928 00:26:24,783 --> 00:26:26,251 DRIVE, DROVE UP ON TO 929 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:26,952 MOUNT BAKER STATION. 930 00:26:26,952 --> 00:26:28,687 TRANSIT IS VERY POPULAR IN 931 00:26:28,687 --> 00:26:28,954 SEATTLE. 932 00:26:28,954 --> 00:26:30,355 MAYBE A LITTLE TOO POPULAR 933 00:26:30,355 --> 00:26:32,424 TO THE POINT DRIVERS 934 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:32,991 ARE TRYING TO GET ON TO THE 935 00:26:32,991 --> 00:26:33,358 TRAIN STATIONS. 936 00:26:33,358 --> 00:26:35,126 WE CAN MAKE IT. THANK YOU. 937 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:39,297 >> THANK YOU. 938 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:42,100 >> OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JACK 939 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,637 WISNER FOLLOWED BY JASON WILE. 940 00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:49,007 >> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA, 941 00:26:49,007 --> 00:26:50,875 MEMBERS OF THE TBD. 942 00:26:50,875 --> 00:26:52,811 I LIVE IN DISTRICT 6. 943 00:26:52,811 --> 00:26:53,845 YESTERDAY I WROTE YOU A NOTE. 944 00:26:53,845 --> 00:26:55,847 I HOPE YOU CAN CHECK OUT YOUR 945 00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:56,414 IN BOXES. 946 00:26:56,414 --> 00:26:58,283 BECAUSE I 947 00:26:58,283 --> 00:26:59,050 HAVE TWO MINUTES, I'LL MAKE TWO 948 00:26:59,050 --> 00:26:59,851 POINTS FROM THAT NOTE. 949 00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:01,820 I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER 950 00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:05,590 TWO CHANGES TO THE MAYOR'S 951 00:27:05,590 --> 00:27:07,192 PROPOSAL. 952 00:27:07,192 --> 00:27:11,329 ONE, CHAIR SAKA IN 2024 RAISED 953 00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:14,099 THE ISSUE OF DELETING THE 954 00:27:14,099 --> 00:27:14,933 SOUTH UNION STREETCAR. 955 00:27:14,933 --> 00:27:16,101 I THINK YOU SHOULD 956 00:27:16,101 --> 00:27:18,636 RECONSIDER THAT CAREFULLY. 957 00:27:18,636 --> 00:27:20,372 IT IS REDUNDANT TO SEVERAL 958 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:21,473 BUS ROUTES THAT SERVE SOUTH 959 00:27:21,473 --> 00:27:24,409 LAKE UNION AND THEY DO A MUCH 960 00:27:24,409 --> 00:27:24,643 BETTER 961 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:26,411 JOB. 962 00:27:26,411 --> 00:27:29,280 IF YOU LOOK AT THE FTA, 963 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,950 NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE 964 00:27:31,950 --> 00:27:32,517 DATABASE COST, THE 965 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:34,252 COST TO RUN A STREETCAR 966 00:27:34,252 --> 00:27:35,253 IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE 967 00:27:35,253 --> 00:27:35,453 COST 968 00:27:35,453 --> 00:27:38,923 TO RUN AN ELECTRIC TROLLEY 969 00:27:38,923 --> 00:27:39,324 BECAUSE. 970 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:41,826 SECOND, I'D LIKE YOU TO 971 00:27:41,826 --> 00:27:42,093 CONSIDER 972 00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:43,061 ASKING THE VOTERS ABOUT 973 00:27:43,061 --> 00:27:44,362 THE VEHICLE LICENSE FEE. 974 00:27:44,362 --> 00:27:47,565 IT WAS PART OF THE 2014 MEASURE. 975 00:27:47,565 --> 00:27:49,234 NOT PART OF THE 2020 976 00:27:49,234 --> 00:27:50,635 MEASURE BECAUSE IT WAS ENTANGLED 977 00:27:50,635 --> 00:27:51,936 IN 978 00:27:51,936 --> 00:27:54,506 THE SUPREME COURT CASE. 979 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:57,642 BUT YOU COULD USE THE VLF AGAIN. 980 00:27:57,642 --> 00:27:59,544 IT'S VERY CLUMSY TO GO TO 981 00:27:59,544 --> 00:28:02,347 THE VOTERS TO ASK FOR THE 982 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:02,547 TBD 983 00:28:02,547 --> 00:28:04,315 MEASURE. YOU MIGHT AS WELL ASK 984 00:28:04,315 --> 00:28:05,817 FOR THE SALES TAX AND THE 985 00:28:05,817 --> 00:28:06,584 VLF AT THE SAME TIME. 986 00:28:06,584 --> 00:28:09,320 YOU MIGHT TARGET THE VLF 987 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,121 REVENUE TOWARD PAYMENT 988 00:28:10,121 --> 00:28:10,889 MANAGEMENT. 989 00:28:10,889 --> 00:28:12,957 I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR TASK 990 00:28:12,957 --> 00:28:15,193 FORCE ON TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, 991 00:28:15,193 --> 00:28:15,393 BUT 992 00:28:15,393 --> 00:28:16,828 THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG 993 00:28:16,828 --> 00:28:17,028 TIME. 994 00:28:17,162 --> 00:28:17,695 AND HERE THE VOTERS WILL BE 995 00:28:17,695 --> 00:28:18,096 ASKED ABOUT THIS. 996 00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:19,297 GO AHEAD AND 997 00:28:19,297 --> 00:28:21,299 ASK THEM NOW, TARGET THE VLF 998 00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:22,000 REVENUE TOWARD 999 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:23,568 PAYMENT MANAGEMENT 1000 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:26,237 WHICH HELPS ALL MODES, AND WHEN 1001 00:28:26,237 --> 00:28:28,339 YOU 1002 00:28:28,339 --> 00:28:31,009 FIX MAJOR ARTERIALS, SDOT 1003 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:34,312 CAN ADDRESS SIDEWALKS, 1004 00:28:34,312 --> 00:28:36,181 ACCESS ACCESS AND DO SEVERAL 1005 00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:36,448 THINGS 1006 00:28:36,448 --> 00:28:36,948 AT ONCE. 1007 00:28:36,948 --> 00:28:38,783 SEVERAL OF THESE 1008 00:28:38,783 --> 00:28:39,417 ARTERIALS HAVE TRANSIT ROUTES 1009 00:28:39,417 --> 00:28:39,784 THAT NEED HELP. 1010 00:28:39,784 --> 00:28:41,986 THANK YOU. 1011 00:28:42,120 --> 00:28:44,489 >> THANK YOU, MR. WISNER. 1012 00:28:44,622 --> 00:28:46,391 >> OUR FINAL IN- PERSON SPEAKER 1013 00:28:46,391 --> 00:28:48,359 WILL BE JASON WILE, AND 1014 00:28:48,359 --> 00:28:49,561 THEN WE'LL GO TO THE REMOTE 1015 00:28:49,561 --> 00:28:49,828 SPEAKERS. 1016 00:28:49,961 --> 00:28:51,062 >> HI, GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. 1017 00:28:51,062 --> 00:28:52,797 MY NAME IS JASON WILE. 1018 00:28:52,797 --> 00:28:57,736 I AM A DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT. 1019 00:28:57,869 --> 00:28:59,571 I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH SAVE 1020 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:00,138 BALLARD RAIL. THANK YOU FOR 1021 00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:00,538 CONSIDERING THIS 1022 00:29:00,538 --> 00:29:00,805 MEASURE. 1023 00:29:00,805 --> 00:29:02,607 ALTHOUGH IT IS A REGRESSIVE TAX 1024 00:29:02,607 --> 00:29:04,542 BEING A SALES TAX 1025 00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:06,111 INCREASE, IT IS THE TOOL THAT WE 1026 00:29:06,111 --> 00:29:06,377 HAVE AND 1027 00:29:06,377 --> 00:29:08,079 I URGE US TO USE IT. 1028 00:29:08,079 --> 00:29:10,548 EVERYONE IN SEATTLE IS RIDING 1029 00:29:10,682 --> 00:29:12,617 TRANSIT. EVERYONE FROM STUDENTS 1030 00:29:12,617 --> 00:29:13,618 TO TOURISTS TO 1031 00:29:13,618 --> 00:29:14,619 PROFESSIONALS WORKING ALL OVER 1032 00:29:14,619 --> 00:29:15,320 THE CITY 1033 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:17,021 ARE DEPENDING ON TRANSIT. 1034 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:20,892 IT IS THE ULTIMATE AFFORDABILITY 1035 00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:22,660 HACK FOR $3 OR LESS YOU CAN 1036 00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:25,930 RIDE ALL OVER THE CITY AT A TIME 1037 00:29:25,930 --> 00:29:27,165 WHEN THE WORLD CUP IS COMING 1038 00:29:27,165 --> 00:29:29,534 UP, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO GET 1039 00:29:29,534 --> 00:29:30,668 TO STADIUMS FOR SOME OF 1040 00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:31,903 THE CHEAPEST FARES IN THE 1041 00:29:31,903 --> 00:29:33,638 COUNTRY, AND THAT'S FANTASTIC 1042 00:29:33,638 --> 00:29:33,938 BECAUSE IT 1043 00:29:33,938 --> 00:29:34,973 GETS MORE CARS OFF THE ROADS 1044 00:29:34,973 --> 00:29:39,444 AND KEEPS OUR CITY MOVING. 1045 00:29:39,444 --> 00:29:40,812 ONE OF THE BEST WAYS 1046 00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:43,148 TO ADD TRUST TO A PUBLIC 1047 00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:45,750 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS TO ADD 1048 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:45,984 TRIPS. 1049 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:47,685 THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I 1050 00:29:47,685 --> 00:29:49,254 WAS COMING DOWN HERE ON 1051 00:29:49,254 --> 00:29:50,889 THE RAPIDRIDE D LINE, I SAW A 1052 00:29:50,889 --> 00:29:51,456 BUS 1053 00:29:51,456 --> 00:29:52,490 DEPARTING, AND I WASN'T EVEN 1054 00:29:52,490 --> 00:29:54,359 MAD BECAUSE THE NEXT ONE WAS 1055 00:29:54,359 --> 00:29:55,627 COMING FIVE MINUTES IN THE 1056 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:56,561 FUTURE, 1057 00:29:56,561 --> 00:29:56,895 AND IT 1058 00:29:56,895 --> 00:29:59,063 DID. AND ADDING MORE TRIPS IS A 1059 00:29:59,063 --> 00:30:01,432 GREAT WAY TO GET MORE PEOPLE OUT 1060 00:30:01,432 --> 00:30:03,601 OF THEIR CARS, ONTO 1061 00:30:03,601 --> 00:30:06,638 TRANSIT, RELYING ON IT, 1062 00:30:06,638 --> 00:30:07,005 RECOMMENDING IT 1063 00:30:07,005 --> 00:30:09,574 TO OTHERS, AND SO INCREASING THE 1064 00:30:09,574 --> 00:30:11,676 FREQUENCY AND THE 1065 00:30:11,676 --> 00:30:14,312 AVAILABILITY OF TRANSIT SHOULD 1066 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:15,814 BE THE GOAL OF 1067 00:30:15,814 --> 00:30:17,282 ANY GROWING AND VIBRANT 1068 00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:18,750 CITY LIKE OURS. 1069 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:21,252 THANK YOU. 1070 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:22,420 >> THANK YOU. 1071 00:30:22,554 --> 00:30:23,755 >> WE'LL NOW SWITCH TO 1072 00:30:23,755 --> 00:30:25,690 OUR REMOTE COMMENTERS. 1073 00:30:25,690 --> 00:30:27,559 OUR FIRST REMOTE CALLER WILL 1074 00:30:27,559 --> 00:30:29,827 BE ALBERTO ALVAREZ. 1075 00:30:29,827 --> 00:30:33,832 AFTER THAT WE'LL GO TO BRANDON. 1076 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:38,836 ALBERTO, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 1077 00:30:53,251 --> 00:30:54,152 ALBERTO ALVAREZ, CAN YOU HEAR 1078 00:30:54,152 --> 00:30:58,923 US? 1079 00:30:59,057 --> 00:31:00,191 >> 1080 00:31:00,191 --> 00:31:00,425 HELLO? 1081 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:00,825 CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1082 00:31:00,825 --> 00:31:04,429 >> WE CAN HEAR YOU. 1083 00:31:04,562 --> 00:31:05,730 >> OKAY, SORRY. 1084 00:31:05,730 --> 00:31:11,970 ONE MOMENT. 1085 00:31:12,170 --> 00:31:13,204 >> CAN YOU HEAR US? 1086 00:31:13,204 --> 00:31:15,073 >> SORRY ABOUT THAT. 1087 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:15,874 I HEAR YOU. 1088 00:31:15,874 --> 00:31:19,143 I HEAR YOU NOW. 1089 00:31:19,277 --> 00:31:20,278 >> YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 1090 00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:21,546 GO AHEAD. 1091 00:31:21,679 --> 00:31:27,418 >> I REGRET MY SUPPORT FOR KATIE 1092 00:31:27,418 --> 00:31:28,586 WILSON, WITH TWO OPTIONS 1093 00:31:28,586 --> 00:31:31,623 TO RAISE REVENUE FOR 1094 00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:33,358 TRANSIT, INCREASE SALES TAX OR 1095 00:31:33,358 --> 00:31:33,958 FEES AND 1096 00:31:33,958 --> 00:31:36,027 TABS, THE MAYOR CHOOSING TO 1097 00:31:36,027 --> 00:31:38,429 HIT WORKING CLASS FAMILIES WITH 1098 00:31:38,429 --> 00:31:40,265 ANOTHER INCREASE IN THE COST OF 1099 00:31:40,265 --> 00:31:40,598 LIVING. 1100 00:31:40,598 --> 00:31:45,903 IT'S LAZY AT BEST, COWARDICE AT 1101 00:31:45,903 --> 00:31:46,170 WORSE. 1102 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:48,039 IF YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE 1103 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:50,608 MORE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE BUS, 1104 00:31:50,608 --> 00:31:53,912 YOU NEED TO TAX THE VEHICLES 1105 00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:54,312 THEY WOULD 1106 00:31:54,312 --> 00:31:55,647 OTHERWISE BE DRIVING. 1107 00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:57,448 HOWEVER, THIS HITS FAMILIES 1108 00:31:57,448 --> 00:31:59,717 AND WORKING PEOPLE THE 1109 00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:02,353 HARDEST BECAUSE IT'S AN 1110 00:32:02,353 --> 00:32:03,187 INCREASE IN THE 1111 00:32:03,187 --> 00:32:04,355 COST OF LIVING. 1112 00:32:04,355 --> 00:32:07,625 THE MAYOR SAYING A FIGHT WOULD 1113 00:32:07,625 --> 00:32:10,595 BE TOO CONTROVERSIAL IS THE 1114 00:32:10,595 --> 00:32:12,497 SIGN THAT UNTIL THE STATE ALLOWS 1115 00:32:12,497 --> 00:32:13,731 MORE PROGRESSIVE TAXES, WHICH IS 1116 00:32:13,731 --> 00:32:13,898 NOT 1117 00:32:13,898 --> 00:32:16,601 LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN THE COMING 1118 00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:19,637 YEARS, THOSE OF US WITH THE 1119 00:32:19,637 --> 00:32:22,307 LEAST WILL ALWAYS BE PAYING THE 1120 00:32:22,307 --> 00:32:22,840 MOST. 1121 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:28,012 TALK ABOUT A BAIT ANDAND SWITCH. 1122 00:32:28,012 --> 00:32:31,182 BETRAYED, DISAPPOINTED, 1123 00:32:31,182 --> 00:32:32,417 REGRESSFUL OF SUPPORTING KATIE 1124 00:32:32,550 --> 00:32:33,017 WILSON. 1125 00:32:33,017 --> 00:32:33,618 THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GOOD 1126 00:32:33,618 --> 00:32:33,985 DAY. 1127 00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:40,825 >> THANK YOU. 1128 00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:44,996 >> OUR NEXT CALLER WILL BE 1129 00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:45,797 BRANDON. 1130 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:49,634 PLEASE HIT STAR 6. 1131 00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:54,272 >> I WANT TO VOICE MY SUPPORT 1132 00:32:54,272 --> 00:32:55,907 FOR MAYOR WILSON'S 1133 00:32:55,907 --> 00:32:57,208 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 1134 00:32:57,208 --> 00:32:58,443 PROPOSAL. SINCE THE 1135 00:32:58,443 --> 00:32:59,610 ANNOUNCEMENT I'VE ALREADY HEARD 1136 00:32:59,610 --> 00:32:59,911 A LOT ABOUT 1137 00:32:59,911 --> 00:33:01,279 HOW SALES TAX IS 1138 00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:03,047 REGRESSIVE. YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE 1139 00:33:03,047 --> 00:33:03,214 IS 1140 00:33:03,214 --> 00:33:03,548 REGRESSIVE? 1141 00:33:03,548 --> 00:33:05,016 ON AVERAGE IT COSTS ABOUT 1142 00:33:05,016 --> 00:33:06,818 $1,000 A MONTH TO OWN A CAR, 1143 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:07,018 WHICH 1144 00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:08,820 IS TOO EXPENSIVE FOR A 1145 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,588 SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR 1146 00:33:10,588 --> 00:33:11,356 NEIGHBORS IN 1147 00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:13,257 SEATTLE, MYSELF INCLUDED. 1148 00:33:13,257 --> 00:33:15,193 OUR OPTIONS ARE WALKING, BIKING 1149 00:33:15,326 --> 00:33:16,828 AND RIDING TRANSIT. IT'S VITAL 1150 00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:18,129 TO ENSURE 1151 00:33:18,129 --> 00:33:19,497 HIGH- QUALITY TRANSIT 1152 00:33:19,497 --> 00:33:21,065 FOR AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION IS 1153 00:33:21,065 --> 00:33:21,666 AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. 1154 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:23,267 MAYOR WILSON'S PROPOSAL 1155 00:33:23,267 --> 00:33:24,669 WILL INCREASE KING COUNTY 1156 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,237 METRO SERVICE HOURS BY ALMOST 1157 00:33:26,237 --> 00:33:26,437 60%. 1158 00:33:26,437 --> 00:33:29,741 THIS WILL ALLOW US TO NOT ONLY 1159 00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:32,410 RETURN TO BUT SURPASS PRE- 1160 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:35,246 COVID LEVELS OF TRANSIT SERVICE. 1161 00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:35,880 WE'LL BE ABLE TO DOUBLE THE 1162 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,515 AMOUNT OF FREE ORCA CARDS TO OUR 1163 00:33:37,515 --> 00:33:38,416 NEIGHBORS IN NEED. 1164 00:33:38,416 --> 00:33:39,717 BESIDES THE COUNTY JUST 1165 00:33:39,717 --> 00:33:41,619 PROPOSED A SIMILAR SALES TAX 1166 00:33:41,619 --> 00:33:42,520 HEIGHT, 1167 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:47,158 0.1%, COMPARED TO THE 0. 5%, 1168 00:33:47,158 --> 00:33:48,860 THE COUNTY TAX IS ONLY FOR 1169 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:50,161 COUNTY MAINTAINED ROADS AND 1170 00:33:50,161 --> 00:33:50,461 BRIDGES, 1171 00:33:50,461 --> 00:33:51,529 AND NO ONE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT 1172 00:33:51,662 --> 00:33:53,498 THAT. SO IF THEY'RE 1173 00:33:53,498 --> 00:33:54,532 GOING TO INCREASE OUR TAXES TO 1174 00:33:54,532 --> 00:33:54,799 MAINTAIN 1175 00:33:54,799 --> 00:33:56,134 THINGS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY 1176 00:33:56,134 --> 00:33:56,567 HARDLY EVER 1177 00:33:56,567 --> 00:33:58,269 USE, SURELY WE DESERVE A LARGER 1178 00:33:58,269 --> 00:33:59,370 FUND FOR TRANSIT 1179 00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:02,240 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL 1180 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:02,673 DIRECTLY MAKE 1181 00:34:02,673 --> 00:34:03,975 SEATTLE MORE NAVIGATABLE. 1182 00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:04,342 THANK YOU. 1183 00:34:04,475 --> 00:34:10,515 >> THANK YOU. 1184 00:34:10,648 --> 00:34:13,551 >> OUR NEXT REMOTE CALLER 1185 00:34:13,551 --> 00:34:14,385 WILLWILL 1186 00:34:14,385 --> 00:34:17,588 BE CARLO ALCANTERRA. 1187 00:34:17,588 --> 00:34:24,061 PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 1188 00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:25,129 >> HI. 1189 00:34:25,129 --> 00:34:25,563 MY NAME IS CARLO. 1190 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:29,367 I'M A RESIDENT OF 1191 00:34:29,367 --> 00:34:32,270 D-5. I HELPED LEAD THE 1192 00:34:32,270 --> 00:34:33,504 REIMAGINE COALITION AND A RIDER 1193 00:34:33,504 --> 00:34:35,039 OF THE E, 1194 00:34:35,039 --> 00:34:37,341 361, 348, THE G LINE, THE D 1195 00:34:37,341 --> 00:34:38,910 LINE, THE LINK RAIL, AND 1196 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:39,811 REALLY ANY OTHER 1197 00:34:39,811 --> 00:34:40,445 BUS THAT'S GOING TO GET ME 1198 00:34:40,445 --> 00:34:42,980 WHERE I NEED TO GO. 1199 00:34:42,980 --> 00:34:46,083 WHILE I DO OWN A CAR, IT'S NO 1200 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:47,885 LONGER MY FAMILY'S PREFERRED 1201 00:34:47,885 --> 00:34:49,053 MEANS OF MOVING THROUGH THE 1202 00:34:49,053 --> 00:34:50,121 CITY. 1203 00:34:50,121 --> 00:34:51,255 DRIVING JUST ISN'T 1204 00:34:51,255 --> 00:34:52,190 CONVENIENT ANYMORE FOR MOST OF 1205 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:52,790 THE TRIPS 1206 00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:56,627 WE NEED TO MAKE. 1207 00:34:56,627 --> 00:34:59,664 I LIVE IN LICTON SPRINGS AND 1208 00:34:59,664 --> 00:35:03,868 IT CAN TAKE THE SAME TIME ON THE 1209 00:35:03,868 --> 00:35:06,571 BUS OR LONGER WHEN TRYING TO 1210 00:35:06,571 --> 00:35:06,838 PARKING. 1211 00:35:06,838 --> 00:35:08,573 MY ONLY GRIPE REALLY IS 1212 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,675 THE BUSES DON'T ARRIVE FREQUENT 1213 00:35:10,675 --> 00:35:11,309 ENOUGH. 1214 00:35:11,309 --> 00:35:12,877 I CAN'T REALLY 1215 00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:13,711 EMPHASIZE HOW MUCH LESS 1216 00:35:13,711 --> 00:35:14,078 STRESSFUL IT IS 1217 00:35:14,078 --> 00:35:15,913 WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAN 1218 00:35:15,913 --> 00:35:16,481 AROUND AN 1219 00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:18,082 INFREQUENT BUS SCHEDULE, 1220 00:35:18,082 --> 00:35:19,450 BUT INCREASING THAT FREQUENCY 1221 00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:19,650 JUST 1222 00:35:19,650 --> 00:35:22,753 MAKES IT SO THAT YOU CAN SHOW UP 1223 00:35:22,753 --> 00:35:24,021 AT ANY TIME AND THE BUS WILL 1224 00:35:24,021 --> 00:35:25,990 BE THERE RELIABLY FOR YOU. 1225 00:35:25,990 --> 00:35:28,059 THE PROPOSED SEATTLE TRANSIT 1226 00:35:28,059 --> 00:35:29,627 MEASURE RENEWAL I THINK IS AN 1227 00:35:29,627 --> 00:35:31,128 INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT THAT 1228 00:35:31,128 --> 00:35:32,830 WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRANSIT 1229 00:35:32,830 --> 00:35:34,499 EVEN MORE CONVENIENT, MORE 1230 00:35:34,499 --> 00:35:37,034 ACCESSIBLE AND OPEN UP MORE OF 1231 00:35:37,034 --> 00:35:37,902 THE CITY. 1232 00:35:37,902 --> 00:35:40,638 MY ONE ASK HERE IS THAT WE HOLD 1233 00:35:40,638 --> 00:35:41,606 OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE 1234 00:35:41,606 --> 00:35:43,274 IN DEFINING WHAT IS A 1235 00:35:43,274 --> 00:35:45,176 MINIMUM REQUIRED OUTCOME FOR HOW 1236 00:35:45,176 --> 00:35:45,443 LATE 1237 00:35:45,443 --> 00:35:47,979 A BUS SHOULD BE OR HOW FREQUENT 1238 00:35:47,979 --> 00:35:48,913 IT 1239 00:35:48,913 --> 00:35:49,647 SHOULD COME. 1240 00:35:49,647 --> 00:35:51,282 AND THEN PRIORITIZE THOSE ROUTES 1241 00:35:51,282 --> 00:35:53,217 THAT DON'T MEET THAT OUTCOME OR 1242 00:35:53,217 --> 00:35:54,552 ARE MISSING THE MARK. 1243 00:35:54,552 --> 00:35:56,854 WE SAW THIS 1244 00:35:56,854 --> 00:35:57,555 WITH THE ROUTE 8. IT'S GOING TO 1245 00:35:57,555 --> 00:35:57,889 BE IMPROVED. 1246 00:35:57,889 --> 00:35:59,190 WE'RE GOING TO SEE BUS LANES 1247 00:35:59,190 --> 00:36:01,159 PUT IN ON DENNY WAY. 1248 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,793 BUT I REALLY THINK WE 1249 00:36:02,793 --> 00:36:05,463 SHOULD EXAMINE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM 1250 00:36:05,463 --> 00:36:05,763 AND 1251 00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:08,633 FIND WHERE THOSE BUSES ARE 1252 00:36:08,633 --> 00:36:13,204 FAILING AND THE PRIORITY AND 1253 00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:13,704 SPEED THOSE THINGS 1254 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:15,306 UP. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME 1255 00:36:15,306 --> 00:36:20,311 AND PLEASE SUPPORT THIS MEASURE. 1256 00:36:20,444 --> 00:36:22,680 >> OUR NEXT REMOTE CALLER 1257 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:22,914 IS WES 1258 00:36:22,914 --> 00:36:26,517 STEWART. PLEASE HIT STAR 6. 1259 00:36:37,428 --> 00:36:40,298 WES STEWART. 1260 00:36:40,431 --> 00:36:41,599 >> MY NAME IS WES STEWART. 1261 00:36:41,599 --> 00:36:43,668 I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2 AND 1262 00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:45,069 I'M HERE REPRESENTING SIERRA 1263 00:36:45,069 --> 00:36:47,438 CLUB WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER 1264 00:36:47,438 --> 00:36:47,772 AND OUR 1265 00:36:47,772 --> 00:36:49,173 30,000 MEMBERS WHO ORGANIZE 1266 00:36:49,173 --> 00:36:50,675 TO PROTECT WILD LANDS, WATER 1267 00:36:50,675 --> 00:36:53,477 AND AIR ACROSS THE STATE. 1268 00:36:53,477 --> 00:36:54,345 TRANSPORTATION CONTINUES TO BE 1269 00:36:54,345 --> 00:36:56,113 ONE OF THE LARGEST SOURCES 1270 00:36:56,113 --> 00:36:57,481 OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN 1271 00:36:57,481 --> 00:36:59,250 THE STATE AND OWNING A CAR IS 1272 00:36:59,250 --> 00:36:59,417 ONE 1273 00:36:59,417 --> 00:37:01,419 OF THE BIGGEST PRESSURES 1274 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:02,153 ON HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS. 1275 00:37:02,153 --> 00:37:03,588 TRANSIT CAN BE A TOOL TO 1276 00:37:03,588 --> 00:37:05,189 EASE CLIMATE IMPACTS ON 1277 00:37:05,189 --> 00:37:07,024 OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE 1278 00:37:07,024 --> 00:37:08,626 FINANCIAL BURDENS OF GAS, 1279 00:37:08,626 --> 00:37:10,595 PARKING AND 1280 00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:11,362 INSURANCE. 1281 00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:13,197 SIERRA CLUB SUPPORTS THE 1282 00:37:13,197 --> 00:37:13,464 MAYOR'S 1283 00:37:13,464 --> 00:37:15,666 PROPOSED TRANSIT MEASURE, 1284 00:37:15,666 --> 00:37:16,601 PROVIDING PUBLIC TRANSIT PASSES 1285 00:37:16,601 --> 00:37:19,470 TO LOW- INCOME 1286 00:37:19,470 --> 00:37:20,905 RESIDENTS, BUILDING ON TRANSIT 1287 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:22,206 PROGRAMS SEATTLE VOTERS HAVE 1288 00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:22,540 ALREADY 1289 00:37:22,540 --> 00:37:23,641 SUPPORTED, AND EXPANDING 1290 00:37:23,641 --> 00:37:26,777 BUS SERVICE ACROSS THE CITY WITH 1291 00:37:26,777 --> 00:37:28,412 MORE FREQUENT ROUTES, 1292 00:37:28,412 --> 00:37:30,881 SHORTER WAITS AND BETTER 1293 00:37:30,881 --> 00:37:31,215 RELIABILITY. 1294 00:37:31,215 --> 00:37:33,251 MY NEIGHBORS IN D-2 1295 00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:34,352 HEAVILY RELY ON PUBLIC 1296 00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:34,785 TRANSPORTATION. 1297 00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:37,521 WORKING CLASS FAMILIES 1298 00:37:37,521 --> 00:37:39,123 COMMUTE, SEND THEIR KIDS TO 1299 00:37:39,123 --> 00:37:39,357 SCHOOL, 1300 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:41,759 GET THEIR ELDERS TO MEDICAL 1301 00:37:41,759 --> 00:37:43,094 CARE, VISIT SIBLINGS TO 1302 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:43,427 PROVIDE CHILD 1303 00:37:43,427 --> 00:37:44,061 CARE AND HAUL GROCERIES HOME ALL 1304 00:37:44,061 --> 00:37:46,664 ON THE BUS. 1305 00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:48,666 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 1306 00:37:48,666 --> 00:37:50,701 MEASURE HELPS EXPAND SERVICE FOR 1307 00:37:50,701 --> 00:37:50,935 PEOPLE 1308 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:53,137 WHO 1309 00:37:53,137 --> 00:37:54,205 DEPEND ON SERVICE MAKING 1310 00:37:54,205 --> 00:37:54,839 PRACTICAL AND AFFORDABLE OPTIONS 1311 00:37:54,839 --> 00:37:58,609 FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. 1312 00:37:58,743 --> 00:38:01,912 >> OUR NEXT CALLER IS GREG 1313 00:38:01,912 --> 00:38:02,179 WOODFILL. 1314 00:38:02,179 --> 00:38:07,284 GREG, PLEASE HIT STAR 6. 1315 00:38:10,454 --> 00:38:11,856 >> HELLO. 1316 00:38:11,856 --> 00:38:12,189 GOOD MORNING. 1317 00:38:12,189 --> 00:38:13,758 MY NAME IS GREG WOODFILL. 1318 00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:16,761 I'M PRESIDENT OF ATU 1319 00:38:16,761 --> 00:38:20,698 587 REPRESENTING ABOUT 5,000 1320 00:38:20,698 --> 00:38:21,098 TRANSIT WORKERS. 1321 00:38:21,098 --> 00:38:22,800 I'M IN AN AIRPORT IN D.C. 1322 00:38:22,800 --> 00:38:24,602 SORRY FOR THE SOUND. 1323 00:38:24,602 --> 00:38:27,838 GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA, AND 1324 00:38:27,838 --> 00:38:28,739 DISTINGUISHED CITY 1325 00:38:28,739 --> 00:38:29,140 COUNCILMEMBERS. 1326 00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:30,074 I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW 1327 00:38:30,074 --> 00:38:31,842 OUR UNION IS FULLY IN FAVOR OF 1328 00:38:31,842 --> 00:38:32,009 THE 1329 00:38:32,009 --> 00:38:33,611 MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IN HE 1330 00:38:33,611 --> 00:38:35,046 CAN TENDING THE SEATTLE 1331 00:38:35,046 --> 00:38:36,447 TRANSIT MEASURE INCLUDING HER 1332 00:38:36,447 --> 00:38:39,083 BOLD DECISION TO USE THE FULL 1333 00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:39,317 FUNDING 1334 00:38:39,450 --> 00:38:41,118 AVAILABLE. I WANT TO DIRECTLY 1335 00:38:41,118 --> 00:38:41,352 ADDRESS 1336 00:38:41,352 --> 00:38:43,454 OUR FRIENDS ON THE CITY COUNCIL 1337 00:38:43,454 --> 00:38:46,857 WHO HAVE BEEN GREAT 1338 00:38:46,857 --> 00:38:48,426 ADVOCATES FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT. 1339 00:38:48,426 --> 00:38:50,261 WE UNDERSTAND HOW 1340 00:38:50,261 --> 00:38:51,162 DIFFICULT IT IS IN THIS 1341 00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:51,796 ENVIRONMENT TO PASS 1342 00:38:51,796 --> 00:38:53,164 NEW TAXES. 1343 00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:54,198 WE UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE 1344 00:38:54,198 --> 00:38:56,901 ISSUE WITH REGRESSIVE TAXES. 1345 00:38:56,901 --> 00:38:58,002 THIS IS WHAT WE'VE GOT. 1346 00:38:58,002 --> 00:39:00,671 WE CANNOT AFFORD TO GO 1347 00:39:00,671 --> 00:39:02,173 BACKWARDS. 1348 00:39:02,173 --> 00:39:04,041 SEATTLE WILL NOT -- SEATTLE AND 1349 00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:05,242 KING COUNTY AND THE REGION 1350 00:39:05,242 --> 00:39:09,347 WILL NOT REACH ITS FULL 1351 00:39:09,347 --> 00:39:10,414 POTENTIAL WITHOUT CONTINUED 1352 00:39:10,414 --> 00:39:10,848 INCREASED 1353 00:39:10,848 --> 00:39:12,249 INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC TRANSIT. 1354 00:39:12,249 --> 00:39:15,619 PUBLIC TRANSIT IS A PUBLIC 1355 00:39:15,619 --> 00:39:15,953 UTILITY. 1356 00:39:15,953 --> 00:39:18,556 IT'S A NECESSARY PUBLIC RIGHT. 1357 00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:21,926 WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU, 1358 00:39:21,926 --> 00:39:23,694 PLEASE, WITH ALL THE PRESSURES 1359 00:39:23,694 --> 00:39:25,463 AND CONSIDERATIONS YOU HAVE, 1360 00:39:25,463 --> 00:39:25,663 EACH 1361 00:39:25,663 --> 00:39:28,032 AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ON THE 1362 00:39:28,032 --> 00:39:28,866 COUNCIL, HOPEFULLY YOU 1363 00:39:28,866 --> 00:39:30,534 WILL DECIDE TO FULLY SUPPORT 1364 00:39:30,534 --> 00:39:30,768 ASKING 1365 00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:34,238 FOR THE FULL FUNDING THE PUBLIC 1366 00:39:34,238 --> 00:39:39,877 IS DEMANDING SAFE PUBLIC 1367 00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:41,011 TRANSIT. 1368 00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:42,513 JUST, FINALLY, TO ANSWER 1369 00:39:42,513 --> 00:39:44,315 THE ISSUE OF REGRESSIVE TAXES. 1370 00:39:44,315 --> 00:39:45,983 YES, NOBODY IS IN FAVOR OF THAT. 1371 00:39:45,983 --> 00:39:48,319 WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT 1372 00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:51,255 EITHER, BUT, IN SOME 1373 00:39:51,255 --> 00:39:52,957 INSTANCES, REGRESSIVE TAXES AT 1374 00:39:52,957 --> 00:39:53,457 LEAST WE 1375 00:39:53,457 --> 00:39:55,793 CAN SAY THEY'RE GOING MORE TO 1376 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:58,162 THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THEM. 1377 00:39:58,162 --> 00:40:00,598 SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A 1378 00:40:00,598 --> 00:40:01,632 CHOICE ABOUT USING THE BUS. 1379 00:40:01,632 --> 00:40:03,167 THAT'S HOW THEY HAVE TO GET TO 1380 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:09,540 WORK, THEIR APPOINTMENTS OR 1381 00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:09,940 MEDICAL. 1382 00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:10,574 PLEASE SUPPORT THE FULL FUNDING. 1383 00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:10,875 THANK YOU. 1384 00:40:11,008 --> 00:40:14,879 >> THANK YOU. 1385 00:40:15,012 --> 00:40:19,450 >> OUR NEXT REMOTE CALLER IS LAM 1386 00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:19,850 HO. 1387 00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:23,621 PLEASE HIT STAR 6. 1388 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:32,296 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL 1389 00:40:32,296 --> 00:40:36,300 MELS. MY NAME IS LAM HO, HERE 1390 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:38,302 IN SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR'S 1391 00:40:38,302 --> 00:40:38,569 PROPOSED 1392 00:40:38,569 --> 00:40:39,503 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE. 1393 00:40:39,503 --> 00:40:41,071 THE TRANSIT RIDERS UNION 1394 00:40:41,071 --> 00:40:43,574 HAS ALWAYS BEEN COMMITTED TO A 1395 00:40:43,574 --> 00:40:44,909 SAFE, RELIABLE, EFFICIENT 1396 00:40:44,909 --> 00:40:46,744 TRANSIT SYSTEM ESPECIALLY FOR 1397 00:40:46,744 --> 00:40:47,311 LOW- INCOME 1398 00:40:47,311 --> 00:40:47,578 RIDERS. 1399 00:40:47,578 --> 00:40:50,014 AND TO ADVANCING PROGRESSIVE 1400 00:40:50,014 --> 00:40:51,582 PROGRAMS THAT MAKE OUR CITY 1401 00:40:51,582 --> 00:40:53,117 MORE EQUITABLE AND AFFORDABLE 1402 00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:53,284 FOR 1403 00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:55,452 ALL. THE PROPOSAL BY THE 1404 00:40:55,452 --> 00:40:57,721 MAYOR ALLIANCE WITH THE TRANSIT 1405 00:40:57,721 --> 00:41:00,024 RIDERS UNION'S MISSION AND 1406 00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:02,626 VALUES, EXPAND BUS SERVICE SO 1407 00:41:02,626 --> 00:41:02,860 PEOPLE 1408 00:41:02,860 --> 00:41:04,161 EXPAND SHORTER WAITS, MORE 1409 00:41:04,161 --> 00:41:05,496 FREQUENT TRIPS AND SERVICE 1410 00:41:05,496 --> 00:41:07,131 THAT ACTUALLY MATCHES THE 1411 00:41:07,131 --> 00:41:07,398 SCHEDULES 1412 00:41:07,398 --> 00:41:09,033 AND ROUTES RIDERS DEPEND ON 1413 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:09,467 EVERY DAY. 1414 00:41:09,467 --> 00:41:12,503 FOR SO MANY RESIDENTS, INCLUDING 1415 00:41:12,503 --> 00:41:13,871 MYSELF, A LIFELONG TRANSIT 1416 00:41:13,871 --> 00:41:15,973 RIDER WHO DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO 1417 00:41:15,973 --> 00:41:18,375 DRIVE, THIS IS OUR PRIMARY WAY 1418 00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:18,542 IF 1419 00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:20,377 NOT THE ONLY WAY OF GETTING TO 1420 00:41:20,377 --> 00:41:22,446 WORK, TO SCHOOL, TO GET 1421 00:41:22,446 --> 00:41:22,813 GROCERIES. 1422 00:41:22,813 --> 00:41:24,915 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL IS THE 1423 00:41:24,915 --> 00:41:27,251 WAY TO GETTING US THE 1424 00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:28,485 INCREASED FREQUENCY AND THE 1425 00:41:28,485 --> 00:41:28,719 OPTIONS 1426 00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,388 WE NEED TO LEAD OUR LIVES. 1427 00:41:31,388 --> 00:41:33,591 WHILE OBVIOUSLY INCREASING SALES 1428 00:41:33,591 --> 00:41:35,492 TAX IS NOT IDEAL, IT IS 1429 00:41:35,492 --> 00:41:37,428 AN AFFORDABLE INVESTMENT 1430 00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:39,864 INTO PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMS AND 1431 00:41:39,864 --> 00:41:40,297 RESULTS. 1432 00:41:40,297 --> 00:41:41,398 ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF THIS 1433 00:41:41,398 --> 00:41:43,968 MEASURE IS A 22,000 FREE 1434 00:41:43,968 --> 00:41:45,903 TRANSIT PASSES FROM LOWER INCOME 1435 00:41:45,903 --> 00:41:46,804 RESIDENTS. 1436 00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:48,038 MORE THAN DOUBLING THE 1437 00:41:48,038 --> 00:41:49,807 CURRENT NUMBER OF BENEFICIARIES 1438 00:41:49,807 --> 00:41:51,542 UNDER THE CURRENT MEASURE. 1439 00:41:51,542 --> 00:41:53,377 THESE PASSES ARE NOT A BROAD 1440 00:41:53,377 --> 00:41:53,744 SUBSIDY. 1441 00:41:53,744 --> 00:41:56,180 THEY ARE A TARGETED BENEFIT FOR 1442 00:41:56,180 --> 00:41:57,948 PEOPLE WHO ALREADY SPEND A 1443 00:41:57,948 --> 00:41:58,983 DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE OF 1444 00:41:58,983 --> 00:42:01,685 THEIR INCOME JUST GETTING AROUND 1445 00:42:01,685 --> 00:42:02,186 THE 1446 00:42:02,319 --> 00:42:04,321 CITY. AS MANY HAVE MENTIONED, 1447 00:42:04,321 --> 00:42:05,689 DRIVING IS BECOMING MORE 1448 00:42:05,689 --> 00:42:05,956 EXPENSIVE 1449 00:42:05,956 --> 00:42:08,225 AND WE NEED REAL ALTERNATIVES -- 1450 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:10,294 GAS, PARKING, INSURANCE AND 1451 00:42:10,294 --> 00:42:12,463 CAR OWNERSHIP KEEPS RISING. 1452 00:42:12,463 --> 00:42:14,331 THIS MEASURE EXPANDS SERVICE 1453 00:42:14,331 --> 00:42:15,699 TO MORE PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE 1454 00:42:15,699 --> 00:42:15,933 TRANSIT 1455 00:42:15,933 --> 00:42:17,735 AND SAVE MONEY ESPECIALLY 1456 00:42:17,735 --> 00:42:19,203 THOSE WHO FEEL THE FINANCIAL 1457 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:21,038 PRESSURE MOST ACUTELY. 1458 00:42:21,038 --> 00:42:22,573 AN EFFICIENT TRANSIT 1459 00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:24,608 SYSTEM ENABLES RESIDENTS TO SAVE 1460 00:42:24,608 --> 00:42:26,310 MONEY BY NOT NEEDING TO OWN A 1461 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:26,610 CAR. 1462 00:42:26,610 --> 00:42:28,879 THE TRANSIT RIDERS 1463 00:42:28,879 --> 00:42:30,014 UNION STRONGLY URGES YOU TO 1464 00:42:30,014 --> 00:42:32,116 SUPPORT MAYOR WILSON'S PROPOSED 1465 00:42:32,116 --> 00:42:32,683 MEASURE AT THE LEVEL SHE 1466 00:42:32,683 --> 00:42:32,950 PROPOSED. 1467 00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:36,687 THANK YOU. 1468 00:42:36,820 --> 00:42:39,924 >> OUR FINAL CALLER IS HARPER 1469 00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:47,331 NALY. PLEASE PRESS STAR 6. 1470 00:42:47,464 --> 00:42:47,965 >> OKAY. 1471 00:42:47,965 --> 00:42:48,565 HOLD ON. 1472 00:42:48,565 --> 00:42:50,034 OKAY. 1473 00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:50,634 SORRY. 1474 00:42:50,634 --> 00:42:52,202 I AM IN SCHOOL. 1475 00:42:52,202 --> 00:42:54,471 SO ANYWAY, HELLO. 1476 00:42:54,471 --> 00:42:57,241 I'M HERE TO DEMAND THE 1477 00:42:57,241 --> 00:42:59,944 COUNCIL FOLLOW -- AND GO BOLD ON 1478 00:42:59,944 --> 00:43:00,844 TRANSAT THIS TIME SUNDAY. 1479 00:43:00,844 --> 00:43:04,949 FOR THOSE OF US WHO USE IT AS 1480 00:43:04,949 --> 00:43:07,284 TRANSPORTATION NOT AN 1481 00:43:07,284 --> 00:43:08,485 ALTERNATE, THE DIVIDING LINE 1482 00:43:08,485 --> 00:43:08,919 BETWEEN US 1483 00:43:08,919 --> 00:43:10,321 AND ACCESS TO JOBS, 1484 00:43:10,321 --> 00:43:11,855 OPPORTUNITY, LIFE AND 1485 00:43:11,855 --> 00:43:12,356 AFFORDABILITY. 1486 00:43:12,356 --> 00:43:14,158 AS SEATTLEITES GAVE UP THEIR 1487 00:43:14,158 --> 00:43:15,726 CARS, THE NEED FOR 1488 00:43:15,726 --> 00:43:17,861 IMPROVEMENT IN TRANSIT BECOMES 1489 00:43:17,861 --> 00:43:18,195 INCREASINGLY 1490 00:43:18,195 --> 00:43:18,495 PRONOUNCED. 1491 00:43:18,495 --> 00:43:20,664 THIS TAX WILL MAKE MY LIFE 1492 00:43:20,664 --> 00:43:20,931 CHEAPER. 1493 00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:23,601 I SPEND ROUGHLY $5,000 A YEAR 1494 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:25,603 IN NONRENT, NONGROCERY EXPENSES. 1495 00:43:25,603 --> 00:43:27,304 AND, AS A RESULT, THE FIRST TIME 1496 00:43:27,304 --> 00:43:29,907 I DON'T HAVE TO SPEND $5 FOR 1497 00:43:29,907 --> 00:43:32,242 AN UBER OR A LIME BIKE THANKS 1498 00:43:32,242 --> 00:43:33,644 TO EXPANDED BUS SERVICE, THIS 1499 00:43:33,644 --> 00:43:33,944 TAX 1500 00:43:33,944 --> 00:43:34,511 INCREASE WILL HAVE PAID FOR 1501 00:43:34,511 --> 00:43:38,215 ITSELF. THANK YOU. 1502 00:43:38,415 --> 00:43:39,049 >> WE HAVE NO MORE PUBLIC 1503 00:43:39,049 --> 00:43:39,883 COMMENTERS. 1504 00:43:40,084 --> 00:43:45,623 >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 1505 00:43:45,623 --> 00:43:48,125 LET THE RECORD 1506 00:43:48,125 --> 00:43:49,660 REFLECT COUNCILMEMBERS 1507 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:51,528 RINCK, HOLLINGSWORTH HAVE JOINED 1508 00:43:51,528 --> 00:43:51,762 US. 1509 00:43:51,762 --> 00:43:54,064 WELCOME, VICE- CHAIR, COUNCIL 1510 00:43:54,064 --> 00:43:55,632 PRESIDENT, AND COUNCILMEMBER 1511 00:43:55,632 --> 00:43:57,635 STRAUSS HAS JOINED US IN PERSON. 1512 00:43:57,635 --> 00:43:59,269 WELCOME. 1513 00:43:59,269 --> 00:43:59,670 ALL RIGHT. 1514 00:43:59,670 --> 00:44:01,238 WE WILL -- LET'S SEE. 1515 00:44:01,238 --> 00:44:02,439 THERE ARE NO 1516 00:44:02,439 --> 00:44:03,273 ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 1517 00:44:03,273 --> 00:44:04,208 WE'LL NOW PROCEED TO 1518 00:44:04,208 --> 00:44:08,646 OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. 1519 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:10,381 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 1520 00:44:10,381 --> 00:44:13,751 1 INTO THE RECORD. 1521 00:44:13,884 --> 00:44:15,652 >> AGENDA ITEM 1, BRIEFING AND 1522 00:44:15,652 --> 00:44:17,888 DISCUSSION, EXECUTIVES PROPOSED 1523 00:44:17,888 --> 00:44:19,289 2026 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE. 1524 00:44:19,423 --> 00:44:20,024 >> ALL RIGHT. 1525 00:44:20,024 --> 00:44:20,524 THANK YOU. 1526 00:44:20,524 --> 00:44:21,792 AND WILL OUR PRESENTERS 1527 00:44:21,792 --> 00:44:23,427 PLEASE JOIN US AT THE TABLE, AS 1528 00:44:23,427 --> 00:44:25,429 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE DOING NOW. 1529 00:44:25,429 --> 00:44:25,729 WELCOME. 1530 00:44:25,729 --> 00:44:27,598 WHEN YOU'RE READY, 1531 00:44:27,598 --> 00:44:28,832 PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND 1532 00:44:28,832 --> 00:44:30,134 BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATIONS. 1533 00:44:30,134 --> 00:44:31,702 COLLEAGUES, I'LL ASK 1534 00:44:31,702 --> 00:44:31,969 THAT YOU 1535 00:44:31,969 --> 00:44:32,569 HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE 1536 00:44:32,569 --> 00:44:33,537 END. 1537 00:44:33,537 --> 00:44:38,075 THANK YOU. 1538 00:44:56,627 --> 00:44:59,329 >> ARE WE ALL READY? 1539 00:44:59,329 --> 00:45:00,064 HELLO, EVERYONE. 1540 00:45:00,064 --> 00:45:01,432 I'M ANGELA BRADY. 1541 00:45:01,432 --> 00:45:03,467 I WORK FOR THE SEATTLE D.O.T. 1542 00:45:03,467 --> 00:45:04,568 , THE ACTING DIRECTOR. 1543 00:45:04,568 --> 00:45:05,602 DO YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE 1544 00:45:05,602 --> 00:45:09,573 LINE AND MAKE SOME 1545 00:45:09,573 --> 00:45:14,144 INTRODUCTIONS FIRST? 1546 00:45:14,278 --> 00:45:19,883 >> JEN MALLEY- CRAWFORD, SDOT. 1547 00:45:20,017 --> 00:45:21,985 >> FRANCISCA STEFAN, SDOT. 1548 00:45:22,119 --> 00:45:23,754 >> SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1549 00:45:23,754 --> 00:45:24,755 HAVING US HERE TODAY. 1550 00:45:24,755 --> 00:45:27,324 WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE 1551 00:45:27,324 --> 00:45:28,225 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE 1552 00:45:28,225 --> 00:45:30,961 MAYOR'S PROPOSAL FOR THE 1553 00:45:30,961 --> 00:45:32,463 2026 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 1554 00:45:32,463 --> 00:45:34,598 RENEWAL FOR COUNCIL'S 1555 00:45:34,598 --> 00:45:34,965 CONSIDERATION. 1556 00:45:34,965 --> 00:45:37,234 A MEASURE LIKE THIS TAKES 1557 00:45:37,234 --> 00:45:39,236 CAREFUL, PROFESSIONAL WORK. 1558 00:45:39,236 --> 00:45:42,172 IT REQUIRES STRONG DATA, SOUND 1559 00:45:42,172 --> 00:45:43,740 FINANCIAL PLANNING, AND 1560 00:45:43,740 --> 00:45:44,875 CLOSE COORDINATION WITH OUR 1561 00:45:44,875 --> 00:45:46,343 PARTNERS ALONG WITH A CLEAR 1562 00:45:46,343 --> 00:45:47,544 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW 1563 00:45:47,544 --> 00:45:48,145 PEOPLE ACTUALLY MOVE AROUND 1564 00:45:48,145 --> 00:45:50,614 SEATTLE EVERY DAY. 1565 00:45:50,614 --> 00:45:52,015 AT SDOT OUR ROLE IS TO HELP 1566 00:45:52,015 --> 00:45:54,651 TURN THESE INVESTMENTS INTO REAL 1567 00:45:54,651 --> 00:45:55,052 SERVICE. 1568 00:45:55,052 --> 00:45:56,753 REAL ACCESS AND 1569 00:45:56,753 --> 00:45:58,155 REAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE 1570 00:45:58,155 --> 00:45:59,723 WHO RELY ON TRANSIT. 1571 00:45:59,723 --> 00:46:01,725 THAT MEANS ADMINISTERING 1572 00:46:01,725 --> 00:46:02,459 THESE FUNDS RESPONSIBLY. 1573 00:46:02,459 --> 00:46:04,027 IT MEANS WORKING WITH METRO 1574 00:46:04,027 --> 00:46:06,597 ON TRANSIT SERVICE PRIORITIES. 1575 00:46:06,597 --> 00:46:09,233 IT MEANS INVESTING IN CITY- 1576 00:46:09,233 --> 00:46:11,034 OWNED TRANSIT SERVICE WITH THE 1577 00:46:11,034 --> 00:46:11,535 SEATTLE STREETCAR. 1578 00:46:11,535 --> 00:46:13,637 IT MEANS MAKING SURE FREE 1579 00:46:13,637 --> 00:46:14,471 ORCA PASSES REACH REACH THE 1580 00:46:14,471 --> 00:46:15,506 PEOPLE THEY 1581 00:46:15,506 --> 00:46:16,273 INTENDED TO SERVE. 1582 00:46:16,273 --> 00:46:18,742 IT MEANS INVESTING IN PRACTICAL 1583 00:46:18,742 --> 00:46:20,210 STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT HELP 1584 00:46:20,210 --> 00:46:23,347 BUSES MOVE MORE SAFELY AND MORE 1585 00:46:23,547 --> 00:46:24,581 RELIABLY. AND IT MEANS TRACKING 1586 00:46:24,581 --> 00:46:24,815 RESULTS 1587 00:46:24,815 --> 00:46:27,651 SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE 1588 00:46:27,651 --> 00:46:27,851 OVER 1589 00:46:27,851 --> 00:46:28,051 TIME. 1590 00:46:28,051 --> 00:46:30,354 THIS PROPOSAL IS THE CULMINATION 1591 00:46:30,354 --> 00:46:33,056 OF ANALYSIS, STAKEHOLDER 1592 00:46:33,056 --> 00:46:34,591 ENGAGEMENT, AND A 1593 00:46:34,591 --> 00:46:37,661 COLLABORATION THAT SUPPORTS THE 1594 00:46:37,661 --> 00:46:37,895 SEATTLE 1595 00:46:37,895 --> 00:46:38,862 TRANSPORTATION PLAN, IS 1596 00:46:38,862 --> 00:46:40,831 ALIGNED WITH OUR CITY'S 1597 00:46:40,831 --> 00:46:42,032 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS, AND 1598 00:46:42,032 --> 00:46:42,900 MOVES US 1599 00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:45,502 CLOSER TO OUR VISION OF AN 1600 00:46:45,502 --> 00:46:47,037 IRRESISTIBLY GOOD TRANSIT 1601 00:46:47,037 --> 00:46:47,371 NETWORK THAT 1602 00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:48,005 IS FREQUENT AND RELIABLE SEVEN 1603 00:46:48,005 --> 00:46:48,205 DAYS 1604 00:46:48,205 --> 00:46:51,108 A WEEK. 1605 00:46:51,108 --> 00:46:53,310 WE ARE EXCITED AND HONORED TO BE 1606 00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:54,344 HERE TO SHARE MORE DETAILS 1607 00:46:54,344 --> 00:46:56,213 ABOUT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL 1608 00:46:56,213 --> 00:46:56,580 TODAY. 1609 00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:59,049 YES, IT IS AMBITIOUS BUT IT IS 1610 00:46:59,049 --> 00:47:00,517 ALSO VERY GROUNDED. 1611 00:47:00,517 --> 00:47:03,153 IT IS ABOUT MORE TRIPS, BETTER 1612 00:47:03,153 --> 00:47:06,056 SERVICE, BROADER ACCESS, AND 1613 00:47:06,056 --> 00:47:08,058 THE DAY-TO- DAY DETAILS THAT 1614 00:47:08,058 --> 00:47:09,193 MAKE TRANSIT WORK REALLY WELL. 1615 00:47:09,193 --> 00:47:11,228 I'M PROUD OF MY SDOT TEAM 1616 00:47:11,228 --> 00:47:12,863 AND OUR METRO PARTNERS FOR 1617 00:47:12,863 --> 00:47:13,964 THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE 1618 00:47:13,964 --> 00:47:15,732 CARE THAT WENT INTO THIS 1619 00:47:15,732 --> 00:47:16,033 PROPOSAL, 1620 00:47:16,033 --> 00:47:17,668 AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR 1621 00:47:17,668 --> 00:47:19,870 THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER A 1622 00:47:19,870 --> 00:47:21,772 TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTS A 1623 00:47:21,772 --> 00:47:22,005 MORE 1624 00:47:22,005 --> 00:47:23,674 AFFORDABLE, CONNECTED 1625 00:47:23,674 --> 00:47:24,241 AND ACCESSIBLE SEATTLE. 1626 00:47:24,374 --> 00:47:25,042 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US 1627 00:47:25,042 --> 00:47:30,881 TODAY. 1628 00:47:38,555 --> 00:47:39,022 >> THANK YOU. 1629 00:47:39,022 --> 00:47:40,190 THE PURPOSE 1630 00:47:40,190 --> 00:47:41,258 OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO 1631 00:47:41,258 --> 00:47:42,559 REALLY DO TWO 1632 00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:44,061 THINGS. IT'S TO TALK ABOUT THE 1633 00:47:44,061 --> 00:47:44,228 WAY 1634 00:47:44,228 --> 00:47:45,762 IN WHICH THE EXISTING 1635 00:47:45,762 --> 00:47:48,265 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE HAS BEEN 1636 00:47:48,265 --> 00:47:48,632 SERVING 1637 00:47:48,632 --> 00:47:52,502 AND CONTRIBUTING TO 1638 00:47:52,502 --> 00:47:54,171 AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE AND SAFE 1639 00:47:54,171 --> 00:47:55,239 TRANSPORTATION FOR EVERYONE 1640 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:56,940 HERE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND 1641 00:47:56,940 --> 00:47:58,909 TO SHARE THE MAYOR'S VISION FOR 1642 00:47:58,909 --> 00:48:01,979 THE RENEWAL OF THIS MEASURE, 1643 00:48:01,979 --> 00:48:02,546 WHICH 1644 00:48:02,546 --> 00:48:03,180 MEETS THE OVERWHELMING DEMAND 1645 00:48:03,180 --> 00:48:05,515 FOR BETTER BUS SERVICE AND 1646 00:48:05,515 --> 00:48:09,419 LOWERS BARRIERS TO 1647 00:48:09,419 --> 00:48:10,320 ACCESSING TRANSIT AND MEETS A 1648 00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,656 VERY IMPORTANT GOAL, WHICH IS 1649 00:48:12,656 --> 00:48:14,458 TO RETURN SEATTLE TO 2019 LEVELS 1650 00:48:14,458 --> 00:48:17,628 OF TRANSIT SERVICE. 1651 00:48:17,761 --> 00:48:19,329 >> A LITTLE BIT OF 1652 00:48:19,329 --> 00:48:23,233 HISTORY BEFORE WE GET INTO THE 1653 00:48:23,233 --> 00:48:23,467 CURRENT 1654 00:48:23,467 --> 00:48:23,667 STM. 1655 00:48:23,667 --> 00:48:26,203 STM WAS PASSED ORIGINALLY IN 1656 00:48:26,203 --> 00:48:27,537 2014 AFTER A COUNTYWIDE 1657 00:48:27,537 --> 00:48:29,907 MEASURE TO INVEST IN TRANSIT 1658 00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:33,377 SERVICE FAILED TO PASS AT THE 1659 00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:33,610 COUNTY 1660 00:48:33,610 --> 00:48:34,244 LEVEL. 1661 00:48:34,244 --> 00:48:36,580 IT PASSED WITH 1662 00:48:36,580 --> 00:48:37,514 62% OF SUPPORT OF THE VOTERS OF 1663 00:48:37,514 --> 00:48:37,981 THE CITY 1664 00:48:37,981 --> 00:48:40,017 OF SEATTLE AND AT THE TIME WAS A 1665 00:48:40,017 --> 00:48:44,087 0. 1% SALES TAX AND $60 WORTH 1666 00:48:44,087 --> 00:48:44,721 IN CAR TABS. 1667 00:48:44,721 --> 00:48:48,258 IN 2020 MAYOR DURKIN PROPOSE ADD 1668 00:48:48,258 --> 00:48:49,927 RENEWAL OF THAT MEASURE WHICH 1669 00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:54,564 WAS ADOPTED AS A 0. 15% SALES 1670 00:48:54,564 --> 00:48:58,335 TAX AND PASSED WITH 80% 1671 00:48:58,335 --> 00:48:59,836 VOTE APPROVAL OF THE CITY OF 1672 00:48:59,836 --> 00:49:00,103 SEATTLE. 1673 00:49:00,103 --> 00:49:03,674 A LITTLE FUN FACT ABOUT THAT 1674 00:49:03,674 --> 00:49:04,308 IS THAT AT THE TIME IT WAS 1675 00:49:04,308 --> 00:49:05,509 THE HIGHEST ANY MEASURE ON 1676 00:49:05,509 --> 00:49:06,910 ANY SUBJECT HAD EVER BEEN 1677 00:49:06,910 --> 00:49:10,314 APPROVED IN THE HISTORY OF 1678 00:49:10,314 --> 00:49:10,547 SEATTLE 1679 00:49:10,547 --> 00:49:12,049 AND HAS SET A NATIONAL RECORD 1680 00:49:12,049 --> 00:49:13,750 FOR THE HIGHEST ANY TRANSIT 1681 00:49:13,750 --> 00:49:15,118 MEASURE HAS EVER BEEN APPROVED 1682 00:49:15,118 --> 00:49:15,552 IN 1683 00:49:15,552 --> 00:49:18,155 THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1684 00:49:18,155 --> 00:49:18,588 OF 1685 00:49:18,588 --> 00:49:19,623 AMERICA. 1686 00:49:19,623 --> 00:49:21,925 THAT MEASURE WAS PASSED FOR A 1687 00:49:21,925 --> 00:49:23,093 SIX- YEAR DURATION WHICH BRINGS 1688 00:49:23,093 --> 00:49:25,896 US NOW TO 2026, AN 1689 00:49:25,896 --> 00:49:27,931 IMPORTANT TIME FOR RENEWING 1690 00:49:27,931 --> 00:49:30,901 THESE 1691 00:49:30,901 --> 00:49:33,537 INVESTMENTS. 1692 00:49:33,670 --> 00:49:35,806 >> STM IS A UNIQUE TOOL THE 1693 00:49:35,806 --> 00:49:39,409 CITY HAS TO BUILD THE TRANSIT- 1694 00:49:39,409 --> 00:49:39,609 RICH 1695 00:49:39,609 --> 00:49:40,510 CITY SEATTLE HAS BEEN WORKING 1696 00:49:40,644 --> 00:49:42,479 TOWARDS. A CITY WHERE TRANSIT 1697 00:49:42,479 --> 00:49:44,114 CONNECTS PEOPLE TO 1698 00:49:44,114 --> 00:49:45,716 OPPORTUNITY, STRENGTHENS OUR 1699 00:49:45,716 --> 00:49:46,450 NEIGHBORHOODS, SUPPORTS OUR 1700 00:49:46,450 --> 00:49:46,917 ECONOMY AND 1701 00:49:46,917 --> 00:49:49,152 MAKES DAILY LIFE A LITTLE 1702 00:49:49,152 --> 00:49:49,386 EASIER. 1703 00:49:49,386 --> 00:49:51,655 FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT 1704 00:49:51,655 --> 00:49:53,490 HAS FUNDED MORE BUS SERVICE IN 1705 00:49:53,490 --> 00:49:54,257 SEATTLE, ABOVE THE 1706 00:49:54,257 --> 00:49:56,093 BASELINE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT 1707 00:49:56,093 --> 00:49:56,426 KING 1708 00:49:56,426 --> 00:49:59,396 COUNTY METRO PROVIDES. 1709 00:49:59,396 --> 00:50:01,465 SINCE 2020, THIS MEASURE HAS 1710 00:50:01,465 --> 00:50:02,733 ADDED MORE THAN 1711 00:50:02,733 --> 00:50:05,902 850,000 ADDITIONAL BUS SERVICE 1712 00:50:05,902 --> 00:50:06,470 HOURS IN 1713 00:50:06,470 --> 00:50:06,770 SEATTLE. 1714 00:50:06,770 --> 00:50:10,574 IN 2025 THAT MEANT AN ADDITIONAL 1715 00:50:10,574 --> 00:50:12,843 3,200 WEEKLY BUS TRIPS WITH 88% 1716 00:50:12,843 --> 00:50:15,045 OF THOSE TRIPS IN THE EVENINGS, 1717 00:50:15,045 --> 00:50:17,581 AT NIGHT, ON WEEKENDS, AND 1718 00:50:17,581 --> 00:50:17,914 MIDDAY. 1719 00:50:17,914 --> 00:50:19,816 WITH EVERY TRANSIT TRIP WE 1720 00:50:19,816 --> 00:50:21,184 HAVE PURCHASED THE CITY HAS 1721 00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:24,755 CONTRIBUTED TO METRO'S 1722 00:50:24,755 --> 00:50:26,723 TRANSIT SAFETY INITIATIVES 1723 00:50:26,723 --> 00:50:27,424 INVESTING $14 1724 00:50:27,424 --> 00:50:29,793 MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THIS 1725 00:50:29,793 --> 00:50:30,060 MEASURE. 1726 00:50:30,060 --> 00:50:32,829 STM HAS ALSO EXPANDED ACCESS TO 1727 00:50:32,829 --> 00:50:34,998 TRANSIT INCLUDING PROVIDING 1728 00:50:34,998 --> 00:50:37,034 FREE ORCA CARDS TO LOW- 1729 00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:38,835 INCOME RESIDENTS THAT 1730 00:50:38,835 --> 00:50:40,837 SAVED PARTICIPANTS MORE THAN $4. 1731 00:50:40,837 --> 00:50:40,971 5 1732 00:50:40,971 --> 00:50:42,672 MILLION IN 2025 ALONE. 1733 00:50:42,672 --> 00:50:44,941 IT HAS FUNDED LOW- INCOME -- 1734 00:50:44,941 --> 00:50:46,777 IT HAS FUNDED TRANSIT EDUCATION 1735 00:50:46,777 --> 00:50:49,346 PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND AGING 1736 00:50:49,346 --> 00:50:50,914 ADULTS, CAPITAL 1737 00:50:50,914 --> 00:50:52,382 PROJECTS, SEATTLE STREETCAR 1738 00:50:52,382 --> 00:50:52,716 SERVICE, AND 1739 00:50:52,716 --> 00:50:54,050 THE CITY STAFFING WE NEED 1740 00:50:54,050 --> 00:50:56,219 TO SUPPORT THE PLANNING 1741 00:50:56,219 --> 00:50:57,554 AND PERMITTING OF SOUND 1742 00:50:57,554 --> 00:50:58,722 TRANSIT PROJECTS IN SEATTLE. 1743 00:50:58,722 --> 00:51:00,424 THIS IS NOW A PROVEN 1744 00:51:00,424 --> 00:51:02,459 FUNDING SOURCE WITH A LONG TRACK 1745 00:51:02,459 --> 00:51:03,527 RECORD OF HELPING PEOPLE GET 1746 00:51:03,527 --> 00:51:05,729 WHERE THEY 1747 00:51:05,729 --> 00:51:06,630 NEED TO GO. 1748 00:51:06,630 --> 00:51:08,665 PROVIDING MORE TRANSIT 1749 00:51:08,665 --> 00:51:09,733 SERVICE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE 1750 00:51:09,733 --> 00:51:10,500 CORE 1751 00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:11,835 OF THIS MEASURE. 1752 00:51:11,835 --> 00:51:13,703 SDOT USES THE CITY'S 1753 00:51:13,703 --> 00:51:16,106 FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK AS THE 1754 00:51:16,106 --> 00:51:17,207 GUIDING FRAMEWORK FRAMEWORK 1755 00:51:17,207 --> 00:51:17,607 SDOT'S 1756 00:51:17,607 --> 00:51:18,542 TRANSIT SERVICE INVESTMENTS. 1757 00:51:18,542 --> 00:51:21,578 IT'S THE CITY'S VISION FOR A 1758 00:51:21,578 --> 00:51:22,112 WELL-CONNECTED, FREQUENT 1759 00:51:22,112 --> 00:51:24,147 AND RELIABLE TRANSIT SYSTEM 1760 00:51:24,147 --> 00:51:25,849 WHERE TRAVELING BY BUS 1761 00:51:25,849 --> 00:51:27,284 THROUGHOUT SEATTLE IS CONVENIENT 1762 00:51:27,284 --> 00:51:27,651 AND 1763 00:51:27,651 --> 00:51:28,885 EASY TO CHOOSE NO MATTER WHAT 1764 00:51:28,885 --> 00:51:29,286 TIME OF 1765 00:51:29,286 --> 00:51:31,388 DAY YOU NEED TO TRAVEL. 1766 00:51:31,388 --> 00:51:32,923 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SHAPED 1767 00:51:32,923 --> 00:51:34,624 THIS VISION WHEN IT WAS MOST 1768 00:51:34,624 --> 00:51:36,560 RECENTLY UPDATED IN 2024 THROUGH 1769 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:40,097 THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN 1770 00:51:40,097 --> 00:51:40,263 AS 1771 00:51:40,263 --> 00:51:43,066 ADOPTED BY YOU ALL, CITY 1772 00:51:43,066 --> 00:51:43,567 COUNCILMEMBERS. 1773 00:51:43,567 --> 00:51:45,602 THROUGH THE STP 1774 00:51:45,602 --> 00:51:46,903 ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WE HEARD LOUD 1775 00:51:46,903 --> 00:51:47,237 AND 1776 00:51:47,237 --> 00:51:48,905 CLEAR SEATTLEITES WANT MORE 1777 00:51:48,905 --> 00:51:50,440 FREQUENT TRANSIT SERVICE AT ALL 1778 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:50,740 TIMES OF 1779 00:51:50,740 --> 00:51:51,308 DAY. 1780 00:51:51,308 --> 00:51:53,643 WE REFLECTED THIS FEEDBACK IN 1781 00:51:53,643 --> 00:51:55,112 AN UPDATED NETWORK VISION 1782 00:51:55,112 --> 00:51:57,647 WHILE ALSO FACTORING IN 1783 00:51:57,647 --> 00:51:58,482 ANTICIPATED 1784 00:51:58,482 --> 00:51:59,382 POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT 1785 00:51:59,382 --> 00:52:01,618 GROWTH, IDENTIFIED IN THE 1786 00:52:01,618 --> 00:52:02,586 SEATTLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, 1787 00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:04,454 AND OUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPACT 1788 00:52:04,454 --> 00:52:06,990 OF THE GROWING REGIONAL LIGHT 1789 00:52:06,990 --> 00:52:07,190 RAIL 1790 00:52:07,190 --> 00:52:07,557 NETWORK. 1791 00:52:07,557 --> 00:52:09,526 THE CITY'S NEW FREQUENT 1792 00:52:09,526 --> 00:52:10,894 TRANSIT NETWORK HAS TARGETS THAT 1793 00:52:10,894 --> 00:52:14,197 NOW APPLY SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK, 1794 00:52:14,197 --> 00:52:16,032 ALL STM TRANSIT SERVICE 1795 00:52:16,032 --> 00:52:18,034 INVESTMENTS BRING SEATTLE CLOSER 1796 00:52:18,034 --> 00:52:18,201 TO 1797 00:52:18,201 --> 00:52:20,103 THIS FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK 1798 00:52:20,103 --> 00:52:20,337 VISION. 1799 00:52:20,337 --> 00:52:21,771 HOW EXACTLY DO WE DO THIS? 1800 00:52:21,771 --> 00:52:23,907 WE START BY LOOKING AT THE 1801 00:52:23,907 --> 00:52:26,076 GAPS THAT EXIST BETWEEN 1802 00:52:26,076 --> 00:52:27,844 EXISTING SERVICE AND THE TARGETS 1803 00:52:27,844 --> 00:52:29,045 OUTLINED IN THAT NETWORK. 1804 00:52:29,045 --> 00:52:30,847 THIS GIVES US OUR UNIVERSE 1805 00:52:30,847 --> 00:52:33,917 OF POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS. 1806 00:52:33,917 --> 00:52:35,152 UNSURPRISINGLY THE BIGGEST GAPS 1807 00:52:35,152 --> 00:52:36,553 ARE IN THE EVENING, 1808 00:52:36,553 --> 00:52:38,355 NIGHTS, WEEKENDS AND MIDDAY. 1809 00:52:38,355 --> 00:52:40,190 WE KNOW THE NEED TO GET 1810 00:52:40,190 --> 00:52:42,058 AROUND DOES NOT STOP OUTSIDE OF 1811 00:52:42,058 --> 00:52:42,259 PEAK 1812 00:52:42,259 --> 00:52:42,993 COMMUTE TIMES. 1813 00:52:42,993 --> 00:52:45,195 PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING TO JOBS, 1814 00:52:45,195 --> 00:52:47,797 SCHOOL, MEDICAL 1815 00:52:47,797 --> 00:52:49,633 APPOINTMENTS, CHILD CARE, 1816 00:52:49,633 --> 00:52:49,900 GROCERY 1817 00:52:49,900 --> 00:52:51,768 STORES, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND 1818 00:52:51,768 --> 00:52:52,002 FAMILY 1819 00:52:52,002 --> 00:52:53,003 RESPONSIBILITIES AT ALL TIMES 1820 00:52:53,003 --> 00:52:53,803 OF DAY. 1821 00:52:53,803 --> 00:52:55,005 RIDERSHIP HAS REBOUNDED 1822 00:52:55,005 --> 00:52:58,008 THE FASTERS AT OFF- PEAK TIMES 1823 00:52:58,008 --> 00:52:58,341 POST 1824 00:52:58,475 --> 00:52:59,309 PANDEMIC. FOR EXAMPLE, WEEKEND 1825 00:52:59,309 --> 00:52:59,576 RIDERSHIP 1826 00:52:59,576 --> 00:53:02,946 IS NOW AT NEARLY 100% OF 1827 00:53:02,946 --> 00:53:04,915 PREPANDEMIC LEVELS AND GROWING. 1828 00:53:04,915 --> 00:53:07,050 IN ADDITION, WE PRIORITIZE 1829 00:53:07,050 --> 00:53:08,785 FREQUENT SERVICE TO 1830 00:53:08,785 --> 00:53:09,653 EQUITY PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOODS T. 1831 00:53:09,786 --> 00:53:13,089 THE RESULT IS THAT OVER 80% OF 1832 00:53:13,089 --> 00:53:15,292 STM BUS SERVICE INVESTMENTS ARE 1833 00:53:15,292 --> 00:53:16,760 AT OFF PEAK TIMES AND SERVE 1834 00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:20,263 EQUITY PRIORITY POPULATIONS. 1835 00:53:20,263 --> 00:53:23,400 WE KNOW STM INVESTMENTS 1836 00:53:23,400 --> 00:53:24,601 ARE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE WHERE OUR 1837 00:53:24,601 --> 00:53:26,836 SERVICE INVESTMENTS 1838 00:53:26,836 --> 00:53:27,470 GO, RIDERSHIP FOLLOWS. 1839 00:53:27,470 --> 00:53:28,905 THERE ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES ON 1840 00:53:28,905 --> 00:53:29,406 THIS SLIDE. 1841 00:53:29,406 --> 00:53:31,775 I'LL START WITH JUST THE FIRST 1842 00:53:31,908 --> 00:53:34,611 ONE. THE ROUTE 60 WHICH 1843 00:53:34,611 --> 00:53:37,581 CONNECTS COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1, 2, 1844 00:53:37,581 --> 00:53:37,914 AND 3. 1845 00:53:37,914 --> 00:53:40,717 WE ADDED BUS SERVICE ON WEEKENDS 1846 00:53:40,717 --> 00:53:43,587 MAKING BUSES COME EVERY 1847 00:53:43,587 --> 00:53:45,422 15 MINUTES UP FROM METRO'S 1848 00:53:45,422 --> 00:53:47,090 BASELINE OF EVERY 30 MINUTES 1849 00:53:47,090 --> 00:53:47,357 FROM 1850 00:53:47,357 --> 00:53:49,559 6:00 A.M. TO 7:00 P.M. 1851 00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:51,394 AFTER WE MADE THIS 1852 00:53:51,394 --> 00:53:54,531 INVESTMENT, RIDERSHIP INCREASED 1853 00:53:54,531 --> 00:53:54,965 27% ON 1854 00:53:54,965 --> 00:54:02,272 SATURDAYS AND 41% ON SUNDAYS. 1855 00:54:02,272 --> 00:54:04,641 THROUGH OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, 1856 00:54:04,641 --> 00:54:05,842 FOLKS HAVE TOLD US THAT IT 1857 00:54:05,842 --> 00:54:08,211 IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO FEEL 1858 00:54:08,211 --> 00:54:09,913 SAFE TRAVELING TO, WAITING FOR, 1859 00:54:09,913 --> 00:54:13,216 AND RIDING ON TRANSIT. 1860 00:54:13,216 --> 00:54:14,217 THANKFULLY EVERY STM 1861 00:54:14,217 --> 00:54:16,119 DOLLAR SPENT ON TRANSIT 1862 00:54:16,119 --> 00:54:17,454 SERVICE CONTRIBUTES TO METRO'S 1863 00:54:17,454 --> 00:54:19,522 SAFETY AND SECURITY INVESTMENTS. 1864 00:54:19,522 --> 00:54:23,360 AS METRO HAS INCREASED THEIR 1865 00:54:23,360 --> 00:54:24,527 INVESTMENTS, SDOT'S 1866 00:54:24,527 --> 00:54:25,729 CONTRIBUTION HAS ALSO INCREASED. 1867 00:54:25,729 --> 00:54:29,532 BETWEEN 2023 AND 2026 THE 1868 00:54:29,532 --> 00:54:31,534 AMOUNT SDOT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO 1869 00:54:31,534 --> 00:54:33,703 METRO'S SAFETY AND SECURITY 1870 00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:35,972 INVESTMENTS THROUGH STM HAS 1871 00:54:35,972 --> 00:54:36,239 TRIPLED. 1872 00:54:36,239 --> 00:54:37,874 THESE SIGNIFICANT 1873 00:54:37,874 --> 00:54:39,676 INVESTMENTS ARE IN ADDITION TO 1874 00:54:39,676 --> 00:54:40,110 THE 1875 00:54:40,110 --> 00:54:42,412 $9 MILLION IN DEDICATED FUNDING 1876 00:54:42,412 --> 00:54:43,780 FOR TRANSIT PASSENGER SAFETY 1877 00:54:43,780 --> 00:54:43,980 THAT 1878 00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:47,350 IS PART OF THE 2024 1879 00:54:47,350 --> 00:54:47,717 TRANSPORTATION 1880 00:54:47,717 --> 00:54:47,917 LEVY. 1881 00:54:47,917 --> 00:54:50,220 THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED TO 1882 00:54:50,220 --> 00:54:51,488 PROVIDE INCREASED 1883 00:54:51,488 --> 00:54:52,088 OFFICER 1884 00:54:52,088 --> 00:54:52,722 PRESENCE ALONG THIRD AVENUE AND 1885 00:54:52,722 --> 00:54:56,926 SOUTH JACKSON STREET. 1886 00:54:56,926 --> 00:54:59,095 STM HAS PROVIDED LOW- 1887 00:54:59,095 --> 00:55:01,231 INCOME ACCESS TO TRANSIT WITH 1888 00:55:01,231 --> 00:55:02,332 FULLY SUBSIDIZED ORCA CARDS 1889 00:55:02,332 --> 00:55:02,632 SINCE THE 1890 00:55:02,632 --> 00:55:05,201 FIRST VERSION OF THIS MEASURE IN 1891 00:55:05,201 --> 00:55:05,568 2014. 1892 00:55:05,568 --> 00:55:07,037 OUR TRANSIT PASS 1893 00:55:07,037 --> 00:55:10,273 PROGRAMS PROVIDE FREE ORCA CARDS 1894 00:55:10,273 --> 00:55:12,142 TO 10,000 SEATTLEITES EVERY 1895 00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:12,742 YEAR. 1896 00:55:12,742 --> 00:55:14,611 OUR LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM 1897 00:55:14,611 --> 00:55:16,980 IS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 1898 00:55:16,980 --> 00:55:19,049 RELATE HOUSING AUTHORITY WHICH 1899 00:55:19,049 --> 00:55:19,282 SERVES 1900 00:55:19,282 --> 00:55:20,950 OVER 6,000 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR 1901 00:55:20,950 --> 00:55:23,920 AND SAVES PARTICIPANTS MORE THAN 1902 00:55:24,054 --> 00:55:25,322 $600 ON AVERAGE IN 1903 00:55:25,322 --> 00:55:26,923 TRANSPORTATION COSTS. 1904 00:55:26,923 --> 00:55:29,292 WE ALSO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS 1905 00:55:29,292 --> 00:55:31,661 WITH SEATTLE COLLEGES AND THE 1906 00:55:31,661 --> 00:55:33,229 SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM CUP 1907 00:55:33,229 --> 00:55:34,497 WILLING EARLY CHILDHOOD 1908 00:55:34,497 --> 00:55:34,864 EDUCATION WITH 1909 00:55:34,864 --> 00:55:36,800 RELIABLE ACCESS TO 1910 00:55:36,800 --> 00:55:38,001 TRANSPORTATION TO SUPPORT 1911 00:55:38,001 --> 00:55:42,939 LOW- INCOME FAMILIES. 1912 00:55:42,939 --> 00:55:44,874 PARTICIPANTS IN OUR ORCA 1913 00:55:44,874 --> 00:55:46,342 SUBSIDY PROGRAMS TELL US TIME 1914 00:55:46,342 --> 00:55:46,509 AND 1915 00:55:46,509 --> 00:55:48,111 AGAIN HOW IMPACTFUL HAVING THIS 1916 00:55:48,111 --> 00:55:50,613 RESOURCE IS TO THEIR LIVES. 1917 00:55:50,613 --> 00:55:51,948 AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE 1918 00:55:51,948 --> 00:55:54,651 QUOTES, THIS IS A PRACTICAL 1919 00:55:54,651 --> 00:55:55,618 AFFORDABILITY INVESTMENT. 1920 00:55:55,618 --> 00:55:58,154 WHEN PEOPLE HAVE 1921 00:55:58,154 --> 00:55:59,289 RELIABLE TRANSIT AND A PASS IN 1922 00:55:59,289 --> 00:55:59,489 THEIR 1923 00:55:59,489 --> 00:56:00,523 POCKET, THEY HAVE MORE 1924 00:56:00,523 --> 00:56:02,625 FREEDOM TO GET WHERE THEY NEED 1925 00:56:02,625 --> 00:56:02,792 TO 1926 00:56:02,792 --> 00:56:03,460 GO WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT HOW TO 1927 00:56:03,460 --> 00:56:08,965 PAY FOR IT. 1928 00:56:08,965 --> 00:56:10,633 TRANSIT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 1929 00:56:10,633 --> 00:56:12,202 HAVE BEEN A SMALL PART OF 1930 00:56:12,202 --> 00:56:15,271 EACH OF THE PAST SEATTLE 1931 00:56:15,271 --> 00:56:16,206 TRANSIT MEASURES COMPLEMENTING 1932 00:56:16,206 --> 00:56:16,373 OUR 1933 00:56:16,373 --> 00:56:17,273 SERVICE INVESTMENTS. 1934 00:56:17,273 --> 00:56:19,008 THE SIZE AND SCALE OF 1935 00:56:19,008 --> 00:56:20,243 THE CAPITAL PROGRAM AND THE 1936 00:56:20,243 --> 00:56:22,345 CURRENT MEASURE WAS INCREASED 1937 00:56:22,345 --> 00:56:22,545 WELL 1938 00:56:22,545 --> 00:56:23,480 ABOVE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY 1939 00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:23,847 PLANNED 1940 00:56:23,847 --> 00:56:25,448 BY COUNCIL PARTWAY THROUGH 1941 00:56:25,448 --> 00:56:26,783 THE MEASURE DURING A PERIOD OF 1942 00:56:26,783 --> 00:56:26,983 TIME 1943 00:56:26,983 --> 00:56:29,152 WHEN SERVICE AND RIDERSHIP 1944 00:56:29,152 --> 00:56:31,254 WERE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE 1945 00:56:31,254 --> 00:56:31,521 PANDEMIC. 1946 00:56:31,521 --> 00:56:32,956 SDOT INVESTED THESE 1947 00:56:32,956 --> 00:56:34,424 INCREASED CAPITAL FUNDS IN 1948 00:56:34,424 --> 00:56:34,958 ALIGNMENT WITH 1949 00:56:34,958 --> 00:56:35,792 VOTER INTENT. 1950 00:56:35,792 --> 00:56:38,895 OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS WE 1951 00:56:38,895 --> 00:56:41,898 HAVE SUPPORTED OVER 100 TRANSIT 1952 00:56:42,031 --> 00:56:42,899 CAPITAL PROJECTS ACROSS THE 1953 00:56:42,899 --> 00:56:45,101 CITY THAT HAVE RANGED IN SIZE, 1954 00:56:45,101 --> 00:56:46,836 SCOPE AND SCALE BUT 1955 00:56:46,836 --> 00:56:48,938 ULTIMATELY THEY HAVE IMPROVED 1956 00:56:48,938 --> 00:56:49,239 BUS TRAVEL 1957 00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:50,807 TIMES, THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE, 1958 00:56:50,807 --> 00:56:51,608 AND MADE IT 1959 00:56:51,608 --> 00:56:52,242 EASIER AND SAFER TO GET TO AND 1960 00:56:52,242 --> 00:56:54,644 FROM THE BUS. 1961 00:56:54,644 --> 00:56:57,113 THESE INVESTMENTS COMPLEMENT THE 1962 00:56:57,113 --> 00:56:59,182 CITY'S PRIMARY FUNDING 1963 00:56:59,182 --> 00:57:01,518 SOURCE FOR TRANSIT 1964 00:57:01,518 --> 00:57:01,885 INFRASTRUCTURE 1965 00:57:01,885 --> 00:57:02,585 IMPROVEMENTS. 1966 00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:03,186 $151 MILLION IN THE 1967 00:57:03,186 --> 00:57:08,158 TRANSPORTATION LEVY. 1968 00:57:15,031 --> 00:57:16,299 >> THIS BRINGS US TO THE 1969 00:57:16,299 --> 00:57:18,568 MAYOR'S PROPOSAL FOR THE SECOND 1970 00:57:18,568 --> 00:57:21,871 RENEWAL OF THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 1971 00:57:21,871 --> 00:57:22,138 MEASURE. 1972 00:57:22,138 --> 00:57:23,239 THIS HAS -- BRINGS US TO 1973 00:57:23,239 --> 00:57:27,710 THE FUTURE HERE, SO WE HAVE 0. 1974 00:57:27,710 --> 00:57:28,578 3% SALES TAX. 1975 00:57:28,578 --> 00:57:30,713 THE SALES TAX AUTHORIZED FOR 1976 00:57:30,713 --> 00:57:32,582 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT 1977 00:57:32,582 --> 00:57:34,117 DISTRICTS, AS MANY PUBLIC 1978 00:57:34,117 --> 00:57:37,454 COMMENTERS HAVE SHARED HERE, IS 1979 00:57:37,454 --> 00:57:39,255 LIMITED BY THE OPTIONS 1980 00:57:39,255 --> 00:57:40,590 PROVIDED BY THE WASHINGTON STATE 1981 00:57:40,723 --> 00:57:41,291 LEGISLATURE. 1982 00:57:41,291 --> 00:57:42,892 SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE 1983 00:57:42,892 --> 00:57:44,894 WHERE THAT USE COMES FROM AND 1984 00:57:44,894 --> 00:57:45,161 THE FULL 1985 00:57:45,161 --> 00:57:47,764 DURATION THEN OF TEN YEARS. 1986 00:57:47,764 --> 00:57:49,933 SO THIS PROPOSAL IS REALLY 1987 00:57:49,933 --> 00:57:51,634 ABOUT IMPROVING TRANSIT SERVICE 1988 00:57:51,634 --> 00:57:53,136 AT ALL 1989 00:57:53,136 --> 00:57:54,637 TIMES OF DAY AND ON THE 1990 00:57:54,771 --> 00:57:55,972 WEEKENDS. WE KNOW THAT WHAT THIS 1991 00:57:55,972 --> 00:57:56,172 WILL 1992 00:57:56,172 --> 00:57:57,740 DO IS IT WILL INCREASE BOTH 1993 00:57:57,740 --> 00:57:59,442 THE ACCESS TO TRANSIT, AS YOU 1994 00:57:59,442 --> 00:58:01,077 HEARD MANY PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 1995 00:58:01,077 --> 00:58:03,079 FARES 1996 00:58:03,079 --> 00:58:04,614 AND AFFORDABILITY, CONNECT 1997 00:58:04,614 --> 00:58:04,881 PEOPLE TO 1998 00:58:04,881 --> 00:58:05,849 THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT MEET THE 1999 00:58:05,982 --> 00:58:08,751 NEEDS OF THEIR DAILY TRAVEL. 2000 00:58:08,751 --> 00:58:10,487 WE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT 2001 00:58:10,487 --> 00:58:13,323 ABOUT CHANGING TRAVEL PATTERNS, 2002 00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:13,489 AND 2003 00:58:13,489 --> 00:58:15,458 HELPS US MOVE FORWARD TOWARDS 2004 00:58:15,458 --> 00:58:16,826 SEATTLE'S ADOPTED GOALS 2005 00:58:16,826 --> 00:58:17,126 AROUND 2006 00:58:17,126 --> 00:58:17,660 AFFORDABILITY, EQUITY AND 2007 00:58:17,660 --> 00:58:21,164 CLIMATE. 2008 00:58:21,297 --> 00:58:23,566 >> SO THIS SLIDE SPEAKS A 2009 00:58:23,566 --> 00:58:25,802 LITTLE BIT TO THE NEED TO INVEST 2010 00:58:25,802 --> 00:58:26,002 HERE. 2011 00:58:26,002 --> 00:58:28,404 SO SEATTLE IS A GROWING CITY. 2012 00:58:28,404 --> 00:58:29,706 SINCE THIS MEASURE WAS ADOPTED 2013 00:58:29,706 --> 00:58:33,209 FIVE YEARS AGO, WE'VE ADDED 2014 00:58:33,209 --> 00:58:34,177 80,000 NEW RESIDENTS. 2015 00:58:34,177 --> 00:58:37,013 AND DURING THAT TIME AS 2016 00:58:37,013 --> 00:58:38,081 SEATTLE, LIKE EVERY CITY IN 2017 00:58:38,081 --> 00:58:39,749 THE UNITED STATES AND ACROSS THE 2018 00:58:39,749 --> 00:58:40,516 WORLD IS 2019 00:58:40,516 --> 00:58:42,819 RECOVERING FROM PANDEMIC- 2020 00:58:42,819 --> 00:58:43,786 RELATED IMPACTS, WE'VE SEEN 2021 00:58:43,786 --> 00:58:44,020 TRANSIT 2022 00:58:44,020 --> 00:58:48,291 RIDERSHIP ON WEEKDAYS DOUBLE. 2023 00:58:48,291 --> 00:58:50,593 NOW YOU SEE HERE THE NUMBERS -- 2024 00:58:50,727 --> 00:58:53,763 THESE ARE 2025 00:58:53,763 --> 00:58:54,230 JUST SEATTLE TRANSIT 2026 00:58:54,230 --> 00:58:57,767 NUMBERS. WE HAVE NEARLY 200,000 2027 00:58:57,767 --> 00:58:58,868 PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING PUBLIC 2028 00:58:58,868 --> 00:59:00,870 TRANSIT EVERY DAY, TAKING THOSE 2029 00:59:00,870 --> 00:59:01,170 TRIPS. 2030 00:59:01,170 --> 00:59:03,006 THIS IS NOT INCLUDING 2031 00:59:03,006 --> 00:59:05,341 LINK, WHICH IS ANOTHER 100,000 2032 00:59:05,341 --> 00:59:06,910 FOLKS. 2033 00:59:06,910 --> 00:59:11,214 SO WE SEE BOTH A STRONG 2034 00:59:11,214 --> 00:59:12,882 GROWTH IN TRANSIT RIDERSHIP. 2035 00:59:12,882 --> 00:59:14,784 DURING THIS SAME TIME 2036 00:59:14,784 --> 00:59:16,653 PATTERNS AROUND HOW PEOPLE 2037 00:59:16,653 --> 00:59:17,554 TRAVEL HAVE 2038 00:59:17,554 --> 00:59:20,924 FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED, AND THE 2039 00:59:20,924 --> 00:59:22,091 TRANSIT SYSTEM HAS EVOLVED 2040 00:59:22,091 --> 00:59:23,660 WITH THEM TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. 2041 00:59:23,660 --> 00:59:26,563 SO WE SEE BOTH IN RIDERSHIP 2042 00:59:26,563 --> 00:59:27,764 AND IN WHAT PEOPLE TELL US THAT 2043 00:59:27,764 --> 00:59:30,800 PEOPLE ARE TAKING TRANSIT NOW 2044 00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:31,834 MORE FOR NONWORK TRIPS 2045 00:59:31,834 --> 00:59:35,905 AND AT OFF PEAK TIMES. 2046 00:59:35,905 --> 00:59:36,873 WE ALSO AT THE SAME TIME 2047 00:59:36,873 --> 00:59:38,641 HAVE GROWN OUR TRANSIT NETWORK 2048 00:59:38,641 --> 00:59:40,910 TO MEET THIS DEMAND, SO HERE 2049 00:59:40,910 --> 00:59:42,011 IN SEATTLE WE'VE SEEN FOUR 2050 00:59:42,011 --> 00:59:43,880 NEW LIGHT RAIL STATIONS OPEN 2051 00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:46,649 DURING THE TENURE OF THIS 2052 00:59:46,649 --> 00:59:46,883 MEASURE 2053 00:59:46,883 --> 00:59:48,651 AS WELL AS TWO NEW RAPID RIDES. 2054 00:59:48,651 --> 00:59:50,520 THE RAPIDRIDE H AND 2055 00:59:50,520 --> 00:59:51,120 THE RAPIDRIDE G. 2056 00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:52,989 THIS HAS MADE IT EASIER 2057 00:59:52,989 --> 00:59:55,525 FOR PEOPLE TO CHOOSE TRANSIT AS 2058 00:59:55,525 --> 00:59:56,359 A 2059 00:59:56,492 --> 00:59:57,193 COMMON SENSE OPTION FOR THEIR 2060 00:59:57,193 --> 00:59:59,596 TRIPS. 2061 00:59:59,596 --> 01:00:00,597 AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'VE 2062 01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:02,665 ADDED NEW RESIDENTS, WE HAVE 2063 01:00:02,665 --> 01:00:04,467 NOT ADDED -- WE'VE ADDED VERY 2064 01:00:04,467 --> 01:00:05,034 FEW 2065 01:00:05,034 --> 01:00:07,070 NEW CARS. IN FACT, WE NOW KNOW 2066 01:00:07,070 --> 01:00:08,171 THAT 19% OF 2067 01:00:08,171 --> 01:00:11,174 SEATTLE HOUSEHOLDS DO NOT OWN A 2068 01:00:11,174 --> 01:00:14,444 CAR, AND ANOTHER 45% OF 2069 01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:16,212 HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ONLY ONE CAR. 2070 01:00:16,212 --> 01:00:20,083 AND SO WE KNOW THAT TRANSIT IS A 2071 01:00:20,083 --> 01:00:24,420 VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF CREATING 2072 01:00:24,420 --> 01:00:25,154 AFFORDABILITY AND 2073 01:00:25,154 --> 01:00:26,422 ALTERNATIVES TO CAR OWNERSHIP. 2074 01:00:26,422 --> 01:00:28,191 AS YOU'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY 2075 01:00:28,191 --> 01:00:30,226 AAA TELLS US THAT THE AVERAGE 2076 01:00:30,226 --> 01:00:33,096 COST OF OWNING A CAR AND 2077 01:00:33,096 --> 01:00:33,429 OPERATING 2078 01:00:33,429 --> 01:00:35,498 IT IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS 2079 01:00:35,498 --> 01:00:37,700 $1,000 A MONTH, AND SO WE KNOW 2080 01:00:37,700 --> 01:00:38,001 THAT 2081 01:00:38,001 --> 01:00:41,537 AN ORCA CARD COSTS $108, WHICH 2082 01:00:41,537 --> 01:00:41,704 IS 2083 01:00:41,704 --> 01:00:43,039 ONE- TENTH OF THAT PRICE. 2084 01:00:43,039 --> 01:00:45,408 I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 2085 01:00:45,408 --> 01:00:48,378 MANY PEOPLE LIVE CAR FREE OR 2086 01:00:48,378 --> 01:00:49,145 CAR LIGHT, AND THAT IS 2087 01:00:49,145 --> 01:00:50,246 NOT NECESSARILY AN OPTION THAT 2088 01:00:50,246 --> 01:00:51,814 CAN WORK FOR ALL PEOPLE, SO IT 2089 01:00:51,814 --> 01:00:53,182 IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE 2090 01:00:53,182 --> 01:00:54,717 THAT PROVIDING A PUBLIC 2091 01:00:54,717 --> 01:00:56,185 TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS 2092 01:00:56,185 --> 01:00:56,452 PEOPLE TO 2093 01:00:56,452 --> 01:00:59,722 DRIVE SOME OF THE TIME OR PART 2094 01:00:59,722 --> 01:01:01,224 OF THE WAY IS AN IMPORTANT 2095 01:01:01,224 --> 01:01:01,657 PART 2096 01:01:01,657 --> 01:01:02,291 ABOUT CREATING OPTIONS THAT MEET 2097 01:01:02,291 --> 01:01:05,428 PEOPLE'S NEEDS. 2098 01:01:05,428 --> 01:01:07,430 AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE 2099 01:01:07,430 --> 01:01:08,398 STM PROVIDES MOBILITY 2100 01:01:08,398 --> 01:01:09,432 FOR SEATTLEITES AND SUPPORTS OUR 2101 01:01:09,565 --> 01:01:10,166 POPULATION TODAY AS WE CONTINUE 2102 01:01:10,166 --> 01:01:15,171 TO GROW. 2103 01:01:15,171 --> 01:01:19,442 STM IS PART OF A LARGER REGIONAL 2104 01:01:19,442 --> 01:01:20,209 TRANSIT SYSTEM. 2105 01:01:20,209 --> 01:01:23,179 SO STM IS HOW WE -- SEATTLE 2106 01:01:23,179 --> 01:01:24,180 ADDRESSES LOCAL MOBILITY NEEDS 2107 01:01:24,180 --> 01:01:26,916 IN THE CONTEXT OF A MUCH LARGER 2108 01:01:26,916 --> 01:01:28,551 REGIONAL NETWORK AND 2109 01:01:28,551 --> 01:01:31,387 INCREASES SERVICE BEYOND 2110 01:01:31,387 --> 01:01:31,821 METRO'S BASELINE. 2111 01:01:31,821 --> 01:01:34,123 SO KING COUNTY METRO DELIVERS 2112 01:01:34,123 --> 01:01:34,957 SEATTLE'S BASELINE 2113 01:01:34,957 --> 01:01:38,628 TRANSIT SERVICE AND PROVIDES 93% 2114 01:01:38,628 --> 01:01:38,895 OF 2115 01:01:38,895 --> 01:01:40,396 THE TRANSIT THAT PEOPLE HAVE 2116 01:01:40,396 --> 01:01:41,664 HERE 2117 01:01:41,664 --> 01:01:43,399 IN OUR CITY. 2118 01:01:43,399 --> 01:01:45,835 HOWEVER, METRO, AS YOU HEARD IN 2119 01:01:45,835 --> 01:01:48,171 PUBLIC COMMENT, HAS 2120 01:01:48,171 --> 01:01:50,106 THEIR SERVICE PRIORITIES, WHICH 2121 01:01:50,106 --> 01:01:53,109 THEY APPLY ACROSS THE COUNTY. 2122 01:01:53,109 --> 01:01:54,577 AND SO STM ALLOWS US TO 2123 01:01:54,577 --> 01:01:56,813 REALLY ADDRESS OUR OPEN LOCAL 2124 01:01:56,813 --> 01:01:59,482 MOBILITY NEEDS AND ALLOWS US TO 2125 01:01:59,482 --> 01:02:00,083 GO 2126 01:02:00,083 --> 01:02:00,416 BEYOND 2127 01:02:00,416 --> 01:02:02,018 THAT. YOU'VE HEARD TALK ABOUT 2128 01:02:02,018 --> 01:02:03,086 HOW WE 2129 01:02:03,086 --> 01:02:05,755 INVEST IN LATE NIGHTS, 2130 01:02:05,755 --> 01:02:06,989 EARLY MORNINGS AND WEEKENDS AS 2131 01:02:06,989 --> 01:02:07,323 PART OF 2132 01:02:07,323 --> 01:02:09,392 HOW WE GROW BEYOND THE BASELINE 2133 01:02:09,392 --> 01:02:13,863 SERVICE PROVIDED. 2134 01:02:13,863 --> 01:02:17,467 STM ALSO ALLOWS US TO DIRECTLY 2135 01:02:17,467 --> 01:02:20,002 INVEST IN PLACES OF THE HIGHEST 2136 01:02:20,002 --> 01:02:25,007 NEED, AND AS WE SPOKE ABOUT 2137 01:02:25,007 --> 01:02:28,578 THE BASELINE HERE, YOU CAN SEE 2138 01:02:28,578 --> 01:02:30,279 THAT THIS ALLOWS US TO INVEST 2139 01:02:30,279 --> 01:02:32,715 USING OUR EQUITY PRIORITY 2140 01:02:32,715 --> 01:02:33,015 FRAMEWORK. 2141 01:02:33,015 --> 01:02:34,383 T FOR ACCESS HERE. 2142 01:02:34,383 --> 01:02:36,385 AND SO BECAUSE OF THESE 2143 01:02:36,385 --> 01:02:38,755 INVESTMENTS, ONE OUT OF EVERY 2144 01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:43,659 13 TRIPS IN SEATTLE IS PAID FOR 2145 01:02:43,793 --> 01:02:46,062 THROUGH THE STM AND ALLOWS US 2146 01:02:46,062 --> 01:02:47,597 TO DO PROGRAMMATIC THINGS LIKE 2147 01:02:47,597 --> 01:02:49,465 THE 10,000 FULLY SUBSIDIZED 2148 01:02:49,465 --> 01:02:50,800 ORCA CARDS WE DISTRIBUTE TO 2149 01:02:50,800 --> 01:02:51,200 SEATTLE 2150 01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:51,834 HOUSING AUTHORITY RESIDENTS AND 2151 01:02:51,834 --> 01:02:54,871 OTHERS. 2152 01:02:54,871 --> 01:02:59,175 AND IF THIS MEASURE IS SET TO 2153 01:02:59,175 --> 01:03:04,247 EXPIRE IN APRIL OF 2027, SO 2154 01:03:04,247 --> 01:03:05,648 RENEWAL WOULD BE NECESSARY 2155 01:03:05,648 --> 01:03:05,915 TO 2156 01:03:05,915 --> 01:03:06,449 MAINTAIN AND GROW CURRENT 2157 01:03:06,449 --> 01:03:11,754 SERVICES. 2158 01:03:11,754 --> 01:03:13,990 WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THE 2159 01:03:13,990 --> 01:03:15,424 MEASURE HERE, THE PROPOSAL 2160 01:03:15,424 --> 01:03:17,960 FROM MAYOR WILSON, APPOINT 3% 2161 01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:22,865 SALES TAX FOR TEN YEARS, 2162 01:03:22,865 --> 01:03:25,468 DELIVERS ON 2163 01:03:25,468 --> 01:03:26,302 SEATTLE'S COMMITMENT OF 2164 01:03:26,302 --> 01:03:28,004 CREATING A WORLD- CLASS TRANSIT 2165 01:03:28,004 --> 01:03:28,271 NETWORK. 2166 01:03:28,271 --> 01:03:31,574 SO AT THE 0. 3% RATE, THE 2167 01:03:31,574 --> 01:03:33,743 MEASURE WOULD RAISE ABOUT $138 2168 01:03:33,743 --> 01:03:33,976 MILLION 2169 01:03:33,976 --> 01:03:35,011 A YEAR OVER 2170 01:03:35,011 --> 01:03:40,183 THE DURATION OF THE MEASURE. 2171 01:03:40,183 --> 01:03:44,620 86.5% OF WHICH WOULD BE DIRECTED 2172 01:03:44,620 --> 01:03:46,923 INTO TRANSIT SERVICE IN FIXED 2173 01:03:46,923 --> 01:03:49,692 ROUTE AS WELL AS THE SEATTLE 2174 01:03:49,692 --> 01:03:52,428 INVESTMENTS IN OUR TWO 2175 01:03:52,428 --> 01:03:52,929 STREETCAR LINES. 2176 01:03:52,929 --> 01:03:55,331 THIS REFLECTS THE CORE 2177 01:03:55,331 --> 01:03:57,767 PURPOSE OF THE MEASURE AND WHAT 2178 01:03:57,767 --> 01:03:58,034 WE'VE 2179 01:03:58,034 --> 01:03:58,801 HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY 2180 01:03:58,801 --> 01:04:01,571 OVER AND OVER AGAIN, PEOPLE 2181 01:04:01,571 --> 01:04:03,806 WANT TRANSIT THAT COMES MORE 2182 01:04:03,806 --> 01:04:04,006 OFTEN 2183 01:04:04,006 --> 01:04:05,007 AND TAKES THEM TO PLACES 2184 01:04:05,007 --> 01:04:05,808 THEY WANT TO GO. 2185 01:04:05,808 --> 01:04:08,144 THE OTHER ELEMENTS THE PROPOSAL 2186 01:04:08,144 --> 01:04:14,016 INVESTS IN IS A MORE THAN 2187 01:04:14,016 --> 01:04:16,285 DOUBLING OF THE ACCESS 2188 01:04:16,285 --> 01:04:18,187 PROGRAMS, THE ABILITY TO DELIVER 2189 01:04:18,187 --> 01:04:20,623 SOUND TRANSITION QUICKLY THROUGH 2190 01:04:20,623 --> 01:04:20,856 BOTH 2191 01:04:20,856 --> 01:04:23,025 DESIGN, PLANNING AND OTHER 2192 01:04:23,025 --> 01:04:25,027 NECESSARY WORK TO HAVE THE 2193 01:04:25,027 --> 01:04:28,864 CITY'S LARGEST 2194 01:04:28,864 --> 01:04:30,066 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT IN ITS 2195 01:04:30,066 --> 01:04:30,299 HISTORY 2196 01:04:30,299 --> 01:04:30,900 DELIVERED AS FAST AND 2197 01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:31,200 EFFICIENTLY 2198 01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:34,270 AS PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AND 2199 01:04:34,270 --> 01:04:35,905 INVEST IN ADDRESSING TRANSIT 2200 01:04:35,905 --> 01:04:36,772 INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL 2201 01:04:36,772 --> 01:04:39,242 PROGRAMS WHICH ALLOW US TO MAKE 2202 01:04:39,242 --> 01:04:39,542 GOOD 2203 01:04:39,542 --> 01:04:41,043 USE OF THE RESOURCES WE HAVE AND 2204 01:04:41,043 --> 01:04:43,546 ENSURE TRANSIT HOURS 2205 01:04:43,546 --> 01:04:48,885 ARE NOT WASTED IN CONGESTION. 2206 01:04:48,885 --> 01:04:51,921 AND THIS SLIDE HEREHERE TO 2207 01:04:51,921 --> 01:04:53,823 A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 2208 01:04:53,823 --> 01:04:54,023 THAT 2209 01:04:54,023 --> 01:04:56,692 HAS GONE INTO THIS. 2210 01:04:56,692 --> 01:04:57,860 WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF 2211 01:04:57,860 --> 01:04:59,328 OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH 2212 01:04:59,328 --> 01:04:59,962 DOZENS OF 2213 01:04:59,962 --> 01:05:00,296 STAKEHOLDERS. 2214 01:05:00,296 --> 01:05:03,766 WE'VE CONDUCTED ROUNDTABLES, 2215 01:05:03,900 --> 01:05:05,101 ONE-ON-ONES. WE'VE SPOKEN WITH 2216 01:05:05,101 --> 01:05:06,168 BOTH THE 2217 01:05:06,168 --> 01:05:07,103 TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY 2218 01:05:07,103 --> 01:05:10,706 BOARD AND THE TRANSPORTATION 2219 01:05:10,706 --> 01:05:11,107 EQUITY 2220 01:05:11,107 --> 01:05:11,807 WORK GROUP. 2221 01:05:11,807 --> 01:05:14,577 AND COLLECTED THAT FEEDBACK 2222 01:05:14,577 --> 01:05:17,313 INFORMED BY A ROBUST 2223 01:05:17,313 --> 01:05:17,813 TRANSPORTATION PLAN. 2224 01:05:17,813 --> 01:05:22,018 AS YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT 2225 01:05:22,018 --> 01:05:28,391 WE'VE HEARD AND HOW WE'VE 2226 01:05:28,391 --> 01:05:28,724 ADDRESS THAT 2227 01:05:28,724 --> 01:05:29,692 HAD IS A GOOD FEEDBACK OF 2228 01:05:29,692 --> 01:05:32,495 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. 2229 01:05:32,628 --> 01:05:34,230 >> THIS PROPOSAL IS GROUNDED IN 2230 01:05:34,230 --> 01:05:36,065 FINDINGS FROM OUR RACIAL 2231 01:05:36,065 --> 01:05:37,333 EQUITY TOOL KIT WHICH HELPED US 2232 01:05:37,333 --> 01:05:38,634 CAREFULLY ASSESS HOW TO 2233 01:05:38,634 --> 01:05:39,936 BALANCE THE BURDENS ASSOCIATED 2234 01:05:39,936 --> 01:05:40,703 WITH 2235 01:05:40,703 --> 01:05:43,039 THE FUNDING SOURCE AGAINST 2236 01:05:43,039 --> 01:05:45,308 THE BENEFITS IT DELIVERS TO THE 2237 01:05:45,308 --> 01:05:45,908 COMMUNITY. 2238 01:05:45,908 --> 01:05:47,410 THE TOOL KIT HIGHLIGHTED 2239 01:05:47,410 --> 01:05:49,378 THE MOST IMPACTFUL STRATEGIES 2240 01:05:49,378 --> 01:05:51,213 FOR SUPPORTING TRANSIT DEPENDENT 2241 01:05:51,213 --> 01:05:51,380 AND 2242 01:05:51,380 --> 01:05:54,317 LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES ARE 2243 01:05:54,317 --> 01:05:55,451 EXPANDING SERVICE TRANSIT 2244 01:05:55,451 --> 01:05:57,920 HOURS AND INCREASING ACCESS TO 2245 01:05:57,920 --> 01:05:59,155 ORCA 2246 01:05:59,155 --> 01:05:59,789 SUBSIDY PROGRAMS. 2247 01:05:59,789 --> 01:06:01,357 THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 2248 01:06:01,357 --> 01:06:04,493 THIS PROPOSAL WE ENGAGED 2249 01:06:04,493 --> 01:06:06,429 REGULARLY WITH SDOT'S EQUITY 2250 01:06:06,429 --> 01:06:06,729 WORK GROUP 2251 01:06:06,729 --> 01:06:08,364 WHO MADE IT CLEAR THAT 2252 01:06:08,364 --> 01:06:11,367 DESPITE THE REGRESSIVETY OF OUR 2253 01:06:11,500 --> 01:06:13,836 AVAILABLE FUNDING SOURCES THE 2254 01:06:13,836 --> 01:06:14,837 PROPOSALS SHOULD NOT MAKE 2255 01:06:14,837 --> 01:06:17,740 CUTS TO THE SERVICE AND ACCESS 2256 01:06:17,740 --> 01:06:18,941 INVESTMENTS THAT MOST 2257 01:06:18,941 --> 01:06:22,745 DIRECTLY BENEFIT LOW- INCOME 2258 01:06:22,745 --> 01:06:23,579 PEOPLE OF 2259 01:06:23,579 --> 01:06:26,015 COLOR. 2260 01:06:26,015 --> 01:06:27,683 TRANSIT SERVICE HAS BEEN 2261 01:06:27,683 --> 01:06:30,252 THE FOUNDATION OF THIS MEASURE 2262 01:06:30,252 --> 01:06:30,453 FROM 2263 01:06:30,453 --> 01:06:31,454 THE BEGINNING, AND IT 2264 01:06:31,454 --> 01:06:34,290 REMAINS THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE 2265 01:06:34,423 --> 01:06:34,690 PROPOSAL. 2266 01:06:34,690 --> 01:06:36,359 THIS PROPOSAL WOULD INCREASE THE 2267 01:06:36,359 --> 01:06:38,361 CITY'S INVESTMENT IN 2268 01:06:38,361 --> 01:06:40,229 TRANSIT SERVICE IN SEATTLE BY 2269 01:06:40,229 --> 01:06:40,429 50%. 2270 01:06:40,429 --> 01:06:41,330 WE WOULD CONTINUE TO 2271 01:06:41,330 --> 01:06:43,199 INVEST WHERE THE NEED IS HIGHEST 2272 01:06:43,199 --> 01:06:43,733 WITH 2273 01:06:43,733 --> 01:06:47,970 A FOCUS ON HIGH- EQUITY AREAS 2274 01:06:47,970 --> 01:06:48,804 AND TIMES OF DAY PEOPLE RELY 2275 01:06:48,804 --> 01:06:49,705 ON TRANSIT MOST AND WE HAVE 2276 01:06:49,705 --> 01:06:51,040 THE BIGGEST SERVICE GAPS TO 2277 01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:51,307 FILL. 2278 01:06:51,307 --> 01:06:53,042 IN ADDITION, THE CITY 2279 01:06:53,042 --> 01:06:56,412 WOULD CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN 2280 01:06:56,412 --> 01:06:57,246 EAST/WEST TRAVEL, SUPPORTING 2281 01:06:57,246 --> 01:06:57,513 IMPROVED 2282 01:06:57,513 --> 01:06:58,981 CONNECTION TO THE GROWING 2283 01:06:58,981 --> 01:07:00,116 LIGHT RAIL NETWORK. 2284 01:07:00,116 --> 01:07:02,351 EVERY BUS ROUTE THAT RECEIVES 2285 01:07:02,351 --> 01:07:04,053 STM FUNDING CONNECTS TO AT LEAST 2286 01:07:04,053 --> 01:07:08,457 ONE LIGHT RAIL STATION. 2287 01:07:08,457 --> 01:07:10,292 OUR SERVICE INVESTMENTS AT 2288 01:07:10,292 --> 01:07:12,461 THE LEVELS WE ARE PROPOSING 2289 01:07:12,461 --> 01:07:14,830 TODAY COMBINED WITH METRO'S 2290 01:07:14,830 --> 01:07:16,332 PLANNED RESTORATION OF SERVICE 2291 01:07:16,332 --> 01:07:18,467 IN SEATTLE WOULD BRING SERVICE 2292 01:07:18,467 --> 01:07:18,634 IN 2293 01:07:18,634 --> 01:07:20,469 THE CITY BACK TO LEVELS WE 2294 01:07:20,469 --> 01:07:22,705 HAVE NOT SEEN IN ALMOST A 2295 01:07:22,705 --> 01:07:22,938 DECADE. 2296 01:07:22,938 --> 01:07:25,074 THIS IS SO IMPORTANT NOW 2297 01:07:25,074 --> 01:07:26,976 AS RIDERSHIP IS INCREASING 2298 01:07:26,976 --> 01:07:29,812 EVERY YEAR AND WE KNOW THAT MORE 2299 01:07:29,812 --> 01:07:33,115 SERVICE DRIVES EVEN MORE DEMAND. 2300 01:07:33,115 --> 01:07:34,750 THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 2301 01:07:34,750 --> 01:07:37,086 IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE 2302 01:07:37,086 --> 01:07:38,187 STRONG PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH 2303 01:07:38,187 --> 01:07:39,155 KING COUNTY METRO. 2304 01:07:39,155 --> 01:07:41,323 THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE 2305 01:07:41,323 --> 01:07:43,459 METRO OPERATES BUS SERVICE 2306 01:07:43,459 --> 01:07:43,692 TODAY. 2307 01:07:43,692 --> 01:07:45,628 STM CANNOT ADD NEW ROUTES 2308 01:07:45,628 --> 01:07:46,395 TO THIS MAP. 2309 01:07:46,395 --> 01:07:49,465 WE CAN ONLY ADD SERVICE 2310 01:07:49,465 --> 01:07:51,033 ONTO ROUTES KING COUNTY METRO 2311 01:07:51,033 --> 01:07:53,302 HAS PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED IN 2312 01:07:53,302 --> 01:07:53,536 OUR 2313 01:07:53,536 --> 01:07:54,904 CITY. THEIR NETWORK IS THE 2314 01:07:54,904 --> 01:07:55,171 BASELINE 2315 01:07:55,171 --> 01:07:59,875 FOR THIS MEASURE. 2316 01:07:59,875 --> 01:08:03,512 ANY BUS ROUTE WITH 65% OR MORE 2317 01:08:03,512 --> 01:08:06,482 OF BUS STOPS WITHIN SEATTLE OR 2318 01:08:06,482 --> 01:08:08,417 RAPIDRIDE LINES ARE ELIGIBLE 2319 01:08:08,417 --> 01:08:09,652 FOR STM FUNDING. 2320 01:08:09,652 --> 01:08:13,522 BY THE END OF 2026 WE WILL BE 2321 01:08:13,522 --> 01:08:15,357 INVESTING 180,000 SERVICE 2322 01:08:15,357 --> 01:08:18,594 HOURS ACROSS 32 ROUTES IN EVERY 2323 01:08:18,594 --> 01:08:20,296 CORNER OF THE CITY PROVIDING 2324 01:08:20,296 --> 01:08:21,730 MORE SERVICE TO MORE PLACES 2325 01:08:21,730 --> 01:08:23,833 AT MORE HOURS OF THE DAY. 2326 01:08:23,833 --> 01:08:26,902 THIS ADDS UP TO 7% OF THE BUS 2327 01:08:26,902 --> 01:08:27,970 SERVICE IN SEATTLE. 2328 01:08:27,970 --> 01:08:30,105 THIS MAP HERE SHOWS THE 2329 01:08:30,105 --> 01:08:32,074 ROUTES AND DEGREEDEGREE 2330 01:08:32,074 --> 01:08:32,475 INVESTMENT WE 2331 01:08:32,475 --> 01:08:36,212 HAVE CITYWIDE CURRENTLY. 2332 01:08:36,212 --> 01:08:39,615 WITH THIS RENEWAL WE WOULD ADD 2333 01:08:39,615 --> 01:08:41,016 100,000 MORE SERVICE HOURS 2334 01:08:41,016 --> 01:08:43,285 FOR RIDERS ABOVE WHAT STM 2335 01:08:43,285 --> 01:08:43,552 CURRENTLY 2336 01:08:43,552 --> 01:08:43,819 PROVIDES. 2337 01:08:43,819 --> 01:08:45,354 THIS LEVEL OF INVESTMENT 2338 01:08:45,354 --> 01:08:49,458 WOULD ALLOW US TO IMPROVE 2339 01:08:49,458 --> 01:08:50,626 SERVICE ON 10 TO 15 BUS ROUTES 2340 01:08:50,626 --> 01:08:50,960 ACROSS THE 2341 01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:51,293 CITY. 2342 01:08:51,293 --> 01:08:54,096 THE MAP YOU SEE HERE IS AN 2343 01:08:54,096 --> 01:08:55,297 ILLUSTRATIVE PLANNING TOOL 2344 01:08:55,297 --> 01:08:57,399 TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT 2345 01:08:57,533 --> 01:08:58,134 100,000 HOURS COULD LOOK LIKE ON 2346 01:08:58,134 --> 01:09:02,271 THE GROUND. 2347 01:09:02,271 --> 01:09:03,839 THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME 2348 01:09:03,839 --> 01:09:06,475 MORE TANGIBLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT 2349 01:09:06,475 --> 01:09:08,010 THIS 2350 01:09:08,144 --> 01:09:08,911 INCREASED LEVEL OF INVESTMENT 2351 01:09:08,911 --> 01:09:09,211 COULD LOOK 2352 01:09:09,211 --> 01:09:09,411 LIKE. 2353 01:09:09,411 --> 01:09:10,045 AND I'LL SELECT ONE TO SPEAK 2354 01:09:10,045 --> 01:09:12,815 ABOUT. 2355 01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:16,318 FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROUTE 2356 01:09:16,318 --> 01:09:18,854 21 CONNECTS COUNCIL DISTRICTS 1 2357 01:09:18,854 --> 01:09:19,121 AND 2358 01:09:19,121 --> 01:09:20,689 7, ARBOR HEIGHTS IN WEST SEATTLE 2359 01:09:20,689 --> 01:09:22,858 TO SOTO AND DOWNTOWN. 2360 01:09:22,858 --> 01:09:24,426 I'M NOTICING THE PICTURE 2361 01:09:24,426 --> 01:09:25,528 HERE IS NOT QUITE UPDATED. 2362 01:09:25,528 --> 01:09:26,829 AFTER PASSING THROUGH 2363 01:09:26,829 --> 01:09:27,630 DOWNTOWN, BECAUSE IT'S NOT 2364 01:09:27,630 --> 01:09:27,897 GOING TO 2365 01:09:27,897 --> 01:09:29,899 SHOW THIS PART, IT BECOMES THE 2366 01:09:29,899 --> 01:09:30,132 ROUTE 2367 01:09:30,132 --> 01:09:30,399 5. 2368 01:09:30,399 --> 01:09:33,202 SERVING COUNCIL DISTRICTS 5 AND 2369 01:09:33,335 --> 01:09:35,638 6, CONNECTING FREMONT, 2370 01:09:35,638 --> 01:09:39,508 GREENWOOD AND BITTER LAKE TO 2371 01:09:39,508 --> 01:09:40,276 SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 2372 01:09:40,276 --> 01:09:41,844 WITH THIS PROPOSAL WE 2373 01:09:41,844 --> 01:09:44,046 COULD DOUBLE WEEKEND SERVICE ON 2374 01:09:44,046 --> 01:09:45,548 THESE CONNECTED ROUTES TO FILL 2375 01:09:45,548 --> 01:09:45,748 GAPS 2376 01:09:45,748 --> 01:09:48,217 AND CREATE CONSISTENT 15- 2377 01:09:48,217 --> 01:09:50,119 MINUTE SERVICE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK 2378 01:09:50,119 --> 01:09:52,721 UP FROM EVERY 20 TO 30 MINUTES 2379 01:09:52,721 --> 01:09:53,122 ON 2380 01:09:53,122 --> 01:09:53,389 WEEKENDS. 2381 01:09:53,389 --> 01:09:56,292 WE BELIEVE THAT THESE POTENTIAL 2382 01:09:56,292 --> 01:09:57,226 INVESTMENTS, ALONG 2383 01:09:57,226 --> 01:09:58,294 WITH IMPROVEMENTS ON MANY OTHER 2384 01:09:58,294 --> 01:09:59,461 ROUTES, WOULD MAKE 2385 01:09:59,461 --> 01:10:01,764 CHOOSING TRANSIT EASIER AT ALL 2386 01:10:01,764 --> 01:10:02,031 TIMES OF 2387 01:10:02,031 --> 01:10:05,434 DAY FOR THOUSANDS OF 2388 01:10:05,434 --> 01:10:05,868 SEATTLEITES. 2389 01:10:05,868 --> 01:10:09,438 THIS AL WOULD ALSO 2390 01:10:09,438 --> 01:10:10,172 CONTINUE SUPPORTING BOTH 2391 01:10:10,172 --> 01:10:10,773 SEATTLE STREETCAR LINES. 2392 01:10:10,773 --> 01:10:13,208 OUR STREETCAR SYSTEM 2393 01:10:13,208 --> 01:10:15,477 PROVIDES VITAL CONNECTIONS TO 2394 01:10:15,477 --> 01:10:15,778 HOSPITALS, 2395 01:10:15,778 --> 01:10:18,380 SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, SPECIAL EVENT 2396 01:10:18,380 --> 01:10:19,582 VENUES AND THE REGIONAL 2397 01:10:19,582 --> 01:10:20,216 LIGHT RAIL NETWORK. 2398 01:10:20,216 --> 01:10:22,284 THE STREETCAR IS THE ONLY 2399 01:10:22,284 --> 01:10:23,719 SDOT- OWNED AND MANAGED 2400 01:10:23,719 --> 01:10:24,787 SERVICE IN SEATTLE WHICH GIVES 2401 01:10:24,787 --> 01:10:25,387 US 2402 01:10:25,387 --> 01:10:26,956 THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO TAILOR 2403 01:10:27,089 --> 01:10:27,723 SERVICE, EVEN MORE SHARPLY TO 2404 01:10:27,723 --> 01:10:29,858 LOCAL NEED. 2405 01:10:29,858 --> 01:10:31,193 RIDERSHIP ON OUR 2406 01:10:31,193 --> 01:10:33,229 STREETCAR SYSTEM IS INCREASING 2407 01:10:33,229 --> 01:10:34,330 EVERY YEAR. 2408 01:10:34,330 --> 01:10:36,865 ROUGHLY 1. 2409 01:10:36,865 --> 01:10:37,666 6 MILLION TRIPS WERE TAKEN IN 2410 01:10:37,666 --> 01:10:39,635 2025 UP FROM 1. 2411 01:10:39,635 --> 01:10:41,136 4 MILLION IN 2024. 2412 01:10:41,136 --> 01:10:42,805 THE FIRST HILL STREETCAR IS 2413 01:10:42,805 --> 01:10:45,674 BACK AT 2019 RIDERSHIP LEVELS 2414 01:10:45,674 --> 01:10:45,841 AND 2415 01:10:45,841 --> 01:10:47,343 STILL CLIMBING AND SLU LINE 2416 01:10:47,343 --> 01:10:49,445 CONTINUES TO SEE SIGNIFICANT 2417 01:10:49,445 --> 01:10:54,016 RIDERSHIP GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR. 2418 01:10:54,016 --> 01:10:55,484 THIS PROPOSAL WILL ALSO 2419 01:10:55,484 --> 01:10:57,987 EXPAND THE NUMBER OF LOW- INCOME 2420 01:10:57,987 --> 01:10:58,220 SEATTLE 2421 01:10:58,220 --> 01:10:59,555 RESIDENTS WHO RECEIVE FULLY 2422 01:10:59,555 --> 01:11:02,925 SUBSIDIZED ORCA CARDS TO 2423 01:11:02,925 --> 01:11:04,226 22,000 PEOPLE BRINGING FREE TO 2424 01:11:04,226 --> 01:11:05,961 TRANSIT 2425 01:11:05,961 --> 01:11:06,762 THE MAJORITY OF LOW- 2426 01:11:06,762 --> 01:11:09,198 INCOME SUBSIDIZED HOUSING 2427 01:11:09,198 --> 01:11:09,465 RESIDENTS 2428 01:11:09,465 --> 01:11:09,732 CITYWIDE. 2429 01:11:09,732 --> 01:11:10,599 IT WOULD CONTINUE 2430 01:11:10,599 --> 01:11:12,801 SERVING THE 10,000 LOW- INCOME 2431 01:11:12,801 --> 01:11:14,270 RESIDENTS, FAMILIES WITH YOUNG 2432 01:11:14,270 --> 01:11:14,603 CHILDREN AND 2433 01:11:14,603 --> 01:11:16,038 YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE SERVED 2434 01:11:16,038 --> 01:11:18,007 BY OUR TRANSIT PASS PROGRAMS 2435 01:11:18,007 --> 01:11:18,240 TODAY. 2436 01:11:18,240 --> 01:11:21,443 WE WOULD ALSO EXPAND 2437 01:11:21,443 --> 01:11:22,544 OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 2438 01:11:22,544 --> 01:11:23,612 SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO 2439 01:11:23,612 --> 01:11:24,213 OFFER 2440 01:11:24,213 --> 01:11:26,448 FULLY SUBSIDIZED ORCA CARDS TO 2441 01:11:26,448 --> 01:11:28,250 ALL HOUSING CHOICE 2442 01:11:28,250 --> 01:11:29,585 VOUCHER PARTICIPANTS SERVING 2443 01:11:29,585 --> 01:11:30,486 12,000 MORE 2444 01:11:30,486 --> 01:11:31,387 LOW- INCOME RESIDENTS. 2445 01:11:31,387 --> 01:11:33,622 THE PROPOSAL ALSO 2446 01:11:33,622 --> 01:11:34,490 CONTINUES TRANSIT EDUCATION 2447 01:11:34,490 --> 01:11:34,890 PROGRAMS THAT 2448 01:11:34,890 --> 01:11:36,392 HELP YOUNG PEOPLE AND 2449 01:11:36,392 --> 01:11:38,193 AGING ADULTS BUILD CONFIDENCE 2450 01:11:38,193 --> 01:11:38,661 USING PUBLIC TRANSIT 2451 01:11:38,661 --> 01:11:42,131 INDEPENDENTLY. 2452 01:11:42,131 --> 01:11:44,133 THIS PROPOSAL WOULD 2453 01:11:44,133 --> 01:11:45,834 CONTINUE SUPPORTING SOUND 2454 01:11:45,834 --> 01:11:46,068 TRANSIT 2455 01:11:46,068 --> 01:11:47,770 THREE DELIVERY BY FUNDING 2456 01:11:47,770 --> 01:11:49,705 CITY STAFFING TO ENSURE WE KEEP 2457 01:11:49,705 --> 01:11:51,940 THE WEST SEATTLE AND BALLARD 2458 01:11:51,940 --> 01:11:54,276 LINK EXTENSION AND GRAHAM 2459 01:11:54,276 --> 01:11:54,510 STREETS 2460 01:11:54,510 --> 01:11:55,044 MOVING. 2461 01:11:55,044 --> 01:11:56,445 FUNDING FOR STAFFING ALLOWS 2462 01:11:56,445 --> 01:11:59,114 THE CITY TO PROACTIVELY PARTNER 2463 01:11:59,248 --> 01:12:01,317 IN DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS 2464 01:12:01,317 --> 01:12:02,785 AND ADVANCE PLANNING EFFORTS 2465 01:12:02,785 --> 01:12:04,086 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR ACCESS 2466 01:12:04,086 --> 01:12:05,988 TO THE NEW STATION AREAS. 2467 01:12:05,988 --> 01:12:07,556 THIS ESSENTIAL 2468 01:12:07,556 --> 01:12:10,192 INVESTMENT SUPPORTS A DEDICATED 2469 01:12:10,192 --> 01:12:10,426 TEAM OF 2470 01:12:10,426 --> 01:12:11,927 TRANSPORTATION PLANNERS, 2471 01:12:11,927 --> 01:12:15,364 ENGINEERS AND PROJECT MANAGERS. 2472 01:12:15,364 --> 01:12:17,399 TRANSIT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ARE 2473 01:12:17,399 --> 01:12:18,934 A SMALLER SHARE OF THE MEASURE 2474 01:12:18,934 --> 01:12:21,570 BUT THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT 2475 01:12:21,570 --> 01:12:22,071 SUPPORTING ROLE. 2476 01:12:22,071 --> 01:12:23,439 THEY HELP THE CITY GET 2477 01:12:23,439 --> 01:12:24,840 MORE VALUE FROM ITS TRANSIT 2478 01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:25,374 SERVICE 2479 01:12:25,374 --> 01:12:27,176 INVESTMENTS BY IMPROVING 2480 01:12:27,176 --> 01:12:29,511 RELIABILITY, ACCESS AND RIDER 2481 01:12:29,511 --> 01:12:29,812 EXPERIENCE. 2482 01:12:29,812 --> 01:12:32,981 THE PROPOSED CAPITAL BUDGETS IS 2483 01:12:32,981 --> 01:12:34,249 $3. 5 MILLION EACH 2484 01:12:34,249 --> 01:12:35,851 YEAR, CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN 2485 01:12:35,851 --> 01:12:36,018 AND 2486 01:12:36,018 --> 01:12:37,052 PRIOR MEASURES. 2487 01:12:37,052 --> 01:12:39,388 THOSE FUNDS WOULD 2488 01:12:39,388 --> 01:12:40,889 SUPPORT TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS AT 2489 01:12:40,889 --> 01:12:42,858 PLACES WHERE DELAY, ACCESS OR 2490 01:12:42,858 --> 01:12:45,294 SAFETY ISSUES 2491 01:12:45,294 --> 01:12:45,661 AFFECT TRANSIT 2492 01:12:45,661 --> 01:12:46,328 PERFORMANCE. THEY COULD ALSO BE 2493 01:12:46,328 --> 01:12:46,528 USED 2494 01:12:46,528 --> 01:12:47,429 TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL 2495 01:12:47,429 --> 01:12:48,664 GRANT FUNDING TO DELIVER LARGER 2496 01:12:48,664 --> 01:12:52,434 AND MORE TRANSFORMATIVE CAPITAL 2497 01:12:52,568 --> 01:12:52,801 PROJECTS. 2498 01:12:52,801 --> 01:12:55,537 >> I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT 2499 01:12:55,537 --> 01:12:56,138 ONE. 2500 01:12:56,271 --> 01:12:58,507 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2501 01:12:58,507 --> 01:12:58,941 JUAREZ. 2502 01:12:59,074 --> 01:13:00,976 >> OH, I FORGOT I'M UNMUTED. 2503 01:13:00,976 --> 01:13:01,343 SORRY. 2504 01:13:01,477 --> 01:13:02,311 >> ALL GOOD. 2505 01:13:02,311 --> 01:13:03,479 I'M ROCKING WITH YOU. 2506 01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:04,213 ALL GOOD. 2507 01:13:04,346 --> 01:13:05,547 >> IT AIN'T LOOKING GOOD. 2508 01:13:05,547 --> 01:13:06,648 I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT OUT 2509 01:13:06,782 --> 01:13:07,015 THERE. 2510 01:13:07,015 --> 01:13:07,416 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2511 01:13:07,416 --> 01:13:12,321 >> THANK YOU. 2512 01:13:12,454 --> 01:13:14,123 >> I WOULD LIKE TO 2513 01:13:14,123 --> 01:13:16,391 SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE RATE OF 2514 01:13:16,391 --> 01:13:17,393 THE SALES TAX HERE. 2515 01:13:17,393 --> 01:13:19,695 I WANT TO START 2516 01:13:19,695 --> 01:13:22,131 WITH ACKNOWLEDGING THAT COSTS 2517 01:13:22,131 --> 01:13:24,066 HAVE RISEN 26% SINCE THE MEASURE 2518 01:13:24,066 --> 01:13:24,233 WAS 2519 01:13:24,233 --> 01:13:27,369 PASSED IN 2020. 2520 01:13:27,369 --> 01:13:28,804 THOSE -- WE ALL SEE 2521 01:13:28,804 --> 01:13:30,439 THAT, GOVERNMENT AND TRANSIT 2522 01:13:30,439 --> 01:13:32,875 AGENCIES ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THE 2523 01:13:32,875 --> 01:13:35,677 LARGER ECONOMIC FACTORS SUCH AS 2524 01:13:35,677 --> 01:13:37,412 INFLATION, SUPPLY CHAIN 2525 01:13:37,412 --> 01:13:39,648 DISRUPTIONS, TARIFFS, ET CETERA. 2526 01:13:39,648 --> 01:13:41,116 AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT 2527 01:13:41,116 --> 01:13:45,521 ANYTHING LESS THAN A 0. 2528 01:13:45,521 --> 01:13:48,323 2223% SALES TAX WOULD REQUIRE 2529 01:13:48,323 --> 01:13:48,624 CUTS 2530 01:13:48,624 --> 01:13:51,193 TO THE INVESTMENTS AND SERVICES 2531 01:13:51,193 --> 01:13:51,927 AND BENEFITS THAT YOU'VE HEARD 2532 01:13:51,927 --> 01:13:52,094 US 2533 01:13:52,094 --> 01:13:55,964 DESCRIBING HERE. 2534 01:13:55,964 --> 01:13:57,699 AT THE SAME TIME OTHER 2535 01:13:57,699 --> 01:14:00,402 TRANSPORTATION SOURCES HAVE 2536 01:14:00,402 --> 01:14:01,403 DECLINED . 2537 01:14:01,403 --> 01:14:01,970 SORRY, BILL. 2538 01:14:01,970 --> 01:14:04,206 COULD YOU GO BACK? 2539 01:14:04,206 --> 01:14:04,473 THANKS. 2540 01:14:04,473 --> 01:14:05,941 HAVE PLATEAUED OR DECLINED 2541 01:14:05,941 --> 01:14:09,711 SUCH AS THE COMMERCIAL PARKING 2542 01:14:09,711 --> 01:14:11,013 TAX. 2543 01:14:11,013 --> 01:14:13,048 AS HOUSEHOLDS FEEL THIS COST 2544 01:14:13,048 --> 01:14:15,083 PRESSURE, MORE PEOPLE 2545 01:14:15,083 --> 01:14:16,752 NEED ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC 2546 01:14:16,752 --> 01:14:20,989 SERVICES THAT PROVIDE AFFORDABLE 2547 01:14:20,989 --> 01:14:21,757 OPTIONS 2548 01:14:21,757 --> 01:14:23,458 RELATIVE TO PRIVATIZING THE 2549 01:14:23,458 --> 01:14:25,527 COST BURDEN OF THINGS LIKE 2550 01:14:25,527 --> 01:14:27,629 MOBILITY, AND WE KNOW AND FEEL 2551 01:14:27,629 --> 01:14:28,197 THAT THE 2552 01:14:28,197 --> 01:14:29,231 STATUS QUO IS NOT GOOD 2553 01:14:29,231 --> 01:14:31,967 ENOUGH FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 2554 01:14:31,967 --> 01:14:34,069 SEATTLE DESERVES IMPROVEMENT 2555 01:14:34,069 --> 01:14:36,605 AND IS ASKING US FOR MORE AND 2556 01:14:36,605 --> 01:14:36,905 BETTER 2557 01:14:36,905 --> 01:14:37,539 TRANSIT SERVICE AND WE WANT TO 2558 01:14:37,539 --> 01:14:39,241 DELIVER ON THAT. 2559 01:14:39,241 --> 01:14:42,878 NEXT SLIDE. 2560 01:14:42,878 --> 01:14:43,879 SALES TAX HERE. 2561 01:14:43,879 --> 01:14:45,781 WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 2562 01:14:45,781 --> 01:14:47,015 EVERYONE IN SEATTLE 2563 01:14:47,015 --> 01:14:49,017 CONTRIBUTES TO THE SALES TAX. 2564 01:14:49,017 --> 01:14:51,386 RESIDENTS AND WORKERS BUT 2565 01:14:51,386 --> 01:14:53,956 ALSO BUSINESSES AND VISITORS. 2566 01:14:53,956 --> 01:14:55,924 ACCORDING TO VISIT SEATTLE, 2567 01:14:55,924 --> 01:14:57,626 NEARLY 40 MILLION PEOPLE 2568 01:14:57,626 --> 01:15:00,496 VISITED SEATTLE IN 2025 AND 2569 01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:01,330 SPENT OVER 2570 01:15:01,330 --> 01:15:02,798 $8 BILLION CONTRIBUTING 2571 01:15:02,798 --> 01:15:04,166 HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 2572 01:15:04,166 --> 01:15:04,399 TO 2573 01:15:04,399 --> 01:15:07,603 OUR CITY THROUGH SALES TAXES. 2574 01:15:07,603 --> 01:15:09,972 IN WASHINGTON MOST EVERYDAY 2575 01:15:09,972 --> 01:15:12,207 ESSENTIALS ARE EXEMPT FROM 2576 01:15:12,207 --> 01:15:14,409 SALES TAX INCLUDING 2577 01:15:14,409 --> 01:15:15,110 GROCERIES, OVER-THE- COUNTER 2578 01:15:15,110 --> 01:15:17,212 AND PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS, 2579 01:15:17,212 --> 01:15:17,412 RENT 2580 01:15:17,412 --> 01:15:20,015 AND MORTGAGE PAYMENTS, AND 2581 01:15:20,015 --> 01:15:22,117 WITH NEW LAWS PASSED IN OLYMPIA 2582 01:15:22,117 --> 01:15:24,019 THIS LEGISLATIVE 2583 01:15:24,019 --> 01:15:24,653 SESSION, PERSONAL CARE AND BABY 2584 01:15:24,653 --> 01:15:26,154 PRODUCTS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE 2585 01:15:26,154 --> 01:15:26,855 SALES TAX AS 2586 01:15:26,855 --> 01:15:27,089 WELL. 2587 01:15:27,089 --> 01:15:28,624 THROUGH STM, 2588 01:15:28,624 --> 01:15:29,758 EVERYONE CONTRIBUTES TO A FUND 2589 01:15:29,758 --> 01:15:32,294 THAT THE 2590 01:15:32,294 --> 01:15:36,832 CITY USES TO MOVE PEOPLE 2591 01:15:36,832 --> 01:15:37,266 FURTHER. 2592 01:15:37,266 --> 01:15:39,101 SPEAKING HERE TO THE COST TO 2593 01:15:39,101 --> 01:15:41,703 TAXPAYERS, THE CURRENT 0. 2594 01:15:41,703 --> 01:15:43,405 15% SALES TAX COST AS MEDIAN 2595 01:15:43,405 --> 01:15:43,972 INCOME 2596 01:15:43,972 --> 01:15:44,773 TWO- PERSON HOUSEHOLD $29 A 2597 01:15:44,773 --> 01:15:48,243 YEAR. 2598 01:15:48,243 --> 01:15:50,646 AT 0. 3%, WE ESTIMATE THIS 2599 01:15:50,646 --> 01:15:53,148 MEASURE WOULD COST THAT SAME 2600 01:15:53,148 --> 01:15:54,783 TWO- PERSON MEDIAN 2601 01:15:54,783 --> 01:15:57,753 INCOME HOUSEHOLD ABOUT $58 A 2602 01:15:57,753 --> 01:15:58,053 YEAR 2603 01:15:58,053 --> 01:16:08,497 OR ANOTHER $4.83 A MONTH. 2604 01:16:09,831 --> 01:16:11,667 WE ALSO TALK ABOUT A LOW- INCOME 2605 01:16:11,667 --> 01:16:14,136 TWO- PERSON HOUSEHOLD MAKING 2606 01:16:14,136 --> 01:16:15,337 $38,000 A YEAR AND THE IMPACTS 2607 01:16:15,337 --> 01:16:17,039 THAT THIS PRE POSAL WOULD HAVE 2608 01:16:17,039 --> 01:16:17,306 TO THEM. 2609 01:16:17,306 --> 01:16:21,176 I'D LIKE TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO 2610 01:16:21,176 --> 01:16:21,410 VLF. 2611 01:16:21,410 --> 01:16:25,147 THOUGH IT IS AN ALLOWING 2612 01:16:25,147 --> 01:16:27,449 FUNDING SOURCE WE CHOSE -- THE 2613 01:16:27,449 --> 01:16:27,649 MAYOR 2614 01:16:27,783 --> 01:16:28,383 CHOSE NOT TO ADD VLF FOR SEVERAL 2615 01:16:28,383 --> 01:16:30,385 REASONS. 2616 01:16:30,385 --> 01:16:33,322 FIRST, VLF IS A FLAT 2617 01:16:33,322 --> 01:16:34,923 FEE. EVERYONE PAYS THE SAME 2618 01:16:34,923 --> 01:16:37,592 AMOUNT REGARDLESS OF INCOME OR 2619 01:16:37,726 --> 01:16:38,293 CIRCUMSTANCE. FLAT TAXES ARE 2620 01:16:38,293 --> 01:16:42,397 MORE REGRESSIVE. 2621 01:16:42,397 --> 01:16:45,267 CAR TABS ARE DUE IN FULL EVERY 2622 01:16:45,400 --> 01:16:45,901 YEAR WITH NO OPTION FOR 2623 01:16:45,901 --> 01:16:52,441 INCREMENTAL PAYMENT. 2624 01:16:52,441 --> 01:16:54,543 BY OUR ESTIMATION THE 2625 01:16:54,543 --> 01:16:55,544 AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME HOUSEHOLD 2626 01:16:55,544 --> 01:16:55,711 IN 2627 01:16:55,711 --> 01:16:57,679 SEATTLE WOULD PAY $58 A YEAR 2628 01:16:57,679 --> 01:17:00,382 IN SALES TAX UNDER THIS 2629 01:17:00,382 --> 01:17:00,782 PROPOSAL. 2630 01:17:00,782 --> 01:17:04,886 ADDING A $50 VLF 2631 01:17:04,886 --> 01:17:05,554 WOULD NEARLY DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT 2632 01:17:05,554 --> 01:17:05,821 OF THE 2633 01:17:05,821 --> 01:17:07,289 ANNUAL COST WITH ONLY ONE 2634 01:17:07,289 --> 01:17:07,856 VEHICLE 2635 01:17:07,856 --> 01:17:09,658 AND TRIPLE OR QUADRUPLE THE COST 2636 01:17:09,658 --> 01:17:13,595 TO HOUSEHOLDS WITH TWO OR MORE 2637 01:17:13,595 --> 01:17:13,962 VEHICLES. 2638 01:17:13,962 --> 01:17:16,264 AT THE SAME TIME ADDING A $50 2639 01:17:16,264 --> 01:17:19,267 VLF WOULD ONLY BRING IN AN 2640 01:17:19,267 --> 01:17:22,571 ADDITIONAL 15% MORE REVENUE 2641 01:17:22,571 --> 01:17:24,873 EACH YEAR FOR DOUBLING THE COST 2642 01:17:24,873 --> 01:17:27,175 ON CAR OWNING HOUSEHOLDS. 2643 01:17:27,175 --> 01:17:29,111 AND, LASTLY, WE HEARD 2644 01:17:29,111 --> 01:17:31,646 VERY STRONG OPPOSITION TO VLF 2645 01:17:31,646 --> 01:17:33,148 FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE 2646 01:17:33,148 --> 01:17:33,482 ENGAGED 2647 01:17:33,482 --> 01:17:37,919 THROUGH THIS PROCESS. 2648 01:17:37,919 --> 01:17:39,654 AS DESCRIBED IN SDOT'S 2649 01:17:39,654 --> 01:17:42,290 RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT, WE SEE 2650 01:17:42,290 --> 01:17:42,491 THIS 2651 01:17:42,491 --> 01:17:45,260 IN THE RESULTS OF OTHER 2652 01:17:45,260 --> 01:17:45,761 OPPORTUNITIES 2653 01:17:45,761 --> 01:17:46,395 THAT SEATTLEITES HAVE HAD TO 2654 01:17:46,395 --> 01:17:46,728 CONSIDER THIS 2655 01:17:46,728 --> 01:17:52,901 QUESTION. 2656 01:17:52,901 --> 01:17:54,603 SO WHY RENEW? 2657 01:17:54,603 --> 01:17:56,605 PEOPLE HAVE ORGANIZED, SPOKE UP, 2658 01:17:56,605 --> 01:17:57,739 SHOWED UP AND KEPT 2659 01:17:57,739 --> 01:17:58,740 INSISTING THAT TRANSIT 2660 01:17:58,740 --> 01:17:59,307 IS ESSENTIAL TO A FAIR AND 2661 01:17:59,307 --> 01:18:02,077 AFORMEDABLE CITY. 2662 01:18:02,077 --> 01:18:03,612 FOR MANY PEOPLE TRANSIT IS NOT 2663 01:18:03,612 --> 01:18:04,179 A BACKUP PLAN. 2664 01:18:04,179 --> 01:18:06,281 IT'S HOW THEY GET TO WORK, TO 2665 01:18:06,281 --> 01:18:07,382 SCHOOL, TO CHILD CARE, 2666 01:18:07,382 --> 01:18:08,183 TO MEDICAL 2667 01:18:08,183 --> 01:18:08,583 APPOINTMENTS, THE 2668 01:18:08,583 --> 01:18:09,151 GROCERY STORE AND BACK HOME 2669 01:18:09,151 --> 01:18:13,722 AGAIN. 2670 01:18:13,722 --> 01:18:14,790 WE KNOW THESE 2671 01:18:14,790 --> 01:18:16,224 ARE COMPELLING FOLKS LIKE NURSES 2672 01:18:16,224 --> 01:18:16,458 GOING 2673 01:18:16,458 --> 01:18:17,926 TO HARBOR VIEW FOR EARLY 2674 01:18:17,926 --> 01:18:19,528 SHIFTS, SERVERS GETTING HOME 2675 01:18:19,528 --> 01:18:19,728 FROM 2676 01:18:19,728 --> 01:18:21,530 THE JUNCTION AFTER LAST CALL, 2677 01:18:21,530 --> 01:18:22,831 THE STUDENT TAKING THE BUS 2678 01:18:22,831 --> 01:18:23,965 TO BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL, THE 2679 01:18:23,965 --> 01:18:26,702 PARENT ON BEACON HILL HEADED TO 2680 01:18:26,835 --> 01:18:27,936 DAYCARE. 2681 01:18:27,936 --> 01:18:29,704 SENIORS IN THE INTERNATIONAL 2682 01:18:29,704 --> 01:18:32,474 DISTRICTS AND ON AND ON AND 2683 01:18:32,474 --> 01:18:33,075 ON. THESE ARE THE TRIPS THAT 2684 01:18:33,075 --> 01:18:33,275 MAKE 2685 01:18:33,275 --> 01:18:36,945 IT POSSIBLE FOR SEATTLE TO BE A 2686 01:18:37,079 --> 01:18:37,813 FUNCTIONAL CITY. 2687 01:18:37,813 --> 01:18:39,081 AND THIS USES THE 2688 01:18:39,081 --> 01:18:40,215 TOOLS AVAILABLE TO US AND 2689 01:18:40,215 --> 01:18:40,882 DIRECTS THE BENEFITS WHERE THEY 2690 01:18:40,882 --> 01:18:45,087 MATTER MOST. 2691 01:18:45,087 --> 01:18:47,322 MORE SERVICE, MORE ACCESS AND 2692 01:18:47,322 --> 01:18:48,223 MORE SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE 2693 01:18:48,223 --> 01:18:48,390 WHO 2694 01:18:48,390 --> 01:18:48,957 DEPEND ON OR WOULD LIKE TO 2695 01:18:48,957 --> 01:18:55,363 CHOOSE TRANSIT. 2696 01:18:55,363 --> 01:18:58,166 THIS MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO BE A 2697 01:18:58,166 --> 01:18:59,201 CHOICE NOT A REQUIREMENT OR FOR 2698 01:18:59,201 --> 01:19:01,970 A CAR NOT TO BE THE ONLY 2699 01:19:01,970 --> 01:19:04,406 WAY, THE ONLY CHOICE FOR ALL OF 2700 01:19:04,406 --> 01:19:05,440 THE TOTALITY OF YOUR TRIPS. 2701 01:19:05,440 --> 01:19:07,242 THIS IS WHAT A WORLD- 2702 01:19:07,242 --> 01:19:08,543 CLASS TRANSIT SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE 2703 01:19:08,543 --> 01:19:11,413 AND THIS IS WHAT SEATTLEITES 2704 01:19:11,413 --> 01:19:11,646 DESERVE 2705 01:19:11,646 --> 01:19:11,947 AND EXPECT. 2706 01:19:11,947 --> 01:19:14,082 WE'RE EXCITED TO BE SHARING 2707 01:19:14,082 --> 01:19:14,282 THIS 2708 01:19:14,282 --> 01:19:15,283 PROPOSAL WITH THE CITY COUNCIL 2709 01:19:15,283 --> 01:19:15,684 TODAY. 2710 01:19:15,684 --> 01:19:17,919 I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING 2711 01:19:17,919 --> 01:19:19,154 WITH YOU ALL ON THIS PLAN AS 2712 01:19:19,154 --> 01:19:21,923 WE CONTINUE TO MOVE IT FORWARD. 2713 01:19:21,923 --> 01:19:23,091 ULTIMATELY I LOOK FORWARD 2714 01:19:23,091 --> 01:19:25,026 TO GIVING SEATTLE VOTERS 2715 01:19:25,026 --> 01:19:26,328 THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER 2716 01:19:26,328 --> 01:19:26,795 THESE 2717 01:19:26,795 --> 01:19:27,796 INVESTMENTS AND BENEFITS AS 2718 01:19:27,796 --> 01:19:29,231 WE BUILD A TRANSIT SYSTEM OUR 2719 01:19:29,231 --> 01:19:33,401 CITY NEEDS FOR THE NEXT DECADE. 2720 01:19:33,401 --> 01:19:35,203 THANK YOU. 2721 01:19:39,574 --> 01:19:40,342 >> THAT CONCLUDES OUR 2722 01:19:40,342 --> 01:19:41,543 PRESENTATION, YES. 2723 01:19:41,676 --> 01:19:43,645 >> FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2724 01:19:43,645 --> 01:19:47,015 REALLY APPRECIATE THE 2725 01:19:47,015 --> 01:19:48,183 PRESENTATION, RIGHT ON THE MONEY 2726 01:19:48,183 --> 01:19:50,185 THERE WITH THE TIMING. 2727 01:19:50,185 --> 01:19:51,052 REALLY APPRECIATE 2728 01:19:51,052 --> 01:19:52,687 THE PRESENTATION AND, AS I 2729 01:19:52,687 --> 01:19:53,221 MENTIONED EARLIER, MORE 2730 01:19:53,221 --> 01:19:54,823 IMPORTANT THAN 2731 01:19:54,823 --> 01:19:55,991 THAT, THE THOUGHTFUL 2732 01:19:55,991 --> 01:19:57,492 ATTENTION AND WORK THAT WENT 2733 01:19:57,492 --> 01:19:57,692 INTO 2734 01:19:57,692 --> 01:20:00,095 CRAFTING THIS PROPOSED PACKAGE 2735 01:20:00,095 --> 01:20:01,229 BEFORE US. 2736 01:20:01,229 --> 01:20:03,665 SO, COLLEAGUES, I HAVE A 2737 01:20:03,665 --> 01:20:08,103 FEW QUESTIONS TO KICK US OFF 2738 01:20:08,103 --> 01:20:08,336 HERE 2739 01:20:08,336 --> 01:20:09,771 AND FRAME THE CONVERSATION 2740 01:20:09,771 --> 01:20:11,940 AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO 2741 01:20:11,940 --> 01:20:14,676 YOU ALL FOR YOUR QUESTIONS AND 2742 01:20:14,676 --> 01:20:15,076 COMMENTS. 2743 01:20:15,076 --> 01:20:17,646 SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR 2744 01:20:17,646 --> 01:20:19,814 THE PROPOSAL AND THANK YOU FOR 2745 01:20:19,814 --> 01:20:22,150 KIND OF WALKING US THROUGH 2746 01:20:22,150 --> 01:20:24,019 YOUR APPROACH WITH RESPECT TO 2747 01:20:24,019 --> 01:20:26,588 THE VEHICLE LICENSE 2748 01:20:26,588 --> 01:20:26,922 FEE COMPONENT 2749 01:20:26,922 --> 01:20:27,489 AND THE TRADEOFFS INVOLVED 2750 01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:34,996 THERE. 2751 01:20:34,996 --> 01:20:36,198 ASIDE FROM THE FEE, CAN 2752 01:20:36,198 --> 01:20:38,466 YOU WALK US THROUGH THE MAJOR 2753 01:20:38,466 --> 01:20:38,700 POLICY 2754 01:20:38,700 --> 01:20:39,701 TRADEOFFS THE 2755 01:20:39,701 --> 01:20:40,435 EXECUTIVES CONSIDERED IN 2756 01:20:40,435 --> 01:20:41,303 DEVELOPING 2757 01:20:41,303 --> 01:20:43,838 THIS PROPOSAL AND SPECIFICALLY 2758 01:20:43,838 --> 01:20:45,640 WHICH 2759 01:20:45,640 --> 01:20:47,175 ALTERNATIVES WERE CONSIDERED 2760 01:20:47,175 --> 01:20:51,846 BUT ULTIMATELY NOT INCLUDED? 2761 01:20:51,980 --> 01:20:55,150 >> YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO 2762 01:20:55,150 --> 01:20:55,517 DISCUSSDISCUSS 2763 01:20:55,517 --> 01:20:55,717 THAT. 2764 01:20:55,717 --> 01:20:56,685 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 2765 01:20:56,685 --> 01:20:58,453 THAT PLANNING FOR THE RENEWAL OF 2766 01:20:58,453 --> 01:20:58,620 THE 2767 01:20:58,620 --> 01:21:00,055 TRANSIT MEASURE WAS WELL UNDER 2768 01:21:00,055 --> 01:21:05,327 WAY WHEN MAYOR WILSON CAME 2769 01:21:05,327 --> 01:21:05,594 INTOINTO 2770 01:21:05,594 --> 01:21:05,894 OFFICE. 2771 01:21:05,894 --> 01:21:10,565 WE EXPLORED OPTIONS WHICH 2772 01:21:10,565 --> 01:21:13,635 AS A BASELINE DID NOT DO ANY 2773 01:21:13,635 --> 01:21:14,035 REDUCTIONS. 2774 01:21:14,035 --> 01:21:18,206 SO ALL OPTIONS WERE INCLUDED 2775 01:21:18,206 --> 01:21:19,207 AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SEATTLEITES 2776 01:21:19,207 --> 01:21:19,407 WANT 2777 01:21:19,407 --> 01:21:20,041 NO REDUCTION IN THEIR BASELINE 2778 01:21:20,041 --> 01:21:21,843 SERVICE. 2779 01:21:21,843 --> 01:21:26,348 MOVING FROM THERE WE CONSIDERED 2780 01:21:26,481 --> 01:21:28,250 OPTIONS THAT ADJUSTED DIALS 2781 01:21:28,250 --> 01:21:30,952 SO THERE'S FIXED COSTS, THINGS 2782 01:21:30,952 --> 01:21:32,187 LIKE THE STAFFING THAT WAS 2783 01:21:32,187 --> 01:21:32,454 APPROVED 2784 01:21:32,454 --> 01:21:35,323 BY LEGISLATION BY THIS BODY LAST 2785 01:21:35,323 --> 01:21:38,093 YEAR FOR THE POSITION RELATIVE 2786 01:21:38,093 --> 01:21:39,094 TO SUPPORTING SOUND TRANSIT AS 2787 01:21:39,094 --> 01:21:40,662 WELL AS THE FIXED 2788 01:21:40,662 --> 01:21:42,430 COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2789 01:21:42,430 --> 01:21:42,697 DELIVERY 2790 01:21:42,697 --> 01:21:44,799 OF THESE SEATTLE STREETCAR 2791 01:21:44,799 --> 01:21:45,433 LINES. 2792 01:21:45,433 --> 01:21:47,168 THROUGH THAT WE HAD THREE 2793 01:21:47,168 --> 01:21:51,439 DIALS, SERVICE, CAPITAL, AND 2794 01:21:51,439 --> 01:21:51,673 ACCESS 2795 01:21:51,673 --> 01:21:51,940 PROGRAMS. 2796 01:21:51,940 --> 01:21:54,609 WE KNOW THAT ACCESS -- THAT 2797 01:21:54,609 --> 01:21:56,311 THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, AS JEN HERE 2798 01:21:56,311 --> 01:21:57,579 MENTIONED, IS A SMALL 2799 01:21:57,579 --> 01:21:59,981 BUT IMPORTANT PART, SO WE HELD 2800 01:21:59,981 --> 01:22:03,218 STEADY ON THAT, AND LOOKED 2801 01:22:03,218 --> 01:22:06,187 AT OPTIONS THAT COULD 2802 01:22:06,187 --> 01:22:08,757 EITHER INCREASE TRANSIT ACCESS 2803 01:22:08,757 --> 01:22:09,024 PROGRAMS 2804 01:22:09,024 --> 01:22:11,092 OR INCREASE THE LEVEL OF 2805 01:22:11,092 --> 01:22:13,929 SERVICE AND WE ENDED RIGHT IN 2806 01:22:13,929 --> 01:22:15,297 THE MIDDLE 2807 01:22:15,297 --> 01:22:16,665 OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH 2808 01:22:16,665 --> 01:22:18,633 KING COUNTY METRO IN HELPING US 2809 01:22:18,633 --> 01:22:18,833 TO BE 2810 01:22:18,833 --> 01:22:20,568 ABLE TO REALLY MEET THE NEED 2811 01:22:20,568 --> 01:22:23,872 FOR THE FARE ACCESS PROGRAM 2812 01:22:23,872 --> 01:22:26,041 WHILE BEING EXTREMELY MINDFUL, 2813 01:22:26,041 --> 01:22:26,641 RESPONSIBLE AND EFFICIENT 2814 01:22:26,641 --> 01:22:32,013 WITH OUR COSTS. 2815 01:22:32,147 --> 01:22:33,915 >> THANK YOU. 2816 01:22:33,915 --> 01:22:35,884 FARE ACCESS, RIDERSHIP RECOVERY 2817 01:22:35,884 --> 01:22:41,389 AND LONG- TERM TRANSIT 2818 01:22:41,389 --> 01:22:42,590 SUCCESS, ULTIMATELY PUBLIC 2819 01:22:42,590 --> 01:22:43,024 CONFIDENCE. 2820 01:22:43,024 --> 01:22:43,892 CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND 2821 01:22:43,892 --> 01:22:46,227 HOW THE EXECUTIVE CONSIDERED 2822 01:22:46,227 --> 01:22:46,461 TRANSIT 2823 01:22:46,461 --> 01:22:48,596 SAFETY AND SECURITY NEEDS 2824 01:22:48,596 --> 01:22:50,465 WHEN DEVELOPING THIS 2825 01:22:50,465 --> 01:22:51,466 PROPOSAL PARTICULARLY WITH 2826 01:22:51,466 --> 01:22:52,534 RESPECT 2827 01:22:52,534 --> 01:22:55,403 TO OPERATOR SAFETY, RIDER 2828 01:22:55,403 --> 01:22:57,972 SAFETY AND LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION 2829 01:22:57,972 --> 01:22:58,406 OF 2830 01:22:58,406 --> 01:22:59,741 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE 2831 01:22:59,741 --> 01:23:01,676 REGIONAL TRANSIT SAFETY 2832 01:23:01,676 --> 01:23:04,479 TASK FORCE FROM A LOCAL CITYCITY 2833 01:23:04,612 --> 01:23:08,883 SEATTLE GOVERNMENT PERSPECTIVE. 2834 01:23:09,017 --> 01:23:09,417 >> SURE. 2835 01:23:09,551 --> 01:23:10,051 I CAN TRY TO ANSWER THAT, 2836 01:23:10,051 --> 01:23:12,754 COUNCILMEMBER. 2837 01:23:12,754 --> 01:23:13,922 AS MENTIONED IN THE 2838 01:23:13,922 --> 01:23:16,825 PRESENTATION, WE CONTRIBUTE 2839 01:23:16,825 --> 01:23:18,760 TO ALL OF METRO SAFETY AND 2840 01:23:18,760 --> 01:23:21,429 SECURITY INVESTMENTS THROUGH OUR 2841 01:23:21,429 --> 01:23:23,965 SERVICE PURCHASES AND AS METRO 2842 01:23:23,965 --> 01:23:24,699 HAS 2843 01:23:24,699 --> 01:23:26,201 INCREASED THEIR 2844 01:23:26,201 --> 01:23:26,801 INVESTMENTS WE HAVE AS WELL. 2845 01:23:26,801 --> 01:23:30,672 LOOKING FOR SOME OF MY 2846 01:23:30,672 --> 01:23:31,806 TALKING POINTS HERE. 2847 01:23:31,806 --> 01:23:33,675 I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS 2848 01:23:33,675 --> 01:23:36,478 BEEN OVER 200 ADDITIONAL TRANSIT 2849 01:23:36,611 --> 01:23:38,780 SECURITY OFFICERS ADDED IN 2850 01:23:38,780 --> 01:23:40,882 THE LAST FIVE YEARS BY KING 2851 01:23:40,882 --> 01:23:44,319 COUNTY METRO AND WE'VE INVESTED 2852 01:23:44,319 --> 01:23:44,519 ININ 2853 01:23:44,519 --> 01:23:44,886 THAT. 2854 01:23:44,886 --> 01:23:46,354 AS METRO IS RESPONDING TO 2855 01:23:46,354 --> 01:23:50,125 THE TASK FORCE AND IMPLEMENTING 2856 01:23:50,125 --> 01:23:51,259 DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THAT 2857 01:23:51,259 --> 01:23:54,029 PLAN, MANY OF THE COSTS WILL BE 2858 01:23:54,029 --> 01:23:56,297 REFLECTED IN THE 2859 01:23:56,297 --> 01:23:56,898 SERVICE CONTRACT AS WELL. 2860 01:23:56,898 --> 01:23:59,834 THERE IS ONLY ONE DIRECT 2861 01:23:59,834 --> 01:24:03,071 OUTCOME FOR SDOT SPECIFICALLY IN 2862 01:24:03,071 --> 01:24:06,508 THE TASK FORCE AND THAT WAS 2863 01:24:06,508 --> 01:24:09,077 TO PROVIDE YOUNG ADULTS WITH 2864 01:24:09,077 --> 01:24:10,345 OPPORTUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND HOW 2865 01:24:10,345 --> 01:24:13,448 THEY CAN BE A PART -- 2866 01:24:13,448 --> 01:24:16,251 PARTICIPATE OR GET A JOB IN 2867 01:24:16,251 --> 01:24:16,985 THE TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION 2868 01:24:16,985 --> 01:24:17,218 SYSTEM. 2869 01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:19,320 WE HAVE A YOUTH PROGRAM THROUGH 2870 01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:20,755 OUR TRANSPORTATION 2871 01:24:20,755 --> 01:24:23,291 ACCESS PROGRAM FUNDED BY THE 2872 01:24:23,291 --> 01:24:24,626 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE ALREADY 2873 01:24:24,626 --> 01:24:25,360 THAT ADDRESS THAT. 2874 01:24:25,360 --> 01:24:26,628 WE HAVE YOUTH WHO COME FOR 2875 01:24:26,628 --> 01:24:28,229 A MONTH IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2876 01:24:28,229 --> 01:24:33,334 AND ARE GETTING EXPOSED TO ALL 2877 01:24:33,334 --> 01:24:33,701 OF 2878 01:24:33,701 --> 01:24:34,636 THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2879 01:24:34,636 --> 01:24:37,605 EMPLOYMENT AND CAREERS 2880 01:24:37,605 --> 01:24:38,940 ESSENTIALLY, CAREER EXPLORATION. 2881 01:24:38,940 --> 01:24:42,710 THAT'S ONE SPECIFIC THING. 2882 01:24:42,710 --> 01:24:43,678 AGAIN, AS METRO IS INCREASING 2883 01:24:43,678 --> 01:24:45,914 OR ADJUSTING WHAT THEIR 2884 01:24:45,914 --> 01:24:47,849 INVESTMENTS ARE, POLICE, 2885 01:24:47,849 --> 01:24:49,417 OFFICERS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 2886 01:24:49,417 --> 01:24:50,552 SPECIALISTS, TRANSIT AMBASSADORS 2887 01:24:50,552 --> 01:24:50,785 AS WELL 2888 01:24:50,785 --> 01:24:52,687 AS TRAINING FOR INTERNAL 2889 01:24:52,687 --> 01:24:52,954 STAFFING 2890 01:24:52,954 --> 01:24:54,589 FOR OPERATORS, ET 2891 01:24:54,589 --> 01:24:54,889 CETERA, WE 2892 01:24:54,889 --> 01:24:55,523 WOULD BE PAYING OUR PORTION OF 2893 01:24:55,523 --> 01:24:57,659 THAT. 2894 01:24:57,792 --> 01:24:58,259 >> THANK YOU -- 2895 01:24:58,393 --> 01:25:00,895 >> IF I MAY, I WANTED TO ADD TO 2896 01:25:01,029 --> 01:25:03,097 THAT. THIS IS A KEY PRIORITY 2897 01:25:03,097 --> 01:25:04,699 WE'VE HEARD FROM EVERYONE, BUT 2898 01:25:04,699 --> 01:25:06,601 FROM TWO STAKEHOLDERS IN 2899 01:25:06,601 --> 01:25:08,470 PARTICULAR, OBVIOUSLY ATU 587 AS 2900 01:25:08,470 --> 01:25:11,206 WELL AS THE 2901 01:25:11,206 --> 01:25:12,207 TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK 2902 01:25:12,207 --> 01:25:13,842 GROUP, GROUPS WE'VE WORKED 2903 01:25:13,842 --> 01:25:15,343 WITH IN DEEP CONSULTATION 2904 01:25:15,343 --> 01:25:16,744 WHILE BRINGING FORWARD THIS 2905 01:25:16,744 --> 01:25:17,011 PROPOSAL 2906 01:25:17,011 --> 01:25:19,347 IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT 2907 01:25:19,347 --> 01:25:20,615 THOSE KEY PRIORITIES ARE 2908 01:25:20,615 --> 01:25:20,882 ADDRESSED 2909 01:25:20,882 --> 01:25:24,052 IN THE INVESTMENTS PUT FORWARD. 2910 01:25:24,185 --> 01:25:24,619 >> THANK YOU. 2911 01:25:24,619 --> 01:25:28,223 SO IF I HEAR CORRECTLY NO 2912 01:25:28,223 --> 01:25:29,557 ADDITIONAL OR DEDICATED 2913 01:25:29,557 --> 01:25:32,026 FUNDING FOR TRANSIT SAFETY AND 2914 01:25:32,026 --> 01:25:32,293 SECURITY. 2915 01:25:32,293 --> 01:25:35,563 IT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN OUR 2916 01:25:35,563 --> 01:25:36,898 STANDARD PURCHASE FOR 2917 01:25:36,898 --> 01:25:38,900 EXTRA SERVICE WITH KING COUNTY 2918 01:25:38,900 --> 01:25:39,134 METRO. 2919 01:25:39,134 --> 01:25:40,135 WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO 2920 01:25:40,135 --> 01:25:42,437 COVER, IT'LL BE INCLUDED 2921 01:25:42,437 --> 01:25:45,440 AND BAKED INTO THAT COST. 2922 01:25:45,440 --> 01:25:48,376 SO NO LOCAL DEDICATED FUNDING 2923 01:25:48,376 --> 01:25:51,112 SPECIFICALLY FOR TRANSIT SAFETY 2924 01:25:51,246 --> 01:25:52,213 AND SECURITY BEYOND WHAT 2925 01:25:52,213 --> 01:25:52,547 WE PURCHASE? 2926 01:25:52,680 --> 01:25:55,049 >> SO WE DO HAVE $9 MILLION 2927 01:25:55,049 --> 01:25:56,985 IN THE 2024 TRANSPORTATION LEVY 2928 01:25:56,985 --> 01:25:59,854 DEVOTED TO TRANSIT PASSENGER 2929 01:25:59,854 --> 01:26:00,188 SAFETY. 2930 01:26:00,188 --> 01:26:03,091 SO THAT STILL REMAINS AS A 2931 01:26:03,091 --> 01:26:04,492 DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE. 2932 01:26:04,492 --> 01:26:06,127 BUT THROUGH THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 2933 01:26:06,127 --> 01:26:08,630 MEASURE, IT IS SPECIFICALLY 2934 01:26:08,630 --> 01:26:09,831 OUR SUPPORT OF THE FUNDING FOR 2935 01:26:09,831 --> 01:26:10,832 THE SEATTLE STREET CAR THAT 2936 01:26:10,832 --> 01:26:11,833 INCLUDES SAFETY AND SECURITY AS 2937 01:26:11,833 --> 01:26:14,836 WELL, WHICH IS DELIVERED BY 2938 01:26:14,836 --> 01:26:15,069 METRO, 2939 01:26:15,069 --> 01:26:17,405 AND THROUGH OUR PURCHASE OF 2940 01:26:17,405 --> 01:26:17,639 SERVICE 2941 01:26:17,639 --> 01:26:20,108 I THINK WE BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT 2942 01:26:20,108 --> 01:26:21,442 METRO SHOULD LEAD ON TRANSIT 2943 01:26:21,442 --> 01:26:22,510 SAFETY AND SECURITY 2944 01:26:22,510 --> 01:26:24,979 INVESTMENTS AND WE SHOULD 2945 01:26:24,979 --> 01:26:25,380 SUPPORT THEM AND 2946 01:26:25,380 --> 01:26:26,915 HAVE THEM BE THE ONES MAKING 2947 01:26:26,915 --> 01:26:28,016 THE DECISIONS SINCE THEY'RE 2948 01:26:28,016 --> 01:26:30,919 THE OPERATORS AND OWNERS OF THAT 2949 01:26:30,919 --> 01:26:31,619 TRANSIT SYSTEM. 2950 01:26:31,753 --> 01:26:32,020 >> YEAH. 2951 01:26:32,020 --> 01:26:35,023 IN THE 2024 TRANSPORTATION 2952 01:26:35,023 --> 01:26:36,291 LEVY WAS A COMPLETELY 2953 01:26:36,291 --> 01:26:36,925 DIFFERENT FUNDING VEHICLE. 2954 01:26:36,925 --> 01:26:39,227 TODAY WE ARE DISCUSSING 2955 01:26:39,227 --> 01:26:41,696 THE PROPOSED RENEWAL 2956 01:26:41,696 --> 01:26:42,697 OF THE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT 2957 01:26:42,697 --> 01:26:43,131 DISTRICT. 2958 01:26:43,131 --> 01:26:44,832 THAT SAID, THERE'S ALSO A 2959 01:26:44,832 --> 01:26:47,302 SHARED RESPONSIBILITY -- ONE 2960 01:26:47,302 --> 01:26:47,936 OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED 2961 01:26:47,936 --> 01:26:48,136 FROM 2962 01:26:48,136 --> 01:26:49,470 THE KING COUNTY REGIONAL 2963 01:26:49,470 --> 01:26:50,672 TRANSPORTATION OR TRANSIT SAFETY 2964 01:26:50,672 --> 01:26:52,740 AND SECURITY TASK FORCE IS 2965 01:26:52,740 --> 01:26:55,276 THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY IS 2966 01:26:55,276 --> 01:26:56,244 SHARED FOR 2967 01:26:56,244 --> 01:26:59,180 IMPLEMENTING THOSE VARIOUS 2968 01:26:59,180 --> 01:26:59,581 RECOMMENDATIONS. 2969 01:26:59,581 --> 01:27:01,849 IT'S NOT JUST SOLELY, YOU 2970 01:27:01,849 --> 01:27:03,751 KNOW, WE NEED TO AVOID 2971 01:27:03,751 --> 01:27:04,919 A COUNTERPRODUCTIVE 2972 01:27:04,919 --> 01:27:06,254 FINGER POINTING WHO IS ON FIRST 2973 01:27:06,254 --> 01:27:09,224 SITUATION AND CONFUSION AROUND. 2974 01:27:09,224 --> 01:27:10,191 THE RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED 2975 01:27:10,191 --> 01:27:13,428 AND EVERY 2976 01:27:13,428 --> 01:27:13,861 JURISDICTION HAS A 2977 01:27:13,861 --> 01:27:14,429 RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPLEMENT 2978 01:27:14,429 --> 01:27:14,796 LOCALLY THOSE. 2979 01:27:14,796 --> 01:27:17,198 I'M HEARING THERE'S NO 2980 01:27:17,198 --> 01:27:17,532 DEDICATED 2981 01:27:17,532 --> 01:27:19,801 FUNDING SOURCE SPECIFICALLY FOR 2982 01:27:19,934 --> 01:27:21,302 THAT. IT WOULD JUST BE INCLUDED 2983 01:27:21,302 --> 01:27:25,139 IN WHAT THE BASE LEVELS OF 2984 01:27:25,139 --> 01:27:26,574 POTENTIAL SAFETY AND 2985 01:27:26,574 --> 01:27:29,043 SECURITY SERVICES OR UPGRADES 2986 01:27:29,043 --> 01:27:29,243 THAT 2987 01:27:29,243 --> 01:27:31,479 METRO HAS PLANNED BASED OFF OF 2988 01:27:31,479 --> 01:27:31,646 OUR 2989 01:27:31,646 --> 01:27:33,781 REGULAR PURCHASE OF SERVICE. 2990 01:27:33,781 --> 01:27:38,953 BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. 2991 01:27:38,953 --> 01:27:41,155 I WOULD -- 2992 01:27:41,289 --> 01:27:42,457 >> MAY I? 2993 01:27:42,590 --> 01:27:44,859 >> -- I HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF 2994 01:27:44,859 --> 01:27:46,127 THE INFRASTRUCTURE -- I HEARD 2995 01:27:46,127 --> 01:27:48,463 THE INFRASTRUCTURE LEVELS 2996 01:27:48,463 --> 01:27:51,099 OF FUNDING ARE CONSISTENT WITH 2997 01:27:51,099 --> 01:27:52,133 PRIOR LEVELS IN THE 2998 01:27:52,133 --> 01:27:53,001 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE. 2999 01:27:53,001 --> 01:27:56,170 I WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT VIEW, 3000 01:27:56,170 --> 01:27:57,071 OR AT LEAST I HAVE A DIFFERENT 3001 01:27:57,071 --> 01:27:59,240 ONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT 3002 01:27:59,240 --> 01:28:01,609 THE ACTUALS AND THE REVISIONS 3003 01:28:01,609 --> 01:28:04,178 THAT WERE MADE OVER TIME. 3004 01:28:04,178 --> 01:28:06,547 THAT SAID, WE'LL LEARN MORE 3005 01:28:06,547 --> 01:28:08,182 ABOUT THAT DURING OUR NEXT 3006 01:28:08,182 --> 01:28:10,718 MEETING FROM CENTRAL STAFF 3007 01:28:10,718 --> 01:28:12,620 ANALYSIS. 3008 01:28:12,620 --> 01:28:16,291 BUT THANK YOU FOR THE 3009 01:28:16,291 --> 01:28:17,191 ADDITIONALADDITIONAL CLARITY 3010 01:28:17,191 --> 01:28:18,526 HERE. 3011 01:28:18,660 --> 01:28:19,560 COLLEAGUES, I WILL NOW TURN IT 3012 01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:19,894 OVER TO YOU. 3013 01:28:19,894 --> 01:28:22,630 STARTING FIRST 3014 01:28:22,630 --> 01:28:23,031 WITH VICE-CHAIR 3015 01:28:23,031 --> 01:28:25,700 RINCK. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 3016 01:28:25,833 --> 01:28:27,168 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR 3017 01:28:27,168 --> 01:28:29,604 SAKA, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF 3018 01:28:29,604 --> 01:28:30,238 OUR PANELISTS WHO CAME BEFORE US 3019 01:28:30,238 --> 01:28:31,839 TO PRESENT ON 3020 01:28:31,839 --> 01:28:32,607 THIS PROPOSAL. YOUR TIME IS 3021 01:28:32,607 --> 01:28:34,609 APPRECIATED. 3022 01:28:34,742 --> 01:28:36,444 THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THIS IN 3023 01:28:36,444 --> 01:28:38,112 DETAIL AND THANK YOU TO OUR 3024 01:28:38,112 --> 01:28:41,449 PARTNERS AT ATU AND A HUGE THANK 3025 01:28:41,449 --> 01:28:42,216 YOU TO ALL OF 3026 01:28:42,216 --> 01:28:44,552 THE ADVOCATES WHO CAME OUT TODAY 3027 01:28:44,552 --> 01:28:45,286 TO CHAMPION 3028 01:28:45,420 --> 01:28:46,888 TRANSIT. THANK YOU FOR THE WORK 3029 01:28:46,888 --> 01:28:47,188 THAT YOU 3030 01:28:47,322 --> 01:28:48,723 DO. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND 3031 01:28:48,723 --> 01:28:49,524 I'LL 3032 01:28:49,524 --> 01:28:51,993 SAY IT AGAIN, I'M A CAR- 3033 01:28:51,993 --> 01:28:52,960 FREE COUNCILMEMBER UP HERE 3034 01:28:52,960 --> 01:28:54,429 PROUDLY REPRESENTING THE 20% OF 3035 01:28:54,429 --> 01:28:56,964 SEATTLE HOUSEHOLDS WHO DON'T 3036 01:28:56,964 --> 01:28:59,100 OWN A CAR. 3037 01:28:59,100 --> 01:29:01,869 MUCH OF MY ADULT LIFE -- 3038 01:29:01,869 --> 01:29:03,337 I DIDN'T OWN A CAR NOT ON 3039 01:29:03,337 --> 01:29:04,772 A PRINCIPLED STANCE BUT 3040 01:29:04,772 --> 01:29:06,007 I LITERALLY COULDN'T AFFORD 3041 01:29:06,007 --> 01:29:06,207 ONE. 3042 01:29:06,207 --> 01:29:09,644 NOW I'M ABLE TO LIVE A LIFE 3043 01:29:09,644 --> 01:29:11,079 WITHOUT A CAR, AND I MAKE 3044 01:29:11,079 --> 01:29:13,081 IT WORK FOR MYSELF, BUT I UPLIFT 3045 01:29:13,081 --> 01:29:14,248 TO SAY THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS 3046 01:29:14,248 --> 01:29:16,718 IN OUR CITY WHO QUITE 3047 01:29:16,718 --> 01:29:18,419 LITERALLY RELY ON OUR TRANSIT 3048 01:29:18,419 --> 01:29:19,787 SYSTEM WHETHER IT BE LIGHT RAIL 3049 01:29:19,787 --> 01:29:20,321 OR OUR 3050 01:29:20,321 --> 01:29:22,190 BUSES, AND SO I WANT TO START 3051 01:29:22,190 --> 01:29:24,792 MY REMARKS BY UNDERSCORING THAT 3052 01:29:24,792 --> 01:29:26,561 POINT THAT SO MANY RESIDENTS 3053 01:29:26,561 --> 01:29:28,563 ARE REALLY RELYING ON US TO 3054 01:29:28,563 --> 01:29:32,033 DELIVER ON RELIABLE, FREQUENT, 3055 01:29:32,033 --> 01:29:32,266 SAFE 3056 01:29:32,266 --> 01:29:32,567 TRANSIT. 3057 01:29:32,567 --> 01:29:34,135 TO THAT POINT, I HAVE A 3058 01:29:34,135 --> 01:29:38,239 COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. 3059 01:29:38,239 --> 01:29:41,976 ONE JUST BRINGING US TO THIS 3060 01:29:41,976 --> 01:29:45,446 POINT ABOUT JUST TAX BURDEN. 3061 01:29:45,446 --> 01:29:47,515 I WANT TO START OFF ON THE 3062 01:29:47,515 --> 01:29:50,351 NOTE THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IN- 3063 01:29:50,351 --> 01:29:50,585 PUBLIC 3064 01:29:50,585 --> 01:29:51,386 COMMENT AND ALREADY IN 3065 01:29:51,386 --> 01:29:52,854 SOME OF THE DISCOURSE 3066 01:29:52,854 --> 01:29:53,621 CONSTERNATION ABOUT SALES TAX. 3067 01:29:53,621 --> 01:29:55,156 I DO WANT TO NOTE FOR THE 3068 01:29:55,156 --> 01:29:56,691 RECORD THAT MY OFFICE ENGAGED 3069 01:29:56,691 --> 01:29:58,526 WITH STATE LEGISLATORS AHEAD OF 3070 01:29:58,526 --> 01:29:59,861 OUR MOST RECENT LEGISLATIVE 3071 01:29:59,861 --> 01:30:02,196 SESSION IN THE HOPES WE WOULD 3072 01:30:02,196 --> 01:30:02,864 SEE A 3073 01:30:02,864 --> 01:30:04,732 BILL IN SESSION THAT WOULD 3074 01:30:04,732 --> 01:30:05,733 EXPAND OPTIONS TO JURISDICTIONS 3075 01:30:05,733 --> 01:30:06,033 ON 3076 01:30:06,033 --> 01:30:08,970 HOW WE CAN FUND OUR 3077 01:30:08,970 --> 01:30:09,771 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT 3078 01:30:09,771 --> 01:30:10,071 DISTRICTS. 3079 01:30:10,071 --> 01:30:11,739 I DID NOT WANT THE CITY TO BE 3080 01:30:11,739 --> 01:30:13,374 IN THIS POSITION OF BEING 3081 01:30:13,374 --> 01:30:14,742 SO CONSTRAINED AND CONFINED 3082 01:30:14,742 --> 01:30:17,378 WITH THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE, 3083 01:30:17,378 --> 01:30:19,781 BUT I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO SEE US 3084 01:30:19,781 --> 01:30:20,381 GET SOMETHING THROUGH THE 3085 01:30:20,381 --> 01:30:22,283 SESSION BUT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 3086 01:30:22,283 --> 01:30:22,884 FUTURE 3087 01:30:23,017 --> 01:30:24,152 SESSIONS. I AM WONDERING IF WE 3088 01:30:24,152 --> 01:30:25,787 CAN GO TO 3089 01:30:25,787 --> 01:30:27,355 SLIDE 32, BECAUSE I 3090 01:30:27,355 --> 01:30:28,289 APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION 3091 01:30:28,289 --> 01:30:28,990 YOU'RE 3092 01:30:28,990 --> 01:30:30,992 PROVIDING ON HOW THIS SALES TAX 3093 01:30:30,992 --> 01:30:32,960 WOULD 3094 01:30:32,960 --> 01:30:34,462 IMPACT RESIDENTS, BUT 3095 01:30:34,462 --> 01:30:35,329 REALLY HITTING ON THE POINT 3096 01:30:35,329 --> 01:30:35,663 ABOUT HOW 3097 01:30:35,663 --> 01:30:37,732 WE'RE USING THESE INVESTMENTS 3098 01:30:37,732 --> 01:30:39,700 TO REALLY HAVE A SOLID RETURN ON 3099 01:30:39,700 --> 01:30:40,368 INVESTMENT AS WELL. 3100 01:30:40,368 --> 01:30:41,936 SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU 3101 01:30:41,936 --> 01:30:43,371 CAN SPEAK TO -- EXPAND A LITTLE 3102 01:30:43,371 --> 01:30:45,072 MORE ON THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT 3103 01:30:45,072 --> 01:30:48,709 FOR THE AVERAGE BUS RIDER FOR 3104 01:30:48,709 --> 01:30:49,610 THIS SALES TAX AS WELL AS 3105 01:30:49,610 --> 01:30:51,479 RECIPIENTS FOR THE NEW ORCA 3106 01:30:51,479 --> 01:30:51,779 PASSES THAT 3107 01:30:51,913 --> 01:30:52,547 YOU'RE INTENDING TO PROVIDE TO 3108 01:30:52,547 --> 01:30:55,416 THE LEVY. 3109 01:30:55,550 --> 01:30:57,919 >> I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THAT, 3110 01:30:57,919 --> 01:30:59,821 AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 3111 01:30:59,821 --> 01:31:00,188 COUNCILMEMBER. 3112 01:31:00,188 --> 01:31:01,989 THE WAY THAT I LIKE TO THINK 3113 01:31:01,989 --> 01:31:05,927 ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND 3114 01:31:05,927 --> 01:31:07,328 MOBILITY IS THAT THERE REALLY 3115 01:31:07,328 --> 01:31:09,697 ISN'T A LOT OF ALTERNATIVES. 3116 01:31:09,697 --> 01:31:11,899 PEOPLE HAVE TO GET THE 3117 01:31:11,899 --> 01:31:12,967 PLACES THAT THEY HAVE TO GO. 3118 01:31:12,967 --> 01:31:14,202 SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 3119 01:31:14,202 --> 01:31:15,636 THE COST OF PUBLIC 3120 01:31:15,636 --> 01:31:16,003 TRANSPORTATION, 3121 01:31:16,003 --> 01:31:19,307 I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO 3122 01:31:19,307 --> 01:31:20,208 SITUATE THAT WITH A FAIR 3123 01:31:20,208 --> 01:31:21,742 COMPARISON ABOUT THE OTHER 3124 01:31:21,742 --> 01:31:22,109 CHOICES PEOPLE 3125 01:31:22,109 --> 01:31:22,343 MAKE. 3126 01:31:22,343 --> 01:31:24,212 YOU'VE HEARD THE WORD CHOICE A 3127 01:31:24,212 --> 01:31:24,846 LOT. 3128 01:31:24,846 --> 01:31:26,080 OBVIOUSLY I WANT TO BE 3129 01:31:26,080 --> 01:31:27,348 CLEAR THAT SOME PEOPLE, ACTUALLY 3130 01:31:27,348 --> 01:31:29,250 FAR TOO MANY PEOPLE, 3131 01:31:29,250 --> 01:31:30,251 FACE TRANSIT INSECURITY AND 3132 01:31:30,251 --> 01:31:30,651 TRANSPORTATION 3133 01:31:30,785 --> 01:31:32,487 INSECURITY. IN FACT, I READ A 3134 01:31:32,487 --> 01:31:32,920 RECENT REPORT 3135 01:31:32,920 --> 01:31:35,323 THAT SHOWED THIS IS ACTUALLY THE 3136 01:31:35,323 --> 01:31:37,425 NUMBER- ONE HARDSHIP, 17% 3137 01:31:37,425 --> 01:31:38,926 OF AMERICANS REPORT THAT THEY 3138 01:31:38,926 --> 01:31:40,595 MISS IMPORTANT THINGS IN THEIR 3139 01:31:40,595 --> 01:31:43,064 LIVES BECAUSE OF A LACK OF 3140 01:31:43,064 --> 01:31:44,465 TRANSPORTATION ACCESS TO DO 3141 01:31:44,599 --> 01:31:46,667 THAT. I WANT TO BE REALLY 3142 01:31:46,667 --> 01:31:48,302 CLEAR THAT IS, IN FACT, A RECENT 3143 01:31:48,302 --> 01:31:49,470 STUDY SHOWS A MORE 3144 01:31:49,470 --> 01:31:51,906 SIGNIFICANT HARDSHIP AND A MORE 3145 01:31:51,906 --> 01:31:53,374 COMMON HARDSHIP EVEN THAN FOOD 3146 01:31:53,374 --> 01:31:57,178 INSECURITY IN THIS COUNTRY. 3147 01:31:57,178 --> 01:31:58,379 SO WHEN PEOPLE HAVE TO 3148 01:31:58,379 --> 01:31:59,680 GET SOMEWHERE AND THEY CAN'T 3149 01:31:59,680 --> 01:32:00,781 GET THERE WITH PUBLIC 3150 01:32:00,781 --> 01:32:01,582 TRANSPORTATION, THEIR 3151 01:32:01,582 --> 01:32:05,253 OPTIONS ARE TO NOT GO, AS WE 3152 01:32:05,253 --> 01:32:07,221 DISCUSSED, TO IF YOU HAVE ACCESS 3153 01:32:07,221 --> 01:32:07,688 TO A CAR 3154 01:32:07,688 --> 01:32:12,226 TO ASK FOR A RIDE OR TO PAY 3155 01:32:12,226 --> 01:32:12,393 FOR 3156 01:32:12,393 --> 01:32:14,195 THE CAR YOURSELF. GAS RIGHT NOW 3157 01:32:14,195 --> 01:32:16,898 IS $6. 56 A 3158 01:32:16,898 --> 01:32:19,700 GALLON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, SO 3159 01:32:19,700 --> 01:32:19,967 THAT'S 3160 01:32:19,967 --> 01:32:24,071 MORE THAN THE MONTHLY COST FOR 3161 01:32:24,071 --> 01:32:26,073 A SINGLE GALLON OF GAS THERE. 3162 01:32:26,073 --> 01:32:27,942 OTHER ALTERNATIVES, OF 3163 01:32:27,942 --> 01:32:28,809 COURSE, ARE OWNING A VEHICLE. 3164 01:32:28,809 --> 01:32:30,444 AS I MENTIONED AAA 3165 01:32:30,444 --> 01:32:32,346 ESTIMATES THAT IN THE STATE OF 3166 01:32:32,346 --> 01:32:34,682 WASHINGTON IT IS $12,000 OR 3167 01:32:34,682 --> 01:32:35,483 ABOUT $1,000 A 3168 01:32:35,483 --> 01:32:39,954 MONTH TO OWN AND OPERATE A 3169 01:32:39,954 --> 01:32:40,354 VEHICLE. 3170 01:32:40,354 --> 01:32:41,289 YOUR OTHER ALTERNATIVES 3171 01:32:41,289 --> 01:32:42,823 THERE WOULD BE, OF COURSE, 3172 01:32:42,823 --> 01:32:43,157 BICYCLE, 3173 01:32:43,157 --> 01:32:45,126 IF THAT WORKS FOR YOU. 3174 01:32:45,126 --> 01:32:46,394 IT WORKS FOR SOME PEOPLE, 3175 01:32:46,394 --> 01:32:46,594 NOT 3176 01:32:46,594 --> 01:32:47,228 FOR EVERYONE. LET'S BE CLEAR 3177 01:32:47,228 --> 01:32:50,298 ABOUT THAT. 3178 01:32:50,298 --> 01:32:54,635 OR TNC'S UBER, LIFT AND TAXI, 3179 01:32:54,635 --> 01:32:58,372 WHICH, FOR MANYMANY A 3180 01:32:58,372 --> 01:33:00,708 CROSS RIDE COULD BE WELL OVER 3181 01:33:00,708 --> 01:33:01,008 $40 3182 01:33:01,008 --> 01:33:04,845 TO GET ACROSS TOWN ON A SINGLE 3183 01:33:04,845 --> 01:33:05,046 UBER. 3184 01:33:05,046 --> 01:33:07,515 SO AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT 3185 01:33:07,515 --> 01:33:09,383 WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL CHOICES 3186 01:33:09,383 --> 01:33:10,851 THAT PEOPLE HAVE AND WHAT DO 3187 01:33:10,851 --> 01:33:14,422 THOSE CHOICES COST, THAT IS AN 3188 01:33:14,422 --> 01:33:16,123 OVERVIEW OF WHAT OPTIONS PEOPLE 3189 01:33:16,257 --> 01:33:19,293 HAVE. SO NOT GOING SOMEWHERE, 3190 01:33:19,293 --> 01:33:20,895 TAKING 3191 01:33:20,895 --> 01:33:22,496 TRANSIT, ASKING FOR A RIDE 3192 01:33:22,496 --> 01:33:24,632 OR PAYING FOR THAT RIDE YOURSELF 3193 01:33:24,632 --> 01:33:28,369 IN A CAR IF YOU ARE ABLE TO 3194 01:33:28,369 --> 01:33:31,505 OWN ONE OR TAKING A TNC, A LIFT 3195 01:33:31,505 --> 01:33:32,740 OR AN 3196 01:33:32,740 --> 01:33:32,974 UBER. 3197 01:33:32,974 --> 01:33:34,942 DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, 3198 01:33:34,942 --> 01:33:35,309 COUNCILMEMBER? 3199 01:33:35,443 --> 01:33:35,743 >> THANK YOU. 3200 01:33:35,743 --> 01:33:36,978 DID YOU WANT TO CHIME IN? 3201 01:33:37,111 --> 01:33:39,180 >> I CAN CHIME IN. 3202 01:33:39,313 --> 01:33:39,814 >> 3203 01:33:39,814 --> 01:33:40,047 PLEASE. 3204 01:33:40,047 --> 01:33:41,382 >> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 3205 01:33:41,382 --> 01:33:43,384 THE COST OF THE FREE ORCA 3206 01:33:43,384 --> 01:33:45,386 CARD IN PARTICULAR, SO THESE 3207 01:33:45,386 --> 01:33:49,523 ARE FOLKS WHO ARE LIVING -- 3208 01:33:49,523 --> 01:33:50,825 MOSTLY LIVING AT THE 30% OF THE 3209 01:33:50,825 --> 01:33:51,058 MEDIAN 3210 01:33:51,058 --> 01:33:54,028 INCOME, THAT'S $38,000 A YEAR 3211 01:33:54,028 --> 01:33:56,197 OR LESS, THE VALUE OF THAT, 3212 01:33:56,197 --> 01:33:58,833 JUST THE ORCA CARD UNRELATED TO 3213 01:33:58,833 --> 01:34:01,836 THE ACTUAL SERVICE INVESTMENT IS 3214 01:34:01,836 --> 01:34:03,904 67 TIMES GREATER THAN THE 3215 01:34:03,904 --> 01:34:08,843 AMOUNT THEY PAY IN ACTUAL COST 3216 01:34:08,843 --> 01:34:09,377 FOR THE 3217 01:34:09,377 --> 01:34:12,813 TAX, AND I HAVE A QUOTE FROM 3218 01:34:12,813 --> 01:34:14,015 A MESSAGE THAT WAS SENT IN 3219 01:34:14,015 --> 01:34:16,650 FROM SOMEONE FROM THE SEATTLE 3220 01:34:16,650 --> 01:34:16,884 HOUSING 3221 01:34:16,884 --> 01:34:17,752 AUTHORITY WHO THE ORIGINAL 3222 01:34:17,752 --> 01:34:19,720 EMAIL WAS IN SPANISH, BUT I'LL 3223 01:34:19,720 --> 01:34:21,389 JUST READ WHAT THIS PERSON SAID. 3224 01:34:21,389 --> 01:34:23,457 I AM ROGALIO. 3225 01:34:23,457 --> 01:34:24,992 I RECEIVE A RETIREMENT 3226 01:34:24,992 --> 01:34:27,528 PENSION OF $401 A MONTH, AND, AS 3227 01:34:27,528 --> 01:34:28,029 YOU 3228 01:34:28,029 --> 01:34:29,030 CAN SEE, IT IS NOT MUCH. 3229 01:34:29,030 --> 01:34:30,264 WITH THAT MONEY I HAVE TO 3230 01:34:30,264 --> 01:34:32,033 PAY FOR ELECTRICITY, WHICH IS 3231 01:34:32,033 --> 01:34:34,201 NOT CHEAP FOR ANYONE, AND 3232 01:34:34,201 --> 01:34:36,337 TRANSPORTATION, RENT, SENIOR 3233 01:34:36,337 --> 01:34:37,772 INTERNET, PHONE AND OTHER 3234 01:34:37,772 --> 01:34:38,239 SERVICES. 3235 01:34:38,239 --> 01:34:39,573 THE MONEY IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME. 3236 01:34:39,573 --> 01:34:41,442 IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE ORCA 3237 01:34:41,442 --> 01:34:42,943 CARD, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PAY 3238 01:34:42,943 --> 01:34:43,244 FOR 3239 01:34:43,244 --> 01:34:45,012 TRANSPORTATION TO GO TO 3240 01:34:45,012 --> 01:34:46,480 THE DOCTORS AND PAY FOR SOME 3241 01:34:46,480 --> 01:34:47,681 MEDICATIONS THAT MY INSURANCE 3242 01:34:47,681 --> 01:34:48,082 DOESN'T COVER. 3243 01:34:48,082 --> 01:34:49,483 I RECENTLY RECEIVED 3244 01:34:49,483 --> 01:34:50,685 INFORMATION THAT THIS CARD WILL 3245 01:34:50,685 --> 01:34:51,152 ONLY 3246 01:34:51,152 --> 01:34:52,219 BE VALID FOR THIS YEAR. 3247 01:34:52,219 --> 01:34:55,022 WHAT SOLUTION CAN I MAKE? 3248 01:34:55,022 --> 01:34:57,858 SINCERELY, MR. PEREZA. 3249 01:34:57,992 --> 01:34:59,860 >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THOSE 3250 01:34:59,860 --> 01:35:01,228 RESPONSES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3251 01:35:01,228 --> 01:35:04,732 AND KIND OF SHIFTING GEARS FOR A 3252 01:35:04,732 --> 01:35:06,600 MOMENT, I'M SURE FOR MANY OF 3253 01:35:06,600 --> 01:35:08,869 MY COLLEAGUES -- I 3254 01:35:08,869 --> 01:35:09,537 DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ANYONE 3255 01:35:09,537 --> 01:35:10,037 AT ALL -- 3256 01:35:10,037 --> 01:35:11,906 BUT IN SO MANY WAYS, I KNOW 3257 01:35:11,906 --> 01:35:13,274 I'M THINKING ABOUT ALL THE 3258 01:35:13,274 --> 01:35:13,541 DIFFERENT 3259 01:35:13,541 --> 01:35:15,342 ROUTES I'VE TAKEN AND PERHAPS 3260 01:35:15,342 --> 01:35:16,177 MY COLLEAGUES ARE THINKING ABOUT 3261 01:35:16,177 --> 01:35:17,211 THE ROUTES WITHIN THEIR 3262 01:35:17,211 --> 01:35:18,279 DISTRICTS OR THE TIMES 3263 01:35:18,279 --> 01:35:22,716 THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO WAIT 30 3264 01:35:22,716 --> 01:35:22,950 MINUTES 3265 01:35:22,950 --> 01:35:24,919 FOR THE BUS, AND I REALLY 3266 01:35:24,919 --> 01:35:27,788 APPRECIATE THE SLIDE SEVEN WHICH 3267 01:35:27,788 --> 01:35:30,091 REALLY HIGHLIGHTS IN THE CURRENT 3268 01:35:30,091 --> 01:35:31,525 STM HOW THOSE INVESTMENTS WERE 3269 01:35:31,525 --> 01:35:34,061 ABLE TO INCREASE FREQUENCY 3270 01:35:34,061 --> 01:35:34,528 ON SPECIFIC ROUTES. 3271 01:35:34,528 --> 01:35:36,464 I THINK THIS BEGS THE 3272 01:35:36,464 --> 01:35:37,865 QUESTION AROUND HOW ARE WE 3273 01:35:37,865 --> 01:35:41,168 MAKING TERMINATIONS FOR THE 3274 01:35:41,168 --> 01:35:41,435 UPCOMING 3275 01:35:41,435 --> 01:35:41,836 RENEWAL EFFORT? 3276 01:35:41,836 --> 01:35:43,704 CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH 3277 01:35:43,704 --> 01:35:45,306 THE STEPS THAT SDOT IS REALLY 3278 01:35:45,306 --> 01:35:47,007 MAKING IN COLLABORATION WITH 3279 01:35:47,007 --> 01:35:48,375 KING COUNTY METRO IN 3280 01:35:48,375 --> 01:35:49,477 IDENTIFYING WHICH ROUTES WILL 3281 01:35:49,477 --> 01:35:49,877 BENEFIT FROM 3282 01:35:49,877 --> 01:35:51,145 INCREASED INVESTMENT? 3283 01:35:51,345 --> 01:35:51,712 >> YES. 3284 01:35:51,712 --> 01:35:52,379 I THINK IT'S THE SLIDE BEFORE 3285 01:35:52,379 --> 01:35:55,049 THIS. 3286 01:35:55,049 --> 01:35:55,316 YES. 3287 01:35:55,316 --> 01:35:57,351 WE WOULD BE USING THE SAME 3288 01:35:57,351 --> 01:35:58,919 DATA- DRIVEN EQUITY CENTERED 3289 01:35:58,919 --> 01:36:00,688 INVESTMENT STRATEGY THAT WE USE 3290 01:36:00,688 --> 01:36:00,955 TODAY. 3291 01:36:00,955 --> 01:36:03,324 SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FIRST 3292 01:36:03,324 --> 01:36:04,558 AT WE HAVE OUR FREQUENT 3293 01:36:04,558 --> 01:36:05,926 TRANSIT NETWORK WHICH IS OUR 3294 01:36:05,926 --> 01:36:06,160 VISION 3295 01:36:06,160 --> 01:36:07,628 FOR BEING ABLE TO GET ACROSS 3296 01:36:07,628 --> 01:36:08,829 THE CITY AT ALL TIMES OF THE 3297 01:36:08,829 --> 01:36:09,897 DAY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO 3298 01:36:09,897 --> 01:36:10,097 LOOK 3299 01:36:10,097 --> 01:36:10,898 AT A SCHEDULE. 3300 01:36:10,898 --> 01:36:13,834 YOU JUST KNOW YOUR BUS 3301 01:36:13,834 --> 01:36:14,201 IS COMING. 3302 01:36:14,201 --> 01:36:16,170 SO WE START WITH THAT 3303 01:36:16,170 --> 01:36:17,738 FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK AND WE 3304 01:36:17,738 --> 01:36:18,672 COMPARE IT TO WHAT'S ON THE 3305 01:36:18,672 --> 01:36:18,906 GROUND 3306 01:36:18,906 --> 01:36:19,173 TODAY. 3307 01:36:19,173 --> 01:36:20,774 THAT'S OUR LIST OF INVESTMENTS. 3308 01:36:20,774 --> 01:36:23,677 THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 3309 01:36:23,677 --> 01:36:25,446 DEMOGRAPHICS OF EACH 3310 01:36:25,446 --> 01:36:25,779 NEIGHBORHOOD. 3311 01:36:25,779 --> 01:36:27,948 WE HAVE AN EQUITY 3312 01:36:27,948 --> 01:36:29,083 BASED METHODOLOGY THAT 3313 01:36:29,083 --> 01:36:30,551 ACTUALLY MIRRORS WHAT KING 3314 01:36:30,551 --> 01:36:31,385 COUNTY METRO 3315 01:36:31,385 --> 01:36:33,521 HAS FOR THEIR EQUITY 3316 01:36:33,521 --> 01:36:35,856 INVESTMENT AND WE SEE THOSE 3317 01:36:35,856 --> 01:36:36,991 ROUTES CONNECTING -- GOING 3318 01:36:36,991 --> 01:36:37,391 THROUGH 3319 01:36:37,391 --> 01:36:38,492 THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS IF IT'S 3320 01:36:38,492 --> 01:36:41,028 A HIGHER EQUITY PRIORITY AREA 3321 01:36:41,028 --> 01:36:41,228 THAT 3322 01:36:41,228 --> 01:36:42,696 ROUTE GETS -- THOSE TRIPS GET 3323 01:36:42,696 --> 01:36:43,497 A HIGHER SCORE. 3324 01:36:43,497 --> 01:36:45,666 SO WE GO THROUGH A VERY 3325 01:36:45,666 --> 01:36:47,768 MATHEMATICAL PROCESS WHERE 3326 01:36:47,768 --> 01:36:48,702 WE'RE RANKING DIFFERENT 3327 01:36:48,702 --> 01:36:49,003 POTENTIAL 3328 01:36:49,003 --> 01:36:50,271 INVESTMENTS AND WE ALSO ARE 3329 01:36:50,271 --> 01:36:54,008 ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE THE TIMES 3330 01:36:54,008 --> 01:36:54,175 OF 3331 01:36:54,175 --> 01:36:55,843 DAY WHEN REDUCED FARE TRIPS 3332 01:36:55,843 --> 01:36:57,444 ARE TAKEN EITHER WITH A 3333 01:36:57,444 --> 01:36:59,079 SUBSIDIZED ANNUAL PASS OR AN 3334 01:36:59,079 --> 01:36:59,647 ORCA LIFT CARD 3335 01:36:59,647 --> 01:37:02,249 AND THEY WILL RECEIVE A HIGHER 3336 01:37:02,249 --> 01:37:03,417 SCORE AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO 3337 01:37:03,417 --> 01:37:04,919 LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE AND 3338 01:37:04,919 --> 01:37:06,086 COORDINATE WITH KING 3339 01:37:06,086 --> 01:37:08,689 COUNTY METRO IN TERMS OF WHAT 3340 01:37:08,689 --> 01:37:08,989 THEY'RE 3341 01:37:08,989 --> 01:37:09,857 ABLE TO DELIVER. 3342 01:37:09,857 --> 01:37:12,526 SO THAT'S REALLY -- WE'RE ALSO 3343 01:37:12,526 --> 01:37:13,861 LOOKING AT WHERE DENSITY IS 3344 01:37:13,861 --> 01:37:16,197 HAPPENING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE 3345 01:37:16,197 --> 01:37:16,997 PLAN, THINKING ABOUT 3346 01:37:16,997 --> 01:37:19,300 THAT, THINKING ABOUT CONNECTING 3347 01:37:19,300 --> 01:37:21,669 ACROSS EAST/WEST WHICH WE ALL 3348 01:37:21,669 --> 01:37:22,636 KNOW IS 3349 01:37:22,770 --> 01:37:23,470 CHALLENGING IN OUR CITY. 3350 01:37:23,470 --> 01:37:29,210 WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT 3351 01:37:29,210 --> 01:37:30,911 IS THAT THIS 100,000 HOURS LETS 3352 01:37:30,911 --> 01:37:33,314 US GET BACK TO THOSE PRE- 2019 3353 01:37:33,314 --> 01:37:33,714 SERVICE 3354 01:37:33,714 --> 01:37:35,883 LEVELS. IF YOU GO TO THE SLIDE 3355 01:37:35,883 --> 01:37:36,483 -- I 3356 01:37:36,483 --> 01:37:37,451 THINK IT'S THE ONE THAT 3357 01:37:37,451 --> 01:37:39,119 LOOKS LIKE THIS BUT SHOWS WHERE 3358 01:37:39,119 --> 01:37:40,554 WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING 3359 01:37:40,554 --> 01:37:40,754 GOING 3360 01:37:40,754 --> 01:37:43,557 FORWARD, THESE ARE NOT -- KEEP 3361 01:37:43,557 --> 01:37:49,863 GOING, SORRY. 3362 01:37:49,997 --> 01:37:50,698 >> SORRY. 3363 01:37:50,831 --> 01:37:51,699 >> THAT'S OKAY. 3364 01:37:51,832 --> 01:37:53,701 >> THESE ARE NOT THE EXACT 3365 01:37:53,701 --> 01:37:55,069 INVESTMENTS BUT THESE ARE 3366 01:37:55,069 --> 01:37:57,805 USING OUR INVESTMENT 3367 01:37:57,805 --> 01:37:58,172 PRIORITIZATION 3368 01:37:58,172 --> 01:37:58,739 METHODOLOGY, THESE ARE 3369 01:37:58,739 --> 01:38:00,140 ROUTES AND REALLY SPECIFIC 3370 01:38:00,140 --> 01:38:02,710 INVESTMENTS ON THE NEXT SLIDE 3371 01:38:02,710 --> 01:38:04,044 THAT WE 3372 01:38:04,044 --> 01:38:08,916 WOULD CONSIDER MAKING. 3373 01:38:08,916 --> 01:38:10,150 KING COUNTY WILL BE INVESTING 3374 01:38:10,150 --> 01:38:13,020 OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, 3375 01:38:13,020 --> 01:38:15,522 A SERVICE RECOVERY PROJECT 3376 01:38:15,522 --> 01:38:16,457 THEY CAN SPEAK TO BETTER THAN WE 3377 01:38:16,457 --> 01:38:17,658 CAN BUT WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC 3378 01:38:17,658 --> 01:38:20,728 OUTREACH AND WE'LL KIND OF 3379 01:38:20,728 --> 01:38:21,028 REBASELINE 3380 01:38:21,028 --> 01:38:21,829 THE SERVICE LEVELS IN SEATTLE 3381 01:38:21,829 --> 01:38:21,996 AND 3382 01:38:21,996 --> 01:38:23,764 WILL BE ABLE TO ADD ON TOP OF 3383 01:38:23,898 --> 01:38:24,598 THAT. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TODAY 3384 01:38:24,598 --> 01:38:24,765 TO 3385 01:38:24,765 --> 01:38:26,667 TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE SERVICE 3386 01:38:26,667 --> 01:38:27,701 INVESTMENTS WILL GO SINCE 3387 01:38:27,701 --> 01:38:29,637 METRO'S INVESTMENTS ARE 3388 01:38:29,637 --> 01:38:31,071 CHANGING, BUT ALL THINGS 3389 01:38:31,071 --> 01:38:33,307 BEING EQUAL WE THINK THIS IS 3390 01:38:33,307 --> 01:38:34,208 A POSSIBLE REPRESENTATION OF 3391 01:38:34,208 --> 01:38:35,409 WHERE WE MAY MAKE THOSE 3392 01:38:35,409 --> 01:38:35,743 INVESTMENTS. 3393 01:38:35,743 --> 01:38:37,611 AND THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY TALKS 3394 01:38:37,611 --> 01:38:40,247 ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THOSE MIGHT 3395 01:38:40,247 --> 01:38:41,849 LOOK LIKE WHICH I THINK 3396 01:38:41,849 --> 01:38:43,384 ARE REALLY SUBSTANTIAL GOING 3397 01:38:43,384 --> 01:38:45,953 FROM EVERY 20 OR 30 TO EVERY 15 3398 01:38:45,953 --> 01:38:47,454 MINUTES ON WEEKENDS OR 3399 01:38:47,454 --> 01:38:49,390 EVEN EVERY TEN MINUTES ON THE D 3400 01:38:49,390 --> 01:38:50,591 LINE, THE THIRD HIGHEST 3401 01:38:50,591 --> 01:38:51,959 RIDERSHIP ROUTE IN THE CITY AND 3402 01:38:51,959 --> 01:38:52,126 ON 3403 01:38:52,126 --> 01:38:53,327 THE WEEKENDS IT DOESN'T HAVE 3404 01:38:53,327 --> 01:38:57,298 SERVICE EVERY TEN MINUTES. 3405 01:38:57,431 --> 01:39:00,734 >> UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S 3406 01:39:00,734 --> 01:39:01,702 A COMPLICATED FORMULA 3407 01:39:01,702 --> 01:39:03,103 TRYING TO MEET THIS POINT AND 3408 01:39:03,103 --> 01:39:04,471 REALLY PROVIDE EQUITABLE 3409 01:39:04,471 --> 01:39:04,939 SERVICE, 3410 01:39:04,939 --> 01:39:07,107 I'M WONDERING IF IN THE CURRENT 3411 01:39:07,107 --> 01:39:07,274 STM 3412 01:39:07,274 --> 01:39:09,043 THERE WERE ANY 3413 01:39:09,043 --> 01:39:09,810 SHIFTS SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN 3414 01:39:09,810 --> 01:39:10,177 ROUTES 3415 01:39:10,177 --> 01:39:11,612 JUST ACROSS THE COURSE OF THE 3416 01:39:11,612 --> 01:39:13,714 CURRENT STM, 3417 01:39:13,714 --> 01:39:14,348 IF THERE WERE ANY NOTABLE SHIFTS 3418 01:39:14,348 --> 01:39:15,149 IN TERMS OF WHERE 3419 01:39:15,149 --> 01:39:18,852 WE SHIFTED THAT SERVICE. 3420 01:39:18,986 --> 01:39:19,453 >> YES. 3421 01:39:19,453 --> 01:39:21,088 THERE ARE SOME INVESTMENTS 3422 01:39:21,088 --> 01:39:22,222 THAT WERE CARRIED FORWARD FROM 3423 01:39:22,222 --> 01:39:22,523 THE 3424 01:39:22,523 --> 01:39:24,291 VERY FIRST MEASURE AND THEN AS 3425 01:39:24,291 --> 01:39:26,994 KING COUNTY METRO DELIVERS WHAT 3426 01:39:26,994 --> 01:39:28,696 ARE CALLED MOBILITY PROJECTS, 3427 01:39:28,696 --> 01:39:30,130 SO, LIKE, WHEN THERE'S A 3428 01:39:30,130 --> 01:39:31,966 NEW LIGHT RAIL STATION OPENING 3429 01:39:31,966 --> 01:39:34,068 OR SOME LARGE CHANGE TO THE 3430 01:39:34,068 --> 01:39:35,903 NETWORK, THEY WILL LOOK AT THE 3431 01:39:35,903 --> 01:39:38,305 SERVICE THAT'S IN A CERTAIN 3432 01:39:38,305 --> 01:39:38,505 AREA 3433 01:39:38,505 --> 01:39:40,507 AND GO THROUGH A COMMUNITY 3434 01:39:40,507 --> 01:39:41,342 PROCESS WHERE THEY'RE 3435 01:39:41,342 --> 01:39:42,409 ASKING HOW THAT MIGHT NEED TO 3436 01:39:42,409 --> 01:39:42,943 CHANGE, HOW 3437 01:39:42,943 --> 01:39:44,078 THAT SERVICE MIGHT NEED TO 3438 01:39:44,078 --> 01:39:45,946 CHANGE, AND WE ALSO CHANGE OUR 3439 01:39:45,946 --> 01:39:48,415 INVESTMENTS DURING THAT TIME. 3440 01:39:48,415 --> 01:39:49,683 SO, ACTUALLY, IF YOU GO TO 3441 01:39:49,683 --> 01:39:51,719 THE SLIDE THAT LOOKS LIKE 3442 01:39:51,719 --> 01:39:53,687 THIS, CURRENT INVESTMENTS, AN 3443 01:39:53,687 --> 01:39:56,757 EXAMPLE WOULD IT BE THE LINWOOD 3444 01:39:56,757 --> 01:39:56,957 LINK 3445 01:39:56,957 --> 01:40:02,129 MOBILITY PROJECT. 3446 01:40:02,129 --> 01:40:04,598 SO THIS EXAMPLE ON THE FAR RIGHT 3447 01:40:04,598 --> 01:40:07,234 HERE, THE ROUTE 75 AND 77. 3448 01:40:07,234 --> 01:40:09,169 SO AS PART OF THE LINWOOD LINK 3449 01:40:09,169 --> 01:40:10,738 PROJECT, MOBILITY PROJECT 3450 01:40:10,738 --> 01:40:14,041 THAT KING COUNTY LED, WE CHOSE 3451 01:40:14,041 --> 01:40:14,942 TO 3452 01:40:14,942 --> 01:40:16,510 INVEST HERE IN A BRAND NEW 3453 01:40:16,510 --> 01:40:21,215 ROUTE, THE ROUTE 77 THAT 3454 01:40:21,215 --> 01:40:28,689 METRO'S CREATING THAT IS EVERY 3455 01:40:28,689 --> 01:40:28,856 30 3456 01:40:28,856 --> 01:40:30,624 MINUTES AND WILL BE EVERY 15 3457 01:40:30,624 --> 01:40:31,024 MINUTES. 3458 01:40:31,024 --> 01:40:38,065 WE ALSO HAVE INVESTED IN METRO 3459 01:40:38,065 --> 01:40:41,568 FLEX. 3460 01:40:41,568 --> 01:40:42,936 IN DISTRICT 1 WE WERE ABLE 3461 01:40:42,936 --> 01:40:46,874 TO ADD SERVICE IN THE SOUTH 3462 01:40:46,874 --> 01:40:48,142 PARK AND DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS 3463 01:40:48,142 --> 01:40:52,946 THAT HAVE CHALLENGING HILLS 3464 01:40:52,946 --> 01:40:58,118 ESSENTIALLY. 3465 01:40:58,118 --> 01:40:59,887 ANOTHER WAY WE'VE INVESTED, 3466 01:40:59,887 --> 01:41:00,587 CHOSE EBB BY 3467 01:41:00,587 --> 01:41:01,188 LOOKING AT WHERE THE HIGHEST 3468 01:41:01,188 --> 01:41:09,863 EQUITY NEEDS ARE. 3469 01:41:09,997 --> 01:41:11,999 >> MY LAST QUESTION FOR TODAY, 3470 01:41:11,999 --> 01:41:13,367 I WANT TO TELL YOU I 3471 01:41:13,367 --> 01:41:15,302 APPRECIATE 3472 01:41:15,302 --> 01:41:16,937 THE DATA PRESENTED TODAY, 3473 01:41:16,937 --> 01:41:17,638 SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHTING THE 3474 01:41:17,638 --> 01:41:19,039 WAYS THAT OUR INVESTMENTS 3475 01:41:19,039 --> 01:41:21,442 AND EXPANDING TRANSIT SERVICES 3476 01:41:21,442 --> 01:41:22,843 ALSO DIRECTLY TRANSLATED 3477 01:41:22,843 --> 01:41:23,844 INTO INCREASED RIDERSHIP 3478 01:41:23,844 --> 01:41:24,111 NUMBERS. 3479 01:41:24,111 --> 01:41:25,078 I THINK IT'S REALLY 3480 01:41:25,078 --> 01:41:27,114 COMPELLING TO REALLY LIFT UP 3481 01:41:27,114 --> 01:41:27,514 THAT 3482 01:41:27,514 --> 01:41:28,782 POINT, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT 3483 01:41:28,782 --> 01:41:29,783 OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT HAS 3484 01:41:29,783 --> 01:41:31,018 KIND OF GONE INTO SHAPING 3485 01:41:31,018 --> 01:41:31,919 THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US TODAY 3486 01:41:31,919 --> 01:41:33,921 AND YOU'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF 3487 01:41:33,921 --> 01:41:34,922 THE ENGAGEMENT THAT HAS GONE 3488 01:41:34,922 --> 01:41:35,122 INTO 3489 01:41:35,255 --> 01:41:37,124 THIS. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT 3490 01:41:37,124 --> 01:41:37,291 AND 3491 01:41:37,291 --> 01:41:37,891 ZOOM IN SPECIFICALLY 3492 01:41:37,891 --> 01:41:38,492 ON THE RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT 3493 01:41:38,492 --> 01:41:45,499 WORK. 3494 01:41:45,499 --> 01:41:46,667 I'M WONDERING IF YOU 3495 01:41:46,667 --> 01:41:47,901 COULD EXPAND ON WHAT THAT KIND 3496 01:41:47,901 --> 01:41:48,702 OF 3497 01:41:48,702 --> 01:41:50,037 OUTREACH LOOKED LIKE AND KIND OF 3498 01:41:50,037 --> 01:41:51,338 UNPACK SOME MORE AROUND SOME OF 3499 01:41:51,338 --> 01:41:52,406 THE WORK THAT WENT 3500 01:41:52,406 --> 01:41:52,673 INTO THE 3501 01:41:52,673 --> 01:41:53,207 RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT AS 3502 01:41:53,207 --> 01:42:00,881 PROVIDED. 3503 01:42:01,014 --> 01:42:04,284 >> ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT THETHE 3504 01:42:04,284 --> 01:42:04,785 OUTREACH AND ALSO -- 3505 01:42:04,918 --> 01:42:06,186 >> SPECIFICALLY -- 3506 01:42:06,186 --> 01:42:07,988 GENERALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING 3507 01:42:07,988 --> 01:42:09,156 ABOUT CULTURALLY RELEVANT 3508 01:42:09,156 --> 01:42:10,390 OUTREACH, WHAT DID THAT LOOK 3509 01:42:10,390 --> 01:42:10,591 LIKE 3510 01:42:10,591 --> 01:42:11,358 AND ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO 3511 01:42:11,358 --> 01:42:12,659 UNPACK ABOUT THE WORK THAT WENT 3512 01:42:12,659 --> 01:42:15,395 INTO RACIAL EQUITY TOOL KIT. 3513 01:42:15,529 --> 01:42:16,797 >> WE MET CLOSELY -- 3514 01:42:16,797 --> 01:42:17,798 MET REGULARLY WITH THE 3515 01:42:17,798 --> 01:42:19,266 TRANSPORTATION EQUITY WORK 3516 01:42:19,399 --> 01:42:20,534 GROUP. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW 3517 01:42:20,534 --> 01:42:22,336 MANY PEOPLE 3518 01:42:22,336 --> 01:42:24,471 ARE ON THAT, IN THAT GROUP, 3519 01:42:24,471 --> 01:42:28,509 BUT THEY ARE PAID COMMUNITY 3520 01:42:28,509 --> 01:42:30,777 REPRESENTATIVES WHO SUPPORT 3521 01:42:30,777 --> 01:42:33,313 BUT COME TOGETHER TO PROVIDE 3522 01:42:33,313 --> 01:42:43,457 POLICY 3523 01:42:45,692 --> 01:42:47,060 RECOMMENDATIONS TO SDOT THE 3524 01:42:47,060 --> 01:42:48,529 BURDEN OF A SALES TAX 3525 01:42:48,529 --> 01:42:50,731 INCREASE AND THE BENEFITS IT 3526 01:42:50,731 --> 01:42:50,998 PROVIDED, 3527 01:42:50,998 --> 01:42:53,400 WE DID MULTIPLE WORKSHOPS TO, 3528 01:42:53,400 --> 01:42:55,969 LIKE, LOOK AT SPECIFIC INSTANCES 3529 01:42:55,969 --> 01:42:56,403 FOR 3530 01:42:56,403 --> 01:42:57,237 THIS PARTICULAR PERSON 3531 01:42:57,237 --> 01:42:58,972 OR SOMEONE LIVING IN THIS 3532 01:42:58,972 --> 01:43:01,542 NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT WOULD THE 3533 01:43:01,542 --> 01:43:03,043 INVESTMENT -- WHAT WOULD THE 3534 01:43:03,043 --> 01:43:04,678 BENEFIT BE FOR THEM? 3535 01:43:04,678 --> 01:43:07,080 SO THAT'S A LOT OF, LIKE, 3536 01:43:07,080 --> 01:43:12,853 THAT SPECIFIC OUTREACH WE DID -- 3537 01:43:12,986 --> 01:43:16,223 I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK 3538 01:43:16,223 --> 01:43:21,695 OF OTHER PIECES HERE. 3539 01:43:21,828 --> 01:43:23,197 >> A LITTLE SUPPORT COMING 3540 01:43:23,197 --> 01:43:25,065 FROM OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 3541 01:43:25,198 --> 01:43:28,602 >> WE ALSO PROVIDED IN LANGUAGE 3542 01:43:28,602 --> 01:43:29,803 COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT STM 3543 01:43:29,803 --> 01:43:33,073 AT COMMUNITY HUBS THROUGHOUT 3544 01:43:33,073 --> 01:43:33,674 THE CITY AS WELL. 3545 01:43:33,674 --> 01:43:35,342 WE'VE TALKED WITH ALL OF 3546 01:43:35,342 --> 01:43:36,610 OUR PARTNERS THAT WE WORK 3547 01:43:36,610 --> 01:43:38,445 WITH THROUGH THE 3548 01:43:38,445 --> 01:43:40,113 TRANSPORTATION ACCESS PROGRAM, 3549 01:43:40,113 --> 01:43:42,816 SO WHETHER THAT'S THE 3550 01:43:42,816 --> 01:43:44,818 RESIDENTS, SEEN 3551 01:43:44,818 --> 01:43:46,987 NIOR HOUSING WHERE WE DO 3552 01:43:46,987 --> 01:43:47,321 OUTREACH 3553 01:43:47,321 --> 01:43:49,623 OR SEATTLE PRESCHOOL 3554 01:43:49,623 --> 01:43:51,258 PROGRAM, TALKING TO THEM. 3555 01:43:51,258 --> 01:43:52,392 THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. 3556 01:43:52,526 --> 01:43:53,460 >> GREAT. 3557 01:43:53,460 --> 01:43:55,596 GREAT TO HEAR THAT WAS 3558 01:43:55,596 --> 01:43:56,897 IN- LANGUAGE OUTREACH DONE. 3559 01:43:56,897 --> 01:43:57,331 THANK YOU. 3560 01:43:57,331 --> 01:43:58,398 THAT WAS A REALLY 3561 01:43:58,398 --> 01:43:59,866 IMPORTANT POINT FOR ME TO 3562 01:43:59,866 --> 01:44:00,167 UNDERSTAND. 3563 01:44:00,167 --> 01:44:01,301 CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY 3564 01:44:01,301 --> 01:44:01,868 QUESTIONS TODAY. 3565 01:44:01,868 --> 01:44:02,936 THANK YOU AGAIN SO 3566 01:44:02,936 --> 01:44:03,237 MUCH. 3567 01:44:03,237 --> 01:44:04,571 >> THANK YOU, VICE-CHAIR. 3568 01:44:04,571 --> 01:44:06,506 ALL RIGHT. 3569 01:44:06,506 --> 01:44:09,610 COLLEAGUES, WHAT OTHER 3570 01:44:09,610 --> 01:44:10,644 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, THOUGHTS 3571 01:44:10,644 --> 01:44:11,979 DO YOU ALL HAVE? 3572 01:44:11,979 --> 01:44:13,580 LET'S SEE, COUNCILMEMBER 3573 01:44:13,580 --> 01:44:13,814 FOSTER. 3574 01:44:13,814 --> 01:44:16,350 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 3575 01:44:16,483 --> 01:44:17,684 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 3576 01:44:17,684 --> 01:44:19,720 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR 3577 01:44:19,720 --> 01:44:20,020 PRESENTERS. 3578 01:44:20,020 --> 01:44:22,122 I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME 3579 01:44:22,122 --> 01:44:24,691 AND THE INFORMATION COMING FROM 3580 01:44:24,691 --> 01:44:24,858 YOU 3581 01:44:24,992 --> 01:44:26,927 ALL. I WILL -- EXCUSE ME. 3582 01:44:26,927 --> 01:44:27,194 OKAY. 3583 01:44:27,194 --> 01:44:29,596 I WILL BE FAIRLY BRIEF WITH MY 3584 01:44:29,730 --> 01:44:31,031 QUESTIONS. I DID WANT TO ASK 3585 01:44:31,031 --> 01:44:31,565 JUST FOR 3586 01:44:31,565 --> 01:44:32,966 AN EMAIL FOLLOW-UP. 3587 01:44:32,966 --> 01:44:35,002 I REALLY APPRECIATED THE 3588 01:44:35,002 --> 01:44:37,471 OVERVIEW OF THE DECISION 3589 01:44:37,471 --> 01:44:39,906 MAKING PROCESS AROUND WHY YOU 3590 01:44:39,906 --> 01:44:40,340 CHOSE THE 3591 01:44:40,340 --> 01:44:42,042 SALES TAX FOCUS AS OPPOSED 3592 01:44:42,042 --> 01:44:43,777 TO THE VEHICLE LICENSE FEE 3593 01:44:43,777 --> 01:44:44,811 FOCUS BUT I DIDN'T CAPTURE 3594 01:44:44,811 --> 01:44:45,112 EVERYTHING 3595 01:44:45,112 --> 01:44:46,480 AND I WANT TO REVISIT THAT. 3596 01:44:46,480 --> 01:44:48,982 IF I CAN ASK YOU SEND THAT 3597 01:44:48,982 --> 01:44:50,417 VIA FOLLOW-UP EMAIL THAT WOULD 3598 01:44:50,417 --> 01:44:54,521 BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. 3599 01:44:54,521 --> 01:44:56,657 I WANTED TO ASK A MORE 3600 01:44:56,657 --> 01:44:58,625 GLOBAL QUESTION JUST AROUND THE 3601 01:44:58,625 --> 01:45:00,193 STRATEGY, AND I 3602 01:45:00,193 --> 01:45:02,062 REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS 3603 01:45:02,062 --> 01:45:03,463 AROUND THESE INVESTMENTS 3604 01:45:03,463 --> 01:45:04,965 ALLOWING US 3605 01:45:04,965 --> 01:45:09,369 TO RETURN TO 2019 SERVICE 3606 01:45:09,369 --> 01:45:11,938 LEVELS AND I'VE HEARD QUESTIONS 3607 01:45:11,938 --> 01:45:12,172 AROUND 3608 01:45:12,172 --> 01:45:13,674 TRENDS IN TRANSIT RIDERSHIP 3609 01:45:13,674 --> 01:45:15,475 AND BOTH HOW THEY ARE CHANGING, 3610 01:45:15,475 --> 01:45:18,045 AND I THINK, ALEX, YOU 3611 01:45:18,045 --> 01:45:18,945 SPOKE TO THAT, WE'RE SEEING 3612 01:45:18,945 --> 01:45:19,146 MORE 3613 01:45:19,146 --> 01:45:20,447 PEOPLE NOT USE TRANSIT FOR WORK 3614 01:45:20,447 --> 01:45:20,614 BUT 3615 01:45:20,614 --> 01:45:23,917 USE IT FOR LATE NIGHTS, 3616 01:45:23,917 --> 01:45:24,184 WEEKENDS, 3617 01:45:24,318 --> 01:45:25,319 EVENINGS. I'VE HEARD QUESTIONS, 3618 01:45:25,319 --> 01:45:25,719 DO WE 3619 01:45:25,719 --> 01:45:27,921 NEED TO DO THIS INVESTMENT TO GO 3620 01:45:27,921 --> 01:45:31,525 BACK TO 2019? 3621 01:45:31,525 --> 01:45:35,095 I WONDER IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE 3622 01:45:35,095 --> 01:45:37,164 INCREASED SERVICE WILL HAVE ON 3623 01:45:37,164 --> 01:45:40,167 INCREASED TRANSIT RIDERSHIP. 3624 01:45:40,300 --> 01:45:41,068 >> YEAH. 3625 01:45:41,068 --> 01:45:42,336 I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO THAT 3626 01:45:42,336 --> 01:45:44,337 AND I'LL PROBABLY TURN IT OVER 3627 01:45:44,337 --> 01:45:44,504 TO 3628 01:45:44,638 --> 01:45:47,974 JEN. I'LL START BY SHARING 3629 01:45:47,974 --> 01:45:49,443 ANOTHER INTERESTING EXAMPLE, 3630 01:45:49,443 --> 01:45:49,876 DATA 3631 01:45:49,876 --> 01:45:51,011 POINT, THAT ILLUSTRATES THIS 3632 01:45:51,011 --> 01:45:52,579 TREND. 3633 01:45:52,579 --> 01:45:55,649 THIS IS ABOUT THE LIGHT RAIL 3634 01:45:55,649 --> 01:45:55,949 SERVICE. 3635 01:45:55,949 --> 01:45:58,485 NOT FIXED ROUTE BUS SERVICE, 3636 01:45:58,485 --> 01:46:02,956 BUT AT WESTLAKE STATION AS OF 3637 01:46:02,956 --> 01:46:03,156 LAST 3638 01:46:03,156 --> 01:46:06,426 YEAR, SATURDAYS HAVE 3639 01:46:06,426 --> 01:46:07,627 HIGHER RIDERSHIP THAN DAYS OF 3640 01:46:07,627 --> 01:46:08,995 THE WEEK. 3641 01:46:08,995 --> 01:46:11,031 SO WE'RE SEEING VERY 3642 01:46:11,031 --> 01:46:12,999 CLEARLY THAT TRANSIT -- SEEING 3643 01:46:12,999 --> 01:46:13,166 BY 3644 01:46:13,166 --> 01:46:15,435 PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR -- THAT THEY 3645 01:46:15,435 --> 01:46:17,003 THINK OF TRANSIT AS AN 3646 01:46:17,003 --> 01:46:18,939 IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR WHOLE 3647 01:46:18,939 --> 01:46:19,139 LIVES 3648 01:46:19,139 --> 01:46:20,273 AND THAT IS REFLECTED IN 3649 01:46:20,273 --> 01:46:22,809 THEIR CHOICES AND BEHAVIORS 3650 01:46:22,809 --> 01:46:24,010 THEY'RE 3651 01:46:24,144 --> 01:46:25,112 MAKING AND SHOWING THAT WE SEE 3652 01:46:25,112 --> 01:46:25,779 THINGS LIKE HIGHER RIDERSHIP ON 3653 01:46:25,779 --> 01:46:26,046 WEEKENDS. 3654 01:46:26,046 --> 01:46:27,647 FOR TRANSIT NERDS LIKE ME, THIS 3655 01:46:27,647 --> 01:46:29,182 IS A MIND- BLOWING FACT. 3656 01:46:29,182 --> 01:46:31,618 SO I HOPE YOU FIND 3657 01:46:31,618 --> 01:46:32,719 THAT INTERESTING AS WELL. 3658 01:46:32,719 --> 01:46:33,787 IT'S VERY CLEAR, AND JEN HAS 3659 01:46:33,787 --> 01:46:36,189 A LOT OF DATA WE CAN PULL UP 3660 01:46:36,189 --> 01:46:38,225 HERE WHERE WE'VE SEEN THOSE 3661 01:46:38,225 --> 01:46:39,126 INVESTMENTS THAT CHOICE IS 3662 01:46:39,126 --> 01:46:40,660 AN IMPORTANT PART OF -- AND 3663 01:46:40,660 --> 01:46:42,629 YOU'VE HEARD MANY PEOPLE TALK 3664 01:46:42,629 --> 01:46:44,097 ABOUT HAVING SCHEDULE- FREE 3665 01:46:44,097 --> 01:46:44,331 ACCESS. 3666 01:46:44,331 --> 01:46:47,000 SO ROUTES LIKE THE G LINE HAVE 3667 01:46:47,000 --> 01:46:47,868 ADDED, FOR EXAMPLE, TENS 3668 01:46:47,868 --> 01:46:49,870 OF THOUSANDS OF NEW RIDERS IN 3669 01:46:49,870 --> 01:46:50,036 THE 3670 01:46:50,036 --> 01:46:51,171 MADISON CORRIDOR THAT HAVE 3671 01:46:51,171 --> 01:46:53,540 NOT BEEN INDUCED FROM COMING 3672 01:46:53,540 --> 01:46:54,574 FROM OTHER ROUTES. 3673 01:46:54,574 --> 01:46:56,309 THEY'RE CHOOSING TRANSIT 3674 01:46:56,309 --> 01:46:58,445 BECAUSE IT IS FAST AND RELIABLE 3675 01:46:58,445 --> 01:46:59,946 AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT WITHOUT A 3676 01:46:59,946 --> 01:47:00,213 SCHEDULE. 3677 01:47:00,213 --> 01:47:01,848 WHEN WE MAKE TRANSIT BE 3678 01:47:01,848 --> 01:47:04,317 AN OPTION THAT COMES MULTIPLE 3679 01:47:04,317 --> 01:47:04,851 TIMES 3680 01:47:04,851 --> 01:47:06,653 IN AN HOUR, IT MAKES IT 3681 01:47:06,653 --> 01:47:08,522 AN EASIER AND A LOWER RISK 3682 01:47:08,522 --> 01:47:10,557 CHOICE FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE. 3683 01:47:10,557 --> 01:47:13,593 I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT 3684 01:47:13,593 --> 01:47:15,128 SOMETIMES, AGAIN, VERY 3685 01:47:15,128 --> 01:47:17,197 EQUIVALENT, IF 3686 01:47:17,197 --> 01:47:18,732 YOUR GARAGE DOOR OPENED ONLY 3687 01:47:18,732 --> 01:47:21,001 ONCE EVERY 30 MINUTES AND YOU 3688 01:47:21,001 --> 01:47:21,334 HAD TO 3689 01:47:21,468 --> 01:47:22,135 BE IN YOUR CAR IN ORDER TO ZIP 3690 01:47:22,135 --> 01:47:22,702 RIGHT OUT OF THERE, THAT 3691 01:47:22,702 --> 01:47:24,404 WOULD BE A CRISIS WE WOULD TREAT 3692 01:47:24,404 --> 01:47:24,704 LIKE 3693 01:47:24,704 --> 01:47:25,372 AN EMERGENCY. 3694 01:47:25,372 --> 01:47:26,973 THAT IS THE LIVED EXPERIENCE 3695 01:47:26,973 --> 01:47:28,842 FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF 3696 01:47:28,842 --> 01:47:29,075 TRANSIT 3697 01:47:29,075 --> 01:47:32,245 RIDERS EVERY DAY. 3698 01:47:32,245 --> 01:47:33,547 AND SO WHEN WE MAKE THOSE 3699 01:47:33,547 --> 01:47:35,148 OPTIONS EASIER TO SAY CAN YOU 3700 01:47:35,148 --> 01:47:37,117 GO OUT THERE AND TRY TRANSIT 3701 01:47:37,117 --> 01:47:38,185 AND IT WILL COME EVERY TEN 3702 01:47:38,185 --> 01:47:38,585 MINUTES 3703 01:47:38,585 --> 01:47:39,953 AS OPPOSED TO EVERY 15 3704 01:47:39,953 --> 01:47:41,888 MINUTES, THAT'S A LOWER RISK 3705 01:47:41,888 --> 01:47:42,255 OPTION 3706 01:47:42,255 --> 01:47:45,592 THAT RESPECTS PEOPLE'S TIME 3707 01:47:45,592 --> 01:47:45,792 MORE. 3708 01:47:45,792 --> 01:47:48,662 AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 3709 01:47:48,662 --> 01:47:49,896 EXAMPLES HERE ABOUT WHERE WE'VE 3710 01:47:49,896 --> 01:47:50,163 SEEN 3711 01:47:50,163 --> 01:47:50,931 THOSE INVESTMENTS. 3712 01:47:50,931 --> 01:47:52,866 I WOULD ALSO POINT TO CHANGES 3713 01:47:52,866 --> 01:47:56,403 IN THE OVERALL ECONOMY. 3714 01:47:56,403 --> 01:47:58,104 SO DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES BOTH IN 3715 01:47:58,104 --> 01:48:00,574 TERMS OF PEOPLE CHOOSING SORT OF 3716 01:48:00,574 --> 01:48:03,009 AN URBAN AND CAR- FREE OR 3717 01:48:03,009 --> 01:48:03,710 CAR-LIGHT LIFESTYLE 3718 01:48:03,710 --> 01:48:05,245 ARE REFLECTED IN THE RATES AT 3719 01:48:05,245 --> 01:48:06,479 WHICH ARE 3720 01:48:06,479 --> 01:48:07,881 GETTING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES 3721 01:48:07,881 --> 01:48:09,049 THANKS TO THE STATE OF 3722 01:48:09,049 --> 01:48:09,716 WASHINGTON FOR 3723 01:48:09,716 --> 01:48:10,650 MAKING TRANSIT FREE FOR 3724 01:48:10,650 --> 01:48:12,686 EVERY YOUNG PERSON IN THIS STATE 3725 01:48:12,686 --> 01:48:13,353 19 AND UNDER. 3726 01:48:13,353 --> 01:48:17,190 WE'RE SEEING BEHAVIOR REFLECT 3727 01:48:17,190 --> 01:48:18,091 IN THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS. 3728 01:48:18,091 --> 01:48:20,093 AGAIN, WE'RE SEEING THIS VERY 3729 01:48:20,093 --> 01:48:20,861 CLEARLY 3730 01:48:20,861 --> 01:48:21,628 THE MOMENTUM TOWARDS TRANSIT AS 3731 01:48:21,628 --> 01:48:23,263 IT RELATES TO 3732 01:48:23,263 --> 01:48:24,798 THE LINKING KEY DESTINATIONS 3733 01:48:24,798 --> 01:48:25,031 WITH 3734 01:48:25,031 --> 01:48:26,233 THINGS LIKE THE LINE TWO, 3735 01:48:26,233 --> 01:48:28,768 MAKING MORE DESTINATIONS 3736 01:48:28,768 --> 01:48:29,102 OPPORTUNITIES 3737 01:48:29,102 --> 01:48:31,771 AND REGIONS ACCESSIBLE HAS 3738 01:48:31,771 --> 01:48:33,373 CREATED A CATALYTIC 3739 01:48:33,373 --> 01:48:37,143 IMPROVEMENT IN TRANSIT RIDERSHIP 3740 01:48:37,143 --> 01:48:37,444 AND AS HAS 3741 01:48:37,444 --> 01:48:38,678 THE OVERALL COST 3742 01:48:38,678 --> 01:48:39,846 BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF 3743 01:48:39,846 --> 01:48:40,180 THE 3744 01:48:40,180 --> 01:48:43,049 NONTRANSIT ALTERNATIVES. 3745 01:48:43,049 --> 01:48:45,652 DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, 3746 01:48:45,785 --> 01:48:46,186 COUNCILMEMBER? 3747 01:48:46,186 --> 01:48:47,487 >> IT DID BUT I ALSO SEE JEN 3748 01:48:47,487 --> 01:48:49,189 LEANING INTO THE MIC, SO 3749 01:48:49,189 --> 01:48:50,223 I WANTED TO LET HER -- 3750 01:48:50,357 --> 01:48:51,091 >> I WAS JUST GOING 3751 01:48:51,091 --> 01:48:52,759 TO SAY THAT -- IF YOU GO TO 3752 01:48:52,759 --> 01:48:53,593 SLIDE 13, 3753 01:48:53,593 --> 01:48:56,363 I THINK MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING AT 3754 01:48:56,496 --> 01:48:57,597 THESE ARE THE TRANSIT TRENDS FOR 3755 01:48:57,597 --> 01:49:01,835 SEATTLE ROUTES. 3756 01:49:01,835 --> 01:49:03,036 SPECIFICALLY THOSE THAT HAVE 3757 01:49:03,036 --> 01:49:04,938 65% OF STOPS IN THE CITY OF 3758 01:49:04,938 --> 01:49:05,205 SEATTLE, 3759 01:49:05,205 --> 01:49:08,508 YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RIDERSHIP 3760 01:49:08,508 --> 01:49:11,578 ON THE WEEKENDS IS NEARLY AT 3761 01:49:11,578 --> 01:49:13,179 PREPANDEMIC TIMES OR 3762 01:49:13,179 --> 01:49:16,550 AMOUNTS AND WEEKDAY RIDERSHIP IS 3763 01:49:16,550 --> 01:49:19,286 REBOUND ING 3764 01:49:19,286 --> 01:49:19,686 SIGNIFICANTLY. 3765 01:49:19,686 --> 01:49:21,388 SO FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE 3766 01:49:21,388 --> 01:49:23,089 A CAR OR ARE TRYING TO GET 3767 01:49:23,089 --> 01:49:23,323 AROUND 3768 01:49:23,323 --> 01:49:25,425 BY TRANSIT, DO HAVE A CAR BUT 3769 01:49:25,425 --> 01:49:27,661 A CHOOSING TO GO CAR LIGHT, YOU 3770 01:49:27,661 --> 01:49:29,262 KNOW, TRAVELING BY TRANSIT 3771 01:49:29,262 --> 01:49:31,698 ISN'T JUST, LIKE, A WEEKDAY 3772 01:49:31,698 --> 01:49:33,433 PEAK HOUR 3773 01:49:33,433 --> 01:49:33,767 SITUATION. 3774 01:49:33,767 --> 01:49:35,335 THEY NEED SERVICE AT ALL TIMES 3775 01:49:35,335 --> 01:49:35,769 OF DAY. 3776 01:49:35,769 --> 01:49:38,905 AND SO THERE'S SOMETHING -- 3777 01:49:38,905 --> 01:49:40,473 A LATENT DEMAND PIECE HERE IF 3778 01:49:40,473 --> 01:49:40,640 YOU 3779 01:49:40,640 --> 01:49:42,275 ADD MORE SERVICE, THEY WILL 3780 01:49:42,275 --> 01:49:44,044 COME, AND I HOPE THAT SOME 3781 01:49:44,044 --> 01:49:45,946 OF THE DATA WE PROVIDED HERE 3782 01:49:45,946 --> 01:49:49,749 AND CAN PROVIDE TO YOU IF YOU 3783 01:49:49,749 --> 01:49:51,851 NEED TO SEE ADDITIONAL 3784 01:49:51,851 --> 01:49:53,286 INFORMATION, BUT HOW WE'VE 3785 01:49:53,286 --> 01:49:55,155 INCREASED RIDERSHIP -- OR 3786 01:49:55,155 --> 01:49:55,422 INCREASED 3787 01:49:55,422 --> 01:49:56,523 SERVICE, IT HAS RESULTED 3788 01:49:56,523 --> 01:49:57,757 IN INCREASED RIDERSHIP. 3789 01:49:57,757 --> 01:50:00,026 WE BELIEVE THAT WILL CONTINUE 3790 01:50:00,026 --> 01:50:04,097 TO HAPPEN AS WE ADD THESE 3791 01:50:04,097 --> 01:50:06,700 ADDITIONAL 100,000 HOURS TO 3792 01:50:06,700 --> 01:50:07,467 THIS PROPOSAL. 3793 01:50:07,467 --> 01:50:11,404 SO I THINK IT DOES SPEAK FOR 3794 01:50:11,404 --> 01:50:11,805 ITSELF. 3795 01:50:11,805 --> 01:50:14,774 THIS IS -- THESE RIDERSHIP 3796 01:50:14,774 --> 01:50:16,943 PATTERNS, ALEX SPOKE TO THIS ON 3797 01:50:16,943 --> 01:50:17,978 THIS SLIDE ORIGINALLY. 3798 01:50:17,978 --> 01:50:20,580 THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES 3799 01:50:20,580 --> 01:50:24,250 AND IN THE SYSTEM ITSELF, 3800 01:50:24,250 --> 01:50:25,518 SO TRANSIT -- BUS TRAVEL IS 3801 01:50:25,518 --> 01:50:27,621 NOT GOING TO GO BACK EXACTLY IN 3802 01:50:27,621 --> 01:50:30,090 THE SAME WAY, EVEN THAT 2019 3803 01:50:30,090 --> 01:50:31,591 SERVICE LEVEL SLIDE, THOSE 3804 01:50:31,591 --> 01:50:32,659 INVESTMENTS, IT'S NOT GOING TO 3805 01:50:32,659 --> 01:50:33,226 BE THE EXACT 3806 01:50:33,226 --> 01:50:35,729 SAME NUMBER OF SERVICE HOURS ON 3807 01:50:35,729 --> 01:50:37,130 EACH ROUTE AS IT WAS IN 3808 01:50:37,130 --> 01:50:38,732 2019 BECAUSE TRAVEL PATTERNS 3809 01:50:38,732 --> 01:50:38,932 HAVE 3810 01:50:38,932 --> 01:50:40,166 CHANGED, AND THOSE EVENINGS, 3811 01:50:40,166 --> 01:50:41,401 NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, MIDDAY 3812 01:50:41,401 --> 01:50:43,903 SERVICE IS WHEN PEOPLE ARE 3813 01:50:43,903 --> 01:50:44,671 RIDING MORE. 3814 01:50:44,671 --> 01:50:45,305 AND THAT'S WHERE OUR 3815 01:50:45,305 --> 01:50:47,440 BIGGEST GAPS ARE IN THE SERVICE 3816 01:50:47,440 --> 01:50:49,242 LEVELS THAT WE 3817 01:50:49,242 --> 01:50:50,610 HAVE TODAY. SO WE REALLY BELIEVE 3818 01:50:50,610 --> 01:50:53,146 THAT IT WILL RESULT IN MORE 3819 01:50:53,146 --> 01:50:53,413 RIDERSHIP 3820 01:50:53,413 --> 01:50:55,115 AND GIVE TRUST IN PEOPLE SO 3821 01:50:55,115 --> 01:50:56,249 THEY CAN -- PEOPLE HAVE MORE 3822 01:50:56,249 --> 01:50:56,649 TRUST IN 3823 01:50:56,649 --> 01:50:58,385 THE SYSTEM THAT THEY DON'T 3824 01:50:58,385 --> 01:50:59,786 HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IS IT 3825 01:50:59,786 --> 01:51:01,955 TEN MINUTES TODAY OR IS IT 30 3826 01:51:01,955 --> 01:51:02,188 MINUTES 3827 01:51:02,188 --> 01:51:04,691 TODAY WHEN I GO TO THE BUS STOP? 3828 01:51:04,824 --> 01:51:06,359 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3829 01:51:06,493 --> 01:51:07,894 >> JUST TO ADD ONE 3830 01:51:07,894 --> 01:51:09,262 THOUGHT, WHICH HASN'T BEEN 3831 01:51:09,262 --> 01:51:09,863 BROUGHT UP YET 3832 01:51:09,863 --> 01:51:12,766 WHICH IS ONE OF THE 3833 01:51:12,766 --> 01:51:13,366 ISSUES WITH BEING ABLE TO BE 3834 01:51:13,366 --> 01:51:14,134 RELIANT ON 3835 01:51:14,134 --> 01:51:16,670 THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IS TO HAVE 3836 01:51:16,670 --> 01:51:17,070 SOME 3837 01:51:17,070 --> 01:51:17,370 REDUNDANCY. 3838 01:51:17,370 --> 01:51:18,938 WE LIVE IN A DYNAMIC CITY 3839 01:51:18,938 --> 01:51:20,507 WHERE THINGS HAPPEN, THERE ARE 3840 01:51:20,507 --> 01:51:21,441 EVENTS, CONGESTION POINTS, THERE 3841 01:51:21,441 --> 01:51:22,208 ARE 3842 01:51:22,208 --> 01:51:23,176 UNPREDICTABLE THINGS THAT 3843 01:51:23,176 --> 01:51:24,544 HAPPEN ON A DAILY BASIS. 3844 01:51:24,544 --> 01:51:27,347 HAVING THE REDUNDANCY OF A BUS 3845 01:51:27,347 --> 01:51:28,948 NETWORK REGARDLESS OF 3846 01:51:28,948 --> 01:51:30,950 WHETHER PEOPLE RIDE LIGHT RAIL 3847 01:51:30,950 --> 01:51:31,117 OR 3848 01:51:31,117 --> 01:51:32,485 USE OTHER MODES OTHER TIMES IS A 3849 01:51:32,485 --> 01:51:33,453 REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF 3850 01:51:33,453 --> 01:51:35,321 PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SORT OF 3851 01:51:35,321 --> 01:51:35,522 DRIVE 3852 01:51:35,522 --> 01:51:36,489 RIDERSHIP AND RIDE REGULARLY. 3853 01:51:36,489 --> 01:51:38,825 SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT 3854 01:51:38,825 --> 01:51:39,225 PIECE. 3855 01:51:39,225 --> 01:51:40,527 STAFF HAS BEEN CALCULATING AS 3856 01:51:40,527 --> 01:51:43,663 PART OF THIS PROPOSAL WHAT 3857 01:51:43,663 --> 01:51:45,932 THIS PROPOSAL COULD BRING AND 3858 01:51:45,932 --> 01:51:47,534 ARE ESTIMATING ABOUT 50,000 3859 01:51:47,534 --> 01:51:49,002 ADDITIONAL WEEKLY RIDES FROM THE 3860 01:51:49,002 --> 01:51:50,270 INVESTMENTS THAT WE WOULD MAKE 3861 01:51:50,270 --> 01:51:51,971 THROUGH THE STM 3862 01:51:51,971 --> 01:51:52,238 PROPOSAL. 3863 01:51:52,238 --> 01:51:53,273 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 3864 01:51:53,273 --> 01:51:54,674 I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 3865 01:51:54,674 --> 01:51:58,745 I WANT TO TURN NOW TO JUST 3866 01:51:58,745 --> 01:51:59,412 A QUESTION AROUND THE LENGTH OF 3867 01:51:59,412 --> 01:52:00,747 THE PROPOSAL AND THE FOCUS 3868 01:52:00,747 --> 01:52:01,948 AND SOME OF THE CHANGES IN OUR 3869 01:52:01,948 --> 01:52:02,148 CITY. 3870 01:52:02,148 --> 01:52:04,617 THIS IS GOING TO BE -- THIS IS 3871 01:52:04,617 --> 01:52:07,587 PROPOSED AT TEN YEARS FOR THIS 3872 01:52:07,587 --> 01:52:11,891 NEW PACKAGE AND I'M SURE 3873 01:52:11,891 --> 01:52:13,359 THAT OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS 3874 01:52:13,359 --> 01:52:14,494 HAVE QUESTIONS AROUND THIS BUT 3875 01:52:14,494 --> 01:52:16,830 I'LL DO A LEAD- IN TO IT, WE'RE 3876 01:52:16,830 --> 01:52:16,996 AT 3877 01:52:16,996 --> 01:52:18,565 A MOMENT WHERE WE'RE SEEING -- 3878 01:52:18,698 --> 01:52:19,733 WE'VE SEEN DECISIONS FROM 3879 01:52:19,733 --> 01:52:21,201 OUR SOUND TRANSIT BOARD IN 3880 01:52:21,201 --> 01:52:21,534 REGARDREGARD 3881 01:52:21,534 --> 01:52:22,969 THE FUTURE OF LIGHT RAIL SERVICE 3882 01:52:22,969 --> 01:52:24,604 IN THE CITY AND WHAT WE KNOW 3883 01:52:24,604 --> 01:52:25,305 IS COMING AND WHEN. 3884 01:52:25,305 --> 01:52:27,006 AND AS OF RIGHT NOW WE 3885 01:52:27,006 --> 01:52:28,708 OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR 3886 01:52:28,708 --> 01:52:30,477 BALLARD LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION. 3887 01:52:30,477 --> 01:52:32,912 CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW 3888 01:52:32,912 --> 01:52:35,448 THE DECISION MAKING ABOUT THESE 3889 01:52:35,448 --> 01:52:36,883 INVESTMENTS IS MEANT TO SORT 3890 01:52:36,883 --> 01:52:38,418 OF REFLECT CHANGES IN THE REST 3891 01:52:38,418 --> 01:52:40,453 OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? 3892 01:52:40,453 --> 01:52:42,222 JUST USING BALLARD AS AN 3893 01:52:42,222 --> 01:52:43,556 EXAMPLE, WE KNOW IT'S AN 3894 01:52:43,556 --> 01:52:45,358 AREA WHERE WE ARE 3895 01:52:45,358 --> 01:52:46,659 INTENTIONALLY PLANNING FOR 3896 01:52:46,659 --> 01:52:47,393 GROWTH, AND IT'S -- 3897 01:52:47,393 --> 01:52:48,695 WE'RE SEEING MORE RESIDENTS 3898 01:52:48,828 --> 01:52:49,929 THERE. CAN YOU SPEAK TO HOW 3899 01:52:49,929 --> 01:52:50,196 WE'RE 3900 01:52:50,196 --> 01:52:51,664 GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE 3901 01:52:51,664 --> 01:52:53,867 INVESTMENTS THAT WE BUY FROM 3902 01:52:53,867 --> 01:52:56,002 KING COUNTY ARE ABLE TO ADAPT 3903 01:52:56,002 --> 01:52:58,071 AND FOCUS ON OUR 3904 01:52:58,071 --> 01:52:59,572 GROWING POPULATION CENTERS WHEN 3905 01:52:59,572 --> 01:53:02,275 THOSE POPULATION CENTERS MAY BE 3906 01:53:02,275 --> 01:53:03,409 EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT 3907 01:53:03,409 --> 01:53:04,978 THAN PLANNED OR ANTICIPATED 3908 01:53:04,978 --> 01:53:05,211 LEVELS 3909 01:53:05,211 --> 01:53:07,280 OF SERVICE FROM OTHER AGENCIES. 3910 01:53:07,280 --> 01:53:08,548 AND I ASK THIS 3911 01:53:08,548 --> 01:53:09,783 QUESTION UNDERSTANDING THIS 3912 01:53:09,783 --> 01:53:11,251 TRANSIT MEASURE IS NOT DESIGNED 3913 01:53:11,251 --> 01:53:12,152 TO 3914 01:53:12,152 --> 01:53:13,486 ADD ADDITIONAL FIXED ROUTES THAT 3915 01:53:13,486 --> 01:53:15,255 WE CAN ONLY BUY SERVICE FROM 3916 01:53:15,255 --> 01:53:17,090 METRO, BUT I DO SEE THIS AS 3917 01:53:17,090 --> 01:53:17,357 SOMETHING 3918 01:53:17,490 --> 01:53:18,158 THAT'S OF GROWING CONCERN TO OUR 3919 01:53:18,158 --> 01:53:23,463 RESIDENTS. 3920 01:53:26,699 --> 01:53:28,368 >> SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 3921 01:53:28,368 --> 01:53:29,636 I UNDERSTAND THE 3922 01:53:29,636 --> 01:53:31,771 QUESTION, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3923 01:53:31,771 --> 01:53:33,439 YOU'RE ASKING HOW THIS TEN- 3924 01:53:33,439 --> 01:53:36,075 YEAR MEASURE -- ARE YOU ASKING 3925 01:53:36,075 --> 01:53:37,410 WHY TEN YEARS? 3926 01:53:37,410 --> 01:53:38,711 NO, YOU'RE ASKING 3927 01:53:38,711 --> 01:53:40,713 SPECIFICALLY HOW WE'RE ABLE TO 3928 01:53:40,713 --> 01:53:41,281 ADJUST, HOW 3929 01:53:41,281 --> 01:53:42,782 WE REMAIN FLEXIBLE THROUGH THE 3930 01:53:42,782 --> 01:53:43,149 FUNDING SOURCE? 3931 01:53:43,283 --> 01:53:46,419 >> YEAH, AND, ALSO, YOU SPOKE TO 3932 01:53:46,419 --> 01:53:47,287 ALREADY SOME OF THE DECISION 3933 01:53:47,287 --> 01:53:47,954 MAKING PROCESSES 3934 01:53:47,954 --> 01:53:48,888 TO COUNCILMEMBER RINCK'S 3935 01:53:48,888 --> 01:53:49,155 QUESTION 3936 01:53:49,155 --> 01:53:49,989 IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU'RE 3937 01:53:49,989 --> 01:53:51,724 GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE 3938 01:53:51,724 --> 01:53:54,027 INVESTMENTS, AND I'M 3939 01:53:54,027 --> 01:53:55,728 CURIOUS ABOUT HOW POPULATION 3940 01:53:55,728 --> 01:53:56,429 GROWTH 3941 01:53:56,429 --> 01:53:58,431 AND ACCESS TO OTHER TYPES OF 3942 01:53:58,431 --> 01:53:58,665 SERVICE 3943 01:53:58,665 --> 01:53:59,866 IS ALSO GOING TO COME INTO 3944 01:53:59,866 --> 01:54:02,802 PLAY IN THOSE DECISIONS. 3945 01:54:02,936 --> 01:54:04,237 >> OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU. 3946 01:54:04,237 --> 01:54:05,905 I WOULD SAY THE WAY THE 3947 01:54:05,905 --> 01:54:07,273 PROPOSAL IS SET UP AND OUR 3948 01:54:07,273 --> 01:54:08,841 RELATIONSHIP WITH METRO, IT IS 3949 01:54:08,841 --> 01:54:09,342 -- IT 3950 01:54:09,342 --> 01:54:11,311 DOES ALLOW US TO HAVE A LOT OF 3951 01:54:11,311 --> 01:54:11,644 FLEXIBILITY. 3952 01:54:11,644 --> 01:54:16,149 WE BUY ON TOP OF WHAT METRO 3953 01:54:16,149 --> 01:54:16,583 DELIVERS, RIGHT? 3954 01:54:16,583 --> 01:54:18,785 BUT WE CAN CHANGE OUR 3955 01:54:18,785 --> 01:54:20,053 INVESTMENTS OVER TIME, AND 3956 01:54:20,053 --> 01:54:21,287 WILL, TO REFLECT WHATEVER IS 3957 01:54:21,287 --> 01:54:23,389 HAPPENING IN THE MOMENT. 3958 01:54:23,389 --> 01:54:25,091 SO, LIKE AS, FOR EXAMPLE, 3959 01:54:25,091 --> 01:54:26,392 METRO IS DELIVERING THEIR 3960 01:54:26,392 --> 01:54:27,026 SERVICE 3961 01:54:27,026 --> 01:54:28,595 AREA RECOVERY PROJECT, 3962 01:54:28,595 --> 01:54:29,729 THEY'RE GOING TO BE WORKING 3963 01:54:29,729 --> 01:54:30,530 WITH COMMUNITY 3964 01:54:30,530 --> 01:54:32,165 AND DECIDING, USING THEIR 3965 01:54:32,165 --> 01:54:34,767 OWN SERVICE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE 3966 01:54:34,767 --> 01:54:35,001 A 3967 01:54:35,001 --> 01:54:36,469 COUNTYWIDE FOCUS WHERE THOSE 3968 01:54:36,469 --> 01:54:37,370 INVESTMENTS ARE GOING TO 3969 01:54:37,370 --> 01:54:38,671 GO AND THEN WE WOULD BE ADDING 3970 01:54:38,671 --> 01:54:38,872 ON 3971 01:54:38,872 --> 01:54:42,242 TOP OF THAT SO THAT ALLOWS US TO 3972 01:54:42,242 --> 01:54:43,910 ADJUST OVER TIME AS NEW 3973 01:54:43,910 --> 01:54:46,346 LIGHT RAIL STATIONS OPEN UP 3974 01:54:46,346 --> 01:54:47,480 LIKE GRAHAM STREET 3975 01:54:47,480 --> 01:54:49,482 STATION, FOR EXAMPLE, IS 3976 01:54:49,482 --> 01:54:50,250 SCHEDULED TO OPEN 3977 01:54:50,250 --> 01:54:52,452 DURING THE TIME FRAME OF 3978 01:54:52,452 --> 01:54:54,420 THIS MEASURE AND THERE IS A NEW 3979 01:54:54,420 --> 01:54:55,889 BUS LINE THAT METRO IS LOOKING 3980 01:54:55,889 --> 01:54:57,523 AT THAT ACTUALLY GOES DOWN 3981 01:54:57,523 --> 01:54:57,757 GRAHAM 3982 01:54:57,757 --> 01:54:58,791 STREET THAT WILL CONNECT TO 3983 01:54:58,791 --> 01:55:00,026 THE LIGHT RAIL STATION. 3984 01:55:00,026 --> 01:55:01,494 THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY, 3985 01:55:01,494 --> 01:55:02,662 I ASSUME A TYPE OF 3986 01:55:02,662 --> 01:55:04,130 MOBILITY PROJECT THAT METRO 3987 01:55:04,130 --> 01:55:04,430 WOULD 3988 01:55:04,430 --> 01:55:06,199 UNDERGO AND RESTRUCTURE THEIR 3989 01:55:06,199 --> 01:55:06,432 SERVICE 3990 01:55:06,432 --> 01:55:08,935 IN THAT AREA AND WE WOULD USE 3991 01:55:08,935 --> 01:55:09,702 THESE 3992 01:55:09,702 --> 01:55:11,271 RESOURCES TO PARTNER WITH 3993 01:55:11,271 --> 01:55:12,171 THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE 3994 01:55:12,171 --> 01:55:12,372 MIGHT 3995 01:55:12,372 --> 01:55:15,808 WANT TO INVEST ON TOP -- ADD ON 3996 01:55:15,808 --> 01:55:17,410 TOP AS AN EXAMPLE. 3997 01:55:17,410 --> 01:55:19,579 IN TERMS OF THE POPULATION 3998 01:55:19,579 --> 01:55:21,247 GROWTH, YOU KNOW, THE 3999 01:55:21,247 --> 01:55:23,750 FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK IS 4000 01:55:23,750 --> 01:55:24,083 CODIFIED IN 4001 01:55:24,083 --> 01:55:28,054 THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, 4002 01:55:28,054 --> 01:55:29,789 AND IT ALREADY TAKES 4003 01:55:29,789 --> 01:55:31,591 INTO ACCOUNT THE COMPREHENSIVE 4004 01:55:31,591 --> 01:55:32,959 PLAN GROWTH CENTERS, BUT IF 4005 01:55:32,959 --> 01:55:33,393 THOSE 4006 01:55:33,393 --> 01:55:34,661 ARE CHANGING AND AS THEY CHANGE 4007 01:55:34,661 --> 01:55:34,827 WE 4008 01:55:34,827 --> 01:55:40,733 CAN UPDATE THAT VISION 4009 01:55:40,733 --> 01:55:41,935 FOR OUR SEATTLE -- THE FREQUENT 4010 01:55:41,935 --> 01:55:44,470 TRANSIT NETWORK TO REFLECT THOSE 4011 01:55:44,470 --> 01:55:44,737 GROWING 4012 01:55:44,737 --> 01:55:45,872 POPULATION CENTERS SO THAT WOULD 4013 01:55:45,872 --> 01:55:47,774 RESULT IN INCREASES AND 4014 01:55:47,774 --> 01:55:50,576 FREQUENCIES TO PLACES 4015 01:55:50,576 --> 01:55:51,944 WITH MORE -- GREATER AMOUNT OF 4016 01:55:51,944 --> 01:55:53,079 POPULATION, THAT SORT OF THING. 4017 01:55:53,079 --> 01:55:55,148 IN A TEN- YEAR TIME FRAME I 4018 01:55:55,148 --> 01:55:56,182 WOULD IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD WANT 4019 01:55:56,182 --> 01:55:56,449 TO 4020 01:55:56,449 --> 01:55:59,218 UPDATE THOSE POLICY DOCUMENTS TO 4021 01:55:59,218 --> 01:56:03,256 REFLECT GROWTH PATTERNS AS THEY 4022 01:56:03,256 --> 01:56:03,690 CHANGE. 4023 01:56:03,823 --> 01:56:04,223 >> GOT 4024 01:56:04,223 --> 01:56:05,224 IT. THAT'S HELPFUL. 4025 01:56:05,224 --> 01:56:05,792 YOU THAT SEE MOVE. 4026 01:56:05,792 --> 01:56:06,726 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 4027 01:56:06,859 --> 01:56:08,594 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4028 01:56:08,728 --> 01:56:11,097 FOSTER. WE'LL MOVE NEXT TO 4029 01:56:11,097 --> 01:56:11,431 COUNCILMEMBER 4030 01:56:11,431 --> 01:56:15,401 RIVERA FOLLOWED BY 4031 01:56:15,401 --> 01:56:15,735 COUNCILMEMBER 4032 01:56:15,735 --> 01:56:16,569 JUAREZ. YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR 4033 01:56:16,569 --> 01:56:17,337 HAND UP 4034 01:56:17,470 --> 01:56:18,137 FORMALLY, BUT I HEARD YOU SPEAK 4035 01:56:18,137 --> 01:56:20,606 A MOMENT AGO. 4036 01:56:20,606 --> 01:56:21,174 SO FIRST OFF COUNCILMEMBER 4037 01:56:21,174 --> 01:56:23,242 RIVERA. 4038 01:56:23,376 --> 01:56:24,510 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 4039 01:56:24,510 --> 01:56:25,712 THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE 4040 01:56:25,712 --> 01:56:30,583 AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT 4041 01:56:30,583 --> 01:56:31,584 I'M GOING TO THANK YOU IN 4042 01:56:31,584 --> 01:56:33,586 ADVANCE. I KNOW WE HAVE A 4043 01:56:33,586 --> 01:56:33,853 BRIEFING 4044 01:56:33,853 --> 01:56:38,658 SCHEDULED NEXT WEEK, AND I HAVE 4045 01:56:38,658 --> 01:56:39,892 MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SLIDES. 4046 01:56:39,892 --> 01:56:42,628 I JUST WANT TO ASK HERE FOR THE 4047 01:56:42,628 --> 01:56:44,263 PUBLIC -- WELL, LET ME SAY 4048 01:56:44,263 --> 01:56:45,198 SOMETHING BEFORE I ASK 4049 01:56:45,198 --> 01:56:48,234 MY QUESTION AND THAT IS I REALLY 4050 01:56:48,234 --> 01:56:51,270 APPRECIATE THE MEMBERS OF 4051 01:56:51,270 --> 01:56:52,105 ATU WHO SHOWED UP. 4052 01:56:52,105 --> 01:56:53,973 I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL 4053 01:56:53,973 --> 01:56:55,208 OUR TRANSIT DRIVERS AND WANT TO 4054 01:56:55,208 --> 01:56:58,411 MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING A 4055 01:56:58,411 --> 01:57:00,947 SAFE SYSTEM FOR OUR TRANSIT 4056 01:57:00,947 --> 01:57:01,214 DRIVERS. 4057 01:57:01,214 --> 01:57:02,582 THEY'RE OUR GREAT PARTNERS, AND 4058 01:57:02,582 --> 01:57:03,683 I APPRECIATE THEM TAKING 4059 01:57:03,683 --> 01:57:05,585 THE TIME TO COME DOWN HERE AND 4060 01:57:05,585 --> 01:57:08,721 TALK TO US AND GIVE PUBLIC 4061 01:57:08,721 --> 01:57:08,988 COMMENT. 4062 01:57:08,988 --> 01:57:11,424 THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SAY IS 4063 01:57:11,557 --> 01:57:13,426 I ACTUALLY COULD NOT BE 4064 01:57:13,426 --> 01:57:14,660 MORE SUPPORTIVE OF PUBLIC 4065 01:57:14,660 --> 01:57:16,462 TRANSIT HAVING GROWN UP IN NEW 4066 01:57:16,462 --> 01:57:16,662 YORK 4067 01:57:16,662 --> 01:57:18,164 CITY AND NOT HAVING A 4068 01:57:18,164 --> 01:57:19,832 DRIVER'S LICENSE UNTIL I WAS 30 4069 01:57:19,832 --> 01:57:23,069 YEARS OLD, AND I ALSO LIVED ININ 4070 01:57:23,069 --> 01:57:26,639 OTHER WASHINGTON, D.C. , WHERE I 4071 01:57:26,639 --> 01:57:29,475 ALSO USED PUBLIC TRANSIT. 4072 01:57:29,475 --> 01:57:31,577 I GOT A LICENSE RIGHT BEFORE 4073 01:57:31,577 --> 01:57:32,678 I MOVED TO SEATTLE. 4074 01:57:32,678 --> 01:57:35,314 SO I LIVED IN D.C. FOR 4075 01:57:35,314 --> 01:57:37,383 MANY, MANY YEARS USING PUBLIC 4076 01:57:37,383 --> 01:57:38,451 TRANSPORTATION, BOTH 4077 01:57:38,451 --> 01:57:39,886 BUSES TO GET TO THEIR METRO 4078 01:57:39,886 --> 01:57:40,119 SYSTEM 4079 01:57:40,119 --> 01:57:43,523 AND THEN THE METRO, SO I HAVE A 4080 01:57:43,523 --> 01:57:43,689 LOT 4081 01:57:43,689 --> 01:57:45,792 OF EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC 4082 01:57:45,792 --> 01:57:48,060 TRANSIT, AND I AM SO 4083 01:57:48,060 --> 01:57:50,029 PLEASED THAT WE HAVE NOW A LIGHT 4084 01:57:50,029 --> 01:57:50,530 RAIL 4085 01:57:50,663 --> 01:57:52,165 SYSTEM. THAT WAS NOT HERE WHEN I 4086 01:57:52,165 --> 01:57:53,332 GOT 4087 01:57:53,332 --> 01:57:56,069 HERE, AND I WAS A FREQUENT 4088 01:57:56,069 --> 01:57:59,305 BUS DRIVER -- EXCUSE ME, BUS 4089 01:57:59,305 --> 01:58:00,940 RIDER, WHEN I GOT HERE 25 YEARS 4090 01:58:00,940 --> 01:58:01,140 AGO. 4091 01:58:01,140 --> 01:58:02,842 ALL THAT TO SAY I HAVE A LOT 4092 01:58:02,842 --> 01:58:06,512 OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE TRANSIT 4093 01:58:06,512 --> 01:58:08,214 SYSTEM. 4094 01:58:08,214 --> 01:58:13,953 I WOULD -- SO MY QUESTION 4095 01:58:13,953 --> 01:58:16,456 IS WHAT IS THE SPENDING PLAN FOR 4096 01:58:16,456 --> 01:58:20,593 THIS NEXT TEN YEARS OF THIS 4097 01:58:20,726 --> 01:58:24,597 PROPOSAL? IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO 4098 01:58:24,597 --> 01:58:25,631 SEE BECAUSE THERE ARE BUCKETS 4099 01:58:25,631 --> 01:58:29,368 AND YOU KIND OF TALKED -- 4100 01:58:29,368 --> 01:58:31,671 YOU HAD THE ONE $19 MILLION A 4101 01:58:31,671 --> 01:58:32,338 YEAR FOR 4102 01:58:32,338 --> 01:58:33,573 SERVICE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER 4103 01:58:33,573 --> 01:58:37,376 PIECES TO THIS. 4104 01:58:37,376 --> 01:58:38,878 A BILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT OVER 4105 01:58:38,878 --> 01:58:39,178 TEN YEARS. 4106 01:58:39,178 --> 01:58:41,581 I WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHAT THE 4107 01:58:41,581 --> 01:58:42,982 SPENDING PLAN IS IN DETAIL 4108 01:58:42,982 --> 01:58:45,351 FOR EACH OF THE BUCKETS JUST AS 4109 01:58:45,351 --> 01:58:48,754 A POINT OF TRANSPARENCY AND 4110 01:58:48,754 --> 01:58:49,689 IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOW THE 4111 01:58:49,689 --> 01:58:53,493 PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR 4112 01:58:53,493 --> 01:58:53,693 THOSE 4113 01:58:53,693 --> 01:58:53,960 DOLLARS. 4114 01:58:53,960 --> 01:58:55,495 WHEN CAN WE SEE A SPENDING 4115 01:58:55,495 --> 01:58:56,529 PLAN, I GUESS, IS MY QUESTION. 4116 01:58:56,662 --> 01:58:57,864 >> I BELIEVE IT'S IN OUR 4117 01:58:57,864 --> 01:59:00,032 SUMMARY AND FISCAL NOTE IN 4118 01:59:00,032 --> 01:59:01,634 DETAIL BY 4119 01:59:01,767 --> 01:59:03,402 YEAR. THIS PIE CHART IS AN 4120 01:59:03,402 --> 01:59:05,872 AVERAGE OVER TEN YEARS, SO IT 4121 01:59:05,872 --> 01:59:06,172 WON'T BE 4122 01:59:06,172 --> 01:59:08,174 $138 4123 01:59:08,174 --> 01:59:08,808 MILLION IN REVENUE EVERY YEAR, 4124 01:59:08,808 --> 01:59:10,309 AND THE SPENDING WON'T 4125 01:59:10,309 --> 01:59:12,211 BE EXACTLY LIKE THIS EVERY YEAR. 4126 01:59:12,211 --> 01:59:13,880 THE IDEA ON AVERAGE THESE ARE 4127 01:59:13,880 --> 01:59:14,881 THE AMOUNTS AND BECAUSE 4128 01:59:14,881 --> 01:59:16,415 COSTS WILL GO UP OVER TIME, OVER 4129 01:59:16,415 --> 01:59:16,682 THIS 4130 01:59:16,682 --> 01:59:18,351 TEN- YEAR PERIOD, YOU 4131 01:59:18,351 --> 01:59:20,453 SHOULD EXPECT LOWER REVENUE AND 4132 01:59:20,453 --> 01:59:23,089 LOWER SPENDING IN THE BEGINNING 4133 01:59:23,089 --> 01:59:23,289 AND 4134 01:59:23,289 --> 01:59:24,624 INCREASING TO HIGHER AMOUNTS 4135 01:59:24,624 --> 01:59:26,259 OF REVENUE IN THE END AND HIGHER 4136 01:59:26,259 --> 01:59:28,261 AMOUNTS OF SPENDING IN THE END. 4137 01:59:28,394 --> 01:59:28,895 >> THANK YOU. 4138 01:59:28,895 --> 01:59:32,231 AND I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LOVE 4139 01:59:32,231 --> 01:59:35,701 TO SEE IS, YOU KNOW, BUS SERVICE 4140 01:59:35,701 --> 01:59:37,336 $96 MILLION PROPOSED. 4141 01:59:37,336 --> 01:59:38,838 THESE ARE AVERAGES. 4142 01:59:38,838 --> 01:59:40,106 I UNDERSTAND THAT AND IT 4143 01:59:40,106 --> 01:59:41,807 CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR BASED 4144 01:59:41,807 --> 01:59:43,743 ON VARIOUS THINGS, AND I 4145 01:59:43,743 --> 01:59:46,012 UNDERSTAND THE FLEXIBILITY BASED 4146 01:59:46,012 --> 01:59:46,445 ON THE 4147 01:59:46,579 --> 01:59:47,580 NEED. AND I SHOULD HAVE ALSO 4148 01:59:47,580 --> 01:59:50,550 SAID I 4149 01:59:50,550 --> 01:59:52,318 REALLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON 4150 01:59:52,318 --> 01:59:54,220 EQUITY BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR 4151 01:59:54,220 --> 01:59:58,624 LOW- INCOME FOLKS UTILIZE 4152 01:59:58,624 --> 01:59:59,625 THE SYSTEM MORE. 4153 01:59:59,625 --> 02:00:01,527 I ALSO WANT -- I WANT A 4154 02:00:01,527 --> 02:00:02,628 TRANSIT SYSTEM WHERE EVERYBODY 4155 02:00:02,628 --> 02:00:02,828 IS 4156 02:00:02,828 --> 02:00:04,263 USING THE TRANSIT SYSTEM AND 4157 02:00:04,263 --> 02:00:06,465 GETTING OUT OF THEIR CARS EVEN 4158 02:00:06,465 --> 02:00:09,202 IF THEY HAVE CARS AND LIMITING 4159 02:00:09,202 --> 02:00:10,736 THETHE AMOUNT OF NEED FOR A CAR, 4160 02:00:10,736 --> 02:00:12,505 AND THAT MEANS THAT OUR FRIENDS 4161 02:00:12,505 --> 02:00:13,673 AT METRO ARE GOING TO HAVE 4162 02:00:13,673 --> 02:00:16,342 TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT BUSBUS 4163 02:00:16,342 --> 02:00:16,509 -- 4164 02:00:16,509 --> 02:00:19,345 THERE ARE PLACES ACROSS THE CITY 4165 02:00:19,345 --> 02:00:21,614 WHERE THERE IS NO ROBUST BUS 4166 02:00:21,614 --> 02:00:21,981 SYSTEM. 4167 02:00:21,981 --> 02:00:23,783 SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 4168 02:00:23,783 --> 02:00:25,084 WORK WITH OUR FRIENDS AT METRO 4169 02:00:25,084 --> 02:00:25,251 TO 4170 02:00:25,251 --> 02:00:26,552 MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS 4171 02:00:26,552 --> 02:00:29,722 BECAUSE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT 4172 02:00:29,722 --> 02:00:31,390 GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR 4173 02:00:31,390 --> 02:00:31,891 CARS, 4174 02:00:31,891 --> 02:00:33,192 THE CLIMATE ENVIRONMENTAL 4175 02:00:33,192 --> 02:00:33,492 IMPACTS, 4176 02:00:33,492 --> 02:00:35,361 BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE OPTIONS 4177 02:00:35,361 --> 02:00:36,696 FOR THEM, THEN THEY'RE NOT 4178 02:00:36,696 --> 02:00:36,896 GOING 4179 02:00:36,896 --> 02:00:38,698 TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS, SO 4180 02:00:38,698 --> 02:00:40,466 THAT MEANS ALL ACROSS THE 4181 02:00:40,466 --> 02:00:43,069 CITY GETTING TO THOSE 4182 02:00:43,069 --> 02:00:45,304 PLACESPLACES 4183 02:00:45,304 --> 02:00:47,740 THERE ISN'T MUCH OF A BUS 4184 02:00:47,740 --> 02:00:47,974 SYSTEM 4185 02:00:47,974 --> 02:00:49,442 PARTICULARLY WITH CONNECTIONS 4186 02:00:49,442 --> 02:00:50,943 TO ALL THE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS, 4187 02:00:50,943 --> 02:00:53,112 SO PUTTING IN A PLUG FOR ALL 4188 02:00:53,112 --> 02:00:55,247 ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL IN 4189 02:00:55,247 --> 02:00:55,881 ADDITION TO 4190 02:00:55,881 --> 02:00:59,285 THE PRIORITY WHICH I VERY MUCH 4191 02:00:59,285 --> 02:01:00,019 SUPPORT. 4192 02:01:00,019 --> 02:01:02,722 BUT I'D LOVE TO SEE THIS BUS 4193 02:01:02,722 --> 02:01:05,925 SERVICE, WHICH BUS ROUTES -- THE 4194 02:01:05,925 --> 02:01:06,859 TRANSIT ACCESS PROGRAMS. 4195 02:01:06,859 --> 02:01:11,197 DO WE PAY FOR THE SEATTLE 4196 02:01:11,197 --> 02:01:12,898 PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS GET ORCA 4197 02:01:12,898 --> 02:01:13,265 CARD? 4198 02:01:13,265 --> 02:01:16,202 DOES SPS PAY FOR THAT OR DO WE? 4199 02:01:16,202 --> 02:01:17,236 BECAUSE THAT WASN'T LISTED ON 4200 02:01:17,236 --> 02:01:18,204 HERE, SO I WASN'T SURE. 4201 02:01:18,337 --> 02:01:21,507 >> WE ACTUALLY PIONEERED THAT 4202 02:01:21,507 --> 02:01:23,342 THROUGH THE LAST SEATTLE 4203 02:01:23,342 --> 02:01:23,576 TRANSIT 4204 02:01:23,576 --> 02:01:27,246 MEASURE. WE STARTED THAT WITH 4205 02:01:27,246 --> 02:01:28,180 300 STUDENTS NEAR BEACH HIGH 4206 02:01:28,180 --> 02:01:29,849 SCHOOL AND WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW 4207 02:01:29,849 --> 02:01:30,016 HOW 4208 02:01:30,016 --> 02:01:31,183 SUCCESSFUL THAT WAS AND NOW 4209 02:01:31,183 --> 02:01:34,820 IT'S PAID FOR BY THE STATE. 4210 02:01:34,954 --> 02:01:35,721 >> GREAT. 4211 02:01:35,855 --> 02:01:37,556 >> WE WERE ABLE TO 4212 02:01:37,556 --> 02:01:38,824 REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS AND 4213 02:01:38,824 --> 02:01:39,225 EXPAND TO 4214 02:01:39,225 --> 02:01:40,726 ALL OF OUR SEATTLE HOUSING 4215 02:01:40,726 --> 02:01:41,360 AUTHORITY RESIDENTS. 4216 02:01:41,360 --> 02:01:43,729 THAT'S HOW WE RESPENT 4217 02:01:43,729 --> 02:01:43,929 THOSE 4218 02:01:43,929 --> 02:01:44,163 FUNDS. 4219 02:01:44,163 --> 02:01:44,463 >> GREAT. 4220 02:01:44,463 --> 02:01:45,264 THANK YOU 4221 02:01:45,264 --> 02:01:46,465 FOR THAT. I DID NOT KNOW THAT. 4222 02:01:46,465 --> 02:01:47,700 THAT'S GREAT AND IT'S 4223 02:01:47,700 --> 02:01:50,970 GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR. 4224 02:01:50,970 --> 02:01:55,541 AND THEN JUST SOME OF 4225 02:01:55,541 --> 02:01:56,309 THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOME OF 4226 02:01:56,309 --> 02:01:56,509 THESE 4227 02:01:56,509 --> 02:01:57,143 CAPITAL PROJECTS, I WOULD 4228 02:01:57,143 --> 02:01:59,211 LOVE TO SEE A LIST OF 4229 02:01:59,211 --> 02:02:00,146 PROPOSED PROJECTS SO PEOPLE 4230 02:02:00,146 --> 02:02:00,813 AGAIN KNOW -- 4231 02:02:00,813 --> 02:02:03,516 WE GET THESE QUESTIONS ALL THE 4232 02:02:03,516 --> 02:02:04,884 TIME AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU ALL 4233 02:02:04,884 --> 02:02:06,952 KNOW, I DO MY DUE DILIGENCE IN 4234 02:02:06,952 --> 02:02:09,055 TRYING TO PROVIDE AS 4235 02:02:09,055 --> 02:02:09,655 MUCH TRANSPARENCY AND 4236 02:02:09,655 --> 02:02:09,955 INFORMATION 4237 02:02:09,955 --> 02:02:13,225 TO THE PUBLIC AS WE BUILD 4238 02:02:13,225 --> 02:02:13,459 SUPPORT 4239 02:02:13,459 --> 02:02:15,394 FOR THE THINGS THAT WE DO 4240 02:02:15,394 --> 02:02:18,230 AND, OF COURSE, PARTICULARLY 4241 02:02:18,230 --> 02:02:22,201 BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR SALES 4242 02:02:22,201 --> 02:02:24,470 TAX 4243 02:02:24,470 --> 02:02:24,937 INCREASE. 4244 02:02:24,937 --> 02:02:26,305 I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SALES 4245 02:02:26,305 --> 02:02:27,606 TAX INCREASES BECAUSE OF 4246 02:02:27,606 --> 02:02:30,876 THE REGRESSIVE NATURE OF THEM, 4247 02:02:30,876 --> 02:02:31,377 AND I 4248 02:02:31,377 --> 02:02:33,112 SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE WE'RE 4249 02:02:33,112 --> 02:02:35,614 TAXING POOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT 4250 02:02:35,614 --> 02:02:36,582 POOR 4251 02:02:36,582 --> 02:02:36,816 PEOPLE. 4252 02:02:36,816 --> 02:02:38,884 AND SO LOW- INCOME PEOPLE -- 4253 02:02:38,884 --> 02:02:41,387 WE TAX LOW- INCOME PEOPLE TO 4254 02:02:41,387 --> 02:02:42,088 SUPPORT LOW- INCOME 4255 02:02:42,088 --> 02:02:45,057 PEOPLE. THAT 4256 02:02:45,057 --> 02:02:45,658 DOESN'T FEEL GREAT BECAUSE 4257 02:02:45,658 --> 02:02:46,492 FOLKS ARE REALLY STRUGGLING TO 4258 02:02:46,492 --> 02:02:46,759 KEEP 4259 02:02:46,759 --> 02:02:48,360 UP. WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST 4260 02:02:48,360 --> 02:02:50,796 SALES TAXES IN THE CITY. 4261 02:02:50,796 --> 02:02:53,099 I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND 4262 02:02:53,099 --> 02:02:54,567 I GUESS CENTRAL STAFF 4263 02:02:54,567 --> 02:02:56,869 WILL PROBABLY GIVE THIS TO US, 4264 02:02:56,869 --> 02:02:58,938 BUT JUST WHAT THIS . 3 IN 4265 02:02:58,938 --> 02:02:59,205 ADDITION 4266 02:02:59,205 --> 02:03:01,273 TO THE EXISTING SALES TAX, WHAT 4267 02:03:01,273 --> 02:03:03,476 IMPACTS THAT WILL HAVE FOR OUR 4268 02:03:03,476 --> 02:03:05,344 FOLKS BECAUSE I'M ALSO 4269 02:03:05,344 --> 02:03:06,846 MINDFUL THAT THE LAST TIME THIS 4270 02:03:06,846 --> 02:03:07,113 WAS 4271 02:03:07,113 --> 02:03:09,315 PASSED, IT WAS A 50% INCREASE 4272 02:03:09,315 --> 02:03:12,818 BUT NOW IT'S 100%. 4273 02:03:12,818 --> 02:03:15,020 IT'S DOUBLE. 4274 02:03:15,020 --> 02:03:15,788 SO WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT 4275 02:03:15,788 --> 02:03:21,427 AND HONEST ABOUT THAT AND WHAT 4276 02:03:21,427 --> 02:03:21,594 OUR 4277 02:03:21,594 --> 02:03:23,729 RESIDENTS CAN EXPECT THAT 4278 02:03:23,729 --> 02:03:25,798 MONEY WILL GO SPECIFICALLY TO. 4279 02:03:25,798 --> 02:03:27,299 I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE THESE BIG 4280 02:03:27,299 --> 02:03:28,267 BUCKETS, BUT IT'S 4281 02:03:28,267 --> 02:03:31,737 REALLY IMPORTANT TO SHOW WHAT 4282 02:03:31,737 --> 02:03:32,538 ROUTES, WHAT CAPITAL PROJECTS, 4283 02:03:32,538 --> 02:03:32,705 ET 4284 02:03:32,838 --> 02:03:35,875 CETERA. THANK YOU. 4285 02:03:36,008 --> 02:03:37,676 >> I CAN SHARE SOME OF 4286 02:03:37,676 --> 02:03:40,012 THE INITIAL TRANSIT CAPITAL 4287 02:03:40,012 --> 02:03:40,279 PROJECTS 4288 02:03:40,279 --> 02:03:42,815 THAT WE'RE HOPING TO INVEST 4289 02:03:42,815 --> 02:03:44,817 IN FIRST WOULD BE SAFETY, 4290 02:03:44,817 --> 02:03:45,050 TRANSIT 4291 02:03:45,050 --> 02:03:46,418 OPERATIONAL, SAFETY AND ACCESS 4292 02:03:46,418 --> 02:03:49,221 IMPROVEMENTS ALONG ROUTE 60 AND 4293 02:03:49,221 --> 02:03:49,455 45. 4294 02:03:49,455 --> 02:03:51,924 KING COUNTY METRO HAS JUST 4295 02:03:51,924 --> 02:03:54,360 DONE A LARGE STUDY ON POTENTIAL 4296 02:03:54,360 --> 02:03:55,094 RELIABILITY AND 4297 02:03:55,094 --> 02:03:56,195 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG 4298 02:03:56,195 --> 02:03:56,962 THE ROUTE 4299 02:03:56,962 --> 02:03:58,364 60, SO WE'D USE THAT AS A 4300 02:03:58,364 --> 02:03:58,998 JUMPING OFF POINT. 4301 02:03:58,998 --> 02:04:00,499 AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK 4302 02:04:00,499 --> 02:04:05,438 TO THE SPECIFIC ROUTES. 4303 02:04:05,438 --> 02:04:08,474 I THINK WE INTEND TO SPEND, 4304 02:04:08,474 --> 02:04:10,075 TO INCREASE THESE -- ADD THESE 4305 02:04:10,075 --> 02:04:11,177 100,000 HOURS TO THE 4306 02:04:11,177 --> 02:04:12,478 SYSTEM WITHIN THE FIRST COUPLE 4307 02:04:12,478 --> 02:04:12,912 OF 4308 02:04:12,912 --> 02:04:15,881 YEARS OF THE MEASURE. 4309 02:04:15,881 --> 02:04:17,283 AND THEN CARRY THOSE THROUGH 4310 02:04:17,283 --> 02:04:18,918 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TIME. 4311 02:04:18,918 --> 02:04:21,020 THE SAME LEVELS OF SERVICE 4312 02:04:21,020 --> 02:04:23,656 OR ADD IF WE ARE ABLE TO OVER 4313 02:04:23,656 --> 02:04:23,856 TIME 4314 02:04:23,856 --> 02:04:25,090 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH METRO. 4315 02:04:25,224 --> 02:04:28,327 I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DELIVER 4316 02:04:28,327 --> 02:04:31,664 THIS BENEFIT TO RESIDENTS VERY 4317 02:04:31,664 --> 02:04:33,466 SWIFTLY, AND METRO IS READY 4318 02:04:33,466 --> 02:04:34,733 TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICE HOURS 4319 02:04:34,733 --> 02:04:35,734 AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TALKING 4320 02:04:35,734 --> 02:04:39,004 WITH THEM ABOUT THAT 4321 02:04:39,004 --> 02:04:39,338 POSSIBILITY. 4322 02:04:39,471 --> 02:04:39,839 >> THANK YOU. 4323 02:04:39,839 --> 02:04:41,774 I STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE A 4324 02:04:41,774 --> 02:04:43,209 LIST OF -- BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT 4325 02:04:43,209 --> 02:04:44,977 THAT, ALSO, WHEN WE MEET NEXT 4326 02:04:44,977 --> 02:04:45,244 WEEK. 4327 02:04:45,244 --> 02:04:45,811 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4328 02:04:45,811 --> 02:04:46,946 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 4329 02:04:46,946 --> 02:04:48,280 I WON'T TAKE UP ANY MORE OF 4330 02:04:48,280 --> 02:04:48,581 YOUR TIME. 4331 02:04:48,714 --> 02:04:49,982 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4332 02:04:49,982 --> 02:04:51,150 RIVERA. 4333 02:04:51,150 --> 02:04:52,284 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, THE FLOOR 4334 02:04:52,284 --> 02:04:52,918 IS YOURS IF YOU HAVE 4335 02:04:52,918 --> 02:04:54,386 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 4336 02:04:54,520 --> 02:04:56,789 >> I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, CHAIR. 4337 02:04:56,789 --> 02:04:58,023 I SHOULD HAVE RAISED MY HAND 4338 02:04:58,023 --> 02:04:58,958 ON THE COMPUTER. 4339 02:04:58,958 --> 02:05:00,192 AND FOR THE COMMENT THAT I 4340 02:05:00,192 --> 02:05:02,428 MADE WHEN I REALIZED I WAS 4341 02:05:02,428 --> 02:05:02,695 UNMUTED. 4342 02:05:02,695 --> 02:05:04,997 LET ME JUST SHARE THIS, LET 4343 02:05:04,997 --> 02:05:06,832 ME GET SOME BASELINE INFO HERE. 4344 02:05:06,832 --> 02:05:08,200 OBVIOUSLY I HAD SOME 4345 02:05:08,200 --> 02:05:08,801 PROBLEMS WITH PAGE 29 OF THE 4346 02:05:08,801 --> 02:05:17,910 POWER POINT. 4347 02:05:17,910 --> 02:05:20,646 I WANT TO FRAME THIS SO WE CAN 4348 02:05:20,646 --> 02:05:21,947 PUT IT IN CONTEXT. 4349 02:05:21,947 --> 02:05:24,316 IN 2010 WE ENACTED THE AMERICAN 4350 02:05:24,316 --> 02:05:26,285 DISABILITY ACT STANDARDS 4351 02:05:26,285 --> 02:05:29,088 AND THEN SEATTLE -- AND THEN IN 4352 02:05:29,088 --> 02:05:31,056 02014 WE PASSED THE TRANSIT 4353 02:05:31,056 --> 02:05:31,423 DISTRICT. 4354 02:05:31,557 --> 02:05:32,224 2015 WE PUT TOGETHER THE TRANSIT 4355 02:05:32,224 --> 02:05:35,361 ADVISORY BOARD. 4356 02:05:35,361 --> 02:05:36,428 12 MEMBERS. 4357 02:05:36,428 --> 02:05:38,964 IN 2018 A CONSENT DECREE 4358 02:05:38,964 --> 02:05:40,466 SEATTLE WASN'T LIVING UP TO THE 4359 02:05:40,466 --> 02:05:41,267 AMERICAN DISABILITY ACTS, 4360 02:05:41,267 --> 02:05:41,867 THE STANDARDS PUT FORWARD FOR 4361 02:05:41,867 --> 02:05:46,105 ACCESSIBILITY. 4362 02:05:46,105 --> 02:05:47,640 AND THEN THE PLAN WE LOOKED 4363 02:05:47,640 --> 02:05:50,242 AT IN 2020, THE ADA TRANSITION 4364 02:05:50,242 --> 02:05:51,610 PLAN REPORT AND HOW WE WOULD 4365 02:05:51,610 --> 02:05:54,146 RESPOND TO THE CONSENT DECREE 4366 02:05:54,146 --> 02:05:54,847 FOR 4367 02:05:54,980 --> 02:05:56,682 ACCESSIBILITY. AND SO MY BIG 4368 02:05:56,682 --> 02:05:57,917 PUSH WAS EQUITY 4369 02:05:57,917 --> 02:05:58,450 AND ACCESSIBILITY. 4370 02:05:58,450 --> 02:06:01,987 AND SO WHEN I WAS LOOKING 4371 02:06:01,987 --> 02:06:03,422 AT YOUR POWER POINT, TWO 4372 02:06:03,422 --> 02:06:03,722 QUESTIONS. 4373 02:06:03,722 --> 02:06:06,191 THE FIRST QUESTION IS THIS. 4374 02:06:06,191 --> 02:06:07,960 DID THE TRANSIT -- I 4375 02:06:07,960 --> 02:06:09,895 THINK THERE'S A DISTINCTION 4376 02:06:09,895 --> 02:06:13,399 BETWEEN WHAT YOU WRITE IN THE -- 4377 02:06:13,399 --> 02:06:16,502 IN YOUR 4378 02:06:16,502 --> 02:06:19,038 LEGISLATION IS INTERESTING TO ME 4379 02:06:19,038 --> 02:06:20,639 BECAUSE IN THE OTHER 4380 02:06:20,639 --> 02:06:22,675 LANGUAGE IT'S CALLED CITIZEN 4381 02:06:22,675 --> 02:06:22,841 LED 4382 02:06:22,841 --> 02:06:29,582 NOT COMMUNITY LED, BUT, ANYWAY, 4383 02:06:29,582 --> 02:06:29,748 DID 4384 02:06:29,748 --> 02:06:32,117 THE -- SDOT OR THE 4385 02:06:32,117 --> 02:06:34,019 TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD WORK WITH 4386 02:06:34,019 --> 02:06:36,355 THE 4387 02:06:36,355 --> 02:06:39,191 ADA COORDINATOR FOR SDOT, THE 4388 02:06:39,191 --> 02:06:39,391 SDA, 4389 02:06:39,391 --> 02:06:43,095 THE SDOT ADA COORDINATOR, 4390 02:06:43,095 --> 02:06:45,631 IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS 4391 02:06:45,631 --> 02:06:46,398 DOUBLING 4392 02:06:46,398 --> 02:06:48,233 OF THIS TAX? 4393 02:06:48,233 --> 02:06:49,735 SO WHAT WE HAVE MORE 4394 02:06:49,735 --> 02:06:51,136 SERVICES YOU'RE ASKING FOR, 4395 02:06:51,136 --> 02:06:51,537 MORE 4396 02:06:51,537 --> 02:06:55,307 MONEY, DOUBLE THE TAXES, BUT 4397 02:06:55,307 --> 02:06:55,708 LESS 4398 02:06:55,708 --> 02:06:58,644 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE, I.E. 4399 02:06:58,644 --> 02:06:59,812 SIDEWALKS, SO IT'S 4400 02:06:59,812 --> 02:07:00,946 ALL NICE TO TALK ABOUT HOW YOU 4401 02:07:00,946 --> 02:07:01,413 LOVE BUSES IF 4402 02:07:01,413 --> 02:07:02,982 YOU DON'T HAVE CARS, BUT 4403 02:07:02,982 --> 02:07:04,750 THAT DOESN'T DO ANYONE GOOD IF 4404 02:07:04,750 --> 02:07:06,385 YOU DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS TO GET 4405 02:07:06,385 --> 02:07:06,552 TO 4406 02:07:06,552 --> 02:07:06,885 TRANSIT. 4407 02:07:06,885 --> 02:07:10,055 SO I WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR 4408 02:07:10,055 --> 02:07:12,925 NOT THE TRANSIT ADVISORY 4409 02:07:12,925 --> 02:07:16,595 BOARD WORKED WITH YOU GUYS AND 4410 02:07:16,595 --> 02:07:17,529 THE 4411 02:07:17,529 --> 02:07:18,931 ADA COORDINATOR TO PUT THIS 4412 02:07:18,931 --> 02:07:20,933 TOGETHER AND HOW YOU COULD ONLY 4413 02:07:20,933 --> 02:07:21,166 COME UP 4414 02:07:21,166 --> 02:07:24,103 WITH 3.5 MILLION? 4415 02:07:24,103 --> 02:07:25,571 IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER 4416 02:07:25,571 --> 02:07:27,439 NOW, I WOULD LIKE AN ANSWER IN 4417 02:07:27,439 --> 02:07:29,308 AN EMAIL OR MEMO BECAUSE I 4418 02:07:29,308 --> 02:07:30,943 WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE 4419 02:07:30,943 --> 02:07:31,176 CONSENT 4420 02:07:31,176 --> 02:07:31,477 DECREE. 4421 02:07:31,477 --> 02:07:34,646 I LOOKED AT THE 2020 ADA 4422 02:07:34,646 --> 02:07:36,048 TRANSITION PLAN REPORT, AND 4423 02:07:36,048 --> 02:07:37,016 I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT 4424 02:07:37,016 --> 02:07:39,118 THE ADVISORY BOARD, THE 12- 4425 02:07:39,118 --> 02:07:41,453 MEMBER ADVISORY BOARD, CITIZEN 4426 02:07:41,453 --> 02:07:41,654 LED, 4427 02:07:41,654 --> 02:07:44,390 NOT COMMUNITY LED, AS IS IN YOUR 4428 02:07:44,390 --> 02:07:45,624 LEGISLATION, AND, I'LL TELL 4429 02:07:45,624 --> 02:07:46,925 YOU ONE THING, I'M ALWAYS A 4430 02:07:46,925 --> 02:07:48,360 LITTLE BIT OFFENDED WHEN YOU 4431 02:07:48,360 --> 02:07:50,262 START DRAGGING OUT THE WORDS 4432 02:07:50,262 --> 02:07:51,030 BIPOC AND 4433 02:07:51,030 --> 02:07:52,698 UNDERSERVED BECAUSE WE'RE NOT 4434 02:07:52,698 --> 02:07:53,165 PROPS. 4435 02:07:53,165 --> 02:07:55,834 SO IN ORDER TO DOUBLE THIS 4436 02:07:55,834 --> 02:07:57,936 TAX, DOUBLE THE SERVICE -- WHAT 4437 02:07:57,936 --> 02:08:01,140 100,000 EXTRA HOURS IN 4438 02:08:01,140 --> 02:08:02,541 SERVICE, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING 4439 02:08:02,541 --> 02:08:03,175 TO HAVE -- 4440 02:08:03,175 --> 02:08:05,677 YOU HAVE LESS MONEY FOR TRANSIT 4441 02:08:05,677 --> 02:08:06,045 INFRASTRUCTURE. 4442 02:08:06,045 --> 02:08:08,113 SO YOU CAN EITHER SAY, 4443 02:08:08,113 --> 02:08:09,515 HEY, WE'LL COME BRIEF YOU AND 4444 02:08:09,515 --> 02:08:11,116 GIVEN YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION 4445 02:08:11,116 --> 02:08:11,350 IF YOU 4446 02:08:11,350 --> 02:08:14,219 DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW 4447 02:08:14,219 --> 02:08:15,454 TO THE QUESTION. 4448 02:08:15,454 --> 02:08:17,423 I'M JUST GOING TO BE FRANK WITH 4449 02:08:17,556 --> 02:08:20,225 YOU. I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THIS 4450 02:08:20,359 --> 02:08:21,894 LEGISLATION. I THINK IT NEEDS A 4451 02:08:21,894 --> 02:08:22,461 LOT OF WORK. 4452 02:08:22,461 --> 02:08:24,029 AND I THINK YOU'RE 4453 02:08:24,029 --> 02:08:25,698 NOT OPTIMISTIC AND LIVING IN THE 4454 02:08:25,698 --> 02:08:26,498 REAL WORLD. 4455 02:08:26,498 --> 02:08:29,501 NOT EVERYONE CAN, YOU KNOW, 4456 02:08:29,501 --> 02:08:30,469 NOT HAVE A CAR. 4457 02:08:30,469 --> 02:08:32,438 SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO USE, 4458 02:08:32,438 --> 02:08:33,439 OBVIOUSLY, A 4459 02:08:33,439 --> 02:08:37,443 BUS. SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO DRIVE A 4460 02:08:37,443 --> 02:08:37,743 CAR. 4461 02:08:37,743 --> 02:08:39,445 AND I DON'T THINK THIS DOES 4462 02:08:39,445 --> 02:08:39,778 THAT. 4463 02:08:39,912 --> 02:08:40,512 NOT FOR ASKING TO DOUBLE THE 4464 02:08:40,512 --> 02:08:43,716 TAXES FOR TEN YEARS. 4465 02:08:43,716 --> 02:08:45,884 SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT, MR. 4466 02:08:45,884 --> 02:08:46,251 CHAIR. 4467 02:08:46,251 --> 02:08:46,685 THANK YOU. 4468 02:08:46,819 --> 02:08:50,823 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 4469 02:08:50,823 --> 02:08:53,192 JUAREZ. 4470 02:08:53,192 --> 02:08:54,159 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, THE 4471 02:08:54,159 --> 02:08:56,995 FLOOR IS YOURS. 4472 02:08:57,129 --> 02:08:58,397 >> THANK YOU. 4473 02:08:58,397 --> 02:08:59,498 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 4474 02:08:59,498 --> 02:09:01,467 AS A LIFELONG TRANSIT 4475 02:09:01,467 --> 02:09:04,136 RIDER, I HAVE DEPENDED ON THE 4476 02:09:04,136 --> 02:09:05,804 BUS TO GET 4477 02:09:05,938 --> 02:09:07,840 AROUND. I WOULD LIKE TO BE A 4478 02:09:07,840 --> 02:09:08,874 DAILY TRANSIT RIDER. 4479 02:09:08,874 --> 02:09:10,275 OFTENTIMES I CAN'T RELY ON 4480 02:09:10,275 --> 02:09:11,610 THE BUSES ON OUR STREETS TODAY. 4481 02:09:11,610 --> 02:09:12,978 YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS 4482 02:09:12,978 --> 02:09:15,180 FOR MANY -- FOR OVER A YEAR NOW. 4483 02:09:15,180 --> 02:09:16,281 I HAVE NOT BEEN 4484 02:09:16,281 --> 02:09:17,683 NECESSARILY QUIET ABOUT IT, SO 4485 02:09:17,683 --> 02:09:17,916 THIS IS 4486 02:09:17,916 --> 02:09:20,452 NOT -- IT SHOULDN'T COME AS 4487 02:09:20,452 --> 02:09:21,653 A SURPRISE TO ANYONE 4488 02:09:21,653 --> 02:09:23,655 ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST WEEK'S 4489 02:09:23,655 --> 02:09:24,990 TRANSIT MEETING WHERE I WAS 4490 02:09:24,990 --> 02:09:27,259 LITERALLY CLOCKING WHEN 4491 02:09:27,259 --> 02:09:29,461 THE LAST DIRECT BUS TO BALLARD 4492 02:09:29,461 --> 02:09:29,661 LEFT. 4493 02:09:29,661 --> 02:09:31,063 WHEN I LEFT THAT SOUND 4494 02:09:31,063 --> 02:09:32,898 TRANSIT BOARD MEETING AT ABOUT 4495 02:09:32,898 --> 02:09:33,098 7:45 4496 02:09:33,098 --> 02:09:35,400 P.M., I WAS TALKING TO MY 4497 02:09:35,400 --> 02:09:36,702 PIERCE COUNTY COLLEAGUES. 4498 02:09:36,702 --> 02:09:38,537 IT WAS GOING TO TAKE US THE SAME 4499 02:09:38,537 --> 02:09:41,140 AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET HOME. 4500 02:09:41,140 --> 02:09:42,474 THEY LIVE IN TACOMA. 4501 02:09:42,474 --> 02:09:45,978 I LIVE IN BALLARD. 4502 02:09:45,978 --> 02:09:47,446 SO I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF 4503 02:09:47,446 --> 02:09:49,214 QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL GET INTO 4504 02:09:49,214 --> 02:09:49,515 TODAY. 4505 02:09:49,515 --> 02:09:50,716 I'VE ASKED YOU ALL OF 4506 02:09:50,716 --> 02:09:51,817 THESE QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY, SO I 4507 02:09:51,817 --> 02:09:54,086 HOPE THAT NONE OF THESE ARE 4508 02:09:54,086 --> 02:09:55,621 A SURPRISE AND THAT YOU ARE 4509 02:09:55,621 --> 02:09:59,191 READY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 4510 02:09:59,191 --> 02:10:00,759 A COUPLE THINGS I DIDN'T 4511 02:10:00,759 --> 02:10:01,827 EXPECT TO ASK ABOUT REGARDING 4512 02:10:01,827 --> 02:10:02,895 THE VLF. 4513 02:10:02,895 --> 02:10:04,029 I THINK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 4514 02:10:04,029 --> 02:10:06,732 AND I MIGHT BE ASKING A SIMILAR 4515 02:10:06,732 --> 02:10:07,499 QUESTION HERE. 4516 02:10:07,499 --> 02:10:09,601 I WONDER IF YOU COULD JUST SAY 4517 02:10:09,601 --> 02:10:11,336 A LITTLE BIT MORE, EXPAND ON 4518 02:10:11,336 --> 02:10:11,537 WHAT 4519 02:10:11,537 --> 02:10:12,137 YOU SAID PREVIOUSLY. 4520 02:10:12,137 --> 02:10:13,338 YOU MENTIONED YOU'D SPOKEN 4521 02:10:13,338 --> 02:10:15,207 WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SAID 4522 02:10:15,207 --> 02:10:18,877 THAT SALES TAX WAS BETTER THAN A 4523 02:10:18,877 --> 02:10:19,044 VLF 4524 02:10:19,044 --> 02:10:21,814 BECAUSE A FLAT FEE 4525 02:10:21,814 --> 02:10:25,884 IMPACTS PEOPLE IN A DIFFERENT 4526 02:10:25,884 --> 02:10:26,118 WAY, 4527 02:10:26,118 --> 02:10:29,855 BUT IN MY BASIC LAY PERSON MATH, 4528 02:10:29,855 --> 02:10:30,022 IF 4529 02:10:30,022 --> 02:10:31,056 SOMEBODY'S PERCENTAGE 4530 02:10:31,056 --> 02:10:34,993 OF THEIR INCOME IS TAKEN UP IN 4531 02:10:34,993 --> 02:10:35,727 SALES 4532 02:10:35,727 --> 02:10:37,362 TAX, WOULD THEY NOT BE 4533 02:10:37,362 --> 02:10:37,763 OVERBURDENED 4534 02:10:37,763 --> 02:10:39,531 WITH A LARGER SALES TAX FEE 4535 02:10:39,531 --> 02:10:43,135 AS COMPARED TO BEING HIT WITH A 4536 02:10:43,135 --> 02:10:48,907 FLAT FEE? 4537 02:10:49,041 --> 02:10:51,443 >> I CAN START ON THAT. 4538 02:10:51,443 --> 02:10:53,345 SALES TAX IS A PROPORTION 4539 02:10:53,345 --> 02:10:55,047 OF WHAT A PERSON SPENDS, WHICH 4540 02:10:55,047 --> 02:10:55,547 IS 4541 02:10:55,547 --> 02:10:57,416 A REFLECTION OF WHAT THEY 4542 02:10:57,416 --> 02:10:59,251 HAVE AVAILABLE TO SPEND, AND SO 4543 02:10:59,251 --> 02:10:59,785 AS A 4544 02:10:59,785 --> 02:11:03,088 PROPORTION OF INCOME, YES, 4545 02:11:03,088 --> 02:11:04,323 SALES TAX CAN COMPRISE, 4546 02:11:04,323 --> 02:11:05,023 ESPECIALLY 4547 02:11:05,023 --> 02:11:06,892 FOR LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, A HIGHER 4548 02:11:07,025 --> 02:11:09,695 AMOUNT. BUT BECAUSE THE VLF IS A 4549 02:11:09,695 --> 02:11:09,895 FLAT 4550 02:11:09,895 --> 02:11:13,365 FEE, UNLIKE THE SOUND TRANSIT 4551 02:11:13,365 --> 02:11:15,200 VEHICLE LICENSE FEE, WHICH 4552 02:11:15,200 --> 02:11:17,269 THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY PASSED 4553 02:11:17,269 --> 02:11:19,638 $50 IN VEHICLE LICENSING 4554 02:11:19,638 --> 02:11:20,739 THROUGH YOUR COUNCIL AUTHORITY 4555 02:11:20,739 --> 02:11:22,307 SEVERAL YEARS AGO, SO THIS WOULD 4556 02:11:22,307 --> 02:11:22,841 BE 4557 02:11:22,841 --> 02:11:25,244 THE REMAINING $50 THAT IS 4558 02:11:25,244 --> 02:11:28,046 AUTHORIZED IN THE LEGISLATION 4559 02:11:28,046 --> 02:11:28,480 WOULD 4560 02:11:28,480 --> 02:11:32,417 IMPACT EVERYBODY REGARDLESS OF 4561 02:11:32,417 --> 02:11:33,886 WHETHER WHAT YOUR INCOME IS. 4562 02:11:33,886 --> 02:11:36,255 AS WE'VE MENTIONED FOR THE 4563 02:11:36,255 --> 02:11:38,323 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD, WE BELIEVE 4564 02:11:38,457 --> 02:11:39,625 THE IMPACT OF THIS IS $58 A 4565 02:11:39,625 --> 02:11:43,862 YEAR. 4566 02:11:43,862 --> 02:11:45,998 WHICH IF YOU ADDED THE 4567 02:11:45,998 --> 02:11:47,966 ADDITIONAL VLF WOULD DOUBLE 4568 02:11:47,966 --> 02:11:50,202 THE COST TO THE AVERAGE 4569 02:11:50,202 --> 02:11:52,904 HOUSEHOLD, BUT PRODUCE ONLY 12% 4570 02:11:52,904 --> 02:11:54,473 MORE 4571 02:11:54,473 --> 02:11:55,073 RESOURCE THAT WE COULD CREATE 4572 02:11:55,073 --> 02:11:56,208 BENEFIT FOR. 4573 02:11:56,208 --> 02:11:59,444 SO THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONATE 4574 02:11:59,444 --> 02:12:02,781 IMPACT BOTH TO THE COST TO THE 4575 02:12:02,781 --> 02:12:04,549 INDIVIDUAL THAT IS VERY 4576 02:12:04,549 --> 02:12:06,752 OUTSIZED TO THE BENEFIT THAT IT 4577 02:12:06,752 --> 02:12:07,920 COULD CREATE IN TERMS OF THE 4578 02:12:07,920 --> 02:12:09,121 INVESTMENTS AVAILABLE. 4579 02:12:09,254 --> 02:12:09,621 >> OKAY. 4580 02:12:09,621 --> 02:12:10,756 THESE QUESTIONS ARE JUST 4581 02:12:10,756 --> 02:12:11,923 BASED OFF THE PRESENTATION I'VE 4582 02:12:11,923 --> 02:12:12,124 SEEN 4583 02:12:12,124 --> 02:12:14,226 TODAY, SO I DIDN'T PREPARE 4584 02:12:14,226 --> 02:12:14,893 THESE QUESTIONS PREVIOUSLY. 4585 02:12:14,893 --> 02:12:16,161 I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW MORE 4586 02:12:16,161 --> 02:12:17,496 BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED TODAY 4587 02:12:17,496 --> 02:12:18,363 JUST FROM THE PRESENTATION 4588 02:12:18,363 --> 02:12:20,032 I'VE RECEIVED THAT WE ARE 4589 02:12:20,032 --> 02:12:20,299 ACTUALLY 4590 02:12:20,299 --> 02:12:21,333 OVERBURDENING PEOPLE WHO 4591 02:12:21,333 --> 02:12:24,569 ARE AT THE LOWER END OF THE 4592 02:12:24,569 --> 02:12:27,339 ECONOMIC SPECTRUM BY NOT USING A 4593 02:12:27,339 --> 02:12:27,606 FLAT FEE 4594 02:12:27,606 --> 02:12:28,440 BECAUSE THEIR BUDGETS ARE 4595 02:12:28,440 --> 02:12:29,808 SMALLER, SO ONE OF THE THINGS 4596 02:12:29,808 --> 02:12:31,643 YOU SAID, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY 4597 02:12:31,643 --> 02:12:35,380 SOMEBODY IS ABLE TO SPEND BUT 4598 02:12:35,380 --> 02:12:36,615 WHEN SOMEBODY IS COST 4599 02:12:36,615 --> 02:12:38,150 BURDENED AS WE SAW IN THE 4600 02:12:38,150 --> 02:12:40,786 PRESENTATION FROM THIS MONDAY AT 4601 02:12:40,786 --> 02:12:41,019 COUNCIL 4602 02:12:41,019 --> 02:12:43,288 BRIEFING, WE HAVE MANY OF OUR 4603 02:12:43,288 --> 02:12:43,889 RESIDENTS COST BURDENED. 4604 02:12:43,889 --> 02:12:45,624 MY CONCERN IS WE ARE 4605 02:12:45,624 --> 02:12:47,359 ACTUALLY USING THE SALES TAX AND 4606 02:12:47,359 --> 02:12:47,526 VLF 4607 02:12:47,526 --> 02:12:48,994 IN THE OPPOSITE MANNER AND SO 4608 02:12:48,994 --> 02:12:50,028 I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE. 4609 02:12:50,028 --> 02:12:50,962 HAPPY TO BE WRONG. 4610 02:12:50,962 --> 02:12:52,898 I HOPE I'M WRONG, BUT I 4611 02:12:52,898 --> 02:12:55,467 HAVE GREAT CONCERN THERE TODAY. 4612 02:12:55,600 --> 02:12:56,935 >> CAN I ADD A QUICK NOTE, 4613 02:12:56,935 --> 02:12:58,070 JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S 4614 02:12:58,070 --> 02:12:59,404 RELEVANT AND I WOULD LOVE FOR 4615 02:12:59,404 --> 02:12:59,638 PEOPLE 4616 02:12:59,638 --> 02:13:00,138 TO HEAR THIS. 4617 02:13:00,138 --> 02:13:02,140 JUST IN TERMS OF SALES TAX 4618 02:13:02,140 --> 02:13:05,644 AND WHAT IT APPLIES TO, I THINK 4619 02:13:05,644 --> 02:13:06,011 IT'S 4620 02:13:06,011 --> 02:13:07,612 WORTH MENTIONING WHAT IS 4621 02:13:07,612 --> 02:13:09,147 NOT SUBJECT TO SALES USE TAX. 4622 02:13:09,147 --> 02:13:11,350 SO PEOPLE DO NOT PAY SALES 4623 02:13:11,350 --> 02:13:13,985 TAX ON GROCERIES, ON RENT, 4624 02:13:13,985 --> 02:13:14,252 MORTGAGE 4625 02:13:14,252 --> 02:13:15,654 PAYMENTS, PERSONAL CARE 4626 02:13:15,654 --> 02:13:17,856 PRODUCTS LIKE SO, SHAMPOO, ET 4627 02:13:17,856 --> 02:13:18,090 CETERA, 4628 02:13:18,090 --> 02:13:19,591 DIAPERS, PRESCRIPTIONS 4629 02:13:19,591 --> 02:13:20,926 AND OVER-THE- COUNTER 4630 02:13:20,926 --> 02:13:21,259 MEDICATIONS. 4631 02:13:21,259 --> 02:13:23,395 JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT 4632 02:13:23,395 --> 02:13:25,230 THAT SALES TAX DOES NOT APPLY TO 4633 02:13:25,230 --> 02:13:25,664 SOME 4634 02:13:25,664 --> 02:13:27,065 REALLY CRITICAL HOUSEHOLD 4635 02:13:27,199 --> 02:13:27,599 ESSENTIALS. 4636 02:13:27,599 --> 02:13:28,900 >> THANK YOU. 4637 02:13:28,900 --> 02:13:35,640 CAN WE CLICK TO SLIDE 30? 4638 02:13:35,640 --> 02:13:41,413 I'M SORRY, 27. 4639 02:13:41,413 --> 02:13:43,949 SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, 4640 02:13:43,949 --> 02:13:44,916 MAN, I LOVE SEATTLE HOUSING 4641 02:13:45,050 --> 02:13:46,184 AUTHORITY. I'VE HAD THE 4642 02:13:46,184 --> 02:13:46,551 OPPORTUNITY TO 4643 02:13:46,551 --> 02:13:47,886 BE THEIR NEIGHBOR MULTIPLE TIMES 4644 02:13:47,886 --> 02:13:48,987 IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 4645 02:13:48,987 --> 02:13:50,655 THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN 4646 02:13:50,655 --> 02:13:51,623 OUR SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY 4647 02:13:51,623 --> 02:13:53,024 BUILDINGS ARE AMAZING. 4648 02:13:53,024 --> 02:13:55,527 SOME OF MY FAVORITE NEIGHBORS. 4649 02:13:55,527 --> 02:13:59,064 SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, I 4650 02:13:59,064 --> 02:14:00,265 THINK MANY PEOPLE DON'T 4651 02:14:00,265 --> 02:14:00,532 REALIZE, 4652 02:14:00,532 --> 02:14:02,467 IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A CITY 4653 02:14:02,467 --> 02:14:03,135 OF SEATTLE PROGRAM. 4654 02:14:03,135 --> 02:14:04,770 THEY ARE THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT 4655 02:14:04,903 --> 02:14:07,372 AGENCY. CAN YOU HELP ME 4656 02:14:07,372 --> 02:14:07,839 UNDERSTAND 4657 02:14:07,839 --> 02:14:09,708 WHY WE CHOSE SEATTLE HOUSING 4658 02:14:09,708 --> 02:14:11,877 AUTHORITY AND NOT OTHER 4659 02:14:11,877 --> 02:14:13,612 PROGRAMS WHERE THE CITY OF 4660 02:14:13,612 --> 02:14:13,912 SEATTLE 4661 02:14:13,912 --> 02:14:16,415 FUNDS HOUSING FOR FOLKS WHO ARE 4662 02:14:16,415 --> 02:14:17,949 LOW 4663 02:14:17,949 --> 02:14:18,383 INCOME? 4664 02:14:18,517 --> 02:14:20,085 >> THE SEATTLE HOUSING 4665 02:14:20,085 --> 02:14:22,154 AUTHORITY IS A REALLY WONDERFUL 4666 02:14:22,154 --> 02:14:22,487 PARTNER. 4667 02:14:22,487 --> 02:14:25,557 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES 4668 02:14:25,557 --> 02:14:26,391 WITH GETTING -- DELIVERING 4669 02:14:26,391 --> 02:14:27,926 THE BENEFIT OF ORCA CARDS 4670 02:14:27,926 --> 02:14:29,861 TO RESIDENTS WHO NEED THEM 4671 02:14:29,861 --> 02:14:31,129 IS ACTUALLY LIKE GETTING CARDS 4672 02:14:31,129 --> 02:14:31,329 INTO 4673 02:14:31,329 --> 02:14:33,598 PEOPLE'S HANDS AND MANAGING AND 4674 02:14:33,598 --> 02:14:35,000 TRACKING WHO HAS WHICH ORCA 4675 02:14:35,000 --> 02:14:36,301 CARD, WHAT'S THE SERIAL 4676 02:14:36,301 --> 02:14:37,736 NUMBER, IF THEY NEED A 4677 02:14:37,736 --> 02:14:38,069 REPLACEMENT, 4678 02:14:38,069 --> 02:14:39,337 ALL OF THAT, AND THE SEATTLE 4679 02:14:39,337 --> 02:14:40,872 HOUSING AUTHORITY HAS BEEN A 4680 02:14:40,872 --> 02:14:42,340 PROVEN PARTNER OVER MANY YEARS. 4681 02:14:42,340 --> 02:14:45,277 WE STARTED OFF WITH A PILOT 4682 02:14:45,277 --> 02:14:48,880 PROGRAM WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT 4683 02:14:48,880 --> 02:14:49,614 PROPERTIES AND THEN WERE ABLE TO 4684 02:14:49,614 --> 02:14:52,684 EXPAND TO ALL HOUSING PROPERTIES 4685 02:14:52,684 --> 02:14:54,086 AND THEY'VE JUST DONE A 4686 02:14:54,086 --> 02:14:56,388 REALLY AMAZING JOB OF THAT. 4687 02:14:56,388 --> 02:14:58,356 AND SO THERE HAS BEEN A LOT 4688 02:14:58,356 --> 02:14:59,691 OF COMMUNITY INTEREST 4689 02:14:59,691 --> 02:15:02,894 SPECIFICALLY IN EXPANDING TO 4690 02:15:02,894 --> 02:15:03,495 HOUSING 4691 02:15:03,495 --> 02:15:04,696 CHOICE VOUCHERS WHICH IS 4692 02:15:04,696 --> 02:15:07,365 ALSO ADMINISTERED BY THE SEATTLE 4693 02:15:07,499 --> 02:15:08,433 HOUSING AUTHORITY. 4694 02:15:08,433 --> 02:15:12,804 AND SO, LIKE, GOING THROUGH 4695 02:15:12,804 --> 02:15:14,406 THIS ONE QUASI GOVERNMENTAL 4696 02:15:14,406 --> 02:15:16,908 AGENCY, WE'RE ABLE TO REACH THE 4697 02:15:16,908 --> 02:15:18,310 VAST MAJORITY OF FOLKS WHO ARE 4698 02:15:18,310 --> 02:15:20,846 LIVING IN LOW- INCOME SUBSIDIZED 4699 02:15:20,846 --> 02:15:24,015 HOUSING, AND SO IT'S A WAY 4700 02:15:24,015 --> 02:15:25,383 TO EASILY AND QUICKLY, 4701 02:15:25,383 --> 02:15:26,818 ACTUALLY, DELIVER THE PASSES TO 4702 02:15:26,818 --> 02:15:26,985 AS 4703 02:15:26,985 --> 02:15:27,886 MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 4704 02:15:27,886 --> 02:15:30,455 IT COULD BE VERY CHALLENGING 4705 02:15:30,455 --> 02:15:35,594 TO ACTUALLY GET CARDS IN THEM 4706 02:15:35,594 --> 02:15:35,861 RELIABLY. 4707 02:15:35,994 --> 02:15:37,195 >> SO FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS WE 4708 02:15:37,195 --> 02:15:38,830 ARE ONLY GOING TO 4709 02:15:38,830 --> 02:15:39,998 PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACCESS TO 4710 02:15:39,998 --> 02:15:42,467 SEATTLE HOUSING 4711 02:15:42,467 --> 02:15:43,135 AUTHORITY RESIDENTS, NOT ANYONE 4712 02:15:43,135 --> 02:15:44,803 WHO IS LOW- COME OR ANYONE 4713 02:15:44,803 --> 02:15:45,570 WHO IS LIVING IN ONE OF 4714 02:15:45,570 --> 02:15:46,738 OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS? 4715 02:15:46,872 --> 02:15:50,442 >> YES, WE WOULD BE PROPOSING 4716 02:15:50,442 --> 02:15:52,310 TO GO THROUGH THIS -- CARRY 4717 02:15:52,310 --> 02:15:52,544 FORWARD 4718 02:15:52,544 --> 02:15:53,145 WITH THIS PLAN. 4719 02:15:53,145 --> 02:15:53,812 IF THERE WERE 4720 02:15:53,812 --> 02:15:55,213 OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND, 4721 02:15:55,213 --> 02:15:56,848 WE WOULD LOOK INTO THAT. 4722 02:15:56,848 --> 02:15:58,483 IF THERE WERE FUNDS AVAILABLE 4723 02:15:58,483 --> 02:16:00,652 TO DO 4724 02:16:00,652 --> 02:16:02,754 THAT. WE WOULD LOVE TO PROVIDE 4725 02:16:02,754 --> 02:16:03,622 FREE ORCA CARDS TO ANYONE WHO IS 4726 02:16:03,622 --> 02:16:03,788 LOW 4727 02:16:03,788 --> 02:16:05,524 INCOME AND NEEDS THESE -- 4728 02:16:05,524 --> 02:16:07,626 MEETS THE CRITERIA BUT 4729 02:16:07,626 --> 02:16:09,995 IT'S CHALLENGING TO DO THAT. 4730 02:16:10,128 --> 02:16:11,830 >> THE EXPANSION HERE IS TO 4731 02:16:11,830 --> 02:16:15,200 GO FROM SHA RESIDENTS TO SHA 4732 02:16:15,200 --> 02:16:16,668 RESIDENTS AND HOUSING 4733 02:16:16,668 --> 02:16:18,770 CHOICE VOUCHER HOLDERS. 4734 02:16:18,770 --> 02:16:21,439 SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT 4735 02:16:21,439 --> 02:16:23,542 EXPANSION, ADDITIONAL 12,000 4736 02:16:23,542 --> 02:16:23,775 PEOPLE. 4737 02:16:23,909 --> 02:16:27,045 >> I LOVE EXPANDING LOW- 4738 02:16:27,045 --> 02:16:29,381 INCOME RIDERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES 4739 02:16:29,381 --> 02:16:29,548 FOR 4740 02:16:29,548 --> 02:16:30,482 FREE, ZERO DOLLARS. 4741 02:16:30,482 --> 02:16:31,583 I LOVE THE IDEA. 4742 02:16:31,583 --> 02:16:32,884 WHAT I'M CONCERNED WITH IS THE 4743 02:16:32,884 --> 02:16:34,586 RESPONSE I JUST HEARD IS 4744 02:16:34,586 --> 02:16:36,288 IF FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, YET THIS 4745 02:16:36,288 --> 02:16:39,057 IS THE FUNDING PACKAGE IN WHICH 4746 02:16:39,191 --> 02:16:42,527 WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE OF, 4747 02:16:42,527 --> 02:16:44,062 AND WHAT I'M SEEING ISIS -- 4748 02:16:44,062 --> 02:16:45,864 JUST INITIAL REACTION -- I 4749 02:16:45,864 --> 02:16:47,032 AM CONCERNED OUR FOCUS IS 4750 02:16:47,032 --> 02:16:49,000 TOO NARROW AND THAT WE ARE 4751 02:16:49,000 --> 02:16:50,135 NOT PROVIDING OURSELVES THE 4752 02:16:50,135 --> 02:16:50,368 ABILITY 4753 02:16:50,368 --> 02:16:52,037 TO PROVIDE FREE ACCESS TO 4754 02:16:52,037 --> 02:16:53,838 TRANSIT FOR LOW- INCOME PEOPLE 4755 02:16:53,838 --> 02:16:57,409 NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE. 4756 02:16:57,409 --> 02:16:58,343 I'M GOING TO KEEP GOING ON. 4757 02:16:58,343 --> 02:17:00,612 I HAVE A LONG LIST OF QUESTIONS. 4758 02:17:00,612 --> 02:17:02,147 WE'RE OVER TIME BUT THESE 4759 02:17:02,147 --> 02:17:02,714 ARE REALLY IMPORTANT 4760 02:17:02,714 --> 02:17:03,949 QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO GET ON 4761 02:17:03,949 --> 02:17:04,249 THE RECORD. 4762 02:17:04,249 --> 02:17:07,052 I'M GOING TO KEEP MOVING ON, 4763 02:17:07,052 --> 02:17:07,719 IF YOU WILL. 4764 02:17:07,719 --> 02:17:08,820 LOOKING AT SLIDE 4765 02:17:08,820 --> 02:17:09,754 29, CONSTRUCTION FUNDING. 4766 02:17:09,754 --> 02:17:11,222 I MIGHT ACTUALLY BE IN 4767 02:17:11,222 --> 02:17:15,293 A DIFFERENT POSITION THAN 4768 02:17:15,293 --> 02:17:20,465 COUNCIL PRESIDENT JUAREZ HERE. 4769 02:17:20,465 --> 02:17:21,666 HOW MUCH WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE 4770 02:17:21,666 --> 02:17:23,101 MOST RECENT SEATTLE TRANSIT 4771 02:17:23,101 --> 02:17:28,540 BENEFIT DISTRICT MEASURE? 4772 02:17:28,673 --> 02:17:29,708 >> THE FIRST ONE? 4773 02:17:29,708 --> 02:17:30,475 THE 2014 ONE? 4774 02:17:30,609 --> 02:17:31,476 >> OR THE SECOND 4775 02:17:31,476 --> 02:17:32,210 ONE. WE'VE HAD TWO. 4776 02:17:32,210 --> 02:17:33,545 HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE HAVE IN 4777 02:17:33,545 --> 02:17:34,546 THE BANK TODAY, PLEASE? 4778 02:17:34,679 --> 02:17:35,981 >> I KNOW TEND OF THIS 4779 02:17:35,981 --> 02:17:37,682 MEASURE WE WILL HAVE FULLY SPENT 4780 02:17:37,682 --> 02:17:39,184 DOWNDOWN ALL THE CAPITAL DOLLARS 4781 02:17:39,184 --> 02:17:40,752 THAT WE HAVE ALLOCATED. 4782 02:17:40,885 --> 02:17:41,953 >> WONDERFUL. 4783 02:17:41,953 --> 02:17:42,220 GOOD. 4784 02:17:42,220 --> 02:17:42,921 THAT'S GREAT. 4785 02:17:42,921 --> 02:17:44,522 HOW ABOUT IN THE MOST RECENT 4786 02:17:44,522 --> 02:17:46,057 TRANSPORTATION MEASURE WHICH 4787 02:17:46,057 --> 02:17:47,892 IS THE LARGEST LEVY THAT 4788 02:17:47,892 --> 02:17:50,262 WE'VE PASSED FOR TRANSIT 4789 02:17:50,262 --> 02:17:50,629 TRANSPORTATION? 4790 02:17:50,629 --> 02:17:51,763 HOW MUCH CONSTRUCTION FUNDING? 4791 02:17:51,763 --> 02:17:52,831 HOW MUCH FUNDING DO WE 4792 02:17:52,831 --> 02:17:53,498 HAVE ASSOCIATED TO ASSIST 4793 02:17:53,498 --> 02:18:03,675 TRANSIT? 4794 02:18:07,646 --> 02:18:11,316 >> ALLOCATED $6 MILLION 4795 02:18:11,316 --> 02:18:18,790 ALLOCATED FOR $14.1 MILLION. 4796 02:18:18,923 --> 02:18:20,058 >> I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 4797 02:18:20,058 --> 02:18:21,760 WHY ARE WE SPENDING MONEY IN 4798 02:18:21,760 --> 02:18:23,428 THE TRANSIT MEASURE THAT, IN MY 4799 02:18:23,428 --> 02:18:25,096 OPINION, WAS DESIGNED 4800 02:18:25,096 --> 02:18:27,465 TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF BUS 4801 02:18:27,465 --> 02:18:27,666 HOURS 4802 02:18:27,666 --> 02:18:29,434 THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US. 4803 02:18:29,434 --> 02:18:31,436 WHY ARE WE TAKING INTEREST 4804 02:18:31,436 --> 02:18:33,538 THE ABILITY TO EXPAND BUS HOURS 4805 02:18:33,538 --> 02:18:35,874 TO PROVIDE CONCRETE AND ASPHALT 4806 02:18:35,874 --> 02:18:36,207 IN 4807 02:18:36,207 --> 02:18:36,808 WHICH THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY 4808 02:18:36,808 --> 02:18:40,211 JUST FUNDED? 4809 02:18:40,345 --> 02:18:42,113 >> LET ME THINK -- I THINK 4810 02:18:42,113 --> 02:18:43,315 THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 4811 02:18:43,315 --> 02:18:44,683 THAT'S PART OF THE 4812 02:18:44,683 --> 02:18:45,684 TRADEOFF WE'VE BEEN TALKING 4813 02:18:45,684 --> 02:18:46,551 ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE 4814 02:18:46,551 --> 02:18:46,885 CONVERSATION 4815 02:18:47,018 --> 02:18:48,453 TODAY. I THINK WHAT YOU SEE IN 4816 02:18:48,453 --> 02:18:49,921 THIS PROPOSAL IS A RETURN TO THE 4817 02:18:49,921 --> 02:18:51,823 SORT OF BASELINE THAT WAS IN THE 4818 02:18:51,823 --> 02:18:53,224 2020 PROPOSAL SO I THINK IT'S 4819 02:18:53,224 --> 02:18:55,060 IN ALIGNMENT WITH SOME OF 4820 02:18:55,060 --> 02:18:57,662 THE THINKING THIS IS A SERVICE 4821 02:18:57,662 --> 02:18:57,862 FIRST 4822 02:18:57,862 --> 02:18:59,764 MEASURE AND WE THOUGHT THERE'S 4823 02:18:59,764 --> 02:19:01,566 STILL VALUE IN SOME AMOUNT 4824 02:19:01,566 --> 02:19:04,102 OF ABILITY TO PUT IN THOSE 4825 02:19:04,102 --> 02:19:04,969 RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT 4826 02:19:04,969 --> 02:19:15,447 MAKE OUR DOLLAR GO FURTHER. 4827 02:19:17,749 --> 02:19:18,917 >> THAT'S WHY THE 4828 02:19:18,917 --> 02:19:20,352 INVESTMENTS WERE SO CRITICAL TO 4829 02:19:20,352 --> 02:19:20,585 ME. 4830 02:19:20,585 --> 02:19:23,788 2020 REINVESTMENT IN THE STM, 4831 02:19:23,788 --> 02:19:26,024 THAT WAS WHEN WE REDUCE BUS 4832 02:19:26,024 --> 02:19:26,391 HOUR SERVICES. 4833 02:19:26,391 --> 02:19:26,858 IS THAT NOT CORRECT? 4834 02:19:26,991 --> 02:19:27,525 >> YES. 4835 02:19:27,659 --> 02:19:29,394 >> WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN JUST 4836 02:19:29,394 --> 02:19:29,627 A 4837 02:19:29,627 --> 02:19:31,162 MINUTE. I HAVE CONCERN THAT WE 4838 02:19:31,162 --> 02:19:33,364 ARE PAYING FOR ASPHALT AND 4839 02:19:33,364 --> 02:19:34,666 CONCRETE WHEN WE SHOULD BE 4840 02:19:34,666 --> 02:19:34,933 PROVIDING 4841 02:19:34,933 --> 02:19:35,567 ADDITIONAL SERVICE HOURS IN OUR 4842 02:19:35,567 --> 02:19:38,336 CITY. 4843 02:19:38,336 --> 02:19:38,970 MOVING ON 4844 02:19:38,970 --> 02:19:39,537 TO SOUND TRANSIT, NUMBER 28 4845 02:19:39,537 --> 02:19:44,576 PLEASE. 4846 02:19:44,576 --> 02:19:52,851 WHAT POSITIONS DO THESE FUND? 4847 02:19:52,984 --> 02:19:53,651 >> YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THE 4848 02:19:53,651 --> 02:19:53,852 SOUND 4849 02:19:53,852 --> 02:19:55,487 TRANSIT POSITIONS? 4850 02:19:55,620 --> 02:19:56,588 >> YES. 4851 02:19:56,721 --> 02:20:00,792 >> SO THESE -- THIS FUNDING 4852 02:20:00,792 --> 02:20:01,459 GOES TOWARD THE PLANNING, THE 4853 02:20:01,593 --> 02:20:03,027 PERMITTING, ENGINEERS NEEDED 4854 02:20:03,027 --> 02:20:04,462 AND NECESSARY TO REVIEW WEST 4855 02:20:04,462 --> 02:20:05,930 SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION AND 4856 02:20:05,930 --> 02:20:06,364 BALLARD 4857 02:20:06,364 --> 02:20:07,298 LINK EXTENSION PROJECTS THAT 4858 02:20:07,298 --> 02:20:07,499 WILL 4859 02:20:07,499 --> 02:20:10,535 RUN THROUGH OUR CITY, THE 4860 02:20:10,535 --> 02:20:10,769 LARGEST 4861 02:20:10,769 --> 02:20:11,736 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT RELATED 4862 02:20:11,736 --> 02:20:16,808 TO TRANSIT IN OUR CITY. 4863 02:20:16,808 --> 02:20:18,710 THE TEAM REVIEWS AND 4864 02:20:18,710 --> 02:20:20,412 PROVIDE THAT KEY PARTNERSHIP. 4865 02:20:20,412 --> 02:20:22,814 AS SOUND TRANSIT 4866 02:20:22,814 --> 02:20:23,815 CONSTRUCTS THEIR PROJECTS 4867 02:20:23,815 --> 02:20:24,182 THROUGH THE 4868 02:20:24,182 --> 02:20:26,017 CITY, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO 4869 02:20:26,017 --> 02:20:26,718 PLAN FOR 4870 02:20:26,718 --> 02:20:28,586 CONSTRUCTION, MOBILITY IMPACTS, 4871 02:20:28,586 --> 02:20:31,189 PART OF THIS WOULD FUND THAT AS 4872 02:20:31,322 --> 02:20:32,824 WELL. WE ALSO HAVE A SERIES 4873 02:20:32,824 --> 02:20:34,492 OF PLANNING FOR CAPITAL 4874 02:20:34,492 --> 02:20:37,729 PROJECTS THAT THE CITY WILL LEAD 4875 02:20:37,729 --> 02:20:39,097 TO SUPPORT THE LIGHT RAIL 4876 02:20:39,097 --> 02:20:41,566 SYSTEM AND SPECIFICALLY AROUND 4877 02:20:41,566 --> 02:20:42,000 STATION 4878 02:20:42,000 --> 02:20:42,467 LOCATIONS. 4879 02:20:42,467 --> 02:20:44,669 SO STATIONARY 4880 02:20:44,669 --> 02:20:46,638 PLANNING, STATIONARY 4881 02:20:46,638 --> 02:20:47,639 DESIGNS, AND HOW TO GET PEOPLE 4882 02:20:47,639 --> 02:20:48,606 TO AND FROM 4883 02:20:48,606 --> 02:20:51,042 THOSE CRITICAL LIGHT RAIL 4884 02:20:51,042 --> 02:20:51,876 STATIONS 4885 02:20:51,876 --> 02:20:53,578 FROM THE CITY'S PERPERSPECTIVE. 4886 02:20:53,711 --> 02:20:54,078 >> THANK YOU. 4887 02:20:54,078 --> 02:20:55,513 AND FOR WHILE WE ARE HERE 4888 02:20:55,513 --> 02:20:56,948 UNTIL WE RECEIVE FULL FUNDING 4889 02:20:56,948 --> 02:20:57,182 FOR THE 4890 02:20:57,182 --> 02:20:58,850 BALLARD LINK EXTENSION, I WOULD 4891 02:20:58,850 --> 02:21:02,020 KINDLY ASK US TO REFER TO THAT 4892 02:21:02,020 --> 02:21:03,321 EXTENSION AS THE DOWNTOWN 4893 02:21:03,321 --> 02:21:03,855 TUNNEL BECAUSE IT 4894 02:21:03,855 --> 02:21:06,257 DOES NOT GET TO BALLARD TODAY. 4895 02:21:06,257 --> 02:21:06,724 THANK YOU. 4896 02:21:06,724 --> 02:21:07,992 THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. 4897 02:21:07,992 --> 02:21:09,060 IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, 4898 02:21:09,060 --> 02:21:11,162 THOUGH, THE PERMITTING AND THE 4899 02:21:11,162 --> 02:21:14,132 ENGINEERS, THOSE ARE FEE- BASED 4900 02:21:14,265 --> 02:21:15,567 POSITIONS. SO ARE WE PROPOSING 4901 02:21:15,567 --> 02:21:15,834 TO PAY 4902 02:21:15,834 --> 02:21:17,869 FOR THOSE POSITIONS WITH TAX 4903 02:21:17,869 --> 02:21:19,304 DOLLARS INSTEAD OF THE FEES THAT 4904 02:21:19,304 --> 02:21:21,005 ARE GENERATED FROM PULLING THOSE 4905 02:21:21,005 --> 02:21:21,306 PERMITS? 4906 02:21:21,439 --> 02:21:24,776 >> WE HAVE A COMBINATION OF 4907 02:21:24,776 --> 02:21:26,578 INCOME THAT WE'RE UTILIZING 4908 02:21:26,578 --> 02:21:28,746 TO PAY FOR SOUND TRANSIT'S 4909 02:21:28,746 --> 02:21:30,882 PROJECTS, SO WE ARE 4910 02:21:30,882 --> 02:21:32,283 CONTINUING THE FEE BASED BUT WE 4911 02:21:32,283 --> 02:21:32,617 ALSO NEED 4912 02:21:32,617 --> 02:21:37,755 TO SUPPORT THE CITY LEVEL OF 4913 02:21:37,755 --> 02:21:42,994 EFFORT AND PLAN AND BUILD OUT 4914 02:21:42,994 --> 02:21:44,596 A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR 4915 02:21:44,596 --> 02:21:45,330 COMMUNITIES TO 4916 02:21:45,330 --> 02:21:45,964 GET TO AND FROM THOSE LIGHT RAIL 4917 02:21:45,964 --> 02:21:52,303 STATIONS. 4918 02:21:52,303 --> 02:21:53,605 THE PINEHURST STATION AND SOME 4919 02:21:53,605 --> 02:21:56,841 OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE 4920 02:21:56,841 --> 02:21:57,075 USING 4921 02:21:57,075 --> 02:21:58,510 LEVY MONEY, THIS WOULD 4922 02:21:58,510 --> 02:22:02,280 HELP SUPPORT THOSE TYPES OF 4923 02:22:02,280 --> 02:22:03,481 PROJECTS WHERE BUILDING 4924 02:22:03,481 --> 02:22:03,815 IMPROVEMENTS 4925 02:22:03,815 --> 02:22:05,450 TO GET TO AND FROM THOSE NEW 4926 02:22:05,450 --> 02:22:05,750 STATIONS. 4927 02:22:05,884 --> 02:22:08,887 >> THE FEE- BASED POSITIONS THAT 4928 02:22:08,887 --> 02:22:09,287 PROVIDED IN THE 4929 02:22:09,287 --> 02:22:10,388 BUDGET EITHER LAST YEAR OR THE 4930 02:22:10,388 --> 02:22:10,722 YEAR 4931 02:22:10,722 --> 02:22:12,123 BEFORE, THIS FUNDING WOULD PAY 4932 02:22:12,123 --> 02:22:12,624 FOR 4933 02:22:12,624 --> 02:22:13,791 THOSE FEE- BASED POSITIONS? 4934 02:22:13,925 --> 02:22:15,727 >> THIS WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE 4935 02:22:15,727 --> 02:22:18,429 FEE-BASED POSITIONS. 4936 02:22:18,563 --> 02:22:19,831 >> IT'S ABOUT HALF AND HALF. 4937 02:22:19,964 --> 02:22:20,231 >> YEAH. 4938 02:22:20,231 --> 02:22:21,566 IT'S A COMBINATION. 4939 02:22:21,566 --> 02:22:23,768 I'M HAPPY TO -- WE CAN GIVE 4940 02:22:23,768 --> 02:22:26,571 YOU MORE INFORMATION OFFLINE ON 4941 02:22:26,571 --> 02:22:27,539 THAT SPECIFIC QUESTION. 4942 02:22:27,672 --> 02:22:29,874 >> I HAVE LARGE CONCERNS WITH US 4943 02:22:29,874 --> 02:22:32,510 PAYING FOR FEE- BASED 4944 02:22:32,510 --> 02:22:34,679 POSITIONS WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS. 4945 02:22:34,679 --> 02:22:36,314 IT'S A DEPARTURE FROM THE 4946 02:22:36,314 --> 02:22:37,782 PAST. IT IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS 4947 02:22:37,782 --> 02:22:37,949 WE 4948 02:22:37,949 --> 02:22:40,184 HAVE WHEN WE'RE STABILIZING THE 4949 02:22:40,184 --> 02:22:40,385 CORE 4950 02:22:40,385 --> 02:22:43,555 FUNDING -- THE CORE FUND FOR OUR 4951 02:22:43,555 --> 02:22:45,123 PLANNERS AND OUR PERMIT 4952 02:22:45,123 --> 02:22:47,859 REVIEWERS, BUT THIS IS A 4953 02:22:47,859 --> 02:22:50,094 DEPARTURE THAT I HAVE 4954 02:22:50,094 --> 02:22:50,795 SOME CONCERNS WITH. 4955 02:22:50,795 --> 02:23:00,805 WE CAN FOLLOW UP -- LET ME 4956 02:23:00,805 --> 02:23:01,873 ASK THE OTHER QUESTION. 4957 02:23:01,873 --> 02:23:03,408 DO WE HAVE ANY OF THE 4958 02:23:03,408 --> 02:23:04,275 STATIONARY PLANNING FUNDED 4959 02:23:04,275 --> 02:23:04,742 THROUGH THE 4960 02:23:04,742 --> 02:23:10,114 TRANSPORTATION LEVY AS WELL? 4961 02:23:10,248 --> 02:23:12,016 >> LESS ON THE PLANNING SIDE 4962 02:23:12,016 --> 02:23:14,786 AND MORE ON THE BUILDING SIDE. 4963 02:23:14,786 --> 02:23:16,287 THERE'S A PERIOD BEFORE 4964 02:23:16,287 --> 02:23:17,388 A PROJECT GOES INTO THE 4965 02:23:17,388 --> 02:23:19,891 DESIGN PHASE WHERE THERE'S A 4966 02:23:19,891 --> 02:23:20,792 CONCEPTUALIZATION AND 4967 02:23:20,792 --> 02:23:21,426 ACTUALLY SCOPING PHASE. 4968 02:23:21,426 --> 02:23:23,227 WE HAVE LESS MONEY FOR THAT IN 4969 02:23:23,227 --> 02:23:27,198 THE LEVY AND MORE FOR TAKING 4970 02:23:27,198 --> 02:23:29,801 IT FROM 10% DESIGN TO 4971 02:23:29,801 --> 02:23:30,134 CONSTRUCTION. 4972 02:23:30,134 --> 02:23:31,235 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 4973 02:23:31,369 --> 02:23:32,103 >> YES. 4974 02:23:32,103 --> 02:23:33,972 AND THAT'S WHERE I THOUGHT I 4975 02:23:33,972 --> 02:23:35,506 HAD REMEMBERED THE PINEHURST 4976 02:23:35,506 --> 02:23:36,708 STATION IMPROVEMENTS COMING FROM 4977 02:23:36,708 --> 02:23:37,141 THE 4978 02:23:37,141 --> 02:23:38,776 LEVY, FROM THE TRANSPORTATION 4979 02:23:38,776 --> 02:23:40,345 LEVY. 4980 02:23:40,478 --> 02:23:41,379 >> THERE ARE SOME -- THERE 4981 02:23:41,379 --> 02:23:43,381 ARE SOME FUNDS IN THE 2024 LEVY, 4982 02:23:43,381 --> 02:23:43,715 YES. 4983 02:23:43,848 --> 02:23:45,183 >> WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM 4984 02:23:45,183 --> 02:23:46,250 ME IS DEEP CONCERN THAT 4985 02:23:46,250 --> 02:23:47,986 WE'RE ASKING FOR TAXPAYERS TO 4986 02:23:47,986 --> 02:23:48,353 PAY FOR 4987 02:23:48,353 --> 02:23:48,720 THINGS TWICE. 4988 02:23:48,720 --> 02:23:51,556 I'M NOT QUITE CLEAR ON THE 4989 02:23:51,556 --> 02:23:52,623 DIFFERENT STREAMS AND 4990 02:23:52,623 --> 02:23:54,292 WHERE 4991 02:23:54,292 --> 02:23:54,993 THESE STREAMS ARE LANDING. I'M 4992 02:23:54,993 --> 02:23:55,693 GOING TO KEEP TICKINGTICKING ON. 4993 02:23:55,693 --> 02:23:57,428 HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP AFTER THIS. 4994 02:23:57,428 --> 02:23:58,963 THE LAST QUESTION IS IF WE 4995 02:23:58,963 --> 02:24:01,566 ARE ADDING MONEY INTO THE 4996 02:24:01,566 --> 02:24:01,799 BALLARD 4997 02:24:01,799 --> 02:24:03,234 LINK EXTENSION AND THE 4998 02:24:03,234 --> 02:24:05,503 WEST SEATTLE LINK EXTENSION, 4999 02:24:05,503 --> 02:24:08,339 WILL THE BE FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF 5000 02:24:08,339 --> 02:24:09,507 GETTING CONSTRUCTION, 5001 02:24:09,507 --> 02:24:12,443 FULL CONSTRUCTION FUNDING TO 5002 02:24:12,443 --> 02:24:13,077 BALLARD? 5003 02:24:13,077 --> 02:24:15,013 >> LAST WEEK THE MAYOR -- 5004 02:24:15,013 --> 02:24:16,447 THE MAYOR HAS BEEN VERY 5005 02:24:16,447 --> 02:24:18,916 SUPPORTIVE OF FULL FUNDING FOR 5006 02:24:18,916 --> 02:24:21,285 BALLARD THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRETY 5007 02:24:21,285 --> 02:24:21,686 OF THIS 5008 02:24:21,686 --> 02:24:22,420 CONVERSATION AND WAS HAPPY TO 5009 02:24:22,420 --> 02:24:24,155 JOIN YOU IN TAKING A 5010 02:24:24,155 --> 02:24:26,324 UNANIMOUS VOTE TO THAT EXACT 5011 02:24:26,324 --> 02:24:27,158 MATTER TO PUT 5012 02:24:27,158 --> 02:24:27,992 FORWARD AMENDMENTS WHICH 5013 02:24:27,992 --> 02:24:30,495 ASKED FOR FUTURE FUNDING AND 5014 02:24:30,495 --> 02:24:30,728 ENSURES 5015 02:24:30,728 --> 02:24:32,930 THAT WE DELIVER ON THE 5016 02:24:32,930 --> 02:24:35,800 VOTER- APPROVED PROMISES AND 5017 02:24:35,800 --> 02:24:37,602 EXPECTATIONS TO BILL TO BALLARD. 5018 02:24:37,735 --> 02:24:38,970 >> IS THAT -- WHAT I HEARD IS 5019 02:24:39,103 --> 02:24:39,270 YES? 5020 02:24:39,270 --> 02:24:39,504 >> YES. 5021 02:24:39,637 --> 02:24:43,141 >> OKAY, THANK YOU. 5022 02:24:43,141 --> 02:24:44,242 LET'S TICK INTO TALKING 5023 02:24:44,242 --> 02:24:45,043 ABOUT SERVICE HOURS. 5024 02:24:45,043 --> 02:24:47,979 THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS 5025 02:24:47,979 --> 02:24:49,047 TRANSIT MEASURE BECAUSE THAT'S 5026 02:24:49,047 --> 02:24:51,015 WHAT WE WERE PROMISED IN 5027 02:24:51,015 --> 02:24:55,186 2014 WHEN METRO HAD TO START 5028 02:24:55,186 --> 02:24:55,453 REDUCING 5029 02:24:55,453 --> 02:24:57,989 HOURS FOR OUR CITY'S DELIVERY. 5030 02:24:57,989 --> 02:24:59,123 IF KING COUNTY IS NOT GOING 5031 02:24:59,123 --> 02:25:01,192 TO PASS A TRANSIT MEASURE, 5032 02:25:01,192 --> 02:25:02,593 SEATTLE SURE LOVE OUR TRANSIT, 5033 02:25:02,593 --> 02:25:02,760 SO 5034 02:25:02,760 --> 02:25:04,028 WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. 5035 02:25:04,028 --> 02:25:05,430 AT THAT TIME HOW MANY 5036 02:25:05,430 --> 02:25:07,465 SERVICE HOURS WERE WE PROVIDING? 5037 02:25:07,465 --> 02:25:11,669 WE CAN USE 2019 AS A BASELINE 5038 02:25:11,803 --> 02:25:12,370 PREPANDEMIC. 5039 02:25:12,370 --> 02:25:13,237 >> I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER 5040 02:25:13,237 --> 02:25:14,906 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SORRY. 5041 02:25:15,039 --> 02:25:16,941 >> IF I RECALL CORRECTLY OVER 5042 02:25:16,941 --> 02:25:17,709 300,000 HOURS. 5043 02:25:17,842 --> 02:25:19,710 >> IT WAS OVER 300,000, YES. 5044 02:25:19,844 --> 02:25:20,445 >> THANK YOU. 5045 02:25:20,445 --> 02:25:24,148 AND HOW MANY HOURS IN 2020? 5046 02:25:24,282 --> 02:25:26,718 >> IT WAS 350,000 HOURS 5047 02:25:26,718 --> 02:25:26,984 ACTUALLY. 5048 02:25:27,118 --> 02:25:30,421 >> 350,000 HOURS IN 2019? 5049 02:25:30,421 --> 02:25:31,189 GOSH, TAKE ME 5050 02:25:31,189 --> 02:25:31,422 BACK. 5051 02:25:31,422 --> 02:25:33,057 >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT 5052 02:25:33,057 --> 02:25:34,826 THEY WENT DOWN TO BUT BECAUSE OF 5053 02:25:34,826 --> 02:25:36,394 THE PANDEMIC THERE WAS A 5054 02:25:36,394 --> 02:25:36,694 REDUCTION, 5055 02:25:36,694 --> 02:25:38,362 YES, THAT'S TRUE. 5056 02:25:38,496 --> 02:25:39,931 >> AND THE REASON I ASK IS MY 5057 02:25:39,931 --> 02:25:41,432 ENTIRE LIFE I'VE BEEN ABLE 5058 02:25:41,432 --> 02:25:43,134 TO WALK TO A BUS STOP 5059 02:25:43,134 --> 02:25:44,469 UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2021. 5060 02:25:44,469 --> 02:25:45,903 AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME 5061 02:25:45,903 --> 02:25:47,338 THAT I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO WALK 5062 02:25:47,338 --> 02:25:47,738 TO A 5063 02:25:47,738 --> 02:25:49,407 BUS STOP IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. 5064 02:25:49,407 --> 02:25:51,976 AND IT WAS NOT BECAUSE I MOVED. 5065 02:25:51,976 --> 02:25:53,578 IT WAS BECAUSE THE BUS STOP, 5066 02:25:53,578 --> 02:25:56,247 THE BUS LINE WAS CANCELED. 5067 02:25:56,247 --> 02:25:58,750 AND I CAN LIVE WITH THAT. 5068 02:25:58,750 --> 02:26:00,251 TO BE REALLY FRANK, I 5069 02:26:00,251 --> 02:26:03,187 DON'T NEED MY BUS STOP TO COME 5070 02:26:03,187 --> 02:26:03,387 BACK 5071 02:26:03,387 --> 02:26:04,956 BECAUSE MY TRAVEL PATTERNS 5072 02:26:04,956 --> 02:26:05,223 CHANGED. 5073 02:26:05,223 --> 02:26:06,424 I DRIVE TO THE BUS NOW. 5074 02:26:06,424 --> 02:26:08,259 I DRIVE TO THE BUS THAT CAN 5075 02:26:08,259 --> 02:26:11,195 GET ME DIRECTLY TO WHERE I'M 5076 02:26:11,195 --> 02:26:11,429 GOING, 5077 02:26:11,429 --> 02:26:13,898 AND WHAT I FOUND IS -- WELL, 5078 02:26:13,898 --> 02:26:15,500 WE'LL GET INTO IT IN A MINUTE. 5079 02:26:15,500 --> 02:26:17,468 WHAT SERVICE DID WE HAVE IN 5080 02:26:17,468 --> 02:26:19,303 2021 AFTER THAT REDUCTION? 5081 02:26:19,437 --> 02:26:20,671 >> SORRY, I DON'T HAVE 5082 02:26:20,671 --> 02:26:22,607 THOSE NUMBERS 5083 02:26:22,607 --> 02:26:23,241 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 5084 02:26:23,241 --> 02:26:23,708 >> I AM SO SORRY. 5085 02:26:23,708 --> 02:26:25,176 I THOUGHT I PREPPED YOU FOR ALL 5086 02:26:25,176 --> 02:26:26,310 OF THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THESE 5087 02:26:26,310 --> 02:26:27,812 ARE THE SAME QUESTIONS WHEN 5088 02:26:27,812 --> 02:26:28,479 WE BRIEFED PREVIOUSLY. 5089 02:26:28,479 --> 02:26:29,413 MY APOLOGIES. 5090 02:26:29,413 --> 02:26:30,915 I AM NOT INTENDING TO PUT YOU 5091 02:26:30,915 --> 02:26:31,616 ON THE SPOT. 5092 02:26:31,616 --> 02:26:33,217 THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU ALL 5093 02:26:33,217 --> 02:26:36,053 THESE QUESTIONS WHEN WE MET 5094 02:26:36,053 --> 02:26:36,521 INDEPENDENTLY. 5095 02:26:36,521 --> 02:26:38,389 AND THEN -- SORRY. 5096 02:26:38,389 --> 02:26:39,323 I'M GOING TO RATTLE THESE OFF? 5097 02:26:39,323 --> 02:26:40,958 HOW MANY HOURS ARE 5098 02:26:40,958 --> 02:26:41,826 WE EXPERIENCING TODAY? 5099 02:26:41,826 --> 02:26:43,261 AND HOW MANY ARE PROPOSED? 5100 02:26:43,394 --> 02:26:44,929 >> AT THE END OF THE MET 5101 02:26:44,929 --> 02:26:48,032 YOU'RE WE'LL HAVE OVER 5102 02:26:48,032 --> 02:26:48,833 180,000 HOURS AND WE'RE PROPOSE 5103 02:26:48,833 --> 02:26:49,100 TO GO ADD 5104 02:26:49,100 --> 02:26:53,504 100,000 MORE TO GET TO 5105 02:26:53,504 --> 02:26:54,539 280,000 HOURS. 5106 02:26:54,672 --> 02:26:56,140 THERE WILL BE 5107 02:26:56,140 --> 02:26:57,475 ADDITIONAL FROM THE RECOVERY 5108 02:26:57,475 --> 02:26:58,142 PROJECT THAT 5109 02:26:58,142 --> 02:27:00,878 CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER 5110 02:27:00,878 --> 02:27:02,013 SERVICE HOURS THAT WERE 5111 02:27:02,013 --> 02:27:03,414 REDUCED DURING THE COVID 5112 02:27:03,414 --> 02:27:04,048 PANDEMIC. 5113 02:27:04,182 --> 02:27:04,682 >> THANK YOU. 5114 02:27:04,682 --> 02:27:07,051 AND JUST TO NOTE, THOUGH, IN 5115 02:27:07,051 --> 02:27:10,988 THE SUMMER OF 2021 WE HAD BETTER 5116 02:27:10,988 --> 02:27:12,223 BUS SERVICE THAN WE HAD IN THE 5117 02:27:12,223 --> 02:27:13,925 FALL OF 2021, AND THAT WAS 5118 02:27:13,925 --> 02:27:14,158 DURING 5119 02:27:14,158 --> 02:27:15,560 THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, 5120 02:27:15,560 --> 02:27:17,161 RIGHT, AS WE WERE COMING OUT OF 5121 02:27:17,161 --> 02:27:17,528 THE 5122 02:27:17,528 --> 02:27:17,795 PANDEMIC. 5123 02:27:17,795 --> 02:27:19,197 IT WAS NOT THAT WE HAD LESS 5124 02:27:19,197 --> 02:27:21,566 BUS SERVICE DURING THE PANDEMIC. 5125 02:27:21,566 --> 02:27:23,267 I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. 5126 02:27:23,267 --> 02:27:25,970 WHAT I'M HEARING TODAY IS THAT 5127 02:27:26,103 --> 02:27:27,872 WE, TODAY, ARE EXPERIENCING 5128 02:27:27,872 --> 02:27:31,242 LESS THAN HALF OF THE TRANSIT 5129 02:27:31,242 --> 02:27:31,442 HOURS 5130 02:27:31,442 --> 02:27:33,911 PURCHASED THAN WE DID IN 2019. 5131 02:27:33,911 --> 02:27:35,413 AND I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE WE 5132 02:27:35,413 --> 02:27:38,749 HAD 350,000 HOURS IN 2019 5133 02:27:38,749 --> 02:27:42,620 AND WE HAVE 160,000 HOURS TODAY, 5134 02:27:42,620 --> 02:27:42,787 AND 5135 02:27:42,787 --> 02:27:43,921 WHAT I'M HEARING IS A 5136 02:27:43,921 --> 02:27:46,490 DOUBLING OF THIS TAX TO BE ABLE 5137 02:27:46,490 --> 02:27:47,091 TO 5138 02:27:47,091 --> 02:27:50,027 PROVIDE LESS THAN 280,000 5139 02:27:50,027 --> 02:27:52,463 HOURS WHICH IS LESS THAN IN 5140 02:27:52,463 --> 02:27:52,697 2019. 5141 02:27:52,697 --> 02:27:54,031 I AM ASKING THESE QUESTIONS 5142 02:27:54,031 --> 02:27:56,701 BECAUSE I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF 5143 02:27:56,701 --> 02:27:59,003 MORE BUSES, MORE 5144 02:27:59,003 --> 02:27:59,670 RELIABILITY, MORE FREQUENCY. 5145 02:27:59,670 --> 02:28:03,774 I WANT MORE BUSES AND I WANT 5146 02:28:03,774 --> 02:28:05,309 THEM YESTERDAY. 5147 02:28:05,309 --> 02:28:06,711 AM I REPRESENTING THIS 5148 02:28:06,711 --> 02:28:07,044 ACCURATELY? 5149 02:28:07,178 --> 02:28:08,713 >> SO COSTS HAVE GONE UP. 5150 02:28:08,846 --> 02:28:09,513 >> ABSOLUTELY. 5151 02:28:09,647 --> 02:28:11,382 >> WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE 5152 02:28:11,382 --> 02:28:12,817 TRYING TO DESCRIBE IN TERMS OF 5153 02:28:12,817 --> 02:28:13,017 COST 5154 02:28:13,017 --> 02:28:14,685 TO DELIVER SERVICE INCLUDING 5155 02:28:14,685 --> 02:28:17,521 METRO SERVICE HAS GONE UP AND 5156 02:28:17,521 --> 02:28:17,722 THAT 5157 02:28:17,722 --> 02:28:18,756 HAS IMPACTS ON HOW MUCH WE'RE 5158 02:28:18,756 --> 02:28:20,358 ABLE TO FUND IN THE NEXT 5159 02:28:20,358 --> 02:28:22,226 MEASURE GIVEN OTHER PRIORITIES 5160 02:28:22,226 --> 02:28:22,894 THAT ARE 5161 02:28:23,027 --> 02:28:24,161 INCLUDED. 5162 02:28:24,161 --> 02:28:29,066 >> AND CAN WE TICK TO SLIDE -- 5163 02:28:29,066 --> 02:28:31,302 WELL, I'LL JUST ASK THIS 5164 02:28:31,302 --> 02:28:33,337 QUESTION. 5165 02:28:33,337 --> 02:28:34,005 THERE ARE FIVE ROUTES I'M GOING 5166 02:28:34,005 --> 02:28:34,338 TO BE ASKING 5167 02:28:34,338 --> 02:28:36,240 ABOUT. THE 28 AND THE 5 BOTH HAD 5168 02:28:36,240 --> 02:28:38,676 HIGHER RATES OF SERVICE 5169 02:28:38,676 --> 02:28:39,277 PREVIOUSLY THAT 5170 02:28:39,277 --> 02:28:41,579 WERE REDUCED. 5171 02:28:41,579 --> 02:28:43,814 THE ROUTE 20 WAS A BIT OF 5172 02:28:43,814 --> 02:28:46,350 A REDUNDANT ROUTE FOR 5173 02:28:46,350 --> 02:28:48,686 MOST OF IT BUT IT REDUCED 5174 02:28:48,686 --> 02:28:50,521 SERVICE IN -- 5175 02:28:50,521 --> 02:28:54,258 ON LYNDON BETWEEN 65th AND 55th. 5176 02:28:54,258 --> 02:28:56,727 LET'S ACTUALLY IF WE COULD GO 5177 02:28:56,727 --> 02:29:01,265 TO SLIDE FIVE THIS MIGHT BE 5178 02:29:01,265 --> 02:29:03,734 DESCRIPTIVE OF THE ISSUE. 5179 02:29:03,734 --> 02:29:08,940 SO I HOPE THAT I AMAM WRONG, BUT 5180 02:29:08,940 --> 02:29:09,941 WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE 5181 02:29:09,941 --> 02:29:12,543 AREA OF THIS MAP THERE'S A 5182 02:29:12,543 --> 02:29:14,712 LIGHT 5183 02:29:14,712 --> 02:29:15,246 BLUE LINE. 5184 02:29:15,246 --> 02:29:17,081 I THINK THERE MIGHT BE 5185 02:29:17,081 --> 02:29:18,950 TWO DIFFERENT BUS ROUTES THAT 5186 02:29:18,950 --> 02:29:20,318 YOU'RE CONFLATING HERE. 5187 02:29:20,318 --> 02:29:21,218 I BELIEVE THE BUS ROUTE 5188 02:29:21,218 --> 02:29:23,754 THAT GOES THROUGH TANGLETOWN 5189 02:29:23,754 --> 02:29:24,555 ACTUALLY 5190 02:29:24,555 --> 02:29:26,724 TURNS NORTH ABOUT 5191 02:29:26,724 --> 02:29:27,992 HALFWAYHALFWAY YOUR TWO NORTH 5192 02:29:27,992 --> 02:29:28,659 AND SOUTH 5193 02:29:28,659 --> 02:29:29,794 AREAS, BECAUSE WHAT I'M 5194 02:29:29,794 --> 02:29:31,696 SEEING IS ON YOUR FAR RIGHT IS 5195 02:29:31,696 --> 02:29:31,896 THAT 5196 02:29:31,896 --> 02:29:32,797 I BELIEVE YOU'RE 5197 02:29:32,797 --> 02:29:33,864 ACTUALLY REPRESENTING THE ROUTE 5198 02:29:33,864 --> 02:29:34,031 20 5199 02:29:34,031 --> 02:29:36,334 THAT'S BEEN CANCELED. 5200 02:29:36,334 --> 02:29:38,869 SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN 5201 02:29:39,003 --> 02:29:42,974 THERE. I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT 5202 02:29:42,974 --> 02:29:43,174 THIS 5203 02:29:43,174 --> 02:29:47,211 MAP IMPORTANTLY IN 2019 5204 02:29:47,211 --> 02:29:48,346 BALLARD HAD THE ROUTES 15, 18 5205 02:29:48,346 --> 02:29:53,184 AND 17. 5206 02:29:53,184 --> 02:29:54,552 HOW MANY TRIPS TOTAL 5207 02:29:54,552 --> 02:29:57,154 WERE BETWEEN THOSE THREE ROUTES 5208 02:29:57,154 --> 02:29:57,655 IN 5209 02:29:57,655 --> 02:29:57,922 2019? 5210 02:29:58,055 --> 02:29:59,190 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT 5211 02:29:59,190 --> 02:29:59,790 OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. 5212 02:29:59,924 --> 02:30:00,691 >> I AM SO SORRY. 5213 02:30:00,691 --> 02:30:02,226 I THOUGHT I PREPPED YOU FOR 5214 02:30:02,226 --> 02:30:03,127 ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS. 5215 02:30:03,127 --> 02:30:05,363 DID NOT MEAN TO CATCH YOU OFF 5216 02:30:05,363 --> 02:30:09,200 GUARD. 5217 02:30:09,200 --> 02:30:11,268 AND HOW MANY TRIPS BETWEEN 5218 02:30:11,268 --> 02:30:12,336 THOSE THREE ROUTES OCCUR TODAY? 5219 02:30:12,470 --> 02:30:13,904 >> I ALSO DON'T HAVE 5220 02:30:13,904 --> 02:30:14,338 THAT INFORMATION. 5221 02:30:14,472 --> 02:30:15,306 >> I AM AGAIN SO SORRY. 5222 02:30:15,306 --> 02:30:16,607 I THOUGHT WE PREPARED FOR THIS. 5223 02:30:16,607 --> 02:30:18,009 SO IT IS FOUR TRIPS 5224 02:30:18,009 --> 02:30:19,577 INTO DOWNTOWN PER DAY AND FOUR 5225 02:30:19,577 --> 02:30:21,946 TRIPS OUT OF DOWNTOWN PER DAY. 5226 02:30:21,946 --> 02:30:23,347 THE REASON I SAY THIS IS 5227 02:30:23,347 --> 02:30:24,782 THE ONLY DIRECT BUS SERVICE TO 5228 02:30:24,782 --> 02:30:27,084 AND FROM BALLARD TO DOWNTOWN 5229 02:30:27,084 --> 02:30:30,354 IS BECAUSE THE D LINELINE -- 5230 02:30:30,354 --> 02:30:30,588 UPTOWN 5231 02:30:30,588 --> 02:30:32,790 IS DOWNTOWN, THEN THE D LINE 5232 02:30:32,790 --> 02:30:33,691 GOES DIRECTLY 5233 02:30:33,691 --> 02:30:37,695 DOWNTOWN. BUT THE UPTOWN JOG -- 5234 02:30:37,695 --> 02:30:37,862 I 5235 02:30:37,862 --> 02:30:40,431 WILL TAKE THE D LINE TO SEATTLE 5236 02:30:40,431 --> 02:30:42,299 CENTER, BUT IF I NEED TO RELY 5237 02:30:42,299 --> 02:30:44,268 ON IT PAST SEATTLE CENTER, IT'S 5238 02:30:44,268 --> 02:30:45,236 NOT RELIABLE FOR ME. 5239 02:30:45,236 --> 02:30:47,405 ROUTE 40 IS A TOTAL MILK 5240 02:30:47,405 --> 02:30:50,241 RUN, WHICH I LOVE FOR MANY 5241 02:30:50,241 --> 02:30:50,508 DIFFERENT 5242 02:30:50,508 --> 02:30:50,908 REASONS. 5243 02:30:50,908 --> 02:30:53,277 BUT IT IS AN HOUR -- IT IS 45 5244 02:30:53,277 --> 02:30:54,678 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO GET 5245 02:30:54,678 --> 02:30:56,914 FROM THIS DESTINATION HERE 5246 02:30:56,914 --> 02:31:00,017 TO DOWNTOWN 5247 02:31:00,017 --> 02:31:01,318 BALLARD. I'M NOT STUMPING JUST 5248 02:31:01,318 --> 02:31:01,786 FOR MY 5249 02:31:01,919 --> 02:31:02,653 NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM TRYING TO 5250 02:31:02,653 --> 02:31:03,220 REPRESENT AN 5251 02:31:03,220 --> 02:31:06,857 AREA THAT THE CITY HAS DECIDED 5252 02:31:06,857 --> 02:31:09,960 TO FOCUS JOB AND HOUSING GROWTH 5253 02:31:10,094 --> 02:31:11,929 IN A DENSER FASHION THAN ANY 5254 02:31:11,929 --> 02:31:13,564 OTHER PARTS OF OUR CITY. 5255 02:31:13,564 --> 02:31:14,498 THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT 5256 02:31:14,498 --> 02:31:16,167 I GREW UP WITH IN BALLARD THAT 5257 02:31:16,167 --> 02:31:16,333 DID 5258 02:31:16,333 --> 02:31:17,468 NOT LIKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE 5259 02:31:17,468 --> 02:31:21,272 HAPPENING IN BALLARD. 5260 02:31:21,272 --> 02:31:22,740 THE FAMILY THAT 5261 02:31:22,740 --> 02:31:25,976 USED TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE 5262 02:31:25,976 --> 02:31:26,243 AMERICAN 5263 02:31:26,243 --> 02:31:27,144 DREAM IS NOT ABLE TO. 5264 02:31:27,144 --> 02:31:28,579 THEY HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM 5265 02:31:28,579 --> 02:31:29,280 THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE 5266 02:31:29,280 --> 02:31:31,916 THE CITY HAS CHOSEN TO FOCUS 5267 02:31:31,916 --> 02:31:33,651 DENSITY AND GROWTH IN THE 5268 02:31:33,651 --> 02:31:33,984 NEIGHBORHOOD, 5269 02:31:33,984 --> 02:31:39,723 AND YET ON THIS MAP WHAT 5270 02:31:39,723 --> 02:31:41,926 I'M SEEING IS THE BEST LLARD 5271 02:31:41,926 --> 02:31:42,093 HAS 5272 02:31:42,093 --> 02:31:49,967 IS TEN- MINUTE TRANSIT. 5273 02:31:49,967 --> 02:31:53,771 SORRY, AM I MISTAKEN THERE? 5274 02:31:53,904 --> 02:31:56,140 >> WELL, I SEE -- I'M NOT 5275 02:31:56,140 --> 02:31:56,373 TRYING 5276 02:31:56,373 --> 02:31:57,975 TO BE CONTRADICTORY, SO 5277 02:31:57,975 --> 02:31:58,909 APOLOGIES. 5278 02:31:58,909 --> 02:31:59,910 I JUST SEE -- SO THE GREEN 5279 02:31:59,910 --> 02:32:01,378 LINES ARE BETTER THAN TEN 5280 02:32:01,378 --> 02:32:02,980 MINUTE, YELLOW IS FREQUENT TEN, 5281 02:32:02,980 --> 02:32:03,180 BLUE 5282 02:32:03,180 --> 02:32:05,616 IS FREQUENT 15. 5283 02:32:05,616 --> 02:32:08,919 AND I SEE BOTH YELLOW AND 5284 02:32:08,919 --> 02:32:12,823 BLUE LINES IN BALLARD. 5285 02:32:12,957 --> 02:32:14,492 >> AND NO GREEN? 5286 02:32:14,625 --> 02:32:15,526 >> CORRECT. 5287 02:32:15,659 --> 02:32:17,661 >> AND THE YELLOW LINES THAT 5288 02:32:17,661 --> 02:32:18,796 ARE REPRESENTED ARE THE LINES 5289 02:32:18,796 --> 02:32:21,432 THAT ARE ON THESE MILK RUNS I'VE 5290 02:32:21,432 --> 02:32:24,135 JUST 5291 02:32:24,135 --> 02:32:24,468 DISCUSSED? 5292 02:32:24,468 --> 02:32:27,571 THERE'S NO -- WELL, IF WE COULD 5293 02:32:27,571 --> 02:32:34,645 GO TO SLIDE THREE. 5294 02:32:34,645 --> 02:32:38,282 IT HAS BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING 5295 02:32:38,282 --> 02:32:41,118 THAT WE HAVE BEEN 5296 02:32:41,118 --> 02:32:43,053 ABLE TO -- WE TO BEEN ABLE TO 5297 02:32:43,053 --> 02:32:43,287 COLLECT 5298 02:32:43,287 --> 02:32:44,722 THE AMOUNT OF TAX 5299 02:32:44,722 --> 02:32:46,056 REVENUE THAT SEATTLEITES DESIRE 5300 02:32:46,056 --> 02:32:46,624 TO HAVE 5301 02:32:46,624 --> 02:32:49,493 USED FOR TRANSIT SERVICE, BUT 5302 02:32:49,493 --> 02:32:51,395 YET WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO USE 5303 02:32:51,395 --> 02:32:55,399 THAT FULL AMOUNT OF FUNDING 5304 02:32:55,399 --> 02:32:56,600 BECAUSE -- AND I'M NOT TRYING 5305 02:32:56,600 --> 02:32:57,735 TO POINT FINGERS -- I'M JUST 5306 02:32:57,735 --> 02:32:58,936 TRYING TO TALK ABOUT REALITY. 5307 02:32:58,936 --> 02:33:00,671 METRO HAS HAD A SHORTAGE OF 5308 02:33:00,671 --> 02:33:02,673 OPERATORS, A SHORTAGE OF BUSES, 5309 02:33:02,673 --> 02:33:03,841 OTHER IMPLICATIONS, BUT 5310 02:33:03,841 --> 02:33:05,075 THE WHOLE POINT OF THE 5311 02:33:05,075 --> 02:33:06,577 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE IS 5312 02:33:06,577 --> 02:33:08,546 THAT SEATTLEITES ARE PAYING FOR 5313 02:33:08,546 --> 02:33:10,147 MORE SERVICE FOR SEATTLEITES 5314 02:33:10,147 --> 02:33:11,515 TO USE. HOW MUCH OF THE FUNDING 5315 02:33:11,515 --> 02:33:11,715 HAVE 5316 02:33:11,715 --> 02:33:12,316 WE COLLECTED THAT WE HAVE NOT 5317 02:33:12,316 --> 02:33:12,516 BEEN 5318 02:33:12,516 --> 02:33:14,485 ABLE TO USE FOR TRANSIT HOURS? 5319 02:33:14,618 --> 02:33:15,786 >> I DON'T KNOW THAT WE 5320 02:33:15,786 --> 02:33:17,221 CAN SPEAK TO AN EXACT NUMBER 5321 02:33:17,221 --> 02:33:21,191 OF HOURS THERE, BUT -- OR 5322 02:33:21,191 --> 02:33:22,326 DOLLARS, BUT WE HAVE WORKED -- 5323 02:33:22,326 --> 02:33:22,626 WE'VE 5324 02:33:22,626 --> 02:33:24,595 BEEN ABLE 5325 02:33:24,595 --> 02:33:25,262 TO ADD AS MANY SERVICE HOURS AS 5326 02:33:25,262 --> 02:33:26,130 METRO HAS BEEN ABLE TO 5327 02:33:26,263 --> 02:33:27,264 DELIVER. AND AS MENTIONED IN 5328 02:33:27,264 --> 02:33:27,798 TERMS OF 5329 02:33:27,798 --> 02:33:29,600 THE CAPITAL, ADDITIONAL CAPITAL 5330 02:33:29,600 --> 02:33:31,101 FUNDS, THAT'S -- WE WERE ABLE 5331 02:33:31,101 --> 02:33:31,268 TO 5332 02:33:31,268 --> 02:33:32,770 PIVOT AND USE CAPITAL FUNDS 5333 02:33:32,770 --> 02:33:35,573 IN THAT TIME WHEN METRO WAS 5334 02:33:35,573 --> 02:33:38,008 LESS ABLE TO DELIVER 5335 02:33:38,008 --> 02:33:40,177 SERVICE, ADDITIONAL SERVICE, TO 5336 02:33:40,177 --> 02:33:43,280 IMPROVING ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND 5337 02:33:43,414 --> 02:33:46,550 SPEEDING UP AND MAKING TRANSIT 5338 02:33:46,550 --> 02:33:47,651 MORE RELIABLE THROUGHOUT THE 5339 02:33:47,651 --> 02:33:47,851 CITY, 5340 02:33:47,851 --> 02:33:49,720 AND METRO IS AT A 5341 02:33:49,720 --> 02:33:51,255 PLACE WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO 5342 02:33:51,255 --> 02:33:52,056 DELIVER MORE 5343 02:33:52,056 --> 02:33:52,389 SERVICE. 5344 02:33:52,389 --> 02:33:54,058 AS I MENTIONED WE PLAN, 5345 02:33:54,058 --> 02:33:56,227 SHOULD THIS PROPOSAL MOVE 5346 02:33:56,227 --> 02:33:57,328 FORWARD, WE'VE RECEIVED -- 5347 02:33:57,328 --> 02:33:57,595 METRO HAS 5348 02:33:57,595 --> 02:33:59,330 LET US KNOW THEY WOULD BE ABLE 5349 02:33:59,330 --> 02:34:00,731 TO ADD THOSE 100,000 SERVICE 5350 02:34:00,731 --> 02:34:04,435 HOURS WITHIN THE FIRST TWO YEARS 5351 02:34:04,435 --> 02:34:04,602 OF 5352 02:34:04,602 --> 02:34:07,605 THE MEASURE, SO THEY WOULD 5353 02:34:07,605 --> 02:34:08,372 BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON THAT 5354 02:34:08,372 --> 02:34:09,640 AND THAT'S ONE OF THE 5355 02:34:09,640 --> 02:34:10,741 REASONS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 5356 02:34:10,741 --> 02:34:11,842 WE'RE EXPANDING TRANSIT 5357 02:34:11,842 --> 02:34:12,109 SERVICES 5358 02:34:12,109 --> 02:34:12,843 AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 5359 02:34:12,977 --> 02:34:13,844 >> THANK YOU. 5360 02:34:13,844 --> 02:34:15,813 BUT TODAY WOULD YOU NOT KNOW HOW 5361 02:34:15,813 --> 02:34:16,780 MANY DOLLARS WE HAVE NOT 5362 02:34:16,780 --> 02:34:21,385 BEEN ABLE TO USE? 5363 02:34:21,518 --> 02:34:22,920 >> WE ARE AT THE LEVEL 5364 02:34:22,920 --> 02:34:24,755 WHERE WE'RE GETTING -- WE'RE 5365 02:34:24,755 --> 02:34:25,222 SPENDING 5366 02:34:25,222 --> 02:34:26,190 ALL THE DOLLARS COMMITTED ON 5367 02:34:26,190 --> 02:34:27,591 TRANSIT SERVICE FROM THE 2020 5368 02:34:27,591 --> 02:34:30,261 MEASURE AND WE ARE GETTING THE 5369 02:34:30,261 --> 02:34:32,096 SERVICE THAT WE'RE COSTING FROM 5370 02:34:32,096 --> 02:34:32,463 METRO. 5371 02:34:32,596 --> 02:34:33,764 >> I WILL SAY YES AND NO TO 5372 02:34:33,897 --> 02:34:35,232 THAT. ONE OF THE REASONS THAT 5373 02:34:35,232 --> 02:34:36,333 WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT IS 5374 02:34:36,333 --> 02:34:37,001 BECAUSE OF 5375 02:34:37,001 --> 02:34:40,037 MY FAVORITE NEW PROGRAM, THE 5376 02:34:40,037 --> 02:34:40,337 GOLDEN 5377 02:34:40,337 --> 02:34:40,804 GARDENS DIRECT BUS. 5378 02:34:40,804 --> 02:34:42,239 GOLDEN GARDENS IS ONE OF THE 5379 02:34:42,239 --> 02:34:43,807 ONLY PARKS IN OUR CITY THAT 5380 02:34:43,807 --> 02:34:46,844 DOES NOT HAVE DIRECT BUS -- 5381 02:34:46,844 --> 02:34:49,046 DOESN'T HAVE ANY BUS ACCESS AT 5382 02:34:49,046 --> 02:34:49,246 ALL. 5383 02:34:49,246 --> 02:34:52,116 AND IT'S AKIN TO ALKI. 5384 02:34:52,116 --> 02:34:53,417 WE'LL SEE THE MAPS 5385 02:34:53,417 --> 02:34:55,019 BETWEEN GOLDEN GARDENS -- I'M 5386 02:34:55,019 --> 02:34:55,185 SO 5387 02:34:55,185 --> 02:34:56,987 EXCITED ABOUT THE GOLDEN 5388 02:34:56,987 --> 02:34:57,755 GARDENS DIRECT BUS SERVICE. 5389 02:34:57,755 --> 02:34:59,390 AND THE ONLY REASON THAT 5390 02:34:59,390 --> 02:35:04,395 WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PAY 5391 02:35:04,395 --> 02:35:06,664 FOR IT IS BECAUSE WE DID CANNOT 5392 02:35:06,664 --> 02:35:08,699 PAY METRO ENOUGH TO HAVE REGULAR 5393 02:35:08,699 --> 02:35:08,999 SERVICE. 5394 02:35:08,999 --> 02:35:10,234 I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR 5395 02:35:10,234 --> 02:35:11,335 THIS PROGRAM AND SUPER 5396 02:35:11,335 --> 02:35:12,503 EXCITED WE HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE 5397 02:35:12,503 --> 02:35:12,870 THAT 5398 02:35:12,870 --> 02:35:15,839 IS ABLE TO CREATE THE GOLDEN 5399 02:35:15,839 --> 02:35:17,374 GARDENS DIRECT BUT MORE THAN 5400 02:35:17,374 --> 02:35:18,542 GETTING TO THE GOLDEN 5401 02:35:18,542 --> 02:35:19,843 GARDENS ON A BUS, I WOULD RATHER 5402 02:35:19,843 --> 02:35:20,577 BE ABLE TO 5403 02:35:20,577 --> 02:35:21,879 RELY ON TRANSIT EVERY DAY RATHER 5404 02:35:22,012 --> 02:35:22,613 THAN JUST THREE MONTHS OF THE 5405 02:35:22,613 --> 02:35:26,550 YEAR. 5406 02:35:26,550 --> 02:35:29,286 CAN WE GO TO SLIDE 24? 5407 02:35:29,286 --> 02:35:33,357 SO NOW GETTING INTO YOUR -- 5408 02:35:33,357 --> 02:35:35,492 AND, CHAIR, I'LL TRY TO WRAP 5409 02:35:35,492 --> 02:35:36,593 UP BRIEFLY HERE. 5410 02:35:36,593 --> 02:35:41,832 SO POTENTIAL NEW SERVICE HERE. 5411 02:35:41,832 --> 02:35:43,567 I SEE THAT THERE IS NO 5412 02:35:43,567 --> 02:35:44,768 NEW DIRECT SERVICE 5413 02:35:44,768 --> 02:35:48,238 TO BALLARD. IS THAT CORRECT? 5414 02:35:48,372 --> 02:35:50,107 >> WE CAN'T ADD NEW 5415 02:35:50,107 --> 02:35:51,342 ROUTES THROUGH THIS MEASURE. 5416 02:35:51,342 --> 02:35:53,410 WE ADD ADDITIONAL SERVICE ON 5417 02:35:53,410 --> 02:35:57,448 METRO'S ROUTES, SO WE HAVE 5418 02:35:57,448 --> 02:35:58,849 IMPROVEMENTS IN BALLARD AS WELL 5419 02:35:58,849 --> 02:36:01,985 ON THIS AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE 5420 02:36:01,985 --> 02:36:02,286 EXAMPLE. 5421 02:36:02,419 --> 02:36:03,854 >> BUT THE 17 IS RUNNING 5422 02:36:03,854 --> 02:36:09,793 TODAY, IS THAT NOT CORRECT? 5423 02:36:09,927 --> 02:36:11,195 >> I BELIEVE THAT'S AN EXPRESS 5424 02:36:11,195 --> 02:36:11,428 ROUTE. 5425 02:36:11,428 --> 02:36:16,133 WE DON'T FUND EXPRESS ROUTES. 5426 02:36:16,133 --> 02:36:17,568 BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE A 5427 02:36:17,568 --> 02:36:19,036 BROADER BENEFIT TO AS 5428 02:36:19,036 --> 02:36:19,803 MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. 5429 02:36:19,937 --> 02:36:21,205 >> IT WAS ONLY MADE AN 5430 02:36:21,205 --> 02:36:22,873 EXPRESS ROUTE BECAUSE METRO 5431 02:36:22,873 --> 02:36:23,407 DECIDED 5432 02:36:23,407 --> 02:36:26,009 THAT THEY COULDN'T CONTINUE 5433 02:36:26,009 --> 02:36:26,377 FUNDINGFUNDING 5434 02:36:26,377 --> 02:36:27,344 AT A FULL- TIME ROUTE. 5435 02:36:27,344 --> 02:36:28,946 IT USED TO BE A FULL- TIME 5436 02:36:28,946 --> 02:36:31,749 ROUTE AND CHANGED TO AN EXPRESS 5437 02:36:31,749 --> 02:36:31,982 ROUTE. 5438 02:36:31,982 --> 02:36:33,751 IS THERE ANY REASON THAT 5439 02:36:33,751 --> 02:36:36,320 WE CAN'T MAKE IT A FULL- TIME 5440 02:36:36,320 --> 02:36:36,553 ROUTE? 5441 02:36:36,553 --> 02:36:38,088 AND, LIKE, GETTING BACK TO IT, 5442 02:36:38,088 --> 02:36:39,389 I DON'T CARE IF YOU USE THE 5443 02:36:39,389 --> 02:36:40,958 15, THE 17, THE 18. 5444 02:36:40,958 --> 02:36:42,192 I DON'T EVEN CARE IF YOU GET 5445 02:36:42,192 --> 02:36:42,359 ALL 5446 02:36:42,359 --> 02:36:44,828 THE WAY OUT TO THE ENDS OF 5447 02:36:44,828 --> 02:36:46,330 THOSE LINES BECAUSE, CANDIDLY, I 5448 02:36:46,330 --> 02:36:47,631 THINK THE ENDS OF THE LINES ARE 5449 02:36:47,631 --> 02:36:47,765 A 5450 02:36:47,765 --> 02:36:48,766 LITTLE BIT TOO FAR. 5451 02:36:48,766 --> 02:36:50,400 ALL I'M TALKING ABOUT IS 5452 02:36:50,400 --> 02:36:52,603 HOW DO YOU GET MORE BUS SERVICE 5453 02:36:52,603 --> 02:36:52,803 FROM 5454 02:36:52,803 --> 02:36:54,271 DOWNTOWN BALLARD TO 5455 02:36:54,271 --> 02:36:56,039 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE FROM DOWNTOWN 5456 02:36:56,039 --> 02:36:56,273 BALLARD 5457 02:36:56,273 --> 02:36:58,342 TO OUR LINK LIGHT RAIL? 5458 02:36:58,342 --> 02:37:01,245 DO WE HAVE ANY PROPOSALS TO 5459 02:37:01,245 --> 02:37:02,846 CONNECT THE REGIONAL CENTER 5460 02:37:02,846 --> 02:37:03,814 OF BALLARD TO 5461 02:37:03,814 --> 02:37:04,415 DOWNTOWN DIRECTLY OR TO LIGHT 5462 02:37:04,415 --> 02:37:07,551 RAIL DIRECTLY? 5463 02:37:07,684 --> 02:37:11,789 >> SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING 5464 02:37:11,789 --> 02:37:13,490 WE, AT THIS MOMENT, SITTING 5465 02:37:13,490 --> 02:37:16,160 HERE, DON'T HAVE AN ABILITY TO 5466 02:37:16,160 --> 02:37:17,828 COMMIT TO NEW ROUTES 5467 02:37:17,828 --> 02:37:20,898 BECAUSE THIS IS 5468 02:37:20,898 --> 02:37:21,498 SOMETHING WE PURCHASED -- WE 5469 02:37:21,498 --> 02:37:21,765 PURCHASED 5470 02:37:21,765 --> 02:37:22,966 HOURS, NOT NEW ROUTES. 5471 02:37:22,966 --> 02:37:24,802 CERTAINLY AS JEN HAS 5472 02:37:24,802 --> 02:37:26,670 MENTIONED THERE IS A -- IN OUR 5473 02:37:26,670 --> 02:37:27,905 FUTURE YEARS THERE IS A 5474 02:37:27,905 --> 02:37:30,474 SERVICE ANALYSIS THAT METRO IS 5475 02:37:30,474 --> 02:37:31,074 PLANNING 5476 02:37:31,074 --> 02:37:31,575 ON DOING. 5477 02:37:31,575 --> 02:37:33,443 AND AS PART OF THAT, THERE 5478 02:37:33,443 --> 02:37:34,745 WILL PROBABLY BE CHANGES TO 5479 02:37:34,745 --> 02:37:34,978 ROUTES. 5480 02:37:34,978 --> 02:37:36,113 WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE 5481 02:37:36,113 --> 02:37:36,980 ARE AT THIS MOMENT. 5482 02:37:36,980 --> 02:37:38,215 STM WILL STILL MOVE FORWARD 5483 02:37:38,215 --> 02:37:40,984 WITH A PURCHASE ON EXISTING 5484 02:37:40,984 --> 02:37:41,385 LINES. 5485 02:37:41,385 --> 02:37:43,020 AND IN COLLABORATION WITH 5486 02:37:43,020 --> 02:37:44,655 KING COUNTY METRO AND THROUGH 5487 02:37:44,655 --> 02:37:45,856 THOSE DISCUSSIONS COULD MAKE 5488 02:37:45,856 --> 02:37:47,191 FINAL DECISIONS AND WHAT GETS 5489 02:37:47,191 --> 02:37:47,424 FUNDED. 5490 02:37:47,558 --> 02:37:54,064 >> SO I'M HEARING MAYBE. 5491 02:37:54,064 --> 02:37:54,698 YEAH, THAT'S FINE. 5492 02:37:54,698 --> 02:37:56,166 IF THAT'S THE ANSWER, THAT'S 5493 02:37:56,166 --> 02:37:56,333 THE 5494 02:37:56,333 --> 02:37:56,567 ANSWER. 5495 02:37:56,567 --> 02:37:57,868 I'M NOT TRYING TO BE SILLY 5496 02:37:57,868 --> 02:37:59,436 HERE OR COY. 5497 02:37:59,436 --> 02:38:00,671 I'M TRYING TO BE DIRECT AS 5498 02:38:00,671 --> 02:38:02,206 TO WHAT DO WE KNOW TODAY. 5499 02:38:02,339 --> 02:38:03,373 >> IT'S A COLLABORATION 5500 02:38:03,373 --> 02:38:04,741 AND CONVERSATION THAT'S ONGOING 5501 02:38:04,741 --> 02:38:07,477 WITH KING COUNTY METRO AND THE 5502 02:38:07,477 --> 02:38:07,644 ONE 5503 02:38:07,644 --> 02:38:08,912 BRIGHT LINE IS THAT WE WILL 5504 02:38:08,912 --> 02:38:11,615 BUY HOURS ON ROUTES THAT EXIST 5505 02:38:11,615 --> 02:38:14,418 IF, OVER TIME, A 5506 02:38:14,418 --> 02:38:15,085 ROUTE COMES, WE WILL DEFINITELY 5507 02:38:15,085 --> 02:38:17,020 RUN IT THROUGH OUR FORMULA AND 5508 02:38:17,020 --> 02:38:17,554 BUY HOURS 5509 02:38:17,554 --> 02:38:19,156 IF THAT -- IF IT'S IN 5510 02:38:19,156 --> 02:38:19,456 EXISTENCE. 5511 02:38:19,590 --> 02:38:21,091 >> AND DO WE HAVE THE 5512 02:38:21,091 --> 02:38:22,459 POLICY CHOICE OF PURCHASING 5513 02:38:22,459 --> 02:38:23,594 HOURS 5514 02:38:23,594 --> 02:38:25,229 ON EXPRESS ROUTES? 5515 02:38:25,229 --> 02:38:26,864 IS THAT WHY THE 28 AND THE 5516 02:38:26,864 --> 02:38:28,866 5 ALSO HAVE REDUCE -- OR I GUESS 5517 02:38:28,866 --> 02:38:31,602 THE 28 SPECIFICALLY HAS REDUCED 5518 02:38:31,735 --> 02:38:32,102 SERVICE? 5519 02:38:32,236 --> 02:38:34,972 >> I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT 5520 02:38:34,972 --> 02:38:35,973 SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE 5521 02:38:35,973 --> 02:38:37,608 DO PROVIDE -- WE SUPPORT 5522 02:38:37,608 --> 02:38:39,243 THE SERVICE ON THE D LINE, ROUTE 5523 02:38:39,243 --> 02:38:39,476 40. 5524 02:38:39,476 --> 02:38:40,777 WE DID TALK IN OUR 5525 02:38:40,777 --> 02:38:41,745 BRIEFING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT 5526 02:38:41,745 --> 02:38:43,981 INVESTMENTS WE DO MAKE IN 5527 02:38:43,981 --> 02:38:46,717 THE BALLARD AREA, AND I THINK 5528 02:38:46,717 --> 02:38:46,917 WHAT 5529 02:38:46,917 --> 02:38:48,452 WE'RE TRYING TO ILLUSTRATE 5530 02:38:48,452 --> 02:38:51,088 THROUGH THIS EXAMPLE OR 5531 02:38:51,088 --> 02:38:52,556 POTENTIAL PLACES WHERE WE WOULD 5532 02:38:52,556 --> 02:38:54,258 INVEST WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5533 02:38:54,258 --> 02:38:56,326 100,000 SERVICE HOURS IS 5534 02:38:56,326 --> 02:38:57,661 WE THINK BALLARD WOULD BE 5535 02:38:57,661 --> 02:38:59,763 WELL SERVED BY THAT. 5536 02:38:59,763 --> 02:39:01,832 AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD 5537 02:39:01,832 --> 02:39:03,700 ADDITIONAL SERVICE IN THAT 5538 02:39:03,700 --> 02:39:04,568 AREA CONNECTING FOLKS ALL OVER 5539 02:39:04,568 --> 02:39:04,735 THE 5540 02:39:04,868 --> 02:39:05,469 CITY. 5541 02:39:05,469 --> 02:39:08,071 >> AND THIS IS WHEREWHERE THINK 5542 02:39:08,071 --> 02:39:09,006 WE'RE TALKING PAST EACH OTHER 5543 02:39:09,006 --> 02:39:09,573 A LITTLE BIT. 5544 02:39:09,573 --> 02:39:12,442 USING THE D LINE OR THE ROUTE 40 5545 02:39:12,442 --> 02:39:15,012 FROM UNION STATION BACK TO 5546 02:39:15,012 --> 02:39:16,613 BALLARD TAKES ME THE SAME AMOUNT 5547 02:39:16,613 --> 02:39:18,081 OF TIME AS IT TAKES MY 5548 02:39:18,081 --> 02:39:20,117 PIERCE COUNTY COLLEAGUES TO GET 5549 02:39:20,117 --> 02:39:21,418 BACK TO 5550 02:39:21,551 --> 02:39:22,452 TACOMA. THAT'S THE PROBLEM THAT 5551 02:39:22,452 --> 02:39:24,855 I'M TRYING TO SOLVE. 5552 02:39:24,855 --> 02:39:26,590 SO ROUTE 40 AND D LINE 5553 02:39:26,590 --> 02:39:28,191 ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT AND 5554 02:39:28,191 --> 02:39:30,060 CRITICAL, AND I'M HERE 5555 02:39:30,060 --> 02:39:32,062 TO SUPPORT THEM, BUT WHAT 5556 02:39:32,062 --> 02:39:33,697 I'M SAYING IS IT IF BALLARD HAS 5557 02:39:33,697 --> 02:39:38,135 BEEN ASKED TO TAKE ON THE EG 5558 02:39:38,135 --> 02:39:39,336 DENSITY AND JOB GROWTH, 5559 02:39:39,336 --> 02:39:39,970 HOW ARE WE NOT CREATING A DIRECT 5560 02:39:39,970 --> 02:39:40,170 LINE 5561 02:39:40,170 --> 02:39:45,309 THERE? 5562 02:39:45,442 --> 02:39:48,211 >> I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE TRAVEL 5563 02:39:48,345 --> 02:39:49,479 TIME PEOPLE EXPERIENCE IS 5564 02:39:49,479 --> 02:39:51,081 AN IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THEIR 5565 02:39:51,081 --> 02:39:52,382 CHOICES, SO ABSOLUTELY WE 5566 02:39:52,382 --> 02:39:53,483 SHARE A CONCERN THAT PEOPLE 5567 02:39:53,483 --> 02:39:55,252 HAVE EFFECTIVE AND TIMELY 5568 02:39:55,252 --> 02:39:55,752 CONNECTIONS. 5569 02:39:55,752 --> 02:39:59,222 THE RAPIDRIDE SYSTEM IS RIGHT 5570 02:39:59,222 --> 02:40:00,791 NOW AS FAR AS A SURFACE 5571 02:40:00,791 --> 02:40:02,159 RUNNING TRANSIT SYSTEM GOES, THE 5572 02:40:02,159 --> 02:40:04,828 BEST PRODUCT WE HAVE OUT THERE 5573 02:40:04,828 --> 02:40:05,128 TO 5574 02:40:05,128 --> 02:40:06,363 OFFER PEOPLE FAST, 5575 02:40:06,363 --> 02:40:07,898 SCHEDULE- FREE, RELIABLE 5576 02:40:07,898 --> 02:40:09,499 SERVICE WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE 5577 02:40:09,499 --> 02:40:09,866 STEPPED UP 5578 02:40:09,866 --> 02:40:11,935 TO -- FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE MAP 5579 02:40:11,935 --> 02:40:14,104 IT HAD SHOWED LESS THAN TEN- 5580 02:40:14,104 --> 02:40:15,472 MINUTE SERVICE THROUGH INTERBAY 5581 02:40:15,472 --> 02:40:15,706 UP TO 5582 02:40:15,706 --> 02:40:16,807 BALLARD, RIGHT, SO IT 5583 02:40:16,807 --> 02:40:18,275 DOESN'T GET YOU THROUGH BALLARD 5584 02:40:18,275 --> 02:40:18,875 BUT GETS 5585 02:40:18,875 --> 02:40:20,043 YOU TO BALLARD. 5586 02:40:20,177 --> 02:40:22,412 >> 15th AND LEARY IS A STRETCH. 5587 02:40:22,546 --> 02:40:23,213 >> SURE. 5588 02:40:23,213 --> 02:40:25,082 SURE. 5589 02:40:25,215 --> 02:40:25,515 UNDERSTOOD. 5590 02:40:25,515 --> 02:40:26,350 >> I DON'T MEAN TO BE RUDE 5591 02:40:26,350 --> 02:40:26,717 HERE. 5592 02:40:26,850 --> 02:40:27,384 >> UNDERSTOOD. 5593 02:40:27,384 --> 02:40:29,386 ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IS 5594 02:40:29,386 --> 02:40:31,088 THE PHYSICAL REALITY OF 5595 02:40:31,088 --> 02:40:32,356 MOVING THROUGH A DENSE 5596 02:40:32,356 --> 02:40:33,724 URBAN ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS 5597 02:40:33,724 --> 02:40:33,991 DIFFERENT 5598 02:40:33,991 --> 02:40:35,192 THAN GOING DISTANCE ON, YOU 5599 02:40:35,192 --> 02:40:36,893 KNOW, A DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY. 5600 02:40:36,893 --> 02:40:38,595 WE, TOO, WANT TO GET PEOPLE 5601 02:40:38,595 --> 02:40:39,696 THROUGH THE CITY AS QUICKLY 5602 02:40:39,696 --> 02:40:40,430 AS WE CAN. 5603 02:40:40,430 --> 02:40:41,832 THE RAPIDRIDE PRODUCT IS 5604 02:40:41,832 --> 02:40:43,834 OUR BEST WAY TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. 5605 02:40:43,834 --> 02:40:46,236 A NEW ROUTE WOULD BE STUCK IN 5606 02:40:46,236 --> 02:40:46,703 TRAFFIC, TOO. 5607 02:40:46,837 --> 02:40:49,039 >> SO A NEW ROUTE, THOUGH, OF 5608 02:40:49,039 --> 02:40:51,508 17, 18 OR 15, TAKES -- IF WE 5609 02:40:51,508 --> 02:40:56,213 COULD GO TO SLIDE -- 5610 02:40:56,213 --> 02:41:01,418 THE 15 -- THE D LINE USED TO BE 5611 02:41:01,418 --> 02:41:02,085 THE 5612 02:41:02,085 --> 02:41:04,721 15, AND THIS ROUTE HERE THAT'S 5613 02:41:04,721 --> 02:41:08,925 DESCRIBED IN THETHE COLUMN 5614 02:41:08,925 --> 02:41:10,627 IS ACTUALLY AN AMALGAMATION OF 5615 02:41:10,627 --> 02:41:11,495 THE 5616 02:41:11,495 --> 02:41:13,530 OLD 15 AND THE OLD 18 ROUTES. 5617 02:41:13,530 --> 02:41:16,166 AND SO THAT'S HOW MUCH OF A 5618 02:41:16,166 --> 02:41:18,935 TRANSIT GEEK I AM AROUND HERE. 5619 02:41:18,935 --> 02:41:21,905 AND SO THIS 5620 02:41:21,905 --> 02:41:23,006 ROUTE, THE 15, IS LITERALLY THIS 5621 02:41:23,006 --> 02:41:24,174 ROUTE EXCEPT 5622 02:41:24,174 --> 02:41:27,544 IT DOESN'T GO TO UPTOWN. 5623 02:41:27,677 --> 02:41:28,111 >> OKAY. 5624 02:41:28,245 --> 02:41:30,280 >> SO YOU'RE SAYING WE 5625 02:41:30,280 --> 02:41:31,648 DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN 5626 02:41:31,648 --> 02:41:31,848 THAT 5627 02:41:31,982 --> 02:41:34,284 ROUTE? ARE WE ABLE TO RUN THE D 5628 02:41:34,284 --> 02:41:36,186 LINE, AN EXPRESS D LINE THAT 5629 02:41:36,186 --> 02:41:40,290 DOESN'T GO TO 5630 02:41:40,290 --> 02:41:41,558 UPTOWN? 5631 02:41:41,558 --> 02:41:42,092 >> I THINK I'M SAYING 5632 02:41:42,092 --> 02:41:42,692 SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, 5633 02:41:42,692 --> 02:41:43,493 THE ABILITY TO MOVE PEOPLE 5634 02:41:43,493 --> 02:41:43,894 QUICKLY AT GRADE 5635 02:41:43,894 --> 02:41:46,096 WITH THE TIME IT TAKES TO 5636 02:41:46,096 --> 02:41:48,865 ON/OFF AND FARE PAY IS A REALITY 5637 02:41:48,865 --> 02:41:49,533 WE'RE DEALING WITH IN GETTING 5638 02:41:49,533 --> 02:41:51,868 PEOPLE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE 5639 02:41:51,868 --> 02:41:54,271 THERE, AND THAT RIGHT NOW THAT 5640 02:41:54,271 --> 02:41:55,872 PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE IN THE 5641 02:41:55,872 --> 02:41:56,807 RAPIDRIDE WITH PREPAYMENT AND 5642 02:41:56,807 --> 02:41:57,107 ALL OF THE 5643 02:41:57,107 --> 02:41:59,643 THINGS THAT COME WITH IT IS THE 5644 02:41:59,643 --> 02:42:01,445 FASTEST WAY WE CAN MOVE 5645 02:42:01,445 --> 02:42:03,780 PEOPLE THROUGH AND PERHAPS THERE 5646 02:42:03,780 --> 02:42:03,947 ARE 5647 02:42:03,947 --> 02:42:05,782 MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LANES 5648 02:42:05,782 --> 02:42:06,817 AND OTHER TRANSAT THIS TIME 5649 02:42:06,817 --> 02:42:09,519 SIGNALS THAT WILL HELP BUT THE 5650 02:42:09,519 --> 02:42:09,786 PHYSICAL 5651 02:42:09,786 --> 02:42:10,420 FRICTION CHALLENGE WE'RE 5652 02:42:10,420 --> 02:42:13,223 ALL FAILSED WITH 5653 02:42:13,223 --> 02:42:13,457 HERE. 5654 02:42:13,457 --> 02:42:14,558 >> YOU'RE ONE OF MY 5655 02:42:14,558 --> 02:42:15,525 FAVORITE PEOPLE TO WORK WITH 5656 02:42:15,525 --> 02:42:15,759 BECAUSE 5657 02:42:15,759 --> 02:42:16,827 OF THIS TYPE OF CONVERSATION. 5658 02:42:16,827 --> 02:42:17,794 WE ARE TOTALLY 5659 02:42:17,794 --> 02:42:19,062 ALIGNED. WE ARE TOTALLY ALIGNED 5660 02:42:19,062 --> 02:42:19,429 ON 5661 02:42:19,429 --> 02:42:20,430 THIS, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE 5662 02:42:20,430 --> 02:42:20,730 THINGS I 5663 02:42:20,730 --> 02:42:22,833 LOVE WORKING WITH YOU 5664 02:42:22,833 --> 02:42:24,568 WITHOUT HAVING THIS DEPTH OF 5665 02:42:24,568 --> 02:42:25,368 THE CONVERSATION, YOU WEREN'T 5666 02:42:25,368 --> 02:42:26,203 IN 5667 02:42:26,203 --> 02:42:27,838 THE PREMEETING, SO YOU DIDN'T 5668 02:42:27,838 --> 02:42:30,674 HEAR ANY OF THIS AND YOU AND I 5669 02:42:30,674 --> 02:42:30,841 ARE 5670 02:42:30,841 --> 02:42:31,408 ALREADY STRAIGHT ALIGNED. 5671 02:42:31,408 --> 02:42:33,143 WHAT I'M SAYING IS 5672 02:42:33,143 --> 02:42:34,177 THE GEOGRAPHICAL CHOICE OF 5673 02:42:34,177 --> 02:42:36,646 GOING THROUGH UPTOWN CREATES 5674 02:42:36,646 --> 02:42:37,881 A REDUCTION -- IT EXPANDS 5675 02:42:37,881 --> 02:42:40,050 THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES TO 5676 02:42:40,050 --> 02:42:40,350 GET 5677 02:42:40,350 --> 02:42:42,519 ANYWHERE SO MUCH SO THAT 5678 02:42:42,519 --> 02:42:44,154 IT BECOMES LESS RELIABLE 5679 02:42:44,154 --> 02:42:48,091 OR SOMETIMES UNRELIABLE, AND 5680 02:42:48,091 --> 02:42:48,658 THAT'S 5681 02:42:48,658 --> 02:42:52,129 BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE- LANE ROADS 5682 02:42:52,129 --> 02:42:53,563 ON AND OFF, AND THERE'S NO 5683 02:42:53,563 --> 02:42:57,300 ROOM FOR A BUS LINE. 5684 02:42:57,300 --> 02:43:01,371 LIKE, THERE'S ONE LANE TOTAL. 5685 02:43:01,371 --> 02:43:02,639 AND SO THIS IS THE PROBLEM 5686 02:43:02,639 --> 02:43:07,778 THAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU 5687 02:43:07,778 --> 02:43:08,512 BECAUSE 5688 02:43:08,512 --> 02:43:10,280 FOR -- IN THE ORIGINAL SEATTLE 5689 02:43:10,280 --> 02:43:12,315 TRANSIT MEASURE WE HAD OVER 5690 02:43:12,315 --> 02:43:14,918 300,000 SERVICE HOURS, AND, 5691 02:43:14,918 --> 02:43:16,153 ACTUALLY, THIS IS WHERE, IF 5692 02:43:16,153 --> 02:43:19,823 YOU COULD GO TO SLIDE 30, MY 5693 02:43:19,823 --> 02:43:21,525 QUESTION HERE IS WE HAD 5694 02:43:21,525 --> 02:43:26,263 OVER 300,000 SERVICE HOURS IN 5695 02:43:26,263 --> 02:43:26,429 THE 5696 02:43:26,429 --> 02:43:27,464 FIRST ROUND OF STM AND 5697 02:43:27,464 --> 02:43:28,732 I APPRECIATE THE LAST POINT 5698 02:43:28,732 --> 02:43:30,867 HERE, 5699 02:43:30,867 --> 02:43:31,968 0. 223% SALES TAX IS THE 5700 02:43:31,968 --> 02:43:33,837 BASELINE FOR RENEWAL. 5701 02:43:33,837 --> 02:43:35,705 HOW MUCH MORE SERVICE WOULD 5702 02:43:35,705 --> 02:43:39,309 WE GET IF WE USED ALL OF OUR 5703 02:43:39,309 --> 02:43:44,548 SERVICE DOLLARS TODAY? 5704 02:43:44,681 --> 02:43:45,715 >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 5705 02:43:45,715 --> 02:43:46,049 QUESTION. 5706 02:43:46,049 --> 02:43:46,583 I'M SORRY. 5707 02:43:46,716 --> 02:43:48,552 >> IF I DIDN'T HAVE -- LAST 5708 02:43:48,552 --> 02:43:48,752 YEAR 5709 02:43:48,885 --> 02:43:50,921 IN THE BUDGET I HAD THE ABILITY 5710 02:43:50,921 --> 02:43:52,189 TO REROUTE SEATTLE DOLLARS 5711 02:43:52,189 --> 02:43:54,124 TO FUND THE GOLDEN GARDENS 5712 02:43:54,124 --> 02:43:55,959 DIRECT BUS BECAUSE WE WERE NOT 5713 02:43:55,959 --> 02:43:57,761 FULLY UTILIZING ALL OF THE 5714 02:43:57,761 --> 02:43:57,994 DOLLARS 5715 02:43:57,994 --> 02:44:00,463 IN OUR BUDGET FOR METRO TO RUN 5716 02:44:00,463 --> 02:44:00,964 SERVICE. 5717 02:44:00,964 --> 02:44:03,967 HOW MUCH OF THE 0. 223%, HOW 5718 02:44:03,967 --> 02:44:07,904 MUCH SERVICE COULD WE GET 5719 02:44:07,904 --> 02:44:09,506 AS COMPARED TO TODAY IF WE 5720 02:44:09,506 --> 02:44:11,007 WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE ALL OF 5721 02:44:11,007 --> 02:44:12,776 THE CURRENT DOLLARS THAT WE 5722 02:44:12,776 --> 02:44:16,746 HAVE EARMARKED FOR TRANSIT 5723 02:44:16,746 --> 02:44:17,347 SERVICE? 5724 02:44:17,480 --> 02:44:18,582 >> SO -- 5725 02:44:18,715 --> 02:44:19,416 >> 180,000. 5726 02:44:19,549 --> 02:44:21,351 >> IT'S 180,000 SERVICE HOURS. 5727 02:44:21,351 --> 02:44:22,819 THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. 5728 02:44:22,819 --> 02:44:24,221 THERE IS NO CHANGE TO THE 5729 02:44:24,221 --> 02:44:26,489 LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE WOULD 5730 02:44:26,489 --> 02:44:26,690 BE 5731 02:44:26,690 --> 02:44:27,390 ABLE TO BUY. 5732 02:44:27,390 --> 02:44:33,730 IT WOULD BE 180,000 T. STATUS 5733 02:44:33,730 --> 02:44:35,398 QUO. AS IT IS, WE WOULD HAVE TO 5734 02:44:35,398 --> 02:44:39,402 INCREASE THE SALES TAX RATE TOTO 5735 02:44:39,402 --> 02:44:39,769 0.223. 5736 02:44:39,769 --> 02:44:41,037 FRANKLY, WE ARE DELIVERING AS 5737 02:44:41,037 --> 02:44:43,373 MUCH SERVICE AS METRO IS ABLE 5738 02:44:43,373 --> 02:44:43,740 TO PROVIDE. 5739 02:44:43,740 --> 02:44:46,409 SO WE'LL, AGAIN, BE OVER 5740 02:44:46,409 --> 02:44:49,212 180,000 HOURS AT THE END OF THIS 5741 02:44:49,412 --> 02:44:49,980 MEASURE. 5742 02:44:49,980 --> 02:44:54,684 >> YEAH, THAT ISSUE THAT EXISTED 5743 02:44:54,684 --> 02:44:56,219 2018-2019 AND COMING OUT OF 5744 02:44:56,219 --> 02:44:57,454 THE PANDEMIC WHERE METRO 5745 02:44:57,454 --> 02:44:59,256 WAS STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP WITH 5746 02:44:59,256 --> 02:45:02,626 DEMAND IN TERMS OF DRIVERS, 5747 02:45:02,626 --> 02:45:03,927 MECHANICS, VEHICLES, THAT'S NOT 5748 02:45:03,927 --> 02:45:05,128 AN ISSUE ANYMORE. 5749 02:45:05,128 --> 02:45:06,463 THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE 5750 02:45:06,463 --> 02:45:08,999 THE SERVICE THAT WE WANT TO BUY. 5751 02:45:09,132 --> 02:45:10,233 >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. 5752 02:45:10,233 --> 02:45:12,235 CAN YOU ACTUALLY GO TO THE 5753 02:45:12,235 --> 02:45:13,970 MAP ABOUT THE EQUITY 5754 02:45:13,970 --> 02:45:14,304 DISTRIBUTION 5755 02:45:14,304 --> 02:45:14,938 ON THIS IN THE CITY? 5756 02:45:14,938 --> 02:45:16,406 THIS IS SOMETHING I WANT TO BE 5757 02:45:16,406 --> 02:45:17,507 REALLY CLEAR 5758 02:45:17,507 --> 02:45:19,309 ABOUT. I'M NOT LOOKING TO TAKE 5759 02:45:19,309 --> 02:45:19,542 SERVICE 5760 02:45:19,542 --> 02:45:21,811 HOURS FROM ANY OTHER 5761 02:45:21,811 --> 02:45:26,116 PART OF THE CITY. 5762 02:45:30,387 --> 02:45:32,489 >> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, 5763 02:45:32,489 --> 02:45:35,392 I'LL ASK YOU TO PLEASE WRAP UP 5764 02:45:35,525 --> 02:45:36,559 THESE QUESTIONS AND WE'RE 5765 02:45:36,559 --> 02:45:36,826 STARTING 5766 02:45:36,826 --> 02:45:38,328 TO DIVE INTO VERY 5767 02:45:38,328 --> 02:45:39,029 DETAILED, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. 5768 02:45:39,029 --> 02:45:41,998 I KNOW YOU RECEIVED A BRIEFING, 5769 02:45:41,998 --> 02:45:43,867 BUT I'LL ASK THAT YOU, AS 5770 02:45:43,867 --> 02:45:45,235 MUCH AS POSSIBLE, GET ANOTHER 5771 02:45:45,235 --> 02:45:46,536 BRIEFING OFFLINE AND DIVE DEEPER 5772 02:45:46,536 --> 02:45:48,438 INTO SOME OF THESE DETAILS. 5773 02:45:48,638 --> 02:45:49,572 >> THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE MY 5774 02:45:49,572 --> 02:45:49,873 LAST SET OF 5775 02:45:49,873 --> 02:45:51,308 QUESTIONS HERE. 5776 02:45:51,308 --> 02:45:52,809 AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT 5777 02:45:52,809 --> 02:45:53,009 THAT 5778 02:45:53,009 --> 02:45:53,843 I WANT TO MAKE. 5779 02:45:53,843 --> 02:45:54,978 I'M NOT ASKING TO 5780 02:45:54,978 --> 02:45:56,713 TAKE MONEY FROM OTHER PARTS OF 5781 02:45:56,713 --> 02:45:57,180 THE CITY. 5782 02:45:57,180 --> 02:45:59,849 IN THIS ANALYSIS YOU SEE THAT 5783 02:45:59,849 --> 02:46:02,252 BALLARD IS A LOW- PRIORITY 5784 02:46:02,252 --> 02:46:05,155 AREA ON YOUR MAP. 5785 02:46:05,155 --> 02:46:07,157 AND I DON'T NEED TO TAKE 5786 02:46:07,157 --> 02:46:08,591 MONEY FROM OTHER ROUTES, FROM 5787 02:46:08,591 --> 02:46:09,793 OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 5788 02:46:09,793 --> 02:46:11,328 THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE HEARD 5789 02:46:11,328 --> 02:46:14,197 ME ASK TODAY ARE HOW DO WE USE 5790 02:46:14,197 --> 02:46:17,233 OUR DOLLARS MORE EFFICIENTLY 5791 02:46:17,233 --> 02:46:19,169 TO PROVIDE -- TAKE BUSES -- IF 5792 02:46:19,169 --> 02:46:19,336 YOU 5793 02:46:19,336 --> 02:46:22,038 TAKE ONE BUS OFF ROUTE 40, 5794 02:46:22,038 --> 02:46:23,940 ONE BUS OFF ROUTE D AND 5795 02:46:23,940 --> 02:46:26,409 CREATE A DIRECT LINE, YOU HAVE 5796 02:46:26,409 --> 02:46:28,778 CREATED 50% MORE DIRECT SERVICE 5797 02:46:28,778 --> 02:46:29,846 TO BALLARD THAN YOU HAVE 5798 02:46:29,846 --> 02:46:32,349 TODAY. THAT'S ONE BUS FROM EACH 5799 02:46:32,349 --> 02:46:32,549 OF 5800 02:46:32,549 --> 02:46:33,183 THOSE LINES. 5801 02:46:33,183 --> 02:46:34,884 AND SO I'M NOT LOOKING -- BUT 5802 02:46:34,884 --> 02:46:36,820 WHEN I LOOK TO WEST 5803 02:46:36,820 --> 02:46:39,923 SEATTLE, WITH MY FRIEND, 5804 02:46:39,923 --> 02:46:41,491 COUNCILMEMBER 5805 02:46:41,491 --> 02:46:43,793 SAKA, THERE'S MORE 5806 02:46:43,793 --> 02:46:47,831 INVESTMENT THAN IN BALLARD. 5807 02:46:47,831 --> 02:46:48,998 WEST SEATTLE, NO OFFENSE, 5808 02:46:48,998 --> 02:46:50,033 YOU'RE NOT 5809 02:46:50,033 --> 02:46:50,667 A REGIONAL CENTER, BUT BALLARD 5810 02:46:50,667 --> 02:46:54,104 IS. 5811 02:46:54,104 --> 02:46:56,706 AND SO WEST SEATTLE IS NOT 5812 02:46:56,706 --> 02:46:59,642 BEING ASKED TO FOCUS THE HOUSING 5813 02:46:59,642 --> 02:47:01,578 AND JOBS IN THE SAME WAY AS 5814 02:47:01,578 --> 02:47:01,811 BALLARD 5815 02:47:01,811 --> 02:47:02,178 IS. 5816 02:47:02,178 --> 02:47:03,546 AND YET WEST SEATTLE HAS MORE 5817 02:47:03,546 --> 02:47:09,986 DIRECT SERVICE. 5818 02:47:09,986 --> 02:47:12,255 CHAIR, I'LL WRAP UP HERE JUST 5819 02:47:12,255 --> 02:47:12,422 TO 5820 02:47:12,422 --> 02:47:13,690 SAY IT FEELS THROUGH THIS 5821 02:47:13,690 --> 02:47:15,458 CONVERSATION IT FEELS LIKE METRO 5822 02:47:15,458 --> 02:47:17,260 HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT BALLARD. 5823 02:47:17,260 --> 02:47:18,561 LAST WEEK SOUND TRANSIT 5824 02:47:18,561 --> 02:47:20,296 FORGOT ABOUT BALLARD. 5825 02:47:20,296 --> 02:47:20,897 AND TODAY IT FEELS LIKE 5826 02:47:20,897 --> 02:47:22,198 THIS PROPOSAL IS FORGETTING 5827 02:47:22,198 --> 02:47:22,599 ABOUT 5828 02:47:22,599 --> 02:47:24,701 THE BALLARD REGIONAL CENTER THAT 5829 02:47:24,701 --> 02:47:27,837 IS BEING ASKED TO TAKE ON 5830 02:47:27,837 --> 02:47:28,338 MORE HOUSING 5831 02:47:28,338 --> 02:47:28,972 AND JOB GROWTH THAN OTHER PARTS 5832 02:47:28,972 --> 02:47:29,305 OF THE CITY. 5833 02:47:29,439 --> 02:47:32,108 >> THANK YOU. 5834 02:47:32,242 --> 02:47:33,843 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 5835 02:47:33,843 --> 02:47:34,177 STRAUSS. 5836 02:47:34,177 --> 02:47:36,646 I APPRECIATE YOUR ZEALOUS 5837 02:47:36,646 --> 02:47:38,148 ADVOCACY 5838 02:47:38,148 --> 02:47:38,948 FOR YOUR DISTRICT INCLUDING 5839 02:47:38,948 --> 02:47:39,215 BALLARD. 5840 02:47:39,215 --> 02:47:41,918 I KNOW THE INTENT WAS NOT TO 5841 02:47:41,918 --> 02:47:43,319 PIT BALLARD AGAINST WEST 5842 02:47:43,319 --> 02:47:43,887 SEATTLE. 5843 02:47:43,887 --> 02:47:45,588 THEY ARE BOTH WONDERFUL, UNIQUE 5844 02:47:45,588 --> 02:47:46,456 AND VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. 5845 02:47:46,456 --> 02:47:48,091 I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT 5846 02:47:48,091 --> 02:47:50,994 WEST SEATTLE IS SEATTLE'S 5847 02:47:50,994 --> 02:47:51,227 LARGEST 5848 02:47:51,227 --> 02:47:53,396 NEIGHBORHOOD BY BOTH POPULATION 5849 02:47:53,396 --> 02:47:55,865 AND LAND MASS, BUT, AGAIN, BOTH 5850 02:47:55,865 --> 02:47:57,700 WONDERFUL, 5851 02:47:57,700 --> 02:47:58,401 VIBRANT COMMUNITIES. I HAD 5852 02:47:58,401 --> 02:47:58,968 PLANNED, 5853 02:47:58,968 --> 02:48:01,004 COLLEAGUES, ON GOING UP UNTIL 5854 02:48:01,004 --> 02:48:02,138 ABOUT 1:00 5855 02:48:02,138 --> 02:48:07,110 TODAY, AND AS WAS NOTED WE ARE 5856 02:48:07,110 --> 02:48:07,510 RUNNING 5857 02:48:07,644 --> 02:48:08,878 LONG. I HAVE SOME BRIEF CLOSING 5858 02:48:08,878 --> 02:48:09,879 COMMENTS TO MAKE. 5859 02:48:09,879 --> 02:48:11,481 WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION AND I 5860 02:48:11,481 --> 02:48:14,818 WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND 5861 02:48:14,818 --> 02:48:17,754 RESPECTFUL OF OUR 100% VOLUNTEER 5862 02:48:17,754 --> 02:48:20,190 CO- CHAIR'S TIME FOR THE T.A.B. 5863 02:48:20,190 --> 02:48:21,391 , OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. 5864 02:48:21,391 --> 02:48:22,926 I THINK THEY SAID THEY 5865 02:48:22,926 --> 02:48:25,962 NEED ABOUT FIVE, TEN MINUTES. 5866 02:48:25,962 --> 02:48:26,896 WE'RE STILL ON TRACK. 5867 02:48:26,896 --> 02:48:28,898 WE'RE STILL TRACKING FOR THAT. 5868 02:48:28,898 --> 02:48:30,233 ONE MORE QUESTION, HOPEFULLY 5869 02:48:30,233 --> 02:48:32,168 IT'S FAIRLY BRIEF, 5870 02:48:32,168 --> 02:48:32,635 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 5871 02:48:32,635 --> 02:48:33,603 THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 5872 02:48:33,736 --> 02:48:40,543 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 5873 02:48:40,543 --> 02:48:43,213 PAGE 30, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I 5874 02:48:43,213 --> 02:48:44,781 HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SALES 5875 02:48:44,781 --> 02:48:44,948 TAX 5876 02:48:44,948 --> 02:48:46,816 INCREASE, REGRESSIVE AND ALSO 5877 02:48:46,816 --> 02:48:49,953 THIS IS A DOUBLING. 5878 02:48:49,953 --> 02:48:54,657 SO IF YOU GO TO THE 5879 02:48:54,657 --> 02:48:56,960 BASELINE, IT WOULD BE 0. 22 5880 02:48:56,960 --> 02:48:58,294 SALES TAX INSTEAD 5881 02:48:58,294 --> 02:48:59,362 OF 0.15. 5882 02:48:59,362 --> 02:49:00,597 THEN YOU WROTE HERE 5883 02:49:00,597 --> 02:49:01,564 ANYTHING LESS WOULD REQUIRE CUTS 5884 02:49:01,564 --> 02:49:01,831 FROM 5885 02:49:01,831 --> 02:49:03,233 TODAY'S LEVEL OF INVESTMENT AND 5886 02:49:03,233 --> 02:49:04,801 THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE 5887 02:49:04,801 --> 02:49:08,171 BECAUSE THE BASELINE RENEWAL 5888 02:49:08,171 --> 02:49:09,172 DENOTES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO -- 5889 02:49:09,172 --> 02:49:09,672 IF 5890 02:49:09,672 --> 02:49:12,175 WE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE 5891 02:49:12,175 --> 02:49:14,043 DOING IT WOULD BE A 0. 22 -- 5892 02:49:14,043 --> 02:49:16,346 IT WOULD BE 0. 22%, SO IT SOUNDS 5893 02:49:16,346 --> 02:49:16,546 LIKE 5894 02:49:16,546 --> 02:49:19,482 WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS IF WE 5895 02:49:19,482 --> 02:49:19,782 DON'T GO 5896 02:49:19,782 --> 02:49:21,251 TO THE 0. 3, WE CAN'T DO 5897 02:49:21,251 --> 02:49:22,218 THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT 5898 02:49:22,218 --> 02:49:23,319 ARE IN HERE, AND THERE ARE 5899 02:49:23,319 --> 02:49:24,721 ADDITIONAL THINGS IN HERE, SO I 5900 02:49:24,721 --> 02:49:24,988 JUST WANT 5901 02:49:24,988 --> 02:49:26,589 TO BE REALLY CLEAR BECAUSE 5902 02:49:26,589 --> 02:49:28,858 THIS IS MISLEADING THAT SOMEHOW 5903 02:49:28,858 --> 02:49:29,392 IF WE 5904 02:49:29,392 --> 02:49:32,462 DON'T DO THE 0. 3, IT WILL CUT 5905 02:49:32,462 --> 02:49:32,695 TO 5906 02:49:32,695 --> 02:49:33,296 TODAY'S AND I DON'T THINK 5907 02:49:33,296 --> 02:49:43,306 THAT'S TRUE. 5908 02:49:43,306 --> 02:49:44,674 WE KEEP DOUBLING EVERYTHING AND 5909 02:49:44,674 --> 02:49:46,442 ON SALES TAX IN PARTICULAR IT 5910 02:49:46,442 --> 02:49:48,978 IS THE MOST REGRESSIVE, WHICH 5911 02:49:48,978 --> 02:49:49,179 THEN 5912 02:49:49,179 --> 02:49:51,581 I WANT TO SAY ON PAGE 19 5913 02:49:51,581 --> 02:49:53,416 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOU 5914 02:49:53,416 --> 02:49:55,318 RECOGNIZE IT'S REGRESSIVE AND 5915 02:49:55,318 --> 02:49:57,353 YOU'RE LOOKING AT 5916 02:49:57,353 --> 02:49:57,987 THE BURDEN VERSUS THE BENEFIT, 5917 02:49:57,987 --> 02:49:58,988 BUT IT'S GOING 5918 02:49:58,988 --> 02:50:03,726 TO BENEFIT THE FOLKS WHO -- WHO 5919 02:50:03,726 --> 02:50:05,528 ARE MOST IMPACTED BY THE 5920 02:50:05,528 --> 02:50:08,097 REGRESSIVE NATURE OF THIS, THAT 5921 02:50:08,097 --> 02:50:12,902 DOESN'T LAND WELL, I THINK, 5922 02:50:12,902 --> 02:50:13,169 BECAUSE 5923 02:50:13,169 --> 02:50:15,538 ON THE ONE HAND WE'RE SAYING WE 5924 02:50:15,538 --> 02:50:16,739 DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE TO BE 5925 02:50:16,739 --> 02:50:17,840 BURDENED, BUT THEN WE'RE 5926 02:50:17,840 --> 02:50:20,310 SAYING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAX 5927 02:50:20,310 --> 02:50:20,543 THEM 5928 02:50:20,543 --> 02:50:22,178 AND AND THEM SO THEN WE CAN GIVE 5929 02:50:22,178 --> 02:50:23,379 THEM SOMETHING ON THE BACK 5930 02:50:23,379 --> 02:50:23,580 END. 5931 02:50:23,580 --> 02:50:24,247 IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO 5932 02:50:24,247 --> 02:50:34,324 ME. 5933 02:50:36,626 --> 02:50:37,093 I AM CONCERNED ABOUT 5934 02:50:37,093 --> 02:50:39,329 THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL BUT 5935 02:50:39,329 --> 02:50:41,564 I DO -- AND I DO WANT TO HEAR 5936 02:50:41,564 --> 02:50:41,764 MORE 5937 02:50:41,764 --> 02:50:43,499 ABOUT THE PARTICULARS INCLUDING 5938 02:50:43,499 --> 02:50:45,201 THE SPENDING PLAN BECAUSE OF 5939 02:50:45,201 --> 02:50:48,037 THAT, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS 5940 02:50:48,037 --> 02:50:48,237 ABOUT 5941 02:50:48,237 --> 02:50:50,239 THE PRICE TAG OF THIS PROPOSAL 5942 02:50:50,239 --> 02:50:53,209 AND THIS CONSTANT DOUBLING 5943 02:50:53,209 --> 02:50:54,510 OF EVERYTHING WE SEEM TO BE 5944 02:50:54,510 --> 02:50:54,711 DOING 5945 02:50:54,711 --> 02:50:56,079 BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 5946 02:50:56,079 --> 02:50:58,681 AFFORDABILITY ON ONE SIDE 5947 02:50:58,681 --> 02:51:00,950 OF, YOU KNOW -- ON THE ONE HAND 5948 02:51:00,950 --> 02:51:03,186 AND 5949 02:51:03,186 --> 02:51:04,954 WE'RE DOUBLING EVERYTHING AND 5950 02:51:04,954 --> 02:51:05,555 DON'T THINK THAT TAKES 5951 02:51:05,555 --> 02:51:10,860 INTO ACCOUNT THAT IS 5952 02:51:10,860 --> 02:51:11,494 CREATING AN AFFORDABILITY ISSUE 5953 02:51:11,494 --> 02:51:11,661 FOR 5954 02:51:11,661 --> 02:51:12,829 FOLKS. I WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR 5955 02:51:12,829 --> 02:51:12,996 THE 5956 02:51:12,996 --> 02:51:13,730 RECORD AND CORRECT THAT 5957 02:51:13,730 --> 02:51:16,032 SLIDE BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT. 5958 02:51:16,165 --> 02:51:16,866 >> THANK YOU. 5959 02:51:16,866 --> 02:51:18,034 ONE FINAL COMMENT. 5960 02:51:18,034 --> 02:51:18,501 ONE FINAL -- 5961 02:51:18,635 --> 02:51:20,336 >> CAN WE JUST ADDRESS -- I 5962 02:51:20,336 --> 02:51:22,672 JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS SLIDE 30, 5963 02:51:22,672 --> 02:51:22,872 KIND 5964 02:51:22,872 --> 02:51:23,506 OF THE FOOTNOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF 5965 02:51:23,506 --> 02:51:27,944 THE SCREEN THERE. 5966 02:51:27,944 --> 02:51:30,246 THE BASELINE IS 0.15. 5967 02:51:30,246 --> 02:51:35,718 AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE 0. 15 5968 02:51:35,718 --> 02:51:37,620 IS NOT ENOUGH TO CONTINUE 5969 02:51:37,620 --> 02:51:39,589 TO 5970 02:51:39,589 --> 02:51:40,189 CARRY THE LEVEL OF SERVICE WE 5971 02:51:40,189 --> 02:51:43,126 HAVE CARRIED THE LAST SEVERAL 5972 02:51:43,126 --> 02:51:49,565 YEARS. 5973 02:51:49,565 --> 02:51:50,733 THE.223 IS WHAT WE WERE 5974 02:51:50,733 --> 02:51:51,134 TRYING 5975 02:51:51,134 --> 02:51:51,734 TO SAY. I HOPE THAT'S MORE 5976 02:51:51,734 --> 02:51:57,140 CLEAR. 5977 02:51:57,273 --> 02:51:57,974 >> I UNDERSTOOD THAT TO MEAN THE 5978 02:51:57,974 --> 02:52:05,148 0.3. 5979 02:52:05,148 --> 02:52:06,149 YOU COULD HAVE DONE 0.22 BUT YOU 5980 02:52:06,149 --> 02:52:12,021 DIDN'T. 5981 02:52:12,021 --> 02:52:14,324 THIS IS, AGAIN, A REGRESSIVE 5982 02:52:14,324 --> 02:52:16,893 TAX, WE COULD HAVE DONE THE 0. 5983 02:52:16,893 --> 02:52:18,428 22 AND KEPT THE LEVEL OF 5984 02:52:18,428 --> 02:52:18,961 SERVICE WE HAVE TODAY BUT 5985 02:52:18,961 --> 02:52:19,362 INSTEAD YOU WENT 5986 02:52:19,362 --> 02:52:22,932 HIGHER. 5987 02:52:22,932 --> 02:52:26,002 I DIDN'T HEAR OPTIONS FOR 5988 02:52:26,002 --> 02:52:28,638 LESS OR EVEN CONTINUING THE 0. 5989 02:52:28,638 --> 02:52:28,805 15 5990 02:52:28,805 --> 02:52:29,939 KNOWING THAT WE MIGHT 5991 02:52:29,939 --> 02:52:31,574 NOT CONTINUE 5992 02:52:31,574 --> 02:52:36,713 TODAY'S SERVICE WHAT COULD GO. 5993 02:52:36,713 --> 02:52:37,346 OPTIONS WHEN YOU'RE 5994 02:52:37,346 --> 02:52:38,848 TALKING ABOUT A REGRESSIVE TAX 5995 02:52:38,848 --> 02:52:39,048 AND I 5996 02:52:39,048 --> 02:52:40,249 DIDN'T HEAR THAT TODAY, SO 5997 02:52:40,249 --> 02:52:41,984 WHEN WE MEET, I LIKE TO HEAR 5998 02:52:41,984 --> 02:52:46,656 MORE ABOUT WHY YOU CHOSE NOT TO 5999 02:52:46,656 --> 02:52:47,290 HAVE 6000 02:52:47,290 --> 02:52:48,624 OPTIONS THAT INCLUDED KEEPING 6001 02:52:48,624 --> 02:52:50,927 IT WHERE IT IS TODAY OR 6002 02:52:50,927 --> 02:52:52,428 JUST KEEPING -- OR JUST DOING 6003 02:52:52,428 --> 02:52:53,062 THE 6004 02:52:53,062 --> 02:52:54,630 0. 22 WHICH WOULD HAVE KEPT 6005 02:52:54,630 --> 02:52:55,732 TODAY'S SERVICE BUT IS LESS 6006 02:52:55,732 --> 02:52:55,932 THAN 6007 02:52:55,932 --> 02:52:56,799 THE 0.3. 6008 02:52:56,799 --> 02:52:57,367 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 6009 02:52:57,500 --> 02:52:59,235 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 6010 02:52:59,235 --> 02:52:59,802 RIVERA. 6011 02:52:59,802 --> 02:53:00,870 A COUPLE BRIEF COMMENTS 6012 02:53:00,870 --> 02:53:02,605 AND ADDITIONAL REFLECTIONS FROM 6013 02:53:02,605 --> 02:53:02,805 MY 6014 02:53:02,805 --> 02:53:03,740 PERSPECTIVE AND CLOSE THIS 6015 02:53:03,740 --> 02:53:07,810 OUT AND MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 6016 02:53:07,810 --> 02:53:08,010 ITEM. 6017 02:53:08,010 --> 02:53:11,080 SO THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF 6018 02:53:11,080 --> 02:53:14,550 TRANSIT SERVICE AT 50% ABOVE 6019 02:53:14,550 --> 02:53:16,953 BASELINE, I HAPPEN TO ASCRIBE 6020 02:53:16,953 --> 02:53:21,791 TO THE COUNCILMEMBER DEBORA 6021 02:53:21,791 --> 02:53:22,024 JUAREZ 6022 02:53:22,024 --> 02:53:23,760 MODEL THAT, AS YOU EXPAND 6023 02:53:23,760 --> 02:53:27,797 SERVICE, THE 6024 02:53:27,797 --> 02:53:28,564 SURROUNDING EXPERIENCE -- 6025 02:53:28,564 --> 02:53:29,165 THAT'S WHAT 6026 02:53:29,165 --> 02:53:30,199 I'LL CALL IT, EXPERIENCE. 6027 02:53:30,199 --> 02:53:31,367 IT'S NOT JUST INFRASTRUCTURE. 6028 02:53:31,367 --> 02:53:34,537 THE EXPERIENCE OF THE 6029 02:53:34,537 --> 02:53:36,339 TRANSIT JOURNEY SHOULD ALSO BE 6030 02:53:36,339 --> 02:53:36,873 -- SEE 6031 02:53:36,873 --> 02:53:39,642 SOME CORRESPONDING LEVEL OF 6032 02:53:39,642 --> 02:53:43,212 INVESTMENT OF INCREASE AND WHAT 6033 02:53:43,212 --> 02:53:48,885 THAT LOOKS LIKE VARIES ON 6034 02:53:48,885 --> 02:53:50,620 CIRCUMSTANCES. 6035 02:53:50,620 --> 02:53:52,989 TRANSIT SERVICE, IN MY 6036 02:53:52,989 --> 02:53:55,091 VIEW, IS NOT LIKE THE FIELD OF 6037 02:53:55,091 --> 02:53:55,324 DREAMS. 6038 02:53:55,324 --> 02:54:00,363 IF YOU BUILD IT OR EXPAND 6039 02:54:00,363 --> 02:54:00,997 IT, THEY WILL COME. 6040 02:54:00,997 --> 02:54:06,702 WE NEED TO CREATE A MORE ROBUST, 6041 02:54:06,702 --> 02:54:09,539 VIBRANT, SAFE TRANSITTRANSIT 6042 02:54:09,539 --> 02:54:16,145 ARE ACTUALLY DELIGHTED TRANSIT 6043 02:54:16,145 --> 02:54:21,450 AND THEN THEN WILL 6044 02:54:21,450 --> 02:54:31,627 GOALS IT 6045 02:58:26,529 --> 02:58:27,730 >> I THINK ALL OF US, MOST OF US 6046 02:58:27,730 --> 02:58:36,305 ARE ALIGNED. 6047 02:58:36,305 --> 02:58:38,674 WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO 6048 02:58:38,674 --> 02:58:38,974 THAT BUT I 6049 02:58:38,974 --> 02:58:39,575 AGREE WITH THAT GENERALLY 6050 02:58:39,575 --> 02:58:43,913 SERVICE FIRST. 6051 02:58:43,913 --> 02:58:46,015 THE REAL -- SOME OF THE 6052 02:58:46,015 --> 02:58:47,650 MOST PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS 6053 02:58:47,650 --> 02:58:51,353 HAPPEN WHEN -- WHAT DOES THAT 6054 02:58:51,353 --> 02:58:51,554 MEAN? 6055 02:58:51,554 --> 02:58:53,622 AND PUTTING ASIDE THE FACT 6056 02:58:53,622 --> 02:58:56,192 THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD DOUBLE 6057 02:58:56,192 --> 02:58:56,492 THE 6058 02:58:56,492 --> 02:58:59,528 SALES TAX RATE, IMPACT 6059 02:58:59,528 --> 02:59:04,200 AFFORDABILITY, EXPAND SERVICE 6060 02:59:04,200 --> 02:59:07,269 BY 50% BUT NOT ADD ADDITIONAL 6061 02:59:07,269 --> 02:59:10,506 ON TOP OF BASELINE INVESTMENTS 6062 02:59:10,506 --> 02:59:10,673 TO 6063 02:59:10,673 --> 02:59:12,274 IMPROVE THE TRANSIT SAFETY 6064 02:59:12,274 --> 02:59:16,979 AND SECURITY EXPERIENCE OR ADD 6065 02:59:16,979 --> 02:59:22,184 ANY NEW ADA RAMPS IN LIGHT OF 6066 02:59:22,184 --> 02:59:22,384 THE 6067 02:59:22,384 --> 02:59:26,088 DECREE, ANY OTHER ADA ACCESSIBLE 6068 02:59:26,088 --> 02:59:28,090 FEATURES, AN OCCASIONAL NEW 6069 02:59:28,090 --> 02:59:29,358 SIDEWALK OR TWO TO 6070 02:59:29,358 --> 02:59:32,661 CONNECT PEOPLE SAFELY TO 6071 02:59:32,661 --> 02:59:32,928 TRANSIT. 6072 02:59:32,928 --> 02:59:34,530 WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT 6073 02:59:34,530 --> 02:59:36,332 THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN WE 6074 02:59:36,332 --> 02:59:41,003 HAVE OUR CENTRAL STAFF ANALYSIS, 6075 02:59:41,003 --> 02:59:43,739 BUT THE AUTHORIZED 6076 02:59:43,739 --> 02:59:44,640 LEGISLATIVE AUTHORIZED AMOUNT 6077 02:59:44,640 --> 02:59:45,241 BASED OFF OF 6078 02:59:45,241 --> 02:59:46,375 MATERIAL CHANGES AND SCOPE THAT 6079 02:59:46,375 --> 02:59:48,878 WERE DULY AUTHORIZED AND 6080 02:59:48,878 --> 02:59:50,379 APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL 6081 02:59:50,379 --> 02:59:53,315 OF CAPITAL IS $12. 7 MILLION 6082 02:59:53,315 --> 02:59:53,616 ANNUALLY. 6083 02:59:53,616 --> 02:59:57,052 AND THIS PROPOSAL 6084 02:59:57,052 --> 02:59:58,487 WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY -- DOESN'T 6085 02:59:58,487 --> 02:59:58,954 EVEN -- 6086 02:59:58,954 --> 03:00:01,423 NOT ONLY DOES IT NOT ADJUST 6087 03:00:01,423 --> 03:00:05,227 THAT BASELINE LEVEL FOR 6088 03:00:05,227 --> 03:00:05,561 INFLATION BUT 6089 03:00:05,561 --> 03:00:07,830 THE NET RESULT IS A 6090 03:00:07,830 --> 03:00:08,764 SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THAT. 6091 03:00:08,764 --> 03:00:10,132 SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE 6092 03:00:10,132 --> 03:00:11,267 IMPORTANT POLICY CONVERSATIONS 6093 03:00:11,267 --> 03:00:13,469 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HERE IN 6094 03:00:13,469 --> 03:00:16,038 THIS BODY IN OPEN AND PLAIN 6095 03:00:16,038 --> 03:00:16,338 SIGHT 6096 03:00:16,338 --> 03:00:19,108 IN A TRANSPARENT MANNER 6097 03:00:19,108 --> 03:00:19,308 FOR 6098 03:00:19,308 --> 03:00:20,309 EVERYONE TO SEE. BUT I 6099 03:00:20,309 --> 03:00:21,710 APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. 6100 03:00:21,710 --> 03:00:22,444 APPRECIATE THE 6101 03:00:22,444 --> 03:00:23,712 PRESENTATION, APPRECIATE OUR 6102 03:00:23,712 --> 03:00:24,680 PARTNERS AT THE 6103 03:00:24,680 --> 03:00:27,449 MAYOR'S OFFICE, THE EXECUTIVE 6104 03:00:27,449 --> 03:00:28,884 DEPARTMENT FOR BRINGING 6105 03:00:28,884 --> 03:00:31,387 FORTH THIS PROPOSAL. 6106 03:00:31,387 --> 03:00:32,988 NOW WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR 6107 03:00:32,988 --> 03:00:34,490 SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS. 6108 03:00:34,490 --> 03:00:35,457 WILL THE CLERK 6109 03:00:35,457 --> 03:00:36,125 PLEASE READ ITEM 2 INTO THE 6110 03:00:36,125 --> 03:00:39,061 RECORD. 6111 03:00:39,195 --> 03:00:42,031 >> AGENDA ITEM 2, BRIEFING 6112 03:00:42,031 --> 03:00:43,666 AND DISCUSSION SEATTLE TRANSIT 6113 03:00:43,666 --> 03:00:45,034 ADVISORY BOARD CONSULTATION 6114 03:00:45,034 --> 03:00:45,601 ON 6115 03:00:45,601 --> 03:00:46,135 THE PROPOSED 2026 SEATTLE 6116 03:00:46,135 --> 03:00:48,938 TRANSIT MEASURE. 6117 03:00:49,071 --> 03:00:52,074 >> ALL RIGHT. 6118 03:00:52,074 --> 03:00:54,376 WILL OUR PRESENTERS PLEASE 6119 03:00:54,376 --> 03:00:55,711 JOIN US AT THE TABLE. 6120 03:00:55,711 --> 03:00:56,412 WELCOME. 6121 03:00:56,412 --> 03:00:58,113 WHEN YOU'RE READY, 6122 03:00:58,113 --> 03:00:59,215 PLEASE 6123 03:00:59,215 --> 03:01:00,549 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BEGIN 6124 03:01:00,549 --> 03:01:06,522 YOUR PRESENTATION. 6125 03:01:23,572 --> 03:01:25,441 >> IS THIS HOW THIS WORKS? 6126 03:01:25,574 --> 03:01:27,209 GREAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, AND 6127 03:01:27,209 --> 03:01:27,409 CHAIR 6128 03:01:27,409 --> 03:01:29,144 SAKA, FOR HAVING US 6129 03:01:29,144 --> 03:01:30,379 HERE TODAY. WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A 6130 03:01:30,379 --> 03:01:30,579 LONG 6131 03:01:30,579 --> 03:01:32,114 MEETING WITH A LOT OF 6132 03:01:32,114 --> 03:01:32,581 INFORMATION, SO 6133 03:01:32,581 --> 03:01:34,817 WE DO NOT WANT TO TAKE UP TOO 6134 03:01:34,817 --> 03:01:35,851 MUCH MORE OF YOUR TIME. 6135 03:01:35,851 --> 03:01:38,320 WHAT WE'VE PASSED OUT TO YOU 6136 03:01:38,320 --> 03:01:39,521 IS A LETTER THAT THE 6137 03:01:39,521 --> 03:01:41,957 TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD PASSED 6138 03:01:41,957 --> 03:01:42,224 YESTERDAY 6139 03:01:42,224 --> 03:01:45,995 WHICH WILL KIND OF DRAW FOR 6140 03:01:45,995 --> 03:01:47,162 OUR CONVERSATION TODAY DETAILING 6141 03:01:47,162 --> 03:01:51,166 OUR REACTION TO THE MAYOR'S 6142 03:01:51,166 --> 03:01:52,902 PROPOSAL. 6143 03:01:52,902 --> 03:01:55,871 MY NAME IS ASHWIN BHUMBLA OF 6144 03:01:55,871 --> 03:01:56,906 THE TRANSIT ADVISORY BOARD. 6145 03:01:57,039 --> 03:01:59,575 >> MY NAME IS ZACH BURTON, ALSO 6146 03:01:59,708 --> 03:02:00,342 A CO-CHAIR ON THE TRANSIT 6147 03:02:00,342 --> 03:02:04,246 ADVISORY BOARD. 6148 03:02:04,380 --> 03:02:05,781 >> AND JUST TO GIVE SOME 6149 03:02:05,781 --> 03:02:06,915 CONTEXT, THE TRANSIT 6150 03:02:06,915 --> 03:02:10,986 ADVISORY BOARD IS THE PUBLIC 6151 03:02:10,986 --> 03:02:13,355 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF THE STM 6152 03:02:13,355 --> 03:02:14,023 AND ITS 6153 03:02:14,156 --> 03:02:14,790 FUNDS. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD 6154 03:02:14,790 --> 03:02:15,024 FOR 6155 03:02:15,024 --> 03:02:17,626 A HANDFUL OF YEARS 6156 03:02:17,626 --> 03:02:18,260 NOW, SO WE HAVE BEEN BRIEFED ON 6157 03:02:18,260 --> 03:02:18,694 THE CURRENT 6158 03:02:18,694 --> 03:02:20,663 STM MANY TIMES, AND THE CURRENT 6159 03:02:20,663 --> 03:02:20,829 STM 6160 03:02:20,829 --> 03:02:22,798 HAS BEEN VERY 6161 03:02:22,798 --> 03:02:24,400 SUCCESSFUL. WE APPROVE OF ALL 6162 03:02:24,400 --> 03:02:24,900 THE 6163 03:02:24,900 --> 03:02:28,671 SUCCESSES OF THE CURRENT STM 6164 03:02:28,671 --> 03:02:28,871 AND, 6165 03:02:28,871 --> 03:02:35,377 YOU KNOW, TO GIVE SOME 6166 03:02:35,377 --> 03:02:35,744 CONTEXT, I 6167 03:02:35,744 --> 03:02:36,378 JUST WORK IN THE COFFEE INDUSTRY 6168 03:02:36,378 --> 03:02:36,979 AND I LOVE PUBLIC TRANSIT. 6169 03:02:36,979 --> 03:02:38,147 I USE IT EVERY DAY. 6170 03:02:38,147 --> 03:02:39,915 I COME FROM A SUBURB 6171 03:02:39,915 --> 03:02:41,216 IN MISSOURI WHERE WE HAD, LIKE, 6172 03:02:41,216 --> 03:02:41,583 NO 6173 03:02:41,583 --> 03:02:42,117 PUBLIC TRANSIT. 6174 03:02:42,117 --> 03:02:45,120 SO, TO ME, PUBLIC TRANSIT 6175 03:02:45,120 --> 03:02:45,921 IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 6176 03:02:45,921 --> 03:02:48,490 I RELY ON IT AND I CAN -- 6177 03:02:48,490 --> 03:02:52,094 I HAVE LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH 6178 03:02:52,094 --> 03:02:52,561 THAT. 6179 03:02:52,561 --> 03:02:54,229 WERE ALL THAT HAVE IN MIND, 6180 03:02:54,229 --> 03:02:55,597 THE T.A.B. AS A WHOLE IS 6181 03:02:55,597 --> 03:02:56,999 THRILLED WITH THE MAYOR'S 6182 03:02:56,999 --> 03:02:57,566 PROPOSAL. 6183 03:02:57,566 --> 03:02:59,435 WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE 6184 03:02:59,435 --> 03:03:00,669 THE PROPOSAL WHICH HAS A GREAT 6185 03:03:00,669 --> 03:03:04,006 DEAL OF ALIGNMENT WITH OUR 6186 03:03:04,139 --> 03:03:06,108 PRIORITIES. WE LAUD ITS FOCUS ON 6187 03:03:06,108 --> 03:03:06,375 IMPROVING 6188 03:03:06,375 --> 03:03:07,876 TRANSIT SERVICE, 6189 03:03:07,876 --> 03:03:10,112 MEETING FREQUENT TRANSIT NETWORK 6190 03:03:10,112 --> 03:03:12,614 GOALS, EXPANDING TRANSIT ACCESS 6191 03:03:12,614 --> 03:03:12,848 THROUGH 6192 03:03:12,848 --> 03:03:14,249 THE T.A.B. PROGRAMS 6193 03:03:14,249 --> 03:03:15,985 AND KEEPING ESSENTIAL TRANSIT 6194 03:03:15,985 --> 03:03:16,685 SERVICES 6195 03:03:16,685 --> 03:03:18,420 AND CONNECTIONS LIKE THE 6196 03:03:18,420 --> 03:03:18,921 STREETCAR. 6197 03:03:18,921 --> 03:03:20,689 AND WITH THIS PROPOSAL WE 6198 03:03:20,689 --> 03:03:22,591 SEE EVERY DOLLAR BEING 6199 03:03:22,591 --> 03:03:22,891 COLLECTED, 6200 03:03:22,891 --> 03:03:24,293 SPENT AS OPTIMALLY 6201 03:03:24,293 --> 03:03:26,829 AS POSSIBLE WITH THE VAST 6202 03:03:26,829 --> 03:03:27,396 MAJORITY GOING TO 6203 03:03:27,396 --> 03:03:29,031 IMMEDIATE VISIBLE AND EFFECTIVE 6204 03:03:29,031 --> 03:03:30,232 CHANGES IN TRANSIT SERVICE. 6205 03:03:30,232 --> 03:03:32,001 WE BELIEVE THIS PROPOSAL 6206 03:03:32,001 --> 03:03:33,168 IS EXACTLY WHAT SEATTLE NEEDS 6207 03:03:33,168 --> 03:03:37,172 AND THAT IT WILL PASS AT THE 6208 03:03:37,172 --> 03:03:37,439 BALLOT. 6209 03:03:37,439 --> 03:03:38,974 THE GREAT THING ABOUT TRANSIT 6210 03:03:38,974 --> 03:03:40,442 SERVICE, WE 6211 03:03:40,442 --> 03:03:41,110 CAN IMPLEMENT IT IMMEDIATELY SO 6212 03:03:41,110 --> 03:03:41,677 THE STM WILL MAKE 6213 03:03:41,677 --> 03:03:43,145 THESE MEANINGFUL 6214 03:03:43,145 --> 03:03:43,746 CHANGES IMMEDIATELY AND WE 6215 03:03:43,746 --> 03:03:44,079 DON'T HAVE 6216 03:03:44,079 --> 03:03:45,647 TO WAIT FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS TO 6217 03:03:45,647 --> 03:03:46,915 SEE IMPROVEMENTS. 6218 03:03:46,915 --> 03:03:48,584 I'M GOING TO LET ASHWIN GO 6219 03:03:48,584 --> 03:03:50,252 INTO MORE OF THE DETAILS 6220 03:03:50,252 --> 03:03:52,521 OF WHY WE SUPPORT THIS, BUT WE 6221 03:03:52,521 --> 03:03:52,921 DO 6222 03:03:52,921 --> 03:03:55,224 SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL AS 6223 03:03:55,224 --> 03:03:56,959 A 6224 03:03:56,959 --> 03:03:57,192 BOARD. 6225 03:03:57,192 --> 03:03:58,794 >> YEAH, AND YOU'VE 6226 03:03:58,794 --> 03:04:00,195 HEARD OVER THE COURSE OF THE 6227 03:04:00,195 --> 03:04:00,796 LAST COUPLE WEEKS AND COUPLE 6228 03:04:00,796 --> 03:04:01,063 HOURS THE 6229 03:04:01,063 --> 03:04:01,864 DETAILS OF 6230 03:04:01,864 --> 03:04:02,865 THIS PROPOSAL. WE DON'T NEED TO 6231 03:04:02,865 --> 03:04:03,298 TELL IT TO 6232 03:04:03,298 --> 03:04:04,700 YOU ALL AGAIN BUT TO GO OVER 6233 03:04:04,700 --> 03:04:04,967 WHAT'S 6234 03:04:04,967 --> 03:04:09,071 IN OUR LETTER AND WHAT 6235 03:04:09,071 --> 03:04:14,076 ZACH SPOKE TO, WE AGREE THAT -- 6236 03:04:14,076 --> 03:04:14,810 OR 6237 03:04:14,810 --> 03:04:15,744 MAYBE BEFORE THAT I'LL TAKE A 6238 03:04:15,744 --> 03:04:17,880 STEP BACK AND SAY EVERY YEAR 6239 03:04:17,880 --> 03:04:18,547 THE T.A.B. GETS 6240 03:04:18,547 --> 03:04:19,815 NUMEROUS PRESENTATIONS ON HOW 6241 03:04:19,815 --> 03:04:19,982 STM 6242 03:04:19,982 --> 03:04:22,284 DOLLARS ARE SPENT IN THAT YEAR. 6243 03:04:22,284 --> 03:04:23,485 EVERY YEAR WE FORMULATE A 6244 03:04:23,485 --> 03:04:23,752 LETTER. 6245 03:04:23,752 --> 03:04:26,655 WE SEND IT OUT TO COUNCIL 6246 03:04:26,655 --> 03:04:28,290 AND I BRING THIS UP TO SAY 6247 03:04:28,290 --> 03:04:29,425 THAT WE HAVE SEEN HOW THESE 6248 03:04:29,425 --> 03:04:29,925 FUNDS 6249 03:04:29,925 --> 03:04:32,194 HAVE BEEN USED, AND WE, MORE 6250 03:04:32,194 --> 03:04:32,461 THAN 6251 03:04:32,461 --> 03:04:34,963 ANYBODY, AGREE AS THE PUBLIC 6252 03:04:34,963 --> 03:04:35,998 OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT IT'S 6253 03:04:35,998 --> 03:04:37,166 OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A BOARD 6254 03:04:37,166 --> 03:04:38,901 AND COLLECTIVELY TO ENSURE 6255 03:04:38,901 --> 03:04:39,768 THESE FUNDS ARE USED 6256 03:04:39,768 --> 03:04:40,803 RESPONSIBLY, AND I REALLY WANT 6257 03:04:40,803 --> 03:04:41,537 TO STRESS THAT 6258 03:04:41,537 --> 03:04:43,739 IN OUR ESTIMATION IT 6259 03:04:43,739 --> 03:04:45,174 HAS. THE BEST PREDICTOR OF THE 6260 03:04:45,174 --> 03:04:46,241 FUTURE IS THE PAST. 6261 03:04:46,241 --> 03:04:47,876 WE ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH 6262 03:04:47,876 --> 03:04:49,978 THE REPORTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN 6263 03:04:49,978 --> 03:04:51,346 FROM SDOT OVER THETHE YEARS, HOW 6264 03:04:51,346 --> 03:04:51,713 WE'VE 6265 03:04:51,713 --> 03:04:55,717 SEEN THIS MONEY BE SPENT, AND 6266 03:04:55,717 --> 03:05:01,657 SO GOING FORWARD FOR THE NEW 6267 03:05:01,657 --> 03:05:02,991 MEASURE, WE -- GOING FORWARD 6268 03:05:02,991 --> 03:05:04,026 FOR THE NEW MEASURE -- 6269 03:05:04,026 --> 03:05:11,733 SORRY, ONE SECOND -- WE VIEW IT 6270 03:05:11,733 --> 03:05:12,401 AS 6271 03:05:12,401 --> 03:05:13,569 A PRIMARILY AFFORDABILITY 6272 03:05:13,569 --> 03:05:13,836 MEASURE. 6273 03:05:13,836 --> 03:05:16,071 WE KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF 6274 03:05:16,071 --> 03:05:17,806 TALK, AND RIGHTFUL CONCERN, 6275 03:05:17,806 --> 03:05:20,008 OVER ANY INCREASE IN TAXATION, 6276 03:05:20,008 --> 03:05:20,175 AND 6277 03:05:20,175 --> 03:05:21,543 WE JUST WANT TO BRING UP THE 6278 03:05:21,543 --> 03:05:21,743 IDEA, 6279 03:05:21,743 --> 03:05:23,412 AGAIN, THAT IT IS NOT ONLY 6280 03:05:23,412 --> 03:05:26,315 ALL OF SEATTLE BUT ESPECIALLY 6281 03:05:26,315 --> 03:05:27,483 THOSE MOST COST PRESSED WHO ARE 6282 03:05:27,483 --> 03:05:30,853 GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE 6283 03:05:30,853 --> 03:05:31,720 INVESTMENTS THAT 6284 03:05:31,720 --> 03:05:33,121 THIS MAKES. TWO YEARS AGO THE 6285 03:05:33,121 --> 03:05:33,455 COUNCIL, AND 6286 03:05:33,455 --> 03:05:34,823 I KNOW IT WAS A DIFFERENT 6287 03:05:34,823 --> 03:05:35,123 COUNCIL 6288 03:05:35,257 --> 03:05:37,192 THEN. I DO BELIEVE STILL A 6289 03:05:37,192 --> 03:05:37,459 MAJORITY 6290 03:05:37,459 --> 03:05:38,727 OF THE MEMBERS ARE THE SAME. 6291 03:05:38,727 --> 03:05:40,229 TWO YEARS AGO 6292 03:05:40,229 --> 03:05:41,363 COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE 6293 03:05:41,363 --> 03:05:43,765 SEATTLE 6294 03:05:43,765 --> 03:05:45,200 TRANSPORTATION PLAN, 6295 03:05:45,200 --> 03:05:46,468 WHICH INCLUDED MANY DIFFERENT 6296 03:05:46,468 --> 03:05:48,470 ITEMS FOR A 20- YEAR PLAN FOR 6297 03:05:48,470 --> 03:05:48,637 THE 6298 03:05:48,637 --> 03:05:50,939 CITY. IN THIS WAS THE FREQUENT 6299 03:05:50,939 --> 03:05:51,373 TRANSIT NETWORK. 6300 03:05:51,373 --> 03:05:53,242 IN THIS AS WELL WAS THE CLIMATE 6301 03:05:53,242 --> 03:05:55,744 CHANGE RESPONSE FRAMEWORK 6302 03:05:55,744 --> 03:05:57,246 WHICHWHICH OUT THE CITY'S PLAN 6303 03:05:57,246 --> 03:05:59,214 TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE 6304 03:05:59,214 --> 03:06:00,449 BY TACKLING AN AGGRESSIVE 6305 03:06:00,449 --> 03:06:04,153 MODE SHIFT AWAY FROM SINGLE 6306 03:06:04,153 --> 03:06:07,623 OCCUPANCY VEHICLES TOWARDS 6307 03:06:07,623 --> 03:06:07,990 TRANSIT. 6308 03:06:07,990 --> 03:06:09,658 THIS -- THAT MEASURE WAS 6309 03:06:09,658 --> 03:06:11,827 PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY COUNCIL 6310 03:06:11,827 --> 03:06:12,127 BECAUSE I 6311 03:06:12,127 --> 03:06:13,362 BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL 6312 03:06:13,362 --> 03:06:14,229 THEN UNDERSTOOD THAT THESE 6313 03:06:14,229 --> 03:06:16,131 WERE CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED 6314 03:06:16,131 --> 03:06:17,599 THAT WEREN'T OPTIONAL OVER THE 6315 03:06:17,599 --> 03:06:18,367 NEXT 20 YEARS. 6316 03:06:18,367 --> 03:06:20,002 THEY WERE NEEDED FROM AN 6317 03:06:20,002 --> 03:06:20,669 AFFORDABILITY ANGLE. 6318 03:06:20,669 --> 03:06:22,404 THEY WERE NEEDED FROM SAFETY 6319 03:06:22,404 --> 03:06:24,039 ANGLE, FROM A CLIMATE ANGLE, 6320 03:06:24,039 --> 03:06:26,642 AND, ALSO, A GEOMETRY ANGLE. 6321 03:06:26,642 --> 03:06:28,110 I BELIEVE SOME PUBLIC 6322 03:06:28,110 --> 03:06:29,611 SPEAKERS BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER 6323 03:06:29,611 --> 03:06:29,811 THAT 6324 03:06:29,811 --> 03:06:32,548 SEATTLE'S A GROWING CITY, 6325 03:06:32,548 --> 03:06:36,051 AND THERE IS LEGITIMATELY 6326 03:06:36,051 --> 03:06:36,919 GEOMETRICALLY, PHYSICALLY 6327 03:06:36,919 --> 03:06:38,987 NOT ENOUGH SPACE FOR US TO KEEP 6328 03:06:38,987 --> 03:06:40,255 USING SINGLE- OCCUPANCY 6329 03:06:40,255 --> 03:06:41,823 VEHICLES IN THE SAME WAY WE ARE 6330 03:06:41,823 --> 03:06:44,026 NOW. 6331 03:06:44,026 --> 03:06:45,327 SO HERE WE HAVE A CHANCE TO 6332 03:06:45,327 --> 03:06:47,095 TAKE THESE PLANS AND MOVE THEM 6333 03:06:47,095 --> 03:06:47,296 OFF 6334 03:06:47,296 --> 03:06:49,665 OF JUST ASPIRATIONS. 6335 03:06:49,665 --> 03:06:52,067 WE HAVE A CHANCE SO THAT IN 6336 03:06:52,067 --> 03:06:53,635 2044 WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK AT 6337 03:06:53,635 --> 03:06:55,270 THE LAST 20 YEARS, LOOKING 6338 03:06:55,270 --> 03:06:56,738 BACK AT THE GRAND DESIGNS WE HAD 6339 03:06:56,738 --> 03:06:59,174 AND ASKING WHERE DID WE GO 6340 03:06:59,174 --> 03:06:59,441 WRONG? 6341 03:06:59,441 --> 03:07:00,709 WHAT STEPS DIDN'T WE TAKE? 6342 03:07:00,709 --> 03:07:02,177 WE BELIEVE THIS MEASURE IS A 6343 03:07:02,177 --> 03:07:04,413 STEP IN THAT DIRECTION. 6344 03:07:04,413 --> 03:07:07,149 AND WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE 6345 03:07:07,149 --> 03:07:09,618 COUNCIL TO KEEP THAT IN MIND 6346 03:07:09,618 --> 03:07:10,619 OVER THE 6347 03:07:10,619 --> 03:07:11,653 AMENDMENT PROCESS. 6348 03:07:11,653 --> 03:07:13,689 AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT 6349 03:07:13,689 --> 03:07:14,723 PROCESS WE WILL -- THE T.A.B. 6350 03:07:14,723 --> 03:07:15,123 WILL 6351 03:07:15,123 --> 03:07:16,658 STAY IN TUNE AND WE'LL SEND 6352 03:07:16,658 --> 03:07:19,361 OUT LETTERS TO ALL OF YOU AS WE 6353 03:07:19,361 --> 03:07:20,462 UNDERSTAND MORE OF WHAT 6354 03:07:20,462 --> 03:07:22,064 YOUR AMENDMENTS ARE, OFFERING 6355 03:07:22,064 --> 03:07:23,832 OUR 6356 03:07:23,966 --> 03:07:26,034 PERSPECTIVE. AND I WANTED TO 6357 03:07:26,034 --> 03:07:26,335 THANK -- WE 6358 03:07:26,335 --> 03:07:26,935 REACHED OUT TO 6359 03:07:26,935 --> 03:07:27,869 COUNCILMEMBERS OVER THE LAST 6360 03:07:27,869 --> 03:07:29,605 COUPLE OF 6361 03:07:29,605 --> 03:07:30,305 MONTHS AND THANK YOU TO THOSE WE 6362 03:07:30,305 --> 03:07:33,141 WERE ABLE TO MEET WITHWITH 6363 03:07:33,141 --> 03:07:34,109 UNDERSTAND THE PRIORITIES OF 6364 03:07:34,109 --> 03:07:35,010 YOUR DISTRICT. 6365 03:07:35,010 --> 03:07:35,978 WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER 6366 03:07:35,978 --> 03:07:37,779 WITH ALL OF YOU TO MAKE TO 6367 03:07:37,779 --> 03:07:40,549 THIS LEGISLATION IS THE LANDMARK 6368 03:07:40,549 --> 03:07:41,483 PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT IT 6369 03:07:41,483 --> 03:07:42,217 CAN BE GOING FORWARD. 6370 03:07:42,217 --> 03:07:43,285 THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO SAY. 6371 03:07:43,485 --> 03:07:43,919 >> THANK YOU. 6372 03:07:43,919 --> 03:07:47,623 >> THANK YOU. 6373 03:07:47,823 --> 03:07:50,125 >> DID I HEAR SOMETHING? 6374 03:07:50,125 --> 03:07:50,726 >> I SAID THANK YOU AS WELL. 6375 03:07:50,859 --> 03:07:51,893 >> OKAY, COOL. 6376 03:07:51,893 --> 03:07:54,029 THANK YOU, MR. BURTON, MR. 6377 03:07:54,029 --> 03:07:54,429 BHUMBLA. 6378 03:07:54,429 --> 03:07:56,632 HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST 6379 03:07:56,632 --> 03:07:59,067 NAME, 6380 03:07:59,067 --> 03:07:59,368 ASHWIN? 6381 03:07:59,368 --> 03:08:00,068 >> THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD, 6382 03:08:00,068 --> 03:08:00,469 BHUMBLA. 6383 03:08:00,469 --> 03:08:03,272 IT'S A TRICKY 6384 03:08:03,272 --> 03:08:03,472 ONE. 6385 03:08:03,472 --> 03:08:04,039 >> SUPER COOL ONE, THOUGH. 6386 03:08:04,039 --> 03:08:05,173 THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN, BOTH FOR 6387 03:08:05,173 --> 03:08:06,842 YOUR PRESENTATION, YOUR 6388 03:08:06,842 --> 03:08:08,043 OVERVIEW, AND IT LOOKS LIKE 6389 03:08:08,043 --> 03:08:11,647 THE LETTER WAS JUST PRESENTED 6390 03:08:11,647 --> 03:08:13,482 HERE, SKIMMED IT BUT I'LL DO IT 6391 03:08:13,482 --> 03:08:13,682 MORE 6392 03:08:13,682 --> 03:08:16,518 CLOSELY IN DETAIL LATER LATER 6393 03:08:16,518 --> 03:08:17,252 TODAY. 6394 03:08:17,252 --> 03:08:19,021 THANK YOU. 6395 03:08:19,021 --> 03:08:19,454 COLLEAGUES, WELCOME 6396 03:08:19,454 --> 03:08:20,956 ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU 6397 03:08:20,956 --> 03:08:21,123 MAY 6398 03:08:21,123 --> 03:08:21,790 HAVE. 6399 03:08:21,790 --> 03:08:23,158 REMEMBER, WE'RE OUR OWN 6400 03:08:23,158 --> 03:08:24,426 WORST ENEMY FOR POTENTIALLY 6401 03:08:24,426 --> 03:08:25,160 GETTING OUT OF HERE. 6402 03:08:25,160 --> 03:08:26,528 I'LL START WITH 6403 03:08:26,528 --> 03:08:27,529 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 6404 03:08:27,663 --> 03:08:30,565 >> REQUEST TO EXTEND THIS 6405 03:08:30,565 --> 03:08:31,166 MEETING ANOTHER 45 MINUTES. 6406 03:08:31,166 --> 03:08:32,734 I AM TOTALLY JOKING. 6407 03:08:32,734 --> 03:08:34,803 I AM SO SORRY. 6408 03:08:34,803 --> 03:08:36,838 THANK YOU FOR 6409 03:08:36,838 --> 03:08:37,472 BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR THIS 6410 03:08:37,472 --> 03:08:37,706 LETTER. 6411 03:08:37,706 --> 03:08:39,474 VERY 6412 03:08:39,474 --> 03:08:41,443 TIMELY. YOU ALIGN WITH ME IN SO 6413 03:08:41,443 --> 03:08:41,710 IMWAYS. 6414 03:08:41,710 --> 03:08:44,413 THAT FIRST BULLET POINT OF WE -- 6415 03:08:44,413 --> 03:08:45,814 AN EVEN LARGER 6416 03:08:45,814 --> 03:08:47,182 PERCENTAGE, READING FROM THEIR 6417 03:08:47,182 --> 03:08:48,383 LETTER, 6418 03:08:48,383 --> 03:08:49,885 THE BOLDED SECTION -- OR THE 6419 03:08:49,885 --> 03:08:50,085 WHOLE 6420 03:08:50,085 --> 03:08:50,952 SENTENCE TO THIS END WE 6421 03:08:50,952 --> 03:08:52,054 BELIEVE IN EVEN LARGER 6422 03:08:52,054 --> 03:08:52,421 PERCENTAGE OF 6423 03:08:52,421 --> 03:08:54,323 FUNDS, AT LEAST 60%, SHOULD 6424 03:08:54,323 --> 03:08:58,794 BE SPENT DIRECTLY ON 6425 03:08:58,794 --> 03:09:00,162 TRANSIT SERVICE. 6426 03:09:00,295 --> 03:09:01,430 100 100% AGREE. 6427 03:09:01,430 --> 03:09:03,031 WHEN WE'RE STUCK IN THESE 6428 03:09:03,031 --> 03:09:04,199 MOMENTS, WE'RE LIMITED TO 6429 03:09:04,199 --> 03:09:06,835 EITHER INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT 6430 03:09:06,835 --> 03:09:09,404 OF 6431 03:09:09,538 --> 03:09:11,373 REVENUE OR TO CREATE TRADEOFFS 6432 03:09:11,373 --> 03:09:12,040 WITHIN THE PACKAGE AS DESCRIBED. 6433 03:09:12,040 --> 03:09:13,241 THAT'S WHY YOU SAW ME ASK 6434 03:09:13,241 --> 03:09:14,976 A WHOLE LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT 6435 03:09:14,976 --> 03:09:16,912 THE OTHER PARTS OF THIS 6436 03:09:16,912 --> 03:09:18,880 PROGRAM BECAUSE I'M ALREADY 6437 03:09:18,880 --> 03:09:19,147 LOOKING. 6438 03:09:19,147 --> 03:09:20,582 HOW DO WE INCREASE THE AMOUNT 6439 03:09:20,582 --> 03:09:23,485 OF TRANSIT SERVICE THAT WE 6440 03:09:23,485 --> 03:09:23,919 PURCHASE? 6441 03:09:23,919 --> 03:09:25,253 I'LL ASK THE THREE QUESTIONS 6442 03:09:25,253 --> 03:09:25,420 AND 6443 03:09:25,420 --> 03:09:28,924 THIS IS LIKE THE END POINT, 6444 03:09:29,057 --> 03:09:31,793 RIGHT. WAS THE TRANSIT ADVISORY 6445 03:09:31,793 --> 03:09:32,994 BOARD -- WERE YOU ASKED TO 6446 03:09:32,994 --> 03:09:35,230 GIVE YOUR INPUT DURING 6447 03:09:35,230 --> 03:09:35,931 THE DEVELOPMENT OF 6448 03:09:35,931 --> 03:09:36,131 THIS? 6449 03:09:36,131 --> 03:09:36,565 >> WE WERE. 6450 03:09:36,698 --> 03:09:38,033 >> OKAY, GREAT. 6451 03:09:38,033 --> 03:09:39,301 AND THEN WHEN YOU WERE ASKED 6452 03:09:39,301 --> 03:09:41,370 TO SIGN OFF ON THIS, WERE 6453 03:09:41,370 --> 03:09:43,171 YOU PROVIDED ANY DIFFERENT 6454 03:09:43,171 --> 03:09:45,207 OPTIONS THAT COULD BE TAKEN INTO 6455 03:09:45,207 --> 03:09:47,309 ACCOUNT, WHETHER IT WAS VLF 6456 03:09:47,309 --> 03:09:49,678 OR IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE THINGS 6457 03:09:49,678 --> 03:09:50,979 AROUND WITHIN THIS LEVY, 6458 03:09:50,979 --> 03:09:52,748 HOW WERE YOU -- WERE YOU 6459 03:09:52,748 --> 03:09:54,182 PROVIDED THAT 6460 03:09:54,182 --> 03:09:54,516 OPPORTUNITY? 6461 03:09:54,516 --> 03:09:55,984 >> YEAH. LESS THAT WE SIGNED 6462 03:09:55,984 --> 03:09:57,853 OFF, I SHOULD SAY, ON THE 6463 03:09:57,853 --> 03:09:59,721 PROPOSAL, BUT WE WERE BRIEFED 6464 03:09:59,721 --> 03:10:00,355 THROUGH -- 6465 03:10:00,355 --> 03:10:01,623 OVER THE LAST YEAR 6466 03:10:01,623 --> 03:10:02,624 AT MANY DIFFERENT TIMES WITH HOW 6467 03:10:02,624 --> 03:10:03,158 THE 6468 03:10:03,158 --> 03:10:04,025 PROPOSAL WAS GOING. 6469 03:10:04,025 --> 03:10:05,327 WE GAVE OUR FEEDBACK. 6470 03:10:05,327 --> 03:10:09,297 WE DID SEE KIND OF OVER THE 6471 03:10:09,297 --> 03:10:11,767 LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS DIFFERENT 6472 03:10:11,767 --> 03:10:13,068 OPTIONS, AND IN THAT 6473 03:10:13,068 --> 03:10:14,970 MOMENT, WE HAVE A SPECIFIC 6474 03:10:14,970 --> 03:10:16,438 SUBCOMMITTEE DEDICATED TO STM. 6475 03:10:16,438 --> 03:10:17,372 THAT SUBCOMMITTEE GAVE ITS 6476 03:10:17,372 --> 03:10:20,075 OPINIONS ON WHICH OF THOSE 6477 03:10:20,075 --> 03:10:21,743 OPTIONS WE PREFERRED 6478 03:10:21,743 --> 03:10:22,377 THE MOST. 6479 03:10:22,377 --> 03:10:22,711 >> FANTASTIC. 6480 03:10:22,711 --> 03:10:25,113 AND WAS YOUR FEEDBACK PUT INTO 6481 03:10:25,113 --> 03:10:27,315 THE PLAN, OR WAS IT JUST 6482 03:10:27,315 --> 03:10:30,218 LISTENED TO? 6483 03:10:30,352 --> 03:10:32,187 >> WE SEE -- IT'S HARD TO 6484 03:10:32,187 --> 03:10:33,188 TELL HOW MUCH CAME FROM US AND 6485 03:10:33,188 --> 03:10:33,388 WHAT 6486 03:10:33,388 --> 03:10:34,423 WAS INCORPORATED AS A 6487 03:10:34,423 --> 03:10:35,657 DIRECT PART OF OUR FEEDBACK 6488 03:10:35,657 --> 03:10:37,192 AND HOW MUCH 6489 03:10:37,192 --> 03:10:37,793 WAS COMING FROM SDOT AND THE 6490 03:10:37,793 --> 03:10:38,994 MAYOR'S OFFICE IN 6491 03:10:38,994 --> 03:10:39,995 GENERAL, BUT AS OUR LETTER 6492 03:10:39,995 --> 03:10:40,729 POINTS OUT, WE 6493 03:10:40,729 --> 03:10:43,031 SEE A GREAT DEAL OF 6494 03:10:43,031 --> 03:10:44,065 ALIGNMENT, KIND OF THE LETTER 6495 03:10:44,065 --> 03:10:44,699 THAT WE 6496 03:10:44,699 --> 03:10:46,802 SENT ON MARCH TO ALL OF COUNCIL 6497 03:10:46,802 --> 03:10:47,002 GOES 6498 03:10:47,002 --> 03:10:47,803 OVER KIND OF THE MAIN 6499 03:10:47,803 --> 03:10:49,004 POINTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING 6500 03:10:49,004 --> 03:10:51,940 AT WHICH WAS, YES, INCREASING 6501 03:10:51,940 --> 03:10:54,376 FROM . 15 6502 03:10:54,376 --> 03:10:56,478 TO 3% SALES TAX, A MINIMUM SPENT 6503 03:10:56,478 --> 03:10:58,380 ON TRANSIT SERVICE, AND 6504 03:10:58,380 --> 03:10:59,915 WE WERE DELIGHTED TO SEE THE 6505 03:10:59,915 --> 03:11:00,849 MAYOR'S PROPOSAL INCLUDED THE 6506 03:11:00,849 --> 03:11:01,049 SAME. 6507 03:11:01,183 --> 03:11:03,418 >> AND SO IF YOU 6508 03:11:03,418 --> 03:11:04,719 HAD A MAGIC WAND, WAND, WOULD 6509 03:11:04,719 --> 03:11:06,621 WE GET TO 60% 6510 03:11:06,755 --> 03:11:07,689 SERVICE? LAST QUESTION AND I 6511 03:11:07,689 --> 03:11:07,923 DON'T 6512 03:11:07,923 --> 03:11:09,491 NEED TO SPEAK AGAIN, CHAIR? 6513 03:11:09,624 --> 03:11:12,460 >> I MAY BE 6514 03:11:12,460 --> 03:11:13,528 MISREPRESENTING THINGS WITH -- 6515 03:11:13,528 --> 03:11:14,596 FOR WHICH I'LL 6516 03:11:14,596 --> 03:11:15,897 ASK THE FOLKS AT SDOT TO 6517 03:11:15,897 --> 03:11:16,264 CORRECT ME. 6518 03:11:16,264 --> 03:11:17,399 WE HAD OUR T.A.B. MEETING 6519 03:11:17,399 --> 03:11:17,799 YESTERDAY. 6520 03:11:17,799 --> 03:11:19,534 WE TALKED -- WE GOT 6521 03:11:19,534 --> 03:11:22,804 A PRESENTATION ON STM, AND I 6522 03:11:22,804 --> 03:11:25,941 BELIEVE THAT THAT 60% MINIMUM 6523 03:11:25,941 --> 03:11:29,144 IS IN THIS MAYOR'S PROPOSAL 6524 03:11:29,144 --> 03:11:29,544 ALREADY. 6525 03:11:29,544 --> 03:11:32,147 YEAH. 6526 03:11:32,280 --> 03:11:33,348 >> GREAT. 6527 03:11:33,481 --> 03:11:35,450 >> AWESOME. 6528 03:11:35,450 --> 03:11:37,552 ALL RIGHT. 6529 03:11:37,552 --> 03:11:38,353 WELL, THANK YOU. 6530 03:11:38,353 --> 03:11:40,121 ANY OTHER FINAL QUESTIONS, 6531 03:11:40,121 --> 03:11:42,490 COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? 6532 03:11:42,624 --> 03:11:44,025 >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WE'LL 6533 03:11:44,025 --> 03:11:45,794 BE SENDING OUT THIS LETTER 6534 03:11:45,794 --> 03:11:48,563 IN EMAIL FORM AS WELL. 6535 03:11:48,563 --> 03:11:49,097 I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER 6536 03:11:49,097 --> 03:11:50,365 JUAREZ, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEND 6537 03:11:50,365 --> 03:11:50,599 THAT TO 6538 03:11:50,599 --> 03:11:51,867 YOU, TOO, AS WELL. 6539 03:11:52,000 --> 03:11:53,168 >> YEAH, IT WOULD BE NICE. 6540 03:11:53,301 --> 03:11:54,836 THANKS. 6541 03:11:54,836 --> 03:11:55,470 >> WILL DO. 6542 03:11:55,470 --> 03:11:56,738 [ LAUGHTER ] 6543 03:11:56,872 --> 03:11:59,274 >> EXCUSE ME. 6544 03:11:59,274 --> 03:12:00,275 TERRIFIC. 6545 03:12:00,275 --> 03:12:01,576 WELL, THANK YOU. 6546 03:12:01,576 --> 03:12:03,245 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GENTLEMEN, 6547 03:12:03,378 --> 03:12:05,513 AGAIN. I APPRECIATE YOUR 6548 03:12:05,513 --> 03:12:07,849 PARTNERSHIP AS WELL OFFLINE. 6549 03:12:07,849 --> 03:12:09,518 I FEEL -- SPEAKING OF 6550 03:12:09,518 --> 03:12:10,519 ADEQUACY AND EFFICIENCY, EVERY 6551 03:12:10,519 --> 03:12:10,819 TIME 6552 03:12:10,819 --> 03:12:12,420 I ENGAGE WITH YOU, I FEEL 6553 03:12:12,420 --> 03:12:12,854 TOTALLY 6554 03:12:12,854 --> 03:12:14,022 INADEQUATE AND INSUFFICIENT 6555 03:12:14,022 --> 03:12:16,758 IN LEVEL OF COOLNESS, YOUR 6556 03:12:16,758 --> 03:12:18,727 VIBES, YOUR COOLNESS VIBES AND 6557 03:12:18,727 --> 03:12:18,960 LOOKS. 6558 03:12:18,960 --> 03:12:19,327 I JUST LOVE IT. 6559 03:12:19,327 --> 03:12:20,328 THANK YOU FOR DRESSING UP 6560 03:12:20,328 --> 03:12:23,565 FOR THIS OCCASION, BUT YOU'RE 6561 03:12:23,565 --> 03:12:23,832 STILL 6562 03:12:23,832 --> 03:12:24,866 VERY COOL. 6563 03:12:24,866 --> 03:12:26,301 THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 6564 03:12:26,301 --> 03:12:28,236 ONE FINAL COMMENT TO CLOSE THIS 6565 03:12:28,236 --> 03:12:29,471 OUT AND I'M GOING TO SAY 6566 03:12:29,471 --> 03:12:31,072 THIS BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF 6567 03:12:31,072 --> 03:12:32,641 OUR PARTNERS FROM THE EXECUTIVE 6568 03:12:32,641 --> 03:12:32,974 ARE 6569 03:12:32,974 --> 03:12:33,275 STILL HERE. 6570 03:12:33,275 --> 03:12:36,478 I REALLY DO LOVE THE SUPPORT 6571 03:12:36,478 --> 03:12:38,113 AND EXPANSION OF THE TRANSIT 6572 03:12:38,113 --> 03:12:41,616 ACCESS IN TERMS OF EQUITY THAT 6573 03:12:41,616 --> 03:12:43,184 IS INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL 6574 03:12:43,184 --> 03:12:45,554 IN TERMS OF PRESERVING THE 6575 03:12:45,554 --> 03:12:45,820 EXISTING 6576 03:12:45,820 --> 03:12:46,955 LEVEL OF PEOPLE BUT NOT ONLY 6577 03:12:46,955 --> 03:12:51,426 THAT EXPANDING THAT AND 6578 03:12:51,426 --> 03:12:52,661 SOME VALID QUESTIONS WERE ASKED 6579 03:12:52,661 --> 03:12:53,595 AND TERRIFIC QUESTIONS FROM SOME 6580 03:12:53,595 --> 03:12:56,398 OF MY COLLEAGUES AROUND THE 6581 03:12:56,398 --> 03:12:58,433 APPROPRIATE PARTNERS TO 6582 03:12:58,433 --> 03:13:01,770 LEVERAGE FOR THAT, BUT, AGAIN, 6583 03:13:01,770 --> 03:13:02,003 LET'S 6584 03:13:02,003 --> 03:13:04,506 START WITH THE PRINCIPLE LEVEL 6585 03:13:04,506 --> 03:13:06,741 AND PRIORITY LEVEL, 6586 03:13:06,741 --> 03:13:07,709 THE PRINCIPLE AND PRIORITY 6587 03:13:07,709 --> 03:13:07,943 LEVEL. 6588 03:13:07,943 --> 03:13:11,012 A TERRIFIC INVESTMENT AND 6589 03:13:11,012 --> 03:13:14,115 MY SORT OF JOURNEY AND PERSONAL 6590 03:13:14,249 --> 03:13:15,350 EXPERIENCES ARE WELL KNOWN 6591 03:13:15,350 --> 03:13:15,917 AND DOCUMENTED AT THIS 6592 03:13:15,917 --> 03:13:17,252 POINT, SOMEONE WHO HAS OVERCOME 6593 03:13:17,252 --> 03:13:17,419 THE 6594 03:13:17,419 --> 03:13:18,620 FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, 6595 03:13:18,620 --> 03:13:20,655 EXPERIENCED FREE AND REDUCED 6596 03:13:20,655 --> 03:13:21,156 LUNCH, YOU 6597 03:13:21,156 --> 03:13:23,124 KNOW, SECTION 8 HOUSING, ALL 6598 03:13:23,124 --> 03:13:24,125 OF THOSE THINGS. 6599 03:13:24,125 --> 03:13:25,961 BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, A VERY 6600 03:13:25,961 --> 03:13:27,329 REGULAR, ROBUST TRANSIT 6601 03:13:27,329 --> 03:13:28,630 RIDER OVER THE COURSE OF MY 6602 03:13:28,630 --> 03:13:28,830 LIFE. 6603 03:13:28,830 --> 03:13:30,799 I HAD MY FIRST JOB AT AGE 6604 03:13:30,799 --> 03:13:34,169 15, LIVING IN THE VALLEY IN 6605 03:13:34,169 --> 03:13:37,305 KENT, TOOK THE 150 FROM KENT 6606 03:13:37,305 --> 03:13:38,840 TO SOUTH CENTER MALL TO MY JOB 6607 03:13:38,840 --> 03:13:39,741 AT THE 6608 03:13:39,741 --> 03:13:40,041 MALL. 6609 03:13:40,041 --> 03:13:43,411 AND IT YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME IT 6610 03:13:43,411 --> 03:13:45,313 WAS 75 CENTS FOR KIDS OR UNDER 6611 03:13:45,313 --> 03:13:45,613 18. 6612 03:13:45,613 --> 03:13:47,082 NOW IT'S FREE BECAUSE OF 6613 03:13:47,082 --> 03:13:49,117 A VARIETY OF LEVELS OF 6614 03:13:49,117 --> 03:13:49,484 INVESTMENT. 6615 03:13:49,484 --> 03:13:51,419 I REMEMBER VIVIDLY THOSE 6616 03:13:51,419 --> 03:13:53,321 TRANSFER PASSES THAT METRO 6617 03:13:53,321 --> 03:13:53,688 PROVIDES. 6618 03:13:53,688 --> 03:13:56,057 I REMEMBER COLLECTING ALL OF 6619 03:13:56,057 --> 03:13:57,292 THEM, ALL THE COLORS. 6620 03:13:57,292 --> 03:13:58,960 IT'S NOT JUST GREEN THAT THEY 6621 03:13:58,960 --> 03:13:59,995 HAVE. 6622 03:13:59,995 --> 03:14:02,764 THEY HAVE TEAL AND TURQUOISE 6623 03:14:02,764 --> 03:14:04,566 AND, LIKE 14 OFFSHOOTS OF 6624 03:14:04,566 --> 03:14:05,333 RED AND GREEN. 6625 03:14:05,333 --> 03:14:07,869 I HAD ALL -- WELL, ALMOST ALL 6626 03:14:07,869 --> 03:14:08,169 OF 6627 03:14:08,169 --> 03:14:10,005 THEM. BUT THEY'RE ALL 6628 03:14:10,005 --> 03:14:10,305 DIFFERENT. 6629 03:14:10,305 --> 03:14:11,373 THEY ALL INCLUDE 6630 03:14:11,373 --> 03:14:13,174 DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THEM -- OR, 6631 03:14:13,174 --> 03:14:13,408 EXCUSE 6632 03:14:13,408 --> 03:14:13,908 ME, LETTERS. 6633 03:14:13,908 --> 03:14:15,677 AND I WOULD TRY AND PASS THOSE 6634 03:14:15,677 --> 03:14:15,910 OFF. 6635 03:14:15,910 --> 03:14:19,481 I WOULD GO TO WORK AND TRY AND 6636 03:14:19,481 --> 03:14:21,750 SAVE 75 CENTS IN THE 6637 03:14:21,750 --> 03:14:25,620 AFTERNOON AND SHOW THE DRIVER, 6638 03:14:25,620 --> 03:14:27,122 AND THE DRIVERS ALL KNEW, 6639 03:14:27,122 --> 03:14:27,689 THEY'RE SMART 6640 03:14:27,689 --> 03:14:29,024 PEOPLE, THEY KNEW THE 6641 03:14:29,024 --> 03:14:29,824 LETTERS DIDN'T MATCH UP AND 6642 03:14:29,824 --> 03:14:30,325 THEY GAVE 6643 03:14:30,325 --> 03:14:31,393 ME A PASS ANYWAY. 6644 03:14:31,393 --> 03:14:35,363 SO SHOUTOUT TO THE OPERATORS FOR 6645 03:14:35,363 --> 03:14:37,866 ALL THEY DO TO THE EARLIER 6646 03:14:37,866 --> 03:14:39,300 POINT, PART OF THIS IS 6647 03:14:39,300 --> 03:14:39,934 ABOUT PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY. 6648 03:14:39,934 --> 03:14:41,469 THERE'S A CERTAIN SENSE OF 6649 03:14:41,469 --> 03:14:43,138 PRIDE WHEN YOU TOUCH -- WHEN 6650 03:14:43,138 --> 03:14:43,405 EVERYONE 6651 03:14:43,405 --> 03:14:44,372 TAPS TO GET IN. 6652 03:14:44,372 --> 03:14:48,610 I HEARD ONE OF THE OPERATORS 6653 03:14:48,610 --> 03:14:49,944 SAY THAT. 6654 03:14:49,944 --> 03:14:51,179 TO CLOSE THIS OUT, THAT'S 6655 03:14:51,179 --> 03:14:52,781 WHAT THIS PROGRAM, SUPPORTING 6656 03:14:52,781 --> 03:14:54,249 AND EXPANDING TRANSIT ACCESS 6657 03:14:54,249 --> 03:14:56,618 HELPS ALL OF US DO AND BE 6658 03:14:56,618 --> 03:14:58,086 DIGNIFIED WHEN WE SHOW UP AND 6659 03:14:58,086 --> 03:14:58,453 USE 6660 03:14:58,453 --> 03:14:59,954 OUR VIBRANT TRANSIT NETWORK AS 6661 03:14:59,954 --> 03:15:00,722 WELL. 6662 03:15:00,722 --> 03:15:01,489 SO THANK YOU ALL. 6663 03:15:01,489 --> 03:15:02,557 WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 6664 03:15:02,557 --> 03:15:03,491 TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. 6665 03:15:03,491 --> 03:15:06,394 THE NEXT MEETING OF THE 6666 03:15:06,394 --> 03:15:08,363 SELECT COMMITTEE ON SEATTLE 6667 03:15:08,363 --> 03:15:09,597 TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT 6668 03:15:09,597 --> 03:15:11,499 WILL BE HELD JUNE 18 AT 6669 03:15:11,499 --> 03:15:12,434 9:30 A.M. 6670 03:15:12,434 --> 03:15:13,668 ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME 6671 03:15:13,668 --> 03:15:15,603 BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE 6672 03:15:15,603 --> 03:15:15,904 ADJOURN? 6673 03:15:15,904 --> 03:15:18,373 HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE ARE 6674 03:15:18,373 --> 03:15:18,740 ADJOURNED. 6675 03:15:18,740 --> 03:15:20,709 IT IS 12:47 P.