1 00:00:03,436 --> 00:00:13,646 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:00:19,586 --> 00:00:22,722 -- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. 3 00:00:22,722 --> 00:00:25,925 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THE 4 00:00:25,925 --> 00:00:27,494 JULY 13th, 2026 SELECT COMMITTEE 5 00:00:27,494 --> 00:00:29,396 ON THE SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION 6 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:31,398 BENEFIT DISTRICT WILL COME BACK 7 00:00:31,398 --> 00:00:34,000 TO ORDER. IT IS 503. I AM ROB 8 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:34,601 SAKA, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 9 00:00:34,601 --> 00:00:36,870 WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE 10 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:39,172 CALL THE ROLL? 11 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:44,010 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 12 00:00:44,010 --> 00:00:47,447 COUNCILMEMBER HOLLINGSWORTH 13 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:54,020 PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 14 00:00:54,020 --> 00:00:56,489 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HERE. 15 00:00:56,489 --> 00:00:56,923 COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. 16 00:00:56,923 --> 00:00:59,893 -- HERE WAIT, WAS THAT LIN 17 00:00:59,893 --> 00:01:02,429 APOLOGIES. 18 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:03,730 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 19 00:01:03,730 --> 00:01:05,799 -- LET'S READ THE LAST 20 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:06,166 COUNCILMEMBER. 21 00:01:06,166 --> 00:01:10,804 -- COUNCILMEMBER. LIN 22 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:13,506 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. PRESENT 23 00:01:13,506 --> 00:01:13,973 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 24 00:01:13,973 --> 00:01:15,275 -- PRESENT. 25 00:01:15,275 --> 00:01:17,043 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. HERE. 26 00:01:17,043 --> 00:01:19,746 CHAIR. SAKA. HERE. CHAIR. THERE 27 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:20,747 ARE SIX MEMBERS PRESENT. 28 00:01:20,747 --> 00:01:22,148 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE 29 00:01:22,148 --> 00:01:24,317 REST OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE 30 00:01:24,317 --> 00:01:25,618 EXCUSED UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. GOOD 31 00:01:25,618 --> 00:01:28,321 EVENING. COLLEAGUES. MEMBERS OF 32 00:01:28,321 --> 00:01:30,056 THE PUBLIC, WELCOME FOR. AND 33 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:33,226 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY. 34 00:01:33,226 --> 00:01:33,860 REALLY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. 35 00:01:33,860 --> 00:01:35,094 WE'RE GOING TO GET THE CHANCE 36 00:01:35,094 --> 00:01:39,032 TO HEAR FROM YOU ALL DIRECTLY AS 37 00:01:39,032 --> 00:01:39,566 WE CONSIDER THIS PROPOSED 38 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:41,968 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE AND THE 39 00:01:41,968 --> 00:01:44,003 VARIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT EACH 40 00:01:44,003 --> 00:01:45,238 COMMITTEE MEMBER HAS OFFERED, IT 41 00:01:45,238 --> 00:01:47,707 IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT 42 00:01:47,707 --> 00:01:50,210 PUBLIC INPUT ISN'T JUST ABOUT 43 00:01:50,210 --> 00:01:54,080 CHECKING THE BOX, BUT RATHER 44 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,884 IT'S A FOUNDATION FOR EFFECTIVE, 45 00:01:57,884 --> 00:02:00,520 ACCOUNTABLE POLICYMAKING. WHEN 46 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:01,054 RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE IN 47 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:02,388 SHAPING PROJECTS, PROGRAMS, AND 48 00:02:02,388 --> 00:02:05,592 SERVICES, WE BUILD PUBLIC TRUST 49 00:02:05,592 --> 00:02:08,161 AND WE ALSO HELP CREATE 50 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:10,063 SOLUTIONS THAT ARE MORE 51 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:12,065 EQUITABLE, MORE DURABLE, AND 52 00:02:12,065 --> 00:02:13,800 MORE BROADLY SUPPORTED. I WANT 53 00:02:13,800 --> 00:02:16,135 TO THANK ALL MEMBERS OF THE 54 00:02:16,135 --> 00:02:18,738 PUBLIC WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE 55 00:02:18,738 --> 00:02:20,640 OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE 56 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,141 YOUR PERSPECTIVES DIRECTLY WITH 57 00:02:22,141 --> 00:02:25,945 US TODAY. YOUR INSIGHTS 58 00:02:25,945 --> 00:02:27,747 STRENGTHEN OUR DECISIONS AND 59 00:02:27,747 --> 00:02:30,049 YOUR ENGAGEMENT HELPS US BUILD A 60 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:31,351 TRANSPORTATION FUTURE THAT TRULY 61 00:02:31,351 --> 00:02:35,488 WORKS FOR EVERYONE AS A FRIENDLY 62 00:02:35,488 --> 00:02:37,657 REMINDER, AN ADMINISTRATIVE 63 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:40,093 NOTE, FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL 64 00:02:40,093 --> 00:02:42,095 MY COUNCILMEMBER COLLEAGUES THAT 65 00:02:42,095 --> 00:02:43,496 MY OFFICE HAS BEEN SETTING UP. 66 00:02:43,496 --> 00:02:45,999 QUICK ONE ON ONE CONVERSATIONS 67 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:49,068 WITH EACH OF YOU TO DISCUSS THE 68 00:02:49,068 --> 00:02:50,436 PROPOSED SEATTLE TRANSIT 69 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:53,373 MEASURE, RENEWAL AND YOUR 70 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:53,973 RESPECTIVE PRIORITIES. PLEASE 71 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:56,409 PRIORITIZE THESE QUICK HUDDLE 72 00:02:56,409 --> 00:02:59,679 CONVERSATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW. 73 00:02:59,679 --> 00:03:01,314 REALLY BY TOMORROW, SO WE CAN 74 00:03:01,314 --> 00:03:03,783 MAKE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE USE 75 00:03:03,783 --> 00:03:06,586 OF OUR VERY LIMITED AND FLEETING 76 00:03:06,586 --> 00:03:08,721 TIME TOGETHER DURING COMMITTEE. 77 00:03:08,721 --> 00:03:09,989 SO IF YOU DO NOT ALREADY HAVE A 78 00:03:09,989 --> 00:03:10,990 MEETING WITH ME ON THE CALENDAR, 79 00:03:10,990 --> 00:03:13,326 PLEASE HAVE YOUR STAFF WORK WITH 80 00:03:13,326 --> 00:03:14,193 MY STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE GET 81 00:03:14,193 --> 00:03:16,429 THIS CRITICAL CONVERSATION 82 00:03:16,429 --> 00:03:19,299 SCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE 83 00:03:19,299 --> 00:03:21,768 BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE IN-PERSON 84 00:03:21,768 --> 00:03:25,638 PUBLIC HEARING COMPONENT. WE HAD 85 00:03:25,638 --> 00:03:28,308 A EARLIER AM REMOTE TESTIMONY 86 00:03:28,308 --> 00:03:29,409 OPPORTUNITY. I WANT TO JUST KIND 87 00:03:29,409 --> 00:03:31,978 OF LEVEL SET, REMIND FOLKS ABOUT 88 00:03:31,978 --> 00:03:33,613 THE THE PROCESS. WE WILL OPEN 89 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:34,881 WITH SESSION TWO, WHICH IS WHY 90 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:36,282 WE'RE HERE TODAY OF THIS 91 00:03:36,282 --> 00:03:38,084 HEARING, WHERE WE WILL ACCEPT 92 00:03:38,084 --> 00:03:40,753 IN-PERSON COMMENTS. WE HAVE 93 00:03:40,753 --> 00:03:42,055 SCHEDULED THIS EVENING SESSION 94 00:03:42,055 --> 00:03:44,524 IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AN OPTION 95 00:03:44,524 --> 00:03:47,493 FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO 96 00:03:47,493 --> 00:03:48,027 ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS 97 00:03:48,027 --> 00:03:50,196 MORNING'S VIRTUAL SESSION. 98 00:03:50,196 --> 00:03:52,298 REGISTRATION FOR IN-PERSON 99 00:03:52,298 --> 00:03:53,833 COMMENTS BEGAN PROMPTLY AT 4:30 100 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:56,235 P.M. TONIGHT. RATHER, AND WILL 101 00:03:56,235 --> 00:03:59,906 CONTINUE UNTIL WE HAVE HEARD ALL 102 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:01,641 REGISTERED SPEAKERS. IF WE HAVE 103 00:04:01,641 --> 00:04:03,042 MORE SPEAKERS THAN TIME ALLOTTED 104 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:05,578 WE'LL CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION 105 00:04:05,578 --> 00:04:06,746 FROM THERE. BUT EVERYONE, I 106 00:04:06,746 --> 00:04:09,916 THINK TODAY WILL LIKELY GET TWO 107 00:04:09,916 --> 00:04:12,986 MINUTES AT THURSDAY'S SELECT 108 00:04:12,986 --> 00:04:15,622 COMMITTEE MEETING. THAT WILL BE 109 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:21,094 AT 930 IN THE MORNING. WE WILL 110 00:04:21,094 --> 00:04:23,997 BE ACCEPTING WRITTEN PUBLIC 111 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:25,498 COMMENTS ONLY. THIS IS TO ALLOW 112 00:04:25,498 --> 00:04:27,667 FOR PLENTY OF TIME TO 113 00:04:27,667 --> 00:04:32,171 DELIBERATE, DISCUSS AND VOTE ON 114 00:04:32,171 --> 00:04:34,240 THE AMENDMENTS AND THE FINAL 115 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,142 PACKAGE AND ALLOW US TO APPROVE 116 00:04:36,142 --> 00:04:37,243 A FINAL PACKAGE TO SUBMIT TO THE 117 00:04:37,243 --> 00:04:40,313 FULL COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, 118 00:04:40,313 --> 00:04:41,781 WHICH THE ANTICIPATED FINAL VOTE 119 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:44,684 FOR THAT AT FULL COUNCIL IS NEXT 120 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:45,652 TUESDAY. NEXT TUESDAY, A WEEK 121 00:04:45,652 --> 00:04:47,854 FROM TOMORROW. SO THE GOAL OF 122 00:04:47,854 --> 00:04:52,158 THURSDAY'S MEETING. WELL, MY 123 00:04:52,158 --> 00:04:56,262 GOAL IS SHARE THAT MEETING IS TO 124 00:04:56,262 --> 00:04:57,230 IDEALLY TAKE GET FOLKS OUT OF 125 00:04:57,230 --> 00:05:00,400 HERE NO LATER THAN NOON. AND I 126 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,435 KNOW THAT A FEW OF MY COLLEAGUES 127 00:05:02,435 --> 00:05:03,770 HAVE OTHER REGIONAL COMMITTEES 128 00:05:03,770 --> 00:05:05,438 THAT START EARLIER IN THE 129 00:05:05,438 --> 00:05:07,607 AFTERNOON, BUT MEMBERS OF THE 130 00:05:07,607 --> 00:05:08,141 PUBLIC ARE ENCOURAGED AND 131 00:05:08,141 --> 00:05:11,077 WELCOME TO SUBMIT THEIR THEIR 132 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:13,379 COMMENTS TO THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 133 00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:15,515 MEASURE VIA EMAIL. IF YOU WANT 134 00:05:15,515 --> 00:05:18,251 TO SEND THEM ALL TO EVERYONE AT 135 00:05:18,251 --> 00:05:18,885 COUNCIL. COUNCIL@SEATTLE.GOV, OF 136 00:05:18,885 --> 00:05:20,620 COURSE, ENSURES EVERYONE GETS 137 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:22,522 IT. GOOD OLD FASHIONED SNAIL 138 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:23,556 MAIL, POSTAL MAIL. DROPPING THEM 139 00:05:23,556 --> 00:05:26,192 OFF HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR, 140 00:05:26,192 --> 00:05:28,394 VERBALLY HERE TONIGHT AND 141 00:05:28,394 --> 00:05:30,730 VERBALLY TO OUR RESPECTIVE 142 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:33,566 OFFICES BETWEEN NOW AND THURSDAY 143 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:35,668 BY CALLING OR CONTACTING OUR 144 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:40,273 RESPECTIVE OFFICES. SO WITH 145 00:05:40,273 --> 00:05:41,607 THAT, THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES 146 00:05:41,607 --> 00:05:43,309 ASIDE, LET US CONTINUE TO THE 147 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:43,976 REASON WHY WE'RE HERE. IT'S 148 00:05:43,976 --> 00:05:46,679 YOUR TURN TO SPEAK. WILL THE 149 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:51,350 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE INTO 150 00:05:51,350 --> 00:05:51,651 THE RECORD. 151 00:05:51,651 --> 00:05:53,953 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE BRIEFING AND 152 00:05:53,953 --> 00:05:56,289 DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL BILL ONE, 153 00:05:56,289 --> 00:05:58,658 TWO, 1226. AN ORDINANCE RELATING 154 00:05:58,658 --> 00:06:00,927 TO A SALES AND USE TAX PROVIDING 155 00:06:00,927 --> 00:06:02,729 FOR THE SUBMISSION TO QUALIFIED 156 00:06:02,729 --> 00:06:03,596 ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT AN 157 00:06:03,596 --> 00:06:04,697 ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 158 00:06:04,697 --> 00:06:07,533 3rd, 2026. A PROPOSITION TO 159 00:06:07,533 --> 00:06:10,903 COLLECT A SALES AND USE TAX TO 160 00:06:10,903 --> 00:06:11,437 FUND TRANSIT AND RELATED 161 00:06:11,437 --> 00:06:12,739 TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS IN 162 00:06:12,739 --> 00:06:15,074 SEATTLE, AND RATIFYING AND 163 00:06:15,074 --> 00:06:18,211 CONFIRMING CERTAIN PRIOR ACTS. 164 00:06:18,211 --> 00:06:22,982 -- THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON 165 00:06:22,982 --> 00:06:24,117 TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNCIL 166 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:27,854 BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, TWO 167 00:06:27,854 --> 00:06:30,356 SIX. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 168 00:06:30,356 --> 00:06:33,392 RELATE SOLELY TO COUNCIL BILL 169 00:06:33,392 --> 00:06:34,494 121226 RELATING TO THE SEATTLE 170 00:06:34,494 --> 00:06:35,728 TRANSIT MEASURE. CLERK. HOW MANY 171 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:37,830 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP THIS 172 00:06:37,830 --> 00:06:38,598 EVENING? 173 00:06:38,598 --> 00:06:41,701 -- CHAIR WE CURRENTLY HAVE 47 174 00:06:41,701 --> 00:06:43,302 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. 175 00:06:43,302 --> 00:06:46,038 -- AWESOME. EACH SPEAKER WILL 176 00:06:46,038 --> 00:06:48,608 HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. 177 00:06:48,608 --> 00:06:49,842 AND CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE READ 178 00:06:49,842 --> 00:06:51,210 THE PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS 179 00:06:51,210 --> 00:06:54,647 BEFORE WE GET THERE? I NOTE THAT 180 00:06:54,647 --> 00:06:57,550 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND WHO 181 00:06:57,550 --> 00:06:59,185 ELSE? COUNCILMEMBER I THINK 182 00:06:59,185 --> 00:07:00,686 RIVERA WAS VIRTUAL, HAS JOINED 183 00:07:00,686 --> 00:07:02,922 US IN PERSON. 184 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:03,189 -- I WAS. 185 00:07:03,189 --> 00:07:03,456 -- HERE. 186 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:06,292 -- AND BEFORE WE READ THE PUBLIC 187 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:07,059 COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS, ONE OF MY 188 00:07:07,059 --> 00:07:08,895 COLLEAGUES WANTS TO MAKE A QUICK 189 00:07:08,895 --> 00:07:09,462 NOTE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 190 00:07:09,462 --> 00:07:10,263 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 191 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:11,464 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST LIKE I 192 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:12,565 SAID THIS MORNING, I WILL BE 193 00:07:12,565 --> 00:07:15,034 PULLING AMENDMENT EIGHT 194 00:07:15,034 --> 00:07:15,635 REGARDING CONTRACTED TRANSIT 195 00:07:15,635 --> 00:07:18,237 SHUTTLES AS I'VE BEEN REASSURED 196 00:07:18,237 --> 00:07:20,773 THAT OUR EXISTING HOPELINK 197 00:07:20,773 --> 00:07:21,374 CONTRACT WILL CONTINUE TO BE 198 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:22,775 ABLE TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE 199 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:23,843 SUCH AS THE GOLDEN GARDENS 200 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:25,044 DIRECT. THANK YOU. 201 00:07:25,044 --> 00:07:27,146 -- THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 202 00:07:27,146 --> 00:07:28,347 -- NOW, CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE 203 00:07:28,347 --> 00:07:30,817 READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 204 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:31,150 INSTRUCTIONS? 205 00:07:31,150 --> 00:07:32,418 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 206 00:07:32,418 --> 00:07:33,953 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 207 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:35,188 FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 208 00:07:35,188 --> 00:07:37,223 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 209 00:07:37,223 --> 00:07:39,692 THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 210 00:07:39,692 --> 00:07:40,326 HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE 211 00:07:40,326 --> 00:07:42,528 LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS 212 00:07:42,528 --> 00:07:43,563 MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO 213 00:07:43,563 --> 00:07:44,997 NOT END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN 214 00:07:44,997 --> 00:07:45,898 THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 215 00:07:45,898 --> 00:07:48,501 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. 216 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:50,436 COMMENTS ARE ONLY BEING ACCEPTED 217 00:07:50,436 --> 00:07:52,405 ON COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, 218 00:07:52,405 --> 00:07:55,007 226. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 219 00:07:55,007 --> 00:07:57,677 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST, 220 00:07:57,677 --> 00:07:59,011 CECILIA BLACK. AFTER CECILIA, 221 00:07:59,011 --> 00:08:07,353 WE'LL HEAR FROM DENNIS SILLS. 222 00:08:07,353 --> 00:08:08,988 -- WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING. 223 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:19,365 -- DID YOU NEED THE. 224 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:30,376 -- [LAUGHTER] 225 00:08:32,645 --> 00:08:35,615 -- HAVING TROUBLE HEARING ME? 226 00:08:35,615 --> 00:08:35,915 OKAY, OKAY. 227 00:08:35,915 --> 00:08:41,520 -- IS THIS BETTER. 228 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:43,422 -- ALL RIGHT. 229 00:08:43,422 --> 00:08:44,023 -- FOR. AT EASE. FOR JUST A 230 00:08:44,023 --> 00:08:45,458 MOMENT. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING 231 00:08:45,458 --> 00:08:48,561 TO. SO HEARD A GREAT SOME GREAT 232 00:08:48,561 --> 00:08:50,496 FEEDBACK FROM THE AUDIENCE. 233 00:08:50,496 --> 00:08:52,298 HAVING TROUBLE HEARING OUR CLERK 234 00:08:52,298 --> 00:08:54,467 SPEAKING. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING 235 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:56,869 TO DO IS HOPEFULLY ADJUST THE 236 00:08:56,869 --> 00:08:59,305 VOLUME OF THE MICROPHONE. AND 237 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:00,006 THEN CLERK, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU 238 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:02,208 TO REREAD THE PUBLIC COMMENT 239 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:02,775 INSTRUCTIONS. AND AGAIN, 240 00:09:02,775 --> 00:09:04,677 EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE TWO 241 00:09:04,677 --> 00:09:07,880 MINUTES. 242 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:08,314 -- IS THIS BETTER? 243 00:09:08,314 --> 00:09:10,616 -- YES. 244 00:09:10,616 --> 00:09:12,318 -- THIS IS BETTER. THANK YOU. 245 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:14,553 OKAY. THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 246 00:09:14,553 --> 00:09:15,922 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 247 00:09:15,922 --> 00:09:17,690 FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 248 00:09:17,690 --> 00:09:18,424 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 249 00:09:18,424 --> 00:09:20,726 THEY REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 250 00:09:20,726 --> 00:09:22,461 HEAR A CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE 251 00:09:22,461 --> 00:09:24,330 LEFT OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS 252 00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:25,398 MICS WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO 253 00:09:25,398 --> 00:09:26,232 NOT END THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN 254 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:28,834 THE ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 255 00:09:28,834 --> 00:09:30,836 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. 256 00:09:30,836 --> 00:09:31,470 COMMENTS ARE ONLY BEING ACCEPTED 257 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:33,806 ON COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, 258 00:09:33,806 --> 00:09:35,274 TWO TWO, SIX. WE'LL BEGIN WITH 259 00:09:35,274 --> 00:09:38,878 THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST, 260 00:09:38,878 --> 00:09:39,478 CECILIA BLACK. AFTER CECILIA, 261 00:09:39,478 --> 00:09:41,948 WE'LL HEAR FROM DENNIS SILLS. 262 00:09:41,948 --> 00:09:45,284 -- HI, MY NAME IS CECILIA BLACK. 263 00:09:45,284 --> 00:09:47,186 I AM A WHEELCHAIR USER AND 264 00:09:47,186 --> 00:09:47,720 ADVOCATE WITH NON-DRIVERS 265 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,055 ALLIANCE AND WE WORK WITH 266 00:09:49,055 --> 00:09:49,989 NON-DRIVERS ACROSS THE STATE TO 267 00:09:49,989 --> 00:09:52,058 BUILD A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM 268 00:09:52,058 --> 00:09:54,226 THAT WORKS FOR US. AND THAT 269 00:09:54,226 --> 00:09:57,563 MEANS FREQUENT AND RELIABLE 270 00:09:57,563 --> 00:09:58,464 TRANSIT IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS, 271 00:09:58,464 --> 00:10:00,433 NOT JUST DOWNTOWN, BUT THE AREAS 272 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:02,168 WHERE PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE. 273 00:10:02,168 --> 00:10:03,636 I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS LOUD AND 274 00:10:03,636 --> 00:10:04,937 CLEAR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES 275 00:10:04,937 --> 00:10:06,472 DEPEND ON TRANSIT. IT IS OUR 276 00:10:06,472 --> 00:10:07,640 LIFELINE, AND IT IS ONE OF THE 277 00:10:07,640 --> 00:10:10,176 BIGGEST BARRIERS WE FACE IS 278 00:10:10,176 --> 00:10:14,080 TRANSPORTATION AND SO I AM SO 279 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:16,082 EXCITED BECAUSE THIS IS WE ARE 280 00:10:16,082 --> 00:10:17,616 WE ARE LOOKING AT A TRANSIT 281 00:10:17,616 --> 00:10:20,353 MEASURE THAT CAN SERIOUSLY 282 00:10:20,353 --> 00:10:21,821 EXPAND FREQUENT TRANSIT FOR 283 00:10:21,821 --> 00:10:23,389 EVERYBODY IN SEATTLE. ALMOST 284 00:10:23,389 --> 00:10:25,257 EVERYONE IN SEATTLE, AND REALLY 285 00:10:25,257 --> 00:10:26,592 MAKE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE 286 00:10:26,592 --> 00:10:28,961 ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR CITY. SO 287 00:10:28,961 --> 00:10:31,630 UNLIKE CAPITAL PROJECTS, STM IS 288 00:10:31,630 --> 00:10:33,366 OUR ONE FUNDING TOOL FOR 289 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:35,034 EXPANDED TRANSIT HOURS. SO 290 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:37,003 PLEASE SUPPORT AMENDMENT 24 AND 291 00:10:37,003 --> 00:10:38,371 KEEP THIS MEASURE FOCUSED ON 292 00:10:38,371 --> 00:10:43,476 TRANSIT. ALSO, I KNOW 293 00:10:43,476 --> 00:10:45,644 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND THAT IT 294 00:10:45,644 --> 00:10:46,979 IS REALLY CHALLENGING TO FUND 295 00:10:46,979 --> 00:10:48,748 ALL THE SERVICES WE HAVE WITH 296 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:50,316 VERY LIMITED FUNDING TOOLS. AND, 297 00:10:50,316 --> 00:10:55,588 AND SALES TAX IS NOT IDEAL, BUT 298 00:10:55,588 --> 00:10:57,089 CARS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE, ONE 299 00:10:57,089 --> 00:10:58,958 OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE EXPENSES 300 00:10:58,958 --> 00:11:03,696 THAT PEOPLE HAVE. AND, AND THIS, 301 00:11:03,696 --> 00:11:05,097 THIS MEASURE IS, WOULD WOULD GO 302 00:11:05,097 --> 00:11:06,332 SUCH A LONG WAY TO MAKING SURE 303 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:08,534 THAT PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO OWN A 304 00:11:08,534 --> 00:11:11,303 CAR, DO NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR GAS. 305 00:11:11,303 --> 00:11:14,140 AND SO I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE 306 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:18,744 REJECT AMENDMENT 133 AND FOUR. 307 00:11:18,744 --> 00:11:20,012 AND ALSO JUST WANT TO SAY THAT 308 00:11:20,012 --> 00:11:22,615 WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING THE 309 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:24,016 SERVICES THAT WE NEED, WE REALLY 310 00:11:24,016 --> 00:11:27,186 THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT 311 00:11:27,186 --> 00:11:29,688 REGRESSIVE TAXES. BUT EVERY DAY, 312 00:11:29,688 --> 00:11:31,390 NON DRIVERS AND PEOPLE THAT 313 00:11:31,390 --> 00:11:34,560 DON'T RELY ON OUR CAR SYSTEM, 314 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,395 WE HELP FUND A VERY REGRESSIVE 315 00:11:36,395 --> 00:11:38,364 SYSTEM THAT'S FOCUSED ON CARS. 316 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:39,398 AND SO PLEASE REALLY THINK ABOUT 317 00:11:39,398 --> 00:11:40,866 WHAT THIS FUNDING, NOT JUST THE 318 00:11:40,866 --> 00:11:42,902 TAX AND PASS THIS TRANSIT 319 00:11:42,902 --> 00:11:45,571 MEASURE TO ITS FULLEST. THANKS. 320 00:11:45,571 --> 00:11:48,974 -- THANK YOU, MISS BLACK 321 00:11:48,974 --> 00:11:50,509 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 322 00:11:50,509 --> 00:11:51,911 DENNIS SILLS AFTER DENNIS WILL 323 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:54,413 HEAR FROM FLETCHER KROHN 324 00:11:54,413 --> 00:11:55,414 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL 325 00:11:55,414 --> 00:11:56,549 MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DENNIS 326 00:11:56,549 --> 00:11:59,151 SILLS. I WORK AT THE DOWNTOWN 327 00:11:59,151 --> 00:12:00,586 SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AT THE 328 00:12:00,586 --> 00:12:01,187 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION. 329 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:02,455 WE'VE LONG BELIEVED THAT 330 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:04,490 INVESTING IN TRANSIT IS 331 00:12:04,490 --> 00:12:06,459 INVESTING DOWNTOWN. DOWNTOWN IS 332 00:12:06,459 --> 00:12:07,893 THE REGION'S LARGEST EMPLOYMENT 333 00:12:07,893 --> 00:12:09,929 CENTER AND HOME TO THOUSANDS OF 334 00:12:09,929 --> 00:12:11,564 BUSINESSES. MAJOR EMPLOYERS, 335 00:12:11,564 --> 00:12:13,632 ARTS AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, 336 00:12:13,632 --> 00:12:15,835 SPORTS VENUES, HOTELS, 337 00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:17,236 RESTAURANTS AND RETAILERS. WHEN 338 00:12:17,236 --> 00:12:19,672 PEOPLE CAN GET DOWNTOWN SAFELY, 339 00:12:19,672 --> 00:12:23,776 RELIABLY, CONVENIENTLY BUILD 340 00:12:23,776 --> 00:12:26,011 BUSINESSES THRIVE. EMPLOYERS CAN 341 00:12:26,011 --> 00:12:26,579 ATTRACT TALENT AND VISITORS 342 00:12:26,579 --> 00:12:27,546 EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF SEATTLE. 343 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:29,615 WE SAW THAT FIRSTHAND DURING THE 344 00:12:29,615 --> 00:12:32,118 FIFA WORLD CUP TRANSIT ENABLED 345 00:12:32,118 --> 00:12:32,918 HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 346 00:12:32,918 --> 00:12:34,553 TO COME DOWNTOWN, SUPPORTING 347 00:12:34,553 --> 00:12:37,256 BUSINESSES, CULTURAL 348 00:12:37,256 --> 00:12:40,292 INSTITUTIONS AND HOTELS AND 349 00:12:40,292 --> 00:12:43,262 RESTAURANTS, METRO AND SOUND 350 00:12:43,262 --> 00:12:43,863 TRANSIT CARRIED MORE THAN 1.1 351 00:12:43,863 --> 00:12:44,663 MILLION RIDERS DURING THE FIRST 352 00:12:44,663 --> 00:12:45,998 TWO FIFA WORLD CUP MATCHES, 353 00:12:45,998 --> 00:12:47,433 WHILE LYNX SET NEW DAILY 354 00:12:47,433 --> 00:12:50,069 RIDERSHIP RECORDS. THAT SIMPLY 355 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:51,337 WASN'T A TRANSPORTATION 356 00:12:51,337 --> 00:12:53,372 SUCCESS. IT WAS AN ECONOMIC 357 00:12:53,372 --> 00:12:54,774 SUCCESS. WE APPRECIATE THE 358 00:12:54,774 --> 00:12:55,407 COUNCIL'S WORK TO STRENGTHEN 359 00:12:55,407 --> 00:12:57,610 THIS PROPOSAL, ESPECIALLY THE 360 00:12:57,610 --> 00:12:59,311 LEADERSHIP OF CHAIR SAKA. 361 00:12:59,311 --> 00:13:01,947 SEVERAL AMENDMENTS REPRESENT 362 00:13:01,947 --> 00:13:03,149 MEANINGFUL PROGRESS IN ADVANCE. 363 00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:06,352 MANY OF DSA'S PRIORITIES. WE 364 00:13:06,352 --> 00:13:07,787 ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE THE 365 00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:08,187 STRONGER FOCUS ON 366 00:13:08,187 --> 00:13:10,122 ACCOUNTABILITY, PERFORMANCE, 367 00:13:10,122 --> 00:13:13,025 REPORTING, TRANSIT SAFETY, 368 00:13:13,025 --> 00:13:13,659 STRONGER CONNECTIONS DOWNTOWN, A 369 00:13:13,659 --> 00:13:15,261 GREATER EMPHASIS ON TRANSIT 370 00:13:15,261 --> 00:13:17,196 SERVICE, AND A SHORTER 371 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:18,731 AUTHORIZATION PERIOD. THESE 372 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:21,133 CHANGES MAKE THE MEASURE 373 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:21,734 STRONGER AND PROVIDE GREATER 374 00:13:21,734 --> 00:13:24,069 CONFIDENCE TO DELIVER RESULTS. 375 00:13:24,069 --> 00:13:26,005 AS MUCH PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, 376 00:13:26,005 --> 00:13:27,940 THERE'S STILL AN IMPORTANT 377 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:28,574 OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU OVER THE 378 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:30,075 NEXT DECADE, DOWNTOWN WILL 379 00:13:30,075 --> 00:13:31,911 EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE AS 380 00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:33,412 SOUND TRANSIT BUILDS THE NEXT 381 00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:35,548 GENERATION OF REGIONAL TRANSIT 382 00:13:35,548 --> 00:13:36,816 SYSTEM. THIS MEASURE SHOULD HELP 383 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:38,851 US NAVIGATE THAT TRANSITION BY 384 00:13:38,851 --> 00:13:41,554 ENSURING THAT DOWNTOWN REMAINS 385 00:13:41,554 --> 00:13:42,188 ACCESSIBLE THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, 386 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:46,025 NOT SIMPLY AFTER IT IS COMPLETE. 387 00:13:46,025 --> 00:13:46,659 WE ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO 388 00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,127 PAIR THESE INVESTMENTS WITH THE 389 00:13:48,127 --> 00:13:50,429 DOWNTOWN MOBILITY STRATEGY. 390 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:53,265 THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS, 391 00:13:53,265 --> 00:13:54,466 AND WE HOPE WE SEND OUR FULL 392 00:13:54,466 --> 00:13:56,001 COMMENTS. IN A LETTER EARLIER. 393 00:13:56,001 --> 00:13:57,069 APPRECIATE IT. 394 00:13:57,069 --> 00:14:00,172 -- THANK YOU, MR. SILLS. 395 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:01,874 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 396 00:14:01,874 --> 00:14:03,509 FLETCHER CRONE AFTER FLETCHER 397 00:14:03,509 --> 00:14:07,880 WILL HEAR FROM KATIE RICCIUTO. 398 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:11,350 -- HI THERE. MY NAME IS 399 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:12,551 FLETCHER. I'M 23 YEARS OLD AND 400 00:14:12,551 --> 00:14:14,019 LIKE MANY PEOPLE MY AGE, I CARE 401 00:14:14,019 --> 00:14:15,821 A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE CLIMATE. 402 00:14:15,821 --> 00:14:19,158 SO I WANTED TO REMIND US ALL 403 00:14:19,158 --> 00:14:19,725 ABOUT WHAT THESE AMENDMENTS 404 00:14:19,725 --> 00:14:22,194 WOULD MEAN FOR THE CLIMATE, NOT 405 00:14:22,194 --> 00:14:23,395 JUST FOR THE FUTURE, BUT ALSO 406 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:26,098 FOR RIGHT NOW WELL FUNDED AND 407 00:14:26,098 --> 00:14:27,766 WELL FUNCTIONING. PUBLIC TRANSIT 408 00:14:27,766 --> 00:14:30,035 HAS BEEN CLEARLY, CLEARLY 409 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:32,004 DEMONSTRATED TO REDUCE 410 00:14:32,004 --> 00:14:33,639 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, 411 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:36,041 ESPECIALLY HERE IN SEATTLE. WE 412 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:38,410 HAVE A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO DO 413 00:14:38,410 --> 00:14:38,978 THAT BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION 414 00:14:38,978 --> 00:14:42,348 EMISSIONS ARE ONE OF OUR BIGGEST 415 00:14:42,348 --> 00:14:42,881 SOURCES OF GREENHOUSE GAS 416 00:14:42,881 --> 00:14:43,983 EMISSIONS. SO WHEN WE THINK 417 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:45,985 ABOUT KEEPING THE STATUS QUO OF 418 00:14:45,985 --> 00:14:49,955 SPOTTY TRANSIT SERVICE, THAT IS 419 00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:50,589 NOT RELIABLE THROUGH LATE HOURS 420 00:14:50,589 --> 00:14:54,727 OF THE NIGHT, AND THINK ABOUT 421 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:55,828 THE AMENDMENTS SUCH AS AMENDMENT 422 00:14:55,828 --> 00:14:57,630 13, WHICH WOULD CONTINUE THAT 423 00:14:57,630 --> 00:14:59,231 STATUS QUO. WHAT DOES THAT 424 00:14:59,231 --> 00:15:00,599 ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE IN THE 425 00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:02,601 FUTURE? IT LOOKS LIKE CONTINUED 426 00:15:02,601 --> 00:15:05,771 CLIMATE CHANGE. IT LOOKS LIKE 427 00:15:05,771 --> 00:15:07,506 IRREGULAR WEATHER. IT LOOKS LIKE 428 00:15:07,506 --> 00:15:09,875 WILDFIRES, FLOODS, AND ALL OF 429 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:11,310 THE COSTS THAT THE CITY WOULD 430 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:14,446 HAVE TO BEAR BECAUSE OF THOSE 431 00:15:14,446 --> 00:15:16,015 WEATHER EVENTS. SO I ENCOURAGE 432 00:15:16,015 --> 00:15:19,618 YOU ALL TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENTS 433 00:15:19,618 --> 00:15:24,056 13, FOUR, THREE AND FIVE, WHICH 434 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:24,657 WOULD CONTINUE THAT DANGEROUS 435 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:26,191 STATUS QUO AND FUND THIS MEASURE 436 00:15:26,191 --> 00:15:28,027 TO ITS FULLEST EXTENT. THANK 437 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:31,130 YOU. 438 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:31,630 -- THANK YOU, FLETCHER. 439 00:15:31,630 --> 00:15:32,932 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 440 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:34,900 KATIE RICCIUTO. FOLLOWING KATIE 441 00:15:34,900 --> 00:15:40,139 WILL HAVE KATHLEEN BARRY 442 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:40,406 JOHNSON. 443 00:15:40,406 --> 00:15:41,941 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR SAKA 444 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:43,208 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY 445 00:15:43,208 --> 00:15:45,577 NAME IS KATIE RAKUDO, AND I'M 446 00:15:45,577 --> 00:15:46,779 HERE ON BEHALF OF TRANSPORTATION 447 00:15:46,779 --> 00:15:48,614 CHOICES COALITION. I'M A PROUD 448 00:15:48,614 --> 00:15:49,848 DISTRICT TWO RESIDENT AND A 449 00:15:49,848 --> 00:15:51,317 DAILY TRANSIT RIDER. THANK YOU 450 00:15:51,317 --> 00:15:52,551 FOR YOUR WORK SO FAR ON THE 451 00:15:52,551 --> 00:15:54,353 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE. FOR 452 00:15:54,353 --> 00:15:55,220 THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW OUR LOCAL 453 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:57,056 AND BELOVED SEATTLE TO PORTLAND 454 00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:58,390 BIKE RIDE, I'VE DONE IT A FEW 455 00:15:58,390 --> 00:15:59,992 TIMES. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT THE 456 00:15:59,992 --> 00:16:01,760 POINT IN THE RIDE WHERE WE'RE 457 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:02,328 LIKE CROSSING THE LONGVIEW 458 00:16:02,328 --> 00:16:04,029 BRIDGE INTO OREGON AND YOU KNOW 459 00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:05,364 YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT, BUT 460 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:06,065 YOU'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH IT'S 461 00:16:06,065 --> 00:16:07,700 GOING TO HURT TO GET TO THE 462 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:09,802 FINISH LINE. SO MY COMMENTS ARE 463 00:16:09,802 --> 00:16:11,236 PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE ASK 464 00:16:11,236 --> 00:16:12,838 YOU TO REJECT AS THEY ARE 465 00:16:12,838 --> 00:16:14,807 AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND 466 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:16,642 13 AND KEEP STRONG INVESTMENTS 467 00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:17,910 IN SERVICE FOR RIDERS WITHOUT 468 00:16:17,910 --> 00:16:21,413 ANY EXTRA STEPS. FRANKLY, PUT 469 00:16:21,413 --> 00:16:22,614 ASKING SEATTLE VOTERS TO RAISE 470 00:16:22,614 --> 00:16:23,849 THEIR SALES TAX FOR THE SAME BUS 471 00:16:23,849 --> 00:16:26,218 SERVICE THEY HAVE TODAY IS NOT A 472 00:16:26,218 --> 00:16:27,753 WINNING MESSAGE. IF WE'RE ASKING 473 00:16:27,753 --> 00:16:29,455 VOTERS TO PAY MORE, WE SHOULD BE 474 00:16:29,455 --> 00:16:30,622 DELIVERING MORE. THERE ARE 475 00:16:30,622 --> 00:16:31,924 PLENTY OF GOOD AMENDMENTS, AND I 476 00:16:31,924 --> 00:16:33,592 WANT TO CALL OUT SPECIFIC 477 00:16:33,592 --> 00:16:35,394 SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENTS. TEN, 11, 478 00:16:35,394 --> 00:16:39,865 17, 26, 27 AND 29, WHICH EXPAND 479 00:16:39,865 --> 00:16:42,034 TRANSIT ACCESS PASSES, CONNECT 480 00:16:42,034 --> 00:16:43,802 REGIONAL CENTERS, GUARANTEE A 481 00:16:43,802 --> 00:16:44,770 75% MINIMUM SPEND ON BUS 482 00:16:44,770 --> 00:16:47,339 SERVICE, AND LOOK TOWARD 483 00:16:47,339 --> 00:16:48,607 PROGRESSIVE FUNDING SOURCES. 484 00:16:48,607 --> 00:16:49,808 AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL 485 00:16:49,808 --> 00:16:51,176 WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS, SO 486 00:16:51,176 --> 00:16:52,478 LET'S GET OVER THE FINISH LINE. 487 00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:54,980 FEELING GOOD? SEND US A STRONG 488 00:16:54,980 --> 00:16:56,382 MEASURE AND LET THE VOTERS 489 00:16:56,382 --> 00:17:00,319 DECIDE. THANK YOU AGAIN. 490 00:17:00,319 --> 00:17:00,753 -- THANK YOU KATIE. 491 00:17:00,753 --> 00:17:02,087 -- NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM 492 00:17:02,087 --> 00:17:04,390 KATHLEEN BARRY JOHNSON. THEN 493 00:17:04,390 --> 00:17:06,458 GREG WOODINVILLE 494 00:17:06,458 --> 00:17:07,459 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 495 00:17:07,459 --> 00:17:10,129 KATHLEEN BARRY JOHNSON. I COME 496 00:17:10,129 --> 00:17:12,398 FROM HISTORIC SOUTH TOWN, WHICH 497 00:17:12,398 --> 00:17:14,366 IS A STATE CREATED ORGANIZATION 498 00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:14,933 THAT EXISTS TO ELEVATE THE 499 00:17:14,933 --> 00:17:17,603 VOICES OF PIONEER SQUARE AND 500 00:17:17,603 --> 00:17:18,237 CHINATOWN-INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 501 00:17:18,237 --> 00:17:19,104 IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL THE 502 00:17:19,104 --> 00:17:20,105 DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES DOWN THERE 503 00:17:20,105 --> 00:17:22,374 AND IN LAND USE DECISIONS. AND 504 00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:25,310 IT IS A HIGHLY TRANSIT DEPENDENT 505 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:26,845 COMMUNITY WITH THE ELDERS AND 506 00:17:26,845 --> 00:17:29,181 YOUNG CHILDREN AND PEOPLE 507 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:31,083 WANTING TO HAVE MORE AND MORE 508 00:17:31,083 --> 00:17:33,619 RELIABLE TRANSIT. I'M HERE TO TO 509 00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:35,054 SAY THAT THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 510 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:37,456 MEASURE IS NOT BROKEN. IT DOES 511 00:17:37,456 --> 00:17:38,157 NEED MORE FUNDING. AND WE DO 512 00:17:38,157 --> 00:17:39,625 NEED TO BE ATTENTIVE TO IT. BUT 513 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:42,027 IT HAS MADE SEATTLE, AND THIS IS 514 00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:45,064 WHAT I SAW IN MY FEED TODAY. 515 00:17:45,064 --> 00:17:46,899 AMERICA'S NEXT TOP TRANSIT CITY. 516 00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:50,002 DON'T PULL OUR PUNCH RIGHT NOW. 517 00:17:50,002 --> 00:17:50,702 OKAY? IT IS. AND THE TRANSIT 518 00:17:50,702 --> 00:17:52,504 MEASURE HAS PROVEN THAT 519 00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:53,138 SEATTLEITES AND THOSE VISITING 520 00:17:53,138 --> 00:17:56,308 HERE WILL RIDE AND LOVE TRANSIT. 521 00:17:56,308 --> 00:17:57,843 AND THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 522 00:17:57,843 --> 00:17:59,678 IS AFFORDABILITY. THESE ARE THE 523 00:17:59,678 --> 00:18:00,512 PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TELLING YOU 524 00:18:00,512 --> 00:18:02,514 THAT IT IS AN AFFORDABILITY 525 00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:03,449 ISSUE. BECAUSE WE KNOW IT, 526 00:18:03,449 --> 00:18:06,819 BECAUSE WE RIDE IT EVERY DAY. 527 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:08,120 PLEASE DO NOT CUT SERVICES. 528 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:11,190 PLEASE DO NOT MAKE FUNDING MORE 529 00:18:11,190 --> 00:18:13,058 UNCERTAIN OR AND PLEASE ADOPT 530 00:18:13,058 --> 00:18:13,926 THE MAYOR'S PLAN. THANK YOU 531 00:18:13,926 --> 00:18:15,427 VERY MUCH. 532 00:18:15,427 --> 00:18:16,795 -- THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE 533 00:18:16,795 --> 00:18:17,963 IT. I WANT TO THANK EVERY 534 00:18:17,963 --> 00:18:18,597 MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE FOR, YOU 535 00:18:18,597 --> 00:18:20,199 KNOW, TO THE EXTENT YOU'RE MOVED 536 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:22,167 BY PARTICULAR COMMENTS, JUST 537 00:18:22,167 --> 00:18:24,103 SNAPPING ALONG THAT THAT SHOWS 538 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,504 US YOU'RE ROCKING WITH IT AND 539 00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:27,005 YOU AGREE AND YOU CAN SHARE YOUR 540 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:27,639 FEEDBACK DIRECTLY WITH US WHEN 541 00:18:27,639 --> 00:18:28,740 IT'S YOUR TURN. REALLY 542 00:18:28,740 --> 00:18:30,943 APPRECIATE IT THOUGH. THANK YOU. 543 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:32,611 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GREG 544 00:18:32,611 --> 00:18:35,714 WOODFILL, FOLLOWED BY VERONICA 545 00:18:35,714 --> 00:18:37,549 WHITE. 546 00:18:37,549 --> 00:18:39,451 -- GOOD EVENING, CHAIR SAKA AND 547 00:18:39,451 --> 00:18:40,052 DISTINGUISHED COUNCILMEMBERS. 548 00:18:40,052 --> 00:18:41,920 I'M GREG WOODFIELD, PRESIDENT 549 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,490 OF 8587, REPRESENTING AROUND 550 00:18:44,490 --> 00:18:46,425 5000 TRANSIT WORKERS WITH LIVING 551 00:18:46,425 --> 00:18:49,928 FAMILY WAGE JOBS WHO LITERALLY 552 00:18:49,928 --> 00:18:52,064 MOVE THIS CITY. OUR MEMBERS 553 00:18:52,064 --> 00:18:53,332 COUNT AND DEPEND ON THE CITY 554 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:53,899 COUNCIL TO HELP SUPPORT THE 555 00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:55,300 PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT YOU THAT 556 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:57,035 YOUR RESIDENTS USE VALUE AND 557 00:18:57,035 --> 00:18:59,605 CLAMOR FOR. AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE 558 00:18:59,605 --> 00:19:02,074 IN THE PAST, SEATTLE VOTERS WILL 559 00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:04,843 SUPPORT EXTENDING THE STM. WE 560 00:19:04,843 --> 00:19:05,544 KNOW THAT BECAUSE THE CURRENT 561 00:19:05,544 --> 00:19:07,846 MEASURE GOT AN 80% YES VOTE AND 562 00:19:07,846 --> 00:19:09,781 THE PUBLIC IS CLAMORING FOR EVEN 563 00:19:09,781 --> 00:19:11,750 MORE SAFE, RELIABLE TRANSIT. THE 564 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:12,885 QUESTION IS, WILL THE COUNCIL 565 00:19:12,885 --> 00:19:13,819 PUT FORWARD A BOLD ENOUGH 566 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:15,687 MEASURE THAT TRULY PROTECTS AND 567 00:19:15,687 --> 00:19:18,290 EXPANDS PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE 568 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:18,957 AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS ACCESS TO 569 00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:21,193 IT, OR JUST PUSH THE PROTECTION 570 00:19:21,193 --> 00:19:22,728 AND EXPANSION OF TRANSIT SERVICE 571 00:19:22,728 --> 00:19:25,497 WELL DOWN THE ROAD? EVERY TAX 572 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:27,633 DOLLAR AND EVERY TAX DOLLAR 573 00:19:27,633 --> 00:19:29,468 INVESTED INTO PUBLIC TRANSIT IS 574 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:31,870 BY DEFINITION, PROGRESSIVE, NOT 575 00:19:31,870 --> 00:19:35,140 REGRESSIVE. FUNDING. WE 576 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:37,242 RECOGNIZE AND RESPECT THE CITY 577 00:19:37,242 --> 00:19:37,743 COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY, 578 00:19:37,743 --> 00:19:38,944 RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD INTENT 579 00:19:38,944 --> 00:19:41,046 ON ALL OF YOUR PROPOSED 580 00:19:41,046 --> 00:19:43,882 AMENDMENTS, SOME OF WHICH WE 581 00:19:43,882 --> 00:19:46,084 SUPPORT. OUR UNION IMPLORES YOU 582 00:19:46,084 --> 00:19:48,053 TO ULTIMATELY ADVANCE THIS 583 00:19:48,053 --> 00:19:50,355 PROPOSAL WITH THE FULL POINT 584 00:19:50,355 --> 00:19:52,925 THREE TAX FOR THE FULL TEN YEARS 585 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:55,561 WITHOUT ANNUAL APPROVAL 586 00:19:55,561 --> 00:19:57,930 REQUIREMENTS OR WITHOUT AN 587 00:19:57,930 --> 00:19:58,530 ANNUAL REDIRECTING OF UNUSED 588 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:01,366 SERVICE DOLLARS. ON THE LAST TWO 589 00:20:01,366 --> 00:20:03,769 ITEMS, WE ACKNOWLEDGE METRO'S 590 00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,404 DIFFICULTY IN THE PAST TO 591 00:20:05,404 --> 00:20:05,904 DELIVER SERVICE, BUT MY 592 00:20:05,904 --> 00:20:07,039 FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE AND 593 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:08,207 EXPERIENCE IS THAT METRO HAS 594 00:20:08,207 --> 00:20:11,610 GONE A LONG WAY TO FIX THAT 595 00:20:11,610 --> 00:20:12,177 PROBLEM, AND YOU HAVE THIS 596 00:20:12,177 --> 00:20:13,378 UNION'S ASSURANCES THAT WE ARE 597 00:20:13,378 --> 00:20:14,880 WORKING WITH METRO AND CURRENT 598 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:17,683 NEGOTIATIONS TO ELIMINATE THIS 599 00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:20,085 PROBLEM. THIS THIS STM DIRECTLY 600 00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:20,719 AFFECTS OUR MEMBERS LIVELIHOOD. 601 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:23,789 HOW YOU VOTE COULD AFFECT THEIR 602 00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:24,890 ENDORSEMENT DECISIONS GOING 603 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,226 FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 604 00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:29,895 -- THANK YOU. 605 00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:33,098 -- LOCAL 587 PRESIDENT WOODFILL 606 00:20:33,098 --> 00:20:34,533 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM I 607 00:20:34,533 --> 00:20:35,100 BELIEVE IT'S PRONOUNCED 608 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:38,470 VERONICA. PLEASE CORRECT ME IF 609 00:20:38,470 --> 00:20:39,104 PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I HAVE IT 610 00:20:39,104 --> 00:20:41,373 WRONG. NEXT WILL BE VICTORIA 611 00:20:41,373 --> 00:20:43,942 KELLOGG. 612 00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:44,343 -- VERONICA, ARE. 613 00:20:44,343 --> 00:20:45,577 -- THANK YOU. 614 00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:47,679 -- THANK YOU. MY NAME IS 615 00:20:47,679 --> 00:20:49,381 VERONICA ARISTEGUIETA. I'M A 616 00:20:49,381 --> 00:20:51,283 MEMBER OF DISTRICT FIVE IN 617 00:20:51,283 --> 00:20:56,455 GREENWOOD, AND I WANT TO SEE 618 00:20:56,455 --> 00:20:58,757 STRONGER BUS SERVICE EVERYWHERE. 619 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:00,926 I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR THE 620 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:03,195 PAST APPROXIMATELY TEN YEARS, 621 00:21:03,195 --> 00:21:06,498 AND THE BUSSES HAVE BEEN HOW 622 00:21:06,498 --> 00:21:08,600 I'VE GOTTEN AROUND EVERYWHERE. 623 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,502 THEY'VE BEEN MY LIFE AND MY 624 00:21:10,502 --> 00:21:12,537 LIVELIHOOD. THEY HAVE HELPED ME 625 00:21:12,537 --> 00:21:14,573 GET TO HIGH SCHOOL AND FINISH 626 00:21:14,573 --> 00:21:16,675 HIGH SCHOOL. WHEN I WAS DOING 627 00:21:16,675 --> 00:21:18,844 THAT BEFORE COVID, THEY'VE 628 00:21:18,844 --> 00:21:22,180 HELPED ME GET AROUND AND SEE 629 00:21:22,180 --> 00:21:25,350 FRIENDS AND FAMILY DURING AFTER 630 00:21:25,350 --> 00:21:26,451 I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN I 631 00:21:26,451 --> 00:21:28,620 WAS COMING BACK FROM COLLEGE IN 632 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:30,288 ANOTHER STATE, THEY HAVE HELPED 633 00:21:30,288 --> 00:21:36,328 ME GO TO COLLEGE HERE. THE 634 00:21:36,328 --> 00:21:36,862 BUSSES SUPPORT EVERYONE. 635 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:40,599 EVERYONE IN THE CITY'S 636 00:21:40,599 --> 00:21:41,800 LIVELIHOOD AND WITHOUT THEM WE 637 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:47,339 WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A 638 00:21:47,339 --> 00:21:49,041 LIVABLE, AFFORDABLE CITY, WHICH 639 00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:53,078 IS WHAT EVERYONE WANTS 640 00:21:53,078 --> 00:21:54,880 ADDITIONALLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY 641 00:21:54,880 --> 00:21:59,418 THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT AMENDMENTS 642 00:21:59,418 --> 00:22:03,522 13, FIVE, THREE AND FOUR, WHICH 643 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:07,159 WOULD CUT AND REDUCE AND PUT PIT 644 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:08,827 NEIGHBORHOODS AGAINST EACH 645 00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:11,930 OTHER, WEAKEN THE MEASURES IN 646 00:22:11,930 --> 00:22:14,533 SIGNIFICANT WAYS. DO NOT SUPPORT 647 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:16,802 THOSE. I WANT TO SEE AMENDMENTS 648 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:23,775 11, 17, TEN, 29 SUPPORTED 649 00:22:23,775 --> 00:22:24,443 FINALLY PAYING FOR TRANSIT OUT 650 00:22:24,443 --> 00:22:31,516 OF TAX DOLLARS IS LITERALLY 651 00:22:31,516 --> 00:22:33,719 PENNIES IN COMPARISON TO OWNING 652 00:22:33,719 --> 00:22:40,726 A CAR, OWNING A CAR IS $12,000 A 653 00:22:40,726 --> 00:22:43,829 YEAR. THANK YOU. 654 00:22:43,829 --> 00:22:44,930 -- THANK YOU. VERONICA. AND 655 00:22:44,930 --> 00:22:45,564 FRIENDLY REMINDER WHEN YOU HEAR 656 00:22:45,564 --> 00:22:47,432 THAT CHIME, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 657 00:22:47,432 --> 00:22:51,770 10 SECONDS LEFT. SO THANK YOU. 658 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:53,238 -- NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM 659 00:22:53,238 --> 00:22:57,442 VICTORIA KELLOGG, FOLLOWED BY 660 00:22:57,442 --> 00:23:00,912 KELLY REEFER. 661 00:23:00,912 --> 00:23:02,748 -- HI THERE. MY NAME IS 662 00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:04,282 VICTORIA. I'M A RESIDENT OF 663 00:23:04,282 --> 00:23:06,084 LITTLE SAIGON IN DISTRICT TWO. 664 00:23:06,084 --> 00:23:08,086 I'M MAINLY A BICYCLIST, BUT I 665 00:23:08,086 --> 00:23:09,221 DO TAKE TRANSIT FREQUENTLY. 666 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:10,756 TRANSIT IS HOW I GET HOME 667 00:23:10,756 --> 00:23:11,823 SAFELY. AFTER A NIGHT OUT ON THE 668 00:23:11,823 --> 00:23:13,859 TOWN AND HOW I GO TO THE GROCERY 669 00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:15,360 STORE, AND HOW I ACCESS MEDICAL 670 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,896 CARE. MANY PEOPLE, LIKE ME, RELY 671 00:23:17,896 --> 00:23:20,632 ON THE BUS TO GET AROUND. KING 672 00:23:20,632 --> 00:23:22,367 COUNTY METRO IS AN OBVIOUS 673 00:23:22,367 --> 00:23:26,037 PUBLIC GOOD. FAILING TO DELIVER 674 00:23:26,037 --> 00:23:26,671 THE FULL SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE 675 00:23:26,671 --> 00:23:29,274 OR TYING UP FUNDS IN THE RED 676 00:23:29,274 --> 00:23:30,575 TAPE OF THE SEATTLE PROCESS 677 00:23:30,575 --> 00:23:32,778 WOULD BE A BETRAYAL OF YOUR MANY 678 00:23:32,778 --> 00:23:34,646 CONSTITUENTS WHO USE TRANSIT AS 679 00:23:34,646 --> 00:23:35,580 THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRAVEL, AS 680 00:23:35,580 --> 00:23:37,616 WELL AS THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO 681 00:23:37,616 --> 00:23:39,785 WOULD SEE WORSE TRAFFIC AS 682 00:23:39,785 --> 00:23:42,254 TRANSIT SERVICES REDUCED IN 683 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,523 ADDITION, I JUST KIND OF WANT TO 684 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:46,324 ADD, LET'S NOT LET PERFECT BE 685 00:23:46,324 --> 00:23:48,994 THE ENEMY OF GOOD WHEN IT COMES 686 00:23:48,994 --> 00:23:49,628 TO DELIVERING THINGS LIKE THIS. 687 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:55,066 WHEN IT COMES TO IMPROVING OUR 688 00:23:55,066 --> 00:23:58,336 CITY, BECAUSE WORRYING ABOUT. 689 00:23:58,336 --> 00:24:03,575 THE IMMEDIATE PATH YOU CAN TAKE 690 00:24:03,575 --> 00:24:05,210 RATHER THAN STRESSING ABOUT 691 00:24:05,210 --> 00:24:05,777 HYPOTHETICAL OPTIONS IN THE 692 00:24:05,777 --> 00:24:07,245 FUTURE, IS THE BEST THING WE CAN 693 00:24:07,245 --> 00:24:08,213 DO. WE CAN ONLY KIND OF PUT ONE 694 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:11,983 FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER I 695 00:24:11,983 --> 00:24:13,785 SPECIFICALLY WOULD LIKE TO ASK 696 00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:15,720 THAT THE COUNCIL REJECT 697 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,256 AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND 698 00:24:18,256 --> 00:24:20,225 13 AND SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TEN, 699 00:24:20,225 --> 00:24:23,562 11, 17 AND 29. TRANSIT IS THE 700 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:25,363 FUTURE OF OUR CITY AND THE ONLY 701 00:24:25,363 --> 00:24:28,533 REALISTIC PATH TO VISION ZERO. 702 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:28,834 THANK YOU. 703 00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:32,437 -- THANK YOU. 704 00:24:32,437 --> 00:24:32,771 -- VICTORIA. 705 00:24:32,771 --> 00:24:34,506 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM KELLY 706 00:24:34,506 --> 00:24:37,242 REIFER FOLLOWED BY NICK SEATTLE. 707 00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:39,444 -- HELLO, CHAIR SAKA MEMBERS OF 708 00:24:39,444 --> 00:24:40,045 THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS KELLY 709 00:24:40,045 --> 00:24:42,147 REIFER. I'M A DISTRICT FOUR 710 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:45,083 RESIDENT AND ONE OF THE 20% OF 711 00:24:45,083 --> 00:24:46,818 SEATTLE HOUSEHOLDS THAT IS CAR 712 00:24:46,818 --> 00:24:49,020 FREE FOR MY FAMILY. TRANSIT IS A 713 00:24:49,020 --> 00:24:51,089 LIFELINE. IT'S HOW WE GET WHERE 714 00:24:51,089 --> 00:24:53,358 WE NEED TO GO, WHERE WE WANT TO 715 00:24:53,358 --> 00:24:55,560 GO. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PASS 716 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,929 THE BOLDEST MEASURE THAT WE CAN 717 00:24:57,929 --> 00:25:00,532 POSSIBLY PUSH FORWARD. I WANT TO 718 00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:02,434 ALSO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. 719 00:25:02,434 --> 00:25:03,835 SO I RODE PUBLIC TRANSIT 720 00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:05,604 THROUGHOUT THE DEEP, DARK DEPTHS 721 00:25:05,604 --> 00:25:06,671 OF THE PANDEMIC, AND I HAVE BEEN 722 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:08,840 ON SOME MOMENTS WHERE PUBLIC 723 00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,076 TRANSIT HASN'T FELT THAT SAFE. 724 00:25:11,076 --> 00:25:12,677 AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MAKES 725 00:25:12,677 --> 00:25:16,348 PUBLIC TRANSIT SAFE, FREQUENT, 726 00:25:16,348 --> 00:25:18,650 RELIABLE PUBLIC TRANSIT. WHEN 727 00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:20,986 THE BUS IS COMING IN FIVE 728 00:25:20,986 --> 00:25:23,688 MINUTES, SEVEN MINUTES, THEN 729 00:25:23,688 --> 00:25:24,789 I'M NOT SITTING HERE IN THE 730 00:25:24,789 --> 00:25:26,591 DARK, RAINY NOVEMBER NIGHT 731 00:25:26,591 --> 00:25:27,859 WONDERING WHEN MY BUS IS GOING 732 00:25:27,859 --> 00:25:29,261 TO COME. I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING 733 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:30,428 TO ARRIVE, AND I CAN HOP ON THE 734 00:25:30,428 --> 00:25:33,465 BUS WHERE I HAVE A WONDERFUL BUS 735 00:25:33,465 --> 00:25:34,900 DRIVER TO MAKE SURE THAT I FEEL 736 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:36,902 SAFE AND SECURE. WHEN WE'RE 737 00:25:36,902 --> 00:25:39,371 LOOKING AT WHAT MAKES OUR 738 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,406 TRANSIT MORE ACCESSIBLE, IT'S 739 00:25:41,406 --> 00:25:43,141 GETTING MORE RIDERS ON THE BUS 740 00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:44,576 EVERY DAY. WHEN WE INVEST IN 741 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:46,745 TRANSIT SERVICE, THAT IS THE 742 00:25:46,745 --> 00:25:48,780 INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT SAFETY. 743 00:25:48,780 --> 00:25:50,048 THAT IS WHERE WE WANT TO SEE 744 00:25:50,048 --> 00:25:52,751 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE MEASURE 745 00:25:52,751 --> 00:25:54,052 DOLLARS GOING. AND I'M REALLY 746 00:25:54,052 --> 00:25:56,955 EXCITED TO SAY THAT THIS IS FOR 747 00:25:56,955 --> 00:25:58,757 $29 A YEAR. THAT'S A REALLY 748 00:25:58,757 --> 00:26:01,092 GOOD AND AFFORDABLE USE OF OUR 749 00:26:01,092 --> 00:26:03,595 TAX DOLLARS. THAT'S JUST LIKE 750 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:06,831 NINE AND A HALF TAPS ON THE BUS 751 00:26:06,831 --> 00:26:08,867 FOR REGULAR TRANSIT RIDERS. 752 00:26:08,867 --> 00:26:10,335 THAT'S TAPPING TO WORK TO AND 753 00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:12,537 FROM WORK EVERY DAY. THIS IS A 754 00:26:12,537 --> 00:26:13,471 WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT FOR OUR 755 00:26:13,471 --> 00:26:15,173 CITY, AND FREQUENT TRANSIT IS 756 00:26:15,173 --> 00:26:21,146 SAFE TRANSIT. THANK YOU. 757 00:26:21,146 --> 00:26:21,613 -- THANK YOU, KELLY. 758 00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:24,916 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM NICK 759 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:27,719 SEATTLE, FOLLOWED BY JASON LEE. 760 00:26:27,719 --> 00:26:28,353 -- HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME 761 00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:29,187 IS NICK. I HELP CO-LEAD FIX THE 762 00:26:29,187 --> 00:26:31,623 LIGHT AND WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON 763 00:26:31,623 --> 00:26:32,857 GETTING BUS LANES ON DENNY WAY A 764 00:26:32,857 --> 00:26:34,326 REALLY BIG PROBLEM FOR TRANSIT 765 00:26:34,326 --> 00:26:36,027 FOR THE WHOLE CITY IS GETTING 766 00:26:36,027 --> 00:26:37,195 MORE TRANSIT SERVICE AND MAKING 767 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:37,862 SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T WAITING 768 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:39,064 AS LONG AT BUS STOPS. MAKE SURE 769 00:26:39,064 --> 00:26:40,532 WE HAVE FREQUENT TRANSIT 770 00:26:40,532 --> 00:26:41,499 NETWORK. AND THERE ARE SO MANY 771 00:26:41,499 --> 00:26:43,168 REASONS FOR THIS. ONE THAT WE'VE 772 00:26:43,168 --> 00:26:43,935 HEARD IS ON AFFORDABILITY. YOU 773 00:26:43,935 --> 00:26:45,437 KNOW, THIS MEASURE WILL COST THE 774 00:26:45,437 --> 00:26:48,940 AVERAGE SEATTLEITE $29 A YEAR OR 775 00:26:48,940 --> 00:26:51,376 $2.50 A MONTH. THAT IS ABOUT TWO 776 00:26:51,376 --> 00:26:53,912 QUARTS OF GASOLINE. AND THE 777 00:26:53,912 --> 00:26:54,579 ALTERNATIVE IS DRIVING A CAR, 778 00:26:54,579 --> 00:26:55,647 WHICH IS $1,000 A MONTH. AND, 779 00:26:55,647 --> 00:26:56,982 YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE HEARD 780 00:26:56,982 --> 00:26:58,717 TODAY AND WE SEE AROUND THE CITY 781 00:26:58,717 --> 00:27:01,353 THAT BEING ABLE TO HAVE AN 782 00:27:01,353 --> 00:27:01,987 AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION OPTION 783 00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:02,988 IS WHAT MAKES SEATTLE AN AMAZING 784 00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:05,423 PLACE TO LIVE. YOU KNOW, HAVING 785 00:27:05,423 --> 00:27:06,891 A WAY TO GET AROUND WITHOUT 786 00:27:06,891 --> 00:27:07,926 HAVING TO PAY FOR INSURANCE, PAY 787 00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:11,363 FOR GAS, PAY FOR A CAR PAYMENT, 788 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:11,997 ALL MONEY THAT LEAVES THE REGION 789 00:27:11,997 --> 00:27:12,764 AND GOES TO AUTOMAKERS IN 790 00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:14,399 DETROIT OR INSURANCE COMPANIES 791 00:27:14,399 --> 00:27:16,968 IN NEW YORK OR, YOU KNOW, OIL 792 00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:17,535 PRODUCING COUNTRIES IN THE 793 00:27:17,535 --> 00:27:18,336 MIDDLE EAST, YOU KNOW, PAYING 794 00:27:18,336 --> 00:27:20,038 FOR THE BUS AND PAYING FOR OUR 795 00:27:20,038 --> 00:27:21,573 SALES TAX IS MONEY THAT STAYS IN 796 00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:23,241 SEATTLE AND HELPS OUR LOCAL 797 00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:24,843 ECONOMY. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, 798 00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:26,344 HAVING A BETTER TRANSIT SYSTEM 799 00:27:26,344 --> 00:27:26,978 IS WHAT MAKES THE CITY MORE 800 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:29,748 LIVABLE. YOU KNOW, THE JOKE THAT 801 00:27:29,748 --> 00:27:31,049 I HEARD AT PUBLIC COMMENT THIS 802 00:27:31,049 --> 00:27:31,850 MORNING IS THAT IN CAPITOL HILL 803 00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:33,718 WE SAY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR 804 00:27:33,718 --> 00:27:34,319 FRIENDS MOVE TO BALLARD, YOU 805 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:35,420 MIGHT AS WELL SAY GOODBYE 806 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:36,054 BECAUSE THEY'RE SO FAR AWAY 807 00:27:36,054 --> 00:27:37,889 AND, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING A 808 00:27:37,889 --> 00:27:39,758 FREQUENT FAST TRANSIT OPTION TO 809 00:27:39,758 --> 00:27:41,359 GET FROM CAPITOL HILL, FROM 810 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:42,927 DOWNTOWN, FROM NORTHGATE TO 811 00:27:42,927 --> 00:27:43,728 BALLARD MEANS THAT WE ALL KIND 812 00:27:43,728 --> 00:27:44,963 OF LIVE IN OUR OWN LITTLE 813 00:27:44,963 --> 00:27:46,631 NEIGHBORHOODS AND OWN LITTLE 814 00:27:46,631 --> 00:27:47,165 CITIES WITHIN THE GREATER 815 00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:48,366 PICTURE AND HAVING BETTER 816 00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:49,501 TRANSIT THAT'S FASTER, 817 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:50,068 FREQUENT, AND MORE RELIABLE 818 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:51,036 MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 819 00:27:51,036 --> 00:27:51,770 A WAY TO GET AROUND TO EACH 820 00:27:51,770 --> 00:27:53,271 OTHER AND SEE EACH OTHER. AND, 821 00:27:53,271 --> 00:27:56,408 YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT UNITY AND 822 00:27:56,408 --> 00:27:57,042 CONNECTION ACROSS THE DIFFERENT 823 00:27:57,042 --> 00:27:57,675 NEIGHBORHOODS MEANS THAT WE CAN 824 00:27:57,675 --> 00:27:59,944 HAVE A MORE UNIFIED SEATTLE. AND 825 00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:01,279 ALSO HAVING MORE TRANSIT IS GOOD 826 00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:03,281 FOR BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 827 00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:05,450 THIS CRISIS DOWNTOWN OF OFFICE 828 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:06,684 VACANCY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE 829 00:28:06,684 --> 00:28:08,386 NOT GOING TO HAVE MORE WORKERS 830 00:28:08,386 --> 00:28:09,287 DOWNTOWN WITH LESS TRANSIT. 831 00:28:09,287 --> 00:28:11,723 WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE MORE 832 00:28:11,723 --> 00:28:13,058 WORKERS ANYWHERE WITH LESS 833 00:28:13,058 --> 00:28:15,026 TRANSIT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A 834 00:28:15,026 --> 00:28:15,760 LOT HARDER TO RUN A BUSINESS IF 835 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,062 IT'S HARDER TO GET AROUND. AND 836 00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:18,963 IT'S HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO COME 837 00:28:18,963 --> 00:28:20,699 TO YOUR PLACE AND FREQUENT IT. 838 00:28:20,699 --> 00:28:22,634 SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, ASKING 839 00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:23,802 YOU TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENTS 840 00:28:23,802 --> 00:28:26,438 THREE, FOUR, FIVE, AND 15, 841 00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:27,005 PRIORITIZE TRANSIT RIDERS, 842 00:28:27,005 --> 00:28:28,373 PLEASE PASS THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 843 00:28:28,373 --> 00:28:29,808 MEASURE TO ITS FULLEST. THANK 844 00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:33,745 YOU. 845 00:28:33,745 --> 00:28:34,079 -- THANK YOU. 846 00:28:34,079 --> 00:28:34,345 -- NICK. 847 00:28:34,345 --> 00:28:35,547 -- IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM JASON 848 00:28:35,547 --> 00:28:40,351 LEE, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 849 00:28:40,351 --> 00:28:40,719 DAVID HILL. 850 00:28:40,719 --> 00:28:41,853 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 851 00:28:41,853 --> 00:28:42,220 COUNCILMEMBERS. 852 00:28:42,220 --> 00:28:43,121 -- MY NAME IS JASON LEE. I 853 00:28:43,121 --> 00:28:43,755 CO-LEAD FIXED LATE WITH NICK WHO 854 00:28:43,755 --> 00:28:44,856 JUST SPOKE, AND I LIVE IN 855 00:28:44,856 --> 00:28:47,158 CAPITOL HILL. I SPOKE TO YOU 856 00:28:47,158 --> 00:28:48,693 COUNTLESS TIMES NOW ABOUT HOW 857 00:28:48,693 --> 00:28:50,962 MANY DRIVERS WERE ADDING TO OUR 858 00:28:50,962 --> 00:28:52,130 ROADS EVERY SINGLE YEAR. 13,000. 859 00:28:52,130 --> 00:28:52,831 I REALLY WANT TO DRILL THAT INTO 860 00:28:52,831 --> 00:28:53,531 YOUR MIND. BY THE END OF THESE 861 00:28:53,531 --> 00:28:55,800 TEN YEARS, WE WOULD HAVE FILLED 862 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,702 LUMEN FIELD TO CAPACITY TWICE, 863 00:28:57,702 --> 00:28:58,737 AND THE TRAFFIC THAT WE 864 00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:00,105 EXPERIENCED DURING THE WORLD CUP 865 00:29:00,105 --> 00:29:01,806 WILL BE BEGGING FOR THAT AGAIN, 866 00:29:01,806 --> 00:29:02,440 BECAUSE IT WILL BE SO MUCH WORSE 867 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:03,908 THAN TEN YEARS. UNLESS WE DO 868 00:29:03,908 --> 00:29:05,510 SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, ABOUT OUR 869 00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:07,812 TRAFFIC AND GET PEOPLE ON 870 00:29:07,812 --> 00:29:09,814 TRANSIT. AND IT'S NOT JUST 871 00:29:09,814 --> 00:29:11,716 HYPOTHETICAL FOR ME ANYMORE. 872 00:29:11,716 --> 00:29:12,383 IT'S ACTUALLY BECOME PERSONAL 873 00:29:12,383 --> 00:29:13,651 BECAUSE MY MOM IS VISITING ME 874 00:29:13,651 --> 00:29:14,319 FROM DALLAS. SHE'S ACTUALLY IN 875 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:16,187 THE CROWD RIGHT NOW, AND 876 00:29:16,187 --> 00:29:17,655 YESTERDAY WE TRIED TO GO. WE 877 00:29:17,655 --> 00:29:18,990 TRIED TO GO TO BALLARD, WHICH, 878 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:20,725 YOU KNOW, LIKE NICK SAID IS AN 879 00:29:20,725 --> 00:29:22,560 ORDEAL. WE GOT OFF THE TRAIN AT 880 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,095 U DISTRICT AND THE NEXT 44 WAS 881 00:29:24,095 --> 00:29:26,965 NOT COMING FOR 36 MINUTES. THE 882 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:28,733 44 WAS NOT EVEN ON THE DEPARTURE 883 00:29:28,733 --> 00:29:30,535 BOARD. WE WENT TO FROM U 884 00:29:30,535 --> 00:29:33,104 DISTRICT TO BALLARD THROUGH 885 00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:34,739 FREMONT. WE DID NOT GET TO SPEND 886 00:29:34,739 --> 00:29:35,840 TIME AT THE BALLARD MARKET. WE 887 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:37,642 DID NOT GET TO BUY FOOD AT THE 888 00:29:37,642 --> 00:29:39,277 SEAFOOD FEST BECAUSE OF THIS. IF 889 00:29:39,277 --> 00:29:39,778 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 890 00:29:39,778 --> 00:29:41,146 AFFORDABILITY, SURE, I SAVED 891 00:29:41,146 --> 00:29:42,213 MONEY, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE I 892 00:29:42,213 --> 00:29:43,148 DIDN'T GET TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL 893 00:29:43,148 --> 00:29:46,684 BUSINESSES THAT I WANT TO 894 00:29:46,684 --> 00:29:48,319 SUPPORT. I ALSO LOOKED AT HOW 895 00:29:48,319 --> 00:29:50,321 LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET AN 896 00:29:50,321 --> 00:29:51,189 UBER THERE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 897 00:29:51,189 --> 00:29:53,491 MORE THAN $30. THAT'S MORE THAN 898 00:29:53,491 --> 00:29:55,827 THE COST INCREASE OF THE OF THIS 899 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:57,629 TRANSIT MEASURE. AFTER WE 900 00:29:57,629 --> 00:29:58,963 VISITED THE LOCKS, THEN WE GOT A 901 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,064 LITTLE LUCKY. THERE WAS A 33 902 00:30:00,064 --> 00:30:03,168 RIGHT ON TIME TO BRING US DOWN 903 00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:04,769 TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND SEATTLE 904 00:30:04,769 --> 00:30:06,171 CENTER. BUT THEN AFTER THAT, WE 905 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:07,772 WANTED TO GO TO CAREY PARK. 906 00:30:07,772 --> 00:30:09,207 THERE WAS NOT ANOTHER BUS FOR 907 00:30:09,207 --> 00:30:10,975 AGAIN, 20 MINUTES. WE DID END UP 908 00:30:10,975 --> 00:30:12,644 TAKING AN UBER AT THAT TIME 909 00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:13,878 BECAUSE MY MOM HIKED ALREADY ON 910 00:30:13,878 --> 00:30:14,546 SATURDAY. SHE TOLD ME SHE DID 911 00:30:14,546 --> 00:30:15,713 NOT WANT TO HIKE ON SUNDAY, SO I 912 00:30:15,713 --> 00:30:17,482 WAS NOT GOING TO SEND HER UP 913 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:19,817 QUEEN ANNE TO GET TO CAREY PARK. 914 00:30:19,817 --> 00:30:23,788 THAT COST ME $10. THAT AGAIN, IS 915 00:30:23,788 --> 00:30:25,323 A THIRD OF THE ANNUAL COST OF 916 00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:27,325 THIS PRICE INCREASE FOR A TWO 917 00:30:27,325 --> 00:30:29,194 PERSON HOUSEHOLD. PLEASE REJECT 918 00:30:29,194 --> 00:30:30,228 AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND 919 00:30:30,228 --> 00:30:31,462 13. THANK YOU. 920 00:30:31,462 --> 00:30:33,765 -- THANK YOU, MR. LEE, AND 921 00:30:33,765 --> 00:30:35,266 WELCOME TO SEATTLE, TO YOUR TO 922 00:30:35,266 --> 00:30:38,603 YOUR MOM. 923 00:30:38,603 --> 00:30:40,438 -- IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM DAVID 924 00:30:40,438 --> 00:30:42,440 HILL AFTER DAVID WILL BE DAVE 925 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:48,079 SCHULTE HEY Y'ALL. 926 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:48,813 -- IT'S ME, DAVID HILL FOR LIKE 927 00:30:48,813 --> 00:30:49,714 THE FOURTH TIME IN THESE STM 928 00:30:49,714 --> 00:30:51,349 HEARINGS. I THINK, YOU KNOW BY 929 00:30:51,349 --> 00:30:53,418 NOW, 15 YEAR CAR FREE RESIDENT 930 00:30:53,418 --> 00:30:54,285 OF ROOSEVELT MEMBER OF THE 931 00:30:54,285 --> 00:30:56,421 TRANSIT RIDERS UNION. I LOVE TO 932 00:30:56,421 --> 00:30:58,856 FUND PUBLIC TRANSIT TO THE MAX. 933 00:30:58,856 --> 00:31:00,525 I'M BACK TO REMIND YOU THAT WE 934 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:01,192 CAN'T AFFORD TO PLAY IT SAFE 935 00:31:01,192 --> 00:31:03,127 WITH THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 936 00:31:03,127 --> 00:31:05,630 MEASURE. WE DON'T WANT A WATERED 937 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:06,364 DOWN PACKAGE THAT JUST MAINTAINS 938 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:07,465 THE STATUS QUO OR KEEPS US 939 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:09,767 RUNNING IN PLACE. WHAT WE 940 00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:12,203 ACTUALLY NEED IS A REAL 941 00:31:12,203 --> 00:31:12,837 INVESTMENT THAT EXPANDS SERVICE 942 00:31:12,837 --> 00:31:14,539 HOURS, FREES UP OUR STREETS, AND 943 00:31:14,539 --> 00:31:16,307 CONNECTS PEOPLE TO THE AMENITIES 944 00:31:16,307 --> 00:31:18,576 AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES 945 00:31:18,576 --> 00:31:20,378 SEATTLE HAS TO OFFER. WHEN WE 946 00:31:20,378 --> 00:31:22,080 FULLY FUND OUR BUSSES, IT 947 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,882 RIPPLES OUT TO HELP EVERYONE, 948 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,516 EVEN PEOPLE WHO ONLY DRIVE BY 949 00:31:25,516 --> 00:31:26,818 REDUCING GRIDLOCK AND KEEPING 950 00:31:26,818 --> 00:31:29,053 THE CITY MOVING, YOU HAVE THE 951 00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:30,321 CHANCE TO PASS A VISIONARY 952 00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:31,522 MEASURE THAT MEETS THE ACTUAL 953 00:31:31,522 --> 00:31:33,024 SCALE OF SEATTLE'S GROWTH. 954 00:31:33,024 --> 00:31:34,659 LET'S PASS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN 955 00:31:34,659 --> 00:31:35,760 HONESTLY BE PROUD OF, AND THAT 956 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,228 WE KNOW SEATTLE VOTERS WILL 957 00:31:37,228 --> 00:31:38,630 APPROVE IN DROVES, AS THEY DID 958 00:31:38,630 --> 00:31:40,498 IN 2020. THANK YOU. 959 00:31:40,498 --> 00:31:43,768 -- THANK YOU, DAVID 960 00:31:43,768 --> 00:31:45,803 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE DAVE 961 00:31:45,803 --> 00:31:49,707 SCHULTZ, FOLLOWED BY JJ BISHOP 962 00:31:49,707 --> 00:31:49,974 BURROWS. 963 00:31:49,974 --> 00:31:51,009 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 964 00:31:51,009 --> 00:31:52,043 NAME IS DAVE SCHULTZ. AND THANK 965 00:31:52,043 --> 00:31:54,245 YOU FOR HOLDING A HEARING AT A 966 00:31:54,245 --> 00:31:54,879 MORE REASONABLE HOUR. FOR THOSE 967 00:31:54,879 --> 00:31:59,817 OF US THAT WORK DURING THE DAY I 968 00:31:59,817 --> 00:32:00,952 CANNOT DRIVE, AND I AM, AND WHEN 969 00:32:00,952 --> 00:32:03,554 I'M NOT CYCLING, I'M COMPLETELY 970 00:32:03,554 --> 00:32:04,822 DEPENDENT ON THE BUSSES. THEY 971 00:32:04,822 --> 00:32:06,324 GET ME TO WHERE I'M GOING WHEN 972 00:32:06,324 --> 00:32:07,925 I NEED TO BE THERE, HOPEFULLY. 973 00:32:07,925 --> 00:32:09,928 AND I DO NOT WANT TO BE LATE FOR 974 00:32:09,928 --> 00:32:11,029 ANY DATES THAT I GO ON BECAUSE I 975 00:32:11,029 --> 00:32:12,163 DON'T GO ON VERY MANY, SO I 976 00:32:12,163 --> 00:32:17,535 WANT THEM TO COUNT. THANK YOU. 977 00:32:17,535 --> 00:32:18,936 AND TO REALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM. 978 00:32:18,936 --> 00:32:23,207 TAX THE RICH. 979 00:32:23,207 --> 00:32:26,110 -- THANK YOU, MR. SCHULTZ. 980 00:32:26,110 --> 00:32:29,180 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JJ 981 00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:32,183 BISHOP, FOLLOWED BY PATRICK 982 00:32:32,183 --> 00:32:32,417 WHITE. 983 00:32:32,417 --> 00:32:32,817 -- HI, EVERYONE. 984 00:32:32,817 --> 00:32:34,786 -- MY NAME IS JJ AND I'M A 985 00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:36,354 RESIDENT OF D3. I'M HERE TODAY 986 00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:37,488 TO SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PLAN TO 987 00:32:37,488 --> 00:32:39,490 INCREASE FUNDING SPECIFICALLY 988 00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:40,892 FOR MORE SERVICE HOURS. I WORK 989 00:32:40,892 --> 00:32:42,827 FROM HOME IN MADISON VALLEY, SO 990 00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:43,961 DON'T COMMUTE TO WORK AND 991 00:32:43,961 --> 00:32:45,630 INSTEAD RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT 992 00:32:45,630 --> 00:32:46,964 NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. THE OPENING 993 00:32:46,964 --> 00:32:48,333 OF THE RAPID RIDE G WAS LIFE 994 00:32:48,333 --> 00:32:49,667 CHANGING FOR ME. IT'S FREQUENCY 995 00:32:49,667 --> 00:32:51,803 AND RELIABILITY OUTSIDE OF RUSH 996 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:53,404 HOUR ALLOWS ME TO GET TO MY GYM 997 00:32:53,404 --> 00:32:55,440 AND GROCERY STORES, AND TO GET 998 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,641 HOME SAFELY FROM THE CLUBS. THE 999 00:32:56,641 --> 00:32:58,543 SAME IS NOT TRUE OF OTHER 1000 00:32:58,543 --> 00:32:59,777 SUPPOSEDLY FREQUENT BUSSES LIKE 1001 00:32:59,777 --> 00:33:01,479 THE EIGHT AND 48. GETTING TO MY 1002 00:33:01,479 --> 00:33:02,847 SISTER'S HOUSE IN RAVENNA BY 1003 00:33:02,847 --> 00:33:04,449 BUS IS A NIGHTMARE, SINCE 1004 00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:06,050 NEITHER BUS ALONG THAT ROUTE IS 1005 00:33:06,050 --> 00:33:07,719 FREQUENT OR RELIABLE ON NIGHTS 1006 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:10,021 OR WEEKENDS, MAKING TRANSFERS 1007 00:33:10,021 --> 00:33:11,889 LONG AND UNPREDICTABLE. PLEASE 1008 00:33:11,889 --> 00:33:13,057 VOTE FOR AMENDMENT 29 TO 1009 00:33:13,057 --> 00:33:15,860 INCREASE THE GUARANTEED SHARE OF 1010 00:33:15,860 --> 00:33:17,161 FUNDING FOR SERVICE TO 75%, AND 1011 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:17,762 AGAINST AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD 1012 00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:20,331 SHIFT FUNDING AWAY FROM SERVICE. 1013 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:20,631 THANK YOU. 1014 00:33:20,631 --> 00:33:23,901 -- THANK YOU, JJ. 1015 00:33:23,901 --> 00:33:25,670 -- WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM PATRICK 1016 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:32,543 WHITE, FOLLOWED BY JASON WEIL. 1017 00:33:32,543 --> 00:33:33,678 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS 1018 00:33:33,678 --> 00:33:35,246 PATRICK WHITE. I LIVE ON FIRST 1019 00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:37,081 HILL IN DISTRICT TWO AND I'M 1020 00:33:37,081 --> 00:33:39,283 REGULAR TRANSIT RIDER. I DO NOT 1021 00:33:39,283 --> 00:33:40,752 OWN A CAR. THE POINT OF THE STM 1022 00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:42,820 IS TO INCREASE TRANSIT SERVICE. 1023 00:33:42,820 --> 00:33:43,888 SO THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD FOCUS 1024 00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:46,924 ON. SENDING AS MUCH FUNDING AS 1025 00:33:46,924 --> 00:33:47,525 POSSIBLE TOWARDS SERVICE. WE 1026 00:33:47,525 --> 00:33:48,326 HAVE OTHER FUNDING POOLS FOR 1027 00:33:48,326 --> 00:33:49,927 OTHER PRIORITIES SUCH AS BUS 1028 00:33:49,927 --> 00:33:52,263 LANES AND STOP UPGRADES. AND 1029 00:33:52,263 --> 00:33:53,765 YES, WE DO NEED AN INCREASE. 1030 00:33:53,765 --> 00:33:54,799 THERE ARE STILL LOTS OF GAPS IN 1031 00:33:54,799 --> 00:33:56,868 OUR NETWORK, PARTICULARLY ON 1032 00:33:56,868 --> 00:33:58,236 NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS. WE STILL 1033 00:33:58,236 --> 00:33:59,404 HAVE ROUTES THAT RUN ONCE AN 1034 00:33:59,404 --> 00:34:01,005 HOUR ON WEEKENDS AND SOME THAT 1035 00:34:01,005 --> 00:34:03,241 DON'T RUN AT ALL. EVEN ON 1036 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:03,875 WEEKDAYS. SOME NEIGHBORHOODS ARE 1037 00:34:03,875 --> 00:34:06,344 SERVED HOURLY OR PEAK ONLY, OR 1038 00:34:06,344 --> 00:34:07,645 NO BUS AT ALL. AND ON SUNDAYS, 1039 00:34:07,645 --> 00:34:09,013 THE FIRST HILL STREETCAR, ONE OF 1040 00:34:09,013 --> 00:34:11,449 OUR FLAGSHIP ROUTES, DOES NOT 1041 00:34:11,449 --> 00:34:13,117 HAVE ANY DEFINITION OF FREQUENT 1042 00:34:13,117 --> 00:34:14,118 SERVICE, AND IT'S WAY TOO 1043 00:34:14,118 --> 00:34:15,453 EARLY. IN FACT, THAT'S A VERY 1044 00:34:15,453 --> 00:34:17,021 COMMON PROBLEM THROUGHOUT OUR 1045 00:34:17,021 --> 00:34:18,689 NETWORK. BUS IS ENDING TOO EARLY 1046 00:34:18,689 --> 00:34:21,125 OR STARTING TOO LATE. THIS IS 1047 00:34:21,125 --> 00:34:23,694 PARTICULARLY BAD FOR PEOPLE WHO 1048 00:34:23,694 --> 00:34:24,896 WORK ODD HOURS, AND THOSE JOBS 1049 00:34:24,896 --> 00:34:27,298 TEND TO BE PAID LESS THAN 1050 00:34:27,298 --> 00:34:29,400 AVERAGE. AND SO THAT IS A 1051 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,869 REGRESSIVE TAX. FORCING THEM TO 1052 00:34:31,869 --> 00:34:33,604 OWN A CAR. THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 1053 00:34:33,604 --> 00:34:34,539 AND WE NEED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE 1054 00:34:34,539 --> 00:34:36,707 TO GO TO SERVICE IN ORDER TO FIX 1055 00:34:36,707 --> 00:34:38,843 THESE GAPS. AND WE ABSOLUTELY DO 1056 00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:41,079 NOT NEED A THIRD OF THE MEASURE 1057 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,213 COMPLETELY REMOVED. THERE ARE 1058 00:34:42,213 --> 00:34:43,614 SEVERAL AMENDMENTS THAT ASK FOR 1059 00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:45,149 A REPORT ON THIS STUDY ON THAT. 1060 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:46,417 JUST A LOAD OF RED TAPE THAT 1061 00:34:46,417 --> 00:34:48,386 BOGS DOWN METRO STAFF. WE DON'T 1062 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:50,521 NEED ANY OF THAT. AND REQUIRING 1063 00:34:50,521 --> 00:34:52,190 COUNCIL TO APPROVE EVERY LITTLE 1064 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:54,692 DETAIL OF SERVICE EVERY YEAR. 1065 00:34:54,692 --> 00:34:57,028 I'M MORE CONFUSED THAN ANYTHING 1066 00:34:57,028 --> 00:34:58,029 ELSE. I GET THE AMENDMENT 1067 00:34:58,029 --> 00:34:59,097 NUMBERS JUMBLED UP, SO I'LL KEEP 1068 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:01,132 IT SIMPLE. SAY NO TO 1069 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:02,600 MICROMANAGEMENT AND SAY NO TO 1070 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:04,001 SERVICE CUTS. GIVE VOTERS A 1071 00:35:04,001 --> 00:35:05,269 STRONG MEASURE THAT RUNS THE 1072 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:07,071 MOST SERVICE POSSIBLE. THANK 1073 00:35:07,071 --> 00:35:07,271 YOU. 1074 00:35:07,271 --> 00:35:11,075 -- THANK YOU, PATRICK. 1075 00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:15,313 -- NEXT UP, WE HAVE JASON WEIL, 1076 00:35:15,313 --> 00:35:17,682 FOLLOWED BY SUPERIOR MORGAN. 1077 00:35:17,682 --> 00:35:18,115 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1078 00:35:18,115 --> 00:35:18,749 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1079 00:35:18,749 --> 00:35:21,185 JASON. WHILE I AM A DISTRICT SIX 1080 00:35:21,185 --> 00:35:23,054 RESIDENT FOR 17 OF THE 20 YEARS 1081 00:35:23,054 --> 00:35:24,589 THAT I'VE LIVED IN SEATTLE, I 1082 00:35:24,589 --> 00:35:27,391 DIDN'T OWN A CAR. SO LIKE ONE 1083 00:35:27,391 --> 00:35:29,193 FIFTH OF SEATTLE RESIDENTS, I 1084 00:35:29,193 --> 00:35:31,195 RELIED PRIMARILY ON TRANSIT TO 1085 00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:32,563 GET AROUND. TRANSIT IS A VITAL 1086 00:35:32,563 --> 00:35:33,798 PUBLIC SERVICE FOR ALL OF OUR 1087 00:35:33,798 --> 00:35:35,766 RESIDENTS, COMMUTERS AND 1088 00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:37,335 VISITORS, AND NEEDS AS MUCH 1089 00:35:37,335 --> 00:35:38,769 FUNDING AND ATTENTION AS WE CAN 1090 00:35:38,769 --> 00:35:40,071 GIVE IT. WITH OUR CITY'S GROWTH, 1091 00:35:40,071 --> 00:35:42,940 WE NEED TO PLAN FOR A FUTURE 1092 00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:43,608 WITH MORE PEOPLE RIDING, MORE 1093 00:35:43,608 --> 00:35:46,043 BUSSES AND TRAINS TO GET AROUND 1094 00:35:46,043 --> 00:35:47,311 THE CITY DEMANDS AND NEEDS MORE 1095 00:35:47,311 --> 00:35:48,980 TRANSIT, NOT THE SAME LEVEL AND 1096 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:51,115 NOT LESS. SO I'M URGING YOU TO 1097 00:35:51,115 --> 00:35:52,717 SUPPORT AMENDMENTS EIGHT, TEN, 1098 00:35:52,717 --> 00:35:55,353 11, 17 AND 29 AND TO OPPOSE 1099 00:35:55,353 --> 00:35:57,188 AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND 1100 00:35:57,188 --> 00:36:01,259 13. THE CITY NEEDS FAIR AND 1101 00:36:01,259 --> 00:36:01,893 PROGRESSIVE TAXATION TO BENEFIT 1102 00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:03,761 EVERYONE. OWNING A CAR IS VERY 1103 00:36:03,761 --> 00:36:06,230 EXPENSIVE, BUT THIS MEASURE ONLY 1104 00:36:06,230 --> 00:36:07,698 COSTS THE AVERAGE TWO PERSON 1105 00:36:07,698 --> 00:36:09,133 HOUSEHOLD ABOUT $29 PER PERSON 1106 00:36:09,133 --> 00:36:10,735 PER YEAR. THAT'S A VERY 1107 00:36:10,735 --> 00:36:11,602 REASONABLE COST FOR A VITAL 1108 00:36:11,602 --> 00:36:12,737 SERVICE THAT'S GOING TO SERVE 1109 00:36:12,737 --> 00:36:14,272 OUR CITY WELL INTO THE FUTURE. 1110 00:36:14,272 --> 00:36:15,273 THANK YOU. 1111 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:18,309 -- THANK YOU, JASON. 1112 00:36:18,309 --> 00:36:20,244 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 1113 00:36:20,244 --> 00:36:22,179 SUPERIOR MORGAN, FOLLOWED BY 1114 00:36:22,179 --> 00:36:24,415 PAULINE VAN SENATE. 1115 00:36:24,415 --> 00:36:26,317 -- IT'S SUPER LIVE. MORGAN. 1116 00:36:26,317 --> 00:36:29,620 -- THANK YOU. 1117 00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:30,521 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 1118 00:36:30,521 --> 00:36:31,188 COUNCILMEMBERS. IT'S GOOD TO 1119 00:36:31,188 --> 00:36:35,526 SEE A LOT OF YOU. I AM A SEATTLE 1120 00:36:35,526 --> 00:36:36,160 HOUSING AUTHORITY TENANT RENTER 1121 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,428 LIVING IN A SEATTLE HOUSING 1122 00:36:37,428 --> 00:36:39,797 AUTHORITY BUILDING ON CAPITOL 1123 00:36:39,797 --> 00:36:42,266 HILL DISTRICT THREE. I RELY ON 1124 00:36:42,266 --> 00:36:46,504 THE TRANSIT METRO, THE TRAINS, 1125 00:36:46,504 --> 00:36:48,472 AND I USE THE FREE ORCA CARDS 1126 00:36:48,472 --> 00:36:52,109 THROUGH THE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS 1127 00:36:52,109 --> 00:36:54,679 US. SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY 1128 00:36:54,679 --> 00:36:56,447 TENANTS TO USE THOSE FREE ORCA 1129 00:36:56,447 --> 00:36:58,316 CARDS. AND THAT IS LITERALLY 1130 00:36:58,316 --> 00:37:00,484 WHAT IS SAVING ME AND SOME OF 1131 00:37:00,484 --> 00:37:04,956 YOU WANT TO CUT AND LIMIT THAT 1132 00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:06,724 PROGRAM. I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO 1133 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:10,895 AFFORD. IF YOU DO THAT. SO 1134 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:14,432 REJECT THAT AMENDMENT AND ANY 1135 00:37:14,432 --> 00:37:18,102 AMENDMENTS LIKE THAT AND FULLY 1136 00:37:18,102 --> 00:37:20,738 SUPPORT FULL MEASURE OF THE 1137 00:37:20,738 --> 00:37:22,773 SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE SUPPORT 1138 00:37:22,773 --> 00:37:24,976 THE FULL VERSION OF IT. 1139 00:37:24,976 --> 00:37:29,714 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1140 00:37:29,714 --> 00:37:32,216 -- WE'LL HEAR FROM PAULINE 1141 00:37:32,216 --> 00:37:34,118 VINCENNES, FOLLOWED BY JANE ROSE 1142 00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:35,620 O'NEILL. 1143 00:37:35,620 --> 00:37:37,855 -- HI, MY NAME IS PAULINE. HI, 1144 00:37:37,855 --> 00:37:41,993 MY NAME IS PAULINE AND I'M YOUR 1145 00:37:41,993 --> 00:37:42,893 FAVORITE TRANSIT BERRY, AS WELL 1146 00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:44,495 AS A MEMBER OF THE TRANSFER 1147 00:37:44,495 --> 00:37:48,499 WRITERS UNION. I LONG AGO METRO 1148 00:37:48,499 --> 00:37:50,201 OPERATOR DESCRIBED HIS BUS THIS 1149 00:37:50,201 --> 00:37:54,138 WAY. HE REFERRED TO IT AS THE 1150 00:37:54,138 --> 00:37:56,974 PEOPLE'S LIMOUSINE. THE 1151 00:37:56,974 --> 00:37:58,542 PEOPLE'S LIMO. I DO A LOT OF 1152 00:37:58,542 --> 00:37:59,877 CLEANUP AND HAVE BEEN WORKING 1153 00:37:59,877 --> 00:38:02,213 FOR YEARS TO ENCOURAGE TRANSIT 1154 00:38:02,213 --> 00:38:03,447 BY CLEANING BUS STOPS AND MAKING 1155 00:38:03,447 --> 00:38:04,915 PEOPLE MORE COMFORTABLE AND 1156 00:38:04,915 --> 00:38:06,050 WANTING TO GET OUT OF THEIR CARS 1157 00:38:06,050 --> 00:38:09,387 AND TRY TRANSIT. BUT I HAVE COME 1158 00:38:09,387 --> 00:38:12,556 TO THINK MORE HOLISTICALLY. 1159 00:38:12,556 --> 00:38:13,157 ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS, ENTIRE 1160 00:38:13,157 --> 00:38:15,059 CORRIDORS, AND HOPEFULLY 1161 00:38:15,059 --> 00:38:16,260 SUPPORTING THE BUSINESSES 1162 00:38:16,260 --> 00:38:17,662 BECAUSE OF THE BUSINESSES ARE 1163 00:38:17,662 --> 00:38:18,195 COMFORTABLE AND GET MORE 1164 00:38:18,195 --> 00:38:21,832 BUSINESS. THERE WILL BE MORE TAX 1165 00:38:21,832 --> 00:38:22,400 REVENUE WHICH WILL SUPPORT 1166 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:27,038 MEASURES LIKE THIS, AND ALSO IT 1167 00:38:27,038 --> 00:38:28,839 SUPPORTS EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I 1168 00:38:28,839 --> 00:38:29,774 CARE ABOUT, INCLUDING AND IT'S 1169 00:38:29,774 --> 00:38:32,576 GOOD FOR PEOPLE. IT'S GOOD FOR 1170 00:38:32,576 --> 00:38:34,111 THE SOCKEYE SALMON THAT FINALLY 1171 00:38:34,111 --> 00:38:35,880 DECIDED TO COME IN IT'S BALLARD 1172 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:40,384 BOX JUST RECENTLY, SO I DON'T 1173 00:38:40,384 --> 00:38:42,153 SEE ANY DOWNSIDE. AND I 1174 00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:45,156 ENCOURAGE SEATTLE TO THINK WORLD 1175 00:38:45,156 --> 00:38:49,393 CLASS IN ALL WAYS. WORLD CLASS 1176 00:38:49,393 --> 00:38:49,860 TRANSIT, WORLD CLASS, 1177 00:38:49,860 --> 00:38:51,195 EVERYTHING. SO PLEASE SUPPORT 1178 00:38:51,195 --> 00:38:55,266 THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU. 1179 00:38:55,266 --> 00:38:55,733 -- THANK YOU PAULINE. 1180 00:38:55,733 --> 00:38:57,835 -- WE'LL HEAR FROM JANE ROSE 1181 00:38:57,835 --> 00:38:59,804 O'NEILL, FOLLOWED BY ELLEN 1182 00:38:59,804 --> 00:39:00,604 GREEN. 1183 00:39:00,604 --> 00:39:05,710 -- AND THE LAST NAME IS ONE L 1184 00:39:05,710 --> 00:39:06,177 FOR JANE O'NEILL. 1185 00:39:06,177 --> 00:39:07,244 -- THANK YOU. 1186 00:39:07,244 --> 00:39:09,380 -- I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, 1187 00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:10,948 CAPITOL HILL. I AM ALSO 1188 00:39:10,948 --> 00:39:13,784 TRANSIENT. I USE THE TRANSIT A 1189 00:39:13,784 --> 00:39:21,058 LOT BUT CUTTING OR REJECTING 13, 1190 00:39:21,058 --> 00:39:25,730 FIVE, THREE AND FOUR AND 1191 00:39:25,730 --> 00:39:28,766 SUPPORTING 11, 17, TEN AND 29 1192 00:39:28,766 --> 00:39:31,802 WOULD HELP MYSELF GET AROUND 1193 00:39:31,802 --> 00:39:35,539 EASIER, MEANING BUSSES ARE MORE 1194 00:39:35,539 --> 00:39:38,109 FREQUENT AND MORE RELIABLE AND 1195 00:39:38,109 --> 00:39:42,713 MORE SAFER. RIGHT NOW I'VE BEEN 1196 00:39:42,713 --> 00:39:46,083 ATTACKED IN ALLEYS AND OR ON THE 1197 00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:47,718 STREETS TRYING TO WAIT FOR 1198 00:39:47,718 --> 00:39:51,055 BUSSES, OR TRYING TO GET AWAY 1199 00:39:51,055 --> 00:39:53,557 FROM A PERSON. AND THIS IS ALSO 1200 00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:56,427 HOW OUR BUS DRIVERS ARE ALSO 1201 00:39:56,427 --> 00:39:57,895 BECOMING UNSAFE BECAUSE WE DO 1202 00:39:57,895 --> 00:40:00,898 NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO 1203 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:06,270 SUPPORT EVEN THE DRIVERS BY 1204 00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:09,173 CUTTING, IT ACTUALLY MAKES 1205 00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:12,109 PEOPLE THAT RELY ON THE BUSSES 1206 00:40:12,109 --> 00:40:14,278 AND ALSO FOR THOSE THAT DRIVE 1207 00:40:14,278 --> 00:40:17,248 THE BUSSES. IT MAKES IT SO MUCH 1208 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:21,018 HARDER. PLEASE RESPECT WHAT 1209 00:40:21,018 --> 00:40:22,453 WE'RE ASKING AND COME UP WITH A 1210 00:40:22,453 --> 00:40:26,557 BILL THAT WILL SUPPORT EVERYBODY 1211 00:40:26,557 --> 00:40:30,861 AND HELP MAKE THE STREETS A LOT 1212 00:40:30,861 --> 00:40:33,597 LESS CROWDED BY THE CARS AND 1213 00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:36,233 MAKE IT SAFER. THANK YOU. 1214 00:40:36,233 --> 00:40:40,371 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1215 00:40:40,371 --> 00:40:42,873 -- NEXT UP IS ELLEN GREEN, 1216 00:40:42,873 --> 00:40:45,042 FOLLOWED BY BILL ROACH. 1217 00:40:45,042 --> 00:40:45,509 -- THANK YOU FOR THIS 1218 00:40:45,509 --> 00:40:46,310 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU 1219 00:40:46,310 --> 00:40:47,845 TODAY. MY NAME IS ELLEN GREEN 1220 00:40:47,845 --> 00:40:49,680 AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 1221 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,416 OF THE HILL IMPROVEMENT 1222 00:40:52,416 --> 00:40:54,318 ASSOCIATION. WE SUPPORT MAYOR 1223 00:40:54,318 --> 00:40:54,919 WILSON'S PROPOSED SEATTLE 1224 00:40:54,919 --> 00:40:56,420 SEATTLE. SORRY. SEATTLE TRANSIT 1225 00:40:56,420 --> 00:41:00,224 MEASURE AND STRONGLY URGE YOU TO 1226 00:41:00,224 --> 00:41:02,626 REJECT AMENDMENTS 13, FIVE, FOUR 1227 00:41:02,626 --> 00:41:04,128 AND THREE FIRST HILL IS A CLEAR 1228 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:06,897 EXAMPLE OF WHY FULL INVESTMENT 1229 00:41:06,897 --> 00:41:08,866 IN SERVICE IS ESSENTIAL. WE'RE A 1230 00:41:08,866 --> 00:41:10,401 DENSE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH 1231 00:41:10,401 --> 00:41:12,169 HEALTH CARE WORKERS, PATIENTS, 1232 00:41:12,169 --> 00:41:14,705 STUDENTS, AND RESIDENTS WHO 1233 00:41:14,705 --> 00:41:16,073 DEPEND ON TRANSIT AS A DAILY 1234 00:41:16,073 --> 00:41:19,210 LIFELINE. WE DON'T HAVE A LIGHT 1235 00:41:19,210 --> 00:41:20,311 RAIL STATION AND RELY HEAVILY ON 1236 00:41:20,311 --> 00:41:22,012 BUSSES AND THE FIRST HILL 1237 00:41:22,012 --> 00:41:25,082 STREETCAR, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 1238 00:41:25,082 --> 00:41:25,583 CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE 1239 00:41:25,583 --> 00:41:27,451 BURGEONING GROWTH. THIS INCLUDES 1240 00:41:27,451 --> 00:41:29,887 RESIDENTIAL HIGH RISES IN 1241 00:41:29,887 --> 00:41:33,123 ADDITION TO HARBOR VIEWS AND 1242 00:41:33,123 --> 00:41:34,492 ANTICIPATED NEW TOWER, AS WELL 1243 00:41:34,492 --> 00:41:36,694 AS SWEDISH'S NEW MEDICAL TOWER. 1244 00:41:36,694 --> 00:41:37,862 WITH THESE, WE EXPECT AN INFLUX 1245 00:41:37,862 --> 00:41:40,164 OF CRITICAL HOSPITAL CARE 1246 00:41:40,164 --> 00:41:42,166 WORKERS AND PATIENTS SEEKING 1247 00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:44,268 NEEDED CARE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, 1248 00:41:44,268 --> 00:41:46,704 ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MEDICAL 1249 00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:49,306 WORKFORCE AND VISITING PATIENTS. 1250 00:41:49,306 --> 00:41:53,177 RELIABLE, FREQUENT ALL DAY AND 1251 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:54,812 OVERNIGHT SERVICE IS NOT A 1252 00:41:54,812 --> 00:41:56,547 CONVENIENCE. IT IS A CRITICAL 1253 00:41:56,547 --> 00:41:58,582 PIECE OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 1254 00:41:58,582 --> 00:42:00,084 THIS IS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, 1255 00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:02,820 THOSE THAT SERVES AND THE CITY. 1256 00:42:02,820 --> 00:42:04,188 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 1257 00:42:04,188 --> 00:42:05,956 AND FOR PROTECTING A TRANSIT 1258 00:42:05,956 --> 00:42:06,490 SYSTEM THAT TRULY SERVES 1259 00:42:06,490 --> 00:42:08,225 SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 1260 00:42:08,225 --> 00:42:12,296 -- THANK YOU ELLEN. 1261 00:42:12,296 --> 00:42:16,066 -- BILL ROACH WILL NOW SPEAK, 1262 00:42:16,066 --> 00:42:18,168 FOLLOWED BY ROSALIND BURROUGHS. 1263 00:42:18,168 --> 00:42:20,371 -- I'M BILL ROACH AND I LIVE ON 1264 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:21,272 FIRST HILL IN HORIZON HOUSE, AND 1265 00:42:21,272 --> 00:42:24,375 I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN DISTRICT 1266 00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:27,845 THREE. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON 1267 00:42:27,845 --> 00:42:28,779 BEHALF OF ALL SENIORS WHO ARE 1268 00:42:28,779 --> 00:42:33,350 TRANSIT DEPENDENT, WHICH IS MANY 1269 00:42:33,350 --> 00:42:35,085 OF US. WE NEED THIS. THE 1270 00:42:35,085 --> 00:42:36,754 INCREASE IN TRANSIT TO ASSURE 1271 00:42:36,754 --> 00:42:42,293 OUR MOBILITY AS WE AS WE AGE AND 1272 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:44,695 GIVE US, ALLOWS US TO THRIVE. I 1273 00:42:44,695 --> 00:42:46,630 SUPPORT THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL. 1274 00:42:46,630 --> 00:42:48,632 PLEASE DO NOT ADOPT THE 1275 00:42:48,632 --> 00:42:52,002 AMENDMENTS. THREE, FOUR, FIVE 1276 00:42:52,002 --> 00:42:55,072 AND 13. HELP US THRIVE. GIVE THE 1277 00:42:55,072 --> 00:42:57,308 VOTERS A CHANCE TO ADOPT THE 1278 00:42:57,308 --> 00:43:00,911 FULL MEASURE. THANK YOU. 1279 00:43:00,911 --> 00:43:04,515 -- THANK YOU, MR. ROCHE 1280 00:43:04,515 --> 00:43:06,884 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM ROSALIND 1281 00:43:06,884 --> 00:43:07,518 BURROUGHS, FOLLOWED BY BRITTANI 1282 00:43:07,518 --> 00:43:10,354 BROST 1283 00:43:10,354 --> 00:43:12,189 -- HI. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US 1284 00:43:12,189 --> 00:43:14,992 TODAY. I'M ROSALIND BURROUGHS 1285 00:43:14,992 --> 00:43:19,763 AND I'M IN DISTRICT THREE, AND 1286 00:43:19,763 --> 00:43:22,433 I LOVE TO RIDE TRANSIT. I DO 1287 00:43:22,433 --> 00:43:24,935 HAVE A CAR FOR THE TIMES WHEN 1288 00:43:24,935 --> 00:43:28,772 TRANSIT IS NOT OPERATING AS WELL 1289 00:43:28,772 --> 00:43:31,308 AS I WOULD NEED. I'M A NEW 1290 00:43:31,308 --> 00:43:33,544 RESIDENT TO HORIZON HOUSE AND I 1291 00:43:33,544 --> 00:43:38,015 WOULD LOVE TO GIVE UP MY CAR AND 1292 00:43:38,015 --> 00:43:41,285 RIDE TRANSIT. IT REALLY IS OUR 1293 00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:43,487 MOBILITY IN HORIZON HOUSE AND 1294 00:43:43,487 --> 00:43:47,191 FOR MANY PEOPLE, IT'S OUR 1295 00:43:47,191 --> 00:43:50,661 LIFELINE TO GET AROUND. I ALSO 1296 00:43:50,661 --> 00:43:51,962 SUPPORT TRANSIT BECAUSE I WAS 1297 00:43:51,962 --> 00:43:56,133 BORN AND RAISED IN DETROIT. I 1298 00:43:56,133 --> 00:43:58,335 REALLY HATED BEING CAR 1299 00:43:58,335 --> 00:43:59,670 DEPENDENT. I DON'T LIKE THE 1300 00:43:59,670 --> 00:44:03,273 TRAFFIC. I WANT TO HELP WITH 1301 00:44:03,273 --> 00:44:04,975 CLIMATE AND ALL THE OTHER 1302 00:44:04,975 --> 00:44:09,079 RESOURCES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT. 1303 00:44:09,079 --> 00:44:09,380 THANK YOU. 1304 00:44:09,380 --> 00:44:13,484 -- THANK YOU, MISS BURROWS. 1305 00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:15,452 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRITTANY 1306 00:44:15,452 --> 00:44:19,556 BROST, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW 1307 00:44:19,556 --> 00:44:24,661 LINDSTROM. 1308 00:44:24,661 --> 00:44:26,697 -- GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME 1309 00:44:26,697 --> 00:44:28,565 IS BRITTANY BROST. I'M A 1310 00:44:28,565 --> 00:44:30,401 RESIDENT OF DISTRICT SEVEN. I 1311 00:44:30,401 --> 00:44:32,703 HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE 1312 00:44:32,703 --> 00:44:34,171 RECENTLY. DWELL DID ACCIDENTALLY 1313 00:44:34,171 --> 00:44:35,005 SEND ME A DRIVER'S LICENSE 1314 00:44:35,005 --> 00:44:38,175 INSTEAD OF A STATE ID. I FOUND 1315 00:44:38,175 --> 00:44:40,110 THAT ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS. SO 1316 00:44:40,110 --> 00:44:42,246 APPARENTLY I CAN NOW DRIVE. JUST 1317 00:44:42,246 --> 00:44:42,880 KIDDING, THEY HAVE NOT 1318 00:44:42,880 --> 00:44:44,415 PERFECTED. BEAM ME UP, SCOTTY 1319 00:44:44,415 --> 00:44:45,716 YET. IF YOU'RE YOUNG, ASK THE 1320 00:44:45,716 --> 00:44:47,084 OLD PERSON OR THE NERD IN THE 1321 00:44:47,084 --> 00:44:49,820 ROOM. TRANSIT IS NOT OPTIONAL 1322 00:44:49,820 --> 00:44:51,989 FOR MANY REASONS. FOR MANY 1323 00:44:51,989 --> 00:44:52,656 PEOPLE. I'M NOT GOING TO LIST 1324 00:44:52,656 --> 00:44:55,459 THEM HERE. YOU'VE HEARD MANY OF 1325 00:44:55,459 --> 00:44:56,760 THEM TONIGHT. TRANSIT IS 1326 00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:58,562 PERSONAL FOR ME. I'VE BEEN 1327 00:44:58,562 --> 00:44:59,163 WRITING TRANSIT BEFORE I WAS 1328 00:44:59,163 --> 00:45:00,597 BORN WITH MY MOTHER, WHO ALSO 1329 00:45:00,597 --> 00:45:02,299 HAD THE SAME GENETIC CONDITION I 1330 00:45:02,299 --> 00:45:04,101 HAVE AND COULD ALSO NOT DRIVE. I 1331 00:45:04,101 --> 00:45:06,070 HAVE DIRECTIVES THAT WHEN I DIE, 1332 00:45:06,070 --> 00:45:07,471 MY ASHES ARE TO RIDE THE BUS TO 1333 00:45:07,471 --> 00:45:09,740 WHERE I'M TO BE DUMPED, BECAUSE 1334 00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:12,943 THAT IS HOW COMMITTED I AM TO 1335 00:45:12,943 --> 00:45:14,511 TRANSIT. THIS MEASURE SHOULD BE 1336 00:45:14,511 --> 00:45:16,146 THE FULL TIME TEN YEARS FOR THE 1337 00:45:16,146 --> 00:45:18,148 FULL AMOUNT. TRANSIT HELPS ME 1338 00:45:18,148 --> 00:45:19,016 GET AROUND IT, MAKES SURE THAT I 1339 00:45:19,016 --> 00:45:20,684 HAVE A JOB AND CAN BE A 1340 00:45:20,684 --> 00:45:21,652 PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY. IT 1341 00:45:21,652 --> 00:45:22,986 GETS ME TO MY DOCTOR'S 1342 00:45:22,986 --> 00:45:24,555 APPOINTMENTS. IT GETS ME TO THE 1343 00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:26,757 GROCERY STORE. IT MEANS I CAN 1344 00:45:26,757 --> 00:45:27,758 LIVE ALONE. IT MEANS I DON'T 1345 00:45:27,758 --> 00:45:29,193 HAVE TO TAKE EXPENSIVE UBERS AND 1346 00:45:29,193 --> 00:45:31,061 LYFTS EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE MY 1347 00:45:31,061 --> 00:45:34,198 BANK ACCOUNT SAYS NO, MA'AM, 1348 00:45:34,198 --> 00:45:35,866 YOU MAY WANT TO TAKE THAT $60 1349 00:45:35,866 --> 00:45:38,135 UBER, BUT THE BUS IS $3. YOU'RE 1350 00:45:38,135 --> 00:45:40,704 TAKING THE BUS AND QUITE 1351 00:45:40,704 --> 00:45:41,805 FRANKLY, IT MAKES SURE THAT I 1352 00:45:41,805 --> 00:45:43,474 CAN HAVE FRIENDS. NOW, SOMETIMES 1353 00:45:43,474 --> 00:45:45,609 I GOT TO GO. IT'S REALLY LATE AT 1354 00:45:45,609 --> 00:45:46,977 NIGHT. CAN ONE OF YOU GIVE ME A 1355 00:45:46,977 --> 00:45:48,112 RIDE HOME? BECAUSE THE BUS 1356 00:45:48,112 --> 00:45:49,313 DOESN'T RUN THAT LATE, OR I'M 1357 00:45:49,313 --> 00:45:50,581 GONNA HAVE TO TAKE THREE BUSSES 1358 00:45:50,581 --> 00:45:52,049 AND THAT'S 90 MINUTES. AND IF 1359 00:45:52,049 --> 00:45:53,217 ONE BUS DOESN'T SHOW UP, THEN I 1360 00:45:53,217 --> 00:45:54,585 CAN'T GET THE NEXT BUS BECAUSE 1361 00:45:54,585 --> 00:45:55,285 THE BUS STOPS RUNNING. AND THEN 1362 00:45:55,285 --> 00:45:57,054 I WANT TO BE WALKING HOME FOR 1363 00:45:57,054 --> 00:45:59,523 LIKE, EVER IN A DAY. SO LATE 1364 00:45:59,523 --> 00:46:01,425 NIGHT BUS SERVICE WOULD BE 1365 00:46:01,425 --> 00:46:03,227 EXPANSION IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA 1366 00:46:03,227 --> 00:46:04,394 BECAUSE I MAY BE OLD, BUT I LIKE 1367 00:46:04,394 --> 00:46:08,465 TO PARTY STILL. SO, YOU KNOW. 1368 00:46:08,465 --> 00:46:08,799 -- [APPLAUSE] 1369 00:46:08,799 --> 00:46:11,101 -- IT'D BE GREAT IF I COULD GET 1370 00:46:11,101 --> 00:46:12,803 MY PARTY ON A LITTLE LATER AT 1371 00:46:12,803 --> 00:46:14,438 NIGHT, BECAUSE ENDING AT LIKE 11 1372 00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:17,207 IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE WHEN 1373 00:46:17,207 --> 00:46:21,845 I'M 60. THANK YOU. 1374 00:46:21,845 --> 00:46:22,179 -- [APPLAUSE] 1375 00:46:22,179 --> 00:46:25,482 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 1376 00:46:25,482 --> 00:46:25,749 BRITTANY. 1377 00:46:25,749 --> 00:46:27,584 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREW 1378 00:46:27,584 --> 00:46:30,854 LINDSTROM, FOLLOWED BY NORA 1379 00:46:30,854 --> 00:46:31,121 SANDLER. 1380 00:46:31,121 --> 00:46:32,356 -- HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 1381 00:46:32,356 --> 00:46:33,457 NAME IS ANDREW AND I'M A BEACON 1382 00:46:33,457 --> 00:46:34,958 HILL RESIDENT AND TRANSIT RIDERS 1383 00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:37,227 UNION MEMBER HERE TO TESTIFY IN 1384 00:46:37,227 --> 00:46:38,495 FAVOR OF MORE BUS SERVICE. I 1385 00:46:38,495 --> 00:46:40,597 RECENTLY HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO 1386 00:46:40,597 --> 00:46:41,932 HELP WRITE A REPORT ON TRANSIT 1387 00:46:41,932 --> 00:46:43,200 COMMUTE USAGE FOR TRANSIT RIDERS 1388 00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:44,668 UNION AND THE NUMBER ONE BARRIER 1389 00:46:44,668 --> 00:46:45,769 PREVENTING TRANSIT USAGE IS LACK 1390 00:46:45,769 --> 00:46:48,172 OF BUS SERVICE. THIS MEASURE 1391 00:46:48,172 --> 00:46:49,873 NEEDS TO REFLECT THIS CLEAR NEED 1392 00:46:49,873 --> 00:46:52,042 AND NOT THE PAROCHIAL INTERESTS 1393 00:46:52,042 --> 00:46:53,544 OF INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBERS. TO 1394 00:46:53,544 --> 00:46:55,245 THIS END, I SUPPORT AMENDMENTS 1395 00:46:55,245 --> 00:46:56,246 TO THE MEASURE THAT INCREASE BUS 1396 00:46:56,246 --> 00:46:58,148 SERVICE, PARTICULARLY NUMBER 16 1397 00:46:58,148 --> 00:47:00,417 AND 29. AND TO THIS END, I'M 1398 00:47:00,417 --> 00:47:02,553 TESTIFYING IN OPPOSITION TO ALL 1399 00:47:02,553 --> 00:47:03,120 THE TICKY TACKY AMENDMENTS 1400 00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:05,923 MICROMANAGE METRO. THESE ALL ADD 1401 00:47:05,923 --> 00:47:07,057 COSTS AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF 1402 00:47:07,057 --> 00:47:08,325 BUSSES THAT THIS MEASURE CAN 1403 00:47:08,325 --> 00:47:09,226 PROVIDE. WE DON'T NEED REPORTS 1404 00:47:09,226 --> 00:47:12,162 ON SMALLER BUSSES. WE NEED MORE 1405 00:47:12,162 --> 00:47:13,697 BUSSES. I DON'T HAVE TIME TO 1406 00:47:13,697 --> 00:47:14,598 REPLY TO EACH AMENDMENT IN TURN, 1407 00:47:14,598 --> 00:47:16,099 BUT I URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE FOR 1408 00:47:16,099 --> 00:47:17,968 AMENDMENTS THAT REFLECT TRANSIT 1409 00:47:17,968 --> 00:47:19,503 RIDERS ACTUAL NEED FOR MORE BUS 1410 00:47:19,503 --> 00:47:21,972 SERVICE, NOT THE NEEDS THAT YOU 1411 00:47:21,972 --> 00:47:23,240 PROJECT ONTO US. I'M FORTUNATE 1412 00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:24,908 ENOUGH TO LIVE ON THE NUMBER 36, 1413 00:47:24,908 --> 00:47:26,410 WHICH GETS SERVICED EVERY TEN 1414 00:47:26,410 --> 00:47:27,711 MINUTES MOST OF THE DAY, AND 24 1415 00:47:27,711 --> 00:47:29,646 HOUR SERVICE. IT'S INCREDIBLE 1416 00:47:29,646 --> 00:47:31,381 AND ALL SEATTLEITES DESERVE THE 1417 00:47:31,381 --> 00:47:32,983 FREEDOM THAT THIS HAS AFFORDED 1418 00:47:32,983 --> 00:47:34,818 ME. THIS MEASURE CAN GET US 1419 00:47:34,818 --> 00:47:35,986 CLOSER TO THAT, BUT ONLY WITH 1420 00:47:35,986 --> 00:47:37,921 THE FULL 0.3% AMOUNT, AND ONLY 1421 00:47:37,921 --> 00:47:40,257 IF WE DIRECT THE FUNDS TOWARDS 1422 00:47:40,257 --> 00:47:42,092 WHAT RIDERS NEED MOST. MORE 1423 00:47:42,092 --> 00:47:46,396 BUSSES. THANK YOU. 1424 00:47:46,396 --> 00:47:49,333 -- THANK YOU ANDREW. 1425 00:47:49,333 --> 00:47:50,500 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NORA 1426 00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:53,103 SANDLER, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL 1427 00:47:53,103 --> 00:47:53,303 PHAM. 1428 00:47:53,303 --> 00:47:55,472 -- HI, MY NAME IS NORA SANDLER. 1429 00:47:55,472 --> 00:47:56,573 I LIVE ON CAPITOL HILL AND I 1430 00:47:56,573 --> 00:47:58,275 RELY ON TRANSIT TO GET AROUND. I 1431 00:47:58,275 --> 00:47:59,977 SUPPORT THE PROPOSED SEATTLE 1432 00:47:59,977 --> 00:48:01,378 TRANSIT MEASURE AND URGE THE 1433 00:48:01,378 --> 00:48:02,579 CITY COUNCIL NOT TO CUT THE 1434 00:48:02,579 --> 00:48:04,882 LEVEL OF FUNDING OR DIVERT 1435 00:48:04,882 --> 00:48:06,850 FUNDING AWAY FROM SERVICE HOURS. 1436 00:48:06,850 --> 00:48:08,518 I'M LUCKY TO LIVE IN A 1437 00:48:08,518 --> 00:48:09,086 NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE TRANSIT 1438 00:48:09,086 --> 00:48:11,455 USUALLY WORKS VERY WELL, BUT IT 1439 00:48:11,455 --> 00:48:12,422 DEPENDS. OH, YOU GOT TO START 1440 00:48:12,422 --> 00:48:15,559 THE TIMER, GUYS. 1441 00:48:15,559 --> 00:48:15,893 -- [LAUGHTER] 1442 00:48:15,893 --> 00:48:17,594 -- SORRY. 1443 00:48:17,594 --> 00:48:17,928 -- [LAUGHTER] 1444 00:48:17,928 --> 00:48:21,832 -- OKAY, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY. SO 1445 00:48:21,832 --> 00:48:22,199 THIS IS GREAT. 1446 00:48:22,199 --> 00:48:22,532 -- [LAUGHTER] 1447 00:48:22,532 --> 00:48:24,801 -- SO I'M LUCKY TO LIVE IN A 1448 00:48:24,801 --> 00:48:25,369 NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE TRANSIT 1449 00:48:25,369 --> 00:48:27,571 USUALLY WORKS VERY WELL, BUT IT 1450 00:48:27,571 --> 00:48:28,538 DEPENDS ON WHERE I'M GOING AND 1451 00:48:28,538 --> 00:48:30,907 WHAT TIME OF DAY IT IS. 1452 00:48:30,907 --> 00:48:33,677 INCREASED BUS SERVICE, FREQUENT, 1453 00:48:33,677 --> 00:48:34,978 RELIABLE BUS SERVICE WOULD MEAN 1454 00:48:34,978 --> 00:48:36,914 THAT WHEN I HAVE A DOCTOR'S 1455 00:48:36,914 --> 00:48:38,348 APPOINTMENT IN SOUTH LAKE UNION, 1456 00:48:38,348 --> 00:48:39,016 GETTING THERE AND BACK DOESN'T 1457 00:48:39,016 --> 00:48:40,751 TAKE LONGER THAN THE APPOINTMENT 1458 00:48:40,751 --> 00:48:42,386 ITSELF. IT WOULD MEAN THAT I 1459 00:48:42,386 --> 00:48:43,787 DON'T HAVE TO RACE OUT OF A 1460 00:48:43,787 --> 00:48:46,056 PARTY AT 10 P.M. TO CATCH THE 1461 00:48:46,056 --> 00:48:47,124 BUS, BECAUSE THE NEXT ONE ISN'T 1462 00:48:47,124 --> 00:48:49,293 COMING FOR HALF AN HOUR. IT 1463 00:48:49,293 --> 00:48:50,694 WOULD MEAN THAT I COULD GO TO 1464 00:48:50,694 --> 00:48:52,629 DISCOVERY PARK OR BALLARD 1465 00:48:52,629 --> 00:48:53,563 WITHOUT DEVOTING AN ENTIRE 1466 00:48:53,563 --> 00:48:55,866 SATURDAY TO GETTING THERE AND 1467 00:48:55,866 --> 00:48:57,868 BACK. SEATTLEITES, WHO OWN CARS, 1468 00:48:57,868 --> 00:49:00,604 ALSO NEED BETTER BUS SERVICE. 1469 00:49:00,604 --> 00:49:01,872 THAT WOULD. MORE BUS SERVICE 1470 00:49:01,872 --> 00:49:03,774 MEANS THE OPTION TO VISIT ANY 1471 00:49:03,774 --> 00:49:04,408 NEIGHBORHOOD WITHOUT PAYING AN 1472 00:49:04,408 --> 00:49:06,243 ARM AND A LEG FOR PARKING. IT 1473 00:49:06,243 --> 00:49:08,111 MEANS THE OPTION TO COMMUTE BY 1474 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:09,079 TRANSIT INSTEAD OF BY CAR, EVEN 1475 00:49:09,079 --> 00:49:11,782 IF YOU DON'T WORK A 9 TO 5 1476 00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:13,216 SCHEDULE. AND IT MEANS THE 1477 00:49:13,216 --> 00:49:14,785 OPTION TO MAYBE ONLY HAVE ONE 1478 00:49:14,785 --> 00:49:18,855 FAMILY CAR INSTEAD OF TWO. MORE. 1479 00:49:18,855 --> 00:49:21,224 BUS SERVICE MAKES ALL OF THAT 1480 00:49:21,224 --> 00:49:22,859 POSSIBLE. IT HELPS ALL 1481 00:49:22,859 --> 00:49:24,127 SEATTLEITES KEEP MORE MONEY IN 1482 00:49:24,127 --> 00:49:25,462 THEIR POCKETS, GET MORE TIME 1483 00:49:25,462 --> 00:49:26,830 BACK, AND EXPERIENCE EVERYTHING 1484 00:49:26,830 --> 00:49:27,898 THAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER. AND 1485 00:49:27,898 --> 00:49:29,533 IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY THAT WE 1486 00:49:29,533 --> 00:49:32,369 INVEST IN IT. THANK YOU 1487 00:49:32,369 --> 00:49:36,873 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, NORA. 1488 00:49:36,873 --> 00:49:38,075 -- NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM 1489 00:49:38,075 --> 00:49:41,812 MICHAEL PHAM, FOLLOWED BY ERIC 1490 00:49:41,812 --> 00:49:45,983 HAMMARLUND. 1491 00:49:45,983 --> 00:49:47,451 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1492 00:49:47,451 --> 00:49:47,985 MICHAEL AND I'M HERE TO 1493 00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:49,119 ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO VOTE 1494 00:49:49,119 --> 00:49:51,121 AGAINST AMENDMENT 13 AND ANY 1495 00:49:51,121 --> 00:49:52,089 AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD SHORTEN 1496 00:49:52,089 --> 00:49:53,623 THE TIME FRAME OF THE STM OR 1497 00:49:53,623 --> 00:49:56,360 JUST IN GENERAL, TAKE AWAY FROM 1498 00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:57,794 TRANSIT SERVICE. AS SOMEONE WHO 1499 00:49:57,794 --> 00:49:59,863 RELIES ON THE H LINE FOR ALMOST 1500 00:49:59,863 --> 00:50:01,331 ALL ASPECTS OF MY LIFE, FROM 1501 00:50:01,331 --> 00:50:02,599 GOING TO WORK, VISITING FRIENDS 1502 00:50:02,599 --> 00:50:03,567 AND FAMILY, AND GOING OUT TO 1503 00:50:03,567 --> 00:50:05,102 EVENTS AROUND TOWN, MORE TRANSIT 1504 00:50:05,102 --> 00:50:06,803 SERVICE WOULD IMPROVE MY LIFE 1505 00:50:06,803 --> 00:50:08,705 AND WELL-BEING, AS WELL AS MANY 1506 00:50:08,705 --> 00:50:09,473 OTHERS OUT IN SEATTLE. WHEN I 1507 00:50:09,473 --> 00:50:11,575 FIRST CAME TO SEATTLE IN 2019 1508 00:50:11,575 --> 00:50:13,677 WITHOUT A CAR, I HAD TREMENDOUS 1509 00:50:13,677 --> 00:50:15,445 INDEPENDENCE WHEN IT CAME TO 1510 00:50:15,445 --> 00:50:16,079 TRAVELING AROUND SEATTLE AFTER 1511 00:50:16,079 --> 00:50:18,782 WORK, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT MOST 1512 00:50:18,782 --> 00:50:21,184 ROUTES WOULD COME AT LEAST EVERY 1513 00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:22,786 15 MINUTES. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH 1514 00:50:22,786 --> 00:50:24,988 COVID AND INCREASED OPERATIONAL 1515 00:50:24,988 --> 00:50:25,522 EXPENSES, SEATTLE TRANSIT 1516 00:50:25,522 --> 00:50:26,289 SERVICES NOT TO THE LEVELS THAT 1517 00:50:26,289 --> 00:50:29,159 IT WAS IN 2019 WITH THE MAYOR'S 1518 00:50:29,159 --> 00:50:31,328 PROPOSAL FOR THE STM, WE CAN GET 1519 00:50:31,328 --> 00:50:33,530 BACK TO THAT POINT. WE'VE SEEN 1520 00:50:33,530 --> 00:50:34,931 AND HEARD FROM THE WORLD CUP 1521 00:50:34,931 --> 00:50:35,632 THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE TRANSIT 1522 00:50:35,632 --> 00:50:37,134 TO EXPERIENCE THE FUN THAT 1523 00:50:37,134 --> 00:50:39,870 SEATTLE HAS TO OFFER. A LOT OF 1524 00:50:39,870 --> 00:50:41,738 NEWS AGENCIES AND ARTICLES EVEN 1525 00:50:41,738 --> 00:50:43,974 PUT SEATTLE NEAR THE TOP IN THE 1526 00:50:43,974 --> 00:50:45,175 RANKINGS FOR JUST BEING A GREAT 1527 00:50:45,175 --> 00:50:47,310 PLACE IN THE WORLD CUP IN 1528 00:50:47,310 --> 00:50:48,812 GENERAL. I ASKED THAT THE 1529 00:50:48,812 --> 00:50:51,381 COUNCIL VOTE FOR MORE SEATTLE 1530 00:50:51,381 --> 00:50:52,816 FOR MORE TRANSIT SERVICE AND 1531 00:50:52,816 --> 00:50:54,184 CONTINUE THAT FUND IN SEATTLE. 1532 00:50:54,184 --> 00:50:56,686 ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK TOWARDS 1533 00:50:56,686 --> 00:50:58,855 POSSIBLY HOSTING THE WOMEN'S 1534 00:50:58,855 --> 00:51:00,557 WORLD CUP IN 2031 AND HOPEFULLY 1535 00:51:00,557 --> 00:51:01,792 GETTING THAT FIFTH STAR. THANK 1536 00:51:01,792 --> 00:51:01,992 YOU. 1537 00:51:01,992 --> 00:51:04,528 -- THANK YOU, MICHAEL, AND LET 1538 00:51:04,528 --> 00:51:06,396 THE RECORD REFLECT. 1539 00:51:06,396 --> 00:51:09,299 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAS JOINED US 1540 00:51:09,299 --> 00:51:10,801 REMOTELY EARLIER. I THINK RIGHT 1541 00:51:10,801 --> 00:51:12,102 BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT OFFICIALLY 1542 00:51:12,102 --> 00:51:14,938 STARTED. SO THANK YOU. 1543 00:51:14,938 --> 00:51:17,040 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIC 1544 00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:20,210 HAMMARLUND, FOLLOWED BY GREG 1545 00:51:20,210 --> 00:51:20,444 CANNON. 1546 00:51:20,444 --> 00:51:22,212 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1547 00:51:22,212 --> 00:51:25,115 MY NAME IS ERIC HAMMARLUND, AND 1548 00:51:25,115 --> 00:51:27,284 I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF 1549 00:51:27,284 --> 00:51:28,652 DISTRICT FIVE. AND THIS IS MY 1550 00:51:28,652 --> 00:51:30,086 FIRST TIME EVER SPEAKING IN 1551 00:51:30,086 --> 00:51:31,588 FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL. AFTER 1552 00:51:31,588 --> 00:51:33,924 THREE DECADES, I DECIDED TO 1553 00:51:33,924 --> 00:51:35,492 FINALLY COME OUT BECAUSE THIS 1554 00:51:35,492 --> 00:51:38,094 MEASURE IS SO IMPORTANT. WE HAVE 1555 00:51:38,094 --> 00:51:40,530 TO SUPPORT THIS MEASURE AS 1556 00:51:40,530 --> 00:51:42,666 ROBUSTLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. SO 1557 00:51:42,666 --> 00:51:45,202 I'M A NON-DRIVER. I CANNOT 1558 00:51:45,202 --> 00:51:46,736 DRIVE FOR MEDICAL REASONS. AS OF 1559 00:51:46,736 --> 00:51:50,707 A FEW YEARS AGO, AND MAYBE, 1560 00:51:50,707 --> 00:51:52,509 MAYBE NAIVELY, ONCE I STOPPED 1561 00:51:52,509 --> 00:51:54,311 DRIVING, I IMMEDIATELY REALIZED, 1562 00:51:54,311 --> 00:51:55,912 OH MY GOODNESS, THIS CITY IS 1563 00:51:55,912 --> 00:51:57,914 IMPOSSIBLE TO NAVIGATE BY BUS 1564 00:51:57,914 --> 00:51:59,282 AND WALKING EXCLUSIVELY, 1565 00:51:59,282 --> 00:51:59,883 ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE OUT IN 1566 00:51:59,883 --> 00:52:02,619 THE CITY LIMITS. IN DISTRICT 1567 00:52:02,619 --> 00:52:04,121 FIVE, THERE ARE SO MANY 1568 00:52:04,121 --> 00:52:05,555 NEIGHBORHOODS WE KEEP NAME 1569 00:52:05,555 --> 00:52:07,123 DROPPING BALLARD, BUT THERE ARE 1570 00:52:07,123 --> 00:52:07,757 SO MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE 1571 00:52:07,757 --> 00:52:11,261 CITY THAT I JUST HAVE NO REAL 1572 00:52:11,261 --> 00:52:12,729 ACCESS TO. AND ERRANDS THAT 1573 00:52:12,729 --> 00:52:13,697 WOULD TAKE ME IN A CAR. TEN 1574 00:52:13,697 --> 00:52:15,832 MINUTES TO RUN. NOW TAKE AT 1575 00:52:15,832 --> 00:52:18,401 LEAST AN HOUR, IF NOT LONGER. 1576 00:52:18,401 --> 00:52:20,837 IT'S JUST A REALLY RIDICULOUS 1577 00:52:20,837 --> 00:52:23,974 WAY TO LIVE, AND IT'S NOT A WAY 1578 00:52:23,974 --> 00:52:25,108 TO LIVE THAT A CITY THAT IS 1579 00:52:25,108 --> 00:52:27,611 PRETENDING LIKE WE ARE THIS 1580 00:52:27,611 --> 00:52:30,013 AMAZING DESTINATION ON THE WORLD 1581 00:52:30,013 --> 00:52:31,615 STAGE, RIGHT? WE THRIVED DURING 1582 00:52:31,615 --> 00:52:33,350 THE WORLD CUP. EVERYBODY LOVES 1583 00:52:33,350 --> 00:52:34,985 US. EVERYBODY'S HEARING ABOUT 1584 00:52:34,985 --> 00:52:37,487 US. WE CAN'T HAVE THIS KIND OF 1585 00:52:37,487 --> 00:52:38,121 PUBLIC TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE. 1586 00:52:38,121 --> 00:52:39,923 IT JUST DOES NOT HOLD UP. AND 1587 00:52:39,923 --> 00:52:40,490 PEOPLE VISITING AND PEOPLE 1588 00:52:40,490 --> 00:52:41,525 MOVING HERE, THAT'S THE FIRST 1589 00:52:41,525 --> 00:52:43,126 THING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 1590 00:52:43,126 --> 00:52:45,362 NOTICE. SO AS A LIFELONG 1591 00:52:45,362 --> 00:52:46,029 RESIDENT, AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT 1592 00:52:46,029 --> 00:52:47,998 OF THIS CITY AND SOMEBODY WHO 1593 00:52:47,998 --> 00:52:50,667 LOVES IT DEARLY, I WANT TO SEE 1594 00:52:50,667 --> 00:52:52,202 US INVEST IN THIS PUBLIC TRANSIT 1595 00:52:52,202 --> 00:52:53,937 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT I KNOW THAT 1596 00:52:53,937 --> 00:52:55,038 VISITORS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE ARE 1597 00:52:55,038 --> 00:52:56,640 GOING TO REALLY, REALLY LOVE. SO 1598 00:52:56,640 --> 00:52:58,975 LET'S REJECT AMENDMENTS THREE, 1599 00:52:58,975 --> 00:53:01,444 FOUR, FIVE AND 13. LET'S PLEASE 1600 00:53:01,444 --> 00:53:02,879 SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TEN, 11, 17, 1601 00:53:02,879 --> 00:53:05,549 AND 29. LET'S MAKE THIS THING 1602 00:53:05,549 --> 00:53:06,716 AS POWERFUL AS WE CAN POSSIBLY 1603 00:53:06,716 --> 00:53:08,485 MAKE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1604 00:53:08,485 --> 00:53:08,818 -- [APPLAUSE] 1605 00:53:08,818 --> 00:53:11,555 -- THANK YOU. 1606 00:53:11,555 --> 00:53:11,922 -- [APPLAUSE] 1607 00:53:11,922 --> 00:53:12,188 -- ERIC. 1608 00:53:12,188 --> 00:53:14,424 -- AND WELCOME. IT'S YOUR FIRST 1609 00:53:14,424 --> 00:53:16,927 TIME HERE. THANK YOU 1610 00:53:16,927 --> 00:53:18,128 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GREG 1611 00:53:18,128 --> 00:53:23,066 CANNON, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 1612 00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:23,466 SOLA SCHUMACHER. 1613 00:53:23,466 --> 00:53:25,435 -- HELLO, CITY COUNCIL. 1614 00:53:25,435 --> 00:53:26,503 -- MY NAME IS GREG CANNON AND I 1615 00:53:26,503 --> 00:53:27,971 LIVE IN DISTRICT SEVEN. I WANT 1616 00:53:27,971 --> 00:53:30,640 TO MAKE THE CASE FOR WHY A FULLY 1617 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:32,008 FUNDED STM IS NEEDED FOR 1618 00:53:32,008 --> 00:53:33,977 EVERYONE, AND NOT JUST TRANSIT 1619 00:53:33,977 --> 00:53:35,245 RIDERS. FIRST OF ALL, I'LL POINT 1620 00:53:35,245 --> 00:53:37,113 OUT THAT MY HOME DISTRICT 1621 00:53:37,113 --> 00:53:39,082 INCLUDES LARGE CHUNKS OF 1622 00:53:39,082 --> 00:53:39,683 DOWNTOWN SLOUGH AND BELLTOWN, 1623 00:53:39,683 --> 00:53:42,219 WHICH HAS A DENSE CORE AND MANY 1624 00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:42,953 CAR FREE RESIDENTS. AND AS 1625 00:53:42,953 --> 00:53:44,354 YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, WE HAVE SO 1626 00:53:44,354 --> 00:53:45,121 MANY PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO ARE 1627 00:53:45,121 --> 00:53:47,057 PASSIONATE ABOUT TRANSIT AND 1628 00:53:47,057 --> 00:53:48,525 RELY ON TRANSIT. BUT I ALSO WANT 1629 00:53:48,525 --> 00:53:50,527 TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT THERE 1630 00:53:50,527 --> 00:53:52,162 MAY ALSO BE VOICES IN YOUR EAR 1631 00:53:52,162 --> 00:53:53,797 FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK 1632 00:53:53,797 --> 00:53:55,532 ABOUT TRANSIT AND DON'T RIDE 1633 00:53:55,532 --> 00:53:56,666 TRANSIT. PEOPLE WHO HAVE A 1634 00:53:56,666 --> 00:53:58,568 LARGE, SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN 1635 00:53:58,568 --> 00:54:02,005 MAGNOLIA AND QUEEN ANNE, WHO 1636 00:54:02,005 --> 00:54:03,406 DRIVE THEIR KIDS EVERYWHERE AND 1637 00:54:03,406 --> 00:54:04,507 HEAR THE WORDS SALES TAX 1638 00:54:04,507 --> 00:54:06,710 INCREASE AND THEIR BRAIN JUST 1639 00:54:06,710 --> 00:54:08,645 SHUTS DOWN. BUT EVEN FOR THEM, I 1640 00:54:08,645 --> 00:54:09,946 TRULY BELIEVE THAT A FULLY 1641 00:54:09,946 --> 00:54:14,050 FUNDED STM IS IN THEIR BENEFIT. 1642 00:54:14,050 --> 00:54:14,684 EVERY PERSON THAT TAKES THE BUS 1643 00:54:14,684 --> 00:54:15,785 IS SOMEONE THAT'S NOT HONKING AT 1644 00:54:15,785 --> 00:54:18,655 THEM IN TRAFFIC. AND IF WE CAN 1645 00:54:18,655 --> 00:54:19,456 MOVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE 1646 00:54:19,456 --> 00:54:23,226 OUT OF CARS AND ONTO TRANSIT, 1647 00:54:23,226 --> 00:54:23,793 IT'LL REDUCE TRAFFIC FOR 1648 00:54:23,793 --> 00:54:25,962 EVERYONE, SAVE LIVES, AND CLEAN 1649 00:54:25,962 --> 00:54:28,398 UP THE AIR WE BREATHE. I'M 1650 00:54:28,398 --> 00:54:28,999 REALLY PERSONALLY PASSIONATE 1651 00:54:28,999 --> 00:54:29,833 ABOUT THIS. THERE'S MORE AND 1652 00:54:29,833 --> 00:54:31,234 MORE RESEARCH COMING OUT EVERY 1653 00:54:31,234 --> 00:54:33,003 YEAR THAT LIVING NEAR ARTERIALS 1654 00:54:33,003 --> 00:54:34,404 AND HIGHWAYS IS KILLING US. 1655 00:54:34,404 --> 00:54:37,073 IT'S CAUSING CARDIOVASCULAR 1656 00:54:37,073 --> 00:54:38,608 DISEASE, LUNG PROBLEMS, AND MANY 1657 00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:40,610 OTHER ISSUES. CAR DEPENDENT 1658 00:54:40,610 --> 00:54:42,345 CITIES LITERALLY KILL US AND 1659 00:54:42,345 --> 00:54:43,980 TRANSIT IS THE ONLY ANSWER. BUT 1660 00:54:43,980 --> 00:54:46,116 BACK TO MY BACK TO WHAT I WAS 1661 00:54:46,116 --> 00:54:47,817 TALKING ABOUT. MORE FREQUENT AND 1662 00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:49,519 SAFER BUS ROUTES ADDITIONALLY 1663 00:54:49,519 --> 00:54:51,054 MEAN THAT PARENTS CAN LET THEIR 1664 00:54:51,054 --> 00:54:52,122 TEENS TAKE THE BUS INSTEAD OF 1665 00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:53,556 HAVING TO DRIVE THEM EVERYWHERE. 1666 00:54:53,556 --> 00:54:55,058 MY MOM HATED HAVING TO DRIVE ME 1667 00:54:55,058 --> 00:54:57,160 EVERYWHERE IN MY CAR DEPENDENT 1668 00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:58,128 HOMETOWN IN MASSACHUSETTS, AND 1669 00:54:58,128 --> 00:54:58,962 SHE WOULD LOVE IF I COULD HAVE 1670 00:54:58,962 --> 00:55:02,532 TAKEN THE. FOR ALL MY RANDOM 1671 00:55:02,532 --> 00:55:05,702 NEEDS AND THE ANNUAL COST OF 1672 00:55:05,702 --> 00:55:07,971 THIS MEASURE IS SO SMALL FOR 1673 00:55:07,971 --> 00:55:11,007 THESE FAMILIES THAT MAY NOT 1674 00:55:11,007 --> 00:55:11,574 THINK ABOUT TRANSIT AND THE 1675 00:55:11,574 --> 00:55:13,176 BENEFITS WILL OUTWEIGH THE COSTS 1676 00:55:13,176 --> 00:55:14,411 EVEN FOR THEM, EVEN IF THEY 1677 00:55:14,411 --> 00:55:15,945 NEVER TAKE ONE BUS, EVEN IF THEY 1678 00:55:15,945 --> 00:55:17,681 NEVER STEP ON THE LIGHT RAIL. 1679 00:55:17,681 --> 00:55:19,582 AND EVEN IF THIS IS NOT A BIG 1680 00:55:19,582 --> 00:55:21,818 ISSUE FOR THEM. SO I BELIEVE WE 1681 00:55:21,818 --> 00:55:23,486 SHOULD REJECT AMENDMENT 13 AND 1682 00:55:23,486 --> 00:55:24,454 THE OTHER AMENDMENTS PEOPLE HAVE 1683 00:55:24,454 --> 00:55:25,655 CALLED OUT THAT GOT THIS 1684 00:55:25,655 --> 00:55:29,192 MEASURE, PROPOSE A FULL STM. 1685 00:55:29,192 --> 00:55:29,492 THANK YOU. 1686 00:55:29,492 --> 00:55:33,697 -- THANK YOU, GREG. 1687 00:55:33,697 --> 00:55:36,099 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SOLA 1688 00:55:36,099 --> 00:55:37,701 SCHUMACHER, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED 1689 00:55:37,701 --> 00:55:41,204 BY LESLIE DANIELS. 1690 00:55:41,204 --> 00:55:41,604 -- HIGH CHAIR. 1691 00:55:41,604 --> 00:55:42,906 -- AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 1692 00:55:42,906 --> 00:55:44,641 I AM SOLA, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF 1693 00:55:44,641 --> 00:55:46,176 EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR PLYMOUTH 1694 00:55:46,176 --> 00:55:47,210 HOUSING, WHICH IS A PERMANENT 1695 00:55:47,210 --> 00:55:47,844 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROVIDER HERE 1696 00:55:47,844 --> 00:55:49,846 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. AND I'M 1697 00:55:49,846 --> 00:55:51,514 HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TRANSIT 1698 00:55:51,514 --> 00:55:54,684 MEASURE AND THE ADDED BENEFIT OF 1699 00:55:54,684 --> 00:55:55,585 THE TRANSPORTATION OR SORRY, THE 1700 00:55:55,585 --> 00:55:57,487 TRANSIT ACCESS PROGRAM, WHICH IS 1701 00:55:57,487 --> 00:56:00,557 A HUGE BENEFIT TO OUR LOW INCOME 1702 00:56:00,557 --> 00:56:01,191 RESIDENTS AND PARTICULARLY OUR 1703 00:56:01,191 --> 00:56:02,926 RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED 1704 00:56:02,926 --> 00:56:07,564 HOMELESSNESS IN THE PAST. WE 1705 00:56:07,564 --> 00:56:09,532 WOULD SUPPORT A REPORT IF 1706 00:56:09,532 --> 00:56:11,067 THAT'S NECESSARY, BUT BELIEVE 1707 00:56:11,067 --> 00:56:11,701 THAT A REPORT WOULD DEMONSTRATE 1708 00:56:11,701 --> 00:56:12,869 THAT THIS PROGRAM IS CRITICAL 1709 00:56:12,869 --> 00:56:14,871 FOR OUR LOW INCOME NEIGHBOR 1710 00:56:14,871 --> 00:56:16,539 NEIGHBORS, AND PARTICULARLY 1711 00:56:16,539 --> 00:56:18,108 THOSE WHO'VE EXPERIENCED 1712 00:56:18,108 --> 00:56:20,910 HOMELESSNESS. WE WE DO SUPPORT 1713 00:56:20,910 --> 00:56:22,545 ACCESS INCREASED ACCESS TO ORCA 1714 00:56:22,545 --> 00:56:23,513 PASSES, AND WOULD HOPE THAT WE 1715 00:56:23,513 --> 00:56:25,382 CAN FURTHER ENABLE RESIDENTS 1716 00:56:25,382 --> 00:56:27,183 ABILITY TO TRAVEL TO NECESSARY 1717 00:56:27,183 --> 00:56:27,684 APPOINTMENTS AND OTHER 1718 00:56:27,684 --> 00:56:28,818 ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 1719 00:56:28,818 --> 00:56:30,520 THANK YOU. 1720 00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:33,523 -- THANK YOU, ZOLA. ZOLA, GOOD 1721 00:56:33,523 --> 00:56:34,391 TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND BELATED 1722 00:56:34,391 --> 00:56:36,426 CONGRATS ON YOUR I THINK NEW 1723 00:56:36,426 --> 00:56:40,396 NEWER ROLE. 1724 00:56:40,396 --> 00:56:42,365 -- IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM 1725 00:56:42,365 --> 00:56:46,102 LESLIE DANIELS FOLLOWED BY 1726 00:56:46,102 --> 00:56:53,943 MATTHEW CRANE. 1727 00:56:54,077 --> 00:57:00,683 IS LESLIE DANIELS STILL WITH US? 1728 00:57:00,683 --> 00:57:02,185 WE'LL MOVE ON TO MATTHEW CRANE, 1729 00:57:02,185 --> 00:57:07,624 FOLLOWED BY LAM HO. 1730 00:57:07,624 --> 00:57:08,992 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS MATTHEW 1731 00:57:08,992 --> 00:57:10,627 CRANE AND I LIVE IN THE UPTOWN 1732 00:57:10,627 --> 00:57:11,828 NEIGHBORHOOD. DISTRICT SEVEN. 1733 00:57:11,828 --> 00:57:13,496 ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I CHOSE 1734 00:57:13,496 --> 00:57:14,898 TO LIVE IN UPTOWN IS BECAUSE 1735 00:57:14,898 --> 00:57:17,033 THERE ARE MULTIPLE FREQUENT BUS 1736 00:57:17,033 --> 00:57:19,436 ROUTES, SUCH AS THE EIGHT AND 1737 00:57:19,436 --> 00:57:21,137 THE D LINE THAT GET ME WHERE I 1738 00:57:21,137 --> 00:57:23,440 NEED TO GO WHEN I WANT TO. 1739 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:25,475 WHETHER THAT'S GOING TO MY JOB, 1740 00:57:25,475 --> 00:57:27,877 MEETING FRIENDS FOR DINNER IN 1741 00:57:27,877 --> 00:57:29,846 BALLARD OR CAPITOL HILL, GOING 1742 00:57:29,846 --> 00:57:31,247 HOME FROM A FUN NIGHT IN CAPITOL 1743 00:57:31,247 --> 00:57:33,483 HILL, OR SIMPLY EXPLORING OTHER 1744 00:57:33,483 --> 00:57:36,653 PARTS OF MY CITY. FREQUENT ALL 1745 00:57:36,653 --> 00:57:37,821 DAY BUS SERVICE THAT IS FUNDED 1746 00:57:37,821 --> 00:57:39,656 THROUGH THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 1747 00:57:39,656 --> 00:57:41,925 MEASURE HAS MADE THESE KIND OF 1748 00:57:41,925 --> 00:57:43,226 TRIPS EASY FOR ME, AND SO THAT I 1749 00:57:43,226 --> 00:57:44,727 DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE 1750 00:57:44,727 --> 00:57:45,795 FINANCIAL BURDEN OF OWNING AND 1751 00:57:45,795 --> 00:57:47,497 MAINTAINING MY OWN CAR. IT HELPS 1752 00:57:47,497 --> 00:57:49,899 ME AFFORD TO BE ABLE TO LIVE AND 1753 00:57:49,899 --> 00:57:51,668 FULLY ENJOY WHAT MY CITY HAS TO 1754 00:57:51,668 --> 00:57:53,903 OFFER. AS THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS 1755 00:57:53,903 --> 00:57:54,704 THE RENEWAL OF THE STM FOR THIS 1756 00:57:54,704 --> 00:57:57,073 YEAR'S BALLOT, I ASK THAT THE 1757 00:57:57,073 --> 00:57:59,409 MEASURE PUT TO THE VOTERS 1758 00:57:59,409 --> 00:58:00,009 MAXIMIZE THE INVESTMENT MADE 1759 00:58:00,009 --> 00:58:01,411 TOWARDS MORE AND BETTER BUS 1760 00:58:01,411 --> 00:58:04,080 SERVICE FOR SEATTLE. THE PEOPLE 1761 00:58:04,080 --> 00:58:05,882 OF SEATTLE HAVE CLEARLY AND 1762 00:58:05,882 --> 00:58:06,950 CONSISTENTLY SHOWN THAT WE WANT 1763 00:58:06,950 --> 00:58:08,952 OUR CITY TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT 1764 00:58:08,952 --> 00:58:10,753 BOLDLY. SO PLEASE LISTEN TO 1765 00:58:10,753 --> 00:58:14,357 THOSE VOICES AND DO NOT SCALE 1766 00:58:14,357 --> 00:58:16,426 BACK THIS RENEWAL. IMPOSE 1767 00:58:16,426 --> 00:58:16,960 UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRATIC 1768 00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:18,294 HURDLES, OR USE THIS MEASURE TO 1769 00:58:18,294 --> 00:58:20,864 MICROMANAGE TRANSIT SERVICE. 1770 00:58:20,864 --> 00:58:21,164 THANK YOU. 1771 00:58:21,164 --> 00:58:24,567 -- THANK YOU, MATTHEW. 1772 00:58:24,567 --> 00:58:28,304 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAM HO, 1773 00:58:28,304 --> 00:58:30,039 FOLLOWED BY SIMON THORNTON. 1774 00:58:30,039 --> 00:58:30,840 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 1775 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:32,842 NAME IS LAM HO AND I'M THE 1776 00:58:32,842 --> 00:58:34,143 GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE TRANSIT 1777 00:58:34,143 --> 00:58:36,112 RIDERS UNION. I'M A RESIDENT OF 1778 00:58:36,112 --> 00:58:38,081 DISTRICT SEVEN. I'M ALSO A 1779 00:58:38,081 --> 00:58:40,350 LIFELONG TRANSIT WRITER, SO NOT 1780 00:58:40,350 --> 00:58:42,585 MY PROUDEST MOMENT, BUT I 1781 00:58:42,585 --> 00:58:43,553 -- I PASSED THE BAR EXAM, BUT I 1782 00:58:43,553 --> 00:58:46,189 CAN'T PASS THE DRIVING TEST SO 1783 00:58:46,189 --> 00:58:49,726 I, AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, AS 1784 00:58:49,726 --> 00:58:52,028 A COMMUNITY LAWYER, I LITERALLY 1785 00:58:52,028 --> 00:58:54,230 TAKE THE BUS OR THE TRAIN FROM 1786 00:58:54,230 --> 00:58:55,098 SEATTLE, ALSO OUT THROUGHOUT 1787 00:58:55,098 --> 00:58:55,932 KING COUNTY, ON ALL THE WORK 1788 00:58:55,932 --> 00:58:58,935 THAT WE'RE DOING THERE. SO 1789 00:58:58,935 --> 00:59:01,604 BEING ABLE TO TAKE TRANSIT, 1790 00:59:01,604 --> 00:59:02,171 ESPECIALLY LATE NIGHTS, IS 1791 00:59:02,171 --> 00:59:04,941 REALLY CRITICAL FOR ME. BUT 1792 00:59:04,941 --> 00:59:06,910 TODAY I'M ACTUALLY HERE 1793 00:59:06,910 --> 00:59:08,177 SPEAKING NOT ON BEHALF OF THE 1794 00:59:08,177 --> 00:59:10,146 DESPERATE NEED THAT I HAVE, 1795 00:59:10,146 --> 00:59:11,447 BECAUSE I CAN'T DRIVE, BUT 1796 00:59:11,447 --> 00:59:14,417 INSTEAD, ON BEHALF OF THE MASS 1797 00:59:14,417 --> 00:59:16,319 COALITION, WHICH IS THE MOVE ALL 1798 00:59:16,319 --> 00:59:18,154 SEATTLE SUSTAINABLY COALITION. 1799 00:59:18,154 --> 00:59:20,290 IT'S AN ALLIANCE OF 14 DIVERSE 1800 00:59:20,290 --> 00:59:22,292 ORGANIZATIONS WORKING IN VARIOUS 1801 00:59:22,292 --> 00:59:23,660 SECTORS, BUT ARE COMMITTED TO 1802 00:59:23,660 --> 00:59:25,895 WORKING TOGETHER TO CONNECT OUR 1803 00:59:25,895 --> 00:59:29,499 DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOODS, REDUCE 1804 00:59:29,499 --> 00:59:30,867 DEPENDANCE ON PRIVATE VEHICLES, 1805 00:59:30,867 --> 00:59:32,635 ACHIEVE VISION ZERO, AND MAKE 1806 00:59:32,635 --> 00:59:34,971 SEATTLE CARBON NEUTRAL, AND ALSO 1807 00:59:34,971 --> 00:59:36,239 ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR 1808 00:59:36,239 --> 00:59:38,007 TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL PEOPLE. 1809 00:59:38,007 --> 00:59:41,210 THAT MISSION IS EXACTLY WHY I'M 1810 00:59:41,210 --> 00:59:43,246 HERE. ON BEHALF OF THE 1811 00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:45,181 COALITION, TO STRONGLY SUPPORT 1812 00:59:45,181 --> 00:59:47,317 THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE AT A 1813 00:59:47,317 --> 00:59:49,886 FULLY FUNDED LEVEL OF 0.3%, AND 1814 00:59:49,886 --> 00:59:53,389 FOR A TEN YEAR TERM FOR MASS 1815 00:59:53,389 --> 00:59:55,425 TRANSIT, IS NOT JUST ABOUT 1816 00:59:55,425 --> 00:59:58,962 MOVING PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT 1817 00:59:58,962 --> 00:59:59,462 PROTECTING OUR CLIMATE, 1818 00:59:59,462 --> 01:00:00,663 STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITIES, 1819 01:00:00,663 --> 01:00:03,433 AND ENSURING THAT EVERY 1820 01:00:03,433 --> 01:00:05,201 RESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF INCOME 1821 01:00:05,201 --> 01:00:07,036 OR ABILITY, CAN NAVIGATE THE 1822 01:00:07,036 --> 01:00:09,973 CITY WITH DIGNITY. OUR COALITION 1823 01:00:09,973 --> 01:00:12,208 WORKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1824 01:00:12,208 --> 01:00:15,044 MOBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, 1825 01:00:15,044 --> 01:00:17,280 LIVABILITY, AND CLIMATE, AND WE 1826 01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,749 SEE FIRSTHAND HOW FREQUENT, 1827 01:00:19,749 --> 01:00:21,985 RELIABLE TRANSIT UNLOCKS SAFER 1828 01:00:21,985 --> 01:00:23,686 STREETS, CLEANER AIR, AND MORE 1829 01:00:23,686 --> 01:00:25,488 CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS. AS A 1830 01:00:25,488 --> 01:00:27,724 RESULT, WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT 1831 01:00:27,724 --> 01:00:29,325 THE SEATTLE TRANSIT MEASURE AT 1832 01:00:29,325 --> 01:00:31,494 3% AND TEN YEARS, AND PLEASE 1833 01:00:31,494 --> 01:00:33,062 REJECT AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, 1834 01:00:33,062 --> 01:00:35,598 FIVE AND 13. THANK YOU. 1835 01:00:35,598 --> 01:00:37,066 -- THANK YOU, AND 1836 01:00:37,066 --> 01:00:38,701 CONGRATULATIONS ON PASSING THE 1837 01:00:38,701 --> 01:00:39,602 BAR EXAM. 1838 01:00:39,602 --> 01:00:40,870 -- THAT WAS A LONG, LONG TIME 1839 01:00:40,870 --> 01:00:41,070 AGO. 1840 01:00:41,070 --> 01:00:42,839 -- OH, OKAY. OKAY. ALL GOOD, ALL 1841 01:00:42,839 --> 01:00:44,841 GOOD. YOU KNOW WHAT I HEAR? 20 1842 01:00:44,841 --> 01:00:48,277 YEARS. I HEAR THE STATE BAR 1843 01:00:48,277 --> 01:00:49,412 ASSOCIATION IS LIKE WAVING THE 1844 01:00:49,412 --> 01:00:50,947 THE BAR, LIKE TAKING RETIREMENT 1845 01:00:50,947 --> 01:00:52,515 OR SOMETHING. CAN YOU IMAGINE 1846 01:00:52,515 --> 01:00:53,182 MALPRACTICE WAITING TO HAPPEN? 1847 01:00:53,182 --> 01:00:56,052 BUT ANYWAYS, THANK YOU 1848 01:00:56,052 --> 01:00:56,552 -- REDUCING THE DRIVING 1849 01:00:56,552 --> 01:00:56,886 REQUIREMENT. 1850 01:00:56,886 --> 01:00:57,553 -- THANK YOU, 1851 01:00:57,553 --> 01:00:57,887 -- [LAUGHTER] 1852 01:00:57,887 --> 01:00:58,154 -- THANK. 1853 01:00:58,154 --> 01:00:58,488 -- [LAUGHTER] 1854 01:00:58,488 --> 01:01:00,790 -- YOU 1855 01:01:00,790 --> 01:01:03,159 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GOING TO 1856 01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:04,327 BE SIMON THORNTON, FOLLOWED BY 1857 01:01:04,327 --> 01:01:06,029 MICHAEL THORNTON. 1858 01:01:06,029 --> 01:01:06,562 -- HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS. 1859 01:01:06,562 --> 01:01:07,664 -- MY NAME IS SIMON THORNTON, 1860 01:01:07,664 --> 01:01:09,332 CO-FOUNDER OF ART STATION MOUNT 1861 01:01:09,332 --> 01:01:11,634 BAKER. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO 1862 01:01:11,634 --> 01:01:12,268 EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THE SEATTLE 1863 01:01:12,268 --> 01:01:13,436 TRANSIT MEASURE AND TO SHARE MY 1864 01:01:13,436 --> 01:01:14,904 EXPERIENCE AS A RESIDENT OF THE 1865 01:01:14,904 --> 01:01:17,206 MOUNT BAKER NEIGHBORHOOD IN PART 1866 01:01:17,206 --> 01:01:17,907 KETTLE DEPARTMENT OF 1867 01:01:17,907 --> 01:01:19,709 TRANSPORTATION'S COMMUNITY 1868 01:01:19,709 --> 01:01:20,343 MOBILITY HUBS PROGRAM, WE HAVE 1869 01:01:20,343 --> 01:01:22,679 BEEN ABLE TO CREATE A NOTICEABLE 1870 01:01:22,679 --> 01:01:24,480 IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH 1871 01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:25,081 PAID PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES 1872 01:01:25,081 --> 01:01:26,949 AND TARGETED PUBLIC SPACE 1873 01:01:26,949 --> 01:01:27,717 ACTIVATIONS SURROUNDING THE 1874 01:01:27,717 --> 01:01:28,418 TRANSIT HUB. IN ONE YEAR. 1875 01:01:28,418 --> 01:01:29,719 THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE HAVE 1876 01:01:29,719 --> 01:01:32,255 OFFERED 21 PAID PUBLIC ART 1877 01:01:32,255 --> 01:01:32,855 OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING 1878 01:01:32,855 --> 01:01:35,191 TRANSIT, SHELTER, MURALS, SIGNAL 1879 01:01:35,191 --> 01:01:37,260 BOX AND LITTER BIN, VINYL 1880 01:01:37,260 --> 01:01:39,729 UPGRADES, AND INTERACTIVE 1881 01:01:39,729 --> 01:01:40,329 TEMPORARY INSTALLATIONS. THIS 1882 01:01:40,329 --> 01:01:41,798 PROGRAM HAS CREATED LOW BARRIER 1883 01:01:41,798 --> 01:01:43,633 AND HIGH IMPACT OPPORTUNITIES 1884 01:01:43,633 --> 01:01:45,034 FOR HYPER LOCAL AND EMERGING 1885 01:01:45,034 --> 01:01:46,936 ARTISTS, INCLUDING NEARBY 1886 01:01:46,936 --> 01:01:48,171 STUDENTS AT FRANKLIN HIGH 1887 01:01:48,171 --> 01:01:48,805 SCHOOL, WHILE CREATING A WELCOME 1888 01:01:48,805 --> 01:01:50,339 SENSE OF CITY INVESTMENT IN THE 1889 01:01:50,339 --> 01:01:53,943 RAINIER CORRIDOR, IT IS FLEXED 1890 01:01:53,943 --> 01:01:54,577 THE MUSCLES OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL 1891 01:01:54,577 --> 01:01:55,912 CROSS-AGENCY COLLABORATION, AND 1892 01:01:55,912 --> 01:01:57,480 PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAS 1893 01:01:57,480 --> 01:01:58,748 MADE THE MOUNT BAKER TRANSIT HUB 1894 01:01:58,748 --> 01:02:00,483 SAFER, MORE WELCOMING AND MORE 1895 01:02:00,483 --> 01:02:01,784 COMFORTABLE TO TRAVEL TO, FROM 1896 01:02:01,784 --> 01:02:03,019 AND THROUGH. ALL OF THIS IS TO 1897 01:02:03,019 --> 01:02:04,587 SAY, AS YOU CONSIDER THIS 1898 01:02:04,587 --> 01:02:06,155 MEASURE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO 1899 01:02:06,155 --> 01:02:07,690 CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT PUBLIC 1900 01:02:07,690 --> 01:02:08,858 TRANSIT HAS BEYOND THE 1901 01:02:08,858 --> 01:02:10,726 BOUNDARIES OF THE RAILWAYS AND 1902 01:02:10,726 --> 01:02:12,662 STREETS TO MAXIMIZE THE POSITIVE 1903 01:02:12,662 --> 01:02:15,064 IMPACT OF TRANSIT HUBS, AND TO 1904 01:02:15,064 --> 01:02:16,933 CONTINUE SUPPORTING THE KIND OF 1905 01:02:16,933 --> 01:02:17,567 BROAD BASED COMMUNITY INVESTMENT 1906 01:02:17,567 --> 01:02:19,902 THAT PROGRAMS LIKE COMMUNITY AND 1907 01:02:19,902 --> 01:02:20,436 MOBILITY HUBS PROVIDES TO 1908 01:02:20,436 --> 01:02:21,270 NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE OURS. THANK 1909 01:02:21,270 --> 01:02:22,905 YOU. 1910 01:02:22,905 --> 01:02:23,239 -- [APPLAUSE] 1911 01:02:23,239 --> 01:02:26,476 -- THANK YOU, SIMON 1912 01:02:26,476 --> 01:02:28,411 -- NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM MICHAEL 1913 01:02:28,411 --> 01:02:31,247 THORNTON, FOLLOWED BY MELANIE 1914 01:02:31,247 --> 01:02:31,481 GUTMAN. 1915 01:02:31,481 --> 01:02:33,616 -- HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME 1916 01:02:33,616 --> 01:02:35,952 IS MICHAEL THORNTON. I LIVE AT 1917 01:02:35,952 --> 01:02:38,755 THE MOUNT BAKER TRANSIT STATION 1918 01:02:38,755 --> 01:02:39,355 AND I LEAD ART STATION, MOUNT 1919 01:02:39,355 --> 01:02:41,124 BAKER. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR 1920 01:02:41,124 --> 01:02:42,625 RECOGNIZING THAT TRANSIT 1921 01:02:42,625 --> 01:02:44,594 STATIONS CAN BE MORE THAN PLACES 1922 01:02:44,594 --> 01:02:45,828 PEOPLE PASS THROUGH, THROUGH THE 1923 01:02:45,828 --> 01:02:46,963 COMMUNITY AND MOBILITY HUBS 1924 01:02:46,963 --> 01:02:48,831 PROGRAM. THEY CAN BECOME PLACES 1925 01:02:48,831 --> 01:02:50,433 WHERE COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER. 1926 01:02:50,433 --> 01:02:51,968 AT MOUNT BAKER, WE'VE SEEN WHAT 1927 01:02:51,968 --> 01:02:53,803 HAPPENS WHEN THE CITY TREATS A 1928 01:02:53,803 --> 01:02:55,271 STATION AS PART OF A 1929 01:02:55,271 --> 01:02:57,206 NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE COMMUNITY HUB 1930 01:02:57,206 --> 01:02:59,242 ACTIVATION BROUGHT TOGETHER SDOT 1931 01:02:59,242 --> 01:03:00,710 SPD SOUND TRANSIT, CASEY METRO, 1932 01:03:00,710 --> 01:03:02,145 LOCAL STUDENTS, ARTISTS AND 1933 01:03:02,145 --> 01:03:04,347 NEIGHBORS FOR A DAY OF ART, 1934 01:03:04,347 --> 01:03:06,282 CHEST AND COMMUNITY GATHERING. 1935 01:03:06,282 --> 01:03:06,916 THAT PARTNERSHIP HAS SINCE GROWN 1936 01:03:06,916 --> 01:03:10,119 TO 21 PAID PUBLIC ART STATIONS 1937 01:03:10,119 --> 01:03:11,287 ACROSS THE MOUNT BAKER ARTS 1938 01:03:11,287 --> 01:03:13,289 CORRIDOR. THIS IS NOT 1939 01:03:13,289 --> 01:03:16,325 DECORATION. ART IS A SAFETY 1940 01:03:16,325 --> 01:03:17,793 TOOL. IT CREATES STEWARDSHIP. IT 1941 01:03:17,793 --> 01:03:19,795 BRINGS POSITIVE ACTIVITY INTO 1942 01:03:19,795 --> 01:03:21,430 PUBLIC SPACES AND HELPS PEOPLE 1943 01:03:21,430 --> 01:03:23,232 FEEL THAT THEY BELONG THERE. 1944 01:03:23,232 --> 01:03:24,734 THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY AND 1945 01:03:24,734 --> 01:03:25,935 MOBILITY HUBS INVEST IN, NOT 1946 01:03:25,935 --> 01:03:27,904 JUST INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE 1947 01:03:27,904 --> 01:03:28,471 PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY 1948 01:03:28,471 --> 01:03:29,839 PRESENCE THAT MAKES 1949 01:03:29,839 --> 01:03:32,742 INFRASTRUCTURE SUCCEED. PLEASE 1950 01:03:32,742 --> 01:03:33,276 CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE 1951 01:03:33,276 --> 01:03:35,912 COMMUNITY AND MOBILITY HUBS 1952 01:03:35,912 --> 01:03:38,114 PROGRAM PROGRAM THROUGH SEATTLE 1953 01:03:38,114 --> 01:03:39,348 THROUGH THE SEATTLE TRANSIT 1954 01:03:39,348 --> 01:03:40,349 MEASURE. MOUNT BAKER IS PROOF 1955 01:03:40,349 --> 01:03:41,717 THAT WHEN WE INVEST IN 1956 01:03:41,717 --> 01:03:43,119 COMMUNITY, TRANSIT BECOMES SAFER 1957 01:03:43,119 --> 01:03:44,520 AND MORE WELCOMING FOR EVERYONE. 1958 01:03:44,520 --> 01:03:48,991 THANK YOU. 1959 01:03:48,991 --> 01:03:49,492 -- THANK YOU, MICHAEL. 1960 01:03:49,492 --> 01:03:52,094 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 1961 01:03:52,094 --> 01:03:53,095 MELANIE GUTMAN, FOLLOWED BY 1962 01:03:53,095 --> 01:03:55,097 HARPER NALLEY. 1963 01:03:55,097 --> 01:03:56,165 -- GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME 1964 01:03:56,165 --> 01:03:58,134 IS MELANIE. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 1965 01:03:58,134 --> 01:03:59,835 THREE AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME 1966 01:03:59,835 --> 01:04:04,307 EVER GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT. I 1967 01:04:04,307 --> 01:04:06,209 STRONGLY SUPPORT A TRANSIT 1968 01:04:06,209 --> 01:04:06,776 MEASURE THAT INCREASES BUS 1969 01:04:06,776 --> 01:04:07,743 SERVICE. MY HOUSEHOLD DOESN'T 1970 01:04:07,743 --> 01:04:09,212 HAVE A CAR FOR SO MANY REASONS. 1971 01:04:09,212 --> 01:04:10,780 THE COST, THE CLIMATE, NOT 1972 01:04:10,780 --> 01:04:12,515 HAVING TO DEAL WITH THE HASSLE 1973 01:04:12,515 --> 01:04:13,516 OF CAR OWNERSHIP. BUT MOST OF 1974 01:04:13,516 --> 01:04:15,751 ALL, I FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE 1975 01:04:15,751 --> 01:04:16,619 THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT IS THE BEST 1976 01:04:16,619 --> 01:04:20,122 WAY TO MOVE. LOTS OF PEOPLE 1977 01:04:20,122 --> 01:04:20,723 EFFICIENTLY THROUGH OUR DENSE 1978 01:04:20,723 --> 01:04:22,658 CITY. I WANT THE CHOICE TO TAKE 1979 01:04:22,658 --> 01:04:24,493 TRANSIT TO BE EASY FOR ALL 1980 01:04:24,493 --> 01:04:25,761 SEATTLE RESIDENTS, WHICH MEANS 1981 01:04:25,761 --> 01:04:27,930 FAST, FREQUENT, RELIABLE 1982 01:04:27,930 --> 01:04:28,564 SERVICE. WITH THAT IN MIND, I 1983 01:04:28,564 --> 01:04:30,867 ASK THAT YOU REJECT THE 1984 01:04:30,867 --> 01:04:31,834 AMENDMENTS THAT REDUCE OR 1985 01:04:31,834 --> 01:04:33,669 REDIRECT FUNDING AWAY FROM THESE 1986 01:04:33,669 --> 01:04:34,704 GOALS. SPECIFICALLY, THREE AND 1987 01:04:34,704 --> 01:04:36,172 13. AND ADDITIONALLY, KING 1988 01:04:36,172 --> 01:04:37,306 COUNTY METRO DESERVES A STABLE 1989 01:04:37,306 --> 01:04:39,709 FUNDING SOURCE. SO DITTO FOR 1990 01:04:39,709 --> 01:04:41,077 AMENDMENTS FOUR AND FIVE. I 1991 01:04:41,077 --> 01:04:42,144 THINK OUR REGION HAS A LOT OF 1992 01:04:42,144 --> 01:04:44,080 APPETITE AND ENTHUSIASM FOR 1993 01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:45,815 PUBLIC TRANSIT. OUR LIGHT RAIL 1994 01:04:45,815 --> 01:04:47,450 IS NOW THE NATION'S MOST 1995 01:04:47,450 --> 01:04:49,885 RIDDEN. AND I THINK THAT IF MORE 1996 01:04:49,885 --> 01:04:51,320 BUS ROUTES WERE LIKE RAPIDRIDE 1997 01:04:51,320 --> 01:04:53,589 G. MY BELOVED, THE BUS WOULD 1998 01:04:53,589 --> 01:04:54,891 BECOME A NO BRAINER FOR SO MANY 1999 01:04:54,891 --> 01:04:56,659 MORE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. 2000 01:04:56,659 --> 01:04:58,394 -- THANK YOU, MELANIE. AND AGAIN 2001 01:04:58,394 --> 01:05:02,698 TO YOU, WELCOME AS WELL. FOR 2002 01:05:02,698 --> 01:05:03,165 YOUR FIRST TIME HERE. 2003 01:05:03,165 --> 01:05:04,867 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM HARPER 2004 01:05:04,867 --> 01:05:08,204 NALLEY FOLLOWED BY ASHWIN. 2005 01:05:08,204 --> 01:05:09,805 -- HI, I'M HARPER, I'M FROM 2006 01:05:09,805 --> 01:05:12,408 DISTRICT THREE AND I'M A STUDENT 2007 01:05:12,408 --> 01:05:16,345 AND TRANSIT IS A SILVER BULLET 2008 01:05:16,345 --> 01:05:18,281 FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. 2009 01:05:18,281 --> 01:05:19,815 AFFORDABILITY, NOISE POLLUTION, 2010 01:05:19,815 --> 01:05:22,451 LIGHT POLLUTION, TRAFFIC 2011 01:05:22,451 --> 01:05:22,952 CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC 2012 01:05:22,952 --> 01:05:24,053 FATALITIES. IT BOOSTS OUR 2013 01:05:24,053 --> 01:05:25,388 ECONOMY, MAKES OUR CITY MORE 2014 01:05:25,388 --> 01:05:27,423 LIVABLE, AND MAKES OUR CITIES 2015 01:05:27,423 --> 01:05:29,358 MORE HEALTHY. THIS IS NOT MERELY 2016 01:05:29,358 --> 01:05:31,060 AN OPINION. THIS IS NOT A 2017 01:05:31,060 --> 01:05:33,529 DEBATE. THESE ARE WELL 2018 01:05:33,529 --> 01:05:34,130 DOCUMENTED FACTS SUPPORTED BY 2019 01:05:34,130 --> 01:05:35,931 MOUNTAINS OF SCIENTIFIC 2020 01:05:35,931 --> 01:05:36,766 EVIDENCE. GIVEN THESE FACTS, IT 2021 01:05:36,766 --> 01:05:38,601 IS A NO BRAINER TO FUND THIS 2022 01:05:38,601 --> 01:05:41,504 MEASURE AT A POINT 3%. I AM A 2023 01:05:41,504 --> 01:05:42,738 STUDENT AT SEATTLE CENTRAL ON A 2024 01:05:42,738 --> 01:05:44,240 VERY TIGHT BUDGET. EVEN WITH 2025 01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:45,942 THIS REGRESSIVE SALES TAX THE 2026 01:05:45,942 --> 01:05:47,710 FIRST TIME, I DON'T HAVE TO 2027 01:05:47,710 --> 01:05:49,011 SPEND $7 FOR A LIME OR AN UBER 2028 01:05:49,011 --> 01:05:51,414 THANKS TO THE EXPANDED NIGHT 2029 01:05:51,414 --> 01:05:52,815 SERVICE. THIS WILL. THIS 2030 01:05:52,815 --> 01:05:54,317 INCREASE WILL PAY FOR. I WILL 2031 01:05:54,317 --> 01:05:57,086 ALREADY BE SAVING MONEY, MONEY 2032 01:05:57,086 --> 01:05:58,287 THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO INTO 2033 01:05:58,287 --> 01:06:01,157 THE POCKETS OF THE CEOS OF UBER 2034 01:06:01,157 --> 01:06:03,092 OR LYFT IS MONEY THAT CAN 2035 01:06:03,092 --> 01:06:03,659 RECIRCULATE IN OUR ECONOMY, 2036 01:06:03,659 --> 01:06:06,095 MONEY THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO 2037 01:06:06,095 --> 01:06:08,130 OIL AND GAS COMPANIES OR CAR 2038 01:06:08,130 --> 01:06:09,865 COMPANIES IS MONEY THAT THAT CAN 2039 01:06:09,865 --> 01:06:10,967 RECIRCULATE IN OUR ECONOMY, AND 2040 01:06:10,967 --> 01:06:11,967 MONEY THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO 2041 01:06:11,967 --> 01:06:13,936 TREATING THE INCREASED RATES OF 2042 01:06:13,936 --> 01:06:14,971 HEALTH PROBLEMS CAUSED BY CARS 2043 01:06:14,971 --> 01:06:18,774 IS MONEY THAT CAN GO INTO OUR 2044 01:06:18,774 --> 01:06:20,976 POCKETS. IF YOU USE TRANSIT TO 2045 01:06:20,976 --> 01:06:21,844 GET TO DOWNTOWN, OR ONLY USE 2046 01:06:21,844 --> 01:06:22,978 TRANSIT TO GET TO DOWNTOWN 2047 01:06:22,978 --> 01:06:24,146 DURING THE DAY. YOU MAY THINK 2048 01:06:24,146 --> 01:06:26,115 THAT OUR TRANSIT IS GOOD ENOUGH, 2049 01:06:26,115 --> 01:06:27,650 BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT 2050 01:06:27,650 --> 01:06:28,851 ALL THOSE TRIPS YOU USE WITH 2051 01:06:28,851 --> 01:06:32,021 YOUR CAR BECAUSE YOUR. USE YOUR 2052 01:06:32,021 --> 01:06:33,289 CAR FOR BECAUSE TRANSIT ISN'T 2053 01:06:33,289 --> 01:06:34,757 GOOD ENOUGH. PUT YOURSELF IN THE 2054 01:06:34,757 --> 01:06:37,259 SHOES OF THE SEATTLEITES BE 20% 2055 01:06:37,259 --> 01:06:38,594 OF SEATTLEITES WHO DON'T HAVE A 2056 01:06:38,594 --> 01:06:42,565 CAR TO FALL BACK ON. REJECT 2057 01:06:42,565 --> 01:06:43,499 AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE, 2058 01:06:43,499 --> 01:06:45,768 AND 13 BECAUSE A WORLD CLASS 2059 01:06:45,768 --> 01:06:47,837 CITY IS ONE WHERE TRANSIT RIDERS 2060 01:06:47,837 --> 01:06:51,073 ARE TREATED WITH RESPECT. I AM 2061 01:06:51,073 --> 01:06:53,843 NOT JUST LIKE NIGHT SERVICE IS 2062 01:06:53,843 --> 01:06:57,213 SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I AM 2063 01:06:57,213 --> 01:06:57,813 THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, ANIMAL 2064 01:06:57,813 --> 01:06:59,348 AND PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MY BEST 2065 01:06:59,348 --> 01:07:02,451 FRIEND WHO'S A DJ, OUT AT 2 2066 01:07:02,451 --> 01:07:03,853 A.M. A LOT, AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH 2067 01:07:03,853 --> 01:07:07,656 TO LIVE IN CAPITOL HILL NEAR THE 2068 01:07:07,656 --> 01:07:10,159 49. BUT MOST SEATTLEITES ARE NOT 2069 01:07:10,159 --> 01:07:11,394 BECAUSE OUR. OUR NIGHT SERVICE 2070 01:07:11,394 --> 01:07:12,695 JUST IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. FUN. 2071 01:07:12,695 --> 01:07:14,764 THIS MORE 2072 01:07:14,764 --> 01:07:15,297 -- [APPLAUSE]. [APPLAUSE] 2073 01:07:15,297 --> 01:07:18,934 -- THANK YOU HARPER. 2074 01:07:18,934 --> 01:07:22,171 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM ASHWIN 2075 01:07:22,171 --> 01:07:24,874 FOLLOWED BY AIDEN CLEGG. 2076 01:07:24,874 --> 01:07:26,208 -- HELLO COUNCIL. 2077 01:07:26,208 --> 01:07:27,843 -- MY NAME IS ASHWIN. I'M ONE OF 2078 01:07:27,843 --> 01:07:29,211 THE CO-CHAIRS OF THE TRANSIT 2079 01:07:29,211 --> 01:07:30,413 ADVISORY BOARD. I WAS HERE 2080 01:07:30,413 --> 01:07:30,980 BEFORE YOU ALONG WITH MY 2081 01:07:30,980 --> 01:07:33,282 CO-CHAIR, ZACK, A FEW WEEKS AGO, 2082 01:07:33,282 --> 01:07:35,117 WHERE WE EXPRESSED THE TAB, 2083 01:07:35,117 --> 01:07:36,385 WHICH IS AN OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR 2084 01:07:36,385 --> 01:07:37,887 THE USE OF STM FUNDS. WE 2085 01:07:37,887 --> 01:07:40,222 EXPRESSED THE TAB'S POSITION ON 2086 01:07:40,222 --> 01:07:42,224 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL. AND, YOU 2087 01:07:42,224 --> 01:07:44,293 KNOW, PEOPLE BEFORE ME TODAY 2088 01:07:44,293 --> 01:07:46,095 HAVE SPOKEN MORE ELOQUENTLY AND 2089 01:07:46,095 --> 01:07:46,962 INTERESTINGLY AND TO WHY WE WANT 2090 01:07:46,962 --> 01:07:49,732 TO FUND TRANSIT TAB FEELS THE 2091 01:07:49,732 --> 01:07:51,567 SAME WAY. THIS MORNING WE SENT 2092 01:07:51,567 --> 01:07:53,803 OUT A LETTER TO ALL OF YOUR 2093 01:07:53,803 --> 01:07:55,471 OFFICES EXPRESSING OUR POSITION 2094 01:07:55,471 --> 01:07:56,839 ON VARIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE 2095 01:07:56,839 --> 01:07:58,074 BEEN PROPOSED. SO I'LL TAKE THIS 2096 01:07:58,074 --> 01:07:59,742 TIME TO KIND OF RELAY TABS 2097 01:07:59,742 --> 01:08:02,311 THOUGHTS HERE IN THIS FORUM AS 2098 01:08:02,311 --> 01:08:03,779 WELL. LIKE MANY HERE, WE URGE 2099 01:08:03,779 --> 01:08:08,818 YOU TO VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 13, 2100 01:08:08,818 --> 01:08:12,154 REGARDLESS OF ITS IF IT STAYS 2101 01:08:12,154 --> 01:08:14,757 0.2% OR 0.223%, YOU CANNOT ASK 2102 01:08:14,757 --> 01:08:16,959 PEOPLE TO PAY MORE FOR EITHER 2103 01:08:16,959 --> 01:08:18,527 LESS SERVICE OR THE SAME AMOUNT 2104 01:08:18,527 --> 01:08:21,797 OF SERVICE. THAT IS EXPLICITLY 2105 01:08:21,797 --> 01:08:23,432 AGAINST WHAT SEATTLE VOTERS HAVE 2106 01:08:23,432 --> 01:08:24,066 DEMONSTRATED THROUGH THEIR VOTES 2107 01:08:24,066 --> 01:08:27,103 AND THROUGH THEIR TIME, AGAIN 2108 01:08:27,103 --> 01:08:28,504 AND AGAIN ON AMENDMENT FOUR, 2109 01:08:28,504 --> 01:08:29,638 WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AN ANNUAL 2110 01:08:29,638 --> 01:08:31,140 SIGN OFF BY COUNCIL FOR TRANSIT 2111 01:08:31,140 --> 01:08:32,842 SERVICE. WE ALSO URGE YOU TO 2112 01:08:32,842 --> 01:08:36,045 VOTE NO. THE TAB ACTUALLY HAD A 2113 01:08:36,045 --> 01:08:38,447 PART IN DEVELOPING THE EQUITY 2114 01:08:38,447 --> 01:08:39,048 PRIORITY FRAMEWORK THAT SDOT 2115 01:08:39,048 --> 01:08:40,950 USES TO DETERMINE WHERE TRANSIT 2116 01:08:40,950 --> 01:08:44,787 INVESTMENTS ARE MADE. WE SEE 2117 01:08:44,787 --> 01:08:45,788 EVERY YEAR HOW THESE TRANSIT 2118 01:08:45,788 --> 01:08:48,090 INVESTMENTS ARE MADE. THEY ARE 2119 01:08:48,090 --> 01:08:49,992 NOT MADE ARBITRARILY. THEY ARE 2120 01:08:49,992 --> 01:08:51,460 MADE THROUGH A RIGOROUS 2121 01:08:51,460 --> 01:08:52,895 METHODOLOGY THAT WORKS, AND WE 2122 01:08:52,895 --> 01:08:55,131 DON'T WANT TO REPLACE THAT WITH 2123 01:08:55,131 --> 01:08:57,233 FURTHER PROCESS. THAT WOULD GUM 2124 01:08:57,233 --> 01:08:59,068 UP THE WORKS AND, YOU KNOW, SLOW 2125 01:08:59,068 --> 01:09:00,903 THE DELIVERY OF TRANSIT TO OTHER 2126 01:09:00,903 --> 01:09:02,071 FOLKS. I SEE THAT I'M RUNNING 2127 01:09:02,071 --> 01:09:04,773 OUT OF TIME. SO I'LL JUST SAY 2128 01:09:04,773 --> 01:09:07,143 WE ALSO OPPOSE AMENDMENTS FIVE 2129 01:09:07,143 --> 01:09:09,879 AND AMENDMENTS THREE. AND WE 2130 01:09:09,879 --> 01:09:13,182 SUPPORT AMENDMENTS 1117, WHICH 2131 01:09:13,182 --> 01:09:13,816 BOTH STATE INTENT TO ADVOCATE 2132 01:09:13,816 --> 01:09:15,751 FOR NEW SOURCES OF PROGRESSIVE 2133 01:09:15,751 --> 01:09:16,785 REVENUE. AMENDMENT 16, WHICH 2134 01:09:16,785 --> 01:09:18,220 WOULD ENSURE ELIGIBILITY FOR 2135 01:09:18,220 --> 01:09:19,989 FUNDING A NIGHT SERVICE, AND 2136 01:09:19,989 --> 01:09:22,024 AMENDMENT 24, WHICH WOULD 2137 01:09:22,024 --> 01:09:22,625 INCREASE MINIMUM SPENDING ON 2138 01:09:22,625 --> 01:09:24,793 TRANSIT AND ENSURE THAT PROJECTS 2139 01:09:24,793 --> 01:09:26,262 SUCH AS GRAHAM STREET COULD 2140 01:09:26,262 --> 01:09:27,363 POTENTIALLY GO THROUGH. THANK 2141 01:09:27,363 --> 01:09:29,131 YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND 2142 01:09:29,131 --> 01:09:30,799 PLEASE SAY YES TO TRANSIT. THANK 2143 01:09:30,799 --> 01:09:35,304 YOU. 2144 01:09:35,304 --> 01:09:35,771 -- THANK YOU ASHWIN. 2145 01:09:35,771 --> 01:09:36,872 -- NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM AIDEN 2146 01:09:36,872 --> 01:09:39,108 CLEGG FOLLOWED BY BRANDON 2147 01:09:39,108 --> 01:09:42,177 BLATTER 2148 01:09:42,177 --> 01:09:42,811 -- GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2149 01:09:42,811 --> 01:09:44,380 MY NAME IS AIDEN CLEGG. I'M AN 2150 01:09:44,380 --> 01:09:46,181 UNDERGRADUATE CIVIL ENGINEERING 2151 01:09:46,181 --> 01:09:47,082 STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF 2152 01:09:47,082 --> 01:09:48,150 WASHINGTON, AND THIS IS ALSO MY 2153 01:09:48,150 --> 01:09:50,686 FIRST TIME GIVING PUBLIC 2154 01:09:50,686 --> 01:09:53,222 COMMENT, PROVIDING FREQUENT AND 2155 01:09:53,222 --> 01:09:53,856 RELIABLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 2156 01:09:53,856 --> 01:09:55,391 IS CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT 2157 01:09:55,391 --> 01:09:56,392 SEATTLE IS A CITY THAT CONTINUES 2158 01:09:56,392 --> 01:09:58,194 TO GROW AND THRIVE IN THE COMING 2159 01:09:58,194 --> 01:10:00,296 DECADES, REDUCING CAR DEPENDENCY 2160 01:10:00,296 --> 01:10:02,331 AND MEETING OUR CLIMATE CHANGE 2161 01:10:02,331 --> 01:10:04,833 GOALS. AS A UW STUDENT, I KNOW 2162 01:10:04,833 --> 01:10:06,235 FIRSTHAND HOW EXPENSIVE IT HAS 2163 01:10:06,235 --> 01:10:08,270 BECOME TO LIVE IN SEATTLE. 2164 01:10:08,270 --> 01:10:08,904 HOWEVER, THIS PROPOSED INCREASE 2165 01:10:08,904 --> 01:10:13,008 TO THE TAX RATE IS MINIMAL ONLY 2166 01:10:13,008 --> 01:10:13,576 ABOUT $30 PER YEAR FOR THE 2167 01:10:13,576 --> 01:10:14,877 AVERAGE RESIDENT, AND IT IS BY 2168 01:10:14,877 --> 01:10:15,978 FAR A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT FOR 2169 01:10:15,978 --> 01:10:18,647 OUR CITY. PREVIOUS SEATTLE 2170 01:10:18,647 --> 01:10:20,115 TRANSIT MEASURES PASSED WITH 2171 01:10:20,115 --> 01:10:22,851 OVER 60% SUPPORT IN 2014 AND 2172 01:10:22,851 --> 01:10:24,220 OVER 80% SUPPORT IN 2020. I 2173 01:10:24,220 --> 01:10:25,988 WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE REJECT 2174 01:10:25,988 --> 01:10:28,390 AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND 2175 01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:30,693 13, WHICH WOULD LIMIT THE 2176 01:10:30,693 --> 01:10:31,293 EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS MEASURE 2177 01:10:31,293 --> 01:10:33,963 AND APPROVE AMENDMENTS TEN, 11, 2178 01:10:33,963 --> 01:10:36,498 17 AND 29. THANK YOU. 2179 01:10:36,498 --> 01:10:39,201 -- THANK YOU, AIDEN, AND AGAIN, 2180 01:10:39,201 --> 01:10:40,569 WELCOME. THERE'S A THERE'S A 2181 01:10:40,569 --> 01:10:42,171 HANDFUL OF FIRST TIMERS TODAY. 2182 01:10:42,171 --> 01:10:42,838 WELCOME. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO 2183 01:10:42,838 --> 01:10:45,441 HAVE YOU SO. 2184 01:10:45,441 --> 01:10:47,610 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM BRANDON, 2185 01:10:47,610 --> 01:10:50,412 FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH BOLTON. 2186 01:10:50,412 --> 01:10:51,480 -- WELCOME, BRANDON. 2187 01:10:51,480 --> 01:10:53,582 -- HELLO. MY NAME IS BRANDON 2188 01:10:53,582 --> 01:10:53,849 BUTCHER. 2189 01:10:53,849 --> 01:10:55,084 -- MOTOR VEHICLES ARE THE 2190 01:10:55,084 --> 01:10:55,918 LARGEST SINGLE SOURCE OF. 2191 01:10:55,918 --> 01:10:57,820 -- POLLUTION IN SEATTLE. THEY 2192 01:10:57,820 --> 01:10:58,487 RANK NEXT TO MURDERS IN TERMS OF 2193 01:10:58,487 --> 01:11:00,122 HOW MANY SEATTLEITES THEY KILL. 2194 01:11:00,122 --> 01:11:02,558 WE NEED TO FIX THIS. ONE OF THE 2195 01:11:02,558 --> 01:11:04,059 MOST POWERFUL TOOLS WE HAVE IS 2196 01:11:04,059 --> 01:11:06,061 EXPANDING TRANSIT AND MAKING IT 2197 01:11:06,061 --> 01:11:07,196 BETTER. SO I HAVE A VOTING GUIDE 2198 01:11:07,196 --> 01:11:08,731 FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ON 2199 01:11:08,731 --> 01:11:10,132 AMENDMENTS TO THE SEATTLE 2200 01:11:10,132 --> 01:11:10,633 TRANSIT MEASURE. REJECT 2201 01:11:10,633 --> 01:11:12,034 AMENDMENT THREE. THIS IS A 2202 01:11:12,034 --> 01:11:13,869 TRANSIT MEASURE. THE FUNDS 2203 01:11:13,869 --> 01:11:14,803 SHOULD BE USED FOR TRANSIT. 2204 01:11:14,803 --> 01:11:17,706 REJECT AMENDMENT FOUR. THIS JUST 2205 01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:19,642 ADDS UNNECESSARY BUREAUCRACY AND 2206 01:11:19,642 --> 01:11:20,209 SEATTLE PROCESS TO FUNDING 2207 01:11:20,209 --> 01:11:22,978 TRANSIT. REJECT AMENDMENT FIVE 2208 01:11:22,978 --> 01:11:23,612 TRANSIT MEASURE RENEWAL UNDER A 2209 01:11:23,612 --> 01:11:24,647 SPECIAL ELECTION MEANS MORE 2210 01:11:24,647 --> 01:11:26,515 EXPENSE TO THE COUNTY AND LOWER 2211 01:11:26,515 --> 01:11:27,149 TURNOUT, ESPECIALLY LOWER 2212 01:11:27,149 --> 01:11:29,218 TURNOUT OF LESS WELL-OFF VOTERS 2213 01:11:29,218 --> 01:11:31,053 WHO FIND IT HARDER TO COME TO 2214 01:11:31,053 --> 01:11:31,654 THE POLLS, HARDER TO TAKE OFF 2215 01:11:31,654 --> 01:11:33,255 WORK, TO VOTE, ALL THAT SORT OF 2216 01:11:33,255 --> 01:11:34,823 THING. SUPPORT AMENDMENTS TEN 2217 01:11:34,823 --> 01:11:36,692 AND 29. THE DENSE REGIONAL 2218 01:11:36,692 --> 01:11:38,160 CENTERS DESERVE MORE TRANSIT 2219 01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:40,429 DOLLARS. SUPPORT AMENDMENTS 11 2220 01:11:40,429 --> 01:11:42,197 AND 17. REMEMBER, REMEMBER HOW 2221 01:11:42,197 --> 01:11:43,465 EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT HOW 2222 01:11:43,465 --> 01:11:44,667 REGRESSIVE SALES TAX IS? THIS IS 2223 01:11:44,667 --> 01:11:46,235 THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIX IT. AND 2224 01:11:46,235 --> 01:11:48,837 MOST IMPORTANTLY, REJECT 2225 01:11:48,837 --> 01:11:50,105 AMENDMENT 13. THIS AMENDMENT, 2226 01:11:50,105 --> 01:11:51,040 THIS MEASURE IS MEANT TO FUND 2227 01:11:51,040 --> 01:11:52,775 TRANSIT. WE CANNOT EXPAND 2228 01:11:52,775 --> 01:11:53,609 TRANSIT ON NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS 2229 01:11:53,609 --> 01:11:55,110 IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS. THE 2230 01:11:55,110 --> 01:11:56,979 COST TO. IN ANY INDIVIDUAL OF A 2231 01:11:56,979 --> 01:11:59,081 YEAR OF SALES TAX IS COMPARABLE 2232 01:11:59,081 --> 01:12:01,583 TO A SINGLE UBER OR LYFT RIDE. 2233 01:12:01,583 --> 01:12:02,618 IF THE BUS DOESN'T COME LATE IN 2234 01:12:02,618 --> 01:12:03,619 THE NIGHT WHEN YOU NEED IT, OR 2235 01:12:03,619 --> 01:12:04,720 AS FREQUENTLY AS YOU NEED IT. IF 2236 01:12:04,720 --> 01:12:06,221 YOU NEED TO GET SOMEWHERE 2237 01:12:06,221 --> 01:12:07,990 URGENTLY, THERE'S JUST NO 2238 01:12:07,990 --> 01:12:08,891 EXCUSE TO BE MADE ABOUT 2239 01:12:08,891 --> 01:12:10,125 AFFORDABILITY HERE. IF YOU 2240 01:12:10,125 --> 01:12:11,560 REALLY ARE STRONG SUPPORTERS AND 2241 01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:12,661 BELIEVERS IN PUBLIC TRANSIT, YOU 2242 01:12:12,661 --> 01:12:14,029 WILL FUND IT AS MUCH AS 2243 01:12:14,029 --> 01:12:15,631 POSSIBLE. YOU PROBABLY ALSO 2244 01:12:15,631 --> 01:12:16,665 WRITE IT INSTEAD OF DRIVING, BUT 2245 01:12:16,665 --> 01:12:18,567 THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. I'LL 2246 01:12:18,567 --> 01:12:20,402 END BY SAYING, IF ANYONE WISHES 2247 01:12:20,402 --> 01:12:21,236 THEY HAD MY SHIRT. YOU DON'T 2248 01:12:21,236 --> 01:12:23,072 HAVE TO KEEP TELLING ME YOU WISH 2249 01:12:23,072 --> 01:12:26,141 YOU HAD ONE. YOU CAN JUST BUY 2250 01:12:26,141 --> 01:12:26,308 IT. 2251 01:12:26,308 --> 01:12:28,177 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 2252 01:12:28,177 --> 01:12:30,212 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2253 01:12:30,212 --> 01:12:31,480 BRANDON AND SIZE XL. IF YOU WANT 2254 01:12:31,480 --> 01:12:34,950 TO DROP ONE OFF THE NEXT TIME 2255 01:12:34,950 --> 01:12:35,317 YOU'RE HERE. 2256 01:12:35,317 --> 01:12:36,885 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 2257 01:12:36,885 --> 01:12:38,454 JOSEPH BOLDEN, FOLLOWED BY 2258 01:12:38,454 --> 01:12:41,290 RACHEL BROWN. 2259 01:12:41,290 --> 01:12:42,324 -- GOOD EVENING, I'M JOEY 2260 01:12:42,324 --> 01:12:44,960 BOLDEN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 2261 01:12:44,960 --> 01:12:45,894 THE SEATTLE BUILDING AND 2262 01:12:45,894 --> 01:12:48,197 CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, ON 2263 01:12:48,197 --> 01:12:49,698 BEHALF OF OVER 20,000 2264 01:12:49,698 --> 01:12:51,500 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND THEIR 2265 01:12:51,500 --> 01:12:54,036 FAMILIES ACROSS THE REGION AND 2266 01:12:54,036 --> 01:12:54,670 19 AFFILIATE UNIONS IN SEATTLE. 2267 01:12:54,670 --> 01:12:56,739 KING COUNTY BUILDING TRADES. WE 2268 01:12:56,739 --> 01:12:57,372 WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION 2269 01:12:57,372 --> 01:13:00,008 AND SUPPORT FOR MOVING FORWARD 2270 01:13:00,008 --> 01:13:03,312 WITH THE RENEW OF THE SEATTLE 2271 01:13:03,312 --> 01:13:04,646 TRANSIT MEASURE. THIS PROPOSAL 2272 01:13:04,646 --> 01:13:05,247 INVESTS AN IMPORTANT TRANSIT 2273 01:13:05,247 --> 01:13:06,815 SERVICES, ACCESS TO TRANSIT AND 2274 01:13:06,815 --> 01:13:08,450 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS 2275 01:13:08,450 --> 01:13:10,586 STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND CURB 2276 01:13:10,586 --> 01:13:12,354 RAMPS FOR RIDERS, AS WELL AS BUS 2277 01:13:12,354 --> 01:13:15,190 LANE UPGRADES. THESE 2278 01:13:15,190 --> 01:13:16,191 IMPROVEMENTS TO MOVE MORE PEOPLE 2279 01:13:16,191 --> 01:13:19,027 IN AND AROUND SEATTLE ARE 2280 01:13:19,027 --> 01:13:20,362 CRUCIAL. OF COURSE, THE BUILDING 2281 01:13:20,362 --> 01:13:22,231 TRADES WANT TO BUILD, SO WE'RE 2282 01:13:22,231 --> 01:13:24,099 PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN 2283 01:13:24,099 --> 01:13:25,467 CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS IN THE 2284 01:13:25,467 --> 01:13:27,669 PACKAGE, AND WE STRONGLY SUPPORT 2285 01:13:27,669 --> 01:13:29,638 AMENDMENTS SUCH AS AMENDMENT 2286 01:13:29,638 --> 01:13:30,105 THREE THAT PRIORITIZE 2287 01:13:30,105 --> 01:13:30,806 INFRASTRUCTURE, SUCH AS THE 2288 01:13:30,806 --> 01:13:33,475 REPAIR AND EXPANSION OF 2289 01:13:33,475 --> 01:13:35,711 SIDEWALKS. WE ALSO OPPOSE 2290 01:13:35,711 --> 01:13:37,980 AMENDMENTS SUCH AS 24 THAT 2291 01:13:37,980 --> 01:13:39,715 REDUCE CAPITAL SPENDING, CAPITAL 2292 01:13:39,715 --> 01:13:42,818 INVESTMENTS IN THIS PACKAGE WILL 2293 01:13:42,818 --> 01:13:43,385 IMPROVE TRANSIT EFFICIENCY, 2294 01:13:43,385 --> 01:13:45,988 RELIABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY AND 2295 01:13:45,988 --> 01:13:48,190 SAFETY. AND OF COURSE, THAT WILL 2296 01:13:48,190 --> 01:13:50,759 CREATE JOBS DURING A CRITICAL 2297 01:13:50,759 --> 01:13:53,662 ECONOMIC MOMENT WHEN WE NEED 2298 01:13:53,662 --> 01:13:56,632 GOOD JOBS OR EXCUSE ME, WE ALL 2299 01:13:56,632 --> 01:13:57,499 KNOW THAT THE LIST OF 2300 01:13:57,499 --> 01:13:58,100 TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN THIS 2301 01:13:58,100 --> 01:14:02,371 CITY IS LONG. THE INVESTMENTS IN 2302 01:14:02,371 --> 01:14:02,905 THIS LEVY MEASURE IMPROVE 2303 01:14:02,905 --> 01:14:04,306 TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION. IN 2304 01:14:04,306 --> 01:14:05,908 SEATTLE, YOUR CAPITAL 2305 01:14:05,908 --> 01:14:08,210 INVESTMENTS CREATE GOOD FAMILY 2306 01:14:08,210 --> 01:14:11,213 WAGE UNION CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR 2307 01:14:11,213 --> 01:14:12,915 SKILLED CRAFT PEOPLE. THEY WILL 2308 01:14:12,915 --> 01:14:15,050 BRING NEW ENTRANTS TO THE 2309 01:14:15,050 --> 01:14:15,617 CONSTRUCTION FIELD THROUGH 2310 01:14:15,617 --> 01:14:18,020 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND 2311 01:14:18,020 --> 01:14:20,255 TRAINING, AND THEY WILL CREATE 2312 01:14:20,255 --> 01:14:22,291 PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY INTO 2313 01:14:22,291 --> 01:14:22,891 CONSTRUCTION WITH THOSE WAGES 2314 01:14:22,891 --> 01:14:25,194 FOR WOMEN, PEOPLE OF COLOR, 2315 01:14:25,194 --> 01:14:27,396 VETERANS AND THOSE WHO ARE 2316 01:14:27,396 --> 01:14:28,363 DISADVANTAGED IN AND AROUND KING 2317 01:14:28,363 --> 01:14:29,765 COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2318 01:14:29,765 --> 01:14:31,800 LEADERSHIP, CHAIR. SAKA, AND SO 2319 01:14:31,800 --> 01:14:34,203 MANY OF YOU WHO ARE WORKING HARD 2320 01:14:34,203 --> 01:14:36,705 TO GET THIS DONE. THANK YOU 2321 01:14:36,705 --> 01:14:36,939 AGAIN. 2322 01:14:36,939 --> 01:14:41,043 -- THANK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 2323 01:14:41,043 --> 01:14:41,276 JOSEPH. 2324 01:14:41,276 --> 01:14:43,779 -- WE'RE DOWN TO OUR FINAL TEN 2325 01:14:43,779 --> 01:14:45,514 REGISTERED SPEAKERS. WE'LL NOW 2326 01:14:45,514 --> 01:14:48,350 HEAR FROM RACHEL BROWN, FOLLOWED 2327 01:14:48,350 --> 01:14:48,750 BY SCOTT NELSON. 2328 01:14:48,750 --> 01:14:49,852 -- HI. COUNCILMEMBERS, SOUNDS 2329 01:14:49,852 --> 01:14:50,786 LIKE I'M IN A GREAT GROUP OF 2330 01:14:50,786 --> 01:14:52,721 FIRST TIME FOLKS GIVING PUBLIC 2331 01:14:52,721 --> 01:14:55,357 COMMENT. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2332 01:14:55,357 --> 01:14:58,160 THREE AND I'M A RENTER. AND AS 2333 01:14:58,160 --> 01:14:59,761 AN ADULT, I LOST MY ABILITY TO 2334 01:14:59,761 --> 01:15:03,465 DRIVE. SO I AM AGAIN IN A GREAT 2335 01:15:03,465 --> 01:15:04,600 GROUP OF TRANSIT DEPENDENT FOLKS 2336 01:15:04,600 --> 01:15:05,801 HERE IN THIS ROOM, SHARING ABOUT 2337 01:15:05,801 --> 01:15:09,171 OUR EXPERIENCES. I WAS ALREADY A 2338 01:15:09,171 --> 01:15:09,671 TRANSIT RIDER WHEN THIS 2339 01:15:09,671 --> 01:15:10,539 HAPPENED, BUT I WAS VERY 2340 01:15:10,539 --> 01:15:12,608 GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD A SYSTEM 2341 01:15:12,608 --> 01:15:13,675 THAT COULD CATCH ME AND MEET ALL 2342 01:15:13,675 --> 01:15:17,412 OF MY NEEDS, BUT I HAPPEN TO 2343 01:15:17,412 --> 01:15:19,248 LIVE IN AN AREA WITH GOOD 2344 01:15:19,248 --> 01:15:19,948 TRANSIT SERVICE, AND I HAPPEN TO 2345 01:15:19,948 --> 01:15:22,117 BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN AN 2346 01:15:22,117 --> 01:15:24,987 AREA WITH SOME OF THE MOST 2347 01:15:24,987 --> 01:15:25,621 FREQUENT TRANSIT SERVICE IN OUR 2348 01:15:25,621 --> 01:15:26,755 CITY, AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT 2349 01:15:26,755 --> 01:15:29,358 THE CASE FOR EVERYBODY. SO 2350 01:15:29,358 --> 01:15:32,060 COMING HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO 2351 01:15:32,060 --> 01:15:34,196 REJECT AMENDMENTS THREE, FOUR, 2352 01:15:34,196 --> 01:15:35,864 FIVE AND 13 AND EXPRESS MY 2353 01:15:35,864 --> 01:15:36,498 SPECIFIC SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENTS 2354 01:15:36,498 --> 01:15:41,203 11, 17, TEN AND 29. I 2355 01:15:41,203 --> 01:15:42,437 SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO SPEAK TO 2356 01:15:42,437 --> 01:15:44,506 AMENDMENT FIVE, TALKING ABOUT 2357 01:15:44,506 --> 01:15:47,542 THE TERM OF THE TRANSIT MEASURE 2358 01:15:47,542 --> 01:15:48,176 FROM. I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO 2359 01:15:48,176 --> 01:15:51,046 VOTE TO MAINTAIN IT AT TEN YEARS 2360 01:15:51,046 --> 01:15:53,582 SO THAT WE CAN GIVE METRO AND 2361 01:15:53,582 --> 01:15:56,051 THIS MEASURE THE STABILITY IT 2362 01:15:56,051 --> 01:15:56,652 NEEDS TO ACTUALLY DEMONSTRATE 2363 01:15:56,652 --> 01:15:58,954 SUCCESS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, 2364 01:15:58,954 --> 01:15:59,454 PLANNING AND GOVERNMENT 2365 01:15:59,454 --> 01:16:01,156 DECISIONS TAKE A LONG TIME, AND 2366 01:16:01,156 --> 01:16:04,026 I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE 2367 01:16:04,026 --> 01:16:07,195 DECISIONS TO, TO ABOUT HOW TO 2368 01:16:07,195 --> 01:16:07,796 ALLOCATE SERVICE HAVE ENOUGH 2369 01:16:07,796 --> 01:16:09,831 TIME WITHOUT HAVING TO OPERATE 2370 01:16:09,831 --> 01:16:13,368 IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF 2371 01:16:13,368 --> 01:16:15,103 UNCERTAINTY. AND SPEAKING 2372 01:16:15,103 --> 01:16:16,605 SPECIFICALLY TO AMENDMENT 13, AS 2373 01:16:16,605 --> 01:16:19,308 OTHERS HAVE SAID, I WOULD REALLY 2374 01:16:19,308 --> 01:16:21,176 LIKE A TRANSIT MEASURE FOR 2375 01:16:21,176 --> 01:16:22,678 TRANSIT SERVICE TO FUND TRANSIT 2376 01:16:22,678 --> 01:16:24,713 SERVICE. THANK YOU FOR HOLDING 2377 01:16:24,713 --> 01:16:27,249 THIS HEARING AND APPRECIATE YOUR 2378 01:16:27,249 --> 01:16:27,449 TIME. 2379 01:16:27,449 --> 01:16:29,851 -- RACHEL. THANK 2380 01:16:29,851 --> 01:16:30,185 -- [APPLAUSE] 2381 01:16:30,185 --> 01:16:31,853 -- YOU. 2382 01:16:31,853 --> 01:16:33,121 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 2383 01:16:33,121 --> 01:16:38,293 SCOTT NELSON, FOLLOWED BY RICH 2384 01:16:38,293 --> 01:16:38,527 VOGLER. 2385 01:16:38,527 --> 01:16:41,530 -- HEY EVERYONE. THIS MAY 2386 01:16:41,530 --> 01:16:42,898 REFLECT SOME PAROCHIAL OR TICKY 2387 01:16:42,898 --> 01:16:45,534 TACKY SENTIMENTS, BUT DISABILITY 2388 01:16:45,534 --> 01:16:48,236 SUPPORT, I HOPE, TRANSCENDS THE 2389 01:16:48,236 --> 01:16:48,804 TENSION BETWEEN THE OBVIOUS 2390 01:16:48,804 --> 01:16:50,872 BENEFITS OF UNIVERSALITY AND THE 2391 01:16:50,872 --> 01:16:51,740 REACTIONARY CUP AND BALL GAME 2392 01:16:51,740 --> 01:16:53,675 THAT CAN BE PLAYED WITH HYPER 2393 01:16:53,675 --> 01:16:55,811 SPECIFICITY. THANK YOU FOR THE 2394 01:16:55,811 --> 01:16:58,146 OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS 2395 01:16:58,146 --> 01:17:00,349 SCOTT NELSON AND I AM A KARLIS 2396 01:17:00,349 --> 01:17:02,184 LICENSED RENTER FROM CHINATOWN 2397 01:17:02,184 --> 01:17:03,385 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT AND 2398 01:17:03,385 --> 01:17:04,519 DISTRICT TWO, AS WELL AS 2399 01:17:04,519 --> 01:17:06,722 CO-CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE 2400 01:17:06,722 --> 01:17:07,389 DISABILITY COMMISSION. I'M HERE 2401 01:17:07,389 --> 01:17:09,091 TO COMMENT TODAY ON AMENDMENTS 2402 01:17:09,091 --> 01:17:11,326 20 AND FOUR. I PRETTY MUCH FULLY 2403 01:17:11,326 --> 01:17:13,395 AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES FROM 2404 01:17:13,395 --> 01:17:15,731 SDOT, MASS AND TAB, BUT I'M A 2405 01:17:15,731 --> 01:17:18,233 FOOL FOR NUANCE. AMENDMENT 20 2406 01:17:18,233 --> 01:17:20,035 GIVES LANGUAGE IN THE SEATTLE 2407 01:17:20,035 --> 01:17:20,669 TRANSIT MEASURE THAT PRIORITIZES 2408 01:17:20,669 --> 01:17:21,737 AND PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF 2409 01:17:21,737 --> 01:17:24,473 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO 2410 01:17:24,473 --> 01:17:26,575 ACCESS TRANSIT SERVICES AND 2411 01:17:26,575 --> 01:17:27,109 INFRASTRUCTURE. THE WORLD 2412 01:17:27,109 --> 01:17:28,443 HISTORICALLY IS BUILT TO 2413 01:17:28,443 --> 01:17:29,645 ACCOMMODATE THE ABLE BODIED, THE 2414 01:17:29,645 --> 01:17:31,079 NEUROTYPICAL, AND THE HEALTHY 2415 01:17:31,079 --> 01:17:32,681 FOLKS WHO HAVE PHYSICAL OR 2416 01:17:32,681 --> 01:17:33,949 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES OR 2417 01:17:33,949 --> 01:17:35,450 THOSE WHO ARE INFIRMED, WILL 2418 01:17:35,450 --> 01:17:37,419 THEN EXPERIENCE AN INCREDIBLE 2419 01:17:37,419 --> 01:17:39,521 AMOUNT OF FRICTION, COMPOUNDING 2420 01:17:39,521 --> 01:17:40,022 NATURAL DIFFICULTY WITH 2421 01:17:40,022 --> 01:17:41,189 ADDITIONAL BARRIERS IMPOSED BY 2422 01:17:41,189 --> 01:17:43,225 BUILT ENVIRONMENTS. AMENDMENT 20 2423 01:17:43,225 --> 01:17:45,093 NAMES THAT AND DOES TWO CRUCIAL 2424 01:17:45,093 --> 01:17:46,128 THINGS. IT AFFIRMS THE USE OF 2425 01:17:46,128 --> 01:17:47,295 FUNDS TOWARDS THE SUPPORT OF 2426 01:17:47,295 --> 01:17:49,398 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WHICH 2427 01:17:49,398 --> 01:17:50,732 RAISES THE FLOOR SO THAT EVERY 2428 01:17:50,732 --> 01:17:52,367 PERSON IN SOCIETY CAN LIVE A 2429 01:17:52,367 --> 01:17:54,036 DIGNIFIED LIFE. IT ALSO REFRAMES 2430 01:17:54,036 --> 01:17:56,071 WHAT MONEY IS SPENT ON CAPITAL 2431 01:17:56,071 --> 01:17:58,006 EXPENDITURE. IT'S NO LONGER JUST 2432 01:17:58,006 --> 01:17:59,574 ROADS, SIDEWALKS AND CURB CUTS, 2433 01:17:59,574 --> 01:18:00,909 WHICH ARE ALL NECESSARY, 2434 01:18:00,909 --> 01:18:02,944 IMPORTANT AND VALUED 2435 01:18:02,944 --> 01:18:04,346 ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES. BUT AS 2436 01:18:04,346 --> 01:18:06,114 MY COLLEAGUES AND DISABILITY 2437 01:18:06,114 --> 01:18:07,816 ADVOCACY HAVE NOTED HERE TODAY, 2438 01:18:07,816 --> 01:18:08,350 THERE ARE EXTANT FUNDING 2439 01:18:08,350 --> 01:18:09,785 MECHANISMS FOR SIDEWALKS AND 2440 01:18:09,785 --> 01:18:11,219 ROADS, MANY OF THEM FAR MORE 2441 01:18:11,219 --> 01:18:12,654 PROGRESSIVE THAN RELYING ON 2442 01:18:12,654 --> 01:18:15,891 SALES TAX THAT DISPROPORTIONATEL 2443 01:18:15,891 --> 01:18:16,391 Y IMPACTS LOWER INCOME 2444 01:18:16,391 --> 01:18:17,325 RESIDENTS. AMENDMENT 20 IS A 2445 01:18:17,325 --> 01:18:19,661 BULWARK AGAINST CYNICAL ATTEMPTS 2446 01:18:19,661 --> 01:18:20,796 TO PIT NEIGHBORHOODS AND 2447 01:18:20,796 --> 01:18:23,198 DISTRICTS AGAINST EACH OTHER. BY 2448 01:18:23,198 --> 01:18:23,799 DIVERTING CAPITAL FUNDS FROM 2449 01:18:23,799 --> 01:18:26,001 PROJECTS THAT PRIORITIZE 2450 01:18:26,001 --> 01:18:27,736 SPECIFIC DISTRICTS TOWARDS 2451 01:18:27,736 --> 01:18:28,837 PROJECTS THAT SERVE THE CITY AS 2452 01:18:28,837 --> 01:18:31,306 A WHOLE, SUCH AS WAYFINDING 2453 01:18:31,306 --> 01:18:33,642 PROJECTS THAT IMPROVE ACCESS TO 2454 01:18:33,642 --> 01:18:34,176 TRANSPORT FOR FOLKS WITH 2455 01:18:34,176 --> 01:18:34,743 COGNITIVE OR DEVELOPMENTAL 2456 01:18:34,743 --> 01:18:35,377 DISABILITIES, AND TRANSIT SPEED 2457 01:18:35,377 --> 01:18:36,978 AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS. AS 2458 01:18:36,978 --> 01:18:41,149 SUCH, AMENDMENT FOUR CAN BE USED 2459 01:18:41,149 --> 01:18:43,652 TO BOLSTER OR SUPPORT THE I'M 2460 01:18:43,652 --> 01:18:44,953 OUT OF TIME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 2461 01:18:44,953 --> 01:18:45,620 -- FINISH YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT 2462 01:18:45,620 --> 01:18:47,789 IF YOU WANT. 2463 01:18:47,789 --> 01:18:48,056 -- OKAY? 2464 01:18:48,056 --> 01:18:49,024 -- YEAH. 2465 01:18:49,024 --> 01:18:51,893 -- YOUR SENTENCE. YEAH. 2466 01:18:51,893 --> 01:18:53,462 -- I THINK I LOST IT NOW. 2467 01:18:53,462 --> 01:18:54,996 -- ALL GOOD. 2468 01:18:54,996 --> 01:18:55,397 -- TAKE A BREATH. 2469 01:18:55,397 --> 01:18:56,364 -- THANK YOU. FEEL FREE TO. IF 2470 01:18:56,364 --> 01:18:57,432 YOU. IF YOU HAVE WRITTEN 2471 01:18:57,432 --> 01:18:58,433 COMMENTS, FEEL FREE TO SEND 2472 01:18:58,433 --> 01:19:01,303 THOSE IN AS WELL. YEAH, YEAH. 2473 01:19:01,303 --> 01:19:05,774 AWESOME. BUT SCOTT, THANK YOU SO 2474 01:19:05,774 --> 01:19:05,974 MUCH. 2475 01:19:05,974 --> 01:19:07,509 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RICH 2476 01:19:07,509 --> 01:19:12,247 VOGEL, FOLLOWED BY KALU DAVIS. 2477 01:19:12,247 --> 01:19:14,683 -- I WANT TO MAKE A CASE FOR 2478 01:19:14,683 --> 01:19:17,018 CLIMATE CHANGE OVERVIEW FOR 2479 01:19:17,018 --> 01:19:19,554 SUPPORTING TRANSIT EXPANSION 2480 01:19:19,554 --> 01:19:22,124 BECAUSE IT TAKES CARS OFF THE 2481 01:19:22,124 --> 01:19:24,192 ROAD. CLIMATE CHANGE IS DRIVEN 2482 01:19:24,192 --> 01:19:27,696 BY PHYSICS. IT'S NOT DRIVEN BY 2483 01:19:27,696 --> 01:19:32,734 THE SEATTLE BUDGET. AND I THINK 2484 01:19:32,734 --> 01:19:34,569 THAT YOU CAN CUT THE TRANSIT 2485 01:19:34,569 --> 01:19:37,139 FUNDING TO SAVE SOME MONEY IN 2486 01:19:37,139 --> 01:19:38,673 THE SHORT RUN IS REALLY GOING TO 2487 01:19:38,673 --> 01:19:40,942 BE MORE EXPENSIVE IN THE LONG 2488 01:19:40,942 --> 01:19:44,045 RUN, BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE 2489 01:19:44,045 --> 01:19:46,715 DOESN'T SIT STILL SAYING, OH, 2490 01:19:46,715 --> 01:19:48,183 OKAY, I'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO GET 2491 01:19:48,183 --> 01:19:49,951 AROUND TO WORKING ON ME AT A 2492 01:19:49,951 --> 01:19:54,289 LATER DATE. IT'LL JUST GET 2493 01:19:54,289 --> 01:19:55,690 WORSE. AND I'M SO OLD, I CAN 2494 01:19:55,690 --> 01:20:01,163 REMEMBER THE OLD BARDAHL OIL 2495 01:20:01,163 --> 01:20:03,298 FILTER, BLACK AND WHITE TV AD 2496 01:20:03,298 --> 01:20:07,836 THAT SAID PAY ME NOW OR PAY ME 2497 01:20:07,836 --> 01:20:13,942 LATER. AND IT MAKES NO SENSE TO 2498 01:20:13,942 --> 01:20:16,811 POSTPONE. JIMINY CRICKET SAID, 2499 01:20:16,811 --> 01:20:18,680 LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR 2500 01:20:18,680 --> 01:20:23,218 GUIDE. I'D LIKE YOU TO REWRITE 2501 01:20:23,218 --> 01:20:26,254 THAT SO THAT CLIMATE CHANGE WILL 2502 01:20:26,254 --> 01:20:28,690 BE YOUR GUIDE. PUT IT ON A 2503 01:20:28,690 --> 01:20:31,827 POST-IT THAT WHATEVER YOU'RE 2504 01:20:31,827 --> 01:20:35,831 ABOUT TO WORK ON, ASK, IS IT 2505 01:20:35,831 --> 01:20:37,632 GOING TO INCREASE CLIMATE 2506 01:20:37,632 --> 01:20:40,502 CHANGE? YES OR NO? IF IT'S A 2507 01:20:40,502 --> 01:20:45,841 YES, YOU GOT TO OPPOSE IT SO 2508 01:20:45,841 --> 01:20:48,543 WITH THE TRANSIT IT'S PRETTY CUT 2509 01:20:48,543 --> 01:20:51,413 AND DRY THAT IT'S GOING TO 2510 01:20:51,413 --> 01:20:53,715 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE 2511 01:20:53,715 --> 01:20:56,484 ROAD. SO OPPOSE AMENDMENTS 2512 01:20:56,484 --> 01:21:04,759 THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND 13. 2513 01:21:04,759 --> 01:21:05,193 -- THANK YOU RICH. 2514 01:21:05,193 --> 01:21:06,728 -- IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM CARL 2515 01:21:06,728 --> 01:21:10,665 DAVIS FOLLOWED BY DANIEL 2516 01:21:10,665 --> 01:21:10,932 HEPPNER. 2517 01:21:10,932 --> 01:21:13,168 -- GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. 2518 01:21:13,168 --> 01:21:13,501 GOOD EVENING. 2519 01:21:13,501 --> 01:21:14,936 -- GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. 2520 01:21:14,936 --> 01:21:17,839 MY NAME IS KALU DAVIS. I'M GOING 2521 01:21:17,839 --> 01:21:22,210 TO PROVIDE A PERSONAL TESTIMONY 2522 01:21:22,210 --> 01:21:24,145 AS TO THE REASON WHY STM NEEDS 2523 01:21:24,145 --> 01:21:26,915 TO BE FULLY FUNDED. FIRST AND 2524 01:21:26,915 --> 01:21:31,486 FOREMOST, I AM A RETIRED KING 2525 01:21:31,486 --> 01:21:34,189 COUNTY METRO OPERATOR. SECOND, 2526 01:21:34,189 --> 01:21:37,392 AS AN OPERATOR, I PERSONALLY 2527 01:21:37,392 --> 01:21:39,594 WITNESSED CITIZENS THROUGHOUT 2528 01:21:39,594 --> 01:21:42,697 THE PUGET SOUND BE STRANDED BY 2529 01:21:42,697 --> 01:21:44,499 BUS SERVICE THAT COULD NOT BE 2530 01:21:44,499 --> 01:21:51,306 PROVIDED AT 1230 IN THE MORNING. 2531 01:21:51,306 --> 01:21:53,608 MY BOSS CALLED ME OFF THE ROAD 2532 01:21:53,608 --> 01:21:58,647 DURING SNOW AND ICE AND I HAD 2533 01:21:58,647 --> 01:22:00,715 REACHED A 16 HOUR WORK DAY AND I 2534 01:22:00,715 --> 01:22:03,051 BEGGED TO KEEP GOING BECAUSE 2535 01:22:03,051 --> 01:22:05,353 THERE WAS 35 PEOPLE OUTSIDE MY 2536 01:22:05,353 --> 01:22:08,723 DOOR AND I COULDN'T OPEN IT UP 2537 01:22:08,723 --> 01:22:10,258 BECAUSE MY BOSS TOLD ME, I WILL 2538 01:22:10,258 --> 01:22:13,128 CALL THE STATE POLICE BECAUSE I 2539 01:22:13,128 --> 01:22:17,666 VIOLATED THOSE. THE LAW. IF I GO 2540 01:22:17,666 --> 01:22:21,970 16 HOURS, I WAS AT 15 HOURS AND 2541 01:22:21,970 --> 01:22:23,438 32 MINUTES WITH ENOUGH TIME TO 2542 01:22:23,438 --> 01:22:26,908 GET BACK TO THE BASE. HAVING 2543 01:22:26,908 --> 01:22:29,377 SAID THAT, A FULLY FUNDED STM 2544 01:22:29,377 --> 01:22:32,147 WOULD PROVIDE THE SERVICE NEEDED 2545 01:22:32,147 --> 01:22:35,116 ROUND THE CLOCK HOURS AS WELL AS 2546 01:22:35,116 --> 01:22:39,421 DURING SNOW AND ICE, WHICH IS 2547 01:22:39,421 --> 01:22:41,523 IMPORTANT. AND FURTHERMORE, IF 2548 01:22:41,523 --> 01:22:44,225 YOU TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, LOOK 2549 01:22:44,225 --> 01:22:50,098 AT ALL THE DUIS THAT ARE ISSUED 2550 01:22:50,098 --> 01:22:50,632 THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND 2551 01:22:50,632 --> 01:22:55,470 THROUGHOUT THE NATION. A BETTER 2552 01:22:55,470 --> 01:22:59,040 FUNDED TRANSIT BILL WOULD ALLOW 2553 01:22:59,040 --> 01:23:00,775 BARTENDERS AND BAR OWNERS TO 2554 01:23:00,775 --> 01:23:04,012 REACH OUT TO THOSE TRANSIT 2555 01:23:04,012 --> 01:23:08,750 AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO GUIDE AND 2556 01:23:08,750 --> 01:23:10,552 INSTRUCT THEIR PATRONS ONTO 2557 01:23:10,552 --> 01:23:13,321 BUSSES THAT ARE EASILY AVAILABLE 2558 01:23:13,321 --> 01:23:15,857 THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND CUT 2559 01:23:15,857 --> 01:23:17,258 DOWN ON DUIS AND TRAFFIC 2560 01:23:17,258 --> 01:23:17,592 -- [APPLAUSE] 2561 01:23:17,592 --> 01:23:17,926 -- ACCIDENTS. 2562 01:23:17,926 --> 01:23:18,259 -- [APPLAUSE] 2563 01:23:18,259 --> 01:23:20,595 -- THANK YOU. 2564 01:23:20,595 --> 01:23:23,164 -- THANK YOU, MR. 2565 01:23:23,164 --> 01:23:23,498 -- [APPLAUSE] 2566 01:23:23,498 --> 01:23:23,765 -- DAVIS. 2567 01:23:23,765 --> 01:23:25,633 -- [APPLAUSE] 2568 01:23:25,633 --> 01:23:27,402 -- NEXT UP IS DANIEL HEPPNER, 2569 01:23:27,402 --> 01:23:31,272 FOLLOWED BY CLINTON ATTAWAY. 2570 01:23:31,272 --> 01:23:32,941 -- HELLO. 2571 01:23:32,941 --> 01:23:33,274 -- I LIVE IN. 2572 01:23:33,274 --> 01:23:34,442 -- CAPITOL HILL IN DISTRICT 2573 01:23:34,442 --> 01:23:36,678 THREE AND DANIEL HEPPNER. IN 2574 01:23:36,678 --> 01:23:39,014 2019, WHEN I MOVED TO SEATTLE, I 2575 01:23:39,014 --> 01:23:40,482 MADE THE DECISION WITH MY 2576 01:23:40,482 --> 01:23:41,483 GIRLFRIEND. WE BOTH SOLD OUR 2577 01:23:41,483 --> 01:23:45,320 CARS AND EVERY DAY THAT DECISION 2578 01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:46,755 SAVES ME MORE MONEY THAN THE 2579 01:23:46,755 --> 01:23:47,889 SALES TAX WOULD COST ME IN A 2580 01:23:47,889 --> 01:23:51,726 YEAR. IT COST US IN A YEAR THAT 2581 01:23:51,726 --> 01:23:55,930 SAID, 2019 WAS ONE OF THE BEST 2582 01:23:55,930 --> 01:23:56,598 YEARS FOR SEATTLE'S BUS NETWORK. 2583 01:23:56,598 --> 01:23:58,400 AT LEAST IN THE TIME THAT I'VE 2584 01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:00,268 LIVED HERE, BECAUSE RIGHT AFTER 2585 01:24:00,268 --> 01:24:02,437 THAT COVID HIT AND THE BUS 2586 01:24:02,437 --> 01:24:04,072 NETWORK WAS SLASHED BACK THEN, A 2587 01:24:04,072 --> 01:24:05,640 FREQUENT A FREQUENT ROUTE WAS 2588 01:24:05,640 --> 01:24:08,576 ONE THAT CAME EVERY TEN MINUTES, 2589 01:24:08,576 --> 01:24:11,146 NOT EVERY 15 MINUTES LIKE TODAY. 2590 01:24:11,146 --> 01:24:13,481 AND YEAH, OUR BUS NETWORK HAS A 2591 01:24:13,481 --> 01:24:14,916 LONG WAY TO GO TO FULLY RECOVER 2592 01:24:14,916 --> 01:24:19,087 TO WHERE IT WAS. NOW, SIX YEARS 2593 01:24:19,087 --> 01:24:20,688 LATER, WE NEED TO BE TAKING THE 2594 01:24:20,688 --> 01:24:22,157 PATH OF BOOSTING TRANSIT SERVICE 2595 01:24:22,157 --> 01:24:24,526 AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO 2596 01:24:24,526 --> 01:24:25,627 THE CITY'S FREQUENT TRANSIT 2597 01:24:25,627 --> 01:24:28,463 NETWORK. GOAL. ANOTHER PERSONAL 2598 01:24:28,463 --> 01:24:29,497 EXAMPLE HERE FROM JUST A MONTH 2599 01:24:29,497 --> 01:24:31,332 AGO, WHEN I NEEDED TO GET TO THE 2600 01:24:31,332 --> 01:24:33,435 AIRPORT AT 5 A.M., THANKS TO 2601 01:24:33,435 --> 01:24:35,303 SOUND TRANSIT'S NEW NIGHT BUS 2602 01:24:35,303 --> 01:24:36,704 SERVICE FROM DOWNTOWN, I WAS 2603 01:24:36,704 --> 01:24:38,206 ABLE TO SAVE $60 ON AN UBER TO 2604 01:24:38,206 --> 01:24:41,976 THE AIRPORT, BUT I STILL HAD TO 2605 01:24:41,976 --> 01:24:43,745 GET A $15 UBER JUST TO GET 2606 01:24:43,745 --> 01:24:44,979 DOWNTOWN FROM CAPITOL HILL 2607 01:24:44,979 --> 01:24:47,482 BECAUSE THE CITY'S LOCAL NIGHT 2608 01:24:47,482 --> 01:24:48,116 BUS SERVICE IS UNDERFUNDED AND 2609 01:24:48,116 --> 01:24:50,251 WOULD HAVE FORCED ME TO WAIT 2610 01:24:50,251 --> 01:24:53,087 DOWNTOWN FOR 30 MINUTES. 2611 01:24:53,087 --> 01:24:54,355 AMENDMENTS 13, FIVE, THREE AND 2612 01:24:54,355 --> 01:24:56,057 FOUR WOULD ALL MOVE US FURTHER 2613 01:24:56,057 --> 01:24:58,960 FROM THAT FREQUENT TRANSIT 2614 01:24:58,960 --> 01:25:01,196 NETWORK GOAL, REDUCING THE SALES 2615 01:25:01,196 --> 01:25:03,131 TAX RATE WITH AMENDMENT 13 SAVES 2616 01:25:03,131 --> 01:25:04,099 EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC A TINY 2617 01:25:04,099 --> 01:25:05,667 AMOUNT OF MONEY EACH YEAR, BUT 2618 01:25:05,667 --> 01:25:07,569 RESULTS IN HUGE AND NOTICEABLE 2619 01:25:07,569 --> 01:25:08,470 REDUCTIONS IN SERVICE. THAT WILL 2620 01:25:08,470 --> 01:25:13,108 LEAVE MORE PEOPLE HAVING TO TAKE 2621 01:25:13,108 --> 01:25:14,209 UBERS TO GET DOWNTOWN. I ALSO 2622 01:25:14,209 --> 01:25:16,244 WANT TO CALL IT AMENDMENT FOUR 2623 01:25:16,244 --> 01:25:17,979 IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE I'M JUST 2624 01:25:17,979 --> 01:25:18,880 TIRED OF THE GOVERNMENT MAKING 2625 01:25:18,880 --> 01:25:20,315 THINGS THAT SHOULD BE MANAGED BY 2626 01:25:20,315 --> 01:25:23,618 PROFESSIONALS LIKE TRANSIT 2627 01:25:23,618 --> 01:25:25,520 SERVICE CHOICES INTO CLINICAL 2628 01:25:25,520 --> 01:25:27,122 QUESTIONS. LET THE METRO SERVICE 2629 01:25:27,122 --> 01:25:27,956 PLANNERS DO THEIR JOB. THANK 2630 01:25:27,956 --> 01:25:33,461 YOU. 2631 01:25:33,461 --> 01:25:33,795 -- THANK YOU. 2632 01:25:33,795 --> 01:25:35,563 -- WE'LL HEAR NEXT FROM CLINTON 2633 01:25:35,563 --> 01:25:39,534 ATTAWAY, FOLLOWED BY TANISHA 2634 01:25:39,534 --> 01:25:39,834 SEPULVEDA. 2635 01:25:39,834 --> 01:25:41,102 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, 2636 01:25:41,102 --> 01:25:42,170 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 2637 01:25:42,170 --> 01:25:44,706 NATALIE. LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO. 2638 01:25:44,706 --> 01:25:46,908 SHOUT OUT TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2639 01:25:46,908 --> 01:25:48,710 AND CHAIR SAKA. THANK YOU FOR 2640 01:25:48,710 --> 01:25:51,579 HOSTING THIS. WE BEGAN THIS 2641 01:25:51,579 --> 01:25:53,047 MEETING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING 2642 01:25:53,047 --> 01:25:54,149 THAT WE'RE HOSTING FOR PUBLIC 2643 01:25:54,149 --> 01:25:56,851 INPUT, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO 2644 01:25:56,851 --> 01:25:58,486 BUILD PUBLIC TRUST. AND I'VE 2645 01:25:58,486 --> 01:25:59,420 BEEN KEEPING A TALLY OF THE 2646 01:25:59,420 --> 01:26:02,157 PUBLIC INPUT, AND IT IS SHORT OF 2647 01:26:02,157 --> 01:26:05,527 UNIVERSAL AGAINST THREE, FOUR, 2648 01:26:05,527 --> 01:26:07,962 FIVE AND 13. THERE ARE NO 2649 01:26:07,962 --> 01:26:09,664 ADVOCATES HERE FOR 13 OR 4 OR 2650 01:26:09,664 --> 01:26:11,432 FIVE. AND WE HEARD ONE FOR 2651 01:26:11,432 --> 01:26:15,937 THREE. SO IF THAT PUBLIC INPUT 2652 01:26:15,937 --> 01:26:18,306 IS THEN IMMEDIATELY REJECTED, IF 2653 01:26:18,306 --> 01:26:22,377 THAT CAN'T MOVE THE DIAL IN ANY 2654 01:26:22,377 --> 01:26:23,177 WAY, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S 2655 01:26:23,177 --> 01:26:25,446 GOING TO LEAD US TO AN INCREASE 2656 01:26:25,446 --> 01:26:27,115 IN PUBLIC TRUST. I THINK THAT'S 2657 01:26:27,115 --> 01:26:29,150 ONLY GOING TO FURTHER US FROM 2658 01:26:29,150 --> 01:26:31,819 THAT OBJECTIVE. SO THANK YOU 2659 01:26:31,819 --> 01:26:32,186 -- [APPLAUSE]. 2660 01:26:32,186 --> 01:26:38,927 -- THANK YOU. CLINTON. 2661 01:26:38,927 --> 01:26:41,963 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM TANISHA 2662 01:26:41,963 --> 01:26:48,836 SEPULVEDA, FOLLOWED BY AVERY 2663 01:26:48,836 --> 01:26:50,438 -- CAN YOU. OKAY. HEY, EVERYONE. 2664 01:26:50,438 --> 01:26:54,976 AND COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS 2665 01:26:54,976 --> 01:26:56,811 TANISHA SEPULVEDA AND I AM HERE 2666 01:26:56,811 --> 01:26:59,881 IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE STM 2667 01:26:59,881 --> 01:27:03,718 MEASURE. ALSO JOINING THOSE IN 2668 01:27:03,718 --> 01:27:04,686 REJECTING AMENDMENTS THREE, 2669 01:27:04,686 --> 01:27:09,357 FOUR, FIVE AND 13 AS A PERSON 2670 01:27:09,357 --> 01:27:11,459 WITH A DISABILITY, I HEAVILY 2671 01:27:11,459 --> 01:27:13,561 RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT. AS MANY 2672 01:27:13,561 --> 01:27:15,063 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DO. 2673 01:27:15,063 --> 01:27:16,998 HAVING A PRIVATE VEHICLE, AND 2674 01:27:16,998 --> 01:27:18,466 ESPECIALLY ONE THAT'S WHEELCHAIR 2675 01:27:18,466 --> 01:27:22,036 ACCESSIBLE, IS EXTREMELY COSTLY. 2676 01:27:22,036 --> 01:27:24,806 NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO 2677 01:27:24,806 --> 01:27:27,909 TRANSIT DOES PUSH US OUT OF THE 2678 01:27:27,909 --> 01:27:29,277 CITY AND AWAY FROM RESOURCES 2679 01:27:29,277 --> 01:27:32,247 THAT ARE VITAL TO PEOPLE'S 2680 01:27:32,247 --> 01:27:33,281 EVERYDAY NEEDS. ALSO, AS A 2681 01:27:33,281 --> 01:27:34,315 PERSON WITH A DISABILITY, YOU 2682 01:27:34,315 --> 01:27:35,817 KNOW THAT I WILL BE ONE OF THE 2683 01:27:35,817 --> 01:27:37,151 FIRST PEOPLE TO BE IN FULL 2684 01:27:37,151 --> 01:27:39,520 SUPPORT OF SIDEWALKS. HOWEVER, 2685 01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:42,190 THIS IS NOT THE TIME OR MONEY TO 2686 01:27:42,190 --> 01:27:43,958 DO THAT WITH. WE CAN DO THAT 2687 01:27:43,958 --> 01:27:47,061 SEPARATELY. WE DEFINITELY NEED 2688 01:27:47,061 --> 01:27:49,464 MORE PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICE. I 2689 01:27:49,464 --> 01:27:52,934 LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE IN WEST 2690 01:27:52,934 --> 01:27:55,503 SEATTLE, AND IT TAKES ABOUT AN 2691 01:27:55,503 --> 01:27:57,538 HOUR FOR ME IN HIGHLAND PARK TO 2692 01:27:57,538 --> 01:28:00,308 GET TO ALKI BEACH, WHICH IS ALSO 2693 01:28:00,308 --> 01:28:01,643 IN WEST SEATTLE. IT TAKES THE 2694 01:28:01,643 --> 01:28:02,977 SAME AMOUNT OF TIME FOR ME TO 2695 01:28:02,977 --> 01:28:04,746 GET TO THE UNIVERSITY OF 2696 01:28:04,746 --> 01:28:08,082 WASHINGTON, WHICH IS TWICE THE 2697 01:28:08,082 --> 01:28:10,952 DISTANCE. AND NOT TO MENTION 2698 01:28:10,952 --> 01:28:11,619 ALSO THAT FOR PEOPLE WITH 2699 01:28:11,619 --> 01:28:13,521 DISABILITIES, THERE IS ACCESS, 2700 01:28:13,521 --> 01:28:15,990 PARATRANSIT SERVICE. HOWEVER, 2701 01:28:15,990 --> 01:28:20,261 THAT SERVICE AREA IS DICTATED BY 2702 01:28:20,261 --> 01:28:21,296 THE METRO SERVICE AREA, SO IT 2703 01:28:21,296 --> 01:28:23,965 WILL ONLY SERVE CUSTOMERS WITHIN 2704 01:28:23,965 --> 01:28:26,234 THREE QUARTER MILES OF THE BUS 2705 01:28:26,234 --> 01:28:28,002 LINES. SO EXPANDING THE BUS 2706 01:28:28,002 --> 01:28:32,807 LINES AND EXPANDING SERVICE ALSO 2707 01:28:32,807 --> 01:28:33,608 HELPS IN THOSE WAYS THAT YOU MAY 2708 01:28:33,608 --> 01:28:35,877 NOT BE AWARE OF. SO BY DOING 2709 01:28:35,877 --> 01:28:38,446 THIS, YOU ARE FULLY SUPPORTING 2710 01:28:38,446 --> 01:28:40,615 PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND 2711 01:28:40,615 --> 01:28:42,617 THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS 2712 01:28:42,617 --> 01:28:44,619 CANNOT AFFORD OR CHOOSE NOT TO 2713 01:28:44,619 --> 01:28:44,852 DRIVE. 2714 01:28:44,852 --> 01:28:45,186 -- [APPLAUSE] 2715 01:28:45,186 --> 01:28:47,588 -- THANK YOU. 2716 01:28:47,588 --> 01:28:51,926 -- THANK YOU. 2717 01:28:51,926 --> 01:28:52,260 -- [APPLAUSE] 2718 01:28:52,260 --> 01:28:52,560 -- TANISHA. 2719 01:28:52,560 --> 01:28:52,894 -- [APPLAUSE] 2720 01:28:52,894 --> 01:28:57,732 -- NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM AVERY, 2721 01:28:57,732 --> 01:29:05,540 FOLLOWED BY JASMINE SMITH. 2722 01:29:05,773 --> 01:29:11,846 -- HI. COUNCILMEMBERS. I WANT TO 2723 01:29:11,846 --> 01:29:13,514 TALK ABOUT LAST THURSDAY WHEN 2724 01:29:13,514 --> 01:29:14,449 THE TRAIN BROKE. I THINK WE ALL 2725 01:29:14,449 --> 01:29:16,884 KNOW THE TRAIN BROKE FROM 2726 01:29:16,884 --> 01:29:18,619 ROUGHLY CAPITOL HILL TO 2727 01:29:18,619 --> 01:29:19,287 NORTHGATE. AND WHEN THAT 2728 01:29:19,287 --> 01:29:20,621 HAPPENED, I WENT OUT NOT NEEDING 2729 01:29:20,621 --> 01:29:23,324 TO RIDE THE TRAIN VERY LUCKILY. 2730 01:29:23,324 --> 01:29:25,126 BUT THERE WAS A LINE FOR MORE 2731 01:29:25,126 --> 01:29:26,761 THAN 20 MINUTES TO GET ON THE 2732 01:29:26,761 --> 01:29:28,830 SHUTTLE BUS TO GO NORTH FROM 2733 01:29:28,830 --> 01:29:31,199 CAPITOL HILL. THE LINE WENT FROM 2734 01:29:31,199 --> 01:29:32,600 THE BUS STOP, THE EIGHT BUS STOP 2735 01:29:32,600 --> 01:29:35,570 THAT'S NORMALLY GOING EASTBOUND 2736 01:29:35,570 --> 01:29:36,971 FROM THERE, ALL THE WAY AROUND 2737 01:29:36,971 --> 01:29:38,306 THE ENTIRE BLOCK. PEOPLE WERE 2738 01:29:38,306 --> 01:29:39,807 LINED UP, SITTING IN THE HOT 2739 01:29:39,807 --> 01:29:41,309 SUN, UNHAPPY AND GRUMPY BECAUSE 2740 01:29:41,309 --> 01:29:42,610 THEY SHOWED UP EXPECTING FOUR 2741 01:29:42,610 --> 01:29:45,213 MINUTE SERVICE, AND THEY GOT A 2742 01:29:45,213 --> 01:29:46,447 25 MINUTE TRANSFER IN THE MIDDLE 2743 01:29:46,447 --> 01:29:48,816 OF THEIR RIDE, AND EVEN SLOWER 2744 01:29:48,816 --> 01:29:50,218 SERVICE. ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE 2745 01:29:50,218 --> 01:29:52,153 NOT HERE, BUT THEY ARE TAKING 2746 01:29:52,153 --> 01:29:53,321 TRANSIT EVERY DAY. AND THOSE ARE 2747 01:29:53,321 --> 01:29:55,823 THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THIS ON 2748 01:29:55,823 --> 01:29:57,125 BEHALF OF ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, 2749 01:29:57,125 --> 01:29:58,659 WE WANT A MORE FREQUENT, FAST 2750 01:29:58,659 --> 01:30:00,595 AND REGIONWIDE TRANSPORTATION 2751 01:30:00,595 --> 01:30:02,697 NETWORK. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I 2752 01:30:02,697 --> 01:30:04,732 AM SPOILED BY THAT SAME FOUR 2753 01:30:04,732 --> 01:30:07,001 MINUTE FREQUENCY WHEN I TAKE THE 2754 01:30:07,001 --> 01:30:09,937 BUS, WHETHER THAT'S THE D OR 2755 01:30:09,937 --> 01:30:12,673 THE G OR EVEN THE H, I'M 2756 01:30:12,673 --> 01:30:14,709 DREADING THE WAIT. IT'S 5 OR 10 2757 01:30:14,709 --> 01:30:16,477 OR 15 MINUTES. AND ESPECIALLY 2758 01:30:16,477 --> 01:30:19,080 THE COMPLETE LACK OF NIGHT 2759 01:30:19,080 --> 01:30:20,448 FREQUENCY, I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING 2760 01:30:20,448 --> 01:30:21,916 TO BE THE SAME AS THE TRAIN IN 2761 01:30:21,916 --> 01:30:23,151 THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, BUT I 2762 01:30:23,151 --> 01:30:24,218 SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET HOME IN A 2763 01:30:24,218 --> 01:30:27,188 REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THIS 2764 01:30:27,188 --> 01:30:30,024 IS THE RIGHT USE FOR A SALES TAX 2765 01:30:30,024 --> 01:30:33,728 TO FUND LOCAL SERVICES FUNDING. 2766 01:30:33,728 --> 01:30:35,763 THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND IS THE 2767 01:30:35,763 --> 01:30:37,365 CAUSE OF OUR ULTRA HIGH SALES 2768 01:30:37,365 --> 01:30:39,634 TAX, NOT INCREASING SEATTLE 2769 01:30:39,634 --> 01:30:40,902 TRANSIT MEASURE. I HOPE YOU'LL 2770 01:30:40,902 --> 01:30:42,837 GO BIG AND MAKE THIS. MAKE THIS, 2771 01:30:42,837 --> 01:30:44,505 MAKE THIS. CREATE LOTS OF 2772 01:30:44,505 --> 01:30:47,375 SERVICE. THANK YOU. 2773 01:30:47,375 --> 01:30:52,113 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AVERY 2774 01:30:52,113 --> 01:30:54,482 -- NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM JASMINE 2775 01:30:54,482 --> 01:30:55,950 SMITH AFTER JASMINE. IF LESLIE 2776 01:30:55,950 --> 01:30:56,984 DANIELS HAS RETURNED, IT WILL BE 2777 01:30:56,984 --> 01:30:59,687 HER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. 2778 01:30:59,687 --> 01:31:00,888 -- HI, MY NAME IS JASMINE SMITH 2779 01:31:00,888 --> 01:31:02,156 AND I LIVE IN LOWER QUEEN ANNE 2780 01:31:02,156 --> 01:31:03,925 AND I WAS ABLE TO FALL IN LOVE 2781 01:31:03,925 --> 01:31:05,526 WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT 2782 01:31:05,526 --> 01:31:06,994 HAS ROBUST TRANSIT ACCESS 2783 01:31:06,994 --> 01:31:07,929 WHENEVER I MOVE, WHICH I HAVE TO 2784 01:31:07,929 --> 01:31:10,364 DO IN OCTOBER, OR CHANGE JOBS 2785 01:31:10,364 --> 01:31:11,232 LIKE I DID TWO YEARS AGO, THE 2786 01:31:11,232 --> 01:31:13,434 FIRST THING I LOOK AT IS TRANSIT 2787 01:31:13,434 --> 01:31:15,336 ACCESS. AND IF I CAN KEEP A 2788 01:31:15,336 --> 01:31:17,505 FREQUENT AND RELIABLE RIDE, 2789 01:31:17,505 --> 01:31:18,439 FREQUENT, RELIABLE SERVICE IS 2790 01:31:18,439 --> 01:31:19,040 THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR CITY AND 2791 01:31:19,040 --> 01:31:20,675 HOW PEOPLE CAN AFFORD TO LIVE 2792 01:31:20,675 --> 01:31:22,476 HERE, BUT ALSO HOW PEOPLE CAN 2793 01:31:22,476 --> 01:31:24,445 ENJOY EVERY CORNER OF OUR 2794 01:31:24,445 --> 01:31:26,147 BEAUTIFUL CITY AND COME 2795 01:31:26,147 --> 01:31:27,849 TOGETHER, OR GET HOME WITHOUT 2796 01:31:27,849 --> 01:31:29,317 CLOCKING IN A LOT OF MILES WITH 2797 01:31:29,317 --> 01:31:32,119 2 A.M. WALKS FROM THE HILL. WE 2798 01:31:32,119 --> 01:31:33,654 DO HAVE A REGRESSIVE TAX SYSTEM 2799 01:31:33,654 --> 01:31:34,689 AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT. BUT 2800 01:31:34,689 --> 01:31:36,624 WHAT'S MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN 2801 01:31:36,624 --> 01:31:38,359 RAISING THE SALES TAX IS A 2802 01:31:38,359 --> 01:31:40,061 LITTLE BIT IS CUTTING OUR BUS 2803 01:31:40,061 --> 01:31:41,863 SERVICES. WHEN I MOVE, I DON'T 2804 01:31:41,863 --> 01:31:43,497 WANT TO HAVE TO LEAVE MY 2805 01:31:43,497 --> 01:31:44,165 NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IF I DO HAVE 2806 01:31:44,165 --> 01:31:45,633 TO LEAVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY 2807 01:31:45,633 --> 01:31:47,535 NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE AN OPTION 2808 01:31:47,535 --> 01:31:50,438 WITH MORE TRANSIT ACCESS, NOT 2809 01:31:50,438 --> 01:31:52,840 LESS. FULLY FUND OUR PEOPLE'S 2810 01:31:52,840 --> 01:31:54,509 LIMO. A SAFE, VIBRANT AND 2811 01:31:54,509 --> 01:31:56,444 AFFORDABLE, WORLD CLASS CITY 2812 01:31:56,444 --> 01:31:58,980 DEPENDS ON IT. THANK YOU. 2813 01:31:58,980 --> 01:32:03,117 -- THANK YOU, 2814 01:32:03,117 --> 01:32:03,451 -- [APPLAUSE] 2815 01:32:03,451 --> 01:32:03,751 -- JASMINE. 2816 01:32:03,751 --> 01:32:05,219 -- AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE 2817 01:32:05,219 --> 01:32:07,021 TO CHECK TO SEE IF LESLIE 2818 01:32:07,021 --> 01:32:08,856 DANIELS, WHO WE PREVIOUSLY 2819 01:32:08,856 --> 01:32:09,524 PREVIOUSLY WASN'T AVAILABLE WHEN 2820 01:32:09,524 --> 01:32:10,091 HER NAME WAS CALLED, HAS 2821 01:32:10,091 --> 01:32:17,398 RETURNED TO THE BUILDING. CHAIR, 2822 01:32:17,398 --> 01:32:18,799 IT DOESN'T APPEAR MISS DANIELS 2823 01:32:18,799 --> 01:32:20,368 IS HERE. THEREFORE, WE ARE DONE 2824 01:32:20,368 --> 01:32:21,335 WITH THE LIST. 2825 01:32:21,335 --> 01:32:24,238 -- THANK YOU. JUST TO CONFIRM, 2826 01:32:24,238 --> 01:32:28,042 IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS NOT 2827 01:32:28,042 --> 01:32:28,576 YET SPOKEN WHO WANTS THE 2828 01:32:28,576 --> 01:32:29,577 OPPORTUNITY? LOOKS LIKE THERE'S 2829 01:32:29,577 --> 01:32:30,912 A GENTLEMAN HERE IN THE FRONT. 2830 01:32:30,912 --> 01:32:34,081 RED SHIRT. LET'S GET HIM TO 2831 01:32:34,081 --> 01:32:40,454 SIGN IN. AND AND. CAN HAVE SOME 2832 01:32:40,454 --> 01:32:47,995 TIME. 2833 01:32:48,229 --> 01:32:58,639 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 2834 01:33:05,780 --> 01:33:06,347 KEITH HAUBRICH. AFTER KEITH. WE 2835 01:33:06,347 --> 01:33:07,582 DO HAVE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN 2836 01:33:07,582 --> 01:33:10,718 SIGNING IN 2837 01:33:10,718 --> 01:33:11,085 -- WELL, KEITH. 2838 01:33:11,085 --> 01:33:12,720 -- HI. 2839 01:33:12,720 --> 01:33:14,889 -- IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. 2840 01:33:14,889 --> 01:33:17,525 -- I DON'T KNOW WHY TWO OF YOU 2841 01:33:17,525 --> 01:33:19,293 ARE MISSING. SO I WOULD SUGGEST 2842 01:33:19,293 --> 01:33:20,695 EVERYBODY EMAIL THESE TO AND 2843 01:33:20,695 --> 01:33:22,396 TELL THEM ABOUT ALL THE NUMBERS, 2844 01:33:22,396 --> 01:33:23,698 THE SAME NUMBERS THAT YOU'VE 2845 01:33:23,698 --> 01:33:24,365 BEEN HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN 2846 01:33:24,365 --> 01:33:29,971 WITH THE AMENDMENTS. MY 2847 01:33:29,971 --> 01:33:30,371 SITUATION IS AYE. 2848 01:33:30,371 --> 01:33:30,771 -- I'M AFRAID. 2849 01:33:30,771 --> 01:33:33,641 -- TO DRIVE. IT JUST SCARES ME 2850 01:33:33,641 --> 01:33:36,410 MOST. I'M I'M, I COULD GET IN 2851 01:33:36,410 --> 01:33:37,044 AN ACCIDENT IF I BLINK, YOU 2852 01:33:37,044 --> 01:33:39,280 KNOW, AND IF MY ATTENTION IS 2853 01:33:39,280 --> 01:33:41,182 DIVERTED. BUT MOST OF ALL, THE 2854 01:33:41,182 --> 01:33:44,552 ROAD RANGERS. 2855 01:33:44,552 --> 01:33:46,554 -- NOT WORKING HERE. OKAY. YEAH. 2856 01:33:46,554 --> 01:33:46,754 OKAY. 2857 01:33:46,754 --> 01:33:48,589 -- SO 2858 01:33:48,589 --> 01:33:50,424 -- I HAPPEN TO KNOW. 2859 01:33:50,424 --> 01:33:52,226 -- THE GUY THAT WORKED AT THE 2860 01:33:52,226 --> 01:33:52,927 NORTH BROADWAY QFC THAT WAS 2861 01:33:52,927 --> 01:33:54,395 KILLED BY A ROAD RANGER. ABOUT 2862 01:33:54,395 --> 01:33:58,866 MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO. AND ALSO 2863 01:33:58,866 --> 01:34:01,435 I'VE BEEN IN SEATTLE LONG 2864 01:34:01,435 --> 01:34:03,471 ENOUGH TO REMEMBER THE THE GUY 2865 01:34:03,471 --> 01:34:04,171 THAT SHOT THE BUS DRIVER GOING 2866 01:34:04,171 --> 01:34:09,810 OVER ONE OF THE OVERPASSES IN 2867 01:34:09,810 --> 01:34:10,678 FREMONT. AND I PERSONALLY KNOW I 2868 01:34:10,678 --> 01:34:12,646 HAD A COWORKER WHO GOT SHOT IN 2869 01:34:12,646 --> 01:34:14,515 THE BACK OF A BUS IN, IN 2870 01:34:14,515 --> 01:34:16,650 SEATTLE, GOING FROM HIS SECOND 2871 01:34:16,650 --> 01:34:20,254 JOB TO HIS THIRD JOB. AND WE CAN 2872 01:34:20,254 --> 01:34:23,457 DO BETTER THAN THIS. WE WE ARE A 2873 01:34:23,457 --> 01:34:26,994 RICH CITY, A WORLD CLASS CITY. 2874 01:34:26,994 --> 01:34:28,529 AND I'M THINKING OF OUR OTHER 2875 01:34:28,529 --> 01:34:30,931 WORLD CLASS CITIES LIKE IN 2876 01:34:30,931 --> 01:34:33,000 EUROPE, LUXEMBOURG HAS FREE 2877 01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:34,335 BUSSES AND CLEAN BUSSES AND 2878 01:34:34,335 --> 01:34:35,436 RELIABLE BUSSES THAT GO 2879 01:34:35,436 --> 01:34:35,970 STRAIGHT. TWO OF THEM GO 2880 01:34:35,970 --> 01:34:36,971 STRAIGHT FROM THE AIRPORT INTO 2881 01:34:36,971 --> 01:34:39,774 THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY. WE CAN 2882 01:34:39,774 --> 01:34:42,877 DO THAT TOO, IF WE'RE AMBITIOUS 2883 01:34:42,877 --> 01:34:44,445 ENOUGH. SO YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE 2884 01:34:44,445 --> 01:34:46,247 NUMBERS, THE AMENDMENTS TO 2885 01:34:46,247 --> 01:34:47,681 REJECT AND TO TO ADOPT. AND I 2886 01:34:47,681 --> 01:34:50,284 THINK YOU SHOULD BE CONVINCED BY 2887 01:34:50,284 --> 01:34:53,120 NOW. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT FOR 2888 01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:55,189 NOW. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 2889 01:34:55,189 --> 01:34:56,690 AND BY THE WAY, I LIVE IN 2890 01:34:56,690 --> 01:34:57,658 DISTRICT THREE AND TOMORROW I'M 2891 01:34:57,658 --> 01:34:58,926 GOING TO WILD WAVES. IT'S GOING 2892 01:34:58,926 --> 01:35:00,394 TO TAKE ME AN HOUR AND 45 2893 01:35:00,394 --> 01:35:02,396 MINUTES TO GET FROM CAPITOL HILL 2894 01:35:02,396 --> 01:35:05,199 TO WILD WAVES. SO THERE'S 2895 01:35:05,199 --> 01:35:05,566 SOMETHING ELSE 2896 01:35:05,566 --> 01:35:05,900 -- [LAUGHTER] 2897 01:35:05,900 --> 01:35:09,737 -- TO WORK ON. 2898 01:35:09,737 --> 01:35:10,271 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 2899 01:35:10,271 --> 01:35:14,775 -- THANK YOU KEITH. 2900 01:35:14,775 --> 01:35:16,677 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 2901 01:35:16,677 --> 01:35:21,015 RILEY BAUER. 2902 01:35:21,015 --> 01:35:23,651 -- HELLO, COUNCILMEMBERS. I WAS 2903 01:35:23,651 --> 01:35:25,419 NOT INITIALLY PLANNING TO SPEAK 2904 01:35:25,419 --> 01:35:26,320 ON THIS, SO I'LL DO MY BEST TO 2905 01:35:26,320 --> 01:35:30,191 KEEP THIS COHERENT. A LOT OF 2906 01:35:30,191 --> 01:35:30,791 PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY OUTLINED 2907 01:35:30,791 --> 01:35:31,692 REALLY GOOD REASONS TO MOVE 2908 01:35:31,692 --> 01:35:35,729 FORWARD WITH THIS MEASURE. FULLY 2909 01:35:35,729 --> 01:35:36,330 FUNDED REASONS MORE IMPORTANT 2910 01:35:36,330 --> 01:35:37,798 AND CRITICAL THAN MY OWN. BUT I 2911 01:35:37,798 --> 01:35:40,668 WANTED TO JUST SAY AS AS A CAR 2912 01:35:40,668 --> 01:35:41,969 OWNER, AS A HOMEOWNER IN THE 2913 01:35:41,969 --> 01:35:44,305 ROOSEVELT NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT I 2914 01:35:44,305 --> 01:35:45,239 DON'T HAVE TO RIDE THE BUS ALL 2915 01:35:45,239 --> 01:35:46,707 THE TIME, I DON'T HAVE TO RIDE 2916 01:35:46,707 --> 01:35:47,708 THE LIGHT RAIL. BUT I REALLY 2917 01:35:47,708 --> 01:35:49,710 LIKE TO, I PREFER TO, I WANT TO 2918 01:35:49,710 --> 01:35:51,512 DO THAT WHENEVER I CAN. I DON'T 2919 01:35:51,512 --> 01:35:53,280 WANT TO DRIVE. AND THE NUMBER 2920 01:35:53,280 --> 01:35:54,381 ONE CONSIDERATION FOR ME 2921 01:35:54,381 --> 01:35:55,583 PERSONALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO 2922 01:35:55,583 --> 01:35:56,717 WHETHER OR NOT TO DRIVE OR TO 2923 01:35:56,717 --> 01:35:58,285 TAKE TRANSIT, IS FREQUENCY OF 2924 01:35:58,285 --> 01:36:00,654 SERVICE. SO INCREASING SERVICE 2925 01:36:00,654 --> 01:36:03,357 IS JUST AN EASY WAY TO GET ME 2926 01:36:03,357 --> 01:36:04,358 OUT OF MY CAR. AND I THINK THERE 2927 01:36:04,358 --> 01:36:05,993 ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT 2928 01:36:05,993 --> 01:36:07,962 WOULD PREFER TO DO THAT AS MUCH 2929 01:36:07,962 --> 01:36:10,131 AS WE CAN, AND I'M HAPPY TO PAY 2930 01:36:10,131 --> 01:36:12,166 THE SMALL INCREASE IN SALES TAX 2931 01:36:12,166 --> 01:36:14,935 THAT THIS MIGHT COST. BUT YEAH, 2932 01:36:14,935 --> 01:36:16,137 SO PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH 2933 01:36:16,137 --> 01:36:16,871 THIS. THANK YOU. EVERYONE WHO 2934 01:36:16,871 --> 01:36:18,839 HAS SPOKEN ALREADY. AND THANK 2935 01:36:18,839 --> 01:36:22,376 YOU TO COUNCILMEMBERS AS WELL. 2936 01:36:22,376 --> 01:36:26,013 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 2937 01:36:26,013 --> 01:36:26,347 -- [APPLAUSE] 2938 01:36:26,347 --> 01:36:27,915 -- SHARING YOUR FEEDBACK. 2939 01:36:27,915 --> 01:36:30,484 -- WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE ANY 2940 01:36:30,484 --> 01:36:31,085 MORE REGISTERED SPEAKERS, BUT 2941 01:36:31,085 --> 01:36:32,219 WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THE 2942 01:36:32,219 --> 01:36:33,287 OPPORTUNITY TO ANYONE ELSE IN 2943 01:36:33,287 --> 01:36:34,822 CHAMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO 2944 01:36:34,822 --> 01:36:37,491 SPEAK. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU 2945 01:36:37,491 --> 01:36:38,926 PLEASE SIGN UP AND WE WILL HEAR 2946 01:36:38,926 --> 01:36:39,126 YOU. 2947 01:36:39,126 --> 01:36:41,595 -- WHO HASN'T YET SPOKEN ANY 2948 01:36:41,595 --> 01:36:45,266 FINAL. ANYONE ELSE NO. NO ONE 2949 01:36:45,266 --> 01:36:46,400 INSPIRED BY OUR LAST PUBLIC 2950 01:36:46,400 --> 01:36:47,334 COMMENTER WHO DIDN'T COME IN 2951 01:36:47,334 --> 01:36:50,070 HERE INTENDING TO SPEAK, BUT BUT 2952 01:36:50,070 --> 01:36:53,073 NEVERTHELESS CHOSE TO, WHICH WE 2953 01:36:53,073 --> 01:36:54,742 APPRECIATE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, 2954 01:36:54,742 --> 01:36:56,944 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THEN IF 2955 01:36:56,944 --> 01:36:59,613 THERE ARE NO MORE REGISTERED 2956 01:36:59,613 --> 01:37:01,582 PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 2957 01:37:01,582 --> 01:37:01,982 -- ONE MORE 000. 2958 01:37:01,982 --> 01:37:03,584 -- ONE MORE, ONE MORE, ONE MORE, 2959 01:37:03,584 --> 01:37:03,751 ONE 2960 01:37:03,751 --> 01:37:04,084 -- [APPLAUSE] 2961 01:37:04,084 --> 01:37:05,953 -- MORE. 2962 01:37:05,953 --> 01:37:06,287 -- [APPLAUSE] 2963 01:37:06,287 --> 01:37:08,189 -- THANK YOU. LET'S GET THEM TO 2964 01:37:08,189 --> 01:37:12,326 SIGN. SIGN UP AND WE'D LOVE TO 2965 01:37:12,326 --> 01:37:15,529 HAVE YOU SHARE YOUR 2966 01:37:15,529 --> 01:37:23,504 PERSPECTIVES. 2967 01:37:23,737 --> 01:37:34,081 -- ENCAPSULATED WHERE? 2968 01:37:59,840 --> 01:38:01,075 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 2969 01:38:01,075 --> 01:38:03,210 WILLIAM LAIRD. 2970 01:38:03,210 --> 01:38:04,445 -- WELCOME, WILLIAM. 2971 01:38:04,445 --> 01:38:04,845 -- WE MOVED HERE. 2972 01:38:04,845 --> 01:38:08,749 -- TO SEATTLE IN 1988 FROM 2973 01:38:08,749 --> 01:38:11,852 WASHINGTON, D.C. AND WHEN WE 2974 01:38:11,852 --> 01:38:13,420 MOVED IN, WE LIVED IN WEST 2975 01:38:13,420 --> 01:38:16,156 SEATTLE, ABOVE ALKI. WE USED TO 2976 01:38:16,156 --> 01:38:17,925 CATCH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ROOM 2977 01:38:17,925 --> 01:38:20,127 NUMBER, BUT CAME EVERY 30 2978 01:38:20,127 --> 01:38:22,796 MINUTES AND PRETTY SOON THEY 2979 01:38:22,796 --> 01:38:24,632 DOWNLOAD IT NOW WHERE THEY HAVE 2980 01:38:24,632 --> 01:38:26,634 A ROUTE 57 THAT COMES FOUR TIMES 2981 01:38:26,634 --> 01:38:28,135 IN THE MORNING, FIVE TIMES IN 2982 01:38:28,135 --> 01:38:29,503 THE EVENING GOING BACK INTO 2983 01:38:29,503 --> 01:38:31,205 TOWN. SO WE LOST THAT SERVICE 2984 01:38:31,205 --> 01:38:32,439 AND NOW WE HAVE TO WALK UP A 2985 01:38:32,439 --> 01:38:35,609 STEEP HILL TO GET UP ONTO 2986 01:38:35,609 --> 01:38:36,877 CALIFORNIA AVENUE. BUT WHAT I 2987 01:38:36,877 --> 01:38:38,412 WANTED TO COMMENT IS I'VE BEEN 2988 01:38:38,412 --> 01:38:40,714 SEEING THE TRANSIT FROM THAT 2989 01:38:40,714 --> 01:38:43,684 TIME TO TODAY, AND THEY'VE GONE 2990 01:38:43,684 --> 01:38:44,718 SO FAR AND THEY'VE DONE SO MUCH 2991 01:38:44,718 --> 01:38:47,888 THAT I HATE TO SEE PROGRESS STOP 2992 01:38:47,888 --> 01:38:49,623 AT THIS POINT. IT'S KIND OF 2993 01:38:49,623 --> 01:38:51,325 LIKE STARTING ON A HOUSE AND 2994 01:38:51,325 --> 01:38:52,559 THEN STOP. IT'LL START TO DECAY 2995 01:38:52,559 --> 01:38:53,661 A LITTLE BIT. THEN WHEN YOU 2996 01:38:53,661 --> 01:38:54,395 DECIDE YOU WANT TO MAKE IT 2997 01:38:54,395 --> 01:38:55,362 BETTER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 2998 01:38:55,362 --> 01:38:57,898 GO BACK AND REDO WHAT YOU 2999 01:38:57,898 --> 01:38:59,400 ALREADY HAD. AND MY PRO IS FOR 3000 01:38:59,400 --> 01:39:02,836 THE PAY, THE EXTRA TAX FOR THE 3001 01:39:02,836 --> 01:39:03,871 TRANSIT. IT'S YOU'VE GOT, 3002 01:39:03,871 --> 01:39:06,407 YOU'VE GOT A CITY THAT YOU CAN 3003 01:39:06,407 --> 01:39:09,076 PROVIDE WORK FOR DRIVERS, 3004 01:39:09,076 --> 01:39:12,179 TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE THAT 3005 01:39:12,179 --> 01:39:13,714 CAN'T DRIVE AND FILL THE BILL 3006 01:39:13,714 --> 01:39:17,518 FOR EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. 3007 01:39:17,518 --> 01:39:19,853 -- [APPLAUSE] [APPLAUSE] 3008 01:39:19,853 --> 01:39:20,187 -- THANK YOU. 3009 01:39:20,187 --> 01:39:20,521 -- [APPLAUSE] 3010 01:39:20,521 --> 01:39:23,324 -- THANK YOU SIR. I 3011 01:39:23,324 --> 01:39:23,657 -- [APPLAUSE] 3012 01:39:23,657 --> 01:39:27,795 -- THINK THAT'S IT. THERE ARE 3013 01:39:27,795 --> 01:39:29,663 NO MORE ADDITIONAL REGISTERED 3014 01:39:29,663 --> 01:39:30,597 SPEAKERS. JUST WANT TO CONFIRM 3015 01:39:30,597 --> 01:39:31,932 WITH OUR CLERK. NO, NO MORE 3016 01:39:31,932 --> 01:39:34,168 SIGNUPS. THAT WAS IT, MR. 3017 01:39:34,168 --> 01:39:37,271 WILLIAM, THERE. OKAY, COOL. 3018 01:39:37,271 --> 01:39:39,773 WELL, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN. 3019 01:39:39,773 --> 01:39:41,942 REALLY APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC 3020 01:39:41,942 --> 01:39:42,576 FEEDBACK HERE. THE ENGAGEMENT. 3021 01:39:42,576 --> 01:39:44,745 WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 3022 01:39:44,745 --> 01:39:46,914 TODAY'S IN-PERSON PUBLIC 3023 01:39:46,914 --> 01:39:49,616 HEARING. AND THANK YOU ALL AGAIN 3024 01:39:49,616 --> 01:39:53,354 FOR SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE SO 3025 01:39:53,354 --> 01:39:56,256 DIRECTLY WITH US, HELPING TO 3026 01:39:56,256 --> 01:39:58,092 ENRICH THE BROADER DIALOG AND 3027 01:39:58,092 --> 01:40:01,128 CONVERSATION. I APPRECIATE 3028 01:40:01,128 --> 01:40:02,196 EVERYONE WHO'S CONTRIBUTED TO A 3029 01:40:02,196 --> 01:40:02,730 THOUGHTFUL AND PRODUCTIVE 3030 01:40:02,730 --> 01:40:04,665 DISCUSSION TODAY. WE WILL 3031 01:40:04,665 --> 01:40:06,433 RECONVENE FOR THE FINAL MEETING 3032 01:40:06,433 --> 01:40:07,968 OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON 3033 01:40:07,968 --> 01:40:10,704 SEATTLE TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT 3034 01:40:10,704 --> 01:40:14,241 DISTRICT ON THURSDAY, JULY 16th, 3035 01:40:14,241 --> 01:40:16,176 2026 AT 9:30 A.M.. AT THIS 3036 01:40:16,176 --> 01:40:18,812 MEETING, WE WILL VOTE ON THE 3037 01:40:18,812 --> 01:40:20,247 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND THE 3038 01:40:20,247 --> 01:40:21,815 LEGISLATION ITSELF, WHICH WILL 3039 01:40:21,815 --> 01:40:23,851 ALLOW US TO SUBMIT A FINAL 3040 01:40:23,851 --> 01:40:25,152 PACKAGE TO THE FULL COUNCIL A 3041 01:40:25,152 --> 01:40:27,955 WEEK FROM TOMORROW. SO NEXT 3042 01:40:27,955 --> 01:40:30,024 TUESDAY FOR POSSIBLE APPROVAL 3043 01:40:30,024 --> 01:40:33,961 AGAIN AT THE JULY 21st, TUESDAY, 3044 01:40:33,961 --> 01:40:34,595 JULY 21st CITY COUNCIL MEETING 3045 01:40:34,595 --> 01:40:36,563 TO GET THIS ON THE BALLOT AND 3046 01:40:36,563 --> 01:40:38,766 LET VOTERS TAKE IT FROM THERE. 3047 01:40:38,766 --> 01:40:41,201 COLLEAGUES, IS THERE ANY FINAL 3048 01:40:41,201 --> 01:40:42,703 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 3049 01:40:42,703 --> 01:40:45,839 COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN 3050 01:40:45,839 --> 01:40:47,908 TODAY? HEARING AND SEEING NO 3051 01:40:47,908 --> 01:40:48,509 FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE 3052 01:40:48,509 --> 01:40:52,046 ADJOURNED. IT IS 6:44 P.M..