1 00:00:13,546 --> 00:00:20,220 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:23,790 -- YES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. 3 00:00:23,790 --> 00:00:25,625 THE AUGUST 6th, 2026 MEETING OF 4 00:00:25,625 --> 00:00:27,560 THE SAFETY, TRANSPORTATION 5 00:00:27,560 --> 00:00:29,195 ENGINEERING PROJECT. SPORTS AND 6 00:00:29,195 --> 00:00:29,829 EXPERIENCES COMMITTEE WILL COME 7 00:00:29,829 --> 00:00:31,865 TO ORDER. FORMERLY KNOWN AS 8 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:32,499 TRANSPORTATION, WATERFRONT AND 9 00:00:32,499 --> 00:00:34,801 SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE, IT IS 10 00:00:34,801 --> 00:00:37,103 A. 9:32 A.M. I AM ROB SAKA, 11 00:00:37,103 --> 00:00:38,438 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. WILL THE 12 00:00:38,438 --> 00:00:40,407 COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 13 00:00:40,407 --> 00:00:40,707 ROLL? 14 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:46,813 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 15 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:48,181 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 16 00:00:48,181 --> 00:00:50,183 COUNCILMEMBER. LIN. HERE VICE 17 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:53,720 CHAIR. RINCK. HERE. CHAIR SAKA. 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:54,954 HERE. CHAIR. THERE ARE THREE 19 00:00:54,954 --> 00:00:55,355 MEMBERS PRESENT. 20 00:00:55,355 --> 00:00:58,258 -- THANK YOU. LET THE RECORD 21 00:00:58,258 --> 00:00:58,825 REFLECT THAT. COUNCILMEMBER 22 00:00:58,825 --> 00:01:03,163 FOSTER IS EXCUSED. AND 23 00:01:03,163 --> 00:01:03,797 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS EXCUSED 24 00:01:03,797 --> 00:01:06,766 UNTIL HE ARRIVES. ALL RIGHT. IF 25 00:01:06,766 --> 00:01:07,634 THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 26 00:01:07,634 --> 00:01:10,770 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED HEARING 27 00:01:10,770 --> 00:01:12,705 AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE 28 00:01:12,705 --> 00:01:13,773 AGENDA IS HEREBY ADOPTED. ALL 29 00:01:13,773 --> 00:01:15,041 RIGHT. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, 30 00:01:15,041 --> 00:01:16,109 COLLEAGUES. MEMBERS OF THE 31 00:01:16,109 --> 00:01:18,545 PUBLIC, WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR 32 00:01:18,545 --> 00:01:20,246 JOINING US AT TODAY'S MEETING. 33 00:01:20,246 --> 00:01:22,449 BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY, I 34 00:01:22,449 --> 00:01:23,983 DO WANT TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS 35 00:01:23,983 --> 00:01:26,319 ON THE RECENT TRAGEDY THAT 36 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,622 OCCURRED ON SUNDAY, JULY 26th, 37 00:01:29,622 --> 00:01:32,292 AT THE SEATTLE CENTER. LIVES 38 00:01:32,292 --> 00:01:32,826 WERE SENSELESSLY LOST AND 39 00:01:32,826 --> 00:01:34,027 INNOCENT PEOPLE WHO SIMPLY 40 00:01:34,027 --> 00:01:37,130 WANTED TO ENJOY A FOOD FESTIVAL 41 00:01:37,130 --> 00:01:39,332 WERE FOREVER TRAUMATIZED AND 42 00:01:39,332 --> 00:01:44,070 IMPACTED. IN THE AFTERMATH, WE 43 00:01:44,070 --> 00:01:47,307 SAW BOTH THE BEST AND WORST OF 44 00:01:47,307 --> 00:01:49,542 OUR CITY BRAVE POLICE OFFICERS, 45 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:51,678 FIRST RESPONDERS, FIREFIGHTERS, 46 00:01:51,678 --> 00:01:54,247 CARE DEPARTMENT, CALL CENTER 47 00:01:54,247 --> 00:01:59,752 OPERATORS IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED 48 00:01:59,752 --> 00:02:02,188 AND SPD APPREHENDED A SUSPECT 49 00:02:02,188 --> 00:02:02,755 AND FURTHER AND ULTIMATELY 50 00:02:02,755 --> 00:02:05,258 PREVENTED FURTHER VIOLENCE. 51 00:02:05,258 --> 00:02:07,093 FIREFIGHTERS AND PARAMEDICS 52 00:02:07,093 --> 00:02:09,662 RISKED THEIR OWN SAFETY TO TREAT 53 00:02:09,662 --> 00:02:11,397 VICTIMS, SHOPKEEPERS AND VENDORS 54 00:02:11,397 --> 00:02:15,335 OFFER SHELTER TO TO ATTENDEES 55 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:15,902 WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS 56 00:02:15,902 --> 00:02:17,837 HAPPENING. THEIR BRAVERY IN THE 57 00:02:17,837 --> 00:02:19,672 FACE OF GRAVE DANGER DESERVES 58 00:02:19,672 --> 00:02:22,942 OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE, AND WE'VE 59 00:02:22,942 --> 00:02:24,511 ALSO SEEN THE BEST OF COMMUNITY 60 00:02:24,511 --> 00:02:30,049 AS WELL. KUDOS TO AMAZON FOR 61 00:02:30,049 --> 00:02:31,651 THEIR $350,000 INVESTMENT TO 62 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:34,988 SUPPORT SOME OF THE FOOD VENDORS 63 00:02:34,988 --> 00:02:36,289 AND RECOVERY FROM. IN THE 64 00:02:36,289 --> 00:02:39,125 AFTERMATH OF THOSE EVENTS. 65 00:02:39,125 --> 00:02:40,460 HOWEVER. HOWEVER, THERE WERE 66 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:44,631 ALSO SERIOUS SYSTEM FAILURES FOR 67 00:02:44,631 --> 00:02:47,567 EXAMPLE, ALERT SEATTLE, OUR 68 00:02:47,567 --> 00:02:48,168 CITY'S OFFICIAL EMERGENCY 69 00:02:48,168 --> 00:02:49,135 NOTIFICATION SYSTEM, WAS NOT 70 00:02:49,135 --> 00:02:50,904 USED. INITIAL INFORMATION 71 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:53,973 RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC WAS 72 00:02:53,973 --> 00:02:57,577 INACCURATE AND NOT TIMELY, AND 73 00:02:57,577 --> 00:03:00,413 THE PRESS CONFERENCE WAS HELD 74 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:01,047 FIVE HOURS AFTER THE SHOOTING. 75 00:03:01,047 --> 00:03:03,349 THE PUBLIC WAS LEFT IN THE DARK. 76 00:03:03,349 --> 00:03:06,920 LATER THAT WEEK, OF COURSE, 77 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:08,788 CHIEF BARNES RESIGNED AT THE 78 00:03:08,788 --> 00:03:10,156 REQUEST OF MAYOR WILSON. MY 79 00:03:10,156 --> 00:03:11,357 COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COUNCIL 80 00:03:11,357 --> 00:03:12,825 AND I LEARNED OF THIS THROUGH 81 00:03:12,825 --> 00:03:18,097 LOCAL MEDIA. MOST OF US. AND WE 82 00:03:18,097 --> 00:03:20,366 STILL HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN A 83 00:03:20,366 --> 00:03:23,169 FULL, CLEAR EXPLANATION FOR THE 84 00:03:23,169 --> 00:03:25,471 DECISION. THIS LACK OF 85 00:03:25,471 --> 00:03:28,641 COMMUNICATION FURTHER DAMAGES 86 00:03:28,641 --> 00:03:30,076 PUBLIC TRUST AND TRUST. THAT 87 00:03:30,076 --> 00:03:32,412 WILL TAKE TIME AND SUSTAINED, 88 00:03:32,412 --> 00:03:36,616 FOCUSED EFFORT TO REBUILD. MY 89 00:03:36,616 --> 00:03:39,886 OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS 90 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:40,520 CONTACT AND COMMUNICATION WITH 91 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,155 THE SEATTLE CENTER AND LOOKS 92 00:03:42,155 --> 00:03:44,324 FORWARD TO THEIR AFTER ACTION 93 00:03:44,324 --> 00:03:47,360 BRIEFING ON PUBLIC SAFETY. IN 94 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,730 THE MEANTIME, LET'S SUPPORT ONE 95 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,265 ANOTHER AND WORK TO ENSURE THAT 96 00:03:52,265 --> 00:03:54,734 OUR. THE VERY BEST OF OUR CITY, 97 00:03:54,734 --> 00:03:59,706 OUR COURAGE, COMPASSION, AND 98 00:03:59,706 --> 00:04:02,241 SOLIDARITY REMAINS VISIBLE AT 99 00:04:02,241 --> 00:04:07,013 ALL TIMES ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A 100 00:04:07,013 --> 00:04:09,449 FAIRLY STACKED AGENDA TODAY 101 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:11,251 WE'LL BEGIN WITH A REVIEW OF 102 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:13,419 TWO PROPOSED NOMINEES FOR THE 103 00:04:13,419 --> 00:04:14,020 CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT 104 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:16,189 COMMITTEE AND FIVE NOMINEES FOR 105 00:04:16,189 --> 00:04:18,691 THE SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY 106 00:04:18,691 --> 00:04:21,060 COMMISSION. BOTH ESSENTIAL 107 00:04:21,060 --> 00:04:22,829 BODIES THAT HELP STEWARD SOME OF 108 00:04:22,829 --> 00:04:25,064 SEATTLE'S MOST SIGNIFICANT 109 00:04:25,064 --> 00:04:25,965 PUBLIC SPACES. NOW, AS YOU KNOW, 110 00:04:25,965 --> 00:04:27,400 THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S BOARDS AND 111 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:28,501 COMMISSIONS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN 112 00:04:28,501 --> 00:04:32,005 OUR CIVIC GOVERNANCE. THEY 113 00:04:32,005 --> 00:04:35,108 HARNESS THE EXPERTISE AND LIVED 114 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:35,642 EXPERIENCES OF DEDICATED 115 00:04:35,642 --> 00:04:36,976 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS APPOINTED 116 00:04:36,976 --> 00:04:38,978 BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO 117 00:04:38,978 --> 00:04:40,680 ENSURE THAT OUR POLICIES AND 118 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,482 PROGRAMS REFLECT DIVERSE 119 00:04:42,482 --> 00:04:43,049 PERSPECTIVES AND INFORMED, 120 00:04:43,049 --> 00:04:47,320 COMMUNITY DRIVEN INPUT. THEIR 121 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:47,954 WORK STRENGTHENS TRANSPARENCY, 122 00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:49,922 ACCOUNTABILITY, AND 123 00:04:49,922 --> 00:04:53,459 COLLABORATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS 124 00:04:53,459 --> 00:04:55,662 AND PARTNERS CITYWIDE. THE 125 00:04:55,662 --> 00:04:56,262 CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT 126 00:04:56,262 --> 00:04:57,764 COMMITTEE AND THE SEATTLE CENTER 127 00:04:57,764 --> 00:04:59,265 ADVISORY COMMISSION, IN 128 00:04:59,265 --> 00:05:00,333 PARTICULAR, DEMONSTRATE JUST HOW 129 00:05:00,333 --> 00:05:01,968 IMPACTFUL THESE BODIES CAN TRULY 130 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:05,972 BE. THEY SERVE AS CONDUITS FOR 131 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:08,541 COMMUNITY CONCERNS, HELP US 132 00:05:08,541 --> 00:05:10,677 OVERSEE PUBLIC INVESTMENTS, AND 133 00:05:10,677 --> 00:05:11,277 PROVIDE VALUABLE GUIDANCE TO 134 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:12,645 KEEP OUR CIVIC AND CULTURAL 135 00:05:12,645 --> 00:05:15,481 ASSETS THRIVING OUR COMMITTEE'S 136 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:16,115 ROLE IN REVIEWING THESE NOMINEES 137 00:05:16,115 --> 00:05:17,417 IS AN ESSENTIAL STEP IN 138 00:05:17,417 --> 00:05:19,752 CONFIRMING THAT THESE ADVISORY 139 00:05:19,752 --> 00:05:23,122 BODIES HAVE THE EXPERTISE, 140 00:05:23,122 --> 00:05:25,858 CAPACITY AND DIVERSITY OF 141 00:05:25,858 --> 00:05:27,427 PERSPECTIVES NEEDED TO 142 00:05:27,427 --> 00:05:28,061 EFFECTIVELY SERVE AND REPRESENT 143 00:05:28,061 --> 00:05:30,730 SEATTLE WELL. AFTER WE COMPLETE 144 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:31,364 OUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF 145 00:05:31,364 --> 00:05:32,965 THESE APPOINTMENTS, WE'LL 146 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:36,302 RECEIVE AN OVERVIEW PRESENTATION 147 00:05:36,302 --> 00:05:41,174 ON WATERFRONT PARK A NEW ISH OR 148 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:41,774 NEWER ADDITION TO THE PURVIEW 149 00:05:41,774 --> 00:05:45,411 AND SCOPE OF THIS COMMITTEE. 150 00:05:45,411 --> 00:05:46,079 EARLIER THIS YEAR, AFTER WE 151 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:48,147 REVISED AND RESTRUCTURED OUR 152 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:49,749 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS. SO 153 00:05:49,749 --> 00:05:51,851 EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY 154 00:05:51,851 --> 00:05:53,186 TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR 155 00:05:53,186 --> 00:05:54,721 PARTNERS AT THE WATERFRONT. AND 156 00:05:54,721 --> 00:05:56,422 I ANTICIPATE THIS WILL BE THE 157 00:05:56,422 --> 00:05:58,024 FIRST OF MANY UPDATES WE'LL 158 00:05:58,024 --> 00:06:00,093 RECEIVE FROM OUR PARTNERS AT 159 00:06:00,093 --> 00:06:01,561 WATERFRONT ON THIS CRITICAL WORK 160 00:06:01,561 --> 00:06:05,598 AS IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. 161 00:06:05,598 --> 00:06:06,966 FINALLY, THE EVERYDAY, ORDINARY 162 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:10,737 COURSE OF BUSINESS. WE HAVE A 163 00:06:10,737 --> 00:06:13,005 REQUEST FROM SWEDISH HEALTH 164 00:06:13,005 --> 00:06:15,408 SERVICES TO MODIFY CONDITIONAL 165 00:06:15,408 --> 00:06:16,609 APPROVAL OF THEIR PETITION TO 166 00:06:16,609 --> 00:06:18,511 VACATE AN ALLEY IN THE FIRST 167 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:19,979 HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS AN 168 00:06:19,979 --> 00:06:22,782 IMPORTANT ITEM THAT REQUIRES 169 00:06:22,782 --> 00:06:24,550 CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, AND I 170 00:06:24,550 --> 00:06:25,752 APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S ENGAGEMENT 171 00:06:25,752 --> 00:06:28,287 AS WE MOVE THROUGH IT ALL RIGHT. 172 00:06:28,287 --> 00:06:30,356 THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON 173 00:06:30,356 --> 00:06:33,459 TO THE HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT 174 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:35,294 PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 175 00:06:35,294 --> 00:06:37,096 RELATE TO ITEMS ON TODAY'S 176 00:06:37,096 --> 00:06:38,297 AGENDA AND WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF 177 00:06:38,297 --> 00:06:39,732 THIS COMMITTEE CLERK. HOW MANY 178 00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:43,903 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? 179 00:06:43,903 --> 00:06:46,139 -- CHAIR, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO 180 00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:47,306 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND ZERO 181 00:06:47,306 --> 00:06:47,707 REMOTE SPEAKERS. 182 00:06:47,707 --> 00:06:48,741 -- THANK YOU. EACH SPEAKER WILL 183 00:06:48,741 --> 00:06:50,576 HAVE APPROXIMATELY TWO MINUTES. 184 00:06:50,576 --> 00:06:53,746 WE WILL START WITH THE IN-PERSON 185 00:06:53,746 --> 00:06:55,248 SPEAKERS FIRST. CLERK CAN YOU 186 00:06:55,248 --> 00:06:59,152 PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 187 00:06:59,152 --> 00:06:59,485 INSTRUCTIONS? 188 00:06:59,485 --> 00:07:00,753 -- PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE 189 00:07:00,753 --> 00:07:03,022 MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 190 00:07:03,022 --> 00:07:04,323 MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 191 00:07:04,323 --> 00:07:06,025 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 192 00:07:06,025 --> 00:07:08,227 REGISTERED. SPEAKERS WILL 193 00:07:08,227 --> 00:07:09,629 ALTERNATE BETWEEN SETS OF 194 00:07:09,629 --> 00:07:10,229 IN-PERSON AND REMOTE SPEAKERS 195 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:11,564 UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 196 00:07:11,564 --> 00:07:13,933 HAS ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 197 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:15,134 CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 198 00:07:15,134 --> 00:07:16,803 OF THEIR TIME. SPEAKERS MICS 199 00:07:16,803 --> 00:07:18,271 WILL BE MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END 200 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:19,639 THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THE 201 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:20,273 ALLOTTED TIME TO ALLOW US TO 202 00:07:20,273 --> 00:07:22,375 CALL ON THE NEXT SPEAKER. THE 203 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:23,342 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 204 00:07:23,342 --> 00:07:24,744 OPEN. WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 205 00:07:24,744 --> 00:07:30,483 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST, GINA 206 00:07:30,483 --> 00:07:33,085 KARABA. 207 00:07:33,085 --> 00:07:35,822 -- HELLO. I AM A 20 YEAR VENDOR 208 00:07:35,822 --> 00:07:37,790 AT THE PIKE PLACE MARKET. THANKS 209 00:07:37,790 --> 00:07:40,893 FOR RINGING THE BELL YESTERDAY. 210 00:07:40,893 --> 00:07:42,295 I'M ALSO ON THE COUNCIL AT THE 211 00:07:42,295 --> 00:07:44,764 PDA, AND I'M A CONSTITUENCY 212 00:07:44,764 --> 00:07:46,833 REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PIKE 213 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:48,267 PLACE MARKET CONSTITUENCY. I'M 214 00:07:48,267 --> 00:07:51,070 ON A ACCESSIBILITY COMMITTEE FOR 215 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:52,471 THE WATERFRONT, AND I HAVE BEEN 216 00:07:52,471 --> 00:07:54,106 INVOLVED IN THE WATERFRONT 217 00:07:54,106 --> 00:07:56,542 DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2006 ON 218 00:07:56,542 --> 00:07:59,779 STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEES. I WOULD 219 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:03,316 REALLY LOVE TO SEE. I'M WATCHING 220 00:08:03,316 --> 00:08:04,550 THE SHUTTLE OF WATERFRONT AND 221 00:08:04,550 --> 00:08:06,185 HOW SUCCESSFUL IT IS. AND I KNOW 222 00:08:06,185 --> 00:08:09,288 THERE WAS A PLAN TO DO A TROLLEY 223 00:08:09,288 --> 00:08:14,160 ON FIRST AVENUE, WHICH SEEMS 224 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,795 VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE AND HAVING 225 00:08:15,795 --> 00:08:17,330 A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH ACTUALLY 226 00:08:17,330 --> 00:08:19,966 GETTING TO BUSINESSES. BUT I 227 00:08:19,966 --> 00:08:22,268 WOULD LOVE TO SEE A SHUTTLE FOR 228 00:08:22,268 --> 00:08:25,271 THE MARKET THAT GOES FROM THE 229 00:08:25,271 --> 00:08:27,006 STADIUMS. PIONEER SQUARE THE 230 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:28,875 MARKET, AND POSSIBLY EVEN TO THE 231 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:30,776 SPACE NEEDLE AND POINTS THAT 232 00:08:30,776 --> 00:08:32,678 THEY CAN CONNECT TO THE 233 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:34,113 WATERFRONT SHUTTLE. THERE'S A 234 00:08:34,113 --> 00:08:36,549 LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH 235 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:39,085 ACCESSIBILITY, WITH HANDICAP 236 00:08:39,085 --> 00:08:40,119 ACCESS AND PEOPLE TRYING TO GET 237 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:43,689 AROUND THE CITY IS I HEAR A LOT 238 00:08:43,689 --> 00:08:45,191 OF FRUSTRATION, AND I REALLY 239 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:46,459 THINK, YOU KNOW, A SHUTTLE BUS 240 00:08:46,459 --> 00:08:48,127 THAT LOOKS LIKE A TROLLEY WOULD 241 00:08:48,127 --> 00:08:50,696 BE AMAZING FOR OUR CITY AND FOR 242 00:08:50,696 --> 00:08:52,131 GETTING PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH TO 243 00:08:52,131 --> 00:08:53,232 ALL THESE AREAS THAT THEY REALLY 244 00:08:53,232 --> 00:08:54,100 WOULD LOVE TO GO TO, BUT THEY 245 00:08:54,100 --> 00:08:56,035 JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO 246 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:57,470 WALK. THEY CAN'T AFFORD AN 247 00:08:57,470 --> 00:08:58,838 UBER. ALL THESE DIFFERENT 248 00:08:58,838 --> 00:09:02,875 REASONS. THANK YOU. 249 00:09:02,875 --> 00:09:03,342 -- THANK YOU MA'AM. 250 00:09:03,342 --> 00:09:06,979 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE 251 00:09:06,979 --> 00:09:12,451 CLIVE HAYWARD. 252 00:09:12,451 --> 00:09:13,052 -- MY NAME IS CLIVE HAYWARD. 253 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:15,721 I'M A MAGICIAN. I PERFORMED ON 254 00:09:15,721 --> 00:09:17,256 THE SEATTLE WATERFRONT FOR 11 255 00:09:17,256 --> 00:09:19,692 YEARS. THE FREE SPEECH BOX 256 00:09:19,692 --> 00:09:21,294 SYSTEM MAY LOOK GOOD ON PAPER. 257 00:09:21,294 --> 00:09:23,796 IT IS BROKEN. IT MANUFACTURES 258 00:09:23,796 --> 00:09:27,233 CONFLICT. 20 ACRES OF PARKLAND, 259 00:09:27,233 --> 00:09:29,535 FIVE BOXES FOR PERFORMERS. NO 260 00:09:29,535 --> 00:09:31,504 OTHER COMPARABLE PUBLIC SPACE IN 261 00:09:31,504 --> 00:09:35,308 NORTH AMERICA HAS SO FEW. WHEN 262 00:09:35,308 --> 00:09:36,008 THEY'RE TAKEN, THERE'S NOWHERE 263 00:09:36,008 --> 00:09:39,378 FOR ME TO STAND. EVEN ON AN 264 00:09:39,378 --> 00:09:40,846 EMPTY PROMENADE. SO I CAN'T WORK 265 00:09:40,846 --> 00:09:45,217 OR AN OFFICER MOVES ME THAT THAT 266 00:09:45,217 --> 00:09:48,220 ENDS IN EXCLUSION. A CRIMINAL 267 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:48,821 TRESPASS CHARGE FROM A PUBLIC 268 00:09:48,821 --> 00:09:50,756 SPACE. AT LEAST SIX PERFORMERS 269 00:09:50,756 --> 00:09:52,525 HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED. NONE FOR 270 00:09:52,525 --> 00:09:55,828 SAFETY REASONS. IT WAS BUILT 271 00:09:55,828 --> 00:09:57,430 WITHOUT US. THE. THEY WILL SAY 272 00:09:57,430 --> 00:09:59,665 THAT THEY WALKED THE PROMENADE 273 00:09:59,665 --> 00:10:01,200 WITH THEM ONCE A MONTH AFTER I 274 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:04,203 WAS. I ASKED AFTER THE BOX 275 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:06,973 SYSTEM ALREADY EXISTS AND ONLY 276 00:10:06,973 --> 00:10:09,175 AFTER EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING 277 00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:11,544 INCIDENT WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA. A 278 00:10:11,544 --> 00:10:12,712 SECURITY OFFICER TOLD ME ON 279 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:16,515 CAMERA, QUOTE, WE DON'T LIKE TOO 280 00:10:16,515 --> 00:10:17,917 MANY BUSKERS ANYMORE. HE SAID, 281 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:20,386 IT COMES FROM ABOVE AND IT GOES 282 00:10:20,386 --> 00:10:22,555 COUNTER TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT 283 00:10:22,555 --> 00:10:24,123 AND CASE LAW, AND HE NEEDS HIS 284 00:10:24,123 --> 00:10:29,762 NAME OFF. IT. CONSIDERING WHO 285 00:10:29,762 --> 00:10:32,398 ENFORCES THIS. LAST AUGUST, THE 286 00:10:32,398 --> 00:10:34,500 SECURITY HANDCUFFED A PEDICAB 287 00:10:34,500 --> 00:10:36,168 DRIVER ON THE PROMENADE. WHEN 288 00:10:36,168 --> 00:10:37,770 POLICE ARRIVED, HE WAS ASKED 289 00:10:37,770 --> 00:10:39,438 WHAT LEGAL AUTHORITY THEY HAD. 290 00:10:39,438 --> 00:10:42,241 THEY COULDN'T ANSWER. HE HAD 291 00:10:42,241 --> 00:10:44,543 HIS CUFFS TAKEN OFF AND 292 00:10:44,543 --> 00:10:48,214 RELEASED. THEIR OWN SERGEANT WAS 293 00:10:48,214 --> 00:10:49,582 SERIOUSLY INJURED AND HAD 294 00:10:49,582 --> 00:10:52,752 APPARENTLY HIS KNEECAP BROKEN 295 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:53,986 AND GONE FOR MORE THAN NINE 296 00:10:53,986 --> 00:10:57,223 MONTHS OFF WORK THREE MONTHS 297 00:10:57,223 --> 00:10:59,325 BEFORE THAT, THEY ASSAULTED ME 298 00:10:59,325 --> 00:11:01,360 AND PUSHED ME ONTO THE TRAFFIC 299 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:06,932 ON ALASKAN WAY. NOTHING TODAY. 300 00:11:06,932 --> 00:11:09,101 ASKED WHETHER THIS IS LAWFUL, 301 00:11:09,101 --> 00:11:11,237 THE NINTH CIRCUIT ALREADY STRUCK 302 00:11:11,237 --> 00:11:11,871 DOWN SEATTLE CENTERS DESIGNATED 303 00:11:11,871 --> 00:11:13,806 PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS IN BURGER 304 00:11:13,806 --> 00:11:15,875 VERSUS CITY OF SEATTLE. I HAVE 305 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:18,811 MULTIPLE UNANSWERED NOTICES OF 306 00:11:18,811 --> 00:11:20,079 CLAIM LETTERS TO SEATTLE CENTER 307 00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:22,982 MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, INSPECTOR 308 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:26,085 GENERAL, AND THE OFFICE OF CIVIL 309 00:11:26,085 --> 00:11:26,318 RIGHTS. 310 00:11:26,318 --> 00:11:29,889 -- THANK YOU SIR 311 00:11:29,889 --> 00:11:32,124 -- CHAIR, THAT WAS OUR FINAL 312 00:11:32,124 --> 00:11:32,391 SPEAKER. 313 00:11:32,391 --> 00:11:34,460 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IF 314 00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:36,762 THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL 315 00:11:36,762 --> 00:11:37,363 REGISTERED SPEAKERS WILL NOW 316 00:11:37,363 --> 00:11:42,802 PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS 317 00:11:42,802 --> 00:11:45,304 LET'S SEE. WILL THE CLERK 318 00:11:45,304 --> 00:11:48,207 PLEASE READ ITEMS ONE AND TWO 319 00:11:48,207 --> 00:11:48,607 INTO THE RECORD. 320 00:11:48,607 --> 00:11:52,144 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE BRIEFING, 321 00:11:52,144 --> 00:11:52,745 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE 322 00:11:52,745 --> 00:11:54,180 APPOINTMENT OF BENJAMIN COHEN AS 323 00:11:54,180 --> 00:11:56,082 MEMBER. CENTRAL WATERFRONT 324 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:57,817 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM 325 00:11:57,817 --> 00:12:00,786 TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31st, 2027. 326 00:12:00,786 --> 00:12:01,721 AGENDA ITEM TWO BRIEFING, 327 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:03,789 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 328 00:12:03,789 --> 00:12:05,491 APPOINTMENT OF EPHRAIM SAHAR AS 329 00:12:05,491 --> 00:12:08,060 MEMBER CENTRAL WATERFRONT 330 00:12:08,060 --> 00:12:10,262 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR A TERM 331 00:12:10,262 --> 00:12:12,431 TO DECEMBER 31st, 2027. 332 00:12:12,431 --> 00:12:14,633 -- ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. LOOKS 333 00:12:14,633 --> 00:12:16,202 LIKE OUR PRESENTERS HAVE JOINED 334 00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:19,305 US AT THE TABLE. WELCOME. WHEN 335 00:12:19,305 --> 00:12:20,372 YOU'RE READY, PLEASE DO 336 00:12:20,372 --> 00:12:25,044 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND BEGIN 337 00:12:25,044 --> 00:12:25,478 YOUR PRESENTATION. 338 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:26,512 -- RANDY ENGSTROM, ACTING 339 00:12:26,512 --> 00:12:29,014 DIRECTOR, SEATTLE CENTER. 340 00:12:29,014 --> 00:12:30,883 -- TIFFANY MILWAUKEE WATERFRONT 341 00:12:30,883 --> 00:12:33,753 PARK OPERATIONS MANAGER, SEATTLE 342 00:12:33,753 --> 00:12:33,986 CENTER. 343 00:12:33,986 --> 00:12:35,821 -- THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TODAY, 344 00:12:35,821 --> 00:12:38,190 AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 345 00:12:38,190 --> 00:12:41,227 INTRODUCING OUR NEW ADVISORS. TO 346 00:12:41,227 --> 00:12:42,328 YOUR POINT, CHAIR SAKA. THEY DO, 347 00:12:42,328 --> 00:12:44,630 AND THEY PLAY AN INCREDIBLE ROLE 348 00:12:44,630 --> 00:12:45,664 IN SUPPORTING OUR WORK, BOTH AT 349 00:12:45,664 --> 00:12:46,799 THE CAMPUS AND AT THE 350 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:49,001 WATERFRONT. GIVEN WHAT WE'VE ALL 351 00:12:49,001 --> 00:12:50,669 BEEN THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF 352 00:12:50,669 --> 00:12:53,739 WEEKS, I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF 353 00:12:53,739 --> 00:12:54,740 NAME SOME OF THE SOME OF THE 354 00:12:54,740 --> 00:12:55,774 ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM FROM THE 355 00:12:55,774 --> 00:12:58,844 PERSPECTIVE OF OUR OF OUR 800 356 00:12:58,844 --> 00:13:00,579 STAFF, THE LAST TEN DAYS HAVE 357 00:13:00,579 --> 00:13:02,848 BEEN SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT 358 00:13:02,848 --> 00:13:04,216 IN SEATTLE CENTER'S HISTORY. 359 00:13:04,216 --> 00:13:05,551 AND WHILE WE CONTINUE TO GRIEVE 360 00:13:05,551 --> 00:13:07,353 ALONGSIDE THE FAMILIES, THE 361 00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:09,088 VICTIMS, AND EVERYONE AFFECTED 362 00:13:09,088 --> 00:13:10,556 BY THIS TRAGEDY, I'VE ALSO 363 00:13:10,556 --> 00:13:11,490 WITNESSED THE VERY BEST OF OUR 364 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:14,560 COMMUNITY. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL 365 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:15,895 FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE OF 366 00:13:15,895 --> 00:13:17,196 OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE 367 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:19,265 BRAVERY, COMPASSION AND 368 00:13:19,265 --> 00:13:19,899 PROFESSIONALISM SHOWN BY SEATTLE 369 00:13:19,899 --> 00:13:21,133 CENTER EMPLOYEES WHO RAN INTO 370 00:13:21,133 --> 00:13:25,538 DANGER AND RENDERED FIRST AID. 371 00:13:25,538 --> 00:13:26,572 RESIDENT ORGANIZATIONS, EVENT 372 00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,207 STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, VENDORS, 373 00:13:28,207 --> 00:13:30,776 ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS 374 00:13:30,776 --> 00:13:32,611 ALL STEPPED FORWARD TO CARE FOR 375 00:13:32,611 --> 00:13:34,046 OTHERS IN THE MIDST OF AN 376 00:13:34,046 --> 00:13:36,749 UNIMAGINABLE SITUATION. AS WE 377 00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:38,384 MOVE FORWARD, OUR FOCUS REMAINS 378 00:13:38,384 --> 00:13:40,085 ON SUPPORTING THOSE IMPACTED AND 379 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:42,688 LEARNING FROM WHAT HAPPENED. AS 380 00:13:42,688 --> 00:13:44,423 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA REFERENCED, 381 00:13:44,423 --> 00:13:47,293 WE ARE COMMITTED TO TO CAREFULLY 382 00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:49,161 AND FULLY COLLABORATING WITH OUR 383 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:49,728 PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS AND 384 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:50,863 IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES TO 385 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:51,697 STRENGTHEN OPERATIONS WHILE 386 00:13:51,697 --> 00:13:54,233 PRESERVING WHAT HAS ALWAYS MADE 387 00:13:54,233 --> 00:13:54,767 SEATTLE CENTER SPECIAL A 388 00:13:54,767 --> 00:13:55,267 WELCOMING PLACE FOR OUR 389 00:13:55,267 --> 00:13:56,869 COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO 390 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:58,737 CELEBRATE, CONNECT, HEAL, AND 391 00:13:58,737 --> 00:14:00,673 BELONG. AND THANKS TO THE 392 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,608 COUNCILMEMBERS WHO CAME DOWN TO 393 00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:03,842 THE VIGILS THAT HAPPENED AT THE 394 00:14:03,842 --> 00:14:04,777 CAMPUS AND HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH 395 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:08,681 WITH US, WE APPRECIATE THE 396 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:12,518 SUPPORT. 397 00:14:12,518 --> 00:14:15,221 -- OKAY, I'M GOING TO LEAD US 398 00:14:15,221 --> 00:14:16,722 INTO THE TWO APPOINTMENTS FOR 399 00:14:16,722 --> 00:14:20,092 THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT 400 00:14:20,092 --> 00:14:22,261 COMMITTEE. WE FIRST WANT TO GIVE 401 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:24,563 YOU A BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE 402 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:27,499 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THERE ARE 403 00:14:27,499 --> 00:14:30,603 20 APPOINTED MEMBERS THAT ARE 404 00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:34,440 MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE HAVE SIX 405 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:35,474 AT LARGE, EIGHT LEAD LOCAL 406 00:14:35,474 --> 00:14:37,610 IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TENANT AND 407 00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:39,979 OWNER POSITIONS, FIVE NONPROFIT 408 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:42,047 AND ONE PORT. THIS COMMITTEE IS 409 00:14:42,047 --> 00:14:44,383 A WORKING COMMITTEE. THEY REALLY 410 00:14:44,383 --> 00:14:46,952 PUT A LOT OF HEART AND SOUL AND 411 00:14:46,952 --> 00:14:48,687 HARD WORK INTO WHAT THEY'RE 412 00:14:48,687 --> 00:14:50,923 DOING EVERY YEAR WITH SEATTLE 413 00:14:50,923 --> 00:14:54,660 CENTER AND THE WATERFRONT 2021, 414 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:55,961 THEY WERE ASKED BY CITY COUNCIL 415 00:14:55,961 --> 00:14:58,097 TO DEVELOP A PERFORMANCE 416 00:14:58,097 --> 00:14:59,131 STANDARD THAT THE PARK WOULD BE 417 00:14:59,131 --> 00:15:01,934 ASSESSED ON ON AN ANNUAL BASIS 418 00:15:01,934 --> 00:15:03,936 TO MAKE SURE WE WERE MEETING OUR 419 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:05,671 EXPECTATIONS FOR PROGRAMING, 420 00:15:05,671 --> 00:15:09,341 ACTIVATION, MAINTENANCE AND 421 00:15:09,341 --> 00:15:11,610 PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS COMMITTEE 422 00:15:11,610 --> 00:15:12,544 PROVIDES A REPORT TO MAYOR AND 423 00:15:12,544 --> 00:15:14,713 COUNCIL AT THE END OF EVERY 424 00:15:14,713 --> 00:15:16,282 YEAR. AFTER DOING KIND OF A DEEP 425 00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:16,882 DIVE WITH SEATTLE CENTER AND 426 00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:19,218 FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT PARK ON 427 00:15:19,218 --> 00:15:23,822 WHAT THE OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR 428 00:15:23,822 --> 00:15:24,390 HAVE BEEN. A LITTLE BIT OF 429 00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:27,860 HISTORY. WE JUST WE STARTED OUR 430 00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:30,095 COMMITTEE WORK IN 2020. WE WERE 431 00:15:30,095 --> 00:15:31,130 ESTABLISHED IN 2019, COVID HIT. 432 00:15:31,130 --> 00:15:34,500 WE ENDED UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF 433 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:37,436 A HIATUS FROM COMMITTEE WORK. 434 00:15:37,436 --> 00:15:38,904 JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHAT 435 00:15:38,904 --> 00:15:41,974 WAS GOING ON. SO WE CAME BACK IN 436 00:15:41,974 --> 00:15:46,278 2023 AND AMENDED OUR TERMS THAT 437 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:48,080 WE HAD SET IN THE ORIGINAL 438 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,349 LEGISLATION, WHICH WERE AT THREE 439 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:51,216 YEARS TO A FOUR YEAR TERM, TO 440 00:15:51,216 --> 00:15:54,219 EXTEND ALL OF OUR APPOINTMENTS. 441 00:15:54,219 --> 00:15:56,155 WE AT THAT TIME ADDED THE PORT 442 00:15:56,155 --> 00:15:57,890 OF SEATTLE FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT 443 00:15:57,890 --> 00:15:59,325 PARK IN SEATTLE CENTER AS 444 00:15:59,325 --> 00:16:00,926 OPERATIONS HAD MOVED TO SEATTLE 445 00:16:00,926 --> 00:16:03,262 CENTER FROM SEATTLE PARKS AND 446 00:16:03,262 --> 00:16:05,097 RECREATION, AND WE THEN MADE THE 447 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:07,399 TERMS TWO YEAR TERMS. AND SO ALL 448 00:16:07,399 --> 00:16:09,101 OF OUR 20 POSITIONS ARE ON A TWO 449 00:16:09,101 --> 00:16:10,803 YEAR TERM CYCLE NOW ENDING AT 450 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:17,543 THE END OF 2027. AND THIS GROUP 451 00:16:17,543 --> 00:16:21,347 MEETS QUARTERLY. AND WE'RE 452 00:16:21,347 --> 00:16:23,582 REALLY EXCITED TO RECOMMEND 453 00:16:23,582 --> 00:16:24,149 BENJAMIN COHEN AND EPHRAIM 454 00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:27,986 FISHER FOR CONSIDERATION OF 455 00:16:27,986 --> 00:16:29,188 JOINING OUR COMMITTEE. I'D LIKE 456 00:16:29,188 --> 00:16:33,459 TO JUST SAY A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT 457 00:16:33,459 --> 00:16:34,059 EACH OF THEM. BENJAMIN BRINGS 458 00:16:34,059 --> 00:16:35,928 OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN 459 00:16:35,928 --> 00:16:37,896 HOSPITALITY AND OPERATIONS, 460 00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:38,464 INCLUDING HIS CURRENT ROLE 461 00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:39,398 LEADING THE SEATTLE MARRIOTT 462 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:41,567 WATERFRONT. HE KNOWS THE 463 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:42,601 WATERFRONT WELL AND HAS A STRONG 464 00:16:42,601 --> 00:16:44,937 TRACK RECORD OF IMPROVING GUEST 465 00:16:44,937 --> 00:16:46,605 EXPERIENCE, STRENGTHENING TEAMS 466 00:16:46,605 --> 00:16:49,141 AND DELIVERING SOLID FINANCIAL 467 00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:50,242 RESULTS. HIS PRACTICAL, ON THE 468 00:16:50,242 --> 00:16:51,777 GROUND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW 469 00:16:51,777 --> 00:16:52,745 PEOPLE USE WATERFRONT MAKES HIM 470 00:16:52,745 --> 00:16:54,446 A GREAT FIT FOR THE OVERSIGHT 471 00:16:54,446 --> 00:16:55,714 COMMITTEE. THIS IS A REALLY 472 00:16:55,714 --> 00:16:57,216 CRITICAL POSITION AS A LEAD 473 00:16:57,216 --> 00:16:59,018 HOTEL PROPERTY OWNER ON OUR 474 00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:03,822 COMMITTEE, AS WE HAVE SEVERAL 475 00:17:03,822 --> 00:17:08,360 POSITIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO 476 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:08,994 OUR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. 477 00:17:08,994 --> 00:17:11,864 EPHRAIM IS A LONGTIME CEO AND 478 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:14,767 FINANCIAL ANALYST WHO BUILT 479 00:17:14,767 --> 00:17:16,568 COFFEE INTO A MULTI-LOCATION, 480 00:17:16,568 --> 00:17:18,837 COMMUNITY FOCUSED BUSINESS. HE 481 00:17:18,837 --> 00:17:19,371 BRINGS AN ENTREPRENEURIAL 482 00:17:19,371 --> 00:17:21,039 PERSPECTIVE, STRONG FINANCIAL 483 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:22,608 SKILLS, AND A COMMITMENT TO 484 00:17:22,608 --> 00:17:24,410 SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL 485 00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:25,044 IMPACT. HIS EXPERIENCE GROWING 486 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:26,812 MISSION DRIVEN PROJECTS 487 00:17:26,812 --> 00:17:28,747 POSITIONS HIM WELL TO BE TO 488 00:17:28,747 --> 00:17:29,381 CONTRIBUTE THOUGHTFUL, COMMUNITY 489 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:30,749 CENTERED INSIGHT TO THE 490 00:17:30,749 --> 00:17:34,553 WATERFRONT COMMITTEE. WE'VE 491 00:17:34,553 --> 00:17:36,288 ALREADY SEEN VERY POSITIVE 492 00:17:36,288 --> 00:17:36,922 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EPHRAIM SINCE 493 00:17:36,922 --> 00:17:39,358 HE OPENED UP A CAFE ON OVERLOOK 494 00:17:39,358 --> 00:17:46,999 WALK 495 00:17:47,132 --> 00:17:47,499 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 496 00:17:47,499 --> 00:17:47,866 CONSIDERATION. 497 00:17:47,866 --> 00:17:51,603 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. 498 00:17:51,603 --> 00:17:52,237 APPRECIATE THE THE PRESENTATION 499 00:17:52,237 --> 00:17:55,207 HERE AT THIS POINT, I WILL TURN 500 00:17:55,207 --> 00:18:00,045 IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY 501 00:18:00,045 --> 00:18:00,646 COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK 502 00:18:00,646 --> 00:18:01,814 YOU MIGHT HAVE FROM YOUR 503 00:18:01,814 --> 00:18:03,215 PERSPECTIVE, STARTING FIRST WITH 504 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:04,750 VICE CHAIR RINCK, IF YOU HAVE 505 00:18:04,750 --> 00:18:05,184 ANY. 506 00:18:05,184 --> 00:18:05,884 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. NO 507 00:18:05,884 --> 00:18:07,553 FEEDBACK FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. 508 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:10,823 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE 509 00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:16,161 CHAIR AND ANY ANY OTHER 510 00:18:16,161 --> 00:18:18,363 COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, HEARING 511 00:18:18,363 --> 00:18:19,498 SEEING NONE. I'LL JUST SHARE 512 00:18:19,498 --> 00:18:20,566 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE WE 513 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:24,937 DON'T HAVE THE NOMINEES HERE 514 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:29,675 TODAY. BUT HAVING REVIEWED THE 515 00:18:29,675 --> 00:18:30,275 APPLICATION MATERIALS FOR THE 516 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:35,647 PROPOSED NOMINEES ACTUALLY MET 517 00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:38,750 RECENTLY WITH WITH EPHRAIM AS 518 00:18:38,750 --> 00:18:45,023 WELL I THINK THIS SLATE IS 519 00:18:45,023 --> 00:18:45,591 INCREDIBLY OR EXCEPTIONALLY 520 00:18:45,591 --> 00:18:48,927 QUALIFIED AND UNIQUELY 521 00:18:48,927 --> 00:18:49,995 POSITIONED TO SERVE IN THESE 522 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:51,964 CAPACITIES, IN THIS IMPORTANT 523 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:53,632 CAPACITY HERE. SO REALLY EXCITED 524 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:57,669 TO BE ABLE TO, TO PUT THEM 525 00:18:57,669 --> 00:19:00,138 FORWARD AND, AND HAVE OUR CITY 526 00:19:00,138 --> 00:19:03,041 BENEFIT FROM THEIR TIME, TALENTS 527 00:19:03,041 --> 00:19:06,979 ON, ON THIS IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. 528 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:09,715 SO, AND, AND EPHRAIM IN 529 00:19:09,715 --> 00:19:12,451 PARTICULAR, COFFEE AS NOTED, 530 00:19:12,451 --> 00:19:15,988 OPENED UP A NEW RETAIL LOCATION 531 00:19:15,988 --> 00:19:19,424 ON THE WATERFRONT. SO SHOUT OUT 532 00:19:19,424 --> 00:19:21,026 TO THAT. THEY'RE ALSO A 533 00:19:21,026 --> 00:19:23,128 SUPPLIER OF A LOT OF OUR 534 00:19:23,128 --> 00:19:25,564 FAVORITE LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS AS 535 00:19:25,564 --> 00:19:27,266 WELL. SO FOR EXAMPLE, HUGO'S 536 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:28,267 HOUSE AND DELRIDGE AND WEST 537 00:19:28,267 --> 00:19:31,370 SEATTLE, MAYBE EVEN CAP COFFEE 538 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:32,171 IN WEST SEATTLE. DON'T QUOTE ME 539 00:19:32,171 --> 00:19:35,474 ON THAT ONE THOUGH. AND SO DO A 540 00:19:35,474 --> 00:19:38,610 LOT OF GREAT WORK AND HAVE 541 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:39,511 IMPORTANT PERSPECTIVES. BOTH OF 542 00:19:39,511 --> 00:19:41,547 THESE, THESE INDIVIDUALS. SO. 543 00:19:41,547 --> 00:19:45,751 ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF THERE ARE NO 544 00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:48,287 FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I 545 00:19:48,287 --> 00:19:50,789 MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 546 00:19:50,789 --> 00:19:52,558 RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THESE 547 00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:53,992 TWO APPOINTMENTS. IS THERE A 548 00:19:53,992 --> 00:19:54,693 SECOND? 549 00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:55,460 -- SECOND. 550 00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:56,461 -- THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 551 00:19:56,461 --> 00:19:58,297 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 552 00:19:58,297 --> 00:19:58,830 CONFIRMATION OF THESE TWO 553 00:19:58,830 --> 00:20:01,200 APPOINTMENTS. IS THERE ANY 554 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,335 FURTHER DISCUSSION HEARING AND 555 00:20:03,335 --> 00:20:06,505 SEEING? NONE. WILL THE CLERK 556 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:08,874 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 557 00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:09,341 RECOMMENDATION OF THE 558 00:20:09,341 --> 00:20:12,477 APPOINTMENTS? 559 00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:13,512 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN YES. VICE 560 00:20:13,512 --> 00:20:14,046 CHAIR RINCK. 561 00:20:14,046 --> 00:20:15,514 -- YES. 562 00:20:15,514 --> 00:20:16,882 -- CHAIR SAKA. I CHAIR, THERE 563 00:20:16,882 --> 00:20:19,718 ARE THREE VOTES IN FAVOR AND 564 00:20:19,718 --> 00:20:20,052 ZERO OPPOSED. 565 00:20:20,052 --> 00:20:21,753 -- THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES 566 00:20:21,753 --> 00:20:23,689 AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 567 00:20:23,689 --> 00:20:24,556 THAT CITY COUNCIL CONFIRMED THE 568 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:30,229 APPOINTMENTS OF BENJAMIN COHEN 569 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:30,862 AND EPHRAIM SAHAR. I BUTCHERED 570 00:20:30,862 --> 00:20:32,064 THAT LAST NAME EVERY TIME. MY 571 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:36,969 BAD. EPHRAIM TO THE CENTRAL 572 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:37,603 WATERFRONT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE 573 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:39,471 WILL BE SENT TO THE AUGUST 11th, 574 00:20:39,471 --> 00:20:43,542 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL. 575 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:46,578 WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR THIRD 576 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:47,879 THROUGH SEVENTH. ITEMS OF 577 00:20:47,879 --> 00:20:49,948 BUSINESS. WILL THE COMMITTEE 578 00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:51,516 CLERK PLEASE READ ITEMS THREE 579 00:20:51,516 --> 00:20:53,719 THROUGH SEVEN INTO THE RECORD. 580 00:20:53,719 --> 00:20:56,021 -- AGENDA ITEM THREE BRIEFING, 581 00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:56,622 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE 582 00:20:56,622 --> 00:20:58,156 APPOINTMENT OF MICHAEL JOHNSON 583 00:20:58,156 --> 00:21:00,492 AS MEMBER. SEATTLE CENTER 584 00:21:00,492 --> 00:21:01,627 OVERSIGHT. SEATTLE CENTER 585 00:21:01,627 --> 00:21:04,129 ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR A TERM 586 00:21:04,129 --> 00:21:05,597 TO SEPTEMBER 28th, 2029. AGENDA 587 00:21:05,597 --> 00:21:07,132 ITEM FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION 588 00:21:07,132 --> 00:21:09,434 AND POSSIBLE VOTE. APPOINTMENT 589 00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:11,403 OF ASHLEY MCLAREN AS MEMBER. 590 00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:12,704 SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY 591 00:21:12,704 --> 00:21:14,840 COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO 592 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,642 SEPTEMBER 28th, 2029. AGENDA 593 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:19,177 ITEM FIVE BRIEFING, DISCUSSION 594 00:21:19,177 --> 00:21:19,811 AND POSSIBLE VOTE REAPPOINTMENT 595 00:21:19,811 --> 00:21:22,447 OF ERIK BERLIN AS A MEMBER. 596 00:21:22,447 --> 00:21:22,948 SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY 597 00:21:22,948 --> 00:21:26,485 COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO 598 00:21:26,485 --> 00:21:27,152 SEPTEMBER 28th, 2029. AGENDA 599 00:21:27,152 --> 00:21:28,520 ITEM SIX BRIEFING, DISCUSSION 600 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,657 AND POSSIBLE VOTE REAPPOINTMENT 601 00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:32,357 OF JON OLINSKI AS MEMBER. 602 00:21:32,357 --> 00:21:34,292 SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY 603 00:21:34,292 --> 00:21:36,695 COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO 604 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:38,363 SEPTEMBER 28th, 2029 AND AGENDA 605 00:21:38,363 --> 00:21:41,066 ITEM SEVEN BRIEFING, DISCUSSION 606 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:41,700 AND POSSIBLE VOTE REAPPOINTMENT 607 00:21:41,700 --> 00:21:45,237 OF SARAH C RICH AS MEMBER, 608 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:45,737 SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY 609 00:21:45,737 --> 00:21:47,105 COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO 610 00:21:47,105 --> 00:21:49,274 SEPTEMBER 28th, 2029. 611 00:21:49,274 --> 00:21:51,376 -- THANK YOU AND OUR PRESENTERS 612 00:21:51,376 --> 00:21:53,512 FROM THE LAST AGENDA ITEMS ARE 613 00:21:53,512 --> 00:21:56,048 AT THE TABLE. SO WELCOME AGAIN, 614 00:21:56,048 --> 00:21:56,748 NO NEED TO REINTRODUCE 615 00:21:56,748 --> 00:21:57,816 YOURSELVES, BUT WHEN YOU'RE 616 00:21:57,816 --> 00:21:59,985 READY, PLEASE DO BEGIN YOUR 617 00:21:59,985 --> 00:22:01,420 PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS SLATE. 618 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:02,988 -- THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR 619 00:22:02,988 --> 00:22:04,690 THE TIME. SIMILAR TO WHAT 620 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:06,558 TIFFANY DID WITH THE WITH THE 621 00:22:06,558 --> 00:22:08,460 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. JUST WANT 622 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:09,094 TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON 623 00:22:09,094 --> 00:22:10,862 THE SEATTLE CENTER ADVISORY 624 00:22:10,862 --> 00:22:12,631 COMMISSION. THEIR MISSION IS TO 625 00:22:12,631 --> 00:22:13,865 PRESERVE, PROTECT AND ENHANCE 626 00:22:13,865 --> 00:22:15,667 SEATTLE CENTER AS A CIVIC 627 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:17,736 GATHERING SPACE HUB OF CULTURAL 628 00:22:17,736 --> 00:22:18,336 CELEBRATION AND PUBLIC GREEN 629 00:22:18,336 --> 00:22:21,206 SPACE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY, 630 00:22:21,206 --> 00:22:21,707 ENSURING THE LONG TERM 631 00:22:21,707 --> 00:22:23,041 SUSTAINABILITY OF SEATTLE CENTER 632 00:22:23,041 --> 00:22:24,743 FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE 633 00:22:24,743 --> 00:22:26,511 COMMISSION WORKS IN CLOSE 634 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:27,145 PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LEADERSHIP 635 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:30,549 TO ENSURE EQUAL ACCESS TO FOR 636 00:22:30,549 --> 00:22:31,116 ALL COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY 637 00:22:31,116 --> 00:22:31,616 THOSE HISTORICALLY 638 00:22:31,616 --> 00:22:32,517 UNDERREPRESENTED, TO ADVOCATE 639 00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,319 FOR THE CHANGING VALUES AND 640 00:22:34,319 --> 00:22:35,721 NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND 641 00:22:35,721 --> 00:22:37,155 PIONEER WAYS TO DELIVER PUBLIC 642 00:22:37,155 --> 00:22:38,323 GOOD. THE COMMISSION PROVIDES A 643 00:22:38,323 --> 00:22:39,925 LONG VIEW, PERSPECTIVE, AND 644 00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:41,793 CONTINUITY THROUGH ELECTORAL 645 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:43,762 POLITICS AND LEADERSHIP CHANGES. 646 00:22:43,762 --> 00:22:45,497 THERE ARE 15 COMMISSIONERS PLUS 647 00:22:45,497 --> 00:22:46,865 ONE GET ENGAGED MEMBER. EACH 648 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:47,632 COMMISSIONER SERVES A THREE YEAR 649 00:22:47,632 --> 00:22:49,634 TERM. GET ENGAGED MEMBERS SERVE 650 00:22:49,634 --> 00:22:54,106 A ONE YEAR TERM. THEY MEET EVERY 651 00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:55,340 FIRST THURSDAY FROM 12 TO 130. 652 00:22:55,340 --> 00:22:57,375 SO WE WILL MEET IN A FEW HOURS 653 00:22:57,375 --> 00:22:59,377 AT THE SEATTLE CENTER. I WANT TO 654 00:22:59,377 --> 00:23:01,146 ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CHAIR, LONGTIME 655 00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:02,414 CHAIR, ACTUALLY, MARK DIETER, 656 00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:04,149 WHO'S WITH US HERE IN THE ROOM 657 00:23:04,149 --> 00:23:04,816 TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARK, 658 00:23:04,816 --> 00:23:06,251 FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND YOUR 659 00:23:06,251 --> 00:23:08,153 LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY THESE 660 00:23:08,153 --> 00:23:10,355 LAST FEW WEEKS. AND ONE OF OUR 661 00:23:10,355 --> 00:23:11,690 TWO NOMINEES, OUR GOOD FRIEND 662 00:23:11,690 --> 00:23:14,126 MICHAEL JOHNSON FROM FRIENDS OF 663 00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:15,827 FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT PARK, IS 664 00:23:15,827 --> 00:23:17,596 ALSO HERE IN PERSON IN THE ROOM 665 00:23:17,596 --> 00:23:18,230 TODAY. THANK YOU, MICHAEL, FOR 666 00:23:18,230 --> 00:23:20,899 MAKING TIME. WE HAVE TWO NEW 667 00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:23,702 APPOINTEES THAT WE'RE EXCITED 668 00:23:23,702 --> 00:23:25,604 TO WELCOME INTO THE FOLD. 669 00:23:25,604 --> 00:23:26,338 MICHAEL IS, AS I MENTIONED, 670 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:28,140 HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF PARK 671 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:28,673 EXPERIENCE AT FRIENDS OF 672 00:23:28,673 --> 00:23:30,041 WATERFRONT PARK, ONE OF THE 673 00:23:30,041 --> 00:23:32,144 CLOSEST PARTNERS WE HAVE. THE 674 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:34,846 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR 675 00:23:34,846 --> 00:23:36,548 WATERFRONT PARK OPERATIONS TEAM 676 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:37,549 THAT TIFFANY LEADS AND FRIENDS 677 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:39,084 OF WATERFRONT PARK, OF WHICH 678 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:40,285 MICHAEL IS ON THE LEADERSHIP 679 00:23:40,285 --> 00:23:42,354 TEAM, IS ONE OF OUR CLOSEST, AND 680 00:23:42,354 --> 00:23:45,924 HE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF OF WORK 681 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:47,626 IN THE CITY WITH THE DOWNTOWN 682 00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:49,461 SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AND OTHERS. 683 00:23:49,461 --> 00:23:50,195 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE 684 00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:51,596 HIM ON THE COMMISSION AND REALLY 685 00:23:51,596 --> 00:23:53,799 EXCITED TO HAVE THEM AS A 686 00:23:53,799 --> 00:23:56,334 PARTNER. ASHLEY MCLAREN IS A 687 00:23:56,334 --> 00:23:57,002 CAPITAL PROGRAM ADVISOR. SHE'S 688 00:23:57,002 --> 00:23:57,636 INVOLVED IN A FEW DIFFERENT OF 689 00:23:57,636 --> 00:23:58,370 THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT 690 00:23:58,370 --> 00:24:00,272 ARE HAPPENING ON CAMPUS. SHE'S 691 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:00,939 ALSO THE MOTHER OF A STUDENT OF 692 00:24:00,939 --> 00:24:02,908 THE CENTER SCHOOL. SHE BRINGS A 693 00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:03,875 PERSPECTIVE OF BOTH A PLANNER 694 00:24:03,875 --> 00:24:07,212 AND A PARENT. AND AS WE LOOK AT 695 00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:08,013 PRETTY LARGE SCALE RENOVATION OF 696 00:24:08,013 --> 00:24:09,514 THE CAMPUS, WE THINK THAT HER 697 00:24:09,514 --> 00:24:12,217 PERSPECTIVE WILL BE SUPER 698 00:24:12,217 --> 00:24:13,618 VALUABLE. ASHLEY AND MICHAEL 699 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:15,420 HOPEFULLY WILL BE JOINING THREE 700 00:24:15,420 --> 00:24:17,189 FOLKS THAT WE'RE EXCITED TO 701 00:24:17,189 --> 00:24:19,357 REAPPOINT. ERIC BERG, WHO'S A 702 00:24:19,357 --> 00:24:20,692 LONG SEATTLE RESIDENT WITH 703 00:24:20,692 --> 00:24:23,094 EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN 704 00:24:23,094 --> 00:24:24,529 COMMUNITY AND COMMERCE FOCUSED 705 00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:25,163 LEADERSHIP. HE CURRENTLY SERVES 706 00:24:25,163 --> 00:24:26,898 AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAM 707 00:24:26,898 --> 00:24:28,667 MANAGEMENT AT TORC ROBOTICS. HE 708 00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:31,169 HAS SERVED TWO TERMS AND IS IN 709 00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:31,736 HIS TIME SUPPORTING SEATTLE 710 00:24:31,736 --> 00:24:33,138 CENTER, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO 711 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:35,307 HAVE HIM JOIN FOR A THIRD. JOHN 712 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:36,942 WOLINSKY IS A LICENSED ARCHITECT 713 00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:38,043 AND BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANT 714 00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:39,377 WITH MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF 715 00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:41,279 EXPERIENCE REHABILITATING 716 00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:43,348 HISTORIC AND EXISTING BUILDINGS 717 00:24:43,348 --> 00:24:44,015 ACROSS THE U.S. THAT WILL COME 718 00:24:44,015 --> 00:24:46,484 IN HANDY IN THESE NEXT SEVERAL 719 00:24:46,484 --> 00:24:49,955 YEARS. HE HAS TWO TERMS. SO FAR 720 00:24:49,955 --> 00:24:50,589 AND APPRECIATES THE OPPORTUNITY 721 00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:54,059 TO COLLABORATE WITH THE TEAM, 722 00:24:54,059 --> 00:24:54,693 CONTRIBUTING TO SEATTLE CENTER 723 00:24:54,693 --> 00:24:55,327 SUCCESS. AND. SARAH RICH IS A 724 00:24:55,327 --> 00:24:56,494 FORMER DIGITAL MARKETING 725 00:24:56,494 --> 00:24:58,630 PROFESSIONAL WHO'S NOW A FULL 726 00:24:58,630 --> 00:25:00,565 TIME PARENT AND ACTIVE SCHOOL 727 00:25:00,565 --> 00:25:01,233 VOLUNTEER. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF 728 00:25:01,233 --> 00:25:01,900 SEATTLE CENTER BEING A PLACE FOR 729 00:25:01,900 --> 00:25:02,834 FAMILIES, AND SO WE'RE EXCITED 730 00:25:02,834 --> 00:25:04,302 TO HAVE A FULL TIME PARENT AS 731 00:25:04,302 --> 00:25:06,505 PART OF OUR ADVISORY GROUP. SHE 732 00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,606 SERVED FIVE TERMS. SHE ACTUALLY 733 00:25:07,606 --> 00:25:10,942 STARTED AS A GET ENGAGED MEMBER 734 00:25:10,942 --> 00:25:12,244 MANY YEARS AGO AND BRINGS A 735 00:25:12,244 --> 00:25:13,245 WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND A LONG 736 00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:13,812 STANDING COMMITMENT TO THE 737 00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:14,679 COMMISSION. AND AS SOME OF OUR 738 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:16,581 LONG TERM COMMISSIONERS PREPARE 739 00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:17,249 TO CYCLE OFF, IT'LL BE GREAT TO 740 00:25:17,249 --> 00:25:18,717 HAVE SOMEONE WITH THAT HISTORY 741 00:25:18,717 --> 00:25:22,053 AND CONTINUITY TO GROUND US 742 00:25:22,053 --> 00:25:23,054 TOGETHER. I THINK THESE FIVE 743 00:25:23,054 --> 00:25:24,656 WILL HELP GUIDE SEATTLE CENTER 744 00:25:24,656 --> 00:25:26,191 IN ADVANCING ITS MISSION. AND 745 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,692 FOR THIS CRITICAL PERIOD THAT'S 746 00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:29,728 IN FRONT OF US. AND WE HOPE THE 747 00:25:29,728 --> 00:25:33,031 COMMITTEE WILL CONSIDER THEIR 748 00:25:33,031 --> 00:25:33,365 APPOINTMENT. 749 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:35,166 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE 750 00:25:35,166 --> 00:25:40,171 THAT ACTING DIRECTOR ENGSTROM 751 00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:42,040 AND AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING 752 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,308 ON THE PROPOSED SLATE BEFORE US. 753 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:45,610 I WASN'T PREVIOUSLY AWARE THAT 754 00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:47,512 ANY OF THE PROPOSED NOMINEES 755 00:25:47,512 --> 00:25:48,380 WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE 756 00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:49,548 JOINING US TODAY. SO I'M GOING 757 00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:51,783 TO ACTUALLY CALL AN AUDIBLE 758 00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:54,219 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU'LL INDULGE 759 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:55,954 ME FOR FOR THOSE I HEARD MR. 760 00:25:55,954 --> 00:25:59,424 MICHAEL JOHNSON IS IN THE ROOM. 761 00:25:59,424 --> 00:26:01,826 SO YOU, SIR, AND AND ANY OTHER 762 00:26:01,826 --> 00:26:03,295 OF THE PROPOSED NOMINEES THAT 763 00:26:03,295 --> 00:26:06,665 ARE IN THE ROOM TODAY, PLEASE 764 00:26:06,665 --> 00:26:08,400 JOIN US AT THE TABLE. AND JUST 765 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,034 TO BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELVES 766 00:26:09,034 --> 00:26:13,672 AND APPEAR BEFORE US, WHICH IS 767 00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:17,509 TYPICALLY CUSTOMARY WHEN WE HAVE 768 00:26:17,509 --> 00:26:19,077 THE THE NOMINEES ABLE TO 769 00:26:19,077 --> 00:26:21,613 ACTUALLY ATTEND IN PERSON OR 770 00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:23,481 REMOTELY. AND WHILE AYE. SO ONE, 771 00:26:23,481 --> 00:26:24,749 ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SLATE, 772 00:26:24,749 --> 00:26:25,984 MR. JOHNSON AND THEN I'M ALSO 773 00:26:25,984 --> 00:26:28,219 GOING TO INVITE THE. THE CHAIR 774 00:26:28,219 --> 00:26:30,422 AS WELL, JUST TO COME UP AND SAY 775 00:26:30,422 --> 00:26:33,258 A FEW FEW WORDS, INTRODUCE 776 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:36,728 YOURSELF AS WELL. SO WELCOME. I 777 00:26:36,728 --> 00:26:37,729 HOPE I GAVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO 778 00:26:37,729 --> 00:26:40,098 THINK, BUT WOULD REALLY JUST 779 00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:42,400 LOVE FOR YOU TO KIND OF 780 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,169 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND, YOU 781 00:26:44,169 --> 00:26:46,404 KNOW, IN THE CASE OF YOU, MR. 782 00:26:46,404 --> 00:26:49,441 JOHNSON, JUST SHARE YOUR INITIAL 783 00:26:49,441 --> 00:26:50,375 THOUGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT 784 00:26:50,375 --> 00:26:52,177 KIND OF WHAT EXCITES YOU THE 785 00:26:52,177 --> 00:26:53,878 MOST ABOUT THIS WORK, ABOUT THIS 786 00:26:53,878 --> 00:26:55,914 OPPORTUNITY. AND THEN MAYBE YOU 787 00:26:55,914 --> 00:26:58,616 AS CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION, YOU 788 00:26:58,616 --> 00:27:00,352 KNOW, KIND OF KIND OF SHARING 789 00:27:00,352 --> 00:27:03,188 WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST KIND OF 790 00:27:03,188 --> 00:27:03,822 CHALLENGES AHEAD THAT YOU THAT 791 00:27:03,822 --> 00:27:06,291 YOU CURRENTLY SEE THAT WOULD BE 792 00:27:06,291 --> 00:27:08,293 HELPFUL? SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE 793 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:08,994 YOURSELVES AS A STARTING POINT. 794 00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:10,662 -- WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING 795 00:27:10,662 --> 00:27:12,330 ME. COUNCILMEMBER. MY NAME IS 796 00:27:12,330 --> 00:27:13,431 MICHAEL JOHNSON. AS I MENTIONED 797 00:27:13,431 --> 00:27:14,766 BEFORE, I LEAD THE PARK 798 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:16,868 EXPERIENCE TEAM FOR FRIENDS OF 799 00:27:16,868 --> 00:27:18,570 WATERFRONT PARK. I'M A LONG 800 00:27:18,570 --> 00:27:19,738 SEATTLE RESIDENT, WENT TO A 801 00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:21,806 MIDDLE SCHOOL, WENT TO CLEVELAND 802 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:22,440 HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATED COLLEGE 803 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:23,908 FROM WASHINGTON STATE 804 00:27:23,908 --> 00:27:25,210 UNIVERSITY, HAVE BEEN DEEPLY 805 00:27:25,210 --> 00:27:26,845 ROOTED IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE I 806 00:27:26,845 --> 00:27:28,713 WAS BORN. SO REALLY HAVE STRONG 807 00:27:28,713 --> 00:27:29,981 COMMITMENTS TO EVERYTHING THAT 808 00:27:29,981 --> 00:27:31,783 IS SEATTLE. I HAD JOINED THE 809 00:27:31,783 --> 00:27:33,952 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION 810 00:27:33,952 --> 00:27:36,755 BACK IN EARLY 2020, AND SO IN A 811 00:27:36,755 --> 00:27:38,456 KNEE DEEP OF COVID AND HAD SOME 812 00:27:38,456 --> 00:27:40,925 REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE AND KIND 813 00:27:40,925 --> 00:27:42,394 OF LEADING WATER, WESTLAKE PARK 814 00:27:42,394 --> 00:27:43,628 OXFORD SQUARE, AND THEN ALSO 815 00:27:43,628 --> 00:27:45,096 BELL STREET PARK, AND THEN HAD 816 00:27:45,096 --> 00:27:47,999 AN OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN FRIENDS 817 00:27:47,999 --> 00:27:49,300 IN 2024 TO HELP OPEN UP BRAND 818 00:27:49,300 --> 00:27:50,735 NEW WATERFRONT PARK, WORKING 819 00:27:50,735 --> 00:27:53,071 ALONGSIDE TIFFANY, WHICH IS A 820 00:27:53,071 --> 00:27:53,772 GREAT PARTNER, REALLY EXCITED 821 00:27:53,772 --> 00:27:55,907 ABOUT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL 822 00:27:55,907 --> 00:27:57,575 OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR 823 00:27:57,575 --> 00:27:58,076 PARTNERSHIP HAS DAN AND 824 00:27:58,076 --> 00:27:59,411 STRENGTHENING THOSE BONDS AND 825 00:27:59,411 --> 00:28:00,145 RELATIONSHIPS, AND REALLY 826 00:28:00,145 --> 00:28:02,514 EXCITED TO BRING MY EXPERTISE 827 00:28:02,514 --> 00:28:03,481 AND MY INSIGHT INTO HOW WE CAN 828 00:28:03,481 --> 00:28:05,250 IMPROVE AND BETTER SUIT THE 829 00:28:05,250 --> 00:28:08,353 CITY. AND A KEY ASSET THAT'S IN 830 00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:09,187 THE CITY THAT I'VE BEEN A PART 831 00:28:09,187 --> 00:28:11,423 OF FOR MY WHOLE LIFE. SO REALLY 832 00:28:11,423 --> 00:28:12,123 EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT CAN 833 00:28:12,123 --> 00:28:13,692 HAPPEN THERE, AND WORKING 834 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,061 ALONGSIDE RANDY AS WELL, BECAUSE 835 00:28:16,061 --> 00:28:16,728 I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD 836 00:28:16,728 --> 00:28:17,796 WORK THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. AND I 837 00:28:17,796 --> 00:28:20,065 THINK THAT HAVING THAT INSIGHT 838 00:28:20,065 --> 00:28:22,567 FROM MY LIVED EXPERIENCE 839 00:28:22,567 --> 00:28:23,201 THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IS GOING TO 840 00:28:23,201 --> 00:28:25,870 BE VITAL TO HELPING MOVE THINGS 841 00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:26,271 FORWARD. 842 00:28:26,271 --> 00:28:27,739 -- ABSOLUTELY. WELL SAID. THANK 843 00:28:27,739 --> 00:28:29,741 YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN NOW I'LL 844 00:28:29,741 --> 00:28:30,575 TURN IT OVER TO THE CHAIR TO 845 00:28:30,575 --> 00:28:31,176 INTRODUCE YOURSELF. AND GOOD 846 00:28:31,176 --> 00:28:32,343 MORNING. 847 00:28:32,343 --> 00:28:33,378 -- MY NAME IS MARK DIETER AND 848 00:28:33,378 --> 00:28:35,713 YES, I AM THE CHAIR OF THE 849 00:28:35,713 --> 00:28:37,949 SEATTLE CENTER COMMISSION. I AM 850 00:28:37,949 --> 00:28:39,851 A LOCAL BOY LIKE MICHAEL. I GREW 851 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:43,555 UP HERE AND SEATTLE CENTER HAS 852 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,890 BEEN A PART OF MY FAMILY SINCE 853 00:28:45,890 --> 00:28:47,525 WAY BEFORE I WAS BORN. MY 854 00:28:47,525 --> 00:28:48,159 GRANDFATHER WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF 855 00:28:48,159 --> 00:28:49,494 THE GUYS THAT HELPED PUT THE 856 00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:51,396 WORLD'S FAIR TOGETHER. AND SO 857 00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:54,165 EVERY TIME I WALK THROUGH, I 858 00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:55,567 HAVE A SENSE OF PRIDE. EVEN IF I 859 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:57,068 WASN'T ON THE COMMISSION, 860 00:28:57,068 --> 00:29:02,340 ALWAYS DID I AM IN CORPORATE 861 00:29:02,340 --> 00:29:04,109 PHILANTHROPY, SO I WORK WITH A 862 00:29:04,109 --> 00:29:05,910 LOT OF NONPROFITS, AND WE HAVE 863 00:29:05,910 --> 00:29:07,612 MANY RESIDENT ORGS ON CAMPUS 864 00:29:07,612 --> 00:29:10,415 THAT THAT I'VE WORKED WITH. AND 865 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:12,951 CONTINUE TO HELP SUPPORT. AS FAR 866 00:29:12,951 --> 00:29:15,053 AS WHAT I SEE GOING FORWARD, I 867 00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:19,657 MEAN, WE'VE GOT CHALLENGES 868 00:29:19,657 --> 00:29:24,062 AHEAD, BUT A LOT OF IT IS IS 869 00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:26,297 KIND OF STRUCTURAL. IT'S THINGS 870 00:29:26,297 --> 00:29:29,400 THAT YOU CAN'T SEE AND IT'S 871 00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:30,668 MUCH NEEDED. BUT I THINK THE 872 00:29:30,668 --> 00:29:33,404 PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE SO FAR, 873 00:29:33,404 --> 00:29:34,739 IF YOU THINK ABOUT MEMORIAL 874 00:29:34,739 --> 00:29:37,876 STADIUM. YOU THINK ABOUT ARTISTS 875 00:29:37,876 --> 00:29:40,411 AT PLAY. THERE ARE SO MANY 876 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:42,013 POSITIVES WITH THE SEATTLE 877 00:29:42,013 --> 00:29:44,149 CENTER, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT IN 878 00:29:44,149 --> 00:29:47,519 MY MIND, WITH NOT ONLY RANDY, 879 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:49,387 HIS STAFF AND THE COMMISSIONERS 880 00:29:49,387 --> 00:29:51,389 THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 881 00:29:51,389 --> 00:29:53,057 MAKE SURE THAT SEATTLE CENTER IS 882 00:29:53,057 --> 00:29:54,993 A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, OPEN TO THE 883 00:29:54,993 --> 00:29:57,762 PUBLIC, THAT PEOPLE WILL ENJOY 884 00:29:57,762 --> 00:29:59,430 FOR FOR YEARS TO COME, LONG 885 00:29:59,430 --> 00:30:02,200 AFTER I'M GONE. THANK YOU. 886 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,737 -- AWESOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 887 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:08,439 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR 888 00:30:08,439 --> 00:30:09,040 COMMENTS AND SELF-REFLECTIONS 889 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:10,441 VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND 890 00:30:10,441 --> 00:30:13,545 INSIGHTFUL. SO AT THIS POINT, I 891 00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:15,713 WILL TURN IT OVER TO MY 892 00:30:15,713 --> 00:30:17,115 COLLEAGUES FOR ANY COMMENTS, 893 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:17,715 QUESTIONS, FEEDBACK DIRECTLY 894 00:30:17,715 --> 00:30:19,717 FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IF ANY, 895 00:30:19,717 --> 00:30:20,351 STARTING CUSTOMARILY WITH VICE 896 00:30:20,351 --> 00:30:21,786 CHAIR RINCK. 897 00:30:21,786 --> 00:30:23,955 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. WELL, 898 00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:24,589 I WANT TO BE COGNIZANT. I KNOW 899 00:30:24,589 --> 00:30:25,857 YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING TO BE AT 900 00:30:25,857 --> 00:30:27,225 THE TABLE THIS MORNING, SO I 901 00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:28,626 DON'T WANT TO THROW ANY 902 00:30:28,626 --> 00:30:29,360 QUESTIONS YOUR WAY, BUT RATHER 903 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:30,461 WANT TO USE THIS AS AN 904 00:30:30,461 --> 00:30:31,529 OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR 905 00:30:31,529 --> 00:30:32,530 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO STEP UP AND 906 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:34,866 SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY. I WAS 907 00:30:34,866 --> 00:30:36,501 REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE 908 00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:38,570 EXPERTISE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO 909 00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:40,338 BE BRINGING TO THE BOARD. AND SO 910 00:30:40,338 --> 00:30:42,407 I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR NOT 911 00:30:42,407 --> 00:30:43,274 JUST FOR STEPPING UP FOR THIS 912 00:30:43,274 --> 00:30:44,409 ROLE, BUT FOR YOUR CONTINUED 913 00:30:44,409 --> 00:30:47,011 SERVICE TO OUR CITY. SO VERY 914 00:30:47,011 --> 00:30:49,881 EXCITED TO BE VOTING YES ON YOUR 915 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:50,515 APPOINTMENT TODAY. THANK YOU. 916 00:30:50,515 --> 00:30:52,250 THANK YOU. 917 00:30:52,250 --> 00:30:53,651 -- EXCELLENT. WELL SAID, VICE 918 00:30:53,651 --> 00:30:56,020 CHAIR. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER 919 00:30:56,020 --> 00:30:59,324 FINAL COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, 920 00:30:59,324 --> 00:31:01,459 COLLEAGUES? ALL RIGHT. IF NONE, 921 00:31:01,459 --> 00:31:08,366 I HAVE A FEW MORE COMMENTS. 922 00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:10,735 QUESTIONS. SO. FIRST OFF, I WANT 923 00:31:10,735 --> 00:31:11,970 TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT. JUST 924 00:31:11,970 --> 00:31:13,638 EXPRESSED A MOMENT AGO BY VICE 925 00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:15,540 CHAIR RINCK. I WANT TO THANK 926 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:18,109 YOU, MR. JOHNSON. THE WHOLE 927 00:31:18,109 --> 00:31:23,448 ENTIRE SLATE FOR SO GENEROUSLY 928 00:31:23,448 --> 00:31:25,416 AND GRACIOUSLY STEPPING UP TO 929 00:31:25,416 --> 00:31:26,651 DEVOTE YOUR TIME AND TALENTS TO 930 00:31:26,651 --> 00:31:28,386 TO SERVE OUR CITY IN THIS IN 931 00:31:28,386 --> 00:31:30,054 THIS WAY, TRULY IMPACTFUL. I'VE 932 00:31:30,054 --> 00:31:34,993 DONE THIS WORK BEFORE. SIMILAR 933 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:35,593 WORK, GOVERNMENT COMMISSIONS 934 00:31:35,593 --> 00:31:38,997 BEFORE AND, AND I PERSONALLY 935 00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:40,164 LEARNED A LOT. AND, YOU KNOW, I 936 00:31:40,164 --> 00:31:41,633 HOPE THE BODY OF WORK WAS BETTER 937 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:43,034 AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE 938 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:43,902 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ME AND MY 939 00:31:43,902 --> 00:31:45,670 COLLEAGUES AT THE TIME. SO VERY, 940 00:31:45,670 --> 00:31:49,841 VERY IMPORTANT, IMPACTFUL WORK. 941 00:31:49,841 --> 00:31:51,576 I THERE'S ALMOST 200 942 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:52,076 COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND 943 00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:54,812 COMMISSIONS CITYWIDE, I THINK. 944 00:31:54,812 --> 00:31:56,414 DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE NUMBERS, 945 00:31:56,414 --> 00:31:58,449 BUT THEY ALL PLAY AN ESSENTIAL 946 00:31:58,449 --> 00:32:01,286 ROLE IN ADVISING POLICY MAKERS. 947 00:32:01,286 --> 00:32:03,454 THE DEPARTMENTS, YOUR WORK IS 948 00:32:03,454 --> 00:32:07,592 APPRECIATED. I, I DO DIVE DEEP 949 00:32:07,592 --> 00:32:08,926 AND PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, REVIEW 950 00:32:08,926 --> 00:32:11,996 REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND 951 00:32:11,996 --> 00:32:13,631 SOMETIMES ASK PROBING OR 952 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:14,465 CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF BOARD 953 00:32:14,465 --> 00:32:18,169 CHAIRS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, 954 00:32:18,169 --> 00:32:19,337 SOMETIMES. SO IT'S NOT THAT THE 955 00:32:19,337 --> 00:32:21,839 WORK ITSELF IS NOT LOST UPON US 956 00:32:21,839 --> 00:32:23,775 AND CERTAINLY NOT LOST UPON ME 957 00:32:23,775 --> 00:32:24,275 AS CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL 958 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:25,276 COMMITTEE THAT OVERSEES THIS AS 959 00:32:25,276 --> 00:32:29,180 PART OF ITS PORTFOLIO. SO REALLY 960 00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:31,716 APPRECIATE YOU ALL. A QUESTION, 961 00:32:31,716 --> 00:32:33,451 AND I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN 962 00:32:33,451 --> 00:32:35,286 THE LINE, STARTING FIRST WITH 963 00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:39,791 ACTING DIRECTOR ENGSTROM. AND 964 00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:41,559 IT'S ABOUT THE AS AS THE 965 00:32:41,559 --> 00:32:43,361 DIRECTOR NOTED A MOMENT AGO 966 00:32:43,361 --> 00:32:47,065 ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE AN EFFORT 967 00:32:47,065 --> 00:32:49,233 ACTIVE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW TO 968 00:32:49,233 --> 00:32:49,867 COMPLETELY RENOVATE AND REVAMP 969 00:32:49,867 --> 00:32:52,971 AND REFRESH AND MODERNIZE THE 970 00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:54,205 SEATTLE CENTER CAMPUS AND 971 00:32:54,205 --> 00:32:56,741 ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CORE 972 00:32:56,741 --> 00:33:00,211 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT ARE. 973 00:33:00,211 --> 00:33:02,613 MOST PEOPLE CAN'T READILY 974 00:33:02,613 --> 00:33:03,548 OBSERVE WHEN THEY WALK IN THE 975 00:33:03,548 --> 00:33:05,950 CAMPUS, BUT YOU OBSERVE IT WHEN 976 00:33:05,950 --> 00:33:08,152 YOU. WHEN THE HVAC SYSTEM IS 977 00:33:08,152 --> 00:33:10,521 BUSTED, WATER PIPE ISSUES, 978 00:33:10,521 --> 00:33:13,558 HEATING, COOLING ISSUES. AND SO 979 00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:14,292 WE'RE GOING TO DO ALL THAT. AND 980 00:33:14,292 --> 00:33:14,959 WE'RE ALSO GOING TO ADD SOME 981 00:33:14,959 --> 00:33:20,631 COOL NEW FEATURES AS WELL. SO 982 00:33:20,631 --> 00:33:21,199 REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY 983 00:33:21,199 --> 00:33:22,800 THROUGH A LIKELY CAPITAL BOND 984 00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:25,303 PROPOSAL NEXT YEAR. SO REALLY 985 00:33:25,303 --> 00:33:26,838 COOL INITIATIVE. AND A FEW 986 00:33:26,838 --> 00:33:29,507 MONTHS AGO THIS COUNCIL PASSED A 987 00:33:29,507 --> 00:33:32,477 JOINT RESOLUTION IN PARTNERSHIP 988 00:33:32,477 --> 00:33:34,579 WITH THE MAYOR TO DO EXACTLY 989 00:33:34,579 --> 00:33:36,447 THAT AND REAFFIRMING OUR 990 00:33:36,447 --> 00:33:38,016 COMMITMENT TO DOING EXACTLY 991 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:39,584 THAT, STARTING WITH YOU, ACTING 992 00:33:39,584 --> 00:33:43,121 DIRECTOR, WHAT ROLE DO YOU SEE 993 00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:45,089 FOR THE COMMISSION AND KIND OF 994 00:33:45,089 --> 00:33:47,458 HELPING TO GUIDE OR ADVISE UPON 995 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:48,926 THAT, THAT CRITICAL BODY OF WORK 996 00:33:48,926 --> 00:33:51,662 AND HELP SHAPE IT AND INFORM OUR 997 00:33:51,662 --> 00:33:52,463 DECISIONS? 998 00:33:52,463 --> 00:33:54,298 -- YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK AS IS 999 00:33:54,298 --> 00:33:56,034 NOTED IN THEIR CHARTER, THE 1000 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:58,436 COMMISSION IS REALLY A LONG TERM 1001 00:33:58,436 --> 00:34:01,305 STRATEGIC PARTNER. SO THEY'RE 1002 00:34:01,305 --> 00:34:02,473 LOOKING OUT FOR THE HEALTH AND 1003 00:34:02,473 --> 00:34:03,007 WELL-BEING OF THE SEATTLE 1004 00:34:03,007 --> 00:34:04,642 CENTER. BEYOND NEWS CYCLES AND 1005 00:34:04,642 --> 00:34:06,044 POLITICAL CYCLES AND MOMENTS IN 1006 00:34:06,044 --> 00:34:08,880 TIME. SO I THINK BRINGING ONE IS 1007 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,047 JUST BRINGING THAT LONG TERM 1008 00:34:10,047 --> 00:34:11,816 LENS TO HOW WE THINK ABOUT A 1009 00:34:11,816 --> 00:34:14,118 REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT WILL 1010 00:34:14,118 --> 00:34:14,752 PROBABLY TAKE SOMEWHERE IN THE 1011 00:34:14,752 --> 00:34:17,355 RANGE OF 10 TO 15 YEARS. THE 1012 00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:19,157 OTHER IS THERE'S A NUMBER OF 1013 00:34:19,157 --> 00:34:19,724 FOLKS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE 1014 00:34:19,724 --> 00:34:22,827 THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO 1015 00:34:22,827 --> 00:34:24,195 ASSESSING HOW WE ENSURE THE PARK 1016 00:34:24,195 --> 00:34:25,963 MEASURES UP TO OUR VALUES. AND 1017 00:34:25,963 --> 00:34:27,498 THERE'S FOLKS WITH A LOT OF 1018 00:34:27,498 --> 00:34:28,132 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE 1019 00:34:28,132 --> 00:34:30,168 ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING, 1020 00:34:30,168 --> 00:34:30,768 ENGINEERING SPACE WHERE, YOU 1021 00:34:30,768 --> 00:34:33,337 KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE 1022 00:34:33,337 --> 00:34:34,806 DECARBONIZING A 74 ACRE CAMPUS. 1023 00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:37,275 WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO 1024 00:34:37,275 --> 00:34:38,910 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT PREDATES THE 1025 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:41,245 WORLD FAIR IN MANY CASES. AND SO 1026 00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:43,081 FOLKS WHO HAVE THAT EXPERTISE 1027 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:44,816 AND CAN HELP US ASSESS AND 1028 00:34:44,816 --> 00:34:47,552 EVALUATE THAT IS GOING TO BE 1029 00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:48,019 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. 1030 00:34:48,019 --> 00:34:51,989 -- THANK YOU. SO I'LL GO DOWN 1031 00:34:51,989 --> 00:34:54,025 THE LINE, STARTING FIRST WITH 1032 00:34:54,025 --> 00:34:57,261 THE CHAIR, WHO ACTUALLY HAS, YOU 1033 00:34:57,261 --> 00:34:59,097 KNOW, MORE TENURE EXPERIENCE ON 1034 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:00,031 THE COMMISSION. FIRST AND, YOU 1035 00:35:00,031 --> 00:35:01,399 KNOW, BUYING TIME FOR MR. 1036 00:35:01,399 --> 00:35:02,467 WILLIAMS TO, TO, TO THINK 1037 00:35:02,467 --> 00:35:08,573 THROUGH. BUT GIVEN THAT THIS 1038 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,308 THIS EFFORT IS UNDERWAY AND THE 1039 00:35:10,308 --> 00:35:13,344 SORT OF STRATEGIC LONGER TERM 1040 00:35:13,344 --> 00:35:15,847 PLANNING ADVISORY FOCUS OF THE 1041 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:16,481 COMMISSION ITSELF AND THE FACT 1042 00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:17,281 THAT AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, YOU 1043 00:35:17,281 --> 00:35:21,252 ALL MEET SOUNDS LIKE QUARTERLY. 1044 00:35:21,252 --> 00:35:24,555 SO MAYBE THE ABILITY TO SHAPE A 1045 00:35:24,555 --> 00:35:26,257 PACKAGE IS IS LIMITED. AND. BUT 1046 00:35:26,257 --> 00:35:30,528 I ALSO THINK MAYBE HELPING TO 1047 00:35:30,528 --> 00:35:33,498 SHAPE THE CONTOURS OF WHAT 1048 00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:34,098 EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OVER 1049 00:35:34,098 --> 00:35:34,732 STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION LOOKS 1050 00:35:34,732 --> 00:35:36,868 LIKE OVER THE COURSE OF MANY 1051 00:35:36,868 --> 00:35:37,935 YEARS MIGHT BE HELPFUL. WHAT DO 1052 00:35:37,935 --> 00:35:40,738 YOU WHAT DO YOU VIEW AS THE 1053 00:35:40,738 --> 00:35:43,841 COMMISSION'S ROLE IN THIS IN 1054 00:35:43,841 --> 00:35:44,141 THIS WORK? 1055 00:35:44,141 --> 00:35:47,111 -- THAT'S A BIG QUESTION. SO WE 1056 00:35:47,111 --> 00:35:49,580 ACTUALLY MEET MONTHLY. THE ONLY 1057 00:35:49,580 --> 00:35:51,315 MONTH WE TYPICALLY DON'T MEET IS 1058 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:54,051 JULY. BUT AS FAR AS THE 1059 00:35:54,051 --> 00:35:55,953 COMMISSION ITSELF, I THINK WHAT 1060 00:35:55,953 --> 00:35:58,689 I'VE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, NOT 1061 00:35:58,689 --> 00:36:00,057 ONLY IS THEIR COMMITMENT AND 1062 00:36:00,057 --> 00:36:04,161 BELIEF IN THE CENTER, AND AS WE 1063 00:36:04,161 --> 00:36:07,532 MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BOND AND 1064 00:36:07,532 --> 00:36:09,500 EVERY. EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE AT 1065 00:36:09,500 --> 00:36:16,874 THE CENTER THE ONE THING THAT WE 1066 00:36:16,874 --> 00:36:17,508 AS VOLUNTEERS SOMETIMES STRUGGLE 1067 00:36:17,508 --> 00:36:19,644 WITH IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AS 1068 00:36:19,644 --> 00:36:22,146 MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY 1069 00:36:22,146 --> 00:36:23,748 MAKE A FULL DECISION. NOW WE'RE 1070 00:36:23,748 --> 00:36:25,983 JUST VOLUNTEERS AND WE MAKE 1071 00:36:25,983 --> 00:36:28,753 RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I THINK 1072 00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:32,190 OVER THE COMING YEARS, THERE 1073 00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:37,428 SHOULD PROBABLY BE MORE TIME 1074 00:36:37,428 --> 00:36:39,197 WITH JUST HELPING MAKE THE 1075 00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:40,898 DECISIONS THAT HAPPEN ON CAMPUS, 1076 00:36:40,898 --> 00:36:43,501 RATHER THAN JUST A 1077 00:36:43,501 --> 00:36:46,470 RECOMMENDATION OR REFLECTION. 1078 00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:47,171 AND THEN I GUESS THE OTHER THING 1079 00:36:47,171 --> 00:36:50,875 IS WHAT I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF 1080 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:53,277 IS EVERYBODY ON COUNCIL COMING 1081 00:36:53,277 --> 00:36:56,147 DOWN AND VISITING AND, YOU KNOW, 1082 00:36:56,147 --> 00:36:56,714 EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE 1083 00:36:56,714 --> 00:37:00,651 MONTH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE 1084 00:37:00,651 --> 00:37:02,253 HAVE OUR MEETING AND IT'S AN 1085 00:37:02,253 --> 00:37:04,655 OPEN INVITATION FROM MYSELF AND 1086 00:37:04,655 --> 00:37:06,757 FROM THE REST OF THE COMMISSION. 1087 00:37:06,757 --> 00:37:09,293 WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME DOWN 1088 00:37:09,293 --> 00:37:10,928 AND COME TO A MEETING OR TAKE A 1089 00:37:10,928 --> 00:37:12,730 TOUR ON CAMPUS, EVEN IF YOU 1090 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:13,397 HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE 1091 00:37:13,397 --> 00:37:16,367 OF MONTHS. AND I THIS IS WHERE 1092 00:37:16,367 --> 00:37:19,403 THE COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY 1093 00:37:19,403 --> 00:37:20,905 REALLY KIND OF THEY SHINE AND 1094 00:37:20,905 --> 00:37:22,673 THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE 1095 00:37:22,673 --> 00:37:24,609 THEN THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE 1096 00:37:24,609 --> 00:37:25,776 REALLY HELPING OUT NOT ONLY THE 1097 00:37:25,776 --> 00:37:27,078 CITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW 1098 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:29,013 YOUR QUESTION WAS A LITTLE 1099 00:37:29,013 --> 00:37:31,549 BROADER, BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE 1100 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:33,818 BEST I CAN GIVE YOU AT THIS 1101 00:37:33,818 --> 00:37:34,051 MOMENT. 1102 00:37:34,051 --> 00:37:36,153 -- FAIR ENOUGH. I REALLY 1103 00:37:36,153 --> 00:37:40,725 APPRECIATE THAT PERSPECTIVE WELL 1104 00:37:40,725 --> 00:37:44,762 SAID. AND CERTAINLY DON'T 1105 00:37:44,762 --> 00:37:45,563 ANTICIPATE OR DIDN'T INTEND TO 1106 00:37:45,563 --> 00:37:46,931 PUT ANYONE ON THE SPOT, 1107 00:37:46,931 --> 00:37:48,699 ESPECIALLY THE NOMINEES HERE. 1108 00:37:48,699 --> 00:37:49,767 BUT SO I'M NOT GOING TO 1109 00:37:49,767 --> 00:37:54,505 ACTUALLY ASK A QUESTION TO MR.. 1110 00:37:54,505 --> 00:37:55,339 MR. JOHNSON HERE ABOUT THAT, BUT 1111 00:37:55,339 --> 00:37:57,208 I WILL GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, FINAL 1112 00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:59,010 COMMENT OR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE 1113 00:37:59,010 --> 00:38:00,578 ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR 1114 00:38:00,578 --> 00:38:02,380 REFLECTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE 1115 00:38:02,380 --> 00:38:03,481 CONVERSATION TODAY OR THE WORK 1116 00:38:03,481 --> 00:38:07,018 OR, YOU KNOW, ANY ANYTHING MORE 1117 00:38:07,018 --> 00:38:10,154 BROADLY, IF YOU HAVE ANY. 1118 00:38:10,154 --> 00:38:11,422 -- YEAH, I THINK THE BIGGEST 1119 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:12,757 THING THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD 1120 00:38:12,757 --> 00:38:15,393 TO IS BEING PART OF THIS 1121 00:38:15,393 --> 00:38:17,128 COMMISSION IS REALLY HOW WE CAN 1122 00:38:17,128 --> 00:38:18,629 SHAPE AND STRUCTURE THINGS 1123 00:38:18,629 --> 00:38:21,832 MOVING FORWARD IN A LARGE SCALE. 1124 00:38:21,832 --> 00:38:22,566 DOWN AT THE WATERFRONT. YOU 1125 00:38:22,566 --> 00:38:23,234 KNOW, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF BIG 1126 00:38:23,234 --> 00:38:24,235 THINGS FROM OUR GRAND OPENING TO 1127 00:38:24,235 --> 00:38:26,837 ALL THE WORLD CUP ACTIVATIONS 1128 00:38:26,837 --> 00:38:27,471 THAT HAPPENED THROUGH OUR, YOU 1129 00:38:27,471 --> 00:38:28,239 KNOW, BLOCK PARTY THAT'S GOING 1130 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:29,874 TO BE HAPPENING UP THERE. AND I 1131 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:31,008 THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO 1132 00:38:31,008 --> 00:38:32,710 TAKE SOME OF THE LEARNINGS THAT 1133 00:38:32,710 --> 00:38:34,445 WE'VE USED IN THOSE TYPES OF 1134 00:38:34,445 --> 00:38:35,980 LARGER SETTINGS. ALSO, HOW WE 1135 00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:37,748 HAVE OUR FORWARD TIERED APPROACH 1136 00:38:37,748 --> 00:38:39,216 TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY, WHERE WE 1137 00:38:39,216 --> 00:38:40,951 ENGAGE WITH ETS REACH AND HAVING 1138 00:38:40,951 --> 00:38:42,153 A HUMANE APPROACH IN HOW WE DEAL 1139 00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:43,421 WITH UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS 1140 00:38:43,421 --> 00:38:44,255 THROUGHOUT THE PARK, I THINK IS 1141 00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:45,656 ALSO A KEY ASSET THAT WE CAN 1142 00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:48,459 HELP BRING TO THE TABLE AND 1143 00:38:48,459 --> 00:38:50,361 REALLY FOCUS ON, AGAIN, CREATING 1144 00:38:50,361 --> 00:38:52,463 A SPACE FOR EVERYBODY THAT'S 1145 00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:53,564 WELCOMING AND SAFE. AND I THINK 1146 00:38:53,564 --> 00:38:54,498 THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AS WE 1147 00:38:54,498 --> 00:38:55,866 KIND OF GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT 1148 00:38:55,866 --> 00:38:57,301 HOW NOT ONLY JUST INFRASTRUCTURE 1149 00:38:57,301 --> 00:38:58,936 THINGS, WHICH ARE KEY IN ORDER 1150 00:38:58,936 --> 00:39:01,305 TO HAVE VIABLE SPACE FOR PEOPLE, 1151 00:39:01,305 --> 00:39:02,840 NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN, A LOT OF 1152 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:04,642 THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN 1153 00:39:04,642 --> 00:39:05,876 CERTAIN CIVIC THINGS ARE BECAUSE 1154 00:39:05,876 --> 00:39:08,646 OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T 1155 00:39:08,646 --> 00:39:10,247 FULLY ADEQUATE TO SUPPORT MODERN 1156 00:39:10,247 --> 00:39:11,515 FUNCTIONS. I THINK THAT'S GOING 1157 00:39:11,515 --> 00:39:13,451 TO BE A KEY DELIVERABLE THAT THE 1158 00:39:13,451 --> 00:39:14,085 COMMISSION IS GOING TO HAVE TO 1159 00:39:14,085 --> 00:39:16,187 DO MOVING FORWARD, TO MODERNIZE 1160 00:39:16,187 --> 00:39:18,923 THE CAMPUS SO IT CAN BE VIABLE 1161 00:39:18,923 --> 00:39:19,290 IN THE FUTURE. 1162 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:23,327 -- YES ABSOLUTELY. AND VERY WELL 1163 00:39:23,327 --> 00:39:25,262 SAID. AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR 1164 00:39:25,262 --> 00:39:28,065 PERSPECTIVES, YOUR WILLINGNESS 1165 00:39:28,065 --> 00:39:29,800 TO SERVE IN THIS MANNER. IT'S 1166 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:30,468 TRULY IMPACTFUL AND CAN'T THANK 1167 00:39:30,468 --> 00:39:34,839 YOU ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. AND I'LL 1168 00:39:34,839 --> 00:39:36,607 ALSO NOTE THAT THIS IS ANOTHER 1169 00:39:36,607 --> 00:39:41,011 VERY WELL QUALIFIED SLATE OF, OF 1170 00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:43,080 INDIVIDUALS. SO I'M EXCITED TO 1171 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:44,448 VOTE TODAY AND, YOU KNOW, 1172 00:39:44,448 --> 00:39:45,049 HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO BENEFIT 1173 00:39:45,049 --> 00:39:48,552 SOON FROM YOUR YOUR TALENTS. ALL 1174 00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:51,422 RIGHT. I MOVE THE COMMITTEE 1175 00:39:51,422 --> 00:39:55,960 RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE. 1176 00:39:55,960 --> 00:40:03,501 OKAY. START OVER. I MOVE THAT 1177 00:40:03,501 --> 00:40:06,637 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 1178 00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:08,572 CONFIRMATION OF THE FIVE 1179 00:40:08,572 --> 00:40:09,173 APPOINTMENT FIVE APPOINTMENTS 1180 00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:10,674 AND OR EXCUSE ME, TWO 1181 00:40:10,674 --> 00:40:11,776 APPOINTMENTS AND THREE 1182 00:40:11,776 --> 00:40:13,878 REAPPOINTMENTS. IS THERE A 1183 00:40:13,878 --> 00:40:14,111 SECOND? 1184 00:40:14,111 --> 00:40:16,614 -- SECOND. 1185 00:40:16,614 --> 00:40:17,915 -- THANK YOU. WILL THE CLERK. 1186 00:40:17,915 --> 00:40:22,453 OKAY, LET'S START THAT OVER. 1187 00:40:22,453 --> 00:40:26,390 MULLIGAN. WE'RE. CLARITY FOR 1188 00:40:26,390 --> 00:40:31,462 CLARITY, I MOVE THAT WE 1189 00:40:31,462 --> 00:40:34,431 RECOMMEND CONFIRMATION OF THE 1190 00:40:34,431 --> 00:40:37,134 TWO APPOINTMENTS AND THE THREE 1191 00:40:37,134 --> 00:40:38,135 REAPPOINTMENTS IS THERE. IS 1192 00:40:38,135 --> 00:40:39,336 THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK 1193 00:40:39,336 --> 00:40:42,306 YOU. IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND 1194 00:40:42,306 --> 00:40:45,876 SECONDED. IS THERE ANY FINAL 1195 00:40:45,876 --> 00:40:48,445 DISCUSSION HEARING. SEEING NONE. 1196 00:40:48,445 --> 00:40:49,847 WILL THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE 1197 00:40:49,847 --> 00:40:51,882 CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1198 00:40:51,882 --> 00:40:53,617 RECOMMENDATION? 1199 00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:54,084 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1200 00:40:54,084 --> 00:40:55,786 -- YES. 1201 00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:56,253 -- VICE CHAIR RINCK. 1202 00:40:56,253 --> 00:40:57,855 -- YES. 1203 00:40:57,855 --> 00:40:59,557 -- CHAIR SAKA. I CHAIR, THERE 1204 00:40:59,557 --> 00:41:01,125 ARE THREE VOTES IN FAVOR AND 1205 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:02,026 ZERO OPPOSED. 1206 00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:03,561 -- THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES 1207 00:41:03,561 --> 00:41:06,096 AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 1208 00:41:06,096 --> 00:41:08,833 THAT CITY COUNCIL CONFIRM THE 1209 00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:10,935 APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION 1210 00:41:10,935 --> 00:41:13,337 OR THE COMMITTEE WILL BE SENT TO 1211 00:41:13,337 --> 00:41:15,706 THE AUGUST 11th, 2026 CITY 1212 00:41:15,706 --> 00:41:18,242 COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. ALL 1213 00:41:18,242 --> 00:41:21,679 RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 1214 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:22,480 OUR EIGHTH SUBSTANTIVE ITEM OF 1215 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,081 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1216 00:41:24,081 --> 00:41:26,250 READ ITEM EIGHT INTO THE RECORD. 1217 00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:28,052 -- AGENDA ITEM EIGHT BRIEFING 1218 00:41:28,052 --> 00:41:31,455 AND DISCUSSION. OVERVIEW OF 1219 00:41:31,455 --> 00:41:31,856 WATERFRONT PARK. 1220 00:41:31,856 --> 00:41:36,660 -- ALL RIGHT. AND LET'S SEE IF 1221 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:37,728 THERE'S ANY NEW PRESENTERS 1222 00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:41,398 JOINING US AT THE TABLE. THINK 1223 00:41:41,398 --> 00:41:42,967 THINK SAME HOLDOVERS. SO GOT A 1224 00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:45,636 LOT OF CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS 1225 00:41:45,636 --> 00:41:47,304 HERE AT THE COMMITTEE TABLE THIS 1226 00:41:47,304 --> 00:41:49,373 MORNING. SO GREAT. WELCOME 1227 00:41:49,373 --> 00:41:50,608 AGAIN. NO NEED TO REINTRODUCE 1228 00:41:50,608 --> 00:41:53,377 YOURSELVES. BUT WHEN YOU'RE 1229 00:41:53,377 --> 00:41:53,878 READY PLEASE BEGIN YOUR 1230 00:41:53,878 --> 00:42:01,051 PRESENTATION 1231 00:42:01,285 --> 00:42:11,762 -- OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 1232 00:42:13,264 --> 00:42:15,299 HAVING US TODAY. WE'RE REALLY 1233 00:42:15,299 --> 00:42:16,534 EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO 1234 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:19,470 YOU ABOUT WATERFRONT PARK 1235 00:42:19,470 --> 00:42:21,005 OPERATIONS AND ALL THE AMAZING 1236 00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:23,941 THINGS THAT WE DO TO MAKE MAGIC 1237 00:42:23,941 --> 00:42:26,377 HAPPEN DOWN ON THE WATERFRONT. 1238 00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:27,177 AS YOU KNOW, THE WATERFRONT HAS 1239 00:42:27,177 --> 00:42:29,880 BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. 1240 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:30,514 OPERATIONS OF THE PARK STARTED 1241 00:42:30,514 --> 00:42:34,885 IN 2020 WITH THE OPENING OF PIER 1242 00:42:34,885 --> 00:42:37,488 62 AND EXPANDED OVER FIVE YEARS 1243 00:42:37,488 --> 00:42:38,656 AS CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED IN 1244 00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:39,590 DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE PARK. 1245 00:42:39,590 --> 00:42:42,493 OPEN, CULMINATING IN THE FINAL 1246 00:42:42,493 --> 00:42:45,396 OPENING OF THE PARK LAST 1247 00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:48,966 SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR IS OUR FIRST 1248 00:42:48,966 --> 00:42:49,600 FULL YEAR OF OPERATING THE PARK 1249 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,869 IN ITS ENTIRETY. SEATTLE CENTER 1250 00:42:51,869 --> 00:42:54,371 TOOK OVER PARK OPERATIONS IN 1251 00:42:54,371 --> 00:42:56,373 2023 AS THE LEAD CITY 1252 00:42:56,373 --> 00:42:58,475 DEPARTMENT. IT HAS A REALLY 1253 00:42:58,475 --> 00:43:00,344 UNIQUE OPERATING MODEL THAT 1254 00:43:00,344 --> 00:43:00,811 COMBINES MAINTENANCE, 1255 00:43:00,811 --> 00:43:03,380 PROGRAMING, ACTIVATION AND 1256 00:43:03,380 --> 00:43:04,815 PUBLIC SAFETY AS THE THREE 1257 00:43:04,815 --> 00:43:06,684 PILLARS FOR SUCCESS. WE HAVE A 1258 00:43:06,684 --> 00:43:08,352 UNIQUE AND STRONG PARTNERSHIP 1259 00:43:08,352 --> 00:43:09,353 WITH FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT PARK, 1260 00:43:09,353 --> 00:43:11,455 WHO PROVIDES THE PROGRAMING AND 1261 00:43:11,455 --> 00:43:12,189 ACTIVATION IN THE PARK. WHILE 1262 00:43:12,189 --> 00:43:14,058 THE CITY PROVIDES A DEDICATED 1263 00:43:14,058 --> 00:43:15,960 MAINTENANCE TEAM, AND THERE'S A 1264 00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:18,395 JOINT RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUBLIC 1265 00:43:18,395 --> 00:43:24,468 SAFETY. AS THROUGH OUR OPS TEAM 1266 00:43:24,468 --> 00:43:25,936 ON THERE, BECAUSE I LIKE TO SHOW 1267 00:43:25,936 --> 00:43:27,004 OFF HOW HOW COOL THEY LOOK IN 1268 00:43:27,004 --> 00:43:28,405 THEIR THEIR BLUE THAT YOU CAN 1269 00:43:28,405 --> 00:43:33,610 SEE OUT IN THE PARK. OKAY. WE 1270 00:43:33,610 --> 00:43:35,379 HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM THAT 1271 00:43:35,379 --> 00:43:37,314 PROVIDES DAILY AND PREVENTIVE 1272 00:43:37,314 --> 00:43:38,515 MAINTENANCE OF THE PARK AND 1273 00:43:38,515 --> 00:43:40,517 TAKES CARE OF THE LANDSCAPING 1274 00:43:40,517 --> 00:43:42,920 WE'VE REMOVED OVER 600 GRAFFITI 1275 00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:44,488 TAGS IN 2025 WITH A HIGHER 1276 00:43:44,488 --> 00:43:46,991 NUMBER SO FAR IN 2026. TRACKING 1277 00:43:46,991 --> 00:43:51,395 CURRENTLY AT 528. TAGS REMOVED. 1278 00:43:51,395 --> 00:43:53,063 WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN 1279 00:43:53,063 --> 00:43:54,698 GRAFFITI SINCE THE PARK FULLY 1280 00:43:54,698 --> 00:43:57,167 OPENED, AS IT'S HEAVILY USED. 1281 00:43:57,167 --> 00:43:59,370 MOST OF THE GRAFFITI IS NOT 1282 00:43:59,370 --> 00:44:01,171 HARMFUL GRAFFITI. IT'S MORE 1283 00:44:01,171 --> 00:44:04,908 PEOPLE DRAWING LOVE HEARTS AND 1284 00:44:04,908 --> 00:44:06,276 LITTLE DOODLES ON DIFFERENT 1285 00:44:06,276 --> 00:44:11,048 PARTS OF THE PARK. IN 2025, WE 1286 00:44:11,048 --> 00:44:11,648 HAD OVER 450 WORK ORDERS THAT 1287 00:44:11,648 --> 00:44:13,617 WERE ON TOP OF OUR DAILY TRASH 1288 00:44:13,617 --> 00:44:14,585 REMOVAL AND LITTER PICKING, AND 1289 00:44:14,585 --> 00:44:24,161 WE'RE TRACKING THAT FOR 2026. 1290 00:44:24,294 --> 00:44:26,030 WE HAVE A UNIQUE PUBLIC SAFETY 1291 00:44:26,030 --> 00:44:29,166 MODEL ON THE WATERFRONT. AS 1292 00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:31,635 MICHAEL ALLUDED TO, IT IS A FOUR 1293 00:44:31,635 --> 00:44:32,936 TIERED RESPONSE WITH OUR GOAL 1294 00:44:32,936 --> 00:44:35,472 BEING AS HUMANISTIC APPROACH AS 1295 00:44:35,472 --> 00:44:38,342 POSSIBLE. THE FIRST TIER IS 1296 00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:40,978 SOCIAL SERVICES. OUR PARTNERS, 1297 00:44:40,978 --> 00:44:43,380 FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT PARK, 1298 00:44:43,380 --> 00:44:45,516 CONTRACT WITH ETS REACH. OUR 1299 00:44:45,516 --> 00:44:48,919 FIRST STEP IS HELPING SOMEBODY 1300 00:44:48,919 --> 00:44:49,420 EXPERIENCING CRISES OR 1301 00:44:49,420 --> 00:44:50,120 EXPERIENCING ANY KIND OF NEED IN 1302 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:53,891 THE PARK. OUR SECOND TIER IS 1303 00:44:53,891 --> 00:44:55,659 PARK AMBASSADORS, WHICH ARE 1304 00:44:55,659 --> 00:44:56,293 FRIENDS, STAFF THAT ARE OUT IN 1305 00:44:56,293 --> 00:45:00,197 THE PARK ON A DAILY BASIS. THEY 1306 00:45:00,197 --> 00:45:01,065 ARE UNIFORMED AND BRIGHT PINK 1307 00:45:01,065 --> 00:45:02,099 SUITS OUR TEAM IN BRIGHT BLUE. 1308 00:45:02,099 --> 00:45:04,468 THEY'VE GOT BRIGHT PINK ON, AND 1309 00:45:04,468 --> 00:45:07,938 THEY CAN REMIND FOLKS OF PARK 1310 00:45:07,938 --> 00:45:11,408 RULES. OUR THIRD TIER IS OUR ESU 1311 00:45:11,408 --> 00:45:13,377 MODEL, WHICH IS EXPANDED FROM 1312 00:45:13,377 --> 00:45:15,679 THE SEATTLE CENTER CAMPUS. IT'S 1313 00:45:15,679 --> 00:45:17,381 A 24/7 SAFETY TEAM THAT CAN 1314 00:45:17,381 --> 00:45:19,983 ENFORCE PARK RULES. AND OUR 1315 00:45:19,983 --> 00:45:20,584 FOURTH TIER IS THE SEATTLE 1316 00:45:20,584 --> 00:45:22,686 POLICE DEPARTMENT, SEATTLE FIRE 1317 00:45:22,686 --> 00:45:23,687 DEPARTMENT FOR ANYTHING CRIMINAL 1318 00:45:23,687 --> 00:45:26,824 OR LIFE THREATENING. IN 2025, 1319 00:45:26,824 --> 00:45:30,794 LESS THAN 2% OF OUR INCIDENTS 1320 00:45:30,794 --> 00:45:31,295 WENT TO SEATTLE POLICE 1321 00:45:31,295 --> 00:45:33,931 DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE FIRE 1322 00:45:33,931 --> 00:45:38,769 DEPARTMENT. WE HAD 2885 1323 00:45:38,769 --> 00:45:39,403 INCIDENTS OVERALL AND 44 THAT 1324 00:45:39,403 --> 00:45:40,704 WENT TO THE POLICE AND 36 THAT 1325 00:45:40,704 --> 00:45:50,681 WENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. 1326 00:45:50,681 --> 00:45:55,652 OKAY, SO AGAIN, A 247 TEAM THAT 1327 00:45:55,652 --> 00:45:58,322 IS ABLE TO ENFORCE PARK RULES, 1328 00:45:58,322 --> 00:45:59,790 ANYTHING THAT IS CRIMINAL OR 1329 00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:01,058 LIFE THREATENING GOES TO SPD AND 1330 00:46:01,058 --> 00:46:04,294 IS NOT DEALT WITH BY OUR PUBLIC 1331 00:46:04,294 --> 00:46:04,895 SAFETY EMERGENCY SERVICE UNIT 1332 00:46:04,895 --> 00:46:06,630 TEAM. WE HAVE PARK RULES THAT 1333 00:46:06,630 --> 00:46:10,868 WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2023. THEY 1334 00:46:10,868 --> 00:46:12,102 WENT THROUGH A INCLUSIVE AND 1335 00:46:12,102 --> 00:46:13,403 PUBLIC PROCESS WHERE WE HAD A 1336 00:46:13,403 --> 00:46:15,639 PUBLIC MEETING AND WE WENT 1337 00:46:15,639 --> 00:46:16,240 THROUGH THE THE SEATTLE PARKS 1338 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:20,444 AND RECREATION PUBLIC PROCESS 1339 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:21,879 FOR CREATING PARK RULES. A 1340 00:46:21,879 --> 00:46:23,380 MAJORITY OF THE RULES, I'D SAY 1341 00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:25,282 ABOUT 90% OF THEM WERE ALREADY 1342 00:46:25,282 --> 00:46:27,651 IN EXISTENCE BETWEEN SEATTLE 1343 00:46:27,651 --> 00:46:28,886 PARKS AND RECREATION AND SEATTLE 1344 00:46:28,886 --> 00:46:32,856 CENTER. AND WE CREATED ABOUT 10% 1345 00:46:32,856 --> 00:46:36,660 NEW RULES THAT WERE SPECIFIC TO 1346 00:46:36,660 --> 00:46:44,101 THE WATER AND PROMENADE SAFETY 1347 00:46:44,101 --> 00:46:45,903 ONE REALLY COOL THING THAT OUR 1348 00:46:45,903 --> 00:46:47,337 PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM DOES IS THEY 1349 00:46:47,337 --> 00:46:47,938 TRACK ALL THEIR INTERACTIONS 1350 00:46:47,938 --> 00:46:52,209 WITH THE PUBLIC. IN 2025, THEY 1351 00:46:52,209 --> 00:46:53,310 HAD OVER 43,000 PUBLIC 1352 00:46:53,310 --> 00:46:54,545 INTERACTIONS. THIS CAN BE 1353 00:46:54,545 --> 00:46:56,513 SOMETHING AS CASUAL AS, HI, HOW 1354 00:46:56,513 --> 00:46:59,483 ARE YOU DOING TO WHERE'S THE 1355 00:46:59,483 --> 00:47:01,018 BATHROOMS? WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO 1356 00:47:01,018 --> 00:47:06,156 YOU DO TO. ALSO ENFORCING PARK 1357 00:47:06,156 --> 00:47:07,591 RULES THAT WE HAVE TO GOVERN THE 1358 00:47:07,591 --> 00:47:14,064 PARK. LESS THAN 1% OF OUR PUBLIC 1359 00:47:14,064 --> 00:47:15,666 INTERACTIONS IN 2025 WERE IN 1360 00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:16,133 RELATION TO PARK RULE 1361 00:47:16,133 --> 00:47:17,367 VIOLATIONS. SO WE'RE SEEING A 1362 00:47:17,367 --> 00:47:20,037 LOT OF POSITIVE PUBLIC 1363 00:47:20,037 --> 00:47:21,572 ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR EMERGENCY 1364 00:47:21,572 --> 00:47:23,207 SERVICE UNIT TEAM AND THE 1365 00:47:23,207 --> 00:47:24,741 PUBLIC. AND THEN ONE THING WE'RE 1366 00:47:24,741 --> 00:47:25,876 REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF WITH OUR 1367 00:47:25,876 --> 00:47:28,979 PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM IS WE HAVE 1368 00:47:28,979 --> 00:47:30,214 HAD ZERO ENCAMPMENTS ESTABLISHED 1369 00:47:30,214 --> 00:47:33,016 IN THE WATERFRONT PARK BOUNDARY 1370 00:47:33,016 --> 00:47:39,790 SINCE 2023. WE WANTED TO TOUCH 1371 00:47:39,790 --> 00:47:41,124 BASE REALLY QUICK ON THE 1372 00:47:41,124 --> 00:47:44,294 PROGRAMING AND ACTIVATION PIECE 1373 00:47:44,294 --> 00:47:45,896 OF OUR THREE TIER KIND OF PILLAR 1374 00:47:45,896 --> 00:47:48,565 OF SUCCESS MODEL WITH FRIENDS OF 1375 00:47:48,565 --> 00:47:51,068 WATERFRONT PARK. WE DO ALL THE 1376 00:47:51,068 --> 00:47:51,702 PROGRAMING AND ACTIVATION. THEY 1377 00:47:51,702 --> 00:47:52,936 DO ALL THE PROGRAMING, 1378 00:47:52,936 --> 00:47:55,772 ACTIVATION, AND WE ARE WE'RE 1379 00:47:55,772 --> 00:47:56,873 SUPPORTING ENTITY TOGETHER. WE 1380 00:47:56,873 --> 00:47:58,642 DID THE SEATTLE WORLD CUP, WHICH 1381 00:47:58,642 --> 00:48:01,044 WAS PHENOMENAL AND AN AMAZING 1382 00:48:01,044 --> 00:48:01,678 EXPERIENCE. AND I HOPE YOU MADE 1383 00:48:01,678 --> 00:48:05,015 IT DOWN TO ACTUALLY KIND OF LIVE 1384 00:48:05,015 --> 00:48:06,250 IN THAT MOMENT THAT SEATTLE HAD 1385 00:48:06,250 --> 00:48:10,387 OF, OF JOY IN THE PARK. WE 1386 00:48:10,387 --> 00:48:12,489 WELCOMED OVER. WE'RE ESTIMATING 1387 00:48:12,489 --> 00:48:13,857 OVER 100,000 PEOPLE ON THE JULY 1388 00:48:13,857 --> 00:48:18,161 6th DATE AND WE HAD WELL OVER 1389 00:48:18,161 --> 00:48:21,798 85,000 PEOPLE ON OUR JUNE 19th 1390 00:48:21,798 --> 00:48:27,037 DATE. DURING THIS TIME, WE 1391 00:48:27,037 --> 00:48:29,506 ACTIVATED PIER 62 ON TEN 1392 00:48:29,506 --> 00:48:31,475 SEPARATE DAYS. THE SIX SEATTLE 1393 00:48:31,475 --> 00:48:33,777 MATCH DAYS, PLUS FOUR ADDITIONAL 1394 00:48:33,777 --> 00:48:38,115 DAYS THAT CANADA, US AND MEXICO 1395 00:48:38,115 --> 00:48:39,216 WERE PLAYING. THEIR FLOATING 1396 00:48:39,216 --> 00:48:40,884 BARGE CAME IN. AS YOU MAY HAVE 1397 00:48:40,884 --> 00:48:42,386 SEEN, HOPEFULLY MADE IT OUT 1398 00:48:42,386 --> 00:48:46,390 THERE. IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING 1399 00:48:46,390 --> 00:48:48,325 EXPERIENCE TO BE ON A BARGE 1400 00:48:48,325 --> 00:48:53,997 FLOATING AND THEN WE DID PIER 58 1401 00:48:53,997 --> 00:48:55,766 ACTIVATIONS ON JUNE 19th AND 1402 00:48:55,766 --> 00:48:58,068 JULY 6th, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL 1403 00:48:58,068 --> 00:49:00,137 DATES THAT HAD MARCHED TO THE 1404 00:49:00,137 --> 00:49:03,540 MATCHES. 1405 00:49:03,540 --> 00:49:04,174 -- MY FAVORITE BEING BOSNIA, 1406 00:49:04,174 --> 00:49:05,008 WHERE THEY KIND OF JUST TOOK 1407 00:49:05,008 --> 00:49:07,344 OVER. YOU COULD SEE IN THAT 1408 00:49:07,344 --> 00:49:09,479 PICTURE BY THE AQUARIUM, THE 1409 00:49:09,479 --> 00:49:10,347 ENTIRE PARK. IT WAS REALLY, 1410 00:49:10,347 --> 00:49:16,420 REALLY COOL TO SEE. WE JUST 1411 00:49:16,420 --> 00:49:18,288 FINISHED UP ON A SUCCESSFUL 1412 00:49:18,288 --> 00:49:20,390 TORCHLIGHT PARADE. THIS IS OUR 1413 00:49:20,390 --> 00:49:23,460 SECOND YEAR HOSTING TORCHLIGHT. 1414 00:49:23,460 --> 00:49:26,229 WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE SAW HIGHER 1415 00:49:26,229 --> 00:49:27,464 NUMBERS OF ATTENDANCE THAN WE 1416 00:49:27,464 --> 00:49:29,700 SAW LAST YEAR. THE RUN HAD A 1417 00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:32,569 HIGHER REGISTRANTS IN THE. THE 1418 00:49:32,569 --> 00:49:36,106 RUN AND THE PARADE WAS OVERALL 1419 00:49:36,106 --> 00:49:38,675 VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE HAD A GREAT 1420 00:49:38,675 --> 00:49:41,078 TIME HOSTING TORCHLIGHT AND WE 1421 00:49:41,078 --> 00:49:42,479 LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT 2027 HOLDS 1422 00:49:42,479 --> 00:49:46,883 FOR US WITH THEM. AND THEN 1423 00:49:46,883 --> 00:49:48,285 THERE'S SO MUCH MORE GOING ON 1424 00:49:48,285 --> 00:49:49,486 THIS SUMMER. WE'VE BEEN ASKED A 1425 00:49:49,486 --> 00:49:52,489 LOT ABOUT HOW WE'RE CREATING 1426 00:49:52,489 --> 00:49:54,591 ENERGY AROUND THE WATERFRONT, 1427 00:49:54,591 --> 00:49:55,892 ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING WORLD CUP 1428 00:49:55,892 --> 00:49:57,094 AND TORCHLIGHT AND WHAT 1429 00:49:57,094 --> 00:49:58,628 ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON. FRIENDS 1430 00:49:58,628 --> 00:50:00,130 HAS WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD 1431 00:50:00,130 --> 00:50:05,669 ON A REALLY COMPREHENSIVE 1432 00:50:05,669 --> 00:50:08,572 ENGAGING PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC. 1433 00:50:08,572 --> 00:50:09,239 AND THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH 1434 00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,274 OF THINGS HOSTED. WE'VE INCLUDED 1435 00:50:11,274 --> 00:50:15,712 THE LINK TO THE TO THEIR LIST OF 1436 00:50:15,712 --> 00:50:16,413 ACTIVITIES. SOME OF THE THINGS I 1437 00:50:16,413 --> 00:50:18,815 WANT TO NOTE ARE THE SPOTLIGHT 1438 00:50:18,815 --> 00:50:22,953 SERIES, THEIR YOGA, ZUMBA. 1439 00:50:22,953 --> 00:50:24,688 THEY'VE GOT RENTALS THAT ARE 1440 00:50:24,688 --> 00:50:25,222 HAPPENING WITH COMMUNITY 1441 00:50:25,222 --> 00:50:27,591 PARTNERS LIKE PARK JETTA, AND WE 1442 00:50:27,591 --> 00:50:28,925 HAVE SALMON HOMECOMING, AS WELL 1443 00:50:28,925 --> 00:50:34,564 AS THE BLOCK PARTY COMING UP SO 1444 00:50:34,564 --> 00:50:36,166 BLOCK PARTY IS OUR NEXT BIG 1445 00:50:36,166 --> 00:50:39,236 THING. IT IS ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 1446 00:50:39,236 --> 00:50:42,606 29th FROM 1 TO 8 P.M. IT WILL 1447 00:50:42,606 --> 00:50:44,975 MIMIC A LITTLE BIT OF THE GRAND 1448 00:50:44,975 --> 00:50:46,510 OPENING WHERE THE ENTIRE PARK 1449 00:50:46,510 --> 00:50:49,079 WILL BE ACTIVATED, AS OPPOSED TO 1450 00:50:49,079 --> 00:50:51,481 JUST PIER 62, WHICH IS WHAT'S 1451 00:50:51,481 --> 00:50:53,483 BEEN IN THE PAST, AS WE HAVE 1452 00:50:53,483 --> 00:50:56,319 NOW. THE FULL CONTROL OF THE 1453 00:50:56,319 --> 00:50:57,954 PARK. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING 1454 00:50:57,954 --> 00:51:01,224 FORWARD TO OUR PUBLIC SPACES. 1455 00:51:01,224 --> 00:51:03,527 PIER 58 OVER THE PIER 62 BEING 1456 00:51:03,527 --> 00:51:04,094 ACTIVATED DURING WATERFRONT 1457 00:51:04,094 --> 00:51:07,431 BLOCK PARTY, AND WE HOPE YOU 1458 00:51:07,431 --> 00:51:11,334 WILL JOIN US. AND WITH THAT, 1459 00:51:11,334 --> 00:51:13,503 AYE. ANY I'M OPEN TO ANY 1460 00:51:13,503 --> 00:51:16,306 QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE 1461 00:51:16,306 --> 00:51:16,807 ABOUT WATERFRONT PARK. 1462 00:51:16,807 --> 00:51:18,508 -- EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY 1463 00:51:18,508 --> 00:51:22,212 MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 1464 00:51:22,212 --> 00:51:24,881 REALLY ENJOYED THE FIFA 1465 00:51:24,881 --> 00:51:27,918 EXPERIENCE IN PARTICULAR, BUT 1466 00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:29,386 IT'S TRULY A A GEM, A CIVIC AND 1467 00:51:29,386 --> 00:51:31,855 CULTURAL GEM FOR OUR ENTIRE CITY 1468 00:51:31,855 --> 00:51:33,857 YEAR ROUND, WHETHER WE'RE 1469 00:51:33,857 --> 00:51:36,827 WELCOMING THE WORLD FOR A 1470 00:51:36,827 --> 00:51:39,029 SPECIFIC SET OF GAMES OR NOT. SO 1471 00:51:39,029 --> 00:51:39,930 THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT THANK 1472 00:51:39,930 --> 00:51:40,897 YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY. 1473 00:51:40,897 --> 00:51:44,034 AT THIS POINT, I'LL TURN IT 1474 00:51:44,034 --> 00:51:46,403 OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR ANY 1475 00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:48,138 QUESTIONS. COMMENTS, FEEDBACK, 1476 00:51:48,138 --> 00:51:50,407 IF ANY. FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, 1477 00:51:50,407 --> 00:51:52,175 STARTING FIRST WITH VICE CHAIR 1478 00:51:52,175 --> 00:51:52,409 RINCK. 1479 00:51:52,409 --> 00:51:54,444 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA, AND 1480 00:51:54,444 --> 00:51:56,112 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 1481 00:51:56,112 --> 00:51:57,047 OVERVIEW PRESENTATION. I THINK 1482 00:51:57,047 --> 00:51:59,316 WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WATERFRONT 1483 00:51:59,316 --> 00:52:00,917 PARK IS A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO 1484 00:52:00,917 --> 00:52:02,719 OUR CITY. I HEAR FROM VISITORS 1485 00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:04,488 ALL THE TIME. SOMETIMES I WALK 1486 00:52:04,488 --> 00:52:05,522 THE STREETS AND TRY AND 1487 00:52:05,522 --> 00:52:08,091 OVERHEAR. WHEN WE HAVE TOURISTS 1488 00:52:08,091 --> 00:52:10,460 AROUND TOWN AND AYE. IT'S A 1489 00:52:10,460 --> 00:52:11,094 REAL PLEASURE, ESPECIALLY WHEN 1490 00:52:11,094 --> 00:52:12,395 I'M WALKING DOWNTOWN AND I 1491 00:52:12,395 --> 00:52:13,763 OVERHEAR TOURISTS WHO ARE LIKE, 1492 00:52:13,763 --> 00:52:16,299 OH MY GOSH, THE WATERFRONT LOOKS 1493 00:52:16,299 --> 00:52:19,302 INCREDIBLE. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL 1494 00:52:19,302 --> 00:52:20,704 HERE. AND IN SO MANY WAYS, I 1495 00:52:20,704 --> 00:52:22,672 FOUND MYSELF ALSO SPENDING FREE 1496 00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:24,174 TIME AT THE WATERFRONT PARK AS 1497 00:52:24,174 --> 00:52:26,076 WELL. AND I THINK ACTUALLY ON 1498 00:52:26,076 --> 00:52:28,311 SLIDE 12, IF YOU SQUINT, YOU CAN 1499 00:52:28,311 --> 00:52:29,980 SEE ME THERE CHEERING ON TEAM 1500 00:52:29,980 --> 00:52:33,416 USA. BUT I WANTED TO DIVE IN A 1501 00:52:33,416 --> 00:52:38,188 LITTLE BIT JUST ON SLIDE. LET'S 1502 00:52:38,188 --> 00:52:39,890 SEE SLIDE NINE, JUST WITH SOME 1503 00:52:39,890 --> 00:52:41,858 OF THE DATA, PARTICULARLY AROUND 1504 00:52:41,858 --> 00:52:42,592 PUBLIC SAFETY. AND I APOLOGIZE 1505 00:52:42,592 --> 00:52:44,127 IF I MISSED THIS DETAIL, BUT 1506 00:52:44,127 --> 00:52:47,130 I'M WONDERING WITH THIS CHART 1507 00:52:47,130 --> 00:52:48,999 AND SOME OF THE DATA POINTS ON 1508 00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:51,134 SOME OF THE PARK RULE 1509 00:52:51,134 --> 00:52:52,502 VIOLATIONS, WHAT IS CAPTURED BY 1510 00:52:52,502 --> 00:52:56,706 THE OTHER CATEGORY? WHAT ARE THE 1511 00:52:56,706 --> 00:52:58,341 KINDS OF VIOLATIONS THAT ARE 1512 00:52:58,341 --> 00:53:01,511 CAPTURED IN THAT CATEGORY 1513 00:53:01,511 --> 00:53:03,246 -- YEAH. SO IN THE OTHER 1514 00:53:03,246 --> 00:53:07,150 CATEGORY, IT IS JUST PEOPLE THAT 1515 00:53:07,150 --> 00:53:09,819 ARE DOING THINGS THAT ARE NOT A 1516 00:53:09,819 --> 00:53:14,024 PARK RULE VIOLATION, BUT ARE 1517 00:53:14,024 --> 00:53:17,494 VIOLATION OF PUBLIC SPACE. THAT 1518 00:53:17,494 --> 00:53:18,562 WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE AS, 1519 00:53:18,562 --> 00:53:20,764 AS A PARK RULE. AND I DON'T 1520 00:53:20,764 --> 00:53:21,798 WANT TO EXPLICITLY GO INTO SOME 1521 00:53:21,798 --> 00:53:23,033 OF THE DETAIL OF LIKE, WHAT SOME 1522 00:53:23,033 --> 00:53:23,934 OF THOSE RULES ARE, BUT LIKE IF 1523 00:53:23,934 --> 00:53:26,303 SOMEBODY WAS URINATING ON THE 1524 00:53:26,303 --> 00:53:28,505 SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THAT WOULD 1525 00:53:28,505 --> 00:53:33,643 BE CAPTURED AS ANOTHER, WE HAVE 1526 00:53:33,643 --> 00:53:36,313 PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING VENDING 1527 00:53:36,313 --> 00:53:37,447 ACROSS THE STREET THAT IS 1528 00:53:37,447 --> 00:53:40,650 UNPERMITTED. AND THAT WOULD BE 1529 00:53:40,650 --> 00:53:42,919 CONSIDERED UNDER OTHER. IT 1530 00:53:42,919 --> 00:53:43,820 DOESN'T FALL WITHIN OUR PARK 1531 00:53:43,820 --> 00:53:45,288 BOUNDARY, BUT WE CAPTURE THAT 1532 00:53:45,288 --> 00:53:49,326 DATA AS IT COMES IN. OTHER 1533 00:53:49,326 --> 00:53:50,794 VIOLATIONS COULD BE RELATED TO 1534 00:53:50,794 --> 00:53:53,330 OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PARK THAT 1535 00:53:53,330 --> 00:53:56,499 PEOPLE HAVE EITHER JUST KIND OF 1536 00:53:56,499 --> 00:53:58,401 DEFACED OR DONE DAMAGE TO. 1537 00:53:58,401 --> 00:53:59,502 THAT'S NOT CAPTURED UNDER ONE 1538 00:53:59,502 --> 00:54:01,538 OF OUR PARK RULES. 1539 00:54:01,538 --> 00:54:02,906 -- OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. SO PERHAPS 1540 00:54:02,906 --> 00:54:04,574 THINGS THAT ARE CAPTURED IN 1541 00:54:04,574 --> 00:54:05,942 SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT NOT 1542 00:54:05,942 --> 00:54:07,244 EXPLICITLY STATED IN PARK RULES. 1543 00:54:07,244 --> 00:54:08,545 OKAY. THANK YOU. ALWAYS CURIOUS 1544 00:54:08,545 --> 00:54:10,413 WITH THOSE KIND OF MISCELLANEOUS 1545 00:54:10,413 --> 00:54:12,248 CATEGORIES, WHAT THOSE 1546 00:54:12,248 --> 00:54:13,550 REPRESENT. AND I AM CURIOUS, 1547 00:54:13,550 --> 00:54:14,751 JUST BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE A 1548 00:54:14,751 --> 00:54:16,286 PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, JUST ABOUT 1549 00:54:16,286 --> 00:54:18,989 THE MATTER OF DESIGNATED 1550 00:54:18,989 --> 00:54:20,156 EXPRESSION SPACES, I'M WONDERING 1551 00:54:20,156 --> 00:54:20,790 IF YOU COULD UNPACK A LITTLE BIT 1552 00:54:20,790 --> 00:54:22,325 WHAT THOSE ARE. I THINK WE ALL 1553 00:54:22,325 --> 00:54:23,493 FEEL A SHARED COMMITMENT TO 1554 00:54:23,493 --> 00:54:26,696 UPHOLD FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. 1555 00:54:26,696 --> 00:54:27,364 AND THERE'S A CLEAR POLICY AS A 1556 00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:29,933 PART OF WATERFRONT PARK AROUND 1557 00:54:29,933 --> 00:54:30,567 DESIGNATED EXPRESSION SPACES. SO 1558 00:54:30,567 --> 00:54:31,234 I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN SPEAK 1559 00:54:31,234 --> 00:54:34,204 TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND 1560 00:54:34,204 --> 00:54:34,504 UNPACK IT. 1561 00:54:34,504 --> 00:54:38,842 -- ABSOLUTELY SO WATERFRONT 1562 00:54:38,842 --> 00:54:41,645 PARK, FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE 1563 00:54:41,645 --> 00:54:44,414 SUPPORT THE CREATIVITY OF 1564 00:54:44,414 --> 00:54:46,249 ARTISTS AND WELCOME THE 1565 00:54:46,249 --> 00:54:48,118 DIFFERENT CULTURAL EXPERIENCES 1566 00:54:48,118 --> 00:54:50,387 THAT IT BRINGS TO WATERFRONT 1567 00:54:50,387 --> 00:54:52,322 PARK. WE HAVE SIX DESIGNATED 1568 00:54:52,322 --> 00:54:54,991 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE PARK THAT 1569 00:54:54,991 --> 00:54:59,062 ARE FREE SPEECH ZONES. THESE ARE 1570 00:54:59,062 --> 00:55:00,830 WITHIN THE PARK RULES. THIS 1571 00:55:00,830 --> 00:55:01,431 EXISTS WITHIN SEATTLE CENTER 1572 00:55:01,431 --> 00:55:07,103 PARK RULES. WE DO HAVE OUR 1573 00:55:07,103 --> 00:55:09,506 TEMPORARY ZONES THAT WE PUT IN 1574 00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:12,342 PLACE WHEN WE SEE A HIGH USE OF 1575 00:55:12,342 --> 00:55:15,478 THESE SPACES, AND THEY'RE NOT 1576 00:55:15,478 --> 00:55:17,080 AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY AT ANY 1577 00:55:17,080 --> 00:55:19,382 GIVEN TIME. SO WITHIN THE PARK 1578 00:55:19,382 --> 00:55:21,651 RULES, THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS 1579 00:55:21,651 --> 00:55:22,886 THE ABILITY TO DIRECTOR ENGSTROM 1580 00:55:22,886 --> 00:55:24,821 HAS THE ABILITY TO CREATE 1581 00:55:24,821 --> 00:55:26,056 ADDITIONAL SPACES, WHICH HE'S 1582 00:55:26,056 --> 00:55:29,893 ENFORCED. OUR TEAM TO BE ABLE TO 1583 00:55:29,893 --> 00:55:33,096 DO. WE REALLY USE THESE ZONES 1584 00:55:33,096 --> 00:55:37,767 FOR SIX PEOPLE OR LESS. AND IF 1585 00:55:37,767 --> 00:55:41,371 THERE IS A IF IT IS A GREATER 1586 00:55:41,371 --> 00:55:43,606 NEED THAN SIX PEOPLE, WE MOVE 1587 00:55:43,606 --> 00:55:44,607 FOLKS INTO DIFFERENT AREAS OF 1588 00:55:44,607 --> 00:55:47,077 THE PARK. WE WERE REALLY 1589 00:55:47,077 --> 00:55:48,778 INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE PICKED 1590 00:55:48,778 --> 00:55:50,447 THESE SPACES. WE WERE THINKING 1591 00:55:50,447 --> 00:55:53,149 ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. WE WERE 1592 00:55:53,149 --> 00:55:53,683 THINKING ABOUT PEDESTRIAN 1593 00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:54,918 PASSAGE ON THE PROMENADE. WE 1594 00:55:54,918 --> 00:55:57,020 WERE THINKING ABOUT THE AUDITORY 1595 00:55:57,020 --> 00:55:59,289 ABILITY TO HEAR THE STREET AND 1596 00:55:59,289 --> 00:56:02,592 SIGNALS AND WHAT IS GOING ON IN 1597 00:56:02,592 --> 00:56:05,495 THE PARK. SO WE WERE VERY 1598 00:56:05,495 --> 00:56:06,096 INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE SPACES 1599 00:56:06,096 --> 00:56:08,198 THAT WE PICKED TO GIVE ENOUGH 1600 00:56:08,198 --> 00:56:09,766 ROOM FOR A PERFORMER TO BE SAFE, 1601 00:56:09,766 --> 00:56:15,071 AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC. AND LIKE 1602 00:56:15,071 --> 00:56:17,974 I SAID, WE WE'VE ESTABLISHED 1603 00:56:17,974 --> 00:56:18,608 ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY ZONES AS 1604 00:56:18,608 --> 00:56:20,777 NEEDED. WE SEE THAT MORE ON 1605 00:56:20,777 --> 00:56:22,779 FRIDAY, SATURDAYS WHERE WE STAND 1606 00:56:22,779 --> 00:56:25,849 UP SOME TEMPORARY ZONES AND THEN 1607 00:56:25,849 --> 00:56:27,283 THEY THEY GO AWAY DURING THE 1608 00:56:27,283 --> 00:56:28,718 WEEK OR THEY FLUCTUATE DEPENDING 1609 00:56:28,718 --> 00:56:30,487 ON WHAT THE NEED IS. THEY DO 1610 00:56:30,487 --> 00:56:32,422 HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY OUR 1611 00:56:32,422 --> 00:56:35,759 PUBLIC SERVICE TEAM. SO IT'S NOT 1612 00:56:35,759 --> 00:56:36,326 JUST ANYBODY DECIDING THAT 1613 00:56:36,326 --> 00:56:38,528 THEY'RE GOING TO BE ANYWHERE IN 1614 00:56:38,528 --> 00:56:41,197 THE PARK THAT THEY WANT TO BE. 1615 00:56:41,197 --> 00:56:43,800 AND WE REALLY KIND OF WORK WITH 1616 00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:46,703 OUR BUSKERS AND OUR PERFORMERS 1617 00:56:46,703 --> 00:56:49,539 AND ARTISTS TO, TO PUT THEM IN A 1618 00:56:49,539 --> 00:56:53,810 SAFE PLACE 1619 00:56:53,810 --> 00:56:54,444 -- THANK YOU FOR UNPACKING THAT. 1620 00:56:54,444 --> 00:56:57,213 AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP TO THIS 1621 00:56:57,213 --> 00:57:00,350 POINT, IS THERE, CAN YOU WALK 1622 00:57:00,350 --> 00:57:00,950 THROUGH WHAT VIOLATIONS LOOK 1623 00:57:00,950 --> 00:57:04,154 LIKE FOR NOT BEING IN A FREE 1624 00:57:04,154 --> 00:57:04,487 SPEECH SPACE? 1625 00:57:04,487 --> 00:57:05,889 -- WHAT VIOLATIONS ARE FOR NOT 1626 00:57:05,889 --> 00:57:07,557 BEING IN A FREE SPEECH. 1627 00:57:07,557 --> 00:57:08,858 -- ANY TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT 1628 00:57:08,858 --> 00:57:09,192 AROUND THIS? 1629 00:57:09,192 --> 00:57:11,961 -- YEAH. SO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE 1630 00:57:11,961 --> 00:57:15,999 TEAM WILL GO AND ENGAGE WITH 1631 00:57:15,999 --> 00:57:16,599 INDIVIDUALS AND LET THEM KNOW 1632 00:57:16,599 --> 00:57:18,334 THAT WE HAVE THE BLUE BOXES. AND 1633 00:57:18,334 --> 00:57:22,038 I JUST WANT TO BE LIKE, REALLY 1634 00:57:22,038 --> 00:57:23,440 TRANSPARENT THAT THE BLUE BOXES 1635 00:57:23,440 --> 00:57:26,176 ARE A NEW THING. AS OF LAST 1636 00:57:26,176 --> 00:57:27,811 SUMMER, BECAUSE THE PARK WAS 1637 00:57:27,811 --> 00:57:28,912 OPENING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND WE 1638 00:57:28,912 --> 00:57:31,648 DIDN'T HAVE CONTROL OF THE 1639 00:57:31,648 --> 00:57:33,817 PROMENADE FULLY BEFORE THAT. AND 1640 00:57:33,817 --> 00:57:36,820 SO AS WE STARTED PARK OPERATIONS 1641 00:57:36,820 --> 00:57:38,121 AND TOOK OVER THE PARK AS IT 1642 00:57:38,121 --> 00:57:40,924 FULLY OPENED, THE BLUE BOXES 1643 00:57:40,924 --> 00:57:43,159 CAME INTO PLAY. EVEN THOUGH 1644 00:57:43,159 --> 00:57:45,261 RULES WERE ESTABLISHED IN 2023. 1645 00:57:45,261 --> 00:57:46,830 SO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM WILL 1646 00:57:46,830 --> 00:57:48,665 ENGAGE WITH FOLKS AND THEY WILL 1647 00:57:48,665 --> 00:57:51,334 LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THE BLUE 1648 00:57:51,334 --> 00:57:53,570 BOXES. IF THERE IS NOT A BLUE 1649 00:57:53,570 --> 00:57:57,240 BOX AVAILABLE, THEY WILL WORK ON 1650 00:57:57,240 --> 00:57:57,874 HELPING FIND THE TEMPORARY ZONE 1651 00:57:57,874 --> 00:58:01,144 FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL OR SMALL 1652 00:58:01,144 --> 00:58:03,546 GROUP. AND IF THERE IS NOT 1653 00:58:03,546 --> 00:58:04,514 COMPLIANCE WITH THAT AND 1654 00:58:04,514 --> 00:58:05,114 SOMEBODY DOES NOT WANT TO BE 1655 00:58:05,114 --> 00:58:07,217 WITHIN THAT DESIGNATED AREA, 1656 00:58:07,217 --> 00:58:09,919 THEN WE DO LEAN ON OUR 1657 00:58:09,919 --> 00:58:13,957 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POLICE 1658 00:58:13,957 --> 00:58:14,257 DEPARTMENT. 1659 00:58:14,257 --> 00:58:15,158 -- SO THANK YOU FOR UNPACKING 1660 00:58:15,158 --> 00:58:17,126 THAT. AND CERTAINLY, I THINK, 1661 00:58:17,126 --> 00:58:18,595 AGAIN, WE ALL HAVE A 1662 00:58:18,595 --> 00:58:20,029 RESPONSIBILITY TO REALLY MAKE 1663 00:58:20,029 --> 00:58:20,730 SURE WE'RE PROTECTING PEOPLE'S 1664 00:58:20,730 --> 00:58:23,233 FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. AND SO I 1665 00:58:23,233 --> 00:58:25,435 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING 1666 00:58:25,435 --> 00:58:26,603 MY QUESTIONS JUST RELATED TO TO 1667 00:58:26,603 --> 00:58:28,404 THIS POINT, WOULD LIKE TO 1668 00:58:28,404 --> 00:58:31,808 CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION TO, TO 1669 00:58:31,808 --> 00:58:33,510 MAKE SURE THAT RESPONSIBILITY. 1670 00:58:33,510 --> 00:58:34,510 SURE. IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'D 1671 00:58:34,510 --> 00:58:35,078 LIKE TO GIVE TIME FOR OTHER 1672 00:58:35,078 --> 00:58:37,814 COMMITTEE MEMBER TO ASK SOME 1673 00:58:37,814 --> 00:58:38,848 QUESTIONS. I MIGHT JUMP IN WITH 1674 00:58:38,848 --> 00:58:39,449 ANY ADDITIONAL FOLLOW UP THAT 1675 00:58:39,449 --> 00:58:41,985 COMES TO MIND, BUT THANK YOU FOR 1676 00:58:41,985 --> 00:58:43,019 THE OPPORTUNITY, AND THANK YOU 1677 00:58:43,019 --> 00:58:44,387 AGAIN FOR THE PRESENTATION. 1678 00:58:44,387 --> 00:58:45,188 -- THANK YOU. 1679 00:58:45,188 --> 00:58:46,189 -- SURE. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR 1680 00:58:46,189 --> 00:58:47,123 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YOU ARE 1681 00:58:47,123 --> 00:58:47,423 RECOGNIZED. 1682 00:58:47,423 --> 00:58:51,828 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR, AND I JUST 1683 00:58:51,828 --> 00:58:55,698 WANT TO FIRST START WITH A. ALSO 1684 00:58:55,698 --> 00:59:00,870 SPEAKING TO THE TRAGEDY AND YOU 1685 00:59:00,870 --> 00:59:03,840 KNOW, ALSO JUST WANT TO SPEAK. I 1686 00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:05,341 MEAN, IT WAS WAS DEVASTATING TO 1687 00:59:05,341 --> 00:59:07,543 HAVE IT AT SUCH A YOU KNOW, AT 1688 00:59:07,543 --> 00:59:09,779 SUCH A CHERISHED LOCATION AT THE 1689 00:59:09,779 --> 00:59:11,814 SEATTLE CENTER. IT'S SUCH AN 1690 00:59:11,814 --> 00:59:12,315 IMPORTANT EVENT FOR OUR 1691 00:59:12,315 --> 00:59:15,585 COMMUNITY AND, AND ALSO JUST 1692 00:59:15,585 --> 00:59:20,657 WANT TO SPEAK TO. JUST THE, THE 1693 00:59:20,657 --> 00:59:22,025 CRISIS OF YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE, 1694 00:59:22,025 --> 00:59:23,993 WHICH I MEAN, THE DETAILS ARE 1695 00:59:23,993 --> 00:59:25,862 STILL WE DON'T KNOW, BUT IT 1696 00:59:25,862 --> 00:59:27,163 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RELATED. 1697 00:59:27,163 --> 00:59:30,400 YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER INSTANCE 1698 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,235 OF YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE. AND I 1699 00:59:32,235 --> 00:59:35,371 THINK, YOU KNOW, WE OBVIOUSLY 1700 00:59:35,371 --> 00:59:37,807 NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SEATTLE 1701 00:59:37,807 --> 00:59:40,109 CENTER, WATERFRONT, THAT WHEN WE 1702 00:59:40,109 --> 00:59:42,045 HAVE LARGE EVENTS, THAT WE HAVE 1703 00:59:42,045 --> 00:59:44,113 APPROPRIATE SECURITY MEASURES 1704 00:59:44,113 --> 00:59:46,616 AND OTHER PROTOCOLS IN PLACE. AT 1705 00:59:46,616 --> 00:59:48,217 THE SAME TIME, I THINK WE IT 1706 00:59:48,217 --> 00:59:52,922 JUST HIGHLIGHTS ONCE AGAIN, THAT 1707 00:59:52,922 --> 00:59:55,625 WE NEED TO DO BETTER AND SPEND 1708 00:59:55,625 --> 00:59:56,893 MORE ATTENTION AND RESOURCES ON 1709 00:59:56,893 --> 00:59:59,095 THE CRISIS AROUND YOUTH GUN 1710 00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:02,065 VIOLENCE. AS WE SEE IT 1711 01:00:02,065 --> 01:00:04,634 IMPACTING, YOU KNOW, WE LOST TWO 1712 01:00:04,634 --> 01:00:07,136 HIGH SCHOOLERS AT RAINIER BEACH 1713 01:00:07,136 --> 01:00:09,872 IN JANUARY. WE'VE LOST, YOU 1714 01:00:09,872 --> 01:00:12,809 KNOW, AT THE VIGIL, WE HEARD 1715 01:00:12,809 --> 01:00:15,712 FROM MAURA MURPHY, PAYNE'S 1716 01:00:15,712 --> 01:00:17,146 FATHER, WHO LOST HIS SON, YOU 1717 01:00:17,146 --> 01:00:18,348 KNOW, JUST TRYING TO BREAK UP A 1718 01:00:18,348 --> 01:00:21,651 FIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE WE 1719 01:00:21,651 --> 01:00:22,485 SEE YOUTH GUN VIOLENCE. I MEAN, 1720 01:00:22,485 --> 01:00:24,921 PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHEAST 1721 01:00:24,921 --> 01:00:28,257 SEATTLE, BUT IT'S DEVASTATED 1722 01:00:28,257 --> 01:00:29,225 YOUR DISTRICT CHAIR. YOU KNOW, 1723 01:00:29,225 --> 01:00:30,226 WE SEE IT AT OUR COMMUNITY 1724 01:00:30,226 --> 01:00:32,762 CENTERS, AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AT 1725 01:00:32,762 --> 01:00:37,634 SEATTLE CENTER. IT IS. BUT MOST 1726 01:00:37,634 --> 01:00:39,569 OF ALL, YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS 1727 01:00:39,569 --> 01:00:40,937 OUR YOUTH WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO GO 1728 01:00:40,937 --> 01:00:44,407 TO HIGH SCHOOL SCARED AND YOU 1729 01:00:44,407 --> 01:00:47,043 KNOW, WHO DON'T FEEL SAFE. YOU 1730 01:00:47,043 --> 01:00:50,480 KNOW THAT PEOPLE, KIDS NEED TO 1731 01:00:50,480 --> 01:00:51,114 FEEL THAT THEY NEED A RIDE TO 1732 01:00:51,114 --> 01:00:52,081 AND FROM SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY 1733 01:00:52,081 --> 01:00:52,682 DON'T FEEL SAFE WALKING TO 1734 01:00:52,682 --> 01:00:53,850 SCHOOL. THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE 1735 01:00:53,850 --> 01:00:58,187 TAKING THE BUS. AND SO I JUST, I 1736 01:00:58,187 --> 01:01:01,491 THINK AGAIN, ABSOLUTELY, IT IS A 1737 01:01:01,491 --> 01:01:04,127 BOTH AND THING WE NEED TO LIKE, 1738 01:01:04,127 --> 01:01:09,866 WE NEED TO MOURN THE FOLKS WHO 1739 01:01:09,866 --> 01:01:12,168 WERE INJURED OR KILLED AND, AND 1740 01:01:12,168 --> 01:01:13,670 DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE 1741 01:01:13,670 --> 01:01:15,438 SURE THAT THESE LARGE EVENTS AND 1742 01:01:15,438 --> 01:01:17,407 OUR LARGE PUBLIC SPACES ARE 1743 01:01:17,407 --> 01:01:20,176 SAFE. AND WE NEED MORE ATTENTION 1744 01:01:20,176 --> 01:01:22,578 TO, TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS. SO I 1745 01:01:22,578 --> 01:01:27,350 JUST WANT WANT TO MAKE THAT 1746 01:01:27,350 --> 01:01:31,254 CLEAR. REGARDING TO FOLLOW UP ON 1747 01:01:31,254 --> 01:01:33,923 VICE CHAIRS, COMMENTS AROUND 1748 01:01:33,923 --> 01:01:36,793 PERFORMING ARTISTS, I DO JUST, 1749 01:01:36,793 --> 01:01:41,364 YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT OUR OWN 1750 01:01:41,364 --> 01:01:42,598 OUR OWN MAYOR WHO TALKED ABOUT 1751 01:01:42,598 --> 01:01:45,568 BEING A BUSKER AT AT THE MARKET. 1752 01:01:45,568 --> 01:01:50,640 AND I THINK IT, YOU KNOW, 1753 01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:53,710 PERFORMING ARTISTS ARE ONE. 1754 01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:56,546 IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE'S 1755 01:01:56,546 --> 01:01:58,481 LIVELIHOODS AS WE THINK ABOUT 1756 01:01:58,481 --> 01:02:01,084 AFFORDABILITY IN OUR IN OUR 1757 01:02:01,084 --> 01:02:02,785 CITY. I THINK I DON'T KNOW, THE 1758 01:02:02,785 --> 01:02:04,887 MAYOR'S OWN EXPERIENCE, BUT I 1759 01:02:04,887 --> 01:02:06,322 THINK, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HELPED 1760 01:02:06,322 --> 01:02:09,225 HER PAY THE RENT WHEN SHE WAS 1761 01:02:09,225 --> 01:02:14,030 NEW TO SEATTLE BUT IT ALSO ADDS 1762 01:02:14,030 --> 01:02:16,365 TO THE EXPERIENCE. RIGHT? IT'S A 1763 01:02:16,365 --> 01:02:18,367 MEANINGFUL WAY FOR OUR DIVERSE 1764 01:02:18,367 --> 01:02:19,035 COMMUNITY TO INTERACT WITH EACH 1765 01:02:19,035 --> 01:02:22,538 OTHER AND TO HAVE ENJOYABLE. AND 1766 01:02:22,538 --> 01:02:23,072 SO I GUESS MY, ONE OF MY 1767 01:02:23,072 --> 01:02:24,640 QUESTIONS WOULD BE, AND I'M 1768 01:02:24,640 --> 01:02:26,976 HAPPY TO TAKE THIS OFFLINE 1769 01:02:26,976 --> 01:02:28,911 LATER, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING 1770 01:02:28,911 --> 01:02:30,546 HOW YOU TAKE FEEDBACK, 1771 01:02:30,546 --> 01:02:34,517 INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST 1772 01:02:34,517 --> 01:02:35,051 APPOINTED SOME OVERSIGHT 1773 01:02:35,051 --> 01:02:35,651 COMMITTEE MEMBERS, WHICH IS 1774 01:02:35,651 --> 01:02:38,154 WONDERFUL. AND THANK YOU FOR, 1775 01:02:38,154 --> 01:02:42,225 FOR STEPPING UP TO SERVE. I JUST 1776 01:02:42,225 --> 01:02:43,960 WONDER ABOUT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE 1777 01:02:43,960 --> 01:02:46,295 THAT THERE'S A VOICE OF 1778 01:02:46,295 --> 01:02:48,064 PERFORMING ARTISTS EITHER WITHIN 1779 01:02:48,064 --> 01:02:50,099 THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OR 1780 01:02:50,099 --> 01:02:51,567 WITHIN SORT OF AS YOU DEVELOPED 1781 01:02:51,567 --> 01:02:52,735 RULES AND REGULATIONS, HOW DO 1782 01:02:52,735 --> 01:02:55,304 YOU GET ONGOING TAKE INTO 1783 01:02:55,304 --> 01:02:58,841 CONSIDERATION ONGOING FEEDBACK 1784 01:02:58,841 --> 01:03:02,845 FROM FROM FOLKS WHO ENGAGE IN 1785 01:03:02,845 --> 01:03:06,849 PERFORMING ARTISTS ON, IN OUR 1786 01:03:06,849 --> 01:03:07,383 DIFFERENT PUBLIC SPACES. 1787 01:03:07,383 --> 01:03:10,319 -- SO FIRST, I, I DEFINITELY 1788 01:03:10,319 --> 01:03:12,989 AGREE THAT THE EXPERIENCE OF THE 1789 01:03:12,989 --> 01:03:14,190 BUSKERS, ENTERTAINERS THAT WE 1790 01:03:14,190 --> 01:03:16,058 HAVE ON THE WATERFRONT, IT MAKES 1791 01:03:16,058 --> 01:03:18,795 AN EXPERIENCE FOR PEOPLE. AND WE 1792 01:03:18,795 --> 01:03:20,797 DEFINITELY SEE THAT AS FOLKS ARE 1793 01:03:20,797 --> 01:03:23,299 DOWN THERE PARTICIPATING IN 1794 01:03:23,299 --> 01:03:25,468 DIFFERENT MAGIC SHOWS AND 1795 01:03:25,468 --> 01:03:28,604 ENTERTAINMENT AND PHOTOGRAPHY 1796 01:03:28,604 --> 01:03:30,273 AND IT REALLY ADDS TO THE, THE 1797 01:03:30,273 --> 01:03:37,213 LIFE OF WHAT THE WATERFRONT IS 1798 01:03:37,213 --> 01:03:38,948 SO WE AS, AS A DEPARTMENT, WE 1799 01:03:38,948 --> 01:03:40,650 WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK THAT COMES 1800 01:03:40,650 --> 01:03:45,054 OUR WAY FOR HOW WE CAN DO ALWAYS 1801 01:03:45,054 --> 01:03:50,560 HOW WE CAN DO THINGS BETTER. OUR 1802 01:03:50,560 --> 01:03:51,160 OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WAS VERY 1803 01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:52,161 DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS OF 1804 01:03:52,161 --> 01:03:55,064 MAKING THE PARK RULES, AND IT 1805 01:03:55,064 --> 01:03:55,665 WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM 1806 01:03:55,665 --> 01:04:00,836 THAT WE DID HAVE SPACES THAT 1807 01:04:00,836 --> 01:04:03,606 WERE FOR FREE SPEECH AND THAT WE 1808 01:04:03,606 --> 01:04:05,408 WERE ACCOMMODATING GROUPS THAT 1809 01:04:05,408 --> 01:04:06,342 WE COULD AS BEST AS WE COULD, AS 1810 01:04:06,342 --> 01:04:08,578 LONG AS THERE WASN'T A PROGRAM 1811 01:04:08,578 --> 01:04:11,847 THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE IN THE 1812 01:04:11,847 --> 01:04:14,016 PARK. FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT PARK 1813 01:04:14,016 --> 01:04:16,352 DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THEIR 1814 01:04:16,352 --> 01:04:18,287 PROGRAMING AND ACTIVATION, WHERE 1815 01:04:18,287 --> 01:04:20,122 THEY HAVE A PROCESS FOR FOLKS IF 1816 01:04:20,122 --> 01:04:23,759 THEY WANT TO DO ACTIVITIES IN 1817 01:04:23,759 --> 01:04:24,560 THE PARK, THEY CAN APPLY FOR 1818 01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:26,829 THAT. AND IT'S A VERY IT'S AN 1819 01:04:26,829 --> 01:04:28,631 ANNUAL PROCESS THAT THAT FOLKS 1820 01:04:28,631 --> 01:04:30,933 GO THROUGH WITH AN APPLICATION 1821 01:04:30,933 --> 01:04:32,635 THAT WE ALSO ENCOURAGE OUR 1822 01:04:32,635 --> 01:04:34,270 BUSKERS AND ENTERTAINERS, IF 1823 01:04:34,270 --> 01:04:36,105 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MORE 1824 01:04:36,105 --> 01:04:38,174 PERMANENT WAY TO DO SOMETHING 1825 01:04:38,174 --> 01:04:39,275 LIKE MORE STABLE THREE MONTH, 1826 01:04:39,275 --> 01:04:41,644 FOUR MONTH SUMMER BEING ABLE TO 1827 01:04:41,644 --> 01:04:44,247 DO AN ACTIVATION, WE ENCOURAGE 1828 01:04:44,247 --> 01:04:45,948 THEM TO GO THROUGH FRIENDS OF 1829 01:04:45,948 --> 01:04:49,652 WATERFRONT PARK BUT WE, WE 1830 01:04:49,652 --> 01:04:52,655 DEFINITELY CONTINUE TO TAKE 1831 01:04:52,655 --> 01:04:54,657 PUBLIC FEEDBACK ON ON HOW THINGS 1832 01:04:54,657 --> 01:04:57,760 ARE WORKING. OUR PUBLIC SAFETY 1833 01:04:57,760 --> 01:05:00,429 TEAM HAS A REALLY GOOD 1834 01:05:00,429 --> 01:05:03,399 RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR, OUR 1835 01:05:03,399 --> 01:05:05,501 STREET PERFORMERS AND OUR 1836 01:05:05,501 --> 01:05:06,936 ENTERTAINERS AND OUR ARTISTS. 1837 01:05:06,936 --> 01:05:10,339 AND, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THEM ON A 1838 01:05:10,339 --> 01:05:12,308 FIRST NAME BASIS AND ARE 1839 01:05:12,308 --> 01:05:14,911 ENGAGING WITH THEM AND THEY GET 1840 01:05:14,911 --> 01:05:16,879 FEEDBACK ON A DAILY BASIS FROM 1841 01:05:16,879 --> 01:05:18,547 THEM. AND WE TRY WE'VE TAKEN 1842 01:05:18,547 --> 01:05:22,351 FEEDBACK, WE'VE TAKEN FEEDBACK 1843 01:05:22,351 --> 01:05:25,554 FROM, FROM DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND 1844 01:05:25,554 --> 01:05:27,256 ACTUALLY EXPANDED OUR FREE 1845 01:05:27,256 --> 01:05:28,391 SPEECH ZONES THAT WE HAD. AND WE 1846 01:05:28,391 --> 01:05:30,860 ADDED FREE SPEECH ZONES BASED ON 1847 01:05:30,860 --> 01:05:36,766 FEEDBACK. SO WE WERE LISTENING. 1848 01:05:36,766 --> 01:05:41,938 -- THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, HAPPY 1849 01:05:41,938 --> 01:05:43,673 TO CHAT MORE OFFLINE. I JUST 1850 01:05:43,673 --> 01:05:44,674 THINK IT IS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1851 01:05:44,674 --> 01:05:47,610 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO, 1852 01:05:47,610 --> 01:05:50,212 TO GET THAT FEEDBACK. AND I KNOW 1853 01:05:50,212 --> 01:05:52,615 THAT SOME FOLKS MIGHT HAVE HAD 1854 01:05:52,615 --> 01:05:53,916 DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES WITH 1855 01:05:53,916 --> 01:05:54,550 SECURITY THAN OTHERS. AND SO I 1856 01:05:54,550 --> 01:05:56,319 THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO 1857 01:05:56,319 --> 01:05:58,187 MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LISTENING 1858 01:05:58,187 --> 01:06:00,022 TO SORT OF THE RANGE OF VOICES 1859 01:06:00,022 --> 01:06:03,426 THERE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WAS GLAD 1860 01:06:03,426 --> 01:06:04,660 TO HEAR ABOUT SORT OF THE, THE 1861 01:06:04,660 --> 01:06:06,228 IDEA OF LIKE, WHEN THERE'S A 1862 01:06:06,228 --> 01:06:09,098 HIGHER DEMAND, HAVING TEMPORARY 1863 01:06:09,098 --> 01:06:12,001 SPACES, I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN 1864 01:06:12,001 --> 01:06:14,036 MORE ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL. 1865 01:06:14,036 --> 01:06:16,138 -- CHAIR THANK YOU. 1866 01:06:16,138 --> 01:06:19,775 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND EXCELLENT 1867 01:06:19,775 --> 01:06:22,111 QUESTIONS FROM VICE CHAIR AND 1868 01:06:22,111 --> 01:06:23,479 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. REALLY 1869 01:06:23,479 --> 01:06:25,514 APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE YOU YOU 1870 01:06:25,514 --> 01:06:26,716 ANSWERED A LOT OF OR YOU ASKED A 1871 01:06:26,716 --> 01:06:30,720 LOT OF MY QUESTIONS AND AND SO 1872 01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:33,489 ALL. BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY 1873 01:06:33,489 --> 01:06:34,457 IMPORTANT TOPIC. AND SO I DO 1874 01:06:34,457 --> 01:06:35,925 WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DOUBLE 1875 01:06:35,925 --> 01:06:39,362 CLICK ON IT FOR JUST A MOMENT 1876 01:06:39,362 --> 01:06:40,996 AND MAYBE POTENTIALLY OFFER A 1877 01:06:40,996 --> 01:06:43,532 DIFFERENT, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT 1878 01:06:43,532 --> 01:06:47,803 DIMENSION TO THE CONVERSATION 1879 01:06:47,803 --> 01:06:51,907 HERE. SO CLEARLY THERE ARE 1880 01:06:51,907 --> 01:06:53,509 FOUNDATIONAL FREE SPEECH RIGHTS, 1881 01:06:53,509 --> 01:06:56,112 YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY AT ISSUE 1882 01:06:56,112 --> 01:06:58,981 WHEN, WHEN WE SEEK TO REGULATE 1883 01:06:58,981 --> 01:07:04,286 PUBLIC SPACES LIKE THIS AND 1884 01:07:04,286 --> 01:07:07,189 WE'VE, WE'VE HEARD CONCERNS 1885 01:07:07,189 --> 01:07:07,823 THIS COMMITTEE AND THIS COUNCIL 1886 01:07:07,823 --> 01:07:09,058 AND THIS ADMINISTRATION. YOU 1887 01:07:09,058 --> 01:07:12,995 KNOW, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HEARD 1888 01:07:12,995 --> 01:07:16,198 CONCERNS FROM VARIOUS MEMBERS OF 1889 01:07:16,198 --> 01:07:19,568 THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE ADEQUACY 1890 01:07:19,568 --> 01:07:21,203 AND SUFFICIENCY. WHAT ALL 1891 01:07:21,203 --> 01:07:22,738 CHARACTERIZES THE ADEQUACY AND 1892 01:07:22,738 --> 01:07:24,840 SUFFICIENCY OF THE ZONES, THE 1893 01:07:24,840 --> 01:07:26,375 ENFORCEMENT APPROACH, ET CETERA. 1894 01:07:26,375 --> 01:07:28,310 INDEED, YOU KNOW, WHEN ONE 1895 01:07:28,310 --> 01:07:30,179 MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, MR. 1896 01:07:30,179 --> 01:07:31,847 CLIVE HAYWARD, IS IS IN THE 1897 01:07:31,847 --> 01:07:34,617 AUDIENCE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR 1898 01:07:34,617 --> 01:07:37,319 SHARING YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND 1899 01:07:37,319 --> 01:07:40,189 FEEDBACK. BUSKERS ARE VERY 1900 01:07:40,189 --> 01:07:42,758 IMPORTANT PERFORMING ARTISTS, 1901 01:07:42,758 --> 01:07:43,392 BUSKERS, ENTERTAINERS, WHATEVER 1902 01:07:43,392 --> 01:07:45,828 YOU WANT TO LIKE. THEY'RE VERY 1903 01:07:45,828 --> 01:07:47,096 IMPORTANT AND THEY CONTRIBUTE TO 1904 01:07:47,096 --> 01:07:51,067 THE THE CULTURAL VIBRANCY AND 1905 01:07:51,067 --> 01:07:54,437 THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE OF, OF, 1906 01:07:54,437 --> 01:07:56,072 YOU KNOW, GUESTS, YOU KNOW, AS 1907 01:07:56,072 --> 01:07:59,642 THEY TRAVERSE THE WATERFRONT. 1908 01:07:59,642 --> 01:08:02,478 AND SO REALLY APPRECIATE THEM 1909 01:08:02,478 --> 01:08:04,814 BEING THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT 1910 01:08:04,814 --> 01:08:07,249 SAID TO, TO THE EARLIER POINT, 1911 01:08:07,249 --> 01:08:10,486 ALSO HAVE A INTEREST TO KIND OF, 1912 01:08:10,486 --> 01:08:14,223 YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THE SPACE IS 1913 01:08:14,223 --> 01:08:16,459 NAVIGABLE, SAFE, ACCOMMODATING 1914 01:08:16,459 --> 01:08:17,626 FOR ALL. I JUST DON'T WANT TO I 1915 01:08:17,626 --> 01:08:19,061 JUST DON'T WANT US TO BE DOING 1916 01:08:19,061 --> 01:08:22,398 THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THE EXPENSE 1917 01:08:22,398 --> 01:08:25,734 OF OTHERWISE LAWFUL FREE SPEECH 1918 01:08:25,734 --> 01:08:32,241 CONDUCT AND SO I, AND I ALSO 1919 01:08:32,241 --> 01:08:33,109 APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION, THE 1920 01:08:33,109 --> 01:08:34,743 CENTER AND THE WATERFRONT HAVE 1921 01:08:34,743 --> 01:08:36,345 HAVE SO GRACIOUSLY SHARED WITH 1922 01:08:36,345 --> 01:08:38,147 MY OFFICE OFFLINE AND BRIEFINGS 1923 01:08:38,147 --> 01:08:41,250 ABOUT THIS TOPIC. IT'S REALLY 1924 01:08:41,250 --> 01:08:44,353 IMPORTANT. AND I RECOGNIZE THAT 1925 01:08:44,353 --> 01:08:45,521 THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS, YOU 1926 01:08:45,521 --> 01:08:47,656 KNOW, IN ANY OF THIS. BUT I ALSO 1927 01:08:47,656 --> 01:08:55,564 DO WANT US TO TO DO OUR BEST TO 1928 01:08:55,564 --> 01:08:57,800 ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS, ALL 1929 01:08:57,800 --> 01:09:00,569 THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND 1930 01:09:00,569 --> 01:09:03,239 FEEDBACK. EVEN IF WE CAN'T FULLY 1931 01:09:03,239 --> 01:09:06,008 AND FAITHFULLY IMPLEMENT EVERY 1932 01:09:06,008 --> 01:09:07,076 SPECIFIC ASPECT OR FEATURE OF, 1933 01:09:07,076 --> 01:09:11,647 OF A SPECIFIC REQUESTS, BUT THAT 1934 01:09:11,647 --> 01:09:12,248 IS MISSION CRITICAL WORK. AND 1935 01:09:12,248 --> 01:09:13,983 THAT'S, BY THE WAY, THE SAME 1936 01:09:13,983 --> 01:09:17,453 EXPECTATION THAT I HAVE FOR ALL 1937 01:09:17,453 --> 01:09:23,792 DEPARTMENTS. AND SO WHEN WE TALK 1938 01:09:23,792 --> 01:09:26,462 ABOUT. EVALUATION CRITERIA, WHAT 1939 01:09:26,462 --> 01:09:27,296 EVALUATION CRITERIA? SO THERE 1940 01:09:27,296 --> 01:09:29,064 ARE SIX CURRENT ZONES. YOU HAVE 1941 01:09:29,064 --> 01:09:31,000 THE AUTHORITY CAPACITY TO ADD 1942 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:31,767 TEMPORARY ZONES AS NEEDED. SO 1943 01:09:31,767 --> 01:09:35,538 WHAT ARE EVALUATION CRITERIA. 1944 01:09:35,538 --> 01:09:38,874 DOES THE DEPARTMENT USE TO GUIDE 1945 01:09:38,874 --> 01:09:39,408 YOU KNOW POTENTIAL FUTURE 1946 01:09:39,408 --> 01:09:40,576 EXPANSION DECISIONS OR YOU KNOW, 1947 01:09:40,576 --> 01:09:44,013 EVEN THE TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF 1948 01:09:44,013 --> 01:09:48,150 OF THESE FREE SPEECH ZONES. 1949 01:09:48,150 --> 01:09:50,786 -- THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 1950 01:09:50,786 --> 01:09:53,355 TO SPEAK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT 1951 01:09:53,355 --> 01:09:56,825 MORE. WE HAVE MET WITH 1952 01:09:56,825 --> 01:09:58,827 PERFORMERS AND HAVE DONE WALKS 1953 01:09:58,827 --> 01:10:01,630 OF THE PARK AND EXPANDED OUR 1954 01:10:01,630 --> 01:10:03,098 ZONES BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE 1955 01:10:03,098 --> 01:10:07,570 ARE GIVEN, AND ADDED ZONES BASED 1956 01:10:07,570 --> 01:10:11,740 ON THAT. WE DON'T HAVE A. 1957 01:10:11,740 --> 01:10:16,745 CRITERIA OR MEASURING TOOL FOR. 1958 01:10:16,745 --> 01:10:18,347 THAT'S LIKE PERFORMATIVE THAT 1959 01:10:18,347 --> 01:10:20,649 WE USE TO GO OUT AND. AND 1960 01:10:20,649 --> 01:10:23,385 ACTUALLY DO ANY KIND OF 1961 01:10:23,385 --> 01:10:25,821 ENGAGEMENT. STAKEHOLDER BUSKER, 1962 01:10:25,821 --> 01:10:32,628 ARTIST KIND OF FEEDBACK. BUT WE, 1963 01:10:32,628 --> 01:10:36,699 WE HAVE GONE OUT WITH BUSKERS 1964 01:10:36,699 --> 01:10:38,200 AND PERFORMERS AND SOLICITED 1965 01:10:38,200 --> 01:10:38,701 FEEDBACK BASED ON THEIR 1966 01:10:38,701 --> 01:10:40,336 EXPERIENCE IN THE PARK AND BASED 1967 01:10:40,336 --> 01:10:42,404 ON SOME OF THE NEGATIVE 1968 01:10:42,404 --> 01:10:43,639 EXPERIENCES IN THE PARK TO HELP 1969 01:10:43,639 --> 01:10:45,975 MAKE IT A MORE POSITIVE 1970 01:10:45,975 --> 01:10:47,376 EXPERIENCE. OUR GOAL IS FOR 1971 01:10:47,376 --> 01:10:48,944 EVERYONE TO FEEL WELCOME AT 1972 01:10:48,944 --> 01:10:51,547 WATERFRONT PARK, AND THAT 1973 01:10:51,547 --> 01:10:55,651 INCLUDES OUR OUR BUSKERS, 1974 01:10:55,651 --> 01:10:56,285 PERFORMERS AND ARTISTS. AND THAT 1975 01:10:56,285 --> 01:10:59,388 IS THAT IS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO 1976 01:10:59,388 --> 01:11:00,256 US. AND ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A 1977 01:11:00,256 --> 01:11:03,158 TOOL RIGHT NOW TO MEASURE, WE'RE 1978 01:11:03,158 --> 01:11:07,863 HAPPY TO TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS 1979 01:11:07,863 --> 01:11:08,530 ABOUT WHAT TOOL COULD LOOK LIKE 1980 01:11:08,530 --> 01:11:12,534 FOR EVALUATION OF THOSE ZONES. 1981 01:11:12,534 --> 01:11:13,702 -- THANK YOU. YEAH. LET'S 1982 01:11:13,702 --> 01:11:14,570 CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION 1983 01:11:14,570 --> 01:11:16,872 OFFLINE EVALUATION, OBJECTIVE 1984 01:11:16,872 --> 01:11:17,473 EVALUATION CRITERIA, OR, YOU 1985 01:11:17,473 --> 01:11:19,975 KNOW, MORE REGULAR PERIODIC 1986 01:11:19,975 --> 01:11:23,312 REVIEW. YOU KNOW, OF THAT. BUT 1987 01:11:23,312 --> 01:11:24,213 LET'S CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION 1988 01:11:24,213 --> 01:11:25,914 OFFLINE. BUT I'LL ALSO SAY IS 1989 01:11:25,914 --> 01:11:27,449 REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND 1990 01:11:27,449 --> 01:11:28,484 THE, THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO 1991 01:11:28,484 --> 01:11:29,051 THIS PRESENTATION. AND, YOU 1992 01:11:29,051 --> 01:11:33,088 KNOW, SOME OF THE MORE DELICATE, 1993 01:11:33,088 --> 01:11:36,825 NUANCED TOPICS AS WELL. SO. 1994 01:11:36,825 --> 01:11:41,764 LET'S SEE HERE. FINAL QUESTION 1995 01:11:41,764 --> 01:11:45,868 ON A SEPARATE TOPIC SO IN THE 1996 01:11:45,868 --> 01:11:49,238 CITY, WE HAVE A WE HAVE A MAJOR 1997 01:11:49,238 --> 01:11:51,674 CHALLENGE WITH THE USE OF 1998 01:11:51,674 --> 01:11:55,277 AMPLIFIED NOISE TECHNOLOGIES, 1999 01:11:55,277 --> 01:11:56,311 PARTICULARLY WHEN WE HAVE 2000 01:11:56,311 --> 01:11:59,214 CAPPED. AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT A 2001 01:11:59,214 --> 01:12:01,283 PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR ANYONE 2002 01:12:01,283 --> 01:12:03,052 INVOLVED. AND I'M SURE THE 2003 01:12:03,052 --> 01:12:04,853 PEOPLE YELLING IN A MEGAPHONE, 2004 01:12:04,853 --> 01:12:07,656 LIKE I FEEL LIKE HALF OF THEM 2005 01:12:07,656 --> 01:12:08,924 ARE WEARING EAR PROTECTION. 2006 01:12:08,924 --> 01:12:10,993 IT'S IT'S AN AWFUL, HORRIBLE 2007 01:12:10,993 --> 01:12:12,561 EXPERIENCE. NOT AT ALL CONDUCIVE 2008 01:12:12,561 --> 01:12:14,797 TO A WARM, WELCOMING, SAFE, YOU 2009 01:12:14,797 --> 01:12:21,570 KNOW, INVITING ENVIRONMENT. AND 2010 01:12:21,570 --> 01:12:22,171 THE CHALLENGE WITH AMPLIFIED 2011 01:12:22,171 --> 01:12:24,740 NOISE IS PARTICULARLY PRONOUNCED 2012 01:12:24,740 --> 01:12:26,508 IN THE STADIUM DISTRICT FOR BIG 2013 01:12:26,508 --> 01:12:29,812 EVENTS. ALSO, THE SEATTLE CENTER 2014 01:12:29,812 --> 01:12:32,147 FOR SIMILAR REASONS. AND WHAT 2015 01:12:32,147 --> 01:12:33,215 SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE 2016 01:12:33,215 --> 01:12:34,717 STADIUM DISTRICT, FOR EXAMPLE, 2017 01:12:34,717 --> 01:12:35,751 HAVE BEEN VERY VOCAL ABOUT, AND 2018 01:12:35,751 --> 01:12:38,954 I APPRECIATE THEIR PERSPECTIVE. 2019 01:12:38,954 --> 01:12:42,958 IT'S NOT LIKE. MANY OF THESE 2020 01:12:42,958 --> 01:12:44,660 INSTANCES, PEOPLE ARE JUST 2021 01:12:44,660 --> 01:12:45,294 WAITING IN LINE OR TRYING TO GET 2022 01:12:45,294 --> 01:12:48,831 INTO AN EVENT OR VENUE, OR MAYBE 2023 01:12:48,831 --> 01:12:50,466 ON THE IN THE WATERFRONT 2024 01:12:50,466 --> 01:12:51,567 CONTEXT, WAITING TO, YOU KNOW, 2025 01:12:51,567 --> 01:12:52,935 WATCH ONE OF THE WORLD CUP GAMES 2026 01:12:52,935 --> 01:12:55,771 ON THE SCREEN OR WHATEVER IT IS. 2027 01:12:55,771 --> 01:12:58,574 AND SO YOU HAVE A CAPTIVE 2028 01:12:58,574 --> 01:13:00,809 AUDIENCE. OFTENTIMES IT DOESN'T 2029 01:13:00,809 --> 01:13:01,477 MATTER REALLY IF THERE'S KIDS, 2030 01:13:01,477 --> 01:13:02,878 BUT THERE'S KIDS. SOMETIMES 2031 01:13:02,878 --> 01:13:07,716 SENIORS DOESN'T MATTER. NO ONE, 2032 01:13:07,716 --> 01:13:09,485 NO ONE SHOULD EXPECT THAT. AND, 2033 01:13:09,485 --> 01:13:13,155 AND HAVE THAT HAPPEN. SO AGAIN, 2034 01:13:13,155 --> 01:13:14,256 WE KNOW THE PROBLEM IS 2035 01:13:14,256 --> 01:13:14,890 PARTICULARLY PRONOUNCED IN THE 2036 01:13:14,890 --> 01:13:17,726 STADIUM DISTRICT. AND SEATTLE 2037 01:13:17,726 --> 01:13:20,028 CENTER. TO WHAT EXTENT IS THIS 2038 01:13:20,028 --> 01:13:23,198 SAME CHALLENGE SHOWING UP? TO 2039 01:13:23,198 --> 01:13:25,267 WHAT EXTENT SEVERITY IS IT 2040 01:13:25,267 --> 01:13:28,003 SHOWING UP IN THE WATERFRONT? 2041 01:13:28,003 --> 01:13:31,140 AND BY THE WAY, I'VE READ THE 2042 01:13:31,140 --> 01:13:33,509 CODE. THERE'S THE CODE IS 2043 01:13:33,509 --> 01:13:34,710 SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR. I SAW IT. 2044 01:13:34,710 --> 01:13:38,614 I'VE SEEN THEIR CITY SIGNS. 2045 01:13:38,614 --> 01:13:41,150 IT'S IT'S EXPRESSLY CITE THE 2046 01:13:41,150 --> 01:13:42,551 CODE AND I'VE DIVE DEEP INTO 2047 01:13:42,551 --> 01:13:44,253 THE CODE. I DON'T THINK 2048 01:13:44,253 --> 01:13:46,355 THERE'S ANY MORE LEGISLATIVE 2049 01:13:46,355 --> 01:13:46,989 TWEAKS THAT ARE NEEDED FROM MY 2050 01:13:46,989 --> 01:13:48,423 PERSPECTIVE. THAT SAID, IF THE 2051 01:13:48,423 --> 01:13:50,025 EXECUTIVE, YOU KNOW, THINKS 2052 01:13:50,025 --> 01:13:52,961 THERE'S A BETTER APPROACH AND, 2053 01:13:52,961 --> 01:13:53,495 AND LEGISLATIVE FIXES ARE 2054 01:13:53,495 --> 01:13:55,564 NEEDED, I'D BE OPEN TO SEEING 2055 01:13:55,564 --> 01:13:57,566 THAT PROPOSAL. BUT THE CODE IS 2056 01:13:57,566 --> 01:13:58,200 SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR. YOU CAN'T 2057 01:13:58,200 --> 01:14:00,469 USE AMPLIFIED TECHNOLOGY ABOVE A 2058 01:14:00,469 --> 01:14:02,471 CERTAIN DECIBEL. HOW PROLIFIC. 2059 01:14:02,471 --> 01:14:03,639 BUT BACK TO MY QUESTION. HOW 2060 01:14:03,639 --> 01:14:05,307 PROLIFIC IS THAT CHALLENGE IN 2061 01:14:05,307 --> 01:14:08,010 ALONG THE WATERFRONT 2062 01:14:08,010 --> 01:14:09,678 -- SO AMPLIFIED SOUNDS NOT 2063 01:14:09,678 --> 01:14:10,245 ALLOWED IN THE PARK UNLESS 2064 01:14:10,245 --> 01:14:12,681 YOU'RE IN A FREE SPEECH ZONE, 2065 01:14:12,681 --> 01:14:15,250 WHICH THEN YOU NEED TO BE WITHIN 2066 01:14:15,250 --> 01:14:18,921 THE CODE WHERE OUR CHALLENGE IS, 2067 01:14:18,921 --> 01:14:22,591 IS THE WATER REVERBERATES UP 2068 01:14:22,591 --> 01:14:27,496 THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN CORE, AND 2069 01:14:27,496 --> 01:14:30,132 WE SEE FOLKS THAT ARE WITHIN THE 2070 01:14:30,132 --> 01:14:32,000 NORMAL SOUND DECIBELS ON THE 2071 01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:36,238 GROUND LEVEL AS THEY SHOULD BE. 2072 01:14:36,238 --> 01:14:39,141 BUT AS IT REVERBERATES UP, IT 2073 01:14:39,141 --> 01:14:41,176 ACTUALLY INCREASES IN SOUND. AND 2074 01:14:41,176 --> 01:14:44,746 SO WE'VE GOT FOLKS THAT LIVE IN 2075 01:14:44,746 --> 01:14:47,082 APARTMENTS AND CONDOS THAT ARE 2076 01:14:47,082 --> 01:14:50,118 EXPERIENCING HIGHER VOLUMES OF 2077 01:14:50,118 --> 01:14:51,854 NOISE THAN WE ARE EXPERIENCING 2078 01:14:51,854 --> 01:14:52,988 ON THE GROUND LEVEL, WHICH MAKES 2079 01:14:52,988 --> 01:14:53,655 IT REALLY HARD FOR US TO BE ABLE 2080 01:14:53,655 --> 01:14:57,860 TO DO SOMETHING. I WOULD SAY, IN 2081 01:14:57,860 --> 01:14:59,161 RELATION TO SOMEBODY WAITING TO 2082 01:14:59,161 --> 01:14:59,695 GET INTO SOMETHING ON THE 2083 01:14:59,695 --> 01:15:00,863 WATERFRONT, WAITING TO GET ONTO 2084 01:15:00,863 --> 01:15:04,800 ARGOSY. WE'RE NOT SEEING THE 2085 01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:07,836 LARGE MEGAPHONE KIND OF ISSUES 2086 01:15:07,836 --> 01:15:08,737 THAT WE'RE SEEING IN OTHER 2087 01:15:08,737 --> 01:15:12,307 PARTS OF THE CITY. YEAH. 2088 01:15:12,307 --> 01:15:13,642 -- OKAY. NO, THAT'S HELPFUL. 2089 01:15:13,642 --> 01:15:15,677 AND I, IT MAKES SENSE. THE THE 2090 01:15:15,677 --> 01:15:19,114 AMPLIFICATION ALONG THE WATER 2091 01:15:19,114 --> 01:15:21,917 AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS. 2092 01:15:21,917 --> 01:15:24,052 BUT THE, THE LAWS AND ORDINANCES 2093 01:15:24,052 --> 01:15:28,223 ARE SUFFICIENTLY CLEAR. SO, YOU 2094 01:15:28,223 --> 01:15:30,158 KNOW, LOOKING FORWARD TO 2095 01:15:30,158 --> 01:15:30,792 CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR 2096 01:15:30,792 --> 01:15:32,160 EXECUTIVE ON, ON HOW WE CAN 2097 01:15:32,160 --> 01:15:34,129 BETTER IMPLEMENT AND EXECUTE 2098 01:15:34,129 --> 01:15:36,732 THOSE LAWS AND ENFORCE THEM. 2099 01:15:36,732 --> 01:15:38,700 BECAUSE SITUATION FROM A 2100 01:15:38,700 --> 01:15:39,601 CITYWIDE PERSPECTIVE IS, IS OUT 2101 01:15:39,601 --> 01:15:41,169 OF HAND. AND WE NEED TO DO 2102 01:15:41,169 --> 01:15:42,137 BETTER, ESPECIALLY IF WE TALK 2103 01:15:42,137 --> 01:15:45,240 ABOUT WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR 2104 01:15:45,240 --> 01:15:45,874 DOMINANT LEADING GLOBAL STATUS 2105 01:15:45,874 --> 01:15:50,946 AS A, AS A, AS A SAFE, 2106 01:15:50,946 --> 01:15:51,480 WELCOMING, INVITING CITY. 2107 01:15:51,480 --> 01:15:52,648 PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS. 2108 01:15:52,648 --> 01:15:53,849 ACTING DIRECTOR, AS YOU KNOW 2109 01:15:53,849 --> 01:15:56,051 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, US POTENTIALLY 2110 01:15:56,051 --> 01:15:58,654 RUNNING IT BACK FOR FIFA WITH 2111 01:15:58,654 --> 01:16:01,790 WELCOMING THE, THE 2031 WOMEN'S 2112 01:16:01,790 --> 01:16:04,159 WORLD CUP AS PART OF THE HOST 2113 01:16:04,159 --> 01:16:05,594 LIKE, AND THERE'S MORE STUFF 2114 01:16:05,594 --> 01:16:11,066 WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND THIS 2115 01:16:11,066 --> 01:16:11,733 DOESN'T MAKE OUR CASE EASY. SO 2116 01:16:11,733 --> 01:16:13,602 WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE HANDLE 2117 01:16:13,602 --> 01:16:18,573 THIS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. FINAL 2118 01:16:18,573 --> 01:16:20,375 NOTE. MUCH MORE LIGHT HEARTED BY 2119 01:16:20,375 --> 01:16:23,512 SIR, DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT YOU 2120 01:16:23,512 --> 01:16:25,213 ARE ARE FEATURED IN SLIDE 12 2121 01:16:25,213 --> 01:16:27,482 THERE IN THAT IN THE PICTURE. 2122 01:16:27,482 --> 01:16:28,817 -- ONLY IF YOU SQUINT. 2123 01:16:28,817 --> 01:16:31,453 -- I DID SO I, I SQUINTED AND 2124 01:16:31,453 --> 01:16:32,354 KIND OF SORT OF TILT MY HEAD, 2125 01:16:32,354 --> 01:16:34,489 YOU KNOW, SIDEWAYS. AND I THINK 2126 01:16:34,489 --> 01:16:37,125 I SAW YOU WHERE'S WALDO? ACTION. 2127 01:16:37,125 --> 01:16:39,161 SORRY, BAD DAD JOKE, BUT. ALL 2128 01:16:39,161 --> 01:16:41,830 RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. ANY ANY 2129 01:16:41,830 --> 01:16:43,966 FINAL QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO. 2130 01:16:43,966 --> 01:16:45,634 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. REALLY 2131 01:16:45,634 --> 01:16:48,470 APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION. 2132 01:16:48,470 --> 01:16:49,738 TODAY'S PRESENTATIONS PLURAL 2133 01:16:49,738 --> 01:16:51,873 AND YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THIS 2134 01:16:51,873 --> 01:16:52,541 WORK. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 2135 01:16:52,541 --> 01:16:54,309 HAVING YOU BACK AT A FUTURE DATE 2136 01:16:54,309 --> 01:16:56,178 TO KEEP US ABREAST. SO THANK 2137 01:16:56,178 --> 01:17:00,382 YOU. 2138 01:17:00,382 --> 01:17:00,782 -- THANK YOU. 2139 01:17:00,782 --> 01:17:03,118 -- AWESOME. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO 2140 01:17:03,118 --> 01:17:05,053 OUR NINTH AND FINAL ITEM OF 2141 01:17:05,053 --> 01:17:06,088 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 2142 01:17:06,088 --> 01:17:10,525 READ ITEM NINE INTO THE RECORD. 2143 01:17:10,525 --> 01:17:12,928 -- AGENDA ITEM NINE BRIEFING, 2144 01:17:12,928 --> 01:17:13,528 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE 2145 01:17:13,528 --> 01:17:15,764 REQUEST FOR MODIFICATION OF 2146 01:17:15,764 --> 01:17:17,332 CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF A 2147 01:17:17,332 --> 01:17:18,934 PETITION OF SWEDISH HEALTH 2148 01:17:18,934 --> 01:17:22,137 SERVICES TO VACATE THE ALLEY AND 2149 01:17:22,137 --> 01:17:23,639 BLOCK 95 TERRACE. SECOND 2150 01:17:23,639 --> 01:17:25,540 ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 2151 01:17:25,540 --> 01:17:30,045 THESE WILL BE CLERK FILES 2152 01:17:30,045 --> 01:17:34,149 1314304 AND 314477. 2153 01:17:34,149 --> 01:17:38,153 -- THANK YOU. LOOKS LIKE OUR 2154 01:17:38,153 --> 01:17:41,323 PRESENTERS HAVE JOINED US AT THE 2155 01:17:41,323 --> 01:17:41,990 TABLE, SO WELCOME. WHEN YOU'RE 2156 01:17:41,990 --> 01:17:43,025 READY, PLEASE INTRODUCE 2157 01:17:43,025 --> 01:17:44,760 YOURSELVES AND BEGIN YOUR 2158 01:17:44,760 --> 01:17:45,394 PRESENTATIONS. AND I'LL NOTE 2159 01:17:45,394 --> 01:17:49,398 THAT THIS COLLEAGUES IS A IS A 2160 01:17:49,398 --> 01:17:49,965 FAIRLY UNIQUE, SOMEWHAT 2161 01:17:49,965 --> 01:17:52,267 NONSTANDARD ITEM THAT'S BEFORE 2162 01:17:52,267 --> 01:17:57,105 US. BUT WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT 2163 01:17:57,105 --> 01:18:00,042 IT HERE TODAY. 2164 01:18:00,042 --> 01:18:01,443 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR, THIS IS 2165 01:18:01,443 --> 01:18:03,979 REBECCA MASKIN, COUNCIL CENTRAL 2166 01:18:03,979 --> 01:18:06,081 STAFF. AND JOINING ME. 2167 01:18:06,081 --> 01:18:08,316 -- HELLO. I'M ELISE NELSON. I'M 2168 01:18:08,316 --> 01:18:08,950 THE STREET USE DIVISION DIRECTOR 2169 01:18:08,950 --> 01:18:10,919 FOR SDOT. 2170 01:18:10,919 --> 01:18:12,187 -- HELLO. I'M AMY GRAY AND I 2171 01:18:12,187 --> 01:18:13,889 WORK FOR THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT 2172 01:18:13,889 --> 01:18:16,892 OF TRANSPORTATION 2173 01:18:16,892 --> 01:18:18,493 -- OKAY, SO WHAT'S BEFORE US 2174 01:18:18,493 --> 01:18:23,465 TODAY IS CLERK FILE 314550. THIS 2175 01:18:23,465 --> 01:18:23,965 PROPOSES TO MODIFY THE 2176 01:18:23,965 --> 01:18:24,866 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR AN 2177 01:18:24,866 --> 01:18:26,635 ALLEY VACATION ON SWEDISH FIRST 2178 01:18:26,635 --> 01:18:31,206 HILLS CAMPUS. FOR A PROPERTY 2179 01:18:31,206 --> 01:18:32,507 NAMED BLOCK 95. CONDITIONAL 2180 01:18:32,507 --> 01:18:35,043 APPROVAL FOR THIS WAS ORIGINALLY 2181 01:18:35,043 --> 01:18:36,778 GRANTED FOR THAT ALLEY VACATION 2182 01:18:36,778 --> 01:18:38,780 BACK IN 2016, AND THAT WAS CLERK 2183 01:18:38,780 --> 01:18:45,087 FILE 314 304 IN 2021. THE 2184 01:18:45,087 --> 01:18:45,620 CONDITIONAL APPROVAL WAS 2185 01:18:45,620 --> 01:18:48,523 EXTENDED UNTIL 2029 TO ALLOW THE 2186 01:18:48,523 --> 01:18:50,559 PROPONENTS MORE TIME TO 2187 01:18:50,559 --> 01:18:52,227 CONSTRUCT THEIR DEVELOPMENT, AND 2188 01:18:52,227 --> 01:18:55,664 THAT WAS CLERK FILE 314477 A 2189 01:18:55,664 --> 01:18:58,066 TUNNEL AND SKYBRIDGE ARE ALSO 2190 01:18:58,066 --> 01:18:59,334 APPROVED FOR THIS SITE, BUT THAT 2191 01:18:59,334 --> 01:19:00,735 IS NOT THE SUBJECT OF OUR 2192 01:19:00,735 --> 01:19:01,737 CONVERSATION TODAY. JUST WANTED 2193 01:19:01,737 --> 01:19:04,072 TO NOTE THAT FOR YOUR 2194 01:19:04,072 --> 01:19:06,842 UNDERSTANDING, SWEDISH IS 2195 01:19:06,842 --> 01:19:08,076 REQUESTING REVISIONS TO THE 2196 01:19:08,076 --> 01:19:08,777 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT 2197 01:19:08,777 --> 01:19:10,912 WOULD GRANT ADDITIONAL 2198 01:19:10,912 --> 01:19:12,614 FLEXIBILITY IN. WHEN THE 2199 01:19:12,614 --> 01:19:15,884 VACATION OR THE VACATION MAY BE 2200 01:19:15,884 --> 01:19:16,952 GRANTED. AND CONSTRUCTION ON 2201 01:19:16,952 --> 01:19:19,688 THIS PROPOSED PROJECT HAS BEEN 2202 01:19:19,688 --> 01:19:20,288 FURTHER DELAYED. BUT SWEDISH 2203 01:19:20,288 --> 01:19:21,990 DOES HAVE THE CAPACITY TO 2204 01:19:21,990 --> 01:19:23,925 DEVELOP THE PUBLIC BENEFITS 2205 01:19:23,925 --> 01:19:25,694 RELATED TO THE VACANCY OR THE 2206 01:19:25,694 --> 01:19:28,130 VACATION. SOONER, SO THE SCOPE 2207 01:19:28,130 --> 01:19:30,265 OF THE PUBLIC BENEFITS THAT ARE 2208 01:19:30,265 --> 01:19:33,668 CONDITIONED IN THIS CONDITIONAL 2209 01:19:33,668 --> 01:19:34,269 APPROVAL ARE NOT CHANGING AT 2210 01:19:34,269 --> 01:19:35,203 ALL. THE PUBLIC BENEFITS WILL 2211 01:19:35,203 --> 01:19:38,140 STILL BE PROVIDED PER THE PLANS, 2212 01:19:38,140 --> 01:19:39,875 BUT WHAT IS CHANGING POTENTIALLY 2213 01:19:39,875 --> 01:19:41,309 IS THE SPEED AT WHICH THEY WOULD 2214 01:19:41,309 --> 01:19:42,778 BE DELIVERED IN THE 2215 01:19:42,778 --> 01:19:44,913 NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE EFFECT OF 2216 01:19:44,913 --> 01:19:47,516 THESE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS 2217 01:19:47,516 --> 01:19:49,484 WOULD BE TO RELATE THE VACANCY 2218 01:19:49,484 --> 01:19:52,087 OR EXCUSE ME, RELATE THE 2219 01:19:52,087 --> 01:19:53,889 VACATION TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 2220 01:19:53,889 --> 01:19:55,690 THE PLANNED SWEDISH FIRST HILL 2221 01:19:55,690 --> 01:19:58,059 MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER PLAN, 2222 01:19:58,059 --> 01:20:00,028 AND THIS ALSO ALLOWS SWEDISH TO 2223 01:20:00,028 --> 01:20:03,732 SEEK APPROVAL FOR. AFTER ALL OF 2224 01:20:03,732 --> 01:20:05,100 THE BENEFITS HAVE BEEN 2225 01:20:05,100 --> 01:20:07,602 DELIVERED, THE FEES HAVE BEEN 2226 01:20:07,602 --> 01:20:09,504 PAID AND A PROPERTY USE AND 2227 01:20:09,504 --> 01:20:10,505 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS 2228 01:20:10,505 --> 01:20:12,340 SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED. THIS IS 2229 01:20:12,340 --> 01:20:14,109 A BIT UNUSUAL COMPARED TO PAST 2230 01:20:14,109 --> 01:20:16,077 PRACTICE ON ALLEY AND STREET 2231 01:20:16,077 --> 01:20:18,713 VACATIONS, BUT WE FEEL THAT THE 2232 01:20:18,713 --> 01:20:21,516 MASTER, THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE 2233 01:20:21,516 --> 01:20:24,452 SWEDISH CAMPUS AND THE MAJOR 2234 01:20:24,452 --> 01:20:26,988 INSTITUTION OVERLAY INHERENT IN 2235 01:20:26,988 --> 01:20:28,823 THERE ADD SOME CONTROL TO FUTURE 2236 01:20:28,823 --> 01:20:32,527 REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE. SO IF 2237 01:20:32,527 --> 01:20:33,061 THESE MODIFICATIONS SEEM 2238 01:20:33,061 --> 01:20:34,529 REASONABLE TO YOU, THE COMMITTEE 2239 01:20:34,529 --> 01:20:38,066 CAN VOTE TO APPROVE THE MODIFIED 2240 01:20:38,066 --> 01:20:38,700 CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND ADD 2241 01:20:38,700 --> 01:20:41,703 THEM TO THE CLERK FILE AND THEN 2242 01:20:41,703 --> 01:20:44,239 SEPARATELY VOTE TO APPROVE THAT 2243 01:20:44,239 --> 01:20:44,906 CLERK FILE LATER ON DOWN THE 2244 01:20:44,906 --> 01:20:46,808 ROAD. THIS WOULD COME BACK 2245 01:20:46,808 --> 01:20:49,377 BEFORE THE FINAL VACATION IS 2246 01:20:49,377 --> 01:20:51,012 GRANTED, AND A FINAL ORDINANCE 2247 01:20:51,012 --> 01:20:55,183 WOULD GRANT THAT AS WELL. WE 2248 01:20:55,183 --> 01:20:55,850 HAVE FOLKS FROM SDOT HERE TODAY. 2249 01:20:55,850 --> 01:21:00,088 IF YOU ALL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT 2250 01:21:00,088 --> 01:21:03,091 THE DIRECTOR'S LETTER TO YOU, 2251 01:21:03,091 --> 01:21:03,725 WE WERE PLANNING TO HAVE FOLKS 2252 01:21:03,725 --> 01:21:05,026 FROM SWEDISH JOINING US, BUT 2253 01:21:05,026 --> 01:21:07,596 THEY ARE NOT PRESENT TODAY, SO I 2254 01:21:07,596 --> 01:21:08,897 WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER. OH 2255 01:21:08,897 --> 01:21:10,699 THEY ARE. OH MY, 2256 01:21:10,699 --> 01:21:11,032 -- [LAUGHTER] 2257 01:21:11,032 --> 01:21:11,399 -- MY MISTAKE. 2258 01:21:11,399 --> 01:21:11,733 -- [LAUGHTER] 2259 01:21:11,733 --> 01:21:14,970 -- WE DIDN'T SEE. HELLO. I'M 2260 01:21:14,970 --> 01:21:16,438 SORRY. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SEE 2261 01:21:16,438 --> 01:21:17,038 PEOPLE ONLINE ONLY, I DON'T 2262 01:21:17,038 --> 01:21:18,740 ALWAYS RECOGNIZE THEM IN THE 2263 01:21:18,740 --> 01:21:20,141 FUTURE. SO WE DO HAVE PROPONENTS 2264 01:21:20,141 --> 01:21:22,777 FROM SWEDISH TO ANSWER DETAILED 2265 01:21:22,777 --> 01:21:24,679 QUESTIONS ABOUT DETAILS OR THE 2266 01:21:24,679 --> 01:21:28,183 NEED FOR THE THE MODIFICATIONS. 2267 01:21:28,183 --> 01:21:30,685 SO IF MY COLLEAGUES FROM SDOT 2268 01:21:30,685 --> 01:21:32,087 HAVE COMMENTS, I'D INVITE THEM 2269 01:21:32,087 --> 01:21:35,423 TO SAY SOME. AND WE CAN ALSO 2270 01:21:35,423 --> 01:21:36,958 INVITE. IF YOU CHOOSE TO INVITE 2271 01:21:36,958 --> 01:21:38,493 SWEDISH UP TO ANSWER ANY 2272 01:21:38,493 --> 01:21:38,793 QUESTIONS. 2273 01:21:38,793 --> 01:21:42,130 -- YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 2274 01:21:42,130 --> 01:21:45,934 REBECCA. SO CUSTOMARILY DO LIKE 2275 01:21:45,934 --> 01:21:48,336 THE REQUESTER. SO COME ON DOWN. 2276 01:21:48,336 --> 01:21:48,603 WELCOME. 2277 01:21:48,603 --> 01:21:52,073 -- MY APOLOGIES. 2278 01:21:52,073 --> 01:21:54,009 -- AND A IN A MOMENT WE'LL HAVE 2279 01:21:54,009 --> 01:22:00,682 YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND 2280 01:22:00,682 --> 01:22:04,853 THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR 2281 01:22:04,853 --> 01:22:08,256 PARTNERS AT SDOT TO TO SHARE 2282 01:22:08,256 --> 01:22:09,758 THEIR PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN 2283 01:22:09,758 --> 01:22:13,028 WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO SWEDISH 2284 01:22:13,028 --> 01:22:14,796 SWEDISH TEAM HERE TO HEAR ANY 2285 01:22:14,796 --> 01:22:16,097 OTHER THOUGHTS FROM YOUR 2286 01:22:16,097 --> 01:22:17,332 PERSPECTIVE. SO FIRST OFF, IF 2287 01:22:17,332 --> 01:22:19,901 YOU WOULDN'T MIND JUST BRIEFLY 2288 01:22:19,901 --> 01:22:23,038 INTRODUCING YOURSELVES 2289 01:22:23,038 --> 01:22:25,740 -- DO YOU HAVE THINK YOU'RE 2290 01:22:25,740 --> 01:22:25,940 GOOD. 2291 01:22:25,940 --> 01:22:27,409 -- HELLO, HELLO. HI. THANK YOU 2292 01:22:27,409 --> 01:22:29,477 FOR HAVING ME. I'M DR. ELIZABETH 2293 01:22:29,477 --> 01:22:30,845 WACO. I'M THE CEO AT SWEDISH 2294 01:22:30,845 --> 01:22:33,048 HEALTH SERVICES. AND WE ARE VERY 2295 01:22:33,048 --> 01:22:37,152 EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY 2296 01:22:37,152 --> 01:22:39,054 -- ANDREW DAVIS. I LEAD OUR REAL 2297 01:22:39,054 --> 01:22:41,990 ESTATE FACILITIES AND 2298 01:22:41,990 --> 01:22:42,624 CONSTRUCTION TEAMS FOR SWEDISH. 2299 01:22:42,624 --> 01:22:43,858 -- AWESOME. WELCOME. THANK YOU 2300 01:22:43,858 --> 01:22:46,294 FOR JOINING US. ALL RIGHT. S DOT 2301 01:22:46,294 --> 01:22:47,862 FOR IS YOURS. 2302 01:22:47,862 --> 01:22:50,098 -- ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. I 2303 01:22:50,098 --> 01:22:53,735 JUST WANT TO KIND OF REITERATE 2304 01:22:53,735 --> 01:22:54,369 WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNCIL 2305 01:22:54,369 --> 01:22:55,537 CENTRAL STAFF. THIS IS A BIT 2306 01:22:55,537 --> 01:22:57,038 UNUSUAL, BUT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE 2307 01:22:57,038 --> 01:23:00,208 OF THE REQUEST AND THINK THAT WE 2308 01:23:00,208 --> 01:23:01,009 HAVE ADEQUATE CONTROL ON THE 2309 01:23:01,009 --> 01:23:02,610 FUTURE OF THE PROJECT. AND 2310 01:23:02,610 --> 01:23:04,212 SWEDISH HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD 2311 01:23:04,212 --> 01:23:06,314 PARTNER AND ALREADY IS WORKING 2312 01:23:06,314 --> 01:23:08,717 ON CONNECTING THEIR THEIR 2313 01:23:08,717 --> 01:23:09,684 PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET TO 2314 01:23:09,684 --> 01:23:11,853 THIS ONE. SO WE THINK THAT THIS 2315 01:23:11,853 --> 01:23:13,321 WILL ALLOW US TO GET THE PUBLIC 2316 01:23:13,321 --> 01:23:14,689 BENEFITS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 2317 01:23:14,689 --> 01:23:17,192 SOONER, AND THAT WILL BE A GOOD 2318 01:23:17,192 --> 01:23:17,759 BENEFIT AND OUTCOME FOR THE 2319 01:23:17,759 --> 01:23:20,295 PUBLIC ANYTHING TO ADD, AMY? 2320 01:23:20,295 --> 01:23:24,032 -- I DO NOT THANK YOU 2321 01:23:24,032 --> 01:23:26,234 -- AWESOME. UNIQUE COLLEAGUES. 2322 01:23:26,234 --> 01:23:26,868 AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, 2323 01:23:26,868 --> 01:23:30,271 BECAUSE IT WAS A PREVIOUSLY 2324 01:23:30,271 --> 01:23:30,805 APPROVED REQUEST. AND NOW 2325 01:23:30,805 --> 01:23:32,974 THERE'S A PENDING PROPOSAL 2326 01:23:32,974 --> 01:23:35,810 BEFORE US THAT WOULD MODIFY 2327 01:23:35,810 --> 01:23:38,279 THAT. AND SO UNIQUE INSOFAR AS 2328 01:23:38,279 --> 01:23:41,483 MODIFICATION ON A PREVIOUSLY 2329 01:23:41,483 --> 01:23:45,320 APPROVED EFFORT. AND SO. AT THIS 2330 01:23:45,320 --> 01:23:48,156 POINT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ANY 2331 01:23:48,156 --> 01:23:52,160 COMMENTS. QUESTIONS FROM YOU ALL 2332 01:23:52,160 --> 01:23:52,761 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU HAVE ANY, 2333 01:23:52,761 --> 01:23:53,395 STARTING FIRST WITH VICE CHAIR 2334 01:23:53,395 --> 01:23:54,796 RINCK, IF YOU HAVE ANY. 2335 01:23:54,796 --> 01:23:56,631 -- NO QUESTIONS FOR TODAY, 2336 01:23:56,631 --> 01:23:57,632 CHAIR. 2337 01:23:57,632 --> 01:23:59,801 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE 2338 01:23:59,801 --> 01:24:03,371 CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHERS? 2339 01:24:03,371 --> 01:24:05,206 LOOKS LIKE HEARING SEEING NONE. 2340 01:24:05,206 --> 01:24:11,479 I'LL JUST ASK ONE QUESTION. SO 2341 01:24:11,479 --> 01:24:13,314 APPRECIATE AGAIN THE OVERVIEW OF 2342 01:24:13,314 --> 01:24:17,118 THE PROPOSAL BEFORE US. WHAT 2343 01:24:17,118 --> 01:24:21,790 GUARDRAILS HAS THE CITY BAKED IN 2344 01:24:21,790 --> 01:24:23,992 AND PROPOSING AS PART OF THIS 2345 01:24:23,992 --> 01:24:24,626 MODIFICATION REQUEST TO ENSURE 2346 01:24:24,626 --> 01:24:28,496 THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE PROTECT 2347 01:24:28,496 --> 01:24:30,031 THE ORIGINAL INTENT, GOALS, 2348 01:24:30,031 --> 01:24:31,633 PUBLIC BENEFITS, ET CETERA. 2349 01:24:31,633 --> 01:24:35,403 -- YEAH, I'LL SAY THAT ONE OF 2350 01:24:35,403 --> 01:24:36,037 THE MAIN MODIFICATIONS THAT WE 2351 01:24:36,037 --> 01:24:42,143 DID IN, IN REVISING THESE 2352 01:24:42,143 --> 01:24:43,945 CONDITIONS WAS TO RELATE THE 2353 01:24:43,945 --> 01:24:46,114 GRANTING OF THE ALLEY VACATION 2354 01:24:46,114 --> 01:24:48,850 TO THE PROJECT AS IT IS PROPOSED 2355 01:24:48,850 --> 01:24:50,718 WITHIN THE SWEDISH FIRST HILL 2356 01:24:50,718 --> 01:24:53,254 CAMPUS, MAJOR INSTITUTION MASTER 2357 01:24:53,254 --> 01:24:56,758 PLAN. SO THE PLAN SPECIFICALLY 2358 01:24:56,758 --> 01:24:58,760 IDENTIFIES A PROJECT FOR THIS 2359 01:24:58,760 --> 01:25:00,628 BLOCK BLOCK 95 AND IDENTIFIES 2360 01:25:00,628 --> 01:25:02,497 THE ALLEY VACATION POTENTIAL 2361 01:25:02,497 --> 01:25:03,431 OTHER TERM PERMITS THAT WOULD GO 2362 01:25:03,431 --> 01:25:05,600 WITH IT. AND SO IN THE PLAN, 2363 01:25:05,600 --> 01:25:07,802 IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE 2364 01:25:07,802 --> 01:25:10,071 USES THAT WOULD BE BUILT UPON 2365 01:25:10,071 --> 01:25:13,441 THIS SITE. EVEN IF THE PROJECT 2366 01:25:13,441 --> 01:25:16,311 ITSELF DIFFERS. THERE ARE 2367 01:25:16,311 --> 01:25:16,845 SUPPOSED TO BE SUPPORTIVE 2368 01:25:16,845 --> 01:25:18,246 HOSPITAL USES THAT WOULD BE 2369 01:25:18,246 --> 01:25:20,114 LOCATED ON THE SITE, AS WELL AS 2370 01:25:20,114 --> 01:25:22,016 OFFICE SPACES FOR MEDICAL OR 2371 01:25:22,016 --> 01:25:24,552 RESEARCH. SO RELATING THAT TO 2372 01:25:24,552 --> 01:25:25,854 THE MASTER PLAN AND STATING THAT 2373 01:25:25,854 --> 01:25:30,925 NO OTHER PROJECT THAT DOESN'T 2374 01:25:30,925 --> 01:25:32,127 MEET THOSE CRITERIA SPECIFIED IN 2375 01:25:32,127 --> 01:25:34,095 THE PLAN WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE 2376 01:25:34,095 --> 01:25:36,164 CONSTRUCTED ON THAT SITE, IT HAS 2377 01:25:36,164 --> 01:25:38,132 BEEN CONTINUED. IT CONTINUES TO 2378 01:25:38,132 --> 01:25:41,136 BE IN THE DOCUMENT. 2379 01:25:41,136 --> 01:25:46,040 -- THANK YOU. VERY HELPFUL FUN 2380 01:25:46,040 --> 01:25:47,075 FACT ABOUT SWEDISH. ALL THREE OF 2381 01:25:47,075 --> 01:25:49,177 MY KIDS WERE BORN AT SWEDISH 2382 01:25:49,177 --> 01:25:52,680 FIRST HILL, AND I KNOW A LOT OF 2383 01:25:52,680 --> 01:25:55,517 BABIES BORN THERE. AND SO REALLY 2384 01:25:55,517 --> 01:25:57,886 APPRECIATE THE THE CARE THAT 2385 01:25:57,886 --> 01:26:00,355 THEY PROVIDE FROM A PUBLIC 2386 01:26:00,355 --> 01:26:00,889 HEALTH STANDPOINT FOR OUR 2387 01:26:00,889 --> 01:26:01,956 COMMUNITY ACROSS THE REGION. 2388 01:26:01,956 --> 01:26:06,861 FRANKLY BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR 2389 01:26:06,861 --> 01:26:07,495 GOVERNING PARTNERS FROM SWEDISH 2390 01:26:07,495 --> 01:26:11,266 HERE AT THE TABLE, BEYOND JUST 2391 01:26:11,266 --> 01:26:13,234 MERE INTRODUCTIONS, WOULD YOU 2392 01:26:13,234 --> 01:26:14,235 MIND KIND OF SPEAKING A LITTLE 2393 01:26:14,235 --> 01:26:17,372 BIT TO SORT OF LIKE THE BUSINESS 2394 01:26:17,372 --> 01:26:18,740 AND OPERATIONAL RATIONALE AND 2395 01:26:18,740 --> 01:26:20,608 IMPERATIVE DRIVING THIS SORT OF 2396 01:26:20,608 --> 01:26:21,543 MODIFICATION REQUEST AND WHAT 2397 01:26:21,543 --> 01:26:23,077 THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, 2398 01:26:23,077 --> 01:26:25,280 COULD POTENTIALLY HELP UNLOCK IN 2399 01:26:25,280 --> 01:26:27,515 TERMS OF NEW CAPABILITY FOR, FOR 2400 01:26:27,515 --> 01:26:29,350 THE CAMPUS 2401 01:26:29,350 --> 01:26:31,052 -- I THINK I'LL GO AHEAD AND 2402 01:26:31,052 --> 01:26:31,686 START AND THEN PROBABLY HAND IT 2403 01:26:31,686 --> 01:26:33,321 OFF TO ANDREW. SO JUST A LITTLE 2404 01:26:33,321 --> 01:26:35,156 BIT OF A BACKGROUND, I THINK YOU 2405 01:26:35,156 --> 01:26:36,424 SAID IT, SWEDISH HAS BEEN 2406 01:26:36,424 --> 01:26:38,560 PROVIDING CARE FOR THIS 2407 01:26:38,560 --> 01:26:41,429 COMMUNITY SINCE 1910. AND WITH 2408 01:26:41,429 --> 01:26:43,598 PROVIDENCE SWEDISH, WE PROBABLY 2409 01:26:43,598 --> 01:26:44,799 PROVIDE ALMOST 30% OF THE CARE 2410 01:26:44,799 --> 01:26:46,267 FOR THE PUGET SOUND. AND IF YOU 2411 01:26:46,267 --> 01:26:48,102 THINK ABOUT DURING COVID, IT 2412 01:26:48,102 --> 01:26:50,471 REALLY BECAME APPARENT HOW 2413 01:26:50,471 --> 01:26:51,372 ESSENTIAL THE ORGANIZATION IS TO 2414 01:26:51,372 --> 01:26:54,375 PROVIDING CARE FOR WASHINGTON 2415 01:26:54,375 --> 01:26:56,277 STATE. SO WE ARE ESSENTIAL TO 2416 01:26:56,277 --> 01:26:59,447 HEALTH CARE DELIVERY FOR THIS 2417 01:26:59,447 --> 01:27:00,915 MARKET. AND I WOULD SAY THAT 2418 01:27:00,915 --> 01:27:03,117 ANDREW AND MYSELF ARE INCREDIBLY 2419 01:27:03,117 --> 01:27:04,886 DEDICATED. ALSO, I MYSELF, AS A 2420 01:27:04,886 --> 01:27:07,589 NURSE, STARTED MY PRACTICE ON 2421 01:27:07,589 --> 01:27:11,192 MINOR AND THEN DID MY RESIDENCY 2422 01:27:11,192 --> 01:27:13,161 AND WORKED AS AN ATTENDING AT 2423 01:27:13,161 --> 01:27:14,562 HARBORVIEW AND THEN CAME TO 2424 01:27:14,562 --> 01:27:16,831 SWEDISH. SO MY ENTIRE PRACTICE 2425 01:27:16,831 --> 01:27:17,899 HAS BEEN ON FIRST HILL. SO WE 2426 01:27:17,899 --> 01:27:21,102 ARE COMMITTED TO THIS CITY. SO I 2427 01:27:21,102 --> 01:27:23,471 THINK YOU'VE SEEN THAT HEALTH 2428 01:27:23,471 --> 01:27:24,939 CARE HAS HAD SOME PRETTY 2429 01:27:24,939 --> 01:27:26,140 SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL 2430 01:27:26,140 --> 01:27:27,408 CHALLENGES, AND WE ARE WORKING 2431 01:27:27,408 --> 01:27:29,243 THROUGH THOSE BOTH FEDERALLY AND 2432 01:27:29,243 --> 01:27:31,412 THROUGH OUR STATE. BUT YET WE 2433 01:27:31,412 --> 01:27:33,615 CONTINUE TO REMAIN COMMITTED TO 2434 01:27:33,615 --> 01:27:36,351 PROVIDING HEALTH CARE FOR THIS 2435 01:27:36,351 --> 01:27:38,720 COMMUNITY. AND REALLY, IT'S BEEN 2436 01:27:38,720 --> 01:27:39,654 THROUGH OUR LEADERSHIP AND 2437 01:27:39,654 --> 01:27:42,223 PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL AND STATE 2438 01:27:42,223 --> 01:27:45,560 GOVERNMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN 2439 01:27:45,560 --> 01:27:46,027 ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE 2440 01:27:46,027 --> 01:27:46,794 REDEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST HILL 2441 01:27:46,794 --> 01:27:48,630 CAMPUS, AND THAT IS THROUGH THE 2442 01:27:48,630 --> 01:27:50,798 HUGHES TOWER. SO THE HUGHES 2443 01:27:50,798 --> 01:27:52,834 TOWER IS A NEW TOWER THAT'S 2444 01:27:52,834 --> 01:27:54,369 BEING BUILT. HOPEFULLY YOU'VE 2445 01:27:54,369 --> 01:27:55,270 NOTICED IT, AS YOU MAY HAVE 2446 01:27:55,270 --> 01:27:58,239 DRIVEN BY THE CAMPUS, IT IS 2447 01:27:58,239 --> 01:28:00,608 QUITE LARGE. IT IS A $1.4 2448 01:28:00,608 --> 01:28:02,477 BILLION TOWER. SO IT IS AN 2449 01:28:02,477 --> 01:28:04,612 INCREDIBLE INVESTMENT IN SEATTLE 2450 01:28:04,612 --> 01:28:09,217 AND IN THIS COMMUNITY. HUGHES 2451 01:28:09,217 --> 01:28:11,919 TOWER IS IN MANY WAYS. A 2452 01:28:11,919 --> 01:28:13,855 REPLACEMENT OF THE FIRST HILL 2453 01:28:13,855 --> 01:28:17,125 CAMPUS. IT CARRIES THE CRITICAL, 2454 01:28:17,125 --> 01:28:17,725 MOST CRITICAL ASPECTS OF CARE 2455 01:28:17,725 --> 01:28:19,994 THAT WE PROVIDE, MEANING OUR 2456 01:28:19,994 --> 01:28:24,565 OPERATING ROOMS, INTERVENTIONAL 2457 01:28:24,565 --> 01:28:25,967 SUITES FOR. IMAGINE CARDIAC AND 2458 01:28:25,967 --> 01:28:29,237 NEURO CASES. IT HAS ICUS BUILT 2459 01:28:29,237 --> 01:28:32,073 INTO IT. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I 2460 01:28:32,073 --> 01:28:34,776 WOULD SAY IS OUR EMERGENCY ROOM. 2461 01:28:34,776 --> 01:28:35,310 I THINK REALLY EXCELLENT 2462 01:28:35,310 --> 01:28:39,380 EMERGENCY CARE ACCESS IN 2463 01:28:39,380 --> 01:28:43,217 REPLACING FACILITIES THAT WERE 2464 01:28:43,217 --> 01:28:44,585 HISTORICALLY FROM THE 1950s. SO 2465 01:28:44,585 --> 01:28:45,420 IT IS AMAZING. AND JUST AS A 2466 01:28:45,420 --> 01:28:47,455 LITTLE SIDEBAR FOR OUR EDDIE, MY 2467 01:28:47,455 --> 01:28:50,491 BACKGROUND IS PSYCHIATRIC 2468 01:28:50,491 --> 01:28:52,593 NURSING. BEFORE I BECAME A 2469 01:28:52,593 --> 01:28:53,261 PHYSICIAN, AND OUR EDDIE IS VERY 2470 01:28:53,261 --> 01:28:54,862 SPECIAL IN THAT IT HAS AN ENTIRE 2471 01:28:54,862 --> 01:28:57,932 WING FOR PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, 2472 01:28:57,932 --> 01:28:58,700 THAT CREATES ROOMS THAT ARE SAFE 2473 01:28:58,700 --> 01:29:01,135 AND ABLE TO CARE FOR THOSE 2474 01:29:01,135 --> 01:29:02,704 PATIENTS, AND IN A MUCH BETTER 2475 01:29:02,704 --> 01:29:05,139 WAY THAN WE DO CURRENTLY. SO 2476 01:29:05,139 --> 01:29:08,910 THIS TOWER ALSO ALLOWS US TO 2477 01:29:08,910 --> 01:29:09,477 CONSOLIDATE THE CHERRY HILL 2478 01:29:09,477 --> 01:29:10,678 CAMPUS INTO THE FIRST HILL 2479 01:29:10,678 --> 01:29:16,751 CAMPUS, WHICH FOR US, PROVIDING 2480 01:29:16,751 --> 01:29:17,318 CLINICAL CARE IS ESSENTIAL 2481 01:29:17,318 --> 01:29:18,519 BECAUSE IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO 2482 01:29:18,519 --> 01:29:19,253 CONNECT. WHAT I LIKE TO SAY, THE 2483 01:29:19,253 --> 01:29:20,421 HEART AND THE BRAIN TO THE REST 2484 01:29:20,421 --> 01:29:23,024 OF THE BODY, RIGHT? BECAUSE 2485 01:29:23,024 --> 01:29:23,658 CHERRY HILL REALLY WAS A CARDIAC 2486 01:29:23,658 --> 01:29:27,695 AND NEURO HOSPITAL. SO WE'RE 2487 01:29:27,695 --> 01:29:28,730 INCREDIBLY INVESTED. THAT IS THE 2488 01:29:28,730 --> 01:29:29,731 HUGHES TOWER. AND THEN I WILL 2489 01:29:29,731 --> 01:29:31,232 HAND IT OFF TO ANDREW TO MAYBE 2490 01:29:31,232 --> 01:29:32,633 SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BLOCK 2491 01:29:32,633 --> 01:29:37,672 95. 2492 01:29:37,672 --> 01:29:38,206 -- YEAH. 2493 01:29:38,206 --> 01:29:40,675 -- HELLO AGAIN. ALWAYS TOUGH TO 2494 01:29:40,675 --> 01:29:42,510 FOLLOW DR. WACO ABOUT TALKING, 2495 01:29:42,510 --> 01:29:44,846 BUT HERE I AM. SO YOU KNOW, 2496 01:29:44,846 --> 01:29:46,013 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA TO YOUR TO 2497 01:29:46,013 --> 01:29:47,882 YOUR QUESTION ABOUT BLOCK 95 AND 2498 01:29:47,882 --> 01:29:51,386 KIND OF THE THE ROOT OF THIS 2499 01:29:51,386 --> 01:29:52,086 REQUEST TO TAKE TO DIVE A LITTLE 2500 01:29:52,086 --> 01:29:54,222 BIT DEEPER ON WHAT DR. WACO JUST 2501 01:29:54,222 --> 01:29:57,558 EXPLAINED IS, YOU KNOW, HUGHES 2502 01:29:57,558 --> 01:29:59,394 TOWER AND BLOCK 95, BLOCK 95 2503 01:29:59,394 --> 01:30:00,928 BEING THE MEDICAL OFFICE AREA 2504 01:30:00,928 --> 01:30:02,697 THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD. 2505 01:30:02,697 --> 01:30:03,998 BOTH OF THOSE WERE PART 2506 01:30:03,998 --> 01:30:05,366 ORIGINALLY OF WHAT WE REFER TO 2507 01:30:05,366 --> 01:30:08,302 AS THE FIRST HILL TRANSFORMATION 2508 01:30:08,302 --> 01:30:10,571 PROJECT. IT ENCOMPASSED BOTH 2509 01:30:10,571 --> 01:30:13,808 BUILDINGS. THAT INITIATIVE 2510 01:30:13,808 --> 01:30:16,043 STARTED BACK IN 2014 AT A PRICE 2511 01:30:16,043 --> 01:30:18,246 OF $1.2 BILLION. AS DR. WACO 2512 01:30:18,246 --> 01:30:20,081 JUST MENTIONED, THE NEW HUGHES 2513 01:30:20,081 --> 01:30:21,682 TOWER, WHICH WE WANTED TO 2514 01:30:21,682 --> 01:30:22,517 ACCELERATE AND GET THAT DONE 2515 01:30:22,517 --> 01:30:25,653 QUICKLY FOR THE AGING 2516 01:30:25,653 --> 01:30:28,156 INFRASTRUCTURE, SURPASSED THE 2517 01:30:28,156 --> 01:30:30,091 1.2 AND IS $1.4 BILLION. SO 2518 01:30:30,091 --> 01:30:32,059 INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT? WE 2519 01:30:32,059 --> 01:30:34,162 HAD PLANNED FOR $1.2 BILLION TO 2520 01:30:34,162 --> 01:30:36,430 DELIVER BOTH PROJECTS, WE'RE NOW 2521 01:30:36,430 --> 01:30:37,698 AT 1.4 TO DELIVER THE HUGHES 2522 01:30:37,698 --> 01:30:39,734 TOWER. AND SO WITH THAT, YOU 2523 01:30:39,734 --> 01:30:41,602 KNOW, IT COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, 2524 01:30:41,602 --> 01:30:44,338 OUR ABILITY TO DIGEST THAT 2525 01:30:44,338 --> 01:30:44,906 CAPITAL INVESTMENT AND THE 2526 01:30:44,906 --> 01:30:47,975 CURRENT STATE OF BLOCK 95 AND 2527 01:30:47,975 --> 01:30:50,545 THE ALLEY VACATION TIES US 2528 01:30:50,545 --> 01:30:52,513 DELIVERING BLOCK 95 IN TOTALITY 2529 01:30:52,513 --> 01:30:53,414 IN 2029. AND THAT IS SOMETHING 2530 01:30:53,414 --> 01:30:56,250 THAT WE JUST CAN'T DELIVER ON AT 2531 01:30:56,250 --> 01:30:57,518 THIS POINT. FROM A CAPITAL 2532 01:30:57,518 --> 01:30:58,719 PERSPECTIVE, WITH THE ONGOING 2533 01:30:58,719 --> 01:30:59,353 INVESTMENT BEING MADE INTO THE 2534 01:30:59,353 --> 01:31:02,924 HUGHES TOWER. THAT BEING SAID, 2535 01:31:02,924 --> 01:31:05,059 THERE IS A DESIRE, OBVIOUSLY 2536 01:31:05,059 --> 01:31:06,461 FROM THE FIRST HILL COMMUNITY AS 2537 01:31:06,461 --> 01:31:08,796 FAR AS US, TO STILL DELIVER ON 2538 01:31:08,796 --> 01:31:10,765 THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT PACKAGE 2539 01:31:10,765 --> 01:31:14,001 THAT WAS A PART OF THE ALLEY 2540 01:31:14,001 --> 01:31:14,635 VACATION, AND SO WE STILL WOULD 2541 01:31:14,635 --> 01:31:15,336 LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 2542 01:31:15,336 --> 01:31:19,674 BUT AGAIN, IT ALLOWS US TO 2543 01:31:19,674 --> 01:31:21,042 DIGEST THE THE SUBSTANTIAL 2544 01:31:21,042 --> 01:31:23,377 CAPITAL IMPACT OF HUGHES TOWER 2545 01:31:23,377 --> 01:31:25,213 AS WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AND 2546 01:31:25,213 --> 01:31:27,181 PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO 2547 01:31:27,181 --> 01:31:27,815 DELIVER BLOCK 95 IN THE FUTURE. 2548 01:31:27,815 --> 01:31:29,383 BUT WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO 2549 01:31:29,383 --> 01:31:31,052 THAT. 2550 01:31:31,052 --> 01:31:33,988 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 2551 01:31:33,988 --> 01:31:36,490 APPRECIATE THE THE OVERVIEW AND 2552 01:31:36,490 --> 01:31:38,926 KIND OF EXPLANATORY COMMENTS 2553 01:31:38,926 --> 01:31:39,527 PROVIDING APPROPRIATE CONTEXT 2554 01:31:39,527 --> 01:31:43,231 HERE FOR THIS THIS REQUEST. 2555 01:31:43,231 --> 01:31:44,699 APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK. I JUST 2556 01:31:44,699 --> 01:31:46,067 HAVE AN ASIDE QUESTION. JUST 2557 01:31:46,067 --> 01:31:50,905 CURIOUS. SO I KNOW SWEDISH HAS 2558 01:31:50,905 --> 01:31:53,241 SOME CLINICS HOUSED IN WEST 2559 01:31:53,241 --> 01:31:53,875 SEATTLE AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT 2560 01:31:53,875 --> 01:31:56,477 YOUR FIRST HILL CAMPUS, BUT YOU 2561 01:31:56,477 --> 01:31:58,813 KNOW, WEST SEATTLE IS SEATTLE'S 2562 01:31:58,813 --> 01:32:01,782 LARGEST NEIGHBORHOOD BY 2563 01:32:01,782 --> 01:32:03,651 POPULATION AND LAND MASS. SO 2564 01:32:03,651 --> 01:32:05,453 WHAT ARE YOUR EXPANSION PLANS TO 2565 01:32:05,453 --> 01:32:08,890 OPEN UP THE NEXT MAJOR CAMPUS IN 2566 01:32:08,890 --> 01:32:12,093 WEST SEATTLE? 2567 01:32:12,093 --> 01:32:13,761 -- WELL, WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE 2568 01:32:13,761 --> 01:32:15,162 CLINIC EXPANSION PLANS FOR WEST 2569 01:32:15,162 --> 01:32:16,597 SEATTLE, BUT BUT IT IS ON OUR 2570 01:32:16,597 --> 01:32:19,600 STRATEGIC PLAN. WHEN THAT 2571 01:32:19,600 --> 01:32:20,134 HAPPENS. 2572 01:32:20,134 --> 01:32:21,869 -- THERE'LL BE A LOT OF WEST 2573 01:32:21,869 --> 01:32:22,770 SEATTLEITES HAPPY WITH THAT. BUT 2574 01:32:22,770 --> 01:32:26,774 IN ANY EVENT, THANK YOU FOR THE 2575 01:32:26,774 --> 01:32:29,176 THE PRESENTATION. ADDITIONAL 2576 01:32:29,176 --> 01:32:30,978 BACKGROUND TODAY. WELCOME. ANY 2577 01:32:30,978 --> 01:32:31,612 FINAL COMMENTS QUESTIONS FROM MY 2578 01:32:31,612 --> 01:32:34,048 COLLEAGUES, IF ANY HEARING. 2579 01:32:34,048 --> 01:32:36,250 SEEING NONE, I MOVE. THE 2580 01:32:36,250 --> 01:32:38,519 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2581 01:32:38,519 --> 01:32:40,354 MODIFICATION OF THE CONDITIONAL 2582 01:32:40,354 --> 01:32:41,756 APPROVAL OF THE PETITION OF 2583 01:32:41,756 --> 01:32:42,323 SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES TO 2584 01:32:42,323 --> 01:32:46,794 VACATE THE ALLEY IN BLOCK 95 2585 01:32:46,794 --> 01:32:48,296 TERRACE. SECOND ADDITION TO THE 2586 01:32:48,296 --> 01:32:49,397 CITY OF SEATTLE. IS THERE A 2587 01:32:49,397 --> 01:32:50,431 SECOND? 2588 01:32:50,431 --> 01:32:50,731 -- SECOND. 2589 01:32:50,731 --> 01:32:51,999 -- THANK YOU. IT IS MOVED AND 2590 01:32:51,999 --> 01:32:54,001 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 2591 01:32:54,001 --> 01:32:54,835 MODIFICATION OF THE CONDITIONAL 2592 01:32:54,835 --> 01:32:56,037 APPROVAL OF THE PETITION OF THE 2593 01:32:56,037 --> 01:32:57,838 SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES TO 2594 01:32:57,838 --> 01:33:00,408 VACATE THE ALLEY AND BLOCK 95. 2595 01:33:00,408 --> 01:33:01,842 TERRY. SECOND ADDITION TO THE 2596 01:33:01,842 --> 01:33:06,714 CITY OF SEATTLE. IS THERE ANY 2597 01:33:06,714 --> 01:33:07,748 FINAL DISCUSSION, HEARING AND 2598 01:33:07,748 --> 01:33:09,050 SEEING? NONE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 2599 01:33:09,050 --> 01:33:10,251 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 2600 01:33:10,251 --> 01:33:13,087 THE RECOMMENDATION 2601 01:33:13,087 --> 01:33:13,654 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2602 01:33:13,654 --> 01:33:14,588 -- YES. 2603 01:33:14,588 --> 01:33:16,691 -- VICE CHAIR. RINK. 2604 01:33:16,691 --> 01:33:16,924 -- YES. 2605 01:33:16,924 --> 01:33:18,626 -- CHAIR SAKA. I CHAIR, THERE 2606 01:33:18,626 --> 01:33:20,828 ARE THREE VOTES IN FAVOR AND 2607 01:33:20,828 --> 01:33:21,162 ZERO OPPOSED. 2608 01:33:21,162 --> 01:33:23,097 -- THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES 2609 01:33:23,097 --> 01:33:25,099 AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 2610 01:33:25,099 --> 01:33:25,700 THAT CITY COUNCIL MODIFY THE 2611 01:33:25,700 --> 01:33:27,068 CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF THE 2612 01:33:27,068 --> 01:33:28,369 PETITION OF SWEDISH HEALTH 2613 01:33:28,369 --> 01:33:29,770 SERVICES TO VACATE THE ALLEY AND 2614 01:33:29,770 --> 01:33:30,972 BLOCK 95 TERRY. SECOND EDITION 2615 01:33:30,972 --> 01:33:32,039 TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE WILL BE 2616 01:33:32,039 --> 01:33:36,877 SENT TO THE AUGUST 11th, 2026 2617 01:33:36,877 --> 01:33:39,613 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU. 2618 01:33:39,613 --> 01:33:44,285 ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED THE 2619 01:33:44,285 --> 01:33:46,387 END OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. 2620 01:33:46,387 --> 01:33:48,956 OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON 2621 01:33:48,956 --> 01:33:50,591 AUGUST 20th, 2026 AT 9:30 A.M.. 2622 01:33:50,591 --> 01:33:51,892 IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS TO 2623 01:33:51,892 --> 01:33:53,127 COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? 2624 01:33:53,127 --> 01:33:58,499 BEFORE WE ADJOURN HEARING AND 2625 01:33:58,499 --> 01:33:59,433 SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE 2626 01:33:59,433 --> 01:34:01,636 ARE HEREBY ADJOURNED. IT