1 00:00:07,874 --> 00:00:16,015 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:19,085 -- ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. THE 3 00:00:19,085 --> 00:00:20,253 SEPTEMBER 17th, 2026 MEETING OF 4 00:00:20,253 --> 00:00:22,288 THE TRANSPORTATION WATERFRONT 5 00:00:22,288 --> 00:00:24,057 AND SEATTLE CENTER COMMITTEE, 6 00:00:24,057 --> 00:00:25,759 INFORMALLY KNOWN AS STEPS, WILL 7 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:28,395 COME TO ORDER. IT IS 9:35 A.M.. 8 00:00:28,395 --> 00:00:30,263 I AM ROB SAKA, CHAIR OF THE 9 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:31,898 COMMITTEE. WILL THE COMMITTEE 10 00:00:31,898 --> 00:00:34,801 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 11 00:00:34,801 --> 00:00:38,538 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. HERE. 12 00:00:38,538 --> 00:00:39,105 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 13 00:00:39,105 --> 00:00:46,413 COUNCILMEMBER LIN VICE CHAIR. 14 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:47,914 RINCK. CHAIR SAKA HERE. CHAIR. 15 00:00:47,914 --> 00:00:50,183 THERE ARE THREE MEMBERS PRESENT. 16 00:00:50,183 --> 00:00:51,351 -- THANK YOU. AND VICE CHAIR 17 00:00:51,351 --> 00:00:52,986 RINCK AND COUNCIL MEMBER LIN ARE 18 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:55,555 EXCUSED UNTIL THEY ARRIVE. IF 19 00:00:55,555 --> 00:00:56,956 THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 20 00:00:56,956 --> 00:00:59,559 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 21 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:01,060 AND SEEING NO OBJECTION, THE 22 00:01:01,060 --> 00:01:03,530 AGENDA IS HEREBY ADOPTED. ALL 23 00:01:03,530 --> 00:01:06,299 RIGHT. GOOD MORNING. COLLEAGUES. 24 00:01:06,299 --> 00:01:09,035 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU 25 00:01:09,035 --> 00:01:11,938 FOR BEING HERE TODAY. TODAY 26 00:01:11,938 --> 00:01:12,472 MARKS OUR THIRD COMMITTEE 27 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:14,808 DISCUSSION ON THE SEATTLE SAFER 28 00:01:14,808 --> 00:01:16,910 STREETS ACT AND THE CULMINATION 29 00:01:16,910 --> 00:01:19,045 OF MANY MONTHS OF WORK. WHEN WE 30 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:20,413 CREATED THIS COMMITTEE IN 31 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:22,582 JANUARY, WE DELIBERATELY PUT 32 00:01:22,582 --> 00:01:27,020 SAFETY FIRST IN STEPS THAT 33 00:01:27,020 --> 00:01:29,522 WASN'T BRANDING. IT WAS A 34 00:01:29,522 --> 00:01:31,057 COMMITMENT. WHETHER YOU WALK, 35 00:01:31,057 --> 00:01:34,394 BIKE, ROLL, DRIVE, TAKE TRANSIT 36 00:01:34,394 --> 00:01:36,162 OR DELIVER GOODS AND SERVICES, 37 00:01:36,162 --> 00:01:37,163 YOU DESERVE TO GET WHERE YOU 38 00:01:37,163 --> 00:01:42,302 GOING SAFELY. AND ON TOP OF 39 00:01:42,302 --> 00:01:45,438 THAT, WE KNOW THAT SEATTLE 40 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:47,273 LAUNCHED ITS AMBITIOUS VISION 41 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:50,610 ZERO GOAL MORE THAN A DECADE AGO 42 00:01:50,610 --> 00:01:53,680 BUT OUR TRAJECTORY TELLS US 43 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,549 SOMETHING IMPORTANT. ASPIRATION 44 00:01:56,549 --> 00:01:59,252 ALONE IS NOT IMPLEMENTATION AND 45 00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:02,222 A GOAL WITHOUT ACCOUNTABLE 46 00:02:02,222 --> 00:02:02,722 SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES 47 00:02:02,722 --> 00:02:05,291 INSTITUTIONALIZED THROUGHOUT ALL 48 00:02:05,291 --> 00:02:06,926 ASPECTS OF POLICY. TO DELIVER 49 00:02:06,926 --> 00:02:09,028 IT, SIMPLY NOT ENOUGH. THAT'S 50 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:11,531 WHY WE'VE HELD QUARTERLY SAFETY 51 00:02:11,531 --> 00:02:13,399 CONVERSATIONS. WHY I PERSONALLY 52 00:02:13,399 --> 00:02:14,667 REQUESTED A VISION ZERO 53 00:02:14,667 --> 00:02:16,135 PERFORMANCE AUDIT, AND WHY WE'VE 54 00:02:16,135 --> 00:02:18,471 DEVELOPED, DEBATED, AND REFINED 55 00:02:18,471 --> 00:02:21,107 LEGISLATION BEFORE US TODAY. 56 00:02:21,107 --> 00:02:23,276 NOW, I RECOGNIZE THIS PROCESS 57 00:02:23,276 --> 00:02:24,611 HAS OCCASIONALLY GOTTEN A LITTLE 58 00:02:24,611 --> 00:02:30,383 SPICY. THAT'S OKAY. THIS IS THE 59 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:32,619 SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL. IF NINE 60 00:02:32,619 --> 00:02:35,421 PEOPLE AGREED ON EVERYTHING 61 00:02:35,421 --> 00:02:37,323 EVERY TIME, PROBABLY WANT TO GET 62 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:42,195 LAW OR HR INVOLVED. BUT IN ALL 63 00:02:42,195 --> 00:02:44,297 SERIOUSNESS, I DO WANT TO THANK 64 00:02:44,297 --> 00:02:47,467 MY COLLEAGUES FOR ASKING HARD 65 00:02:47,467 --> 00:02:49,969 QUESTIONS, PROPOSING THOUGHTFUL 66 00:02:49,969 --> 00:02:52,472 AMENDMENTS TO IMPROVE THE BASE 67 00:02:52,472 --> 00:02:54,107 LEGISLATION. THIS LEGISLATION 68 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:54,841 HAS CHANGED AND EVOLVED, AND 69 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:58,745 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR 70 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:00,713 ENGAGEMENT. GOOD DEBATE SHOULD 71 00:03:00,713 --> 00:03:03,383 IMPROVE POLICY AND LEGISLATION, 72 00:03:03,383 --> 00:03:06,352 BUT EVENTUALLY, DELIBERATION HAS 73 00:03:06,352 --> 00:03:09,022 TO BECOME A DECISION AND THE 74 00:03:09,022 --> 00:03:12,926 REASON FOR URGENCY IS WRITTEN 75 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:15,495 NOT IN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER OR 76 00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:17,497 EVEN OUR SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE. 77 00:03:17,497 --> 00:03:21,167 IT'S WRITTEN IN LIVES. STEVE 78 00:03:21,167 --> 00:03:23,803 HOLZMANN WAS KILLED WHILE BIKING 79 00:03:23,803 --> 00:03:25,171 IN WEST SEATTLE IN 2023. 80 00:03:25,171 --> 00:03:26,706 CHRISTIAN SALYER DIED WHILE 81 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:29,242 BIKING ON CAPITOL HILL IN JUNE. 82 00:03:29,242 --> 00:03:31,144 TWO SHORT WEEKS LATER, MEREDITH 83 00:03:31,144 --> 00:03:32,879 BONADIO WAS KILLED WHILE BIKING 84 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:35,315 IN FAUNTLEROY. THEIR FAMILIES 85 00:03:35,315 --> 00:03:37,617 DON'T EXPERIENCE THESE 86 00:03:37,617 --> 00:03:41,187 TRAGEDIES AS SIMPLE STATISTICS. 87 00:03:41,187 --> 00:03:42,722 NEITHER SHOULD WE. I'D LIKE US 88 00:03:42,722 --> 00:03:44,924 TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE 89 00:03:44,924 --> 00:03:47,794 FOR STEVE CHRISTIAN MEREDITH, 90 00:03:47,794 --> 00:03:52,365 AND EVERYONE LOST ON SEATTLE'S 91 00:03:52,365 --> 00:03:59,973 STREETS. 92 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:06,246 THANK YOU. THE FEDERAL SAFE 93 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:08,681 SYSTEMS APPROACH RECOGNIZES THAT 94 00:04:08,681 --> 00:04:10,883 PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES. OUR SHARED 95 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:12,619 RESPONSIBILITY IS TO BUILD A 96 00:04:12,619 --> 00:04:14,454 SYSTEM WHERE THOSE MISTAKES ARE 97 00:04:14,454 --> 00:04:16,522 LESS LIKELY TO BECOME DEATH 98 00:04:16,522 --> 00:04:18,057 SENTENCES. AND HOBOKEN, NEW 99 00:04:18,057 --> 00:04:20,226 JERSEY, SHOWS WHAT SYSTEMATIC 100 00:04:20,226 --> 00:04:22,295 ACTION CAN ACCOMPLISH. IT 101 00:04:22,295 --> 00:04:25,198 DIDN'T FIND ONE MAGICAL 102 00:04:25,198 --> 00:04:27,266 PROJECT. IT SYSTEMATICALLY 103 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:27,867 IMPROVED ITS STREETS AND HAS 104 00:04:27,867 --> 00:04:29,902 BECOME A NATIONAL MODEL FOR 105 00:04:29,902 --> 00:04:32,739 VISION ZERO ACHIEVEMENT. SAFER 106 00:04:32,739 --> 00:04:34,874 STREETS AREN'T CREATED BY ONE 107 00:04:34,874 --> 00:04:37,143 PERFECT PROJECT. THEY'RE CREATED 108 00:04:37,143 --> 00:04:40,013 BY MAKING SAFETY ROUTINE 109 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:41,914 INTENTIONAL AND DURABLE. THAT'S 110 00:04:41,914 --> 00:04:45,518 EXACTLY WHAT SAFER SEEKS TO DO. 111 00:04:45,518 --> 00:04:46,119 IT STRENGTHENS SAFETY FOCUSED 112 00:04:46,119 --> 00:04:47,387 PROJECT REVIEWS, EXPANDS THE 113 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:49,088 AUTHORITY OF TRAFFIC SAFETY, 114 00:04:49,088 --> 00:04:52,392 LEADERSHIP, ADVANCES SAFER LARGE 115 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:54,260 TRUCK PRACTICES, AND ESTABLISHES 116 00:04:54,260 --> 00:04:56,996 A FATAL CRASH RESPONSE BASELINE 117 00:04:56,996 --> 00:04:58,364 WHILE MOVING TOWARDS EVEN FASTER 118 00:04:58,364 --> 00:05:01,067 ACTION. THIS PACKAGE HAS BEEN 119 00:05:01,067 --> 00:05:04,837 DEVELOPED AS A FIRST OF ITS KIND 120 00:05:04,837 --> 00:05:07,373 SET OF LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO 121 00:05:07,373 --> 00:05:08,007 EMBED TRAFFIC SAFETY MORE DEEPLY 122 00:05:08,007 --> 00:05:11,210 INTO CITY OPERATIONS. HOBOKEN 123 00:05:11,210 --> 00:05:13,613 HAS SET A NATIONAL STANDARD FOR 124 00:05:13,613 --> 00:05:15,748 RESULTS THROUGH SAFER. SEATTLE 125 00:05:15,748 --> 00:05:17,650 IS WORKING TO BECOME A NATIONAL 126 00:05:17,650 --> 00:05:20,853 LEADER TO. AND WE'RE DOING SO BY 127 00:05:20,853 --> 00:05:23,890 ASKING A LARGER, MORE STRATEGIC 128 00:05:23,890 --> 00:05:26,492 QUESTION HOW DO WE MAKE SAFETY 129 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:29,195 AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PART OF 130 00:05:29,195 --> 00:05:31,464 HOW WE GOVERN OURSELVES AT CITY 131 00:05:31,464 --> 00:05:33,166 HALL? AND THIS HASN'T HAPPENED 132 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:34,033 INSIDE A VACUUM HERE AT CITY 133 00:05:34,033 --> 00:05:35,668 HALL, EITHER. WE'VE HEARD STRONG 134 00:05:35,668 --> 00:05:37,904 SUPPORT FROM LABOR STREET SAFETY 135 00:05:37,904 --> 00:05:39,639 ADVOCATES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, 136 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:41,908 EXPERTS, AND FAMILIES DIRECTLY 137 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:44,644 IMPACTED BY TRAFFIC VIOLENCE, 138 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:47,747 INCLUDING RITA HOLTZMAN, THE 139 00:05:47,747 --> 00:05:49,449 WIDOW OF STEVE. LAST NIGHT, THAT 140 00:05:49,449 --> 00:05:51,250 COALITION GREW EVEN STRONGER. 141 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:53,486 THE MLK LABOR COUNCIL, 142 00:05:53,486 --> 00:05:54,120 REPRESENTING TENS OF THOUSANDS 143 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,589 OF WORKERS, UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSED 144 00:05:56,589 --> 00:06:00,259 SAFER AS A BOLD INVESTMENT IN 145 00:06:00,259 --> 00:06:02,428 GOOD UNION JOBS. ADA 146 00:06:02,428 --> 00:06:04,964 ACCESSIBILITY AND THE SAFETY AND 147 00:06:04,964 --> 00:06:05,631 WELL-BEING OF SEATTLE'S WORKING 148 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:08,234 PEOPLE TRAFFIC SAFETY DOESN'T 149 00:06:08,234 --> 00:06:09,869 BELONG TO ONE NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE 150 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:14,741 MODE, OR EVEN ONE CONSTITUENCY. 151 00:06:14,741 --> 00:06:16,442 SAFE STREETS ARE COMMON GROUND 152 00:06:16,442 --> 00:06:21,380 WHERE CLARITY. NO ORDINANCE CAN 153 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:23,216 ELIMINATE EVERY RISK. BUT THAT 154 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:26,519 CANNOT BECOME AN EXCUSE FOR 155 00:06:26,519 --> 00:06:29,622 INACTION. LEADERSHIP CHANGES. 156 00:06:29,622 --> 00:06:30,056 PRIORITIES CHANGE. 157 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:31,624 ADMINISTRATIONS CHANGE. BUT A 158 00:06:31,624 --> 00:06:34,394 LIFE SAVING PRACTICE SHOULDN'T 159 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:38,131 DEPEND ON WHO HAPPENS TO OCCUPY 160 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:40,166 A PARTICULAR OFFICE. THAT'S WHY 161 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:42,135 LEGISLATION MATTERS. AND THAT'S 162 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:47,840 WHY COUNCIL LEADERSHIP MATTERS. 163 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:48,474 WE CANNOT LEGISLATE AWAY EVERY 164 00:06:48,474 --> 00:06:49,876 SINGLE TRAGEDY, BUT WE CAN 165 00:06:49,876 --> 00:06:50,510 LEGISLATE WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES 166 00:06:50,510 --> 00:06:54,981 ABOUT THE RISKS. WE ALREADY 167 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:56,082 UNDERSTAND. TODAY, AFTER MONTHS 168 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:58,117 OF WORK, WE HAVE DECISIONS TO 169 00:06:58,117 --> 00:06:59,852 MAKE. COLLEAGUES. AND IT'S TIME 170 00:06:59,852 --> 00:07:05,124 TO ACT IMPORTANTLY, OUR FINAL 171 00:07:05,124 --> 00:07:05,758 AGENDA ITEM BEGINS CONSIDERATION 172 00:07:05,758 --> 00:07:06,826 OF THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED NOMINEE 173 00:07:06,826 --> 00:07:09,162 TO LEAD THE SEATTLE CENTER 174 00:07:09,162 --> 00:07:12,899 INTERIM DIRECTOR. RANDY ENGSTROM 175 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:14,467 FROM SAFER TRANSPORTATION TO 176 00:07:14,467 --> 00:07:16,636 STRONG CIVIC AND CULTURAL 177 00:07:16,636 --> 00:07:18,070 SPACES. THIS COMMITTEE IS 178 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:19,338 ULTIMATELY ABOUT BUILDING A 179 00:07:19,338 --> 00:07:22,375 SEATTLE WHERE PEOPLE CAN MOVE, 180 00:07:22,375 --> 00:07:24,977 GATHER AND THRIVE SAFELY. LET'S 181 00:07:24,977 --> 00:07:30,316 GET TO WORK. WE WILL NOW OPEN 182 00:07:30,316 --> 00:07:32,451 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THE 183 00:07:32,451 --> 00:07:33,252 HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 184 00:07:33,252 --> 00:07:35,288 PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD RELATE TO 185 00:07:35,288 --> 00:07:37,557 ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA AND OR 186 00:07:37,557 --> 00:07:39,258 WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS 187 00:07:39,258 --> 00:07:40,560 COMMITTEE. CLERK HOW MANY 188 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,329 SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? 189 00:07:43,329 --> 00:07:46,065 -- CHAIR WE CURRENTLY HAVE 23 190 00:07:46,065 --> 00:07:49,635 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND 17 REMOTE 191 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:49,902 SPEAKERS. 192 00:07:49,902 --> 00:07:52,338 -- ALL RIGHT. OUR COUNCIL RULES 193 00:07:52,338 --> 00:07:56,175 SPECIFY THAT IF THERE ARE 20 OR 194 00:07:56,175 --> 00:07:58,044 MORE SPEAKERS, EACH PERSON WILL 195 00:07:58,044 --> 00:07:59,812 HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. 196 00:07:59,812 --> 00:08:01,314 SO THEREFORE, EACH SPEAKER WILL 197 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:01,948 HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. 198 00:08:01,948 --> 00:08:04,116 WE WILL START WITH THE IN-PERSON 199 00:08:04,116 --> 00:08:06,252 SPEAKERS. FIRST CLERK, COULD YOU 200 00:08:06,252 --> 00:08:08,788 PLEASE READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 201 00:08:08,788 --> 00:08:09,121 INSTRUCTIONS? 202 00:08:09,121 --> 00:08:10,356 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 203 00:08:10,356 --> 00:08:12,158 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 204 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:13,092 FOLLOWING MANNER. SPEAKERS WILL 205 00:08:13,092 --> 00:08:16,162 BE CALLED IN THE ORDER IN WHICH 206 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,396 THEY REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 207 00:08:17,396 --> 00:08:18,464 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 208 00:08:18,464 --> 00:08:20,266 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR 209 00:08:20,266 --> 00:08:22,034 TIME. SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE 210 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:23,069 MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR 211 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:24,470 COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 212 00:08:24,470 --> 00:08:26,472 TIME TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE 213 00:08:26,472 --> 00:08:27,673 NEXT SPEAKER. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 214 00:08:27,673 --> 00:08:28,841 PERIOD IS NOW OPEN, AND WE WILL 215 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:30,276 BEGIN WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER ON 216 00:08:30,276 --> 00:08:33,980 THE LIST. CONRAD STEINBRUCK. 217 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:34,881 AFTER CONRAD. CONRAD. WE WILL 218 00:08:34,881 --> 00:08:37,850 HEAR FROM HEATHER PEAL. 219 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:39,819 -- MR. STEINBRUCK, WELCOME. 220 00:08:39,819 --> 00:08:41,287 BEFORE WE BEGIN YOUR TESTIMONY, 221 00:08:41,287 --> 00:08:42,855 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT VICE 222 00:08:42,855 --> 00:08:44,357 CHAIR RINCK AND COUNCILMEMBER 223 00:08:44,357 --> 00:08:44,991 LIN HAVE JOINED US. WELCOME. 224 00:08:44,991 --> 00:08:47,126 THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. MR.. 225 00:08:47,126 --> 00:08:47,693 -- GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS. 226 00:08:47,693 --> 00:08:48,661 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 227 00:08:48,661 --> 00:08:49,729 -- SPEAKING OF THE MIC. 228 00:08:49,729 --> 00:08:50,296 -- GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS. 229 00:08:50,296 --> 00:08:53,633 THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I'M 230 00:08:53,633 --> 00:08:54,200 CONRAD STEINBRUCK AND I'M 231 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:55,868 REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL NOT 232 00:08:55,868 --> 00:08:59,839 PASS 121296. AMENDMENT 16. I AM 233 00:08:59,839 --> 00:09:02,108 A I LIVE IN PIONEER SQUARE. I 234 00:09:02,108 --> 00:09:04,410 WORK IN THE PIKE PLACE MARKET. I 235 00:09:04,410 --> 00:09:06,579 ALSO REPRESENT THE MERCHANTS 236 00:09:06,579 --> 00:09:07,513 ASSOCIATION OF PIKE PLACE MARKET 237 00:09:07,513 --> 00:09:10,716 AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF 238 00:09:10,716 --> 00:09:11,884 THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARTS OF THIS 239 00:09:11,884 --> 00:09:12,552 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE SOME 240 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:14,220 OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARTS OF 241 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:15,988 SEATTLE, THESE HISTORIC 242 00:09:15,988 --> 00:09:18,991 DISTRICTS, THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 243 00:09:18,991 --> 00:09:20,493 MY BROTHER JUST OPENED UP A 244 00:09:20,493 --> 00:09:21,928 RESTAURANT OVER IN BALLARD AS 245 00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:23,195 WELL, REALLY SPECIAL SPOTS. I 246 00:09:23,195 --> 00:09:24,263 THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE 247 00:09:24,263 --> 00:09:25,765 PROCESS THAT HAS LED TO THE 248 00:09:25,765 --> 00:09:28,501 PRESERVATION AND CREATION AND 249 00:09:28,501 --> 00:09:29,268 DEVELOPMENT OF, YOU KNOW, SOME 250 00:09:29,268 --> 00:09:30,703 OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PARTS OF 251 00:09:30,703 --> 00:09:32,305 THE CITY. IT'S THROUGH PROCESS, 252 00:09:32,305 --> 00:09:33,506 IT'S THROUGH DISCOURSE, AND 253 00:09:33,506 --> 00:09:34,774 IT'S THROUGH FRICTION. I THINK 254 00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:36,976 THAT AS A MERCHANT IN PIKE PLACE 255 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:38,811 MARKET, THE MHC HAS CAUSED SO 256 00:09:38,811 --> 00:09:40,880 MUCH FRUSTRATION TO THE 257 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:42,248 CHALLENGES. BUT AT THE END OF 258 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:44,951 THE DAY, HAVING THE FRICTION 259 00:09:44,951 --> 00:09:46,719 ALLOWS FOR BETTER PROCESSES TO 260 00:09:46,719 --> 00:09:47,620 COME TO BE. AND I DON'T WANT 261 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:49,555 THAT IN ONE ORGANIZATION'S 262 00:09:49,555 --> 00:09:51,424 HANDS. THANK YOU. 263 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:53,359 -- THANK YOU. AND FRIENDLY 264 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:54,293 REMINDER, FOLKS, WHEN YOU HEAR 265 00:09:54,293 --> 00:09:56,295 THAT CHIME, THAT MEANS YOU HAVE 266 00:09:56,295 --> 00:10:00,232 10 SECONDS LEFT. THANK YOU 267 00:10:00,232 --> 00:10:02,101 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HEATHER 268 00:10:02,101 --> 00:10:03,869 PEEL, AFTER HEATHER CHRISTOPHER 269 00:10:03,869 --> 00:10:04,103 GREEN. 270 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:08,174 -- HI, I'M HEATHER PEEL AND I 271 00:10:08,174 --> 00:10:10,343 STAFFED THE BALLARD AVENUE 272 00:10:10,343 --> 00:10:11,744 LANDMARK DISTRICT BOARD AND THE 273 00:10:11,744 --> 00:10:15,281 PIKE PLACE MARKET HISTORICAL 274 00:10:15,281 --> 00:10:15,881 COMMISSION FROM 2003 TO 2019. 275 00:10:15,881 --> 00:10:19,919 FOR 16 YEARS, AND I WAS 276 00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:22,421 COORDINATING 19 VOLUNTEERS THAT 277 00:10:22,421 --> 00:10:24,056 MADE DECISIONS OVER DESIGN 278 00:10:24,056 --> 00:10:27,293 CHANGES IN THOSE DISTRICTS. AND 279 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:30,696 THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ENGINEER WAS 280 00:10:30,696 --> 00:10:32,498 A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR 281 00:10:32,498 --> 00:10:34,634 INFORMATION AND HOW TO INTERPRET 282 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:35,634 INTERPRET DATA. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, 283 00:10:35,634 --> 00:10:36,969 IN PIKE PLACE MARKET, WHEN THERE 284 00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:41,807 WAS A PLAN OR A CONCEPT TO PUT 285 00:10:41,807 --> 00:10:45,745 FORWARD A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE THE 286 00:10:45,745 --> 00:10:47,647 TRAFFIC ENGINEER CAME AND 287 00:10:47,647 --> 00:10:49,649 PROVIDED TEN YEARS OF DATA TO 288 00:10:49,649 --> 00:10:51,550 THE MARKET HISTORICAL COMMISSION 289 00:10:51,550 --> 00:10:52,718 AND SAID, ACTUALLY, THIS ISN'T 290 00:10:52,718 --> 00:10:54,286 NEEDED HERE. IT'S BETTER THAT 291 00:10:54,286 --> 00:10:58,024 IT'S JUST STOP SIGNS. SO I AM 292 00:10:58,024 --> 00:10:58,658 ASKING THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO 293 00:10:58,658 --> 00:11:02,061 VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 16, COUNCIL 294 00:11:02,061 --> 00:11:07,266 BILL ONE, TWO, 1296. THANK YOU. 295 00:11:07,266 --> 00:11:11,170 -- THANK YOU. 296 00:11:11,170 --> 00:11:11,671 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS 297 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,205 CHRISTOPHER GREEN. AFTER 298 00:11:13,205 --> 00:11:15,341 CHRISTOPHER, WE'LL HEAR FROM 299 00:11:15,341 --> 00:11:15,641 ERIC PEEL. 300 00:11:15,641 --> 00:11:17,777 -- THANK YOU. BRENDAN. I HAVE NO 301 00:11:17,777 --> 00:11:19,712 CLUE WHERE I'M GOING. 302 00:11:19,712 --> 00:11:20,579 -- SO WE WILL HAVE. 303 00:11:20,579 --> 00:11:22,048 -- A MICROPHONE. 304 00:11:22,048 --> 00:11:22,515 -- SIR, YOU HAVE TWO. 305 00:11:22,515 --> 00:11:23,916 -- MINUTES MICROPHONE. 306 00:11:23,916 --> 00:11:27,420 -- FOR FOR OUR ACCOMMODATION. 307 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:31,223 -- THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY 308 00:11:31,223 --> 00:11:32,858 NAME IS CHRIS GREEN AND I AM THE 309 00:11:32,858 --> 00:11:34,660 GRANT PROGRAM MANAGER WITH 310 00:11:34,660 --> 00:11:36,429 HISTORIC SOUTH DOWNTOWN. WE 311 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:38,597 SERVE PIONEER SQUARE AND THE 312 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:39,098 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 313 00:11:39,098 --> 00:11:40,733 DISTRICT, ADVOCATING FOR OUR 314 00:11:40,733 --> 00:11:43,035 NEIGHBORS AND INVESTING IN 315 00:11:43,035 --> 00:11:45,438 PROJECTS THAT STRENGTHEN AND 316 00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:46,005 PRESERVE THESE COMMUNITIES. 317 00:11:46,005 --> 00:11:50,242 HISTORIC DOWNTOWN OPPOSES 318 00:11:50,242 --> 00:11:52,211 COUNCIL BILL ONE 21296. 319 00:11:52,211 --> 00:11:55,581 SPECIFICALLY, AMENDMENT 16. WE 320 00:11:55,581 --> 00:11:57,249 STRONGLY SUPPORT SAFER STREETS, 321 00:11:57,249 --> 00:11:57,883 ESPECIALLY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND 322 00:11:57,883 --> 00:11:59,852 OTHER VULNERABLE USERS. I 323 00:11:59,852 --> 00:12:01,454 RECOMMEND OUR EXCUSE ME 324 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:05,091 RECOGNIZE I AM ONE OF THOSE. BUT 325 00:12:05,091 --> 00:12:05,658 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HISTORIC 326 00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:06,692 PRESERVATION SHOULD NOT BE 327 00:12:06,692 --> 00:12:09,295 TREATED AS COMPETING PRIORITIES. 328 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:10,763 THE PROPOSAL TO EXEMPT TRAFFIC 329 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:13,299 CONTROL PROJECTS FROM HISTORIC 330 00:12:13,299 --> 00:12:15,134 PRESERVATION REVIEW REMOVES AN 331 00:12:15,134 --> 00:12:15,735 IMPORTANT LAYER OF COMMUNITY 332 00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:16,869 OVERSIGHT. PRESERVATION REVIEW 333 00:12:16,869 --> 00:12:19,605 IS ONE OF THE FEW PUBLIC FORUMS 334 00:12:19,605 --> 00:12:21,407 WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN SEE PROPOSED 335 00:12:21,407 --> 00:12:22,942 CHANGES, COMMENT ON THEM AND 336 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:25,144 BRING THEIR DAILY KNOWLEDGE OF 337 00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:25,678 THESE DISTRICTS INTO THE 338 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:27,546 PROCESS. AS DOT ALREADY WORKS 339 00:12:27,546 --> 00:12:29,415 WITHIN PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS, 340 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:30,649 IT SHOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO 341 00:12:30,649 --> 00:12:33,385 COORDINATE WITH HISTORIC 342 00:12:33,385 --> 00:12:33,953 PRESERVATION REVIEW IF THE 343 00:12:33,953 --> 00:12:36,188 CURRENT PROCESS IS TOO SLOW, THE 344 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:38,424 ANSWER SHOULD BE BETTER 345 00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:38,891 COORDINATION BETWEEN 346 00:12:38,891 --> 00:12:41,861 DEPARTMENTS, NOT ELIMINATING 347 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:42,962 REVIEW. AS SDOT AND THE 348 00:12:42,962 --> 00:12:44,730 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 349 00:12:44,730 --> 00:12:46,098 COULD CREATE. AYE. EXCUSE ME, 350 00:12:46,098 --> 00:12:51,871 I'M. I'M READING BACK SO IT'S 351 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:53,305 HARD. WE ARE ASKING THE COUNCIL 352 00:12:53,305 --> 00:12:57,076 TO PRESERVE THAT PRINCIPLE, MAKE 353 00:12:57,076 --> 00:12:59,111 OUR STREETS SAFER, MAKE THE 354 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:01,147 REVIEW PROCESS WORK BETTER, BUT 355 00:13:01,147 --> 00:13:02,248 DO IT WITHOUT REMOVING THE FEW 356 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:03,949 OPPORTUNITIES THAT COMMUNITIES 357 00:13:03,949 --> 00:13:05,317 HAVE TO SHAPE WHAT HAPPENS IN 358 00:13:05,317 --> 00:13:07,186 THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK 359 00:13:07,186 --> 00:13:08,354 YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 360 00:13:08,354 --> 00:13:12,958 -- THANK YOU SIR 361 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:13,292 -- THANK YOU. 362 00:13:13,292 --> 00:13:15,227 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIC 363 00:13:15,227 --> 00:13:17,163 PEEL. AFTER ERIC WILL HEAR FROM 364 00:13:17,163 --> 00:13:18,597 MARK CHILDS. 365 00:13:18,597 --> 00:13:20,533 -- GOOD MORNING. COUNCILMEMBERS. 366 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:21,200 MY NAME IS ERIC PEEL, AND I LIVE 367 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:25,237 AND WORK IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 368 00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:25,905 I'M SPEAKING AGAINST AMENDMENT 369 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:32,111 16 TO COUNCIL BILL 12196121296. 370 00:13:32,111 --> 00:13:32,678 TRAFFIC SAFETY AND HISTORIC 371 00:13:32,678 --> 00:13:33,846 PRESERVATION ARE NOT MUTUALLY 372 00:13:33,846 --> 00:13:35,214 EXCLUSIVE. AS THE PREVIOUS 373 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:37,016 SPEAKERS MENTIONED, THEY ARE 374 00:13:37,016 --> 00:13:40,386 BOTH IMPORTANT. IN FACT, THEY 375 00:13:40,386 --> 00:13:40,920 ARE DISTINCT DISCIPLINES 376 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:42,054 REQUIRING SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE, 377 00:13:42,054 --> 00:13:44,156 SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE AND 378 00:13:44,156 --> 00:13:45,191 EXPERTISE. THE GOALS OF BOTH CAN 379 00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:47,993 BEST BE ACCOMPLISHED AS THEY ARE 380 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,728 CURRENTLY THROUGH COLLABORATION. 381 00:13:49,728 --> 00:13:51,096 WE DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE A 382 00:13:51,096 --> 00:13:53,199 PROCESS THAT IS WORKING. ARE 383 00:13:53,199 --> 00:13:54,433 THERE CONFLICTS? YES THERE ARE, 384 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:55,801 JUST AS THERE WAS MOST RECENTLY 385 00:13:55,801 --> 00:13:59,071 IN PIONEER SQUARE, BUT IN MY 386 00:13:59,071 --> 00:14:00,840 EXPERIENCE, DEBATE CAN PRODUCE 387 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,274 BETTER OUTCOMES AND IN GENERAL, 388 00:14:02,274 --> 00:14:04,743 CONFLICTS HAVE BEEN FEW AND FAR 389 00:14:04,743 --> 00:14:05,311 BETWEEN OVER THE LAST HALF 390 00:14:05,311 --> 00:14:07,179 CENTURY. EACH OF OUR HISTORIC 391 00:14:07,179 --> 00:14:10,216 DISTRICTS IS UNIQUE AND TELLS AN 392 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:10,749 IMPORTANT AND CULTURALLY 393 00:14:10,749 --> 00:14:13,986 SPECIFIC STORY ABOUT SEATTLE. NO 394 00:14:13,986 --> 00:14:16,388 ONE DEPARTMENT CAN BE ASSIGNED, 395 00:14:16,388 --> 00:14:17,823 OR ONE PERSON IN A DEPARTMENT 396 00:14:17,823 --> 00:14:19,758 CAN ACTUALLY CAN ACTIVELY 397 00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:22,928 REPRESENT THE SAME THING THAT 398 00:14:22,928 --> 00:14:24,396 OUR OUR COMMITTEES AND 399 00:14:24,396 --> 00:14:26,198 COMMISSIONS DO. THANK YOU. 400 00:14:26,198 --> 00:14:29,134 -- THANK YOU 401 00:14:29,134 --> 00:14:30,703 -- NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM MARK 402 00:14:30,703 --> 00:14:32,871 CHILDS, FOLLOWED BY RACHEL 403 00:14:32,871 --> 00:14:33,205 LICHTENBERG. 404 00:14:33,205 --> 00:14:36,408 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 405 00:14:36,408 --> 00:14:37,009 COMMISSIONERS COUNCILMEMBERS. 406 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:38,277 I'M A PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF 407 00:14:38,277 --> 00:14:39,912 ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN. I'VE 408 00:14:39,912 --> 00:14:41,347 PUBLISHED SIX AWARD WINNING 409 00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:44,717 BOOKS ON URBAN DESIGN. I'M ALSO 410 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:46,151 A COMMISSIONER OF AN HISTORIC 411 00:14:46,151 --> 00:14:48,153 PIKE PLACE HISTORIC COMMISSION, 412 00:14:48,153 --> 00:14:48,754 ALTHOUGH I'M SPEAKING FOR 413 00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:52,558 MYSELF, I HAVE THREE POINTS. 414 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:54,660 INITIATIVE CREATED. HISTORIC 415 00:14:54,660 --> 00:14:57,563 DISTRICTS ARE DIFFERENT THAN 416 00:14:57,563 --> 00:14:59,498 LEGISLATIVE HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 417 00:14:59,498 --> 00:15:00,065 THERE HAVE DIFFERENT LEGAL 418 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:02,334 STRUCTURES AND DIFFERENT ROLES. 419 00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:04,536 AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY 420 00:15:04,536 --> 00:15:06,605 OFTEN GET LUMPED TOGETHER. 421 00:15:06,605 --> 00:15:11,243 SECOND OF ALL, THE DEFINITION OF 422 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:13,245 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES SOUNDS 423 00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:15,347 CLEAR BUT IS NOT CLEAR. ARE THE 424 00:15:15,347 --> 00:15:17,816 RUMBLING STREETS IN PIKE PLACE 425 00:15:17,816 --> 00:15:19,418 MARKET TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES? 426 00:15:19,418 --> 00:15:21,921 THEY WERE INTENDED THAT WAY. SO 427 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:24,023 WHAT'S THE WHAT? WHAT ACTUALLY 428 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:26,392 IS THAT DEFINITION? AND SECOND 429 00:15:26,392 --> 00:15:30,496 OF ALL, I'M SORRY. FINALLY, 430 00:15:30,496 --> 00:15:33,399 THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 431 00:15:33,399 --> 00:15:35,267 DESIGN AND USE. AND THIS 432 00:15:35,267 --> 00:15:38,504 AMENDMENT 16 DOES NOT MAKE THAT 433 00:15:38,504 --> 00:15:40,339 CLEAR. SO THE SIGN THAT SAYS 30 434 00:15:40,339 --> 00:15:42,641 MILES AN HOUR OR 50 MILES AN 435 00:15:42,641 --> 00:15:49,481 HOUR IS. THANK YOU SIR. SORRY. 436 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:50,149 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RACHEL 437 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:52,918 LICHTENBERG, FOLLOWED BY ELAINE 438 00:15:52,918 --> 00:15:53,185 SPENCER. 439 00:15:53,185 --> 00:15:54,153 -- GOOD MORNING, RACHEL 440 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:56,055 LICHTENBERG, PRESIDENT AND CEO 441 00:15:56,055 --> 00:15:58,290 OF PIKE PLACE MARKET. FIRST AND 442 00:15:58,290 --> 00:15:59,925 FOREMOST, THE MARKET SUPPORTS 443 00:15:59,925 --> 00:16:00,693 THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO 444 00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:02,695 SAFETY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK 445 00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:04,163 HERE. PDA IS NOT OPPOSED TO 446 00:16:04,163 --> 00:16:05,464 TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS. WE 447 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:07,066 WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE 448 00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:09,068 PARTNERED IN ACHIEVING THEM. MHC 449 00:16:09,068 --> 00:16:10,869 WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN THE MARKET 450 00:16:10,869 --> 00:16:12,838 WAS SAVED TO PRESERVE THE MARKET 451 00:16:12,838 --> 00:16:14,940 FOREVER, AND THIS PROCESS EXISTS 452 00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:17,309 BECAUSE SEATTLE MADE A 453 00:16:17,309 --> 00:16:20,713 DELIBERATE DECISION THAT CHANGES 454 00:16:20,713 --> 00:16:23,649 IN THAT PARTICULAR SPACE 455 00:16:23,649 --> 00:16:24,183 REQUIRES THE SPECIALIZED 456 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:25,784 CONSIDERATION. OUR RECENT WORK 457 00:16:25,784 --> 00:16:28,120 ON PIKE PLACE, THE STREET, HAS 458 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,656 SHOWN THAT THIS PARTNERSHIP 459 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,691 BETWEEN PDA MHC POLICE, FIRE 460 00:16:32,691 --> 00:16:34,760 SDOT CAN BE SUCCESSFUL. WE HAVE 461 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:35,995 HAD ALL CHANGES REVIEWED BY THE 462 00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:38,530 CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND WORKED 463 00:16:38,530 --> 00:16:39,898 WITHIN THOSE REQUIREMENTS. OUR 464 00:16:39,898 --> 00:16:42,334 CONCERN IS FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT 465 00:16:42,334 --> 00:16:45,137 PROCESS TRANSPARENCY AND 466 00:16:45,137 --> 00:16:45,738 APPROPRIATE CONSULTATION. WE 467 00:16:45,738 --> 00:16:47,172 REQUEST TO PROVIDE PDA AND MHC 468 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:49,008 WITH A CLEAR EXPLANATION ON THE 469 00:16:49,008 --> 00:16:50,342 PROBLEM THAT THE AMENDMENT IS 470 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:52,344 INTENDED TO SOLVE. EXPLAIN HOW 471 00:16:52,344 --> 00:16:55,581 THE PROPOSED AUTHORITY INTERACTS 472 00:16:55,581 --> 00:16:56,949 WITH EXISTING MARKET HISTORIC 473 00:16:56,949 --> 00:17:00,185 COMMISSION AND ENGAGE WITH THE 474 00:17:00,185 --> 00:17:07,960 PDA. 475 00:17:08,193 --> 00:17:12,431 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ELAINE 476 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:14,833 SPENCER, FOLLOWED BY SHELLEY 477 00:17:14,833 --> 00:17:15,100 MORRISON. 478 00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:17,703 -- I MOVED TO SEATTLE IN 1976 479 00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:20,472 AND SINCE 1977 HAVE LIVED AT 480 00:17:20,472 --> 00:17:23,609 1419. MADRONA DRIVE, PROPOSED 481 00:17:23,609 --> 00:17:25,477 AMENDMENT 16 MAKES ME FEEL VERY 482 00:17:25,477 --> 00:17:29,214 OLD. I REMEMBER WHEN SEATTLE 483 00:17:29,214 --> 00:17:31,283 TREASURED ITS HISTORIC 484 00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:32,718 DISTRICTS, NOT JUST PIKE PLACE 485 00:17:32,718 --> 00:17:34,253 MARKET AND PIONEER SQUARE, BUT 486 00:17:34,253 --> 00:17:36,555 BALLARD, HARVARD, BELMONT. IT. 487 00:17:36,555 --> 00:17:39,291 AS WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE 488 00:17:39,291 --> 00:17:41,860 BECOMING AN INTERNATIONAL CITY 489 00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:44,663 AND RISKED LOSING OUR CHARACTER 490 00:17:44,663 --> 00:17:46,999 TO GENERIC DEVELOPMENT, WE 491 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:49,668 PROTECTED THOSE DISTRICTS. THE 492 00:17:49,668 --> 00:17:52,371 CITY ALSO RESPECTED ITS CITIZENS 493 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:53,972 INVOLVEMENT IN PRESERVING THE 494 00:17:53,972 --> 00:17:56,708 NEIGHBORHOODS. IT VALUED THE 495 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:58,544 UNIQUE INSIGHTS, PASSION, AND 496 00:17:58,544 --> 00:18:01,113 COMMITMENT OF CITIZEN REVIEW 497 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:03,615 BOARDS. I UNDERSTAND WHY SDOT 498 00:18:03,615 --> 00:18:04,983 OFFICIALS DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO 499 00:18:04,983 --> 00:18:07,920 DEAL WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT 500 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,189 BOARDS, AS IT APPEARS TO REMAIN 501 00:18:10,189 --> 00:18:14,793 CLUELESS ABOUT HISTORIC 502 00:18:14,793 --> 00:18:17,296 PRESERVATION CHARACTER. BUT YOUR 503 00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:19,031 LEGACY AS COUNCILMEMBERS WILL 504 00:18:19,031 --> 00:18:20,899 NOT BE. WHETHER SDOT SAVES 505 00:18:20,899 --> 00:18:23,435 ITSELF A FEW MEETINGS AND 506 00:18:23,435 --> 00:18:25,170 MAXIMIZES ITS EFFICIENCY, YOUR 507 00:18:25,170 --> 00:18:29,608 LEGACY WILL BE WHETHER THE CITY 508 00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:37,382 HISTORIC. 509 00:18:37,616 --> 00:18:40,185 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHELLEY 510 00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:42,721 MORRISON. AFTER SHELLEY WILL 511 00:18:42,721 --> 00:18:45,124 HEAR FROM JACE MOTY 512 00:18:45,124 --> 00:18:47,459 -- THANK YOU. IN THE SPIRIT OF 513 00:18:47,459 --> 00:18:49,027 SEATTLE'S SAFER STREETS, I'M 514 00:18:49,027 --> 00:18:51,663 HERE TO HIGHLIGHT THE SAFETY 515 00:18:51,663 --> 00:18:53,098 HAZARDS OF THE NEW LOCKING GATES 516 00:18:53,098 --> 00:18:54,867 THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED BY 517 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:57,569 PARKS ON LAKE WASHINGTON 518 00:18:57,569 --> 00:18:59,338 BOULEVARD. THESE STEEL GATES ARE 519 00:18:59,338 --> 00:19:01,240 FIVE FEET HIGH AND SPAN THE 520 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,876 ENTIRE ROADWAY. THEY LEAVE ONLY 521 00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:06,512 A FIVE FOOT BYPASS FOR 522 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:08,747 PARTICIPANTS, WHICH FORCES 523 00:19:08,747 --> 00:19:10,182 EVERYONE INTO A NARROW ONE WAY, 524 00:19:10,182 --> 00:19:11,984 ONE AT A TIME FUNNEL, CREATING 525 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:15,053 MORE BIKE ON BIKE AND E-SCOOTER 526 00:19:15,053 --> 00:19:16,688 COLLISIONS. THE GATES ARE 527 00:19:16,688 --> 00:19:18,490 INSTALLED RIGHT AT THE ACCESS TO 528 00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:21,026 PUBLIC PARKING, FORCING MORE 529 00:19:21,026 --> 00:19:22,494 INTERACTION WITH CARS, NOT LESS. 530 00:19:22,494 --> 00:19:25,531 THE LARGE CEMENT BOLLARDS ARE 531 00:19:25,531 --> 00:19:29,167 ONLY 2 TO 3FT FROM THE ROADWAY, 532 00:19:29,167 --> 00:19:31,370 CREATING 24/7 HAZARDS. SDOT HAS 533 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:32,638 NOT BEEN INVOLVED. THERE HAS NOT 534 00:19:32,638 --> 00:19:34,573 BEEN AN ADA REVIEW. AND FINALLY, 535 00:19:34,573 --> 00:19:36,642 THESE GATES CREATE A TREMENDOUS 536 00:19:36,642 --> 00:19:39,077 BURDEN FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS. 537 00:19:39,077 --> 00:19:41,079 THEY HAVE TO GET OUT OF 538 00:19:41,079 --> 00:19:42,814 VEHICLES, FIND A KEY, UNLOCK THE 539 00:19:42,814 --> 00:19:45,183 GATE. WE HAD A NEAR DROWNING AT 540 00:19:45,183 --> 00:19:46,752 MOUNT BAKER BEACH A MONTH AGO. 541 00:19:46,752 --> 00:19:50,322 WE NEED SHORTER RESPONSE TIMES, 542 00:19:50,322 --> 00:19:53,592 NOT LONGER. THANK YOU. 543 00:19:53,592 --> 00:19:54,059 -- THANK YOU MA'AM. 544 00:19:54,059 --> 00:19:56,795 -- NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM JACE 545 00:19:56,795 --> 00:19:57,329 MOTI. FOLLOWED BY MARIA. 546 00:19:57,329 --> 00:20:01,333 -- HERE I'M FOLLOWING UP ON 547 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:04,002 SHELLY WITH THE CLOSURE OR THE 548 00:20:04,002 --> 00:20:05,737 INSTALLATION OF GATES. PERMANENT 549 00:20:05,737 --> 00:20:09,074 GATES THAT LOCK ON LAKE 550 00:20:09,074 --> 00:20:12,344 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD PROVIDED BY 551 00:20:12,344 --> 00:20:14,813 KIND OF MANIPULATED DATA FROM 552 00:20:14,813 --> 00:20:17,516 THE POWERFUL BICYCLE LOBBY. AND 553 00:20:17,516 --> 00:20:18,884 MY QUESTION IS, HOW CAN A 554 00:20:18,884 --> 00:20:20,419 NONPROFIT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP 555 00:20:20,419 --> 00:20:22,654 GET A PROJECT LIKE THIS FUNDED 556 00:20:22,654 --> 00:20:25,057 AND RUBBER STAMPED TO 557 00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:27,426 INSTALLATION WITHOUT A PUBLIC 558 00:20:27,426 --> 00:20:30,662 PROCESS OR A REVIEW BY SDOT 559 00:20:30,662 --> 00:20:33,332 ENGINEERS? SO WE WELCOME THAT 560 00:20:33,332 --> 00:20:35,567 THERE BE AN AUDIT OF VISION ZERO 561 00:20:35,567 --> 00:20:41,173 TO MAKE SURE THAT SAFETY IS 562 00:20:41,173 --> 00:20:41,673 UTMOST FOR PEDESTRIANS, 563 00:20:41,673 --> 00:20:43,542 BICYCLISTS, CARS, EVERYBODY. 564 00:20:43,542 --> 00:20:43,842 THANK YOU. 565 00:20:43,842 --> 00:20:46,278 -- THANK YOU MA'AM. 566 00:20:46,278 --> 00:20:49,648 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA 567 00:20:49,648 --> 00:20:50,616 STOCKARD MCDANIEL. FOLLOWING 568 00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:54,953 MARIA. WE WILL HEAR FROM LISA 569 00:20:54,953 --> 00:20:55,187 HOWARD. 570 00:20:55,187 --> 00:20:56,888 -- GOOD MORNING. I'M MARIA 571 00:20:56,888 --> 00:20:57,889 MCDANIEL, BORN AND RAISED IN 572 00:20:57,889 --> 00:20:59,391 SEATTLE AND RETIRED FROM THE 573 00:20:59,391 --> 00:21:02,027 CITY IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR. LEAD 574 00:21:02,027 --> 00:21:03,228 14. I WANT SAFE STREETS IN 575 00:21:03,228 --> 00:21:05,330 SEATTLE FOR ALL MODES OF 576 00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:06,331 TRANSPORTATION. I UNDERSTAND 577 00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:07,799 SDOT KNOWS HOW TO MAKE STREETS 578 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:09,268 SAFE BASED ON DATA. MY CONCERN 579 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:10,402 IS WHO IS PROVIDING THE DATA AS 580 00:21:10,402 --> 00:21:13,772 THE BASIS FOR MAKING ROADS 581 00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:15,540 CHANGES. I WAS SHOCKED WHEN THE 582 00:21:15,540 --> 00:21:16,241 MAYOR ANNOUNCED THAT WEEKEND 583 00:21:16,241 --> 00:21:17,909 CLOSURES FOR LAKE WASHINGTON 584 00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:18,477 BOULEVARD AND APPALLED WHEN 585 00:21:18,477 --> 00:21:19,945 THERE WAS A RIBBON CUTTING 586 00:21:19,945 --> 00:21:21,913 CEREMONY ANNOUNCED TO REACTIVATE 587 00:21:21,913 --> 00:21:24,016 SEWARD PARK. SEWARD PARK HAS 588 00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:25,617 BEEN USED HEAVILY AND ACTIVATED 589 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:26,952 FOR YEARS. I'VE LIVED IN SOUTH 590 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:27,853 SEATTLE FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND 591 00:21:27,853 --> 00:21:28,887 SOME PEOPLE WOULD NOT SET FOOT 592 00:21:28,887 --> 00:21:31,156 IN THE AREA OUT OF FEAR UNTIL 593 00:21:31,156 --> 00:21:31,757 THEY REALIZED THEY COULDN'T 594 00:21:31,757 --> 00:21:33,025 AFFORD TO LIVE IN OTHER 595 00:21:33,025 --> 00:21:34,393 DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOVE 596 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:35,827 SOUTH. NOW, SOME WANT TO CLAIM 597 00:21:35,827 --> 00:21:38,497 PUBLIC AREAS FOR THEIR OWN USE. 598 00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:40,832 GATES HAVE BEEN INSTALLED. 599 00:21:40,832 --> 00:21:43,035 OUTREACH TO THOSE IMPACTED WERE 600 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:43,802 NOT DID NOT HAPPEN. I'M A 601 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:45,470 SENIOR. I WAS A SENIOR BUSINESS 602 00:21:45,470 --> 00:21:46,672 ANALYST AND KNOW HOW FLAWED DATA 603 00:21:46,672 --> 00:21:48,807 CAN STEER PROJECTS AND 604 00:21:48,807 --> 00:21:49,441 INITIATIVES IN DIRECTIONS THAT 605 00:21:49,441 --> 00:21:51,343 IS NOT ALWAYS IN THE BEST 606 00:21:51,343 --> 00:21:51,943 INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITIES. 607 00:21:51,943 --> 00:21:54,613 KEEP IN MIND, THE BOULEVARD IS A 608 00:21:54,613 --> 00:21:56,081 PUBLIC ROADWAY AND SHOULD ONLY 609 00:21:56,081 --> 00:21:57,449 BE CLOSED ONE BICYCLE SUNDAY A 610 00:21:57,449 --> 00:22:00,085 MONTH DURING THE SUMMER 611 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:01,653 -- THANK YOU MA'AM, AND SHOUT 612 00:22:01,653 --> 00:22:04,423 OUT TO LIGHT LEADERSHIP 613 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:04,690 TOMORROW. 614 00:22:04,690 --> 00:22:06,591 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA 615 00:22:06,591 --> 00:22:08,060 HOWARD. FOLLOWING THAT, WE'LL 616 00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:10,562 HEAR FROM TODD LEWICKI. 617 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:12,030 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 618 00:22:12,030 --> 00:22:13,031 THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. 619 00:22:13,031 --> 00:22:14,366 I'M LISA HOWARD. I'M THE 620 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:15,400 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 621 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:17,135 ALLIANCE FOR PIONEER SQUARE. 622 00:22:17,135 --> 00:22:18,170 FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 623 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:19,705 WORK ON VISION ZERO AND YOUR 624 00:22:19,705 --> 00:22:21,306 SAFER STREETS INITIATIVE. BUT 625 00:22:21,306 --> 00:22:23,742 TODAY I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO 626 00:22:23,742 --> 00:22:27,079 PLEASE REJECT THE AMENDMENT 16 627 00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:28,747 TO COUNCIL BILL 121296. THE 628 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:29,314 ALLIANCE STRONGLY SUPPORTS 629 00:22:29,314 --> 00:22:31,249 MAKING OUR STREETS SAFER AND WE 630 00:22:31,249 --> 00:22:32,784 APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. 631 00:22:32,784 --> 00:22:34,720 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, BUT PIONEER 632 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:36,822 SQUARE IS NOT SIMPLY A HISTORIC 633 00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:38,724 NEIGHBORHOOD IN SEATTLE. IT IS A 634 00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:40,392 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HISTORIC 635 00:22:40,392 --> 00:22:42,294 DISTRICT LISTED ON THE NATIONAL 636 00:22:42,294 --> 00:22:42,928 REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES, AND 637 00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:44,896 ONE OF THE PLACES THAT GIVES 638 00:22:44,896 --> 00:22:46,865 SEATTLE ITS CORE IDENTITY. WE 639 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:48,700 BELIEVE SAFETY AND CONFLICT, AND 640 00:22:48,700 --> 00:22:49,735 WE BELIEVE SAFETY AND 641 00:22:49,735 --> 00:22:51,169 PRESERVATION ARE NOT IN 642 00:22:51,169 --> 00:22:53,271 CONFLICT. AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN 643 00:22:53,271 --> 00:22:54,039 HISTORICALLY. IF IT'S THE CASE, 644 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:56,742 WE SHOULD NOT BE RESPONDING TO A 645 00:22:56,742 --> 00:22:58,610 SPECIFIC CONCERN ABOUT HOW ONE 646 00:22:58,610 --> 00:23:01,146 PROJECT, WHICH WAS SUCCESSFULLY 647 00:23:01,146 --> 00:23:03,115 IMPLEMENTED, SAFETY MEASURES ON 648 00:23:03,115 --> 00:23:03,749 TIME, MOVED THROUGH THE PROCESS 649 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:07,319 BY CREATING A BLANKET EXCEPTION, 650 00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:07,853 BYPASSING HISTORIC REVIEW 651 00:23:07,853 --> 00:23:10,155 FOREVER. WE CAN MAKE OUR STREETS 652 00:23:10,155 --> 00:23:10,689 SAFER WITHOUT ELIMINATING 653 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:11,890 MEANINGFUL REVIEW IN OUR 654 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:14,292 HISTORIC DISTRICTS. PLEASE 655 00:23:14,292 --> 00:23:15,694 ELIMINATE AMENDMENT 16. THANK 656 00:23:15,694 --> 00:23:15,894 YOU. 657 00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:17,629 -- THANK YOU GOOD MORNING 658 00:23:17,629 --> 00:23:19,598 COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. 659 00:23:19,598 --> 00:23:22,634 I'M THE CEO OF. GOOD MORNING 660 00:23:22,634 --> 00:23:23,268 COUNCIL. I'M THE CEO OF THE 661 00:23:23,268 --> 00:23:25,270 SEATTLE KRAKEN AND THE CLIMATE 662 00:23:25,270 --> 00:23:28,440 PLEDGE ARENA. I'M HERE TO 663 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:29,074 SUPPORT RANDY ENGSTROM FOR THE 664 00:23:29,074 --> 00:23:30,942 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITION. HE 665 00:23:30,942 --> 00:23:33,945 IS A VISIONARY. HE IS 666 00:23:33,945 --> 00:23:36,148 SUPPORTIVE, HE IS PASSIONATE, 667 00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:37,983 AND HE'S TESTED. TESTED WITH 668 00:23:37,983 --> 00:23:39,684 MEMORIAL STADIUM, A VERY 669 00:23:39,684 --> 00:23:42,154 COMPLICATED THREE WAY AGREEMENT. 670 00:23:42,154 --> 00:23:44,823 AND TODAY, MEMORIAL IS POISED 671 00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:46,324 FOR GREATNESS TO SUPPORT SEATTLE 672 00:23:46,324 --> 00:23:48,326 PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO BRING 673 00:23:48,326 --> 00:23:50,228 GREATNESS BACK TO THE CAMPUS. 674 00:23:50,228 --> 00:23:51,630 AND SIGNIFICANT PART DUE TO 675 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:53,765 RANDY AND HIS STAFF. WE LOOK 676 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:55,000 FORWARD TO WORKING WITH RANDY ON 677 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,770 THAT. THE ARENA, ALL THE GREAT 678 00:23:58,770 --> 00:24:00,705 EVENTS THAT COME. BUT ONE MORE 679 00:24:00,705 --> 00:24:01,706 MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB AND THAT WOULD 680 00:24:01,706 --> 00:24:03,141 BE THE RETURN OF THE SONICS. 681 00:24:03,141 --> 00:24:05,377 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 682 00:24:05,377 --> 00:24:06,311 -- THANK YOU TODD. GO, KRAKEN. 683 00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:08,814 WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK THOSE 684 00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:11,416 SONICS. WE GOT READY. NBA READY 685 00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:13,852 ARENA RIGHT NOW. AND WE'LL TALK 686 00:24:13,852 --> 00:24:14,886 ABOUT THE PATH LATER. 687 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:17,088 -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 688 00:24:17,088 --> 00:24:20,792 IS ROB JOHNSON. AFTER ROB WE'LL 689 00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:21,293 HEAR FROM BROOKS KOLB. 690 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,261 -- GOOD MORNING COUNCIL. ALWAYS 691 00:24:23,261 --> 00:24:25,597 HARD FOLLOWING THE BOSS TODD 692 00:24:25,597 --> 00:24:29,234 LEVITSKY. ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT 693 00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:31,736 RANDY ENGSTROM SINCE 1998. 694 00:24:31,736 --> 00:24:36,241 SORRY, 1988. RANDY WOULD BE THE 695 00:24:36,241 --> 00:24:37,342 FOURTH PERSON TO LEAD SEATTLE 696 00:24:37,342 --> 00:24:40,645 CENTER AND IN THE TIME THAT HE 697 00:24:40,645 --> 00:24:41,680 HAS BEEN THE HEAD OF SEATTLE 698 00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:43,882 CENTER, WE'VE HAD SOME EXTREME 699 00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:44,649 HIGHS. THOSE MOMENTS OF THE 700 00:24:44,649 --> 00:24:46,751 WORLD CUP, WHERE WE HAD TENS OF 701 00:24:46,751 --> 00:24:48,253 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMING TO 702 00:24:48,253 --> 00:24:49,988 SEATTLE CENTER, AND THEN SOME 703 00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:50,589 EXTREME LOWS WITH THE RECENT 704 00:24:50,589 --> 00:24:52,824 TRAGIC VIOLENCE AT THE BATTLE OF 705 00:24:52,824 --> 00:24:55,393 SEATTLE. AND WHAT I HEAR FROM 706 00:24:55,393 --> 00:24:57,062 OUR STAFF AT THE FOUNDATION AND 707 00:24:57,062 --> 00:24:58,663 FROM THE STAFF AT SEATTLE CENTER 708 00:24:58,663 --> 00:25:00,165 IS HOW GRATEFUL THEY ARE TO HAVE 709 00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:01,766 RANDY IN CHARGE, TO HAVE 710 00:25:01,766 --> 00:25:03,168 SOMEBODY WHO'S EXPERIENCED 711 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:05,103 LEADING A CITY DEPARTMENT, TO 712 00:25:05,103 --> 00:25:06,404 HAVE SOMEBODY WHO PUTS THEIR 713 00:25:06,404 --> 00:25:08,406 NEEDS FIRST, TO HAVE SOMEBODY 714 00:25:08,406 --> 00:25:09,774 WITH GREAT EMOTIONAL 715 00:25:09,774 --> 00:25:11,209 INTELLIGENCE, TO HAVE SOMEBODY 716 00:25:11,209 --> 00:25:12,244 WHO'S GOT HIS EYE ON A BIGGER 717 00:25:12,244 --> 00:25:13,645 PICTURE BUT IS NOT AFRAID TO DIG 718 00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:15,881 INTO THE DETAILS. THESE ARE THE 719 00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:17,282 SKILLS THAT WE REALLY VALUE IN A 720 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:18,650 LEADER, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED 721 00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:20,585 TO HAVE RANDY AS OUR NEXT 722 00:25:20,585 --> 00:25:22,287 DIRECTOR. WE HOPE YOU'LL 723 00:25:22,287 --> 00:25:24,256 ENCOURAGE CONFIRMATION. THANKS. 724 00:25:24,256 --> 00:25:26,658 -- THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. 725 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:27,692 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BROOKS 726 00:25:27,692 --> 00:25:28,994 KOLB. AFTER BROOKS, WE WILL HEAR 727 00:25:28,994 --> 00:25:30,595 FROM PARKER DAWSON. 728 00:25:30,595 --> 00:25:33,365 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL. I'M 729 00:25:33,365 --> 00:25:35,033 WITH THE ALLIED ARTS FOUNDATION. 730 00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:38,570 BROOKS KOLB IS MY NAME, AND I'M 731 00:25:38,570 --> 00:25:41,473 HERE AGAINST AMENDMENT 16 TO THE 732 00:25:41,473 --> 00:25:43,141 TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. ALLIED ARTS 733 00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:45,410 FOUNDATION IS CONCERNED ABOUT 734 00:25:45,410 --> 00:25:46,845 THE RECENT EROSION IN POWER AND 735 00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:48,713 AUTHORITY OF THE MARKET. 736 00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:51,249 HISTORICAL COMMISSION. IT WAS 737 00:25:51,249 --> 00:25:53,318 EMPOWERED BY THE 1971 CITIZENS 738 00:25:53,318 --> 00:25:55,554 INITIATIVE TO MAKE ALL PLANNING 739 00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:56,688 AND LAND USE DECISIONS WITHIN 740 00:25:56,688 --> 00:25:59,357 THE MARKET. HISTORIC DISTRICT 741 00:25:59,357 --> 00:26:00,825 APPROVING THE AMENDMENT WOULD 742 00:26:00,825 --> 00:26:03,395 OVERTURN A LONG SETTLED PUBLIC 743 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:03,995 INITIATIVE AND CITY ORDINANCE 744 00:26:03,995 --> 00:26:05,764 WITHOUT A NEW VOTE OF THE 745 00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:08,199 PUBLIC, UNFAIRLY TYING THE HANDS 746 00:26:08,199 --> 00:26:10,568 OF BOTH THE MARKET HISTORICAL 747 00:26:10,568 --> 00:26:13,305 COMMISSION AND THE PRESERVATION 748 00:26:13,305 --> 00:26:14,873 AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. THE 749 00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:16,641 STREETS AND ALLEYS ARE CLEARLY 750 00:26:16,641 --> 00:26:18,310 PART OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT 751 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:19,311 AND, IN THE CASE OF THE PIKE 752 00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:22,047 PLACE MARKET, THE STREET IS THE 753 00:26:22,047 --> 00:26:24,549 NAME OF THE DISTRICT. THIS 754 00:26:24,549 --> 00:26:25,116 AMENDMENT CUTS OUR HISTORIC 755 00:26:25,116 --> 00:26:26,785 DISTRICT CONTROLS ON THE PUBLIC 756 00:26:26,785 --> 00:26:28,386 SPACES IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS 757 00:26:28,386 --> 00:26:29,821 AND SHOULD BE OPPOSED. THANK 758 00:26:29,821 --> 00:26:32,190 YOU. 759 00:26:32,190 --> 00:26:32,590 -- THANK YOU SIR. 760 00:26:32,590 --> 00:26:34,292 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PARKER 761 00:26:34,292 --> 00:26:37,629 DAWSON, WHO WILL BE FOLLOWED BY 762 00:26:37,629 --> 00:26:37,996 TIA PETROVICH. 763 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:40,432 -- HEY. THAT'S ME. GOOD MORNING 764 00:26:40,432 --> 00:26:41,866 EVERYBODY. PARKER DAWSON HERE, 765 00:26:41,866 --> 00:26:42,400 PIONEER SQUARE RESIDENT, 766 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,736 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF LIME, I 767 00:26:44,736 --> 00:26:46,571 WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND 768 00:26:46,571 --> 00:26:47,706 PARTICULARLY YOU, CHAIR SAKA, 769 00:26:47,706 --> 00:26:49,074 FOR ALL OF YOUR TREMENDOUS 770 00:26:49,074 --> 00:26:51,176 LEADERSHIP ON VISION ZERO AND 771 00:26:51,176 --> 00:26:52,410 REALLY NARROWING DOWN ON MANY OF 772 00:26:52,410 --> 00:26:53,812 THE ACTIONS THAT OUR CITY TRULY 773 00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:56,748 NEEDS AND TRULY DESERVES, 774 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:57,182 PARTICULARLY AROUND 775 00:26:57,182 --> 00:26:58,216 MICROMOBILITY. LIME HAS BEEN 776 00:26:58,216 --> 00:26:59,417 OPERATING IN SEATTLE FOR ALMOST 777 00:26:59,417 --> 00:27:02,721 TEN YEARS SINCE 2017, AND IN 778 00:27:02,721 --> 00:27:04,789 THAT TIME, WE'VE VERY OBVIOUSLY 779 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:06,691 INVISIBLY SEEN MICROMOBILITY 780 00:27:06,691 --> 00:27:08,159 EXPLODE AS AN ORDINARY MEANS OF 781 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:10,328 TRANSPORTATION IN THIS CITY. 782 00:27:10,328 --> 00:27:11,363 OVER 10 MILLION TRIPS SERVED 783 00:27:11,363 --> 00:27:13,365 LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR, WE'RE 784 00:27:13,365 --> 00:27:15,700 GOING TO SERVICE NEARLY 750 000 785 00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:17,736 RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE AS 786 00:27:17,736 --> 00:27:19,804 THEY EXPLORE AND GET AROUND 787 00:27:19,804 --> 00:27:20,405 SEATTLE TO CONDUCT THE DAILY 788 00:27:20,405 --> 00:27:23,575 BUSINESS OF THEIR LIVES. IN THAT 789 00:27:23,575 --> 00:27:25,744 THOUGH, WE, YOU KNOW, DESPITE 790 00:27:25,744 --> 00:27:27,612 SEEING HIGHS LIKE OUR SHARE OF 791 00:27:27,612 --> 00:27:29,814 LOW INCOME RESIDENTS JUMPING 792 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:32,917 FROM 9 TO 13% YEAR OVER YEAR, WE 793 00:27:32,917 --> 00:27:35,487 HAVE ALSO SEEN HUGE STRUGGLES IN 794 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:37,122 INVESTMENTS IN THINGS LIKE 795 00:27:37,122 --> 00:27:38,423 CORRALS, PROTECTED BIKE LANES. 796 00:27:38,423 --> 00:27:40,525 AND THIS IS A HUGE POSITIVE STEP 797 00:27:40,525 --> 00:27:41,893 FORWARD. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. I 798 00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:43,128 HOPE TO SEE IT PASSED. 799 00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:45,864 -- THANK YOU. PARKER. 800 00:27:45,864 --> 00:27:47,365 -- NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM TIA 801 00:27:47,365 --> 00:27:53,271 PETROVIC AFTER TIA KAREN OLSEN. 802 00:27:53,271 --> 00:27:55,373 -- YOUR CHOICE. 803 00:27:55,373 --> 00:27:57,642 -- THE ONE THAT'S JUST RIGHT 804 00:27:57,642 --> 00:27:59,277 THERE. SORRY. GOOD MORNING, 805 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:00,178 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS TIA 806 00:28:00,178 --> 00:28:02,047 PETROVIC. I'M A PIONEER SQUARE 807 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:04,215 RESIDENT AND FORMER PIONEER 808 00:28:04,215 --> 00:28:05,450 SQUARE PRESERVATION BOARD 809 00:28:05,450 --> 00:28:07,786 MEMBER. I TOO AM ASKING THAT YOU 810 00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:09,988 REJECT AMENDMENT 16. I DO 811 00:28:09,988 --> 00:28:11,990 STRONGLY, STRONGLY SUPPORT SAFE 812 00:28:11,990 --> 00:28:13,725 STREETS, AND I APPRECIATE 813 00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:15,126 COUNCILMEMBER'S LEADERSHIP ON 814 00:28:15,126 --> 00:28:17,095 THIS MATTER. I THINK WE CAN MAKE 815 00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:19,698 OUR STREETS SAFER WHILE 816 00:28:19,698 --> 00:28:22,033 RESPECTING THE SECRETARY OF 817 00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:22,667 INTERIOR STANDARDS, ESPECIALLY 818 00:28:22,667 --> 00:28:25,970 OBVIOUSLY IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 819 00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:26,538 PUBLIC SAFETY AND HISTORIC 820 00:28:26,538 --> 00:28:27,472 PRESERVATION. THEY'RE NOT IN 821 00:28:27,472 --> 00:28:28,239 OPPOSITION, AS YOU'VE HEARD. 822 00:28:28,239 --> 00:28:30,442 THEY'RE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE 823 00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:32,477 IN HISTORIC PLACES LIKE SAN 824 00:28:32,477 --> 00:28:34,212 DIEGO'S GASLAMP QUARTER, NEW 825 00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:35,213 ORLEANS FRENCH QUARTER AND 826 00:28:35,213 --> 00:28:36,681 SAVANNAH HISTORIC DISTRICT, THEY 827 00:28:36,681 --> 00:28:39,918 FOUND WAYS TO CREATE VISION AND 828 00:28:39,918 --> 00:28:40,552 HONOR HISTORIC STANDARDS. AND WE 829 00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:44,556 CAN DO THE SAME. PLEASE DO NOT 830 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:47,659 USE SAFER STREETS AS A WAY TO 831 00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:48,626 BYPASS A PUBLIC PROCESS THAT 832 00:28:48,626 --> 00:28:50,762 SERVES US WELL TODAY. SAFER 833 00:28:50,762 --> 00:28:52,063 STREETS LEGISLATION CAN MAKE OUR 834 00:28:52,063 --> 00:28:53,264 STREETS SAFER, INCLUDE PUBLIC 835 00:28:53,264 --> 00:28:55,400 AND COMMUNITY INPUT AND PROTECT 836 00:28:55,400 --> 00:28:56,434 OUR HISTORIC STANDARDS. THANK 837 00:28:56,434 --> 00:28:59,704 YOU. 838 00:28:59,704 --> 00:29:00,171 -- THANK YOU TO YOU. 839 00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:01,906 -- WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM KAREN 840 00:29:01,906 --> 00:29:05,543 OLSEN AND THEN KAREN COLES. 841 00:29:05,543 --> 00:29:07,679 -- GOOD MORNING, CHAIR SAKA AND 842 00:29:07,679 --> 00:29:08,780 MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. KAREN 843 00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:10,849 OLSEN, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER 844 00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:12,150 OF THE SPACE NEEDLE. I'M HERE 845 00:29:12,150 --> 00:29:13,284 TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE 846 00:29:13,284 --> 00:29:14,986 APPOINTMENT OF RANDY ENGSTROM AS 847 00:29:14,986 --> 00:29:17,455 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 848 00:29:17,455 --> 00:29:18,556 SEATTLE CENTER. 64 YEARS AGO, 849 00:29:18,556 --> 00:29:21,826 THE CITY BUILT A CAMPUS TO 850 00:29:21,826 --> 00:29:22,460 IMAGINE THE FUTURE. AND THEN WE 851 00:29:22,460 --> 00:29:23,928 BUILT A TOWER IN THE MIDDLE, 852 00:29:23,928 --> 00:29:26,197 TALL ENOUGH SO YOU CAN SEE THAT 853 00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:28,032 THAT WASN'T HAPPENSTANCE. THAT 854 00:29:28,032 --> 00:29:29,834 WASN'T INNOVATION. IT WAS 855 00:29:29,834 --> 00:29:31,636 AMBITION. AND THAT'S STILL THE 856 00:29:31,636 --> 00:29:33,638 ASSIGNMENT. THE SPACE NEEDLE 857 00:29:33,638 --> 00:29:34,305 SUPPORTS RANDY'S CONFIRMATION 858 00:29:34,305 --> 00:29:35,373 BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CAMPUS IS, 859 00:29:35,373 --> 00:29:37,609 AND BECAUSE WHAT THE CAMPUS CAN 860 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:41,546 BECOME ONE SPACE WITH ONE PULSE. 861 00:29:41,546 --> 00:29:43,915 THAT'S ONE PLACE FOR ALL. THAT 862 00:29:43,915 --> 00:29:45,283 MOMENTUM IS ALREADY HERE. RANDY 863 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:46,985 IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO GATHER 864 00:29:46,985 --> 00:29:47,752 IT, AND WE SUPPORT HIM. WE URGE 865 00:29:47,752 --> 00:29:50,555 YOUR CONFIRMATION. THANK YOU. 866 00:29:50,555 --> 00:29:52,690 -- THANK YOU, MISS OLSEN 867 00:29:52,690 --> 00:29:54,492 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TARYN 868 00:29:54,492 --> 00:29:55,493 COLES, FOLLOWING TARYN. WE'LL 869 00:29:55,493 --> 00:29:58,163 HEAR FROM GORDON PADELFORD. 870 00:29:58,163 --> 00:29:59,464 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 871 00:29:59,464 --> 00:30:02,567 MY NAME IS TARYN COLES AND I AM 872 00:30:02,567 --> 00:30:04,235 THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF 873 00:30:04,235 --> 00:30:05,804 CHIHULY GARDEN AND GLASS, 874 00:30:05,804 --> 00:30:07,071 LOCATED ON THE SEATTLE CENTER 875 00:30:07,071 --> 00:30:09,941 CAMPUS. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR 876 00:30:09,941 --> 00:30:10,475 STRONG SUPPORT FOR RANDY 877 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,443 ENGSTROM CONFIRMATION AS 878 00:30:12,443 --> 00:30:13,645 DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE CENTER. AS 879 00:30:13,645 --> 00:30:17,315 AN ACTIVE PARTNER ON THE 74 ACRE 880 00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:18,917 CAMPUS, WE UNDERSTAND HOW 881 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:19,584 CRITICAL THE CENTER'S LEADERSHIP 882 00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:21,386 IS TO OUR DAILY OPERATIONS, 883 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:23,454 VISITOR EXPERIENCE, AND 884 00:30:23,454 --> 00:30:25,590 COLLECTIVE SUCCESS. SEATTLE 885 00:30:25,590 --> 00:30:27,792 CENTER IS A COMPLEX ECOSYSTEM OF 886 00:30:27,792 --> 00:30:29,694 ARTS ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFITS, 887 00:30:29,694 --> 00:30:31,696 SPORTS VENUES, AND PRIVATE 888 00:30:31,696 --> 00:30:33,331 BUSINESSES. MANAGING IT REQUIRES 889 00:30:33,331 --> 00:30:36,267 A LEADER WHO VALUES DEEP 890 00:30:36,267 --> 00:30:36,701 COLLABORATION, OPEN 891 00:30:36,701 --> 00:30:38,436 COMMUNICATION, AND SHARED CIVIC 892 00:30:38,436 --> 00:30:41,906 PRIDE. THAT'S RANDY SEATTLE 893 00:30:41,906 --> 00:30:43,908 CENTER NEEDS A DIRECTOR WHO CAN 894 00:30:43,908 --> 00:30:46,044 SEAMLESSLY BALANCE WORLD CLASS 895 00:30:46,044 --> 00:30:47,378 TOURISM, COMMUNITY SAFETY AND 896 00:30:47,378 --> 00:30:48,846 ROBUST SUPPORT FOR CAMPUS 897 00:30:48,846 --> 00:30:51,216 PARTNERS. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT 898 00:30:51,216 --> 00:30:53,251 RANDY BRINGS THE VISIONARY 899 00:30:53,251 --> 00:30:53,852 LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATIVE 900 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:55,987 SPIRIT NEEDED TO ENSURE SEATTLE 901 00:30:55,987 --> 00:30:57,789 CENTER CONTINUES TO THRIVE. AS 902 00:30:57,789 --> 00:30:59,357 OUR CITY'S PREMIER CULTURAL 903 00:30:59,357 --> 00:31:01,626 HUB. FOR THESE REASONS, WE 904 00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:02,227 ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORT HIS 905 00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:04,195 NOMINATION. RESPECTFULLY URGE 906 00:31:04,195 --> 00:31:05,830 THE COUNCIL TO CONFIRM RANDY 907 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:06,865 ENGSTROM. THANK YOU. 908 00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:09,400 -- THANK YOU, TARYN. 909 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,336 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GORDON 910 00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:12,570 PADELFORD. AFTER GORDON, WE WILL 911 00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:14,405 HEAR FROM MATT HANNA. 912 00:31:14,405 --> 00:31:15,640 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 913 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,175 MY NAME IS GORDON PADELFORD. 914 00:31:17,175 --> 00:31:18,343 I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 915 00:31:18,343 --> 00:31:19,978 THE SEATTLE STREETS ALLIANCE. 916 00:31:19,978 --> 00:31:21,946 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS 917 00:31:21,946 --> 00:31:22,547 COMMITTEE'S FOCUS ON VISION 918 00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:23,848 ZERO. A LOT OF THE AMENDMENTS 919 00:31:23,848 --> 00:31:25,049 ARE. A LOT OF THE WORK HERE HAS 920 00:31:25,049 --> 00:31:27,619 BEEN ON STRENGTHENING THE CHIEF 921 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:28,586 SAFETY ENGINEER. AND SO I JUST 922 00:31:28,586 --> 00:31:30,321 WANT TO OFFER A THOUGHT 923 00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:31,723 EXPERIMENT WHERE IF YOU'RE 924 00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:34,225 WALKING DOWNTOWN ON FIRST AVENUE 925 00:31:34,225 --> 00:31:35,860 HEADED SOUTH, THE PERSON WITH 926 00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:37,395 THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 927 00:31:37,395 --> 00:31:38,830 WHETHER YOU'RE SAFE OR NOT IS 928 00:31:38,830 --> 00:31:40,465 VINU NAMANI. UNTIL YOU HIT 929 00:31:40,465 --> 00:31:41,900 COLUMBIA AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT 930 00:31:41,900 --> 00:31:43,534 BECOMES A PRESERVATION BOARD. 931 00:31:43,534 --> 00:31:44,903 WHEN YOU HIT PIONEER SQUARE. AND 932 00:31:44,903 --> 00:31:46,804 THAT DOESN'T QUITE SIT RIGHT 933 00:31:46,804 --> 00:31:48,039 WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 934 00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:49,340 PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, WE'RE 935 00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:50,708 THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY. 936 00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:53,344 THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMEONE WITH 937 00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:54,379 AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE OUR 938 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:55,847 STREETS ARE SAFE AS WE'RE 939 00:31:55,847 --> 00:31:57,248 WALKING THROUGH THEM. OBVIOUSLY, 940 00:31:57,248 --> 00:31:58,783 WE ALL CARE ABOUT HISTORY, OUR 941 00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:00,018 HERITAGE. WE WANT SDOT TO 942 00:32:00,018 --> 00:32:02,287 CONSULT, MAKE SURE THESE 943 00:32:02,287 --> 00:32:02,787 PROJECTS ARE BEING DONE 944 00:32:02,787 --> 00:32:04,022 RESPONSIBLY, BUT THE PERSON WITH 945 00:32:04,022 --> 00:32:05,556 THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE 946 00:32:05,556 --> 00:32:07,525 SAFE NEEDS TO BE THE CHIEF 947 00:32:07,525 --> 00:32:08,693 TRAFFIC SAFETY ENGINEER, WHICH 948 00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:10,161 IS WHAT THE LESSER THE REST OF 949 00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:11,663 THE LEGISLATION DOES. SO PLEASE 950 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:12,730 HAVE THAT GO THROUGH THE 951 00:32:12,730 --> 00:32:14,265 HISTORIC DISTRICT AS WELL. THANK 952 00:32:14,265 --> 00:32:14,465 YOU. 953 00:32:14,465 --> 00:32:16,734 -- THANK YOU, GORDON. 954 00:32:16,734 --> 00:32:17,835 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MATT 955 00:32:17,835 --> 00:32:21,773 HANNA, AFTER MATT, WE'LL HEAR 956 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:22,206 FROM NOAH WILLIAMS. 957 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:23,541 -- GOOD MORNING. COUNCILMEMBERS. 958 00:32:23,541 --> 00:32:26,144 MATT HANNA, I'M THE CHAIR OF 959 00:32:26,144 --> 00:32:26,744 THE SEATTLE CENTER FOUNDATION 960 00:32:26,744 --> 00:32:28,880 BOARD, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS 961 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,481 THE BOARD'S SUPPORT FOR RANDY 962 00:32:30,481 --> 00:32:32,016 ENGSTROM AS WELL FOR THE 963 00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:32,684 POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE 964 00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:35,420 CENTER. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE 965 00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:38,056 HAVE A STRATEGIC VISION AND 966 00:32:38,056 --> 00:32:39,157 ACTION PLAN READY FOR THE 967 00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:41,259 SEATTLE CENTER THAT IS VERY BIG 968 00:32:41,259 --> 00:32:43,494 AND WONDERFUL AND EXCITING. AND 969 00:32:43,494 --> 00:32:44,962 THE FOUNDATION IS CHARGED WITH 970 00:32:44,962 --> 00:32:46,898 RAISING ABOUT $100 MILLION IN 971 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:49,500 SUPPORT OF THAT VISION. IT'S 972 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:51,202 CRITICAL FOR US THAT THAT WE 973 00:32:51,202 --> 00:32:52,770 HAVE A LEADER AT THE HELM, 974 00:32:52,770 --> 00:32:55,039 SEATTLE CENTER THAT CAN INSPIRE 975 00:32:55,039 --> 00:32:56,507 CONFIDENCE AND CONVICTION ABOUT 976 00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:59,477 THAT VISION. AND THAT'S RANDY 977 00:32:59,477 --> 00:33:00,278 FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. I 978 00:33:00,278 --> 00:33:02,714 DIDN'T KNOW RANDY VERY WELL 979 00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:03,348 BEFORE THE WORK THAT WE STARTED 980 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:04,382 TOGETHER SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND 981 00:33:04,382 --> 00:33:06,517 I'M BEYOND IMPRESSED WHAT HE'S 982 00:33:06,517 --> 00:33:08,119 BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. AND ON 983 00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:09,620 BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION BOARD 984 00:33:09,620 --> 00:33:11,356 AND ALL OUR PROSPECTIVE DONORS, 985 00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:12,490 I CAN TELL YOU HE IS ABSOLUTELY 986 00:33:12,490 --> 00:33:15,626 THE RIGHT PERSON TO BE LEADING 987 00:33:15,626 --> 00:33:17,061 REALIZATION OF THIS VISION AND 988 00:33:17,061 --> 00:33:18,963 STRATEGIC VISION AND ACTION PLAN 989 00:33:18,963 --> 00:33:20,565 INTO THE FUTURE. SO WE SUPPORT 990 00:33:20,565 --> 00:33:21,499 HIM AND WE HOPE YOU DO TOO. 991 00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:24,669 THANK YOU. 992 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:25,069 -- THANK YOU SIR. 993 00:33:25,069 --> 00:33:26,871 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOAH 994 00:33:26,871 --> 00:33:29,407 WILLIAMS. AFTER NOAH, I BELIEVE 995 00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:31,576 THE NAME I'M READING IS WILL 996 00:33:31,576 --> 00:33:33,378 LIND LAM. 997 00:33:33,378 --> 00:33:34,312 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 998 00:33:34,312 --> 00:33:35,480 NAME IS NOAH WILLIAMS AND I'D 999 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:36,581 FIRST LIKE TO THANK CHAIR SAKA 1000 00:33:36,581 --> 00:33:38,783 FOR PROPOSING VISION ZERO 1001 00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:40,051 LEGISLATION AND EXPRESS MY 1002 00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:40,852 GRATITUDE TO THE COUNCIL AND 1003 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:41,919 MAYOR, WHO ARE CLEARLY PULLING 1004 00:33:41,919 --> 00:33:43,321 IN THE SAME DIRECTION HERE. 1005 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:44,555 THANK YOU. I ALWAYS LOVE HEARING 1006 00:33:44,555 --> 00:33:46,124 HOBOKEN CITED AS AN EXAMPLE, AND 1007 00:33:46,124 --> 00:33:48,559 I ADMIRE THEIR APPROACH TO 1008 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:49,327 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. I'M HERE 1009 00:33:49,327 --> 00:33:50,828 TODAY TO URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE 1010 00:33:50,828 --> 00:33:52,797 AMENDMENT GRANTING SDOT ULTIMATE 1011 00:33:52,797 --> 00:33:54,332 DESIGN POWER ON INTERSECTION 1012 00:33:54,332 --> 00:33:56,667 DESIGN. THE HISTORIC DISTRICT 1013 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:57,468 REPRESENTATIVES HERE WANT TO 1014 00:33:57,468 --> 00:33:58,636 HAVE THEIR INPUT CONSIDERED, AND 1015 00:33:58,636 --> 00:33:59,270 THEY'RE WELCOME TO CONTINUE 1016 00:33:59,270 --> 00:34:02,073 DOING SO. I ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO 1017 00:34:02,073 --> 00:34:03,274 THAT. HOWEVER, THE PROCESS WE 1018 00:34:03,274 --> 00:34:04,308 HAVE ISN'T WORKING RIGHT NOW 1019 00:34:04,308 --> 00:34:06,177 FOR THE REASONS, GORDON 1020 00:34:06,177 --> 00:34:07,512 EXPLAINED. WE HAVE INTERSECTIONS 1021 00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:08,913 IN THE CITY THAT ARE DANGEROUS 1022 00:34:08,913 --> 00:34:09,847 AND BADLY IN NEED OF 1023 00:34:09,847 --> 00:34:10,815 IMPROVEMENT, THAT HAVEN'T BEEN 1024 00:34:10,815 --> 00:34:11,883 FIXED FAST ENOUGH AND PEOPLE ARE 1025 00:34:11,883 --> 00:34:14,719 BEING HIT AND INJURED OR KILLED. 1026 00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,654 IN THE MEANTIME, IT IS IMPORTANT 1027 00:34:16,654 --> 00:34:18,122 THAT QUALIFIED ENGINEERS WHO PUT 1028 00:34:18,122 --> 00:34:19,056 THEIR LICENSES ON THE LINE WITH 1029 00:34:19,056 --> 00:34:20,091 EVERY STAMP THEY AFFIXED TO A 1030 00:34:20,091 --> 00:34:21,692 PROJECT MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS 1031 00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:23,194 AND AREN'T SUBJECT TO THE 1032 00:34:23,194 --> 00:34:24,228 DIRECT PRESSURES THAT MAY OR MAY 1033 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:25,630 NOT BE ALIGNED WITH SAFETY. WE 1034 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:26,964 MUST EMPOWER THE ENGINEERS TO DO 1035 00:34:26,964 --> 00:34:28,299 WHAT THEY ARE UNIQUELY QUALIFIED 1036 00:34:28,299 --> 00:34:29,801 TO DO. PLEASE GIVE THEM THAT 1037 00:34:29,801 --> 00:34:31,569 POWER THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. THANK 1038 00:34:31,569 --> 00:34:31,769 YOU. 1039 00:34:31,769 --> 00:34:34,238 -- THANK YOU, NOAH. 1040 00:34:34,238 --> 00:34:36,340 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WILL 1041 00:34:36,340 --> 00:34:37,642 AFTER WILL. WE'LL HEAR FROM JAN 1042 00:34:37,642 --> 00:34:38,609 JOHNSON. 1043 00:34:38,609 --> 00:34:39,777 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1044 00:34:39,777 --> 00:34:41,979 MY NAME IS WILL LUDLAM. I'M THE 1045 00:34:41,979 --> 00:34:44,248 VICE CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE CENTER 1046 00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:46,083 ADVISORY COMMISSION. I'M HERE 1047 00:34:46,083 --> 00:34:47,552 TODAY TO SHOW MY ENDORSEMENT AND 1048 00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:49,854 SUPPORT FOR RANDY ENGSTROM AS 1049 00:34:49,854 --> 00:34:52,156 THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 1050 00:34:52,156 --> 00:34:53,925 RANDY'S HISTORY IN WORKING WITH 1051 00:34:53,925 --> 00:34:56,294 THE COMMUNITY, SUPPORT FOR THE 1052 00:34:56,294 --> 00:34:59,397 ARTS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND 1053 00:34:59,397 --> 00:35:01,132 INCLUSIVENESS IS EXACTLY THE 1054 00:35:01,132 --> 00:35:02,633 BACKGROUND THAT THE SEATTLE 1055 00:35:02,633 --> 00:35:04,202 CENTER AND THE WATERFRONT NEEDS 1056 00:35:04,202 --> 00:35:05,837 AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT. RANDY 1057 00:35:05,837 --> 00:35:08,539 HAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED. IN HIS 1058 00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:09,941 SHORT TIME, BOTH HIS COMMITMENT 1059 00:35:09,941 --> 00:35:11,242 TO THE. THE CENTER OF THE 1060 00:35:11,242 --> 00:35:12,477 COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH THE 1061 00:35:12,477 --> 00:35:14,479 COMMISSION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1062 00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:16,114 CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP AND 1063 00:35:16,114 --> 00:35:17,248 THE GREAT THINGS AHEAD. IT'S A 1064 00:35:17,248 --> 00:35:18,816 REALLY IMPORTANT YEAR. THANK 1065 00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:19,016 YOU. 1066 00:35:19,016 --> 00:35:23,287 -- THANK YOU 1067 00:35:23,287 --> 00:35:23,921 -- OUR FINAL IN-PERSON SPEAKER 1068 00:35:23,921 --> 00:35:25,490 SO FAR WILL BE JAN JOHNSON. 1069 00:35:25,490 --> 00:35:27,492 AFTER JAN, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 1070 00:35:27,492 --> 00:35:29,327 REMOTE SPEAKERS AND OUR FIRST 1071 00:35:29,327 --> 00:35:31,062 REMOTE SPEAKER WILL BE MIKE 1072 00:35:31,062 --> 00:35:31,329 STEWART. 1073 00:35:31,329 --> 00:35:32,864 -- WELCOME, JAN. 1074 00:35:32,864 --> 00:35:35,333 -- GOOD MORNING, JAN JOHNSON. 1075 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:38,469 I'M FROM JAPANTOWN AND THE 1076 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:41,539 SEATTLE AREA, AND IT'S A MY 1077 00:35:41,539 --> 00:35:43,407 BUILDING IS A NATIONAL TREASURE. 1078 00:35:43,407 --> 00:35:45,510 I THINK ONE OF. 27 IN THE UNITED 1079 00:35:45,510 --> 00:35:47,678 STATES. AND IT COMES UNDER RIGHT 1080 00:35:47,678 --> 00:35:50,948 AFTER MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL 1081 00:35:50,948 --> 00:35:52,717 PARK IN THE NATIONAL LANDMARK 1082 00:35:52,717 --> 00:35:53,851 STATUS. A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS 1083 00:35:53,851 --> 00:35:57,021 ROOM ARE MY FRIENDS, AND WE. WE 1084 00:35:57,021 --> 00:35:58,956 DO NOT SUPPORT THIS COMING 1085 00:35:58,956 --> 00:36:01,058 THROUGH OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 1086 00:36:01,058 --> 00:36:01,726 THERE'S FIVE GENERATIONS OF MY 1087 00:36:01,726 --> 00:36:04,829 FAMILY IN THIS CITY, AND MY 1088 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:06,697 MOTHER TOLD ME STORIES ABOUT 1089 00:36:06,697 --> 00:36:07,865 GOING TO THE MARKET. I WONDER 1090 00:36:07,865 --> 00:36:11,702 WHAT THEY WOULD SAY TODAY. AND I 1091 00:36:11,702 --> 00:36:13,638 OBJECT TO THIS. THERE NEEDS TO 1092 00:36:13,638 --> 00:36:16,140 BE MORE VISIBILITY. I HAVE. I 1093 00:36:16,140 --> 00:36:18,075 DON'T EVEN GET IT. BUT THE 1094 00:36:18,075 --> 00:36:19,243 PEOPLE THAT COME TO MY DOOR COME 1095 00:36:19,243 --> 00:36:21,412 FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES 1096 00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:22,580 AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND THE 1097 00:36:22,580 --> 00:36:23,181 THINGS THAT THEY ADMIRE ABOUT 1098 00:36:23,181 --> 00:36:25,483 THE CITY ARE THE THINGS THAT 1099 00:36:25,483 --> 00:36:27,184 WE'RE PRESERVING. AND HISTORIC 1100 00:36:27,184 --> 00:36:29,554 IDENTITY. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR 1101 00:36:29,554 --> 00:36:30,821 CONSIDERATION IN THIS AND APPLY 1102 00:36:30,821 --> 00:36:32,223 A LOT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. THANK 1103 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:32,990 YOU VERY MUCH. 1104 00:36:32,990 --> 00:36:37,295 -- THANK YOU. JAN. 1105 00:36:37,295 --> 00:36:40,932 -- WE ARE NOW GOING TO SWITCH TO 1106 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:42,733 OUR REMOTE CALLERS. OUR FIRST 1107 00:36:42,733 --> 00:36:44,202 REMOTE CALLER IS MIKE STEWART. 1108 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:46,037 AFTER MIKE, WE'LL HEAR FROM 1109 00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:47,238 HALEY LAND. MIKE, PLEASE HIT 1110 00:36:47,238 --> 00:36:55,680 STAR SIX TO SPEAK. 1111 00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:56,314 -- GOOD MORNING CHAIR SAKA AND 1112 00:36:56,314 --> 00:36:56,948 COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 1113 00:36:56,948 --> 00:37:00,484 MIKE STEWART. I'M THE EXECUTIVE 1114 00:37:00,484 --> 00:37:00,985 DIRECTOR OF THE BALLARD 1115 00:37:00,985 --> 00:37:01,519 ALLIANCE, AN IMPROVEMENT 1116 00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:02,420 ORGANIZATION THAT INCLUDES THE 1117 00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:04,055 BALLARD AVENUE LANDMARK 1118 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,556 DISTRICT. I'M HERE TODAY TO 1119 00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:07,658 REQUEST THAT YOU PLEASE REJECT 1120 00:37:07,658 --> 00:37:09,460 AMENDMENT 16 TO COUNCIL BILL 1121 00:37:09,460 --> 00:37:12,597 121296 SINCE 1976, THE BALLARD 1122 00:37:12,597 --> 00:37:13,197 AVENUE LANDMARK DISTRICT HAS 1123 00:37:13,197 --> 00:37:14,365 SERVED THE BALLARD COMMUNITY 1124 00:37:14,365 --> 00:37:16,167 VERY WELL. IT IS A NECESSARY 1125 00:37:16,167 --> 00:37:18,202 FORM OF LOCAL GOVERNANCE THAT 1126 00:37:18,202 --> 00:37:20,271 ENSURES THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT 1127 00:37:20,271 --> 00:37:21,739 IS PRESERVED AND THAT WHEN 1128 00:37:21,739 --> 00:37:23,240 CHANGE IS REQUESTED, THERE'S A 1129 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:24,041 PATHWAY FOR THOUGHTFUL 1130 00:37:24,041 --> 00:37:26,811 COMMUNICATION, PROCESS, 1131 00:37:26,811 --> 00:37:28,145 OVERSIGHT AND APPROVAL. IN FACT, 1132 00:37:28,145 --> 00:37:29,647 SEATTLE'S LANDMARK DISTRICTS 1133 00:37:29,647 --> 00:37:32,116 ARE SOME OF THE MOST WELL 1134 00:37:32,116 --> 00:37:32,650 VISITED AND ECONOMICALLY 1135 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:33,918 THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR 1136 00:37:33,918 --> 00:37:36,454 CITY. UNFORTUNATELY, AMENDMENT 1137 00:37:36,454 --> 00:37:38,656 16 WILL DISMANTLE A PROCESS THAT 1138 00:37:38,656 --> 00:37:39,290 HAS WORKED SUCCESSFULLY FOR 50 1139 00:37:39,290 --> 00:37:41,325 YEARS, PROVIDING OVERARCHING 1140 00:37:41,325 --> 00:37:42,927 AUTHORITY TO A CITY TRAFFIC 1141 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:44,996 ENGINEER IS NOT THE RIGHT 1142 00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:45,496 APPROACH AND WILL ERODE 1143 00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:47,465 PROTECTIONS THAT PRESERVE 1144 00:37:47,465 --> 00:37:49,166 SEATTLE'S BEST NEIGHBORHOODS. 1145 00:37:49,166 --> 00:37:51,135 PLEASE VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 16. 1146 00:37:51,135 --> 00:37:51,435 THANK YOU. 1147 00:37:51,435 --> 00:37:59,110 -- THANK YOU. 1148 00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:00,544 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HALEY 1149 00:38:00,544 --> 00:38:04,882 LAND. AFTER HALEY, WE'LL HEAR 1150 00:38:04,882 --> 00:38:06,651 FROM GINA KARABA HALEY, PLEASE 1151 00:38:06,651 --> 00:38:10,588 HIT STAR SIX. 1152 00:38:10,588 --> 00:38:13,157 -- HI, I'M HALEY LAND. I WORKED 1153 00:38:13,157 --> 00:38:15,326 AT PIKE PLACE MARKET FOR 41 1154 00:38:15,326 --> 00:38:16,894 YEARS. AMENDMENT 16 DOESN'T TAKE 1155 00:38:16,894 --> 00:38:18,462 INTO ACCOUNT THAT PIKE PLACE. 1156 00:38:18,462 --> 00:38:19,964 THE STREET IS THE MOST UNIQUE 1157 00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:20,998 STREET IN THE CITY. TO LUMP IT 1158 00:38:20,998 --> 00:38:24,201 IN WITH ANY OTHER SEATTLE STREET 1159 00:38:24,201 --> 00:38:24,835 IS TO MISUNDERSTAND ITS HISTORY 1160 00:38:24,835 --> 00:38:26,871 AND RELEVANCE TO THE MARKET'S 1161 00:38:26,871 --> 00:38:28,139 CULTURE AND SEATTLE'S HISTORY. 1162 00:38:28,139 --> 00:38:29,407 AND IF YOU DO KNOW THE MARKET, 1163 00:38:29,407 --> 00:38:31,475 YOU KNOW THERE IS NO OTHER 1164 00:38:31,475 --> 00:38:32,677 STREET IN SEATTLE THAT COMES 1165 00:38:32,677 --> 00:38:34,679 CLOSE TO THIS LEVEL OF 1166 00:38:34,679 --> 00:38:35,179 COMPLEXITY. THE MARKET 1167 00:38:35,179 --> 00:38:36,614 HISTORICAL COMMISSION IS 1168 00:38:36,614 --> 00:38:39,250 DESIGNED TO FIT AND DESIGN 1169 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:40,985 MARKET SAFETY LIKE A WISE, WELL 1170 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:42,920 TUNED AND SLOWLY EVOLVING GLOVE. 1171 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:46,557 DO I THINK DOT OR PARKS OR 1172 00:38:46,557 --> 00:38:48,059 NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANY OUTSIDE 1173 00:38:48,059 --> 00:38:49,126 ENTITY CAN PULL THAT OFF? NO, I 1174 00:38:49,126 --> 00:38:50,494 DO NOT. AND NEITHER DO PEOPLE 1175 00:38:50,494 --> 00:38:52,596 WHO ARE INTIMATE WITH THE 1176 00:38:52,596 --> 00:38:54,365 MARKET'S ENORMOUS COMPLEXITY. I 1177 00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:56,333 HOPE THE BILL'S SPONSORS ARE 1178 00:38:56,333 --> 00:38:58,102 SINCERE PUBLIC SERVANTS AND OPEN 1179 00:38:58,102 --> 00:38:59,336 TO REEVALUATION. I'LL CONCLUDE 1180 00:38:59,336 --> 00:39:01,706 BY SAYING, PLEASE DON'T TAKE 1181 00:39:01,706 --> 00:39:02,907 THIS INELEGANT APPROACH TOWARD 1182 00:39:02,907 --> 00:39:03,874 THE SOUL OF THE CITY. IT'S 1183 00:39:03,874 --> 00:39:06,210 WRITTEN WITH A LACK OF CULTURAL 1184 00:39:06,210 --> 00:39:07,078 AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING, AND 1185 00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:09,847 I BEAT THE CLOCK. THANK YOU. 1186 00:39:09,847 --> 00:39:16,554 -- THANK YOU 1187 00:39:16,554 --> 00:39:17,988 -- OUR NEXT CALLER WILL BE GINA 1188 00:39:17,988 --> 00:39:19,290 KARABA. AFTER GINA, WE'LL HEAR 1189 00:39:19,290 --> 00:39:25,162 FROM ERNIE DORNFELD. YES. STAR 1190 00:39:25,162 --> 00:39:25,362 SIX. 1191 00:39:25,362 --> 00:39:32,970 -- NO 1192 00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:42,980 -- GINA. 1193 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:44,348 -- CAN I AM I BEING HEARD? 1194 00:39:44,348 --> 00:39:44,882 -- YES. 1195 00:39:44,882 --> 00:39:45,549 -- CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1196 00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:48,419 -- YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK 1197 00:39:48,419 --> 00:39:58,896 YOU. GINA, WE CAN HEAR YOU. 1198 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:05,736 GINA, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU MUTED 1199 00:40:05,736 --> 00:40:11,876 YOURSELF. 1200 00:40:11,876 --> 00:40:13,544 -- HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1201 00:40:13,544 --> 00:40:15,479 -- WE CAN HEAR YOU 1202 00:40:15,479 --> 00:40:16,647 -- OKAY. I KEEP TRYING TO 1203 00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:18,282 COMMENT, AND I KEEP GETTING 1204 00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:22,319 INTERRUPTED BY THE. OPERATOR, 1205 00:40:22,319 --> 00:40:22,787 CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? 1206 00:40:22,787 --> 00:40:24,488 -- GO AHEAD. YEAH. GO AHEAD. 1207 00:40:24,488 --> 00:40:26,924 -- OKAY. THIS IS FRANCHISE 1208 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:28,192 BUSINESSES. THIS THIS SURVEY 1209 00:40:28,192 --> 00:40:30,027 THAT WAS PUT OUT THAT SAYS 98% 1210 00:40:30,027 --> 00:40:33,898 OF SEATTLEITES AGREE WITH THIS, 1211 00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:35,666 IT'S ONLY 5000 PEOPLE OUT OF 1212 00:40:35,666 --> 00:40:37,768 100,000 PEOPLE. THAT'S ONLY 1213 00:40:37,768 --> 00:40:40,204 14%. AND THEY ONLY TALK TO HALF 1214 00:40:40,204 --> 00:40:43,073 OF THE BUSINESSES IN THE PIKE 1215 00:40:43,073 --> 00:40:46,243 PLACE MARKET. IT'S THE NUMBERS 1216 00:40:46,243 --> 00:40:48,679 ARE VERY DISINGENUOUS AND 1217 00:40:48,679 --> 00:40:49,547 SKEWED. SDOT TOOK ALMOST A YEAR 1218 00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:50,815 TO COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSIONS 1219 00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:52,049 THAT WERE OFFERED BY THE 1220 00:40:52,049 --> 00:40:54,418 COMMUNITY. ALMOST A YEAR AGO. 1221 00:40:54,418 --> 00:40:58,422 BUT YEAH, THE SURVEY IS VERY 1222 00:40:58,422 --> 00:41:00,257 MISLEADING AND I'VE SEEN OTHER 1223 00:41:00,257 --> 00:41:03,394 THINGS THAT THE SDOT HAS. 1224 00:41:03,394 --> 00:41:05,830 PROPOSED AND INSTIGATED THAT ARE 1225 00:41:05,830 --> 00:41:09,934 VERY UNSAFE FOR FOR THE STREETS, 1226 00:41:09,934 --> 00:41:11,068 LIKE CHANGING FROM 15 MILE AN 1227 00:41:11,068 --> 00:41:12,937 HOUR TO 25 MILE AN HOUR, ZONES 1228 00:41:12,937 --> 00:41:15,673 ON SIDE STREETS IN WEST SEATTLE, 1229 00:41:15,673 --> 00:41:20,678 THINGS LIKE THAT. I HOPE THAT WE 1230 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:22,947 REJECT THIS AMENDMENT. THE 1231 00:41:22,947 --> 00:41:26,116 HISTORIC COUNCIL IS THE ONLY ONE 1232 00:41:26,116 --> 00:41:28,986 THAT'S GOING. 1233 00:41:28,986 --> 00:41:32,389 -- THANK YOU. GINA. OUR NEXT 1234 00:41:32,389 --> 00:41:34,158 CALLER IS ERNIE DORNFELD. AFTER 1235 00:41:34,158 --> 00:41:39,263 ERNIE WILL HEAR FROM ALPER 1236 00:41:39,263 --> 00:41:40,297 SAKAYA. ERNIE, PLEASE HIT STAR 1237 00:41:40,297 --> 00:41:46,704 SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING. 1238 00:41:46,704 --> 00:41:48,405 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS ERNIE 1239 00:41:48,405 --> 00:41:49,440 DORNFELD. I'M SPEAKING TODAY TO 1240 00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:52,543 URGE YOU TO VOTE AGAINST 1241 00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:54,545 AMENDMENT 16 TO COUNCIL BILL 1242 00:41:54,545 --> 00:41:56,714 121296. THIS AMENDMENT REMOVES 1243 00:41:56,714 --> 00:41:57,181 THE MARKET HISTORICAL 1244 00:41:57,181 --> 00:41:58,382 COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO REVIEW 1245 00:41:58,382 --> 00:42:00,084 DESIGN OF TRAFFIC CONTROL 1246 00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:01,552 FEATURES WITHIN THE HISTORIC 1247 00:42:01,552 --> 00:42:03,787 DISTRICT. THE MARKET HISTORICAL 1248 00:42:03,787 --> 00:42:06,090 COMMISSION HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE 1249 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:08,826 SINCE 1971. IT HAS SUCCESSFULLY 1250 00:42:08,826 --> 00:42:10,394 GUIDED PRESERVATION OF THE 1251 00:42:10,394 --> 00:42:11,061 MARKET'S HISTORICAL CHARACTER 1252 00:42:11,061 --> 00:42:13,597 AND FUNCTION. THE MHC'S 1253 00:42:13,597 --> 00:42:15,366 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ARE IN 1254 00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:17,301 CLOSE TOUCH WITH THE LIFE OF THE 1255 00:42:17,301 --> 00:42:19,403 MARKET AND ITS VIBRANT 1256 00:42:19,403 --> 00:42:21,238 COMMUNITY. SDOT SHOULD BE 1257 00:42:21,238 --> 00:42:21,939 WELCOMING THE COMMISSION'S INPUT 1258 00:42:21,939 --> 00:42:24,141 AND COLLABORATION. PLEASE VOTE 1259 00:42:24,141 --> 00:42:27,278 AGAINST THE AMENDMENT 16, WHICH 1260 00:42:27,278 --> 00:42:27,778 WILL REDUCE THE MARKET 1261 00:42:27,778 --> 00:42:29,680 HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S 1262 00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:30,347 INFLUENCE IN DESIGN OF FEATURES 1263 00:42:30,347 --> 00:42:32,182 WITHIN THE MARKET. HISTORICAL 1264 00:42:32,182 --> 00:42:40,124 DISTRICT. THANK YOU. 1265 00:42:40,124 --> 00:42:42,459 -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT CALLER IS 1266 00:42:42,459 --> 00:42:44,161 ALPER SAKA. AFTER ALPER, WE WILL 1267 00:42:44,161 --> 00:42:48,165 HEAR FROM MORGAN LITTLEFIELD 1268 00:42:48,165 --> 00:42:51,835 ALPER, PLEASE HIT STAR SIX TO 1269 00:42:51,835 --> 00:42:59,610 BEGIN SPEAKING. 1270 00:42:59,843 --> 00:43:08,085 -- GOOD MORNING COMMITTEE. MY 1271 00:43:08,085 --> 00:43:09,520 NAME IS ALPER SARIKAYA. I'M A 1272 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:10,988 RESIDENT IN WEDGWOOD. I 1273 00:43:10,988 --> 00:43:12,256 APPRECIATE THE EFFORT HERE TO 1274 00:43:12,256 --> 00:43:14,158 CODIFY SOME OF THE URGENCY OF 1275 00:43:14,158 --> 00:43:14,758 VISION ZERO PRACTICES AND THE 1276 00:43:14,758 --> 00:43:17,695 CODE TO HELP UNBLOCK QUICK, 1277 00:43:17,695 --> 00:43:18,329 PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF STREET 1278 00:43:18,329 --> 00:43:19,563 INFRASTRUCTURE TO REDUCE TRAFFIC 1279 00:43:19,563 --> 00:43:20,798 DEATHS AND INJURIES. I 1280 00:43:20,798 --> 00:43:23,467 ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK 1281 00:43:23,467 --> 00:43:23,968 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 1282 00:43:23,968 --> 00:43:27,905 INTRODUCING AMENDMENT 16, WHICH 1283 00:43:27,905 --> 00:43:28,439 WOULD ELIMINATE RED TAPE 1284 00:43:28,439 --> 00:43:28,973 SURROUNDING THE PRACTICAL 1285 00:43:28,973 --> 00:43:29,907 IMPLEMENTATION OF PROVEN 1286 00:43:29,907 --> 00:43:31,775 STRATEGIES FOR SAFER STREETS FOR 1287 00:43:31,775 --> 00:43:32,977 ALL. SDOT ALREADY DOES OUTREACH 1288 00:43:32,977 --> 00:43:34,178 AT A LEVEL FAR BEYOND OTHER 1289 00:43:34,178 --> 00:43:36,080 CITIES, TRAFFIC DEPARTMENTS, AND 1290 00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:37,781 I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT SDOT IS 1291 00:43:37,781 --> 00:43:38,916 ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE 1292 00:43:38,916 --> 00:43:41,452 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND IS ALSO 1293 00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:42,052 RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY OF 1294 00:43:42,052 --> 00:43:45,022 ALL ROAD USERS. THIS ISN'T 1295 00:43:45,022 --> 00:43:45,522 DESIGN REVIEW LAND USE 1296 00:43:45,522 --> 00:43:47,057 NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANYTHING ELSE. 1297 00:43:47,057 --> 00:43:48,359 MY GENERAL COMMENT FOR YOU ALL 1298 00:43:48,359 --> 00:43:49,560 IS THAT THE GOAL OF THIS 1299 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:50,728 LEGISLATION SHOULD BE TO MAKE 1300 00:43:50,728 --> 00:43:52,997 CITY STAFF'S JOB EASIER, TO 1301 00:43:52,997 --> 00:43:54,164 MAKE SAFER STREETS, AND THAT 1302 00:43:54,164 --> 00:43:55,833 THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD KNOW WHAT 1303 00:43:55,833 --> 00:43:57,334 ROADBLOCKS CURRENTLY EXIST FOR 1304 00:43:57,334 --> 00:43:58,335 IT TO REACT QUICKLY. WHEN OUR 1305 00:43:58,335 --> 00:43:59,837 FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE TAKEN 1306 00:43:59,837 --> 00:44:01,672 FROM US DUE TO ROAD 1307 00:44:01,672 --> 00:44:02,339 INFRASTRUCTURE, I WASN'T ABLE 1308 00:44:02,339 --> 00:44:03,874 TO SEE THIS WORK IN THE AGENDA 1309 00:44:03,874 --> 00:44:05,442 PACKET TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1310 00:44:05,442 --> 00:44:08,746 TIME. 1311 00:44:08,746 --> 00:44:14,885 -- THANK YOU. 1312 00:44:14,885 --> 00:44:17,554 -- OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENTER IS 1313 00:44:17,554 --> 00:44:18,722 MORGAN LITTLEFIELD. AFTER 1314 00:44:18,722 --> 00:44:22,393 MORGAN, WE'LL HEAR FROM DANIEL 1315 00:44:22,393 --> 00:44:24,061 FLEMING. MORGAN, PLEASE HIT STAR 1316 00:44:24,061 --> 00:44:30,367 SIX. 1317 00:44:30,367 --> 00:44:31,735 -- GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU. 1318 00:44:31,735 --> 00:44:33,604 I'M MORGAN LITTLEFIELD, SENIOR 1319 00:44:33,604 --> 00:44:35,339 DIRECTOR OF CITY AND COMMUNITY 1320 00:44:35,339 --> 00:44:37,007 PARTNERSHIPS FOR CLIMATE PLEDGE 1321 00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:38,509 ARENA. I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT 1322 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:39,743 THE APPOINTMENT OF RANDY 1323 00:44:39,743 --> 00:44:42,079 ENGSTROM AS DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE 1324 00:44:42,079 --> 00:44:43,747 CENTER. ON BEHALF OF ONE ROOF 1325 00:44:43,747 --> 00:44:45,249 SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT. WE 1326 00:44:45,249 --> 00:44:47,017 THANK COUNCIL FOR TAKING THIS 1327 00:44:47,017 --> 00:44:48,719 STEP TODAY AND FULLY SUPPORT THE 1328 00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:49,353 CONFIRMATION OF RANDY ENGSTROM 1329 00:44:49,353 --> 00:44:51,922 AS DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE CENTER. 1330 00:44:51,922 --> 00:44:53,257 FOR DECADES, RANDY HAS BEEN A 1331 00:44:53,257 --> 00:44:54,725 KEY FIGURE IN SEATTLE'S ARTS, 1332 00:44:54,725 --> 00:44:57,161 CULTURE AND PUBLIC POLICY, 1333 00:44:57,161 --> 00:44:58,562 INCLUDING SERVING AS DIRECTOR OF 1334 00:44:58,562 --> 00:45:02,166 THE CITY'S OFFICE OF ARTS AND 1335 00:45:02,166 --> 00:45:02,800 CULTURE. HE IS HIGHLY RESPECTED 1336 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,134 AND ADMIRED ACROSS SEATTLE'S 1337 00:45:04,134 --> 00:45:05,702 CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND IS KNOWN 1338 00:45:05,702 --> 00:45:08,005 FOR BUILDING STRONG PARTNERSHIPS 1339 00:45:08,005 --> 00:45:09,206 ACROSS THE COMMUNITY. RANDI'S 1340 00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:09,840 COLLABORATIVE APPROACH WITH THE 1341 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,076 SEATTLE CENTER FOUNDATION, 1342 00:45:12,076 --> 00:45:13,410 RESIDENT PARTNERS AND OTHERS ON 1343 00:45:13,410 --> 00:45:15,245 SEATTLE CENTER'S CAMPUS HAVE 1344 00:45:15,245 --> 00:45:17,114 ALREADY STARTED TO BUILD A 1345 00:45:17,114 --> 00:45:17,748 FOUNDATION THAT WILL BENEFIT HIM 1346 00:45:17,748 --> 00:45:20,150 AND ALL OF US AS WE WORK 1347 00:45:20,150 --> 00:45:22,252 TOGETHER TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, 1348 00:45:22,252 --> 00:45:24,755 GROW SEATTLE CENTER AND CONTINUE 1349 00:45:24,755 --> 00:45:29,359 BUILDING THE CENTURY 21 MASTER. 1350 00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:29,660 THANK YOU. 1351 00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:35,099 -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 1352 00:45:35,099 --> 00:45:37,000 WILL BE DANIEL FLEMING. AFTER 1353 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,902 DANIEL, WE'LL HEAR FROM GRACE 1354 00:45:38,902 --> 00:45:42,372 LIANG. DANIEL, PLEASE HIT STAR 1355 00:45:42,372 --> 00:45:50,314 SIX. 1356 00:45:50,547 --> 00:45:54,251 -- HI THERE. MY NAME IS DANIEL 1357 00:45:54,251 --> 00:45:58,355 FLEMING AND I AM HERE TO EXPRESS 1358 00:45:58,355 --> 00:46:02,059 MY NO ON AMENDMENT 16. I'M A 1359 00:46:02,059 --> 00:46:05,028 PIKE PLACE MARKET DAY STALL 1360 00:46:05,028 --> 00:46:06,830 BUSINESS OWNER AND I'VE WATCHED 1361 00:46:06,830 --> 00:46:08,232 THE MARKET EXIST KIND OF IN 1362 00:46:08,232 --> 00:46:11,568 CONCERT WITH THE CITY'S 1363 00:46:11,568 --> 00:46:14,104 BUREAUCRACIES FOR 20 YEARS. AND 1364 00:46:14,104 --> 00:46:15,305 I'M HARD PRESSED TO COME UP 1365 00:46:15,305 --> 00:46:17,574 WITH A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THE 1366 00:46:17,574 --> 00:46:19,777 IDEA THAT SOMEONE THAT HAS NOT 1367 00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:21,044 BEEN INVOLVED IN THE HANDS ON 1368 00:46:21,044 --> 00:46:23,046 OPERATION OF A HISTORIC DISTRICT 1369 00:46:23,046 --> 00:46:24,882 FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, 1370 00:46:24,882 --> 00:46:26,884 ALTHOUGH THEY ARE A HIGHLY 1371 00:46:26,884 --> 00:46:29,353 QUALIFIED ENGINEER, ET CETERA., 1372 00:46:29,353 --> 00:46:32,055 WOULD BE CAPABLE OF TAKING ON 1373 00:46:32,055 --> 00:46:32,656 THE TASK OF UNDERSTANDING THE 1374 00:46:32,656 --> 00:46:34,091 PLACE, SPECIFICALLY PIKE PLACE 1375 00:46:34,091 --> 00:46:37,561 MARKET. SO I'M A NO ON AMENDMENT 1376 00:46:37,561 --> 00:46:38,228 16 AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK 1377 00:46:38,228 --> 00:46:41,598 YOU SO MUCH. 1378 00:46:41,598 --> 00:46:45,702 -- THANK YOU. 1379 00:46:45,702 --> 00:46:47,037 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GRACE. 1380 00:46:47,037 --> 00:46:47,871 LIANG. AFTER GRACE, WE HAVE 1381 00:46:47,871 --> 00:46:50,107 SARAH GOLDENBERG, WHO'S NOT 1382 00:46:50,107 --> 00:46:51,775 CURRENTLY IN THE QUEUE. SO IF 1383 00:46:51,775 --> 00:46:52,643 SHE'S NOT HERE AFTER GRACE 1384 00:46:52,643 --> 00:46:56,246 SPEAKS, WE'LL GO TO GENE 1385 00:46:56,246 --> 00:46:58,048 BATEMAN. GRACE, PLEASE HIT STAR 1386 00:46:58,048 --> 00:47:05,389 SIX. 1387 00:47:05,389 --> 00:47:05,956 -- THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY 1388 00:47:05,956 --> 00:47:06,590 PUBLIC COMMENT. I AM SPEAKING IN 1389 00:47:06,590 --> 00:47:10,727 OPPOSITION TO COUNCIL BILL ONE, 1390 00:47:10,727 --> 00:47:11,829 21296. SPECIFICALLY AMENDMENT 1391 00:47:11,829 --> 00:47:14,698 16. MY NAME IS GRACE LIANG. I AM 1392 00:47:14,698 --> 00:47:15,899 AN ARCHITECT. I HAVE LIVED AND 1393 00:47:15,899 --> 00:47:17,467 WORKED NEAR THE PIKE PLACE 1394 00:47:17,467 --> 00:47:18,535 MARKET FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I'VE 1395 00:47:18,535 --> 00:47:21,038 BEEN ON THE MARKET HISTORICAL 1396 00:47:21,038 --> 00:47:21,705 COMMISSION SINCE 2021, AND I AM 1397 00:47:21,705 --> 00:47:23,307 THE VICE CHAIR. I'M ALSO 1398 00:47:23,307 --> 00:47:25,275 SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF JONATHAN 1399 00:47:25,275 --> 00:47:26,743 CRACOLICI, THE CHAIR OF THE 1400 00:47:26,743 --> 00:47:28,512 COMMISSION. WE HAVE HAD ONGOING 1401 00:47:28,512 --> 00:47:31,648 AND FRUITFUL. WE HAVE HAD AN 1402 00:47:31,648 --> 00:47:32,115 ONGOING AND FRUITFUL 1403 00:47:32,115 --> 00:47:34,084 RELATIONSHIP WITH SDOT, 1404 00:47:34,084 --> 00:47:36,520 INCLUDING REGULAR MEETINGS. 1405 00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:39,156 THERE WAS A RECENT PRODUCTIVE 1406 00:47:39,156 --> 00:47:39,790 APPLICATION FROM FDOT ON AUGUST 1407 00:47:39,790 --> 00:47:43,026 26th. WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE 1408 00:47:43,026 --> 00:47:43,627 GROWING THAT RELATIONSHIP AND 1409 00:47:43,627 --> 00:47:45,095 DISCUSS WHATEVER PAIN POINTS 1410 00:47:45,095 --> 00:47:46,797 THIS AMENDMENT IS ATTEMPTING TO 1411 00:47:46,797 --> 00:47:47,965 ADDRESS. WE WOULD LIKE TO NOTE 1412 00:47:47,965 --> 00:47:50,934 THAT NO OUTREACH REGARDING THIS 1413 00:47:50,934 --> 00:47:52,736 AMENDMENT HAS HAPPENED, ALTHOUGH 1414 00:47:52,736 --> 00:47:54,304 WE WELCOME THOSE CONVERSATIONS, 1415 00:47:54,304 --> 00:47:55,672 WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT 1416 00:47:55,672 --> 00:47:56,773 THE PROCESS SLOW DOWN A BIT AS 1417 00:47:56,773 --> 00:47:59,309 WE DO NOT HAVE CLARITY ON THE 1418 00:47:59,309 --> 00:48:00,911 IMPLICATIONS OF THIS PROPOSED 1419 00:48:00,911 --> 00:48:02,813 CHANGE. THERE IS NOT AN URGENT 1420 00:48:02,813 --> 00:48:04,514 NEED TO. THERE'S NOT AN URGENT 1421 00:48:04,514 --> 00:48:07,718 CHANGE NEEDED IN THE DISTRICT TO 1422 00:48:07,718 --> 00:48:11,388 ADDRESS SAFETY. THANK YOU. 1423 00:48:11,388 --> 00:48:14,691 -- THANK YOU. 1424 00:48:14,691 --> 00:48:16,493 -- THANK YOU. GRACE. SARAH 1425 00:48:16,493 --> 00:48:17,294 GOLDENBERG IS CURRENTLY IN THE 1426 00:48:17,294 --> 00:48:18,595 QUEUE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO 1427 00:48:18,595 --> 00:48:21,698 JANE BATEMAN AFTER JANE. WE'LL 1428 00:48:21,698 --> 00:48:24,334 HEAR FROM JOHN KEENAN AND WE'LL 1429 00:48:24,334 --> 00:48:25,669 TRY TO GET BACK TO SARAH BY THE 1430 00:48:25,669 --> 00:48:30,374 END OF THE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT 1431 00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:31,375 PERIOD. JANE, PLEASE HIT STAR 1432 00:48:31,375 --> 00:48:34,745 SIX TO BEGIN SPEAKING. 1433 00:48:34,745 --> 00:48:38,115 -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO. 1434 00:48:38,115 --> 00:48:40,350 MY NAME IS JEAN BATEMAN. I'M A 1435 00:48:40,350 --> 00:48:42,786 RESIDENT OF THE DOWNTOWN 1436 00:48:42,786 --> 00:48:43,420 COMMERCIAL CORE AND THE EXTENDED 1437 00:48:43,420 --> 00:48:46,023 MARKET HISTORICAL DISTRICT 1438 00:48:46,023 --> 00:48:47,391 NEIGHBORHOOD IN DISTRICT SEVEN. 1439 00:48:47,391 --> 00:48:49,593 I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 35 1440 00:48:49,593 --> 00:48:52,729 YEARS. I JOIN IN OPPOSING 1441 00:48:52,729 --> 00:48:57,601 AMENDMENT 16 TO CB I FULLY 1442 00:48:57,601 --> 00:48:59,269 SUPPORT PUBLIC SAFETY. I 1443 00:48:59,269 --> 00:49:00,470 UNDERSTAND IT, AND I THANK YOU 1444 00:49:00,470 --> 00:49:02,439 FOR YOUR WORK. HOWEVER, 1445 00:49:02,439 --> 00:49:04,641 AMENDMENT 16 IS NOT THE WAY TO 1446 00:49:04,641 --> 00:49:08,111 ACHIEVE OUR INTERCONNECTED 1447 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:10,414 HISTORIC SAFETY AND PRESERVATION 1448 00:49:10,414 --> 00:49:10,947 GOALS CITYWIDE ACROSS OUR 1449 00:49:10,947 --> 00:49:13,083 LANDMARK AND HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 1450 00:49:13,083 --> 00:49:14,751 I OPPOSE THIS AMENDMENT. THANK 1451 00:49:14,751 --> 00:49:21,625 YOU 1452 00:49:21,625 --> 00:49:23,260 -- THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER 1453 00:49:23,260 --> 00:49:25,429 WILL BE JOHN KENMORE. AFTER 1454 00:49:25,429 --> 00:49:29,066 JOHN. WE'LL HEAR FROM BRANDON 1455 00:49:29,066 --> 00:49:30,801 BLATTER. JOHN, PLEASE HIT STAR 1456 00:49:30,801 --> 00:49:36,373 SIX. 1457 00:49:36,373 --> 00:49:38,308 -- GOOD MORNING. I'M JOHN CANO. 1458 00:49:38,308 --> 00:49:39,876 I OWN A BUSINESS IN PIKE 1459 00:49:39,876 --> 00:49:41,912 -- PLACE MARKET, AND I ALSO SIT 1460 00:49:41,912 --> 00:49:43,847 ON THE HISTORIC COMMISSION. BUT 1461 00:49:43,847 --> 00:49:45,649 TODAY I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. 1462 00:49:45,649 --> 00:49:47,684 THE TIME AND CONSIDERATION THE 1463 00:49:47,684 --> 00:49:50,187 COMMUNITY HAS PUT INTO 121296 IS 1464 00:49:50,187 --> 00:49:51,822 IMPRESSIVE, BUT I ASK YOU TO NOW 1465 00:49:51,822 --> 00:49:54,591 ADD CLEAR LANGUAGE TO ASSURE 1466 00:49:54,591 --> 00:49:57,861 COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS THAT 1467 00:49:57,861 --> 00:50:00,230 ACHIEVE SAFETY AND SHARED OF 1468 00:50:00,230 --> 00:50:02,332 THIS PUBLIC STREET. CREATED BY 1469 00:50:02,332 --> 00:50:04,001 STATUTE, A COMMUNITY BODY LIKE 1470 00:50:04,001 --> 00:50:06,036 THE MHC IS RESPONSIBLE FOR USE 1471 00:50:06,036 --> 00:50:07,938 AND DESIGN OF THE NATIONAL 1472 00:50:07,938 --> 00:50:10,307 HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT, PIKE 1473 00:50:10,307 --> 00:50:15,345 PLACE IS ITSELF A MIXED USE 1474 00:50:15,345 --> 00:50:18,048 STREET AND STREET USE CANNOT BE 1475 00:50:18,048 --> 00:50:18,648 SEPARATED FROM THE STATUTORY 1476 00:50:18,648 --> 00:50:22,452 OVERSIGHT AFFORDED TO THE MHC. 1477 00:50:22,452 --> 00:50:23,086 WE MUST CODIFY THE ROLE OF 1478 00:50:23,086 --> 00:50:25,555 SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM 1479 00:50:25,555 --> 00:50:27,991 FIELDS SUCH AS ARCHITECTURE AND 1480 00:50:27,991 --> 00:50:30,727 HISTORIC PRESERVATION, TO WORK 1481 00:50:30,727 --> 00:50:32,729 AS STRATEGIC COLLABORATORS AND 1482 00:50:32,729 --> 00:50:34,564 PEERS WITH THE TRANSPORTATION 1483 00:50:34,564 --> 00:50:35,732 SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AT S DOT 1484 00:50:35,732 --> 00:50:37,934 IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS EACH BODY 1485 00:50:37,934 --> 00:50:40,303 AS CO-EQUAL SKILLS AND 1486 00:50:40,303 --> 00:50:46,777 RESPONSIBILITIES. THANK YOU 1487 00:50:46,777 --> 00:50:49,312 -- THANK YOU JOHN. OUR NEXT 1488 00:50:49,312 --> 00:50:50,914 CALLER IS BRANDON BLATTER. AFTER 1489 00:50:50,914 --> 00:50:52,416 BRANDON, WE HAVE DAVID HAYNES. 1490 00:50:52,416 --> 00:50:53,383 IT DOESN'T APPEAR LIKE MR. 1491 00:50:53,383 --> 00:50:54,684 HAYNES IS IN THE QUEUE YET. SO 1492 00:50:54,684 --> 00:50:56,520 IF HE'S NOT IF HE HASN'T 1493 00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,255 CALLED IN BY THE TIME BRANDON'S 1494 00:50:58,255 --> 00:51:01,992 DONE SPEAKING, WE'LL GO TO 1495 00:51:01,992 --> 00:51:03,794 RILEY AVRON. BRANDON, PLEASE HIT 1496 00:51:03,794 --> 00:51:09,199 STAR SIX. 1497 00:51:09,199 --> 00:51:10,500 -- NOTE THE BIAS IN THESE 1498 00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:11,535 COMMENTS. NOT EVERYONE CAN GIVE 1499 00:51:11,535 --> 00:51:13,470 PUBLIC COMMENT AT 10 A.M. ON A 1500 00:51:13,470 --> 00:51:15,472 WORK DAY. ANYWAY, RECENTLY WE 1501 00:51:15,472 --> 00:51:16,907 REMOVED SOME RAILING FROM THE 1502 00:51:16,907 --> 00:51:18,275 MAIN GASWORKS PARK STRUCTURE 1503 00:51:18,275 --> 00:51:19,109 BECAUSE TOO MANY PEOPLE WERE 1504 00:51:19,109 --> 00:51:20,577 CLIMBING ON IT AND FALLING TO 1505 00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:21,411 THEIR DEATHS. WE MADE A 1506 00:51:21,411 --> 00:51:22,612 HISTORICAL THING LESS 1507 00:51:22,612 --> 00:51:24,448 HISTORICAL. IN THE INTEREST OF 1508 00:51:24,448 --> 00:51:26,083 SAFETY BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE 1509 00:51:26,083 --> 00:51:27,584 DYING. PLEASE ALLOW SDOT TO 1510 00:51:27,584 --> 00:51:29,686 IMPLEMENT VISION ZERO PROJECTS 1511 00:51:29,686 --> 00:51:30,287 WITHOUT HISTORICAL HISTORICAL 1512 00:51:30,287 --> 00:51:31,588 COMMISSION REVIEW. SDOT ALREADY 1513 00:51:31,588 --> 00:51:32,823 DEFERS TO HISTORICAL COMMISSIONS 1514 00:51:32,823 --> 00:51:34,324 WAY TOO MUCH GIVING COMMISSIONS 1515 00:51:34,324 --> 00:51:35,258 POWER THEY DON'T LEGALLY HAVE. 1516 00:51:35,258 --> 00:51:36,526 WE NEED EXPLICIT AUTHORITY FOR 1517 00:51:36,526 --> 00:51:37,894 THEM TO PRIORITIZE THE VERY 1518 00:51:37,894 --> 00:51:40,130 MEASURABLE AND TANGIBLE SAFETY 1519 00:51:40,130 --> 00:51:41,932 OUTCOMES OVER THE NEBULOUS AND 1520 00:51:41,932 --> 00:51:43,433 INTANGIBLE HISTORIC CHARACTER OF 1521 00:51:43,433 --> 00:51:44,634 VARIOUS PARTS OF THE CITY. IF 1522 00:51:44,634 --> 00:51:46,203 YOU HAD A BUTTON IN FRONT OF YOU 1523 00:51:46,203 --> 00:51:48,105 THAT CAUSED A NEIGHBORHOOD TO 1524 00:51:48,105 --> 00:51:49,406 LOSE SOME HISTORIC CHARACTER, 1525 00:51:49,406 --> 00:51:49,940 BUT PUSHING IT WOULD SAVE 1526 00:51:49,940 --> 00:51:51,608 SOMEONE FROM BEING HIT AND 1527 00:51:51,608 --> 00:51:52,876 KILLED BY A CAR, WOULD YOU PUSH 1528 00:51:52,876 --> 00:51:55,312 IT? I KNOW I WOULD, WITH ONLY 1529 00:51:55,312 --> 00:51:56,813 THREE YEARS LEFT BEFORE THE 1530 00:51:56,813 --> 00:51:58,114 VISION ZERO DEADLINE, WITH 1531 00:51:58,114 --> 00:51:59,282 DEATHS FROM CARS HARDLY TRENDING 1532 00:51:59,282 --> 00:52:00,383 DOWNWARD, WE NEED TO USE EVERY 1533 00:52:00,383 --> 00:52:01,451 TOOL AVAILABLE TO MAKE OUR CITY 1534 00:52:01,451 --> 00:52:04,721 SAFER. PLEASE SUPPORT AMENDMENTS 1535 00:52:04,721 --> 00:52:05,422 13 AND 16 AND IF YOU WANT TO 1536 00:52:05,422 --> 00:52:07,791 MAKE HISTORICAL PLACES MORE 1537 00:52:07,791 --> 00:52:11,862 ACCURATELY HISTORIC, REMOVE THE 1538 00:52:11,862 --> 00:52:14,631 CARS. 1539 00:52:14,631 --> 00:52:17,601 -- THANK YOU. 1540 00:52:17,601 --> 00:52:19,236 -- THANK YOU. BRANDON. DOESN'T 1541 00:52:19,236 --> 00:52:19,870 LOOK LIKE MR. HAYNES IS IN THE 1542 00:52:19,870 --> 00:52:22,973 QUEUE. SO WE'LL HEAR FROM RILEY 1543 00:52:22,973 --> 00:52:25,775 AVRON AFTER RILEY. WE'LL HEAR 1544 00:52:25,775 --> 00:52:26,910 FROM CARLO ALCANTARA. AND AS 1545 00:52:26,910 --> 00:52:27,644 PROMISED, BY THE END OF THIS, 1546 00:52:27,644 --> 00:52:30,146 WE'LL TRY TO GET BACK WITH 1547 00:52:30,146 --> 00:52:32,849 SARAH AND DAVID RILEY. PLEASE 1548 00:52:32,849 --> 00:52:41,191 HIT STAR SIX. 1549 00:52:41,191 --> 00:52:42,225 -- GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 1550 00:52:42,225 --> 00:52:43,460 RILEY FROM WEST SEATTLE, AND 1551 00:52:43,460 --> 00:52:45,128 I'M A MEMBER OF THE PIKE PLACE 1552 00:52:45,128 --> 00:52:45,795 MARKET CONSTITUENCY. I'M ASKING 1553 00:52:45,795 --> 00:52:47,831 FOR A YES VOTE ON AMENDMENT 16. 1554 00:52:47,831 --> 00:52:49,599 THE PHRASE SEATTLE PROCESS IS 1555 00:52:49,599 --> 00:52:50,834 OFTEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE 1556 00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:52,135 FRUSTRATINGLY SLOW PACE OF 1557 00:52:52,135 --> 00:52:52,769 IMPROVEMENTS IN OUR CITY. A KEY 1558 00:52:52,769 --> 00:52:54,070 CAUSE OF THIS PARALYSIS IS THAT 1559 00:52:54,070 --> 00:52:55,639 OUR CITY IS WHAT POLITICAL 1560 00:52:55,639 --> 00:52:57,240 SCIENTIST FRANCIS FUKUYAMA CALLS 1561 00:52:57,240 --> 00:52:58,975 A VETO OCRACY A DYSFUNCTIONAL 1562 00:52:58,975 --> 00:52:59,943 SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE, WHERE SO 1563 00:52:59,943 --> 00:53:01,478 MANY ENTITIES HAVE A VETO OVER 1564 00:53:01,478 --> 00:53:02,879 ACTION THAT LITTLE OR NOTHING 1565 00:53:02,879 --> 00:53:04,414 CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE STATUS 1566 00:53:04,414 --> 00:53:05,982 QUO OF INACTION IS NOT NEUTRAL, 1567 00:53:05,982 --> 00:53:07,484 WHILE EACH LITTLE FIEFDOM IS 1568 00:53:07,484 --> 00:53:09,019 CONSULTED AND COMPROMISED. WITH 1569 00:53:09,019 --> 00:53:10,053 SEATTLE, RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO 1570 00:53:10,053 --> 00:53:11,087 BE INJURED AND KILLED ON OUR 1571 00:53:11,087 --> 00:53:12,889 STREETS. AMENDMENT 16 RECOGNIZES 1572 00:53:12,889 --> 00:53:14,724 THIS AND PUTS AUTHORITY FOR 1573 00:53:14,724 --> 00:53:16,126 TRAFFIC SAFETY WHERE IT BELONGS 1574 00:53:16,126 --> 00:53:17,227 WITH SDOT. PLEASE VOTE YES. 1575 00:53:17,227 --> 00:53:20,764 THANK YOU. 1576 00:53:20,764 --> 00:53:28,438 -- THANK YOU. 1577 00:53:28,438 --> 00:53:30,640 -- NEXT, WE'LL HEAR FROM CARLO 1578 00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:31,808 ALCANTARA. AFTER CARLO, WE WILL 1579 00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:34,044 HEAR FROM CLARA CANTOR. CARLO, 1580 00:53:34,044 --> 00:53:39,516 PLEASE HIT STAR SIX. 1581 00:53:39,516 --> 00:53:42,452 -- HEY. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 1582 00:53:42,452 --> 00:53:43,653 CARLO. I ORIGINALLY WANTED TO 1583 00:53:43,653 --> 00:53:46,389 TALK ABOUT SOME THINGS IN 1584 00:53:46,389 --> 00:53:47,490 PIONEER SQUARE AND HOW, YOU KNOW 1585 00:53:47,490 --> 00:53:49,559 THEY HAVE BEEN PREVENTED FROM 1586 00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:52,062 MAKING SAFETY UPGRADES DUE TO 1587 00:53:52,062 --> 00:53:53,930 HISTORIC PRESERVATION. BUT WE 1588 00:53:53,930 --> 00:53:55,865 HEARD A LOT FROM PEOPLE 1589 00:53:55,865 --> 00:53:57,267 COMMENTING ABOUT HISTORIC 1590 00:53:57,267 --> 00:53:58,735 PRESERVATION IN THE MARKET THIS 1591 00:53:58,735 --> 00:54:00,303 MORNING. AND I JUST WANTED TO 1592 00:54:00,303 --> 00:54:02,439 KIND OF CALL ATTENTION TO THE 1593 00:54:02,439 --> 00:54:04,074 CAR CURRENTLY BEING STUCK ON THE 1594 00:54:04,074 --> 00:54:06,643 HARBOR STEPS THAT DROVE THROUGH 1595 00:54:06,643 --> 00:54:09,012 POST ALLEY, WHERE SOME BOLLARDS 1596 00:54:09,012 --> 00:54:11,014 USED TO BE, THAT ARE NOW 1597 00:54:11,014 --> 00:54:13,617 REPLACED BY CONES. SO WHILE WE 1598 00:54:13,617 --> 00:54:14,251 SIT HERE AND KIND OF DEBATE THE 1599 00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:16,386 MERITS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION, 1600 00:54:16,386 --> 00:54:17,954 WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SITUATION 1601 00:54:17,954 --> 00:54:19,756 GOING ON RIGHT NOW WHERE 1602 00:54:19,756 --> 00:54:21,191 THERE'S A CAR THAT IS DRIVEN, 1603 00:54:21,191 --> 00:54:22,892 DRIVEN INTO A SPACE THAT IS 1604 00:54:22,892 --> 00:54:25,161 SUPPOSED TO BE MEANT FOR 1605 00:54:25,161 --> 00:54:28,665 PEDESTRIANS TO WALK SAFELY. SO I 1606 00:54:28,665 --> 00:54:31,835 DO WANT TO JUST QUICKLY VOICE MY 1607 00:54:31,835 --> 00:54:33,737 SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT 16. SO 1608 00:54:33,737 --> 00:54:35,672 PLEASE PASS THIS AND HELP US 1609 00:54:35,672 --> 00:54:37,474 KEEP OUR STREETS SAFER. THANK 1610 00:54:37,474 --> 00:54:41,578 YOU 1611 00:54:41,578 --> 00:54:47,183 -- THANK YOU. 1612 00:54:47,183 --> 00:54:48,618 -- OUR NEXT CALLER IS CLARA 1613 00:54:48,618 --> 00:54:49,819 CANTOR. AFTER CLARA, WE WILL 1614 00:54:49,819 --> 00:54:51,788 HEAR FROM LEONARD JEROME, CLARA, 1615 00:54:51,788 --> 00:55:00,330 PLEASE HIT STAR SIX. 1616 00:55:00,330 --> 00:55:01,197 -- YEAH. 1617 00:55:01,197 --> 00:55:02,399 -- HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? 1618 00:55:02,399 --> 00:55:02,632 -- YES. 1619 00:55:02,632 --> 00:55:05,769 -- OH, SORRY. HI. MY NAME IS 1620 00:55:05,769 --> 00:55:07,337 CLARA CANTOR AND I'M A COMMUNITY 1621 00:55:07,337 --> 00:55:09,105 ORGANIZER WITH SEATTLE STREETS 1622 00:55:09,105 --> 00:55:11,708 ALLIANCE. I'M ALSO HERE TO 1623 00:55:11,708 --> 00:55:12,742 THANK THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR 1624 00:55:12,742 --> 00:55:13,343 ACTION AND SUPPORT OF VISION 1625 00:55:13,343 --> 00:55:15,111 ZERO, AND TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE 1626 00:55:15,111 --> 00:55:16,680 SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT THAT WOULD 1627 00:55:16,680 --> 00:55:19,115 ALLOW US NOT TO IMPLEMENT 1628 00:55:19,115 --> 00:55:22,118 IMPORTANT SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS IN 1629 00:55:22,118 --> 00:55:23,987 HISTORIC DISTRICTS. I AM HERE 1630 00:55:23,987 --> 00:55:25,622 LISTENING TO OTHER COMMENTERS, 1631 00:55:25,622 --> 00:55:26,990 AND I JUST WAS LOOKING AT SOME 1632 00:55:26,990 --> 00:55:28,725 OF THE SAFETY DATA AS I WAS 1633 00:55:28,725 --> 00:55:30,226 LISTENING. AND IN THE LAST TWO 1634 00:55:30,226 --> 00:55:32,462 YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN 55 PEOPLE 1635 00:55:32,462 --> 00:55:34,230 INJURED OR KILLED IN TRAFFIC 1636 00:55:34,230 --> 00:55:36,166 CRASHES IN THE PIONEER SQUARE 1637 00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:37,901 HISTORIC DISTRICT ALONE. SO THIS 1638 00:55:37,901 --> 00:55:40,236 IS AN URGENT NEED AND THIS IS 1639 00:55:40,236 --> 00:55:43,139 IMPORTANT TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE 1640 00:55:43,139 --> 00:55:43,807 AND THIS LEGISLATION WOULD STILL 1641 00:55:43,807 --> 00:55:46,009 HAVE STOPPED WORKING 1642 00:55:46,009 --> 00:55:46,609 COLLABORATIVELY WITH HISTORIC 1643 00:55:46,609 --> 00:55:48,144 DISTRICT BOARDS TO ENSURE THAT 1644 00:55:48,144 --> 00:55:49,879 THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL AND 1645 00:55:49,879 --> 00:55:50,747 ARCHITECTURAL ALIGNMENT IS 1646 00:55:50,747 --> 00:55:52,248 THERE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING 1647 00:55:52,248 --> 00:55:52,949 THAT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE 1648 00:55:52,949 --> 00:55:54,017 CHARACTER OF OUR CITY. BUT THEY 1649 00:55:54,017 --> 00:55:55,518 WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO MOVE 1650 00:55:55,518 --> 00:55:57,420 FORWARD AND MAKE THESE STREETS 1651 00:55:57,420 --> 00:55:59,022 SAFER FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT 1652 00:55:59,022 --> 00:56:00,390 WALKING AROUND ENJOYING THOSE 1653 00:56:00,390 --> 00:56:02,025 HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN OUR CITY. 1654 00:56:02,025 --> 00:56:02,325 THANK YOU. 1655 00:56:02,325 --> 00:56:05,428 -- THANK YOU, CLARA. 1656 00:56:05,428 --> 00:56:07,864 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LEONARD 1657 00:56:07,864 --> 00:56:10,066 JEROME. AFTER LEONARD, WE WILL 1658 00:56:10,066 --> 00:56:12,602 HEAR FROM DAVID HAINES, LEONARD, 1659 00:56:12,602 --> 00:56:21,010 PLEASE HIT STAR SIX. 1660 00:56:21,244 --> 00:56:23,146 -- HELLO, CITY COUNCILMEMBERS. 1661 00:56:23,146 --> 00:56:24,147 MY NAME IS LEONARD HARRISON. 1662 00:56:24,147 --> 00:56:26,282 JEROME. I WANT TO THANK 1663 00:56:26,282 --> 00:56:26,783 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 1664 00:56:26,783 --> 00:56:27,817 PROPOSING AMENDMENT 16. BEING 1665 00:56:27,817 --> 00:56:29,953 ABLE TO QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY 1666 00:56:29,953 --> 00:56:30,820 IMPLEMENT SAFETY PROJECTS IN THE 1667 00:56:30,820 --> 00:56:34,224 PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY IS KEY FOR 1668 00:56:34,224 --> 00:56:34,858 MEETING VISION ZERO, ESPECIALLY 1669 00:56:34,858 --> 00:56:36,292 IN OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS. THIS 1670 00:56:36,292 --> 00:56:37,861 AMENDMENT WOULD REMOVE THE 1671 00:56:37,861 --> 00:56:39,562 ABILITY OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 1672 00:56:39,562 --> 00:56:41,297 IT WOULD REMOVE THEIR ABILITY TO 1673 00:56:41,297 --> 00:56:42,265 STOP SAFETY PROJECTS AND IN 1674 00:56:42,265 --> 00:56:44,300 ORDER TO PRESERVE PARKING. OVER 1675 00:56:44,300 --> 00:56:45,235 THE LAST FEW YEARS, HISTORIC 1676 00:56:45,235 --> 00:56:47,670 BOARDS HAVE BLOCKED BICYCLE 1677 00:56:47,670 --> 00:56:48,972 PARKING AND DAYLIGHTING IN 1678 00:56:48,972 --> 00:56:50,807 INTERSECTIONS, A POLICY THAT 1679 00:56:50,807 --> 00:56:52,642 COULD SAVE LIVES. THEY'VE ALSO 1680 00:56:52,642 --> 00:56:54,477 BLOCKED CLOSING PIKE PLACE TO 1681 00:56:54,477 --> 00:56:55,011 NON-EMERGENCY NON VENDOR 1682 00:56:55,011 --> 00:56:56,346 VEHICLES. ONE THING I THINK THE 1683 00:56:56,346 --> 00:56:57,480 ENTIRE COUNCIL SHOULD KEEP IN 1684 00:56:57,480 --> 00:56:59,315 MIND IS THAT THESE STREETS 1685 00:56:59,315 --> 00:56:59,983 DON'T BELONG TO ANY BOARD, AND 1686 00:56:59,983 --> 00:57:01,484 THEY DON'T BELONG TO ANY 1687 00:57:01,484 --> 00:57:03,153 BUSINESS. THEY FACTUALLY AND 1688 00:57:03,153 --> 00:57:04,254 LEGALLY BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF 1689 00:57:04,254 --> 00:57:05,488 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. THAT IS 1690 00:57:05,488 --> 00:57:07,624 TRUE. AND 98% OF SEATTLEITES 1691 00:57:07,624 --> 00:57:09,826 HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANT PIKE 1692 00:57:09,826 --> 00:57:10,994 PLACE, A STREET THAT BELONGS TO 1693 00:57:10,994 --> 00:57:13,363 THEM, TO BE PRIORITIZED FOR KIDS 1694 00:57:13,363 --> 00:57:14,831 TO PLAY, FOR PEOPLE TO DANCE, 1695 00:57:14,831 --> 00:57:17,434 FOR CUSTOMERS TO SIT, AND FOR 1696 00:57:17,434 --> 00:57:18,535 NEW VENDOR STALLS. THAT SHOULD 1697 00:57:18,535 --> 00:57:20,470 BE THE END OF THE DISCUSSION. 1698 00:57:20,470 --> 00:57:21,971 AND HISTORIC BOARDS HAVE BLOCKED 1699 00:57:21,971 --> 00:57:23,740 THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. SO I 1700 00:57:23,740 --> 00:57:25,408 HOPE THAT YOU SUPPORT AMENDMENT 1701 00:57:25,408 --> 00:57:27,210 16 SO THAT WE CAN DO WHAT IS 1702 00:57:27,210 --> 00:57:28,945 PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SINGLE, 1703 00:57:28,945 --> 00:57:32,549 MOST POPULAR THINGS WE COULD 1704 00:57:32,549 --> 00:57:32,882 POSSIBLY DO. 1705 00:57:32,882 --> 00:57:35,318 -- THANK YOU. 1706 00:57:35,318 --> 00:57:38,521 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID 1707 00:57:38,521 --> 00:57:40,056 HAINES. AFTER DAVID, WE'LL HEAR 1708 00:57:40,056 --> 00:57:41,524 FROM SARAH GOLDENBERG. IF SHE 1709 00:57:41,524 --> 00:57:44,527 HAS THE CHANCE TO CALL IN DAVID, 1710 00:57:44,527 --> 00:57:48,465 PLEASE HIT STAR SIX. 1711 00:57:48,465 --> 00:57:51,634 -- HI. THANK YOU, DAVID HAINES, 1712 00:57:51,634 --> 00:57:53,736 TODAY IS A REMINDER THAT SEATTLE 1713 00:57:53,736 --> 00:57:56,272 IS DEALING WITH A 20th CENTURY 1714 00:57:56,272 --> 00:57:58,741 CAR CENTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 1715 00:57:58,741 --> 00:58:01,911 NEEDS TO REIMAGINE, PRIORITIZING 1716 00:58:01,911 --> 00:58:04,447 A PEDESTRIAN CENTRIC, RESIDENT 1717 00:58:04,447 --> 00:58:06,082 FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT 1718 00:58:06,082 --> 00:58:08,418 VISION ZERO, WHICH SOMETIMES 1719 00:58:08,418 --> 00:58:09,819 SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ZERO VISION, 1720 00:58:09,819 --> 00:58:12,021 NEEDS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO 1721 00:58:12,021 --> 00:58:13,990 THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO THE 1722 00:58:13,990 --> 00:58:19,095 POINT OF PURGING THE PEOPLE WHO 1723 00:58:19,095 --> 00:58:22,165 WEAPONIZE CERTAIN ASPECTS TO 1724 00:58:22,165 --> 00:58:22,799 ACCOMMODATE THE LANDLORDS GREEDY 1725 00:58:22,799 --> 00:58:25,335 SELF-INTEREST THAT BASICALLY 1726 00:58:25,335 --> 00:58:26,870 STILL ALLOWS FOR LOW LEVEL, LOW 1727 00:58:26,870 --> 00:58:28,438 QUALITY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD 1728 00:58:28,438 --> 00:58:30,907 WHERE PEOPLE ARE ARE INTERACTING 1729 00:58:30,907 --> 00:58:32,308 IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, 1730 00:58:32,308 --> 00:58:34,377 AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY DEALING 1731 00:58:34,377 --> 00:58:36,179 WITH SOME ROAD DRIVING THROUGH 1732 00:58:36,179 --> 00:58:37,914 OR SOME RIDICULOUS SERVICE ROAD. 1733 00:58:37,914 --> 00:58:40,149 AND WE NEED TO ROBUSTLY BUILD 1734 00:58:40,149 --> 00:58:41,451 OUT WITH THE WALKABLE 1735 00:58:41,451 --> 00:58:42,151 NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT JUST YOU 1736 00:58:42,151 --> 00:58:44,921 CAN WALK DOWN A COUPLE BLOCKS, 1737 00:58:44,921 --> 00:58:46,723 BUT YOU CAN WALK WITHOUT BEING 1738 00:58:46,723 --> 00:58:48,224 ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD OR 1739 00:58:48,224 --> 00:58:49,859 HAVING TO CONSTANTLY BUSY, 1740 00:58:49,859 --> 00:58:50,460 PEDESTRIAN CENTRIC ALSO MEANS 1741 00:58:50,460 --> 00:58:51,861 WHEN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON FOR THE 1742 00:58:51,861 --> 00:58:54,030 STOPLIGHT, YOU GET A PEDESTRIAN. 1743 00:58:54,030 --> 00:58:57,934 -- THANK YOU 1744 00:58:57,934 --> 00:58:59,536 -- SARAH GOLDENBERG HAS NOT YET 1745 00:58:59,536 --> 00:59:02,405 CALLED IN. WE HAVE HAD ONE MORE 1746 00:59:02,405 --> 00:59:03,606 IN-PERSON SPEAKER SIGN UP. SO 1747 00:59:03,606 --> 00:59:08,378 NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM MARISSA 1748 00:59:08,378 --> 00:59:12,949 TANIMURA. 1749 00:59:12,949 --> 00:59:17,253 -- MORNING. WELCOME, MARISSA 1750 00:59:17,253 --> 00:59:18,621 YOUR CHOICE. YEAH. JUST SPEAK 1751 00:59:18,621 --> 00:59:20,890 DIRECTLY INTO IT. 1752 00:59:20,890 --> 00:59:21,524 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 1753 00:59:21,524 --> 00:59:24,861 MY NAME IS REESE TANIMURA. 1754 00:59:24,861 --> 00:59:25,428 MARISSA, I AM THE MANAGING 1755 00:59:25,428 --> 00:59:27,230 DIRECTOR OF NORTHWEST FOLKLIFE. 1756 00:59:27,230 --> 00:59:28,498 I'M THE OWNER OF ROYAL ROOM IN 1757 00:59:28,498 --> 00:59:32,001 COLUMBIA CITY AND A MUSICIAN AND 1758 00:59:32,001 --> 00:59:33,970 A RESIDENT OF THE CITY SINCE 1759 00:59:33,970 --> 00:59:35,004 2007, I SERVED ON THE SEATTLE 1760 00:59:35,004 --> 00:59:37,707 MUSIC COMMISSION FROM 2015 TO 1761 00:59:37,707 --> 00:59:41,744 2021, WHERE I WAS THE CHAIR FROM 1762 00:59:41,744 --> 00:59:42,345 2018 THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND 1763 00:59:42,345 --> 00:59:43,579 THROUGH MY TERM. AND THAT'S 1764 00:59:43,579 --> 00:59:46,015 WHERE I GOT TO WORK WITH RANDY 1765 00:59:46,015 --> 00:59:47,417 ENGSTROM, WHO I AM HERE IN 1766 00:59:47,417 --> 00:59:50,019 SUPPORT OF TODAY. I WILL START 1767 00:59:50,019 --> 00:59:51,387 BY SAYING WE ARE IN A MOMENT. 1768 00:59:51,387 --> 00:59:52,822 THE CITY NEEDS LEADERS WHO CAN 1769 00:59:52,822 --> 00:59:56,059 BUILD AND REBUILD, TRUST, 1770 00:59:56,059 --> 00:59:56,693 LEADERS WHO CAN HEAR THE HOPES, 1771 00:59:56,693 --> 00:59:58,995 FEARS AND DREAMS OF ITS 1772 00:59:58,995 --> 00:59:59,629 CITIZENRY AND NURTURE A VISION 1773 00:59:59,629 --> 01:00:02,065 OF THRIVING LOCAL COMMUNITIES. 1774 01:00:02,065 --> 01:00:02,899 LEADERS WHO WILL LOOK INTO EVERY 1775 01:00:02,899 --> 01:00:04,667 NOOK AND CRANNY TO FIND 1776 01:00:04,667 --> 01:00:06,502 RESOURCES TO INVEST BACK IN THE 1777 01:00:06,502 --> 01:00:08,304 PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN THE 1778 01:00:08,304 --> 01:00:09,505 IMMENSE POTENTIAL AND BEAUTY OF 1779 01:00:09,505 --> 01:00:10,840 OUR CORNER OF THE WORLD, AND 1780 01:00:10,840 --> 01:00:12,709 LEADERS WHO STAND UP FOR 1781 01:00:12,709 --> 01:00:14,677 HUMANITY, HUMAN CONNECTION, AND 1782 01:00:14,677 --> 01:00:16,846 CULTURAL EFFICACY. AND I BELIEVE 1783 01:00:16,846 --> 01:00:17,814 THAT RANDY ENGSTROM IS THAT 1784 01:00:17,814 --> 01:00:20,984 PERSON. SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL 1785 01:00:20,984 --> 01:00:21,451 STRONGLY CONSIDER HIS 1786 01:00:21,451 --> 01:00:22,685 APPOINTMENT TO THE DIRECTOR OF 1787 01:00:22,685 --> 01:00:24,120 SEATTLE CENTER. THANK YOU. 1788 01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:26,556 -- THANK YOU. MARISSA. 1789 01:00:26,556 --> 01:00:29,025 -- CHAIR, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY 1790 01:00:29,025 --> 01:00:30,026 CURRENTLY IN THE QUEUE. 1791 01:00:30,026 --> 01:00:30,760 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK 1792 01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:32,295 YOU, EVERYONE FOR YOUR PUBLIC 1793 01:00:32,295 --> 01:00:33,429 COMMENT. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE 1794 01:00:33,429 --> 01:00:34,864 NO ADDITIONAL REGISTERED 1795 01:00:34,864 --> 01:00:36,666 SPEAKERS. SO WE WILL NOW PROCEED 1796 01:00:36,666 --> 01:00:38,868 TO OUR SUBSTANTIVE ITEMS OF 1797 01:00:38,868 --> 01:00:40,837 BUSINESS BEFORE WE READ AGENDA 1798 01:00:40,837 --> 01:00:41,838 ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. AND I 1799 01:00:41,838 --> 01:00:45,108 KIND OF GIVE A RUN A SHOW AND 1800 01:00:45,108 --> 01:00:45,608 PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL 1801 01:00:45,608 --> 01:00:47,243 EXPLANATORY CONTEXT FOR HOW 1802 01:00:47,243 --> 01:00:49,612 THINGS WILL PROCEED. I WANT TO 1803 01:00:49,612 --> 01:00:51,447 RECOGNIZE COUNCIL OR VICE CHAIR 1804 01:00:51,447 --> 01:00:51,681 RINCK. 1805 01:00:51,681 --> 01:00:53,116 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. I'D 1806 01:00:53,116 --> 01:00:54,584 LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE 1807 01:00:54,584 --> 01:00:55,151 COMMITTEE TAKE A TEN MINUTE 1808 01:00:55,151 --> 01:00:56,686 RECESS. 1809 01:00:56,686 --> 01:00:59,455 -- ALL RIGHT. I, I AGREE, AND I 1810 01:00:59,455 --> 01:01:00,690 DON'T THINK WE NEED A FORMAL 1811 01:01:00,690 --> 01:01:02,992 MOTION FOR THAT COUNCIL. THIS 1812 01:01:02,992 --> 01:01:04,427 COMMITTEE WILL BE IN RECESS FOR 1813 01:01:04,427 --> 01:01:06,195 APPROXIMATELY TEN MINUTES. 1035 1814 01:01:06,195 --> 01:01:07,964 LET'S MAKE IT TEN. WE'LL 1815 01:01:07,964 --> 01:01:18,474 RECONVENE AT 1046. THANK YOU. 1816 01:01:19,842 --> 01:01:30,119 -- [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1817 01:01:33,156 --> 01:01:43,366 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1818 01:01:49,172 --> 01:01:59,382 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1819 01:02:10,860 --> 01:02:21,070 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1820 01:02:27,143 --> 01:02:37,353 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1821 01:02:43,359 --> 01:02:53,703 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1822 01:03:06,716 --> 01:03:16,926 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1823 01:03:22,832 --> 01:03:33,042 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1824 01:03:39,148 --> 01:03:49,358 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1825 01:03:55,231 --> 01:04:05,575 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1826 01:04:18,754 --> 01:04:28,965 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1827 01:04:34,971 --> 01:04:45,181 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1828 01:04:51,120 --> 01:05:01,330 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1829 01:05:07,336 --> 01:05:17,680 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1830 01:05:30,593 --> 01:05:40,803 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1831 01:05:46,976 --> 01:05:57,186 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1832 01:06:06,729 --> 01:06:16,939 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1833 01:06:22,912 --> 01:06:33,122 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1834 01:06:39,095 --> 01:06:49,438 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1835 01:07:02,585 --> 01:07:12,795 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1836 01:07:18,667 --> 01:07:28,878 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1837 01:07:34,884 --> 01:07:45,094 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1838 01:07:51,233 --> 01:08:01,577 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1839 01:08:14,423 --> 01:08:23,265 [MUSIC] 1840 01:08:23,399 --> 01:08:33,609 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1841 01:08:39,648 --> 01:08:49,859 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1842 01:08:55,931 --> 01:09:06,141 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1843 01:09:12,515 --> 01:09:22,858 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1844 01:09:35,604 --> 01:09:45,814 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1845 01:09:51,654 --> 01:10:01,864 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1846 01:10:07,870 --> 01:10:18,080 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1847 01:10:24,753 --> 01:10:34,964 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1848 01:10:40,269 --> 01:10:50,479 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1849 01:10:56,485 --> 01:11:06,695 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1850 01:11:12,735 --> 01:11:23,078 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1851 01:11:36,792 --> 01:11:47,002 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 1852 01:11:52,341 --> 01:11:57,346 -- I KNOW, CAN YOU ADD SOME 1853 01:11:57,346 --> 01:11:59,748 MORE? I JUST FEEL BETTER HAVING 1854 01:11:59,748 --> 01:12:03,619 THEM. 1855 01:12:03,619 --> 01:12:11,493 -- I KNOW AYE. YEAH 1856 01:12:11,627 --> 01:12:11,827 YEAH. 1857 01:12:11,827 --> 01:12:13,228 -- MEETING EVER. SO I HAVE. 1858 01:12:13,228 --> 01:12:15,297 -- HOW MANY. 1859 01:12:15,297 --> 01:12:15,597 -- MINUTES. 1860 01:12:15,597 --> 01:12:16,965 -- I THINK WE'RE WE'RE OUR TEN 1861 01:12:16,965 --> 01:12:17,599 MINUTE TIMER HAS EXPIRED. SO I 1862 01:12:17,599 --> 01:12:21,804 THINK WE'RE JUST WHENEVER WE GET 1863 01:12:21,804 --> 01:12:29,678 QUORUM BACK, WE'LL. 1864 01:12:29,912 --> 01:12:40,355 -- I THOUGHT MORE FOLKS WOULD 1865 01:12:55,170 --> 01:12:56,805 WANT TO. 1866 01:12:56,805 --> 01:13:00,743 -- YEAH, YEAH. MAYBE NOT. YEAH. 1867 01:13:00,743 --> 01:13:02,478 YEAH. OKAY. 1868 01:13:02,478 --> 01:13:03,479 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. 1869 01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:05,781 -- NO. MY PLEASURE. NO. THANK 1870 01:13:05,781 --> 01:13:05,981 YOU. 1871 01:13:05,981 --> 01:13:15,691 -- THE REASON I KNOW THIS 1872 01:13:15,691 --> 01:13:23,565 -- ALL RIGHT. 1873 01:13:23,799 --> 01:13:34,042 -- WE CAN DO IT. YEAH. MAYBE 1874 01:13:34,042 --> 01:13:35,544 NEXT. 1875 01:13:35,544 --> 01:13:36,011 -- TIME I'M PINGING 1876 01:13:36,011 --> 01:13:46,355 COUNCILMEMBER LIN OFFICE. SURE. 1877 01:13:46,355 --> 01:13:47,856 -- ABOUT IT. AND THEN SOMETIMES 1878 01:13:47,856 --> 01:13:50,993 I DO REMEMBER, AND I'M IN LINE 1879 01:13:50,993 --> 01:13:53,896 LIKE I DO. I WANT MY COFFEE, AND 1880 01:13:53,896 --> 01:13:55,330 I WANT IT TO BE GOOD. AND I KNOW 1881 01:13:55,330 --> 01:13:57,499 IF I ORDER WHAT I NORMALLY 1882 01:13:57,499 --> 01:13:58,767 ORDER. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 1883 01:13:58,767 --> 01:14:01,303 -- THERE HE GOES. OKAY. 1884 01:14:01,303 --> 01:14:03,138 -- BOB, BOB, BOB. 1885 01:14:03,138 --> 01:14:05,174 -- ALEXIS COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1886 01:14:05,174 --> 01:14:08,243 OKAY, LET'S GET STARTED. 1887 01:14:08,243 --> 01:14:09,678 -- OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DON'T RUSH. 1888 01:14:09,678 --> 01:14:10,579 -- DO YOU WANT TO CALL? I'VE 1889 01:14:10,579 --> 01:14:12,047 ASKED. 1890 01:14:12,047 --> 01:14:12,314 -- I GOT. 1891 01:14:12,314 --> 01:14:15,117 -- I GOT THE LEGAL UPDATE. 1892 01:14:15,117 --> 01:14:16,151 DECISION WHEN YOU'RE COMING 1893 01:14:16,151 --> 01:14:16,351 BACK. 1894 01:14:16,351 --> 01:14:19,321 -- ALL RIGHT. 1895 01:14:19,321 --> 01:14:22,791 -- OKAY. 1896 01:14:22,791 --> 01:14:23,425 -- PUMPKIN SPICE MARGARITA. OH, 1897 01:14:23,425 --> 01:14:25,427 WOW. IS THAT A THING? I DON'T 1898 01:14:25,427 --> 01:14:25,627 KNOW. 1899 01:14:25,627 --> 01:14:28,897 -- READY? ALL RIGHT. 1900 01:14:28,897 --> 01:14:30,666 -- IT'S 10:49 A.M.. WE'RE 1901 01:14:30,666 --> 01:14:34,636 RECONVENING AFTER A BRIEF RECESS 1902 01:14:34,636 --> 01:14:35,904 PERIOD. LET'S GO AHEAD AND HAVE 1903 01:14:35,904 --> 01:14:37,906 THE COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL 1904 01:14:37,906 --> 01:14:40,742 THE ROLL AGAIN. 1905 01:14:40,742 --> 01:14:41,276 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 1906 01:14:41,276 --> 01:14:44,746 -- HERE. 1907 01:14:44,746 --> 01:14:47,549 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 1908 01:14:47,549 --> 01:14:49,751 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. VICE 1909 01:14:49,751 --> 01:14:50,219 CHAIR RINCK PRESENT. 1910 01:14:50,219 --> 01:14:50,853 -- CHAIR SAKA HERE. 1911 01:14:50,853 --> 01:14:52,754 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS 1912 01:14:52,754 --> 01:14:53,021 PRESENT. 1913 01:14:53,021 --> 01:14:55,023 -- EXCELLENT. BEFORE WE READ THE 1914 01:14:55,023 --> 01:14:56,558 FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS INTO THE 1915 01:14:56,558 --> 01:14:59,761 RECORD, LET ME GO AHEAD AND 1916 01:14:59,761 --> 01:15:01,630 EXPLAIN FOR A MOMENT. RUN A SHOW 1917 01:15:01,630 --> 01:15:06,602 AND NEXT STEPS. SO THERE ARE 1918 01:15:06,602 --> 01:15:09,705 THREE SPECIFIC ORDINANCES THAT 1919 01:15:09,705 --> 01:15:11,473 COLLECTIVELY COMPRISE THE SAFER 1920 01:15:11,473 --> 01:15:13,175 STREETS ACT PACKAGE, EACH OF 1921 01:15:13,175 --> 01:15:16,078 WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED 1922 01:15:16,078 --> 01:15:18,180 SEPARATELY. THE MEMBERS OF THIS 1923 01:15:18,180 --> 01:15:18,747 COMMITTEE HAVE COLLECTIVELY 1924 01:15:18,747 --> 01:15:20,382 PROPOSED 16 TOTAL AMENDMENTS TO 1925 01:15:20,382 --> 01:15:25,287 THESE BILLS. SOME OF WHICH, 1926 01:15:25,287 --> 01:15:26,855 ALTHOUGH THEY'RE OFFICIALLY 16 1927 01:15:26,855 --> 01:15:28,790 PIECES OF PAPER, SOME OF THEM 1928 01:15:28,790 --> 01:15:30,859 ADDRESS CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES 1929 01:15:30,859 --> 01:15:32,861 ACROSS ALL THREE BILLS. AND SO 1930 01:15:32,861 --> 01:15:34,730 EFFECTIVELY, IT ADDRESSES ONE 1931 01:15:34,730 --> 01:15:36,331 CONSTRUCT, BUT ACROSS THREE 1932 01:15:36,331 --> 01:15:39,768 PIECES OF PAPER. BUT TO HELP 1933 01:15:39,768 --> 01:15:42,704 STREAMLINE AND SIMPLIFY THINGS, 1934 01:15:42,704 --> 01:15:44,840 I HAVE WORKED WITH CENTRAL STAFF 1935 01:15:44,840 --> 01:15:50,946 TO CONSOLIDATE THE THE MORE 1936 01:15:50,946 --> 01:15:52,814 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS OR OTHER 1937 01:15:52,814 --> 01:15:53,415 AMENDMENTS THAT ARE SLIGHTLY 1938 01:15:53,415 --> 01:15:54,550 MORE SUBSTANTIVE, BUT THERE'S 1939 01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:57,152 MORE GENERALLY MORE CONSENSUS. 1940 01:15:57,152 --> 01:16:00,722 INTO A PROPOSED CONSENT PACKAGE. 1941 01:16:00,722 --> 01:16:03,625 MEMBERS ARE FREE TO PULL OUT A 1942 01:16:03,625 --> 01:16:08,230 BILL OF EACH OF THE PROPOSED 1943 01:16:08,230 --> 01:16:09,932 CONSENT PACKAGES. THIS DOES NOT 1944 01:16:09,932 --> 01:16:11,300 REQUIRE A SECOND OR A REASON, 1945 01:16:11,300 --> 01:16:15,003 EVEN FOR WHY THE REQUEST IS 1946 01:16:15,003 --> 01:16:16,138 BEING MADE. IF AN ITEM IS 1947 01:16:16,138 --> 01:16:18,807 REMOVED, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED 1948 01:16:18,807 --> 01:16:20,075 AFTER THE CONSENT AMENDMENT 1949 01:16:20,075 --> 01:16:22,911 PACKAGE VOTE AND IN NUMERICAL 1950 01:16:22,911 --> 01:16:23,545 ORDER BEFORE VOTING ON A CONSENT 1951 01:16:23,545 --> 01:16:25,981 AMENDMENT PACKAGE, MEMBERS WILL 1952 01:16:25,981 --> 01:16:28,250 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1953 01:16:28,250 --> 01:16:30,719 SPECIFICALLY HIGHLIGHT AND SPEAK 1954 01:16:30,719 --> 01:16:32,254 BRIEFLY TO AN ITEM WITHIN THE 1955 01:16:32,254 --> 01:16:37,326 CONSENT PACKAGE GROUP, AND THERE 1956 01:16:37,326 --> 01:16:38,860 ARE THREE AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE 1957 01:16:38,860 --> 01:16:41,530 NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN ONE OF THE 1958 01:16:41,530 --> 01:16:43,332 PROPOSED CONSENT PACKAGES. THEY 1959 01:16:43,332 --> 01:16:45,600 WILL BE HEARD AND VOTED ON. YOU 1960 01:16:45,600 --> 01:16:47,235 KNOW, UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM. 1961 01:16:47,235 --> 01:16:49,705 AND FOR CLARITY, I WILL BE 1962 01:16:49,705 --> 01:16:50,205 WITHDRAWING MY PROPOSED 1963 01:16:50,205 --> 01:16:51,173 AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FOR FURTHER 1964 01:16:51,173 --> 01:16:54,376 CONSIDERATION, POTENTIALLY 1965 01:16:54,376 --> 01:16:58,180 LATER. THAT SAID, ANY ANY 1966 01:16:58,180 --> 01:17:00,048 QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COLLEAGUES 1967 01:17:00,048 --> 01:17:02,618 ON ON THE PROCESS ROAD SHOW 1968 01:17:02,618 --> 01:17:04,353 HERE. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE HERE. 1969 01:17:04,353 --> 01:17:09,091 LET US MOVE ON. COMMITTEE CLERK, 1970 01:17:09,091 --> 01:17:09,858 CAN YOU PLEASE WE WILL NOW MOVE 1971 01:17:09,858 --> 01:17:11,326 ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM OF 1972 01:17:11,326 --> 01:17:12,594 BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 1973 01:17:12,594 --> 01:17:15,097 READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD. 1974 01:17:15,097 --> 01:17:16,932 -- AGENDA ITEM ONE BRIEFING, 1975 01:17:16,932 --> 01:17:19,568 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 1976 01:17:19,568 --> 01:17:21,737 COUNCIL BILL 121296. AN 1977 01:17:21,737 --> 01:17:23,271 ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC 1978 01:17:23,271 --> 01:17:24,806 SAFETY. APPLYING TRAFFIC SAFETY 1979 01:17:24,806 --> 01:17:28,076 BEST PRACTICES SUCH AS AYE. 1980 01:17:28,076 --> 01:17:28,610 VISION ZERO PLAN GUIDING 1981 01:17:28,610 --> 01:17:30,879 PRINCIPLES OR SUCCESSOR POLICIES 1982 01:17:30,879 --> 01:17:33,148 IN EXERCISING TRAFFIC 1983 01:17:33,148 --> 01:17:33,682 ADMINISTRATION AUTHORITY 1984 01:17:33,682 --> 01:17:35,851 ESTABLISHING STUDY, REPORTING 1985 01:17:35,851 --> 01:17:37,719 AND PRIORITIZATION STANDARDS AND 1986 01:17:37,719 --> 01:17:38,353 ALIGNING RULEMAKING AND PROJECT 1987 01:17:38,353 --> 01:17:39,821 DELIVERY WITH PROVEN SAFETY 1988 01:17:39,821 --> 01:17:43,492 COUNTERMEASURES. RENUMBERING 1989 01:17:43,492 --> 01:17:44,493 SECTIONS. 11.1, 14.7, ONE, FOUR 1990 01:17:44,493 --> 01:17:49,998 AND 11.114.715 OF THE SEATTLE 1991 01:17:49,998 --> 01:17:52,768 MUNICIPAL CODE AS SECTIONS 11.1, 1992 01:17:52,768 --> 01:17:54,603 14.720 AND 11.1, 14.725 AND 1993 01:17:54,603 --> 01:17:57,506 ADDING A NEW SECTION 11.1, 1994 01:17:57,506 --> 01:17:59,708 14.716 TO THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 1995 01:17:59,708 --> 01:18:02,644 CODE AND AMENDING SECTIONS 11.1, 1996 01:18:02,644 --> 01:18:08,483 6.120, 11.1, 6.180 AND 11.1, 1997 01:18:08,483 --> 01:18:16,024 6.200 11.1, 6.220, 11.16340 AND 1998 01:18:16,024 --> 01:18:20,062 15.7, 0.040 OF THE SEATTLE 1999 01:18:20,062 --> 01:18:20,429 MUNICIPAL CODE. 2000 01:18:20,429 --> 01:18:22,497 -- THANK YOU. THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. 2001 01:18:22,497 --> 01:18:24,599 CLERK TAKE TAKE A BREATHER. 2002 01:18:24,599 --> 01:18:25,767 LOOKS LIKE OUR PRESENTERS HAVE 2003 01:18:25,767 --> 01:18:28,603 ALREADY JOINED US AT THE TABLE. 2004 01:18:28,603 --> 01:18:29,905 WELCOME. PLEASE DO INTRODUCE 2005 01:18:29,905 --> 01:18:30,572 YOURSELVES. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE 2006 01:18:30,572 --> 01:18:32,908 READY TO BEGIN YOUR 2007 01:18:32,908 --> 01:18:33,241 PRESENTATION. 2008 01:18:33,241 --> 01:18:34,743 -- GOOD MORNING, COUNCILMEMBERS. 2009 01:18:34,743 --> 01:18:36,344 AMANDA ALLEN WITH CENTRAL STAFF. 2010 01:18:36,344 --> 01:18:40,082 -- AND GORMAN CENTRAL STAFF. 2011 01:18:40,082 --> 01:18:50,625 -- ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUMP IN. 2012 01:18:51,359 --> 01:19:01,837 -- OKAY. AMENDMENT ONE, VERSION 2013 01:19:06,808 --> 01:19:10,712 ONE TO COUNCIL. BILL 121296 TO 2014 01:19:10,712 --> 01:19:12,514 THE TRAFFIC SAFETY ORDINANCE. 2015 01:19:12,514 --> 01:19:12,981 THIS IS SPONSORED BY 2016 01:19:12,981 --> 01:19:15,851 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THIS 2017 01:19:15,851 --> 01:19:21,089 AMENDMENT WOULD FURTHER DEFINE A 2018 01:19:21,089 --> 01:19:23,759 VULNERABLE TRAVELER, PROVIDING 2019 01:19:23,759 --> 01:19:24,326 ADDITIONAL CONTEXT THAT THE 2020 01:19:24,326 --> 01:19:26,461 DEFINITION OF A VULNERABLE 2021 01:19:26,461 --> 01:19:27,662 TRAVELER WOULD EXPLICITLY 2022 01:19:27,662 --> 01:19:30,532 INCLUDE THOSE IN THE PUBLIC WAY 2023 01:19:30,532 --> 01:19:33,502 USING AMBULATORY AIDS, OR WHO 2024 01:19:33,502 --> 01:19:35,971 MAY USE OTHER AIDS. GIVEN 2025 01:19:35,971 --> 01:19:38,140 MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS 2026 01:19:38,140 --> 01:19:39,708 -- THANK YOU. AS A. AS A SPONSOR 2027 01:19:39,708 --> 01:19:41,243 OF THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT, I'LL 2028 01:19:41,243 --> 01:19:42,544 JUST BRIEFLY NOTE, YOU KNOW, MY 2029 01:19:42,544 --> 01:19:44,813 OFFICE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE 2030 01:19:44,813 --> 01:19:47,048 SEATTLE DISABILITY COMMISSION TO 2031 01:19:47,048 --> 01:19:49,885 MAKE SURE THAT THIS THIS NEW 2032 01:19:49,885 --> 01:19:50,485 STATUTORY DEFINITION WE'RE 2033 01:19:50,485 --> 01:19:51,887 CODIFYING HERE IN THE CODE IS 2034 01:19:51,887 --> 01:19:53,955 MORE ACCESSIBLE, MORE INCLUSIVE. 2035 01:19:53,955 --> 01:19:55,824 AND THIS IS THIS IS THE WORK 2036 01:19:55,824 --> 01:19:57,559 PRODUCT, THE DELIVERABLES. SO 2037 01:19:57,559 --> 01:19:58,894 PROUD TO PARTNER WITH THE 2038 01:19:58,894 --> 01:20:03,298 COMMISSION. AND HERE WE ARE. 2039 01:20:03,298 --> 01:20:03,598 THANK YOU. 2040 01:20:03,598 --> 01:20:09,471 -- GREAT AMENDMENT FIVE, VERSION 2041 01:20:09,471 --> 01:20:11,473 ONE TO COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 2042 01:20:11,473 --> 01:20:14,442 NINE, SIX IS SPONSORED BY 2043 01:20:14,442 --> 01:20:17,345 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND THIS 2044 01:20:17,345 --> 01:20:19,648 AMENDMENT IS ACTUALLY THIS KIND 2045 01:20:19,648 --> 01:20:21,416 OF HAS THE SAME SPIRIT AS THE 2046 01:20:21,416 --> 01:20:22,984 COUNCILMEMBER WAS MENTIONING AS 2047 01:20:22,984 --> 01:20:23,919 COMMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO 2048 01:20:23,919 --> 01:20:25,320 CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THE 2049 01:20:25,320 --> 01:20:28,990 DISCUSSION. THIS AMENDMENT HAS A 2050 01:20:28,990 --> 01:20:31,893 IDENTICAL SPIRIT TO AMENDMENT 2051 01:20:31,893 --> 01:20:35,297 THREE OF ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 2052 01:20:35,297 --> 01:20:37,232 NINE SEVEN, AND AMENDMENT 4 TO 2053 01:20:37,232 --> 01:20:43,838 1, TWO, 1298. SECTION ONE OF 2054 01:20:43,838 --> 01:20:49,444 COUNCIL BILL ONE, 21296 INCLUDES 2055 01:20:49,444 --> 01:20:52,080 SEVERAL FINDINGS OF FACTS, AS DO 2056 01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:54,749 THE OTHER COUNCIL BILLS. THIS 2057 01:20:54,749 --> 01:20:56,818 AMENDMENT WOULD MOVE THOSE 2058 01:20:56,818 --> 01:20:59,454 FINDINGS INTO THE BILLS RECITAL 2059 01:20:59,454 --> 01:21:01,523 SECTION. TYPICALLY, RECITALS 2060 01:21:01,523 --> 01:21:03,625 PROVIDE HISTORICAL CONTEXT OR 2061 01:21:03,625 --> 01:21:06,228 EXPLAIN THE POLICY MOTIVES FOR 2062 01:21:06,228 --> 01:21:08,129 ENACTING AN ORDINANCE, AND THIS 2063 01:21:08,129 --> 01:21:08,730 AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH 2064 01:21:08,730 --> 01:21:10,665 THIS PRACTICE. THE RECITALS ARE 2065 01:21:10,665 --> 01:21:14,603 NOT PART OF THE LAW BEING PASSED 2066 01:21:14,603 --> 01:21:17,172 BY A GIVEN ORDINANCE. THEY 2067 01:21:17,172 --> 01:21:19,241 DIFFER FROM FINDINGS IN THAT 2068 01:21:19,241 --> 01:21:21,476 RESPECT. THEY DIFFER IN FINDINGS 2069 01:21:21,476 --> 01:21:23,278 FROM THAT RESPECT BECAUSE 2070 01:21:23,278 --> 01:21:24,646 FINDINGS ARE NOT PART OF THE LAW 2071 01:21:24,646 --> 01:21:26,915 BEING PASSED. A JUDGE SEEKING TO 2072 01:21:26,915 --> 01:21:29,417 RESOLVE AN INTERPRETATIONAL 2073 01:21:29,417 --> 01:21:32,220 QUESTION SUBSEQUENT TO THE 2074 01:21:32,220 --> 01:21:33,488 PASSAGE WOULD USE THE FINDINGS 2075 01:21:33,488 --> 01:21:35,056 AS AN ELEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE 2076 01:21:35,056 --> 01:21:37,959 TO DO SO. SO SHOULD ANY 2077 01:21:37,959 --> 01:21:38,593 INTERPRETATIONAL QUESTIONS FOR 2078 01:21:38,593 --> 01:21:40,629 THIS BILL OR THE OTHER THREE 2079 01:21:40,629 --> 01:21:43,265 BILLS ARISE IN THE FUTURE. THESE 2080 01:21:43,265 --> 01:21:43,832 AMENDMENTS WOULD PRECLUDE A 2081 01:21:43,832 --> 01:21:47,269 JUDGE FROM HAVING THE ABILITY TO 2082 01:21:47,269 --> 01:21:50,205 USE THOSE STATEMENTS TO RESOLVE, 2083 01:21:50,205 --> 01:21:51,273 RESOLVE THOSE QUESTIONS. A JUDGE 2084 01:21:51,273 --> 01:21:53,775 INSTEAD WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON 2085 01:21:53,775 --> 01:21:57,312 THE BILL. LANGUAGE. 2086 01:21:57,312 --> 01:21:59,848 -- THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THIS 2087 01:21:59,848 --> 01:22:00,949 VICE CHAIR RINCK, I'LL GIVE YOU 2088 01:22:00,949 --> 01:22:02,817 AN OPPORTUNITY IF YOU SO CHOOSE 2089 01:22:02,817 --> 01:22:05,820 TO MENTION THIS, SPEAK TO THIS. 2090 01:22:05,820 --> 01:22:07,022 -- I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. 2091 01:22:07,022 --> 01:22:08,623 CHAIR SAKA. AGAIN, I THINK MUCH 2092 01:22:08,623 --> 01:22:10,859 OF THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU HAVE 2093 01:22:10,859 --> 01:22:13,061 DEVELOPED AS A PART OF THIS 2094 01:22:13,061 --> 01:22:14,496 LEGISLATION, AND PARTICULARLY IN 2095 01:22:14,496 --> 01:22:17,499 THIS PART OF THE LEGISLATION, 2096 01:22:17,499 --> 01:22:18,934 HAS A REALLY GREAT VALUES AND 2097 01:22:18,934 --> 01:22:21,169 SENTIMENTS. I AGREE WITH. I 2098 01:22:21,169 --> 01:22:23,972 BELIEVE THAT THEY FUNCTIONALLY 2099 01:22:23,972 --> 01:22:25,807 WILL BETTER SERVE AS RECITAL 2100 01:22:25,807 --> 01:22:26,708 COMPONENTS. AND SO THAT IS WHY 2101 01:22:26,708 --> 01:22:28,176 I'VE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS 2102 01:22:28,176 --> 01:22:28,476 AMENDMENT. 2103 01:22:28,476 --> 01:22:28,944 -- THANK YOU. 2104 01:22:28,944 --> 01:22:29,544 -- EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, VICE 2105 01:22:29,544 --> 01:22:34,582 CHAIR. GO AHEAD. 2106 01:22:34,582 --> 01:22:36,985 -- AMENDMENT SIX, VERSION ONE TO 2107 01:22:36,985 --> 01:22:40,221 COUNCIL. BILL ONE TWO, ONE, 296 2108 01:22:40,221 --> 01:22:42,691 IS ALSO SPONSORED BY 2109 01:22:42,691 --> 01:22:46,194 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. THERE ARE 2110 01:22:46,194 --> 01:22:48,563 SIMILAR AMENDMENTS TO THIS 2111 01:22:48,563 --> 01:22:49,831 AMENDMENT, INCLUDING AMENDMENT 8 2112 01:22:49,831 --> 01:22:53,768 TO 1 TWO, ONE, TWO, NINE SEVEN 2113 01:22:53,768 --> 01:22:56,438 AND AMENDMENT 7 TO 1 21298. 2114 01:22:56,438 --> 01:22:59,507 THESE THREE PIECES OF 2115 01:22:59,507 --> 01:23:00,775 LEGISLATION WOULD AMEND, WOULD, 2116 01:23:00,775 --> 01:23:02,711 SORRY WOULD REMOVE THE LANGUAGE, 2117 01:23:02,711 --> 01:23:04,879 SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT A 2118 01:23:04,879 --> 01:23:07,615 QUOTE, UNQUOTE VISION ZERO PLAN 2119 01:23:07,615 --> 01:23:09,250 AND REPLACE IT WITH MORE GENERIC 2120 01:23:09,250 --> 01:23:13,755 LANGUAGE, REFERRING TO A, QUOTE, 2121 01:23:13,755 --> 01:23:15,423 TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM TO 2122 01:23:15,423 --> 01:23:17,759 CLARIFY THAT TRAFFIC SAFETY IS A 2123 01:23:17,759 --> 01:23:19,494 SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, THAT THE 2124 01:23:19,494 --> 01:23:22,397 FUTURE EFFORTS MAY NOT TAKE AND 2125 01:23:22,397 --> 01:23:23,832 THAT FUTURE EFFORTS MAY NOT TAKE 2126 01:23:23,832 --> 01:23:28,136 THE FORM OF A VISION ZERO PLAN. 2127 01:23:28,136 --> 01:23:30,705 GIVEN THIS CHANGE. SECTION SIX. 2128 01:23:30,705 --> 01:23:34,776 ALSO INCLUDED IN COUNCIL BILL 2129 01:23:34,776 --> 01:23:37,145 ONE, 21296, WHICH DEFINES THE 2130 01:23:37,145 --> 01:23:38,847 VISION ZERO PLAN IS NO LONGER 2131 01:23:38,847 --> 01:23:40,348 NEEDED AND IS PROPOSED TO BE 2132 01:23:40,348 --> 01:23:43,451 REMOVED. THIS CHANGE IN 2133 01:23:43,451 --> 01:23:45,920 REFERENCE TO A QUOTE TRAFFIC 2134 01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:47,555 SAFETY PROGRAM, END QUOTE, WOULD 2135 01:23:47,555 --> 01:23:48,923 REDUCE THE POTENTIAL NEED FOR 2136 01:23:48,923 --> 01:23:51,993 FUTURE AMENDMENTS OF THE SEATTLE 2137 01:23:51,993 --> 01:23:53,828 MUNICIPAL CODE. SHOULD WE MOVE 2138 01:23:53,828 --> 01:23:56,564 TO A DIFFERENT BRANDING. 2139 01:23:56,564 --> 01:24:00,935 -- THANK YOU I AGAIN WILL GIVE 2140 01:24:00,935 --> 01:24:01,469 THE AMENDMENT SPONSOR AN 2141 01:24:01,469 --> 01:24:03,738 OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEFLY SPEAK TO 2142 01:24:03,738 --> 01:24:04,839 THIS AMENDMENT. VICE CHAIR 2143 01:24:04,839 --> 01:24:05,073 RINCK. 2144 01:24:05,073 --> 01:24:07,108 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. I WILL 2145 01:24:07,108 --> 01:24:09,411 BE VERY BRIEF AND JUST NOTE THE 2146 01:24:09,411 --> 01:24:12,113 SPIRIT OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO 2147 01:24:12,113 --> 01:24:13,481 ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE 2148 01:24:13,481 --> 01:24:15,683 LEGISLATION THAT WE'RE PUTTING 2149 01:24:15,683 --> 01:24:17,218 FORWARD TODAY. VISION ZERO IS 2150 01:24:17,218 --> 01:24:19,020 THE THE KEY TERM, THE HOT TOPIC, 2151 01:24:19,020 --> 01:24:20,221 THE TERMINOLOGY WE USE RIGHT 2152 01:24:20,221 --> 01:24:22,791 NOW. BUT TO ENSURE 2153 01:24:22,791 --> 01:24:23,425 SUSTAINABILITY MOVING FORWARD, 2154 01:24:23,425 --> 01:24:24,559 SHOULD OUR NATIONAL DISCOURSE, 2155 01:24:24,559 --> 01:24:27,195 OUR WORK ON THE SAFE STREETS 2156 01:24:27,195 --> 01:24:28,930 APPROACH CHANGE? I THINK THIS 2157 01:24:28,930 --> 01:24:30,932 ALLOWS FOR US TO BE NIMBLE AND 2158 01:24:30,932 --> 01:24:31,900 ENSURE, AGAIN, THE ACTION THAT 2159 01:24:31,900 --> 01:24:33,735 WE'RE TAKING THROUGH THIS 2160 01:24:33,735 --> 01:24:35,703 LEGISLATION HAS THAT 2161 01:24:35,703 --> 01:24:36,271 SUSTAINABILITY. THANK YOU. 2162 01:24:36,271 --> 01:24:39,073 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. I LIKE 2163 01:24:39,073 --> 01:24:40,542 THIS AMENDMENT. I ATTEMPTED TO 2164 01:24:40,542 --> 01:24:41,976 ADDRESS THE SAME THING BY SAYING 2165 01:24:41,976 --> 01:24:43,344 VISION ZERO OR SUCCESSOR PROGRAM 2166 01:24:43,344 --> 01:24:44,212 IN THE BASE LEGISLATION. BUT, 2167 01:24:44,212 --> 01:24:45,313 YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS ONE 2168 01:24:45,313 --> 01:24:46,915 AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE 2169 01:24:46,915 --> 01:24:50,218 SETS OF EYES ON A PROPOSAL CAN 2170 01:24:50,218 --> 01:24:51,219 CAN DEFINITELY HELP ITERATE AND 2171 01:24:51,219 --> 01:24:52,353 IMPROVE UPON IT. SO LIKE THIS 2172 01:24:52,353 --> 01:24:53,688 APPROACH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 2173 01:24:53,688 --> 01:25:00,028 WHAT DO WE GOT NEXT? 2174 01:25:00,028 --> 01:25:01,729 -- OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE AMENDMENT 2175 01:25:01,729 --> 01:25:04,833 NINE, VERSION ONE TO COUNCIL 2176 01:25:04,833 --> 01:25:07,769 BILL 121296. ALSO SPONSORED BY 2177 01:25:07,769 --> 01:25:10,371 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. THIS 2178 01:25:10,371 --> 01:25:14,209 AMENDMENT WOULD WOULD CHANGE THE 2179 01:25:14,209 --> 01:25:19,180 LEGISLATION TO. MAKE CHANGES 2180 01:25:19,180 --> 01:25:20,849 THAT RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF THE 2181 01:25:20,849 --> 01:25:23,885 WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF 2182 01:25:23,885 --> 01:25:24,452 TRANSPORTATION OR WASHDOT. 2183 01:25:24,452 --> 01:25:25,320 RECOGNIZING THE ROLE THAT THEY 2184 01:25:25,320 --> 01:25:27,956 DO PLAY IN REVIEWING WASHED. 2185 01:25:27,956 --> 01:25:30,425 SORRY. SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 2186 01:25:30,425 --> 01:25:31,025 TRANSPORTATION'S WORK AND 2187 01:25:31,025 --> 01:25:32,460 SEEKING TO MAINTAIN A 2188 01:25:32,460 --> 01:25:34,195 CONSTRUCTIVE RELATIONSHIP 2189 01:25:34,195 --> 01:25:37,265 BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE STATE. 2190 01:25:37,265 --> 01:25:39,801 GIVEN THAT MOST OF WASHDOT 2191 01:25:39,801 --> 01:25:41,769 FEEDBACK ON CITY DESIGNS IS 2192 01:25:41,769 --> 01:25:46,174 RECEIVED WITHIN THREE WEEKS. SO 2193 01:25:46,174 --> 01:25:47,809 THIS AMENDMENT WOULD CHANGE SOME 2194 01:25:47,809 --> 01:25:50,845 OF THE RECITALS AND, WELL, 2195 01:25:50,845 --> 01:25:52,981 TECHNICALLY THIS AMENDMENT 2196 01:25:52,981 --> 01:25:55,683 CHANGES SOME OF THE SECTION ONE 2197 01:25:55,683 --> 01:25:58,520 LANGUAGE AND REMOVE SECTION FIVE 2198 01:25:58,520 --> 01:26:00,088 OF THE. OF THE BILL. 2199 01:26:00,088 --> 01:26:02,524 -- THANK YOU. AMANDA AS VICE 2200 01:26:02,524 --> 01:26:04,859 CHAIR, A SPONSOR OF THIS 2201 01:26:04,859 --> 01:26:05,560 AMENDMENT, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. IF 2202 01:26:05,560 --> 01:26:07,962 YOU WANTED TO COMMENT BRIEFLY ON 2203 01:26:07,962 --> 01:26:08,329 YOUR PROPOSAL. 2204 01:26:08,329 --> 01:26:09,898 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. I WANT 2205 01:26:09,898 --> 01:26:11,799 TO NOTE, I KNOW THIS AMENDMENT 2206 01:26:11,799 --> 01:26:13,001 WENT THROUGH A COUPLE OF 2207 01:26:13,001 --> 01:26:13,568 ITERATIONS AND SOME REALLY 2208 01:26:13,568 --> 01:26:14,802 THROUGH SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS 2209 01:26:14,802 --> 01:26:18,106 WITH YOU AND YOUR OFFICE, BEING 2210 01:26:18,106 --> 01:26:20,742 ABLE TO RESTORE AND ACKNOWLEDGE 2211 01:26:20,742 --> 01:26:23,111 THE NEEDED COLLABORATION BETWEEN 2212 01:26:23,111 --> 01:26:24,546 WASHDOT AND SDOT WHEN IT COMES 2213 01:26:24,546 --> 01:26:27,081 TO PLANNING AND BEING ABLE TO 2214 01:26:27,081 --> 01:26:28,116 HAVE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS 2215 01:26:28,116 --> 01:26:29,317 AROUND WHEN THEY GET BACK TO US 2216 01:26:29,317 --> 01:26:31,219 WITH THAT FEEDBACK. AND SO I 2217 01:26:31,219 --> 01:26:31,753 REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR 2218 01:26:31,753 --> 01:26:34,055 WORKING WITH ME TO UNDERSTAND 2219 01:26:34,055 --> 01:26:35,957 YOUR INTENTIONS AROUND THAT 2220 01:26:35,957 --> 01:26:36,591 TIMELINE COMPONENT. AND I THINK 2221 01:26:36,591 --> 01:26:38,026 THIS AMENDMENT REPRESENTS A 2222 01:26:38,026 --> 01:26:39,060 HEALTHY COMPROMISE HERE, AND I 2223 01:26:39,060 --> 01:26:40,194 APPRECIATE ITS INCLUSION IN THE 2224 01:26:40,194 --> 01:26:42,163 CONSENT PACKAGE. THANK YOU, 2225 01:26:42,163 --> 01:26:42,397 CHAIR. 2226 01:26:42,397 --> 01:26:43,331 -- WELL SAID, VICE CHAIR. THANK 2227 01:26:43,331 --> 01:26:45,633 YOU. I TOO, GREATLY APPRECIATE 2228 01:26:45,633 --> 01:26:48,236 YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND 2229 01:26:48,236 --> 01:26:48,836 COLLABORATION. AND, YOU KNOW, 2230 01:26:48,836 --> 01:26:50,238 WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS THE 2231 01:26:50,238 --> 01:26:51,573 SAME GOAL HERE. SO APPRECIATE 2232 01:26:51,573 --> 01:26:52,974 YOUR THOUGHTFUL ENGAGEMENT AND 2233 01:26:52,974 --> 01:26:54,242 MAKING IT BETTER. THIS IS A 2234 01:26:54,242 --> 01:26:56,110 GREAT APPROACH AND THAT'S WHY 2235 01:26:56,110 --> 01:26:57,545 IT'S IN THE PROPOSED PACKAGE. 2236 01:26:57,545 --> 01:27:02,750 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WHAT ELSE 2237 01:27:02,750 --> 01:27:02,984 WE GOT? 2238 01:27:02,984 --> 01:27:06,688 -- AMENDMENT 12, VERSION ONE TO 2239 01:27:06,688 --> 01:27:08,990 COUNCIL BILL 121296 IS SPONSORED 2240 01:27:08,990 --> 01:27:11,359 BY COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. THIS 2241 01:27:11,359 --> 01:27:11,859 AMENDMENT WOULD CREATE 2242 01:27:11,859 --> 01:27:13,661 FLEXIBILITY FOR THE SEATTLE 2243 01:27:13,661 --> 01:27:15,597 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO 2244 01:27:15,597 --> 01:27:16,197 FORMALLY UPDATE THEIR TRAFFIC 2245 01:27:16,197 --> 01:27:17,999 SAFETY PLAN BY ADDING THE 2246 01:27:17,999 --> 01:27:20,134 LANGUAGE OF, QUOTE, 2247 01:27:20,134 --> 01:27:22,203 APPROXIMATELY EVERY. END QUOTE, 2248 01:27:22,203 --> 01:27:23,805 THREE YEARS. S DOT HAS REQUESTED 2249 01:27:23,805 --> 01:27:25,440 THIS CHANGE TO ALLOW FOR 2250 01:27:25,440 --> 01:27:26,941 ALIGNMENT WITH THE VISION ZERO 2251 01:27:26,941 --> 01:27:29,510 ACTION PLAN UPDATES. WITH THE 2252 01:27:29,510 --> 01:27:32,847 2030 DEADLINE 2253 01:27:32,847 --> 01:27:34,382 -- THANK YOU. LET'S SEE HERE 2254 01:27:34,382 --> 01:27:35,817 WHO'S A WHO'S A. 2255 01:27:35,817 --> 01:27:36,217 -- COUNCILMEMBER? 2256 01:27:36,217 --> 01:27:37,986 -- FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2257 01:27:37,986 --> 01:27:39,053 -- YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AS A 2258 01:27:39,053 --> 01:27:40,188 SPONSOR OF THIS PIECE. 2259 01:27:40,188 --> 01:27:41,456 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 2260 01:27:41,456 --> 01:27:43,124 APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS A SMALL 2261 01:27:43,124 --> 01:27:45,093 CHANGE THAT UPDATES LANGUAGE TO 2262 01:27:45,093 --> 01:27:45,994 SAY APPROXIMATELY EVERY THREE 2263 01:27:45,994 --> 01:27:48,162 YEARS, RATHER THAN NO LATER THAN 2264 01:27:48,162 --> 01:27:49,831 WITH THE GOAL OF ENSURING THAT 2265 01:27:49,831 --> 01:27:51,366 WE HAVE ALIGNMENT, AS WAS STATED 2266 01:27:51,366 --> 01:27:52,834 BY CENTRAL STAFF MEMO, A SMALL 2267 01:27:52,834 --> 01:27:53,468 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. AND THANK 2268 01:27:53,468 --> 01:27:55,303 YOU FOR INCLUDING IT IN THE 2269 01:27:55,303 --> 01:27:55,570 PACKAGE. 2270 01:27:55,570 --> 01:27:57,038 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2271 01:27:57,038 --> 01:27:58,640 FOSTER. ALL RIGHT. AMANDA. WE 2272 01:27:58,640 --> 01:28:01,209 GOT. 2273 01:28:01,209 --> 01:28:02,710 -- NEXT. NEXT AMENDMENT IS THE 2274 01:28:02,710 --> 01:28:03,611 LAST ONE IN THE CONSENT PACKAGE 2275 01:28:03,611 --> 01:28:05,880 FOR THIS BILL. THIS IS AMENDMENT 2276 01:28:05,880 --> 01:28:07,949 14 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2277 01:28:07,949 --> 01:28:10,551 FOSTER. IT ADDRESSES TWO 2278 01:28:10,551 --> 01:28:12,320 SECTIONS OF COUNCIL BILL 121296, 2279 01:28:12,320 --> 01:28:14,455 BOTH OF WHICH RELATE TO FATAL 2280 01:28:14,455 --> 01:28:16,658 CRASH POLICY AT THE SEATTLE 2281 01:28:16,658 --> 01:28:18,359 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN 2282 01:28:18,359 --> 01:28:21,062 SECTION THREE. THIS AMENDMENT 2283 01:28:21,062 --> 01:28:23,464 DELETES CERTAIN REFERENCES TO S 2284 01:28:23,464 --> 01:28:25,166 DOT'S PROGRAMMATIC FATAL CRASH 2285 01:28:25,166 --> 01:28:27,135 POLICY, AND IN SECTION FOUR, IT 2286 01:28:27,135 --> 01:28:28,202 REVISES THE PARAMETERS FOR A 2287 01:28:28,202 --> 01:28:30,905 REPORT THAT'S. DOT IS REQUESTED 2288 01:28:30,905 --> 01:28:32,774 TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL NEXT 2289 01:28:32,774 --> 01:28:35,476 YEAR ON THE SAME SUBJECT 2290 01:28:35,476 --> 01:28:37,378 -- THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, 2291 01:28:37,378 --> 01:28:38,946 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU 2292 01:28:38,946 --> 01:28:39,247 RECOGNIZE. 2293 01:28:39,247 --> 01:28:39,881 -- EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU CHAIR. 2294 01:28:39,881 --> 01:28:41,783 AND AGAIN, I'LL BE BRIEF. THE 2295 01:28:41,783 --> 01:28:42,750 INTENT OF THIS AMENDMENT WAS TO 2296 01:28:42,750 --> 01:28:44,752 UPDATE SOME OF THE PARAMETERS TO 2297 01:28:44,752 --> 01:28:48,423 GET IT JUST MORE CLOSELY IN 2298 01:28:48,423 --> 01:28:50,191 ALIGNMENT WITH THE PRACTICES IN 2299 01:28:50,191 --> 01:28:51,459 THE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT 2300 01:28:51,459 --> 01:28:53,661 THE REPORTS WILL BE ABLE TO BE 2301 01:28:53,661 --> 01:28:56,064 PROVIDED ON TIME AND HAVE ENOUGH 2302 01:28:56,064 --> 01:28:57,932 INFORMATION FOR COUNCIL TO BE 2303 01:28:57,932 --> 01:29:00,668 USEFUL. AND JUST WANTED TO 2304 01:29:00,668 --> 01:29:03,104 UPDATE THE THE CODE TO REFLECT 2305 01:29:03,104 --> 01:29:04,105 THAT ALIGNMENT TO SET US UP FOR 2306 01:29:04,105 --> 01:29:05,373 SUCCESS. THANK YOU. 2307 01:29:05,373 --> 01:29:08,309 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2308 01:29:08,309 --> 01:29:08,910 FOSTER THIS REALLY LIKE THIS 2309 01:29:08,910 --> 01:29:10,645 PROVISION. WHAT I LIKE MOST 2310 01:29:10,645 --> 01:29:11,546 ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL IS IT, IT 2311 01:29:11,546 --> 01:29:15,049 DOES A GREAT JOB AT SIMPLIFYING 2312 01:29:15,049 --> 01:29:17,351 AND IT'S BROADLY IN LINE WITH 2313 01:29:17,351 --> 01:29:18,486 WHAT I HAD IN MIND WHEN, YOU 2314 01:29:18,486 --> 01:29:19,454 KNOW, WE WORKED WITH COMMUNITY 2315 01:29:19,454 --> 01:29:22,523 TO WRITE THIS UP, BUT IT DOES SO 2316 01:29:22,523 --> 01:29:24,792 IN LESS WORDS. AND STILL 2317 01:29:24,792 --> 01:29:26,194 ULTIMATELY, I THINK WOULD 2318 01:29:26,194 --> 01:29:27,662 ACHIEVE THE SAME GOAL. THE 2319 01:29:27,662 --> 01:29:28,463 DEPARTMENT IS FOLLOWING ALONG 2320 01:29:28,463 --> 01:29:30,598 AND HAS BEEN FOLLOWING ALONG 2321 01:29:30,598 --> 01:29:31,299 CLOSELY THE CHRONOLOGY OF THIS 2322 01:29:31,299 --> 01:29:32,567 AND THE EVOLUTION OF THIS 2323 01:29:32,567 --> 01:29:34,168 PROVISION. SO CERTAINLY BE EVEN 2324 01:29:34,168 --> 01:29:35,403 THOUGH IT DOESN'T EXPRESSLY 2325 01:29:35,403 --> 01:29:36,504 CALL OUT AT LEAST THREE OPTIONS, 2326 01:29:36,504 --> 01:29:38,039 IT WOULD BE WISE TO DEFINITELY 2327 01:29:38,039 --> 01:29:39,407 INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR PROPOSAL 2328 01:29:39,407 --> 01:29:40,375 NEXT YEAR. BUT LOVE THE 2329 01:29:40,375 --> 01:29:42,276 SIMPLICITY OF THIS. THANK YOU 2330 01:29:42,276 --> 01:29:46,748 FOR INCLUDING IT 2331 01:29:46,748 --> 01:29:47,081 -- ALL RIGHT. 2332 01:29:47,081 --> 01:29:48,116 -- IS THAT. 2333 01:29:48,116 --> 01:29:49,016 -- THAT'S THAT'S IT FOR THE 2334 01:29:49,016 --> 01:29:49,283 CONSENT. 2335 01:29:49,283 --> 01:29:50,485 -- THAT'S ALL THE OKAY. 2336 01:29:50,485 --> 01:29:55,123 EXCELLENT. AT THIS TIME I WILL 2337 01:29:55,123 --> 01:29:55,857 NOW EVERYONE ALL THE SPONSORS 2338 01:29:55,857 --> 01:30:00,561 HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO TO SPEAK TO 2339 01:30:00,561 --> 01:30:02,764 THEIR RESPECTIVE AMENDMENTS. AND 2340 01:30:02,764 --> 01:30:04,065 IN THIS PARTICULAR PACKAGE, IS 2341 01:30:04,065 --> 01:30:06,067 THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO 2342 01:30:06,067 --> 01:30:08,936 REMOVE AN ITEM FROM FROM THIS 2343 01:30:08,936 --> 01:30:15,877 PROPOSED PACKAGE HEARING SEEING 2344 01:30:15,877 --> 01:30:20,181 NONE. LET'S SEE HERE JUST A 2345 01:30:20,181 --> 01:30:26,320 MOMENT. OKAY. I MOVE TO PASS 2346 01:30:26,320 --> 01:30:29,891 CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS 2347 01:30:29,891 --> 01:30:33,795 FOR COUNCIL BILL 121296. IS 2348 01:30:33,795 --> 01:30:34,162 THERE A SECOND? 2349 01:30:34,162 --> 01:30:35,196 -- SECOND. 2350 01:30:35,196 --> 01:30:36,864 -- IT HAS BEEN MOVED. THE MOTION 2351 01:30:36,864 --> 01:30:38,800 HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS 2352 01:30:38,800 --> 01:30:41,369 THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 2353 01:30:41,369 --> 01:30:47,341 THIS PACKAGE HEARING AND SEEING 2354 01:30:47,341 --> 01:30:48,276 NONE. WILL THE ACTUALLY DO WE 2355 01:30:48,276 --> 01:30:50,878 HAVE TO MOVE THE BASE BILL 2356 01:30:50,878 --> 01:30:54,248 FIRST? AT EASE, AT EASE, AT 2357 01:30:54,248 --> 01:30:59,453 EASE. 2358 01:30:59,453 --> 01:31:05,793 -- YES 2359 01:31:05,793 --> 01:31:07,161 -- OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DON'T 2360 01:31:07,161 --> 01:31:08,262 CLARIFY. I THINK WE'RE RIGHT. WE 2361 01:31:08,262 --> 01:31:09,497 HAVE CONSENSUS UP HERE. WE GOT 2362 01:31:09,497 --> 01:31:10,231 TO MOVE THE BASE BILL FIRST. SO 2363 01:31:10,231 --> 01:31:18,339 LET ME DO THAT. SO I MOVE TO TO 2364 01:31:18,339 --> 01:31:21,576 ADOPT COUNCIL BILL ONE TWO, 2365 01:31:21,576 --> 01:31:22,977 1296. IS THERE A SECOND? 2366 01:31:22,977 --> 01:31:24,812 -- SECOND. 2367 01:31:24,812 --> 01:31:27,615 -- IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 2368 01:31:27,615 --> 01:31:29,984 ADOPT THE BILL. NOW THAT THERE 2369 01:31:29,984 --> 01:31:33,488 IS A PENDING MOTION, I THINK NOW 2370 01:31:33,488 --> 01:31:34,989 WE CAN REDO. WHAT WE JUST TRIED 2371 01:31:34,989 --> 01:31:38,726 TO DO IS, IS ADOPT THE IS VOTE 2372 01:31:38,726 --> 01:31:40,795 ON THE CONSENT PACKAGE FOR THIS 2373 01:31:40,795 --> 01:31:45,066 BILL. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE TO ADOPT 2374 01:31:45,066 --> 01:31:46,634 THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF 2375 01:31:46,634 --> 01:31:48,469 AMENDMENTS FOR COUNCIL BILL ONE, 2376 01:31:48,469 --> 01:31:51,072 TWO, 1296. IS THERE A SECOND? 2377 01:31:51,072 --> 01:31:51,372 -- SECOND. 2378 01:31:51,372 --> 01:31:52,340 -- IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED. THE 2379 01:31:52,340 --> 01:31:53,507 MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND 2380 01:31:53,507 --> 01:31:54,942 SECONDED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER 2381 01:31:54,942 --> 01:31:56,344 DISCUSSION? HEARING. SEEING 2382 01:31:56,344 --> 01:31:57,879 NONE, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2383 01:31:57,879 --> 01:32:00,481 THE ROLL ON THE MOTION? 2384 01:32:00,481 --> 01:32:01,916 -- OH, SORRY. SORRY, CHAIR, I 2385 01:32:01,916 --> 01:32:02,516 WAS THERE. 2386 01:32:02,516 --> 01:32:04,719 -- I WAS JUST GOING TO THANK 2387 01:32:04,719 --> 01:32:05,386 EVERYONE'S INVOLVEMENT IN THIS 2388 01:32:05,386 --> 01:32:07,622 AND BRINGING THESE AMENDMENTS 2389 01:32:07,622 --> 01:32:08,656 FORWARD. I THINK THEY'RE GOOD. 2390 01:32:08,656 --> 01:32:10,558 AND TO ALL THE POSITIONS THAT 2391 01:32:10,558 --> 01:32:12,326 POINTS THAT YOU'VE MADE. AND I 2392 01:32:12,326 --> 01:32:14,862 JUST WANT TO THANK OUR 2393 01:32:14,862 --> 01:32:15,463 COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS 2394 01:32:15,463 --> 01:32:16,197 FORWARD TO BE PACKAGED TOGETHER 2395 01:32:16,197 --> 01:32:17,632 IN THIS CHAIR PACKAGE. 2396 01:32:17,632 --> 01:32:19,333 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2397 01:32:19,333 --> 01:32:21,836 KETTLE. WELL SAID ANY OTHER 2398 01:32:21,836 --> 01:32:22,670 COMMENTS? LET ME MAKE SURE I 2399 01:32:22,670 --> 01:32:25,339 LOOK VISUALLY. VICE CHAIR. 2400 01:32:25,339 --> 01:32:26,774 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I 2401 01:32:26,774 --> 01:32:27,542 WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO 2402 01:32:27,542 --> 01:32:29,543 THANK YOU FOR PULLING TOGETHER 2403 01:32:29,543 --> 01:32:31,646 THIS CONSENT PACKAGE PROCESS FOR 2404 01:32:31,646 --> 01:32:32,747 YOUR COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH MY 2405 01:32:32,747 --> 01:32:34,482 OFFICE ON THIS, AND IN 2406 01:32:34,482 --> 01:32:36,117 PARTICULAR YOUR WORK AS WELL ON 2407 01:32:36,117 --> 01:32:37,985 WORKING WITH THE DISABILITY 2408 01:32:37,985 --> 01:32:39,687 COMMISSION ON THE VULNERABLE 2409 01:32:39,687 --> 01:32:40,321 TRAVELER AMENDMENT. I THINK THAT 2410 01:32:40,321 --> 01:32:42,690 IS A GOOD POLICY IMPROVEMENT ON 2411 01:32:42,690 --> 01:32:43,291 THIS, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU 2412 01:32:43,291 --> 01:32:45,493 FOR YOUR WORK ON IT. 2413 01:32:45,493 --> 01:32:46,594 -- MY PLEASURE. APPRECIATE YOUR 2414 01:32:46,594 --> 01:32:47,995 PARTNERSHIP AS WELL. THANK YOU. 2415 01:32:47,995 --> 01:32:51,098 ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE LOOKING, 2416 01:32:51,098 --> 01:32:53,501 HEARING, SEEING NONE. ALL RIGHT. 2417 01:32:53,501 --> 01:32:54,702 NOW, WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2418 01:32:54,702 --> 01:32:56,904 THE ROLL ON THE PENDING MOTION 2419 01:32:56,904 --> 01:32:59,607 BEFORE US ON THE CONSENT 2420 01:32:59,607 --> 01:32:59,874 PACKAGE? 2421 01:32:59,874 --> 01:33:02,977 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 2422 01:33:02,977 --> 01:33:03,511 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2423 01:33:03,511 --> 01:33:05,379 -- AYE. 2424 01:33:05,379 --> 01:33:05,846 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2425 01:33:05,846 --> 01:33:06,581 -- YES. 2426 01:33:06,581 --> 01:33:08,449 -- VICE CHAIR. RINCK. 2427 01:33:08,449 --> 01:33:08,683 -- YES. 2428 01:33:08,683 --> 01:33:10,484 -- CHAIR SAKA. I CHAIR, THERE 2429 01:33:10,484 --> 01:33:12,787 ARE FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR AND ZERO 2430 01:33:12,787 --> 01:33:13,054 OPPOSED. 2431 01:33:13,054 --> 01:33:15,890 -- ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 2432 01:33:15,890 --> 01:33:17,291 AND THE CONSENT PACKAGE IS NOW 2433 01:33:17,291 --> 01:33:19,527 PART OF THE AMENDED PROPOSED 2434 01:33:19,527 --> 01:33:25,199 BILL. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE 2435 01:33:25,199 --> 01:33:27,335 THREE REALLY TWO ADDITIONAL 2436 01:33:27,335 --> 01:33:28,769 AMENDMENTS. AGAIN, FOR CLARITY, 2437 01:33:28,769 --> 01:33:31,839 I AM WITHDRAWING FOR 2438 01:33:31,839 --> 01:33:34,775 CONSIDERATION TODAY. AMENDMENT 2439 01:33:34,775 --> 01:33:36,410 NUMBER TWO. AND SO WHICH MEANS 2440 01:33:36,410 --> 01:33:40,481 WE WILL MOVE ON TO PROPOSED 2441 01:33:40,481 --> 01:33:41,782 AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. I THINK A 2442 01:33:41,782 --> 01:33:45,186 MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER. 2443 01:33:45,186 --> 01:33:48,422 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 2444 01:33:48,422 --> 01:33:48,956 COLLEAGUES. YESTERDAY YOU 2445 01:33:48,956 --> 01:33:50,658 RECEIVED AN UPDATED VERSION OF 2446 01:33:50,658 --> 01:33:53,728 THIS AMENDMENT WITH A COUPLE OF 2447 01:33:53,728 --> 01:33:54,362 TECHNICAL CHANGES THAT WAS SENT 2448 01:33:54,362 --> 01:33:55,730 TO YOU VIA EMAIL, AND IT WAS 2449 01:33:55,730 --> 01:33:58,065 PROVIDED TO YOU TODAY ON THE 2450 01:33:58,065 --> 01:34:01,302 DAIS. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO 2451 01:34:01,302 --> 01:34:03,771 IS MOVE THAT THIS MOTION BE 2452 01:34:03,771 --> 01:34:04,872 CONSIDERED AND ASK FOR A 2453 01:34:04,872 --> 01:34:06,173 SUSPENSION OF THE RULES IN ORDER 2454 01:34:06,173 --> 01:34:08,809 FOR US TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT 13, 2455 01:34:08,809 --> 01:34:10,978 VERSION TWO. 2456 01:34:10,978 --> 01:34:13,114 -- WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT. OR 2457 01:34:13,114 --> 01:34:14,348 IS THERE A SECOND. 2458 01:34:14,348 --> 01:34:15,916 -- MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES? 2459 01:34:15,916 --> 01:34:16,183 -- OKAY. 2460 01:34:16,183 --> 01:34:18,152 -- WE HAVE TO VOTE TO. YES. SO 2461 01:34:18,152 --> 01:34:19,687 THERE'S A MOTION. THERE'S A 2462 01:34:19,687 --> 01:34:21,622 PENDING MOTION SECONDED BY VICE 2463 01:34:21,622 --> 01:34:23,457 CHAIR, TO SUSPEND THE RULES. ANY 2464 01:34:23,457 --> 01:34:26,894 FURTHER DISCUSSION TO ALLOW 2465 01:34:26,894 --> 01:34:28,062 THIS? NO. ALL RIGHT. WILL THE 2466 01:34:28,062 --> 01:34:29,296 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 2467 01:34:29,296 --> 01:34:34,268 THE MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES? 2468 01:34:34,268 --> 01:34:35,670 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2469 01:34:35,670 --> 01:34:35,903 -- YES. 2470 01:34:35,903 --> 01:34:37,304 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AYE. 2471 01:34:37,304 --> 01:34:38,105 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2472 01:34:38,105 --> 01:34:38,339 -- YES. 2473 01:34:38,339 --> 01:34:39,874 -- VICE CHAIR. RINCK. YES. CHAIR 2474 01:34:39,874 --> 01:34:40,608 SAKA. 2475 01:34:40,608 --> 01:34:40,975 -- AYE, CHAIR. 2476 01:34:40,975 --> 01:34:42,143 -- THERE ARE FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR 2477 01:34:42,143 --> 01:34:43,377 AND ZERO OPPOSED. 2478 01:34:43,377 --> 01:34:45,379 -- ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES. 2479 01:34:45,379 --> 01:34:48,282 SUSPEND THE RULES TO ACCOMMODATE 2480 01:34:48,282 --> 01:34:50,151 THE. THE REVISED WALK ON VERSION 2481 01:34:50,151 --> 01:34:53,554 OF THE OF THE AMENDMENT. 2482 01:34:53,554 --> 01:34:54,689 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2483 01:34:54,689 --> 01:34:55,022 -- THANK YOU. 2484 01:34:55,022 --> 01:34:56,323 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 2485 01:34:56,323 --> 01:34:58,125 THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR 2486 01:34:58,125 --> 01:34:58,759 ALLOWING THE SUSPENSION OF THE 2487 01:34:58,759 --> 01:35:00,261 RULES. AS YOU KNOW, I AM REALLY 2488 01:35:00,261 --> 01:35:01,862 ALWAYS RESPECT OUR PROCESSES AND 2489 01:35:01,862 --> 01:35:02,930 HATE TO BRING SOMETHING LATE, 2490 01:35:02,930 --> 01:35:04,865 BUT THERE WAS A FEW TECHNICAL 2491 01:35:04,865 --> 01:35:05,466 CORRECTIONS THAT WE NEEDED TO 2492 01:35:05,466 --> 01:35:07,234 MAKE HERE. SO THIS ALLOWS US TO 2493 01:35:07,234 --> 01:35:09,670 TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. SO AT ITS 2494 01:35:09,670 --> 01:35:11,906 CORE, THIS IS THIS AMENDMENT I 2495 01:35:11,906 --> 01:35:14,508 THINK IS LARGELY A FEW TECHNICAL 2496 01:35:14,508 --> 01:35:16,043 CORRECTIONS. WE'RE LOOKING AT A 2497 01:35:16,043 --> 01:35:17,878 DIFFERENCE IN WORDS FROM ADOPTED 2498 01:35:17,878 --> 01:35:19,980 TO USED IN A FEW SECTIONS HERE. 2499 01:35:19,980 --> 01:35:21,682 AND I REALLY WANTED TO BRING 2500 01:35:21,682 --> 01:35:23,250 THIS FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT 2501 01:35:23,250 --> 01:35:24,785 WE AGAIN, HAVE ALIGNMENT. AND IT 2502 01:35:24,785 --> 01:35:26,487 REFLECTS THE INPUT OF SDOT AND 2503 01:35:26,487 --> 01:35:28,422 SEVERAL SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. 2504 01:35:28,422 --> 01:35:30,157 AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCILMEMBER 2505 01:35:30,157 --> 01:35:31,358 SAKA, AS YOU SAID EARLIER, ONE 2506 01:35:31,358 --> 01:35:33,894 OF MY OTHER AMENDMENTS WAS 2507 01:35:33,894 --> 01:35:35,963 SIMPLIFYING, GIVEN THAT WE ARE 2508 01:35:35,963 --> 01:35:36,597 ADOPTING NEW LANGUAGE INTO THE 2509 01:35:36,597 --> 01:35:38,032 CODE. AND SO THIS AMENDMENT 2510 01:35:38,032 --> 01:35:39,033 REFLECTS THAT CONTINUED APPROACH 2511 01:35:39,033 --> 01:35:40,434 SO THAT WE CAN GET THE 2512 01:35:40,434 --> 01:35:41,435 INFORMATION THAT WE NEED BACK 2513 01:35:41,435 --> 01:35:43,003 FROM THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT WE 2514 01:35:43,003 --> 01:35:44,405 ARE NOT CODIFYING DOWN TO A 2515 01:35:44,405 --> 01:35:46,006 PARTICULAR LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT 2516 01:35:46,006 --> 01:35:47,074 REQUIRES US TO REVISIT THIS 2517 01:35:47,074 --> 01:35:48,943 AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. AND THIS 2518 01:35:48,943 --> 01:35:52,079 ALLOWS US TO GET WHAT WE NEED 2519 01:35:52,079 --> 01:35:53,247 AND ALSO HAVE A EVERGREEN 2520 01:35:53,247 --> 01:35:54,381 APPROACH TO THIS BILL. SO, 2521 01:35:54,381 --> 01:35:56,383 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 2522 01:35:56,383 --> 01:35:56,650 SUPPORT. 2523 01:35:56,650 --> 01:35:58,986 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2524 01:35:58,986 --> 01:36:00,154 FOSTER. I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER 2525 01:36:00,154 --> 01:36:04,525 TO OUR CENTRAL STAFF COLLEAGUES 2526 01:36:04,525 --> 01:36:06,460 TO BRIEF THE BILL OR THE 2527 01:36:06,460 --> 01:36:06,761 AMENDMENT. 2528 01:36:06,761 --> 01:36:08,262 -- FIRST, I'D LIKE TO 2529 01:36:08,262 --> 01:36:10,197 SUBSTANTIATE EVERYTHING THAT THE 2530 01:36:10,197 --> 01:36:11,866 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER JUST SAID. 2531 01:36:11,866 --> 01:36:13,267 THOSE THOSE ELEMENTS ARE PRESENT 2532 01:36:13,267 --> 01:36:15,136 IN THIS AMENDMENT. AND JUST A 2533 01:36:15,136 --> 01:36:17,271 COUPLE ADDITIONS. THE AMENDMENT 2534 01:36:17,271 --> 01:36:20,074 INCLUDES SOME TECHNICAL 2535 01:36:20,074 --> 01:36:20,641 CORRECTIONS THAT REFER MORE 2536 01:36:20,641 --> 01:36:22,910 ACCURATELY TO CURRENT PRACTICES 2537 01:36:22,910 --> 01:36:25,613 AT S DOT, AND IT ALSO REMOVES 2538 01:36:25,613 --> 01:36:28,048 ANACHRONISTIC TRAFFIC SAFETY 2539 01:36:28,048 --> 01:36:29,850 LANGUAGE FROM THE SEATTLE 2540 01:36:29,850 --> 01:36:30,484 MUNICIPAL CODE. THAT'S ALL I 2541 01:36:30,484 --> 01:36:33,721 HAVE TO ADD. 2542 01:36:33,721 --> 01:36:34,054 -- EXCELLENT. 2543 01:36:34,054 --> 01:36:35,923 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. ARE 2544 01:36:35,923 --> 01:36:38,425 THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS 2545 01:36:38,425 --> 01:36:43,063 ON AMENDMENT 13 BEFORE US 2546 01:36:43,063 --> 01:36:43,697 COUNCILMEMBER OR I'LL START 2547 01:36:43,697 --> 01:36:45,132 FIRST, JUST IN CASE. VICE CHAIR, 2548 01:36:45,132 --> 01:36:47,468 DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS 2549 01:36:47,468 --> 01:36:48,435 OR THIS AMENDMENT? 2550 01:36:48,435 --> 01:36:49,770 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. I JUST 2551 01:36:49,770 --> 01:36:50,738 WANTED TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR 2552 01:36:50,738 --> 01:36:52,540 IT, AND I APPRECIATE 2553 01:36:52,540 --> 01:36:53,607 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WORK ON 2554 01:36:53,607 --> 01:36:53,807 THIS. 2555 01:36:53,807 --> 01:36:54,909 -- THANK YOU. 2556 01:36:54,909 --> 01:36:56,410 -- EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. 2557 01:36:56,410 --> 01:36:57,811 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. YOU'RE 2558 01:36:57,811 --> 01:36:58,112 RECOGNIZED. 2559 01:36:58,112 --> 01:37:00,181 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 2560 01:37:00,181 --> 01:37:01,949 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, FOR 2561 01:37:01,949 --> 01:37:06,921 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I SUPPORT 2562 01:37:06,921 --> 01:37:08,756 A LOT OF IT, BUT I HAVE ONE 2563 01:37:08,756 --> 01:37:09,857 QUESTION, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT 2564 01:37:09,857 --> 01:37:13,127 OF A STICKING POINT. AND NEITHER 2565 01:37:13,127 --> 01:37:15,796 YOU OR FOR CENTRAL STAFF IN 2566 01:37:15,796 --> 01:37:21,502 SECTION 11, .16.1 80, SOON TO BE 2567 01:37:21,502 --> 01:37:23,804 PARAGRAPH THREE, I CAN 2568 01:37:23,804 --> 01:37:26,273 UNDERSTAND TAKING OUT THE 2569 01:37:26,273 --> 01:37:27,541 LANGUAGE THAT THE EXTRA WORDING 2570 01:37:27,541 --> 01:37:29,009 OF VULNERABLE TRAVELERS AND CITY 2571 01:37:29,009 --> 01:37:34,148 STREETS. BUT MY CONCERN IS THE 2572 01:37:34,148 --> 01:37:35,983 TAKING OUT IN TERMS OF THE 2573 01:37:35,983 --> 01:37:36,617 REPORTING REQUIREMENT, THE, YOU 2574 01:37:36,617 --> 01:37:38,152 KNOW, THE SEVERITY LEVEL, THE 2575 01:37:38,152 --> 01:37:40,187 TYPOLOGY SUSPECT OR CONFIRM 2576 01:37:40,187 --> 01:37:41,922 IMPAIRMENT DATA INVOLVED WITH 2577 01:37:41,922 --> 01:37:43,958 THE CRASHES AND THEN TRAFFIC 2578 01:37:43,958 --> 01:37:47,728 CITATIONS ISSUED BY THE SEATTLE 2579 01:37:47,728 --> 01:37:48,429 POLICE DEPARTMENT. CAN YOU SPEAK 2580 01:37:48,429 --> 01:37:49,196 TO THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE 2581 01:37:49,196 --> 01:37:51,832 BIT OF A HANG UP FOR ME. I WAS 2582 01:37:51,832 --> 01:37:52,466 JUST LOOKING FOR CLARIFICATION 2583 01:37:52,466 --> 01:37:55,936 ON THAT POINT. YEAH. FOR CENTRAL 2584 01:37:55,936 --> 01:37:56,503 STAFF AND OR COUNCILMEMBER 2585 01:37:56,503 --> 01:37:57,938 FOSTER. 2586 01:37:57,938 --> 01:38:01,508 -- SURE, I CAN I CAN SPEAK TO 2587 01:38:01,508 --> 01:38:03,844 THIS SOME, SOME OF THE DATA THAT 2588 01:38:03,844 --> 01:38:05,446 WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED FOR 2589 01:38:05,446 --> 01:38:07,648 SDOT TO PROVIDE IS NOT 2590 01:38:07,648 --> 01:38:08,249 NECESSARILY WITHIN S DOT'S 2591 01:38:08,249 --> 01:38:13,053 ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE SPD 2592 01:38:13,053 --> 01:38:14,788 COLLECTS CERTAIN DATA AND SDOT 2593 01:38:14,788 --> 01:38:16,724 COLLECTS CERTAIN DATA. SOME OF 2594 01:38:16,724 --> 01:38:19,493 THE DATA THAT SPD COLLECTS IS, 2595 01:38:19,493 --> 01:38:20,194 IS IS PRIVILEGED. IT MAY BE USED 2596 01:38:20,194 --> 01:38:23,631 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES, 2597 01:38:23,631 --> 01:38:25,532 AND WE DON'T WANT TO WE DON'T 2598 01:38:25,532 --> 01:38:27,735 WANT TO COMMIT SDOT TO PROVIDING 2599 01:38:27,735 --> 01:38:29,236 DATA THAT'S NOT WITHIN ITS 2600 01:38:29,236 --> 01:38:31,939 CAPACITY TO PROVIDE. 2601 01:38:31,939 --> 01:38:34,241 -- AND SO, MISS GORMAN, WAS 2602 01:38:34,241 --> 01:38:36,343 THIS. SO THEN COORDINATED WITH 2603 01:38:36,343 --> 01:38:37,111 YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO COVER THE 2604 01:38:37,111 --> 01:38:39,113 POLICE SIDE OF THINGS OR WITH 2605 01:38:39,113 --> 01:38:40,881 SPD DIRECTLY TO ENSURE THAT AYE. 2606 01:38:40,881 --> 01:38:42,816 -- WE CERTAINLY SPOKE WITH WITH 2607 01:38:42,816 --> 01:38:44,918 OTHER OTHER CENTRAL STAFF 2608 01:38:44,918 --> 01:38:45,953 ANALYSTS WHO, WHO WORK WITH THE 2609 01:38:45,953 --> 01:38:48,656 SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT. YES. 2610 01:38:48,656 --> 01:38:51,759 -- OKAY. THANK YOU. 2611 01:38:51,759 --> 01:38:55,429 -- THANK YOU. WE ACTUALLY VOTED 2612 01:38:55,429 --> 01:38:57,164 AND ADOPTED THE MOTION TO 2613 01:38:57,164 --> 01:38:58,465 SUSPEND THE RULES, BUT I DON'T 2614 01:38:58,465 --> 01:39:02,336 THINK WE HAVE YET A MOTION ON 2615 01:39:02,336 --> 01:39:03,103 THE AMENDMENTS BEFORE US THAT WE 2616 01:39:03,103 --> 01:39:04,738 ALREADY STARTED DISCUSSING. SO I 2617 01:39:04,738 --> 01:39:07,341 GUESS A MOTION WOULD BE IN ORDER 2618 01:39:07,341 --> 01:39:08,475 FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 13. 2619 01:39:08,475 --> 01:39:09,777 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2620 01:39:09,777 --> 01:39:11,045 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. MOVE 2621 01:39:11,045 --> 01:39:13,113 THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER 2622 01:39:13,113 --> 01:39:17,184 AMENDMENT 13, VERSION TWO. 2623 01:39:17,184 --> 01:39:17,484 -- SECOND. 2624 01:39:17,484 --> 01:39:19,219 -- WE HAVE A PENDING MOTION IS 2625 01:39:19,219 --> 01:39:22,523 MOVED AND SECONDED TO CONSIDER 2626 01:39:22,523 --> 01:39:24,625 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 13 TO 2627 01:39:24,625 --> 01:39:29,530 COUNCIL BILL 121296. WE'VE 2628 01:39:29,530 --> 01:39:30,631 ALREADY HAD SOME CONVERSATION, 2629 01:39:30,631 --> 01:39:32,766 BUT FOR FORMALITY PURPOSES I'LL 2630 01:39:32,766 --> 01:39:33,334 GIVE THE AMENDMENT SPONSOR 2631 01:39:33,334 --> 01:39:36,603 ANOTHER ANOTHER CRACK. AND IF 2632 01:39:36,603 --> 01:39:39,406 ANY OTHERS HAVE COMMENTS AFTER 2633 01:39:39,406 --> 01:39:40,007 THAT, WELCOME. COUNCILMEMBER 2634 01:39:40,007 --> 01:39:40,741 FOSTER. 2635 01:39:40,741 --> 01:39:42,242 -- THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR 2636 01:39:42,242 --> 01:39:42,843 YOUR QUESTION. COUNCILMEMBER 2637 01:39:42,843 --> 01:39:44,478 KETTLE AND I JUST WANT TO BE 2638 01:39:44,478 --> 01:39:45,546 CLEAR. OBVIOUSLY, I THINK WE ALL 2639 01:39:45,546 --> 01:39:47,981 SHARE A CONCERN AROUND TRAFFIC 2640 01:39:47,981 --> 01:39:49,850 CRASHES, TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND AND 2641 01:39:49,850 --> 01:39:50,818 CERTAINLY ANYBODY USING, YOU 2642 01:39:50,818 --> 01:39:52,419 KNOW, DRIVING DRUNK OR DRIVING 2643 01:39:52,419 --> 01:39:54,121 UNDER IMPAIRMENT. BUT AGAIN, THE 2644 01:39:54,121 --> 01:39:55,756 INTENT HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT 2645 01:39:55,756 --> 01:39:58,759 THE BILL IS IMPLEMENTABLE, 2646 01:39:58,759 --> 01:39:59,426 ALIGNED WITH THE REST OF THE 2647 01:39:59,426 --> 01:40:00,761 LANGUAGE HERE. AND I BELIEVE 2648 01:40:00,761 --> 01:40:02,696 THAT IF THIS LANGUAGE WAS 2649 01:40:02,696 --> 01:40:03,931 INCLUDED, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT 2650 01:40:03,931 --> 01:40:04,932 GOING TO BE SOMETHING THE 2651 01:40:04,932 --> 01:40:07,034 DEPARTMENT IS ABLE TO PROVIDE 2652 01:40:07,034 --> 01:40:07,868 BACK. AND SO I WANTED TO HAVE 2653 01:40:07,868 --> 01:40:11,338 THAT CLARITY UP FRONT. AND THIS 2654 01:40:11,338 --> 01:40:11,805 AMENDMENT DOES THAT. 2655 01:40:11,805 --> 01:40:13,307 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2656 01:40:13,307 --> 01:40:15,142 FOSTER ANY OTHER COMMENTS 2657 01:40:15,142 --> 01:40:16,577 QUESTIONS ON THIS BILL AT A 2658 01:40:16,577 --> 01:40:17,745 STALE HAND? COUNCILMEMBER 2659 01:40:17,745 --> 01:40:22,049 KETTLE. ALL RIGHT. COOL. I'LL 2660 01:40:22,049 --> 01:40:23,951 JUST SAY I APPRECIATE 2661 01:40:23,951 --> 01:40:24,485 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR 2662 01:40:24,485 --> 01:40:27,187 BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND I 2663 01:40:27,187 --> 01:40:30,057 APPRECIATE THE THE COLLABORATION 2664 01:40:30,057 --> 01:40:32,025 WE'VE HAD OFFLINE ON THIS AND 2665 01:40:32,025 --> 01:40:35,729 OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS BILL THAT 2666 01:40:35,729 --> 01:40:39,033 IS JUST THE ONE PROVISION THAT 2667 01:40:39,033 --> 01:40:42,102 THAT THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT WOULD 2668 01:40:42,102 --> 01:40:43,704 OTHERWISE PROBABLY SUPPORT, EVEN 2669 01:40:43,704 --> 01:40:45,639 THOUGH I DON'T LOVE CERTAIN 2670 01:40:45,639 --> 01:40:48,609 FEATURES OF THIS, BUT THAT THAT 2671 01:40:48,609 --> 01:40:50,711 ONE PROVISION THERE LOOK, THIS 2672 01:40:50,711 --> 01:40:52,880 PACKAGE IS GOING TO IMPOSE, AS 2673 01:40:52,880 --> 01:40:53,981 ANY LEGISLATION DOES, IT'S GOING 2674 01:40:53,981 --> 01:40:56,050 TO IMPOSE SOME OPERATIONAL 2675 01:40:56,050 --> 01:41:01,889 CHALLENGES AND BURDENS. AYE. 2676 01:41:01,889 --> 01:41:03,624 THAT'S THAT'S TABLE STAKES. WE 2677 01:41:03,624 --> 01:41:04,892 KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. 2678 01:41:04,892 --> 01:41:07,361 AND I'M SENSITIVE TO THOSE. AND 2679 01:41:07,361 --> 01:41:08,495 I'M MINDFUL OF THOSE. BUT JUST 2680 01:41:08,495 --> 01:41:10,464 BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO IMPOSE 2681 01:41:10,464 --> 01:41:11,098 SOME OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES OR 2682 01:41:11,098 --> 01:41:14,868 BURDENS ON, ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT, 2683 01:41:14,868 --> 01:41:15,502 IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVELY DOESN'T 2684 01:41:15,502 --> 01:41:16,937 MEAN WE SHOULDN'T DO IT. I'M 2685 01:41:16,937 --> 01:41:17,471 GENERALLY A FAN OF MORE 2686 01:41:17,471 --> 01:41:18,872 DISCLOSURES, MORE ROBUST DATA, 2687 01:41:18,872 --> 01:41:24,244 MORE ROBUST INFORMATION BEING 2688 01:41:24,244 --> 01:41:24,745 PRODUCED AND SHARED AND 2689 01:41:24,745 --> 01:41:26,013 DISCLOSED IN THE INTEREST OF 2690 01:41:26,013 --> 01:41:27,481 TRANSPARENCY AND, YOU KNOW, NOT 2691 01:41:27,481 --> 01:41:29,917 LESS. AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD 2692 01:41:29,917 --> 01:41:31,952 HAVE BEEN OPEN TO MORE LIKE 2693 01:41:31,952 --> 01:41:34,922 HAVING GENERICIZED, THE, THE 2694 01:41:34,922 --> 01:41:37,624 DUTY IT, IT PURPORTS TO IMPOSE 2695 01:41:37,624 --> 01:41:39,893 ON, ON THE DEPARTMENT AND 2696 01:41:39,893 --> 01:41:41,795 GENERICIZE IT TO, YOU KNOW, MORE 2697 01:41:41,795 --> 01:41:42,429 BROADLY, THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OR 2698 01:41:42,429 --> 01:41:43,964 SOME OTHER DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER 2699 01:41:43,964 --> 01:41:45,732 OR COORDINATE, YOU KNOW, THEY 2700 01:41:45,732 --> 01:41:48,135 SHALL COORDINATE TO ACHIEVE AND, 2701 01:41:48,135 --> 01:41:49,937 BUT JUST REMOVING IT ENTIRELY, I 2702 01:41:49,937 --> 01:41:50,671 CAN'T SUPPORT IT FOR THOSE 2703 01:41:50,671 --> 01:41:52,139 REASONS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE 2704 01:41:52,139 --> 01:41:55,476 THE, THE INTENT HERE AND, AND 2705 01:41:55,476 --> 01:41:56,510 THE STAKEHOLDER THAT YOU DID TO, 2706 01:41:56,510 --> 01:42:01,248 TO, TO ACHIEVE THIS. I'M NOT 2707 01:42:01,248 --> 01:42:02,883 SURPRISED THAT SDOT THINKS 2708 01:42:02,883 --> 01:42:03,550 THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN 2709 01:42:03,550 --> 01:42:05,152 ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. BUT 2710 01:42:05,152 --> 01:42:08,122 ANYWAY. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. 2711 01:42:08,122 --> 01:42:08,755 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. THANK 2712 01:42:08,755 --> 01:42:14,528 YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO I 2713 01:42:14,528 --> 01:42:15,095 HEAR I UNDERSTAND WHAT MISS 2714 01:42:15,095 --> 01:42:16,263 GORMAN SAID IN TERMS OF 2715 01:42:16,263 --> 01:42:17,064 COORDINATION, IT MAKES SENSE TO 2716 01:42:17,064 --> 01:42:18,999 ME. AND THEN I UNDERSTAND. 2717 01:42:18,999 --> 01:42:21,068 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER TOO. AND SO 2718 01:42:21,068 --> 01:42:25,139 AS LISTENING TO CHAIR, I WONDER 2719 01:42:25,139 --> 01:42:26,440 IF THE LANGUAGE HAD SAID, YOU 2720 01:42:26,440 --> 01:42:28,408 KNOW, PROVIDE THE ANNUAL REPORT 2721 01:42:28,408 --> 01:42:30,744 REGARDING TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC 2722 01:42:30,744 --> 01:42:32,980 CRASHES THAT INCLUDED DATA WHICH 2723 01:42:32,980 --> 01:42:34,314 COULD BE COMING FROM OTHER 2724 01:42:34,314 --> 01:42:35,616 DEPARTMENTS TO BE INCLUDED INTO 2725 01:42:35,616 --> 01:42:38,085 AN SDOT REPORT, IF THAT WOULD, 2726 01:42:38,085 --> 01:42:40,621 YOU KNOW, KIND OF, AS I LIKE TO 2727 01:42:40,621 --> 01:42:42,990 SAY, SQUARE THE CIRCLE ON THAT. 2728 01:42:42,990 --> 01:42:44,224 YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO 2729 01:42:44,224 --> 01:42:45,225 THEN SO IT'S INCLUDED, BUT IT 2730 01:42:45,225 --> 01:42:45,826 ALSO BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY 2731 01:42:45,826 --> 01:42:47,427 VALID POINT. SDOT IS NOT 2732 01:42:47,427 --> 01:42:48,595 RESPONSIBLE AND THERE'S ISSUES 2733 01:42:48,595 --> 01:42:52,466 WITH THAT. SO BUT IF IT WAS 2734 01:42:52,466 --> 01:42:54,268 COMING, IF SPD WAS PROVIDING 2735 01:42:54,268 --> 01:42:55,335 WHAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, 2736 01:42:55,335 --> 01:42:56,503 OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CASES AND SO 2737 01:42:56,503 --> 01:42:59,840 FORTH. AND THE SDOT COULD THEN 2738 01:42:59,840 --> 01:43:02,476 INCLUDE IT TO FILL OUT A FULLER 2739 01:43:02,476 --> 01:43:04,912 PICTURE OF THEIR REPORT. AND SO 2740 01:43:04,912 --> 01:43:06,613 I'M LOOKING AT LIKE BOTH POINTS 2741 01:43:06,613 --> 01:43:07,814 BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH VERY 2742 01:43:07,814 --> 01:43:09,816 VALID. AND IF IT JUST SAID THAT 2743 01:43:09,816 --> 01:43:12,419 INCLUDED DIFFERENT PIECES FROM 2744 01:43:12,419 --> 01:43:13,220 WHATEVER SOURCE THEY MAY COME 2745 01:43:13,220 --> 01:43:15,355 FROM. 2746 01:43:15,355 --> 01:43:15,923 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2747 01:43:15,923 --> 01:43:17,958 KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 2748 01:43:17,958 --> 01:43:18,325 YOU RECOGNIZE. 2749 01:43:18,325 --> 01:43:20,527 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 2750 01:43:20,527 --> 01:43:21,061 I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS 2751 01:43:21,061 --> 01:43:21,995 DISCUSSION. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE 2752 01:43:21,995 --> 01:43:24,598 THING I DO WANT TO LIFT UP IS 2753 01:43:24,598 --> 01:43:25,232 THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, 2754 01:43:25,232 --> 01:43:27,201 YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN 2755 01:43:27,201 --> 01:43:28,468 AND, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE OR 2756 01:43:28,468 --> 01:43:30,571 SENSITIVE DATA THAT SPD COLLECTS 2757 01:43:30,571 --> 01:43:33,373 IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THEIR, 2758 01:43:33,373 --> 01:43:34,007 THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THEY 2759 01:43:34,007 --> 01:43:37,177 ARE NOT ABLE TO SHARE. AND I 2760 01:43:37,177 --> 01:43:38,378 BELIEVE MISS GORMAN ALREADY 2761 01:43:38,378 --> 01:43:39,513 SPOKE TO THAT IN TERMS OF SOME 2762 01:43:39,513 --> 01:43:40,113 OF THE CHALLENGES. SO I JUST 2763 01:43:40,113 --> 01:43:41,848 WANT TO UPLIFT THAT AS WELL AS 2764 01:43:41,848 --> 01:43:43,784 PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. I 2765 01:43:43,784 --> 01:43:46,720 CERTAINLY AM ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF 2766 01:43:46,720 --> 01:43:47,254 IMPROVED COORDINATION AND 2767 01:43:47,254 --> 01:43:48,555 COLLABORATION BETWEEN 2768 01:43:48,555 --> 01:43:49,156 DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU 2769 01:43:49,156 --> 01:43:51,158 ARE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, IT 2770 01:43:51,158 --> 01:43:52,159 DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DEPARTMENT 2771 01:43:52,159 --> 01:43:53,760 YOU'RE AT. IT'S ABOUT WHETHER OR 2772 01:43:53,760 --> 01:43:54,461 NOT OUR CITY SERVICES ARE 2773 01:43:54,461 --> 01:43:55,662 WORKING. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO 2774 01:43:55,662 --> 01:43:56,496 UNDERSCORE THAT POINT THAT WE 2775 01:43:56,496 --> 01:43:58,131 ALREADY HEARD FROM CENTRAL 2776 01:43:58,131 --> 01:43:58,799 STAFF, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT 2777 01:43:58,799 --> 01:43:59,933 QUESTION WAS DIRECTED TO CENTRAL 2778 01:43:59,933 --> 01:44:02,269 STAFF. SO I DON'T WANT TO 2779 01:44:02,269 --> 01:44:03,337 PRECLUDE YOU FROM RESPONDING AND 2780 01:44:03,337 --> 01:44:05,539 ADDING ANY FURTHER DETAIL. 2781 01:44:05,539 --> 01:44:06,139 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, 2782 01:44:06,139 --> 01:44:06,773 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. WE WOULD 2783 01:44:06,773 --> 01:44:10,143 BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR 2784 01:44:10,143 --> 01:44:10,777 OFFICE ON POTENTIALLY CRAFTING 2785 01:44:10,777 --> 01:44:11,979 AN AMENDMENT WHEN THIS BILL IS 2786 01:44:11,979 --> 01:44:15,916 BEFORE A FULL COUNCIL THAT THAT 2787 01:44:15,916 --> 01:44:16,550 REFLECTS THOSE CONCERNS AND THE 2788 01:44:16,550 --> 01:44:19,920 OPPORTUNITY FOR SPD DATA TO COME 2789 01:44:19,920 --> 01:44:21,521 FROM FROM SPD AND SDOT DATA TO 2790 01:44:21,521 --> 01:44:23,357 COME FROM SDOT. THAT'S THAT'S 2791 01:44:23,357 --> 01:44:25,926 ONE WAY WE COULD WE COULD 2792 01:44:25,926 --> 01:44:27,194 POTENTIALLY IMPROVE THE FUNCTION 2793 01:44:27,194 --> 01:44:28,962 OF, OF THE OF THE REPORTS THAT 2794 01:44:28,962 --> 01:44:31,865 YOU'RE REFERENCING. 2795 01:44:31,865 --> 01:44:34,434 -- AND SO THANK YOU. I'LL SAY. 2796 01:44:34,434 --> 01:44:35,902 EXCELLENT EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT 2797 01:44:35,902 --> 01:44:36,570 POINT. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND 2798 01:44:36,570 --> 01:44:38,672 I COULDN'T AGREE MORE ON THE 2799 01:44:38,672 --> 01:44:41,208 UNDERLYING GOAL AND PRINCIPLE 2800 01:44:41,208 --> 01:44:42,309 INVOLVED HERE IS THAT THERE ARE 2801 01:44:42,309 --> 01:44:43,777 CERTAIN SENSITIVE AND PRIVATE 2802 01:44:43,777 --> 01:44:45,245 DATA. AND YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT 2803 01:44:45,245 --> 01:44:47,114 PARTIES HAVE, YOU KNOW, PRIMARY 2804 01:44:47,114 --> 01:44:49,116 VERSUS SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY, 2805 01:44:49,116 --> 01:44:50,484 LIKE IT'S THE CITY'S 2806 01:44:50,484 --> 01:44:51,084 RESPONSIBILITY. WHO CARES? WE 2807 01:44:51,084 --> 01:44:54,554 HAVE TOO MUCH LIKE 2808 01:44:54,554 --> 01:44:55,188 INTER-DEPARTMENT FINGER POINTING 2809 01:44:55,188 --> 01:44:56,490 AND WHO'S ON FIRST SCENARIOS TO 2810 01:44:56,490 --> 01:44:59,726 BEGIN WITH. BUT, YOU KNOW, I 2811 01:44:59,726 --> 01:45:02,062 WOULD GENERALLY SUPPORT IF IT 2812 01:45:02,062 --> 01:45:03,230 WANTED TO CLARIFY TO, TO, TO 2813 01:45:03,230 --> 01:45:05,999 ALLOW US TO, TO ACHIEVE OUR 2814 01:45:05,999 --> 01:45:06,867 SHARED GOALS. AND I THINK, 2815 01:45:06,867 --> 01:45:09,169 CONTEMPLATE THE NUANCE INVOLVED. 2816 01:45:09,169 --> 01:45:10,170 LIKE I WOULD, I WOULD SUPPORT 2817 01:45:10,170 --> 01:45:13,674 THAT. AND I'VE LEARNED IN THIS 2818 01:45:13,674 --> 01:45:14,975 PROCESS, IT'S OFTEN EASIER TO, 2819 01:45:14,975 --> 01:45:16,076 TO JUST STRIKE AND REMOVE THE 2820 01:45:16,076 --> 01:45:18,345 HARD WORK COMES WITH CRAFTING 2821 01:45:18,345 --> 01:45:20,814 LANGUAGE TO, TO MEET, TO 2822 01:45:20,814 --> 01:45:24,151 CONTEMPLATE THE NUANCE AND SO I 2823 01:45:24,151 --> 01:45:25,385 WELCOME AN OPPORTUNITY, IF ANY, 2824 01:45:25,385 --> 01:45:27,621 ANYONE WANTED TO DO THAT. BUT 2825 01:45:27,621 --> 01:45:30,891 BASED OFF OF THE MOTION BEFORE 2826 01:45:30,891 --> 01:45:35,429 US, I WELCOME ANY OTHER 2827 01:45:35,429 --> 01:45:37,130 CONVERSATION. IF NOT, WE CAN 2828 01:45:37,130 --> 01:45:38,632 VOTE. ARE THOSE NEW NEW HANDS? 2829 01:45:38,632 --> 01:45:39,466 -- I BELIEVE. 2830 01:45:39,466 --> 01:45:40,333 -- SO. OKAY. GOT A NEW HAND? 2831 01:45:40,333 --> 01:45:43,003 -- OKAY, I'LL GO TO 2832 01:45:43,003 --> 01:45:44,538 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FIRST AND 2833 01:45:44,538 --> 01:45:46,940 THEN LAST WORD POTENTIALLY WITH 2834 01:45:46,940 --> 01:45:49,242 WITH YOU. COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 2835 01:45:49,242 --> 01:45:49,843 -- COUNCILMEMBER. WELL, CHAIR 2836 01:45:49,843 --> 01:45:53,547 AND COUNCILMEMBER. FOSTER. AS 2837 01:45:53,547 --> 01:45:55,282 YOU KNOW, MY TEAMS WORK WITH THE 2838 01:45:55,282 --> 01:45:58,285 VARIOUS TEAMS, SO I'M LOOKING 2839 01:45:58,285 --> 01:46:00,387 TO WORK WITH YOU. AS PER MISS 2840 01:46:00,387 --> 01:46:03,023 GORMAN'S RECORD. WELL, OFFERING 2841 01:46:03,023 --> 01:46:06,059 OF A OPTION IT'S NOT HER. YOU 2842 01:46:06,059 --> 01:46:09,496 KNOW HER POSITION, IF YOU WILL. 2843 01:46:09,496 --> 01:46:11,698 TO VOTE NO, BUT THEN WORK WITH 2844 01:46:11,698 --> 01:46:12,999 YOU IN TERMS OF A. BECAUSE I'M 2845 01:46:12,999 --> 01:46:14,835 ASSUMING THE AMENDMENT IS GOING 2846 01:46:14,835 --> 01:46:15,836 TO PASS AND THEN WORK WITH YOU 2847 01:46:15,836 --> 01:46:17,437 TO, YOU KNOW, TO ENSURE THAT 2848 01:46:17,437 --> 01:46:18,905 KIND OF PIECE, MAYBE SOME 2849 01:46:18,905 --> 01:46:21,975 ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, 2850 01:46:21,975 --> 01:46:22,542 MODIFICATION AND JUST WORK 2851 01:46:22,542 --> 01:46:24,544 TOGETHER ON IT. 2852 01:46:24,544 --> 01:46:26,580 -- THANK YOU. YES. COUNCILMEMBER 2853 01:46:26,580 --> 01:46:28,482 FOSTER, YOU WERE RECOGNIZED. 2854 01:46:28,482 --> 01:46:30,283 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR AND 2855 01:46:30,283 --> 01:46:31,051 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, YOU SAID 2856 01:46:31,051 --> 01:46:32,252 THE SAME THING I WAS GOING TO 2857 01:46:32,252 --> 01:46:34,187 SAY WHEN I PUT MY HAND UP, WHICH 2858 01:46:34,187 --> 01:46:34,821 IS, LET'S HAVE A CONVERSATION 2859 01:46:34,821 --> 01:46:35,856 AFTER THIS AND SEE IF WE CAN 2860 01:46:35,856 --> 01:46:37,023 FIND A WAY. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, 2861 01:46:37,023 --> 01:46:40,394 I THINK WE HAVE A WE CONTINUE TO 2862 01:46:40,394 --> 01:46:41,294 HAVE SHARED GOALS HERE AND WE'VE 2863 01:46:41,294 --> 01:46:43,463 WE'VE MADE A FEW IMPROVEMENTS 2864 01:46:43,463 --> 01:46:44,097 BY COLLABORATING TOGETHER. SO I 2865 01:46:44,097 --> 01:46:44,698 THINK WE CAN MAKE A FEW MORE. 2866 01:46:44,698 --> 01:46:45,766 -- THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. 2867 01:46:45,766 --> 01:46:47,634 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2868 01:46:47,634 --> 01:46:48,335 FOSTER. IT'S CLEAR WE'RE ALL 2869 01:46:48,335 --> 01:46:50,170 TRYING TO GET TO. YES HERE AND 2870 01:46:50,170 --> 01:46:52,172 APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION 2871 01:46:52,172 --> 01:46:53,707 HERE AT THE DAIS PUBLICLY, BUT 2872 01:46:53,707 --> 01:46:54,908 BUT ALSO OFFLINE THAT I'VE HAD 2873 01:46:54,908 --> 01:46:55,876 ONE ON ONE WITH EVERY LAST ONE 2874 01:46:55,876 --> 01:46:59,813 OF YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU ALL 2875 01:46:59,813 --> 01:47:00,080 -- RIGHT. 2876 01:47:00,080 --> 01:47:01,915 -- ANY FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE 2877 01:47:01,915 --> 01:47:03,917 VOTE ON THE PENDING MOTION 2878 01:47:03,917 --> 01:47:05,418 BEFORE US WITH RESPECT TO 2879 01:47:05,418 --> 01:47:09,790 AMENDMENT NUMBER 13? HEARING AND 2880 01:47:09,790 --> 01:47:11,558 SEEING NONE, WILL THE CLERK 2881 01:47:11,558 --> 01:47:15,529 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 2882 01:47:15,529 --> 01:47:15,929 MOTION BEFORE US? 2883 01:47:15,929 --> 01:47:18,698 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AYE. 2884 01:47:18,698 --> 01:47:22,035 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE NO. 2885 01:47:22,035 --> 01:47:24,938 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YES. 2886 01:47:24,938 --> 01:47:25,405 -- VICE CHAIR RINCK. 2887 01:47:25,405 --> 01:47:26,740 -- YES. 2888 01:47:26,740 --> 01:47:27,107 -- CHAIR SAKA. 2889 01:47:27,107 --> 01:47:27,841 -- NAY. 2890 01:47:27,841 --> 01:47:28,975 -- CHAIR, THERE ARE THREE VOTES 2891 01:47:28,975 --> 01:47:31,711 IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. 2892 01:47:31,711 --> 01:47:34,981 -- ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 2893 01:47:34,981 --> 01:47:36,883 AND WILL BE HEREBY INCLUDED IN 2894 01:47:36,883 --> 01:47:40,320 ADOPTED AS PART OF THE BROADER 2895 01:47:40,320 --> 01:47:44,191 BILL. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO 2896 01:47:44,191 --> 01:47:46,927 CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL 2897 01:47:46,927 --> 01:47:49,396 AMENDMENT IN THIS AGENDA. ITEM 2898 01:47:49,396 --> 01:47:53,400 ONE. THIS THIS BILL I MOTION, I 2899 01:47:53,400 --> 01:47:55,635 THINK, WOULD BE IN ORDER. VICE 2900 01:47:55,635 --> 01:47:56,203 CHAIR RINCK YOU RECOGNIZED. 2901 01:47:56,203 --> 01:47:58,438 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. I 2902 01:47:58,438 --> 01:47:59,506 MOVED TO AMEND COUNCIL BILL 2903 01:47:59,506 --> 01:48:01,741 121296 AS PRESENTED ON AMENDMENT 2904 01:48:01,741 --> 01:48:06,179 16. 2905 01:48:06,179 --> 01:48:06,479 -- SECOND. 2906 01:48:06,479 --> 01:48:07,080 -- ALL RIGHT. IT IS MOVED AND 2907 01:48:07,080 --> 01:48:09,382 SECONDED TO ADOPT AMENDMENT 16 2908 01:48:09,382 --> 01:48:14,688 AS PRESENTED. LET'S GO AHEAD 2909 01:48:14,688 --> 01:48:16,189 AND ACTUALLY START OFF THE KIND 2910 01:48:16,189 --> 01:48:18,758 OF VISIONARY KIND OF FRAME 2911 01:48:18,758 --> 01:48:19,626 FRAMING FROM THE SPONSOR. THEN 2912 01:48:19,626 --> 01:48:21,161 WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO CENTRAL 2913 01:48:21,161 --> 01:48:22,762 STAFF TO EXPLAIN THE MORE 2914 01:48:22,762 --> 01:48:23,196 TECHNICAL ASPECTS. 2915 01:48:23,196 --> 01:48:24,664 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. I WAS 2916 01:48:24,664 --> 01:48:25,866 ACTUALLY HOPING FOR THE CENTRAL 2917 01:48:25,866 --> 01:48:26,800 STAFF FIRST, IF THAT'S. 2918 01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:27,367 -- WHATEVER YOUR PREFERRED 2919 01:48:27,367 --> 01:48:31,238 ORDER. LET'S GO. THANK YOU. 2920 01:48:31,238 --> 01:48:31,738 CENTRAL STAFF, PLEASE. 2921 01:48:31,738 --> 01:48:32,939 -- OKAY. AMENDMENT 16, VERSION 2922 01:48:32,939 --> 01:48:37,544 ONE TO COUNCIL. BILL 121296 IS 2923 01:48:37,544 --> 01:48:38,178 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 2924 01:48:38,178 --> 01:48:42,916 AND CO-SPONSORED BY 2925 01:48:42,916 --> 01:48:47,053 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. SO THIS 2926 01:48:47,053 --> 01:48:48,488 AMENDMENT I JUST HEARING THE 2927 01:48:48,488 --> 01:48:49,623 PUBLIC COMMENT. I THINK THERE 2928 01:48:49,623 --> 01:48:51,391 WERE A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM 2929 01:48:51,391 --> 01:48:54,261 COMMUNITY THAT THIS AMENDMENT 2930 01:48:54,261 --> 01:48:56,363 WOULD GET RID OF HISTORIC 2931 01:48:56,363 --> 01:48:57,197 REVIEWS IN TOTALITY. AND I JUST 2932 01:48:57,197 --> 01:48:59,566 WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THIS 2933 01:48:59,566 --> 01:49:01,067 AMENDMENT FOCUSES ON THE TRAFFIC 2934 01:49:01,067 --> 01:49:03,937 ENGINEERS AUTHORITY, 2935 01:49:03,937 --> 01:49:04,471 SPECIFICALLY OVER TRAFFIC 2936 01:49:04,471 --> 01:49:06,740 CONTROL DEVICES. SO TRAFFIC 2937 01:49:06,740 --> 01:49:10,010 CONTROL DEVICES, AS DEFINED BY 2938 01:49:10,010 --> 01:49:11,478 THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC 2939 01:49:11,478 --> 01:49:12,946 CONTROL DEVICES, WHICH IS 2940 01:49:12,946 --> 01:49:15,582 STANDARD GUIDANCE FROM THE 2941 01:49:15,582 --> 01:49:18,018 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IS 2942 01:49:18,018 --> 01:49:20,987 SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SIGNS, 2943 01:49:20,987 --> 01:49:25,125 SIGNALS, MARKINGS CHANNELIZING 2944 01:49:25,125 --> 01:49:26,326 DEVICES, OTHER DEVICES THAT USE 2945 01:49:26,326 --> 01:49:28,128 COLORS, SHAPES, OR SYMBOLS, 2946 01:49:28,128 --> 01:49:31,965 WORDS OR SOUNDS. ALL OF THIS 2947 01:49:31,965 --> 01:49:32,399 WITH THE PURPOSE OF 2948 01:49:32,399 --> 01:49:35,068 COMMUNICATING REGULATORY 2949 01:49:35,068 --> 01:49:36,403 WARNINGS AND GUIDANCE TO ANYBODY 2950 01:49:36,403 --> 01:49:39,906 IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. IT DOES NOT 2951 01:49:39,906 --> 01:49:40,540 INCLUDE BOLLARDS, WHICH MIGHT BE 2952 01:49:40,540 --> 01:49:45,645 OF INTEREST TO FOLKS. THIS IS 2953 01:49:45,645 --> 01:49:48,548 REALLY FOCUSED ON SIGNS AND 2954 01:49:48,548 --> 01:49:53,920 SIGNALS AND MARKINGS, SO THE 2955 01:49:53,920 --> 01:49:54,487 DECISION BEFORE YOU IN THIS 2956 01:49:54,487 --> 01:49:57,290 AMENDMENT IS IF YOU ARE 2957 01:49:57,290 --> 01:50:00,727 INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THE 2958 01:50:00,727 --> 01:50:04,197 TRAFFIC CONTROL OR SORRY, THE 2959 01:50:04,197 --> 01:50:04,831 TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AUTHORITY OVER 2960 01:50:04,831 --> 01:50:08,034 THESE TYPES OF DEVICES, OR WHICH 2961 01:50:08,034 --> 01:50:10,971 WOULD BE A SHIFT FROM THE 2962 01:50:10,971 --> 01:50:14,307 CURRENT VOLUNTEER BOARDS AND 2963 01:50:14,307 --> 01:50:16,309 COMMISSIONS, CURRENT REVIEW OF 2964 01:50:16,309 --> 01:50:19,212 THESE TYPES OF OF THESE 2965 01:50:19,212 --> 01:50:20,747 ELEMENTS, WHICH MAY BE INCLUDED 2966 01:50:20,747 --> 01:50:25,652 IN LARGER PROJECTS. SO AGAIN, 2967 01:50:25,652 --> 01:50:26,219 JUST CLARIFYING THAT LARGER 2968 01:50:26,219 --> 01:50:27,587 PROJECTS WILL STILL GO THROUGH 2969 01:50:27,587 --> 01:50:31,191 THE HISTORIC BOARD REVIEW 2970 01:50:31,191 --> 01:50:33,426 PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT'S 2971 01:50:33,426 --> 01:50:34,427 ENOUGH FOR NOW. I'M HAPPY TO 2972 01:50:34,427 --> 01:50:36,196 FIELD ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. 2973 01:50:36,196 --> 01:50:37,230 -- EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2974 01:50:37,230 --> 01:50:40,000 APPRECIATE THAT. OVERVIEW. NOW I 2975 01:50:40,000 --> 01:50:42,268 WILL TURN IT OVER TO VICE CHAIR 2976 01:50:42,268 --> 01:50:43,903 AS THE AMENDMENT SPONSOR, YOU 2977 01:50:43,903 --> 01:50:45,071 ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR 2978 01:50:45,071 --> 01:50:45,338 PROPOSAL. 2979 01:50:45,338 --> 01:50:47,474 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR SAKA. I 2980 01:50:47,474 --> 01:50:49,175 APPRECIATE IT, COLLEAGUES. I 2981 01:50:49,175 --> 01:50:51,244 THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND AND MORE 2982 01:50:51,244 --> 01:50:52,946 IMPORTANTLY, FEEL THE 2983 01:50:52,946 --> 01:50:54,447 SERIOUSNESS OF THIS WORK AND HOW 2984 01:50:54,447 --> 01:50:56,783 THE LEGISLATION BEFORE US IS AN 2985 01:50:56,783 --> 01:50:58,051 OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE 2986 01:50:58,051 --> 01:50:58,685 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY EFFORTS. 2987 01:50:58,685 --> 01:50:59,352 AND AS MANY KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN 2988 01:50:59,352 --> 01:51:03,923 A PRIORITY FOR MY OFFICE. AND 2989 01:51:03,923 --> 01:51:06,226 JUST TO LAY OUT THE STAKES HERE 2990 01:51:06,226 --> 01:51:07,694 VERY BRIEFLY. WHEN I FIRST MET 2991 01:51:07,694 --> 01:51:08,795 MY FIANCE, ONE OF THE FIRST 2992 01:51:08,795 --> 01:51:10,497 THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT HIM WAS 2993 01:51:10,497 --> 01:51:12,232 THAT HE WAS A BIKE COMMUTER, AND 2994 01:51:12,232 --> 01:51:13,566 HE ALSO JUST LOVED TO BIKE IN 2995 01:51:13,566 --> 01:51:18,138 HIS FREE TIME. AND SHORTLY AFTER 2996 01:51:18,138 --> 01:51:18,738 LEARNING THAT INFORMATION, I 2997 01:51:18,738 --> 01:51:21,608 LEARNED ABOUT ALL OF THE NEAR 2998 01:51:21,608 --> 01:51:22,942 MISSES THAT HE'S HAD, THE TIMES 2999 01:51:22,942 --> 01:51:24,944 HE'S BEEN DOORED, THE TIMES 3000 01:51:24,944 --> 01:51:27,414 HE'S BEEN HIT ON OUR STREETS. 3001 01:51:27,414 --> 01:51:30,450 AND SO NOW, EVERY DAY FOR YEARS, 3002 01:51:30,450 --> 01:51:32,318 DURING MORNING COMMUTE TIME AND 3003 01:51:32,318 --> 01:51:34,888 EVENING COMMUTE TIME, I HOLD MY 3004 01:51:34,888 --> 01:51:36,389 BREATH A LITTLE BIT. I FEEL A 3005 01:51:36,389 --> 01:51:40,593 LITTLE ANXIOUS. I WORRY ABOUT 3006 01:51:40,593 --> 01:51:42,562 HIM. AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT A 3007 01:51:42,562 --> 01:51:44,364 UNIQUE EXPERIENCE BY ANY MEANS. 3008 01:51:44,364 --> 01:51:45,498 AND FOR TOO MANY FAMILIES, 3009 01:51:45,498 --> 01:51:47,500 THEY'VE HAD THEIR WORST FEARS 3010 01:51:47,500 --> 01:51:50,570 REALIZED. WE HAVE LOST TOO MANY 3011 01:51:50,570 --> 01:51:51,638 LIVES ON OUR STREETS. AND TO BE 3012 01:51:51,638 --> 01:51:54,808 CLEAR, ONE IS TOO MANY. AND IN 3013 01:51:54,808 --> 01:51:55,408 ADDITION TO THE LIVES LOST, I 3014 01:51:55,408 --> 01:51:57,210 THINK ABOUT THE LIVES CHANGED 3015 01:51:57,210 --> 01:52:00,914 DUE TO INJURIES FROM CAR 3016 01:52:00,914 --> 01:52:02,315 ACCIDENTS. SO THIS AMENDMENT 3017 01:52:02,315 --> 01:52:02,949 REINFORCES AND ELEVATES STATES 3018 01:52:02,949 --> 01:52:04,818 AUTHORITY TO DO ESSENTIAL 3019 01:52:04,818 --> 01:52:05,785 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY WORK IN 3020 01:52:05,785 --> 01:52:06,986 OUR RIGHT OF WAY. BECAUSE WHEN 3021 01:52:06,986 --> 01:52:10,423 WE'RE MISSING A KEY PORTION OF 3022 01:52:10,423 --> 01:52:10,857 OUR TRANSPORTATION, 3023 01:52:10,857 --> 01:52:13,026 TRANSPORTATION SAFETY NETWORK 3024 01:52:13,026 --> 01:52:13,560 THAT ENDANGERS ALL OF US, 3025 01:52:13,560 --> 01:52:14,194 REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE RIGHT OF 3026 01:52:14,194 --> 01:52:16,796 WAY IS. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I 3027 01:52:16,796 --> 01:52:20,366 DON'T TAKE THE ACTION OF MOVING 3028 01:52:20,366 --> 01:52:21,901 THIS AUTHORITY LIGHTLY BY ANY 3029 01:52:21,901 --> 01:52:23,036 MEANS. IN FACT, I HAVE DEEP 3030 01:52:23,036 --> 01:52:25,872 RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT 3031 01:52:25,872 --> 01:52:26,606 HISTORIC PRESERVATION GROUPS 3032 01:52:26,606 --> 01:52:28,308 HAVE DONE TO PRESERVE BELOVED 3033 01:52:28,308 --> 01:52:30,777 PLACES IN OUR CITY. I LOVE THE 3034 01:52:30,777 --> 01:52:32,345 MARKET. I ACTUALLY SHOP THE 3035 01:52:32,345 --> 01:52:33,713 MARKET OFTEN. I WAS THERE THIS 3036 01:52:33,713 --> 01:52:35,548 WEEKEND. I GOT THE BEST DINO 3037 01:52:35,548 --> 01:52:38,251 KALE. JUST A LITTLE PLUG. BUT I 3038 01:52:38,251 --> 01:52:41,855 BRING THAT UP JUST TO SAY I 3039 01:52:41,855 --> 01:52:43,123 WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT 3040 01:52:43,123 --> 01:52:46,426 THERE SHOULD BE CONSULTATION AND 3041 01:52:46,426 --> 01:52:47,060 COLLABORATIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN 3042 01:52:47,060 --> 01:52:49,496 SDOT AND OUR HISTORIC 3043 01:52:49,496 --> 01:52:51,531 PRESERVATION GROUPS AND 3044 01:52:51,531 --> 01:52:52,799 AUTHORITIES. THAT IS WHY THIS 3045 01:52:52,799 --> 01:52:55,668 AMENDMENT IS ESSENTIAL. STAFF 3046 01:52:55,668 --> 01:52:57,871 SPOKE TO IS VERY NARROWLY 3047 01:52:57,871 --> 01:52:58,471 TAILORED TO A KEY ELEMENT OF 3048 01:52:58,471 --> 01:53:00,140 AUTHORITY. JUST ALLOWING US NOT 3049 01:53:00,140 --> 01:53:02,809 TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 3050 01:53:02,809 --> 01:53:04,210 TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. I HOPE 3051 01:53:04,210 --> 01:53:05,712 WE CAN AGREE THAT SOME THINGS 3052 01:53:05,712 --> 01:53:07,680 ARE JUST TOO IMPORTANT TO 3053 01:53:07,680 --> 01:53:08,314 SUBJECT TO THE SEATTLE PROCESS, 3054 01:53:08,314 --> 01:53:09,282 AND I BELIEVE TRAFFIC SAFETY 3055 01:53:09,282 --> 01:53:12,018 MEETS THAT BAR. I WANT TO NOTE 3056 01:53:12,018 --> 01:53:13,219 THAT JUST WHILE WE'VE BEEN IN 3057 01:53:13,219 --> 01:53:15,088 THIS MEETING, A CAR HAS DRIVEN 3058 01:53:15,088 --> 01:53:19,225 DOWN POST ALLEY AND IS NOW STUCK 3059 01:53:19,225 --> 01:53:20,660 ON THE HARBOR STEPS. I HAVEN'T 3060 01:53:20,660 --> 01:53:22,529 HEARD AN UPDATE ON THAT. I 3061 01:53:22,529 --> 01:53:25,565 REALLY HOPE THEY REMOVED THE CAR 3062 01:53:25,565 --> 01:53:27,433 AND WE LAUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 3063 01:53:27,433 --> 01:53:28,601 THE SILLINESS OF THAT, BUT I 3064 01:53:28,601 --> 01:53:31,171 THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR THAT 3065 01:53:31,171 --> 01:53:34,240 SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING AND 3066 01:53:34,240 --> 01:53:35,074 WE'RE GAMBLING WITH PEOPLE'S 3067 01:53:35,074 --> 01:53:36,176 LIVES. IF WE DO NOT ACT TO 3068 01:53:36,176 --> 01:53:38,912 CHANGE, IT I'VE BEEN TOLD THIS 3069 01:53:38,912 --> 01:53:39,846 AMENDMENT GOES TOO FAR, BUT I 3070 01:53:39,846 --> 01:53:41,281 DARE TO SAY THE CITY HAS NOT 3071 01:53:41,281 --> 01:53:43,383 GONE FAR ENOUGH WHEN IT COMES TO 3072 01:53:43,383 --> 01:53:45,185 PREVENTING TRAFFIC, DEATHS AND 3073 01:53:45,185 --> 01:53:46,719 INJURIES. SO I HOPE PEOPLE HERE 3074 01:53:46,719 --> 01:53:48,922 TODAY THAT MY BRINGING THIS 3075 01:53:48,922 --> 01:53:51,024 AMENDMENT FORWARD IS IN RESPONSE 3076 01:53:51,024 --> 01:53:53,126 TO THE CALLS FOR DECISIVE ACTION 3077 01:53:53,126 --> 01:53:54,294 THAT I'VE HEARD FROM FAMILIES 3078 01:53:54,294 --> 01:53:55,762 WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES ON OUR 3079 01:53:55,762 --> 01:53:58,298 STREETS, OUR TRANSIT ADVOCATES, 3080 01:53:58,298 --> 01:54:00,900 AND EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD TO 3081 01:54:00,900 --> 01:54:02,035 CLOSE OF A CALL. AND I ASK FOR 3082 01:54:02,035 --> 01:54:05,138 YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 3083 01:54:05,138 --> 01:54:06,573 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. I 3084 01:54:06,573 --> 01:54:09,576 APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR WORDS HERE. 3085 01:54:09,576 --> 01:54:11,344 AT THIS POINT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP 3086 01:54:11,344 --> 01:54:13,713 TO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM 3087 01:54:13,713 --> 01:54:15,281 MY COLLEAGUES STARTING FIRST IN 3088 01:54:15,281 --> 01:54:17,550 THE ORDER OF HANDS RAISED 3089 01:54:17,550 --> 01:54:19,953 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU ARE 3090 01:54:19,953 --> 01:54:20,253 RECOGNIZED. 3091 01:54:20,253 --> 01:54:21,487 -- THAT'S AN OLD HAND CHAIR. 3092 01:54:21,487 --> 01:54:21,721 -- OH. 3093 01:54:21,721 --> 01:54:23,389 -- OLD HAND. ALL RIGHT. WELL, 3094 01:54:23,389 --> 01:54:24,991 THANK YOU. EASY, COUNCILMEMBER 3095 01:54:24,991 --> 01:54:26,759 KETTLE. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 3096 01:54:26,759 --> 01:54:29,863 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 3097 01:54:29,863 --> 01:54:32,665 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR 3098 01:54:32,665 --> 01:54:35,301 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THIS 3099 01:54:35,301 --> 01:54:38,271 NUMBER OF POINTS. I'D LIKE TO 3100 01:54:38,271 --> 01:54:42,408 MAKE. FIRST, YES, EVERYBODY IS 3101 01:54:42,408 --> 01:54:43,009 IN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO 3102 01:54:43,009 --> 01:54:43,910 FURTHER OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY, OUR 3103 01:54:43,910 --> 01:54:45,345 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, OUR PUBLIC 3104 01:54:45,345 --> 01:54:49,449 SAFETY. THAT IS CLEAR. I WILL 3105 01:54:49,449 --> 01:54:51,784 SAY, THOUGH, THAT AND NOTE THAT 3106 01:54:51,784 --> 01:54:55,054 AMENDMENT 16 IS A MAJOR 3107 01:54:55,054 --> 01:54:57,357 AMENDMENT SUBMITTED JUST BEFORE 3108 01:54:57,357 --> 01:54:59,525 COMMITTEE. I SAW IT FIRST LATE 3109 01:54:59,525 --> 01:55:02,095 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. AND AND I 3110 01:55:02,095 --> 01:55:03,896 NOTE OUR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL 3111 01:55:03,896 --> 01:55:06,699 HADN'T SEEN IT THIS MORNING, 3112 01:55:06,699 --> 01:55:08,534 AND I WON'T SPEAK TO THE EMAIL 3113 01:55:08,534 --> 01:55:12,872 THAT WE ALL RECEIVED AT 1009 3114 01:55:12,872 --> 01:55:15,508 SPECIFICALLY, BUT CLEARLY, FROM 3115 01:55:15,508 --> 01:55:16,909 THERE'S ISSUES RELATED TO THE 3116 01:55:16,909 --> 01:55:19,279 LEGAL REVIEW. IN FACT, I WOULD 3117 01:55:19,279 --> 01:55:19,912 SAY THERE'S INADEQUATE LEGAL 3118 01:55:19,912 --> 01:55:21,614 REVIEW OF THIS AMENDMENT. 3119 01:55:21,614 --> 01:55:23,449 THERE'S ISSUES RELATED TO CITY 3120 01:55:23,449 --> 01:55:25,151 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RELATED TO 3121 01:55:25,151 --> 01:55:26,319 THIS AMENDMENT. AND I WOULD 3122 01:55:26,319 --> 01:55:27,086 THINK THAT AT A MINIMUM, WE 3123 01:55:27,086 --> 01:55:29,022 SHOULD HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION 3124 01:55:29,022 --> 01:55:34,093 TO SPEAK TO THIS AMENDMENT FOR 3125 01:55:34,093 --> 01:55:34,627 THE ISSUES RAISED IN THE 3126 01:55:34,627 --> 01:55:36,062 COMMUNICATION THAT WE ALL 3127 01:55:36,062 --> 01:55:39,766 RECEIVED AT AN HOUR AND 21 3128 01:55:39,766 --> 01:55:44,203 MINUTES AGO THIS AMENDMENT IS 3129 01:55:44,203 --> 01:55:44,837 NOT A CLARIFICATION AMENDMENT. 3130 01:55:44,837 --> 01:55:47,373 IT IS, AGAIN, A MAJOR AMENDMENT. 3131 01:55:47,373 --> 01:55:51,411 AND I WOULD NOTE THAT THE 3132 01:55:51,411 --> 01:55:51,978 DESIGNATED HISTORIC SPECIAL 3133 01:55:51,978 --> 01:55:52,512 REVIEW AND LANDMARKS ARE 3134 01:55:52,512 --> 01:55:53,713 REVIEWED BY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER 3135 01:55:53,713 --> 01:55:55,448 BOARDS. I SERVED ON THE 3136 01:55:55,448 --> 01:55:57,050 VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY BOARD. YOU 3137 01:55:57,050 --> 01:55:59,285 KNOW, THE QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY 3138 01:55:59,285 --> 01:56:00,720 COUNCIL. BUT AS YOU SEE, LIKE 3139 01:56:00,720 --> 01:56:03,690 WITH PIKE PLACE MARKET, THAT IS 3140 01:56:03,690 --> 01:56:04,824 NOT A COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER BOARD. 3141 01:56:04,824 --> 01:56:06,859 YOU KNOW, THE THE PIKE PLACE 3142 01:56:06,859 --> 01:56:09,329 MARKET PDA IS A PRESERVATION 3143 01:56:09,329 --> 01:56:11,798 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. AND THE 3144 01:56:11,798 --> 01:56:15,468 MARKET HISTORIC COMMISSION IS A 3145 01:56:15,468 --> 01:56:17,437 LEGAL STATUTE AUTHORITY THAT'S 3146 01:56:17,437 --> 01:56:18,037 TIED TO THE NATIONAL HISTORIC 3147 01:56:18,037 --> 01:56:20,740 DISTRICT. SO THIS IS NOT JUST A 3148 01:56:20,740 --> 01:56:22,642 LITTLE PIECE. THIS THIS IS MAJOR 3149 01:56:22,642 --> 01:56:26,479 LEGAL PIECES TO TO ADDRESS THE 3150 01:56:26,479 --> 01:56:28,281 CHALLENGES AS IT RELATES TO THE 3151 01:56:28,281 --> 01:56:30,750 HISTORIC DISTRICTS THAT UNDER 3152 01:56:30,750 --> 01:56:33,519 LAW TO INCLUDE STATE LAW 3153 01:56:33,519 --> 01:56:34,854 CONSIDERATIONS AND THAT WE 3154 01:56:34,854 --> 01:56:37,123 SHOULD BE WORKING THROUGH THAT. 3155 01:56:37,123 --> 01:56:40,026 SO I WANTED TO NOTE TWO. AND 3156 01:56:40,026 --> 01:56:42,161 THERE'S DIFFERENT EXAMPLES. MY 3157 01:56:42,161 --> 01:56:43,229 PRIMARY EXAMPLE IS PIKE PLACE 3158 01:56:43,229 --> 01:56:46,099 MARKET. I'VE BEEN WORKING THAT 3159 01:56:46,099 --> 01:56:49,168 FOR THREE YEARS PRIOR TO SOME OF 3160 01:56:49,168 --> 01:56:49,769 MY COLLEAGUES ARRIVAL ON THE 3161 01:56:49,769 --> 01:56:50,937 COUNCIL, I, I PULLED THE 3162 01:56:50,937 --> 01:56:54,073 PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION'S PIKE 3163 01:56:54,073 --> 01:56:56,009 PLACE PLAN BECAUSE IT WAS 3164 01:56:56,009 --> 01:56:58,544 INADEQUATE FROM THE SEATTLE 3165 01:56:58,544 --> 01:57:01,914 TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN CONCERT 3166 01:57:01,914 --> 01:57:03,249 WITH CHAIR SAKA AND BECAUSE IT 3167 01:57:03,249 --> 01:57:04,684 WASN'T DONE RIGHT. AND WHAT 3168 01:57:04,684 --> 01:57:08,354 WE'VE SEEN SINCE THEN IS HOW TO 3169 01:57:08,354 --> 01:57:10,523 DO IT RIGHT. I'VE BEEN WORKING 3170 01:57:10,523 --> 01:57:12,625 WITH THE PDA EXEC, RACHEL 3171 01:57:12,625 --> 01:57:16,429 LITTENBERG, TO CREATE A TRULY 3172 01:57:16,429 --> 01:57:17,864 OPEN PROCESS WITH COMMUNITY, 3173 01:57:17,864 --> 01:57:20,466 BRINGING IN ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS 3174 01:57:20,466 --> 01:57:23,169 TO THIS, HAVING ALL THE VARIOUS 3175 01:57:23,169 --> 01:57:29,008 PIECES COME INTO TO PLAY AND 3176 01:57:29,008 --> 01:57:29,876 HAVE THOSE SESSIONS FOR, YOU 3177 01:57:29,876 --> 01:57:31,144 KNOW, TO MOVE FORWARD. AND WE'VE 3178 01:57:31,144 --> 01:57:35,148 MADE VERY STRONG STEP FORWARD TO 3179 01:57:35,148 --> 01:57:35,748 GREATER PEDESTRIANIZATION OF 3180 01:57:35,748 --> 01:57:37,383 PIKE PLACE, MARKET, PIKE PLACE, 3181 01:57:37,383 --> 01:57:39,452 AS PART OF THE PIKE PLACE MARKET 3182 01:57:39,452 --> 01:57:40,686 THAT IS ALSO MINDFUL AND 3183 01:57:40,686 --> 01:57:42,355 ACCOUNTING FOR THE VERY UNIQUE 3184 01:57:42,355 --> 01:57:43,156 CHARACTERISTICS AND NEEDS OF THE 3185 01:57:43,156 --> 01:57:44,657 MARKET. AND WE CONTINUE TO DO 3186 01:57:44,657 --> 01:57:47,226 SO. AND WE NEED TO DO THIS 3187 01:57:47,226 --> 01:57:48,828 RIGHT, AND WE NEED TO DO IT IN 3188 01:57:48,828 --> 01:57:53,466 PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT, BUT ALSO 3189 01:57:53,466 --> 01:57:54,567 WITH THE THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS 3190 01:57:54,567 --> 01:57:57,904 THAT WE HAVE, LIKE PIKE PLACE 3191 01:57:57,904 --> 01:58:01,941 MARKET. AND SO. IN MY COMMITMENT 3192 01:58:01,941 --> 01:58:04,210 IS TO THAT I SAID IT TO THE 3193 01:58:04,210 --> 01:58:05,978 DIRECTOR OF SEATTLE STREETS 3194 01:58:05,978 --> 01:58:08,114 ALLIANCE DURING THE BREAK. I 3195 01:58:08,114 --> 01:58:08,781 SAID IT TO OTHERS AS WELL, AND I 3196 01:58:08,781 --> 01:58:13,586 AM COMMITTED TO THAT. FURTHER 3197 01:58:13,586 --> 01:58:14,120 PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC SAFETY 3198 01:58:14,120 --> 01:58:15,688 IMPROVEMENTS AND PROCESSES AS 3199 01:58:15,688 --> 01:58:17,623 PART OF THE OVERALL PUBLIC 3200 01:58:17,623 --> 01:58:22,829 SAFETY PIECE BUT GIVEN THE LEGAL 3201 01:58:22,829 --> 01:58:24,964 CHALLENGES AS LISTED IN THE 3202 01:58:24,964 --> 01:58:25,598 COMMUNICATION THAT WE RECEIVED 3203 01:58:25,598 --> 01:58:27,200 FROM OUR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL AND 3204 01:58:27,200 --> 01:58:28,568 CONCERNING SOME OF THE 3205 01:58:28,568 --> 01:58:29,836 CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE CITY 3206 01:58:29,836 --> 01:58:30,536 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE REVIEW OF THIS 3207 01:58:30,536 --> 01:58:33,873 AND SOME OF THE FACTORS AGAIN, 3208 01:58:33,873 --> 01:58:37,410 TO STATE LAW AND SO FORTH. 3209 01:58:37,410 --> 01:58:40,847 CHAIR, I WOULD AND COUNCILMEMBER 3210 01:58:40,847 --> 01:58:42,949 RINCK, I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS 3211 01:58:42,949 --> 01:58:43,916 AMENDMENT SHOULD BE PULLED. I 3212 01:58:43,916 --> 01:58:47,053 SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND THEN WE 3213 01:58:47,053 --> 01:58:49,422 CAN BRING IT TO FULL COUNCIL ON 3214 01:58:49,422 --> 01:58:51,958 OCTOBER 20th, WHERE WE WORK 3215 01:58:51,958 --> 01:58:52,992 THESE PIECES TOGETHER, WORK THE 3216 01:58:52,992 --> 01:58:55,294 LEGAL PIECES. SO THEN, YOU KNOW, 3217 01:58:55,294 --> 01:59:00,399 WE CAN DO THIS IN PARTNERSHIP 3218 01:59:00,399 --> 01:59:01,534 AND IN BALANCE WITH THE ULTIMATE 3219 01:59:01,534 --> 01:59:02,902 GOAL THAT EVERYBODY HAS, AGAIN, 3220 01:59:02,902 --> 01:59:05,938 IS TO INCREASE TRAFFIC AND 3221 01:59:05,938 --> 01:59:08,074 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ACROSS THE 3222 01:59:08,074 --> 01:59:09,141 BOARD. THANK YOU CHAIR. 3223 01:59:09,141 --> 01:59:11,477 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3224 01:59:11,477 --> 01:59:14,347 KETTLE, I HEAR YOU EXPRESSING 3225 01:59:14,347 --> 01:59:16,849 BOTH SUBSTANTIVE CONCERNS WITH 3226 01:59:16,849 --> 01:59:18,551 THE PROPOSAL AND POTENTIAL LEGAL 3227 01:59:18,551 --> 01:59:19,719 CONCERNS. AND HERE'S MY 3228 01:59:19,719 --> 01:59:20,953 COMMITMENT TO YOU AND EVERYONE 3229 01:59:20,953 --> 01:59:24,790 HERE AT THIS DAIS AND EVERYONE 3230 01:59:24,790 --> 01:59:26,559 IN THE PUBLIC, IRRESPECTIVE OF 3231 01:59:26,559 --> 01:59:27,059 WHETHER THIS PARTICULAR 3232 01:59:27,059 --> 01:59:27,960 AMENDMENT PASSES TODAY AS PART 3233 01:59:27,960 --> 01:59:34,033 OF THE AMENDED BILL, I WILL I 3234 01:59:34,033 --> 01:59:36,102 WILL ASK THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 3235 01:59:36,102 --> 01:59:37,470 TO TO PUT THIS ON, MAKE SURE 3236 01:59:37,470 --> 01:59:40,306 THIS IS NOT ON THE NEXT 3237 01:59:40,306 --> 01:59:41,107 AVAILABLE AGENDA, WHICH FOR FULL 3238 01:59:41,107 --> 01:59:41,707 COUNCIL, WHICH WOULD BE, I 3239 01:59:41,707 --> 01:59:45,511 THINK, NEXT TUESDAY. SO WE WOULD 3240 01:59:45,511 --> 01:59:47,880 WE WOULD HAVE IT AT FULL 3241 01:59:47,880 --> 01:59:48,714 COUNCIL. THE NEXT AVAILABLE 3242 01:59:48,714 --> 01:59:49,849 OPPORTUNITY. I THINK YOU 3243 01:59:49,849 --> 01:59:53,352 MENTIONED THAT DATE IN MID 3244 01:59:53,352 --> 01:59:55,988 OCTOBER SOMETIME, BUT BUT IN ANY 3245 01:59:55,988 --> 01:59:58,424 EVENT, I APPRECIATE THE 3246 01:59:58,424 --> 02:00:00,092 FEEDBACK. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU 3247 02:00:00,092 --> 02:00:02,428 ARE RECOGNIZED. 3248 02:00:02,428 --> 02:00:07,333 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR THANK YOU. 3249 02:00:07,333 --> 02:00:08,534 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AND IF IT 3250 02:00:08,534 --> 02:00:11,003 DOES PASS, I THINK THAT MAKES 3251 02:00:11,003 --> 02:00:15,374 SENSE CHAIR SAKA. THAT, YOU 3252 02:00:15,374 --> 02:00:17,076 KNOW, ALLOWING THAT TIME TO MAKE 3253 02:00:17,076 --> 02:00:21,380 SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS THEIR 3254 02:00:21,380 --> 02:00:21,948 QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND ANY 3255 02:00:21,948 --> 02:00:25,384 MINUTES JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 3256 02:00:25,384 --> 02:00:29,288 I THINK FOR CENTRAL STAFF, IF 3257 02:00:29,288 --> 02:00:30,957 IT'S OKAY. THIS AMENDMENT, I 3258 02:00:30,957 --> 02:00:33,926 GUESS I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, 3259 02:00:33,926 --> 02:00:36,462 MY UNDERSTANDING AND I'M NOT 3260 02:00:36,462 --> 02:00:37,897 LOOKING FOR KIND OF LEGAL 3261 02:00:37,897 --> 02:00:39,832 ADVICE. AND WE, YOU KNOW, I 3262 02:00:39,832 --> 02:00:40,900 DON'T WANT TO TREAD INTO THAT 3263 02:00:40,900 --> 02:00:44,370 TERRITORY, BUT I'LL JUST SAY IN 3264 02:00:44,370 --> 02:00:47,506 MY SORT OF INTERPRETATION OF OUR 3265 02:00:47,506 --> 02:00:49,342 CODE IN GENERAL, JUST GENERALLY 3266 02:00:49,342 --> 02:00:52,745 SPEAKING, WHEN THERE ARE, YOU 3267 02:00:52,745 --> 02:00:55,081 KNOW, FEDERAL LAWS OR STATE LAWS 3268 02:00:55,081 --> 02:00:56,949 THAT, YOU KNOW, DICTATE 3269 02:00:56,949 --> 02:00:59,085 SOMETHING, WE CAN'T ABROGATE 3270 02:00:59,085 --> 02:01:00,820 THAT WITH, WITH OUR LOCAL CODE. 3271 02:01:00,820 --> 02:01:02,388 AND AGAIN, JUST WANT TO SPEAK IN 3272 02:01:02,388 --> 02:01:06,659 GENERALITIES, NOT SPECIFIC TO 3273 02:01:06,659 --> 02:01:08,861 THIS PROPOSAL 3274 02:01:08,861 --> 02:01:11,364 -- THAT IS TRUE. 3275 02:01:11,364 --> 02:01:12,465 -- OKAY. AND SO JUST WHENEVER I 3276 02:01:12,465 --> 02:01:13,866 SEE A SORT OF PROPOSED LANGUAGE, 3277 02:01:13,866 --> 02:01:17,937 I ALWAYS ASSUME THAT, YOU KNOW, 3278 02:01:17,937 --> 02:01:18,471 IF THERE'S SOME OTHER 3279 02:01:18,471 --> 02:01:19,605 CONTROLLING LAW THAT THAT OUR 3280 02:01:19,605 --> 02:01:22,908 LAW SHOULD BE INTERPRETED TO BE 3281 02:01:22,908 --> 02:01:23,542 CONSISTENT WITH THOSE WHENEVER 3282 02:01:23,542 --> 02:01:26,245 POSSIBLE. THAT'S WOULD THAT BE 3283 02:01:26,245 --> 02:01:28,381 SORT OF HOW WE GENERALLY FRAME 3284 02:01:28,381 --> 02:01:31,017 OUR, OUR MUNICIPAL CODE? 3285 02:01:31,017 --> 02:01:34,620 -- YES. AND I WILL SHARE WITH 3286 02:01:34,620 --> 02:01:35,788 THE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT THIS 3287 02:01:35,788 --> 02:01:38,691 MORNING I WAS MADE AWARE OF 3288 02:01:38,691 --> 02:01:40,860 IMPLICATIONS IN OTHER SECTIONS 3289 02:01:40,860 --> 02:01:42,261 OF THE CODE THAT HAD NOT BEEN 3290 02:01:42,261 --> 02:01:46,766 CONSIDERED IN CONSIDERATION WITH 3291 02:01:46,766 --> 02:01:47,400 THIS AMENDMENT. TITLE 25 IS NOT 3292 02:01:47,400 --> 02:01:49,168 ADDRESSED HERE. THAT'S THE TITLE 3293 02:01:49,168 --> 02:01:53,873 OF THE CODE RELATED TO THE THE 3294 02:01:53,873 --> 02:01:56,208 HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. AND 3295 02:01:56,208 --> 02:01:57,510 I THINK IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH 3296 02:01:57,510 --> 02:01:59,612 THIS AMENDMENT, WE WOULD NEED TO 3297 02:01:59,612 --> 02:02:02,682 LOOK AT IMPLICATIONS FOR THAT 3298 02:02:02,682 --> 02:02:03,816 TITLE. THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD 3299 02:02:03,816 --> 02:02:06,085 NEED TO BE SEPARATE LEGISLATION, 3300 02:02:06,085 --> 02:02:08,554 BECAUSE THAT IS AN ENTIRELY 3301 02:02:08,554 --> 02:02:11,557 DIFFERENT SUBJECT. 3302 02:02:11,557 --> 02:02:11,824 -- OKAY. 3303 02:02:11,824 --> 02:02:13,292 -- THANK YOU. SO WE'LL WE CAN 3304 02:02:13,292 --> 02:02:14,560 SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TIME TO 3305 02:02:14,560 --> 02:02:20,499 TO LOOK INTO THAT. IF ASSUMING 3306 02:02:20,499 --> 02:02:21,133 THIS AMENDMENT PASSES. CHAIR, I 3307 02:02:21,133 --> 02:02:26,372 JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. 3308 02:02:26,372 --> 02:02:28,574 I WILL BE SUPPORTING TODAY WITH 3309 02:02:28,574 --> 02:02:30,342 THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE 3310 02:02:30,342 --> 02:02:32,044 TIME TO LOOK INTO THESE ISSUES. 3311 02:02:32,044 --> 02:02:34,046 AND, YOU KNOW, FURTHER 3312 02:02:34,046 --> 02:02:36,982 AMENDMENTS NEED TO BE MADE OR 3313 02:02:36,982 --> 02:02:38,851 ADDRESSED THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT 3314 02:02:38,851 --> 02:02:42,621 OPPORTUNITY TO TO DO SO. I, I 3315 02:02:42,621 --> 02:02:45,191 THINK OUR OFFICE WILL HAVE OUR 3316 02:02:45,191 --> 02:02:51,464 OWN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AND 3317 02:02:51,464 --> 02:02:52,064 THINKING ABOUT THE CHINATOWN 3318 02:02:52,064 --> 02:02:54,333 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IN 3319 02:02:54,333 --> 02:02:56,702 PARTICULAR, GIVEN THE HISTORY OF 3320 02:02:56,702 --> 02:03:01,273 HOW THAT DISTRICT HAS YOU KNOW, 3321 02:03:01,273 --> 02:03:03,776 IT'S BEEN CONSIDERED ONE OF THE 3322 02:03:03,776 --> 02:03:04,310 MOST ENDANGERED HISTORIC 3323 02:03:04,310 --> 02:03:07,346 DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY. AND 3324 02:03:07,346 --> 02:03:12,284 THE IMPACTS OF PAST GOVERNMENT 3325 02:03:12,284 --> 02:03:14,487 ACTIONS AND DISCRIMINATING 3326 02:03:14,487 --> 02:03:15,921 AGAINST THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU 3327 02:03:15,921 --> 02:03:18,257 KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO BE 3328 02:03:18,257 --> 02:03:21,293 ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND TO DO A 3329 02:03:21,293 --> 02:03:26,832 DEEP ENGAGEMENT AND CONSULTATION 3330 02:03:26,832 --> 02:03:29,602 WITH AT LEAST THE ISRD. I CAN'T 3331 02:03:29,602 --> 02:03:31,470 SPEAK TO OTHER HISTORIC 3332 02:03:31,470 --> 02:03:33,439 DISTRICTS THAT MIGHT BE OUTSIDE 3333 02:03:33,439 --> 02:03:38,043 OF MY OUTSIDE OF DISTRICT TWO. I 3334 02:03:38,043 --> 02:03:40,946 ALSO, I THINK THERE'S WHAT I'M 3335 02:03:40,946 --> 02:03:43,082 HEARING IS ALIGNMENT, THAT 3336 02:03:43,082 --> 02:03:46,418 PUBLIC SAFETY IS CRITICAL AND, 3337 02:03:46,418 --> 02:03:50,589 YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT PUBLIC 3338 02:03:50,589 --> 02:03:53,359 SAFETY AND MY CONCERN AROUND IS 3339 02:03:53,359 --> 02:03:54,627 THAT I DO THINK THERE'S A WAY 3340 02:03:54,627 --> 02:03:57,396 TO, TO DO HISTORIC PRESERVATION 3341 02:03:57,396 --> 02:04:00,699 AND ACHIEVE PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT I 3342 02:04:00,699 --> 02:04:02,435 DO THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, 3343 02:04:02,435 --> 02:04:04,870 WE NEED TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY 3344 02:04:04,870 --> 02:04:07,173 NEEDS TO LIE WITH WITH WHO IS 3345 02:04:07,173 --> 02:04:08,240 RESPONSIBLE. AND THAT IS, IN MY 3346 02:04:08,240 --> 02:04:10,342 OPINION, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER. 3347 02:04:10,342 --> 02:04:13,212 AND SO WHILE I SUPPORT DEEP 3348 02:04:13,212 --> 02:04:15,047 CONSULTATION AND THAT THE 3349 02:04:15,047 --> 02:04:17,817 TRAFFIC ENGINEER SHOULD, 3350 02:04:17,817 --> 02:04:19,452 WHENEVER POSSIBLE, TAKE INTO 3351 02:04:19,452 --> 02:04:19,852 CONSIDERATION ANY 3352 02:04:19,852 --> 02:04:21,687 RECOMMENDATIONS AND FEEDBACK SO 3353 02:04:21,687 --> 02:04:23,923 THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE 3354 02:04:23,923 --> 02:04:25,324 HISTORIC PRESERVATION. AT THE 3355 02:04:25,324 --> 02:04:27,159 END OF THE DAY, THE TRAFFIC 3356 02:04:27,159 --> 02:04:29,895 ENGINEER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOR 3357 02:04:29,895 --> 02:04:32,298 TRAFFIC SAFETY. AND WE HAVE, YOU 3358 02:04:32,298 --> 02:04:34,667 KNOW, WE SEEN IN POLLING HOW 3359 02:04:34,667 --> 02:04:35,601 TRAFFIC SAFETY IN RECENT YEARS 3360 02:04:35,601 --> 02:04:37,036 HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE PUBLIC 3361 02:04:37,036 --> 02:04:39,738 SAFETY CONCERN. AND THERE'S GOOD 3362 02:04:39,738 --> 02:04:43,843 REASON BEHIND THAT. I ALSO THINK 3363 02:04:43,843 --> 02:04:46,212 ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CCTV, 3364 02:04:46,212 --> 02:04:51,851 CCTV CAMERAS IN THE IN OUR ISD 3365 02:04:51,851 --> 02:04:55,187 AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE WAS 3366 02:04:55,187 --> 02:04:57,289 NO SPECIAL PROCESS FOR REVIEW OF 3367 02:04:57,289 --> 02:05:00,493 THE CCTV CAMERAS. THERE WASN'T A 3368 02:05:00,493 --> 02:05:01,760 CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL, TO MY 3369 02:05:01,760 --> 02:05:03,462 KNOWLEDGE. I THINK THERE WAS 3370 02:05:03,462 --> 02:05:07,900 JUST GENERAL OUTREACH TO THE 3371 02:05:07,900 --> 02:05:09,635 NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT SO AND SO 3372 02:05:09,635 --> 02:05:13,005 THAT'S JUST ANOTHER PUBLIC 3373 02:05:13,005 --> 02:05:15,307 SAFETY RELATED ISSUE. AND, YOU 3374 02:05:15,307 --> 02:05:17,309 KNOW, I'M NOT SPEAKING IN FAVOR 3375 02:05:17,309 --> 02:05:18,377 OR AGAINST CCTV CAMERAS, BUT I 3376 02:05:18,377 --> 02:05:20,212 JUST THINK IT'S ANOTHER ISSUE 3377 02:05:20,212 --> 02:05:22,848 WHERE I'M NOT SURE THAT CAMERAS 3378 02:05:22,848 --> 02:05:24,216 ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE HISTORIC 3379 02:05:24,216 --> 02:05:25,251 NATURE OF THE DISTRICT, BUT 3380 02:05:25,251 --> 02:05:28,921 THEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THEM IN 3381 02:05:28,921 --> 02:05:32,558 THE CITY. AND SO I JUST I DON'T, 3382 02:05:32,558 --> 02:05:33,859 YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO 3383 02:05:33,859 --> 02:05:36,662 TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AND WHO 3384 02:05:36,662 --> 02:05:39,732 HAS AUTHORITY, I'M NOT SURE. YOU 3385 02:05:39,732 --> 02:05:44,270 KNOW, WHY ONE WOULD BE DIFFERENT 3386 02:05:44,270 --> 02:05:47,840 THAN THE OTHER. SO AND THEN 3387 02:05:47,840 --> 02:05:51,243 FINALLY, I'LL JUST COMMENT. YOU 3388 02:05:51,243 --> 02:05:52,878 KNOW, I THINK ONE THING THAT 3389 02:05:52,878 --> 02:05:54,847 MAKES OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT 3390 02:05:54,847 --> 02:05:55,681 SPECIAL IS THE STRONG, 3391 02:05:55,681 --> 02:05:57,383 PEDESTRIAN FOCUSED NATURE OF 3392 02:05:57,383 --> 02:06:01,687 THEM. AND IN MANY WAYS, YOU 3393 02:06:01,687 --> 02:06:03,088 KNOW, THESE HISTORIC DISTRICTS 3394 02:06:03,088 --> 02:06:05,424 WERE WERE BUILT AND DESIGNED 3395 02:06:05,424 --> 02:06:08,928 PRIOR TO, YOU KNOW, MASSIVE USE 3396 02:06:08,928 --> 02:06:10,763 OF MOTOR VEHICLES. AND IT AGAIN, 3397 02:06:10,763 --> 02:06:12,197 WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL IS THE 3398 02:06:12,197 --> 02:06:14,833 ABILITY TO FEEL SORT OF SAFE IN 3399 02:06:14,833 --> 02:06:17,169 THESE DISTRICTS AND TO BE ABLE 3400 02:06:17,169 --> 02:06:18,504 TO, AGAIN, THAT STRONG 3401 02:06:18,504 --> 02:06:21,140 PEDESTRIAN FOCUS, TO BE ABLE TO 3402 02:06:21,140 --> 02:06:22,775 BE IN COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND I 3403 02:06:22,775 --> 02:06:25,544 THINK THERE'S A REAL TENSION 3404 02:06:25,544 --> 02:06:28,881 JUST WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE 3405 02:06:28,881 --> 02:06:29,381 WITH MOTOR VEHICLES AND 3406 02:06:29,381 --> 02:06:30,916 ESPECIALLY AS MOTOR VEHICLES GET 3407 02:06:30,916 --> 02:06:35,154 LARGER AND LARGER, THAT THERE IS 3408 02:06:35,154 --> 02:06:37,923 A KIND OF AN INHERENT CONFLICT 3409 02:06:37,923 --> 02:06:40,960 WITH VEHICLES DRIVING DOWN POST 3410 02:06:40,960 --> 02:06:43,028 ALLEY. AND SO IT'S A HARD JOB, 3411 02:06:43,028 --> 02:06:44,930 I THINK, FOR OUR TRAFFIC 3412 02:06:44,930 --> 02:06:47,499 ENGINEER TO SORT OF MAKE SURE 3413 02:06:47,499 --> 02:06:50,469 THAT WE HAVE SAFE SYSTEMS, BUT 3414 02:06:50,469 --> 02:06:52,171 ALSO RECOGNIZING THE HISTORIC 3415 02:06:52,171 --> 02:06:54,473 DISTRICT, HISTORIC NATURE OF 3416 02:06:54,473 --> 02:06:55,140 THESE DISTRICTS. SO I JUST, YOU 3417 02:06:55,140 --> 02:06:57,042 KNOW, KIND OF WANT TO HIGHLIGHT 3418 02:06:57,042 --> 02:06:59,445 THAT INHERENT TENSION THERE. I 3419 02:06:59,445 --> 02:07:01,880 DO, I'M HOPEFUL THERE'S A WAY 3420 02:07:01,880 --> 02:07:03,349 FOR US TO ACHIEVE BOTH. AGAIN, 3421 02:07:03,349 --> 02:07:05,117 I'LL BE SUPPORTING TODAY WITH 3422 02:07:05,117 --> 02:07:07,252 THE BIG CAVEAT THAT WE WILL BE 3423 02:07:07,252 --> 02:07:08,687 PROPOSING PROBABLY OUR OWN 3424 02:07:08,687 --> 02:07:10,122 AMENDMENTS AND CERTAINLY WANT TO 3425 02:07:10,122 --> 02:07:12,124 WORK WITH COLLEAGUES HERE WHO 3426 02:07:12,124 --> 02:07:16,128 HAVE THEIR THEIR CONCERNS. AND, 3427 02:07:16,128 --> 02:07:17,963 YOU KNOW, WILL WORK WITH THE 3428 02:07:17,963 --> 02:07:21,000 SPONSORS AND HOPE THAT I'M SURE 3429 02:07:21,000 --> 02:07:21,600 THE SPONSORS WILL WORK WITH 3430 02:07:21,600 --> 02:07:23,102 OTHERS AS WELL. THANK YOU. 3431 02:07:23,102 --> 02:07:27,706 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3432 02:07:27,706 --> 02:07:29,441 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU'RE 3433 02:07:29,441 --> 02:07:29,742 RECOGNIZED. 3434 02:07:29,742 --> 02:07:31,310 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHAIR 3435 02:07:31,310 --> 02:07:32,878 SAKA, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY 3436 02:07:32,878 --> 02:07:34,980 COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON 3437 02:07:34,980 --> 02:07:36,548 THIS REALLY IMPORTANT AMENDMENT. 3438 02:07:36,548 --> 02:07:37,349 AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALSO SAY, 3439 02:07:37,349 --> 02:07:39,084 I KNOW A LOT OF FOLKS SPENT TIME 3440 02:07:39,084 --> 02:07:40,019 THIS MORNING COMING DOWN IN 3441 02:07:40,019 --> 02:07:41,487 PERSON OR STILL HERE, OR CALLING 3442 02:07:41,487 --> 02:07:43,522 IN ONLINE TO, TO SHARE FEEDBACK 3443 02:07:43,522 --> 02:07:45,491 ON THIS. AND I WANT TO EXPRESS 3444 02:07:45,491 --> 02:07:47,893 MY APPRECIATION FOR THAT AS 3445 02:07:47,893 --> 02:07:49,928 WELL. I AM REALLY PROUD TO BE A 3446 02:07:49,928 --> 02:07:51,363 CO-SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT, 3447 02:07:51,363 --> 02:07:54,233 AND I WON'T REPEAT THE THINGS 3448 02:07:54,233 --> 02:07:54,800 THAT COUNCILMEMBER RINCK OR 3449 02:07:54,800 --> 02:07:56,301 COUNCILMEMBER LIN ALREADY SAID, 3450 02:07:56,301 --> 02:07:57,536 BUT I WILL SAY I THINK BOTH ARE 3451 02:07:57,536 --> 02:08:00,406 REALLY IMPORTANT. I DO BELIEVE 3452 02:08:00,406 --> 02:08:01,940 THAT, AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, IT'S 3453 02:08:01,940 --> 02:08:03,909 CRITICAL THAT WE HAVE CLARITY 3454 02:08:03,909 --> 02:08:06,045 AROUND THE ROLE OF THE CITY 3455 02:08:06,045 --> 02:08:07,746 TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND THEIR 3456 02:08:07,746 --> 02:08:08,313 AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS 3457 02:08:08,313 --> 02:08:10,682 AROUND SAFETY SO THAT WE CAN 3458 02:08:10,682 --> 02:08:11,884 WORK TOWARDS THE GOALS THAT WE 3459 02:08:11,884 --> 02:08:14,453 ALL SHARE WHEN IT COMES TO 3460 02:08:14,453 --> 02:08:16,889 TRAFFIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SAFETY 3461 02:08:16,889 --> 02:08:20,192 AND VISION ZERO. I ALSO BELIEVE 3462 02:08:20,192 --> 02:08:21,493 THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT 3463 02:08:21,493 --> 02:08:23,362 WE ENSURE WE HAVE CLARITY AROUND 3464 02:08:23,362 --> 02:08:24,296 THE ROLE THAT THE CITY HAS AND 3465 02:08:24,296 --> 02:08:27,132 OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SHARE 3466 02:08:27,132 --> 02:08:28,600 INFORMATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS 3467 02:08:28,600 --> 02:08:30,803 AND WITH OUR HISTORIC DISTRICTS. 3468 02:08:30,803 --> 02:08:32,671 SO I WILL BE VOTING IN FAVOR OF 3469 02:08:32,671 --> 02:08:34,273 THIS BILL OR EXCUSE ME, IN FAVOR 3470 02:08:34,273 --> 02:08:36,141 OF THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. AND IT 3471 02:08:36,141 --> 02:08:37,910 SOUNDS LIKE COUNCILMEMBER LIN 3472 02:08:37,910 --> 02:08:39,445 AND I MAY BE HEADING IN A 3473 02:08:39,445 --> 02:08:41,814 SIMILAR DIRECTION. I INTEND TO 3474 02:08:41,814 --> 02:08:44,116 BRING AN AMENDMENT TO FULL 3475 02:08:44,116 --> 02:08:46,185 COUNCIL THAT COMMITS TO 3476 02:08:46,185 --> 02:08:46,785 PROVIDING NOTIFICATION TO THE 3477 02:08:46,785 --> 02:08:48,120 HISTORIC BOARDS OF SIGNIFICANT 3478 02:08:48,120 --> 02:08:49,888 CHANGES TO TRAFFIC CONTROL, 3479 02:08:49,888 --> 02:08:52,524 EXCUSE ME, TRAFFIC CONTROL 3480 02:08:52,524 --> 02:08:54,059 DEVICES WITHIN THE HISTORIC 3481 02:08:54,059 --> 02:08:55,260 DISTRICTS. I BELIEVE IN THIS WAY 3482 02:08:55,260 --> 02:08:55,861 WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE 3483 02:08:55,861 --> 02:08:57,529 CLARITY ON THE DECISION MAKING, 3484 02:08:57,529 --> 02:08:59,498 AS WELL AS CLARITY ON THE 3485 02:08:59,498 --> 02:09:00,632 INFORMATION SHARING. SO 3486 02:09:00,632 --> 02:09:02,067 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, MAYBE OUR 3487 02:09:02,067 --> 02:09:03,035 OFFICES CAN COLLABORATE ON THAT 3488 02:09:03,035 --> 02:09:04,903 MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU. 3489 02:09:04,903 --> 02:09:07,172 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3490 02:09:07,172 --> 02:09:08,040 FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. IS 3491 02:09:08,040 --> 02:09:08,740 THAT A NEW HAND? 3492 02:09:08,740 --> 02:09:09,208 -- IT'S A NEW HAND. 3493 02:09:09,208 --> 02:09:09,908 -- SURE. GO AHEAD. 3494 02:09:09,908 --> 02:09:13,812 -- YOU RECOGNIZE. 3495 02:09:13,812 --> 02:09:15,447 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. I RESPECT 3496 02:09:15,447 --> 02:09:17,082 THE POSITION. I RESPECT THE 3497 02:09:17,082 --> 02:09:20,752 CONCERNS. 110%, AND THAT'S PART 3498 02:09:20,752 --> 02:09:22,621 OF MY WORK AS CHAIR OF PUBLIC 3499 02:09:22,621 --> 02:09:24,389 SAFETY, WORKING ALL THESE 3500 02:09:24,389 --> 02:09:26,225 PIECES, PARTICULARLY RELATED TO 3501 02:09:26,225 --> 02:09:27,593 TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WITH 3502 02:09:27,593 --> 02:09:30,629 MY COLLEAGUE, CHAIR OF THIS 3503 02:09:30,629 --> 02:09:35,601 COMMITTEE. BUT FROM A. YOU KNOW, 3504 02:09:35,601 --> 02:09:39,271 DUTY AS IT RELATES TO THE 3505 02:09:39,271 --> 02:09:40,172 LEGISLATIVE PROCESS, I AM A 3506 02:09:40,172 --> 02:09:43,375 LITTLE BIT ASTONISHED THAT WE'RE 3507 02:09:43,375 --> 02:09:46,278 LOOKING AT AN AMENDMENT THAT WAS 3508 02:09:46,278 --> 02:09:49,181 NOT SEEN BY OUR IN-HOUSE LEGAL 3509 02:09:49,181 --> 02:09:52,151 COUNSEL UNTIL THIS MORNING, THAT 3510 02:09:52,151 --> 02:09:53,886 THE THERE WAS ISSUES IN THE CITY 3511 02:09:53,886 --> 02:09:55,020 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH ITS 3512 02:09:55,020 --> 02:09:57,156 REVIEW. THERE WAS NO 3513 02:09:57,156 --> 02:09:58,390 CONSIDERATION OF THE STATE 3514 02:09:58,390 --> 02:10:02,194 PIECES. STATE LAW AND THE LIKE. 3515 02:10:02,194 --> 02:10:03,529 CENTRAL STAFF HAS JUST SAID THAT 3516 02:10:03,529 --> 02:10:05,731 THEY DID NOT INCORPORATE THESE 3517 02:10:05,731 --> 02:10:10,502 PIECES IN THEIR REVIEW OF THIS 3518 02:10:10,502 --> 02:10:13,872 AMENDMENT. I'M JUST ASTONISHED. 3519 02:10:13,872 --> 02:10:15,140 AND AS IT RELATES TO 3520 02:10:15,140 --> 02:10:17,509 STAKEHOLDERS, I DON'T THINK 3521 02:10:17,509 --> 02:10:20,345 OBVIOUSLY, PIKE PLACE MARKET 3522 02:10:20,345 --> 02:10:23,749 WASN'T STAKEHOLDER. THE PIKE 3523 02:10:23,749 --> 02:10:25,450 PIONEER SQUARE WASN'T 3524 02:10:25,450 --> 02:10:27,252 STAKEHOLDERS. I TEND TO DOUBT 3525 02:10:27,252 --> 02:10:27,853 THAT CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 3526 02:10:27,853 --> 02:10:31,256 DISTRICT WAS STAKEHOLDER ON 3527 02:10:31,256 --> 02:10:32,324 THIS. AND AS A SIDE NOTE, WE DID 3528 02:10:32,324 --> 02:10:33,859 AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF 3529 02:10:33,859 --> 02:10:35,828 STAKEHOLDER AND WORK RELATED TO 3530 02:10:35,828 --> 02:10:38,864 OUR TECH PROGRAM, THE REAL TIME 3531 02:10:38,864 --> 02:10:40,699 CRIME CENTER, CCTV, AND ALSO THE 3532 02:10:40,699 --> 02:10:43,802 AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READER, 3533 02:10:43,802 --> 02:10:49,775 110% ON THAT. SO THOSE THREE 3534 02:10:49,775 --> 02:10:51,376 PIECES, AGAIN, I'M A LITTLE BIT 3535 02:10:51,376 --> 02:10:52,611 ASTONISHED THAT AND, YOU KNOW, 3536 02:10:52,611 --> 02:10:56,081 AND I WILL CALL FOR A EXECUTIVE 3537 02:10:56,081 --> 02:10:57,983 SESSION AHEAD OF THE FULL 3538 02:10:57,983 --> 02:10:59,251 COUNCIL MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS 3539 02:10:59,251 --> 02:11:00,853 AND JUST DISCUSS THIS PROCESS OF 3540 02:11:00,853 --> 02:11:02,688 THE LEGAL PROCESS, NEVER MIND 3541 02:11:02,688 --> 02:11:04,456 THE THE PIECES OF THE OF THE 3542 02:11:04,456 --> 02:11:06,491 SUBJECT, BUT THE LEGAL PROCESS 3543 02:11:06,491 --> 02:11:07,826 THAT WE GET HERE. IN FACT, AFTER 3544 02:11:07,826 --> 02:11:08,560 THIS MEETING, I'M GOING TO CALL 3545 02:11:08,560 --> 02:11:15,701 THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE IT'S 3546 02:11:15,701 --> 02:11:19,605 UNSATISFACTORY. IT'S 3547 02:11:19,605 --> 02:11:20,639 UNSATISFACTORY. AT THE END OF 3548 02:11:20,639 --> 02:11:21,440 THE DAY TO CLOSE, THOUGH, AND 3549 02:11:21,440 --> 02:11:22,774 YOU CAN SEE BY MY WORK RELATED 3550 02:11:22,774 --> 02:11:24,910 PIKE PLACE MARKET AND WORK 3551 02:11:24,910 --> 02:11:26,678 ACROSS THE BOARD AND PUBLIC 3552 02:11:26,678 --> 02:11:29,881 SAFETY, I TOO TAKE VERY 3553 02:11:29,881 --> 02:11:30,515 SERIOUSLY AND PUSH FORWARD THE 3554 02:11:30,515 --> 02:11:32,384 IMPROVEMENT OF OUR TRAFFIC AND 3555 02:11:32,384 --> 02:11:33,252 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY POSTURE IN 3556 02:11:33,252 --> 02:11:35,754 THIS CITY TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC 3557 02:11:35,754 --> 02:11:42,561 SAFETY ACROSS THE BOARD. BECAUSE 3558 02:11:42,561 --> 02:11:43,729 IT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT TRACK 3559 02:11:43,729 --> 02:11:44,763 RECORD IS THERE. THANK YOU, 3560 02:11:44,763 --> 02:11:44,997 CHAIR. 3561 02:11:44,997 --> 02:11:46,832 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3562 02:11:46,832 --> 02:11:47,566 KETTLE. BEFORE GIVING LAST WORD 3563 02:11:47,566 --> 02:11:49,601 TO THE AMENDMENT SPONSOR, I WILL 3564 02:11:49,601 --> 02:11:51,536 COMMENT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. 3565 02:11:51,536 --> 02:11:53,171 FIRST OFF, I WANT TO THANK 3566 02:11:53,171 --> 02:11:58,176 GENUINELY THANK VICE CHAIR RINCK 3567 02:11:58,176 --> 02:11:59,278 FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. IT'S 3568 02:11:59,278 --> 02:12:00,846 READING THE TEA LEAVES HERE, I 3569 02:12:00,846 --> 02:12:01,480 UNDERSTAND DIRECTIONALLY KIND OF 3570 02:12:01,480 --> 02:12:05,250 WHERE WE'RE HEADED, BUT I 3571 02:12:05,250 --> 02:12:07,753 APPRECIATE YOU FOR INITIATING 3572 02:12:07,753 --> 02:12:08,387 THIS CONVERSATION THAT WILL NO 3573 02:12:08,387 --> 02:12:09,121 DOUBT CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 3574 02:12:09,121 --> 02:12:13,125 COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT AND I 3575 02:12:13,125 --> 02:12:14,893 APPRECIATE YOUR COLLABORATION 3576 02:12:14,893 --> 02:12:18,096 OFFLINE. WE'VE HAD YOU AND I 3577 02:12:18,096 --> 02:12:19,298 HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS 3578 02:12:19,298 --> 02:12:20,699 ABOUT THIS AND THE BROADER 3579 02:12:20,699 --> 02:12:21,867 PACKAGE OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A 3580 02:12:21,867 --> 02:12:23,135 HALF, TWO WEEKS, WHICH I REALLY, 3581 02:12:23,135 --> 02:12:24,636 REALLY DO VALUE AND APPRECIATE. 3582 02:12:24,636 --> 02:12:27,973 AND I ALSO REGRET NOT MORE 3583 02:12:27,973 --> 02:12:29,741 CLOSELY ENGAGING WITH MY TRUSTY 3584 02:12:29,741 --> 02:12:31,310 VICE CHAIR IN THE MAD SPRINT 3585 02:12:31,310 --> 02:12:33,445 RIGHT BEFORE RECESS, BUT I DO. I 3586 02:12:33,445 --> 02:12:34,680 WERE ALIGNED HERE. WE'RE ALL 3587 02:12:34,680 --> 02:12:37,382 ALIGNED IN THE SAME GOALS. AND I 3588 02:12:37,382 --> 02:12:39,985 ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY AND ALSO 3589 02:12:39,985 --> 02:12:45,290 CLAP BACK AT ANY POTENTIAL 3590 02:12:45,290 --> 02:12:45,891 ATTACKING OF YOUR MOTIVES OR 3591 02:12:45,891 --> 02:12:49,194 YOUR CHARACTER, OR LIKE ANYTHING 3592 02:12:49,194 --> 02:12:51,096 ASSOCIATED WITH THIS, I KNOW YOU 3593 02:12:51,096 --> 02:12:53,465 ARE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT OUR 3594 02:12:53,465 --> 02:12:53,966 PRESERVATION BOARDS AND 3595 02:12:53,966 --> 02:12:54,833 PRESERVING THE HISTORIC NATURE 3596 02:12:54,833 --> 02:12:56,802 OF THESE OF THESE, YOU KNOW, 3597 02:12:56,802 --> 02:12:57,436 VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS. EIGHT OF 3598 02:12:57,436 --> 02:12:58,970 THEM TO BE EXACT, THAT WOULD BE 3599 02:12:58,970 --> 02:13:02,174 IMPACTED. AND SO ONE WANT TO 3600 02:13:02,174 --> 02:13:03,642 CLARIFY THAT. AND, AND 3601 02:13:03,642 --> 02:13:05,377 CONVERSELY, YOU KNOW, ANYONE 3602 02:13:05,377 --> 02:13:06,378 THAT FRAMES THIS AS A, AS A 3603 02:13:06,378 --> 02:13:08,714 FALSE CHOICE IN HISTORIC BOARDS 3604 02:13:08,714 --> 02:13:13,218 OR, YOU KNOW, UNDULY, YOU KNOW, 3605 02:13:13,218 --> 02:13:16,521 ROADBLOCKING OR PREVENTING 3606 02:13:16,521 --> 02:13:17,155 NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE SAFETY 3607 02:13:17,155 --> 02:13:19,391 MEASURES AND RESULTING IN PEOPLE 3608 02:13:19,391 --> 02:13:21,426 DYING. THAT'S NOT TRUE EITHER. 3609 02:13:21,426 --> 02:13:22,561 YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO 3610 02:13:22,561 --> 02:13:24,062 HAVE A MORE BALANCED, 3611 02:13:24,062 --> 02:13:26,565 RESPECTFUL, NUANCED 3612 02:13:26,565 --> 02:13:27,165 CONVERSATION. AND HAVING HAD 3613 02:13:27,165 --> 02:13:28,867 THOSE CONVERSATIONS DIRECTLY 3614 02:13:28,867 --> 02:13:29,601 WITH THE SPONSOR OF THIS 3615 02:13:29,601 --> 02:13:30,702 AMENDMENT, I KNOW WE'RE ALIGNED 3616 02:13:30,702 --> 02:13:32,237 ON THAT POINT, AND I APPRECIATE 3617 02:13:32,237 --> 02:13:33,638 HER WORK AND HER PERSONAL 3618 02:13:33,638 --> 02:13:35,006 FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE. AND WE'RE 3619 02:13:35,006 --> 02:13:36,675 ALL SHAPED BY DIFFERENT THINGS. 3620 02:13:36,675 --> 02:13:40,645 I'LL SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. 3621 02:13:40,645 --> 02:13:43,582 ONE, AS THE ARCHITECT OR COUNCIL 3622 02:13:43,582 --> 02:13:47,386 CHAMPION OF THIS BROADER, SAFER 3623 02:13:47,386 --> 02:13:48,353 STREETS PACKAGE, I'M NOT EVEN A 3624 02:13:48,353 --> 02:13:51,023 CHAMPION OF THIS, TO BE HONEST. 3625 02:13:51,023 --> 02:13:52,724 I'M JUST A COUNCIL SPONSOR. THIS 3626 02:13:52,724 --> 02:13:53,358 IS REALLY COMMUNITY'S EFFORT. 3627 02:13:53,358 --> 02:13:55,027 THIS IS COMMUNITY'S INITIATIVES 3628 02:13:55,027 --> 02:13:57,329 BECAUSE ALL THIS DOES IS CODIFY 3629 02:13:57,329 --> 02:14:02,300 THREE THINGS THAT SEATTLE 3630 02:14:02,300 --> 02:14:05,070 STREETS ALLIANCE ASKED FOR 3631 02:14:05,070 --> 02:14:07,339 MULTIPLE AGGRIEVED FAMILIES AND 3632 02:14:07,339 --> 02:14:09,007 VICTIMS OF TRAFFIC VIOLENCE HAVE 3633 02:14:09,007 --> 02:14:10,642 ASKED ME AND MY MY OFFICE AND 3634 02:14:10,642 --> 02:14:13,278 OUR COLLEAGUES FOR WHEN IT COMES 3635 02:14:13,278 --> 02:14:14,513 TO THREE THINGS TRUCK SIDECAR 3636 02:14:14,513 --> 02:14:17,182 PROTECTIONS, MANDATORY VISION 3637 02:14:17,182 --> 02:14:19,885 ZERO REVIEWS, AND AUTOMATIC 3638 02:14:19,885 --> 02:14:22,020 DAYLIGHTING DOES THOSE THINGS. 3639 02:14:22,020 --> 02:14:24,990 SO DOES THE PARALLEL EXECUTIVE 3640 02:14:24,990 --> 02:14:27,592 ORDER. AND IT DOES MORE. IT 3641 02:14:27,592 --> 02:14:28,593 GRANTS AND IT'S STRONGER. IT 3642 02:14:28,593 --> 02:14:29,594 TAKES ADDITIONAL ACTION. IT 3643 02:14:29,594 --> 02:14:31,863 GRANTS MORE POWER TO EXPERTS TO 3644 02:14:31,863 --> 02:14:35,734 DO MORE IT CONTEMPLATES AND 3645 02:14:35,734 --> 02:14:37,803 CODIFIES, YOU KNOW, FASTER AND 3646 02:14:37,803 --> 02:14:40,839 PUTS US ON A PATH FOR FASTER 3647 02:14:40,839 --> 02:14:43,308 POST-CRASH POST FATALITY, CRASH 3648 02:14:43,308 --> 02:14:44,876 RESPONSE POLICY. THE ORIGINAL 3649 02:14:44,876 --> 02:14:47,479 AND WHAT I ENVISION HERE IS 3650 02:14:47,479 --> 02:14:49,614 DOING EVENTUALLY A SUITE OF 3651 02:14:49,614 --> 02:14:51,483 PACKAGES TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC 3652 02:14:51,483 --> 02:14:53,085 SAFETY. I KIND OF VIEW THIS AS 3653 02:14:53,085 --> 02:14:57,589 PHASE ONE OF SAFER STREETS. I'M 3654 02:14:57,589 --> 02:14:58,857 NOT I'M NOT OPPOSED, BY THE 3655 02:14:58,857 --> 02:15:04,129 WAY, TO TAKING THE THE 3656 02:15:04,129 --> 02:15:06,198 UNDERLYING POLICY CONSIDERATIONS 3657 02:15:06,198 --> 02:15:08,834 UP IN AMENDMENT TWO IN A 3658 02:15:08,834 --> 02:15:09,367 SUBSEQUENT AND SUBSEQUENT 3659 02:15:09,367 --> 02:15:10,202 LEGISLATION OR EVEN IN, YOU 3660 02:15:10,202 --> 02:15:12,471 KNOW, SOME FUTURE ITERATION OF 3661 02:15:12,471 --> 02:15:15,774 THIS BILL BEFORE IT GETS A FULL 3662 02:15:15,774 --> 02:15:18,477 COUNCIL. BUT THE ORIGINAL INTENT 3663 02:15:18,477 --> 02:15:19,878 WAS TO TO HAVE FOR PHASE ONE TO, 3664 02:15:19,878 --> 02:15:22,714 TO, TO INCLUDE AND PACKAGE THOSE 3665 02:15:22,714 --> 02:15:24,216 KIND OF LOW HANGING FRUIT ITEMS 3666 02:15:24,216 --> 02:15:26,318 WHERE THERE'S GENERALLY MORE 3667 02:15:26,318 --> 02:15:29,321 CONSENSUS. AND I HEARD THIS 3668 02:15:29,321 --> 02:15:31,056 REQUEST I MENTIONED LAST WEEK, 3669 02:15:31,056 --> 02:15:32,224 SDOT LITERALLY WROTE CERTAIN 3670 02:15:32,224 --> 02:15:37,329 PROVISIONS AT MY REQUEST AS DOT 3671 02:15:37,329 --> 02:15:37,829 LITERALLY WROTE CERTAIN 3672 02:15:37,829 --> 02:15:38,430 PROVISIONS IN THIS BILL AT MY 3673 02:15:38,430 --> 02:15:40,398 REQUEST TO HELP FACILITATE 3674 02:15:40,398 --> 02:15:42,567 STREAMLINE THINGS. AND ONE OF 3675 02:15:42,567 --> 02:15:43,935 THOSE PROPOSED I ACCEPTED SOME 3676 02:15:43,935 --> 02:15:45,070 DID NOT ACCEPT SOME. ONE OF 3677 02:15:45,070 --> 02:15:47,005 THOSE PROPOSED PROVISIONS WAS 3678 02:15:47,005 --> 02:15:49,241 THIS, AND I DECLINED TO ACCEPT 3679 02:15:49,241 --> 02:15:51,443 IT FOR A REASON. I ALSO HEARD 3680 02:15:51,443 --> 02:15:52,978 DEMANDS FROM COMMUNITIES, THE 3681 02:15:52,978 --> 02:15:53,812 SAME COMMUNITIES WE'RE 3682 02:15:53,812 --> 02:15:55,146 PARTNERING WITH TO BRING THIS TO 3683 02:15:55,146 --> 02:15:56,481 LIFE, WHO ALSO WANTED THE SAME 3684 02:15:56,481 --> 02:15:57,716 THING, AND I COMMITTED TO THEM 3685 02:15:57,716 --> 02:16:02,187 AT THE TIME. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO 3686 02:16:02,187 --> 02:16:03,054 CONSIDERING THIS, JUST NOT NOW, 3687 02:16:03,054 --> 02:16:05,423 IN THIS IN THIS PACKAGE. THERE 3688 02:16:05,423 --> 02:16:08,193 ARE VALID CONCERNS HERE. I'M 3689 02:16:08,193 --> 02:16:12,130 JUST NOT CONVINCED AT THIS POINT 3690 02:16:12,130 --> 02:16:14,933 THAT. THAT APPLYING SUCH A 3691 02:16:14,933 --> 02:16:18,036 BROAD, BLUNT FORCE INSTRUMENT 3692 02:16:18,036 --> 02:16:19,371 WOULD HELP US COLLECTIVELY 3693 02:16:19,371 --> 02:16:20,438 ACHIEVE OUR SHARED GOALS. I NOTE 3694 02:16:20,438 --> 02:16:23,742 THAT THERE ARE EIGHT HISTORIC 3695 02:16:23,742 --> 02:16:24,342 LANDMARK DISTRICTS IN SEATTLE 3696 02:16:24,342 --> 02:16:26,678 WITHIN EVERY COUNCIL DISTRICT. I 3697 02:16:26,678 --> 02:16:28,413 BELIEVE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 3698 02:16:28,413 --> 02:16:30,081 DE FIVE UP NORTH IN 3699 02:16:30,081 --> 02:16:31,149 COUNCILMEMBER LIN MIGHT I THINK 3700 02:16:31,149 --> 02:16:36,254 MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE TWO IN HIS 3701 02:16:36,254 --> 02:16:37,255 DISTRICT. AND THIS AMENDMENT, 3702 02:16:37,255 --> 02:16:40,892 AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT INVOLVES 3703 02:16:40,892 --> 02:16:42,327 SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES OR 3704 02:16:42,327 --> 02:16:44,462 IMPLICATIONS TO DUTIES, POWERS, 3705 02:16:44,462 --> 02:16:45,063 AUTHORITIES OF THE RESPECTIVE 3706 02:16:45,063 --> 02:16:46,665 PRESERVATION BOARDS THAT ROLL UP 3707 02:16:46,665 --> 02:16:49,901 TO ANOTHER COUNCIL COMMITTEE 3708 02:16:49,901 --> 02:16:51,836 BECAUSE THEY. THEY ARE MANAGED, 3709 02:16:51,836 --> 02:16:53,204 OPERATED AND ORGANIZED BY THE 3710 02:16:53,204 --> 02:16:57,108 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, NOT 3711 02:16:57,108 --> 02:17:01,780 THIS COMMITTEE AND IT 3712 02:17:01,780 --> 02:17:03,682 ESTABLISHES A CITY WIDE 3713 02:17:03,682 --> 02:17:06,218 EXEMPTION COVERING ALL. ALL 3714 02:17:06,218 --> 02:17:06,718 EIGHT HISTORIC LANDMARK 3715 02:17:06,718 --> 02:17:10,388 DISTRICTS AND THE BROAD AND 3716 02:17:10,388 --> 02:17:11,656 UNDEFINED PHRASE. CURRENTLY, 3717 02:17:11,656 --> 02:17:17,729 SPOT DESIGN CHANGES. AYE. I 3718 02:17:17,729 --> 02:17:18,630 WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED AND LIKED 3719 02:17:18,630 --> 02:17:20,465 TO SEE OR COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY 3720 02:17:20,465 --> 02:17:22,834 SUPPORTED AND LIKE TO SEE A 3721 02:17:22,834 --> 02:17:26,404 SLIGHTLY NARROWER, A MORE 3722 02:17:26,404 --> 02:17:28,607 NARROWER APPLICATION OF OF THIS. 3723 02:17:28,607 --> 02:17:33,211 AND, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF THE 3724 02:17:33,211 --> 02:17:34,346 BROAD APPLICABILITY OF THIS. SO 3725 02:17:34,346 --> 02:17:36,147 A NARROWER AND I'M JUST 3726 02:17:36,147 --> 02:17:37,082 SPITBALLING HERE, LITERALLY ON 3727 02:17:37,082 --> 02:17:38,516 THE FLY, I'M JUST JOTTING DOWN 3728 02:17:38,516 --> 02:17:40,885 NOTES, BUT SOME POSSIBLE 3729 02:17:40,885 --> 02:17:42,153 EXAMPLES MAYBE MIGHT BE ROADMAPS 3730 02:17:42,153 --> 02:17:44,589 FOR YOU COLLEAGUES. BUT SOME, 3731 02:17:44,589 --> 02:17:46,224 SOME POSSIBLE EXAMPLES. NO DOUBT 3732 02:17:46,224 --> 02:17:48,960 THERE ARE OTHERS INSTEAD OF 3733 02:17:48,960 --> 02:17:50,362 APPLYING IT TO ALL EIGHT 3734 02:17:50,362 --> 02:17:52,697 HISTORIC DISTRICTS, APPLY IT TO 3735 02:17:52,697 --> 02:17:54,032 A NARROW SUBSET. AT A QUICK 3736 02:17:54,032 --> 02:17:55,166 GLANCE OF THE VARIOUS MAPS AND 3737 02:17:55,166 --> 02:17:58,336 HAVEN'T DONE THE PROPER GIS 3738 02:17:58,336 --> 02:17:59,738 OVERLAY. BUT MY QUICK 3739 02:17:59,738 --> 02:18:00,372 INTERPRETATION IS THAT ONLY FIVE 3740 02:18:00,372 --> 02:18:02,774 OF THOSE EIGHT ARE ON WHAT SDOT 3741 02:18:02,774 --> 02:18:03,808 CLASSIFIES AS THE HIGH INJURY 3742 02:18:03,808 --> 02:18:08,213 NETWORK. MAYBE, MAYBE CONSIDER 3743 02:18:08,213 --> 02:18:10,749 THAT AS AN APPROACH, AS ONE 3744 02:18:10,749 --> 02:18:11,916 STARTING APPROACH. I THINK WE 3745 02:18:11,916 --> 02:18:13,485 NEED TO FURTHER NARROW IT AS 3746 02:18:13,485 --> 02:18:18,957 WELL. BUT POTENTIALLY THERE'S 3747 02:18:18,957 --> 02:18:20,258 EXPEDITED REVIEW DEADLINES. YOU 3748 02:18:20,258 --> 02:18:23,395 KNOW, EMERGENCY SAFETY 3749 02:18:23,395 --> 02:18:23,895 EXCEPTIONS INVOLVING A 3750 02:18:23,895 --> 02:18:25,997 PARTICULAR CRASH OR FATALITY, 3751 02:18:25,997 --> 02:18:29,434 MANDATORY REPORTING MECHANISMS 3752 02:18:29,434 --> 02:18:31,770 OR MANDATORY COORDINATION 3753 02:18:31,770 --> 02:18:34,072 MECHANISMS WITH THE VARIOUS 3754 02:18:34,072 --> 02:18:34,639 STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE 3755 02:18:34,639 --> 02:18:37,842 PRESERVATION BOARDS AND WHERE 3756 02:18:37,842 --> 02:18:39,010 THIS ON THE SUBSTANCE, YOU KNOW, 3757 02:18:39,010 --> 02:18:40,378 UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SUPPORT 3758 02:18:40,378 --> 02:18:43,148 IT TODAY FOR THOSE REASONS. AND 3759 02:18:43,148 --> 02:18:45,216 WHERE THIS FALLS SHORT, I THINK 3760 02:18:45,216 --> 02:18:45,650 THIS IS A DIFFERENT 3761 02:18:45,650 --> 02:18:46,351 CONVERSATION. IN THAT LAST 3762 02:18:46,351 --> 02:18:48,620 SENTENCE THERE, IT SAYS THE THE 3763 02:18:48,620 --> 02:18:50,288 DEPARTMENT OR WHOEVER MAY DO DO 3764 02:18:50,288 --> 02:18:53,391 X, Y, AND Z, WHICH IS VERY 3765 02:18:53,391 --> 02:18:56,161 PERMISSIVE. IF THAT HAD SAID THE 3766 02:18:56,161 --> 02:18:58,229 TRAFFIC ENGINEER MUST OR SHALL 3767 02:18:58,229 --> 02:19:00,632 COORDINATE. THAT'S A THAT'S 3768 02:19:00,632 --> 02:19:02,801 THAT'S A DIFFERENT THAT LANDS 3769 02:19:02,801 --> 02:19:03,468 DIFFERENTLY. AND, YOU KNOW, 3770 02:19:03,468 --> 02:19:04,636 COMBINATION OF OTHER THINGS. I 3771 02:19:04,636 --> 02:19:07,405 THINK WE COULD WORKSHOP THIS A 3772 02:19:07,405 --> 02:19:10,775 LITTLE MORE. THERE ARE ALSO SOME 3773 02:19:10,775 --> 02:19:13,712 SOME OPEN LEGAL QUESTIONS, BUT, 3774 02:19:13,712 --> 02:19:15,647 BUT, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE, 3775 02:19:15,647 --> 02:19:18,383 THE INTENT AND SPIRIT HERE 3776 02:19:18,383 --> 02:19:20,151 BEHIND THIS. AND WE NEED TO HAVE 3777 02:19:20,151 --> 02:19:21,086 TOUGH POLICY CONVERSATIONS AND 3778 02:19:21,086 --> 02:19:22,787 BE WILLING TO DO THINGS UP TO 3779 02:19:22,787 --> 02:19:24,989 AND INCLUDING THIS AT SOME 3780 02:19:24,989 --> 02:19:29,828 POINT, I JUST DON'T THINK WE'VE 3781 02:19:29,828 --> 02:19:30,862 DONE THE WORK AND STAKEHOLDERS 3782 02:19:30,862 --> 02:19:32,530 TO, TO, TO DO THAT. I KNOW MY 3783 02:19:32,530 --> 02:19:35,567 CONSTITUENTS IN PIONEER SQUARE 3784 02:19:35,567 --> 02:19:37,736 DON'T LIKE THIS, EVEN THOUGH I 3785 02:19:37,736 --> 02:19:39,237 KNOW THEY STRONGLY SUPPORT 3786 02:19:39,237 --> 02:19:41,906 SAFETY. IN ANY EVENT, I DO 3787 02:19:41,906 --> 02:19:44,008 APPRECIATE THE AMENDMENT SPONSOR 3788 02:19:44,008 --> 02:19:44,676 AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, 3789 02:19:44,676 --> 02:19:47,278 VICE CHAIR, FOR LAST WORD. 3790 02:19:47,278 --> 02:19:49,147 -- THANK YOU FOR THOSE REMARKS, 3791 02:19:49,147 --> 02:19:49,681 CHAIR SAKA AND THANK YOU, 3792 02:19:49,681 --> 02:19:51,883 COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT 3793 02:19:51,883 --> 02:19:53,818 ON THIS. AS A AS A POLICY 3794 02:19:53,818 --> 02:19:54,452 CONCEPT AND YOUR CONSIDERATION 3795 02:19:54,452 --> 02:19:55,620 OF THIS AMENDMENT TODAY. I WILL 3796 02:19:55,620 --> 02:19:57,155 NOTE, FOR THE RECORD, PART OF 3797 02:19:57,155 --> 02:19:58,757 THE REASON FOR CALLING FOR A 3798 02:19:58,757 --> 02:20:00,091 RECESS EARLIER TODAY WAS TO GIVE 3799 02:20:00,091 --> 02:20:00,525 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR 3800 02:20:00,525 --> 02:20:02,227 COUNCILMEMBERS TO SPEAK TO LEGAL 3801 02:20:02,227 --> 02:20:03,395 COUNSEL. I'LL NOTE FOR THE 3802 02:20:03,395 --> 02:20:05,096 RECORD, I MYSELF WAS CAUGHT OFF 3803 02:20:05,096 --> 02:20:06,664 GUARD AFTER RECEIVING ADDITIONAL 3804 02:20:06,664 --> 02:20:07,665 FEEDBACK THIS MORNING, SO I JUST 3805 02:20:07,665 --> 02:20:09,834 WANTED THE RECORD TO REFLECT 3806 02:20:09,834 --> 02:20:11,569 THAT. BUT I BELIEVE THIS POLICY 3807 02:20:11,569 --> 02:20:14,506 CONCEPT IS IMPORTANT FOR FOR US 3808 02:20:14,506 --> 02:20:15,607 TO CONSIDER WEIGHING IN TODAY 3809 02:20:15,607 --> 02:20:17,175 AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 3810 02:20:17,175 --> 02:20:18,910 VOTE TODAY WITH A FULL 3811 02:20:18,910 --> 02:20:20,278 UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE 3812 02:20:20,278 --> 02:20:22,046 CONTINUED WORK BETWEEN THIS 3813 02:20:22,046 --> 02:20:24,182 COMMITTEE AND FULL COUNCIL. AND 3814 02:20:24,182 --> 02:20:25,250 SO I APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBERS, 3815 02:20:25,250 --> 02:20:27,085 FOSTER AND LIN FOR YOUR 3816 02:20:27,085 --> 02:20:27,619 COMMITMENT TO WORKING ON 3817 02:20:27,619 --> 02:20:29,621 AMENDMENTS TO BOLSTER AND ENSURE 3818 02:20:29,621 --> 02:20:30,922 COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH HISTORIC 3819 02:20:30,922 --> 02:20:33,091 PRESERVATION DISTRICTS, AND TO 3820 02:20:33,091 --> 02:20:34,793 INCORPORATE ANY REMAINING 3821 02:20:34,793 --> 02:20:36,361 FEEDBACK THAT WE HEAR ON THE 3822 02:20:36,361 --> 02:20:38,563 LEGAL FRONT, THERE IS AN 3823 02:20:38,563 --> 02:20:40,131 IMPORTANT ROLE, AS WELL AS A 3824 02:20:40,131 --> 02:20:42,934 STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY 3825 02:20:42,934 --> 02:20:43,701 FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION 3826 02:20:43,701 --> 02:20:45,837 BOARDS, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE 3827 02:20:45,837 --> 02:20:47,472 CAN STRIKE A HEALTHY AND THE 3828 02:20:47,472 --> 02:20:49,174 LEGALLY REQUIRED BALANCE ON THAT 3829 02:20:49,174 --> 02:20:52,177 MATTER. AND I WILL CLOSE WITH 3830 02:20:52,177 --> 02:20:54,612 THIS. I BELIEVE WE PROTECT AND 3831 02:20:54,612 --> 02:20:56,281 PROMOTE THE VIBRANCE OF OUR 3832 02:20:56,281 --> 02:20:58,082 HISTORIC DISTRICTS. WHEN WE MAKE 3833 02:20:58,082 --> 02:20:59,884 SURE THAT PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES 3834 02:20:59,884 --> 02:21:00,985 IN THEM ARE SAFE ONES. THANK 3835 02:21:00,985 --> 02:21:02,987 YOU. AND I ASK FOR YOUR VOTE. 3836 02:21:02,987 --> 02:21:04,656 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER VICE 3837 02:21:04,656 --> 02:21:05,423 CHAIR RINCK. ALL RIGHT. ANY 3838 02:21:05,423 --> 02:21:07,725 FINAL COMMENTS ON THE AMENDMENT 3839 02:21:07,725 --> 02:21:09,527 BEFORE WE PROCEED FOR VOTE 3840 02:21:09,527 --> 02:21:11,596 HEARING? SEEING NONE, WILL THE 3841 02:21:11,596 --> 02:21:15,767 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON 3842 02:21:15,767 --> 02:21:17,135 THE MOTION BEFORE US? AMENDMENT 3843 02:21:17,135 --> 02:21:19,170 16. 3844 02:21:19,170 --> 02:21:19,704 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 3845 02:21:19,704 --> 02:21:20,905 -- YES. 3846 02:21:20,905 --> 02:21:23,007 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. NO. 3847 02:21:23,007 --> 02:21:23,441 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3848 02:21:23,441 --> 02:21:25,043 -- YES. 3849 02:21:25,043 --> 02:21:27,178 -- VICE CHAIR. RINCK. 3850 02:21:27,178 --> 02:21:27,412 -- YES. 3851 02:21:27,412 --> 02:21:28,746 -- CHAIR SAKA. 3852 02:21:28,746 --> 02:21:28,980 -- NAY. 3853 02:21:28,980 --> 02:21:30,248 -- CHAIR, THERE ARE THREE VOTES 3854 02:21:30,248 --> 02:21:31,416 IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED. 3855 02:21:31,416 --> 02:21:34,586 -- ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION PASSES 3856 02:21:34,586 --> 02:21:36,688 AND WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF 3857 02:21:36,688 --> 02:21:41,626 THE AMENDED BILL. NOW WE HAVE A 3858 02:21:41,626 --> 02:21:44,896 A FULLY AMENDED COUNCIL BILL 3859 02:21:44,896 --> 02:21:49,767 BEFORE US. SO ANY ANY FINAL 3860 02:21:49,767 --> 02:21:54,205 COMMENTS ON THE THE BILL BEFORE 3861 02:21:54,205 --> 02:21:56,207 US? COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3862 02:21:56,207 --> 02:21:57,876 -- YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK 3863 02:21:57,876 --> 02:21:59,978 YOU FOR THE WORK THAT WENT INTO 3864 02:21:59,978 --> 02:22:01,913 THIS, AND I THANK MY COLLEAGUES 3865 02:22:01,913 --> 02:22:03,481 FOR THE AMENDMENTS. LIKE IN THE 3866 02:22:03,481 --> 02:22:05,116 CHAIR PACKAGE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT 3867 02:22:05,116 --> 02:22:09,287 DO MAKE IT BETTER AND TO 3868 02:22:09,287 --> 02:22:11,122 HIGHLIGHT THE ISSUES. IT IS AN 3869 02:22:11,122 --> 02:22:13,858 IMPORTANT ISSUE TO HIGHLIGHT. 3870 02:22:13,858 --> 02:22:15,026 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND JUST TO 3871 02:22:15,026 --> 02:22:16,728 CLOSE ON THAT, YOU MENTIONED OUR 3872 02:22:16,728 --> 02:22:17,829 OTHER COLLEAGUES. BUT YEAH, MY 3873 02:22:17,829 --> 02:22:20,131 TEAM AND I MYSELF WILL WORK WITH 3874 02:22:20,131 --> 02:22:22,033 YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND OUR OTHER 3875 02:22:22,033 --> 02:22:25,236 ACTUALLY, EVERYBODY HERE ON THE 3876 02:22:25,236 --> 02:22:26,704 ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY 3877 02:22:26,704 --> 02:22:27,739 IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE 3878 02:22:27,739 --> 02:22:29,774 T'S ARE CROSSED AND I'S ARE 3879 02:22:29,774 --> 02:22:31,709 DOTTED ACROSS THE BOARD, WHICH 3880 02:22:31,709 --> 02:22:32,744 WAS MAINLY THE POINT THAT I WAS 3881 02:22:32,744 --> 02:22:33,945 SPEAKING TO. BUT AT THE END OF 3882 02:22:33,945 --> 02:22:36,948 THE DAY, AGAIN, IT'S GOT TO BE 3883 02:22:36,948 --> 02:22:38,416 A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN ORDER 3884 02:22:38,416 --> 02:22:40,685 TO IMPROVE OUR PEDESTRIAN AND 3885 02:22:40,685 --> 02:22:41,286 TRAFFIC SAFETY POSTURE IN THE 3886 02:22:41,286 --> 02:22:42,754 CITY. 3887 02:22:42,754 --> 02:22:43,321 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3888 02:22:43,321 --> 02:22:46,457 KETTLE COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU'RE 3889 02:22:46,457 --> 02:22:46,758 RECOGNIZED. 3890 02:22:46,758 --> 02:22:47,859 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANT 3891 02:22:47,859 --> 02:22:50,128 TO THANK ALL OF YOU, ESPECIALLY 3892 02:22:50,128 --> 02:22:54,732 YOU CHAIR, FOR FOR PUTTING 3893 02:22:54,732 --> 02:22:55,600 TOGETHER THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE. I 3894 02:22:55,600 --> 02:22:57,435 KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A, 3895 02:22:57,435 --> 02:23:00,004 YOU KNOW, A DISCORD HERE ON THIS 3896 02:23:00,004 --> 02:23:01,606 LAST ONE, AND I DON'T WANT THAT 3897 02:23:01,606 --> 02:23:04,309 TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE INCREDIBLE 3898 02:23:04,309 --> 02:23:05,910 HARD WORK AND THE ALIGNMENT ON 3899 02:23:05,910 --> 02:23:07,745 EVERYTHING ELSE. AND AGAIN, JUST 3900 02:23:07,745 --> 02:23:09,714 MY COMMITMENT, EVEN THOUGH I'M 3901 02:23:09,714 --> 02:23:12,050 NOT THE SPONSOR, BUT TO WORK 3902 02:23:12,050 --> 02:23:13,051 WITH THE SPONSORS AND TO WORK 3903 02:23:13,051 --> 02:23:14,252 WITH EVERYONE ELSE TO, TO FIND A 3904 02:23:14,252 --> 02:23:17,088 PATH FORWARD. THANK YOU. 3905 02:23:17,088 --> 02:23:21,159 -- THANK YOU. ANY FINAL COMMENTS 3906 02:23:21,159 --> 02:23:23,094 ON THIS BILL? NO. OKAY. I'LL 3907 02:23:23,094 --> 02:23:24,062 JUST QUICKLY CLOSE BY SAYING 3908 02:23:24,062 --> 02:23:28,533 THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR STRONG 3909 02:23:28,533 --> 02:23:29,167 COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION 3910 02:23:29,167 --> 02:23:31,803 HERE PUBLICLY AND OFFLINE. IT'S 3911 02:23:31,803 --> 02:23:32,837 CLEAR WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS 3912 02:23:32,837 --> 02:23:35,773 THE SAME. WE ALL HAVE THE SAME 3913 02:23:35,773 --> 02:23:37,842 EXACT GOALS. THIS PAIRED WITH 3914 02:23:37,842 --> 02:23:40,078 THE PARALLEL EXECUTIVE ORDER, 3915 02:23:40,078 --> 02:23:41,779 MAKES CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, 3916 02:23:41,779 --> 02:23:45,049 DESPITE SOME OF THE BROADER 3917 02:23:45,049 --> 02:23:47,485 DISTINCTIONS AND CONTRASTS AND 3918 02:23:47,485 --> 02:23:50,388 DIFFERENCES OF POLICY VIEW THAT 3919 02:23:50,388 --> 02:23:53,324 THIS BODY HAS MAY HAVE WITH THE 3920 02:23:53,324 --> 02:23:58,696 EXECUTIVE AT TIMES WHEN WE THINK 3921 02:23:58,696 --> 02:23:59,430 ABOUT PUBLIC ISSUES OF PUBLIC 3922 02:23:59,430 --> 02:24:00,531 SAFETY, PARTICULARLY ON ISSUES 3923 02:24:00,531 --> 02:24:01,632 OF PUBLIC SAFETY. BUT WHEN WE 3924 02:24:01,632 --> 02:24:03,067 THINK ABOUT ISSUES OF PUBLIC 3925 02:24:03,067 --> 02:24:03,768 SAFETY MORE BROADLY AND THEN 3926 02:24:03,768 --> 02:24:05,503 DIVE DEEPER INTO THE ISSUE OF 3927 02:24:05,503 --> 02:24:07,972 TRAFFIC SAFETY, I HOPE IT IS 3928 02:24:07,972 --> 02:24:08,773 CLEAR TO EVERYONE, MY 3929 02:24:08,773 --> 02:24:11,409 COLLEAGUES, BUT ESPECIALLY 3930 02:24:11,409 --> 02:24:12,010 MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COUNCIL 3931 02:24:12,010 --> 02:24:15,279 AND THE EXECUTIVE, ARE ARE 3932 02:24:15,279 --> 02:24:17,081 SQUARELY AND DIRECTLY ALIGNED ON 3933 02:24:17,081 --> 02:24:18,316 ON THE ISSUE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY. 3934 02:24:18,316 --> 02:24:20,151 AND, YOU KNOW, WE EACH HAVE OUR 3935 02:24:20,151 --> 02:24:21,319 RESPECTIVE AUTHORITIES AND 3936 02:24:21,319 --> 02:24:22,854 POWERS TO, TO, TO TAKE ACTION. 3937 02:24:22,854 --> 02:24:24,856 WE'RE BOTH EXERCISING THEM. AND 3938 02:24:24,856 --> 02:24:26,391 THERE'S NEITHER IS BETTER NOR 3939 02:24:26,391 --> 02:24:28,726 WORSE THAN THE OTHER. IN FACT, 3940 02:24:28,726 --> 02:24:29,994 WE'RE COMPLEMENTARY HERE. AND 3941 02:24:29,994 --> 02:24:31,329 SHOUT OUT TO MR. BRIAN GOODNIGHT 3942 02:24:31,329 --> 02:24:31,963 FROM CENTRAL STAFF FOR PUTTING 3943 02:24:31,963 --> 02:24:35,299 TOGETHER THAT VERY HANDY 3944 02:24:35,299 --> 02:24:36,234 ANALYTICAL CROSSWALK RESOURCE 3945 02:24:36,234 --> 02:24:37,835 THAT KIND OF COMPARES AND 3946 02:24:37,835 --> 02:24:39,003 CONTRASTS IN THAT VENN DIAGRAM 3947 02:24:39,003 --> 02:24:40,071 APPROACH THAT THE VICE CHAIR WAS 3948 02:24:40,071 --> 02:24:41,806 MENTIONING LAST MEETING. 3949 02:24:41,806 --> 02:24:43,107 ANYWAYS. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, 3950 02:24:43,107 --> 02:24:44,509 FOR YOUR COLLABORATION HEARING, 3951 02:24:44,509 --> 02:24:47,145 SEEING, NO FINAL COMMENTS. WILL 3952 02:24:47,145 --> 02:24:50,515 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 3953 02:24:50,515 --> 02:24:54,552 ON THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE 3954 02:24:54,552 --> 02:24:58,222 COUNCIL BILL 12196, AS AMENDED? 3955 02:24:58,222 --> 02:25:00,391 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YES. 3956 02:25:00,391 --> 02:25:02,193 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 3957 02:25:02,193 --> 02:25:02,427 -- AYE. 3958 02:25:02,427 --> 02:25:04,395 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 3959 02:25:04,395 --> 02:25:04,629 -- YES. 3960 02:25:04,629 --> 02:25:06,497 -- VICE CHAIR. RINCK. 3961 02:25:06,497 --> 02:25:06,731 -- YES. 3962 02:25:06,731 --> 02:25:07,465 -- CHAIR SAKA. 3963 02:25:07,465 --> 02:25:07,699 -- AYE. 3964 02:25:07,699 --> 02:25:08,733 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FIVE VOTES 3965 02:25:08,733 --> 02:25:09,767 IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 3966 02:25:09,767 --> 02:25:11,102 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE 3967 02:25:11,102 --> 02:25:12,570 MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE 3968 02:25:12,570 --> 02:25:13,204 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL 3969 02:25:13,204 --> 02:25:16,908 APPROVE COUNCIL BILL 121296, AS 3970 02:25:16,908 --> 02:25:18,076 AMENDED, WILL BE SENT TO THE 3971 02:25:18,076 --> 02:25:19,677 FULL COUNCIL. THANK YOU 3972 02:25:19,677 --> 02:25:21,646 EVERYONE. GOOD NEWS, FOLKS, IS 3973 02:25:21,646 --> 02:25:23,514 THE REMAINING TWO BILLS SHOULD 3974 02:25:23,514 --> 02:25:25,850 MOVE FAIRLY QUICKLY AND. BUT WE 3975 02:25:25,850 --> 02:25:27,251 NEEDED TO HAVE THAT HEALTHY 3976 02:25:27,251 --> 02:25:29,821 CONVERSATION. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL 3977 02:25:29,821 --> 02:25:31,055 NOW MOVE TO OUR SECOND ITEM OF 3978 02:25:31,055 --> 02:25:34,192 BUSINESS. WITH THE COMMITTEE 3979 02:25:34,192 --> 02:25:35,426 CLERK. PLEASE CALL OR PLEASE 3980 02:25:35,426 --> 02:25:37,929 READ ITEM TWO INTO THE RECORD. 3981 02:25:37,929 --> 02:25:39,764 -- AGENDA ITEM TWO BRIEFING, 3982 02:25:39,764 --> 02:25:41,999 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 3983 02:25:41,999 --> 02:25:43,868 COUNCIL BILL 121297. AN 3984 02:25:43,868 --> 02:25:45,536 ORDINANCE RELATING TO TRAFFIC 3985 02:25:45,536 --> 02:25:47,872 MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY 3986 02:25:47,872 --> 02:25:49,941 CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF THE 3987 02:25:49,941 --> 02:25:54,011 CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND 3988 02:25:54,011 --> 02:25:56,681 AMENDING SECTIONS. 11.16.240 AND 3989 02:25:56,681 --> 02:25:58,015 11.16.360 OF THE SEATTLE 3990 02:25:58,015 --> 02:26:00,785 MUNICIPAL CODE. 3991 02:26:00,785 --> 02:26:03,554 -- THANK YOU. WE WILL FIRST MOVE 3992 02:26:03,554 --> 02:26:04,789 THE PENDING BILL BEFORE US, AND 3993 02:26:04,789 --> 02:26:08,526 THEN WE'LL ASK CENTRAL STAFF TO 3994 02:26:08,526 --> 02:26:11,496 KIND OF KIND OF BRIEF IT. I MOVE 3995 02:26:11,496 --> 02:26:12,430 THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 3996 02:26:12,430 --> 02:26:13,164 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL ONE, 3997 02:26:13,164 --> 02:26:15,333 TWO, ONE, 297. IS THERE A 3998 02:26:15,333 --> 02:26:16,100 SECOND? 3999 02:26:16,100 --> 02:26:16,400 -- SECOND. 4000 02:26:16,400 --> 02:26:17,468 -- IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 4001 02:26:17,468 --> 02:26:19,437 PASS THE BILL. CENTRAL STAFF, 4002 02:26:19,437 --> 02:26:22,373 PLEASE BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION 4003 02:26:22,373 --> 02:26:23,808 ON THE CONSENT PACKAGE OF 4004 02:26:23,808 --> 02:26:24,842 AMENDMENTS, AND THEN I'LL MOVE 4005 02:26:24,842 --> 02:26:28,780 THE CONSENT PACKAGE. OR ON THE 4006 02:26:28,780 --> 02:26:30,715 BILL AND THE CONSENT PACKAGE. 4007 02:26:30,715 --> 02:26:31,716 YOUR YOUR CHOICE. 4008 02:26:31,716 --> 02:26:33,818 -- THE FIRST THE FIRST AMENDMENT 4009 02:26:33,818 --> 02:26:35,686 THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY FOR 4010 02:26:35,686 --> 02:26:38,289 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 4011 02:26:38,289 --> 02:26:39,924 NINE, SEVEN IS AMENDMENT THREE. 4012 02:26:39,924 --> 02:26:42,260 IT IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 4013 02:26:42,260 --> 02:26:44,896 RINCK. AND THIS AMENDMENT IS 4014 02:26:44,896 --> 02:26:46,697 LOOKS VERY MUCH THE SAME AS THE 4015 02:26:46,697 --> 02:26:49,367 AMENDMENT WE PREVIOUSLY SAW 4016 02:26:49,367 --> 02:26:51,936 RELATED TO COUNCIL BILL 121297. 4017 02:26:51,936 --> 02:26:54,739 IT MOVES FINDINGS INTO RECITALS. 4018 02:26:54,739 --> 02:26:59,177 -- THANK YOU. SAME SAME CONCEPT 4019 02:26:59,177 --> 02:26:59,777 APPLIES UNLESS THE AMENDMENT 4020 02:26:59,777 --> 02:27:00,511 AUTHOR WANTS TO SPEAK DIRECTLY 4021 02:27:00,511 --> 02:27:01,979 TO THE SAME THING FROM THE 4022 02:27:01,979 --> 02:27:02,246 EARLIER. 4023 02:27:02,246 --> 02:27:04,482 -- IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I 4024 02:27:04,482 --> 02:27:06,217 THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY 4025 02:27:06,217 --> 02:27:06,817 REFLECTIVE OF EARLIER. THANK 4026 02:27:06,817 --> 02:27:07,018 YOU. 4027 02:27:07,018 --> 02:27:07,652 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. 4028 02:27:07,652 --> 02:27:16,194 -- ALL RIGHT. 4029 02:27:16,194 --> 02:27:16,460 -- OKAY. 4030 02:27:16,460 --> 02:27:17,562 -- AMENDMENT EIGHT, VERSION ONE 4031 02:27:17,562 --> 02:27:23,334 TO COUNCIL BILL 121297 IS 4032 02:27:23,334 --> 02:27:23,901 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 4033 02:27:23,901 --> 02:27:29,040 RINCK. THIS WAS DISCUSSED 4034 02:27:29,040 --> 02:27:31,042 EARLIER. YES. THAT'S TRUE. AND 4035 02:27:31,042 --> 02:27:33,244 IT REFERS TO AMENDING THE 4036 02:27:33,244 --> 02:27:37,215 LEGISLATION TO REFER TO REFER TO 4037 02:27:37,215 --> 02:27:39,116 A A TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN RATHER 4038 02:27:39,116 --> 02:27:40,785 THAN A VISION ZERO PLAN. 4039 02:27:40,785 --> 02:27:43,521 -- THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. 4040 02:27:43,521 --> 02:27:45,823 AMANDA SAME, SAME CONCEPT. IF 4041 02:27:45,823 --> 02:27:48,125 YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED, 4042 02:27:48,125 --> 02:27:50,294 I VICE CHAIR SAYS LET'S MOVE. 4043 02:27:50,294 --> 02:27:52,163 ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE THE SAME 4044 02:27:52,163 --> 02:27:53,264 PRINCIPLE APPLIES AND I SUPPORT 4045 02:27:53,264 --> 02:27:55,800 THIS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 4046 02:27:55,800 --> 02:27:57,702 -- OKAY. AMENDMENT 15, VERSION 4047 02:27:57,702 --> 02:28:02,373 ONE TO COUNCIL BILL 121297. ALSO 4048 02:28:02,373 --> 02:28:02,940 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 4049 02:28:02,940 --> 02:28:06,177 RINCK. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD 4050 02:28:06,177 --> 02:28:07,778 REFLECT THAT MANY EMPLOYEES 4051 02:28:07,778 --> 02:28:10,114 WITHIN THE SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 4052 02:28:10,114 --> 02:28:11,816 TRANSPORTATION WORK ON ROADWAY 4053 02:28:11,816 --> 02:28:13,284 SAFETY AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE 4054 02:28:13,284 --> 02:28:16,187 FEASIBLE FOR ONE PERSON TO 4055 02:28:16,187 --> 02:28:18,256 DIRECT TO DIRECTLY OVERSEE ALL 4056 02:28:18,256 --> 02:28:19,523 SAFETY EFFORTS. IT WOULD ALSO 4057 02:28:19,523 --> 02:28:20,791 ADD IN REFERENCES TO THE TYPES 4058 02:28:20,791 --> 02:28:24,395 OF PROJECTS THIS ROLE MAY DIRECT 4059 02:28:24,395 --> 02:28:27,031 AND EXPEDITE THIS ROLE BEING THE 4060 02:28:27,031 --> 02:28:28,399 TRAFFIC ENGINEER. AND LASTLY, IT 4061 02:28:28,399 --> 02:28:30,801 WOULD STREAMLINE, STREAMLINE 4062 02:28:30,801 --> 02:28:33,771 LANGUAGE TO IMPROVE READABILITY. 4063 02:28:33,771 --> 02:28:35,239 -- THANK YOU. SAME THING RIGHT? 4064 02:28:35,239 --> 02:28:38,175 OF FIRST REFUSAL TO THE SPONSOR. 4065 02:28:38,175 --> 02:28:39,143 NONE. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. 4066 02:28:39,143 --> 02:28:39,744 SELF-EXPLANATORY. ALL RIGHT. 4067 02:28:39,744 --> 02:28:42,513 LET'S PRESS. 4068 02:28:42,513 --> 02:28:46,984 -- AND THAT IS THE END OF THIS 4069 02:28:46,984 --> 02:28:48,953 PACKAGE FOR COUNCIL BILL 121297. 4070 02:28:48,953 --> 02:28:50,788 -- ALL RIGHT. 4071 02:28:50,788 --> 02:28:52,456 -- THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A 4072 02:28:52,456 --> 02:28:54,692 PENDING MOTION ON THE UNDERLYING 4073 02:28:54,692 --> 02:28:56,627 BILL. NOW AT THIS TIME I WILL I 4074 02:28:56,627 --> 02:28:59,363 MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 4075 02:28:59,363 --> 02:29:00,698 PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS FOR 4076 02:29:00,698 --> 02:29:04,001 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1297. IS 4077 02:29:04,001 --> 02:29:04,769 THERE A SECOND? 4078 02:29:04,769 --> 02:29:05,703 -- SECOND. 4079 02:29:05,703 --> 02:29:07,405 -- ALL RIGHT. IT IS MOVED AND 4080 02:29:07,405 --> 02:29:09,240 SECONDED TO ADOPT THE CONSENT 4081 02:29:09,240 --> 02:29:10,841 PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS TO THIS 4082 02:29:10,841 --> 02:29:13,344 BILL. IS THERE ANY FURTHER 4083 02:29:13,344 --> 02:29:16,847 DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT 4084 02:29:16,847 --> 02:29:19,650 PACKAGE HEARING? SEEING NONE. 4085 02:29:19,650 --> 02:29:22,586 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 4086 02:29:22,586 --> 02:29:25,189 ROLL ON THE CONSENT PACKAGE? 4087 02:29:25,189 --> 02:29:31,028 -- MOTION COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 4088 02:29:31,028 --> 02:29:32,730 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4089 02:29:32,730 --> 02:29:35,099 -- I SORRY, I WAS LOOKING FOR A. 4090 02:29:35,099 --> 02:29:36,834 -- COUNCILMEMBER. LYNN. 4091 02:29:36,834 --> 02:29:37,068 -- YES. 4092 02:29:37,068 --> 02:29:38,636 -- VICE CHAIR. RINCK. 4093 02:29:38,636 --> 02:29:39,970 -- YES. 4094 02:29:39,970 --> 02:29:41,205 -- CHAIR SAKA. I CHAIR THERE ARE 4095 02:29:41,205 --> 02:29:42,707 FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR AND ZERO 4096 02:29:42,707 --> 02:29:44,041 OPPOSED. 4097 02:29:44,041 --> 02:29:46,277 -- THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES 4098 02:29:46,277 --> 02:29:49,080 AND THE CONSENT PACKAGE IS 4099 02:29:49,080 --> 02:29:49,714 ADOPTED AS PART OF THE AMENDED 4100 02:29:49,714 --> 02:29:50,548 BILL. AND I NOTE THAT 4101 02:29:50,548 --> 02:29:53,217 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER IS EXCUSED 4102 02:29:53,217 --> 02:29:55,686 NOW FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. 4103 02:29:55,686 --> 02:30:00,891 ALL RIGHT. SO NOW LET US VOTE ON 4104 02:30:00,891 --> 02:30:03,627 THE BASE BILL, AS AMENDED, BY 4105 02:30:03,627 --> 02:30:05,129 THE CONSENT PACKAGE BEFORE US. 4106 02:30:05,129 --> 02:30:07,064 ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS 4107 02:30:07,064 --> 02:30:12,770 ON THE BILL, AS AMENDED? HEARING 4108 02:30:12,770 --> 02:30:14,939 AND SEEING NONE. WILL THE CLERK 4109 02:30:14,939 --> 02:30:17,808 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION 4110 02:30:17,808 --> 02:30:21,112 OF THE BILL, AS AMENDED? 4111 02:30:21,112 --> 02:30:25,316 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AYE. 4112 02:30:25,316 --> 02:30:25,750 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4113 02:30:25,750 --> 02:30:27,284 -- YES. 4114 02:30:27,284 --> 02:30:27,752 -- VICE CHAIR RINCK. 4115 02:30:27,752 --> 02:30:28,285 -- YES. 4116 02:30:28,285 --> 02:30:28,652 -- CHAIR SAKA. 4117 02:30:28,652 --> 02:30:29,754 -- AYE. 4118 02:30:29,754 --> 02:30:30,388 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FOUR VOTES 4119 02:30:30,388 --> 02:30:32,623 IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 4120 02:30:32,623 --> 02:30:35,893 -- ALL RIGHT. THE BILL PASSES 4121 02:30:35,893 --> 02:30:38,963 AND WILL BE SENT TO FULL COUNCIL 4122 02:30:38,963 --> 02:30:44,668 FOR CONSIDERATION LET'S MOVE ON 4123 02:30:44,668 --> 02:30:45,269 TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS. 4124 02:30:45,269 --> 02:30:48,706 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 4125 02:30:48,706 --> 02:30:51,308 THREE INTO THE RECORD. 4126 02:30:51,308 --> 02:30:52,710 -- AGENDA ITEM THREE BRIEFING, 4127 02:30:52,710 --> 02:30:55,212 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 4128 02:30:55,212 --> 02:30:56,947 COUNCIL BILL 121298. AN 4129 02:30:56,947 --> 02:30:59,083 ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY 4130 02:30:59,083 --> 02:30:59,617 CONTRACTS REQUESTING THE 4131 02:30:59,617 --> 02:31:03,721 DEVELOPMENT OF NEW RECOMMENDED 4132 02:31:03,721 --> 02:31:04,355 REQUIREMENTS FOR TRUCK LATERAL 4133 02:31:04,355 --> 02:31:05,089 PROTECTIVE DEVICES THAT WOULD BE 4134 02:31:05,089 --> 02:31:06,924 APPLICABLE TO CITY CONTRACTORS. 4135 02:31:06,924 --> 02:31:10,027 REQUESTING CONSIDERATION OF 4136 02:31:10,027 --> 02:31:10,461 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 4137 02:31:10,461 --> 02:31:12,396 COMPLEMENTARY SAFETY EQUIPMENT 4138 02:31:12,396 --> 02:31:13,764 AND DESCRIBING SPECIFIC 4139 02:31:13,764 --> 02:31:16,567 DIMENSIONS FOR ALL REQUESTED 4140 02:31:16,567 --> 02:31:17,101 RECOMMENDED REQUIREMENTS. 4141 02:31:17,101 --> 02:31:19,804 -- THANK YOU. LET'S SEE, LET ME 4142 02:31:19,804 --> 02:31:22,473 GO AHEAD AND MOVE COUNCIL BILL 4143 02:31:22,473 --> 02:31:28,379 ONE, TWO, ONE 298 FOR ADOPTION 4144 02:31:28,379 --> 02:31:29,547 AS PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA. IS 4145 02:31:29,547 --> 02:31:30,748 THERE A SECOND? 4146 02:31:30,748 --> 02:31:33,417 -- SECOND. 4147 02:31:33,417 --> 02:31:34,485 -- THE MOTION? THERE'S A MOTION 4148 02:31:34,485 --> 02:31:35,152 THAT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 4149 02:31:35,152 --> 02:31:38,222 TO ADOPT COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 4150 02:31:38,222 --> 02:31:43,861 1298. BEFORE WE CONSIDER. THE 4151 02:31:43,861 --> 02:31:44,528 CONSENT PACKAGE, I'LL JUST TURN 4152 02:31:44,528 --> 02:31:45,963 IT OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF. 4153 02:31:45,963 --> 02:31:47,298 ANYTHING YOU WANT TO JUST REMIND 4154 02:31:47,298 --> 02:31:49,233 OVERVIEW ABOUT THE HIGH LEVEL 4155 02:31:49,233 --> 02:31:51,969 CONTENTS OF THE BASE BILL. 4156 02:31:51,969 --> 02:31:53,804 -- THE BASE BILL REQUESTS THAT 4157 02:31:53,804 --> 02:31:55,806 THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 4158 02:31:55,806 --> 02:31:58,943 AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, 4159 02:31:58,943 --> 02:32:00,244 WHICH MANAGES THE CITY FLEETS 4160 02:32:00,244 --> 02:32:03,280 FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT DO NOT 4161 02:32:03,280 --> 02:32:06,750 MANAGE THEIR OWN FLEETS, DEVELOP 4162 02:32:06,750 --> 02:32:12,223 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE THE THE 4163 02:32:12,223 --> 02:32:15,326 MANDATORY USE OF TRUCK LATERAL 4164 02:32:15,326 --> 02:32:15,926 SIDE TRUCK LATERAL PROTECTIVE 4165 02:32:15,926 --> 02:32:16,927 DEVICES, ALSO KNOWN AS TRUCK 4166 02:32:16,927 --> 02:32:21,131 SIDE GUARDS. THAT WOULD BE 4167 02:32:21,131 --> 02:32:21,632 APPLICABLE TO ALL CITY 4168 02:32:21,632 --> 02:32:23,267 CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, 4169 02:32:23,267 --> 02:32:25,035 VENDORS AND SUB VENDORS. 4170 02:32:25,035 --> 02:32:26,837 -- THANK YOU. 4171 02:32:26,837 --> 02:32:31,642 -- APPRECIATE THAT. NOW I'M 4172 02:32:31,642 --> 02:32:33,210 GOING TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE 4173 02:32:33,210 --> 02:32:34,712 CONSENT PACKAGE OF AMENDMENTS 4174 02:32:34,712 --> 02:32:37,781 FOR COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1298. 4175 02:32:37,781 --> 02:32:39,049 IS THERE A SECOND? 4176 02:32:39,049 --> 02:32:39,984 -- SECOND. 4177 02:32:39,984 --> 02:32:42,286 -- IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 4178 02:32:42,286 --> 02:32:44,155 ADOPT THE CONSENT PACKAGE TO 4179 02:32:44,155 --> 02:32:45,923 THIS BILL AND ITEM NUMBER THREE 4180 02:32:45,923 --> 02:32:49,426 ON THE AGENDA WILL CENTRAL STAFF 4181 02:32:49,426 --> 02:32:52,096 PLEASE BRIEF THE AMENDMENT 4182 02:32:52,096 --> 02:32:54,131 PACKAGE CONSENT PACKAGE. 4183 02:32:54,131 --> 02:32:55,332 -- THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN THIS 4184 02:32:55,332 --> 02:32:57,535 CONSENT PACKAGE IS AMENDMENT 4185 02:32:57,535 --> 02:33:00,604 FOUR TO COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 4186 02:33:00,604 --> 02:33:03,274 1298. AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE 4187 02:33:03,274 --> 02:33:04,742 OTHER TWO BILLS DISCUSSED TODAY, 4188 02:33:04,742 --> 02:33:07,778 IT WOULD MOVE THE FINDINGS INTO 4189 02:33:07,778 --> 02:33:10,915 THE INTO RECITALS. 4190 02:33:10,915 --> 02:33:13,717 -- EXCELLENT. AS BEFORE, GIVE 4191 02:33:13,717 --> 02:33:15,486 THE SPONSOR RIGHT OF FIRST 4192 02:33:15,486 --> 02:33:17,821 REFUSAL. AND I'M HEARING WE 4193 02:33:17,821 --> 02:33:21,058 ALREADY PERM. I SAW PER MY LAST 4194 02:33:21,058 --> 02:33:22,726 EMAIL. SO LET'S LET'S LET'S 4195 02:33:22,726 --> 02:33:29,200 PRESS TO THE TO THE NEXT ONE. 4196 02:33:29,200 --> 02:33:31,268 -- OKAY. AMENDMENT SEVEN TO 4197 02:33:31,268 --> 02:33:32,937 VERSION ONE TO COUNCIL BILL ONE, 4198 02:33:32,937 --> 02:33:36,874 TWO ONE, 298 IS ALSO SOMETHING 4199 02:33:36,874 --> 02:33:37,508 WE'VE PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY 4200 02:33:37,508 --> 02:33:39,043 DISCUSSED. SPONSORED BY 4201 02:33:39,043 --> 02:33:40,778 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. AMENDING 4202 02:33:40,778 --> 02:33:41,879 THE LEGISLATION TO REFER TO A 4203 02:33:41,879 --> 02:33:44,648 TRAFFIC SAFETY PLAN RATHER THAN 4204 02:33:44,648 --> 02:33:47,151 A VISION ZERO PLAN. 4205 02:33:47,151 --> 02:33:50,020 -- ALL RIGHT. SIMILAR TO BEFORE 4206 02:33:50,020 --> 02:33:52,289 SPONSOR. LET'S GO FOR MY LAST 4207 02:33:52,289 --> 02:33:56,927 EMAIL. WHAT DO WE GOT 4208 02:33:56,927 --> 02:33:59,296 -- AMENDMENT TEN TO COUNCIL BILL 4209 02:33:59,296 --> 02:34:02,066 ONE, 21298 IS ALSO SPONSORED BY 4210 02:34:02,066 --> 02:34:03,400 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. TO WHOM I 4211 02:34:03,400 --> 02:34:06,503 APOLOGIZE. I FORGOT TO REFERENCE 4212 02:34:06,503 --> 02:34:08,472 HER SPONSORSHIP OF AMENDMENT 4213 02:34:08,472 --> 02:34:11,308 FOUR AND THIS. THIS AMENDMENT 4214 02:34:11,308 --> 02:34:13,410 WOULD CORRECT SOME INFORMATION 4215 02:34:13,410 --> 02:34:16,680 THAT WAS INADVERTENTLY PROVIDED 4216 02:34:16,680 --> 02:34:19,016 IN ERROR IN THE VERSION OF THE 4217 02:34:19,016 --> 02:34:21,585 BILL AS INTRODUCED. THIS MAKES 4218 02:34:21,585 --> 02:34:23,287 REFERENCE TO SEATTLE OF THE 4219 02:34:23,287 --> 02:34:25,723 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 4220 02:34:25,723 --> 02:34:26,457 TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENT. IN 4221 02:34:26,457 --> 02:34:28,926 FACT, THERE IS NO SUCH 4222 02:34:28,926 --> 02:34:31,228 REQUIREMENT. THERE IS KEEN 4223 02:34:31,228 --> 02:34:34,098 INTEREST THERE. THERE IS WORK 4224 02:34:34,098 --> 02:34:35,265 MOVING THE EFFORT FORWARD, BUT 4225 02:34:35,265 --> 02:34:36,700 THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT 4226 02:34:36,700 --> 02:34:38,135 TODAY. SO THIS AMENDMENT WOULD 4227 02:34:38,135 --> 02:34:40,204 CORRECT THAT REFERENCE. 4228 02:34:40,204 --> 02:34:41,639 -- THANK YOU VERY HIGHLY. 4229 02:34:41,639 --> 02:34:43,107 TECHNICAL, NITTY GRITTY, YOU 4230 02:34:43,107 --> 02:34:44,141 KNOW, FACTUAL CLARIFICATION 4231 02:34:44,141 --> 02:34:45,943 ONLY. BUT IT STILL IS A NEWER 4232 02:34:45,943 --> 02:34:46,944 CONCEPT, UNLIKE SOME OF THE 4233 02:34:46,944 --> 02:34:47,945 OTHERS. SO WE'LL GIVE YOU THE 4234 02:34:47,945 --> 02:34:48,946 OPPORTUNITY, VICE CHAIR, IF YOU 4235 02:34:48,946 --> 02:34:50,481 WANTED TO SPEAK TO IT OR NOT. 4236 02:34:50,481 --> 02:34:52,716 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. THIS 4237 02:34:52,716 --> 02:34:54,585 IS JUST AN IMPORTANT TECHNICAL 4238 02:34:54,585 --> 02:34:55,986 CORRECTION AND I ASK FOR YOUR 4239 02:34:55,986 --> 02:34:57,588 SUPPORT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR 4240 02:34:57,588 --> 02:34:58,789 INCLUDING IT IN THE CONSENT 4241 02:34:58,789 --> 02:34:59,923 PACKAGE, I APPRECIATE IT. 4242 02:34:59,923 --> 02:35:05,829 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR AND. 4243 02:35:05,829 --> 02:35:06,130 ALL RIGHT. 4244 02:35:06,130 --> 02:35:07,564 -- AMENDMENT 11, ALSO SPONSORED 4245 02:35:07,564 --> 02:35:10,401 BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, IS THE 4246 02:35:10,401 --> 02:35:12,936 LAST AMENDMENT IN THE CONSENT 4247 02:35:12,936 --> 02:35:14,505 PACKAGE FOR THIS BILL, AND THIS 4248 02:35:14,505 --> 02:35:16,940 WOULD MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES TO 4249 02:35:16,940 --> 02:35:19,576 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1298. 4250 02:35:19,576 --> 02:35:22,446 FIRST, IT ADDS LANGUAGE 4251 02:35:22,446 --> 02:35:25,649 ACKNOWLEDGING AND REFERENCING 4252 02:35:25,649 --> 02:35:26,183 EXECUTIVE ORDER 2026-05 4253 02:35:26,183 --> 02:35:28,452 ADVANCING SAFER STREETS, 4254 02:35:28,452 --> 02:35:30,320 VEHICLES AND SPEEDS A WHOLE CITY 4255 02:35:30,320 --> 02:35:33,524 APPROACH TO VISION ZERO. THAT 4256 02:35:33,524 --> 02:35:38,128 EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS ISSUED ON 4257 02:35:38,128 --> 02:35:41,231 AUGUST 19th. SUBSEQUENT TO THE 4258 02:35:41,231 --> 02:35:43,767 FINALIZATION OF THE BILL THEN 4259 02:35:43,767 --> 02:35:46,336 THIS JUST IS CROSS-REFERENCING 4260 02:35:46,336 --> 02:35:48,772 THE EXECUTIVE ORDER IN THE BILL. 4261 02:35:48,772 --> 02:35:51,642 ALSO, WITH RESPECT TO THE 4262 02:35:51,642 --> 02:35:53,477 RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE 4263 02:35:53,477 --> 02:35:55,713 REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 4264 02:35:55,713 --> 02:35:56,280 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 4265 02:35:56,280 --> 02:35:58,515 SERVICES THAT I REFERENCED IN MY 4266 02:35:58,515 --> 02:36:00,818 OVERVIEW OF THE BILL, THE 4267 02:36:00,818 --> 02:36:01,385 AMENDMENT REQUESTS THAT THE 4268 02:36:01,385 --> 02:36:03,220 RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO TRUCK 4269 02:36:03,220 --> 02:36:05,456 SIDE GUARDS ENCOMPASS ALL 4270 02:36:05,456 --> 02:36:07,391 TRUCKS, RATHER THAN JUST LARGE 4271 02:36:07,391 --> 02:36:09,426 TRUCKS, AND THE AMENDMENT ALSO 4272 02:36:09,426 --> 02:36:10,861 STATES THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO 4273 02:36:10,861 --> 02:36:14,565 USE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE 4274 02:36:14,565 --> 02:36:15,132 FUTURE TO EXPLORE POTENTIAL 4275 02:36:15,132 --> 02:36:16,500 REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD APPLY TO 4276 02:36:16,500 --> 02:36:19,370 ALL VEHICLES OWNED BY CITY 4277 02:36:19,370 --> 02:36:21,038 DEPARTMENTS. AND THERE ARE ALSO 4278 02:36:21,038 --> 02:36:22,773 A COUPLE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 4279 02:36:22,773 --> 02:36:23,173 TUCKED IN THERE. 4280 02:36:23,173 --> 02:36:26,310 -- THANK YOU. WE WILL TURN IT 4281 02:36:26,310 --> 02:36:26,910 OVER TO AMENDMENT SPONSOR TO 4282 02:36:26,910 --> 02:36:29,246 SPEAK TO HIM IF YOU SO CHOOSE. 4283 02:36:29,246 --> 02:36:31,849 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA. THIS 4284 02:36:31,849 --> 02:36:33,417 AMENDMENT, AS WAS JUST SPOKEN 4285 02:36:33,417 --> 02:36:37,321 TO, JUST IS IS EXPANSIVE. AND AS 4286 02:36:37,321 --> 02:36:37,888 I UNDERSTAND IT THROUGH MY 4287 02:36:37,888 --> 02:36:39,890 CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, CHAIR, 4288 02:36:39,890 --> 02:36:40,457 ALIGNS WITH YOUR INTENT OF 4289 02:36:40,457 --> 02:36:41,325 MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE 4290 02:36:41,325 --> 02:36:43,293 EXPANDING AND DOING THIS WORK IN 4291 02:36:43,293 --> 02:36:45,496 ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WAS LAID OUT 4292 02:36:45,496 --> 02:36:48,465 IN THE EXECUTIVE ORDER, BUT AN 4293 02:36:48,465 --> 02:36:50,267 OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE THAT AS 4294 02:36:50,267 --> 02:36:51,268 FAS IS ENGAGING IN THIS WORK, 4295 02:36:51,268 --> 02:36:53,303 WE'RE REALLY LOOKING 4296 02:36:53,303 --> 02:36:54,605 EXPANSIVELY ACROSS CITY FLEETS 4297 02:36:54,605 --> 02:36:56,406 AND CONTRACTOR VEHICLES. SO I 4298 02:36:56,406 --> 02:36:57,007 REALLY APPRECIATE THIS COMING 4299 02:36:57,007 --> 02:36:58,475 FORWARD AND BEING INCLUDED IN 4300 02:36:58,475 --> 02:36:59,643 THE CONSENT PACKAGE. 4301 02:36:59,643 --> 02:37:01,345 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR, AND 4302 02:37:01,345 --> 02:37:02,913 COULDN'T AGREE MORE. THIS IS 4303 02:37:02,913 --> 02:37:04,615 DEFINITELY IN LINE WITH, YOU 4304 02:37:04,615 --> 02:37:06,416 KNOW, THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS 4305 02:37:06,416 --> 02:37:08,552 CRAFTING THIS PACKAGE TOGETHER 4306 02:37:08,552 --> 02:37:09,753 WITH COMMUNITY. AND IT WAS 4307 02:37:09,753 --> 02:37:11,822 FRANKLY, WHY I DIDN'T END UP 4308 02:37:11,822 --> 02:37:12,956 DID NOT END UP ON THE ERC 4309 02:37:12,956 --> 02:37:15,526 VERSION OF THE BILL IS JUST 4310 02:37:15,526 --> 02:37:16,460 FACTUALLY IT'S JUST AN 4311 02:37:16,460 --> 02:37:18,228 OVERSIGHT ERROR ON MY END. SO 4312 02:37:18,228 --> 02:37:20,597 THANK YOU. THAT'S WHY, YOU 4313 02:37:20,597 --> 02:37:21,865 KNOW, COMPLEX WORK STREAMS LIKE 4314 02:37:21,865 --> 02:37:23,167 THIS BENEFIT FROM A SECOND SET 4315 02:37:23,167 --> 02:37:29,373 OF EYES. SO THANK YOU. ALL 4316 02:37:29,373 --> 02:37:29,940 RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 4317 02:37:29,940 --> 02:37:31,975 QUESTIONS ON THE THE BILL BEFORE 4318 02:37:31,975 --> 02:37:37,214 US AS AMENDMENT AS AMENDED? 4319 02:37:37,214 --> 02:37:40,184 NONE. HEARING SEEING NONE. ALL 4320 02:37:40,184 --> 02:37:42,719 RIGHT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 4321 02:37:42,719 --> 02:37:45,756 CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION OF 4322 02:37:45,756 --> 02:37:49,126 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 1298, AS 4323 02:37:49,126 --> 02:37:52,830 AMENDED 4324 02:37:52,830 --> 02:37:53,764 -- CONSENT PACKAGE. FIRST. 4325 02:37:53,764 --> 02:37:55,365 -- OH, DO WE NOT VOTE ON CONSENT 4326 02:37:55,365 --> 02:37:57,734 PACKAGE? SORRY. MY BAD. THERE'S 4327 02:37:57,734 --> 02:37:59,269 A MOTION AND A SECOND IS PENDING 4328 02:37:59,269 --> 02:38:01,705 MOTION ON THE CONSENT PACKAGE. 4329 02:38:01,705 --> 02:38:04,041 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 4330 02:38:04,041 --> 02:38:05,375 ROLL ON THE CONSENT ON ADOPTION 4331 02:38:05,375 --> 02:38:07,878 OF THE CONSENT PACKAGE BEFORE 4332 02:38:07,878 --> 02:38:08,045 US. 4333 02:38:08,045 --> 02:38:09,346 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 4334 02:38:09,346 --> 02:38:09,580 -- AYE. 4335 02:38:09,580 --> 02:38:10,881 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4336 02:38:10,881 --> 02:38:11,114 -- YES. 4337 02:38:11,114 --> 02:38:12,883 -- VICE CHAIR. RINCK. YES. CHAIR 4338 02:38:12,883 --> 02:38:13,784 SAKA. 4339 02:38:13,784 --> 02:38:14,017 -- AYE. 4340 02:38:14,017 --> 02:38:14,985 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FOUR VOTES 4341 02:38:14,985 --> 02:38:16,453 IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 4342 02:38:16,453 --> 02:38:19,723 -- ALL RIGHT. THE MOTION IS 4343 02:38:19,723 --> 02:38:22,826 ADOPTED IN THE CONSENT PACKAGE 4344 02:38:22,826 --> 02:38:24,127 FOR COUNCIL BILL 121298 IS 4345 02:38:24,127 --> 02:38:27,164 ADOPTED. NOW LET US VOTE ON THE 4346 02:38:27,164 --> 02:38:30,200 OR CONSIDER COMMENTS QUESTIONS 4347 02:38:30,200 --> 02:38:32,436 AND VOTE ON THE BASE BILL AS 4348 02:38:32,436 --> 02:38:34,905 AMENDED. SO IS THERE ANY FINAL 4349 02:38:34,905 --> 02:38:36,240 COMMENTS ON COUNCIL BILL ONE 4350 02:38:36,240 --> 02:38:41,345 TWO, ONE, TWO, NINE EIGHT, AS 4351 02:38:41,345 --> 02:38:42,446 AMENDED? VICE CHAIR RINCK. 4352 02:38:42,446 --> 02:38:44,181 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA I'LL BE 4353 02:38:44,181 --> 02:38:45,515 BRIEF IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, 4354 02:38:45,515 --> 02:38:47,251 BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THIS 4355 02:38:47,251 --> 02:38:48,819 OPPORTUNITY, SINCE THIS IS THE 4356 02:38:48,819 --> 02:38:49,620 LAST BILL IN THE PACKAGE OF THE 4357 02:38:49,620 --> 02:38:53,724 SAFER ACT, TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 4358 02:38:53,724 --> 02:38:55,692 WORK ON THIS. I'M GLAD THAT WE, 4359 02:38:55,692 --> 02:38:57,127 AS THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, 4360 02:38:57,127 --> 02:38:59,563 ARE TAKING UP LEGISLATIVE ACTION 4361 02:38:59,563 --> 02:39:01,798 TO COMPLEMENT THE EXECUTIVE 4362 02:39:01,798 --> 02:39:03,200 ORDER AND. AND I'M GLAD THAT 4363 02:39:03,200 --> 02:39:04,935 WE, AS A COMMITTEE AND UNDER 4364 02:39:04,935 --> 02:39:07,004 YOUR STEWARDSHIP, HAVE MADE 4365 02:39:07,004 --> 02:39:09,139 STREET SAFETY A PRIORITY AND A 4366 02:39:09,139 --> 02:39:12,476 FRONT OF THE DISCUSSION. SO I 4367 02:39:12,476 --> 02:39:13,710 REALLY APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO 4368 02:39:13,710 --> 02:39:16,313 TAKE UP THIS LEGISLATIVE ACTION. 4369 02:39:16,313 --> 02:39:18,181 REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF YOU AND 4370 02:39:18,181 --> 02:39:19,449 ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS 4371 02:39:19,449 --> 02:39:21,518 COMMITTEE FOR THEIR AMENDMENTS, 4372 02:39:21,518 --> 02:39:23,053 ITERATING UPON AND ENSURING THAT 4373 02:39:23,053 --> 02:39:24,922 WHAT WE ARE ULTIMATELY PASSING 4374 02:39:24,922 --> 02:39:27,858 HELPS BOLSTER THE WORK. AND SO I 4375 02:39:27,858 --> 02:39:29,259 JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS 4376 02:39:29,259 --> 02:39:32,896 OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EXPRESS THAT 4377 02:39:32,896 --> 02:39:33,797 GRATITUDE AND JUST THANK YOU 4378 02:39:33,797 --> 02:39:34,631 AGAIN, CHAIR. 4379 02:39:34,631 --> 02:39:35,499 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE 4380 02:39:35,499 --> 02:39:38,035 CHAIR. I, TOO, APPRECIATE YOUR 4381 02:39:38,035 --> 02:39:40,938 PARTNERSHIP. AND LET'S SEE, 4382 02:39:40,938 --> 02:39:42,372 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE YOU'RE 4383 02:39:42,372 --> 02:39:42,673 RECOGNIZED. 4384 02:39:42,673 --> 02:39:43,373 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR, I JUST 4385 02:39:43,373 --> 02:39:45,642 SIMPLY WANT TO SAY IT'S 4386 02:39:45,642 --> 02:39:48,078 IMPORTANT TO PASS THE SAFER 4387 02:39:48,078 --> 02:39:48,912 STREETS LEGISLATION TO, AT THE 4388 02:39:48,912 --> 02:39:50,781 END OF THE DAY, CREATE SAFER 4389 02:39:50,781 --> 02:39:51,648 STREETS. I THINK IT'S REALLY 4390 02:39:51,648 --> 02:39:53,951 IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US AND TO 4391 02:39:53,951 --> 02:39:57,154 WORK IN PARTNERSHIP AS WELL WITH 4392 02:39:57,154 --> 02:39:59,690 THE EXECUTIVE TO, TO IMPROVE OUR 4393 02:39:59,690 --> 02:40:01,325 PUBLIC SAFETY POSTURE AND 4394 02:40:01,325 --> 02:40:01,858 SPECIFICALLY TRAFFIC AND 4395 02:40:01,858 --> 02:40:02,693 PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. SO THANK YOU 4396 02:40:02,693 --> 02:40:05,729 FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU, 4397 02:40:05,729 --> 02:40:07,397 COLLEAGUES, FOR THE THE VARIOUS 4398 02:40:07,397 --> 02:40:09,232 AMENDMENTS AND THE POSITIONS. 4399 02:40:09,232 --> 02:40:09,533 THANK YOU. 4400 02:40:09,533 --> 02:40:11,435 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. 4401 02:40:11,435 --> 02:40:12,536 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I TOO, 4402 02:40:12,536 --> 02:40:14,504 WANT TO THANK EVERY LAST ONE OF 4403 02:40:14,504 --> 02:40:15,639 YOU. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM KNOW 4404 02:40:15,639 --> 02:40:18,342 NO OTHER HANDS. OKAY. I DO WANT 4405 02:40:18,342 --> 02:40:19,776 TO THANK EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU 4406 02:40:19,776 --> 02:40:22,212 FOR YOUR THOUGHTFULNESS AND 4407 02:40:22,212 --> 02:40:23,847 ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP, 4408 02:40:23,847 --> 02:40:26,883 ESPECIALLY YOU, VICE CHAIR, FOR 4409 02:40:26,883 --> 02:40:28,819 WE'VE WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT 4410 02:40:28,819 --> 02:40:30,253 TOGETHER OVER THE LAST TWO WEEKS 4411 02:40:30,253 --> 02:40:33,690 IN PARTICULAR. AND MADE PROGRESS 4412 02:40:33,690 --> 02:40:34,491 AND EVEN ON SOME OF THE AREAS 4413 02:40:34,491 --> 02:40:35,792 AND PROVISIONS OF THE BILL WHERE 4414 02:40:35,792 --> 02:40:38,762 THERE'S NON-ALIGNMENT, I THINK 4415 02:40:38,762 --> 02:40:40,664 THERE'S CLEAR THERE'S A SHARED 4416 02:40:40,664 --> 02:40:41,331 UNDERSTANDING AND PATH THAT, YOU 4417 02:40:41,331 --> 02:40:42,599 KNOW, WE NEED TO ADDRESS SOME OF 4418 02:40:42,599 --> 02:40:45,769 THOSE SOME OF THOSE ISSUES. AND 4419 02:40:45,769 --> 02:40:46,703 THERE'S I HEAR A SENSE OF 4420 02:40:46,703 --> 02:40:47,971 COMMITMENT TO DO EXACTLY THAT. 4421 02:40:47,971 --> 02:40:49,873 AND AGAIN, MY REMIND EVERYONE MY 4422 02:40:49,873 --> 02:40:51,208 COMMITMENT IS WILL, THIS WILL 4423 02:40:51,208 --> 02:40:54,244 NOT BE ON TUESDAY'S FULL 4424 02:40:54,244 --> 02:40:56,413 COUNCIL THING. SO WE'LL RESOLVE 4425 02:40:56,413 --> 02:40:57,614 ALL THE THE LEGAL ISSUES AT A 4426 02:40:57,614 --> 02:41:01,251 MINIMUM. AND SO WE CAN FOCUS ON 4427 02:41:01,251 --> 02:41:03,654 POTENTIAL POLICY ISSUES ONLY. 4428 02:41:03,654 --> 02:41:04,521 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WILL THE 4429 02:41:04,521 --> 02:41:06,423 COMMITTEE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 4430 02:41:06,423 --> 02:41:09,159 ROLL ON THE ADOPTION OF THE BILL 4431 02:41:09,159 --> 02:41:12,396 BEFORE US AS AMENDED. 4432 02:41:12,396 --> 02:41:14,431 -- COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 4433 02:41:14,431 --> 02:41:14,865 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 4434 02:41:14,865 --> 02:41:15,832 -- YES. 4435 02:41:15,832 --> 02:41:17,300 -- VICE CHAIR. RINCK. 4436 02:41:17,300 --> 02:41:17,534 -- YES. 4437 02:41:17,534 --> 02:41:19,002 -- CHAIR SAKA. I CHAIR, THERE 4438 02:41:19,002 --> 02:41:21,338 ARE FOUR VOTES IN FAVOR AND ZERO 4439 02:41:21,338 --> 02:41:21,605 OPPOSED. 4440 02:41:21,605 --> 02:41:22,205 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THE 4441 02:41:22,205 --> 02:41:23,507 MOTION CARRIES AND THE COMMITTEE 4442 02:41:23,507 --> 02:41:25,876 RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL 4443 02:41:25,876 --> 02:41:27,844 APPROVE COUNCIL BILL 121298, AS 4444 02:41:27,844 --> 02:41:33,583 AMENDED, WILL BE SENT TO CITY 4445 02:41:33,583 --> 02:41:37,688 COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. INTERIM 4446 02:41:37,688 --> 02:41:39,856 DIRECTOR ENGSTROM BEEN WAITING 4447 02:41:39,856 --> 02:41:42,359 PATIENTLY. AND APPRECIATE YOU. 4448 02:41:42,359 --> 02:41:43,593 THE MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR FOR 4449 02:41:43,593 --> 02:41:45,295 ALLOWING US THIS. TODAY IS AN 4450 02:41:45,295 --> 02:41:48,465 IMPORTANT DAY FOR SAFETY IN OUR 4451 02:41:48,465 --> 02:41:50,100 CITY, AND IT'S AN IMPORTANT DAY 4452 02:41:50,100 --> 02:41:52,269 FOR CIVIC CULTURE AND PRIDE 4453 02:41:52,269 --> 02:41:54,538 BECAUSE WE HAVE A DUTY NOW. 4454 02:41:54,538 --> 02:41:55,172 WELL, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT 4455 02:41:55,172 --> 02:41:56,406 ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT 4456 02:41:56,406 --> 02:41:57,808 FIRST, WELL, THE COMMITTEE 4457 02:41:57,808 --> 02:41:59,743 CLERK, PLEASE READ ITEM FOUR 4458 02:41:59,743 --> 02:42:01,278 INTO THE MOMENT, INTO THE 4459 02:42:01,278 --> 02:42:03,713 RECORD. 4460 02:42:03,713 --> 02:42:07,284 -- AGENDA ITEM FOUR BRIEFING AND 4461 02:42:07,284 --> 02:42:08,285 DISCUSSION. APPOINTMENT 03652. 4462 02:42:08,285 --> 02:42:10,620 APPOINTMENT OF RANDY ENGSTROM AS 4463 02:42:10,620 --> 02:42:12,255 DIRECTOR, SEATTLE CENTER FOR A 4464 02:42:12,255 --> 02:42:16,226 TERM TO JUNE 1st, 2030. 4465 02:42:16,226 --> 02:42:17,627 -- THANK YOU. WELCOME AGAIN. IN 4466 02:42:17,627 --> 02:42:19,329 A MOMENT, I WILL ASK YOU TO 4467 02:42:19,329 --> 02:42:22,232 PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND 4468 02:42:22,232 --> 02:42:23,366 BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. BUT 4469 02:42:23,366 --> 02:42:26,470 FIRST I WANT TO NOTE THAT TODAY 4470 02:42:26,470 --> 02:42:28,905 MARKS THE BEGINNING OF OUR 4471 02:42:28,905 --> 02:42:32,175 COMMITTEE'S CRITICAL EVALUATION 4472 02:42:32,175 --> 02:42:32,776 OF INTERIM DIRECTOR ENGSTROM 4473 02:42:32,776 --> 02:42:35,045 QUALIFICATIONS, LEADERSHIP 4474 02:42:35,045 --> 02:42:37,614 APPROACH AND VISION FOR THE 4475 02:42:37,614 --> 02:42:41,952 FUTURE OF THIS MAJOR MISSION 4476 02:42:41,952 --> 02:42:42,486 CRITICAL CIVIC SPACE AND 4477 02:42:42,486 --> 02:42:46,189 CULTURAL INSTITUTION FOR OUR 4478 02:42:46,189 --> 02:42:49,092 CITY. WE INTEND TO CONTINUE THAT 4479 02:42:49,092 --> 02:42:50,961 CONVERSATION AFTER BUDGET WITH 4480 02:42:50,961 --> 02:42:53,096 AT LEAST ONE MORE HEARING BEFORE 4481 02:42:53,096 --> 02:42:56,867 MAKING OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE 4482 02:42:56,867 --> 02:42:58,201 FULL COUNCIL. BUT TODAY, LET US 4483 02:42:58,201 --> 02:43:00,804 HAVE THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION. 4484 02:43:00,804 --> 02:43:04,141 WELCOME AGAIN WHEN YOU'RE READY. 4485 02:43:04,141 --> 02:43:04,741 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND THEN 4486 02:43:04,741 --> 02:43:15,185 BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. 4487 02:43:15,719 --> 02:43:17,587 -- A LITTLE SHORT. THANK YOU SO 4488 02:43:17,587 --> 02:43:18,421 MUCH, CHAIR SAKA. WE'RE JUST 4489 02:43:18,421 --> 02:43:19,656 GOING TO GET THIS ON THE SCREEN 4490 02:43:19,656 --> 02:43:20,824 REALLY QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET 4491 02:43:20,824 --> 02:43:21,758 THAT DONE. AND THEN WE'LL GO 4492 02:43:21,758 --> 02:43:32,169 BACK TO INTRODUCTIONS. 4493 02:43:32,936 --> 02:43:43,413 OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M SO 4494 02:43:45,215 --> 02:43:47,284 EXCITED TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS 4495 02:43:47,284 --> 02:43:47,918 AMANDA PLEASANT-BROWN. FOR THE 4496 02:43:47,918 --> 02:43:49,753 RECORD, I AM THE DIRECTOR OF 4497 02:43:49,753 --> 02:43:50,320 COUNCIL RELATIONS FOR MAYOR 4498 02:43:50,320 --> 02:43:52,823 WILSON. HONORED TO BE HERE. AND 4499 02:43:52,823 --> 02:43:54,758 I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE YOU TO 4500 02:43:54,758 --> 02:43:55,425 RANDY ENGSTROM, MAYOR WILSON'S 4501 02:43:55,425 --> 02:43:56,626 NOMINEE FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE 4502 02:43:56,626 --> 02:43:58,795 SEATTLE CENTER, TO COME TO THIS 4503 02:43:58,795 --> 02:44:01,231 DECISION. MAYOR WILSON LED AN 4504 02:44:01,231 --> 02:44:01,865 INCLUSIVE SEARCH PROCESS FOCUSED 4505 02:44:01,865 --> 02:44:02,699 ON IDENTIFYING A LEADER GROUNDED 4506 02:44:02,699 --> 02:44:06,369 IN CULTURE, COMMUNITY AND CIVIC 4507 02:44:06,369 --> 02:44:06,903 VITALITY. AFTER EXTENSIVE 4508 02:44:06,903 --> 02:44:08,471 ENGAGEMENT WITH SEATTLE CENTER 4509 02:44:08,471 --> 02:44:10,006 STAFF, STAKEHOLDERS AND ART 4510 02:44:10,006 --> 02:44:11,441 LEADERS, RANDY EMERGED AS THE 4511 02:44:11,441 --> 02:44:12,843 CLEAR CHOICE. AS YOU HEARD IN 4512 02:44:12,843 --> 02:44:15,278 PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY. HIS DEEP 4513 02:44:15,278 --> 02:44:16,646 EXPERTISE IN ARTS 4514 02:44:16,646 --> 02:44:18,548 ADMINISTRATION, CIVIC POLICY AND 4515 02:44:18,548 --> 02:44:19,149 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SET HIM 4516 02:44:19,149 --> 02:44:20,317 APART. RANDY BRINGS OVER 20 4517 02:44:20,317 --> 02:44:22,152 YEARS OF CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY 4518 02:44:22,152 --> 02:44:23,119 DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE. HE 4519 02:44:23,119 --> 02:44:24,521 SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 4520 02:44:24,521 --> 02:44:27,490 ARTS OF OFFICE OF ARTS AND 4521 02:44:27,490 --> 02:44:28,959 CULTURE FOR EIGHT AND A HALF 4522 02:44:28,959 --> 02:44:31,127 YEARS ACROSS FIVE MAYORS, 4523 02:44:31,127 --> 02:44:31,595 EXPANDING PUBLIC ART, 4524 02:44:31,595 --> 02:44:33,697 STRENGTHENING ARTS, EDUCATION, 4525 02:44:33,697 --> 02:44:35,365 AND INCREASING CULTURAL SPACE 4526 02:44:35,365 --> 02:44:36,867 AFFORDABILITY, AND ADVANCING 4527 02:44:36,867 --> 02:44:38,802 RACIAL EQUITY. HE LED MAJOR 4528 02:44:38,802 --> 02:44:39,369 CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS, 4529 02:44:39,369 --> 02:44:41,171 INCLUDING AFFORDABILITY AND 4530 02:44:41,171 --> 02:44:41,738 LIVABILITY, FUTURE OF WORK, 4531 02:44:41,738 --> 02:44:43,240 YOUTH OPPORTUNITY AND COVID 4532 02:44:43,240 --> 02:44:45,542 RECOVERY. AS CO-FOUNDER AND 4533 02:44:45,542 --> 02:44:46,843 PRINCIPAL OF THIRD WAY CREATIVE, 4534 02:44:46,843 --> 02:44:48,845 RANDY DELIVERED SIGNIFICANT 4535 02:44:48,845 --> 02:44:50,580 CULTURAL STRATEGY PROJECTS, 4536 02:44:50,580 --> 02:44:52,048 INCLUDING THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 4537 02:44:52,048 --> 02:44:53,416 DEVELOPMENT, CREATING A DOWNTOWN 4538 02:44:53,416 --> 02:44:54,517 CULTURAL RECOVERY PLAN. THE 4539 02:44:54,517 --> 02:44:56,353 WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF 4540 02:44:56,353 --> 02:44:56,920 COMMERCE HELPING SHAPE THE 4541 02:44:56,920 --> 02:44:58,321 STATEWIDE CREATIVE ECONOMY. 4542 02:44:58,321 --> 02:44:59,723 STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THE FRIENDS 4543 02:44:59,723 --> 02:45:01,191 OF WATERFRONT PARK. DESIGNING 4544 02:45:01,191 --> 02:45:02,225 THE CULTURAL MASTER PLAN. WITH 4545 02:45:02,225 --> 02:45:06,396 MORE THAN 150 STAKEHOLDERS. HIS 4546 02:45:06,396 --> 02:45:06,930 CONSULTING PORTFOLIO ALSO 4547 02:45:06,930 --> 02:45:09,199 INCLUDES NATIONAL AND 4548 02:45:09,199 --> 02:45:09,833 INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL STRATEGY 4549 02:45:09,833 --> 02:45:12,269 WORK WITH THE CITY OF OTTAWA AND 4550 02:45:12,269 --> 02:45:13,670 WESTERN STATES ARTS FEDERATION. 4551 02:45:13,670 --> 02:45:15,438 BEFORE CITY SERVICE, HE FOUNDED 4552 02:45:15,438 --> 02:45:17,707 THE YOUNGSTOWN CULTURAL ARTS 4553 02:45:17,707 --> 02:45:19,709 CENTER AND STATIC FACTORY MEDIA, 4554 02:45:19,709 --> 02:45:20,343 LAUNCHING INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY 4555 02:45:20,343 --> 02:45:21,444 AND CREATIVE ECONOMY 4556 02:45:21,444 --> 02:45:23,747 ENTERPRISES. HE TEACHES CULTURAL 4557 02:45:23,747 --> 02:45:24,848 POLICY AS ADJUNCT FACULTY AT THE 4558 02:45:24,848 --> 02:45:26,483 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND LECTURES 4559 02:45:26,483 --> 02:45:28,351 AT THE UW EVANS SCHOOL. HE IS 4560 02:45:28,351 --> 02:45:30,220 RECOGNIZED WITH AMERICA, WITH 4561 02:45:30,220 --> 02:45:31,855 THE AMERICANS FOR ARTS EMERGING 4562 02:45:31,855 --> 02:45:33,556 LEADER AWARD AND PUGET SOUND 4563 02:45:33,556 --> 02:45:36,026 BUSINESS JOURNAL'S 40 UNDER 40. 4564 02:45:36,026 --> 02:45:37,460 RANDY CAREER BRINGS ARTS, 4565 02:45:37,460 --> 02:45:39,229 CULTURE, SPORTS AND 4566 02:45:39,229 --> 02:45:40,263 ENTERTAINMENT, AND CIVIC LIFE 4567 02:45:40,263 --> 02:45:42,499 AND CIVIC LIFE EXPERIENCES WELL 4568 02:45:42,499 --> 02:45:43,767 ALIGNED WITH THE SEATTLE 4569 02:45:43,767 --> 02:45:44,901 CENTER'S ROLE AS A PREMIER 4570 02:45:44,901 --> 02:45:47,470 CULTURAL AND SPORTS 4571 02:45:47,470 --> 02:45:49,906 ENTERTAINMENT CAMPUS. SO MAYOR 4572 02:45:49,906 --> 02:45:51,875 WILSON VALUES RANDY PROVEN 4573 02:45:51,875 --> 02:45:53,643 ABILITY TO STEWARD CIVIC SPACES, 4574 02:45:53,643 --> 02:45:54,244 UNITE DIVERSE VOICES THROUGH 4575 02:45:54,244 --> 02:45:55,378 THOUGHTFUL, CREATIVE LEADERSHIP. 4576 02:45:55,378 --> 02:45:56,813 HE'S A PERFECT FIT FOR SEATTLE 4577 02:45:56,813 --> 02:45:58,114 CENTER. RANDY BRINGS A VISION 4578 02:45:58,114 --> 02:45:59,983 FOR SEATTLE CENTER AS AN 4579 02:45:59,983 --> 02:46:00,750 INCLUSIVE CULTURAL HUB AND A 4580 02:46:00,750 --> 02:46:03,620 CIVIC GATHERING SPACE. HIS 4581 02:46:03,620 --> 02:46:04,187 EXPERIENCE WILL ENSURE BOTH 4582 02:46:04,187 --> 02:46:05,655 CONTINUITY AND INNOVATION DURING 4583 02:46:05,655 --> 02:46:07,290 A PERIOD OF MAJOR EVENTS AND 4584 02:46:07,290 --> 02:46:09,092 ONGOING CITY RECOVERY. THANK YOU 4585 02:46:09,092 --> 02:46:10,527 SO MUCH. RANDY IS HERE TO GO 4586 02:46:10,527 --> 02:46:12,095 THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION AND 4587 02:46:12,095 --> 02:46:16,900 ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. 4588 02:46:16,900 --> 02:46:17,334 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. 4589 02:46:17,334 --> 02:46:18,168 -- I'M RANDY ENGSTROM, I'M THE 4590 02:46:18,168 --> 02:46:19,602 ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE 4591 02:46:19,602 --> 02:46:20,670 CENTER. THANKS FOR HAVING ME 4592 02:46:20,670 --> 02:46:21,705 TODAY AND HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY 4593 02:46:21,705 --> 02:46:23,807 TO SPEAK WITH YOU. AND THANK YOU 4594 02:46:23,807 --> 02:46:25,642 TO THE STAFF AND SUPPORTERS WHO 4595 02:46:25,642 --> 02:46:26,643 MADE IT THROUGH. I REALLY 4596 02:46:26,643 --> 02:46:28,211 APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE 4597 02:46:28,211 --> 02:46:29,779 ALL THE ALL THE REALLY LOVELY 4598 02:46:29,779 --> 02:46:34,117 COMMENTS FROM CAMPUS PARTNERS 4599 02:46:34,117 --> 02:46:36,453 AND OTHERS. LET'S SEE. OH 4600 02:46:36,453 --> 02:46:42,959 THAT'S FUN. I TRIED THAT WITH 4601 02:46:42,959 --> 02:46:43,226 THIS GUY. 4602 02:46:43,226 --> 02:46:49,499 -- ON THE KEYBOARD 4603 02:46:49,499 --> 02:46:51,701 -- HEY. ALL RIGHT. I GUESS I'LL 4604 02:46:51,701 --> 02:46:53,036 START WITH MY TIME AT THE 4605 02:46:53,036 --> 02:46:54,237 YOUNGSTOWN CULTURAL ARTS CENTER. 4606 02:46:54,237 --> 02:46:56,773 IN 2005, I WAS HIRED AS THE 4607 02:46:56,773 --> 02:46:57,307 FOUNDING DIRECTOR BY THE 4608 02:46:57,307 --> 02:46:59,676 DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOODS 4609 02:46:59,676 --> 02:47:01,778 DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, AND WE 4610 02:47:01,778 --> 02:47:04,614 OPENED A PRETTY FLAGSHIP 4611 02:47:04,614 --> 02:47:05,248 CULTURAL INSTITUTION IN DISTRICT 4612 02:47:05,248 --> 02:47:05,849 ONE IN WEST SEATTLE AND THE 4613 02:47:05,849 --> 02:47:08,585 DELRIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S 4614 02:47:08,585 --> 02:47:10,553 25,000 SQUARE FOOT FACILITY WAS 4615 02:47:10,553 --> 02:47:11,921 HOME TO FIVE TENANT RESIDENT 4616 02:47:11,921 --> 02:47:13,289 ORGANIZATIONS, OPERATED A 4617 02:47:13,289 --> 02:47:14,758 THEATER, A DANCE STUDIO, A 4618 02:47:14,758 --> 02:47:15,792 RECORDING STUDIO, A KITCHEN, AND 4619 02:47:15,792 --> 02:47:17,460 MULTIPLE CLASSROOMS. AND WE 4620 02:47:17,460 --> 02:47:18,862 SERVED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE. 4621 02:47:18,862 --> 02:47:22,265 EVERY YEAR. I LEARNED A LOT 4622 02:47:22,265 --> 02:47:22,899 ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND 4623 02:47:22,899 --> 02:47:25,769 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. WE HOSTED MANY 4624 02:47:25,769 --> 02:47:26,202 A CITY OPEN HOUSE, 4625 02:47:26,202 --> 02:47:28,371 TRANSPORTATION HOUSING, ECONOMIC 4626 02:47:28,371 --> 02:47:29,939 DEVELOPMENT. WE HAD A YOUTH 4627 02:47:29,939 --> 02:47:31,207 PROGRAMING COMMITTEE THAT WOULD 4628 02:47:31,207 --> 02:47:32,442 ACTUALLY SELECT THE AFTER SCHOOL 4629 02:47:32,442 --> 02:47:34,144 PROGRAMS THAT WE WOULD OFFER, IN 4630 02:47:34,144 --> 02:47:34,744 PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR RESIDENT 4631 02:47:34,744 --> 02:47:35,612 ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ARTS CORPS 4632 02:47:35,612 --> 02:47:36,746 AND THE SERVICE BOARD. AND WE 4633 02:47:36,746 --> 02:47:40,650 ARE ALSO HOME TO 36 AFFORDABLE 4634 02:47:40,650 --> 02:47:41,384 HOUSING ARTISTS, LIVE WORK 4635 02:47:41,384 --> 02:47:43,153 STUDIOS THAT WERE IN THE FLOORS 4636 02:47:43,153 --> 02:47:45,221 ABOVE THE CULTURAL CENTER THAT 4637 02:47:45,221 --> 02:47:46,656 THE TIME THAT I WAS AT 4638 02:47:46,656 --> 02:47:47,924 YOUNGSTOWN, I ALSO WAS APPOINTED 4639 02:47:47,924 --> 02:47:50,527 TO THE SEATTLE ARTS COMMISSION 4640 02:47:50,527 --> 02:47:52,128 BY CITY COUNCILMEMBER NICOLA 4641 02:47:52,128 --> 02:47:53,329 COTTA AND SERVED SIX YEARS ON 4642 02:47:53,329 --> 02:47:56,099 THE COMMISSION. AND I THINK 4643 02:47:56,099 --> 02:47:57,100 THOSE YEARS OF WORKING DIRECTLY 4644 02:47:57,100 --> 02:47:59,002 WITH COMMUNITY AND DIRECTLY WITH 4645 02:47:59,002 --> 02:48:00,503 THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, 4646 02:48:00,503 --> 02:48:01,604 THE COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR. I 4647 02:48:01,604 --> 02:48:04,741 LEARNED A LOT ABOUT HOW TO 4648 02:48:04,741 --> 02:48:05,308 ADVANCE POLICY AND SYSTEMS 4649 02:48:05,308 --> 02:48:06,242 CHANGE FROM BOTH OF THOSE 4650 02:48:06,242 --> 02:48:08,978 VANTAGE POINTS. THAT'S ALSO WHEN 4651 02:48:08,978 --> 02:48:09,612 I COMPLETED MY GRADUATE DEGREE 4652 02:48:09,612 --> 02:48:10,847 FROM THE EVANS SCHOOL AT THE 4653 02:48:10,847 --> 02:48:15,251 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. I LEFT 4654 02:48:15,251 --> 02:48:16,619 THAT JOB BECAUSE I WAS OFFERED A 4655 02:48:16,619 --> 02:48:18,822 PRETTY INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO 4656 02:48:18,822 --> 02:48:19,556 SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE 4657 02:48:19,556 --> 02:48:21,157 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR 4658 02:48:21,157 --> 02:48:22,325 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. AT THE 4659 02:48:22,325 --> 02:48:25,028 TIME, ARTS AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS. 4660 02:48:25,028 --> 02:48:25,929 INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLY PROUD OF 4661 02:48:25,929 --> 02:48:28,565 THE WORK THAT WE DID THERE. WE 4662 02:48:28,565 --> 02:48:29,165 TOOK A $6 MILLION DEPARTMENT, 4663 02:48:29,165 --> 02:48:31,267 WHICH IS NOW OVER $20 MILLION. 4664 02:48:31,267 --> 02:48:34,737 WE EXPANDED OUR WORK IN CULTURAL 4665 02:48:34,737 --> 02:48:35,305 SPACE AFFORDABILITY, RACIAL 4666 02:48:35,305 --> 02:48:36,339 EQUITY THROUGH THE CREATIVE 4667 02:48:36,339 --> 02:48:38,041 ADVANTAGE PROGRAM. WE RESTORED 4668 02:48:38,041 --> 02:48:39,209 ARTS EDUCATION TO SEATTLE PUBLIC 4669 02:48:39,209 --> 02:48:41,010 SCHOOLS OVER THE SPAN OF 11 4670 02:48:41,010 --> 02:48:42,245 YEARS, AND WE RENOVATED THE KING 4671 02:48:42,245 --> 02:48:43,213 STREET STATION. SHOUT OUT TO 4672 02:48:43,213 --> 02:48:45,849 BILL LABORDE IF HE'S STILL HERE 4673 02:48:45,849 --> 02:48:46,549 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SDOT. WE 4674 02:48:46,549 --> 02:48:47,584 TOOK A BUILDING THAT HAD BEEN 4675 02:48:47,584 --> 02:48:49,385 VACANT FOR 30 YEARS AND TURNED 4676 02:48:49,385 --> 02:48:50,553 IT INTO A VIBRANT ARTS HUB, AND 4677 02:48:50,553 --> 02:48:53,690 ALSO A NEW OFFICE, NEW NEW 4678 02:48:53,690 --> 02:48:55,091 LOCATION FOR THE OFFICES OF THE 4679 02:48:55,091 --> 02:48:59,762 FOR THE STAFF YOU KNOW, I IT WAS 4680 02:48:59,762 --> 02:49:00,396 A PRETTY INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. THE 4681 02:49:00,396 --> 02:49:01,498 TIME THAT I WAS ABLE TO WORK AT 4682 02:49:01,498 --> 02:49:02,966 THE OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE. 4683 02:49:02,966 --> 02:49:04,267 AND I THINK THAT EXPERIENCE, 4684 02:49:04,267 --> 02:49:06,336 MAYBE MORE THAN ANYTHING, IS 4685 02:49:06,336 --> 02:49:07,704 WHAT MAKES ME FEEL COMFORTABLE 4686 02:49:07,704 --> 02:49:09,272 STEPPING INTO THIS JOB. MANY OF 4687 02:49:09,272 --> 02:49:10,106 THE SAME PEOPLE AND MANY OF THE 4688 02:49:10,106 --> 02:49:12,041 SAME SYSTEMS STILL FUNCTION, NOT 4689 02:49:12,041 --> 02:49:14,611 UNLIKE THE WAY THAT THEY DID. 4690 02:49:14,611 --> 02:49:15,411 AND IT WAS SOME OF THE MOST 4691 02:49:15,411 --> 02:49:16,446 REWARDING WORK I'VE EVER DONE 4692 02:49:16,446 --> 02:49:19,182 IN MY LIFE. I, I'M VERY PROUD OF 4693 02:49:19,182 --> 02:49:21,918 THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO WORK 4694 02:49:21,918 --> 02:49:23,786 WITH PROBABLY 30 DIFFERENT CITY 4695 02:49:23,786 --> 02:49:24,320 COUNCILMEMBERS AND THOSE 4696 02:49:24,320 --> 02:49:25,288 MENTIONED FIVE DIFFERENT MAYORS, 4697 02:49:25,288 --> 02:49:28,458 AYE. I REALLY PRIDE MYSELF ON 4698 02:49:28,458 --> 02:49:29,092 TRYING TO BE A PERSON THAT CAN 4699 02:49:29,092 --> 02:49:31,094 GET ALONG WITH JUST ABOUT ANYONE 4700 02:49:31,094 --> 02:49:32,595 AND FIND WAYS TO BUILD BRIDGES. 4701 02:49:32,595 --> 02:49:34,364 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE 4702 02:49:34,364 --> 02:49:35,665 THAT'S ALSO WHAT THE SEATTLE 4703 02:49:35,665 --> 02:49:36,900 CENTER'S ROLE IS. THE SEATTLE 4704 02:49:36,900 --> 02:49:38,268 CENTER IS THE LIVING ROOM FOR 4705 02:49:38,268 --> 02:49:40,170 EVERYBODY. IT'S WHERE OUR CITY 4706 02:49:40,170 --> 02:49:41,804 COMES TOGETHER TO MOURN, TO 4707 02:49:41,804 --> 02:49:44,207 CELEBRATE, TO PROTEST. AND I 4708 02:49:44,207 --> 02:49:45,375 THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT 4709 02:49:45,375 --> 02:49:47,610 ROLE. AND IT'S A PLACE WE REALLY 4710 02:49:47,610 --> 02:49:49,479 NEED MORE OF. I'M GLAD THAT WE 4711 02:49:49,479 --> 02:49:50,947 EXPANDED TO TAKE OVER THE 4712 02:49:50,947 --> 02:49:52,549 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF 4713 02:49:52,549 --> 02:49:53,349 WATERFRONT PARK, BECAUSE I THINK 4714 02:49:53,349 --> 02:49:54,918 THAT PLAYS A SIMILAR ROLE IN OUR 4715 02:49:54,918 --> 02:49:55,985 CITY. IN FACT, THAT'S WHERE OUR 4716 02:49:55,985 --> 02:49:56,920 STAFF IS RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE'RE 4717 02:49:56,920 --> 02:49:59,289 HAVING A STAFF CELEBRATION EVENT 4718 02:49:59,289 --> 02:50:00,657 TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR WORK 4719 02:50:00,657 --> 02:50:01,991 ON FIFA AND ALL THEIR 4720 02:50:01,991 --> 02:50:02,525 PERSEVERANCE THROUGH THE 4721 02:50:02,525 --> 02:50:06,262 INCIDENTS OF JULY. AND I THINK 4722 02:50:06,262 --> 02:50:07,263 WITH WITH THE ROLE OF WATERFRONT 4723 02:50:07,263 --> 02:50:08,698 PARK AND THE ROLE OF SEATTLE 4724 02:50:08,698 --> 02:50:09,732 CENTER HOSTING PROBABLY NORTH OF 4725 02:50:09,732 --> 02:50:10,400 20 MILLION VISITORS THIS YEAR 4726 02:50:10,400 --> 02:50:13,369 BETWEEN THE TWO. WE REALLY ARE 4727 02:50:13,369 --> 02:50:14,270 CREATING A SPACE FOR THE CITY TO 4728 02:50:14,270 --> 02:50:15,238 COME TOGETHER, AND THAT'S BEEN 4729 02:50:15,238 --> 02:50:15,905 SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IMPORTANT 4730 02:50:15,905 --> 02:50:18,675 TO ME MY ENTIRE CAREER. I 4731 02:50:18,675 --> 02:50:21,144 STEPPED AWAY FROM THE CITY IN 4732 02:50:21,144 --> 02:50:23,079 2021 THINKING THAT WE WERE 4733 02:50:23,079 --> 02:50:24,747 ROUNDING THE CORNER OF THE 4734 02:50:24,747 --> 02:50:26,549 PANDEMIC. LITTLE DID I KNOW I 4735 02:50:26,549 --> 02:50:28,051 HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LOT 4736 02:50:28,051 --> 02:50:30,553 OF VOLUNTEER ADVOCACY WITH THE 4737 02:50:30,553 --> 02:50:31,220 BIDEN TRANSITION TEAM, WITH THE 4738 02:50:31,220 --> 02:50:32,855 NEA, WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 4739 02:50:32,855 --> 02:50:34,123 LABOR, AND THAT SORT OF 4740 02:50:34,123 --> 02:50:35,525 CATALYZED WHAT STARTED AS A 4741 02:50:35,525 --> 02:50:37,660 NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL 4742 02:50:37,660 --> 02:50:38,227 CONSULTING PRACTICE AROUND 4743 02:50:38,227 --> 02:50:39,028 CULTURAL POLICY, CREATIVE 4744 02:50:39,028 --> 02:50:40,763 ECONOMY AND RACIAL EQUITY. 4745 02:50:40,763 --> 02:50:41,431 WORKING WITH, AS WAS MENTIONED, 4746 02:50:41,431 --> 02:50:42,966 THE CITY OF OTTAWA, GRANTMAKERS 4747 02:50:42,966 --> 02:50:44,067 IN THE ARTS, AMERICANS FOR THE 4748 02:50:44,067 --> 02:50:46,636 ARTS, WESTERN STATES ARTS 4749 02:50:46,636 --> 02:50:48,671 FEDERATION, AND THEN IT WAS 4750 02:50:48,671 --> 02:50:50,807 REALLY THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF 4751 02:50:50,807 --> 02:50:52,008 COMMERCE, CREATIVE ECONOMY 4752 02:50:52,008 --> 02:50:53,109 STRATEGIC PLAN THAT I DID. THAT 4753 02:50:53,109 --> 02:50:55,011 WAS THE FIRST PROJECT THAT I DID 4754 02:50:55,011 --> 02:50:56,613 BACK IN WASHINGTON, BECAUSE I 4755 02:50:56,613 --> 02:50:57,614 SORT OF GAVE SEATTLE A TIME-OUT 4756 02:50:57,614 --> 02:50:58,948 FOR A FEW YEARS AFTER RUNNING A 4757 02:50:58,948 --> 02:51:00,683 DEPARTMENT FOR A LONG TIME. 4758 02:51:00,683 --> 02:51:03,586 IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A BREAK AND 4759 02:51:03,586 --> 02:51:05,521 FROM THAT PROJECT, I WOUND UP 4760 02:51:05,521 --> 02:51:07,156 CONNECTING WITH FRIENDS OF 4761 02:51:07,156 --> 02:51:08,691 WATERFRONT PARK, WHO ENGAGED ME 4762 02:51:08,691 --> 02:51:09,959 TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM ON THE 4763 02:51:09,959 --> 02:51:11,461 DEVELOPMENT OF A CULTURAL MASTER 4764 02:51:11,461 --> 02:51:12,795 PLAN, WHICH IS STILL A DOCUMENT 4765 02:51:12,795 --> 02:51:13,830 THAT I'M REALLY PROUD OF, AND I 4766 02:51:13,830 --> 02:51:15,531 DEEPLY RESPECT THE WORK THAT 4767 02:51:15,531 --> 02:51:16,966 FRIENDS OF WATERFRONT PARK DO. I 4768 02:51:16,966 --> 02:51:18,401 THINK. I THINK THAT PARTNERSHIP 4769 02:51:18,401 --> 02:51:19,369 IS REALLY AN INTERESTING MODEL. 4770 02:51:19,369 --> 02:51:20,003 WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE 4771 02:51:20,003 --> 02:51:21,371 OF THE CAMPUS AND HOW 4772 02:51:21,371 --> 02:51:22,272 PARTNERSHIP IS GOING TO BE SO 4773 02:51:22,272 --> 02:51:25,375 CENTRAL TO THAT WORK, AND AND 4774 02:51:25,375 --> 02:51:27,677 THEN THROUGH THAT WORK, I ENDED 4775 02:51:27,677 --> 02:51:28,278 UP DOING A CONTRACT WITH THE 4776 02:51:28,278 --> 02:51:30,146 OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 4777 02:51:30,146 --> 02:51:31,814 JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO 4778 02:51:31,814 --> 02:51:33,583 AROUND CULTURAL STRATEGIES TO 4779 02:51:33,583 --> 02:51:34,884 REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN, SORT OF 4780 02:51:34,884 --> 02:51:35,418 BUILDING ON THE DOWNTOWN 4781 02:51:35,418 --> 02:51:37,320 ACTIVATION PLAN, BUT BRINGING A 4782 02:51:37,320 --> 02:51:38,655 MORE SPECIFIC CULTURAL LENS AND 4783 02:51:38,655 --> 02:51:39,822 APPROACH TO IT, THINKING ABOUT 4784 02:51:39,822 --> 02:51:40,957 THINGS LIKE SPECIAL EVENTS AND 4785 02:51:40,957 --> 02:51:43,159 STOREFRONT ACTIVATION AND 4786 02:51:43,159 --> 02:51:44,727 ADAPTIVE REUSE OF, OF OFFICE 4787 02:51:44,727 --> 02:51:45,361 SPACE. WHAT'S INTERESTING IS 4788 02:51:45,361 --> 02:51:46,663 THAT A LOT OF THAT WORK IS STILL 4789 02:51:46,663 --> 02:51:48,231 ALIVE, AND WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF 4790 02:51:48,231 --> 02:51:49,599 THOSE CONVERSATIONS NOW. AND 4791 02:51:49,599 --> 02:51:51,134 IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE 4792 02:51:51,134 --> 02:51:53,670 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION 4793 02:51:53,670 --> 02:51:54,971 STRATEGIC PLAN FEATURES CULTURE 4794 02:51:54,971 --> 02:51:57,140 AS, AS THE DRIVER OF DOWNTOWN 4795 02:51:57,140 --> 02:51:57,940 RECOVERY. AND AGAIN, I THINK 4796 02:51:57,940 --> 02:51:59,475 THAT'S AN INTERESTING ROLE THAT 4797 02:51:59,475 --> 02:52:01,144 THE SEATTLE CENTER CAN PLAY. 4798 02:52:01,144 --> 02:52:01,811 WE'RE PHYSICALLY CONNECTED TO 4799 02:52:01,811 --> 02:52:02,812 THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY VIA A 4800 02:52:02,812 --> 02:52:04,147 MONORAIL. WE'RE PHYSICALLY 4801 02:52:04,147 --> 02:52:05,915 CONNECTED TO THE CENTER OF THE 4802 02:52:05,915 --> 02:52:08,151 CITY VIA THE WATERFRONT. WHAT 4803 02:52:08,151 --> 02:52:08,718 OTHER SPACES MIGHT SEATTLE 4804 02:52:08,718 --> 02:52:09,786 CENTER BE ABLE TO ANIMATE, 4805 02:52:09,786 --> 02:52:12,388 ACTIVATE, AND BRING? IT'S SORT 4806 02:52:12,388 --> 02:52:13,156 OF CULTURAL PRESENCE, TOO. I 4807 02:52:13,156 --> 02:52:15,325 THINK THERE'S A LOT OF 4808 02:52:15,325 --> 02:52:16,325 OPPORTUNITY THERE. AND SO I FEEL 4809 02:52:16,325 --> 02:52:17,627 LIKE MY TIME AWAY FROM THE CITY 4810 02:52:17,627 --> 02:52:19,562 SORT OF HELPED ME PREPARE FOR 4811 02:52:19,562 --> 02:52:21,998 THIS ROLE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. 4812 02:52:21,998 --> 02:52:23,933 I'M APPROACHING THIS JOB IN 4813 02:52:23,933 --> 02:52:26,703 THREE WAYS, HONORING THE PAST, 4814 02:52:26,703 --> 02:52:28,438 DELIVERING ON THE PRESENT AND 4815 02:52:28,438 --> 02:52:29,872 BUILDING THE FUTURE. AND IN 4816 02:52:29,872 --> 02:52:30,440 THINKING ABOUT HONORING THE 4817 02:52:30,440 --> 02:52:32,909 PAST, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, IT'LL 4818 02:52:32,909 --> 02:52:34,077 PROBABLY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT 4819 02:52:34,077 --> 02:52:35,344 YEAR IN THE CAMPUS'S HISTORY 4820 02:52:35,344 --> 02:52:37,613 SINCE THE WORLD'S FAIR. WE ARE 4821 02:52:37,613 --> 02:52:39,115 CELEBRATING OUR 65th ANNIVERSARY 4822 02:52:39,115 --> 02:52:41,517 OF A CAMPUS, OUR 50th 4823 02:52:41,517 --> 02:52:42,952 ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION. 4824 02:52:42,952 --> 02:52:44,053 AND THEY'VE BEEN JUST INCREDIBLE 4825 02:52:44,053 --> 02:52:45,088 PARTNERS FOR THE ENTIRE SIX 4826 02:52:45,088 --> 02:52:46,889 MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE. 4827 02:52:46,889 --> 02:52:48,658 AND 30 YEARS OF FESTAL, REALLY 4828 02:52:48,658 --> 02:52:49,325 THE THE BALLAST OF THE SHIP, THE 4829 02:52:49,325 --> 02:52:52,929 HEART OF THE CAMPUS AS A PROGRAM 4830 02:52:52,929 --> 02:52:53,596 THAT CELEBRATES SEATTLE'S GREAT 4831 02:52:53,596 --> 02:52:55,832 CULTURAL DIVERSITY ACROSS 25 4832 02:52:55,832 --> 02:52:58,000 DIFFERENT CULTURAL COMMUNITIES. 4833 02:52:58,000 --> 02:52:58,868 SO THAT IS FROM WHERE WE START. 4834 02:52:58,868 --> 02:53:00,436 WE START WITH AN UNDERSTANDING 4835 02:53:00,436 --> 02:53:01,771 OF THE ROLE THIS CAMPUS HAS 4836 02:53:01,771 --> 02:53:04,507 PLAYED FOR THE LAST 65 YEARS, 4837 02:53:04,507 --> 02:53:05,842 AND I'VE NEVER MET A PERSON IN 4838 02:53:05,842 --> 02:53:07,210 MY 32 YEARS IN SEATTLE THAT 4839 02:53:07,210 --> 02:53:09,412 DOESN'T HAVE A CORE MEMORY FROM 4840 02:53:09,412 --> 02:53:10,346 THAT CAMPUS, FROM SOME EVENT OR 4841 02:53:10,346 --> 02:53:11,848 ACTIVITY THAT THEY ATTENDED. 4842 02:53:11,848 --> 02:53:12,648 IT'S CERTAINLY WHERE I'VE 4843 02:53:12,648 --> 02:53:13,850 SPENT THE MOST TIME WITH MY 11 4844 02:53:13,850 --> 02:53:17,620 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER DELIVERING ON 4845 02:53:17,620 --> 02:53:19,088 THE PRESENT HAS TO START WITH 4846 02:53:19,088 --> 02:53:20,189 RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE WORK 4847 02:53:20,189 --> 02:53:21,858 THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING. YOU 4848 02:53:21,858 --> 02:53:22,525 HEARD MY FRIEND AND 4849 02:53:22,525 --> 02:53:24,894 COLLABORATOR, ROB JOHNSON, TALK 4850 02:53:24,894 --> 02:53:25,928 ABOUT THE STRATEGIC VISION AND 4851 02:53:25,928 --> 02:53:30,199 TEN YEAR ACTION PLAN, A BIG TEAM 4852 02:53:30,199 --> 02:53:32,902 OF STAFF, OF STAKEHOLDERS OF 4853 02:53:32,902 --> 02:53:33,503 FOUNDATION PARTNERS DEVELOPED 4854 02:53:33,503 --> 02:53:35,405 THIS PLAN THAT INVOLVES 4855 02:53:35,405 --> 02:53:37,874 SIGNIFICANT PRIVATE FUNDRAISING, 4856 02:53:37,874 --> 02:53:39,075 SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENT TO 4857 02:53:39,075 --> 02:53:39,709 MEET THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF 4858 02:53:39,709 --> 02:53:41,944 AN AGING CAMPUS, AND REALLY 4859 02:53:41,944 --> 02:53:42,545 INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THE 4860 02:53:42,545 --> 02:53:44,313 BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC MODEL OF 4861 02:53:44,313 --> 02:53:46,015 THE CAMPUS ITSELF. I WILL SAY 4862 02:53:46,015 --> 02:53:46,549 THAT THERE'S NOT MANY 4863 02:53:46,549 --> 02:53:47,717 DEPARTMENTS THAT EARN 70% OF 4864 02:53:47,717 --> 02:53:50,052 THEIR OWN BUDGET VIA EARNED 4865 02:53:50,052 --> 02:53:51,454 INCOME ACTIVITIES, AND I THINK 4866 02:53:51,454 --> 02:53:53,289 THAT SOCIAL ENTERPRISE FUNCTION 4867 02:53:53,289 --> 02:53:54,490 IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S ONE 4868 02:53:54,490 --> 02:53:56,826 OF THE THINGS THAT ALLOWS US TO 4869 02:53:56,826 --> 02:53:58,861 BE NIMBLE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF 4870 02:53:58,861 --> 02:54:00,363 STUFF THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT 4871 02:54:00,363 --> 02:54:01,564 SHOULD BE FREE AND FOR THE 4872 02:54:01,564 --> 02:54:02,532 COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'RE TRYING 4873 02:54:02,532 --> 02:54:03,599 TO FIND THAT BALANCE ALL THE 4874 02:54:03,599 --> 02:54:05,034 TIME. THAT'S WHAT THE TEN YEAR 4875 02:54:05,034 --> 02:54:07,370 PLAN IS ABOUT. AS A PICTURE HERE 4876 02:54:07,370 --> 02:54:08,004 OF MEMORIAL STADIUM, I GET TO 4877 02:54:08,004 --> 02:54:10,072 WALK PAST IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. 4878 02:54:10,072 --> 02:54:11,107 IT'S SO EXCITING TO SEE IT 4879 02:54:11,107 --> 02:54:12,508 COMING OUT OF THE GROUND. AND 4880 02:54:12,508 --> 02:54:13,976 AGAIN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF JUST 4881 02:54:13,976 --> 02:54:14,544 INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP. THE 4882 02:54:14,544 --> 02:54:16,946 SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR FRIENDS AT 4883 02:54:16,946 --> 02:54:19,081 ONE ROOF AND THE CITY TOGETHER 4884 02:54:19,081 --> 02:54:21,651 CENTERING YOUNG PEOPLE, THINKING 4885 02:54:21,651 --> 02:54:23,119 ABOUT THAT BUILDING AS A AS A 4886 02:54:23,119 --> 02:54:24,320 LIVING CLASSROOM. AND I'LL TALK 4887 02:54:24,320 --> 02:54:26,222 MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. BUT 4888 02:54:26,222 --> 02:54:27,790 MEMORIAL STADIUM IS GOING TO BE 4889 02:54:27,790 --> 02:54:28,424 A GAME CHANGER FOR THE SEATTLE 4890 02:54:28,424 --> 02:54:31,027 CENTER CAMPUS. IT'S GOING TO 4891 02:54:31,027 --> 02:54:32,795 BRING SO MUCH MORE ACTIVITY, 4892 02:54:32,795 --> 02:54:33,896 MORE SPORTS, MORE YOUNG PEOPLE, 4893 02:54:33,896 --> 02:54:35,898 MORE EVENTS AND CONCERTS. AND, 4894 02:54:35,898 --> 02:54:38,067 AND THE PHYSICAL DESIGN IS 4895 02:54:38,067 --> 02:54:39,235 REALLY, REALLY THOUGHTFUL. YOU 4896 02:54:39,235 --> 02:54:40,937 KNOW, THE GIANT MONOLITHIC 4897 02:54:40,937 --> 02:54:42,672 CONCRETE WALL GOES AWAY. BUT THE 4898 02:54:42,672 --> 02:54:45,041 HISTORIC MEMORIAL WALL IS 4899 02:54:45,041 --> 02:54:46,642 RESTORED AND PRESERVED, AND WE 4900 02:54:46,642 --> 02:54:48,144 HAVE SIGHTLINES THROUGH AND 4901 02:54:48,144 --> 02:54:50,079 ACROSS THE CAMPUS AND GATEWAYS 4902 02:54:50,079 --> 02:54:50,613 THAT CONNECT THE MEMORIAL 4903 02:54:50,613 --> 02:54:51,881 STADIUM'S FOOTPRINT DIRECTLY 4904 02:54:51,881 --> 02:54:52,448 INTO THE, THE HEART OF THE 4905 02:54:52,448 --> 02:54:56,319 SEATTLE CENTER AND THE FOUNTAIN. 4906 02:54:56,319 --> 02:54:56,986 WE'RE RENOVATING THE MONORAIL 4907 02:54:56,986 --> 02:54:59,422 PLATFORM STARTING NOW, 4908 02:54:59,422 --> 02:55:00,723 CONSTRUCTION BEGINS. THE 4909 02:55:00,723 --> 02:55:01,991 MONORAIL PLATFORM AT THE CAMPUS. 4910 02:55:01,991 --> 02:55:03,392 AND I MEAN, I BRING UP THE 4911 02:55:03,392 --> 02:55:04,760 MONORAIL ONLY BECAUSE IT'S. I 4912 02:55:04,760 --> 02:55:06,262 DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS THE 4913 02:55:06,262 --> 02:55:07,697 APPOINTING EXECUTIVE OF A 4914 02:55:07,697 --> 02:55:09,332 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND I 4915 02:55:09,332 --> 02:55:10,266 DIDN'T KNOW THAT 3 MILLION 4916 02:55:10,266 --> 02:55:12,568 PEOPLE A YEAR RIDE THE MONORAIL. 4917 02:55:12,568 --> 02:55:14,337 AND IT'S THE ONLY NON-SUBSIDIZED 4918 02:55:14,337 --> 02:55:14,871 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN 4919 02:55:14,871 --> 02:55:16,172 WASHINGTON STATE. IT'S AN 4920 02:55:16,172 --> 02:55:18,441 AMAZING AND VERY HARD WORKING 4921 02:55:18,441 --> 02:55:19,842 SYSTEM. AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE 4922 02:55:19,842 --> 02:55:22,912 WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT. AND 4923 02:55:22,912 --> 02:55:25,214 THEN, YOU KNOW, ROB MENTIONED 4924 02:55:25,214 --> 02:55:25,982 THIS EARLIER, THERE WERE SOME 4925 02:55:25,982 --> 02:55:27,550 HIGH HIGHS, RIGHT? THE WORLD CUP 4926 02:55:27,550 --> 02:55:28,851 WAS INCREDIBLE. WE SAW A MILLION 4927 02:55:28,851 --> 02:55:29,886 VISITORS TO THE WATERFRONT. WE 4928 02:55:29,886 --> 02:55:31,053 SAW A MILLION VISITORS TO THE 4929 02:55:31,053 --> 02:55:32,555 SEATTLE CENTER. IT WAS IT WAS 4930 02:55:32,555 --> 02:55:33,990 REALLY A COMING OUT PARTY FOR 4931 02:55:33,990 --> 02:55:35,157 THE CITY IN A WAY THAT I 4932 02:55:35,157 --> 02:55:36,759 COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF. AND 4933 02:55:36,759 --> 02:55:38,594 THEN WE HAD THE EVENTS AT THE 4934 02:55:38,594 --> 02:55:40,463 BITE OF SEATTLE. I DON'T THINK 4935 02:55:40,463 --> 02:55:41,531 GOOD TIMES ARE WHEN LEADERSHIP 4936 02:55:41,531 --> 02:55:44,800 IS TESTED. I THINK IT'S WHEN 4937 02:55:44,800 --> 02:55:45,234 THINGS ARE HARD AND 4938 02:55:45,234 --> 02:55:45,835 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. I 4939 02:55:45,835 --> 02:55:47,703 APPRECIATED SEEING YOU THAT 4940 02:55:47,703 --> 02:55:49,305 NIGHT ON SITE THE NIGHT OF THE 4941 02:55:49,305 --> 02:55:51,173 OF THE BITE INCIDENT, AND I JUST 4942 02:55:51,173 --> 02:55:52,241 WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF 4943 02:55:52,241 --> 02:55:53,910 THE WORK OF OUR STAFF, BOTH IN 4944 02:55:53,910 --> 02:55:56,312 THE MOMENT AND IN THE DAYS AND 4945 02:55:56,312 --> 02:55:58,814 WEEKS SINCE AS WE TRY TO LEARN 4946 02:55:58,814 --> 02:56:00,816 FROM THAT HORRIFIC TRAGEDY, 4947 02:56:00,816 --> 02:56:03,419 IMPROVE OUR SYSTEMS, STRENGTHEN 4948 02:56:03,419 --> 02:56:04,053 IN PARTICULAR OUR COMMUNICATIONS 4949 02:56:04,053 --> 02:56:06,222 AND AND CONTINUE TO BE A PLACE 4950 02:56:06,222 --> 02:56:07,056 THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN 4951 02:56:07,056 --> 02:56:09,191 COME BACK TO. WE HELD A 4952 02:56:09,191 --> 02:56:10,259 CONVERSATION YESTERDAY WITH 4953 02:56:10,259 --> 02:56:11,127 ABOUT 50 OF OUR CAMPUS PARTNERS, 4954 02:56:11,127 --> 02:56:12,561 WHERE WE WALKED THROUGH OUR 4955 02:56:12,561 --> 02:56:14,697 ENTIRE AFTER ACTION REVIEW AND 4956 02:56:14,697 --> 02:56:16,132 THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN RELATED 4957 02:56:16,132 --> 02:56:18,167 TO ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF 4958 02:56:18,167 --> 02:56:20,002 THAT REPORT. AND, AND WE MADE A 4959 02:56:20,002 --> 02:56:21,137 COMMITMENT TO THEM THAT WE'RE 4960 02:56:21,137 --> 02:56:21,771 GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN 4961 02:56:21,771 --> 02:56:22,505 FROM THIS, WE'RE GOING TO GROW 4962 02:56:22,505 --> 02:56:23,306 FROM THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO 4963 02:56:23,306 --> 02:56:26,809 GET BETTER. AND I THINK THE FACT 4964 02:56:26,809 --> 02:56:28,644 THAT WE'VE ONLY SEEN ABOUT A 1% 4965 02:56:28,644 --> 02:56:30,513 DECREASE IN ATTENDANCE YEAR OVER 4966 02:56:30,513 --> 02:56:31,914 YEAR FROM THE BITE TO NOW TELLS 4967 02:56:31,914 --> 02:56:33,616 US THAT PEOPLE DO TRUST THE 4968 02:56:33,616 --> 02:56:34,450 CAMPUS. THEY DO WANT TO COME 4969 02:56:34,450 --> 02:56:36,585 BACK. WE SAW 1000 PEOPLE AT THE 4970 02:56:36,585 --> 02:56:38,220 PRINCESS BRIDE. WE SAW SOLD OUT 4971 02:56:38,220 --> 02:56:39,188 KETCHUP BARBECUE. WE SAW MORE 4972 02:56:39,188 --> 02:56:41,357 STAY IN THE TIME AT SUNDIATA, 4973 02:56:41,357 --> 02:56:42,458 AND WE SAW A REALLY SUCCESSFUL 4974 02:56:42,458 --> 02:56:44,260 BUMBERSHOOT, ONE OF OUR MOST 4975 02:56:44,260 --> 02:56:47,196 SUCCESSFUL IN DECADES. SO IT'S 4976 02:56:47,196 --> 02:56:48,264 ABOUT DELIVERING ON THE PRESENT 4977 02:56:48,264 --> 02:56:49,198 AND MEETING THE MOMENT, EVEN 4978 02:56:49,198 --> 02:56:51,801 WHEN THE MOMENT IS INCREDIBLY 4979 02:56:51,801 --> 02:56:54,603 HARD. AND IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A 4980 02:56:54,603 --> 02:56:57,039 FUTURE. THERE IS NO MORE 4981 02:56:57,039 --> 02:56:57,873 IMPORTANT CONVERSATION THAN THE 4982 02:56:57,873 --> 02:56:59,976 CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AGING 4983 02:56:59,976 --> 02:57:01,310 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE. THAT 4984 02:57:01,310 --> 02:57:03,479 WAS DESIGNED FOR A WORLD'S FAIR 4985 02:57:03,479 --> 02:57:05,448 65 YEARS AGO. AND WITH THAT 4986 02:57:05,448 --> 02:57:06,816 OPPORTUNITY NOT JUST TO 4987 02:57:06,816 --> 02:57:07,850 DECARBONIZE THE CAMPUS, NOT JUST 4988 02:57:07,850 --> 02:57:09,385 TO MODERNIZE IT, NOT JUST TO 4989 02:57:09,385 --> 02:57:11,687 DEAL WITH ADA SEISMIC AND HVAC 4990 02:57:11,687 --> 02:57:13,622 ISSUES, BUT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT 4991 02:57:13,622 --> 02:57:15,157 A SEATTLE CENTER OF THE NEXT 65 4992 02:57:15,157 --> 02:57:16,926 YEARS CAN LOOK LIKE. HOW DOES IT 4993 02:57:16,926 --> 02:57:18,394 BEST SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE CITY 4994 02:57:18,394 --> 02:57:19,428 AS IT IS TODAY AND WILL BE IN 4995 02:57:19,428 --> 02:57:22,465 THE FUTURE? WHILE HONORING THAT 4996 02:57:22,465 --> 02:57:23,799 PAST AND THE THE BALLOT MEASURE 4997 02:57:23,799 --> 02:57:24,567 THAT WE HOPE TO SEE COME FORWARD 4998 02:57:24,567 --> 02:57:26,936 FOR THE JOINT RESOLUTION THAT 4999 02:57:26,936 --> 02:57:29,472 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA OFFERED THAT 5000 02:57:29,472 --> 02:57:31,040 THAT'S THE BALL GAME THAT THE 5001 02:57:31,040 --> 02:57:32,508 ABILITY TO TO BRING THAT MOMENT 5002 02:57:32,508 --> 02:57:34,243 FORWARD, HAVE THAT CONVERSATION 5003 02:57:34,243 --> 02:57:34,944 WITH THE CITY AND ASK THE VOTERS 5004 02:57:34,944 --> 02:57:38,781 TO INVEST IN OUR FUTURE, OUR 5005 02:57:38,781 --> 02:57:39,715 SHARED FUTURE IS, IS THE MOST 5006 02:57:39,715 --> 02:57:41,183 IMPORTANT THING I'LL DO IN THIS 5007 02:57:41,183 --> 02:57:43,586 JOB FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE IT. I 5008 02:57:43,586 --> 02:57:45,254 ALSO WANT TO BORROW A PHRASE 5009 02:57:45,254 --> 02:57:47,189 FROM MY FRIEND TODD LEWICKI, WHO 5010 02:57:47,189 --> 02:57:48,491 WAS KIND TO SPEAK EARLIER. WE 5011 02:57:48,491 --> 02:57:49,692 WERE IN A MEETING COUNCILMEMBER 5012 02:57:49,692 --> 02:57:51,727 SAKA YOU WERE THERE TALKING 5013 02:57:51,727 --> 02:57:54,130 ABOUT OUR HOPES FOR THE NBA IN 5014 02:57:54,130 --> 02:57:54,997 THE FUTURE. AND WE, YOU KNOW, IT 5015 02:57:54,997 --> 02:57:55,898 WAS ABOUT FOUR DAYS AFTER THE 5016 02:57:55,898 --> 02:57:57,299 BITE SHOOTING, THREE DAYS AFTER 5017 02:57:57,299 --> 02:58:00,670 THE BITE SHOOTING, AND TODD WAS 5018 02:58:00,670 --> 02:58:01,303 TALKING ABOUT MEMORIAL STADIUM. 5019 02:58:01,303 --> 02:58:02,972 AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT 5020 02:58:02,972 --> 02:58:03,572 HAPPENED THAT DAY? WHAT THAT 5021 02:58:03,572 --> 02:58:05,241 WHAT THOSE YOUNG MEN DID WAS 5022 02:58:05,241 --> 02:58:06,475 EVIL. BUT I DON'T HATE THOSE 5023 02:58:06,475 --> 02:58:07,676 YOUNG MEN. IF THEY HAD A 5024 02:58:07,676 --> 02:58:08,344 DIFFERENT CHOICE, THEY COULD 5025 02:58:08,344 --> 02:58:10,446 HAVE MADE THAT DAY. IF THEY HAD 5026 02:58:10,446 --> 02:58:11,580 DIFFERENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO 5027 02:58:11,580 --> 02:58:12,848 THEM, WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED? 5028 02:58:12,848 --> 02:58:14,450 WHAT IF MEMORIAL STADIUM 5029 02:58:14,450 --> 02:58:15,051 EXISTED? WHAT IF THERE WAS A 5030 02:58:15,051 --> 02:58:16,652 LIVING CLASSROOM THAT THOSE 5031 02:58:16,652 --> 02:58:18,954 YOUNG PEOPLE COULD CONNECT TO? 5032 02:58:18,954 --> 02:58:21,424 AND I BORROWED THAT LIVING 5033 02:58:21,424 --> 02:58:22,792 CLASSROOM METAPHOR, BECAUSE I 5034 02:58:22,792 --> 02:58:23,459 REALLY THINK THAT'S THE FUTURE 5035 02:58:23,459 --> 02:58:25,728 OF THE CAMPUS. WE HAVE THE 5036 02:58:25,728 --> 02:58:26,896 CENTER SCHOOL. SEVERAL HUNDRED 5037 02:58:26,896 --> 02:58:28,064 KIDS COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY. 5038 02:58:28,064 --> 02:58:29,765 WE HAVE MEMORIAL STADIUM COMING 5039 02:58:29,765 --> 02:58:31,934 ONLINE, MAYBE NOT EVEN A YEAR 5040 02:58:31,934 --> 02:58:32,968 FROM NOW. WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO 5041 02:58:32,968 --> 02:58:34,103 THE SKILL CENTERS AND THE CAREER 5042 02:58:34,103 --> 02:58:35,905 TECH ED FOLKS AT THE DISTRICT. 5043 02:58:35,905 --> 02:58:37,406 WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE 5044 02:58:37,406 --> 02:58:38,374 ENTIRE CAMPUS TO BE A LIVING 5045 02:58:38,374 --> 02:58:39,375 CLASSROOM? WHAT WOULD IT LOOK 5046 02:58:39,375 --> 02:58:40,743 LIKE TO CONNECT OUR PUBLIC 5047 02:58:40,743 --> 02:58:42,812 SCHOOL STUDENTS HERE IN SEATTLE 5048 02:58:42,812 --> 02:58:44,380 TO THE 19000 JOBS THAT EXIST ON 5049 02:58:44,380 --> 02:58:45,881 THE CAMPUS, THE OVERWHELMING 5050 02:58:45,881 --> 02:58:47,049 MAJORITY OF THEM LIVING WAGE 5051 02:58:47,049 --> 02:58:48,451 UNION JOBS. WE WORK WITH TEN 5052 02:58:48,451 --> 02:58:51,587 DIFFERENT UNIONS VERY PROUDLY. I 5053 02:58:51,587 --> 02:58:53,422 REALLY THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, 5054 02:58:53,422 --> 02:58:54,990 $70,000 A YEAR FOR YOUR COLLEGE 5055 02:58:54,990 --> 02:58:56,592 MIGHT NOT BE IN THE CARDS FOR 5056 02:58:56,592 --> 02:58:57,460 EVERYBODY, BUT EVERY KID THAT 5057 02:58:57,460 --> 02:58:58,594 LIVES IN THIS CITY CAN TAKE ONE 5058 02:58:58,594 --> 02:58:59,795 BUS AND BE AT THE SEATTLE 5059 02:58:59,795 --> 02:59:01,730 CENTER. AND IF WE CAN HELP THEM 5060 02:59:01,730 --> 02:59:03,232 FIND WAYS TO CONNECT THEIR 5061 02:59:03,232 --> 02:59:04,967 PASSION AND THEIR DREAMS AND 5062 02:59:04,967 --> 02:59:05,968 THEIR EXCITEMENT TO CAREERS IN A 5063 02:59:05,968 --> 02:59:07,470 MEANINGFUL WAY, WHERE WE'RE 5064 02:59:07,470 --> 02:59:08,471 ABLE TO HELP SUSTAIN THEM. I 5065 02:59:08,471 --> 02:59:09,972 THINK THAT'S WHAT THE FUTURE OF 5066 02:59:09,972 --> 02:59:13,743 SEATTLE CENTER CAN LOOK LIKE. IN 5067 02:59:13,743 --> 02:59:14,977 ADDITION TO TO THE FOCUS ON 5068 02:59:14,977 --> 02:59:16,879 YOUNG PEOPLE, THIS WORK THAT 5069 02:59:16,879 --> 02:59:18,514 WE'VE EXPLORED WITH WATERFRONT 5070 02:59:18,514 --> 02:59:19,348 PARK, THAT WE'RE SEEING 5071 02:59:19,348 --> 02:59:21,650 EXPANSIONS IN THIS COMING YEAR. 5072 02:59:21,650 --> 02:59:23,085 WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE FOR 5073 02:59:23,085 --> 02:59:24,854 SEATTLE CENTER TO BRING ITS MIX 5074 02:59:24,854 --> 02:59:26,889 OF PROGRAMING, ECONOMIC AND 5075 02:59:26,889 --> 02:59:28,390 CULTURAL ACTIVITY OUT TO MORE 5076 02:59:28,390 --> 02:59:29,158 PLACES IN THE CITY? MAYBE 5077 02:59:29,158 --> 02:59:31,093 THAT'S CONTRIBUTING MORE TO TO 5078 02:59:31,093 --> 02:59:33,229 A CONVERSATION ABOUT DOWNTOWN 5079 02:59:33,229 --> 02:59:34,130 REVITALIZATION. MAYBE IT'S 5080 02:59:34,130 --> 02:59:34,763 ABOUT A DEEPER PARTNERSHIP WITH 5081 02:59:34,763 --> 02:59:36,532 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE ALL 5082 02:59:36,532 --> 02:59:37,500 PROGRAMING CAN BE BROUGHT OUT TO 5083 02:59:37,500 --> 02:59:38,134 EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE CITY. 5084 02:59:38,134 --> 02:59:40,369 MAYBE WE CAN GET EVERY MIDDLE 5085 02:59:40,369 --> 02:59:41,403 SCHOOLER IN THE CITY A TICKET TO 5086 02:59:41,403 --> 02:59:42,505 THE SPACE NEEDLE. SO EVERY KID 5087 02:59:42,505 --> 02:59:44,106 THAT GROWS UP HERE CAN SEE THAT 5088 02:59:44,106 --> 02:59:47,109 VANTAGE POINT. BUT I WANT TO 5089 02:59:47,109 --> 02:59:48,444 BRING MORE OF WHAT THE SEATTLE 5090 02:59:48,444 --> 02:59:50,346 CENTER IS TO MORE PEOPLE IN MORE 5091 02:59:50,346 --> 02:59:51,213 PLACES. I THINK THE STAFF IS 5092 02:59:51,213 --> 02:59:53,082 EXCITED TO DO THAT. I THINK THAT 5093 02:59:53,082 --> 02:59:55,084 THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY 5094 02:59:55,084 --> 02:59:58,020 DESERVES, AND I THINK I JUST IN 5095 02:59:58,020 --> 03:00:01,524 CLOSING, WANT TO SAY I FELT SO 5096 03:00:01,524 --> 03:00:03,192 INCREDIBLY EMBRACED BY THE 5097 03:00:03,192 --> 03:00:04,960 STAFF. AND I MEAN FROM THE 5098 03:00:04,960 --> 03:00:06,295 JANITORS TO THE EXECUTIVE 5099 03:00:06,295 --> 03:00:07,763 LEADERSHIP. I FEEL SO SUPPORTED 5100 03:00:07,763 --> 03:00:09,865 BY THE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ON 5101 03:00:09,865 --> 03:00:12,067 CAMPUS. AND IT IS THROUGH OUR 5102 03:00:12,067 --> 03:00:13,836 WORK TOGETHER, THROUGH OUR 5103 03:00:13,836 --> 03:00:14,403 COLLABORATION, THROUGH OUR 5104 03:00:14,403 --> 03:00:15,337 SHARED ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR 5105 03:00:15,337 --> 03:00:17,106 COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO 5106 03:00:17,106 --> 03:00:18,440 BUILD THAT FUTURE THAT IS GOING 5107 03:00:18,440 --> 03:00:20,142 TO SUSTAIN SEATTLE CENTER AND 5108 03:00:20,142 --> 03:00:22,578 THE CITY AT LARGE FOR YEARS TO 5109 03:00:22,578 --> 03:00:23,579 COME. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR 5110 03:00:23,579 --> 03:00:24,680 EVERYONE WHO GAVE THEIR TIME 5111 03:00:24,680 --> 03:00:26,315 TODAY. I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO 5112 03:00:26,315 --> 03:00:27,616 THE MAYOR FOR FOR TRUSTING ME 5113 03:00:27,616 --> 03:00:29,885 WITH THIS RESPONSIBILITY, AND 5114 03:00:29,885 --> 03:00:30,953 I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY 5115 03:00:30,953 --> 03:00:31,754 QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT 5116 03:00:31,754 --> 03:00:33,255 HAVE. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. 5117 03:00:33,255 --> 03:00:35,624 -- THANK YOU, MISS 5118 03:00:35,624 --> 03:00:36,192 PLEASANT-BROWN AND INTERIM 5119 03:00:36,192 --> 03:00:37,693 DIRECTOR ENGSTROM. APPRECIATE 5120 03:00:37,693 --> 03:00:41,397 YOUR YOUR OVERVIEW. AND, YOU 5121 03:00:41,397 --> 03:00:41,997 KNOW, KICKING OFF HELPING US 5122 03:00:41,997 --> 03:00:43,699 KICK OFF THIS CONVERSATION, I 5123 03:00:43,699 --> 03:00:45,534 WILL I WILL BRIEFLY FRAME THIS A 5124 03:00:45,534 --> 03:00:46,502 LITTLE BIT. THEN BEFORE I TURN 5125 03:00:46,502 --> 03:00:47,703 IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES, 5126 03:00:47,703 --> 03:00:49,438 STARTING FIRST WITH OUR, MY 5127 03:00:49,438 --> 03:00:53,642 TRUSTEE VICE CHAIR, FIRST, I'LL 5128 03:00:53,642 --> 03:00:54,276 SAY THAT JUST REMIND COLLEAGUES 5129 03:00:54,276 --> 03:00:58,380 THAT WE HAVE A, A SOLEMN A VERY 5130 03:00:58,380 --> 03:00:59,949 IMPORTANT CHARTER RESPONSIBILITY 5131 03:00:59,949 --> 03:01:05,221 NOW TO THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDER THE 5132 03:01:05,221 --> 03:01:06,922 PROPOSED. THE MAYOR'S PROPOSED 5133 03:01:06,922 --> 03:01:08,090 NOMINEE TO LEAD THIS CRITICALLY 5134 03:01:08,090 --> 03:01:09,959 IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS 5135 03:01:09,959 --> 03:01:10,559 MORE IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN 5136 03:01:10,559 --> 03:01:15,531 EVER, FOR REASONS MENTIONED, AND 5137 03:01:15,531 --> 03:01:18,267 SO MANY MORE. AND I KNOW YOU ALL 5138 03:01:18,267 --> 03:01:21,003 WILL TAKE THIS ENDEAVOR VERY 5139 03:01:21,003 --> 03:01:23,505 SERIOUSLY AND ASK THOUGHTFUL, 5140 03:01:23,505 --> 03:01:25,007 PROBING QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY 5141 03:01:25,007 --> 03:01:29,345 AND GIVE THE PROPOSED NOMINEE A 5142 03:01:29,345 --> 03:01:30,546 FAIR SHOT. AND I JUST WANT TO 5143 03:01:30,546 --> 03:01:35,017 KIND OF SHARE WHAT I'M KIND OF 5144 03:01:35,017 --> 03:01:37,953 LOOKING FOR FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, 5145 03:01:37,953 --> 03:01:39,755 AS THE CHAIR THAT OVERSEES THIS 5146 03:01:39,755 --> 03:01:42,958 COMMITTEE AND IS STEWARDING, 5147 03:01:42,958 --> 03:01:44,093 STEWARDING THIS PROCESS. BUT 5148 03:01:44,093 --> 03:01:46,495 ULTIMATELY ONE OF FIVE AND 5149 03:01:46,495 --> 03:01:47,496 ULTIMATELY ONE OF NINE VOICES ON 5150 03:01:47,496 --> 03:01:54,303 THE, ON THE MATTER, I'M REALLY 5151 03:01:54,303 --> 03:01:54,937 LOOKING FOR THREE THINGS. THREE. 5152 03:01:54,937 --> 03:01:59,275 SKILLS, ATTRIBUTES AND INDICIA 5153 03:01:59,275 --> 03:02:01,510 OF SUCCESS, IF YOU WILL. FIRST 5154 03:02:01,510 --> 03:02:06,582 ONE IS FROM A TECHNICAL 5155 03:02:06,582 --> 03:02:08,417 PERSPECTIVE. THIS, TO YOUR 5156 03:02:08,417 --> 03:02:11,153 POINT, INTERIM DIRECTOR ENGSTROM 5157 03:02:11,153 --> 03:02:14,823 ON. WE ARE GOING TO NEXT YEAR 5158 03:02:14,823 --> 03:02:15,791 PROPOSE A PACKAGE OF SOME SORT, 5159 03:02:15,791 --> 03:02:20,396 LIKELY A BOND MEASURE, TO 5160 03:02:20,396 --> 03:02:20,896 COMPLETELY RENOVATE AND 5161 03:02:20,896 --> 03:02:22,264 REIMAGINE THE SEATTLE CENTER. 5162 03:02:22,264 --> 03:02:25,000 WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT 100%. I 5163 03:02:25,000 --> 03:02:28,370 ALREADY WROTE IT UP AND AND I 5164 03:02:28,370 --> 03:02:29,738 KNOW THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IS HARD 5165 03:02:29,738 --> 03:02:32,841 AT WORK. YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTING 5166 03:02:32,841 --> 03:02:35,944 ON HER SIDE. AND, AND WE'RE, 5167 03:02:35,944 --> 03:02:38,514 WE'RE ALIGNED IN TOGETHER ON 5168 03:02:38,514 --> 03:02:40,182 THAT. BUT FROM A TECHNICAL 5169 03:02:40,182 --> 03:02:42,551 PERSPECTIVE, THE LEADER OF THIS 5170 03:02:42,551 --> 03:02:45,254 DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE 5171 03:02:45,254 --> 03:02:48,057 DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR 5172 03:02:48,057 --> 03:02:52,227 OVERSEEING THE PLANNING, SCOPING 5173 03:02:52,227 --> 03:02:55,497 DESIGN, STAKEHOLDER ING, AND 5174 03:02:55,497 --> 03:02:58,233 ULTIMATELY PROPOSING A MEASURE, 5175 03:02:58,233 --> 03:03:01,203 A PACKAGE TO PUT BEFORE CITY 5176 03:03:01,203 --> 03:03:04,106 DECISION MAKERS, BOTH THE 5177 03:03:04,106 --> 03:03:09,545 EXECUTIVE AND US ON THE SECOND 5178 03:03:09,545 --> 03:03:11,580 FLOOR WITH THE WITH THE ULTIMATE 5179 03:03:11,580 --> 03:03:16,151 GOAL OF POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENTING 5180 03:03:16,151 --> 03:03:18,754 ALL THIS AND DOING THAT END TO 5181 03:03:18,754 --> 03:03:22,958 END, VERY COMPLEX TECHNICAL 5182 03:03:22,958 --> 03:03:24,460 STUFF. THAT'S A THAT'S A THAT'S 5183 03:03:24,460 --> 03:03:25,961 A HUGE THAT'S A TALL ORDER. SO 5184 03:03:25,961 --> 03:03:27,596 I'M GOING TO BE KIND OF 5185 03:03:27,596 --> 03:03:29,231 ASSESSING FOR, FOR THAT KIND OF 5186 03:03:29,231 --> 03:03:31,400 COMPETENT COMPETENCY FROM A 5187 03:03:31,400 --> 03:03:34,403 TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE, ALSO FROM 5188 03:03:34,403 --> 03:03:34,837 A, SECONDLY, FROM A 5189 03:03:34,837 --> 03:03:37,005 COLLABORATION PERSPECTIVE 5190 03:03:37,005 --> 03:03:40,609 UNDERLYING ALL THAT WORK I JUST 5191 03:03:40,609 --> 03:03:43,779 DESCRIBED IS OR THE CORNERSTONE 5192 03:03:43,779 --> 03:03:45,114 OF SUCCESS UNDERLYING ALL THAT 5193 03:03:45,114 --> 03:03:47,850 WORK IS COLLABORATION GOING TO 5194 03:03:47,850 --> 03:03:53,222 SUCCEED OR FAIL. WHETHER YOU 5195 03:03:53,222 --> 03:03:54,423 SUCCEED OR FAIL IN THIS ROLE IS 5196 03:03:54,423 --> 03:03:57,459 GOING TO HINGE ON YOUR ABILITY 5197 03:03:57,459 --> 03:04:00,129 TO COLLABORATE, GOING TO HAVE TO 5198 03:04:00,129 --> 03:04:03,132 BUILD INFLUENTIAL RELATIONSHIPS 5199 03:04:03,132 --> 03:04:04,266 WITH. AND I KNOW YOU ALREADY 5200 03:04:04,266 --> 03:04:07,770 HAVE A LOT. YOU HAVE TO BUILD 5201 03:04:07,770 --> 03:04:10,172 MORE ACROSS COMMUNITIES, DIVERSE 5202 03:04:10,172 --> 03:04:11,040 COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST IN THE 5203 03:04:11,040 --> 03:04:15,277 CENTER DRIVE ALIGNMENT, WORK 5204 03:04:15,277 --> 03:04:17,012 TOWARDS SHARED GOAL, SHARED 5205 03:04:17,012 --> 03:04:21,316 VISION COLLABORATE ACROSS THOSE 5206 03:04:21,316 --> 03:04:26,422 DIFFERENCES AND YEAH. BUT YOUR 5207 03:04:26,422 --> 03:04:29,658 ABILITY TO TO COLLABORATE 5208 03:04:29,658 --> 03:04:30,325 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. AND THE 5209 03:04:30,325 --> 03:04:32,327 THIRD AND FINAL THING IS, YOU 5210 03:04:32,327 --> 03:04:35,764 KNOW, I'M GOING TO BE 5211 03:04:35,764 --> 03:04:40,636 EVALUATING IS, IS THE DEGREE TO 5212 03:04:40,636 --> 03:04:44,239 WHICH YOU AS A DIRECTOR WOULD 5213 03:04:44,239 --> 03:04:45,874 PRIORITIZE OR CONTINUE TO 5214 03:04:45,874 --> 03:04:50,946 PRIORITIZE PUBLIC SAFETY PUBLIC 5215 03:04:50,946 --> 03:04:53,382 SAFETY IS OF PARAMOUNT 5216 03:04:53,382 --> 03:04:55,651 IMPORTANCE. WE JUST FULFILLED OR 5217 03:04:55,651 --> 03:04:57,553 TOOK THE NEXT STEP IN OUR 5218 03:04:57,553 --> 03:04:58,220 JOURNEY. IT'S A JOURNEY, NOT A, 5219 03:04:58,220 --> 03:05:01,990 NOT A, NOT A END DESTINATION. 5220 03:05:01,990 --> 03:05:03,525 AND OUR MANDATE TO KEEP PEOPLE 5221 03:05:03,525 --> 03:05:04,393 SAFE ON OUR ROADS A MOMENT AGO, 5222 03:05:04,393 --> 03:05:07,296 BY PASSING THAT PACKAGE OF THREE 5223 03:05:07,296 --> 03:05:08,263 SAFETY BILLS, TRAFFIC SAFETY 5224 03:05:08,263 --> 03:05:09,965 BILLS, BUT MORE BROADLY, PUBLIC 5225 03:05:09,965 --> 03:05:11,467 SAFETY IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY 5226 03:05:11,467 --> 03:05:14,670 HERE WITHIN THE CITY, AND THAT 5227 03:05:14,670 --> 03:05:15,270 RESPONSIBILITY TRICKLES DOWN 5228 03:05:15,270 --> 03:05:17,339 THROUGH ALL LEVELS OF 5229 03:05:17,339 --> 03:05:21,110 GOVERNMENT, ESPECIALLY THE 5230 03:05:21,110 --> 03:05:23,779 DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THE TRAGIC 5231 03:05:23,779 --> 03:05:25,714 INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN JULY 5232 03:05:25,714 --> 03:05:27,449 REMINDS US THAT WITH RESPECT TO 5233 03:05:27,449 --> 03:05:30,152 SEATTLE CENTER, THERE ARE SOME 5234 03:05:30,152 --> 03:05:31,186 GREAT WORK THAT WAS DONE BY 5235 03:05:31,186 --> 03:05:32,988 FOLKS AT THE SEATTLE CENTER, 5236 03:05:32,988 --> 03:05:35,324 FROM THE JANITORS TO JUST 5237 03:05:35,324 --> 03:05:37,192 EVERYBODY. IT WASN'T JUST 5238 03:05:37,192 --> 03:05:40,629 FRONTLINE RANK AND FILE HEROIC 5239 03:05:40,629 --> 03:05:42,197 SPD OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED, AND 5240 03:05:42,197 --> 03:05:44,666 THEY DID THAT TOO, OR FIRE 5241 03:05:44,666 --> 03:05:46,101 DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL OR CARE 5242 03:05:46,101 --> 03:05:48,504 DEPARTMENT CALL TAKERS, 911 CALL 5243 03:05:48,504 --> 03:05:49,938 TAKERS WHO SHOWED UP, BRAVERY, 5244 03:05:49,938 --> 03:05:52,941 COURAGE. THEY DID ALL THAT? YES, 5245 03:05:52,941 --> 03:05:53,775 IT WAS ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND 5246 03:05:53,775 --> 03:05:55,410 YES, INCLUDING SEATTLE CENTER. 5247 03:05:55,410 --> 03:05:57,112 WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THERE'S 5248 03:05:57,112 --> 03:05:58,714 OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT 5249 03:05:58,714 --> 03:06:02,751 AND, AND, AND POTENTIALLY I 5250 03:06:02,751 --> 03:06:08,790 WOULD LIKE TO SEE SECURITY 5251 03:06:08,790 --> 03:06:10,759 CAMERAS AT AT SEATTLE CENTER. I 5252 03:06:10,759 --> 03:06:12,961 KNOW ALL THE EVENT MAJOR EVENT 5253 03:06:12,961 --> 03:06:15,931 ORGANIZERS SENT THAT LETTER TO 5254 03:06:15,931 --> 03:06:18,033 THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL ABOUT A 5255 03:06:18,033 --> 03:06:20,168 MONTH AGO. I THINK THAT'S AN 5256 03:06:20,168 --> 03:06:20,636 IMPORTANT PART OF THE 5257 03:06:20,636 --> 03:06:21,570 CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO 5258 03:06:21,570 --> 03:06:22,504 CONTINUE TO HAVE. I THINK WE 5259 03:06:22,504 --> 03:06:25,841 NEED IT, BUT REGARDLESS, PUTTING 5260 03:06:25,841 --> 03:06:26,441 ASIDE SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC 5261 03:06:26,441 --> 03:06:28,477 FEATURES OR ELEMENTS OF A 5262 03:06:28,477 --> 03:06:32,080 BROADER APPROACH AND SET OF 5263 03:06:32,080 --> 03:06:34,016 PRIORITIES TO ADDRESS PUBLIC 5264 03:06:34,016 --> 03:06:38,353 SAFETY, JUST YOUR APPROACH AND 5265 03:06:38,353 --> 03:06:41,089 READINESS TO, TO, TO PROMOTE 5266 03:06:41,089 --> 03:06:42,591 PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE AT THE 5267 03:06:42,591 --> 03:06:45,060 CENTER IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT 5268 03:06:45,060 --> 03:06:47,229 SO THAT SAID, I WILL NOW OPEN IT 5269 03:06:47,229 --> 03:06:48,230 UP TO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS 5270 03:06:48,230 --> 03:06:49,898 FROM MY COLLEAGUES, STARTING 5271 03:06:49,898 --> 03:06:51,433 FIRST WITH VICE CHAIR RINCK. 5272 03:06:51,433 --> 03:06:52,935 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR SAKA, AND 5273 03:06:52,935 --> 03:06:55,704 THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE. 5274 03:06:55,704 --> 03:06:56,305 INTERIM DIRECTOR ENGSTROM. I 5275 03:06:56,305 --> 03:06:58,540 KNOW IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A 5276 03:06:58,540 --> 03:06:59,174 HEFTY MEETING WITH A LOT TO 5277 03:06:59,174 --> 03:07:00,275 COVER, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU 5278 03:07:00,275 --> 03:07:02,744 AS WELL FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, 5279 03:07:02,744 --> 03:07:04,479 AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT IN 5280 03:07:04,479 --> 03:07:06,248 YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU ACTUALLY 5281 03:07:06,248 --> 03:07:07,716 TOUCHED ON A NUMBER OF THE 5282 03:07:07,716 --> 03:07:08,917 QUESTIONS I WAS PLANNING TO ASK 5283 03:07:08,917 --> 03:07:10,786 YOU TODAY. AS WE INITIATE THIS 5284 03:07:10,786 --> 03:07:11,687 PROCESS, BUT I DID WANT TO JUMP 5285 03:07:11,687 --> 03:07:15,123 TO ONE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE 5286 03:07:15,123 --> 03:07:15,724 INTERIM DIRECTOR, I NOTED IN 5287 03:07:15,724 --> 03:07:17,025 YOUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR ROLE WITH 5288 03:07:17,025 --> 03:07:18,894 THE CITY OF SEATTLE UNDER A FEW 5289 03:07:18,894 --> 03:07:20,696 DIFFERENT MAYORS, THAT IN 5290 03:07:20,696 --> 03:07:21,997 ADDITION TO LEADING THE 5291 03:07:21,997 --> 03:07:24,433 DEPARTMENT, YOU ALSO FACILITATED 5292 03:07:24,433 --> 03:07:26,935 EXECUTIVE CABINET MEETINGS AND 5293 03:07:26,935 --> 03:07:28,337 SHARED SEVERAL SUB CABINETS. SO 5294 03:07:28,337 --> 03:07:30,639 COULD YOU SPEAK TO YOUR APPROACH 5295 03:07:30,639 --> 03:07:32,674 OF WORKING WITHIN AND ACROSS 5296 03:07:32,674 --> 03:07:34,376 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS TO ADVANCE 5297 03:07:34,376 --> 03:07:35,510 CIVIC PRIORITIES, AND HOW YOU 5298 03:07:35,510 --> 03:07:37,546 WOULD ENVISION THAT APPROACH 5299 03:07:37,546 --> 03:07:39,214 EXTENDING TO THE LEGISLATIVE 5300 03:07:39,214 --> 03:07:39,448 BRANCH? 5301 03:07:39,448 --> 03:07:42,417 -- YEAH, FOR SURE. I MEAN, I 5302 03:07:42,417 --> 03:07:44,052 THINK THE CHAIR'S POINT ABOUT 5303 03:07:44,052 --> 03:07:46,855 COLLABORATION TO ME IS, IS THE 5304 03:07:46,855 --> 03:07:48,624 MOST CENTRAL FEATURE OF 5305 03:07:48,624 --> 03:07:49,224 SUCCESSFUL GOVERNANCE ON THE 5306 03:07:49,224 --> 03:07:50,425 EXECUTIVE SIDE. NO DEPARTMENT 5307 03:07:50,425 --> 03:07:53,795 CAN FIX THIS CITY ON ITS OWN IN 5308 03:07:53,795 --> 03:07:56,064 A SILO. AND SO WHEN I CHAIRED 5309 03:07:56,064 --> 03:07:58,100 THE GOOD GOVERNANCE SUB CABINET 5310 03:07:58,100 --> 03:07:59,935 OR THE AFFORDABILITY LIVABILITY 5311 03:07:59,935 --> 03:08:01,737 SUB CABINET OR THE FUTURE OF 5312 03:08:01,737 --> 03:08:04,339 WORK SUB CABINET UNDER MAYORS 5313 03:08:04,339 --> 03:08:07,609 MURRAY AND THEN DURKAN IT WAS 5314 03:08:07,609 --> 03:08:08,877 REALLY ABOUT BUILDING TRUST AND 5315 03:08:08,877 --> 03:08:10,946 RELATIONSHIP. FIRST AND 5316 03:08:10,946 --> 03:08:12,547 FOREMOST, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND 5317 03:08:12,547 --> 03:08:14,683 THAT WE HAVE SHARED GOALS AND 5318 03:08:14,683 --> 03:08:15,617 THAT WE HAVE A SHARED, YOU KNOW, 5319 03:08:15,617 --> 03:08:17,219 KIND OF LIKE YOU ALL JUST DID 5320 03:08:17,219 --> 03:08:17,886 WITH THE VISION ZERO WORK. YOU 5321 03:08:17,886 --> 03:08:19,388 KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE THE SAME END 5322 03:08:19,388 --> 03:08:21,823 RESULT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE. YOU 5323 03:08:21,823 --> 03:08:22,858 HAVE DIFFERENT TOOLS, TACTICS 5324 03:08:22,858 --> 03:08:24,226 AND RESOURCES TO TRY TO GET 5325 03:08:24,226 --> 03:08:26,261 THERE. BUT HOW DO WE ALIGN OUR 5326 03:08:26,261 --> 03:08:27,996 WORK AROUND SHARED GOALS? I'M A 5327 03:08:27,996 --> 03:08:28,864 BIG BELIEVER IN COLLECTIVE 5328 03:08:28,864 --> 03:08:30,265 IMPACT. THAT'S HOW WE RESTORED 5329 03:08:30,265 --> 03:08:31,333 ARTS EDUCATION TO SEATTLE PUBLIC 5330 03:08:31,333 --> 03:08:34,403 SCHOOLS. WE HAD A SHARED GOAL, 5331 03:08:34,403 --> 03:08:35,037 BUT BUT AUTONOMOUS WORK STREAMS 5332 03:08:35,037 --> 03:08:39,541 BY WHICH TO ADVANCE THAT SHARED 5333 03:08:39,541 --> 03:08:40,542 GOAL ACROSS SCHOOLS, NONPROFITS, 5334 03:08:40,542 --> 03:08:43,478 UNIONS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, 5335 03:08:43,478 --> 03:08:44,046 PRINCIPALS, ADMINISTRATORS. 5336 03:08:44,046 --> 03:08:45,614 IT'S A SIMILAR APPROACH WITH 5337 03:08:45,614 --> 03:08:48,216 WITH INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK. AND 5338 03:08:48,216 --> 03:08:50,852 I ACTUALLY THINK CABINET 5339 03:08:50,852 --> 03:08:51,987 RETREATS. I DID RUN THE CABINET 5340 03:08:51,987 --> 03:08:53,689 RETREAT WITH CHIEF SCOGGINS BACK 5341 03:08:53,689 --> 03:08:57,125 IN 2019. I THINK THAT YOU HAVE 5342 03:08:57,125 --> 03:08:58,527 TO REALLY BE ABLE TO HAVE THE 5343 03:08:58,527 --> 03:09:00,662 BANDWIDTH TO GO DEEP. WE'RE ALL, 5344 03:09:00,662 --> 03:09:02,331 YOU KNOW, TRACKING A MILLION 5345 03:09:02,331 --> 03:09:04,299 THINGS, AND ON ANY GIVEN DAY, 5346 03:09:04,299 --> 03:09:05,867 YOU KNOW, YOU THINK YOU'RE ON 5347 03:09:05,867 --> 03:09:08,770 TRACK FOR SOMETHING, AND THEN 5348 03:09:08,770 --> 03:09:09,404 THERE'S A TRAGIC INCIDENT AND 5349 03:09:09,404 --> 03:09:10,005 THINGS RESET AND YOU HAVE TO 5350 03:09:10,005 --> 03:09:12,007 ADAPT. SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT 5351 03:09:12,007 --> 03:09:14,443 YOU BUILD WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF 5352 03:09:14,443 --> 03:09:15,043 TRUST AND RELATIONSHIP ACROSS 5353 03:09:15,043 --> 03:09:15,677 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IS A LOT 5354 03:09:15,677 --> 03:09:18,647 OF RESILIENCE. AND ONE THING 5355 03:09:18,647 --> 03:09:19,281 THAT WE DID WHEN I WAS AT THE 5356 03:09:19,281 --> 03:09:20,248 OFFICE OF ARTS AND CULTURE, YOU 5357 03:09:20,248 --> 03:09:22,718 KNOW, WE WERE FORTUNATE TO HAVE 5358 03:09:22,718 --> 03:09:23,719 A LOT OF GROWTH IN THE 5359 03:09:23,719 --> 03:09:25,520 ADMISSIONS TAX, WHICH SUSTAINS 5360 03:09:25,520 --> 03:09:26,822 THAT OFFICE VIA BUDGET. AND WE 5361 03:09:26,822 --> 03:09:28,824 SAW THAT SOME OF OUR OTHER 5362 03:09:28,824 --> 03:09:29,491 DEPARTMENTS WEREN'T ABLE TO GROW 5363 03:09:29,491 --> 03:09:31,493 AS QUICKLY. SO WE FUNDED SHARED 5364 03:09:31,493 --> 03:09:32,828 POSITIONS IN THOSE DIFFERENT 5365 03:09:32,828 --> 03:09:33,462 DEPARTMENTS. WE SHARED THE COST 5366 03:09:33,462 --> 03:09:35,330 OF A POSITION IN THE ECONOMIC 5367 03:09:35,330 --> 03:09:35,897 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE AND THE 5368 03:09:35,897 --> 03:09:37,299 TRANSPORTATION OFFICE TO TRY TO 5369 03:09:37,299 --> 03:09:38,600 FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD 5370 03:09:38,600 --> 03:09:40,435 CREATIVELY PROBLEM SOLVE 5371 03:09:40,435 --> 03:09:44,806 TOGETHER, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK 5372 03:09:44,806 --> 03:09:46,441 NO DEPARTMENT CAN DO THE WORK 5373 03:09:46,441 --> 03:09:47,542 ALONE, BUT THE FARTHER THE MORE 5374 03:09:47,542 --> 03:09:49,511 OF US CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE 5375 03:09:49,511 --> 03:09:50,145 TOGETHER, THE FARTHER WE'RE 5376 03:09:50,145 --> 03:09:52,681 GOING TO GET. I'M SEEING THAT 5377 03:09:52,681 --> 03:09:54,216 EARLY SIGNS OF THAT WITH THE 5378 03:09:54,216 --> 03:09:55,217 PLANNING FOR OUR FUTURE SUB 5379 03:09:55,217 --> 03:09:57,419 CABINET LED BY RICO QUIRINDONGO. 5380 03:09:57,419 --> 03:09:58,887 THERE'S SOME REALLY INTERESTING 5381 03:09:58,887 --> 03:10:00,522 COLLABORATIVE WORK COMING OUT OF 5382 03:10:00,522 --> 03:10:03,325 THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT 5383 03:10:03,325 --> 03:10:05,227 I'M ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO 5384 03:10:05,227 --> 03:10:06,828 THAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL I 5385 03:10:06,828 --> 03:10:08,497 CAME BACK INTO THIS JOB THAT 5386 03:10:08,497 --> 03:10:11,299 THAT I, I'VE, I HAVE A LOT OF 5387 03:10:11,299 --> 03:10:12,334 YEARS DOING THIS KIND OF WORK. 5388 03:10:12,334 --> 03:10:14,336 AND SO A LOT OF MY FELLOW 5389 03:10:14,336 --> 03:10:15,737 DIRECTORS ARE BRAND NEW. THEY'VE 5390 03:10:15,737 --> 03:10:16,538 NEVER BEEN THEY'VE NEVER RUN A 5391 03:10:16,538 --> 03:10:17,539 DEPARTMENT BEFORE. HOW CAN I 5392 03:10:17,539 --> 03:10:18,907 SUPPORT THEM? HOW CAN I BE A 5393 03:10:18,907 --> 03:10:20,675 RESOURCE TO THEM? WHAT CAN I DO 5394 03:10:20,675 --> 03:10:22,310 TO AVAIL MYSELF SO THAT THEIR 5395 03:10:22,310 --> 03:10:25,013 WORK CAN BE STRONGER? AND AT THE 5396 03:10:25,013 --> 03:10:27,182 END OF THE DAY, WITH SEATTLE 5397 03:10:27,182 --> 03:10:28,917 CENTER IN PARTICULAR, IT'S THE 5398 03:10:28,917 --> 03:10:30,819 PLACE EVERYONE GOES. SO HOW DO 5399 03:10:30,819 --> 03:10:32,854 WE FEATURE HIGHLIGHT, CELEBRATE, 5400 03:10:32,854 --> 03:10:34,656 PLATFORM? ALL OF THE WORK OF 5401 03:10:34,656 --> 03:10:36,124 GOVERNMENT. IF CITY LIGHTS DOING 5402 03:10:36,124 --> 03:10:38,160 INNOVATIVE SOLAR WORK AND WE'RE 5403 03:10:38,160 --> 03:10:38,760 WORKING ON DECARBONIZING THE 5404 03:10:38,760 --> 03:10:40,262 CAMPUS, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT 5405 03:10:40,262 --> 03:10:42,164 KNOWN TO THE WHOLE WORLD? IF 5406 03:10:42,164 --> 03:10:44,299 PUGET SOUND ENERGY IS DOING 5407 03:10:44,299 --> 03:10:44,900 THOUGHTFUL WATER RECLAMATION 5408 03:10:44,900 --> 03:10:45,734 WORK, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT 5409 03:10:45,734 --> 03:10:47,435 WHEN YOU COME TO THE CAMPUS, YOU 5410 03:10:47,435 --> 03:10:49,104 SEE THE BUILDINGS, YOU SEE THE 5411 03:10:49,104 --> 03:10:50,539 PERFORMANCES, YOU SEE THE 5412 03:10:50,539 --> 03:10:51,473 ARTWORK, BUT YOU ALSO SEE THE 5413 03:10:51,473 --> 03:10:53,074 WORK OF CITY GOVERNMENT. WE'RE 5414 03:10:53,074 --> 03:10:54,810 ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES WHERE YOU 5415 03:10:54,810 --> 03:10:56,678 CAN ACTUALLY INTERACT WITH AND 5416 03:10:56,678 --> 03:10:59,014 ENGAGE GOVERNMENT DIRECTLY. MOST 5417 03:10:59,014 --> 03:11:01,249 OF WHAT HAPPENS IN GOVERNMENT 5418 03:11:01,249 --> 03:11:02,017 HAPPENS IN SMC OR CITY HALL, AND 5419 03:11:02,017 --> 03:11:03,585 IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT 5420 03:11:03,585 --> 03:11:04,953 CITIZENS CAN TOUCH AND FEEL MOST 5421 03:11:04,953 --> 03:11:06,555 OF THE TIME. SO LET'S BE A PLACE 5422 03:11:06,555 --> 03:11:08,023 WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND 5423 03:11:08,023 --> 03:11:08,657 INTERACT WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT 5424 03:11:08,657 --> 03:11:12,194 IN REAL TIME AND EXPERIENCE ITS 5425 03:11:12,194 --> 03:11:12,427 VALUES. 5426 03:11:12,427 --> 03:11:13,061 -- FABULOUS. THANK YOU SO MUCH 5427 03:11:13,061 --> 03:11:15,063 FOR THAT RESPONSE, AND 5428 03:11:15,063 --> 03:11:16,832 WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE THAT 5429 03:11:16,832 --> 03:11:17,499 RELATIONSHIPS ARE SO IMPORTANT, 5430 03:11:17,499 --> 03:11:18,733 ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT 5431 03:11:18,733 --> 03:11:20,202 YEAR AND TAKE UP A POTENTIAL 5432 03:11:20,202 --> 03:11:22,838 BOND MEASURE. THE AMOUNT OF WORK 5433 03:11:22,838 --> 03:11:23,839 WORKING ACROSS STAKEHOLDERS IS 5434 03:11:23,839 --> 03:11:25,207 GOING TO BE TREMENDOUSLY 5435 03:11:25,207 --> 03:11:27,342 IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU FOR 5436 03:11:27,342 --> 03:11:27,976 SPEAKING TO RELATIONSHIPS, AND I 5437 03:11:27,976 --> 03:11:30,045 DO WANT TO NOTE TO THE FOR THE 5438 03:11:30,045 --> 03:11:31,980 RECORD, MY APPRECIATION TO HEAR 5439 03:11:31,980 --> 03:11:32,881 SOME OF THE FOLKS COME OUT TODAY 5440 03:11:32,881 --> 03:11:34,816 TO SPEAK ON YOUR BEHALF IN 5441 03:11:34,816 --> 03:11:36,251 SUPPORT OF YOUR APPOINTMENT, 5442 03:11:36,251 --> 03:11:37,752 INCLUDING FOLKS FROM THE SPACE 5443 03:11:37,752 --> 03:11:38,520 NEEDLE, THE KRAKEN. I DON'T 5444 03:11:38,520 --> 03:11:41,790 THINK I'VE EVER SEEN THE LEADER 5445 03:11:41,790 --> 03:11:43,058 OF THE KRAKEN TEAM BEFORE. AND 5446 03:11:43,058 --> 03:11:45,360 THEN OF COURSE, SEATTLE CENTER 5447 03:11:45,360 --> 03:11:47,329 FOUNDATION WITH THAT CHAIR. I'M 5448 03:11:47,329 --> 03:11:49,164 GOING TO CAP MY QUESTIONS FOR 5449 03:11:49,164 --> 03:11:50,665 TODAY, UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE 5450 03:11:50,665 --> 03:11:52,467 JUST EMBARKING ON THIS PROCESS. 5451 03:11:52,467 --> 03:11:53,502 AND INTERIM DIRECTOR ENGSTROM, 5452 03:11:53,502 --> 03:11:55,637 I'M JUST VERY EXCITED TO 5453 03:11:55,637 --> 03:11:57,138 CONTINUE ON THIS PROCESS AND 5454 03:11:57,138 --> 03:11:59,541 LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR GOAL FOR 5455 03:11:59,541 --> 03:12:00,609 LEADERSHIP OVER SEATTLE CENTER. 5456 03:12:00,609 --> 03:12:01,510 THANK YOU. 5457 03:12:01,510 --> 03:12:01,810 -- THANKS. 5458 03:12:01,810 --> 03:12:03,078 -- THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. WELL 5459 03:12:03,078 --> 03:12:07,716 SAID. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER 5460 03:12:07,716 --> 03:12:09,150 COMMENTS? QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES. 5461 03:12:09,150 --> 03:12:11,386 YES. LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE. SO 5462 03:12:11,386 --> 03:12:13,221 STARTING FIRST WITH 5463 03:12:13,221 --> 03:12:13,822 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. YOU'RE 5464 03:12:13,822 --> 03:12:15,156 RECOGNIZED. 5465 03:12:15,156 --> 03:12:16,758 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. AND I'M 5466 03:12:16,758 --> 03:12:17,926 HOPING THAT'S OKAY IF I HEAD 5467 03:12:17,926 --> 03:12:19,728 OUT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT. I AM 5468 03:12:19,728 --> 03:12:20,595 LATE FOR ANOTHER MEETING, BUT I 5469 03:12:20,595 --> 03:12:23,231 DID JUST WANT TO SAY ONE. THANK 5470 03:12:23,231 --> 03:12:30,438 YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR STICKING 5471 03:12:30,438 --> 03:12:31,039 AROUND AND TAKING THE CHARTER 5472 03:12:31,039 --> 03:12:31,673 RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY AT THE 5473 03:12:31,673 --> 03:12:33,608 SAME TIME, I WAS READY TO 5474 03:12:33,608 --> 03:12:35,043 SUPPORT BEFORE THIS MEETING EVEN 5475 03:12:35,043 --> 03:12:36,545 READY MORE READY TO SUPPORT 5476 03:12:36,545 --> 03:12:38,547 AFTER THIS MEETING. LOVED 5477 03:12:38,547 --> 03:12:40,815 HEARING ALL THE TESTIMONY. LOVED 5478 03:12:40,815 --> 03:12:42,384 HEARING ALL YOUR COMMENTS IN 5479 03:12:42,384 --> 03:12:44,052 PARTICULAR. YOU KNOW IT'S CLEAR 5480 03:12:44,052 --> 03:12:45,854 THAT YOU HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF 5481 03:12:45,854 --> 03:12:47,689 COLLABORATION. I LOVE THE 5482 03:12:47,689 --> 03:12:49,591 SUPPORT. AS YOU TALK ABOUT SORT 5483 03:12:49,591 --> 03:12:51,693 OF THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS, 5484 03:12:51,693 --> 03:12:52,494 THE WORKING WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC 5485 03:12:52,494 --> 03:12:53,795 SCHOOLS, THE FOCUS ON YOUTH, AND 5486 03:12:53,795 --> 03:12:57,832 SO MUCH MORE. JUST THANK YOU FOR 5487 03:12:57,832 --> 03:12:58,466 YOUR SERVICE, AND I LOOK FORWARD 5488 03:12:58,466 --> 03:13:00,802 TO THE NEXT STEPS. BUT I'M I'M 5489 03:13:00,802 --> 03:13:02,938 ALL READY. SO I GOT I GOT TO 5490 03:13:02,938 --> 03:13:04,539 RUN. BUT IF THAT'S OKAY. CHAIR. 5491 03:13:04,539 --> 03:13:05,674 -- ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. 5492 03:13:05,674 --> 03:13:06,808 COUNCILMEMBER LIN YOU'RE EXCUSED 5493 03:13:06,808 --> 03:13:07,909 FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 5494 03:13:07,909 --> 03:13:09,210 MEETING. NOW WE'RE SLIM PICKINGS 5495 03:13:09,210 --> 03:13:11,846 ON ON QUORUM HERE. SO PLEASE 5496 03:13:11,846 --> 03:13:13,682 HANG TIGHT FOR JUST A LITTLE 5497 03:13:13,682 --> 03:13:16,851 LONGER UNTIL CLOSING OUT WITH 5498 03:13:16,851 --> 03:13:17,552 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE'S COMMENTS. 5499 03:13:17,552 --> 03:13:18,586 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 5500 03:13:18,586 --> 03:13:19,921 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. THANK. 5501 03:13:19,921 --> 03:13:20,855 -- YOU, MR. ENGSTROM, INTERIM 5502 03:13:20,855 --> 03:13:22,424 DIRECTOR, FOR BEING HERE. AND 5503 03:13:22,424 --> 03:13:24,693 MISS PLEASANT-BROWN AS WELL. AND 5504 03:13:24,693 --> 03:13:26,261 AS EVERYBODY'S NOTED AND 5505 03:13:26,261 --> 03:13:28,330 EVERYBODY OUT THERE, THANK YOU 5506 03:13:28,330 --> 03:13:29,998 FOR HOLDING STRONG DURING THIS 5507 03:13:29,998 --> 03:13:33,602 WHOLE TIME PERIOD. SPECIAL 5508 03:13:33,602 --> 03:13:34,235 MENTION FOR FORMER COUNCILMEMBER 5509 03:13:34,235 --> 03:13:36,104 JOHNSON TO HOLD STRONG FOR FOR 5510 03:13:36,104 --> 03:13:38,840 DIFFERENT REASONS. FIRST, I'D 5511 03:13:38,840 --> 03:13:41,343 LIKE TO SAY AGAIN, WELCOME. WE 5512 03:13:41,343 --> 03:13:43,244 TALK ABOUT QUESTIONS. I'VE BEEN 5513 03:13:43,244 --> 03:13:44,746 ASKING QUESTIONS ALL ALONG. I'VE 5514 03:13:44,746 --> 03:13:46,982 BEEN OBSERVING ALL ALONG FROM. I 5515 03:13:46,982 --> 03:13:49,417 THINK OUR FIRST MEETING WAS AT 5516 03:13:49,417 --> 03:13:51,586 THE IGNITE LUNCHEON FOR PACIFIC 5517 03:13:51,586 --> 03:13:54,622 SCIENCE CENTER, TALKING TO 5518 03:13:54,622 --> 03:13:55,657 PEOPLE AND OBSERVING AND, YOU 5519 03:13:55,657 --> 03:13:56,891 KNOW, ON THE ISSUES THAT WE 5520 03:13:56,891 --> 03:13:59,227 HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, SO ONE OF 5521 03:13:59,227 --> 03:14:00,762 THE FIRST THINGS I WILL SAY IS 5522 03:14:00,762 --> 03:14:03,698 THAT A THAT'S A GREAT PICTURE. 5523 03:14:03,698 --> 03:14:06,334 TWO THOUGH, IN TERMS OF, YOU 5524 03:14:06,334 --> 03:14:09,170 KNOW, THE ISSUES I'VE BEEN 5525 03:14:09,170 --> 03:14:09,771 WORKING THE MEMORIAL STADIUM, 5526 03:14:09,771 --> 03:14:12,340 THIS IS HOW I FIRST GOT INTO 5527 03:14:12,340 --> 03:14:14,376 INTERACTING WITH DIRECTOR NEIL 5528 03:14:14,376 --> 03:14:17,145 ROBERT NELMS AND THEN ALSO 5529 03:14:17,145 --> 03:14:18,613 MARSHALL FOSTER ON THE ISSUES AS 5530 03:14:18,613 --> 03:14:20,515 IT RELATES TO MEMORIAL STADIUM 5531 03:14:20,515 --> 03:14:21,182 AND MEMORIAL WALL AND, AND THEN 5532 03:14:21,182 --> 03:14:22,817 WORKING WITH ALL THE OTHER 5533 03:14:22,817 --> 03:14:23,451 STAKEHOLDERS. MR. LEWICKI, WHO 5534 03:14:23,451 --> 03:14:26,154 WAS HERE EARLIER AND SO FORTH, 5535 03:14:26,154 --> 03:14:28,089 BECAUSE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, 5536 03:14:28,089 --> 03:14:29,057 AND THE COMBINATION, FOR ALL THE 5537 03:14:29,057 --> 03:14:30,225 REASONS THAT YOU SAID. SO THANK 5538 03:14:30,225 --> 03:14:33,728 YOU FOR YOUR WORDS ON THAT. AND 5539 03:14:33,728 --> 03:14:34,796 AND ALSO AND BY THE WAY, THIS 5540 03:14:34,796 --> 03:14:36,531 GREAT PICTURE TOO, ONE OF MY 5541 03:14:36,531 --> 03:14:37,999 MOM'S FAVORITE PICTURES OF MY 5542 03:14:37,999 --> 03:14:38,933 DAUGHTER, ALSO 11 YEARS OLD, IS 5543 03:14:38,933 --> 03:14:43,905 HER SITTING LOOKING FROM HER 5544 03:14:43,905 --> 03:14:46,708 BACK ONTO THE ONTO THE THING, 5545 03:14:46,708 --> 03:14:49,911 ONTO THE, THE FOUNTAIN BUT MOST 5546 03:14:49,911 --> 03:14:51,413 IMPORTANTLY, AND YOU MADE A 5547 03:14:51,413 --> 03:14:53,081 POINT BECAUSE I SAID THIS 5548 03:14:53,081 --> 03:14:59,354 ADVERSITY REVEALS. SO, YOU KNOW, 5549 03:14:59,354 --> 03:14:59,954 WE WERE THERE ON THE 26th OF 5550 03:14:59,954 --> 03:15:04,492 JULY AND IT WAS VERY SERIOUS 5551 03:15:04,492 --> 03:15:05,060 SITUATION AND I APPRECIATED 5552 03:15:05,060 --> 03:15:07,262 SEEING YOU THERE. AND I 5553 03:15:07,262 --> 03:15:07,862 APPRECIATE SEEING YOUR STAFF 5554 03:15:07,862 --> 03:15:09,264 THERE AND ASKING ABOUT HIM AND 5555 03:15:09,264 --> 03:15:10,365 SEEING HOW THINGS WERE GOING AND 5556 03:15:10,365 --> 03:15:13,334 THE ISSUES THAT WERE COMING UP. 5557 03:15:13,334 --> 03:15:16,838 MY JOB THERE WAS TO SHOW 5558 03:15:16,838 --> 03:15:18,440 LEADERSHIP, SHOW SUPPORT AND TO 5559 03:15:18,440 --> 03:15:21,009 OBSERVE. TO BE FRANK AND AND SO 5560 03:15:21,009 --> 03:15:22,143 I APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE. I 5561 03:15:22,143 --> 03:15:23,445 APPRECIATE HOW YOU WERE 5562 03:15:23,445 --> 03:15:24,546 INTERACTING WITH YOUR STAFF AND 5563 03:15:24,546 --> 03:15:26,047 HOW YOUR STAFF WERE ACTING. AND 5564 03:15:26,047 --> 03:15:30,652 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND 5565 03:15:30,652 --> 03:15:31,886 COMING OUT OF THAT IS REALLY 5566 03:15:31,886 --> 03:15:33,054 IMPORTANT. AND I WANT TO SAY 5567 03:15:33,054 --> 03:15:33,955 THANK YOU. AND I DON'T THINK 5568 03:15:33,955 --> 03:15:37,158 MOST PEOPLE REALIZE THIS. I HAVE 5569 03:15:37,158 --> 03:15:39,127 ASKED FOR AFTER ACTION REPORTS 5570 03:15:39,127 --> 03:15:40,595 FROM EVERYBODY, WHICH WILL BE 5571 03:15:40,595 --> 03:15:41,863 PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON SEATTLE 5572 03:15:41,863 --> 03:15:44,566 POLICE DEPARTMENT NEXT WEEK. 5573 03:15:44,566 --> 03:15:46,000 NEXT TUESDAY. I'VE ALREADY 5574 03:15:46,000 --> 03:15:46,501 RECEIVED ONE FROM FIRE 5575 03:15:46,501 --> 03:15:48,069 DEPARTMENT, AND I'VE ALSO 5576 03:15:48,069 --> 03:15:50,305 RECEIVED YOUR SEATTLE CENTER 5577 03:15:50,305 --> 03:15:52,674 JULY 26th CRITICAL INCIDENT. 5578 03:15:52,674 --> 03:15:54,342 REPORT. I THINK THIS IS REALLY 5579 03:15:54,342 --> 03:15:57,879 GOOD. IT'S TEN FINDINGS AND THAT 5580 03:15:57,879 --> 03:15:58,446 SHOWS THE SERIOUSNESS THAT 5581 03:15:58,446 --> 03:16:00,081 YOU'RE TAKING THIS AND TO TO GO 5582 03:16:00,081 --> 03:16:02,717 BECAUSE THIS IS NOT PROBABLY IN 5583 03:16:02,717 --> 03:16:04,219 YOUR WHEELHOUSE AND YOU TO GO TO 5584 03:16:04,219 --> 03:16:06,588 A GROUP FOR SUPPORT AND TO WALK 5585 03:16:06,588 --> 03:16:08,356 THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOING AR 5586 03:16:08,356 --> 03:16:10,358 AFTER ACTION REPORT, REVIEW. AND 5587 03:16:10,358 --> 03:16:15,964 SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND THIS 5588 03:16:15,964 --> 03:16:17,999 IS REALLY CRITICAL AND IN TERMS 5589 03:16:17,999 --> 03:16:19,934 OF MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE WE 5590 03:16:19,934 --> 03:16:21,770 CAN HAVE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 5591 03:16:21,770 --> 03:16:22,971 SEATTLE CENTER. BUT IF WE'RE NOT 5592 03:16:22,971 --> 03:16:24,372 SAFE. AND SO THE FINDINGS REALLY 5593 03:16:24,372 --> 03:16:26,541 GO TO THAT. AND I WILL SAY TO 5594 03:16:26,541 --> 03:16:28,309 MISS PLEASANT-BROWN TOO, BECAUSE 5595 03:16:28,309 --> 03:16:28,977 I'VE SENT A LETTER TO THE MAYOR 5596 03:16:28,977 --> 03:16:30,178 ON THIS AND THE IDEA THAT WE 5597 03:16:30,178 --> 03:16:32,447 HAVE TO HAVE A REVIEW OF PUBLIC 5598 03:16:32,447 --> 03:16:33,948 SAFETY AS IT RELATES TO MAJOR 5599 03:16:33,948 --> 03:16:36,985 VENUES, MAJOR EVENTS, AND I'M 5600 03:16:36,985 --> 03:16:38,553 WILLING TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP 5601 03:16:38,553 --> 03:16:40,155 AND SEATTLE CENTER IS DEFINITELY 5602 03:16:40,155 --> 03:16:41,689 A MAJOR VENUE. SO WE NEED TO 5603 03:16:41,689 --> 03:16:43,258 HAVE YOUR VOICE ON THIS. YOU 5604 03:16:43,258 --> 03:16:44,859 KNOW, SEATTLE CENTER'S VOICE ON 5605 03:16:44,859 --> 03:16:46,127 THIS, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER 5606 03:16:46,127 --> 03:16:49,964 LOCATIONS. AND I THINK WE CAN 5607 03:16:49,964 --> 03:16:51,432 MOVE TOGETHER. I'D LOVE TO GET 5608 03:16:51,432 --> 03:16:55,236 A RESPONSE TO THE LETTER AND I 5609 03:16:55,236 --> 03:16:59,407 THINK THAT WE CAN DO THAT. SO 5610 03:16:59,407 --> 03:17:01,543 AGAIN, WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AND 5611 03:17:01,543 --> 03:17:02,443 OBSERVING AND TALKING TO THE 5612 03:17:02,443 --> 03:17:04,712 PEOPLE, AND I PRETTY MUCH KNOW 5613 03:17:04,712 --> 03:17:06,147 EVERYBODY THAT SPOKE, MAYBE AT 5614 03:17:06,147 --> 03:17:08,616 LEAST THREE QUARTERS OF THEM. 5615 03:17:08,616 --> 03:17:09,684 AND I KNOW AND RESPECT THEM ALL. 5616 03:17:09,684 --> 03:17:11,352 AND SO IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE 5617 03:17:11,352 --> 03:17:14,322 ALL OF THEM THIS MORNING, HOURS 5618 03:17:14,322 --> 03:17:15,490 AGO, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF 5619 03:17:15,490 --> 03:17:16,524 YOUR, YOUR, YOUR NOMINATION. SO 5620 03:17:16,524 --> 03:17:18,059 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND 5621 03:17:18,059 --> 03:17:21,829 THAT IS THAT'S ALL. CHAIR, 5622 03:17:21,829 --> 03:17:22,931 SINCE WE ARE WE ARE RUNNING 5623 03:17:22,931 --> 03:17:23,164 ALONG. 5624 03:17:23,164 --> 03:17:25,433 -- YEAH. 5625 03:17:25,433 --> 03:17:26,935 -- THANK YOU. WELL SAID. 5626 03:17:26,935 --> 03:17:27,435 EXCELLENT COMMENTS FROM 5627 03:17:27,435 --> 03:17:28,937 EVERYONE. THANK YOU. VERY 5628 03:17:28,937 --> 03:17:31,139 THOUGHTFUL AND I APPRECIATE THE 5629 03:17:31,139 --> 03:17:32,307 ENGAGEMENT FROM EVERY LAST ONE 5630 03:17:32,307 --> 03:17:35,677 OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND 5631 03:17:35,677 --> 03:17:36,244 PARTICULARLY ON THE PUBLIC 5632 03:17:36,244 --> 03:17:41,649 SAFETY POINT, NOTING THAT 5633 03:17:41,649 --> 03:17:42,217 COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER 5634 03:17:42,217 --> 03:17:42,884 KETTLE, SERVING AS CHAIR OF THE 5635 03:17:42,884 --> 03:17:45,587 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. SO OF 5636 03:17:45,587 --> 03:17:46,154 COURSE, HE GOES HARD IN THE 5637 03:17:46,154 --> 03:17:49,624 PAINT ON PUBLIC SAFETY ME TOO. 5638 03:17:49,624 --> 03:17:51,926 ALL RIGHT. WELL, NEXT STEPS, 5639 03:17:51,926 --> 03:17:55,763 WE'RE GOING TO. SO I'LL JUST 5640 03:17:55,763 --> 03:17:58,666 SAY INTERIM DIRECTOR, REALLY 5641 03:17:58,666 --> 03:17:59,167 APPRECIATE THE INITIAL 5642 03:17:59,167 --> 03:17:59,834 PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD SO FAR. 5643 03:17:59,834 --> 03:18:01,436 YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS ACTING OR 5644 03:18:01,436 --> 03:18:02,670 INTERIM ROLE FOR SINCE EARLIER 5645 03:18:02,670 --> 03:18:04,973 THIS YEAR. SO YOU AND I HAVE HAD 5646 03:18:04,973 --> 03:18:06,107 THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO PARTNER 5647 03:18:06,107 --> 03:18:06,975 TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. 5648 03:18:06,975 --> 03:18:08,476 AND WE HAVE REGULAR SYNCS AND 5649 03:18:08,476 --> 03:18:11,112 CHECK INS APPRECIATE THE 5650 03:18:11,112 --> 03:18:11,980 OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 5651 03:18:11,980 --> 03:18:15,016 WORK WITH YOU SO FAR AND 5652 03:18:15,016 --> 03:18:18,119 ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR 5653 03:18:18,119 --> 03:18:18,720 VERY TALENTED STAFF, SOME OF 5654 03:18:18,720 --> 03:18:21,155 WHICH ARE HERE, INCLUDING, I 5655 03:18:21,155 --> 03:18:26,394 THINK, ROXANNE. RIGHT. ROSEANNE. 5656 03:18:26,394 --> 03:18:27,028 I'M SORRY, MY CONSTITUENT. I 5657 03:18:27,028 --> 03:18:28,463 MESSED IT UP, BUT COOL GLASSES, 5658 03:18:28,463 --> 03:18:33,534 BY THE WAY. BUT ROSEANNE AND, 5659 03:18:33,534 --> 03:18:35,637 AND OTHERS, THE GENTLEMAN WHO 5660 03:18:35,637 --> 03:18:37,405 OVERSEES AND HELPS LOOK AFTER 5661 03:18:37,405 --> 03:18:39,073 SAFETY FOR YOU AS WELL. SO, SO 5662 03:18:39,073 --> 03:18:42,577 MANY PEOPLE IN THE SEATTLE 5663 03:18:42,577 --> 03:18:44,946 CENTER TEAM, AMAZING TEAM OF 5664 03:18:44,946 --> 03:18:47,315 EXPERTS DOING THE WORK. REALLY 5665 03:18:47,315 --> 03:18:47,949 APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE 5666 03:18:47,949 --> 03:18:53,421 OUR INITIAL RELATIONSHIP AND 5667 03:18:53,421 --> 03:18:54,022 CONVERSATIONS AND PARTNERSHIP 5668 03:18:54,022 --> 03:18:54,589 AND FOR IT TO CONTINUE THAT 5669 03:18:54,589 --> 03:18:56,224 GOING FORWARD THROUGH THIS 5670 03:18:56,224 --> 03:18:57,292 PROCESS. AND IN TERMS OF NEXT 5671 03:18:57,292 --> 03:19:00,561 STEPS, WE'LL HAVE A SERIES OF 5672 03:19:00,561 --> 03:19:01,562 I'VE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER A 5673 03:19:01,562 --> 03:19:02,830 DRAFT SET OF QUESTIONS. I JUST 5674 03:19:02,830 --> 03:19:05,767 NEED TO DUST THEM OFF AND 5675 03:19:05,767 --> 03:19:07,969 REFRESH THEM, AND THEN I'LL 5676 03:19:07,969 --> 03:19:08,870 CIRCULATE THOSE COLLEAGUES TO, 5677 03:19:08,870 --> 03:19:10,305 TO YOU ALL FOR ANY INPUT AND 5678 03:19:10,305 --> 03:19:11,072 ADDITIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AND 5679 03:19:11,072 --> 03:19:13,007 THEN I'LL SEND IT DIRECTLY TO 5680 03:19:13,007 --> 03:19:16,110 YOU TO, TO, TO RESPOND IN 5681 03:19:16,110 --> 03:19:17,712 WRITING TO THOSE QUESTIONS. AND 5682 03:19:17,712 --> 03:19:21,649 THAT WILL BE THE BASIS OF A 5683 03:19:21,649 --> 03:19:22,617 SECOND OR IF NECESSARY, A THIRD, 5684 03:19:22,617 --> 03:19:24,819 YOU KNOW, HEARING, HEARING THAT 5685 03:19:24,819 --> 03:19:27,455 WE, WE HAVE SO BUT I APPRECIATE 5686 03:19:27,455 --> 03:19:28,990 YOU. I WILL GIVE YOU YOU ALL THE 5687 03:19:28,990 --> 03:19:30,358 LAST WORD IF YOU IF YOU WOULD 5688 03:19:30,358 --> 03:19:32,327 LIKE 5689 03:19:32,327 --> 03:19:33,628 -- WELL, JUST TWO QUICK 5690 03:19:33,628 --> 03:19:34,195 THOUGHTS. ONE COUNCILMEMBER 5691 03:19:34,195 --> 03:19:36,030 KETTLE TO YOUR POINT, I'M GLAD 5692 03:19:36,030 --> 03:19:37,632 WE WERE ABLE TO SHARE THE AFTER 5693 03:19:37,632 --> 03:19:39,100 ACTION REVIEW AND THE SUMMARY. 5694 03:19:39,100 --> 03:19:39,600 I'D LOVE TO SHARE THE 5695 03:19:39,600 --> 03:19:40,268 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BECAUSE I 5696 03:19:40,268 --> 03:19:42,003 THINK MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT 5697 03:19:42,003 --> 03:19:43,738 WE HEARD IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO 5698 03:19:43,738 --> 03:19:45,206 DO. WE WERE ABLE TO WALK 5699 03:19:45,206 --> 03:19:46,774 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA THROUGH THAT. 5700 03:19:46,774 --> 03:19:48,109 I THINK, YESTERDAY. SO WE WOULD 5701 03:19:48,109 --> 03:19:49,177 LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT 5702 03:19:49,177 --> 03:19:50,645 WITH YOU AS WELL. AND WHEN IT 5703 03:19:50,645 --> 03:19:52,980 COMES TO I MEAN, YOU'RE CORRECT 5704 03:19:52,980 --> 03:19:54,649 THAT PUBLIC SAFETY IS NOT MY 5705 03:19:54,649 --> 03:19:55,883 BACKGROUND, NOR IS PLANNING AND 5706 03:19:55,883 --> 03:20:00,588 ENGINEERING, BUT THE THE TEST OF 5707 03:20:00,588 --> 03:20:02,090 LEADERSHIP IS NOT ABOUT BEING AN 5708 03:20:02,090 --> 03:20:02,857 EXPERT IN ALL THINGS OR BEING 5709 03:20:02,857 --> 03:20:03,691 RIGHT ABOUT ALL THINGS. IT'S 5710 03:20:03,691 --> 03:20:05,360 ABOUT BEING ABLE TO BRING A TEAM 5711 03:20:05,360 --> 03:20:07,628 TOGETHER TO MOVE AN IDEA 5712 03:20:07,628 --> 03:20:08,896 FORWARD. SEATTLE CENTER HAS 800 5713 03:20:08,896 --> 03:20:11,265 STAFF ON A CAMPUS OF 19000 JOBS. 5714 03:20:11,265 --> 03:20:12,133 IT HAS ITS OWN TRANSPORTATION 5715 03:20:12,133 --> 03:20:13,801 SYSTEM. IT HAS ITS OWN POWER 5716 03:20:13,801 --> 03:20:15,770 PLANT. IT'S LIKE A SMALL CITY. 5717 03:20:15,770 --> 03:20:17,872 AND MY JOB IS TO MAKE SURE EVERY 5718 03:20:17,872 --> 03:20:18,706 ONE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER 5719 03:20:18,706 --> 03:20:20,975 EXPERTS THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE TO 5720 03:20:20,975 --> 03:20:22,643 WORK WITH HAS WHAT THEY NEED TO 5721 03:20:22,643 --> 03:20:23,778 BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR LINE OF 5722 03:20:23,778 --> 03:20:26,114 WORK. WE HAVE A VERY TALENTED 5723 03:20:26,114 --> 03:20:27,615 PLANNING TEAM. WE HAVE A VERY 5724 03:20:27,615 --> 03:20:28,282 TALENTED PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM. WE 5725 03:20:28,282 --> 03:20:29,484 HAVE A VERY TALENTED PROGRAMING, 5726 03:20:29,484 --> 03:20:32,120 MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. 5727 03:20:32,120 --> 03:20:34,088 OUR WATERFRONT TEAM IS 5728 03:20:34,088 --> 03:20:35,556 INCREDIBLE. MY JOB IS TO ENSURE 5729 03:20:35,556 --> 03:20:37,358 THE BRILLIANT STAFF THAT I LEAD 5730 03:20:37,358 --> 03:20:38,326 HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY 5731 03:20:38,326 --> 03:20:39,293 NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THE 5732 03:20:39,293 --> 03:20:42,830 WORK THAT THEY ARE EXPERTS IN. 5733 03:20:42,830 --> 03:20:44,565 SO I FULLY AGREE THAT PLANNING, 5734 03:20:44,565 --> 03:20:47,268 SCOPING, DESIGN, CRITICALLY 5735 03:20:47,268 --> 03:20:47,769 IMPORTANT SAFETY 1,000% 5736 03:20:47,769 --> 03:20:48,436 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE 5737 03:20:48,436 --> 03:20:49,470 DON'T FEEL SAFE. THEY WON'T 5738 03:20:49,470 --> 03:20:51,472 COME TO THE CAMPUS OR THE 5739 03:20:51,472 --> 03:20:54,308 WATERFRONT. SO ALL OF THAT IS 5740 03:20:54,308 --> 03:20:54,909 HEARD AND KNOW THAT I TAKE IT 5741 03:20:54,909 --> 03:20:56,110 VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I THINK MY 5742 03:20:56,110 --> 03:20:57,278 JOB IS TO MAKE SURE I HAVE 5743 03:20:57,278 --> 03:20:58,880 PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THOSE 5744 03:20:58,880 --> 03:21:04,185 THINGS IN AND AROUND THE TEAM 5745 03:21:04,185 --> 03:21:06,554 -- AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR. 5746 03:21:06,554 --> 03:21:07,588 CHAIR. THE MAYOR'S JUST REALLY 5747 03:21:07,588 --> 03:21:08,489 EXCITED TO PUT FORWARD RANDY. HE 5748 03:21:08,489 --> 03:21:09,724 HAS THE EXPERIENCE NEEDED TO 5749 03:21:09,724 --> 03:21:12,660 MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND 5750 03:21:12,660 --> 03:21:13,494 AND HOPES AND DREAMS THAT YOU 5751 03:21:13,494 --> 03:21:15,596 ALL HAVE. AND SO WE'RE REALLY 5752 03:21:15,596 --> 03:21:17,965 LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR 5753 03:21:17,965 --> 03:21:18,533 CONTINUED CONSIDERATION AND 5754 03:21:18,533 --> 03:21:19,600 HOPEFUL APPOINTMENT OF THIS 5755 03:21:19,600 --> 03:21:20,735 DIRECTOR. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO 5756 03:21:20,735 --> 03:21:22,203 CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU IN 5757 03:21:22,203 --> 03:21:23,838 PARTNERSHIP. 5758 03:21:23,838 --> 03:21:24,272 -- THANK YOU, MISS 5759 03:21:24,272 --> 03:21:26,207 PLEASANT-BROWN AND INTERIM 5760 03:21:26,207 --> 03:21:27,809 DIRECTOR ENGSTROM, LET'S 5761 03:21:27,809 --> 03:21:29,977 CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION. ALL 5762 03:21:29,977 --> 03:21:31,612 RIGHT. WE HAVE REACHED THE END 5763 03:21:31,612 --> 03:21:32,780 OF TODAY'S MEETING AGENDA. 5764 03:21:32,780 --> 03:21:33,548 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND 5765 03:21:33,548 --> 03:21:34,949 GRACE. WE DID A LOT OF IMPORTANT 5766 03:21:34,949 --> 03:21:36,651 WORK TODAY. WE WILL BE PAUSING 5767 03:21:36,651 --> 03:21:38,519 OUR COMMITTEE WORK DURING THE 5768 03:21:38,519 --> 03:21:39,987 BUDGET SEASON. OUR NEXT 5769 03:21:39,987 --> 03:21:40,988 COMMITTEE OR OUR NEXT MEETING 5770 03:21:40,988 --> 03:21:42,990 WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, 5771 03:21:42,990 --> 03:21:46,093 DECEMBER 3rd, 2026 AT 9:30 A.M.. 5772 03:21:46,093 --> 03:21:46,761 IS THERE ANY FINAL BUSINESS TO 5773 03:21:46,761 --> 03:21:48,663 COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE? 5774 03:21:48,663 --> 03:21:49,664 BEFORE WE ADJOURN HEARING AND 5775 03:21:49,664 --> 03:21:51,466 SEEING NONE. NO FURTHER 5776 03:21:51,466 --> 03:21:53,267 BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT 5777 03:21:53,267 --> 03:21:55,203 IS 12:56 P.M.. THANK YOU. 5778 03:21:55,203 --> 03:21:59,106 -- THANK YOU,