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THE COMMITTEE. OUR CLERK IS 

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CURRENTLY FIXING A PUBLIC 

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COMMENT SHEET ISSUE, SO I WILL 

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CALL THE ROLL. COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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HOLLINGSWORTH IS EXCUSED, 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE? 

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&gt;&gt; HIRE. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER SAKA? 

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&gt;&gt; HERE. 

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&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA? CHAIR 

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STRAUSS, I AM PRESENT. WE HAVE 

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THREE PRESENT AND TWO EXCUSED. 

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WE'LL ANNOUNCE THEIR ARRIVAL 

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WHEN THEY COME. WE HAVE ONE ITEM

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ON THE AGENDA TODAY, WHICH IS A 

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BRIEFING FROM THE SEATTLE PUBLIC

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-- WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THE 

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PRESENTATION TO HEAR ABOUT THE 

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GOOD WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. IF

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THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 

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AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 

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NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 

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ADOPTED. WE ARE NOW MOVING INTO 

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THE REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENT -- 

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HYBRID PUBLIC MEANT PERIOD. 

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DOUBLE CHECKING SECOND TIME, NO 

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PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? NOT FROM 

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YOU ALL, AND I SEE NONE ARE 

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PRESENT ONLINE. THANK YOU, 

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ANTHONY, FOR GETTING THE PUBLIC 

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COMMENT SHEETS, EVEN THOUGH NO 

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ONE HAS SIGNED UP. SEEING AS WE 

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HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR HYBRID

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PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL MOVE ON 

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TO THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS. 

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CLERK, WILL YOU READ THE SHORT 

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TITLE INTO THE RECORD PLEASE? 

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&gt;&gt; ITEM ONE -- SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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UTILITIES -- 

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&gt;&gt; I THINK GREEN LIGHT, GREEN 

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LIGHT ON THE MIC. 

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&gt;&gt; SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES -- 

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BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION, 

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PRESENTERS ANDREW LEE, GENERAL 

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MANAGER AND CEO, KYLE IRON 

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LIGHTNING, SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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UTILITIES, AND FRANCESCA MURNAN,

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OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL 

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AFFAIRS. 

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&gt;&gt; FANTASTIC, THANK YOU. AND WE 

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HAVE COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA NOW 

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PRESENT AS WELL. I'M JUST GOING

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TO TURN IT OVER TO THE TABLE. 

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COLLEAGUES, THIS IS THE ONLY 

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ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA. WE 

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TECHNICALLY HAVE TWO HOURS FOR 

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IT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO FILL 

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IT. SO RATHER THAN HAVING THE 

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PRESENTATION ALL THE WAY 

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COMPLETE, WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS 

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AND HAVE DISCUSSION AS WE 

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PROCEED. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE

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YOUR SCREEN, I'LL START WITH 

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YOU, ANDREW LEE, SINCE FRANCESCA

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IS RUNNING TECH RIGHT NOW. OVER 

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TO YOU, MY FRIEND. 

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&gt;&gt; ANDREW LEE, GENERAL MANAGER, 

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CEO FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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UTILITIES. 

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&gt;&gt; KYLE IRON LIGHTNING, TRIBAL 

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RELATIONS, SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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UTILITIES. 

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&gt;&gt; GOOD MORNING, FRANCESCA 

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MURNAN, TRIBAL RELATIONS 

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DIRECTOR AT THE OFFICE OF 

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INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, AND

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OUR SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 

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TEAM HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU A

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LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE

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THIS PRESENTATION IS DESIGNED TO

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GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF 

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THE MANY, MANY PROJECTS THEY DO 

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NATIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT 

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THEIR PORTFOLIO. AND I'LL HAND 

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IT OVER TO -- 

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&gt;&gt; CHAIR STRAUSS AND MEMBERS OF 

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THE COMMITTEE, I WANT TO THANK 

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YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK 

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ABOUT SPU'S TRIBAL RELATIONS 

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WORK. SPU'S WORK AS CARETAKERS 

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AND STEWARDS OF OUR WATER 

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THE ENVIRONMENT. AT THE SAME 

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TIME, OUR -- THE TRIBES CARE 

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DAMS THAT ARE CRITICAL 

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KING COUNTY THAT HAVE IMPACTS ON

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THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. 

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INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS ROADWAY 

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CULVERTS AND OVERFLOW PIPES THAT

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HAVE IMPACTS ON WATER QUALITY 

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AND FISH PASSAGE. WITH THOSE 

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IMPACTS COMES AN OBLIGATION AND 

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LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO ENGAGE THE 

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TRIBES WITH THE GOAL OF 

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MITIGATING OR REDUCING OUR 

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. OUR 

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GOVERNMENT RELATIONS TEAM 

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RECOGNIZED THE INCREDIBLE DEPTH 

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AND BREADTH OF OUR WORK WITH THE

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TRIBES AND WITH THE GOAL OF 

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IMPROVING OUR TRIBAL RELATIONS 

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WORK, WE CREATED AND THEN HIRED 

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A DEDICATED ADVISOR POSITION. 

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THAT ADVISOR, KYLE IRON 

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LIGHTNING, IS SITTING NEXT TO ME

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TODAY. TODAY, AND WE CAN -- ON 

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THE AGENDA SLIDE -- KYLE WILL 

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PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND ON

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HIS POSITION AND WHY IT'S 

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IMPORTANT TO THE UTILITY AND THE

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CITY. AND THEN HE WILL PROVIDE 

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INFORMATION ON FUTURE PROJECTS 

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WHERE WE HAVE PLANS TO ENGAGE 

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WITH THE TRIBES. AT THIS POINT, 

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I WILL PASS THE PRESENTATION OFF

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TO KYLE. 

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&gt;&gt; GOOD MORNING, CHAIR STRAUSS. 

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&gt;&gt; GOOD MORNING. 

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&gt;&gt; AND COUNCILMEMBERS. MY 

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NAME'S KYLE IRON LIGHTNING. I 

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COME TO YOU FROM THE SPEAR LAKE 

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DAKOTA NATION, OUR TRIBE SHARES 

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ITS TERRITORY WITH THE STATE OF 

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NORTH DAKOTA. I'M ALSO A UNITED

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STATES NAVY VETERAN. I SERVED 

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FROM 2000 TO 2009 ON BOARD THE 

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USS MICHIGAN AND USS EMERY S. 

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LAN. PRIOR TO THIS POSITION, I 

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SERVED WITH THE FEDERAL VETERANS

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AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF TRIBAL HEALTH

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AS NATIONAL OUTREACH MANAGER. I 

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ALSO WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 

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REVENUE, A NUMBER OF TRIBES 

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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND I 

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ALSO WORKED FOR THE STATE OF 

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NORTH DAKOTA'S OFFICE OF INDIAN

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AFFAIRS COMMISSION. I STARTED 

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THIS ROLE IN DECEMBER 2024, AND 

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WE'VE BEEN BUILDING RELATIONS 

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SINCE. IT'S BEEN -- I'VE 

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APPRECIATED THE EXPERIENCE AND 

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THE SUPPORT THAT THE UTILITIES 

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PROVIDED BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE

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CITY AND SEEING THE NUMBER OF 

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PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON WHERE

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TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT IS A BIG PART 

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OF IT AND BEING ABLE TO HELP 

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THOSE TEAMS NO MATTER THE 

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FRANCESCA SHARED, WE WORKED 

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CLOSELY TOGETHER ON A LOT OF 

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SURE HER OFFICE AND THAT SHE IS 

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INFORMED ON WHAT WE'RE DOING 

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BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE 

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THAT IF HER OFFICE GETS A CALL 

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FROM ANY OF THE TRIBES ON 

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SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING THAT

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SHE'S AWARE OF IT FROM US FIRST

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INSTEAD OF FROM THE TRIBE. SO WE

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TRY AND KEEP HER AWARE OF THAT. 

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AS FAR AS WHAT THE UTILITY'S 

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BEEN DOING, WE HAVE NUMEROUS 

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PROJECTS THAT WE FEEL HAVE 

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POTENTIAL TRIBAL INTEREST AND WE

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UTILIZE THE GOVERNMENT -- THE 

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GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH 

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TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS -- EXCUSE ME 

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-- IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENTS WITH 

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TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, CONDUCTING 

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TRIBAL CONSULTATION, WHETHER 

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IT'S REQUIRED BY A FEDERAL, 

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STATE, OR LOCAL LAW, AND WE ALSO

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CONDUCT A BROAD RANGE OF 

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ENGAGEMENT ON OTHER ISSUES AS 

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WELL. WE ALSO ENGAGE URBAN 

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INDIAN ORGANIZATIONS ON A NUMBER

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OF PROJECTS AND MEET THEM WHERE 

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THEY FEEL -- WHERE THEY FEEL 

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THEIR WORD IS VALUED. I WANT TO 

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POINT OUT IN THIS -- WHEN IT 

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COMES TO OUR ENGAGEMENTS THAT 

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WHEN WE SEND LETTERS TO TRIBAL 

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LEADERSHIP FROM THE UTILITY ON 

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BEHALF OF THE UTILITY NO MATTER 

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THE PROJECT, WE WANT TO MAKE 

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SURE THAT IF IT'S GOING TO THE 

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TRIBAL LEADER OF THAT PARTICULAR

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TRIBE THAT IT COMES FROM OUR 

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GENERAL MANAGER AND THAT'S A 

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RECOGNITION OF THE SOVEREIGNTY 

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OF THE TRIBAL NATIONS AS THEY'RE

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DECISION MAKER, GET A LETTER 

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FROM US, WE WANT TO DO THE BEST 

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THAT IT COMES FROM OUR DECISION 

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MAKER AS WELL. THESE ARE SOME OF

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THE AREAS THAT WE FEEL ARE 

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SHARED INTEREST WITH OUR TRIBAL 

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PARTNERS AND TRIBAL NATIONS IN 

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THE REGION. COMBINED SEWER 

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OVERFLOW, DUWAMISH RIVER 

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INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, LONG RANGE

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MANAGEMENT, AND WATER QUALITY. 

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THESE INTERPRETIVE -- THERE'S 

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TWO PROJECTS CURRENTLY. WE'RE 

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WORKING IN REGARD TO 

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INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE. THE BITTER

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LAKE RESERVOIR IS -- WE'RE 

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REPLACING A 21-MILLION GALLON 

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DRINKING WATER RESERVOIR UP 

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NORTH IN THE NORTHGATE AREA. AND

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PART OF THAT PROJECT IS TO 

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INCLUDE INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE IN 

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THE PARK RESTORATION SIDE AS WE 

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ENGAGE WITH TRIBES IN THIS -- IN

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THIS PROJECT. I'LL TAKE A STEP 

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BACK AND MAKE YOU AWARE OF THE 

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TRIBES THAT WE DO ENGAGE IN 

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THESE PROJECTS ARE THE 

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STILLAGUAMISH TRIBE OF INDIANS, 

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THE TULALIP TRIBES, 

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THESNOQUALMIE TRIBE -- 

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&gt;&gt; YOU'RE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH

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FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TRIBES, 

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CORRECT? 

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&gt;&gt; CORRECT. 

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&gt;&gt; AND THOSE ARE TRIBES THAT 

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HAVE A FORMAL RELATIONSHIP WITH 

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EITHER THE LAND OR THE 

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GOVERNMENT OF SEATTLE, IS THAT 

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RIGHT? 

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&gt;&gt; CORRECT. 

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&gt;&gt; AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE 

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NOT NECESSARILY WORKING, LIKE, 

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IN MY DISTRICT UNITED INDIANS OF

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ALL TRIBES HAS A REALLY BIG 

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FOOTPRINT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT 

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THEY'RE -- THEY'RE AN 

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INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATION WITHIN 

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OUR COMMUNITY, NOT A TRIBAL 

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GOVERNMENT, IS THAT -- AM I 

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UNDERSTANDING THAT DISTINCTION 

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CORRECTLY? 

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&gt;&gt; YES, CHAIR STRAUSS. THEY ARE 

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AN URBAN INDIAN ORGANIZATION. WE

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DO ENGAGE WITH THEM, BUT NOT AT 

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THE SAME LEVEL AS OUR GOVERNMENT

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TO GOVERNMENT WITH OUR FEDERALLY

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RECOGNIZED TRIBES. 

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&gt;&gt; THANKS, KEEP GOING. YOU'RE 

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DOING GREAT. 

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&gt;&gt; SO BACK TO BITTER LAKE. WE 

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HAVE ENGAGED WITH TRIBES ON THIS

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INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE AND OUR 

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HOPE IS THAT THIS WILL SET THE 

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STANDARD FOR THE UTILITY AND 

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SOMEWHAT EXPECTATIONS FOR THE 

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UTILITY GOING FORWARD IN 

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PROJECTS LIKE THIS WHERE THE 

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TRIBES, IN ENGAGING WITH THEM, 

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WE'VE SET THE GROUNDWORK AND 

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FOUNDATION FOR MOVING FORWARD 

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WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS AND 

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PROJECTS LIKE THIS. THE 

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INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, 

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SPECIFICALLY, IS TO PROVIDE AN 

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OPPORTUNITY AND, IN ALL HONESTY,

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I DON'T KNOW IF OPPORTUNITY IS 

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THE RIGHT WORD, BUT TO SHARE A 

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SIGNAGE WHERE THEY CAN SHARE A 

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STORY OF THAT PLACE. OR IF THAT 

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PLACE IS SIGNIFICANT TO THE 

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TRIBE, TO SHARE THAT WITH THE 

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PUBLIC IF THEY'RE OPEN TO 

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SHARING INFORMATION LIKE THAT 

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WITH US. WE'LL PROVIDE THE 

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PLACE FOR THEM TO DO THAT. 

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ANOTHER INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE 

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PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON IS 

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SALMON BAY NATURAL AREA. IT'S 

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NEAR THE BALLARD LOCKS. THIS 

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INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE WAS 

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REDEDICATED THIS PAST JULY, AND 

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THERE'S A SIGN THERE THAT WE 

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ARE UPDATING WITH MORE OF WHAT 

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THE HISTORY OF THE TRIBES IN THE

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AREA FEEL OR BELIEVE IT SHOULD 

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HAVE WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE 

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FISH RETURNING THERE BUT ALSO 

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SOME OF THEIR CURRENT HISTORY, 

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LIKE PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY 

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FOR THEM TO SHOW WHAT THEY ARE 

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TODAY AND REPRESENT THAT INSTEAD

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OF THE -- CURRENTLY THERE'S 

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PHOTOS OF -- THEY'RE OLDER 

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PHOTOS, BUT WE WANT TO PROVIDE 

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AN OPPORTUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN 

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SHOW THAT THEY'RE STILL VERY 

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ACTIVE IN THAT AREA TODAY. THIS 

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IS AN AREA WHERE WE SEE A LOT OF

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FISHING DURING THE SALMON RUN, 

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BOTH MUCKLESHOOT AND SAN 

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FRANCISCO -- 

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&gt;&gt; ONE OF THE OTHER PROJECTS WE 

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HAVE STARTED EARLY ON IS THE 

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CULVERT WATERSHED STRATEGY. THIS

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IS A FISH PASSAGE BARRIERS 

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PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING TO 

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ENGAGE TRIBE EARLY ON. WE HAVE 

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MET WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S 

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FISH PASSAGE TEAM AND 

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SPECIFICALLY THEIR TRIBAL 

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ENGAGEMENT STAFF TO LEARN SOME 

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LESSONS FROM WHAT THEIR 

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EXPERIENCE WAS THROUGHOUT THE, 

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YOU KNOW, THE CULVERT'S CASE 

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THAT CAME DOWN IN THE DECISION 

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THAT WAS MADE. THEY'VE HAD TO 

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ENGAGE SIGNIFICANTLY WITH 

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TRIBES, SO WE'VE ENGAGED WITH 

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THAT TEAM TO LEARN FROM THEM AND

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FEEL THAT THAT HAS BEEN 

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BENEFICIAL THUS FAR. THOSE 

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LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO 

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TRIBES, AND WE SEE RESPONSES 

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FROM TWO -- FROM THREE OF THEM, 

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AND WE'RE WORKING TO SET UP A 

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MEETING WITH ONE OF THE TRIBES 

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AND OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM 

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TO DISCUSS PARTNERING WITH THEM 

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IN THAT PLANNING PROCESS. 

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HERE'S A SOUTH PARK WATER 

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QUALITY FACILITY THAT WILL BE 

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ALONG THE DUWAMISH RIVER IN THE 

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SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE 

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IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES OF 

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OFFICIALLY ENGAGING THE TRIBES 

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IN THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE PUT IT 

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ON THEIR RADAR THROUGH EMAILS, 

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BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING TO -- 

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HOW TO BEST APPROACH ENGAGEMENT 

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IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE IT IS A 

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COMMUNITY. WE DON'T WANT TO -- 

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I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A 

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BALANCING ACT WITH THIS ONE. 

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WE'LL BE RESPECTFUL OF THE 

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COMMUNITY THERE BUT ALSO DO OUR 

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BEST OF ENSURE THAT THE TRIBAL 

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ENGAGEMENT PIECE IS PART OF IT. 

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WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH ARTS IN

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THIS PROJECT AS A CULTURAL PLACE

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MAKING PIECE OF THIS PROJECT. 

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I'LL ADMIT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT 

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WE HAD A SOCKEYE HATCHERY WHEN I

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TOOK THIS POSITION, BUT MUCH OF 

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THE WORK WE DO AT THE HATCHERY 

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IS WITH THE MUCKLESHOOT TRIBE. 

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IT'S TO ACCOUNT FOR BLOCKING 

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PASSAGE UPSTREAM. WE WORK WITH 

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THE TRIBE BUT ALSO THE 

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WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH 

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AND WILDLIFE. THEY'RE 

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COMANAGERS. WE CONTINUE TO BUILD

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OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 

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MUCKLESHOOT UNDER THE 

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MUCKLESHOOT SETTLEMENT 

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AGREEMENT. PICTURED HERE YOU SEE

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GENERAL MANAGER LEE AS WELL AS 

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STAFF FROM THE MUCKLESHOOT 

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INDIAN TRIBE, BUT MORE 

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IMPORTANTLY, THREE OF THOSE 

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INDIVIDUALS ARE FROM THE FISH 

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COMMISSION. SO WE INVITED THEM 

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OUT TO MEET US AT THE HATCHERY 

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AND DISCUSS MOVING OUR WORKING 

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RELATIONSHIP UNDER THE 

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MUCKLESHOOT SETTLEMENT 

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AGREEMENT, MOVING THAT 

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RELATIONSHIP FORWARD. AND THEN 

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YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SOCKEYE 

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IN THE CIRCULAR TANKS THERE. A 

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LOT OF THE DAY-TO-DAY ENGAGEMENT

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WITH TRIBES, MUCH OF IT HAPPENS 

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AT OUR WATERSHEDS. WHEN IT COMES

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TO EDUCATION, THERE'S 

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EDUCATIONAL PIECES THAT THE 

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TRIBES HAVE ASSISTED WITH IN 

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MAKING SURE THAT THEIR STORIES 

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ARE HEARD AT THE WATERSHED 

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EDUCATIONAL CENTER, SPECIFICALLY

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THE MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN TRIBE 

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WORKS IN COORDINATION AND 

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COLLABORATION WITH THE CEDAR 

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RIVER MUNICIPAL WATERSHED, 

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WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, FIREWOOD 

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DESIGNATION, AND ACCESS TO 

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HUNTING AND GATHERING. THE 

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SNOQUALMIE INDIAN TRIBE AND SPU 

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COORDINATION IN TO THE WATERSHED

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FOR -- AND ALSO THE TULALIP 

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TRIBE'S SIMILAR ACCESS AND 

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ISSUES OF MUTUAL CONCERN, THOSE 

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RELATIONSHIPS ARE ACTIVE WITH 

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THE WATERSHED MANAGEMENT TEAM, 

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AND THEY INCLUDE US JUST AS 

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ANOTHER SET OF EARS. AND TO 

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ENSURE THAT -- TO ENSURE THAT 

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WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON

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AND -- BUT THAT -- OKAY. MOVING 

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ON. SO FOR TOLT RIVER WATERSHED,

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WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER THE RELY 

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SENSING FOR THE FEDERAL ENERGY 

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REGULATORY COMMISSION. THAT IS 

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AN EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT. 

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ADMITTEDLY THIS IS MY FIRST FERC

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RELY -- WE ALSO WORK WITH 

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SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IN THIS 

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PROJECT. ALSO IN THE TOLT 

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WATERSHED, WE DO HAVE TRIBAL 

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NEIGHBORS THAT WE WORK WITH FOR 

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ACCESS AND ALSO PREPARING FOR 

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ANY NATURAL OR WILDFIRE 

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CASUALTIES, NOT CASUALTIES, BUT 

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DISASTERS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, 

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MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE 

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-- THAT WE'RE AVAILABLE TO 

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ASSIST. AND CEDAR FALLS' 

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LONG-TERM PLAN, THIS IS A PLAN 

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THAT IS YEARS OUT, HOWEVER, WE 

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WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE -- 

463
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AT CEDAR FALLS. WE'VE SENT THEM

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GENERAL INFORMATION LETTERS 

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COMING FROM GENERAL MANAGER LEE,

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MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE 

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THAT WE PLAN ON ENGAGING WITH 

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THEM IN THESE EFFORTS AND MAKING

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SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT

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THOSE ALTERNATIVES ARE AND 

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LISTEN TO ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY

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MIGHT HAVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN

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THAT PROCESS. AND THAT'S ALL 

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THAT I HAD. 

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&gt;&gt; THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD 

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PRESENTATION, KYLE. YOU DO A LOT

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OF WORK. 

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&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. 

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&gt;&gt; YES, CHAIR STRAUSS, WE'RE 

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BUSY. 

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&gt;&gt; I WAS RECENTLY REFLECTING 

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IT'S GREAT TO HAVE SEATTLE 

483
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PUBLIC UTILITIES, FRANCESCA, 

484
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ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD TO 

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THIS PRESENTATION? YOU ARE THE 

486
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COORDINATOR OF ALL THE 

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DEPARTMENTS? OKAY. IT'S NICE TO

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HAVE SPU AND THE COMMITTEE 

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THROUGH FRANCESCA, THIS 

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COMMITTEE ACTUALLY HAS A LOT OF 

491
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WORK IN MANY DIFFERENT 

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DEPARTMENTS. OVER THE COURSE OF 

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THE YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A 

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NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS 

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THAT USUALLY REPORT TO DIFFERENT

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COMMITTEES COME THROUGH TO SHARE

497
00:20:50,582 --> 00:20:52,017
THEIR WORK BECAUSE TRIBAL 

498
00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:53,719
ENGAGEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT 

499
00:20:53,719 --> 00:20:56,221
CUTS THROUGH EVERY DEPARTMENT IN

500
00:20:56,221 --> 00:20:58,257
OUR CITY. MUCH LIKE 

501
00:20:58,257 --> 00:20:59,458
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WOULD SAY 

502
00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:01,293
PUBLIC SAFETY IS IN EVERY 

503
00:21:01,293 --> 00:21:01,927
COMMITTEE AS WELL. SO IT'S 

504
00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:04,396
REALLY GREAT TO SEE YOU HERE 

505
00:21:04,396 --> 00:21:07,332
TODAY. I REFLECTED ON SPU'S GET

506
00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:08,767
IT DONE ATTITUDE RECENTLY, AND 

507
00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:11,937
I'VE COME UP WITH A CATCH 

508
00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:13,338
PHRASE, WHICH IS SPU, MAKING 

509
00:21:13,338 --> 00:21:16,074
SEATTLE'S DREAMS COME TRUE. AND

510
00:21:16,074 --> 00:21:17,576
KYLE, YOU REPRESENT THAT MOTTO 

511
00:21:17,576 --> 00:21:18,577
FULLY, AND THIS PRESENTATION 

512
00:21:18,577 --> 00:21:21,647
REALLY FEELS LIKE JUST THE TIP 

513
00:21:21,647 --> 00:21:23,048
OF THE ICEBERG OF THE AMOUNT OF 

514
00:21:23,048 --> 00:21:24,549
WORK THAT YOU DO. AS YOU SAID 

515
00:21:24,549 --> 00:21:29,254
WHEN YOU TOOK THE JOB, YOU 

516
00:21:29,254 --> 00:21:36,962
DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD A SOCKEYE

517
00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:38,130
FISHERY, I DIDN'T EITHER. I'VE

518
00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,631
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT WITH 

519
00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:40,666
KYLE THROUGH THIS INFORMATION, 

520
00:21:40,666 --> 00:21:41,633
SO I'LL HOLD MY QUESTIONS TO 

521
00:21:41,633 --> 00:21:43,268
THE END, BUT I WILL PROMPT YOU 

522
00:21:43,268 --> 00:21:48,774
WITH ONE BEFORE TURNING IT OVER 

523
00:21:48,774 --> 00:21:50,642
TO MY COLLEAGUES. YOU SAID IT IN

524
00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:52,044
THE PRESENTATION, BUT YOU 

525
00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:53,912
MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF 

526
00:21:53,912 --> 00:21:56,214
HAVING GENERAL MANAGER LEE SIGN 

527
00:21:56,214 --> 00:21:58,216
THE LETTERS, SIGN THE PAPERWORK,

528
00:21:58,216 --> 00:22:02,354
BE THE ONE TO ENGAGE WITH 

529
00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:03,255
ELECTED LEADERS OF TRIBAL 

530
00:22:03,255 --> 00:22:06,124
NATIONS. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE 

531
00:22:06,124 --> 00:22:08,060
BIT MORE ABOUT WHY THAT'S 

532
00:22:08,060 --> 00:22:09,695
IMPORTANT? HOW THAT HAS SHOWN 

533
00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:10,896
IMPORTANCE IN YOUR WORK, WHAT 

534
00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:14,333
PROBLEMS OF THE PAST IT SOLVES, 

535
00:22:14,333 --> 00:22:15,667
AND WHY DO WE DO IT. 

536
00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:19,337
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, 

537
00:22:19,337 --> 00:22:22,474
CHAIR STRAUSS. YES, WE TO OUR 

538
00:22:22,474 --> 00:22:25,310
BEST, AND ADMITTEDLY, IT 

539
00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:27,112
DOESN'T HAPPEN EVERY TIME. 

540
00:22:27,112 --> 00:22:28,447
SOMETIMES THERE'S LAST-MINUTE 

541
00:22:28,447 --> 00:22:29,514
TRIBAL NOTIFICATION LETTERS THAT

542
00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:32,117
WE -- AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER 

543
00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:34,252
AT IT, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE

544
00:22:34,252 --> 00:22:37,556
DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE GENERAL

545
00:22:37,556 --> 00:22:39,858
MANAGER LEE SIGNS THOSE LETTERS 

546
00:22:39,858 --> 00:22:41,860
THAT ARE SENT TO TRIBAL 

547
00:22:41,860 --> 00:22:44,396
LEADERSHIP, BECAUSE IT IS A 

548
00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:47,365
RECOGNITION OF THE SOVEREIGNTY 

549
00:22:47,365 --> 00:22:50,335
THAT THE TRIBES HAVE, BUT IT'S 

550
00:22:50,335 --> 00:22:52,604
ALSO COMING FROM OUR DECISION 

551
00:22:52,604 --> 00:22:55,807
MAKER AT THE UTILITY GOING TO 

552
00:22:55,807 --> 00:22:59,244
THEIR LEAD EXECUTIVE AT THE 

553
00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:00,412
TRIBE'S LEVEL, ALBEIT, GENERAL 

554
00:23:00,412 --> 00:23:02,748
MANAGER LEE IS NOT AN ELECTED 

555
00:23:02,748 --> 00:23:04,716
OFFICIAL, HOWEVER, HE IS THE 

556
00:23:04,716 --> 00:23:05,884
DECISION MAKER AND RESPONSIBLE 

557
00:23:05,884 --> 00:23:09,221
FOR THE UTILITY. AND WE WANT TO 

558
00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:12,491
MAKE SURE THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE 

559
00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:13,792
THAT AND RESPECT THAT AUTHORITY 

560
00:23:13,792 --> 00:23:17,229
THAT -- AND THE POWER THAT THE 

561
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:21,433
TRIBES HAVE. AND WE DO THAT JUST

562
00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:22,033
BASED ON EXPERIENCE HAVING 

563
00:23:22,033 --> 00:23:25,971
WORKED WITH TRIBES, WORKING FOR 

564
00:23:25,971 --> 00:23:27,506
TRIBES AND GETTING LETTERS AT 

565
00:23:27,506 --> 00:23:28,774
THE STAFF LEVEL SIGNED -- SIGNED

566
00:23:28,774 --> 00:23:32,511
BY STAFF AND SENT TO OUR TRIBAL 

567
00:23:32,511 --> 00:23:35,847
CHAIRS. BEING ON THAT SIDE OF 

568
00:23:35,847 --> 00:23:39,918
THE TABLE AND WONDERING WHY -- 

569
00:23:39,918 --> 00:23:44,055
WHY CAN'T THE GOVERNOR OR CITY 

570
00:23:44,055 --> 00:23:48,126
LEADER OR TOWN LEADER SIGN THAT 

571
00:23:48,126 --> 00:23:50,095
IF THEY WANT TO BE -- AND I'LL 

572
00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:52,531
JUST SAY, BECAUSE I WAS ON THAT 

573
00:23:52,531 --> 00:23:56,301
SIDE -- TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. 

574
00:23:56,301 --> 00:23:57,536
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN 

575
00:23:57,536 --> 00:24:03,308
REASONS WE DO IT, TO MAKE SURE 

576
00:24:03,308 --> 00:24:04,743
THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE 

577
00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:06,077
SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT LEADERSHIP 

578
00:24:06,077 --> 00:24:07,445
ON TRIBE SIDE. 

579
00:24:07,445 --> 00:24:08,980
&gt;&gt; THAT WAS WELL SAID. WE'VE 

580
00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:12,684
TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE 

581
00:24:12,684 --> 00:24:14,953
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST OUTREACH

582
00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:16,655
GENERALLY, TRIBAL OUTREACH, 

583
00:24:16,655 --> 00:24:17,522
TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT, TRIBAL 

584
00:24:17,522 --> 00:24:19,191
NOTIFICATION, GOVERNMENT TO 

585
00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:21,760
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATION, AND THE

586
00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:23,328
DIFFERENCES THAT THOSE DIFFERENT

587
00:24:23,328 --> 00:24:25,664
MEDIUMS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF 

588
00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:27,632
OUTREACH, THE MEANING -- WHAT IT

589
00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:30,335
MEANS TO THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS,

590
00:24:30,335 --> 00:24:33,872
WHAT IT MEANS TO US, AND IT 

591
00:24:33,872 --> 00:24:36,942
REALLY -- I REALLY APPRECIATE 

592
00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:39,377
HOW SERIOUSLY THE UTILITY TAKES 

593
00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:41,413
THE GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT 

594
00:24:41,413 --> 00:24:42,214
ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE IN A WORLD 

595
00:24:42,214 --> 00:24:43,582
REALLY WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE 

596
00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:46,585
HAVING THE MAYOR OR THE CITY 

597
00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:48,019
COUNCIL PRESIDENT ENGAGE IN THAT

598
00:24:48,019 --> 00:24:51,890
GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT 

599
00:24:51,890 --> 00:24:53,124
CONSULTATION WITH OUR SOVEREIGN 

600
00:24:53,124 --> 00:24:54,292
NATION NEIGHBOR, BUT WE'RE NOT 

601
00:24:54,292 --> 00:24:55,627
QUITE THERE YET. I THINK THAT'S

602
00:24:55,627 --> 00:24:59,297
KIND OF THE WORK THIS COMMITTEE 

603
00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:00,799
IS ENDEAVORING TOWARDS, ANY 

604
00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:01,533
THOUGHTS ON THAT? 

605
00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:05,770
&gt;&gt; JUST ONE, CHAIR STRAUSS AND 

606
00:25:05,770 --> 00:25:07,506
COMMITTEE, IT ALSO SHOWS THAT IT

607
00:25:07,506 --> 00:25:09,407
IS THAT IMPORTANT TO THE UTILITY

608
00:25:09,407 --> 00:25:10,942
THAT IT'S COMING FROM GENERAL 

609
00:25:10,942 --> 00:25:13,245
MANAGER LEE THAT TRIBAL 

610
00:25:13,245 --> 00:25:14,112
ENGAGEMENT AND THAT 

611
00:25:14,112 --> 00:25:15,280
RELATIONSHIP, BUILDING THAT 

612
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,115
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRIBES AND

613
00:25:17,115 --> 00:25:17,849
THEIR LEADERSHIP IS SIGNIFICANT 

614
00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:22,220
FOR HIM AND THE REST OF THE 

615
00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:22,921
UTILITY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER 

616
00:25:22,921 --> 00:25:25,523
REASON WHY WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

617
00:25:25,523 --> 00:25:27,425
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, I SEE 

618
00:25:27,425 --> 00:25:29,494
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 

619
00:25:29,494 --> 00:25:30,996
COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA HAVE THEIR 

620
00:25:30,996 --> 00:25:34,199
HANDS. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE AND 

621
00:25:34,199 --> 00:25:35,300
THEN COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. VICE 

622
00:25:35,300 --> 00:25:35,700
CHAIR RIVERA. 

623
00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:42,874
&gt;&gt; WELL, VICE CHAIR SHOULD GO 

624
00:25:42,874 --> 00:25:44,342
FIRST. I DEFER TO VICE CHAIR. 

625
00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:47,112
&gt;&gt; YOU CAN GO, COUNCILMEMBER 

626
00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:49,548
KETTLE, I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 

627
00:25:49,548 --> 00:25:51,549
OKAY. THANK YOU, GENERAL MANAGER

628
00:25:51,549 --> 00:25:53,952
LEE AND FRANCESCA AND KYLE FOR 

629
00:25:53,952 --> 00:25:55,720
BEING HERE TODAY. I VERY MUCH 

630
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:57,656
APPRECIATE HEARING ABOUT SPU'S 

631
00:25:57,656 --> 00:26:03,828
WORK AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH

632
00:26:03,828 --> 00:26:07,332
OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS. I SIT ON --

633
00:26:07,332 --> 00:26:08,300
SALMON RECOVERY REGIONAL 

634
00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:10,201
COMMITTEE, AND I SO APPRECIATE 

635
00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:12,003
-- I'M GOING TO CALL OUT MARTHA

636
00:26:12,003 --> 00:26:13,271
NEWMAN, AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE A 

637
00:26:13,271 --> 00:26:14,773
MEETING THIS WEEK, AND BECAUSE 

638
00:26:14,773 --> 00:26:16,708
WE HAVE OUR SELECT COMMITTEE ON 

639
00:26:16,708 --> 00:26:18,510
COMP PLAN, MARTHA'S GOING TO 

640
00:26:18,510 --> 00:26:22,213
SIT AS AN ALTERNATE FOR ME. I 

641
00:26:22,213 --> 00:26:24,182
REALLY APPRECIATE HER WORK. AND 

642
00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:28,186
I APPRECIATE SPU'S WORK ON DAY 

643
00:26:28,186 --> 00:26:32,357
LIGHTING OF CREEKS AROUND THE 

644
00:26:32,357 --> 00:26:34,492
CITY TOWARDS SALMON AND SALMON 

645
00:26:34,492 --> 00:26:37,162
RECOVERY EFFORTS IN GENERAL. 

646
00:26:37,162 --> 00:26:38,596
IT'S A LONG-TERM PLAN AND 

647
00:26:38,596 --> 00:26:40,332
COMMITMENT, THESE DAY LIGHTING 

648
00:26:40,332 --> 00:26:42,033
EFFORTS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT,

649
00:26:42,033 --> 00:26:45,270
AND AS FAR AS -- AND THEN I JUST

650
00:26:45,270 --> 00:26:51,810
WANTED TO CALL OUT ALSO AND 

651
00:26:51,810 --> 00:26:53,678
REALLY HIGHLIGHT WE HAVE APP 

652
00:26:53,678 --> 00:26:56,681
EFFORT COMING IN MY DISTRICT 

653
00:26:56,681 --> 00:26:57,916
WITH THE DAY LIGHTING OF YESLER 

654
00:26:57,916 --> 00:26:59,617
CREEK IN THAT PART OF THE CITY. 

655
00:26:59,617 --> 00:27:02,654
I HOPE AND I BELIEVE, AND YOU 

656
00:27:02,654 --> 00:27:04,289
CAN CONFIRM, THAT YOU'LL BE 

657
00:27:04,289 --> 00:27:05,023
ENGAGING WITH OUR TRIBAL 

658
00:27:05,023 --> 00:27:06,658
PARTNERS AS THAT WORK IS 

659
00:27:06,658 --> 00:27:08,526
HAPPENING IN THE SAME WAY YOU'VE

660
00:27:08,526 --> 00:27:11,596
DONE THESE OTHER EFFORTS. I KNOW

661
00:27:11,596 --> 00:27:13,832
YOU ARE, I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM 

662
00:27:13,832 --> 00:27:16,001
THAT AND SORT OF ELEVATE AND 

663
00:27:16,001 --> 00:27:17,969
HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR THE PUBLIC, 

664
00:27:17,969 --> 00:27:20,438
BECAUSE AS SPU ENGAGES IN THESE 

665
00:27:20,438 --> 00:27:22,440
PROJECTS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

666
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,110
THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS AND 

667
00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:26,311
HEARS HOW WE MAKE OUR COMMITMENT

668
00:27:26,311 --> 00:27:30,248
TO OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE --

669
00:27:30,248 --> 00:27:32,651
OUR TRIBAL AND NATIVE PARTNERS. 

670
00:27:32,651 --> 00:27:33,752
IT'S IMPORTANT WORK. SALMON 

671
00:27:33,752 --> 00:27:36,187
RECOVERY IS REALLY IMPORTANT 

672
00:27:36,187 --> 00:27:38,957
WORK, I'VE LEARNED, IN MY TIME 

673
00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:40,759
HERE NOW TO OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS.

674
00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:41,760
I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, AND I'M

675
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:42,861
HONORED AND HUMBLED THAT WE GET 

676
00:27:42,861 --> 00:27:48,199
TO WORK ON THAT TOGETHER WITH 

677
00:27:48,199 --> 00:27:49,100
OUR PARTNERS. SO WANTED TO 

678
00:27:49,100 --> 00:27:50,468
HIGHLIGHT THAT. WANTED TO THANK 

679
00:27:50,468 --> 00:27:54,572
YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. I 

680
00:27:54,572 --> 00:27:55,874
REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH FOCUS

681
00:27:55,874 --> 00:27:56,908
THE CITY HAS GIVEN, ESPECIALLY 

682
00:27:56,908 --> 00:28:01,246
AS OF LATE, AND OF COURSE, UNDER

683
00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:04,549
THE LEADERSHIP OF MY SISTER, 

684
00:28:04,549 --> 00:28:06,217
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, DEBORA 

685
00:28:06,217 --> 00:28:07,552
JUAREZ, WHO IS FOR ENGAGED. AND 

686
00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:09,621
I KNOW THIS WORK IS REALLY 

687
00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:11,056
IMPORTANT TO HER, AND SHE HAS 

688
00:28:11,056 --> 00:28:13,124
REALLY BEEN SUCH A GREAT PARTNER

689
00:28:13,124 --> 00:28:14,492
IN HIGHLIGHTING THE RELATIONSHIP

690
00:28:14,492 --> 00:28:15,493
WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS AND 

691
00:28:15,493 --> 00:28:17,695
THAT WE NEED TO DO MORE AND WE 

692
00:28:17,695 --> 00:28:19,597
SHOULD BE DOING MORE. SO I WANT 

693
00:28:19,597 --> 00:28:21,966
TO -- SHE'S NOT HERE, BUT SHE 

694
00:28:21,966 --> 00:28:25,370
DOESN'T SIT ON OUR COMMITTEE, 

695
00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:27,639
BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 

696
00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:28,873
AS WE'RE HAVING THIS 

697
00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:29,741
CONVERSATION. ALL THAT TO SAY, 

698
00:28:29,741 --> 00:28:30,408
THANK YOU, I RECOGNIZE THE 

699
00:28:30,408 --> 00:28:32,677
IMPORTANCE, AND I APPRECIATE IT.

700
00:28:32,677 --> 00:28:33,711
AND AS YOU'RE DOING THE WORK IN

701
00:28:33,711 --> 00:28:35,480
THE DISTRICT, I KNOW IT'S NOT 

702
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,216
GOING TO BE SOON, BUT AS THAT'S

703
00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:41,486
MOVING ALONG, ANYTHING I CAN DO,

704
00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:43,354
PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU, 

705
00:28:43,354 --> 00:28:43,588
CHAIR. 

706
00:28:43,588 --> 00:28:44,456
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. ANYTHING YOU'D 

707
00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:47,659
LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT ANY OF THE 

708
00:28:47,659 --> 00:28:48,259
PROJECTS THAT SHE MENTIONED? 

709
00:28:48,259 --> 00:28:55,867
&gt;&gt; WE'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN THE

710
00:28:55,867 --> 00:28:58,136
BEGINNING PROCESS ON IT. WE 

711
00:28:58,136 --> 00:29:00,171
HAVEN'T REALLY STARTED OUR 

712
00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:01,372
LONG-RANGE PLANNING, BUT 

713
00:29:01,372 --> 00:29:04,943
ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE DO BEGIN 

714
00:29:04,943 --> 00:29:06,478
THAT PROCESS, WE WILL 

715
00:29:06,478 --> 00:29:09,047
UNDOUBTEDLY BE ENGAGING WITH THE

716
00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:10,215
TRIBAL NATIONS. 

717
00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:10,982
&gt;&gt; YEAH, THANK YOU. 

718
00:29:10,982 --> 00:29:11,549
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HAPPY 

719
00:29:11,549 --> 00:29:12,550
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY, I KNOW THE

720
00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:14,152
PARADE IS IS NOT TODAY, IT WAS 

721
00:29:14,152 --> 00:29:16,287
ON SATURDAY, BUT HERE WE ARE, 

722
00:29:16,287 --> 00:29:18,089
HAPPY SAINT PRATT RICK'S DAY. 

723
00:29:18,089 --> 00:29:24,963
&gt;&gt; YES, HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S 

724
00:29:24,963 --> 00:29:28,233
DAY. EVERYBODY'S IRISH TODAY. 

725
00:29:28,233 --> 00:29:30,568
GENERAL MANAGER LEE, THANKS FOR 

726
00:29:30,568 --> 00:29:40,178
BEING HERE, MR. IRON LIGHTNING, 

727
00:29:40,178 --> 00:29:42,180
AND MISS MURNAN, THANK YOU FOR 

728
00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:47,318
BEING HERE. I'M STILL ON THE 

729
00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:49,420
SPU COMMITTEE AS IT'S ATTACHED 

730
00:29:49,420 --> 00:29:51,389
TO GOVERNANCE NOW. FOR ME THIS 

731
00:29:51,389 --> 00:29:53,291
IS STANDARD. GOT THE TEAM AND 

732
00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:55,393
AUDIENCE, WE'RE ALL GOOD HERE. 

733
00:29:55,393 --> 00:29:57,796
FIRST THING, SINCE COUNCILMEMBER

734
00:29:57,796 --> 00:29:58,663
RIVERA MENTIONED COUNCILMEMBER 

735
00:29:58,663 --> 00:29:59,831
JUAREZ, I'M GOING TO CHANNEL 

736
00:29:59,831 --> 00:30:04,969
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND THANK 

737
00:30:04,969 --> 00:30:06,304
YOU FOR NUMBERING YOUR SLIDES. 

738
00:30:06,304 --> 00:30:09,340
WE HAD A BRIEFING YESTERDAY THAT

739
00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:10,909
DID NOT HAVE SLIDES NUMBERS ON 

740
00:30:10,909 --> 00:30:14,979
IT, AND SO IT CREATED A 

741
00:30:14,979 --> 00:30:20,418
HEADACHE. AND YOU KNOW, SO 

742
00:30:20,418 --> 00:30:20,919
ANYWAY, CHANNELLING OR 

743
00:30:20,919 --> 00:30:22,086
COLLEAGUE. I REALLY APPRECIATE 

744
00:30:22,086 --> 00:30:24,455
ON SLIDE FOUR THE SHARED AREAS 

745
00:30:24,455 --> 00:30:25,456
OF INTEREST. SEE THAT SEGUE 

746
00:30:25,456 --> 00:30:29,661
THERE? SOME OF THE ONES -- AND 

747
00:30:29,661 --> 00:30:31,996
I'M CHANNELLING MY OLD WORK AS 

748
00:30:31,996 --> 00:30:35,433
WELL -- IS, YOU KNOW, THE 

749
00:30:35,433 --> 00:30:36,401
OVERFLOWS, THE DUWAMISH RIVER 

750
00:30:36,401 --> 00:30:38,736
CLEANUP. YOU KNOW, THE WATER 

751
00:30:38,736 --> 00:30:40,371
MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, LONG-RANGE

752
00:30:40,371 --> 00:30:41,940
PLANNING GOES INTO THIS WATER 

753
00:30:41,940 --> 00:30:45,910
QUALITY, THIS WHOLE PIECE GOES 

754
00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:51,316
INTO IT. AND SO I NOTED FOR THE 

755
00:30:51,316 --> 00:30:52,817
SLIDE EIGHT, THE SOUTH PARK 

756
00:30:52,817 --> 00:30:53,918
WATER FACILITY. I UNDERSTAND THE

757
00:30:53,918 --> 00:30:55,086
POINTS YOU WERE MAKING ON THAT, 

758
00:30:55,086 --> 00:30:56,921
BUT I WAS WONDERING, CAN YOU 

759
00:30:56,921 --> 00:30:59,157
SPEAK TO THE MORE BROADLY, LIKE 

760
00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:01,826
THE ENGAGEMENT ON THE OVERALL 

761
00:31:01,826 --> 00:31:03,061
EFFORT, NOT JUST THE SOUTH PARK 

762
00:31:03,061 --> 00:31:06,731
PIECE BUT, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA 

763
00:31:06,731 --> 00:31:09,934
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A -- 

764
00:31:09,934 --> 00:31:13,104
THERE'S A NUMBER OF CSOs THAT 

765
00:31:13,104 --> 00:31:14,839
COMBINE SEWER OUTFLOWS ON BOTH 

766
00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:17,141
SIDES OF SEATTLE. SOME OF THOSE 

767
00:31:17,141 --> 00:31:18,409
PIECES THAT ARE THERE AND, YOU 

768
00:31:18,409 --> 00:31:20,111
KNOW, I THINK OF THE SEA WALL. I

769
00:31:20,111 --> 00:31:25,350
THINK OF ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS 

770
00:31:25,350 --> 00:31:27,518
WE'RE DOING WITH THE EAST BAY, 

771
00:31:27,518 --> 00:31:29,053
THE ELLIOT BAY, BROADER SOUND 

772
00:31:29,053 --> 00:31:32,023
AND SEA. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT 

773
00:31:32,023 --> 00:31:36,327
IN TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH 

774
00:31:36,327 --> 00:31:40,064
TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS IN OUR NATIVE

775
00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:40,398
COMMUNITIES? 

776
00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:42,133
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 

777
00:31:42,133 --> 00:31:43,635
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. YEAH, WHEN

778
00:31:43,635 --> 00:31:50,441
IT COMES TO THE BROADER TRIBAL 

779
00:31:50,441 --> 00:31:53,311
ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE AREAS, THOSE

780
00:31:53,311 --> 00:31:55,246
EFFORTS ARE -- HAVE BEEN 

781
00:31:55,246 --> 00:31:56,814
DISCUSSED. LIKE I'VE SHARED, WE

782
00:31:56,814 --> 00:31:57,982
SENT JUST SOME PRELIMINARY 

783
00:31:57,982 --> 00:31:59,717
EMAILS TO THE TRIBAL STAFF 

784
00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:04,255
LEVEL, BUT WE HAVE NOT SENT THE 

785
00:32:04,255 --> 00:32:06,424
HIGH LEVEL LEADERSHIP LETTER 

786
00:32:06,424 --> 00:32:08,960
YET. BUT WE PLAN TO SO THAT, 

787
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:12,530
LIKE I'VE SHARED, THE TRIBES 

788
00:32:12,530 --> 00:32:15,767
ARE AWARE THAT WE UNDERSTAND 

789
00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:18,069
THAT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS 

790
00:32:18,069 --> 00:32:19,737
PROJECT AND GETTING THEIR INPUT 

791
00:32:19,737 --> 00:32:23,107
ON HOW WE CAN BETTER MANAGE SOME

792
00:32:23,107 --> 00:32:25,343
OF THIS -- SOME OF THE 

793
00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:28,880
FACILITIES AND ESPECIALLY WHEN 

794
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,984
IT COMES TO SALMON HABITAT AND 

795
00:32:32,984 --> 00:32:33,851
THE RESTORATION OF THAT, MAKING 

796
00:32:33,851 --> 00:32:37,522
SURE THAT THEY ARE AT THE TABLE 

797
00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,424
EARLY. AT LEAST GIVE THEM THE 

798
00:32:39,424 --> 00:32:41,626
OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE TABLE

799
00:32:41,626 --> 00:32:45,330
EARLY SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO 

800
00:32:45,330 --> 00:32:49,133
SO. BUT WE WILL BE ACTIVE IN THE

801
00:32:49,133 --> 00:32:51,202
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TRIBES 

802
00:32:51,202 --> 00:32:54,639
BECAUSE WE'RE AWARE OF HOW 

803
00:32:54,639 --> 00:32:56,607
THOSE IMPACT THEIR FISHERIES AND

804
00:32:56,607 --> 00:32:58,476
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST, 

805
00:32:58,476 --> 00:33:01,846
SO THAT IS OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW, 

806
00:33:01,846 --> 00:33:02,213
COUNCILMEMBER. 

807
00:33:02,213 --> 00:33:03,915
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. THE REASON WHY I 

808
00:33:03,915 --> 00:33:04,982
ASKED, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE 

809
00:33:04,982 --> 00:33:06,184
INDIVIDUAL PIECES, BUT IF YOU 

810
00:33:06,184 --> 00:33:08,119
LOOK AT THE -- ALL THE VARIOUS 

811
00:33:08,119 --> 00:33:12,690
PROJECTS AS A WHOLE, AND 

812
00:33:12,690 --> 00:33:13,658
GRANTED, WE'RE IN A CONSENT 

813
00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:15,226
DECREE, WHICH IS PART OF IT, BUT

814
00:33:15,226 --> 00:33:17,929
IT KIND OF SHOWS A COMMITMENT TO

815
00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:19,630
WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT IN 

816
00:33:19,630 --> 00:33:21,499
ITSELF IS A MESSAGE THAT WE'RE 

817
00:33:21,499 --> 00:33:23,634
SENDING TO THE TRIBAL 

818
00:33:23,634 --> 00:33:24,802
GOVERNMENTS AND THE NATIVE 

819
00:33:24,802 --> 00:33:25,636
COMMUNITIES. YOU KNOW, THAT 

820
00:33:25,636 --> 00:33:29,207
OVERALL PIECE, WHICH I THINK IS 

821
00:33:29,207 --> 00:33:31,342
VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE 

822
00:33:31,342 --> 00:33:32,110
THAT COMMITMENT. BECAUSE THAT'S

823
00:33:32,110 --> 00:33:34,345
A BIG COMMITMENT. YOU KNOW, LIKE

824
00:33:34,345 --> 00:33:36,180
THE SODO WET WEATHER TREATMENT, 

825
00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:37,548
THESE ARE BIG DOLLAR AMOUNTS. 

826
00:33:37,548 --> 00:33:39,684
THESE ARE BIG COMMITMENTS ON 

827
00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:41,419
BEHALF OF THE CITY, STATE, 

828
00:33:41,419 --> 00:33:44,088
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO DO RIGHT 

829
00:33:44,088 --> 00:33:47,325
AS A RESPECT TO THE HABITAT, THE

830
00:33:47,325 --> 00:33:48,726
ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE OF THINGS. 

831
00:33:48,726 --> 00:33:51,696
THAT'S THE REASON WHY I RAISED 

832
00:33:51,696 --> 00:33:51,896
THAT. 

833
00:33:51,896 --> 00:33:54,031
&gt;&gt; COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, IF I 

834
00:33:54,031 --> 00:33:56,334
MAY, JUST THERE ARE AND THERE 

835
00:33:56,334 --> 00:33:57,402
HAVE BEEN MORE COMPREHENSIVE 

836
00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:59,337
WATER QUALITY-RELATED PLANS DONE

837
00:33:59,337 --> 00:34:01,339
IN THE PAST. SO THERE WAS A 

838
00:34:01,339 --> 00:34:05,410
COMBINED LONG-TERM CONTROL PLAN 

839
00:34:05,410 --> 00:34:06,911
THAT WAS DONE IN 2015. THERE WAS

840
00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:08,946
ENGAGEMENT WITH THE TRIBES BACK 

841
00:34:08,946 --> 00:34:10,581
THEN. WE WILL BE DOING AN UPDATE

842
00:34:10,581 --> 00:34:12,717
TO THAT IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. I 

843
00:34:12,717 --> 00:34:14,852
EXPECT THERE WILL BE ENGAGEMENT 

844
00:34:14,852 --> 00:34:15,920
WITH THAT. SIMILARLY, THE 

845
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,121
COUNTY. THE COUNTY HAS DONE 

846
00:34:17,121 --> 00:34:19,690
ENGAGEMENT AT A PROJECT LEVEL 

847
00:34:19,690 --> 00:34:21,492
BUT ALSO IN A COMPREHENSIVE 

848
00:34:21,492 --> 00:34:24,529
WATER QUALITY LEVEL. YOU KNOW, 

849
00:34:24,529 --> 00:34:26,664
WITH THEIR CURRENT, THE REGIONAL

850
00:34:26,664 --> 00:34:27,532
WASTEWATER SERVICES PLAN UPDATE,

851
00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:30,134
I EXPECT THAT THEY ARE ALSO 

852
00:34:30,134 --> 00:34:32,303
GOING TO BE ENGAGING IN TRIBES 

853
00:34:32,303 --> 00:34:32,770
AS WELL. 

854
00:34:32,770 --> 00:34:34,038
&gt;&gt; OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, THANK YOU.

855
00:34:34,038 --> 00:34:36,174
THE COUNTY PIECE, I SHOULD HAVE 

856
00:34:36,174 --> 00:34:40,144
HIGHLIGHTED THAT A LITTLE BIT 

857
00:34:40,144 --> 00:34:43,681
MORE. BUT I NOTED THE SALMON BAY

858
00:34:43,681 --> 00:34:45,817
SLIDE SINCE I MADE THE POINT 

859
00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:51,722
ABOUT NUMBERS, I PROBABLY SHOULD

860
00:34:51,722 --> 00:34:52,790
HAVE REFERENCED THE NUMBER. 

861
00:34:52,790 --> 00:34:56,527
SLIDE SIX. AND I KNOW THIS AREA,

862
00:34:56,527 --> 00:34:57,829
BUT NOT LIKE CHAIR STRAUSS. BUT 

863
00:34:57,829 --> 00:35:00,898
I'M CURIOUS IN TERMS OF, YOU 

864
00:35:00,898 --> 00:35:02,567
KNOW, SALMON BAY ITSELF OR 

865
00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:04,168
COMING FURTHER INLAND, BECAUSE 

866
00:35:04,168 --> 00:35:06,537
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW,

867
00:35:06,537 --> 00:35:07,638
IN THE MARITIME PIECE WHERE I'M

868
00:35:07,638 --> 00:35:10,842
LOOKING TO DO A LOT OF WORK, AND

869
00:35:10,842 --> 00:35:13,678
I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE -- 

870
00:35:13,678 --> 00:35:14,512
MAYBE THE BROADER AREA. MAYBE 

871
00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:16,280
YOU'RE ALREADY DOING IT, BUT IN

872
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,649
THE TERMS OF THE -- THAT WHOLE 

873
00:35:18,649 --> 00:35:20,284
BROADER WATERSHED AREA, YOU 

874
00:35:20,284 --> 00:35:22,653
KNOW, THAT WATER SPACE AREA. IS 

875
00:35:22,653 --> 00:35:24,956
THERE ANY ADDITIONAL WORK? IS IT

876
00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:29,193
ALL TIED TO THE LOCKS AND THAT 

877
00:35:29,193 --> 00:35:31,629
FRONT PART? THAT WATER PART. 

878
00:35:31,629 --> 00:35:32,530
&gt;&gt; THAT SPECIFIC INTERPRETIVE 

879
00:35:32,530 --> 00:35:36,334
SIGNAGE IS TIED TO THAT PLACE. 

880
00:35:36,334 --> 00:35:40,137
IT'S NOT THE BROADER AREA, 

881
00:35:40,137 --> 00:35:40,771
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. HOWEVER, 

882
00:35:40,771 --> 00:35:43,174
WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH THE TRIBES,

883
00:35:43,174 --> 00:35:45,843
AND THEY HAVE SHARED THAT SOME 

884
00:35:45,843 --> 00:35:48,746
OF THE HISTORY OF THAT PLACE AND

885
00:35:48,746 --> 00:35:51,849
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF IT AND 

886
00:35:51,849 --> 00:35:54,552
SHARED EVEN SOME OF THE STORIES 

887
00:35:54,552 --> 00:35:55,853
OF VILLAGES THERE. SO WE'RE 

888
00:35:55,853 --> 00:35:58,256
HOPING TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE 

889
00:35:58,256 --> 00:35:59,991
UPDATED INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE SO 

890
00:35:59,991 --> 00:36:03,494
THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THAT THE

891
00:36:03,494 --> 00:36:04,929
FIRST PEOPLES OF THIS REGION 

892
00:36:04,929 --> 00:36:07,498
WERE THERE AND THAT THAT PLACE 

893
00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:09,267
WAS SIGNIFICANT EVEN BEFORE THE 

894
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:12,303
BALLARD LOCKS WERE THERE. SO 

895
00:36:12,303 --> 00:36:14,639
THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY IMPORTANT

896
00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:16,407
PIECES OF THIS WHOLE THING IS --

897
00:36:16,407 --> 00:36:18,276
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ANY 

898
00:36:18,276 --> 00:36:19,610
INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE IS MAKING 

899
00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:22,480
SURE THE PUBLIC SEES THAT THERE 

900
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,516
WERE PEOPLE HERE BEFORE THE CITY

901
00:36:25,516 --> 00:36:28,819
OF SEATTLE WAS EVEN A THOUGHT. 

902
00:36:28,819 --> 00:36:34,759
SO THAT'S OUR GOAL AND ALSO 

903
00:36:34,759 --> 00:36:38,629
REPRESENTING THE STORIES AND THE

904
00:36:38,629 --> 00:36:43,568
VOICES OF THE PEOPLES -- FIRST 

905
00:36:43,568 --> 00:36:46,070
PEOPLES OF THE REGION. AND NOT 

906
00:36:46,070 --> 00:36:48,139
COMING FROM SOMETHING THAT WE 

907
00:36:48,139 --> 00:36:49,740
CREATE. IT'S -- THEY ARE AT THE

908
00:36:49,740 --> 00:36:54,378
TABLE AND PROVIDING THAT AND 

909
00:36:54,378 --> 00:36:56,480
SHARING THAT WAS, SO. BUT THAT 

910
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:58,916
PARTICULAR SALMON BAY NATURAL 

911
00:36:58,916 --> 00:37:00,084
AREA IS COMANAGED WITH 

912
00:37:00,084 --> 00:37:02,420
GROUNDSWELL, ONE OF THE 

913
00:37:02,420 --> 00:37:04,388
NONPROFITS THERE. SO WE WORK 

914
00:37:04,388 --> 00:37:07,291
WITH THEM IN THAT -- FOR THE 

915
00:37:07,291 --> 00:37:07,491
AREA. 

916
00:37:07,491 --> 00:37:08,726
&gt;&gt; I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I 

917
00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:09,727
APPRECIATE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR 

918
00:37:09,727 --> 00:37:11,462
THOSE THAT LIVE HERE, BUT IT'S 

919
00:37:11,462 --> 00:37:12,597
ALSO FOR THOSE THAT VISIT. YOU 

920
00:37:12,597 --> 00:37:14,532
KNOW, WE KIND OF MAKE A 

921
00:37:14,532 --> 00:37:16,133
STATEMENT WITH THESE PIECES FOR 

922
00:37:16,133 --> 00:37:17,969
THOSE THAT COME ACROSS THE 

923
00:37:17,969 --> 00:37:19,437
COUNTRY OR THE WORLD. YOU KNOW, 

924
00:37:19,437 --> 00:37:23,307
IT'S A CHANCE FOR SEATTLE TO 

925
00:37:23,307 --> 00:37:25,343
SHOW ITS LEADERSHIP IN THIS 

926
00:37:25,343 --> 00:37:26,344
AREA. FINALLY, APPRECIATE THE 

927
00:37:26,344 --> 00:37:29,213
UPDATES ON TOLT RIVER AND CEDAR 

928
00:37:29,213 --> 00:37:31,048
RIVER, SLIDES 11 AND 12, 

929
00:37:31,048 --> 00:37:34,919
OBVIOUSLY, BEEN FOLLOWING THAT 

930
00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:37,221
EITHER THROUGH HERE OR CITY 

931
00:37:37,221 --> 00:37:38,789
LIGHT, AS MENTIONED. AND THEN 

932
00:37:38,789 --> 00:37:41,459
FINALLY, I WANTED TO NOTE FROM 

933
00:37:41,459 --> 00:37:43,861
SLIDE NINE SOCKEYE IS MY 

934
00:37:43,861 --> 00:37:45,162
FAVORITE. LEAVE THE CHINOOK TO 

935
00:37:45,162 --> 00:37:46,664
THE ORCAS, SOCKEYE IS GOOD 

936
00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:49,066
ENOUGH FOR ME, AND IT'S MY 

937
00:37:49,066 --> 00:37:49,734
FAVORITE. AND AS A TRANSPLANT 

938
00:37:49,734 --> 00:37:51,569
FROM THE EAST COAST, I WILL 

939
00:37:51,569 --> 00:37:55,006
ADMIT HERE THAT I DO NOT EAT 

940
00:37:55,006 --> 00:37:56,007
ATLANTIC SALMON. I'VE BECOME, 

941
00:37:56,007 --> 00:37:59,810
YOU KNOW, AWARE OF THE BETTER 

942
00:37:59,810 --> 00:38:01,479
SALMON, SO THERE YOU GO. CHAIR? 

943
00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:04,615
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

944
00:38:04,615 --> 00:38:06,083
KETTLE, AND LOCATION, I'D LIKE 

945
00:38:06,083 --> 00:38:08,419
TO DIG INTO IT A LITTLE MORE, 

946
00:38:08,419 --> 00:38:10,087
THEN I'LL PASS IT TO 

947
00:38:10,087 --> 00:38:10,721
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. THE REASON 

948
00:38:10,721 --> 00:38:11,922
YOU HAVE SIGNAGE THERE IS 

949
00:38:11,922 --> 00:38:13,157
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A FACILITY AT 

950
00:38:13,157 --> 00:38:14,592
THAT STREET END, IS THAT 

951
00:38:14,592 --> 00:38:16,794
CORRECT? OR WHAT IS THE 

952
00:38:16,794 --> 00:38:17,995
OWNERSHIP OF YOUR LAND THERE? 

953
00:38:17,995 --> 00:38:22,733
&gt;&gt; WE, THE CITY, WE PURCHASED 

954
00:38:22,733 --> 00:38:26,003
THAT LAND TO PRESERVE IT AND 

955
00:38:26,003 --> 00:38:28,472
MAKE IT MORE OF A NATURAL -- 

956
00:38:28,472 --> 00:38:32,977
PRESERVE THE NATURAL AREA THAT 

957
00:38:32,977 --> 00:38:34,412
WAS THERE BEFORE. I GUESS, ONE 

958
00:38:34,412 --> 00:38:36,147
OF -- THE RAILWAY THERE WAS 

959
00:38:36,147 --> 00:38:38,716
ABOUT TO UTILIZE IT FOR STORING 

960
00:38:38,716 --> 00:38:40,551
THEIR EQUIPMENT AND SUCH, BUT 20

961
00:38:40,551 --> 00:38:42,420
PLUS YEARS AGO WE WERE ABLE TO 

962
00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:46,123
PURCHASE IT AND PRESERVE SOME OF

963
00:38:46,123 --> 00:38:47,858
THE NATURAL PLANTS THERE BUT 

964
00:38:47,858 --> 00:38:50,327
ALSO SHARE SOME OF THE HISTORY 

965
00:38:50,327 --> 00:38:51,595
OF THAT PLACE, SO. 

966
00:38:51,595 --> 00:38:53,197
&gt;&gt; AND THANK YOU. AND 

967
00:38:53,197 --> 00:38:54,265
COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS CORRECT,

968
00:38:54,265 --> 00:38:55,900
THE PARKING LOT THAT IS ATTACHED

969
00:38:55,900 --> 00:38:58,969
TO THIS FACILITY IS WHERE I WENT

970
00:38:58,969 --> 00:39:00,104
TO HIGH SCHOOL PROM. I WILL COME

971
00:39:00,104 --> 00:39:01,739
BACK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 

972
00:39:01,739 --> 00:39:04,842
BALLARD LOCKS AND THE FOLKS THAT

973
00:39:04,842 --> 00:39:06,510
HAVE LIVED THERE SINCE TIME 

974
00:39:06,510 --> 00:39:07,311
IMMEMORIAL AFTER COUNCILMEMBER 

975
00:39:07,311 --> 00:39:08,179
SAKA, THOUGH. OVER TO YOU. 

976
00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:11,916
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 

977
00:39:11,916 --> 00:39:14,985
YOU, CEO LEE, MR. IRON 

978
00:39:14,985 --> 00:39:19,056
LIGHTNING, AND MISS MURNAN. AS 

979
00:39:19,056 --> 00:39:21,959
ALWAYS, REALLY APPRECIATE THIS 

980
00:39:21,959 --> 00:39:22,593
PRESENTATION. GREAT. MR. IRON 

981
00:39:22,593 --> 00:39:23,227
LIGHTNING UP, APPRECIATE YOUR 

982
00:39:23,227 --> 00:39:25,463
SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY AS WELL 

983
00:39:25,463 --> 00:39:28,199
AS A NAVY VETERAN, AS A FELLOW 

984
00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:29,266
VETERAN, MORE BROADLY, AIR 

985
00:39:29,266 --> 00:39:31,702
FORCE, FEEL LIKE I'M A LITTLE 

986
00:39:31,702 --> 00:39:33,738
OUTNUMBERED TODAY WITH TWO NAVY 

987
00:39:33,738 --> 00:39:36,273
VETERANS, BUT IT'S OKAY, MY 

988
00:39:36,273 --> 00:39:37,908
LATE UNCLE WAS A RETIRED SENIOR 

989
00:39:37,908 --> 00:39:40,277
CHIEF IN THE NAVY, SO TONS OF 

990
00:39:40,277 --> 00:39:43,147
RESPECT. BUT WE ALL KNOW AIR 

991
00:39:43,147 --> 00:39:49,920
FORCE IS BETTER, BUDDY. IN ANY 

992
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:52,823
EVENT, THANK YOU. WITH RESPECT 

993
00:39:52,823 --> 00:39:55,526
TO SLIDE EIGHT, THE SOUTH PARK 

994
00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:56,327
WATER QUALITY FACILITY, 

995
00:39:56,327 --> 00:39:58,162
APPRECIATE THE INITIAL KIND OF 

996
00:39:58,162 --> 00:39:59,163
UPDATE AND OVERVIEW. SOUNDS LIKE

997
00:39:59,163 --> 00:40:02,967
THIS WORK IS KIND OF THE EARLIER

998
00:40:02,967 --> 00:40:06,837
STAGES, WHICH IS TOTALLY FINE, 

999
00:40:06,837 --> 00:40:09,006
WOULD LOVE A SLIGHTLY MORE FULL 

1000
00:40:09,006 --> 00:40:11,242
BRIEFING FROM THE SPU TEAM TO MY

1001
00:40:11,242 --> 00:40:12,109
OFFICE IN THE NEAR TERM. AND I 

1002
00:40:12,109 --> 00:40:14,812
SEE ALL THE RIGHT PEOPLE FROM 

1003
00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:17,815
THE SPU SIDE ARE HERE TO HELP 

1004
00:40:17,815 --> 00:40:19,316
INITIATE AND SET THAT UP. SO 

1005
00:40:19,316 --> 00:40:21,252
GREATLY APPRECIATE IT, JUST BE 

1006
00:40:21,252 --> 00:40:22,720
GOOD TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE 

1007
00:40:22,720 --> 00:40:25,589
CLARITY FOR MY OFFICE ON THIS 

1008
00:40:25,589 --> 00:40:27,124
IMPORTANT PROJECT IN MY 

1009
00:40:27,124 --> 00:40:29,326
DISTRICT. IN ANY EVENT, THANK 

1010
00:40:29,326 --> 00:40:32,329
YOU AGAIN, REALLY APPRECIATE 

1011
00:40:32,329 --> 00:40:35,232
THIS VITALLY IMPORTANT WORK, 

1012
00:40:35,232 --> 00:40:38,102
MISSION CRITICAL WORK, AND ALSO 

1013
00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:40,671
KUDOS ON PUTTING SLIDE NUMBERS 

1014
00:40:40,671 --> 00:40:44,475
AGAIN. LIKE I CAN'T 

1015
00:40:44,475 --> 00:40:45,943
OVERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF 

1016
00:40:45,943 --> 00:40:47,044
THAT. LIKE I UNDERSTAND IT'S 

1017
00:40:47,044 --> 00:40:48,913
CHALLENGING AT TIMES TO COME UP 

1018
00:40:48,913 --> 00:40:53,250
HERE BEFORE COUNCIL AND GIVE 

1019
00:40:53,250 --> 00:40:54,919
BRIEFINGS AND UPDATES, AND I 

1020
00:40:54,919 --> 00:40:56,053
TOTALLY, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND 

1021
00:40:56,053 --> 00:40:57,621
THAT. WE'RE ALL LOOKING FOR 

1022
00:40:57,621 --> 00:40:58,622
VARIOUS THINGS. THE EASIEST AREA

1023
00:40:58,622 --> 00:41:01,258
TO EARN AN A PLUS IS 

1024
00:41:01,258 --> 00:41:03,561
ORGANIZATION AND CLARITY, AND BY

1025
00:41:03,561 --> 00:41:05,396
PUTTING SLIDE NUMBERS. SO IS 

1026
00:41:05,396 --> 00:41:07,431
THIS THING ON? EVERYONE PUT 

1027
00:41:07,431 --> 00:41:11,569
SLIDE NUMBERS ON. SLIDE NUMBERS,

1028
00:41:11,569 --> 00:41:13,070
THANK YOU. AND THEN FINALLY, 

1029
00:41:13,070 --> 00:41:17,341
FINALLY I'LL NOTE THAT, YES, 

1030
00:41:17,341 --> 00:41:19,777
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 

1031
00:41:19,777 --> 00:41:21,478
LEADERSHIP OF COUNCILMEMBER 

1032
00:41:21,478 --> 00:41:24,548
JUAREZ FROM A COUNCIL AND FROM A

1033
00:41:24,548 --> 00:41:26,050
CITY OF SEATTLE PERSPECTIVE, 

1034
00:41:26,050 --> 00:41:29,753
FRANKLY, AND CARRYING THIS WORK 

1035
00:41:29,753 --> 00:41:31,689
-- THE IMPORTANT WORK FORWARD 

1036
00:41:31,689 --> 00:41:33,424
AND BECAUSE OF HER, YOU KNOW, 

1037
00:41:33,424 --> 00:41:36,193
WE'RE IN PART HAVING THIS 

1038
00:41:36,193 --> 00:41:38,295
CONVERSATION TODAY JUST TO BE 

1039
00:41:38,295 --> 00:41:41,332
FRANK. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THERE

1040
00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:44,435
CAN BE MULTIPLE LEADERS IN A 

1041
00:41:44,435 --> 00:41:45,970
PARTICULAR SPACE, AND SO, YOU 

1042
00:41:45,970 --> 00:41:52,076
KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHAIR AS 

1043
00:41:52,076 --> 00:41:56,080
WELL FOR CARRYING ON THIS WORK. 

1044
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:57,982
WHEN, IN COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S

1045
00:41:57,982 --> 00:41:59,216
ABSENCE, AND WORKING ALONGSIDE 

1046
00:41:59,216 --> 00:42:00,851
HER SINCE SHE'S BACK FOR A FEW 

1047
00:42:00,851 --> 00:42:03,721
MORE MONTHS TO CARRY THIS WORK 

1048
00:42:03,721 --> 00:42:07,024
FORWARD SO. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.

1049
00:42:07,024 --> 00:42:07,591
APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. 

1050
00:42:07,591 --> 00:42:10,527
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. ANYTHING COMMITTEE

1051
00:42:10,527 --> 00:42:11,662
TABLE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE? 

1052
00:42:11,662 --> 00:42:13,163
&gt;&gt; WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THE 

1053
00:42:13,163 --> 00:42:16,100
BRIEFING ON SOUTH PARK WATER 

1054
00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:17,368
FACILITY. THAT FACILITY'S 

1055
00:42:17,368 --> 00:42:19,837
SCHEDULED TO BE CONSTRUCTED BY 

1056
00:42:19,837 --> 00:42:20,104
2030, SO. 

1057
00:42:20,104 --> 00:42:20,471
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. 

1058
00:42:20,471 --> 00:42:25,209
&gt;&gt; LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO SAY 

1059
00:42:25,209 --> 00:42:27,645
THAT THESE POSITIONS, 

1060
00:42:27,645 --> 00:42:30,981
FRANCESCA'S POSITION, MY TRAVEL

1061
00:42:30,981 --> 00:42:31,815
ADVISOR POSITION ARE IMPORTANT. 

1062
00:42:31,815 --> 00:42:35,319
NOT ONLY IN MAKING SURE THAT THE

1063
00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:39,423
TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT CONSULTATION 

1064
00:42:39,423 --> 00:42:41,191
PIECE IS ALWAYS AT THE TABLE BUT

1065
00:42:41,191 --> 00:42:45,062
IT ALSO SHOWS THE TRIBES THE 

1066
00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:48,299
UTILITY AND THE CITY ARE TAKING 

1067
00:42:48,299 --> 00:42:49,533
THEIR TRIBAL RELATIONS, 

1068
00:42:49,533 --> 00:42:51,402
ELEVATING THOSE RELATIONS BY 

1069
00:42:51,402 --> 00:42:52,603
HAVING THESE POSITIONS IN PLACE.

1070
00:42:52,603 --> 00:42:57,875
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT 

1071
00:42:57,875 --> 00:42:58,075
OUT. 

1072
00:42:58,075 --> 00:42:59,109
&gt;&gt; FANTASTIC. FRANCESCA? 

1073
00:42:59,109 --> 00:43:00,144
&gt;&gt; I'LL JUST ADD THAT IN THE 

1074
00:43:00,144 --> 00:43:02,046
FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN AT 

1075
00:43:02,046 --> 00:43:04,081
THE CITY, WE'VE SEEN A GREAT 

1076
00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:06,116
GROWTH AND EXPANSION AROUND THIS

1077
00:43:06,116 --> 00:43:07,117
BODY OF WORK. IT'S UNIQUE TO 

1078
00:43:07,117 --> 00:43:08,886
HAVE THIS COMMITTEE AS A PLACE 

1079
00:43:08,886 --> 00:43:10,387
TO GIVE YOU THAT LENS WITHIN 

1080
00:43:10,387 --> 00:43:12,723
DEPARTMENTS ABOUT WHAT IN WORK 

1081
00:43:12,723 --> 00:43:13,958
REALLY LOOKS LIKE. MANY OF THESE

1082
00:43:13,958 --> 00:43:15,526
ISSUES COME BEFORE YOU IN 

1083
00:43:15,526 --> 00:43:17,861
DIFFERENT FORMS, SO TO GIVE YOU 

1084
00:43:17,861 --> 00:43:19,229
THE TRIBAL AND URBAN NATIVE 

1085
00:43:19,229 --> 00:43:20,631
SPECIFIC LENS OF THE PROJECTS IS

1086
00:43:20,631 --> 00:43:22,166
A GREAT HONOR AND WE LOOK 

1087
00:43:22,166 --> 00:43:26,603
FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO DO THIS

1088
00:43:26,603 --> 00:43:26,904
WITH YOU. 

1089
00:43:26,904 --> 00:43:27,705
&gt;&gt; WONDERFUL. I'M GOING TO 

1090
00:43:27,705 --> 00:43:29,740
BRING US BACK TO THE CEDAR 

1091
00:43:29,740 --> 00:43:31,175
RIVER. AND I'LL TELL A STORY TO

1092
00:43:31,175 --> 00:43:32,910
PREFACE THE QUESTION, WHICH IS 

1093
00:43:32,910 --> 00:43:35,212
THERE WAS ONE TIME THAT I 

1094
00:43:35,212 --> 00:43:37,147
EMAILED BOB HENNESSY ASKING FOR 

1095
00:43:37,147 --> 00:43:40,918
A TOUR OF THE CEDAR RIVER AND 

1096
00:43:40,918 --> 00:43:41,785
THE CHESTER MORRIS WATERSHED. I 

1097
00:43:41,785 --> 00:43:45,222
SAID I WANT TO GET AS FAR UP 

1098
00:43:45,222 --> 00:43:46,123
INTO THE WATERSHED AS POSSIBLE. 

1099
00:43:46,123 --> 00:43:47,591
HE SAID, ARE YOU ASKING ME TO 

1100
00:43:47,591 --> 00:43:49,693
LET YOU IN WHERE YOU'RE NOT 

1101
00:43:49,693 --> 00:43:50,694
SUPPOSED TO GO? I SAID, 

1102
00:43:50,694 --> 00:43:52,930
ABSOLUTELY NOT, I WOULD NOT DO 

1103
00:43:52,930 --> 00:43:55,065
THAT BOB. AND IT WAS MY FIRST 

1104
00:43:55,065 --> 00:43:56,900
UNDERSTANDING WITH AN UNFILTERED

1105
00:43:56,900 --> 00:43:58,268
WATER SOURCE. SO NUMBER ONE, 

1106
00:43:58,268 --> 00:43:59,269
THAT'S INTERESTING AND 

1107
00:43:59,269 --> 00:44:00,070
IMPORTANT. SO I'LL ASK GENERAL 

1108
00:44:00,070 --> 00:44:01,972
MANAGER LEE TO JUST EXPLAIN TO 

1109
00:44:01,972 --> 00:44:03,641
THE COMMITTEE, I KNOW THAT WE 

1110
00:44:03,641 --> 00:44:06,710
ALL KNOW, BUT JUST FOR THE 

1111
00:44:06,710 --> 00:44:07,745
GENERAL PUBLIC WHAT DOES AN 

1112
00:44:07,745 --> 00:44:08,579
UNFILTERED WATER SOURCE MEAN, 

1113
00:44:08,579 --> 00:44:10,581
AND THEN THE NEXT PART OF THIS 

1114
00:44:10,581 --> 00:44:12,650
QUESTION IS THAT THERE IS 

1115
00:44:12,650 --> 00:44:14,284
RESERVED RIGHTS FOR THE 

1116
00:44:14,284 --> 00:44:15,853
MUCKLESHOOT TRIBE WITHIN OUR 

1117
00:44:15,853 --> 00:44:18,155
WATERSHED. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE

1118
00:44:18,155 --> 00:44:20,791
BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS, WHAT 

1119
00:44:20,791 --> 00:44:22,760
IT IS, AND JUST TO PUT, YOU 

1120
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:25,095
KNOW, NOT TO BURY THE HEADLINE, 

1121
00:44:25,095 --> 00:44:26,730
WHICH IS THAT THE MUCKLESHOOT 

1122
00:44:26,730 --> 00:44:28,832
TRIBE AND TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE 

1123
00:44:28,832 --> 00:44:31,335
ALLOWED INTO PARTS OF THE 

1124
00:44:31,335 --> 00:44:33,537
WATERSHED THAT NO ONE ELSE IS. 

1125
00:44:33,537 --> 00:44:35,372
AND SO IF GENERAL MANAGER YOU 

1126
00:44:35,372 --> 00:44:37,741
CAN TALK ABOUT WHY ACCESS IS 

1127
00:44:37,741 --> 00:44:41,779
LIMITED DUE TO UNFILTERED -- THE

1128
00:44:41,779 --> 00:44:43,080
FILTRATION PROCESS THAT WE USE, 

1129
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:47,584
AND THEN KYLE, IF YOU COULD 

1130
00:44:47,584 --> 00:44:49,486
SPEAK TO WHAT OUR RELATIONSHIP 

1131
00:44:49,486 --> 00:44:50,688
IS WITH THE TRIBE. 

1132
00:44:50,688 --> 00:44:51,722
&gt;&gt; WE ARE ONE OF THE HANDFUL OF 

1133
00:44:51,722 --> 00:44:53,991
CITIES IN THE REGION BE THE 

1134
00:44:53,991 --> 00:44:57,261
COUNTRY THAT HAVE AN UNFILTERED 

1135
00:44:57,261 --> 00:44:58,762
WATER SUPPLY. WHAT MAKES IT SO 

1136
00:44:58,762 --> 00:45:00,264
UNIQUE IS THE FACT WE OWN, AT 

1137
00:45:00,264 --> 00:45:08,572
LEAST IN THE SOUTH END, ALMOST 

1138
00:45:08,572 --> 00:45:11,041
100% OF OUR WATERSHED. 99.9 

1139
00:45:11,041 --> 00:45:11,675
SOMETHING PERCENT. THAT ENABLES 

1140
00:45:11,675 --> 00:45:14,912
US TO PROTECT THE WATERSHED SO 

1141
00:45:14,912 --> 00:45:16,780
IT'S FREE OF POTENTIALLY 

1142
00:45:16,780 --> 00:45:18,182
MANMADE CHEMICAL, COMPOUNDS IN 

1143
00:45:18,182 --> 00:45:19,149
OTHER WATERSHEDS. THERE'S NO 

1144
00:45:19,149 --> 00:45:20,951
OIL LEAKS GOING IN. YOU KNOW, ET

1145
00:45:20,951 --> 00:45:22,252
CETERA, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO 

1146
00:45:22,252 --> 00:45:24,021
BE CAMPING IN THAT AREA. AND 

1147
00:45:24,021 --> 00:45:25,155
BECAUSE OF THAT UNIQUE 

1148
00:45:25,155 --> 00:45:26,990
PROTECTION, WE'RE ABLE TO OFFER

1149
00:45:26,990 --> 00:45:28,559
THAT WATER, OBVIOUSLY, TO OUR 

1150
00:45:28,559 --> 00:45:30,527
CUSTOMERS, VERY UNFILTERED AND 

1151
00:45:30,527 --> 00:45:32,930
VERY, VERY HIGH QUALITY. IT IS 

1152
00:45:32,930 --> 00:45:34,798
AMAZING, YOU KNOW, IT RAINS 

1153
00:45:34,798 --> 00:45:36,600
POTENTIALLY AROUND 100 PLUS 

1154
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:38,802
INCHES A YEAR IN THAT WATERSHED.

1155
00:45:38,802 --> 00:45:39,503
SO IT'S INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE, 

1156
00:45:39,503 --> 00:45:42,439
AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE 

1157
00:45:42,439 --> 00:45:43,941
IT. IT'S A LEGACY, HONESTLY, OF

1158
00:45:43,941 --> 00:45:44,808
SOME OF OUR PREDECESSORS THAT 

1159
00:45:44,808 --> 00:45:47,611
THEY TOOK THE VISION AND HAD THE

1160
00:45:47,611 --> 00:45:50,447
VISION TO OWN THAT WATERSHED. 

1161
00:45:50,447 --> 00:45:51,515
WITH THE LANDOWNERSHIP, 

1162
00:45:51,515 --> 00:45:52,082
OBVIOUSLY, WE RESTRICT THE 

1163
00:45:52,082 --> 00:45:57,121
PUBLIC IN TERMS OF ACCESS TO IT,

1164
00:45:57,121 --> 00:46:00,324
BUT YOU'RE CORRECT, WE HAVE A 

1165
00:46:00,324 --> 00:46:03,594
UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE 

1166
00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:04,995
TRIBES. I'LL LET KYLE IRON 

1167
00:46:04,995 --> 00:46:05,696
LIGHTNING DESCRIBE THAT. 

1168
00:46:05,696 --> 00:46:07,197
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 

1169
00:46:07,197 --> 00:46:10,167
CHAIR STRAUSS. SO WHEN IT COMES 

1170
00:46:10,167 --> 00:46:15,239
TO THE CEDAR RIVER WATERSHED, 

1171
00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:17,141
MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN TRIBE DOES 

1172
00:46:17,141 --> 00:46:20,344
RESERVE HUNTING AND GATHERING 

1173
00:46:20,344 --> 00:46:24,948
RIGHTS TO THE WATERSHED. AND WE 

1174
00:46:24,948 --> 00:46:28,886
HAVE ACCESS AGREEMENTS WITH THE 

1175
00:46:28,886 --> 00:46:31,955
TRIBE FOR THOSE PURPOSES BECAUSE

1176
00:46:31,955 --> 00:46:35,359
THAT REGION IS PART OF THEIR 

1177
00:46:35,359 --> 00:46:36,093
HISTORICAL AND ANCESTRAL LANDS. 

1178
00:46:36,093 --> 00:46:40,264
AND THE CITY RECOGNIZED THAT 

1179
00:46:40,264 --> 00:46:44,134
THROUGH THE MUCKLESHOOT 

1180
00:46:44,134 --> 00:46:47,004
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THAT WAS 

1181
00:46:47,004 --> 00:46:48,772
SIGNED. I THINK MAYBE A WHILE 

1182
00:46:48,772 --> 00:46:52,109
BACK. BUT THAT IS THE REASON WHY

1183
00:46:52,109 --> 00:46:54,745
THE MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN TRIBE IS 

1184
00:46:54,745 --> 00:46:55,813
ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE WATERSHED.

1185
00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:59,183
&gt;&gt; AND JUST TO ADD AS WELL, 

1186
00:46:59,183 --> 00:47:00,184
THROUGH CULTURAL AND NATURAL 

1187
00:47:00,184 --> 00:47:01,251
RESOURCE REGULATORY PROCESSES, 

1188
00:47:01,251 --> 00:47:02,586
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER 

1189
00:47:02,586 --> 00:47:07,424
TRIBES THAT DO ENGAGE IN CERTAIN

1190
00:47:07,424 --> 00:47:09,560
PIECES OF THE WATERSHED 

1191
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:09,860
MANAGEMENT. 

1192
00:47:09,860 --> 00:47:10,627
&gt;&gt; WONDERFUL. KYLE, CAN YOU DIG 

1193
00:47:10,627 --> 00:47:13,363
INTO IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE 

1194
00:47:13,363 --> 00:47:14,364
DEEPLY? HOW DOES THAT 

1195
00:47:14,364 --> 00:47:15,098
RELATIONSHIP WORK? AND FOR THOSE

1196
00:47:15,098 --> 00:47:17,768
OF US THAT DON'T GET UP TO THE 

1197
00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:18,936
WATERSHED OFTEN, IS THERE A BIG 

1198
00:47:18,936 --> 00:47:20,470
FENCE OR GATE ACROSS THE ROAD 

1199
00:47:20,470 --> 00:47:22,539
THAT THE REST OF US CAN'T PASS?

1200
00:47:22,539 --> 00:47:22,873
&gt;&gt; CORRECT. 

1201
00:47:22,873 --> 00:47:24,875
&gt;&gt; DO THEY SHOW UP AT THE FRONT 

1202
00:47:24,875 --> 00:47:28,745
DOOR, SCAN THEIR BADGE, ROLL ON 

1203
00:47:28,745 --> 00:47:31,548
IN? WHAT DOES THE PROCESS LOOK 

1204
00:47:31,548 --> 00:47:32,816
LIKE FOR THAT ACCESS? 

1205
00:47:32,816 --> 00:47:35,853
&gt;&gt; OKAY, THANKS, CHAIRMAN 

1206
00:47:35,853 --> 00:47:37,354
STRAUSS. SO THEY -- THE PROCESS 

1207
00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:39,523
IS, THE MUCKLESHOOT OR EVEN IF 

1208
00:47:39,523 --> 00:47:42,292
ONE OF THE OTHER TRIBES IS 

1209
00:47:42,292 --> 00:47:44,995
ACCESSING FOR SOME OF THEIR 

1210
00:47:44,995 --> 00:47:46,363
CULTURAL RESOURCES PURPOSES, 

1211
00:47:46,363 --> 00:47:53,237
THEY WILL CONTACT THE WATERSHED 

1212
00:47:53,237 --> 00:47:55,205
MANAGEMENT AND BE ALLOWED, 

1213
00:47:55,205 --> 00:47:58,709
ESCORTED ACCESS TO THE WATERSHED

1214
00:47:58,709 --> 00:48:00,644
FOR THE PURPOSES OF WHICHEVER 

1215
00:48:00,644 --> 00:48:03,780
REASON THAT THEY'RE COMING TO 

1216
00:48:03,780 --> 00:48:08,151
THE WATERSHED. THEY DO MAKE US 

1217
00:48:08,151 --> 00:48:09,519
AWARE OF WHEN THEY'LL BE 

1218
00:48:09,519 --> 00:48:11,555
ENTERING, SO JUST SO THAT WE 

1219
00:48:11,555 --> 00:48:14,391
KNOW WHO'S IN THERE AND WHY 

1220
00:48:14,391 --> 00:48:15,025
THEY'RE IN THERE. YEAH. 

1221
00:48:15,025 --> 00:48:17,194
&gt;&gt; AND THAT IN PART IS BECAUSE 

1222
00:48:17,194 --> 00:48:19,529
WE HAVE A LOT OF REGULATORY 

1223
00:48:19,529 --> 00:48:20,364
OVERSIGHT BECAUSE OF OUR 

1224
00:48:20,364 --> 00:48:21,632
UNFILTERED WATER SOURCE THAT WE 

1225
00:48:21,632 --> 00:48:23,000
HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHO 

1226
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:26,903
HAS AND WHO HAS NOT BEEN UP 

1227
00:48:26,903 --> 00:48:27,471
THERE, ABSOLUTELY. 

1228
00:48:27,471 --> 00:48:29,606
&gt;&gt; THE REAL MAGIC OF THIS IS 

1229
00:48:29,606 --> 00:48:30,674
THAT TRIBAL MEMBERS ARE ALLOWED 

1230
00:48:30,674 --> 00:48:32,843
INTO AREAS THAT THE REST OF US 

1231
00:48:32,843 --> 00:48:34,878
ARE NOT AND THAT IS THE RIGHT 

1232
00:48:34,878 --> 00:48:37,648
WAY TO GO ABOUT BUSINESS UP 

1233
00:48:37,648 --> 00:48:39,149
THERE. WHAT STRIKES ME IS THAT 

1234
00:48:39,149 --> 00:48:41,985
SPU OWNS A LOT OF DIFFERENT 

1235
00:48:41,985 --> 00:48:44,221
LAND. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN 

1236
00:48:44,221 --> 00:48:46,590
ENTIRE WATERSHED UP IN CEDAR 

1237
00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:47,658
RIVER. THE TOLT WATERSHED, WHICH

1238
00:48:47,658 --> 00:48:49,526
SUPPLIES NORTH OF THE SHIP 

1239
00:48:49,526 --> 00:48:53,030
CANAL, THAT'S WHY I LIKE THE 

1240
00:48:53,030 --> 00:48:58,468
CITY HALL WATER BETTER THAN THE 

1241
00:48:58,468 --> 00:49:01,071
BALLARD WATER. THEN WE TOOK UP 

1242
00:49:01,071 --> 00:49:05,475
THE GLACIER WELL PROPERTY SALE 

1243
00:49:05,475 --> 00:49:06,310
JUST LAST WEEK. WE ARE 

1244
00:49:06,310 --> 00:49:10,714
PURCHASING PROPERTIES LIKE THAT 

1245
00:49:10,714 --> 00:49:14,051
PROPERTY AT THE LOCKS, BY 

1246
00:49:14,051 --> 00:49:17,487
THORNTON CREEK -- NOT THORNTON 

1247
00:49:17,487 --> 00:49:20,057
CREEK, CARKEEK PARK. YOU'VE GOT

1248
00:49:20,057 --> 00:49:22,225
PIPELINES, RESERVOIRS, AND ALL 

1249
00:49:22,225 --> 00:49:24,494
THE REST. YOU'VE GOT LAND THAT 

1250
00:49:24,494 --> 00:49:26,129
IS DISPERSED GEOGRAPHICALLY 

1251
00:49:26,129 --> 00:49:30,167
OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARIES, 

1252
00:49:30,167 --> 00:49:32,436
AND WITHIN MANY DIFFERENT 

1253
00:49:32,436 --> 00:49:33,470
TRIBES' USUAL AND ACCUSTOMED 

1254
00:49:33,470 --> 00:49:34,905
AREAS. CAN YOU HELP US 

1255
00:49:34,905 --> 00:49:36,506
UNDERSTAND, MAYBE FOR THE CITY 

1256
00:49:36,506 --> 00:49:37,874
OF SEATTLE IT'S CLEARER, 

1257
00:49:37,874 --> 00:49:43,647
BECAUSE THERE WERE TREATIES IES 

1258
00:49:43,647 --> 00:49:47,184
SIGNED HERE . THE TRIBES HAVE 

1259
00:49:47,184 --> 00:49:48,352
CLEAR LEGAL RIGHTS. IN THESE 

1260
00:49:48,352 --> 00:49:50,253
OTHER AREAS WHERE IT MIGHT NOT 

1261
00:49:50,253 --> 00:49:53,290
BE SO CRYSTAL CLEAR, NUMBER ONE,

1262
00:49:53,290 --> 00:49:54,491
HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THIS? I 

1263
00:49:54,491 --> 00:50:00,797
MEAN, WE'VE GOT 29 TRIBES HERE 

1264
00:50:00,797 --> 00:50:02,933
IN OUR STATE, BUT NOT ALL 29 

1265
00:50:02,933 --> 00:50:04,434
HAVE STANDING HERE. HOW DO YOU 

1266
00:50:04,434 --> 00:50:05,335
NAVIGATE THIS? I SAY THAT 

1267
00:50:05,335 --> 00:50:06,203
BECAUSE, AGAIN, WE'VE GOT 

1268
00:50:06,203 --> 00:50:08,138
CLARITY HERE IN THE CITY OF 

1269
00:50:08,138 --> 00:50:10,007
SEATTLE, BUT THEN THERE'S MAYBE

1270
00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:13,076
LACK OF CLARITY IN OTHER PLACES.

1271
00:50:13,076 --> 00:50:14,745
TELL US ABOUT THIS. 

1272
00:50:14,745 --> 00:50:20,117
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU AGAIN, CHAIR 

1273
00:50:20,117 --> 00:50:21,051
STRAUSS, FOR THAT QUESTION. 

1274
00:50:21,051 --> 00:50:25,956
NAVIGATING THAT IS -- HAS TAKEN 

1275
00:50:25,956 --> 00:50:27,924
SOME WORK BUT ALSO, FOR THE MOST

1276
00:50:27,924 --> 00:50:30,961
PART, THE TRIBES KNOW BEST THEIR

1277
00:50:30,961 --> 00:50:36,633
OWN HISTORY, SO WE ENSURE THAT 

1278
00:50:36,633 --> 00:50:38,668
WE, I WOULD SAY, CAST A BROAD 

1279
00:50:38,668 --> 00:50:42,539
NET SO THAT WE DO OUR BEST TO 

1280
00:50:42,539 --> 00:50:44,508
INCLUDE TRIBES THAT WE FEEL 

1281
00:50:44,508 --> 00:50:46,009
MIGHT BE -- MIGHT HAVE A HISTORY

1282
00:50:46,009 --> 00:50:49,079
IN SUCH A PLACE AND LET THEM 

1283
00:50:49,079 --> 00:50:52,949
DECIDE AND TELL US, YES, WE DO 

1284
00:50:52,949 --> 00:50:55,485
HAVE -- THAT PLACE IS OF 

1285
00:50:55,485 --> 00:50:56,219
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO US. 

1286
00:50:56,219 --> 00:50:57,220
WE TAKE THE ENGAGEMENT FROM 

1287
00:50:57,220 --> 00:50:58,321
THERE AND LISTEN TO THEM. BUT 

1288
00:50:58,321 --> 00:51:01,191
FOR THE MOST PART, WE LEAVE THAT

1289
00:51:01,191 --> 00:51:03,560
UP TO THE TRIBES TO DECIDE AND 

1290
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:06,229
FOR US NOT TO TELL THEM WHAT 

1291
00:51:06,229 --> 00:51:08,498
THEIR HISTORY IS BECAUSE THAT --

1292
00:51:08,498 --> 00:51:11,268
THAT IS NOT -- THAT IS NOT A 

1293
00:51:11,268 --> 00:51:13,703
GOOD WAY TO START ANY 

1294
00:51:13,703 --> 00:51:15,705
RELATIONSHIP IS WE'RE TRYING TO

1295
00:51:15,705 --> 00:51:17,507
STEP BACK FROM ANYTHING THAT 

1296
00:51:17,507 --> 00:51:22,312
GIVES THAT SENSE TO THE TRIBES, 

1297
00:51:22,312 --> 00:51:24,915
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, MAKE SURE 

1298
00:51:24,915 --> 00:51:25,816
THAT THEY'RE AWARE WE'RE HERE 

1299
00:51:25,816 --> 00:51:27,784
TO LISTEN AND IF YOU'RE OPEN TO

1300
00:51:27,784 --> 00:51:33,590
SHARING THAT HISTORY WITH US OF 

1301
00:51:33,590 --> 00:51:35,525
THAT PLACE, PLEASE WE WELCOME 

1302
00:51:35,525 --> 00:51:37,360
THAT. BUT ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT 

1303
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:38,562
SOME OF THAT HISTORY IS THEIRS 

1304
00:51:38,562 --> 00:51:40,330
TO KEEP, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO

1305
00:51:40,330 --> 00:51:42,065
SHARE IT. AND WE WILL BE VERY 

1306
00:51:42,065 --> 00:51:43,834
RESPECTFUL OF THAT AS WELL. 

1307
00:51:43,834 --> 00:51:45,268
&gt;&gt; YEAH, IT'S A REALLY 

1308
00:51:45,268 --> 00:51:47,904
IMPORTANT POINT WHERE A LOT OF 

1309
00:51:47,904 --> 00:51:49,439
THE CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT 

1310
00:51:49,439 --> 00:51:51,508
LOCATIONS ARE NOT SHOWN ON GIS 

1311
00:51:51,508 --> 00:51:54,511
MAPS FOR THE BROADER COMMUNITY, 

1312
00:51:54,511 --> 00:51:56,646
AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY HELD WITHIN

1313
00:51:56,646 --> 00:51:57,714
SOVEREIGN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS. 

1314
00:51:57,714 --> 00:51:59,516
HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE THAT? YOU 

1315
00:51:59,516 --> 00:52:01,084
KNOW, LIKE YOU'VE GOT A PROJECT

1316
00:52:01,084 --> 00:52:02,586
COMING UP, REACH OUT TO THE 

1317
00:52:02,586 --> 00:52:04,921
TRIBE, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT

1318
00:52:04,921 --> 00:52:07,324
YOU'RE HONORING THE CULTURAL 

1319
00:52:07,324 --> 00:52:09,392
RESOURCES OF OUR AREA? 

1320
00:52:09,392 --> 00:52:11,361
&gt;&gt; THERE ARE PROCESSES, CHAIR 

1321
00:52:11,361 --> 00:52:15,899
STRAUSS, THAT PROTECT THAT FOR 

1322
00:52:15,899 --> 00:52:17,067
THE TRIBE. BUT FOR THE MOST 

1323
00:52:17,067 --> 00:52:19,369
PART, WE JUST NEED TO BE MADE 

1324
00:52:19,369 --> 00:52:22,372
AWARE OF WHAT THE AREA IS. WE 

1325
00:52:22,372 --> 00:52:23,807
DON'T NECESSARILY ASK WHAT IT 

1326
00:52:23,807 --> 00:52:25,976
MEANS TO THEM, BUT IF THEY SHARE

1327
00:52:25,976 --> 00:52:27,544
AND MAKE US AWARE THAT SOMETHING

1328
00:52:27,544 --> 00:52:29,146
IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, THEN WE 

1329
00:52:29,146 --> 00:52:31,781
WILL DO OUR BEST AND MAKE SURE 

1330
00:52:31,781 --> 00:52:32,782
THAT IS PROTECTED. 

1331
00:52:32,782 --> 00:52:33,450
&gt;&gt; THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I 

1332
00:52:33,450 --> 00:52:34,918
WANT TO PULL THAT OUT A LITTLE 

1333
00:52:34,918 --> 00:52:36,686
BIT MORE, WHICH IS THAT ALL THEY

1334
00:52:36,686 --> 00:52:39,656
HAVE TO SAY IS THAT THERE IS 

1335
00:52:39,656 --> 00:52:41,324
WITHIN THEIR MAPS THAT THERE IS 

1336
00:52:41,324 --> 00:52:41,925
CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT SPACE 

1337
00:52:41,925 --> 00:52:43,627
WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA, AND 

1338
00:52:43,627 --> 00:52:46,062
THEY DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU 

1339
00:52:46,062 --> 00:52:46,796
WHAT THAT CULTURAL MEANING IS, 

1340
00:52:46,796 --> 00:52:49,466
JUST THAT IT EXISTS AND WHERE IT

1341
00:52:49,466 --> 00:52:51,902
IS. AND WE HAVE TO PROTECT IT. 

1342
00:52:51,902 --> 00:52:56,273
IS IT REALLY JUST THAT SIMPLE? 

1343
00:52:56,273 --> 00:53:00,143
&gt;&gt; THERE'S A HISTORY OF IT, AND

1344
00:53:00,143 --> 00:53:02,979
WE -- WE NEED -- WE WOULD 

1345
00:53:02,979 --> 00:53:03,847
APPRECIATE KNOWING WHAT IT -- 

1346
00:53:03,847 --> 00:53:05,448
NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IT MEANS TO

1347
00:53:05,448 --> 00:53:08,351
THEM, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WHERE

1348
00:53:08,351 --> 00:53:11,922
IT IS SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT TO 

1349
00:53:11,922 --> 00:53:14,658
MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN PROTECT, 

1350
00:53:14,658 --> 00:53:15,125
YEAH. OR ASSIST IN. 

1351
00:53:15,125 --> 00:53:19,596
&gt;&gt; AND JUST TO ADD A LITTLE BIT 

1352
00:53:19,596 --> 00:53:21,698
OF PROCESS TO THAT, THE 

1353
00:53:21,698 --> 00:53:23,567
WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF 

1354
00:53:23,567 --> 00:53:28,004
ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORIC 

1355
00:53:28,004 --> 00:53:29,806
PRESERVATION PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN

1356
00:53:29,806 --> 00:53:35,812
THIS. THAT'S WHERE WE SEE SOME 

1357
00:53:35,812 --> 00:53:37,814
OF THOSE CODIFIED LEVELS OF 

1358
00:53:37,814 --> 00:53:39,516
PROTECTION. MANY OF OUR STAFF 

1359
00:53:39,516 --> 00:53:40,784
DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, ONLY 

1360
00:53:40,784 --> 00:53:42,586
TRIBAL MEMBERS HAVE ACCESS TO 

1361
00:53:42,586 --> 00:53:43,486
IT. THERE'S OTHER LAYERS OF 

1362
00:53:43,486 --> 00:53:44,254
INFORMATION THAT'S NOT 

1363
00:53:44,254 --> 00:53:47,624
PROTECTED UNDER THE STATE LAW 

1364
00:53:47,624 --> 00:53:49,159
THAT WE NAVIGATE CONFIDENTIALITY

1365
00:53:49,159 --> 00:53:49,426
PARTNERS. 

1366
00:53:49,426 --> 00:53:51,294
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU FOR THAT ADDITIONAL

1367
00:53:51,294 --> 00:53:53,163
ASPECT. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS 

1368
00:53:53,163 --> 00:53:57,400
TEASING OUT TO, WHICH IS, SORRY,

1369
00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:59,102
WHICH IS JUST TO SAY THAT THERE 

1370
00:53:59,102 --> 00:54:00,670
IS IMPORTANT PROTECTIONS AROUND 

1371
00:54:00,670 --> 00:54:04,608
THE MAPPING AND THE HISTORIES OF

1372
00:54:04,608 --> 00:54:06,876
CULTURAL RESOURCES IN OUR AREAS.

1373
00:54:06,876 --> 00:54:08,311
NUMBER ONE MOST IMPORTANT 

1374
00:54:08,311 --> 00:54:09,846
PRIVACY BUT THEN WE HAVE TO 

1375
00:54:09,846 --> 00:54:13,450
START WORRYING ABOUT THEFT AND 

1376
00:54:13,450 --> 00:54:17,520
PEOPLE GOING OUT THERE. HAVING 

1377
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:19,456
PROTECTED DATABASES AND FROM 

1378
00:54:19,456 --> 00:54:20,690
PDR, PUBLIC DISCLOSURE REQUESTS,

1379
00:54:20,690 --> 00:54:22,125
ET CETERA, HAVING THOSE 

1380
00:54:22,125 --> 00:54:23,893
RESOURCES PROTECTED BY THE 

1381
00:54:23,893 --> 00:54:28,865
GOVERNMENT IS CRITICAL SO 

1382
00:54:28,865 --> 00:54:29,933
UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES DON'T 

1383
00:54:29,933 --> 00:54:31,635
OCCUR. AND WITH THAT DOCK. 

1384
00:54:31,635 --> 00:54:33,536
THEATION THE TRIBES DON'T HAVE 

1385
00:54:33,536 --> 00:54:35,839
TO NECESSARILY SAY MUCH MORE 

1386
00:54:35,839 --> 00:54:36,940
THAN THERE'S HISTORY OF IT. 

1387
00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:39,309
BECAUSE FROM THERE IT'S NOT OUR

1388
00:54:39,309 --> 00:54:44,047
JOB TO PRY INTO THEIR LIVES, 

1389
00:54:44,047 --> 00:54:45,615
RIGHT? ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO 

1390
00:54:45,615 --> 00:54:47,317
SHARE THERE? AND THEN I'LL WRAP

1391
00:54:47,317 --> 00:54:48,852
US UP, UNLESS THERE'S OTHER 

1392
00:54:48,852 --> 00:54:49,152
QUESTIONS. 

1393
00:54:49,152 --> 00:54:53,223
&gt;&gt; NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING 

1394
00:54:53,223 --> 00:54:54,357
FURTHER TO SHARE. I THANK 

1395
00:54:54,357 --> 00:54:55,759
FRANCESCA FOR PICKING UP WHAT 

1396
00:54:55,759 --> 00:54:56,926
YOU WERE TRYING TO LAY DOWN 

1397
00:54:56,926 --> 00:54:58,428
THERE AND WHERE YOU WERE TRYING 

1398
00:54:58,428 --> 00:55:00,130
TO GO WITH THAT ONE. IT'S NOT 

1399
00:55:00,130 --> 00:55:02,065
JUST THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY 

1400
00:55:02,065 --> 00:55:03,400
TO PROTECT THAT, THERE ARE 

1401
00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:05,935
FEDERAL PROTECTIONS AND STATE 

1402
00:55:05,935 --> 00:55:06,836
PROTECTIONS IN PLACE THAT WE 

1403
00:55:06,836 --> 00:55:07,170
WILL FOLLOW. 

1404
00:55:07,170 --> 00:55:10,240
&gt;&gt; YEAH. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING

1405
00:55:10,240 --> 00:55:11,641
OUR LEADER THROUGH THAT, RIGHT? 

1406
00:55:11,641 --> 00:55:12,509
REALLY WITHOUT SOMEBODY HAVING 

1407
00:55:12,509 --> 00:55:14,811
IT AS THEIR SOLE JOB, IT IS A 

1408
00:55:14,811 --> 00:55:17,247
JOB THAT WILL GET LOST. AND 

1409
00:55:17,247 --> 00:55:19,849
HAVING YOU WITH OUR CITY FAMILY 

1410
00:55:19,849 --> 00:55:20,617
IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. I'LL 

1411
00:55:20,617 --> 00:55:22,585
JUST COME BACK TO THE QUESTION 

1412
00:55:22,585 --> 00:55:23,386
THAT COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 

1413
00:55:23,386 --> 00:55:25,055
BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE LOCKS AREA,

1414
00:55:25,055 --> 00:55:27,457
WHICH IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN A 

1415
00:55:27,457 --> 00:55:32,529
VILLAGE, THE BALLARD LOCKS AREA 

1416
00:55:32,529 --> 00:55:34,064
WAS A VILLAGE SINCE TIME 

1417
00:55:34,064 --> 00:55:36,933
IMMEMORIAL. -- I THINK I SAID IT

1418
00:55:36,933 --> 00:55:38,501
WRONG. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THE

1419
00:55:38,501 --> 00:55:39,703
AMERICANIZED VERSION OF THAT. 

1420
00:55:39,703 --> 00:55:42,038
LIVED THERE UNTIL THE LOCKS WERE

1421
00:55:42,038 --> 00:55:44,874
BUILT. THERE WAS URBAN LORE THAT

1422
00:55:44,874 --> 00:55:45,909
THERE WAS PROPERTY OFFERED, SAID

1423
00:55:45,909 --> 00:55:47,644
TO BE EXCHANGED TO BE ABLE TO 

1424
00:55:47,644 --> 00:55:50,313
BUILD THE LOCKS THERE. BUT 

1425
00:55:50,313 --> 00:55:51,948
AGAIN, THERE WAS NO TREATY 

1426
00:55:51,948 --> 00:55:53,683
WRITTEN. THERE WAS NO FORMAL 

1427
00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:56,052
PIECE OF PAPER SIGNED. AND SO HE

1428
00:55:56,052 --> 00:55:58,288
WAS MOVED TO PORT MADISON 

1429
00:55:58,288 --> 00:55:59,189
RESERVATION FROM WHAT I 

1430
00:55:59,189 --> 00:56:00,290
UNDERSTAND, AND THEN THIS COMES 

1431
00:56:00,290 --> 00:56:02,358
BACK TO WHERE WE WERE JUST 

1432
00:56:02,358 --> 00:56:06,296
EARLIER THIS WEEK TALKING ABOUT 

1433
00:56:06,296 --> 00:56:09,966
THE FORT LAWTON TAKEOVER MARCH 

1434
00:56:09,966 --> 00:56:11,568
8th OF 1970, AMERICAN INDIAN 

1435
00:56:11,568 --> 00:56:13,770
MOVEMENT COMING BACK TO SAY 

1436
00:56:13,770 --> 00:56:15,605
WE'RE MAKING GOOD ON THAT 

1437
00:56:15,605 --> 00:56:17,640
PROMISE. YOU CAN HEAR THE POWWOW

1438
00:56:17,640 --> 00:56:20,043
DRUMS AN AT THE LOCKS. AND THIS 

1439
00:56:20,043 --> 00:56:20,944
INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE IS 

1440
00:56:20,944 --> 00:56:22,979
IMPORTANT TO MAKE THAT A LIVING 

1441
00:56:22,979 --> 00:56:25,081
HISTORY SO THAT -- AND IT'S 

1442
00:56:25,081 --> 00:56:27,684
INTERESTING BECAUSE THE AREA OF 

1443
00:56:27,684 --> 00:56:29,152
SALMON BAY IS NOW FRESHWATER, 

1444
00:56:29,152 --> 00:56:30,887
USED TO BE SALT WATER. IT USED 

1445
00:56:30,887 --> 00:56:34,023
TO BE TIDAL. YOU USED TO BE ABLE

1446
00:56:34,023 --> 00:56:35,792
TO WALK TO MAGNOLIA FROM 

1447
00:56:35,792 --> 00:56:37,093
BALLARD. I GUESS YOU STILL CAN 

1448
00:56:37,093 --> 00:56:38,995
ON THE LOCKS, BUT THAT'S A 

1449
00:56:38,995 --> 00:56:39,963
DIFFERENT STORY. I BRING THIS UP

1450
00:56:39,963 --> 00:56:42,532
BECAUSE THIS IS A LIVING ASPECT 

1451
00:56:42,532 --> 00:56:48,071
OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE 

1452
00:56:48,071 --> 00:56:49,205
HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY. THE 

1453
00:56:49,205 --> 00:56:53,443
STREET IS NAMED AFTER THE PEOPLE

1454
00:56:53,443 --> 00:56:54,477
OF SALMON BAY. I'M GRATEFUL 

1455
00:56:54,477 --> 00:56:56,613
THAT NOT ONLY ARE YOU HELPING TO

1456
00:56:56,613 --> 00:56:58,314
PRESERVE THE ECOLOGY AND THE 

1457
00:56:58,314 --> 00:56:59,549
ENVIRONMENT, YOU ARE ALSO 

1458
00:56:59,549 --> 00:57:01,351
HELPING THE PASSER-BY ON THE 

1459
00:57:01,351 --> 00:57:03,286
BURKE GILMAN TRAIL WHO'S TAKING

1460
00:57:03,286 --> 00:57:07,290
A BREAK UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT 

1461
00:57:07,290 --> 00:57:11,795
MORE OF THE CANAL'S NOT ALWAYS 

1462
00:57:11,795 --> 00:57:13,630
LOOKED LIKE THAT. SO JUST 

1463
00:57:13,630 --> 00:57:14,664
GRATITUDE TO YOU THERE. ANYTHING

1464
00:57:14,664 --> 00:57:18,568
ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE FROM 

1465
00:57:18,568 --> 00:57:19,302
THIS ENTIRE PRESENTATION? 

1466
00:57:19,302 --> 00:57:21,571
&gt;&gt; JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. 

1467
00:57:21,571 --> 00:57:22,105
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 

1468
00:57:22,105 --> 00:57:23,540
STRAUSS, AND MEMBERS OF THE 

1469
00:57:23,540 --> 00:57:26,075
COMMITTEE FOR SHOWING A DEEP 

1470
00:57:26,075 --> 00:57:27,143
INTEREST AND COMMITMENT TO WORK.

1471
00:57:27,143 --> 00:57:28,878
I WANT TO THANK OUR TRIBAL 

1472
00:57:28,878 --> 00:57:31,247
PARTNERS. I MEAN, WE LEARN SO 

1473
00:57:31,247 --> 00:57:32,415
MUCH FROM THEM, AND WE'RE 

1474
00:57:32,415 --> 00:57:33,183
INCREDIBLY INDEBTED TO THEM. AND

1475
00:57:33,183 --> 00:57:36,653
THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS WORK 

1476
00:57:36,653 --> 00:57:38,388
THAT WE ALL BENEFIT FROM. AND I 

1477
00:57:38,388 --> 00:57:40,590
WISH MORE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT THE 

1478
00:57:40,590 --> 00:57:42,225
WORK THAT THEY ARE INCREDIBLY 

1479
00:57:42,225 --> 00:57:43,460
COMMITTED TO. AND THEN JUST 

1480
00:57:43,460 --> 00:57:46,229
LASTLY, HUGE THANK YOU TO 

1481
00:57:46,229 --> 00:57:47,730
FRANCESCA AND TO KYLE. THEY ARE 

1482
00:57:47,730 --> 00:57:49,199
INCREDIBLE PARTNERS IN THIS WORK

1483
00:57:49,199 --> 00:57:53,736
AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO 

1484
00:57:53,736 --> 00:57:54,237
HAVE THEM. THANK YOU. 

1485
00:57:54,237 --> 00:57:54,604
&gt;&gt; THANK YOU. 

1486
00:57:54,604 --> 00:57:57,474
&gt;&gt; I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, 

1487
00:57:57,474 --> 00:58:00,476
CHAIR STRAUSS AND THE COMMIT 

1488
00:58:00,476 --> 00:58:02,612
TEE, FOR PROVIDING THE 

1489
00:58:02,612 --> 00:58:03,780
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SHARE THIS

1490
00:58:03,780 --> 00:58:06,115
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT 

1491
00:58:06,115 --> 00:58:10,353
WE'RE DOING IN OUR TRIBAL 

1492
00:58:10,353 --> 00:58:11,955
ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. WHEN I FIRST

1493
00:58:11,955 --> 00:58:13,890
STARTED THIS POSITION, TRIBAL 

1494
00:58:13,890 --> 00:58:20,630
ENGAGEMENT WAS PROBABLY 60% OF 

1495
00:58:20,630 --> 00:58:23,333
MY JOB. IT IS NOW 100% PLUS. I 

1496
00:58:23,333 --> 00:58:24,467
THINK THIS WORK IS IMPORTANT, 

1497
00:58:24,467 --> 00:58:28,304
AND IT DOES SHOW THAT THE CITY 

1498
00:58:28,304 --> 00:58:31,641
DOES VALUE ITS TRIBAL RELATIONS.

1499
00:58:31,641 --> 00:58:33,142
BUT THANKS AGAIN FOR THE 

1500
00:58:33,142 --> 00:58:33,476
OPPORTUNITY. 

1501
00:58:33,476 --> 00:58:34,611
&gt;&gt; ABSOLUTELY. FRANCESCA, 

1502
00:58:34,611 --> 00:58:35,211
ANYTHING TO CLOSE OUT? 

1503
00:58:35,211 --> 00:58:40,283
&gt;&gt; IF WE'RE GOING DOWN THE 

1504
00:58:40,283 --> 00:58:41,451
LINE, I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, 

1505
00:58:41,451 --> 00:58:43,052
REITERATE THE THANK YOU AND 

1506
00:58:43,052 --> 00:58:45,421
GRATITUDE TO THE CITY TEAM, AND 

1507
00:58:45,421 --> 00:58:46,823
ESPECIALLY THE TRIBAL PARTNERS. 

1508
00:58:46,823 --> 00:58:47,657
THEY MAKE SIGNIFICANT 

1509
00:58:47,657 --> 00:58:48,858
INVESTMENTS IN FISHERIES ACROSS 

1510
00:58:48,858 --> 00:58:50,560
THE STATE AND IN OUR REGION. THE

1511
00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:52,729
CITY OF SEATTLE IS A RELATIVELY 

1512
00:58:52,729 --> 00:58:54,664
YOUNG POLITICAL ENTITY COMPARED 

1513
00:58:54,664 --> 00:58:55,765
TO OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS. IT'S 

1514
00:58:55,765 --> 00:58:57,567
REALLY HUMBLING, AND I COME TO 

1515
00:58:57,567 --> 00:58:59,802
THIS WORK WITH A LOT OF 

1516
00:58:59,802 --> 00:59:00,737
GRATITUDE FOR THEIR GUIDANCE AND

1517
00:59:00,737 --> 00:59:02,839
LEADERSHIP IN HOW WE CAN DO 

1518
00:59:02,839 --> 00:59:05,642
BETTER AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN 

1519
00:59:05,642 --> 00:59:06,276
ENGAGING WITH TRIBAL NATIONS. 

1520
00:59:06,276 --> 00:59:06,910
&gt;&gt; WONDERFUL. AND FRANCESCA, 

1521
00:59:06,910 --> 00:59:08,278
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A HEADS 

1522
00:59:08,278 --> 00:59:10,146
UP THAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK YOU 

1523
00:59:10,146 --> 00:59:12,048
ABOUT OUR APRIL 7th PRESENTATION

1524
00:59:12,048 --> 00:59:13,383
WITH THE CENTENNIAL ACCORD. I'M

1525
00:59:13,383 --> 00:59:17,420
GOING TO GIVE A COUPLE MORE 

1526
00:59:17,420 --> 00:59:18,554
ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT OUR 

1527
00:59:18,554 --> 00:59:19,188
COMMITTEE SCHEDULE. COLLEAGUES, 

1528
00:59:19,188 --> 00:59:22,258
WE HEARD YESTERDAY IN COUNCIL 

1529
00:59:22,258 --> 00:59:23,793
BRIEFING ABOUT THE MAYOR'S 

1530
00:59:23,793 --> 00:59:24,627
SHELTER LEGISLATION. WE ARE 

1531
00:59:24,627 --> 00:59:27,530
GOING TO BE HAVING A SPECIAL 

1532
00:59:27,530 --> 00:59:29,699
MEETING ON MONDAY, MARCH 30th AT

1533
00:59:29,699 --> 00:59:32,268
9:30 A.M. YES, THIS IS A MONDAY 

1534
00:59:32,268 --> 00:59:33,870
9:30 MEETING WHERE WE WILL 

1535
00:59:33,870 --> 00:59:37,507
RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE BUDGET

1536
00:59:37,507 --> 00:59:38,541
BILLS. WE HAD AN OVERVIEW 

1537
00:59:38,541 --> 00:59:39,676
YESTERDAY, SO I'M HOPING THAT 

1538
00:59:39,676 --> 00:59:42,946
IT SHOULD TAKE ONLY 30 TO 60 

1539
00:59:42,946 --> 00:59:48,885
MINUTES, AS TODAY WE'VE HAD 56 

1540
00:59:48,885 --> 00:59:53,923
#0 A 60-MINUTE PRESENTATION. 

1541
00:59:53,923 --> 00:59:56,059
MARCH 30th AT 9:00 A.M., WE'LL 

1542
00:59:56,059 --> 01:00:02,065
HAVE THE FIRST OF TWO MEETINGS. 

1543
01:00:02,065 --> 01:00:02,765
IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS, 

1544
01:00:02,765 --> 01:00:03,800
ESPECIALLY AFTER YESTERDAY ON 

1545
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:05,835
THE BUDGET LEGISLATION, GET THEM

1546
01:00:05,835 --> 01:00:08,304
IN ON THAT MONDAY, MARCH 30th 

1547
01:00:08,304 --> 01:00:09,472
COMMITTEE MEETING, BECAUSE THE 

1548
01:00:09,472 --> 01:00:10,606
NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED 

1549
01:00:10,606 --> 01:00:15,111
COMMITTEE MEETING IS APRIL 7th, 

1550
01:00:15,111 --> 01:00:16,679
AND IT'S BECOMING PACKED 

1551
01:00:16,679 --> 01:00:19,949
UNEXPECTEDLY. WE HAVE THE VOTE 

1552
01:00:19,949 --> 01:00:21,317
ON THE SHELTER LEGISLATION 

1553
01:00:21,317 --> 01:00:24,687
LIKELY. WE NEED TO ALSO PASS THE

1554
01:00:24,687 --> 01:00:26,489
GRANTS ORDINANCE. SO I WILL BE 

1555
01:00:26,489 --> 01:00:28,091
ASKING COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO THE 

1556
01:00:28,091 --> 01:00:33,830
SIDE IF THEY WANT TO DO THAT IN 

1557
01:00:33,830 --> 01:00:35,999
ONE MEETING OR TWO WITH THE 

1558
01:00:35,999 --> 01:00:37,100
GRANTS. WE'LL PASS THAT 

1559
01:00:37,100 --> 01:00:38,534
INFORMATION AROUND, BECAUSE 

1560
01:00:38,534 --> 01:00:40,570
FRANCESCA HAS SET US UP TO 

1561
01:00:40,570 --> 01:00:41,637
RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE

1562
01:00:41,637 --> 01:00:43,606
CENTENNIAL ACCORD AT THE 

1563
01:00:43,606 --> 01:00:47,844
WASHINGTON STATE LEVEL. SO I 

1564
01:00:47,844 --> 01:00:50,580
BELIEVE TIM IS COMING DOWN FROM 

1565
01:00:50,580 --> 01:00:53,082
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE -- OR 

1566
01:00:53,082 --> 01:00:53,516
SOMEBODY ELSE? 

1567
01:00:53,516 --> 01:00:54,150
&gt;&gt; YES. 

1568
01:00:54,150 --> 01:00:55,518
&gt;&gt; I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 

1569
01:00:55,518 --> 01:00:57,420
FRANCESCA. ONE OF THE HOPES WE 

1570
01:00:57,420 --> 01:00:58,988
HAD HAD WAS TO HAVE A 

1571
01:00:58,988 --> 01:01:00,123
PRESENTATION FROM FRANCESCA TO 

1572
01:01:00,123 --> 01:01:01,391
US ABOUT WHAT THE CENTENNIAL 

1573
01:01:01,391 --> 01:01:02,458
ACCORD IS BEFORE WE HAD THE 

1574
01:01:02,458 --> 01:01:04,627
EXPERTS COME DOWN SO THAT WE 

1575
01:01:04,627 --> 01:01:08,431
WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARED.

1576
01:01:08,431 --> 01:01:10,033
I'M NOT GOING TO REQUIRE THAT. 

1577
01:01:10,033 --> 01:01:14,270
IF WE'VE GOT THE TIME, WE'RE 

1578
01:01:14,270 --> 01:01:20,209
GOING TO BRING THEM IN. SO 30 

1579
01:01:20,209 --> 01:01:21,711
SECONDS FOR A 100-YEAR PROJECT. 

1580
01:01:21,711 --> 01:01:22,512
AND YOU CAN TAKE LONGER, YOU'VE

1581
01:01:22,512 --> 01:01:26,249
GOT AN HOUR IF YOU WANT IT, BUT 

1582
01:01:26,249 --> 01:01:27,316
EXPLAIN WHAT THE CENTENNIAL 

1583
01:01:27,316 --> 01:01:30,653
ACCORD IS AND HOW WE CAN BE 

1584
01:01:30,653 --> 01:01:32,155
PREPARED TO RECEIVE THAT 

1585
01:01:32,155 --> 01:01:32,488
INFORMATION? 

1586
01:01:32,488 --> 01:01:39,429
&gt;&gt; I'M HAPPY TO SHARE A FEW 

1587
01:01:39,429 --> 01:01:49,505
CONTEXTUAL DOCUMENTS IN ADVANCE.

1588
01:01:49,505 --> 01:01:51,174
AND THE CENTENNIAL ACCORD, IT'S

1589
01:01:51,174 --> 01:01:52,508
THE GUIDING DOCUMENT AND 

1590
01:01:52,508 --> 01:01:55,244
FRAMEWORK THAT THE STATE OF 

1591
01:01:55,244 --> 01:01:57,013
WASHINGTON USES TO RECOGNIZE ITS

1592
01:01:57,013 --> 01:01:57,613
RELATIONSHIP WITH FEDERALLY 

1593
01:01:57,613 --> 01:01:58,448
RECOGNIZED TRIBES IN THE STATE 

1594
01:01:58,448 --> 01:02:00,249
OF WASHINGTON, AS WELL AS TRIBES

1595
01:02:00,249 --> 01:02:02,351
FROM A FEW OTHER STATES LIKE 

1596
01:02:02,351 --> 01:02:04,087
OREGON AND IDAHO, WHO HAVE 

1597
01:02:04,087 --> 01:02:06,689
INTEREST IN WASHINGTON STATE 

1598
01:02:06,689 --> 01:02:08,458
BECAUSE OF THEIR ANCESTRAL 

1599
01:02:08,458 --> 01:02:09,659
TERRITORIES. SO THE CENTENNIAL 

1600
01:02:09,659 --> 01:02:12,728
ACCORD FOLLOWED BY THE NEW 

1601
01:02:12,728 --> 01:02:13,730
MILLENNIUM AGREEMENT AND THE 

1602
01:02:13,730 --> 01:02:14,363
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDELINES ARE 

1603
01:02:14,363 --> 01:02:16,532
ABOUT THIS LIVING BODY OF WORK 

1604
01:02:16,532 --> 01:02:19,102
WITHIN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. 

1605
01:02:19,102 --> 01:02:19,602
THEY ACTUALIZE THAT 

1606
01:02:19,602 --> 01:02:20,703
RELATIONSHIP. SO WE WILL BE 

1607
01:02:20,703 --> 01:02:22,171
PLEASED TO SHARE THAT MODEL WITH

1608
01:02:22,171 --> 01:02:23,840
YOU ALL AND DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT

1609
01:02:23,840 --> 01:02:26,542
ABOUT HOW THIS LOOKS AT THE CITY

1610
01:02:26,542 --> 01:02:27,577
OF SEATTLE LEVEL. 

1611
01:02:27,577 --> 01:02:29,545
&gt;&gt; YEAH, SO WE'RE TALKING THAT 

1612
01:02:29,545 --> 01:02:31,481
THROUGH. THIS IS A MEETING WHERE

1613
01:02:31,481 --> 01:02:33,049
TRIBAL LEADERS COME TO OLYMPIA 

1614
01:02:33,049 --> 01:02:34,751
EVERY YEAR TO CONTINUE THE WORK 

1615
01:02:34,751 --> 01:02:37,386
OF THE PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN 

1616
01:02:37,386 --> 01:02:41,891
OUTLINED BY THE CENTENNIAL AND 

1617
01:02:41,891 --> 01:02:47,897
THE MILLENNIUM ACCORDS, IS THAT 

1618
01:02:47,897 --> 01:02:48,698
A GOOD UNDERSTANDING? 

1619
01:02:48,698 --> 01:02:49,899
&gt;&gt; YEAH. LIKE OUR TRIBAL NATION 

1620
01:02:49,899 --> 01:02:52,335
SUMMIT, VERY SIMILAR TO THAT. 

1621
01:02:52,335 --> 01:02:55,438
THE ACCORD AS A DOCUMENT SETS UP

1622
01:02:55,438 --> 01:02:57,673
STATE CODE THAT CODIFIES LEVELS 

1623
01:02:57,673 --> 01:02:58,808
OF THAT RELATIONSHIP. STATE 

1624
01:02:58,808 --> 01:03:00,843
AGENCIES HAVE CONSULTATION AND 

1625
01:03:00,843 --> 01:03:01,444
COLLABORATION POLICIES. THEY 

1626
01:03:01,444 --> 01:03:02,478
HAVE LIAISONS WITHIN THEIR 

1627
01:03:02,478 --> 01:03:04,380
AGENCIES AND ACCESS TO STAFF 

1628
01:03:04,380 --> 01:03:05,915
TRAINING. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS

1629
01:03:05,915 --> 01:03:10,052
TOGETHER KIND OF MAKE UP THE 

1630
01:03:10,052 --> 01:03:10,253
WORK. 

1631
01:03:10,253 --> 01:03:12,622
&gt;&gt; SO AT A HIGH LEVEL THIS IS 

1632
01:03:12,622 --> 01:03:13,623
ONGOING WORK WHERE LEADERS COME 

1633
01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:17,059
TO MEET ONCE A YEAR TO ENSURE 

1634
01:03:17,059 --> 01:03:18,528
THAT THE FOLLOW-UP ACTIONS IN 

1635
01:03:18,528 --> 01:03:20,163
BETWEEN THOSE TWO MEETINGS HAVE 

1636
01:03:20,163 --> 01:03:21,597
BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AND CONTINUING

1637
01:03:21,597 --> 01:03:24,534
TO MAKE AREAS OF AGREEMENT AND 

1638
01:03:24,534 --> 01:03:26,569
BODIES OF WORK. IS THAT -- IS 

1639
01:03:26,569 --> 01:03:29,605
THERE ANY FORMALIZED PROCESS IN 

1640
01:03:29,605 --> 01:03:32,909
BETWEEN THE ANNUAL MEETINGS? 

1641
01:03:32,909 --> 01:03:35,311
&gt;&gt; UNDER THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP,

1642
01:03:35,311 --> 01:03:37,246
I BELIEVE THEY ARE MOVING TO 

1643
01:03:37,246 --> 01:03:38,848
QUARTERLY MINI ACCORDS WHERE 

1644
01:03:38,848 --> 01:03:40,716
THEY ARE ENGAGING MORE ROUTINELY

1645
01:03:40,716 --> 01:03:42,218
WITH TRIBAL LEADERS IN THE 

1646
01:03:42,218 --> 01:03:43,653
INTERIM PERIODS. AND THAT'S A 

1647
01:03:43,653 --> 01:03:45,221
RELATIVELY NEW INITIATIVE. YOU 

1648
01:03:45,221 --> 01:03:47,390
KNOW, I THINK THE STATE IS 

1649
01:03:47,390 --> 01:03:48,891
LOOKING TO REFRESH AND REVAMP 

1650
01:03:48,891 --> 01:03:51,661
BECAUSE IT IS A LIVING PROCESS. 

1651
01:03:51,661 --> 01:03:54,397
AND SO GOVERNOR FERGUSON THIS 

1652
01:03:54,397 --> 01:03:56,032
LAST FALL, WITH THE LAST ACCORD,

1653
01:03:56,032 --> 01:03:58,267
ISSUED A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER 

1654
01:03:58,267 --> 01:04:00,703
CALLING FOR CHANGES TO THE 

1655
01:04:00,703 --> 01:04:01,370
STATEWIDE CONSULTATION 

1656
01:04:01,370 --> 01:04:01,971
ENGAGEMENT EXPECTATIONS. AND 

1657
01:04:01,971 --> 01:04:04,473
THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE 

1658
01:04:04,473 --> 01:04:05,808
MODEL TO BUT HELPING DIRECT 

1659
01:04:05,808 --> 01:04:06,842
STATE AGENCIES TO DO THOSE 

1660
01:04:06,842 --> 01:04:09,478
THINGS IS THE GOAL OF THAT WORK.

1661
01:04:09,478 --> 01:04:10,513
AND THAT IS ONGOING, SO GORDON 

1662
01:04:10,513 --> 01:04:11,914
WILL BE TELLING US A LITTLE BIT 

1663
01:04:11,914 --> 01:04:14,684
ABOUT WHERE THIS WORK IS AT NOW.

1664
01:04:14,684 --> 01:04:15,585
&gt;&gt; THAT'S FANTASTIC. 

1665
01:04:15,585 --> 01:04:19,355
COLLEAGUES, AS WE ARE TAKING TWO

1666
01:04:19,355 --> 01:04:20,756
PATHS WITH OUR GOVERNMENT 

1667
01:04:20,756 --> 01:04:21,824
RELATIONSHIPS AND CONSULTATION, 

1668
01:04:21,824 --> 01:04:25,661
KYLE AND I WERE ABLE TO SPEAK 

1669
01:04:25,661 --> 01:04:26,696
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 

1670
01:04:26,696 --> 01:04:31,267
OUTREACH AND CONSULTATION AND 

1671
01:04:31,267 --> 01:04:32,969
WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS 

1672
01:04:32,969 --> 01:04:33,836
MEAN. WE'VE HAD THE TRIBAL 

1673
01:04:33,836 --> 01:04:34,837
SUMMIT HERE EVERY OTHER YEAR. I 

1674
01:04:34,837 --> 01:04:38,708
THINK THERE'S A HOPE AND DESIRE

1675
01:04:38,708 --> 01:04:41,611
TO MAKE IT AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE 

1676
01:04:41,611 --> 01:04:43,346
EVENTUALLY. AND BOTH OF THESE 

1677
01:04:43,346 --> 01:04:46,315
TWO TOPICS ARE CONTAINED WITHIN 

1678
01:04:46,315 --> 01:04:47,617
OUR STATE'S ACCORDS, RIGHT? AND

1679
01:04:47,617 --> 01:04:49,185
SO AS WE RECEIVE THIS 

1680
01:04:49,185 --> 01:04:51,721
PRESENTATION ON APRIL 7th, I 

1681
01:04:51,721 --> 01:04:53,022
THINK THAT'S WHERE I'M HOPING 

1682
01:04:53,022 --> 01:04:55,458
OUR QUESTIONS AND OUR MINDSET GO

1683
01:04:55,458 --> 01:04:57,560
TO IS WHAT CAN WE MODEL WELL, 

1684
01:04:57,560 --> 01:04:59,795
WHAT DO WE NOT NEED TO DO 

1685
01:04:59,795 --> 01:05:00,429
BECAUSE IT'S BEING 

1686
01:05:00,429 --> 01:05:01,230
ACCOMPLISHED, AND HOW DO WE 

1687
01:05:01,230 --> 01:05:06,769
BRING SEATTLE INTO A PLACE THAT 

1688
01:05:06,769 --> 01:05:08,971
HAS A SIMILAR PROCESS OF ONGOING

1689
01:05:08,971 --> 01:05:09,538
CONVERSATION, ONGOING WORK, 

1690
01:05:09,538 --> 01:05:11,807
BECAUSE OTHER THAN KING COUNTY, 

1691
01:05:11,807 --> 01:05:14,510
I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE THE 

1692
01:05:14,510 --> 01:05:15,645
LARGEST GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE.

1693
01:05:15,645 --> 01:05:20,549
MAYBE THERE'S PIERCE AND 

1694
01:05:20,549 --> 01:05:21,884
SNOHOMISH, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT 

1695
01:05:21,884 --> 01:05:24,020
WE DO THE WORK. ON APRIL 7th, WE

1696
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:25,955
WILL HAVE THE SHELTER VOTE, 

1697
01:05:25,955 --> 01:05:27,890
LIKELY, GRANTS VOTE LIKELY, AND 

1698
01:05:27,890 --> 01:05:28,524
THIS PRESENTATION ON THE 

1699
01:05:28,524 --> 01:05:29,825
CENTENNIAL ACCORD, WHICH IS WHY 

1700
01:05:29,825 --> 01:05:31,494
I ASKED IF YOU'VE GOT HARD 

1701
01:05:31,494 --> 01:05:32,728
HITTING QUESTIONS YOU NEED THE 

1702
01:05:32,728 --> 01:05:34,830
ANSWERS TO, PLEASE BRING THEM TO

1703
01:05:34,830 --> 01:05:36,265
MONDAY, MARCH 30th, SO THAT WE 

1704
01:05:36,265 --> 01:05:39,568
CAN RESERVE TIME ON APRIL 7th 

1705
01:05:39,568 --> 01:05:41,337
FOR THE CENTENNIAL ACCORD 

1706
01:05:41,337 --> 01:05:44,674
DISCUSSION. AS WELL TOMORROW IN 

1707
01:05:44,674 --> 01:05:50,112
THE CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE IS JAJ 

1708
01:05:50,112 --> 01:06:00,656
IT THE SKAGITRELY SENSING. I DO 

1709
01:06:01,023 --> 01:06:02,692
WANT TO BRING UP WITH GREAT 

1710
01:06:02,692 --> 01:06:04,860
GRATITUDE WE'RE AT THIS PLACE 

1711
01:06:04,860 --> 01:06:08,130
AND THIS AGREEMENT BECAUSE 

1712
01:06:08,130 --> 01:06:10,366
HAVING THREE TRIBES THAT SINCE 

1713
01:06:10,366 --> 01:06:12,134
TIME IMMEMORIAL HAVE SOMETIMES 

1714
01:06:12,134 --> 01:06:13,436
AGREED AND SOMETIMES NOT AGREED,

1715
01:06:13,436 --> 01:06:15,938
IT IS A REALLY BIG PIECE OF WORK

1716
01:06:15,938 --> 01:06:18,574
FOR US TO FIND THIS AGREEMENT 

1717
01:06:18,574 --> 01:06:20,509
BETWEEN THREE SOVEREIGN NATIONS 

1718
01:06:20,509 --> 01:06:23,446
BEYOND JUST THE UNITED STATES 

1719
01:06:23,446 --> 01:06:25,181
GOVERNMENT. AND SO IT'S REALLY 

1720
01:06:25,181 --> 01:06:27,049
WONDERFUL THAT WE'LL HAVE THEM 

1721
01:06:27,049 --> 01:06:28,050
IN COMMITTEE TOMORROW. THE 

1722
01:06:28,050 --> 01:06:29,185
TRIBAL LEADERS WILL BE IN 

1723
01:06:29,185 --> 01:06:30,186
COMMITTEE TOMORROW AND THEN 

1724
01:06:30,186 --> 01:06:32,021
AGAIN ON -- I DON'T KNOW THAT 

1725
01:06:32,021 --> 01:06:34,056
THEY WILL BE THERE BUT ON APRIL 

1726
01:06:34,056 --> 01:06:39,562
1st, WE WILL HAVE THE ITEM IN 

1727
01:06:39,562 --> 01:06:41,497
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ'S 

1728
01:06:41,497 --> 01:06:42,431
COMMITTEE AGAIN. JUST WITH 

1729
01:06:42,431 --> 01:06:43,032
GRATITUDE. ANYTHING ELSE? IF 

1730
01:06:43,032 --> 01:06:45,468
THIS -- IF THERE'S NOTHING 

1731
01:06:45,468 --> 01:06:48,971
ELSE, THIS CONCLUDES THE 

1732
01:06:48,971 --> 01:06:49,939
TUESDAY, MARCH 17th, COMMITTEE 

1733
01:06:49,939 --> 01:06:50,873
MEETING. THIS COMMITTEE WILL 

1734
01:06:50,873 --> 01:06:53,776
MEET NEXT FOR A SPECIAL MEETING 

1735
01:06:53,776 --> 01:06:55,378
ON MONDAY, MARCH 30th AT 9:30 

1736
01:06:55,378 --> 01:06:56,479
A.M. SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS 

1737
01:06:56,479 --> 01:06:59,014
TO COME BEFORE THE 

