1 00:00:20,653 --> 00:00:21,955 >>> GOOD MORNING, THE HUMAN 2 00:00:21,955 --> 00:00:22,589 SERVICES, LABOR, AND ECONOMIC 3 00:00:22,589 --> 00:00:23,823 DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING OF 4 00:00:23,823 --> 00:00:26,059 THE SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL WILL 5 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:27,494 NOW COME TO ORDER. IT IS NOW 6 00:00:27,494 --> 00:00:29,095 9:33 A.M., FRIDAY, APRIL 17th, 7 00:00:29,095 --> 00:00:31,965 2026. I AM ALEXIS MERCEDES 8 00:00:31,965 --> 00:00:34,000 RINCK, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 9 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:36,202 WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL 10 00:00:36,202 --> 00:00:39,005 AND TAKE NOTE THAT COUNCILMEMBER 11 00:00:39,005 --> 00:00:39,873 HOLLINGSWORTH IS EXCUSED. 12 00:00:39,873 --> 00:00:50,417 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] CHAIR, 13 00:00:54,154 --> 00:00:55,054 THERE ARE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT. 14 00:00:55,188 --> 00:00:56,456 >> THANK YOU, WE WILL NOW MOVE 15 00:00:56,456 --> 00:00:57,424 TO APPROVAL OF TODAY'S AGENDA. 16 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:59,159 IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 17 00:00:59,159 --> 00:01:07,801 AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. HEARING 18 00:01:07,801 --> 00:01:08,902 NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA IS 19 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:09,702 ADOPTED. HELLO, AND WELCOME, 20 00:01:09,702 --> 00:01:10,670 EVERYONE, WE HAVE A PACKED 21 00:01:10,670 --> 00:01:11,871 AGENDA TODAY. WE WILL BEGIN THIS 22 00:01:11,871 --> 00:01:13,139 MORNING WITH A BRIEFING FROM THE 23 00:01:13,139 --> 00:01:13,840 SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION, 24 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:14,774 FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL VOTES ON 25 00:01:14,774 --> 00:01:15,542 APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION, 26 00:01:15,542 --> 00:01:16,676 THEN WE WILL HAVE EVERYTHING 27 00:01:16,676 --> 00:01:17,744 FROM THE LABOR ADVISORY 28 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:24,184 STANDARDS COMMISSION ON THEIR 29 00:01:24,184 --> 00:01:25,518 BODY OF WORK, THEN END WITH A 30 00:01:25,518 --> 00:01:26,386 BRIEFING ON WORKFORCE 31 00:01:26,386 --> 00:01:27,087 DEVELOPMENT. FOR MY COLLEAGUES 32 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:27,954 IN THE VIEWING PUBLIC, SIMILAR 33 00:01:27,954 --> 00:01:29,489 TO OUR LAST MEETING OF THIS 34 00:01:29,489 --> 00:01:31,424 COMMITTEE, DURING THE LABOR 35 00:01:31,424 --> 00:01:32,125 STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMISSION 36 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:33,560 BRIEFING, WE WILL HAVE SPANISH 37 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:38,932 LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION FROM ONE 38 00:01:38,932 --> 00:01:40,266 OF OUR PANELISTS, SO THEY CAN 39 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:41,301 FULLY JOIN THE DISCUSSION. WITH 40 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:42,936 THAT, WE WILL NOW OPEN THE 41 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:45,605 HYBRID PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. 42 00:01:45,605 --> 00:01:46,306 COMMENTS SHOULD RELATE TO 43 00:01:46,306 --> 00:01:47,407 TODAY'S AGENDA OR WITHIN THE 44 00:01:47,407 --> 00:01:48,308 PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE. HOW 45 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:49,542 MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED 46 00:01:49,542 --> 00:01:50,743 UP FOR TODAY? X CURRENTLY, WE 47 00:01:50,743 --> 00:01:52,178 HAVE ZERO INTEREST IN SPEAKERS 48 00:01:52,178 --> 00:01:53,046 AND ZERO REMOTE SPEAKERS. 49 00:01:53,046 --> 00:01:54,380 >> ALL RIGHT, GOING ONCE, GOING 50 00:01:54,380 --> 00:01:59,118 TWICE. HEARING THAT WE HAVE NO 51 00:01:59,118 --> 00:02:00,420 REGISTERED SPEAKERS FOR TODAY, 52 00:02:00,420 --> 00:02:06,326 WE WILL NOW PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS 53 00:02:06,326 --> 00:02:07,527 OF BUSINESS. SO, MOVING ON TO 54 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:08,895 OUR FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS, 55 00:02:08,895 --> 00:02:10,296 WHILE THE CLERK PLEASE READ 56 00:02:10,296 --> 00:02:11,664 ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7 INTO THE 57 00:02:11,664 --> 00:02:13,233 RECORD? COLLEAGUES, THE CLERK 58 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:16,436 WILL READ ITEMS 1 THROUGH 7 INTO 59 00:02:16,436 --> 00:02:22,175 THE RECORD, SO WE WILL DISCUSS 60 00:02:22,175 --> 00:02:23,710 THESE ITEMS AT ONE TIME. I WILL 61 00:02:23,710 --> 00:02:24,944 MOVE THESE ITEMS AS A PACKAGE 62 00:02:24,944 --> 00:02:26,112 AFTER WE HAVE DISCUSSED BOTH THE 63 00:02:26,112 --> 00:02:27,280 OVERVIEW AND APPOINTMENT TO THE 64 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:28,448 SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION. 65 00:02:28,448 --> 00:02:34,020 >> ITEM 1, SEATTLE MUSIC 66 00:02:34,020 --> 00:02:34,654 COMMISSION OVERVIEW, BRIEFING 67 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:35,889 AND DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE 68 00:02:35,889 --> 00:02:40,927 VOTES. ITEM 2, APPT 03474, 69 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:41,494 APPOINTMENT OF RYAN PATRICK 70 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:42,562 DEVLIN AS MEMBER OF THE SEATTLE 71 00:02:42,562 --> 00:02:47,300 MUSIC COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO 72 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:48,401 AUGUST 31st, 2028. BRIEFING, 73 00:02:48,401 --> 00:02:49,335 DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE. 74 00:02:49,335 --> 00:02:53,106 ITEM NUMBER 3, APPT 03475, 75 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:57,544 APPOINTMENT OF JANICE JIMENEZ AS 76 00:02:57,544 --> 00:02:58,611 MEMBER OF SEATTLE MUSIC 77 00:02:58,611 --> 00:03:05,585 COMMISSION. FOR BRIEFING, 78 00:03:05,585 --> 00:03:06,319 DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTE 79 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:07,687 POINT ITEM NUMBER 4, APPT 03476, 80 00:03:07,687 --> 00:03:08,288 APPOINTMENT OF MARSHALL HUGH 81 00:03:08,288 --> 00:03:09,956 MASSING OUT AS MEMBER OF SEATTLE 82 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:11,925 MUSIC COMMISSION . BRIEFING, 83 00:03:11,925 --> 00:03:13,026 DISCUSSION, POSSIBLE BOOK. ITEM 84 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:17,063 5, APPT 03477, APPOINTMENT OF 85 00:03:17,063 --> 00:03:20,466 SEVEN SKY SPILLIOS AS MEMBER OF 86 00:03:20,466 --> 00:03:23,002 SEATTLE MUSIC COMMISSION . A 87 00:03:23,002 --> 00:03:24,204 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION, AND 88 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:30,343 POSSIBLE VOTES. ITEM 6, APPT 89 00:03:30,343 --> 00:03:31,344 03478, APPOINTMENT OF TINA MARIE 90 00:03:31,344 --> 00:03:32,712 TYLER AS MEMBER OF SEATTLE MUSIC 91 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:37,850 COMMISSION FOR A TERM TO AUGUST 92 00:03:37,850 --> 00:03:38,551 31st, 2028 POINT BRIEFING, 93 00:03:38,551 --> 00:03:39,485 DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE VOTES. 94 00:03:39,485 --> 00:03:40,386 ITEM 7, APPT 03479, APPOINTMENT 95 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:50,763 OF K.M. VAN PATTEN . 96 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:55,235 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, I SEE WE 97 00:03:55,235 --> 00:03:55,935 HAVE OUR PRESENTERS WHO HAVE 98 00:03:55,935 --> 00:03:57,236 JOINED US AT THE TABLE AND I 99 00:03:57,236 --> 00:03:58,538 KNOW WE HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO 100 00:03:58,538 --> 00:03:59,806 JOINED US ONLINE, SO BEFORE WE 101 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:01,140 GET STARTED, IF YOU CAN TAKE A 102 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:02,141 MOMENT AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF BY 103 00:04:02,141 --> 00:04:03,209 STATING YOUR NAME INTO THE 104 00:04:03,209 --> 00:04:08,748 MICROPHONE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 105 00:04:08,748 --> 00:04:19,058 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] 106 00:04:19,459 --> 00:04:20,994 >> IF WE CAN TAKE ONE MOMENT, I 107 00:04:20,994 --> 00:04:22,462 THINK -- CAN YOU MAKE SURE THE 108 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:23,396 MICROPHONES ARE TURNED ON BY 109 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:23,997 PRESSING THAT BUTTON? 110 00:04:23,997 --> 00:04:26,799 >> MIC CHECK, MIC CHECKS, THERE 111 00:04:26,799 --> 00:04:27,200 WE GO. 112 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:28,067 >> SCOTT, REINTRODUCE HIMSELF. 113 00:04:28,067 --> 00:04:30,603 >> SURE. [ INAUDIBLE ] 114 00:04:30,603 --> 00:04:31,838 >> TINA MARIE TYLER. 115 00:04:31,838 --> 00:04:38,778 >> K VAN PETTEN. 116 00:04:38,778 --> 00:04:39,545 >> SEVEN SKY SPILLIOS. 117 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:41,781 >> OUR FOLKS ONLINE. 118 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:49,956 >> THE JANICE GIMENEZ. 119 00:04:49,956 --> 00:04:51,024 >> THANK YOU, I BELIEVE THAT'S 120 00:04:51,024 --> 00:04:52,058 EVERYONE WE HAVE HERE, PLEASE 121 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:52,859 PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION. 122 00:04:52,859 --> 00:04:54,427 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND GOOD 123 00:04:54,427 --> 00:04:55,094 MORNING, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 124 00:04:55,094 --> 00:04:56,129 THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE. I 125 00:04:56,129 --> 00:04:57,497 AM THE NIGHTLIFE BUSINESS 126 00:04:57,497 --> 00:05:01,567 ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY AND OFFICE 127 00:05:01,567 --> 00:05:02,669 OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL 128 00:05:02,669 --> 00:05:03,302 AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON 129 00:05:03,302 --> 00:05:04,237 FOR THE SEATTLE MUSIC 130 00:05:04,237 --> 00:05:12,078 COMMISSION. 131 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:13,379 >> GREAT, I'M GOING TO GIVE A 132 00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:14,514 LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE MUSIC 133 00:05:14,514 --> 00:05:18,351 COMMISSION FOR FOLKS. THE MUSIC 134 00:05:18,351 --> 00:05:19,085 COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 135 00:05:19,085 --> 00:05:21,120 2010 BY A COUNCIL RESOLUTION 136 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,422 THEN FULLY RATIFIED IN THE CITY 137 00:05:22,422 --> 00:05:23,322 ORDINANCE OF 2014. THE 138 00:05:23,322 --> 00:05:31,331 COMMISSION IS A GROUP OF 139 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:32,031 INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER 140 00:05:32,031 --> 00:05:32,765 STAKEHOLDERS ASSEMBLE TO ADVISE 141 00:05:32,765 --> 00:05:34,267 THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 142 00:05:34,267 --> 00:05:35,601 DEVELOPMENT IN ITS ADVOCACY FOR 143 00:05:35,601 --> 00:05:40,206 THE POLICY OF SEATTLE'S SUPPORT 144 00:05:40,206 --> 00:05:41,341 AND GROWTH OF LOCAL MUSIC 145 00:05:41,341 --> 00:05:42,542 INDUSTRY AND IMMUNITY. [ 146 00:05:42,542 --> 00:05:45,311 INAUDIBLE ] AND CONVEY THE 147 00:05:45,311 --> 00:05:46,379 CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THE 148 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:52,618 INDUSTRY , MUSICIANS, AND LIVE 149 00:05:52,618 --> 00:05:53,486 MUSIC AUDIENCE THAT COMPRISE THE 150 00:05:53,486 --> 00:05:54,320 CITY'S LOCAL MUSIC ECONOMY. 151 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:55,621 THERE ARE 21 MEMBERS ON THE 152 00:05:55,621 --> 00:06:02,195 COMMITTEE REPRESENTING THE 153 00:06:02,195 --> 00:06:03,229 INDUSTRY SECTORS BUT 11 ARE 154 00:06:03,229 --> 00:06:04,430 APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR AND 10 155 00:06:04,430 --> 00:06:05,465 ARE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL. 156 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:06,532 THEY EACH SERVE THREE-YEAR 157 00:06:06,532 --> 00:06:10,570 TERMS. THE COMMISSION IS 158 00:06:10,570 --> 00:06:17,410 COMPRISED OF FOUR COMMITTEES. 159 00:06:17,410 --> 00:06:18,711 OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN MAY 160 00:06:18,711 --> 00:06:21,347 ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY AT NOON. 161 00:06:21,347 --> 00:06:27,387 WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 162 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,589 WHICH IS COMPRISED OF CHAIRS AND 163 00:06:29,589 --> 00:06:30,223 COCHAIRS OF EACH SUBCOMMITTEE, 164 00:06:30,223 --> 00:06:31,090 AND THE ADVOCACY AND ECONOMIC 165 00:06:31,090 --> 00:06:32,492 DEVELOPMENT AND [ INAUDIBLE ] 166 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:35,394 COMMITTEES , EACH FOCUSING ON 167 00:06:35,394 --> 00:06:36,529 POLICY, OUTREACH, AND 168 00:06:36,529 --> 00:06:37,964 DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. WE 169 00:06:37,964 --> 00:06:48,508 HAVE A BUDGET FOR THE PURPOSES 170 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,077 OF ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH. JUST 171 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:52,211 SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS 172 00:06:52,211 --> 00:06:54,981 FROM THE MUSIC COMMISSION, WE 173 00:06:54,981 --> 00:06:56,716 LAUNCHED IN 2024, THANKS TO THE 174 00:06:56,716 --> 00:06:57,950 COUNCIL, AND SIGNED BY MAYOR 175 00:06:57,950 --> 00:06:59,051 HARRELL. THE MUSICIAN PARKING 176 00:06:59,051 --> 00:07:03,990 AND LOADING ZONES, WE HAVE 21 177 00:07:03,990 --> 00:07:05,358 VENUES THAT HAVE HAD THESE 178 00:07:05,358 --> 00:07:08,060 INSTALLED TO DATE , WITH MORE 179 00:07:08,060 --> 00:07:08,594 COMING ONLINE. EXTREMELY 180 00:07:08,594 --> 00:07:11,631 SUCCESSFUL AND VERY POPULAR WITH 181 00:07:11,631 --> 00:07:13,199 ALL OF OUR MUSICIANS AND VENUES 182 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:16,969 IN TOWN. WE HAVE THE MUSIC 183 00:07:16,969 --> 00:07:18,070 CAREER DAYS AND CREATIVE COMEDY 184 00:07:18,070 --> 00:07:18,771 CAREER DAYS, WHICH BRING OVER 185 00:07:18,771 --> 00:07:20,106 500 HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH TO MEET 186 00:07:20,106 --> 00:07:25,545 WITH INDUSTRY INSIDERS WHO ARE 187 00:07:25,545 --> 00:07:26,712 HERE FROM EXPERTS ON PANELS AND 188 00:07:26,712 --> 00:07:28,514 LEARN ABOUT THE PATHWAYS TO 189 00:07:28,514 --> 00:07:29,549 CREATIVE ECONOMY CAREERS. WE 190 00:07:29,549 --> 00:07:33,519 HAVE MIXERS, MEET THE 191 00:07:33,519 --> 00:07:34,120 COMMISSIONER EVENTS, INDUSTRY 192 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,022 EVENTS , THE CREATIVE ADVANTAGE 193 00:07:36,022 --> 00:07:38,891 IS A PROGRAM THAT STARTED WITH 194 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:40,193 THE MUSIC COMMISSION, THE ARTS 195 00:07:40,193 --> 00:07:42,428 COMMISSION MAC OFFICE OF ARTS 196 00:07:42,428 --> 00:07:43,362 AND CULTURE, AND PARTNERSHIP 197 00:07:43,362 --> 00:07:44,897 WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO 198 00:07:44,897 --> 00:07:48,201 PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO 199 00:07:48,201 --> 00:07:49,035 CREATIVE PROGRAMMING AND 200 00:07:49,035 --> 00:07:53,139 TEACHING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE 201 00:07:53,139 --> 00:07:59,378 HAVE ALL HEARD THE MUSIC OUT OF 202 00:07:59,378 --> 00:08:00,313 THE AIRPORT PROGRAM, THAT WAS 203 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:01,914 STARTED BY THE MUSIC COMMISSION. 204 00:08:01,914 --> 00:08:06,219 RECENTLY, LAST YEAR, WE 205 00:08:06,219 --> 00:08:07,286 COMPLETED THE JAZZ AND STREET 206 00:08:07,286 --> 00:08:08,321 JAZZ HERITAGE TRAIL, WHICH YOU 207 00:08:08,321 --> 00:08:09,522 CAN DO A GUIDED TRAIL THROUGH 208 00:08:09,522 --> 00:08:11,157 JACKSON STREET OF ALL OF OUR OLD 209 00:08:11,157 --> 00:08:15,127 JAZZ VENUES. AND THE PIANISTS IN 210 00:08:15,127 --> 00:08:17,096 THE PARK PROGRAM AS WELL. 211 00:08:17,096 --> 00:08:20,199 CURRENTLY, THE COMMISSION IS 212 00:08:20,199 --> 00:08:27,440 FOCUSED ON QUARTERLY [ INAUDIBLE 213 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:28,441 ] FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE 214 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:29,442 ARE GOING OUT INTO COMMUNITY, 215 00:08:29,442 --> 00:08:30,643 INVITING FOLKS IN, MEETING AT 216 00:08:30,643 --> 00:08:32,111 DIFFERENT VENUES AROUND THE CITY 217 00:08:32,111 --> 00:08:34,447 TO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY. FINDING 218 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:36,349 ALIGNMENT WITH THE MAYOR'S 219 00:08:36,349 --> 00:08:41,053 RECENT TRANSITION THAT CAME OUT 220 00:08:41,053 --> 00:08:47,760 [ INAUDIBLE ] THE ELECTION. 221 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:48,794 CONTINUING MORE, ALIGNING WITH 222 00:08:48,794 --> 00:08:49,996 THE DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION PLAN. 223 00:08:49,996 --> 00:08:51,631 OBVIOUSLY, WORKING TO SEE THAT 224 00:08:51,631 --> 00:08:52,932 LOCAL MUSICIANS ARE REPRESENTED 225 00:08:52,932 --> 00:08:53,666 DURING THE FIFA 2026 226 00:08:53,666 --> 00:08:55,101 CELEBRATIONS, AND ALSO ON WORK 227 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:59,171 HORSE DEVELOPMENT. SO, TODAY, WE 228 00:08:59,171 --> 00:09:02,708 HAVE OPENINGS FOR SEVEN 229 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:03,676 COMMISSIONERS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 230 00:09:03,676 --> 00:09:09,548 SIX WHO WILL BE APPOINTED. THREE 231 00:09:09,548 --> 00:09:10,716 OF THESE ARE APPOINTED BY THE 232 00:09:10,716 --> 00:09:11,951 MAYOR, AND THE OTHER THREE WILL 233 00:09:11,951 --> 00:09:13,052 BE APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL. SO, 234 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:14,287 THESE ARE ALL FIRST TERM 235 00:09:14,287 --> 00:09:15,288 APPOINTMENTS, SO THEY HAVE THE 236 00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:16,756 OPPORTUNITY TO BE BACK IN FRONT 237 00:09:16,756 --> 00:09:17,857 OF YOU IN THREE YEARS TO 238 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:19,792 REAPPOINT. SO, WITH THAT, IF 239 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:21,827 IT'S OKAY, I WILL GO AHEAD AND 240 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:23,996 ALLOW EACH OF THEM TO GIVE A 241 00:09:23,996 --> 00:09:25,298 BRIEF STATEMENT. THANK YOU. 242 00:09:25,298 --> 00:09:27,366 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS MARSHALL 243 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:33,439 HUGH AND I AM AN ARTIST AND 244 00:09:33,439 --> 00:09:34,740 FOUNDER OF FREMONT FRIDAYS HERE 245 00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:36,509 IN SEATTLE. FREMONT FRIDAYS IS 246 00:09:36,509 --> 00:09:41,447 AN EVENT THAT BRINGS TOGETHER 247 00:09:41,447 --> 00:09:42,048 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO, LIKE 248 00:09:42,048 --> 00:09:43,416 ME, ALL OF US HERE LOVE THE 249 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:49,255 LOCAL MUSIC SCENE. I HAVE SEEN 250 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:50,389 WITH FREMONT FRIDAYS, THE MUSIC 251 00:09:50,389 --> 00:09:52,158 IS ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER 252 00:09:52,158 --> 00:09:54,961 AND IMPACT A COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY 253 00:09:54,961 --> 00:09:55,828 THROUGH MUSIC, THE ECONOMIC 254 00:09:55,828 --> 00:09:56,729 DEVELOPMENT, AND SO, I'M 255 00:09:56,729 --> 00:09:58,898 EXCITED TO BRING MY EXPERTISE 256 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:00,433 AND MY SMALL BUREAU TO A LARGER 257 00:10:00,433 --> 00:10:06,505 GROUP AND LEARN FROM PEOPLE THAT 258 00:10:06,505 --> 00:10:07,807 ARE EXPERTS IN THE SYSTEM, AND 259 00:10:07,807 --> 00:10:08,708 HOPEFULLY PEOPLE THAT ARE OPEN 260 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:09,809 TO DEVELOPING NEW SYSTEMS THAT 261 00:10:09,809 --> 00:10:11,644 PUT OUR MUSICIANS AND OUR MUSIC 262 00:10:11,644 --> 00:10:13,779 LOVERS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANY 263 00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:15,014 MUSICAL EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I 264 00:10:15,014 --> 00:10:16,182 KNOW THAT MUSIC IS UNIVERSAL, 265 00:10:16,182 --> 00:10:21,754 AND IT'S A LANGUAGE WE ALL 266 00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:22,989 SPEAK, AND SO HOPEFULLY, IT CAN 267 00:10:22,989 --> 00:10:24,490 BE USED AS THE TOOL THAT IT IS 268 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:26,292 TO UPLIFT OUR ENTIRE CITY AND 269 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:27,927 SEE US WHERE WE WANT TO BE. I 270 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:30,463 THINK THAT WE CAN BE LIKE AN 271 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:32,198 AUSTIN, LIKE A NEW ORLEANS, AND 272 00:10:32,198 --> 00:10:35,334 SEE THAT RIGHT HERE , BOOTS ON 273 00:10:35,334 --> 00:10:36,535 THE GROUND, SO EXCITED TO BE 274 00:10:36,535 --> 00:10:37,837 HERE AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING 275 00:10:37,837 --> 00:10:39,438 ME, AND HOPE TO JOIN THESE FINE 276 00:10:39,438 --> 00:10:40,239 PEOPLE. 277 00:10:40,239 --> 00:10:47,480 >> NEW ORLEANS, DEIGNED. 278 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,215 >> COME ON, WE GOT THE SIGN 279 00:10:49,215 --> 00:10:49,849 RIGHT HERE, LET'S DO IT. 280 00:10:49,849 --> 00:10:51,684 >> I KNOW, I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. 281 00:10:51,817 --> 00:10:53,085 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS TINA 282 00:10:53,085 --> 00:10:54,653 MARIE TYLER. I AM THE FOUNDER OF 283 00:10:54,653 --> 00:10:55,921 HIP-HOP INSTITUTE FOR PEACE. I 284 00:10:55,921 --> 00:11:03,529 AM A MUSIC LOVER AND FAN AND I 285 00:11:03,529 --> 00:11:05,031 COME FROM A LITTLE BIT OF A 286 00:11:05,031 --> 00:11:05,731 DIFFERENT BACKGROUND. I STARTED 287 00:11:05,731 --> 00:11:06,832 OFF AS A BROADCAST JOURNALIST 288 00:11:06,832 --> 00:11:08,134 COVERING ENTERTAINMENT, AND SO, 289 00:11:08,134 --> 00:11:10,503 I COVERED THE GRAMMYS AND ALL OF 290 00:11:10,503 --> 00:11:11,604 THAT, BUT NOW I HAVE A NONPROFIT 291 00:11:11,604 --> 00:11:12,538 ORGANIZATION AND VERY INFORMAL 292 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:13,739 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED 293 00:11:13,739 --> 00:11:19,011 NATIONS PERMANENT FORUM OF 294 00:11:19,011 --> 00:11:20,012 PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT. AND 295 00:11:20,012 --> 00:11:21,447 MY ROLE IS REALLY TO USE MUSIC, 296 00:11:21,447 --> 00:11:22,214 AND SPECIFICALLY HIP-HOP TO 297 00:11:22,214 --> 00:11:23,449 PROMOTE DIPLOMACY. AND WE PRIDE 298 00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:27,319 LARGE-SCALE EVENTS ALL OVER THE 299 00:11:27,319 --> 00:11:31,624 WORLD, AND WE PRODUCE THEM. WE 300 00:11:31,624 --> 00:11:33,025 PUT A LOT OF MUSICIANS TO WORK. 301 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:34,794 WE ARE ABLE TO USE MUSIC AS A 302 00:11:34,794 --> 00:11:36,028 WAY TO BRING TOGETHER IN PEACE 303 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:37,296 AND HARMONY, SO I AM VERY 304 00:11:37,296 --> 00:11:38,597 EXCITED TO JOIN THE SEATTLE 305 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:40,766 MUSIC COMMISSION AND BRING SOME 306 00:11:40,766 --> 00:11:43,169 OF THIS LOVE AND JOY HERE TO THE 307 00:11:43,169 --> 00:11:47,673 FOLKS IN SEATTLE. THANK YOU. 308 00:11:47,673 --> 00:11:49,475 >> GOOD MORNING, Y'ALL. MY NAME 309 00:11:49,475 --> 00:11:56,949 IS K VAN PETTEN AND I AM A MUSIC 310 00:11:56,949 --> 00:11:58,184 ECOSYSTEM BUILDER. I HAVE BEEN 311 00:11:58,184 --> 00:11:59,118 PLAYING MUSIC AND COUNTLESS 312 00:11:59,118 --> 00:12:00,486 BANDS FOR THE PAST DECADE HERE 313 00:12:00,486 --> 00:12:01,654 IN SEATTLE AND I AM NOW THE 314 00:12:01,654 --> 00:12:06,826 MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR STARLIGHT 315 00:12:06,826 --> 00:12:07,860 GUILDS, WHICH IS A LOCAL 316 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:08,627 NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS LOCAL 317 00:12:08,627 --> 00:12:09,628 MUSICIANS FOR GRANTS AND LIVE 318 00:12:09,628 --> 00:12:10,863 EVENTS, AND WE ARE PROVING THAT 319 00:12:10,863 --> 00:12:12,031 THERE IS A BETTER FUTURE 320 00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:15,067 POSSIBLE THROUGH DEEP MUSIC 321 00:12:15,067 --> 00:12:15,968 PATRONAGE HERE IN SEATTLE. SINCE 322 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:17,436 2020, WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED OVER 323 00:12:17,436 --> 00:12:21,240 HALF $1 MILLION TO THE SEATTLE 324 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,274 MUSIC COMMUNITY AND WE BELIEVE 325 00:12:22,274 --> 00:12:23,609 THAT MORE IS POSSIBLE. AND WHAT 326 00:12:23,609 --> 00:12:24,710 WE ARE EXPERIENCING IS A 327 00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:25,845 RENAISSANCE OF SUPPORT FOR LOCAL 328 00:12:25,845 --> 00:12:28,247 MUSIC. WHERE SEATTLE IS BUILDING 329 00:12:28,247 --> 00:12:29,515 A MODEL TO SHOW OTHER CITIES 330 00:12:29,515 --> 00:12:30,649 WHAT IS POSSIBLE AS THE EVOLVING 331 00:12:30,649 --> 00:12:32,151 ROLE OF THE LABEL AND STREAMING 332 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:36,689 SERVICES AND A.I. MOVES FORWARD, 333 00:12:36,689 --> 00:12:38,324 THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY NEED TO 334 00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:39,058 STEP UP AND SUPPORT MUSICIANS, 335 00:12:39,058 --> 00:12:40,326 AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE 336 00:12:40,326 --> 00:12:41,060 DOING WHEN ORGANIZATIONS LIKE 337 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:43,462 THE VERA PROJECT AND ALL THESE 338 00:12:43,462 --> 00:12:53,205 PROGRAMS FROM THE '90s , TO SEE 339 00:12:53,205 --> 00:12:54,340 THAT A BETTER FUTURE FOR MUSIC 340 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:55,508 IS POSSIBLE. AND IF WE BELIEVE 341 00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:56,709 THAT FUTURE IS POSSIBLE, WE HAVE 342 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:57,743 TO TURN THE MUSIC SUPPORTERS 343 00:12:57,743 --> 00:12:58,944 INTO MUSIC LOVERS, AND MAKE SURE 344 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:00,212 THAT MUSICIANS ARE AT THE CORE 345 00:13:00,212 --> 00:13:01,380 OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, SOME 346 00:13:01,380 --> 00:13:02,648 EXCITED TO BE HERE, THANKS FOR 347 00:13:02,648 --> 00:13:03,015 HAVING US. 348 00:13:03,015 --> 00:13:06,118 >> MY NAME IS SEVEN, I AM THE 349 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:06,952 PRESIDENT OF THE SEATTLE 350 00:13:06,952 --> 00:13:08,053 COMPOSERS ALLIANCE, 27-YEAR-OLD 351 00:13:08,053 --> 00:13:08,621 ORGANIZATION CREATING MUSIC 352 00:13:08,621 --> 00:13:15,227 CREATORS TO EDUCATION AND 353 00:13:15,227 --> 00:13:15,861 OPPORTUNITY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 354 00:13:15,861 --> 00:13:17,129 ABOUT 100 ACTIVE MEMBERS IN ALL 355 00:13:17,129 --> 00:13:18,531 DISCIPLINES AND WE ARE LOOKING 356 00:13:18,531 --> 00:13:19,565 FORWARD TO ENGAGING THE 500 OR 357 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:24,470 SO MEMBERS THAT WERE A PART OF 358 00:13:24,470 --> 00:13:26,138 IT FIVE OR 10 YEARS AGO. I USED 359 00:13:26,138 --> 00:13:27,606 TO THINK THAT THE END OF OUR 360 00:13:27,606 --> 00:13:28,574 MISSION STATEMENT WAS THE MOST 361 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:29,808 IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO, 362 00:13:29,808 --> 00:13:31,043 BUT AS I DEEPEN MY CONNECTIONS 363 00:13:31,043 --> 00:13:32,511 TO THE AREA, [ INAUDIBLE ] 364 00:13:32,511 --> 00:13:33,312 CHAPTER OF THE GRAMMYS, 365 00:13:33,312 --> 00:13:34,180 REPRESENTATIVE [ INAUDIBLE ] 366 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:34,980 ECONOMY COALITION AND CREATIVE 367 00:13:34,980 --> 00:13:36,081 ECONOMY WORKFORCE COALITION, AND 368 00:13:36,081 --> 00:13:38,584 GENERALLY, THOSE ARE TWO 369 00:13:38,584 --> 00:13:39,451 COMPLETELY DISTINCT GROUPS. THE 370 00:13:39,451 --> 00:13:40,786 MORE I REALIZE THAT THE WORD 371 00:13:40,786 --> 00:13:41,687 CONNECTING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 372 00:13:41,687 --> 00:13:48,627 PART OF WHAT WE DO. WE CAN'T 373 00:13:48,627 --> 00:13:49,428 BEGIN TO TACKLE YOUTH 374 00:13:49,428 --> 00:13:50,262 UNEMPLOYMENT IF YOUR MUSIC 375 00:13:50,262 --> 00:13:51,297 CREATORS DON'T KNOW WHERE THEIR 376 00:13:51,297 --> 00:13:52,264 LOCAL VENUES, STUDIOS, AND PEERS 377 00:13:52,264 --> 00:13:53,532 ARE. EVEN OUR MOST TALENTED 378 00:13:53,532 --> 00:13:54,533 ARTISTS AREN'T ABLE TO ADVANCE 379 00:13:54,533 --> 00:13:55,801 IN THEIR CAREERS WHEN THEY ARE 380 00:13:55,801 --> 00:13:56,769 UNABLE TO FIND INDUSTRY SUPPORT 381 00:13:56,769 --> 00:13:58,137 AND INDUSTRY IS UNABLE TO 382 00:13:58,137 --> 00:14:00,206 ACTIVATE WITHIN SEATTLE'S 383 00:14:00,206 --> 00:14:01,707 ECOSYSTEM OF BUSINESSES AND JOIN 384 00:14:01,707 --> 00:14:02,308 FORCES WITH ONE ANOTHER. THE 385 00:14:02,308 --> 00:14:03,275 BROADER CREATIVE ECONOMY HAS SO 386 00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:04,710 MANY SILOS AND I'M SURE YOU SEE 387 00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:06,579 IT YOURSELF WITH THE CITY'S 78 388 00:14:06,579 --> 00:14:08,147 OR SO ACTIVE BOARDS AND 389 00:14:08,147 --> 00:14:09,348 COMMISSIONS. THE THROUGH LINE OF 390 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:11,884 ALL OF THIS IS THAT THE LACK OF 391 00:14:11,884 --> 00:14:13,252 CONNECTION, ESPECIALLY AT THE 392 00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:14,987 LOCAL LEVEL, I THINK, IS THE 393 00:14:14,987 --> 00:14:16,155 ISSUE. THIS IS WHAT EXCITES ME 394 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:17,189 ABOUT JOINING THE MUSIC 395 00:14:17,189 --> 00:14:20,226 COMMISSION. IN AN ERA WHEN WE 396 00:14:20,226 --> 00:14:21,026 ARE THEORETICALLY THE MOST 397 00:14:21,026 --> 00:14:22,127 CONNECTED, WE ARE MISSING THOSE 398 00:14:22,127 --> 00:14:23,195 BRIDGES. THEY CANNOT BE BUILT 399 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:25,130 ALONG, BUT I AM HERE TO HELP AND 400 00:14:25,130 --> 00:14:29,034 TO FIND ALLIES WHO ARE EXCITED 401 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:29,635 ABOUT CONNECTING SEATTLE'S 402 00:14:29,635 --> 00:14:30,402 MUSIC CREATORS TO COMMUNITY, 403 00:14:30,402 --> 00:14:31,570 EDUCATION, AND OPPORTUNITY. 404 00:14:31,570 --> 00:14:32,605 >> THANK YOU. 405 00:14:32,605 --> 00:14:35,841 >> THANK YOU. AND NOW WE WILL 406 00:14:35,841 --> 00:14:37,209 MOVE ON LINE TO JANICE. 407 00:14:37,209 --> 00:14:44,617 >> HI, I AM JANICE JIMENEZ, YOUR 408 00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:45,651 DIRECTOR OF MARKETING A CLIMATE 409 00:14:45,651 --> 00:14:46,885 PLEDGE ARENA, I HAVE BEEN THERE 410 00:14:46,885 --> 00:14:48,554 SINCE 2021, AND SINCE I HAVE 411 00:14:48,554 --> 00:14:49,488 BEEN THERE AND LIVING IN THE 412 00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:50,923 CITY FOR OVER 17 YEARS, I HAVE 413 00:14:50,923 --> 00:14:52,258 SEEN AND EXPERIENCED PROGRAMS 414 00:14:52,258 --> 00:14:59,031 THAT SMC HAS EXECUTED IN THE 415 00:14:59,031 --> 00:15:00,466 LAST FEW YEARS AND IT IS SUPER 416 00:15:00,466 --> 00:15:01,600 INSPIRING TO SEE THEM PUT THESE 417 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:02,668 PROGRAMS TOGETHER, WHETHER I AM 418 00:15:02,668 --> 00:15:04,036 AT THE AIRPORT OR [ INAUDIBLE ] 419 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:05,037 , SEEING ARTISTS GET EXCITED 420 00:15:05,037 --> 00:15:06,472 ABOUT THESE BENEFITS THAT THEY 421 00:15:06,472 --> 00:15:11,910 HAVE IS AMAZING. IT GIVES PEOPLE 422 00:15:11,910 --> 00:15:13,245 A SENSE OF BELONGING, IT CREATES 423 00:15:13,245 --> 00:15:15,714 A WARM ENVIRONMENT, AND WITH 424 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:17,049 THAT SENSE, I AM HOPING TO BE A 425 00:15:17,049 --> 00:15:18,417 PART OF THESE PROGRAMS OF WHERE 426 00:15:18,417 --> 00:15:19,518 OUR CITY BECOMES A CITY OF 427 00:15:19,518 --> 00:15:20,686 MUSIC, LIKE NEW ORLEANS OR 428 00:15:20,686 --> 00:15:24,657 NASHVILLE . AND WE ARE KNOWN FOR 429 00:15:24,657 --> 00:15:28,127 OUR BANDS NOW, NOT FOR THE ONES 430 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:29,695 , SORRY, THE '90s -- [ LAUGHTER 431 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:33,465 ] THEY ARE AMAZING AND THEY ARE 432 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:34,867 AWESOME, BUT LET'S BE PART OF 433 00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:35,868 MAKING A BIGGER AND BETTER OF 434 00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:37,469 WHAT IS NOW. THANK YOU FOR 435 00:15:37,469 --> 00:15:37,803 INVITING ME. 436 00:15:37,803 --> 00:15:40,372 >> AND THEN I DO HAVE A 437 00:15:40,372 --> 00:15:41,273 STATEMENT FROM RYAN. 438 00:15:41,273 --> 00:15:43,008 >> PLEASE. 439 00:15:43,008 --> 00:15:50,716 >> IT JUST WENT AWAY. 440 00:15:50,716 --> 00:15:54,787 >> THANK YOU. RYAN DEVLIN, OUR 441 00:15:54,787 --> 00:16:04,163 SIXTH EMPLOYEE -- APPOINTEE HAD 442 00:16:04,163 --> 00:16:05,331 PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED TRIP TO 443 00:16:05,331 --> 00:16:06,198 JAPAN AND WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN 444 00:16:06,198 --> 00:16:07,833 TODAY, BUT HE DID ASK ME TO READ 445 00:16:07,833 --> 00:16:08,667 THIS MESSAGE. HELLO, STEAM 446 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:09,735 COUNCILMEMBERS, MY NAME IS RYAN 447 00:16:09,735 --> 00:16:11,136 DEVLIN AND I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN 448 00:16:11,136 --> 00:16:12,171 THE CITY OF SEATTLE MUSIC 449 00:16:12,171 --> 00:16:13,005 COMMISSION MY SINCERE APOLOGIES 450 00:16:13,005 --> 00:16:14,206 FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND 451 00:16:14,206 --> 00:16:16,075 THIS MEETING IN PERSON. I'M A 452 00:16:16,075 --> 00:16:16,575 WORKING MUSICIAN, MUSIC 453 00:16:16,575 --> 00:16:22,514 EDUCATOR, AND PRODUCER LIVING IN 454 00:16:22,514 --> 00:16:23,749 NORTH SEATTLE. I WAS BORN AND 455 00:16:23,749 --> 00:16:25,184 RAISED IN SEATTLE AND HAVE BEEN 456 00:16:25,184 --> 00:16:26,085 PERFORMING IN CLUBS, MAKING 457 00:16:26,085 --> 00:16:27,086 RECORDS, AND WORKING VARIOUS 458 00:16:27,086 --> 00:16:27,853 MUSIC RELATED JOBS HERE FOR 20 459 00:16:27,853 --> 00:16:29,021 YEARS. I PRESENTLY HAVE TWO 460 00:16:29,021 --> 00:16:29,955 BANDS WITH MY WIFE AND 461 00:16:29,955 --> 00:16:30,589 COLLABORATOR, CANWEST, [ 462 00:16:30,589 --> 00:16:32,491 INAUDIBLE ]. I HAVE HAD A REALLY 463 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:37,463 UNIQUE RUN OF MUSIC INDUSTRY 464 00:16:37,463 --> 00:16:38,464 POSITIONS HERE IN SEATTLE, 465 00:16:38,464 --> 00:16:39,064 INCLUDING SINGER/SONGWRITER, 466 00:16:39,064 --> 00:16:39,732 INSTRUCTOR COLLEGE OF THE ARTS, 467 00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:40,566 PRODUCING EVENTS AND CONCERTS, 468 00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:41,567 MANAGING ARTS ORGANIZATION 469 00:16:41,567 --> 00:16:42,968 PARTNERSHIPS, MANAGING 470 00:16:42,968 --> 00:16:44,003 DISTRIBUTION FOR CITY ARTS 471 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:46,472 MAGAZINE, AND TALENT FINDER AT 472 00:16:46,472 --> 00:16:51,377 COLUMBIA CITY THEATER. THIS 473 00:16:51,377 --> 00:16:52,378 COLLAGE OF MUSIC INDUSTRY JOBS 474 00:16:52,378 --> 00:16:53,712 IN SEATTLE IS PRECISELY WHY I 475 00:16:53,712 --> 00:16:54,680 WANT TO JOIN THE MUSIC 476 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:55,514 COMMISSION. THIS IS AN 477 00:16:55,514 --> 00:16:56,415 INCREASINGLY TOUGH CITY FOR 478 00:16:56,415 --> 00:16:59,785 MUSICIANS. WE ARE UP AGAINST 479 00:16:59,785 --> 00:17:01,186 SOME OF THE HIGHEST RANKS IN THE 480 00:17:01,186 --> 00:17:02,321 NATION, LARGEST CORPORATIONS IN 481 00:17:02,321 --> 00:17:04,189 THE WORLD, AN EXODUS OF INDUSTRY 482 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:05,758 RESOURCES FROM THE CITY, AND A 483 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:08,694 LOSS OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A 484 00:17:08,694 --> 00:17:09,895 LIVING SOLELY AS AN ARTIST. IN 485 00:17:09,895 --> 00:17:11,964 SPITE OF ALL THAT, OUR MUSIC 486 00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:12,765 COMMUNITY IS BRILLIANTLY KNOWN 487 00:17:12,765 --> 00:17:14,266 ACROSS THE WORLD. I WANT TO JOIN 488 00:17:14,266 --> 00:17:15,934 THE COMMISSION AND WORKERS TO 489 00:17:15,934 --> 00:17:21,106 ADVOCATE FOR MY COMMUNITY , 490 00:17:21,106 --> 00:17:22,174 ARTISTS, AND INDUSTRY WORKERS, I 491 00:17:22,174 --> 00:17:22,975 THINK I'M VERY UNIQUELY 492 00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:24,276 POSITIONED TO DO SO. I LOOK 493 00:17:24,276 --> 00:17:25,210 FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO 494 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:26,512 HELP SEATTLE FULFILL ITS PROMISE 495 00:17:26,512 --> 00:17:28,547 OF BEING A TRUE MUSIC CITY. 496 00:17:28,547 --> 00:17:29,481 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 497 00:17:29,481 --> 00:17:32,851 CONSIDERATION. 498 00:17:32,851 --> 00:17:34,186 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK 499 00:17:34,186 --> 00:17:35,521 YOU ALL FOR BEING BEFORE US 500 00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:36,422 TODAY. COLLEAGUES, I WOULD LIKE 501 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:38,057 TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS. I 502 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:42,594 AM RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER 503 00:17:42,594 --> 00:17:43,429 LAWRENCE FIRST. XO, MADAM CHAIR. 504 00:17:43,429 --> 00:17:45,130 FIRST OF ALL, JANICE, BIG SHOUT 505 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:49,835 OUT TO YOU, IT IS GOOD TO SEE 506 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:50,702 YOU AGAIN AT CLIMATE PLEDGE, AND 507 00:17:50,702 --> 00:17:52,137 TO WORK WITH OBG AND ALL THAT 508 00:17:52,137 --> 00:17:54,373 WORK, SO I KNOW THAT WE HAVE MET 509 00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:57,409 BEFORE, BUT NOT NORMALLY, SO IT 510 00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:59,044 IS GOOD TO SEE YOU. I WILL TAKE 511 00:17:59,044 --> 00:18:00,479 THE DATE ON THE '90s, I WILL 512 00:18:00,479 --> 00:18:01,914 LET THAT GO, AND I AM JUST 513 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,348 SAYING THAT IS THE BEST TIME FOR 514 00:18:03,348 --> 00:18:04,950 MUSIC. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU 515 00:18:04,950 --> 00:18:10,055 ALL LISTENED TO NOW, BUT IT 516 00:18:10,055 --> 00:18:11,056 MAKES NO SENSE TO ME, I WILL 517 00:18:11,056 --> 00:18:12,424 LEAVE IT AT THAT POINT MADAM 518 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:13,826 CHAIR, I JUST ALSO WANT TO THANK 519 00:18:13,826 --> 00:18:14,760 YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT ALSO, 520 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,562 WE FOUND IT IN YOUR GUYS ' 521 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:17,629 CONFIRMATION PACKETS, TO RYAN 522 00:18:17,629 --> 00:18:21,800 AND MARSHALL, D5, THANK YOU. WE 523 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:22,601 ALWAYS TRY TO STRIVE AS 524 00:18:22,601 --> 00:18:25,671 COUNCILMEMBERS [ INAUDIBLE ] FOR 525 00:18:25,671 --> 00:18:26,138 DISTRICT PARITY AND 526 00:18:26,138 --> 00:18:27,005 REPRESENTATION ALL ACROSS THE 527 00:18:27,005 --> 00:18:30,375 CITY, SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE 528 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:31,109 APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE COMING 529 00:18:31,109 --> 00:18:34,379 FROM ALL OVER THE CITY. AND I DO 530 00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:35,347 LIKE THE REFERENCE TO NEW 531 00:18:35,347 --> 00:18:36,949 ORLEANS, I THINK THAT'S AMAZING 532 00:18:36,949 --> 00:18:39,184 AND I LOVE THAT. THE OTHER THING 533 00:18:39,184 --> 00:18:40,719 IS I KNOW THIS IS PICKY, BUT I 534 00:18:40,719 --> 00:18:42,387 JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM NOT 535 00:18:42,387 --> 00:18:44,022 WRONG HERE ON YOUR POWERPOINT, 536 00:18:44,022 --> 00:18:48,994 MY PAGE NUMBER STARTS AT PAGE 7, 537 00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:51,263 AND THEN THEY GO TO 12, SO WAS I 538 00:18:51,263 --> 00:18:53,599 MISSING THE FIRST SIX OR DID IT 539 00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:54,533 JUST START AT SEVEN ? 540 00:18:54,533 --> 00:19:02,808 >> I APOLOGIZE, I AM NOT SURE 541 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:04,676 WHY IT DID THAT, BUT NO, YOU DID 542 00:19:04,676 --> 00:19:05,110 NOT MISS ANYTHING. 543 00:19:05,110 --> 00:19:06,512 >> OKAY, GOOD, I THOUGHT MAYBE 544 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:09,314 WE DIDN'T PRINT OUT THE FIRST 545 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:10,449 SIX, THEN I STARTED AT PAGE 546 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:11,450 SEVEN. BECAUSE THEY ARE NUMBERED 547 00:19:11,450 --> 00:19:12,684 ONLINE, BUT THEY START AT PAGE 548 00:19:12,684 --> 00:19:13,685 SEVEN. THAT'S ALL, I JUST 549 00:19:13,685 --> 00:19:14,953 WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAVE 550 00:19:14,953 --> 00:19:16,555 EVERYTHING. SO, THANK YOU, MADAM 551 00:19:16,555 --> 00:19:17,756 CHAIR. THANK YOU, FOLKS, I KNOW 552 00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:18,690 IT'S HARD, YOUR VOLUNTEERING, 553 00:19:18,690 --> 00:19:22,895 BUT IT IS SOMETHING YOU LOVE. 554 00:19:22,895 --> 00:19:23,829 HAVING TWO MUSICIANS IN MY 555 00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:24,997 FAMILY. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH 556 00:19:24,997 --> 00:19:26,298 FOR ALL YOUR WORK, AND AGAIN, 557 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:27,966 JANICE, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU 558 00:19:27,966 --> 00:19:29,535 AGAIN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 559 00:19:29,535 --> 00:19:31,370 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 560 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:32,604 PEREZ, AND THAT REMINDER, WE 561 00:19:32,604 --> 00:19:33,805 WILL BE SURE TO SPOT CHECK FOR 562 00:19:33,805 --> 00:19:35,440 THOSE PAGE NUMBERS, I KNOW IT'S 563 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:36,275 CERTAINLY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. 564 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:37,442 AND NOW RECOGNIZING 565 00:19:37,442 --> 00:19:39,711 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 566 00:19:39,711 --> 00:19:41,313 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND I FIRST 567 00:19:41,313 --> 00:19:43,348 WANT TO THANK ALL THE PROPOSED 568 00:19:43,348 --> 00:19:45,484 NOMINEES FOR STEPPING UP TO 569 00:19:45,484 --> 00:19:49,588 SERVE YOUR CITY , OUR COMMUNITY, 570 00:19:49,588 --> 00:19:55,694 AND THE BROADER INDUSTRY IN SUCH 571 00:19:55,694 --> 00:19:56,461 AN IMPACTFUL AND PROFOUND 572 00:19:56,461 --> 00:19:57,696 MANNER, SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 573 00:19:57,696 --> 00:19:59,131 THANK YOU. OUR CITY IS GREAT FOR 574 00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:02,768 YOUR SERVICE, AND YOU KNOW, 575 00:20:02,768 --> 00:20:04,069 EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW 576 00:20:04,069 --> 00:20:05,804 WE CAN BEST SUPPORT YOU FROM THE 577 00:20:05,804 --> 00:20:07,105 CITY PERSPECTIVE, AND SEE ALL 578 00:20:07,105 --> 00:20:09,141 THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ARE 579 00:20:09,141 --> 00:20:13,612 GOING TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER. 580 00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:14,980 SO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR SERVING, 581 00:20:14,980 --> 00:20:16,048 AND EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO 582 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:17,082 SUPPORT EVERYONE TODAY. AS AN 583 00:20:17,082 --> 00:20:18,283 ASIDE, I WILL SAY FROM MY 584 00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:19,685 PERSPECTIVE, I AGREE WITH 585 00:20:19,685 --> 00:20:26,625 COUNCILMEMBER LAWRENCE, THE '90s 586 00:20:26,625 --> 00:20:28,727 ERA OF MUSIC ACROSS THE BOARD, 587 00:20:28,727 --> 00:20:29,761 WHETHER IT IS ROCK, HIP-HOP, 588 00:20:29,761 --> 00:20:30,896 IT'S THE BEST MUSIC BUT BOY 589 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:31,930 BANDS, ROCK, BEST MUSIC! BEST 590 00:20:31,930 --> 00:20:33,231 MUSIC ERA. MAYBE I'M JUST OLD 591 00:20:33,231 --> 00:20:34,600 AND SEND TO GET OFF MY PORCH, 592 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,336 BUT IT IS THE BEST MUSIC ERA IN 593 00:20:37,336 --> 00:20:40,739 MY HUMBLE OPINION. 594 00:20:40,739 --> 00:20:41,640 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 595 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:41,840 SAKA. 596 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:42,641 >> THANK YOU. 597 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:51,383 >> PERHAPS A DEBATE HERE IN 598 00:20:51,383 --> 00:20:52,017 COMMITTEE THIS MORNING. 599 00:20:52,017 --> 00:20:53,619 >> DO WE GET A CHANCE TO DEFEND 600 00:20:53,619 --> 00:20:54,052 OR -- 601 00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:55,120 >> [ LAUGHTER ] 602 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:56,922 >> YOU DON'T. 603 00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:58,423 >> WE GOT SOME NEW FIRE OUT 604 00:20:58,423 --> 00:20:59,858 THERE FOR YOU THIS SUMMER, CHECK 605 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:06,164 US OUT. GOT TO GET OUT THE CRIB. 606 00:21:06,298 --> 00:21:07,899 >> I AM NOT LISTENING TO THAT 607 00:21:07,899 --> 00:21:08,967 CRAZY RAP STUFF THAT I DON'T 608 00:21:08,967 --> 00:21:09,935 UNDERSTAND, SO SORRY, I'M OLD 609 00:21:09,935 --> 00:21:10,902 SCHOOL, I'M NOT DOING THAT. 610 00:21:10,902 --> 00:21:12,771 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] TO RECOGNIZE 611 00:21:12,771 --> 00:21:13,972 THAT IT IS ALSO A FRIDAY, 612 00:21:13,972 --> 00:21:14,373 HAPPENING TODAY. 613 00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:17,209 >> OH, IT'S TODAY? 614 00:21:17,209 --> 00:21:19,011 >> NO, IT STARTS IN THE SUMMER, 615 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:20,779 JUNE 27th. YOU'VE GOT SOME 616 00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:22,381 TIME, WE WILL SEND YOU SOME 617 00:21:22,381 --> 00:21:22,614 LINKS. 618 00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:23,348 >> OKAY. 619 00:21:23,348 --> 00:21:24,950 >> SOME GOOD FOLLOW-UPS FROM 620 00:21:24,950 --> 00:21:26,418 TODAY'S COMMITTEE MEETING. ALL 621 00:21:26,418 --> 00:21:27,886 RIGHT, WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE 622 00:21:27,886 --> 00:21:34,860 IT. AT FIRST, I WANT TO JUST 623 00:21:34,860 --> 00:21:36,028 TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE AND 624 00:21:36,028 --> 00:21:37,462 ADD MY VOICE TO THE CHORUS, SO 625 00:21:37,462 --> 00:21:38,530 TO SPEAK, OF APPRECIATION FOR 626 00:21:38,530 --> 00:21:39,631 ALL OF YOUR WORK, JUST 627 00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:40,732 CULTIVATING OUR CREATIVE 628 00:21:40,732 --> 00:21:43,835 ECONOMY, ADDING YOUR CREATIVITY 629 00:21:43,835 --> 00:21:49,007 TO OUR CITY , AND THIS FEELS 630 00:21:49,007 --> 00:21:52,778 ALSO PERSONAL. SOME MAY KNOW, I 631 00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:53,979 ALMOST WENT TO SCHOOL FOR MUSIC, 632 00:21:53,979 --> 00:22:03,522 PLAYING IN THE SYMPHONIC BAND 633 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:04,823 WAS A LIFELINE FOR ME GROWING 634 00:22:04,823 --> 00:22:05,991 UP, AND I ALMOST PURSUED A 635 00:22:05,991 --> 00:22:07,259 CAREER IN MUSIC AND WANTED TO 636 00:22:07,259 --> 00:22:08,326 BECOME A WORKING ARTIST, WORKING 637 00:22:08,326 --> 00:22:09,428 MUSICIAN, AND A TEACHER. AND SO, 638 00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:10,662 BUT THAT WASN'T QUITE IN THE 639 00:22:10,662 --> 00:22:12,064 CARDS FOR ME, SO MAYBE I WILL 640 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:13,365 HAVE TO LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH 641 00:22:13,365 --> 00:22:20,839 Y'ALL. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT 642 00:22:20,839 --> 00:22:22,441 JUST ADDED A LOT, TOO, TO MY OWN 643 00:22:22,441 --> 00:22:23,442 UPBRINGING, REALLY EXCITED TO 644 00:22:23,442 --> 00:22:24,343 SEE, AGAIN, THE INCREDIBLE WORK 645 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:25,310 YOU HAVE ALL DONE AROUND 646 00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:26,178 CREATIVE ADVANTAGE IN BRINGING 647 00:22:26,178 --> 00:22:27,145 THAT PROGRAM INTO SEATTLE PUBLIC 648 00:22:27,145 --> 00:22:28,380 SCHOOLS, SO YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BE 649 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:29,514 ABLE TO CULTIVATE THEIR OWN 650 00:22:29,514 --> 00:22:30,782 CREATIVITY, IT'S REALLY AMAZING 651 00:22:30,782 --> 00:22:32,684 AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT IS 652 00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:34,086 COMING NEXT AS WELL. SO, I DID 653 00:22:34,086 --> 00:22:35,287 HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU ALL, 654 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:36,788 JUST AN OPEN QUESTION TO EACH OF 655 00:22:36,788 --> 00:22:37,789 OUR APPOINTEES BEFORE US TODAY. 656 00:22:37,789 --> 00:22:41,593 WHAT CAN THE CITY DO TO ENSURE 657 00:22:41,593 --> 00:22:42,561 SUSTAINABLE MUSIC INDUSTRY 658 00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:43,495 CAREERS ARE GROWING IN SEATTLE, 659 00:22:43,495 --> 00:22:44,629 AND HOW WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR 660 00:22:44,629 --> 00:22:47,332 ADVOCACY ON THE COMMISSION TO 661 00:22:47,332 --> 00:22:53,839 ADVANCE THAT? 662 00:22:53,839 --> 00:22:55,607 >> APPARENTLY WE ARE GOING IN 663 00:22:55,607 --> 00:22:59,444 REVERSE ORDER. WELL, I WILL SAY, 664 00:22:59,444 --> 00:23:01,446 SPOILERS, THE ADVOCACY AND 665 00:23:01,446 --> 00:23:03,749 ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT 666 00:23:03,749 --> 00:23:04,683 SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE MUSIC 667 00:23:04,683 --> 00:23:05,751 COMMISSION IS CURRENTLY GOING 668 00:23:05,751 --> 00:23:07,886 THROUGH A MASSIVE LIST OF ABOUT 669 00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:09,921 20 PRIORITIES TO TRY TO NARROW 670 00:23:09,921 --> 00:23:11,556 IT DOWN, SO, I FEEL THAT IT 671 00:23:11,556 --> 00:23:14,793 WOULD BE BEST FOR ME PERSONALLY 672 00:23:14,793 --> 00:23:17,996 TO WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE CONSENSUS 673 00:23:17,996 --> 00:23:23,435 AS A TEAM BEFORE -- [ LAUGHTER ] 674 00:23:23,435 --> 00:23:25,470 GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I JUST 675 00:23:25,470 --> 00:23:26,438 THINK STRATEGICALLY, THAT'S THE 676 00:23:26,438 --> 00:23:27,472 BEST THING FOR ME TO DO. BUT 677 00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:29,007 THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 678 00:23:29,007 --> 00:23:32,144 >> THANK YOU. 679 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:33,612 >> THANK YOU FOR ASKING, THAT IS 680 00:23:33,612 --> 00:23:34,846 SUCH A BEAUTIFUL QUESTION, AND I 681 00:23:34,846 --> 00:23:36,715 THINK AT THE CENTER OF IT IS 682 00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:37,682 SUPPORT FOR MUSICIANS OF COURSE, 683 00:23:37,682 --> 00:23:41,186 NOT JUST SUPPORT FOR MUSIC. WE 684 00:23:41,186 --> 00:23:42,821 TALK A LOT ABOUT BEING THE CITY 685 00:23:42,821 --> 00:23:44,523 OF MUSIC, BUT WE NEED TO BE THE 686 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:47,492 CITY MUSICIANS IN ORDER FOR THE 687 00:23:47,492 --> 00:23:48,894 MUSIC TO GET MADE IN THE FIRST 688 00:23:48,894 --> 00:23:50,295 PLACE, AND I WANT TO BRING UP 689 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,730 ONE IDEA THAT I BROUGHT ON THAT 690 00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:52,998 BIG LIST, WHICH WAS TO BRING 691 00:23:52,998 --> 00:23:54,032 FORWARD A MUSIC LAUREATE. NO 692 00:23:54,032 --> 00:23:55,634 CITY HAS EVER HAD A MUSICIAN 693 00:23:55,634 --> 00:23:56,968 LAUREATE. THERE HAVE BEEN 694 00:23:56,968 --> 00:23:58,837 COMPOSER LAUREATES, BUT AS 695 00:23:58,837 --> 00:23:59,871 POPULAR MUSIC GOES, WE ARE 696 00:23:59,871 --> 00:24:03,074 TRYING TO BUILD THE SUPPORT LIKE 697 00:24:03,074 --> 00:24:04,276 WE HAD AROUND THE SYMPHONY OR 698 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,744 OPERA OR BALLET, WE ARE TRYING 699 00:24:05,744 --> 00:24:06,878 TO BRING THAT TO POPULAR MUSIC, 700 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:08,346 AND SO, I BELIEVE PROGRAMS LIKE 701 00:24:08,346 --> 00:24:12,517 THAT IN RECOGNITION, IN ADDITION 702 00:24:12,517 --> 00:24:14,119 TO SUPPORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING 703 00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:15,854 AND GRANTS FOR MUSICIANS, 704 00:24:15,854 --> 00:24:16,454 OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS, 705 00:24:16,454 --> 00:24:18,290 RECOGNITION IS A HUGE PART OF 706 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:22,727 THAT, TOO, AND HAVING THOSE [ 707 00:24:22,727 --> 00:24:23,562 INAUDIBLE ] ON THE CAREER 708 00:24:23,562 --> 00:24:24,963 LADDER, FOR AN ARTIST TO KNOW 709 00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:28,166 WHAT THE NEXT STEP FOR THEM IS , 710 00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:29,768 IS JUST AS BIG A DEAL AS THE 711 00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:30,535 NEXT PAYCHECK, SO, CREATING 712 00:24:30,535 --> 00:24:31,803 THOSE STEPS IN THE LATTER IS 713 00:24:31,803 --> 00:24:33,038 REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I BELIEVE 714 00:24:33,038 --> 00:24:36,675 THAT HAVING A CITY MUSICIAN 715 00:24:36,675 --> 00:24:37,542 LAUREATE COULD BE INTERESTING 716 00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:39,277 WAY TO BUILD ANOTHER, BUT OF 717 00:24:39,277 --> 00:24:41,646 COURSE, SO MANY OTHER IDEAS IN 718 00:24:41,646 --> 00:24:42,414 THAT BEAUTIFUL DOCUMENT YOU 719 00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:43,381 MENTIONED THAT WE ARE WORKING 720 00:24:43,381 --> 00:24:47,052 ON, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 721 00:24:47,052 --> 00:24:49,721 >> SO, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A 722 00:24:49,721 --> 00:24:50,522 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I 723 00:24:50,522 --> 00:24:55,994 DEAL WITH THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC 724 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:57,295 , AND THAT IS EVERYTHING. THE 725 00:24:57,295 --> 00:24:58,497 ARTISTS, YOU KNOW, VENDORS, THE 726 00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:02,701 CREW. SO, FOR ME, AND THE FOLKS 727 00:25:02,701 --> 00:25:05,971 THAT I DEAL WITH IN [ INAUDIBLE 728 00:25:05,971 --> 00:25:07,739 ] AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND 729 00:25:07,739 --> 00:25:10,041 THE WORLD, FUNDING IS MAJOR, 730 00:25:10,041 --> 00:25:11,443 RIGHT? AND BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT 731 00:25:11,443 --> 00:25:15,580 FUNDING AND HAVE FUNDING, I 732 00:25:15,580 --> 00:25:16,848 SHOULD SAY, THAT SUPPORTS 733 00:25:16,848 --> 00:25:17,749 DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMMING 734 00:25:17,749 --> 00:25:18,884 WITHIN OUR CITY, I THINK WOULD 735 00:25:18,884 --> 00:25:20,218 BE VERY HELPFUL. IT'S ALSO VERY 736 00:25:20,218 --> 00:25:27,192 EXPENSIVE, YOU KNOW, TO PRODUCE 737 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:28,426 THINGS IN SEATTLE. AND SO, WE 738 00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:29,561 SHOULD START LOOKING AT THE 739 00:25:29,561 --> 00:25:30,729 COSTS AND MAYBE THERE CAN BE 740 00:25:30,729 --> 00:25:31,963 SOME WAIVERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT 741 00:25:31,963 --> 00:25:33,098 FOR SOME OF THE LARGER, YOU 742 00:25:33,098 --> 00:25:35,333 KNOW, TYPE OF PRODUCTIONS HERE. 743 00:25:35,333 --> 00:25:37,802 AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, AS A LONG 744 00:25:37,802 --> 00:25:40,472 TIME -- I MEAN, I'M A RESIDENT, 745 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:42,073 BUT I'M ALSO A SEATTLE NATIVE, 746 00:25:42,073 --> 00:25:47,045 I REMEMBER BUMBERSHOOT AND I 747 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:47,779 REMEMBER THE FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL. 748 00:25:47,779 --> 00:25:49,047 I REMEMBER THE BLACK FESTIVAL AT 749 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:50,515 THE TIME AND SEAFARER. I ALWAYS 750 00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:53,919 LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE THINGS AS 751 00:25:53,919 --> 00:25:55,954 A CHILD. NOW THAT I AM 58 AND 752 00:25:55,954 --> 00:25:57,122 STILL TRYING TO ENJOY THOSE 753 00:25:57,122 --> 00:26:00,659 THINGS, THE PROGRAMMING IS 754 00:26:00,659 --> 00:26:02,594 DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK 755 00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:05,330 WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT 756 00:26:05,330 --> 00:26:07,566 THE MAJOR FESTIVALS THAT WE HAVE 757 00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:08,767 HERE IN SEATTLE AND RE-EXAMINE 758 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:10,735 THEM, WE REALLY DO. IT NEEDS TO 759 00:26:10,735 --> 00:26:12,504 HAVE A BROADER APPEAL, NOT ONLY 760 00:26:12,504 --> 00:26:14,205 FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING, 761 00:26:14,205 --> 00:26:16,808 BUT ALSO THE ARTISTS. I THINK WE 762 00:26:16,808 --> 00:26:19,344 HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO OUR 763 00:26:19,344 --> 00:26:20,412 CULTURAL DIVERSITY HERE IN 764 00:26:20,412 --> 00:26:23,248 SEATTLE, AND MAKE SURE THAT IF 765 00:26:23,248 --> 00:26:25,450 THE CITY IS GOING TO GIVE A 766 00:26:25,450 --> 00:26:27,319 LARGE PORTION OF THE BUDGET TO 767 00:26:27,319 --> 00:26:32,590 ONE INDIVIDUAL FESTIVAL, THAT 768 00:26:32,590 --> 00:26:33,425 THOSE PROMOTERS AND THOSE 769 00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:35,260 PRODUCERS ARE OPEN TO WORKING 770 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:39,931 WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS , AND MAY 771 00:26:39,931 --> 00:26:41,132 NOT HAVE THE SAME BACKGROUND OR 772 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:43,835 THE SAME IDEAS THAT THEY DO. SO, 773 00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:45,870 I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING 774 00:26:45,870 --> 00:26:47,072 WITH THE CITY. I AM LOOKING 775 00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:48,106 FORWARD TO HAVING MORE 776 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:52,477 CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE 777 00:26:52,477 --> 00:26:53,345 CITIES THAT HAVE WONDERFUL AND 778 00:26:53,345 --> 00:26:54,179 VERY VIBRANT CREATIVE ECONOMIES. 779 00:26:54,179 --> 00:26:55,880 WE DO NOT HAVE TO REINVENT THE 780 00:26:55,880 --> 00:27:01,486 WORLD -- WHEEL, EXCUSE ME. ALL 781 00:27:01,486 --> 00:27:03,221 WE HAVE TO DO IS TAKE SOME OF 782 00:27:03,221 --> 00:27:03,955 THE BEST PRACTICES AND APPLY 783 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:05,757 THEM HERE, AND REALLY LOOK AT 784 00:27:05,757 --> 00:27:08,460 THE CREATIVE ECONOMY AS A 785 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:09,394 THRIVING REVENUE PRODUCER FOR 786 00:27:09,394 --> 00:27:10,996 THE CITY OF SEATTLE, NOT JUST AN 787 00:27:10,996 --> 00:27:14,599 AFTERTHOUGHT. 788 00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:16,234 >> FOR ME, BUT I AM MOST EXCITED 789 00:27:16,234 --> 00:27:18,103 ABOUT IS GETTING A CHANCE TO 790 00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:19,771 EVEN BE IN THESE ROOMS. I THINK 791 00:27:19,771 --> 00:27:25,210 PEOPLE OFTEN -- IN MY REALM, 792 00:27:25,210 --> 00:27:26,444 WHETHER IT JUST BE PEOPLE OF 793 00:27:26,444 --> 00:27:27,612 COLOR OR MUSICIANS, WE FEEL A 794 00:27:27,612 --> 00:27:28,480 DISCONNECT BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS 795 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,647 THAT ARE IN PLACE AND THE 796 00:27:29,647 --> 00:27:30,782 GOVERNMENT, AND WHAT WE DO 797 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:32,851 CREATING EXPERIENCES FOR PEOPLE 798 00:27:32,851 --> 00:27:37,555 TO ENJOY THE SEATTLE MUSIC 799 00:27:37,555 --> 00:27:39,591 SCENE, SO I AM MOST EXCITED TO 800 00:27:39,591 --> 00:27:42,494 LEARN AND FIND WAYS TO NOT ONLY 801 00:27:42,494 --> 00:27:43,528 WORK THE CURRENT SYSTEMS, BUT 802 00:27:43,528 --> 00:27:44,863 FIND NEW SYSTEMS TO SEE ARTISTS 803 00:27:44,863 --> 00:27:48,733 AND THE VENUES THRIVE. FROM MY 804 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:51,002 EXPERIENCE, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF 805 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:54,072 REPRESENTATION FROM THE VENUE 806 00:27:54,072 --> 00:27:55,173 SIDE OF THINGS, BECAUSE THOSE 807 00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:56,341 ARE THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MASTERY 808 00:27:56,341 --> 00:27:57,942 OF THE BUSINESS, AND THEN YOU 809 00:27:57,942 --> 00:28:00,779 HAVE THE ARTISTS WHO Sâ–ˆOMETIMES 810 00:28:00,779 --> 00:28:02,047 FEEL LIKE THEY ARE JUST THE 811 00:28:02,047 --> 00:28:03,214 HIRED HELP. AND I BELIEVE THAT 812 00:28:03,214 --> 00:28:06,384 THROUGH ME AND EVERYONE ELSE 813 00:28:06,384 --> 00:28:07,318 JOINING THE COUNCIL, WE ARE 814 00:28:07,318 --> 00:28:09,154 GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRIDGE THOSE 815 00:28:09,154 --> 00:28:10,855 GAPS, AND MAKE A LARGER IMPACT 816 00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:15,994 TOGETHER, SO, I'M A REALLY 817 00:28:15,994 --> 00:28:17,095 EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'VE GOT A 818 00:28:17,095 --> 00:28:18,830 TON OF IDEAS, LIKE MINIMUM WAGE 819 00:28:18,830 --> 00:28:20,665 FOR MUSICIANS, BUT WE ARE GOING 820 00:28:20,665 --> 00:28:21,733 TO TACKLE IT AS UNIFIED FRONT, 821 00:28:21,733 --> 00:28:22,834 AND HOPEFULLY WITH ALL Y'ALL'S 822 00:28:22,834 --> 00:28:24,069 HELP, WE CAN MAKE SOME GREAT 823 00:28:24,069 --> 00:28:26,004 HEADWAY ON THESE NEXT THREE 824 00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:26,237 YEARS. 825 00:28:26,237 --> 00:28:29,207 >> THANK YOU. AND MOVING TO 826 00:28:29,207 --> 00:28:35,480 JANICE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU 827 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:36,614 WOULD LIKE TO ADD, TOO? 828 00:28:36,614 --> 00:28:38,149 >> YEAH, JUST TO ADD HERE, 829 00:28:38,149 --> 00:28:39,250 CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA BEING 830 00:28:39,250 --> 00:28:40,151 OBVIOUSLY THE LARGEST VENUE 831 00:28:40,151 --> 00:28:41,920 HERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF 832 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:47,859 OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARTISTS [ 833 00:28:47,859 --> 00:28:49,260 INAUDIBLE ] ON A LOCAL LEVEL, I 834 00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:50,261 THINK THIS GIVES ME THE 835 00:28:50,261 --> 00:28:51,463 OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THE 836 00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:52,764 COMMUNITY IS LOOKING FOR, WHAT 837 00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:54,099 IS NEEDED, AND HOW WE CAN USE 838 00:28:54,099 --> 00:28:55,200 THE LEVERAGE THAT WE HAVE TO 839 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:56,468 SUPPORT THOSE ARTISTS IN ANY WAY 840 00:28:56,468 --> 00:28:57,602 POSSIBLE. AND FOR THE RECORD, IT 841 00:28:57,602 --> 00:29:03,341 IS '90s GRUNGE. I LOVE '90s 842 00:29:03,341 --> 00:29:04,576 R&B AND HIP-HOP AND ALL THE 843 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:05,777 OTHER GENRES. WE NEED TO BE 844 00:29:05,777 --> 00:29:11,783 KNOWN FOR MORE THAN THAT. SO, 845 00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:12,684 COUNCILMEMBER LAWRENCE, JUST 846 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:13,318 LETTING YOU KNOW THAT 847 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:14,385 >> NICE SAVE, SISTER, NICE SAVE, 848 00:29:14,385 --> 00:29:15,887 LOVE IT. I GOT YOU. 849 00:29:15,887 --> 00:29:17,021 >> BEAUTIFUL. WELL, THANK YOU 850 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:22,060 ALL FOR THOSE RESPONSES, THERE 851 00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:23,495 WERE A LOT OF IDEAS THAT WERE 852 00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:24,562 NAMED IN YOUR RESPONSES, TOO, 853 00:29:24,562 --> 00:29:25,830 WHICH JUST MAKES ME REALLY 854 00:29:25,830 --> 00:29:30,101 EXCITED ABOUT EACH OF YOUR 855 00:29:30,101 --> 00:29:30,869 PARTICIPATION ON THE MUSIC 856 00:29:30,869 --> 00:29:31,736 COMMISSION AND THE WORK THAT 857 00:29:31,736 --> 00:29:33,505 LIES AHEAD, SO, THANK YOU FOR 858 00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:35,707 BEING HERE TODAY, AND I AM GOING 859 00:29:35,707 --> 00:29:38,643 TO MOVE US ALONG , COLLEAGUES, 860 00:29:38,643 --> 00:29:45,717 ON THIS. SO, I'M GOING TO BE 861 00:29:45,717 --> 00:29:49,888 MOVING THE APPOINTMENTS. SO, 862 00:29:49,888 --> 00:29:50,822 SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I 863 00:29:50,822 --> 00:29:51,756 MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE MOVE 864 00:29:51,756 --> 00:29:52,891 FORWARD WITH VOTING TO PASS 865 00:29:52,891 --> 00:30:03,401 APPOINTMENTS APPT 03474, APPT 866 00:30:03,968 --> 00:30:07,272 03475, APPT 03476, APPT 03477, 867 00:30:07,272 --> 00:30:14,212 APPT 03478, APPT 03479. IS THERE 868 00:30:14,212 --> 00:30:15,079 A SECOND? 869 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:15,380 >> SECOND. 870 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:16,614 >> IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 871 00:30:16,614 --> 00:30:18,216 MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE 872 00:30:18,216 --> 00:30:18,750 APPOINTMENTS. ANY FURTHER 873 00:30:18,750 --> 00:30:22,420 COMMENTS? HEARING NONE, WILL THE 874 00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:23,688 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND 875 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:25,390 THE RECOMMENDATION TO MOVE 876 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:26,090 FORWARD THE APPOINTMENTS? 877 00:30:26,090 --> 00:30:36,634 >> [ ROLL BEING CALLED ] COULD 878 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:41,573 YOU REPEAT YOUR VOTE? 879 00:30:41,573 --> 00:30:44,843 >> YES, YES. 880 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:45,410 >> THANK YOU. 881 00:30:45,410 --> 00:30:46,277 >> THUMBS-UP. 882 00:30:46,277 --> 00:30:52,317 >> THANK YOU. 883 00:30:52,317 --> 00:30:53,852 >> THERE ARE FOUR IN FAVOR AND 884 00:30:53,852 --> 00:30:54,285 ZERO OPPOSED. 885 00:30:54,285 --> 00:30:55,186 >> THANK YOU, THE MOTION 886 00:30:55,186 --> 00:30:55,787 CARRIES, THE COMMITTEE 887 00:30:55,787 --> 00:30:56,354 RECOMMENDATION THAT THE 888 00:30:56,354 --> 00:30:57,322 APPOINTMENTS WILL BE CONFIRMED 889 00:30:57,322 --> 00:30:58,790 WILL BE SENT TO THE APRIL 28th 890 00:30:58,790 --> 00:30:59,724 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU 891 00:30:59,724 --> 00:31:01,392 ALL FOR BEING HERE. HAPPY 892 00:31:01,392 --> 00:31:01,626 FRIDAY. 893 00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:07,031 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK 894 00:31:07,031 --> 00:31:08,633 YOU, COLLEAGUES. MAYBE WE WILL 895 00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:10,835 HAVE TO LOOK AHEAD FOR OUR 896 00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:11,736 COMMITTEE SCHEDULE AND FIGURE 897 00:31:11,736 --> 00:31:13,438 OUT WHEN WE CAN ALL GO TO A 898 00:31:13,438 --> 00:31:14,472 FREMONT FRIDAY TOGETHER. FIELD 899 00:31:14,472 --> 00:31:22,080 TRIP. WONDERFUL. WITH THAT, WE 900 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,781 ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 901 00:31:23,781 --> 00:31:24,816 ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK 902 00:31:24,816 --> 00:31:26,117 PLEASE READ ITEM 8 INTO THE 903 00:31:26,117 --> 00:31:26,351 RECORD? 904 00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:28,253 >> ITEM 8, LABOR STANDARDS 905 00:31:28,253 --> 00:31:32,624 ADVISORY COMMISSION LSAC , 906 00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:33,458 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION POINT 907 00:31:33,458 --> 00:31:34,859 >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. AS OUR 908 00:31:34,859 --> 00:31:38,696 PRESENTERS ARE COMING TO THE 909 00:31:38,696 --> 00:31:40,064 TABLE, I WILL JUST GIVE A NOTE 910 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:41,532 THAT I KNOW DURING OUR LAST 911 00:31:41,532 --> 00:31:42,634 MEETING OF THIS COMMITTEE, WE 912 00:31:42,634 --> 00:31:43,401 HEARD FROM DOMESTIC WORKERS 913 00:31:43,401 --> 00:31:44,502 STANDARDS BOARD. TODAY, WE ARE 914 00:31:44,502 --> 00:31:46,070 GOING TO BE HEARING FROM THE 915 00:31:46,070 --> 00:31:48,973 OTHER COMMISSION THAT OLS 916 00:31:48,973 --> 00:31:54,579 OVERSEAS. 917 00:31:54,579 --> 00:32:05,123 >> BE RIGHT BACK. ALL RIGHT. AND 918 00:32:05,290 --> 00:32:06,724 AS FOLKS SIT DOWN AT THE TABLE, 919 00:32:06,724 --> 00:32:08,059 IF YOU CAN TAKE A MOMENT TO 920 00:32:08,059 --> 00:32:08,860 PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR 921 00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:10,061 THE RECORD BY STATING YOUR FULL 922 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:11,362 NAME INTO THE MICROPHONE. THANK 923 00:32:11,362 --> 00:32:16,200 YOU. 924 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:19,404 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] 925 00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:23,841 >> GOOD MORNING, BILL 926 00:32:23,841 --> 00:32:24,275 HETHERINGTON COULD 927 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:25,310 >> GOOD MORNING, PATRICE 928 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:26,744 TISDALE. 929 00:32:26,744 --> 00:32:30,248 >> HELLO, HELLO, GOOD MORNING, 930 00:32:30,248 --> 00:32:34,285 SILVIA GONZALEZ. 931 00:32:34,285 --> 00:32:35,553 >> SORRY, CAN WE PAUSE FOR ONE 932 00:32:35,553 --> 00:32:38,189 SECOND. IF I CAN HAVE YOU 933 00:32:38,189 --> 00:32:38,656 REINTRODUCE YOURSELF? 934 00:32:38,656 --> 00:32:41,392 >> ME? SAMUEL HILBERT. 935 00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:43,461 >> THANK YOU. 936 00:32:43,461 --> 00:32:50,902 >> SILVIA GONZALEZ. 937 00:32:50,902 --> 00:32:52,704 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] SPANISH 938 00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:53,037 INTERPRETER. 939 00:32:53,037 --> 00:32:55,640 >> WONDERFUL. WONDERFUL. IF YOU 940 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:56,808 WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 941 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:58,109 THE PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE 942 00:32:58,109 --> 00:33:02,347 GREAT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT, WELL, 943 00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:03,348 WELCOME. WE ARE THE LABOR 944 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:04,115 STANDARDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. I 945 00:33:04,115 --> 00:33:06,050 AM ONE OF THE COCHAIRS, DELETE 946 00:33:06,050 --> 00:33:15,259 HETHERINGTON. OUR OTHER COCHAIR 947 00:33:15,259 --> 00:33:16,661 IS AMANDA POWDER, SHE IS A SMALL 948 00:33:16,661 --> 00:33:17,662 BUSINESS OWNER, SHE WASN'T ABLE 949 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:19,063 TO JOIN US TODAY. JUST A QUICK 950 00:33:19,063 --> 00:33:20,365 STORY ABOUT AMANDA, WHEN I GOT 951 00:33:20,365 --> 00:33:21,799 TO MEET HER, HER BROTHER, WHEN I 952 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:22,767 WAS OUT IN THE CONSTRUCTION 953 00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:23,735 INDUSTRY, HER BROTHER RAN THE 954 00:33:23,735 --> 00:33:25,002 E.R. FOR THE COMPANY THAT I 955 00:33:25,002 --> 00:33:26,270 WORKED FOR, SO SMALL WORLD, JUST 956 00:33:26,270 --> 00:33:28,006 WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. 957 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:29,273 SO, THE NEXT SLIDE. 958 00:33:29,273 --> 00:33:37,949 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] 959 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:39,417 >> DO WE WANT TO INTRODUCE -- 960 00:33:39,417 --> 00:33:40,451 OKAY, YEAH, WE CAN INTRODUCE 961 00:33:40,451 --> 00:33:41,119 EACH INDIVIDUAL AGAIN. 962 00:33:41,119 --> 00:33:43,087 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] 963 00:33:43,087 --> 00:33:50,428 >> OH, OKAY. 964 00:33:50,428 --> 00:33:51,596 >> OKAY, BACKGROUND, PATRICE 965 00:33:51,596 --> 00:33:54,732 TISDALE, WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE 966 00:33:54,732 --> 00:33:55,466 COMMISSION, I WAS GENERAL 967 00:33:55,466 --> 00:33:57,735 COUNSEL FOR THE [ INAUDIBLE ] 968 00:33:57,735 --> 00:33:59,270 UNION. I CURRENTLY ASSIST AND 969 00:33:59,270 --> 00:34:00,872 STILL HELP WITH THEM, BUT I AM 970 00:34:00,872 --> 00:34:02,240 NOW WITH THE WASHINGTON NURSES 971 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,475 ASSOCIATION AS THEIR DIRECTOR OF 972 00:34:04,475 --> 00:34:08,413 LEGAL AFFAIRS. 973 00:34:08,413 --> 00:34:09,747 >> SAMUEL HILBERT HERE, I HAVE 974 00:34:09,747 --> 00:34:11,215 BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR 2 1/2 975 00:34:11,215 --> 00:34:15,186 YEARS NOW. I OWN A [ INAUDIBLE ] 976 00:34:15,186 --> 00:34:16,287 SELLERS, SO WE HAVE THREE 977 00:34:16,287 --> 00:34:17,822 LOCATIONS HERE IN SEATTLE AS 978 00:34:17,822 --> 00:34:18,022 WELL. 979 00:34:18,022 --> 00:34:23,995 >> 980 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:27,932 >> HELLO, MY NAME IS SILVIA 981 00:34:27,932 --> 00:34:28,199 GONZALEZ. 982 00:34:28,199 --> 00:34:34,372 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 983 00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:35,773 >> Translator: I HAVE BEEN WITH 984 00:34:35,773 --> 00:34:36,507 THE COMMISSION FOR APPROXIMATELY 985 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:37,108 A YEAR. 986 00:34:37,108 --> 00:34:38,609 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 987 00:34:38,609 --> 00:34:39,710 >> Translator: AND I HAVE A 988 00:34:39,710 --> 00:34:41,612 SHARE WITH [ INAUDIBLE ]. 989 00:34:41,612 --> 00:34:46,050 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 990 00:34:46,050 --> 00:34:51,689 >> Translator: AND I OCCUPIED 991 00:34:51,689 --> 00:34:52,990 ANOTHER SHARE WITH THE DOMESTIC 992 00:34:52,990 --> 00:34:55,593 WORKERS [ INAUDIBLE ]. 993 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:58,196 >> AND AGAIN, BILLY 994 00:34:58,196 --> 00:34:59,197 HETHERINGTON, COCHAIR, I'M THE 995 00:34:59,197 --> 00:35:01,466 DIRECTOR FOR [ INAUDIBLE ] 242, 996 00:35:01,466 --> 00:35:06,704 I WORK AS THE DELICATE FOR THE 997 00:35:06,704 --> 00:35:09,707 SEATTLE BUILDING TRADES. SO, WE 998 00:35:09,707 --> 00:35:11,075 ARE GOING TO SPLIT IT UP AND 999 00:35:11,075 --> 00:35:17,381 TACKLE THE PRESENTATION. ALL OF 1000 00:35:17,381 --> 00:35:18,683 US HERE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE 1001 00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:20,218 PIECE OF IT. WE ARE GOING TO GO 1002 00:35:20,218 --> 00:35:21,252 OVER THE OVERVIEW AND HISTORY 1003 00:35:21,252 --> 00:35:22,086 AND COMPOSITION AND RECRUITMENT 1004 00:35:22,086 --> 00:35:23,421 OF THE COMMITTEE. THE PRIORITIES 1005 00:35:23,421 --> 00:35:25,890 WE HAVE IN 2026. WE MEET 1006 00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:28,059 ANNUALLY TO DEVELOP THESE 1007 00:35:28,059 --> 00:35:34,765 PRIORITIES, SO WE'RE KIND OF 1008 00:35:34,765 --> 00:35:35,733 GETTING INTO SOME OF THESE 1009 00:35:35,733 --> 00:35:36,267 CONVERSATIONS, AND THEN 1010 00:35:36,267 --> 00:35:37,168 CONVERSATION, WE WOULD JUST HAVE 1011 00:35:37,168 --> 00:35:38,135 AN OPEN CONVERSATION WITH THE 1012 00:35:38,135 --> 00:35:39,403 COMMITTEE AND SOME OF THE WORK 1013 00:35:39,403 --> 00:35:40,872 WE ARE DOING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL 1014 00:35:40,872 --> 00:35:41,639 COUNCILMEMBERS. SO, NEXT SLIDE. 1015 00:35:41,639 --> 00:35:44,208 SO, KIND OF AN OVERVIEW. THE 1016 00:35:44,208 --> 00:35:44,842 COMMISSION WAS FOUNDED AND 1017 00:35:44,842 --> 00:35:48,312 ESTABLISHED IN 2016, A LITTLE 1018 00:35:48,312 --> 00:35:49,714 BIT BEFORE MY TIME ON THE 1019 00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:52,150 COMMISSION. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, 1020 00:35:52,150 --> 00:35:54,785 IT WAS PASSED BY ORDINANCE AND 1021 00:35:54,785 --> 00:35:56,554 IT IS IN THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL 1022 00:35:56,554 --> 00:36:04,662 CODE, 3.15 .010. YOU CAN READ 1023 00:36:04,662 --> 00:36:05,830 THAT THERE, I DON'T NEED TO 1024 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,265 READ IT FOR YOU. THE MAKEUP OF 1025 00:36:07,265 --> 00:36:08,566 THE COMMISSION IS BUSINESS, 1026 00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:14,438 LABOR, AND COMMUNITY. THERE ARE 1027 00:36:14,438 --> 00:36:15,873 SPOTS FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE ON 1028 00:36:15,873 --> 00:36:17,108 THE COMMITTEE. WE HAVE A REALLY 1029 00:36:17,108 --> 00:36:18,576 GOOD, AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE 1030 00:36:18,576 --> 00:36:19,544 PEOPLE THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE 1031 00:36:19,544 --> 00:36:20,878 TODAY, A REALLY GOOD MIX OF 1032 00:36:20,878 --> 00:36:21,879 LABOR AND BUSINESS ON THE 1033 00:36:21,879 --> 00:36:25,316 COMMISSION. NEXT SLIDE. SO, SOME 1034 00:36:25,316 --> 00:36:30,721 OF THE FIRST [ INAUDIBLE ] OR 1035 00:36:30,721 --> 00:36:32,323 COMMISSIONS THAT WERE STOOD UP, 1036 00:36:32,323 --> 00:36:36,060 IN 2016, WERE REALLY WORKING ON 1037 00:36:36,060 --> 00:36:38,062 ISSUES LIKE SECURE SCHEDULING, 1038 00:36:38,062 --> 00:36:39,197 THE FIRST MINIMUM WAGE THAT WAS 1039 00:36:39,197 --> 00:36:42,900 ESTABLISHED, THE RAYS OF THE 1040 00:36:42,900 --> 00:36:44,168 MINIMUM WAGE THAT WAS 1041 00:36:44,168 --> 00:36:45,970 ESTABLISHED HERE IN SEATTLE. 1042 00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:49,874 WAGE THEFT ISSUES AND CONCERNS , 1043 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:51,275 THAT'S REALLY NEAR AND DEAR TO 1044 00:36:51,275 --> 00:36:51,909 MY HEART, ESTABLISHING THINGS 1045 00:36:51,909 --> 00:36:56,013 LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ] TIME. AND 1046 00:36:56,013 --> 00:36:56,814 SINCE THEN, THE FOLLOWING 1047 00:36:56,814 --> 00:36:58,215 COHORTS, I HAVE BEEN ON THE 1048 00:36:58,215 --> 00:37:00,718 COMMISSION SINCE 2021, FOUR OR 1049 00:37:00,718 --> 00:37:02,320 FIVE YEARS NOW. IN LIGHT OF 1050 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,754 THINGS LIKE COVID-19, I WORKED 1051 00:37:03,754 --> 00:37:06,724 WITH OLS TO DO BUSINESS OUTREACH 1052 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:08,559 , YOU KNOW, KEEPING OUR 1053 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:15,666 BUSINESS, OUR CONSUMERS SAFE AND 1054 00:37:15,666 --> 00:37:17,201 WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THAT TO TRY 1055 00:37:17,201 --> 00:37:18,202 TO KEEP BUSINESSES OPEN. WE 1056 00:37:18,202 --> 00:37:19,604 WORKED ON ESTABLISHING THE 1057 00:37:19,604 --> 00:37:20,104 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR 1058 00:37:20,104 --> 00:37:20,871 PROTECTION ORDINANCE THAT JUST 1059 00:37:20,871 --> 00:37:22,306 GOT PUT IN PLACE HERE RECENTLY, 1060 00:37:22,306 --> 00:37:27,411 AND ESTABLISHING THE FUND SOURCE 1061 00:37:27,411 --> 00:37:31,315 THERE TO HELP OLF 'S REGULATE 1062 00:37:31,315 --> 00:37:32,717 THAT, AND YOU KNOW, THRIVE IN 1063 00:37:32,717 --> 00:37:34,118 THAT AREA. WE HAVE DONE THINGS 1064 00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:36,687 RECENTLY AS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 1065 00:37:36,687 --> 00:37:39,390 TRAINING. WE HAVE [ INAUDIBLE ] 1066 00:37:39,390 --> 00:37:41,559 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OLS IN THE 1067 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:52,003 COMMUNITY, AND SILVIA'S 1068 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:53,237 DOMESTIC WORKER STANDARDS BOARD, 1069 00:37:53,237 --> 00:37:54,538 AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER KNOW 1070 00:37:54,538 --> 00:37:55,439 YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS THAT WE 1071 00:37:55,439 --> 00:37:56,374 ARE SPONSORING THAT ARE COMING 1072 00:37:56,374 --> 00:37:58,175 UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE, TOO, AS 1073 00:37:58,175 --> 00:38:01,545 WELL. SO, AS BILLY KIND OF 1074 00:38:01,545 --> 00:38:02,713 ALLUDED TO THERE, WE HAVE 15 1075 00:38:02,713 --> 00:38:03,881 POSITIONS WITHIN OUR COMMISSION 1076 00:38:03,881 --> 00:38:04,081 HERE. 1077 00:38:04,081 --> 00:38:08,919 >> REPRESENTING BUSINESS, LABOR, 1078 00:38:08,919 --> 00:38:10,421 AND COMMUNITY. RIGHT NOW, WE 1079 00:38:10,421 --> 00:38:14,058 HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE 1080 00:38:14,058 --> 00:38:15,192 SURE WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF 1081 00:38:15,192 --> 00:38:16,427 PERSPECTIVE AND CONSENSUS 1082 00:38:16,427 --> 00:38:18,863 BUILDING WITHIN OUR COMMISSION. 1083 00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:20,731 WE DO HAVE 11 CURRENT 1084 00:38:20,731 --> 00:38:21,532 COMMISSIONERS, THREE OF THOSE 1085 00:38:21,532 --> 00:38:22,600 ARE BUSINESS OWNERS, ONE BEING 1086 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,102 MYSELF, AND AMANDA AS WELL. ONE 1087 00:38:25,102 --> 00:38:26,304 IS A RESEARCHER, WE HAVE TWO 1088 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:27,271 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND 1089 00:38:27,271 --> 00:38:28,706 FIVE LABOR ORGANIZATIONS 1090 00:38:28,706 --> 00:38:29,740 REPRESENTED. WE DO STILL HAVE 1091 00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:30,975 FOUR POSITIONS THAT WE WOULD 1092 00:38:30,975 --> 00:38:32,476 LOVE TO FILL. WE WOULD LOVE TO 1093 00:38:32,476 --> 00:38:33,944 CONTINUE IT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 1094 00:38:33,944 --> 00:38:35,913 KEEPING THAT DIVERSITY OF NOISES 1095 00:38:35,913 --> 00:38:42,820 BROUGHT TO THIS COMMISSION. ONE 1096 00:38:42,820 --> 00:38:43,721 OF THOSE IS A COUNCIL 1097 00:38:43,721 --> 00:38:44,255 APPOINTMENT, TWO MAYORAL 1098 00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:45,089 APPOINTMENTS, AND A COMMISSIONER 1099 00:38:45,089 --> 00:38:45,923 APPOINTMENT. KEEPING IN MIND 1100 00:38:45,923 --> 00:38:47,158 THAT WE WANT TO KEEP THAT 1101 00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:48,125 DIVERSITY. WE WOULD LOVE YOUR 1102 00:38:48,125 --> 00:38:49,593 HELP IF YOU GUYS CAN EVER THINK 1103 00:38:49,593 --> 00:38:50,961 OF SOMEBODY ALONG THE WAY HERE 1104 00:38:50,961 --> 00:38:52,396 THAT WOULD BE A GREAT FIT HERE. 1105 00:38:52,396 --> 00:38:54,031 SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE KIND OF 1106 00:38:54,031 --> 00:38:59,003 IDENTIFIED THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO 1107 00:38:59,003 --> 00:39:00,404 HAVE A WORKER ACTUALLY ON OUR 1108 00:39:00,404 --> 00:39:01,072 COMMISSION, SOMEBODY WHO CAN 1109 00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:02,106 REPRESENT THAT SIDE. WE ALSO 1110 00:39:02,106 --> 00:39:03,674 NOTICED WE HAVE A HOLE IN THE 1111 00:39:03,674 --> 00:39:07,645 BUSINESS SIDE, CONSIGNS 1112 00:39:07,645 --> 00:39:08,145 BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY 1113 00:39:08,145 --> 00:39:08,713 RESTAURANT AND HOSPITALITY 1114 00:39:08,713 --> 00:39:09,480 INDUSTRIES. FINALLY, IT IS 1115 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:10,414 ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE THE 1116 00:39:10,414 --> 00:39:11,482 DIVERSITY OF VOICES IN THE 1117 00:39:11,482 --> 00:39:12,149 IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY 1118 00:39:12,149 --> 00:39:13,084 WHEN IT COMES TO LABOR 1119 00:39:13,084 --> 00:39:14,318 STANDARDS, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO 1120 00:39:14,318 --> 00:39:15,920 FIND SOME MORE VOICES ON THAT 1121 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,756 SIDE AS WELL. 1122 00:39:18,756 --> 00:39:29,300 >> OKAY. [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1123 00:39:34,305 --> 00:39:39,643 >> Translator: LIKE HE 1124 00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:40,578 MENTIONED, IN 2025, LSAC, IN 1125 00:39:40,578 --> 00:39:48,753 COLLABORATION WITH [ INAUDIBLE ] 1126 00:39:48,753 --> 00:39:50,588 HELPED A KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 1127 00:39:50,588 --> 00:39:51,655 TRAINING, WHICH WAS A GREAT 1128 00:39:51,655 --> 00:39:52,556 SUCCESS, WE HAD MIXED AUDIENCES 1129 00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:53,457 OF WORKERS AND BUSINESSES. 1130 00:39:53,457 --> 00:40:03,934 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1131 00:40:04,301 --> 00:40:05,402 >> Translator: I AM ENCOURAGED 1132 00:40:05,402 --> 00:40:08,272 THAT LSAC IS PROMOTING LANGUAGE 1133 00:40:08,272 --> 00:40:10,574 JUSTICE TO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. 1134 00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:17,615 TRAINING [ INAUDIBLE ] 1135 00:40:17,615 --> 00:40:18,315 INTERPRETING TO SPANISH, HAVING 1136 00:40:18,315 --> 00:40:19,150 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR 1137 00:40:19,150 --> 00:40:19,950 INFORMATION IN OUR NATIVE 1138 00:40:19,950 --> 00:40:21,185 LANGUAGE IS THE BEST WAY 1139 00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:28,192 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1140 00:40:28,192 --> 00:40:30,261 >> Translator: THE MATERIALS AND 1141 00:40:30,261 --> 00:40:32,329 THE TRAINING WERE TRANSLATED 1142 00:40:32,329 --> 00:40:39,837 INTO SEVEN LANGUAGES, AND [ 1143 00:40:39,837 --> 00:40:40,738 INAUDIBLE ] WITHIN 1144 00:40:40,738 --> 00:40:42,473 ORGANIZATIONS, WITH PARTNER 1145 00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:42,840 ORGANIZATIONS. 1146 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:51,949 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1147 00:40:51,949 --> 00:40:54,885 >> Translator: THE COMMITMENT 1148 00:40:54,885 --> 00:40:58,255 WITH OLS AND THE IMMIGRANTS AND 1149 00:40:58,255 --> 00:41:03,260 REFUGEES IS HUGE. THE WORK AND 1150 00:41:03,260 --> 00:41:05,963 LEADERSHIP, IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF 1151 00:41:05,963 --> 00:41:07,932 OUR NATIONAL AND STATE LEVEL. 1152 00:41:07,932 --> 00:41:18,409 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1153 00:41:32,590 --> 00:41:38,162 >> OLS GIVES EDUCATION , [ 1154 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:40,731 INAUDIBLE ], AND FREE REFERENCES 1155 00:41:40,731 --> 00:41:43,367 TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE. IT 1156 00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:46,303 DOESN'T MATTER THEIR IMMIGRANT 1157 00:41:46,303 --> 00:41:47,771 STATUS. AND I WANT TO MENTION 1158 00:41:47,771 --> 00:41:48,839 THAT IT'S A VERY, VERY 1159 00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:51,308 IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS [ 1160 00:41:51,308 --> 00:41:54,345 INAUDIBLE ] AND CONSCIOUS , 1161 00:41:54,345 --> 00:41:56,747 SINCE WE ARE LIVING IN TIMES 1162 00:41:56,747 --> 00:42:01,619 WHERE THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY 1163 00:42:01,619 --> 00:42:02,419 RATHER STAY IN SILENCE. 1164 00:42:02,419 --> 00:42:10,127 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1165 00:42:10,127 --> 00:42:13,964 >> Translator: IN THIS TRAINING, 1166 00:42:13,964 --> 00:42:15,199 WE HAD THE PRESENCE OF 1167 00:42:15,199 --> 00:42:18,636 IMMIGRATION LAWYERS THAT SPOKE 1168 00:42:18,636 --> 00:42:20,371 ABOUT THE RISE OF THE WORKERS 1169 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:29,613 AND THE EMPLOYERS. TO -- TO TALK 1170 00:42:29,613 --> 00:42:31,015 ABOUT IMMIGRATION. 1171 00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:41,492 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1172 00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:50,568 >> Translator: LIKE I MENTIONED 1173 00:42:50,568 --> 00:42:51,568 AT THE BEGINNING, THIS TYPE OF 1174 00:42:51,568 --> 00:42:52,836 TRAINING WAS A TOTAL SUCCESS AND 1175 00:42:52,836 --> 00:42:54,004 WE BELIEVE THAT THESE AGENCIES 1176 00:42:54,004 --> 00:42:56,307 IN THE CITY SHOULD GIVE MORE 1177 00:42:56,307 --> 00:42:59,510 TRAINING TO THOSE WORKERS AND 1178 00:42:59,510 --> 00:43:03,380 EMPLOYERS WHO ARE SMALL 1179 00:43:03,380 --> 00:43:05,516 BUSINESSES. 1180 00:43:05,516 --> 00:43:12,790 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1181 00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:16,293 >> Translator: AND THAT IS WHY 1182 00:43:16,293 --> 00:43:17,661 WE ARE PLANNING ANOTHER TRAINING 1183 00:43:17,661 --> 00:43:19,363 ON THE FIRST OF JUNE. 1184 00:43:19,363 --> 00:43:23,601 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1185 00:43:23,601 --> 00:43:24,868 >> Translator: IN COLLABORATION 1186 00:43:24,868 --> 00:43:29,306 WITH OLS AND AURA. 1187 00:43:29,306 --> 00:43:32,676 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1188 00:43:32,676 --> 00:43:34,411 >> Translator: BUT WE HAVE 1189 00:43:34,411 --> 00:43:39,750 QUESTIONS AND WORRIES. 1190 00:43:39,750 --> 00:43:44,388 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1191 00:43:44,388 --> 00:43:49,793 >> Translator: HOW DOES 1192 00:43:49,793 --> 00:43:51,261 EMPLOYERS AND CONTRACTORS 1193 00:43:51,261 --> 00:43:52,763 PROTECT DOMESTIC WORKERS? 1194 00:43:52,763 --> 00:44:01,071 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] [ 1195 00:44:01,071 --> 00:44:04,441 INAUDIBLE ] FIRMS AND TEMPORARY 1196 00:44:04,441 --> 00:44:09,179 WORK CAN PROTECT UNEMPLOYED 1197 00:44:09,179 --> 00:44:10,781 WORKERS. 1198 00:44:10,781 --> 00:44:21,258 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1199 00:44:23,027 --> 00:44:24,194 >> Translator: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN 1200 00:44:24,194 --> 00:44:26,697 WORKERS ARE WORKERS FROM 1201 00:44:26,697 --> 00:44:29,466 AGENCIES ARE [ INAUDIBLE ] IN 1202 00:44:29,466 --> 00:44:31,068 THEIR WAY TO WORK? 1203 00:44:31,068 --> 00:44:41,545 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1204 00:44:44,181 --> 00:44:48,452 >> Translator: WHAT CAN THE CITY 1205 00:44:48,452 --> 00:44:50,154 DO TO SUPPORT WORKERS AND SMALL 1206 00:44:50,154 --> 00:44:51,922 BUSINESSES AROUND THESE 1207 00:44:51,922 --> 00:44:53,490 INSTABILITIES AND INTERRUPTIONS 1208 00:44:53,490 --> 00:44:56,593 CAUSED BY THE FEDERAL 1209 00:44:56,593 --> 00:45:00,264 IMMIGRATION APPLICATION ? 1210 00:45:00,264 --> 00:45:07,638 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 1211 00:45:07,638 --> 00:45:08,505 >> Translator: THESE ARE 1212 00:45:08,505 --> 00:45:09,440 QUESTIONS THAT WE STILL DON'T 1213 00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:10,808 HAVE ANSWERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE 1214 00:45:10,808 --> 00:45:12,142 TO HAVE [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1215 00:45:12,142 --> 00:45:13,877 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ]. 1216 00:45:13,877 --> 00:45:18,348 >> THANK YOU. 1217 00:45:18,348 --> 00:45:19,717 >> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT 1218 00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:20,984 PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND 1219 00:45:20,984 --> 00:45:23,654 WITH MYSELF, I CAME TO SEATTLE 1220 00:45:23,654 --> 00:45:24,855 IN SEPTEMBER 2021, SPECIFICALLY 1221 00:45:24,855 --> 00:45:29,626 TO WORK AT DRIVERS UNION, 1222 00:45:29,626 --> 00:45:30,894 BECAUSE THE CITY HAD PASSED THE 1223 00:45:30,894 --> 00:45:31,628 DEACTIVATION RIGHTS ORDINANCE 1224 00:45:31,628 --> 00:45:32,663 THAT PROVIDED PROTECTIONS FOR 1225 00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:35,099 WORKERS LIKE SILVIA JUST TALKED 1226 00:45:35,099 --> 00:45:37,835 ABOUT. IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT 1227 00:45:37,835 --> 00:45:40,637 I WAS AWARE OF IN ANY OTHER 1228 00:45:40,637 --> 00:45:41,872 SPACE. I AM AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF 1229 00:45:41,872 --> 00:45:43,073 TO THIS COUNTRY. I HAVE HAD 1230 00:45:43,073 --> 00:45:44,742 FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HAVE HAD TO 1231 00:45:44,742 --> 00:45:46,009 WORK, YOU KNOW, IN 1232 00:45:46,009 --> 00:45:51,448 DRIVE-THROUGH'S , RIGHT? WHILE 1233 00:45:51,448 --> 00:45:52,549 THEY WERE WAITING FOR THEIR 1234 00:45:52,549 --> 00:45:53,550 STATUS. I HAVE HAD FAMILY 1235 00:45:53,550 --> 00:45:54,485 MEMBERS ABUSED WHEN THEY HAVE 1236 00:45:54,485 --> 00:45:59,623 BEEN HERE ON THE VISA, AND IN 1237 00:45:59,623 --> 00:46:00,457 THEIR CORPORATE SETTING, HAVE 1238 00:46:00,457 --> 00:46:01,725 HAD TO DEAL WITH CERTAIN 1239 00:46:01,725 --> 00:46:07,564 STRESSES AND PRESSURES , YOU 1240 00:46:07,564 --> 00:46:08,699 KNOW, WONDERING, WHAT ARE THEY 1241 00:46:08,699 --> 00:46:09,566 GOING TO DO, BECAUSE THEIR 1242 00:46:09,566 --> 00:46:10,768 DAUGHTER, THEIR CHILD IS 1243 00:46:10,768 --> 00:46:17,975 DEPENDENT ON [ INAUDIBLE ] THIS 1244 00:46:17,975 --> 00:46:18,976 JOB. SO, IT IS SOMETHING I 1245 00:46:18,976 --> 00:46:20,144 DON'T WANT TO GET LOST, YOU 1246 00:46:20,144 --> 00:46:21,411 KNOW, THE IMPACT THE CITY HAS 1247 00:46:21,411 --> 00:46:23,080 HAD WITH OLS, WITH THE ADVICE OF 1248 00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:24,648 LSAC, OF THE VARIOUS POLICIES 1249 00:46:24,648 --> 00:46:27,518 AND ORDINANCE AND HOW THEY 1250 00:46:27,518 --> 00:46:28,652 IMPLEMENT WORKING WITH THEIR 1251 00:46:28,652 --> 00:46:30,020 COMMUNITY PARTNERS. AND YOU 1252 00:46:30,020 --> 00:46:31,388 KNOW, DRIVERS UNION WAS PART OF 1253 00:46:31,388 --> 00:46:37,728 THAT. THE GIG WORKER WRITES IS 1254 00:46:37,728 --> 00:46:38,662 SOMETHING THAT IS STILL BEING 1255 00:46:38,662 --> 00:46:39,663 PAID ATTENTION TO. OTHER CITIES 1256 00:46:39,663 --> 00:46:41,131 ARE LOOKING AT THE CITY OF 1257 00:46:41,131 --> 00:46:42,833 SEATTLE AND OLS AND ASKING HOW 1258 00:46:42,833 --> 00:46:45,502 THEY WERE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO GET 1259 00:46:45,502 --> 00:46:47,471 ORDINANCE LIKE THAT PASSED AND 1260 00:46:47,471 --> 00:46:51,775 MOVED, SO I DON'T WANT IT TO 1261 00:46:51,775 --> 00:46:53,343 GET LOST, ALTHOUGH I AM HERE TO 1262 00:46:53,343 --> 00:46:55,112 TALK ABOUT THE DATA TORSION AND 1263 00:46:55,112 --> 00:46:57,748 SEEING THE ACTUAL IMPACT OF WHAT 1264 00:46:57,748 --> 00:47:00,984 OLS IS DOING WITH THE ADVICE IN 1265 00:47:00,984 --> 00:47:02,886 THIS COMMISSION, AND PART OF WHY 1266 00:47:02,886 --> 00:47:04,588 I JOINED THIS COMMISSION WAS 1267 00:47:04,588 --> 00:47:06,256 THROUGH THE WORK THAT I WAS 1268 00:47:06,256 --> 00:47:07,357 DOING WITH DRIVERS UNION, SO 1269 00:47:07,357 --> 00:47:08,892 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT IMPACT, 1270 00:47:08,892 --> 00:47:11,962 YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT 2025, OF 1271 00:47:11,962 --> 00:47:13,997 WHAT WAS DONE WITH OLS, OVER $21 1272 00:47:13,997 --> 00:47:17,167 MILLION ASSESSED IN 1273 00:47:17,167 --> 00:47:18,702 INVESTIGATIONS. MORE THAN 33,000 1274 00:47:18,702 --> 00:47:20,270 WORKERS WERE IMPACTED. THOSE ARE 1275 00:47:20,270 --> 00:47:23,507 WORKERS THAT WOULDN'T NORMALLY 1276 00:47:23,507 --> 00:47:24,975 -- YOU KNOW, MAY NOT NECESSARILY 1277 00:47:24,975 --> 00:47:30,147 STEP OUT [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THIS 1278 00:47:30,147 --> 00:47:30,914 COMMISSION BEING AROUND, AND 1279 00:47:30,914 --> 00:47:32,950 KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THIS 1280 00:47:32,950 --> 00:47:34,351 FIRST PATH TO COME -- YOU KNOW, 1281 00:47:34,351 --> 00:47:38,956 TO SEEK ADVICE FROM. AND OVER 1282 00:47:38,956 --> 00:47:44,862 4000 WORKERS TRAINED, AND OVER 1283 00:47:44,862 --> 00:47:45,629 7400 BUSINESSES ENGAGED, AND 1284 00:47:45,629 --> 00:47:47,130 THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 1285 00:47:47,130 --> 00:47:50,067 WE DO WANT TO -- ESPECIALLY IN 1286 00:47:50,067 --> 00:47:51,268 THE LABOR SETTING -- FROM THE 1287 00:47:51,268 --> 00:47:52,502 LABOR SIDE, THE UNIQUENESS ABOUT 1288 00:47:52,502 --> 00:47:53,604 THIS COMMISSION IS THAT WE DO 1289 00:47:53,604 --> 00:47:55,038 HAVE LABOR AND BUSINESS WORKING 1290 00:47:55,038 --> 00:47:57,374 TOGETHER TO ADVANCE ONE 1291 00:47:57,374 --> 00:47:58,475 PARTICULAR -- YOU KNOW, THE 1292 00:47:58,475 --> 00:47:59,476 PRIORITIES OF MAKING SURE THAT 1293 00:47:59,476 --> 00:48:00,510 WORKERS ARE IN A SAFE 1294 00:48:00,510 --> 00:48:02,379 ENVIRONMENT. NOBODY STARTS WITH 1295 00:48:02,379 --> 00:48:06,183 A MIND-SET THAT BUSINESSES ARE 1296 00:48:06,183 --> 00:48:07,618 TRYING TO DO WRONG. WE KNOW THAT 1297 00:48:07,618 --> 00:48:09,086 THEY ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT, AND 1298 00:48:09,086 --> 00:48:10,887 A LOT OF THEM MAY JUST NOT BE 1299 00:48:10,887 --> 00:48:14,324 AWARE OF HOW TO DO SO. AND SO, 1300 00:48:14,324 --> 00:48:16,360 SOME OF OLS'S WORK IS DONE 1301 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:16,827 THROUGH THE COMMUNITY 1302 00:48:16,827 --> 00:48:22,199 PARTNERSHIPS, AND TWO MAIN 1303 00:48:22,199 --> 00:48:23,834 JEWELS IS THE CEO EF, WHICH IS A 1304 00:48:23,834 --> 00:48:24,701 COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION 1305 00:48:24,701 --> 00:48:26,136 FUND, AND THE BUSINESS OUTREACH 1306 00:48:26,136 --> 00:48:34,578 AND EDUCATION FUND. THE COEF 1307 00:48:34,578 --> 00:48:35,579 MEET WITH WORKERS WHERE THEY 1308 00:48:35,579 --> 00:48:36,713 ARE, THEY PROVIDE LANGUAGE 1309 00:48:36,713 --> 00:48:41,852 CAPACITY, THEY HAVE THE SAME 1310 00:48:41,852 --> 00:48:42,786 CULTURE, THE SAME LIVED 1311 00:48:42,786 --> 00:48:43,420 EXPERIENCES, AND THEY HELP 1312 00:48:43,420 --> 00:48:44,588 WORKERS UNDERSTAND THEIR RIGHTS, 1313 00:48:44,588 --> 00:48:45,622 NAVIGATING WORKPLACE ISSUES, AND 1314 00:48:45,622 --> 00:48:46,623 CONNECTING THOSE WORKERS WITH 1315 00:48:46,623 --> 00:48:48,392 OLS WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. 1316 00:48:48,392 --> 00:48:57,567 AND BOEF DOES THE SAME THING, 1317 00:48:57,567 --> 00:48:59,002 BUT ON THE BUSINESS SIDE. AS I 1318 00:48:59,002 --> 00:49:00,037 SAID, THE STARTING POINT IS 1319 00:49:00,037 --> 00:49:01,271 BUSINESSES ARE TRYING TO GET IT 1320 00:49:01,271 --> 00:49:05,876 RIGHT THEY ARE PURPOSELY NOT 1321 00:49:05,876 --> 00:49:07,277 TRYING TO GET THINGS WRONG, AND 1322 00:49:07,277 --> 00:49:08,111 THEY DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT 1323 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:08,912 COMPLIANCE LOOKS LIKE IN 1324 00:49:08,912 --> 00:49:09,680 PRACTICE, ESPECIALLY SOME SMALL 1325 00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:10,814 BUSINESS OWNERS, THEY ARE NOT 1326 00:49:10,814 --> 00:49:11,782 NECESSARILY AT THE STAGE WHERE 1327 00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:13,083 THEY CAN HAVE A GENERAL COUNSEL 1328 00:49:13,083 --> 00:49:15,052 OR [ INAUDIBLE ] TO FIGURE OUT 1329 00:49:15,052 --> 00:49:16,320 HOW TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THIS 1330 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:18,055 LOOKS LIKE, AND SO, THOSE FUNDS 1331 00:49:18,055 --> 00:49:23,527 ARE PARTNERS THAT STEP IN TO 1332 00:49:23,527 --> 00:49:24,594 EDUCATE, GUIDE, AND HELP PREVENT 1333 00:49:24,594 --> 00:49:25,395 THE VIOLATIONS BEFORE THEY 1334 00:49:25,395 --> 00:49:28,665 HAPPEN. BUT SO, THESE PROGRAMS 1335 00:49:28,665 --> 00:49:33,603 -- WITH OLS, IT IS WHAT TURNS 1336 00:49:33,603 --> 00:49:34,938 THE POLICY, AND THE ORDINANCES 1337 00:49:34,938 --> 00:49:35,872 OF THE CITY INTO REAL-WORLD 1338 00:49:35,872 --> 00:49:38,475 IMPACT. AND I AM HERE TO 1339 00:49:38,475 --> 00:49:41,545 ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW -- WELL, WE 1340 00:49:41,545 --> 00:49:42,946 AS LSAC ARE HERE TO ENCOURAGE 1341 00:49:42,946 --> 00:49:44,214 THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE STABLE 1342 00:49:44,214 --> 00:49:48,785 FUNDING FOR OLS TO CONTINUE TO 1343 00:49:48,785 --> 00:49:50,387 HAVE THIS KIND OF IMPACT IN THE 1344 00:49:50,387 --> 00:49:51,521 CITY. RECENTLY, THE MAYOR'S 1345 00:49:51,521 --> 00:49:52,289 TRANSITION TEAM RECOGNIZED THAT 1346 00:49:52,289 --> 00:49:53,590 OLS NEEDS THAT STABLE FUNDS AND 1347 00:49:53,590 --> 00:49:54,558 STRUCTURE TO MEET ITS 1348 00:49:54,558 --> 00:49:56,460 ENFORCEMENT POSSIBILITIES. THIS 1349 00:49:56,460 --> 00:50:01,331 REQUIRES INCREASED CAPACITY, SO 1350 00:50:01,331 --> 00:50:02,699 THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE MORE 1351 00:50:02,699 --> 00:50:03,500 STOPPING, MORE RESOURCES, AND 1352 00:50:03,500 --> 00:50:05,435 MORE DISCRETION. BUT AT THE SAME 1353 00:50:05,435 --> 00:50:06,203 TIME, THE CITY DEPARTMENTS HAVE 1354 00:50:06,203 --> 00:50:07,804 BEEN ASKED TO PROPOSE HOW THEY 1355 00:50:07,804 --> 00:50:11,408 COULD POSSIBLY CUT FIVE TO 10% 1356 00:50:11,408 --> 00:50:13,310 FROM THEIR BUDGET. AND FOR A 1357 00:50:13,310 --> 00:50:18,715 DEPARTMENT LIKE OLS , THAT IS 1358 00:50:18,715 --> 00:50:19,649 TENSION, RIGHT? THEY ARE ALREADY 1359 00:50:19,649 --> 00:50:20,717 OPERATING BELOW THEIR FULL 1360 00:50:20,717 --> 00:50:27,257 CAPACITY. [ INAUDIBLE ] A LOT OF 1361 00:50:27,257 --> 00:50:27,991 POSITIONS, AND CURRENTLY, 38 1362 00:50:27,991 --> 00:50:31,161 FUNDED POSITIONS. SO, THE TWO 1363 00:50:31,161 --> 00:50:31,928 RECOGNITION FROM THE TRANSITION 1364 00:50:31,928 --> 00:50:33,597 TEAM, BUT THEN THE ASK OF THE 1365 00:50:33,597 --> 00:50:34,765 CITY DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE 1366 00:50:34,765 --> 00:50:39,836 FUNDAMENTALLY IN CONFLICT. AND 1367 00:50:39,836 --> 00:50:41,304 FOR OLS, BECAUSE IT IS A SMALLER 1368 00:50:41,304 --> 00:50:42,272 DEPARTMENT AND THEY DON'T HAVE 1369 00:50:42,272 --> 00:50:43,607 THE DISCUSSION, THERE FUNDS ARE 1370 00:50:43,607 --> 00:50:49,713 EARMARKED, RIGHT , FOR SPECIFIC 1371 00:50:49,713 --> 00:50:50,814 THINGS. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF 1372 00:50:50,814 --> 00:50:51,915 DISCUSSION AND THE ABILITY TO 1373 00:50:51,915 --> 00:50:53,183 SHIFT RESOURCES IN RESPONSE TO 1374 00:50:53,183 --> 00:50:56,420 INCREASED FUNDING OR INCREASED 1375 00:50:56,420 --> 00:50:57,354 DEMAND. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU 1376 00:50:57,354 --> 00:50:58,588 HEARD IT MENTIONED IN THE 1377 00:50:58,588 --> 00:50:59,589 PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, THERE 1378 00:50:59,589 --> 00:51:00,791 WERE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WORLD 1379 00:51:00,791 --> 00:51:06,196 CUP 2026 , THAT IS COMING, AND 1380 00:51:06,196 --> 00:51:07,564 THAT IS GOING TO BRING AN INFLUX 1381 00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:08,865 OF WORKERS AND BUSINESSES INTO 1382 00:51:08,865 --> 00:51:10,200 SEATTLE, AND OLS DOESN'T 1383 00:51:10,200 --> 00:51:11,435 NECESSARILY HAVE THE DISCRETION 1384 00:51:11,435 --> 00:51:16,139 TO SHIFT FUNDING TO SAY, HEY, 1385 00:51:16,139 --> 00:51:17,340 THIS IS HAPPENING, LET'S 1386 00:51:17,340 --> 00:51:20,210 REALLOCATE FUNDS TO MORE 1387 00:51:20,210 --> 00:51:21,411 OUTREACH OR EDUCATION. AND SO, 1388 00:51:21,411 --> 00:51:28,085 IT CREATES -- YOU KNOW, HAS 1389 00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:28,919 DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS, RIGHT? IT 1390 00:51:28,919 --> 00:51:30,153 MEANS FEWER WORKERS ARE GOING TO 1391 00:51:30,153 --> 00:51:33,657 BE REACHED, FEWER BUSINESSES ARE 1392 00:51:33,657 --> 00:51:34,825 GOING TO BE SUPPORTED, AND WERE 1393 00:51:34,825 --> 00:51:36,326 VIOLATIONS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN 1394 00:51:36,326 --> 00:51:37,060 PREVENTED, YOU KNOW, WILL 1395 00:51:37,060 --> 00:51:38,328 HAPPEN. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, 1396 00:51:38,328 --> 00:51:40,697 SEATTLE HAS LED THE NATION IN 1397 00:51:40,697 --> 00:51:46,169 ADVANCING LABOR PROTECTIONS FOR 1398 00:51:46,169 --> 00:51:47,337 GIG WORKERS. WE HAVE NOT JUST 1399 00:51:47,337 --> 00:51:48,405 WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE TMC 1400 00:51:48,405 --> 00:51:52,642 DRIVERS, WE NOW HAVE FOR THE AT 1401 00:51:52,642 --> 00:51:58,982 BASE DELIVERY DRIVERS, THE 1402 00:51:58,982 --> 00:51:59,916 DEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, SO THESE 1403 00:51:59,916 --> 00:52:01,218 ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT SEEN IN 1404 00:52:01,218 --> 00:52:02,652 OTHER CITIES AND NOT TAKEN INTO 1405 00:52:02,652 --> 00:52:03,820 CONSIDERATION, THAT THOSE THAT 1406 00:52:03,820 --> 00:52:05,021 FILL THOSE SPACES DO NOT HAVE 1407 00:52:05,021 --> 00:52:07,324 THE POWER TO TRULY NEGOTIATE THE 1408 00:52:07,324 --> 00:52:08,325 CONTRACTS THAT THEY MAY BE 1409 00:52:08,325 --> 00:52:10,160 ENTERING INTO, AND THAT IMPACTS 1410 00:52:10,160 --> 00:52:11,995 THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT NEED 1411 00:52:11,995 --> 00:52:13,630 THAT RELIABLE SERVICE AS WELL. 1412 00:52:13,630 --> 00:52:15,098 SO, WE ARE ASKING, YOU KNOW, 1413 00:52:15,098 --> 00:52:19,936 THIS LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE SET 1414 00:52:19,936 --> 00:52:21,037 THE PATH FORWARD, THAT WE 1415 00:52:21,037 --> 00:52:22,172 CONTINUE FUNDING THIS PROCESS, 1416 00:52:22,172 --> 00:52:27,277 AND PROVIDING THE DISCRETION. 1417 00:52:27,277 --> 00:52:28,445 THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER 1418 00:52:28,445 --> 00:52:29,546 JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE TRYING 1419 00:52:29,546 --> 00:52:30,413 DIFFERENT THINGS . OREGON, 1420 00:52:30,413 --> 00:52:33,250 CALIFORNIA, ILLINOIS HAVE 1421 00:52:33,250 --> 00:52:34,484 RECOGNIZED AND CREATED STABLE 1422 00:52:34,484 --> 00:52:42,025 FUNDING FOR -- FOR A SIMILAR 1423 00:52:42,025 --> 00:52:43,159 OFFICE. I HAVE BEEN IN 1424 00:52:43,159 --> 00:52:44,127 CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF THEM. 1425 00:52:44,127 --> 00:52:46,296 HOW DID OLS HAVE THE IMPACT , 1426 00:52:46,296 --> 00:52:48,298 AND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO, 1427 00:52:48,298 --> 00:52:50,534 AND THEY HAVE CREATED -- THESE 1428 00:52:50,534 --> 00:52:51,434 OTHER STATES HAVE LOOKED AT 1429 00:52:51,434 --> 00:52:52,869 CREATING FUNDING FOR THEIR 1430 00:52:52,869 --> 00:52:54,871 OFFICES THROUGH PAYROLL TAXES OR 1431 00:52:54,871 --> 00:52:55,939 USING SOME OF THE CIVIL 1432 00:52:55,939 --> 00:52:58,775 PENALTIES THAT ARE TIED TO THEIR 1433 00:52:58,775 --> 00:52:59,943 ENFORCEMENT, SO YOU KNOW, 1434 00:52:59,943 --> 00:53:02,712 SEATTLE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 1435 00:53:02,712 --> 00:53:06,650 DO THE SAME . AND DO IT IN A WAY 1436 00:53:06,650 --> 00:53:08,051 THAT ALIGNS WITH THE LEADERSHIP 1437 00:53:08,051 --> 00:53:09,052 THAT WE HAVE ALREADY 1438 00:53:09,052 --> 00:53:13,423 DEMONSTRATED. IT'S NOT JUST 1439 00:53:13,423 --> 00:53:14,324 ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT, IT'S 1440 00:53:14,324 --> 00:53:16,259 ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT A WORKER 1441 00:53:16,259 --> 00:53:16,893 UNDERSTANDS THEIR RIGHTS BEFORE 1442 00:53:16,893 --> 00:53:18,028 THEY ARE VIOLATED, AND MAKING 1443 00:53:18,028 --> 00:53:19,896 SURE BUSINESSES GET IT RIGHT THE 1444 00:53:19,896 --> 00:53:21,498 FIRST TIME, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO 1445 00:53:21,498 --> 00:53:22,899 LEARN THROUGH PENALTIES. AND IT 1446 00:53:22,899 --> 00:53:24,901 IS ENSURING THAT THE ENTIRE 1447 00:53:24,901 --> 00:53:32,776 SYSTEM [ INAUDIBLE ]. BUT ACTUAL 1448 00:53:32,776 --> 00:53:33,343 FUNCTION, CONSISTENCY, AND 1449 00:53:33,343 --> 00:53:35,679 EQUITABILITY. WE BELIEVE IN 1450 00:53:35,679 --> 00:53:42,986 THESE LAWS AND WE ARE ASKING YOU 1451 00:53:42,986 --> 00:53:44,221 TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING AND THE 1452 00:53:44,221 --> 00:53:45,422 DISCUSSION THAT OLS CAN CONTINUE 1453 00:53:45,422 --> 00:53:46,423 DOING THE WORK, AND ALSO CAN 1454 00:53:46,423 --> 00:53:47,424 CONTINUE HAVING THE IMPACT THAT 1455 00:53:47,424 --> 00:53:48,658 WE HAVE HAD WITH THE VARIOUS 1456 00:53:48,658 --> 00:53:49,759 ADVICE THAT WE HAVE GIVEN 1457 00:53:49,759 --> 00:53:51,728 THROUGH THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. 1458 00:53:51,728 --> 00:53:57,500 >> SO, AND AS I MENTIONED 1459 00:53:57,500 --> 00:53:58,735 BEFORE, WE MEET ON AN ANNUAL 1460 00:53:58,735 --> 00:53:59,936 BASIS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT 1461 00:53:59,936 --> 00:54:02,772 PRIORITIES AND THINGS WE WANT TO 1462 00:54:02,772 --> 00:54:04,107 LOOK AT MOVING FORWARD, SO YOU 1463 00:54:04,107 --> 00:54:05,408 KNOW, HERE ARE SOME OF THE 1464 00:54:05,408 --> 00:54:06,876 THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT 1465 00:54:06,876 --> 00:54:08,178 MOVING FORWARD THAT CAME OUT OF 1466 00:54:08,178 --> 00:54:14,651 OUR LAST -- OUR LAST CONFERENCE 1467 00:54:14,651 --> 00:54:16,052 OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. 1468 00:54:16,052 --> 00:54:17,387 ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS IMPACTS 1469 00:54:17,387 --> 00:54:18,788 ON A.I. TO THE WORKFORCE. WE ARE 1470 00:54:18,788 --> 00:54:20,223 GOING TO BE TRYING TO LOOK AT 1471 00:54:20,223 --> 00:54:21,324 DEDICATED REVENUE SOURCES THAT 1472 00:54:21,324 --> 00:54:23,026 MIGHT HELP OLS WITH THEIR 1473 00:54:23,026 --> 00:54:24,194 FUNDING STREAM, AND MORE THINGS. 1474 00:54:24,194 --> 00:54:29,332 YOU KNOW, WE MEET ON AN EVERY 1475 00:54:29,332 --> 00:54:30,834 OTHER MONTH BASIS, AND WE TALK 1476 00:54:30,834 --> 00:54:32,502 ABOUT THESE THINGS AND TRY TO 1477 00:54:32,502 --> 00:54:33,870 BRING IN GUEST SPEAKERS, YOU 1478 00:54:33,870 --> 00:54:38,341 KNOW, HEAR FROM OLS AND THE 1479 00:54:38,341 --> 00:54:40,043 DIRECTOR HAVE USED DIFFERENT 1480 00:54:40,043 --> 00:54:42,579 THINGS ARE IMPACTING , AND TO 1481 00:54:42,579 --> 00:54:43,880 CRAFT POLICY AND SUGGESTIONS 1482 00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:47,384 MOVING FORWARD, SO -- HERE IS A 1483 00:54:47,384 --> 00:54:53,890 PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR ANNUAL 1484 00:54:53,890 --> 00:54:55,225 RETREATS. THIS ONE HERE WAS FROM 1485 00:54:55,225 --> 00:54:58,295 2024. SO, WE ARE A BIG, HAPPY 1486 00:54:58,295 --> 00:55:06,269 FAMILY. SO, IN CONCLUSION, WE 1487 00:55:06,269 --> 00:55:07,304 JUST WANTED TO SAY OBVIOUSLY 1488 00:55:07,304 --> 00:55:08,405 THANK YOU AND APPLAUD THE CITY 1489 00:55:08,405 --> 00:55:09,706 OF SEATTLE FOR, YOU KNOW, 1490 00:55:09,706 --> 00:55:12,676 STANDING UP THE OFFICE OF LABOR 1491 00:55:12,676 --> 00:55:13,643 STANDARDS. AND THIS GROUP, YOU 1492 00:55:13,643 --> 00:55:14,778 ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF 1493 00:55:14,778 --> 00:55:15,945 CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING AT 1494 00:55:15,945 --> 00:55:20,283 TAKING -- LOOKING AT WORKERS AND 1495 00:55:20,283 --> 00:55:21,751 MAKING THEM A PRIORITY IN YOUR 1496 00:55:21,751 --> 00:55:25,655 POLICY, BUT ALSO IN THAT THE 1497 00:55:25,655 --> 00:55:26,356 BUSINESS FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THE 1498 00:55:26,356 --> 00:55:29,292 ONES THAT SIT HERE AT LSAC, 1499 00:55:29,292 --> 00:55:30,126 RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE 1500 00:55:30,126 --> 00:55:31,094 COMPETING WITH BUSINESSES IN AND 1501 00:55:31,094 --> 00:55:32,462 AROUND SEATTLE, AND WITH A LOT 1502 00:55:32,462 --> 00:55:33,329 OF COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED 1503 00:55:33,329 --> 00:55:36,166 WITH BUSINESS [ INAUDIBLE ]. AND 1504 00:55:36,166 --> 00:55:42,739 THE FIRST THING THAT GOES , IT 1505 00:55:42,739 --> 00:55:43,740 DRIVES THE IMPACTS ON LABOR, 1506 00:55:43,740 --> 00:55:44,708 WHETHER IT IS THROUGH WAGES, 1507 00:55:44,708 --> 00:55:45,675 BENEFITS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, SO 1508 00:55:45,675 --> 00:55:49,112 WHEN THEY ARE OUT THERE 1509 00:55:49,112 --> 00:55:49,813 COMPETING, GOOD BUSINESSES 1510 00:55:49,813 --> 00:55:50,780 COMPETING, THEY DON'T WANT TO 1511 00:55:50,780 --> 00:55:51,581 COMPETE AGAINST BAD ACTORS, 1512 00:55:51,581 --> 00:55:53,016 RIGHT? SO, OLS IS HERE TO PULL 1513 00:55:53,016 --> 00:55:54,417 OUT THOSE BAD ACTORS AND MAKE 1514 00:55:54,417 --> 00:55:56,119 SURE THERE ARE GOOD FRIENDS IN 1515 00:55:56,119 --> 00:55:57,320 THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY LIKE WE 1516 00:55:57,320 --> 00:55:58,555 HAVE HERE AT LSAC, WHO COMPETE 1517 00:55:58,555 --> 00:56:00,423 AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND DO 1518 00:56:00,423 --> 00:56:09,199 GOOD BY THE WORKERS ON THAT. OH, 1519 00:56:09,199 --> 00:56:10,433 I WANTED TO INVITE EVERYBODY -- 1520 00:56:10,433 --> 00:56:11,601 SO, AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS 1521 00:56:11,601 --> 00:56:12,602 OUTREACH, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY 1522 00:56:12,602 --> 00:56:14,070 ON MAY 1st, THE OLS DOES THEIR 1523 00:56:14,070 --> 00:56:14,904 ANNUAL BUSINESS OUTREACH. THIS 1524 00:56:14,904 --> 00:56:19,476 YEAR, THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOWN 1525 00:56:19,476 --> 00:56:20,376 THE PIONEER SQUARE AREA, AROUND 1526 00:56:20,376 --> 00:56:21,711 THE STADIUM DISTRICTS, AND BE 1527 00:56:21,711 --> 00:56:23,279 REALLY PROACTIVE IN TALKING TO 1528 00:56:23,279 --> 00:56:24,314 THOSE BUSINESSES, AS WE ARE 1529 00:56:24,314 --> 00:56:25,582 GOING TO WELCOME THE WORLD TO 1530 00:56:25,582 --> 00:56:28,284 SEATTLE FOR FIFA, SO, THAT IS A 1531 00:56:28,284 --> 00:56:31,888 GREAT THING THEY DO EVERY YEAR. 1532 00:56:31,888 --> 00:56:34,157 A LOT OF US PARTICIPATE IN THOSE 1533 00:56:34,157 --> 00:56:35,992 EFFORTS, TOO, AS WELL. IN THE 1534 00:56:35,992 --> 00:56:37,560 FUTURE, WE HAVE MET WITH SOME OF 1535 00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:38,561 THE COUNCILMEMBERS AS MEMBERS OF 1536 00:56:38,561 --> 00:56:39,763 LSAC, AND WE INVITE ANY 1537 00:56:39,763 --> 00:56:40,597 COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVEN'T MET 1538 00:56:40,597 --> 00:56:43,400 WITH US TO PLEASE REACH OUT OR 1539 00:56:43,400 --> 00:56:44,267 LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE 1540 00:56:44,267 --> 00:56:45,835 INTERESTED, WE CAN REACH OUT TO 1541 00:56:45,835 --> 00:56:50,507 YOUR STAFF TO SET UP A MEETING. 1542 00:56:50,507 --> 00:56:51,441 ANY PRIORITY LEGISLATION OR ANY 1543 00:56:51,441 --> 00:56:52,675 THINGS YOU ARE WORKING ON IN 1544 00:56:52,675 --> 00:56:53,843 COUNCIL, WE WELCOME THEM TO LOOK 1545 00:56:53,843 --> 00:56:57,714 OVER THEM AS A COMMITTEE AND 1546 00:56:57,714 --> 00:56:58,882 BUSINESS OF LABOR FOLKS AND GIVE 1547 00:56:58,882 --> 00:57:00,316 YOU FEEDBACK, AND WE ARE HERE TO 1548 00:57:00,316 --> 00:57:01,618 SERVE YOU, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 1549 00:57:01,618 --> 00:57:09,159 >> THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR 1550 00:57:09,159 --> 00:57:10,226 BEING IN COMMITTEE TODAY, 1551 00:57:10,226 --> 00:57:11,728 TALKING ABOUT YOUR WORK. I KNOW 1552 00:57:11,728 --> 00:57:12,362 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY 1553 00:57:12,362 --> 00:57:14,130 EXCITES ME ABOUT THE WORK OF 1554 00:57:14,130 --> 00:57:16,699 LSAC IS, AGAIN, THE DIVERSE 1555 00:57:16,699 --> 00:57:17,700 TABLE THAT IS SET, INCLUDING 1556 00:57:17,700 --> 00:57:18,701 BUSINESS, LABOR, AND WORKERS 1557 00:57:18,701 --> 00:57:19,302 SITTING TOGETHER AND REALLY 1558 00:57:19,302 --> 00:57:20,303 TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES BEFORE 1559 00:57:20,303 --> 00:57:21,504 US. COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO OPEN 1560 00:57:21,504 --> 00:57:22,739 IT UP FOR QUESTIONS THAT YOU 1561 00:57:22,739 --> 00:57:33,149 HAVE FOR LSAC MEMBERS . 1562 00:57:34,150 --> 00:57:35,251 >> VICE CHAIR FOSTER? I THINK 1563 00:57:35,251 --> 00:57:36,519 YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND THANK 1564 00:57:36,519 --> 00:57:37,654 YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE FOR 1565 00:57:37,654 --> 00:57:38,855 BEING HERE TODAY AND FOR YOUR 1566 00:57:38,855 --> 00:57:40,089 SERVICE ON THE COMMITTEE, I 1567 00:57:40,089 --> 00:57:41,090 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I DIDN'T 1568 00:57:41,090 --> 00:57:42,525 GET THE SLIDE NUMBER, BUT THERE 1569 00:57:42,525 --> 00:57:43,760 WAS A SLIDE THAT YOU HAD ABOUT 1570 00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:44,961 THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I SAW A 1571 00:57:44,961 --> 00:57:46,563 NOTE THAT SAID -- WELL, THAT'S 1572 00:57:46,563 --> 00:57:53,036 NOT IT. IT WAS LATER, IT WAS, 1573 00:57:53,036 --> 00:57:54,003 BILLY, WHEN YOU WERE SPEAKING, 1574 00:57:54,003 --> 00:57:55,338 THERE WE GO. THIS FIRST ONE 1575 00:57:55,338 --> 00:57:55,939 AROUND RESTRAINING PREDATORY 1576 00:57:55,939 --> 00:57:56,606 COMMERCIAL LEASING PRACTICES, I 1577 00:57:56,606 --> 00:57:58,241 WONDER IF YOU CAN SHARE MORE 1578 00:57:58,241 --> 00:58:05,181 ABOUT THAT ONE. 1579 00:58:05,181 --> 00:58:06,349 >> SO, PART OF THE CONVERSATION 1580 00:58:06,349 --> 00:58:07,717 THAT CAME UP, MY INVOLVEMENT 1581 00:58:07,717 --> 00:58:11,921 WITH OTHERS AND JUST BEING OUT 1582 00:58:11,921 --> 00:58:13,656 IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU HEAR ABOUT 1583 00:58:13,656 --> 00:58:15,725 SOME OF THE LEASES THAT SMALL 1584 00:58:15,725 --> 00:58:16,960 BUSINESSES ARE SIGNING, AND ONE 1585 00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:21,464 EXAMPLE OF -- A BUSINESS WINDOW 1586 00:58:21,464 --> 00:58:23,533 GOT BROKEN, AND AT LEAST HOW IT 1587 00:58:23,533 --> 00:58:30,507 IS WRITTEN, AND THAT SHOULD BE 1588 00:58:30,507 --> 00:58:31,608 SOMETHING -- FROM MY STANDPOINT 1589 00:58:31,608 --> 00:58:32,642 AS AN ATTORNEY, THAT SHOULD HAVE 1590 00:58:32,642 --> 00:58:33,610 BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE LANDLORD 1591 00:58:33,610 --> 00:58:35,278 WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO FIX. 1592 00:58:35,278 --> 00:58:39,449 IT WAS NOT. AND THEY ENGAGED, 1593 00:58:39,449 --> 00:58:40,617 AND IT WAS MULTIPLE TIMES THAT 1594 00:58:40,617 --> 00:58:41,651 IT HAD HAPPENED, IT WAS 1595 00:58:41,651 --> 00:58:42,652 SOMETHING WITHIN THAT AREA AND 1596 00:58:42,652 --> 00:58:44,220 THEY WEREN'T AWARE THAT THEY 1597 00:58:44,220 --> 00:58:47,657 CAN ACTUALLY PUSH FOR THAT. THE 1598 00:58:47,657 --> 00:58:48,725 LANDLORD HAD CERTAIN TERMS IN 1599 00:58:48,725 --> 00:58:49,826 THERE ABOUT HOW THEY COULD 1600 00:58:49,826 --> 00:58:54,731 INCREASE WHAT THEIR RENTS WOULD 1601 00:58:54,731 --> 00:58:55,465 BE, BASED ON CERTAIN 1602 00:58:55,465 --> 00:58:56,566 IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE DONE 1603 00:58:56,566 --> 00:58:58,167 IN THE CLOSET SPACE. BUT THEY 1604 00:58:58,167 --> 00:59:00,270 INCREASED IT BEYOND THAT, AND 1605 00:59:00,270 --> 00:59:06,109 MORE THAN THE ACTUAL FIXES THAT 1606 00:59:06,109 --> 00:59:08,111 THE LANDLORD HAS DONE. SO, IT IS 1607 00:59:08,111 --> 00:59:11,347 HAVING SOME OF THOSE PREDATORY 1608 00:59:11,347 --> 00:59:12,448 TYPE LEASE TERMS THAT ARE 1609 00:59:12,448 --> 00:59:13,550 PRESENT, BUT AS A SMALL BUSINESS 1610 00:59:13,550 --> 00:59:14,517 OWNER, THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY 1611 00:59:14,517 --> 00:59:15,652 GOING TO HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL OR 1612 00:59:15,652 --> 00:59:21,157 THE RESOURCES TO HAVE SOMEONE 1613 00:59:21,157 --> 00:59:22,225 THAT CAN REVIEW THIS COMMERCIAL, 1614 00:59:22,225 --> 00:59:23,459 YOU KNOW, 20 PAGE COMMERCIAL 1615 00:59:23,459 --> 00:59:26,329 LEASE TO SAY, YES, YOU SHOULD, 1616 00:59:26,329 --> 00:59:30,767 OR NO, NEGOTIATE THIS PART. YOU 1617 00:59:30,767 --> 00:59:31,734 HAVE YOUR BUSINESS YOU ARE 1618 00:59:31,734 --> 00:59:32,936 LOOKING TO GET STARTED, AND IT 1619 00:59:32,936 --> 00:59:34,203 SEEMS FAIR ENOUGH TO YOU IN 1620 00:59:34,203 --> 00:59:35,371 TERMS OF THE LENGTH AND THE 1621 00:59:35,371 --> 00:59:36,639 AMOUNT THAT YOU ARE PAYING, SO 1622 00:59:36,639 --> 00:59:37,874 THEY SIGN THAT LEASE, AND THEN 1623 00:59:37,874 --> 00:59:43,746 AS THEY GET INTO THE DETAILS, [ 1624 00:59:43,746 --> 00:59:45,014 INAUDIBLE ] START COMING OUT AND 1625 00:59:45,014 --> 00:59:46,649 IT IS TOO LATE FOR THAT. SO, IT 1626 00:59:46,649 --> 00:59:48,351 IS ONE OF THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, 1627 00:59:48,351 --> 00:59:49,886 I HAVE SEEN TOO MUCH, WHERE I AM 1628 00:59:49,886 --> 00:59:51,020 LIKE WE CAN'T REALLY DO 1629 00:59:51,020 --> 00:59:51,721 ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU HAVE 1630 00:59:51,721 --> 00:59:53,122 ALREADY SIGNED THIS CONTRACT, 1631 00:59:53,122 --> 00:59:54,390 AND YOU ARE STUCK WITH THE TERMS 1632 00:59:54,390 --> 00:59:57,393 OF THE CONTRACT. BUT SIMILAR TO 1633 00:59:57,393 --> 00:59:59,796 WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WITH THE GIG 1634 00:59:59,796 --> 01:00:01,064 ECONOMY, RIGHT, THAT IF THERE 1635 01:00:01,064 --> 01:00:02,865 ARE CITY LAWS OR ORDINANCES THAT 1636 01:00:02,865 --> 01:00:07,437 REQUIRE CERTAIN LIKE -- WHETHER 1637 01:00:07,437 --> 01:00:09,372 IT IS CAPS ON HOW MUCH YOU CAN 1638 01:00:09,372 --> 01:00:10,707 INCREASE IN A COMMERCIAL LEASE, 1639 01:00:10,707 --> 01:00:13,776 AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE KNOW 1640 01:00:13,776 --> 01:00:15,211 THE LANDLORD HAS TO BE HELD 1641 01:00:15,211 --> 01:00:17,280 RESPONSIBLE FOR, I THINK THAT 1642 01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:19,983 WOULD EASE THE CONCERNS AND EASE 1643 01:00:19,983 --> 01:00:22,619 THE BURDENS THAT ARE THEN PLACED 1644 01:00:22,619 --> 01:00:27,490 ON THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. 1645 01:00:27,490 --> 01:00:28,358 BECAUSE ONCE THAT INCREASES, NOW 1646 01:00:28,358 --> 01:00:30,493 I HAVE TO THINK -- I HAVE TO 1647 01:00:30,493 --> 01:00:31,894 COME OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THESE 1648 01:00:31,894 --> 01:00:33,096 THINGS, WHICH MEANS I MAY NEED 1649 01:00:33,096 --> 01:00:34,931 TO LET A WORKER GO OR CUT ONE OF 1650 01:00:34,931 --> 01:00:36,399 MY WORKERS, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT 1651 01:00:36,399 --> 01:00:39,869 OF TIME, AND NOW SOMEONE ELSE -- 1652 01:00:39,869 --> 01:00:41,437 THEY ARE TAKING ON MORE OR 1653 01:00:41,437 --> 01:00:44,173 PUTTING ON MORE RESPONSIBILITIES 1654 01:00:44,173 --> 01:00:45,408 ON OTHER EMPLOYEES THAT ARE 1655 01:00:45,408 --> 01:00:50,246 THERE. SO, IT IS JUST KIND OF 1656 01:00:50,246 --> 01:00:51,447 LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE ISSUES 1657 01:00:51,447 --> 01:00:52,849 THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND WE HAVE 1658 01:00:52,849 --> 01:00:54,050 HEARD AND I HAVE HEARD, YOU 1659 01:00:54,050 --> 01:00:55,351 KNOW, PEOPLE COMING TO ME WITH. 1660 01:00:55,485 --> 01:00:58,154 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I 1661 01:00:58,154 --> 01:01:04,260 WONDER -- I KNOW THE OED 1662 01:01:04,260 --> 01:01:05,628 DIRECTOR IS WITH US HERE TODAY, 1663 01:01:05,628 --> 01:01:06,896 AND I WONDER IF THERE IS A 1664 01:01:06,896 --> 01:01:07,697 FORMAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE 1665 01:01:07,697 --> 01:01:08,731 COMMITTEE -- I KNOW OBVIOUSLY, 1666 01:01:08,731 --> 01:01:10,199 YOU ARE TIED TO OFFICE OF LABOR 1667 01:01:10,199 --> 01:01:11,634 STANDARDS, BUT I AM ALSO 1668 01:01:11,634 --> 01:01:15,004 THINKING ABOUT WORK THAT ALSO 1669 01:01:15,004 --> 01:01:15,838 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS DOING, 1670 01:01:15,838 --> 01:01:17,140 SO I'M CURIOUS IF THERE IS 1671 01:01:17,140 --> 01:01:18,241 ALREADY SORT OF A DIRECT 1672 01:01:18,241 --> 01:01:19,208 CONNECTION AS I'M LISTENING TO 1673 01:01:19,208 --> 01:01:20,209 THAT RECOMMENDATION WITH OED AND 1674 01:01:20,209 --> 01:01:21,544 KNOWING THAT THERE IS WORK 1675 01:01:21,544 --> 01:01:25,415 HAPPENING THERE ON THAT LEASE 1676 01:01:25,415 --> 01:01:26,716 AND COMMERCIAL SIDE. AND IF NOT, 1677 01:01:26,716 --> 01:01:29,652 WE CAN TAKE THAT OFF-LINE AND WE 1678 01:01:29,652 --> 01:01:30,553 CAN MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS, 1679 01:01:30,553 --> 01:01:32,155 BECAUSE I HEAR A REAL 1680 01:01:32,155 --> 01:01:33,856 OPPORTUNITY THERE AND I SEE THE 1681 01:01:33,856 --> 01:01:34,857 DIRECTOR NODDING HIS HEAD FROM 1682 01:01:34,857 --> 01:01:36,025 THE AUDIENCE, SO WE WILL FOLLOW 1683 01:01:36,025 --> 01:01:40,530 UP ON THAT. [ LAUGHTER ] JUST 1684 01:01:40,530 --> 01:01:41,764 ONE MORE QUESTION IF I MAY, 1685 01:01:41,764 --> 01:01:42,765 CHAIR, IN THE BEGINNING, HE 1686 01:01:42,765 --> 01:01:44,100 TALKED ABOUT THE DESIRE TO HAVE 1687 01:01:44,100 --> 01:01:44,834 A MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS, 1688 01:01:44,834 --> 01:01:46,169 INTEGRITY IS TO TALK ABOUT 1689 01:01:46,169 --> 01:01:49,639 POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL. 1690 01:01:49,639 --> 01:01:51,107 CAN YOU JUST DEFINE THAT FOR US, 1691 01:01:51,107 --> 01:01:52,041 WHAT WOULD BE MEDIUM-SIZED, 1692 01:01:52,041 --> 01:01:54,110 KNOWING THAT -- I THINK IN 25 TO 1693 01:01:54,110 --> 01:01:59,582 100, TWO LOCATIONS? IF THERE IS 1694 01:01:59,582 --> 01:02:00,650 ANY MORE INFORMATION, SO THAT WE 1695 01:02:00,650 --> 01:02:02,085 CAN BE GOOD PARTNERS AND HELP ME 1696 01:02:02,085 --> 01:02:03,519 BE IDENTIFIABLE TO PARTNER WITH 1697 01:02:03,519 --> 01:02:03,886 THE COMMISSION. 1698 01:02:03,886 --> 01:02:05,922 >> YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF 1699 01:02:05,922 --> 01:02:07,623 WRITING THAT RIGHT LINE OF WHERE 1700 01:02:07,623 --> 01:02:10,660 WE ARE THINKING THERE, 25 TO 1701 01:02:10,660 --> 01:02:11,928 100. WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO SMALL 1702 01:02:11,928 --> 01:02:13,229 BUSINESSES, I KNOW WE HAVE THREE 1703 01:02:13,229 --> 01:02:14,330 LOCATIONS, BUT WE RUN A VERY 1704 01:02:14,330 --> 01:02:15,731 TIGHT SHIP AND WE ARE VERY 1705 01:02:15,731 --> 01:02:17,300 SMALL. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE GS A 1706 01:02:17,300 --> 01:02:18,601 BA ON THERE, BECAUSE THEY KIND 1707 01:02:18,601 --> 01:02:23,339 OF [ INAUDIBLE ] MANY, MANY 1708 01:02:23,339 --> 01:02:24,574 SIZES OF BUSINESS, BUT IT WOULD 1709 01:02:24,574 --> 01:02:25,975 BE REALLY NICE TO GET THOSE 1710 01:02:25,975 --> 01:02:27,443 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT HAVE A 1711 01:02:27,443 --> 01:02:28,744 PERSPECTIVE THAT I DON'T HAVE, 1712 01:02:28,744 --> 01:02:31,447 THAT ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS 1713 01:02:31,447 --> 01:02:32,949 LIKE MYSELF, WHERE THEY ARE 1714 01:02:32,949 --> 01:02:33,583 HAVING MAYBE BIGGER FOOTPRINTS, 1715 01:02:33,583 --> 01:02:35,184 A LOT BIGGER LABOR FORCE, BUT 1716 01:02:35,184 --> 01:02:36,753 NOT MAYBE TO THAT SIZE [ 1717 01:02:36,753 --> 01:02:41,290 INAUDIBLE ] THE BIG TECH 1718 01:02:41,290 --> 01:02:42,291 COMPANIES HERE AS WELL, WHICH 1719 01:02:42,291 --> 01:02:43,359 HONESTLY ARE A WHOLE DIFFERENT 1720 01:02:43,359 --> 01:02:44,627 ARRAY OF MIND-SET, BUT I FEEL 1721 01:02:44,627 --> 01:02:46,829 LIKE THERE IS UNDERREPRESENTATIO 1722 01:02:46,829 --> 01:02:48,064 N THERE AND THAT IS WHERE WE 1723 01:02:48,064 --> 01:02:50,433 WOULD LIKE [ INAUDIBLE ]. 1724 01:02:50,433 --> 01:02:52,034 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND CHAIR, 1725 01:02:52,034 --> 01:02:52,902 FINAL QUESTION, I REALLY 1726 01:02:52,902 --> 01:02:54,470 APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS AND THE 1727 01:02:54,470 --> 01:02:59,876 CONTEXT AROUND YOUR WORK AND THE 1728 01:02:59,876 --> 01:03:01,043 NEED THAT IS THERE COMPARED TO 1729 01:03:01,043 --> 01:03:02,278 THE STAFFING. I ALSO WONDER IF 1730 01:03:02,278 --> 01:03:03,746 YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE 1731 01:03:03,746 --> 01:03:05,148 -- ONE OF MY CONCERNS HAS BEEN 1732 01:03:05,148 --> 01:03:06,215 SEEING SOME OF THE DISMANTLING 1733 01:03:06,215 --> 01:03:07,850 AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL OF LABOR 1734 01:03:07,850 --> 01:03:12,388 STANDARDS AND OF THE EXISTING 1735 01:03:12,388 --> 01:03:13,389 GOVERNING BODIES. I WONDER IF 1736 01:03:13,389 --> 01:03:14,590 YOU COULD SPEAK JUST A LITTLE 1737 01:03:14,590 --> 01:03:16,325 BIT TO HOW THAT MAY BE IMPACTING 1738 01:03:16,325 --> 01:03:26,569 WORK LOCALLY. 1739 01:03:27,870 --> 01:03:29,438 >> SO, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE 1740 01:03:29,438 --> 01:03:30,773 PIECES, I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE ON A 1741 01:03:30,773 --> 01:03:31,941 STATE LEVEL, THEY JUST PAST THE 1742 01:03:31,941 --> 01:03:33,209 TRIGGER BILL, SO IF NLRB KICKS 1743 01:03:33,209 --> 01:03:34,310 OUT OR DOESN'T TAKE 1744 01:03:34,310 --> 01:03:37,146 JURISDICTION, THE PERK COULD DO 1745 01:03:37,146 --> 01:03:43,219 SO. SO, BUT IN TERMS OF LOCALLY, 1746 01:03:43,219 --> 01:03:45,321 IT'S SOMETHING -- THAT IS A 1747 01:03:45,321 --> 01:03:46,222 CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN 1748 01:03:46,222 --> 01:03:47,456 HAVING AS A COMMISSION IN TERMS 1749 01:03:47,456 --> 01:03:49,458 OF WHAT CAN THE CITY DO OR WHAT 1750 01:03:49,458 --> 01:03:51,794 CAN WE RECOMMEND THAT WOULDN'T 1751 01:03:51,794 --> 01:03:54,363 NECESSARILY STEP ON THE 1752 01:03:54,363 --> 01:03:54,831 JURISDICTION OF OTHER 1753 01:03:54,831 --> 01:03:59,268 ORGANIZATIONS ? AND IT IS STILL 1754 01:03:59,268 --> 01:04:00,469 AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. PART OF 1755 01:04:00,469 --> 01:04:06,409 THE REASON WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO 1756 01:04:06,409 --> 01:04:07,643 HAVE, YOU KNOW, WORKERS ON THE 1757 01:04:07,643 --> 01:04:09,045 BOARD AS WELL, BECAUSE AS 1758 01:04:09,045 --> 01:04:10,112 SOMEONE IN LABOR, WE CAN GIVE 1759 01:04:10,112 --> 01:04:11,247 THAT PERSPECTIVE OF HERE IS WHAT 1760 01:04:11,247 --> 01:04:12,715 WE ARE SEEING, AND YES, WE ARE 1761 01:04:12,715 --> 01:04:13,816 DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO WORKERS, 1762 01:04:13,816 --> 01:04:17,420 BUT FOR EXAMPLE, THE NURSES 1763 01:04:17,420 --> 01:04:23,092 ASSOCIATION, THAT IS HOSPITAL 1764 01:04:23,092 --> 01:04:24,293 FACILITIES, THAT IS BIGGER 1765 01:04:24,293 --> 01:04:26,028 WORKFORCE, DRIVERS UNION, THEY 1766 01:04:26,028 --> 01:04:27,396 HAVE DONE OUR OWN KIND OF 1767 01:04:27,396 --> 01:04:31,968 PROTECTING EMPLOYEES, LIKE WE 1768 01:04:31,968 --> 01:04:33,035 HAVE OUR RAPID RESPONSE, LIKE 1769 01:04:33,035 --> 01:04:34,437 WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IT 1770 01:04:34,437 --> 01:04:36,172 IS THROUGH LITIGATION, BUT IT IS 1771 01:04:36,172 --> 01:04:38,574 A LITTLE BIT DISHEARTENING 1772 01:04:38,574 --> 01:04:39,742 BECAUSE THAT CAN TAKE LONG. SO, 1773 01:04:39,742 --> 01:04:41,978 SOME OF THE IDEA IS IS THERE A 1774 01:04:41,978 --> 01:04:43,813 WAY THAT WE CAN QUICKLY RESPOND? 1775 01:04:43,813 --> 01:04:45,915 IS IT SOMETHING THAT HAVING A 1776 01:04:45,915 --> 01:04:50,152 SPACE TO IMPLEMENT MORE -- YOU 1777 01:04:50,152 --> 01:04:51,287 KNOW, HEFTIER FINES ON EMPLOYERS 1778 01:04:51,287 --> 01:04:53,289 WHERE THERE IS A QUICKER 1779 01:04:53,289 --> 01:04:54,390 INVESTIGATION PROCESS THAT GOES 1780 01:04:54,390 --> 01:04:58,294 INTO PLACE. STILL SOME OF THE 1781 01:04:58,294 --> 01:04:59,428 IDEAS THAT WE ARE WORKING 1782 01:04:59,428 --> 01:05:03,366 THROUGH, BUT SOME OF IT COULD BE 1783 01:05:03,366 --> 01:05:05,034 THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTING HEFTIER 1784 01:05:05,034 --> 01:05:06,435 FINES. I KNOW WHEN WE ARE THERE 1785 01:05:06,435 --> 01:05:07,603 AND SOME OF THE ARGUMENTS THAT 1786 01:05:07,603 --> 01:05:13,976 WE HAVE USED, YOU KNOW, WE DID 1787 01:05:13,976 --> 01:05:14,977 USE ONE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS 1788 01:05:14,977 --> 01:05:16,078 THAT OLS DID AND THE 1789 01:05:16,078 --> 01:05:16,879 MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PAYMENTS, 1790 01:05:16,879 --> 01:05:18,014 YOU KNOW, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS 1791 01:05:18,014 --> 01:05:19,448 THAT UBER AND LYFT ENTERED INTO, 1792 01:05:19,448 --> 01:05:20,583 BECAUSE THEY WERE STEALING WAGES 1793 01:05:20,583 --> 01:05:21,951 AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THAT, BUT 1794 01:05:21,951 --> 01:05:23,119 THEY ARE ALSO AWARE THAT THE 1795 01:05:23,119 --> 01:05:23,920 WORKERS DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE 1796 01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:25,187 TIME TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE 1797 01:05:25,187 --> 01:05:26,756 CHART, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR PAY 1798 01:05:26,756 --> 01:05:30,092 STATEMENTS TO REALIZE, THERE WAS 1799 01:05:30,092 --> 01:05:31,861 FIVE CENTS TAKEN HERE FOR $.10 1800 01:05:31,861 --> 01:05:33,729 TAKEN THERE, BUT THAT ADDS UP TO 1801 01:05:33,729 --> 01:05:34,997 MILLIONS OVER TIME, SO HAVING -- 1802 01:05:34,997 --> 01:05:37,767 AND THAT IS PART OF WHY WE 1803 01:05:37,767 --> 01:05:38,901 TALKED ABOUT MORE ENFORCEMENT, 1804 01:05:38,901 --> 01:05:41,704 HAVING MORE STUFF THAT CAN DO 1805 01:05:41,704 --> 01:05:45,975 THE INVESTIGATIONS IN A SHORTER 1806 01:05:45,975 --> 01:05:46,943 TIME PERIOD, AND HAVING HEFTIER 1807 01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:48,444 PENALTIES, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED 1808 01:05:48,444 --> 01:05:51,180 TO THAT, I THINK IS WHAT WOULD 1809 01:05:51,180 --> 01:05:57,520 ENCOURAGE WORKERS TO STEP UP AND 1810 01:05:57,520 --> 01:05:58,220 LOOK INTO ENFORCING THAT, 1811 01:05:58,220 --> 01:06:00,222 BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD WHEN I AM 1812 01:06:00,222 --> 01:06:01,490 BRINGING CASES FROM THE TMC 1813 01:06:01,490 --> 01:06:03,359 DRIVERS, THERE IS A FAIR OF HOW 1814 01:06:03,359 --> 01:06:08,464 CAN THEY RETALIATE OR HOW LONG 1815 01:06:08,464 --> 01:06:09,865 IS THIS GOING TO TAKE, AND THE 1816 01:06:09,865 --> 01:06:11,701 COMPANY IS, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER 1817 01:06:11,701 --> 01:06:14,904 COMPANIES TAKE THEIR TIME AND 1818 01:06:14,904 --> 01:06:16,138 DRAG OUT THE LITIGATION, AND SO, 1819 01:06:16,138 --> 01:06:17,340 IT IS TWO, THREE YEARS LATER, 1820 01:06:17,340 --> 01:06:19,075 AND THE DRIVERS HAVE MOVED ON TO 1821 01:06:19,075 --> 01:06:21,677 SOMETHING ELSE, AND/OR NOW THAT 1822 01:06:21,677 --> 01:06:22,611 THE FEDERAL LANDSCAPE IS 1823 01:06:22,611 --> 01:06:23,512 CHANGING, THEY ARE AFRAID TO 1824 01:06:23,512 --> 01:06:26,282 CONTINUE TO PURSUE IT SO, 1825 01:06:26,282 --> 01:06:27,750 THINKING OF IDEAS, YOU KNOW, 1826 01:06:27,750 --> 01:06:30,987 ALONG THOSE LINES , AND SAME 1827 01:06:30,987 --> 01:06:31,987 WITH BUSINESSES, WE HAVE HAD 1828 01:06:31,987 --> 01:06:33,255 THOSE CONVERSATIONS ON THE 1829 01:06:33,255 --> 01:06:36,492 PANEL, I DON'T WANT TO GET 1830 01:06:36,492 --> 01:06:37,760 THOSE FINES, BUT YOU KNOW, WE 1831 01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:38,961 NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE IT IS, 1832 01:06:38,961 --> 01:06:40,196 SO THE COMMUNITY FUNDS AND THE 1833 01:06:40,196 --> 01:06:41,197 BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP FUNDS ARE 1834 01:06:41,197 --> 01:06:43,632 TWO PHONES THAT I THINK ARE VERY 1835 01:06:43,632 --> 01:06:46,001 VALUABLE, BUT IT IS ALSO HAVING 1836 01:06:46,001 --> 01:06:47,470 MORE DISCRETION AND HAVING A 1837 01:06:47,470 --> 01:06:50,539 LITTLE BIT MORE OUTREACH. SO, 1838 01:06:50,539 --> 01:06:53,209 LOCALLY, WITH THE DISMANTLING OF 1839 01:06:53,209 --> 01:06:54,610 WHAT IS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, 1840 01:06:54,610 --> 01:06:57,613 FEDERALLY, IT IS PROMOTING THE 1841 01:06:57,613 --> 01:06:59,548 IDEA OF LIKE, YES, LEAN INTO 1842 01:06:59,548 --> 01:07:01,183 THIS SPACE OF WE ARE, YOU KNOW, 1843 01:07:01,183 --> 01:07:03,719 IS SAFE CITY. AND WORKERS -- 1844 01:07:03,719 --> 01:07:10,359 BUSINESSES SHOULD SPEAK UP AND 1845 01:07:10,359 --> 01:07:12,094 STEP UP, TOO, BUT I THINK HAVING 1846 01:07:12,094 --> 01:07:19,135 THAT -- THAT SAVES SPACE, FOR 1847 01:07:19,135 --> 01:07:20,136 LACK OF A BETTER PHRASE, AND 1848 01:07:20,136 --> 01:07:21,137 HAVING THE CONFIDENCE TO KNOW 1849 01:07:21,137 --> 01:07:22,938 THAT IF I COME TO THE CITY, THAT 1850 01:07:22,938 --> 01:07:26,976 ONE, MY INFORMATION ISN'T BEING 1851 01:07:26,976 --> 01:07:29,145 SHARED, IT IS GOING TO BE 1852 01:07:29,145 --> 01:07:30,079 RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS THAT 1853 01:07:30,079 --> 01:07:31,347 WE ARE BRINGING UP, AND YOU 1854 01:07:31,347 --> 01:07:35,518 KNOW, I HAVE THAT SUPPORT. 1855 01:07:35,518 --> 01:07:36,552 >> REAL QUICK, COUNCILMEMBER 1856 01:07:36,552 --> 01:07:37,420 FOSTER, ON THAT, I THINK THAT'S 1857 01:07:37,420 --> 01:07:40,923 WHY THOSE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 1858 01:07:40,923 --> 01:07:42,057 TRAININGS THAT WE DO ARE SO 1859 01:07:42,057 --> 01:07:43,459 IMPORTANT. AND AS PATRICE 1860 01:07:43,459 --> 01:07:49,865 MENTIONED, THE BUSINESS AND 1861 01:07:49,865 --> 01:07:51,167 COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WE DO -- 1862 01:07:51,167 --> 01:07:52,068 BECAUSE WE WORK WITH 1863 01:07:52,068 --> 01:07:52,635 REPRESENTATIVE WORKERS, BUT 1864 01:07:52,635 --> 01:07:53,702 THERE ARE A MAJORITY OF WORKERS 1865 01:07:53,702 --> 01:07:54,937 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT 1866 01:07:54,937 --> 01:07:56,038 AREN'T REPRESENTED. LARGE 1867 01:07:56,038 --> 01:08:00,009 GROUPS OF IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. 1868 01:08:00,009 --> 01:08:01,811 SO, THESE KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 1869 01:08:01,811 --> 01:08:02,878 TRAININGS -- FOR EXAMPLE, THE 1870 01:08:02,878 --> 01:08:04,180 FIRST TRAINING THAT WE DID, WE 1871 01:08:04,180 --> 01:08:05,648 ARE GOING TO DO AN IN PERSON 1872 01:08:05,648 --> 01:08:07,383 ONE, BUT WE HAD A LAST-MINUTE 1873 01:08:07,383 --> 01:08:08,651 SWITCH TO IT ONLINE FOR SAFETY 1874 01:08:08,651 --> 01:08:09,952 OF THE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO 1875 01:08:09,952 --> 01:08:11,053 ATTEND, SO THOSE ARE HUGE. AND 1876 01:08:11,053 --> 01:08:12,054 ANYWAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE 1877 01:08:12,054 --> 01:08:13,289 PARTNERING [ INAUDIBLE ] POINT 1878 01:08:13,289 --> 01:08:15,090 AND IT LIFTS UP THE WORK THAT 1879 01:08:15,090 --> 01:08:17,793 OLS DOES. AND AT THIS TIME, NO 1880 01:08:17,793 --> 01:08:18,961 MORE THAN ANY OTHER, THE WORK 1881 01:08:18,961 --> 01:08:20,229 THAT THEY DO IS SO GREAT. 1882 01:08:20,229 --> 01:08:21,864 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU, 1883 01:08:21,864 --> 01:08:22,097 CHAIR. 1884 01:08:22,097 --> 01:08:26,502 >> YOU FOR THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT 1885 01:08:26,502 --> 01:08:27,870 IT'S CHAIR FOSTER. AND JUST 1886 01:08:27,870 --> 01:08:30,439 BUILDING ON THIS POINT, IT IS MY 1887 01:08:30,439 --> 01:08:31,373 RECOLLECTION -- I BELIEVE THERE 1888 01:08:31,373 --> 01:08:32,608 WAS A STATE BILL PASSED THIS 1889 01:08:32,608 --> 01:08:34,210 YEAR AROUND ALLOWING FOR PAID 1890 01:08:34,210 --> 01:08:36,078 LEAVE TO BE USED DURING 1891 01:08:36,078 --> 01:08:37,113 IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS, IS THAT 1892 01:08:37,113 --> 01:08:40,115 CORRECT? I MIGHT BE RECALLING 1893 01:08:40,115 --> 01:08:40,583 THAT INCORRECTLY. 1894 01:08:40,583 --> 01:08:45,321 >> I BELIEVE SO. GREAT. I THINK 1895 01:08:45,321 --> 01:08:46,489 ABOUT THAT, IT'S JUST ONE STEP 1896 01:08:46,489 --> 01:08:48,057 FORWARD TO TRY AND APPROACH THE 1897 01:08:48,057 --> 01:08:52,194 MYRIAD OF CHALLENGES THAT 1898 01:08:52,194 --> 01:08:53,028 IMMIGRANT WORKERS ARE FACING, 1899 01:08:53,028 --> 01:08:54,296 AND YOU ALL SPOKE TO THE 1900 01:08:54,296 --> 01:08:55,364 DYNAMICS WE HAVE BETWEEN WORKERS 1901 01:08:55,364 --> 01:08:56,365 WERE PART OF A REPRESENTED 1902 01:08:56,365 --> 01:08:57,766 UNION, BUT MANY OF WHOM ARE NOT, 1903 01:08:57,766 --> 01:08:58,934 I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND HONOR 1904 01:08:58,934 --> 01:09:00,002 THE POINTS THAT SYLVIA WAS 1905 01:09:00,002 --> 01:09:01,203 RAISING IN THIS, AND THANK YOU 1906 01:09:01,203 --> 01:09:04,039 FOR BEING SO WE'RE ON THE 1907 01:09:04,039 --> 01:09:04,907 QUESTIONS THAT WE DON'T HAVE 1908 01:09:04,907 --> 01:09:06,342 ANSWERS TO AT THIS TIME. AND I 1909 01:09:06,342 --> 01:09:08,010 THINK I WANT TO ALSO OPEN IT UP 1910 01:09:08,010 --> 01:09:16,252 TO -- WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS 1911 01:09:16,252 --> 01:09:17,853 THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THIS SPACE 1912 01:09:17,853 --> 01:09:18,521 AND OPPORTUNITIES, UNDERSTANDING 1913 01:09:18,521 --> 01:09:19,555 THAT THE STATE TOOK A STEP 1914 01:09:19,555 --> 01:09:20,656 FORWARD ON ALLOWING FOR PAID 1915 01:09:20,656 --> 01:09:26,128 LEAVE TO BE USED FOR TIME FOR 1916 01:09:26,128 --> 01:09:26,729 IMMIGRATION PROCEEDINGS, BUT 1917 01:09:26,729 --> 01:09:27,530 I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT 1918 01:09:27,530 --> 01:09:29,131 THE FACT THAT WE KNOW A LOT OF 1919 01:09:29,131 --> 01:09:30,599 PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WORK ON 1920 01:09:30,599 --> 01:09:32,034 SOME DAYS WHEN THERE IS 1921 01:09:32,034 --> 01:09:36,038 SUBSTANTIAL FEAR OF DEPORTATION. 1922 01:09:36,038 --> 01:09:36,972 AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE 1923 01:09:36,972 --> 01:09:38,073 CHALLENGES. AND I AM HEARING 1924 01:09:38,073 --> 01:09:39,175 ABOUT CHALLENGES AROUND JUST 1925 01:09:39,175 --> 01:09:40,142 RETALIATION, WAGE THEFT, AND 1926 01:09:40,142 --> 01:09:43,779 WEAPONIZING SOMEONE'S 1927 01:09:43,779 --> 01:09:47,550 DOCUMENTATION AGAINST THEM. SO, 1928 01:09:47,550 --> 01:09:49,385 OTHER IDEAS OR CONCEPTS THAT 1929 01:09:49,385 --> 01:09:50,452 HAVE BEEN PERCOLATING OR THINGS 1930 01:09:50,452 --> 01:09:51,620 THAT YOU ARE HEARING WOULD BE 1931 01:09:51,620 --> 01:09:53,122 HELD ULTA HERE ON THIS FRONT AS 1932 01:09:53,122 --> 01:10:00,229 WELL. 1933 01:10:00,229 --> 01:10:01,197 >> HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS, BUT 1934 01:10:01,197 --> 01:10:02,631 AS YOU WERE TALKING, ONE OF THE 1935 01:10:02,631 --> 01:10:04,500 THINGS, THOUGHTS, OR IDEAS, AND 1936 01:10:04,500 --> 01:10:06,902 I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ALREADY 1937 01:10:06,902 --> 01:10:08,404 HAPPENING, SO I WILL SAY IT WITH 1938 01:10:08,404 --> 01:10:09,738 THAT CAVEAT, BUT I KNOW FOR 1939 01:10:09,738 --> 01:10:13,876 EXAMPLE, I USED TO WORK WITH 1940 01:10:13,876 --> 01:10:15,211 MLRB, THERE WAS A PROCESS AND A 1941 01:10:15,211 --> 01:10:17,046 MEMO IN PLACE AT ONE POINT, 1942 01:10:17,046 --> 01:10:20,516 BEFORE I WENT TO DO ANY KIND OF 1943 01:10:20,516 --> 01:10:22,618 WORKPLACE INVESTIGATION, [ 1944 01:10:22,618 --> 01:10:24,186 INAUDIBLE ], THEY WOULD ALSO 1945 01:10:24,186 --> 01:10:28,524 CHECK WITH THE MLRB TO SEE IF 1946 01:10:28,524 --> 01:10:29,358 THERE WERE ANY COMPLAINTS, 1947 01:10:29,358 --> 01:10:32,795 BECAUSE THOSE BIGGER COMPANIES, 1948 01:10:32,795 --> 01:10:34,396 WORKERS STARTED UNIONIZING OR 1949 01:10:34,396 --> 01:10:35,431 STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT. THEY 1950 01:10:35,431 --> 01:10:38,801 WOULD THEN CALL, YOU KNOW, LIKE, 1951 01:10:38,801 --> 01:10:40,269 OH, WE NEED TO DO AN [ INAUDIBLE 1952 01:10:40,269 --> 01:10:41,737 ] CHECK, OR THEY WOULD CALL ICE 1953 01:10:41,737 --> 01:10:43,472 TO CULTS THAT MOVEMENT, SO THERE 1954 01:10:43,472 --> 01:10:46,642 WAS THAT THE CONFLICTING MEMO 1955 01:10:46,642 --> 01:10:51,614 THAT WAS IN PLACE, AND WAS BEING 1956 01:10:51,614 --> 01:10:52,715 ADHERED TO. SO, HERE IN THE 1957 01:10:52,715 --> 01:10:54,116 CITY, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY 1958 01:10:54,116 --> 01:10:57,186 IS ALERTED OR, YOU KNOW, POLICE 1959 01:10:57,186 --> 01:10:58,687 FORCE, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE IS 1960 01:10:58,687 --> 01:11:03,292 INFORMED. IF THERE IS GOING TO 1961 01:11:03,292 --> 01:11:04,727 BE ANY KIND OF ICE COMING INTO 1962 01:11:04,727 --> 01:11:06,128 THE CITY. SO, IF THERE WAS 1963 01:11:06,128 --> 01:11:06,962 SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR, YOU 1964 01:11:06,962 --> 01:11:08,297 KNOW, MAYBE THE CITY POLICE 1965 01:11:08,297 --> 01:11:12,968 REACHING OUT , INFORMING OLS, 1966 01:11:12,968 --> 01:11:14,036 INFORMING OED, LIKE LETTING SOME 1967 01:11:14,036 --> 01:11:19,008 OF THE AGENCIES THAT WORK WITH 1968 01:11:19,008 --> 01:11:20,042 OWNERS AND BUSINESSES BE AWARE 1969 01:11:20,042 --> 01:11:21,277 THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, 1970 01:11:21,277 --> 01:11:22,344 ASSUMING YOU ARE PROVIDED, YOU 1971 01:11:22,344 --> 01:11:23,612 KNOW, KNOWLEDGE AHEAD OF TIME. 1972 01:11:23,612 --> 01:11:25,214 THAT COULD BE ONE WAY TO START 1973 01:11:25,214 --> 01:11:29,718 THAT PROCESS. 1974 01:11:29,718 --> 01:11:31,387 >> THANK YOU FOR NAMING THAT. I 1975 01:11:31,387 --> 01:11:32,988 THINK WITH OUR EXISTING LAWS IN 1976 01:11:32,988 --> 01:11:37,092 PLACE, THE COOPERATION BETWEEN [ 1977 01:11:37,092 --> 01:11:37,760 INAUDIBLE ], WE DON'T 1978 01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:39,061 NECESSARILY GET A HEADS UP, BUT 1979 01:11:39,061 --> 01:11:42,731 I THINK IT IS WORTHWHILE TALKING 1980 01:11:42,731 --> 01:11:43,899 TO THE EXECUTIVE THAT WHEN THE 1981 01:11:43,899 --> 01:11:45,034 CITY UNDERSTANDS THERE MIGHT BE 1982 01:11:45,034 --> 01:11:45,801 SOMETHING COMING OUR WAY, 1983 01:11:45,801 --> 01:11:46,568 ENSURING THAT WE ARE 1984 01:11:46,568 --> 01:11:47,236 COMMUNICATING WITH DEPARTMENTS, 1985 01:11:47,236 --> 01:11:48,404 SO WE CAN DO APPROPRIATE 1986 01:11:48,404 --> 01:11:49,805 OUTREACH WHEN POSSIBLE. THANK 1987 01:11:49,805 --> 01:11:55,611 YOU FOR RAISING THAT. AND I DO 1988 01:11:55,611 --> 01:11:57,046 WANT TO PIVOT US TO JUST ANOTHER 1989 01:11:57,046 --> 01:11:58,247 POINT ON THIS SLIDE, MAYBE TO 1990 01:11:58,247 --> 01:11:59,882 CLOSE US OUT, JUST BECAUSE A.I. 1991 01:11:59,882 --> 01:12:03,352 IS MOVING QUICKLY. IT FEELS LIKE 1992 01:12:03,352 --> 01:12:04,586 WE ARE PLAYING CATCH-UP IN MANY 1993 01:12:04,586 --> 01:12:05,754 WAYS. AND SO, I AM WONDERING 1994 01:12:05,754 --> 01:12:12,995 WHAT ISSUES RELATED TO A.I. IN 1995 01:12:12,995 --> 01:12:14,129 THE WORKPLACE THAT YOU ALL ARE 1996 01:12:14,129 --> 01:12:15,364 TRACKING AT THIS TIME, AND I 1997 01:12:15,364 --> 01:12:16,732 THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A 1998 01:12:16,732 --> 01:12:17,566 CONTINUING CONVERSATION AS WE 1999 01:12:17,566 --> 01:12:18,967 CONTINUE TO SEE THE RISE OF A.I. 2000 01:12:18,967 --> 01:12:21,270 IN WORK RACES ACROSS OUR CITY, 2001 01:12:21,270 --> 01:12:22,671 WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES AND 2002 01:12:22,671 --> 01:12:23,672 CHALLENGES AROUND A.I. IN THE 2003 01:12:23,672 --> 01:12:25,240 WORKPLACE THAT YOU ALL ARE 2004 01:12:25,240 --> 01:12:28,711 TRACKING AT THIS TIME.? 2005 01:12:28,711 --> 01:12:30,612 >> I MEAN, I KNOW AT THE STATE 2006 01:12:30,612 --> 01:12:37,052 LEVEL, DUSTIN [ INAUDIBLE ] IS 2007 01:12:37,052 --> 01:12:38,420 PART OF LSAC, HE IS NOT HERE TO 2008 01:12:38,420 --> 01:12:39,655 SPEAK ON IT, BUT THEY ARE 2009 01:12:39,655 --> 01:12:40,556 LOOKING AT THE CONSUMER PRICE 2010 01:12:40,556 --> 01:12:41,857 FIXING TYPE STUFF THROUGH LIKE 2011 01:12:41,857 --> 01:12:42,858 A.I. AND THE TECHNOLOGY THERE, 2012 01:12:42,858 --> 01:12:43,826 SO WE'RE KIND OF MONITORING 2013 01:12:43,826 --> 01:12:44,927 THAT TYPE OF STUFF. OBVIOUSLY, 2014 01:12:44,927 --> 01:12:47,162 ANY TYPE OF REDUCTION IN FORCE, 2015 01:12:47,162 --> 01:12:49,131 THAT TYPE OF STUFF, TRYING TO 2016 01:12:49,131 --> 01:12:50,466 LOOK AT THOSE THINGS. I WANTED 2017 01:12:50,466 --> 01:12:52,468 TO GO BACK REAL QUICK WHAT 2018 01:12:52,468 --> 01:12:58,941 PATRICE WAS SAYING. IT SPARKED 2019 01:12:58,941 --> 01:13:00,175 SOMETHING IN MY HEAD, I KNOW 2020 01:13:00,175 --> 01:13:01,009 GOVERNOR FERGUSON JUST DID 2021 01:13:01,009 --> 01:13:02,010 SOMETHING IN THE LAST MONTH 2022 01:13:02,010 --> 01:13:03,612 AROUND I-9 AND HAVING TO GIVE 2023 01:13:03,612 --> 01:13:07,950 NOTICE TO EMPLOYERS AND GIVING 2024 01:13:07,950 --> 01:13:09,451 AN I-9 AUDIT, THAT IS KIND OF 2025 01:13:09,451 --> 01:13:10,419 FROM THE FEDERAL ICE 2026 01:13:10,419 --> 01:13:12,221 CONVERSATION TOO, BUT THERE ARE 2027 01:13:12,221 --> 01:13:18,894 SEVERAL OF US ON HERE THAT ARE 2028 01:13:18,894 --> 01:13:19,795 IN DIFFERENT REALMS, WORKING ON 2029 01:13:19,795 --> 01:13:20,729 DIFFERENT THINGS, SO WHEN WE 2030 01:13:20,729 --> 01:13:22,264 COME TOGETHER, WE DO HAVE -- I 2031 01:13:22,264 --> 01:13:23,699 THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE 2032 01:13:23,699 --> 01:13:25,234 ONGOING CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT 2033 01:13:25,234 --> 01:13:26,702 WE ARE SEEING IN THE A.I. SPACE. 2034 01:13:26,835 --> 01:13:28,270 >> I WOULD ALSO ADD TO THAT, ONE 2035 01:13:28,270 --> 01:13:29,838 OF THE CONCERNS IS DISCIPLINE 2036 01:13:29,838 --> 01:13:31,940 DECISIONS WITH NAI, BECAUSE -- 2037 01:13:31,940 --> 01:13:33,442 YOU HAVE SEEN IT IN THE GIG 2038 01:13:33,442 --> 01:13:37,946 SPACE, IF YOU GET X AMOUNT OF 2039 01:13:37,946 --> 01:13:39,114 THINGS ON YOUR BACKGROUND CHECK, 2040 01:13:39,114 --> 01:13:40,115 IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS, 2041 01:13:40,115 --> 01:13:41,650 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LAWS THAT 2042 01:13:41,650 --> 01:13:47,289 WE HAVE, IT WOULD BE BEFOREHAND, 2043 01:13:47,289 --> 01:13:49,124 IT'S JUST ACCOUNTS. YOU GET 2044 01:13:49,124 --> 01:13:50,125 THREE THINGS, YOU'RE OFF THE 2045 01:13:50,125 --> 01:13:51,160 PLATFORM, YOU'VE NOW LOST YOUR 2046 01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:52,194 JOB. DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU 2047 01:13:52,194 --> 01:13:55,864 ARE AT ALL, NOT ALL. SO, THOSE, 2048 01:13:55,864 --> 01:13:56,665 I BELIEVE, ACTUALLY ADDRESS 2049 01:13:56,665 --> 01:13:58,634 THAT. AND WE KNOW THAT IN THE 2050 01:13:58,634 --> 01:14:04,006 FACE, IT THEIR ALGORITHM THAT IS 2051 01:14:04,006 --> 01:14:04,907 JUST SCANNING, SEEING THESE 2052 01:14:04,907 --> 01:14:06,175 THREE THINGS, AND MAKING A 2053 01:14:06,175 --> 01:14:07,209 DECISION, AND THEY BLOCK THE 2054 01:14:07,209 --> 01:14:12,815 APP. SO, IT IS NOT SOMEONE, A 2055 01:14:12,815 --> 01:14:13,549 HUMAN A.I. ACTUALLY LOOKING AT 2056 01:14:13,549 --> 01:14:14,950 IT. I BELIEVE AT ONE POINT, 2057 01:14:14,950 --> 01:14:15,951 THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ON THE 2058 01:14:15,951 --> 01:14:17,486 STATE LEVEL, I AM NOT SURE WHERE 2059 01:14:17,486 --> 01:14:18,854 THAT WENT, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO 2060 01:14:18,854 --> 01:14:22,291 LOOK INTO THAT TO GET BACK, BUT 2061 01:14:22,291 --> 01:14:23,458 PART OF THE CONVERSATION IS 2062 01:14:23,458 --> 01:14:24,326 HAVING AN INDIVIDUAL, A HUMAN 2063 01:14:24,326 --> 01:14:25,093 ACTUALLY MAKING THE DECISION 2064 01:14:25,093 --> 01:14:26,495 WHEN IT COMES TO DISCIPLINE, AND 2065 01:14:26,495 --> 01:14:27,529 NOT LEAVING THAT TO A.I. 2066 01:14:27,529 --> 01:14:33,535 ALGORITHMS. SO, THAT IS ANOTHER, 2067 01:14:33,535 --> 01:14:34,736 YOU KNOW, THING WE HAVE SEEN IN 2068 01:14:34,736 --> 01:14:36,905 THE LABOR SPACES AS WELL, WHERE 2069 01:14:36,905 --> 01:14:38,173 A.I. IS MORE EFFICIENT, BUT IT 2070 01:14:38,173 --> 01:14:39,174 DOESN'T CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, 2071 01:14:39,174 --> 01:14:44,680 ENOUGH CONTEXT. 2072 01:14:44,680 --> 01:14:46,081 >> I THINK ALONG THAT LINE, IN 2073 01:14:46,081 --> 01:14:46,915 THE SMALL BUSINESS SPACE, 2074 01:14:46,915 --> 01:14:48,517 SOMETIMES WE ARE PROBABLY ALL 2075 01:14:48,517 --> 01:14:49,785 GUILTY OF USING A.I. TOO MUCH AT 2076 01:14:49,785 --> 01:14:50,819 TIMES AND MAYBE GETTING FALSE 2077 01:14:50,819 --> 01:14:52,154 INFORMATION AT TIMES, AND IT 2078 01:14:52,154 --> 01:14:53,288 GOES BACK TO WHERE OLS NEEDS TO 2079 01:14:53,288 --> 01:14:54,590 BE EDUCATED IN THE BUSINESSES, 2080 01:14:54,590 --> 01:14:57,359 NOT A.I. AS A SMALL BUSINESS, 2081 01:14:57,359 --> 01:14:58,560 THERE ARE MANY TIMES THAT I'M 2082 01:14:58,560 --> 01:14:59,561 TRYING TO SORT THROUGH THE 2083 01:14:59,561 --> 01:15:01,163 RULES, AND IT MAY BE TO PLUG IT 2084 01:15:01,163 --> 01:15:02,664 INTO A MACHINE AND ASK THEM TO 2085 01:15:02,664 --> 01:15:04,099 READ THESE ROLES FOR ME, BUT IF 2086 01:15:04,099 --> 01:15:05,734 OLS CAN BE CLEAR ON THEIR 2087 01:15:05,734 --> 01:15:09,338 BUSINESS EDUCATION TO OTHER 2088 01:15:09,338 --> 01:15:10,072 SMALL BUSINESSES, IT WOULD HELP 2089 01:15:10,072 --> 01:15:11,206 US BETTER MAKE SURE WE ARE 2090 01:15:11,206 --> 01:15:12,241 FOLLOWING THE RULES AND DOING 2091 01:15:12,241 --> 01:15:13,208 THINGS CORRECTLY. I THINK THAT 2092 01:15:13,208 --> 01:15:14,977 KIND OF -- IT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE 2093 01:15:14,977 --> 01:15:17,646 IMPORTANCE OF OLS AND THEIR 2094 01:15:17,646 --> 01:15:18,914 EDUCATION SIDE FOR BUSINESSES, 2095 01:15:18,914 --> 01:15:19,114 TOO. 2096 01:15:19,114 --> 01:15:23,719 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 2097 01:15:23,719 --> 01:15:27,055 >> Translator: AND I BELIEVE 2098 01:15:27,055 --> 01:15:28,490 THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 2099 01:15:28,490 --> 01:15:28,790 EDUCATION? 2100 01:15:28,790 --> 01:15:37,966 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 2101 01:15:37,966 --> 01:15:40,002 >> AND I THINK A.I. COMES AT A 2102 01:15:40,002 --> 01:15:45,507 TIME TO AFFECT VULNERABLE PEOPLE 2103 01:15:45,507 --> 01:15:46,308 THAT DOESN'T HAVE THAT 2104 01:15:46,308 --> 01:15:46,608 KNOWLEDGE. 2105 01:15:46,608 --> 01:15:57,085 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 2106 01:15:57,552 --> 01:16:01,089 >> Translator: AND WE SHOULD 2107 01:16:01,089 --> 01:16:02,524 REINFORCE THAT EDUCATION TO [ 2108 01:16:02,524 --> 01:16:05,394 INAUDIBLE ] WORKING IN 2109 01:16:05,394 --> 01:16:08,297 RESTAURANTS, OLDER PEOPLE -- 2110 01:16:08,297 --> 01:16:12,668 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 2111 01:16:12,668 --> 01:16:16,004 >> Translator: BUT BECAUSE THERE 2112 01:16:16,004 --> 01:16:19,474 COULD BE A LOT OF FRAUD IN 2113 01:16:19,474 --> 01:16:20,475 REGARDS TO THOSE TYPES OF 2114 01:16:20,475 --> 01:16:20,742 WORKERS. 2115 01:16:20,742 --> 01:16:25,881 >> [ SPEAKING IN SPANISH ] 2116 01:16:25,881 --> 01:16:27,215 >> Translator: SO, I THINK THAT 2117 01:16:27,215 --> 01:16:28,784 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT WE 2118 01:16:28,784 --> 01:16:30,852 HAVE TO DO IN THIS A.I. AREA. 2119 01:16:30,852 --> 01:16:35,123 >> THANK YOU ALL FOR THOSE 2120 01:16:35,123 --> 01:16:36,258 RESPONSES, AND AGAIN, FOR BEING 2121 01:16:36,258 --> 01:16:37,759 HERE TODAY. HEARING A VERY CLEAR 2122 01:16:37,759 --> 01:16:38,860 CALLOUT FROM THE CHAIRS TO 2123 01:16:38,860 --> 01:16:40,329 COUNCIL TO PLEASE ENGAGE WITH 2124 01:16:40,329 --> 01:16:45,500 LSAC ON ANY POLICY IDEAS AND TO 2125 01:16:45,500 --> 01:16:46,335 REGULARLY CHECK IN, ESPECIALLY 2126 01:16:46,335 --> 01:16:47,336 AS THINGS ARE MOVING QUICKLY 2127 01:16:47,336 --> 01:16:48,437 WITH A.I. AND ON IMMIGRATION 2128 01:16:48,437 --> 01:16:53,141 FRONT, FRANKLY ON ALL THINGS. 2129 01:16:53,141 --> 01:16:54,609 SO, WANT TO UPLIFT -- I KNOW, 2130 01:16:54,609 --> 01:16:55,844 BILLY, YOU MENTIONED THE OLS 2131 01:16:55,844 --> 01:16:59,381 EVENT HAPPENING IN HONOR OF 2132 01:16:59,381 --> 01:17:00,816 MAYDAY. I DID FIND OUT IT IS ON 2133 01:17:00,816 --> 01:17:02,217 APRIL 30th, SO I WANT TO MAKE 2134 01:17:02,217 --> 01:17:03,752 SURE WE GOT THAT. IT IS NOT 2135 01:17:03,752 --> 01:17:05,120 QUITE ON MAYDAY. I WILL BE THERE 2136 01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:06,321 AND I THINK SOME OF MY 2137 01:17:06,321 --> 01:17:07,356 COLLEAGUES WILL BE THERE AS 2138 01:17:07,356 --> 01:17:08,290 WELL, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED 2139 01:17:08,290 --> 01:17:09,157 ABOUT THAT EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY 2140 01:17:09,157 --> 01:17:10,692 TO DO THAT OUTREACH WORK, SO IT 2141 01:17:10,692 --> 01:17:14,596 WILL BE ON APRIL 30th. AT THE 2142 01:17:14,596 --> 01:17:15,230 CHINESE INFORMATION SERVICE 2143 01:17:15,230 --> 01:17:16,198 CENTER, AND THERE WILL BE 2144 01:17:16,198 --> 01:17:19,167 OUTREACH TO A VARIETY OF COUNCIL 2145 01:17:19,167 --> 01:17:19,968 DISTRICTS AND BUSINESSES WITHIN 2146 01:17:19,968 --> 01:17:21,103 THOSE COUNCIL DISTRICTS. WITH 2147 01:17:21,103 --> 01:17:23,672 THAT, COLLEAGUES, I'M GOING TO 2148 01:17:23,672 --> 01:17:24,940 MOVE US ALONG, AND THANK YOU 2149 01:17:24,940 --> 01:17:26,575 AGAIN, OUR LSAC PARTNERS, FOR 2150 01:17:26,575 --> 01:17:27,743 BEING IN COMMITTEE TODAY. YOU 2151 01:17:27,743 --> 01:17:28,744 FOR YOUR WORK. 2152 01:17:28,744 --> 01:17:36,451 >> THANK YOU. 2153 01:17:36,451 --> 01:17:37,719 >> WONDERFUL, AND WITH THAT, WE 2154 01:17:37,719 --> 01:17:38,954 ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR FINAL 2155 01:17:38,954 --> 01:17:40,255 ITEM OF BUSINESS, WILL THE CLERK 2156 01:17:40,255 --> 01:17:41,990 PLEASE READ ITEM 9 INTO THE 2157 01:17:41,990 --> 01:17:42,224 RECORD? 2158 01:17:42,224 --> 01:17:46,161 >> ITEM 9, OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 2159 01:17:46,161 --> 01:17:46,628 DEVELOPMENT WORKFORCE 2160 01:17:46,628 --> 01:17:47,329 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, 2161 01:17:47,329 --> 01:17:49,698 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 2162 01:17:49,698 --> 01:17:50,832 >> WONDERFUL. AND AS WE GO 2163 01:17:50,832 --> 01:17:51,833 THROUGH OUR TRANSITION, I AM 2164 01:17:51,833 --> 01:17:53,068 GOING TO WELCOME OUR PARTNERS 2165 01:17:53,068 --> 01:17:54,636 WITH THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 2166 01:17:54,636 --> 01:17:56,138 DEVELOPMENT TO THE TABLE. AND 2167 01:17:56,138 --> 01:18:00,909 ALSO, NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THIS 2168 01:18:00,909 --> 01:18:03,812 IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE OUR 2169 01:18:03,812 --> 01:18:06,114 NEW OED ACTING DIRECTOR, BETO 2170 01:18:06,114 --> 01:18:08,483 YARCE IN COMMITTEE THIS YEAR, WE 2171 01:18:08,483 --> 01:18:10,052 ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING 2172 01:18:10,052 --> 01:18:16,458 WITH YOU. AND AS YOU GET SETTLED 2173 01:18:16,458 --> 01:18:17,192 IN, IF YOU CAN INTRODUCE 2174 01:18:17,192 --> 01:18:18,260 YOURSELF BY STATING YOUR FULL 2175 01:18:18,260 --> 01:18:19,327 NAME INTO THEIR MICROPHONE, THAT 2176 01:18:19,327 --> 01:18:19,895 WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 2177 01:18:19,895 --> 01:18:21,730 >> HI, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS 2178 01:18:21,730 --> 01:18:25,434 BRENNA McKAY, I AM THE [ 2179 01:18:25,434 --> 01:18:27,002 INAUDIBLE ] AT OED. 2180 01:18:27,002 --> 01:18:30,305 >> HI, EVERYONE, I AM ANITA 2181 01:18:30,305 --> 01:18:31,373 CHANDRAMOHAN, I'M POLICY ADVISER 2182 01:18:31,373 --> 01:18:33,408 WITHIN THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 2183 01:18:33,408 --> 01:18:33,742 DEVELOPMENT. 2184 01:18:33,742 --> 01:18:38,113 >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR RINCK 2185 01:18:38,113 --> 01:18:39,314 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND THANK 2186 01:18:39,314 --> 01:18:43,752 YOU , IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING 2187 01:18:43,752 --> 01:18:45,120 WITH YOU DIRECTLY. GOOD MORNING, 2188 01:18:45,120 --> 01:18:45,754 EVERYBODY, COUNCILMEMBERS AND 2189 01:18:45,754 --> 01:18:52,728 COMMITTEE. [ INAUDIBLE ] 2190 01:18:52,728 --> 01:18:53,895 >> WONDERFUL, THANK YOU ALL FOR 2191 01:18:53,895 --> 01:18:54,963 BEING HERE, PLEASE PROCEED WITH 2192 01:18:54,963 --> 01:18:55,363 THE PRESENTATION. 2193 01:18:55,363 --> 01:18:56,798 >> I'M GOING TO START WITH A 2194 01:18:56,798 --> 01:18:57,999 HIGH LEVEL OF THE WORK THAT 2195 01:18:57,999 --> 01:18:59,534 WE'RE DOING ON THE WORKFORCE [ 2196 01:18:59,534 --> 01:19:01,570 INAUDIBLE ]. SO, I WILL JUST 2197 01:19:01,570 --> 01:19:04,673 START WITH FROM [ INAUDIBLE ] TO 2198 01:19:04,673 --> 01:19:08,176 IMPLEMENTATION, WHEN THIS WORK 2199 01:19:08,176 --> 01:19:09,644 STARTED IN 2025, THE CITY 2200 01:19:09,644 --> 01:19:10,846 WORKFORCE INVESTMENT GRAHAM [ 2201 01:19:10,846 --> 01:19:15,817 INAUDIBLE ] PROGRAMS AND 2202 01:19:15,817 --> 01:19:16,985 TRAININGS TO THE NEXT STEP IN 2203 01:19:16,985 --> 01:19:20,689 THEIR SKILLS OR CAREER PATH 2204 01:19:20,689 --> 01:19:21,923 AROUND THE CITY OR THE REGION. 2205 01:19:21,923 --> 01:19:23,091 THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY 2206 01:19:23,091 --> 01:19:24,526 FEEL VERY PROUD OF HOW WE ARE 2207 01:19:24,526 --> 01:19:25,761 CHANGING STRATEGY AND HOW WE ARE 2208 01:19:25,761 --> 01:19:30,432 MEASURING , BY DOING IT WITH THE 2209 01:19:30,432 --> 01:19:31,466 SMART GOALS AND REALLY 2210 01:19:31,466 --> 01:19:32,868 EVALUATING HOW WE ARE MOVING 2211 01:19:32,868 --> 01:19:36,238 FORWARD WITH THIS [ INAUDIBLE ] 2212 01:19:36,238 --> 01:19:37,506 AND NOW IMPLEMENTATION. SO, OED 2213 01:19:37,506 --> 01:19:40,809 IS A LEADER ON THE FACE OF THE 2214 01:19:40,809 --> 01:19:43,578 CITY WORKFORCE IMPLEMENTATION, 2215 01:19:43,578 --> 01:19:45,247 SO I AM VERY PROUD OF THAT WORK. 2216 01:19:45,247 --> 01:19:49,117 SOMEONE WHO IS A PREVIOUS SMALL 2217 01:19:49,117 --> 01:19:50,018 BUSINESS OWNER, SOMEONE WHO 2218 01:19:50,018 --> 01:19:51,453 WORKED IN HOSPITALITY AS A 2219 01:19:51,453 --> 01:19:52,587 WORKER, UNDOCUMENTED WORKER, I 2220 01:19:52,587 --> 01:19:57,526 KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IS WORKFORCE 2221 01:19:57,526 --> 01:19:58,360 DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY 2222 01:19:58,360 --> 01:19:59,728 AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE DO. 2223 01:19:59,728 --> 01:20:00,662 OED REPRESENTS THE MAYOR 2224 01:20:00,662 --> 01:20:03,732 POSITION AS THE LOCAL ELECTED 2225 01:20:03,732 --> 01:20:05,033 OFFICIAL ON THE CITY WORKFORCE 2226 01:20:05,033 --> 01:20:05,834 DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF SEATTLE 2227 01:20:05,834 --> 01:20:10,338 AND KING COUNTY. AND ALSO, IT [ 2228 01:20:10,338 --> 01:20:11,072 INAUDIBLE ] CONTACTS WITH 2229 01:20:11,072 --> 01:20:11,773 INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION PARTNERS 2230 01:20:11,773 --> 01:20:14,376 AND [ INAUDIBLE ] RESPONDING TO 2231 01:20:14,376 --> 01:20:15,944 [ INAUDIBLE ] DEPARTMENT 2232 01:20:15,944 --> 01:20:18,814 COORDINATION. THE COLLABORATION 2233 01:20:18,814 --> 01:20:26,021 IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN WE DO CROSS 2234 01:20:26,021 --> 01:20:26,655 DEPARTMENT COORDINATION. OVER 2235 01:20:26,655 --> 01:20:27,322 THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, 10 2236 01:20:27,322 --> 01:20:28,256 DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO 2237 01:20:28,256 --> 01:20:33,595 IDENTIFY [ INAUDIBLE ] . AS 2238 01:20:33,595 --> 01:20:34,229 STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND 2239 01:20:34,229 --> 01:20:35,831 JOBSEEKERS WHO WANT TO LEARN IN 2240 01:20:35,831 --> 01:20:36,832 ADVANCE [ INAUDIBLE ] AND 2241 01:20:36,832 --> 01:20:38,233 FINANCIAL SECURITY. AS SOMEONE 2242 01:20:38,233 --> 01:20:42,437 WHO HAS BEEN GRADUATE ORGANIZER, 2243 01:20:42,437 --> 01:20:43,471 WORKING MULTIPLE CAPACITIES IN 2244 01:20:43,471 --> 01:20:45,807 MY CAREER FROM NONPROFIT, 2245 01:20:45,807 --> 01:20:47,576 GOVERNMENT, NOW WITH THE CITY, I 2246 01:20:47,576 --> 01:20:49,744 FEEL LIKE COORDINATION IS KEY TO 2247 01:20:49,744 --> 01:20:54,182 ADVANCE THE COMPLEXITIES OF 2248 01:20:54,182 --> 01:20:55,083 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. SO, I'M 2249 01:20:55,083 --> 01:20:56,451 VERY PROUD OF MY TEAM LEADING 2250 01:20:56,451 --> 01:20:57,853 WITH THAT VISION OF COORDINATION 2251 01:20:57,853 --> 01:21:03,458 AND UTILIZING THE RESOURCES THAT 2252 01:21:03,458 --> 01:21:04,392 THE CITY HAS, ESPECIALLY IN 2253 01:21:04,392 --> 01:21:06,328 THESE TIMES, AND REALLY 2254 01:21:06,328 --> 01:21:07,596 EMPOWERING OUR CITY WORKFORCE IN 2255 01:21:07,596 --> 01:21:15,136 THIS CAPACITY. WE ARE SEEING 2256 01:21:15,136 --> 01:21:16,204 MANY OF OUR REGIONAL PUBLIC 2257 01:21:16,204 --> 01:21:16,872 PARTNERS PRIVATIZING WORKFORCE, 2258 01:21:16,872 --> 01:21:17,872 WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. THEIR 2259 01:21:17,872 --> 01:21:19,174 STORIES ARE VERY CLOSELY [ 2260 01:21:19,174 --> 01:21:23,111 INAUDIBLE ]. THE CITY NEEDS TO 2261 01:21:23,111 --> 01:21:24,379 BE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS 2262 01:21:24,379 --> 01:21:25,780 CONVERSATION. WE HAVE A UNIQUE 2263 01:21:25,780 --> 01:21:26,648 OPPORTUNITY TO ALIGN , BLEND, 2264 01:21:26,648 --> 01:21:32,687 AND STRENGTHEN , FINDING 2265 01:21:32,687 --> 01:21:33,221 OPPORTUNITIES, PUBLIC 2266 01:21:33,221 --> 01:21:34,122 INVESTMENTS, AND COMMUNITY 2267 01:21:34,122 --> 01:21:34,723 PARTNERSHIPS, WHILE ADVANCING 2268 01:21:34,723 --> 01:21:35,857 LOCAL TALENT DEVELOPMENT. WITH 2269 01:21:35,857 --> 01:21:41,029 THAT, I WILL DISCUSS IT WITH MY 2270 01:21:41,029 --> 01:21:42,097 TEAM, WHICH THEY ARE THE ONES 2271 01:21:42,097 --> 01:21:43,131 WHO HAVE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE. 2272 01:21:43,131 --> 01:21:46,234 EMILY IS VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR 2273 01:21:46,234 --> 01:21:47,002 THEIR SMARTNESS AND THEIR 2274 01:21:47,002 --> 01:21:48,003 COMMITMENT, AND THEIR PASSION 2275 01:21:48,003 --> 01:21:50,438 FOR THE WORK, SO I WILL PASS IT 2276 01:21:50,438 --> 01:21:52,274 TO ANITA. AND BRENNA WILL BE 2277 01:21:52,274 --> 01:21:54,609 HERE TO SUPPORT ANITA AND ANSWER 2278 01:21:54,609 --> 01:21:57,012 ANY QUESTIONS, SO, PLEASE SHARE 2279 01:21:57,012 --> 01:22:00,882 YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH THE COUNCIL 2280 01:22:00,882 --> 01:22:01,917 AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 2281 01:22:01,917 --> 01:22:07,522 >> [ INAUDIBLE ] GOOD MORNING, 2282 01:22:07,522 --> 01:22:08,256 COUNCILMEMBERS. AGAIN, MY NAME 2283 01:22:08,256 --> 01:22:09,324 IS ANITA CHANDRAMOHAN, AND THE 2284 01:22:09,324 --> 01:22:10,292 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY 2285 01:22:10,292 --> 01:22:11,793 ADVISER WITHIN OED, THANK YOU 2286 01:22:11,793 --> 01:22:12,694 ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 2287 01:22:12,694 --> 01:22:13,995 TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THE 2288 01:22:13,995 --> 01:22:20,168 WORKFORCE PORTFOLIO AND THE 2289 01:22:20,168 --> 01:22:20,902 REALLY WONDERFUL AND EXCITING 2290 01:22:20,902 --> 01:22:22,704 STRATEGIC WORK WE ARE DOING IN 2291 01:22:22,704 --> 01:22:24,506 AND ACROSS THE CITY. SO, 2292 01:22:24,506 --> 01:22:28,710 TODAY'S BRIEFING WILL FOLLOW 2293 01:22:28,710 --> 01:22:30,378 THIS ARC. I'M GOING TO GIVE A 2294 01:22:30,378 --> 01:22:33,581 QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE CITY'S 2295 01:22:33,581 --> 01:22:34,249 HISTORICAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2296 01:22:34,249 --> 01:22:35,684 EFFORTS. I WILL KIND OF GIVE THE 2297 01:22:35,684 --> 01:22:37,185 LAST 14 MONTHS OF CATCH-UP AND 2298 01:22:37,185 --> 01:22:41,456 THINKING ABOUT THE STRATEGY 2299 01:22:41,456 --> 01:22:42,424 DEVELOPMENT, CURRENT PRIORITIES, 2300 01:22:42,424 --> 01:22:46,094 AND FOCUS AREAS. I WILL TALK A 2301 01:22:46,094 --> 01:22:47,162 LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT KEY 2302 01:22:47,162 --> 01:22:48,463 PARTNERSHIPS WITHIN THE WORK 2303 01:22:48,463 --> 01:22:50,565 THAT WE ARE DOING , TOUCH ON 2304 01:22:50,565 --> 01:22:52,167 SOME EARLY WINDS, AND AGAIN, 2305 01:22:52,167 --> 01:22:56,404 VERY COOL THINGS THAT WE ARE 2306 01:22:56,404 --> 01:22:57,305 DOING IN PROGRESS, AND THEN 2307 01:22:57,305 --> 01:22:58,573 CLOSE WITH WHERE WE ARE HEADED 2308 01:22:58,573 --> 01:22:59,541 AND REALLY THINKING ABOUT SOME 2309 01:22:59,541 --> 01:23:00,608 OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN CLEAN 2310 01:23:00,608 --> 01:23:01,142 ENERGY, YOUTH WORKFORCE 2311 01:23:01,142 --> 01:23:02,177 INVESTMENT, AND THINKING ABOUT 2312 01:23:02,177 --> 01:23:03,778 HOW BEST TO ANCHOR THE WORK THAT 2313 01:23:03,778 --> 01:23:06,481 WE ARE DOING IN ROBUST IMPACT 2314 01:23:06,481 --> 01:23:08,149 METRICS, AND SO, WE ARE ABLE TO 2315 01:23:08,149 --> 01:23:09,384 CLARIFY, WHAT IS ACTUALLY 2316 01:23:09,384 --> 01:23:10,418 DRIVING CHANGE, HOW WE CAN 2317 01:23:10,418 --> 01:23:13,788 INFORM OPPORTUNITIES TO SCALE, 2318 01:23:13,788 --> 01:23:14,789 INNOVATE, AND ALSO RESPOND TO 2319 01:23:14,789 --> 01:23:17,359 VERY RAPIDLY EVOLVING EMPLOYER 2320 01:23:17,359 --> 01:23:27,902 AND INDUSTRY NEEDS. THERE IS A 2321 01:23:41,116 --> 01:23:46,054 -- THERE SHOULD BE A TIMELINE ON 2322 01:23:46,054 --> 01:23:52,727 THIS SLIDE. [ LAUGHTER ] BUT I 2323 01:23:52,727 --> 01:23:54,362 CAN ROLL WITH THAT IN PERSON IF 2324 01:23:54,362 --> 01:23:56,598 THAT'S OKAY. 2325 01:23:56,598 --> 01:23:57,866 >> COLLEAGUES, WE WILL BE AT 2326 01:23:57,866 --> 01:23:59,033 EASE FOR ONE SECOND. 2327 01:23:59,033 --> 01:24:06,241 >> THANK YOU. OKAY. SO, ON THIS 2328 01:24:06,241 --> 01:24:09,344 SLIDE, YOU WOULD SEE A TIMELINE 2329 01:24:09,344 --> 01:24:11,646 OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT 2330 01:24:11,646 --> 01:24:15,083 HISTORY OF THE CITY, BUT BEFORE 2331 01:24:15,083 --> 01:24:16,584 WE GET INTO THE HISTORY, I WANT 2332 01:24:16,584 --> 01:24:17,986 TO TAKE JUST A SECOND TO DEFINE 2333 01:24:17,986 --> 01:24:19,421 WHAT WE NEED WHEN WE ARE TALKING 2334 01:24:19,421 --> 01:24:20,221 ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND 2335 01:24:20,221 --> 01:24:21,356 WHEN WE SAY WORK HORSE 2336 01:24:21,356 --> 01:24:24,259 DEVELOPMENT, WE ARE TALKING 2337 01:24:24,259 --> 01:24:25,293 ABOUT THE COORDINATED EFFORT TO 2338 01:24:25,293 --> 01:24:26,127 PREPARE JOBSEEKERS FOR CAREERS 2339 01:24:26,127 --> 01:24:27,462 ACROSS SECTORS HOW TO THINK 2340 01:24:27,462 --> 01:24:29,130 ABOUT BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY 2341 01:24:29,130 --> 01:24:31,766 ATTRACTION , AND ALSO WORKING 2342 01:24:31,766 --> 01:24:34,102 WITH EMPLOYERS TO ENSURE THAT 2343 01:24:34,102 --> 01:24:35,870 THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A SKILLED , 2344 01:24:35,870 --> 01:24:37,739 DIE FIRST [ INAUDIBLE ]. SO, IT 2345 01:24:37,739 --> 01:24:41,776 INCLUDES INVESTMENTS TO 2346 01:24:41,776 --> 01:24:42,410 PARTNERSHIP SOLUTIONS AND 2347 01:24:42,410 --> 01:24:45,480 THINKING ABOUT HOW, OF COURSE, A 2348 01:24:45,480 --> 01:24:46,781 PROSPECT OR DIFFERENT THINGS CAN 2349 01:24:46,781 --> 01:24:53,988 BE PRIORITIZED, BUT THERE IS 2350 01:24:53,988 --> 01:24:54,856 STILL INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF 2351 01:24:54,856 --> 01:24:55,690 OVERLAP AND THINK ABOUT THE 2352 01:24:55,690 --> 01:24:56,691 AUDIENCE NEEDS, CHALLENGES, AND 2353 01:24:56,691 --> 01:24:57,725 MANY OF THE THINGS THAT OUR 2354 01:24:57,725 --> 01:24:58,793 EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT 2355 01:24:58,793 --> 01:24:59,894 ARE NOT TECHNICAL AND 2356 01:24:59,894 --> 01:25:02,030 SPECIALIZED TRAINING. YOU GUYS 2357 01:25:02,030 --> 01:25:02,864 HAVE JUST HEARD SEVERAL 2358 01:25:02,864 --> 01:25:03,598 PRESENTATIONS TALKING ABOUT THE 2359 01:25:03,598 --> 01:25:05,233 IMPACT OR DISRUPTION OF A.I. IN 2360 01:25:05,233 --> 01:25:07,101 THE WORK HORSE, SO WE WILL 2361 01:25:07,101 --> 01:25:08,136 DEFINITELY TOUCH ON THAT A 2362 01:25:08,136 --> 01:25:09,404 LITTLE BIT, BUT THE REALITY IS 2363 01:25:09,404 --> 01:25:10,405 THAT WE ARE HEARING FROM 2364 01:25:10,405 --> 01:25:11,339 EMPLOYERS ACROSS EVERY SECTOR, 2365 01:25:11,339 --> 01:25:13,274 AT EVERY LEVEL, THAT THE ABILITY 2366 01:25:13,274 --> 01:25:15,410 TO BE ADAPTABLE , TO 2367 01:25:15,410 --> 01:25:18,546 COMMUNICATE, TO PROBLEM SOLVE, 2368 01:25:18,546 --> 01:25:19,747 THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKES 2369 01:25:19,747 --> 01:25:20,515 SOMEBODY MORE COMPETITIVE, AND 2370 01:25:20,515 --> 01:25:21,783 SO, IN THINKING ABOUT HOW THE 2371 01:25:21,783 --> 01:25:26,521 CITY CAN BE INVESTING IN THOSE , 2372 01:25:26,521 --> 01:25:27,722 THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE 2373 01:25:27,722 --> 01:25:29,457 ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT IN 2374 01:25:29,457 --> 01:25:30,325 ADDITION TO LIKE THE TRADITIONAL 2375 01:25:30,325 --> 01:25:30,792 TRAINING AND EMPLOYER 2376 01:25:30,792 --> 01:25:41,035 DEVELOPMENT. 2377 01:25:42,637 --> 01:25:45,106 >> THERE WE GO, I THINK WE HAVE 2378 01:25:45,106 --> 01:25:50,211 THE LIGHT -- RIGHT SLIDE SET UP, 2379 01:25:50,211 --> 01:25:50,778 JUST CONFIRMING. BUT YES, 2380 01:25:50,778 --> 01:25:51,846 THAT'S THE RIGHT SLIDE, THANK 2381 01:25:51,846 --> 01:25:53,414 YOU. 2382 01:25:53,414 --> 01:25:54,048 >> THANK YOU. 2383 01:25:54,048 --> 01:25:55,650 >> SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, 2384 01:25:55,650 --> 01:25:57,252 BEFORE 2025, THE CITY ROUGHLY 2385 01:25:57,252 --> 01:25:58,920 INVESTED ABOUT $15 MILLION 2386 01:25:58,920 --> 01:26:02,257 ACROSS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN 65+ 2387 01:26:02,257 --> 01:26:03,124 WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. BUT THERE 2388 01:26:03,124 --> 01:26:06,327 WASN'T A LOT OF COORDINATION 2389 01:26:06,327 --> 01:26:07,395 AND SHARED OUTCOMES. DEPARTMENTS 2390 01:26:07,395 --> 01:26:08,363 WERE DOING GREAT WORK, BUT 2391 01:26:08,363 --> 01:26:14,068 UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE 2392 01:26:14,068 --> 01:26:14,536 OPERATING RELATIVELY 2393 01:26:14,536 --> 01:26:15,170 INDEPENDENTLY, OFTENTIMES IN 2394 01:26:15,170 --> 01:26:16,271 SILOS, AND JUST NOT TALKING AS 2395 01:26:16,271 --> 01:26:17,605 WELL TO EACH OTHER AS THEY 2396 01:26:17,605 --> 01:26:18,773 COULD. AND THE OTHER PART OF 2397 01:26:18,773 --> 01:26:19,741 THAT IS THAT JOBSEEKERS AND 2398 01:26:19,741 --> 01:26:20,942 GRADUATES FROM TRAINING PROGRAMS 2399 01:26:20,942 --> 01:26:24,445 WEREN'T EFFECTIVELY CONNECTED 2400 01:26:24,445 --> 01:26:25,446 TO THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY OR 2401 01:26:25,446 --> 01:26:27,148 POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS IN THEIR 2402 01:26:27,148 --> 01:26:28,249 CAREER JOURNEYS. AND SO, IN 2403 01:26:28,249 --> 01:26:32,754 EARLY 2025, OED CONVENED THE 2404 01:26:32,754 --> 01:26:33,721 CITY WORKFORCE GROUP AND THEY 2405 01:26:33,721 --> 01:26:34,722 BROUGHT TOGETHER 11+ 2406 01:26:34,722 --> 01:26:37,692 DEPARTMENTS, THINKING ABOUT HOW 2407 01:26:37,692 --> 01:26:39,327 THEY CAN -- OR HOW WE CAN REALLY 2408 01:26:39,327 --> 01:26:39,861 THINK ABOUT WORKFORCE 2409 01:26:39,861 --> 01:26:40,595 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGICALLY WITHIN 2410 01:26:40,595 --> 01:26:43,464 THE CITY, ACROSS THE CITY 2411 01:26:43,464 --> 01:26:44,365 BORDERS, BUT ALSO WITHIN THE 2412 01:26:44,365 --> 01:26:47,535 REGION, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT 2413 01:26:47,535 --> 01:26:48,836 ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS WITHIN 2414 01:26:48,836 --> 01:26:53,074 SEATTLE IS REALLY IMPACTING THE 2415 01:26:53,074 --> 01:26:53,942 OUTSIDE BORDERS AND VICE VERSA, 2416 01:26:53,942 --> 01:26:55,376 AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE THINK 2417 01:26:55,376 --> 01:26:59,414 ABOUT WORKFORCE. PEOPLE WHO LIVE 2418 01:26:59,414 --> 01:27:00,048 IN SEATTLE DON'T NECESSARILY 2419 01:27:00,048 --> 01:27:02,317 WORK IN SEATTLE, AND PEOPLE WHO 2420 01:27:02,317 --> 01:27:02,984 WORK IN SEATTLE DON'T NECESSARY 2421 01:27:02,984 --> 01:27:03,618 LIVE IN SEATTLE, SO THAT'S 2422 01:27:03,618 --> 01:27:07,455 REALLY WHY THE CROSS SECTOR AND 2423 01:27:07,455 --> 01:27:08,256 REGIONAL ECOSYSTEM IS REALLY 2424 01:27:08,256 --> 01:27:09,357 IMPORTANT TO THIS CONVERSATION. 2425 01:27:09,357 --> 01:27:10,892 IN EARLY 2025, I MENTIONED OED 2426 01:27:10,892 --> 01:27:13,161 HAD CONVENED ITS WORK OR SCRIPT, 2427 01:27:13,161 --> 01:27:18,733 AND PHASE ONE WAS IDENTIFYING [ 2428 01:27:18,733 --> 01:27:25,506 INAUDIBLE ] BACKGROUND THE 2429 01:27:25,506 --> 01:27:26,174 CITY'S APPROACH AND HOW WE ARE 2430 01:27:26,174 --> 01:27:26,808 THINKING ABOUT THE CITY AIMING 2431 01:27:26,808 --> 01:27:27,408 TO BE A MODEL EMPLOYER, I WE 2432 01:27:27,408 --> 01:27:27,976 CAN PRIORITIZE OUTCOMES AND 2433 01:27:27,976 --> 01:27:28,576 IMPACT ACROSS OUR WORKFORCE 2434 01:27:28,576 --> 01:27:29,210 INVESTMENTS, AND ALSO AS I JUST 2435 01:27:29,210 --> 01:27:30,845 MENTIONED, STRENGTHENING THE 2436 01:27:30,845 --> 01:27:33,314 REGIONAL WORKFORCE ECOSYSTEM. 2437 01:27:33,314 --> 01:27:33,948 THE SECOND PHASE, WHICH REALLY 2438 01:27:33,948 --> 01:27:35,116 KIND OF RESTARTED IN DECEMBER 2439 01:27:35,116 --> 01:27:38,319 2025, BEGAN AS THE CITY 2440 01:27:38,319 --> 01:27:39,087 WORKFORCE GROUP WAS IDENTIFYING 2441 01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:40,321 TWO URGENT PRIORITIES, UTILITIES 2442 01:27:40,321 --> 01:27:45,827 AND YOUTH PATHWAYS, SO UTILITIES 2443 01:27:45,827 --> 01:27:46,828 INCLUDES CLEAN ENERGY AND GREEN 2444 01:27:46,828 --> 01:27:48,229 ECONOMY WORKFORCE DEMANDS, AND 2445 01:27:48,229 --> 01:27:50,765 ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE YOUTH 2446 01:27:50,765 --> 01:27:52,367 WORKFORCE PRIORITY, HOW ARE WE 2447 01:27:52,367 --> 01:27:53,568 EXPOSING AND GIVING HANDS-ON 2448 01:27:53,568 --> 01:27:54,435 SKILL, EXPERIENCE, AND EXPOSURE 2449 01:27:54,435 --> 01:27:55,837 TO YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE KEY 2450 01:27:55,837 --> 01:27:58,106 AND THRIVING CAREER PATHWAYS 2451 01:27:58,106 --> 01:28:08,616 THAT EXIST LOCALLY. SO, AS I 2452 01:28:14,155 --> 01:28:14,922 JUST MENTIONED, THE 2026 2453 01:28:14,922 --> 01:28:15,657 STRATEGY REALLY THINKS ABOUT 2454 01:28:15,657 --> 01:28:16,624 YOUTH AND UTILITIES, USING THOSE 2455 01:28:16,624 --> 01:28:17,859 THREE PILLARS, THE CITY AS A 2456 01:28:17,859 --> 01:28:19,127 MODEL EMPLOYER, STRATEGIC 2457 01:28:19,127 --> 01:28:20,328 PARTNERSHIPS, AND DATA IMPACT IS 2458 01:28:20,328 --> 01:28:21,329 THE UNDERPINNING FOR THE WAY 2459 01:28:21,329 --> 01:28:22,764 THAT WE ARE DOING WORK WITHIN 2460 01:28:22,764 --> 01:28:26,134 THOSE FOCUS AREAS. AND AS WE ARE 2461 01:28:26,134 --> 01:28:27,268 THINKING ABOUT STRONGER, MORE 2462 01:28:27,268 --> 01:28:30,838 COHESIVE, AND CONNECTIVE 2463 01:28:30,838 --> 01:28:31,673 WORKFORCE SYSTEMS, WE ARE 2464 01:28:31,673 --> 01:28:32,874 THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN BRING 2465 01:28:32,874 --> 01:28:34,609 THOSE COLORS INTO EACH OF THOSE 2466 01:28:34,609 --> 01:28:35,910 AREAS, AND IT IS 100% ABOUT HOW 2467 01:28:35,910 --> 01:28:37,545 WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, MORE 2468 01:28:37,545 --> 01:28:38,046 EFFECTIVELY, AND HAVING 2469 01:28:38,046 --> 01:28:40,415 ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE FOLKS THAT 2470 01:28:40,415 --> 01:28:41,849 WE ARE SERVING AND TO EACH OTHER 2471 01:28:41,849 --> 01:28:46,487 AS WELL. AND SO, PART OF THIS IS 2472 01:28:46,487 --> 01:28:47,522 REALLY TRYING TO HAVE US 2473 01:28:47,522 --> 01:28:48,890 UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE 2474 01:28:48,890 --> 01:28:49,724 INFORMATION OR PARTNERSHIP GAPS 2475 01:28:49,724 --> 01:28:51,459 THAT REMAIN, AND WE WANT TO MAKE 2476 01:28:51,459 --> 01:28:55,596 SURE WE ARE NOT LEANING BACK 2477 01:28:55,596 --> 01:28:56,364 INTO THAT FRAGMENTATION AND 2478 01:28:56,364 --> 01:28:57,598 CONTINUING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE 2479 01:28:57,598 --> 01:29:00,501 LEARNINGS, TALK TO EACH OTHER, 2480 01:29:00,501 --> 01:29:01,669 AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE 2481 01:29:01,669 --> 01:29:02,870 CONNECTED INTERNALLY, AND THEN 2482 01:29:02,870 --> 01:29:03,805 ALSO WITH THE PARTNERS THAT WE 2483 01:29:03,805 --> 01:29:05,340 FIND VERY KEY TO MOVING THIS 2484 01:29:05,340 --> 01:29:08,376 WORK FORWARD. AND I WOULD JUST 2485 01:29:08,376 --> 01:29:09,477 MAYBE PAUSE FOR A SECOND HERE 2486 01:29:09,477 --> 01:29:10,878 AND SAY THAT ACROSS ALL OF THIS 2487 01:29:10,878 --> 01:29:12,714 OR THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS WE GET 2488 01:29:12,714 --> 01:29:15,817 ASKED OFTEN, WHAT IS OED'S ROLE? 2489 01:29:15,817 --> 01:29:17,819 OED IS REALLY SERVING AS A 2490 01:29:17,819 --> 01:29:18,619 CONVENER, AS THE SYSTEM 2491 01:29:18,619 --> 01:29:20,321 INTEGRATOR, BUT ALSO HAS A 2492 01:29:20,321 --> 01:29:20,822 RELATIONSHIP OLDER FOR 2493 01:29:20,822 --> 01:29:24,192 EMPLOYERS, FOR SEATTLE'S 2494 01:29:24,192 --> 01:29:24,992 STRAINERS, AND FOR PUBLIC 2495 01:29:24,992 --> 01:29:26,194 WORKFORCE INSTITUTIONS, AND IT 2496 01:29:26,194 --> 01:29:29,263 IS OED'S ROLE TO ALSO BRING 2497 01:29:29,263 --> 01:29:30,465 THAT KNOWLEDGE TO THE CITY AND 2498 01:29:30,465 --> 01:29:31,632 HELP DEPARTMENTS KIND OF LEARN 2499 01:29:31,632 --> 01:29:32,300 FROM THOSE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS 2500 01:29:32,300 --> 01:29:33,334 AND ELEVATE THEM MORE 2501 01:29:33,334 --> 01:29:35,203 APPROPRIATE FOR OTHER 2502 01:29:35,203 --> 01:29:37,205 DEPARTMENTS TO ELEVATE THEIR OWN 2503 01:29:37,205 --> 01:29:46,848 RELATIONSHIPS AS WELL. I KEEP 2504 01:29:46,848 --> 01:29:47,648 TALKING ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND 2505 01:29:47,648 --> 01:29:48,382 RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT, SO I 2506 01:29:48,382 --> 01:29:49,984 WANT TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT AND 2507 01:29:49,984 --> 01:29:51,686 HIGHLIGHT A FEW EXAMPLES OF 2508 01:29:51,686 --> 01:29:52,754 PARTNERS THAT ARE VERY CRITICAL 2509 01:29:52,754 --> 01:29:54,088 TO OUR WORK AND THE REGIONAL 2510 01:29:54,088 --> 01:29:55,289 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT YOU HAVE 2511 01:29:55,289 --> 01:30:00,461 HEARD ME SAY THAT WORKFORCE 2512 01:30:00,461 --> 01:30:01,062 DEVELOPMENT IS FUNDAMENTALLY 2513 01:30:01,062 --> 01:30:02,096 PARTNERSHIP WORK, AND REALLY AT 2514 01:30:02,096 --> 01:30:03,798 OED, OUR ROLE IS TO ALIGN THE 2515 01:30:03,798 --> 01:30:05,233 PARTNERS, INCLUDING INDUSTRY 2516 01:30:05,233 --> 01:30:06,634 EMPLOYERS, SO JOBSEEKERS CAN 2517 01:30:06,634 --> 01:30:08,770 ACCESS AND COMPLETE TRAINING 2518 01:30:08,770 --> 01:30:09,404 THAT LEADS TO REAL JOB 2519 01:30:09,404 --> 01:30:10,338 OPPORTUNITIES. YOU KNOW, MY 2520 01:30:10,338 --> 01:30:16,477 COLLEAGUES HAVE HEARD ME SAY 2521 01:30:16,477 --> 01:30:17,111 THAT TRAINING PROGRAMS ARE 2522 01:30:17,111 --> 01:30:18,813 GREAT, BUT IF THERE IS NO JOB AT 2523 01:30:18,813 --> 01:30:20,281 THE END OF IT, THAT IS REALLY 2524 01:30:20,281 --> 01:30:21,616 DOING IT JUST NERVOUS TO THE JOB 2525 01:30:21,616 --> 01:30:22,950 SEEKER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S 2526 01:30:22,950 --> 01:30:23,918 REALLY A RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 2527 01:30:23,918 --> 01:30:25,119 CITY AND THE INVESTMENTS OF THE 2528 01:30:25,119 --> 01:30:26,454 PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER 2529 01:30:26,454 --> 01:30:30,658 TRAINING WHICH HAS NEXT STEPS TO 2530 01:30:30,658 --> 01:30:31,893 PLACEMENT, AND THINKING ABOUT 2531 01:30:31,893 --> 01:30:32,860 THE EMPLOYER PRIORITIES AND 2532 01:30:32,860 --> 01:30:33,861 MAKING SURE THAT TRAININGS ARE 2533 01:30:33,861 --> 01:30:35,530 NOT LEAVING PEOPLE KIND OF 2534 01:30:35,530 --> 01:30:37,231 UNCOMPETITIVE OR NOT AS 2535 01:30:37,231 --> 01:30:37,732 COMPETITIVE BECAUSE THE 2536 01:30:37,732 --> 01:30:43,004 TRAININGS AREN'T RESPONSIVE TO 2537 01:30:43,004 --> 01:30:44,005 INDUSTRY NEEDS. AND SO, ALIGNING 2538 01:30:44,005 --> 01:30:45,206 THAT WITH INDUSTRY DEMAND IN 2539 01:30:45,206 --> 01:30:49,210 REAL TIME IS EXTREMELY 2540 01:30:49,210 --> 01:30:50,378 IMPORTANT. AND I WILL ALSO JUST 2541 01:30:50,378 --> 01:30:52,180 MAYBE SAY HERE, WE OFTEN HEAR 2542 01:30:52,180 --> 01:30:53,481 FROM EMPLOYERS AND INDUSTRY THAT 2543 01:30:53,481 --> 01:30:54,682 BY THE TIME A TRAINING PROGRAM 2544 01:30:54,682 --> 01:30:56,350 KIND OF GETS TO THEM OR BY THE 2545 01:30:56,350 --> 01:30:57,752 TIME HE GRADUALLY GETS TO THEM, 2546 01:30:57,752 --> 01:31:00,087 THAT IS AT THE END OF THE 2547 01:31:00,087 --> 01:31:00,788 PIPELINE, WHERE THE EMPLOYER 2548 01:31:00,788 --> 01:31:02,256 WISHES THEY HAD BEEN BROUGHT 2549 01:31:02,256 --> 01:31:03,257 ALONG AT THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE 2550 01:31:03,257 --> 01:31:04,492 THEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE 2551 01:31:04,492 --> 01:31:06,661 TO BE MORE OF A CO-DESIGNER OR A 2552 01:31:06,661 --> 01:31:11,265 PARTNER, AND SAY, YEP, THESE ARE 2553 01:31:11,265 --> 01:31:12,667 THE SKILLS THAT WE NEED AND WE 2554 01:31:12,667 --> 01:31:13,835 HAVE THOSE JOBS KIND OF WAITING 2555 01:31:13,835 --> 01:31:15,303 AT THE END OF THIS PROGRAM, TO 2556 01:31:15,303 --> 01:31:16,537 HAVE THE GRADUATES BE ABLE TO 2557 01:31:16,537 --> 01:31:17,738 ENTER INTO OR TO UPSCALE. AND 2558 01:31:17,738 --> 01:31:20,408 SO, LEANING INTO THE SMART 2559 01:31:20,408 --> 01:31:21,542 PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS 2560 01:31:21,542 --> 01:31:22,176 ARE THOSE CODESIGNED SOLUTIONS 2561 01:31:22,176 --> 01:31:23,177 IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE ARE 2562 01:31:23,177 --> 01:31:24,078 TRYING TO EXPLORE. AND WE 2563 01:31:24,078 --> 01:31:26,948 PARTNER ACROSS FOUR MAIN GROUPS. 2564 01:31:26,948 --> 01:31:28,549 HIGHER EDUCATION, THINKING ABOUT 2565 01:31:28,549 --> 01:31:29,584 CERTIFICATIONS, GRANT PROGRAMS, 2566 01:31:29,584 --> 01:31:32,220 AND IDENTIFYING , AGAIN, THE 2567 01:31:32,220 --> 01:31:33,688 OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR 2568 01:31:33,688 --> 01:31:35,389 LOCAL ATMOSPHERE HIGHER 2569 01:31:35,389 --> 01:31:36,757 EDUCATION AND CONNECTING THEM 2570 01:31:36,757 --> 01:31:39,894 WITH THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES. 2571 01:31:39,894 --> 01:31:40,862 INTERNALLY, DL IS A HUGE PARTNER 2572 01:31:40,862 --> 01:31:43,998 IN THIS WORK, THEY PARTICIPATE 2573 01:31:43,998 --> 01:31:44,932 IN THE CITYWIDE WORKFORCE GROUP 2574 01:31:44,932 --> 01:31:45,766 AND HOLD CRITICAL RELATIONSHIPS 2575 01:31:45,766 --> 01:31:46,567 WITH THE DISTRICT, SEATTLE 2576 01:31:46,567 --> 01:31:47,835 PROMISE, THE COLLEGES, ET CETERA 2577 01:31:47,835 --> 01:31:50,872 BUT AND SO, JUST END OF NAMING 2578 01:31:50,872 --> 01:31:52,340 THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHERE'S 2579 01:31:52,340 --> 01:31:54,976 DEVELOPMENT, PEOPLE OFTEN THINK 2580 01:31:54,976 --> 01:31:56,077 ABOUT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT 2581 01:31:56,077 --> 01:31:57,178 ADULTS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT 2582 01:31:57,178 --> 01:31:59,914 YOUTH? REALLY, IT'S A WHOLE 2583 01:31:59,914 --> 01:32:00,715 PIPELINE, THAT IS THE 2584 01:32:00,715 --> 01:32:01,482 RESPONSIBILITY ALSO FOR SOMEONE 2585 01:32:01,482 --> 01:32:02,950 LIKE OED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE 2586 01:32:02,950 --> 01:32:04,485 WE DOING IN THE K-12 OR EVEN 2587 01:32:04,485 --> 01:32:08,589 K-8, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE 2588 01:32:08,589 --> 01:32:10,491 HIGH SCHOOL SPACE, AND THEN POST 2589 01:32:10,491 --> 01:32:12,159 SECONDARY, ET CETERA. WE ALSO 2590 01:32:12,159 --> 01:32:14,629 WORK CLOSELY TO UNDERSTAND THE 2591 01:32:14,629 --> 01:32:15,930 NEEDS AND INPUTS OF LABOR AND 2592 01:32:15,930 --> 01:32:23,738 INDUSTRY. YOU HEARD ME TALK A 2593 01:32:23,738 --> 01:32:25,273 LOT ABOUT HAVING INDUSTRY AT THE 2594 01:32:25,273 --> 01:32:26,207 TABLE OR HAVING AT LEAST JUST 2595 01:32:26,207 --> 01:32:26,908 THEIR PRIORITIES REPRESENTED, 2596 01:32:26,908 --> 01:32:27,608 ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THINGS ARE 2597 01:32:27,608 --> 01:32:28,409 EVOLVING QUICKLY, AND SO, 2598 01:32:28,409 --> 01:32:29,744 UNDERSTANDING HOW WE CAN REALLY 2599 01:32:29,744 --> 01:32:31,879 PARTNER WITH UNION GROUPS, WITH 2600 01:32:31,879 --> 01:32:32,546 APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, AND 2601 01:32:32,546 --> 01:32:33,581 WITH EMPLOYERS TO STRENGTHEN 2602 01:32:33,581 --> 01:32:36,150 TRAINING, AND DIRECT PLACEMENT 2603 01:32:36,150 --> 01:32:37,752 IN THOSE JOBS. PART OF THIS IS 2604 01:32:37,752 --> 01:32:38,819 ALSO HAVING EMPLOYERS COME AND 2605 01:32:38,819 --> 01:32:39,887 TALK TO STUDENTS AND YOUNG 2606 01:32:39,887 --> 01:32:42,223 PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IT IS LIKE FOR 2607 01:32:42,223 --> 01:32:46,427 CERTAIN PATHWAYS AS A I IS 2608 01:32:46,427 --> 01:32:47,495 CHANGING THE NATURE OF THAT 2609 01:32:47,495 --> 01:32:48,596 WORK. YOU HEARD ME TALK EARLIER 2610 01:32:48,596 --> 01:32:50,464 ABOUT WHAT I AM GOING TO CALL 2611 01:32:50,464 --> 01:32:51,632 OUR SKILLS, SOMETIMES CALLED 2612 01:32:51,632 --> 01:32:57,939 SOFT SKILLS, THOSE ARE ACROSS 2613 01:32:57,939 --> 01:32:59,640 THE BOARD THE NUMBER ONE THING 2614 01:32:59,640 --> 01:33:00,474 WE HEAR FROM EMPLOYERS, BUT THEY 2615 01:33:00,474 --> 01:33:01,642 STILL CAN'T FIND -- EVEN IF 2616 01:33:01,642 --> 01:33:03,244 SOMEBODY HAS THE TECHNICAL KIND 2617 01:33:03,244 --> 01:33:04,879 OF SKILL AND EXPERTISE. THE TWO 2618 01:33:04,879 --> 01:33:06,581 OTHER BIG GROUPS THAT WE WORK 2619 01:33:06,581 --> 01:33:07,815 WITH, PUBLIC WORKFORCE PARTNERS, 2620 01:33:07,815 --> 01:33:09,850 SO THESE ARE FOLKS LIKE THE 2621 01:33:09,850 --> 01:33:10,918 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, 2622 01:33:10,918 --> 01:33:12,453 KING COUNTY, AND COMMUNITY 2623 01:33:12,453 --> 01:33:13,354 ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO, 2624 01:33:13,354 --> 01:33:18,459 UNDERSTANDING WHERE APPROPRIATE 2625 01:33:18,459 --> 01:33:20,094 BRAIDED OR BLENDING FUNDING 2626 01:33:20,094 --> 01:33:20,895 OPPORTUNITIES CAN BE PROVIDED, 2627 01:33:20,895 --> 01:33:21,896 WHERE WE CAN STRENGTHEN 2628 01:33:21,896 --> 01:33:22,763 WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS, BECAUSE WE 2629 01:33:22,763 --> 01:33:24,098 KNOW THAT THAT IS THE BIGGEST 2630 01:33:24,098 --> 01:33:25,166 REASON THAT PEOPLE CAN'T ENTER 2631 01:33:25,166 --> 01:33:27,234 OR DROP OUT OF PROGRAMS, AND 2632 01:33:27,234 --> 01:33:28,603 ALSO, JUST IN TERMS OF THE 2633 01:33:28,603 --> 01:33:35,509 SHARED MUNICIPAL WORKFORCE 2634 01:33:35,509 --> 01:33:36,043 SYSTEMS, HAVING PEOPLE 2635 01:33:36,043 --> 01:33:37,011 UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE 2636 01:33:37,011 --> 01:33:38,045 SOME BEST PRACTICES THAT ARE 2637 01:33:38,045 --> 01:33:41,148 BEING ELEVATED WITHIN THE CITY? 2638 01:33:41,148 --> 01:33:43,117 WE'RE ABOUT TO LEARN ABOUT THE 2639 01:33:43,117 --> 01:33:44,385 COUNTY AS WELL, AND BEING ABLE 2640 01:33:44,385 --> 01:33:45,419 TO SHARE THOSE, SO UNDERSTANDING 2641 01:33:45,419 --> 01:33:46,787 AGAIN, GOING BACK TO HOW CAN THE 2642 01:33:46,787 --> 01:33:48,222 CITY BE A MODEL EMPLOYER FOR A 2643 01:33:48,222 --> 01:33:49,490 LOT OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT WE 2644 01:33:49,490 --> 01:33:51,759 WILL BE CHAMPIONING OR HAVE BEEN 2645 01:33:51,759 --> 01:33:54,061 CHAMPIONING? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 2646 01:33:54,061 --> 01:33:56,831 SO, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE A 2647 01:33:56,831 --> 01:34:00,635 FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME EARLY WINDS 2648 01:34:00,635 --> 01:34:02,069 AND PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE, 2649 01:34:02,069 --> 01:34:04,305 WORKING TOGETHER IN THE CITYWIDE 2650 01:34:04,305 --> 01:34:08,509 WORKFORCE GROUP. I'M NOT GOING 2651 01:34:08,509 --> 01:34:10,077 TO READ THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE 2652 01:34:10,077 --> 01:34:11,545 SLIDES, BUT I AM GOING TO GIVE 2653 01:34:11,545 --> 01:34:12,613 YOU TWO ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS TO 2654 01:34:12,613 --> 01:34:13,948 SHARE THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO 2655 01:34:13,948 --> 01:34:15,449 SEE THERE. SO, ONE IS A SOFT 2656 01:34:15,449 --> 01:34:18,686 LAUNCH OF NEXT MOVE SEATTLE. 2657 01:34:18,686 --> 01:34:20,254 SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH 2658 01:34:20,254 --> 01:34:28,329 THIS FUNDING AND KIND OF 2659 01:34:28,329 --> 01:34:29,230 APPROACH, SO INNOVATION AND 2660 01:34:29,230 --> 01:34:30,064 PERFORMANCE. A COUPLE OF YEARS 2661 01:34:30,064 --> 01:34:31,132 AGO, RECEIVED SOME FUNDING TO 2662 01:34:31,132 --> 01:34:32,099 UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE 2663 01:34:32,099 --> 01:34:35,736 NEED TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH 2664 01:34:35,736 --> 01:34:37,004 SUPPORT AND HOW CAN THE CITY BE 2665 01:34:37,004 --> 01:34:38,806 RESPONSIVE TO THAT? AND SO, IP 2666 01:34:38,806 --> 01:34:39,807 SPOKE WITH YOUNG PEOPLE TO 2667 01:34:39,807 --> 01:34:41,042 IDENTIFY SOME TOOLS THAT THEY 2668 01:34:41,042 --> 01:34:44,011 NEEDED TO FEEL BETTER SUPPORTED 2669 01:34:44,011 --> 01:34:45,046 BY THE COMMUNITY, AND IN 2670 01:34:45,046 --> 01:34:46,113 RESPONSE, A DIGITAL PLATFORM WAS 2671 01:34:46,113 --> 01:34:53,287 CREATED TO HELP YOUTH NAVIGATE 2672 01:34:53,287 --> 01:34:54,021 OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR 2673 01:34:54,021 --> 01:34:54,622 NEIGHBORHOOD, THEIR SCHOOLS, 2674 01:34:54,622 --> 01:34:55,222 THEIR CITIES. PARTICULARLY 2675 01:34:55,222 --> 01:34:56,390 THINKING ABOUT A CITYWIDE CAREER 2676 01:34:56,390 --> 01:34:57,058 AND WELL-BEING NAVIGATION TOOL. 2677 01:34:57,058 --> 01:34:59,260 AND SO, NEXT MOVE SEATTLE JUST 2678 01:34:59,260 --> 01:35:01,929 SOFT LAUNCHED LAST MONTH, AND WE 2679 01:35:01,929 --> 01:35:03,431 ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT OUTREACH 2680 01:35:03,431 --> 01:35:05,132 FOR THAT, HAVING A COMPLEMENTARY 2681 01:35:05,132 --> 01:35:11,505 WEB APP PROTOTYPE AS WELL. IT IS 2682 01:35:11,505 --> 01:35:12,740 NOT FUNDED FOR ITS FULL LAUNCH, 2683 01:35:12,740 --> 01:35:14,642 BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT ONE 2684 01:35:14,642 --> 01:35:16,210 OTHER HIGHLIGHT, SO IT HAS BEEN 2685 01:35:16,210 --> 01:35:17,511 GREAT TO HAVE IP SHARE THEIR 2686 01:35:17,511 --> 01:35:18,345 LEARNINGS DIRECTLY FROM YOUNG 2687 01:35:18,345 --> 01:35:19,513 PEOPLE WITH OUR GROUP AND HAVE 2688 01:35:19,513 --> 01:35:20,581 THAT RESPOND AND INCORPORATE A 2689 01:35:20,581 --> 01:35:22,216 LOT OF THE CAREER TOOLS THAT WE 2690 01:35:22,216 --> 01:35:23,384 HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. WE ARE 2691 01:35:23,384 --> 01:35:24,518 ALSO WORKING ON REGIONAL 2692 01:35:24,518 --> 01:35:26,854 COORDINATION WITH THE PORT OF 2693 01:35:26,854 --> 01:35:28,155 SEATTLE AND THE WORKFORCE 2694 01:35:28,155 --> 01:35:31,192 DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL. WE HAVE HAD 2695 01:35:31,192 --> 01:35:31,926 WONDERFUL TOUCH POINTS AROUND 2696 01:35:31,926 --> 01:35:32,993 SOME MARITIME STRATEGY AND 2697 01:35:32,993 --> 01:35:33,861 WORKFORCE DEMAND ALIGNMENT. WE 2698 01:35:33,861 --> 01:35:37,298 HAVE ALSO BEEN TALKING ABOUT 2699 01:35:37,298 --> 01:35:37,932 CLEAN ENERGY PRIORITIES, 2700 01:35:37,932 --> 01:35:39,433 INCLUDING THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE 2701 01:35:39,433 --> 01:35:42,570 REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CLEAN 2702 01:35:42,570 --> 01:35:43,204 ENERGY WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES 2703 01:35:43,204 --> 01:35:44,438 HERE, AND THINKING ABOUT THE 2704 01:35:44,438 --> 01:35:47,842 COORDINATED SUPPORT FOR 2705 01:35:47,842 --> 01:35:48,609 DISLOCATED WORKERS, IMMIGRANT 2706 01:35:48,609 --> 01:35:49,643 AND REFUGEE JOBSEEKERS, AND 2707 01:35:49,643 --> 01:35:52,646 SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT. AND THIS 2708 01:35:52,646 --> 01:35:57,852 IS THE SECOND SET OF PROGRESS ON 2709 01:35:57,852 --> 01:35:59,520 THE CITY COORDINATION. JUST 2710 01:35:59,520 --> 01:36:01,055 ELEVATING HERE, I'M SURE YOU 2711 01:36:01,055 --> 01:36:04,759 ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE LEVY 2712 01:36:04,759 --> 01:36:06,026 PASSED LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A 2713 01:36:06,026 --> 01:36:07,561 PATH TO TRADES COMPONENT WITHIN 2714 01:36:07,561 --> 01:36:09,897 THIS, AND THE CITYWIDE WORKFORCE 2715 01:36:09,897 --> 01:36:10,931 GROUP WORKED TOGETHER TO DEVELOP 2716 01:36:10,931 --> 01:36:12,299 RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THAT PATH 2717 01:36:12,299 --> 01:36:16,737 TO TRADES FUNDING COULD BE USED 2718 01:36:16,737 --> 01:36:17,872 TO ALIGN AND SUPPORT OTHER CITY 2719 01:36:17,872 --> 01:36:18,506 WORKFORCE INVESTMENTS, GETTING 2720 01:36:18,506 --> 01:36:19,507 FOLKS INTO THE TRADES, GETTING 2721 01:36:19,507 --> 01:36:20,508 YOUTH EXPOSED TO SKILL PATHWAYS 2722 01:36:20,508 --> 01:36:22,042 AS WELL, AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTING 2723 01:36:22,042 --> 01:36:26,413 HERE -- ON THE PREVIOUS ONE, HE 2724 01:36:26,413 --> 01:36:29,517 SAW AN AWARD. I'M SORRY, THE 2725 01:36:29,517 --> 01:36:30,718 PREVIOUS SLIDE, HE SAW AN AWARD 2726 01:36:30,718 --> 01:36:31,952 THAT THE CITY WAS AWARDED THE 2727 01:36:31,952 --> 01:36:33,020 CITYWIDE WORKFORCE GROUP APPLIED 2728 01:36:33,020 --> 01:36:40,494 FOR -- AND CITY LIGHT AND 2729 01:36:40,494 --> 01:36:41,028 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 2730 01:36:41,028 --> 01:36:42,062 RECEIVED TRAINING OR ARE IN THE 2731 01:36:42,062 --> 01:36:42,897 PROCESS OF RECEIVING TRAINING 2732 01:36:42,897 --> 01:36:43,831 AND COACHING TO IMPROVE THEIR 2733 01:36:43,831 --> 01:36:44,498 INTERNAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, 2734 01:36:44,498 --> 01:36:45,699 AND SO, THIS WAS REALLY GREAT 2735 01:36:45,699 --> 01:36:47,168 BECAUSE IT IS TRAINING THE CITY 2736 01:36:47,168 --> 01:36:53,641 LIGHT AND PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE 2737 01:36:53,641 --> 01:36:54,809 GOING TO HAVE TO PAY FOR 2738 01:36:54,809 --> 01:36:56,110 REGARDLESS, AND SO, WE KIND OF 2739 01:36:56,110 --> 01:36:57,778 SAVED THAT EXPENSE AND WE ARE 2740 01:36:57,778 --> 01:36:58,913 ABLE TO HAVE THEM GO THROUGH 2741 01:36:58,913 --> 01:37:00,114 THIS PROCESS. WE WILL BE HAVING 2742 01:37:00,114 --> 01:37:01,348 A SITE VISIT FROM THE NATIONAL 2743 01:37:01,348 --> 01:37:02,950 LEAGUE OF CITIES AND AMERICAN 2744 01:37:02,950 --> 01:37:07,521 INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH COMING ON 2745 01:37:07,521 --> 01:37:08,889 MAY 11th AND 12, AND WE WILL 2746 01:37:08,889 --> 01:37:10,357 ALSO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE SOME OF 2747 01:37:10,357 --> 01:37:11,592 THE REALLY GREAT WORK THAT THE 2748 01:37:11,592 --> 01:37:12,793 CITY IS DOING INTERNALLY TO HELP 2749 01:37:12,793 --> 01:37:13,961 SUPPORT INCUMBENT AND INCOMING 2750 01:37:13,961 --> 01:37:19,967 WORKERS. SO, IN OUR CLOSING 2751 01:37:19,967 --> 01:37:21,702 MOMENTS, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A 2752 01:37:21,702 --> 01:37:28,509 QUICK SNAPSHOT ABOUT WHAT WE ARE 2753 01:37:28,509 --> 01:37:29,677 LOOKING AT COMING AHEAD, SO A 2754 01:37:29,677 --> 01:37:31,111 LOT OF THIS WORK IS ONGOING. IT 2755 01:37:31,111 --> 01:37:32,446 IS GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE 2756 01:37:32,446 --> 01:37:33,747 END OF THE YEAR, AND HOPE LAY 2757 01:37:33,747 --> 01:37:34,815 INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, 2758 01:37:34,815 --> 01:37:35,583 JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT WORK 2759 01:37:35,583 --> 01:37:36,784 HORSE IS CHANGING AND WE REALLY 2760 01:37:36,784 --> 01:37:39,220 ARE SEEING, I WOULD SEE , ACROSS 2761 01:37:39,220 --> 01:37:40,087 SECTORS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT 2762 01:37:40,087 --> 01:37:42,556 TYPES OF WORKERS WERE BEING 2763 01:37:42,556 --> 01:37:43,357 IMPACTED VARIOUS TYPES OF WAYS, 2764 01:37:43,357 --> 01:37:46,126 SO HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM 2765 01:37:46,126 --> 01:37:47,294 WITHIN THE CITY IS SOMETHING WE 2766 01:37:47,294 --> 01:37:48,095 ARE THINKING VERY INTENTIONALLY 2767 01:37:48,095 --> 01:37:53,133 ABOUT. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT 2768 01:37:53,133 --> 01:37:54,635 THE LOCUST OF CONTROL WE HAVE IS 2769 01:37:54,635 --> 01:37:55,936 ONLY SO WIDE, SO UNDERSTANDING 2770 01:37:55,936 --> 01:37:57,638 WHERE THOSE PARTNERSHIP WAIVERS 2771 01:37:57,638 --> 01:37:59,306 ARE THAT WE CAN REALLY LEAN INTO 2772 01:37:59,306 --> 01:38:02,443 IS EXTREMELY RADICAL FOR US AND 2773 01:38:02,443 --> 01:38:04,345 I THINK IT IS THE WORK SMARTER, 2774 01:38:04,345 --> 01:38:07,615 NOT HARDER MODEL, AND ALSO THAT 2775 01:38:07,615 --> 01:38:08,849 WE CAN DO MUCH MORE TOGETHER 2776 01:38:08,849 --> 01:38:09,817 THAN INDIVIDUALLY. AND SO, I 2777 01:38:09,817 --> 01:38:13,387 KNOW THAT HAS BEEN A THEME. 2778 01:38:13,387 --> 01:38:14,722 THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN A COUPLE 2779 01:38:14,722 --> 01:38:15,589 SPEAKERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE 2780 01:38:15,589 --> 01:38:16,757 TODAY BUT I HAVE REALIZED, LIKE 2781 01:38:16,757 --> 01:38:18,525 I WANT TO GO BACK AND TALK TO, 2782 01:38:18,525 --> 01:38:19,860 SO THAT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL ON MY 2783 01:38:19,860 --> 01:38:21,095 END, BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT 2784 01:38:21,095 --> 01:38:22,529 HOW WE ARE -- HOW SEATTLE HAS 2785 01:38:22,529 --> 01:38:23,797 BEEN A PLACE FOR INNOVATION FOR 2786 01:38:23,797 --> 01:38:27,034 SO LONG, AND I THINK PART OF 2787 01:38:27,034 --> 01:38:28,068 INNOVATION IN THE WORKFORCE AREA 2788 01:38:28,068 --> 01:38:29,303 IS THINKING ABOUT NEW WAYS THAT 2789 01:38:29,303 --> 01:38:30,504 PEOPLE CAN WORK TOGETHER OR CAN 2790 01:38:30,504 --> 01:38:31,805 KIND OF PARTNER THAT WE HAVEN'T 2791 01:38:31,805 --> 01:38:36,443 ALREADY, AND LEANING INTO SOME 2792 01:38:36,443 --> 01:38:37,444 PILOTS AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT 2793 01:38:37,444 --> 01:38:38,912 IS WORKING AND WHAT IS NOT AND 2794 01:38:38,912 --> 01:38:40,147 HOW TO SCALE THAT, RIGHT? SO, 2795 01:38:40,147 --> 01:38:41,715 AGAIN, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF 2796 01:38:41,715 --> 01:38:42,883 CLEAN ENERGY, AND A GREEN 2797 01:38:42,883 --> 01:38:45,052 ECONOMY PRIORITIES IN OUR STATE 2798 01:38:45,052 --> 01:38:46,654 AND OUR AREA, AND HOW CAN WE BE 2799 01:38:46,654 --> 01:38:49,490 INTENTIONAL ABOUT SOME OF THE 2800 01:38:49,490 --> 01:38:50,324 INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYER AND 2801 01:38:50,324 --> 01:38:51,992 BUSINESS PARTNERS WE HAVE THERE 2802 01:38:51,992 --> 01:38:54,261 TO ALSO THEN DEVELOP A LOCAL 2803 01:38:54,261 --> 01:38:58,299 TALENT PIPELINE THAT MAKES FOLKS 2804 01:38:58,299 --> 01:38:59,767 WANT TO COME AND STAY IN THE 2805 01:38:59,767 --> 01:39:00,734 REGION, AND REALLY BOOST THE 2806 01:39:00,734 --> 01:39:02,102 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR 2807 01:39:02,102 --> 01:39:03,804 NEIGHBORS AND FOR US. SO, WITH 2808 01:39:03,804 --> 01:39:05,406 THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL 2809 01:39:05,406 --> 01:39:09,476 OF YOU, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR 2810 01:39:09,476 --> 01:39:10,144 YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR 2811 01:39:10,144 --> 01:39:11,178 PARTNERSHIP, AND HAPPY TO TAKE 2812 01:39:11,178 --> 01:39:12,479 QUESTIONS HERE WITH [ INAUDIBLE 2813 01:39:12,479 --> 01:39:14,181 ]. 2814 01:39:14,181 --> 01:39:15,749 >> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND 2815 01:39:15,749 --> 01:39:18,252 APOLOGIES FOR THE HYDRANTS THERE 2816 01:39:18,252 --> 01:39:21,055 ON THE SLIDES, I ENDED UP JUST 2817 01:39:21,055 --> 01:39:22,723 SHARING MY OWN SCREEN. SO, GLAD 2818 01:39:22,723 --> 01:39:24,158 THAT WE GOT THAT SORTED, AND 2819 01:39:24,158 --> 01:39:25,359 THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE 2820 01:39:25,359 --> 01:39:28,062 PRESENTATION. COLLEAGUES, WHAT 2821 01:39:28,062 --> 01:39:29,263 QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE ON 2822 01:39:29,263 --> 01:39:36,804 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT? I AM 2823 01:39:36,804 --> 01:39:38,472 HAPPY TO KICK US OFF WHILE WE 2824 01:39:38,472 --> 01:39:42,242 ARE JUST PERHAPS MARINATING ON 2825 01:39:42,242 --> 01:39:47,281 SOME OF THESE DETAILS. THANK YOU 2826 01:39:47,281 --> 01:39:48,415 FOR WALKING US THROUGH ALL OF 2827 01:39:48,415 --> 01:39:49,717 THESE ELEMENTS AND ALL OF THE 2828 01:39:49,717 --> 01:39:51,051 WORK YOU'RE DOING, PARTICULARLY 2829 01:39:51,051 --> 01:39:51,752 CONNECTING DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS 2830 01:39:51,752 --> 01:39:53,554 , EFFORTS WITH THE WORK OF OED. 2831 01:39:53,554 --> 01:40:00,227 I AM WONDERING, THE LEVY IS 2832 01:40:00,227 --> 01:40:02,029 FRONT OF MIND FOR A LOT OF US. I 2833 01:40:02,029 --> 01:40:03,063 KNOW I AM PARTICULARLY EXCITED 2834 01:40:03,063 --> 01:40:04,131 ABOUT THE PATH TO TRADES 2835 01:40:04,131 --> 01:40:05,332 COMPONENT, SO I AM WONDERING IF 2836 01:40:05,332 --> 01:40:06,734 YOU CAN KIND OF JUST PROVIDE A 2837 01:40:06,734 --> 01:40:08,035 LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON SOME 2838 01:40:08,035 --> 01:40:09,236 OF THE WORK WITH REGIONAL 2839 01:40:09,236 --> 01:40:10,904 PARTNERS . WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A 2840 01:40:10,904 --> 01:40:12,473 LOT OF REPORTS AND HEARING 2841 01:40:12,473 --> 01:40:14,742 DIRECTLY FROM STUDENTS ABOUT 2842 01:40:14,742 --> 01:40:15,743 THEIR INTEREST IN HALF TO 2843 01:40:15,743 --> 01:40:17,011 TRADES, SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU 2844 01:40:17,011 --> 01:40:18,412 CAN SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE 2845 01:40:18,412 --> 01:40:19,880 ON SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIP WITH 2846 01:40:19,880 --> 01:40:22,049 DEAL. MAYBE YOU PARTNER WITH 2847 01:40:22,049 --> 01:40:23,083 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TOO. I 2848 01:40:23,083 --> 01:40:24,084 THINK SOMETHING THAT I HAVE 2849 01:40:24,084 --> 01:40:25,486 CERTAINLY HEARD FROM A LOT OF 2850 01:40:25,486 --> 01:40:27,221 PARENTS IS JUST A REAL DESIRE TO 2851 01:40:27,221 --> 01:40:29,757 FURTHER BEACH AND FIND KIDDOS 2852 01:40:29,757 --> 01:40:36,163 AND BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN THESE 2853 01:40:36,163 --> 01:40:36,964 OPPORTUNITIES TO YOUNG PEOPLE, 2854 01:40:36,964 --> 01:40:38,232 SO I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN 2855 01:40:38,232 --> 01:40:39,800 EXPAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME 2856 01:40:39,800 --> 01:40:41,268 OF THE THINKING AND OUTREACH 2857 01:40:41,268 --> 01:40:41,635 OPPORTUNITIES. 2858 01:40:41,635 --> 01:40:45,406 >> SURE. UM, GREAT QUESTION. AND 2859 01:40:45,406 --> 01:40:46,607 YEAH, CERTAINLY TOP OF MIND. I 2860 01:40:46,607 --> 01:40:47,775 THINK WHAT WAS REALLY GREAT OR 2861 01:40:47,775 --> 01:40:49,009 WHAT IS REALLY GREAT IN OUR 2862 01:40:49,009 --> 01:40:50,310 CURRENT STRATEGIES WE HAVE THIS 2863 01:40:50,310 --> 01:40:54,381 EMPHASIS ON UTILITIES AND KIND 2864 01:40:54,381 --> 01:40:55,449 OF SKILLED TRADES WITHIN THAT, 2865 01:40:55,449 --> 01:40:57,151 AND THEN ALSO A YOUTH EMPHASIS. 2866 01:40:57,151 --> 01:40:59,186 AND SO, THAT KIND OF BRINGS 2867 01:40:59,186 --> 01:41:00,454 THOSE TWO WORLDS TOGETHER IN THE 2868 01:41:00,454 --> 01:41:01,422 BEST WAY. WE ARE DEFINITELY 2869 01:41:01,422 --> 01:41:02,923 WORKING WITH DEAL AS THEY ARE 2870 01:41:02,923 --> 01:41:06,927 THE RELATIONSHIP HOLDER, AND WE 2871 01:41:06,927 --> 01:41:08,362 KIND OF LOOK TO THEM TO LEAVE 2872 01:41:08,362 --> 01:41:09,696 THE STRATEGY AND HELP US 2873 01:41:09,696 --> 01:41:10,798 ADVOCATE IN TERMS OF THE WORK 2874 01:41:10,798 --> 01:41:12,433 WITH THE COLLEGES. WE HAVE A 2875 01:41:12,433 --> 01:41:15,602 PERSON FROM DEAL KIND OF WORKS 2876 01:41:15,602 --> 01:41:16,770 ON THE PROMISE PORTION, AND KIND 2877 01:41:16,770 --> 01:41:18,505 OF THAT POST SECONDARY INTRO 2878 01:41:18,505 --> 01:41:20,407 INTO THE COLLEGES, AND WHERE THE 2879 01:41:20,407 --> 01:41:23,043 BATON IS HANDED OFF TO OED, IS 2880 01:41:23,043 --> 01:41:23,911 WHEN THE WORKFORCE COMPONENT 2881 01:41:23,911 --> 01:41:25,679 COMES IN. AND I DO THINK WHERE 2882 01:41:25,679 --> 01:41:27,781 THE BATON IS KIND OF HANDED OFF 2883 01:41:27,781 --> 01:41:33,053 IS A VERY GRAY AREA. AND 2884 01:41:33,053 --> 01:41:34,321 SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO 2885 01:41:34,321 --> 01:41:35,556 BE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT IS HOW 2886 01:41:35,556 --> 01:41:37,558 WE CAN GET MORE SKILLS HANDS-ON 2887 01:41:37,558 --> 01:41:41,061 TRAINING TO YOUNG PEOPLE. I 2888 01:41:41,061 --> 01:41:42,062 THINK SOMETHING THAT USED TO 2889 01:41:42,062 --> 01:41:47,601 EXIST, AND BY USED TO, AND SAY 2890 01:41:47,601 --> 01:41:49,336 LIKE 15 TO 20 TO 30 YEARS AGO 2891 01:41:49,336 --> 01:41:50,771 NOW, THERE USED TO BE A LOT MORE 2892 01:41:50,771 --> 01:41:52,072 TRADE EXPOSURE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, 2893 01:41:52,072 --> 01:41:53,240 RIGHT? THERE IS NOT REALLY, SO 2894 01:41:53,240 --> 01:41:54,675 HOW CAN WE BE A BIT MORE 2895 01:41:54,675 --> 01:41:55,709 INTENTIONAL IN PARTNERING WITH 2896 01:41:55,709 --> 01:41:57,110 PLACES LIKE THE MACHINIST 2897 01:41:57,110 --> 01:41:59,146 INSTITUTE, WHERE EVEN HAVING 2898 01:41:59,146 --> 01:42:00,647 MAYBE A MOBILE TRADES KIND OF 2899 01:42:00,647 --> 01:42:01,682 COUNSELOR WHO GOES BETWEEN THE 2900 01:42:01,682 --> 01:42:02,749 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS ON DIFFERENT 2901 01:42:02,749 --> 01:42:05,953 DAYS , TO HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE BE 2902 01:42:05,953 --> 01:42:09,156 EXPOSED TO THIS, ONE OF THE 2903 01:42:09,156 --> 01:42:10,390 REALLY COOL EVENTS I THINK THAT 2904 01:42:10,390 --> 01:42:12,659 WE HAVE, AND I ENCOURAGE 2905 01:42:12,659 --> 01:42:14,328 COUNCILMEMBERS TO ATTEND IS THE 2906 01:42:14,328 --> 01:42:18,131 CREATIVE ECONOMY CAREER DAY. 2907 01:42:18,131 --> 01:42:19,166 THERE IS AN INTERESTING SKILLS 2908 01:42:19,166 --> 01:42:20,234 TO TRADE COMPONENT OF THIS, 2909 01:42:20,234 --> 01:42:21,535 BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE 2910 01:42:21,535 --> 01:42:22,669 UNIONS THAT THEY WORK VERY 2911 01:42:22,669 --> 01:42:23,837 CLOSELY WITH IS THE [ INAUDIBLE 2912 01:42:23,837 --> 01:42:25,439 ] LABOR UNION WHICH HOUSES A LOT 2913 01:42:25,439 --> 01:42:30,244 OF DIFFERENT FAULTS THE WORK 2914 01:42:30,244 --> 01:42:31,211 WITH THE CREATIVE PATHWAYS, BUT 2915 01:42:31,211 --> 01:42:32,913 FOX, WHO FOR EXAMPLE -- MAYBE 2916 01:42:32,913 --> 01:42:33,981 CARPENTERS, MAYBE WOODWORKERS 2917 01:42:33,981 --> 01:42:35,215 ARE WORKING IN EVEN ELECTRICAL, 2918 01:42:35,215 --> 01:42:36,483 THEY THEN CAN HAVE THESE JOBS, 2919 01:42:36,483 --> 01:42:42,556 FOR EXAMPLE ON A PRODUCTION SET 2920 01:42:42,556 --> 01:42:44,558 OR BUILDING A SET, OR EVEN DOING 2921 01:42:44,558 --> 01:42:45,959 AV, ET CETERA, AND I THINK PART 2922 01:42:45,959 --> 01:42:47,127 OF WHAT IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT 2923 01:42:47,127 --> 01:42:48,195 THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE 2924 01:42:48,195 --> 01:42:49,796 LOOKING AT IS HOW WE CAN TALK TO 2925 01:42:49,796 --> 01:42:50,631 YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT LEARNING 2926 01:42:50,631 --> 01:42:52,332 SKILL SETS THAT CAN BE STACKABLE 2927 01:42:52,332 --> 01:42:57,137 AND FLEXIBLE, RIGHT? WITH THE 2928 01:42:57,137 --> 01:42:58,639 NATURE OF A.I. , WE DON'T KNOW 2929 01:42:58,639 --> 01:42:59,506 HOW JOBS WILL COMPLETELY 2930 01:42:59,506 --> 01:43:00,474 TRANSFORM OR WHERE OR WHAT 2931 01:43:00,474 --> 01:43:01,708 ASPECTS OF THEM WILL TRANSFORM, 2932 01:43:01,708 --> 01:43:03,176 THAT I THINK GOES BACK TO THE 2933 01:43:03,176 --> 01:43:04,444 FACT THAT WITH THE TECHNICAL 2934 01:43:04,444 --> 01:43:07,014 SKILL SET YOU HAVE, YOU STILL 2935 01:43:07,014 --> 01:43:08,615 HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PIVOT IT AND 2936 01:43:08,615 --> 01:43:10,217 APPLY IT IN DIFFERENT AREAS, SO 2937 01:43:10,217 --> 01:43:11,485 I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO 2938 01:43:11,485 --> 01:43:12,519 PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH IS ALSO TO 2939 01:43:12,519 --> 01:43:14,354 BRING AN ALUMNI OR FOLK WERE 2940 01:43:14,354 --> 01:43:18,458 FROM THE SCHOOLS EVEN, OR THE 2941 01:43:18,458 --> 01:43:19,426 BACKGROUNDS THAT THEY ARE, TO 2942 01:43:19,426 --> 01:43:20,961 TALK ABOUT LIKE, YEP, I WAS A 2943 01:43:20,961 --> 01:43:21,895 YOUNG PERSON, I HAD THIS 2944 01:43:21,895 --> 01:43:23,330 INTEREST, I DECIDED TO GO TO FOR 2945 01:43:23,330 --> 01:43:24,798 THIS. IT TURNS OUT I USED THAT 2946 01:43:24,798 --> 01:43:26,967 SKILL SET PERHAPS NOT AT ALL, 2947 01:43:26,967 --> 01:43:28,035 WERE IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT 2948 01:43:28,035 --> 01:43:29,236 FASHION. WE HAVE FOUND THAT 2949 01:43:29,236 --> 01:43:30,037 YOUNG PEOPLE REALLY RESONATE 2950 01:43:30,037 --> 01:43:31,672 WITH HEARING FROM FOLKS THAT 2951 01:43:31,672 --> 01:43:37,110 HAVE LIKE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF 2952 01:43:37,110 --> 01:43:37,978 THE PATHWAYS OR THE COMMUNITIES 2953 01:43:37,978 --> 01:43:39,279 THAT THEY HAVE AS WELL, BUT 2954 01:43:39,279 --> 01:43:40,347 ALSO, HONESTLY HEARING FROM 2955 01:43:40,347 --> 01:43:41,615 PEOPLE ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE HAD 2956 01:43:41,615 --> 01:43:42,916 TO PIVOT IT OR HOW THEY HAVE 2957 01:43:42,916 --> 01:43:44,151 PURSUED SOMETHING AND IT HAS 2958 01:43:44,151 --> 01:43:45,786 FAILED, BUT THAT HAS BEEN OKAY 2959 01:43:45,786 --> 01:43:46,954 AND WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM 2960 01:43:46,954 --> 01:43:48,789 IT. I THINK FOR A LOT OF YOUNG 2961 01:43:48,789 --> 01:43:50,457 PEOPLE, THEY'RE HESITANT FOR A 2962 01:43:50,457 --> 01:43:51,525 NUMBER OF REASONS, LIKE MONEY, 2963 01:43:51,525 --> 01:43:53,994 TIME, AND ALL THE OTHER PIECES, 2964 01:43:53,994 --> 01:43:56,163 LIKE INVEST A TON IN A 2965 01:43:56,163 --> 01:43:57,030 PARTICULAR AREA, AND BE LIKE, 2966 01:43:57,030 --> 01:43:58,432 WELL, THAT JOB ISN'T GOING TO 2967 01:43:58,432 --> 01:44:00,467 EXIST EVEN IF I DO DECIDE TO 2968 01:44:00,467 --> 01:44:01,935 PURSUE IT. SO, I THINK IT IS 2969 01:44:01,935 --> 01:44:03,003 ALSO ABOUT HELPING A YOUNG 2970 01:44:03,003 --> 01:44:04,671 PERSON BE SET UP SUCCESS AND 2971 01:44:04,671 --> 01:44:07,608 THINKING ABOUT THOSE PIECES. 2972 01:44:07,608 --> 01:44:08,875 ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PETS 2973 01:44:08,875 --> 01:44:10,277 TO TRADE, WE KNOW THE CITY IS 2974 01:44:10,277 --> 01:44:11,511 HAD A GREAT PROGRAM IN PRIORITY 2975 01:44:11,511 --> 01:44:12,746 HIGHER. ONE OF THE THINGS WE 2976 01:44:12,746 --> 01:44:13,614 ALSO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, 2977 01:44:13,614 --> 01:44:14,815 THOUGH, THIS KIND OF GOES BACK 2978 01:44:14,815 --> 01:44:15,983 TO THE PARTNERSHIP PIECE, OVER 2979 01:44:15,983 --> 01:44:18,685 THE COURSE OF THE LAST 10 YEARS, 2980 01:44:18,685 --> 01:44:20,687 I THINK THERE HAS MAYBE BEEN 2981 01:44:20,687 --> 01:44:21,855 LIKE ONE PERSON FROM THE 2982 01:44:21,855 --> 01:44:25,359 PRIORITY HIRE PROGRAM IS 2983 01:44:25,359 --> 01:44:26,727 GRADUATED, WHO HAS GOTTEN A JOB 2984 01:44:26,727 --> 01:44:28,261 AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE. CITY 2985 01:44:28,261 --> 01:44:30,397 LIGHT AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE 2986 01:44:30,397 --> 01:44:34,334 HAVE NOTORIOUSLY HARD PROCESSES. 2987 01:44:34,334 --> 01:44:37,137 WHAT ARE THOSE VERY HARD ASPECTS 2988 01:44:37,137 --> 01:44:43,543 WERE KIND OF POINTS OF THE 2989 01:44:43,543 --> 01:44:44,544 HIRING PROCESS WITHIN THE CITY 2990 01:44:44,544 --> 01:44:48,582 THAT WE CAN LOOK AT, RIGHT? THAT 2991 01:44:48,582 --> 01:44:49,416 WE CAN MAKE MORE EQUITABLE, THAT 2992 01:44:49,416 --> 01:44:50,717 WE CAN MAKE CLEARER AND EASIER 2993 01:44:50,717 --> 01:44:51,718 FOR JOBSEEKERS TO NAVIGATE THE 2994 01:44:51,718 --> 01:44:53,186 AND AGAIN, I THINK SOME OF THAT 2995 01:44:53,186 --> 01:44:54,955 IS LIKE DOWN BY LABOR AND OTHER 2996 01:44:54,955 --> 01:44:57,291 MORE INDUSTRY PIECES, BUT THERE 2997 01:44:57,291 --> 01:44:58,425 ARE PLACES THAT WE CAN BE 2998 01:44:58,425 --> 01:44:59,760 FLEXIBLE, SO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 2999 01:44:59,760 --> 01:45:04,331 THOSE ARE IS ALSO ABOUT, I 3000 01:45:04,331 --> 01:45:05,666 THINK, JUST DIGGING A BIT DEEPER 3001 01:45:05,666 --> 01:45:06,967 AND GETTING DATE ON THINGS THAT 3002 01:45:06,967 --> 01:45:07,601 WE HAVE ANECDOTAL INFORMATION 3003 01:45:07,601 --> 01:45:08,635 ABOUT, BUT NOT NECESSARILY WANT 3004 01:45:08,635 --> 01:45:09,169 TO TAKE. 3005 01:45:09,169 --> 01:45:15,709 >> THANK YOU FOR BREAKING THAT 3006 01:45:15,709 --> 01:45:16,977 DOWN. AND I KNOW ALSO AT THIS 3007 01:45:16,977 --> 01:45:18,011 TIME, AS FROM OUR PREVIOUS 3008 01:45:18,011 --> 01:45:19,046 DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE 3009 01:45:19,046 --> 01:45:20,447 MEETING, ELATED IMMIGRATION, 3010 01:45:20,447 --> 01:45:21,815 HAVE BEEN REALLY FRONT OF MIND 3011 01:45:21,815 --> 01:45:23,417 FOR MANY OF US. I WANTED TO TAKE 3012 01:45:23,417 --> 01:45:24,518 A MOMENT TO SEND MY APPRECIATION 3013 01:45:24,518 --> 01:45:26,753 FOR THE READY TO WORK PROGRAM. 3014 01:45:26,753 --> 01:45:28,622 AND I AM WONDERING IF OED HAS 3015 01:45:28,622 --> 01:45:31,892 INCORPORATED ANY OTHER 3016 01:45:31,892 --> 01:45:32,659 RECOMMENDATIONS OR FINDINGS FROM 3017 01:45:32,659 --> 01:45:33,460 THE REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR 3018 01:45:33,460 --> 01:45:34,895 IMMIGRATION, INTEGRATION, AND 3019 01:45:34,895 --> 01:45:38,732 THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 3020 01:45:38,732 --> 01:45:40,167 TO INCORPORATING THOSE 3021 01:45:40,167 --> 01:45:40,767 RECOMMENDATIONS OR THINKING 3022 01:45:40,767 --> 01:45:42,035 ABOUT STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS 3023 01:45:42,035 --> 01:45:42,636 UNDEREMPLOYMENT FOR IMMIGRANT 3024 01:45:42,636 --> 01:45:49,476 COMMUNITIES . 3025 01:45:49,476 --> 01:45:50,877 >> YEAH, I WILL GET US STARTED. 3026 01:45:50,877 --> 01:45:52,045 SO, YES, THE READY TO WORK 3027 01:45:52,045 --> 01:45:53,480 PROGRAM, JUST IN CASE ANYBODY 3028 01:45:53,480 --> 01:45:58,552 ISN'T FAMILIAR, PREVIOUSLY OR 3029 01:45:58,552 --> 01:45:59,453 HISTORICALLY, THE READY TO WORK 3030 01:45:59,453 --> 01:46:00,520 PROGRAM HAS SERVED FOLKS WERE 3031 01:46:00,520 --> 01:46:06,727 KIND OF LEVEL 0 OR ONE TO LEVEL 3032 01:46:06,727 --> 01:46:08,228 3 OR SO OF ENGLISH. IT IS FOLKS 3033 01:46:08,228 --> 01:46:09,696 -- IT IS HELPING PEOPLE KIND OF 3034 01:46:09,696 --> 01:46:10,697 DO ENGLISH TRAINING, BUT ALSO 3035 01:46:10,697 --> 01:46:11,565 VERY BASICS AROUND CREATING 3036 01:46:11,565 --> 01:46:12,933 RESUMES, DOING JOB APPLICATIONS, 3037 01:46:12,933 --> 01:46:13,900 INTERVIEWING, ET CETERA, 3038 01:46:13,900 --> 01:46:15,335 PARTICULARLY AT A U.S. CULTURAL 3039 01:46:15,335 --> 01:46:17,471 CONTEXT. AND THE REFINED 2.0 3040 01:46:17,471 --> 01:46:18,905 VERSION OF READY TO WORK THAT IS 3041 01:46:18,905 --> 01:46:20,373 ABOUT TO BE LAUNCHED, AND JUST 3042 01:46:20,373 --> 01:46:25,011 TO CLARIFY, THE 1.0 IS STILL 3043 01:46:25,011 --> 01:46:26,513 STAYING, SO WE ARE STILL SERVING 3044 01:46:26,513 --> 01:46:29,249 THAT POPULATION, BUT THE SECOND 3045 01:46:29,249 --> 01:46:30,083 LEVEL IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT, 3046 01:46:30,083 --> 01:46:33,954 OKAY, WE HAVE THESE FOLKS, MAYBE 3047 01:46:33,954 --> 01:46:35,122 THEY HAVE DONE SOME SKILLED 3048 01:46:35,122 --> 01:46:36,223 TRADES BACK HOME, MAYBE THEY ARE 3049 01:46:36,223 --> 01:46:37,657 TRYING -- THEY ARE AT THE LEVEL 3050 01:46:37,657 --> 01:46:38,658 FOR PLUS ENGLISH, BUT THEY 3051 01:46:38,658 --> 01:46:40,060 DON'T HAVE THE VOCATIONAL OR 3052 01:46:40,060 --> 01:46:45,265 TECHNICAL ENGLISH TO PASS AN 3053 01:46:45,265 --> 01:46:46,032 APPRENTICESHIP EXAM, TO QUALIFY 3054 01:46:46,032 --> 01:46:47,100 FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM OR 3055 01:46:47,100 --> 01:46:49,069 WHATEVER THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, 3056 01:46:49,069 --> 01:46:50,270 SO THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE 3057 01:46:50,270 --> 01:46:51,304 READY TO WORK REFINEMENT COMES 3058 01:46:51,304 --> 01:46:52,706 IN, SO IT IS READY TO WORK 3059 01:46:52,706 --> 01:46:53,774 CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAM, SO THAT 3060 01:46:53,774 --> 01:46:54,908 HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING THERE. 3061 01:46:54,908 --> 01:46:57,077 ANOTHER PIECE IS WE HAVE BEEN 3062 01:46:57,077 --> 01:47:01,148 BRINGING IN THE WORKFORCE LEAD 3063 01:47:01,148 --> 01:47:02,582 TO A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ON 3064 01:47:02,582 --> 01:47:03,150 ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS WITH 3065 01:47:03,150 --> 01:47:04,084 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES AND 3066 01:47:04,084 --> 01:47:07,687 WITH SDOT AND CITY LIGHT, SO 3067 01:47:07,687 --> 01:47:09,756 UNDERSTANDING THAT -- IS THERE A 3068 01:47:09,756 --> 01:47:18,098 WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE AN IDEA 3069 01:47:18,098 --> 01:47:19,432 THAT WAS KIND OF BEEN THROWN 3070 01:47:19,432 --> 01:47:20,333 AROUND? THERE ARE APPLICANTS WHO 3071 01:47:20,333 --> 01:47:21,535 ARE VERY TALENTED WHO APPLY FOR 3072 01:47:21,535 --> 01:47:22,969 CITY ROLES, AND I WILL SPEAK TO 3073 01:47:22,969 --> 01:47:24,237 CITY ROLES HERE, JUST BECAUSE I 3074 01:47:24,237 --> 01:47:25,772 HAVE MORE DATA ON THAT, BUT THEY 3075 01:47:25,772 --> 01:47:28,642 APPLY TO CITY ROLES, ENABLE THE 3076 01:47:28,642 --> 01:47:30,410 TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS, BUT 3077 01:47:30,410 --> 01:47:31,578 THEIR ENGLISH IS NOT AT THE 3078 01:47:31,578 --> 01:47:32,913 LEVEL THEY WOULD NEED TO BE 3079 01:47:32,913 --> 01:47:40,153 HIRED. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS 3080 01:47:40,153 --> 01:47:41,254 THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND 3081 01:47:41,254 --> 01:47:42,856 IS IS THERE A WAY WE COULD HAVE 3082 01:47:42,856 --> 01:47:44,157 A CITY REFERRAL SERVICE OR AN 3083 01:47:44,157 --> 01:47:45,158 APPLICANT WHO APPLIES WHO MIGHT 3084 01:47:45,158 --> 01:47:45,926 BENEFIT THEM FROM SOME 3085 01:47:45,926 --> 01:47:47,494 ADDITIONAL ENGLISH TRAINING, AND 3086 01:47:47,494 --> 01:47:49,396 COULD BE REFERRED TO [ INAUDIBLE 3087 01:47:49,396 --> 01:47:50,697 ] FOR THAT PURPOSE. THE OTHER 3088 01:47:50,697 --> 01:47:52,666 THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS WE 3089 01:47:52,666 --> 01:48:00,106 HAVE ALSO HAD THEM BE 3090 01:48:00,106 --> 01:48:01,041 CONTRACTED, AND ALSO WITH THE 3091 01:48:01,041 --> 01:48:02,342 CITYWIDE WORK FIRST GROUP BY A 3092 01:48:02,342 --> 01:48:03,076 FEW DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHO 3093 01:48:03,076 --> 01:48:04,478 HAVE HAD CHALLENGES WITH 3094 01:48:04,478 --> 01:48:11,585 IMMIGRANT AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3095 01:48:11,585 --> 01:48:12,252 LEARNING POPULATIONS AROUND 3096 01:48:12,252 --> 01:48:13,053 PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNICATION 3097 01:48:13,053 --> 01:48:14,054 PIECES, SO HAVING THE CITYWIDE 3098 01:48:14,054 --> 01:48:15,055 WORKFORCE GROUP AND OIRA ALSO, 3099 01:48:15,055 --> 01:48:16,323 REALLY PARTNER ON HOW WE CAN 3100 01:48:16,323 --> 01:48:17,457 DEVELOP IN LANGUAGE TRAININGS 3101 01:48:17,457 --> 01:48:18,792 FOR MORE DEPARTMENTS TO 3102 01:48:18,792 --> 01:48:19,392 EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH 3103 01:48:19,392 --> 01:48:23,430 ENGLISH MULTILINGUAL 3104 01:48:23,430 --> 01:48:24,364 POPULATIONS, SO AGAIN, CREATING 3105 01:48:24,364 --> 01:48:25,799 SOME OF THE RESOURCES WHERE WE 3106 01:48:25,799 --> 01:48:27,133 MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE EMPLOYER 3107 01:48:27,133 --> 01:48:29,169 TO HIRE AND COMMUNICATE AND 3108 01:48:29,169 --> 01:48:31,872 NAVIGATE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES OR 3109 01:48:31,872 --> 01:48:32,873 OPPORTUNITIES WITH IMMIGRANT 3110 01:48:32,873 --> 01:48:37,477 POPULATIONS. ANYTHING YOU WANTED 3111 01:48:37,477 --> 01:48:42,449 TO ADD? 3112 01:48:42,449 --> 01:48:44,217 >> I WILL JUST -- AS PART OF MY 3113 01:48:44,217 --> 01:48:45,418 ROLE AS DIRECTOR, AS WE ARE 3114 01:48:45,418 --> 01:48:46,019 HEARING, CULTIVATION AND 3115 01:48:46,019 --> 01:48:46,653 PARTNERSHIP WITH MULTIPLE 3116 01:48:46,653 --> 01:48:47,587 STAKEHOLDERS, IT HAS BEEN 3117 01:48:47,587 --> 01:48:50,891 SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS IN JUST 3118 01:48:50,891 --> 01:48:56,196 THE SIX WEEKS WITH OIRA AND OLS 3119 01:48:56,196 --> 01:48:57,564 AND MY ROLE WORKING WITH [ 3120 01:48:57,564 --> 01:48:58,632 INAUDIBLE ], HOW DO WE ELEVATE 3121 01:48:58,632 --> 01:49:00,533 MORE OF THIS WORK AND HOW WE CAN 3122 01:49:00,533 --> 01:49:01,301 MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS MORE 3123 01:49:01,301 --> 01:49:02,402 STRATEGICALLY IN TERMS OF 3124 01:49:02,402 --> 01:49:07,774 IMMIGRANT WORKERS. IT WAS VERY 3125 01:49:07,774 --> 01:49:09,209 CONVENIENT THAT I WAS SITTING 3126 01:49:09,209 --> 01:49:15,248 HERE IN THE PREVIOUS 3127 01:49:15,248 --> 01:49:16,249 PRESENTATION, BECAUSE A LOT OF 3128 01:49:16,249 --> 01:49:16,850 THE CONVERSATIONS ARE 3129 01:49:16,850 --> 01:49:17,784 CONVERSATIONS THAT WE ARE 3130 01:49:17,784 --> 01:49:18,852 ALREADY HAVING. HOW DO WE KIND 3131 01:49:18,852 --> 01:49:20,587 OF IMPLEMENT THE POLICY, HOW DO 3132 01:49:20,587 --> 01:49:23,690 WE FIGURE OUT [ INAUDIBLE ], AND 3133 01:49:23,690 --> 01:49:24,758 WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE 3134 01:49:24,758 --> 01:49:26,059 ALREADY HERE THAT WE JUST NEED 3135 01:49:26,059 --> 01:49:27,260 TO CONNECT AND MEET PEOPLE WHERE 3136 01:49:27,260 --> 01:49:28,628 THEY ARE INSTRUMENT SO, MY TEAM 3137 01:49:28,628 --> 01:49:31,798 IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB DOING 3138 01:49:31,798 --> 01:49:32,732 THE STRATEGY, WORKING, AND ALSO, 3139 01:49:32,732 --> 01:49:34,601 MY JOB IS HOW DO I HEAR FROM MY 3140 01:49:34,601 --> 01:49:36,436 TEAM OR HOW DO I CONNECT IT WITH 3141 01:49:36,436 --> 01:49:37,971 OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT 3142 01:49:37,971 --> 01:49:38,972 COLLABORATE WITH US IN THIS 3143 01:49:38,972 --> 01:49:42,976 WORK? 3144 01:49:42,976 --> 01:49:44,411 >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND YOU 3145 01:49:44,411 --> 01:49:45,378 MENTIONED JUST IN YOUR POINT 3146 01:49:45,378 --> 01:49:46,179 ABOUT CITY EMPLOYMENT, THAT 3147 01:49:46,179 --> 01:49:47,280 BEING MORE READILY ACCESSIBLE 3148 01:49:47,280 --> 01:49:48,615 INFORMATION. IS THERE 3149 01:49:48,615 --> 01:49:53,820 INFORMATION YOU WISH YOU HAD TO 3150 01:49:53,820 --> 01:49:54,788 BETTER SUPPORT YOUR WORK IN 3151 01:49:54,788 --> 01:49:55,422 WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE 3152 01:49:55,422 --> 01:49:56,590 THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT 3153 01:49:56,590 --> 01:49:59,993 PATHWAYS IN WORKFORCE 3154 01:49:59,993 --> 01:50:01,094 DEVELOPMENT, THERE IS SO MUCH 3155 01:50:01,094 --> 01:50:02,062 HAPPENING AT OUR REGION, AND 3156 01:50:02,062 --> 01:50:03,630 I'M WONDERING WHAT WOULD BE 3157 01:50:03,630 --> 01:50:05,532 SUPPORTIVE FOR YOUR WORK WHETHER 3158 01:50:05,532 --> 01:50:06,633 IT IS BETTER CONNECTIONS ACROSS 3159 01:50:06,633 --> 01:50:07,734 THE REGION, OR WHAT WILL JUST 3160 01:50:07,734 --> 01:50:08,969 FURTHER AMPLIFY AND SUPPORT YOUR 3161 01:50:08,969 --> 01:50:09,235 WORK? 3162 01:50:09,235 --> 01:50:11,671 >> SURE, I THINK THAT SOME OF 3163 01:50:11,671 --> 01:50:13,707 THE INFORMATION WE WISH WE HAD 3164 01:50:13,707 --> 01:50:18,011 -- I WILL START FIRST WITH THE 3165 01:50:18,011 --> 01:50:18,645 RELATIONSHIP WITH KING COUNTY. 3166 01:50:18,645 --> 01:50:19,946 OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE ALL STILL 3167 01:50:19,946 --> 01:50:21,014 GOING THROUGH THE TRANSITION 3168 01:50:21,014 --> 01:50:24,451 PROCESS, AND WE ARE ABOUT TO 3169 01:50:24,451 --> 01:50:27,554 HAVE A MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR 3170 01:50:27,554 --> 01:50:28,822 COLLEAGUES OVER AT KING COUNTY, 3171 01:50:28,822 --> 01:50:29,990 BUT TRYING TO GET MORE 3172 01:50:29,990 --> 01:50:33,493 INFORMATION AND POINTS OF 3173 01:50:33,493 --> 01:50:34,861 CONTACT THERE ON HOW WE CAN 3174 01:50:34,861 --> 01:50:35,996 REALLY CONTINUE TO MOVE SOME OF 3175 01:50:35,996 --> 01:50:37,764 THE WORK FORWARD WOULD BE VERY 3176 01:50:37,764 --> 01:50:40,533 HELPFUL. I ALSO THINK ON THE 3177 01:50:40,533 --> 01:50:43,970 DATA SIDE, MAYBE NOT WITHIN THE 3178 01:50:43,970 --> 01:50:46,640 CITY SPECIFICALLY, BUT TO THE 3179 01:50:46,640 --> 01:50:48,475 EXTENT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET 3180 01:50:48,475 --> 01:50:51,778 MORE UPDATED INFORMATION ON 3181 01:50:51,778 --> 01:50:56,249 LABOR AND DEMOGRAPHICS ACROSS 3182 01:50:56,249 --> 01:50:57,350 INDUSTRIES AND SECTORS, TO BE 3183 01:50:57,350 --> 01:50:58,618 ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT 3184 01:50:58,618 --> 01:51:01,021 THE IMPACT -- THE ECONOMIC 3185 01:51:01,021 --> 01:51:02,355 IMPACT IS ABSURD AND SECTORS ON 3186 01:51:02,355 --> 01:51:08,228 OUR ECONOMY . OF COURSE, AT OED, 3187 01:51:08,228 --> 01:51:09,629 WE HAVE SOME OF THAT 3188 01:51:09,629 --> 01:51:11,197 INFORMATION, BUT TO BE ABLE TO 3189 01:51:11,197 --> 01:51:12,298 HAVE THAT ACROSS SECTORS WOULD 3190 01:51:12,298 --> 01:51:15,201 BE REALLY HELPFUL IN TERMS OF 3191 01:51:15,201 --> 01:51:16,903 HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO 3192 01:51:16,903 --> 01:51:17,570 PRIORITIZE OUR INVESTMENTS WERE 3193 01:51:17,570 --> 01:51:18,972 LOOKING FORWARD TOWARDS THE 3194 01:51:18,972 --> 01:51:22,676 FUTURE OF JOBS , WHAT TYPES OF 3195 01:51:22,676 --> 01:51:24,110 INVESTMENTS WE COULD PRIORITIZE 3196 01:51:24,110 --> 01:51:26,446 IN A MORE STRATEGIC, LONG-TERM 3197 01:51:26,446 --> 01:51:33,353 WAY IS HOW I WOULD RESPOND. 3198 01:51:33,353 --> 01:51:34,487 ANITA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO 3199 01:51:34,487 --> 01:51:35,088 ADD ON THAT? 3200 01:51:35,088 --> 01:51:36,322 >> YEAH, I WOULD SUGGEST AND 3201 01:51:36,322 --> 01:51:39,759 MAYBE CALLOUT THAT PART OF -- 3202 01:51:39,759 --> 01:51:41,027 PART OF, I THINK, MY HESITANCE 3203 01:51:41,027 --> 01:51:42,929 TO JUMP IN RIGHT AWAY TO THAT 3204 01:51:42,929 --> 01:51:45,465 QUESTION IS THINKING ABOUT, WE 3205 01:51:45,465 --> 01:51:47,300 HAVE A LOT OF DATA IN FRONT OF 3206 01:51:47,300 --> 01:51:48,702 US, AND PART OF IT IS, I THINK, 3207 01:51:48,702 --> 01:51:53,173 RIGHT NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT 3208 01:51:53,173 --> 01:51:54,307 HOW DO WE FIGURE OUT 3209 01:51:54,307 --> 01:51:58,511 OPPORTUNITIES WHERE SOMETHING IS 3210 01:51:58,511 --> 01:51:59,546 WORKING AND HOW LONG DO WE NEED 3211 01:51:59,546 --> 01:52:01,047 TO SEE IT WORKING FOR AN SCALE 3212 01:52:01,047 --> 01:52:02,148 THAT? SOME OF THE PIECES WHERE 3213 01:52:02,148 --> 01:52:04,084 THE UNKNOWN IS THERE IS THE 3214 01:52:04,084 --> 01:52:05,051 TESTING NOW. WE ABOUT THIS DATA, 3215 01:52:05,051 --> 01:52:08,521 WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TEST IT, 3216 01:52:08,521 --> 01:52:09,289 BUT FRANKLY, TESTING SOMETHING 3217 01:52:09,289 --> 01:52:10,623 ALSO REQUIRES QUITE A BIG 3218 01:52:10,623 --> 01:52:15,328 INVESTMENT . WE GOT SOME OF THE 3219 01:52:15,328 --> 01:52:16,296 DATA AND UNFORTUNATELY OR 3220 01:52:16,296 --> 01:52:20,900 FORTUNATELY IN ECONOMIC 3221 01:52:20,900 --> 01:52:21,434 DEVELOPMENT OR WORKFORCE 3222 01:52:21,434 --> 01:52:22,635 DEVELOPMENT, YOU NEVER HAVE ALL 3223 01:52:22,635 --> 01:52:24,370 THE DATA UNTIL YOU ARE AT THE 3224 01:52:24,370 --> 01:52:30,743 END OF THE CYCLE, WE ARE TRYING 3225 01:52:30,743 --> 01:52:32,078 TO THINK MORE INTERNALLY AND 3226 01:52:32,078 --> 01:52:33,680 ALSO WITH PARTNERS, HOW CAN WE 3227 01:52:33,680 --> 01:52:34,581 BEST IDENTIFY THOSE 3228 01:52:34,581 --> 01:52:37,317 OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION ? 3229 01:52:37,317 --> 01:52:41,354 WHERE IS IT THAT THE PORT MIGHT 3230 01:52:41,354 --> 01:52:42,722 BE DOING SOMETHING, THE CITY IS 3231 01:52:42,722 --> 01:52:43,556 DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR, LET'S 3232 01:52:43,556 --> 01:52:44,924 GET TOGETHER AND SEE IF THIS 3233 01:52:44,924 --> 01:52:47,327 COLLABORATION CAN REALLY RESULT 3234 01:52:47,327 --> 01:52:52,599 IN SOMETHING FRUITFUL. SOMETIMES 3235 01:52:52,599 --> 01:52:53,566 IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AS 3236 01:52:53,566 --> 01:52:54,567 SUCCESSFUL AS OTHERS, BUT I 3237 01:52:54,567 --> 01:52:55,902 THINK THAT IS PART OF THIS 3238 01:52:55,902 --> 01:52:56,536 LEARNING OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY 3239 01:52:56,536 --> 01:52:58,037 GIVEN THAT SO MANY THINGS ARE 3240 01:52:58,037 --> 01:52:59,139 KIND OF UNPREDICTABLE WHEN IT 3241 01:52:59,139 --> 01:53:00,340 COMES TO WORKFORCE RIGHT NOW. I 3242 01:53:00,340 --> 01:53:01,274 THINK TESTING IS VERY IMPORTANT, 3243 01:53:01,274 --> 01:53:02,842 BECAUSE IF YOU WAIT UNTIL WE 3244 01:53:02,842 --> 01:53:05,378 HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, THEN 3245 01:53:05,378 --> 01:53:07,147 WE ARE ALMOST LIKE JUST PLAYING 3246 01:53:07,147 --> 01:53:08,281 CATCH-UP ALL THE TIME. 3247 01:53:08,281 --> 01:53:09,983 >> I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT 3248 01:53:09,983 --> 01:53:14,554 POINT, JUST ON TESTING CONCEPTS, 3249 01:53:14,554 --> 01:53:16,055 I THINK THAT IS FANTASTIC TO 3250 01:53:16,055 --> 01:53:17,423 HEAR. COLLEAGUES, ANY ADDITIONAL 3251 01:53:17,423 --> 01:53:18,458 QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTERS 3252 01:53:18,458 --> 01:53:28,601 TODAY? HEARING NONE, I'M GOING 3253 01:53:28,601 --> 01:53:29,802 TO THANK YOU THREE AGAIN FOR 3254 01:53:29,802 --> 01:53:31,137 BEING HERE ON A FRIDAY MORNING 3255 01:53:31,137 --> 01:53:32,505 TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT 3256 01:53:32,505 --> 01:53:33,640 THIS WORK AND HIGHLIGHT THE 3257 01:53:33,640 --> 01:53:34,307 COMPLEXITIES AND THE IMPORTANCE 3258 01:53:34,307 --> 01:53:35,141 OF PARTNERSHIP WORKING ACROSS 3259 01:53:35,141 --> 01:53:36,910 THE CITY AND OUR REGION, SO 3260 01:53:36,910 --> 01:53:42,081 THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WITH 3261 01:53:42,081 --> 01:53:43,483 THAT, WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 3262 01:53:43,483 --> 01:53:44,517 TODAY'S AGENDA. IS THERE ANY 3263 01:53:44,517 --> 01:53:45,652 FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE 3264 01:53:45,652 --> 01:53:48,688 THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE ADJOURN? 3265 01:53:48,688 --> 01:53:50,590 HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE 3266 01:53:50,590 --> 01:53:51,524 ARE ADJOURNED. NEXT HUMAN 3267 01:53:51,524 --> 01:53:54,828 SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING IS 3268 01:53:54,828 --> 01:53:58,131 SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MAY 1st AT 3269 01:53:58,131 --> 01:53:59,832 9:00 A.M., AND THAT IS