1 00:00:17,584 --> 00:00:18,351 F0 2 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:19,886 >> ALL RIGHT, GOOD MORNING, 3 00:00:19,886 --> 00:00:27,827 EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. ON THIS 4 00:00:27,827 --> 00:00:29,429 RAINY, SEATTLE MORNING. THE 5 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:31,064 APRIL 22nd, 2026 MEETING OF THE 6 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:31,865 LIBRARY'S EDUCATION AND 7 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:36,002 NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE WILL 8 00:00:36,002 --> 00:00:37,137 COME TO ORDER. IT'S 9:32 A.M. 9 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:38,671 I'M MARITZA RIVERA, THE CHAIR 10 00:00:38,671 --> 00:00:42,842 OF THE COMMITTEE. WOULD THE 11 00:00:42,842 --> 00:00:47,914 CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 12 00:00:47,914 --> 00:00:51,651 >> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 13 00:00:51,651 --> 00:00:51,985 >> HERE. 14 00:00:51,985 --> 00:00:53,720 >> COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 15 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:54,187 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 16 00:00:54,187 --> 00:00:54,454 >> HERE. 17 00:00:54,454 --> 00:00:55,255 >> FOUR COUNCILMEMBERS ARE 18 00:00:55,255 --> 00:00:55,522 PRESENT. 19 00:00:55,522 --> 00:00:56,956 >> GREAT. GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, 20 00:00:56,956 --> 00:00:58,925 TO COLLEAGUES, TO THOSE OF YOU 21 00:00:58,925 --> 00:01:02,562 WATCHING ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, 22 00:01:02,562 --> 00:01:05,732 AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE 23 00:01:05,732 --> 00:01:08,234 JOINED US IN CHAMBERS. TODAY, WE 24 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:10,837 WILL START THE PROCESS FOR 25 00:01:10,837 --> 00:01:14,641 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 26 00:01:14,641 --> 00:01:15,375 DIRECTOR, QUYNH PHAM. THE 27 00:01:15,375 --> 00:01:16,443 MAYOR'S OFFICE SHALL INTRODUCE 28 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:19,813 DR. PHAM, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE 29 00:01:19,813 --> 00:01:21,514 THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK 30 00:01:21,514 --> 00:01:22,315 QUESTIONS. BEFORE WE GET TO 31 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:25,985 THAT, WE WILL BEGIN WITH 32 00:01:25,985 --> 00:01:27,187 COMMENTS. IF THERE IS NO 33 00:01:27,187 --> 00:01:29,556 OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE 34 00:01:29,556 --> 00:01:31,057 ADOPTED. HEARING NO OBJECTION, 35 00:01:31,057 --> 00:01:33,126 THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE'LL 36 00:01:33,126 --> 00:01:34,928 NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT 37 00:01:34,928 --> 00:01:36,196 PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT SHOULD 38 00:01:36,196 --> 00:01:39,265 RELATE TO THE ITEMS ON THE 39 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:42,135 AGENDA OR THE PURVIEW OF THIS 40 00:01:42,135 --> 00:01:44,003 COMMITTEE. CLERK, HOW MANY 41 00:01:44,003 --> 00:01:45,205 SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? 42 00:01:45,205 --> 00:01:51,010 >> WE HAVE SIX SPEAKERS, AND ONE 43 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:51,611 REMOTE SPEAKER. 44 00:01:51,611 --> 00:01:54,647 >> WE'LL GIVE EACH SPEAKER TWO 45 00:01:54,647 --> 00:01:57,250 MINUTES, THEN GO TO THE PUBLIC 46 00:01:57,250 --> 00:01:58,418 COMMENTS AND THEN GO ONLINE. 47 00:01:58,418 --> 00:02:00,386 >> PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS UP 48 00:02:00,386 --> 00:02:02,956 TO 60 MINUTES. EACH SPEAKER WILL 49 00:02:02,956 --> 00:02:04,324 IS ARE TWO MINUTES. SPEAKERS 50 00:02:04,324 --> 00:02:08,628 WILL GO IN ORDER WHICH THEY WERE 51 00:02:08,628 --> 00:02:10,129 REGISTERED. WE'LL START WITH 52 00:02:10,129 --> 00:02:10,864 PUBLIC SPEAKERS FIRST. THE 53 00:02:10,864 --> 00:02:12,265 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 54 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:13,933 OPEN. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE 55 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:15,668 FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 56 00:02:15,668 --> 00:02:16,936 >> THANK YOU, CLERK. ALL RIGHT. 57 00:02:16,936 --> 00:02:18,371 ALL MICS ARE LIVE. SO IF YOU 58 00:02:18,371 --> 00:02:20,373 WANT TO STEP UP, I'M GOING TO 59 00:02:20,373 --> 00:02:23,376 CALL A FEW AT A TIME, AND YOU'RE 60 00:02:23,376 --> 00:02:30,316 WELCOME TO STEP UP TO A MIC. 61 00:02:30,316 --> 00:02:33,119 JAMIE LEE, MIKE STEWART, SUE -- 62 00:02:33,119 --> 00:02:36,422 I'M SO -- TALCA. THANK YOU, 63 00:02:36,422 --> 00:02:36,923 SUE. ALL RIGHT, JAMIE. 64 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:39,092 >> GOOD MORNING, MY NAME IS 65 00:02:39,092 --> 00:02:41,294 JAMIE LEE, AND I'M HERE WITH 66 00:02:41,294 --> 00:02:43,630 JARED JOHNSON ON BEHALF OF THE 67 00:02:43,630 --> 00:02:45,265 SEATTLE 10 DEVELOPMENT 68 00:02:45,265 --> 00:02:46,399 AUTHORITY. WE'RE HERE IN 69 00:02:46,399 --> 00:02:49,269 SUPPORT OF QUYNH PHAM'S 70 00:02:49,269 --> 00:02:50,570 APPOINTMENT FOR DIRECTER OF 71 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:52,672 NEIGHBORHOODS. I FIRST MET QUYNH 72 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:54,240 TEN YEARS AGO. SHE BEGAN HER 73 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,943 TIME AT THE FRIENDS OF LITTLE 74 00:02:56,943 --> 00:02:57,610 SAIGON SOON AFTER. OVER THE 75 00:02:57,610 --> 00:02:59,512 YEARS, WE'VE GROWN TOGETHER AS 76 00:02:59,512 --> 00:03:00,346 LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY. I'M 77 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:02,148 SO PROUD THAT SHE'S ABLE TO 78 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:06,553 SERVE IN THIS ROLE IN HER CITY. 79 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:08,621 AT HER TIME, AT FLS, I WATCHED 80 00:03:08,621 --> 00:03:10,924 HER GROWING A SMALL ORGANIZATION 81 00:03:10,924 --> 00:03:13,293 FROM THE GROUND UP. ANYONE THAT 82 00:03:13,293 --> 00:03:14,193 KNOWS OUR LIVES IN COMMUNITY 83 00:03:14,193 --> 00:03:15,028 DEVELOPMENT, KNOWS THAT WE 84 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:16,663 PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO WORK WITH 85 00:03:16,663 --> 00:03:18,131 ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT 86 00:03:18,131 --> 00:03:18,831 IMPACTS OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S 87 00:03:18,831 --> 00:03:20,867 NOT AN EASY JOB WHEN WE HAVE TO 88 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:22,735 WORK WITH EVERYONE, AND THAT'S 89 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:25,004 HOW IT GOES. I WATCHED HER LEARN 90 00:03:25,004 --> 00:03:27,373 AND GROW, AND ADOPT TO WHATEVER 91 00:03:27,373 --> 00:03:29,576 WAS THROWN HER WAY, WITH A 92 00:03:29,576 --> 00:03:32,245 PRACTICAL MINDSET AND BALANCED 93 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:33,413 DECISION MAKING. I THINK OUR 94 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:38,851 LARGEST AND MOST IMPACTFUL 95 00:03:38,851 --> 00:03:40,053 ACHIEVEMENT IS THE LITTLE SAIGON 96 00:03:40,053 --> 00:03:42,255 LANDMARK PROJECT. NOT ONLY IS IT 97 00:03:42,255 --> 00:03:45,425 ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE 98 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:47,160 PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE AS ON 99 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,861 ORGANIZATION, WE'VE BEEN 100 00:03:48,861 --> 00:03:50,029 IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THEY'VE 101 00:03:50,029 --> 00:03:52,131 ADDRESSED COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND 102 00:03:52,131 --> 00:03:54,067 CONCERNS TO MAKE THIS PROJECT A 103 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:55,335 REALITY. WE'RE SO PROUD TO 104 00:03:55,335 --> 00:03:59,939 BREAK GROUND LATER THIS YEAR, 105 00:03:59,939 --> 00:04:03,209 WHILE QUYNH WILL BE HERE -- 106 00:04:03,209 --> 00:04:04,611 WON'T BE HERE WHEN IT HAPPENS, 107 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:06,512 HER HEART IS IN THE PROJECT. I 108 00:04:06,512 --> 00:04:08,681 LOOK FORWARD TO HER BRINGING HER 109 00:04:08,681 --> 00:04:09,716 APPROACH TO PARTNERSHIP, 110 00:04:09,716 --> 00:04:10,350 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND AND OVERALL 111 00:04:10,350 --> 00:04:12,685 LOVE FOR COMMUNITY TO THE REST 112 00:04:12,685 --> 00:04:15,221 OF THE CITY. THANK YOU. 113 00:04:15,221 --> 00:04:18,891 >> THANK YOU, JAMIE. MIKE 114 00:04:18,891 --> 00:04:20,693 STEWART, THEN SUE, THEN MATT 115 00:04:20,693 --> 00:04:20,960 HIYASHI. 116 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:22,262 >> GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE 117 00:04:22,262 --> 00:04:25,632 MEMBERS, MY NAME IS MIKE 118 00:04:25,632 --> 00:04:26,099 STEWART. NEIGHBORHOOD 119 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:26,699 IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION THAT 120 00:04:26,699 --> 00:04:27,734 REPRESENTS HUNDREDS OF 121 00:04:27,734 --> 00:04:28,935 BUSINESSES AND THOUSANDS OF 122 00:04:28,935 --> 00:04:30,003 RESIDENTS IN BALLARD. I'M 123 00:04:30,003 --> 00:04:31,638 PLEASED TO JOIN TODAY IN SUPPORT 124 00:04:31,638 --> 00:04:33,873 OF QUYNH'S APPOINTMENT AS THE 125 00:04:33,873 --> 00:04:35,141 DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE 126 00:04:35,141 --> 00:04:35,908 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 127 00:04:35,908 --> 00:04:38,211 OVER THE YEARS, I'VE HAD THE 128 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:39,512 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER 129 00:04:39,512 --> 00:04:41,281 WITH QUYNH IN HER ROLE AS 130 00:04:41,281 --> 00:04:42,515 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE 131 00:04:42,515 --> 00:04:44,517 FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON, AND I 132 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:46,753 HAVE ALWAYS FOUND QUYNH TO BE AN 133 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:48,187 EXCELLENT PARTNER AND 134 00:04:48,187 --> 00:04:49,622 COLLABORATOR, AS WE WORK 135 00:04:49,622 --> 00:04:52,258 TOGETHER TO ADVANCE IMPORTANT 136 00:04:52,258 --> 00:04:54,227 POLICY INITIATIVES. QUYNH IS AN 137 00:04:54,227 --> 00:04:55,595 OUTSTANDING COMMUNICATOR, A 138 00:04:55,595 --> 00:04:56,896 STRONG LEADER, AND SHE CARES 139 00:04:56,896 --> 00:04:58,298 PASSIONATELY ABOUT ALL 140 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,365 NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE 141 00:04:59,365 --> 00:05:00,733 CITY. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT QUYNH 142 00:05:00,733 --> 00:05:02,535 IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THIS 143 00:05:02,535 --> 00:05:04,037 ROLE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO 144 00:05:04,037 --> 00:05:06,105 CONFIRM HER APPOINTMENT AS 145 00:05:06,105 --> 00:05:08,041 DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 146 00:05:08,041 --> 00:05:09,509 NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. 147 00:05:09,509 --> 00:05:14,480 >> THANK YOU, MIKE. NICE TO SEE 148 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,418 YOU. SUE, MATT, AND MICHAEL ARE 149 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:18,785 NEXT. WELCOME. 150 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:21,554 >> I'M SUE. I'M NOT ANYTHING 151 00:05:21,554 --> 00:05:24,724 RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAVE HAD MANY, 152 00:05:24,724 --> 00:05:27,493 MANY MANY YEARS WORKING IN THE 153 00:05:27,493 --> 00:05:28,861 INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT IN LITTLE 154 00:05:28,861 --> 00:05:29,796 SAIGON AREA IN COMMUNITY 155 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:30,997 DEVELOPMENT, AND COMMUNITY 156 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:34,634 DEVELOPMENT WORK. I WILL SAY 157 00:05:34,634 --> 00:05:39,038 THAT QUYNH IS ONE OF THE 158 00:05:39,038 --> 00:05:43,009 OUTSTANDING YOUNG LEADERS IN OUR 159 00:05:43,009 --> 00:05:45,178 COMMUNITY. SHE LISTENS, SHE'S 160 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:47,080 WISE BEYOND HER YEARS. SHE 161 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,048 UNDERSTANDS THE COMPLEXITY OF 162 00:05:49,048 --> 00:05:51,517 WORKING IN A COMMUNITY AND ALSO 163 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:52,952 WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC SECTOR, 164 00:05:52,952 --> 00:05:56,389 WHICH CANNOT BE -- IS NOT AN 165 00:05:56,389 --> 00:05:59,625 EASY THING TO DO. SHE'S ONE OF 166 00:05:59,625 --> 00:06:00,693 MY FAVORITE PEOPLE. I AM JUST 167 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:06,065 REALLY SAD THAT SHE'S NOT GOING 168 00:06:06,065 --> 00:06:10,903 TO BE AT FLS. BUT THE CITY IS 169 00:06:10,903 --> 00:06:12,271 BETTER FOR IT. YOU'RE GOING TO, 170 00:06:12,271 --> 00:06:15,007 YOU KNOW -- HAVING HER WORK FOR 171 00:06:15,007 --> 00:06:18,077 YOU IS GOING TO BE AMAZING, 172 00:06:18,077 --> 00:06:21,514 BECAUSE SHE LISTENS, SHE CARES, 173 00:06:21,514 --> 00:06:24,717 AND SHE UNDERSTANDS THE 174 00:06:24,717 --> 00:06:25,718 COMPLEXITY OF COMMUNITY. AND 175 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:28,621 THAT, IN AND OF ITSELF WILL HELP 176 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:31,324 THE CITY A LOT. BUT WE WILL MISS 177 00:06:31,324 --> 00:06:32,692 HER IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'LL 178 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:36,062 SEE HER AROUND. SO THANK YOU. 179 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:41,334 >> THANK YOU, SUE. MATT, 180 00:06:41,334 --> 00:06:45,938 MICHAEL, AND THEN LAUREN 181 00:06:45,938 --> 00:06:48,641 LUNDBERG. GO AHEAD, MATT. 182 00:06:48,641 --> 00:06:51,043 >> YES, MATT. I'M HERE TO 183 00:06:51,043 --> 00:06:52,411 SUPPORT DIRECTOR PHAM'S 184 00:06:52,411 --> 00:06:54,046 CONFIRMATION HERE. I'VE BEEN A 185 00:06:54,046 --> 00:06:55,982 COMMUNITY MEMBER AND HAVE HAD 186 00:06:55,982 --> 00:06:57,750 THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH 187 00:06:57,750 --> 00:06:59,819 QUYNH BOTH IN HER ROLE AS 188 00:06:59,819 --> 00:07:00,853 DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF LITTLE 189 00:07:00,853 --> 00:07:06,125 SAIGON AND AS HER AS A LEADER IN 190 00:07:06,125 --> 00:07:13,466 THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE -- THE 191 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:15,234 ADVISORY DIVISION, ADVISORY 192 00:07:15,234 --> 00:07:18,171 GROUP. AND I'M JUST SO PLEASED 193 00:07:18,171 --> 00:07:20,406 TO SAY THAT I'VE BEEN A WITNESS 194 00:07:20,406 --> 00:07:22,608 TO QUYNH HAS A VERY UNIQUE 195 00:07:22,608 --> 00:07:25,845 LEADERSHIP IN THAT SHE IS BOTH 196 00:07:25,845 --> 00:07:27,613 INCREDIBLY KIND AND LIKE SUE 197 00:07:27,613 --> 00:07:31,117 SAID, AN INCREDIBLY GOOD 198 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:31,884 LISTENER, BUT SO POWERFULLY 199 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:32,518 EFFECTIVE. AND WE'RE TALKING 200 00:07:32,518 --> 00:07:33,286 ABOUT A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ONE 201 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:37,824 OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES IN 202 00:07:37,824 --> 00:07:39,826 THE CITY NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE 203 00:07:39,826 --> 00:07:41,160 CHALLENGES THE NEIGHBORHOOD 204 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,363 CONTINUES TO FACE, BUT BECAUSE 205 00:07:44,363 --> 00:07:46,332 IT IS THE LAST ETHNIC, HISTORIC 206 00:07:46,332 --> 00:07:49,535 ETHNIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY. 207 00:07:49,535 --> 00:07:50,436 WITH THOSE CHALLENGES, WE'VE 208 00:07:50,436 --> 00:07:52,538 JUST SEEN QUYNH DO TREMENDOUS 209 00:07:52,538 --> 00:07:54,240 THINGS IN THE CITY. WE'RE 210 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:55,608 REALLY PROUD TO SUPPORT HER AND 211 00:07:55,608 --> 00:07:56,776 WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO 212 00:07:56,776 --> 00:07:59,345 SUPPORT HER AS SHE STEPS INTO 213 00:07:59,345 --> 00:08:01,647 THIS NEW ROLE. THANK YOU. 214 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:04,584 >> THANK YOU, MATT. MICHAEL, 215 00:08:04,584 --> 00:08:10,122 LAUREN, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO 216 00:08:10,122 --> 00:08:11,757 ONLINE SPEAKERS. 217 00:08:11,757 --> 00:08:13,125 >> I'M MIKO, I CAN'T REMEMBER 218 00:08:13,125 --> 00:08:14,527 WHAT SHE SAID, I'M NOTHING 219 00:08:14,527 --> 00:08:17,263 RIGHT NOW? I HAVE NOTHING RIGHT 220 00:08:17,263 --> 00:08:19,765 NOW. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN 221 00:08:19,765 --> 00:08:23,903 SUPPORT OF THE CONFIRMATION OF 222 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:28,241 QUYNH PHAM FOR THE DIRECTOR OF 223 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:29,642 THE -- DEPARTMENT OF 224 00:08:29,642 --> 00:08:31,344 NEIGHBORHOODS. I'VE KNOWN QUYNH 225 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:35,047 16 YEARS? I DON'T KNOW, LIKE 83 226 00:08:35,047 --> 00:08:38,184 YEARS, MAYBE. 16 YEARS. AND SHE 227 00:08:38,184 --> 00:08:41,954 STARTED OFF AS AN ECONOMIC 228 00:08:41,954 --> 00:08:44,457 DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE 229 00:08:44,457 --> 00:08:45,491 SEATTLE CHINATOWN DISTRICT 230 00:08:45,491 --> 00:08:46,025 DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. I 231 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:47,360 ACTUALLY THINK SHE VOLUNTEERED 232 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,229 IN COLLEGE AS WELL WITH THE 233 00:08:50,229 --> 00:08:51,430 ORGANIZATION. THE THING THAT I 234 00:08:51,430 --> 00:08:54,634 CAN SPEAK TO ABOUT QUYNH IS THAT 235 00:08:54,634 --> 00:08:56,168 SHE REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE 236 00:08:56,168 --> 00:08:57,270 COMPLEXITY OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 237 00:08:57,270 --> 00:09:00,506 ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE SO 238 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:01,140 IMPORTANT TO CERTAIN 239 00:09:01,140 --> 00:09:04,143 COMMUNITIES. SHE IS ABLE TO DEAL 240 00:09:04,143 --> 00:09:05,511 WITH THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE 241 00:09:05,511 --> 00:09:07,780 UGLY OF WHICH THERE IS A LOT 242 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:10,383 WHEN YOU WORK IN CERTAIN 243 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:11,417 NEIGHBORHOODS. SHE IS AN 244 00:09:11,417 --> 00:09:12,952 EXTREMELY GOOD LISTENER, AND 245 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:15,454 THEN SHE TAKES WHAT SHE HEARS TO 246 00:09:15,454 --> 00:09:16,956 HELP FORM STRATEGIES TO 247 00:09:16,956 --> 00:09:19,959 UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM AND THEN 248 00:09:19,959 --> 00:09:21,160 GETS REALLY TACTICAL ABOUT WHAT 249 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,362 YOU CAN DO TO MAKE THE SITUATION 250 00:09:23,362 --> 00:09:24,397 BETTER, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST 251 00:09:24,397 --> 00:09:26,832 -- I MEAN, YOU CAN COME UP WITH 252 00:09:26,832 --> 00:09:27,767 ALL KINDS OF THINGS ABOUT 253 00:09:27,767 --> 00:09:29,068 POSITIVE INTENT AND ALL THAT, 254 00:09:29,068 --> 00:09:30,503 BUT CAN YOU ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT 255 00:09:30,503 --> 00:09:31,737 THE THING THAT'S GOING TO MAKE 256 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:33,606 IT BETTER? AND QUYNH HAS AN 257 00:09:33,606 --> 00:09:36,242 ABILITY TO DO THAT. DO NOT THINK 258 00:09:36,242 --> 00:09:40,880 THAT THAT GOOD SKIN UNDERLIES A 259 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:44,250 LOT OF NAIVETY. SHE DOES HAVE 260 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,518 GOOD SKIN. SO WITH THAT, I'D 261 00:09:45,518 --> 00:09:49,221 LIKE -- YOU ALL ARE SO LUCKY. 262 00:09:49,221 --> 00:09:50,656 THE COMMUNITY LOSES SOMEBODY, 263 00:09:50,656 --> 00:09:52,425 BUT THAT'S OKAY, YOU'RE NOT 264 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:56,262 THAT FAR AWAY, AND WE WILL KEEP 265 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:58,097 BRINGING YOU FOOD, QUYNH. THANK 266 00:09:58,097 --> 00:09:58,297 YOU. 267 00:09:58,297 --> 00:09:59,231 >> THANK YOU. LAUREN LUNDBERG, 268 00:09:59,231 --> 00:10:01,600 AND I WILL SAY, YOU WERE A 269 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,971 FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 270 00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:06,172 HOUSING, SO MOST RECENTLY, SO 271 00:10:06,172 --> 00:10:07,940 I'LL GIVE YOU RECOGNITION FOR 272 00:10:07,940 --> 00:10:10,710 THAT. BUT YOU WERE, AND WE WERE 273 00:10:10,710 --> 00:10:16,816 LUCKY TO HAVE YOUR SERVICE. SO 274 00:10:16,816 --> 00:10:17,783 THANK YOU. LAUREN LUNDBERG. 275 00:10:17,783 --> 00:10:19,385 >> GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL, I'M 276 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:22,722 THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE SODO 277 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:23,723 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA. AND 278 00:10:23,723 --> 00:10:26,025 I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY STRONG 279 00:10:26,025 --> 00:10:27,293 SUPPORT FOR THE DIRECTOR OF 280 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:29,261 QUYNH PHAM AS DIRECTOR OF 281 00:10:29,261 --> 00:10:30,029 NEIGHBORHOODS. I'VE HAD THE 282 00:10:30,029 --> 00:10:31,564 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH QUYNH 283 00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:32,331 AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, 284 00:10:32,331 --> 00:10:33,499 SURROUNDING THE STADIUM DISTRICT 285 00:10:33,499 --> 00:10:35,234 AND THE MANY IMPACTS THAT WE ALL 286 00:10:35,234 --> 00:10:38,004 EXPERIENCE, DUE TO A LARGE EVENT 287 00:10:38,004 --> 00:10:39,572 IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. QUYNH 288 00:10:39,572 --> 00:10:42,008 BRINGS A DEEP COMMITMENT TO 289 00:10:42,008 --> 00:10:43,809 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND HER 290 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:44,877 EXPERIENCE WORKING DIRECTLY WITH 291 00:10:44,877 --> 00:10:46,145 DIVERSE COMMUNITY DEMONSTRATES 292 00:10:46,145 --> 00:10:48,748 HER ABILITY TO LISTEN, BUILD 293 00:10:48,748 --> 00:10:51,350 TRUST, AND TRANSLATE COMMUNITY 294 00:10:51,350 --> 00:10:52,752 VOICES INTO MEANINGFUL ACTION. 295 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:53,753 WHEN STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS 296 00:10:53,753 --> 00:10:54,487 BETWEEN RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, 297 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:55,688 AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS MORE 298 00:10:55,688 --> 00:10:57,490 IMPORTANT THAN EVER, HER 299 00:10:57,490 --> 00:11:00,026 LEADERSHIP WOULD BE A 300 00:11:00,026 --> 00:11:01,127 SIGNIFICANT ASSET. QUYNH HAS 301 00:11:01,127 --> 00:11:01,861 CONSISTENTLY SHOWN AN 302 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:03,062 UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIQUE 303 00:11:03,062 --> 00:11:04,363 NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS 304 00:11:04,363 --> 00:11:06,565 ACROSS OUR CITY, AND A 305 00:11:06,565 --> 00:11:09,001 DEDICATION TO ENSURING THAT ALL 306 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:10,636 VOICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE 307 00:11:10,636 --> 00:11:12,538 HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED, 308 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:14,340 ARE HEARD AND VALUED. HER 309 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:16,409 COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AND 310 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,811 THOUGHTFUL DECISION MAKING MAKES 311 00:11:18,811 --> 00:11:22,281 HER WELL SUITED TO LEAD 312 00:11:22,281 --> 00:11:23,482 INITIATIVES THAT FOSTER STRONGER 313 00:11:23,482 --> 00:11:25,117 MORE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. I AM 314 00:11:25,117 --> 00:11:27,787 CONFIDENT THAT QUYNH WILL SERVE 315 00:11:27,787 --> 00:11:28,421 WITH COMPASSION AND 316 00:11:28,421 --> 00:11:29,488 EFFECTIVENESS AS DIRECTOR OF 317 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:32,725 NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I URGE YOU TO 318 00:11:32,725 --> 00:11:35,227 SUPPORT HER CONFIRMATION. THANK 319 00:11:35,227 --> 00:11:35,428 YOU. 320 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,897 >> THANK YOU, LAUREN. ALL RIGHT, 321 00:11:37,897 --> 00:11:39,632 WE'LL GO TO ONLINE SPEAKERS. 322 00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:40,800 DAVID HAINS, PLEASE PRESS STAR 323 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,404 6, AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 324 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:48,774 >> THANK YOU, DAVID HAYNES. OUT 325 00:11:48,774 --> 00:11:50,943 OF ALL NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU WILL 326 00:11:50,943 --> 00:11:53,212 ALL CHOOSE LITTLE SAIGON, THE 327 00:11:53,212 --> 00:11:55,281 HEADQUARTERS OF PROSTITUTION AND 328 00:11:55,281 --> 00:11:56,916 PROLIFIC DRUGS WITH SHADY 329 00:11:56,916 --> 00:12:00,252 CHARACTERS HIDING BEHIND SOME OF 330 00:12:00,252 --> 00:12:01,787 THE SLUM OWNERS OF THE BUILDINGS 331 00:12:01,787 --> 00:12:03,622 BETWEEN CHINATOWN AND, YOU KNOW, 332 00:12:03,622 --> 00:12:04,990 I DIDN'T CALL IN FOR THIS, BUT 333 00:12:04,990 --> 00:12:06,859 IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A FILL IN 334 00:12:06,859 --> 00:12:08,394 THE BLANK GUARANTEE, IT'S LIKE 335 00:12:08,394 --> 00:12:09,795 HOW MANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE 336 00:12:09,795 --> 00:12:11,764 CORRUPT IS SHE FRIENDS WITH, YOU 337 00:12:11,764 --> 00:12:14,166 KNOW? BUT LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T 338 00:12:14,166 --> 00:12:15,568 CALL IN FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S 339 00:12:15,568 --> 00:12:16,936 NOT FAIR TO [ INAUDIBLE ] 340 00:12:16,936 --> 00:12:18,537 SOMETHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA. 341 00:12:18,537 --> 00:12:19,772 BECAUSE THE LIBRARY HAS REAL 342 00:12:19,772 --> 00:12:21,640 NEEDS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND I 343 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:22,475 DON'T HEAR ANY CONVERSATIONS. 344 00:12:22,475 --> 00:12:23,676 IT'S LIKE YOU ALL ARE WAITING 345 00:12:23,676 --> 00:12:25,678 FOR THE MONEY TO COME IN BEFORE 346 00:12:25,678 --> 00:12:27,813 YOU START INVESTING AND 347 00:12:27,813 --> 00:12:28,614 IMPROVING THE LIBRARY. AND SOME 348 00:12:28,614 --> 00:12:32,785 OF THEM, YOU LITERALLY NEED TO 349 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:41,760 BUILD NEW ONES, INSTEAD OF 350 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,796 CONSTANTLY PATCHWORK, FIXING 351 00:12:43,796 --> 00:12:44,930 THESE DILAPIDATED, LIBRARIES 352 00:12:44,930 --> 00:12:45,931 WITH SOME ECHO CONCEPT OF 353 00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:48,501 KEEPING PEOPLE AWAKE IN THE 354 00:12:48,501 --> 00:12:49,502 LIBRARY. BUT IT'S NOT FAIR THAT 355 00:12:49,502 --> 00:12:51,504 THE LIBRARY ABUSIVE UNION WHO 356 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,872 INVESTED MOST OF THE MONEY IN 357 00:12:52,872 --> 00:12:53,939 PERSONAL SPACE AND PRIVACY FOR 358 00:12:53,939 --> 00:12:55,674 THEMSELVES WHILE LEAVING ALL OF 359 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:58,978 US TO PUT UP WITH ALL THE 360 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:00,513 BEHAVIORAL CRISIS AND DRUG 361 00:13:00,513 --> 00:13:02,982 ADDICTS IN THE LIBRARY THAT ARE 362 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:04,583 A SPILLOVER FROM BAD PUBLIC 363 00:13:04,583 --> 00:13:05,518 SAFETY POLICIES THAT THE 364 00:13:05,518 --> 00:13:07,353 LIBRARIANS ARE TOO AFRAID TO 365 00:13:07,353 --> 00:13:09,288 CALL THE SERVICE PROVIDERS, 366 00:13:09,288 --> 00:13:10,089 BECAUSE THE SERVICE PROVIDERS 367 00:13:10,089 --> 00:13:14,226 ARE FAILING IN THEIR OUTREACH TO 368 00:13:14,226 --> 00:13:15,461 GIVE SOMEBODY A SHOWER, 369 00:13:15,461 --> 00:13:16,428 EXPEDITIOUSLY, THEY PICK THEM 370 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:22,134 UP, INSTEAD OF SAYING, HERE'S A 371 00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:24,003 FLYER, YOU'VE GOT TO GO TODAY. 372 00:13:24,003 --> 00:13:25,905 IT'S NOT FAIR THAT WE HAVE A 373 00:13:25,905 --> 00:13:27,006 PROLIFIC AMOUNT OF CONCERNS 374 00:13:27,006 --> 00:13:29,675 INSIDE THE LIBRARY, WHERE YOU 375 00:13:29,675 --> 00:13:31,477 CAN'T SIT DOWN AND ENJOY 376 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:32,611 YOURSELF, BECAUSE THERE'S ALL 377 00:13:32,611 --> 00:13:34,847 OF THESE PEOPLE BOTHERING YOU, 378 00:13:34,847 --> 00:13:36,916 AND BECAUSE. DESIGNS OF THE 379 00:13:36,916 --> 00:13:38,784 LIBRARY ARE ILL-SUITED FOR THEIR 380 00:13:38,784 --> 00:13:40,553 PURPOSE, AND IT'S LIKE YOU'RE 381 00:13:40,553 --> 00:13:42,688 TAKING COMMUNITY AND FORCING 382 00:13:42,688 --> 00:13:46,392 PEOPLE INTO OTHER PEOPLE'S 383 00:13:46,392 --> 00:13:48,460 PERSONAL SPACE, LIKE SOME 384 00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:49,995 DEVIANT PERVERTED 385 00:13:49,995 --> 00:13:51,197 MISINTERPRETATION OF POLICY. 386 00:13:51,197 --> 00:13:53,432 >> CHAIR, THAT WAS OUR LAST 387 00:13:53,432 --> 00:13:53,899 REGISTERED SPEAKER. 388 00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:58,003 >> THANK YOU, I WANTED RECORD TO 389 00:13:58,003 --> 00:13:59,238 REFLECT COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS 390 00:13:59,238 --> 00:14:02,541 HERE WITH US, REMOTELY AS WELL. 391 00:14:02,541 --> 00:14:04,310 SO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 392 00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:06,478 I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK CHECK, 393 00:14:06,478 --> 00:14:09,648 THERE'S A LOT OF AUDIENCE 394 00:14:09,648 --> 00:14:11,016 MEMBERS. IF YOU WANT CHANCE TO 395 00:14:11,016 --> 00:14:13,719 SIGN IN AND SAY SOMETHING, LET 396 00:14:13,719 --> 00:14:16,155 ME KNOW. THEN THERE ARE NO 397 00:14:16,155 --> 00:14:18,123 ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 398 00:14:18,123 --> 00:14:19,425 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 399 00:14:19,425 --> 00:14:19,658 CLOSED. 400 00:14:19,658 --> 00:14:20,025 >> CHAIR? 401 00:14:20,025 --> 00:14:22,361 >> OH, YEAH, YOU CAN SAY 402 00:14:22,361 --> 00:14:22,962 SOMETHING, SURE. SORRY ABOUT 403 00:14:22,962 --> 00:14:26,832 THAT. I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND GO 404 00:14:26,832 --> 00:14:37,376 UP. THANK YOU. COME ON UP. YES. 405 00:14:44,583 --> 00:14:55,060 THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, READY? YOU 406 00:14:57,663 --> 00:14:58,564 MAY BEGIN. LET'S SEE. HANG ON. 407 00:14:58,564 --> 00:14:59,798 SUSAN, YOU MAY BEGIN. 408 00:14:59,798 --> 00:15:02,301 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, HI, I'M 409 00:15:02,301 --> 00:15:04,303 SUSAN, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK, 410 00:15:04,303 --> 00:15:07,172 ENDORSE, ON BEHALF OF MY FRIEND 411 00:15:07,172 --> 00:15:08,674 QUYNH PHAM. I AM SO EXCITED 412 00:15:08,674 --> 00:15:10,943 ABOUT HER APPOINTMENT. SHE IS A 413 00:15:10,943 --> 00:15:13,612 LEADER THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN 414 00:15:13,612 --> 00:15:15,614 WAITING FOR. SHE HAS BOTH THE 415 00:15:15,614 --> 00:15:17,216 ABILITY TO HOLD STRATEGY AND 416 00:15:17,216 --> 00:15:21,587 INVEST IN LONG TERM CHANGE, AND 417 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:24,056 THE HUMILITY TO CONNECT WITH 418 00:15:24,056 --> 00:15:27,359 PEOPLE ONE-ON-ONE OVER EATING 419 00:15:27,359 --> 00:15:29,695 FAA, BUT AS A COMPETITION. FEE 420 00:15:29,695 --> 00:15:32,798 COMES WITH GRACE AND KINDNESS 421 00:15:32,798 --> 00:15:33,465 AND AUTHENTICITY AND INTEGRITY. 422 00:15:33,465 --> 00:15:35,934 SHE COMES FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD 423 00:15:35,934 --> 00:15:38,604 THAT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION, BUT 424 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:40,372 BECAUSE OF HER VAST EXPERIENCE 425 00:15:40,372 --> 00:15:43,042 IN THE CID, SHE UNDERSTANDS 426 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,943 ISSUES AT A GRANULAR LEVEL, ON A 427 00:15:44,943 --> 00:15:47,012 PEOPLE LEVEL, AND A SYSTEMATIC 428 00:15:47,012 --> 00:15:48,881 LEVEL. I HIGHLY ENDORSE HER 429 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:51,583 APPOINTMENT. I AM SO EXCITED 430 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:53,819 THAT SHE WILL BE LEADING OUR 431 00:15:53,819 --> 00:15:58,390 CITY. QUYNH, FOR THE WIN. 432 00:15:58,390 --> 00:16:00,092 >> THANK YOU, SUSAN. AND THANK 433 00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:02,361 YOU FOR BRINGING THE ENERGY THIS 434 00:16:02,361 --> 00:16:05,164 MORNING ON A RAINY SEATTLE 435 00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:06,732 MORNING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. 436 00:16:06,732 --> 00:16:08,534 ALL RIGHT, NOW THERE ARE NO 437 00:16:08,534 --> 00:16:09,468 ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 438 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:12,004 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW 439 00:16:12,004 --> 00:16:14,940 CLOSED. WE'LL PROCEED TO OUR 440 00:16:14,940 --> 00:16:19,078 ITEMS OF BUSINESS, AND AS ACTING 441 00:16:19,078 --> 00:16:21,647 DIRECTOR PHAM AND MARK 442 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:23,682 ELLERBROOK WITH THE MAYOR'S 443 00:16:23,682 --> 00:16:25,751 OFFICE JOIN US AT THE TABLE, 444 00:16:25,751 --> 00:16:27,619 I'LL SAY A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. 445 00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:30,089 >> CHAIR, WE NEED TO READ THE 446 00:16:30,089 --> 00:16:32,891 AGENDA ITEM INTO THE RECORD. 447 00:16:32,891 --> 00:16:34,426 >> AGENDA ITEM ONE. APPOINTMENT 448 00:16:34,426 --> 00:16:38,130 OF QUYNH PHAM AS DEPARTMENT OF 449 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:39,298 NEIGHBORHOODS FOR A TERM TO 450 00:16:39,298 --> 00:16:39,765 DECEMBER 31st, 2029. 451 00:16:39,765 --> 00:16:41,700 >> THE ITEM HAS BEEN READ INTO 452 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:43,936 THE RECORD, NOW I'LL SAY MY 453 00:16:43,936 --> 00:16:46,372 REMARKS AND TURN IT OVER TO THE 454 00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:47,473 TABLE. MAYOR KATIE WILSON Hâ–ˆAS 455 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:49,041 APPOINTED QUYNH PHAM AS THE 456 00:16:49,041 --> 00:16:51,910 ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE 457 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:52,644 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 458 00:16:52,644 --> 00:16:56,615 THIS MEETING IS THE FIRST OF 459 00:16:56,615 --> 00:16:57,683 TWO. WE USUALLY DO TWO MEETINGS 460 00:16:57,683 --> 00:16:59,985 FOR APPOINTMENTS AS PART OF THE 461 00:16:59,985 --> 00:17:01,987 APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR HER TO 462 00:17:01,987 --> 00:17:03,822 BECOME THE DIRECTOR OF THE 463 00:17:03,822 --> 00:17:05,858 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. I 464 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:07,493 GET THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH 465 00:17:07,493 --> 00:17:08,927 DIRECTOR, ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM 466 00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:11,029 AS PART OF OUR REGULAR CHECK-INS 467 00:17:11,029 --> 00:17:11,930 AND I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE GOTTEN 468 00:17:11,930 --> 00:17:13,632 TO KNOW YOU IN THIS TIME. AND I 469 00:17:13,632 --> 00:17:15,534 LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW 470 00:17:15,534 --> 00:17:17,536 YOU EVEN BETTER AS THIS PROCESS 471 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:21,039 GOES ON, AND AS WE CONTINUE TO 472 00:17:21,039 --> 00:17:22,241 WORK TOGETHER. TODAY THE 473 00:17:22,241 --> 00:17:23,876 MAYOR'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF 474 00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:25,844 OPERATIONS, MARK ELLERBROOK, 475 00:17:25,844 --> 00:17:27,679 WILL BE INTRODUCING, AND PRESENT 476 00:17:27,679 --> 00:17:28,647 ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM. 477 00:17:28,647 --> 00:17:30,549 COLLEAGUES, YOU'LL HAVE THE 478 00:17:30,549 --> 00:17:31,283 OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS 479 00:17:31,283 --> 00:17:34,086 TODAY, AND ALSO MY OFFICE SENT 480 00:17:34,086 --> 00:17:36,121 OUT AN EMAIL TO YOUR OFFICES 481 00:17:36,121 --> 00:17:38,290 LAST WEEK ASKING YOU TO PROVIDE 482 00:17:38,290 --> 00:17:41,393 WRITTEN QUESTIONS FOR HER TO 483 00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:43,762 ANSWER, AND SHE WILL BE 484 00:17:43,762 --> 00:17:45,164 RESPONDING TO BEFORE OUR NEXT 485 00:17:45,164 --> 00:17:48,067 MEETING, WHICH WILL BE ON THE 486 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,969 13th. SO LET'S GET STARTED WITH 487 00:17:50,969 --> 00:17:51,837 HER INTRODUCTION. INTRODUCE 488 00:17:51,837 --> 00:17:54,473 YOURSELVES FOR THE RECORD, AND 489 00:17:54,473 --> 00:17:55,841 YOU MAY BEGIN. 490 00:17:55,841 --> 00:17:57,743 >> GOOD MORNING. MARK 491 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:58,777 ELLERBROOK, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR 492 00:17:58,777 --> 00:17:59,845 CITY OPERATIONS IN MAYOR 493 00:17:59,845 --> 00:18:03,082 WILSON'S OFFICE. GOOD SEEING 494 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:08,620 ALL OF YOU THIS MORNING. THANKS 495 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:15,327 VERY MUCH, COUNCIL, COMMITTEE 496 00:18:15,327 --> 00:18:18,397 CHAIR RIVERA, AND COUNCILMEMBERS 497 00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:20,098 HOLLINGSWORTH, AND FOSTER AND 498 00:18:20,098 --> 00:18:21,300 COUNCILMEMBERS LIN AND RINCK. I 499 00:18:21,300 --> 00:18:23,368 ALMOST FEEL LIKE I DON'T REALLY 500 00:18:23,368 --> 00:18:24,736 NEED TO SAY A LOT TO INTRODUCE 501 00:18:24,736 --> 00:18:26,605 QUYNH THIS MORNING, BUT IT IS MY 502 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:27,906 PLEASURE TO BE HERE. I ALSO 503 00:18:27,906 --> 00:18:30,175 WANTED TO ADD AN ASIDE TO TWO 504 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:35,047 PEOPLE I'VE KNOWN FOR A LONG 505 00:18:35,047 --> 00:18:38,884 TIME. SUE, AND MIKO, TWO PEOPLE 506 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:40,719 WHO ARE NOT NOBODIES ANYMORE IN 507 00:18:40,719 --> 00:18:42,754 OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S GOOD TO SEE 508 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:44,490 YOU. I'M PLEASED ON THE 35th 509 00:18:44,490 --> 00:18:46,892 ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 510 00:18:46,892 --> 00:18:47,726 NEIGHBORHOODS TO INTRODUCE MAYOR 511 00:18:47,726 --> 00:18:48,794 WILSON'S NOMINEE FOR THE 512 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:50,028 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 513 00:18:50,028 --> 00:18:51,063 QUYNH PHAM THIS MORNING. AS 514 00:18:51,063 --> 00:18:52,564 YOU'VE CLEARLY HEARD FROM ALL 515 00:18:52,564 --> 00:18:55,868 THE SPEAKERS THIS MORNING, SHE 516 00:18:55,868 --> 00:18:57,803 HAS DEEP COMMUNITY ROOTS AND 517 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:59,238 STRONG RELATIONSHIPS IN OUR 518 00:18:59,238 --> 00:18:59,972 NEIGHBORHOODS, SPECIFICALLY IN 519 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:01,340 LITTLE SAIGON, BUT ALSO 520 00:19:01,340 --> 00:19:04,309 THROUGHOUT, AS YOU HEARD FROM 521 00:19:04,309 --> 00:19:05,043 COUNCILMEMBERS. SHE ALSO HAS 522 00:19:05,043 --> 00:19:05,878 STRONG EXECUTIVE PUBLIC 523 00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:07,346 LEADERSHIP. SOMETHING THAT I 524 00:19:07,346 --> 00:19:09,414 THINK IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN YOU 525 00:19:09,414 --> 00:19:12,985 LEAD A DEPARTMENT, ONE THAT HAS 526 00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:16,121 SUCH STRONG CONNECTIONS TO 527 00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:17,756 COMMUNITY. QUYNH HAS SERVED AS A 528 00:19:17,756 --> 00:19:20,392 COMMUNITY LEADER FOR 14 YEARS AS 529 00:19:20,392 --> 00:19:22,995 A LEADER OF A LOCAL NONPROFIT, 530 00:19:22,995 --> 00:19:24,696 SHAPING LOCAL POLICY, WORKING 531 00:19:24,696 --> 00:19:30,135 WITH SOUTHEAST ASIAN ARTISTS AND 532 00:19:30,135 --> 00:19:31,436 CULTURAL PRACTITIONERS, AS WELL 533 00:19:31,436 --> 00:19:33,939 AS INCREASING INVESTMENT IN 534 00:19:33,939 --> 00:19:34,773 BIPOCK COMMUNITIES. SHE HAS 535 00:19:34,773 --> 00:19:36,074 SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF LITTLE 536 00:19:36,074 --> 00:19:38,210 SAIGON, WHICH IS A KEY PARTNER 537 00:19:38,210 --> 00:19:39,711 WITH THE CITY AND A LOT OF 538 00:19:39,711 --> 00:19:40,712 IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONNECTIONS 539 00:19:40,712 --> 00:19:42,881 WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THAT 540 00:19:42,881 --> 00:19:43,949 COMMUNITY. SOMETHING THAT YOU 541 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:46,018 MAY NOT KNOW, WHICH I ACTUALLY 542 00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:48,487 WAS READING, WHICH IS GREAT, WAS 543 00:19:48,487 --> 00:19:50,088 THAT QUYNH ACTUALLY HAS A UNIQUE 544 00:19:50,088 --> 00:19:51,790 PERSONAL CONNECTION TO THE 545 00:19:51,790 --> 00:19:52,925 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. SHE 546 00:19:52,925 --> 00:19:58,430 WAS PART OF THE INAUGURAL COHORT 547 00:19:58,430 --> 00:20:07,472 OF THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY FOR 548 00:20:07,472 --> 00:20:10,209 PEOPLE'S ENGAGEMENT, OR 549 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:11,977 P.A.S.E. TO HAVE A MEMBER OF THE 550 00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:13,779 INAUGURAL CLASS NOW BE THE 551 00:20:13,779 --> 00:20:14,546 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 552 00:20:14,546 --> 00:20:15,581 DIRECTOR, FEELS LIKE A CIRCLE 553 00:20:15,581 --> 00:20:18,383 COMING ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO 554 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:20,018 I'M EXCITED FOR THAT. SHE 555 00:20:20,018 --> 00:20:21,887 BRINGS A CLEAR BELIEF THAT WHEN 556 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:25,290 RESIDENTS AND LOCAL LEADERS 557 00:20:25,290 --> 00:20:27,259 SHAPE POLICY AND INVESTMENT, THE 558 00:20:27,259 --> 00:20:32,097 OUTCOMES ARE EQUITABLE, AND 559 00:20:32,097 --> 00:20:32,698 LASTING, AND ALIGNS STRONGLY 560 00:20:32,698 --> 00:20:35,434 WITH MAYOR WILSON'S VERSION, 561 00:20:35,434 --> 00:20:38,136 THAT SEATTLE IS A PLACE WHERE 562 00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:40,339 ANYONE OF ANY BACKGROUND HAS THE 563 00:20:40,339 --> 00:20:42,307 OPPORTUNITY TO SHAPE THE CITY. 564 00:20:42,307 --> 00:20:44,042 QUYNH IS A FIRST GENERATION 565 00:20:44,042 --> 00:20:45,043 IMMIGRANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. 566 00:20:45,043 --> 00:20:46,545 SHE'S A DAUGHTER OF SMALL 567 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:49,147 BUSINESS OWNERS, AND SHE'S THE 568 00:20:49,147 --> 00:20:50,616 MOTHER OF TWO. UNDER QUYNH'S 569 00:20:50,616 --> 00:20:51,250 LEADERSHIP, MAYOR WILSON IS 570 00:20:51,250 --> 00:20:52,551 CONFIDENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF 571 00:20:52,551 --> 00:20:54,219 NEIGHBORHOODS WILL CONTINUE TO 572 00:20:54,219 --> 00:20:55,988 STRENGTHEN AND THE TRUST BETWEEN 573 00:20:55,988 --> 00:20:57,823 COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT AND 574 00:20:57,823 --> 00:20:59,424 DELIVER REAL IMPACT ACROSS 575 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:00,225 SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I 576 00:21:00,225 --> 00:21:03,362 THINK WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY 577 00:21:03,362 --> 00:21:04,796 ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR HER 578 00:21:04,796 --> 00:21:05,964 CONFIRMATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD 579 00:21:05,964 --> 00:21:07,799 TO THE CONVERSATION WE WILL HAVE 580 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:11,570 THIS MORNING. THANK YOU VERY 581 00:21:11,570 --> 00:21:11,770 MUCH. 582 00:21:11,770 --> 00:21:12,571 >> THANK YOU, MR. ELLERBROOK. 583 00:21:12,571 --> 00:21:13,238 ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM. 584 00:21:13,238 --> 00:21:17,976 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARK, FOR 585 00:21:17,976 --> 00:21:19,044 THE INTRODUCTION. AND THANK YOU 586 00:21:19,044 --> 00:21:19,745 COMMITTEE CHAIR RIVERA FOR 587 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:21,780 HAVING ME BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE 588 00:21:21,780 --> 00:21:23,115 TODAY, AND THANK YOU 589 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:25,617 COUNCILMEMBERS FOR BEING HERE. A 590 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:27,386 VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MY 591 00:21:27,386 --> 00:21:28,120 FRIENDS, HUSBAND, AND COMMUNITY 592 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:30,422 MEMBERS WHO SHOWED UP THIS 593 00:21:30,422 --> 00:21:33,825 MORNING TO SUPPORT ME ON THIS 594 00:21:33,825 --> 00:21:35,227 RAINY DAY. IT'S AN HONOR I DO 595 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:36,695 NOT TAKE LIGHTLY TO HAVE PEOPLE 596 00:21:36,695 --> 00:21:39,598 COME HERE EARLY IN THEIR DAY TO 597 00:21:39,598 --> 00:21:43,201 RALLY FOR ME. LIKE, WOW. I THINK 598 00:21:43,201 --> 00:21:45,570 THEIR GOAL WAS TO MAKE ME CRY, 599 00:21:45,570 --> 00:21:46,972 AND I THINK YOU'VE KIND OF 600 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:48,373 SUCCEEDED, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY 601 00:21:48,373 --> 00:21:51,543 TO HOLD THE TEARS BACK. SO 602 00:21:51,543 --> 00:21:52,310 AGAIN, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. 603 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:54,479 MY NAME IS QUYNH PHAM, SHE/HER. 604 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:55,681 I AM A PROUD FIRST GENERATION 605 00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:57,849 IMMIGRANT FROM VIETNAM WHO GREW 606 00:21:57,849 --> 00:22:00,519 UP IN KENT, AND WAS RAISED BY 607 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:01,820 SEATTLE. MY JOURNEY IS DEFINED 608 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:07,159 BY THE PLACES THAT I CALL HOME. 609 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:07,793 SOME DISTINCT. SOME OVERLAPPING, 610 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:10,996 BUT ALL CRITICAL TO HOW I MOVE 611 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:12,731 IN THE WORLD TODAY. SOME OF MY 612 00:22:12,731 --> 00:22:15,901 MOST VIVID MEMORIES ARE FROM 613 00:22:15,901 --> 00:22:18,770 WEEKENDS I SPENT TOOKING THE 614 00:22:18,770 --> 00:22:21,306 METRO 150 BUS ROUTE WITH MY 615 00:22:21,306 --> 00:22:22,808 GRANDMOTHER TO THE CHINATOWN 616 00:22:22,808 --> 00:22:24,242 DISTRICT FROM KENT. I CAN STILL 617 00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:27,479 FEEL THE COOLERS ON MY FACE, OR 618 00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:30,816 THE LAMB SEAFOOD, AS I MAKE A B 619 00:22:30,816 --> 00:22:33,652 LINE FOR THE SNACK AISLE. SOME 620 00:22:33,652 --> 00:22:35,053 OF MY FAVORITE SNACKS WERE THE 621 00:22:35,053 --> 00:22:37,255 RICE JELLIES WITH THE STICKERS 622 00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:38,056 IN THEM. AFTER GROCERY SHOPPING, 623 00:22:38,056 --> 00:22:39,991 WE'D STOP AT THE VIDEO STORE 624 00:22:39,991 --> 00:22:44,696 FOR THE LATEST PARIS BY NIGHT 625 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:46,698 PRODUCTION AND GRAB SOME BUN MES 626 00:22:46,698 --> 00:22:48,266 AT THE DELI. FOR US, THIS 627 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:51,269 WASN'T JUST A SHOPPING TRIP. WE 628 00:22:51,269 --> 00:22:52,070 WERE BUILDING COMMUNITY. MY 629 00:22:52,070 --> 00:22:52,704 GRANDMA HAD A GREETING FOR 630 00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:54,072 EVERYONE, AND WE GOT TO KNOW 631 00:22:54,072 --> 00:22:57,409 MANY OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS BY 632 00:22:57,409 --> 00:22:58,043 NAME. THESE ALL-DAY ADVENTURES 633 00:22:58,043 --> 00:23:02,013 SHOWED ME WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR 634 00:23:02,013 --> 00:23:04,116 WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD TRULY 635 00:23:04,116 --> 00:23:08,086 BELONGS TO ITS PEOPLE. AS MY 636 00:23:08,086 --> 00:23:09,721 FAMILY GAINED MORE MOBILITY, WE 637 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:12,057 BEGAN TO EXPLORE SEATTLE AS 638 00:23:12,057 --> 00:23:13,291 TOURISTS. EVERY TIME MY PARENTS 639 00:23:13,291 --> 00:23:15,794 HAD TO TAKE OFF FROM RUNNING 640 00:23:15,794 --> 00:23:17,662 THEIR BUSINESS. I ALWAYS KNEW 641 00:23:17,662 --> 00:23:20,699 THE CITY WAS SPECIAL, BUT THAT 642 00:23:20,699 --> 00:23:22,467 DIDN'T REALLY CLICK UNTIL I 643 00:23:22,467 --> 00:23:24,169 BEGAN, WORKING ON THE GROUND. I 644 00:23:24,169 --> 00:23:25,737 REALIZED IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT 645 00:23:25,737 --> 00:23:27,606 THE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE OR THE 646 00:23:27,606 --> 00:23:29,741 BUILDINGS, IT WAS BY THE SHARED 647 00:23:29,741 --> 00:23:32,277 COMMUNITIES AND THE PEOPLE WHO 648 00:23:32,277 --> 00:23:33,044 HOLD THOSE SPACES TOGETHER. 649 00:23:33,044 --> 00:23:35,013 TODAY AS A MOM OF TWO TODDLERS 650 00:23:35,013 --> 00:23:36,548 OF MIXED CULTURES I SEE HOW 651 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:42,854 CHALLENGING IT IS TO UPHOLD AND 652 00:23:42,854 --> 00:23:45,757 PASS DOWN OUR TRADITIONS. IT 653 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:49,928 REQUIRES A VILLAGE TO DO IT. AND 654 00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:52,397 THESE ARE REALLY ESSENTIAL TO 655 00:23:52,397 --> 00:23:54,299 HELPING MANY OF US ESTABLISH OUR 656 00:23:54,299 --> 00:23:58,003 COMMUNITIES. MY MOST RECENT 657 00:23:58,003 --> 00:24:00,639 YEARS WERE SPENT IN THE CID, AS 658 00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:02,207 YOU HEARD. THE COMMUNITY IS MY 659 00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:07,779 EXTENDED FAMILY, IT'S WHERE I 660 00:24:07,779 --> 00:24:09,281 LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF 661 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,950 INTERGENERATIONAL ACTIVISM, AND 662 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:13,618 THE DELICATE BALANCE OF 663 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:14,953 PRESERVING CULTURE WHILE 664 00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:16,221 NAVIGATING GROWTH. I LEARNED 665 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:17,923 THAT ELEVATING THE NEEDS OF MY 666 00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:20,292 OWN COMMUNITY HELPED AS A 667 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:23,662 BLUEPRINT FOR ALL COMMUNITIES. 668 00:24:23,662 --> 00:24:25,664 FOR THE PAST DECADE, THE PUBLIC 669 00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:26,731 PERCEPTION OF LITTLE SAIGON HAS 670 00:24:26,731 --> 00:24:28,633 BEEN DEFINED BY A DECLINE IN 671 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:32,904 SAFETY AND A LOSS OF ECONOMIC 672 00:24:32,904 --> 00:24:34,439 VITALITY. WHILE THE NEIGHBORHOOD 673 00:24:34,439 --> 00:24:39,811 IS HOME TO ALMOST 100 BUSINESS, 674 00:24:39,811 --> 00:24:46,785 ALMOST ABOUT 25% OF THOSE 675 00:24:46,785 --> 00:24:48,653 STOREFRONTS CURRENTLY SIT 676 00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:49,754 VACANT. WE'VE LOST FOOD 677 00:24:49,754 --> 00:24:50,822 BUSINESSES, LIKE SATURDAY DELI 678 00:24:50,822 --> 00:24:56,962 AND FRESH BUBBLE TEA OR LACA. 679 00:24:56,962 --> 00:25:00,765 THE CHALLENGES FACING THIS 680 00:25:00,765 --> 00:25:03,001 NEIGHBORHOOD CONTINUE TO 681 00:25:03,001 --> 00:25:05,737 COMPOUND. LARGELY BECAUSE WE 682 00:25:05,737 --> 00:25:08,073 LACK THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND US. 683 00:25:08,073 --> 00:25:09,608 TO AN INCREASED CONCENTRATION OF 684 00:25:09,608 --> 00:25:11,743 DRUG USE AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH 685 00:25:11,743 --> 00:25:13,278 ISSUES. FRIENDS OF LITTLE SAIGON 686 00:25:13,278 --> 00:25:14,813 BEGAN AS A SMALL GROUP OF 687 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:15,413 INDIVIDUALS DETERMINED TO 688 00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:17,282 RECLAIM THE PRESENT AND FUTURE 689 00:25:17,282 --> 00:25:19,050 OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. I STARTED 690 00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:20,085 BY BRINGING COMMUNITY MEMBERS 691 00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:23,555 TOGETHER AROUND SINGLE CAUSES, 692 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,857 SUCH AS ADVOCATING FOR A 693 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:26,525 NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. FROM THERE, 694 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:29,194 WE ORGANIZED EVENTS FUNDED BY 695 00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:32,197 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 696 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:33,865 SMALL SPARKS GRANT. THIS SERVED 697 00:25:33,865 --> 00:25:35,867 AS A PLATFORM TO GATHER 698 00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:37,636 COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND RESIDENTS 699 00:25:37,636 --> 00:25:39,004 ABOUT LOCAL CHANGES. THIS 700 00:25:39,004 --> 00:25:41,406 FEEDBACK CREATED THE SPACE TO 701 00:25:41,406 --> 00:25:44,576 CULTIVATE A COLLECTIVE VISION 702 00:25:44,576 --> 00:25:45,877 FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I 703 00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:47,846 COLLABORATED WITH COMMUNITY 704 00:25:47,846 --> 00:25:50,315 MEMBERS TO TRANSLATE THAT VISION 705 00:25:50,315 --> 00:25:51,549 INTO A STRATEGIC PLAN. FOCUSED 706 00:25:51,549 --> 00:25:55,153 ON THE CAPACITY TO MAKING IT A 707 00:25:55,153 --> 00:25:56,388 REALITY. THIS EVOLUTION LED TO 708 00:25:56,388 --> 00:25:57,923 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LITTLE 709 00:25:57,923 --> 00:25:59,224 SAIGON AS A COMMUNITY 710 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,326 ORGANIZATION, WHICH THEN 711 00:26:01,326 --> 00:26:02,360 CONCEIVED THE LANDMARK PROJECT, 712 00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:06,064 A VISION FOR A DEDICATED 713 00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:07,499 CULTURAL CENTER. OUR FOCUS WAS 714 00:26:07,499 --> 00:26:09,200 NEVER NOT MERELY TO FUND THE 715 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,403 PROJECT, IT WAS TO ENSURE THAT 716 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:13,071 THE COMMUNITY OWNED AND 717 00:26:13,071 --> 00:26:14,472 CONTROLLED IT. ULTIMATELY THIS 718 00:26:14,472 --> 00:26:16,508 WORK WAS ALSO NEVER JUST ABOUT 719 00:26:16,508 --> 00:26:17,909 THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS ABOUT 720 00:26:17,909 --> 00:26:19,377 CREATING A MODEL FOR OTHERS. 721 00:26:19,377 --> 00:26:22,614 THIS COMMITMENT LED ME TO BECOME 722 00:26:22,614 --> 00:26:24,049 INVOLVED IN THE SEATTLE'S 723 00:26:24,049 --> 00:26:25,216 EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 724 00:26:25,216 --> 00:26:26,551 INITIATIVE, WHERE I SERVED ON 725 00:26:26,551 --> 00:26:29,287 THE INTERIM ADVISORY BOARD TO 726 00:26:29,287 --> 00:26:31,990 HELP DEVELOP THE FUNDING 727 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:33,992 STRUCTURES, AND POLICIES THAT 728 00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:34,726 SUPPORT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES 729 00:26:34,726 --> 00:26:38,730 CITYWIDE. IT HAS BEEN A LONG 730 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:40,899 ROAD, BUT THE DEFINING STRATEGY 731 00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:41,800 WAS SUSTAINED PERSISTENT 732 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:43,134 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COUPLED 733 00:26:43,134 --> 00:26:45,804 WITH A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH 734 00:26:45,804 --> 00:26:47,839 LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I RELIED ON 735 00:26:47,839 --> 00:26:49,607 CITY GRANTS AND PROGRAMS, 736 00:26:49,607 --> 00:26:50,408 ALONGSIDE INVESTMENTS FROM 737 00:26:50,408 --> 00:26:52,811 INDIVIDUALS WHO TRULY CARED AS 738 00:26:52,811 --> 00:26:54,813 DEEPLY ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF THIS 739 00:26:54,813 --> 00:26:56,448 NEIGHBORHOOD AS I DID. WHILE THE 740 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:58,750 FUNDING WAS ESSENTIAL TO MOVE 741 00:26:58,750 --> 00:27:02,287 THIS WORK FORWARD, MONEY ALONE 742 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:04,656 WAS NOT ENOUGH. SUCCESS REQUIRED 743 00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:06,358 TRUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN 744 00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:08,059 NEIGHBORS AND LEADERS, SHARED 745 00:27:08,059 --> 00:27:09,194 STRATEGY AND TECHNICAL 746 00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:10,128 ASSISTANCE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT 747 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:11,830 REQUIRED A GENUINE WILLINGNESS 748 00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:13,531 FROM OUR CITY PARTNERS TO 749 00:27:13,531 --> 00:27:14,766 ELEVATE AND PLACED VALUE ON 750 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:15,667 LIVED COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE. AND 751 00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:18,370 THAT IS ONE KEY VALUE OF THE 752 00:27:18,370 --> 00:27:19,404 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. WE 753 00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:21,072 INVEST IN THE POWER OF 754 00:27:21,072 --> 00:27:23,141 COMMUNITIES TO FORGE THEIR OWN 755 00:27:23,141 --> 00:27:24,542 SOLUTIONS. WE TRUST THOSE 756 00:27:24,542 --> 00:27:25,810 CLOSEST TO A CHALLENGE TO KNOW 757 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:30,648 WHAT WORKS, AND OUR ROLE IS TO 758 00:27:30,648 --> 00:27:35,153 SUPPORT THOSE COMMUNITY-LED 759 00:27:35,153 --> 00:27:36,421 SOLUTIONS. THE DEPARTMENT OF 760 00:27:36,421 --> 00:27:37,622 NEIGHBORHOODS, DON, WAS 761 00:27:37,622 --> 00:27:40,058 ESTABLISHED IN 1991 DURING A 762 00:27:40,058 --> 00:27:42,127 RAPID PERIOD OF GROWTH. AT THE 763 00:27:42,127 --> 00:27:43,795 TIME, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WERE 764 00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:45,597 NAVIGATING IMMENSE CHANGE AND 765 00:27:45,597 --> 00:27:47,432 GROWING FRUSTRATION THAT THE 766 00:27:47,432 --> 00:27:50,268 CHARACTER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS 767 00:27:50,268 --> 00:27:52,637 WAS BEING OVERLOOKED IN FAVOR OF 768 00:27:52,637 --> 00:27:53,972 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PEOPLE 769 00:27:53,972 --> 00:27:55,607 PUSHED FOR A DIFFERENT 770 00:27:55,607 --> 00:27:56,708 RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT. 771 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:59,244 THEY WANTED A SYSTEM THAT 772 00:27:59,244 --> 00:28:01,413 INVITED THEM INTO 773 00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:03,348 DECISION-MAKING. ONE THAT SAW 774 00:28:03,348 --> 00:28:06,651 COMMUNITIES AS PARTNERS, NOT 775 00:28:06,651 --> 00:28:12,057 OBSTACLES. FOR THE LAST 35 776 00:28:12,057 --> 00:28:13,892 YEARS, D.O.N. HAS BRIDGED THE 777 00:28:13,892 --> 00:28:16,494 GAP BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND CITY 778 00:28:16,494 --> 00:28:17,695 HALL WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD 779 00:28:17,695 --> 00:28:19,264 MATCHING FUND, AWARDING 2.1 780 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:22,434 MILLION TO 112 COMMUNITY DRIVEN 781 00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:24,736 PROJECTS ACROSS SEATTLE IN 2025. 782 00:28:24,736 --> 00:28:27,305 PRESERVING AND LANDMARKING 783 00:28:27,305 --> 00:28:28,707 SIGNIFICANT CULTURAL ASSETS 784 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:29,808 THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, 785 00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:31,342 AND LEVERAGING PEA PATCH GARDENS 786 00:28:31,342 --> 00:28:37,348 TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND INCREASE 787 00:28:37,348 --> 00:28:39,517 FOOD SECURITY BY PROVIDING 768 788 00:28:39,517 --> 00:28:41,486 MULTICULTURAL FAMILIES WITH 789 00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:42,821 ASSISTANCE, GENERATING VOLUNTEER 790 00:28:42,821 --> 00:28:44,823 HOURS AND DONATING 41,000 POUNDS 791 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:49,327 OF PRODUCE TO LOCAL MEAL 792 00:28:49,327 --> 00:28:49,861 PROGRAMS. D.O.N.HAS ALSO 793 00:28:49,861 --> 00:28:53,898 EXPANDED REACH THROUGH COMMUNITY 794 00:28:53,898 --> 00:28:56,334 ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR AND OUR 795 00:28:56,334 --> 00:29:02,807 AWARD WINNING EQUITY ENGAGEMENT 796 00:29:02,807 --> 00:29:07,112 ADVISERS FOR EXCEPTIONAL 797 00:29:07,112 --> 00:29:09,781 LEADERSHIP IN DISMANTLING 798 00:29:09,781 --> 00:29:12,484 BARRIERS. WE HAVE ALSO STAFFED 799 00:29:12,484 --> 00:29:14,919 AND RESOURCED THE INDIGENOUS 800 00:29:14,919 --> 00:29:15,687 ADVISORY COUNCIL, SEATTLE 801 00:29:15,687 --> 00:29:16,254 RENTERS COMMISSION, AND 802 00:29:16,254 --> 00:29:17,055 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMISSION 803 00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:20,125 TO ENSURE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS 804 00:29:20,125 --> 00:29:22,827 HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE 805 00:29:22,827 --> 00:29:23,394 POLICYMAKING PROCESS. AND 806 00:29:23,394 --> 00:29:25,663 LASTLY, WE WILL INVESTED IN 807 00:29:25,663 --> 00:29:27,232 COMMUNITY PAST BUILDING TO 808 00:29:27,232 --> 00:29:28,633 ADDRESS, DEVELOP, AND IMPLEMENT 809 00:29:28,633 --> 00:29:29,601 NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL COMMUNITY 810 00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:31,402 SAFETY INITIATIVES. ON THE 811 00:29:31,402 --> 00:29:33,338 SURFACE, THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE A 812 00:29:33,338 --> 00:29:35,406 MASH UP OF PROGRAMS, BUT THEY 813 00:29:35,406 --> 00:29:37,976 SHARE A COMMON THREAD. THEY WERE 814 00:29:37,976 --> 00:29:39,410 BORN FROM COMMUNITY NEED. THEY 815 00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:41,412 EXIST BECAUSE THE CITY 816 00:29:41,412 --> 00:29:42,947 RECOGNIZED WE CANNOT ACHIEVE OUR 817 00:29:42,947 --> 00:29:44,449 GOALS WITHOUT BUILDING TRUST AND 818 00:29:44,449 --> 00:29:46,618 SHARING RESOURCES. THESE ARE 819 00:29:46,618 --> 00:29:49,521 JUST A FEW OF THE ESSENTIALLY 820 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:51,389 PROGRAMS DON OFFERS, ALTHOUGH 821 00:29:51,389 --> 00:29:53,024 THE DEPARTMENT'S VISION IS 822 00:29:53,024 --> 00:29:54,726 CLEAR, D.O.N. MUST CONTINUE TO 823 00:29:54,726 --> 00:29:57,095 EVOLVE IF WE ARE TRULY TO SERVE 824 00:29:57,095 --> 00:29:59,297 SEATTLE. AND I WANT TO TAKE THE 825 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:00,632 LESSONS I'VE LEARNED ON THE 826 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:01,466 GROUND, STRENGTHENING ONE 827 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:02,500 SPECIAL PLACE WHILE LIFTING UP 828 00:30:02,500 --> 00:30:05,737 OTHERS AND APPLY THEM TO EVERY 829 00:30:05,737 --> 00:30:06,938 NEIGHBORHOOD IN OUR CITY. TO 830 00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:08,473 SCALE THESE EFFORTS, I BELIEVE 831 00:30:08,473 --> 00:30:10,575 IN HOLDING A BIG VISION, BUT I 832 00:30:10,575 --> 00:30:13,044 AM EVEN MORE INVESTED IN THE 833 00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:15,079 SMALL INTENTIONAL STEPS TO GET 834 00:30:15,079 --> 00:30:16,381 US THERE. A NEIGHBORHOOD CANNOT 835 00:30:16,381 --> 00:30:19,651 THRIVE THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF A 836 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:20,785 SINGLE PERSON OR ENTITY. IT 837 00:30:20,785 --> 00:30:22,387 REQUIRES EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO 838 00:30:22,387 --> 00:30:24,556 FIND THEIR ROLE AND TAKE ACTION. 839 00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:30,495 I LEARNED THIS QUOTE FROM 840 00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:31,095 COMMUNITY. IT GOES. [SPEAKING 841 00:30:31,095 --> 00:30:34,499 NON-ENGLISH] WHICH TRANSLATES TO 842 00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:38,069 MEAN A SINGLE TREE IS TOO SMALL 843 00:30:38,069 --> 00:30:39,370 TO FORM A MOUNTAIN. ONLY WHEN 844 00:30:39,370 --> 00:30:41,272 MANY TREES GROW TOGETHER CAN 845 00:30:41,272 --> 00:30:44,142 THEY FORM A TOWERING PEAK. SO 846 00:30:44,142 --> 00:30:47,412 HERE I AM, AS ACTING DIRECTOR OF 847 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:49,047 THE DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 848 00:30:49,047 --> 00:30:50,648 MY VISION FOR THIS TERM FOCUSES 849 00:30:50,648 --> 00:30:54,519 REALLY ON THREE KEY PILLARS. 850 00:30:54,519 --> 00:30:55,820 FIRST IS TO STRENGTHEN 851 00:30:55,820 --> 00:31:00,091 RELATIONSHIPS BY BUILDING DEEPER 852 00:31:00,091 --> 00:31:01,793 TRUST WITHIN D.O.N. ACROSS CITY 853 00:31:01,793 --> 00:31:03,161 DEPARTMENTS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, 854 00:31:03,161 --> 00:31:04,762 THIS COUNCIL, AND MOST 855 00:31:04,762 --> 00:31:05,363 IMPORTANTLY, THE COMMUNITY. 856 00:31:05,363 --> 00:31:07,999 SECOND IS ALIGNING OUR 857 00:31:07,999 --> 00:31:09,567 COLLABORATION, ENSURING THAT 858 00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:13,171 D.O.N. OUR PARTNERS AND OTHER 859 00:31:13,171 --> 00:31:14,772 DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING IN SYNC 860 00:31:14,772 --> 00:31:20,845 RATHER THAN IN SILOS. AND LASTLY 861 00:31:20,845 --> 00:31:23,514 TO ENSURE THAT OUR STRATEGIES 862 00:31:23,514 --> 00:31:25,884 MATCH OUR CURRENT PRIORITIES. TO 863 00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,086 ESTABLISH D.O.N. AS THE CENTRAL 864 00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:29,454 HUB FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACROSS 865 00:31:29,454 --> 00:31:32,257 THE CITY, OUR GOAL MUST BE TO 866 00:31:32,257 --> 00:31:35,260 BRING PEOPLE CLOSER TO THESE 867 00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:36,761 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF POWER. WE 868 00:31:36,761 --> 00:31:39,063 WILL DO THIS THROUGH INCREMENTAL 869 00:31:39,063 --> 00:31:41,466 CHANGE. I BELIEVE D.O.N. HAS THE 870 00:31:41,466 --> 00:31:46,304 RIGHT PEOPLE CAPABLE TO BUILD A 871 00:31:46,304 --> 00:31:47,739 STRATEGIC PLANS, ONE THAT BUILDS 872 00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:49,607 ON THE LAST 35 YEARS OF 873 00:31:49,607 --> 00:31:50,708 PROGRESS, AND FORGES AHEAD TO 874 00:31:50,708 --> 00:31:53,344 THE NEXT 35 YEARS. SO THANK YOU 875 00:31:53,344 --> 00:31:55,346 ALL FOR YOUR TIME. I LOOK 876 00:31:55,346 --> 00:31:57,615 FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF 877 00:31:57,615 --> 00:31:58,116 D.O.N. WITH YOU ALL. 878 00:31:58,116 --> 00:31:59,517 >> THANK YOU, ACTING DIRECTOR, 879 00:31:59,517 --> 00:32:02,887 AND THANK YOU MARK, FOR BEING 880 00:32:02,887 --> 00:32:03,821 HERE, AND PRESENTING THE 881 00:32:03,821 --> 00:32:08,226 MAYOR'S CHOICE FOR DIRECTOR OF 882 00:32:08,226 --> 00:32:08,926 D.O.N.. COLLEAGUES, AS I SAID 883 00:32:08,926 --> 00:32:12,297 EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO -- MY 884 00:32:12,297 --> 00:32:14,198 OFFICE IS COLLECTING QUESTIONS 885 00:32:14,198 --> 00:32:16,134 FROM YOUR OFFICES SO WE CAN SEND 886 00:32:16,134 --> 00:32:18,303 TO ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM AS PART 887 00:32:18,303 --> 00:32:20,972 OF THIS PROCESS THAT SHE CAN 888 00:32:20,972 --> 00:32:23,908 RESPOND TO. BUT IF YOU HAVE 889 00:32:23,908 --> 00:32:27,879 INITIAL QUESTIONS, OR COMMENTS, 890 00:32:27,879 --> 00:32:31,149 HAPPY TO TAKE THOSE NOW, BEFORE 891 00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:32,984 THEN. AND I KNOW SHE'D BE HAPPY 892 00:32:32,984 --> 00:32:35,586 TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR HEAR 893 00:32:35,586 --> 00:32:36,621 ANY COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER 894 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:37,922 FOSTER. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 895 00:32:37,922 --> 00:32:40,224 >> THANK YOU, SO MUCH, CHAIR, 896 00:32:40,224 --> 00:32:42,360 RIVERA. I JUST WANT TO SAY A 897 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:43,795 QUICK COMMENT THAT IT'S SUCH AN 898 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,196 ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO GET TO HEAR 899 00:32:45,196 --> 00:32:47,365 YOUR VISION AND TO GET TO HAVE 900 00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:48,900 YOU AS ACTING DIRECTOR, AND I'M 901 00:32:48,900 --> 00:32:50,268 LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 902 00:32:50,268 --> 00:32:51,336 CONVERSATION TODAY, AND THE 903 00:32:51,336 --> 00:32:53,271 FOLLOW-UP. AND JUST SO MUCH OF 904 00:32:53,271 --> 00:32:55,173 WHAT I HEARD TODAY FROM FOLKS AT 905 00:32:55,173 --> 00:32:56,374 PUBLIC COMMENT ECHOED WHAT I 906 00:32:56,374 --> 00:32:59,577 KNOW TO BE TRUE ABOUT YOU, AS 907 00:32:59,577 --> 00:33:03,348 SOMEBODY WHO HAS SUCH A STRONG 908 00:33:03,348 --> 00:33:05,183 VISION, SUCH DETERMINATION, AND 909 00:33:05,183 --> 00:33:06,484 SOMEHOW STILL MANAGES TO BE A 910 00:33:06,484 --> 00:33:07,552 COLLABORATOR, AND I JUST REALLY 911 00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:10,088 WANTED TO SAY THAT I REMEMBER 912 00:33:10,088 --> 00:33:11,522 WHEN WE MET, LIKE ALMOST A 913 00:33:11,522 --> 00:33:13,291 DECADE AGO WHEN YOU WERE, I 914 00:33:13,291 --> 00:33:14,726 THINK, COMING IN AS EXECUTIVE 915 00:33:14,726 --> 00:33:16,260 DIRECTOR OF FRIENDS OF LITTLE 916 00:33:16,260 --> 00:33:17,128 SAIGON. SO IT WAS JUST REALLY 917 00:33:17,128 --> 00:33:18,963 SPECIAL TO ME TO KIND OF HAVE -- 918 00:33:18,963 --> 00:33:22,133 I HAD A LITTLE MOMENT TODAY. I 919 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:24,535 WAS LIKE, HUH, LOOK AT US NOW. 920 00:33:24,535 --> 00:33:26,137 SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT 921 00:33:26,137 --> 00:33:27,939 I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS 922 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,774 CONVERSATION AND I SO APPRECIATE 923 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:32,009 YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THE LAST 924 00:33:32,009 --> 00:33:32,977 DECADE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD 925 00:33:32,977 --> 00:33:35,279 TO YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE YEARS 926 00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:36,013 TO COME. 927 00:33:36,013 --> 00:33:38,249 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 928 00:33:38,249 --> 00:33:38,850 FOSTER. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, 929 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:40,284 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 930 00:33:40,284 --> 00:33:42,720 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM JUST 931 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:43,888 SO EXCITED ABOUT YOU COMING 932 00:33:43,888 --> 00:33:45,990 FORWARD IN THIS ROLE, AND SO I 933 00:33:45,990 --> 00:33:48,559 WANT TO SAY FIRST AND FOREMOST, 934 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:50,928 AS WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 935 00:33:50,928 --> 00:33:52,163 LEADERSHIP, ACROSS THE PAST 936 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:54,098 DECADE OF WORK IN COMMUNITY. I 937 00:33:54,098 --> 00:33:56,300 KNOW OUR OFFICE HAS HAD THE 938 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:58,870 IMMENSE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING 939 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:00,838 WITH YOU IN YOUR ROLE FOR LITTLE 940 00:34:00,838 --> 00:34:02,874 SAIGON, AND I JUST WANT TO 941 00:34:02,874 --> 00:34:04,609 AGAIN, STATE MY APPRECIATION FOR 942 00:34:04,609 --> 00:34:06,911 ALSO YOUR DEDICATION TO EQUITY, 943 00:34:06,911 --> 00:34:08,246 PEOPLE, AND COMMUNITIES. IT IS 944 00:34:08,246 --> 00:34:09,313 REALLY OUTSTANDING AND 945 00:34:09,313 --> 00:34:10,114 INCREDIBLE. SO REALLY EXCITED 946 00:34:10,114 --> 00:34:12,517 THAT YOUR APPOINTMENT IS COMING 947 00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:13,484 BEFORE US. AND I DO HAVE A 948 00:34:13,484 --> 00:34:14,986 COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR TODAY. I 949 00:34:14,986 --> 00:34:19,190 KNOW THIS WILL BE PART OF THE 950 00:34:19,190 --> 00:34:20,158 PROCESS, I'M EXCITED TO LEARN, 951 00:34:20,158 --> 00:34:21,259 AGAIN, MORE ABOUT YOUR VISION 952 00:34:21,259 --> 00:34:22,693 FOR THE FUTURE OF THE 953 00:34:22,693 --> 00:34:25,129 DEPARTMENT. BUT I WANTED TO ASK 954 00:34:25,129 --> 00:34:27,432 A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR 955 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:30,835 VISION ABOUT COMMUNITY SAFETY 956 00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:33,304 AND CAPACITY PROGRAMMING FOR 957 00:34:33,304 --> 00:34:33,538 D.O.N. 958 00:34:33,538 --> 00:34:36,007 >> GREAT QUESTION. VISION IS 959 00:34:36,007 --> 00:34:38,142 STILL EVOLVING. BUT AS YOU CAN 960 00:34:38,142 --> 00:34:40,711 TELL, AND FROM OUR WORK 961 00:34:40,711 --> 00:34:43,781 TOGETHER, FOR SOME REASON I 962 00:34:43,781 --> 00:34:47,518 ALWAYS GET PULLED INTO COMMUNITY 963 00:34:47,518 --> 00:34:48,453 SAFETY CONVERSATIONS. AND I'M 964 00:34:48,453 --> 00:34:50,121 ACTUALLY -- I'M GLAD FOR IT. 965 00:34:50,121 --> 00:34:53,491 I'VE LEARNED A LOT THROUGH THE 966 00:34:53,491 --> 00:34:54,492 PROCESS OF ENGAGING WITH 967 00:34:54,492 --> 00:34:55,359 DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS AROUND 968 00:34:55,359 --> 00:34:57,762 WHAT SAFETY MEANS TO THEM. 969 00:34:57,762 --> 00:34:59,831 BECAUSE IT MEANS SO MANY 970 00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:04,135 DIFFERENT THINGS TO SO MANY 971 00:35:04,135 --> 00:35:11,509 DIFFERENT PEOPLE. AND A SAFE AND 972 00:35:11,509 --> 00:35:12,777 HEALTHY COMMUNITY INCLUDES 973 00:35:12,777 --> 00:35:14,512 VARIOUS COMPONENTS, ESPECIALLY 974 00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:16,547 WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING AN 975 00:35:16,547 --> 00:35:17,748 ECOSYSTEM FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD. I 976 00:35:17,748 --> 00:35:19,984 THINK WE NEED A LOT OF DIFFERENT 977 00:35:19,984 --> 00:35:20,751 ESSENTIAL SERVICES, BUSINESSES, 978 00:35:20,751 --> 00:35:22,887 AND RESIDENTS TO PLAY A PART IN 979 00:35:22,887 --> 00:35:27,358 KEEPING THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS AND 980 00:35:27,358 --> 00:35:28,392 COMMUNITIES SAFE. AND SO IN 981 00:35:28,392 --> 00:35:29,093 D.O.N.'S ROLE, WE'RE REALLY 982 00:35:29,093 --> 00:35:30,795 HERE TO HELP BUILD THE CAPACITY 983 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:32,897 OF COMMUNITY TO DEFINE WHAT 984 00:35:32,897 --> 00:35:35,333 SAFETY MEANS FOR THEM, AND BRING 985 00:35:35,333 --> 00:35:37,435 IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND 986 00:35:37,435 --> 00:35:40,271 PARTNERS TO MAKE THAT VISION 987 00:35:40,271 --> 00:35:41,372 HAPPEN. SO REALLY, WE'RE HERE 988 00:35:41,372 --> 00:35:43,141 TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCE AND TO 989 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:45,276 SUPPORT AND THE GUIDANCE, BUT I 990 00:35:45,276 --> 00:35:46,344 THINK THE COMMUNITY ALREADY 991 00:35:46,344 --> 00:35:49,213 KNOWS WHAT THEY NEED, AND WHAT 992 00:35:49,213 --> 00:35:51,315 THEY WANT WHEN IT COMES TO 993 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:51,549 SAFETY. 994 00:35:51,549 --> 00:35:53,384 >> REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND I 995 00:35:53,384 --> 00:35:58,222 ELEVATE THAT QUESTION JUST 996 00:35:58,222 --> 00:36:01,325 BECAUSE OF YOUR WORK AND WITH 997 00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:05,062 THE PHODEP INITIATIVE. I KNOW MY 998 00:36:05,062 --> 00:36:08,733 OFFICE GOT TO JOIN ALONGSIDE YOU 999 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:10,268 ALL, WE'RE RUNNING AN 1000 00:36:10,268 --> 00:36:11,102 INCREDIBLE WORKSHOP IN 1001 00:36:11,102 --> 00:36:12,570 COMMUNITY, AND REALLY EXCITED TO 1002 00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:13,905 UNPACK THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT 1003 00:36:13,905 --> 00:36:15,072 ANSWER. IT'S ALSO NEWS TO ME 1004 00:36:15,072 --> 00:36:19,944 THAT YOU WERE A PART OF THE 1005 00:36:19,944 --> 00:36:20,811 FIRST COHORT OF P.A.C.E. BECAUSE 1006 00:36:20,811 --> 00:36:24,982 I DID PREP A QUESTION ON 1007 00:36:24,982 --> 00:36:27,285 P.A.C.E., WHICH MAKES THIS MORE 1008 00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:28,419 IMPACTFUL. HOW DO YOU SEE A 1009 00:36:28,419 --> 00:36:29,654 VISION OR A FUTURE FOR THAT 1010 00:36:29,654 --> 00:36:30,555 PROGRAM? ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT 1011 00:36:30,555 --> 00:36:36,394 YOU WERE A PART OF THE FIRST 1012 00:36:36,394 --> 00:36:36,627 CLASS? 1013 00:36:36,627 --> 00:36:38,529 >> YEAH, IT ALSO DOESN'T DAWN 1014 00:36:38,529 --> 00:36:41,532 ON ME THAT THIS HAS BECOME FULL 1015 00:36:41,532 --> 00:36:42,633 CIRCLE. LIKE I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY 1016 00:36:42,633 --> 00:36:45,102 REFLECTED THAT MUCH ON IT. BUT 1017 00:36:45,102 --> 00:36:49,774 THINKING THROUGH IT, THERE'S SO 1018 00:36:49,774 --> 00:36:52,043 MANY GOOD THINGS WHEN YOU BUILD 1019 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:52,843 BETTER UNDERSTANDING, IN 1020 00:36:52,843 --> 00:36:54,145 LEARNING HOW OUR SYSTEMS WORK 1021 00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:59,584 AND WHO THE PEOPLE ARE BEHIND 1022 00:36:59,584 --> 00:37:00,818 OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND 1023 00:37:00,818 --> 00:37:02,119 DECISION MAKERS. AND BEING ABLE 1024 00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:04,055 TO DO THAT EARLIER ON IN MY 1025 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:08,426 CAREER WAS A REALLY BIG VALUE 1026 00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:11,329 BECAUSE THAT HELPED GUIDE HOW I 1027 00:37:11,329 --> 00:37:13,431 UNDERSTOOD MY RELATIONSHIP TO MY 1028 00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:16,567 RIGHTS AND HOW TO WORK WITH 1029 00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:18,502 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOW TO 1030 00:37:18,502 --> 00:37:20,004 NAVIGATE CERTAIN PORTALS. AND SO 1031 00:37:20,004 --> 00:37:21,806 I ALWAYS ENCOURAGE FOLKS, I'VE 1032 00:37:21,806 --> 00:37:23,507 ACTUALLY, IN MY PREVIOUS ROLE, 1033 00:37:23,507 --> 00:37:27,311 I'VE ENCOURAGED MY STAFF TO BE 1034 00:37:27,311 --> 00:37:28,246 PART OF P.A.C.E. AND THEY'VE 1035 00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:30,014 ALL REALLY ENJOYED IT, AND I 1036 00:37:30,014 --> 00:37:31,248 KNOW THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO 1037 00:37:31,248 --> 00:37:32,283 EVOLVE EVERY DAY, AND I'M 1038 00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:33,351 LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1039 00:37:33,351 --> 00:37:34,752 MY TEAM TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS 1040 00:37:34,752 --> 00:37:36,220 LIKE IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE I 1041 00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:38,489 THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO 1042 00:37:38,489 --> 00:37:40,891 GROW AND EXPAND IT, AND BRING 1043 00:37:40,891 --> 00:37:42,126 MORE PEOPLE INTO UNDERSTANDING 1044 00:37:42,126 --> 00:37:45,496 HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS AND HOW TO 1045 00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:48,132 ACCESS IT BETTER. YEAH. 1046 00:37:48,132 --> 00:37:49,500 >> REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IT'S 1047 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:50,668 A TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT 1048 00:37:50,668 --> 00:37:51,869 PROGRAM. AND NOW MORE THAN EVER, 1049 00:37:51,869 --> 00:37:53,938 IT FEELS LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY 1050 00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:56,140 AND IMPORTANCE TO REALLY HAVE 1051 00:37:56,140 --> 00:37:57,908 COMMUNITY CONNECT WITH CITY HALL 1052 00:37:57,908 --> 00:37:58,876 IS JUST TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT. 1053 00:37:58,876 --> 00:38:01,412 SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 1054 00:38:01,412 --> 00:38:01,946 CONTINUED LEADERSHIP, AND 1055 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:03,214 EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR 1056 00:38:03,214 --> 00:38:07,118 VISION AS WE GO THROUGH THIS 1057 00:38:07,118 --> 00:38:08,619 PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, 1058 00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:08,853 CHAIR. 1059 00:38:08,853 --> 00:38:12,556 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1060 00:38:12,556 --> 00:38:13,157 RINCK. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU 1061 00:38:13,157 --> 00:38:13,524 ARE RECOGNIZED. 1062 00:38:13,524 --> 00:38:14,492 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND I 1063 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:17,328 DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT 1064 00:38:17,328 --> 00:38:21,632 THIS POINT, BUT JUST WANTED TO 1065 00:38:21,632 --> 00:38:24,368 SAY HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THIS 1066 00:38:24,368 --> 00:38:26,037 APPOINTMENT. MY APOLOGIES FOR 1067 00:38:26,037 --> 00:38:30,241 NOT BEING ABLE TO BE THERE IN 1068 00:38:30,241 --> 00:38:34,745 PERSON WITH YOU ALL. AND JUST ON 1069 00:38:34,745 --> 00:38:38,182 THAT LAST POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 1070 00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:39,383 PUBLIC SAFETY AND COMMUNITY 1071 00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:41,018 BUILDING, YOU KNOW, I'M SUPER 1072 00:38:41,018 --> 00:38:46,390 EXCITED FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN 1073 00:38:46,390 --> 00:38:47,658 THAT REGARD. IT IS DIFFICULT TO 1074 00:38:47,658 --> 00:38:51,629 WORK ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT 1075 00:38:51,629 --> 00:38:54,565 DEPARTMENTS AND TO WORK WITH ALL 1076 00:38:54,565 --> 00:38:56,834 THE BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS 1077 00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:57,401 AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND 1078 00:38:57,401 --> 00:39:00,137 YOU'VE SHOWN YOUR SKILLS AND 1079 00:39:00,137 --> 00:39:02,506 ABILITY TO DO THAT, TO TRULY 1080 00:39:02,506 --> 00:39:04,575 BUILD COMMUNITY TO BUILD THOSE 1081 00:39:04,575 --> 00:39:07,044 RELATIONSHIPS, WHICH I THINK ARE 1082 00:39:07,044 --> 00:39:10,614 ESSENTIAL, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 1083 00:39:10,614 --> 00:39:13,718 GETTING TO WORK TOGETHER. THANK 1084 00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:13,918 YOU. 1085 00:39:13,918 --> 00:39:16,721 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1086 00:39:16,721 --> 00:39:18,589 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, 1087 00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:19,557 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1088 00:39:19,557 --> 00:39:20,257 >> THEIR, CHAIR, AND MY 1089 00:39:20,257 --> 00:39:23,494 APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO 1090 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:26,797 BE THERE IN-PERSON TODAY. BUT 1091 00:39:26,797 --> 00:39:27,732 THANK YOU, ACTING DIRECTOR. I 1092 00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:28,432 REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 1093 00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:29,867 PRESENTATION, AND OBVIOUSLY WE 1094 00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:32,103 GOT TO WORK TOGETHER A LITTLE 1095 00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:33,804 BIT, YOU KNOW, SAFETY CONCERNS, 1096 00:39:33,804 --> 00:39:36,841 AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO INCLUDE 1097 00:39:36,841 --> 00:39:38,075 MORE COMMUNITY VOICES CONNECTED 1098 00:39:38,075 --> 00:39:43,414 TO THE CITY. AND I ACTUALLY, I 1099 00:39:43,414 --> 00:39:48,552 DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. JUST 1100 00:39:48,552 --> 00:39:50,888 RATHER A QUICK COMMENT. AS I, 1101 00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:52,189 FOR D.O.N. DEPARTMENT OF 1102 00:39:52,189 --> 00:39:53,090 NEIGHBORHOODS, HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 1103 00:39:53,090 --> 00:39:56,160 A GREAT RESOURCE FOR THE 1104 00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:03,367 COMMUNITY TO INCLUDE FOLKS THAT 1105 00:40:03,367 --> 00:40:07,071 DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS TO, YOU 1106 00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:09,140 KNOW, SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 1107 00:40:09,140 --> 00:40:11,108 RECREATION, OR SEATTLE 1108 00:40:11,108 --> 00:40:13,911 DEPARTMENTS OF REC. AND D.O.N. I 1109 00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:16,580 ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IS THE WOMB OF 1110 00:40:16,580 --> 00:40:17,982 SEATTLE. THE WORD OF MOUTH. 1111 00:40:17,982 --> 00:40:20,017 WHERE IT MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE A 1112 00:40:20,017 --> 00:40:22,119 GROUP THAT IS ORGANIZED, BUT 1113 00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:25,289 IT'S LIKE, HEY, WE DO DOOR TO 1114 00:40:25,289 --> 00:40:27,925 DOOR, WE'RE CONNECTED WITH 1115 00:40:27,925 --> 00:40:28,859 THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. JUST YOUR 1116 00:40:28,859 --> 00:40:30,394 COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING THAT. I 1117 00:40:30,394 --> 00:40:31,629 KNOW YOU HAVE THAT COMMITMENT, 1118 00:40:31,629 --> 00:40:33,597 CONTINUING THAT WORK TO CONNECT 1119 00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:38,502 THOSE FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE THE 1120 00:40:38,502 --> 00:40:40,271 ACCESS, THAT TRADITIONAL 1121 00:40:40,271 --> 00:40:41,338 ORGANIZATIONS OR COMMUNITY 1122 00:40:41,338 --> 00:40:42,573 GROUPS, OR EVEN JUST 1123 00:40:42,573 --> 00:40:43,440 NON-PROPERTIES, JUST YOUR 1124 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:48,646 EVERYDAY PERSON CAN FEEL LIKE 1125 00:40:48,646 --> 00:40:50,548 THEY'RE EMPOWERED TO HAVE A 1126 00:40:50,548 --> 00:40:51,482 VOICE WHEN THEY'RE SHAPING 1127 00:40:51,482 --> 00:40:52,116 THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, I BELIEVE 1128 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:52,983 IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW 1129 00:40:52,983 --> 00:40:55,419 YOU BELIEVE THAT AS WELL. SO 1130 00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:57,221 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. 1131 00:40:57,221 --> 00:40:59,657 LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 1132 00:40:59,657 --> 00:41:02,426 YOU AS WELL, AGAIN. 1133 00:41:02,426 --> 00:41:03,794 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1134 00:41:03,794 --> 00:41:05,563 COLLEAGUES, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 1135 00:41:05,563 --> 00:41:06,530 OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THEN 1136 00:41:06,530 --> 00:41:09,200 I'LL JUST ADD I AM SO LOOKING 1137 00:41:09,200 --> 00:41:13,270 FORWARD TO PART TWO OF YOUR 1138 00:41:13,270 --> 00:41:14,438 CONFIRMATION, AND ALL THE GREAT 1139 00:41:14,438 --> 00:41:16,240 WORK -- I WANT TO, THAT THE 1140 00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:17,675 DEPARTMENT DOES, AND I SEE A LOT 1141 00:41:17,675 --> 00:41:18,609 OF DEPARTMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD 1142 00:41:18,609 --> 00:41:19,877 STAFF HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, SO I 1143 00:41:19,877 --> 00:41:21,645 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF YOU. 1144 00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:24,982 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE IN 1145 00:41:24,982 --> 00:41:26,350 SUPPORT OF ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM, 1146 00:41:26,350 --> 00:41:27,318 AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE 1147 00:41:27,318 --> 00:41:29,687 GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO IN 1148 00:41:29,687 --> 00:41:31,355 COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW HOW GRATEFUL 1149 00:41:31,355 --> 00:41:35,926 I AM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE 1150 00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:37,728 DONE TOGETHER SINCE I'VE BEEN 1151 00:41:37,728 --> 00:41:38,929 HERE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR 1152 00:41:38,929 --> 00:41:40,965 THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN ALL OF 1153 00:41:40,965 --> 00:41:42,433 OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE 1154 00:41:42,433 --> 00:41:47,838 CITY, INCLUDING ALL OUR 1155 00:41:47,838 --> 00:41:49,240 DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE 1156 00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:53,544 DISTRICT I REPRESENT. AND I WANT 1157 00:41:53,544 --> 00:41:56,514 TO SAY, BECAUSE IT CAME UP, THE 1158 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,916 PHODEP RELATIONSHIP, THAT CAME 1159 00:41:58,916 --> 00:42:00,918 OUT OF D.O.N.AND LITTLE SAIGON. 1160 00:42:00,918 --> 00:42:03,454 IT'S ABOUT COMMUNITY LED PUBLIC 1161 00:42:03,454 --> 00:42:05,623 SAFETY EFFORTS, AS ACTING 1162 00:42:05,623 --> 00:42:07,525 DIRECTER PHAM SAID EARLIER. AND 1163 00:42:07,525 --> 00:42:09,760 IT'S REALLY SUCH A KEY PIECE TO 1164 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:10,961 THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO PUBLIC 1165 00:42:10,961 --> 00:42:12,563 SAFETY EFFORTS ACROSS THE CITY, 1166 00:42:12,563 --> 00:42:14,665 BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC 1167 00:42:14,665 --> 00:42:18,369 SAFETY EFFORTS WHEN WE INVOLVE 1168 00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:19,303 COMMUNITY HAVE BETTER OUTCOMES. 1169 00:42:19,303 --> 00:42:20,938 AND SO I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING 1170 00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:22,172 THAT YOU, DIRECTOR, HAVE BEEN 1171 00:42:22,172 --> 00:42:24,909 WORKING ON IN YOUR ROLE, WHEN 1172 00:42:24,909 --> 00:42:26,543 YOU WERE AT FRIENDS OF LITTLE 1173 00:42:26,543 --> 00:42:27,378 SAIGON, AND SOMETHING YOU'LL 1174 00:42:27,378 --> 00:42:29,747 CONTINUE TO DO NOW, NOT JUST FOR 1175 00:42:29,747 --> 00:42:31,081 THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR OTHER 1176 00:42:31,081 --> 00:42:32,816 NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY AS 1177 00:42:32,816 --> 00:42:34,518 WELL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO 1178 00:42:34,518 --> 00:42:36,720 YOUR STAFF. THANK YOU ALL FOR 1179 00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:40,824 BEING HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO 1180 00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:44,461 THE MAY 13th, PART TWO OF YOUR 1181 00:42:44,461 --> 00:42:45,062 CONFIRMATION. THANKSFOR BEING 1182 00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:45,262 HERE. 1183 00:42:45,262 --> 00:42:47,197 >> THANKS, SO MUCH. 1184 00:42:47,197 --> 00:42:47,731 >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, 1185 00:42:47,731 --> 00:42:55,673 COLLEAGUES. TO MY FINAL HERE, 1186 00:42:55,673 --> 00:42:57,141 PART OF MY SCRIPT. ALL RIGHT. 1187 00:42:57,141 --> 00:42:59,877 SINCE THERE ARE NO FURTHER 1188 00:42:59,877 --> 00:43:01,078 QUESTIONS, THIS CONCLUDES THE 1189 00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:03,113 APRIL 22nd MEETING OF THE 1190 00:43:03,113 --> 00:43:04,114 LIBRARY'S EDUCATION AND 1191 00:43:04,114 --> 00:43:05,683 NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE. OUR 1192 00:43:05,683 --> 00:43:08,519 NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING, AS I 1193 00:43:08,519 --> 00:43:09,520 SAID EARLIER, IS SCHEDULED FOR 1194 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,855 MAY 13th AT 9:30 A.M., WHERE WE 1195 00:43:11,855 --> 00:43:15,092 WILL TAKE UP THE SECOND PART OF 1196 00:43:15,092 --> 00:43:15,793 ACTING DIRECTOR PHAM'S 1197 00:43:15,793 --> 00:43:17,394 CONFIRMATION. IF THERE'S NO 1198 00:43:17,394 --> 00:43:20,097 FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING 1199 00:43:20,097 --> 00:43:22,599 WILL ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT. SEEING 1200 00:43:22,599 --> 00:43:25,603 NOTHING ELSE, IT IS TIME 10:15