1 00:02:10,730 --> 00:02:13,900 >>> HERE TONIGHT PRESENTED FOR 2 00:02:13,900 --> 00:02:17,904 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT WILL BE CRAIG 3 00:02:17,904 --> 00:02:25,278 SMITH, DENNIS McLAREN, STEVE 4 00:02:25,411 --> 00:02:26,980 GRABOSKI. IS ERIC McCONAGHY 5 00:02:26,980 --> 00:02:27,347 HERE? 6 00:02:27,347 --> 00:02:29,282 ERIC'S NOT HERE, BUT HE WILL BE 7 00:02:29,282 --> 00:02:29,916 HERE. 8 00:02:29,916 --> 00:02:31,851 HE WORKS HERE AT CITY HALL 9 00:02:31,851 --> 00:02:34,087 AND IS PART OF CENTRAL STAFF. 10 00:02:34,087 --> 00:02:35,555 FROM TRIBAL LEADERSHIP 11 00:02:35,555 --> 00:02:37,157 AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I MISS 12 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:40,560 SOMEBODY, WE HAVE A MIX 13 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,096 HERE WHERE SOME LEADERSHIP WILL 14 00:02:43,096 --> 00:02:44,831 BE 15 00:02:44,831 --> 00:02:45,798 GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT. 16 00:02:45,798 --> 00:02:54,941 FROM THE -- WE'LL HAVE 17 00:02:54,941 --> 00:02:59,979 KEVIN LENON AND -- WE HAVE 18 00:02:59,979 --> 00:03:01,080 SWINSON 19 00:03:01,214 --> 00:03:03,283 TRIBAL COMMUNITY. 20 00:03:03,283 --> 00:03:05,151 WE HAVE -- THE WILDLIFE 21 00:03:05,151 --> 00:03:08,121 PROGRAM MANAGER WILL ALSO BE AT 22 00:03:08,121 --> 00:03:09,088 THE 23 00:03:09,088 --> 00:03:09,389 TABLE. 24 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:12,959 FROM UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN 25 00:03:12,959 --> 00:03:14,861 TRIBE WE HAVE SCOTT SCHUYLER WHO 26 00:03:14,861 --> 00:03:17,397 IS THE POLICY LEAD AND TRIBAL 27 00:03:17,397 --> 00:03:19,899 MEMBER. 28 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:22,702 AND MR. DAVID HAWKINS, WHO 29 00:03:22,702 --> 00:03:25,171 IS THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL. 30 00:03:25,171 --> 00:03:28,041 WITH THAT, LET'S MOVE 31 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:28,775 ONTO PUBLIC COMMENT. 32 00:03:28,775 --> 00:03:31,244 MR. CLERK, YOU WANT TO MAKE 33 00:03:31,244 --> 00:03:31,945 SOME STATEMENTS? 34 00:03:31,945 --> 00:03:34,647 WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO HYBRID AND 35 00:03:34,647 --> 00:03:36,683 WHOEVER'S IN CHAMBER FOR PUBLIC 36 00:03:36,683 --> 00:03:37,083 COMMENT. 37 00:03:37,083 --> 00:03:38,985 NOW MY CLERK SAYS LET ME HAND 38 00:03:38,985 --> 00:03:40,787 IT OVER TO HIM. 39 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,755 >> CURRENTLY WE HAVE EIGHT 40 00:03:42,755 --> 00:03:47,060 IN- PERSON SPEAKERS SIGNED UP 41 00:03:47,060 --> 00:03:47,227 AND 42 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:48,328 TEN REMOTE SPEAKERS. 43 00:03:48,461 --> 00:03:51,531 >> LET'S START WITH OUR EIGHT 44 00:03:51,531 --> 00:03:51,798 PEOPLE. 45 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:54,300 BECAUSE IT'S UNDER 30, 46 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:56,269 EVERYONE WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 47 00:03:56,269 --> 00:04:01,241 START READING OUT THE NAMES. 48 00:04:01,374 --> 00:04:04,110 >> DO YOU WANT ME TO READ 49 00:04:04,110 --> 00:04:05,712 THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES? 50 00:04:05,845 --> 00:04:08,815 >> YOU GET TWO MINUTES, BE 51 00:04:08,815 --> 00:04:12,118 NICE, BE RESPECTFUL, DON'T CALL 52 00:04:12,118 --> 00:04:12,352 US 53 00:04:12,352 --> 00:04:12,719 NAMES. 54 00:04:12,719 --> 00:04:15,321 I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED 55 00:04:15,321 --> 00:04:15,989 IT 56 00:04:15,989 --> 00:04:16,255 UP. 57 00:04:16,255 --> 00:04:17,457 >> IT IS CITY COUNCIL 58 00:04:17,457 --> 00:04:19,559 PRACTICE TO FIRST RECOGNIZE 59 00:04:19,559 --> 00:04:21,027 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEN CALL 60 00:04:21,027 --> 00:04:21,294 ON 61 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:22,695 THOSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK 62 00:04:22,695 --> 00:04:23,029 STARTING WITH 63 00:04:23,029 --> 00:04:29,736 IN-PERSON AND THEN REMOTE. 64 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:30,903 IN- PERSON OFFICIALS 65 00:04:30,903 --> 00:04:33,373 THAT ARE FIRST SIGNED UP ARE 66 00:04:33,373 --> 00:04:34,440 GOING TO BE 67 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:44,884 TREASURER JJ WILBUR FROM 68 00:04:51,157 --> 00:04:52,258 SWINOMISH -- 69 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:55,561 >> ARE YOU DOING TWO FIRST IN 70 00:04:55,561 --> 00:04:56,462 CHAMBERS? 71 00:04:56,462 --> 00:04:58,598 LET'S DO TRIBAL LEADERSHIP 72 00:04:58,598 --> 00:04:58,865 FIRST. 73 00:04:58,865 --> 00:05:01,067 THEN WE'LL WORK WITH THE 74 00:05:01,067 --> 00:05:01,534 REST. 75 00:05:01,534 --> 00:05:04,837 >> YEAH. 76 00:05:04,837 --> 00:05:08,307 SWINOMISH SENATOR WILBUR. 77 00:05:08,441 --> 00:05:10,276 >> WHO'S AFTER HIM? 78 00:05:10,410 --> 00:05:11,611 >> COUNCIL MEMBER KEVIN 79 00:05:11,611 --> 00:05:12,211 LENON. 80 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:13,446 >> WHO'S AFTER THAT? 81 00:05:13,579 --> 00:05:15,248 >> WE'LL MOVE TO THE REMOTE 82 00:05:15,248 --> 00:05:16,282 TRIBAL 83 00:05:16,282 --> 00:05:16,616 LEADERS. 84 00:05:16,616 --> 00:05:19,118 >> WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO 85 00:05:19,118 --> 00:05:20,019 REMOTE. 86 00:05:20,019 --> 00:05:22,689 WHO ELSE IS IN CHAMBERS? 87 00:05:22,822 --> 00:05:23,790 >> ALL THE TRIBAL 88 00:05:23,790 --> 00:05:24,223 PEOPLE. 89 00:05:24,223 --> 00:05:25,024 >> GO AHEAD. 90 00:05:25,158 --> 00:05:26,626 >> TOOK AWAY ALL THE FUN. 91 00:05:26,626 --> 00:05:28,695 WE DON'T GET TO CALL ANYBODY 92 00:05:28,828 --> 00:05:29,095 NAMES. 93 00:05:29,095 --> 00:05:31,197 >> NO, YOU DON'T, I KNOW. 94 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:34,600 >> GREETINGS. 95 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:38,938 I'M SWINOMISH COUNCIL MEMBER JJ 96 00:05:38,938 --> 00:05:39,972 WILBUR. 97 00:05:39,972 --> 00:05:41,674 -- IS MY TRADITIONAL NAME. 98 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:43,543 I FELT IT IN MY HEART TO COME 99 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:45,078 UP AND ACKNOWLEDGE SOME FOLKS 100 00:05:45,078 --> 00:05:45,445 TODAY. 101 00:05:45,445 --> 00:05:46,479 I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A 102 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:48,147 HARD PROCESS FOR A LOT OF FOLKS 103 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:48,581 TO 104 00:05:48,581 --> 00:05:49,048 GO THROUGH. 105 00:05:49,048 --> 00:05:49,749 IT WASN'T EASY. 106 00:05:49,749 --> 00:06:00,259 I WANT TO THANK OUR RELATIVES 107 00:06:01,894 --> 00:06:04,397 FROM SAUK-SUIATTLE. 108 00:06:04,397 --> 00:06:05,898 I'D LIKE TO THANK FOR 109 00:06:05,898 --> 00:06:06,666 THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 110 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:06,999 CONVERSATION. 111 00:06:06,999 --> 00:06:09,001 YOU KNOW, GETTING ALL OF US 112 00:06:09,001 --> 00:06:11,037 TO AGREE ON CERTAIN TERMS AND 113 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:13,206 IDEAS ISN'T EASY SOMETIMES, BUT 114 00:06:13,206 --> 00:06:13,773 FOR 115 00:06:13,773 --> 00:06:16,142 US TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN 116 00:06:16,142 --> 00:06:18,010 THAT CONVERSATION 117 00:06:18,010 --> 00:06:19,011 EVEN WHEN THE TIMES GET 118 00:06:19,011 --> 00:06:19,412 DIFFICULT, THEN 119 00:06:19,412 --> 00:06:20,747 THE CONVERSATION GETS 120 00:06:20,747 --> 00:06:21,380 CHALLENGING. 121 00:06:21,380 --> 00:06:25,718 FOR US TO FIND COMMON 122 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:29,255 GROUND IN THE NAME OF OUR HOME 123 00:06:29,255 --> 00:06:30,556 THE SKAGIT 124 00:06:30,690 --> 00:06:31,457 WATERSHED. 125 00:06:31,457 --> 00:06:33,926 IT'S HOME TO US. 126 00:06:33,926 --> 00:06:37,497 FOR UZ S TRIBES IT'S BEEN THAT 127 00:06:37,497 --> 00:06:37,663 WAY 128 00:06:37,663 --> 00:06:43,035 SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. 129 00:06:43,035 --> 00:06:44,070 SKAGITONIANS CALL IT HOME. 130 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,905 THIS IS A WIN FOR 131 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:47,440 EVERYBODY INCLUDING THE SALMON, 132 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:47,640 MOST 133 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:53,212 IMPORTANTLY THE SALMON. 134 00:06:53,212 --> 00:06:55,114 SWINOMISH TAKE PRIDE IN 135 00:06:55,114 --> 00:06:56,449 CALLING OURSELVES THE PEOPLE OF 136 00:06:56,449 --> 00:06:56,616 THE 137 00:06:56,616 --> 00:06:57,016 SALMON. 138 00:06:57,016 --> 00:07:01,220 MUCH OF 139 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:01,921 OUR CULTURE REVOLVES AROUND 140 00:07:01,921 --> 00:07:02,889 SALMON AND SALMON 141 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:03,389 FISHING. 142 00:07:03,389 --> 00:07:04,824 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 143 00:07:04,824 --> 00:07:07,059 WITHOUT SALMON, OUR TREATY 144 00:07:07,059 --> 00:07:08,561 RIGHTS WILL NO LONGER EXIST. 145 00:07:08,561 --> 00:07:10,596 WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. 146 00:07:10,596 --> 00:07:13,466 I'D LIKE TO THANK 147 00:07:13,466 --> 00:07:13,833 SEATTLESEATTLE 148 00:07:13,833 --> 00:07:15,268 LIGHT AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE 149 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:17,403 FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS ALSO 150 00:07:17,403 --> 00:07:18,304 IN STAYING IN THE CONVERSATION. 151 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:20,173 I KNOW THAT THE SEATTLE 152 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:21,607 CITY LIGHT TEAM DEALING WITH 153 00:07:21,607 --> 00:07:24,143 THE THREE TRIBES AND THE COUNTY 154 00:07:24,143 --> 00:07:24,510 AND 155 00:07:24,510 --> 00:07:27,013 OTHERS INVOLVED, YOU 156 00:07:27,013 --> 00:07:28,381 KNOW, SOMETIMES WASN'T THE 157 00:07:28,381 --> 00:07:28,614 EASIEST 158 00:07:28,614 --> 00:07:30,149 PROCESS TO GET THROUGH, BUT 159 00:07:30,149 --> 00:07:32,218 THEY STUCK THROUGH IT AND CAME 160 00:07:32,218 --> 00:07:32,385 OUT 161 00:07:32,385 --> 00:07:33,920 ON TOP FOR A WIN FOR EVERYBODY. 162 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,922 THANK THE CITY 163 00:07:35,922 --> 00:07:38,758 OF SEATTLE AND ITS MEMBERS. 164 00:07:38,891 --> 00:07:40,293 >> THANK YOU. 165 00:07:40,426 --> 00:07:41,394 >> THAT MUST BE MY 166 00:07:41,394 --> 00:07:41,727 TIME. 167 00:07:41,727 --> 00:07:42,061 >> YEAH. 168 00:07:42,061 --> 00:07:43,396 UNLESS YOU WANT TO ADD MORE. 169 00:07:43,396 --> 00:07:45,097 IS THAT IT? 170 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:47,066 >> I TRIED TO FIT AS MUCH 171 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:51,537 AS I COULD IN TWO MINUTES, BE 172 00:07:51,671 --> 00:07:53,039 RESPECTFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 173 00:07:53,039 --> 00:07:54,273 I'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 174 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:55,274 SAY MORE DOWN THE ROAD. 175 00:07:55,274 --> 00:07:55,675 THANK 176 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:55,875 YOU. 177 00:07:55,875 --> 00:07:57,243 >> THANK YOU, 178 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:57,910 SIR. 179 00:07:57,910 --> 00:08:01,447 >> NEXT IS COUNCILMEMBER KEVIN 180 00:08:01,447 --> 00:08:02,715 LENNON FROM 181 00:08:02,715 --> 00:08:12,959 THE SAUK-SUIATTLE INDIAN TRIBE. 182 00:08:13,092 --> 00:08:14,560 >> HE'S GOING TO BE 183 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:15,094 ON THE PANEL, NOT PUBLIC 184 00:08:15,094 --> 00:08:17,964 COMMENT. 185 00:08:18,097 --> 00:08:20,199 >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE TO 186 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:20,933 REMOTE TRIBAL LEADERSHIP? 187 00:08:20,933 --> 00:08:23,035 >> YEAH. 188 00:08:23,035 --> 00:08:24,537 I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE 189 00:08:24,537 --> 00:08:25,004 LIST THAT YOU HAVE. 190 00:08:25,004 --> 00:08:29,208 I KNOW SOME OF IT CHANGED BUT GO 191 00:08:29,208 --> 00:08:29,709 WITH WHAT YOUR LIST IS. 192 00:08:29,842 --> 00:08:33,713 >> FIRST ON THE REMOTE TRIBAL 193 00:08:33,713 --> 00:08:37,383 LEADERSHIP WILL BE VICE 194 00:08:37,383 --> 00:08:39,185 CHAIRMAN PORTER FROM THE 195 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:40,019 SWINOMISH. 196 00:08:40,019 --> 00:08:42,488 YOU'LL HEAR A TONE SAYING 197 00:08:42,488 --> 00:08:43,523 YOU'RE 198 00:08:43,523 --> 00:08:43,956 UNMUTED. 199 00:08:43,956 --> 00:08:45,858 PLEASE PUSH STAR SIX AND IT 200 00:08:45,858 --> 00:08:47,793 WILL ALLOW YOU TO 201 00:08:47,793 --> 00:08:48,094 SPEAK. 202 00:08:48,094 --> 00:08:50,563 >> THIS IS WHO AGAIN? 203 00:08:50,696 --> 00:08:51,964 >> VICE CHAIRMAN BRIAN 204 00:08:51,964 --> 00:08:52,465 PORTER. 205 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:55,201 >> FROM SWINOMISH, CORRECT? 206 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:56,636 IS HE ON THE LINE? 207 00:08:56,636 --> 00:08:59,572 I DON'T SEE HIM. 208 00:08:59,705 --> 00:09:01,140 >> COUNCILMEMBER BRIAN 209 00:09:01,140 --> 00:09:03,376 PORTER, WOULD YOU PLEASE PUSH 210 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:10,516 STAR SIX TO SPEAK? 211 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:11,317 >> OKAY. 212 00:09:11,317 --> 00:09:11,951 THERE YOU ARE. 213 00:09:12,084 --> 00:09:12,785 >> WE GOT 214 00:09:12,785 --> 00:09:13,052 YOU NOW. 215 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:17,757 >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 216 00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:19,792 THANK YOU CHAIR 217 00:09:19,792 --> 00:09:20,726 AND COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THIS 218 00:09:20,726 --> 00:09:21,160 TIME. 219 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:28,267 I REALLY APPRECIATE THE 220 00:09:28,267 --> 00:09:31,003 EFFORT THAT WE HAVE TO IMPROVE 221 00:09:31,003 --> 00:09:36,576 OUR WATERSHED AND IMPROVE THE 222 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:37,910 SKAGIT RIVER ECOSYSTEM. 223 00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:39,445 I REALLY APPRECIATE THE 224 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:41,113 CITY LIGHT TEAM AND THEIR 225 00:09:41,113 --> 00:09:41,447 OPENNESS 226 00:09:41,447 --> 00:09:43,516 TO WORK WITH THE TRIBES AND 227 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:48,754 WORK WITH THE AGENCIES TO GET 228 00:09:48,754 --> 00:09:49,121 THIS 229 00:09:49,121 --> 00:09:52,525 PROCESS, THIS LONG PROCESS 230 00:09:52,525 --> 00:09:52,825 THROUGH. 231 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:57,997 THE ULTIMATE GOAL HERE IS TO 232 00:09:57,997 --> 00:10:03,803 GET AN AGREEMENT AND TO GET A 233 00:10:03,803 --> 00:10:04,971 COMPREHENSIVE 234 00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:06,238 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT APPROVED 235 00:10:06,238 --> 00:10:06,439 HERE. 236 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:08,407 I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO 237 00:10:08,407 --> 00:10:09,609 ALL OF US. 238 00:10:09,609 --> 00:10:14,847 LIKE WAS SAID BEFORE, WE'RE 239 00:10:14,847 --> 00:10:18,084 THE STEWARDS OF THE SKAGIT 240 00:10:18,084 --> 00:10:18,618 RIVER. 241 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:24,590 WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. 242 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:30,730 WE HAVE CULTURAL AND CULTURAL 243 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:37,036 SIGNIFICANCE WITH THE RIVER. 244 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:40,606 WE USE SALMON AS A STAPLE. 245 00:10:40,606 --> 00:10:44,910 IT'S LIKE I SAID WE ARE THE 246 00:10:44,910 --> 00:10:46,512 SALMON PEOPLE. 247 00:10:46,512 --> 00:10:49,015 I'M JUST TRYING TO 248 00:10:49,015 --> 00:10:52,385 GO OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HERE 249 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:52,985 BUT IT'S 250 00:10:52,985 --> 00:10:53,386 TWO MINUTES. 251 00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:55,154 I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 252 00:10:55,154 --> 00:10:56,989 THAT WE HAVE A VOICE AT THE 253 00:10:56,989 --> 00:10:57,223 TABLE. 254 00:10:57,223 --> 00:10:58,791 AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 255 00:10:58,791 --> 00:11:01,160 THAT OUR LEADERSHIP HAS A VOICE 256 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:01,327 FOR 257 00:11:01,327 --> 00:11:04,663 OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. 258 00:11:04,663 --> 00:11:06,565 I EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE 259 00:11:06,565 --> 00:11:12,872 OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 260 00:11:12,872 --> 00:11:18,511 BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 261 00:11:18,511 --> 00:11:19,845 TEN SECONDS. 262 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:20,780 THAT WILL BE ALL. 263 00:11:20,913 --> 00:11:22,682 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 264 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:24,817 I SHOULD ADD, TRIBAL 265 00:11:24,817 --> 00:11:26,118 LEADERSHIP, YOU CAN GO OVER TWO 266 00:11:26,118 --> 00:11:26,385 MINUTES. 267 00:11:26,385 --> 00:11:28,120 YOU TAKE AS LONG AS YOU NEED. 268 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:29,255 I APOLOGIZE. 269 00:11:29,255 --> 00:11:31,390 I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT ON THE 270 00:11:31,390 --> 00:11:33,092 OUTSET. 271 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:33,893 ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD, 272 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:34,560 COUNCILMEMBER? 273 00:11:34,693 --> 00:11:35,661 >> THAT'LL BE 274 00:11:35,661 --> 00:11:35,961 ALL. 275 00:11:35,961 --> 00:11:37,196 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 276 00:11:37,196 --> 00:11:39,465 GO AHEAD, PAUL. 277 00:11:39,465 --> 00:11:40,266 WHO'S NEXT? 278 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:43,069 >> NEXT ON REMOTE 279 00:11:43,069 --> 00:11:44,437 TRIBAL LEADERSHIP WILL BE 280 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:50,710 SENATOR BARBARA JAMES, SENATOR 281 00:11:50,710 --> 00:11:53,245 FRED 282 00:11:53,245 --> 00:11:56,615 CAIOU, SENATOR BAILEY, 283 00:11:56,615 --> 00:11:58,050 SENATOR CONTESSA AND SENATOR 284 00:11:58,050 --> 00:11:58,317 GREG 285 00:11:58,317 --> 00:11:58,684 EDWARDS. 286 00:11:58,684 --> 00:12:00,019 FIRST SENATOR BARBARA 287 00:12:00,019 --> 00:12:00,286 JAMES. 288 00:12:00,286 --> 00:12:03,222 >> THOSE ARE ALL FROM THE 289 00:12:03,222 --> 00:12:03,823 SWINOMISH NATION? 290 00:12:03,956 --> 00:12:04,190 >> 291 00:12:04,190 --> 00:12:04,490 YEAH. 292 00:12:04,490 --> 00:12:04,757 >> OKAY. 293 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:06,959 >> YOU'LL HEAR A PROMPT 294 00:12:06,959 --> 00:12:09,295 ASKING TO UNMUTE. 295 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:10,362 PLEASE PUSH 296 00:12:10,362 --> 00:12:16,936 STAR SIX, SENATOR BARBARA JAMES. 297 00:12:17,069 --> 00:12:22,842 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 298 00:12:22,842 --> 00:12:25,144 I'M BARBARA 299 00:12:25,144 --> 00:12:30,416 JAMES. MY TRADITIONAL NAME IS -- 300 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:35,821 THANK YOU FOR PUTTING ME ABLE TO 301 00:12:35,821 --> 00:12:37,156 SPEAK 302 00:12:37,156 --> 00:12:37,957 TODAY. 303 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:43,829 IN REGARDS TO OUR TRIBE, OUR 304 00:12:43,829 --> 00:12:47,133 PEOPLE, I AM SPEAKING ON 305 00:12:47,133 --> 00:12:49,368 BEHALF OF HOW I'VE BEEN BROUGHT 306 00:12:49,368 --> 00:12:50,936 UP BY 307 00:12:50,936 --> 00:12:52,571 A GRANDMOTHER WHO TAUGHT US 308 00:12:52,571 --> 00:12:54,440 AND MANY OF OUR ELDERS WHO 309 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:54,673 TAUGHT 310 00:12:54,673 --> 00:12:57,643 US THE ONES THAT WE DESCEND 311 00:12:57,643 --> 00:12:59,678 FROM HAVE TAUGHT US TO TAKE CARE 312 00:12:59,678 --> 00:13:01,881 OF OUR LANDS AND PROPERTY AND 313 00:13:01,881 --> 00:13:02,181 THE 314 00:13:02,181 --> 00:13:07,086 WATER, NATURE, ALL OF IT. 315 00:13:07,086 --> 00:13:09,588 WE START AT HOME BY TEACHING 316 00:13:09,588 --> 00:13:15,828 THIS TO OUR CHILDREN AND TO 317 00:13:15,828 --> 00:13:25,037 PURSUE ALL OF THIS -- TO DO 318 00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:26,172 THIS. 319 00:13:26,172 --> 00:13:29,375 ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, THE BEAUTY 320 00:13:29,375 --> 00:13:32,311 OF OUR SURROUNDINGS, AND 321 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:35,414 WE START FROM THE LAND AND 322 00:13:35,414 --> 00:13:41,320 THE WATER AND WHERE WE GATHERED 323 00:13:41,453 --> 00:13:42,254 FROM. 324 00:13:42,254 --> 00:13:44,023 SO AS TO PROTECT ALL OF 325 00:13:44,023 --> 00:13:48,928 THAT, HOW THE RIVER FLOWS. 326 00:13:48,928 --> 00:13:51,163 AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS 327 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:53,299 TIME TO BE ABLE TO CARRY IT ON 328 00:13:53,299 --> 00:13:53,465 FOR 329 00:13:53,465 --> 00:14:01,407 THE GENERATIONS BEYOND US 330 00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:04,343 FOR THE FUTURE, FOR OUR 331 00:14:04,343 --> 00:14:06,212 GRANDCHILDREN, OUR GREAT 332 00:14:06,212 --> 00:14:07,279 GRANDCHILDREN AND EVERYONE. 333 00:14:07,279 --> 00:14:12,051 SO I'M HERE TODAY TO 334 00:14:12,051 --> 00:14:16,622 SUPPORT THAT AND TO -- JUST 335 00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:16,922 GRATEFUL 336 00:14:16,922 --> 00:14:19,191 FOR WHAT WE HAVE, AS ONE OF 337 00:14:19,191 --> 00:14:20,860 OUR ELDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, I 338 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,529 THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR 339 00:14:23,529 --> 00:14:26,098 PEOPLE, THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF 340 00:14:26,098 --> 00:14:27,633 OUR ELDERS WHO ARE HERE WHO 341 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:29,568 HAD WITNESSED A LOT OF THE WORK 342 00:14:29,568 --> 00:14:31,270 AND THE TEACHINGS THAT WE HAVE 343 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:36,976 HAD THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS. 344 00:14:36,976 --> 00:14:42,047 AND I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY 345 00:14:42,181 --> 00:14:43,749 ONE. AND ANYTHING THAT'S OUT 346 00:14:43,749 --> 00:14:44,016 THERE -- 347 00:14:44,016 --> 00:14:45,918 WE KNOW THE THINGS THAT WE 348 00:14:45,918 --> 00:14:47,886 TAKE CARE OF WILL TAKE CARE OF 349 00:14:47,886 --> 00:14:51,924 ALSO OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE AREA 350 00:14:52,057 --> 00:14:56,295 THAT'S AROUND US. 351 00:14:56,295 --> 00:15:00,332 EACH ONE, WE HAVE TO HAVE 352 00:15:00,332 --> 00:15:03,168 THE BEAUTIFUL HEART OF THIS IN 353 00:15:03,168 --> 00:15:06,972 LIFE, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL ON 354 00:15:07,106 --> 00:15:10,242 BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR PEOPLE. 355 00:15:10,242 --> 00:15:14,747 WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE 356 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:15,180 THE TIME. TIME 357 00:15:15,180 --> 00:15:16,882 AND BEING ABLE TO VISIT WITH 358 00:15:16,882 --> 00:15:20,085 US AND TALK TO US. 359 00:15:20,085 --> 00:15:25,057 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 360 00:15:25,057 --> 00:15:27,126 FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. 361 00:15:27,259 --> 00:15:35,567 >> THANK YOU, BARBARA. 362 00:15:35,701 --> 00:15:41,106 >> NEXT IS FRED CAIOU, 363 00:15:41,106 --> 00:15:42,608 SENATOR FRED CAIOU. 364 00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:44,710 IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE NOT 365 00:15:44,710 --> 00:15:45,044 PRESENT. 366 00:15:45,044 --> 00:15:47,279 IF YOU WANT TO 367 00:15:47,279 --> 00:15:48,847 TRY CALLING BACK IN, WE CAN COME 368 00:15:48,847 --> 00:15:49,682 BACK TO YOU. 369 00:15:49,682 --> 00:15:53,452 WE MOVE TO SENATOR ARLEA 370 00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:55,154 BAILEY, IF YOU WANT TO PUSH STAR 371 00:15:55,154 --> 00:15:55,688 SIX. 372 00:15:55,688 --> 00:15:55,854 >> 373 00:15:55,854 --> 00:16:00,526 THERE SHE IS. GO AHEAD, SENATOR. 374 00:16:00,659 --> 00:16:02,494 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 375 00:16:02,494 --> 00:16:05,965 MY NAME IS ARLEA BAILEY. 376 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:08,267 MY INDIAN NAME IS -- 377 00:16:08,267 --> 00:16:10,602 VERY HONORED TO HAVE THIS 378 00:16:10,602 --> 00:16:16,642 OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE 379 00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:17,076 COUNCIL. 380 00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:19,678 100 YEARS IS A LONG TIME, IT 381 00:16:19,678 --> 00:16:21,547 SEEMS, BUT NOT REALLY. 382 00:16:21,547 --> 00:16:24,183 BEING ABLE TO COME TO THIS NEXT 383 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:28,587 PHASE OF OUR LEASE AGREEMENT, 384 00:16:28,587 --> 00:16:31,156 50 YEARS, MOST OF US WON'T BE 385 00:16:31,156 --> 00:16:31,357 HERE 386 00:16:31,357 --> 00:16:32,491 IN THAT TIME FRAME. 387 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:34,693 I ALSO SERVE NOT ONLY AS 388 00:16:34,693 --> 00:16:37,896 A SENATOR FOR THE SWINOMISH 389 00:16:37,896 --> 00:16:38,130 TRIBE, 390 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:41,166 BUT I ALSO SERVE AS A CULTURE 391 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:43,902 DIRECTOR. MY JOB IS TO PRESERVE 392 00:16:43,902 --> 00:16:44,069 OUR 393 00:16:44,069 --> 00:16:45,838 CULTURAL TRADITION AND 394 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:47,172 OUR LANGUAGE PRACTICES. 395 00:16:47,172 --> 00:16:49,775 AND MUCH OF THAT IS ROOTED 396 00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:51,810 AROUND THE LAND, OUR 397 00:16:51,810 --> 00:16:57,282 TERRITORY, OUR HOME OF OUR 398 00:16:57,282 --> 00:16:57,716 ANCESTORS. 399 00:16:57,716 --> 00:17:00,119 WE GREW UP IN FISHING VILLAGES 400 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:00,352 ALL 401 00:17:00,352 --> 00:17:05,591 UP AND DOWN THE SKAGIT RIVER. 402 00:17:05,591 --> 00:17:07,926 PROVIDING FOOD, PROVIDING 403 00:17:07,926 --> 00:17:09,328 CLOTHING, PROVIDING 404 00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:13,766 TRANSPORTATION, PROVIDING 405 00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:15,267 SHELTER. THAT'S THE CRUX OF WHO 406 00:17:15,267 --> 00:17:15,901 WE ARE 407 00:17:15,901 --> 00:17:16,735 AS NATIVE PEOPLE. 408 00:17:16,735 --> 00:17:19,038 I'M VERY HONORED THAT WE'VE 409 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:22,975 BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS FAR IN 410 00:17:22,975 --> 00:17:23,375 THIS AGREEMENT. 411 00:17:23,375 --> 00:17:26,478 I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE 412 00:17:26,478 --> 00:17:28,647 ENDEAVORS WITH THE CITY 413 00:17:28,647 --> 00:17:30,382 COUNCIL, WITH ALL OF OUR 414 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:33,152 OTHER NEIGHBORING RELATIVES, AS 415 00:17:33,152 --> 00:17:33,318 WAS 416 00:17:33,318 --> 00:17:35,988 STATED IN THE BEGINNING. 417 00:17:35,988 --> 00:17:40,125 YOU KNOW, MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS 418 00:17:40,125 --> 00:17:44,163 A TRIBAL LEADER, I PRAY FOR 419 00:17:44,163 --> 00:17:44,396 OUROUR 420 00:17:44,396 --> 00:17:48,033 FUTURE GENERATIONS TO BE ABLE 421 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:49,835 TO UPHOLD THESE CULTURAL 422 00:17:49,835 --> 00:17:51,170 PRACTICES THAT WERE LEFT TO US 423 00:17:51,170 --> 00:17:52,137 BY 424 00:17:52,137 --> 00:17:56,708 OUR GRANDPARENTS AND OUR GREAT 425 00:17:56,708 --> 00:17:57,309 GRANDPARENTS. 426 00:17:57,309 --> 00:17:59,545 MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MY GREAT 427 00:17:59,545 --> 00:18:01,246 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE 428 00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:05,717 ABLE TO SEE A SALMON, TO BE ABLE 429 00:18:05,717 --> 00:18:09,288 TO GATHER CEDAR BARK, BE ABLE TO 430 00:18:09,421 --> 00:18:13,992 BUILD BASKETS, TO UNDERSTAND 431 00:18:13,992 --> 00:18:15,828 NOT ONLY THE LANGUAGE, BUT LIVE 432 00:18:15,828 --> 00:18:15,994 BY 433 00:18:15,994 --> 00:18:19,331 THE LANGUAGE OF OUR NATIVE 434 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:19,798 PEOPLE. 435 00:18:19,798 --> 00:18:22,835 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 436 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:25,003 THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU 437 00:18:25,003 --> 00:18:27,372 TODAY, THANKING YOU FOR 438 00:18:27,372 --> 00:18:29,508 GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO 439 00:18:29,508 --> 00:18:29,708 COME 440 00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:31,743 TOGETHER, TO HONOR AND 441 00:18:31,743 --> 00:18:35,581 RESPECT ONE ANOTHER, BUT MORE 442 00:18:35,581 --> 00:18:39,985 IMPORTANTLY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS 443 00:18:39,985 --> 00:18:43,422 OF BOTH SIDES AND HOW WE COME 444 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:45,724 TO THAT AGREEMENT THAT I KNOW 445 00:18:45,724 --> 00:18:45,991 WE'RE 446 00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:49,628 VERY CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE 447 00:18:49,628 --> 00:18:49,995 ON THIS. 448 00:18:49,995 --> 00:18:52,698 AND I REALLY HOPE AND PRAY 449 00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:53,966 WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD 450 00:18:53,966 --> 00:18:55,601 IN A GOOD WAY. 451 00:18:55,601 --> 00:18:59,972 IN MY GRANDFATHER'S LANGUAGE I 452 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:00,405 SAY -- 453 00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:01,140 [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE 454 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:01,273 ] 455 00:19:01,273 --> 00:19:03,542 THANK YOU MY FRIENDS. 456 00:19:03,542 --> 00:19:06,512 THANK YOU FOR COMING TOGETHER 457 00:19:06,512 --> 00:19:10,115 AND HAVING THIS -- WITH A GOOD 458 00:19:10,115 --> 00:19:10,449 FEELING. 459 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:11,116 AGAIN -- 460 00:19:11,250 --> 00:19:13,051 >> THANK YOU, SENATOR BAILEY. 461 00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:14,786 WHO'S NEXT, PAUL? 462 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:15,587 >> 463 00:19:15,587 --> 00:19:16,121 NEXT WE HAVE SENATOR GREG 464 00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:26,298 EDWARDS. 465 00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:37,910 IT LOOKS LIKE NEITHER 466 00:19:37,910 --> 00:19:39,077 ARE CURRENTLY PRESENT, TO THAT 467 00:19:39,077 --> 00:19:39,278 WOULD 468 00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:41,613 BE THE END OF TRIBAL LEADERSHIP. 469 00:19:41,747 --> 00:19:45,984 >> WHAT ABOUT SENATOR BRUCE 470 00:19:45,984 --> 00:19:47,386 JAMES? 471 00:19:47,386 --> 00:19:48,420 HE'S ON MY 472 00:19:48,420 --> 00:19:48,921 LIST. 473 00:19:48,921 --> 00:19:49,688 >> HE WAS NOT 474 00:19:49,688 --> 00:19:50,923 AVAILABLE. 475 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:51,290 >> OKAY. 476 00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:53,625 AND SENATOR ALAN -- 477 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:54,893 >> ALSO NOT, YEAH. 478 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,062 >> OKAY. 479 00:19:57,062 --> 00:19:58,530 SO WITH THAT, WE GOT TRIBAL 480 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:00,065 LEADERSHIP, SO YOU WANT TO 481 00:20:00,065 --> 00:20:00,632 FINISH? 482 00:20:00,766 --> 00:20:01,266 OKAY. 483 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:03,835 >> MOVE TO IN- PERSON PUBLIC 484 00:20:03,835 --> 00:20:04,236 COMMENT. 485 00:20:04,236 --> 00:20:05,737 FOR IN- PERSON PUBLIC 486 00:20:05,737 --> 00:20:08,407 COMMENT WE'LL HAVE IN THIS 487 00:20:08,407 --> 00:20:10,142 ORDER WILL 488 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:13,712 HANA, SIMON THORNTON, MICHAEL 489 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:18,517 THORNTON, THOMAS O'KEEFE, 490 00:20:18,517 --> 00:20:20,886 ELAINE MEADOWS AND AMY TRAINER. 491 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:22,321 YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO 492 00:20:22,321 --> 00:20:22,888 SPEAK. 493 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:24,323 YOU'LL HEAR A DING AT 494 00:20:24,323 --> 00:20:24,923 TEN SECONDS REMAINING IN YOUR 495 00:20:24,923 --> 00:20:28,627 TIME. 496 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,097 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR 497 00:20:32,097 --> 00:20:32,598 JUAREZ, COUNCILMEMBERS. 498 00:20:32,598 --> 00:20:33,899 WILL HONING. 499 00:20:33,899 --> 00:20:37,135 I REPRESENT SKAGIT COUNTY 500 00:20:37,135 --> 00:20:44,576 AND ITS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS. 501 00:20:44,576 --> 00:20:47,179 WE FOREGO THE INTENSIVE 502 00:20:47,179 --> 00:20:48,714 DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS 503 00:20:48,714 --> 00:20:50,649 BROUGHT SEATTLE IMMENSE WEALTH. 504 00:20:50,649 --> 00:20:53,085 I WANT TO THANK THE SKAGIT 505 00:20:53,085 --> 00:20:54,519 TRIBES WHO HAVE ALL HERE 506 00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:56,154 TODAY, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM 507 00:20:56,154 --> 00:20:57,522 THERE WOULDN'T BE FIVE FISH TO 508 00:20:57,522 --> 00:20:58,357 CATCH IN THE SKAGIT RIVER. 509 00:20:58,357 --> 00:20:59,825 I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. 510 00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:02,794 THE 1855 TREATY OF POINT 511 00:21:02,794 --> 00:21:03,895 ELLIOT GUARANTEES THE SKAGIT 512 00:21:03,895 --> 00:21:04,229 TRIBES THE 513 00:21:04,229 --> 00:21:06,331 RIGHT TO ABUNDANT FISHERIES 514 00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:08,533 RESOURCE TO SUSTAIN CULTURE AND 515 00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:08,800 ECONOMY. 516 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,103 THAT PROMISE HAS NOT 517 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:12,004 BEEN ADEQUATELY KEPT. 518 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:14,206 WE'RE EAGER TO SEE 519 00:21:14,206 --> 00:21:17,109 THIS SETTLEMENT COMPLETED SO WE 520 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:18,310 CAN GET TO WORK TOGETHER WITH 521 00:21:18,310 --> 00:21:20,379 THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 522 00:21:20,379 --> 00:21:22,814 THAT MEANS STRATEGIC 523 00:21:22,814 --> 00:21:25,017 ESTUARY RESTORATION ON THE 524 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:25,617 SKAGIT DELTA. 525 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:28,387 THESE ARE MAJOR 526 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:30,822 MULTIFACETED CIVIL WORKS 527 00:21:30,822 --> 00:21:31,323 PROJECTS THAT 528 00:21:31,323 --> 00:21:31,823 CENTRALLY INVOLVE OUR 529 00:21:31,823 --> 00:21:33,191 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE 530 00:21:33,191 --> 00:21:34,593 PRIME FARMLAND WE WORK AS A 531 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:35,694 COMMUNITY TO PROTECT. 532 00:21:35,694 --> 00:21:38,664 SKAGIT COUNTY'S 533 00:21:38,664 --> 00:21:40,966 ELECTED LEADERSHIP HAS 534 00:21:40,966 --> 00:21:43,935 PUBLICLY COMMITTED TO ESTUARY 535 00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:46,071 RESTORATION. FISH PASSAGE AT 536 00:21:46,071 --> 00:21:46,371 SEATTLE'S 537 00:21:46,371 --> 00:21:47,539 DAMS IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO OUR 538 00:21:47,539 --> 00:21:47,973 COMMUNITY. 539 00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:49,508 IT'S THE CENTER OF THIS 540 00:21:49,508 --> 00:21:50,509 BARGAIN. 541 00:21:50,509 --> 00:21:52,010 IT'S AN UNDERTAKING 542 00:21:52,010 --> 00:21:54,546 THAT REQUIRES CITY LIGHTS' 543 00:21:54,546 --> 00:21:55,347 CONSISTENT GOOD FAITH AND 544 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:55,681 DILIGENCE. 545 00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:56,915 OUR COMMUNITIES SHOULD 546 00:21:56,915 --> 00:21:58,383 MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS 547 00:21:58,383 --> 00:21:58,917 SETTLEMENT 548 00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:03,522 BUT IT'S ALSO THE CASE NO 549 00:22:03,522 --> 00:22:05,957 CONTRACT IS WORTH THE PAPE R 550 00:22:05,957 --> 00:22:06,191 IT'S 551 00:22:06,191 --> 00:22:10,195 PRESENTED ON WITHOUT GOOD FAITH. 552 00:22:10,195 --> 00:22:12,064 THERE'S BEEN SOME RECENT 553 00:22:12,064 --> 00:22:12,831 CHANGES. 554 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:15,000 THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT 555 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,336 SEATTLE'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP 556 00:22:17,336 --> 00:22:19,237 PUBLICLY COMMIT TO GOOD FAITH 557 00:22:19,237 --> 00:22:20,939 FISH PASSAGE IMPLEMENT TAKE 558 00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:22,374 AS WELL AND JOIN US. 559 00:22:22,374 --> 00:22:23,675 WE LOOK FORWARD TO 560 00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:25,344 PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF 561 00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:26,545 SEATTLE ON THIS 562 00:22:26,545 --> 00:22:26,845 SETTLEMENT. 563 00:22:26,845 --> 00:22:27,179 THANK YOU. 564 00:22:27,312 --> 00:22:28,246 >> THANK YOU, 565 00:22:28,246 --> 00:22:28,847 SIR. 566 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:33,018 >> NEXT, WE HAVE SIMON 567 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:33,618 THORNTON, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL 568 00:22:33,618 --> 00:22:37,589 THORNTON. 569 00:22:37,723 --> 00:22:39,524 >> ALL COUNCILMEMBERS, GOOD 570 00:22:39,658 --> 00:22:42,094 AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SIMON 571 00:22:42,094 --> 00:22:42,694 THORNTON 572 00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:44,396 REPRESENTING -- I'M HERE TODAY 573 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:46,865 ASKING THE PARKS AND CITY 574 00:22:46,865 --> 00:22:48,734 LIGHT COMMIT TO ADD TO THE 575 00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:52,137 COMMUNITY THE -- RESOLUTION -- 576 00:22:52,137 --> 00:22:52,404 ENDORSED 577 00:22:52,404 --> 00:22:53,772 BY THE SEATTLE LGBTQ COMMISSION. 578 00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:59,678 THIS RESOLUTION ASKS THE CITY TO 579 00:22:59,678 --> 00:23:06,451 RECOGNIZE DENNY BLAINE PARK 580 00:23:06,451 --> 00:23:08,787 -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 581 00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:15,761 THIS ATHERS OR OLLOW FOLLOWS IN 582 00:23:15,761 --> 00:23:16,428 THE 583 00:23:16,428 --> 00:23:16,762 FOOTSTEPS -- 584 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:17,729 [ INDISCERNIBLE ] NOW WE ARE 585 00:23:17,729 --> 00:23:18,196 ASKING YOU TO 586 00:23:18,196 --> 00:23:20,132 GIVE THE COMMITTEE THE 587 00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:20,499 OPPORTUNITY 588 00:23:20,499 --> 00:23:22,934 TO HAVE 589 00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:24,669 A PUBLIC CONSIDERATION SAL THAT 590 00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:25,103 HAS BEEN 591 00:23:25,103 --> 00:23:26,338 SUPPORTED BY THE MAYOR AND 592 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:27,806 LGBTQ COMMISSION AND PUT IT TO A 593 00:23:27,806 --> 00:23:28,006 VOTE 594 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:30,976 SO THE HISTORY OF THIS PARK AND 595 00:23:30,976 --> 00:23:32,077 OF THE 596 00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:32,411 COMMUNITY -- 597 00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:32,811 [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 598 00:23:32,811 --> 00:23:33,111 THANK YOU. 599 00:23:33,111 --> 00:23:36,948 >> THANK YOU, SIR. 600 00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:42,254 >> NEXT WILL BE MICHAEL 601 00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:45,524 THORNTON ED BY THOMAS ' 602 00:23:45,524 --> 00:23:45,857 KEEFE. 603 00:23:45,857 --> 00:23:46,458 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 604 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:48,393 I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY 605 00:23:48,393 --> 00:23:50,028 HERE FOR THE WORK THEY ARE 606 00:23:50,028 --> 00:23:50,295 DOING. 607 00:23:50,295 --> 00:23:51,630 I'M HERE TO ASK THE COUNCIL 608 00:23:51,630 --> 00:23:52,964 TO PLACE ON THE SCHEDULE 609 00:23:52,964 --> 00:23:55,467 THE RESOLUTION TITLED 610 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:56,301 RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING DENNY 611 00:23:56,301 --> 00:23:57,602 BLAINE AS 612 00:23:57,602 --> 00:23:59,004 A PLACE OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE 613 00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:00,605 TO SEATTLE'S LGBTQ+ 614 00:24:00,605 --> 00:24:02,574 COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS 615 00:24:02,574 --> 00:24:04,376 TO PRESERVE AND INTERPRET 616 00:24:04,376 --> 00:24:06,344 ITS CULTURAL HERITAGE. 617 00:24:06,344 --> 00:24:07,579 THIS IS A 618 00:24:07,579 --> 00:24:08,146 STRAIGHTFORWARD RECOGNITION 619 00:24:08,146 --> 00:24:09,548 MEASURE 620 00:24:09,548 --> 00:24:12,083 THAT ACKNOWLEDGES DENNY 621 00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:12,617 BLAINE'S 622 00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:13,885 LONG ROLE AS AN IMPORTANT 623 00:24:13,885 --> 00:24:15,821 GATHERING PLACE FOR THE LGBTQ 624 00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:18,290 COMMUNITY INCLUDING A SPACE 625 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:20,058 FOR TRANSGENDER AND GENDER 626 00:24:20,058 --> 00:24:20,292 DIVERSE 627 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:20,592 RESIDENTS. 628 00:24:20,592 --> 00:24:21,993 IT SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO 629 00:24:21,993 --> 00:24:23,128 DOCUMENT AND INTERPRET THAT 630 00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:24,462 HISTORY AND 631 00:24:24,462 --> 00:24:26,298 ENCOURAGES APPROPRIATE 632 00:24:26,298 --> 00:24:27,332 SIGNAGE RECOGNIZING THE 633 00:24:27,332 --> 00:24:28,400 PARK'S HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE. 634 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,836 THIS RESOLUTION SHOULD NOT 635 00:24:30,836 --> 00:24:33,738 BE LEFT SITTING IN COMMITTEE. 636 00:24:33,738 --> 00:24:35,373 THE WASHINGTON STATE -- HAS 637 00:24:35,373 --> 00:24:36,775 ALREADY RECOGNIZED THE PARK 638 00:24:36,775 --> 00:24:39,177 FOR ITS SIGNIFICANCE WITHIN 639 00:24:39,177 --> 00:24:40,445 THE LGBTQ+ HISTORY. 640 00:24:40,445 --> 00:24:42,881 SEATTLE SHOULD MOVE ITS OWN 641 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:44,182 RECOGNITION MEASURE FORWARD 642 00:24:44,182 --> 00:24:45,483 AND ALLOW IT TO BE CONSIDERED 643 00:24:45,483 --> 00:24:45,750 OPENLY. 644 00:24:45,750 --> 00:24:48,520 I'M ASKING YOU TO STOP LETTING 645 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,922 THIS STALL IN PARKS AND 646 00:24:50,922 --> 00:24:52,691 CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE AND PUT IT 647 00:24:52,691 --> 00:24:53,859 ON THE SCHEDULE. 648 00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:55,694 IF THERE ARE VIEWS FOR OR 649 00:24:55,694 --> 00:24:57,329 AGAINST, THOSE COULD BE HEARD 650 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:59,097 IN PUBLIC, BUT IT SHOULD NOT 651 00:24:59,097 --> 00:25:00,065 BE DELAYED IN SILENCE. 652 00:25:00,065 --> 00:25:01,366 PLEASE PLACE THIS RESOLUTION 653 00:25:01,366 --> 00:25:02,634 ON THE SCHEDULE AND LET THE 654 00:25:02,634 --> 00:25:03,668 COUNCIL ACT ON IT. 655 00:25:03,668 --> 00:25:04,135 THANK 656 00:25:04,135 --> 00:25:04,402 YOU. 657 00:25:04,402 --> 00:25:05,136 >> THANK YOU. 658 00:25:05,270 --> 00:25:06,538 >> NEXT IS THOMAS 659 00:25:06,538 --> 00:25:07,138 O'KEEFE FOLLOWED BY ELAINE 660 00:25:07,138 --> 00:25:10,976 MEADOWS. 661 00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:11,710 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 662 00:25:11,710 --> 00:25:13,311 MY NAME IS THOMAS O'KEEFE. 663 00:25:13,311 --> 00:25:15,146 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF 664 00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:16,248 POLITICIAN AND SCIENCE FOR 665 00:25:16,248 --> 00:25:17,949 AMERICAN WHITE 666 00:25:17,949 --> 00:25:19,117 WATER ALSO RATE PAYER HERE AT 667 00:25:19,117 --> 00:25:22,420 THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND WANT TO 668 00:25:22,420 --> 00:25:25,357 PROVIDE COMMENT ON THE SKAGIT 669 00:25:25,357 --> 00:25:29,027 HYDROELECTRIC AGREEMENT WE'RE 670 00:25:29,027 --> 00:25:31,396 PARTY TO . 671 00:25:31,396 --> 00:25:33,598 HYDRO POWER COME WITH 672 00:25:33,598 --> 00:25:34,099 TREMENDOUS IMPACTS. 673 00:25:34,099 --> 00:25:36,201 THEY ALTER SEDIMENT 674 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:37,836 MOVEMENT, WATER FLOW, WATER 675 00:25:37,836 --> 00:25:39,371 TEMPERATURE, THEY FRAGMENT 676 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:39,738 HABITAT, THEY 677 00:25:39,738 --> 00:25:41,339 BLOCK FISH MIGRATION, THEY 678 00:25:41,339 --> 00:25:43,842 CHANGE RECREATIONAL USES AND 679 00:25:43,842 --> 00:25:45,677 DISRUPT CULTURAL CHARACTER OF 680 00:25:45,677 --> 00:25:45,944 RIVERS. 681 00:25:45,944 --> 00:25:47,812 FOR RIVER COMMUNITIES, 682 00:25:47,812 --> 00:25:50,215 THEY IMPACT LIVELIHOODS, 683 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:51,783 CULTURAL PRACTICES AND HAVE A 684 00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:52,951 LONG- TERM 685 00:25:52,951 --> 00:25:56,087 IMPACT ON ECOSYSTEM RECOVERY. 686 00:25:56,087 --> 00:25:57,722 HYDRO POWER LICENSING UNDER THE 687 00:25:57,722 --> 00:25:59,391 FEDERAL POWER ACT OFFERS US 688 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:02,160 AN OPPORTUNITY TO REASSESS 689 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,363 PROJECTS THROUGH MODERN SCIENCE, 690 00:26:05,363 --> 00:26:06,398 UPDATED ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS 691 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:07,999 AND CURRENT COMMUNITY 692 00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:08,300 PRIORITIES. 693 00:26:08,300 --> 00:26:09,768 THESE PROCEEDINGS 694 00:26:09,768 --> 00:26:11,136 DETERMINE WHETHER A PROJECT WILL 695 00:26:11,269 --> 00:26:12,904 OPERATE FOR ANOTHER 30 TO 696 00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:13,438 50 YEARS AND UNDER WHAT 697 00:26:13,438 --> 00:26:16,107 CONDITIONS. 698 00:26:16,107 --> 00:26:21,379 IN THE CASE OF THE SKAGIT RIVER, 699 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:21,613 GRATE 700 00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:24,182 GREAT WEALTH HAS BEEN 701 00:26:24,182 --> 00:26:25,383 EXTRACTED FROM THE RIVER BY THIS 702 00:26:25,517 --> 00:26:26,985 COMMUNITY. AS A MEMBER OF THIS 703 00:26:26,985 --> 00:26:27,252 COMMUNITY 704 00:26:27,252 --> 00:26:29,254 WE NEED TO COME TO TERMS WITH 705 00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:30,755 AND RECONCILE THE COST THAT 706 00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:31,823 HAS RESULTED IN FOR COMMUNITIES 707 00:26:31,823 --> 00:26:33,024 ALONG THE RIVER. 708 00:26:33,024 --> 00:26:34,259 I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN 709 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,795 INVOLVED IN DOZENS OF 710 00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:38,196 REGULATORY PROCEEDINGS IN HYDRO 711 00:26:38,196 --> 00:26:40,131 POWER LICENSING OVER THE PAST 30 712 00:26:40,131 --> 00:26:40,365 YEARS. 713 00:26:40,365 --> 00:26:42,734 I CAN'T PERSONALLY REMEMBER 714 00:26:42,734 --> 00:26:43,635 ONE BEING AS COMPLEX AND AS 715 00:26:43,635 --> 00:26:43,902 INVOLVED 716 00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:46,471 AS THIS ONE. 717 00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:48,873 TODAY WE HAVE A SETTLEMENT 718 00:26:48,873 --> 00:26:49,808 THAT WE SUPPORT. 719 00:26:49,808 --> 00:26:51,343 IT DOES NOT ADDRESS EVERY 720 00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:53,678 ISSUE THAT WAS RAISED BUT IT IS 721 00:26:53,678 --> 00:26:54,012 A GOOD 722 00:26:54,012 --> 00:26:56,247 AGREEMENT 723 00:26:56,247 --> 00:26:57,949 AND IT DOES IMPORTANTLY PROVIDE 724 00:26:57,949 --> 00:26:58,216 A 725 00:26:58,216 --> 00:26:59,317 FRAMEWORK FOR CONTINUED 726 00:26:59,317 --> 00:26:59,918 COLLABORATION 727 00:26:59,918 --> 00:27:01,519 AND COORDINATION IN THE SKAGIT 728 00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:01,853 RIVER BASIN. 729 00:27:01,853 --> 00:27:02,921 THIS IS NOT THE END BUT IT 730 00:27:02,921 --> 00:27:05,624 IS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS 731 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:05,790 TO 732 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,726 WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION 733 00:27:07,726 --> 00:27:09,761 OF THIS AGREEMENT AND I URGE YOU 734 00:27:09,761 --> 00:27:11,963 TO SUPPORT BOTH THE AGREEMENT 735 00:27:11,963 --> 00:27:14,199 BUT ALSO THE RESOURCES FOR 736 00:27:14,199 --> 00:27:17,402 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT TO CONTINUE 737 00:27:17,402 --> 00:27:17,569 TO 738 00:27:17,569 --> 00:27:18,803 ENGAGE AND PROVIDE THE STAFFING 739 00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:19,004 THAT 740 00:27:19,004 --> 00:27:20,138 IT WILL TAKE TO DO THIS. 741 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:20,772 SO 742 00:27:20,772 --> 00:27:21,272 THANK YOU. 743 00:27:21,272 --> 00:27:22,307 >> THANK YOU, 744 00:27:22,307 --> 00:27:22,540 SIR. 745 00:27:22,540 --> 00:27:24,342 >> NEXT IS EILEEN 746 00:27:24,342 --> 00:27:33,785 MEADOWS FOLLOWED BY AMY TRAINER. 747 00:27:33,918 --> 00:27:35,420 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 748 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:35,787 COUNCILMEMBERS. 749 00:27:35,787 --> 00:27:37,722 MY NAME IS ELLIE MEADOWS. 750 00:27:37,722 --> 00:27:40,692 I'M REPRESENTING FRIENDS 751 00:27:40,692 --> 00:27:42,527 OF DENNY BLAINE AS SECRETARY. 752 00:27:42,527 --> 00:27:44,763 I SPOKE TO ECHO THE CALL MADE 753 00:27:44,763 --> 00:27:46,197 BY SIMON FOR THE PARKS AND 754 00:27:46,197 --> 00:27:48,400 CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE TO SCHEDULE 755 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,068 A VOTE ON THE 756 00:27:50,068 --> 00:27:50,935 RESOLUTION ACKNOWLEDGING THE 757 00:27:50,935 --> 00:27:51,503 UNIQUE 758 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:52,837 AND BEAUTIFUL HISTORY OF 759 00:27:52,837 --> 00:27:55,373 DENNY BLAINE AS A CULTURAL TOUCH 760 00:27:55,373 --> 00:27:57,342 STONE FOR 761 00:27:57,342 --> 00:27:58,943 THE QUEER COMMUNITY. AS A QUEER 762 00:27:58,943 --> 00:27:59,778 PERSON THE PARK 763 00:27:59,778 --> 00:28:01,713 HAS BECOME AN IRREPLACEABLE PART 764 00:28:01,713 --> 00:28:01,880 OF 765 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:03,982 MY LIFE. 766 00:28:03,982 --> 00:28:05,350 SEEING THE PARK RECOGNIZED 767 00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:07,385 AT THE STATE LEVEL FOR ITS 768 00:28:07,385 --> 00:28:09,821 HISTORIC ROLE WAS PROFOUNDLY 769 00:28:09,821 --> 00:28:10,789 MEANINGFUL TO ME. 770 00:28:10,789 --> 00:28:12,791 IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE 771 00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:14,826 CITY TAKES THE INITIATIVE IN 772 00:28:14,826 --> 00:28:16,361 ACKNOWLEDGING DENNY BLAINE 773 00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:18,229 AND CELEBRATES 774 00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:19,864 THE SPECIAL HISTORY. I URGE YOU 775 00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:20,265 TO TAKE ACTION. 776 00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:20,565 THANK YOU. 777 00:28:20,565 --> 00:28:24,335 >> THANK YOU. 778 00:28:24,469 --> 00:28:25,236 >> LAST IN- PERSON 779 00:28:25,236 --> 00:28:30,308 PUBLIC COMMENTER IS AMY TRAINER. 780 00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:34,979 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 781 00:28:34,979 --> 00:28:35,780 COUNCIL, CHAIR JUAREZ. 782 00:28:35,780 --> 00:28:37,248 MY NAME IS AMY TRAINER. 783 00:28:37,248 --> 00:28:39,951 I SERVE AS THE DIRECTOR OF 784 00:28:39,951 --> 00:28:41,453 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY FOR 785 00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:42,153 THE SWINOMISH TRADE. 786 00:28:42,153 --> 00:28:43,955 FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS 787 00:28:43,955 --> 00:28:45,857 I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ON 788 00:28:45,857 --> 00:28:46,524 A NEGOTIATING TEAM. 789 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:48,960 I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS 790 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:50,762 OF OUR TRIBAL LEADERS TO THANK 791 00:28:50,762 --> 00:28:52,664 THE CITY AND THE CITY LIGHT 792 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:52,964 TEAM. 793 00:28:52,964 --> 00:28:55,066 THEY DID STICK IT OUT 794 00:28:55,066 --> 00:28:58,136 ALL THROUGH SOME VERY TOUGH 795 00:28:58,136 --> 00:28:58,369 TIMES. 796 00:28:58,369 --> 00:29:02,574 THEY MAINTAINED JUST ABOVE 797 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:04,509 BOARD REALLY HONEST GOOD FAITH 798 00:29:04,509 --> 00:29:04,843 NEGOTIATIONS. 799 00:29:04,843 --> 00:29:07,078 I THINK WE'RE ALL THE BETTER 800 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:07,879 FOR IT. 801 00:29:07,879 --> 00:29:10,648 I THINK THEY REALLY PUSHED FOR A 802 00:29:10,648 --> 00:29:13,885 COMMITMENT TO THE WHOLE SKAGIT 803 00:29:14,018 --> 00:29:15,286 RIVER. AND IN THE END THEY 804 00:29:15,286 --> 00:29:16,221 WERE FUNDAMENTALLY AND 805 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:18,022 FAIRLY COMMITTED TO HONORING 806 00:29:18,022 --> 00:29:19,657 AND UPHOLDING THE TRIBE'S 807 00:29:19,657 --> 00:29:20,225 TREATY 808 00:29:20,225 --> 00:29:20,625 RIGHTS. 809 00:29:20,625 --> 00:29:22,193 THEY'VE BEEN GOOD PARTNERS. 810 00:29:22,193 --> 00:29:24,062 WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO 811 00:29:24,062 --> 00:29:25,363 IMPLEMENT THE NEXT STEPS. 812 00:29:25,363 --> 00:29:26,631 TO THEIR CREDIT, THEY 813 00:29:26,631 --> 00:29:29,167 EMBRACE THE CALLS FROM THE THREE 814 00:29:29,167 --> 00:29:30,468 TREATY TRIBES AND MANY OTHER 815 00:29:30,468 --> 00:29:32,003 PARTNERS FOR AN ECOSYSTEM 816 00:29:32,003 --> 00:29:32,270 APPROACH. 817 00:29:32,270 --> 00:29:34,639 BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THAT 818 00:29:34,639 --> 00:29:36,775 THE ENTIRE RIVER FROM UP IN 819 00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:39,010 THE RESERVOIRS THROUGHOUT 820 00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:40,778 THE MAIN AND THE FLOODPLAIN ALL 821 00:29:40,778 --> 00:29:40,945 THE 822 00:29:40,945 --> 00:29:43,648 WAY TO THE ESTUARY HABITAT, ALL 823 00:29:43,648 --> 00:29:45,917 OF THAT HAD AN ECOSYSTEM 824 00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:46,184 APPROACH 825 00:29:46,184 --> 00:29:49,521 THAT WE NEED TO RESTORE AND 826 00:29:49,521 --> 00:29:55,059 RECOVER OUR CHINOOK SALMON AND 827 00:29:55,059 --> 00:29:57,562 STEELHEAD AND BULL TROUT. 828 00:29:57,562 --> 00:29:59,063 REMARKABLY THIS AGREEMENT IS 829 00:29:59,063 --> 00:30:02,066 ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN SOUND 830 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,702 SCIENCE. BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE 831 00:30:04,702 --> 00:30:05,236 WILL BE A 832 00:30:05,236 --> 00:30:06,971 COMPONENT OF IMPLEMENTATION 833 00:30:06,971 --> 00:30:09,340 FROM BUILDING FISH PASSAGE, 834 00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:10,875 STUDYING FISH PASSAGE TO MAKE 835 00:30:10,875 --> 00:30:11,276 SURE WE 836 00:30:11,276 --> 00:30:13,044 DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, MAKING 837 00:30:13,044 --> 00:30:14,512 SURE WE HAVE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT 838 00:30:14,512 --> 00:30:15,213 OVER 839 00:30:15,213 --> 00:30:17,048 50 YEARS TO SHOW HOW NOT ONLY 840 00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:18,550 THE RESTORATION PROJECTS WE 841 00:30:18,550 --> 00:30:20,718 LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IMPROVE 842 00:30:20,718 --> 00:30:22,487 THE RIVER BUT ALSO WE CAN ADAPT 843 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:23,688 TO CLIMATE CHANGE WHICH IS 844 00:30:23,688 --> 00:30:24,923 REALLY IMPORTANT OVER THIS TIME 845 00:30:24,923 --> 00:30:25,156 FRAME. 846 00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:27,692 SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK 847 00:30:27,692 --> 00:30:29,527 YOU TO THE CITY LIGHT TEAM, 848 00:30:29,527 --> 00:30:31,062 THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONVERSATION 849 00:30:31,062 --> 00:30:31,296 AND 850 00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:31,996 RESPECTFULLY URGE YOUR SUPPORT. 851 00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:32,330 THANKS. 852 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:39,704 >> THANK YOU. 853 00:30:39,837 --> 00:30:44,943 >> THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE 854 00:30:44,943 --> 00:30:47,078 JENNA FREEBL FOLLOWED BY LAURA 855 00:30:47,212 --> 00:30:47,679 CLAUSE. 856 00:30:47,679 --> 00:30:49,247 >> WHO'S NEXT, PAUL? 857 00:30:49,247 --> 00:30:53,918 >> JENNA FREEBL. 858 00:30:54,052 --> 00:30:55,620 >> I DON'T SEE -- 859 00:30:55,753 --> 00:30:57,555 >> REMOTE PUBLIC 860 00:30:57,555 --> 00:30:57,922 COMMENTERS. 861 00:30:57,922 --> 00:31:00,425 >> OH, THERE IT IS. 862 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:01,292 JENNA 863 00:31:01,292 --> 00:31:01,626 FREEBL. 864 00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:01,893 >> HI. 865 00:31:01,893 --> 00:31:05,797 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 866 00:31:05,797 --> 00:31:08,900 MY NAME IS JENNA FREEBL. 867 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:10,468 I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 868 00:31:10,468 --> 00:31:15,740 OF THE SKAGIT CONSORTIUM -- 869 00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:15,974 SKAGIT 870 00:31:15,974 --> 00:31:17,075 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TOGETHER 871 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:19,978 WE REPRESENTATIVE OVER 60,000 872 00:31:19,978 --> 00:31:23,081 ACRES OF GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT 873 00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:23,348 FARMLAND 874 00:31:23,348 --> 00:31:27,018 OPERATING LEVEES 875 00:31:27,018 --> 00:31:27,619 AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 876 00:31:27,619 --> 00:31:29,621 THE FLOOD CONTROL AND 877 00:31:29,621 --> 00:31:30,555 FISH PASSAGE WILL BE BENEFICIAL 878 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:31,489 TO OUR COMMUNITY. 879 00:31:31,489 --> 00:31:35,760 HOWEVER, THE DRAINAGE CONSORTIUM 880 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,795 AND THE DIKE PARTNERSHIP 881 00:31:37,795 --> 00:31:41,232 WILL NOT BE SIGNING THE 882 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:42,700 SETTLEMENT DUE TO HABITAT FUNDS 883 00:31:42,700 --> 00:31:43,468 AND 884 00:31:43,468 --> 00:31:45,536 CITY LEADERSHIP IS NOT 885 00:31:45,536 --> 00:31:48,339 FULLY COMMITTED TO FISH PASSAGE 886 00:31:48,473 --> 00:31:49,240 IMPLEMENTATION, SHIFTING 887 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,109 THE FULL BURDEN ONTO SKAGIT 888 00:31:51,109 --> 00:31:52,076 FARMLAND AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. 889 00:31:52,076 --> 00:31:54,145 UNDER THE SETTLEMENT CITY LIGHT 890 00:31:54,145 --> 00:31:55,580 IS PLANNING TO SPEND 891 00:31:55,580 --> 00:31:57,015 A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RATE 892 00:31:57,015 --> 00:31:58,816 PAYER FUNDS ON MAJOR HABITAT 893 00:31:58,816 --> 00:32:00,118 PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY INVOLVE 894 00:32:00,118 --> 00:32:00,285 OUR 895 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:03,121 INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUR FARMLAND. 896 00:32:03,121 --> 00:32:04,355 PRACTICALLY SPEAKING 897 00:32:04,355 --> 00:32:05,723 THESE HABITAT PROJECTS ARE 898 00:32:05,723 --> 00:32:06,591 NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT OUR 899 00:32:06,591 --> 00:32:06,924 COOPERATION. 900 00:32:06,924 --> 00:32:10,094 AFTER YEARS OF BEING EXCLUDED 901 00:32:10,094 --> 00:32:12,997 FROM THE CONFIDENTIAL 902 00:32:12,997 --> 00:32:13,665 NEGOTIATIONS WE 903 00:32:13,665 --> 00:32:15,867 NEED TRANSPARENCY FROM THE CITY 904 00:32:15,867 --> 00:32:16,100 OF 905 00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:16,634 SEATTLE. 906 00:32:16,634 --> 00:32:19,537 CITY LIGHT COMMITTEE 907 00:32:19,537 --> 00:32:24,609 THAT WILL BE DISPERSING THE 908 00:32:24,609 --> 00:32:24,909 HABITAT 909 00:32:24,909 --> 00:32:26,210 FUNDS NEEDS TO SHOW OUR 910 00:32:26,210 --> 00:32:26,477 COMMUNITY 911 00:32:26,477 --> 00:32:27,745 CITY LIGHT HAS NOTHING TO HIDE. 912 00:32:27,745 --> 00:32:29,080 IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT 913 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,648 CITY LIGHT AFFORDS SKAGIT TRIBAL 914 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:30,815 AND 915 00:32:30,815 --> 00:32:32,150 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THE SPACE 916 00:32:32,150 --> 00:32:33,885 WE NEED TO SORT OUT 917 00:32:33,885 --> 00:32:36,454 HABITAT PROJECTS INVOLVING OUR 918 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:36,788 LAND 919 00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:38,256 INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE 920 00:32:38,256 --> 00:32:40,491 THIS FUNDING IS ALIGNED WITH 921 00:32:40,491 --> 00:32:43,328 AND OPTIMIZED FISHERIES 922 00:32:43,328 --> 00:32:43,795 RECOVERIES 923 00:32:43,928 --> 00:32:45,296 GOAL. WE STAND BY TO DO THIS 924 00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:45,496 WORK. 925 00:32:45,496 --> 00:32:47,465 AS NOTED, RECENT CHANGES IN 926 00:32:47,465 --> 00:32:50,902 CITY LIGHT LEADERSHIP HAVE 927 00:32:50,902 --> 00:32:53,438 HEIGHTENED OUR CONCERNS AND WE 928 00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:53,671 REQUEST 929 00:32:53,671 --> 00:32:57,742 THAT THE CITY LEADERSHIP 930 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:58,009 PUBLICLY 931 00:32:58,009 --> 00:33:00,945 COMMIT TO GOOD FISH PASSAGE 932 00:33:00,945 --> 00:33:01,346 IMPLEMENTATION. 933 00:33:01,346 --> 00:33:02,613 THANK YOU. 934 00:33:02,747 --> 00:33:05,883 >> NEXT IS LAURA CLAUS. 935 00:33:05,883 --> 00:33:12,256 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 936 00:33:12,390 --> 00:33:14,092 >> CHAIR JUAREZ, 937 00:33:14,092 --> 00:33:15,193 COUNCILMEMBERS AND DISTINGUISHED 938 00:33:15,193 --> 00:33:15,560 GUESTS, 939 00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,328 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 940 00:33:17,328 --> 00:33:17,562 SPEAK. 941 00:33:17,562 --> 00:33:20,164 I'M LAURA CLAUS, 942 00:33:20,164 --> 00:33:22,767 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 943 00:33:22,767 --> 00:33:23,201 SKAGITONIANS TO 944 00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:24,369 PRESERVE FARMLAND. 945 00:33:24,369 --> 00:33:26,671 ALONG WITH SKAGIT 946 00:33:26,671 --> 00:33:27,672 COUNTY'S FARMLAND LEGACY 947 00:33:27,672 --> 00:33:28,606 PROGRAM WE WORK 948 00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:29,707 TO CONSERVATIVE 949 00:33:29,707 --> 00:33:31,009 THREATENED FARMLAND AND PREVENT 950 00:33:31,009 --> 00:33:31,242 THE 951 00:33:31,242 --> 00:33:32,410 PAVING OVER OF OUR VALLEY. 952 00:33:32,410 --> 00:33:33,945 WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT 953 00:33:33,945 --> 00:33:36,748 THE SKAGIT HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT 954 00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,182 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 955 00:33:38,182 --> 00:33:39,751 WAS NEGOTIATED WITHOUT SKAGIT 956 00:33:39,751 --> 00:33:42,286 COUNTY DIKE AND DRAINAGE 957 00:33:42,286 --> 00:33:42,653 PARTICIPATION. 958 00:33:42,653 --> 00:33:44,322 THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY 959 00:33:44,322 --> 00:33:46,557 MAINTAIN PROTECTS 60,000 ACRES 960 00:33:46,557 --> 00:33:46,791 OF 961 00:33:46,791 --> 00:33:48,993 WORLD CLASS FARMLAND AS YOU JUST 962 00:33:48,993 --> 00:33:49,660 HEARD. 963 00:33:49,660 --> 00:33:52,029 THE SIZABLE HABITAT FUND IN 964 00:33:52,029 --> 00:33:52,997 THIS AGREEMENT YOU'LL HEAR 965 00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:57,602 ABOUT TODAY IS NOT TIED TO THE 966 00:33:57,602 --> 00:33:59,237 SKAGIT SHIN NOOK RECOVERY PLAN. 967 00:33:59,237 --> 00:34:02,006 HUGE DOLLARS ON THE ESTUARY WILL 968 00:34:02,006 --> 00:34:04,776 LIKELY LEAD TO OPPORTUNISTIC 969 00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:06,244 RATHER THAN STRATEGIC 970 00:34:06,244 --> 00:34:07,945 CONVERSION OF FARMLAND TO 971 00:34:07,945 --> 00:34:08,279 HABITAT, 972 00:34:08,279 --> 00:34:09,747 INCREASING LAND PRICES AND 973 00:34:09,747 --> 00:34:11,382 NOT MOVING FORWARD IN A 974 00:34:11,382 --> 00:34:12,917 MEANINGFUL WAY TO SALMON 975 00:34:12,917 --> 00:34:13,217 RECOVERY. 976 00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:15,486 THIS AGREEMENT ALSO 977 00:34:15,486 --> 00:34:17,388 CONTAINS CRITICALLY A PATH TO 978 00:34:17,388 --> 00:34:19,157 FISH PASSAGE AT THE DAMS. 979 00:34:19,157 --> 00:34:21,459 TODAY DURING CITY SEATTLE 980 00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:22,360 LIGHT'S PRESENTATION WE 981 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:23,995 ARE LOOKING TO HEAR THEIR 982 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:25,863 LEADERSHIP'S COMMITMENT 983 00:34:25,863 --> 00:34:27,532 TO IMPLEMENT FISH PASSAGE 984 00:34:27,532 --> 00:34:29,000 IN GOOD FAITH AND INCLUDING OUR 985 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:29,200 LOCAL 986 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,068 GOVERNMENTS AT THE 987 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:31,969 TABLE ESPECIALLY THE DIKE AND 988 00:34:31,969 --> 00:34:32,703 DRAINAGE DISTRICT. 989 00:34:32,703 --> 00:34:34,772 IT'S TIME TO TURN OVER A NEW 990 00:34:34,772 --> 00:34:38,209 LEAF, STOP THE SECRECY AND 991 00:34:38,209 --> 00:34:39,444 TAKE THE TARGET OFF 992 00:34:39,444 --> 00:34:39,844 SKAGIT FARMLAND. 993 00:34:39,844 --> 00:34:40,144 THANK YOU. 994 00:34:40,144 --> 00:34:42,113 >> THANK YOU. 995 00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:45,550 >> NEXT IS ROBERT 996 00:34:45,550 --> 00:34:47,985 LONDAL FOLLOWED BY DAVID HAINES. 997 00:34:47,985 --> 00:34:54,125 PLEASE PUSH STAR SIX. 998 00:34:54,258 --> 00:34:55,259 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. 999 00:34:55,259 --> 00:34:56,994 MY NAME IS ROBERT LONDAL. 1000 00:34:56,994 --> 00:34:59,097 I'M THE PRODUCER OF A 1001 00:34:59,097 --> 00:35:01,299 FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM CALLED 1002 00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:02,767 "UNCONQUERING THE LAST 1003 00:35:02,767 --> 00:35:04,368 FRONTIER" WHICH WE LIKE TO SAY 1004 00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:04,702 IS 1005 00:35:04,702 --> 00:35:06,370 ABOUT THE EPIC DRAMA OF THE 1006 00:35:06,370 --> 00:35:08,973 DAMMING AND UNDAMMING OF THE -- 1007 00:35:08,973 --> 00:35:09,273 RIVER. 1008 00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:11,342 SPEAKING TODAY 1009 00:35:11,342 --> 00:35:15,546 TOTALLY INDEPENDENTLY NOT ON 1010 00:35:15,546 --> 00:35:16,747 BEHALF OF 1011 00:35:16,747 --> 00:35:17,081 MY GROUP 1012 00:35:17,081 --> 00:35:19,217 ANY GROUP BUT ONLY IN THE 1013 00:35:19,217 --> 00:35:26,224 MEMORY OF TWO TRIBAL ELDERS 1014 00:35:26,224 --> 00:35:27,925 BEATRICE CHARLES AND ADDELINE 1015 00:35:27,925 --> 00:35:28,159 SMITH. 1016 00:35:28,159 --> 00:35:29,927 ALL OF THE DAMS NEED TO COME 1017 00:35:29,927 --> 00:35:30,261 OUT. 1018 00:35:30,261 --> 00:35:32,497 THE RIVER NEEDS TO RUN 1019 00:35:32,497 --> 00:35:34,031 ITS COURSE WITH THE DOWNSTREAM 1020 00:35:34,031 --> 00:35:34,999 IMPACTS MITIGATED. 1021 00:35:34,999 --> 00:35:38,302 THE PROPOSED $4 MILLION 1022 00:35:38,302 --> 00:35:39,770 SKAGIT SETTLEMENT IS A 50 YEAR 1023 00:35:39,770 --> 00:35:41,272 COMMITMENT TO A FAILING PATH. 1024 00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:43,341 WE'RE 1025 00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:43,908 TOLD WE NEED THIS POWER BUT 1026 00:35:43,908 --> 00:35:45,143 IT'S THE FAILURE OF THE 1027 00:35:45,143 --> 00:35:45,476 IMAGINATION. 1028 00:35:45,476 --> 00:35:47,645 THE DAMS ARE BECOMING STRANDED 1029 00:35:47,645 --> 00:35:48,045 ASSETS. 1030 00:35:48,045 --> 00:35:51,382 WE'RE ABOUT TO SINK A BILLION 1031 00:35:51,382 --> 00:35:54,185 DOLLARS INTO FISH PASSAGE A 1032 00:35:54,185 --> 00:35:55,686 SPECULATIVE TECHNOLOGY THAT 1033 00:35:55,686 --> 00:35:57,088 HAS NEVER SUCCESSFULLY RESTORED 1034 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:57,221 A 1035 00:35:57,221 --> 00:35:58,456 SALMON RUN OF THIS SCALE. 1036 00:35:58,456 --> 00:36:02,293 IF IT FAILS AND THE SALMON 1037 00:36:02,293 --> 00:36:03,928 GO EXTINCT THE CITY REMAINS 1038 00:36:03,928 --> 00:36:04,161 LEGALLY 1039 00:36:04,161 --> 00:36:05,663 LIKE AND THE SALMON WILL BE 1040 00:36:05,663 --> 00:36:06,564 REMOVED ANYWAY. 1041 00:36:06,564 --> 00:36:10,101 THAT'S BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER 1042 00:36:10,101 --> 00:36:10,635 MONEY WASTED. 1043 00:36:10,635 --> 00:36:12,904 INSTEAD OF PATCHING UP A 1044 00:36:12,904 --> 00:36:16,574 100-YEAR- OLD ECOLOGICAL 1045 00:36:16,574 --> 00:36:19,143 DISASTER SEATTLE SHOULD HAVE A 1046 00:36:19,143 --> 00:36:19,377 MASSIVE 1047 00:36:19,377 --> 00:36:21,245 SOLAR BUILDOUT SOUTH OF THE 1048 00:36:21,245 --> 00:36:21,646 CASCADES. 1049 00:36:21,646 --> 00:36:25,149 WE CAN REPLACE IT WITH MODERN, 1050 00:36:25,149 --> 00:36:26,851 RELIABLE AND SALMON SAFE ENERGY. 1051 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:28,119 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 1052 00:36:28,119 --> 00:36:31,455 IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF 1053 00:36:31,589 --> 00:36:31,889 THIS. 1054 00:36:32,023 --> 00:36:36,260 >> FINAL SPEAKER IS DAVID 1055 00:36:36,394 --> 00:36:42,533 HAINES. PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 1056 00:36:42,667 --> 00:36:43,701 >> THANK YOU. 1057 00:36:43,701 --> 00:36:44,402 DAVID HAINES. 1058 00:36:44,402 --> 00:36:46,404 FIRST, WE NEED TO FREE 1059 00:36:46,404 --> 00:36:49,941 DENNY BLAINE FROM THE CULTURALLY 1060 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:52,843 INAPPROPRIATE EVIANT 1061 00:36:52,843 --> 00:36:54,011 PERVERT WHO IS WANT TO TAKE 1062 00:36:54,011 --> 00:36:56,013 THEIR PRIVATE PARTS AND SHOVE 1063 00:36:56,013 --> 00:36:56,380 THEM 1064 00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:58,182 IN EVERYBODY ELSE'S FACE IN A 1065 00:36:58,182 --> 00:36:58,382 PARK 1066 00:36:58,382 --> 00:36:59,383 THEY'RE RUINING. 1067 00:36:59,383 --> 00:37:02,186 SECONDLY WE NEED TO ADJUST THE 1068 00:37:02,186 --> 00:37:06,357 SETTLEMENT TO SER VERIFY THE 1069 00:37:06,357 --> 00:37:08,226 TRIBES WHO ALREADY OWN CASINOS 1070 00:37:08,226 --> 00:37:08,759 ARE 1071 00:37:08,759 --> 00:37:10,895 NOT ALLOWED TO INVEST ANY OF 1072 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:11,095 THIS 1073 00:37:11,095 --> 00:37:11,929 MONEY IN THEIR CASINOS. 1074 00:37:11,929 --> 00:37:13,531 IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A 1075 00:37:13,531 --> 00:37:14,999 DETAIL THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO 1076 00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:16,634 THAT. 1077 00:37:16,634 --> 00:37:18,035 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO'S 1078 00:37:18,035 --> 00:37:22,607 OVERSEEING THIS $972 BILLION TO 1079 00:37:22,740 --> 00:37:25,109 BUILD A ROAD THROUGH A PARK JUST 1080 00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:26,877 TO MOVE SALMON THAT ARE 1081 00:37:26,877 --> 00:37:31,415 GOING TO BE SHOCKED BY THE WHOLE 1082 00:37:31,415 --> 00:37:31,749 EXPERIENCE. 1083 00:37:31,749 --> 00:37:33,551 ARE THE WORKERS GOING TO BE PAID 1084 00:37:33,551 --> 00:37:35,853 MORE THAN A PAYCHECK-TO- 1085 00:37:35,853 --> 00:37:36,220 PAYCHECK WAGE? 1086 00:37:36,220 --> 00:37:37,555 BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE 1087 00:37:37,555 --> 00:37:38,656 THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING ALL 1088 00:37:38,656 --> 00:37:39,156 THE WORK. 1089 00:37:39,156 --> 00:37:40,891 OR IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE 1090 00:37:40,891 --> 00:37:42,260 THE WHITE MAN'S VERSION 1091 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:44,161 OF CAPITALISM WHERE THE 1092 00:37:44,161 --> 00:37:45,863 BOSS DOESN'T DO MUCH. 1093 00:37:45,863 --> 00:37:47,198 IS THE CHIEF GOING TO BE 1094 00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:48,599 MAKING THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE 1095 00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:48,833 WORKER 1096 00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:50,234 DOING THE WORK OR IS 1097 00:37:50,234 --> 00:37:51,335 THE PRIVILEGE GOING TO GET THE 1098 00:37:51,335 --> 00:37:53,070 SIX FIGURE SALARY TO OVERSEE 1099 00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:54,205 THE TRAP AND HAUL? 1100 00:37:54,205 --> 00:37:55,506 THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 1101 00:37:55,506 --> 00:37:59,777 IT SEEMS LIKE SOME OF THE 1102 00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:01,679 TRIBES' MEMBERS SIMPLY NEED 1103 00:38:01,679 --> 00:38:03,814 SOME MONEY TO PURGE THE POVERTY 1104 00:38:03,814 --> 00:38:05,182 AND THE OPPRESSIONS. 1105 00:38:05,182 --> 00:38:06,917 I'M ALL FOR SAVING THE 1106 00:38:06,917 --> 00:38:07,918 REAL SALMON RUNS. 1107 00:38:07,918 --> 00:38:10,221 I WISH YOU ALL WOULD FOCUS ON 1108 00:38:10,221 --> 00:38:11,422 THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF 1109 00:38:11,422 --> 00:38:13,157 THE CRUISE BOATS THAT GET 1110 00:38:13,157 --> 00:38:14,992 DISCOUNTED PORT RATES AND GET TO 1111 00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:15,593 GO DUMP A 1112 00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:17,662 CITY AMOUNT OF SEWAGE IN 1113 00:38:17,662 --> 00:38:20,164 THE OCEAN 12 MILES OFF CHOKING 1114 00:38:20,164 --> 00:38:20,498 OFF 1115 00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:22,500 THE PATH SO ALL THE SALMON 1116 00:38:22,500 --> 00:38:27,471 HAVE TO SWIM 1117 00:38:27,471 --> 00:38:28,005 THROUGHTHROUGH THAT. [ 1118 00:38:28,005 --> 00:38:28,372 INDISCERNIBLE ] 1119 00:38:28,372 --> 00:38:29,940 IT JUST SEEMS LIKE $972 1120 00:38:29,940 --> 00:38:32,810 MILLION IN PAYING PEOPLE TO SHIP 1121 00:38:32,810 --> 00:38:33,311 SALMON. 1122 00:38:33,311 --> 00:38:35,212 IS IT TRULY SUSTAINABLE? 1123 00:38:35,212 --> 00:38:37,548 I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO 1124 00:38:37,548 --> 00:38:38,883 SAVE THE FARM LANDS FOR 1125 00:38:38,883 --> 00:38:40,217 THE PEOPLE TO EAT. 1126 00:38:40,217 --> 00:38:41,752 IS THIS GOING TO BE 1127 00:38:41,752 --> 00:38:44,288 ANOTHER GREEDY ASPECT WHERE THE 1128 00:38:44,288 --> 00:38:45,656 TRIBES 1129 00:38:45,656 --> 00:38:47,625 ARE GOING TO IMBIBE A BRIBE AND 1130 00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:48,492 GET PAID -- 1131 00:38:48,626 --> 00:38:49,960 >> THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL 1132 00:38:50,094 --> 00:38:50,327 SPEAKERS. 1133 00:38:50,327 --> 00:38:53,831 >> THANK YOU, MR. 1134 00:38:53,831 --> 00:38:55,099 HAINES. WE'RE DONE WITH IN 1135 00:38:55,099 --> 00:38:55,366 CLAIMERS 1136 00:38:55,366 --> 00:38:55,966 AND PUBLIC COMMENT. 1137 00:38:55,966 --> 00:38:58,035 AT THIS POINT PUBLIC 1138 00:38:58,035 --> 00:38:59,103 COMMENT WILL BE CLOSED. 1139 00:38:59,103 --> 00:39:00,838 WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEMS OF 1140 00:39:00,838 --> 00:39:01,105 BUSINESS. 1141 00:39:01,105 --> 00:39:02,373 I'M GOING TO HAVE THE CLERK 1142 00:39:02,373 --> 00:39:02,573 READ 1143 00:39:02,573 --> 00:39:04,342 IT INTO THE RECORD AND I'LL 1144 00:39:04,342 --> 00:39:04,542 TAKE 1145 00:39:04,542 --> 00:39:05,342 IT FROM THERE. 1146 00:39:05,342 --> 00:39:12,883 GO AHEAD, PAUL. 1147 00:39:12,883 --> 00:39:23,160 [ CLERK READS ] 1148 00:39:30,401 --> 00:39:32,136 >> COULD I PLEASE HAVE THE 1149 00:39:32,136 --> 00:39:32,436 PRESENTERS? 1150 00:39:32,436 --> 00:39:34,004 I'M GOING TO INVITE THEM TO 1151 00:39:34,004 --> 00:39:36,507 COME ONE THE CITY. 1152 00:39:36,507 --> 00:39:38,008 THE SEATTLE CITY 1153 00:39:38,008 --> 00:39:39,310 LIGHT PRESENTERS TO JOIN US AT 1154 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:39,477 THE 1155 00:39:39,477 --> 00:39:39,710 TABLE. 1156 00:39:39,710 --> 00:39:41,645 THEN YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE 1157 00:39:41,645 --> 00:39:42,179 A SEAT. 1158 00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:44,148 ERIC'S HERE FROM CENTRAL STAFF. 1159 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:46,083 ERIC McCONAGHY. 1160 00:39:46,083 --> 00:39:47,785 THEN AFTER WE HEAR AND GO 1161 00:39:47,785 --> 00:39:49,453 THROUGH THEIR POWER POINT 1162 00:39:49,453 --> 00:39:50,888 WE'LL HAVE A TRIBAL LEADERSHIP 1163 00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:51,122 AT THE 1164 00:39:51,122 --> 00:39:52,790 PANEL AT THE TABLE TO HEAR 1165 00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:54,391 FROM THEM AS WELL. 1166 00:39:54,391 --> 00:39:56,527 SO GO AHEAD AND GET SETTLED. 1167 00:39:56,527 --> 00:39:58,396 I'M GOING TO LET YOU 1168 00:39:58,396 --> 00:39:59,530 GUYS INTRODUCE YOURSELF, 1169 00:39:59,530 --> 00:40:01,632 THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE A FEW 1170 00:40:01,632 --> 00:40:02,333 COMMENTS BEFORE WE BEGIN. 1171 00:40:02,333 --> 00:40:03,667 I WOULD LIKE FOR THE VIEWING 1172 00:40:03,667 --> 00:40:05,603 PUBLIC AND FOLKS IN CHAMBERS TO 1173 00:40:05,603 --> 00:40:07,071 HEAR WHO YOU ARE. 1174 00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:10,441 WITH THAT, ONCE YOU'RE READY, 1175 00:40:10,441 --> 00:40:11,108 GO AHEAD AND 1176 00:40:11,108 --> 00:40:11,409 START. 1177 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:12,009 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 1178 00:40:12,009 --> 00:40:13,744 I'M CRAIG SMITH, INTERIM 1179 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:16,113 GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO OF CITY 1180 00:40:16,113 --> 00:40:16,313 CITY 1181 00:40:16,313 --> 00:40:16,547 LIGHT. 1182 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:17,281 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 1183 00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:21,752 I'M MATT LOVE WITH 1184 00:40:21,752 --> 00:40:22,686 CASCADE LAW GROUP OUTSIDE 1185 00:40:22,686 --> 00:40:23,187 COUNSEL FOR THE 1186 00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:23,521 CITY. 1187 00:40:23,521 --> 00:40:25,422 >> MY NAME IS CHRIS TOWNSEND. 1188 00:40:25,422 --> 00:40:27,425 I'M THE DIRECTOR OF NATURAL 1189 00:40:27,425 --> 00:40:30,728 RESOURCES AND HYDRO LICENSING 1190 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:32,062 AT SEATTLE CITY 1191 00:40:32,062 --> 00:40:34,632 LIGHT. 1192 00:40:34,632 --> 00:40:39,436 >> I'M DENNIS McLAREN. 1193 00:40:39,570 --> 00:40:42,907 >> STEVEN GRABOSKI. 1194 00:40:43,040 --> 00:40:43,474 >> [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 1195 00:40:43,607 --> 00:40:45,075 >> I'M GOING TO TAKE A POINT 1196 00:40:45,075 --> 00:40:45,810 OF PRIVILEGE HERE. 1197 00:40:45,810 --> 00:40:47,278 I NORMALLY DON'T DO THIS, 1198 00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:48,879 BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT FOR 1199 00:40:48,879 --> 00:40:52,883 THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HERE 1200 00:40:52,883 --> 00:40:54,385 FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT SINCE 1201 00:40:54,385 --> 00:40:54,585 2016. 1202 00:40:54,585 --> 00:40:56,320 I'M GOING TO SET THE TABLE 1203 00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:00,024 NOT ONLY FOR OUR FRIENDS AND 1204 00:41:00,024 --> 00:41:01,158 VISUAL 1205 00:41:01,292 --> 00:41:04,528 -- VISITORS BUT THE VIEWING 1206 00:41:04,528 --> 00:41:05,062 PUBLIC. 1207 00:41:05,062 --> 00:41:06,764 WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1208 00:41:06,764 --> 00:41:08,432 REVIEW THE FEBRUARY 1209 00:41:08,432 --> 00:41:09,934 2026 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT FOR 1210 00:41:09,934 --> 00:41:14,839 THE RELIANCING OF THE SKAGIT 1211 00:41:14,839 --> 00:41:15,506 RIVER HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT 1212 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:15,706 WHICH 1213 00:41:15,706 --> 00:41:16,207 IS 25 PAGES. 1214 00:41:16,207 --> 00:41:19,243 WE ALSO GOT A MEMO FROM ERIC 1215 00:41:19,243 --> 00:41:20,845 McCONAGHY WHO WENT THROUGH THE 1216 00:41:20,845 --> 00:41:23,047 BACKGROUND, THE PARTIES, THE 1217 00:41:23,047 --> 00:41:24,315 OFF LICENSE AGREEMENTS AND 1218 00:41:24,315 --> 00:41:26,917 THE IMPACT ON OUR RATE PAYERS. 1219 00:41:26,917 --> 00:41:30,054 THANK YOU, CHRIS TOWNSEND. 1220 00:41:30,054 --> 00:41:32,056 WE GOT A MEMO FROM YOU, 1221 00:41:32,056 --> 00:41:34,692 YOUR SUMMARY AND FISCAL NOTE 1222 00:41:34,692 --> 00:41:34,892 DATED 1223 00:41:34,892 --> 00:41:35,259 DECEMBER 2025. 1224 00:41:35,259 --> 00:41:38,729 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUMMARY AND 1225 00:41:38,729 --> 00:41:39,396 FISCAL NOTE BECAUSE 1226 00:41:39,396 --> 00:41:40,664 YOU OBVIOUSLY GAVE US THE 1227 00:41:40,664 --> 00:41:41,699 SUMMARY, THE BACKGROUND OF THE 1228 00:41:41,699 --> 00:41:42,900 LEGISLATION, THE DIRECT AND 1229 00:41:42,900 --> 00:41:45,069 INDIRECT IMPACTS TO THE CITY 1230 00:41:45,069 --> 00:41:47,137 OF SEATTLE AND ALSO KIND 1231 00:41:47,137 --> 00:41:49,139 OF OUTLINED FOR US THE $42 1232 00:41:49,139 --> 00:41:53,611 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT PAYMENTS 1233 00:41:53,611 --> 00:41:54,879 AND 1234 00:41:54,879 --> 00:41:57,248 THE EARLY IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS 1235 00:41:57,248 --> 00:41:57,514 COST. 1236 00:41:57,514 --> 00:41:58,716 I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO 1237 00:41:58,716 --> 00:42:00,618 BE DISCUSSING THIS, BUT I WANT 1238 00:42:00,618 --> 00:42:03,187 TO SET THE TABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO 1239 00:42:03,187 --> 00:42:03,387 ARE 1240 00:42:03,387 --> 00:42:04,021 WATCHING. 1241 00:42:04,021 --> 00:42:06,423 WE WILL BE DISCUSSING WE BELIEVE 1242 00:42:06,423 --> 00:42:08,492 THERE WILL BE A 5% RATE 1243 00:42:08,492 --> 00:42:11,128 HIKE OVER A SIX- YEAR PERIOD 1244 00:42:11,128 --> 00:42:13,831 BEGINNING IN 2027 TO 2032. 1245 00:42:13,831 --> 00:42:15,699 I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE 1246 00:42:15,699 --> 00:42:17,067 WAY YOU PHRASED 1247 00:42:17,067 --> 00:42:18,302 THE SENSIBILITIES OF WHAT WE 1248 00:42:18,302 --> 00:42:18,502 HOPE 1249 00:42:18,502 --> 00:42:21,005 TO GAIN FOR THIS IF INDEED IT 1250 00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:23,374 DOES PASS THAT WE PRESERVE CITY 1251 00:42:23,374 --> 00:42:24,708 LIGHTS POWER PORTFOLIO, 1252 00:42:24,708 --> 00:42:26,443 THAT WE HAVE ACTIVE CERTAINTY IN 1253 00:42:26,443 --> 00:42:27,545 FINANCIAL FORECASTING 1254 00:42:27,545 --> 00:42:28,846 AND OF COURSE I REALLY WANT TO 1255 00:42:28,846 --> 00:42:29,113 THANK 1256 00:42:29,113 --> 00:42:30,781 YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THE 1257 00:42:30,781 --> 00:42:32,783 RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 1258 00:42:32,783 --> 00:42:35,386 INITIATIVE, THE RSJI ANALYSIS, 1259 00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:35,653 WHICH IS 1260 00:42:35,653 --> 00:42:36,453 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. 1261 00:42:36,453 --> 00:42:38,088 I'M GOING TO PARAPHRASE 1262 00:42:38,088 --> 00:42:39,790 AND QUOTE SOME OF WHAT YOU 1263 00:42:39,790 --> 00:42:40,024 SHARED 1264 00:42:40,024 --> 00:42:41,992 WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND 1265 00:42:41,992 --> 00:42:43,327 CENTRAL STAFF THAT YOU ARE 1266 00:42:43,327 --> 00:42:45,629 RECOGNIZING THE TRADITIONAL 1267 00:42:45,629 --> 00:42:47,364 TERRITORY AND HOMELANDS OF MANY 1268 00:42:47,364 --> 00:42:48,032 TRIBES 1269 00:42:48,032 --> 00:42:53,304 INCLUDING SAUK- 1270 00:42:53,304 --> 00:42:55,339 SUIATTLE, SWINOMISH AND UPPER 1271 00:42:55,339 --> 00:42:55,572 SKAGIT. 1272 00:42:55,572 --> 00:42:56,840 BY ADDRESSING THE 1273 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,642 UNIQUE INTEREST OF IMPACTED 1274 00:42:58,642 --> 00:43:00,210 TRIBES INCLUDING PROTECTION, 1275 00:43:00,210 --> 00:43:00,511 MITIGATION 1276 00:43:00,511 --> 00:43:02,880 AND ENHANCEMENT MEASURES RELATED 1277 00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:07,384 TO FISH, AUDIOCASSETTE WATTICS, 1278 00:43:07,518 --> 00:43:08,752 BOTANICALS, WILDLIFE NATURE 1279 00:43:08,752 --> 00:43:09,853 AND CULTURAL RESOURCES. 1280 00:43:09,853 --> 00:43:12,957 THAT STATED RECOGNITION IS IN A 1281 00:43:12,957 --> 00:43:16,126 FEDERAL STATE CITY 1282 00:43:16,126 --> 00:43:17,661 DOCUMENT PARTICULARLY IN THE 1283 00:43:17,661 --> 00:43:19,296 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED 1284 00:43:19,296 --> 00:43:19,530 NEEDED 1285 00:43:19,530 --> 00:43:20,364 AND CRITICAL AND MUCH 1286 00:43:20,364 --> 00:43:20,698 APPRECIATED. 1287 00:43:20,698 --> 00:43:21,565 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 1288 00:43:21,565 --> 00:43:23,634 WE ALSO HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK 1289 00:43:23,634 --> 00:43:25,769 AT AND GO THROUGH YOUR NINE- 1290 00:43:25,769 --> 00:43:28,238 PAGE POWER POINT TITLED THE 1291 00:43:28,238 --> 00:43:29,506 SKAGIT 1292 00:43:29,506 --> 00:43:30,608 HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT ORDINANCE. 1293 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:33,944 I WANT TO JUST QUICKLY GIVE A 1294 00:43:33,944 --> 00:43:34,378 LITTLE 1295 00:43:34,378 --> 00:43:35,446 BACKGROUND. THEN I'M GOING TO 1296 00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:35,746 HAND IT 1297 00:43:35,746 --> 00:43:36,780 OVER TO YOU. 1298 00:43:36,780 --> 00:43:38,582 I WANT TO SHARE THIS FOR 1299 00:43:38,582 --> 00:43:39,917 MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL. 1300 00:43:39,917 --> 00:43:41,218 I UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND 1301 00:43:41,218 --> 00:43:42,686 THAT WE HAVE EIGHT KEY POINTS 1302 00:43:42,686 --> 00:43:42,953 GOING 1303 00:43:42,953 --> 00:43:44,755 BACK TO 1924. 1304 00:43:44,755 --> 00:43:47,958 AND THEN 1927 WHEN THE CITY 1305 00:43:47,958 --> 00:43:49,693 ACQUIRED THE LICENSE. 1306 00:43:49,693 --> 00:43:52,096 IN 1977 WHEN YOU STARTED 1307 00:43:52,096 --> 00:43:52,896 THE RENEWAL PROCESS. 1308 00:43:52,896 --> 00:43:55,833 AND THEN IN 1995 WHEN THE 1309 00:43:55,833 --> 00:43:58,502 CITY GOT THEIR 30- YEAR LICENSE. 1310 00:43:58,502 --> 00:44:00,070 AND THEN IN 2018 WHEN 1311 00:44:00,070 --> 00:44:01,772 YOU STARTED THE PROCESS OF THIS 1312 00:44:01,772 --> 00:44:02,039 RENEWAL. 1313 00:44:02,039 --> 00:44:04,308 AND THEN I UNDERSTAND 1314 00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:06,310 THAT OUR -- LICENSE HAS EXPIRED. 1315 00:44:06,310 --> 00:44:08,012 IT EXPIRED LAST YEAR. 1316 00:44:08,012 --> 00:44:09,913 NOW WE'RE HERE NOW AND 1317 00:44:09,913 --> 00:44:11,315 HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A 1318 00:44:11,315 --> 00:44:11,849 POTENTIAL VOTE 1319 00:44:11,849 --> 00:44:13,650 NEXT COMMITTEE HEARING ON APRIL 1320 00:44:13,650 --> 00:44:15,185 1st OUT OF COMMITTEE FOR THIS 1321 00:44:15,185 --> 00:44:15,486 LICENSE. 1322 00:44:15,486 --> 00:44:19,223 THEN WE HAVE HOPEFULLY 1323 00:44:19,223 --> 00:44:21,091 AN ANTICIPATED FURK LICENSE IN 1324 00:44:21,091 --> 00:44:24,161 HAND FOR 2030. 1325 00:44:24,161 --> 00:44:27,965 WHEN I SAY SET THE TABLE, 1326 00:44:27,965 --> 00:44:30,167 I'M TRYING TO DO -- WE ARE 1327 00:44:30,167 --> 00:44:32,503 LOOKING AT A 50- YEAR 1328 00:44:32,503 --> 00:44:34,238 LICENSE. WE'RE LOOKING AT 1329 00:44:34,238 --> 00:44:34,538 POSSIBLY A 1330 00:44:34,538 --> 00:44:35,739 $4 BILLION PRICE TAG. 1331 00:44:35,739 --> 00:44:37,408 THERE ARE 16 PARTIES 1332 00:44:37,408 --> 00:44:39,309 INVOLVED, FIVE FEDERAL AGENCIES, 1333 00:44:39,309 --> 00:44:39,510 THREE 1334 00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:41,879 STATES, TWO DESCRIBES, 1335 00:44:41,879 --> 00:44:43,814 COUNTY AND FOUR ENVIRONMENTAL 1336 00:44:43,814 --> 00:44:44,882 GROUPS AND WE HAVE OFF 1337 00:44:44,882 --> 00:44:46,784 LICENSE AGREEMENTS TOTALING $350 1338 00:44:46,784 --> 00:44:47,051 MILLION. 1339 00:44:47,051 --> 00:44:49,586 I THINK THAT'S ON PAGE SEVEN OF 1340 00:44:49,586 --> 00:44:50,721 YOUR POWER POINT. 1341 00:44:50,721 --> 00:44:52,523 WITHOUT GOING INTO ANY MORE 1342 00:44:52,523 --> 00:44:53,290 DETAIL BECAUSE I WANT 1343 00:44:53,290 --> 00:44:54,258 YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO 1344 00:44:54,258 --> 00:44:56,460 TALK ABOUT WHAT ALL THAT MEANS, 1345 00:44:56,460 --> 00:45:00,030 JUST ON A PERSONAL NOTE FROM A 1346 00:45:00,030 --> 00:45:02,733 FORMER LIFE REPRESENTING TRIBES 1347 00:45:02,733 --> 00:45:03,367 AND 1348 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:13,911 WORKING IN FURK AND THESE KIND 1349 00:46:51,608 --> 00:46:52,509 >> OKAY. 1350 00:46:52,509 --> 00:46:54,478 YOU GAVE US SUCH A 1351 00:46:54,478 --> 00:46:55,279 WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION AND 1352 00:46:55,279 --> 00:46:56,613 BACKGROUND. 1353 00:46:56,613 --> 00:46:59,049 I'M GOING TO FOREGO THE 1354 00:46:59,049 --> 00:47:00,651 OPENING COMMENTS I WAS GOING TO 1355 00:47:00,651 --> 00:47:01,518 PROVIDE IN THE INTEREST OF 1356 00:47:01,518 --> 00:47:01,818 TIME. 1357 00:47:01,818 --> 00:47:03,220 >> YOU STILL CAN DO IT. 1358 00:47:03,220 --> 00:47:03,720 IT'S 1359 00:47:03,720 --> 00:47:03,921 OKAY. 1360 00:47:03,921 --> 00:47:05,122 >> FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU 1361 00:47:05,122 --> 00:47:07,524 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN YOU 1362 00:47:07,524 --> 00:47:07,925 TODAY. 1363 00:47:07,925 --> 00:47:09,459 WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE TO 1364 00:47:09,459 --> 00:47:12,663 BRIEF YOU ON THE SKAGIT 1365 00:47:12,663 --> 00:47:14,865 HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT 1366 00:47:14,865 --> 00:47:16,466 RELIANCING COMPREHENSIVE 1367 00:47:16,466 --> 00:47:16,767 SETTLEMENT 1368 00:47:16,767 --> 00:47:17,067 AGREEMENT. 1369 00:47:17,067 --> 00:47:18,035 THIS AGREEMENT IS 1370 00:47:18,035 --> 00:47:19,203 THE CULMINATION OF MORE THAN 1371 00:47:19,203 --> 00:47:20,838 EIGHT YEARS OF HARD WORK 1372 00:47:20,838 --> 00:47:22,072 AND COLLABORATION WITH OUR 1373 00:47:22,072 --> 00:47:22,306 LICENSE 1374 00:47:22,306 --> 00:47:22,573 PARTNERS. 1375 00:47:22,573 --> 00:47:24,541 THE SKAGIT HYDROELECTRIC 1376 00:47:24,541 --> 00:47:27,377 PROJECT IS A CORNERSTONE OF CITY 1377 00:47:27,511 --> 00:47:29,012 LIGHTS CLEAN ENERGY PORTFOLIO. 1378 00:47:29,012 --> 00:47:31,048 THIS AGREEMENT ENSURES IT 1379 00:47:31,048 --> 00:47:32,783 WILL CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE 1380 00:47:32,783 --> 00:47:32,950 FOR 1381 00:47:32,950 --> 00:47:34,985 THE NEXT 50 YEARS AS A 1382 00:47:34,985 --> 00:47:35,285 GENERATION 1383 00:47:35,285 --> 00:47:38,255 RESOURCE FOR CITY LIGHT AND THE 1384 00:47:38,388 --> 00:47:38,856 WESTERN. 1385 00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:40,290 TODAY YOU'LL HEAR FROM JUST 1386 00:47:40,290 --> 00:47:42,826 A FEW OF THE MANY CITY LIGHT 1387 00:47:42,826 --> 00:47:43,026 STAFF 1388 00:47:43,026 --> 00:47:45,495 AND CONSULTANTS WHO DEVELOPED 1389 00:47:45,495 --> 00:47:47,731 THIS COMPREHENSIVE 1390 00:47:47,731 --> 00:47:49,199 LICENSE PACKAGE WITH DIRECT 1391 00:47:49,199 --> 00:47:51,134 ENGAGEMENT OF THE TRIBES, STATE 1392 00:47:51,134 --> 00:47:52,102 AND 1393 00:47:52,102 --> 00:47:54,004 FEDERAL REGULATORY AGENCIES AND 1394 00:47:54,004 --> 00:47:56,406 OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDED 1395 00:47:56,406 --> 00:47:56,573 IN 1396 00:47:56,573 --> 00:47:59,109 THE FURK RELIANCING PROCESS. 1397 00:47:59,109 --> 00:48:01,078 THIS HISTORIC AGREEMENT SUPPORTS 1398 00:48:01,078 --> 00:48:02,412 CONTINUED CRITICAL CLEAN ENERGY 1399 00:48:02,412 --> 00:48:05,282 GENERATION WHILE STRENGTHENING 1400 00:48:05,282 --> 00:48:07,050 ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP 1401 00:48:07,050 --> 00:48:08,285 AND LONG- TERM MANAGEMENT OF 1402 00:48:08,285 --> 00:48:09,686 THE SKAGIT WATERSHED. 1403 00:48:09,686 --> 00:48:11,855 I NOW WILL TURN IT OVER TO 1404 00:48:11,855 --> 00:48:13,290 CHRIS TOWNSEND, DIRECTOR OF 1405 00:48:13,290 --> 00:48:15,359 NATURAL 1406 00:48:15,359 --> 00:48:16,893 RESOURCES AND LICENSING 1407 00:48:16,893 --> 00:48:18,095 WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. 1408 00:48:18,228 --> 00:48:19,129 >> THANK YOU. 1409 00:48:19,263 --> 00:48:19,496 CHRIS. 1410 00:48:19,496 --> 00:48:20,430 >> THANK YOU FOR THE 1411 00:48:20,430 --> 00:48:21,498 OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY. 1412 00:48:21,498 --> 00:48:24,735 BEFORE I GET STARTED I'D LIKE 1413 00:48:24,735 --> 00:48:24,935 TO 1414 00:48:24,935 --> 00:48:25,636 THANK THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT I 1415 00:48:25,636 --> 00:48:28,939 HAVE SITTING IN THE ROOM AND 1416 00:48:28,939 --> 00:48:39,182 MORE OF THEM 1417 00:49:57,828 --> 00:49:58,195 . 1418 00:49:58,195 --> 00:50:01,331 >>> THE FIRST SLIDE DOES JUST 1419 00:50:01,331 --> 00:50:05,168 SHOW THE SPECIFIC 1420 00:50:05,168 --> 00:50:05,969 PARTIES THAT HAVE BEEN 1421 00:50:05,969 --> 00:50:06,703 NEGOTIATING WITH 1422 00:50:06,703 --> 00:50:08,538 US FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS. 1423 00:50:08,538 --> 00:50:13,310 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HAS I 1424 00:50:13,310 --> 00:50:14,411 ENUMERATED THEM. 1425 00:50:14,411 --> 00:50:16,513 I'LL ADD A FEW OTHERS 1426 00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:17,781 NOT REPRESENTED ON THIS LIST. 1427 00:50:17,781 --> 00:50:20,717 THIS IS AN INTERNATIONALINTERNAT 1428 00:50:20,717 --> 00:50:21,151 IONAL 1429 00:50:21,284 --> 00:50:23,453 PROJECT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING 1430 00:50:23,453 --> 00:50:23,687 CLOSELY 1431 00:50:23,687 --> 00:50:25,188 WITH TWO BANDS OF FIRST NATIONS 1432 00:50:25,188 --> 00:50:27,157 AND OTHERS TO ADDRESS THE 1433 00:50:27,157 --> 00:50:28,258 CULTURAL IMPACTS TO THEIR 1434 00:50:28,258 --> 00:50:30,894 RESOURCES IN THE UPPER WATERSHED 1435 00:50:30,894 --> 00:50:31,194 WHERE ROSS 1436 00:50:31,194 --> 00:50:32,696 LAKE CROSSES OVER INTO 1437 00:50:32,696 --> 00:50:35,265 CANADA, ALSO ENGAGING THE 1438 00:50:35,265 --> 00:50:35,632 CANADIAN 1439 00:50:35,766 --> 00:50:37,367 GOVERNMENT. EXTREMELY COMPLEX, 1440 00:50:37,367 --> 00:50:38,268 LOTS OF 1441 00:50:38,402 --> 00:50:40,771 PARTIES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO 1442 00:50:40,771 --> 00:50:42,039 MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER WITH 1443 00:50:42,039 --> 00:50:44,708 THEM IN 1444 00:50:44,708 --> 00:50:45,075 IMPLEMENTATION. 1445 00:50:45,075 --> 00:50:46,476 I WAS ADVISED BY A 1446 00:50:46,476 --> 00:50:48,812 COUNCILMEMBER TO TALK AS IF I'M 1447 00:50:48,812 --> 00:50:49,379 PRESENTING TO 1448 00:50:49,379 --> 00:50:50,514 PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF 1449 00:50:50,514 --> 00:50:52,616 THIS, SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER 1450 00:50:52,616 --> 00:50:54,518 A SLIDE THAT I KNOW YOU'RE WELL 1451 00:50:54,518 --> 00:50:55,852 AWARE OF. 1452 00:50:55,852 --> 00:50:57,020 THE SKAGIT PROJECT IS A 1453 00:50:57,020 --> 00:50:59,356 SYSTEM OF THREE DAMS AND 1454 00:50:59,356 --> 00:51:00,957 THREE POWERHOUSES LOCATED 1455 00:51:00,957 --> 00:51:02,492 ENTIRELY WITHIN THE NORTH 1456 00:51:02,492 --> 00:51:03,794 CASCADES NATIONAL RECREATION 1457 00:51:03,794 --> 00:51:04,094 AREA. 1458 00:51:04,094 --> 00:51:07,230 IT ALSO EXTENDS ABOUT 1459 00:51:07,230 --> 00:51:11,368 TWO MILES INTO CANADA, THEREBY 1460 00:51:11,368 --> 00:51:15,005 MAKING IT A 1461 00:51:15,005 --> 00:51:16,473 TRANSBOUNDARY INTERNATIONAL 1462 00:51:16,606 --> 00:51:20,043 PROJECT. WE HAVE THE TOWN OF 1463 00:51:20,043 --> 00:51:20,310 DIABLO 1464 00:51:20,310 --> 00:51:23,413 WITH A TOWN CALLED HOLLYWOOD AND 1465 00:51:23,413 --> 00:51:23,580 WE 1466 00:51:23,580 --> 00:51:30,854 HAVE A TOWN CALLED NEW HALLEM 1467 00:51:30,854 --> 00:51:32,222 REAGREED WE 1468 00:51:32,222 --> 00:51:34,257 AGREED TO RENAME -- 1469 00:51:34,257 --> 00:51:37,060 THE GENERATION CAPACITY OF THE 1470 00:51:37,060 --> 00:51:39,262 PROJECT IS 840 MEGA 1471 00:51:39,262 --> 00:51:45,001 WATTS WHICH IS ABOUT 20% OF 1472 00:51:45,001 --> 00:51:47,037 SEATTLE ICE 1473 00:51:47,037 --> 00:51:47,471 'S ELECTRICITY. 1474 00:51:47,471 --> 00:51:49,573 DEMAND IS INCREASING 1475 00:51:49,573 --> 00:51:50,307 EXPONENTIALLY AND OUR SUPPLY IS 1476 00:51:50,307 --> 00:51:53,743 NOT SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR 1477 00:51:53,743 --> 00:51:56,980 EXISTING GENERATION 1478 00:51:56,980 --> 00:51:57,380 CAPABILITIES. 1479 00:51:57,380 --> 00:51:58,715 THIS LICENSE WILL ACHIEVE THAT 1480 00:51:58,715 --> 00:51:59,249 GOAL. 1481 00:51:59,249 --> 00:52:04,521 HERE IS A GENERALIZED MAP OF 1482 00:52:04,521 --> 00:52:08,024 THE AREA TO SHOW WHERE THE THREE 1483 00:52:08,158 --> 00:52:09,993 TRIBES ARE. 1484 00:52:09,993 --> 00:52:12,696 WE HAVE THE SWINOMISH TRIBAL 1485 00:52:12,696 --> 00:52:15,932 COMMUNITY LOCATED NEAR 1486 00:52:15,932 --> 00:52:18,435 MT. VERNON IN LACONNOR. 1487 00:52:18,435 --> 00:52:21,171 AND THE UPPER SKAGIT TRIBE, 1488 00:52:21,171 --> 00:52:23,006 THEIR OFFICES ARE LOCATED 1489 00:52:23,006 --> 00:52:25,041 OUTSIDE OF -- AND 1490 00:52:25,041 --> 00:52:26,910 THE SAUK-SUIATTLE IS LOCATED 1491 00:52:26,910 --> 00:52:27,277 NEAR 1492 00:52:27,277 --> 00:52:28,411 THE TOWN OF DERINGTON. 1493 00:52:28,411 --> 00:52:30,347 THEY ALL HAVE VARIOUS RIGHTS AND 1494 00:52:30,347 --> 00:52:32,782 HISTORY IN THE BASIN AND 1495 00:52:32,782 --> 00:52:34,518 WERE THE CORE OF THE PARTIES 1496 00:52:34,518 --> 00:52:34,951 THAT 1497 00:52:34,951 --> 00:52:37,287 WE WORKED WITH ON THE 1498 00:52:37,287 --> 00:52:37,587 RELIANCING. 1499 00:52:37,587 --> 00:52:38,922 IT WAS THEIR INTERESTS THAT WERE 1500 00:52:38,922 --> 00:52:41,892 THE MOST IMPORTANT IN 1501 00:52:41,892 --> 00:52:43,660 DRIVING THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR 1502 00:52:43,660 --> 00:52:44,094 THIS NEW 1503 00:52:44,094 --> 00:52:44,761 LICENSE. 1504 00:52:44,761 --> 00:52:48,265 AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THEM 1505 00:52:48,265 --> 00:52:49,499 AS WELL AS 1506 00:52:49,499 --> 00:52:50,967 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHO HOLD 1507 00:52:50,967 --> 00:52:51,535 THEIR 1508 00:52:51,535 --> 00:52:52,502 TREATY RIGHTS IN TRUST. 1509 00:52:52,502 --> 00:52:54,404 SO WE COLLECTIVELY 1510 00:52:54,404 --> 00:52:56,039 AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE 1511 00:52:56,039 --> 00:52:57,274 SIGNATURES WE'VE ALREADY 1512 00:52:57,274 --> 00:52:58,742 COLLECTED ON THE 1513 00:52:58,742 --> 00:53:01,011 AGREEMENT BELIEVE THIS MEETS 1514 00:53:01,011 --> 00:53:03,213 AS MANY OF THE 1515 00:53:03,213 --> 00:53:05,849 INTERESTS AS POSSIBLE AND ALSO 1516 00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:08,718 THE REGULATORY 1517 00:53:08,718 --> 00:53:10,320 AUTHORITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF 1518 00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,155 THE FEDERAL AGENCIES. 1519 00:53:12,155 --> 00:53:16,226 SO THIS IS A GENERALIZED 1520 00:53:16,359 --> 00:53:20,263 TIMELINE. ILY AND THANKFULLY 1521 00:53:20,263 --> 00:53:20,530 WE'RE 1522 00:53:20,530 --> 00:53:21,364 NEAR THE END. 1523 00:53:21,364 --> 00:53:24,201 I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO 1524 00:53:24,201 --> 00:53:29,039 THE FIRK DEADLINE. 1525 00:53:29,039 --> 00:53:30,373 WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE 1526 00:53:30,373 --> 00:53:31,541 TIME TO GET THROUGH THE 1527 00:53:31,541 --> 00:53:31,808 SIGNATURE 1528 00:53:31,808 --> 00:53:32,075 PROCESS. 1529 00:53:32,075 --> 00:53:34,844 THEY ARE FINE WITH THAT. 1530 00:53:34,844 --> 00:53:36,646 WE ANTICIPATE HAVING 1531 00:53:36,646 --> 00:53:38,648 THE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN EARLY 1532 00:53:38,648 --> 00:53:39,816 APRIL WHICH WOULD BE THE 1533 00:53:39,816 --> 00:53:40,083 EFFECTIVE 1534 00:53:40,083 --> 00:53:42,052 DATE FOR THE BEGINNING OF 1535 00:53:42,052 --> 00:53:43,553 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EARLY 1536 00:53:43,553 --> 00:53:43,820 ACTIONS. 1537 00:53:43,820 --> 00:53:45,655 IT WILL ALSO BE THE DATE 1538 00:53:45,655 --> 00:53:47,490 BY WHICH WE SUBMIT 1539 00:53:47,490 --> 00:53:49,492 THE COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 1540 00:53:49,492 --> 00:53:50,994 AGREEMENT TO FIRK AND AN 1541 00:53:50,994 --> 00:53:52,996 UPDATED LICENSE APPLICATION SO 1542 00:53:52,996 --> 00:53:53,196 THEY 1543 00:53:53,196 --> 00:53:55,231 CAN BEGIN THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL 1544 00:53:55,231 --> 00:53:55,465 REVIEW 1545 00:53:55,465 --> 00:53:55,732 PROCESS. 1546 00:53:55,732 --> 00:54:01,371 AFTER WE SUBMIT THE AGREEMENT IN 1547 00:54:01,371 --> 00:54:02,806 APRIL, WE WILL BEGIN 1548 00:54:02,806 --> 00:54:04,007 IMPLEMENTING EARLY ACTIONS, 1549 00:54:04,007 --> 00:54:05,809 WHICH INCLUDES THE FIRST THINGS 1550 00:54:05,809 --> 00:54:07,877 THAT WE NEED TO DO ON THE 1551 00:54:07,877 --> 00:54:10,046 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1552 00:54:10,046 --> 00:54:12,182 FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM, SO THAT 1553 00:54:12,182 --> 00:54:12,515 SHOWS A 1554 00:54:12,515 --> 00:54:13,750 GOOD FAITH EFFORT IN 1555 00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:14,951 GETTING MOVING ON THAT. 1556 00:54:14,951 --> 00:54:16,786 SO WE CAN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION 1557 00:54:16,786 --> 00:54:19,990 ON THE UPSTREAM FACILITY. 1558 00:54:19,990 --> 00:54:20,557 I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE 1559 00:54:20,557 --> 00:54:22,959 FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM IN A 1560 00:54:22,959 --> 00:54:25,028 MINUTE. BUT THE UPSTREAM 1561 00:54:25,028 --> 00:54:25,629 FACILITY 1562 00:54:25,629 --> 00:54:26,796 BEGINNING TO ACHIEVE ACCESS 1563 00:54:26,796 --> 00:54:29,466 TO THE DOWNSTREAM FACILITY IN 1564 00:54:29,466 --> 00:54:29,666 ROSS 1565 00:54:29,666 --> 00:54:30,867 AS WELL AS THE SCIENCE NEEDED 1566 00:54:30,867 --> 00:54:33,570 TO ENSURE WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A 1567 00:54:33,570 --> 00:54:34,537 FISH PASSAGE PROGRAM THAT WILL 1568 00:54:34,537 --> 00:54:36,906 BE SUCCESSFUL AND ACHIEVE THE 1569 00:54:36,906 --> 00:54:38,541 GOALS WE'VE SET OUT TO DO. 1570 00:54:38,541 --> 00:54:40,977 AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE 1571 00:54:40,977 --> 00:54:42,646 WE'RE HOPING WE HAVE A 1572 00:54:42,646 --> 00:54:44,648 LICENSE IN HAND BY 2030. 1573 00:54:44,648 --> 00:54:46,249 WE'LL OPERATE UNDER 1574 00:54:46,249 --> 00:54:47,484 ANNUAL LICENSES UNTIL THAT 1575 00:54:47,484 --> 00:54:47,717 POINT. 1576 00:54:47,717 --> 00:54:49,252 WE HAVE FOUR PRIORITIES BY WHICH 1577 00:54:49,252 --> 00:54:53,490 WE OPERATE THE SYSTEM NOW, THE 1578 00:54:53,490 --> 00:54:56,159 HYDROELECTRIC SYSTEM NOW AND 1579 00:54:56,159 --> 00:54:58,962 THOSE ARE CARRIED FORWARD INTO 1580 00:54:58,962 --> 00:55:00,397 THE COMPREHENSIVE 1581 00:55:00,397 --> 00:55:01,164 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WE'RE 1582 00:55:01,164 --> 00:55:01,498 ASKING YOU 1583 00:55:01,498 --> 00:55:02,065 TO CONSIDER TODAY. 1584 00:55:02,065 --> 00:55:03,933 THE FIRST PRIORITY IS FLOOD 1585 00:55:03,933 --> 00:55:04,401 RISK MANAGEMENT. 1586 00:55:04,401 --> 00:55:05,835 THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE ENTIRE 1587 00:55:05,835 --> 00:55:06,136 VALLEY. 1588 00:55:06,136 --> 00:55:07,971 IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST ISSUES 1589 00:55:07,971 --> 00:55:09,439 WE DEALT WITH IN 1590 00:55:09,439 --> 00:55:10,440 CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH SKAGIT 1591 00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:12,575 COUNTY AND THE DRAINAGE AND 1592 00:55:12,575 --> 00:55:15,945 DIKING DISTRICT AND THE ARMY 1593 00:55:15,945 --> 00:55:16,212 CORPS OF 1594 00:55:16,212 --> 00:55:16,913 ENGINEERS. 1595 00:55:16,913 --> 00:55:18,448 I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW 1596 00:55:18,448 --> 00:55:18,748 AGREEMENT. 1597 00:55:18,748 --> 00:55:20,250 IT ENGAGES LOCAL PARTNERS 1598 00:55:20,250 --> 00:55:22,752 IN DECISION MAKING ON HOW TO 1599 00:55:22,752 --> 00:55:23,853 MANAGE 1600 00:55:23,853 --> 00:55:25,055 THE FLOOD POCKET DURING 1601 00:55:25,055 --> 00:55:25,789 THE RAINY SEASON. 1602 00:55:25,789 --> 00:55:28,258 THE PICTURE, BY THE WAY, IS A 1603 00:55:28,258 --> 00:55:30,593 PICTURE OF ROSS RESERVOIR DRAWN 1604 00:55:30,593 --> 00:55:30,960 DOWN. 1605 00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:33,129 THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A VISUAL OF 1606 00:55:33,129 --> 00:55:35,465 WHAT OUR FLOOD POCKET LOOKS 1607 00:55:35,465 --> 00:55:35,765 LIKE. 1608 00:55:35,765 --> 00:55:37,434 SO THE FLOOD POCKET THAT 1609 00:55:37,434 --> 00:55:39,536 WE MANAGE THIS YEAR IN DECEMBER 1610 00:55:39,536 --> 00:55:41,571 WE HAD AN ATMOSPHERE RIVER COME 1611 00:55:41,571 --> 00:55:42,005 THROUGH. 1612 00:55:42,005 --> 00:55:43,573 IF THAT FLOOD POCKET WAS NOT 1613 00:55:43,573 --> 00:55:45,642 THERE, THE TOWN OF MT. 1614 00:55:45,642 --> 00:55:47,410 VERNON AND OTHER 1615 00:55:47,410 --> 00:55:48,111 COMMUNITIES WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUR 1616 00:55:48,111 --> 00:55:49,045 ADDITIONAL FEET 1617 00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:51,214 UNDERWATER. IT REALLY IS AN 1618 00:55:51,214 --> 00:55:52,549 IMPORTANT FACILITY TO THE 1619 00:55:52,549 --> 00:55:53,683 COMMUNITIES IN THE LOWER RIVER. 1620 00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:55,218 AND WE'RE EXCITED TO 1621 00:55:55,218 --> 00:55:57,387 MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM IN 1622 00:55:57,387 --> 00:55:58,621 IMPLEMENTING THE NEW FLOOD 1623 00:55:58,621 --> 00:56:00,790 RISK MANAGEMENT MEASURES. 1624 00:56:00,790 --> 00:56:02,826 THE SECOND PRIORITY IS FISH. 1625 00:56:02,826 --> 00:56:05,562 AND WE HAVE THREE COMPONENTS OF 1626 00:56:05,562 --> 00:56:07,597 OUR FISH PROGRAM IN 1627 00:56:07,597 --> 00:56:09,499 THE COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 1628 00:56:09,499 --> 00:56:10,066 AGREEMENT. 1629 00:56:10,066 --> 00:56:12,335 THE FIRST AND FLASHIEST AND MOST 1630 00:56:12,335 --> 00:56:13,937 EXPENSIVE IS THE FISH 1631 00:56:13,937 --> 00:56:15,305 PASSAGE PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE 1632 00:56:15,305 --> 00:56:16,706 HEARD A LOT 1633 00:56:16,706 --> 00:56:17,207 ABOUT. 1634 00:56:17,207 --> 00:56:20,076 THAT PROGRAM INCLUDES THREE 1635 00:56:20,076 --> 00:56:24,848 FEASIBILITY CRITERIA IN ORDER 1636 00:56:24,848 --> 00:56:25,448 TO IMPLEMENT. 1637 00:56:25,448 --> 00:56:26,816 ONE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT 1638 00:56:26,816 --> 00:56:28,551 ACCESS TO BUILD THE 1639 00:56:28,551 --> 00:56:29,319 DOWNSTREAM COLLECTOR AT ROSS. 1640 00:56:29,319 --> 00:56:31,521 RIGHT NOW IT'S AN 1641 00:56:31,521 --> 00:56:32,756 ISOLATED RESERVOIR IN THE 1642 00:56:32,756 --> 00:56:33,056 WILDERNESS 1643 00:56:33,056 --> 00:56:34,257 WITH THE ONLY ROAD ACCESS 1644 00:56:34,257 --> 00:56:35,358 BEING THROUGH CANADA. 1645 00:56:35,358 --> 00:56:37,494 SO WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY 1646 00:56:37,494 --> 00:56:39,796 WITH THE PARK SERVICE TO DO AN 1647 00:56:39,796 --> 00:56:41,331 ACCESS FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT 1648 00:56:41,331 --> 00:56:41,998 THAT WILL 1649 00:56:41,998 --> 00:56:44,033 INCLUDE A ROAD AND I WILL 1650 00:56:44,033 --> 00:56:49,973 REQUEST THAT IT INCLUDE A SKY 1651 00:56:49,973 --> 00:56:50,206 UKRAINE 1652 00:56:50,206 --> 00:56:51,541 CRANE AT THE REQUEST 1653 00:56:51,541 --> 00:56:52,809 OF COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 1654 00:56:52,809 --> 00:56:54,611 ANY OTHER VIABLE METHOD TO MAKE 1655 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:56,746 SURE WE CAN BUILD AND OPERATE 1656 00:56:56,746 --> 00:56:58,915 THAT FACILITY FOR THE NEXT 50 1657 00:56:58,915 --> 00:56:59,849 YEARS. 1658 00:56:59,849 --> 00:57:02,552 THE SECOND FEASIBILITY CRITERIA 1659 00:57:02,552 --> 00:57:04,254 WOULD BE THAT WE CAN MEET 1660 00:57:04,254 --> 00:57:05,722 OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. 1661 00:57:05,722 --> 00:57:08,425 WE ARE DOING FISH PASSAGE TO 1662 00:57:08,425 --> 00:57:11,494 ASSIST IN THE RECOVERY 1663 00:57:11,494 --> 00:57:13,530 OF ENDANGERED SPECIES 1664 00:57:13,530 --> 00:57:14,330 ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF 1665 00:57:14,330 --> 00:57:14,697 CLIMATE CHANGE. 1666 00:57:14,697 --> 00:57:17,467 OUR WATER IS COLD BECAUSE IT'S 1667 00:57:17,467 --> 00:57:18,768 A GLACIAL DOMINATED SYSTEM AND 1668 00:57:18,768 --> 00:57:20,003 THE LOWER RIVER IS HEATING UP. 1669 00:57:20,003 --> 00:57:23,139 THE THINKING IS THAT THE UPPER 1670 00:57:23,139 --> 00:57:25,742 RESERVOIRS CAN PROVIDE 1671 00:57:25,742 --> 00:57:27,010 COLDCOLD WATER FOR ENDANGERED 1672 00:57:27,010 --> 00:57:27,443 SPECIES. 1673 00:57:27,443 --> 00:57:30,280 AND THE SECOND GOAL AND 1674 00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:33,049 OBJECTIVE IS THAT THIS 1675 00:57:33,049 --> 00:57:33,349 COULDCOULD 1676 00:57:33,349 --> 00:57:34,984 INCREASE TRIBAL HARVEST 1677 00:57:34,984 --> 00:57:35,351 OPPORTUNITIES. 1678 00:57:35,351 --> 00:57:36,753 SO THE SECOND FEASIBILITY 1679 00:57:36,753 --> 00:57:42,192 CRY TIER -- CRITERIA IS RELATED 1680 00:57:42,192 --> 00:57:43,827 TO 1681 00:57:43,827 --> 00:57:44,794 ACHIEVING THOSE TWO GOALS. THE 1682 00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:45,929 THIRD CRITERIA IS THE 1683 00:57:45,929 --> 00:57:46,930 COST OF THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. 1684 00:57:46,930 --> 00:57:49,766 WE HAVE AGREED TO PAY UP TO $979 1685 00:57:49,766 --> 00:57:52,335 MILLION FOR A FISH PASSAGE 1686 00:57:52,335 --> 00:57:52,569 PASSAGE 1687 00:57:52,702 --> 00:57:55,038 PROGRAM. THAT WILL BE DIRECTED 1688 00:57:55,038 --> 00:57:58,441 BY THE FISH MANAGERMANAGERS, THE 1689 00:57:58,441 --> 00:58:00,343 COMANAGERS WHICH INCLUDE THE 1690 00:58:00,343 --> 00:58:01,077 TRIBES AND THE 1691 00:58:01,077 --> 00:58:02,445 STATE, DEPARTMENT OF FISH 1692 00:58:02,445 --> 00:58:04,013 AND WILDLIFE AND THE NATIONAL 1693 00:58:04,013 --> 00:58:04,981 MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE. 1694 00:58:04,981 --> 00:58:07,617 THEY WILL BE DIRECTING US ON 1695 00:58:07,617 --> 00:58:09,452 THE SPECIES TO PASS AND ASKING 1696 00:58:09,452 --> 00:58:09,686 US 1697 00:58:09,686 --> 00:58:11,888 TO CONSIDER 1698 00:58:11,888 --> 00:58:13,356 DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS OF FISH 1699 00:58:13,356 --> 00:58:16,192 PASSAGE WE CAN ACHIEVE WITHIN 1700 00:58:16,192 --> 00:58:16,492 THATTHAT 1701 00:58:16,492 --> 00:58:16,926 LIMITATION. 1702 00:58:16,926 --> 00:58:19,462 I THINK THAT ALSO PROVIDES 1703 00:58:19,462 --> 00:58:22,265 CITY CITY OF SEATTLE RATE PAYERS 1704 00:58:22,265 --> 00:58:23,600 WITH 1705 00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:24,767 SOME CERTAINTY AND RISK 1706 00:58:24,767 --> 00:58:25,068 MANAGEMENT 1707 00:58:25,068 --> 00:58:26,369 WHICH I THINK IS A WIN FOR THE 1708 00:58:26,369 --> 00:58:26,836 CITY. 1709 00:58:26,836 --> 00:58:28,972 I THINK ALL THE PARTNERS 1710 00:58:28,972 --> 00:58:29,806 WE NEGOTIATED WITH UNDERSTOOD 1711 00:58:29,806 --> 00:58:31,374 WE NEEDED SOME WAY TO PROTECT 1712 00:58:31,374 --> 00:58:33,042 OUR RATE PAYERS WITH 1713 00:58:33,042 --> 00:58:35,278 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FISH 1714 00:58:35,278 --> 00:58:35,745 PASSAGE. 1715 00:58:35,745 --> 00:58:37,447 THE SECOND COMPONENT OF THE FISH 1716 00:58:37,447 --> 00:58:39,315 PROGRAM IS A ROBUST HABITAT 1717 00:58:39,315 --> 00:58:39,816 PROGRAM. 1718 00:58:39,816 --> 00:58:42,218 WE'VE AGREED TO SPEND 1719 00:58:42,218 --> 00:58:44,387 $200 MILLION ON HABITAT IN THE 1720 00:58:44,387 --> 00:58:44,954 MAIN 1721 00:58:44,954 --> 00:58:47,223 STEM AND THE ESTUARY OF 1722 00:58:47,223 --> 00:58:48,124 THE SKAGIT RIVER. 1723 00:58:48,124 --> 00:58:49,659 THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR 1724 00:58:49,659 --> 00:58:50,960 ECOSYSTEM APPROACH LOOKING 1725 00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:52,795 AT WHERE WE CAN DO THE MOST GOOD 1726 00:58:52,795 --> 00:58:54,397 AND GET THE MOST VALUE OUT 1727 00:58:54,397 --> 00:58:57,333 OF OUR RATE PAYER DOLLARS. 1728 00:58:57,333 --> 00:59:01,037 THE ESTUARY PROGRAM WE'VE 1729 00:59:01,170 --> 00:59:02,338 WRITTEN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN AT 1730 00:59:02,338 --> 00:59:05,275 THE REQUEST OF SKAGIT COUNTY 1731 00:59:05,275 --> 00:59:07,410 WILL BE GUIDED BY THE SALMON 1732 00:59:07,410 --> 00:59:08,478 RECOVERY PLAN AND OTHER 1733 00:59:08,478 --> 00:59:10,013 PLANS THAT THE FARMING COMMUNITY 1734 00:59:10,013 --> 00:59:11,915 AND THE FISH COMMUNITY IN 1735 00:59:11,915 --> 00:59:13,049 SKAGIT COUNTY HAVE DEVELOPED 1736 00:59:13,049 --> 00:59:15,985 TO PRIORITIZE 1737 00:59:15,985 --> 00:59:17,587 AREAS FOR RESTORATION. 1738 00:59:17,720 --> 00:59:19,556 WE'VE ALSO COMMITTED 1739 00:59:19,556 --> 00:59:22,125 WITH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE AT THE 1740 00:59:22,125 --> 00:59:22,425 REQUEST 1741 00:59:22,425 --> 00:59:25,962 OF THE SKAGIT COUNTY 1742 00:59:25,962 --> 00:59:27,764 DRAINAGE AND DIKING 1743 00:59:27,764 --> 00:59:28,565 DISTRICTS VOLUNTARY LAND 1744 00:59:28,565 --> 00:59:28,898 ACQUISITION. 1745 00:59:28,898 --> 00:59:30,833 WE WILL NOT CONDEMN LAND 1746 00:59:30,833 --> 00:59:32,201 IN SKAGIT COUNTY. 1747 00:59:32,201 --> 00:59:33,736 WE SAID THAT IN THE 1748 00:59:33,736 --> 00:59:35,171 AGREEMENT AND ALSO WE DON'T 1749 00:59:35,171 --> 00:59:35,405 HAVE 1750 00:59:35,405 --> 00:59:36,539 THE ABILITY TO DO THAT. 1751 00:59:36,539 --> 00:59:39,943 THE PARTIES WANTED US TO 1752 00:59:39,943 --> 00:59:42,545 CONFIRM THAT SO WE DID INCLUDE 1753 00:59:42,545 --> 00:59:42,745 THAT 1754 00:59:42,745 --> 00:59:43,880 LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT. 1755 00:59:43,880 --> 00:59:45,248 THE THIRD ELEMENT IN THE 1756 00:59:45,248 --> 00:59:46,449 FISH PROGRAM ARE FLOW MEASURES. 1757 00:59:46,449 --> 00:59:48,418 THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE USE OF 1758 00:59:48,418 --> 00:59:48,918 WATER. 1759 00:59:48,918 --> 00:59:50,286 FOR EXAMPLE, RAMPING RATES, 1760 00:59:50,286 --> 00:59:51,821 HOW FAST WE TURN THE RIVER UP 1761 00:59:51,821 --> 00:59:53,222 AND DOWN WHEN PRODUCING POWER, 1762 00:59:53,222 --> 00:59:56,993 WE WANT TO DO THAT IN A WAY 1763 00:59:56,993 --> 00:59:58,628 THAT DOESN'T JEOPARDIZE THE 1764 00:59:58,628 --> 00:59:59,262 HEALTH 1765 00:59:59,262 --> 01:00:01,164 OF SPAWNING BEDS AND JUVENILE 1766 01:00:01,297 --> 01:00:02,065 SALMON. OUR THIRD PRIORITY IN 1767 01:00:02,065 --> 01:00:03,366 THE AGREEMENT IS RECREATION. 1768 01:00:03,366 --> 01:00:05,001 AGAIN, WE'RE ENTIRELY WITHIN 1769 01:00:05,001 --> 01:00:06,269 THE RECREATION AREA. 1770 01:00:06,269 --> 01:00:07,670 THE CENTERPIECE OF THE 1771 01:00:07,670 --> 01:00:09,339 RECREATION PLAN IS 1772 01:00:09,339 --> 01:00:10,907 THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION 1773 01:00:10,907 --> 01:00:12,475 CENTER, WHICH IF YOU READ THE 1774 01:00:12,475 --> 01:00:12,742 AGREEMENT 1775 01:00:12,742 --> 01:00:13,876 CAREFULLY YOU'LL NOTICE 1776 01:00:13,876 --> 01:00:15,645 THAT WE ARE NOW CALLING THE 1777 01:00:15,645 --> 01:00:17,146 OUTDOOR SCHOOL LEARNING CENTER 1778 01:00:17,146 --> 01:00:18,514 AT THE 1779 01:00:18,514 --> 01:00:22,118 REQUEST OF THE 1780 01:00:22,118 --> 01:00:23,286 CURRENT ADMINISTRATION SO THAT 1781 01:00:23,286 --> 01:00:23,853 THERE IS 1782 01:00:23,853 --> 01:00:25,655 A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE 1783 01:00:25,655 --> 01:00:26,723 NAME IN THE AGREEMENT BUT IT 1784 01:00:26,723 --> 01:00:26,923 WILL 1785 01:00:26,923 --> 01:00:28,124 ALSO BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL 1786 01:00:28,124 --> 01:00:30,093 LEARNING CENTER TO US AND OUR 1787 01:00:30,093 --> 01:00:31,961 PARTNER NORTH CASCADES INSTITUTE 1788 01:00:31,961 --> 01:00:34,197 WHO HAS BEEN OPERATING AN AWARD 1789 01:00:34,197 --> 01:00:36,332 WINNING PROGRAM FOR THE PAST 20 1790 01:00:36,332 --> 01:00:37,967 YEARS SERVING FIFTH GRADERS AND 1791 01:00:37,967 --> 01:00:40,503 OTHER YOUTH IN SKAGIT AND WATT 1792 01:00:40,503 --> 01:00:41,771 COME 1793 01:00:41,771 --> 01:00:43,873 COUNTY, A DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE 1794 01:00:43,873 --> 01:00:44,974 OF THEM DISADVANTAGED YOUTH. 1795 01:00:44,974 --> 01:00:46,709 SO IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT 1796 01:00:46,709 --> 01:00:47,377 PROGRAM. 1797 01:00:47,377 --> 01:00:49,412 WE'RE PROPOSING TO CONTINUE 1798 01:00:49,412 --> 01:00:51,014 SUPPORTING THOSE PROGRAMS AND 1799 01:00:51,014 --> 01:00:52,482 MAINTAINING OUR EDUCATION 1800 01:00:52,482 --> 01:00:53,816 FACILITIES IN THE RECREATION 1801 01:00:53,816 --> 01:00:54,017 AREA. 1802 01:00:54,017 --> 01:00:56,152 THE SECOND PART OF THE 1803 01:00:56,152 --> 01:00:57,286 AGREEMENT IS AN OFF LICENSE 1804 01:00:57,286 --> 01:00:57,653 AGREEMENT WITH 1805 01:00:57,653 --> 01:00:58,988 THE NATIONAL PARK THAT'S 1806 01:00:58,988 --> 01:01:00,957 WORTH ABOUT $90 MILLION. 1807 01:01:00,957 --> 01:01:02,025 THEY HAVE BROAD DISCRETION 1808 01:01:02,025 --> 01:01:03,893 ON THE APPLICATION OF THAT 1809 01:01:03,893 --> 01:01:06,095 MONEY. 1810 01:01:06,095 --> 01:01:06,729 WE'RE HOPING THEY'LL USE 1811 01:01:06,729 --> 01:01:07,897 THAT FOR THE OPERATIONS AND 1812 01:01:07,897 --> 01:01:09,298 MAINTENANCE OF THE 1813 01:01:09,298 --> 01:01:10,266 FACILITIES WITHIN THE NATIONAL 1814 01:01:10,266 --> 01:01:10,733 PARK 1815 01:01:10,733 --> 01:01:12,402 AND THEY'LL ALSO USE IT 1816 01:01:12,402 --> 01:01:13,836 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT 1817 01:01:13,836 --> 01:01:16,105 IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION AND 1818 01:01:16,105 --> 01:01:17,240 OTHER 1819 01:01:17,240 --> 01:01:17,507 MEASURES. 1820 01:01:17,507 --> 01:01:19,008 THE FOURTH PRIORITY FOR US 1821 01:01:19,008 --> 01:01:21,477 MAY BE A SURPRISE TO YOU IS 1822 01:01:21,477 --> 01:01:22,345 POWER 1823 01:01:22,345 --> 01:01:22,645 GENERATION. 1824 01:01:22,645 --> 01:01:24,280 BUT IT IS A FACT THAT WE LOOK 1825 01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:25,648 AT THESE OTHER FACTORS BEFORE 1826 01:01:25,648 --> 01:01:27,784 WE LOOK AT HOW WE USE THE 1827 01:01:27,784 --> 01:01:28,584 REMAINING WATER TO GENERATE 1828 01:01:28,584 --> 01:01:29,886 POWER FOR 1829 01:01:29,886 --> 01:01:32,321 THE CITIZENS OF SEATTLE AND 1830 01:01:32,321 --> 01:01:32,588 WE'VE 1831 01:01:32,588 --> 01:01:33,756 NEGOTIATED AN AGREEMENT WHERE 1832 01:01:33,756 --> 01:01:35,158 WE STILL HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY 1833 01:01:35,158 --> 01:01:35,324 AND 1834 01:01:35,324 --> 01:01:38,227 ABILITY TO PROVIDE POWER TO 1835 01:01:38,227 --> 01:01:39,896 THE CITY OF SEATTLE WHEN THEY 1836 01:01:39,896 --> 01:01:40,563 NEED 1837 01:01:40,563 --> 01:01:41,697 IT. 1838 01:01:41,697 --> 01:01:45,435 SO THAT'S THE CORE OF WHAT 1839 01:01:45,435 --> 01:01:45,702 WE'VE 1840 01:01:45,702 --> 01:01:47,570 AGREED TO. 1841 01:01:47,570 --> 01:01:49,405 I'LL TALK ABOUT THE OFF 1842 01:01:49,405 --> 01:01:50,773 LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH THE 1843 01:01:50,773 --> 01:01:51,741 TRIBES HERE AS I'M TALKING 1844 01:01:51,741 --> 01:01:52,942 ABOUT THE COSTS. 1845 01:01:52,942 --> 01:01:54,811 YOU'VE HEARD THIS IS ABOUT A 1846 01:01:54,811 --> 01:01:55,645 $4 BILLION AGREEMENT. 1847 01:01:55,645 --> 01:01:57,547 THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY. 1848 01:01:57,547 --> 01:01:59,282 WE RESPECT THAT, AND WE 1849 01:01:59,282 --> 01:02:00,883 ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S FOR 1850 01:02:00,883 --> 01:02:01,417 A 1851 01:02:01,417 --> 01:02:03,086 50- YEAR PERIOD. 1852 01:02:03,086 --> 01:02:05,154 $1. 8 BILLION OF THAT $4 1853 01:02:05,154 --> 01:02:08,191 BILLION WOULD GO TO MAINTAINING 1854 01:02:08,191 --> 01:02:08,958 THE DAMS 1855 01:02:08,958 --> 01:02:10,827 AND THE POWERHOUSES AND 1856 01:02:10,827 --> 01:02:12,562 THE TRANSMISSION LINES FOR 50 1857 01:02:12,562 --> 01:02:12,995 YEARS. 1858 01:02:12,995 --> 01:02:15,731 THOSE ARE NOT PART OF THE 1859 01:02:15,731 --> 01:02:17,133 MITIGATION MEASURES 1860 01:02:17,133 --> 01:02:18,835 NEGOTIATED AS PART OF THE 1861 01:02:18,835 --> 01:02:19,502 LICENSE. 1862 01:02:19,502 --> 01:02:24,407 AGAIN, $979 MILLION FOR FISH 1863 01:02:24,540 --> 01:02:25,875 PASSAGE. THE $350 MILLION IS 1864 01:02:25,875 --> 01:02:27,443 THE OFF LICENSE AGREEMENTS WITH 1865 01:02:27,443 --> 01:02:27,710 THE 1866 01:02:27,710 --> 01:02:28,678 TRIBES. 1867 01:02:28,678 --> 01:02:29,879 THE TRIBAL OFF 1868 01:02:29,879 --> 01:02:31,514 LICENSE AGREEMENTS INCLUDE UP 1869 01:02:31,514 --> 01:02:33,750 FRONT PAYMENTS UPON SIGNATURE OF 1870 01:02:33,750 --> 01:02:35,318 THE COMPREHENSIVE SETTLEMENT 1871 01:02:35,318 --> 01:02:37,453 AGREEMENT, ADDITIONAL LUMP 1872 01:02:37,453 --> 01:02:39,222 SUM PAYMENTS WHEN THE LICENSE 1873 01:02:39,222 --> 01:02:41,858 IS ISSUED AND THEN SOME FORM OF 1874 01:02:41,858 --> 01:02:43,025 ANNUAL PAYMENT DURING THE 1875 01:02:43,025 --> 01:02:44,393 LIFE OF THE LICENSE. 1876 01:02:44,393 --> 01:02:45,495 IT ALSO INCLUDES 1877 01:02:45,495 --> 01:02:47,430 SPECIAL MEASURES INCLUDING A 1878 01:02:47,430 --> 01:02:49,532 CULTURAL CENTER IN THE TOWN OF 1879 01:02:49,532 --> 01:02:50,333 NEW 1880 01:02:50,333 --> 01:02:55,037 HALLEM FOR THE UPPER 1881 01:02:55,037 --> 01:02:55,438 SKAGIT TRIBE AND 1882 01:02:55,438 --> 01:02:56,072 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CONSTRUCTION 1883 01:02:56,072 --> 01:02:57,840 OF A NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 1884 01:02:57,840 --> 01:03:00,576 FOR THE SAUK- SUIATTLE TRIBE ON 1885 01:03:00,576 --> 01:03:03,279 THEIR RESERVATION NEAR 1886 01:03:03,279 --> 01:03:04,213 DERINGTON. 1887 01:03:04,213 --> 01:03:06,883 EACH TRIBE ARE SOVEREIGN 1888 01:03:06,883 --> 01:03:08,217 ENTITIES AND THEY 1889 01:03:08,217 --> 01:03:09,418 WERE NEGOTIATED IN CONFIDENCE 1890 01:03:09,418 --> 01:03:11,020 BETWEEN EACH TRIBE AND CITY 1891 01:03:11,020 --> 01:03:11,687 LIGHT. 1892 01:03:11,687 --> 01:03:14,991 SO I THINK THOSE ARE 1893 01:03:14,991 --> 01:03:18,528 MEANINGFULLY ADDRESSED MANY OF 1894 01:03:18,528 --> 01:03:20,296 INTERESTS THE TRIBES BROUGHT TO 1895 01:03:20,296 --> 01:03:21,264 THE 1896 01:03:21,264 --> 01:03:21,597 TABLE. 1897 01:03:21,597 --> 01:03:23,032 >> CHRIS. 1898 01:03:23,032 --> 01:03:26,169 THERE'S FIVE 1899 01:03:26,169 --> 01:03:26,469 OFF LICENSE 1900 01:03:26,469 --> 01:03:26,769 AGREEMENTS. 1901 01:03:26,903 --> 01:03:27,336 >> THERE ARE. 1902 01:03:27,336 --> 01:03:30,106 >> THERE'S TWO CATEGORIES. 1903 01:03:30,239 --> 01:03:31,908 >> THE $350 MILLION IS FOR 1904 01:03:31,908 --> 01:03:34,744 THE THREE TRIBAL OFF LICENSES. 1905 01:03:34,744 --> 01:03:36,546 THERE'S 90 MILLION FOR THE PARK 1906 01:03:36,546 --> 01:03:38,314 SERVICE AND 28 MILLION FOR THE 1907 01:03:38,314 --> 01:03:38,881 FOREST SERVICE. 1908 01:03:38,881 --> 01:03:43,986 THE FOREST SERVICE IS IN 1909 01:03:43,986 --> 01:03:45,221 WILDEN SCENIC RIVER 1910 01:03:45,221 --> 01:03:45,521 AREA. 1911 01:03:45,521 --> 01:03:46,656 >> GO 1912 01:03:46,656 --> 01:03:47,290 AHEAD. 1913 01:03:47,290 --> 01:03:48,791 >> YOU'LL SEE MY NUMBERS 1914 01:03:48,791 --> 01:03:50,059 DON'T ADD UP TO $4 1915 01:03:50,059 --> 01:03:50,359 MILLION. 1916 01:03:50,359 --> 01:03:53,196 >> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY 1917 01:03:53,196 --> 01:03:53,529 THAT. 1918 01:03:53,663 --> 01:03:58,501 >> THERE ARE OTHER PROTECTION 1919 01:03:58,634 --> 01:04:03,439 MET GAS MITIGATION ENHANCEMENT 1920 01:04:03,439 --> 01:04:04,173 MEASURES. 1921 01:04:04,173 --> 01:04:06,676 AGAIN, SUMMARIZING WHAT 1922 01:04:06,676 --> 01:04:09,412 CHAIR JUAREZ STATED EARLIER, 1923 01:04:09,412 --> 01:04:10,646 WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS 1924 01:04:10,646 --> 01:04:15,384 WILL REPRESENT ABOUT A . 5% RATE 1925 01:04:15,384 --> 01:04:18,154 INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS 1926 01:04:18,154 --> 01:04:19,622 BETWEEN 2027 AND 2032. 1927 01:04:19,622 --> 01:04:21,557 THE IMPACTS TO RATES AFTER 1928 01:04:21,557 --> 01:04:22,758 THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO 1929 01:04:22,758 --> 01:04:24,093 ESTIMATE BECAUSE MUCH OF THAT 1930 01:04:24,093 --> 01:04:24,627 WILL 1931 01:04:24,627 --> 01:04:26,162 BE RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION 1932 01:04:26,162 --> 01:04:27,296 OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. 1933 01:04:27,296 --> 01:04:29,031 THAT'S REALLY UNCERTAIN AT 1934 01:04:29,031 --> 01:04:31,300 THIS TIME HOW THAT WILL UNROLL. 1935 01:04:31,300 --> 01:04:32,435 AND IT WILL HAVE 1936 01:04:32,435 --> 01:04:34,003 DIFFERENT IMPACTS ON THE RATES 1937 01:04:34,003 --> 01:04:35,004 AS WE MOVE 1938 01:04:35,004 --> 01:04:35,271 FORWARD. 1939 01:04:35,271 --> 01:04:37,673 JUST A 1940 01:04:37,673 --> 01:04:38,875 SUMMARY OF BENEFITS, AGAIN, A 1941 01:04:38,875 --> 01:04:39,976 50- YEAR LICENSE IS 1942 01:04:39,976 --> 01:04:41,143 INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE 1943 01:04:41,143 --> 01:04:42,612 CITY ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF 1944 01:04:42,612 --> 01:04:43,546 INCREASING DEMAND. 1945 01:04:43,546 --> 01:04:45,114 IT RESTORES AND HAS 1946 01:04:45,114 --> 01:04:46,949 THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESTORE 1947 01:04:46,949 --> 01:04:48,618 THE ENTIRE SKAGIT RIVER 1948 01:04:48,618 --> 01:04:48,918 ECOSYSTEM. 1949 01:04:48,918 --> 01:04:51,087 THE SKAGIT RIVER, BY THE WAY, 1950 01:04:51,087 --> 01:04:54,790 IS THE LARGEST RIVER IN PUGET 1951 01:04:54,790 --> 01:04:55,024 SOUND. 1952 01:04:55,024 --> 01:05:01,931 IT HAS 40% OF ALL THETHE 1953 01:05:01,931 --> 01:05:05,835 NOOK LEFT IN PUGET SOUND. 1954 01:05:05,835 --> 01:05:07,403 WE THINK WILL MAKE 1955 01:05:07,403 --> 01:05:08,871 SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN 1956 01:05:08,871 --> 01:05:10,206 RECOVERING ENDANGERED 1957 01:05:10,206 --> 01:05:11,774 SALMON. 1958 01:05:11,774 --> 01:05:13,009 ALL SPECIES OF SALMON THAT 1959 01:05:13,009 --> 01:05:14,410 OCCUR IN PUGET SOUND 1960 01:05:14,410 --> 01:05:15,611 OCCUR IN THE SKAGIT RIVER TOO. 1961 01:05:15,611 --> 01:05:16,379 REALLY IMPORTANT SYSTEM. 1962 01:05:16,379 --> 01:05:19,015 WE HOPE IT WILL RESPECT TRIBAL 1963 01:05:19,015 --> 01:05:20,316 TREATY FISHING RIGHTS AND 1964 01:05:20,316 --> 01:05:23,819 THEIR ABILITY TO HARVEST SALMON 1965 01:05:23,819 --> 01:05:25,788 AND SUPPORT THEIR 1966 01:05:25,788 --> 01:05:26,789 CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND ECONOMIC 1967 01:05:26,789 --> 01:05:27,423 WAYS OF 1968 01:05:27,423 --> 01:05:27,657 LIFE. 1969 01:05:27,657 --> 01:05:29,425 IT WILL ALSO IMPORTANTLY 1970 01:05:29,425 --> 01:05:31,527 ADDRESS IMPACTS TO THE 1971 01:05:31,527 --> 01:05:34,263 COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING THE 1972 01:05:34,263 --> 01:05:34,597 HYDROELECTRIC 1973 01:05:34,597 --> 01:05:34,864 PROJECT. 1974 01:05:34,864 --> 01:05:36,532 THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS 1975 01:05:36,532 --> 01:05:37,867 DRAWN VALUE FROM THE SKAGIT 1976 01:05:37,867 --> 01:05:39,702 RIVER SYSTEM FOR A HUNDRED 1977 01:05:39,702 --> 01:05:39,936 YEARS, 1978 01:05:39,936 --> 01:05:42,405 AND THIS NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT 1979 01:05:42,405 --> 01:05:42,605 WILL 1980 01:05:42,605 --> 01:05:43,806 RETURN A GREAT DEAL OF 1981 01:05:43,806 --> 01:05:44,907 BENEFIT TO THE 1982 01:05:44,907 --> 01:05:46,542 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BEEN MOST 1983 01:05:46,542 --> 01:05:46,943 IMPACTED. 1984 01:05:46,943 --> 01:05:49,145 IT ALSO HAS THE ABILITY TO 1985 01:05:49,145 --> 01:05:50,413 CREATE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER 1986 01:05:50,413 --> 01:05:51,947 OF JOBS THROUGH THE 1987 01:05:51,947 --> 01:05:54,317 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAPITAL 1988 01:05:54,317 --> 01:05:54,583 PROJECTS 1989 01:05:54,583 --> 01:05:55,918 THROUGHOUT THE WATERSHED. 1990 01:05:55,918 --> 01:06:01,023 SO THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE 1991 01:06:01,023 --> 01:06:03,960 IN APRIL OR MAY, A SIGNING 1992 01:06:03,960 --> 01:06:04,226 CEREMONY 1993 01:06:04,226 --> 01:06:05,795 AT CITY HALL. 1994 01:06:05,795 --> 01:06:07,163 WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE 1995 01:06:07,163 --> 01:06:09,899 KEY TRIBAL CALENDARS AND THE 1996 01:06:09,899 --> 01:06:11,467 MAYOR'S CALENDAR. 1997 01:06:11,467 --> 01:06:13,636 WE WILL THEN FILE THE 1998 01:06:13,636 --> 01:06:15,137 AMENDED LICENSE APPLICATION WITH 1999 01:06:15,137 --> 01:06:17,840 THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 2000 01:06:17,840 --> 01:06:19,041 COMMISSION AND 2001 01:06:19,041 --> 01:06:20,509 BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION OF 2002 01:06:20,509 --> 01:06:21,410 OUR EARLY ACTION ITEMS. 2003 01:06:21,410 --> 01:06:24,146 THE FIRK PROCESS WILL INCLUDE A 2004 01:06:24,146 --> 01:06:27,016 PUBLIC REVIEW, PUBLIC COMMENT 2005 01:06:27,016 --> 01:06:27,383 PERIOD. 2006 01:06:27,383 --> 01:06:31,887 IT MAY RESULT IN REQUESTS 2007 01:06:31,887 --> 01:06:34,423 FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND 2008 01:06:34,423 --> 01:06:34,623 THEN 2009 01:06:34,623 --> 01:06:38,027 THEY'LL DO A START -- 2010 01:06:38,027 --> 01:06:40,663 CONSULTATION AND THE OTHER 2011 01:06:40,663 --> 01:06:42,365 STANDARD ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES. 2012 01:06:42,365 --> 01:06:44,200 AGAIN, WE HOPE TO HAVE 2013 01:06:44,200 --> 01:06:45,201 LICENSE BY 2030. 2014 01:06:45,201 --> 01:06:46,502 WITH THAT, 2015 01:06:46,502 --> 01:06:47,103 I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR 2016 01:06:47,103 --> 01:06:51,307 QUESTIONS. 2017 01:06:51,440 --> 01:06:53,442 >> DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES 2018 01:06:53,442 --> 01:06:54,710 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? 2019 01:06:54,710 --> 01:06:56,012 I'LL START WITH YOU FOLKS UP 2020 01:06:56,012 --> 01:06:58,180 HERE WITH ME. 2021 01:06:58,314 --> 01:07:08,624 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2022 01:07:13,262 --> 01:07:14,163 I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE 2023 01:07:14,163 --> 01:07:15,131 I GOT A BRIEFING. 2024 01:07:15,131 --> 01:07:17,666 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE 2025 01:07:17,666 --> 01:07:18,034 CONTEXT. 2026 01:07:18,034 --> 01:07:19,735 IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT 2027 01:07:19,735 --> 01:07:23,506 CONTEXT YOU PROVIDED. 2028 01:07:23,506 --> 01:07:26,909 THIS WAS A VERY LONG PROCESS. 2029 01:07:26,909 --> 01:07:31,514 I REALLYREALLY THE CONTEXT 2030 01:07:31,514 --> 01:07:34,583 IN RELATION TO OUR RELATIONSHIPS 2031 01:07:34,583 --> 01:07:36,986 WITH THE TRIBAL NATIONS THAT ARE 2032 01:07:36,986 --> 01:07:38,587 INVOLVED AND THE IMPORTANCE OF 2033 01:07:38,587 --> 01:07:38,854 THAT. 2034 01:07:38,854 --> 01:07:40,623 SO I'M ALWAYS HUMBLED 2035 01:07:40,623 --> 01:07:42,792 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT I DON'T 2036 01:07:42,792 --> 01:07:43,325 KNOW AND A 2037 01:07:43,325 --> 01:07:45,194 LOT I'M LEARNING. 2038 01:07:45,194 --> 01:07:47,096 I APPRECIATE LEARNING THAT FROM 2039 01:07:47,096 --> 01:07:49,865 YOU AND FROM OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS 2040 01:07:49,865 --> 01:07:52,001 WHOM I HAVE MET WITH AND 2041 01:07:52,001 --> 01:07:54,804 FROM OUR STAFF. 2042 01:07:54,804 --> 01:07:56,138 FRANCESCA, I'M LOOKING AT YOU 2043 01:07:56,138 --> 01:07:56,939 OVER THERE. 2044 01:07:56,939 --> 01:07:58,908 I SO APPRECIATE THE EDUCATION, 2045 01:07:58,908 --> 01:08:02,011 THOUGH I MAY NOT HAVE ALL OF THE 2046 01:08:02,011 --> 01:08:03,746 BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION, I 2047 01:08:03,746 --> 01:08:06,315 DO HAVE THE HEART AND 2048 01:08:06,315 --> 01:08:07,583 WILLINGNESS 2049 01:08:07,583 --> 01:08:10,753 TO LEARN IT ANDAND I 2050 01:08:10,753 --> 01:08:11,821 THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. 2051 01:08:11,821 --> 01:08:12,922 THAT I DO KNOW. 2052 01:08:12,922 --> 01:08:14,590 I'M REALLY HUMBLED. 2053 01:08:14,590 --> 01:08:16,025 I'M SO GLAD YOU ALL 2054 01:08:16,025 --> 01:08:17,626 WORKED TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH 2055 01:08:17,626 --> 01:08:19,795 AN AGREEMENT THAT EVERYONE 2056 01:08:19,795 --> 01:08:23,132 COULD FEEL THEY COULD WALK AWAY 2057 01:08:23,132 --> 01:08:26,402 FROM IN A POSITIVE WAY. 2058 01:08:26,402 --> 01:08:29,438 THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO 2059 01:08:29,438 --> 01:08:30,873 OUR CITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO 2060 01:08:30,873 --> 01:08:31,040 OUR 2061 01:08:31,040 --> 01:08:31,674 TRIBAL PARTNERS. 2062 01:08:31,674 --> 01:08:38,647 THAT IS CRITICAL TO OUR CITY. 2063 01:08:38,647 --> 01:08:40,349 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP 2064 01:08:40,349 --> 01:08:41,817 BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON 2065 01:08:41,817 --> 01:08:42,952 THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 2066 01:08:42,952 --> 01:08:45,588 YOU LEFT, YOU 2067 01:08:45,588 --> 01:08:48,224 CAME BACK, STILL WORKING ON IT. 2068 01:08:48,224 --> 01:08:48,691 I SO APPRECIATE THAT. 2069 01:08:48,691 --> 01:08:50,493 THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE 2070 01:08:50,493 --> 01:08:51,527 INVOLVED AND THANK YOU FOR OUR 2071 01:08:51,527 --> 01:08:52,661 TRIBAL PARTNERS FOR BEING HERE 2072 01:08:52,661 --> 01:08:57,666 TODAY AND THOSE WHO CALLED IN. 2073 01:08:57,666 --> 01:08:59,735 THANK YOU FOR YOUR 2074 01:08:59,735 --> 01:09:00,636 CONTINUAL EDUCATION YOU HAVE 2075 01:09:00,636 --> 01:09:00,903 PROVIDED 2076 01:09:00,903 --> 01:09:02,571 ME IN MY TIME HERE. 2077 01:09:02,571 --> 01:09:02,905 THANK YOU SO 2078 01:09:02,905 --> 01:09:03,339 MUCH. 2079 01:09:03,339 --> 01:09:05,174 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2080 01:09:05,174 --> 01:09:05,741 RIVERA. 2081 01:09:05,741 --> 01:09:08,978 GO AHEAD, COUNCILMEMBER 2082 01:09:08,978 --> 01:09:09,178 SAKA. 2083 01:09:09,178 --> 01:09:10,446 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2084 01:09:10,446 --> 01:09:12,515 I TOO JUST WANTED TO 2085 01:09:12,515 --> 01:09:15,084 QUICKLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD 2086 01:09:15,084 --> 01:09:16,919 WORK 2087 01:09:16,919 --> 01:09:21,490 THAT WENT ON BEHIND THE 2088 01:09:21,490 --> 01:09:22,358 SCENES FOR MANY YEARS. 2089 01:09:22,358 --> 01:09:25,094 THIS IS A COMPLEX MULTI- YEAR, 2090 01:09:25,094 --> 01:09:25,761 MULTIPARTY EFFORT. 2091 01:09:25,761 --> 01:09:29,698 SO I JUST WANT TO START OFF 2092 01:09:29,698 --> 01:09:32,234 BY THANKING OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS 2093 01:09:32,234 --> 01:09:33,335 FOR 2094 01:09:33,335 --> 01:09:41,076 BEING HERE TODAY AND YOUR HARD 2095 01:09:41,076 --> 01:09:42,645 WORK AND NEGOTIATIONS YOU 2096 01:09:42,645 --> 01:09:45,314 HAVE DONE IN GOOD FAITH TO GET 2097 01:09:45,314 --> 01:09:46,582 THIS 2098 01:09:46,715 --> 01:09:48,450 DEAL DONE AND ACROSS THE FINISH 2099 01:09:48,450 --> 01:09:50,753 LINE TO THIS POINT WE'RE AT 2100 01:09:50,753 --> 01:09:51,153 NOW. 2101 01:09:51,153 --> 01:09:53,189 AND CHAIR, YOUR LEADERSHIP. 2102 01:09:53,189 --> 01:09:54,590 LONG BEFORE MY TIME 2103 01:09:54,590 --> 01:09:57,159 HERE, YOU WERE WORKING ON THIS 2104 01:09:57,159 --> 01:09:57,393 HUGELY 2105 01:09:57,393 --> 01:10:00,062 IMPACTFUL AND STRATEGIC 2106 01:10:00,062 --> 01:10:01,197 EFFORT FOR THE CITY OF 2107 01:10:01,197 --> 01:10:01,564 STEELT.EATTLE. 2108 01:10:01,564 --> 01:10:03,832 I WANT TO THANK YOU AS WELL. 2109 01:10:03,832 --> 01:10:06,202 AND IMPORTANTLY, THE 2110 01:10:06,202 --> 01:10:12,775 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT TEAM FOR 2111 01:10:12,775 --> 01:10:15,077 NEGOTIATING 2112 01:10:15,077 --> 01:10:18,714 SO HARD, SO LONG DAY TO 2113 01:10:18,714 --> 01:10:19,815 DAY. AS SOMEONE WHO BEFORE I 2114 01:10:19,815 --> 01:10:20,282 BECAME 2115 01:10:20,282 --> 01:10:22,351 A LAWMAKER IN CITY 2116 01:10:22,351 --> 01:10:27,523 GOVERNMENT, I WAS A 2117 01:10:27,523 --> 01:10:28,090 TRANSACTIONAL INTELLECTUAL 2118 01:10:28,090 --> 01:10:29,692 PROPERTY ATTORNEY, SO I 2119 01:10:29,692 --> 01:10:31,293 NEGOTIATED MY FAIR SHARE 2120 01:10:31,293 --> 01:10:32,828 OF COMPLEX LICENSING DEALS BUT 2121 01:10:32,828 --> 01:10:34,496 NEVER ONE WITH -- I DON'T EVEN 2122 01:10:34,496 --> 01:10:36,131 WANT TO TALLY THE NUMBER 2123 01:10:36,131 --> 01:10:39,969 OF PARTIES INVOLVED IN 2124 01:10:39,969 --> 01:10:42,404 THIS. SO ALL THIS TO SAY I 2125 01:10:42,404 --> 01:10:43,238 REALLY DO 2126 01:10:43,238 --> 01:10:47,610 APPRECIATE THE WORK EFFORT AND 2127 01:10:47,610 --> 01:10:51,247 COMPROMISES THAT WENT INTO THIS 2128 01:10:51,380 --> 01:10:53,115 DEAL. 2129 01:10:53,115 --> 01:10:53,716 APPRECIATE ALSO THE MULTIPLE 2130 01:10:53,716 --> 01:10:55,084 BRIEFINGS THAT ME AND MY 2131 01:10:55,084 --> 01:10:56,218 OFFICE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE 2132 01:10:56,218 --> 01:10:57,920 CITY LIGHT TEAM OVER THE LAST 2133 01:10:57,920 --> 01:10:58,153 COUPLE 2134 01:10:58,153 --> 01:10:59,121 YEARS AS WELL. 2135 01:10:59,121 --> 01:10:59,788 HERE WE ARE. 2136 01:10:59,788 --> 01:11:00,389 THANK YOU. 2137 01:11:00,522 --> 01:11:02,057 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 2138 01:11:02,057 --> 01:11:03,926 YOU HAVE THE ADDED PLEASURE OF 2139 01:11:03,926 --> 01:11:08,530 HAVING THREE LAWYERS UP HERE, SO 2140 01:11:08,530 --> 01:11:12,968 YOU'RE WELCOME. 2141 01:11:12,968 --> 01:11:15,471 IF THERE AREN'T ANY MORE 2142 01:11:15,471 --> 01:11:16,805 QUESTIONS, THANK YOU GUYS. 2143 01:11:16,805 --> 01:11:18,874 I'LL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN, I'M 2144 01:11:18,874 --> 01:11:19,308 SURE. 2145 01:11:19,308 --> 01:11:21,310 HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP MOVING 2146 01:11:21,310 --> 01:11:21,677 THIS FORWARD. 2147 01:11:21,677 --> 01:11:23,512 I DON'T SEE ANYTHING 2148 01:11:23,512 --> 01:11:24,313 FROM COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2149 01:11:24,313 --> 01:11:26,148 SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD ON THERE. 2150 01:11:26,148 --> 01:11:27,583 I DID NOT KNOW THE SKAGIT 2151 01:11:27,583 --> 01:11:28,984 RIVER WAS THE LARGEST RIVER. 2152 01:11:28,984 --> 01:11:31,120 YOU SURE ABOUT THAT? 2153 01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:33,722 I THOUGHT THE COLUMBIA WAS 2154 01:11:33,856 --> 01:11:34,523 BIGGER. 2155 01:11:34,523 --> 01:11:35,591 >> IN PUGET 2156 01:11:35,591 --> 01:11:35,824 SOUND. 2157 01:11:35,824 --> 01:11:38,093 >> IN PUGET SOUND, OKAY. 2158 01:11:38,227 --> 01:11:40,729 >> LOTS OF ORCA FOOD. 2159 01:11:40,863 --> 01:11:43,298 >> THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR HARD 2160 01:11:43,298 --> 01:11:43,565 WORK. 2161 01:11:43,565 --> 01:11:44,533 I APPRECIATE IT. 2162 01:11:44,533 --> 01:11:46,468 THANK YOU FOR A SHORT 2163 01:11:46,468 --> 01:11:48,570 POWER POINT OF NINE PAGES WITH 2164 01:11:48,570 --> 01:11:48,771 PAGE 2165 01:11:48,771 --> 01:11:51,573 NUMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2166 01:11:51,573 --> 01:11:52,007 ALL RIGHT. 2167 01:11:52,007 --> 01:11:54,476 SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO 2168 01:11:54,476 --> 01:11:56,211 DO OUR SECOND, WHICH WE ARE 2169 01:11:56,211 --> 01:11:57,413 SO HONORED TO HAVE. 2170 01:11:57,413 --> 01:12:00,616 I CAN COUNT 2171 01:12:00,616 --> 01:12:01,984 ON ONE HAND HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE 2172 01:12:01,984 --> 01:12:02,918 HAD ELECTED TRIBAL 2173 01:12:02,918 --> 01:12:03,218 LEADERSHIP. 2174 01:12:03,218 --> 01:12:05,421 I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE TO THE 2175 01:12:05,421 --> 01:12:06,522 TABLE THE TRIBAL LEADERS 2176 01:12:06,522 --> 01:12:10,359 FROM THE SAUK- SUIATTLE, THE 2177 01:12:10,359 --> 01:12:11,093 SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL 2178 01:12:11,093 --> 01:12:11,860 COMMUNITY AND 2179 01:12:11,860 --> 01:12:13,762 THE UPPER SKAGIT INDIAN TRIBE. 2180 01:12:13,762 --> 01:12:15,064 I'M GOING TO READ WHAT'S 2181 01:12:15,064 --> 01:12:17,166 IN FRONT OF ME, THEN I'LL LET 2182 01:12:17,166 --> 01:12:18,467 YOU FOLKS INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. 2183 01:12:18,467 --> 01:12:22,705 FROM THE SAUK- SUIATTLE 2184 01:12:22,705 --> 01:12:24,306 INDIAN TRIBE WE HAVE THE 2185 01:12:24,306 --> 01:12:31,447 CHAIRMAN NINO 2186 01:12:31,447 --> 01:12:32,147 MALTIS JR. 2187 01:12:32,147 --> 01:12:33,115 BRIAN PORTER. 2188 01:12:33,115 --> 01:12:35,017 FROM UPPER SKAGIT WE HAVE SCOTT 2189 01:12:35,017 --> 01:12:37,019 SCHUYLER AND THE POLICY LEAD MR. 2190 01:12:37,019 --> 01:12:38,754 DAVID HAWKINS. 2191 01:12:38,754 --> 01:12:40,923 IF I COULD HAVE YOU FOLKS -- 2192 01:12:40,923 --> 01:12:42,691 FRANCESCA THANK YOU FOR 2193 01:12:42,691 --> 01:12:43,959 HELPING US WITH TRIBAL 2194 01:12:43,959 --> 01:12:44,259 LEADERSHIP. 2195 01:12:44,259 --> 01:12:45,861 SHE IS THE TRIBAL LIAISON 2196 01:12:45,861 --> 01:12:48,230 FROM THE 2197 01:12:48,230 --> 01:12:48,764 MAYOR'S OFFICE WHICH IS 2198 01:12:48,764 --> 01:12:49,264 WONDERFUL AND A TRIBAL 2199 01:12:49,264 --> 01:12:50,099 MEMBER. YOU GUYS 2200 01:12:50,099 --> 01:12:50,733 TAKE A SEAT WHEREVER YOU DEEM 2201 01:12:50,733 --> 01:12:52,801 FIT. 2202 01:12:52,801 --> 01:12:54,536 THE WAY I HAVE THIS LINED UP 2203 01:12:54,536 --> 01:12:56,438 AND I THINK THEY DID IT 2204 01:12:56,438 --> 01:13:00,976 BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER. 2205 01:13:00,976 --> 01:13:02,745 SAUK- SUIATTLE, SWINOMISH 2206 01:13:02,745 --> 01:13:03,479 AND UPPER SKAGIT. 2207 01:13:03,479 --> 01:13:04,646 HOWEVER YOU WANT TO START, 2208 01:13:04,646 --> 01:13:06,448 YOU TELL ME. 2209 01:13:06,448 --> 01:13:09,084 WE'LL GO FROM THERE. 2210 01:13:09,084 --> 01:13:10,185 DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SEATS FOR 2211 01:13:10,185 --> 01:13:19,895 EVERYBODY? 2212 01:13:19,895 --> 01:13:21,196 YOU'RE THE LAWYER. 2213 01:13:21,196 --> 01:13:22,498 YOU CAN SIT AT THE END. 2214 01:13:22,498 --> 01:13:23,732 YOU'RE OKAY. 2215 01:13:23,732 --> 01:13:26,301 WE ARE GOING TO START WITH 2216 01:13:26,301 --> 01:13:28,137 SAUK-SUIATTLE. 2217 01:13:28,137 --> 01:13:29,972 I'LL LET YOU -- YOU 2218 01:13:29,972 --> 01:13:31,440 CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND 2219 01:13:31,440 --> 01:13:31,673 YOUR 2220 01:13:31,673 --> 01:13:32,007 TITLES. 2221 01:13:32,007 --> 01:13:32,875 GO AHEAD, 2222 01:13:32,875 --> 01:13:33,375 CHAIR. 2223 01:13:33,375 --> 01:13:34,276 >> I'LL START. 2224 01:13:34,276 --> 01:13:34,710 GOOD AFTERNOON. 2225 01:13:34,710 --> 01:13:40,516 MY NAME IS NINO MALTOS II. 2226 01:13:40,516 --> 01:13:45,087 I'M CHAIRMAN OF THE SIDEWALK 2227 01:13:45,087 --> 01:13:47,790 SIDEWALK -- 2228 01:13:47,790 --> 01:13:49,391 SAUK-SUIATTLE DESCRIBE. 2229 01:13:49,525 --> 01:13:50,092 THANK -- TRIBE. 2230 01:13:50,092 --> 01:13:51,126 THIS LICENSING PROCESS HAS 2231 01:13:51,126 --> 01:13:52,628 BEEN A LOT FOR EVERYONE 2232 01:13:52,628 --> 01:13:54,630 INVOLVED. 2233 01:13:54,763 --> 01:13:55,397 THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT NEEDS, 2234 01:13:55,397 --> 01:13:56,632 WANTS AND FACTORS TAKEN 2235 01:13:56,632 --> 01:14:04,273 INTO CONSIDERATION DURING THE 2236 01:14:04,273 --> 01:14:12,681 RELY 2237 01:14:12,881 --> 01:14:14,716 RELICENSING. 2238 01:14:14,716 --> 01:14:17,152 THIS IS THE SAME RIVER MY FATHER 2239 01:14:17,152 --> 01:14:18,854 FISHED AT A YOUNG AGE AND 2240 01:14:18,854 --> 01:14:20,355 THE SAME RIVER I ALSO LEARNED 2241 01:14:20,355 --> 01:14:23,125 TO FISH ALONG MYSELF WITH MANY 2242 01:14:23,125 --> 01:14:23,425 OTHERS. 2243 01:14:23,425 --> 01:14:26,228 IT IS AN HONOR TO ADVOCATE FOR 2244 01:14:26,228 --> 01:14:27,963 SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT. 2245 01:14:27,963 --> 01:14:30,499 WHAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE 2246 01:14:30,499 --> 01:14:34,436 SUBJECT TO YOUR APPROVAL IS A 2247 01:14:34,436 --> 01:14:35,137 MONUMENTAL AGREEMENT. 2248 01:14:35,137 --> 01:14:37,639 IT SOLIDIFIES THE CITY OF 2249 01:14:37,639 --> 01:14:39,141 SEATTLE'S DEDICATION TO 2250 01:14:39,141 --> 01:14:41,443 GIVING BACK TO THE RIVER WHILE 2251 01:14:41,443 --> 01:14:44,446 MAKING AMENDS FOR YEARS OF POWER 2252 01:14:44,580 --> 01:14:45,013 GENERATION. 2253 01:14:45,013 --> 01:14:47,883 THIS SHOWS AN UNDERSTANDING OF 2254 01:14:47,883 --> 01:14:49,418 MUTUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 2255 01:14:49,418 --> 01:14:51,954 TRIBES AND OTHER PARTIES 2256 01:14:51,954 --> 01:14:52,354 INVOLVED. 2257 01:14:52,354 --> 01:14:54,523 IT TOOK A LOT TO GET TO THIS 2258 01:14:54,523 --> 01:14:57,392 POINT, A LOT OF COMPROMISES AND 2259 01:14:57,392 --> 01:14:59,428 COMMITMENTS WERE MADE TO GET US 2260 01:14:59,428 --> 01:15:00,996 TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. 2261 01:15:00,996 --> 01:15:04,166 THIS IS BY NO MEANS TO BE 2262 01:15:04,166 --> 01:15:05,367 CONSIDERED TOTAL MITIGATION 2263 01:15:05,367 --> 01:15:07,769 TO THE IMPACTS OF THE DAMS, 2264 01:15:07,769 --> 01:15:14,576 BUT IT IS A START. 2265 01:15:14,576 --> 01:15:15,611 THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE 2266 01:15:15,611 --> 01:15:18,113 AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT AND 2267 01:15:18,113 --> 01:15:19,715 MAJOR COMPROMISES FOREGONE BY 2268 01:15:19,715 --> 01:15:20,883 THE SAUK- SUIATTLE TRIBE TO GET 2269 01:15:20,883 --> 01:15:21,316 US 2270 01:15:21,316 --> 01:15:23,886 TO THIS POINT FOR THE GREATER 2271 01:15:23,886 --> 01:15:24,086 GOOD 2272 01:15:24,086 --> 01:15:26,288 TO HAVE THE RELICENSING 2273 01:15:26,288 --> 01:15:26,622 AGREEMENT. 2274 01:15:26,622 --> 01:15:30,192 WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WOULD 2275 01:15:30,192 --> 01:15:30,926 LIKE TO SEE THE 2276 01:15:30,926 --> 01:15:32,094 AGREEMENT APPROVED FOR THE SAKE 2277 01:15:32,094 --> 01:15:32,561 OF ALL. 2278 01:15:32,561 --> 01:15:34,630 IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT THE 2279 01:15:34,630 --> 01:15:36,932 RIVER THAT PROVIDED 2280 01:15:36,932 --> 01:15:38,834 FOR GENERATIONS OF FISHERMEN IN 2281 01:15:38,834 --> 01:15:41,270 THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, TRIBAL 2282 01:15:41,270 --> 01:15:41,670 AND 2283 01:15:41,670 --> 01:15:44,673 NON- TRIBAL FISHERS WILL USE 2284 01:15:44,673 --> 01:15:46,208 THIS RIVER FROM NOW UNTIL THE 2285 01:15:46,208 --> 01:15:47,175 END OF 2286 01:15:47,309 --> 01:15:49,011 TIME. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY 2287 01:15:49,011 --> 01:15:50,746 TO HELP 2288 01:15:50,746 --> 01:15:52,347 US CONTINUE THAT TRA TRADITION. 2289 01:15:52,347 --> 01:15:52,648 THANK 2290 01:15:52,648 --> 01:15:53,015 YOU. 2291 01:15:53,015 --> 01:15:54,616 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2292 01:15:54,616 --> 01:15:57,719 I FORGET TO INTRODUCE 2293 01:15:57,719 --> 01:16:03,325 COUNCILMEMBER MR. JACK 2294 01:16:03,325 --> 01:16:04,993 -- [ INDISCERNIBLE ] 2295 01:16:05,127 --> 01:16:06,261 >> SAUK- SUIATTLE COUNCIL. 2296 01:16:06,261 --> 01:16:08,063 THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE 2297 01:16:08,063 --> 01:16:08,297 TODAY. 2298 01:16:08,297 --> 01:16:11,633 IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. 2299 01:16:11,633 --> 01:16:13,835 I'LL YIELD OUR TIME TO 2300 01:16:13,835 --> 01:16:14,136 OUR 2301 01:16:14,136 --> 01:16:14,436 COUNSEL. 2302 01:16:14,436 --> 01:16:17,873 >> THANK YOU. 2303 01:16:17,873 --> 01:16:22,778 WE HAVE JACK FIANDER. 2304 01:16:22,778 --> 01:16:23,278 [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL 2305 01:16:23,278 --> 01:16:33,488 LANGUAGE ] 2306 01:16:38,193 --> 01:16:42,698 >> MY NAME IS JACK FIANDER. 2307 01:16:42,698 --> 01:16:44,600 I'M FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF 2308 01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:50,105 THE MOUNTAINS BUT I'VE BEEN 2309 01:16:50,105 --> 01:16:52,441 WITH SAUK- SUIATTLE 2310 01:16:52,441 --> 01:16:54,609 TRIBE -- I'M THEIR GENERAL 2311 01:16:54,609 --> 01:16:55,911 COUNSEL -- OFF AND ON 2312 01:16:55,911 --> 01:16:57,946 SINCE 1983, TO THE POINT WHERE 2313 01:16:57,946 --> 01:17:00,182 THEY ADOPTED ME AS A MEMBER 2314 01:17:00,182 --> 01:17:03,919 OF THEIR TRIBE IN 2315 01:17:03,919 --> 01:17:06,088 2014. SO UNFORTUNATELY THEY MADE 2316 01:17:06,088 --> 01:17:06,254 ME 2317 01:17:06,254 --> 01:17:07,022 NUMBER 001. 2318 01:17:07,022 --> 01:17:09,524 I TRIED TO GET THEM TO WAIT SO 2319 01:17:09,524 --> 01:17:14,296 I COULD BE 007. 2320 01:17:14,296 --> 01:17:17,566 THEY'RE THE TRIBE CLOSEST TO 2321 01:17:17,566 --> 01:17:18,000 THE PROJECT. 2322 01:17:18,000 --> 01:17:20,702 I WANT TO RESPOND TO THE 2323 01:17:20,702 --> 01:17:24,673 PREVIOUS SPEAKER 2324 01:17:24,673 --> 01:17:26,508 TELEPHONICALLY AND DISSUADE 2325 01:17:26,508 --> 01:17:26,842 UNDERSTANDING 2326 01:17:26,842 --> 01:17:29,945 THAT THIS IS SOME KIND OF 2327 01:17:29,945 --> 01:17:31,680 JUST A BENEFIT OR GIVEAWAY TO 2328 01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:31,980 THE 2329 01:17:31,980 --> 01:17:34,883 TRIBES. 2330 01:17:34,883 --> 01:17:38,453 IT'S NOT. 2331 01:17:38,453 --> 01:17:41,156 WE'RE NOT JUST AGREEING TO 2332 01:17:41,156 --> 01:17:42,557 THIS FOR OUR BENEFIT. 2333 01:17:42,557 --> 01:17:47,095 IT'S SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS 2334 01:17:47,095 --> 01:17:51,366 THE WHOLE REGION. 2335 01:17:51,366 --> 01:17:54,403 JUST AS CITY LIGHT AND 2336 01:17:54,403 --> 01:17:56,271 SEATTLE IS NOT, IF YOU APPROVE 2337 01:17:56,271 --> 01:17:56,471 THIS 2338 01:17:56,471 --> 01:17:59,341 AGREEMENT, JUST FOR THE 2339 01:17:59,341 --> 01:18:01,076 BENEFIT OF LOW POWER RATES. 2340 01:18:01,076 --> 01:18:04,680 SALMON ARE THE SIGNATURE 2341 01:18:04,680 --> 01:18:06,214 SPECIES OF THE PACIFIC 2342 01:18:06,214 --> 01:18:06,515 NORTHWEST, 2343 01:18:06,515 --> 01:18:07,682 FOR THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND 2344 01:18:07,682 --> 01:18:10,152 THE CITY OF SEATTLE THE REVENUE 2345 01:18:10,152 --> 01:18:14,723 GENERATED TO OUR ECONOMY FROM 2346 01:18:14,723 --> 01:18:17,492 SALMON, FROM THE RESTAURANTS, 2347 01:18:17,492 --> 01:18:22,764 FROM PROCESSING PLANTS, FROM 2348 01:18:22,764 --> 01:18:24,366 RECREATIONAL PERMITS IS BILLIONS 2349 01:18:24,366 --> 01:18:28,303 OF DOLLARS TO THE ECONOMY. 2350 01:18:28,303 --> 01:18:30,505 SO BY APPROVING THIS 2351 01:18:30,505 --> 01:18:31,673 AGREEMENT, YOU'RE NOT JUST 2352 01:18:31,673 --> 01:18:32,774 DOING IT TO KEEP 2353 01:18:32,774 --> 01:18:35,277 POWER RATES LOW. 2354 01:18:35,277 --> 01:18:41,416 YOU'RE NOT JUST DOING IT FOR 2355 01:18:41,416 --> 01:18:42,150 A MONEY GRAB. 2356 01:18:42,150 --> 01:18:44,786 OUR RIGHTS ARE SHARED WITH ALL 2357 01:18:44,786 --> 01:18:47,089 PEOPLE IN THE REGION. 2358 01:18:47,089 --> 01:18:55,764 THEY'RE IN COMMON. 2359 01:18:55,764 --> 01:19:00,135 IF YOU APPROVE THIS AND 2360 01:19:00,135 --> 01:19:02,704 SEATTLE LIVES UP TO ITS PROMISE 2361 01:19:02,704 --> 01:19:04,706 TO 2362 01:19:04,706 --> 01:19:07,576 PROVIDE MORE SALMON 2363 01:19:07,576 --> 01:19:09,478 HABITAT, THAT DOESN'T JUST 2364 01:19:09,478 --> 01:19:09,778 BENEFIT US. 2365 01:19:09,778 --> 01:19:12,914 BECAUSE SALMON ARE 2366 01:19:12,914 --> 01:19:14,583 MIGRATORY, THESE SPECIES MIGRATE 2367 01:19:14,583 --> 01:19:14,883 CLEAR 2368 01:19:14,883 --> 01:19:16,351 UP TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA. 2369 01:19:16,351 --> 01:19:24,292 YOU'RE BENEFITTING EVERYONE AND 2370 01:19:24,292 --> 01:19:26,561 AND ALSO THIS AGREEMENT DOESN'T 2371 01:19:26,561 --> 01:19:28,430 JUST BENEFIT LOW POWER RATES. 2372 01:19:28,430 --> 01:19:32,734 SOME OF THE THINGS MR. TOWNSEND 2373 01:19:32,734 --> 01:19:34,970 DISCUSSED THAT WE 2374 01:19:34,970 --> 01:19:37,839 NEGOTIATED, YOU KNOW, THE 2375 01:19:37,839 --> 01:19:39,341 OUTDOOR LEARNING 2376 01:19:39,341 --> 01:19:42,377 SCHOOL, WE WILL HAVE 2377 01:19:42,377 --> 01:19:46,381 A SPACE WITHIN THAT SO THAT THE 2378 01:19:46,381 --> 01:19:48,683 TRIBAL HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVE 2379 01:19:48,683 --> 01:19:49,184 WILL BE 2380 01:19:49,184 --> 01:19:53,155 PRESENTED WITHIN THAT LEARNING 2381 01:19:53,155 --> 01:19:55,323 CENTER, NOT JUST 2382 01:19:55,323 --> 01:19:56,558 PROPAGANDA ABOUT HOW GOOD 2383 01:19:56,558 --> 01:19:56,892 ELECTRICITY 2384 01:19:56,892 --> 01:19:59,060 IS AND HOW GOOD DAMS ARE. 2385 01:19:59,060 --> 01:20:00,729 TO US, THAT WAS A MAJOR 2386 01:20:00,729 --> 01:20:03,231 BENEFIT WE NEGOTIATED FOR. 2387 01:20:03,231 --> 01:20:05,934 IT'S NOT MONETARY. 2388 01:20:05,934 --> 01:20:07,369 BUT IT DOES BENEFIT US, BECAUSE 2389 01:20:07,369 --> 01:20:11,306 ONCE THAT EDUCATION IS OUT 2390 01:20:11,306 --> 01:20:12,707 THERE THAT SEATTLE IS WILLING 2391 01:20:12,707 --> 01:20:13,942 TO PROVIDE THROUGH ITS 2392 01:20:13,942 --> 01:20:15,477 CULTURAL CENTERS THAT GO ALONG 2393 01:20:15,477 --> 01:20:15,844 WITH THIS 2394 01:20:15,844 --> 01:20:17,546 AGREEMENT, IT'S GOING TO 2395 01:20:17,546 --> 01:20:20,015 REDUCE THE BACKLASH THAT WE AS 2396 01:20:20,015 --> 01:20:21,550 TRIBAL 2397 01:20:21,550 --> 01:20:23,318 PEOPLE ALWAYS GET BECAUSE 2398 01:20:23,318 --> 01:20:24,753 WE'RE THE MOST VISIBLE WHEN 2399 01:20:24,753 --> 01:20:25,020 WE'RE 2400 01:20:25,020 --> 01:20:28,156 ON THE RIVER FISHING. 2401 01:20:28,156 --> 01:20:32,360 SO WE ABSORB AS MUCH 2402 01:20:32,360 --> 01:20:34,763 HOSTILITY FOR BEING THERE FOR 2403 01:20:34,763 --> 01:20:35,063 EXERCISING 2404 01:20:35,063 --> 01:20:42,370 OUR RIGHTS. 2405 01:20:42,370 --> 01:20:46,608 AS DOES THE CITY FOR HAVING A 2406 01:20:46,608 --> 01:20:47,442 DAM. 2407 01:20:47,442 --> 01:20:52,180 AS FAR AS ADDRESSING THAT 2408 01:20:52,180 --> 01:20:53,949 SPEAKER, I SUPPOSE IT COULD 2409 01:20:53,949 --> 01:20:55,417 BE CONSIDERED A LARGE AMOUNT OF 2410 01:20:55,417 --> 01:20:58,086 MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT. 2411 01:20:58,086 --> 01:21:00,222 JUST CONSIDER IT PAST DUE RENT. 2412 01:21:00,222 --> 01:21:02,557 THOSE THREE DAMS HAVE BEEN THERE 2413 01:21:02,557 --> 01:21:07,229 FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS. 2414 01:21:07,229 --> 01:21:11,399 AND IT HAS AFFECTED US 2415 01:21:11,533 --> 01:21:12,033 PARTICULARLY AT THE 2416 01:21:12,033 --> 01:21:12,968 SAUK-SUIATTLE TRIBE, THE 2417 01:21:12,968 --> 01:21:16,938 UPPER SKAGIT TRIBE, THE 2418 01:21:16,938 --> 01:21:17,706 SWINOMISH TRIBE COMMUNITIES. 2419 01:21:17,706 --> 01:21:20,141 SO IT'S JUST PAST DUE RENT FOR 2420 01:21:20,141 --> 01:21:24,479 USING OUR TERRITORY. 2421 01:21:24,479 --> 01:21:27,983 AND APOLOGIES IF SOME OF OUR 2422 01:21:27,983 --> 01:21:31,319 SPEAKERS AND ME FEEL SKEPTICAL 2423 01:21:31,319 --> 01:21:32,554 ABOUT WHETHER SEATTLE CITY 2424 01:21:32,554 --> 01:21:36,258 LIGHT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO MEET 2425 01:21:36,258 --> 01:21:36,424 ITS 2426 01:21:36,424 --> 01:21:38,293 COMMITMENT AND ITS AGREEMENT TO 2427 01:21:38,293 --> 01:21:40,795 PROVIDE THE FISH PASSAGE 2428 01:21:40,795 --> 01:21:46,034 PAST THE DAM SO THEY CAN 2429 01:21:46,034 --> 01:21:47,602 GENERATE 2430 01:21:47,602 --> 01:21:48,169 AND INCREASE. 2431 01:21:48,169 --> 01:21:51,072 THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN 2432 01:21:51,072 --> 01:21:53,041 LIED TO FOR 150 YEARS. 2433 01:21:53,041 --> 01:21:55,744 THAT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, BUT 2434 01:21:55,744 --> 01:21:55,977 IT'S 2435 01:21:55,977 --> 01:21:58,013 A WORKAROUND FOR YOU GUYS. 2436 01:21:58,013 --> 01:21:59,881 YOU'RE GOING TO FACE THAT AND 2437 01:21:59,881 --> 01:22:02,417 WE TRIED TO FACE THAT 2438 01:22:02,417 --> 01:22:02,751 COOPERATIVELY 2439 01:22:02,751 --> 01:22:03,852 THROUGH THIS NEGOTIATION 2440 01:22:03,985 --> 01:22:05,854 PROJECT. I HOPE YOU'LL APPROVE 2441 01:22:05,854 --> 01:22:06,321 IT. 2442 01:22:06,321 --> 01:22:08,189 IT BENEFITS NOT JUST CITY LIGHT. 2443 01:22:08,189 --> 01:22:10,158 IT BENEFITS NOT JUST THE TRIBES. 2444 01:22:10,158 --> 01:22:13,428 IT BENEFITS OUR WHOLE REGION. 2445 01:22:13,428 --> 01:22:16,164 THAT'S KIND OF THE LEADERSHIP 2446 01:22:16,164 --> 01:22:16,331 WE 2447 01:22:16,331 --> 01:22:16,765 LIKE. 2448 01:22:16,765 --> 01:22:17,065 THANK YOU. 2449 01:22:17,065 --> 01:22:22,637 >> THANK YOU, JACK. 2450 01:22:22,637 --> 01:22:27,242 THE SWINOMISH TRIBE NOW. 2451 01:22:27,375 --> 01:22:29,577 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 2452 01:22:29,577 --> 01:22:30,445 CHAIRWOMAN JUAREZ AND BOARD 2453 01:22:30,445 --> 01:22:30,812 MEMBERS. 2454 01:22:30,812 --> 01:22:32,714 MY NAME IS STEVE EDWARDS. 2455 01:22:32,714 --> 01:22:34,416 I'M THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 2456 01:22:34,416 --> 01:22:35,317 SWINOMISH TRIBE. 2457 01:22:35,317 --> 01:22:38,520 I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK 2458 01:22:38,520 --> 01:22:43,558 YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR 2459 01:22:43,558 --> 01:22:45,160 US 2460 01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:46,828 OUT. 2461 01:22:46,828 --> 01:22:48,229 THANK YOU, STAFF. 2462 01:22:48,229 --> 01:22:50,365 YOUR STAFF -- YOU HAVE A GREAT 2463 01:22:50,498 --> 01:22:53,034 STAFF. THANK THE LEADERSHIP. 2464 01:22:53,034 --> 01:22:56,604 THANK THE LEADERSHIP HERE. 2465 01:22:56,604 --> 01:22:58,373 THANK ALL THE AGENCIES 2466 01:22:58,373 --> 01:23:00,241 FOR COMING TO THE TABLE. 2467 01:23:00,241 --> 01:23:07,615 THIS WAS A LONG PROCESS. 2468 01:23:07,615 --> 01:23:10,251 YOU KNOW, IT WAS -- THERE 2469 01:23:10,251 --> 01:23:12,754 WERE GOOD DAYS AND THERE WERE 2470 01:23:12,754 --> 01:23:12,954 BAD 2471 01:23:12,954 --> 01:23:14,255 DAYS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 2472 01:23:14,255 --> 01:23:15,824 THAT'S PART OF NEGOTIATION. 2473 01:23:15,824 --> 01:23:23,998 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE 2474 01:23:23,998 --> 01:23:25,500 WERE ABLE TO SIT AT THE 2475 01:23:25,500 --> 01:23:26,634 TABLE AND HAVE THESE 2476 01:23:26,634 --> 01:23:27,002 CONVERSATIONS. 2477 01:23:27,002 --> 01:23:28,269 THERE WERE TIMES WE 2478 01:23:28,269 --> 01:23:29,971 WEREN'T ALLOWED TO SIT AT THE 2479 01:23:29,971 --> 01:23:30,271 TABLE, BUT 2480 01:23:30,271 --> 01:23:40,849 HERE WE ARE, WE'RE AT THE TABLE. 2481 01:23:41,116 --> 01:23:42,684 BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH EACH 2482 01:23:42,684 --> 01:23:46,287 OTHER, THAT'S IMPORTANT. 2483 01:23:46,287 --> 01:23:48,556 AND I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF 2484 01:23:48,556 --> 01:23:54,262 MY PEOPLE THANKING YOU FOR THIS 2485 01:23:54,262 --> 01:23:56,297 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHAT 2486 01:23:56,297 --> 01:23:57,465 IT MEANS TO MY PEOPLE. 2487 01:23:57,465 --> 01:23:59,267 I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER TRIBES. 2488 01:23:59,267 --> 01:24:05,507 I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MY TRIBE. 2489 01:24:05,507 --> 01:24:07,876 THE RIVER SYSTEM, THE 2490 01:24:07,876 --> 01:24:10,445 SKAGIT WATERSHED IS VERY 2491 01:24:10,445 --> 01:24:11,513 IMPORTANT TO 2492 01:24:11,513 --> 01:24:11,980 US. 2493 01:24:11,980 --> 01:24:14,616 THERE'S A HISTORY 2494 01:24:14,616 --> 01:24:21,756 THERE, THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 2495 01:24:21,756 --> 01:24:26,428 TRADITIONAL FOOD IT'S IMPORTANT 2496 01:24:26,428 --> 01:24:31,766 TO OUR PEOPLE. 2497 01:24:31,766 --> 01:24:32,600 WE FEED OUR ELDERS 2498 01:24:32,600 --> 01:24:34,803 EVERY WEDNESDAY A SALMON MEAL. 2499 01:24:34,803 --> 01:24:38,440 THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 2500 01:24:38,440 --> 01:24:38,807 US. 2501 01:24:38,807 --> 01:24:39,808 THIS IS WHO WE ARE. 2502 01:24:39,808 --> 01:24:42,977 THIS IS OUR IDENTITY. 2503 01:24:42,977 --> 01:24:45,280 THIS IS WHAT WE TEACH OUR 2504 01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:45,613 PEOPLE. 2505 01:24:45,613 --> 01:24:48,983 THIS IS WHAT WE TEACH OUR KIDS. 2506 01:24:48,983 --> 01:24:51,453 I MYSELF HAVE BEEN A FISHERMAN 2507 01:24:51,453 --> 01:24:52,687 FOR OVER 50 YEARS. 2508 01:24:52,687 --> 01:24:56,958 I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT OF 2509 01:24:56,958 --> 01:24:59,294 IT, THROUGH THICK AND THIN, 2510 01:24:59,294 --> 01:24:59,661 CRITICIZED. 2511 01:24:59,661 --> 01:25:02,363 THAT'S OKAY. 2512 01:25:02,363 --> 01:25:06,334 I'M GOING TO BE THE BIGGER, 2513 01:25:06,334 --> 01:25:11,139 BETTER PERSON. 2514 01:25:11,139 --> 01:25:14,175 AND FIND BETTER WAYS TO MOVE 2515 01:25:14,175 --> 01:25:16,010 FORWARD, BUILD BETTER 2516 01:25:16,010 --> 01:25:16,711 RELATIONSHIPS. 2517 01:25:16,711 --> 01:25:19,948 THROUGH THIS RIVER SYSTEM AND 2518 01:25:19,948 --> 01:25:22,951 THIS AGREEMENT, IT'S GOING TO 2519 01:25:22,951 --> 01:25:27,489 BRING LIFE, LIFE BACK TO THIS 2520 01:25:27,489 --> 01:25:31,826 RIVER, MORE LIFE. 2521 01:25:31,826 --> 01:25:37,632 LIFE TO OUR PEOPLE. 2522 01:25:37,632 --> 01:25:40,468 WE THINK SEVEN GENERATIONS 2523 01:25:40,468 --> 01:25:42,003 AHEAD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE 2524 01:25:42,003 --> 01:25:42,937 WANT TO PROTECT. 2525 01:25:42,937 --> 01:25:44,806 WE WANT TO SET THE TABLE 2526 01:25:44,806 --> 01:25:46,274 FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS. 2527 01:25:46,274 --> 01:25:50,578 THAT'S WHO WE ARE. 2528 01:25:50,578 --> 01:25:53,314 AND BY HAVING THIS AGREEMENT IN 2529 01:25:53,448 --> 01:25:57,318 PLACE, I KNOW THERE'S A FUTURE. 2530 01:25:57,318 --> 01:25:59,754 MY PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS HAVE 2531 01:25:59,754 --> 01:26:00,255 SALMON. 2532 01:26:00,255 --> 01:26:03,758 THE TABLE WILL ALWAYS BE 2533 01:26:03,758 --> 01:26:11,799 SET. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO US. 2534 01:26:11,799 --> 01:26:14,636 I CAN'T THANK SEATTLE CITY 2535 01:26:14,636 --> 01:26:14,836 LIGHT 2536 01:26:14,836 --> 01:26:17,972 FOR HAVING RESPECT FOR OUR 2537 01:26:17,972 --> 01:26:21,176 TREATY RIGHTS, RESPECT FOR OUR 2538 01:26:21,176 --> 01:26:23,444 PEOPLE, RESPECT FOR 2539 01:26:23,444 --> 01:26:23,611 OUR 2540 01:26:23,611 --> 01:26:30,752 LEADERSHIP. THAT'S IMPORTANT. 2541 01:26:30,752 --> 01:26:33,054 AND I JUST WANT TO END BY, YOU 2542 01:26:33,054 --> 01:26:37,825 KNOW, SAYING THAT I HOPE 2543 01:26:37,825 --> 01:26:40,862 THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WILL 2544 01:26:40,862 --> 01:26:43,831 CONSIDER 2545 01:26:43,831 --> 01:26:49,070 SUPPORTING THIS, THIS . 2546 01:26:49,070 --> 01:26:50,338 THIS RELATIONSHIP DOESN'T END 2547 01:26:50,338 --> 01:26:50,972 JUST TODAY. 2548 01:26:50,972 --> 01:26:54,075 THIS LICENSE IS FOR 50 YEARS. 2549 01:26:54,075 --> 01:26:55,476 WE HAVE TO KEEP 2550 01:26:55,476 --> 01:27:03,351 THAT RELATIONSHIP ALIVE. 2551 01:27:03,351 --> 01:27:04,752 AND I HOPE WE CAN. 2552 01:27:04,752 --> 01:27:06,421 I HOPE YOU WILL JUST TAKE 2553 01:27:06,421 --> 01:27:09,157 THIS TO HEART AND REALLY TAKE 2554 01:27:09,157 --> 01:27:09,390 THIS 2555 01:27:09,390 --> 01:27:11,059 AGREEMENT AND, YOU KNOW, TRUST 2556 01:27:11,059 --> 01:27:15,997 WHAT WE PUT OUT ON THE TABLE. 2557 01:27:15,997 --> 01:27:18,199 ESPECIALLY YOUR STAFF. 2558 01:27:18,199 --> 01:27:19,334 SO THANK YOU. 2559 01:27:19,334 --> 01:27:21,135 MY HANDS GO UP TO YOU, MY HANDS 2560 01:27:21,135 --> 01:27:26,174 GO UP TO EVERY PARTY THAT'S 2561 01:27:26,174 --> 01:27:26,474 HERE 2562 01:27:26,608 --> 01:27:27,909 IN THE ROOM. YOU KNOW, MANY 2563 01:27:27,909 --> 01:27:28,243 BLESSINGS TO 2564 01:27:28,243 --> 01:27:28,910 EVERYBODY HERE. 2565 01:27:29,043 --> 01:27:29,310 THANK YOU. 2566 01:27:29,310 --> 01:27:33,948 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2567 01:27:34,082 --> 01:27:36,017 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR 2568 01:27:36,017 --> 01:27:37,418 JUAREZ, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE 2569 01:27:37,418 --> 01:27:37,785 FOR 2570 01:27:37,785 --> 01:27:39,153 THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO SPEAK 2571 01:27:39,153 --> 01:27:40,421 ON BEHALF OF MY 2572 01:27:40,421 --> 01:27:43,992 COMMUNITY. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO 2573 01:27:43,992 --> 01:27:46,094 EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO THE -- 2574 01:27:46,094 --> 01:27:46,361 NATIONS 2575 01:27:46,361 --> 01:27:49,464 FROM WHICH LAND I SPEAK ON 2576 01:27:49,464 --> 01:27:49,697 TODAY. 2577 01:27:49,697 --> 01:27:52,667 THIS HAS BEEN A LONG ROAD, AND 2578 01:27:52,667 --> 01:27:55,303 IT'S BEEN A TOUGH ROAD AT 2579 01:27:55,303 --> 01:27:55,536 TIMES. 2580 01:27:55,536 --> 01:27:59,474 AND I WILL ECHO THE 2581 01:27:59,474 --> 01:28:02,944 SENTIMENT THAT WE OWE EXTREME 2582 01:28:02,944 --> 01:28:03,211 GRATITUDE 2583 01:28:03,211 --> 01:28:04,812 TO OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS FOR 2584 01:28:04,812 --> 01:28:05,079 STANDING 2585 01:28:05,079 --> 01:28:05,346 TOGETHER. 2586 01:28:05,346 --> 01:28:06,414 TOGETHER WE'RE INCREDIBLY 2587 01:28:06,414 --> 01:28:08,383 STRONG AND MOVE THE NEEDLE IN A 2588 01:28:08,383 --> 01:28:08,616 WAY 2589 01:28:08,616 --> 01:28:09,917 THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE. 2590 01:28:09,917 --> 01:28:13,588 AS A NATURAL 2591 01:28:13,588 --> 01:28:17,091 RESOURCES MANAGER -- MY 2592 01:28:17,091 --> 01:28:17,492 TRADITIONAL NAME. 2593 01:28:17,492 --> 01:28:20,295 AS A NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGER, 2594 01:28:20,295 --> 01:28:22,463 WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING 2595 01:28:22,463 --> 01:28:27,235 FOR MITIGATION OR THINGS THAT, 2596 01:28:27,235 --> 01:28:29,837 LIKE, DON'T SAVE SALMON, BUT 2597 01:28:29,837 --> 01:28:30,672 STOP THE 2598 01:28:30,672 --> 01:28:31,773 DEGRADATION OF SALMON. 2599 01:28:31,773 --> 01:28:33,574 WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR THE 2600 01:28:33,574 --> 01:28:34,042 SILVER BULLET. 2601 01:28:34,042 --> 01:28:35,843 WE'RE LOOKING TO AVOID THE 2602 01:28:35,843 --> 01:28:38,479 STRAW THAT BREAKS THE CAMEL'S 2603 01:28:38,479 --> 01:28:38,680 BACK 2604 01:28:38,680 --> 01:28:40,448 AND ENDS OUR EXISTENCE IN TERMS 2605 01:28:40,448 --> 01:28:41,683 OF OUR CULTURAL IDENTITY. 2606 01:28:41,683 --> 01:28:43,217 THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN 2607 01:28:43,217 --> 01:28:45,920 MY CAREER AND IN MY LIFE WHERE 2608 01:28:45,920 --> 01:28:49,390 WE HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK GOING 2609 01:28:49,390 --> 01:28:49,824 FORWARD. 2610 01:28:49,824 --> 01:28:51,893 I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT 2611 01:28:51,893 --> 01:28:53,561 IT'S A BIG PRICE TAG, THERE'S 2612 01:28:53,561 --> 01:28:53,761 A LOT 2613 01:28:53,761 --> 01:28:56,331 OF GLAMOROUS NUMBERS IN THERE 2614 01:28:56,331 --> 01:28:58,032 THAT AREN'T GLAMOROUS AT ALL. 2615 01:28:58,032 --> 01:28:59,434 THEY ARE A FRAGMENT OF THE 2616 01:28:59,434 --> 01:29:00,968 REPRESENTATION OF THE 2617 01:29:00,968 --> 01:29:01,969 EXTRACTION THAT'S HAPPENED OVER 2618 01:29:01,969 --> 01:29:02,370 THE LAST 2619 01:29:02,370 --> 01:29:04,539 100 YEARS AND REPRESENT A 2620 01:29:04,539 --> 01:29:06,174 LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WE 2621 01:29:06,174 --> 01:29:07,442 APPRECIATE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, 2622 01:29:07,442 --> 01:29:08,643 BECAUSE RELATIONSHIPS ARE 2623 01:29:08,643 --> 01:29:11,179 BUILT AT THE SPEED OF TRUST. 2624 01:29:11,179 --> 01:29:13,081 AND THAT TRUST HAS A 2625 01:29:13,081 --> 01:29:15,683 TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF FRAGILITY. 2626 01:29:15,683 --> 01:29:17,785 WITH THAT FRACTURED TRUST WITH 2627 01:29:17,785 --> 01:29:21,255 100 YEARS OF HISTORY, WITHOUT 2628 01:29:21,255 --> 01:29:22,924 EVER BEING ALLOWED TO BE AT THE 2629 01:29:22,924 --> 01:29:24,392 TABLE OR TO ESTABLISH 2630 01:29:24,392 --> 01:29:26,360 THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILT ON 2631 01:29:26,360 --> 01:29:28,162 TRUST, THIS IS A SMALL PRICE TO 2632 01:29:28,162 --> 01:29:28,396 PAY. 2633 01:29:28,396 --> 01:29:30,198 WE ASK THAT YOU MOVE 2634 01:29:30,198 --> 01:29:31,632 FORWARD FROM A POSITIVE WAY AND 2635 01:29:31,632 --> 01:29:33,701 SUPPORT 2636 01:29:33,701 --> 01:29:34,035 THIS. 2637 01:29:34,035 --> 01:29:37,105 IT HAS BEEN A COMPROMISE BY ALL. 2638 01:29:37,105 --> 01:29:40,341 IT'S JUST BEEN -- I'VE HAD THE 2639 01:29:40,341 --> 01:29:41,309 BLESSING OF BEING IN 2640 01:29:41,309 --> 01:29:45,146 THE TRENCHES FOR THE LAST SEVEN- 2641 01:29:45,146 --> 01:29:45,346 PLUS 2642 01:29:45,480 --> 01:29:50,351 YEARS. WE APPROACH THIS AS 2643 01:29:50,351 --> 01:29:50,618 PRAGMATIC 2644 01:29:50,618 --> 01:29:51,219 REALISTS, RIGHT? 2645 01:29:51,219 --> 01:29:55,390 WE DIDN'T LOOK AT THIS AS 2646 01:29:55,390 --> 01:29:56,657 AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO 2647 01:29:56,657 --> 01:29:59,193 PUSH SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY 2648 01:29:59,193 --> 01:29:59,494 OUT OF 2649 01:29:59,494 --> 01:30:03,631 THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY, BUT AS 2650 01:30:03,765 --> 01:30:05,233 PRAGMATIC REALISTS AND TRY 2651 01:30:05,233 --> 01:30:06,801 TO BUILD A FUTURE FOR 2652 01:30:06,801 --> 01:30:07,135 GENERATIONS. 2653 01:30:07,135 --> 01:30:12,573 IN THAT, IT'S BEEN A TON OF 2654 01:30:12,573 --> 01:30:12,774 JUST 2655 01:30:12,774 --> 01:30:13,841 HARD WORK BY PEOPLE. 2656 01:30:13,841 --> 01:30:16,611 THE TRUST I SPOKE OF EARLIER, I 2657 01:30:16,611 --> 01:30:19,180 THINK YOUR STAFF AT SEATTLE CITY 2658 01:30:19,180 --> 01:30:22,750 LIGHT HAS JUST BEEN BEYOND 2659 01:30:22,750 --> 01:30:24,485 AMAZING THROUGH SOME TOUGH 2660 01:30:24,485 --> 01:30:24,752 TIMES. 2661 01:30:24,752 --> 01:30:26,921 I MEAN, I APOLOGIZE FOR SOME 2662 01:30:26,921 --> 01:30:29,323 OF THE EMOTION, BUT IT'S JUST 2663 01:30:29,323 --> 01:30:31,292 BEEN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT 2664 01:30:31,292 --> 01:30:31,526 ROAD. 2665 01:30:31,526 --> 01:30:34,328 AND THE TRUST HAS BEEN 2666 01:30:34,328 --> 01:30:35,763 BUILT, AND THE TRUST IS WHAT WE 2667 01:30:35,763 --> 01:30:36,364 HAVE 2668 01:30:36,364 --> 01:30:37,899 TO CARRY OVER AND HAND DOWN 2669 01:30:37,899 --> 01:30:39,934 IN TERMS OF OUR INHERITANCE TO 2670 01:30:39,934 --> 01:30:40,735 THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. 2671 01:30:40,735 --> 01:30:42,670 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS 2672 01:30:42,670 --> 01:30:47,074 WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS 2673 01:30:47,208 --> 01:30:48,543 SETTLEMENT. YOU HEAR THE SAYING 2674 01:30:48,543 --> 01:30:49,043 WATER IS 2675 01:30:49,043 --> 01:30:50,011 LIFE, RIGHT? 2676 01:30:50,011 --> 01:30:52,013 BUT THIS IS A MANAGED SYSTEM OF 2677 01:30:52,013 --> 01:30:52,313 WATER. 2678 01:30:52,313 --> 01:30:54,949 WITH THAT, WE DON'T SAY THAT 2679 01:30:54,949 --> 01:30:56,517 SAYING, WE LIVE THAT SAYING. 2680 01:30:56,517 --> 01:30:59,887 WATER IS PART OF OUR CORE 2681 01:31:00,021 --> 01:31:01,522 EXISTENCE. WHEN YOU CONTROL THE 2682 01:31:01,522 --> 01:31:01,823 WATER, YOU 2683 01:31:01,823 --> 01:31:03,724 CONTROL OUR LIFE. 2684 01:31:03,724 --> 01:31:06,160 AND AS HEAVY OF A BURDEN AS THAT 2685 01:31:06,160 --> 01:31:09,764 IS, THINK OF IT AS 2686 01:31:09,764 --> 01:31:11,799 A BLESSING AND OPPORTUNITY TO 2687 01:31:11,799 --> 01:31:12,300 MOVE FORWARD 2688 01:31:12,300 --> 01:31:14,802 AND DO THE BEST WITH THE TRIBAL 2689 01:31:14,802 --> 01:31:16,337 COMMUNITIES ON THE RIVER. 2690 01:31:16,337 --> 01:31:17,371 I'LL STOP THERE. 2691 01:31:17,371 --> 01:31:19,574 I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY, 2692 01:31:19,574 --> 01:31:21,475 BUT I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF 2693 01:31:21,475 --> 01:31:23,211 BOTH YOUR TIME AND MY COLLEAGUES 2694 01:31:23,211 --> 01:31:24,178 HERE TO MY RIGHT. 2695 01:31:24,178 --> 01:31:25,379 APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, APPRECIATE 2696 01:31:25,379 --> 01:31:27,615 YOUR LISTENING AND LOOK 2697 01:31:27,615 --> 01:31:30,351 FORWARD TO FUTURE CELEBRATIONS 2698 01:31:30,351 --> 01:31:31,152 THATTHAT I WE 2699 01:31:31,152 --> 01:31:31,586 HAVE IN STORE. 2700 01:31:31,586 --> 01:31:32,019 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2701 01:31:32,019 --> 01:31:38,559 >> THANK YOU. 2702 01:31:38,693 --> 01:31:39,093 CHAIR. 2703 01:31:39,093 --> 01:31:40,928 >> HONORABLE CHAIR AND 2704 01:31:40,928 --> 01:31:46,634 COMMITTEE, MY NAME IS SCOTT 2705 01:31:46,767 --> 01:31:48,870 SKYLAR. I'VE FISHED THE SKAGIT 2706 01:31:48,870 --> 01:31:49,303 RIVER MY 2707 01:31:49,303 --> 01:31:50,571 ENTIRE LIFE. 2708 01:31:50,571 --> 01:31:52,707 MY FAMILY COMES FROM THE SKAGIT 2709 01:31:52,707 --> 01:31:52,940 RIVER. 2710 01:31:52,940 --> 01:31:56,010 MY GRANDPARENTS LIVE IN A LITTLE 2711 01:31:56,010 --> 01:31:56,978 CABIN WITH NO ELECTRICITY. 2712 01:31:56,978 --> 01:31:59,714 THEY LIVED OUT THEIR LIVES THERE 2713 01:31:59,714 --> 01:32:00,948 FISHING AND MEETING WITH 2714 01:32:00,948 --> 01:32:02,250 THE REST OF OUR FAMILY. 2715 01:32:02,250 --> 01:32:03,317 I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE 2716 01:32:03,317 --> 01:32:04,886 BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY HERE. 2717 01:32:04,886 --> 01:32:07,188 IN OUR LIFETIME, IN MY LIFETIME 2718 01:32:07,188 --> 01:32:08,656 I'VE SEEN THE DEMISE OF 2719 01:32:08,656 --> 01:32:09,991 THE SALMON ON THE SKAGIT. 2720 01:32:09,991 --> 01:32:12,493 I'VE SEEN THE LAST SPRING SHIN 2721 01:32:12,493 --> 01:32:12,760 A 2722 01:32:12,760 --> 01:32:16,297 NOOK FISHERY FOR WILD FISH IN 2723 01:32:16,297 --> 01:32:18,633 1988, THE LAST SUMMER FALL 2724 01:32:18,633 --> 01:32:26,274 WILD SHIN NOOK FISHERY IN 2007. 2725 01:32:26,274 --> 01:32:28,309 AGAIN, IN 2026 WE'RE NOT 2726 01:32:28,309 --> 01:32:29,210 FISHING STEEL HEAD. 2727 01:32:29,210 --> 01:32:31,345 THIS IS A LEGACY THAT WE HOPE TO 2728 01:32:31,345 --> 01:32:32,346 CHANGE THROUGH THIS 2729 01:32:32,346 --> 01:32:33,681 AGREEMENT AND BRIGHTEN OUR 2730 01:32:33,681 --> 01:32:33,915 FUTURE. 2731 01:32:33,915 --> 01:32:35,283 YOU KNOW, BACK WHEN THE 2732 01:32:35,283 --> 01:32:37,184 FIRST DAMS WERE BUILT OR THE DAM 2733 01:32:37,184 --> 01:32:39,754 WAS BUILT IN 1921 OR '20, 2734 01:32:39,754 --> 01:32:40,321 PEOPLE 2735 01:32:40,321 --> 01:32:41,422 ASK US WHERE WERE YOU? 2736 01:32:41,422 --> 01:32:43,791 WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS EXPRESS 2737 01:32:43,791 --> 01:32:46,327 YOUR DISAPPROVAL OF HAVING 2738 01:32:46,327 --> 01:32:46,594 THIS DAM 2739 01:32:46,594 --> 01:32:47,929 BUILT? WELL, WE WERE 2740 01:32:47,929 --> 01:32:48,262 IMPOVERISHED 2741 01:32:48,262 --> 01:32:49,363 AT THE TIME. 2742 01:32:49,363 --> 01:32:51,332 OUR PEOPLE WERE DIMINISHED. 2743 01:32:51,332 --> 01:32:52,600 WE WEREN'T EVEN 2744 01:32:52,600 --> 01:32:53,901 CONSIDERED CITIZENS AT THE TIME. 2745 01:32:53,901 --> 01:32:55,603 SO OUR PEOPLE WERE IN WHAT WE 2746 01:32:55,603 --> 01:32:56,804 CALL SURVIVAL MODE. 2747 01:32:56,804 --> 01:32:58,506 THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO 2748 01:32:58,506 --> 01:32:59,507 FEED THEMSELVES AND LIVE. 2749 01:32:59,507 --> 01:33:01,542 IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR US TO FISH 2750 01:33:01,542 --> 01:33:03,277 AT THE TIME BY THE STATE OF 2751 01:33:03,411 --> 01:33:05,446 WASHINGTON. BUT WE STEP AHEAD TO 2752 01:33:05,446 --> 01:33:05,646 2026. 2753 01:33:05,646 --> 01:33:08,783 SO I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT 2754 01:33:08,783 --> 01:33:10,952 THIS LANDMARK AGREEMENT, 2755 01:33:10,952 --> 01:33:12,653 THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH 2756 01:33:12,653 --> 01:33:14,355 WILL PROVIDE FIRST- TIME 2757 01:33:14,355 --> 01:33:14,655 MEANINGFUL 2758 01:33:14,655 --> 01:33:15,823 MITIGATION FOR THE CULTURAL 2759 01:33:15,823 --> 01:33:17,758 NATURAL RESOURCE 2760 01:33:17,758 --> 01:33:19,961 IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2761 01:33:19,961 --> 01:33:20,161 THREE 2762 01:33:20,161 --> 01:33:21,028 HYDROELECTRIC DAMS 2763 01:33:21,028 --> 01:33:22,063 WHILE AFFORDING THE CITY 2764 01:33:22,063 --> 01:33:23,531 OF SEATTLE WITH A CERTAINTY OF A 2765 01:33:23,531 --> 01:33:23,698 NEW 2766 01:33:23,698 --> 01:33:24,799 FEDERAL OPERATING LICENSE. 2767 01:33:24,799 --> 01:33:26,267 THIS AGREEMENT IS 2768 01:33:26,267 --> 01:33:27,735 THE CULMINATION OF OVER SEVEN 2769 01:33:27,735 --> 01:33:27,935 YEARS 2770 01:33:27,935 --> 01:33:29,203 OF INTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS 2771 01:33:29,203 --> 01:33:30,805 WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 2772 01:33:30,805 --> 01:33:32,773 BUT FROM UPPER SKAGIT 2773 01:33:32,773 --> 01:33:34,275 STANDPOINT, THIS HAS BEEN 2774 01:33:34,275 --> 01:33:36,310 100 YEARS IN THE MAKING TO GET 2775 01:33:36,310 --> 01:33:36,477 TO 2776 01:33:36,477 --> 01:33:37,812 THIS POINT BECAUSE THESE 2777 01:33:37,812 --> 01:33:40,381 IMPACTS WERE HERE WE BORE THE 2778 01:33:40,381 --> 01:33:40,881 BURDEN 2779 01:33:40,881 --> 01:33:42,083 OF THESE IMPACTS, OUR PEOPLE 2780 01:33:42,083 --> 01:33:43,184 DID FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. 2781 01:33:43,184 --> 01:33:44,952 WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING 2782 01:33:45,086 --> 01:33:47,588 FORWARD. WE WALKED INTO THE 2783 01:33:47,588 --> 01:33:48,723 LICENSE 2784 01:33:48,723 --> 01:33:50,257 NEGOTIATIONS EYES WIDE OPEN 2785 01:33:50,257 --> 01:33:51,425 WITH VERY SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 2786 01:33:51,425 --> 01:33:52,560 THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO US. 2787 01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:54,528 YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST, 2788 01:33:54,528 --> 01:33:55,830 WE WANTED TO SEE THE RIVER 2789 01:33:55,830 --> 01:33:56,130 RETURN. 2790 01:33:56,130 --> 01:33:57,598 THAT'S ANOTHER THING I'VE 2791 01:33:57,598 --> 01:33:59,533 NEVER SEEN IN MY LIFE, THE RIVER 2792 01:33:59,533 --> 01:34:00,668 FLOWING IN ITS NATURAL 2793 01:34:00,668 --> 01:34:03,170 BANKS. WE WANTED TO PRESERVE AND 2794 01:34:03,170 --> 01:34:04,705 PROTECT, BRING BACK THE 2795 01:34:04,705 --> 01:34:05,906 SALMON AND ALL THE CREATURES 2796 01:34:05,906 --> 01:34:06,273 THAT 2797 01:34:06,273 --> 01:34:07,742 ARE IMPORTANT TO US THROUGH 2798 01:34:07,742 --> 01:34:08,809 THESE MITIGATION MEASURES. 2799 01:34:08,809 --> 01:34:10,411 AT THAT TIME, IT WAS TIME 2800 01:34:10,411 --> 01:34:12,613 TO ADDRESS THE DEGRADATION OF 2801 01:34:12,613 --> 01:34:14,048 UPPER SKAGIT'S UNIQUE CULTURE 2802 01:34:14,048 --> 01:34:15,916 AND HISTORY BY THE PROJECT AND 2803 01:34:15,916 --> 01:34:17,618 RETURN OUR NAMESAKE RIVER, 2804 01:34:17,618 --> 01:34:19,987 PROTECT OUR SALMON AND 2805 01:34:19,987 --> 01:34:20,988 OTHER CREATURES HOWEVER SMALL 2806 01:34:20,988 --> 01:34:22,590 THEY'RE PART OF THE LANDSCAPE. 2807 01:34:22,590 --> 01:34:24,959 AS YOU MAY 2808 01:34:24,959 --> 01:34:26,427 KNOW, THIS WAS THE ANCESTRAL 2809 01:34:26,427 --> 01:34:27,395 HOME OF THE UPPER 2810 01:34:27,395 --> 01:34:28,829 SKAGIT, SOMETIMES REFERRED TO 2811 01:34:28,829 --> 01:34:30,431 AS THE VALLEY OF THE SPIRITS. 2812 01:34:30,431 --> 01:34:32,767 OUR ANCESTORS LIVED IN WHAT 2813 01:34:32,767 --> 01:34:34,035 WE CALL TODAY THE 2814 01:34:34,035 --> 01:34:35,069 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT PROJECT AREA. 2815 01:34:35,069 --> 01:34:36,671 THINK ABOUT THAT FOR ONE MEN. 2816 01:34:36,671 --> 01:34:40,941 THE DEGRADATION THAT OCCURRED ON 2817 01:34:40,941 --> 01:34:43,077 THESE VILLAGE SITES CONTAIN 2818 01:34:43,077 --> 01:34:44,812 THE GRAVES OF OUR ANCESTORS. 2819 01:34:44,812 --> 01:34:46,647 MOST TRIBES SUE WHEN 2820 01:34:46,647 --> 01:34:48,749 THE DEGRADATION OCCURS. 2821 01:34:48,749 --> 01:34:49,884 UPPER SKAGIT DID NOT. 2822 01:34:49,884 --> 01:34:51,986 WE STUCK IT OUT THROUGH 2823 01:34:51,986 --> 01:34:53,220 THIS PROCESS AND NEGOTIATED IN 2824 01:34:53,220 --> 01:34:53,421 GOOD 2825 01:34:53,421 --> 01:34:54,321 FAITH WITH THE SEATTLE CITY 2826 01:34:54,321 --> 01:34:54,922 LIGHT TEAM. 2827 01:34:54,922 --> 01:34:56,690 THIS PROJECT AREA WAS 2828 01:34:56,690 --> 01:34:58,192 WORTH DEFENDING BY OUR 2829 01:34:58,192 --> 01:34:58,492 ANCESTORS. 2830 01:34:58,492 --> 01:35:01,629 IN FACT, OUR ANCESTORS DEFENDED 2831 01:35:01,629 --> 01:35:03,097 THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 2832 01:35:03,097 --> 01:35:04,365 PROJECT AREA FROM INTRUSION FROM 2833 01:35:04,365 --> 01:35:04,532 THE 2834 01:35:04,532 --> 01:35:06,567 NORTH. 2835 01:35:06,567 --> 01:35:09,437 IF YOU KNOW THE SKAGIT RIVER, 2836 01:35:09,437 --> 01:35:13,007 WE DEFENDED THE RIVER FROM 2837 01:35:13,007 --> 01:35:15,476 UPSTREAM. 2838 01:35:15,476 --> 01:35:16,677 IT WAS IMPORTANT AND SKA 2839 01:35:16,811 --> 01:35:19,847 SACRED TO US. 2840 01:35:19,847 --> 01:35:21,348 THESE ADDRESS SPECIFIC ISSUES 2841 01:35:21,348 --> 01:35:24,485 INCLUDING THE CULTURAL 2842 01:35:24,485 --> 01:35:27,354 APPROPRIATION OF UPPER 2843 01:35:27,354 --> 01:35:28,556 SKAGIT'S UNIQUE IDENTITY AND 2844 01:35:28,556 --> 01:35:29,557 AFFILIATION WITH THE PROJECT 2845 01:35:29,557 --> 01:35:29,990 AREA. 2846 01:35:29,990 --> 01:35:31,058 IT'S HARD TO DESCRIBE 2847 01:35:31,058 --> 01:35:33,461 THE EMOTIONS THE UPPER SKAGIT 2848 01:35:33,461 --> 01:35:34,628 PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE WHEN THE 2849 01:35:34,628 --> 01:35:35,963 DAY FINALLY ARRIVES WHEN THE 2850 01:35:35,963 --> 01:35:38,466 RIVER IS FINALLY RETURNED TO ITS 2851 01:35:38,466 --> 01:35:40,234 BANKS OR WHEN THE VERY FIRST 2852 01:35:40,234 --> 01:35:42,203 SALMON RETURNS HOME AFTER 100 2853 01:35:42,203 --> 01:35:42,436 YEARS. 2854 01:35:42,436 --> 01:35:44,338 WE DO KNOW THAT THE ANCESTORS 2855 01:35:44,338 --> 01:35:45,639 WHO GUIDED OUR 2856 01:35:45,639 --> 01:35:46,540 ACTIONS THROUGHOUT WILL BE 2857 01:35:46,540 --> 01:35:46,774 LOOKING 2858 01:35:46,774 --> 01:35:48,309 DOWN AND SMILING UPON US BECAUSE 2859 01:35:48,309 --> 01:35:48,476 OF 2860 01:35:48,476 --> 01:35:49,343 THESE ACTIONS. 2861 01:35:49,343 --> 01:35:50,878 BECAUSE OF THIS 2862 01:35:50,878 --> 01:35:52,480 AGREEMENT, THERE IS MUCH NOW TO 2863 01:35:52,480 --> 01:35:52,980 BE THANKFUL 2864 01:35:52,980 --> 01:35:55,549 FOR FOR OUR CHILDREN'S AND 2865 01:35:55,549 --> 01:35:56,584 CHILDREN WILL REAP THE BENEFIT 2866 01:35:56,584 --> 01:35:57,184 OF A 2867 01:35:57,184 --> 01:35:58,285 HEALTHY RIVER BECAUSE 2868 01:35:58,285 --> 01:36:00,387 THE PARTIES FOUND THE WISDOM TO 2869 01:36:00,387 --> 01:36:01,589 FIND COMPROMISE THROUGHOUT THE 2870 01:36:01,589 --> 01:36:01,956 NEGOTIATIONS. 2871 01:36:01,956 --> 01:36:06,227 BUT TODAY OUR HANDS 2872 01:36:06,227 --> 01:36:08,162 AGAIN, WE RAISE OUR HANDS IN 2873 01:36:08,162 --> 01:36:08,462 THANKS FOR 2874 01:36:08,462 --> 01:36:10,831 NOT ONLY ALLOWING THE RETURN 2875 01:36:10,831 --> 01:36:15,069 OF OUR NAMESAKE RIVER, ALLOWING 2876 01:36:15,069 --> 01:36:16,303 OUR 2877 01:36:16,437 --> 01:36:18,405 BROTHERS AND SISTERS THE 2878 01:36:18,405 --> 01:36:20,207 SALMON TO RETURN HOME, WE CAN 2879 01:36:20,207 --> 01:36:22,610 FINALLY CALL OUR 2880 01:36:22,610 --> 01:36:23,577 HOME OUR HOME. UPPER SKAGIT 2881 01:36:23,577 --> 01:36:23,944 CULTURE AND 2882 01:36:23,944 --> 01:36:25,246 HISTORY AND THE FINAL 2883 01:36:25,246 --> 01:36:25,546 RESTORATION 2884 01:36:25,546 --> 01:36:27,815 ACTION WILL BE THE RETURN OF THE 2885 01:36:27,815 --> 01:36:30,351 UPPER SKAGIT PEOPLE TO NEW HEY 2886 01:36:30,351 --> 01:36:30,584 LEM. 2887 01:36:30,584 --> 01:36:33,587 WE THANK THE CITY FOR ALL THOSE 2888 01:36:33,587 --> 01:36:34,688 MITIGATIVE MEASURES AND 2889 01:36:34,688 --> 01:36:35,823 LOOK FORWARD TO A BRIGHTER 2890 01:36:35,823 --> 01:36:36,056 FUTURE 2891 01:36:36,056 --> 01:36:37,224 FOR OUR PEOPLE AND THE RIVER. 2892 01:36:37,224 --> 01:36:39,093 WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE MY 2893 01:36:39,093 --> 01:36:39,527 COUNTERPART 2894 01:36:39,527 --> 01:36:40,127 TO CONCLUDE FOR US. 2895 01:36:40,127 --> 01:36:43,864 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2896 01:36:43,998 --> 01:36:48,135 >> RESPECTFULLY, CHAIRWOMAN 2897 01:36:48,135 --> 01:36:49,470 JUAREZ, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY 2898 01:36:49,470 --> 01:36:51,672 NOTHING THAT I AS A NON- 2899 01:36:51,672 --> 01:36:53,340 TRIBAL MEMBER COULD ADD TO 2900 01:36:53,340 --> 01:36:53,707 WHAT'S BEEN 2901 01:36:53,707 --> 01:36:54,041 SAID HERE. 2902 01:36:54,041 --> 01:36:57,178 I PREPARED REMARKS BUT THEY'RE 2903 01:36:57,178 --> 01:36:58,245 MEANINGLESS TO THE WORDS 2904 01:36:58,245 --> 01:36:58,846 YOU'VE HEARD HERE. 2905 01:36:58,846 --> 01:37:00,181 SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE 2906 01:37:00,181 --> 01:37:01,882 AWAY FROM WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN 2907 01:37:01,882 --> 01:37:02,283 SPOKEN. 2908 01:37:02,483 --> 01:37:04,552 >> THANK YOU. IT'S VERY SELDOM 2909 01:37:04,552 --> 01:37:06,187 I SEE 2910 01:37:06,187 --> 01:37:08,055 THE ATTORNEYS EVEN THOUGH I'M 2911 01:37:08,055 --> 01:37:08,222 AN 2912 01:37:08,222 --> 01:37:09,290 ATTORNEY FOR TRIBAL COUNTRY. 2913 01:37:09,290 --> 01:37:11,091 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 2914 01:37:11,091 --> 01:37:12,593 YOU UNDERSTAND THEIR WORDS 2915 01:37:12,593 --> 01:37:14,228 AS ELECTED LEADERS AND THOSE 2916 01:37:14,228 --> 01:37:16,030 WHO LIVE AND DIE ON THE RIVER, 2917 01:37:16,030 --> 01:37:16,697 THANK YOU FOR THAT. 2918 01:37:16,697 --> 01:37:17,498 I APPRECIATE THAT. 2919 01:37:17,498 --> 01:37:18,933 I WANT TO SAY A FEW 2920 01:37:18,933 --> 01:37:20,100 THINGS BEFORE WE MOVE ON. 2921 01:37:20,100 --> 01:37:28,475 GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID, 2922 01:37:28,475 --> 01:37:30,377 SCHUYLER SCOTT BECAUSE I 2923 01:37:30,377 --> 01:37:38,052 KNEW YOUR MOM, BACK IN THE s 2924 01:37:38,052 --> 01:37:40,421 THE STATE FLOODED OUR DAM, WE 2925 01:37:40,421 --> 01:37:40,621 HAD 2926 01:37:40,621 --> 01:37:43,157 TO FIGHT TO GET IT BACK. 2927 01:37:43,157 --> 01:37:46,860 YOU CAN TALK TO -- TRIBES, 2928 01:37:46,860 --> 01:37:48,095 I'VE BEEN THROUGH TWO 2929 01:37:48,095 --> 01:37:48,395 GOVERNORS, 2930 01:37:48,395 --> 01:37:52,032 FOUR MAYORS AND NOW I THINK 2931 01:37:52,032 --> 01:37:56,403 MAYBE FOUR CEO GMs AT STEELT 2932 01:37:56,403 --> 01:37:56,804 EATTLE CITY 2933 01:37:56,804 --> 01:37:57,338 LIGHT. 2934 01:37:57,338 --> 01:37:58,606 SOMETIMES THE CREATOR GIVES 2935 01:37:58,606 --> 01:38:00,207 YOU THE LESSON OVER AND OVER 2936 01:38:00,207 --> 01:38:01,175 UNTIL YOU GET IT. 2937 01:38:01,175 --> 01:38:03,043 I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NEGATIVE. 2938 01:38:03,043 --> 01:38:04,478 I'M JUST TRYING TO SAY THAT 2939 01:38:04,478 --> 01:38:06,914 YOUR WORDS CARRY SO MUCH WEIGHT 2940 01:38:06,914 --> 01:38:09,183 THAT THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THAT 2941 01:38:09,183 --> 01:38:09,350 YOU 2942 01:38:09,350 --> 01:38:10,317 FISH FOR SPORT. 2943 01:38:10,317 --> 01:38:12,987 THAT'S WHAT UNCLE BILLY USED TO 2944 01:38:13,120 --> 01:38:14,622 SAY. YOU LIVE AND DIE ON THIS 2945 01:38:14,622 --> 01:38:14,855 RIVER. 2946 01:38:14,855 --> 01:38:16,423 YOU GET YOUR NAMES FROM THIS 2947 01:38:16,423 --> 01:38:16,657 RIVER. 2948 01:38:16,657 --> 01:38:18,058 THIS SOIL IS YOURS. 2949 01:38:18,058 --> 01:38:19,860 THAT'S HOW THE WORLD WORKS. 2950 01:38:19,860 --> 01:38:21,428 IN INDIAN COUNTRY WE 2951 01:38:21,428 --> 01:38:22,830 BELIEVE POWER IS LAND BASED. 2952 01:38:22,830 --> 01:38:24,665 SO I WOULD RATHER HAVE LAND 2953 01:38:24,665 --> 01:38:27,067 BACK THAT A LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 2954 01:38:27,067 --> 01:38:29,169 DOESN'T DO ME ANY GOOD TO 2955 01:38:29,169 --> 01:38:31,071 TELL ME YOU'RE ON STOLEN LAND. 2956 01:38:31,071 --> 01:38:32,239 I REALLY DON'T CARE. 2957 01:38:32,239 --> 01:38:33,774 I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU'RE 2958 01:38:33,774 --> 01:38:36,644 GOING TO GIVE IT 2959 01:38:36,644 --> 01:38:39,446 BACK. I ALSO WANT YOU TO UPHOLD 2960 01:38:39,446 --> 01:38:43,217 THE 2961 01:38:43,217 --> 01:38:48,188 TREATIES WHICH 2962 01:38:48,188 --> 01:38:49,990 IS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND. 2963 01:38:49,990 --> 01:38:51,892 I SHOULD HAVE INTRODUCED MYSELF. 2964 01:38:51,892 --> 01:38:55,029 MY NAME IS -- HOLY MOUNTAIN 2965 01:38:55,162 --> 01:38:57,197 WOMAN. I RAISE MY HANDS TO YOU 2966 01:38:57,197 --> 01:38:58,165 AND I 2967 01:38:58,165 --> 01:38:59,566 APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOING MY 2968 01:38:59,566 --> 01:39:01,101 RIGHT AND HONORABLE 2969 01:39:01,101 --> 01:39:01,468 ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 2970 01:39:01,468 --> 01:39:03,003 WITH THAT, IT IS SO 2971 01:39:03,003 --> 01:39:04,138 IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD 2972 01:39:04,138 --> 01:39:04,471 ON THIS. 2973 01:39:04,471 --> 01:39:07,341 I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY 2974 01:39:07,341 --> 01:39:08,609 COLLEAGUES AND 2975 01:39:08,609 --> 01:39:11,078 ALSO COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE WHO'S 2976 01:39:11,078 --> 01:39:11,979 HERE AS WELL. 2977 01:39:11,979 --> 01:39:14,315 IT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE IT BUT 2978 01:39:14,315 --> 01:39:15,716 WE REALLY ARE PAYING ATTENTION. 2979 01:39:15,716 --> 01:39:17,051 WE UNDERSTAND THE WEIGHT OF 2980 01:39:17,051 --> 01:39:17,451 THIS AGREEMENT. 2981 01:39:17,451 --> 01:39:19,420 TRUST ME, WE KNOW ABOUT ALL 2982 01:39:19,420 --> 01:39:21,889 THE FIGHTS GOING ON BETWEEN THE 2983 01:39:21,889 --> 01:39:23,824 WATER, THE LAND AND I 2984 01:39:23,824 --> 01:39:25,459 UNDERSTOOD WHAT SOME OF -- I'VE 2985 01:39:25,459 --> 01:39:25,859 HEARD IT. 2986 01:39:25,859 --> 01:39:27,428 AS YOU KNOW, I WAS ONE OF 2987 01:39:27,428 --> 01:39:30,864 THE TRIAL LAWYERS IN U.S. V 2988 01:39:30,864 --> 01:39:32,132 WASHINGTON ON THE SHELLFISH 2989 01:39:32,132 --> 01:39:32,533 SIDE. 2990 01:39:32,533 --> 01:39:33,901 I REMEMBER DEPOSING ALL 2991 01:39:33,901 --> 01:39:35,436 THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS AND WHAT 2992 01:39:35,436 --> 01:39:35,636 THEY 2993 01:39:35,636 --> 01:39:37,838 THOUGHT ABOUT US AND TREATIES. 2994 01:39:37,838 --> 01:39:39,606 KIND OF LIKE YOU, YOU WANT TO 2995 01:39:39,606 --> 01:39:41,008 TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND SAY 2996 01:39:41,008 --> 01:39:41,875 OKAY I GET IT. 2997 01:39:41,875 --> 01:39:43,844 IN THE MEANTIME WE'RE GOING TO 2998 01:39:43,844 --> 01:39:44,578 GO TO COURT. 2999 01:39:44,578 --> 01:39:47,481 A TREATY 3000 01:39:47,481 --> 01:39:49,016 RIGHT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING 3001 01:39:49,016 --> 01:39:49,550 UNLESS THERE'S FISH 3002 01:39:49,550 --> 01:39:49,917 THERE. 3003 01:39:49,917 --> 01:39:52,453 A RIGHT TO FISH DOESN'T MEAN 3004 01:39:52,453 --> 01:39:53,620 ANYTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE ACCESS. 3005 01:39:53,620 --> 01:39:55,789 FOR US TO BE HAVING THESE 3006 01:39:55,789 --> 01:39:57,591 DISCUSSIONS AT SEATTLE CITY 3007 01:39:57,591 --> 01:39:58,492 HALL UNDERNEATH CHIEF SEATTLE, 3008 01:39:58,492 --> 01:40:00,394 WHICH BY THE WAY THAT'S A 3009 01:40:00,394 --> 01:40:00,661 PLAINS 3010 01:40:00,661 --> 01:40:02,296 INDIAN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU 3011 01:40:02,296 --> 01:40:02,863 FOR THAT. 3012 01:40:02,863 --> 01:40:04,431 I WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU ARE 3013 01:40:04,431 --> 01:40:06,066 MORE THAN JUST SEEN AND YOU'RE 3014 01:40:06,066 --> 01:40:06,266 MORE 3015 01:40:06,266 --> 01:40:08,569 THAN JUST HEARD, BUT YOUR 3016 01:40:08,569 --> 01:40:10,971 VOICES, FOR ME, IS WHAT CARRIES 3017 01:40:10,971 --> 01:40:12,639 THESE TYPE OF AGREEMENTS WHERE 3018 01:40:12,639 --> 01:40:14,441 I CAN SAY IF THE TRIBES ARE 3019 01:40:14,441 --> 01:40:16,510 GOOD WITH THIS THEY'RE 3020 01:40:16,510 --> 01:40:16,810 INCREDIBLY 3021 01:40:16,810 --> 01:40:17,177 SOPHISTICATED. 3022 01:40:17,177 --> 01:40:18,579 YES, THEY HAVE LAWYERS. 3023 01:40:18,579 --> 01:40:20,647 YES, THEY HAVE LOBBYISTS BUT 3024 01:40:20,647 --> 01:40:22,649 THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S EVEN 3025 01:40:22,649 --> 01:40:23,117 GREATER. 3026 01:40:23,117 --> 01:40:25,085 YOUR RELATIONSHIP OF THE 3027 01:40:25,085 --> 01:40:27,688 LAND, OF THE SOIL TO ME IS HOW I 3028 01:40:27,688 --> 01:40:28,222 WAS 3029 01:40:28,222 --> 01:40:28,889 TAUGHT. % 3030 01:40:28,889 --> 01:40:30,858 THAT'S WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME. 3031 01:40:30,858 --> 01:40:34,361 IF YOU CAN EMBODY THAT HERE 3032 01:40:34,361 --> 01:40:35,229 WITH SEATTLE CITY LIGHT -- AND 3033 01:40:35,229 --> 01:40:35,429 YOU 3034 01:40:35,429 --> 01:40:37,264 KNOW, AGAIN, 3035 01:40:37,264 --> 01:40:39,366 I REPRESENTATIVED -- WHEN WE 3036 01:40:39,366 --> 01:40:43,270 SUED TACOMA CITY LIGHT AND I 3037 01:40:43,270 --> 01:40:46,940 REPRESENTED CAT ED CALLUS BELL 3038 01:40:46,940 --> 01:40:49,243 WHEN WE 3039 01:40:49,243 --> 01:40:50,210 SUED PONDERA. 3040 01:40:50,210 --> 01:40:51,912 WE DON'T WANT TO END UP IN 3041 01:40:51,912 --> 01:40:52,846 FEDERAL COURT BECAUSE 3042 01:40:52,846 --> 01:40:53,981 NOT EVERYONE GET WHAT IS THEY 3043 01:40:53,981 --> 01:40:54,214 WANT. 3044 01:40:54,214 --> 01:40:55,883 I THINK YOU REMEMBER THE FAMOUS 3045 01:40:55,883 --> 01:40:56,116 WORDS. 3046 01:40:56,116 --> 01:40:57,918 I THINK MARTY IS OUT THERE. 3047 01:40:57,918 --> 01:40:59,820 HE'S GOING TO CORRECT ME. 3048 01:40:59,820 --> 01:41:01,755 IT WAS IN U.S. V 3049 01:41:01,755 --> 01:41:04,458 WASHINGTON OR -- IT'S BASICALLY 3050 01:41:04,458 --> 01:41:04,691 YOU 3051 01:41:04,691 --> 01:41:07,227 DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO FISH FOR 3052 01:41:07,227 --> 01:41:08,362 THE 3053 01:41:08,362 --> 01:41:10,431 LAST SALMON, YOU KNOW? 3054 01:41:10,431 --> 01:41:11,732 I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WAYS 3055 01:41:11,732 --> 01:41:14,568 WE CAN SAY THAT. 3056 01:41:14,568 --> 01:41:17,805 WITH THAT, I'M HONORED THAT 3057 01:41:17,805 --> 01:41:18,038 YOUYOU 3058 01:41:18,038 --> 01:41:18,238 CAME. 3059 01:41:18,238 --> 01:41:19,740 I WANT TO OPEN IT UP TO 3060 01:41:19,740 --> 01:41:20,674 MY COLLEAGUES AND THEN I HAVE 3061 01:41:20,674 --> 01:41:22,676 A STATEMENT THAT I NEED TO 3062 01:41:22,676 --> 01:41:23,677 READ THAT COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 3063 01:41:23,677 --> 01:41:25,579 ASKED ME TO READ TO YOU FOLKS 3064 01:41:25,579 --> 01:41:26,613 AFTER YOU WERE DONE SPEAKING. 3065 01:41:26,613 --> 01:41:28,415 SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO 3066 01:41:28,415 --> 01:41:29,483 MY TWO COLLEAGUES IF 3067 01:41:29,483 --> 01:41:30,117 THEY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO 3068 01:41:30,117 --> 01:41:32,920 ADD. 3069 01:41:33,053 --> 01:41:36,356 >> CHAIR, JUST TO THANK YOU ALL 3070 01:41:36,356 --> 01:41:38,892 FOR BEING HERE. 3071 01:41:38,892 --> 01:41:40,928 YOUR WORDS ARE VERY, 3072 01:41:40,928 --> 01:41:42,095 VERY MEANINGFUL TO ME. 3073 01:41:42,095 --> 01:41:45,365 I REALLY APPRECIATE AND 3074 01:41:45,365 --> 01:41:47,100 IT MATTERS A LOT THAT YOU CAME 3075 01:41:47,100 --> 01:41:49,536 HERE TO SAY YOU ARE IN SUPPORT 3076 01:41:49,536 --> 01:41:49,937 OF 3077 01:41:49,937 --> 01:41:50,170 THIS. 3078 01:41:50,170 --> 01:41:52,739 AND I WILL SAY ALSO IT'S 3079 01:41:52,739 --> 01:41:54,074 MEANINGFUL THAT YOU CAME TO SAY 3080 01:41:54,074 --> 01:41:56,977 THAT, NOT JUST THAT WE HAVE OUR 3081 01:41:57,110 --> 01:41:59,613 STAFF FROM CITY LIGHT RE SAYING 3082 01:41:59,613 --> 01:42:00,747 THAT ON YOUR BEHALF. 3083 01:42:00,747 --> 01:42:03,117 YOU ACTUALLY CAME TO SAY THAT. 3084 01:42:03,117 --> 01:42:05,118 THAT IS MEANINGFUL IN A WAY 3085 01:42:05,118 --> 01:42:06,854 I CAN'T REALLY ARTICULATE. 3086 01:42:06,854 --> 01:42:09,823 SO I'LL JUST SAY 3087 01:42:09,823 --> 01:42:12,059 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE 3088 01:42:12,059 --> 01:42:12,493 AND I 3089 01:42:12,493 --> 01:42:15,028 LOOKLOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THIS 3090 01:42:15,028 --> 01:42:15,496 FORWARD 3091 01:42:15,496 --> 01:42:19,633 WITH YOUR APPROVAL AND YOUR 3092 01:42:19,633 --> 01:42:21,568 BLESSING. 3093 01:42:21,568 --> 01:42:22,736 THANK 3094 01:42:22,736 --> 01:42:24,171 YOU. I'M HUMBLED. 3095 01:42:24,171 --> 01:42:26,206 SO I'M SPEECHLESS, AS YOU CAN 3096 01:42:26,206 --> 01:42:27,140 SEE. 3097 01:42:27,140 --> 01:42:29,543 BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE 3098 01:42:29,543 --> 01:42:31,578 AND THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TO 3099 01:42:31,578 --> 01:42:31,745 ASK 3100 01:42:31,745 --> 01:42:33,247 FOR OUR APPROVAL ON THIS. 3101 01:42:33,247 --> 01:42:39,019 I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BACK TO 3102 01:42:39,153 --> 01:42:39,486 CHAIR. 3103 01:42:39,486 --> 01:42:40,087 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. 3104 01:42:40,087 --> 01:42:41,021 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA HAS SOME 3105 01:42:41,154 --> 01:42:41,388 WORDS. 3106 01:42:41,388 --> 01:42:42,256 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 3107 01:42:42,256 --> 01:42:44,625 FIRST WANT TO START OFF 3108 01:42:44,625 --> 01:42:46,894 BY THANKING AGAIN OUR 3109 01:42:46,894 --> 01:42:50,697 TRIBAL LEADERS AND ELDERS THAT 3110 01:42:50,697 --> 01:42:53,467 HAVE JOINED US TODAY IN PERSON, 3111 01:42:53,467 --> 01:42:53,734 IN 3112 01:42:53,734 --> 01:42:55,502 CHAMBERS AND VIRTUALLY TO SHARE 3113 01:42:55,502 --> 01:42:57,938 THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON THE CALL 3114 01:42:57,938 --> 01:43:01,275 AS WELL. 3115 01:43:01,275 --> 01:43:03,877 SO IN PARTICULAR, I WANT 3116 01:43:03,877 --> 01:43:08,048 TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND EXPRESS 3117 01:43:08,048 --> 01:43:10,617 MY APPRECIATION TO THE 3118 01:43:10,617 --> 01:43:12,653 SWINOMISH, THE UPPER SKAGIT 3119 01:43:12,653 --> 01:43:14,421 INDIAN TRIBE 3120 01:43:14,421 --> 01:43:20,294 AND SAUK-SUIATTLE. 3121 01:43:20,294 --> 01:43:22,329 PARDON MY ANGLESIZED -- 3122 01:43:22,462 --> 01:43:23,030 >> YOU DID GOOD. 3123 01:43:23,163 --> 01:43:24,698 >> I HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. 3124 01:43:24,698 --> 01:43:26,733 TO OUR SKAGIT TRIBES, 3125 01:43:26,733 --> 01:43:29,536 PARTNERS AND ELDERS HERE, I 3126 01:43:29,536 --> 01:43:29,836 REALLY 3127 01:43:29,836 --> 01:43:32,005 DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING 3128 01:43:32,005 --> 01:43:33,540 HERE, YOUR THOUGHTFUL ENGAGEMENT 3129 01:43:33,540 --> 01:43:36,076 OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN- PLUS 3130 01:43:36,076 --> 01:43:40,447 YEARS TO ALLOW US AS A REGION TO 3131 01:43:40,447 --> 01:43:44,251 GET TO THIS POINT TODAY. 3132 01:43:44,251 --> 01:43:52,125 HOW DOES A $4 BILLION 3133 01:43:52,125 --> 01:43:53,994 DEAL SEEMINGLY FAR AWAY ON A MAP 3134 01:43:53,994 --> 01:43:54,194 FROM 3135 01:43:54,194 --> 01:43:55,963 THE CITY OF SEATTLE BENEFIT TAX 3136 01:43:55,963 --> 01:43:58,532 RATE PAYERS IN SEATTLE? 3137 01:43:58,532 --> 01:44:03,237 WELL, IT'S MORE 3138 01:44:03,237 --> 01:44:07,140 THAN JUST 4 BILLION AND A 50- 3139 01:44:07,140 --> 01:44:07,474 YEAR DEAL. 3140 01:44:07,474 --> 01:44:09,243 WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING HERE, 3141 01:44:09,243 --> 01:44:13,113 ALL OF US, ALL PARTIES, 13- 3142 01:44:13,113 --> 01:44:13,313 PLUS, 3143 01:44:13,313 --> 01:44:18,218 ALL OF US ARE PROVIDING 3144 01:44:18,218 --> 01:44:23,090 GENERATIONS OF IMPACT, IMPACTING 3145 01:44:23,090 --> 01:44:26,660 CULTURE, IMPACTING OUR CLIMATE, 3146 01:44:26,660 --> 01:44:26,927 IMPACTING 3147 01:44:26,927 --> 01:44:32,833 NATURE AND OUR ENVIRONMENT, 3148 01:44:32,966 --> 01:44:33,567 HELPING TO PRESERVE HISTORY AND 3149 01:44:33,567 --> 01:44:38,438 SO MUCH MORE. 3150 01:44:38,438 --> 01:44:41,541 IS THIS DEAL THE END ALL BE ALL? 3151 01:44:41,541 --> 01:44:43,443 IS IT SOMETHING THAT, YOU 3152 01:44:43,443 --> 01:44:47,114 KNOW, WE SHOULD SLAP HIGH FIVES 3153 01:44:47,114 --> 01:44:47,280 AND 3154 01:44:47,280 --> 01:44:49,182 CELEBRATE AND SAY WE SOLVED 3155 01:44:49,182 --> 01:44:50,784 A HUNDRED YEARS OF TENSION? 3156 01:44:50,784 --> 01:44:51,218 NO. 3157 01:44:51,218 --> 01:44:54,688 THERE'S CLEARLY WORK TO BE 3158 01:44:54,688 --> 01:44:55,322 DONE. 3159 01:44:55,322 --> 01:44:57,858 BUT IT IS A 3160 01:44:57,858 --> 01:44:59,860 STRONG STARTING PLACE, AS I 3161 01:44:59,860 --> 01:45:00,727 HEARD, FROM WHICH TO 3162 01:45:00,727 --> 01:45:03,163 CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON. 3163 01:45:03,163 --> 01:45:07,167 SO ALL THIS TO SAY THANK YOU 3164 01:45:07,167 --> 01:45:08,602 AGAIN FOR BEING HERE. 3165 01:45:08,602 --> 01:45:10,671 I REALLY DO LOVE THE FORMAT 3166 01:45:10,671 --> 01:45:12,305 OF THIS AND THE STRUCTURE OF 3167 01:45:12,305 --> 01:45:15,175 THIS WHERE WE HAD OUR CITY LIGHT 3168 01:45:15,309 --> 01:45:18,378 PARTNERS AND WE INVITED OUR 3169 01:45:18,378 --> 01:45:19,913 SOVEREIGN TRIBAL 3170 01:45:19,913 --> 01:45:22,816 REPRESENTATIVES HERE AS WELL TO 3171 01:45:22,816 --> 01:45:23,417 SHARE THEIR 3172 01:45:23,417 --> 01:45:23,750 PERSPECTIVE. 3173 01:45:23,750 --> 01:45:26,219 I TRY TO PRACTICE AN ATTITUDE 3174 01:45:26,219 --> 01:45:28,455 OF GRATITUDE DAILY IN MY LIFE. 3175 01:45:28,455 --> 01:45:30,824 THIS KIND OF FORMAT AND 3176 01:45:30,824 --> 01:45:31,758 STRUCTURE AND BEING ABLE 3177 01:45:31,758 --> 01:45:33,894 TO LISTEN TO YOU ALL IS A GOOD 3178 01:45:33,894 --> 01:45:36,096 REMINDER FOR ME PERSONALLY 3179 01:45:36,096 --> 01:45:36,697 WHY DO I THAT. 3180 01:45:36,697 --> 01:45:37,531 SO THANK YOU. 3181 01:45:37,664 --> 01:45:42,336 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3182 01:45:42,336 --> 01:45:42,536 SAKA. 3183 01:45:42,536 --> 01:45:43,537 AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO 3184 01:45:43,537 --> 01:45:45,172 READ THE STATEMENT FROM 3185 01:45:45,172 --> 01:45:46,206 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, WHO ALSO 3186 01:45:46,206 --> 01:45:46,907 CHAIRS THE 3187 01:45:46,907 --> 01:45:49,242 INDIGENOUS ADVISORY COUNCIL BUT 3188 01:45:49,242 --> 01:45:51,778 WE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY. 3189 01:45:51,778 --> 01:45:53,447 HE SAYS I'M SORRY FOR 3190 01:45:53,447 --> 01:45:55,048 NOT MEETING WITH YOU TODAY AS I 3191 01:45:55,048 --> 01:45:56,983 TEND 3192 01:45:56,983 --> 01:45:57,484 TO MY RESPONSIBILITY TO 3193 01:45:57,484 --> 01:45:58,151 REPRESENTATIVE THE CITY 3194 01:45:58,151 --> 01:46:01,288 OF SEATTLE ON THE SOUND TRANSIT 3195 01:46:01,421 --> 01:46:02,589 BOARD IN TACOMA. 3196 01:46:02,589 --> 01:46:04,591 THANK YOU TO OUR TRIBAL LEADERS. 3197 01:46:04,591 --> 01:46:06,793 THANK YOU FOR LETTING US BE YOUR 3198 01:46:06,793 --> 01:46:08,562 GUEST TODAY IN CHAMBERS AND THE 3199 01:46:08,562 --> 01:46:09,696 SKAGIT RIVER WATERSHED. 3200 01:46:09,696 --> 01:46:12,499 THE SKAGIT RIVER IS ONE OF THE 3201 01:46:12,499 --> 01:46:14,735 HEALTHIEST RIVERS AND HAS THE 3202 01:46:14,735 --> 01:46:16,903 HIGHEST SALMON RUN IN 3203 01:46:16,903 --> 01:46:18,372 PUGET SOUND BECAUSE OF 3204 01:46:18,372 --> 01:46:19,806 YOUR STEWARDSHIP AND 3205 01:46:19,806 --> 01:46:20,674 YOUR CONSERVATION IN THE LAST 3206 01:46:20,674 --> 01:46:23,176 CENTURY AND THE POSITIONS YOU 3207 01:46:23,176 --> 01:46:24,111 EVER HELD 3208 01:46:24,111 --> 01:46:24,578 IN THE LAST DECADE OF 3209 01:46:24,578 --> 01:46:25,679 NEGOTIATING THIS LICENSING 3210 01:46:25,679 --> 01:46:26,079 AGREEMENT. 3211 01:46:26,079 --> 01:46:27,848 MY, MY FAMILY AND 3212 01:46:27,848 --> 01:46:30,450 FUTURE GENERATIONS ARE INDEBTED 3213 01:46:30,450 --> 01:46:30,617 TO 3214 01:46:30,617 --> 01:46:31,551 YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE 3215 01:46:31,551 --> 01:46:34,654 ACCOMPLISHED FOR US. 3216 01:46:34,654 --> 01:46:37,524 THE LAST LICENSE CONSERVED SO 3217 01:46:37,524 --> 01:46:38,458 MUCH LAND. 3218 01:46:38,458 --> 01:46:40,694 THIS AGREEMENT GOES EVEN 3219 01:46:40,694 --> 01:46:41,061 FURTHER. 3220 01:46:41,061 --> 01:46:42,395 YOUR WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH 3221 01:46:42,395 --> 01:46:44,431 US IN AN OFF LICENSE AGREEMENT 3222 01:46:44,431 --> 01:46:45,732 AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO HOLD US 3223 01:46:45,732 --> 01:46:47,534 TO ACCOUNT IS WHAT MAKES THIS 3224 01:46:47,534 --> 01:46:49,169 MOMENT INCREDIBLY SPECIAL, 3225 01:46:49,169 --> 01:46:51,605 IS WHAT MAKES THIS AGREEMENT 3226 01:46:51,605 --> 01:46:51,972 HISTORIC. 3227 01:46:51,972 --> 01:46:54,307 WE WILL LIVE BETTER LIVES 3228 01:46:54,307 --> 01:46:56,843 AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL 3229 01:46:56,843 --> 01:46:58,378 BE 3230 01:46:58,378 --> 01:47:00,113 BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE 3231 01:47:00,113 --> 01:47:01,047 AGREEMENTS WE'RE IN THE 3232 01:47:01,047 --> 01:47:01,882 PROCESS OF MAKING TODAY. 3233 01:47:01,882 --> 01:47:03,817 FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY 3234 01:47:03,817 --> 01:47:05,552 HEART, THANK YOU. 3235 01:47:05,552 --> 01:47:06,887 WHILE I'M NOT ABLE TO JOIN 3236 01:47:06,887 --> 01:47:08,622 THE MAYOR ON HER VISIT WITH YOU 3237 01:47:08,622 --> 01:47:10,157 THIS WEEK AND NEXT, I LOOK 3238 01:47:10,157 --> 01:47:12,726 FORWARDING TO COMING TO YOU TO 3239 01:47:12,726 --> 01:47:12,993 MEET AND 3240 01:47:12,993 --> 01:47:16,696 DISCUSS WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. 3241 01:47:16,696 --> 01:47:17,864 SINCERELY, COUNCILMEMBER 3242 01:47:17,864 --> 01:47:18,131 STRAUSS. 3243 01:47:18,131 --> 01:47:20,600 WITH THAT, BEFORE WE MOVE TO 3244 01:47:20,600 --> 01:47:21,001 ADJOURNMENT -- 3245 01:47:21,134 --> 01:47:23,203 >> CHAIR, I THINK 3246 01:47:23,203 --> 01:47:24,004 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE IS 3247 01:47:24,004 --> 01:47:24,237 ONLINE. 3248 01:47:24,237 --> 01:47:25,105 >> I'M SORRY. 3249 01:47:25,105 --> 01:47:26,907 DID HE PUT HIS HAND UP? 3250 01:47:27,040 --> 01:47:27,507 >> YEP. 3251 01:47:27,507 --> 01:47:28,975 I HAVE SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO 3252 01:47:28,975 --> 01:47:30,310 ADD AFTER IF THAT'S OKAY. 3253 01:47:30,444 --> 01:47:31,411 >> ABSOLUTELY. 3254 01:47:31,411 --> 01:47:32,779 HE'S MY VICE CHAIR. 3255 01:47:32,779 --> 01:47:33,447 WHERE IS HE? 3256 01:47:33,447 --> 01:47:34,848 I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE 3257 01:47:34,848 --> 01:47:35,248 SCREEN. 3258 01:47:35,248 --> 01:47:35,615 >> I'M 3259 01:47:35,615 --> 01:47:36,149 HERE. 3260 01:47:36,149 --> 01:47:36,449 >> SORRY. 3261 01:47:36,449 --> 01:47:38,518 I FLIPPED YOU AWAY. 3262 01:47:38,518 --> 01:47:39,152 SORRY. 3263 01:47:39,152 --> 01:47:43,023 GO AHEAD, VICE 3264 01:47:43,023 --> 01:47:43,557 CHAIR. 3265 01:47:43,557 --> 01:47:43,723 >> 3266 01:47:43,723 --> 01:47:46,359 OKAY. I DID WANT TO SPEAK HERE 3267 01:47:46,359 --> 01:47:48,161 -- 3268 01:47:48,161 --> 01:47:48,962 I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK IN THE 3269 01:47:48,962 --> 01:47:50,096 EARLIER SESSION AS THE 3270 01:47:50,096 --> 01:47:51,798 ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER WITHOUT A 3271 01:47:51,798 --> 01:47:52,933 JD, NOT BEING A LAWYER. 3272 01:47:52,933 --> 01:47:56,203 BUT ON THIS ONE, IT WAS REALLY 3273 01:47:56,203 --> 01:47:56,503 IMPORTANT. 3274 01:47:56,503 --> 01:47:58,405 FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU, 3275 01:47:58,405 --> 01:47:59,873 CHAIR, FOR THIS TRIBAL PANEL. 3276 01:47:59,873 --> 01:48:03,443 I THINK THIS WAS REALLY 3277 01:48:03,443 --> 01:48:06,079 IMPORTANT, VITAL ACTUALLY. 3278 01:48:06,079 --> 01:48:08,181 BUT I ALSO WANT TO ESPECIALLY 3279 01:48:08,181 --> 01:48:10,183 THANK THE TRIBAL GOVERNMENT 3280 01:48:10,183 --> 01:48:11,418 LEADERSHIP AND 3281 01:48:11,418 --> 01:48:12,652 THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT WE 3282 01:48:12,652 --> 01:48:14,754 HAVE TODAY AND ALL THOSE THAT 3283 01:48:14,754 --> 01:48:14,955 HAVE 3284 01:48:14,955 --> 01:48:17,757 BEEN SUPPORTING THEM TO INCLUDE 3285 01:48:17,891 --> 01:48:21,695 THE CITY AND OTHERS. 3286 01:48:21,695 --> 01:48:24,164 I'M STRUCK BY THE 3287 01:48:24,164 --> 01:48:26,800 MULTIPLE REFERENCES OF WATER IS 3288 01:48:26,800 --> 01:48:27,067 LIFE. 3289 01:48:27,067 --> 01:48:30,470 CHAIR, I RECOGNIZE YOUR POINTS 3290 01:48:30,470 --> 01:48:31,805 ABOUT THE LAND. 3291 01:48:31,805 --> 01:48:33,707 AS A RETIRED NAVAL OFFICER, 3292 01:48:33,707 --> 01:48:37,210 I DID WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 3293 01:48:37,210 --> 01:48:37,611 WATER. 3294 01:48:37,611 --> 01:48:39,179 YOU KNOW, IN THE NAVY 3295 01:48:39,179 --> 01:48:41,815 WE'RE BROUGHT UP TO RESPECT THE 3296 01:48:41,815 --> 01:48:42,616 WATER. 3297 01:48:42,616 --> 01:48:43,583 IT'S SO IMPORTANT. 3298 01:48:43,583 --> 01:48:45,185 A KEY TAG LINE FOR THE 3299 01:48:45,185 --> 01:48:47,220 NAVY HAS BEEN FORGED BY THE SEA. 3300 01:48:47,220 --> 01:48:49,122 FOR ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN OUT AT 3301 01:48:49,122 --> 01:48:50,757 SEA, PARTICULARLY IN DIFFICULT 3302 01:48:50,757 --> 01:48:52,225 CONDITIONS, THEY KNOW THAT 3303 01:48:52,225 --> 01:48:55,362 THEY DO GET FORGED BY THE SEA. 3304 01:48:55,362 --> 01:48:57,564 AND OF COURSE THERE'S THE 3305 01:48:57,564 --> 01:48:58,698 FAREWELL OF FAIR WINDS AND 3306 01:48:58,698 --> 01:48:59,533 FOLLOWING SEAS. 3307 01:48:59,533 --> 01:49:04,204 SO THE WATER IS VITAL 3308 01:49:04,204 --> 01:49:05,372 TO SOMEBODY WITH MY BACKGROUND 3309 01:49:05,372 --> 01:49:05,538 OR 3310 01:49:05,538 --> 01:49:06,907 SIMILAR, COAST GUARD AND THE 3311 01:49:06,907 --> 01:49:07,374 LIKE. 3312 01:49:07,374 --> 01:49:09,109 AND I THINK WE SHOULD SPEAK 3313 01:49:09,109 --> 01:49:10,710 TO THE WATER MORE. 3314 01:49:10,710 --> 01:49:13,346 BECAUSE AS A CITY, WE'RE 3315 01:49:13,346 --> 01:49:15,749 DOING THIS AGREEMENT WHICH HAS 3316 01:49:15,749 --> 01:49:17,250 NOTED IT'S INCREDIBLY COMPLEX 3317 01:49:17,250 --> 01:49:17,617 WITH 3318 01:49:17,617 --> 01:49:20,120 SO MANY PARTICIPANTS, 3319 01:49:20,120 --> 01:49:22,088 ORGANIZATIONS, GOVERNMENT AND 3320 01:49:22,088 --> 01:49:23,089 NON-GOVERNMENTAL AND ALL THE 3321 01:49:23,223 --> 01:49:24,824 PIECES. AND THEN WITH THE 3322 01:49:24,824 --> 01:49:25,325 HISTORY 3323 01:49:25,325 --> 01:49:28,561 AS NOTED IN THE COMMENTS, THE 3324 01:49:28,561 --> 01:49:30,030 VERY POWERFUL COMMENTS, BUT THIS 3325 01:49:30,030 --> 01:49:30,964 WAS JUST ONE PART. 3326 01:49:30,964 --> 01:49:32,766 YOU KNOW, AS A CITY, THIS 3327 01:49:32,766 --> 01:49:33,466 IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 3328 01:49:33,466 --> 01:49:36,670 BUT AS A CITY, AS A COUNTY, AS A 3329 01:49:36,670 --> 01:49:41,074 STATE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY AS A 3330 01:49:41,074 --> 01:49:42,475 NATION, WE REALLY NEED TO 3331 01:49:42,475 --> 01:49:44,277 BE THINKING ABOUT THE 3332 01:49:44,277 --> 01:49:45,545 WATER, BECAUSE AS THE SKAGIT 3333 01:49:45,545 --> 01:49:45,745 RIVER 3334 01:49:45,745 --> 01:49:49,049 OR THE OTHER RIVERS THAT GO 3335 01:49:49,049 --> 01:49:50,350 INTO THE PUGET SOUND, THAT'S 3336 01:49:50,350 --> 01:49:50,517 ONE 3337 01:49:50,517 --> 01:49:52,752 THING, BUT THE IMPACTS ON THE 3338 01:49:52,752 --> 01:49:55,221 WATER, THE IMPACTS ON THE 3339 01:49:55,221 --> 01:49:56,856 OCEAN, THE ONE OCEAN ARE 3340 01:49:56,856 --> 01:49:57,123 IMMENSE. 3341 01:49:57,123 --> 01:49:59,326 YOU KNOW, I THINK OF THE 3342 01:49:59,326 --> 01:50:01,461 IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE 3343 01:50:01,461 --> 01:50:01,695 ACIDIFY 3344 01:50:01,695 --> 01:50:05,165 CASE, INCREASING LEVELS, 3345 01:50:05,165 --> 01:50:06,466 ALL THESE DIFFERENT PIECES THAT 3346 01:50:06,466 --> 01:50:06,633 WE 3347 01:50:06,633 --> 01:50:07,901 HAVE IN TERMS OF WHAT IS 3348 01:50:07,901 --> 01:50:10,670 HAPPENING TO OUR WATER AND WHAT 3349 01:50:10,670 --> 01:50:12,672 THE IMPACT WILL BE ON THE 3350 01:50:12,672 --> 01:50:14,174 TRIBES, ON OUR NATIVE 3351 01:50:14,174 --> 01:50:15,875 COMMUNITIES AND ON ALL OF US. 3352 01:50:15,875 --> 01:50:18,044 AND I THINK WHILE WE 3353 01:50:18,044 --> 01:50:19,312 SHOULD CELEBRATE THIS, WE SHOULD 3354 01:50:19,312 --> 01:50:21,681 ALSO LOOK AT THIS ECOSYSTEM AS 3355 01:50:21,681 --> 01:50:24,584 PART OF A LARGER ECOSYSTEM 3356 01:50:24,584 --> 01:50:27,854 THAT'S UNDER STRESS AND THE 3357 01:50:27,854 --> 01:50:28,188 IMPACTS OF 3358 01:50:28,188 --> 01:50:29,589 WHICH MAY DECIMATE ALL THE 3359 01:50:29,589 --> 01:50:33,593 GOOD WORK WE'RE LOOKING TO DO 3360 01:50:33,593 --> 01:50:35,595 HERE. SO I LIKE THE FOCUS OF 3361 01:50:35,595 --> 01:50:36,162 WATER, 3362 01:50:36,162 --> 01:50:37,864 I LIKE THE POINT THAT WATER IS 3363 01:50:37,864 --> 01:50:39,933 LIFE AND THERE'S MORE WORK TO 3364 01:50:39,933 --> 01:50:42,736 BE DONE BECAUSE THIS IS JUST 3365 01:50:42,736 --> 01:50:43,570 BUT ONE SMALL STEP IF YOU 3366 01:50:43,570 --> 01:50:44,571 THINK ABOUT IT. 3367 01:50:44,571 --> 01:50:46,439 AS HARD AS IT'S BEEN, IF 3368 01:50:46,439 --> 01:50:47,907 YOU THINK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE 3369 01:50:47,907 --> 01:50:48,074 ONE 3370 01:50:48,074 --> 01:50:53,713 OCEAN AND THE IMPACTS LIKE 3371 01:50:53,713 --> 01:50:55,048 WITH CLIMATE CHANGE, IT 3372 01:50:55,048 --> 01:50:56,016 COULD DECIMATE EVERYTHING THAT 3373 01:50:56,016 --> 01:50:56,282 WE'VE 3374 01:50:56,282 --> 01:50:57,650 BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT 3375 01:50:57,650 --> 01:50:59,085 WE'RE TRYING TO RESTORE, THAT 3376 01:50:59,085 --> 01:50:59,986 WE'RE TRYING TO REVIVE. 3377 01:50:59,986 --> 01:51:02,922 I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO BE 3378 01:51:02,922 --> 01:51:04,324 ADVOCATING, AGAIN, AT THE CITY, 3379 01:51:04,324 --> 01:51:06,693 AT THE COUNTY, AT THE STATE, 3380 01:51:06,693 --> 01:51:08,595 AS A NATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH 3381 01:51:08,595 --> 01:51:08,762 OUR 3382 01:51:08,762 --> 01:51:09,929 TRIBAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO 3383 01:51:09,929 --> 01:51:14,200 LOOK FOR THOSE WAYS THATTHAT 3384 01:51:14,200 --> 01:51:15,668 CAN ASSURE THAT A HUNDRED YEARS 3385 01:51:15,668 --> 01:51:18,705 FROM NOW THAT THE WATER WILL BE 3386 01:51:18,705 --> 01:51:19,606 THERE 3387 01:51:19,606 --> 01:51:22,308 FOR US, FOR AS NOTED AGAIN 3388 01:51:22,308 --> 01:51:24,577 WATER IS LIFE. 3389 01:51:24,711 --> 01:51:25,078 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 3390 01:51:25,078 --> 01:51:29,949 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3391 01:51:30,083 --> 01:51:31,618 KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER, 3392 01:51:31,618 --> 01:51:31,985 RIVERA. 3393 01:51:31,985 --> 01:51:35,522 >> I WANTED TO 3394 01:51:35,522 --> 01:51:38,558 ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING THAT 3395 01:51:38,558 --> 01:51:39,392 COUNCILMEMBER 3396 01:51:39,392 --> 01:51:42,095 FIANDER SAID IN RESPONSE TO 3397 01:51:42,095 --> 01:51:43,863 COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD, I 3398 01:51:43,863 --> 01:51:45,031 HOPE -- I'M JUST GOING TO 3399 01:51:45,031 --> 01:51:46,966 SAY THIS AND I HOPE IT DOESN'T 3400 01:51:46,966 --> 01:51:50,470 COME OUT WRONG, BUT I DON'T -- 3401 01:51:50,470 --> 01:51:51,004 IT 3402 01:51:51,004 --> 01:51:54,808 IS SAD TO ME THAT YOU ARE PUT IN 3403 01:51:54,808 --> 01:51:57,410 A POSITION THAT YOU HAVE TO 3404 01:51:57,410 --> 01:52:00,213 JUSTIFY WHAT WE'RE TALKING 3405 01:52:00,213 --> 01:52:01,815 ABOUT HERE AND THAT SOMEHOW 3406 01:52:01,815 --> 01:52:03,149 SOMEONE WOULD SEE THIS AS A 3407 01:52:03,149 --> 01:52:03,783 MONEY GRAB. 3408 01:52:03,783 --> 01:52:07,320 I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 3409 01:52:07,320 --> 01:52:12,225 IS NOT HOW I SEE IT, AND I 3410 01:52:12,225 --> 01:52:14,194 WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU 3411 01:52:14,194 --> 01:52:16,596 FELT COMPELLED TO SAY THAT, 3412 01:52:16,596 --> 01:52:16,830 BECAUSE 3413 01:52:16,830 --> 01:52:18,198 OTHERS MAY SEE IT THAT WAY. 3414 01:52:18,198 --> 01:52:20,133 I THINK IT'S THIS CONSTANT 3415 01:52:20,133 --> 01:52:25,038 HAVING TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE AND 3416 01:52:25,038 --> 01:52:29,242 JUSTIFY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS 3417 01:52:29,242 --> 01:52:35,515 IMPORTANT TO OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS 3418 01:52:35,515 --> 01:52:39,819 IS DIFFICULT -- IT IS DIFFICULT 3419 01:52:39,819 --> 01:52:41,855 TO WITNESS SOMETIMES. 3420 01:52:41,855 --> 01:52:44,491 SO I WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE 3421 01:52:44,624 --> 01:52:46,626 IT, BECAUSE YOU SAID IT 3422 01:52:46,626 --> 01:52:48,828 AND BECAUSE THAT IS NOT HOW I 3423 01:52:48,828 --> 01:52:49,329 SEE 3424 01:52:49,329 --> 01:52:49,696 IT. 3425 01:52:49,696 --> 01:52:53,633 THAT'S NOT HOW WE SEE IT. 3426 01:52:53,633 --> 01:52:55,535 I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 3427 01:52:55,535 --> 01:52:58,171 TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT'S HOW YOU 3428 01:52:58,171 --> 01:52:58,505 FELT 3429 01:52:58,505 --> 01:52:59,739 AND THAT IS IMPORTANT. 3430 01:52:59,739 --> 01:53:06,546 I THINK THAT IS A PREVAILING 3431 01:53:06,679 --> 01:53:07,213 FEELING. 3432 01:53:07,213 --> 01:53:13,253 AND I WILL SAY AS A LATINA 3433 01:53:13,253 --> 01:53:15,054 WOMAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT 3434 01:53:15,054 --> 01:53:17,957 FEELING OF HAVING TO JUSTIFY 3435 01:53:17,957 --> 01:53:18,992 YOURSELF TO 3436 01:53:18,992 --> 01:53:20,660 FOLKS, FOR ME IN DIFFERENT 3437 01:53:20,660 --> 01:53:21,761 SPACES FOR DIFFERENT 3438 01:53:21,761 --> 01:53:23,329 REASONS, BUT IT'S THAT 3439 01:53:23,329 --> 01:53:24,731 CONSTANT JUSTIFICATION THAT'S 3440 01:53:24,731 --> 01:53:26,132 REALLY DIFFICULT THAT I'VE HAD 3441 01:53:26,132 --> 01:53:26,533 TO DO 3442 01:53:26,533 --> 01:53:27,467 IN MY OWN LIFE. 3443 01:53:27,467 --> 01:53:29,736 I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE 3444 01:53:29,736 --> 01:53:31,404 SOMETHING AWAY FROM YOU. 3445 01:53:31,404 --> 01:53:33,306 PLEASE KNOW THAT WHEN I SAY 3446 01:53:33,306 --> 01:53:37,310 THAT IT'S MORE THAT I WANT TO 3447 01:53:37,310 --> 01:53:39,012 ACKNOWLEDGE THIS STATEMENT 3448 01:53:39,012 --> 01:53:41,114 THAT YOU MADE AND THANK YOU FOR 3449 01:53:41,114 --> 01:53:42,482 MAKING THEM. 3450 01:53:42,482 --> 01:53:44,784 I FOR ONE FEEL REALLY SAD 3451 01:53:44,784 --> 01:53:46,553 THAT YOU FELT COMPELLED LIKE YOU 3452 01:53:46,553 --> 01:53:46,719 HAD 3453 01:53:46,719 --> 01:53:47,053 TO. 3454 01:53:47,053 --> 01:53:49,589 THAT GOES TO THE WORK TO BE 3455 01:53:49,589 --> 01:53:49,889 DONE. 3456 01:53:49,889 --> 01:53:51,658 THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE 3457 01:53:51,658 --> 01:53:51,925 DONE. 3458 01:53:51,925 --> 01:53:53,593 I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. 3459 01:53:53,593 --> 01:53:56,629 THEN I JUST WANT TO MAKE A 3460 01:53:56,629 --> 01:53:59,499 COMMENT ABOUT I SIT ON THE -- 3461 01:53:59,499 --> 01:54:02,235 SALMON RECOVERY REGIONAL 3462 01:54:02,235 --> 01:54:03,303 COMMITTEE. 3463 01:54:03,303 --> 01:54:04,804 AS PART OF THAT I'VE LEARNED A 3464 01:54:04,804 --> 01:54:06,272 LOT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE 3465 01:54:06,272 --> 01:54:08,174 OF SALMON TO OUR REGION AND 3466 01:54:08,174 --> 01:54:10,743 MORE IMPORTANTLY TO OUR TRIBAL 3467 01:54:10,743 --> 01:54:15,181 PARTNERS AND WHAT THAT REALLY 3468 01:54:15,181 --> 01:54:15,648 MEANS. 3469 01:54:15,648 --> 01:54:18,051 IT IS NOT A COMMODITY. 3470 01:54:18,051 --> 01:54:22,989 IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY 3471 01:54:22,989 --> 01:54:23,289 MEANINGFUL. 3472 01:54:23,289 --> 01:54:26,459 AND I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR 3473 01:54:26,459 --> 01:54:28,494 SITTING ON THE REGIONAL 3474 01:54:28,494 --> 01:54:28,795 COMMITTEE, 3475 01:54:28,795 --> 01:54:30,296 BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN 3476 01:54:30,296 --> 01:54:31,664 REALIZE WHEN I WAS ASSIGNED TO 3477 01:54:31,664 --> 01:54:32,031 SIT 3478 01:54:32,031 --> 01:54:35,301 ON THE COMMITTEE HOW MUCH I 3479 01:54:35,301 --> 01:54:38,438 WOULD LEARN AND THE IMPORTANCE 3480 01:54:38,438 --> 01:54:42,308 THAT THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE -- 3481 01:54:42,308 --> 01:54:44,911 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REGIONAL 3482 01:54:44,911 --> 01:54:46,579 COMMITTEE TO SALMON 3483 01:54:46,579 --> 01:54:47,547 RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR ALL THE 3484 01:54:47,547 --> 01:54:47,780 CITIES 3485 01:54:47,780 --> 01:54:51,050 THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE 3486 01:54:51,050 --> 01:54:51,351 REGION AND 3487 01:54:51,351 --> 01:54:52,418 MORE IMPORTANTLY JUST 3488 01:54:52,418 --> 01:54:53,720 LEARNING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 3489 01:54:53,720 --> 01:54:56,289 SALMON TO ALL OF YOU, OUR 3490 01:54:56,289 --> 01:55:00,360 TRIBAL PARTNERS AND THE MEANING 3491 01:55:00,360 --> 01:55:02,795 BEYOND JUST WHAT SOMETIMES 3492 01:55:02,795 --> 01:55:03,129 PEOPLE THINK 3493 01:55:03,129 --> 01:55:03,529 OF IT. 3494 01:55:03,529 --> 01:55:06,566 SO I DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE 3495 01:55:06,566 --> 01:55:07,300 THAT. 3496 01:55:07,300 --> 01:55:08,868 IT IS AN IMPORTANT COMMITTEE. 3497 01:55:08,868 --> 01:55:10,403 I KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR 3498 01:55:10,403 --> 01:55:12,972 TRIBAL PARTNERS SIT ON THAT 3499 01:55:12,972 --> 01:55:14,073 COMMITTEE, AND IT IS SO 3500 01:55:14,073 --> 01:55:14,540 IMPORTANT. 3501 01:55:14,540 --> 01:55:16,476 ANYWAY, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT AS 3502 01:55:16,609 --> 01:55:16,809 WELL. 3503 01:55:16,809 --> 01:55:17,543 >> THANK YOU . 3504 01:55:17,677 --> 01:55:18,878 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 3505 01:55:19,012 --> 01:55:20,480 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 3506 01:55:20,613 --> 01:55:22,849 RIVERA. BEFORE WE CLOSE, I JUST 3507 01:55:22,849 --> 01:55:23,082 WANT TO 3508 01:55:23,082 --> 01:55:24,617 SAY A FEW THINGS, AND THEN 3509 01:55:24,617 --> 01:55:25,918 WE'LL GO TO ADJOURNMENT. 3510 01:55:25,918 --> 01:55:27,921 I MADE A JOKE LAST WEEK IN 3511 01:55:27,921 --> 01:55:30,290 CHAMBERS AND A COUPLE 3512 01:55:30,290 --> 01:55:31,758 OF MY COLLEAGUES CAME UP TO ME 3513 01:55:31,758 --> 01:55:33,259 LATER AND ASKED ME. 3514 01:55:33,259 --> 01:55:36,095 I SAID I ACTUALLY GREW UP ON THE 3515 01:55:36,095 --> 01:55:40,867 BANKS AT THE FRANK'S LANDING 3516 01:55:40,867 --> 01:55:42,669 INDIAN 3517 01:55:42,669 --> 01:55:44,037 COMMUNITY. UP UNTIL I WAS 13 OR 3518 01:55:44,037 --> 01:55:44,270 14 3519 01:55:44,270 --> 01:55:46,406 I THOUGHT THAT FISH AND WILDLIFE 3520 01:55:46,406 --> 01:55:48,508 I HAD NEVER SEEN THEM TURN ON A 3521 01:55:48,508 --> 01:55:48,808 FLASHLIGHT. 3522 01:55:48,808 --> 01:55:51,110 I JUST SAW THEM HIT US WITH THEM 3523 01:55:51,110 --> 01:55:52,879 AND THROW US IN THE BACK OF THE 3524 01:55:52,879 --> 01:55:55,648 CAR AND TAKE MY MOM AND UNCLE 3525 01:55:55,648 --> 01:55:58,051 BILLY AND MASON BRIDGES AND AL 3526 01:55:58,051 --> 01:55:58,551 BRIDGES. 3527 01:55:58,551 --> 01:56:00,586 I GREW UP WATCHING THAT. 3528 01:56:00,586 --> 01:56:03,556 SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT 3529 01:56:03,556 --> 01:56:05,525 MEANS FOR WHEN WE LEARNED FROM 3530 01:56:05,525 --> 01:56:05,692 AND 3531 01:56:05,692 --> 01:56:07,193 I'M GOING TO MENTION SOME 3532 01:56:07,193 --> 01:56:07,427 ELDERS 3533 01:56:07,427 --> 01:56:08,661 BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE DO 3534 01:56:08,661 --> 01:56:09,362 IN INDIAN COUNTRY. 3535 01:56:09,362 --> 01:56:14,467 I'M SO GLAD TO HAVE MY NATIVE 3536 01:56:14,467 --> 01:56:15,802 BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THIS 3537 01:56:15,802 --> 01:56:16,703 SPACE, IN THIS PEOPLE'S 3538 01:56:16,703 --> 01:56:19,238 HOUSE WITH ME, WHAT I LEARNED 3539 01:56:19,238 --> 01:56:19,505 FROM JOE 3540 01:56:19,505 --> 01:56:26,245 DELACRUZ AND ALLISON GODFREDSON 3541 01:56:26,245 --> 01:56:35,888 AND RAMONA BETIT AND -- I'M A 3542 01:56:35,888 --> 01:56:38,091 MEMBER OF THE BLACKFOOT NATION. 3543 01:56:38,091 --> 01:56:40,827 YES, A PLAINS INDIAN SAVED 3544 01:56:40,827 --> 01:56:41,094 YOURYOUR 3545 01:56:41,094 --> 01:56:41,828 SHELLFISH. 3546 01:56:41,828 --> 01:56:43,396 YOU'RE WELCOME. 3547 01:56:43,396 --> 01:56:47,667 MY STEPDAD WAS YAKIMA. 3548 01:56:47,667 --> 01:56:49,335 I GREW UP WITH UNDERSTANDING 3549 01:56:49,335 --> 01:56:51,137 A SENSIBILITY THAT YOU ALL 3550 01:56:51,137 --> 01:56:53,006 EXPRESSED TODAY THAT I 3551 01:56:53,006 --> 01:56:54,707 HOPE THE VIEWING PUBLIC HEARS. 3552 01:56:54,707 --> 01:56:57,043 THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD WHAT YOU 3553 01:56:57,043 --> 01:56:57,643 SAID. 3554 01:56:57,643 --> 01:57:00,012 WE OFTEN HEAR THESE COMMENTS OH 3555 01:57:00,012 --> 01:57:01,814 TRIBES HAVE CASINOS, IT'S A 3556 01:57:01,814 --> 01:57:02,882 LAND GRAB. 3557 01:57:02,882 --> 01:57:03,750 SOMETIMES I WISH THEY 3558 01:57:03,750 --> 01:57:05,118 WOULD UNDERSTAND THE 3559 01:57:05,118 --> 01:57:05,451 SENSIBILITIES 3560 01:57:05,451 --> 01:57:07,186 THAT AMERICA IS OURS. 3561 01:57:07,186 --> 01:57:09,655 THIS IS OUR SOIL. 3562 01:57:09,655 --> 01:57:11,758 IT'S KIND OF IRONIC THAT 3563 01:57:11,758 --> 01:57:16,396 THEY HAVE THE GUY FROM KLAHOMA 3564 01:57:16,396 --> 01:57:17,764 WHO MIGHT BE HEAD OF 3565 01:57:17,764 --> 01:57:19,399 THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 3566 01:57:19,399 --> 01:57:21,033 SECURITY. HE'S AN ENROLLED 3567 01:57:21,033 --> 01:57:21,634 MEMBER OF 3568 01:57:21,634 --> 01:57:23,169 THE CHEROKEE NATION. 3569 01:57:23,169 --> 01:57:23,836 THAT WILL BE INTERESTING. 3570 01:57:23,836 --> 01:57:26,773 THAT SAID, I APOLOGIZE FOR 3571 01:57:26,773 --> 01:57:29,342 GOING OFF SCRIPT BUT YOUR 3572 01:57:29,342 --> 01:57:31,844 WORDS HAVE 3573 01:57:31,844 --> 01:57:34,781 INSPIRED ME TODAY. I WANT TO 3574 01:57:34,781 --> 01:57:35,581 THANK ALL OF YOU FOR 3575 01:57:35,581 --> 01:57:36,582 BEING HERE. 3576 01:57:36,716 --> 01:57:37,183 IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. 3577 01:57:37,183 --> 01:57:37,817 WITH THAT, LET ME LOOK DOWN HERE 3578 01:57:37,817 --> 01:57:38,451 AT MY SCRIPT. SO WE REACHED THE 3579 01:57:38,451 --> 01:57:38,785 END OF 3580 01:57:38,785 --> 01:57:41,554 TODAY'S AGENDA. 3581 01:57:41,687 --> 01:57:44,023 I'M GUESSING THERE'S NO MORE 3582 01:57:44,023 --> 01:57:44,991 COMMENTS FROM MY COMMITTEE 3583 01:57:44,991 --> 01:57:47,026 MEMBERS. 3584 01:57:47,026 --> 01:57:47,660 IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO 3585 01:57:47,660 --> 01:57:48,327 COME BEFORE COUNCIL? NOT SEEING 3586 01:57:48,327 --> 01:57:48,528 ANY. 3587 01:57:48,528 --> 01:57:51,230 WITH THAT, THERE IS NO FURTHER 3588 01:57:51,230 --> 01:57:52,398 BUSINESS. 3589 01:57:52,532 --> 01:57:53,766 IT IS NOW 4:00, AND WE ARE 3590 01:57:53,766 --> 01:57:54,233 ADJOURNED. 3591 01:57:54,233 --> 01:57:54,534 THANK YOU. 3592 01:57:54,667 --> 01:57:55,101 >> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 3593 01:57:55,101 --> 01:57:55,368 >> THANK YOU.