1 00:00:11,444 --> 00:00:19,252 [MUSIC] 2 00:00:19,386 --> 00:00:20,320 -- THANK YOU PAUL. GOOD 3 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:22,455 AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. I'M GOING 4 00:00:22,455 --> 00:00:24,424 TO CALL THE PARKS AND CITY LIGHT 5 00:00:24,424 --> 00:00:27,460 COMMITTEE TO ORDER. TODAY IS 6 00:00:27,460 --> 00:00:30,330 JULY 15th AND THE TIME IS 208. 7 00:00:30,330 --> 00:00:31,898 I'M DEBORA JUAREZ CLERK. PLEASE 8 00:00:31,898 --> 00:00:33,900 CALL THE ROLL. 9 00:00:33,900 --> 00:00:35,769 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. HERE. 10 00:00:35,769 --> 00:00:37,370 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. HERE. 11 00:00:37,370 --> 00:00:38,471 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. PRESENT. 12 00:00:38,471 --> 00:00:40,740 VICE CHAIR. KETTLE. HERE. CHAIR 13 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:42,442 JUAREZ. 14 00:00:42,442 --> 00:00:42,709 -- HERE. 15 00:00:42,709 --> 00:00:44,010 -- CHAIR. THERE ARE FIVE MEMBERS 16 00:00:44,010 --> 00:00:44,844 PRESENT. 17 00:00:44,844 --> 00:00:45,412 -- GREAT. WE HAVE A QUORUM. 18 00:00:45,412 --> 00:00:47,480 WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. GO THROUGH 19 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:48,815 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. IF THERE 20 00:00:48,815 --> 00:00:50,683 IS NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL 21 00:00:50,683 --> 00:00:53,820 BE ADOPTED. NOT HEARING OR 22 00:00:53,820 --> 00:00:55,054 SEEING AN OBJECTION. THE 23 00:00:55,054 --> 00:00:56,456 APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA IS 24 00:00:56,456 --> 00:00:58,458 ADOPTED. BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT 25 00:00:58,458 --> 00:01:00,160 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 26 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:01,227 BEING HERE. THANK YOU. 27 00:01:01,227 --> 00:01:01,861 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I'M GLAD 28 00:01:01,861 --> 00:01:02,529 YOU'RE HERE TO HEAR ABOUT LAKE 29 00:01:02,529 --> 00:01:04,898 CITY. I KNOW YOU WORKED ON THIS 30 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:06,232 IN YOUR PRIOR LIFE, SO THIS IS 31 00:01:06,232 --> 00:01:07,367 GREAT. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S 32 00:01:07,367 --> 00:01:09,869 BEFORE WE BEGIN, I HAVE THE 33 00:01:09,869 --> 00:01:11,538 CHAIR'S REPORT THAT I WANT TO 34 00:01:11,538 --> 00:01:12,972 SHARE WITH YOU FOLKS. AND THEN 35 00:01:12,972 --> 00:01:14,441 WE'LL LAUNCH RIGHT INTO OUR 36 00:01:14,441 --> 00:01:16,209 AGENDA. ARE WE GOING TO PUBLIC 37 00:01:16,209 --> 00:01:17,377 COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. THERE WILL 38 00:01:17,377 --> 00:01:19,446 BE A REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT 39 00:01:19,446 --> 00:01:20,914 PERIOD BEFORE ITEMS ON THE 40 00:01:20,914 --> 00:01:22,348 AGENDA. COMMENTS SHOULD BE 41 00:01:22,348 --> 00:01:23,817 RELATED TO THE ITEMS ON TODAY'S 42 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:25,351 AGENDA AND WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF 43 00:01:25,351 --> 00:01:26,953 THIS COMMITTEE. DURING PUBLIC 44 00:01:26,953 --> 00:01:28,288 COMMENT. THERE ARE THREE 45 00:01:28,288 --> 00:01:30,523 ORDINANCES AND ONE INFORMATION 46 00:01:30,523 --> 00:01:32,625 ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THE 47 00:01:32,625 --> 00:01:33,326 FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS 48 00:01:33,326 --> 00:01:35,061 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, TWO, 49 00:01:35,061 --> 00:01:38,698 FIVE ZERO IS AN ORDINANCE THAT 50 00:01:38,698 --> 00:01:40,300 TRANSFERS PROPERTY IN MANAGEMENT 51 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,102 OF THE LAKE CITY GARAGE AND 52 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:44,070 PLAZA FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 53 00:01:44,070 --> 00:01:44,637 FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE 54 00:01:44,637 --> 00:01:46,706 SERVICES TO SEATTLE PARKS AND 55 00:01:46,706 --> 00:01:48,041 RECREATION. THIS LEGISLATION IS 56 00:01:48,041 --> 00:01:49,509 PART OF THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY 57 00:01:49,509 --> 00:01:52,011 CENTER REDEVELOPMENT. THE 58 00:01:52,011 --> 00:01:53,246 PRESENTATION, I UNDERSTAND, IS 59 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:56,049 12 SLIDES AND WILL BE PRESENTED 60 00:01:56,049 --> 00:01:57,784 BY MICHELE FINNEGAN, INTERIM 61 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:59,385 SUPERINTENDENT, PARKS OF PARKS 62 00:01:59,385 --> 00:02:01,221 AND RECREATION. LISE WARD. PARKS 63 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:04,724 AND RECREATION. MARIA. DEWEES. 64 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:05,725 SEATTLE OFFICE OF HOUSING. KAREN 65 00:02:05,725 --> 00:02:07,794 GRUEN. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 66 00:02:07,794 --> 00:02:09,229 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND OUR 67 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:10,597 OWN TRACI. RATZLIFF FROM 68 00:02:10,597 --> 00:02:12,198 SEATTLE. I DON'T SEE OUR 69 00:02:12,198 --> 00:02:13,933 CENTRAL STAFF IS TRACI HERE. OH, 70 00:02:13,933 --> 00:02:15,335 THERE SHE IS. SHE. SHE'S TIED. 71 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:17,804 OKAY. THE SECOND ITEM ON THE 72 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:20,340 AGENDA IS CITY LIGHTS, NEW 73 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:23,276 RETAIL RATES ORDINANCE. COUNCIL 74 00:02:23,276 --> 00:02:26,145 BILL 121231. THIS IS THE THIRD 75 00:02:26,145 --> 00:02:27,247 TIME WE'VE BEEN HERE. WE'VE 76 00:02:27,247 --> 00:02:29,048 HEARD THIS ITEM. SO WE'LL BE 77 00:02:29,048 --> 00:02:29,682 VOTING ON THAT TODAY. TODAY WE 78 00:02:29,682 --> 00:02:32,151 WILL DISCUSS AN AMENDMENT THAT 79 00:02:32,151 --> 00:02:35,255 WILL AMEND THE UTILITY PROGRAM 80 00:02:35,255 --> 00:02:37,123 TEP THAT IS PART OF THIS 81 00:02:37,123 --> 00:02:38,525 ORDINANCE. THIS AMENDMENT IS 82 00:02:38,525 --> 00:02:40,460 BASED ON THE UDP LEGISLATION 83 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:41,227 THAT PASSED OUT OF THE 84 00:02:41,227 --> 00:02:43,296 GOVERNANCE AND UTILITY COMMITTEE 85 00:02:43,296 --> 00:02:44,664 AND WAS PASSED BY FULL COUNCIL 86 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:46,833 YESTERDAY. THE PRESENTATION IS 87 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:48,601 FOUR SLIDES AND WILL BE 88 00:02:48,601 --> 00:02:50,537 PRESENTED BY ERIC MCCONAGHY FROM 89 00:02:50,537 --> 00:02:51,538 CENTRAL STAFF. JOINING ERIC AT 90 00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:53,840 THE TABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS 91 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,208 FROM THE LEGISLATIVE STAFF ARE 92 00:02:55,208 --> 00:02:58,811 FROM ON THE LEGISLATION ARE 93 00:02:58,811 --> 00:03:00,380 INTERIM DIRECTOR ROB SANTOFF AND 94 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:00,980 ANGELA BERTRAND AND CHRISTIE 95 00:03:00,980 --> 00:03:03,816 GRAINGER GRAINGER. GRAINGER 96 00:03:03,816 --> 00:03:06,719 GRAINGER. OKAY GRAINGER. I'M 97 00:03:06,719 --> 00:03:07,887 SORRY. WELL, I'LL LET YOU 98 00:03:07,887 --> 00:03:08,488 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES WHEN YOU 99 00:03:08,488 --> 00:03:10,223 GET UP HERE. I'M JUST GOING. 100 00:03:10,223 --> 00:03:13,126 FROM WHAT WE GOT ON THE AGENDA 101 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:14,093 ITEMS. OH, YEAH. AND THAT 102 00:03:14,093 --> 00:03:15,595 AMENDMENT WILL BE PRESENTED AND 103 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:17,263 DISCUSSED BY COUNCILMEMBER 104 00:03:17,263 --> 00:03:18,498 STRAUSS. THE THIRD ITEM ON THE 105 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:21,701 AGENDA IS AN INFORMATION ITEM. 106 00:03:21,701 --> 00:03:23,169 THIS ITEM IS A PRESENTATION 107 00:03:23,169 --> 00:03:24,671 ABOUT THE 2025 AUDIT OF CITY 108 00:03:24,671 --> 00:03:26,639 LIGHT. THIS IS AN ANNUAL 109 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:27,941 INDEPENDENT AUDIT WHICH IS DONE 110 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:29,943 BY BAKER TILLY. THE PRESENTATION 111 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:33,813 IS 16 SLIDES AND PRESENTED BY 112 00:03:33,813 --> 00:03:36,883 NATALIE HAYASHI CITY LIGHT AND 113 00:03:36,883 --> 00:03:38,985 AARON WORTHAM CPA BAKER TILLY 114 00:03:38,985 --> 00:03:39,619 REPRESENTATIVE. THE FOURTH ITEM 115 00:03:39,619 --> 00:03:43,122 ON THE AGENDA IS COUNCIL BILL 116 00:03:43,122 --> 00:03:44,691 121249 IS AN ORDINANCE THAT 117 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:46,359 GIVES CITY LIGHT THE AUTHORITY 118 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:47,760 TO ENTER INTO TEN YEAR 119 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,164 AGREEMENTS WITH CUSTOMERS 120 00:03:51,164 --> 00:03:51,731 ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION 121 00:03:51,731 --> 00:03:53,366 ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMS, AND I 122 00:03:53,366 --> 00:03:58,471 UNDERSTAND AGAIN, THAT WE WILL 123 00:03:58,471 --> 00:03:59,072 HAVE INTERIM DIRECTOR SANTOFF 124 00:03:59,072 --> 00:04:00,139 DAVID LOGSDON AND ANGELA SONG 125 00:04:00,139 --> 00:04:01,040 FROM CITY LIGHT AND ERIC 126 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:02,976 MCCONAGHY, OF COURSE, FROM 127 00:04:02,976 --> 00:04:04,310 CENTRAL STAFF. I EXPECT A VOTE 128 00:04:04,310 --> 00:04:06,646 ON AGENDA ITEMS ONE, TWO AND 129 00:04:06,646 --> 00:04:10,049 FOUR. THAT BEING SAID, WITH THE 130 00:04:10,049 --> 00:04:12,885 DIRECTOR'S OVERVIEW OF TODAY'S 131 00:04:12,885 --> 00:04:16,556 AGENDA, WE'LL NOW OPEN THE 132 00:04:16,556 --> 00:04:17,156 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND MR. 133 00:04:17,156 --> 00:04:18,224 CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD 134 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:19,926 AND LET US KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE 135 00:04:19,926 --> 00:04:20,526 ARE SIGNED UP TODAY? AND HOW 136 00:04:20,526 --> 00:04:22,028 MANY OF YOU ARE IN CHAMBERS AND 137 00:04:22,028 --> 00:04:24,430 HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ONLINE? 138 00:04:24,430 --> 00:04:25,431 -- WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE SIGNED UP 139 00:04:25,431 --> 00:04:28,635 FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON AND 140 00:04:28,635 --> 00:04:29,836 FOUR REMOTE. 141 00:04:29,836 --> 00:04:30,803 -- OKAY. EACH PERSON WILL HAVE 142 00:04:30,803 --> 00:04:31,804 TWO MINUTES. DO YOU WANT TO GO 143 00:04:31,804 --> 00:04:33,473 AHEAD AND READ THE INSTRUCTIONS? 144 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:35,408 AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE PEOPLE 145 00:04:35,408 --> 00:04:36,676 THAT THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN 146 00:04:36,676 --> 00:04:38,177 CHAMBERS, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO 147 00:04:38,177 --> 00:04:39,545 REMOTE. 148 00:04:39,545 --> 00:04:40,146 -- THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 149 00:04:40,146 --> 00:04:40,847 WILL BE MODERATED IN THE 150 00:04:40,847 --> 00:04:41,948 FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 151 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,549 COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 60 152 00:04:43,549 --> 00:04:44,584 MINUTES. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 153 00:04:44,584 --> 00:04:46,619 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY 154 00:04:46,619 --> 00:04:47,487 REGISTERED. WE WILL BEGIN WITH 155 00:04:47,487 --> 00:04:48,821 IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, THEN MOVE ON 156 00:04:48,821 --> 00:04:50,189 TO REMOTE SPEAKERS UNTIL THE 157 00:04:50,189 --> 00:04:51,491 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS ENDED. 158 00:04:51,491 --> 00:04:53,259 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 159 00:04:53,259 --> 00:04:54,360 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT IN THEIR 160 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:54,994 TIME. SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE 161 00:04:54,994 --> 00:04:57,030 MUTED IF THEY DO NOT END THEIR 162 00:04:57,030 --> 00:04:58,031 COMMENTS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED 163 00:04:58,031 --> 00:05:00,833 TIME ALLOWED. THE FIRST PUBLIC 164 00:05:00,833 --> 00:05:02,935 SPEAKER IN PERSON IS SIDIQ, 165 00:05:02,935 --> 00:05:13,346 FOLLOWED BY COLIN AND SPENCER. 166 00:05:13,346 --> 00:05:13,846 -- COME ON UP. 167 00:05:13,846 --> 00:05:19,118 -- GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND 168 00:05:19,118 --> 00:05:22,522 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS SADIQ 169 00:05:22,522 --> 00:05:23,623 KAKKAR AND I LEAD THE LAKE CITY 170 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:25,491 SENIOR CENTER BEFORE I START 171 00:05:25,491 --> 00:05:27,694 WITH MY COMMENTARY ON THE 172 00:05:27,694 --> 00:05:29,696 PROJECT, I WANTED TO TAKE A 173 00:05:29,696 --> 00:05:31,264 MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE 174 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:33,299 EFFORTS OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS, 175 00:05:33,299 --> 00:05:35,868 ESPECIALLY OUR CHAIR, DEBORA 176 00:05:35,868 --> 00:05:38,638 JUAREZ. I HAVEN'T MET YOU IN 177 00:05:38,638 --> 00:05:39,639 PERSON YET, BUT I KNOW ALL THE 178 00:05:39,639 --> 00:05:41,541 EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN 179 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:43,543 SUPPORTING THE LAKE CITY SENIOR 180 00:05:43,543 --> 00:05:44,844 CENTER AND MAKING THIS PROJECT A 181 00:05:44,844 --> 00:05:46,879 REALITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 182 00:05:46,879 --> 00:05:49,916 ON BEHALF OF THE SENIORS MY 183 00:05:49,916 --> 00:05:52,585 JOURNEY WITH THE LAKE CITY 184 00:05:52,585 --> 00:05:54,220 SENIOR CENTER IS NOT THAT OLD. 185 00:05:54,220 --> 00:05:55,788 IT'S EIGHT MONTHS THAT I'M 186 00:05:55,788 --> 00:05:59,459 LEADING THE CENTER. A LOT OF 187 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:02,462 WORK HAS BEEN DONE, BUT IN MY 188 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:04,097 SHORT EXPERIENCE IN LEADING THE 189 00:06:04,097 --> 00:06:06,199 LAKE CITY SENIOR CENTER, I'VE 190 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:11,637 OBSERVED A LOT OF NECESSITIES 191 00:06:11,637 --> 00:06:14,640 THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR A SENIOR 192 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,476 CENTER TO FUNCTION, ONE OF WHICH 193 00:06:16,476 --> 00:06:19,345 IS THE FACILITY, ONE OF WHICH IS 194 00:06:19,345 --> 00:06:21,314 THE LOCATION. AND THIS PROJECT, 195 00:06:21,314 --> 00:06:24,517 THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER, 196 00:06:24,517 --> 00:06:26,886 IS AN ESSENTIAL PART FOR THE 197 00:06:26,886 --> 00:06:28,888 SENIOR CENTERS TO FUNCTION. 198 00:06:28,888 --> 00:06:33,292 WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING OUT 199 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:34,861 OF LAMB OF GOD LUTHERAN CHURCH, 200 00:06:34,861 --> 00:06:37,029 WHICH IS JUST A BLOCK BEHIND THE 201 00:06:37,029 --> 00:06:42,068 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. IT IS IT 202 00:06:42,068 --> 00:06:44,470 HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES AND 203 00:06:44,470 --> 00:06:46,706 ISSUES. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES 204 00:06:46,706 --> 00:06:49,942 THAT WE HAVE IS ACCESSIBILITY 205 00:06:49,942 --> 00:06:52,145 FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY TO 206 00:06:52,145 --> 00:06:54,580 THAT BUILDING WITH SENIORS. AND 207 00:06:54,580 --> 00:06:58,851 IT ALSO REPRESENTS RISKS IN AYE. 208 00:06:58,851 --> 00:07:03,055 IF WE HAVE ANY FIRE OR ANY OTHER 209 00:07:03,055 --> 00:07:04,857 EMERGENCY TYPE OF SITUATION, 210 00:07:04,857 --> 00:07:06,592 EVACUATING THAT BUILDING WOULD 211 00:07:06,592 --> 00:07:09,862 BE VERY CHALLENGING. 212 00:07:09,862 --> 00:07:10,129 -- FOR. 213 00:07:10,129 --> 00:07:12,865 -- GO AHEAD, KEEP GOING. 214 00:07:12,865 --> 00:07:15,368 -- OKAY, SO WITH THE NEW 215 00:07:15,368 --> 00:07:17,203 PROJECT, I WOULD WANT US 216 00:07:17,203 --> 00:07:21,007 EMPHASIZED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE 217 00:07:21,007 --> 00:07:23,843 THE SAME ISSUES THERE FOR 218 00:07:23,843 --> 00:07:24,444 ACCESSIBILITY WITH WHEELCHAIR 219 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:27,814 WALKERS AND ALL OF THAT. THE 220 00:07:27,814 --> 00:07:30,416 SECOND ISSUE IS THE CAPACITY 221 00:07:30,416 --> 00:07:32,285 CURRENTLY AT THE LAMB OF GOD 222 00:07:32,285 --> 00:07:34,554 FACILITY THAT WE USE. IT WAS 223 00:07:34,554 --> 00:07:36,255 ENVISIONED THAT WE WOULD BE 224 00:07:36,255 --> 00:07:37,857 ABLE. THE FACILITY IS A THREE 225 00:07:37,857 --> 00:07:39,759 STORY BUILDING. IT HAS A 226 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:42,328 CAPACITY FOR 80 SENIORS, BUT 227 00:07:42,328 --> 00:07:45,164 WITH RECENT CHANGES IN 228 00:07:45,164 --> 00:07:46,599 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE, MEDICAID 229 00:07:46,599 --> 00:07:50,436 AND ALL, I'M SEEING AN INCREASE 230 00:07:50,436 --> 00:07:55,775 FROM NEWCOMERS. NEW MEMBERS 231 00:07:55,775 --> 00:07:59,645 COMING TO SEEK SERVICES AT OUR 232 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:01,180 CENTER. THAT NUMBER IS 233 00:08:01,180 --> 00:08:02,949 INCREASING ON AVERAGE WHEN THE. 234 00:08:02,949 --> 00:08:04,183 THE SENIOR CENTER IS OPEN, WE'RE 235 00:08:04,183 --> 00:08:06,285 SEEING 80 TO 90 PEOPLE ON A BUSY 236 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:09,822 DAY. WHEN WE HAVE MORE PARTNERS 237 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:11,290 COMING AND GIVING THEIR SERVICES 238 00:08:11,290 --> 00:08:13,259 100 TO 110 PEOPLE. SO IT'S 239 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:16,462 RESULTING IN A LOT OF WEAR AND 240 00:08:16,462 --> 00:08:21,601 TEAR OF THE FACILITY. AND I HAVE 241 00:08:21,601 --> 00:08:23,903 RECEIVED COMPLAINTS. THE KITCHEN 242 00:08:23,903 --> 00:08:25,104 IS BEING OVERUSED BECAUSE IT'S 243 00:08:25,104 --> 00:08:26,639 NOT MEANT TO HOLD THOSE MANY 244 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:28,608 SENIORS. 245 00:08:28,608 --> 00:08:28,875 -- OKAY. 246 00:08:28,875 --> 00:08:31,978 -- SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING. THE 247 00:08:31,978 --> 00:08:33,913 CAPACITY IN THE NEW BUILDING, 248 00:08:33,913 --> 00:08:34,614 WHEN IT'S IT'S BEING DESIGNED, 249 00:08:34,614 --> 00:08:36,849 WHAT IS THE CAPACITY GOING TO 250 00:08:36,849 --> 00:08:38,518 BE, AT LEAST GIVEN THE 251 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:41,354 CIRCUMSTANCES, IT SHOULD BE ABLE 252 00:08:41,354 --> 00:08:43,422 TO SUPPORT AND HOST 150 TO 200 253 00:08:43,422 --> 00:08:46,058 EASILY ON AN AVERAGE DAY. THE 254 00:08:46,058 --> 00:08:48,995 THIRD THING IS THE KITCHEN. THE 255 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:50,930 KITCHEN IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR 256 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:52,732 THE SENIOR CENTER TO FUNCTION 257 00:08:52,732 --> 00:08:54,500 FOR MEALS, BECAUSE WE PROVIDE 258 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,235 COMMUNITY DINING, WE. ONE OF THE 259 00:08:56,235 --> 00:09:00,139 MAIN PROGRAMS THAT THROUGH SOUND 260 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:02,441 GENERATIONS IS THE COMMUNITY 261 00:09:02,441 --> 00:09:04,310 DINING ASPECT THAT A LOT OF 262 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:05,778 SENIORS HELPS THEM TO GET OUT OF 263 00:09:05,778 --> 00:09:07,146 ISOLATION, TO SOCIALIZE, AND TO 264 00:09:07,146 --> 00:09:09,215 HAVE A MOMENT. 265 00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:10,149 -- SO I NEED YOU TO WRAP IT UP 266 00:09:10,149 --> 00:09:11,651 REAL QUICK. 267 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:12,418 -- I WILL TRY TO. 268 00:09:12,418 --> 00:09:13,953 -- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YOU HAD TWO 269 00:09:13,953 --> 00:09:16,122 MINUTES, BUT GO AHEAD. 270 00:09:16,122 --> 00:09:18,224 -- SO THE DINING AREA AND THE 271 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:19,659 KITCHEN TO HAVE ALL OF THOSE 272 00:09:19,659 --> 00:09:22,528 FACILITIES THAT CAN SUPPORT 273 00:09:22,528 --> 00:09:25,031 PREPARING THE MEALS. THE REST, I 274 00:09:25,031 --> 00:09:26,332 THINK THE SOONEST WE CAN HAVE 275 00:09:26,332 --> 00:09:27,667 THE BUILDING WOULD BE GREAT 276 00:09:27,667 --> 00:09:30,469 BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY 277 00:09:30,469 --> 00:09:31,737 MEMBERS AND THE SENIORS, THEY'RE 278 00:09:31,737 --> 00:09:32,405 REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. 279 00:09:32,405 --> 00:09:34,006 AND IT WILL ELIMINATE A LOT OF 280 00:09:34,006 --> 00:09:35,141 THESE ISSUES THAT WE ARE FACING 281 00:09:35,141 --> 00:09:37,176 IN THE CURRENT FACILITY. SO WE 282 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:39,845 REALLY, REALLY DO HOPE THAT THIS 283 00:09:39,845 --> 00:09:40,413 IS DONE AND ACHIEVED AS. 284 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:41,414 -- SOON AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON 285 00:09:41,414 --> 00:09:43,416 IT FOR TEN YEARS. WE GOT YOU. 286 00:09:43,416 --> 00:09:44,684 THANK YOU. YOU SHOULD LOOK AT 287 00:09:44,684 --> 00:09:46,452 THE POWERPOINT BECAUSE THE 288 00:09:46,452 --> 00:09:47,620 POWERPOINT DOES ADDRESS ADA. 289 00:09:47,620 --> 00:09:48,020 -- OKAY, I WILL. 290 00:09:48,020 --> 00:09:50,723 -- DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK 291 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:51,290 YOU. NOT EVERYONE GOES THAT 292 00:09:51,290 --> 00:09:54,260 LONG. OKAY. YOU GUYS GO AHEAD. 293 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:55,828 -- THE NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER IS 294 00:09:55,828 --> 00:09:57,263 COLIN, FOLLOWED BY SPENCER. AND 295 00:09:57,263 --> 00:09:59,332 THEN LAUREN. 296 00:09:59,332 --> 00:09:59,599 -- COLIN. 297 00:09:59,599 --> 00:10:00,733 -- GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR 298 00:10:00,733 --> 00:10:01,634 AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY 299 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:02,568 NAME IS COLIN MORGAN CROSS. I 300 00:10:02,568 --> 00:10:04,337 LEAD REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR 301 00:10:04,337 --> 00:10:05,738 MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST, AND 302 00:10:05,738 --> 00:10:08,107 I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF 303 00:10:08,107 --> 00:10:10,676 ITEM ONE COUNCIL BILL 121250 304 00:10:10,676 --> 00:10:11,944 REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF LAKE 305 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:13,746 CITY COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS BILL 306 00:10:13,746 --> 00:10:15,348 IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO 307 00:10:15,348 --> 00:10:15,848 ADVANCING THE LAKE CITY 308 00:10:15,848 --> 00:10:18,184 COMMUNITY CENTER AND AFFORDABLE 309 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:20,152 HOUSING PROJECT. MERCY HOUSING 310 00:10:20,152 --> 00:10:21,120 NORTHWEST IS PARTNERING WITH THE 311 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:22,688 CITY OF SEATTLE ON THIS 312 00:10:22,688 --> 00:10:25,358 IMPORTANT PROJECT, WHICH IS AN 313 00:10:25,358 --> 00:10:25,858 INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO 314 00:10:25,858 --> 00:10:27,326 CO-LOCATING A NEW COMMUNITY 315 00:10:27,326 --> 00:10:28,995 CENTER WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING 316 00:10:28,995 --> 00:10:29,895 FOR FAMILIES. WE ARE PROUD OF 317 00:10:29,895 --> 00:10:31,797 OUR TRACK RECORD AND COMMITMENT 318 00:10:31,797 --> 00:10:34,400 TO SERVING FAMILIES IN SEATTLE 319 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:35,701 OVER THE LAST DECADES, AND WE'RE 320 00:10:35,701 --> 00:10:36,202 EXCITED TO EXPAND THIS 321 00:10:36,202 --> 00:10:38,504 COMMITMENT TO LAKE CITY. WE ALSO 322 00:10:38,504 --> 00:10:40,339 APPLAUD THE VISION OF THE CITY 323 00:10:40,339 --> 00:10:41,774 OF SEATTLE TO LEVERAGE THE 324 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:42,842 COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT TO MAKE 325 00:10:42,842 --> 00:10:44,944 OUR CITY MORE AFFORDABLE FOR 326 00:10:44,944 --> 00:10:45,644 FAMILIES. IT'S A CONCRETE WAY 327 00:10:45,644 --> 00:10:47,179 THAT THE CITY IS STEPPING UP TO 328 00:10:47,179 --> 00:10:48,414 HELP ADDRESS THE AFFORDABILITY 329 00:10:48,414 --> 00:10:50,583 CHALLENGE, WHILE ALSO CREATING A 330 00:10:50,583 --> 00:10:53,019 NEW COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR 331 00:10:53,019 --> 00:10:54,754 FAMILIES. CHAIR, I KNOW THAT YOU 332 00:10:54,754 --> 00:10:55,554 HAVE BEEN A CHAMPION OF THIS 333 00:10:55,554 --> 00:10:57,723 PROJECT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, 334 00:10:57,723 --> 00:10:59,925 AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT 335 00:10:59,925 --> 00:11:01,360 SUPPORT AND YOUR VISION. 336 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:02,461 -- I RECOGNIZE YOU FROM BEFORE. 337 00:11:02,461 --> 00:11:03,462 -- YEAH. THE KEY ELEMENTS OF, OF 338 00:11:03,462 --> 00:11:07,733 OUR OUR NEW COMMUNITY WILL 339 00:11:07,733 --> 00:11:08,367 INCLUDE 112 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE 340 00:11:08,367 --> 00:11:09,068 HOUSING, AGAIN, PRIMARILY FOR 341 00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:12,038 FAMILIES. IT WILL INCLUDE THE 342 00:11:12,038 --> 00:11:13,172 NEW COMMUNITY CENTER TO SERVE 343 00:11:13,172 --> 00:11:15,107 THE WIDER COMMUNITY, REPLACING 344 00:11:15,107 --> 00:11:16,375 THE PREVIOUS COMMUNITY CENTER, A 345 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:18,611 PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILY WORKS 346 00:11:18,611 --> 00:11:19,812 WILL ENSURE THAT ROBUST ON SITE 347 00:11:19,812 --> 00:11:20,913 SERVICES FOR FAMILIES ARE 348 00:11:20,913 --> 00:11:22,615 PROVIDED, BOTH FOR RESIDENTS IN 349 00:11:22,615 --> 00:11:25,084 THE BUILDING AND ALSO THE LARGER 350 00:11:25,084 --> 00:11:25,684 COMMUNITY. AND AT THE HEART, 351 00:11:25,684 --> 00:11:27,386 WE'RE CREATING A NEW CIVIC 352 00:11:27,386 --> 00:11:28,621 PLAZA THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO 353 00:11:28,621 --> 00:11:31,490 RESIDENTS AND THE WIDER 354 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:32,925 COMMUNITY FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 355 00:11:32,925 --> 00:11:35,494 AND GATHERINGS. MERCY HOUSING 356 00:11:35,494 --> 00:11:35,995 NORTHWEST HAS PARTNERED 357 00:11:35,995 --> 00:11:37,263 COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE CITY OF 358 00:11:37,263 --> 00:11:38,531 SEATTLE PARTNERS OFFICE OF 359 00:11:38,531 --> 00:11:41,500 HOUSING, SEATTLE PARKS AND 360 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:42,001 RECREATION. OTHER CITY 361 00:11:42,001 --> 00:11:42,601 DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS WITH 362 00:11:42,601 --> 00:11:45,237 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO RE 363 00:11:45,237 --> 00:11:46,472 RE-ENVISION THE PROJECT. AND 364 00:11:46,472 --> 00:11:48,040 WE'VE MADE IT A PRIORITY TO 365 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:48,674 START CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR SO 366 00:11:48,674 --> 00:11:49,775 THAT WE CAN OPEN THE NEW 367 00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:51,544 COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS 368 00:11:51,544 --> 00:11:55,514 POSSIBLE. THIS LEGISLATION IS 369 00:11:55,514 --> 00:11:59,018 INTENDED TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT 370 00:11:59,018 --> 00:12:00,720 AND TO REIMAGINE AN UNUSED PIECE 371 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:03,255 OF INFRASTRUCTURE, TO MAKE THE 372 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:03,856 COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT MORE 373 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:04,890 COST EFFECTIVE AND BETTER SERVE 374 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:06,525 ITS USERS. 375 00:12:06,525 --> 00:12:07,326 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND 376 00:12:07,326 --> 00:12:09,829 THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. 377 00:12:09,829 --> 00:12:11,397 -- OUR NEXT PUBLIC SPEAKER WILL 378 00:12:11,397 --> 00:12:12,264 BE SPENCER, FOLLOWED BY LAUREN. 379 00:12:12,264 --> 00:12:17,236 AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO REMOTE 380 00:12:17,236 --> 00:12:17,503 SPEAKERS. 381 00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:18,237 -- SPENCER. 382 00:12:18,237 --> 00:12:19,105 -- HELLO, MY NAME IS SPENCER. 383 00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:21,607 I'M A RENTER IN CAPITOL HILL. 384 00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:22,975 I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE THE 385 00:12:22,975 --> 00:12:25,344 LARGE LOAD POLICY FOR DATA 386 00:12:25,344 --> 00:12:26,912 CENTERS. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE 387 00:12:26,912 --> 00:12:27,880 CURRENT MORATORIUM. WHILE WE GET 388 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:29,215 THIS FIGURED OUT, AND I'M 389 00:12:29,215 --> 00:12:31,283 OVERALL SUPPORTIVE OF THIS 390 00:12:31,283 --> 00:12:31,917 POLICY, BUT THERE ARE A FEW WAYS 391 00:12:31,917 --> 00:12:33,719 I THINK IT COULD BE IMPROVED. 392 00:12:33,719 --> 00:12:36,989 THE BIG ONE IS THAT THE CURRENT 393 00:12:36,989 --> 00:12:38,758 WAVE OF AI DATA CENTER 394 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:41,293 DEVELOPMENT IS A BUBBLE, AND I 395 00:12:41,293 --> 00:12:42,061 DON'T WANT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE 396 00:12:42,061 --> 00:12:43,362 SEATTLE RESIDENTS AREN'T LEFT 397 00:12:43,362 --> 00:12:45,331 WITH THE BILL WHEN THAT BUBBLE 398 00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:49,034 BURSTS. SO I THINK WE NEED TO TO 399 00:12:49,034 --> 00:12:50,569 REQUIRE SOME FORM OF GUARANTEE, 400 00:12:50,569 --> 00:12:53,372 SOME MONEY SET ASIDE OR 401 00:12:53,372 --> 00:12:55,975 SOMETHING TO, TO PAY FOR 402 00:12:55,975 --> 00:12:58,811 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT TO 403 00:12:58,811 --> 00:13:01,981 SUPPORT DATA CENTERS THAT END UP 404 00:13:01,981 --> 00:13:02,982 GETTING CANCELED OR CLOSED DOWN 405 00:13:02,982 --> 00:13:05,417 EARLY OR, YOU KNOW, SO I'M 406 00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:07,153 SUPPORTIVE OF AN AMENDMENT THAT 407 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:10,055 REQUIRES THAT IT WOULD ALSO BE 408 00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:12,091 GREAT TO REQUIRE SOME TIME 409 00:13:12,091 --> 00:13:15,094 FLEXIBILITY SO THEY CAN PLAY 410 00:13:15,094 --> 00:13:18,197 NICER WITH THE GRID. THAT'S 411 00:13:18,197 --> 00:13:19,598 THOSE ARE MY TWO BIG 412 00:13:19,598 --> 00:13:21,400 SUGGESTIONS. JUST PROTECT 413 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:22,601 RATEPAYERS SO WE DON'T GET 414 00:13:22,601 --> 00:13:24,970 STUCK WITH THE BILL FOR, FOR 415 00:13:24,970 --> 00:13:26,605 THINGS THAT GET SHUT DOWN EARLY. 416 00:13:26,605 --> 00:13:30,142 THANK YOU. 417 00:13:30,142 --> 00:13:31,677 -- OUR NEXT IN-PERSON PUBLIC 418 00:13:31,677 --> 00:13:34,213 SPEAKER WILL BE LAUREN. AND THEN 419 00:13:34,213 --> 00:13:36,048 MOVING ON TO REMOTE SPEAKERS, 420 00:13:36,048 --> 00:13:38,350 WE'LL HAVE REBECCA AND KRISTEN. 421 00:13:38,350 --> 00:13:38,717 -- LAUREN, HI. 422 00:13:38,717 --> 00:13:39,919 -- HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, 423 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:41,787 COUNCILMEMBERS. I'M LAUREN FROM 424 00:13:41,787 --> 00:13:44,223 DISTRICT SIX AND ONE OF THE LEAD 425 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:44,890 ORGANIZERS OF WASHINGTON'S AI 426 00:13:44,890 --> 00:13:47,159 RESISTANCE. I SUPPORT SEATTLE 427 00:13:47,159 --> 00:13:47,960 SEATTLEITES PROPOSED LARGE LOW 428 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,795 TARIFF. IT'S AN IMPORTANT FIRST 429 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:51,630 STEP TO ENSURE THAT NEW LARGE 430 00:13:51,630 --> 00:13:53,032 ELECTRICITY USERS, INCLUDING 431 00:13:53,032 --> 00:13:53,666 DATA CENTERS, PAY THE COSTS THEY 432 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:54,633 IMPOSE ON OUR ELECTRIC SYSTEM. 433 00:13:54,633 --> 00:13:56,902 INSTEAD OF SHIFTING THOSE ON TO 434 00:13:56,902 --> 00:13:59,705 HOUSEHOLDS AND SMALL BUSINESSES, 435 00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:00,840 NEW LARGE LOAD CUSTOMERS SHOULD 436 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,007 PAY THE TRUE COST OF SERVING 437 00:14:02,007 --> 00:14:02,942 THEIR ENERGY DEMAND, RATHER THAN 438 00:14:02,942 --> 00:14:04,610 RELYING ON DECADES OF PUBLIC 439 00:14:04,610 --> 00:14:06,779 INVESTMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT 440 00:14:06,779 --> 00:14:07,246 THE PROPOSAL REQUIRES 441 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:07,780 INFRASTRUCTURE AND POWER 442 00:14:07,780 --> 00:14:09,715 RESOURCES TO BE SECURED BEFORE 443 00:14:09,715 --> 00:14:12,451 SERVICE BEGINS, HELPING PREVENT 444 00:14:12,451 --> 00:14:13,285 SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT, AND 445 00:14:13,285 --> 00:14:14,854 THAT IT PROTECTS SEATTLE'S 446 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:16,088 LEGACY PUBLIC HYDROPOWER, WHICH 447 00:14:16,088 --> 00:14:17,690 BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF 448 00:14:17,690 --> 00:14:19,491 SEATTLE. AS YOU CONTINUE 449 00:14:19,491 --> 00:14:20,025 STRENGTHENING SEATTLE'S 450 00:14:20,025 --> 00:14:21,360 APPROACH, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO 451 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,561 REQUIRE GRID FLEXIBILITY AS A 452 00:14:22,561 --> 00:14:24,496 CONDITION OF SERVICE, NOT MERELY 453 00:14:24,496 --> 00:14:26,498 INCENTIVIZE, AS IT CURRENTLY IS. 454 00:14:26,498 --> 00:14:28,033 PLEASE ALSO REQUIRE STRONG 455 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:29,034 FINANCIAL INSURANCES, SUCH AS 456 00:14:29,034 --> 00:14:31,270 LETTERS OF CREDIT OR PARENT 457 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:32,304 COMPANY GUARANTEES, SO THAT IF 458 00:14:32,304 --> 00:14:33,372 SPECULATIVE AI PROJECTS ARE 459 00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:35,074 CANCELED OR ABANDONED, THE 460 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:36,175 FINANCIAL RISK FALLS ON THE 461 00:14:36,175 --> 00:14:38,677 DEVELOPERS AND NOT ON SEATTLE 462 00:14:38,677 --> 00:14:40,145 RESIDENTS. THE CITY'S WORK PLAN 463 00:14:40,145 --> 00:14:40,746 SHOULD ALSO COORDINATE LARGE 464 00:14:40,746 --> 00:14:43,916 LOAD GROWTH WITH LONG TERM CLEAN 465 00:14:43,916 --> 00:14:44,383 ENERGY PLANNING. MORE 466 00:14:44,383 --> 00:14:44,984 FUNDAMENTALLY, WE SHOULD BE 467 00:14:44,984 --> 00:14:46,185 ASKING HOW MUCH OF THIS INDUSTRY 468 00:14:46,185 --> 00:14:48,954 SEATTLE ACTUALLY WANTS OR NEEDS. 469 00:14:48,954 --> 00:14:50,556 WHILE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT MAY 470 00:14:50,556 --> 00:14:52,691 VIEW DATA CENTERS AS A WAY TO 471 00:14:52,691 --> 00:14:53,292 FINANCE NEW TRANSMISSION AND 472 00:14:53,292 --> 00:14:54,560 RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS, 473 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,295 WHICH ARE IMPORTANT, WE SHOULD 474 00:14:56,295 --> 00:14:58,264 NOT EVALUATE THESE PROJECTS 475 00:14:58,264 --> 00:14:59,832 SOLELY THROUGH AN ENERGY LENS, 476 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:01,333 EVEN IF SUFFICIENT CLEAN ENERGY 477 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:02,568 WERE AVAILABLE. WE MUST ALSO 478 00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:03,569 CONSIDER IMPACTS ON WATER AND 479 00:15:03,569 --> 00:15:04,803 LAND USE, CLIMATE AND 480 00:15:04,803 --> 00:15:06,472 COMMUNITIES. FOR EXAMPLE, RISING 481 00:15:06,472 --> 00:15:08,040 WATER TEMPERATURES IS A LEADING 482 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:08,540 POLLUTANT AFFECTING OUR 483 00:15:08,540 --> 00:15:09,475 WATERWAYS, THREATENING OUR 484 00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:10,776 SALMON. LARGE DATA CENTERS COULD 485 00:15:10,776 --> 00:15:11,410 WORSEN THESE THERMAL IMPACTS. 486 00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:13,212 WHILE OUR ECOSYSTEMS ARE ALREADY 487 00:15:13,212 --> 00:15:14,079 UNDER IMMENSE STRESS FROM 488 00:15:14,079 --> 00:15:17,616 CLIMATE CHANGE. FINALLY, BEFORE 489 00:15:17,616 --> 00:15:18,250 APPROVING ADDITIONAL DATA CENTER 490 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:18,951 DEVELOPMENT, I ENCOURAGE THE 491 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:19,785 CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A PUBLIC 492 00:15:19,785 --> 00:15:21,687 HEARING ON SEATTLE'S USE OF AI 493 00:15:21,687 --> 00:15:23,322 OR CONVENE A CITIZENS ASSEMBLY 494 00:15:23,322 --> 00:15:24,356 SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT 495 00:15:24,356 --> 00:15:26,492 SNOHOMISH COUNTY RECENTLY 496 00:15:26,492 --> 00:15:27,126 COMPLETED. RESIDENTS DESERVE A 497 00:15:27,126 --> 00:15:27,826 MEANINGFUL VOICE IN DECIDING 498 00:15:27,826 --> 00:15:29,862 WHAT AI INFRASTRUCTURE IS 499 00:15:29,862 --> 00:15:30,929 ACTUALLY NEEDED AND HOW MUCH 500 00:15:30,929 --> 00:15:32,398 DATA CENTER CAPACITY SHOULD BE 501 00:15:32,398 --> 00:15:34,099 BUILT. OUR LIMITED ENERGY, WATER 502 00:15:34,099 --> 00:15:34,867 AND LAND USE OR LAND SHOULD NOT 503 00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:36,201 BE ALLOCATED, SHOULD BE 504 00:15:36,201 --> 00:15:38,203 ALLOCATED ACCORDING TO PUBLIC 505 00:15:38,203 --> 00:15:39,138 PRIORITIES AND NOT SPECULATIVE 506 00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:40,205 DEMAND. DRIVEN BY A HANDFUL OF 507 00:15:40,205 --> 00:15:40,739 THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST 508 00:15:40,739 --> 00:15:41,540 COMPANIES. 509 00:15:41,540 --> 00:15:43,175 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND 510 00:15:43,175 --> 00:15:44,743 THAT'S WHY COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS 511 00:15:44,743 --> 00:15:45,778 HERE. HE'S WRITING ALL THIS 512 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,780 DOWN. THANK YOU. 513 00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,481 -- THE FIRST SPEAKER IS REBECCA, 514 00:15:49,481 --> 00:15:51,350 FOLLOWED BY KRISTEN AND BRIAN. 515 00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:52,251 REBECCA, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX 516 00:15:52,251 --> 00:15:52,851 WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROMPT THAT 517 00:15:52,851 --> 00:15:59,224 YOU'VE BEEN UNMUTED 518 00:15:59,224 --> 00:16:01,126 -- I DO NOT, REBECCA. I'M 519 00:16:01,126 --> 00:16:01,760 LOOKING FOR HER TILE. OH, THERE 520 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,029 WE ARE. REBECCA. 521 00:16:04,029 --> 00:16:07,333 -- OH, HELLO. AND THANK YOU. MY 522 00:16:07,333 --> 00:16:09,635 NAME IS. HI. MY NAME IS REBECCA 523 00:16:09,635 --> 00:16:11,403 YOUNG. I'M A RESIDENT IN 524 00:16:11,403 --> 00:16:12,671 DISTRICT THREE. AND HERE 525 00:16:12,671 --> 00:16:15,274 REGARDING AGENDA ITEM TWO, 526 00:16:15,274 --> 00:16:17,343 SEATTLE CITY LIGHTS PROPOSED NEW 527 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:19,912 LARGE DATA CENTER LOAD ORDINANCE 528 00:16:19,912 --> 00:16:22,781 IS A STRONG FIRST STEP TOWARD 529 00:16:22,781 --> 00:16:23,315 PROTECTING RATEPAYERS AND 530 00:16:23,315 --> 00:16:24,817 ENSURING THAT DATA CENTERS PAY 531 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:26,318 THE FULL COSTS THAT THEY IMPOSE 532 00:16:26,318 --> 00:16:29,455 ON OUR SYSTEM. HOWEVER, IT DOES 533 00:16:29,455 --> 00:16:31,390 NOT GO FAR ENOUGH AND COULD BE 534 00:16:31,390 --> 00:16:32,358 STRENGTHENED. FIRST, I'D LIKE 535 00:16:32,358 --> 00:16:34,727 TO SEE THIS ORDINANCE 536 00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:35,361 STRENGTHENED TO PROTECT EXISTING 537 00:16:35,361 --> 00:16:37,162 CLEAN ENERGY FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS 538 00:16:37,162 --> 00:16:38,731 AND TO REQUIRE THAT ALL NEW 539 00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:40,366 ENERGY RESOURCES THAT THESE 540 00:16:40,366 --> 00:16:42,301 LARGE LOAD FACILITIES ACQUIRE BE 541 00:16:42,301 --> 00:16:44,269 CLEAN ENERGY FROM THE START. 542 00:16:44,269 --> 00:16:45,904 SEATTLE HAS A LIMITED SUPPLY OF 543 00:16:45,904 --> 00:16:47,473 EXISTING CLEAN ENERGY, AND WE 544 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:49,908 SHOULD PRIORITIZE ELECTRIFYING 545 00:16:49,908 --> 00:16:51,977 HOMES, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, AND 546 00:16:51,977 --> 00:16:53,645 TRANSPORTATION TO MEET OUR 547 00:16:53,645 --> 00:16:56,315 URGENT, LEGALLY MANDATED CLIMATE 548 00:16:56,315 --> 00:16:58,183 GOALS. THESE AI TECH COMPANIES 549 00:16:58,183 --> 00:16:59,752 BEHIND THESE LARGE DATA CENTERS 550 00:16:59,752 --> 00:17:00,586 HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH MONEY TO 551 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:02,688 BUILD OUT ALL OF THE CLEAN 552 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:03,889 ENERGY NEEDED TO POWER THE DATA 553 00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:05,057 CENTERS THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD. 554 00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:06,158 WE SHOULD ENSURE THAT ANY AND 555 00:17:06,158 --> 00:17:08,293 ALL NEW POWER BUILT OR PURCHASED 556 00:17:08,293 --> 00:17:10,129 TO SUPPORT LARGE LOAD 557 00:17:10,129 --> 00:17:12,364 FACILITIES, BE CLEAN ENERGY, 558 00:17:12,364 --> 00:17:13,632 INCLUDING ANY BACKUP ENERGY 559 00:17:13,632 --> 00:17:15,267 SOURCES. FOR EXAMPLE, LARGE DATA 560 00:17:15,267 --> 00:17:16,402 CENTERS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO 561 00:17:16,402 --> 00:17:18,937 USE DIESEL BACKUP GENERATORS AND 562 00:17:18,937 --> 00:17:21,006 INSTEAD MUST GUARANTEE CLEAN 563 00:17:21,006 --> 00:17:23,208 SOURCES OF BACKUP POWER. SECOND, 564 00:17:23,208 --> 00:17:24,676 I WOULD ENCOURAGE COUNCIL TO 565 00:17:24,676 --> 00:17:27,613 STRENGTHEN THIS ORDINANCE BY 566 00:17:27,613 --> 00:17:28,180 MAKING GRID FLEXIBILITY AND 567 00:17:28,180 --> 00:17:29,181 OPTIMIZATION A CONDITION OF 568 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:31,016 SERVICE FOR THESE LARGE 569 00:17:31,016 --> 00:17:33,018 CUSTOMERS. DATA CENTERS SHOULD 570 00:17:33,018 --> 00:17:34,620 BE REQUIRED TO REDUCE 571 00:17:34,620 --> 00:17:35,187 ELECTRICITY USE DURING PEAK 572 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:37,189 DEMAND OR GRID EMERGENCIES, AND 573 00:17:37,189 --> 00:17:38,957 AVOID EXPENSIVE NEW 574 00:17:38,957 --> 00:17:40,492 INFRASTRUCTURE WHENEVER POSSIBLE 575 00:17:40,492 --> 00:17:41,794 THROUGH OPTIMIZING THE GRID, WE 576 00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:44,296 CURRENTLY HAVE TO KEEP COSTS 577 00:17:44,296 --> 00:17:45,431 DOWN. AND FINALLY, I ENCOURAGE 578 00:17:45,431 --> 00:17:47,666 YOU TO VIEW THIS NEW POLICY AS A 579 00:17:47,666 --> 00:17:50,202 MINIMUM BASELINE FOR PROTECTING 580 00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:52,504 RATEPAYERS AND USE THE CITY'S 581 00:17:52,504 --> 00:17:54,206 ONGOING MORATORIUM AND WORK PLAN 582 00:17:54,206 --> 00:17:55,607 TO CONTINUE STRENGTHENING THIS 583 00:17:55,607 --> 00:17:57,209 LARGE LOAD DATA POLICY. THANK 584 00:17:57,209 --> 00:18:01,113 YOU VERY MUCH. 585 00:18:01,113 --> 00:18:01,847 -- THANK YOU. REBECCA. 586 00:18:01,847 --> 00:18:03,549 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KRISTEN. 587 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:04,183 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN YOU 588 00:18:04,183 --> 00:18:08,554 HEAR THE PROMPT THAT YOU'VE BEEN 589 00:18:08,554 --> 00:18:08,821 UNMUTED. 590 00:18:08,821 --> 00:18:12,925 -- KRISTEN STAR SIX THERE YOU 591 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:13,092 GO. 592 00:18:13,092 --> 00:18:14,827 -- HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, 593 00:18:14,827 --> 00:18:16,562 COUNCILMEMBERS. MY NAME IS 594 00:18:16,562 --> 00:18:17,563 KRISTEN GRANSTRAND AND I'M THE 595 00:18:17,563 --> 00:18:19,331 DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS AT FAMILY 596 00:18:19,331 --> 00:18:20,833 WORKS. I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY 597 00:18:20,833 --> 00:18:22,868 STRONG SUPPORT OF THE LAKE CITY 598 00:18:22,868 --> 00:18:25,204 COMMUNITY CENTER AND AFFORDABLE 599 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:26,038 HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, 600 00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:28,140 AND ENCOURAGE THIS COMMITTEE TO 601 00:18:28,140 --> 00:18:28,774 TRANSFER THE JURISDICTION OF THE 602 00:18:28,774 --> 00:18:31,276 LAKE CITY PARKING GARAGE AND 603 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:33,445 PLAZA TO SEATTLE PARKS AND 604 00:18:33,445 --> 00:18:35,013 RECREATION SO THIS REDEVELOPMENT 605 00:18:35,013 --> 00:18:37,216 CAN MOVE FORWARD. THIS PROJECT 606 00:18:37,216 --> 00:18:38,984 REPRESENTS THE VERY BEST OF WHAT 607 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:40,352 COMMUNITY CENTERED DEVELOPMENT 608 00:18:40,352 --> 00:18:42,554 CAN LOOK LIKE BY CO-LOCATING 609 00:18:42,554 --> 00:18:43,889 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, A COMMUNITY 610 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:45,224 CENTER, AND SUPPORTIVE FAMILY 611 00:18:45,224 --> 00:18:47,159 PROGRAMS IN ONE PLACE. THE CITY 612 00:18:47,159 --> 00:18:48,627 IS CREATING A HUB WHERE PEOPLE 613 00:18:48,627 --> 00:18:50,395 AND FAMILIES CAN EASILY ACCESS 614 00:18:50,395 --> 00:18:52,364 THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO 615 00:18:52,364 --> 00:18:53,665 THRIVE. FAMILY WORKS IS EXCITED 616 00:18:53,665 --> 00:18:55,400 TO BE A PART OF THIS VISION. IN 617 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:56,935 PARTNERSHIP WITH MERCY HOUSING 618 00:18:56,935 --> 00:18:58,804 AND SEATTLE PARKS AND REC FAMILY 619 00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:00,405 WORKS WILL PROVIDE FREE ON SITE 620 00:19:00,405 --> 00:19:02,641 FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS, 621 00:19:02,641 --> 00:19:03,242 INCLUDING RESOURCE CONNECTION 622 00:19:03,242 --> 00:19:06,144 AND REFERRAL, PLAY AND LEARN 623 00:19:06,144 --> 00:19:07,980 GROUPS, PARENTING WORKSHOPS, 624 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:09,882 PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, A DIAPER 625 00:19:09,882 --> 00:19:10,516 BANK AND OTHER SERVICES THAT THE 626 00:19:10,516 --> 00:19:13,051 COMMUNITY TELLS US THEY WANT AND 627 00:19:13,051 --> 00:19:14,620 NEED. FAMILY WORKS PROGRAMS WILL 628 00:19:14,620 --> 00:19:16,154 BE AVAILABLE NOT ONLY FOR 629 00:19:16,154 --> 00:19:16,722 RESIDENTS OF THE AFFORDABLE 630 00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:17,289 HOUSING TOWER, BUT FOR THE 631 00:19:17,289 --> 00:19:19,458 COMMUNITY CENTER. PEOPLE USING 632 00:19:19,458 --> 00:19:21,560 THE COMMUNITY CENTER AS WELL AS 633 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:23,362 THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THIS 634 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:24,863 INTEGRATED APPROACH REDUCES 635 00:19:24,863 --> 00:19:26,632 BARRIERS TO ACCESS AND HELPS 636 00:19:26,632 --> 00:19:28,367 ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND 637 00:19:28,367 --> 00:19:28,867 SUPPORT, CONNECTION AND 638 00:19:28,867 --> 00:19:30,002 OPPORTUNITY IN THEIR 639 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,004 NEIGHBORHOOD IN A SPACE THEY 640 00:19:32,004 --> 00:19:34,139 ALREADY KNOW AND TRUST. THE 641 00:19:34,139 --> 00:19:34,673 REDEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE 642 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:35,474 LASTING BENEFITS FOR THE LAKE 643 00:19:35,474 --> 00:19:37,843 CITY COMMUNITY BY STRENGTHENING 644 00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:39,578 COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, 645 00:19:39,578 --> 00:19:40,212 SUPPORTING HOUSING STABILITY AND 646 00:19:40,212 --> 00:19:42,881 MAKING ESSENTIAL SERVICES MORE 647 00:19:42,881 --> 00:19:44,683 ACCESSIBLE. IT RECOGNIZES THAT 648 00:19:44,683 --> 00:19:45,317 THRIVING COMMUNITIES NEED MORE 649 00:19:45,317 --> 00:19:46,785 THAN HOUSING ALONE. THEY NEED 650 00:19:46,785 --> 00:19:49,054 PLACES TO GATHER, BUILD 651 00:19:49,054 --> 00:19:50,722 RELATIONSHIPS, ACCESS RESOURCES, 652 00:19:50,722 --> 00:19:52,424 AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. WE 653 00:19:52,424 --> 00:19:53,892 APPRECIATE THE CITY'S INVESTMENT 654 00:19:53,892 --> 00:19:54,526 IN THIS INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP 655 00:19:54,526 --> 00:19:55,827 AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE 656 00:19:55,827 --> 00:19:57,129 MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. WE 657 00:19:57,129 --> 00:19:59,698 ARE PROUD TO PARTNER WITH MERCY 658 00:19:59,698 --> 00:20:00,432 HOUSING AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE 659 00:20:00,432 --> 00:20:02,100 IN CREATING A MORE CONNECTED, 660 00:20:02,100 --> 00:20:03,468 EQUITABLE AND RESILIENT LAKE 661 00:20:03,468 --> 00:20:04,903 CITY FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE 662 00:20:04,903 --> 00:20:06,104 GENERATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH 663 00:20:06,104 --> 00:20:08,006 FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT. 664 00:20:08,006 --> 00:20:12,477 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU KIRSTEN. 665 00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:13,579 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN. 666 00:20:13,579 --> 00:20:16,915 PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX WHEN YOU 667 00:20:16,915 --> 00:20:20,352 HEAR YOU'VE BEEN UNMUTED. 668 00:20:20,352 --> 00:20:25,457 -- BRIAN. BRIAN. BRIAN. 669 00:20:25,457 --> 00:20:30,128 -- HI. DOES THAT WORK OKAY? 670 00:20:30,128 --> 00:20:31,196 YEAH. GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR 671 00:20:31,196 --> 00:20:32,698 JUAREZ AND MEMBERS OF THE 672 00:20:32,698 --> 00:20:34,633 COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS BRIAN DAN. 673 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:36,001 I'M A DISPLACED TECH WORKER, A 674 00:20:36,001 --> 00:20:39,204 LIFELONG ARTIST, AND A CUSTOMER 675 00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:40,439 OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHTS. I'M 676 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:43,609 HERE TODAY TO COMMENT ON CB 677 00:20:43,609 --> 00:20:45,577 121231. FIRST, I SUPPORT THE 678 00:20:45,577 --> 00:20:47,579 LARGE LOW TARIFF MAKING DATA 679 00:20:47,579 --> 00:20:49,915 CENTERS PAY THEIR ELECTRICITY 680 00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,216 COSTS INSTEAD OF THE REST OF US 681 00:20:51,216 --> 00:20:53,318 AND SMALL BUSINESSES. BUT I 682 00:20:53,318 --> 00:20:54,686 WOULD LIKE SEATTLE TO GO 683 00:20:54,686 --> 00:20:57,756 FURTHER. CHAIR JUAREZ AND 684 00:20:57,756 --> 00:20:59,758 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. YOU MIGHT 685 00:20:59,758 --> 00:21:02,628 REMEMBER ME AS THE MEGA 686 00:21:02,628 --> 00:21:03,495 REGULATION GUY, BUT LET ME TELL 687 00:21:03,495 --> 00:21:06,131 YOU MORE ABOUT WHAT I MEAN BY 688 00:21:06,131 --> 00:21:08,267 THAT. THERE MAY BE TIMES DURING 689 00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:10,102 GREAT EMERGENCIES AND PEAK 690 00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:11,737 EVENTS THAT THE UTILITY MAY NEED 691 00:21:11,737 --> 00:21:13,705 TO REDUCE LOAD. WE NEED 692 00:21:13,705 --> 00:21:15,907 LEGISLATION THAT WOULD TREAT 693 00:21:15,907 --> 00:21:17,876 HYPERSCALE AI DATA CENTERS AS 694 00:21:17,876 --> 00:21:19,845 FLEXIBLE LOADS, SO THAT THEY 695 00:21:19,845 --> 00:21:21,446 WOULD INCORPORATE MECHANISMS 696 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:23,181 THAT ALLOW THE UTILITY TO REDUCE 697 00:21:23,181 --> 00:21:25,984 LOADS DURING THOSE TIMES THAT I 698 00:21:25,984 --> 00:21:26,718 MENTIONED, TWO, THEY WOULD 699 00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:29,921 PARTICIPATE IN DEMAND RESPONSE 700 00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:32,324 PROGRAMS AND THREE, ESTABLISH 701 00:21:32,324 --> 00:21:34,660 INTERRUPT INTERRUPTIBLE SERVICE 702 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:37,529 OPTIONS. IN GENERAL, WE NEED 703 00:21:37,529 --> 00:21:42,267 STRONGER DEMAND FLEXIBILITY AND 704 00:21:42,267 --> 00:21:42,801 CURTAILMENT REQUIREMENTS. 705 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:43,802 FINALLY, I'LL REPEAT THIS EVERY 706 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:47,572 TIME AI DOESN'T NEED MORE 707 00:21:47,572 --> 00:21:49,574 MEGAWATTS. IT NEEDS MORE MEGA 708 00:21:49,574 --> 00:21:54,313 REGULATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 709 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:54,713 TIME. 710 00:21:54,713 --> 00:21:55,147 -- THANK YOU BRIAN. 711 00:21:55,147 --> 00:21:58,216 -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DARCY. 712 00:21:58,216 --> 00:22:07,059 DARCY, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX. 713 00:22:07,292 --> 00:22:10,128 -- HELLO EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR 714 00:22:10,128 --> 00:22:10,295 ME? 715 00:22:10,295 --> 00:22:12,764 -- GO AHEAD. DARCY. 716 00:22:12,764 --> 00:22:14,266 -- PERFECT. THANK YOU. MY NAME 717 00:22:14,266 --> 00:22:19,204 IS DARCY BUENDIA AND I'M FROM 718 00:22:19,204 --> 00:22:19,838 THE ORGANIZATION FORMERLY KNOWN 719 00:22:19,838 --> 00:22:22,274 AS HUNGER INTERVENTION PROGRAM 720 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:26,611 AND CURRENTLY A NEWLY KNOWN AS 721 00:22:26,611 --> 00:22:27,879 NORTH SEATTLE FOOD CONNECTION. 722 00:22:27,879 --> 00:22:32,217 AND WE ARE THE FOLKS WHO RUN THE 723 00:22:32,217 --> 00:22:34,252 SENIOR COMMUNITY MEAL. THAT IS A 724 00:22:34,252 --> 00:22:39,958 PART OF LAKE CITY SENIOR DAYS AS 725 00:22:39,958 --> 00:22:40,525 SENIOR SERVING MULTIFACETED 726 00:22:40,525 --> 00:22:41,827 PROGRAM THAT YOU HEARD SIDDIQ 727 00:22:41,827 --> 00:22:44,396 SPEAKING ABOUT EARLIER. SO MY 728 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:45,697 THANKS TO SIDDIQ FROM SOUND 729 00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:48,300 GENERATIONS FOR COVERING SOME OF 730 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,267 THE GROUND THAT ENABLES ME TO 731 00:22:49,267 --> 00:22:53,472 SPEAK WITH MORE BREVITY TODAY. 732 00:22:53,472 --> 00:22:58,243 WE OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM 733 00:22:58,243 --> 00:23:01,747 BEFORE IT WAS A HOLISTIC, 734 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:04,316 MOVABLE SENIOR CENTER WITHOUT 735 00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:05,917 WALLS MODEL BEGAN IN THE OLD 736 00:23:05,917 --> 00:23:10,822 LAKE CITY COMMUNITY CENTER. AND 737 00:23:10,822 --> 00:23:12,324 EVEN IN THAT ERA BEFORE IT WAS 738 00:23:12,324 --> 00:23:15,427 TAKEN ON BY SEATTLE PARKS AND 739 00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:18,296 REC, OFFICIALLY, THAT WAS SUCH 740 00:23:18,296 --> 00:23:21,833 A. THAT WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT 741 00:23:21,833 --> 00:23:24,302 ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY HAVING 742 00:23:24,302 --> 00:23:25,804 ACCESS TO THE SPACE TO HAVE 743 00:23:25,804 --> 00:23:28,006 PROGRAMING LIKE THAT. LAKE CITY 744 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:29,407 OBVIOUSLY CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE 745 00:23:29,407 --> 00:23:32,144 A COMMUNITY CENTER, AND LAKE 746 00:23:32,144 --> 00:23:32,711 CITY HAS NEVER HAD A SENIOR 747 00:23:32,711 --> 00:23:34,713 CENTER. AND I THINK IT'S A VERY 748 00:23:34,713 --> 00:23:36,882 SMART WAY. OUR PROGRAM 749 00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:39,117 TRANSFORMS THE SPACE FOR A 750 00:23:39,117 --> 00:23:42,954 POPULATION THAT'S GENERALLY 751 00:23:42,954 --> 00:23:44,956 UNDERSERVED IN THE AREA. OUR 752 00:23:44,956 --> 00:23:46,691 COMMUNITY MEAL IS DESIGNED TO 753 00:23:46,691 --> 00:23:49,728 SUPPORT ACCESS TO NUTRITION AND 754 00:23:49,728 --> 00:23:50,195 CREATE SOCIALIZATION 755 00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:51,329 OPPORTUNITIES. I KNOW THAT WE'RE 756 00:23:51,329 --> 00:23:52,864 CURRENTLY JUST TALKING ABOUT A 757 00:23:52,864 --> 00:23:54,166 PARKING GARAGE, BUT WE'RE 758 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:56,368 OBVIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT SO MUCH 759 00:23:56,368 --> 00:23:58,870 MORE. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO 760 00:23:58,870 --> 00:24:00,405 TAKE TIME OUT OF MY DAY TO COME 761 00:24:00,405 --> 00:24:03,275 AND REP THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY 762 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:03,909 CENTER AND REALLY JUST REITERATE 763 00:24:03,909 --> 00:24:07,012 HOW, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO US 764 00:24:07,012 --> 00:24:09,214 AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO LAKE 765 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:10,982 CITY AND UNDERSERVED URBAN HUB 766 00:24:10,982 --> 00:24:13,251 IN THE D5 AREA. SO I APPRECIATE 767 00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:18,056 ALL THE COUNCIL'S WORK ON THE 768 00:24:18,056 --> 00:24:19,524 PRIORITIZATION AND THE MOVING 769 00:24:19,524 --> 00:24:21,860 FORWARD OF THIS PROJECT. AND 770 00:24:21,860 --> 00:24:23,195 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 771 00:24:23,195 --> 00:24:25,664 -- THANK YOU. DARCY. 772 00:24:25,664 --> 00:24:28,934 -- OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS DAVID 773 00:24:28,934 --> 00:24:29,201 HAYNES. 774 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:33,705 -- MR. HAINES. MR. HAINES, STAR 775 00:24:33,705 --> 00:24:38,076 SIX. THERE YOU GO. 776 00:24:38,076 --> 00:24:40,579 -- HI. HELLO, COUNCIL. THIS IS 777 00:24:40,579 --> 00:24:41,780 DAVID HAINES. IS THERE ANY WAY 778 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:43,682 WE CAN ADDRESS THE GRAVEL DUST 779 00:24:43,682 --> 00:24:45,550 AT OLYMPIC SCULPTURE PARK THAT 780 00:24:45,550 --> 00:24:47,285 MEETS AND GREETS YOU WITH DUST 781 00:24:47,285 --> 00:24:48,320 IN YOUR FACE AND YOUR NOSTRILS 782 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:49,421 AS SOON AS YOU GET ON THEIR 783 00:24:49,421 --> 00:24:50,188 PROPERTY. COMING OFF OF, I 784 00:24:50,188 --> 00:24:53,525 THINK, WESTERN AVE, IT'S NOT 785 00:24:53,525 --> 00:24:54,626 VERY FRIENDLY, BUT IT DISTRACTS 786 00:24:54,626 --> 00:24:55,560 FROM THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE TO 787 00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,963 WALK OVER THIS LITTLE PEDESTRIAN 788 00:24:57,963 --> 00:24:59,965 BRIDGE THAT SOMETIMES GETS 789 00:24:59,965 --> 00:25:02,334 OVERWHELMED BY THE TOXIC 790 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:02,968 INDUSTRIAL SOOT THAT COMES OUT 791 00:25:02,968 --> 00:25:05,437 OF THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA 792 00:25:05,437 --> 00:25:08,507 FE TRAINS AND THE CSX TRAINS AND 793 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:10,575 IT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE IF YOU 794 00:25:10,575 --> 00:25:12,444 GO THROUGH THE PARK DOWN TO 795 00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:13,812 MYRTLE EDWARDS, YOU'RE SUPPOSED 796 00:25:13,812 --> 00:25:15,413 TO HAVE A SOFT GROUND TO WALK ON 797 00:25:15,413 --> 00:25:16,882 WITHOUT BEING FORCED ONTO THE 798 00:25:16,882 --> 00:25:19,251 ASPHALT AND CONCRETE. AND WHEN 799 00:25:19,251 --> 00:25:21,319 YOU GET LIKE OVER HALFWAY 800 00:25:21,319 --> 00:25:22,821 THROUGH, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE 801 00:25:22,821 --> 00:25:26,191 CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT HAS SOME 802 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,626 HEDGEROWS BLOCKING, LIKE THE 803 00:25:27,626 --> 00:25:31,396 UGLY VIEW OF THE TRAIN YARD, IT 804 00:25:31,396 --> 00:25:32,297 GOES EMPTY AND BARREN, AND IT'S 805 00:25:32,297 --> 00:25:33,899 THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET SOME 806 00:25:33,899 --> 00:25:34,966 HEDGEROWS TO ADD TO THAT, AND 807 00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:37,502 POSSIBLY A NOISE WALL, BECAUSE, 808 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:40,305 YOU KNOW, THE QUALITY OF BEING 809 00:25:40,305 --> 00:25:41,539 IMPACTED AT THE WATERFRONT AND 810 00:25:41,539 --> 00:25:42,107 ALL THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC 811 00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:43,308 NORTHWEST BECAUSE OF THE TOXIC 812 00:25:43,308 --> 00:25:46,611 INDUSTRIAL TRAINS THAT OVERWHELM 813 00:25:46,611 --> 00:25:47,445 GOLDEN GARDENS. MYRTLE EDWARDS 814 00:25:47,445 --> 00:25:50,482 PARK, WITH THEIR ABUSIVE HORN 815 00:25:50,482 --> 00:25:52,651 HONKING AND ALL TOO WELL SOUTH 816 00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:54,286 DOWNTOWN SEATTLE. THE OTHER 817 00:25:54,286 --> 00:25:56,688 THING IS, IS LIKE, IS THERE ANY 818 00:25:56,688 --> 00:25:59,124 WAY THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THE 819 00:25:59,124 --> 00:26:00,325 CRUISE BOATS THAT KEEP GETTING 820 00:26:00,325 --> 00:26:03,328 TO PLUG INTO OUR ELECTRICAL GRID 821 00:26:03,328 --> 00:26:04,095 AND BASICALLY CONSUME A SMALL 822 00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:05,697 CITY RIGHT AT THE WATERFRONT IN 823 00:26:05,697 --> 00:26:07,799 ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, 824 00:26:07,799 --> 00:26:10,068 GETTING A DISCOUNT ON THEIR PORT 825 00:26:10,068 --> 00:26:11,970 FEES THAT CAUSE US TO RAISE 826 00:26:11,970 --> 00:26:13,505 PROPERTY TAXES TO COVER THE BOND 827 00:26:13,505 --> 00:26:14,339 PAYMENTS FOR ALL THE 828 00:26:14,339 --> 00:26:15,941 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE WERE 829 00:26:15,941 --> 00:26:17,208 FORCED TO FINANCE SO THAT THE 830 00:26:17,208 --> 00:26:18,610 CRUISE BOATS COULD LAUNDER 831 00:26:18,610 --> 00:26:21,179 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OUT OF OUR 832 00:26:21,179 --> 00:26:21,780 FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. REGULATORY 833 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:24,916 OVERSIGHT AND PUT IT INTO KUALA 834 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:25,584 LUMPUR. AND BERMUDA OR BAHAMAS. 835 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:29,154 THAT WINDS UP IN EUROPE THAT 836 00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:29,788 OPPRESSES THE LIFEBLOOD OF THE 837 00:26:29,788 --> 00:26:32,257 PACIFIC NORTHWEST WHILE THEY 838 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:34,693 DUMP CITY AMOUNTS OF SEWAGE IN 839 00:26:34,693 --> 00:26:37,195 THE SALMON RUNS CURRENT. ANYWAY, 840 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:38,730 WE NEED TO RAISE THE RATES ON 841 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:41,232 THE CRUISE BOATS. 842 00:26:41,232 --> 00:26:44,135 -- THANK YOU, MR. HAINES. ALL 843 00:26:44,135 --> 00:26:44,369 RIGHT. 844 00:26:44,369 --> 00:26:45,470 -- THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL 845 00:26:45,470 --> 00:26:49,074 SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. 846 00:26:49,074 --> 00:26:50,275 -- THAT WAS OUR LAST ONLINE 847 00:26:50,275 --> 00:26:51,710 SPEAKER, AND WE DON'T HAVE 848 00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:52,377 ANYONE ELSE WE KNOW. MORE ON THE 849 00:26:52,377 --> 00:26:54,813 SIGN UP SHEET. OKAY, GREAT. ALL 850 00:26:54,813 --> 00:26:58,016 RIGHT. SO THAT BEING THE END, WE 851 00:26:58,016 --> 00:26:59,050 ARE NOW WE ARE NOW CLOSING THE 852 00:26:59,050 --> 00:27:00,719 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. AND WE'LL 853 00:27:00,719 --> 00:27:02,420 MOVE ON TO ITEMS OF BUSINESS. 854 00:27:02,420 --> 00:27:04,723 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM 855 00:27:04,723 --> 00:27:05,824 ONE INTO THE RECORD. 856 00:27:05,824 --> 00:27:08,293 -- AGENDA? ITEM NUMBER ONE, 857 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:10,061 COUNCIL BILL 121250. AN 858 00:27:10,061 --> 00:27:11,596 ORDINANCE RELATING TO CITY OWNED 859 00:27:11,596 --> 00:27:13,965 LAKE CITY GARAGE AND PLAZA 860 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:14,566 TRANSFERRING JURISDICTION AND 861 00:27:14,566 --> 00:27:15,767 MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY FROM THE 862 00:27:15,767 --> 00:27:17,135 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 863 00:27:17,135 --> 00:27:17,702 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO 864 00:27:17,702 --> 00:27:18,670 SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION. 865 00:27:18,670 --> 00:27:19,504 THERE WILL BE A BRIEFING, 866 00:27:19,504 --> 00:27:22,407 DISCUSSION AND VOTE. 867 00:27:22,407 --> 00:27:24,509 -- THANK YOU I SEE THAT WE 868 00:27:24,509 --> 00:27:26,378 ALREADY HAVE ALL OF OUR FOLKS UP 869 00:27:26,378 --> 00:27:28,680 HERE. I'M GUESSING WE HAVE OUR 870 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:29,247 REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARKS, 871 00:27:29,247 --> 00:27:31,650 OFFICE OF HOUSING AND FAS, AND 872 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:34,319 I'LL LET YOU ALL JUST INTRODUCE 873 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:35,420 YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD AND FOR 874 00:27:35,420 --> 00:27:37,188 THE VIEWING PUBLIC. AND THEN HOW 875 00:27:37,188 --> 00:27:38,023 DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THIS? I 876 00:27:38,023 --> 00:27:40,725 WAS THINKING WHAT WE WOULD DO IS 877 00:27:40,725 --> 00:27:42,260 GO THROUGH, LET THEM GO THROUGH 878 00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:43,094 THEIR POWERPOINT AND THEN ASK 879 00:27:43,094 --> 00:27:44,162 QUESTIONS AT THE END, BECAUSE 880 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:46,131 WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS A FEW 881 00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:47,265 TIMES. GO AHEAD. FLOOR IS YOURS. 882 00:27:47,265 --> 00:27:48,867 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M MICHELE 883 00:27:48,867 --> 00:27:50,835 FINNEGAN, INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT 884 00:27:50,835 --> 00:27:51,736 OF SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION, 885 00:27:51,736 --> 00:27:53,238 AND WE HAVE AN 886 00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:53,838 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL TEAM HERE 887 00:27:53,838 --> 00:27:56,708 TODAY, SO I'LL LET THEM ALL 888 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:57,175 INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. 889 00:27:57,175 --> 00:28:00,211 -- HI, I'M LISE WARD 890 00:28:00,211 --> 00:28:03,114 INTERAGENCY PROPERTY ADVISOR, 891 00:28:03,114 --> 00:28:05,850 SEATTLE PARKS REAL ESTATE. 892 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:07,485 -- MARIA DEWEES WITH THE OFFICE 893 00:28:07,485 --> 00:28:10,855 OF HOUSING POLICY AND PLANNING 894 00:28:10,855 --> 00:28:11,056 TEAM. 895 00:28:11,056 --> 00:28:12,357 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. KAREN GRUEN 896 00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,325 WITH FAS. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 897 00:28:14,325 --> 00:28:16,327 AND ADMINISTRATIVE AND TRACI. 898 00:28:16,327 --> 00:28:18,196 -- RATZLIFF. COUNCIL CENTRAL 899 00:28:18,196 --> 00:28:18,430 STAFF. 900 00:28:18,430 --> 00:28:20,632 -- TRACI. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL 901 00:28:20,632 --> 00:28:22,167 LET YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND WALK 902 00:28:22,167 --> 00:28:23,735 US THROUGH THIS POWERPOINT. 903 00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:24,803 WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE, 904 00:28:24,803 --> 00:28:25,870 BUT I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, THANK 905 00:28:25,870 --> 00:28:27,405 ALL THE CITY DEPARTMENTS WORKING 906 00:28:27,405 --> 00:28:28,273 TOGETHER. I'LL LET YOU GO 907 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:29,674 THROUGH YOUR POWERPOINT. I HAVE 908 00:28:29,674 --> 00:28:30,875 A FEW COMMENTS TO MAKE AND THEN 909 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:32,977 I'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR TO THE 910 00:28:32,977 --> 00:28:36,181 TO MY COLLEAGUES. SO GO AHEAD 911 00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:36,881 -- GREAT. SO BEFORE WE GET 912 00:28:36,881 --> 00:28:38,383 STARTED, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE 913 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:39,050 THE PARTNERS HERE AT THE TABLE, 914 00:28:39,050 --> 00:28:41,486 AS WELL AS MERCY HOUSING AND THE 915 00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:43,321 COMMUNITY PARTNERS SPEAKING 916 00:28:43,321 --> 00:28:44,656 TODAY, I'D ALSO LIKE TO 917 00:28:44,656 --> 00:28:46,357 RECOGNIZE ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS 918 00:28:46,357 --> 00:28:47,358 WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS PROJECT 919 00:28:47,358 --> 00:28:49,127 ALONG THE WAY, ESPECIALLY 920 00:28:49,127 --> 00:28:50,528 COMMITTEE CHAIR JUAREZ, WHO'S 921 00:28:50,528 --> 00:28:51,663 BEEN A CHAMPION FOR YEARS. AND 922 00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:53,331 IT'S GOOD TO HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 923 00:28:53,331 --> 00:28:54,265 LIN HERE, TOO, AS WE'VE WORKED 924 00:28:54,265 --> 00:28:55,900 TOGETHER ON THIS PROJECT, WE'RE 925 00:28:55,900 --> 00:28:59,938 VERY EXCITED TO UPDATE YOU ALL 926 00:28:59,938 --> 00:29:01,840 ON THIS PROGRESS. AND THE FIRST 927 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,041 OF OUR TWO LEGISLATIVE PACKAGES 928 00:29:03,041 --> 00:29:05,743 WE PLAN TO BRING. BEFORE YOU. 929 00:29:05,743 --> 00:29:08,279 NEXT SLIDE. THE FIRST PART OF 930 00:29:08,279 --> 00:29:09,314 OUR PRESENTATION IS TO UPDATE 931 00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:11,182 YOU ON THE INNOVATIVE 932 00:29:11,182 --> 00:29:13,318 COLLABORATION TO CONTINUE 933 00:29:13,318 --> 00:29:14,786 AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR SORRY, TO 934 00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:17,188 COMBINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH 935 00:29:17,188 --> 00:29:17,722 COMMUNITY CENTER SERVICES 936 00:29:17,722 --> 00:29:20,425 ADJACENT TO OTHER ESSENTIAL 937 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,660 SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SPACES TO 938 00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:24,329 CREATE A WELCOMING CIVIC CAMPUS 939 00:29:24,329 --> 00:29:26,331 WHERE SEATTLEITES CAN LIVE, 940 00:29:26,331 --> 00:29:28,800 GATHER, PLAY AND THRIVE. WE'LL 941 00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:29,734 THEN WALK THROUGH THE FIRST OF 942 00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:32,137 THE TWO LEGISLATIVE PACKAGES. WE 943 00:29:32,137 --> 00:29:34,038 PLAN TO BRING BEFORE YOU THIS 944 00:29:34,038 --> 00:29:35,140 YEAR. THIS LEGISLATION, AS YOU 945 00:29:35,140 --> 00:29:37,142 KNOW, TRANSFERS JURISDICTION OF 946 00:29:37,142 --> 00:29:38,843 AN EXISTING GARAGE BENEATH THE 947 00:29:38,843 --> 00:29:40,879 LAKE CITY LIBRARY WITH THE 948 00:29:40,879 --> 00:29:43,181 ADJACENT STAIRS AND ELEVATORS 949 00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:45,183 SERVING THAT GARAGE AND THE 950 00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:47,585 PLAZA ABOVE FROM FAS TO SPR. 951 00:29:47,585 --> 00:29:49,687 THIS IS A NECESSARY STEP TO 952 00:29:49,687 --> 00:29:51,856 SUPPORT THE PROJECT. THE 953 00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:53,558 LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES THE 954 00:29:53,558 --> 00:29:55,660 SUPERINTENDENT TO CONTRACT FOR 955 00:29:55,660 --> 00:29:56,294 PARKING MANAGEMENT SERVICES AS 956 00:29:56,294 --> 00:29:58,797 WELL. AND THEN WE'LL BRING YOU 957 00:29:58,797 --> 00:30:01,065 A SECOND PACKAGE LATER THIS 958 00:30:01,065 --> 00:30:01,599 SUMMER TO EXECUTE CERTAIN 959 00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:04,302 AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS NEEDED 960 00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:07,572 TO BUILD THE FACILITY BUT FIRST 961 00:30:07,572 --> 00:30:09,807 BUT FIRST, WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE 962 00:30:09,807 --> 00:30:11,609 BACKGROUND ON THE EVOLUTION OF 963 00:30:11,609 --> 00:30:13,611 THIS SITE AND PROJECT. AS YOU 964 00:30:13,611 --> 00:30:15,547 HEARD TODAY, THE LAKE CITY 965 00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:16,781 COMMUNITY CENTER HAS BEEN AN 966 00:30:16,781 --> 00:30:18,817 INTEGRAL PART OF THE LAKE CITY 967 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,552 NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE THE LIONS 968 00:30:20,552 --> 00:30:21,386 CLUB BUILT AND BEGAN OPERATING 969 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:23,855 THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN 1957. 970 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:26,124 THE LIONS CLUB LATER DEEDED THE 971 00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:30,395 PROPERTY TO THE CITY AND SPR IN 972 00:30:30,395 --> 00:30:32,330 THE 60s, WHILE SPR DIDN'T 973 00:30:32,330 --> 00:30:32,931 ACTUALLY BEGIN OPERATING THE 974 00:30:32,931 --> 00:30:36,367 FACILITY UNTIL 2017, THE IDEA OF 975 00:30:36,367 --> 00:30:36,868 BUILDING A FULL SERVICE 976 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:38,770 COMMUNITY CENTER AT THIS 977 00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:40,471 LOCATION BEGAN YEARS EARLIER. IN 978 00:30:40,471 --> 00:30:43,474 FACT, I REMEMBER A LOT OF 979 00:30:43,474 --> 00:30:44,042 COMMUNITY DESIRE AND DEMAND 980 00:30:44,042 --> 00:30:45,543 BEING EXPRESSED DURING THE 981 00:30:45,543 --> 00:30:48,046 INITIAL PARK DISTRICT CREATION 982 00:30:48,046 --> 00:30:50,381 PROCESS. COMMUNITY WAS VERY 983 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:52,483 ARTICULATE DURING THAT PROCESS 984 00:30:52,483 --> 00:30:53,318 AND SUBSEQUENTLY ABOUT THE 985 00:30:53,318 --> 00:30:55,753 DEMAND FOR SERVICES IN THE AREA 986 00:30:55,753 --> 00:30:57,855 AND REFLECTING THAT THE SMALL 987 00:30:57,855 --> 00:30:59,424 EXISTING BUILDING WAS NOT AND 988 00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:01,759 WOULD NOT MEET COMMUNITY DEMAND. 989 00:31:01,759 --> 00:31:03,461 WHILE THE BIG VISION WAS NOT 990 00:31:03,461 --> 00:31:05,630 FUNDED IN THAT FIRST CYCLE, 991 00:31:05,630 --> 00:31:07,098 FUNDING WAS SEPARATELY MADE 992 00:31:07,098 --> 00:31:09,767 AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT 993 00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:11,603 ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES, AND IN 994 00:31:11,603 --> 00:31:12,971 2018, SPR COMPLETED A 995 00:31:12,971 --> 00:31:15,506 FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A NEW 996 00:31:15,506 --> 00:31:17,775 COMMUNITY CENTER CO-LOCATED WITH 997 00:31:17,775 --> 00:31:18,243 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN 998 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:19,377 COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF 999 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:22,313 HOUSING. THOSE STUDIES INFORM 1000 00:31:22,313 --> 00:31:24,749 THE 2019 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT 1001 00:31:24,749 --> 00:31:25,984 PLAN, WHICH CREATED A NEW LAKE 1002 00:31:25,984 --> 00:31:28,519 CITY COMMUNITY CENTER PROJECT 1003 00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:30,622 AND IDENTIFIED SEED FUNDING FOR 1004 00:31:30,622 --> 00:31:32,624 THE PROJECT CHAMPIONED BY 1005 00:31:32,624 --> 00:31:34,826 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. AS YOU MAY 1006 00:31:34,826 --> 00:31:36,728 RECALL, THAT FOLLOWING YEAR OF 1007 00:31:36,728 --> 00:31:39,364 2020, WE HAD INTENDED TO 1008 00:31:39,364 --> 00:31:42,333 CONSIDER AND PASS THE NEXT PARK 1009 00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:45,003 DISTRICT CYCLE FINANCIAL PLAN. 1010 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:45,603 UNFORTUNATELY, COVID DELAYED 1011 00:31:45,603 --> 00:31:48,806 THAT. BUT WHEN CYCLE TWO WAS 1012 00:31:48,806 --> 00:31:51,476 LATER, FUND WAS LATER PASSED IN 1013 00:31:51,476 --> 00:31:54,913 2022, IT INCLUDED FUNDING FOR 1014 00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:58,950 THE FULL SIZE COMMUNITY CENTER 1015 00:31:58,950 --> 00:31:59,584 ENVISIONED YEARS EARLIER BY THE 1016 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:00,585 COMMUNITY WHILE UNFORTUNATELY, 1017 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,888 IN 2023, A FIRE DESTROYED A 1018 00:32:03,888 --> 00:32:05,690 MAJOR PORTION OF THE EXISTING 1019 00:32:05,690 --> 00:32:06,257 BUILDING AND THE COMMUNITY 1020 00:32:06,257 --> 00:32:07,558 CENTER WAS DEMOLISHED. THE FULLY 1021 00:32:07,558 --> 00:32:10,295 FUNDED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT HAS 1022 00:32:10,295 --> 00:32:11,296 OFFERED SOMETHING FOR THE 1023 00:32:11,296 --> 00:32:12,931 COMMUNITY, AND SEATTLE PARKS AND 1024 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:16,534 RECREATION TO LOOK FORWARD TO. 1025 00:32:16,534 --> 00:32:18,569 IT HAS ALSO PROVIDED AN 1026 00:32:18,569 --> 00:32:20,171 OPPORTUNITY FOR SPR AND O TO 1027 00:32:20,171 --> 00:32:22,974 COLLABORATE ON THE PROCESS TO 1028 00:32:22,974 --> 00:32:25,009 FIND A DEVELOPER. ULTIMATELY, 1029 00:32:25,009 --> 00:32:26,944 MERCY HOUSING, SELECTED IN 2025 1030 00:32:26,944 --> 00:32:28,646 AND SINCE THEN, THE TEAM, THIS 1031 00:32:28,646 --> 00:32:30,348 TEAM AND OTHERS HAVE BEEN 1032 00:32:30,348 --> 00:32:32,684 WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THEM AND 1033 00:32:32,684 --> 00:32:36,621 OUR OTHER INTERAGENCY PARTNERS. 1034 00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:37,789 NEXT SLIDE. SO NOW A LITTLE BIT 1035 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:40,224 MORE ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE 1036 00:32:40,224 --> 00:32:42,193 ACTUAL PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL 1037 00:32:42,193 --> 00:32:43,828 BE DEVELOPED ON CITY OWNED 1038 00:32:43,828 --> 00:32:45,797 PROPERTY. THE CITY OWNS A PARCEL 1039 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:48,066 UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF SPR 1040 00:32:48,066 --> 00:32:49,934 AND ANOTHER PARCEL UNDER THE 1041 00:32:49,934 --> 00:32:52,303 JURISDICTION OF FAS. THESE TWO 1042 00:32:52,303 --> 00:32:53,871 PARCELS ARE THE SUBJECT OF A LOT 1043 00:32:53,871 --> 00:32:56,207 BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT AND WILL BE 1044 00:32:56,207 --> 00:32:58,676 RECONFIGURED TO ACCOMMODATE THE. 1045 00:32:58,676 --> 00:33:00,511 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT. 1046 00:33:00,511 --> 00:33:02,680 THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE A 99 1047 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,049 YEAR GROUND LEASE FOR ONE OF THE 1048 00:33:05,049 --> 00:33:05,817 RECONFIGURED PARCELS, THE ONE 1049 00:33:05,817 --> 00:33:09,420 THAT WILL BE IN SPR OWNERSHIP 1050 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:11,756 AND ULTIMATELY THE PROJECT WILL 1051 00:33:11,756 --> 00:33:15,393 INCLUDE 112 AFFORDABLE RENTAL 1052 00:33:15,393 --> 00:33:15,960 HOUSING UNITS ABOVE A 27 OR 1053 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,962 28,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMUNITY 1054 00:33:17,962 --> 00:33:19,964 CENTER FEATURING ALL OF OUR FULL 1055 00:33:19,964 --> 00:33:20,865 SERVICE AMENITIES SUCH AS A GYM, 1056 00:33:20,865 --> 00:33:23,000 CHILD CARE SPACES, RECREATION 1057 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:24,902 PROGRAMS, SPACES, A LARGE 1058 00:33:24,902 --> 00:33:27,839 KITCHEN AND THERE WILL ALSO BE 1059 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:29,974 ONE LEVEL OF BELOW GRADE PARKING 1060 00:33:29,974 --> 00:33:30,475 WITH SEPARATE ELEVATORS 1061 00:33:30,475 --> 00:33:34,212 SUPPORTING THE SEPARATE USES. A 1062 00:33:34,212 --> 00:33:34,746 PROJECT ADVISORY GROUP IS 1063 00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:36,114 ENGAGED WITH AND PROVIDING 1064 00:33:36,114 --> 00:33:37,582 FEEDBACK TO THE DESIGN TEAM. 1065 00:33:37,582 --> 00:33:40,151 THIS COMMUNITY GROUP WAS FIRST 1066 00:33:40,151 --> 00:33:41,953 CONVENED IN 2025 AND SERVES AS A 1067 00:33:41,953 --> 00:33:43,321 SOUNDING BOARD FOR THE DESIGN 1068 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:44,956 TEAM AND ACTS AS AN ENGAGEMENT 1069 00:33:44,956 --> 00:33:46,424 BRIDGE BETWEEN THE DESIGN TEAM 1070 00:33:46,424 --> 00:33:49,961 AND THE LAKE CITY COMMUNITY. 1071 00:33:49,961 --> 00:33:51,062 THIS GROUP IS COMPRISED OF 1072 00:33:51,062 --> 00:33:51,596 COMMUNITY PARTNERS, LOCAL 1073 00:33:51,596 --> 00:33:53,531 SERVICE PROVIDERS AND SEATTLE 1074 00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:55,633 PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE GROUP HAS 1075 00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:57,402 BEEN CENTRAL TO CONNECT A 1076 00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:59,904 CENTRAL CONNECTING POINT, 1077 00:33:59,904 --> 00:34:00,471 ENSURING AMPLE PEOPLE WERE 1078 00:34:00,471 --> 00:34:01,873 PRESENT AT ALL THE COMMUNITY 1079 00:34:01,873 --> 00:34:04,909 MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATING. 1080 00:34:04,909 --> 00:34:07,512 REFERENCES. DON COMMUNITY 1081 00:34:07,512 --> 00:34:08,846 LIAISON LIAISONS WERE ALSO QUITE 1082 00:34:08,846 --> 00:34:11,682 HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT 1083 00:34:11,682 --> 00:34:13,351 EFFORT WAS AMPLIFIED. I'D NOW 1084 00:34:13,351 --> 00:34:15,386 LIKE TO HAND OVER THIS 1085 00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:17,221 PRESENTATION TO MARIA TO PROVIDE 1086 00:34:17,221 --> 00:34:20,858 SOME BACKGROUND ON THE HOUSING 1087 00:34:20,858 --> 00:34:21,359 REDEVELOPMENT ASPECTS. 1088 00:34:21,359 --> 00:34:22,860 -- MICHELE. THIS PROJECT 1089 00:34:22,860 --> 00:34:24,228 INVOLVES SEVERAL PARTNERS, AS 1090 00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:25,797 YOU'VE HEARD TODAY, INCLUDING 1091 00:34:25,797 --> 00:34:26,431 SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION AND 1092 00:34:26,431 --> 00:34:28,599 THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, WORKING 1093 00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:30,334 TOGETHER TO REDEVELOP CITY LAND. 1094 00:34:30,334 --> 00:34:32,003 WE'VE ALSO HAD TREMENDOUS 1095 00:34:32,003 --> 00:34:33,471 SUPPORT FROM THE CITY 1096 00:34:33,471 --> 00:34:35,640 ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, OPCD, FAS, 1097 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,275 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 1098 00:34:37,275 --> 00:34:38,309 NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. IN THIS 1099 00:34:38,309 --> 00:34:40,478 JOINT EFFORT. MERCY HOUSING 1100 00:34:40,478 --> 00:34:41,846 NORTHWEST IS THE LEAD DEVELOPER 1101 00:34:41,846 --> 00:34:44,348 WORKING WITH SPECTRUM 1102 00:34:44,348 --> 00:34:46,217 DEVELOPMENT, THE GENERAL 1103 00:34:46,217 --> 00:34:46,651 CONTRACTOR IS WALSH 1104 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:49,387 CONSTRUCTION, AND THE ARCHITECT 1105 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:50,788 IS METHUEN. MERCY HOUSING HAS 1106 00:34:50,788 --> 00:34:52,457 PARTNERED WITH FAMILY WORKS TO 1107 00:34:52,457 --> 00:34:53,825 PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND 1108 00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:54,992 FAMILIES WHO LIVE AT THE NEW 1109 00:34:54,992 --> 00:34:56,828 DEVELOPMENT, AND PEOPLE WHO 1110 00:34:56,828 --> 00:35:01,732 VISIT THE COMMUNITY CENTER THE 1111 00:35:01,732 --> 00:35:02,233 PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN 1112 00:35:02,233 --> 00:35:03,668 PRE-DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESSING 1113 00:35:03,668 --> 00:35:04,936 QUICKLY. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE 1114 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:06,003 SCHEDULE ON THIS SLIDE THAT MANY 1115 00:35:06,003 --> 00:35:08,539 OF THE STEPS ARE IN PROGRESS OR 1116 00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:10,341 COMPLETE. THE DESIGN IS 1117 00:35:10,341 --> 00:35:10,975 SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE AND THE 1118 00:35:10,975 --> 00:35:12,443 PROJECT IS IN PERMITTING. 1119 00:35:12,443 --> 00:35:14,345 CURRENTLY, MERCY HOUSING WILL 1120 00:35:14,345 --> 00:35:15,813 SECURE ALL PROJECT FINANCING BY 1121 00:35:15,813 --> 00:35:17,248 THE END OF THE YEAR FOR CLOSING. 1122 00:35:17,248 --> 00:35:19,117 HAPPENING IN DECEMBER. CITY 1123 00:35:19,117 --> 00:35:20,685 BONDS WILL BE SECURED AND 1124 00:35:20,685 --> 00:35:24,455 FINALIZED IN QUARTER ONE, 2027, 1125 00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:25,022 AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN 1126 00:35:25,022 --> 00:35:27,391 SHORTLY AFTER FINANCIAL CLOSING. 1127 00:35:27,391 --> 00:35:29,794 FOR A BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET 1128 00:35:29,794 --> 00:35:33,164 AND FUNDING SOURCES, THE 1129 00:35:33,164 --> 00:35:35,766 COMMUNITY CENTER WILL IS 1130 00:35:35,766 --> 00:35:36,400 EXPECTED TO COST APPROXIMATELY 1131 00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:37,401 38 MILLION AND WILL BE FUNDED BY 1132 00:35:37,401 --> 00:35:41,272 REIT AND GRANTS AND BONDS. THE 1133 00:35:41,272 --> 00:35:41,806 HOUSING PORTION WILL COST 1134 00:35:41,806 --> 00:35:43,141 APPROXIMATELY 86 MILLION. IT'S 1135 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:44,509 FUNDING IS PROVIDED BY THE 1136 00:35:44,509 --> 00:35:47,144 OFFICE OF HOUSING AND OTHER 1137 00:35:47,144 --> 00:35:49,547 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDING 1138 00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:50,047 SOURCES. WE EXPECT THE 1139 00:35:50,047 --> 00:35:50,748 CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE 1140 00:35:50,748 --> 00:35:53,551 PROJECT TO START IN QUARTER FOUR 1141 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:57,922 OF 2026, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL 1142 00:35:57,922 --> 00:36:00,091 COMPLETE IN 2028, WITH A GRAND 1143 00:36:00,091 --> 00:36:01,592 OPENING IN 2029. AND NOW I'LL 1144 00:36:01,592 --> 00:36:06,097 HAND IT BACK TO MICHELLE. 1145 00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:08,599 -- GREAT. THIS NEXT SLIDE 1146 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:09,200 PROVIDES SOME VISUALS OF THE 1147 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,735 LOCATION OF KEY ASPECTS OF THE 1148 00:36:10,735 --> 00:36:12,570 BUILDING AND AMENITIES INCLUDED 1149 00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:13,971 IN THE PROJECT PLAN. THE GRAPHIC 1150 00:36:13,971 --> 00:36:15,940 ON THE LEFT OUTLINES THE 1151 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:17,341 ENTRANCES OF THE COMMUNITY 1152 00:36:17,341 --> 00:36:19,143 CENTER, HOUSING UNITS, AND 1153 00:36:19,143 --> 00:36:21,412 GENERAL BUILDING ACCESS. PLEASE 1154 00:36:21,412 --> 00:36:23,314 NOTE THE AREA IDENTIFIED AS 1155 00:36:23,314 --> 00:36:24,949 NUMBER TWO ON THE LEFT IMAGE 1156 00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:27,752 THAT'S INTEGRAL TO THIS 1157 00:36:27,752 --> 00:36:28,286 LEGISLATION IS THAT RAMP 1158 00:36:28,286 --> 00:36:30,888 PROVIDES CURRENTLY AND WILL 1159 00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:32,623 PROVIDE AS A PRIMARY ACCESS 1160 00:36:32,623 --> 00:36:34,091 POINT FOR PARKING. WE WILL SHOW 1161 00:36:34,091 --> 00:36:35,426 MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS AREA 1162 00:36:35,426 --> 00:36:37,461 AS WE DIVE DEEPER. THE GRAPHIC 1163 00:36:37,461 --> 00:36:39,130 ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE 1164 00:36:39,130 --> 00:36:40,665 CONNECTION TO ALBERT DAVIS PARK. 1165 00:36:40,665 --> 00:36:44,202 THE NEW PARK PLAYGROUND, AND THE 1166 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:46,771 PROXIMITY TO OTHER CITY 1167 00:36:46,771 --> 00:36:48,072 SERVICES. SORRY, THAT WAS ON THE 1168 00:36:48,072 --> 00:36:49,607 LEFT. THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT 1169 00:36:49,607 --> 00:36:50,708 OUTLINES THE LAYOUT OF THE 1170 00:36:50,708 --> 00:36:54,011 COMMUNITY CENTER ON TWO LEVELS, 1171 00:36:54,011 --> 00:36:54,545 WITH LEVEL ONE HAVING THE 1172 00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:56,113 GYMNASIUM, MULTI-PURPOSE ROOMS, 1173 00:36:56,113 --> 00:36:58,416 KITCHEN, AND SEVERAL OTHER 1174 00:36:58,416 --> 00:37:00,518 PROGRAM SPACES. THE SECOND LEVEL 1175 00:37:00,518 --> 00:37:01,419 WILL HAVE SPACES FOR CHILD CARE 1176 00:37:01,419 --> 00:37:07,391 AND TODDLER PROGRAMS. NOW THAT 1177 00:37:07,391 --> 00:37:08,559 WE HAVE PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF 1178 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:09,860 THE ENTIRE PROJECT, WE WILL 1179 00:37:09,860 --> 00:37:11,128 FOCUS ON THE LEGISLATION IN 1180 00:37:11,128 --> 00:37:13,431 FRONT OF YOU. AS I MENTIONED AT 1181 00:37:13,431 --> 00:37:15,733 THE BEGINNING, THIS IS PART ONE 1182 00:37:15,733 --> 00:37:17,835 OF TWO LEGISLATIVE PACKAGES 1183 00:37:17,835 --> 00:37:18,970 NECESSARY TO MAKE THE PROJECT 1184 00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:21,505 HAPPEN. WE'LL BRING YOU MORE 1185 00:37:21,505 --> 00:37:22,740 INFORMATION ON THE SECOND AND A 1186 00:37:22,740 --> 00:37:24,675 SUBSEQUENT BRIEFING, BUT WILL 1187 00:37:24,675 --> 00:37:25,610 PROVIDE A QUICK PREVIEW PREVIEW 1188 00:37:25,610 --> 00:37:30,114 AT THE BEGINNING. SO NOW I'LL 1189 00:37:30,114 --> 00:37:30,581 HAND IT OVER TO LISE. 1190 00:37:30,581 --> 00:37:31,115 -- THIS SLIDE PROVIDES 1191 00:37:31,115 --> 00:37:32,650 BACKGROUND ON THE NEED FOR 1192 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:36,187 TODAY'S LEGISLATION. FAS IS 1193 00:37:36,187 --> 00:37:37,088 DETERMINED IT HAS NO FUTURE NEED 1194 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:38,823 FOR THE PROPERTY, AND THE 1195 00:37:38,823 --> 00:37:40,257 PROPERTY WOULD BEST SERVE 1196 00:37:40,257 --> 00:37:42,627 COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH TRANSFER 1197 00:37:42,627 --> 00:37:44,262 OF JURISDICTION TO SPR TO 1198 00:37:44,262 --> 00:37:45,997 SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS 1199 00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:47,932 WHAT THIS LEGISLATION IS DOING. 1200 00:37:47,932 --> 00:37:50,368 AND WE BELIEVE THIS PROPERTY 1201 00:37:50,368 --> 00:37:50,935 TRANSFER WILL MEET MULTIPLE 1202 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:52,069 NEEDS, WHICH WILL DESCRIBE MORE 1203 00:37:52,069 --> 00:37:55,306 IN THE NEXT SLIDE. IN 2004, THE 1204 00:37:55,306 --> 00:37:57,441 CITY BUILT A PLAZA AND 1205 00:37:57,441 --> 00:38:00,177 SUBTERRANEAN GARAGE LOCATED AT 1206 00:38:00,177 --> 00:38:01,946 12509 28th AVENUE NORTHEAST. 1207 00:38:01,946 --> 00:38:05,816 PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE 121471, 1208 00:38:05,816 --> 00:38:08,486 WHICH ESTABLISHED THE LAKE CITY 1209 00:38:08,486 --> 00:38:11,355 CIVIC CORE CENTER AND CAME UNDER 1210 00:38:11,355 --> 00:38:13,157 THE JURISDICTION OF FAS SINCE 1211 00:38:13,157 --> 00:38:14,759 2004, FAS HAS MANAGED THE JOINT 1212 00:38:14,759 --> 00:38:16,627 USE OF THE GARAGE AND ADJACENT 1213 00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:18,162 STAIRS AND ELEVATOR, SERVING THE 1214 00:38:18,162 --> 00:38:18,796 GARAGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 1215 00:38:18,796 --> 00:38:20,998 SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND 1216 00:38:20,998 --> 00:38:22,967 ASSUMED COSTS OF MAINTENANCE AND 1217 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:24,568 UPKEEP FOR THOSE STRUCTURES. 1218 00:38:24,568 --> 00:38:27,638 WHILE SPR HAS MANAGED THE PLAZA. 1219 00:38:27,638 --> 00:38:29,206 AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THERE'S A 1220 00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:30,741 CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER INSIDE 1221 00:38:30,741 --> 00:38:32,843 THE LIBRARY BUILDING, WHICH IS 1222 00:38:32,843 --> 00:38:34,145 OPERATED BY FAS. THE GARAGE WAS 1223 00:38:34,145 --> 00:38:36,480 USED PRIMARILY REGULARLY BY CITY 1224 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:39,517 STAFF AND PATRONS UNTIL IT WAS 1225 00:38:39,517 --> 00:38:42,053 CLOSED TO SECURITY CONCERNS IN 1226 00:38:42,053 --> 00:38:44,522 2023. AFTER MERCY HOUSING 1227 00:38:44,522 --> 00:38:45,122 NORTHWEST WAS AWARDED THE RFP 1228 00:38:45,122 --> 00:38:48,559 FOR DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY. SPR 1229 00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:51,395 REACHED OUT TO FAS IN 2025 WITH 1230 00:38:51,395 --> 00:38:52,463 A REQUEST TO TRANSFER 1231 00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:54,699 JURISDICTION OF THE PROPERTY TO 1232 00:38:54,699 --> 00:38:55,199 PROVIDE PARKING FOR THE 1233 00:38:55,199 --> 00:38:56,434 COMMUNITY CENTER PATRONS, NEW 1234 00:38:56,434 --> 00:38:58,969 HOUSING UNITS, AND CONTINUED 1235 00:38:58,969 --> 00:39:00,204 PARKING NEEDS FOR THE LIBRARY 1236 00:39:00,204 --> 00:39:07,712 AND CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER. IN 1237 00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:10,347 RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY CONCERNS 1238 00:39:10,347 --> 00:39:12,817 ABOUT PARKING, THIS TRANSFER OF 1239 00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:13,718 JURISDICTION OF THE EXISTING 1240 00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:16,253 GARAGE FROM FAS TO SPR WILL 1241 00:39:16,253 --> 00:39:16,821 FACILITATE PARKING FOR THE 1242 00:39:16,821 --> 00:39:18,989 COMMUNITY CENTER AND OVERFLOW 1243 00:39:18,989 --> 00:39:21,559 FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, AND 1244 00:39:21,559 --> 00:39:24,028 WILL ALSO ALLOW FOR TO COMPLY 1245 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:24,962 WITH THE FAS CUSTOMER SERVICE 1246 00:39:24,962 --> 00:39:26,931 CENTER AND SEATTLE PUBLIC 1247 00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:27,531 LIBRARY TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR 1248 00:39:27,531 --> 00:39:31,769 FUTURE PARKING NEEDS. NOTE THAT 1249 00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:34,171 WHILE SPR AND FAS HAVE AGREED TO 1250 00:39:34,171 --> 00:39:34,772 TRANSFER JURISDICTION OF THE 1251 00:39:34,772 --> 00:39:37,942 PROPERTY, TO SPR FOR THE 1252 00:39:37,942 --> 00:39:39,643 PROJECT, VARIOUS DETAILS WILL BE 1253 00:39:39,643 --> 00:39:42,980 WORKED OUT IN SUBSEQUENT 1254 00:39:42,980 --> 00:39:43,614 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL AGREEMENTS. 1255 00:39:43,614 --> 00:39:45,850 WE THEREFORE BELIEVE THIS 1256 00:39:45,850 --> 00:39:47,451 PROPERTY TRANSFER WILL MEET 1257 00:39:47,451 --> 00:39:48,919 MULTIPLE NEEDS IN THE SHORT 1258 00:39:48,919 --> 00:39:49,620 TERM, THE EXISTING PROPERTY WILL 1259 00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:52,790 BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION, 1260 00:39:52,790 --> 00:39:53,357 STAGING AND EVENTUALLY FOR 1261 00:39:53,357 --> 00:39:55,793 PARKING. AFTER CONSTRUCTION. 1262 00:39:55,793 --> 00:39:57,428 ALSO, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE 1263 00:39:57,428 --> 00:40:00,364 EXISTING RAMP AND CURB CUT 1264 00:40:00,364 --> 00:40:01,265 ALLEVIATES THE NEED FOR THE 1265 00:40:01,265 --> 00:40:02,233 CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND ACCESS 1266 00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:04,235 RAMP TO SERVE THE NEW GARAGE 1267 00:40:04,235 --> 00:40:06,070 UNDER THE SPR COMMUNITY CENTER 1268 00:40:06,070 --> 00:40:08,806 AND O FUNDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1269 00:40:08,806 --> 00:40:13,844 STRUCTURE STILL ON THE SAME 1270 00:40:13,844 --> 00:40:18,549 SLIDE HERE, THE EXISTING PARKING 1271 00:40:18,549 --> 00:40:21,485 GARAGE HAS 59 SPACES. THESE 1272 00:40:21,485 --> 00:40:22,186 STALLS WOULD BE RESERVED FOR THE 1273 00:40:22,186 --> 00:40:23,854 COMMUNITY CENTER, LIBRARY, 1274 00:40:23,854 --> 00:40:24,455 NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTER, 1275 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:26,690 VISITORS AND OVERFLOW FOR 1276 00:40:26,690 --> 00:40:27,658 HOUSING. IT COULD ALSO BE 1277 00:40:27,658 --> 00:40:29,026 AVAILABLE FOR USE DURING THE 1278 00:40:29,026 --> 00:40:33,230 FARMERS MARKET. MERCY IS ALSO 1279 00:40:33,230 --> 00:40:33,831 CONSTRUCTING A NEW GARAGE AS 1280 00:40:33,831 --> 00:40:35,633 PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT. 1281 00:40:35,633 --> 00:40:38,936 CURRENT DESIGN IS APPROXIMATELY 1282 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:40,171 75 PARKING STALLS. FOUR STALLS 1283 00:40:40,171 --> 00:40:42,039 WILL BE DEDICATED TO VAN AND ADA 1284 00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:44,675 PARKING FOR THE COMMUNITY 1285 00:40:44,675 --> 00:40:45,743 CENTER, LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE 1286 00:40:45,743 --> 00:40:47,511 ELEVATOR THAT SERVES THE 1287 00:40:47,511 --> 00:40:48,579 COMMUNITY CENTER AND CHILD CARE. 1288 00:40:48,579 --> 00:40:50,614 ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THERE'S A 1289 00:40:50,614 --> 00:40:51,682 SEPARATE ELEVATOR THAT SERVES 1290 00:40:51,682 --> 00:40:54,151 THE RESIDENTIAL FLOORS OF THE 1291 00:40:54,151 --> 00:40:58,989 BUILDING. WE ALSO WANT TO NOTE 1292 00:40:58,989 --> 00:41:00,558 THE T O ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE 1293 00:41:00,558 --> 00:41:01,225 SUPERINTENDENT TO ENTER INTO AN 1294 00:41:01,225 --> 00:41:03,394 AGREEMENT WITH THE FUTURE 1295 00:41:03,394 --> 00:41:03,928 PARKING OPERATOR FOR BOTH 1296 00:41:03,928 --> 00:41:06,730 GARAGES FOR CONTRACT TERM NOT TO 1297 00:41:06,730 --> 00:41:08,799 EXCEED FIVE YEARS WITHOUT 1298 00:41:08,799 --> 00:41:10,034 ADDITIONAL COUNCIL APPROVAL. THE 1299 00:41:10,034 --> 00:41:12,536 INTENT IS THAT THE CONDO 1300 00:41:12,536 --> 00:41:13,170 ASSOCIATION WOULD MANAGE THE NEW 1301 00:41:13,170 --> 00:41:14,705 PARKING FACILITY, AND THIS 1302 00:41:14,705 --> 00:41:17,441 AUTHORITY OFFERS FLEXIBILITY TO 1303 00:41:17,441 --> 00:41:18,442 THE SUPERINTENDENT TO OPERATE 1304 00:41:18,442 --> 00:41:20,211 AND GET THE SITE OPEN ON TIME. 1305 00:41:20,211 --> 00:41:24,014 ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED. 1306 00:41:24,014 --> 00:41:27,384 IN 2829, WITHOUT GOING BACK TO 1307 00:41:27,384 --> 00:41:34,024 COUNCIL. TO RESTATE THE GOALS OF 1308 00:41:34,024 --> 00:41:34,625 THIS LEGISLATION AND WHAT'S 1309 00:41:34,625 --> 00:41:37,228 NEXT? THE LAKE CITY GARAGE AND 1310 00:41:37,228 --> 00:41:38,996 PLAZA COMPRISED OF THE RAMP, 1311 00:41:38,996 --> 00:41:41,899 GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED 1312 00:41:41,899 --> 00:41:43,901 INFRASTRUCTURE. T O ORDINANCE 1313 00:41:43,901 --> 00:41:45,102 BEFORE YOU TODAY TAKES THE FIRST 1314 00:41:45,102 --> 00:41:46,537 STEP IN MAKING THIS PROJECT A 1315 00:41:46,537 --> 00:41:49,740 REALITY. THIS INCLUDES AUTHORITY 1316 00:41:49,740 --> 00:41:52,610 TO HIRE PARKING OPERATOR FOR 1317 00:41:52,610 --> 00:41:55,813 FIVE YEARS. WE WILL BE 1318 00:41:55,813 --> 00:41:56,714 SUBMITTING A SECOND ORDINANCE TO 1319 00:41:56,714 --> 00:41:58,782 REQUEST APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT 1320 00:41:58,782 --> 00:42:00,885 THROUGH THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE 1321 00:42:00,885 --> 00:42:03,153 SUPERINTENDENT TO NEGOTIATE AND 1322 00:42:03,153 --> 00:42:03,787 SIGN ALL SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS 1323 00:42:03,787 --> 00:42:05,289 REQUIRED OF THE PROJECT, 1324 00:42:05,289 --> 00:42:08,425 INCLUDING A GROUND LEASE WITH 1325 00:42:08,425 --> 00:42:10,794 SUBSEQUENT WITH MERCY HOUSING 1326 00:42:10,794 --> 00:42:12,463 NORTHWEST, A DEED RESTRICTION 1327 00:42:12,463 --> 00:42:13,864 LIFT WITH KING COUNTY. THE 1328 00:42:13,864 --> 00:42:16,367 EVENTUAL CONDO DOCUMENTS AND 1329 00:42:16,367 --> 00:42:18,369 CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT. ONCE 1330 00:42:18,369 --> 00:42:20,337 CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE AND 1331 00:42:20,337 --> 00:42:20,938 OTHER NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO 1332 00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:22,139 COMPLETE THE PROJECT AND OPEN IT 1333 00:42:22,139 --> 00:42:24,975 UP FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOW 1334 00:42:24,975 --> 00:42:26,377 HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS 1335 00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:28,779 WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE AT THE 1336 00:42:28,779 --> 00:42:29,013 TABLE. 1337 00:42:29,013 --> 00:42:31,548 -- THANK YOU. AND ALSO, BEFORE 1338 00:42:31,548 --> 00:42:33,017 WE HAND IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUES 1339 00:42:33,017 --> 00:42:34,919 TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY 1340 00:42:34,919 --> 00:42:36,453 QUESTIONS, I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE 1341 00:42:36,453 --> 00:42:37,521 THANK YOU TO MY CHIEF OF STAFF, 1342 00:42:37,521 --> 00:42:39,990 KELLY BROWN, FORMER EDITOR OF 1343 00:42:39,990 --> 00:42:42,626 NORTH HELPLINE, WHO WORKED WITH 1344 00:42:42,626 --> 00:42:43,794 TRACI RATZLIFF FOR. WE'VE BEEN 1345 00:42:43,794 --> 00:42:44,895 WORKING TOGETHER FOR ALMOST A 1346 00:42:44,895 --> 00:42:46,764 DECADE TO PUT TOGETHER THE 1347 00:42:46,764 --> 00:42:47,898 CHRONOLOGY BECAUSE YOU GUYS 1348 00:42:47,898 --> 00:42:49,166 KNOW, I LIKE A GOOD CHRONOLOGY. 1349 00:42:49,166 --> 00:42:50,701 I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO PUT THINGS 1350 00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:52,536 INTO CONTEXT HOW LONG THESE 1351 00:42:52,536 --> 00:42:54,271 THINGS HAVE GONE ON. THAT'S WHY 1352 00:42:54,271 --> 00:42:59,476 WE WENT BACK TO 1954 AND ALSO 1353 00:42:59,476 --> 00:43:01,412 THE OTHER ISSUE IS FOR OUR 1354 00:43:01,412 --> 00:43:02,780 COLLEAGUES AND THOSE THAT 1355 00:43:02,780 --> 00:43:03,447 AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH DISTRICT 1356 00:43:03,447 --> 00:43:05,716 ARE THE NORTH END AND D FIVE. 1357 00:43:05,716 --> 00:43:06,750 THE HISTORY OF THE OF THE LAKE 1358 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:09,486 CITY COMMUNITY CENTER. AND NOW 1359 00:43:09,486 --> 00:43:10,654 THE ADDITION OF NOT ONLY 1360 00:43:10,654 --> 00:43:13,824 HOUSING, BUT THE CHILDCARE ADA 1361 00:43:13,824 --> 00:43:16,794 EXTRA PARKING SPACES. AND SO I 1362 00:43:16,794 --> 00:43:17,494 JUST, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL 1363 00:43:17,494 --> 00:43:19,396 YOU GUYS. YOU'RE PROBABLY TIRED 1364 00:43:19,396 --> 00:43:20,064 OF HEARING ME TALK ABOUT IT, BUT 1365 00:43:20,064 --> 00:43:21,231 I'VE BEEN VERY EXCITED ABOUT 1366 00:43:21,231 --> 00:43:22,967 THIS FOR A LONG TIME. OKAY. WITH 1367 00:43:22,967 --> 00:43:23,634 THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE 1368 00:43:23,634 --> 00:43:26,036 FLOOR AND SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES 1369 00:43:26,036 --> 00:43:27,371 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. YOU GUYS ARE 1370 00:43:27,371 --> 00:43:29,006 GOING TO PROBABLY USE THE 1371 00:43:29,006 --> 00:43:29,740 COMPUTER HAND, BUT I'D RATHER 1372 00:43:29,740 --> 00:43:33,844 YOU JUST WAVE AT ME. OH, OKAY. 1373 00:43:33,844 --> 00:43:35,412 HOW ABOUT DO ANY OF MY 1374 00:43:35,412 --> 00:43:36,714 COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY COMMENTS 1375 00:43:36,714 --> 00:43:38,182 THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SHARE 1376 00:43:38,182 --> 00:43:41,151 ABOUT THE POWERPOINT? GO AHEAD. 1377 00:43:41,151 --> 00:43:41,785 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. THANK 1378 00:43:41,785 --> 00:43:44,621 YOU, CHAIR. JUAREZ BEEN EXCITING 1379 00:43:44,621 --> 00:43:46,423 TO GET TO WORK ON THIS SINCE I 1380 00:43:46,423 --> 00:43:48,626 BELIEVE IN MY HISTORY OF 2013, 1381 00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:51,628 2014. I DO SEE KAREN GRUEN FROM 1382 00:43:51,628 --> 00:43:54,264 FAS, THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY'S 1383 00:43:54,264 --> 00:43:55,399 INFRASTRUCTURE HERE. I WAS JUST 1384 00:43:55,399 --> 00:43:56,300 WONDERING IF KAREN HAD ANYTHING 1385 00:43:56,300 --> 00:43:58,836 TO ADD, BECAUSE I KNOW WHENEVER 1386 00:43:58,836 --> 00:44:00,971 WE CONVERSE ABOUT ANY TOPIC, YOU 1387 00:44:00,971 --> 00:44:02,072 ADD GREAT INSIGHT. SO I JUST 1388 00:44:02,072 --> 00:44:03,474 WANTED TO OPEN THAT UP. 1389 00:44:03,474 --> 00:44:04,575 -- NO, I'LL JUST SAY FAS IS 1390 00:44:04,575 --> 00:44:07,077 REALLY PLEASED TO BE 1391 00:44:07,077 --> 00:44:08,646 TRANSFERRING THIS PROPERTY TO 1392 00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:09,646 PARKS FOR THIS REALLY IMPORTANT 1393 00:44:09,646 --> 00:44:10,381 DEVELOPMENT. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A 1394 00:44:10,381 --> 00:44:13,517 LONG TIME COMING, SO. 1395 00:44:13,517 --> 00:44:14,818 -- YEAH, AND NOT THAT ANYONE 1396 00:44:14,818 --> 00:44:15,986 HERE IN THIS ITERATION OF THIS 1397 00:44:15,986 --> 00:44:19,690 PROJECT SAID WHAT I'M ABOUT TO 1398 00:44:19,690 --> 00:44:22,559 SAY, BUT I REMEMBER A DECADE 1399 00:44:22,559 --> 00:44:23,894 PLUS AGO HAVING THE RESPONSE 1400 00:44:23,894 --> 00:44:26,130 FROM THE CITY BE, LAKE CITY 1401 00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:28,399 DOESN'T NEED A COMMUNITY CENTER 1402 00:44:28,399 --> 00:44:30,934 BECAUSE MEADOWBROOK IS SO CLOSE. 1403 00:44:30,934 --> 00:44:33,804 AND THAT REALLY STUNG WHEN I 1404 00:44:33,804 --> 00:44:35,139 HEARD THAT, BECAUSE MEADOWBROOK 1405 00:44:35,139 --> 00:44:37,975 IS A VERY DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, 1406 00:44:37,975 --> 00:44:39,843 EVEN THOUGH IT IS AS THE CROW 1407 00:44:39,843 --> 00:44:41,712 FLIES GEOGRAPHICALLY CLOSE, IT 1408 00:44:41,712 --> 00:44:45,682 IS ACROSS A MARSH AND A LARGE 1409 00:44:45,682 --> 00:44:46,950 HILL AND JUST A VERY DIFFERENT 1410 00:44:46,950 --> 00:44:48,519 COMMUNITY. AND SO I JUST 1411 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:50,020 HIGHLIGHT THAT LAKE CITY NEEDS 1412 00:44:50,020 --> 00:44:51,822 THIS COMMUNITY CENTER. THEY NEED 1413 00:44:51,822 --> 00:44:53,490 THIS HOUSING. THEY NEED THIS 1414 00:44:53,490 --> 00:44:54,892 CENTRAL CIVIC HUB. AND THANK 1415 00:44:54,892 --> 00:44:57,027 YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR 1416 00:44:57,027 --> 00:44:58,662 BEING AN ARDENT ADVOCATE FOR IT. 1417 00:44:58,662 --> 00:45:00,431 THAT'S ALL I GOT. 1418 00:45:00,431 --> 00:45:01,665 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1419 00:45:01,665 --> 00:45:03,967 STRAUSS. COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 1420 00:45:03,967 --> 00:45:06,537 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT 1421 00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:11,909 TO SAY THANK YOU TO TO YOU FOR 1422 00:45:11,909 --> 00:45:14,311 YOUR LEADERSHIP IN BEING SUCH A 1423 00:45:14,311 --> 00:45:15,045 STRONG ADVOCATE FOR THIS. I JUST 1424 00:45:15,045 --> 00:45:16,280 WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL THE 1425 00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,581 DIFFERENT PARTNERS HERE TODAY, 1426 00:45:17,581 --> 00:45:20,484 INCLUDING OUR MERCY HOUSING. 1427 00:45:20,484 --> 00:45:24,888 THIS IS HARD WORK. OBVIOUSLY, 1428 00:45:24,888 --> 00:45:28,225 IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME AND 1429 00:45:28,225 --> 00:45:30,060 IT'S COMPLEX. AND, YOU KNOW, 1430 00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:33,330 WE'RE PUSHING FOLKS TO DO STUFF 1431 00:45:33,330 --> 00:45:36,133 THAT THEY DON'T NORMALLY DO. 1432 00:45:36,133 --> 00:45:37,835 BUT I THINK I'M EXCITED TO SEE 1433 00:45:37,835 --> 00:45:39,203 THIS COME TO FRUITION. YOU KNOW, 1434 00:45:39,203 --> 00:45:42,573 WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE MORE 1435 00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:44,174 LAND IN THE CITY, BUT WE'RE 1436 00:45:44,174 --> 00:45:45,008 CONTINUING TO GROW AND WE GOT TO 1437 00:45:45,008 --> 00:45:46,310 GET CREATIVE. AND I THINK THIS 1438 00:45:46,310 --> 00:45:50,481 IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES THAT 1439 00:45:50,481 --> 00:45:52,116 HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY LOOKS BACK 1440 00:45:52,116 --> 00:45:53,851 AT AND IS JUST SUPER EXCITED 1441 00:45:53,851 --> 00:45:55,686 ABOUT. AND, BUT OVERALL, JUST 1442 00:45:55,686 --> 00:45:59,656 REALLY WANT TO SAY, SAY THANK 1443 00:45:59,656 --> 00:46:01,625 YOU FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND 1444 00:46:01,625 --> 00:46:03,060 PUSHING FOR THIS AND FOR 1445 00:46:03,060 --> 00:46:04,928 EVERYONE THAT'S SPENT MANY, 1446 00:46:04,928 --> 00:46:05,863 MANY HOURS AND YEARS ON THIS. 1447 00:46:05,863 --> 00:46:06,930 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1448 00:46:06,930 --> 00:46:08,031 CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? 1449 00:46:08,031 --> 00:46:08,932 -- YEAH, OF COURSE. 1450 00:46:08,932 --> 00:46:10,033 -- DO YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH 1451 00:46:10,033 --> 00:46:11,068 FOLKS WHAT YOU WORKED ON WHEN 1452 00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:12,836 YOU WERE AT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S 1453 00:46:12,836 --> 00:46:13,637 OR. YEAH, YEAH. 1454 00:46:13,637 --> 00:46:15,939 -- I MEAN, JUST A LOT OF THE 1455 00:46:15,939 --> 00:46:18,509 COMPLICATED SORT OF LAND ISSUES 1456 00:46:18,509 --> 00:46:20,944 RELATED TO THIS, AS YOU NOTED 1457 00:46:20,944 --> 00:46:23,647 HERE, THERE'S A LONG HISTORY WE 1458 00:46:23,647 --> 00:46:25,949 HAD TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE 1459 00:46:25,949 --> 00:46:30,788 PRIOR OWNERS THERE, AND, AND 1460 00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:32,656 YEAH, JUST WORKING VERY CLOSELY 1461 00:46:32,656 --> 00:46:35,492 WITH, WITH PARKS, WE HAVE ONE 1462 00:46:35,492 --> 00:46:37,494 OTHER EXAMPLE OF A, OF A 1463 00:46:37,494 --> 00:46:39,396 BASKETBALL COURT IN THE CITY 1464 00:46:39,396 --> 00:46:41,932 WITH HOUSING ON TOP, BUT THAT'S 1465 00:46:41,932 --> 00:46:43,167 A MUCH SMALLER. IT IS NOT THE 1466 00:46:43,167 --> 00:46:45,135 LEVEL OF, OF THIS. AND SO, YOU 1467 00:46:45,135 --> 00:46:48,872 KNOW, AGAIN, ASKING SOME OF OUR 1468 00:46:48,872 --> 00:46:50,307 DEPARTMENTS TO KIND OF GO 1469 00:46:50,307 --> 00:46:53,143 OUTSIDE OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE. 1470 00:46:53,143 --> 00:46:55,112 SO I REALLY APPRECIATE PARKS 1471 00:46:55,112 --> 00:46:58,749 BEING, BEING SUCH GOOD PARTNERS 1472 00:46:58,749 --> 00:47:02,019 HERE. AND, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, 1473 00:47:02,019 --> 00:47:03,654 AND IT'S NOT JUST PARKS AND 1474 00:47:03,654 --> 00:47:06,456 HOUSING, WE ALSO HAVE A 1475 00:47:06,456 --> 00:47:08,225 COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT ON 1476 00:47:08,225 --> 00:47:09,993 THIS ONE. ANOTHER SORT OF NEW, 1477 00:47:09,993 --> 00:47:12,229 YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TRYING NEW 1478 00:47:12,229 --> 00:47:13,764 THINGS HERE ON THIS ONE. AND THE 1479 00:47:13,764 --> 00:47:19,403 MOUNT BAKER SITE AS WELL. SO WE 1480 00:47:19,403 --> 00:47:21,772 ARE EXPLORING KIND OF ALL OUR 1481 00:47:21,772 --> 00:47:23,307 DIFFERENT OPTIONS HERE AND 1482 00:47:23,307 --> 00:47:25,876 TRYING OUT NEW THINGS. AND WE'RE 1483 00:47:25,876 --> 00:47:27,844 LEARNING AS WE GO. AND WE'LL, 1484 00:47:27,844 --> 00:47:30,214 YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S 1485 00:47:30,214 --> 00:47:31,648 IMPORTANT FOR US TO, TO TRY NEW 1486 00:47:31,648 --> 00:47:31,882 THINGS. 1487 00:47:31,882 --> 00:47:33,050 -- SO THANK YOU. I THINK THE 1488 00:47:33,050 --> 00:47:34,751 PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW THAT 1489 00:47:34,751 --> 00:47:35,352 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WAS IN THE 1490 00:47:35,352 --> 00:47:39,223 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, AND HE 1491 00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:41,124 UNDERSTANDS AND WORKED WITH US 1492 00:47:41,124 --> 00:47:41,658 ON ALL THE TRANSACTIONAL 1493 00:47:41,658 --> 00:47:42,426 DOCUMENTS. I THINK THAT'S LISTED 1494 00:47:42,426 --> 00:47:44,528 ON PAGE 11 OF THE POWERPOINT. 1495 00:47:44,528 --> 00:47:45,862 AND I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC 1496 00:47:45,862 --> 00:47:47,064 REALIZES. AND SO YOU'RE BEING A 1497 00:47:47,064 --> 00:47:50,467 BIT SHY ABOUT HOW HARD YOU 1498 00:47:50,467 --> 00:47:52,169 WORKED ON ALL THESE DOCUMENTS. 1499 00:47:52,169 --> 00:47:54,571 AND, AND ALSO THE IDEA AS WITH 1500 00:47:54,571 --> 00:47:56,940 THE FORMER TWO CHAIRS OF SEATTLE 1501 00:47:56,940 --> 00:48:01,144 PARK AND REC, HE'S GOT AND AJ, 1502 00:48:01,144 --> 00:48:03,380 IS THAT THE CITY HAD NEVER BUILT 1503 00:48:03,380 --> 00:48:05,415 HOUSING ON TOP OF A COMMUNITY 1504 00:48:05,415 --> 00:48:06,283 CENTER. AND THAT TOOK A LOT OF 1505 00:48:06,283 --> 00:48:08,352 CONVINCING. AND PEOPLE LIKE 1506 00:48:08,352 --> 00:48:09,086 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WHEN HE WAS IN 1507 00:48:09,086 --> 00:48:10,153 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO 1508 00:48:10,153 --> 00:48:13,090 SAY, YEAH, WE CAN DO THIS. AND 1509 00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:14,124 SO THAT'S WHY I'M KIND OF 1510 00:48:14,124 --> 00:48:14,925 TOOTING YOUR HORN FOR YOU, 1511 00:48:14,925 --> 00:48:15,692 BECAUSE YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT TOO 1512 00:48:15,692 --> 00:48:16,493 SHY TO DO IT, BUT YOU DID A 1513 00:48:16,493 --> 00:48:17,694 REALLY GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU. 1514 00:48:17,694 --> 00:48:18,829 AND I'M REALLY GLAD YOU'RE HERE 1515 00:48:18,829 --> 00:48:19,896 TODAY FOR THIS. THANK YOU. ALL 1516 00:48:19,896 --> 00:48:23,033 RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 1517 00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:25,435 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR JUAREZ. NOW 1518 00:48:25,435 --> 00:48:27,437 I'M THINKING I NEED TO CHECK IN 1519 00:48:27,437 --> 00:48:29,673 WITH COUNCILMEMBER LIN. FOR LIKE 1520 00:48:29,673 --> 00:48:30,941 THE QUEEN ANNE COMMUNITY CENTER. 1521 00:48:30,941 --> 00:48:31,275 -- [LAUGHTER] 1522 00:48:31,275 --> 00:48:31,575 -- YOU DO. 1523 00:48:31,575 --> 00:48:32,442 -- SEE THAT HE WORKED ON THAT 1524 00:48:32,442 --> 00:48:34,077 TOO. 1525 00:48:34,077 --> 00:48:34,711 -- I TOLD HIM BEFORE THE MEETING 1526 00:48:34,711 --> 00:48:35,812 STARTED, YOU'RE HONORARY NOW. 1527 00:48:35,812 --> 00:48:36,413 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE AN 1528 00:48:36,413 --> 00:48:37,314 HONORARY MEMBER. YOU'RE GOING TO 1529 00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:38,215 HAVE TO BE A FULL TIME MEMBER OF 1530 00:48:38,215 --> 00:48:41,251 THIS COMMITTEE. CHAIR. I 1531 00:48:41,251 --> 00:48:42,653 RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK THAT'S 1532 00:48:42,653 --> 00:48:44,955 BEEN DONE ON THIS, AND I CAN SEE 1533 00:48:44,955 --> 00:48:46,423 WHY YOU'RE IT'S ON YOUR BUCKET 1534 00:48:46,423 --> 00:48:48,825 LIST, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE IT'S 1535 00:48:48,825 --> 00:48:50,160 IMPORTANT. I JUST WANT TO SAY 1536 00:48:50,160 --> 00:48:53,463 THANK YOU TO PARKS AND OH, AND 1537 00:48:53,463 --> 00:48:54,731 FAST AND OF COURSE, OUR OWN 1538 00:48:54,731 --> 00:48:59,603 CENTRAL STAFF FOR BEING HERE. I 1539 00:48:59,603 --> 00:49:02,906 THINK THIS PROJECT IS A GREAT 1540 00:49:02,906 --> 00:49:04,374 ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT CAN BE DONE 1541 00:49:04,374 --> 00:49:05,709 IN DIFFERENT THINGS AND ALSO 1542 00:49:05,709 --> 00:49:06,743 HIGHLIGHTS, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU 1543 00:49:06,743 --> 00:49:08,578 KNOW, BRINGING THINGS TOGETHER. 1544 00:49:08,578 --> 00:49:10,914 I'LL HAVE TO SAY I'M QUITE 1545 00:49:10,914 --> 00:49:13,116 JEALOUS AS BEING THE DISTRICT 1546 00:49:13,116 --> 00:49:14,918 SEVEN DISTRICT REP BECAUSE, YOU 1547 00:49:14,918 --> 00:49:17,421 KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, MY COLLEAGUE 1548 00:49:17,421 --> 00:49:17,988 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAS A 1549 00:49:17,988 --> 00:49:19,623 SERVICE CENTER. HE HAS HIS 1550 00:49:19,623 --> 00:49:22,192 OFFICE OFFICE HOURS ARE EASY. 1551 00:49:22,192 --> 00:49:24,361 NOW. THE D5 REP IS GOING TO HAVE 1552 00:49:24,361 --> 00:49:26,563 A GREAT PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, HOLD 1553 00:49:26,563 --> 00:49:27,631 OFFICE HOURS AND THE LIKE. AND, 1554 00:49:27,631 --> 00:49:28,465 YOU KNOW, AND I TRY TO DO THE 1555 00:49:28,465 --> 00:49:30,233 SAME. I HAVE A MEETING TONIGHT 1556 00:49:30,233 --> 00:49:31,468 AND I TRY TO DO IT LIKE THE 1557 00:49:31,468 --> 00:49:33,403 QUEEN ANNE LIBRARY. BUT, YOU 1558 00:49:33,403 --> 00:49:34,071 KNOW, THEY CLOSED TOO EARLY. SO 1559 00:49:34,071 --> 00:49:34,738 I'M GOING TO BE GOING TO A 1560 00:49:34,738 --> 00:49:36,873 CHURCH, WHICH I REALLY RESPECT 1561 00:49:36,873 --> 00:49:39,309 AND I'M THANKFUL FOR. BUT WHEN 1562 00:49:39,309 --> 00:49:42,179 I LOOK AT THIS AND SEE WHAT'S 1563 00:49:42,179 --> 00:49:44,348 AVAILABLE IN THESE DIFFERENT 1564 00:49:44,348 --> 00:49:45,916 DISTRICTS, ONE SHOULD NOT FORGET 1565 00:49:45,916 --> 00:49:47,918 THE CLOSED END DISTRICT BECAUSE 1566 00:49:47,918 --> 00:49:49,152 I'VE ASKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, 1567 00:49:49,152 --> 00:49:49,786 BY THE WAY, AND THEY SAID, WELL, 1568 00:49:49,786 --> 00:49:51,755 YOU CAN HAVE AN OFFICE IN THE 1569 00:49:51,755 --> 00:49:52,389 MUNICIPAL TOWER. I GO, WELL, 1570 00:49:52,389 --> 00:49:55,592 THAT DOESN'T HELP ME. SO. SO 1571 00:49:55,592 --> 00:49:58,729 I'M LEARNING. I'M LEARNING 1572 00:49:58,729 --> 00:49:59,363 FROM THIS CHAIR. AND THEN FROM 1573 00:49:59,363 --> 00:50:00,764 MY COLLEAGUES IN THE OTHER 1574 00:50:00,764 --> 00:50:02,065 DISTRICTS. AND, AND I'M SEEING 1575 00:50:02,065 --> 00:50:04,234 THE EXAMPLES THAT FOR EVERYBODY 1576 00:50:04,234 --> 00:50:05,736 AT THE TABLE. SO WHEN, YOU KNOW, 1577 00:50:05,736 --> 00:50:09,239 AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE QUEEN 1578 00:50:09,239 --> 00:50:11,508 ANNE COMMUNITY CENTER, I'LL BE 1579 00:50:11,508 --> 00:50:12,342 FOLLOWING. AND NOW I'LL ALSO BE 1580 00:50:12,342 --> 00:50:14,010 CHECKING IN WITH COUNCILMEMBER 1581 00:50:14,010 --> 00:50:15,012 LIN. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1582 00:50:15,012 --> 00:50:16,246 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1583 00:50:16,246 --> 00:50:17,114 KETTLE IS GOING TO REMEMBER 1584 00:50:17,114 --> 00:50:17,748 THIS. SO JUST KNOW THAT HE'S 1585 00:50:17,748 --> 00:50:18,715 GOING TO ROLL THE TAPE AND 1586 00:50:18,715 --> 00:50:20,617 REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. BUT YOU 1587 00:50:20,617 --> 00:50:22,219 CAN'T HAVE ANYTHING UNTIL WE 1588 00:50:22,219 --> 00:50:23,120 BREAK GROUND AND OPEN OURS. SO 1589 00:50:23,120 --> 00:50:25,255 LET ME JUST PUT THAT I WILL BE 1590 00:50:25,255 --> 00:50:27,023 GONE IN NOVEMBER. BUT I'M JUST 1591 00:50:27,023 --> 00:50:27,657 SAYING, DOES SOMEONE ELSE HAVE 1592 00:50:27,657 --> 00:50:29,292 THEIR HAND UP? COUNCILMEMBER 1593 00:50:29,292 --> 00:50:30,293 RIVERA I'M SORRY. 1594 00:50:30,293 --> 00:50:31,428 -- NO WORRIES CHAIR, THANK YOU 1595 00:50:31,428 --> 00:50:32,496 AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING 1596 00:50:32,496 --> 00:50:37,434 HERE. AND I'M SO EXCITED FOR 1597 00:50:37,434 --> 00:50:39,770 THIS. AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO 1598 00:50:39,770 --> 00:50:42,139 MANY FAMILIES AND KIDS IN THIS 1599 00:50:42,139 --> 00:50:45,709 AREA THAT ARE REALLY GOING TO 1600 00:50:45,709 --> 00:50:47,477 BENEFIT FROM THIS. AND SO I 1601 00:50:47,477 --> 00:50:49,980 REALLY APPRECIATE THE 1602 00:50:49,980 --> 00:50:50,547 PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ALL THE 1603 00:50:50,547 --> 00:50:51,948 DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE THIS A 1604 00:50:51,948 --> 00:50:53,016 REALITY. AND ALSO, OF COURSE, 1605 00:50:53,016 --> 00:50:56,753 OUR CITY'S ONLY GROWING. SO WE 1606 00:50:56,753 --> 00:50:59,556 NEED MORE COMMUNITY CENTERS. AND 1607 00:50:59,556 --> 00:51:01,258 SO I AM SO HAPPY THAT THIS 1608 00:51:01,258 --> 00:51:03,126 PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD TO PUT 1609 00:51:03,126 --> 00:51:04,895 A COMMUNITY CENTER IN A PLACE 1610 00:51:04,895 --> 00:51:07,664 WHERE THERE ISN'T ONE TODAY, ONE 1611 00:51:07,664 --> 00:51:09,633 TODAY, BUT VERY MUCH NEEDED. AND 1612 00:51:09,633 --> 00:51:11,368 OF COURSE, I DON'T KNOW 1613 00:51:11,368 --> 00:51:12,836 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WHY IT SHOULD 1614 00:51:12,836 --> 00:51:15,405 BE AN ISSUE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY 1615 00:51:15,405 --> 00:51:18,675 CENTER WITH HOUSING ABOVE TO 1616 00:51:18,675 --> 00:51:19,976 SERVE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY 1617 00:51:19,976 --> 00:51:22,746 CENTER WILL SERVE THOSE FAMILIES 1618 00:51:22,746 --> 00:51:24,047 AND RESIDENTS, AND 1619 00:51:24,047 --> 00:51:24,581 -- THEN EVERYONE IN THE 1620 00:51:24,581 --> 00:51:25,682 NEIGHBORHOOD AND AREA. AND I 1621 00:51:25,682 --> 00:51:27,918 WILL SAY, I KNOW IN THE D FOR AT 1622 00:51:27,918 --> 00:51:29,152 MAGNUSON PARK, WE HAVE A 1623 00:51:29,152 --> 00:51:29,853 COMMUNITY CENTER AND MERCY 1624 00:51:29,853 --> 00:51:32,222 HOUSING AND SOLID GROUND AROUND 1625 00:51:32,222 --> 00:51:33,590 THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THE 1626 00:51:33,590 --> 00:51:34,558 COMMUNITY CENTER WAS THERE 1627 00:51:34,558 --> 00:51:36,259 FIRST. THE HOUSING IS NOT ON 1628 00:51:36,259 --> 00:51:38,762 TOP, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THERE ARE 1629 00:51:38,762 --> 00:51:41,131 FAMILIES NOW AND KIDS AND 1630 00:51:41,131 --> 00:51:44,034 RESIDENTS AT LARGE THAT GET TO 1631 00:51:44,034 --> 00:51:44,568 ENJOY THE SERVICES AT THE 1632 00:51:44,568 --> 00:51:47,170 COMMUNITY CENTER. IT'S A 1633 00:51:47,170 --> 00:51:49,606 PAIRING. AND OF COURSE, THE 1634 00:51:49,606 --> 00:51:50,173 COMMUNITY CENTER SERVES THE 1635 00:51:50,173 --> 00:51:51,475 ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST 1636 00:51:51,475 --> 00:51:52,642 THE FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE AT THE 1637 00:51:52,642 --> 00:51:54,544 PARK. SO TO ME, IT'S A NO 1638 00:51:54,544 --> 00:51:56,146 BRAINER. AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT 1639 00:51:56,146 --> 00:51:58,148 THIS IS MOVING FORWARD. AND I'M 1640 00:51:58,148 --> 00:52:01,184 VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE CITY 1641 00:52:01,184 --> 00:52:02,986 DEPARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY SEE 1642 00:52:02,986 --> 00:52:03,887 BENEFIT IN THESE PROJECTS. THEY 1643 00:52:03,887 --> 00:52:05,155 WORK SO HARD TOGETHER TO MAKE 1644 00:52:05,155 --> 00:52:06,990 THESE THINGS A REALITY. THEY 1645 00:52:06,990 --> 00:52:09,092 TAKE TIME BECAUSE REAL ESTATE 1646 00:52:09,092 --> 00:52:11,294 PROJECTS TAKE A LONG TIME. 1647 00:52:11,294 --> 00:52:12,929 THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE. 1648 00:52:12,929 --> 00:52:13,597 WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC OR PRIVATE, 1649 00:52:13,597 --> 00:52:14,631 IT DOESN'T MATTER. ALWAYS TAKES 1650 00:52:14,631 --> 00:52:16,967 A LONG TIME. BUT I'M SO LOOKING 1651 00:52:16,967 --> 00:52:19,236 FORWARD TO THIS MOVING FORWARD 1652 00:52:19,236 --> 00:52:20,137 AND VOTING ON THIS TODAY. THANK 1653 00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:24,141 YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. 1654 00:52:24,141 --> 00:52:25,809 -- I WON'T BE AROUND FOR THE 1655 00:52:25,809 --> 00:52:26,476 BREAKING GROUND, BUT I'M GOING 1656 00:52:26,476 --> 00:52:27,143 TO BE THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO 1657 00:52:27,143 --> 00:52:27,777 BE KIND OF A NERD AND GO BACK 1658 00:52:27,777 --> 00:52:29,880 TO, CAN WE GO TO JUST SLIDE SIX 1659 00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,115 REAL QUICK? BECAUSE THIS IS 1660 00:52:32,115 --> 00:52:33,216 SOMETHING THAT I JUST DON'T. I 1661 00:52:33,216 --> 00:52:35,452 KNOW TRACY'S TIRED OF ME DOING 1662 00:52:35,452 --> 00:52:36,920 THIS AND MAKING HER AND MY, MY 1663 00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:39,623 STAFF. I JUST WANT TO. IS THIS 1664 00:52:39,623 --> 00:52:42,826 REALISTIC NOW ON, ON THIS WHOLE, 1665 00:52:42,826 --> 00:52:45,161 THE DESIGN PERMITTING THE LEGAL 1666 00:52:45,161 --> 00:52:45,829 JUST THIS, THE TIMELINE THAT WE 1667 00:52:45,829 --> 00:52:49,733 HAVE HERE THAT WE HOPE TO BREAK 1668 00:52:49,733 --> 00:52:51,768 GROUND IN DECEMBER 2026 IS THAT 1669 00:52:51,768 --> 00:52:53,170 IS THAT. 1670 00:52:53,170 --> 00:52:54,004 -- YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THE 1671 00:52:54,004 --> 00:52:54,704 DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS WORKING 1672 00:52:54,704 --> 00:52:57,040 REALLY HARD TO MEET THIS 1673 00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:58,875 TIMELINE. 1674 00:52:58,875 --> 00:53:00,477 -- OKAY, WELL, I KNOW, BUT WE'VE 1675 00:53:00,477 --> 00:53:01,311 BEEN SAYING WORKING REALLY HARD 1676 00:53:01,311 --> 00:53:02,512 SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE. 1677 00:53:02,512 --> 00:53:05,715 AND NOW I'M BACK. SO I'M BACK. 1678 00:53:05,715 --> 00:53:07,450 BUT I WILL BE GONE IN NOVEMBER. 1679 00:53:07,450 --> 00:53:11,354 SO I WANT A COMMITMENT THAT THIS 1680 00:53:11,354 --> 00:53:12,989 IS INDEED REALISTIC BECAUSE THE 1681 00:53:12,989 --> 00:53:14,124 COMMUNITY WILL COME TO US TO SAY 1682 00:53:14,124 --> 00:53:15,425 WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN I 1683 00:53:15,425 --> 00:53:16,059 HAVE TO CALL YOU GUYS AND THEN 1684 00:53:16,059 --> 00:53:19,296 IT TURNS INTO A THING. SO WE CAN 1685 00:53:19,296 --> 00:53:21,932 WE CAN LEGITIMATELY SAY AND 1686 00:53:21,932 --> 00:53:23,833 HONESTLY STATE AND PUT IN OUR 1687 00:53:23,833 --> 00:53:25,302 NEWSLETTER THAT. DECEMBER 2026, 1688 00:53:25,302 --> 00:53:28,104 Q4, WE WOULD BREAK GROUND. AND I 1689 00:53:28,104 --> 00:53:29,739 KNOW THINGS WILL HAPPEN IN 1690 00:53:29,739 --> 00:53:31,975 BETWEEN IF INDEED WE HAVE A 1691 00:53:31,975 --> 00:53:33,009 GRAND OPENING IN 2029, BUT AT 1692 00:53:33,009 --> 00:53:36,813 LEAST WE CAN BE CONSISTENT ON 1693 00:53:36,813 --> 00:53:37,213 BREAKING GROUND. 1694 00:53:37,213 --> 00:53:37,781 -- YEAH, THIS IS A VERY 1695 00:53:37,781 --> 00:53:40,283 COMPLICATED PROJECT WITH A LOT 1696 00:53:40,283 --> 00:53:41,451 OF MOVING PARTS, BUT EVERYTHING 1697 00:53:41,451 --> 00:53:45,255 IS MOVING FORWARD VERY QUICKLY. 1698 00:53:45,255 --> 00:53:45,956 -- AND THE OTHER THERE'S TWO 1699 00:53:45,956 --> 00:53:48,058 OTHER THINGS I WANT TO FOCUS ON 1700 00:53:48,058 --> 00:53:49,259 ON THE FINANCING PIECE. NOW, THE 1701 00:53:49,259 --> 00:53:51,661 PROJECT BUDGET IS ESTIMATED AT 1702 00:53:51,661 --> 00:53:53,530 124 MILLION. AND I REMEMBER WHEN 1703 00:53:53,530 --> 00:53:54,831 WE FIRST STARTED, TRACY, 1704 00:53:54,831 --> 00:53:56,600 REMEMBER, SHE'S NODDING HER 1705 00:53:56,600 --> 00:54:00,337 HEAD WHEN WE FIRST START ASKING 1706 00:54:00,337 --> 00:54:01,137 FOR MONEY. 5 MILLION, THEN 10 1707 00:54:01,137 --> 00:54:01,705 MILLION, THEN 15, AND THEN 1708 00:54:01,705 --> 00:54:02,272 GETTING MORE IN THE BUDGET, 1709 00:54:02,272 --> 00:54:04,374 LOOKING AT RIGHT, LOOKING AT HOW 1710 00:54:04,374 --> 00:54:06,876 WE WOULD ISSUE TAX EXEMPT BONDS 1711 00:54:06,876 --> 00:54:08,645 UP TO 38 MILLION. AND THEN WE 1712 00:54:08,645 --> 00:54:09,613 HAVE THE 86 FROM OFFICE OF 1713 00:54:09,613 --> 00:54:10,780 HOUSING. THE OTHER QUESTION I 1714 00:54:10,780 --> 00:54:13,750 HAD IS WE ARE OR WHAT ARE. AND 1715 00:54:13,750 --> 00:54:14,818 THIS IS MORE FOR THE VIEWING 1716 00:54:14,818 --> 00:54:17,787 PUBLIC AS WELL. THE OTHER PUBLIC 1717 00:54:17,787 --> 00:54:18,054 FUNDERS. 1718 00:54:18,054 --> 00:54:19,289 -- YEAH. SO THIS PROJECT WILL 1719 00:54:19,289 --> 00:54:22,559 HAVE HOUSING TAX CREDITS AS WELL 1720 00:54:22,559 --> 00:54:25,595 AS STATE HOUSING TRUST FUNDS. 1721 00:54:25,595 --> 00:54:27,998 THE STATE'S COMMITTED 6.8 1722 00:54:27,998 --> 00:54:30,967 MILLION TO THE PROJECT. THE CITY 1723 00:54:30,967 --> 00:54:32,002 OF SEATTLE HAS 33 MILLION IN THE 1724 00:54:32,002 --> 00:54:34,704 DEAL. AND THERE'S ALSO A PRIVATE 1725 00:54:34,704 --> 00:54:36,539 LENDER. AND THE DEVELOPER AS 1726 00:54:36,539 --> 00:54:38,241 WELL IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE 1727 00:54:38,241 --> 00:54:39,609 PROJECT BUDGET. 1728 00:54:39,609 --> 00:54:40,477 -- HOW MUCH WAS THE STATE DID WE 1729 00:54:40,477 --> 00:54:43,346 GET FROM THE STATE? WAS IT TEN? 1730 00:54:43,346 --> 00:54:44,848 6.8 OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 1731 00:54:44,848 --> 00:54:47,217 I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS TEN. I 1732 00:54:47,217 --> 00:54:48,818 HEARD A ANOTHER COLLEAGUE OF 1733 00:54:48,818 --> 00:54:49,686 MINE SAY 10 MILLION. I WAS 1734 00:54:49,686 --> 00:54:51,521 THINKING, I DON'T THINK THAT'S 1735 00:54:51,521 --> 00:54:52,989 CORRECT. OKAY. SO ON THE OTHER 1736 00:54:52,989 --> 00:54:54,591 PUBLIC FUNDERS, IS IT IS IT THE 1737 00:54:54,591 --> 00:54:56,626 LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT? 1738 00:54:56,626 --> 00:54:58,328 SO IT IS THEM. SO THAT'S GOING 1739 00:54:58,328 --> 00:55:01,164 TO BE THROUGH THE STATE FOLK. 1740 00:55:01,164 --> 00:55:03,133 AND WHAT IS OUR AM I ON THE 1741 00:55:03,133 --> 00:55:03,400 HOUSING. 1742 00:55:03,400 --> 00:55:03,667 -- YEAH. 1743 00:55:03,667 --> 00:55:05,568 -- WE HAVE A. 1744 00:55:05,568 --> 00:55:07,170 -- 60% IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. 1745 00:55:07,170 --> 00:55:08,371 -- IT DOES GO UP TO 60, BUT 1746 00:55:08,371 --> 00:55:12,542 IT'S A MIX OF 30, 50 AND 60. 1747 00:55:12,542 --> 00:55:17,213 AND THERE'S A MIX OF 1 TO 4 1748 00:55:17,213 --> 00:55:17,480 BEDROOMS. 1749 00:55:17,480 --> 00:55:19,649 -- SO I JUST WANT TO. SO THIS IS 1750 00:55:19,649 --> 00:55:20,917 AND A LOT OF THIS I'M DOING 1751 00:55:20,917 --> 00:55:22,018 BECAUSE I WANT THE PEOPLE IN THE 1752 00:55:22,018 --> 00:55:23,086 COMMUNITY WHO ARE WATCHING AND 1753 00:55:23,086 --> 00:55:24,254 ALSO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE GOING 1754 00:55:24,254 --> 00:55:26,756 TO BE WANTING TO DO ONE THING, 1755 00:55:26,756 --> 00:55:27,991 DO THIS AS WELL. WE FOUGHT 1756 00:55:27,991 --> 00:55:30,493 REALLY HARD TO HAVE AFFORDABLE 1757 00:55:30,493 --> 00:55:34,998 HOMES AT A LOW. AM I OR HIGHER? 1758 00:55:34,998 --> 00:55:37,067 ABLE TO TO CAPTURE THAT THAT 1759 00:55:37,067 --> 00:55:40,170 GROUP TO OFFER TWO, THREE AND 1760 00:55:40,170 --> 00:55:41,538 FOUR BEDROOMS TO SERVE FAMILIES 1761 00:55:41,538 --> 00:55:43,139 BECAUSE WHAT WE WERE SEEING IN 1762 00:55:43,139 --> 00:55:44,074 THE NEW HOUSING STOCK, INCLUDING 1763 00:55:44,074 --> 00:55:47,344 LOW INCOME AND MIXED, WAS ONE 1764 00:55:47,344 --> 00:55:48,378 BEDROOM CONDOS, BASICALLY BUILT 1765 00:55:48,378 --> 00:55:49,412 FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MAKING A LOT 1766 00:55:49,412 --> 00:55:50,246 OF MONEY AND JUST DON'T WANT TO 1767 00:55:50,246 --> 00:55:52,015 OWN A CAR AND CAN GET ON LIGHT 1768 00:55:52,015 --> 00:55:53,283 RAIL. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU 1769 00:55:53,283 --> 00:55:55,085 GUYS FOR WORKING REALLY HARD IN 1770 00:55:55,085 --> 00:55:56,152 MERCY HOUSING ON US TO MAKE A 1771 00:55:56,152 --> 00:55:59,122 COMMITMENT, BECAUSE THAT WAS 1772 00:55:59,122 --> 00:56:00,123 ANOTHER NEW THING. PEOPLE WERE 1773 00:56:00,123 --> 00:56:01,091 NOT WILLING TO GO BEYOND A TWO 1774 00:56:01,091 --> 00:56:02,959 BEDROOM AND WE WERE LIKE, NO, 1775 00:56:02,959 --> 00:56:04,127 YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TWO, THREE 1776 00:56:04,127 --> 00:56:05,962 AND FOUR BEDROOMS. WE'RE HAVING 1777 00:56:05,962 --> 00:56:06,596 THE SAME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 1778 00:56:06,596 --> 00:56:08,732 NORTHGATE COMMONS FOLKS TWO AND 1779 00:56:08,732 --> 00:56:10,934 THREE AND FOUR BEDROOMS FOR 1780 00:56:10,934 --> 00:56:13,136 FAMILIES. NOT ALL TOWNHOUSES. 1781 00:56:13,136 --> 00:56:14,838 AND NOT EVERYONE. EVERYONE CAN 1782 00:56:14,838 --> 00:56:15,472 HAVE THEIR. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS 1783 00:56:15,472 --> 00:56:16,673 LIKE A SMALL THING, BUT IT'S A 1784 00:56:16,673 --> 00:56:19,409 BIG THING. IF YOU GREW UP IN 1785 00:56:19,409 --> 00:56:22,479 PUBLIC HOUSING, TO HAVE YOUR OWN 1786 00:56:22,479 --> 00:56:23,079 PLACE TO DO LAUNDRY THAT YOU 1787 00:56:23,079 --> 00:56:24,380 KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE THOSE 1788 00:56:24,380 --> 00:56:25,582 COMMUNAL SPACES, BUT YOU SHOULD 1789 00:56:25,582 --> 00:56:27,217 HAVE THE PRIVACY TO, TO ACTUALLY 1790 00:56:27,217 --> 00:56:29,219 LIVE IN A 2 OR 3 BEDROOM ON 1791 00:56:29,219 --> 00:56:30,653 THESE TRANSIT LINES LIKE LIGHT 1792 00:56:30,653 --> 00:56:33,123 RAIL WITH YOUR FAMILY AND DO ALL 1793 00:56:33,123 --> 00:56:34,157 THE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO 1794 00:56:34,157 --> 00:56:35,425 WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A 1795 00:56:35,425 --> 00:56:36,860 COMMUNAL SPACE TO LIKE DO YOUR 1796 00:56:36,860 --> 00:56:38,061 LAUNDRY. SO THANK YOU GUYS THAT 1797 00:56:38,061 --> 00:56:39,396 I KNOW. I KNOW, IT DOESN'T 1798 00:56:39,396 --> 00:56:41,197 SOUND LIKE A LOT TO THE PUBLIC 1799 00:56:41,197 --> 00:56:42,365 WATCHING, BUT IT REALLY, AS YOU 1800 00:56:42,365 --> 00:56:43,266 SAY, IT'S VERY COMPLICATED WHEN 1801 00:56:43,266 --> 00:56:44,801 YOU START BRINGING IN FINANCING 1802 00:56:44,801 --> 00:56:45,869 AND MONEY FROM THE STATE AND 1803 00:56:45,869 --> 00:56:48,004 WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS ARE, LOW 1804 00:56:48,004 --> 00:56:48,738 INCOME TAX CREDITS AND HOW YOU 1805 00:56:48,738 --> 00:56:51,040 GET THAT IN THERE, HOW YOU GET 1806 00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:51,941 IN THE MIXED INCOME. SO I WON'T 1807 00:56:51,941 --> 00:56:53,309 BORE YOU WITH ALL THE STUFF. SO 1808 00:56:53,309 --> 00:56:55,111 THANK YOU. AND I DO SEE IT NOW. 1809 00:56:55,111 --> 00:56:59,048 THE AM I IS BETWEEN 30, 50 AND 1810 00:56:59,048 --> 00:57:00,416 60. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE ON MY 1811 00:57:00,416 --> 00:57:01,684 NOTES HERE. 1812 00:57:01,684 --> 00:57:02,352 -- CORRECT. 1813 00:57:02,352 --> 00:57:03,853 -- OKAY, GOOD. AND I ALSO WANT 1814 00:57:03,853 --> 00:57:05,054 TO THANK FAMILY HOUSING, OUR 1815 00:57:05,054 --> 00:57:06,156 MERCY HOUSING AND FAMILY WORKS. 1816 00:57:06,156 --> 00:57:09,092 YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GREAT 1817 00:57:09,092 --> 00:57:10,527 PARTNERS. JUST REACHING OUT TO 1818 00:57:10,527 --> 00:57:12,362 US AND YOUR, YOUR ADVOCATES 1819 00:57:12,362 --> 00:57:13,797 REACHING OUT TO US IN THE LAST 1820 00:57:13,797 --> 00:57:17,367 EIGHT YEARS, MAKING SURE THAT WE 1821 00:57:17,367 --> 00:57:18,568 COULD MAKE THIS IN EVERY HOUSING 1822 00:57:18,568 --> 00:57:19,869 IS GOING TO REFLECT THAT 1823 00:57:19,869 --> 00:57:20,737 NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT ISN'T JUST 1824 00:57:20,737 --> 00:57:22,939 GOING TO BE UP IN DISTRICT FIVE 1825 00:57:22,939 --> 00:57:23,907 AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER ISN'T 1826 00:57:23,907 --> 00:57:25,074 FOR JUST PEOPLE ON THE NORTH 1827 00:57:25,074 --> 00:57:27,177 END. I REMEMBER THE EXCITEMENT 1828 00:57:27,177 --> 00:57:27,811 WHEN YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER SOME 1829 00:57:27,811 --> 00:57:29,479 OF THIS TRACI WHEN MEADOWBROOK 1830 00:57:29,479 --> 00:57:31,147 WAS BUILT, THE MEADOWBROOK 1831 00:57:31,147 --> 00:57:32,081 COMMUNITY CENTER. 1832 00:57:32,081 --> 00:57:32,549 -- THAT WAS A LITTLE 1833 00:57:32,549 --> 00:57:32,882 -- [LAUGHTER] 1834 00:57:32,882 --> 00:57:33,583 -- BEFORE MY TIME. 1835 00:57:33,583 --> 00:57:33,917 -- [LAUGHTER] 1836 00:57:33,917 --> 00:57:35,185 -- WAS IT OKAY? WOW, YOU'RE JUST 1837 00:57:35,185 --> 00:57:37,454 GOING TO PUT ME OUT THERE. OKAY, 1838 00:57:37,454 --> 00:57:38,655 SO MAYBE I REMEMBER, BUT BUT ONE 1839 00:57:38,655 --> 00:57:40,023 THING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO 1840 00:57:40,023 --> 00:57:41,624 DO, AND I KNOW THAT MY 1841 00:57:41,624 --> 00:57:42,325 COLLEAGUES ARE TRYING TO DO THE 1842 00:57:42,325 --> 00:57:44,794 SAME THING, AND THIS BECAME A 1843 00:57:44,794 --> 00:57:48,398 THING BACK IN 15 AND 16. IS THIS 1844 00:57:48,398 --> 00:57:49,666 WHOLE TRANSIT ORIENTED HOUSING, 1845 00:57:49,666 --> 00:57:53,803 TRANSIT ORIENTED, YOU KNOW, 1846 00:57:53,803 --> 00:57:54,404 EVERYTHING TRANSIT ORIENTED, 1847 00:57:54,404 --> 00:57:55,004 CHILD CARE, TRANSIT ORIENTED 1848 00:57:55,004 --> 00:57:55,672 DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S WHAT 1849 00:57:55,672 --> 00:57:56,339 WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO IN THE 1850 00:57:56,339 --> 00:57:59,075 LAKE CITY AND THE NORTHGATE 1851 00:57:59,075 --> 00:57:59,909 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SPECIFICALLY 1852 00:57:59,909 --> 00:58:01,744 WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO LIGHT 1853 00:58:01,744 --> 00:58:03,313 RAIL STATIONS. AND WE'VE BEEN 1854 00:58:03,313 --> 00:58:04,581 REALLY SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT 1855 00:58:04,581 --> 00:58:06,416 AND ALSO WORKING WITH REWA IN 1856 00:58:06,416 --> 00:58:08,551 THE THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE 1857 00:58:08,551 --> 00:58:09,953 BEEN PUTTING THERE WITH THE TONY 1858 00:58:09,953 --> 00:58:10,887 LEE HOUSE AND OTHER FOLKS, AND 1859 00:58:10,887 --> 00:58:13,022 ALSO THE CRACKING COMMUNITY 1860 00:58:13,022 --> 00:58:13,756 ICEOPLEX, AND WORKING WITH THE 1861 00:58:13,756 --> 00:58:16,626 SIMON FOLKS IN THOSE DEVELOPERS 1862 00:58:16,626 --> 00:58:17,193 THAT ARE UNDERSTANDING THE 1863 00:58:17,193 --> 00:58:17,827 SENSIBILITIES OF THAT DISTRICT 1864 00:58:17,827 --> 00:58:19,629 AND THEIR NEEDS. AND I COULD 1865 00:58:19,629 --> 00:58:21,865 STAY HERE ALL DAY ABOUT ALL THE 1866 00:58:21,865 --> 00:58:23,466 FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES THAT 1867 00:58:23,466 --> 00:58:24,834 MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS THAT DO 1868 00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:25,935 THOSE THINGS. AND I JUST WANT 1869 00:58:25,935 --> 00:58:28,404 I'M HOPING THAT THEY'RE 1870 00:58:28,404 --> 00:58:29,005 WATCHING. I WANT THEM TO KNOW 1871 00:58:29,005 --> 00:58:29,639 THAT I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR 1872 00:58:29,639 --> 00:58:30,273 THEIR HARD WORK BECAUSE THIS IS 1873 00:58:30,273 --> 00:58:31,207 GOING TO HOUSE SO MANY FAMILIES 1874 00:58:31,207 --> 00:58:32,976 AND TAKE CARE OF SO MANY KIDS. 1875 00:58:32,976 --> 00:58:34,477 AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THE 1876 00:58:34,477 --> 00:58:36,212 CHILD CARE PIECE. THAT WAS 1877 00:58:36,212 --> 00:58:37,280 ANOTHER PIECE THAT WE HAD TO 1878 00:58:37,280 --> 00:58:38,882 REALLY WORK HARD ON TO MAKE SURE 1879 00:58:38,882 --> 00:58:40,984 THAT PRE-K, REWA, CHILDHOOD, ALL 1880 00:58:40,984 --> 00:58:44,254 THOSE THINGS WERE THERE FOR 1881 00:58:44,254 --> 00:58:45,889 FAMILIES. SO THEIR KIDS, LIKE 1882 00:58:45,889 --> 00:58:48,091 THE TONY LEE HOUSE, CAN GO TO 1883 00:58:48,091 --> 00:58:49,525 SCHOOL, PARENTS CAN HOP ON LIGHT 1884 00:58:49,525 --> 00:58:50,960 RAIL, THERE'S BUSSES THERE, 1885 00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:52,528 THERE'S LIBRARY THERE, THERE'S 1886 00:58:52,528 --> 00:58:54,864 A POOL THERE AT MEADOWBROOK. SO 1887 00:58:54,864 --> 00:58:55,665 WITH THAT BEING SAID, WITHOUT 1888 00:58:55,665 --> 00:58:56,866 GOING ON AND ON ABOUT D5, THANK 1889 00:58:56,866 --> 00:58:59,769 YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. I DON'T 1890 00:58:59,769 --> 00:59:00,536 THINK THERE'S. LET ME SEE IF I 1891 00:59:00,536 --> 00:59:01,804 HAVE. I THINK I'M PRETTY GOOD 1892 00:59:01,804 --> 00:59:04,874 ON. OH, I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION 1893 00:59:04,874 --> 00:59:10,480 ON THE. ON THE. I'M GUESSING 1894 00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:12,482 THAT ON THE TRANSACTIONAL 1895 00:59:12,482 --> 00:59:15,818 DOCUMENTS ON PAGE 11, THE TERM 1896 00:59:15,818 --> 00:59:16,953 SHEET AND ALL THOSE THINGS AND 1897 00:59:16,953 --> 00:59:19,322 THE GROUND LEASE AND ALL THAT 1898 00:59:19,322 --> 00:59:21,691 YOU HAVE ON THERE, GROUND LEASE 1899 00:59:21,691 --> 00:59:22,625 TERM SHEET COMPLETE. SO THE TERM 1900 00:59:22,625 --> 00:59:29,065 SHEET IS COMPLETE ON PAGE 11. 1901 00:59:29,065 --> 00:59:31,935 -- THEY'RE READY TO TO EXECUTE. 1902 00:59:31,935 --> 00:59:32,135 YEAH. 1903 00:59:32,135 --> 00:59:32,635 -- OKAY. 1904 00:59:32,635 --> 00:59:34,070 -- WITH THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE 1905 00:59:34,070 --> 00:59:34,337 PACKAGE. 1906 00:59:34,337 --> 00:59:35,605 -- OKAY. SO ALL OF THOSE 1907 00:59:35,605 --> 00:59:36,673 TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENTS, WE HOPE 1908 00:59:36,673 --> 00:59:42,412 TO BE IN COMMITTEE ON NINE 16, 1909 00:59:42,412 --> 00:59:42,779 SEPTEMBER 16th. 1910 00:59:42,779 --> 00:59:44,213 -- THE HIGHER LEVEL, YOU WON'T 1911 00:59:44,213 --> 00:59:46,282 HAVE ALL OF THE COPIES, RIGHT? 1912 00:59:46,282 --> 00:59:47,984 -- BUT WE'LL HAVE THE ONES. SO 1913 00:59:47,984 --> 00:59:50,153 I'M GIVING YOU A HEADS UP NOW 1914 00:59:50,153 --> 00:59:50,787 THAT OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING 1915 00:59:50,787 --> 00:59:51,688 THAT WE'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY 1916 00:59:51,688 --> 00:59:54,023 FOR, FOR YOU GUYS, FOR PARKS TO 1917 00:59:54,023 --> 00:59:55,258 GET THIS STUFF DONE BEFORE I GET 1918 00:59:55,258 --> 00:59:58,594 OUT THE DOOR IS SEPTEMBER 16th. 1919 00:59:58,594 --> 01:00:00,330 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16th. SO 1920 01:00:00,330 --> 01:00:01,764 WE'RE HOPING WE CAN GET THOSE, 1921 01:00:01,764 --> 01:00:04,100 THOSE, THOSE THOSE THOSE 1922 01:00:04,100 --> 01:00:04,667 FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS DONE 1923 01:00:04,667 --> 01:00:05,668 BEFORE, BEFORE WE HEAD OUT. 1924 01:00:05,668 --> 01:00:06,636 WELL, BEFORE I HEAD OUT AND I 1925 01:00:06,636 --> 01:00:08,037 HOPE YOU INVITE ME TO THE BREAK. 1926 01:00:08,037 --> 01:00:11,307 THE GROUNDBREAKING. SO WE'LL BE 1927 01:00:11,307 --> 01:00:13,710 THERE. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. 1928 01:00:13,710 --> 01:00:15,244 IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR 1929 01:00:15,244 --> 01:00:19,382 COMMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT 1930 01:00:19,382 --> 01:00:21,217 COLLEAGUES? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. I 1931 01:00:21,217 --> 01:00:23,586 DON'T SEE ANYBODY ONLINE 1932 01:00:23,586 --> 01:00:28,491 EITHER. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'M 1933 01:00:28,491 --> 01:00:29,058 GOING TO MOVE THEN THAT THE 1934 01:00:29,058 --> 01:00:30,994 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF 1935 01:00:30,994 --> 01:00:34,197 COUNCIL BILL ONE, 21250. IS 1936 01:00:34,197 --> 01:00:34,564 THERE A SECOND? 1937 01:00:34,564 --> 01:00:35,698 -- SECOND. 1938 01:00:35,698 --> 01:00:37,467 -- THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED 1939 01:00:37,467 --> 01:00:38,001 AND SECONDED TO RECOMMEND 1940 01:00:38,001 --> 01:00:40,403 PASSAGE OF THE BILL. ARE THERE 1941 01:00:40,403 --> 01:00:41,437 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? NOT SEEING 1942 01:00:41,437 --> 01:00:42,472 OR HEARING ANY. WILL THE CLERK 1943 01:00:42,472 --> 01:00:44,774 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE 1944 01:00:44,774 --> 01:00:44,974 BILL? 1945 01:00:44,974 --> 01:00:48,611 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS I 1946 01:00:48,611 --> 01:00:49,078 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA I 1947 01:00:49,078 --> 01:00:49,912 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. I VICE 1948 01:00:49,912 --> 01:00:54,851 CHAIR KETTLE. I CHAIR JUAREZ. 1949 01:00:54,851 --> 01:00:55,284 -- AYE. 1950 01:00:55,284 --> 01:00:56,352 -- THERE ARE FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR 1951 01:00:56,352 --> 01:00:59,589 AND ZERO OPPOSED. 1952 01:00:59,589 --> 01:01:03,092 -- THANK YOU SO THE MOTION 1953 01:01:03,092 --> 01:01:05,361 CARRIES. COUNCIL BILL 121250 1954 01:01:05,361 --> 01:01:06,529 WILL BE SENT TO THE JULY. WHY IS 1955 01:01:06,529 --> 01:01:09,565 THAT? JULY 21st, OH JULY 20th. 1956 01:01:09,565 --> 01:01:12,001 OUR FULL COUNCIL MEETING. FULL 1957 01:01:12,001 --> 01:01:12,802 COUNCIL MEETING ON JULY 21st. 1958 01:01:12,802 --> 01:01:14,370 GOT IT. OKAY. SORRY, I WAS 1959 01:01:14,370 --> 01:01:16,139 LOOKING AT MY NOTES WRONG. ALL 1960 01:01:16,139 --> 01:01:16,873 RIGHT. THAT BEING SAID, IT 1961 01:01:16,873 --> 01:01:18,041 PASSED. THANK YOU. WERE YOU 1962 01:01:18,041 --> 01:01:19,942 CLAPPING? THANK YOU. THAT WAS 1963 01:01:19,942 --> 01:01:21,711 VERY NICE OF YOU. THANK YOU. 1964 01:01:21,711 --> 01:01:22,979 WE'RE HAPPY. THIS HAS BEEN A 1965 01:01:22,979 --> 01:01:26,149 LONG TIME COMING. THANK YOU GUYS 1966 01:01:26,149 --> 01:01:27,383 OKAY. CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM TWO 1967 01:01:27,383 --> 01:01:27,984 AND TWO THE RECORD. 1968 01:01:27,984 --> 01:01:32,388 -- THANK YOU. 1969 01:01:32,388 --> 01:01:33,923 -- AGENDA ITEM 2CB121231. 1970 01:01:33,923 --> 01:01:34,490 RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT 1971 01:01:34,490 --> 01:01:36,993 DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE 1972 01:01:36,993 --> 01:01:37,593 ESTABLISHING NEW RETAIL RATE 1973 01:01:37,593 --> 01:01:38,628 SCHEDULES ESTABLISHING A NEW 1974 01:01:38,628 --> 01:01:39,829 CUSTOMER CLASS AND CONDITIONS OF 1975 01:01:39,829 --> 01:01:42,098 SERVICE FOR DATA CENTERS. 1976 01:01:42,098 --> 01:01:43,833 ELECTRICITY DEMAND CONSTITUTES A 1977 01:01:43,833 --> 01:01:45,468 NEW LARGE LOAD MODIFYING 1978 01:01:45,468 --> 01:01:46,069 CUSTOMER CHARGES FOR SERVICE 1979 01:01:46,069 --> 01:01:49,272 CONNECTIONS MODIFYING CUSTOMER 1980 01:01:49,272 --> 01:01:49,906 ELIGIBILITY FOR RESIDENTIAL RATE 1981 01:01:49,906 --> 01:01:51,307 ASSISTANCE AND AUGMENTING THE 1982 01:01:51,307 --> 01:01:51,974 RATE STABILIZATION ACCOUNT 1983 01:01:51,974 --> 01:01:54,110 MECHANISM. THERE WILL BE 1984 01:01:54,110 --> 01:01:56,045 BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND VOTE 1985 01:01:56,045 --> 01:01:57,513 -- THANK YOU PARKS. THANK YOU 1986 01:01:57,513 --> 01:02:00,516 GUYS. I'LL SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. 1987 01:02:00,516 --> 01:02:02,285 ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL 1988 01:02:02,285 --> 01:02:03,219 LET YOU GUYS GO AHEAD AND 1989 01:02:03,219 --> 01:02:04,187 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES. AND THEN 1990 01:02:04,187 --> 01:02:07,156 WE'LL GO THROUGH THE 1991 01:02:07,156 --> 01:02:08,891 PRESENTATION ALL. 1992 01:02:08,891 --> 01:02:10,860 -- ROB SANTOFF INTERN, GENERAL 1993 01:02:10,860 --> 01:02:11,494 MANAGER AND CEO AT SEATTLE CITY 1994 01:02:11,494 --> 01:02:14,063 LIGHT. 1995 01:02:14,063 --> 01:02:14,697 -- KIRSTY GRAINGER SEATTLEITES 1996 01:02:14,697 --> 01:02:15,465 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. 1997 01:02:15,465 --> 01:02:17,867 -- HI, I'M ERIC MCCONAGHY, I'M 1998 01:02:17,867 --> 01:02:20,269 THE COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF 1999 01:02:20,269 --> 01:02:25,241 -- GREAT. SO WHAT I WILL DO NOW 2000 01:02:25,241 --> 01:02:26,476 IS. SO DO I DO THIS NOW? DO I 2001 01:02:26,476 --> 01:02:27,810 MOVE IT NOW AND THEN GET A 2002 01:02:27,810 --> 01:02:29,412 SECOND AND THEN OKAY, I'M JUST 2003 01:02:29,412 --> 01:02:30,847 LOOKING AT I HAD THIS IN 2004 01:02:30,847 --> 01:02:33,216 REVERSE. SO I MOVED TO RECOMMEND 2005 01:02:33,216 --> 01:02:36,219 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121231. 2006 01:02:36,219 --> 01:02:36,919 IS THERE A SECOND SECOND. THANK 2007 01:02:36,919 --> 01:02:38,087 YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 2008 01:02:38,087 --> 01:02:40,356 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND THE 2009 01:02:40,356 --> 01:02:42,992 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL ONE 2010 01:02:42,992 --> 01:02:44,794 21231. THIS IS OUR THIRD TIME 2011 01:02:44,794 --> 01:02:46,896 HAVING THE NEW CITY LIGHT RETAIL 2012 01:02:46,896 --> 01:02:47,563 RATES IN COMMITTEE. AT OUR FIRST 2013 01:02:47,563 --> 01:02:51,033 MEETING, WE HAD A HIGH LEVEL 2014 01:02:51,033 --> 01:02:51,634 OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION FROM 2015 01:02:51,634 --> 01:02:52,168 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 2016 01:02:52,168 --> 01:02:55,238 REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT THE 2027 2017 01:02:55,238 --> 01:02:58,775 2032 STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE NEW 2018 01:02:58,775 --> 01:03:00,276 RATES ORDINANCE. FOLLOWING THE 2019 01:03:00,276 --> 01:03:02,378 MEETING, OUR OFFICE COLLECTED 2020 01:03:02,378 --> 01:03:03,012 QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OFFICES 2021 01:03:03,012 --> 01:03:04,881 AND WE SUBMITTED THEM TO SEATTLE 2022 01:03:04,881 --> 01:03:06,849 CITY LIGHT RECEIVED A RESPONSE 2023 01:03:06,849 --> 01:03:10,086 ON JUNE 30th, FOLLOWED BY AN 2024 01:03:10,086 --> 01:03:10,686 IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION ON JULY 2025 01:03:10,686 --> 01:03:13,089 1st. AS YOU ALL REMEMBER THAT 2026 01:03:13,089 --> 01:03:15,224 FUN DAY WITH THE POWERPOINT 2027 01:03:15,224 --> 01:03:16,692 BASED ON THOSE QUESTIONS AND WE 2028 01:03:16,692 --> 01:03:19,095 PASSED THE STRATEGIC PLAN 2029 01:03:19,095 --> 01:03:20,496 RESOLUTION. TODAY WE WILL HEAR 2030 01:03:20,496 --> 01:03:22,698 AN UPDATE. WE'LL HEAR AN 2031 01:03:22,698 --> 01:03:25,301 AMENDMENT TO THE UTILITY 2032 01:03:25,301 --> 01:03:27,036 DISCOUNT PROGRAM UDP SECTION OF 2033 01:03:27,036 --> 01:03:28,905 THE ORDINANCE. THIS AMENDMENT 2034 01:03:28,905 --> 01:03:29,472 COMES FROM LEGISLATION THAT 2035 01:03:29,472 --> 01:03:31,440 PASSED OUT OF FULL COUNCIL 2036 01:03:31,440 --> 01:03:33,576 YESTERDAY AND IS SPONSORED BY 2037 01:03:33,576 --> 01:03:34,844 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS ERIC 2038 01:03:34,844 --> 01:03:36,479 MCCONAGHY FROM. CENTRAL STAFF 2039 01:03:36,479 --> 01:03:38,014 WILL PRESENT ON THE AMENDMENT 2040 01:03:38,014 --> 01:03:39,015 FOLLOWING THE AMENDMENT, WE WILL 2041 01:03:39,015 --> 01:03:40,983 TAKE A FINAL QUESTIONS ON THE 2042 01:03:40,983 --> 01:03:43,085 ORDINANCE FOR SEATTLE FOR CITY 2043 01:03:43,085 --> 01:03:43,886 LIGHT FROM. SORRY, LET ME GET 2044 01:03:43,886 --> 01:03:45,655 THIS RIGHT. FOLLOWING THE 2045 01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:47,757 AMENDMENT, WE WILL TAKE FINAL 2046 01:03:47,757 --> 01:03:50,059 QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE FOR 2047 01:03:50,059 --> 01:03:53,529 CITY LIGHT. FOR CITY LIGHT 2048 01:03:53,529 --> 01:03:56,699 REPRESENTATIVES. OKAY, SO WITH 2049 01:03:56,699 --> 01:03:57,700 THAT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND 2050 01:03:57,700 --> 01:04:02,071 MOVE THE AMENDMENT. CLERK YEAH, 2051 01:04:02,071 --> 01:04:03,039 I'LL MOVE IT AND THEN I'LL 2052 01:04:03,039 --> 01:04:04,207 GIVE IT TO YOU. OKAY. 2053 01:04:04,207 --> 01:04:05,541 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS WOULD YOU 2054 01:04:05,541 --> 01:04:07,276 LIKE TO MOVE YOUR AMENDMENT? 2055 01:04:07,276 --> 01:04:09,378 -- YES, I MOVE AMENDMENT ONE TO 2056 01:04:09,378 --> 01:04:11,914 COUNCIL BILL 1212, THREE, ONE. 2057 01:04:11,914 --> 01:04:15,284 -- SECOND. OKAY. IT'S BEEN MOVED 2058 01:04:15,284 --> 01:04:15,818 AND SECONDED TO AMEND THE 2059 01:04:15,818 --> 01:04:17,486 RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED AS 2060 01:04:17,486 --> 01:04:19,488 AMENDMENT ONE. WE HAVE OUR 2061 01:04:19,488 --> 01:04:21,824 PRESENTERS HERE. SO STARTING 2062 01:04:21,824 --> 01:04:22,692 RIGHT NOW, WE'LL LET YOU GO 2063 01:04:22,692 --> 01:04:24,327 AHEAD WITH THE PRESENTATION AND 2064 01:04:24,327 --> 01:04:26,262 THEN WE'LL LET COUNCILMEMBER 2065 01:04:26,262 --> 01:04:28,664 STRAUSS SPEAK TO HIS AMENDMENT 2066 01:04:28,664 --> 01:04:29,932 -- SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS 2067 01:04:29,932 --> 01:04:31,701 THE AMENDMENT. WE'RE JUST I 2068 01:04:31,701 --> 01:04:33,069 THINK WE MAYBE I'LL TRADE SEATS 2069 01:04:33,069 --> 01:04:34,337 SO I CAN DRIVE THAT DECK. SHOULD 2070 01:04:34,337 --> 01:04:35,438 WE DO THAT? THAT'D BE GREAT. 2071 01:04:35,438 --> 01:04:45,982 OKAY WE CAN DO THIS. ALL RIGHT. 2072 01:04:48,217 --> 01:04:51,520 THAT SHOULD PUT IT UP. THERE. IT 2073 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:59,262 IS. FANTASTIC. GREAT SO THIS IS 2074 01:04:59,262 --> 01:05:00,696 AMENDMENT ONE. VERSION ONE THE 2075 01:05:00,696 --> 01:05:02,398 ONLY AMENDMENT TWO TO THE BILL. 2076 01:05:02,398 --> 01:05:05,401 THE SPONSOR OF THIS AMENDMENT IS 2077 01:05:05,401 --> 01:05:07,336 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. AND JUST 2078 01:05:07,336 --> 01:05:08,571 A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO 2079 01:05:08,571 --> 01:05:11,040 THIS REMOVES MODIFICATIONS TO 2080 01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:12,108 THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT DEALS 2081 01:05:12,108 --> 01:05:16,879 WITH THE UTILITY DISCOUNT 2082 01:05:16,879 --> 01:05:20,182 PROGRAM. THOSE WERE. HANDLED 2083 01:05:20,182 --> 01:05:20,750 SEPARATELY IN COUNCIL BILL 2084 01:05:20,750 --> 01:05:22,118 121222. THAT THAT HAS NOW 2085 01:05:22,118 --> 01:05:24,453 PASSED. SO BECAUSE OF THE TIMING 2086 01:05:24,453 --> 01:05:25,788 OF THE LEGISLATION AND WHEN THEY 2087 01:05:25,788 --> 01:05:30,026 CAME TO COMMITTEE, THE RATE 2088 01:05:30,026 --> 01:05:30,860 ORDINANCE DID COME WITH THESE 2089 01:05:30,860 --> 01:05:32,194 CHANGES OF BOARD. BUT THEY'RE NO 2090 01:05:32,194 --> 01:05:34,397 LONGER NECESSARY BECAUSE THEY'VE 2091 01:05:34,397 --> 01:05:35,965 BEEN HANDLED WITH SEPARATE. SO 2092 01:05:35,965 --> 01:05:38,267 WHAT THIS WOULD DO IS REMOVE 2093 01:05:38,267 --> 01:05:40,036 THESE REDUNDANT MODIFICATIONS. 2094 01:05:40,036 --> 01:05:41,304 AND AS A REMINDER, THIS PART OF 2095 01:05:41,304 --> 01:05:43,039 THE THE SEATTLE MUNICIPAL CODE 2096 01:05:43,039 --> 01:05:45,942 DEALS WITH RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC 2097 01:05:45,942 --> 01:05:48,477 RATE ASSISTANCE FOR SEATTLEITE 2098 01:05:48,477 --> 01:05:50,646 CUSTOMERS. CITY LIGHT AND SPU, 2099 01:05:50,646 --> 01:05:51,747 THE SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITY. 2100 01:05:51,747 --> 01:05:53,182 THESE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 2101 01:05:53,182 --> 01:05:53,749 TOGETHER ARE CALLED UTILITY 2102 01:05:53,749 --> 01:06:00,423 DISCOUNT PROGRAM. AND SO THE 2103 01:06:00,423 --> 01:06:04,927 BILL THAT PASSED IN COUNCIL THIS 2104 01:06:04,927 --> 01:06:06,329 WEEK, 1212222 DOES MODIFY THE 2105 01:06:06,329 --> 01:06:08,264 UDP. IT MOVES IT THE THRESHOLD 2106 01:06:08,264 --> 01:06:11,233 FROM 70% OF THE STATE MEDIAN 2107 01:06:11,233 --> 01:06:13,102 INCOME TO 60% OF THE AREA MEDIAN 2108 01:06:13,102 --> 01:06:15,771 INCOME. IT ALSO STATES 2109 01:06:15,771 --> 01:06:17,907 COUNCIL'S INTENT TO CONSIDER 2110 01:06:17,907 --> 01:06:19,675 LEGISLATION NEXT YEAR TO EXTEND 2111 01:06:19,675 --> 01:06:21,711 THE. THE BENEFITS TO 70% OF AREA 2112 01:06:21,711 --> 01:06:27,416 MEDIAN INCOME IN. IN 2028 AND 2113 01:06:27,416 --> 01:06:30,753 SIMILARLY, 80% IN 2029 REQUESTED 2114 01:06:30,753 --> 01:06:31,754 ANNUAL REPORTS. AND JUST THE 2115 01:06:31,754 --> 01:06:33,989 LAST POINT HERE IS JUST POINTING 2116 01:06:33,989 --> 01:06:35,958 OUT THAT ON JULY 9th, THE 2117 01:06:35,958 --> 01:06:38,127 GOVERNANCE UTILITIES COMMITTEE 2118 01:06:38,127 --> 01:06:39,729 AMENDED THAT BILL. AND THEN JUST 2119 01:06:39,729 --> 01:06:41,564 JUST ON THE 14th, THE COUNCIL 2120 01:06:41,564 --> 01:06:43,799 VOTED AND PASSED IT. THESE ARE 2121 01:06:43,799 --> 01:06:45,468 THE ACTUAL, SPECIFIC THINGS THAT 2122 01:06:45,468 --> 01:06:48,037 IT DOES TO THE BILL IN TERMS OF 2123 01:06:48,037 --> 01:06:49,739 STRIKING THE REFERENCE FROM THE 2124 01:06:49,739 --> 01:06:51,073 TITLE, REMOVING THE SECTION THAT 2125 01:06:51,073 --> 01:06:52,808 DEALS WITH UTILITY DISCOUNT 2126 01:06:52,808 --> 01:06:54,343 PROGRAM, AND THE CHANGING SOME 2127 01:06:54,343 --> 01:06:56,278 EFFECTIVE DATE LANGUAGE IN 2128 01:06:56,278 --> 01:06:59,315 SECTION 16. THOSE ARE THE 2129 01:06:59,315 --> 01:07:01,183 TECHNICAL DETAILS TO THIS IS A 2130 01:07:01,183 --> 01:07:01,817 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO CLEAN UP 2131 01:07:01,817 --> 01:07:04,720 THE LEGISLATION SO THAT IT'S 2132 01:07:04,720 --> 01:07:05,187 CONSISTENT WITH OTHER 2133 01:07:05,187 --> 01:07:06,322 LEGISLATION THAT'S ALREADY BEEN 2134 01:07:06,322 --> 01:07:07,857 PASSED. WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER 2135 01:07:07,857 --> 01:07:09,091 ANY QUESTIONS OR JUST HAND IT 2136 01:07:09,091 --> 01:07:10,559 OVER. YEAH. 2137 01:07:10,559 --> 01:07:11,894 -- BEFORE WE HAND IT OFF TO 2138 01:07:11,894 --> 01:07:13,929 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS QUICKLY, 2139 01:07:13,929 --> 01:07:16,332 JUST BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER 2140 01:07:16,332 --> 01:07:19,068 CAO ONE IS THAT THE WHOLE 2141 01:07:19,068 --> 01:07:19,402 UTILITY CODE. 2142 01:07:19,402 --> 01:07:21,737 -- 21 HAS. YEAH, IT HAS ALL 2143 01:07:21,737 --> 01:07:23,372 UTILITIES IN THERE. SEATTLEITE. 2144 01:07:23,372 --> 01:07:23,906 SPU. YEAH. 2145 01:07:23,906 --> 01:07:24,573 -- OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 2146 01:07:24,573 --> 01:07:25,775 ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL 2147 01:07:25,775 --> 01:07:27,243 RIGHT, WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER 2148 01:07:27,243 --> 01:07:28,043 STRAUSS THE FLOOR IS YOURS. 2149 01:07:28,043 --> 01:07:30,045 WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR 2150 01:07:30,045 --> 01:07:30,346 AMENDMENT? 2151 01:07:30,346 --> 01:07:32,715 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR JUAREZ. AND 2152 01:07:32,715 --> 01:07:35,117 I WAS JUST REFLECTING. KIRSTIE 2153 01:07:35,117 --> 01:07:36,619 AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING IN MANY 2154 01:07:36,619 --> 01:07:38,621 OTHERS AT SEATTLEITE HAVE BEEN 2155 01:07:38,621 --> 01:07:39,221 WORKING TOGETHER SINCE BEFORE 2156 01:07:39,221 --> 01:07:40,656 THE PANDEMIC. WE WENT THROUGH A 2157 01:07:40,656 --> 01:07:41,857 PANDEMIC AND NOW WE'RE ON THE 2158 01:07:41,857 --> 01:07:45,327 OTHER SIDE. AND I JUST REALLY 2159 01:07:45,327 --> 01:07:46,295 APPRECIATE ROB GETTING SANTOFF 2160 01:07:46,295 --> 01:07:47,396 GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU. OVER 2161 01:07:47,396 --> 01:07:49,799 THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW 2162 01:07:49,799 --> 01:07:52,535 YEARS, YOU, THE TWO OF YOU, HAVE 2163 01:07:52,535 --> 01:07:55,237 BROUGHT STRENGTH, HAVE CONTINUED 2164 01:07:55,237 --> 01:07:55,805 STRENGTH THROUGH TURBULENT 2165 01:07:55,805 --> 01:07:58,774 TIMES, AND THIS AMENDMENT IS AN 2166 01:07:58,774 --> 01:07:59,842 EXAMPLE OF THAT. AND I SAY THAT 2167 01:07:59,842 --> 01:08:01,377 BECAUSE THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP, 2168 01:08:01,377 --> 01:08:02,711 YOU WERE WORKING HARD TO ENSURE 2169 01:08:02,711 --> 01:08:05,014 THAT THE UTILITY DISCOUNT 2170 01:08:05,014 --> 01:08:06,115 PROGRAM WAS, IN FACT PART OF 2171 01:08:06,115 --> 01:08:09,218 THIS RATES ORDINANCE, NO MATTER 2172 01:08:09,218 --> 01:08:11,020 WHAT WE WERE ABLE OR UNABLE TO 2173 01:08:11,020 --> 01:08:13,355 DO HERE AT COUNCIL. LUCKILY FOR 2174 01:08:13,355 --> 01:08:15,925 EVERYONE, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN 2175 01:08:15,925 --> 01:08:19,328 OUR OUR JOINT VENTURE, AND THAT 2176 01:08:19,328 --> 01:08:21,764 MAKES PART OF THIS REDUNDANT. SO 2177 01:08:21,764 --> 01:08:23,432 THE AMENDMENT TODAY JUST SIMPLY 2178 01:08:23,432 --> 01:08:25,201 REMOVES THE REDUNDANT ACTIONS 2179 01:08:25,201 --> 01:08:26,635 THAT. AND THIS ACTION 2180 01:08:26,635 --> 01:08:31,207 DEMONSTRATES A TRULY ONE CITY, 2181 01:08:31,207 --> 01:08:31,841 ONE SEATTLE THINKING MENTALITY 2182 01:08:31,841 --> 01:08:32,975 WHERE WE ARE ALL WORKING 2183 01:08:32,975 --> 01:08:33,876 TOGETHER, WE'RE ALL ROWING IN 2184 01:08:33,876 --> 01:08:35,911 THE SAME DIRECTION AND I JUST 2185 01:08:35,911 --> 01:08:40,082 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO WITH 2186 01:08:40,082 --> 01:08:41,417 THAT, I URGE EVERYONE TO REMOVE 2187 01:08:41,417 --> 01:08:42,151 THE REDUNDANT INFORMATION. THANK 2188 01:08:42,151 --> 01:08:44,119 YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AT CITY 2189 01:08:44,119 --> 01:08:44,353 LIGHT. 2190 01:08:44,353 --> 01:08:45,454 -- THANK YOU. 2191 01:08:45,454 --> 01:08:47,356 -- DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM 2192 01:08:47,356 --> 01:08:47,957 MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE I MAKE A 2193 01:08:47,957 --> 01:08:53,395 FEW COMMENTS? NOPE. OKAY. WE'RE 2194 01:08:53,395 --> 01:08:56,499 GOOD. NOT SEEING ANYBODY RIGHT? 2195 01:08:56,499 --> 01:08:59,768 OKAY. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR THE 2196 01:08:59,768 --> 01:09:01,103 ONLY COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE IS I 2197 01:09:01,103 --> 01:09:02,638 WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2198 01:09:02,638 --> 01:09:05,908 STRAUSS. YOU'VE BEEN VERY 2199 01:09:05,908 --> 01:09:06,475 MODEST. I WAS GOING TO SAY 2200 01:09:06,475 --> 01:09:07,610 SOMETHING. I PROBABLY WOULD GET 2201 01:09:07,610 --> 01:09:09,245 IN TROUBLE IF I SAID IT, BUT 2202 01:09:09,245 --> 01:09:13,149 THIS IS A BIG DEAL. THE UDP, I 2203 01:09:13,149 --> 01:09:16,352 DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE THE 2204 01:09:16,352 --> 01:09:18,387 UTILITY DISCOUNT PROGRAM AND THE 2205 01:09:18,387 --> 01:09:19,054 EXPANSION THAT YOU'VE DONE AND 2206 01:09:19,054 --> 01:09:20,856 HOW MANY IF YOU IF YOU WOULDN'T 2207 01:09:20,856 --> 01:09:21,690 MIND, WOULD YOU SAY HOW MANY 2208 01:09:21,690 --> 01:09:23,826 MORE FAMILIES WILL BE SERVED 2209 01:09:23,826 --> 01:09:25,794 BECAUSE YOU DID THIS. 2210 01:09:25,794 --> 01:09:29,498 -- SIMPLY CHANGING FROM 60% 2211 01:09:29,498 --> 01:09:30,332 STATE MEDIAN INCOME TO 60% AREA 2212 01:09:30,332 --> 01:09:33,536 MEDIAN INCOME. WE HAVE INCREASED 2213 01:09:33,536 --> 01:09:36,372 31,000 FAMILIES AND AS WE 2214 01:09:36,372 --> 01:09:38,607 PROGRESS, WHETHER IT'S A 2215 01:09:38,607 --> 01:09:39,475 PRORATED DISCOUNT OR A FULL 2216 01:09:39,475 --> 01:09:42,478 DISCOUNT, UP TO 80% AREA MEDIAN 2217 01:09:42,478 --> 01:09:45,548 INCOME, THAT WILL BE A TOTAL OF 2218 01:09:45,548 --> 01:09:48,184 81,000 FAMILIES. FOR YOUR 2219 01:09:48,184 --> 01:09:51,186 REFERENCE, MY DISTRICT HAS THE 2220 01:09:51,186 --> 01:09:53,589 HIGHEST VOTER REGISTRATION AND 2221 01:09:53,589 --> 01:09:58,227 VOTER TURNOUT IN THE STATE, AND 2222 01:09:58,227 --> 01:10:00,162 WE HAVE ABOUT 76,000 REGISTERED 2223 01:10:00,162 --> 01:10:00,396 VOTERS. 2224 01:10:00,396 --> 01:10:04,667 -- WOW SO THE REASON WHY I 2225 01:10:04,667 --> 01:10:08,170 WANTED TO PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT 2226 01:10:08,170 --> 01:10:08,771 IS PEOPLE SOMETIMES AREN'T 2227 01:10:08,771 --> 01:10:10,906 ALWAYS HAPPY WITH US. AND WE DO 2228 01:10:10,906 --> 01:10:12,441 TRY TO DO THE WORK AND MAKE A 2229 01:10:12,441 --> 01:10:14,410 DIFFERENCE. AND THIS IS SUCH A 2230 01:10:14,410 --> 01:10:16,612 GOOD EXAMPLE OF A GOOD 2231 01:10:16,612 --> 01:10:18,614 LEGISLATOR SEEING A PROBLEM, 2232 01:10:18,614 --> 01:10:20,149 WORKING WITH THE CITY 2233 01:10:20,149 --> 01:10:21,584 DEPARTMENTS. AND IT GETS A 2234 01:10:21,584 --> 01:10:23,819 LITTLE WITH THE LAW, A LITTLE 2235 01:10:23,819 --> 01:10:25,154 IDIOSYNCRATIC, AND TRYING TO 2236 01:10:25,154 --> 01:10:26,589 JUST FIGURE OUT HOW WE CHANGE 2237 01:10:26,589 --> 01:10:28,624 IT, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING IT. AND 2238 01:10:28,624 --> 01:10:29,692 I DON'T THINK PEOPLE 2239 01:10:29,692 --> 01:10:30,292 UNDERSTAND, OH, WELL, I HOPE 2240 01:10:30,292 --> 01:10:32,995 THEY DO. I DON'T MEAN IT IN A 2241 01:10:32,995 --> 01:10:35,798 NEGATIVE WAY THAT WE ALSO USE 2242 01:10:35,798 --> 01:10:37,533 THE UDP ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD 2243 01:10:37,533 --> 01:10:39,568 INFORMATION FOR OTHER PROGRAMS 2244 01:10:39,568 --> 01:10:41,637 AS WELL. AND THAT IS ALL THAT 2245 01:10:41,637 --> 01:10:43,572 DATA IS SO IMPORTANT TO GET TO 2246 01:10:43,572 --> 01:10:45,608 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY WHO CAN'T 2247 01:10:45,608 --> 01:10:46,842 AFFORD. AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE A 2248 01:10:46,842 --> 01:10:48,677 DECISION BETWEEN PAYING FOR 2249 01:10:48,677 --> 01:10:50,179 THEIR WATER BILL, GARBAGE 2250 01:10:50,179 --> 01:10:52,648 LIGHTS, HEAT, AND JUST, JUST THE 2251 01:10:52,648 --> 01:10:54,383 EXPANSION OF THAT IS, IS 2252 01:10:54,383 --> 01:10:55,584 PHENOMENAL. AND LIKE YOU SAY, IF 2253 01:10:55,584 --> 01:10:59,021 THAT, IF THAT TAKES US UP TO 2254 01:10:59,021 --> 01:11:00,723 WHAT, 81,000 FAMILIES, THAT'S A 2255 01:11:00,723 --> 01:11:01,690 BIG DEAL. SO THANK YOU VERY 2256 01:11:01,690 --> 01:11:03,158 MUCH. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 2257 01:11:03,158 --> 01:11:05,327 -- I THINK YOU STARTED THE WORK. 2258 01:11:05,327 --> 01:11:07,963 I JUST PICKED UP THE BATON 2259 01:11:07,963 --> 01:11:08,631 -- I'M ALWAYS A LITTLE NERVOUS 2260 01:11:08,631 --> 01:11:09,231 WHEN YOU'RE NICE TO ME. I 2261 01:11:09,231 --> 01:11:09,632 DON'T KNOW WHY 2262 01:11:09,632 --> 01:11:09,965 -- [LAUGHTER] 2263 01:11:09,965 --> 01:11:10,599 -- YOU'RE BEING NICE, BUT. 2264 01:11:10,599 --> 01:11:10,933 -- [LAUGHTER] 2265 01:11:10,933 --> 01:11:14,403 -- OKAY WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS. I'M 2266 01:11:14,403 --> 01:11:16,238 JUST KIDDING. ALL RIGHT. OKAY, 2267 01:11:16,238 --> 01:11:17,706 SO WITH THAT, AND I DO NOT 2268 01:11:17,706 --> 01:11:24,013 ANYTHING YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL 2269 01:11:24,013 --> 01:11:24,179 MAD 2270 01:11:24,179 --> 01:11:24,546 -- [LAUGHTER]. 2271 01:11:24,546 --> 01:11:25,547 -- I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY. 2272 01:11:25,547 --> 01:11:27,349 CHAIR. YOU SAID YOU WERE JUST 2273 01:11:27,349 --> 01:11:31,020 KIDDING ABOUT BEING GOOD FRIENDS 2274 01:11:31,020 --> 01:11:31,253 WITH 2275 01:11:31,253 --> 01:11:31,587 -- [LAUGHTER] 2276 01:11:31,587 --> 01:11:31,987 -- OUR COLLEAGUE. 2277 01:11:31,987 --> 01:11:32,988 -- YEAH, THAT'S TRUE. I'M JUST 2278 01:11:32,988 --> 01:11:34,089 KIDDING. ALL RIGHT? WE'RE JUST 2279 01:11:34,089 --> 01:11:35,157 HAVING WAY TOO MUCH FUN IN THIS 2280 01:11:35,157 --> 01:11:36,191 COMMITTEE. I KNOW WE'RE NOT 2281 01:11:36,191 --> 01:11:38,761 SUPPOSED TO. ALL RIGHT, SO WITH 2282 01:11:38,761 --> 01:11:40,696 THAT AND THE QUESTIONS IN THE 2283 01:11:40,696 --> 01:11:43,232 COMMENTS THAT WE'VE ALL MADE, 2284 01:11:43,232 --> 01:11:44,333 THERE'S NO FURTHER. THE CLERK, 2285 01:11:44,333 --> 01:11:46,368 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON ADOPTION 2286 01:11:46,368 --> 01:11:49,605 OF AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE. 2287 01:11:49,605 --> 01:11:51,373 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 2288 01:11:51,373 --> 01:11:51,807 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 2289 01:11:51,807 --> 01:11:52,808 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2290 01:11:52,808 --> 01:11:53,108 -- AYE. 2291 01:11:53,108 --> 01:11:54,076 -- VICE CHAIR KETTLE. AYE. CHAIR 2292 01:11:54,076 --> 01:11:55,477 JUAREZ. 2293 01:11:55,477 --> 01:11:55,844 -- AYE, CHAIR. 2294 01:11:55,844 --> 01:11:56,612 -- THERE ARE FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR 2295 01:11:56,612 --> 01:11:59,815 AND ZERO OPPOSED. 2296 01:11:59,815 --> 01:12:01,550 -- THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES 2297 01:12:01,550 --> 01:12:02,351 AMENDMENT ONE A IS ADOPTED. IS 2298 01:12:02,351 --> 01:12:05,621 THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE 2299 01:12:05,621 --> 01:12:08,090 ON THE BILL, AS AMENDED, BEFORE 2300 01:12:08,090 --> 01:12:10,392 WE GO FORWARD WITH THE FULL VOTE 2301 01:12:10,392 --> 01:12:11,994 ON THE ACTUAL UNDERLYING 2302 01:12:11,994 --> 01:12:12,861 LEGISLATION? OKAY. I'M NOT 2303 01:12:12,861 --> 01:12:13,929 SEEING ANY. SO WITH THAT CLERK, 2304 01:12:13,929 --> 01:12:16,832 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. OH, OH, 2305 01:12:16,832 --> 01:12:21,303 DID I MOVE IT? OH, WHO DID? OH 2306 01:12:21,303 --> 01:12:27,509 YOU DID ROB DID YOU. 2307 01:12:27,509 --> 01:12:28,744 -- DID YOU HAVE COMMENTS? 2308 01:12:28,744 --> 01:12:30,245 -- DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? 2309 01:12:30,245 --> 01:12:31,747 APPARENTLY MY CLERK HAS TAKEN 2310 01:12:31,747 --> 01:12:33,349 OVER. SO THAT BEING SAID, THANK 2311 01:12:33,349 --> 01:12:36,585 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. PAUL, I'M 2312 01:12:36,585 --> 01:12:37,953 SORRY, MR. DIRECTOR. IS THERE 2313 01:12:37,953 --> 01:12:39,121 SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SHARE? 2314 01:12:39,121 --> 01:12:42,124 -- NO, I'M ALL SET. THANKS. 2315 01:12:42,124 --> 01:12:42,591 -- I GOT MESSAGED. 2316 01:12:42,591 --> 01:12:44,326 -- OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. IT'S 2317 01:12:44,326 --> 01:12:46,362 GOOD TO HAVE GOOD HELP, RIGHT? I 2318 01:12:46,362 --> 01:12:47,663 KNOW, I'M JUST TEASING. PAUL'S 2319 01:12:47,663 --> 01:12:49,331 MY FRIEND TOO. JUST SO EVERYONE 2320 01:12:49,331 --> 01:12:51,100 KNOWS, I'M FRIENDS WITH 2321 01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:53,068 EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT, SO WHERE 2322 01:12:53,068 --> 01:12:55,070 WAS I? WE ARE GOING TO CALL THE 2323 01:12:55,070 --> 01:13:00,976 ROLL ON THE LEGISLATION AS A AS 2324 01:13:00,976 --> 01:13:01,243 AMENDED. 2325 01:13:01,243 --> 01:13:01,477 -- YES. 2326 01:13:01,477 --> 01:13:04,012 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I 2327 01:13:04,012 --> 01:13:04,480 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA A 2328 01:13:04,480 --> 01:13:05,214 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AYE. VICE 2329 01:13:05,214 --> 01:13:07,316 CHAIR. KETTLE. 2330 01:13:07,316 --> 01:13:07,549 -- AYE. 2331 01:13:07,549 --> 01:13:08,517 -- CHAIR JUAREZ. AYE, CHAIR. 2332 01:13:08,517 --> 01:13:09,418 THERE ARE FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR 2333 01:13:09,418 --> 01:13:10,252 AND ZERO OPPOSED. 2334 01:13:10,252 --> 01:13:12,087 -- THANK YOU. THE MOTION 2335 01:13:12,087 --> 01:13:12,721 CARRIES. COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 2336 01:13:12,721 --> 01:13:14,189 ONE, TWO, THREE ONE WILL BE SENT 2337 01:13:14,189 --> 01:13:17,259 TO THE JULY 21st FULL CITY 2338 01:13:17,259 --> 01:13:17,926 COUNCIL MEETING AND IT IS 2339 01:13:17,926 --> 01:13:19,862 PASSED. GREAT. WELL, CLERK, 2340 01:13:19,862 --> 01:13:22,831 PLEASE READ ITEM THREE INTO THE 2341 01:13:22,831 --> 01:13:23,065 RECORD. 2342 01:13:23,065 --> 01:13:25,200 -- AGENDA ITEM THREE. 2343 01:13:25,200 --> 01:13:27,970 INFORMATIONAL ITEM 2921 SEATTLE 2344 01:13:27,970 --> 01:13:30,005 CITY LIGHT 2025 INDEPENDENT 2345 01:13:30,005 --> 01:13:30,706 AUDIT REPORT BY BAKER TILLY. 2346 01:13:30,706 --> 01:13:33,509 THERE WILL BE A BRIEFING AND 2347 01:13:33,509 --> 01:13:33,809 DISCUSSION. 2348 01:13:33,809 --> 01:13:34,943 -- ALL RIGHT, I THINK. THANK 2349 01:13:34,943 --> 01:13:38,680 YOU. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE. OH, 2350 01:13:38,680 --> 01:13:41,784 THANK YOU SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 2351 01:13:41,784 --> 01:13:45,187 FOLKS. I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE IS 2352 01:13:45,187 --> 01:13:46,188 AARON IS GOING TO JOIN US. 2353 01:13:46,188 --> 01:13:47,089 THERE'S AARON. I SEE HIS TITLE. 2354 01:13:47,089 --> 01:13:49,191 OKAY. AARON WORTHAM FROM BAKER 2355 01:13:49,191 --> 01:13:50,559 TILLY WILL BE PRESENTING THIS 2356 01:13:50,559 --> 01:13:52,528 AUDIT REPORT. IT IS IT IS 2357 01:13:52,528 --> 01:13:53,762 VIRTUAL. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT 2358 01:13:53,762 --> 01:13:56,698 THERE IS A 16 PAGE POWERPOINT. 2359 01:13:56,698 --> 01:13:58,500 SO ONCE YOU'RE READY, PLEASE 2360 01:13:58,500 --> 01:14:00,903 INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOU CAN 2361 01:14:00,903 --> 01:14:01,436 BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. 2362 01:14:01,436 --> 01:14:03,305 -- SOUNDS GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON 2363 01:14:03,305 --> 01:14:05,874 EVERYONE. AGAIN. MY NAME IS 2364 01:14:05,874 --> 01:14:06,775 AARON WERTHMANN. I'M THE LEAD 2365 01:14:06,775 --> 01:14:08,410 AUDIT PRINCIPAL, AND I'M 2366 01:14:08,410 --> 01:14:11,346 PLEASED TO PRESENT THE FISCAL 2367 01:14:11,346 --> 01:14:13,115 YEAR 2025 FINANCIAL AUDIT WHAT 2368 01:14:13,115 --> 01:14:15,584 I'D LIKE TO DO FIRST IS JUST GO 2369 01:14:15,584 --> 01:14:16,652 THROUGH AN AUDIT OVERVIEW. YOU 2370 01:14:16,652 --> 01:14:18,687 KNOW, WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT WE 2371 01:14:18,687 --> 01:14:20,255 DO AS PART OF THE AUDIT PROCESS? 2372 01:14:20,255 --> 01:14:22,891 I WANT TO TOUCH ON BRIEFLY SOME 2373 01:14:22,891 --> 01:14:24,159 OF THE MAIN AUDIT AREAS. OUR 2374 01:14:24,159 --> 01:14:26,228 AUDIT FOCUS, IF YOU WILL TALK A 2375 01:14:26,228 --> 01:14:28,764 LITTLE BIT ABOUT INTERNAL 2376 01:14:28,764 --> 01:14:31,133 CONTROL COMMUNICATION. AND THEN 2377 01:14:31,133 --> 01:14:31,600 END WITH OUR REQUIRED 2378 01:14:31,600 --> 01:14:33,869 COMMUNICATION WITH YOU CHARGED 2379 01:14:33,869 --> 01:14:35,204 AS GOVERNANCE. AND THEN AT THE 2380 01:14:35,204 --> 01:14:37,573 VERY END, OPEN UP TO ANY 2381 01:14:37,573 --> 01:14:40,042 QUESTIONS ANYONE MAY HAVE SO IF 2382 01:14:40,042 --> 01:14:41,944 WE LOOK AT THE AUDIT AS A WHOLE, 2383 01:14:41,944 --> 01:14:45,314 OUR FIRM SPENDS ABOUT 1000 HOURS 2384 01:14:45,314 --> 01:14:47,082 AUDITING SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND 2385 01:14:47,082 --> 01:14:49,251 TAKING A LOOK AT THEIR ANNUAL 2386 01:14:49,251 --> 01:14:50,219 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. IF I LOOK 2387 01:14:50,219 --> 01:14:51,620 AT THIS YEAR'S AUDIT, I'D SAY 2388 01:14:51,620 --> 01:14:53,355 IT WENT VERY WELL. THIS YEAR. WE 2389 01:14:53,355 --> 01:14:56,358 HAD NO MAJOR ACCOUNTING 2390 01:14:56,358 --> 01:14:58,260 PRONOUNCEMENT CHANGES. SO IT WAS 2391 01:14:58,260 --> 01:15:00,462 VERY IT WAS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD 2392 01:15:00,462 --> 01:15:01,897 YEAR. AGAIN, MANAGEMENT AND 2393 01:15:01,897 --> 01:15:03,532 STAFF WERE PREPARED AND 2394 01:15:03,532 --> 01:15:04,032 COOPERATIVE AND READILY 2395 01:15:04,032 --> 01:15:05,601 AVAILABLE. WE MAINTAINED OUR 2396 01:15:05,601 --> 01:15:08,103 AUDIT SCHEDULE. WE CONDUCT 2397 01:15:08,103 --> 01:15:10,906 ROUGHLY WHAT WE CALL FOUR WEEKS 2398 01:15:10,906 --> 01:15:12,875 OF FINAL AND PRELIMINARY FIELD 2399 01:15:12,875 --> 01:15:15,177 WORK. WE SPEND ONE WEEK IN THE 2400 01:15:15,177 --> 01:15:17,112 FALL CONDUCTING WORK AND THEN 2401 01:15:17,112 --> 01:15:19,748 THREE WEEKS WE COME ON SITE AND 2402 01:15:19,748 --> 01:15:21,817 DO OUR FINAL FIELD WORK WITH OUR 2403 01:15:21,817 --> 01:15:23,852 LAST DATE OF FIELD WORK BEING 2404 01:15:23,852 --> 01:15:25,721 APRIL 3rd, 2026. AND ONE THING 2405 01:15:25,721 --> 01:15:27,789 OF NOTE, AS PART OF THE AUDIT 2406 01:15:27,789 --> 01:15:29,024 PROCESS, WE OFTEN HAVE WHAT WE 2407 01:15:29,024 --> 01:15:30,692 CALL OUR ADJUSTING JOURNAL 2408 01:15:30,692 --> 01:15:31,293 ENTRIES OR CORRECTING ENTRIES 2409 01:15:31,293 --> 01:15:33,095 THAT WE DISCOVER. THIS YEAR WE 2410 01:15:33,095 --> 01:15:34,563 DID NOT HAVE ANY ADJUSTING 2411 01:15:34,563 --> 01:15:35,831 JOURNAL ENTRIES, SO THAT'S A 2412 01:15:35,831 --> 01:15:38,667 GREAT JOB BY MANAGEMENT. SO 2413 01:15:38,667 --> 01:15:39,601 AUDIT WAS PERFORMED IN 2414 01:15:39,601 --> 01:15:41,370 ACCORDANCE WITH GENERALLY 2415 01:15:41,370 --> 01:15:42,437 ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. 2416 01:15:42,437 --> 01:15:43,038 THOSE ARE THE STANDARDS THAT 2417 01:15:43,038 --> 01:15:45,440 WERE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW AS AUDIT 2418 01:15:45,440 --> 01:15:47,042 FIRM. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE 2419 01:15:47,042 --> 01:15:50,012 ALSO FOLLOW ADDITIONAL STANDARDS 2420 01:15:50,012 --> 01:15:50,612 GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS 2421 01:15:50,612 --> 01:15:51,413 THAT ARE STANDARDS SPECIFIC TO 2422 01:15:51,413 --> 01:15:54,750 OUR CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL 2423 01:15:54,750 --> 01:15:55,484 EDUCATION, SUPERVISION OF OUR 2424 01:15:55,484 --> 01:15:59,321 AUDIT TEAM, QUALITY CONTROL, DUE 2425 01:15:59,321 --> 01:16:00,522 CARE AND INDEPENDENCE OF OUR 2426 01:16:00,522 --> 01:16:03,091 AUDIT TEAM, OUR AUDIT OBJECTIVE 2427 01:16:03,091 --> 01:16:06,495 IS TO ENSURE THAT FINANCIAL 2428 01:16:06,495 --> 01:16:08,330 STATEMENTS ARE FREE FROM 2429 01:16:08,330 --> 01:16:09,031 MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT, AND AT 2430 01:16:09,031 --> 01:16:10,699 THE END OF THIS YEAR'S AUDIT, 2431 01:16:10,699 --> 01:16:12,000 YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS HAVE 2432 01:16:12,000 --> 01:16:13,835 RECEIVED AN UNMODIFIED OPINION, 2433 01:16:13,835 --> 01:16:15,370 WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS A CLEAN 2434 01:16:15,370 --> 01:16:16,572 OPINION, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST 2435 01:16:16,572 --> 01:16:18,373 LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT WE CAN 2436 01:16:18,373 --> 01:16:20,475 PROVIDE. AS YOUR AUDIT FIRM. 2437 01:16:20,475 --> 01:16:23,211 WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS I'VE 2438 01:16:23,211 --> 01:16:24,680 OUTLINED SOME OF THE MAJOR AREAS 2439 01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:26,048 OF FOCUS FOR OUR AUDIT. I THINK 2440 01:16:26,048 --> 01:16:27,416 IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT YOUR 2441 01:16:27,416 --> 01:16:28,183 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, NONE OF 2442 01:16:28,183 --> 01:16:31,420 THESE SHOULD REALLY COME AS ANY 2443 01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:31,887 SURPRISE. WE SPEND A 2444 01:16:31,887 --> 01:16:32,654 CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME 2445 01:16:32,654 --> 01:16:35,023 LOOKING AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS 2446 01:16:35,023 --> 01:16:36,224 FOR YOUR PROCESSES, YOUR 2447 01:16:36,224 --> 01:16:38,126 ACTIVITIES, YOUR ENVIRONMENT IN 2448 01:16:38,126 --> 01:16:39,561 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, MOST OF 2449 01:16:39,561 --> 01:16:42,898 WHICH CENTER IN THE INFORMATION 2450 01:16:42,898 --> 01:16:43,966 TECHNOLOGY AREA. WE SPEND A LOT 2451 01:16:43,966 --> 01:16:46,268 OF TIME LOOKING AT YOUR CAPITAL 2452 01:16:46,268 --> 01:16:48,036 ASSETS, YOUR REVENUES, YOUR 2453 01:16:48,036 --> 01:16:51,640 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, YOUR 2454 01:16:51,640 --> 01:16:52,274 UTILITY BILLINGS, ENVIRONMENTAL 2455 01:16:52,274 --> 01:16:54,943 LIABILITIES, EXPENDITURES, 2456 01:16:54,943 --> 01:16:56,445 PAYABLES, PAYROLL, AND THEN 2457 01:16:56,445 --> 01:16:59,514 LASTLY, TO WRAP UP THE AUDIT, WE 2458 01:16:59,514 --> 01:17:00,248 SPEND A LOT OF TIME TAKING A 2459 01:17:00,248 --> 01:17:02,351 LOOK AT YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT. 2460 01:17:02,351 --> 01:17:03,652 SO I'D MENTIONED WE TAKE A 2461 01:17:03,652 --> 01:17:05,687 LITTLE WE TAKE A LOOK AT 2462 01:17:05,687 --> 01:17:06,755 INTERNAL CONTROLS. ONE THING I 2463 01:17:06,755 --> 01:17:08,290 DID WANT TO POINT OUT, WE DO NOT 2464 01:17:08,290 --> 01:17:11,159 PROVIDE AN OPINION ON INTERNAL 2465 01:17:11,159 --> 01:17:13,528 CONTROLS. HOWEVER, IF WE 2466 01:17:13,528 --> 01:17:15,097 IDENTIFY ANY MAJOR INSTANCES OF 2467 01:17:15,097 --> 01:17:17,899 A LACK OF INTERNAL CONTROLS OR A 2468 01:17:17,899 --> 01:17:19,568 BREAKDOWN IN INTERNAL INTERNAL 2469 01:17:19,568 --> 01:17:21,770 CONTROLS, WE'RE REQUIRED TO 2470 01:17:21,770 --> 01:17:24,072 COMMUNICATE THOSE TO YOU AS YOUR 2471 01:17:24,072 --> 01:17:26,274 GOVERNANCE. AND WE DID NOT 2472 01:17:26,274 --> 01:17:28,610 IDENTIFY ANY MATERIAL WEAKNESSES 2473 01:17:28,610 --> 01:17:31,680 IN YOUR INTERNAL CONTROL 2474 01:17:31,680 --> 01:17:32,214 STRUCTURE OR SIGNIFICANT 2475 01:17:32,214 --> 01:17:35,450 DEFICIENCIES JUST AGAIN, WANT TO 2476 01:17:35,450 --> 01:17:37,986 TOUCH ON OUR REQUIRED 2477 01:17:37,986 --> 01:17:39,287 COMMUNICATION WITH YOU CHARGED 2478 01:17:39,287 --> 01:17:39,921 WITH GOVERNANCE. I WON'T GO 2479 01:17:39,921 --> 01:17:40,522 THROUGH ALL THESE, BUT I DID 2480 01:17:40,522 --> 01:17:42,190 WANT TO TOUCH ON A COUPLE 2481 01:17:42,190 --> 01:17:43,725 HIGHLIGHTS. WHEN YOU LOOK AT 2482 01:17:43,725 --> 01:17:45,193 YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO 2483 01:17:45,193 --> 01:17:47,396 NOTE ONE, YOU'LL SEE ALL YOUR 2484 01:17:47,396 --> 01:17:47,996 ACCOUNTING POLICIES THAT CITY 2485 01:17:47,996 --> 01:17:50,098 LIGHT USES. IF YOU HAVEN'T, 2486 01:17:50,098 --> 01:17:50,932 I'D URGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT 2487 01:17:50,932 --> 01:17:52,734 THOSE. WHAT WE DO AS AUDITORS IS 2488 01:17:52,734 --> 01:17:55,637 WE LOOK AT THOSE POLICIES. WE 2489 01:17:55,637 --> 01:17:59,074 MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH 2490 01:17:59,074 --> 01:17:59,675 GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING 2491 01:17:59,675 --> 01:18:01,643 PRINCIPLES, AND NOT ONLY THAT, 2492 01:18:01,643 --> 01:18:02,144 THEY COMPLY WITH THOSE 2493 01:18:02,144 --> 01:18:03,111 PRINCIPLES, BUT THAT YOU'RE 2494 01:18:03,111 --> 01:18:05,180 FOLLOWING THOSE. I OFTEN GET 2495 01:18:05,180 --> 01:18:06,281 QUESTIONS FROM GOVERNING BODIES. 2496 01:18:06,281 --> 01:18:07,516 WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR 2497 01:18:07,516 --> 01:18:10,352 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, YOU KNOW, 2498 01:18:10,352 --> 01:18:10,919 WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF 2499 01:18:10,919 --> 01:18:12,754 THOSE STATEMENTS OR WHAT SHOULD 2500 01:18:12,754 --> 01:18:15,824 YOU PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO? 2501 01:18:15,824 --> 01:18:17,392 AND I WILL SAY THAT ALMOST 2502 01:18:17,392 --> 01:18:18,860 ALWAYS HAS TO DO WITH A 2503 01:18:18,860 --> 01:18:20,028 SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATE. SO MUCH 2504 01:18:20,028 --> 01:18:22,264 SO, IN FACT, THAT WE'RE 2505 01:18:22,264 --> 01:18:22,798 REQUIRED TO POINT OUT THE 2506 01:18:22,798 --> 01:18:24,699 SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES WITHIN 2507 01:18:24,699 --> 01:18:25,300 YOUR FINANCIALS. SO WHEN YOU 2508 01:18:25,300 --> 01:18:26,535 TAKE A LOOK AT CITY LIGHTS, 2509 01:18:26,535 --> 01:18:28,837 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, YOU'LL 2510 01:18:28,837 --> 01:18:31,006 NOTE THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT 2511 01:18:31,006 --> 01:18:33,041 ESTIMATES FOR UNBILLED REVENUES 2512 01:18:33,041 --> 01:18:35,744 ALLOWANCE FOR DOUBTFUL ACCOUNTS, 2513 01:18:35,744 --> 01:18:38,213 YOUR PENSION LIABILITY, YOUR 2514 01:18:38,213 --> 01:18:38,747 ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION 2515 01:18:38,747 --> 01:18:40,816 LIABILITIES, YOUR SELF-INSURANCE 2516 01:18:40,816 --> 01:18:44,386 CLAIM LIABILITY AND OTHER 2517 01:18:44,386 --> 01:18:47,322 POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS. IF WE 2518 01:18:47,322 --> 01:18:47,956 HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES 2519 01:18:47,956 --> 01:18:48,557 ENCOUNTERED PERFORMED DURING 2520 01:18:48,557 --> 01:18:49,324 YOUR AUDIT, WE WOULD DISCLOSE 2521 01:18:49,324 --> 01:18:50,992 THOSE AND PLEASED TO REPORT WE 2522 01:18:50,992 --> 01:18:52,427 DID NOT. I MENTIONED EARLIER WE 2523 01:18:52,427 --> 01:18:54,329 DID NOT HAVE ANY MAJOR ADJUSTING 2524 01:18:54,329 --> 01:18:57,933 JOURNAL ENTRIES. I WILL SAY AS 2525 01:18:57,933 --> 01:18:59,301 PART OF MANY AUDITS FOR. 2526 01:18:59,301 --> 01:19:00,702 OFTENTIMES WE WILL HAVE WHAT WE 2527 01:19:00,702 --> 01:19:02,938 CALL IMMATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS. 2528 01:19:02,938 --> 01:19:05,140 NORMALLY THOSE ARE JUST 2529 01:19:05,140 --> 01:19:06,241 CORRECTIONS THAT ARE NOTED BY 2530 01:19:06,241 --> 01:19:08,443 MANAGEMENT AFTER THEY CLOSE 2531 01:19:08,443 --> 01:19:10,045 THEIR BOOKS. BUT BECAUSE THEY 2532 01:19:10,045 --> 01:19:11,279 ARE INSIGNIFICANT IN NATURE, 2533 01:19:11,279 --> 01:19:12,948 THOSE DON'T GET POSTED. WELL, 2534 01:19:12,948 --> 01:19:14,516 WE AS AUDITORS JUST NEED TO 2535 01:19:14,516 --> 01:19:15,751 ACCUMULATE THOSE TO MAKE SURE 2536 01:19:15,751 --> 01:19:17,185 NONE OF THOSE IMMATERIAL. AND 2537 01:19:17,185 --> 01:19:21,723 WE'VE DONE THAT. IF WE HAD ANY 2538 01:19:21,723 --> 01:19:23,091 DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT OR 2539 01:19:23,091 --> 01:19:24,526 OTHER FINDINGS OR ISSUES, WE'D 2540 01:19:24,526 --> 01:19:25,794 BE REQUIRED TO REPORT THOSE TO 2541 01:19:25,794 --> 01:19:28,697 YOU. AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY 2542 01:19:28,697 --> 01:19:29,331 DISAGREEMENTS OR ANY SIGNIFICANT 2543 01:19:29,331 --> 01:19:31,766 FINDINGS OR ISSUES. JUST KNOW IF 2544 01:19:31,766 --> 01:19:33,468 AT ANY TIME WE DID HAVE A 2545 01:19:33,468 --> 01:19:34,703 SIGNIFICANT ISSUE, THIS 2546 01:19:34,703 --> 01:19:35,303 WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME 2547 01:19:35,303 --> 01:19:36,171 YOU'D BE HEARING ABOUT IT. I 2548 01:19:36,171 --> 01:19:38,974 WOULD REACH OUT TO YOU TO HAVE 2549 01:19:38,974 --> 01:19:40,809 THOSE DISCUSSIONS ON A TIMELY 2550 01:19:40,809 --> 01:19:43,945 BASIS. WHEN WE DISCOVERED THOSE 2551 01:19:43,945 --> 01:19:45,413 ISSUES, AGAIN, WE DID NOT HAVE 2552 01:19:45,413 --> 01:19:47,516 ANY ADJUSTING JOURNAL ENTRIES AS 2553 01:19:47,516 --> 01:19:50,752 PART OF THIS YEAR'S AUDIT. IN 2554 01:19:50,752 --> 01:19:52,854 YOUR COMMUNICATION PACKET, YOU 2555 01:19:52,854 --> 01:19:54,656 WILL SEE THAT THE LAST PART WE 2556 01:19:54,656 --> 01:19:55,824 HAVE IS WHAT WE CALL OUR 2557 01:19:55,824 --> 01:19:58,627 MANAGEMENT REPRESENTATION 2558 01:19:58,627 --> 01:19:59,728 LETTER. WITHIN THAT LETTER, IT 2559 01:19:59,728 --> 01:20:01,329 LISTS OUT THE REPRESENTATIONS 2560 01:20:01,329 --> 01:20:02,831 THAT YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM MAKES 2561 01:20:02,831 --> 01:20:05,200 AS PART OF THE AUDIT. THERE'S 2562 01:20:05,200 --> 01:20:06,168 REPRESENTATIONS RELATIVE TO 2563 01:20:06,168 --> 01:20:09,771 INTERNAL CONTROL ACCOUNTING 2564 01:20:09,771 --> 01:20:12,674 POLICIES, FRAUD, FRAUD RISKS, 2565 01:20:12,674 --> 01:20:13,642 THINGS TO THAT EXTENT. SO IF YOU 2566 01:20:13,642 --> 01:20:15,610 HAVEN'T, I'D URGE YOU TO TAKE 2567 01:20:15,610 --> 01:20:16,578 A LOOK AT THAT REPRESENTATION 2568 01:20:16,578 --> 01:20:18,446 LETTER TO SEE THE TYPES OF 2569 01:20:18,446 --> 01:20:19,080 THINGS THAT YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM 2570 01:20:19,080 --> 01:20:20,649 IS REPRESENTING AS PART OF THE 2571 01:20:20,649 --> 01:20:24,419 AUDIT PROCESS. IF YOUR 2572 01:20:24,419 --> 01:20:26,188 MANAGEMENT TEAM CONSULTED WITH 2573 01:20:26,188 --> 01:20:26,755 ANY OTHER ACCOUNTING FIRMS 2574 01:20:26,755 --> 01:20:27,656 DURING THE YEAR, WE'D BE 2575 01:20:27,656 --> 01:20:29,524 REQUIRED TO BE NOTIFIED OF THAT 2576 01:20:29,524 --> 01:20:30,759 COMMUNICATION. AND NONE OF THAT 2577 01:20:30,759 --> 01:20:34,462 CAME TO OUR ATTENTION. AND THEN 2578 01:20:34,462 --> 01:20:35,530 THE LAST ITEM, AUDITOR 2579 01:20:35,530 --> 01:20:36,598 INDEPENDENCE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF 2580 01:20:36,598 --> 01:20:37,732 THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AS 2581 01:20:37,732 --> 01:20:38,800 YOUR AUDIT FIRM IS WE NEED TO 2582 01:20:38,800 --> 01:20:41,536 REMAIN INDEPENDENT, IN FACT, AND 2583 01:20:41,536 --> 01:20:42,837 APPEARANCE. AND I'M HERE TO 2584 01:20:42,837 --> 01:20:44,573 STATE THAT OUR FIRM AND EVERY 2585 01:20:44,573 --> 01:20:47,175 INDIVIDUAL ON OUR AUDIT 2586 01:20:47,175 --> 01:20:50,478 ENGAGEMENT IS INDEPENDENT WITH 2587 01:20:50,478 --> 01:20:51,680 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. SO WITH 2588 01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:53,248 THAT, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO 2589 01:20:53,248 --> 01:20:54,249 THANK YOUR ACCOUNTING TEAM AND 2590 01:20:54,249 --> 01:20:56,384 ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO. YOU 2591 01:20:56,384 --> 01:20:59,020 KNOW, EARLIER I'D MENTIONED WE 2592 01:20:59,020 --> 01:20:59,821 HANNAH THORESON HOURS AS PART OF 2593 01:20:59,821 --> 01:21:02,958 THE AUDIT PROCESS. I'D SAY YOUR 2594 01:21:02,958 --> 01:21:03,592 MANAGEMENT TEAM AND ACCOUNTING 2595 01:21:03,592 --> 01:21:04,726 TEAM, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT 2596 01:21:04,726 --> 01:21:06,294 SPEND 1000 HOURS, IT'S A 2597 01:21:06,294 --> 01:21:07,262 SIGNIFICANT EFFORT. SO I 2598 01:21:07,262 --> 01:21:09,664 WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED WITH 2599 01:21:09,664 --> 01:21:10,732 FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ALL 2600 01:21:10,732 --> 01:21:11,800 THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY COME 2601 01:21:11,800 --> 01:21:14,803 CLOSE TO THAT EFFORT. SO AGAIN, 2602 01:21:14,803 --> 01:21:16,371 GIVEN THE FINANCIAL OR THE 2603 01:21:16,371 --> 01:21:18,907 RESULTS THAT WE HAD HERE AND NO 2604 01:21:18,907 --> 01:21:20,008 FINDINGS THAT THAT JUST SHOWS 2605 01:21:20,008 --> 01:21:21,343 THAT THEY DID A GREAT JOB DURING 2606 01:21:21,343 --> 01:21:23,411 THE YEAR. AND WE APPRECIATE ALL 2607 01:21:23,411 --> 01:21:25,113 THEIR EFFORT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL 2608 01:21:25,113 --> 01:21:26,982 OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS 2609 01:21:26,982 --> 01:21:28,316 ANYONE MIGHT HAVE. 2610 01:21:28,316 --> 01:21:29,784 -- THANK YOU. MR. WORTHAM. DO MY 2611 01:21:29,784 --> 01:21:31,353 COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS 2612 01:21:31,353 --> 01:21:32,854 BEFORE WE SEE IF WE HAVE 2613 01:21:32,854 --> 01:21:33,855 ANYTHING ELSE FROM YOU FOLKS? IS 2614 01:21:33,855 --> 01:21:38,126 THERE ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT TO 2615 01:21:38,126 --> 01:21:43,965 ADD? YOU GOOD? YOU DO YOU GOOD, 2616 01:21:43,965 --> 01:21:45,066 YOU GOOD? OKAY. 2617 01:21:45,066 --> 01:21:45,367 -- NO ONE. 2618 01:21:45,367 --> 01:21:47,469 -- OH YOU DO? YEAH. OKAY. 2619 01:21:47,469 --> 01:21:49,204 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AND THEN I 2620 01:21:49,204 --> 01:21:50,705 HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD. 2621 01:21:50,705 --> 01:21:52,107 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2622 01:21:52,107 --> 01:21:54,909 -- JUST A STATEMENT. AND IT'S 2623 01:21:54,909 --> 01:21:58,747 ANOTHER EXAMPLE. COLLEAGUES, 2624 01:21:58,747 --> 01:22:00,448 THIS AUDIT REPORT IS FOR 2025. 2625 01:22:00,448 --> 01:22:01,416 DURING THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE 2626 01:22:01,416 --> 01:22:02,817 CEO GENERAL MANAGER WAS DAWN 2627 01:22:02,817 --> 01:22:05,220 LINDELL. AND THIS IS JUST 2628 01:22:05,220 --> 01:22:05,754 ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT THE 2629 01:22:05,754 --> 01:22:07,522 DECISION BY THE MAYOR TO LET 2630 01:22:07,522 --> 01:22:09,424 DAWN LINDELL GO WAS NOT FOUNDED 2631 01:22:09,424 --> 01:22:12,994 ON ANYTHING CONCRETE, AND I JUST 2632 01:22:12,994 --> 01:22:15,397 WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY 2633 01:22:15,397 --> 01:22:17,932 TO RESTATE THAT, BECAUSE IT WAS 2634 01:22:17,932 --> 01:22:21,670 A AN UNFORTUNATE ERROR TO LET 2635 01:22:21,670 --> 01:22:23,672 MISS LINDELL LEAVE SEATTLE CITY 2636 01:22:23,672 --> 01:22:24,739 LIGHT. AND THIS IS DONE AFTER A 2637 01:22:24,739 --> 01:22:26,308 LOT OF WORK ON MY PART, ENGAGING 2638 01:22:26,308 --> 01:22:30,979 WITH MANY PEOPLE ON THE TOPIC 2639 01:22:30,979 --> 01:22:32,380 AND IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT. AS WE 2640 01:22:32,380 --> 01:22:33,982 NOTED IN THE PREVIOUS, YOU KNOW, 2641 01:22:33,982 --> 01:22:36,284 WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE FISCAL 2642 01:22:36,284 --> 01:22:37,319 CHALLENGES, THE AFFORDABILITY 2643 01:22:37,319 --> 01:22:39,721 CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE. AND 2644 01:22:39,721 --> 01:22:41,122 IT'S NOT JUST WITH UTILITY 2645 01:22:41,122 --> 01:22:42,524 RATES, IT'S ALSO WITH PROPERTY 2646 01:22:42,524 --> 01:22:43,858 AND SALES TAXES. AS I'VE BEEN 2647 01:22:43,858 --> 01:22:44,960 SAYING RECENTLY. BUT I THINK 2648 01:22:44,960 --> 01:22:46,962 IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THIS 2649 01:22:46,962 --> 01:22:49,164 AUDIT REPORT AND HOW IT'S 2650 01:22:49,164 --> 01:22:50,665 PRESENTED HIGHLIGHTS THE 2651 01:22:50,665 --> 01:22:52,334 LEADERSHIP OF MISS LINDELL. NOW, 2652 01:22:52,334 --> 01:22:54,602 HAVING SAID THAT, I AM FULLY 2653 01:22:54,602 --> 01:22:56,471 SUPPORTIVE OF MR. SANTOFF AND 2654 01:22:56,471 --> 01:22:58,606 HIS ROLE AND HIS TEAM AND THE 2655 01:22:58,606 --> 01:22:59,741 WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. I JUST 2656 01:22:59,741 --> 01:23:02,410 WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM FOR 2657 01:23:02,410 --> 01:23:03,078 CONTINUING ON THE GREAT WORK AND 2658 01:23:03,078 --> 01:23:04,479 THE TEAM CONTINUING ON THE GREAT 2659 01:23:04,479 --> 01:23:07,182 WORK HERE IN 2026. SO THANK YOU, 2660 01:23:07,182 --> 01:23:08,817 CHAIR. 2661 01:23:08,817 --> 01:23:09,150 -- THANK YOU. 2662 01:23:09,150 --> 01:23:12,053 -- AND I AGREE WITH YOU. 2663 01:23:12,053 --> 01:23:12,687 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. AND YEAH, 2664 01:23:12,687 --> 01:23:13,355 I THINK IT WAS REALLY GOOD THAT 2665 01:23:13,355 --> 01:23:16,791 YOU POINTED OUT IT WAS FOR 2025. 2666 01:23:16,791 --> 01:23:18,159 SO. MR.. IS IT MR.. WORTHMAN, 2667 01:23:18,159 --> 01:23:19,060 ARE YOU STILL THERE? 2668 01:23:19,060 --> 01:23:20,595 -- YES. YEP. 2669 01:23:20,595 --> 01:23:21,896 -- SO I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN I 2670 01:23:21,896 --> 01:23:22,897 WENT THROUGH THIS AUDIT, THE 2671 01:23:22,897 --> 01:23:24,733 THINGS THAT JUST, I, THAT I JUST 2672 01:23:24,733 --> 01:23:27,202 ZEROED IN ON, WHICH I WAS VERY 2673 01:23:27,202 --> 01:23:29,104 HAPPY. I WAS, I WAS HAPPY TO 2674 01:23:29,104 --> 01:23:31,172 READ FREE FROM MATERIAL 2675 01:23:31,172 --> 01:23:33,541 MISSTATEMENT, FREE FROM MATERIAL 2676 01:23:33,541 --> 01:23:36,311 WEAKNESSES, NO SIGNIFICANT 2677 01:23:36,311 --> 01:23:38,346 DEFICIENCIES, NO DISAGREEMENTS, 2678 01:23:38,346 --> 01:23:39,014 A CLEAN OPINION AND NO AUDIT 2679 01:23:39,014 --> 01:23:40,248 ADJUSTMENTS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY 2680 01:23:40,248 --> 01:23:42,784 THINGS I WAS FOCUSED IN ON. SO 2681 01:23:42,784 --> 01:23:44,319 THANK YOU FOR THAT AND GOOD JOB 2682 01:23:44,319 --> 01:23:45,920 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT WELL DONE. WE 2683 01:23:45,920 --> 01:23:47,956 DON'T ALWAYS GET THE CLEANEST 2684 01:23:47,956 --> 01:23:49,424 AUDIT. WELL, LET ME RESTATE 2685 01:23:49,424 --> 01:23:52,293 THAT. IT'S NICE TO HAVE A NICE 2686 01:23:52,293 --> 01:23:53,094 CLEAN AUDIT. IS THAT A GOOD WAY 2687 01:23:53,094 --> 01:23:55,363 TO SAY IT? YES. OKAY. YES. IS 2688 01:23:55,363 --> 01:23:56,331 THERE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY. 2689 01:23:56,331 --> 01:23:58,933 YEAH. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMEMBER 2690 01:23:58,933 --> 01:23:59,601 RIVERA. 2691 01:23:59,601 --> 01:24:01,569 -- I AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER 2692 01:24:01,569 --> 01:24:02,203 KETTLE. AND WITH YOU CHAIR, I 2693 01:24:02,203 --> 01:24:04,372 REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, 2694 01:24:04,372 --> 01:24:05,073 AUDITS GIVE US THE ABILITY TO, 2695 01:24:05,073 --> 01:24:07,075 TO, TO GIVE CONFIDENCE TO THE 2696 01:24:07,075 --> 01:24:09,244 PUBLIC THAT WE'RE DOING GOOD 2697 01:24:09,244 --> 01:24:12,714 WORK AND, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES 2698 01:24:12,714 --> 01:24:13,248 IT'S KIND OF SEEN AS A 2699 01:24:13,248 --> 01:24:15,083 NEGATIVE, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY 2700 01:24:15,083 --> 01:24:17,152 POSITIVE THINGS IN MY MIND 2701 01:24:17,152 --> 01:24:18,686 BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S REALLY 2702 01:24:18,686 --> 01:24:20,455 GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SHOW OUR WORK 2703 01:24:20,455 --> 01:24:24,125 TO THE PUBLIC AND SEE THAT, THAT 2704 01:24:24,125 --> 01:24:24,726 THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING GREAT 2705 01:24:24,726 --> 01:24:28,897 WORK. AND I, I AGREE WITH 2706 01:24:28,897 --> 01:24:29,531 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE ABOUT DAWN 2707 01:24:29,531 --> 01:24:32,934 LINDELL LEADERSHIP. THIS AUDIT 2708 01:24:32,934 --> 01:24:35,236 GOES TO THE WORK SHE WAS DOING 2709 01:24:35,236 --> 01:24:36,905 IN 2025. ALSO, TO ALL OF THE 2710 01:24:36,905 --> 01:24:39,741 STAFF AT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT. SO 2711 01:24:39,741 --> 01:24:42,010 VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE STAFF, 2712 01:24:42,010 --> 01:24:44,245 APPRECIATE ROB STEPPING UP IN 2713 01:24:44,245 --> 01:24:45,547 THIS INTERIM ROLE TO THE TO THE 2714 01:24:45,547 --> 01:24:49,451 TO THE PLEAT. I KNOW YOU WORKED 2715 01:24:49,451 --> 01:24:52,087 VERY CLOSELY WITH DON. SO WE 2716 01:24:52,087 --> 01:24:53,321 HAVE SOME CONTINUITY WITH YOU, 2717 01:24:53,321 --> 01:24:55,490 WHICH I VERY MUCH PERSONALLY 2718 01:24:55,490 --> 01:25:00,028 APPRECIATE. AND SO THIS THIS IS 2719 01:25:00,028 --> 01:25:01,396 A CLEAN, ALMOST LIKE CLEAN BILL 2720 01:25:01,396 --> 01:25:03,798 OF HEALTH. SO I REALLY 2721 01:25:03,798 --> 01:25:05,366 APPRECIATE CITY LIGHT AND, AND 2722 01:25:05,366 --> 01:25:07,969 THE PUBLIC AT LARGE CAN FEEL 2723 01:25:07,969 --> 01:25:10,138 CONFIDENT THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS 2724 01:25:10,138 --> 01:25:12,640 DOING REALLY GREAT WORK. AND I 2725 01:25:12,640 --> 01:25:15,243 KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME 2726 01:25:15,243 --> 01:25:16,544 UNFORTUNATE THINGS AT THE 2727 01:25:16,544 --> 01:25:19,247 DEPARTMENT, BUT DON HANDLED 2728 01:25:19,247 --> 01:25:21,249 THOSE VERY WELL. ROB YOU AND I 2729 01:25:21,249 --> 01:25:22,884 HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS WELL, 2730 01:25:22,884 --> 01:25:24,219 AND THE DEPARTMENT IS IN GOOD 2731 01:25:24,219 --> 01:25:25,887 STEAD. SO THANK YOU. APPRECIATE 2732 01:25:25,887 --> 01:25:28,556 YOU AND THE TEAM AT CITY LIGHT. 2733 01:25:28,556 --> 01:25:28,957 THANK YOU CHAIR. 2734 01:25:28,957 --> 01:25:30,225 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2735 01:25:30,225 --> 01:25:31,392 RIVERA. I JUST WANT TO END ON 2736 01:25:31,392 --> 01:25:33,828 THE NOTE THAT FOR THE PUBLIC TO 2737 01:25:33,828 --> 01:25:37,131 THAT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IS OUR 2738 01:25:37,131 --> 01:25:39,367 NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC ENGINE. SO 2739 01:25:39,367 --> 01:25:41,436 THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. THEY 2740 01:25:41,436 --> 01:25:43,505 GENERATE THE MOST REVENUE THAT 2741 01:25:43,505 --> 01:25:47,075 THE CITY OWNS FOR ALL KINDS OF 2742 01:25:47,075 --> 01:25:48,176 THINGS. AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW 2743 01:25:48,176 --> 01:25:50,145 THAT OUR NUMBER ONE ECONOMIC 2744 01:25:50,145 --> 01:25:53,214 ENGINE IS DOING GREAT. AND ALSO 2745 01:25:53,214 --> 01:25:54,616 THEY ARE THE SECOND LARGEST 2746 01:25:54,616 --> 01:25:56,317 EMPLOYER OF THE CITY. SO THANK 2747 01:25:56,317 --> 01:25:56,518 YOU. 2748 01:25:56,518 --> 01:25:56,851 -- [LAUGHTER] 2749 01:25:56,851 --> 01:26:00,922 -- ROB ALL RIGHT. OKAY, I THINK 2750 01:26:00,922 --> 01:26:01,723 WE'RE IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? SO 2751 01:26:01,723 --> 01:26:02,857 YOU GUYS ARE GOOD. OKAY, GOOD. 2752 01:26:02,857 --> 01:26:04,859 SO WITH THAT BEFORE. HOLD UP, 2753 01:26:04,859 --> 01:26:06,861 HOLD UP. OH, 2754 01:26:06,861 --> 01:26:07,195 -- [LAUGHTER] 2755 01:26:07,195 --> 01:26:08,863 -- SO WITH THAT, LET ME JUST LET 2756 01:26:08,863 --> 01:26:11,366 ME CATCH UP WITH COUNCILMEMBER 2757 01:26:11,366 --> 01:26:13,968 PAUL. ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU 2758 01:26:13,968 --> 01:26:15,036 FOR THAT PRESENTATION. WE'LL 2759 01:26:15,036 --> 01:26:16,905 MOVE ON. WILL YOU PLEASE READ 2760 01:26:16,905 --> 01:26:19,140 ITEM NUMBER FOUR INTO THE 2761 01:26:19,140 --> 01:26:19,374 RECORD. 2762 01:26:19,374 --> 01:26:24,312 -- AGENDA ITEM FOUR, COUNCIL 2763 01:26:24,312 --> 01:26:24,846 BILL 121249. AN ORDINANCE 2764 01:26:24,846 --> 01:26:25,413 RELATING TO THE CITY LIGHT 2765 01:26:25,413 --> 01:26:26,080 DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZING TEN YEAR 2766 01:26:26,080 --> 01:26:28,683 AGREEMENTS WITH CUSTOMERS 2767 01:26:28,683 --> 01:26:29,250 ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION 2768 01:26:29,250 --> 01:26:30,084 ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMS. THERE 2769 01:26:30,084 --> 01:26:31,319 WILL BE A BRIEFING, DISCUSSION 2770 01:26:31,319 --> 01:26:32,554 AND VOTE. 2771 01:26:32,554 --> 01:26:34,255 -- THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE FOLKS 2772 01:26:34,255 --> 01:26:36,324 HERE BESIDES YOU, INTERIM 2773 01:26:36,324 --> 01:26:37,091 DIRECTOR. I'LL LET YOU GUYS 2774 01:26:37,091 --> 01:26:39,093 INTRODUCE YOURSELVES AND SAY, 2775 01:26:39,093 --> 01:26:41,329 THIS IS VERY EXCITING. BELIEVE 2776 01:26:41,329 --> 01:26:43,765 IT. I MEAN IT. I'M NOT BEING 2777 01:26:43,765 --> 01:26:47,569 SARCASTIC. IT'S VERY EXCITING. 2778 01:26:47,569 --> 01:26:48,203 -- ROB SANTOFF GENERAL MANAGER 2779 01:26:48,203 --> 01:26:51,406 AND CEO OF SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 2780 01:26:51,406 --> 01:26:54,309 -- GOOD. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD 2781 01:26:54,309 --> 01:26:55,710 AFTERNOON, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY 2782 01:26:55,710 --> 01:26:58,479 NAME IS ANGELA SONG. I'M THE 2783 01:26:58,479 --> 01:27:01,716 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION. 2784 01:27:01,716 --> 01:27:02,183 SORRY. TRANSPORTATION 2785 01:27:02,183 --> 01:27:02,717 ELECTRIFICATION PORTFOLIO 2786 01:27:02,717 --> 01:27:04,719 MANAGER AT CITY LIGHT. 2787 01:27:04,719 --> 01:27:05,286 -- AFTERNOON. DAVID LOGSDON 2788 01:27:05,286 --> 01:27:07,188 INTERIM CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER 2789 01:27:07,188 --> 01:27:08,590 AND DIRECTOR OF ELECTRIFICATION 2790 01:27:08,590 --> 01:27:10,058 FOR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT 2791 01:27:10,058 --> 01:27:12,060 -- I'M GOING TO LET YOU GO 2792 01:27:12,060 --> 01:27:12,660 AHEAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. 2793 01:27:12,660 --> 01:27:14,062 -- ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK 2794 01:27:14,062 --> 01:27:15,797 YOU, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE 2795 01:27:15,797 --> 01:27:17,632 MEMBERS, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO 2796 01:27:17,632 --> 01:27:20,368 PRESENT TODAY ON CITY LIGHTS 2797 01:27:20,368 --> 01:27:23,004 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION 2798 01:27:23,004 --> 01:27:23,538 AGREEMENT ORDINANCE. THIS 2799 01:27:23,538 --> 01:27:25,306 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES 2800 01:27:25,306 --> 01:27:27,041 CITY LIGHT TO ENTER INTO A LONG 2801 01:27:27,041 --> 01:27:27,475 TERM TRANSPORTATION 2802 01:27:27,475 --> 01:27:30,111 ELECTRIFICATION AGREEMENTS WITH 2803 01:27:30,111 --> 01:27:31,946 ELIGIBLE CUSTOMERS, SUPPORTING 2804 01:27:31,946 --> 01:27:32,580 ELECTRICAL UPGRADES AND EXPANDED 2805 01:27:32,580 --> 01:27:35,316 EV CHARGING. THESE AGREEMENTS 2806 01:27:35,316 --> 01:27:37,318 ALLOW THE ASSIGNMENT OF 2807 01:27:37,318 --> 01:27:39,687 WASHINGTON CLEAN FUEL STANDARD 2808 01:27:39,687 --> 01:27:40,588 CREDITS TO THE UTILITY, WHICH 2809 01:27:40,588 --> 01:27:42,290 GENERATES REVENUE TO SUPPORT 2810 01:27:42,290 --> 01:27:45,593 INVESTMENTS IN CHARGING 2811 01:27:45,593 --> 01:27:46,094 INFRASTRUCTURE AND GRID 2812 01:27:46,094 --> 01:27:48,029 IMPROVEMENTS. THESE AGREEMENTS 2813 01:27:48,029 --> 01:27:50,465 IMPROVE CITY LIGHTS ABILITY TO 2814 01:27:50,465 --> 01:27:50,898 PLAN AND INVEST IN 2815 01:27:50,898 --> 01:27:53,067 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION 2816 01:27:53,067 --> 01:27:53,635 RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE THAT 2817 01:27:53,635 --> 01:27:54,902 ADVANCES THE CITY'S CLIMATE AND 2818 01:27:54,902 --> 01:27:57,872 MOBILE GOALS, WHILE PROMOTING 2819 01:27:57,872 --> 01:27:58,506 EQUITABLE ACCESS TO MAINTAINING 2820 01:27:58,506 --> 01:28:01,542 STRONG FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. 2821 01:28:01,542 --> 01:28:02,844 THIS ACTION ALIGNS WITH THE 2025 2822 01:28:02,844 --> 01:28:06,581 TO 2030 COUNCIL ADOPTED CITY 2823 01:28:06,581 --> 01:28:07,048 LIGHT TRANSPORTATION 2824 01:28:07,048 --> 01:28:08,082 ELECTRIFICATION STRATEGIC 2825 01:28:08,082 --> 01:28:09,784 INVESTMENT PLAN, OR CIP, AND IT 2826 01:28:09,784 --> 01:28:12,020 REFLECTS THE ONGOING ENGAGEMENT 2827 01:28:12,020 --> 01:28:12,587 WITH CUSTOMER PARTNERS AND 2828 01:28:12,587 --> 01:28:14,055 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. WITH 2829 01:28:14,055 --> 01:28:15,223 THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO 2830 01:28:15,223 --> 01:28:16,724 ANGELA TO WALK THROUGH THE 2831 01:28:16,724 --> 01:28:18,026 PRESENTATION. THAT INCLUDES 2832 01:28:18,026 --> 01:28:20,695 BACKGROUND ON CIP, THE 2833 01:28:20,695 --> 01:28:21,329 WASHINGTON CLEAN FUEL STANDARDS, 2834 01:28:21,329 --> 01:28:23,231 AND DETAILS ON THE PROPOSED 2835 01:28:23,231 --> 01:28:26,000 ORDINANCE 2836 01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:26,334 -- THANK YOU. 2837 01:28:26,334 --> 01:28:30,071 -- THANKS, ROB. GOOD AFTERNOON, 2838 01:28:30,071 --> 01:28:31,906 CHAIR AND COUNCILMEMBERS. AGAIN, 2839 01:28:31,906 --> 01:28:33,608 I'M ANGELA SONG. I LEAD A LOT 2840 01:28:33,608 --> 01:28:35,810 OF THE ELECTRIFICATION 2841 01:28:35,810 --> 01:28:36,377 TRANSPORTATION WORK AT CITY 2842 01:28:36,377 --> 01:28:37,612 LIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE 2843 01:28:37,612 --> 01:28:39,681 OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH THIS 2844 01:28:39,681 --> 01:28:42,150 ORDINANCE. I'LL SHARE A LITTLE 2845 01:28:42,150 --> 01:28:43,551 BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THIS FITS 2846 01:28:43,551 --> 01:28:44,786 INTO OUR BROADER STRATEGY, WHY 2847 01:28:44,786 --> 01:28:46,154 IT'S NEEDED, AND HOW IT 2848 01:28:46,154 --> 01:28:48,022 POSITIONS CITY LIGHT TO MEET THE 2849 01:28:48,022 --> 01:28:51,059 RAPIDLY GROWING ELECTRIFICATION 2850 01:28:51,059 --> 01:28:59,967 NEEDS. THERE WE GO SO THANKS, 2851 01:28:59,967 --> 01:29:01,536 ROB, FOR FOR THE REMINDER. THANK 2852 01:29:01,536 --> 01:29:04,505 YOU, COUNCIL, FOR PASSING THE 2853 01:29:04,505 --> 01:29:07,108 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION 2854 01:29:07,108 --> 01:29:07,709 STRATEGIC INVESTMENT PLAN FOR 2855 01:29:07,709 --> 01:29:10,244 SHORT. THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY 2856 01:29:10,244 --> 01:29:11,612 GREAT DOCUMENT FOR US. IT'S OUR 2857 01:29:11,612 --> 01:29:14,382 LONG TERM STRATEGY AND ROADMAP 2858 01:29:14,382 --> 01:29:15,650 FOR TRANSPORTATION, 2859 01:29:15,650 --> 01:29:16,284 ELECTRIFICATION AND INVESTMENTS 2860 01:29:16,284 --> 01:29:18,820 IN GRID MODERNIZATION. IT GUIDES 2861 01:29:18,820 --> 01:29:21,289 WHERE AND HOW WE PRIORITIZE 2862 01:29:21,289 --> 01:29:23,424 INFRASTRUCTURE, PRIORITIZE 2863 01:29:23,424 --> 01:29:23,925 INFRASTRUCTURE, ENSURES 2864 01:29:23,925 --> 01:29:25,093 ALIGNMENT WITH OUR CLIMATE AND 2865 01:29:25,093 --> 01:29:26,594 MOBILITY GOALS, AND HELPS US 2866 01:29:26,594 --> 01:29:27,795 PLAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. WITH 2867 01:29:27,795 --> 01:29:29,697 THAT LONG VIEW IN MIND, THE 2868 01:29:29,697 --> 01:29:31,365 ORDINANCE WE'RE DISCUSSING 2869 01:29:31,365 --> 01:29:32,834 TODAY IS JUST ONE OF THE TOOLS 2870 01:29:32,834 --> 01:29:34,135 THAT WILL ENABLE US TO MEET THE 2871 01:29:34,135 --> 01:29:38,272 SCALE OF WORK OUTLINED IN THE 2872 01:29:38,272 --> 01:29:42,410 STRATEGY. SO ANOTHER INFLUENTIAL 2873 01:29:42,410 --> 01:29:44,779 POLICY IS THE WASHINGTON 2874 01:29:44,779 --> 01:29:45,413 STATE'S CLEAN FUEL STANDARD. 2875 01:29:45,413 --> 01:29:46,714 IT'S A KEY FUNDING MECHANISM IN 2876 01:29:46,714 --> 01:29:49,951 THIS SPACE. THE PROGRAM AIMS TO 2877 01:29:49,951 --> 01:29:50,585 REDUCE TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS 2878 01:29:50,585 --> 01:29:53,254 BY GENERATING CREDITS FOR CLEAN 2879 01:29:53,254 --> 01:29:54,589 FUELS. SO THAT INCLUDES 2880 01:29:54,589 --> 01:29:55,857 ELECTRICITY. AND THOSE CREDITS 2881 01:29:55,857 --> 01:30:00,128 CAN THEN BE REINVESTED DIRECTLY 2882 01:30:00,128 --> 01:30:00,561 INTO TRANSPORTATION 2883 01:30:00,561 --> 01:30:01,863 ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAMS. THIS 2884 01:30:01,863 --> 01:30:04,632 IS ONE OF THE FEW NON RATEPAYER 2885 01:30:04,632 --> 01:30:06,200 FUNDING STREAMS AVAILABLE AT 2886 01:30:06,200 --> 01:30:07,969 SCALE, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR 2887 01:30:07,969 --> 01:30:08,469 KEEPING ELECTRIFICATION 2888 01:30:08,469 --> 01:30:15,810 AFFORDABLE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. SO 2889 01:30:15,810 --> 01:30:16,444 THAT'S OUR STRATEGY. AND THE 2890 01:30:16,444 --> 01:30:17,345 CLEAN FUEL STANDARD PROVIDES THE 2891 01:30:17,345 --> 01:30:18,746 REVENUE THAT HELPS US EXECUTE 2892 01:30:18,746 --> 01:30:21,449 IT. MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND 2893 01:30:21,449 --> 01:30:22,483 CHARGERS LEAD TO MORE CLEAN FUEL 2894 01:30:22,483 --> 01:30:24,051 STANDARD CREDITS, WHICH 2895 01:30:24,051 --> 01:30:26,120 SEATTLEITE CAN REINVEST INTO 2896 01:30:26,120 --> 01:30:28,256 INCENTIVES, INFRASTRUCTURE 2897 01:30:28,256 --> 01:30:28,823 UPGRADES AND EQUITY FOCUSED 2898 01:30:28,823 --> 01:30:30,658 PROGRAMS. SO TOGETHER THEY 2899 01:30:30,658 --> 01:30:32,260 CREATE A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE THAT 2900 01:30:32,260 --> 01:30:34,061 SUPPORTS COST EFFECTIVE, 2901 01:30:34,061 --> 01:30:34,695 EQUITABLE DEPLOYMENT OF CHARGING 2902 01:30:34,695 --> 01:30:35,530 INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE CITY 2903 01:30:35,530 --> 01:30:39,300 AND ACROSS OUR SERVICE 2904 01:30:39,300 --> 01:30:42,603 TERRITORY. SO DEMAND FOR 2905 01:30:42,603 --> 01:30:44,505 ELECTRIFICATION IS ACCELERATING 2906 01:30:44,505 --> 01:30:45,673 QUICKLY. SEATTLE NOW HAS THE 2907 01:30:45,673 --> 01:30:47,375 HIGHEST NUMBERS OF NUMBER OF EVS 2908 01:30:47,375 --> 01:30:48,476 IN THE STATE. AND HERE ON THE 2909 01:30:48,476 --> 01:30:49,877 SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE TRAJECTORY 2910 01:30:49,877 --> 01:30:51,913 OF EV REGISTRATION IN OUR 2911 01:30:51,913 --> 01:30:54,315 SERVICE AREA. OVER THE PAST 2912 01:30:54,315 --> 01:30:54,682 DECADE. 2913 01:30:54,682 --> 01:30:55,316 -- ANGELA, CAN I STOP YOU FOR 2914 01:30:55,316 --> 01:30:56,918 ONE SECOND? HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT 2915 01:30:56,918 --> 01:30:57,552 SEATTLE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER 2916 01:30:57,552 --> 01:30:59,520 OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN THE 2917 01:30:59,520 --> 01:31:00,521 STATE? SO WHEN I READ THAT, I 2918 01:31:00,521 --> 01:31:02,690 WAS SURPRISED. 2919 01:31:02,690 --> 01:31:04,225 -- YEAH, WE WORK WITH AN 2920 01:31:04,225 --> 01:31:07,295 INDUSTRY PARTNER. THE 2921 01:31:07,295 --> 01:31:07,929 ELECTRIFICATION POWER RESOURCE 2922 01:31:07,929 --> 01:31:09,597 INSTITUTE, AND THEY PROVIDE US 2923 01:31:09,597 --> 01:31:10,998 REGISTRATION DATA THROUGH 2924 01:31:10,998 --> 01:31:12,066 EXPERIAN. 2925 01:31:12,066 --> 01:31:13,734 -- OKAY, SO I HAVE TO GO ON SOME 2926 01:31:13,734 --> 01:31:15,470 SHOW AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THIS. 2927 01:31:15,470 --> 01:31:16,671 SO DON'T MAKE ME A LIAR WHEN I 2928 01:31:16,671 --> 01:31:18,172 USE THIS POWER, WHEN I USE THIS 2929 01:31:18,172 --> 01:31:19,307 BULLET POINT, I WANT TO JUST 2930 01:31:19,307 --> 01:31:21,843 MAKE SURE THAT YOU, ANGELA SAID, 2931 01:31:21,843 --> 01:31:24,178 THIS IS A THING. OKAY, GOOD. 2932 01:31:24,178 --> 01:31:25,646 -- YEP. WE HAVE THE DATA TO BACK 2933 01:31:25,646 --> 01:31:27,615 IT UP. THANK YOU. YOU'RE 2934 01:31:27,615 --> 01:31:29,484 WELCOME. SO THE CHART SHOWS A 2935 01:31:29,484 --> 01:31:31,786 STEADY, STEADY RATE RATE RISE IN 2936 01:31:31,786 --> 01:31:34,589 THE TREND FROM 2015 THROUGH 2937 01:31:34,589 --> 01:31:36,390 APRIL 2026. BUT WHAT'S MOST 2938 01:31:36,390 --> 01:31:38,092 STRIKING IS HOW SHARPLY THE 2939 01:31:38,092 --> 01:31:39,694 CURVE BENDS IN THE LAST FIVE 2940 01:31:39,694 --> 01:31:41,562 YEARS, BETWEEN 20. 2941 01:31:41,562 --> 01:31:41,863 -- WENT UP. 2942 01:31:41,863 --> 01:31:44,098 -- WAS THAT I REALLY WENT UP? 2943 01:31:44,098 --> 01:31:47,268 -- YES. YEAH. PRETTY 2944 01:31:47,268 --> 01:31:50,037 SIGNIFICANT. SO BETWEEN 2015 AND 2945 01:31:50,037 --> 01:31:51,606 2015 AND 2025, WE SAW A COMPOUND 2946 01:31:51,606 --> 01:31:54,242 ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 37%. 2947 01:31:54,242 --> 01:31:57,378 THIS RISING ADOPTION DIRECTLY 2948 01:31:57,378 --> 01:31:58,512 CONNECTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE 2949 01:31:58,512 --> 01:32:00,515 NEEDS. AND BASED ON OUR CURRENT 2950 01:32:00,515 --> 01:32:02,316 REGISTRATION AND PROJECTED 2951 01:32:02,316 --> 01:32:04,485 UPTAKE, OUR CUSTOMERS WILL 2952 01:32:04,485 --> 01:32:05,086 REQUIRE APPROXIMATELY 11,000 2953 01:32:05,086 --> 01:32:10,024 PUBLIC CHARGERS BY 2030. SO 2954 01:32:10,024 --> 01:32:11,559 TODAY WE HAVE ROUGHLY 2000, 2955 01:32:11,559 --> 01:32:13,227 MEANING WE NEED TO ACHIEVE MORE 2956 01:32:13,227 --> 01:32:15,029 THAN FIVE FOLD INCREASE IN 2957 01:32:15,029 --> 01:32:15,463 AVAILABLE CHARGING 2958 01:32:15,463 --> 01:32:16,197 INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR TERRITORY. 2959 01:32:16,197 --> 01:32:16,998 -- CAN I ASK YOU A QUICK 2960 01:32:16,998 --> 01:32:18,299 QUESTION? WHEN YOU SAY PUBLIC 2961 01:32:18,299 --> 01:32:19,300 CHARGERS, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT 2962 01:32:19,300 --> 01:32:20,468 IF PEOPLE ARE BUILDING LIKE 2963 01:32:20,468 --> 01:32:21,769 HOUSING UNITS, ARE YOU TALKING 2964 01:32:21,769 --> 01:32:22,436 ABOUT THOSE THINGS THAT WE SEE, 2965 01:32:22,436 --> 01:32:25,740 LIKE AT MALLS OR WALGREENS, 2966 01:32:25,740 --> 01:32:26,073 WHERE PEOPLE. 2967 01:32:26,073 --> 01:32:27,074 -- FOCUSED ON WHAT YOU'RE SEEING 2968 01:32:27,074 --> 01:32:29,076 AT MALLS? SO IT ALSO INCLUDES 2969 01:32:29,076 --> 01:32:30,244 WORK WORKPLACE CHARGING IN 2970 01:32:30,244 --> 01:32:32,346 PARTICULAR, AND THEN PUBLICLY 2971 01:32:32,346 --> 01:32:32,780 ACCESSIBLE CHARGING 2972 01:32:32,780 --> 01:32:33,848 INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU'LL SEE 2973 01:32:33,848 --> 01:32:37,051 AT MALLS OR GROCERY STORES. 2974 01:32:37,051 --> 01:32:40,421 -- SO WE HAVE 11. YOU SAID WE'RE 2975 01:32:40,421 --> 01:32:42,790 GOING TO GET TO 11,000. 2976 01:32:42,790 --> 01:32:43,424 -- BASED ON THE PROJECTION. WE 2977 01:32:43,424 --> 01:32:45,493 NEED ABOUT 11,000 BY 2030. 2978 01:32:45,493 --> 01:32:47,028 -- WE NEED. 2979 01:32:47,028 --> 01:32:48,095 -- WE NEED 11,000. OKAY. 2980 01:32:48,095 --> 01:32:50,631 -- AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE 2035. 2981 01:32:50,631 --> 01:32:51,399 -- OKAY. THAT MAKES MORE SENSE. 2982 01:32:51,399 --> 01:32:52,166 OKAY. I'M GOING TO BE USING 2983 01:32:52,166 --> 01:32:53,935 THAT LITTLE FACTOID AS WELL. SO 2984 01:32:53,935 --> 01:32:54,135 THANK 2985 01:32:54,135 --> 01:32:54,468 -- [LAUGHTER] 2986 01:32:54,468 --> 01:32:55,202 -- YOU. 2987 01:32:55,202 --> 01:32:55,536 -- [LAUGHTER] 2988 01:32:55,536 --> 01:32:57,505 -- THAT'S A GOOD. 2989 01:32:57,505 --> 01:32:59,407 -- ONE. I SEE IT NOW ON THE 2990 01:32:59,407 --> 01:33:00,074 PAGE. OKAY, I GET IT. I'M SORRY. 2991 01:33:00,074 --> 01:33:00,808 I WAS LISTENING AND NOT LOOKING 2992 01:33:00,808 --> 01:33:02,209 AT YOUR POWERPOINT. GOT IT. 2993 01:33:02,209 --> 01:33:07,848 -- NO WORRIES. SO IT'S A TALL 2994 01:33:07,848 --> 01:33:09,984 ORDER. WE MEET THIS MAN THOUGH 2995 01:33:09,984 --> 01:33:11,519 THROUGH SEVERAL CUSTOMER 2996 01:33:11,519 --> 01:33:12,053 INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. SO WE 2997 01:33:12,053 --> 01:33:13,254 SUPPORT FLEET ELECTRIFICATION. 2998 01:33:13,254 --> 01:33:14,622 SO THOSE ARE FOR BUSINESSES THAT 2999 01:33:14,622 --> 01:33:16,357 ARE LOOKING TO ELECTRIFY THEIR 3000 01:33:16,357 --> 01:33:18,025 THEIR VEHICLES AND OPERATION. WE 3001 01:33:18,025 --> 01:33:20,094 FOCUS ON MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS, 3002 01:33:20,094 --> 01:33:21,862 WHICH ARE THE HARDEST PLACES TO 3003 01:33:21,862 --> 01:33:23,731 ELECTRIFY WORKPLACES AND 3004 01:33:23,731 --> 01:33:25,866 PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE CHARGING 3005 01:33:25,866 --> 01:33:26,400 INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS ALSO 3006 01:33:26,400 --> 01:33:27,969 COMPLEMENTS CITY LIGHTS, OWNED 3007 01:33:27,969 --> 01:33:32,606 PUBLIC CHARGERS AND 2025 OUR 3008 01:33:32,606 --> 01:33:35,843 CHARGERS ARE REPLACED ROUGHLY 6 3009 01:33:35,843 --> 01:33:37,979 MILLION GASOLINE EQUIVALENT 3010 01:33:37,979 --> 01:33:39,847 MILES. SO THESE INVESTMENTS ARE 3011 01:33:39,847 --> 01:33:41,882 TANGIBLE, MEASURABLE AND 3012 01:33:41,882 --> 01:33:42,450 FOUNDATIONAL TO ACHIEVE OUR 3013 01:33:42,450 --> 01:33:44,885 CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY GOALS. 3014 01:33:44,885 --> 01:33:46,787 AND IN 2026, WE'RE ALREADY 3015 01:33:46,787 --> 01:33:47,888 SURPASSING OUR 25 USAGE DUE TO 3016 01:33:47,888 --> 01:33:50,091 OUR EFFORTS TO MITIGATE 3017 01:33:50,091 --> 01:33:52,893 VANDALISM AND CABLE THEFT IN OUR 3018 01:33:52,893 --> 01:34:00,001 REGION. SO WE'VE DEMONSTRATED 3019 01:34:00,001 --> 01:34:00,935 STRONG RESULTS IN PARTNERSHIPS. 3020 01:34:00,935 --> 01:34:01,569 SEATTLEITE WORKS REALLY CLOSELY 3021 01:34:01,569 --> 01:34:02,970 WITH KING COUNTY METRO AND THE 3022 01:34:02,970 --> 01:34:05,106 WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES ON HIGH 3023 01:34:05,106 --> 01:34:06,574 IMPACT FLEET ELECTRIFICATION. WE 3024 01:34:06,574 --> 01:34:09,844 OWN AND OPERATE ABOUT 83 3025 01:34:09,844 --> 01:34:10,444 CHARGERS ACROSS EVERY SINGLE 3026 01:34:10,444 --> 01:34:11,312 DISTRICT, AND WE'VE SUPPORTED 3027 01:34:11,312 --> 01:34:13,180 THE INSTALLATION OF MORE THAN 3028 01:34:13,180 --> 01:34:15,282 1000 CUSTOMER OWNED CHARGERS TO 3029 01:34:15,282 --> 01:34:15,816 DATE. THESE ACHIEVEMENTS 3030 01:34:15,816 --> 01:34:17,284 CONTRIBUTED TO SEATTLE'S ALL 3031 01:34:17,284 --> 01:34:18,986 AMERICAN CITIES AWARD IN 2025 3032 01:34:18,986 --> 01:34:20,187 AND SHOWS THAT WE HAVE THE 3033 01:34:20,187 --> 01:34:22,323 EXPERIENCE TO EXPAND, EXPAND 3034 01:34:22,323 --> 01:34:24,225 THIS, WORK RESPONSIBLY AND AT 3035 01:34:24,225 --> 01:34:26,360 SCALE. I'M ALSO EXCITED TO 3036 01:34:26,360 --> 01:34:27,695 ANNOUNCE THAT CITY LIFE SOLD OUR 3037 01:34:27,695 --> 01:34:29,563 FIRST CLEAN FUEL STANDARD 3038 01:34:29,563 --> 01:34:31,465 CREDITS IN JUNE. SO JUST LAST 3039 01:34:31,465 --> 01:34:35,136 MONTH, THE REVENUE WILL BE USED 3040 01:34:35,136 --> 01:34:36,904 TO TO REINVEST INTO OUR CUSTOMER 3041 01:34:36,904 --> 01:34:38,372 INCENTIVE PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT 3042 01:34:38,372 --> 01:34:39,774 THEIR THEIR EFFORTS TO DEPLOY 3043 01:34:39,774 --> 01:34:42,376 MORE CHARGERS. AND WE'LL 3044 01:34:42,376 --> 01:34:43,811 CONTINUE TO SELL CREDITS 26 TO 3045 01:34:43,811 --> 01:34:44,445 CONTINUE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 3046 01:34:44,445 --> 01:34:45,813 OUR STRATEGY AND BUILD ON THE 3047 01:34:45,813 --> 01:34:47,248 SUCCESSES YOU'VE HEARD TODAY. 3048 01:34:47,248 --> 01:34:49,884 -- WHO DO WE SELL TO IN JUNE? 3049 01:34:49,884 --> 01:34:50,418 -- SAY THAT AGAIN. SORRY. 3050 01:34:50,418 --> 01:34:53,487 -- WHO DID WE SELL TO IN JUNE? 3051 01:34:53,487 --> 01:34:55,389 -- WE SOLD TO A BROKER BY THE 3052 01:34:55,389 --> 01:34:59,260 NAME OF MERCURIA. I DON'T KNOW 3053 01:34:59,260 --> 01:34:59,727 IF THAT'S THE EXACT 3054 01:34:59,727 --> 01:35:00,561 PRONUNCIATION, BUT YOU SELL 3055 01:35:00,561 --> 01:35:03,731 THESE CREDITS THROUGH A BROKER. 3056 01:35:03,731 --> 01:35:04,198 THEY CONNECT US TO A 3057 01:35:04,198 --> 01:35:05,933 COUNTERPARTY. THE COUNTERPARTIES 3058 01:35:05,933 --> 01:35:08,602 ARE USUALLY FUEL PROVIDERS THAT 3059 01:35:08,602 --> 01:35:10,905 GENERATE FUELS THAT ARE HAVE A 3060 01:35:10,905 --> 01:35:12,640 HIGHER CARBON EMISSION. SO 3061 01:35:12,640 --> 01:35:15,176 REALLY FOCUSING ON LIKE GAS, 3062 01:35:15,176 --> 01:35:16,510 DIESEL SUPPLIERS IN OUR REGION. 3063 01:35:16,510 --> 01:35:17,545 -- THANK YOU. AND THE REASON WHY 3064 01:35:17,545 --> 01:35:19,280 I'M DOING SAYING THIS IS 3065 01:35:19,280 --> 01:35:20,815 BECAUSE PAUL, COUNCILMEMBER PAUL 3066 01:35:20,815 --> 01:35:22,083 AND I WERE TRYING TO GO THROUGH 3067 01:35:22,083 --> 01:35:23,417 THE CHAIN OF HOW THESE GET SOLD 3068 01:35:23,417 --> 01:35:26,087 AND WHO, HOW THE CREDITS AND HOW 3069 01:35:26,087 --> 01:35:26,987 THE STATE LAW GOT PASSED. AND 3070 01:35:26,987 --> 01:35:28,155 THEN THE CREDITS WE HAVE AND HOW 3071 01:35:28,155 --> 01:35:30,091 WE WERE GENERATING REVENUE FROM 3072 01:35:30,091 --> 01:35:30,991 THESE. AND WHO ARE THE CUSTOMERS 3073 01:35:30,991 --> 01:35:32,827 THAT WERE GETTING THEM. SO THANK 3074 01:35:32,827 --> 01:35:33,027 YOU. 3075 01:35:33,027 --> 01:35:33,894 -- YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME. HAPPY 3076 01:35:33,894 --> 01:35:38,833 TO DO A DEEP, DEEP DIVE ALL 3077 01:35:38,833 --> 01:35:40,101 RIGHT. SO THIS BRINGS US TO THE 3078 01:35:40,101 --> 01:35:42,436 PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THE 3079 01:35:42,436 --> 01:35:43,003 LEGISLATION AUTHORIZED CITY 3080 01:35:43,003 --> 01:35:44,605 LIGHT TO ENTER TEN UP TO TEN 3081 01:35:44,605 --> 01:35:47,808 YEAR TRANSPORTATION 3082 01:35:47,808 --> 01:35:48,375 ELECTRIFICATION AGREEMENTS 3083 01:35:48,375 --> 01:35:50,311 SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR CUSTOMERS 3084 01:35:50,311 --> 01:35:52,680 PARTICIPATING IN OUR INCENTIVE 3085 01:35:52,680 --> 01:35:53,948 PROGRAMS. THE LONGER TIMELINE IS 3086 01:35:53,948 --> 01:35:56,117 ACTUALLY VERY CRITICAL. IT 3087 01:35:56,117 --> 01:35:57,885 SUPPORTS PHASED, FUTURE PROOFED 3088 01:35:57,885 --> 01:35:59,854 CONSTRUCTION, AND IT GIVES US 3089 01:35:59,854 --> 01:36:00,354 CLEAR AUTHORITY TO SET 3090 01:36:00,354 --> 01:36:02,523 OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS TO 3091 01:36:02,523 --> 01:36:04,792 COLLECT PERFORMANCE DATA. SO 3092 01:36:04,792 --> 01:36:05,359 KILOWATT HOURS DISPENSE IN 3093 01:36:05,359 --> 01:36:07,194 EXCHANGE FOR THESE INCENTIVES, 3094 01:36:07,194 --> 01:36:09,230 PARTICIPANTS WILL ASSIGN THEIR 3095 01:36:09,230 --> 01:36:10,564 CLEAN FUEL STANDARD CREDITS TO 3096 01:36:10,564 --> 01:36:12,800 CITY LIGHT FOR THE TERM OF THE 3097 01:36:12,800 --> 01:36:14,201 AGREEMENT. THOSE CREDITS 3098 01:36:14,201 --> 01:36:15,870 GENERATE A REVENUE STREAM THAT 3099 01:36:15,870 --> 01:36:16,437 OFFSET THOSE INCENTIVES AND 3100 01:36:16,437 --> 01:36:18,839 SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL 3101 01:36:18,839 --> 01:36:19,473 ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS WITHOUT 3102 01:36:19,473 --> 01:36:21,375 RELYING ON RATEPAYERS. THE 3103 01:36:21,375 --> 01:36:23,043 AGREEMENT ALSO ENSURES WE 3104 01:36:23,043 --> 01:36:25,012 ENFORCE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND 3105 01:36:25,012 --> 01:36:26,981 COLLECT CHARGER UTILIZATION AND 3106 01:36:26,981 --> 01:36:27,948 OTHER DATA NECESSARY TO COMPLY 3107 01:36:27,948 --> 01:36:29,550 WITH THE STATE CLEAN FUEL 3108 01:36:29,550 --> 01:36:31,085 STANDARD PROGRAM. SO, IN SHORT, 3109 01:36:31,085 --> 01:36:32,620 THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS US TO SCALE 3110 01:36:32,620 --> 01:36:33,954 CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE 3111 01:36:33,954 --> 01:36:36,157 PACE REQUIRED, KEEPS COSTS DOWN, 3112 01:36:36,157 --> 01:36:38,325 KEEPS COSTS DOWN, MAINTAIN OUR 3113 01:36:38,325 --> 01:36:39,126 COMPLIANCE WITH THE CLEAN FUEL 3114 01:36:39,126 --> 01:36:40,995 STANDARD, AND REINVEST THOSE 3115 01:36:40,995 --> 01:36:43,597 FUNDS BACK INTO TRANSPORTATION 3116 01:36:43,597 --> 01:36:43,998 ELECTRIFICATION. 3117 01:36:43,998 --> 01:36:46,133 -- THANK YOU. BEFORE WE OPEN THE 3118 01:36:46,133 --> 01:36:47,801 FLOOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND. IS IT 3119 01:36:47,801 --> 01:36:49,136 OKAY IF I CALL YOU? I'VE BEEN 3120 01:36:49,136 --> 01:36:50,137 CALLING YOU ANGELA. IS THAT 3121 01:36:50,137 --> 01:36:51,305 OKAY? YOU KNOW, IN THE OLDEN 3122 01:36:51,305 --> 01:36:52,173 DAYS WHEN WE HAD COMMITTEE 3123 01:36:52,173 --> 01:36:54,542 MEETINGS, WE SAT AT THE TABLE 3124 01:36:54,542 --> 01:36:55,743 AND WE JUST GOT TO TALK. SO I'M 3125 01:36:55,743 --> 01:36:57,111 STILL GETTING USED TO THIS MORE 3126 01:36:57,111 --> 01:36:59,747 FORMAL WHERE WE COULD JUST ASK 3127 01:36:59,747 --> 01:37:00,281 YOU QUESTIONS LIKE NORMAL 3128 01:37:00,281 --> 01:37:01,415 PEOPLE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN 3129 01:37:01,415 --> 01:37:02,082 DOING. 3130 01:37:02,082 --> 01:37:02,516 -- I APPRECIATE IT. 3131 01:37:02,516 --> 01:37:04,652 -- I LIKE THE OLD WAY BETTER. SO 3132 01:37:04,652 --> 01:37:05,953 BEFORE WE LEAVE PAGE EIGHT, 3133 01:37:05,953 --> 01:37:06,754 THERE'S THERE'S A QUESTION. I 3134 01:37:06,754 --> 01:37:08,556 HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS JUST REAL 3135 01:37:08,556 --> 01:37:09,523 QUICK. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU 3136 01:37:09,523 --> 01:37:10,891 FOR THE REALLY GOOD SUMMARY AND 3137 01:37:10,891 --> 01:37:11,959 FISCAL NOTE. YOU'RE THE ONE 3138 01:37:11,959 --> 01:37:13,294 THAT DID THIS, RIGHT? YEP. YEAH. 3139 01:37:13,294 --> 01:37:14,495 GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. I LIKE IT 3140 01:37:14,495 --> 01:37:16,163 BECAUSE THEN I WAS EXPLAINING, 3141 01:37:16,163 --> 01:37:18,866 SO HOW DID YOU LAND ON TEN YEAR 3142 01:37:18,866 --> 01:37:20,167 TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENTS? WHY 3143 01:37:20,167 --> 01:37:23,037 TEN? 3144 01:37:23,037 --> 01:37:24,772 -- YEAH. SO TEN YEARS IS A FEW 3145 01:37:24,772 --> 01:37:27,541 THINGS. ONE IS THE LIFE CYCLE OF 3146 01:37:27,541 --> 01:37:29,176 A TYPICAL LIFE CYCLE OF CHARGING 3147 01:37:29,176 --> 01:37:32,413 INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I THINK THAT 3148 01:37:32,413 --> 01:37:34,415 IS SORT OF WHERE WE ARE SET. WE 3149 01:37:34,415 --> 01:37:35,816 ALSO ARE TRYING TO GIVE OUR 3150 01:37:35,816 --> 01:37:37,251 CUSTOMERS LONGER TIME FRAMES IN 3151 01:37:37,251 --> 01:37:38,752 ORDER TO BUILD THEIR, THEIR 3152 01:37:38,752 --> 01:37:40,120 PROJECTS. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING 3153 01:37:40,120 --> 01:37:43,657 ABOUT FUTURE PROJECTS, WE'RE 3154 01:37:43,657 --> 01:37:44,458 TRYING TO DO ALL THE 3155 01:37:44,458 --> 01:37:46,660 CONSTRUCTION CONDUIT AND ALL OF 3156 01:37:46,660 --> 01:37:48,395 THE WIRES AT THE BEGINNING OF 3157 01:37:48,395 --> 01:37:49,930 THE PROJECT. SO THAT REDUCED THE 3158 01:37:49,930 --> 01:37:53,000 COST UPFRONT. AND SO IT'S 3159 01:37:53,000 --> 01:37:54,969 ALLOWING THE, YOU KNOW, LET'S 3160 01:37:54,969 --> 01:37:56,971 SAY, BUSINESS TO TURN OVER THEIR 3161 01:37:56,971 --> 01:37:59,707 FLEETS. SO MOST BUSINESSES 3162 01:37:59,707 --> 01:38:01,542 USUALLY HAVE A TIMELINE OF WHEN 3163 01:38:01,542 --> 01:38:03,410 THEIR VEHICLES ARE SOLD AND, AND 3164 01:38:03,410 --> 01:38:04,612 WHEN THEY PURCHASE NEW VEHICLES. 3165 01:38:04,612 --> 01:38:07,581 SO IT ALLOWS FOR THAT TURNOVER 3166 01:38:07,581 --> 01:38:09,516 IN THEIR ASSETS AS WELL. 3167 01:38:09,516 --> 01:38:12,253 -- SECOND QUESTION, I HAD YOU 3168 01:38:12,253 --> 01:38:13,687 HAD AGREEMENTS ARE WITH METRO 3169 01:38:13,687 --> 01:38:15,589 AND THE FERRIES. WHY DID YOU DO 3170 01:38:15,589 --> 01:38:17,258 THOSE? IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A 3171 01:38:17,258 --> 01:38:18,492 LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OR HOW 3172 01:38:18,492 --> 01:38:20,127 IS THAT GOING HOW THAT'S GOING? 3173 01:38:20,127 --> 01:38:21,328 -- YEAH, THOSE ARE LARGER 3174 01:38:21,328 --> 01:38:23,297 PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE ACTUALLY 3175 01:38:23,297 --> 01:38:25,866 OUTSIDE OF, OF THE PARTICIPATION 3176 01:38:25,866 --> 01:38:27,701 AGREEMENT, ALTHOUGH KING COUNTY 3177 01:38:27,701 --> 01:38:28,335 JUST SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION. 3178 01:38:28,335 --> 01:38:30,938 SO SO THAT'S NEW. BUT WITH 3179 01:38:30,938 --> 01:38:31,538 WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES AND 3180 01:38:31,538 --> 01:38:32,640 KING COUNTY METRO, THOSE ARE 3181 01:38:32,640 --> 01:38:34,508 REALLY IMPORTANT CUSTOMERS WHO 3182 01:38:34,508 --> 01:38:35,142 HAVE LARGE SCALE PROJECTS. AND 3183 01:38:35,142 --> 01:38:37,444 SO WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH 3184 01:38:37,444 --> 01:38:39,313 THEM SPECIFICALLY TO HELP WITH 3185 01:38:39,313 --> 01:38:41,015 THEIR ELECTRIFICATION. AND I 3186 01:38:41,015 --> 01:38:42,783 BELIEVE. 3187 01:38:42,783 --> 01:38:43,450 -- I'LL JUMP IN QUICKLY BECAUSE 3188 01:38:43,450 --> 01:38:45,419 WE ACTUALLY HAVE MEMORANDUMS OF 3189 01:38:45,419 --> 01:38:46,487 UNDERSTANDING WITH BOTH OF THOSE 3190 01:38:46,487 --> 01:38:49,356 ENTITIES. AND, AND YOU ALL 3191 01:38:49,356 --> 01:38:49,890 ACTUALLY APPROVED THE THE 3192 01:38:49,890 --> 01:38:51,258 UPDATED WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES 3193 01:38:51,258 --> 01:38:53,961 MOU. I THINK TWO MONTHS AGO, 3194 01:38:53,961 --> 01:38:55,729 MAYBE IT WAS PRETTY RECENT. SO 3195 01:38:55,729 --> 01:38:56,563 WE HAVE SPECIFIC MOU WITH THEM. 3196 01:38:56,563 --> 01:38:58,198 -- WE DID. 3197 01:38:58,198 --> 01:39:00,801 -- YES, YES. 3198 01:39:00,801 --> 01:39:01,602 -- HOW COME I DON'T REMEMBER 3199 01:39:01,602 --> 01:39:01,969 THAT. GO AHEAD. 3200 01:39:01,969 --> 01:39:02,636 -- YEAH. IT WAS THE MARINE 3201 01:39:02,636 --> 01:39:02,870 CABLE. 3202 01:39:02,870 --> 01:39:03,671 -- OH THE MARINE CABLE. 3203 01:39:03,671 --> 01:39:03,971 -- OKAY. 3204 01:39:03,971 --> 01:39:06,440 -- THANK YOU MAURA. ANOTHER 3205 01:39:06,440 --> 01:39:06,774 COUNCILMEMBER 3206 01:39:06,774 --> 01:39:07,107 -- [LAUGHTER] 3207 01:39:07,107 --> 01:39:07,474 -- IN THE BACK. 3208 01:39:07,474 --> 01:39:07,808 -- [LAUGHTER] 3209 01:39:07,808 --> 01:39:09,710 -- OKAY 3210 01:39:09,710 --> 01:39:10,277 -- BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS 3211 01:39:10,277 --> 01:39:11,879 BECAUSE OKAY, THIS IS WHY I WAS 3212 01:39:11,879 --> 01:39:13,180 GETTING CONFUSED. WHEN YOU LOOK 3213 01:39:13,180 --> 01:39:14,581 AT PAGE SIX OF YOUR POWERPOINT 3214 01:39:14,581 --> 01:39:16,050 AND YOU SAY WHO YOUR CUSTOMERS 3215 01:39:16,050 --> 01:39:17,351 ARE, CUSTOMER INCENTIVE 3216 01:39:17,351 --> 01:39:21,822 PROGRAMS, I'M GUESSING THIS IS 3217 01:39:21,822 --> 01:39:22,323 JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE 3218 01:39:22,323 --> 01:39:22,890 CUSTOMERS. SO WAS METRO AND 3219 01:39:22,890 --> 01:39:23,490 FERRIES ARE WASHINGTON STATE 3220 01:39:23,490 --> 01:39:26,527 FERRIES ARE CONSIDERED CUSTOMERS 3221 01:39:26,527 --> 01:39:26,794 AS WELL. 3222 01:39:26,794 --> 01:39:27,027 -- YES. 3223 01:39:27,027 --> 01:39:28,262 -- THEY ARE CONSIDERED 3224 01:39:28,262 --> 01:39:28,562 CUSTOMERS. 3225 01:39:28,562 --> 01:39:29,296 -- OKAY. 3226 01:39:29,296 --> 01:39:30,998 -- SO IT'S THE FLEETS, THE 3227 01:39:30,998 --> 01:39:31,598 MULTIFAMILY PUBLIC WORKSPACE, 3228 01:39:31,598 --> 01:39:33,701 AND THEN TRANSPORTATION FOLKS 3229 01:39:33,701 --> 01:39:35,069 LIKE THE FERRIES AND, AND I KNOW 3230 01:39:35,069 --> 01:39:37,037 THAT EVEN THE CITY DEPARTMENTS 3231 01:39:37,037 --> 01:39:38,205 HAVE TRANSFERRED THEIR FLEETS 3232 01:39:38,205 --> 01:39:42,810 OVER TO ELECTRICITY AS WELL. SPU 3233 01:39:42,810 --> 01:39:45,145 SEATTLE CITY CAN'T THINK OF. 3234 01:39:45,145 --> 01:39:45,512 -- ANYONE ELSE. 3235 01:39:45,512 --> 01:39:47,481 -- FAS ARE ALL PART OF 3236 01:39:47,481 --> 01:39:49,483 ELECTRIFICATION EFFORT OF OF 3237 01:39:49,483 --> 01:39:49,817 THEIR FLEETS. 3238 01:39:49,817 --> 01:39:51,552 -- WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU 3239 01:39:51,552 --> 01:39:53,320 AGAIN, ANGELA. AND I REALLY DID 3240 01:39:53,320 --> 01:39:54,822 APPRECIATE READING YOUR SUMMARY 3241 01:39:54,822 --> 01:39:55,923 AND FISCAL NOTE. I THINK PEOPLE 3242 01:39:55,923 --> 01:39:56,724 THINK WE DON'T READ THAT STUFF, 3243 01:39:56,724 --> 01:39:59,460 BUT WE DO, AND I APPRECIATE IT 3244 01:39:59,460 --> 01:40:00,828 WHEN SOMEONE WRITES VERY CLEARLY 3245 01:40:00,828 --> 01:40:02,296 AND CAN EXPLAIN STUFF TO ME 3246 01:40:02,296 --> 01:40:03,497 BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A 3247 01:40:03,497 --> 01:40:04,765 LITTLE TIRED SOMETIMES OF THIS 3248 01:40:04,765 --> 01:40:07,067 STUFF I JUST WANT AND ALSO A 3249 01:40:07,067 --> 01:40:09,002 REALLY GOOD JOB ON ANSWERING THE 3250 01:40:09,002 --> 01:40:10,537 QUESTION ABOUT THE CLIMATE 3251 01:40:10,537 --> 01:40:11,472 CHANGE IMPACTS. I APPRECIATE 3252 01:40:11,472 --> 01:40:13,307 THAT WE PUT THAT IN MUCH LATER. 3253 01:40:13,307 --> 01:40:15,376 AND NOW CITY DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE 3254 01:40:15,376 --> 01:40:16,877 DOING THE SUBMARINE FISCAL NOTES 3255 01:40:16,877 --> 01:40:17,478 ARE ADDRESSING THAT. SO THANK 3256 01:40:17,478 --> 01:40:19,213 YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO OPEN 3257 01:40:19,213 --> 01:40:20,080 THE FLOOR UP TO MY COLLEAGUES 3258 01:40:20,080 --> 01:40:21,849 AND SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES 3259 01:40:21,849 --> 01:40:24,852 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCILMEMBER 3260 01:40:24,852 --> 01:40:25,119 STRAUSS. 3261 01:40:25,119 --> 01:40:26,186 -- THANK YOU. THIS ONE CAME TO 3262 01:40:26,186 --> 01:40:29,423 ME IN OFFICE HOURS LAST WEEK, 3263 01:40:29,423 --> 01:40:31,625 WHICH IS A UNIQUE AND NOVEL WAY 3264 01:40:31,625 --> 01:40:36,029 OF HOW DID YOU SAY, SMOOTHING 3265 01:40:36,029 --> 01:40:36,230 THE. 3266 01:40:36,230 --> 01:40:37,731 -- SORRY. 3267 01:40:37,731 --> 01:40:40,000 -- THE BELL CURVE. YOU GUYS HAVE 3268 01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:40,701 A BETTER SMOOTHING THE. 3269 01:40:40,701 --> 01:40:41,201 -- THE PEAK LOAD. 3270 01:40:41,201 --> 01:40:46,673 -- PEAK LOAD BY USING OUT OF 3271 01:40:46,673 --> 01:40:47,307 SERVICE ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO TAP 3272 01:40:47,307 --> 01:40:49,476 BACK INTO THE GRID. IS THAT 3273 01:40:49,476 --> 01:40:50,144 SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXPLORING 3274 01:40:50,144 --> 01:40:53,080 AT THIS TIME? SORRY, I LOVE THIS 3275 01:40:53,080 --> 01:40:53,981 WHOLE PRESENTATION. LOVE ALL 3276 01:40:53,981 --> 01:40:55,349 YOUR WORK. I KNOW WE TALKED 3277 01:40:55,349 --> 01:40:56,950 OFFLINE PREVIOUSLY. HERE'S THE 3278 01:40:56,950 --> 01:40:59,052 NEW IDEA. DO WE HAVE THAT 3279 01:40:59,052 --> 01:41:00,888 CAPABILITY, THAT CAPACITY.? 3280 01:41:00,888 --> 01:41:01,922 -- RIGHT NOW? WE DON'T HAVE THE 3281 01:41:01,922 --> 01:41:03,991 CAPABILITY. SOME OF THAT DEPENDS 3282 01:41:03,991 --> 01:41:05,325 ON TECHNOLOGY. AND SO THAT'S 3283 01:41:05,325 --> 01:41:06,760 WHAT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS IS 3284 01:41:06,760 --> 01:41:08,195 GETTING THE TECHNOLOGY IN PLACE 3285 01:41:08,195 --> 01:41:09,797 SO THAT OUR OUR CONTROL CENTER 3286 01:41:09,797 --> 01:41:11,498 CAN VIEW WHAT'S ON OUR SYSTEM 3287 01:41:11,498 --> 01:41:13,200 AND THEN BE ABLE TO CONTROL IT. 3288 01:41:13,200 --> 01:41:14,134 SO THAT'S, THAT WILL BE A 3289 01:41:14,134 --> 01:41:15,035 FUTURE STATE. BUT IT IS 3290 01:41:15,035 --> 01:41:16,870 SOMETHING THAT WILL BE 3291 01:41:16,870 --> 01:41:17,504 RESEARCHING AND MOVING TOWARDS 3292 01:41:17,504 --> 01:41:18,238 EVENTUALLY. 3293 01:41:18,238 --> 01:41:20,374 -- FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. 3294 01:41:20,374 --> 01:41:20,707 -- THANK YOU. 3295 01:41:20,707 --> 01:41:21,842 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 3296 01:41:21,842 --> 01:41:23,343 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 3297 01:41:23,343 --> 01:41:23,544 YOU. 3298 01:41:23,544 --> 01:41:28,549 -- DITTO TO MY COLLEAGUE, CHAIR 3299 01:41:28,549 --> 01:41:31,785 JUAREZ, COMMENTS ABOUT CLARITY 3300 01:41:31,785 --> 01:41:33,120 AND AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT 3301 01:41:33,120 --> 01:41:34,488 YOU GIVE, BECAUSE WE DO READ IT. 3302 01:41:34,488 --> 01:41:36,356 I KNOW I READ IT TO 3303 01:41:36,356 --> 01:41:37,925 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. I DO HAVE 3304 01:41:37,925 --> 01:41:39,893 A QUESTION ON PAGE FIVE ABOUT 3305 01:41:39,893 --> 01:41:42,262 THIS 11,000 BECAUSE I THOUGHT I 3306 01:41:42,262 --> 01:41:43,263 HEARD YOU SAY, ANGELA, WE 3307 01:41:43,263 --> 01:41:46,867 CURRENTLY HAVE 2000. AND SO 3308 01:41:46,867 --> 01:41:49,203 WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR REACHING 3309 01:41:49,203 --> 01:41:51,405 THE 11,000 BY 2030? BECAUSE THAT 3310 01:41:51,405 --> 01:41:53,273 SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME FROM NOW, 3311 01:41:53,273 --> 01:41:55,742 BUT IT'S NOT SINCE WE'RE IN 3312 01:41:55,742 --> 01:41:55,943 2026. 3313 01:41:55,943 --> 01:41:58,612 -- YEAH. 3314 01:41:58,612 --> 01:41:59,947 -- IT'S A IT'S A MIXED 3315 01:41:59,947 --> 01:42:01,815 STRATEGY. WE BOTH NEED PUBLIC 3316 01:42:01,815 --> 01:42:02,316 INVESTMENT AND PRIVATE 3317 01:42:02,316 --> 01:42:04,284 INVESTMENTS. AND SO THROUGH THE 3318 01:42:04,284 --> 01:42:05,786 CUSTOMER INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, 3319 01:42:05,786 --> 01:42:07,254 THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING A LOT 3320 01:42:07,254 --> 01:42:09,323 OF MOVEMENT. SO THROUGH OUR 3321 01:42:09,323 --> 01:42:11,725 INVESTMENTS, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT 3322 01:42:11,725 --> 01:42:14,061 11,000 CHARGERS BEING DEPLOYED. 3323 01:42:14,061 --> 01:42:14,595 SO THOSE CUSTOMER FACING 3324 01:42:14,595 --> 01:42:15,496 INCENTIVE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY 3325 01:42:15,496 --> 01:42:17,798 CRITICAL. WE WE NEED THE PRIVATE 3326 01:42:17,798 --> 01:42:18,932 MARKET TO ALSO HELP FILL IN 3327 01:42:18,932 --> 01:42:20,934 THOSE GAPS. WE'VE SEEN THEM AS 3328 01:42:20,934 --> 01:42:22,336 FIRST MOVERS, CITY LIGHTS ROLE 3329 01:42:22,336 --> 01:42:24,004 HERE IS REALLY TO FILL IN THOSE 3330 01:42:24,004 --> 01:42:27,341 GAPS. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING 3331 01:42:27,341 --> 01:42:29,510 WITH SDOT. THE SEATTLE 3332 01:42:29,510 --> 01:42:30,144 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. WE 3333 01:42:30,144 --> 01:42:31,345 ARE IN PARTNERSHIP ON THE 3334 01:42:31,345 --> 01:42:32,279 TRANSPORTATION LEVY, WHERE WE'RE 3335 01:42:32,279 --> 01:42:34,648 GOING TO BE INVESTING OVER $32 3336 01:42:34,648 --> 01:42:36,717 MILLION OF CHARGING 3337 01:42:36,717 --> 01:42:39,086 INFRASTRUCTURE OVER THE NEXT 3338 01:42:39,086 --> 01:42:40,354 SEVEN YEARS, EIGHT YEARS. SO 3339 01:42:40,354 --> 01:42:41,655 THAT IS A WAY THAT WE ARE ALSO 3340 01:42:41,655 --> 01:42:45,492 GOING TO BRIDGE UP TO THAT 3341 01:42:45,492 --> 01:42:47,494 11,000, 11,000 CHARGERS THAT ARE 3342 01:42:47,494 --> 01:42:49,363 NEEDED, YOU KNOW, TO BE QUITE 3343 01:42:49,363 --> 01:42:51,231 FRANK, WE ALSO NEED A LOT OF THE 3344 01:42:51,231 --> 01:42:52,533 COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES TO STEP IN 3345 01:42:52,533 --> 01:42:55,702 AND PROVIDE THAT AMENITY FOR, 3346 01:42:55,702 --> 01:42:57,638 FOR THE CUSTOMERS AND OUR 3347 01:42:57,638 --> 01:42:58,906 RESIDENTS. SO WE DO A LOT OF 3348 01:42:58,906 --> 01:43:01,642 OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR 3349 01:43:01,642 --> 01:43:04,278 CUSTOMERS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, 3350 01:43:04,278 --> 01:43:05,345 JUST TO REALLY TRY TO HAVE THEM 3351 01:43:05,345 --> 01:43:07,014 UNDERSTAND, LIKE, WHAT ARE THE 3352 01:43:07,014 --> 01:43:09,149 BENEFITS OF ELECTRIFICATION? 3353 01:43:09,149 --> 01:43:10,350 WHAT COULD A DRIVER POTENTIALLY 3354 01:43:10,350 --> 01:43:10,984 WANT EITHER IN THEIR WORKPLACE 3355 01:43:10,984 --> 01:43:12,252 OR IN THEIR HOME? SO WE ARE ALSO 3356 01:43:12,252 --> 01:43:14,888 OUT THERE DOING A LOT OF 3357 01:43:14,888 --> 01:43:16,857 ENGAGEMENT IN ORDER TO LIKE 3358 01:43:16,857 --> 01:43:17,424 BUILD THAT UNDERSTANDING IN 3359 01:43:17,424 --> 01:43:20,127 ORDER FOR THEM TO KIND OF LIKE 3360 01:43:20,127 --> 01:43:22,296 GET TO THE DECISION TO INVEST IN 3361 01:43:22,296 --> 01:43:23,897 TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION 3362 01:43:23,897 --> 01:43:24,331 ON THEIR PROPERTY. 3363 01:43:24,331 --> 01:43:26,233 -- THANK YOU. ANGELA. IT TAKES A 3364 01:43:26,233 --> 01:43:27,834 VILLAGE. WE NEED TO WORK 3365 01:43:27,834 --> 01:43:31,171 TOGETHER, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE 3366 01:43:31,171 --> 01:43:32,773 YOUR ROBUST ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE 3367 01:43:32,773 --> 01:43:33,941 THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'S NOT 3368 01:43:33,941 --> 01:43:35,709 GOING TO HAPPEN UNLESS WE ARE 3369 01:43:35,709 --> 01:43:37,778 ACTUALLY ENGAGING AND REACHING 3370 01:43:37,778 --> 01:43:40,714 OUT TO FOLKS IN THE PRIVATE AND 3371 01:43:40,714 --> 01:43:42,482 PUBLIC SECTOR. SO APPRECIATE 3372 01:43:42,482 --> 01:43:45,319 CITY LIGHTS AND YOUR WORK ON 3373 01:43:45,319 --> 01:43:48,121 THIS. I WILL SAY JUST A GENERAL 3374 01:43:48,121 --> 01:43:50,791 COMMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT 3375 01:43:50,791 --> 01:43:52,259 SEATTLE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER 3376 01:43:52,259 --> 01:43:54,528 OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BECAUSE I 3377 01:43:54,528 --> 01:43:55,996 KNOW PEOPLE IN SEATTLE VERY MUCH 3378 01:43:55,996 --> 01:43:56,997 CARE ABOUT THE CLIMATE, WHICH I, 3379 01:43:56,997 --> 01:44:00,500 I, I DO AS WELL. AND I WILL SAY 3380 01:44:00,500 --> 01:44:03,170 THAT WE OFTEN AND I HAVE SAID 3381 01:44:03,170 --> 01:44:05,339 THAT WHEN CUTS HAPPEN, WE OFTEN 3382 01:44:05,339 --> 01:44:09,376 TURN TO OUR CLIMATE GOALS AND 3383 01:44:09,376 --> 01:44:10,811 INVESTMENTS, AND WE TEND TO CUT 3384 01:44:10,811 --> 01:44:12,679 THOSE FIRST, BECAUSE WE SEE 3385 01:44:12,679 --> 01:44:14,781 CLIMATE AS A TOMORROW PROBLEM 3386 01:44:14,781 --> 01:44:16,116 WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY A TODAY 3387 01:44:16,116 --> 01:44:18,785 PROBLEM. SO YOU ARE VERY 3388 01:44:18,785 --> 01:44:20,420 ROBUSTLY TACKLING THE TODAY 3389 01:44:20,420 --> 01:44:23,490 CLIMATE PROGRAM. I MEAN, PROBLEM 3390 01:44:23,490 --> 01:44:24,024 WITH YOUR ELECTRIFICATION 3391 01:44:24,024 --> 01:44:25,525 PROGRAM. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 3392 01:44:25,525 --> 01:44:27,728 THAT. AND I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS 3393 01:44:27,728 --> 01:44:30,497 REALLY APPRECIATE THAT TOO. SO 3394 01:44:30,497 --> 01:44:31,331 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 3395 01:44:31,331 --> 01:44:31,665 -- THANK YOU. 3396 01:44:31,665 --> 01:44:32,633 -- COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ARE 3397 01:44:32,633 --> 01:44:33,634 THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MY 3398 01:44:33,634 --> 01:44:34,334 COLLEAGUES BEFORE WE GO TO A 3399 01:44:34,334 --> 01:44:37,471 VOTE? OH, COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I 3400 01:44:37,471 --> 01:44:38,905 KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO WHEN YOU 3401 01:44:38,905 --> 01:44:40,073 HEARD TRANSPORTATION, I SAW YOUR 3402 01:44:40,073 --> 01:44:42,376 HEAD GO UP. I WAS WATCHING YOU. 3403 01:44:42,376 --> 01:44:42,643 GO AHEAD. 3404 01:44:42,643 --> 01:44:43,910 -- COUNCILMEMBER SAKA THANK YOU, 3405 01:44:43,910 --> 01:44:46,380 MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, 3406 01:44:46,380 --> 01:44:48,849 INTERIM GENERAL MANAGER SANTOFF 3407 01:44:48,849 --> 01:44:51,518 AND YOUR TEAM FOR THIS 3408 01:44:51,518 --> 01:44:53,987 PRESENTATION TODAY. CLIMATE. 3409 01:44:53,987 --> 01:44:54,955 WELL, THIS EFFORT AND WHAT WE'RE 3410 01:44:54,955 --> 01:44:57,557 BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER AND 3411 01:44:57,557 --> 01:44:58,158 APPROVE DIRECTLY IMPACTS OUR 3412 01:44:58,158 --> 01:44:59,159 CLIMATE, AS WE'VE LEARNED. AND 3413 01:44:59,159 --> 01:45:04,431 WE ALL KNOW. AND SO SUPER 3414 01:45:04,431 --> 01:45:06,500 IMPORTANT, STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE, 3415 01:45:06,500 --> 01:45:09,202 INCLUDING THAT SORT OF BLENDED 3416 01:45:09,202 --> 01:45:16,276 STRATEGY OF PUBLIC, PRIVATE 3417 01:45:16,276 --> 01:45:16,910 INVESTMENT TO EFFECTIVELY BRING 3418 01:45:16,910 --> 01:45:17,344 OUR TRANSPORTATION 3419 01:45:17,344 --> 01:45:17,944 ELECTRIFICATION GOALS AND 3420 01:45:17,944 --> 01:45:21,481 PRIORITIES TO LIFE SO REALLY 3421 01:45:21,481 --> 01:45:25,686 SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, 3422 01:45:25,686 --> 01:45:27,320 MORE BROADLY, BUT I WOULD BE 3423 01:45:27,320 --> 01:45:28,755 REMISS IF I, IF I DIDN'T 3424 01:45:28,755 --> 01:45:32,426 MENTION, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE 3425 01:45:32,426 --> 01:45:38,899 IRONY WITH RESPECT TO A ELECTRIC 3426 01:45:38,899 --> 01:45:39,466 OR TRANSPORTATION CHARGING 3427 01:45:39,466 --> 01:45:41,068 STATION PROJECT IN MY OWN 3428 01:45:41,068 --> 01:45:44,037 DISTRICT RIGHT NOW. YESTERDAY OR 3429 01:45:44,037 --> 01:45:46,440 THE DAY BEFORE, I HEARD A, I 3430 01:45:46,440 --> 01:45:48,475 RECEIVED A VERY TROUBLING AND 3431 01:45:48,475 --> 01:45:49,543 CONCERNING UPDATE FROM SEATTLE 3432 01:45:49,543 --> 01:45:51,611 CITY LIGHT THAT THAT PROJECT, 3433 01:45:51,611 --> 01:45:53,513 ABOUT TEN YEARS IN THE MAKING IN 3434 01:45:53,513 --> 01:45:55,549 THE MORGAN JUNCTION, THE MORGAN 3435 01:45:55,549 --> 01:45:58,518 JUNCTION EV CHARGING STATION, IS 3436 01:45:58,518 --> 01:46:00,253 GOING TO BE EVEN FURTHER 3437 01:46:00,253 --> 01:46:02,155 DELAYED. TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. 3438 01:46:02,155 --> 01:46:04,858 THAT'S A TEN YEAR SAGA. SO 3439 01:46:04,858 --> 01:46:07,427 YEAH, MORE BROADLY, I'M 3440 01:46:07,427 --> 01:46:08,962 SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IN 3441 01:46:08,962 --> 01:46:09,996 THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION BEFORE 3442 01:46:09,996 --> 01:46:13,800 US. BUT THE IRONY THAT MY OFFICE 3443 01:46:13,800 --> 01:46:16,837 RECEIVED THAT WORD. AND HERE WE 3444 01:46:16,837 --> 01:46:18,705 ARE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPORTATION 3445 01:46:18,705 --> 01:46:19,372 ELECTRIFICATION. WE CAN'T EVEN 3446 01:46:19,372 --> 01:46:23,844 GET OUR OWN HOUSE IN ORDER ON. 3447 01:46:23,844 --> 01:46:26,279 MY CONSTITUENTS IN WEST SEATTLE 3448 01:46:26,279 --> 01:46:27,581 AND MORGAN JUNCTION DESERVE 3449 01:46:27,581 --> 01:46:28,849 BETTER FROM THE CITY. MY OFFICE 3450 01:46:28,849 --> 01:46:31,351 HAS BEEN PUSHING HARD ON THAT. 3451 01:46:31,351 --> 01:46:33,854 THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT AND TWO 3452 01:46:33,854 --> 01:46:34,488 ADMINISTRATIONS. NOW I DON'T 3453 01:46:34,488 --> 01:46:38,792 KNOW WHAT ELSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT 3454 01:46:38,792 --> 01:46:39,760 ELSE YOU ALL NEED. I DON'T KNOW 3455 01:46:39,760 --> 01:46:40,927 WHAT OTHER SUPPORTS YOU NEED TO 3456 01:46:40,927 --> 01:46:46,399 BE SUCCESSFUL. INTERIM GENERAL 3457 01:46:46,399 --> 01:46:47,467 MANAGER SANTOFF, YOU AND I HAVE 3458 01:46:47,467 --> 01:46:50,437 DISCUSSED THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT 3459 01:46:50,437 --> 01:46:57,010 OFFLINE DIRECTLY THIS IS 3460 01:46:57,010 --> 01:47:01,782 NONSENSE. SNAP OUT OF IT. I'LL 3461 01:47:01,782 --> 01:47:04,084 BE FOLLOWING UP OFFLINE ABOUT 3462 01:47:04,084 --> 01:47:10,223 THAT WHICH, SPEAKING OF THE 3463 01:47:10,223 --> 01:47:12,793 OTHER EFFORT TO ROLL OUT AS PART 3464 01:47:12,793 --> 01:47:15,896 OF THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY MORE 3465 01:47:15,896 --> 01:47:17,397 CHARGING STATIONS, PUBLIC 3466 01:47:17,397 --> 01:47:21,168 CHARGING STATIONS ACROSS THE 3467 01:47:21,168 --> 01:47:21,835 CITY. JUST THINKING OUT LOUD 3468 01:47:21,835 --> 01:47:26,873 HERE, I THINK THAT ACTUALLY BE A 3469 01:47:26,873 --> 01:47:28,108 TERRIFIC, TERRIFIC AGENDA ITEM 3470 01:47:28,108 --> 01:47:30,110 AND TOPIC. WE'D LOVE TO INVITE 3471 01:47:30,110 --> 01:47:34,381 YOU ALL TO DELIGHT AND PARTNER 3472 01:47:34,381 --> 01:47:37,317 WITH AS NOT TO COME BRIEF LATER 3473 01:47:37,317 --> 01:47:39,519 THIS YEAR ABOUT THE THE STATUS 3474 01:47:39,519 --> 01:47:40,854 OF THAT EFFORT. BECAUSE WE'RE 3475 01:47:40,854 --> 01:47:42,389 TWO YEARS IN, ALMOST AT THE END 3476 01:47:42,389 --> 01:47:45,158 OF YEAR TWO OF TRANSPORTATION 3477 01:47:45,158 --> 01:47:47,727 LEVY OF AN EIGHT YEAR LEVY TO 3478 01:47:47,727 --> 01:47:50,163 COME BRIEF ON THE STATUS OF THAT 3479 01:47:50,163 --> 01:47:50,697 ROLLOUT USING THE MORGAN 3480 01:47:50,697 --> 01:47:53,934 JUNCTION EV CHARGING STATION AS 3481 01:47:53,934 --> 01:47:59,105 AN EXAMPLE. FOCUSING HEAVILY ON 3482 01:47:59,105 --> 01:48:03,176 THAT, THIS IS OUT OF HAND. I 3483 01:48:03,176 --> 01:48:04,611 DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WHAT OTHER 3484 01:48:04,611 --> 01:48:05,979 SUPPORTS YOU ALL NEED, BUT IT'S 3485 01:48:05,979 --> 01:48:11,017 NOT RESOURCING. LET'S GET THIS 3486 01:48:11,017 --> 01:48:12,919 DONE. BUT PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS 3487 01:48:12,919 --> 01:48:14,354 BROADER INITIATIVE. THANK YOU, 3488 01:48:14,354 --> 01:48:16,356 MADAM CHAIR. 3489 01:48:16,356 --> 01:48:16,990 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 3490 01:48:16,990 --> 01:48:18,358 IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS 3491 01:48:18,358 --> 01:48:21,661 BEFORE WE MOVE ON? I JUST WANT 3492 01:48:21,661 --> 01:48:23,063 TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR SALE, CITY 3493 01:48:23,063 --> 01:48:24,431 LIGHT AND ALL MY COLLEAGUES FOR 3494 01:48:24,431 --> 01:48:26,433 TAKING TAKING THIS STUFF 3495 01:48:26,433 --> 01:48:27,434 SERIOUSLY. I THINK SOMETIMES 3496 01:48:27,434 --> 01:48:29,836 PEOPLE THINK THAT NOT ONLY MAYBE 3497 01:48:29,836 --> 01:48:30,937 WE DON'T READ EVERYTHING, BUT 3498 01:48:30,937 --> 01:48:31,905 WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. AND 3499 01:48:31,905 --> 01:48:34,507 WE ARE. AND, AND AS 3500 01:48:34,507 --> 01:48:36,843 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA POINTED OUT, 3501 01:48:36,843 --> 01:48:38,078 WE'RE WHEN WE REPRESENT NOTHING 3502 01:48:38,078 --> 01:48:39,279 AGAINST THOSE THAT ARE ELECTED 3503 01:48:39,279 --> 01:48:40,881 CITYWIDE. BUT WHEN WE REPRESENT 3504 01:48:40,881 --> 01:48:43,450 A DISTRICT AND EXPECTATIONS ARE 3505 01:48:43,450 --> 01:48:44,918 RAISED BY OTHER FOLKS, AND THEN 3506 01:48:44,918 --> 01:48:46,987 WE RESPOND TO OUR CONSTITUENTS 3507 01:48:46,987 --> 01:48:48,788 WHEN THOSE EXPECTATIONS AREN'T 3508 01:48:48,788 --> 01:48:49,856 MET. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S THE 3509 01:48:49,856 --> 01:48:51,224 FRUSTRATION THAT WE GET. AND 3510 01:48:51,224 --> 01:48:52,626 WE'VE WE'VE HAD THOSE ISSUES 3511 01:48:52,626 --> 01:48:55,362 WITH WITH OUTAGES. QUEEN ANNE 3512 01:48:55,362 --> 01:48:56,963 PINEHURST. AND THEN WE GET THE 3513 01:48:56,963 --> 01:48:59,266 CALLS, WHICH IS. YEAH, SO AND I 3514 01:48:59,266 --> 01:49:00,367 UNDERSTAND, I GET IT. SO THAT'S 3515 01:49:00,367 --> 01:49:01,735 KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS 3516 01:49:01,735 --> 01:49:03,904 SOMETIMES THAT FRUSTRATION. SO 3517 01:49:03,904 --> 01:49:05,438 ANGELA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 3518 01:49:05,438 --> 01:49:07,440 YOUR FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID 3519 01:49:07,440 --> 01:49:09,242 HERE TODAY. THANK YOU. INTERIM 3520 01:49:09,242 --> 01:49:10,243 DIRECTOR SANTOFF, AND THANK YOU. 3521 01:49:10,243 --> 01:49:12,412 MR.. IS IT. LOGSDON. THAT'S 3522 01:49:12,412 --> 01:49:12,979 RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS THERE 3523 01:49:12,979 --> 01:49:13,914 ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WANT TO 3524 01:49:13,914 --> 01:49:20,887 ADD BEFORE WE GO TO A VOTE 3525 01:49:20,887 --> 01:49:22,622 -- NO. THANK YOU. 3526 01:49:22,622 --> 01:49:23,056 -- YOU'RE GOOD. 3527 01:49:23,056 --> 01:49:23,390 -- [LAUGHTER] 3528 01:49:23,390 --> 01:49:29,763 -- DON'T LOOK AT PAUL. IT'S 3529 01:49:29,763 --> 01:49:30,130 -- [LAUGHTER] 3530 01:49:30,130 --> 01:49:31,631 -- OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU 3531 01:49:31,631 --> 01:49:33,934 FOR THE PRESENTATION AND ALL THE 3532 01:49:33,934 --> 01:49:36,803 INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE 3533 01:49:36,803 --> 01:49:38,772 THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 3534 01:49:38,772 --> 01:49:40,073 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL ONE, 3535 01:49:40,073 --> 01:49:42,442 TWO, ONE TWO, FOUR NINE. IS 3536 01:49:42,442 --> 01:49:43,376 THERE A SECOND? 3537 01:49:43,376 --> 01:49:43,677 -- SECOND. 3538 01:49:43,677 --> 01:49:45,111 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN RIVERA. 3539 01:49:45,111 --> 01:49:46,680 IT IS MOVED AND SECONDED TO 3540 01:49:46,680 --> 01:49:48,114 RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF THE BILL OR 3541 01:49:48,114 --> 01:49:52,986 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. NOT SEEING 3542 01:49:52,986 --> 01:49:54,120 ANY. ALL RIGHT. CLERK, WILL YOU 3543 01:49:54,120 --> 01:49:57,357 PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. 3544 01:49:57,357 --> 01:49:59,392 -- COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 3545 01:49:59,392 --> 01:50:00,293 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. AYE. 3546 01:50:00,293 --> 01:50:00,961 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. AYE. VICE 3547 01:50:00,961 --> 01:50:01,895 CHAIR KETTLE. AYE. CHAIR JUAREZ. 3548 01:50:01,895 --> 01:50:04,197 AYE, CHAIR. THERE ARE FIVE VOTES 3549 01:50:04,197 --> 01:50:05,098 IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED. 3550 01:50:05,098 --> 01:50:07,000 -- THANK YOU. THE MOTION 3551 01:50:07,000 --> 01:50:08,134 CARRIES. COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, 3552 01:50:08,134 --> 01:50:10,737 ONE, TWO, FOUR NINE WILL BE SENT 3553 01:50:10,737 --> 01:50:12,038 TO THE FULL COUNCIL ON JULY 3554 01:50:12,038 --> 01:50:14,874 21st. THAT IS NEXT TUESDAY. ALL 3555 01:50:14,874 --> 01:50:16,943 RIGHT, FOLKS, WE HAVE REACHED 3556 01:50:16,943 --> 01:50:18,044 THE END OF TODAY'S MEETING 3557 01:50:18,044 --> 01:50:19,713 AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 3558 01:50:19,713 --> 01:50:21,715 COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMITTEE 3559 01:50:21,715 --> 01:50:24,117 MEMBERS? OKAY. I'M NOT SEEING 3560 01:50:24,117 --> 01:50:25,819 ANY. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER 3561 01:50:25,819 --> 01:50:26,386 BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE 3562 01:50:26,386 --> 01:50:29,689 COMMITTEE, WE ARE ADJOURNED. AND 3563 01:50:29,689 --> 01:50:31,691 MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WILL MEET 3564 01:50:31,691 --> 01:50:32,525 AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th. 3565 01:50:32,525 --> 01:50:36,763 CORRECT. COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBER. 3566 01:50:36,763 --> 01:50:38,498 WE WILL SEE YOU ON AUGUST 5th. 3567 01:50:38,498 --> 01:50:39,799 THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK 3568 01:50:39,799 --> 01:50:41,034 YOU ROB. THANK YOU. ANGELA. 3569 01:50:41,034 --> 01:50:50,610 THANK YOU. DAVID. DID YOU GET 3570 01:50:50,610 --> 01:50:53,713 ALL MY PAPERS. 3571 01:50:53,713 --> 01:51:01,721 -- HERE? 3572 01:51:01,955 --> 01:51:12,232 -- [MUSIC] [MUSIC]