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>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, 

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EVERYONE. THE MARCH 25th, 2026, 

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MEETING OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE 

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ON THE LIBRARY LEVY WILL COME TO

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ORDER. IT'S 9:35 A.M. I'M M 

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MARIT DISPL RIVERA, THE CHAIR OF

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THE COMMITTEE. WILL THE CLERK 

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PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN? 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBER SAKA. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. 

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COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBER JUAREZ. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE. 

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>> HERE. 

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>> VICE CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH. 

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CHAIR RIVERA. 

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>> PRESENT. 

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>> SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE 

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PRESENT. 

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>> THANK YOU, CLERK. TODAY WE'LL

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BE HEARING A PRESENTATION FROM 

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THE MAYOR'S OFFICE IN THE 

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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ABOUT THE

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MAYOR'S LEVY PROPOSAL, AND 

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WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR CENTRAL 

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STAFF HERE TO PRESENT A PROPERTY

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TAX OVERVIEW AND ISSUE I.D. ON 

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THE LIBRARY POSTAL. IF THERE IS 

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NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA WILL BE

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THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE WILL 

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NOW OPEN THE HYBRID PUBLIC 

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COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENTS 

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SHOULD RELATE TO ITEMS THAT ARE 

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PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. 

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CLERK, HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE 

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SIGNED UP TODAY? 

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>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE NINE 

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IN-PERSON SPEAKERS AND TWO 

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>> ALL RIGHT. GIVEN THAT, WE'LL

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HAVE EACH SPEAKER HAVE TWO 

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MINUTES. CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE 

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READ THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

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INSTRUCTIONS. 

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>> THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

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FOLLOWING MANNER. THE PUBLIC 

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COMMENT PERIOD IS UP TO 20 

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THEY REGISTERED. WE WILL START 

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THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD HAS 

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ENDED. SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 

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CHIME WHEN 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT 

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OF THEIR TIME. THE PUBLIC 

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>> ALL RIGHT. FIRST SPEAKER IS 

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JENNIFER LOWE, FOLLOWED BY KAREN

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AND LORENA. 

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>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? 

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>> YES. 

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>> OKAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA

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AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 

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JENNIFER LOWE. I LIVE IN 

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DISTRICT 3. I CURRENTLY SERVE AS

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BOARD PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS 

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OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 

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OUR VISION IS VIBRANT AND 

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EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES CONNECTED 

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THROUGH A FLOURISHING LIBRARY. 

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FOR THAT REASON, I AM AM ONE OF 

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THE AUTHORS PUBLISHING AN OP-ED 

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IN THE SEATTLE TIMES ALONG WITH 

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COLLEAGUES FROM THE FOUNDATION. 

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WE ARGUE THAT AS PROPOSED, THE 

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2026 LEVY WOULD NOT PROVIDE 

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ENOUGH RESOURCES TO TRULY 

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TO BE THE HUB OF AN EQUITABLE 

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AND CONNECTED CITY. TO DO SO, WE

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MUST INVEST MORE IN BOOKS, 

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PROGRAMS AND BUILDINGS. FOR 

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EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF HIGH DEMAND 

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TOO LONG FOR POPULAR TITLES. BUT

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TO PROVIDE ENOUGH BOOKS TO MEET 

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SEATTLE'S CHANGING NEEDS, 

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LIBRARY WOULD NEED AT LEAST $10 

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MILLION MORE THAN THE PROPOSED 

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LEVY PROVIDES FOR COLLECTIONS. 

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WITHOUT THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING,

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SPL WON'T BE ABLE TO REDUCE FOR

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E-BUCKS OR INTRODUCE DIGITAL 

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VERSION OF THE PEAK PICKS 

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PROGRAM. AS AN AVID READER I 

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KNOW HOW MUCH THIS INVESTMENT 

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WOULD MEAN TO SO MANY SEATTLE 

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READERS. PEEK PICKS IS ONE OF 

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THE MOST POPULAR PROGRAMS AT THE

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LIBRARY. E-BOOKS READERSHIP HAS 

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SOARED SINCE THE PANDEMIC. 

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IMAGINE HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD 

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APPRECIATE LOGGING IN TO THE 

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LIVEY APP AND SEEING UNLIMITED 

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COPIES OF THE LATEST BOOKS WITH 

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NO WAITS. THIS IS THE KIND OF 

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EXPANDED ACCESS THAT THE LIBRARY

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SEEKS TO PROVIDE, AND THEY CAN 

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ONLY DO SO WITH MORE INVESTMENT 

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AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT. PLEASE 

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APPROVE A LEVY THAT PROVIDES THE

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RESOURCES TO ENSURE EVERYONE IN 

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OUR CITY CAN READ, GROW AND 

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BELONG. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 

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HAVE A NICE DAY. 

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>> THANK YOU. KAREN CONIVER AND 

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LORENA AND KIANA SCOTT ARE NEXT.

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WELCOME. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, 

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COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M KAREN, I 

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LIVE IN DISTRICT 3. I SERVE ON 

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THE BOARD OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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LIBRARY FOUNDATION AND WAS 

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DELIGHTED TO SEE SO MUCH 

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INTEREST IN THE LEVY AND 

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APPRECIATION FOR THE LIBRARY 

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HERE TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

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COMMITMENT TO THIS PUBLIC 

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PROCESS. I'D LIKE TO TALK TO 

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YOU ABOUT THE VALUE OF LIBRARY 

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COLLECTIONS TO OUR CITY. YOU MAY

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KNOW THAT ABOUT 1/3 OF ALL NEW 

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BOOKS AT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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LIBRARY EACH YEAR ARE FUNDED BY 

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PRIVATE DONATIONS THROUGH THE 

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FOUNDATION. THE LIBRARY LEVY 

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PROVIDES FUNDING FOR NEARLY 

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HALF. THIS MEANS THAT THE GREAT 

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MAJORITY OF LIBRARY BOOKS IN 

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SEATTLE ARE NOT COVERED BY THE 

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REGULAR CITY BUDGET, AND IT 

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MEANS THAT EVERY SEVEN YEARS WE 

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HAVE A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO 

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SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST OUR 

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COLLECTION THROUGH THE LEVY. AS 

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AN AVID READER IN A CITY OF AVID

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READERS, I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE 

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OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS OUR CITY

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CAN MAKE. THE LIBRARY ESTIMATES 

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THAT EVERY DOLLAR PUT IN TO 

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COLLECTIONS RETURNS MORE THAN 

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$16 IN VALUE FOR RESIDENTS WHO 

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HAVE ACCESS TO AN INCREDIBLE 

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SELECTION OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS

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ALL FOR FREE. IF THE 2026 LEVY 

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WAS APPROVED AT $500 MILLION, 

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THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER'S 

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PROPERTY VALUE -- THE PROPERTY 

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TAXES WOULD SUPPORT THE LIBRARY 

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THE COST OR THE PUBLIC VALUE OF 

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A SINGLE BOOK. WE BELIEVE IT'S 

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CRITICAL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 

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THIS OPPORTUNITY. ADDITIONAL 

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SUPPORT FOR COLLECTIONS WOULD 

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MEAN SHORTER HOLD TIMES, MORE 

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DIGITAL OPTIONS AND MORE ACCESS 

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TO THE INCREDIBLE VALUE THAT 

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BOOKS PROVIDE FOR ALL OF OUR 

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LIVES. FREE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE 

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IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR CITY AND, 

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INDEED, EVEN TO OUR DEMOCRACY. 

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SO LET'S NOT MISS THIS CHANCE 

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TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE VALUABLE 

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READING EXPERIENCES FOR ALL OF 

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OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU, KAREN. LORENA, 

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KIANA SCOTT AND THEN KOLENE. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. I LIKE 

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CHLOROPHYLL. THE DRAGON DANCERS.

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THAT'S A -- GO, WILMA, GO. WHO 

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RUN THE WORLD? GIRLS. THESE ARE 

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SOME OF THE PHRASES THAT MY 

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ALMOST 2 AND A HALF-YEAR-OLD HAS

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AS PART OF HIS VOCABULARY, 

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THANKS TO THE WONDERFUL 

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LIBRARIANS AT THE SEATTLE 

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LIBRARY. DEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS, 

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MY NAME IS LORENA, AND I LIVE IN

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DISTRICT 3. AS SOMEONE WHO IS 

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RAISING A SON WITH NO FAMILY IN 

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TOWN, THE LIBRARY AND ITS 

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RESOURCES ARE NOT ONLY ONE OF 

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OUR THIRD SPACES, THEY'VE 

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BECOME A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WE 

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VISIT. WE RIDE THE ESCALATORS, 

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WE VISIT ALL THE FLOORS, WE TAKE

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IN THE DIFFERENT ART WORK, WE 

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SAY HI TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE 

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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY STORE, 

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AND WE SAY HI TO OUR NEIGHBORS. 

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AS WEEKLY VISITORS OF THE 

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LIBRARY, WE LEARN HOW THE BOOKS 

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ARE ORGANIZED, THANKS TO THE 

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LIBRARIAN, AND USUALLY A MONTH 

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PRIOR TO HISTORY MONTH, CULTURAL

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CELEBRATIONS OR EVEN SEASONAL 

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CELEBRATIONS, WE CHECK OUT BOOKS

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TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THEM. THIS 

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HAS ALLOWED MY HIGHLY 

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IMPRESSIONABLE SON TO LEARN MORE

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ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND HIM. 

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WE'RE TEACHING OUR SON TO 

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RESPECT DIFFERENT CULTURES. 

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WE'RE EVEN LEARNING AND 

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SPEAKING ENGLISH, FRANCE, ES 

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SPAN OL AS A FAMILY. THE 

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LIBRARY'S RESOURCES ARE 

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INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. BESIDES 

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BEING A RESOURCE, I FEEL LIKE 

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I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS 

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MULTI-LINGUAL JOURNEY. THIS IS 

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BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT LIBRARY

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BOOKS THE LIBRARY HAS TO OFFER. 

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WE CHECK OUT BOOKS IN JAPANESE 

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WHERE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND 

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FRIENDS READS TO OUR SON. I'M 

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HERE TO ASK YOU TO HELP THE 

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LIBRARY INCREASE ITS COLLECTION 

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IN MANY FORMATS AND MANY 

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LANGUAGES. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT

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WE KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND SO 

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THAT YOUNG LEARNERS LIKE MY SON 

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CAN ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING NEW TO

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DISCOVER. TO ME, ONE OF THE MOST

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VALUABLE INVESTMENTS WE CAN MAKE

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AS A CITY IS TO CONTINUE TO GROW

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A DEEP DIVERSE, FREELY 

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ACCESSIBLE BOOK COLLECTION FOR 

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ALL. [ BELL RINGING ] MAKE SURE 

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YOUR LEVY ACCOMPLISHES THAT FOR 

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THE PRESENT AND FUTURE 

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GENERATIONS. THANK YOU. 

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>> NEXT WE HAVE KIANA SCOTT, 

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COLLEEN AND MATT. 

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>> THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA AND 

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COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS 

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KIANA SCOTT. I'M A PROUD 

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DISTRICT 6 RESIDENT, COUNCIL 

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MEMBER STRAUSS, AND I'M A BIG 

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LIBRARY SUPERFAN. AS A STRONG 

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LIBRARY USER, A SMALL BUSINESS 

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OWNER AND PARENT OF A TODDLER, 

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I'M HERE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO

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WHATEVER YOU CAN TO IMPROVE AND 

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EXPAND THE LIBRARY SERVICES, 

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PROGRAMS AND BOOKS MADE 

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AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS LIBRARY 

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LEVY. I USE SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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LIBRARY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT 

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WAYS. I CHECK OUT BOOKS FOR 

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MYSELF, IN PERSON AND AT THE 

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GREENWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY WHICH 

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IS MY LOCAL BRANCH, CHECK OUT 

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BOOKS DIGITALLY, CHECK OUT BOOKS

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FOR MY KIDS. WE STREAM MOVIES ON

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CANOPY. WE LISTEN TO A LOT OF 

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AUDIO BOOKS ON LIBBY, FROG AND 

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TOAD, VERY, VERY GOOD. AS A 

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SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I'VE USED

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MEETING SPACES FOR PROFESSIONAL 

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MEETINGS. I TOOK A CALL IN ONE 

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OF YOUR STUDY ROOMS RECENTLY 

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WHEN MY INTERNET AT HOME WENT 

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DOWN. I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE

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TO DO THAT ANYWHERE OTHER THAN 

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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. I USE THE 

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PUBLIC SPACES FOR CIVIC EVENTS 

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THAT I GO TO. WE ATTEND A LOT OF

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BOOK TIME STORY HOURS AT THE 

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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY AS WELL. 

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WE ATTEND EVENTS FOR KIDS, WE 

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ATTEND EVENTS FOR ADULTS, AND 

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PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY TO ME, 

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I'M A BOOK BINGO COMPLETIST. 

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IT'S THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY SUMMER

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EVERY YEAR. I SEE SOME NODS. 

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THIS IS A CHANCE TO EXPAND THE 

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PROGRAMS THAT SERVE LITTLE ONES 

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BUT ALSO THE AUTHOR TALK, THE 

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SKILLS CLASSES I RELY ON AS A 

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NEW SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, 

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FIGURING OUT WHAT THE HECK I'M 

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DO, THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND 

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OTHER PROGRAMS WE RELY ON AS A 

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COMMUNITY. IT'S A CHANCE TO 

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IMPROVE ON THE AMAZING WELCOMING

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SPACES IN LIBRARIES ACROSS 

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SEATTLE. I'M ESPECIALLY EXCITED

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ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF 

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INVESTING AND IMPROVES SPACES 

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FOR CHILDREN AND FOR TEENS TO 

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MAKE SURE WE ARE MEETING AND 

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EXCEEDING THEIR SPECIAL NEEDS. 

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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY ADDS 

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IMMENSE RICHNESS TO MY LIFE, TO 

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MY FAMILY'S LIFE AND TO THE 

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FABRIC OF MY COMMUNITY. WATCHING

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MY CHILD LEARN TO LOVE BOOKS IS 

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MY DREAM, AND SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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LIBRARY IS A HUGE PART OF THAT. 

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[ BELL RINGING ] 

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>> WHAT ALLOWS TO TO HAPPEN. 

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THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THESE 

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IMPORTANT ADDITIONS AND 

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IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THIS LEVY, 

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OUR LIBRARY SYSTEM AND OUR CITY 

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SO MUCH STRONGER. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 

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>> COLLEEN, MATT AND DONNA. 

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SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT. 

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GO AHEAD, COLLEEN. 

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>> GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL 

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AND CHAIR RIVERA. COLLEEN 

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McALER, NORTHEAST SEATTLE. WE 

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ARE ONE OF THE HEAVY USERS UP 

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HERE IN NORTHEAST SEATTLE FOR 

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BOTH TODDLERS THROUGH SENIORS. 

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IT'S THE GO-TO PLACE, THE 

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PUBLIC LIBRARY. TODDLERS ALL 

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AROUND THE CITY HAVE THE 

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OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPOSURE TO A 

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VARIETY OF BOOKS AND THE LIBRARY

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COLLECTION OFFERS DIVERSE 

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ADVENTURES FOR CHILDREN. THEY 

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LEARN ABOUT ALL KINDS OF 

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CULTURES. STORY TIME AND BOOK 

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GROUPS FOR ALL AGES ARE BUILDING

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BLOCKS OF THE MIND AND 

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ESPECIALLY ADULT EDUCATION. AND 

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THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN 

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BEING BURIED IN A GOOD BOOK. THE

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HOT-OFF-THE-PRESS NON-FICTION 

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BOOKS ALSO KEEP US UP ON 

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SCIENCE, NEW LITERATURE AND 

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BREAKTHROUGHS AND A VERIFICATION

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OF A.I. WHICH WILL BE MUCH 

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NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. THE PRICE 

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TAG OF THE CUMULATIVE SEATTLE 

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LEVIES, THOUGH, IS ANOTHER 

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BURDEN. WE DON'T OPPOSE THE WAY

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IT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT ASKING FOR 

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MORE MONEY IS NOT LIVING WITHIN 

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OUR BUDGET. THERE'S PLENTY OF 

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MONEY AVAILABLE TO REALLOCATE, 

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REDESIGN AND PROBABLY REDEPLOY 

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$419 MILLION. THE LIBRARY 

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WITHOUT A DOUBT, THOUGH, IS THE 

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MOST EQUITABLE THING THAT THIS 

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CITY COUNCIL CAN PASS. OUR 

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PUBLIC LIBRARY'S REACHES 

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CONSTITUENTS WITH QUALITY BOOKS,

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EXPERIENCES, RESOURCES AND 

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TECHNOLOGY. IT SERVES AS A 

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PUBLIC PLACE TO MEET, AND IT'S 

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ALSO A SAFE PLACE FOR STUDENTS 

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AND CHILDREN OF ALL AGES. WE 

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URGE YOU TO PASS THIS LEVY AS 

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IS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON 

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THIS. 

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>> THANK YOU. MATT BAUM, DONNA 

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AND GRACE. 

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>> HI. I'M MATT BAUM, I'M A 

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WRITER BASED ON CAPITOL HILL. MY

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WORK FOCUSES ON POP CULTURE AND 

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QUEER HISTORY. A COUPLE OF YEARS

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AGO, I GOT AN IDEA FOR A BOOK 

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ABOUT THE HISTORY OF QUEER 

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CHARACTERS ON AMERICAN SIT-CS 

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AND HOW HIDDEN BEHIND THEIR 

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STORIES IS THE REAL-LIFE STORY 

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FOR THE FIGHT FOR QUEER EQUALITY

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IN THE COUNTRY. THIS IS A WEIRD 

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IDEA, BUT I FOUND A PUBLISHER 

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WHO WAS WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE

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ON IT IF I COULD GET THEM A 

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DRAFT IN FIVE MONTHS WHICH IS A 

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CRAZY TIGHT DEADLINE FOR A BOOK.

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AND I WAS ONLY ABLE TO SAY YES 

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TO THAT BECAUSE OF THE SEATTLE 

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PUBLIC LIBRARY. RIGHT IN MY 

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NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAD ACCESS TO 

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BOOKS AND VIDEOS, MAGAZINES, OLD

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JOURNAL ARTICLES, A REFERENCE 

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DESK THAT COULD GIVE ME 

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ONE-ON-ONE HELP. THE LIBRARY WAS

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LIKE MY RESEARCH PARTNER FOR 

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THIS BOOK, HELPED ME HIT A 

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SEEMINGILY IMPOSSIBLE DEADLINE. 

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THAT BOOK CAME OUT A FEW YEARS 

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AGO. IT'S CALLED "HI HONEY, 

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I'M HOMIEST," IT'S BEEN 

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AWARDED SEVERAL AWARDS BY THE 

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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

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ASSOCIATION AND THE PUBLIC 

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LIBRARY INVITED ME TO DO A TALK 

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ON IT, ONE OF THE MANY THEY DO 

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WITH AUTHORS. SO I'M URGING YOU

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TO SUPPORT A ROBUST LIBRARY 

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LEVY. IT'S THE BEST KIND OF 

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INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY COULD 

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ASK FOR. EVERY DOLLAR THAT GOES 

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IN COMES BACK TO US IN MANY, 

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MANY WAYS. FOR EXAMPLE, I URGE 

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MY FOLLOWERS ONLINE TO BUY BOOKS

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FROM LOCAL BOOK STORES BECAUSE I

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CAN GO AND SIGN THEM IN PERSON. 

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I HAVE ABOUT A HALF MILLION 

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FOLLOWERS, SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS 

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HELPFUL. THE LEVY WILL ENABLE US

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TO HAVE MORE INSPIRING EVENTS, 

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MORE LIBRARY WORKERS, CLEAN, 

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SAFE BUILDINGS, HELPING PEOPLE 

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CREATE NEW CULTURE THAT IS GOING

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TO LIVE ON AND INSPIRE MORE 

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PEOPLE. SO THIS IS NOT JUST A 

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GOOD IDEA, A STRONG LEVY IS A 

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BRILLIANT INVESTMENT IN OUR 

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FUTURE. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

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TIME AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE

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LIBRARY. 

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>> THANK YOU, MATT. 

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>> DONNA SRETHA AND GRACE 

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NORDHOFF. I'M SORRY IF I 

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MISPRONOUNCED YOUR NAME. 

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>> THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA AND 

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COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M A RESIDENT

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OF DISTRICT 7. I'M A SECOND 

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YEAR PhD STUDENT IN PATHO 

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BIOLOGY, WORKING AT THE 

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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. I USE 

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THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO 

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FIND NEW BOOKS EVERY MONTH AND 

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ALSO AS A SPACE TO READ AND GET 

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WORK DONE. I'M ALSO AN 

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FROM 

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NEPAL, AND NEPAL IS KNOWN FOR A 

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LOT OF THINGS BUT NOT OUR 

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LIBRARY SERVICES. SO IT STILL 

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AMAZES ME HOW ACCESSIBLE HOW 

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THERE'S SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE HERE,

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IT IS IN SEATTLE. I'M DOING MY 

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PhD IN A VERY SCIENTIFIC BENCH 

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LAB-HEAVY FIELD, BUT I'VE 

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ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO THE ARTS 

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AND HUMANITIES. SINCE I MOVED TO

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SEATTLE, THE LIBRARY SERVICES 

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HAVE HELPED ME REDISCOVER MY 

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LOVE FOR LITERATURE. AS A PhD 

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STUDENT, I ALSO SPEND A LOT OF 

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TIME READING REALLY COMPLEX 

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PAPERS ONLINE AND THEREFORE 

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SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT 

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SCREENS. SO THE PHYSICAL BOOKS I

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GET FROM THE LIBRARY ALLOWS ME 

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TO BE PRESENT AND OFF OF SCREENS

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AND GIVES ME A LOT OF MENTAL 

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CLARITY AND FOCUS WHICH HELPS ME

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IN MY OWN RESEARCH BACK IN THE 

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LAB. IT'S ALSO ALLOWED ME TO 

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UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A

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SCHOLAR AND TO READ MORE 

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BROADLY. SINCE I WAS A KID, 

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BOOKS HAVE ALLOWED ME -- ALWAYS 

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BEEN A WAY FOR ME TO STAY 

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CURIOUS ABOUT THE WORLD, AND 

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I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE LIBRARY 

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HERE STILL HAS CURIOSITY AS AN 

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ADULT WHICH IS ESPECIALLY 

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ESSENTIAL FOR AN IMMIGRANT LIKE 

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ME WHERE IT PROVIDES COMFORT IN 

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THE ABSENCE OF FAMILY. THANK YOU

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FOR OPENING UP THIS PROCESS AND 

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DISCUSSING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE 

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LIBRARY LEVY. IT'S VERY 

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IMPORTANT TO ME THAT OUR LIBRARY

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HAS THE FUNDING IT NEEDS TO 

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OFFER KNOWLEDGE TO EVERYONE WITH

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NO BARRIERS. I HOPE YOU CAN 

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INCREASE SUPPORT FOR MORE BOOKS 

506
00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:55,587
AND MATERIALS AT THE SEATTLE 

507
00:15:55,587 --> 00:15:58,057
PUBLIC LIBRARY, AND I HOPE YOU 

508
00:15:58,057 --> 00:15:59,591
CONSIDER THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 

509
00:15:59,591 --> 00:16:02,661
WELCOMING SPACES AND PROGRAMS 

510
00:16:02,661 --> 00:16:03,295
THAT THE LIBRARY PROVIDES TO 

511
00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:03,896
IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. PLEASE 

512
00:16:03,896 --> 00:16:05,164
INVEST TO EXPAND THESES OF ISES.

513
00:16:05,164 --> 00:16:07,199
WE ARE LUCKY TO LIVE IN THIS 

514
00:16:07,199 --> 00:16:10,202
CITY WITH ALL OF ITS RESOURCES, 

515
00:16:10,202 --> 00:16:11,837
INCLUDING WORLD CLASS LIBRARY 

516
00:16:11,837 --> 00:16:12,738
SYSTEM. I'M EAGER TO SEE HOW 

517
00:16:12,738 --> 00:16:14,173
OUR LIBRARY CAN GET EVEN BETTER 

518
00:16:14,173 --> 00:16:15,341
AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 

519
00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:18,143
PEOPLE'S LIVES WITH A STRONGER 

520
00:16:18,143 --> 00:16:18,811
LEVY. THANK YOU. 

521
00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:20,379
>> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE 

522
00:16:20,379 --> 00:16:23,148
>> THE LAST IN-PERSON SPEAKER IS

523
00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:24,783
GRACE NORDHOFF, THEN WE'LL GO 0

524
00:16:24,783 --> 00:16:28,220
ONLINE. AND I DO WANT THE RECORD

525
00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:29,221
TO REFLECT THAT COUNCIL 

526
00:16:29,221 --> 00:16:30,522
PRESIDENT JOY HOLLINGSWORTH 

527
00:16:30,522 --> 00:16:33,625
JOINED US EARLIER IN PUBLIC 

528
00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:35,327
COMMENT. APOLOGIES FOR NOT 

529
00:16:35,327 --> 00:16:35,995
RECOGNIZING YOU EARLIER, COUNCIL

530
00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:37,262
PRESIDENT. GRACE, YOU CAN START.

531
00:16:37,262 --> 00:16:38,931
THANK YOU. 

532
00:16:38,931 --> 00:16:41,467
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA. AND 

533
00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:43,001
HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M 

534
00:16:43,001 --> 00:16:45,771
GRACE NORDHOFF AND A LONGTIME 

535
00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:47,005
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 4. I'M AN 

536
00:16:47,005 --> 00:16:49,775
EMERITUS BOARD MEMBER AND PAST 

537
00:16:49,775 --> 00:16:51,243
PRESIDENT OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 

538
00:16:51,243 --> 00:16:52,911
LIBRARY FOUNDATION. I ALSO SERVE

539
00:16:52,911 --> 00:16:55,180
ON THE BOARD OF THE URBAN 

540
00:16:55,180 --> 00:16:57,316
LIBRARIES COUNCIL WHICH IS AN 

541
00:16:57,316 --> 00:16:59,585
ORGANIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA'S

542
00:16:59,585 --> 00:17:00,252
LARGEST PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEMS. 

543
00:17:00,252 --> 00:17:03,822
IN THAT ROLE, I HAVE THE 

544
00:17:03,822 --> 00:17:06,925
PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING TO SEE 

545
00:17:06,925 --> 00:17:07,493
LIBRARIES ACROSS U.S. AND 

546
00:17:07,493 --> 00:17:08,660
CANADA. THESE VISITS REINFORCE 

547
00:17:08,660 --> 00:17:11,964
HOW FORTUNATE WE ARE TO HAVE THE

548
00:17:11,964 --> 00:17:13,265
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY. THEY 

549
00:17:13,265 --> 00:17:14,933
ALSO DEMONSTRATE THE EXCITING 

550
00:17:14,933 --> 00:17:16,201
INNOVATIONS THAT ARE TAKING 

551
00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:19,238
PLACE ELSEWHERE, THANKS TO THE 

552
00:17:19,238 --> 00:17:21,173
INVESTMENTS THOSE LIBRARIES HAVE

553
00:17:21,173 --> 00:17:23,475
MADE. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY URBAN 

554
00:17:23,475 --> 00:17:24,810
LIBRARIES NOW FEATURE AREAS 

555
00:17:24,810 --> 00:17:27,146
WHERE PATRONS CAN ACCESS 

556
00:17:27,146 --> 00:17:29,348
TECHNOLOGY LIKE 3-D PRINTERS, 

557
00:17:29,348 --> 00:17:33,652
LASER CUTTERS, VIDEO AND AUDIO 

558
00:17:33,652 --> 00:17:35,788
RECORDING EQUIPMENT AND MORE. IN

559
00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:36,588
THESE SPACES, ESPECIALLY POPULAR

560
00:17:36,588 --> 00:17:39,258
WITH TEENAGERS. THEY OFTEN 

561
00:17:39,258 --> 00:17:40,526
FEATURE EQUIPMENT FOR 

562
00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:41,660
COLLABORATIVE GAMING, STUDY PODS

563
00:17:41,660 --> 00:17:43,362
AND OTHER INCENTIVES FOR TEAMS 

564
00:17:43,362 --> 00:17:45,631
TO GATHER, CONNECT AND SPEND 

565
00:17:45,631 --> 00:17:46,698
TIME TOGETHER AND LEARN. THE 

566
00:17:46,698 --> 00:17:50,035
LEVY IS THE WAY TO PROVIDE OUR 

567
00:17:50,035 --> 00:17:52,070
LIBRARY WITH A LEVEL OF 

568
00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:54,006
INVESTMENT NEEDED TO KEEP 

569
00:17:54,006 --> 00:17:56,008
INNOVATING AND REFRESHING OUR 

570
00:17:56,008 --> 00:17:57,976
SPACES HERE IN SEATTLE. THE 

571
00:17:57,976 --> 00:17:59,311
RENOVATION OF CHILDREN'S AND 

572
00:17:59,311 --> 00:18:02,047
TEENS AREAS OF THE CENTRAL 

573
00:18:02,047 --> 00:18:03,549
LIBRARY, FOR EXAMPLE, IS A CLEAR

574
00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:05,084
NEED, WITH MORE CAPITAL 

575
00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:09,721
RESOURCES IN THE LEVY, SPL CAN 

576
00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:10,622
IMAGINE THOSE SPACES TO ENGAGE 

577
00:18:10,622 --> 00:18:12,558
-- AMAZING LIBRARY IN SEATTLE, 

578
00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:14,193
BUT THE NEWEST ONES ARE 20 YEARS

579
00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:17,229
OLD, AND WE ARE DUE FOR 

580
00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:18,997
INNOVATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO 

581
00:18:18,997 --> 00:18:20,766
KEEP PACE WITH OUR COLLEAGUE 

582
00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:22,367
LIBRARIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND

583
00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:26,305
IN CANADA. THIS LEVY IS A CHANCE

584
00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:27,940
TO DO THAT. PLEASE BOOST THE 

585
00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:29,875
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS TO ALLOW 

586
00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:33,545
S.P.L. TO REMAIN A NATIONAL AND 

587
00:18:33,545 --> 00:18:34,379
INTERNATIONAL LEADER. THANK YOU.

588
00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:37,282
>> THANK YOU, GRACE. WE'LL NOW 

589
00:18:37,282 --> 00:18:38,884
MOVE ON TO ONLINE PUBLIC 

590
00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:39,251
COMMENT. CLERK. 

591
00:18:39,251 --> 00:18:41,787
>> ALL RIGHT. WE VA TWO REMOTE 

592
00:18:41,787 --> 00:18:44,189
SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST REMOTE 

593
00:18:44,189 --> 00:18:44,890
SPEAKER WILL BE BRIAN LAWRENCE. 

594
00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:45,924
BRIAN, PLEASE PRESS STAR 6 WHEN 

595
00:18:45,924 --> 00:18:54,466
YOU HEAR THE PROMPT YOU HAVE 

596
00:18:54,466 --> 00:19:00,539
BEEN UNMUTED. OKAY. IF WE'RE 

597
00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:01,473
HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES, 

598
00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:05,043
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 

599
00:19:05,043 --> 00:19:05,744
REMOTE SPEAKER, CARRIE LIBBY. 

600
00:19:05,744 --> 00:19:07,012
CAN YOU PRESS STAR 6 WHEN YOU 

601
00:19:07,012 --> 00:19:12,417
HEAR THE PROMPT YOU HAVE BEEN 

602
00:19:12,417 --> 00:19:22,594
UNMUTED? 

603
00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:31,670
>> CALLER, CAN YOU PRESS -- I 

604
00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:32,738
HEAR SOMETHING. 

605
00:19:32,738 --> 00:19:33,572
>> HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 

606
00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:35,941
>> YES, WE CAN. 

607
00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:38,176
>> THIS IS CARRIE. 

608
00:19:38,176 --> 00:19:38,644
>> PERFECT. 

609
00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:39,011
>> OKAY. 

610
00:19:39,011 --> 00:19:39,611
>> THANK YOU. 

611
00:19:39,611 --> 00:19:40,746
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 

612
00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:43,549
MY NAME IS CARRIE, AND I LIVE IN

613
00:19:43,549 --> 00:19:46,184
DISTRICT 1. FOR THE PAST THREE 

614
00:19:46,184 --> 00:19:47,619
YEARS, I HAVE VOLUNTEERED WITH 

615
00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:49,621
THE LIBRARY PER WORK HELP 

616
00:19:49,621 --> 00:19:52,724
PROGRAM AT THE HIGH POINT 

617
00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:53,992
BRANCH. HALLMARK HELP OFFERS 

618
00:19:53,992 --> 00:19:55,827
FREE TUTORING FOR K-12 STUDENTS 

619
00:19:55,827 --> 00:19:57,529
WORKING ON SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS. 

620
00:19:57,529 --> 00:19:58,363
NO RESERVATIONS ARE NEEDED. YOU 

621
00:19:58,363 --> 00:20:00,799
JUST SHOW UP AT THE LIBRARY AND 

622
00:20:00,799 --> 00:20:02,267
TRAINED VOLUNTEERS CAN HELP. I 

623
00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:02,935
HAVE ABSOLUTELY TREASURED BEING 

624
00:20:02,935 --> 00:20:04,736
A VOLUNTEER. I HAVE WORKED WITH 

625
00:20:04,736 --> 00:20:06,505
MANY OF THE SAME FAMILIES FOR 

626
00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:08,006
YEARS NOW WHICH MEANS WE'VE 

627
00:20:08,006 --> 00:20:08,874
GOTTEN TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS 

628
00:20:08,874 --> 00:20:11,376
THAT I MIGHT NOT HAVE OTHERWISE 

629
00:20:11,376 --> 00:20:13,478
MET. PROGRAMS LIKE HOMEWORK 

630
00:20:13,478 --> 00:20:14,713
TRULY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND 

631
00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,448
ENCOURAGE CONNECTIONS, LEARNING 

632
00:20:16,448 --> 00:20:17,616
AND, TRULY, SO MUCH LAUGHTER. 

633
00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:18,584
IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL PROGRAM, 

634
00:20:18,584 --> 00:20:22,221
ALWAYS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 

635
00:20:22,221 --> 00:20:23,822
MY WEEK. IT'S PARTICULARLY 

636
00:20:23,822 --> 00:20:25,190
IMPORTANT FOR IMMIGRANT 

637
00:20:25,190 --> 00:20:25,857
FAMILIES. ABOUT 80% OF 

638
00:20:25,857 --> 00:20:26,592
PARTICIPANTS HAVE PARENTS WHO 

639
00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:27,793
SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN 

640
00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:28,894
ENGLISH AT HOME. AT HIGH POINT, 

641
00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:30,529
WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO 

642
00:20:30,529 --> 00:20:32,097
HOVER HOMEWORK HELP THREE DAYS A

643
00:20:32,097 --> 00:20:34,399
WEEK. IT IS USUALLY A PACKED 

644
00:20:34,399 --> 00:20:35,934
HOUSE. THE PROGRAM IS, 

645
00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:37,102
UNFORTUNATELY, NOT OFFERED AS 

646
00:20:37,102 --> 00:20:38,203
OFTEN AS MANY OTHER BRANCHES. I 

647
00:20:38,203 --> 00:20:39,671
KNOW THAT LIBRARY STAFF WOULD 

648
00:20:39,671 --> 00:20:41,907
LIKE TO OFFER PROGRAMS ON MORE 

649
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:44,176
DAYS AND AT MORE LOCATIONS, BUT 

650
00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:45,744
THEY ARE STRETCHED THIN. EVEN 

651
00:20:45,744 --> 00:20:47,246
PROGRAMS LIKE HOMEWORK HELP THAT

652
00:20:47,246 --> 00:20:49,014
USE VOLUNTEERS REQUIRE A LOT OF 

653
00:20:49,014 --> 00:20:50,816
DEDICATED STAFF TIME. THE LEVY 

654
00:20:50,816 --> 00:20:53,552
IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO EXPAND 

655
00:20:53,552 --> 00:20:55,687
PROGRAMS LIKE HOMEWORK HELP BY 

656
00:20:55,687 --> 00:20:57,556
INVESTING MORE IN STAFF 

657
00:20:57,556 --> 00:20:58,757
RESOURCES. I'M GLAD TO SEE 

658
00:20:58,757 --> 00:20:59,825
EXTENDED PROGRAMMING SUPPORT IN 

659
00:20:59,825 --> 00:21:01,693
THE PROPOSAL, AND I ASK THAT YOU

660
00:21:01,693 --> 00:21:03,128
ALL CONTINUE TO ADD THAT. AS A 

661
00:21:03,128 --> 00:21:04,162
PROPERTY OWNER, I CANNOT IMAGINE

662
00:21:04,162 --> 00:21:07,032
A BETTER USE OF MY TAX DOLLARS 

663
00:21:07,032 --> 00:21:08,333
THAT OFFERING FREE PROGRAMMING 

664
00:21:08,333 --> 00:21:09,401
THAT SUPPORTS YOUTH AND FAMILIES

665
00:21:09,401 --> 00:21:10,102
AND CONNECTS NEIGHBORS. THANK 

666
00:21:10,102 --> 00:21:12,671
YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT AND 

667
00:21:12,671 --> 00:21:15,340
SUPPORTING STAFF, VOLUNTEERS AND

668
00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:17,276
PATRONS OF OUR AMAZING LIBRARY. 

669
00:21:17,276 --> 00:21:23,815
>> THANK YOU. BRIAN LAWRENCE, IF

670
00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:24,516
YOU'RE THERE, PRESS STAR 6, 

671
00:21:24,516 --> 00:21:27,386
PLEASE. I THINK WE GOT YOU. 

672
00:21:27,386 --> 00:21:29,921
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA. 

673
00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:30,322
>> PERFECT. 

674
00:21:30,322 --> 00:21:32,457
>> AM I ON? OKAY. THANK YOU, 

675
00:21:32,457 --> 00:21:33,125
CHAIR RIVERA AND COUNCIL 

676
00:21:33,125 --> 00:21:35,027
MEMBERS. I'M BRIAN LAWRENCE, 

677
00:21:35,027 --> 00:21:37,296
THE CEO OF THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 

678
00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:38,163
LIBRARY FOUNDATION. I AM A 

679
00:21:38,163 --> 00:21:39,464
RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 1, ALTHOUGH

680
00:21:39,464 --> 00:21:41,400
TODAY I'M OUT OF STATE DUE TO 

681
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,803
THE PASSING OF A LOVED ONE. I 

682
00:21:44,803 --> 00:21:45,837
APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO SPEAK 

683
00:21:45,837 --> 00:21:49,041
REMOTELY. THANK YOU TO ALL THE 

684
00:21:49,041 --> 00:21:50,308
ADVOCATES AND SUPPORTERS IN THE 

685
00:21:50,308 --> 00:21:52,811
ROOM. YOUR PARTICIPATION SHOWS 

686
00:21:52,811 --> 00:21:55,047
HOW MUCH SEATTLE CARES ABOUT OUR

687
00:21:55,047 --> 00:21:55,747
LIBRARY. COLLECTIVELY, WE WANT 

688
00:21:55,747 --> 00:22:00,052
THE 2026 LEVY TO BE AS STRONG AS

689
00:22:00,052 --> 00:22:01,019
POSSIBLE TO ENSURE A VIBRANT 

690
00:22:01,019 --> 00:22:01,653
LIBRARY. ONE CRITICAL CONCERN 

691
00:22:01,653 --> 00:22:07,926
THAT I WANT TO FLAG IS THE LEVY 

692
00:22:07,926 --> 00:22:09,261
SUPPORT FOR PRIORITY AND DEERED 

693
00:22:09,261 --> 00:22:11,196
MAINTENANCE. THE PROPOSED LEVY 

694
00:22:11,196 --> 00:22:13,131
ONLY INCLUDES $10 MILLION IN 

695
00:22:13,131 --> 00:22:15,033
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SPREAD OUT 

696
00:22:15,033 --> 00:22:17,936
OVER SEVEN YEARS AND 27 

697
00:22:17,936 --> 00:22:19,037
LOCATIONS. THAT'S LESS THAN 

698
00:22:19,037 --> 00:22:21,673
$5,000 PER MONTH PER BRANCH FOR 

699
00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:22,541
HEAVILY USED PUBLIC 

700
00:22:22,541 --> 00:22:24,109
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS AT LEAST 

701
00:22:24,109 --> 00:22:26,878
20 YEARS OLD, AND IN MANY CASES,

702
00:22:26,878 --> 00:22:29,581
MUCH OLDER. AND THIS IS DESPITE 

703
00:22:29,581 --> 00:22:31,583
THE LIBRARY IDENTIFYING AT LEAST

704
00:22:31,583 --> 00:22:35,887
$75 MILLION MORE IN CAPITAL 

705
00:22:35,887 --> 00:22:37,422
MAINTENANCE CONCERNS OVER THE 

706
00:22:37,422 --> 00:22:38,990
COMING DECADES. TO KEEP LIBRARY 

707
00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:40,158
SPACES SAFE, CLEAN AND 

708
00:22:40,158 --> 00:22:41,326
WELCOMING, WE MUST INVEST MORE 

709
00:22:41,326 --> 00:22:43,395
IN THEIR UPKEEP. WE CAN'T ALLOW

710
00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:44,996
THESE PUBLIC SPACES TO 

711
00:22:44,996 --> 00:22:45,797
DETERIORATE. AS AN INDEPENDENT 

712
00:22:45,797 --> 00:22:47,332
REVIEWER FOR A LIBRARY GRANTS 

713
00:22:47,332 --> 00:22:49,534
PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA, I HAVE 

714
00:22:49,534 --> 00:22:52,037
SEEN WALLS COVERED IN MOLD, 

715
00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:53,805
FALLING CEILING TILES, SINKS 

716
00:22:53,805 --> 00:22:57,442
THAT ARE BROKEN OFF THE WALL AND

717
00:22:57,442 --> 00:22:58,110
DISGUSTING CARPETS. AND THAT'S 

718
00:22:58,110 --> 00:22:59,878
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN POOR PUBLIC 

719
00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:00,812
INFRASTRUCTURE IS NEGLECTED. AND

720
00:23:00,812 --> 00:23:04,216
THAT CANNOT, IN MY MIND, BE 

721
00:23:04,216 --> 00:23:05,684
SEATTLE'S LIBRARY. THE AMAZING 

722
00:23:05,684 --> 00:23:06,818
PROGRAMS AND EXPERIENCES IN OUR 

723
00:23:06,818 --> 00:23:08,487
BUILDINGS ARE ONLY POSSIBLE IF 

724
00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:09,287
PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND 

725
00:23:09,287 --> 00:23:13,191
COMFORTABLE. AND AS YOU KNOW 

726
00:23:13,191 --> 00:23:14,493
WELL FROM ROADS AND BRIDGES, 

727
00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:16,461
PROJECTS DON'T GET CHEAPER WHEN

728
00:23:16,461 --> 00:23:17,929
THEY ARE DELAYED OR IN CRISIS. 

729
00:23:17,929 --> 00:23:19,064
THE TIME TO INVEST RIGHT NOW 

730
00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:22,200
WITH THE LEVY IN FRONT OF YOU. 

731
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,735
OUR FOUNDATION IS COMMITTED TO 

732
00:23:23,735 --> 00:23:25,003
HELPING YOU TO GROW OUR 

733
00:23:25,003 --> 00:23:25,570
FUNDRAISING TO SUPPORT OUR 

734
00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:27,739
LIBRARY, AND I ASK THAT THE CITY

735
00:23:27,739 --> 00:23:29,941
MAKE A SIMILAR COMMITMENT TO 

736
00:23:29,941 --> 00:23:30,842
MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE ITS CORE 

737
00:23:30,842 --> 00:23:32,310
PUBLIC SPACES THAT ARE PART OF A

738
00:23:32,310 --> 00:23:37,816
CHARTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

739
00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:38,216
YOUR HARD WORK. 

740
00:23:38,216 --> 00:23:39,351
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN. CHAIR, IS 

741
00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:39,584
THAT -- 

742
00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:41,620
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. 

743
00:23:41,620 --> 00:23:43,455
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE 

744
00:23:43,455 --> 00:23:44,823
ARE NO ADDITIONAL REGISTERED 

745
00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:46,024
SPEAKERS. THE PUBLIC COMMENT 

746
00:23:46,024 --> 00:23:48,960
PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED. SO WE'LL 

747
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:50,962
PROCEED TO OUR ITEMS OF 

748
00:23:50,962 --> 00:23:52,397
BUSINESS. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 

749
00:23:52,397 --> 00:23:54,266
READ ITEM ONE INTO THE RECORD? 

750
00:23:54,266 --> 00:23:58,570
>> AGENDA ITEM 1, COUNCIL BILL 

751
00:23:58,570 --> 00:24:01,773
121181, AN ORDERRANCE RELATED TO

752
00:24:01,773 --> 00:24:02,274
REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES, 

753
00:24:02,274 --> 00:24:02,941
PROVIDING FOR THE SUBMISSION OF 

754
00:24:02,941 --> 00:24:04,142
THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE 

755
00:24:04,142 --> 00:24:05,243
CITY AT AN ELECTION TO BE HELD 

756
00:24:05,243 --> 00:24:07,045
ON AUGUST 4th, 2026, OF A 

757
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PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY

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TO LEVY REGULAR PROPERTY TAXES 

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00:24:09,681 --> 00:24:11,516
FOR UP TO SEVEN YEARS IN EXCESS 

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00:24:11,516 --> 00:24:15,353
OF THE LIMITATIONS ON LEVIES IN 

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CHAPTER 8455RCW FOR THE PURPOSE 

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OF SUSTAINING INVESTMENTS IN 

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LIBRARY OPERATING HOURS, 

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00:24:21,927 --> 00:24:22,461
COLLECTIONS, TECHNOLOGY, 

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00:24:22,461 --> 00:24:23,061
PROGRAMMING AND MAINTENANCE 

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00:24:23,061 --> 00:24:25,630
WHILE EXPANDING ACCESS TO 

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00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:26,932
OPPORTUNITY THROUGH LIBRARY 

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00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:28,099
MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY AND 

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00:24:28,099 --> 00:24:29,634
UNDERTAKING A SEISMIC RETROFIT 

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00:24:29,634 --> 00:24:32,938
OF ONE LIBRARY FACILITY AND 

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00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:34,372
RATIFYING AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN

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00:24:34,372 --> 00:24:36,942
PRIOR ACTS. BRIEFING AND 

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00:24:36,942 --> 00:24:37,242
DISCUSSION. 

774
00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:38,076
>> THANK YOU, CLERK. COLLEAGUES 

775
00:24:38,076 --> 00:24:39,377
AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO 

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00:24:39,377 --> 00:24:40,979
ARE HERE IN PERSON OR WATCHING 

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00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:43,548
ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL, THANK 

778
00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:46,284
YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I 

779
00:24:46,284 --> 00:24:49,054
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR 

780
00:24:49,054 --> 00:24:52,724
ATTENTION TO THIS REALLY 

781
00:24:52,724 --> 00:24:53,325
IMPORTANT LEVY PROPOSAL. AS A 

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PUBLIC COMMENTER SAID EARLIER, 

783
00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:56,828
AND YOU STOLE PART OF MY LINE, 

784
00:24:56,828 --> 00:24:59,531
WE'RE A CITY OF AVID, AND I 

785
00:24:59,531 --> 00:25:01,800
WILL INCLUDE CURIOUS READERS WHO

786
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RELY ON OUR SEATTLE PUBLIC 

787
00:25:05,937 --> 00:25:09,274
LIBRARIES FOR INFORMATION AND 

788
00:25:09,274 --> 00:25:10,842
ENGAGEMENT. THIS $410 MILLION 

789
00:25:10,842 --> 00:25:12,811
LEVY RENEWAL PROPOSAL BY MAYOR 

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00:25:12,811 --> 00:25:14,346
WILSON REAFFIRMS THE SEATTLE 

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PUBLIC LIBRARY'S REPUTATION AS 

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A WORLD CLASS LIBRARY SYSTEM. 

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FOR YEARS TAXPAYERS HAVE 

794
00:25:20,051 --> 00:25:21,620
GENEROUSLY SHOWN THEIR SUPPORT 

795
00:25:21,620 --> 00:25:26,324
FOR THE LIBRARY BY TAXING 

796
00:25:26,324 --> 00:25:27,425
THEMSELVES THROUGH LEVIES. THEY 

797
00:25:27,425 --> 00:25:29,895
WANT TO MAINTAIN OPEN HOUR, THE 

798
00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:31,563
VAST COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND 

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E-BOOKS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, 

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00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:36,301
ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND THE 

801
00:25:36,301 --> 00:25:38,203
INTERNET AND THE CLEAN AND 

802
00:25:38,203 --> 00:25:39,638
WELCOMING BRANCHES AND SPACES AT

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00:25:39,638 --> 00:25:42,007
THE LIBRARY. AS PART OF THIS 

804
00:25:42,007 --> 00:25:44,376
LEVY RENEWAL PROCESS, I WORKED 

805
00:25:44,376 --> 00:25:45,410
WITH YOU, COLLEAGUES, AND THE 

806
00:25:45,410 --> 00:25:48,380
MAYOR'S OFFICE TO ENSURE THAT 

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NOT ONLY EXISTING SERVICES BUT 

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00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:52,284
ALSO ADDITIONAL SERVICES WOULD 

809
00:25:52,284 --> 00:25:55,020
BE INCLUDED WHICH YOU WILL HEAR 

810
00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:56,454
ABOUT IN THE EXECUTIVE'S 

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00:25:56,454 --> 00:26:03,428
PRESENTATION TODAY. I WANT TO 

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00:26:03,428 --> 00:26:05,363
THANK MAYOR WILSON, DEPUTY MAYOR

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00:26:05,363 --> 00:26:07,232
SURRATT, ALLEY FOR THEIR 

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PARTNERSHIP AND ALSO CHIEF 

815
00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:09,834
LIBRARIAN TOM FAY AND HIS TEAM 

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00:26:09,834 --> 00:26:13,138
WHO ARE HERE TODAY AND THE 

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LIBRARY BOARD. OUR LOVE FOR THE 

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LIBRARIES, THAT'S THE EASY 

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PART. DECIDING THE AMOUNT OF THE

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00:26:22,681 --> 00:26:23,348
LEVY, THAT'S HARD. WHY? BECAUSE

821
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WE WANT TO GIVE SO MUCH, AND THE

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00:26:26,351 --> 00:26:29,154
REALITY IS THAT I AND, AS MANY 

823
00:26:29,154 --> 00:26:32,791
OF YOU HAVE SAID FROM THIS DAIS,

824
00:26:32,791 --> 00:26:33,558
COLLEAGUES, SEATTLE HAS A REAL 

825
00:26:33,558 --> 00:26:34,659
AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM. WE'VE 

826
00:26:34,659 --> 00:26:38,763
BECOME ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE

827
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CITIES IN THE COUNTRY. 

828
00:26:39,564 --> 00:26:40,298
THEREFORE, COLLEAGUES, I DO NOT 

829
00:26:40,298 --> 00:26:41,733
TAKE IT LIGHTLY WHEN WE GO TO 

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00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:44,970
VOTERS AND ASK THEM TO INCREASE 

831
00:26:44,970 --> 00:26:46,471
THEIR PROPERTY TAXES AGAIN. 

832
00:26:46,471 --> 00:26:51,710
WE'RE ALSO FACING A VERY REAL 

833
00:26:51,710 --> 00:26:54,980
LEVY LID CAPACITY PROBLEM. WE 

834
00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:55,647
WILL HEAR FROM COUNCILCOUNSEL'S

835
00:26:55,647 --> 00:26:56,581
CENTRAL STAFF ON THIS POINT 

836
00:26:56,581 --> 00:26:58,350
ABOUT HOW PROPERTY TAXES ARE 

837
00:26:58,350 --> 00:26:59,551
CALCULATED, WHAT THE CITY'S 

838
00:26:59,551 --> 00:27:02,120
LEVY CAPACITY IS AND WHAT IMPACT

839
00:27:02,120 --> 00:27:05,924
BOTH THIS LEVY AND OTHER 

840
00:27:05,924 --> 00:27:08,259
EXISTING LEVIES HAVE ON THE 

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00:27:08,259 --> 00:27:08,927
CITY'S TAXPAYER. TAXPAYERS. ALL

842
00:27:08,927 --> 00:27:10,895
OF THIS SAID, I BELIEVE THAT 

843
00:27:10,895 --> 00:27:14,099
THIS LEVY PROPOSAL IS ONE THAT 

844
00:27:14,099 --> 00:27:17,002
WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF WITH AN 

845
00:27:17,002 --> 00:27:17,869
EYE TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY, AS 

846
00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:20,772
YOU SAW FROM THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 

847
00:27:20,772 --> 00:27:22,007
LIBRARY'S PRESENTATIONS THAT I 

848
00:27:22,007 --> 00:27:23,541
REQUESTED THROUGH COMMITTEE, 

849
00:27:23,541 --> 00:27:24,843
MINDFUL OF OUR LIBRARY'S 

850
00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:27,846
PATRONS' NEEDS AND OF TAXPAYER 

851
00:27:27,846 --> 00:27:29,547
AND LEVY CAPACITY ABILITY. I 

852
00:27:29,547 --> 00:27:31,216
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT 

853
00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:33,952
TODAY'S PROPOSAL, ESPECIALLY A 

854
00:27:33,952 --> 00:27:34,686
CONTINUATION OF THE LIBRARY 

855
00:27:34,686 --> 00:27:35,687
HOURS THAT PATRONS WANT MOST OF 

856
00:27:35,687 --> 00:27:39,691
ALL, IN ADDITION TO EXPANSION OF

857
00:27:39,691 --> 00:27:40,525
THE E-BOOKS THAT PATRONS RELY 

858
00:27:40,525 --> 00:27:42,560
ON. LET'S HEAR DIRECTLY FROM 

859
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:43,595
THE MAYOR'S TEAM ON THE 

860
00:27:43,595 --> 00:27:45,397
PROPOSAL. I LOOK FORWARD TO 

861
00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:47,165
PLACING THIS LEVY ON THE BALLOT 

862
00:27:47,165 --> 00:27:50,168
SO THAT OUR TAXPAYERS HAVE THE 

863
00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,670
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEIR 

864
00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:54,572
DECISION. I'D LIKE TO INVITE 

865
00:27:54,572 --> 00:27:55,540
DEPUTY MAYOR SURRATT, CHIEF 

866
00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:57,609
LIBRARIAN TOM FAY AND ROB GANNON

867
00:27:57,609 --> 00:27:59,244
FROM SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY TO 

868
00:27:59,244 --> 00:28:00,879
JOIN US AT THE TABLE. WHILE 

869
00:28:00,879 --> 00:28:01,946
THEY'RE COMING UP TO THE TABLE,

870
00:28:01,946 --> 00:28:06,951
COLLEAGUES, I DO WANT TO TAKE A 

871
00:28:06,951 --> 00:28:08,520
MINUTE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE OP-ED 

872
00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,221
PENNED BY THE SEATTLE LIBRARY'S

873
00:28:10,221 --> 00:28:12,590
FOUNDATION THAT WAS IN THE PAPER

874
00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:16,394
THIS MORNING. WE'RE ALL ALIGNED

875
00:28:16,394 --> 00:28:18,096
IN OUR LOVE FOR THE LIBRARIES. 

876
00:28:18,096 --> 00:28:18,997
THE MAYOR, THIS COUNCIL, THE 

877
00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:20,398
PATRONS AND THE FOLKS THAT 

878
00:28:20,398 --> 00:28:21,766
SHOWED UP TODAY TO GIVE PUBLIC 

879
00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:25,637
COMMENT, AND I THANK YOU FOR 

880
00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:26,438
THAT. LIBRARIES ENJOY STRONG 

881
00:28:26,438 --> 00:28:29,340
SUPPORT IN THIS CITY AND FOR 

882
00:28:29,340 --> 00:28:32,844
VERY GOOD REASON. I WOULD EXPECT

883
00:28:32,844 --> 00:28:37,348
THE FOUNDATION TO ADVOCATE FOR 

884
00:28:37,348 --> 00:28:38,717
ADDITIONAL FUNDING. I'M 

885
00:28:38,717 --> 00:28:40,218
THEREFORE NOT SURPRISED BY THEIR

886
00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:42,687
OP-ED. THAT IS THEIR JOB. OUR 

887
00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:46,057
JOB IS TO BALANCE ALL THE NEEDS 

888
00:28:46,057 --> 00:28:48,326
ACROSS THE CITY, STRONGLY 

889
00:28:48,326 --> 00:28:49,360
SUPPORTING LIBRARIES WHICH THIS 

890
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,297
PROPOSAL DOES, WHILE MANAGING 

891
00:28:52,297 --> 00:28:57,736
FOR THE CITY'S LOOMING FISCAL 

892
00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:58,203
CRISIS. I RESPECT THE 

893
00:28:58,203 --> 00:28:58,903
FOUNDATION'S STRONG ADVOCACY. I

894
00:28:58,903 --> 00:29:01,106
ALSO DO NOT WANT IT UNSAID THAT 

895
00:29:01,106 --> 00:29:02,407
THE MAYOR WITH THE COUNCIL'S 

896
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,776
INPUT DELIVERED A PACKAGE THAT 

897
00:29:04,776 --> 00:29:06,845
WE CAN ALL STAND BEHIND. WHEN WE

898
00:29:06,845 --> 00:29:08,046
WORK TOGETHER, THE CITY HAS 

899
00:29:08,046 --> 00:29:11,316
BETTER OUTCOMES. THAT IS WHAT WE

900
00:29:11,316 --> 00:29:12,450
HAVE DONE IN THIS INSTANCE, AND,

901
00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:13,852
COLLEAGUES, WHAT WE WILL 

902
00:29:13,852 --> 00:29:22,060
CONTINUE TO DO AS THIS PROCESS 

903
00:29:22,060 --> 00:29:22,727
MOVES FORWARD. THANK YOU, DEPUTY

904
00:29:22,727 --> 00:29:23,761
MEMBER SURRATT, TOM FAY FOR 

905
00:29:23,761 --> 00:29:25,430
COMING UP TO THE TABLE FOR THE 

906
00:29:25,430 --> 00:29:26,364
STAFF. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAMES 

907
00:29:26,364 --> 00:29:28,266
FOR THE FOR THE RECORD, AND YOU 

908
00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:32,604
CAN BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. WE 

909
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:35,740
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING. 

910
00:29:35,740 --> 00:29:37,809
>> GOOD MORNING. DEPUTY MAYOR 

911
00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:38,176
BRAD SURRATT. 

912
00:29:38,176 --> 00:29:39,577
>> TOM FAY, CHIEF LIBRARIAN. 

913
00:29:39,577 --> 00:29:41,880
>> GOOD MORNING, I'M ROB 

914
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:47,152
GANNON, THE DIRECTOR OF 

915
00:29:47,152 --> 00:29:48,520
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR THE 

916
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,923
LIBRARY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU 

917
00:29:51,923 --> 00:29:54,659
ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY. WE

918
00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:56,161
WILL GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION 

919
00:29:56,161 --> 00:29:59,597
THAT WILL SHOW THE MAYOR -- SHOW

920
00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:01,099
MAYOR WILSON'S VISION, TALK 

921
00:30:01,099 --> 00:30:02,667
ABOUT THE PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT 

922
00:30:02,667 --> 00:30:04,302
PROCESS AND THEN THE 2026 

923
00:30:04,302 --> 00:30:05,770
LIBRARY LEVY PROPOSAL. AND AT 

924
00:30:05,770 --> 00:30:07,972
THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO HAND 

925
00:30:07,972 --> 00:30:09,641
THIS OVER TO DEPUTY MAYOR 

926
00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:11,609
SURRATT TO TALK ABOUT THE 

927
00:30:11,609 --> 00:30:12,243
MAYOR'S VISION. 

928
00:30:12,243 --> 00:30:13,845
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, TOM. AND 

929
00:30:13,845 --> 00:30:14,512
GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 

930
00:30:14,512 --> 00:30:18,850
IT'S AN HONOR AND PLEASURE TO 

931
00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:21,319
BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

932
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:22,787
TIME. BEFORE I GO OVER THE HIGH 

933
00:30:22,787 --> 00:30:25,423
LEVEL VISION FOR THIS LEVY AND 

934
00:30:25,423 --> 00:30:30,361
HAND IT OVER TO TOM AND ROB AND 

935
00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:32,564
TEAM, LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC 

936
00:30:32,564 --> 00:30:33,498
COMMENTS ALWAYS INSPIRING AND, 

937
00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:36,835
FRANKLY, FOR ME, YOU KNOW, BEING

938
00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:40,038
HERE AT CITY HALL, A BIT OF A 

939
00:30:40,038 --> 00:30:41,439
BUBBLE, IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO 

940
00:30:41,439 --> 00:30:45,910
HEAR FROM FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY

941
00:30:45,910 --> 00:30:47,912
ON HOW ISSUES TOUCH THEM, WHAT 

942
00:30:47,912 --> 00:30:50,982
TRUE PUBLIC SERVICES AND ASSETS 

943
00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:51,749
LIKE THE LIBRARY MEAN TO FOLKS. 

944
00:30:51,749 --> 00:30:54,052
AND SO IF YOU SPARE A MOMENT, I 

945
00:30:54,052 --> 00:30:55,620
THINK ABOUT MY DAUGHTER. I HAVE 

946
00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:57,188
ONE DAUGHTER. FOR THOSE OF YOU 

947
00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:59,424
WHO KNOW ME REALLY WELL, SHE IS 

948
00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:02,093
EVERYTHING TO ME, AND SHE'S A 

949
00:31:02,093 --> 00:31:04,095
FIRST YEAR AT U DUB. AND I THINK

950
00:31:04,095 --> 00:31:06,865
ABOUT HOW SHE GREW UP WITH 

951
00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:09,500
LIBRARIES IN HER COMMUNITY. FOR 

952
00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:14,672
A TIME WE LIVED OFF OF RANIER IN

953
00:31:14,672 --> 00:31:16,474
SOUTHEAST, THE COLUMBIA CITY 

954
00:31:16,474 --> 00:31:18,610
BRANCH WAS WHERE SHE STARTED TO 

955
00:31:18,610 --> 00:31:21,045
EXPLORE. THEN WE MOVED TO WEST 

956
00:31:21,045 --> 00:31:22,180
SEATTLE AND THE WEST SEATTLE 

957
00:31:22,180 --> 00:31:24,515
BRANCH IS WHERE SHE REALLY, 

958
00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:27,218
REALLY GOT TO FULLY APPRECIATE 

959
00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:30,154
ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT 

960
00:31:30,154 --> 00:31:31,222
THE LIBRARY SYSTEM COULD HAVE. 

961
00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:33,491
AND THEN I THINK ABOUT HER TIME 

962
00:31:33,491 --> 00:31:36,527
AT UDUB, AND SHE FELL IN LOVE 

963
00:31:36,527 --> 00:31:41,299
WITH SUSAN LOWE LIBRARY. AND SO 

964
00:31:41,299 --> 00:31:42,800
SHE HAS TOUCHED SO MANY 

965
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:47,505
DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF EXPLORATION

966
00:31:47,505 --> 00:31:48,706
AND LEARNING AND CURIOSITY 

967
00:31:48,706 --> 00:31:49,641
THROUGH OUR LIBRARIES. AND ALL 

968
00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:53,444
OF YOU, ALL OF US HAVE BEEN 

969
00:31:53,444 --> 00:31:54,445
TOUCHED BY LIBRARIES IN OUR 

970
00:31:54,445 --> 00:31:55,747
TIME, AND TO GO BACK INTO THE 

971
00:31:55,747 --> 00:31:58,016
WAY BACK MACHINE A LITTLE BIT 

972
00:31:58,016 --> 00:32:00,451
FURTHER, I'M OF THE GENERATION 

973
00:32:00,451 --> 00:32:04,722
-- I'M A LATCHKEY KID, AND THE 

974
00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:07,325
LIBRARY WAS DAYCARE IN SO MANY 

975
00:32:07,325 --> 00:32:09,060
WAYS. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A 

976
00:32:09,060 --> 00:32:10,194
PHONE, WE COULDN'T EXPLORE, SO 

977
00:32:10,194 --> 00:32:11,930
WE HAD OUR BOOKS, AND THAT'S 

978
00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:16,034
WHERE WE EXPLORED, THAT'S WHERE

979
00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:17,235
MY FRIENDS AND I EXPLORED. AND 

980
00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:18,970
SO THE LIBRARY SOMETIMES WE 

981
00:32:18,970 --> 00:32:20,805
THINK AS AN AFTER THOUGHT 

982
00:32:20,805 --> 00:32:21,739
BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE. THEY'RE

983
00:32:21,739 --> 00:32:23,541
PRESENT ALL THE TIME. BUT WHEN 

984
00:32:23,541 --> 00:32:25,943
YOU REALLY, REALLY SIT WITH IT, 

985
00:32:25,943 --> 00:32:27,412
YOU START REFLECTING ON HOW MUCH

986
00:32:27,412 --> 00:32:30,548
IT'S IMPACTED AND SHAPED ALL OF

987
00:32:30,548 --> 00:32:31,649
OUR LIVES. ANYWAY, SO THANK YOU 

988
00:32:31,649 --> 00:32:33,384
FOR ALLOWING ME TO GO BACK ON 

989
00:32:33,384 --> 00:32:35,353
THAT PERSONAL NOTE BECAUSE AS WE

990
00:32:35,353 --> 00:32:36,354
START TALKING NUMBERS AND 

991
00:32:36,354 --> 00:32:39,223
PRIORITIES AND WHATNOT, LET'S 

992
00:32:39,223 --> 00:32:44,395
NOT LOSE ALL OF THAT. SO BACK TO

993
00:32:44,395 --> 00:32:47,298
MY PRESENTATION. I'M EXCITED TO

994
00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:50,201
TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR'S LIBRARY 

995
00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:51,636
LEVY PROPOSAL. IT IS A $410 

996
00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:53,471
MILLION PROPOSAL THAT INVESTS IN

997
00:32:53,471 --> 00:32:56,407
BOOKS FOR ALL AGES IN A CITY OF 

998
00:32:56,407 --> 00:32:57,608
READERS AND A CITY OF 

999
00:32:57,608 --> 00:32:58,576
LITERATURE. IT INVESTS IN PUBLIC

1000
00:32:58,576 --> 00:33:00,778
SPACES THAT ARE FREE AND OPEN TO

1001
00:33:00,778 --> 00:33:03,815
ALL, A TRUE DEMOCRATIC SPACE 

1002
00:33:03,815 --> 00:33:05,049
WHERE EVERYONE BELONGS. WE 

1003
00:33:05,049 --> 00:33:09,020
INVEST IN ACCESS TO FREE EARLY 

1004
00:33:09,020 --> 00:33:11,055
LEARNING AND LITERACY PROGRAMS 

1005
00:33:11,055 --> 00:33:11,823
FOR CHILDREN'S FAMILIES AND 

1006
00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,324
CAREGIVERS. WE ARE PROVIDING 

1007
00:33:13,324 --> 00:33:15,693
ACCESS TO FREE AND RICH AUTHOR 

1008
00:33:15,693 --> 00:33:17,328
EVENTS, COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND 

1009
00:33:17,328 --> 00:33:19,197
MORE THAT CONTRIBUTE TO LIFELONG

1010
00:33:19,197 --> 00:33:20,198
LEARNING, ENTERTAINMENT AND JOY.

1011
00:33:20,198 --> 00:33:21,833
WE'RE PROVIDING ACCESS TO FREE 

1012
00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:23,801
AND EMPOWERING CLASSES AND 

1013
00:33:23,801 --> 00:33:24,936
RESOURCES THAT HELP SEATTLE 

1014
00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:25,903
RESIDENTS ACHIEVE THEIR 

1015
00:33:25,903 --> 00:33:29,407
EDUCATION AND LIFE GOALS SUCH AS

1016
00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:30,942
HOMEWORK HELP, TECHNOLOGY 

1017
00:33:30,942 --> 00:33:33,644
CLASSES, CITIZENSHIP AND ENGLISH

1018
00:33:33,644 --> 00:33:35,646
LEARNING CLASSES, TAX HELP, 

1019
00:33:35,646 --> 00:33:38,883
RESUME WORKSHOPS, SMALL BUSINESS

1020
00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:39,884
LEGAL CONSULTANTS AND SO MUCH 

1021
00:33:39,884 --> 00:33:41,786
MORE. JUST, AGAIN, THE WAY BACK 

1022
00:33:41,786 --> 00:33:42,787
MACHINE ON THE RESUME WORKSHOP, 

1023
00:33:42,787 --> 00:33:45,189
WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO SEATTLE IN

1024
00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:46,724
1998, I DIDN'T HAVE A COMPUTER.

1025
00:33:46,724 --> 00:33:48,693
I WENT TO THE LIBRARY TO PUNCH 

1026
00:33:48,693 --> 00:33:49,894
OUT MY FIRST LITTLE RESUME TO 

1027
00:33:49,894 --> 00:33:52,196
GET MY FIRST LITTLE JOB HERE IN 

1028
00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:54,065
SEATTLE. SO, AGAIN, THOSE ARE 

1029
00:33:54,065 --> 00:33:56,667
THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE 

1030
00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:59,170
PROVIDING THROUGH OUR 

1031
00:33:59,170 --> 00:33:59,871
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE 

1032
00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:00,972
HERE. AS WE CONSIDER THIS 

1033
00:34:00,972 --> 00:34:02,340
PROPOSAL, IT IS IMPORTANT TO 

1034
00:34:02,340 --> 00:34:03,408
NOTE THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS 

1035
00:34:03,408 --> 00:34:05,943
SEE THE LIBRARY AS A CRITICAL 

1036
00:34:05,943 --> 00:34:07,712
AND WORTHY INVESTMENT. YOU HEARD

1037
00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:08,746
FROM FOLKS HERE WHO ARE 

1038
00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:09,514
TESTIFYING, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY 

1039
00:34:09,514 --> 00:34:12,617
SCALE THAT AND TRY TO GET A 

1040
00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:15,052
SENSE OF WHERE THE ELECTORATE IS

1041
00:34:15,052 --> 00:34:16,921
AND WHERE SEATTLEITES ARE, YOU 

1042
00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:21,893
SEE THAT 96% OF OVER 1,000 

1043
00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:24,228
SURVEYED, THE LIBRARY IS A 

1044
00:34:24,228 --> 00:34:25,530
CRITICAL EDUCATION RESOURCE FOR 

1045
00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:26,597
OUR COMMUNITY, AND 90% SAY THE 

1046
00:34:26,597 --> 00:34:29,033
LIBRARY IS WORTH THE MONEY THAT 

1047
00:34:29,033 --> 00:34:31,502
WE INVEST IN IT. SEATTLE READERS

1048
00:34:31,502 --> 00:34:33,137
KNOW FIRSTHAND THE VALUE OF 

1049
00:34:33,137 --> 00:34:34,072
LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, HOW MUCH 

1050
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:36,607
MONEY THEY SAVE FOR THE BOOKS 

1051
00:34:36,607 --> 00:34:38,843
THAT THEY PURCHASE EACH YEAR. 

1052
00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:41,446
ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN 

1053
00:34:41,446 --> 00:34:42,447
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION'S LIBRARY 

1054
00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:43,848
VALUE CALCULATOR, SPL'S 

1055
00:34:43,848 --> 00:34:46,150
COLLECTION HAS A $16 RETURN FOR 

1056
00:34:46,150 --> 00:34:47,552
EVERY DOLLAR SPENT. AND THE 

1057
00:34:47,552 --> 00:34:50,988
LIBRARY PROVIDES VALUE TO OUR 

1058
00:34:50,988 --> 00:34:52,690
SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS AS 

1059
00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:53,825
WELL. THE URBAN LIBRARY'S 

1060
00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:55,293
COUNCIL ESTIMATES THAT SPL'S 

1061
00:34:55,293 --> 00:34:57,128
RESOURCES SUCH AS MARKET 

1062
00:34:57,128 --> 00:34:57,962
RESEARCH MATERIALS AND FREE 

1063
00:34:57,962 --> 00:35:00,765
MEETING ROOM ACCESS PROVIDES 

1064
00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:05,403
SMALL BUSINESSES A VALUE OF 

1065
00:35:05,403 --> 00:35:06,504
NEARLY $8.4 MILLION IN 2025. THE

1066
00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:07,004
MAYOR RECOGNIZED THAT 

1067
00:35:07,004 --> 00:35:09,273
AFFORDABILITY IS TOP OF MIND FOR

1068
00:35:09,273 --> 00:35:10,374
SEATTLE RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW. AND

1069
00:35:10,374 --> 00:35:11,876
WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE LIBRARY 

1070
00:35:11,876 --> 00:35:14,545
TO PUT FORTH A PROPOSAL THAT 

1071
00:35:14,545 --> 00:35:16,180
INVESTS IN COMMUNITY PRIORITIES 

1072
00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:17,181
AND COMMUNITY VALUES. WE LOOK 

1073
00:35:17,181 --> 00:35:18,382
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COUNCIL 

1074
00:35:18,382 --> 00:35:19,484
THROUGH YOUR DELIBERATIONS SO 

1075
00:35:19,484 --> 00:35:21,185
THAT WE CAN PUT FORWARD A 

1076
00:35:21,185 --> 00:35:23,121
PACKAGE THAT SEATTLE VOTERS CAN 

1077
00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:25,756
BE PROUD OF. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR

1078
00:35:25,756 --> 00:35:30,161
TO WORK WITH THE TEAM FROM THE 

1079
00:35:30,161 --> 00:35:31,229
SEATTLE LIBRARIES. I CAN'T SAY 

1080
00:35:31,229 --> 00:35:34,532
MORE HOW IMPRESSED I AM THE 

1081
00:35:34,532 --> 00:35:35,666
THOUGHTFULNESS AND HOW THIS 

1082
00:35:35,666 --> 00:35:37,268
PACKAGE WAS TAILORED FROM 

1083
00:35:37,268 --> 00:35:38,069
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THINKING

1084
00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:39,804
ABOUT THE LIBRARY THAT MEETS OUR

1085
00:35:39,804 --> 00:35:42,273
NEEDS AND A LIBRARY THAT REALLY 

1086
00:35:42,273 --> 00:35:43,841
IS PROJECTING AT AND THINKING 

1087
00:35:43,841 --> 00:35:45,109
ABOUT THE FUTURE. SO I WANT TO 

1088
00:35:45,109 --> 00:35:46,644
COMMEND TOM AND TEAM TO DO THAT.

1089
00:35:46,644 --> 00:35:49,180
I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO TOM TO 

1090
00:35:49,180 --> 00:35:53,284
WALK US THROUGH SOME MORE 

1091
00:35:53,284 --> 00:35:53,518
DETAIL. 

1092
00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:55,386
>> THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR 

1093
00:35:55,386 --> 00:35:57,121
SURRATT. AS THE DEPUTY MAYOR 

1094
00:35:57,121 --> 00:35:57,788
ELOQUENTLY POINTED OUT, THAT 

1095
00:35:57,788 --> 00:35:59,557
COMMUNITY VOICE IS VERY 

1096
00:35:59,557 --> 00:36:00,424
IMPORTANT IN EVERYTHING THAT THE

1097
00:36:00,424 --> 00:36:03,661
LIBRARY DOES, AND I WANT TO 

1098
00:36:03,661 --> 00:36:05,763
START OUT OUR PRESENTATION BY 

1099
00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:07,798
SHARING THE COMMUNITY-FOCUSED 

1100
00:36:07,798 --> 00:36:10,968
PROCESS THAT HELPED INFORM THE 

1101
00:36:10,968 --> 00:36:11,736
PROPOSAL. SO THE COMMUNITY 

1102
00:36:11,736 --> 00:36:13,170
CONVERSATIONS WE ACTUALLY HELD 

1103
00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:16,340
FOUR IN 2022 TO HEAR DIRECTLY 

1104
00:36:16,340 --> 00:36:17,875
FROM PATRONS WHAT WAS WORKING 

1105
00:36:17,875 --> 00:36:21,012
FOR THEM IN THE 2019 LEVY AND 

1106
00:36:21,012 --> 00:36:23,748
WHERE THEY SAW AREAS FOR 

1107
00:36:23,748 --> 00:36:25,283
IMPROVEMENT. WE ALSO HAD A 

1108
00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:26,250
LEVY-FUNDED FUTURE OF THE 

1109
00:36:26,250 --> 00:36:29,353
LIBRARY STUDY THAT LED TO THE 

1110
00:36:29,353 --> 00:36:30,922
DEVELOP OF OUR NEW 10-YEAR 

1111
00:36:30,922 --> 00:36:32,390
STRATEGIC PLAN WHICH WAS 

1112
00:36:32,390 --> 00:36:34,425
INFORMED BY DOZENS OF COMMUNITY 

1113
00:36:34,425 --> 00:36:35,259
STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS 

1114
00:36:35,259 --> 00:36:36,327
THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE 

1115
00:36:36,327 --> 00:36:39,330
STRATEGIC PLAN LAUNCHED IN 2024 

1116
00:36:39,330 --> 00:36:41,199
AND FOCUSES THE LIBRARY ON 

1117
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:43,768
COMMUNITY IMPACT THROUGH 

1118
00:36:43,768 --> 00:36:46,637
INCREASED COMMUNITY BELONGING BY

1119
00:36:46,637 --> 00:36:48,706
EMPHASIZING COMMUNITY LITERACY, 

1120
00:36:48,706 --> 00:36:51,309
EMPOWERMENT AND ENRICHMENT AND 

1121
00:36:51,309 --> 00:36:52,410
INCREASED ORGANIZATIONAL 

1122
00:36:52,410 --> 00:36:54,579
RESILIENCE THROUGH FUNDING, 

1123
00:36:54,579 --> 00:36:55,513
CAPACITY, BUILDINGS, TECHNOLOGY 

1124
00:36:55,513 --> 00:36:57,648
AND SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES. IN

1125
00:36:57,648 --> 00:37:00,952
2025, WE EMPLOYED SEVERAL 

1126
00:37:00,952 --> 00:37:02,954
ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES, INCLUDING

1127
00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:04,055
THE SURVEY THAT D.M. SURRATT 

1128
00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:07,558
CITED IN AN EARLIER SLIDE. THAT 

1129
00:37:07,558 --> 00:37:09,060
WENT OVER TO 1,000 RANDOMIZED 

1130
00:37:09,060 --> 00:37:11,162
SEATTLE HOUSEHOLDS, AS WELL AS 

1131
00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:14,899
HAVING WORKSHOPS WITH ABOUT 40 

1132
00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:16,567
COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT INCLUDED 

1133
00:37:16,567 --> 00:37:17,702
LIBRARY PARTNERS AND MEETING 

1134
00:37:17,702 --> 00:37:20,805
ROOM MEUZERS. SOME OF THOSE 

1135
00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:21,872
INCLUDED LITERACY SOURCE, 

1136
00:37:21,872 --> 00:37:23,341
SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE 

1137
00:37:23,341 --> 00:37:24,275
RANIER BEACH ACTION COALITION, 

1138
00:37:24,275 --> 00:37:26,143
SEATTLE INDIAN HEALTH BOARD, 

1139
00:37:26,143 --> 00:37:27,912
SEATTLE BOOK CLUB, FRIENDS OF 

1140
00:37:27,912 --> 00:37:29,947
LITTLE SAIGON AND MANY MORE. WE 

1141
00:37:29,947 --> 00:37:31,282
ALSO HELD LISTENING SESSIONS AND

1142
00:37:31,282 --> 00:37:33,217
FACILITATED DISCUSSIONS WITH 

1143
00:37:33,217 --> 00:37:34,785
LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY, 

1144
00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:36,787
INCLUDING WITH SEATTLE PUBLIC 

1145
00:37:36,787 --> 00:37:38,656
SCHOOLS, THE CARE TEAM, 

1146
00:37:38,656 --> 00:37:39,824
DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS, 

1147
00:37:39,824 --> 00:37:41,192
PARKS, SEATTLE CENTER AND THE 

1148
00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:42,960
SEATTLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 

1149
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:44,996
AND, AGAIN, WE ENGAGED OUR 

1150
00:37:44,996 --> 00:37:46,797
PATRONS CONDUCTING PASSIVE 

1151
00:37:46,797 --> 00:37:48,432
ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES AT 14 

1152
00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:49,467
LOCATIONS WHICH PROVIDED 

1153
00:37:49,467 --> 00:37:51,068
VISITORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO 

1154
00:37:51,068 --> 00:37:51,836
PROVIDE US FEEDBACK THROUGH 

1155
00:37:51,836 --> 00:37:53,004
OPEN-ENDED PROMPTS TO QUESTIONS 

1156
00:37:53,004 --> 00:37:55,139
SUCH AS HOW COULD THE LIBRARY 

1157
00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:59,210
HELP BUILD COMMUNITY AND WHAT 

1158
00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:01,479
SURPRISED YOU DURING YOUR 

1159
00:38:01,479 --> 00:38:02,980
LIBRARY VISIT TODAY. NOW AS WE 

1160
00:38:02,980 --> 00:38:05,816
LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL ITSELF, I 

1161
00:38:05,816 --> 00:38:07,284
WANT TO ORIENT YOU -- I'M 

1162
00:38:07,284 --> 00:38:09,453
SORRY, ORIENT YOU TO HOW THE 

1163
00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:11,055
FUNDING CATEGORIES ARE 

1164
00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:13,324
DESCRIBED. SO YOU WILL SEE HOURS

1165
00:38:13,324 --> 00:38:17,862
AND ACCESS, AND THAT INCLUDES 

1166
00:38:17,862 --> 00:38:20,631
OPEN HOURS AT 27 LIBRARIES, 

1167
00:38:20,631 --> 00:38:21,732
EARLY LEARNING SUPPORT THROUGH 

1168
00:38:21,732 --> 00:38:23,300
OUR KA LIEDOSCOPY LEARN PROGRAM 

1169
00:38:23,300 --> 00:38:25,002
IN SEVEN PROGRAMS AND ALL AGES 

1170
00:38:25,002 --> 00:38:28,039
PROGRAMS AT MANY LOCATIONS SUCH 

1171
00:38:28,039 --> 00:38:30,074
AS THE PROGRAMS DEPUTY MAYOR 

1172
00:38:30,074 --> 00:38:32,276
SURRATT MENTIONED. COLLECTIONS 

1173
00:38:32,276 --> 00:38:35,313
ARE OUR PHYSICAL BOOKS AND 

1174
00:38:35,313 --> 00:38:36,347
MATERIALS. E-BOOKS, E-AUDIO 

1175
00:38:36,347 --> 00:38:38,215
BOOKS, DIGITAL STREAMING 

1176
00:38:38,215 --> 00:38:39,984
SERVICES, THE SEATTLE ROOM 

1177
00:38:39,984 --> 00:38:41,952
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND MORE, 

1178
00:38:41,952 --> 00:38:44,388
OUR BUILDING MAINTENANCE WHICH 

1179
00:38:44,388 --> 00:38:45,256
INCLUDES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS 

1180
00:38:45,256 --> 00:38:47,091
AND ROUTINE AND RESPONSIVE 

1181
00:38:47,091 --> 00:38:47,725
MAINTENANCE, TECHNOLOGY AND 

1182
00:38:47,725 --> 00:38:51,128
ONLINE SERVICES WHICH INCLUDES 

1183
00:38:51,128 --> 00:38:53,164
PUBLIC AND STAFF COMPUTERS, 

1184
00:38:53,164 --> 00:38:54,799
PRINTERS, COPIERS, ACCESS TO 

1185
00:38:54,799 --> 00:38:56,233
HIGH-SPEED INTERNET, DIGITAL 

1186
00:38:56,233 --> 00:38:57,335
EQUITY INITIATIVES SUCH AS OUR 

1187
00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:59,603
WI-FI HOT SPOTS AND THEN 

1188
00:38:59,603 --> 00:39:00,471
ADMINISTRATION WHICH INCLUDES 

1189
00:39:00,471 --> 00:39:01,272
ADMINISTRATION OF THE LEVY 

1190
00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:04,175
ITSELF, AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL 

1191
00:39:04,175 --> 00:39:06,711
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY 

1192
00:39:06,711 --> 00:39:07,445
OF SEATTLE'S CENTRALIZED 

1193
00:39:07,445 --> 00:39:08,612
SERVICES. FOR THE NEXT TWO 

1194
00:39:08,612 --> 00:39:09,980
SLIDES I'LL HAND OVER THE 

1195
00:39:09,980 --> 00:39:13,284
PRESENTATION TO ROB GANNON, OUR 

1196
00:39:13,284 --> 00:39:14,018
DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE 

1197
00:39:14,018 --> 00:39:14,285
SERVICES. 

1198
00:39:14,285 --> 00:39:17,521
>> THANK YOU, TOM. AND GOOD 

1199
00:39:17,521 --> 00:39:18,422
MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE 

1200
00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:19,023
COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBERS. 

1201
00:39:19,023 --> 00:39:22,593
WE'LL START WITH JUST A VERY 

1202
00:39:22,593 --> 00:39:23,961
HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS 

1203
00:39:23,961 --> 00:39:25,396
-- WHAT THE LEVY IS STRUCTURED 

1204
00:39:25,396 --> 00:39:28,432
TO DO AND WHAT IT WILL PROVIDE 

1205
00:39:28,432 --> 00:39:30,401
FUNDING FOR THE LIBRARY IN THE 

1206
00:39:30,401 --> 00:39:34,271
FUTURE. SO THE CHART YOU SEE 

1207
00:39:34,271 --> 00:39:35,473
HERE DEPICTS THE BREAKDOWN OF 

1208
00:39:35,473 --> 00:39:37,808
THE 2026 LIBRARY PROPOSAL BY THE

1209
00:39:37,808 --> 00:39:39,844
ELEMENTS THAT ARE BEING 

1210
00:39:39,844 --> 00:39:41,112
SUSTAINED AND SHOWS ALSO IN 

1211
00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:45,549
RELATIVE TERMS WHAT IS NEWLY 

1212
00:39:45,549 --> 00:39:47,218
FUNDED WITH THIS $410 MILLION 

1213
00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:47,752
INVESTMENT. THE SUSTAINED 

1214
00:39:47,752 --> 00:39:49,620
CATEGORY, AS WE'LL DESCRIBE IN 

1215
00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:51,088
THE PRESENTATION THAT FOLLOWS, 

1216
00:39:51,088 --> 00:39:54,525
BUT HAVE ALSO DESCRIBED IN PRIOR

1217
00:39:54,525 --> 00:39:57,728
PRESENTATIONS TO THIS COMMITTEE,

1218
00:39:57,728 --> 00:39:58,929
SHOWS WHAT CURRENT LIBRARY 

1219
00:39:58,929 --> 00:40:01,665
OPERATIONS ARE AND HOW BY LEVY 

1220
00:40:01,665 --> 00:40:03,267
CATEGORY WE ARE PROVIDING 

1221
00:40:03,267 --> 00:40:04,935
CRITICAL SERVICES WITH THESE 

1222
00:40:04,935 --> 00:40:07,004
RESOURCES. TOM JUST DISCUSSED 

1223
00:40:07,004 --> 00:40:07,671
THESE CATEGORIES. WE'LL BE 

1224
00:40:07,671 --> 00:40:08,472
GOING INTO ADDITIONAL DETAIL, 

1225
00:40:08,472 --> 00:40:09,974
BUT SUSTAINED CAN REALLY BE 

1226
00:40:09,974 --> 00:40:13,310
THOUGHT OF AS OUR BASELINE. 

1227
00:40:13,310 --> 00:40:15,746
IT'S BROKEN UP INTO TWO 

1228
00:40:15,746 --> 00:40:18,649
CATEGORIES HERE, $278 MILLION IS

1229
00:40:18,649 --> 00:40:19,884
THE ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS OF THE 

1230
00:40:19,884 --> 00:40:21,051
LIBRARY. THAT INCLUDES THINGS 

1231
00:40:21,051 --> 00:40:25,923
THAT WERE IN THE PRIOR LEVY, THE

1232
00:40:25,923 --> 00:40:27,558
2019 LEVY THAT HAVE BEEN 

1233
00:40:27,558 --> 00:40:30,094
EXTENDED INTO THIS PROJECTED 

1234
00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:34,532
LEVY PERIOD AND ALSO INCLUDES AN

1235
00:40:34,532 --> 00:40:35,699
INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT. THE 

1236
00:40:35,699 --> 00:40:37,034
SECOND CATEGORY OF SUSTAINED 

1237
00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:38,235
ACCOUNTS FOR OFFSETS THAT THE 

1238
00:40:38,235 --> 00:40:40,371
LEVY HAS ABSORBED WHEN THE 

1239
00:40:40,371 --> 00:40:43,007
GENERAL FUND COULD NO LONGER 

1240
00:40:43,007 --> 00:40:45,176
SUSTAIN THOSE EXPENSES, SO YOU 

1241
00:40:45,176 --> 00:40:48,179
SEE THOSE TOTALED THERE. AND 

1242
00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,214
THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE 

1243
00:40:50,214 --> 00:40:52,183
PROPOSED $70 MILLION IN EXPANDED

1244
00:40:52,183 --> 00:40:53,417
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE LIBRARY TO

1245
00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:58,689
GROW AND ENRICH ITS SERVICES AND

1246
00:40:58,689 --> 00:41:01,025
TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE RELEVANT 

1247
00:41:01,025 --> 00:41:05,863
AND MEANINGFUL BUILDINGS, BOOKS 

1248
00:41:05,863 --> 00:41:08,399
AND OVERALL EXPERIENCES TO 

1249
00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:10,401
LIBRARY PATRONS. THIS SLIDE 

1250
00:41:10,401 --> 00:41:13,404
DEPICTS THE IMPACT TO SEATTLE 

1251
00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:14,605
TAXPAYERS, AND I SUSPECT THAT 

1252
00:41:14,605 --> 00:41:15,506
THE PRESENTATION BY COUNSEL 

1253
00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:16,941
CENTRAL STAFF WILL GO INTO THIS 

1254
00:41:16,941 --> 00:41:18,542
IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL, BUT WE 

1255
00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:20,811
WANTED TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF

1256
00:41:20,811 --> 00:41:24,114
THE EXISTING LEVY, THE 2019 LEVY

1257
00:41:24,114 --> 00:41:25,983
WHICH IS FUNDED AT $219.1 

1258
00:41:25,983 --> 00:41:28,586
MILLION, AND THIS LEVY WHICH 

1259
00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:32,389
PRESENTS A FIGURE OF $410 

1260
00:41:32,389 --> 00:41:33,958
MILLION FOR CONSIDERATION. THE 

1261
00:41:33,958 --> 00:41:37,061
NEW LEVY, IF IT IS REPLACED, 

1262
00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:40,464
WOULD HAVE A 19 CENT PER $1,000 

1263
00:41:40,464 --> 00:41:43,701
OF ASSESSED VALUE, AND AS OTHERS

1264
00:41:43,701 --> 00:41:44,568
HAVE MENTIONED, THAT WOULD 

1265
00:41:44,568 --> 00:41:48,339
EQUATE TO ABOUT $163 A YEAR FOR 

1266
00:41:48,339 --> 00:41:50,941
THE AVERAGE TAXPAYER BASED ON 

1267
00:41:50,941 --> 00:41:53,577
THE MEDIAN ASSESSED VALUE OF 

1268
00:41:53,577 --> 00:41:55,312
PROPERTY IN SEATTLE. SO AT THIS 

1269
00:41:55,312 --> 00:41:57,348
POINT I'LL HAND IT BACK TO TOM,

1270
00:41:57,348 --> 00:41:59,683
AND WE'LL BEGIN AN OVERVIEW OF 

1271
00:41:59,683 --> 00:42:00,851
EACH OF THE LEVY CATEGORIES. 

1272
00:42:00,851 --> 00:42:02,486
>> THANK YOU, ROB. WHEN WE TALK 

1273
00:42:02,486 --> 00:42:05,122
ABOUT THE HOURS AND ACCESS, WE 

1274
00:42:05,122 --> 00:42:07,258
ARE TALKING ABOUT, AGAIN, 

1275
00:42:07,258 --> 00:42:09,827
PROVIDING OPEN HOURS AND ACCESS 

1276
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:11,662
TO 27 SAFE AND WELCOMING PUBLIC 

1277
00:42:11,662 --> 00:42:13,764
SPACES WHICH OFTEN OPERATE AS 

1278
00:42:13,764 --> 00:42:15,232
COOLING, WARMING AND CLEAN AIR 

1279
00:42:15,232 --> 00:42:17,701
CENTERS AT VARIOUS TIMES 

1280
00:42:17,701 --> 00:42:19,503
THROUGHOUT OUR YEAR. WE HAVE 

1281
00:42:19,503 --> 00:42:22,573
OVER 1.8 MILLION PHYSICAL BOOKS 

1282
00:42:22,573 --> 00:42:24,208
AND OTHER ITEMS. OF COURSE OUR 

1283
00:42:24,208 --> 00:42:27,745
LIBRARY STAFF, OFTEN MANY OF YOU

1284
00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:28,612
SEE OUR FRIENDLY INFORMATION 

1285
00:42:28,612 --> 00:42:31,782
SERVICES STAFF WHO GUIDE YOU 

1286
00:42:31,782 --> 00:42:32,850
THROUGH YOUR REFERENCE QUESTIONS

1287
00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:35,386
OR OUR READER ADVISORY STAFF WHO

1288
00:42:35,386 --> 00:42:37,988
CAN GET THAT NEXT BEST READ FOR 

1289
00:42:37,988 --> 00:42:41,225
YOU. WE ALSO HAVE FREE PUBLIC 

1290
00:42:41,225 --> 00:42:43,627
MEETING ROOMS AT 22 LOCATIONS, 

1291
00:42:43,627 --> 00:42:45,162
FREE PRIVATE STUDY ROOMS AT 17 

1292
00:42:45,162 --> 00:42:46,697
LOCATIONS AND, OF COURSE, 

1293
00:42:46,697 --> 00:42:49,233
THOUSANDS OF FREE PROGRAMS EACH 

1294
00:42:49,233 --> 00:42:53,570
YEAR. AND WE HAVE FREE WI-FI, 

1295
00:42:53,570 --> 00:42:55,306
COMPUTERS, DEVICE CHARGING, 

1296
00:42:55,306 --> 00:42:58,943
ASSISTIVE 10 AND MUCH MORE. THE 

1297
00:42:58,943 --> 00:43:01,011
2026 LIBRARY LEVY INVESTMENT OF 

1298
00:43:01,011 --> 00:43:02,880
$218.4 MILLION WOULD CONTINUE 

1299
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:06,550
FUNDING FOR OUR CURRENT OPEN 

1300
00:43:06,550 --> 00:43:09,453
HOURS, STAFFING AND DELIVERY OF 

1301
00:43:09,453 --> 00:43:10,087
THE MULTI-LINGUAL KALEIDOSCOPE 

1302
00:43:10,087 --> 00:43:11,622
PLAN LEARN, EARLY LITERACY -- 

1303
00:43:11,622 --> 00:43:12,790
WHICH IS AN EARLY LITERACY 

1304
00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:15,059
PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN ZERO TO 5 

1305
00:43:15,059 --> 00:43:18,462
AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. IT'S HELD

1306
00:43:18,462 --> 00:43:20,397
AT SEVEN LOCATIONS, BEACON HILL,

1307
00:43:20,397 --> 00:43:22,700
COLUMBIA, DELL RIDGE, LAKE CITY,

1308
00:43:22,700 --> 00:43:26,637
NORTHGATE, NEW HOLLY, RANIER 

1309
00:43:26,637 --> 00:43:31,275
BEACH AND SOUTH PARK. THESE 

1310
00:43:31,275 --> 00:43:32,343
PARTICULAR PROGRAMS ARE 

1311
00:43:32,343 --> 00:43:34,979
AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, MANDARIN, 

1312
00:43:34,979 --> 00:43:35,980
SMALY AND SPANISH. SOCIAL 

1313
00:43:35,980 --> 00:43:37,948
SERVICE REFERRALS ARE ALSO 

1314
00:43:37,948 --> 00:43:38,882
AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY 

1315
00:43:38,882 --> 00:43:39,817
RESOURCE SPECIALIST. ONE 

1316
00:43:39,817 --> 00:43:43,454
POSITION IS LEVY FUNDED AND 

1317
00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:44,388
YOUTH FOCUSED. THIS TEAM 

1318
00:43:44,388 --> 00:43:45,956
PROVIDES INFORMATION ON REFERRAL

1319
00:43:45,956 --> 00:43:48,892
SERVICES FOR PEOPLE IN NEED OF 

1320
00:43:48,892 --> 00:43:52,830
SUPPORT. IT WORKS CLOSELY WITH 

1321
00:43:52,830 --> 00:43:53,864
OUR PARTNERS AT SEATTLE FIRE, 

1322
00:43:53,864 --> 00:43:57,301
CARE, HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 

1323
00:43:57,301 --> 00:43:59,236
AT THE CITY AND MANY OTHERS. 

1324
00:43:59,236 --> 00:43:59,870
THEY ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING, 

1325
00:43:59,870 --> 00:44:01,605
INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO THE

1326
00:44:01,605 --> 00:44:05,209
REST OF THE LIBRARY STAFF TO 

1327
00:44:05,209 --> 00:44:07,644
BETTER SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY 

1328
00:44:07,644 --> 00:44:11,515
MEMBERS SYSTEM WIDE. ALSO THIS 

1329
00:44:11,515 --> 00:44:12,082
FUNDING SUPPORTS SECURITY 

1330
00:44:12,082 --> 00:44:13,951
STAFFING, IT CURRENTLY FUNDS 

1331
00:44:13,951 --> 00:44:16,020
NINE OF THE LIBRARY'S 24 

1332
00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:19,623
SECURITY PERSONNEL. IN TERMS OF 

1333
00:44:19,623 --> 00:44:22,259
NEW INVESTMENTS IN HOURS AND 

1334
00:44:22,259 --> 00:44:24,228
ACCESS, THE PROPOSAL ADDS $12.6 

1335
00:44:24,228 --> 00:44:26,664
MILLION FOR MORE ALL AGES 

1336
00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:28,265
PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING STORY 

1337
00:44:28,265 --> 00:44:30,334
TIMES AND OTHER LITERACY 

1338
00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:31,835
PROGRAMS, CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS 

1339
00:44:31,835 --> 00:44:33,771
TO HELP PEOPLE ACHIEVE LIFE 

1340
00:44:33,771 --> 00:44:39,576
GOALS SUCH AS RESUME AND JOB 

1341
00:44:39,576 --> 00:44:40,511
SKILLS, CITIZENSHIP AND LANGUAGE

1342
00:44:40,511 --> 00:44:43,113
LEARNING. EVENTS THAT BRING JOY 

1343
00:44:43,113 --> 00:44:46,583
AND CONNECTION TO PEOPLE'S 

1344
00:44:46,583 --> 00:44:48,118
LIVES SUCH AS AUTHOR VISITS, 

1345
00:44:48,118 --> 00:44:49,887
RESOURCES, GARDENING, MUSICAL 

1346
00:44:49,887 --> 00:44:51,221
PURCHASE PERFORMANCES AND MUCH 

1347
00:44:51,221 --> 00:44:52,122
MORE. THESE ARE POPULAR 

1348
00:44:52,122 --> 00:44:53,690
OFFERINGS BUT CURRENTLY LIMITED 

1349
00:44:53,690 --> 00:44:55,392
IN SCOPE AND AVAILABILITY. THIS 

1350
00:44:55,392 --> 00:44:56,427
INVEST WOULD ALLOW THE LIBRARY 

1351
00:44:56,427 --> 00:44:59,930
TO EXPAND TO MORE LOCATIONS AND 

1352
00:44:59,930 --> 00:45:01,098
MORE TYPES OF PROGRAMS. THERE'S

1353
00:45:01,098 --> 00:45:03,333
ADDITIONALLY $7.7 MILLION FOR 

1354
00:45:03,333 --> 00:45:05,769
INCREASED SECURITY AND EMERGENCY

1355
00:45:05,769 --> 00:45:07,337
PREPAREDNESS, INCLUDING SIX 

1356
00:45:07,337 --> 00:45:10,140
SECURITY OFFICERS AND UPGRADES 

1357
00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:12,042
TO OUR BUILDING SECURITY 

1358
00:45:12,042 --> 00:45:13,410
SYSTEMS, $2.4 MILLION IS ADDED 

1359
00:45:13,410 --> 00:45:14,945
TO OFFICIALLY ESTABLISH OUR 

1360
00:45:14,945 --> 00:45:17,848
OFFICE OF INCLUSION AND 

1361
00:45:17,848 --> 00:45:19,717
BELONGING WHICH WORKS TO HELP 

1362
00:45:19,717 --> 00:45:21,585
THE LIBRARY IMPROVE LANGUAGE 

1363
00:45:21,585 --> 00:45:22,820
ACCESS, EQUITY TRAINING FOR 

1364
00:45:22,820 --> 00:45:26,356
LEADERSHIP, POLICY UPDATES AND 

1365
00:45:26,356 --> 00:45:26,957
EQUITABLE DECISION MAKING 

1366
00:45:26,957 --> 00:45:28,792
THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM. TAIS 

1367
00:45:28,792 --> 00:45:29,426
CURRENTLY STAFFED WITH ONE 

1368
00:45:29,426 --> 00:45:30,094
POSITION USING ONE-TIME FUNDS. 

1369
00:45:30,094 --> 00:45:32,062
THIS WOULD ALLOW THE WORK OF 

1370
00:45:32,062 --> 00:45:36,800
THIS OFFICE TO CONTINUE AND GROW

1371
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,602
BY ONE ADDITIONAL POSITION. IN 

1372
00:45:38,602 --> 00:45:40,571
EACH OF OUR LEVY CATEGORIES, WE 

1373
00:45:40,571 --> 00:45:41,705
PROVIDE THIS CHART WHICH SHOWS 

1374
00:45:41,705 --> 00:45:46,543
THE COST OF THIS WORK AS IT WAS 

1375
00:45:46,543 --> 00:45:48,312
APPROVED IN 2019 TO YOUR LEFT, 

1376
00:45:48,312 --> 00:45:50,280
BOTTOM LEFT AND THE COST TO 

1377
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,783
CONTINUE THIS WORK AS A BASELINE

1378
00:45:52,783 --> 00:45:54,751
WITH GENERAL FUND OFFSETS AND 

1379
00:45:54,751 --> 00:45:55,419
ASSUMED INFLATION FACTORED INTO 

1380
00:45:55,419 --> 00:45:58,155
THE NUMBERS. AND LASTLY, THE 

1381
00:45:58,155 --> 00:46:00,657
TOTAL COST AS PROPOSED IN THIS 

1382
00:46:00,657 --> 00:46:06,597
2026 LEVY PROPOSAL WITH THE NEW 

1383
00:46:06,597 --> 00:46:07,297
INVESTMENT REFLECTED. OUR NEXT 

1384
00:46:07,297 --> 00:46:10,267
CATEGORY IS COLLECTION OF BOOKS 

1385
00:46:10,267 --> 00:46:11,468
AND MATERIALS. THIS CATEGORY 

1386
00:46:11,468 --> 00:46:12,669
INCLUDES PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL 

1387
00:46:12,669 --> 00:46:15,105
BOOKS, E-BOOKS AND THE AUDIOS 

1388
00:46:15,105 --> 00:46:17,641
FOR ALL AGES, INTEREST IN 

1389
00:46:17,641 --> 00:46:19,143
VIEWPOINTS, PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL

1390
00:46:19,143 --> 00:46:19,810
HISTORY ITEMS, PHOTOS, MAPS, 

1391
00:46:19,810 --> 00:46:23,046
POSTCARDS, MENUS AND SO MUCH 

1392
00:46:23,046 --> 00:46:25,883
MORE AND UNIQUE COLLECTIONS, 

1393
00:46:25,883 --> 00:46:30,220
LGBTQ PLUS, AFRICAN AMERICAN, 

1394
00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:31,855
AVIATION, GLEENS AND OTHER 

1395
00:46:31,855 --> 00:46:32,623
CURATED SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, 

1396
00:46:32,623 --> 00:46:35,392
DVDs AND CDs, PHYSICAL AND 

1397
00:46:35,392 --> 00:46:39,930
DIGITAL MAGAZINES AND 

1398
00:46:39,930 --> 00:46:41,031
NEWSPAPERS, STREAMING MUSIC, 

1399
00:46:41,031 --> 00:46:43,267
MOVIES AND TELEVISION. THE 2026 

1400
00:46:43,267 --> 00:46:45,769
LIBRARY LEVY INVESTMENT OF $58.5

1401
00:46:45,769 --> 00:46:49,039
MILLION FOR COLLECTIONS WOULD 

1402
00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:50,207
CONTINUE FUNDING FOR BOOKS AND 

1403
00:46:50,207 --> 00:46:51,642
MATERIALS, AND IT CURRENTLY 

1404
00:46:51,642 --> 00:46:53,477
PROVIDES ABOUT 55% OF THE 

1405
00:46:53,477 --> 00:46:58,815
LIBRARY'S FUNDING FOR BOOKS AND

1406
00:46:58,815 --> 00:46:59,883
OTHER MATERIALS. THE LIBRARY 

1407
00:46:59,883 --> 00:47:00,517
FACILITATED $12.8 MILLION 

1408
00:47:00,517 --> 00:47:01,919
CHECKPOINTS OF PHYSICAL AND 

1409
00:47:01,919 --> 00:47:03,687
DIGITAL ITEMS IN 2025. THIS ITEM

1410
00:47:03,687 --> 00:47:05,422
IS INCLUDED -- EXCUSE ME, AND 

1411
00:47:05,422 --> 00:47:06,857
THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE 

1412
00:47:06,857 --> 00:47:09,426
FINE-FREE BORROWING WHICH MANY 

1413
00:47:09,426 --> 00:47:11,962
HERE KNOW ABOUT. THIS ITEM IS 

1414
00:47:11,962 --> 00:47:14,631
INCLUDED IN THIS LEVY TO 

1415
00:47:14,631 --> 00:47:15,699
CONTINUE FINE-FREE BORROWING AND

1416
00:47:15,699 --> 00:47:17,367
THE INVESTMENT HELPS OFFSET LOST

1417
00:47:17,367 --> 00:47:21,905
REVENUE FROM OUR DAYS OF 

1418
00:47:21,905 --> 00:47:23,207
ACTUALLY CHARGING DAILY OVERDUE 

1419
00:47:23,207 --> 00:47:24,241
FINES. THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM 

1420
00:47:24,241 --> 00:47:26,476
OF FINE FREE HAS RESTORED ACCESS

1421
00:47:26,476 --> 00:47:28,679
FOR OVER 18,000 PATRONS WHO HAD 

1422
00:47:28,679 --> 00:47:31,181
PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUSPENDED. IT 

1423
00:47:31,181 --> 00:47:33,851
DID NOT IMPACT RETURN RATES, AND

1424
00:47:33,851 --> 00:47:35,285
JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OFTEN 

1425
00:47:35,285 --> 00:47:37,120
CURIOUS, PATRONS RETURN ITEMS ON

1426
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,623
AVERAGE FIVE DAYS BEFORE THEY 

1427
00:47:39,623 --> 00:47:42,526
ARE DUE. SO OFTEN WE HEAR THE 

1428
00:47:42,526 --> 00:47:44,061
LOST BOOK STORIES OR THE LATE 

1429
00:47:44,061 --> 00:47:45,262
FEES, BUT IN REALITY, MOST 

1430
00:47:45,262 --> 00:47:49,199
PEOPLE GET THEIR BOOKS BACK ON 

1431
00:47:49,199 --> 00:47:50,567
TIME AND THEN SOME. COLLECTIONS,

1432
00:47:50,567 --> 00:47:52,536
THIS ALSO WILL -- COLLECTIONS 

1433
00:47:52,536 --> 00:47:55,806
AND SHELFING STAFF THAT 

1434
00:47:55,806 --> 00:47:59,943
CURRENTLY PROVIDES FUNDING FOR 

1435
00:47:59,943 --> 00:48:00,911
10.8FTE IN SHELFING, 

1436
00:48:00,911 --> 00:48:01,511
ACQUISITIONS, PROCESSING AND 

1437
00:48:01,511 --> 00:48:05,716
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS. FOR THE NEW

1438
00:48:05,716 --> 00:48:06,383
INVESTMENTS IN COLLECTIONS, THE 

1439
00:48:06,383 --> 00:48:07,885
LEVY IS PROPOSING $2.2 MILLION 

1440
00:48:07,885 --> 00:48:12,189
FOR MORE PHYSICAL BOOKS TO HELP 

1441
00:48:12,189 --> 00:48:13,423
US CONTINUE BUILDING A BROAD AND

1442
00:48:13,423 --> 00:48:15,225
DEEP COLLECTION. WE HAVE ABOUT 2

1443
00:48:15,225 --> 00:48:16,460
MILLION PHYSICAL ITEMS IN OUR 

1444
00:48:16,460 --> 00:48:18,128
COLLECTION, AND THEY WERE 

1445
00:48:18,128 --> 00:48:19,596
CHECKED OUT ABOUT 5.5 MILLION 

1446
00:48:19,596 --> 00:48:22,499
TIMES IN 2025. IT ALSO INCLUDES 

1447
00:48:22,499 --> 00:48:25,435
A NEW INVESTMENT OF $2.4 MILLION

1448
00:48:25,435 --> 00:48:26,470
FOR MORE E-BOOKS AND E-AUDIO 

1449
00:48:26,470 --> 00:48:28,538
BOOKS. WE HAVE ABOUT 1 MILLION 

1450
00:48:28,538 --> 00:48:30,040
DIGITAL ITEMS, AND THOSE ITEMS 

1451
00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:34,278
WERE CHECKED OUT ABOUT 7.2 

1452
00:48:34,278 --> 00:48:35,746
MILLION TIMES IN 2025. ONCE 

1453
00:48:35,746 --> 00:48:37,447
AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS CHART WHICH 

1454
00:48:37,447 --> 00:48:40,384
SHOWS THE COST OF THIS WORK AS 

1455
00:48:40,384 --> 00:48:41,718
IT WAS APPROVED IN 2019 AT THE 

1456
00:48:41,718 --> 00:48:43,587
BOTTOM LEFT AND THE COST TO 

1457
00:48:43,587 --> 00:48:46,023
CONTINUE THIS WORK AS A BASELINE

1458
00:48:46,023 --> 00:48:48,191
WITH GENERAL FUND OFFSETS AND 

1459
00:48:48,191 --> 00:48:49,092
ASSUMED INFLATION. LASTLY, THE 

1460
00:48:49,092 --> 00:48:51,995
TOTAL COST AS PROPOSED IN THE 

1461
00:48:51,995 --> 00:48:54,298
2026 LEVY PROPOSAL WITH THE NEW 

1462
00:48:54,298 --> 00:48:54,998
INVESTMENT ADDED. I'LL TURN 

1463
00:48:54,998 --> 00:48:58,869
THIS BACK OVER TO ROB TO GO OVER

1464
00:48:58,869 --> 00:49:02,673
INFORMATION FOR OUR BUILDINGS 

1465
00:49:02,673 --> 00:49:03,473
MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY AND 

1466
00:49:03,473 --> 00:49:04,341
ADMINISTRATION CATEGORIES. 

1467
00:49:04,341 --> 00:49:08,245
>> THANK YOU, TOM. THE BUILDING 

1468
00:49:08,245 --> 00:49:08,879
MAINTENANCE CATEGORY INCLUDES 

1469
00:49:08,879 --> 00:49:11,114
THREE BROAD CATEGORIES. WITHIN 

1470
00:49:11,114 --> 00:49:13,116
IT, WE HAVE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE 

1471
00:49:13,116 --> 00:49:15,485
AND MAJOR -- EXCUSE ME. CAPITAL 

1472
00:49:15,485 --> 00:49:18,522
AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE IN THIS 

1473
00:49:18,522 --> 00:49:22,960
CATEGORY. WE GENERALLY INCLUDE 

1474
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:26,029
THINGS LIKE RENOVATIONS, SEISMIC

1475
00:49:26,029 --> 00:49:27,664
RETROFITS, SIGNIFICANT ACCESS 

1476
00:49:27,664 --> 00:49:28,465
IMPROVEMENTS, LARGE SCALE 

1477
00:49:28,465 --> 00:49:30,167
REPLACEMENTS OF CORE BUILDING 

1478
00:49:30,167 --> 00:49:31,902
ELEMENTS, REROOFING, ET CETERA. 

1479
00:49:31,902 --> 00:49:33,136
WE ALSO HAVE ROUTINE AND 

1480
00:49:33,136 --> 00:49:34,905
SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. THIS IS 

1481
00:49:34,905 --> 00:49:39,443
THE EVERYDAY WORK OF KEEPING OUR

1482
00:49:39,443 --> 00:49:40,277
LIBRARY FACILITIES IN GOOD 

1483
00:49:40,277 --> 00:49:42,412
WORKING CONDITION, SUPPORTING 27

1484
00:49:42,412 --> 00:49:47,551
LOCATIONS AND A MAINTENANCE AND 

1485
00:49:47,551 --> 00:49:48,618
OPERATIONS CENTER. THIS IS 

1486
00:49:48,618 --> 00:49:49,486
EVERYTHING FROM LANDSCAPE, 

1487
00:49:49,486 --> 00:49:50,587
JANITORIAL AND CUSTODIAL AND 

1488
00:49:50,587 --> 00:49:52,656
SYSTEM CONTROLS. AND WE ALSO 

1489
00:49:52,656 --> 00:49:55,392
HAVE REPAIRS WHICH INCLUDE 

1490
00:49:55,392 --> 00:49:56,193
UNPLANNED MAINTENANCE, 

1491
00:49:56,193 --> 00:49:59,629
EVERYTHING FROM BROKEN DOORS, 

1492
00:49:59,629 --> 00:50:00,764
GRAFFITI, WINDOW REPLACEMENT, ET

1493
00:50:00,764 --> 00:50:05,402
CETERA. SO AS WE CONTEMPLATE THE

1494
00:50:05,402 --> 00:50:06,370
FUTURE LEVY, WE HAVE PROPOSED 

1495
00:50:06,370 --> 00:50:09,473
$85.9 MILLION TO COVER ALL OF 

1496
00:50:09,473 --> 00:50:10,741
OUR MAINTENANCE NEEDS. AGAIN, 

1497
00:50:10,741 --> 00:50:13,910
THIS WOULD COVER OUR ROUTINE AND

1498
00:50:13,910 --> 00:50:14,878
MAJOR MAINTENANCE, SEVERAL HVAC 

1499
00:50:14,878 --> 00:50:18,115
REPLACEMENTS, THE EVERYDAY WORK 

1500
00:50:18,115 --> 00:50:20,150
OF KEEPING THE BUILDINGS IN TOP 

1501
00:50:20,150 --> 00:50:20,917
CONDITION. IT ALSO INCLUDES 

1502
00:50:20,917 --> 00:50:23,453
FACILITY SUPPORT TO DO THINGS 

1503
00:50:23,453 --> 00:50:24,321
LIKE DEEP CLEANING, POWER 

1504
00:50:24,321 --> 00:50:26,723
WASHING, WINDOW WASHING, THE 

1505
00:50:26,723 --> 00:50:28,658
THINGS THAT KEEP OUR BUILDINGS 

1506
00:50:28,658 --> 00:50:30,694
LOOKING INVITING TO THE PUBLIC. 

1507
00:50:30,694 --> 00:50:32,829
IT ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE 

1508
00:50:32,829 --> 00:50:35,766
FURNITURE REPLACEMENT AND PAYS 

1509
00:50:35,766 --> 00:50:39,569
FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT STAFFING

1510
00:50:39,569 --> 00:50:41,104
AND OVERALL ADMINISTRATION. 

1511
00:50:41,104 --> 00:50:42,973
MAYOR WILSON HAS PROPOSED 

1512
00:50:42,973 --> 00:50:44,408
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THIS 

1513
00:50:44,408 --> 00:50:45,909
CATEGORY WHICH INCLUDES $10 

1514
00:50:45,909 --> 00:50:47,043
MILLION FOR PRIORITY AND 

1515
00:50:47,043 --> 00:50:47,878
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. THIS WOULD

1516
00:50:47,878 --> 00:50:50,514
BE AN ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION TO 

1517
00:50:50,514 --> 00:50:53,016
WHAT EXISTS IN THE LEVY 

1518
00:50:53,016 --> 00:50:55,585
BASELINE. THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO

1519
00:50:55,585 --> 00:50:58,355
CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT INTO THE 

1520
00:50:58,355 --> 00:51:00,190
FUTURE AND ADDRESS LIFE SAFETY 

1521
00:51:00,190 --> 00:51:00,924
CONCERNS, REPLACING SYSTEMS THAT

1522
00:51:00,924 --> 00:51:02,859
ARE OUT OF DATE, THAT HAVE 

1523
00:51:02,859 --> 00:51:06,863
REACHED THEIR END OF LIFE AND TO

1524
00:51:06,863 --> 00:51:08,632
DO EVEN MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO 

1525
00:51:08,632 --> 00:51:09,533
A.D.A. ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS THE 

1526
00:51:09,533 --> 00:51:11,802
SYSTEM. THIS FUND -- OR THIS 

1527
00:51:11,802 --> 00:51:14,371
WOULD ALSO FUND ONE SEISMIC 

1528
00:51:14,371 --> 00:51:15,205
RETROFIT OF THE HISTORIC 

1529
00:51:15,205 --> 00:51:17,074
COLUMBIA BRANCH. THIS WOULD 

1530
00:51:17,074 --> 00:51:18,942
FOLLOW ON THE FOOTSTEPS OF 

1531
00:51:18,942 --> 00:51:21,011
SIMILAR SUCCESSFUL WORK AT THE 

1532
00:51:21,011 --> 00:51:21,678
GREENLAKE BRANCH AND THE 

1533
00:51:21,678 --> 00:51:24,448
RETROFIT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER

1534
00:51:24,448 --> 00:51:26,416
WAY AT THE UNIVERSITY BRANCH. 

1535
00:51:26,416 --> 00:51:27,818
THERE WOULD ALSO BE 

1536
00:51:27,818 --> 00:51:28,485
SUSTAINABILITY IMPROVEMENTS MADE

1537
00:51:28,485 --> 00:51:30,620
AT THE COLUMBIA BRANCH, AND IT 

1538
00:51:30,620 --> 00:51:31,955
WOULD ALLOW US TO COMPLETE A 

1539
00:51:31,955 --> 00:51:33,890
PROJECT THAT WAS MEANT FOR THE 

1540
00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:36,226
2019 LEVY, BUT DUE TO FINANCIAL 

1541
00:51:36,226 --> 00:51:38,895
CIRCUMSTANCES WAS DEFERRED AS 

1542
00:51:38,895 --> 00:51:42,299
THE LIBRARY TOOK A $5 MILLION 

1543
00:51:42,299 --> 00:51:43,967
CUT BECAUSE OF THE GENERAL 

1544
00:51:43,967 --> 00:51:46,036
FUND'S CHALLENGES. THIS WOULD 

1545
00:51:46,036 --> 00:51:48,105
ALSO GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL 

1546
00:51:48,105 --> 00:51:51,308
RESOURCE, ABOUT $5.9 MILLION IN 

1547
00:51:51,308 --> 00:51:53,009
INCREASED FACILITY AND CUSTODIAL

1548
00:51:53,009 --> 00:51:55,612
SUPPORT. THIS IS TO ACCOUNT FOR 

1549
00:51:55,612 --> 00:51:56,880
THE INCREASE DRAW ON OUR 

1550
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:59,049
RESOURCES TO DO EVERYDAY 

1551
00:51:59,049 --> 00:52:00,117
REPAIRS, TO BRING IN 

1552
00:52:00,117 --> 00:52:03,420
CONTRACTORS, TO DO THINGS LIKE 

1553
00:52:03,420 --> 00:52:05,222
PLUMBING AND HVAC REPAIRS, 

1554
00:52:05,222 --> 00:52:06,189
MAINTAIN ELEVATORS AND 

1555
00:52:06,189 --> 00:52:10,060
ESCALATORS. THOSE COSTS CONTINUE

1556
00:52:10,060 --> 00:52:10,894
TO INCREASE AND OUTPACE THE 

1557
00:52:10,894 --> 00:52:12,629
EXISTING FUNDING. THIS CHART 

1558
00:52:12,629 --> 00:52:15,365
AGAIN FOLLOWS IN THE FORMAT OF 

1559
00:52:15,365 --> 00:52:19,035
THE PRIOR. THE 20 NEAB LEVY HAD 

1560
00:52:19,035 --> 00:52:21,571
$50.6 MILLION CARVED OUT OF ITS 

1561
00:52:21,571 --> 00:52:22,639
$219 TOTAL FOR BUILDING 

1562
00:52:22,639 --> 00:52:24,774
MAINTENANCE. THE BASELINE AMOUNT

1563
00:52:24,774 --> 00:52:26,843
FOR BUILDING MAINTENANCE IN THIS

1564
00:52:26,843 --> 00:52:29,579
PROPOSED LEVY IS $57.1, AND THEN

1565
00:52:29,579 --> 00:52:32,582
IN THOSE TWO CATEGORIES THAT I 

1566
00:52:32,582 --> 00:52:33,583
MENTIONED. THE SEISMIC RETROFIT 

1567
00:52:33,583 --> 00:52:34,551
AND INCREASED RESOURCES FOR 

1568
00:52:34,551 --> 00:52:36,920
BUILDING, LIFE SAFETY AND 

1569
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:37,420
DEFERRED AND SCHEDULED 

1570
00:52:37,420 --> 00:52:43,994
MAINTENANCE WE SEE THE $13 AND 

1571
00:52:43,994 --> 00:52:44,461
THE $10 MILLION ADDED 

1572
00:52:44,461 --> 00:52:48,832
RESPECTIVELY. I'LL SWITCH OVER 

1573
00:52:48,832 --> 00:52:50,500
TO TECHNOLOGY AND ONLINE 

1574
00:52:50,500 --> 00:52:51,968
SERVICES. AS WAS MENTIONED IN 

1575
00:52:51,968 --> 00:52:55,071
THE OVERVIEW BY TOM, THIS IS THE

1576
00:52:55,071 --> 00:52:56,239
BASIC NETWORK AND COMPUTER 

1577
00:52:56,239 --> 00:52:57,340
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE LIBRARY. 

1578
00:52:57,340 --> 00:52:58,542
IT INCLUDES THOSE THINGS THAT 

1579
00:52:58,542 --> 00:53:03,413
SUPPORT THE LIBRARY AS AN ENTITY

1580
00:53:03,413 --> 00:53:07,450
BUT ALSO PROVIDE NECESSARY AND 

1581
00:53:07,450 --> 00:53:08,718
IMPORTANT PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY, 

1582
00:53:08,718 --> 00:53:10,854
EVERYTHING FROM COMPUTERS, 

1583
00:53:10,854 --> 00:53:11,555
PRINTERS, LAPTOPS, SELF-CHECKOUT

1584
00:53:11,555 --> 00:53:13,190
STATIONS AND MORE. IT CREATES 

1585
00:53:13,190 --> 00:53:14,424
INTERNET ACCESS, THE S.P.L. 

1586
00:53:14,424 --> 00:53:16,426
NETWORK INSIDE THE LIBRARY BUT 

1587
00:53:16,426 --> 00:53:18,228
ALSO THE PUBLIC ACCESS AND THE 

1588
00:53:18,228 --> 00:53:21,498
WI-FI HOT SPOTS. IT ALLOWS US TO

1589
00:53:21,498 --> 00:53:22,499
ASSURE THAT OUR DIGITAL 

1590
00:53:22,499 --> 00:53:24,234
RESOURCES AND OVERALL NETWORK 

1591
00:53:24,234 --> 00:53:26,937
ARE SECURE AND CAN RESIST THE 

1592
00:53:26,937 --> 00:53:28,939
ONGOING THREAT OF CYBER EVENTS, 

1593
00:53:28,939 --> 00:53:31,775
AND IT ALSO TAKES CARE OF 

1594
00:53:31,775 --> 00:53:32,709
NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE WORK TO

1595
00:53:32,709 --> 00:53:38,315
KEEP OUR SYSTEM -- OUR 

1596
00:53:38,315 --> 00:53:39,516
TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AVAILABLE FOR

1597
00:53:39,516 --> 00:53:42,552
THE FUTURE. THIS LEVY AS 

1598
00:53:42,552 --> 00:53:43,887
PROPOSED WOULD BRING $38.2 

1599
00:53:43,887 --> 00:53:45,222
MILLION OF INVESTMENT FOR 

1600
00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:46,056
TECHNOLOGY AND ONLINE SERVICES. 

1601
00:53:46,056 --> 00:53:48,291
IT SEEKS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE 

1602
00:53:48,291 --> 00:53:51,695
FUNDING FOR THE THINGS I JUST 

1603
00:53:51,695 --> 00:53:52,596
MENTIONED, PUBLIC STAFF, 

1604
00:53:52,596 --> 00:53:54,664
COMPUTERS WHICH ARE HEAVILY 

1605
00:53:54,664 --> 00:53:55,298
USED, PRINTING AND COPYING 

1606
00:53:55,298 --> 00:53:56,633
SERVICES WHICH NEVER SEEM TO GO 

1607
00:53:56,633 --> 00:54:00,537
OUT OF DATE AND ARE VERY POPULAR

1608
00:54:00,537 --> 00:54:02,405
WITH OUR PATRONS, THE WI-FI HOT 

1609
00:54:02,405 --> 00:54:04,207
SPOTS WHICH ARE REGULARLY USED. 

1610
00:54:04,207 --> 00:54:06,943
WE HAVE MORE THAN 900 HOT SPOTS 

1611
00:54:06,943 --> 00:54:07,677
IN THE LIBRARY COLLECTION THAT 

1612
00:54:07,677 --> 00:54:09,212
ARE CHECKED OUT MORE THAN -- 

1613
00:54:09,212 --> 00:54:11,881
THEY WERE CHECKED OUT MORE THAN 

1614
00:54:11,881 --> 00:54:15,218
6,500 TIMES IN 2025. AND THEN 

1615
00:54:15,218 --> 00:54:16,987
THIS ALSO PROVIDES SOME FUNDING 

1616
00:54:16,987 --> 00:54:24,294
FOR OUR I.T. STAFFING AND ALSO 

1617
00:54:24,294 --> 00:54:26,429
OUR ONLINE SERVICES STAFF. THE 

1618
00:54:26,429 --> 00:54:27,931
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES PROPOSED 

1619
00:54:27,931 --> 00:54:29,432
WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO 

1620
00:54:29,432 --> 00:54:31,868
DRK OR WORK TO KEEP PACE WITH 

1621
00:54:31,868 --> 00:54:34,471
THE NEVER-ENDING UPGRADES AND 

1622
00:54:34,471 --> 00:54:35,639
ADVANCES THAT ARE REQUIRED IN 

1623
00:54:35,639 --> 00:54:36,706
I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS WOULD 

1624
00:54:36,706 --> 00:54:38,942
HELP US ENSURE THAT WE HAVE 

1625
00:54:38,942 --> 00:54:40,910
CONTINUED, STABLE AND SECURE 

1626
00:54:40,910 --> 00:54:43,446
LIBRARY NETWORK THAT IS ALSO 

1627
00:54:43,446 --> 00:54:44,481
RESISTANT TO CYBERSECURITY 

1628
00:54:44,481 --> 00:54:48,518
THREATS. IT WOULD ALLOW US TO 

1629
00:54:48,518 --> 00:54:50,954
INCREASE OUR MANAGEMENT CAPACITY

1630
00:54:50,954 --> 00:54:52,355
OVER CRITICAL DATA SYSTEMS. IT 

1631
00:54:52,355 --> 00:54:54,557
WOULD IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO 

1632
00:54:54,557 --> 00:54:57,327
KEEP TRACK OF MOBILE DEVICES 

1633
00:54:57,327 --> 00:54:58,228
WHICH ARE EVER-GROWING FEATURE 

1634
00:54:58,228 --> 00:54:59,629
OF LIBRARY SERVICES, AND IT 

1635
00:54:59,629 --> 00:55:03,466
WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO MODERNIZE

1636
00:55:03,466 --> 00:55:05,068
SOME END-OF-LIFE LEGACY SYSTEMS 

1637
00:55:05,068 --> 00:55:07,737
THAT ARE APPROACHING FAILURE, 

1638
00:55:07,737 --> 00:55:10,340
ALMOST LIT RALLY END OF LIFE. SO

1639
00:55:10,340 --> 00:55:12,175
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE THE 

1640
00:55:12,175 --> 00:55:14,511
TECHNOLOGY AND ONLINE SERVICES 

1641
00:55:14,511 --> 00:55:17,280
COMPONENT OF THE EXISTING LEVY 

1642
00:55:17,280 --> 00:55:20,483
WAS ABOUT $23.7. THE BASELINE 

1643
00:55:20,483 --> 00:55:22,318
AMOUNT FOR THIS PROPOSAL WOULD 

1644
00:55:22,318 --> 00:55:25,288
BE $25.82, AND WITH EXPANSIONS 

1645
00:55:25,288 --> 00:55:27,791
IN SOME OF THOSE CATEGORIES, 

1646
00:55:27,791 --> 00:55:29,326
CYBERSECURITY, MOBILE DEVICE 

1647
00:55:29,326 --> 00:55:30,093
MANAGEMENT, APPLICATION SUPPORT 

1648
00:55:30,093 --> 00:55:31,861
AND CAPITAL I.T. INFRASTRUCTURE,

1649
00:55:31,861 --> 00:55:39,502
WE WOULD GROW THE TECHNOLOGY 

1650
00:55:39,502 --> 00:55:40,970
COMPONENT TO $38.2 MILLION. AND 

1651
00:55:40,970 --> 00:55:41,805
OUR LAST CATEGORY IS 

1652
00:55:41,805 --> 00:55:43,773
ADMINISTRATION. THIS IS THE 

1653
00:55:43,773 --> 00:55:45,542
SMALLEST OF THE LEVY FUNDING 

1654
00:55:45,542 --> 00:55:46,509
CATEGORIES TOTALING ONLY $9 

1655
00:55:46,509 --> 00:55:48,044
MILLION, BUT THE CATEGORY DOES 

1656
00:55:48,044 --> 00:55:50,080
PROVIDE -- THIS FUNDING DOES 

1657
00:55:50,080 --> 00:55:51,314
PROVIDE CRITICAL LEVY 

1658
00:55:51,314 --> 00:55:52,849
ADMINISTRATION, AND IT ALSO 

1659
00:55:52,849 --> 00:55:54,484
COVERS CITY CENTRAL COSTS THAT 

1660
00:55:54,484 --> 00:56:00,090
HAVE BEEN MOVED ON TO THE LEVY. 

1661
00:56:00,090 --> 00:56:01,024
THE LEVY ADMINISTRATION STAFFING

1662
00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:03,093
INCLUDES TWO FTEs SPREAD ACROSS 

1663
00:56:03,093 --> 00:56:05,061
A NUMBER OF POSITIONS. THIS 

1664
00:56:05,061 --> 00:56:08,498
ALLOWS US TO BOTH DO ACTIVE 

1665
00:56:08,498 --> 00:56:10,767
ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING ON 

1666
00:56:10,767 --> 00:56:13,403
THE LEVY AND HOW IT'S 

1667
00:56:13,403 --> 00:56:15,605
ADMINISTERED YEAR OVER YEAR, BUT

1668
00:56:15,605 --> 00:56:16,873
ALSO PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR THE 

1669
00:56:16,873 --> 00:56:17,540
BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCOUNTING AND

1670
00:56:17,540 --> 00:56:18,208
THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION TO 

1671
00:56:18,208 --> 00:56:20,110
MAKE SURE ALL OF THOSE DOLLARS 

1672
00:56:20,110 --> 00:56:21,711
ARE DISTRIBUTED AT THE RIGHT 

1673
00:56:21,711 --> 00:56:25,548
TIME AND TO THE RIGHT UNITS. 

1674
00:56:25,548 --> 00:56:28,284
THIS ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, HAS 

1675
00:56:28,284 --> 00:56:30,086
THE PORTION OF THE LEVY'S 

1676
00:56:30,086 --> 00:56:32,389
CENTRAL COSTS THAT ARE NOW 

1677
00:56:32,389 --> 00:56:34,057
CONTINUING INTO THE NEXT LEVY 

1678
00:56:34,057 --> 00:56:35,692
PERIOD, AND THEN WE ARE 

1679
00:56:35,692 --> 00:56:38,695
PROPOSING TO ADD TWO FTE TO OUR 

1680
00:56:38,695 --> 00:56:39,529
HUMAN RESOURCES STAFFING OVER 

1681
00:56:39,529 --> 00:56:45,268
THE SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD THAT. 

1682
00:56:45,268 --> 00:56:48,004
WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT $2.3 

1683
00:56:48,004 --> 00:56:49,572
MILLION. AGAIN, THIS IS A 

1684
00:56:49,572 --> 00:56:51,074
SUMMARY SLIDE AND THE EXISTING 

1685
00:56:51,074 --> 00:56:54,210
LEVY -- EXCUSE ME, THE EXISTING 

1686
00:56:54,210 --> 00:56:59,849
LEVY. IT IS 3.3 OUT OF $119 

1687
00:56:59,849 --> 00:57:00,950
MILLION, THE BASELINE AMOUNT 

1688
00:57:00,950 --> 00:57:02,485
HERE IS $6.66, AND IF APPROVED, 

1689
00:57:02,485 --> 00:57:09,793
WE WOULD GROW THIS TO JUST SHORT

1690
00:57:09,793 --> 00:57:10,260
OF $9 MILLION. 

1691
00:57:10,260 --> 00:57:11,528
>> THANK YOU, ROB. AND THAT 

1692
00:57:11,528 --> 00:57:13,797
LEADS US TO THE END OF OUR 

1693
00:57:13,797 --> 00:57:18,234
PRESENTATION. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY 

1694
00:57:18,234 --> 00:57:20,503
QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT 

1695
00:57:20,503 --> 00:57:20,703
HAVE. 

1696
00:57:20,703 --> 00:57:23,139
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU DEPUTY 

1697
00:57:23,139 --> 00:57:24,140
MAYOR SURRATT, YOU ARE NOT 

1698
00:57:24,140 --> 00:57:26,075
ALONE, AND THANK YOU FOR 

1699
00:57:26,075 --> 00:57:27,877
SHARING, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST YOUR

1700
00:57:27,877 --> 00:57:28,845
DAUGHTER'S EXPERIENCE BUT YOUR 

1701
00:57:28,845 --> 00:57:32,582
OWN. AND I'VE SAID MANY TIMES 

1702
00:57:32,582 --> 00:57:37,253
UP HERE THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD,

1703
00:57:37,253 --> 00:57:38,555
IN MY INNER CITY, LOW INCOME 

1704
00:57:38,555 --> 00:57:39,722
NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY UNSAFE 

1705
00:57:39,722 --> 00:57:40,390
NEIGHBORHOOD, THE ONLY PLACE MY 

1706
00:57:40,390 --> 00:57:42,692
MOM WOULD LET ME GO TO IS THE 

1707
00:57:42,692 --> 00:57:44,360
LIBRARY. THAT'S WHAT TURNED ME 

1708
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:45,595
INTO AN AVID READER. IT'S 

1709
00:57:45,595 --> 00:57:47,764
IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO KNOW THAT

1710
00:57:47,764 --> 00:57:48,965
LIBRARIES HAVE AN IMPORTANT 

1711
00:57:48,965 --> 00:57:52,001
PLACE IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS, 

1712
00:57:52,001 --> 00:57:53,803
GROWNUPS, IN OUR CHILDREN AND 

1713
00:57:53,803 --> 00:57:57,774
FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE GRANDKIDS OR

1714
00:57:57,774 --> 00:57:59,242
ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE 

1715
00:57:59,242 --> 00:58:00,643
GRANDKIDS. I HOPE I WILL BE 

1716
00:58:00,643 --> 00:58:01,945
LUCKY ENOUGH ONE DAY. I HAVE TWO

1717
00:58:01,945 --> 00:58:04,681
DAUGHTERS. YOU KNOW, IT IS -- 

1718
00:58:04,681 --> 00:58:05,748
THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE. 

1719
00:58:05,748 --> 00:58:11,321
AND SO I AM NOT SURPRISED BY THE

1720
00:58:11,321 --> 00:58:14,224
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FOR OUR 

1721
00:58:14,224 --> 00:58:16,025
LIBRARIES, AND I -- YOU KNOW, I 

1722
00:58:16,025 --> 00:58:16,893
AM LOOKING FORWARD TO PLACING 

1723
00:58:16,893 --> 00:58:18,161
THIS ON THE BALLOT SO THAT WE 

1724
00:58:18,161 --> 00:58:20,063
CAN CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK THAT

1725
00:58:20,063 --> 00:58:22,332
THE LIBRARY DOES BECAUSE THE 

1726
00:58:22,332 --> 00:58:25,101
FACT IS IF THIS BALLOT MEASURE 

1727
00:58:25,101 --> 00:58:26,102
DOESN'T PASS, THE LIBRARY 

1728
00:58:26,102 --> 00:58:28,638
CANNOT CONTINUE TO DO ALL ITS 

1729
00:58:28,638 --> 00:58:30,440
IMPORTANT WORK. SO THANK YOU FOR

1730
00:58:30,440 --> 00:58:35,445
SHARING. THANK YOU FOR BEING 

1731
00:58:35,445 --> 00:58:36,179
HERE. THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING 

1732
00:58:36,179 --> 00:58:37,647
THIS, CHIEF FAY, THANK YOU AND 

1733
00:58:37,647 --> 00:58:39,315
YOUR TEAM FOR BEING HERE AND 

1734
00:58:39,315 --> 00:58:41,885
PRESENTING THIS. COLLEAGUES, I 

1735
00:58:41,885 --> 00:58:43,686
SEE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS. SO,

1736
00:58:43,686 --> 00:58:45,688
COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK, YOU ARE 

1737
00:58:45,688 --> 00:58:45,989
RECOGNIZED. 

1738
00:58:45,989 --> 00:58:47,156
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR RIVERA. AND 

1739
00:58:47,156 --> 00:58:48,825
THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE,

1740
00:58:48,825 --> 00:58:50,393
TO THE LIBRARY, TO THE LIBRARY 

1741
00:58:50,393 --> 00:58:51,628
FOUNDATION, FRIENDS OF THE 

1742
00:58:51,628 --> 00:58:52,896
LIBRARY, EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT 

1743
00:58:52,896 --> 00:58:55,331
TODAY TO PROVIDE COMMENT AND 

1744
00:58:55,331 --> 00:58:56,065
VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR OUR 

1745
00:58:56,065 --> 00:58:59,068
LIBRARIES. YOUR TIME AND WORK ON

1746
00:58:59,068 --> 00:58:59,969
THIS IS THOROUGHLY APPRECIATED. 

1747
00:58:59,969 --> 00:59:00,904
AND, COLLEAGUES, I MENTIONED IT 

1748
00:59:00,904 --> 00:59:04,574
BEFORE, BUT I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, 

1749
00:59:04,574 --> 00:59:06,843
I AM A PROUD LIBRARY KID. MY WAS

1750
00:59:06,843 --> 00:59:09,379
A LIBRARIAN. SHE WAS ALSO MY 

1751
00:59:09,379 --> 00:59:10,647
CARETAKER GROWING UP. SO SOME OF

1752
00:59:10,647 --> 00:59:12,248
MY EARLIEST MEMORIES WERE 

1753
00:59:12,248 --> 00:59:13,850
SCOURING THE SHELVES FOR THAT 

1754
00:59:13,850 --> 00:59:18,154
NEXT BOOK ON ANCIENT EGYPT AND 

1755
00:59:18,154 --> 00:59:19,889
TRYING TO DECIPHER WHETHER THE 

1756
00:59:19,889 --> 00:59:20,723
DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM REALLY 

1757
00:59:20,723 --> 00:59:22,125
MEANT. I WAS RAISED BY MY 

1758
00:59:22,125 --> 00:59:23,526
GRANDPARENTS WHO WORKED LONG 

1759
00:59:23,526 --> 00:59:24,961
HOURS TO PROVIDE ME WITH THE 

1760
00:59:24,961 --> 00:59:26,195
BASICS, BUT THAT MEANS WE 

1761
00:59:26,195 --> 00:59:27,563
DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MORE THAN 

1762
00:59:27,563 --> 00:59:28,831
THAT, BUT HAVING THE LOCAL 

1763
00:59:28,831 --> 00:59:31,301
LIBRARY BY ME OPENED UP MY WHOLE

1764
00:59:31,301 --> 00:59:33,069
WORLD, AND IN MORE PRACTICAL 

1765
00:59:33,069 --> 00:59:36,072
TERMS, IT WAS THE PLACE WHERE I 

1766
00:59:36,072 --> 00:59:37,740
DID MY HOMEWORK EVERYDAY AFTER 

1767
00:59:37,740 --> 00:59:39,509
SCHOOL. SO I LITERALLY WOULD NOT

1768
00:59:39,509 --> 00:59:43,546
BE HERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR

1769
00:59:43,546 --> 00:59:44,681
MY COMMUNITY INVESTING IN SAFE, 

1770
00:59:44,681 --> 00:59:45,815
WELCOMING THIRD PLACES WHERE 

1771
00:59:45,815 --> 00:59:46,616
HELPFUL AND CARING ADULTS COULD 

1772
00:59:46,616 --> 00:59:48,618
UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF THE WORLD 

1773
00:59:48,618 --> 00:59:50,920
FOR KIDS LIKE ME. SO WE KNOW 

1774
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,189
THIS, BUT OUR LIBRARIES ARE 

1775
00:59:53,189 --> 00:59:55,925
ESSENTIAL FOR CONNECTING OUR 

1776
00:59:55,925 --> 00:59:56,693
NEIGHBORS, OPENING UP 

1777
00:59:56,693 --> 00:59:57,226
OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING 

1778
00:59:57,226 --> 00:59:57,994
PEOPLE, FOLKS STARTING SMALL 

1779
00:59:57,994 --> 00:59:59,596
BUSINESSES AND GIVING THE NEXT 

1780
00:59:59,596 --> 01:00:00,763
GENERATION THE TOOLS THAT THEY 

1781
01:00:00,763 --> 01:00:02,465
NEED TO THRIVE. AND OUR WORK IN 

1782
01:00:02,465 --> 01:00:04,000
THIS COMMITTEE IS MORE THAN JUST

1783
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:06,202
COMING UP WITH THE FUNDS TO KEEP

1784
01:00:06,202 --> 01:00:08,438
THE LIGHTS ON AT OUR LIBRARIES, 

1785
01:00:08,438 --> 01:00:10,573
IT'S ABOUT ENSURING THAT OUR 

1786
01:00:10,573 --> 01:00:12,342
RESOURCES ARE INVESTED IN WAYS 

1787
01:00:12,342 --> 01:00:13,376
THAT PAY BACK IN MASSIVE 

1788
01:00:13,376 --> 01:00:15,011
DIVIDENDS IN THE NEAR TERM AND 

1789
01:00:15,011 --> 01:00:16,346
IN THE LONG TERM ACROSS OUR 

1790
01:00:16,346 --> 01:00:20,350
WHOLE CITY. AND AS WE DELIBERATE

1791
01:00:20,350 --> 01:00:21,384
THIS LEVY PROPOSAL, I'M 

1792
01:00:21,384 --> 01:00:24,120
THINKING ABOUT KIDS LIKE ME WHO 

1793
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:25,488
THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

1794
01:00:25,488 --> 01:00:26,923
SERVES TODAY, THE GIRL WHO WILL 

1795
01:00:26,923 --> 01:00:30,560
BREAK MY RECORD AS THE YOUNGEST 

1796
01:00:30,560 --> 01:00:32,695
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER EVER ELECTED

1797
01:00:32,695 --> 01:00:38,901
IS PROBABLY GOING TO HER LOCAL 

1798
01:00:38,901 --> 01:00:39,769
LIBRARY BRANCH AFTER SCHOOL 

1799
01:00:39,769 --> 01:00:41,337
TODAY. SO IT'S OUR PART, AND WE

1800
01:00:41,337 --> 01:00:44,841
NEED TO DO OUR PART TO ENSURE 

1801
01:00:44,841 --> 01:00:45,541
THAT BRIE OBAMACARE BRANCHES 

1802
01:00:45,541 --> 01:00:47,210
REMAIN OPEN, FULLY STAFFED AND 

1803
01:00:47,210 --> 01:00:49,679
STOCKED WITH ALL THE RESOURCES 

1804
01:00:49,679 --> 01:00:50,947
SHE AND OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO 

1805
01:00:50,947 --> 01:00:53,182
FOR THE YEARS TO GROW AND THRIVE

1806
01:00:53,182 --> 01:00:55,184
TO COME. TO MY MIND, OUR 

1807
01:00:55,184 --> 01:00:58,388
INVESTMENTS MUST GO BEYOND JUST 

1808
01:00:58,388 --> 01:01:00,056
MAINTAINING THE LAST LEVY. OUR 

1809
01:01:00,056 --> 01:01:01,724
POPULATION HAS GROWN 

1810
01:01:01,724 --> 01:01:02,592
SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE LAST 

1811
01:01:02,592 --> 01:01:04,627
LEVY, AS HAS DEMANDS AND THE 

1812
01:01:04,627 --> 01:01:06,863
COST ON THE LIBRARY'S PHYSICAL 

1813
01:01:06,863 --> 01:01:08,064
SPACES AND CLEBSES. WE'RE NOT 

1814
01:01:08,064 --> 01:01:10,133
KEEPING UP WITH OUR GROWTH, AND 

1815
01:01:10,133 --> 01:01:11,701
WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT KEEPING UP

1816
01:01:11,701 --> 01:01:13,536
WITH BOOK-FLATION. SO I LOOK 

1817
01:01:13,536 --> 01:01:16,639
FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF 

1818
01:01:16,639 --> 01:01:19,208
YOU TO IDENTIFY THE SMARTEST 

1819
01:01:19,208 --> 01:01:20,610
INVESTMENT,S IN SPL'S CAPITAL 

1820
01:01:20,610 --> 01:01:21,177
COLLECTIONS AND STAFFING TO 

1821
01:01:21,177 --> 01:01:22,211
ENSURE THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT TO 

1822
01:01:22,211 --> 01:01:23,980
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET 

1823
01:01:23,980 --> 01:01:25,615
SOME GOOD JOBS IN OUR UNION WORK

1824
01:01:25,615 --> 01:01:27,550
FORCE TO TEND TO THE CAPITAL 

1825
01:01:27,550 --> 01:01:30,420
PROJECTS AHEAD OF US AND TO GIVE

1826
01:01:30,420 --> 01:01:32,321
OUR NEIGHBORS, THE NEIGHBORS 

1827
01:01:32,321 --> 01:01:34,690
THAT WE SERVE, THE LIBRARIES 

1828
01:01:34,690 --> 01:01:37,460
THAT THEY DESERVE. AND -- 

1829
01:01:37,460 --> 01:01:38,327
SHUCKS. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 

1830
01:01:38,327 --> 01:01:40,063
THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK 

1831
01:01:40,063 --> 01:01:41,064
YOU FOR INDULGING ON THOSE 

1832
01:01:41,064 --> 01:01:42,932
OPENING REMARKS. I DO HAVE A 

1833
01:01:42,932 --> 01:01:44,600
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE 

1834
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:46,002
PANEL TODAY JUST TO KICK US OFF.

1835
01:01:46,002 --> 01:01:49,005
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CRAFTING A 

1836
01:01:49,005 --> 01:01:50,807
LEVY PROPOSAL THAT MAINTAINS 

1837
01:01:50,807 --> 01:01:51,674
CURRENT OPEN HOURS AT OUR 

1838
01:01:51,674 --> 01:01:53,443
BRANCHES AND REALLY LEANS IN TO 

1839
01:01:53,443 --> 01:01:54,644
FILLING THOSE HOURS TO MAXIMUM 

1840
01:01:54,644 --> 01:01:56,345
BENEFIT TO ALL OF OUR PATRONS. 

1841
01:01:56,345 --> 01:01:59,415
CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT FOR US SOME OF

1842
01:01:59,415 --> 01:02:00,750
THE PROPOSED INVESTMENTS IN 

1843
01:02:00,750 --> 01:02:01,918
PROGRAMMING THAT ARE ADDRESSING 

1844
01:02:01,918 --> 01:02:04,053
GAPS FROM YEARS PAST OR 

1845
01:02:04,053 --> 01:02:04,487
OTHERWISE EXPANDING 

1846
01:02:04,487 --> 01:02:06,889
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PATRONS? 

1847
01:02:06,889 --> 01:02:09,025
>> SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE 

1848
01:02:09,025 --> 01:02:09,692
QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK. 

1849
01:02:09,692 --> 01:02:11,494
SO AS WE LOOK AT OUR 

1850
01:02:11,494 --> 01:02:12,061
PROGRAMMING, WE HIGHLIGHTED 

1851
01:02:12,061 --> 01:02:14,797
SEVERAL OF THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS

1852
01:02:14,797 --> 01:02:16,933
THAT WE HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR

1853
01:02:16,933 --> 01:02:19,402
MANY THEY THINK OF STORY TIMES. 

1854
01:02:19,402 --> 01:02:20,870
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY ONE THAT MANY 

1855
01:02:20,870 --> 01:02:21,504
PEOPLE HAVE THEIR FIRST MEMORY 

1856
01:02:21,504 --> 01:02:23,439
OF, AND THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE 

1857
01:02:23,439 --> 01:02:25,074
WOULD HOPE TO EXPAND AGAIN, BE 

1858
01:02:25,074 --> 01:02:27,443
ABLE TO HAVE MORE STORY TIMES 

1859
01:02:27,443 --> 01:02:29,946
BUT ALSO LOOK AT THOSE PROGRAMS 

1860
01:02:29,946 --> 01:02:30,813
LIKE KALEIDOSCOPE, PLAY AND 

1861
01:02:30,813 --> 01:02:32,882
LEARN, THOSE ONES THAT ARE 

1862
01:02:32,882 --> 01:02:36,686
REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT EARLY 

1863
01:02:36,686 --> 01:02:38,588
LITERACY, BRINGING IN FAMILIES 

1864
01:02:38,588 --> 01:02:39,555
WHERE ENGLISH ISN'T THE FIRST 

1865
01:02:39,555 --> 01:02:40,823
LANGUAGE, OFTEN ISN'T THE 

1866
01:02:40,823 --> 01:02:43,593
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME AND 

1867
01:02:43,593 --> 01:02:45,762
REALLY TRYING TO BRING THOSE 

1868
01:02:45,762 --> 01:02:47,263
FAMILIES TOGETHER AS WELL. THAT 

1869
01:02:47,263 --> 01:02:48,764
TYPE OF PROGRAMMING, AS YOU 

1870
01:02:48,764 --> 01:02:49,832
MIGHT IMAGINE, IS INTENSIVE. IT 

1871
01:02:49,832 --> 01:02:51,868
TAKES A LOT OF TIME. IT TAKES A 

1872
01:02:51,868 --> 01:02:57,440
LOT OF WORK WITH PARTNERS TO 

1873
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:58,341
DEVELOP THOSE RESOURCES TO HAVE 

1874
01:02:58,341 --> 01:02:59,442
MULTI-LINGUAL PROGRAMS BUT ALSO 

1875
01:02:59,442 --> 01:03:03,880
AS WE LOOK AT OUR POPULATION, WE

1876
01:03:03,880 --> 01:03:05,381
KNOW OUR POPULATION IS ALSO 

1877
01:03:05,381 --> 01:03:08,184
AGING AS WELL, WE DON'T HAVE AS

1878
01:03:08,184 --> 01:03:11,254
MANY PROGRAMS AS WE SHOULD FOR 

1879
01:03:11,254 --> 01:03:12,088
OUR OLDER ADULT PATRONS. THAT'S

1880
01:03:12,088 --> 01:03:14,090
AN AREA WHERE WE BELIEVE WE CAN 

1881
01:03:14,090 --> 01:03:17,393
ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK. WHEN WE 

1882
01:03:17,393 --> 01:03:19,662
THINK OF SOME OF THE PARTNERS 

1883
01:03:19,662 --> 01:03:22,265
THAT WE WORK WITH IN THE CITY, 

1884
01:03:22,265 --> 01:03:24,600
SOME OF THE HOUSING FOR SENIORS,

1885
01:03:24,600 --> 01:03:25,768
THOSE ARE THE AREAS WHERE, 

1886
01:03:25,768 --> 01:03:26,736
AGAIN, THE PROGRAMMING DOESN'T 

1887
01:03:26,736 --> 01:03:29,172
ALWAYS HAVE TO JUST BE IN THE 

1888
01:03:29,172 --> 01:03:30,573
LIBRARY, IT COULD BE OUT WITH 

1889
01:03:30,573 --> 01:03:31,908
OUR PARTNER GROUPS AND BEING 

1890
01:03:31,908 --> 01:03:34,343
ABLE TO DO THAT DOES REQUIRE 

1891
01:03:34,343 --> 01:03:35,411
THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCE. AS I 

1892
01:03:35,411 --> 01:03:36,546
OFTEN SAY, WE'RE PEOPLE SERVING

1893
01:03:36,546 --> 01:03:39,081
PEOPLE, AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO

1894
01:03:39,081 --> 01:03:40,349
DO THE WORK WITHOUT THE PEOPLE. 

1895
01:03:40,349 --> 01:03:43,853
WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF. THEY ARE 

1896
01:03:43,853 --> 01:03:44,687
STRETCHED THIN, AND, REALLY, 

1897
01:03:44,687 --> 01:03:46,923
THIS RESOURCE WOULD ALLOW US TO 

1898
01:03:46,923 --> 01:03:48,925
DO MORE OF THAT PROGRAMMING. 

1899
01:03:48,925 --> 01:03:50,793
ANOTHER AREA THAT IS REALLY 

1900
01:03:50,793 --> 01:03:52,395
IMPORTANT THAT THE LIBRARY FOCUS

1901
01:03:52,395 --> 01:03:55,131
ON IS TEENS. WE DON'T HAVE 

1902
01:03:55,131 --> 01:03:55,932
ENOUGH PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS. 

1903
01:03:55,932 --> 01:03:57,700
AND AS WE, YOU KNOW, LOOK EVERY 

1904
01:03:57,700 --> 01:03:59,735
TIME IN THE SUMMER MONTH, WE 

1905
01:03:59,735 --> 01:04:00,937
KNOW THAT THERE REALLY NEEDS TO 

1906
01:04:00,937 --> 01:04:03,172
BE THAT INVESTMENT IN OUR TEENS 

1907
01:04:03,172 --> 01:04:04,674
WHO ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE THINGS

1908
01:04:04,674 --> 01:04:07,376
TO DO. AND WE WANT IT TO BE 

1909
01:04:07,376 --> 01:04:10,513
THOSE POSITIVES, RIGHT, TO HAVE 

1910
01:04:10,513 --> 01:04:11,681
THAT EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAD 

1911
01:04:11,681 --> 01:04:13,049
THAT CHAIR RIVERA MENTIONED AS 

1912
01:04:13,049 --> 01:04:14,183
WELL, THAT POSITIVE EXPERIENCE 

1913
01:04:14,183 --> 01:04:15,885
WHEN YOU COME INTO THE LIBRARY. 

1914
01:04:15,885 --> 01:04:17,753
PART OF THAT IS THROUGH 

1915
01:04:17,753 --> 01:04:18,855
PROGRAMMING. HOW DO YOU BRING 

1916
01:04:18,855 --> 01:04:21,190
THEM IN? THERE HAS TO BE 

1917
01:04:21,190 --> 01:04:21,757
SOMETHING THAT PIQUES THEIR 

1918
01:04:21,757 --> 01:04:24,160
CURIOSITY. IS IT GOING TO BE 

1919
01:04:24,160 --> 01:04:26,462
THAT PROGRAM, IS IT GOING TO BE 

1920
01:04:26,462 --> 01:04:27,797
MAYBE THAT D.I.Y. TYPE OF 

1921
01:04:27,797 --> 01:04:30,299
PROGRAM, HOW DO I MAKE THESE 

1922
01:04:30,299 --> 01:04:31,500
THINGS, SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY 

1923
01:04:31,500 --> 01:04:32,668
PIQUES A TEEN'S INTEREST. SO 

1924
01:04:32,668 --> 01:04:34,537
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PROGRAM 

1925
01:04:34,537 --> 01:04:35,771
AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 

1926
01:04:35,771 --> 01:04:36,439
INVESTING MORE IN. 

1927
01:04:36,439 --> 01:04:38,074
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR 

1928
01:04:38,074 --> 01:04:41,110
UNPACKING THAT. AND NOW TURNING 

1929
01:04:41,110 --> 01:04:43,179
A LITTLE BIT TO COLLECTIONS, 

1930
01:04:43,179 --> 01:04:46,582
CHIEF LIBRARIAN FAY, WHERE IS 

1931
01:04:46,582 --> 01:04:47,683
S.P.L. SEEING THE BIGGEST 

1932
01:04:47,683 --> 01:04:49,185
INCREASES IN UNMET DEMAND IN 

1933
01:04:49,185 --> 01:04:49,819
RELATION TO OUR COLLECTIONS? 

1934
01:04:49,819 --> 01:04:54,790
>> I WOULD SAY THAT WOULD BE ON 

1935
01:04:54,790 --> 01:04:55,725
OUR E-MATERIALS, SO E-BOOKS, 

1936
01:04:55,725 --> 01:04:57,026
E-AUDIO BOOKS. THE DEMAND 

1937
01:04:57,026 --> 01:04:59,428
CONTINUES TO GO UP. AND AS WE'VE

1938
01:04:59,428 --> 01:05:01,764
SAID HERE A FEW TIMES, I KNOW 

1939
01:05:01,764 --> 01:05:04,934
THAT THE CHAIR RIVERA HAS HAD US

1940
01:05:04,934 --> 01:05:07,236
TALK ABOUT THIS AT A COUPLE 

1941
01:05:07,236 --> 01:05:10,273
SESSIONS, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE 

1942
01:05:10,273 --> 01:05:12,008
ON THE E-BOOK SIDE. WE ARE 

1943
01:05:12,008 --> 01:05:12,808
BASICALLY SUBSCRIBING TO THOSE. 

1944
01:05:12,808 --> 01:05:15,077
WHAT HAPPENS AND HAS BEEN 

1945
01:05:15,077 --> 01:05:17,013
HAPPENING IS THAT WE'VE HAD TO 

1946
01:05:17,013 --> 01:05:18,648
INCREASE WAIT TIMES BECAUSE WE 

1947
01:05:18,648 --> 01:05:20,216
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP 

1948
01:05:20,216 --> 01:05:23,419
WITH BOTH THE DEMAND BUT ALSO 

1949
01:05:23,419 --> 01:05:26,489
THE COST OF THE E-MATERIALS. OUR

1950
01:05:26,489 --> 01:05:27,423
PHYSICAL MATERIALS, THOUGH, ARE 

1951
01:05:27,423 --> 01:05:31,160
ALSO STILL IN DEMAND AS THE 

1952
01:05:31,160 --> 01:05:31,794
POPULATION INCREASES, PEOPLE 

1953
01:05:31,794 --> 01:05:32,929
WILL SAY, WELL, I'LL TAKE THE 

1954
01:05:32,929 --> 01:05:35,197
BOOK IN WHATEVER FORM I GET IT, 

1955
01:05:35,197 --> 01:05:37,533
RIGHT? AND SO THEY WILL GET THAT

1956
01:05:37,533 --> 01:05:40,036
PHYSICAL BOOK AS WELL. SO FOR 

1957
01:05:40,036 --> 01:05:43,172
MANY YEARS YOU SAW, YOU KNOW, A 

1958
01:05:43,172 --> 01:05:45,908
DECLINE, A STEEP DECLINE IN 

1959
01:05:45,908 --> 01:05:47,576
PHASE CAL, BUT THAT HAS 

1960
01:05:47,576 --> 01:05:48,477
PLATEAUED BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE 

1961
01:05:48,477 --> 01:05:49,078
POPULATION HAS INCREASED AND 

1962
01:05:49,078 --> 01:05:51,747
PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, 

1963
01:05:51,747 --> 01:05:52,481
THAT READING INTEREST MET 

1964
01:05:52,481 --> 01:05:54,450
EARLIER THAN LATER. SO THE 

1965
01:05:54,450 --> 01:05:56,252
BIGGEST CHALLENGE FOR US IN 

1966
01:05:56,252 --> 01:05:58,254
RECENT YEARS HAS BEEN KEEPING UP

1967
01:05:58,254 --> 01:05:58,988
WITH THAT DEMAND. THE 

1968
01:05:58,988 --> 01:06:00,289
FULFILLMENT ISSUE IS THE ONE 

1969
01:06:00,289 --> 01:06:03,359
THAT WE WOULD WANT TO RESOLVE. 

1970
01:06:03,359 --> 01:06:04,694
>> UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU FOR 

1971
01:06:04,694 --> 01:06:06,162
THAT. AND LASTLY ON CAPITAL 

1972
01:06:06,162 --> 01:06:08,064
PROJECTS, HOW FAR ARE WE FROM 

1973
01:06:08,064 --> 01:06:09,865
ENSURING ALL OF OUR BRANCHES ARE

1974
01:06:09,865 --> 01:06:10,933
EARTHQUAKE READY AND CAN MEET 

1975
01:06:10,933 --> 01:06:14,570
THE HEAT AND COLD EXTREMES FROM 

1976
01:06:14,570 --> 01:06:15,104
OUR CHANGING CLIMATE? 

1977
01:06:15,104 --> 01:06:18,174
>> SO FROM THE EARTHQUAKE SIDE 

1978
01:06:18,174 --> 01:06:23,245
OF THINGS, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE 

1979
01:06:23,245 --> 01:06:24,113
MULTIPLE PROJECTS. WE DISCUSSED 

1980
01:06:24,113 --> 01:06:25,614
HERE AT COLUMBIA, THAT'S IN 

1981
01:06:25,614 --> 01:06:26,849
THIS PACKAGE. THE NEXT ONE THE 

1982
01:06:26,849 --> 01:06:30,720
CITY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO DID A

1983
01:06:30,720 --> 01:06:33,356
STUDY OF ALL OF ITS UNREINFORCED

1984
01:06:33,356 --> 01:06:34,423
MACERY BUILDINGS, SO WE HAVE 

1985
01:06:34,423 --> 01:06:35,157
THEM IN ORDER OF PRIORITY. THE 

1986
01:06:35,157 --> 01:06:38,794
NEXT ONE IN THAT ORDER WOULD BE 

1987
01:06:38,794 --> 01:06:40,429
WEST SEATTLE WHICH IS ANOTHER 

1988
01:06:40,429 --> 01:06:42,998
CARNEGIE. IT WOULD THEN BE QUEEN

1989
01:06:42,998 --> 01:06:45,167
ANNE, A CARNEGIE, AND THEN THE 

1990
01:06:45,167 --> 01:06:47,803
FREMONT LIBRARY WHICH IS ANOTHER

1991
01:06:47,803 --> 01:06:49,638
CARNEGIE. THOSE ARE OUR OLDEST 

1992
01:06:49,638 --> 01:06:52,308
BUILDINGS IN THE INVENTORY SO TO

1993
01:06:52,308 --> 01:06:54,310
SPEAK. AND, AGAIN, THOSE 

1994
01:06:54,310 --> 01:06:56,679
PROJECTS GENERALLY ARE GOING TO 

1995
01:06:56,679 --> 01:06:59,181
RANGE FROM $13 MILLION UPWARDS 

1996
01:06:59,181 --> 01:07:00,683
OF $17 OR $18 MILLION, DEPENDING

1997
01:07:00,683 --> 01:07:03,819
ON WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO GET 

1998
01:07:03,819 --> 01:07:05,454
DONE. AND AS I THINK WAS POINTED

1999
01:07:05,454 --> 01:07:07,590
OUT, THE LONGER WE WAIT ON SOME 

2000
01:07:07,590 --> 01:07:09,058
OF THOSE, JUST THE MORE 

2001
01:07:09,058 --> 01:07:10,059
EXPENSIVE THEY BECOME TO DO. AND

2002
01:07:10,059 --> 01:07:13,195
IN THIS CASE WE FEEL THAT THE 

2003
01:07:13,195 --> 01:07:14,964
INVESTMENT IN THESE BUILDINGS 

2004
01:07:14,964 --> 01:07:16,365
HAS BEEN WORTH IT. THESE 

2005
01:07:16,365 --> 01:07:18,968
BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN WITH THE 

2006
01:07:18,968 --> 01:07:21,737
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR OVER 

2007
01:07:21,737 --> 01:07:22,371
100 YEARS. THEY'RE STILL 

2008
01:07:22,371 --> 01:07:23,739
SERVICEABLE, AND WHAT WE WANT TO

2009
01:07:23,739 --> 01:07:26,208
DO IS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE THE 

2010
01:07:26,208 --> 01:07:29,912
SAFEST THEY CAN BE IN ALMOST ANY

2011
01:07:29,912 --> 01:07:31,347
CONDITION. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 

2012
01:07:31,347 --> 01:07:32,014
AIR CONDITIONING, I'M HAPPY TO 

2013
01:07:32,014 --> 01:07:35,184
SAY THAT BY NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD 

2014
01:07:35,184 --> 01:07:38,487
HAVE ALL OF OUR AIR CONDITIONING

2015
01:07:38,487 --> 01:07:41,090
DONE IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. 

2016
01:07:41,090 --> 01:07:43,592
THAT'S A GREAT THANKS TO 

2017
01:07:43,592 --> 01:07:45,594
COUNCIL. A FEW YEARS AGO 

2018
01:07:45,594 --> 01:07:49,031
ACTUALLY APPROVED ABOUT $1.2 

2019
01:07:49,031 --> 01:07:50,733
MILLION TO HELP KICK US OFF IN 

2020
01:07:50,733 --> 01:07:51,333
NORTHEAST AND THE SOUTHWEST 

2021
01:07:51,333 --> 01:07:55,271
BRANCH, AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO

2022
01:07:55,271 --> 01:07:56,172
SECURE FUNDING FROM FEMA TO GET 

2023
01:07:56,172 --> 01:07:59,642
MUCH -- TO GET THE REST OF THE 

2024
01:07:59,642 --> 01:08:02,278
BUILDINGS DONE. AS YOU KNOW OR 

2025
01:08:02,278 --> 01:08:04,079
MIGHT KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST 

2026
01:08:04,079 --> 01:08:04,780
PUTTING IN AIR CONDITIONING. WE 

2027
01:08:04,780 --> 01:08:08,217
HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO IN AND RIP 

2028
01:08:08,217 --> 01:08:09,919
OUT ALL THE FOSSIL FUEL PLANTS 

2029
01:08:09,919 --> 01:08:11,854
WHICH IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE 

2030
01:08:11,854 --> 01:08:14,890
ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO ADDS A COST

2031
01:08:14,890 --> 01:08:18,060
TO THOSE PROJECTS. SO WE WILL 

2032
01:08:18,060 --> 01:08:18,994
ACTUALLY HAVE THAT COMPLETE BY 

2033
01:08:18,994 --> 01:08:20,129
NEXT YEAR AND HAS BEEN SOMETHING

2034
01:08:20,129 --> 01:08:21,597
I WORKED ON SINCE I CAME INTO 

2035
01:08:21,597 --> 01:08:23,265
THIS ROLE AND WILL BE HAPPY TO 

2036
01:08:23,265 --> 01:08:25,935
SAY THAT WE WILL HAVE AIR 

2037
01:08:25,935 --> 01:08:27,436
CONDITIONING IN EVERY BUILDING. 

2038
01:08:27,436 --> 01:08:28,771
>> THAT'S FANTASTIC TO HEAR. 

2039
01:08:28,771 --> 01:08:29,672
AND WE'LL BE EXCITED TO 

2040
01:08:29,672 --> 01:08:31,740
CELEBRATE THAT. THANK YOU ALL 

2041
01:08:31,740 --> 01:08:32,308
FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. 

2042
01:08:32,308 --> 01:08:33,742
THANK YOU, CHAIR. LOOKING 

2043
01:08:33,742 --> 01:08:34,844
FORWARD TO THIS PROCESS. 

2044
01:08:34,844 --> 01:08:36,412
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 

2045
01:08:36,412 --> 01:08:38,113
RINCK. I DO WANT TO RAISE 

2046
01:08:38,113 --> 01:08:39,515
BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT UP THE 

2047
01:08:39,515 --> 01:08:41,817
IMPORTANT POINT, CHIEF FAY, 

2048
01:08:41,817 --> 01:08:43,185
ABOUT THE TEEN PROGRAMMING THAT 

2049
01:08:43,185 --> 01:08:45,287
WE ALSO -- THE LIBRARY 

2050
01:08:45,287 --> 01:08:46,822
INVESTMENTS ARE NOT THE ONLY 

2051
01:08:46,822 --> 01:08:49,825
INVESTMENTS WE MAKE AT THE CITY 

2052
01:08:49,825 --> 01:08:52,895
RELATED TO KIDS AND TEENS, AND 

2053
01:08:52,895 --> 01:08:54,997
WE HAVE THE FAMILIES EDUCATION 

2054
01:08:54,997 --> 01:08:57,600
PRESCHOOL PROMISE LEVY THAT WE 

2055
01:08:57,600 --> 01:08:59,301
JUST PASSED LAST YEAR, VOTERS 

2056
01:08:59,301 --> 01:09:03,072
APPROVED, AND THAT HAS FUNDS IN 

2057
01:09:03,072 --> 01:09:04,306
IT FOR K-12 INVESTMENTS. A LOT 

2058
01:09:04,306 --> 01:09:07,009
OF THAT IS TEEN FOCUSED IN TERMS

2059
01:09:07,009 --> 01:09:09,145
OF PROGRAMMING. SO I SAY THAT TO

2060
01:09:09,145 --> 01:09:11,947
SAY THERE ARE OTHER AREAS -- AND

2061
01:09:11,947 --> 01:09:14,550
ALSO PARKS, I SHOULD SAY ALSO 

2062
01:09:14,550 --> 01:09:15,217
HAS TEEN PROGRAMMING. IT'S 

2063
01:09:15,217 --> 01:09:18,187
IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO KNOW ALL 

2064
01:09:18,187 --> 01:09:22,024
THE AREAS IN THE CITY, THE OTHER

2065
01:09:22,024 --> 01:09:23,926
SISTER DEPARTMENTS THAT ALSO 

2066
01:09:23,926 --> 01:09:25,461
FUND PROGRAMMING FOR TEENS AND 

2067
01:09:25,461 --> 01:09:27,830
CHILDREN BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING

2068
01:09:27,830 --> 01:09:28,531
THAT WE'VE REALLY PRIORITIZED 

2069
01:09:28,531 --> 01:09:30,833
AS A CITY ARE TO TAKE CARE OF 

2070
01:09:30,833 --> 01:09:32,301
OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND I DON'T 

2071
01:09:32,301 --> 01:09:33,936
WANT IT LEFT UNSAID THAT WE'RE 

2072
01:09:33,936 --> 01:09:36,405
NOT MAKING SOME OTHER 

2073
01:09:36,405 --> 01:09:37,540
INVESTMENTS IN OTHER AREAS 

2074
01:09:37,540 --> 01:09:39,742
TOWARD THAT AND AS WELL. COUNCIL

2075
01:09:39,742 --> 01:09:41,176
MEMBER KETTLE, YOU ARE 

2076
01:09:41,176 --> 01:09:41,477
RECOGNIZED. 

2077
01:09:41,477 --> 01:09:42,344
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. FIRST I 

2078
01:09:42,344 --> 01:09:46,315
WANTED TO START WITH A THANK YOU

2079
01:09:46,315 --> 01:09:49,451
FOR ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS 

2080
01:09:49,451 --> 01:09:52,221
AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR SIGNS. 

2081
01:09:52,221 --> 01:09:53,589
THE CURSIVE WRITING WAS 

2082
01:09:53,589 --> 01:09:54,156
BEAUTIFUL, PENMANSHIP WAS 

2083
01:09:54,156 --> 01:09:55,958
FANTASTIC. [ LAUGHTER ] 

2084
01:09:55,958 --> 01:09:57,393
>> YES. THERE IT IS. [ LAUGHTER 

2085
01:09:57,393 --> 01:09:59,662
] 

2086
01:09:59,662 --> 01:10:01,263
>> I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE 

2087
01:10:01,263 --> 01:10:01,530
CURSIVE. 

2088
01:10:01,530 --> 01:10:02,131
>> THEY DON'T TEACH THAT 

2089
01:10:02,131 --> 01:10:02,398
ANYMORE. 

2090
01:10:02,398 --> 01:10:05,234
>> LIKE THE DEPUTY MAYOR, I HAVE

2091
01:10:05,234 --> 01:10:06,068
A DAUGHTER, YOUNGER, FIFTH 

2092
01:10:06,068 --> 01:10:07,603
GRADER, AND SHE HAS LEARNED SOME

2093
01:10:07,603 --> 01:10:10,206
CURSIVE WRITING, BUT WE NEED TO 

2094
01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:12,174
KEEP IT GOING. SO I REALLY 

2095
01:10:12,174 --> 01:10:12,775
APPRECIATE THE PENMANSHIP AND 

2096
01:10:12,775 --> 01:10:14,443
THE CURSIVE. I ALSO -- AND I 

2097
01:10:14,443 --> 01:10:16,912
DON'T SEE HER ANYMORE, BUT I 

2098
01:10:16,912 --> 01:10:18,881
REALLY APPRECIATE THE POINT 

2099
01:10:18,881 --> 01:10:20,115
REGARDING FOREIGN LANGUAGES. I 

2100
01:10:20,115 --> 01:10:21,750
THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT, AND 

2101
01:10:21,750 --> 01:10:22,751
AS A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN, 

2102
01:10:22,751 --> 01:10:24,920
I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THAT ISSUE

2103
01:10:24,920 --> 01:10:26,655
SINCE MY PARENTS ARE FROM 

2104
01:10:26,655 --> 01:10:28,257
ENGLAND, BUT IN REVERSE, DOI 

2105
01:10:28,257 --> 01:10:29,158
HAVE A LOVE OF FOREIGN 

2106
01:10:29,158 --> 01:10:33,729
LANGUAGES, EVEN IF I DON'T 

2107
01:10:33,729 --> 01:10:34,396
SPEAK THEM PARTICULARLY WELL. SO

2108
01:10:34,396 --> 01:10:36,932
THANK YOU. AND I REALLY 

2109
01:10:36,932 --> 01:10:39,234
APPRECIATE THE DEPUTY MAYOR'S 

2110
01:10:39,234 --> 01:10:41,303
REMARKS BECAUSE I HAVE MY 

2111
01:10:41,303 --> 01:10:43,872
COUNTERPARTS OF THAT. FOR THOSE 

2112
01:10:43,872 --> 01:10:45,007
THAT DON'T KNOW, I WAS A 

2113
01:10:45,007 --> 01:10:45,808
STAY-AT-HOME DAD BEFORE I TOOK 

2114
01:10:45,808 --> 01:10:48,143
ON THIS JOB AND A REGULAR TO THE

2115
01:10:48,143 --> 01:10:50,412
QUEEN ANNE LIBRARY TO STORY TIME

2116
01:10:50,412 --> 01:10:55,484
AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PIECES 

2117
01:10:55,484 --> 01:10:56,952
THAT WERE THAT. AND FANTASTIC 

2118
01:10:56,952 --> 01:10:57,720
EXPERIENCE. AND SPEAKING OF 

2119
01:10:57,720 --> 01:11:01,790
DEPUTY MAYORS, IN 2023, I GOT TO

2120
01:11:01,790 --> 01:11:03,759
KNOW A GENTLEMAN NAMED BILL 

2121
01:11:03,759 --> 01:11:05,227
STAFFORD WHO'S A FORMER DEPUTY 

2122
01:11:05,227 --> 01:11:07,396
MAYOR BUT ALSO STRONG WITH THE 

2123
01:11:07,396 --> 01:11:08,831
LIBRARIES. AND SITTING DOWN WITH

2124
01:11:08,831 --> 01:11:11,567
BILL -- YES, HE CAN DO THAT. 

2125
01:11:11,567 --> 01:11:12,468
SITTING DOWN WITH BILL FOR 

2126
01:11:12,468 --> 01:11:14,703
COFFEE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, GOING

2127
01:11:14,703 --> 01:11:18,507
TO A GRAD SCHOOL CLASS. AND THAT

2128
01:11:18,507 --> 01:11:20,175
WAS LIKE A TUTORIAL, ALMOST LIKE

2129
01:11:20,175 --> 01:11:21,710
I'M IN OXFORD OR SOMETHING AND 

2130
01:11:21,710 --> 01:11:22,444
GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT 

2131
01:11:22,444 --> 01:11:23,479
PIECES AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT 

2132
01:11:23,479 --> 01:11:26,215
THE CITY CHARTER SAYS IN THE 

2133
01:11:26,215 --> 01:11:29,051
SENSE THAT THE FIVE PIECES, 

2134
01:11:29,051 --> 01:11:30,286
PARKS, FIRE, POLICE, 

2135
01:11:30,286 --> 01:11:31,820
TRANSPORTATION AND THE LIBRARY 

2136
01:11:31,820 --> 01:11:34,089
SYSTEM. SO IT IS A CHARTER 

2137
01:11:34,089 --> 01:11:36,425
REQUIREMENT. AND THEN HE WOULD 

2138
01:11:36,425 --> 01:11:37,359
TALK ABOUT PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S 

2139
01:11:37,359 --> 01:11:38,060
GREAT SOCIETY AND THESE 

2140
01:11:38,060 --> 01:11:41,664
DIFFERENT PIECES AND THE EBB AND

2141
01:11:41,664 --> 01:11:44,233
FLOW IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT IN A

2142
01:11:44,233 --> 01:11:45,567
CIVIC SPACE. IT WAS GREAT TO 

2143
01:11:45,567 --> 01:11:48,370
TALK TO HIM ABOUT THAT. AND 

2144
01:11:48,370 --> 01:11:49,738
THROUGH THAT I GOT TO MEET 

2145
01:11:49,738 --> 01:11:50,673
DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH THE 

2146
01:11:50,673 --> 01:11:52,641
FOUNDATION AND SO FORTH. SO I 

2147
01:11:52,641 --> 01:11:57,112
JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE A

2148
01:11:57,112 --> 01:11:58,514
SHOUTOUT TO MR. STAFFORD BECAUSE

2149
01:11:58,514 --> 01:12:01,283
HE HAS BEEN A TREASURE FOR THE 

2150
01:12:01,283 --> 01:12:06,689
CITY, WAS A TREASURE TO OUR CITY

2151
01:12:06,689 --> 01:12:10,492
AND A GREAT PERSON, MULTIPLE 

2152
01:12:10,492 --> 01:12:13,062
MAYORS AND FANTASTIC. I JUST 

2153
01:12:13,062 --> 01:12:15,331
WANTED TO NOTE -- WELL, FIRST, I

2154
01:12:15,331 --> 01:12:17,066
WANT TO ALSO SAY THANKS TO MAYOR

2155
01:12:17,066 --> 01:12:19,001
WILSON AND TO OUR CHAIR FOR -- 

2156
01:12:19,001 --> 01:12:21,370
AND TO MR. FAY AND THE 

2157
01:12:21,370 --> 01:12:22,671
FOUNDATION, ALL THE DIFFERENT 

2158
01:12:22,671 --> 01:12:23,839
ELEMENTS FOR A VERY STRONG 

2159
01:12:23,839 --> 01:12:24,973
PACKAGE. I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT 

2160
01:12:24,973 --> 01:12:29,144
OF WORK. I KNOW CHAIR HAS BEEN 

2161
01:12:29,144 --> 01:12:29,812
WORKING HARD. I'VE HAD MEETINGS

2162
01:12:29,812 --> 01:12:30,913
WITH HER. OUR CONVERSATIONS TEND

2163
01:12:30,913 --> 01:12:32,648
TO BE DOMINATED IN PUBLIC SAFETY

2164
01:12:32,648 --> 01:12:34,049
AND SOME OTHER AREAS, BUT I 

2165
01:12:34,049 --> 01:12:35,684
RECOGNIZE TOO ON THE MAYOR'S 

2166
01:12:35,684 --> 01:12:37,986
SIDE THE HARD WORK THAT GOES 

2167
01:12:37,986 --> 01:12:39,588
INTO THIS AND TO ENSURE THAT, 

2168
01:12:39,588 --> 01:12:43,492
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST A 

2169
01:12:43,492 --> 01:12:44,093
ONE-FOR-ONE REPLACEMENT PLUS 

2170
01:12:44,093 --> 01:12:44,793
C.P.I. THAT WE'RE DOING, 

2171
01:12:44,793 --> 01:12:47,830
ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS ON TOP OF

2172
01:12:47,830 --> 01:12:51,133
THAT, AND THAT IS SO IMPORTANT. 

2173
01:12:51,133 --> 01:12:54,536
I NOTE TOO, LIKE A LOT OF THE 

2174
01:12:54,536 --> 01:12:56,105
FOCUS IS ON HOURS, THE E-BOOKS, 

2175
01:12:56,105 --> 01:13:00,209
ALTHOUGH I MUST HAVE TO NOTE 

2176
01:13:00,209 --> 01:13:06,415
THAT MY MOM, NEARLY 84, MY 

2177
01:13:06,415 --> 01:13:07,649
HOMETOWN, AGAIN, STRONG 

2178
01:13:07,649 --> 01:13:09,585
SUPPORTER AND BENEFIT FACTOR, 

2179
01:13:09,585 --> 01:13:11,019
BENEFICIARY OF THE LIBRARY 

2180
01:13:11,019 --> 01:13:14,256
SYSTEM IN MY HOMETOWN NEEDS 

2181
01:13:14,256 --> 01:13:16,325
LARGE PRINT BOOKS. SO MOM WAY 

2182
01:13:16,325 --> 01:13:18,193
BACK IN MY HOMETOWN, WANTED TO 

2183
01:13:18,193 --> 01:13:19,094
SAY HEY, I'M REMEMBERING YOUR 

2184
01:13:19,094 --> 01:13:21,663
NEEDS TOO, AND I THINK THAT'S 

2185
01:13:21,663 --> 01:13:22,831
SOMETHING THAT IS VERY 

2186
01:13:22,831 --> 01:13:23,732
IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE MAINTAIN

2187
01:13:23,732 --> 01:13:25,734
ABS PIECE. SO I WAS GOING TO 

2188
01:13:25,734 --> 01:13:27,636
HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE IS ON 

2189
01:13:27,636 --> 01:13:30,239
THE MAINTENANCE PIECE, BUT MY 

2190
01:13:30,239 --> 01:13:30,906
COLLEAGUES PRETTY MUCH ANSWERED 

2191
01:13:30,906 --> 01:13:33,008
THAT. AND SO THE QUEEN ANNE IS 

2192
01:13:33,008 --> 01:13:33,976
LIKE THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF 

2193
01:13:33,976 --> 01:13:36,111
THIS. SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK 

2194
01:13:36,111 --> 01:13:38,547
THAT'S BEEN DONE, LIKE, ON THE 

2195
01:13:38,547 --> 01:13:40,449
ROOF BUT ALSO A TUCK POINT OF 

2196
01:13:40,449 --> 01:13:42,484
THE U.R.M. PIECE OF THIS IS 

2197
01:13:42,484 --> 01:13:44,486
SUPER IMPORTANT, AND I'M GLAD 

2198
01:13:44,486 --> 01:13:45,954
TO HEAR THAT THAT'S THERE. 

2199
01:13:45,954 --> 01:13:47,523
OBVIOUSLY COLUMBIA CITY IS 

2200
01:13:47,523 --> 01:13:50,492
CENTRAL TO THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW, 

2201
01:13:50,492 --> 01:13:51,093
THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND MY 

2202
01:13:51,093 --> 01:13:52,594
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT -- AND I 

2203
01:13:52,594 --> 01:13:54,363
THINK YOU ASKED THIS QUESTION, 

2204
01:13:54,363 --> 01:13:57,566
BUT I'LL ASK IT AGAIN, YOU 

2205
01:13:57,566 --> 01:13:59,067
KNOW, THE HVAC PIECE. SO BASES 

2206
01:13:59,067 --> 01:14:02,237
ARE COVERED IN THAT AREA BECAUSE

2207
01:14:02,237 --> 01:14:03,872
WE'VE GOTTEN INQUIRIES, AND 

2208
01:14:03,872 --> 01:14:05,374
MAINTENANCE AS AN OLD NAVY GUY, 

2209
01:14:05,374 --> 01:14:07,843
IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. IN 

2210
01:14:07,843 --> 01:14:08,777
TERMS OF THE HVAC PIECE, 

2211
01:14:08,777 --> 01:14:12,481
COLUMBIA CITY BEING ONE, BUT THE

2212
01:14:12,481 --> 01:14:13,849
OTHER LIBRARIES WE'RE WELL 

2213
01:14:13,849 --> 01:14:18,320
COVERED WITH THIS PROPOSAL, 

2214
01:14:18,320 --> 01:14:18,587
CORRECT? 

2215
01:14:18,587 --> 01:14:22,090
>> AS FAR AS HVAC? , HVAC, YES. 

2216
01:14:22,090 --> 01:14:23,492
WE'VE ACTUALLY SECURED THE 

2217
01:14:23,492 --> 01:14:25,194
FUNDING FOR HVAC WITH OTHER 

2218
01:14:25,194 --> 01:14:25,961
MEANS, BUT, YES. 

2219
01:14:25,961 --> 01:14:27,329
>> THE COMBINATION. 

2220
01:14:27,329 --> 01:14:27,663
>> CORRECT. 

2221
01:14:27,663 --> 01:14:30,232
>> VERY GOOD. AND, BY THE WAY, 

2222
01:14:30,232 --> 01:14:32,968
AS SOMEBODY WHO DOES WORK PUBLIC

2223
01:14:32,968 --> 01:14:34,603
SAFETY, WHEN I MEET WITH SMALL 

2224
01:14:34,603 --> 01:14:36,271
BUSINESSES ALL THE TIME, IF THEY

2225
01:14:36,271 --> 01:14:39,074
HAVE PRIVATE SECURITY, I SAY 

2226
01:14:39,074 --> 01:14:40,709
THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S REALLY 

2227
01:14:40,709 --> 01:14:41,777
IMPORTANT. AS WE MOVE FROM WHERE

2228
01:14:41,777 --> 01:14:43,812
WE WERE AND WHERE WE'RE GETTING

2229
01:14:43,812 --> 01:14:44,746
TO, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON 

2230
01:14:44,746 --> 01:14:48,217
THAT FRONT, I ALWAYS SAY THANK 

2231
01:14:48,217 --> 01:14:48,951
YOU. ALSO TO NONPROFITS AND SOME

2232
01:14:48,951 --> 01:14:51,119
OTHERS THAT GO DO THAT KIND OF 

2233
01:14:51,119 --> 01:14:52,187
SUPPORT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO ADD 

2234
01:14:52,187 --> 01:14:54,523
-- AND I RECOGNIZE IT'S AN 

2235
01:14:54,523 --> 01:14:56,258
ADDITIONAL COST, IT TAKES AWAY 

2236
01:14:56,258 --> 01:14:56,959
FROM OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, BUT 

2237
01:14:56,959 --> 01:14:58,560
IT'S ALSO NEEDED IN ORDER TO --

2238
01:14:58,560 --> 01:15:01,230
IT'S KIND OF LIKE MAINTENANCE 

2239
01:15:01,230 --> 01:15:02,297
OF THE BUILDINGS. YOU KNOW, 

2240
01:15:02,297 --> 01:15:03,065
IT'S A COMBINATION THAT'S 

2241
01:15:03,065 --> 01:15:04,800
HARD. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY 

2242
01:15:04,800 --> 01:15:06,668
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT 

2243
01:15:06,668 --> 01:15:08,437
LIBRARIES DO AS IT RELATES TO 

2244
01:15:08,437 --> 01:15:10,072
CREATING A SAFE SPACE FOR OUR 

2245
01:15:10,072 --> 01:15:12,875
KIDS AND EVERYBODY, ACTUALLY, TO

2246
01:15:12,875 --> 01:15:14,877
BE IN THAT LIBRARY BECAUSE 

2247
01:15:14,877 --> 01:15:16,011
THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND TO BE 

2248
01:15:16,011 --> 01:15:19,014
THERE WITHOUT DISTRACTION IS SO 

2249
01:15:19,014 --> 01:15:21,183
IMPORTANT FOR THOSE YOUNG KIDS, 

2250
01:15:21,183 --> 01:15:23,252
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S -- YOU 

2251
01:15:23,252 --> 01:15:24,820
KNOW, THE STORY TIME PIECE. BY 

2252
01:15:24,820 --> 01:15:25,787
THE WAY, I'M HAVING MEMORIES 

2253
01:15:25,787 --> 01:15:27,823
RIGHT NOW OF BEING AT STORY TIME

2254
01:15:27,823 --> 01:15:28,957
BECAUSE I'D GO EVERY TIME. AND 

2255
01:15:28,957 --> 01:15:30,993
THERE WAS ONE, AND IT WAS 

2256
01:15:30,993 --> 01:15:33,028
RELATED TO -- IT WAS THE NEW 

2257
01:15:33,028 --> 01:15:36,031
YEAR, ASIAN NEW YEAR, AND IT WAS

2258
01:15:36,031 --> 01:15:37,432
A BOOK CALLED "THE EMPTY POT." 

2259
01:15:37,432 --> 01:15:39,935
IT'S IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW. SUCH

2260
01:15:39,935 --> 01:15:41,670
GREAT LESSONS IN THAT BOOK THAT,

2261
01:15:41,670 --> 01:15:43,772
YOU KNOW, NOT JUST FOR KIDS TO 

2262
01:15:43,772 --> 01:15:46,375
LEARN BUT EVERY KID. SORRY FOR 

2263
01:15:46,375 --> 01:15:52,214
THAT ASIDE, BUT I'M JUST 

2264
01:15:52,214 --> 01:15:53,048
REMEMBERING THAT STORY TIME. BUT

2265
01:15:53,048 --> 01:15:54,516
TWO THINGS. SO MY QUESTION IS --

2266
01:15:54,516 --> 01:15:56,218
AND YOU KIND OF HINTED -- WELL, 

2267
01:15:56,218 --> 01:15:57,719
THAT WAS ONE QUESTION RELATED TO

2268
01:15:57,719 --> 01:15:59,821
THE MAINTENANCE, AND A LOT OF IT

2269
01:15:59,821 --> 01:16:00,722
WAS COVERED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER 

2270
01:16:00,722 --> 01:16:02,591
RINCK, BUT YOU KIND OF HINTED AT

2271
01:16:02,591 --> 01:16:03,892
ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE YOU TALKED 

2272
01:16:03,892 --> 01:16:07,129
ABOUT QUEEN ANNE AND WEST 

2273
01:16:07,129 --> 01:16:09,998
SEATTLE AND I THINK FREMONT 

2274
01:16:09,998 --> 01:16:11,266
BEING ANDREW CARNEGIE LIBRARIES,

2275
01:16:11,266 --> 01:16:12,568
AND THAT HIGHLIGHTS INCREDIBLE 

2276
01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:14,336
EFFORT THAT ANDREW CARNEGIE DID,

2277
01:16:14,336 --> 01:16:15,270
LIKE, 100 YEARS AGO. INCREDIBLE.

2278
01:16:15,270 --> 01:16:20,475
BUT IT ALSO BEGS THE QUESTION IN

2279
01:16:20,475 --> 01:16:22,778
TERMS OF IS THERE AN ANDREW 

2280
01:16:22,778 --> 01:16:23,712
CARNEGIE OUT THERE TODAY? AND, 

2281
01:16:23,712 --> 01:16:26,848
SEPARATELY, WHAT IS THE WORK IN 

2282
01:16:26,848 --> 01:16:27,382
TERMS OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE 

2283
01:16:27,382 --> 01:16:28,650
PARTNERSHIP? I KNOW THIS IS -- 

2284
01:16:28,650 --> 01:16:30,352
FOUNDATION IS STRONG ON THIS, 

2285
01:16:30,352 --> 01:16:32,721
BUT CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT 

2286
01:16:32,721 --> 01:16:34,957
ON THAT AND IN TERMS OF THE 

2287
01:16:34,957 --> 01:16:35,958
OUTREACH OF THAT RELATIONSHIP 

2288
01:16:35,958 --> 01:16:40,395
WITH -- YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE 

2289
01:16:40,395 --> 01:16:40,629
BOARD? 

2290
01:16:40,629 --> 01:16:41,330
>> YEAH. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE 

2291
01:16:41,330 --> 01:16:43,498
TO HAVE A GREAT PARTNER LIKE THE

2292
01:16:43,498 --> 01:16:48,136
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND THE 

2293
01:16:48,136 --> 01:16:49,438
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

2294
01:16:49,438 --> 01:16:50,372
FOUNDATION WHO IS THAT PRIVATE 

2295
01:16:50,372 --> 01:16:51,573
PARTNER, NONPROFIT THAT SEES SO 

2296
01:16:51,573 --> 01:16:57,412
MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IN 

2297
01:16:57,412 --> 01:16:58,647
PROGRAMMING, THEY FUND THAT, 

2298
01:16:58,647 --> 01:17:00,582
THEY CEDE SOME OF THE INNOVATION

2299
01:17:00,582 --> 01:17:07,255
AS WELL. AND BACK WHEN WHAT THEY

2300
01:17:07,255 --> 01:17:08,757
CALLED LIBRARIES FOR ALL WHEN 

2301
01:17:08,757 --> 01:17:10,525
THEY REMODELED AND BUILT SEVERAL

2302
01:17:10,525 --> 01:17:12,761
LIBRARIES AND BUILT THE CENTRAL 

2303
01:17:12,761 --> 01:17:13,929
LIBRARY, THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL 

2304
01:17:13,929 --> 01:17:15,063
IN THAT TO RAISE PRIVATE FUNDS 

2305
01:17:15,063 --> 01:17:17,432
TO GO ALONG WITH THOSE CAPITAL 

2306
01:17:17,432 --> 01:17:18,767
BONDS AND, OF COURSE, ARE STILL 

2307
01:17:18,767 --> 01:17:19,868
A GREAT PARTNER IN THINKING HOW 

2308
01:17:19,868 --> 01:17:22,037
WE MIGHT DO THAT IN THE FUTURE 

2309
01:17:22,037 --> 01:17:25,540
BECAUSE AS WE POINT OUT A FEW 

2310
01:17:25,540 --> 01:17:26,274
TIMES, THE CAPITAL MAINTENANCE 

2311
01:17:26,274 --> 01:17:30,412
NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE BIGGER 

2312
01:17:30,412 --> 01:17:32,814
THAN ANY LEVY COULD DO OR 

2313
01:17:32,814 --> 01:17:33,582
PRODUCE REALISTICALLY. YOU COULD

2314
01:17:33,582 --> 01:17:35,817
PUT A LOT IN ONE, BUT IT MIGHT 

2315
01:17:35,817 --> 01:17:38,120
BE A LITTLE TOO MUCH WHEN WE'RE

2316
01:17:38,120 --> 01:17:40,355
ALSO LOOKING AT THE BASICS OF 

2317
01:17:40,355 --> 01:17:41,089
PROGRAMMING, HOURS AND BOOKS. SO

2318
01:17:41,089 --> 01:17:44,459
WE TRY TO BALANCE THAT OUT. BUT 

2319
01:17:44,459 --> 01:17:46,628
OUR PARTNERS -- OUR PARTNER WITH

2320
01:17:46,628 --> 01:17:47,863
THE FOUNDATION HAS BEEN GREAT 

2321
01:17:47,863 --> 01:17:49,264
BECAUSE THEY ALSO WORK WITH ALL 

2322
01:17:49,264 --> 01:17:51,333
OF OUR STAFF WHO ARE WORKING 

2323
01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:53,368
WITH ALL THESE OTHER PARTNERS. 

2324
01:17:53,368 --> 01:17:57,372
SO WE'RE ABLE THEN TO LEVERAGE 

2325
01:17:57,372 --> 01:18:00,509
DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH 

2326
01:18:00,509 --> 01:18:01,143
OTHER PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE 

2327
01:18:01,143 --> 01:18:03,178
CITY. THAT IS ONE OF THE 

2328
01:18:03,178 --> 01:18:05,280
EXTREMITIES OF HAVING SUCH A 

2329
01:18:05,280 --> 01:18:07,182
GREAT FUNDING PARTNER LIKE 

2330
01:18:07,182 --> 01:18:07,682
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

2331
01:18:07,682 --> 01:18:08,917
FOUNDATION. THAT ALLOWS US ALSO 

2332
01:18:08,917 --> 01:18:12,888
TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE 

2333
01:18:12,888 --> 01:18:13,555
DONE WITH OUR COLLECTIONS. WE'RE

2334
01:18:13,555 --> 01:18:15,357
VERY FORTUNATE. THEY BUY ALMOST 

2335
01:18:15,357 --> 01:18:18,393
ONE IN FOUR OF THE BOOKS THAT 

2336
01:18:18,393 --> 01:18:19,895
PEOPLE ARE CHECKING OUT. THAT IS

2337
01:18:19,895 --> 01:18:22,864
SIGNIFICANT. THAT IS A GIFT THAT

2338
01:18:22,864 --> 01:18:25,400
MOST LIBRARIES DON'T -- PUBLIC 

2339
01:18:25,400 --> 01:18:27,669
LIBRARIES DON'T GET, AND THAT 

2340
01:18:27,669 --> 01:18:29,504
SHOWS THEIR COMMITMENT TO REALLY

2341
01:18:29,504 --> 01:18:30,839
WORKING IN THIS PUBLIC/PRIVATE 

2342
01:18:30,839 --> 01:18:31,873
NATURE ALL THE TIME. 

2343
01:18:31,873 --> 01:18:33,575
>> THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST 

2344
01:18:33,575 --> 01:18:34,710
ADD, SINCE I MENTIONED MY 

2345
01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:36,478
MOTHER, I'LL MENTION MY FATHER 

2346
01:18:36,478 --> 01:18:37,813
JUST TO CLOSE, THANK YOU, CHAIR,

2347
01:18:37,813 --> 01:18:40,782
IS THAT HE WOULD ALWAYS ASK ME 

2348
01:18:40,782 --> 01:18:42,684
AS A KID AND AFTER LIKE THE 

2349
01:18:42,684 --> 01:18:44,453
1,000th TIME, I WOULD SAY WHY 

2350
01:18:44,453 --> 01:18:46,888
DID YOU COME TO AMERICA? I SAID,

2351
01:18:46,888 --> 01:18:47,656
YES, DAD, EDUCATION, EDUCATION, 

2352
01:18:47,656 --> 01:18:49,091
EDUCATION. AND CENTRAL TO THAT 

2353
01:18:49,091 --> 01:18:50,158
POINT ARE LIBRARIES. AND SO JUST

2354
01:18:50,158 --> 01:18:51,393
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND 

2355
01:18:51,393 --> 01:18:54,496
OBVIOUSLY THE WORK OF EVERYBODY 

2356
01:18:54,496 --> 01:18:56,698
HERE WHO I'M SURE IS CENTRAL TO

2357
01:18:56,698 --> 01:18:58,600
OUR LIBRARIES. SO THANK YOU, 

2358
01:18:58,600 --> 01:18:58,834
CHAIR. 

2359
01:18:58,834 --> 01:18:59,668
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 

2360
01:18:59,668 --> 01:19:02,404
KETTLE. I HAVE A -- I WANT TO 

2361
01:19:02,404 --> 01:19:04,372
PIGGYBACK ON THE CARNEGIE 

2362
01:19:04,372 --> 01:19:05,740
BUILDINGS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT 

2363
01:19:05,740 --> 01:19:09,211
THERE ARE SOME -- THERE'S SOME 

2364
01:19:09,211 --> 01:19:12,981
FUNDING THROUGH THE FEDERAL 

2365
01:19:12,981 --> 01:19:13,648
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SOURCES FOR

2366
01:19:13,648 --> 01:19:14,716
CARNEGIE BUILDINGS. HAVE YOU -- 

2367
01:19:14,716 --> 01:19:18,019
ARE YOU WORKING ON TRYING TO GET

2368
01:19:18,019 --> 01:19:19,855
SOME GRANTS? I THOUGHT YOU AND I

2369
01:19:19,855 --> 01:19:21,423
TALKED AT SOME POINT, THAT'S 

2370
01:19:21,423 --> 01:19:22,524
WHY I'M RAISING IT, AND IT 

2371
01:19:22,524 --> 01:19:24,159
HASN'T COME UP IN THE CONTEXT 

2372
01:19:24,159 --> 01:19:25,127
OF THIS CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S 

2373
01:19:25,127 --> 01:19:27,028
IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A 

2374
01:19:27,028 --> 01:19:29,231
LOT OF CARNEGIE BUILDINGS. THEY 

2375
01:19:29,231 --> 01:19:30,632
ARE VERY OLD. THEY'RE VERY 

2376
01:19:30,632 --> 01:19:31,566
EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN, AND WE'RE

2377
01:19:31,566 --> 01:19:35,403
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT 

2378
01:19:35,403 --> 01:19:37,672
ALL, EVEN IF WE, YOU KNOW -- IT 

2379
01:19:37,672 --> 01:19:39,808
WOULD BE AN ENDLESS LEVY IF WE 

2380
01:19:39,808 --> 01:19:41,343
WERE JUST GOING TO DO THE 

2381
01:19:41,343 --> 01:19:42,944
CAPITAL MAINTENANCE. SO CAN YOU 

2382
01:19:42,944 --> 01:19:44,546
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, 

2383
01:19:44,546 --> 01:19:44,779
CHIEF? 

2384
01:19:44,779 --> 01:19:49,084
>> SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE 

2385
01:19:49,084 --> 01:19:50,152
QUESTION. AND, YES, WE ACTUALLY 

2386
01:19:50,152 --> 01:19:51,920
-- WHEN I CAME INTO THIS 

2387
01:19:51,920 --> 01:19:53,021
POSITION FIVE YEARS AGO NOW, ONE

2388
01:19:53,021 --> 01:19:57,492
OF THE AREAS I WAS LOOKING AT 

2389
01:19:57,492 --> 01:19:59,961
WAS HOW CAN WE REALLY LEVERAGE 

2390
01:19:59,961 --> 01:20:02,497
ALL TYPES OF FUNDING. SO THE 

2391
01:20:02,497 --> 01:20:04,366
FEDERAL FUNDING, THE STATE 

2392
01:20:04,366 --> 01:20:08,503
FUNDING NONE OF WHICH WE HAD 

2393
01:20:08,503 --> 01:20:09,404
GOTTEN. AND, AGAIN, THAT'S 

2394
01:20:09,404 --> 01:20:10,238
WORKING WITH OUR FUNDING PARTNER

2395
01:20:10,238 --> 01:20:11,873
THE FOUNDATION TO REALLY GO 

2396
01:20:11,873 --> 01:20:14,009
AFTER A LOT OF THESE OTHER 

2397
01:20:14,009 --> 01:20:15,377
GRANTS. THEY HELPED SUPPORT US 

2398
01:20:15,377 --> 01:20:19,881
IN THAT. OUR STAFF DOES A GREAT 

2399
01:20:19,881 --> 01:20:23,318
JOB WRITING THOSE AS WELL. BUT 

2400
01:20:23,318 --> 01:20:24,452
WE'VE GONE AFTER SEVERAL 

2401
01:20:24,452 --> 01:20:25,921
FEDERAL GRANTS, THAT'S WHAT'S 

2402
01:20:25,921 --> 01:20:28,256
ALLOWED US TO DO THE HVAC. THE 

2403
01:20:28,256 --> 01:20:32,227
STATE GRANTS COME FROM COMMERCE,

2404
01:20:32,227 --> 01:20:36,264
AND THOSE ARE DIRECTED AT OLDER 

2405
01:20:36,264 --> 01:20:39,467
HISTORIC BUILDINGS. WE'VE BEEN 

2406
01:20:39,467 --> 01:20:40,769
ABLE TO SECURE ABOUT $3.8, 

2407
01:20:40,769 --> 01:20:42,404
ALMOST $4 MILLION TO THOSE 

2408
01:20:42,404 --> 01:20:43,805
GRANTS. THOSE GRANTS HAVE GONE 

2409
01:20:43,805 --> 01:20:44,439
DIRECTLY INTO OTHER CARNEGIE 

2410
01:20:44,439 --> 01:20:47,943
BUILDINGS. ROB RIGHT NOW WITH 

2411
01:20:47,943 --> 01:20:51,780
HIS TEAM IS WRITING ANOTHER ONE 

2412
01:20:51,780 --> 01:20:53,181
FOR COLUMBIA THAT WILL ALSO GO 

2413
01:20:53,181 --> 01:20:55,183
NO TO MAKING SURE EVERYTHING CAN

2414
01:20:55,183 --> 01:20:56,184
BE DONE IN THAT BRANCH. WE'VE 

2415
01:20:56,184 --> 01:20:58,553
ALSO BEEN FORTUNATE -- THIS IS A

2416
01:20:58,553 --> 01:20:59,621
SLIGHTLY ASIDE, BUT IT COMES 

2417
01:20:59,621 --> 01:21:03,792
BACK TO IT IN A WAY WITH 

2418
01:21:03,792 --> 01:21:04,559
CARNEGIE. CARNEGIE, ACTUALLY, 

2419
01:21:04,559 --> 01:21:05,260
THE FOUNDATION HAD NOT BEEN 

2420
01:21:05,260 --> 01:21:07,128
GIVING TO THE LIBRARIES FOR 

2421
01:21:07,128 --> 01:21:09,331
QUITE SOME TIME. IT HAD PROBABLY

2422
01:21:09,331 --> 01:21:14,302
BEEN ALMOST 30 YEARS. WORKING 

2423
01:21:14,302 --> 01:21:15,003
WITH OUR FOUNDATION PARTNERS, 

2424
01:21:15,003 --> 01:21:17,005
CARNEGIE SAID, HEY, WE WANT TO 

2425
01:21:17,005 --> 01:21:18,306
START WORKING WITH LIBRARIES 

2426
01:21:18,306 --> 01:21:19,875
ONCE AGAIN. THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 

2427
01:21:19,875 --> 01:21:23,812
LIBRARY WAS ONE OF 11 LIBRARIES 

2428
01:21:23,812 --> 01:21:25,313
ACROSS THIS COUNTRY THAT 

2429
01:21:25,313 --> 01:21:27,882
RECEIVED A LARGE GRANT OUT OF 

2430
01:21:27,882 --> 01:21:30,085
1,400 APPLICANTS. SO THE NEED 

2431
01:21:30,085 --> 01:21:31,920
DEFINITELY IS OUT THERE. BUT, 

2432
01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:33,355
AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER 

2433
01:21:33,355 --> 01:21:35,090
TO SECURE THAT FUNDING. AND 

2434
01:21:35,090 --> 01:21:37,058
WHILE THAT WASN'T FOR 

2435
01:21:37,058 --> 01:21:38,627
BUILDINGS, IT WAS FOR 

2436
01:21:38,627 --> 01:21:40,996
PROGRAMMING AND ENGLISH AS A 

2437
01:21:40,996 --> 01:21:43,164
SECOND LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING THAT

2438
01:21:43,164 --> 01:21:47,302
WE DO, IT ALSO THEN HIGHLIGHTED 

2439
01:21:47,302 --> 01:21:48,803
THE CARNEGIE FOUNDATION THE 

2440
01:21:48,803 --> 01:21:50,739
NEED. THEY ACTUALLY GAVE A 

2441
01:21:50,739 --> 01:21:52,507
$10,000 PER CARNEGIE BRANCH IN 

2442
01:21:52,507 --> 01:21:55,977
THIS COUNTRY TO EVERY SINGLE 

2443
01:21:55,977 --> 01:21:57,912
LIBRARY SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY. 

2444
01:21:57,912 --> 01:21:59,214
EVEN IF YOUR CARNEGIE BRANCH 

2445
01:21:59,214 --> 01:22:00,715
ISN'T HERE ANYMORE BECAUSE THE 

2446
01:22:00,715 --> 01:22:03,084
CENTRAL LIBRARY ACTUALLY HAD A 

2447
01:22:03,084 --> 01:22:04,853
CARNEGIE BRANCH AT ONE TIME. 

2448
01:22:04,853 --> 01:22:07,355
BALLARD WAS ACTUALLY A CARNEGIE 

2449
01:22:07,355 --> 01:22:10,225
BRANCH AT ONE TIME. SO WE 

2450
01:22:10,225 --> 01:22:12,294
RECEIVED $80s IN FUNDING FROM 

2451
01:22:12,294 --> 01:22:13,962
THE CARNEGIE FOCUS FOR THAT. SO,

2452
01:22:13,962 --> 01:22:14,629
AGAIN, THESE PARTNERSHIPS, 

2453
01:22:14,629 --> 01:22:16,464
COMING BACK TO THAT, BUT ALSO 

2454
01:22:16,464 --> 01:22:17,565
LEVERAGING EVERY TYPE OF FUND. 

2455
01:22:17,565 --> 01:22:18,633
WE LEVERAGE OUR LEVY DOLLARS TO 

2456
01:22:18,633 --> 01:22:21,903
SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THE 

2457
01:22:21,903 --> 01:22:23,138
COLUMBIA PROJECT. WELL, THAT 

2458
01:22:23,138 --> 01:22:25,073
THEN GIVE US THE MATCHES FUNDS 

2459
01:22:25,073 --> 01:22:27,475
FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS OR FOR STATE

2460
01:22:27,475 --> 01:22:29,210
DOLLARS IF REQUIRED. THOSE ARE 

2461
01:22:29,210 --> 01:22:29,844
ALL VERY IMPORTANT PIECES. AND 

2462
01:22:29,844 --> 01:22:34,115
THAT'S WHY I LOOK AT THIS AS AN

2463
01:22:34,115 --> 01:22:35,016
INVESTMENT TO ALSO LEVERAGE, 

2464
01:22:35,016 --> 01:22:36,718
RIGHT, HOW CAN WE DO MORE WITH 

2465
01:22:36,718 --> 01:22:39,254
THESE OTHER DOLLARS THAT WE CAN 

2466
01:22:39,254 --> 01:22:40,021
ALSO GO AFTER. 

2467
01:22:40,021 --> 01:22:41,423
>> FRISK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

2468
01:22:41,423 --> 01:22:42,891
TERRIFIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 

2469
01:22:42,891 --> 01:22:43,792
SHARING THAT BECAUSE IT'S 

2470
01:22:43,792 --> 01:22:44,893
IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR 

2471
01:22:44,893 --> 01:22:49,197
WE'RE PULLING FROM ALL THE 

2472
01:22:49,197 --> 01:22:51,499
RESOURCES TO DO THIS WORK. 

2473
01:22:51,499 --> 01:22:52,133
COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, YOU ARE 

2474
01:22:52,133 --> 01:22:52,434
RECOGNIZED. 

2475
01:22:52,434 --> 01:22:55,337
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. AND

2476
01:22:55,337 --> 01:22:56,404
THANK YOU FOR THIS FANTASTIC 

2477
01:22:56,404 --> 01:22:57,405
PRESENTATION. AND I WILL ALSO 

2478
01:22:57,405 --> 01:23:00,275
JUST TAKE A SECOND TO THANK OUR 

2479
01:23:00,275 --> 01:23:01,376
PUBLIC COMMENTERS. I GOT GOOSE 

2480
01:23:01,376 --> 01:23:02,811
BUMPS EARLIER TODAY LIMPING TO 

2481
01:23:02,811 --> 01:23:03,678
FOLKS SHARE THOSE STORIES. SO 

2482
01:23:03,678 --> 01:23:05,246
THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND 

2483
01:23:05,246 --> 01:23:07,449
SPENDING THE TIME TO SHARE WHAT 

2484
01:23:07,449 --> 01:23:10,085
THE LIBRARIES MEAN TO YOU. IT 

2485
01:23:10,085 --> 01:23:12,020
REALLY MEANS A LOT. AND I'LL 

2486
01:23:12,020 --> 01:23:13,288
SHARE BRIEFLY MY OWN LIBRARY 

2487
01:23:13,288 --> 01:23:14,456
EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE

2488
01:23:14,456 --> 01:23:16,591
ALL BEEN CALLED TO DO SO TODAY. 

2489
01:23:16,591 --> 01:23:19,427
BUT I'M A MOM OF A 13-YEAR-OLD 

2490
01:23:19,427 --> 01:23:21,763
WHICH MEANS WE'RE STILL GOING 

2491
01:23:21,763 --> 01:23:22,697
TO LIBRARIES LUCKILY. HOPEFULLY 

2492
01:23:22,697 --> 01:23:24,399
WE'VE GOT A FEW MORE YEARS OF 

2493
01:23:24,399 --> 01:23:26,601
THAT IN US, AND WE'VE HAD THE 

2494
01:23:26,601 --> 01:23:27,836
EXPERIENCE OF GOING FROM HAVING 

2495
01:23:27,836 --> 01:23:29,104
OUR FAVORITE LIBRARIAN IN 

2496
01:23:29,104 --> 01:23:30,505
COLUMBIA CITY WHEN WE WENT TO 

2497
01:23:30,505 --> 01:23:33,842
STORY TIME, AND IT WAS A PLACE 

2498
01:23:33,842 --> 01:23:36,311
OF NOT ONLY CONNECTION BUT AS A 

2499
01:23:36,311 --> 01:23:37,112
PARENT, SANITY. I'M SURE 

2500
01:23:37,112 --> 01:23:38,546
THAT'S RELATABLE FOR A LOT OF 

2501
01:23:38,546 --> 01:23:39,681
FOLKS WHEN YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT 

2502
01:23:39,681 --> 01:23:43,251
THIS PLACE TO GO AND SEE YOUR 

2503
01:23:43,251 --> 01:23:44,452
NEIGHBORS EVERY WEEK TO GOING 

2504
01:23:44,452 --> 01:23:45,587
AND PICKING UP OUR BOOKS FROM 

2505
01:23:45,587 --> 01:23:47,021
THE LIBRARY TO NOW HE GOES BY 

2506
01:23:47,021 --> 01:23:48,623
HIMSELF, AND HE CAN GET THEM 

2507
01:23:48,623 --> 01:23:51,726
FROM THE BOOK LOCKERS WHICH WE 

2508
01:23:51,726 --> 01:23:54,963
LOVE TO HAVE BECAUSE IT GIVES US

2509
01:23:54,963 --> 01:23:56,064
ACCESS AFTER HOURS AND AT TIMES 

2510
01:23:56,064 --> 01:23:57,065
THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE BE 

2511
01:23:57,065 --> 01:23:59,401
CONVENIENT. WE'VE HAD TONS OF 

2512
01:23:59,401 --> 01:24:01,436
FUN GOING TO THE DOWNTOWN 

2513
01:24:01,436 --> 01:24:02,771
LIBRARY AND PUPPET TIME STORY 

2514
01:24:02,771 --> 01:24:04,506
TIME WAS A THING FOR A LITTLE 

2515
01:24:04,506 --> 01:24:07,342
WHILE AND GOING TO MEETINGS AND 

2516
01:24:07,342 --> 01:24:09,444
PUBLIC SPEAKERS THERE AS WELL. 

2517
01:24:09,444 --> 01:24:11,246
SO THE DIVERSITY OF WHAT 

2518
01:24:11,246 --> 01:24:12,580
LIBRARIES BRINGS TO OUR 

2519
01:24:12,580 --> 01:24:14,649
COMMUNITIES AND TO OUR 

2520
01:24:14,649 --> 01:24:15,250
EXPERIENCES JUST CAN'T BE 

2521
01:24:15,250 --> 01:24:16,217
OVERSTATED. AND THE IMPORTANCE 

2522
01:24:16,217 --> 01:24:19,154
OF IT FOR FOLKS WHO ARE RAISING 

2523
01:24:19,154 --> 01:24:21,022
THEIR FAMILIES IN SEATTLE I 

2524
01:24:21,022 --> 01:24:22,557
THINK ALSO CANNOT BE OVERSTATED 

2525
01:24:22,557 --> 01:24:23,925
AT EVERY STAGE OF LIFE. AND I 

2526
01:24:23,925 --> 01:24:27,328
LOVED GETTING TO HEAR THE 

2527
01:24:27,328 --> 01:24:28,229
COLLEGE STUDENTS TALK ABOUT 

2528
01:24:28,229 --> 01:24:29,197
ACCESSING OUR LIBRARIES, AND I 

2529
01:24:29,197 --> 01:24:31,766
PROJECT THAT INTO THE FUTURE FOR

2530
01:24:31,766 --> 01:24:35,103
MY CHILD, WHATEVER HE CHOOSES TO

2531
01:24:35,103 --> 01:24:35,770
DO. SO THANK YOU BECAUSE IT'S 

2532
01:24:35,770 --> 01:24:37,672
INCREDIBLY MEANINGFUL. AND I 

2533
01:24:37,672 --> 01:24:40,875
WANT TO TURN FROM THAT TO DIVE 

2534
01:24:40,875 --> 01:24:44,846
INTO A LITTLE BIT AROUND CAPITAL

2535
01:24:44,846 --> 01:24:45,380
NEEDS. SO -- AND I REALLY 

2536
01:24:45,380 --> 01:24:46,014
APPRECIATED THE COMMENTS THAT 

2537
01:24:46,014 --> 01:24:46,781
HAVE ALREADY COME FROM MY 

2538
01:24:46,781 --> 01:24:48,149
COLLEAGUES AND THE DISCUSSION 

2539
01:24:48,149 --> 01:24:49,918
AROUND THE CARNEGIE LIBRARIES. I

2540
01:24:49,918 --> 01:24:51,252
WANT TO TURN TO -- QUICKLY, I 

2541
01:24:51,252 --> 01:24:52,353
KNOW THAT THERE'S MONEY IN THIS

2542
01:24:52,353 --> 01:24:56,257
LEVY THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO 

2543
01:24:56,257 --> 01:24:58,927
MUCH NEEDED WORK AT THE COLUMBIA

2544
01:24:58,927 --> 01:25:01,095
CITY BRANCH, AND THEN THERE IS 

2545
01:25:01,095 --> 01:25:04,299
ALSO I SEE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS 

2546
01:25:04,299 --> 01:25:07,669
FOR MAINTENANCE. BUT I 

2547
01:25:07,669 --> 01:25:08,236
SPECIFICALLY HEARD A PUBLIC 

2548
01:25:08,236 --> 01:25:08,870
COMMENTER EARLIER TALK ABOUT THE

2549
01:25:08,870 --> 01:25:12,073
FACT THAT I THINK YOU SAID SORT 

2550
01:25:12,073 --> 01:25:12,807
OF $5,000 A MONTH OVER THE 

2551
01:25:12,807 --> 01:25:13,741
LIFETIME OF THE LEVY FOR 

2552
01:25:13,741 --> 01:25:14,476
MAINTENANCE. SO WITH WHAT'S IN 

2553
01:25:14,476 --> 01:25:16,778
THE LEVY NOW, MY UNDERSTANDING 

2554
01:25:16,778 --> 01:25:20,315
IS YOU EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO DO 

2555
01:25:20,315 --> 01:25:21,749
THIS ONE SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE

2556
01:25:21,749 --> 01:25:24,886
CHANGE AND THEN SORT OF JUST 

2557
01:25:24,886 --> 01:25:25,420
UPKEEP, IS THAT CORRECT? 

2558
01:25:25,420 --> 01:25:27,222
>> YES, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT 

2559
01:25:27,222 --> 01:25:28,389
IT WOULD DO. ROB CAN ALSO TOUCH 

2560
01:25:28,389 --> 01:25:32,727
A LITTLE BIT MORE ON SOME OF THE

2561
01:25:32,727 --> 01:25:35,663
DETAILS OF IT. BUT, YES, IT 

2562
01:25:35,663 --> 01:25:37,265
WOULD BASICALLY ALLOW US TO DO 

2563
01:25:37,265 --> 01:25:39,267
THE BRAKE FIX TYPE OF WORK THAT 

2564
01:25:39,267 --> 01:25:40,401
OFTEN HAPPENS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO

2565
01:25:40,401 --> 01:25:44,172
ALLOW US TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE

2566
01:25:44,172 --> 01:25:44,939
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. AS I 

2567
01:25:44,939 --> 01:25:45,640
PRESENTED HERE BEFORE, THERE'S 

2568
01:25:45,640 --> 01:25:53,148
A LOT OF THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT A

2569
01:25:53,148 --> 01:25:54,115
PORTFOLIO OF 27 LOCATIONS, 

2570
01:25:54,115 --> 01:25:57,051
BUILDINGS RANGING FROM 20 TO 120

2571
01:25:57,051 --> 01:26:02,724
YEARS OLD WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF

2572
01:26:02,724 --> 01:26:04,092
CAPITAL NEEDS, EVERYTHING, AS 

2573
01:26:04,092 --> 01:26:05,827
COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE TALKED 

2574
01:26:05,827 --> 01:26:07,395
ABOUT, THE ROOF AT QUEEN ANNE, 

2575
01:26:07,395 --> 01:26:09,063
SEEMS LIKE A SIMPLE THING. IT'S

2576
01:26:09,063 --> 01:26:10,932
NOT THAT BIG OF A BUILDING. 

2577
01:26:10,932 --> 01:26:12,133
IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S A

2578
01:26:12,133 --> 01:26:12,967
LANDMARKED BUILDING. THE SAME 

2579
01:26:12,967 --> 01:26:15,703
KIND OF SLATE HAS TO GO BACK ON 

2580
01:26:15,703 --> 01:26:17,705
IT. THE SAME COPPER FITTINGS FOR

2581
01:26:17,705 --> 01:26:18,940
THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM HAS TO BE 

2582
01:26:18,940 --> 01:26:21,276
LIKE IT WAS MADE 100 YEARS AGO. 

2583
01:26:21,276 --> 01:26:24,245
IT IS PART OF MAKING SURE THAT 

2584
01:26:24,245 --> 01:26:27,215
WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE 

2585
01:26:27,215 --> 01:26:29,217
HISTORY OF THOSE BUILDINGS. AND 

2586
01:26:29,217 --> 01:26:30,785
THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE. 

2587
01:26:30,785 --> 01:26:33,688
AND EVERYTHING TO, YOU KNOW, THE

2588
01:26:33,688 --> 01:26:35,123
CENTRAL LIBRARY NOW BEING 22 

2589
01:26:35,123 --> 01:26:36,624
YEARS OLD, AT THE END OF THIS 

2590
01:26:36,624 --> 01:26:37,692
NEXT LEVY, IT'LL BE NEARLY 30. 

2591
01:26:37,692 --> 01:26:43,464
WE ALREADY AT THE POINT OF 

2592
01:26:43,464 --> 01:26:45,900
NEEDING TO REPLACE ELEVATORS AND

2593
01:26:45,900 --> 01:26:46,834
ESCALATORS. THOSE AREN'T CHEAP.

2594
01:26:46,834 --> 01:26:49,671
EACH ELEVATOR IS A MILLION PLUS,

2595
01:26:49,671 --> 01:26:52,707
JUST ROUND NUMBERS, TO CONSIDER 

2596
01:26:52,707 --> 01:26:55,043
DOING. AND THERE'S FOUR 

2597
01:26:55,043 --> 01:26:56,110
ELEVATORS. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, 

2598
01:26:56,110 --> 01:26:58,079
SIX STORIES OF ESCALATOR THAT 

2599
01:26:58,079 --> 01:27:01,816
ALSO HAS TO BE CONSIDERED AS A 

2600
01:27:01,816 --> 01:27:02,817
REPLACEMENT. AND THEN ELEVATORS 

2601
01:27:02,817 --> 01:27:04,452
THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE 

2602
01:27:04,452 --> 01:27:06,487
BRANCHES. WE DO HAVE ELEVATORS 

2603
01:27:06,487 --> 01:27:08,089
IN A NUMBER OF BRANCHES. THOSE 

2604
01:27:08,089 --> 01:27:11,693
ALSO ARE AGING OR ARE AT THAT 

2605
01:27:11,693 --> 01:27:12,860
POINT OF NEEDING TO BE REPLACED.

2606
01:27:12,860 --> 01:27:14,462
SO THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE 

2607
01:27:14,462 --> 01:27:15,930
TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE SEE. AND

2608
01:27:15,930 --> 01:27:17,665
OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE 

2609
01:27:17,665 --> 01:27:20,401
ON THE END OF RUNNING INTO AN 

2610
01:27:20,401 --> 01:27:21,436
ELEVATOR SITUATION IN WHICH YOU 

2611
01:27:21,436 --> 01:27:24,205
MUST REPLACE IT BECAUSE THAT'S 

2612
01:27:24,205 --> 01:27:26,174
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW. IT

2613
01:27:26,174 --> 01:27:27,609
WILL TAKE MONTHS AND MONTHS AND 

2614
01:27:27,609 --> 01:27:29,644
MONTHS TO ACTUALLY BRING IN A 

2615
01:27:29,644 --> 01:27:30,578
NEW ELEVATOR CAB. SO IT GIVES 

2616
01:27:30,578 --> 01:27:32,680
YOU A SENSE OF THE TYPE OF 

2617
01:27:32,680 --> 01:27:34,215
THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND 

2618
01:27:34,215 --> 01:27:35,850
THE NEEDS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 

2619
01:27:35,850 --> 01:27:37,719
AND AS WE DISCUSSED HERE IN SOME

2620
01:27:37,719 --> 01:27:39,354
OF OUR PRESENTATIONS OVER THE 

2621
01:27:39,354 --> 01:27:40,321
LAST MONTH, THOSE NEEDS ARE 

2622
01:27:40,321 --> 01:27:44,158
GREAT FOR SURE IN THE CAPITAL 

2623
01:27:44,158 --> 01:27:44,359
SIDE. 

2624
01:27:44,359 --> 01:27:45,593
>> THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND DID 

2625
01:27:45,593 --> 01:27:47,428
YOU WANT TO PASS IT TO ANOTHER 

2626
01:27:47,428 --> 01:27:49,631
STAFF MEMBER BEFORE I ADD A 

2627
01:27:49,631 --> 01:27:49,897
FOLLOWUP? 

2628
01:27:49,897 --> 01:27:50,598
>> DID YOU HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL 

2629
01:27:50,598 --> 01:27:52,867
DETAIL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE ON 

2630
01:27:52,867 --> 01:27:54,202
THE $10 MILLION IN MAINTENANCE? 

2631
01:27:54,202 --> 01:27:56,671
>> I DO. I THINK -- SO YOU'VE 

2632
01:27:56,671 --> 01:27:57,705
CERTAINLY STARTED -- WELL, MAYBE

2633
01:27:57,705 --> 01:28:01,009
I'LL PUT A FINER POINT ON IT. I

2634
01:28:01,009 --> 01:28:03,611
THINK JUST FOUR ELEVATORS IN THE

2635
01:28:03,611 --> 01:28:04,979
DOWNTOWN LIBRARY, A MILLION 

2636
01:28:04,979 --> 01:28:06,280
DOLLARS EACH, $4 MILLION. SO 

2637
01:28:06,280 --> 01:28:09,017
THAT $10 MILLION SEEMS LIKE IT 

2638
01:28:09,017 --> 01:28:10,551
CAN GO QUICKLY. AND I SUPPOSE 

2639
01:28:10,551 --> 01:28:11,853
WHAT I'LL SAY IS ONE OF MY 

2640
01:28:11,853 --> 01:28:14,689
CONCERNS IS -- AND I KNOW ALL OF

2641
01:28:14,689 --> 01:28:16,591
MY COLLEAGUES CARE DEEPLY ABOUT 

2642
01:28:16,591 --> 01:28:17,258
BALANCING, AFFORDABILITY AND THE

2643
01:28:17,258 --> 01:28:19,360
COST THE LEVY, BUT ONE OF MY 

2644
01:28:19,360 --> 01:28:21,496
SINCERE CONCERNS IS THAT THROUGH

2645
01:28:21,496 --> 01:28:23,631
DEFERRING SOME OF THESE COSTS, 

2646
01:28:23,631 --> 01:28:25,166
THEY MAY JUST BE ESCALATED COSTS

2647
01:28:25,166 --> 01:28:27,101
THAT WE HAVE TO PAY LATER DOWN 

2648
01:28:27,101 --> 01:28:28,603
THE LINE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE 

2649
01:28:28,603 --> 01:28:31,205
HAVE TO PAY LATER DOWN THE LINE 

2650
01:28:31,205 --> 01:28:32,306
BUT THAT COULD ALSO INTERRUPT, 

2651
01:28:32,306 --> 01:28:34,542
YOU KNOW, ACCESS FOR FOLKS WHEN 

2652
01:28:34,542 --> 01:28:36,944
YOU TALK ABOUT LIBRARIES NOT 

2653
01:28:36,944 --> 01:28:37,745
HAVING POTENTIALLY WORKING 

2654
01:28:37,745 --> 01:28:38,446
ELEVATORS OR NEEDING TO FIX 

2655
01:28:38,446 --> 01:28:39,881
THOSE, SO THAT'S A CONCERN I 

2656
01:28:39,881 --> 01:28:41,015
HAVE. AND I THINK WHAT I'M 

2657
01:28:41,015 --> 01:28:42,317
COMING TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THE

2658
01:28:42,317 --> 01:28:45,186
INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE 

2659
01:28:45,186 --> 01:28:46,454
REALLY JUST DOES NOT COVER THE 

2660
01:28:46,454 --> 01:28:49,757
SUFFICIENT NEED THAT THERE IS TO

2661
01:28:49,757 --> 01:28:52,660
MAKE SURE OUR BUILDINGS ARE 

2662
01:28:52,660 --> 01:28:57,131
UPKEPT OVER THE NEXT SEVEN 

2663
01:28:57,131 --> 01:28:57,365
YEARS. 

2664
01:28:57,365 --> 01:28:59,067
>> COULD YOU ADD A LITTLE 

2665
01:28:59,067 --> 01:29:00,668
ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO THE $10 

2666
01:29:00,668 --> 01:29:00,935
MILLION? 

2667
01:29:00,935 --> 01:29:02,970
>> I CAN ADD SOME CONTEXT, YES. 

2668
01:29:02,970 --> 01:29:05,573
SO FIRST I'LL JUST SAY THAT BY 

2669
01:29:05,573 --> 01:29:08,009
WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE LIBRARY 

2670
01:29:08,009 --> 01:29:09,677
HAS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT 

2671
01:29:09,677 --> 01:29:12,080
LOOKS OUT OVER THE FUTURE YEARS 

2672
01:29:12,080 --> 01:29:14,882
AND DOES A CONDITION ASSESSMENT 

2673
01:29:14,882 --> 01:29:16,017
FOR ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. WHAT 

2674
01:29:16,017 --> 01:29:20,088
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IS LOOK 

2675
01:29:20,088 --> 01:29:21,189
AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT 

2676
01:29:21,189 --> 01:29:24,459
RANGE IN TIME SPAN AND COST TO 

2677
01:29:24,459 --> 01:29:27,962
SAY IF WE WERE TO PRIORITIZE 

2678
01:29:27,962 --> 01:29:29,897
AGAINST A CERTAIN SET OF 

2679
01:29:29,897 --> 01:29:32,734
BENCHMARKS LIKE CRITICAL LIFE 

2680
01:29:32,734 --> 01:29:33,301
SAFETY SYSTEMS, DEFERRED 

2681
01:29:33,301 --> 01:29:33,868
MAINTENANCE, PLANNED 

2682
01:29:33,868 --> 01:29:36,437
MAINTENANCE, AND IF WE WED THAT 

2683
01:29:36,437 --> 01:29:38,439
WITH A TIME SPAN AND SAID WHAT 

2684
01:29:38,439 --> 01:29:39,540
WOULD BE OUR PRIORITIES IN THE 

2685
01:29:39,540 --> 01:29:41,609
NEXT FIVE YEARS OR 10 YEARS OR 

2686
01:29:41,609 --> 01:29:46,514
20 YEARS, THAT'S HOW WE DID THE

2687
01:29:46,514 --> 01:29:47,448
OVERALL COST ASSESSMENT. WHAT 

2688
01:29:47,448 --> 01:29:50,351
THIS LEVY PROPOSAL WILL DO, WHEN

2689
01:29:50,351 --> 01:29:52,120
YOU COMBINE THE BASELINE MAJOR 

2690
01:29:52,120 --> 01:29:53,421
MAINTENANCE WHICH IS ABOUT $31 

2691
01:29:53,421 --> 01:29:55,323
MILLION OVER THE LIFE OF THE 

2692
01:29:55,323 --> 01:29:58,493
LEVY AND THE $10 MILLION OF 

2693
01:29:58,493 --> 01:29:59,360
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE, WE HAVE 

2694
01:29:59,360 --> 01:30:01,729
ABOUT $40 MILLION OVER THE LIFE 

2695
01:30:01,729 --> 01:30:07,835
OF THE LEVY TO ADDRESS JUST THE 

2696
01:30:07,835 --> 01:30:11,172
MOST CRITICAL LIFE SAFETY AND 

2697
01:30:11,172 --> 01:30:12,740
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE NEEDS OVER 

2698
01:30:12,740 --> 01:30:15,610
A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. SO ROUGHLY 

2699
01:30:15,610 --> 01:30:18,479
OUR NEED IS ABOUT $40 MILLION 

2700
01:30:18,479 --> 01:30:19,480
EXTENDED OVER A FIVE-YEAR 

2701
01:30:19,480 --> 01:30:22,917
PERIOD. IF WE LOOK OUT OVER A 

2702
01:30:22,917 --> 01:30:26,087
10-YEAR PERIOD, WE SEE THAT 

2703
01:30:26,087 --> 01:30:28,623
FIGURE GROW SUBSTANTIALLY TO AS 

2704
01:30:28,623 --> 01:30:32,760
MUCH AS $160 MILLION OVER A 

2705
01:30:32,760 --> 01:30:35,163
10-YEAR PERIOD. SO IT'S A RICH 

2706
01:30:35,163 --> 01:30:37,698
AND DETAILED ASSESSMENT, BUT 

2707
01:30:37,698 --> 01:30:40,535
RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABLE TO GET TO 

2708
01:30:40,535 --> 01:30:43,137
ABOUT A QUARTER OF OUR NEED 

2709
01:30:43,137 --> 01:30:46,641
LOOKING OUT OVER 10 YEARS. FIVE 

2710
01:30:46,641 --> 01:30:49,043
YEARS WILL ALLOW US TO STAY 

2711
01:30:49,043 --> 01:30:51,546
BARELY JUST ON TOP OF OUR MOST 

2712
01:30:51,546 --> 01:30:52,246
CRITICAL MAINTENANCE NEEDS. 

2713
01:30:52,246 --> 01:30:53,915
>> THANK YOU. AND OBVIOUSLY 

2714
01:30:53,915 --> 01:30:55,950
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO ANTICIPATE, 

2715
01:30:55,950 --> 01:30:58,085
YOU KNOW, ANY FUTURE NEEDS, IF 

2716
01:30:58,085 --> 01:30:59,687
SOMEBODY BREAKS THAT'S 

2717
01:30:59,687 --> 01:31:00,521
UNEXPECTED OR IF THERE'S AN 

2718
01:31:00,521 --> 01:31:01,756
EXTREMELY HIGH COST THAT COMES 

2719
01:31:01,756 --> 01:31:02,623
BACK FOR SOMETHING, THAT COULD 

2720
01:31:02,623 --> 01:31:04,625
SORT OF SHIFT THE ABILITY TO 

2721
01:31:04,625 --> 01:31:07,261
DELIVER ON THOSE PROJECTS IN THE

2722
01:31:07,261 --> 01:31:09,130
NEXT FEW YEARS. AND IF I MAY, IF

2723
01:31:09,130 --> 01:31:10,832
YOU CAN HELP ME REMEMBER, THE 

2724
01:31:10,832 --> 01:31:12,033
COLUMBIA BRANCH WAS IN THE 

2725
01:31:12,033 --> 01:31:13,267
PREVIOUS LEVY AND THEN HAD TO 

2726
01:31:13,267 --> 01:31:14,902
GET ROLLED OVER, FOR EXAMPLE, IS

2727
01:31:14,902 --> 01:31:15,269
THAT CORRECT? 

2728
01:31:15,269 --> 01:31:18,172
>> THAT IS CORRECT. 

2729
01:31:18,172 --> 01:31:19,841
>> THAT'S CORRECT. 

2730
01:31:19,841 --> 01:31:21,742
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.

2731
01:31:21,742 --> 01:31:22,944
IT'S REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE I 

2732
01:31:22,944 --> 01:31:24,745
THINK AS WE'RE THINKING OF THIS

2733
01:31:24,745 --> 01:31:27,582
LEVY, WE ARE SETTING OUR CITY UP

2734
01:31:27,582 --> 01:31:29,116
FOR THESE INVESTMENTS IN THESE 

2735
01:31:29,116 --> 01:31:29,750
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PLACES. I 

2736
01:31:29,750 --> 01:31:32,420
WANT TO TURN FROM THE CAPITAL IN

2737
01:31:32,420 --> 01:31:35,990
TO PROGRAMMING. WE LOVE LIBRARY 

2738
01:31:35,990 --> 01:31:36,757
PROGRAMMING SO MUCH. AND, CHIEF 

2739
01:31:36,757 --> 01:31:38,392
LIBRARIAN, I HEARD YOU SPEAK 

2740
01:31:38,392 --> 01:31:40,528
ABOUT THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL 

2741
01:31:40,528 --> 01:31:41,462
PROGRAMMING FROM TEENS TO 

2742
01:31:41,462 --> 01:31:44,031
SENIORS AND SO MUCH MORE. I KNOW

2743
01:31:44,031 --> 01:31:47,134
SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL 

2744
01:31:47,134 --> 01:31:49,070
INVESTED IN PREVIOUSLY WAS THE 

2745
01:31:49,070 --> 01:31:49,570
KALEIDOSCOPE PLAN LEARN 

2746
01:31:49,570 --> 01:31:50,605
PROGRAMS. CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE 

2747
01:31:50,605 --> 01:31:53,441
FOR ME WITH THE LEVY AS IS, DO 

2748
01:31:53,441 --> 01:31:55,810
YOU HAVE A PLANNED EXPANSION OF 

2749
01:31:55,810 --> 01:31:56,844
THAT PROGRAM? I'M RECALLING 

2750
01:31:56,844 --> 01:31:58,145
BACK TO WHEN YOU WERE HERE 

2751
01:31:58,145 --> 01:32:00,114
PREVIOUSLY, AND WE LOOKED AT A 

2752
01:32:00,114 --> 01:32:01,315
MAP OF WHERE THAT PROGRAM IS 

2753
01:32:01,315 --> 01:32:03,384
REACHING FOLKS CURRENTLY, AND I 

2754
01:32:03,384 --> 01:32:04,318
KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION 

2755
01:32:04,318 --> 01:32:07,588
FROM COUNCIL ABOUT POTENTIALLY 

2756
01:32:07,588 --> 01:32:08,956
GOING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER 

2757
01:32:08,956 --> 01:32:09,190
NORTH. 

2758
01:32:09,190 --> 01:32:13,928
>> YES. PARDON ME. THANK YOU FOR

2759
01:32:13,928 --> 01:32:15,429
THE QUESTION. AT PRESENT WITH 

2760
01:32:15,429 --> 01:32:19,734
WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FUNDING, 

2761
01:32:19,734 --> 01:32:24,872
PROBABLY NOT AN EXPANSION OF IT.

2762
01:32:24,872 --> 01:32:26,474
IT COSTS ABOUT $350,000 PER SITE

2763
01:32:26,474 --> 01:32:29,744
PER YEAR TO DO THAT WORK. AND, 

2764
01:32:29,744 --> 01:32:32,013
AGAIN, AS WE TRY TO BALANCE OUR 

2765
01:32:32,013 --> 01:32:33,247
PROGRAMMING, AS I MENTIONED IN 

2766
01:32:33,247 --> 01:32:35,650
SOME AREAS, WE'RE VERY WEAK IN 

2767
01:32:35,650 --> 01:32:36,450
WHAT WE ARE OFFERING. WE 

2768
01:32:36,450 --> 01:32:38,452
PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO

2769
01:32:38,452 --> 01:32:40,521
THAT AS IT'S LAID OUT RIGHT NOW

2770
01:32:40,521 --> 01:32:43,190
WITH THE FUNDING THAT'S IN 

2771
01:32:43,190 --> 01:32:48,796
THERE FOR PROGRAMMING. WE WILL 

2772
01:32:48,796 --> 01:32:51,165
BE STILL LOOKING TO DO THINGS 

2773
01:32:51,165 --> 01:32:52,333
AROUND CHILDREN AND LITERACY, 

2774
01:32:52,333 --> 01:32:53,834
BUT NOT NECESSARILY JUST THAT 

2775
01:32:53,834 --> 01:32:54,101
PROGRAM. 

2776
01:32:54,101 --> 01:32:55,102
>> GOT IT. THANK YOU. ANOTHER 

2777
01:32:55,102 --> 01:32:57,805
THING I'VE COME TO LEARN THAT 

2778
01:32:57,805 --> 01:32:58,806
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT -- 

2779
01:32:58,806 --> 01:33:00,675
AND, ACTUALLY, BEFORE I SAY IT, 

2780
01:33:00,675 --> 01:33:02,843
I APPRECIATE NOT JUST YOUR 

2781
01:33:02,843 --> 01:33:03,945
LEADERSHIP BUT THE LIBRARY 

2782
01:33:03,945 --> 01:33:05,012
FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP, IT'S 

2783
01:33:05,012 --> 01:33:08,249
JUST SO CLEAR THAT YOU ALL ARE 

2784
01:33:08,249 --> 01:33:10,017
ALWAYS GOING AFTER EVERY DOLLAR 

2785
01:33:10,017 --> 01:33:11,052
AND EVERY PARTNERSHIP AND EVERY 

2786
01:33:11,052 --> 01:33:12,353
OPPORTUNITY TO DOUBLE THE 

2787
01:33:12,353 --> 01:33:13,721
INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING 

2788
01:33:13,721 --> 01:33:16,490
HERE LOCALLY. SO THANK YOU FOR 

2789
01:33:16,490 --> 01:33:17,325
THAT. SOMETHING I RECENTLY 

2790
01:33:17,325 --> 01:33:19,894
LEARNED ABOUT IS A PARTNERSHIP, 

2791
01:33:19,894 --> 01:33:21,562
AND I BELIEVE IT'S WITH THE 

2792
01:33:21,562 --> 01:33:23,331
FOUNDATION AND A NATIONAL FUNDER

2793
01:33:23,331 --> 01:33:26,000
THAT HAS ALLOWED US TO EXPAND 

2794
01:33:26,000 --> 01:33:27,368
OUR E.S.L. PROGRAMMING IN OUR 

2795
01:33:27,368 --> 01:33:29,537
LIBRARIES. AND MY UNDERSTANDING 

2796
01:33:29,537 --> 01:33:31,739
IS THAT PARTNERSHIP WOULD RUN 

2797
01:33:31,739 --> 01:33:33,174
THROUGH THE END OF 2027. IS 

2798
01:33:33,174 --> 01:33:36,677
THERE FUNDING IN THE LEVY AS IS 

2799
01:33:36,677 --> 01:33:38,312
TO CONTINUE THAT AFTER 2027 OR 

2800
01:33:38,312 --> 01:33:39,447
WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WE 

2801
01:33:39,447 --> 01:33:43,384
WOULD LOSE ACCESS TO AT THAT 

2802
01:33:43,384 --> 01:33:43,618
POINT? 

2803
01:33:43,618 --> 01:33:47,955
>> THERE IS NOT, NOT AT THE 

2804
01:33:47,955 --> 01:33:50,458
SCALE OF THE CURRENT GRANT IS 

2805
01:33:50,458 --> 01:33:51,592
THAT CARNEGIE GRANT, IT WAS 

2806
01:33:51,592 --> 01:33:54,228
$450,000 OVER TWO YEARS, AND IT 

2807
01:33:54,228 --> 01:33:55,396
DOES EXPIRE IN 2027. THAT 

2808
01:33:55,396 --> 01:33:57,398
DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERY PROGRAM

2809
01:33:57,398 --> 01:33:59,433
WE HAVE AROUND E.S.O.L. WOULD GO

2810
01:33:59,433 --> 01:34:02,636
AWAY. WE HAVE OTHERS BEYOND WHAT

2811
01:34:02,636 --> 01:34:04,338
THEY'RE DOING THERE, BUT 

2812
01:34:04,338 --> 01:34:05,206
THAT'S OUR LARGEST PACKAGE THAT

2813
01:34:05,206 --> 01:34:07,274
WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT INTO 

2814
01:34:07,274 --> 01:34:07,475
PLAY. 

2815
01:34:07,475 --> 01:34:08,743
>> GOT IT. AND MY FINAL 

2816
01:34:08,743 --> 01:34:11,012
QUESTION. YOU WERE ALSO IN FRONT

2817
01:34:11,012 --> 01:34:12,580
OF US A FEW WEEKS AGO TALKING 

2818
01:34:12,580 --> 01:34:14,048
ABOUT ONE OF THE MORE POPULAR 

2819
01:34:14,048 --> 01:34:14,715
PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY. I THINK

2820
01:34:14,715 --> 01:34:17,385
YOU SAID IT WAS THE THING THAT 

2821
01:34:17,385 --> 01:34:19,387
HAS THE MOST HOLDS IS THE WI-FI 

2822
01:34:19,387 --> 01:34:21,822
HOT SPOTS. AND I BELIEVE I SAW 

2823
01:34:21,822 --> 01:34:23,491
THIS IN HERE AS A CONTINUED 

2824
01:34:23,491 --> 01:34:24,658
INVESTMENT. IS THAT AN EXPANSION

2825
01:34:24,658 --> 01:34:27,695
OF THE NUMBER OF HOT SPOTS THAT 

2826
01:34:27,695 --> 01:34:28,529
ARE AVAILABLE OR IS THAT 

2827
01:34:28,529 --> 01:34:30,398
CONTINUED AT THE LEVEL THAT WE 

2828
01:34:30,398 --> 01:34:30,765
HAVE RIGHT NOW? 

2829
01:34:30,765 --> 01:34:32,066
>> IT WOULD BE CONTINUING AT THE

2830
01:34:32,066 --> 01:34:33,034
LEVEL WE ARE RIGHT NOW. 

2831
01:34:33,034 --> 01:34:34,668
>> PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I

2832
01:34:34,668 --> 01:34:35,336
APPRECIATE ALL THE 

2833
01:34:35,336 --> 01:34:35,703
CLARIFICATIONS. 

2834
01:34:35,703 --> 01:34:37,038
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. 

2835
01:34:37,038 --> 01:34:39,006
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. 

2836
01:34:39,006 --> 01:34:40,608
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 

2837
01:34:40,608 --> 01:34:44,278
FOSTER. I WILL SAY ALSO THAT WE 

2838
01:34:44,278 --> 01:34:44,912
HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION COMING

2839
01:34:44,912 --> 01:34:50,451
THAT WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT 

2840
01:34:50,451 --> 01:34:52,086
ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE LIBRARY 

2841
01:34:52,086 --> 01:34:55,222
BOARD ARE THE ONES WHO DICTATE 

2842
01:34:55,222 --> 01:34:57,391
WHERE FUNDING IS PLACED, AND 

2843
01:34:57,391 --> 01:35:02,029
THERE IS ABILITY TO SHIFT 

2844
01:35:02,029 --> 01:35:03,731
FUNDING AROUND AS NEEDED. THAT 

2845
01:35:03,731 --> 01:35:05,166
IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS 

2846
01:35:05,166 --> 01:35:06,801
WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM OTHER 

2847
01:35:06,801 --> 01:35:09,403
CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO I THINK 

2848
01:35:09,403 --> 01:35:11,172
THAT BEARS MENTIONING IN THIS 

2849
01:35:11,172 --> 01:35:12,540
CONVERSATION, AS WELL AS, CHIEF,

2850
01:35:12,540 --> 01:35:15,042
YOU MENTIONED THAT WITH -- ON 

2851
01:35:15,042 --> 01:35:20,748
THE CAPITAL SIDE, HAVING THE 

2852
01:35:20,748 --> 01:35:22,516
MONEY ALONE, I MEAN, THERE ARE 

2853
01:35:22,516 --> 01:35:24,151
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO 

2854
01:35:24,151 --> 01:35:25,519
ABILITY TO DELIVER ON PROJECTS. 

2855
01:35:25,519 --> 01:35:28,289
SO I KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING

2856
01:35:28,289 --> 01:35:30,925
THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE 

2857
01:35:30,925 --> 01:35:32,393
CONVERSATION. SO I WANTED TO 

2858
01:35:32,393 --> 01:35:32,960
HIGHLIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER 

2859
01:35:32,960 --> 01:35:33,894
HOLLINGSWORTH, I'M GOING TO GO 

2860
01:35:33,894 --> 01:35:36,097
TO YOU, AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO

2861
01:35:36,097 --> 01:35:37,031
MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT 

2862
01:35:37,031 --> 01:35:39,033
PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE CAN GO

2863
01:35:39,033 --> 01:35:41,302
TO QUESTIONS AGAIN SO WE DON'T 

2864
01:35:41,302 --> 01:35:43,504
RUN OUT OF TIME. BUT PLEASE GO 

2865
01:35:43,504 --> 01:35:44,271
AHEAD. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 

2866
01:35:44,271 --> 01:35:46,273
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. AND I WILL 

2867
01:35:46,273 --> 01:35:49,743
BE FAST. I WILL NOT TELL 

2868
01:35:49,743 --> 01:35:50,811
EVERYONE THE LIBRARY STORY. I 

2869
01:35:50,811 --> 01:35:53,681
THINK WE'VE -- 

2870
01:35:53,681 --> 01:35:54,381
>> YOU CAN. YOU CAN. 

2871
01:35:54,381 --> 01:35:56,050
>> NO. SO, ONE, EVERYBODY KNOWS 

2872
01:35:56,050 --> 01:35:58,018
I LOVE THE LIBRARY. ONE THING --

2873
01:35:58,018 --> 01:35:59,854
AND I'M SO GLAD THAT COUNCIL 

2874
01:35:59,854 --> 01:36:02,756
MEMBER FOSTER BROUGHT THIS UP 

2875
01:36:02,756 --> 01:36:04,925
BECAUSE ONE OF MY CONCERNS WERE 

2876
01:36:04,925 --> 01:36:05,893
THE MAINTENANCE THING. SO YOU 

2877
01:36:05,893 --> 01:36:07,895
ALL ANSWERED A LOT OF THAT 

2878
01:36:07,895 --> 01:36:09,663
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT 

2879
01:36:09,663 --> 01:36:13,067
2019, IT WAS ABOUT 20% OF THE 

2880
01:36:13,067 --> 01:36:14,802
MAINTENANCE -- EXCUSE ME, 26% OF

2881
01:36:14,802 --> 01:36:16,637
THE PIE, RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT 

2882
01:36:16,637 --> 01:36:20,741
20%. AND WHEN I DO AN OVERVIEW 

2883
01:36:20,741 --> 01:36:21,775
OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, JUST 

2884
01:36:21,775 --> 01:36:23,144
WHERE THE GROWTH IS IN OUR CITY,

2885
01:36:23,144 --> 01:36:24,845
YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE 

2886
01:36:24,845 --> 01:36:25,646
SOME LIBRARIES OBVIOUSLY THAT 

2887
01:36:25,646 --> 01:36:27,882
ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF 

2888
01:36:27,882 --> 01:36:28,883
UPTICK BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING 

2889
01:36:28,883 --> 01:36:30,684
MORE PEOPLE TO OUR CITY. AND I 

2890
01:36:30,684 --> 01:36:33,721
KNOW THAT WHEN WE COME BACK 

2891
01:36:33,721 --> 01:36:36,056
PROBABLY IN 2023 -- OR 2033 FOR 

2892
01:36:36,056 --> 01:36:38,526
THE NEW LEVY, DEPENDING ON IF WE

2893
01:36:38,526 --> 01:36:39,560
DO SIX YEARS, SEVEN YEARS, WHO 

2894
01:36:39,560 --> 01:36:43,664
KNOWS, BUT JUST MAKING SURE THAT

2895
01:36:43,664 --> 01:36:46,600
OUR MAINTENANCE IS ON POINT FOR 

2896
01:36:46,600 --> 01:36:47,735
THOSE LIBRARIES AND WANTING TO 

2897
01:36:47,735 --> 01:36:48,669
KNOW OBVIOUSLY FROM YOU ALL -- 

2898
01:36:48,669 --> 01:36:51,605
AND THIS MIGHT BE JUST A COMMENT

2899
01:36:51,605 --> 01:36:53,674
OR A QUESTION, AND YOU HAD SAID,

2900
01:36:53,674 --> 01:36:56,243
DIRECTOR FAY, CHIEF FAY, THAT WE

2901
01:36:56,243 --> 01:36:59,914
DO GET MONEY FROM THE STATE FOR 

2902
01:36:59,914 --> 01:37:00,848
POTENTIAL DIFFERENT CAPITAL 

2903
01:37:00,848 --> 01:37:01,982
NEEDS AND JUST LEANING ON THAT. 

2904
01:37:01,982 --> 01:37:04,385
SO HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T

2905
01:37:04,385 --> 01:37:07,621
HAVE -- AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL,

2906
01:37:07,621 --> 01:37:08,956
OUR CHAIR RIVERA HAS DONE A 

2907
01:37:08,956 --> 01:37:10,224
PHENOMENAL JOB AND WANT TO THANK

2908
01:37:10,224 --> 01:37:11,692
YOU FOR THIS BECAUSE I KNOW 

2909
01:37:11,692 --> 01:37:13,661
WE'RE UNDER A CAP. THERE ARE A 

2910
01:37:13,661 --> 01:37:16,230
LOT OF DIFFERENT NEEDS IN OUR 

2911
01:37:16,230 --> 01:37:17,832
CITY, AFFORDABILITY, AND YOU 

2912
01:37:17,832 --> 01:37:19,800
JUST DONE A GREAT JOB WITH MAYOR

2913
01:37:19,800 --> 01:37:21,669
WILSON IN PUTTING TOGETHER A 

2914
01:37:21,669 --> 01:37:22,903
REALLY GREAT PACKAGE. BUT THAT 

2915
01:37:22,903 --> 01:37:25,105
WAS, LIKE, ONE OF MY THINGS WAS,

2916
01:37:25,105 --> 01:37:28,175
LIKE, HEY, IF WE AREN'T -- IF 

2917
01:37:28,175 --> 01:37:28,842
WE'RE DEFERRING MAINTENANCE, 

2918
01:37:28,842 --> 01:37:31,345
WHAT OTHER AREAS ARE WE LOOKING 

2919
01:37:31,345 --> 01:37:32,613
TO FEDERAL, STATE, WHATEVER IT 

2920
01:37:32,613 --> 01:37:37,618
IS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT 

2921
01:37:37,618 --> 01:37:38,385
THE BUILDINGS ARE GREAT? AND 

2922
01:37:38,385 --> 01:37:41,055
THAT'S WHY I'M ALSO JUST AN 

2923
01:37:41,055 --> 01:37:43,357
ADVOCATE OF ALWAYS PUSHING FOR 

2924
01:37:43,357 --> 01:37:44,558
TURF FIELDS, WE CALL THEM, 

2925
01:37:44,558 --> 01:37:46,293
SUSTAINABLE FIELDS. THEY DO NOT 

2926
01:37:46,293 --> 01:37:49,096
HAVE THE RUBBER IN THEM ANYMORE.

2927
01:37:49,096 --> 01:37:50,531
THEY'RE THE CORKS, OKAY, 

2928
01:37:50,531 --> 01:37:52,333
BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS, LIKE, WE 

2929
01:37:52,333 --> 01:37:53,334
DON'T WANT THAT. THEY ARE 

2930
01:37:53,334 --> 01:37:54,969
CORKS. BUT THOSE GENERATE TWO TO

2931
01:37:54,969 --> 01:37:56,337
THREE TIMES MORE REVENUE FOR OUR

2932
01:37:56,337 --> 01:37:58,205
CITY WHEN THEY ARE TURF, AND 

2933
01:37:58,205 --> 01:37:59,573
WHEN THEY HAVE LIGHTS, IT'S 

2934
01:37:59,573 --> 01:38:01,141
FOUR TIMES MORE REVENUE. AND SO 

2935
01:38:01,141 --> 01:38:02,643
KNOWING THAT WHEN WE BUILD 

2936
01:38:02,643 --> 01:38:03,978
STUFF, AND WE HAVE OUR LIBRARIES

2937
01:38:03,978 --> 01:38:06,313
ARE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK WHICH

2938
01:38:06,313 --> 01:38:07,615
IS PHENOMENAL, SOME OF OUR 

2939
01:38:07,615 --> 01:38:08,582
COMMUNITY CENTERS ARE NOT OPEN 

2940
01:38:08,582 --> 01:38:10,451
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. AND SO THOSE 

2941
01:38:10,451 --> 01:38:12,219
ARE GETTING MORE WEAR AND TEAR, 

2942
01:38:12,219 --> 01:38:13,587
AND PEOPLE ARE USING THOSE MORE,

2943
01:38:13,587 --> 01:38:14,788
WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 

2944
01:38:14,788 --> 01:38:18,025
HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO 

2945
01:38:18,025 --> 01:38:19,460
CONTINUE THEM BEING OPEN AND ALL

2946
01:38:19,460 --> 01:38:21,428
THE WORK THAT YOU DO. SO I JUST 

2947
01:38:21,428 --> 01:38:22,997
WANT TO THANK YOU ALL. I JUST 

2948
01:38:22,997 --> 01:38:24,498
WANTED A QUICK COMMENT, JUST TO 

2949
01:38:24,498 --> 01:38:26,300
HIGHLIGHT THAT AS WE'RE LOOKING

2950
01:38:26,300 --> 01:38:30,204
AT OUR COMP PLAN IN PHASE 2 WITH

2951
01:38:30,204 --> 01:38:31,538
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN LEADING THE 

2952
01:38:31,538 --> 01:38:34,775
CHARGE, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 

2953
01:38:34,775 --> 01:38:36,243
ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS IN SEATTLE 

2954
01:38:36,243 --> 01:38:37,845
THAT OUR LIBRARIES ARE ONE OF 

2955
01:38:37,845 --> 01:38:38,846
THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES 

2956
01:38:38,846 --> 01:38:39,913
BECAUSE THEY ARE A PUBLIC SPACE 

2957
01:38:39,913 --> 01:38:42,049
THAT ARE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,

2958
01:38:42,049 --> 01:38:43,851
UNLIKE SOME OTHER PLACES AS WELL

2959
01:38:43,851 --> 01:38:44,685
THAT HAVE THE LIBRARIES, THE 

2960
01:38:44,685 --> 01:38:47,221
REST ROOMS, THE COLD OR THE HOT 

2961
01:38:47,221 --> 01:38:48,956
AREAS FOR PEOPLE, DEPENDING ON 

2962
01:38:48,956 --> 01:38:49,957
THE WEATHER. SO THANK YOU, 

2963
01:38:49,957 --> 01:38:51,558
CHAIR. I KNOW WE WANT TO GO ON 

2964
01:38:51,558 --> 01:38:52,426
TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION. BUT I 

2965
01:38:52,426 --> 01:38:53,594
JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 

2966
01:38:53,594 --> 01:38:56,764
THAT IS ONE THING THAT I'M 

2967
01:38:56,764 --> 01:38:57,364
LOOKING AT STRATEGICALLY FOR 

2968
01:38:57,364 --> 01:38:59,466
THIS LEVY AND THEN BEYOND. 

2969
01:38:59,466 --> 01:39:01,035
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT.

2970
01:39:01,035 --> 01:39:03,170
IT IS ON EVERYBODY'S MIND 

2971
01:39:03,170 --> 01:39:04,939
BECAUSE OF THE AGING 

2972
01:39:04,939 --> 01:39:05,939
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT IS 

2973
01:39:05,939 --> 01:39:09,176
SOMETHING THAT I WAS VERY 

2974
01:39:09,176 --> 01:39:09,843
ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION WITH 

2975
01:39:09,843 --> 01:39:12,947
CHIEF FAY IN TERMS OF WHAT DO WE

2976
01:39:12,947 --> 01:39:15,649
DO ABOUT THIS AGING 

2977
01:39:15,649 --> 01:39:16,450
INFRASTRUCTURE, HOW MUCH CAN WE 

2978
01:39:16,450 --> 01:39:18,886
DO WITH THIS PARTICULAR LEVY AND

2979
01:39:18,886 --> 01:39:20,187
ALSO WHERE ARE THERE OTHER -- 

2980
01:39:20,187 --> 01:39:21,188
WHERE IS THERE OTHER FUNDING 

2981
01:39:21,188 --> 01:39:24,391
THAT WE CAN TAP IN TO BECAUSE 

2982
01:39:24,391 --> 01:39:25,392
THE NEED IS ALWAYS GREATER. I 

2983
01:39:25,392 --> 01:39:28,162
MEAN, THIS IS TRUE NOT JUST WITH

2984
01:39:28,162 --> 01:39:30,064
LIBRARIES, THIS IS TRUE -- IT 

2985
01:39:30,064 --> 01:39:31,532
WAS TRUE WITH THE F.E.P. LEVY, 

2986
01:39:31,532 --> 01:39:34,134
IT WAS TRUE IN THE 

2987
01:39:34,134 --> 01:39:37,671
TRANSPORTATION LEVY. THE NEED IS

2988
01:39:37,671 --> 01:39:38,939
GREATER THAN THESE LEVIES CAN 

2989
01:39:38,939 --> 01:39:43,711
PROVIDE JUST IN GENERAL, EVEN 

2990
01:39:43,711 --> 01:39:44,678
THOUGH THE SIZE HAS INCREASED 

2991
01:39:44,678 --> 01:39:46,714
EXPONENTIALLY FROM THE LAST TIME

2992
01:39:46,714 --> 01:39:48,415
WE DID ALL OF THOSE LEVIES. THE 

2993
01:39:48,415 --> 01:39:49,850
NEED IS STILL SO MUCH GREATER. 

2994
01:39:49,850 --> 01:39:52,853
AND SO WHAT ELSE, WHERE ELSE CAN

2995
01:39:52,853 --> 01:39:56,323
WE PULL FROM TO BE ABLE TO 

2996
01:39:56,323 --> 01:40:00,227
ADDRESS THE NEED? AND TO YOUR 

2997
01:40:00,227 --> 01:40:01,929
POINT, CAN THE EXISTING 

2998
01:40:01,929 --> 01:40:02,930
BUILDINGS ACCOMMODATE ALL THE 

2999
01:40:02,930 --> 01:40:04,398
NEW GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING AT

3000
01:40:04,398 --> 01:40:07,568
THE CITY. LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO 

3001
01:40:07,568 --> 01:40:09,203
HAVE TO CREATE, YOU KNOW, ADD 

3002
01:40:09,203 --> 01:40:11,071
BUILDINGS BECAUSE THERE ARE 

3003
01:40:11,071 --> 01:40:13,507
GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE, AND 

3004
01:40:13,507 --> 01:40:14,575
LIBRARIES ARE IMPORTANT. THEY'RE

3005
01:40:14,575 --> 01:40:15,342
AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE IN A CITY. 

3006
01:40:15,342 --> 01:40:16,977
SO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ON 

3007
01:40:16,977 --> 01:40:19,146
THE TABLE AND THINGS THAT WE 

3008
01:40:19,146 --> 01:40:21,315
NEED TO SOLVE FOR TOGETHER. SO 

3009
01:40:21,315 --> 01:40:25,419
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR 

3010
01:40:25,419 --> 01:40:27,187
BEING HERE, DEPUTY MEMBER 

3011
01:40:27,187 --> 01:40:29,990
SURRATT, CHIEF FAY, YOUR TEAM 

3012
01:40:29,990 --> 01:40:30,891
AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE 

3013
01:40:30,891 --> 01:40:37,398
CONVERSATION. AND NOW I'D LIKE 

3014
01:40:37,398 --> 01:40:42,569
TO CALL UP OUR CENTRAL STAFF, 

3015
01:40:42,569 --> 01:40:47,841
TOM MIKESELL, EDIN SISIC AND 

3016
01:40:47,841 --> 01:40:54,081
ERIC McCONAUGHEY TO TALK ABOUT 

3017
01:40:54,081 --> 01:40:59,253
THE LEVY, HOW THE LEVY CAPACITY 

3018
01:40:59,253 --> 01:41:02,089
WORKS, OUR LEVY LID CAPACITY 

3019
01:41:02,089 --> 01:41:10,364
WHICH KEEPS COMING UP, AND THEN 

3020
01:41:10,364 --> 01:41:10,898
ALSO ISSUE I.D. 

3021
01:41:10,898 --> 01:41:12,733
>> GOOD MORNING. AND THANKS FOR 

3022
01:41:12,733 --> 01:41:13,534
LETTING US GET SITUATED. 

3023
01:41:13,534 --> 01:41:15,369
>> YES, THANK YOU. 

3024
01:41:15,369 --> 01:41:19,706
>> WE'LL GO IN REVERSE ORDER 

3025
01:41:19,706 --> 01:41:21,642
HOW WE DO OUR INTRODUCTIONS 

3026
01:41:21,642 --> 01:41:22,209
ORIGINALLY. I'M ERIC, THE 

3027
01:41:22,209 --> 01:41:23,177
COUNTY COUNSEL'S CENTRAL STAFF 

3028
01:41:23,177 --> 01:41:25,112
AND THE KIND OF MAIN POINT TO 

3029
01:41:25,112 --> 01:41:26,513
CONTACT FOR THE LIBRARY LEVY. OF

3030
01:41:26,513 --> 01:41:28,048
COURSE, YOU CAN TURN TO ALL 

3031
01:41:28,048 --> 01:41:29,383
CENTRAL STAFFERS TO GET SUPPORT 

3032
01:41:29,383 --> 01:41:31,852
ON THIS AS EVIDENCED BY MY 

3033
01:41:31,852 --> 01:41:34,588
COLLEAGUES TO MY LEFT. I'LL LET

3034
01:41:34,588 --> 01:41:37,257
THEM INTRODUCE THEMSELVES BEFORE

3035
01:41:37,257 --> 01:41:38,459
WE JUMP IN. 

3036
01:41:38,459 --> 01:41:40,160
>> EDIN SISIC, STAFF. 

3037
01:41:40,160 --> 01:41:42,196
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR RIVERA 

3038
01:41:42,196 --> 01:41:43,397
AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, 

3039
01:41:43,397 --> 01:41:44,798
TOM MIKESELL, CENTRAL STAFF. 

3040
01:41:44,798 --> 01:41:47,568
>> ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO 

3041
01:41:47,568 --> 01:41:50,838
START WITH TOM AND ED WITH THE 

3042
01:41:50,838 --> 01:41:51,505
LEVY CONVERSATION, THE FINANCIAL

3043
01:41:51,505 --> 01:41:52,973
PART. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO ERIC

3044
01:41:52,973 --> 01:41:54,608
TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUE I.D. 

3045
01:41:54,608 --> 01:41:57,744
>> THAT SOUNDS GREAT 

3046
01:41:57,744 --> 01:42:03,417
>> OKAY. SOUNDS GREAT. TAKE IT 

3047
01:42:03,417 --> 01:42:12,059
AWAY. THANK YOU. IRK BY WAY OF 

3048
01:42:12,059 --> 01:42:13,694
INTRO AND TO TAKE A MOMENT TO 

3049
01:42:13,694 --> 01:42:14,995
BRING THE SLIDE DECK UP, THE 

3050
01:42:14,995 --> 01:42:19,399
PROPERTY TAX OVERVIEW PROVIDES 

3051
01:42:19,399 --> 01:42:20,067
CONTEXT TO THIS CONVERSATION 

3052
01:42:20,067 --> 01:42:22,402
BECAUSE HOVERING ALL AROUND THIS

3053
01:42:22,402 --> 01:42:23,971
IS THE ISSUE OF LEVY CAPACITY. 

3054
01:42:23,971 --> 01:42:27,274
AND TOM AND ED WILL GO INTO 

3055
01:42:27,274 --> 01:42:28,208
THIS. THERE'S A CALCULATION 

3056
01:42:28,208 --> 01:42:30,611
THAT'S SHARED AND AGREED UPON, 

3057
01:42:30,611 --> 01:42:34,181
YOU KNOW, BY CENTRAL STAFF AND 

3058
01:42:34,181 --> 01:42:35,149
CBO AND FINANCE THAT ABOUT $780 

3059
01:42:35,149 --> 01:42:37,084
MILLION OF CAPACITY OVER THE 

3060
01:42:37,084 --> 01:42:38,519
NEXT SEVEN YEARS FOR LEVIES. 

3061
01:42:38,519 --> 01:42:40,587
THIS LIBRARY LEVY WOULD TAKE 410

3062
01:42:40,587 --> 01:42:42,389
OF THAT, SO THERE'S A 

3063
01:42:42,389 --> 01:42:43,757
SUBTRACTION THERE. AND THAT 

3064
01:42:43,757 --> 01:42:44,958
LEAVES SORT OF CAPACITY FOR 

3065
01:42:44,958 --> 01:42:46,059
OTHER LEVIES THAT WOULD COME UP 

3066
01:42:46,059 --> 01:42:47,494
IN THE FUTURE. SOME OF THOSE ARE

3067
01:42:47,494 --> 01:42:48,428
MENTIONED -- EXCUSE ME, THOSE 

3068
01:42:48,428 --> 01:42:50,364
ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE MEMO THAT 

3069
01:42:50,364 --> 01:42:52,132
I SHARED WITH YOU ALL. I WON'T 

3070
01:42:52,132 --> 01:42:54,001
DO THAT NOW. BUT THAT'S JUST BY

3071
01:42:54,001 --> 01:42:55,702
WAY OF FRAMING HOW WE GET TO 

3072
01:42:55,702 --> 01:42:58,705
THIS NEXT BID AND A SEGWAY TO 

3073
01:42:58,705 --> 01:42:59,606
TELL THEM. THANKS, TOM. 

3074
01:42:59,606 --> 01:43:01,708
>> THANKS, ERIC. SO WE ARE NOW 

3075
01:43:01,708 --> 01:43:03,844
GOING TO KIND OF AFTER HAVING 

3076
01:43:03,844 --> 01:43:05,812
THE MORE DETAILED DISCUSSION 

3077
01:43:05,812 --> 01:43:07,781
ABOUT THE LIBRARY LEVY REQUEST 

3078
01:43:07,781 --> 01:43:09,216
KIND OF PULL BACK AND LOOK AT 

3079
01:43:09,216 --> 01:43:10,317
OVERALL CAPACITY AND PROPERTY 

3080
01:43:10,317 --> 01:43:11,852
TAXES AND OUR ABILITY TO LEVY 

3081
01:43:11,852 --> 01:43:13,186
TAXES HERE IN SEATTLE. SO TO 

3082
01:43:13,186 --> 01:43:15,122
START OFF, JUST GOING TO GIVE A 

3083
01:43:15,122 --> 01:43:17,190
VIEW OF THE CONTEXT OF PROPERTY 

3084
01:43:17,190 --> 01:43:19,193
TAXES WITH RESPECT TO THE TOTAL 

3085
01:43:19,193 --> 01:43:22,563
REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE

3086
01:43:22,563 --> 01:43:24,932
GENERAL FUND. SO IN THE 2026 

3087
01:43:24,932 --> 01:43:26,199
ADOPTED BUDGET, PROPERTY TAXES 

3088
01:43:26,199 --> 01:43:31,138
ARE ABOUT 17% OF THE TOTAL, SO 

3089
01:43:31,138 --> 01:43:33,607
OF NON-UTILITY REVENUE. SO IF WE

3090
01:43:33,607 --> 01:43:36,276
SUBTRACT CITY LIGHT AND SEATTLE 

3091
01:43:36,276 --> 01:43:37,211
PUBLIC UTILITIES. AND SIMILARLY 

3092
01:43:37,211 --> 01:43:38,845
DRILL DOWN INTO THE GENERAL 

3093
01:43:38,845 --> 01:43:40,714
FUND, THE KIND OF GENERAL 

3094
01:43:40,714 --> 01:43:42,249
SERVICES FUND, THE GENERAL 

3095
01:43:42,249 --> 01:43:45,252
SERVICES LEVY IS ABOUT 16% OF 

3096
01:43:45,252 --> 01:43:46,653
PROPERTY TAXES. SO IT'S A 

3097
01:43:46,653 --> 01:43:52,793
FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL SOURCE OF 

3098
01:43:52,793 --> 01:43:53,694
REVENUE TO THE CITY'S FINANCIAL

3099
01:43:53,694 --> 01:43:55,862
PROGRAM. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK

3100
01:43:55,862 --> 01:43:56,597
ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES, AND WE 

3101
01:43:56,597 --> 01:43:58,098
ALREADY HEARD SOME OF THESE 

3102
01:43:58,098 --> 01:43:58,932
TERMS THIS MORNING. WE'RE GOING

3103
01:43:58,932 --> 01:44:02,803
TO HEAR THEM IN MORE DETAIL WITH

3104
01:44:02,803 --> 01:44:04,037
THIS PRESENTATION. THERE ARE 

3105
01:44:04,037 --> 01:44:04,871
SOME KEY DEFINITIONAL THINGS TO 

3106
01:44:04,871 --> 01:44:06,673
CLARIFY WHEN IT COMES TO 

3107
01:44:06,673 --> 01:44:08,041
PROPERTY TAXES. FIRST THE TAX 

3108
01:44:08,041 --> 01:44:09,843
LEVY. THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF 

3109
01:44:09,843 --> 01:44:10,978
REVENUE YOU EXPECT TO RECEIVE, 

3110
01:44:10,978 --> 01:44:15,449
THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT'S 

3111
01:44:15,449 --> 01:44:17,451
USED TO FUND PROGRAMS. THAT TAX 

3112
01:44:17,451 --> 01:44:18,986
LEVY IS SUBJECT TO A STATUTORY 

3113
01:44:18,986 --> 01:44:20,554
RESTRAINT ON HOW MUCH IT CAN 

3114
01:44:20,554 --> 01:44:25,959
GROW EACH YEAR. AND I BELIEVE 

3115
01:44:25,959 --> 01:44:26,994
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS. 

3116
01:44:26,994 --> 01:44:29,796
IT'S A 1% STATUTORY ALLOWANCE 

3117
01:44:29,796 --> 01:44:32,032
THAT WE CAN INCREASE TAXES, PLUS

3118
01:44:32,032 --> 01:44:37,270
THE VALUE OF ANY NEW 

3119
01:44:37,270 --> 01:44:38,271
CONSTRUCTION THAT OCCURRED PLUS 

3120
01:44:38,271 --> 01:44:39,206
ANY DECISIONS MADE BY THE 

3121
01:44:39,206 --> 01:44:40,574
VOTERS, YOU KNOW, PUT FORWARD BY

3122
01:44:40,574 --> 01:44:42,709
THE COUNCIL TO LIFT THAT LID. SO

3123
01:44:42,709 --> 01:44:45,445
THE 1% IS A LID ON HOW MUCH IT 

3124
01:44:45,445 --> 01:44:47,514
CAN GROW. THE REQUEST TO VOTERS 

3125
01:44:47,514 --> 01:44:48,649
IS THE LID LIFT. SO THE LIBRARY 

3126
01:44:48,649 --> 01:44:53,353
DISCUSSION FROM THIS MORNING IS 

3127
01:44:53,353 --> 01:44:54,554
A LID LIFT IN THAT CONTEXT. AND 

3128
01:44:54,554 --> 01:44:58,659
I KIND OF DID TALK -- I TALKED 

3129
01:44:58,659 --> 01:45:00,360
ABOUT THE LIFT. IT'S THE VOTING

3130
01:45:00,360 --> 01:45:02,329
CRITERIA FOR THAT IS 50% PLUS 

3131
01:45:02,329 --> 01:45:03,864
ONE, AND THAT IS AN 

3132
01:45:03,864 --> 01:45:06,466
AUTHORIZATION BY THE VOTERS TO 

3133
01:45:06,466 --> 01:45:09,436
INCREASE THAT CAP ON GROWTH, AND

3134
01:45:09,436 --> 01:45:11,004
THAT INCREASE CAN EITHER BE A 

3135
01:45:11,004 --> 01:45:12,906
SINGLE INCREASE THAT THEN IS 

3136
01:45:12,906 --> 01:45:16,443
MAINTAINED AT THAT LEVEL FOR THE

3137
01:45:16,443 --> 01:45:18,045
SPAN OF THE LEVY PERIOD, SO IN 

3138
01:45:18,045 --> 01:45:19,479
THE CASE OF THE LIBRARY LEVY, 

3139
01:45:19,479 --> 01:45:22,182
SEVEN YEARS OR IT CAN BE 

3140
01:45:22,182 --> 01:45:23,383
MULTI-YEAR LID LIFT. WE DON'T 

3141
01:45:23,383 --> 01:45:24,318
TRADITIONALLY DO THOSE HERE AT 

3142
01:45:24,318 --> 01:45:26,653
THE CITY, BUT THEY ARE AN OPTION

3143
01:45:26,653 --> 01:45:27,954
FOR THE LEVIES. AND GENERALLY 

3144
01:45:27,954 --> 01:45:30,524
THOSE LIFTS CAN BE FOR ANY 

3145
01:45:30,524 --> 01:45:34,761
GENERAL PUBLIC PURPOSE, BUT 

3146
01:45:34,761 --> 01:45:35,395
THEY'RE TRADITIONALLY FOR A 

3147
01:45:35,395 --> 01:45:37,130
SPECIFIC PURPOSE TO DEFINE IN 

3148
01:45:37,130 --> 01:45:38,865
THE QUESTION. THE NEXT CONCEPT 

3149
01:45:38,865 --> 01:45:40,000
IS ASSESSED VALUE. THIS IS WHEN 

3150
01:45:40,000 --> 01:45:40,967
YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TAXES IN 

3151
01:45:40,967 --> 01:45:42,202
GENERAL THIS, IS THE BASE FOR 

3152
01:45:42,202 --> 01:45:44,971
THE TAX. SO YOU APPLY THE RATE 

3153
01:45:44,971 --> 01:45:47,541
TO THE BASE, YOU GET YOUR LEVY. 

3154
01:45:47,541 --> 01:45:49,376
THE ASSESSED VALUE IS THE -- IS 

3155
01:45:49,376 --> 01:45:51,311
INTENDED TO BE THE FULL MARKET 

3156
01:45:51,311 --> 01:45:53,980
VALUE OF ANY PROPERTY IN THE 

3157
01:45:53,980 --> 01:45:55,115
TAXING DISTRICT. AND THAT'S 

3158
01:45:55,115 --> 01:45:56,483
DETERMINED THROUGH AN ANNUAL 

3159
01:45:56,483 --> 01:46:01,888
SURVEY DONE BY THE KING COUNTY 

3160
01:46:01,888 --> 01:46:04,057
ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. SO THE LEVY 

3161
01:46:04,057 --> 01:46:05,325
RATE IS THE AMOUNT PER 1,000, SO

3162
01:46:05,325 --> 01:46:07,260
IT'S EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF 

3163
01:46:07,260 --> 01:46:09,196
$1,000 OF ASSESSED VALUE THAT IS

3164
01:46:09,196 --> 01:46:10,897
CHARGED AGAINST ALL ASSESSED 

3165
01:46:10,897 --> 01:46:14,768
VALUE IN THE TAXING DISTRICT TO 

3166
01:46:14,768 --> 01:46:15,335
GENERATE A TAX LEVY. THE 

3167
01:46:15,335 --> 01:46:18,739
CAPACITY, SO THIS IS KIND OF THE

3168
01:46:18,739 --> 01:46:20,373
KEY CONCEPT THAT WE'RE TRYING 

3169
01:46:20,373 --> 01:46:22,709
TO EXPRESS THIS MORNING WITH 

3170
01:46:22,709 --> 01:46:23,510
THIS PRESENTATION, THIS IS THE 

3171
01:46:23,510 --> 01:46:25,879
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX 

3172
01:46:25,879 --> 01:46:27,581
RATE THAT THE CITY CAN ASSESS 

3173
01:46:27,581 --> 01:46:32,285
FOR ITS LEVIES. FOR THE CITY OF 

3174
01:46:32,285 --> 01:46:36,289
SEATTLE, THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE IS

3175
01:46:36,289 --> 01:46:39,359
$3.60. SO THAT TIMES THE AMOUNT 

3176
01:46:39,359 --> 01:46:40,694
OF ASSESSED VALUE IN THE CITY 

3177
01:46:40,694 --> 01:46:43,663
EQUALS THE TOTAL DOLLAR LEVY 

3178
01:46:43,663 --> 01:46:45,499
THAT WE CAN GENERATE. SO I'VE 

3179
01:46:45,499 --> 01:46:46,700
TALKED ABOUT RESTRICTIONS A BIT.

3180
01:46:46,700 --> 01:46:48,635
THERE ARE SOME CASES WHERE THERE

3181
01:46:48,635 --> 01:46:50,537
ARE LEVIES THAT CAN BE -- THAT 

3182
01:46:50,537 --> 01:46:52,806
CAN BE PASSED THAT ARE NOT 

3183
01:46:52,806 --> 01:46:54,641
RESTRICTED, AND THOSE ARE CALLED

3184
01:46:54,641 --> 01:46:56,176
EXCESS LEVIES. SO A REALLY GREAT

3185
01:46:56,176 --> 01:46:58,445
EXAMPLE OF THAT IS A LEVY THAT 

3186
01:46:58,445 --> 01:46:59,546
IS INTENDED TO REPAY DEBT. SO WE

3187
01:46:59,546 --> 01:47:01,815
HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE. WE HAVE 

3188
01:47:01,815 --> 01:47:04,718
ONE FOR THE SEAWALL, AND WE HAVE

3189
01:47:04,718 --> 01:47:06,820
ONE THAT'S NEARLY EXPIRED OR 

3190
01:47:06,820 --> 01:47:08,121
NEARLY PAID OFF FOR LIBRARY 

3191
01:47:08,121 --> 01:47:08,955
CONSTRUCTION. SO THESE ARE 

3192
01:47:08,955 --> 01:47:10,390
DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT 

3193
01:47:10,390 --> 01:47:12,492
SUBJECT TO THE CAP THAT I 

3194
01:47:12,492 --> 01:47:15,529
MENTIONED. SO THEY'RE NOT PART 

3195
01:47:15,529 --> 01:47:17,364
OF THE 360 RATE LIMIT. HOWEVER, 

3196
01:47:17,364 --> 01:47:20,534
THEY DO REQUIRE A HIGHER VOTER 

3197
01:47:20,534 --> 01:47:21,168
THRESHOLD FOR AUTHORIZATION. SO 

3198
01:47:21,168 --> 01:47:24,604
IT'S 60% OF VOTERS IN THE 

3199
01:47:24,604 --> 01:47:29,976
ELECTION NEED TO APPROVE AN 

3200
01:47:29,976 --> 01:47:31,678
EXCESS LEVY. THREES THE CONCEPT 

3201
01:47:31,678 --> 01:47:32,846
OF PRO RATIONING. WE WON'T GET 

3202
01:47:32,846 --> 01:47:35,348
INTO THIS IN DETAIL BUT IT MAYOR

3203
01:47:35,348 --> 01:47:36,783
E MATTERS IN A CASE THAT A 

3204
01:47:36,783 --> 01:47:38,084
JURISDICTION SUCH AS SEATTLE IS 

3205
01:47:38,084 --> 01:47:39,453
FACED WITH A TAX LEVY THAT 

3206
01:47:39,453 --> 01:47:41,188
REQUIRES A RATE THAT EXCEEDS OUR

3207
01:47:41,188 --> 01:47:45,959
CAP. SO IF WE GOT INTO A 

3208
01:47:45,959 --> 01:47:47,294
SITUATION WHERE THE TOTAL AMOUNT

3209
01:47:47,294 --> 01:47:50,831
OF LEVY THAT WE ADOPTED FOR THE 

3210
01:47:50,831 --> 01:47:52,732
BUDGET EXCEEDED -- WHEN DIVIDED 

3211
01:47:52,732 --> 01:47:53,633
INTO THE ASSESSED VALUE EXCEEDED

3212
01:47:53,633 --> 01:47:55,335
THE $3 DOT 60 OR EXCEEDED SOME 

3213
01:47:55,335 --> 01:47:57,838
OF THE OTHER RATE LIMITS THAT 

3214
01:47:57,838 --> 01:47:58,905
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING, 

3215
01:47:58,905 --> 01:47:59,973
THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH 

3216
01:47:59,973 --> 01:48:01,708
LEVIES NEED TO BE REDUCED IN 

3217
01:48:01,708 --> 01:48:03,677
ORDER TO COME UNDER THE CAP. SO 

3218
01:48:03,677 --> 01:48:06,479
WE HAVEN'T HIT THAT IN THE 

3219
01:48:06,479 --> 01:48:07,447
PAST. WE DON'T PROJECT THAT 

3220
01:48:07,447 --> 01:48:09,916
WE'RE GOING TO EXPERIENCE THAT 

3221
01:48:09,916 --> 01:48:11,585
HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT AS 

3222
01:48:11,585 --> 01:48:13,386
YOU'LL SEE WITH SOME OF THESE 

3223
01:48:13,386 --> 01:48:14,721
GRAPHICS THAT WE'LL SHOW YOU, 

3224
01:48:14,721 --> 01:48:15,388
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THIS. 

3225
01:48:15,388 --> 01:48:17,524
SO IT KIND OF BECOMES PART OF 

3226
01:48:17,524 --> 01:48:18,592
THE DISCUSSION TO UNDERSTAND 

3227
01:48:18,592 --> 01:48:25,398
THAT THERE'S A PROCESS BY WHICH

3228
01:48:25,398 --> 01:48:26,633
THAT TAKES PLACE. AND I'M GOING

3229
01:48:26,633 --> 01:48:28,902
TO HAND OFF TO ED TO COVER THE 

3230
01:48:28,902 --> 01:48:29,870
NEXT SIX SLIDES OR SO. 

3231
01:48:29,870 --> 01:48:31,104
>> AND I'M JUST GOING TO 

3232
01:48:31,104 --> 01:48:33,139
QUICKLY SAY BEFORE YOU START -- 

3233
01:48:33,139 --> 01:48:34,341
THANK YOU, TOM, BEFORE YOU 

3234
01:48:34,341 --> 01:48:35,242
START, AND THE REASON WHY I 

3235
01:48:35,242 --> 01:48:37,377
THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE

3236
01:48:37,377 --> 01:48:38,478
THIS CONVERSATION NOW, 

3237
01:48:38,478 --> 01:48:40,347
COLLEAGUES, AND WE DON'T ALWAYS

3238
01:48:40,347 --> 01:48:42,249
HAVE THIS PRESENTATION AT ALL 

3239
01:48:42,249 --> 01:48:43,183
OUR LEVY CONVERSATIONS IS 

3240
01:48:43,183 --> 01:48:44,918
BECAUSE WE ARE SO -- WE'RE 

3241
01:48:44,918 --> 01:48:46,319
GETTING SO CLOSE TO THAT LEVY 

3242
01:48:46,319 --> 01:48:49,422
CAP THAT I THOUGHT IT WAS 

3243
01:48:49,422 --> 01:48:50,090
IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND 

3244
01:48:50,090 --> 01:48:52,058
WHERE WE ARE WITH IT AND FOR THE

3245
01:48:52,058 --> 01:48:53,860
PUBLIC, FOR THAT MATTER, TO 

3246
01:48:53,860 --> 01:48:56,129
UNDERSTAND NOW THAT WE'RE 

3247
01:48:56,129 --> 01:48:57,497
GETTING CLOSER. THANK YOU. GO 

3248
01:48:57,497 --> 01:48:57,797
AHEAD, ED. 

3249
01:48:57,797 --> 01:49:00,000
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW WE'RE 

3250
01:49:00,000 --> 01:49:02,669
ALMOST OUT OF TIME, 11:30, SO 

3251
01:49:02,669 --> 01:49:04,004
I'LL BREEZE THROUGH THESE 

3252
01:49:04,004 --> 01:49:05,005
BECAUSE -- I MIGHT EVEN SKIP 

3253
01:49:05,005 --> 01:49:06,306
OVER SOME SLIDES IN THE INTEREST

3254
01:49:06,306 --> 01:49:06,573
OF TIME. 

3255
01:49:06,573 --> 01:49:10,710
>> I THINK WE HAVE A FEW MORE 

3256
01:49:10,710 --> 01:49:14,381
MINUTES. STAFF CHECK, WE HAVE A 

3257
01:49:14,381 --> 01:49:16,383
FEW MORE MINUTES. SO GO AHEAD. 

3258
01:49:16,383 --> 01:49:20,687
>> SO SEATTLE HAS TWO CORE LEVY 

3259
01:49:20,687 --> 01:49:22,122
TIES TO FUND CITY OPERATIONS. WE

3260
01:49:22,122 --> 01:49:23,757
HAVE THE GENERAL PURPOSE LEVY. 

3261
01:49:23,757 --> 01:49:26,826
THIS IS THE CITY'S BASE 

3262
01:49:26,826 --> 01:49:28,028
PROPERTY TAX. IT DOES NOT 

3263
01:49:28,028 --> 01:49:29,062
REQUIRE VOTER APPROVAL, BUT BY 

3264
01:49:29,062 --> 01:49:31,197
STATE LAW, ITS ANNUAL GROWTH IS 

3265
01:49:31,197 --> 01:49:36,670
LIMITED TO 1% PLUS THE VALUE OF 

3266
01:49:36,670 --> 01:49:37,337
NEW CONSTRUCTION, OFTEN CALLED 

3267
01:49:37,337 --> 01:49:38,972
THE STATUTORY LID. AND REVENUES 

3268
01:49:38,972 --> 01:49:41,808
GO TO THE GENERAL FUND TO 

3269
01:49:41,808 --> 01:49:44,277
SUPPORT THE CITY OPERATIONS. AND

3270
01:49:44,277 --> 01:49:46,880
THEN WE HAVE THE VOTER-APPROVED 

3271
01:49:46,880 --> 01:49:47,647
LEVIES FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES, 

3272
01:49:47,647 --> 01:49:50,450
AND VOTERS CAN AUTHORIZE US TO 

3273
01:49:50,450 --> 01:49:54,554
GO ABOVE THE STATUTORY LID FOR 

3274
01:49:54,554 --> 01:49:55,388
TARGETED PROGRAMS ESSENTIALLY, 

3275
01:49:55,388 --> 01:49:57,424
HENCE THE TERM LID LIFT. THEY 

3276
01:49:57,424 --> 01:50:01,761
PASS WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY, AND

3277
01:50:01,761 --> 01:50:03,263
THESE CAN BE TIME LIMITED OR 

3278
01:50:03,263 --> 01:50:04,431
PERMANENT AND RATES CAN INCREASE

3279
01:50:04,431 --> 01:50:09,369
IN A SINGLE YEAR AS AUTHORIZED 

3280
01:50:09,369 --> 01:50:11,538
BY VOTERS. FUNDS ARE DEPOSITED 

3281
01:50:11,538 --> 01:50:13,673
AS SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND 

3282
01:50:13,673 --> 01:50:15,241
ONLY USED FOR THE VOTER-APPROVED

3283
01:50:15,241 --> 01:50:18,812
PURPOSE. AND SEATTLE CURRENTLY 

3284
01:50:18,812 --> 01:50:22,282
HAS FIVE OF THOSE. WE HAVE THE 

3285
01:50:22,282 --> 01:50:27,020
F.E.P. LEVY, THE MOVE SEATTLE 

3286
01:50:27,020 --> 01:50:27,621
TRANSPORTATION LEVY, ELECTION 

3287
01:50:27,621 --> 01:50:31,625
VOUCHERS, THE LIBRARY LEVY AND 

3288
01:50:31,625 --> 01:50:33,793
-- I'M MISSING ONE. HOUSING 

3289
01:50:33,793 --> 01:50:35,495
LEVY. AND SO FOR A CAPACITY 

3290
01:50:35,495 --> 01:50:36,496
CONSTRAINT THE COMBINED LEVY 

3291
01:50:36,496 --> 01:50:38,565
AMOUNT OF THE GENERAL LEVY PLUS 

3292
01:50:38,565 --> 01:50:48,608
ALL THE LID LIFTS CANNOT EXCEED 

3293
01:50:48,608 --> 01:50:49,909
THAT $3.60 MAXIMUM RATE. NEXT 

3294
01:50:49,909 --> 01:50:50,710
SLIDE. SO TWO MORE LEVY 

3295
01:50:50,710 --> 01:50:53,713
CATEGORIES MATTER FOR THE 

3296
01:50:53,713 --> 01:50:58,918
OVERALL BILL THAT THE RESIDENTS 

3297
01:50:58,918 --> 01:50:59,853
SEE. SO SOME DISTRICTS ARE 

3298
01:50:59,853 --> 01:51:02,722
CREATED UNDER STATE LAW AND MAY 

3299
01:51:02,722 --> 01:51:04,124
REQUIRE A VOTE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE

3300
01:51:04,124 --> 01:51:04,924
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN PARK 

3301
01:51:04,924 --> 01:51:07,661
DISTRICT. AND SO THESE ARE NOT 

3302
01:51:07,661 --> 01:51:10,397
CONSTRAINED BY THE $3.60 CAP. 

3303
01:51:10,397 --> 01:51:13,633
THEY DO COUNT TOWARDS THE 

3304
01:51:13,633 --> 01:51:16,469
BROADER $5.90 CAP WHICH IS LOCAL

3305
01:51:16,469 --> 01:51:19,372
GOVERNMENT LIMIT. THAT ALSO 

3306
01:51:19,372 --> 01:51:20,874
INCLUDES RATES SET BY THE 

3307
01:51:20,874 --> 01:51:22,942
COUNTY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND 

3308
01:51:22,942 --> 01:51:28,281
OTHER LOCAL JURISDICTION LEVIES 

3309
01:51:28,281 --> 01:51:29,783
AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS. AND SO 

3310
01:51:29,783 --> 01:51:34,487
EVEN IF THE CITY IS UNDER THE 

3311
01:51:34,487 --> 01:51:35,789
$3.60 CAP, THE OVERALL LOCAL 

3312
01:51:35,789 --> 01:51:40,360
STACK HAS TO STAY AT THE $5.90. 

3313
01:51:40,360 --> 01:51:42,228
AND THEN THERE'S EXCESS LEVIES 

3314
01:51:42,228 --> 01:51:46,232
WHICH TOM ALREADY COVERED A 

3315
01:51:46,232 --> 01:51:53,173
LITTLE BIT OF. SO WHEN VOTERS 

3316
01:51:53,173 --> 01:51:54,441
APPROVED BONDS FOR CAPITAL 

3317
01:51:54,441 --> 01:51:55,675
PROJECTS, THOSE REQUIRE A 30% 

3318
01:51:55,675 --> 01:51:58,178
SUPER MAJORITY, AND THEY ARE NOT

3319
01:51:58,178 --> 01:51:58,812
RESTRICTED BY THESE STATUTORY 

3320
01:51:58,812 --> 01:52:02,215
LIMITS. SO THEY SIT OUTSIDE THE 

3321
01:52:02,215 --> 01:52:06,319
360 AND THE $5.90, HENCE THE 

3322
01:52:06,319 --> 01:52:11,691
TERM EXCESS LEVIES. I WILL IN 

3323
01:52:11,691 --> 01:52:13,326
THE INTEREST OF TIME SKIP OVER 

3324
01:52:13,326 --> 01:52:15,528
THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES WHICH 

3325
01:52:15,528 --> 01:52:18,932
ARE FOR CALCULATING HOW THE RATE

3326
01:52:18,932 --> 01:52:21,701
IS CALCULATED, AND, YOU KNOW, WE

3327
01:52:21,701 --> 01:52:23,803
CAN DO INDIVIDUAL BRIEFINGS ON 

3328
01:52:23,803 --> 01:52:24,738
THESE, AND THE SLIDES ARE PRETTY

3329
01:52:24,738 --> 01:52:25,872
SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT I WAS 

3330
01:52:25,872 --> 01:52:28,675
GOING TO GO INTO THEM UNLESS 

3331
01:52:28,675 --> 01:52:29,109
THERE'S INTEREST. 

3332
01:52:29,109 --> 01:52:30,376
>> I THINK IT'LL TAKE A SECOND.

3333
01:52:30,376 --> 01:52:33,580
SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD. 

3334
01:52:33,580 --> 01:52:38,685
>> YEAH. MAYBE I CAN JUST DO THE

3335
01:52:38,685 --> 01:52:39,619
MOVE SEATTLE LEVY, THE EXAMPLE 

3336
01:52:39,619 --> 01:52:40,987
ONE. SO -- BECAUSE WE DIDN'T 

3337
01:52:40,987 --> 01:52:42,122
HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR THE 

3338
01:52:42,122 --> 01:52:44,257
LIBRARY LEVY AT THE TIME, WE 

3339
01:52:44,257 --> 01:52:45,492
DEVELOPED THIS. WE'RE USING 

3340
01:52:45,492 --> 01:52:48,761
MOVE SEATTLE AS AN EXAMPLE. SO 

3341
01:52:48,761 --> 01:52:51,865
IN THIS EXAMPLE, THE LEVY WOULD 

3342
01:52:51,865 --> 01:52:54,501
COLLECT $189 MILLION PER YEAR. 

3343
01:52:54,501 --> 01:52:56,402
THE CITY'S TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE

3344
01:52:56,402 --> 01:53:00,340
IS ABOUT $306 BILLION. SO IF WE 

3345
01:53:00,340 --> 01:53:04,878
DIVIDE THE $189 MILLION BY THE 

3346
01:53:04,878 --> 01:53:05,879
ASSESSED VALUE, AGAIN, EXPRESSED

3347
01:53:05,879 --> 01:53:09,549
IN THOUSANDS, PER 1,000, WE GET 

3348
01:53:09,549 --> 01:53:11,684
A TAX RATE OF ABOUT 63 CENTS. 

3349
01:53:11,684 --> 01:53:14,954
AND SO NOW THE ONE BELOW LOOKING

3350
01:53:14,954 --> 01:53:15,922
AT AN INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD, IF 

3351
01:53:15,922 --> 01:53:24,564
WE APPLY THE 63 CENT RATE TO A 

3352
01:53:24,564 --> 01:53:26,266
MEDIAN VALUED HOME OF $833,000, 

3353
01:53:26,266 --> 01:53:28,101
THAT HOUSEHOLD WOULD PAY ABOUT 

3354
01:53:28,101 --> 01:53:32,338
$525 FOR THIS LEVY WHICH IS THE 

3355
01:53:32,338 --> 01:53:35,809
SECOND HIGHEST OF THE FIVE 

3356
01:53:35,809 --> 01:53:37,310
VOTER-APPROVED LEVIES THAT WE 

3357
01:53:37,310 --> 01:53:39,913
HAVE, AND WE DETAILS ON THE NEXT

3358
01:53:39,913 --> 01:53:40,480
SLIDE. BUT ESSENTIALLY WE 

3359
01:53:40,480 --> 01:53:42,215
COMBINED -- WE DO THE 

3360
01:53:42,215 --> 01:53:43,449
CALCULATION FOR ALL THE LEVIES 

3361
01:53:43,449 --> 01:53:44,984
SIMILARLY, AND THE TOTAL OF ALL 

3362
01:53:44,984 --> 01:53:49,823
OF THOSE IS THE COMBINED BILL 

3363
01:53:49,823 --> 01:53:51,925
THAT THE RESIDENTS PAY. AND SO 

3364
01:53:51,925 --> 01:53:53,960
THIS CHART SHOWS HOW MUCH A 

3365
01:53:53,960 --> 01:53:56,129
MEDIAN VALUE HOME PAYS 

3366
01:53:56,129 --> 01:53:56,796
SPECIFICALLY TO CITY-CONTROLLED 

3367
01:53:56,796 --> 01:54:02,435
LEVIES IN '26. THE TOTAL CITY 

3368
01:54:02,435 --> 01:54:04,037
PORTION IS ABOUT $2,871 WHICH 

3369
01:54:04,037 --> 01:54:07,207
CORRESPONDS TO A COMBINED CITY 

3370
01:54:07,207 --> 01:54:08,575
LEVY RATE OF $3.45. AND THE 

3371
01:54:08,575 --> 01:54:10,710
LARGEST PORTION OF THAT IS, OF 

3372
01:54:10,710 --> 01:54:12,845
COURSE, THE CITY'S PROPERTY TAX

3373
01:54:12,845 --> 01:54:16,015
AND THE GENERAL PURPOSE LEVY 

3374
01:54:16,015 --> 01:54:21,554
WHICH MAKES UP ABOUT 1/3, 30% OF

3375
01:54:21,554 --> 01:54:23,823
THAT $2,800 NUMBER, FOLLOWED 

3376
01:54:23,823 --> 01:54:26,326
PRETTY CLOSELY BY THE F.E.P. 

3377
01:54:26,326 --> 01:54:29,662
LEVY AT 28% AND THE MOVE SEATTLE

3378
01:54:29,662 --> 01:54:31,864
LEVY. AND ONE QUICK NOTE I'LL 

3379
01:54:31,864 --> 01:54:35,702
ADD HERE, YOU SEE THE MPD LEVY, 

3380
01:54:35,702 --> 01:54:36,769
THE METROPOLITAN PARK DISRUD, 

3381
01:54:36,769 --> 01:54:38,838
AND WHILE IT SITS OUTSIDE OF $3 

3382
01:54:38,838 --> 01:54:40,573
DOT 60 CAP, BUT IT IS WHAT OUR 

3383
01:54:40,573 --> 01:54:41,875
RESIDENTS SEE ON THEIR BILL, SO 

3384
01:54:41,875 --> 01:54:47,247
IT IS INCLUDED IN THE 2800 

3385
01:54:47,247 --> 01:54:48,248
NUMBER, SIMILARLY WITH CITY 

3386
01:54:48,248 --> 01:54:49,716
GENERAL AVIATION BOND DEBT 

3387
01:54:49,716 --> 01:54:51,618
SERVICE, THESE ARE EXCESS LEVIES

3388
01:54:51,618 --> 01:54:53,686
APPROVED BY VOTERS AND ARE PART 

3389
01:54:53,686 --> 01:54:54,621
OF THAT AS WELL. 

3390
01:54:54,621 --> 01:54:57,357
>> AND THIS IS JUST FOR THIS 

3391
01:54:57,357 --> 01:54:57,824
CITY, NOT -- 

3392
01:54:57,824 --> 01:54:59,425
>> CORRECT. THIS IS THE CITY 

3393
01:54:59,425 --> 01:55:01,461
PORTION. AND SO THE NEXT SLIDE 

3394
01:55:01,461 --> 01:55:01,728
-- YEAH. 

3395
01:55:01,728 --> 01:55:05,899
>> SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE 

3396
01:55:05,899 --> 01:55:06,966
THING BECAUSE WE MENTIONED THE 

3397
01:55:06,966 --> 01:55:10,270
$3.60 RATE CAP, AND YOU SEE HERE

3398
01:55:10,270 --> 01:55:12,005
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS COMBINED 

3399
01:55:12,005 --> 01:55:15,008
RATE IS $3.45, SO, YOU KNOW, 

3400
01:55:15,008 --> 01:55:17,210
IT'S KIND OF LIKE EYE-OPENING 

3401
01:55:17,210 --> 01:55:21,347
15 CENT DIFFERENCE. SO WE KIND 

3402
01:55:21,347 --> 01:55:23,283
OF TOUCHED ON THIS A BIT, BUT 

3403
01:55:23,283 --> 01:55:25,151
THIS IS THE TOTAL SEATTLE TAX 

3404
01:55:25,151 --> 01:55:26,452
BILL, BUT THERE WERE A FEW 

3405
01:55:26,452 --> 01:55:28,087
LEVIES ON HERE FOR THE 

3406
01:55:28,087 --> 01:55:29,055
METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICT AND 

3407
01:55:29,055 --> 01:55:31,758
THE EXCESS LEVY FOR BONDS THAT 

3408
01:55:31,758 --> 01:55:34,394
IS NOT PART OF THE $3.60 CAP, 

3409
01:55:34,394 --> 01:55:35,995
AND THAT'S ABOUT 45 CENTS OF 

3410
01:55:35,995 --> 01:55:37,497
THIS TOTAL HERE. SO WHEN YOU 

3411
01:55:37,497 --> 01:55:38,998
TAKE THOSE PIECES OUT, IT'S 

3412
01:55:38,998 --> 01:55:41,200
MORE ON THE ORDER OF $3, 

3413
01:55:41,200 --> 01:55:44,938
COMPARED TO THE $3.60 CAP. SO 

3414
01:55:44,938 --> 01:55:48,174
JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT 

3415
01:55:48,174 --> 01:55:48,408
PIECE. 

3416
01:55:48,408 --> 01:55:51,844
>> THANK YOU, TOM. AND SO THIS 

3417
01:55:51,844 --> 01:55:54,013
SLIDE ZOOMS OUT. IT SHOWS THE 

3418
01:55:54,013 --> 01:55:57,083
FULL PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR THE 

3419
01:55:57,083 --> 01:55:59,652
MEDIAN HOME VALUE IN 2026 ACROSS

3420
01:55:59,652 --> 01:56:02,088
ALL TAXING JURISDICTIONS, NOT 

3421
01:56:02,088 --> 01:56:05,992
JUST THE CITY, AND THE TOTAL IS 

3422
01:56:05,992 --> 01:56:07,593
$8,254 WHICH CORRESPONDS TO AN 

3423
01:56:07,593 --> 01:56:08,828
OVERALL LEVY AMOUNT OF ALMOST 

3424
01:56:08,828 --> 01:56:11,931
$10, JUST NINE CENTS SHY OF 

3425
01:56:11,931 --> 01:56:14,100
THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH 

3426
01:56:14,100 --> 01:56:16,269
RESIDENTS OFTEN THINK OF 

3427
01:56:16,269 --> 01:56:18,471
PROPERTY TAXES AS CITY PROPERTY 

3428
01:56:18,471 --> 01:56:22,508
TAXES, IT'S -- WE'RE ONLY 

3429
01:56:22,508 --> 01:56:26,746
ABOUT 1/3 OF THAT. THE REST IS 

3430
01:56:26,746 --> 01:56:33,386
FOR SCHOOLS, STATE, SCHOOL 

3431
01:56:33,386 --> 01:56:36,189
DISTRICT, COUNTY AND REGIONAL 

3432
01:56:36,189 --> 01:56:36,889
AGENCIES. NEXT SLIDE, TOM. I'M 

3433
01:56:36,889 --> 01:56:39,359
GOING AS QUICK AS I CAN. WE ALSO

3434
01:56:39,359 --> 01:56:42,295
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO 

3435
01:56:42,295 --> 01:56:43,930
REWRITE SOME HISTORIC CONTEXT IN

3436
01:56:43,930 --> 01:56:44,931
TERMS OF HOW TOTAL ASSESSED 

3437
01:56:44,931 --> 01:56:46,299
MEDIAN VALUE AND TOTAL PROPERTY 

3438
01:56:46,299 --> 01:56:49,002
TAX BILL HAVE CHANGED OVER THE 

3439
01:56:49,002 --> 01:56:50,770
LAST SEVERAL YEARS. THE REDDISH 

3440
01:56:50,770 --> 01:56:52,138
LINE SHOWS THAT MEDIAN ASSESSED 

3441
01:56:52,138 --> 01:56:53,473
VALUE, AND THE BLUE LINE SHOWS 

3442
01:56:53,473 --> 01:57:00,847
THE TOTAL PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR 

3443
01:57:00,847 --> 01:57:02,882
A MEDIAN ASSESSED VALUE HOME. I 

3444
01:57:02,882 --> 01:57:04,784
WON'T GO TOO INDEPTH INTO THIS 

3445
01:57:04,784 --> 01:57:07,553
SLIDE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE 

3446
01:57:07,553 --> 01:57:10,990
LINE GENERALLY MOVES IN THE SAME

3447
01:57:10,990 --> 01:57:12,759
DIRECTION BUT ON A SMOOTHER 

3448
01:57:12,759 --> 01:57:17,597
TRAJECTORY IS THE IMPORTANT 

3449
01:57:17,597 --> 01:57:19,399
THING TO KNOW, INCREASING FROM 

3450
01:57:19,399 --> 01:57:23,336
ROUGHLY $4,800 IN 2017 TO ABOUT 

3451
01:57:23,336 --> 01:57:26,072
$8,300 IN 2026. AND, YOU KNOW, 

3452
01:57:26,072 --> 01:57:30,410
THE IMPORTANT POINT HERE IS THE 

3453
01:57:30,410 --> 01:57:31,744
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO 

3454
01:57:31,744 --> 01:57:33,613
LINES. WHITE THE PROPERTY AMOUNT

3455
01:57:33,613 --> 01:57:35,148
IS GENERALLY CORRELATED WITH 

3456
01:57:35,148 --> 01:57:36,115
ASSESSED VALUE, THE MAIN DRIVER 

3457
01:57:36,115 --> 01:57:39,352
OF A PROPERTY TAX INCREASES FOR 

3458
01:57:39,352 --> 01:57:43,356
HOUSEHOLDS IS THE VOTER-APPROVED

3459
01:57:43,356 --> 01:57:46,859
LEVIES AND NOT THE RISING 

3460
01:57:46,859 --> 01:57:48,294
PROPERTY VALUES. I WILL TURN IT 

3461
01:57:48,294 --> 01:57:49,662
BACK OVER TO TOM. 

3462
01:57:49,662 --> 01:57:51,564
>> THANK YOU, ED. AND I'LL TAKE

3463
01:57:51,564 --> 01:57:53,599
IT FROM HERE. SO NOW WE'RE 

3464
01:57:53,599 --> 01:57:55,368
GOING TO DRILL A BIT INTO THE 

3465
01:57:55,368 --> 01:57:57,503
CAPACITY QUESTION THAT WE HAVE 

3466
01:57:57,503 --> 01:58:00,373
KIND OF ALLUDED TO. BUT TO START

3467
01:58:00,373 --> 01:58:01,841
THAT OFF, AS A FOUNDATION, WE'LL

3468
01:58:01,841 --> 01:58:05,778
LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF ASSESSED 

3469
01:58:05,778 --> 01:58:08,948
VALUE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS 

3470
01:58:08,948 --> 01:58:11,551
USING THIS GRAPH. AND JUST TO 

3471
01:58:11,551 --> 01:58:12,785
ORIENT YOU TO THE GRAPH, THE 

3472
01:58:12,785 --> 01:58:16,122
LEFT AXIS IS KIND OF -- SO UP TO

3473
01:58:16,122 --> 01:58:17,590
$350 BILLION IS THE TOTAL 

3474
01:58:17,590 --> 01:58:18,224
ASSESSED VALUE IN SEATTLE. AND 

3475
01:58:18,224 --> 01:58:20,226
THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS 

3476
01:58:20,226 --> 01:58:23,229
TRACKING THE PERCENT CHANGE IN 

3477
01:58:23,229 --> 01:58:24,497
THAT TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE IN 

3478
01:58:24,497 --> 01:58:27,200
EACH YEAR. THAT'S ON TRACK WITH

3479
01:58:27,200 --> 01:58:29,235
THE DASHED LINE. AND, YOU KNOW, 

3480
01:58:29,235 --> 01:58:29,969
THERE'S A FEW TAKEAWAYS HERE. 

3481
01:58:29,969 --> 01:58:31,337
THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS TO SEE. 

3482
01:58:31,337 --> 01:58:35,274
BUT THE KEY THINGS TO SEE HERE 

3483
01:58:35,274 --> 01:58:36,976
ARE DURING THE GREAT RECESSION, 

3484
01:58:36,976 --> 01:58:43,049
SEATTLE SAW A 10% DECLINE IN ITS

3485
01:58:43,049 --> 01:58:45,184
TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE IN 2010, 

3486
01:58:45,184 --> 01:58:46,719
AND SMALLER DECLINES, BUT STILL 

3487
01:58:46,719 --> 01:58:49,255
DECLINES IN THE YEARS SO THAT'S

3488
01:58:49,255 --> 01:58:50,823
A 16% DECLINE IN TOTAL ASSESSED 

3489
01:58:50,823 --> 01:58:52,725
VALUE. AT THAT TIME THE RATE WAS

3490
01:58:52,725 --> 01:58:54,894
NOT AS SUCH THERE WAS ANY PRO 

3491
01:58:54,894 --> 01:58:56,462
RATIONING OR ANY SUCH THAT WAS 

3492
01:58:56,462 --> 01:58:57,830
NEEDED. BUT HAD WE BEEN CLOSER 

3493
01:58:57,830 --> 01:59:00,500
TO THAT CAP, IT COULD HAVE BEEN 

3494
01:59:00,500 --> 01:59:04,337
THE CASE. SO AFTER THE GREAT 

3495
01:59:04,337 --> 01:59:05,605
RECESSION, WE EXPERIENCED 

3496
01:59:05,605 --> 01:59:07,273
FORTUNATELY A BOOM IN GROWTH IN 

3497
01:59:07,273 --> 01:59:09,175
THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE TRACKED

3498
01:59:09,175 --> 01:59:11,210
BY THE -- YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF 

3499
01:59:11,210 --> 01:59:13,579
UPWARD STEEP GROWTH IN THE SOLID

3500
01:59:13,579 --> 01:59:15,348
LINE AND THAT DASHED LINE 

3501
01:59:15,348 --> 01:59:18,351
THAT'S HITTING CLOSE TO 15% IN 

3502
01:59:18,351 --> 01:59:20,887
SEVERAL YEARS. SO THAT HAD THE 

3503
01:59:20,887 --> 01:59:23,155
EFFECT OF REALLY EXPANDING OUR 

3504
01:59:23,155 --> 01:59:27,760
TAX CAPACITY IN THE CITY OF 

3505
01:59:27,760 --> 01:59:29,795
SEATTLE. AND SO THAT TREND 

3506
01:59:29,795 --> 01:59:30,763
CONTINUED UNTIL AROUND 2020 OR 

3507
01:59:30,763 --> 01:59:32,231
SO. AND THEN MORE RECENT YEARS 

3508
01:59:32,231 --> 01:59:35,801
WE'VE SEEN A SLOWDOWN IN GROWTH

3509
01:59:35,801 --> 01:59:37,670
IN THE ASSESSED VALUE FOR A 

3510
01:59:37,670 --> 01:59:39,539
NUMBER OF THINGS. BUT AT THE END

3511
01:59:39,539 --> 01:59:42,542
OF THE DAY, IT'S TRULY KIND OF 

3512
01:59:42,542 --> 01:59:44,911
FORMING A MORE -- MORE OF A 

3513
01:59:44,911 --> 01:59:46,078
CONSTRAINT ON OUR CAPACITY THAN 

3514
01:59:46,078 --> 01:59:47,413
WE'D SEEN IN THE LAST DECADE. 

3515
01:59:47,413 --> 01:59:51,117
IN FACT, WE HAD A SMALLER 2% 

3516
01:59:51,117 --> 01:59:52,985
DECREASE IN '25, AND IT WAS 

3517
01:59:52,985 --> 01:59:54,120
ESSENTIALLY -- IT WAS 

3518
01:59:54,120 --> 01:59:56,289
ESSENTIALLY FLAT THROUGH THOSE 

3519
01:59:56,289 --> 02:00:01,594
YEARS. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 2%, 

3520
02:00:01,594 --> 02:00:03,763
3% IN THE 2026 PROJECTION. SO --

3521
02:00:03,763 --> 02:00:06,365
BUT ESSENTIALLY EVERY TIME THE 

3522
02:00:06,365 --> 02:00:08,768
ASSESSED VALUE GROWS, IT ADDS 

3523
02:00:08,768 --> 02:00:12,004
CAPACITY EVERY TIME ASSESSED 

3524
02:00:12,004 --> 02:00:13,272
VALUE DECLINES, YOU LOSE 

3525
02:00:13,272 --> 02:00:16,309
CAPACITY. SO BEFORE I SHOW YOU 

3526
02:00:16,309 --> 02:00:16,976
THE NEXT GRAPHIC -- 

3527
02:00:16,976 --> 02:00:20,079
>> TOM, AND THAT'S BECAUSE AS 

3528
02:00:20,079 --> 02:00:21,847
ASSESSED VALUES DECREASE, YOU'RE

3529
02:00:21,847 --> 02:00:22,982
STILL COLLECTING THE SAME 

3530
02:00:22,982 --> 02:00:24,717
PERCENTAGE ON THAT LEVY, BUT NOW

3531
02:00:24,717 --> 02:00:28,354
YOU HAVE LESS -- THE HOUSEHOLDS 

3532
02:00:28,354 --> 02:00:29,789
ARE PAYING MORE BECAUSE THE 

3533
02:00:29,789 --> 02:00:32,158
ASSESSED VALUE IS LESS BUT THE 

3534
02:00:32,158 --> 02:00:32,792
PERCENTAGE IS HIGH. 

3535
02:00:32,792 --> 02:00:34,627
>> IT'S BASICALLY -- IF YOU 

3536
02:00:34,627 --> 02:00:36,195
THINK ABOUT THE -- WELL, I'LL 

3537
02:00:36,195 --> 02:00:40,199
SHOW YOU THE GRAPH, BUT IT'S 

3538
02:00:40,199 --> 02:00:41,167
BASICALLY $3.60 IS THE MAXIMUM 

3539
02:00:41,167 --> 02:00:43,669
RATE THAT THESE -- THE LEVIES 

3540
02:00:43,669 --> 02:00:45,304
THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE 

3541
02:00:45,304 --> 02:00:47,006
GENERAL EXPENSE AND THE LID 

3542
02:00:47,006 --> 02:00:48,341
LIFTS, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM 

3543
02:00:48,341 --> 02:00:49,642
COMBINED THAT THOSE LEVIES CAN 

3544
02:00:49,642 --> 02:00:52,378
USE TO GENERATE REVENUE. SO YOU 

3545
02:00:52,378 --> 02:00:53,980
TAKE THE $3.60 TIMES THE TOTAL 

3546
02:00:53,980 --> 02:00:54,614
ASSESSED VALUE PROJECTION, AND 

3547
02:00:54,614 --> 02:00:56,248
THAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 

3548
02:00:56,248 --> 02:00:58,084
REVENUE THAT WE CAN GET. SO IF 

3549
02:00:58,084 --> 02:00:59,719
WE EVER GET INTO A SITUATION 

3550
02:00:59,719 --> 02:01:00,319
WHERE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 

3551
02:01:00,319 --> 02:01:03,723
REVENUE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT INTO

3552
02:01:03,723 --> 02:01:05,124
THE BUDGET EXCEEDS THAT CAP, 

3553
02:01:05,124 --> 02:01:05,825
THEN SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN 

3554
02:01:05,825 --> 02:01:08,294
TO BRING US DOWN BELOW THAT CAP.

3555
02:01:08,294 --> 02:01:12,531
SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH A MATTER OF

3556
02:01:12,531 --> 02:01:13,599
SHIFTING BURDENS BETWEEN 

3557
02:01:13,599 --> 02:01:14,533
HOUSEHOLDS, BUT IT'S MORE JUST 

3558
02:01:14,533 --> 02:01:18,437
AN EFFECTIVE LIMIT ON THE TOTAL 

3559
02:01:18,437 --> 02:01:19,538
TAXING CAPACITY THAT WE HAVE. SO

3560
02:01:19,538 --> 02:01:19,905
WE -- 

3561
02:01:19,905 --> 02:01:20,673
>> THANK YOU. 

3562
02:01:20,673 --> 02:01:22,141
>> BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, AND 

3563
02:01:22,141 --> 02:01:23,442
AS THE CHAIR ALLUDED TO, WE'RE 

3564
02:01:23,442 --> 02:01:24,877
GETTING UP CLOSE TO THIS, EVEN 

3565
02:01:24,877 --> 02:01:27,213
THOUGH WE'RE KIND OF -- THIS IS

3566
02:01:27,213 --> 02:01:29,415
THE LAST LID LIFT IN THE SERIES 

3567
02:01:29,415 --> 02:01:31,317
OF LID LIFTS THAT WE HAVE AT THE

3568
02:01:31,317 --> 02:01:34,587
CITY BEFORE WE CONTINUE THE NEXT

3569
02:01:34,587 --> 02:01:35,921
CYCLE OF RENEWALS. WE ARE 

3570
02:01:35,921 --> 02:01:37,990
LOOKING AT KIND OF A DIFFERENT 

3571
02:01:37,990 --> 02:01:39,292
SITUATION PROJECTED OUT THAN 

3572
02:01:39,292 --> 02:01:42,862
WE'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW 

3573
02:01:42,862 --> 02:01:43,562
YEARS. AND SO WE'RE KIND OF 

3574
02:01:43,562 --> 02:01:45,431
REFRESHING -- THERE WAS A PRIOR 

3575
02:01:45,431 --> 02:01:46,499
DISCUSSION IN THE FINANCE 

3576
02:01:46,499 --> 02:01:49,301
COMMITTEE HEADED UP BY CBO WHERE

3577
02:01:49,301 --> 02:01:51,871
WE TALKED ABOUT THE CAPACITY, 

3578
02:01:51,871 --> 02:01:52,571
WE'RE USING THE SAME 

3579
02:01:52,571 --> 02:01:53,706
INFORMATION BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, 

3580
02:01:53,706 --> 02:01:57,209
KIND OF REFRESH THAT AND DISCUSS

3581
02:01:57,209 --> 02:01:59,178
THAT THIS MORNING OF HOW THAT 

3582
02:01:59,178 --> 02:02:01,681
PROJECTION WAS PRODUCED. SO, 

3583
02:02:01,681 --> 02:02:03,716
AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE RATE 

3584
02:02:03,716 --> 02:02:05,384
CAP, $3.60, BUT WE'RE NOT 

3585
02:02:05,384 --> 02:02:06,619
INCLUDING THE BONDS, WE'RE NOT 

3586
02:02:06,619 --> 02:02:08,688
INCLUDING THE PARKS DISTRICT 

3587
02:02:08,688 --> 02:02:11,357
BECAUSE THOSE ARE NOT INCLUDED 

3588
02:02:11,357 --> 02:02:13,459
UNDERNEATH THE CAP. AND THEN 

3589
02:02:13,459 --> 02:02:15,461
THERE'S REALLY TWO WAYS -- 

3590
02:02:15,461 --> 02:02:18,364
WE'VE LOOKED AT IT KIND OF 

3591
02:02:18,364 --> 02:02:19,832
INTERNALLY, INFORMALLY, THERE'S

3592
02:02:19,832 --> 02:02:21,467
THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE $3.60 

3593
02:02:21,467 --> 02:02:23,602
RATE AND THERE'S A NINE% THAT 

3594
02:02:23,602 --> 02:02:24,437
SAYS, HEY, WE'VE SEEN THE 

3595
02:02:24,437 --> 02:02:25,705
ASSESSED VALUE CAN DROP AS MUCH 

3596
02:02:25,705 --> 02:02:30,176
AS 10% IN THE PAST, SO TO BE 

3597
02:02:30,176 --> 02:02:31,477
MORE CONSERVATIVE, PERHAPS USING

3598
02:02:31,477 --> 02:02:32,578
A DIFFERENT PLANNING HORIZON, 

3599
02:02:32,578 --> 02:02:35,581
THIS MIGHT BE PRUDENT IN ORDER 

3600
02:02:35,581 --> 02:02:37,550
TO AVOID HAVING TO REDUCE THE 

3601
02:02:37,550 --> 02:02:40,453
AMOUNT OF REVENUE FROM LEVIES IF

3602
02:02:40,453 --> 02:02:43,956
WE EVER COME UP AGAINST THE CAP.

3603
02:02:43,956 --> 02:02:45,991
SO THE ASSUMPTION THAT'S BEING 

3604
02:02:45,991 --> 02:02:47,359
MADE IN THE PROJECTION WE'VE 

3605
02:02:47,359 --> 02:02:51,163
MADE IS THAT ALL OF THE LEVY LID

3606
02:02:51,163 --> 02:02:56,302
LIFTS ARE RENEWED IN FUTURE 

3607
02:02:56,302 --> 02:02:57,503
YEARS, ACCORDING TO THE RENEWAL 

3608
02:02:57,503 --> 02:02:58,170
SCHEDULES. BUT THEY'RE REKNEWED

3609
02:02:58,170 --> 02:03:01,006
ONLY BASED ON THE GROWTH OF 

3610
02:03:01,006 --> 02:03:02,441
INFLATION. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT

3611
02:03:02,441 --> 02:03:03,376
BECAUSE -- WELL, THERE ARE 

3612
02:03:03,376 --> 02:03:05,945
MULTIPLE REASONS WHY THERE COULD

3613
02:03:05,945 --> 02:03:07,446
BE A NEED FOR HIGHER REVENUE, 

3614
02:03:07,446 --> 02:03:09,381
CONFLATION, COST OF THINGS GOING

3615
02:03:09,381 --> 02:03:11,450
UP IS A CLEAR ONE. ANOTHER THING

3616
02:03:11,450 --> 02:03:13,519
TO CONSIDER IS POPULATION 

3617
02:03:13,519 --> 02:03:15,187
GROWTH. SO AS THE POPULATION 

3618
02:03:15,187 --> 02:03:18,858
GROWS, YOUR AMOUNT OF REVENUE 

3619
02:03:18,858 --> 02:03:19,458
PER PERSON DECLINES. AND SO 

3620
02:03:19,458 --> 02:03:21,494
WE'RE ONLY DOING INFLATION TO 

3621
02:03:21,494 --> 02:03:24,363
KEEP UP WITH THE COST OF LIVING,

3622
02:03:24,363 --> 02:03:27,333
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO JUST 

3623
02:03:27,333 --> 02:03:28,300
POINT THAT OUT. FINALLY -- AND 

3624
02:03:28,300 --> 02:03:30,669
THIS IS KIND OF GOING FROM A 

3625
02:03:30,669 --> 02:03:31,237
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, THE 

3626
02:03:31,237 --> 02:03:32,438
ASSESSED VALUE IS ONLY GROWN AT 

3627
02:03:32,438 --> 02:03:33,773
3% IN THE YEAR IN THE FUTURE 

3628
02:03:33,773 --> 02:03:35,474
WHICH IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE

3629
02:03:35,474 --> 02:03:36,475
BASED ON THE NUMBERS PRESENTED 

3630
02:03:36,475 --> 02:03:38,344
FROM THE FORECAST OFFICE WHICH 

3631
02:03:38,344 --> 02:03:42,181
IS MORE ON THE ORDER OF 5%. IT 

3632
02:03:42,181 --> 02:03:43,549
DOESN'T HAVE AN EFFECT OF 

3633
02:03:43,549 --> 02:03:44,750
LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF THE 

3634
02:03:44,750 --> 02:03:45,484
LIBRARY LEVY DISCUSSION WE'VE 

3635
02:03:45,484 --> 02:03:46,819
HAD THIS MORNING, IT'S JUST A 

3636
02:03:46,819 --> 02:03:50,890
MORE -- BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT 

3637
02:03:50,890 --> 02:03:52,391
OF UNCERTAINTY WITH REGARDS TO 

3638
02:03:52,391 --> 02:03:55,394
COMMERCIAL OFFICE VACANCIES AND 

3639
02:03:55,394 --> 02:03:57,763
THE MORTGAGE RATES CONSTRAINING 

3640
02:03:57,763 --> 02:03:58,998
THE HOUSING MARKET. CBO AND 

3641
02:03:58,998 --> 02:04:00,866
CENTRAL STAFF IN TANDEM FELT IT 

3642
02:04:00,866 --> 02:04:03,836
WAS MORE CONSERVATIVE TO USE A 

3643
02:04:03,836 --> 02:04:07,139
3% PROJECTION IN THE FUTURE. SO 

3644
02:04:07,139 --> 02:04:07,973
WITH THOSE ASSUMPTIONS, SO THIS 

3645
02:04:07,973 --> 02:04:13,312
IS THE GRAPH OF HOW THIS LOOKS. 

3646
02:04:13,312 --> 02:04:16,048
AND IT'S VERY COLORFUL CHART, 

3647
02:04:16,048 --> 02:04:19,618
AND THE COLORS MEAN DIFFERENT 

3648
02:04:19,618 --> 02:04:21,086
THINGS. THE BARS ARE ESSENTIALLY

3649
02:04:21,086 --> 02:04:22,688
THE LEVIES. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW 

3650
02:04:22,688 --> 02:04:24,957
-- AS RECENTLY AS 2020, THERE 

3651
02:04:24,957 --> 02:04:26,725
WAS A LOT OF CAPACITY. SO THE 

3652
02:04:26,725 --> 02:04:30,362
BAR CHART IN 2020 INCLUDES THE 

3653
02:04:30,362 --> 02:04:34,900
GENERAL EXPENSE LEVY AND ALL OF 

3654
02:04:34,900 --> 02:04:35,534
THE VOTER-APPROVED LEVIES UNDER 

3655
02:04:35,534 --> 02:04:37,369
$600 MILLION, AND THEN YOU CAN 

3656
02:04:37,369 --> 02:04:40,606
SEE KIND OF THE LINES GROWN AT 

3657
02:04:40,606 --> 02:04:42,741
THE TOP. THERE'S THE MAGENTA 

3658
02:04:42,741 --> 02:04:44,810
LINE AND THE BLUE LINE, THE 

3659
02:04:44,810 --> 02:04:46,946
MAGENTA BEING THE CAPACITY, SO 

3660
02:04:46,946 --> 02:04:47,847
THE TOTAL LEVY CAPACITY AT 

3661
02:04:47,847 --> 02:04:50,149
$3.60, AND THE BLUE LINE IS THE 

3662
02:04:50,149 --> 02:04:52,117
90% OF THAT KIND OF ACCOUNTING 

3663
02:04:52,117 --> 02:04:54,553
FOR THE FACT THAT ASSESSED VALUE

3664
02:04:54,553 --> 02:04:58,858
CAN DROP. AND SO YOU CAN SEE AS 

3665
02:04:58,858 --> 02:05:00,559
THE DIFFERENT SEPARATE LEVY LID 

3666
02:05:00,559 --> 02:05:01,827
LIFTS HAVE BEEN RENEWED, WE'VE 

3667
02:05:01,827 --> 02:05:03,863
GOTTEN CLOSER AND CLOSER TO BOTH

3668
02:05:03,863 --> 02:05:06,532
OF THOSE LINES. AND THEN HERE IF

3669
02:05:06,532 --> 02:05:09,602
YOU GO THEN FROM FROM 2026 TO 

3670
02:05:09,602 --> 02:05:11,503
2027, YOU CAN SEE -- SO THE 

3671
02:05:11,503 --> 02:05:14,240
LIBRARY LEVY IS THE KIND OF 

3672
02:05:14,240 --> 02:05:17,343
BRIGHT ORANGE LEVY. WE HAVEN'T 

3673
02:05:17,343 --> 02:05:18,878
INCLUDED AN ASSUMPTION FOR THAT 

3674
02:05:18,878 --> 02:05:22,481
IN THIS GRAPH, BUT THERE IS A --

3675
02:05:22,481 --> 02:05:26,919
THE SHADED -- THE TOP SEGMENT OF

3676
02:05:26,919 --> 02:05:28,954
THE BARS FROM '27 THROUGH 2023,

3677
02:05:28,954 --> 02:05:30,189
THAT IS KIND OF ESSENTIALLY THE 

3678
02:05:30,189 --> 02:05:31,924
CAPACITY, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE 

3679
02:05:31,924 --> 02:05:34,760
THAT CAN BE GENERATED FROM 

3680
02:05:34,760 --> 02:05:37,663
PROPERTY TAXES USING THE 90% OF 

3681
02:05:37,663 --> 02:05:40,165
THE FULL CAPACITY LIMIT AS THE 

3682
02:05:40,165 --> 02:05:42,368
CONSTRAINT. AND WHEN YOU KIND OF

3683
02:05:42,368 --> 02:05:45,004
GRAPH THAT OUT, YOU COME TO 

3684
02:05:45,004 --> 02:05:48,941
ABOUT $111 MILLION PER YEAR OF 

3685
02:05:48,941 --> 02:05:51,543
EFFECTIVE TAXING ABILITY. AND SO

3686
02:05:51,543 --> 02:05:52,278
THE LIBRARY LEVY, AS DISCUSSED, 

3687
02:05:52,278 --> 02:05:54,313
AS PRESENTED BY THE MAYOR, WOULD

3688
02:05:54,313 --> 02:05:56,582
DRAW ABOUT $56 MILLION PER YEAR 

3689
02:05:56,582 --> 02:05:58,951
OF THAT $111. SO THERE WOULD BE 

3690
02:05:58,951 --> 02:06:01,453
ABOUT $55 MILLION OF TAXING 

3691
02:06:01,453 --> 02:06:03,422
CAPACITY BASED ON THESE 

3692
02:06:03,422 --> 02:06:05,157
PROJECTIONS IN THE FUTURE. AND, 

3693
02:06:05,157 --> 02:06:07,159
AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL 

3694
02:06:07,159 --> 02:06:08,794
PROJECTIONS. IT'S ALL JUST A 

3695
02:06:08,794 --> 02:06:11,530
POINT IN TIME, AND HOPEFULLY 

3696
02:06:11,530 --> 02:06:13,165
ASSESSED VALUE WILL OUTPERFORM 

3697
02:06:13,165 --> 02:06:16,335
THESE NUMBERS. HOWEVER, IF IT 

3698
02:06:16,335 --> 02:06:21,540
GOES DOWN, THE PICTURE, OF 

3699
02:06:21,540 --> 02:06:23,242
COURSE, CHANGES. YEAH. AND 

3700
02:06:23,242 --> 02:06:25,744
FINALLY -- WE TALKED ABOUT THE 

3701
02:06:25,744 --> 02:06:27,046
PRORATIONING. BUT IF THERE'S AT

3702
02:06:27,046 --> 02:06:29,381
ANY TIME THAT THE CITY LEVY 

3703
02:06:29,381 --> 02:06:30,215
WOULD EXCEED $3.60, THEN THE 

3704
02:06:30,215 --> 02:06:32,484
CITY WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH 

3705
02:06:32,484 --> 02:06:34,687
ONE OF THE LEVIES TO REDUCE TO 

3706
02:06:34,687 --> 02:06:35,387
COME UNDERNEATH THE CAP. 

3707
02:06:35,387 --> 02:06:37,756
>> AND THAT'S JUST IMPACTED BY 

3708
02:06:37,756 --> 02:06:41,961
THE ASSESSED VALUE, SOME CHANGE 

3709
02:06:41,961 --> 02:06:43,429
IN THE ASSESSED VALUE, DECREASE?

3710
02:06:43,429 --> 02:06:44,263
>> THAT'S CORRECT. 

3711
02:06:44,263 --> 02:06:44,897
>> OKAY. THANK YOU, TOM. SO 

3712
02:06:44,897 --> 02:06:48,734
THAT'S LIKE ONE OF THE BIG 

3713
02:06:48,734 --> 02:06:50,836
TAKEAWAYS ON THIS AND ALSO TO 

3714
02:06:50,836 --> 02:06:55,307
SHOW HOW CLOSELY WE ARE GETTING 

3715
02:06:55,307 --> 02:06:56,575
TO THAT CAPACITY PIECE. 

3716
02:06:56,575 --> 02:06:57,743
>> CORRECT. AND, AGAIN, THIS IS 

3717
02:06:57,743 --> 02:06:59,812
-- IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE KIND

3718
02:06:59,812 --> 02:07:01,547
OF LIKE A SCARE TACTIC, I GUESS,

3719
02:07:01,547 --> 02:07:02,781
FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. 

3720
02:07:02,781 --> 02:07:03,248
>> NO, NO, NO. 

3721
02:07:03,248 --> 02:07:05,084
>> WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THIS 

3722
02:07:05,084 --> 02:07:08,554
LIMIT, AND WE JUST WANT TO 

3723
02:07:08,554 --> 02:07:10,222
ENSURE THAT WE'RE EXPRESSING, 

3724
02:07:10,222 --> 02:07:13,392
YOU KNOW, FULL AWARENESS OF THAT

3725
02:07:13,392 --> 02:07:16,095
FACT BECAUSE 10 YEARS AGO 

3726
02:07:16,095 --> 02:07:16,895
COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CONTEXT, WE

3727
02:07:16,895 --> 02:07:18,964
WERE LOOKING AT LOTS OF WIDE 

3728
02:07:18,964 --> 02:07:20,466
SPACE OF CAPACITY, AND WE'RE 

3729
02:07:20,466 --> 02:07:23,235
JUST NO LONGER IN THAT 

3730
02:07:23,235 --> 02:07:23,535
SITUATION. 

3731
02:07:23,535 --> 02:07:24,169
>> AND THAT'S THE SECOND 

3732
02:07:24,169 --> 02:07:25,671
TAKEAWAY IS WE HAD A LOT OF 

3733
02:07:25,671 --> 02:07:27,172
CAPACITY IN THE PAST, BUT WE 

3734
02:07:27,172 --> 02:07:29,208
DON'T TODAY. AND SO WE NEED TO 

3735
02:07:29,208 --> 02:07:31,176
BE EYES WIDE OPEN WHEN WE MAKE 

3736
02:07:31,176 --> 02:07:35,214
DECISIONS ON HOW CLOSE WE ARE 

3737
02:07:35,214 --> 02:07:36,782
GETTING TO THAT CAPACITY BECAUSE

3738
02:07:36,782 --> 02:07:40,719
IF THERE SHOULD BE A NEED TO 

3739
02:07:40,719 --> 02:07:42,688
LEVY A DIFFERENT -- TO DO 

3740
02:07:42,688 --> 02:07:44,323
ANOTHER LEVY FOR A DIFFERENT 

3741
02:07:44,323 --> 02:07:46,658
PURPOSE, IT STARTS TO IMPACT OUR

3742
02:07:46,658 --> 02:07:47,626
ABILITY TO DO THAT. 

3743
02:07:47,626 --> 02:07:50,662
>> CORRECT. 

3744
02:07:50,662 --> 02:07:52,398
>> I MEAN, SO AS WE'RE -- IT'S

3745
02:07:52,398 --> 02:07:53,932
A REALITY, IT'S NOT A SCARE 

3746
02:07:53,932 --> 02:07:56,435
TACTIC, IT'S JUST A REALITY. 

3747
02:07:56,435 --> 02:07:58,570
THANK YOU, TOM. I'M GOING TO 

3748
02:07:58,570 --> 02:08:00,672
ROLL ALONG TO ERIC BECAUSE I 

3749
02:08:00,672 --> 02:08:02,207
KNOW WE'RE -- WE'RE AT TIME 

3750
02:08:02,207 --> 02:08:04,443
HERE. BUT WE'LL GO TO ERIC, AND

3751
02:08:04,443 --> 02:08:07,780
THEN IF FOLKS CAN STAY AND WANT 

3752
02:08:07,780 --> 02:08:10,716
TO ASK QUESTIONS, THAT'S GREAT 

3753
02:08:10,716 --> 02:08:11,116
TOO. I'M HERE. 

3754
02:08:11,116 --> 02:08:13,052
>> GREAT. THANKS VERY MUCH. A 

3755
02:08:13,052 --> 02:08:14,987
LOT OF THE THINGS THAT BRING TO 

3756
02:08:14,987 --> 02:08:16,288
YOUR ATTENTION IN A NORMAL 

3757
02:08:16,288 --> 02:08:18,290
PRESENTATION ON A BILL LIKE THIS

3758
02:08:18,290 --> 02:08:19,124
HAVE ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT UP 

3759
02:08:19,124 --> 02:08:21,760
SHALL, THE SIDES OF THE LEVY AT 

3760
02:08:21,760 --> 02:08:24,029
$410, THE HISTORY. THIS LEVY 

3761
02:08:24,029 --> 02:08:26,398
FOLLOWS ON FROM THE 2012 AND THE

3762
02:08:26,398 --> 02:08:28,067
2020 LIBRARY LEVIES THAT WERE 

3763
02:08:28,067 --> 02:08:29,068
SUCCESSFULLY PASSED BY VOTERS IN

3764
02:08:29,068 --> 02:08:31,603
THE PAST. I THINK THE HERITAGE 

3765
02:08:31,603 --> 02:08:32,438
IS UNDERSTOOD. THERE WAS A 1998 

3766
02:08:32,438 --> 02:08:34,339
LIBRARIES FOR ALL BOND MEASURE 

3767
02:08:34,339 --> 02:08:36,375
WHICH MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED 

3768
02:08:36,375 --> 02:08:37,509
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 

3769
02:08:37,509 --> 02:08:39,078
BOND MEASURES AND LEVIES, THAT 

3770
02:08:39,078 --> 02:08:41,980
WAS USED TO REMODEL NEARLY ALL 

3771
02:08:41,980 --> 02:08:43,749
THE LIBRARIES, BUILD TWO NEW 

3772
02:08:43,749 --> 02:08:45,250
LIBRARIES AND BUILD A CENTRAL 

3773
02:08:45,250 --> 02:08:46,752
LIBRARY THAT WAS ALSO A 

3774
02:08:46,752 --> 02:08:48,020
SUCCESSFUL MEASURE AND THE 

3775
02:08:48,020 --> 02:08:49,121
PRESENTERS FROM THE MAYORS 

3776
02:08:49,121 --> 02:08:50,022
OFFICE AND SEVERAL PEOPLE 

3777
02:08:50,022 --> 02:08:52,925
COLLABORATED NOTED THAT A LOT OF

3778
02:08:52,925 --> 02:08:53,725
THOSE STRUCTURES THAT TO ME 

3779
02:08:53,725 --> 02:08:55,194
STILL SEEMED NEW BECAUSE OF MY 

3780
02:08:55,194 --> 02:08:57,129
AGE AND HISTORY WITH SEATTLE ARE

3781
02:08:57,129 --> 02:08:59,465
20 YEARS OLD. SO THAT BECOMES A 

3782
02:08:59,465 --> 02:09:00,199
PART OF THIS ONGOING DISCUSSION.

3783
02:09:00,199 --> 02:09:02,601
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK

3784
02:09:02,601 --> 02:09:05,070
I'LL JUST FRAME UP SORT OF TWO 

3785
02:09:05,070 --> 02:09:06,305
ISSUES FOR CONSIDERATION. ONE, 

3786
02:09:06,305 --> 02:09:08,307
I'LL JUST SAY OUT LOUD, LEVY 

3787
02:09:08,307 --> 02:09:10,375
CAPACITY. THAT'S ALREADY BEEN 

3788
02:09:10,375 --> 02:09:11,143
WELL COVERED, SO THAT CHECKS ONE

3789
02:09:11,143 --> 02:09:14,079
BOX. TWO, THIS HAS TO DO WITH 

3790
02:09:14,079 --> 02:09:14,947
THE GOVERNANCE AND BUDGETING 

3791
02:09:14,947 --> 02:09:15,581
THROUGHOUT THE SEATTLE PUBLIC 

3792
02:09:15,581 --> 02:09:18,951
LIBRARY, AS IS TRUE FOR EVERY 

3793
02:09:18,951 --> 02:09:20,352
FALL WHEN THE COUNCIL HAS ITS [ 

3794
02:09:20,352 --> 02:09:23,722
INAUDIBLE ] BASED ON THE BUDGET 

3795
02:09:23,722 --> 02:09:24,523
DELIVERED BY THE MAYOR. WE'D 

3796
02:09:24,523 --> 02:09:26,058
JUST LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL 

3797
02:09:26,058 --> 02:09:27,259
AND THE PUBLIC THAT THE 

3798
02:09:27,259 --> 02:09:29,294
GOVERNANCE FOR THE LIBRARY IS 

3799
02:09:29,294 --> 02:09:30,229
DIFFERENT, THAT THE LIBRARY 

3800
02:09:30,229 --> 02:09:32,765
BOARD HAS THAT EXCLUSIVE CONTROL

3801
02:09:32,765 --> 02:09:33,665
OVER THE FINANCES OF THE 

3802
02:09:33,665 --> 02:09:35,367
LIBRARY. THAT'S KIND OF COMES 

3803
02:09:35,367 --> 02:09:36,902
OUT OF THE CITY CHARTER AND ALSO

3804
02:09:36,902 --> 02:09:39,571
STATE LAW. AND SO THE WAY THAT 

3805
02:09:39,571 --> 02:09:42,074
THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IS WRITTEN 

3806
02:09:42,074 --> 02:09:44,176
FOR THE LIBRARY LEVY, THE 

3807
02:09:44,176 --> 02:09:45,043
CATEGORIES AND EXAMPLES FOR 

3808
02:09:45,043 --> 02:09:45,878
SPENDING ARE ILLUSTRATIVE AND 

3809
02:09:45,878 --> 02:09:47,579
GIVES SORT OF THE LEEWAY TO THE 

3810
02:09:47,579 --> 02:09:50,582
LIBRARY BOARD TO MAKE THOSE 

3811
02:09:50,582 --> 02:09:51,950
DECISIONS THROUGH TIME. THAT 

3812
02:09:51,950 --> 02:09:54,186
BEING SAID, THE PAST LEVY 

3813
02:09:54,186 --> 02:09:55,254
ORDINANCES AND THIS ONE WOULD 

3814
02:09:55,254 --> 02:09:58,791
HAVE THE LIBRARY COME IN AND 

3815
02:09:58,791 --> 02:10:00,325
REPORT ON THE PROGRESS FOR 

3816
02:10:00,325 --> 02:10:02,594
ACHIEVING THE AIMS, THE 

3817
02:10:02,594 --> 02:10:04,163
CATEGORIES THAT ARE DECLARED IN 

3818
02:10:04,163 --> 02:10:06,465
THAT LEVY ORDINANCE TO THE 

3819
02:10:06,465 --> 02:10:08,400
COUNCIL YEARLY. THEY HAVE DONE 

3820
02:10:08,400 --> 02:10:09,768
THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS 

3821
02:10:09,768 --> 02:10:12,004
UNFAILINGLY. AND ALSO AS 

3822
02:10:12,004 --> 02:10:13,672
EVIDENCED BY TWO MEETINGS IN 

3823
02:10:13,672 --> 02:10:14,540
YOUR COMMITTEE, CHAIR, THE 

3824
02:10:14,540 --> 02:10:15,407
LIBRARY EDUCATION AND 

3825
02:10:15,407 --> 02:10:16,809
NEIGHBORHOODS COMMITTEE AND ALSO

3826
02:10:16,809 --> 02:10:17,943
THE FIRST MEETING OF THIS 

3827
02:10:17,943 --> 02:10:19,344
COMMITTEE, THERE WAS EXTENSIVE 

3828
02:10:19,344 --> 02:10:23,248
REPORT OUT IN THE 2019 LEVY 

3829
02:10:23,248 --> 02:10:23,949
PERFORMANCE THAT FLOWS FROM 

3830
02:10:23,949 --> 02:10:26,785
THAT. SO THOSE ARE SORT OF THE 

3831
02:10:26,785 --> 02:10:30,055
MAIN THINGS THAT I WANT TO 

3832
02:10:30,055 --> 02:10:32,758
COVER. MAYBE JUST AS SORT OF 

3833
02:10:32,758 --> 02:10:34,393
TOUCHING ON GOING FORWARD, 

3834
02:10:34,393 --> 02:10:36,328
YOU'LL ALL BE HERE AGAIN IN 

3835
02:10:36,328 --> 02:10:37,963
MARCH 31st. THAT'S FOR NEXT 

3836
02:10:37,963 --> 02:10:38,630
STEPS, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING 

3837
02:10:38,630 --> 02:10:39,998
BASED ON CONVERSATIONS WITH THE 

3838
02:10:39,998 --> 02:10:40,766
CHAIR AND WHAT SHE'S 

3839
02:10:40,766 --> 02:10:41,500
COMMUNICATED TO YOU ALL THAT 

3840
02:10:41,500 --> 02:10:43,168
THERE WILL BE A TIME TO TALK 

3841
02:10:43,168 --> 02:10:43,969
ABOUT POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS. I 

3842
02:10:43,969 --> 02:10:46,138
WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE 

3843
02:10:46,138 --> 02:10:46,805
INTERNAL DEADLINE WHICH IS 

3844
02:10:46,805 --> 02:10:50,008
REALLY TO HELP ME HELP YOU GET 

3845
02:10:50,008 --> 02:10:52,144
THINGS DONE ON TIME. SO PLEASE 

3846
02:10:52,144 --> 02:10:53,345
REACH OUT TO ME, REALLY LOOKING 

3847
02:10:53,345 --> 02:10:54,846
KIND OF MIDDAY TOMORROW, SEEMS 

3848
02:10:54,846 --> 02:10:56,348
LIKE A QUICK TURN AROUND, BUT 

3849
02:10:56,348 --> 02:10:57,249
HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE THE 

3850
02:10:57,249 --> 02:10:58,250
INFORMATION YOU NEED BY THEN. OF

3851
02:10:58,250 --> 02:10:59,451
COURSE WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK 

3852
02:10:59,451 --> 02:11:02,554
WITH YOU. THIS IS REALLY JUST TO

3853
02:11:02,554 --> 02:11:05,090
ABIDE BY THE DOUZ RULES THAT SAY

3854
02:11:05,090 --> 02:11:08,160
THAT 9:30 ON THE DAY BEFORE THE 

3855
02:11:08,160 --> 02:11:10,896
9:30 MEETING, SO THAT WOULD BE 

3856
02:11:10,896 --> 02:11:12,197
THE 30th FOR THE 31st MEETING, 

3857
02:11:12,197 --> 02:11:13,799
ALL THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE 

3858
02:11:13,799 --> 02:11:14,566
DISTRIBUTED TO YOUR COLLEAGUES 

3859
02:11:14,566 --> 02:11:17,502
AND THE CLERK AND PEOPLE LIKE 

3860
02:11:17,502 --> 02:11:19,071
ME. OTHER THAN THAT, IN 

3861
02:11:19,071 --> 02:11:20,305
RECOGNITION OF THE TIME, I'LL 

3862
02:11:20,305 --> 02:11:23,208
JUST SAY THAT THIS SCHEDULE THAT

3863
02:11:23,208 --> 02:11:24,509
WE'RE WORKING ON ESTABLISHED 

3864
02:11:24,509 --> 02:11:29,147
FOR THE SELECT COMMITTEE IS SET 

3865
02:11:29,147 --> 02:11:31,617
TO BE SUCCESSFUL TO HAVE THIS 

3866
02:11:31,617 --> 02:11:32,818
LEVY BE -- HAVE FINAL 

3867
02:11:32,818 --> 02:11:34,186
CONSIDERATION BEFORE THE COUNCIL

3868
02:11:34,186 --> 02:11:37,723
IN TIME TO SEND IT TO THE KING 

3869
02:11:37,723 --> 02:11:40,392
COUNTY ELECTIONS BY MAY 1st. SO 

3870
02:11:40,392 --> 02:11:42,194
THAT'S WHY WE ARE SORT OF 

3871
02:11:42,194 --> 02:11:44,263
MINDING THE TIME WITH THE LAST 

3872
02:11:44,263 --> 02:11:45,230
MEETING AS SCHEDULED ON APRIL 

3873
02:11:45,230 --> 02:11:48,634
8th, THIS COULD GO TO COUNCIL ON

3874
02:11:48,634 --> 02:11:49,701
APRIL 14th. THAT DOES STILL 

3875
02:11:49,701 --> 02:11:51,403
LEAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING IN

3876
02:11:51,403 --> 02:11:53,405
THERE AS SORT OF A LAST DITCH. 

3877
02:11:53,405 --> 02:11:57,175
IT'S NOT ADVISED TO GO PAST 

3878
02:11:57,175 --> 02:11:58,210
THAT 21st MEETING COUNCIL. AND 

3879
02:11:58,210 --> 02:12:00,178
I'M JUST SORT OF FRAMING IT AS 

3880
02:12:00,178 --> 02:12:02,447
IN MY ROLE ON CENTRAL STAFF AS 

3881
02:12:02,447 --> 02:12:03,615
SORT OF LIKE THE PARAMETERS, THE

3882
02:12:03,615 --> 02:12:05,517
PLAN AS SET UP NOW IS APRIL 8th 

3883
02:12:05,517 --> 02:12:08,287
WITH A VOTE AT COUNCIL ON THE 

3884
02:12:08,287 --> 02:12:10,389
14th. BUT THAT DOES LEAVE A 

3885
02:12:10,389 --> 02:12:11,290
BUFFER THAT WOULD BE A 

3886
02:12:11,290 --> 02:12:12,658
REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET

3887
02:12:12,658 --> 02:12:14,493
THINGS PROCESSED TO GET IT TO 

3888
02:12:14,493 --> 02:12:16,795
THE COUNTY BY MAY 1st. THAT NEXT

3889
02:12:16,795 --> 02:12:20,766
MEETING ON THE 28th REALLY IS 

3890
02:12:20,766 --> 02:12:22,734
TOO SOON BEFORE THE 1st TO 

3891
02:12:22,734 --> 02:12:23,435
ACHIEVE THAT, AND I THINK I'LL 

3892
02:12:23,435 --> 02:12:26,738
STOP THERE BECAUSE I'M OUT OF 

3893
02:12:26,738 --> 02:12:27,272
STEAM. THANK YOU. 

3894
02:12:27,272 --> 02:12:30,042
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. AND I WAS --

3895
02:12:30,042 --> 02:12:33,912
CAN WE FOLLOW UP ON THAT 21st? 

3896
02:12:33,912 --> 02:12:35,480
BECAUSE I HAD A DIFFERENT 

3897
02:12:35,480 --> 02:12:36,782
UNDERSTANDING. FROM LAW. 

3898
02:12:36,782 --> 02:12:38,817
>> YEAH. AND I DON'T MEAN TO 

3899
02:12:38,817 --> 02:12:39,651
INTRODUCE SORT OF A WRIPGLE 

3900
02:12:39,651 --> 02:12:41,186
THERE. I'M JUST SORT OF -- THE 

3901
02:12:41,186 --> 02:12:42,754
PLAN IS SET UP IN THE SELECT 

3902
02:12:42,754 --> 02:12:44,122
COMMITTEE, AS YOU WELL KNOW, IS 

3903
02:12:44,122 --> 02:12:45,324
THAT THE LAST COMMUNITY MEETING 

3904
02:12:45,324 --> 02:12:47,759
IS APRIL 8th FOR A VOTE OF 

3905
02:12:47,759 --> 02:12:49,127
COUNCIL EXPECTED ON THE 14th, 

3906
02:12:49,127 --> 02:12:49,361
RIGHT? 

3907
02:12:49,361 --> 02:12:51,096
>> YES, CORRECT. 

3908
02:12:51,096 --> 02:12:51,963
>> BUT THAT'S PERHAPS THE 

3909
02:12:51,963 --> 02:12:53,799
UNANSWERED IS THERE WHAT IF WE 

3910
02:12:53,799 --> 02:12:55,133
DON'T MAKE THE 14th? I JUST 

3911
02:12:55,133 --> 02:12:57,002
WANT TO SUGGEST THAT THE 21st 

3912
02:12:57,002 --> 02:12:58,270
REMAINS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD 

3913
02:12:58,270 --> 02:12:59,504
CONSIDER. WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON 

3914
02:12:59,504 --> 02:13:00,706
THAT LATER OF COURSE. 

3915
02:13:00,706 --> 02:13:01,373
>> THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 

3916
02:13:01,373 --> 02:13:02,107
>> SURE. 

3917
02:13:02,107 --> 02:13:03,375
>> THAT WAS NOT MY 

3918
02:13:03,375 --> 02:13:04,609
UNDERSTANDING, AND SO WE HAVE 

3919
02:13:04,609 --> 02:13:05,610
DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDINGS. I WANT

3920
02:13:05,610 --> 02:13:08,747
TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CLEAR, 

3921
02:13:08,747 --> 02:13:10,315
ESPECIALLY FOR MY COLLEAGUES IN 

3922
02:13:10,315 --> 02:13:10,782
GETTING THIS THROUGH. 

3923
02:13:10,782 --> 02:13:11,283
>> SURE, ABSOLUTELY. 

3924
02:13:11,283 --> 02:13:12,451
>> I WANT TO BE CLEAR. 

3925
02:13:12,451 --> 02:13:13,952
>> THANK YOU. 

3926
02:13:13,952 --> 02:13:17,222
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. SO, 

3927
02:13:17,222 --> 02:13:18,757
COLLEAGUES, ARE THERE ANY 

3928
02:13:18,757 --> 02:13:21,960
QUESTIONS FOR TOM, EDIN OR ERIC 

3929
02:13:21,960 --> 02:13:25,630
EITHER ABOUT THE LEVY CAP OR THE

3930
02:13:25,630 --> 02:13:26,531
PROCESS AND THE ISSUE I.D.? 

3931
02:13:26,531 --> 02:13:27,132
COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 

3932
02:13:27,132 --> 02:13:29,634
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND

3933
02:13:29,634 --> 02:13:31,770
THANK YOU TO, AS ALWAYS, OUR 

3934
02:13:31,770 --> 02:13:33,238
FANTASTIC CENTRAL TAV TEAM. WE 

3935
02:13:33,238 --> 02:13:34,072
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR 

3936
02:13:34,072 --> 02:13:37,309
WORK. I WANTED TO JUST ASK A 

3937
02:13:37,309 --> 02:13:40,679
QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE RESERVE

3938
02:13:40,679 --> 02:13:42,514
THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED AS AN 

3939
02:13:42,514 --> 02:13:46,051
OPTION. IT'S INTERESTING THAT 

3940
02:13:46,051 --> 02:13:48,420
THAT RESERVE REFLECTS 10%, IS 

3941
02:13:48,420 --> 02:13:48,754
THAT CORRECT? 

3942
02:13:48,754 --> 02:13:49,421
>> YES, COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, 

3943
02:13:49,421 --> 02:13:49,855
THAT IS CORRECT. 

3944
02:13:49,855 --> 02:13:52,958
>> AND CAN YOU SHARE MORE ABOUT 

3945
02:13:52,958 --> 02:13:56,194
HOW YOU DECIDED ON 10% AS THE 

3946
02:13:56,194 --> 02:13:58,530
NUMBER THERE? I DO SEE THE 

3947
02:13:58,530 --> 02:13:59,464
GRAPHS THAT SHOW PREVIOUS 

3948
02:13:59,464 --> 02:14:01,566
FLUCTUATION, AND LOOKING AT THAT

3949
02:14:01,566 --> 02:14:03,268
GRAPH, THE ONLY TIME I SEE A 

3950
02:14:03,268 --> 02:14:05,470
FLUCTUATION QUITE SO STEEP IS 

3951
02:14:05,470 --> 02:14:07,239
WHEN WE HAD THE GREAT RECESSION.

3952
02:14:07,239 --> 02:14:08,840
SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY YOU 

3953
02:14:08,840 --> 02:14:10,776
LANDED ON -- IF I WERE LOOKING 

3954
02:14:10,776 --> 02:14:12,744
AT THIS GRAPH I MIGHT CALL AN 

3955
02:14:12,744 --> 02:14:14,079
OUTLIER NUMBER OF 10% AS OPPOSED

3956
02:14:14,079 --> 02:14:16,715
TO MORE MAYBE WHAT I WOULD CALL 

3957
02:14:16,715 --> 02:14:17,382
AN AVERAGE NUMBER? 

3958
02:14:17,382 --> 02:14:20,118
>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION, 

3959
02:14:20,118 --> 02:14:23,889
COUNCIL MEMBER. AND IT'S 

3960
02:14:23,889 --> 02:14:25,424
ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE 10% IS THE 

3961
02:14:25,424 --> 02:14:27,526
MOST EXTREME EXPERIENCE IN THE 

3962
02:14:27,526 --> 02:14:28,627
LAST 20 YEARS THAT WE'VE SEEN. 

3963
02:14:28,627 --> 02:14:30,996
AND SO IT WAS -- IT'S JUST KIND

3964
02:14:30,996 --> 02:14:33,799
OF AT THIS POINT USES AN 

3965
02:14:33,799 --> 02:14:35,967
INFORMAL GUIDELINE BASED ON WHAT

3966
02:14:35,967 --> 02:14:37,402
THE PAST EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN 

3967
02:14:37,402 --> 02:14:39,671
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN 

3968
02:14:39,671 --> 02:14:41,640
OUTLIE IF IT OCCURRED, AND SINCE

3969
02:14:41,640 --> 02:14:45,410
WE HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN, YOU 

3970
02:14:45,410 --> 02:14:47,579
KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY JUST USING

3971
02:14:47,579 --> 02:14:50,549
PAST EXPERIENCE TO APPLY THAT TO

3972
02:14:50,549 --> 02:14:52,184
THE FUTURE, SO, YEAH. 

3973
02:14:52,184 --> 02:14:55,654
>> GOT IT. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

3974
02:14:55,654 --> 02:14:59,157
IT'S SORT OF THE PAST, IF I 

3975
02:14:59,157 --> 02:15:00,659
MAY, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO 

3976
02:15:00,659 --> 02:15:01,159
THAT WE'VE SEEN HERE. 

3977
02:15:01,159 --> 02:15:01,493
>> CORRECT. 

3978
02:15:01,493 --> 02:15:05,096
>> DO YOU KNOW WHAT SORT OF AN 

3979
02:15:05,096 --> 02:15:06,531
AVERAGE FLUCTUATION IS? I'M 

3980
02:15:06,531 --> 02:15:08,166
SEEING SOME OF THESE MINUS 3%, 

3981
02:15:08,166 --> 02:15:09,801
MINUS 2%, AND THEN GOING UP AS 

3982
02:15:09,801 --> 02:15:12,871
HIGH AS 15 WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, 

3983
02:15:12,871 --> 02:15:14,139
AN OUTLIER. SO DO WE KNOW -- 

3984
02:15:14,139 --> 02:15:16,108
JUST TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF 

3985
02:15:16,108 --> 02:15:17,609
IS, LIKE, 10% THE RIGHT NUMBER 

3986
02:15:17,609 --> 02:15:21,012
IF WE WERE TO BE CONSIDERING A 

3987
02:15:21,012 --> 02:15:21,279
RESERVE? 

3988
02:15:21,279 --> 02:15:22,214
>> SO COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER, 

3989
02:15:22,214 --> 02:15:22,881
GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW 

3990
02:15:22,881 --> 02:15:24,382
THE AVERAGE -- SO I WOULD HAVE 

3991
02:15:24,382 --> 02:15:26,318
TO TAKE THE AVERAGE OF THE 

3992
02:15:26,318 --> 02:15:27,619
DECLINES BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T 

3993
02:15:27,619 --> 02:15:31,923
NECESSARILY BE TOO CONCERNED 

3994
02:15:31,923 --> 02:15:32,958
ABOUT THE AVERAGES OF THE 

3995
02:15:32,958 --> 02:15:34,693
GROWTH. SO, I MEAN, I COULD 

3996
02:15:34,693 --> 02:15:36,194
EYEBALL IT, BUT IT WOULD 

3997
02:15:36,194 --> 02:15:39,498
PROBABLY BE ON THE ORDER OF 5% 

3998
02:15:39,498 --> 02:15:39,764
PERHAPS. 

3999
02:15:39,764 --> 02:15:41,032
>> I APPRECIATE THE EYEBALL 

4000
02:15:41,032 --> 02:15:44,402
BECAUSE I HAVE AN MSW, NOT A 

4001
02:15:44,402 --> 02:15:45,270
MATH DEGREE, SO THAT'S VERY 

4002
02:15:45,270 --> 02:15:45,971
HELPFUL. AND JUST THE OTHER 

4003
02:15:45,971 --> 02:15:47,839
THING, AND I THINK THIS IS MAYBE

4004
02:15:47,839 --> 02:15:50,208
MORE STATEMENT THAN QUESTION, 

4005
02:15:50,208 --> 02:15:51,209
BUT SOMETHING I REALLY 

4006
02:15:51,209 --> 02:15:53,578
APPRECIATED IN THE SLIDES 

4007
02:15:53,578 --> 02:15:55,614
EARLIER WAS THE UNDERSTANDING OF

4008
02:15:55,614 --> 02:15:56,414
HOW MUCH OF THE PREVIOUS LIBRARY

4009
02:15:56,414 --> 02:15:59,951
LEVY -- EXCUSE ME, HOW MUCH OF 

4010
02:15:59,951 --> 02:16:01,386
THIS EXISTING LEVY REPRESENTS 

4011
02:16:01,386 --> 02:16:03,021
GROWTH VERSUS WHAT REPRESENTS 

4012
02:16:03,021 --> 02:16:05,991
SORT OF A SHIFT FROM THE GENERAL

4013
02:16:05,991 --> 02:16:08,560
FUND OVER TO THE LEVY. AND SO I 

4014
02:16:08,560 --> 02:16:10,128
JUST AM CURIOUS, DID CENTRAL 

4015
02:16:10,128 --> 02:16:12,130
STAFF DO ANY ANALYSIS WHEN YOU 

4016
02:16:12,130 --> 02:16:14,766
LOOKED AT THAT SORT OF LEVY 

4017
02:16:14,766 --> 02:16:18,837
GROWTH OF HELPING US UNDERSTAND 

4018
02:16:18,837 --> 02:16:21,206
WHERE THAT REFLECTS NEW PROGRAMS

4019
02:16:21,206 --> 02:16:22,073
OR EXPANDED DELIVERY VERSUS 

4020
02:16:22,073 --> 02:16:24,543
WHERE THAT REFLECTS SHIFT FROM 

4021
02:16:24,543 --> 02:16:25,310
GENERAL FUND INTO THE LEVY? 

4022
02:16:25,310 --> 02:16:26,878
>> YEAH. AND I'LL SHARE SOME 

4023
02:16:26,878 --> 02:16:27,946
NUMBERS WITH YOU, BUT, REALLY, 

4024
02:16:27,946 --> 02:16:30,749
I'M JUST RELYING ON WHAT THE 

4025
02:16:30,749 --> 02:16:32,350
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY DEVELOPED

4026
02:16:32,350 --> 02:16:33,385
AND WHAT THEY SHARED TODAY. 

4027
02:16:33,385 --> 02:16:35,086
FORGIVE ME IF THIS DOESN'T 

4028
02:16:35,086 --> 02:16:35,820
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. 

4029
02:16:35,820 --> 02:16:36,721
>> SORRY. I GOT THE LIBRARY 

4030
02:16:36,721 --> 02:16:38,490
NUMBERS. I WAS WONDERING IF WE 

4031
02:16:38,490 --> 02:16:39,925
COULD DID IT FOR THE BROADER 

4032
02:16:39,925 --> 02:16:41,059
LEVIES WHICH WE DID TODAY. 

4033
02:16:41,059 --> 02:16:42,260
>> EXCUSE ME. I HAVEN'T DONE 

4034
02:16:42,260 --> 02:16:44,329
THAT. WE CAN TAKE THAT AS A 

4035
02:16:44,329 --> 02:16:45,230
QUESTION AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

4036
02:16:45,230 --> 02:16:46,865
>> I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. 

4037
02:16:46,865 --> 02:16:49,134
>> UNLESS TOM AND ED HAVE THAT 

4038
02:16:49,134 --> 02:16:49,901
IN THEIR HIP POCKET. 

4039
02:16:49,901 --> 02:16:51,169
>> YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT CENTRAL 

4040
02:16:51,169 --> 02:16:52,938
STAFF HAS READY IN THEIR HIP 

4041
02:16:52,938 --> 02:16:53,171
POCKET. 

4042
02:16:53,171 --> 02:16:54,372
>> SOMETIMES WE CAN SURPRISE 

4043
02:16:54,372 --> 02:16:54,673
YOU, YEAH. 

4044
02:16:54,673 --> 02:16:57,375
>> I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THAT AS A 

4045
02:16:57,375 --> 02:16:58,543
FOLLOWUP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

4046
02:16:58,543 --> 02:17:00,779
THANK YOU, CHAIR. 

4047
02:17:00,779 --> 02:17:01,913
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 

4048
02:17:01,913 --> 02:17:03,615
FOSTER. COUNCIL MEMBER LIN, YOU 

4049
02:17:03,615 --> 02:17:03,982
ARE RECOGNIZED. 

4050
02:17:03,982 --> 02:17:08,687
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. COULD WE GO

4051
02:17:08,687 --> 02:17:09,888
BACK TO THE ASSESSED VALUE 

4052
02:17:09,888 --> 02:17:11,456
SLIDE? YEAH, VALUE HISTORY? AND 

4053
02:17:11,456 --> 02:17:13,425
WE CAN FOLLOW UP LATER, BUT ANY 

4054
02:17:13,425 --> 02:17:17,228
IDEA IN TERMS OF ASSESSED VALUE 

4055
02:17:17,228 --> 02:17:17,862
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 

4056
02:17:17,862 --> 02:17:19,331
RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL OR

4057
02:17:19,331 --> 02:17:22,701
INDUSTRIAL IN TERMS OF OUR TAX 

4058
02:17:22,701 --> 02:17:22,901
BASE? 

4059
02:17:22,901 --> 02:17:24,402
>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, 

4060
02:17:24,402 --> 02:17:26,338
COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. SO I HAVE A 

4061
02:17:26,338 --> 02:17:29,074
NUMBER IN MY HEAD, BUT I WOULD 

4062
02:17:29,074 --> 02:17:30,775
NEED TO CONFIRM IT. I WILL JUST 

4063
02:17:30,775 --> 02:17:32,510
SHARE WITH YOU, I THINK IT'S ON

4064
02:17:32,510 --> 02:17:34,746
THE ORDER OF 15%, BUT I WILL 

4065
02:17:34,746 --> 02:17:36,915
FOLLOW UP WITH A MORE SPECIFIC 

4066
02:17:36,915 --> 02:17:38,783
BREAKDOWN FROM THE 2026 -- BUT I

4067
02:17:38,783 --> 02:17:40,819
THINK IT'S UP TO AROUND 15%. 

4068
02:17:40,819 --> 02:17:41,953
>> FOR COMMERCIAL? 

4069
02:17:41,953 --> 02:17:43,355
>> COMMERCIAL, AND THE BULK, 

4070
02:17:43,355 --> 02:17:44,856
REMINDER IS RESIDENTIAL. 

4071
02:17:44,856 --> 02:17:46,157
>> THE BULK IS RESIDENTIAL. SO 

4072
02:17:46,157 --> 02:17:48,526
WHEN WE SEE THESE DROPS -- I 

4073
02:17:48,526 --> 02:17:49,361
KNOW, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, 

4074
02:17:49,361 --> 02:17:50,829
THERE'S BEEN A RECENT DROP IN 

4075
02:17:50,829 --> 02:17:52,464
VALUE IN OFFICE, SO I'M NOT 

4076
02:17:52,464 --> 02:17:56,801
SURE HOW MUCH THAT, YOU KNOW, 

4077
02:17:56,801 --> 02:17:58,470
PLAYS INTO THESE VERSUS THE 

4078
02:17:58,470 --> 02:18:02,507
RESIDENTIAL, LOOKS LIKE 2008 IS 

4079
02:18:02,507 --> 02:18:04,709
MOSTLY THE RESIDENTIAL DROP. AND

4080
02:18:04,709 --> 02:18:05,710
THEN JUST IN TERMS OF IMPACT 

4081
02:18:05,710 --> 02:18:09,381
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE A 

4082
02:18:09,381 --> 02:18:12,017
FOLLOWUP AS WELL, YOU KNOW, 

4083
02:18:12,017 --> 02:18:15,420
OFTENTIMES WE SHOW THE IMPACT TO

4084
02:18:15,420 --> 02:18:17,622
THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER OR MEDIAN 

4085
02:18:17,622 --> 02:18:22,961
HOMEOWNER, COULD YOU JUST TALK 

4086
02:18:22,961 --> 02:18:24,029
BRIEFLY ABOUT IMPACTS TO 

4087
02:18:24,029 --> 02:18:24,596
BUSINESSES, TO RENTERS, AND 

4088
02:18:24,596 --> 02:18:28,166
THOSE ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT 

4089
02:18:28,166 --> 02:18:30,402
HARDER TO CALCULATE, BUT JUST 

4090
02:18:30,402 --> 02:18:31,936
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE 

4091
02:18:31,936 --> 02:18:35,106
IS AN IMPACT TO, IT'S NOT JUST 

4092
02:18:35,106 --> 02:18:35,407
HOMEOWNERS 

4093
02:18:35,407 --> 02:18:38,843
>> THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 

4094
02:18:38,843 --> 02:18:42,013
THE RATE APPLIES TO COMMERCIAL, 

4095
02:18:42,013 --> 02:18:42,881
RENTAL AND OWNED RESIDENTIAL 

4096
02:18:42,881 --> 02:18:46,084
PROPERTY EQUALLY. SO IN THE PAST

4097
02:18:46,084 --> 02:18:47,419
WE'VE LOOKED AT THE RENTAL 

4098
02:18:47,419 --> 02:18:48,953
IMPACTS. IT BECOMES A LITTLE BIT

4099
02:18:48,953 --> 02:18:49,854
DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S PER UNIT

4100
02:18:49,854 --> 02:18:50,989
INSTEAD OF PER BUILDING, AND SO 

4101
02:18:50,989 --> 02:18:53,258
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT 

4102
02:18:53,258 --> 02:18:55,660
MEANINGFUL TO TELL KIND OF A PER

4103
02:18:55,660 --> 02:18:57,829
BUILDING IMPACT, BUT WE LOOKED 

4104
02:18:57,829 --> 02:19:00,532
AT THE PER UNIT AMOUNTS. WE CAN 

4105
02:19:00,532 --> 02:19:01,866
FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE STATS 

4106
02:19:01,866 --> 02:19:04,602
BECAUSE IT REQUIRES KIND OF 

4107
02:19:04,602 --> 02:19:07,405
LOOKING AT SOME COMMERCIAL REAL 

4108
02:19:07,405 --> 02:19:08,340
ESTATE INFORMATION -- OR LIKE 

4109
02:19:08,340 --> 02:19:09,040
BASICALLY RENTAL, COSTAR IS THE 

4110
02:19:09,040 --> 02:19:11,910
NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT WE LOOK

4111
02:19:11,910 --> 02:19:14,112
AT TO SEE WHAT THE AVERAGES -- 

4112
02:19:14,112 --> 02:19:15,680
WHAT WE SHOULD BE BE USING AS 

4113
02:19:15,680 --> 02:19:18,249
THE BASIS TO GIVE YOU THAT 

4114
02:19:18,249 --> 02:19:20,752
NUMBER. AND AS FAR AS 

4115
02:19:20,752 --> 02:19:21,319
BUSINESSES, IT'S EQUALLY 

4116
02:19:21,319 --> 02:19:23,221
COMPLEX BECAUSE THERE ARE SO 

4117
02:19:23,221 --> 02:19:24,823
MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESS

4118
02:19:24,823 --> 02:19:25,757
FORMATIONS, AND IT'S -- THAT'S

4119
02:19:25,757 --> 02:19:28,159
LARGELY BASED ON KIND OF THE 

4120
02:19:28,159 --> 02:19:29,361
AMOUNT OF INCOME THAT'S 

4121
02:19:29,361 --> 02:19:30,462
GENERATED, AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF

4122
02:19:30,462 --> 02:19:33,231
THE PRICE OF THE -- LIKE FOR 

4123
02:19:33,231 --> 02:19:35,767
RESIDENTIAL, IT'S THE PRICE OF 

4124
02:19:35,767 --> 02:19:37,035
THE HOUSE VERSUS BUSINESSES. 

4125
02:19:37,035 --> 02:19:37,669
IT'S BASICALLY EVALLING THE 

4126
02:19:37,669 --> 02:19:38,536
INCOME GENERATED BY THE 

4127
02:19:38,536 --> 02:19:40,405
PROPERTY, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE

4128
02:19:40,405 --> 02:19:41,439
DIFFICULT. BUT WE WILL INDEED 

4129
02:19:41,439 --> 02:19:42,841
FOLLOW UP WITH SOME MORE -- KIND

4130
02:19:42,841 --> 02:19:44,175
OF TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN 

4131
02:19:44,175 --> 02:19:47,412
DEVELOP A RULE OF THUMB WHAT 

4132
02:19:47,412 --> 02:19:49,414
THOSE NUMBERS WOULD LOOK LIKE. 

4133
02:19:49,414 --> 02:19:51,349
BUT IT'S TRICKY. CAN BE DONE 

4134
02:19:51,349 --> 02:19:53,385
BUT WITH THE CONSIDERABLE GRAIN 

4135
02:19:53,385 --> 02:19:58,022
OF SALT IN HOW YOU INTERPRET THE

4136
02:19:58,022 --> 02:19:58,289
NUMBERS. 

4137
02:19:58,289 --> 02:20:00,291
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

4138
02:20:00,291 --> 02:20:02,961
AND JUST ONE LAST COMMENT, YOU 

4139
02:20:02,961 --> 02:20:04,829
KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SOME 

4140
02:20:04,829 --> 02:20:07,198
RECENT NEWS REPORTING ABOUT -- 

4141
02:20:07,198 --> 02:20:09,834
AND THERE'S ALWAYS CONCERN 

4142
02:20:09,834 --> 02:20:14,439
ABOUT THE IMPACT TO HOMEOWNERS, 

4143
02:20:14,439 --> 02:20:17,575
THE IMPACT ESPECIALLY TO OUR 

4144
02:20:17,575 --> 02:20:18,443
SENIORS AND DISPLACEMENT 

4145
02:20:18,443 --> 02:20:19,811
CONCERNS AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO?

4146
02:20:19,811 --> 02:20:23,515
I KNOW THAT IN PRIOR LEVIES, FOR

4147
02:20:23,515 --> 02:20:25,083
EXAMPLE, IN THE PRIOR 

4148
02:20:25,083 --> 02:20:28,953
TRANSPORTATION LEVY THERE WAS 

4149
02:20:28,953 --> 02:20:34,325
SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WAS 

4150
02:20:34,325 --> 02:20:36,127
TARGETED TOWARDS EDUCATING 

4151
02:20:36,127 --> 02:20:37,262
HOMEOWNERS AND OTHERS ABOUT 

4152
02:20:37,262 --> 02:20:37,862
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAMS 

4153
02:20:37,862 --> 02:20:42,100
>>> AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT 

4154
02:20:42,100 --> 02:20:42,734
TO THINK HOLISTICALLY ABOUT HOW 

4155
02:20:42,734 --> 02:20:44,569
DO WE MAKE SURE THAT MANY 

4156
02:20:44,569 --> 02:20:46,638
PROPERTY OWNERS WHO QUALIFY ARE 

4157
02:20:46,638 --> 02:20:47,305
STILL NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 

4158
02:20:47,305 --> 02:20:49,007
THOSE PROGRAMS, HOW DO WE MAKE 

4159
02:20:49,007 --> 02:20:51,242
IT SIMPLER FOR FOLKS TO QUALIFY 

4160
02:20:51,242 --> 02:20:53,845
FOR THESE PROGRAMS, HOW DO WE DO

4161
02:20:53,845 --> 02:20:54,546
ACCESS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES 

4162
02:20:54,546 --> 02:20:56,714
AND, YOU KNOW, DO WE FUND THAT 

4163
02:20:56,714 --> 02:20:57,916
THROUGH THE 11YS THEMSELVES? DO 

4164
02:20:57,916 --> 02:21:00,451
WE FUND IT THROUGH SOME OTHER 

4165
02:21:00,451 --> 02:21:02,554
WAY? BUT CERTAINLY THINK IT'S 

4166
02:21:02,554 --> 02:21:03,688
IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE MAKING 

4167
02:21:03,688 --> 02:21:07,325
SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH 

4168
02:21:07,325 --> 02:21:08,960
THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, WORKING 

4169
02:21:08,960 --> 02:21:10,895
WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE 

4170
02:21:10,895 --> 02:21:13,798
ALREADY WORKING WITH HOMEOWNERS 

4171
02:21:13,798 --> 02:21:16,601
AND OTHERS TO GET THAT TAX 

4172
02:21:16,601 --> 02:21:17,535
RELIEF. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 

4173
02:21:17,535 --> 02:21:18,703
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER 

4174
02:21:18,703 --> 02:21:20,738
LIN. AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING 

4175
02:21:20,738 --> 02:21:22,340
UP THOSE POINTS. I MEAN, THE 

4176
02:21:22,340 --> 02:21:24,909
TRUTH IS THAT MANY OF THE 

4177
02:21:24,909 --> 02:21:27,712
SENIORS WHO ARE LIVING ON FIXED 

4178
02:21:27,712 --> 02:21:29,614
INCOME ACTUALLY DON'T QUALIFY 

4179
02:21:29,614 --> 02:21:32,217
FOR MANY BECAUSE OF THE A.M.I. 

4180
02:21:32,217 --> 02:21:32,917
REQUIREMENTS. IT'S JUST THERE 

4181
02:21:32,917 --> 02:21:36,487
ISN'T ENOUGH MONEY TO BE ABLE 

4182
02:21:36,487 --> 02:21:38,456
TO PROVIDE RELIEF, SO A VERY 

4183
02:21:38,456 --> 02:21:40,191
SMALL WORTHY, OF COURSE, SEGMENT

4184
02:21:40,191 --> 02:21:42,327
OF THE POPULATION HAVE ACCESS, 

4185
02:21:42,327 --> 02:21:45,029
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF SENIORS 

4186
02:21:45,029 --> 02:21:46,297
WHO, LIKE I SAID, DON'T QUALIFY

4187
02:21:46,297 --> 02:21:51,035
FOR THAT HELP AND ARE GETTING 

4188
02:21:51,035 --> 02:21:52,504
MORE AND MORE SQUEEZED BY THE 

4189
02:21:52,504 --> 02:21:54,505
PROPERTY TAX CONVERSATION. SO 

4190
02:21:54,505 --> 02:21:55,607
THANK YOU FOR RAISING THAT. 

4191
02:21:55,607 --> 02:21:58,476
IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE, AND, OF 

4192
02:21:58,476 --> 02:22:00,311
COURSE, OUR MAUL BUSINESSES AS 

4193
02:22:00,311 --> 02:22:03,414
WELL BECAUSE TO YOUR 59 THEY PAY

4194
02:22:03,414 --> 02:22:06,417
INTO THIS AS WELL AND WE ALWAYS 

4195
02:22:06,417 --> 02:22:08,553
TALK ABOUT THE IMPACTS ON OUR 

4196
02:22:08,553 --> 02:22:12,423
PROPERTY OWNERS. WE ALSO DIDN'T

4197
02:22:12,423 --> 02:22:13,558
RAISE THE IMPACTS ON RENTERS 

4198
02:22:13,558 --> 02:22:17,395
BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT 

4199
02:22:17,395 --> 02:22:19,764
OF PEOPLE FOCUSED ON THIS IS 

4200
02:22:19,764 --> 02:22:21,532
SOMETHING THAT PROPERTY OWNERS 

4201
02:22:21,532 --> 02:22:27,171
PAY BUT THOSE COSTS ARE 

4202
02:22:27,171 --> 02:22:28,273
TRANSFERRED TO RENTERS. AND SO 

4203
02:22:28,273 --> 02:22:30,208
RENTERS ALSO SUFFER FROM THESE 

4204
02:22:30,208 --> 02:22:32,810
PROPERTY TAX INCREASES, AND I 

4205
02:22:32,810 --> 02:22:35,313
THINK IT BEARS MENTIONING. IT'S

4206
02:22:35,313 --> 02:22:37,115
IMPORTANT. IT'S JUST ONE OF 

4207
02:22:37,115 --> 02:22:38,549
MANY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN WE'RE 

4208
02:22:38,549 --> 02:22:40,585
GIVING TO THIS. SO THE IMPACT ON

4209
02:22:40,585 --> 02:22:42,186
THE PROPERTY TAXES BOTH TO 

4210
02:22:42,186 --> 02:22:44,055
PROPERTY OWNERS AND WHAT MAY BE 

4211
02:22:44,055 --> 02:22:45,056
TRANSFERRED TO RENTERS, THE 

4212
02:22:45,056 --> 02:22:47,625
IMPACT ON SENIORS WHO ARE LIVING

4213
02:22:47,625 --> 02:22:50,628
ON FIXED INCOME, ESPECIALLY 

4214
02:22:50,628 --> 02:22:56,367
THOSE WHO MAY NOT QUALIFY FOR 

4215
02:22:56,367 --> 02:22:58,836
SOME ASSISTANCE, SOME DISCOUNTS 

4216
02:22:58,836 --> 02:23:00,538
AND THEN THIS VERY REAL PROPERTY

4217
02:23:00,538 --> 02:23:02,707
TAX CAP THAT WE ARE RUBBING UP 

4218
02:23:02,707 --> 02:23:03,575
AGAINST THAT WASN'T SOMETHING 

4219
02:23:03,575 --> 02:23:06,611
THAT WE NEEDED TO WORRY ABOUT IN

4220
02:23:06,611 --> 02:23:10,415
THE PAST BUT IT'S BECOME EVER 

4221
02:23:10,415 --> 02:23:11,716
MORE IMPORTANT AND THEN ALSO WE 

4222
02:23:11,716 --> 02:23:13,451
ARE -- THIS COUNTRY IS IN THE 

4223
02:23:13,451 --> 02:23:15,119
MIDDLE OF A WAR, THOUGH IT'S 

4224
02:23:15,119 --> 02:23:17,021
NOT HERE AT HOME, AND ALL OF 

4225
02:23:17,021 --> 02:23:20,024
THAT ALSO TENDS TO HAVE AN 

4226
02:23:20,024 --> 02:23:21,359
IMPACT OBVIOUSLY ON THE ECONOMY 

4227
02:23:21,359 --> 02:23:23,227
AND WHAT HAPPENS, AND WE ALL AS 

4228
02:23:23,227 --> 02:23:24,329
LEGISLATORS HAVE TO TAKE ALL 

4229
02:23:24,329 --> 02:23:27,932
THAT INTO ACCOUNT WHICH IS WHEN 

4230
02:23:27,932 --> 02:23:30,034
I STARTED TODAY'S CONVERSATION,

4231
02:23:30,034 --> 02:23:31,903
I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 

4232
02:23:31,903 --> 02:23:33,771
TO LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE 

4233
02:23:33,771 --> 02:23:36,774
AND TAKE ALL OF THE FACTORS INTO

4234
02:23:36,774 --> 02:23:39,544
ACCOUNT WHEN WE DECIDE TO MOVE 

4235
02:23:39,544 --> 02:23:41,612
FORWARD, HOWEVER MUCH WE LINED 

4236
02:23:41,612 --> 02:23:44,682
UP IN THE END PUGHTZ FORWARD TO 

4237
02:23:44,682 --> 02:23:46,951
VOTERS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A 

4238
02:23:46,951 --> 02:23:48,553
TOUGH CALCULATION. IT IS NOT 

4239
02:23:48,553 --> 02:23:53,758
EASY BECAUSE WE WANT TO SUPPORT 

4240
02:23:53,758 --> 02:23:57,629
ALL THE THINGS TO 100% EVERY 

4241
02:23:57,629 --> 02:24:00,131
TIME, AND IT'S A REALLY HARSH 

4242
02:24:00,131 --> 02:24:01,866
REALITY. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. 

4243
02:24:01,866 --> 02:24:06,337
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. 

4244
02:24:06,337 --> 02:24:08,740
COLLEAGUES, IF THERE ARE NO 

4245
02:24:08,740 --> 02:24:10,975
FURTHER QUESTIONS, I DON'T SEE 

4246
02:24:10,975 --> 02:24:13,244
ANYONE ELSE'S HANDS -- I REALLY

4247
02:24:13,244 --> 02:24:13,978
APPRECIATE, WE'VE GONE OVER 30 

4248
02:24:13,978 --> 02:24:16,047
MINUTES. THANK YOU TO THOSE OF 

4249
02:24:16,047 --> 02:24:18,683
YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WHO STAYED 

4250
02:24:18,683 --> 02:24:20,051
ON. I THOUGHT ALL OF THIS 

4251
02:24:20,051 --> 02:24:21,319
INFORMATION WAS REALLY IMPORTANT

4252
02:24:21,319 --> 02:24:22,720
IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS LEVY 

4253
02:24:22,720 --> 02:24:24,555
CONVERSATION. THANK YOU FOR THE 

4254
02:24:24,555 --> 02:24:25,923
EXTRA TIME, COLLEAGUES, YOU GAVE

4255
02:24:25,923 --> 02:24:29,861
TO THIS, AND LET ME DO MY 

4256
02:24:29,861 --> 02:24:31,095
ENDING. OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER 

4257
02:24:31,095 --> 02:24:31,796
QUESTIONS, THIS CONCLUDES THE 

4258
02:24:31,796 --> 02:24:34,065
MARCH 25th SELECT COMMITTEE ON 

4259
02:24:34,065 --> 02:24:35,199
THE LIBRARY LEVY. THANK YOU TO 

4260
02:24:35,199 --> 02:24:38,403
CENTRAL STAFF AND THANK YOU FOR 

4261
02:24:38,403 --> 02:24:41,806
MY TEAM IN MY OFFICE AND, AGAIN,

4262
02:24:41,806 --> 02:24:42,440
THE LIBRARY STAFF FOR ALL THEIR 

4263
02:24:42,440 --> 02:24:44,642
PARTNERSHIP ON ALL THE SLIDES 

4264
02:24:44,642 --> 02:24:48,179
AND ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE 

4265
02:24:48,179 --> 02:24:49,280
PULLED TOGETHER FOR YOU ALL FOR 

4266
02:24:49,280 --> 02:24:50,348
YOUR CONSIDERATION. OUR NEXT 

4267
02:24:50,348 --> 02:24:51,649
SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING IS 

4268
02:24:51,649 --> 02:24:52,817
SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 

4269
02:24:52,817 --> 02:24:56,187
31st AT 9:30 A.M. WE'RE GOING 

4270
02:24:56,187 --> 02:24:59,390
TO BE TAKING UP REVIEWING ALL 

4271
02:24:59,390 --> 02:25:00,024
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. PLEASE,

4272
02:25:00,024 --> 02:25:01,926
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BRING 

4273
02:25:01,926 --> 02:25:03,728
AMENDMENTS SO THAT WE CAN 

4274
02:25:03,728 --> 02:25:05,430
DISCUSS AT THAT MEETING. WE ARE 

4275
02:25:05,430 --> 02:25:10,201
ON A TIGHT TURN AROUND, AND WE 

4276
02:25:10,201 --> 02:25:12,670
DON'T WANT SURPRISES. IT'S 

4277
02:25:12,670 --> 02:25:15,740
IMPORTANT SO THAT WE ALL KNOW 

4278
02:25:15,740 --> 02:25:17,275
WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT WE 

4279
02:25:17,275 --> 02:25:18,476
CAN PROPERLY DISCUSS, AND IF WE 

4280
02:25:18,476 --> 02:25:20,378
NEED TO MAKE CHANGES TO ANY 

4281
02:25:20,378 --> 02:25:22,647
AMENDMENTS OR -- I JUST REALLY 

4282
02:25:22,647 --> 02:25:24,582
WANT FOLKS TO HAVE THE ABILITY 

4283
02:25:24,582 --> 02:25:25,383
TO DISCUSS AMENDMENTS AND NOT 

4284
02:25:25,383 --> 02:25:27,518
HAVE THINGS COME IN AT THE 11th 

4285
02:25:27,518 --> 02:25:31,689
HOUR. SO I'M GOING TO TELL YOU 

4286
02:25:31,689 --> 02:25:34,258
TO PLEASE BRING ANY AMENDMENTS 

4287
02:25:34,258 --> 02:25:36,127
TO ERIC. HE CAN WORK WITH YOU 

4288
02:25:36,127 --> 02:25:39,197
AND ALSO BECAUSE ERIC HAS TO GO 

4289
02:25:39,197 --> 02:25:41,532
THROUGH LAW, THERE'S A LOT OF 

4290
02:25:41,532 --> 02:25:42,767
REVIEW THAT GETS. IT'S NOT JUST

4291
02:25:42,767 --> 02:25:44,435
ERIC, AND ERIC IS ONE PERSON, SO

4292
02:25:44,435 --> 02:25:46,170
GRATEFUL TO HIM. SO END OF THE 

4293
02:25:46,170 --> 02:25:48,239
DAY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS 

4294
02:25:48,239 --> 02:25:50,007
BRING YOUR AMENDMENTS, LET'S 

4295
02:25:50,007 --> 02:25:52,376
DISCUSS THEM ON THE 31st. LET'S

4296
02:25:52,376 --> 02:25:54,078
DISCUSS ALL AMENDMENTS ON THE 

4297
02:25:54,078 --> 02:25:55,613
31st, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. WE 

4298
02:25:55,613 --> 02:25:58,116
WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON 

4299
02:25:58,116 --> 02:26:01,252
APRIL 2nd AT 5:30 AS THE LEVY 

4300
02:26:01,252 --> 02:26:02,453
PROCESS MOVES FORWARD. IF 

4301
02:26:02,453 --> 02:26:03,988
THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 

4302
02:26:03,988 --> 02:26:06,224
THIS MEETING WILL ADJOURN. 

4303
02:26:06,224 --> 02:26:07,258
HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 

4304
02:26:07,258 --> 02:26:11,729
IT'S 12:01, AND THIS MEETING IS

4305
02:26:11,729 --> 02:26:12,263
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, FOLKS.