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>> THE MARCH 31st, 2026 MEETING 

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OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE 

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LIBRARY LEVY WILL COME TO ORDER.

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IT'S 9:32 A.M. I'M MARITZA 

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RIVERA, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 

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WILL THE CLERK LEAVES ALL THE 

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ROLE? 

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>> COUNCIL MEMBER LIN. 

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COUNCILMEMBER JENNY. 

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COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 

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COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 

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COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. CHAIR 

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HOLLINGSWORTH. CHAIR RIVERA. 

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SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE 

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PRESENT. 

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>> PLEASE NOTE FOR THE MEMBER 

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RECORD THAT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ

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IS EXCUSED AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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HOLLINGSWORTH IS EXCUSED UNTIL 

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SHE CAN JOIN US IN A LITTLE 

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WHILE TODAY. TODAY WE WILL BE 

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DISCUSSING THE PROPOSAL TO 

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AMENDMENT TO THE LIBRARY LEVY. 

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ERIC FROM THE CENTRAL STAFF WILL

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LEAD US THROUGH THAT DISCUSSION.

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LET'S MOVE FIRST TO THE 

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ADOPTION OF TODAY'S AGENDA. IF 

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THERE IS NO OBJECTION THE AGENDA

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WILL BE ADDUCTED-- ADOPTED. WE 

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WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HYBRID 

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COMMENT PERIOD, SHOULD RELATE TO

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ITEMS ON THE AGENDA OR WITHIN 

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THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE. 

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HOW MANY SPEAKERS ARE SIGNED UP 

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TODAY? 

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>> WHITE WE HAVE FIVE IN PERSON 

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AND ONE VIRTUAL. 

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>> WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE 

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COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS? 

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>> MODERATED IN THE FOLLOWING 

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MANNER. UP TO 20 MINUTES, EACH 

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SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 

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SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE 

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ORDER IN WHICH THEY REGISTERED. 

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UNTIL THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

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IS ENDED. THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IS

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NOW OPEN. WE WILL NOW BEGIN WITH

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THE FIRST SPEAKER ON THE LIST. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. 

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>> I'M BRITNEY, BOARD MEMBER OF

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THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

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FOUNDATION AND CHAIR OF THE 

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ADVOCACY COMMITTEE AND RESIDENT 

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OF AND FOR THIS PROCESS OF 

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GOTTEN TO KNOW MANY OF YOU OR 

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HAVE SEEN YOU ON MEETINGS AND I 

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REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. 

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AS MY FELLOW LIBRARY SUPPORTERS,

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NOT JENNIFER AND JASMINE WROTE 

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IN THE SEATTLE TIMES LAST YEAR 

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WE HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR A 

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LARGER LIBRARY LEVY SO I'M 

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ESPECIALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE 

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ASSESSMENT BROUGHT FORWARD TO 

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REPLACE THE LEVY AND I URGE YOU 

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TO PASS THEM. SUPPORTING THESE 

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AMENDMENTS IS THE BEST WAY TO 

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RESPONSIBLY STEWARD OUR CITY. 

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THESE INCREASES ARE ESSENTIAL TO

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THE LIBRARY AND IN THE CONTEXT 

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OF PROPERTY TAXES SMALL. I 

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RECOGNIZE THE CITY NEEDS TO BE 

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THOUGHTFUL ABOUT ITS LEVY 

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CAPACITY. BUT WHAT WE ARE 

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TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE THINGS 

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THAT ARE JUST CRITICAL TO 

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LIBRARY SERVICES. THE ADDITIONAL

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$70 MILLION WE ARE ASKING TO BE 

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ADDED TO THE LEVY IS GOING TO BE

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SPREAD OVER SEVEN YEARS. THAT'S

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ONLY $10 MILLION A YEAR. FOR THE

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AVERAGE PROPERTY OWNER, BOTH 

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INVESTMENTS WILL INCREASE 

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PROPERTY TAXES BY LESS THAN 

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THREE DOLLARS A MONTH BUT THE 

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BENEFITS TO THE LIBRARY AND 

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SEATTLE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT. 

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THESE BENEFITS COULD INCLUDE 

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MORE BOOKS AND PROGRAMS, SHORTER

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OLD TIMES AND MORE WORKING 

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ELEVATORS MORE REGULARLY. A 

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VIBRANT LIBRARY SYSTEM IS THE 

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FOUNDATION OF AN AFFORDABLE CITY

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WHERE BOOKS AND KNOWLEDGE BEGIN 

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TO BELONG TO EVERYONE AND IS THE

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CORNERSTONE OF THE DEMOCRATIC 

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PRINCIPLES BEHIND OUR COUNTRY. 

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NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT 

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THE LIBRARY HAS THE FUNDING IT 

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NEEDS FOR SEVEN YEARS. WE VOTE 

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FOR THESE LOW-COST HIGH-VALUE 

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AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. CAROLYN, ANGELA 

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CASTANEDA AND THOMAS ARE NEXT. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR 

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YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS CAROLINE 

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AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THANK YOU

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FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE. WHEN I 

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WAS GROWING UP, MY DAD WAS THE 

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FIRST CELLIST IN THE SAN 

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FRANCISCO SYMPHONY. WHEN HE 

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WASN'T PERFORMING AT NIGHT HE 

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READ BOOKS. MY MOM FROM THE 

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NETHERLANDS FINISHED HER BOOKS 

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AT THE END BEFORE EVEN STARTING 

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THE BEGINNING. MY YOUNGER 

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BROTHER LEARNED TO READ MUSIC. 

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ME? I HATED READING. BUT ONCE I 

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TURNED 10 I WALKED TO MY 

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DISTRICT LIBRARY OFTEN, SAT ON 

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THE FLOOR FOR HOURS AND READ 

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BOOKS. I'VE SINCE GROWN UP A 

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SECOND TIME AND PROBABLY A THIRD

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STARTING IN THE 90s AND SEATTLE 

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WHERE I DISCOVERED THE FREMONT 

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LIBRARY. TODAY, I READ 50 BOOKS 

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A YEAR, ATTEND WORKSHOPS AND 

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LECTURES AND RESUME ROOMS OR 

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GATHERINGS. I'VE TAUGHT OTHERS 

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TO READ IN ESL CLASSES. THANK 

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YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 

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STRAUSS FOR YOUR AMENDMENTS TO 

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SUPPORT MORE MATERIALS. 

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LIBRARIES TRANSFORM PEOPLE AND 

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THEREFORE COMMUNITIES. WE BECOME

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BETTER. PLEASE SUPPORT THE 

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LIBRARY LEVY. THANK YOU. 

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>> THANK YOU. ANGEL FOLLOWED BY 

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ANGELA CASTANEDA AND THEN 

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THOMAS. IT MORNING. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. IT'S GREAT TO 

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SEE YOU AGAIN. I CAN BARELY SEE 

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YOU BECAUSE I NEED MY READERS 

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BUT MY NAME IS ANGEL, I LIVE IN 

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DISTRICT 7. I AM ON THE BOARD OF

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THE FRIENDS OF SEATTLE PUBLIC 

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LIBRARY. I SPOKE A FEW WEEKS AGO

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TO ASK YOU TO USE THE 

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OPPORTUNITY THE 2026 LIBBY 

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PRESENTED TO ADD EVEN MORE BOOKS

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TO THE LIBRARY PHYSICAL AND 

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DIGITAL SHELVES. I WANTED TO 

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COME BACK TODAY BECAUSE I AM SO 

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GRATEFUL TO THE RESIDENCE. YOU 

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ARE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE MORE 

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ACCESS TO BOOKS. COUNCILMEMBER 

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RINCK THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

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AMENDMENTS TO BOOST THE 

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COLLECTION OF DIGITAL BOOKS AND 

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EXPAND THE PROGRAM. AND AS YOU 

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HAVE HEARD, DIGITAL BOOK PRICES 

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PRESENT A SERIOUS CHALLENGE FOR 

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THE LIBRARY TO MEET PATRON 

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DEMANDS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING 

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HARD THE PAST TWO YEARS TO BUILD

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IS A LONG WAY TO GO. THESE 

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THE MOST MEANINGFUL THING OUR 

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CITY GOVERNMENT COULD DO TO 

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EXPAND ACCESS RIGHT NOW AND MORE

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PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF

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THE LIBBY APP. I ALSO WANT TO 

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THINK OF THE MEMBER STRAUSS, 

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR AMENDMENT TO 

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GROW LIBRARY COLLECTIONS 

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INCLUDING MORE PRINT BOOKS. JUST

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BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE READING 

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DIGITALLY DOESN'T MEAN PHYSICAL

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BOOK CHECKOUTS ARE GOING DOWN. 

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MORE IN EVERY MOMENT. OUR 

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COMMUNITY ASKS YOU TO RESPOND TO

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THEIR READING NEEDS WITH A LEVY 

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THAT DELIVERS ACCORDINGLY. WITH 

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THESE PROPOSED ADDITIONS OUR 

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LIBRARY CAN PROVIDE SEATTLE WITH

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THE BOOKS WE NEED. INC. YOU SO 

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MUCH FOR STEPPING UP FOR THE 

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LIBRARY. 

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>> THANK YOU. ANGELA CASTANEDA 

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FOLLOWED BY THOMAS. 

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>> THANK YOU CHAIR RIVERA AND 

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MEMBERS. I LIVE, WORK AND PLAY 

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IN DISTRICT 2. I'M HERE TO 

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SUPPORT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IN

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THE SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, IN 

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PARTICULAR THIS WONDERFUL 

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PROGRAM. I AM THE EXECUTIVE 

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DIRECTOR OF THE BUSINESS LENS, 

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TO ADVANCE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT

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THROUGH COLLABORATIVE 

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PARTNERSHIPS THAT RECOGNIZE BOTH

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TRADITIONAL BUSINESSES AND 

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CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURS AS VITAL 

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ECONOMIC DRIVERS CONTRIBUTE INTO

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OUR CITIES UNIQUE CHARACTER. WE 

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REALLY MUST HAVE STRONG 

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RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESOURCE AND 

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INFORMATION PARTNERS, THE 

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LIBRARY TO BUSINESS PROGRAM IS 

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ONE OF OUR BEST. OVER THE YEARS 

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COLLABORATIVE BUSINESSES 

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ORGANIZING PARTNERS AS ADVOCATES

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AND TO GENERALLY SPREAD THE WORD

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ABOUT FREE RESOURCES FOR 

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SEATTLE'S MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS 

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AND ALL STAGES FROM INCUBATION 

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TO STABLE. HOPEFULLY STABLE. 

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SUSTAINABLE. THIS STRONG 

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PARTNERSHIP WHICH HAS HELPED SO 

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MANY PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY AND 

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CITYWIDE GET THE INFORMATION 

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THEY NEED AS THEY LOOK TO 

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EXPAND, STRENGTHEN OR START A 

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BUSINESS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE 

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LIBRARY TO BUSINESS HAS A 

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WONDERFUL, DEDICATED PROGRAM 

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MANAGER DEDICATED PROGRAM STAFF 

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HAVE THE TIME AND CAPACITY 

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REQUIRED TO FORM STRONG 

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RELATIONSHIPS, BUILD TRUST AND 

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CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE

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OPPORTUNITY. I'M VERY GLAD TO 

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SEE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM CAPACITY 

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BUILT INTO THE PROPOSED LEVY, 

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ALSO ENCOURAGED TO SEE 

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INVESTMENT IN LIBRARY SPACES 

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THAT HOST SO MANY PROGRAMS LIKE 

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LIBRARY TO BUSINESS. WE ARE 

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EXCITED THAT THE PROPOSAL 

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INCLUDES FUNDING TO FINALLY 

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UPDATE THE HISTORIC COLUMBIA 

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CITY BRANCH AND THANK YOU 

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COUNCILMEMBERS LIN AND RINCK FOR

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YOUR AMENDMENTS ADDING FUNDING 

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FOR MAINTENANCE NEEDS ACROSS THE

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SYSTEM AND OTHER RETROFIT FOR 

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THE WEST SEATTLE BRANCH. SO THAT

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MORE LIBRARY SPACES CAN SAFELY 

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HOST COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ALL YEAR

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LONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR

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WORK. 

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>> THANK YOU ANGELA. THOMAS DID 

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AND THEN WE WILL GO TO ONLINE. 

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>> CAN YOU HEAR ME? THANK YOU 

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CHAIR RIVERA AND COUNCIL 

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MEMBERS. MY NAME IS THOMAS, I AM

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A SEATTLE BORN AND BASED 

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NOVELIST. MY MOST RECENT BOOK 

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SUPERSONIC CAME OUT LAST YEAR, 

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IT COVERS FOUR FAMILIES OVER 150

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YEARS IN A FICTIONAL SEATTLE 

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NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CREATION OF

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OUR CITY. MY LAST BOOK WAS LATE 

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CITY, I DID AN EVENT AT THE 

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SHANTY TAVERN WITH COUNCILMEMBER

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JUAREZ AND COUNCIL MEMBER 

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STRAUSS WAS THERE BEFORE HE WAS 

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ON THE COUNCIL. BUT YEAH, I 

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WROTE, I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN 

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FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

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FOR THE LEVY. FROM THE 

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PERSPECTIVE OF AN AUTHOR. I 

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WROTE MUCH OF MY MOST RECENT 

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BOOK AT THE LATE CITY LIBRARY IN

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THE NORTHEAST BRANCH. I DID A 

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TON OF RESEARCH, ESPECIALLY AT 

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THE LAKE CITY BRANCH, ARCHIVAL 

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STUFF, MAPS, OLD NEWSPAPER 

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CLIPPINGS, I WAS ASSISTED BY 

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EXPERT LIBRARIANS. IT'S NOT ON 

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THE INTERNET, IT'S NOT ANYWHERE

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ELSE. AND IT WAS HUGELY HELPFUL 

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IN MY PROCESS OF WRITING 

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SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY 

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SPECIFICALLY SEATTLE. AND I'M 

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ALSO THRILLED TO SEE 

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COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PROPOSED 

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AMENDMENTS FOR INCREASES TO 

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COLLECTIONS INCLUDING DIGITAL 

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MATERIALS, VERY IMPORTANT. AND 

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STAFFING. AS OF YESTERDAY THERE 

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WERE SIX COPIES OF MY BOOK 

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SUPERSONIC AND THEY WERE ALL 

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CHECKED OUT. OBVIOUSLY FOR 

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PERSONAL REASONS I WOULD LIKE TO

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SEE MORE OF THOSE BUT IT'S ALSO

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FOR SUPPORT OF LOCAL AUTHORS FOR

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SEATTLE TO BE A PLACE THAT 

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CREATES ART AND GETS IT OUT INTO

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OUR COMMUNITY. I JUST WANT TO 

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ALSO THANK COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ

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AND FOSTER FOR THE NEED FOR 

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MULTILINGUAL PROGRAMMING AND 

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IT'S IMPORTANT IN A CHANGING 

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CITY THAT WE HAVE ROBUST AND 

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HEALTHY INSTITUTIONS LIKE 

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LIBRARIES . 

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>> THANK YOU THOMAS. WE WILL GO 

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TO ONLINE SPEAKERS NOW. WE'VE 

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GOT DOROTHY DOYLE FOLLOWED BY 

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DAVID HAYNES. DOROTHY PLEASE 

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PRESS STAR SIX AND YOU MAY 

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BEGIN. 

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>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBERS. I 

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HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME. MY NAME IS

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DOROTHY DOYLE, I LIVE IN WEST 

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SEATTLE IN DISTRICT 1. I WANT TO

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SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ADDITIONAL 

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INVESTMENT FOR PROGRAMMING 

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PROPOSED FOR THE 2026 LIBRARY 

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LEVY. AS A FULL-TIME CAREGIVER 

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FOR MY HUSBAND I BENEFIT 

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FIRSTHAND FROM THE VALUABLE 

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PROGRAMMING PROVIDED. I LEFT MY 

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CAREER IN 2019 TO SUPPORT MY 

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HUSBAND. THREE YEARS AGO HE WAS 

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DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER'S. I 

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PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THE 

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LIBRARY PROGRAMS THAT YOU MAY 

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NOT KNOW ABOUT IN PARTNERSHIP 

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WITH THE MEMORY HUB AND AMERICAN

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DISEASE ASSOCIATION. IT'S A 

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MONTHLY PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES 

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CAREGIVERS TO FACILITATE A BOOK 

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DISCUSSION WELL OUR PARTNERS 

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ENJOY MUSIC ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM 

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LED BY A CERTIFIED IS A 

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THERAPIST MUSIC THERAPIST. BOOKS

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AND BEATS PROVIDES A SPACE TO 

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LEARN ESSENTIAL CAREGIVING AND 

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SELF-CARE STRATEGIES BUT EVEN 

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MORE SIGNIFICANT HAS BEEN A 

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MEANINGFUL CONNECTION MADE WITH 

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THOSE IN SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES. 

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HAVING THE TIME TOGETHER HAS 

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BEEN CRUCIAL FOR ME AS A 

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CAREGIVER. SUPPORTING SOMEONE WE

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LOVE WHO SUFFERS FROM A 

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CONDITION THAT DIMINISHES 

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COGNITIVE ABILITY AND IMPACT 

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PERSONALITY IS SOMETHING MOST OF

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US WILL EXPERIENCE BUT THIS IS 

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NOT SOMETHING ANY OF US HAS BEEN

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TRAINED TO HANDLE. THIS PROGRAM 

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OFFERS THE SPACE TO SHARE, 

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BRAINSTORM, HOPE AND QUITE 

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HONESTLY IS A LIFELINE. ALL OF 

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THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE 

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THE LIBRARY HAS AN AMAZING 

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PROGRAM MANAGER DEDICATED TO 

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SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS. THIS 

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CAPACITY ALLOWS THE KIND OF 

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OUTREACH, PARTNERSHIPS AND 

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RELATIONSHIP PROGRAMS LIKE BUT 

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BOOKS AND BEATS REQUIRES. I'M 

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GLAD TO SEE MORE PUT FUNDING 

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INCLUDED IN THE LEVY PROPOSAL 

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AND AN AMENDMENT FROM 

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COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND JUAREZ.

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING

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MORE ACCESS TO LIBRARY PROGRAMS 

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FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME. 

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>> THANK YOU DOROTHY.. DAVID 

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HAYNES DOESN'T LOOK PRINCIPLED 

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SO WE HAVE-- PRESENT SO WE HAVE 

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ONE MORE SPEAKER IN PERSON. GOOD

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MORNING. 

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>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS 

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SARAH, I AM A RESIDENT OF 

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DISTRICT 3 AND A LIFELONG 

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BOOKWORM. I USED THE CENTRAL 

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LIBRARY AND THE CAPITOL HILL 

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BRANCHES. RARELY A DAY GOES BY 

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AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING WHERE 

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I AM NOT EITHER AT A LIBRARY OR 

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ATTENDING AN EVENT AND THESE 

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REALLY INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY 

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SPACES AND SERVICES FOR THOSE OF

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US WHO ARE HOUSED AND THOSE WHO 

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ARE UNHOUSED. BECAUSE I CARE SO 

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MUCH ABOUT THE LIBRARY AND OUR 

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NEIGHBORS I ATTENDED MY FIRST 

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HEARING ON THE 2026 LEVY 

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PROPOSAL AND AM NEW TO ATTENDING

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THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND 

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IT WAS SUPER INTERESTING. 

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ESPECIALLY ABOUT SPL BUDGET 

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NEEDS IN ORDER TO EXPAND 

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MULTILANGUAGE SERVICES AND I 

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LOVED HEARING EACH OF YOUR OWN 

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LIBRARY STORIES. CLEARLY YOU ALL

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VALUE THE LIBRARY. I KNOW IT'S 

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HARD TO WORK WITH THESE BUDGETS 

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AND IT'S PROBABLY NICE TO HAVE 

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SOMETHING THAT IS NOT 

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PARTICULARLY CONTENTIOUS WHEN 

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YOU HAVE THIS AUDIENCE. SO I HAD

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TO COME BACK TO ADD MY VOICE AND

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SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER 

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RINCK , COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, 

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COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND STRAUSS. 

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EACH OF YOUR AMENDMENTS ARE JUST

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SO IMPORTANT. COUNCILMEMBER 

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RIVERA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN 

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THIS PROCESS. I REALLY, TRULY 

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APPRECIATE YOU HEARING US AND 

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FOR ALL OF YOU HERE AND THE HARD

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WORK ON BEHALF OF OUR LIBRARY 

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AND CITY THANK YOU SO MUCH. 

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>> THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE DAVID

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HAYNES PRESENT. 

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>> THAT WAS OUR LAST REGISTERED 

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SPEAKER. 

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>> GREAT. THERE ARE NO 

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ADDITIONAL REGISTERED SPEAKERS 

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THEN, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD 

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IS NOW CLOSED. WE WILL PROCEED 

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TO OUR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. WILL 

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THE CLERK PLEASE READ ITEM ONE 

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INTO THE RECORD? 

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>> COUNSEL BILL 121181. RELATED 

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TO PROPERTY TAXES PROVIDING 

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SUBMISSION TO THE QUALIFIED 

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ELECTORS OF THE CITY TO BE HELD 

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ON AUGUST 4th, 2026. AUTHORIZING

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THE CITY TO LEVY PROPERTY TAXES 

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FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUSTAINING 

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INVESTMENT IN LIBRARY OPERATING 

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HOURS. TECHNOLOGY, PROGRAMMING 

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AND MAINTENANCE WHILE EXPANDING 

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ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIALS 

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TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER RETROFIT OF

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ONE LIBRARY FACILITY. FOR 

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BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 

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POSSIBLE AMENDED. 

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>> THANK YOU CLERK. COLLEAGUES, 

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THANK YOU FOR COMING UP TO THE 

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TABLE. COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF

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THE PUBLIC WE ARE HERE IN 

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PERSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

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PUBLIC COMMENT. FOR THOSE OF YOU

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THAT GAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND TO

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THE FOLKS ON THE SEATTLE CHANNEL

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. 

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THIS LEVY PROPOSAL IS IMPORTANT 

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IN MANY WAYS AND I APPRECIATE 

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YOUR ATTENTION. BEFORE WE HEAR 

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FROM CENTRAL STAFF ON THE 

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AMENDMENT BEING OFFERED I WANT 

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TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LETTER THE 

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LIBRARY FOUNDATION SENT TO ALL 

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OF US ADVOCATING FOR INCREASES 

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TO THE PROPOSED LEVY AND WHICH 

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FORM THE BASIS FOR MANY AMENDED 

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AMENDMENTS. I APPRECIATE THE 

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FOUNDATION WORK TO COLLECT 

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DONATIONS AND APPLY FOR GRANTS 

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ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY. SOME 

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OF THE VOTERS THAT SUPPORT THIS 

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LEVY IN FACT WILL ALSO SEND 

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PERSONAL DONATIONS TO THE 

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LIBRARY AND I VERY MUCH 

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APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR 

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CONTRIBUTIONS. THIS IS HOW MUCH 

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WE ALL CARE FOR OUR LIBRARIES 

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HERE IN SEATTLE. HOWEVER, WE 

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ALSO NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 

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THE ADDITIONS REQUESTED BY THE 

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FOUNDATION WOULD TAKE THIS LEVY 

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TO ALMOST HALF $1 BILLION. THE 

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MAYOR THOUGHTFUL PROPOSAL OF 410

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MILLION WHICH I SUPPORTED IS 

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ALREADY 50% LARGER THAN THE 2019

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LEVY EVEN AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR 

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INFLATION. THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL

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AMOUNT AND REALLY SPEAKS TO THE 

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COMMITMENT AND SUPPORT FOR OUR 

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LIBRARIES. SHOULD THEY PASS THIS

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WRITTEN THESE AMENDMENTS WILL BE

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DISCUSSING TODAY WOULD ADD ABOUT

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$58 MILLION TO THE MAYOR'S 

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PROPOSAL FOR A LEVY TOTALING 468

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MILLION. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF

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AMENDMENTS IN FRONT OF US TODAY 

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THAT DON'T YET HAVE NUMBERS 

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ATTACHED SO THE TOTAL MIGHT END 

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UP EVEN LARGER. THIS WOULD BRING

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US THAT MUCH CLOSER TO THE LEVY 

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CAP. WITH THE PROPOSED LEVY OUR 

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LEVY CAP OVER THE NEXT SEVEN 

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YEARS WOULD ALLOW FOR 310 

507
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MILLION FOR OTHER PURPOSES 

508
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INCLUDING FUTURE LEVY RENEWAL. 

509
00:19:46,385 --> 00:19:47,953
THIS MEANS FOR INSTANCE THAT IN 

510
00:19:47,953 --> 00:19:49,388
2030 WHEN WE HAVE A RENEWAL OF 

511
00:19:49,388 --> 00:19:52,391
THE HOUSE AND LEVY WE WOULD ONLY

512
00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:54,560
HAVE 310 MILLION OR LESS TO ADD 

513
00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:59,598
TO THAT LEVY AFTER ACCOUNTING 

514
00:19:59,598 --> 00:20:00,666
FOR INFLATION. AND THEN WHAT 

515
00:20:00,666 --> 00:20:04,369
WOULD BE LEFT FOR THE NEXT LEVY?

516
00:20:04,369 --> 00:20:06,638
AND THE FOLLOWING WHICH IS 

517
00:20:06,638 --> 00:20:07,773
TRANSPORTATION AND SO ON AND SO 

518
00:20:07,773 --> 00:20:13,579
FORTH UNTIL WE REACH THE LID. IF

519
00:20:13,579 --> 00:20:14,713
WE TACK ON AN ADDITIONAL $58 

520
00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,381
MILLION NOW TO THIS LEVY BEFORE 

521
00:20:16,381 --> 00:20:17,916
US TODAY THE LEVY CAP WOULD BE 

522
00:20:17,916 --> 00:20:20,619
REDUCED TO 252 MILLION RATHER 

523
00:20:20,619 --> 00:20:24,156
THAN 310 MILLION. ONE CAN SEE 

524
00:20:24,156 --> 00:20:26,325
HOW ANY ADDITIONS TRULY DIMINISH

525
00:20:26,325 --> 00:20:29,228
OUR LEVY CAPACITY INTO THE 

526
00:20:29,228 --> 00:20:32,230
FUTURE AND BOX US INTO A CORNER.

527
00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:34,266
AT SOME POINT, COLLEAGUES, THE 

528
00:20:34,266 --> 00:20:35,300
MUSIC WILL STOP AND SOMEONE 

529
00:20:35,300 --> 00:20:37,502
WON'T HAVE A CHAIR. WILL THAT 

530
00:20:37,502 --> 00:20:40,172
BE THE HOUSING LEVY, THE THEFT 

531
00:20:40,172 --> 00:20:43,475
LEVY, THE TRANSPORTATION LEVY? 

532
00:20:43,475 --> 00:20:44,676
THESE ARE ALL IN COMPETITION 

533
00:20:44,676 --> 00:20:47,546
WITH EACH OTHER GIVEN OUR 

534
00:20:47,546 --> 00:20:48,547
REALITY. WE HAD A THOUGHTFUL 

535
00:20:48,547 --> 00:20:53,251
QUESTION LAST WEEK ABOUT THE 10%

536
00:20:53,251 --> 00:20:54,453
RESERVE THAT IS BUILT INTO THE 

537
00:20:54,453 --> 00:20:57,923
LEVY CAP AND IF THAT MIGHT BE 

538
00:20:57,923 --> 00:20:58,890
OVERLY CAUTIOUS. 10% WAS USED 

539
00:20:58,890 --> 00:21:00,025
BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOST 

540
00:21:00,025 --> 00:21:01,026
PRONOUNCED DROP IN PROPERTY 

541
00:21:01,026 --> 00:21:04,463
VALUES DURING THE GREAT 

542
00:21:04,463 --> 00:21:05,430
RECESSION. BEST PRACTICE IS TO 

543
00:21:05,430 --> 00:21:07,332
USE THAT NUMBER BECAUSE THAT DID

544
00:21:07,332 --> 00:21:10,636
OCCUR. AS WE ALL KNOW, TODAY OUR

545
00:21:10,636 --> 00:21:13,639
COUNTRY IS IN A VERY VOLATILE 

546
00:21:13,639 --> 00:21:16,441
STATE. WE ARE AT WAR. AND THE 

547
00:21:16,441 --> 00:21:18,510
FISCAL IMPACT FROM THIS WAR WILL

548
00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:20,112
NOT NECESSARILY BE VISIBLE UNTIL

549
00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:26,985
SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. IF PROPERTY 

550
00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:27,819
VALUES DECLINE FOR INSTANCE IN 

551
00:21:27,819 --> 00:21:28,887
RESPONSE TO A WAR DRIVEN 

552
00:21:28,887 --> 00:21:31,657
RECESSION WE WILL STILL NEED TO 

553
00:21:31,657 --> 00:21:32,791
RAISE THE SAME AMOUNT CALLED FOR

554
00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:34,793
IN THIS LEVY. IN ORDER TO RAISE 

555
00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:36,962
THE SAME AMOUNT WE WOULD NEED TO

556
00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:40,065
USE MORE OF THE REMAINING LEVY 

557
00:21:40,065 --> 00:21:41,266
CAP WHICH WOULD BRING US CLOSER 

558
00:21:41,266 --> 00:21:44,336
TO REACHING THAT LIMIT. ALL OF 

559
00:21:44,336 --> 00:21:47,105
THESE POINTS WERE TAKEN INTO 

560
00:21:47,105 --> 00:21:47,906
CONSIDERATION WHEN THIS PACKAGE 

561
00:21:47,906 --> 00:21:51,209
WAS PUT FORWARD. THEREFORE I 

562
00:21:51,209 --> 00:21:53,211
CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE 

563
00:21:53,211 --> 00:21:56,248
SUPPORT ANY ADDITIONS TO THIS 

564
00:21:56,248 --> 00:21:57,716
LEVY. NOT BECAUSE I DO NOT LOVE 

565
00:21:57,716 --> 00:22:00,752
LIBRARIES. BECAUSE I DO. AND 

566
00:22:00,752 --> 00:22:04,923
WISH WE COULD GIVE MORE. BUT 

567
00:22:04,923 --> 00:22:07,559
BECAUSE AT ALREADY 50% MORE THAN

568
00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:09,428
INFLATION IT IS FISCALLY 

569
00:22:09,428 --> 00:22:10,662
IRRESPONSIBLE TO INCREASE THE 

570
00:22:10,662 --> 00:22:14,199
PROPOSAL GIVEN THE CITY'S OTHER

571
00:22:14,199 --> 00:22:16,668
NEEDS. IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT 

572
00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:18,470
THIS IS THE CITY'S FINANCIAL 

573
00:22:18,470 --> 00:22:20,739
REALITY. AND I TAKE NO JOY IN 

574
00:22:20,739 --> 00:22:22,774
BRINGING THIS UP. BUT THIS IS 

575
00:22:22,774 --> 00:22:26,044
WHERE WE ARE. NOW LET'S HEAR 

576
00:22:26,044 --> 00:22:30,115
ABOUT THESE AMENDMENTS. ERIC, 

577
00:22:30,115 --> 00:22:31,083
THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR TRUSTY 

578
00:22:31,083 --> 00:22:34,820
CENTRAL STAFF ARE SUPPORTING OUR

579
00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,822
WORK. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE 

580
00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:38,023
YOUR SUPPORT OF MY OFFICE DURING

581
00:22:38,023 --> 00:22:39,691
THIS SHEPHERDING OF THE LEVY. 

582
00:22:39,691 --> 00:22:42,027
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 

583
00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:45,564
COLLEAGUES, WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE

584
00:22:45,564 --> 00:22:46,898
ARE GOING TO HAVE ERIC INTRODUCE

585
00:22:46,898 --> 00:22:50,335
EACH LEVY AMENDMENT WINTERTIME 

586
00:22:50,335 --> 00:22:51,503
AND THEN I WILL RECOGNIZE THE 

587
00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:58,410
SPONSOR TO SPEAK TO THEIR 

588
00:22:58,410 --> 00:22:59,811
AMENDED AMENDMENT AND THAT WILL 

589
00:22:59,811 --> 00:23:00,879
OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM 

590
00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:02,147
COLLEAGUES AND THEN WE WILL MOVE

591
00:23:02,147 --> 00:23:04,049
ON TO THE NEXT AMENDMENT. ERIC? 

592
00:23:04,182 --> 00:23:06,485
>> GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

593
00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:07,919
JUST FOR THE RECORD I AM COUNSEL

594
00:23:07,919 --> 00:23:09,921
CENTRAL STAFF AND ON THE SCREEN 

595
00:23:09,921 --> 00:23:15,961
NOW IS THE LIST OF THE 

596
00:23:15,961 --> 00:23:23,702
AMENDMENTS. I WILL JUST DO A 

597
00:23:23,702 --> 00:23:25,170
VERY SIMPLE READ FROM A PORTION 

598
00:23:25,170 --> 00:23:27,305
OF THE AMENDMENT, THE SAME 

599
00:23:27,305 --> 00:23:28,940
PORTION FROM EACH AND THEN STEP 

600
00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:30,308
OUT OF THE WAY AND LET THE 

601
00:23:30,308 --> 00:23:33,645
SPONSOR SPEAK TO IT. IS THAT ALL

602
00:23:33,645 --> 00:23:33,879
RIGHT? 

603
00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:37,883
>> THANK YOU ERIC. 

604
00:23:37,883 --> 00:23:39,050
>> THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS THE 

605
00:23:39,050 --> 00:23:39,851
CENTRAL LIBRARY RENOVATION 

606
00:23:39,851 --> 00:23:43,989
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER 

607
00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:45,490
FOSTER. THIS WOULD INTEND THAT A

608
00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:46,258
PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY 

609
00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:47,292
FUNDING AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY

610
00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:48,693
THE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY 10 

611
00:23:48,693 --> 00:23:52,164
MILLION EITHER COUNCIL SHOULD BE

612
00:23:52,164 --> 00:23:54,866
AUTHORIZED TO SUPPORT 

613
00:23:54,866 --> 00:23:55,433
MAINTENANCE INCLUDING MAJOR 

614
00:23:55,433 --> 00:23:57,302
RENOVATION AT THE CENTRAL 

615
00:23:57,302 --> 00:23:57,569
LIBRARY. 

616
00:23:57,569 --> 00:24:07,813
>> THANK YOU. 

617
00:24:16,555 --> 00:24:17,289
>> WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 

618
00:24:17,289 --> 00:24:18,457
SPENDING THE TIME TO SHARE WITH 

619
00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:19,624
US. I WILL SPEAK TO THIS 

620
00:24:19,624 --> 00:24:20,692
AMENDMENT. $10 MILLION FOR THE 

621
00:24:20,692 --> 00:24:24,596
CENTRAL LIBRARY TO BE USED FOR 

622
00:24:24,596 --> 00:24:25,397
RENOVATION. COLLEAGUES, PART OF 

623
00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:26,598
THE REASON I AM BRINGING THIS 

624
00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:27,833
FORWARD IS IN RESPONSE TO WHAT 

625
00:24:27,833 --> 00:24:29,234
WE'VE HEARD CHIEF LIBRARIANS 

626
00:24:29,234 --> 00:24:30,268
SAY IN THIS COMMITTEE SEVERAL 

627
00:24:30,268 --> 00:24:33,305
TIMES IN REGARDS TO THE FACT 

628
00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:35,006
THAT OUR WHAT WE ALL THINK OF AS

629
00:24:35,006 --> 00:24:36,908
A LANDMARK FOR OUR CITY THE 

630
00:24:36,908 --> 00:24:38,043
CENTRAL LIBRARY AND I KNOW THAT 

631
00:24:38,043 --> 00:24:41,680
WHEN WE WALK IN THERE WE SEE THE

632
00:24:41,680 --> 00:24:42,380
GLASS AND INCREDIBLE 

633
00:24:42,380 --> 00:24:43,548
ARCHITECTURE AND WE THINK OF IT 

634
00:24:43,548 --> 00:24:46,017
AS A NEW LIBRARY. AND THE TIME 

635
00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:52,624
THAT THIS LIBRARY LEVY ENDS THIS

636
00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:53,758
LIBRARY WILL BE REACHING ITS 30 

637
00:24:53,758 --> 00:24:54,726
YEAR MARK. SO IT'S INCREDIBLY 

638
00:24:54,726 --> 00:24:55,493
IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE 

639
00:24:55,493 --> 00:24:56,328
INVESTMENTS IN RENOVATION AND 

640
00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:57,195
MAINTENANCE FOR THAT LIBRARY 

641
00:24:57,195 --> 00:24:59,431
TODAY SO THAT WE ARE NOT LOOKING

642
00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:00,699
BACK AND SEEING A TON OF 

643
00:25:00,699 --> 00:25:03,335
DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE AND 

644
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:07,038
ONGOING ISSUES THAT CAN OCCUR 

645
00:25:07,038 --> 00:25:08,273
THERE. THE OTHER REASON I WANTED

646
00:25:08,273 --> 00:25:15,447
TO BRING THIS FORWARD IS THAT 

647
00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:16,581
THERE IS REALLY JUST A FANTASTIC

648
00:25:16,581 --> 00:25:17,949
SPACE IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AS 

649
00:25:17,949 --> 00:25:19,050
I'M SURE MANY OF US HAVE 

650
00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:20,252
ALREADY BEEN THERE AS PATRONS OR

651
00:25:20,252 --> 00:25:21,486
VISITORS. AND I WILL JUST SHARE 

652
00:25:21,486 --> 00:25:25,190
A COUPLE NUMBERS. THERE WERE 

653
00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:26,124
67,000 CHECKOUTS JUST FROM THE 

654
00:25:26,124 --> 00:25:27,192
CENTER IN THE CENTRAL LIBRARY 

655
00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:32,631
AND 84% OF THOSE HAPPENED IN 

656
00:25:32,631 --> 00:25:33,899
PERSON. SO THIS IS A REALLY 

657
00:25:33,899 --> 00:25:34,766
IMPORTANT LOCATION FOR FAMILIES 

658
00:25:34,766 --> 00:25:39,638
IN OUR CITY AND ENSURING WE HAVE

659
00:25:39,638 --> 00:25:40,272
MAINTENANCE INVESTMENTS THERE 

660
00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:41,373
AND RENOVATION WILL ALLOW IT TO 

661
00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:42,274
CONTINUE SERVING CHILDREN AND 

662
00:25:42,274 --> 00:25:45,076
FAMILIES IN OUR CITY. 

663
00:25:45,076 --> 00:25:46,111
COLLEAGUES, I'M HAPPY TO BRING 

664
00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:47,913
THIS FORWARD AND ASK FOR YOUR 

665
00:25:47,913 --> 00:25:48,179
SUPPORT. 

666
00:25:48,179 --> 00:25:48,980
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

667
00:25:48,980 --> 00:25:53,485
FOSTER. ANY QUESTIONS? THEN 

668
00:25:53,485 --> 00:25:56,555
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE SECOND 

669
00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:57,055
AMENDMENT PLEASE. 

670
00:25:57,055 --> 00:25:57,923
>> THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS 

671
00:25:57,923 --> 00:26:01,559
MULTILINGUAL PLAY AND LEARN AND 

672
00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:06,898
ENGLISH SPEAKERS OF OTHER 

673
00:26:06,898 --> 00:26:08,500
LANGUAGES. THE SPONSOR IS 

674
00:26:08,500 --> 00:26:09,134
FOSTER, COSPONSOR IS 

675
00:26:09,134 --> 00:26:10,335
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. WOULD 

676
00:26:10,335 --> 00:26:13,271
INTEND THAT A PORTION OF THE 

677
00:26:13,271 --> 00:26:14,239
LIBRARY AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY

678
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:20,578
THE MAYOR INCREASED BY $4.5 

679
00:26:20,578 --> 00:26:21,613
MILLION SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR

680
00:26:21,613 --> 00:26:22,580
INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT OPERATING

681
00:26:22,580 --> 00:26:24,215
HOURS AND ACCESS BY EXPANDING 

682
00:26:24,215 --> 00:26:26,217
MULTILINGUAL PLAY AND LEARN 

683
00:26:26,217 --> 00:26:27,285
PROGRAMS IN ENGLISH FOR SPEAKERS

684
00:26:27,285 --> 00:26:29,254
OF OTHER LANGUAGES. TWO 

685
00:26:29,254 --> 00:26:39,764
ADDITIONAL LIBRARY BRANCHES. 

686
00:26:40,899 --> 00:26:42,233
>> I WILL BE FIRST READING A 

687
00:26:42,233 --> 00:26:43,902
STATEMENT FROM CONSUL MEMBER 

688
00:26:43,902 --> 00:26:45,036
JUAREZ WHO WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND 

689
00:26:45,036 --> 00:26:47,072
TODAY IT IS A COSPONSOR. THIS IS

690
00:26:47,072 --> 00:26:50,342
IN HER VOICE. TODAY I AM ASKING 

691
00:26:50,342 --> 00:26:52,777
YOU TO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER 

692
00:26:52,777 --> 00:26:54,145
FOSTERS AMENDMENT OF WHICH I AM 

693
00:26:54,145 --> 00:26:56,381
A COSPONSOR TO SUPPORT THE 

694
00:26:56,381 --> 00:26:59,551
SUSPENSION OF THE KALEIDOSCOPE 

695
00:26:59,551 --> 00:27:00,552
PLAY AND LEARN PROGRAM. DISTRICT

696
00:27:00,552 --> 00:27:01,953
5 HAS THREE LIBRARIES, LAKE 

697
00:27:01,953 --> 00:27:07,058
CITY, NORTHGATE AND THE 

698
00:27:07,058 --> 00:27:07,826
KALEIDOSCOPE PROGRAM IS ONLY 

699
00:27:07,826 --> 00:27:09,094
OFFERED AT THE LAKE CITY BRANCH 

700
00:27:09,094 --> 00:27:10,495
AND CURRENTLY ONLY IN ENGLISH. 

701
00:27:10,495 --> 00:27:15,400
THE LAKE CITY LIBRARY IS NEXT 

702
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,968
DOOR TO A SOON TO BE BUILT 

703
00:27:16,968 --> 00:27:17,869
COMMUNITY CENTER WITH 113 UNITS 

704
00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:18,937
OF FAMILY HOUSING. THAT INCLUDES

705
00:27:18,937 --> 00:27:23,208
A PROGRAM ON SITE. THE LEHIGH 

706
00:27:23,208 --> 00:27:25,977
APARTMENTS IS ONE BLOCK AWAY 

707
00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:27,278
WITH HOUSING AND A PRESCHOOL ON 

708
00:27:27,278 --> 00:27:31,816
THE FIRST FLOOR. THERE ARE SEVEN

709
00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:32,951
OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE AREA 

710
00:27:32,951 --> 00:27:33,585
INCLUDING A BILINGUAL ENGLISH 

711
00:27:33,585 --> 00:27:34,586
AND MANDARIN PRESCHOOL. NEAR THE

712
00:27:34,586 --> 00:27:40,825
NORTHGATE LIBRARY TO GATES TWO 

713
00:27:40,825 --> 00:27:42,260
BLOCKS AWAY WITH A PRESCHOOL ON 

714
00:27:42,260 --> 00:27:47,332
THE FIRST FLOOR. NEXT DOOR TO 

715
00:27:47,332 --> 00:27:48,566
THE LIBRARY THE EAST AFRICAN 

716
00:27:48,566 --> 00:27:49,868
ELDERS COMMUNITY LUNCH AT THE 

717
00:27:49,868 --> 00:27:50,669
NORTHGATE COMMUNITY CENTER IS 

718
00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:51,536
HELD. AND AT THE BROADVIEW 

719
00:27:51,536 --> 00:27:55,974
LIBRARY WHERE IT IS ONE BLOCK 

720
00:27:55,974 --> 00:28:00,545
AWAY FROM BROADVIEW THOMPSON 

721
00:28:00,545 --> 00:28:01,813
THERE WERE ARE 148 ENROLLED IN 

722
00:28:01,813 --> 00:28:04,315
THE ESL PROGRAM AND STUDENTS 

723
00:28:04,315 --> 00:28:06,284
SPEAK 32 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE

724
00:28:06,284 --> 00:28:07,118
WELCOME OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK 

725
00:28:07,118 --> 00:28:09,387
WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND 

726
00:28:09,387 --> 00:28:10,455
OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS 

727
00:28:10,455 --> 00:28:16,561
SUCH AS NORTH HELPLINE. DISTRICT

728
00:28:16,561 --> 00:28:17,996
5 IS DIVERSE AND NEEDS DIVERSE 

729
00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:18,563
SERVICES TO SUPPORT YOUNG 

730
00:28:18,563 --> 00:28:19,964
FAMILIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 

731
00:28:19,964 --> 00:28:20,598
CONSIDERATION. AS ALWAYS, 

732
00:28:20,598 --> 00:28:22,434
COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ WITH THE 

733
00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:26,738
DETAILS. WE APPRECIATE THAT. SO 

734
00:28:26,738 --> 00:28:27,739
I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO 

735
00:28:27,739 --> 00:28:29,874
ALLOW FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE 

736
00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:30,709
KALEIDOSCOPE PLAY AND LEARN 

737
00:28:30,709 --> 00:28:31,409
PROGRAM AND SUPPORT EXPANSION 

738
00:28:31,409 --> 00:28:33,278
FOR UP TO TWO LOCATIONS AND 

739
00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:34,379
AFTER CONVERSATION WITH 

740
00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:36,481
LIBRARIES WE KNOW THAT THEY WILL

741
00:28:36,481 --> 00:28:38,416
BE APPLYING THEIR EQUITY 

742
00:28:38,416 --> 00:28:40,351
PRIORITIZATION FILTER TO THAT 

743
00:28:40,351 --> 00:28:43,221
THAT IT IS LIKELY WE WILL SEE AN

744
00:28:43,221 --> 00:28:45,123
OUTCOME, MORE INVESTMENT IN 

745
00:28:45,123 --> 00:28:46,291
SEATTLE WHERE AS YOU HEARD FROM 

746
00:28:46,291 --> 00:28:49,394
THOSE TALKING POINTS THERE IS 

747
00:28:49,394 --> 00:28:51,229
JUST BEAUTIFUL DIVERSE 

748
00:28:51,229 --> 00:28:51,996
COMMUNITIES WHO COULD BE 

749
00:28:51,996 --> 00:28:53,898
SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM. THIS 

750
00:28:53,898 --> 00:28:56,201
AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO COVER 

751
00:28:56,201 --> 00:28:59,804
EXPANSION OF THE ESL PROGRAM 

752
00:28:59,804 --> 00:29:02,207
THAT SERVES FAMILIES WHO HAVE 

753
00:29:02,207 --> 00:29:03,308
MULTILINGUAL NEEDS. I ASKED FOR 

754
00:29:03,308 --> 00:29:05,710
YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 

755
00:29:05,710 --> 00:29:08,780
>> THANK YOU MEMBER FOSTER, 

756
00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:12,817
COLLEAGUES. ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL

757
00:29:12,817 --> 00:29:15,720
JUST SAY I WANT TO ASK ERIC. 

758
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,489
REALLY JUST TO LEVEL SET AGAIN. 

759
00:29:17,489 --> 00:29:20,992
WE ARE ADDING WITH THESE 

760
00:29:20,992 --> 00:29:21,993
AMENDMENTS WE WOULD BE ADDING 

761
00:29:21,993 --> 00:29:27,332
FUNDING BUT IS THE LIBRARY BOARD

762
00:29:27,332 --> 00:29:28,500
THAT GETS TO DICTATE WHERE THE 

763
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:29,534
FUNDING GOES. I'M ONLY ASKING 

764
00:29:29,534 --> 00:29:31,069
BECAUSE THESE ARE VERY SPECIFIC 

765
00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:34,739
ADS AND I JUST WANT TO ASK IN 

766
00:29:34,739 --> 00:29:37,075
THE REALITY OF WHO IS MAKING THE

767
00:29:37,075 --> 00:29:37,742
DECISIONS. EXPECTATIONS ON 

768
00:29:37,742 --> 00:29:39,144
WHETHER OR NOT THE FUNDING HAS 

769
00:29:39,144 --> 00:29:42,947
TO BE USED IN THIS WAY. 

770
00:29:42,947 --> 00:29:44,482
>> THE WAY THAT THESE ARE 

771
00:29:44,482 --> 00:29:45,316
CRAFTED IS TO SHOW INTENTION, 

772
00:29:45,316 --> 00:29:48,052
SHOW THE INCREASE TO THE LEVY, 

773
00:29:48,052 --> 00:29:49,053
AND THEN SHOW THE COUNCIL 

774
00:29:49,053 --> 00:29:51,089
INTENTION FOR HOW THE FUNDS 

775
00:29:51,089 --> 00:29:53,424
WOULD BE AUTHORIZED. 

776
00:29:53,424 --> 00:29:54,392
>> YES, BUT INTENTION DOESN'T 

777
00:29:54,392 --> 00:29:57,195
MEAN WE GET TO DICTATE. WE ARE 

778
00:29:57,195 --> 00:29:59,063
LETTING THE LIBRARY BOARD KNOW 

779
00:29:59,063 --> 00:30:03,835
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE. BUT 

780
00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:04,369
ULTIMATELY. THANK YOU FOR 

781
00:30:04,369 --> 00:30:08,139
CONFIRMING THAT. AND THEN WITH 

782
00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:08,940
THIS PARTICULAR, THESE PROGRAMS 

783
00:30:08,940 --> 00:30:11,075
ARE ALREADY IN THE LEVY. THIS 

784
00:30:11,075 --> 00:30:13,845
WOULD BE AN EXPANSION OF THOSE. 

785
00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:15,680
>> THAT'S CORRECT AND ALSO I 

786
00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:18,316
CAN TAKE QUESTIONS TODAY AND 

787
00:30:18,316 --> 00:30:19,417
FOLLOW-UP WITH MORE SPECIFICS AS

788
00:30:19,417 --> 00:30:23,588
WE GO ALONG. 

789
00:30:23,588 --> 00:30:24,622
>> THANK YOU, ERIC. APPRECIATE 

790
00:30:24,622 --> 00:30:26,324
THAT. AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE. 

791
00:30:26,324 --> 00:30:30,361
AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR. 

792
00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:32,030
>> SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER 

793
00:30:32,030 --> 00:30:34,566
FOSTER. WITH THIS AMENDMENT 

794
00:30:34,566 --> 00:30:36,034
COUNCIL WOULD INTEND THAT A 

795
00:30:36,034 --> 00:30:36,601
PORTION OF LIBRARY FUNDING 

796
00:30:36,601 --> 00:30:37,702
AMOUNT IS TRANSMITTED BY THE 

797
00:30:37,702 --> 00:30:42,373
MAYOR AND INCREASED BY 4 MILLION

798
00:30:42,373 --> 00:30:43,541
BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE 

799
00:30:43,541 --> 00:30:45,677
AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO 

800
00:30:45,677 --> 00:30:48,479
SUPPORT OPERATING OFFERS AND 

801
00:30:48,479 --> 00:30:51,950
ACCESS BY EXPANDING RESOURCE 

802
00:30:51,950 --> 00:30:53,084
NAVIGATION WITH FOUR ADDITIONAL 

803
00:30:53,084 --> 00:30:53,885
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT COMMUNITY 

804
00:30:53,885 --> 00:30:54,419
RESOURCE SPECIALISTS AND 

805
00:30:54,419 --> 00:30:55,620
UPGRADING SECURITY BADGE ACCESS 

806
00:30:55,620 --> 00:30:59,457
IN THE CENTRAL BRANCH. 

807
00:30:59,457 --> 00:31:02,293
>> COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER YOU ARE 

808
00:31:02,293 --> 00:31:02,594
RECOGNIZED 

809
00:31:02,594 --> 00:31:06,865
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I AM 

810
00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:08,132
INTRODUCING THIS AS A WAY TO 

811
00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:09,267
ENSURE THAT THE LIBRARIES HAVE 

812
00:31:09,267 --> 00:31:10,301
ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR COMMUNITY 

813
00:31:10,301 --> 00:31:15,473
RESOURCE SPECIALISTS. AS WE HAVE

814
00:31:15,473 --> 00:31:16,241
HEARD EARLIER TODAY, LIBRARIES 

815
00:31:16,241 --> 00:31:17,075
ARE IMPORTANT PLACES FOR 

816
00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:18,109
FAMILIES AND FOR THE GENERAL 

817
00:31:18,109 --> 00:31:24,115
PUBLIC THEY SERVE AS A THIRD 

818
00:31:24,115 --> 00:31:25,817
PLACE. AND THAT INCLUDES OUR 

819
00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:26,618
NEIGHBORS WHO NEED INFORMATION 

820
00:31:26,618 --> 00:31:27,252
ABOUT RELEVANT COMMUNITY 

821
00:31:27,252 --> 00:31:29,787
SERVICES, FOOD ACCESS OR OTHER 

822
00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:30,722
NEEDS. AND THEY PLAY AN 

823
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:31,823
IMPORTANT ROLE IN ENSURING THAT 

824
00:31:31,823 --> 00:31:32,590
INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO 

825
00:31:32,590 --> 00:31:34,893
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO NEED 

826
00:31:34,893 --> 00:31:36,361
IT. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS A 

827
00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:38,896
CRITICAL PART OF ENSURING BETTER

828
00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:39,831
LIBRARIES ARE THE IMPORTANT 

829
00:31:39,831 --> 00:31:40,932
THIRD PLACES THAT WE WANT THEM 

830
00:31:40,932 --> 00:31:42,767
TO BE. SO THIS IS AN AMENDMENT 

831
00:31:42,767 --> 00:31:44,002
THAT WOULD INCREASE THE STAFFING

832
00:31:44,002 --> 00:31:48,339
CAPACITY FOR THOSE IMMUNITY 

833
00:31:48,339 --> 00:31:49,140
RESOURCE SPECIALISTS. THIS WOULD

834
00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:51,509
ALSO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE ACCESS 

835
00:31:51,509 --> 00:31:54,612
TO THE DOWNTOWN LIBRARY FOR 

836
00:31:54,612 --> 00:31:56,214
MEMBERS OF THE SEATTLE CARE TEAM

837
00:31:56,214 --> 00:32:00,952
TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AS WE ALL

838
00:32:00,952 --> 00:32:02,420
KNOW THE CARE TEAM IS ALLOWED TO

839
00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:03,354
OPERATE IN LIBRARIES PER THE 

840
00:32:03,354 --> 00:32:05,757
M.O. YOU AND WOULD ALLOW THE 

841
00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:06,824
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE DEEPER 

842
00:32:06,824 --> 00:32:11,963
PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COLLEAGUES.

843
00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:12,297
THANK YOU. 

844
00:32:12,297 --> 00:32:14,966
>> COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS OR 

845
00:32:14,966 --> 00:32:16,601
COMMENTS? ERIC, I HAVE A QUICK 

846
00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:19,037
QUESTION WHICH IS CAN YOU JUST 

847
00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:22,607
CONFIRM HOW MANY COMMUNITY 

848
00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:23,408
RESOURCE SPECIALISTS THE LIBRARY

849
00:32:23,408 --> 00:32:28,012
CURRENTLY HAS THAT WOULD BE 

850
00:32:28,012 --> 00:32:28,313
CONTINUED. 

851
00:32:28,313 --> 00:32:33,351
>> WITH YOUR INDULGENCE, BECAUSE

852
00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:34,886
THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS IN MY 

853
00:32:34,886 --> 00:32:40,758
HEAD. I'M GOING TO FADE BACK TO

854
00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:45,263
KIERSTEN. 

855
00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:50,201
>> SO THREE TOTAL. 

856
00:32:50,201 --> 00:32:51,769
>> TWO TOTAL AND ONE OF THOSE IS

857
00:32:51,769 --> 00:32:52,670
FUNDED WITH LEVY FUNDS 

858
00:32:52,670 --> 00:32:52,971
CURRENTLY. 

859
00:32:52,971 --> 00:33:00,278
>> TWO TOTAL. ONE OF THOSE 

860
00:33:00,278 --> 00:33:02,313
POSITIONS IS FUNDED WITH LEVY 

861
00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:02,714
FUNDS CURRENTLY. 

862
00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:06,751
>> SO TWO TOTAL. NOT THREE. 

863
00:33:06,751 --> 00:33:07,185
>> CORRECT. 

864
00:33:07,185 --> 00:33:08,386
>> THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING. 

865
00:33:08,386 --> 00:33:17,261
MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT FOUR. 

866
00:33:17,261 --> 00:33:17,996
>> SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 

867
00:33:17,996 --> 00:33:22,900
LIN. AND THIS AMENDMENT COUNCIL 

868
00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:24,135
WOULD INTEND THAT A PORTION OF 

869
00:33:24,135 --> 00:33:25,370
THE LIBRARY FUNDING AMOUNT IS 

870
00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:27,038
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR 

871
00:33:27,038 --> 00:33:30,441
INCREASED BY $15 MILLION BY THE 

872
00:33:30,441 --> 00:33:31,676
COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR

873
00:33:31,676 --> 00:33:32,377
INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT 

874
00:33:32,377 --> 00:33:33,311
MAINTENANCE BY ONE COMPLETING 

875
00:33:33,311 --> 00:33:35,847
THE REPAIR REPLACEMENT OR 

876
00:33:35,847 --> 00:33:38,016
UPGRADE FOR ALL LIBRARY BRANCHES

877
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:42,854
AND ADDRESSING DEFERRED 

878
00:33:42,854 --> 00:33:43,321
MAINTENANCE. 

879
00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:46,591
>> THANK YOU ERIC. COUNCILMEMBER

880
00:33:46,591 --> 00:33:50,294
LIN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK.

881
00:33:50,294 --> 00:33:51,929
I WAS GOING TO SAY FOSTER BUT 

882
00:33:51,929 --> 00:33:53,798
IT'S YOUR TURN NOW. JUST 

883
00:33:53,798 --> 00:33:54,699
KIDDING. BRINGING LEVITY THIS 

884
00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:58,002
MORNING. I'M TRYING. 

885
00:33:58,002 --> 00:34:00,805
>> THANK YOU COLLEAGUES AND 

886
00:34:00,805 --> 00:34:02,173
THANK YOU TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF 

887
00:34:02,173 --> 00:34:05,343
THE PUBLIC AND LIBRARY FOLKS 

888
00:34:05,343 --> 00:34:08,746
HERE. AS WE ALL KNOW, WITH 

889
00:34:08,746 --> 00:34:09,914
CLIMATE CHANGE EXTREME HEAT ARE 

890
00:34:09,914 --> 00:34:13,518
BECOMING MORE SEVERE AND IN OUR 

891
00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:17,555
REGION. WE HAVE 27 BRANCHES 

892
00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:18,623
WHICH PROVIDE A QUIET, SAFE 

893
00:34:18,623 --> 00:34:19,557
REFUGE FOR COMMUNITIES INCLUDING

894
00:34:19,557 --> 00:34:21,759
FROM EXTREME HEAT. SEATTLE 

895
00:34:21,759 --> 00:34:22,994
PUBLIC LIBRARIES WORK HARD TO 

896
00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,629
IMPROVE COOLING SYSTEM ACROSS 

897
00:34:24,629 --> 00:34:28,933
MOST WRENCHES BUT WE HAVE SITES 

898
00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:29,867
REMAINING AND GIVEN SOME 

899
00:34:29,867 --> 00:34:31,369
UNCERTAINTY AROUND FEDERAL 

900
00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:34,806
FUNDING WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST

901
00:34:34,806 --> 00:34:35,940
THIS AMENDMENT IS MEANT TO 

902
00:34:35,940 --> 00:34:36,874
ENSURE THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT 

903
00:34:36,874 --> 00:34:43,614
FUNDS TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS

904
00:34:43,614 --> 00:34:45,850
AND WE KNOW THAT WITH 27 

905
00:34:45,850 --> 00:34:48,252
LOCATIONS AND MANY AGING 

906
00:34:48,252 --> 00:34:50,488
FACILITIES THE 10 MILLION THAT 

907
00:34:50,488 --> 00:34:52,490
WAS INCLUDED IS NOT SUFFICIENT. 

908
00:34:52,490 --> 00:34:54,459
FOR THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE 

909
00:34:54,459 --> 00:34:59,897
NEEDS. AND SO WE KNOW THAT THOSE

910
00:34:59,897 --> 00:35:00,698
COSTS TO COMPLETE DEFERRED 

911
00:35:00,698 --> 00:35:02,333
MAINTENANCE ARE ONLY GOING TO GO

912
00:35:02,333 --> 00:35:05,203
UP. AND SO I SEE IT AS NECESSARY

913
00:35:05,203 --> 00:35:07,872
AND RESPONSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT 

914
00:35:07,872 --> 00:35:09,640
WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO COMPLETE 

915
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:12,110
THOSE SOONER AND AT LOWER COST 

916
00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:14,579
EVEN AT 15 MILLION I'M 

917
00:35:14,579 --> 00:35:15,379
CONCERNED THAT'S PROBABLY NOT 

918
00:35:15,379 --> 00:35:17,381
GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO MEET THE 

919
00:35:17,381 --> 00:35:18,816
FULL NEEDS OF THE DEFERRED 

920
00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:21,719
MAINTENANCE. AND WITH THAT HAPPY

921
00:35:21,719 --> 00:35:23,955
TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS. 

922
00:35:23,955 --> 00:35:25,957
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 

923
00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:31,329
ANY CALLING QUESTIONS, COMMENTS?

924
00:35:31,329 --> 00:35:33,764
I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, ERIC, 

925
00:35:33,764 --> 00:35:35,800
THAT I KNOW THE LIBRARY CHIEF 

926
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,335
TOLD US YOU HAVE THE FUNDING TO 

927
00:35:37,335 --> 00:35:40,238
DO THE ADDITIONAL LIBRARIES THAT

928
00:35:40,238 --> 00:35:43,274
NEED THE COOLING. THAT NEED THE 

929
00:35:43,274 --> 00:35:47,879
HVAC UPGRADES. 

930
00:35:47,879 --> 00:35:49,046
>> YEAH, THE CHIEF SHOWED THAT 

931
00:35:49,046 --> 00:35:51,349
WITH US AT THE LAST MEETING. 

932
00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:52,416
THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AROUND

933
00:35:52,416 --> 00:35:54,118
SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND SO MY 

934
00:35:54,118 --> 00:35:55,019
UNDERSTANDING WITHOUT PUTTING 

935
00:35:55,019 --> 00:35:57,622
WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH IS THIS IS 

936
00:35:57,622 --> 00:36:01,292
UNDERSTAND TO ADDRESS THAT 

937
00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:03,895
UNCERTAINTY AND DEAL WITH 

938
00:36:03,895 --> 00:36:04,962
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. BUT WE ARE

939
00:36:04,962 --> 00:36:06,697
NOW WAITING INTO THE SPONSOR 

940
00:36:06,697 --> 00:36:06,998
TERRITORY. 

941
00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:10,601
>> THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. 

942
00:36:10,601 --> 00:36:12,336
>> I DID NOT HEAR UNCERTAINTY. I

943
00:36:12,336 --> 00:36:14,205
HEARD THAT WE HAD SECURED A 

944
00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:21,646
GRANT FOR THOSE LIBRARIES. 

945
00:36:21,646 --> 00:36:24,782
>> THAT MAY BE BEST FOR ME TO 

946
00:36:24,782 --> 00:36:26,684
FOLLOW UP ALL RIGHT COLLEAGUES. 

947
00:36:26,684 --> 00:36:34,725
AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE. 

948
00:36:34,725 --> 00:36:36,427
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE IS 

949
00:36:36,427 --> 00:36:38,162
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK

950
00:36:38,162 --> 00:36:40,598
AND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD SHOW 

951
00:36:40,598 --> 00:36:41,899
INTENTION WITH A PORTION OF THE 

952
00:36:41,899 --> 00:36:45,069
LEVY AMOUNT TRANSMITTED BY THE 

953
00:36:45,069 --> 00:36:46,137
MAYOR AND INCREASED BY $15 

954
00:36:46,137 --> 00:36:49,974
MILLION BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE

955
00:36:49,974 --> 00:36:50,808
AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO 

956
00:36:50,808 --> 00:36:51,509
SUPPORT MAINTENANCE BY 

957
00:36:51,509 --> 00:36:54,712
RENOVATING HISTORIC LIBRARY 

958
00:36:54,712 --> 00:36:57,748
BRANCH, REDUCE THE USE OF FOSSIL

959
00:36:57,748 --> 00:37:00,384
FUEL AND UPGRADE PUBLICLY 

960
00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:00,818
AVAILABLE SPACE. 

961
00:37:00,818 --> 00:37:03,621
>> THANK YOU ERIC COUNCILMEMBER 

962
00:37:03,621 --> 00:37:05,723
RINCK, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 

963
00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:09,527
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, AND THANK 

964
00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:10,795
YOU TO EVERYONE WHO TURNED OUT 

965
00:37:10,795 --> 00:37:11,829
TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY.

966
00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:12,830
I JUST LOVED HEARING THE 

967
00:37:12,830 --> 00:37:15,466
POSITIVITY AND PASSION FOR OUR 

968
00:37:15,466 --> 00:37:16,467
LIBRARIES. IT WAS CERTAINLY A 

969
00:37:16,467 --> 00:37:18,936
GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY AND 

970
00:37:18,936 --> 00:37:20,571
LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COME 

971
00:37:20,571 --> 00:37:22,206
BY FULL COUNCIL AT 2:00. 

972
00:37:22,206 --> 00:37:26,077
FANTASTIC TO HEAR FROM YOU. 

973
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:26,911
AMENDMENT NUMBER FIVE IS 

974
00:37:26,911 --> 00:37:29,280
PERTAINING TO 15 MILLION FOR A 

975
00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:30,147
SEISMIC RETROFIT OF A HISTORIC 

976
00:37:30,147 --> 00:37:35,086
BRANCH FOR OUR LIBRARIES. THIS 

977
00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:36,053
LEVY GIVES THE CITY AN 

978
00:37:36,053 --> 00:37:36,887
OPPORTUNITY TO ENSURE OUR 

979
00:37:36,887 --> 00:37:37,922
LIBRARIES CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE 

980
00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:38,623
OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR 

981
00:37:38,623 --> 00:37:41,158
GENERATIONS TO COME. BUT OUR 

982
00:37:41,158 --> 00:37:43,194
OLDEST BRANCHES, THE HISTORIC 

983
00:37:43,194 --> 00:37:44,028
CARNEGIE LIBRARY ARE DECADES 

984
00:37:44,028 --> 00:37:46,664
OVERDUE FOR SEISMIC 

985
00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:47,765
RETROFITTING. AND THAT IS A 

986
00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:50,468
COMMUNITY SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAVE 

987
00:37:50,468 --> 00:37:51,736
CAPACITY TO ADD AT LEAST ONE 

988
00:37:51,736 --> 00:37:52,737
ADDITIONAL BRANCH TO THE SLATE 

989
00:37:52,737 --> 00:37:54,805
OF LARGE CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 

990
00:37:54,805 --> 00:37:56,807
THIS PERIOD. MY UNDERSTANDING IS

991
00:37:56,807 --> 00:37:59,243
THAT AFTER COLUMBIA CITY LIBRARY

992
00:37:59,243 --> 00:38:01,112
RETROFITTING WHICH IS ALREADY IN

993
00:38:01,112 --> 00:38:03,414
PROCESS THE NEXT LIBRARY IN THE 

994
00:38:03,414 --> 00:38:07,218
QUEUE ARE WEST SEATTLE AND THEN 

995
00:38:07,218 --> 00:38:09,053
QUEEN AND AND WE KNOW THE BEST 

996
00:38:09,053 --> 00:38:12,690
TIME TO SEISMICALLY RETROFIT 

997
00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:13,991
MASONRY BUILDINGS IS BEFORE THE 

998
00:38:13,991 --> 00:38:14,992
LAST EARTHQUAKE THE SECOND BEST 

999
00:38:14,992 --> 00:38:21,766
TIME IS RIGHT NOW. THE LIBRARY 

1000
00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:23,167
IS READY RIGHT NOW TO PLAN AND 

1001
00:38:23,167 --> 00:38:24,135
MANAGE ANOTHER PROJECT. OUR 

1002
00:38:24,135 --> 00:38:25,036
AMAZING LOCAL UNIONS ARE READY 

1003
00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:26,470
TO BUILD IT AND OUR COMMUNITY IS

1004
00:38:26,470 --> 00:38:29,106
READY TO SEE US INVEST IN IT 

1005
00:38:29,106 --> 00:38:30,274
RIGHT NOW. I LOOK FORWARD TO 

1006
00:38:30,274 --> 00:38:31,609
WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO MAKE 

1007
00:38:31,609 --> 00:38:32,610
THIS HAPPEN. LET'S GET OUR 

1008
00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:34,211
LOCAL BUILDERS TO WORK MAKING 

1009
00:38:34,211 --> 00:38:35,079
EVERY BRANCH IN EVERY 

1010
00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:37,848
NEIGHBORHOOD SAFER AS QUICKLY AS

1011
00:38:37,848 --> 00:38:38,282
WE CAN. 

1012
00:38:38,282 --> 00:38:40,651
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

1013
00:38:40,651 --> 00:38:43,220
RINCK. ANY QUESTIONS OR 

1014
00:38:43,220 --> 00:38:48,292
COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. AMENDMENT 

1015
00:38:48,292 --> 00:38:48,526
SIX. 

1016
00:38:48,526 --> 00:38:50,961
>> AMENDMENT SIX IS SPONSORED BY

1017
00:38:50,961 --> 00:38:54,732
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. LET ME TRY 

1018
00:38:54,732 --> 00:38:56,901
THAT AGAIN. I THINK THAT'S WHY 

1019
00:38:56,901 --> 00:39:00,271
WE SAY E-BOOKS INSTEAD OF 

1020
00:39:00,271 --> 00:39:03,107
ELECTRONIC BOOKS. KEEPS ME FROM 

1021
00:39:03,107 --> 00:39:03,708
STUMBLING. ELECTRONIC BOOK 

1022
00:39:03,708 --> 00:39:06,143
MATERIALS AND STAFFING. THIS 

1023
00:39:06,143 --> 00:39:07,311
WOULD AMEND A PORTION OF THE 

1024
00:39:07,311 --> 00:39:08,379
LIBRARY FUNDING AMOUNT AS 

1025
00:39:08,379 --> 00:39:14,085
TRANSITED BY THE MAYOR AND 

1026
00:39:14,085 --> 00:39:15,453
INCREASED BY 6 MILLION BY THE 

1027
00:39:15,453 --> 00:39:16,253
COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED 

1028
00:39:16,253 --> 00:39:16,954
WITH INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT 

1029
00:39:16,954 --> 00:39:18,556
COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING THE 

1030
00:39:18,556 --> 00:39:23,094
ELECTRONIC MATERIALS E-BOOKS AND

1031
00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:23,728
AUDIOBOOKS COLLECTION AND 

1032
00:39:23,728 --> 00:39:26,230
INCREASING COLLECTION STAFFING. 

1033
00:39:26,230 --> 00:39:26,897
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, SORRY FOR 

1034
00:39:26,897 --> 00:39:28,165
STUMBLING THROUGH THAT BUT THERE

1035
00:39:28,165 --> 00:39:29,367
YOU HAVE IT. 

1036
00:39:29,367 --> 00:39:33,003
>> IN QUEUE ERIC. YOU ARE 

1037
00:39:33,003 --> 00:39:35,940
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR 

1038
00:39:35,940 --> 00:39:36,240
AMENDMENT. 

1039
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:38,142
>> I WILL BE REFERRING TO THIS 

1040
00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:39,210
AS E-BOOKS. WE'VE HEARD LOUD 

1041
00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,545
AND CLEAR FROM THE LIBRARY, 

1042
00:39:41,545 --> 00:39:42,747
FOUNDATION AND SO MANY OF OUR 

1043
00:39:42,747 --> 00:39:44,482
AMAZING PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY AND

1044
00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:47,985
THOSE WHO CAME LAST WEEK THAT 

1045
00:39:47,985 --> 00:39:51,122
THE DEMAND ON OUR COLLECTION IS 

1046
00:39:51,122 --> 00:39:52,289
HIGH, THE DEMAND FOR E-BOOKS AND

1047
00:39:52,289 --> 00:39:54,091
DIGITAL MEDIA IS FAR OUTPACING 

1048
00:39:54,091 --> 00:39:56,761
OUR BELOVED LIBRARY ABILITY TO 

1049
00:39:56,761 --> 00:39:58,028
KEEP UP. THE LEVY IS TRANSMITTED

1050
00:39:58,028 --> 00:40:01,665
ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN STATUS QUO

1051
00:40:01,665 --> 00:40:03,000
BUT AS ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION 

1052
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,135
THAT IS NOT MEETING THE 

1053
00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:09,440
PRESSURES OF BOOK INFLATION. WE 

1054
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:10,741
ARE ALREADY IN THE TOP 10 

1055
00:40:10,741 --> 00:40:11,442
WORLDWIDE IN DIGITAL BOOK 

1056
00:40:11,442 --> 00:40:12,910
CHECKOUTS AND OUR HIGHLY 

1057
00:40:12,910 --> 00:40:14,345
LITERATE POPULATION IS RAPIDLY 

1058
00:40:14,345 --> 00:40:17,148
GROWING. SO THIS WOULD GIVE THE 

1059
00:40:17,148 --> 00:40:18,182
LIBRARY THE FINANCIAL AND HUMAN 

1060
00:40:18,182 --> 00:40:19,984
RESOURCES NEEDED TO KEEP OUR 

1061
00:40:19,984 --> 00:40:24,321
DIGITAL COLLECTIONS TO MEET THIS

1062
00:40:24,321 --> 00:40:26,991
MOMENT. AND I ASKED FOR YOUR 

1063
00:40:26,991 --> 00:40:27,258
SUPPORT. 

1064
00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:31,195
>> ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 

1065
00:40:31,195 --> 00:40:33,597
AMENDMENT EIGHT. 

1066
00:40:33,597 --> 00:40:36,434
>> I THINK IT'S AMENDMENT 

1067
00:40:36,434 --> 00:40:36,867
SEVEN, CHAIR. 

1068
00:40:36,867 --> 00:40:39,103
>> AMENDMENT SEVEN. 

1069
00:40:39,103 --> 00:40:40,905
>> SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER 

1070
00:40:40,905 --> 00:40:44,275
RINCK. THE COUNCIL WOULD INTEND 

1071
00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:45,342
THAT A PORTION OF THE LEVY 

1072
00:40:45,342 --> 00:40:46,644
FUNDING TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR

1073
00:40:46,644 --> 00:40:49,680
AND INCREASED 2.5 MILLION 

1074
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:51,115
DOLLARS BY COUNCIL SHOULD BE 

1075
00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:52,683
AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO 

1076
00:40:52,683 --> 00:40:54,051
SUPPORT COLLECTIONS BY EXPANDING

1077
00:40:54,051 --> 00:40:58,856
THE PEAK TITLES IN THE LIBRARY 

1078
00:40:58,856 --> 00:41:00,624
E-BOOK COLLECTION. 

1079
00:41:00,624 --> 00:41:04,395
>> THANK YOU ERIC. YOU ARE 

1080
00:41:04,395 --> 00:41:07,731
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR 

1081
00:41:07,731 --> 00:41:08,032
AMENDMENT. 

1082
00:41:08,032 --> 00:41:10,801
>> THIS AMENDMENT IS A SMALLER 

1083
00:41:10,801 --> 00:41:15,039
MORE TARGETED COLLECTIONS 

1084
00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:15,773
INVESTMENT. THE FIRST THING YOU 

1085
00:41:15,773 --> 00:41:17,007
SEE WHEN YOU WALK INTO THE 

1086
00:41:17,007 --> 00:41:18,476
LIBRARY AND JUST ABOUT EVERY 

1087
00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:19,476
BRANCH IT FEATURES THE BOOKS 

1088
00:41:19,476 --> 00:41:20,711
THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. 

1089
00:41:20,711 --> 00:41:25,616
THE NEWEST TITLE REVIEWED BY THE

1090
00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:27,885
SEATTLE TIMES, THE LATEST PIECE 

1091
00:41:27,885 --> 00:41:31,522
FOR HER LOCAL FAVORITE AUTHOR. 

1092
00:41:31,522 --> 00:41:32,857
CURRENTLY LIMITED TO PHYSICAL 

1093
00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:33,490
BOOKS, THIS WOULD EXPAND THAT 

1094
00:41:33,490 --> 00:41:36,093
INCREDIBLE PROGRAM TO E-BOOKS 

1095
00:41:36,093 --> 00:41:41,332
AND AS I NOTED A FEW MINUTES AGO

1096
00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:42,566
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS IN THE

1097
00:41:42,566 --> 00:41:45,903
TOP 10 WORLDWIDE IN DIGITAL BOOK

1098
00:41:45,903 --> 00:41:47,238
CHECKOUT. WE ARE A CITY OF BOOK 

1099
00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:51,275
PEOPLE SO LET'S GET PEOPLE 

1100
00:41:51,275 --> 00:41:52,042
E-BOOKS. THANK YOU. 

1101
00:41:52,042 --> 00:41:55,379
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 

1102
00:41:55,379 --> 00:41:57,848
RINCK. I THINK WE ARE AT 

1103
00:41:57,848 --> 00:41:58,249
AMENDMENT EIGHT. 

1104
00:41:58,249 --> 00:42:00,451
>> AMENDMENT NUMBER EIGHT IS 

1105
00:42:00,451 --> 00:42:02,653
SPONSORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER 

1106
00:42:02,653 --> 00:42:05,256
STRAUSS AND TO THIS AMENDMENT 

1107
00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:06,156
COUNCIL WOULD INTEND THAT A 

1108
00:42:06,156 --> 00:42:07,791
PORTION OF THE FUNDING AMOUNT AS

1109
00:42:07,791 --> 00:42:09,827
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND 

1110
00:42:09,827 --> 00:42:10,527
INCREASED BY A PLACEHOLDER 

1111
00:42:10,527 --> 00:42:14,231
AMOUNT BY THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE 

1112
00:42:14,231 --> 00:42:15,366
AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENT TO 

1113
00:42:15,366 --> 00:42:16,033
SUPPORT OPERATING HOURS AND 

1114
00:42:16,033 --> 00:42:17,534
ACCESS BY EXPANDING LIBRARY 

1115
00:42:17,534 --> 00:42:20,304
PROGRAMMING MADE AVAILABLE LIVE 

1116
00:42:20,304 --> 00:42:24,008
AND RECORDED VIA THE SEATTLE 

1117
00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:24,475
CHANNEL. 

1118
00:42:24,475 --> 00:42:25,242
>> COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS YOU ARE

1119
00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:28,913
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR 

1120
00:42:28,913 --> 00:42:29,213
AMENDMENT. 

1121
00:42:29,213 --> 00:42:31,282
>> IF I MAY SPEAK TO ALL FOUR OF

1122
00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:33,918
MY AMENDMENTS FIRST GENERALLY, 

1123
00:42:33,918 --> 00:42:36,020
BECAUSE EVERYONE MIGHT NOTICE I 

1124
00:42:36,020 --> 00:42:39,056
HAVE DOLLAR FIGURE PLACEHOLDERS 

1125
00:42:39,056 --> 00:42:40,925
IN EACH OF MY AMENDMENTS. 

1126
00:42:40,925 --> 00:42:45,396
>> SHOULD WE THEN HAVE YOUR RUN 

1127
00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:46,397
THROUGH THE REMAINDER AND THEN 

1128
00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:48,632
YOU CAN ADDRESS ALL OF THAT? 

1129
00:42:48,632 --> 00:42:50,167
>> I WILL JUST GIVE AN OVERVIEW 

1130
00:42:50,167 --> 00:42:51,635
AS TO WHY I HAVE PLACEHOLDERS IF

1131
00:42:51,635 --> 00:42:55,239
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 

1132
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,641
>> SORRY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW 

1133
00:42:57,641 --> 00:43:01,345
THE ORDER. YOU WANT TO SPEAK 

1134
00:43:01,345 --> 00:43:02,413
HOLISTICALLY TO ALL FOUR AND 

1135
00:43:02,413 --> 00:43:03,781
THEN HAVE ERIC RUN BY ALL FOUR 

1136
00:43:03,781 --> 00:43:05,583
AND SPEAK TO THEM INDIVIDUALLY? 

1137
00:43:05,716 --> 00:43:08,485
>> YES PLEASE. 

1138
00:43:08,485 --> 00:43:09,787
>> YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AND THEN 

1139
00:43:09,787 --> 00:43:11,388
WE WILL GO BACK. 

1140
00:43:11,388 --> 00:43:12,389
>> FANTASTIC. THE AMENDMENT WE 

1141
00:43:12,389 --> 00:43:15,459
HAVE BEFORE US ALL HAVE DOLLAR 

1142
00:43:15,459 --> 00:43:18,262
FIGURE PLACEHOLDERS. AND THAT IS

1143
00:43:18,262 --> 00:43:19,563
BECAUSE THE WASHINGTON STATE TAX

1144
00:43:19,563 --> 00:43:20,497
CODE DOES NOT ALLOW US TO 

1145
00:43:20,497 --> 00:43:23,767
COLLECT PROPERTY TAX BEYOND 1%. 

1146
00:43:23,767 --> 00:43:26,904
WHICH MEANS THAT EACH OF OUR 

1147
00:43:26,904 --> 00:43:27,771
DOLLARS WE COLLECT THROUGH 

1148
00:43:27,771 --> 00:43:29,139
PROPERTY TAX DO NOT KEEP UP WITH

1149
00:43:29,139 --> 00:43:30,507
INFLATION. AND SO WE ARE AT A 

1150
00:43:30,507 --> 00:43:32,509
MOMENT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE UP

1151
00:43:32,509 --> 00:43:35,145
AGAINST THE LEVY LID AND I KNOW 

1152
00:43:35,145 --> 00:43:39,083
EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE 

1153
00:43:39,083 --> 00:43:39,883
INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE

1154
00:43:39,883 --> 00:43:40,651
MOVING FORWARD IN THIS 

1155
00:43:40,651 --> 00:43:41,652
CONVERSATION. SO THE REASON WE 

1156
00:43:41,652 --> 00:43:45,556
HAVE HAD TO PUT PHIL IN THE 

1157
00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:48,892
DOLLAR FIGURE THIS WEEK IS 

1158
00:43:48,892 --> 00:43:51,028
BECAUSE OF OUR WASHINGTON STATE 

1159
00:43:51,028 --> 00:43:52,463
TAX CODE. EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE 

1160
00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:53,664
RECEIVE GOES LESS FAR THAN IT 

1161
00:43:53,664 --> 00:43:57,768
DID THE YEAR BEFORE AND BECAUSE 

1162
00:43:57,768 --> 00:44:01,739
1% IS LESS THAN INFLATION. OUR 

1163
00:44:01,739 --> 00:44:02,840
LIMIT ON THE PROPERTY TAX MEANS 

1164
00:44:02,840 --> 00:44:04,274
WE ARE EXPECTED TO PROVIDE THE 

1165
00:44:04,274 --> 00:44:07,511
SAME OR BETTER SERVICES EACH 

1166
00:44:07,511 --> 00:44:08,812
YEAR WITH DOLLARS THAT DON'T GO

1167
00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:10,914
AS FAR AS THEY DID EVEN THE YEAR

1168
00:44:10,914 --> 00:44:12,383
BEFORE. IN SEATTLE WE HAVE 

1169
00:44:12,383 --> 00:44:13,517
CIRCUMVENTED THIS 1% PROPERTY 

1170
00:44:13,517 --> 00:44:17,454
TAX COLLECTION CAP BY GOING 

1171
00:44:17,454 --> 00:44:21,625
DIRECTLY TO SEATTLE VOTERS AND 

1172
00:44:21,625 --> 00:44:22,526
SEATTLE FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL 

1173
00:44:22,526 --> 00:44:24,661
PROPERTY TAX LEVIES. IN THIS 

1174
00:44:24,661 --> 00:44:26,864
EXPERIENCE WITH GOING DIRECTLY 

1175
00:44:26,864 --> 00:44:28,132
TO SEATTLE FOR APPROVAL ON THE 

1176
00:44:28,132 --> 00:44:31,535
THINGS THAT WE ALL WANT, IT WAS 

1177
00:44:31,535 --> 00:44:33,270
REALLY ALL CAPITAL FUNDING. BUT 

1178
00:44:33,270 --> 00:44:38,375
AS THE 1% LIMIT CONTINUED TO 

1179
00:44:38,375 --> 00:44:40,177
DROP UNDERCUT OUR CITY ABILITY 

1180
00:44:40,177 --> 00:44:43,380
TO PROVIDE THE BASIC OPERATING 

1181
00:44:43,380 --> 00:44:45,282
EXPERIENCE, BASIC OPERATING 

1182
00:44:45,282 --> 00:44:47,751
EXPENDITURES THAT SEATTLEITES 

1183
00:44:47,751 --> 00:44:52,823
WANT WE STARTED OPERATING INTO 

1184
00:44:52,823 --> 00:44:54,258
OUR LEVIES. JUST SO THAT WE CAN 

1185
00:44:54,258 --> 00:44:57,628
KEEP UP WITH INFLATION AND 

1186
00:44:57,628 --> 00:44:59,263
GROWING POPULATION. AS WE'VE 

1187
00:44:59,263 --> 00:45:01,131
HEARD, EVEN THESE VOTER APPROVED

1188
00:45:01,131 --> 00:45:03,534
LEVIES HAVE A CAP. THAT WE ARE 

1189
00:45:03,534 --> 00:45:06,637
NOW RUNNING INTO. THE STATE 

1190
00:45:06,637 --> 00:45:07,704
LEGISLATURE HAS THE POWER TO 

1191
00:45:07,704 --> 00:45:09,339
RELEASE US FROM THE 1% PROPERTY 

1192
00:45:09,339 --> 00:45:10,541
TAX LIMIT AND THEY CAN RELEASE 

1193
00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:14,211
US FROM THE LEVY AS WELL. THEY 

1194
00:45:14,211 --> 00:45:15,212
HAVE CONSIDERED BEFORE AND THEY 

1195
00:45:15,212 --> 00:45:16,480
HAVE NOT HELPED US. THEY HAVE 

1196
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:19,083
PUT US IN THIS POSITION. I SHARE

1197
00:45:19,083 --> 00:45:22,252
THIS OVERVIEW OF ALL FOUR 

1198
00:45:22,252 --> 00:45:28,225
BECAUSE THIS LEVY IS THE FIRST 

1199
00:45:28,225 --> 00:45:30,627
TO SUFFER FROM THESE LIMITS AND 

1200
00:45:30,627 --> 00:45:33,230
THE FAMILIES, THE PEOPLE COMING 

1201
00:45:33,230 --> 00:45:33,831
THE EVERYDAY SEATTLEITES THAT 

1202
00:45:33,831 --> 00:45:35,566
RELY ON OUR LEVIES ARE THE FIRST

1203
00:45:35,566 --> 00:45:36,867
TO SUFFER FROM THIS TAX CODE 

1204
00:45:36,867 --> 00:45:37,901
THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS 

1205
00:45:37,901 --> 00:45:41,572
PUT UPON US. I SAY THIS BECAUSE 

1206
00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:42,573
EACH OF MY AMENDMENTS HAVE 

1207
00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:45,209
DOLLAR FIGURE PLACEHOLDERS 

1208
00:45:45,209 --> 00:45:46,143
BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT 

1209
00:45:46,143 --> 00:45:48,112
FOR ME TO PUSH AS FAR AS WE CAN 

1210
00:45:48,112 --> 00:45:49,012
AND TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE 

1211
00:45:49,012 --> 00:45:50,280
TO THE FOLLOWING LEVIES WHO HAVE

1212
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:55,586
TO KEEP UP WITH INFLATION AND 

1213
00:45:55,586 --> 00:45:56,653
INCREASED SERVICES. I HAVE NEVER

1214
00:45:56,653 --> 00:45:58,255
SEEN A LEVY COME BACK TO US THAT

1215
00:45:58,255 --> 00:45:59,890
DID NOT ADD SERVICES AND 

1216
00:45:59,890 --> 00:46:00,891
APPROPRIATELY SO. FROM THE TIME 

1217
00:46:00,891 --> 00:46:04,461
THAT I WAS LEARNING TO READ AT 

1218
00:46:04,461 --> 00:46:05,462
THE LIBRARY WE HAVE NEARLY 

1219
00:46:05,462 --> 00:46:07,865
DOUBLED THE POPULATION OF OUR 

1220
00:46:07,865 --> 00:46:09,333
CITY. THIS LEVY LID IS REAL AND 

1221
00:46:09,333 --> 00:46:11,068
HAS REAL IMPACT ON EVERY SINGLE 

1222
00:46:11,068 --> 00:46:16,406
LEVY WE HAVE. AND RIGHT NOW OUR 

1223
00:46:16,406 --> 00:46:18,075
LIBRARIES AND FAMILIES OF THE 

1224
00:46:18,075 --> 00:46:19,209
FIRST TO LOSE OUT BECAUSE OUR 

1225
00:46:19,209 --> 00:46:23,013
STATE TAX CODE. WITH THAT I AM 

1226
00:46:23,013 --> 00:46:24,548
HERE TO PUSH AS FAR AS WE CAN 

1227
00:46:24,548 --> 00:46:26,183
WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US

1228
00:46:26,183 --> 00:46:27,651
SO THAT WE ARE FISCALLY 

1229
00:46:27,651 --> 00:46:28,652
RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIBLE TO 

1230
00:46:28,652 --> 00:46:31,255
OUR EVERYDAY SEATTLEITES WHO ARE

1231
00:46:31,255 --> 00:46:34,124
RELYING ON OUR LEVIES. SO LET'S

1232
00:46:34,124 --> 00:46:35,592
COME BACK TO EACH OF MY 

1233
00:46:35,592 --> 00:46:39,463
AMENDMENTS. ERIC HAS READ MY 

1234
00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:44,368
FIRST. ABOUT THE SEATTLE CHANNEL

1235
00:46:44,368 --> 00:46:44,568
AND. 

1236
00:46:44,568 --> 00:46:47,371
>> CAN I ADDRESS IT? 

1237
00:46:47,371 --> 00:46:49,540
>> YOU CAN ADDRESS IT. WHY 

1238
00:46:49,540 --> 00:46:51,074
DON'T WE GO WITH EIGHT AND THEN

1239
00:46:51,074 --> 00:46:54,077
GO BACK TO ERIC. THANK YOU 

1240
00:46:54,077 --> 00:46:56,580
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. 

1241
00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:57,447
>> TALKING ABOUT THE 

1242
00:46:57,447 --> 00:46:59,883
AWARD-WINNING SEATTLE CHANNEL 

1243
00:46:59,883 --> 00:47:00,851
SPECIFICALLY, THERE WAS A MOMENT

1244
00:47:00,851 --> 00:47:02,286
A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE SEATTLE 

1245
00:47:02,286 --> 00:47:07,391
CHANNEL FUTURE WAS IN PERIL. AND

1246
00:47:07,391 --> 00:47:09,026
NOT A DIFFERENT WAY THAN WHAT WE

1247
00:47:09,026 --> 00:47:11,662
ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. WE 

1248
00:47:11,662 --> 00:47:13,063
HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE FROM THAT

1249
00:47:13,063 --> 00:47:14,131
MOMENT USING THE BRIDGE FUNDING 

1250
00:47:14,131 --> 00:47:17,868
THAT WE PROVIDED, I AMENDED THE 

1251
00:47:17,868 --> 00:47:18,835
BUDGET AND COUNCIL AGREED AND 

1252
00:47:18,835 --> 00:47:20,838
THAT ALLOWED FOR THE SEATTLE 

1253
00:47:20,838 --> 00:47:23,140
FUNDING TASK FORCE TO MEET AND 

1254
00:47:23,140 --> 00:47:23,774
PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY 

1255
00:47:23,774 --> 00:47:26,043
LANDED ON THE RECOMMENDATION 

1256
00:47:26,043 --> 00:47:26,944
SEATTLE CHANNEL SHOULD BE 

1257
00:47:26,944 --> 00:47:28,045
LOCATED WITHIN THE LIBRARY 

1258
00:47:28,045 --> 00:47:29,880
SYSTEM AND FUNDED THROUGH A 

1259
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:30,681
BRANDED SYSTEM THAT HEAVILY 

1260
00:47:30,681 --> 00:47:33,750
RELIES ON THIS LEVY. COLLEAGUES,

1261
00:47:33,750 --> 00:47:34,985
AS YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM THE 

1262
00:47:34,985 --> 00:47:39,723
COMCAST CONTRACT WE PASSED THAT 

1263
00:47:39,723 --> 00:47:40,691
CONTRACT IS BRINGING FEWER AND 

1264
00:47:40,691 --> 00:47:41,692
FEWER DOLLARS BECAUSE THERE ARE 

1265
00:47:41,692 --> 00:47:43,493
FEWER AND FEWER CABLE USERS, THE

1266
00:47:43,493 --> 00:47:45,929
REALITY WHICH LED TO THE SEATTLE

1267
00:47:45,929 --> 00:47:50,067
CHANNEL FUNDING ISSUE A FEW 

1268
00:47:50,067 --> 00:47:51,235
YEARS AGO. THE LIBRARY LEVY WAS 

1269
00:47:51,235 --> 00:47:52,302
VIEWED AS POTENTIALLY A SINGLE 

1270
00:47:52,302 --> 00:47:53,871
SOLUTION IF NOT TO BE A MAJOR 

1271
00:47:53,871 --> 00:48:00,510
PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR 

1272
00:48:00,510 --> 00:48:02,079
SUSTAINABLE AWARD-WINNING 

1273
00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:03,080
SEATTLE CHANNEL. AS I MENTIONED 

1274
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:04,281
BEFORE OUR STATE TAX CODE 

1275
00:48:04,281 --> 00:48:05,882
LIMITATIONS CAME INTO PLAY 

1276
00:48:05,882 --> 00:48:08,151
LIMITING OUR ABILITY TO 

1277
00:48:08,151 --> 00:48:11,655
SUSTAINABLY FUND THE SEATTLE 

1278
00:48:11,655 --> 00:48:12,923
CHANNEL. AND THE PICKET WE HAVE 

1279
00:48:12,923 --> 00:48:13,857
HAD TO MAKE ACROSS-THE-BOARD FOR

1280
00:48:13,857 --> 00:48:17,160
ALL OF SEATTLE CHANNEL FUNDING 

1281
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:20,397
IS TWO THINGS. LEVERAGING THE 

1282
00:48:20,397 --> 00:48:22,232
AWARD-WINNING ABILITY TO RECORD,

1283
00:48:22,232 --> 00:48:25,769
DOCUMENT, PRODUCE AND SHARE THE 

1284
00:48:25,769 --> 00:48:26,937
CONTENT THAT WHETHER IT IS FROM 

1285
00:48:26,937 --> 00:48:30,173
ARTS AND CULTURE, THE WORK 

1286
00:48:30,173 --> 00:48:34,244
WITHIN THE ZOO OR IN THIS GRACE 

1287
00:48:34,244 --> 00:48:36,480
CASE THE GREAT WORK THE LIBRARY 

1288
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:39,983
IS DOING USING THE ALREADY BUILT

1289
00:48:39,983 --> 00:48:41,218
CENTRAL SERVICE TO OUR CITY TO 

1290
00:48:41,218 --> 00:48:42,619
BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE ACCESS TO 

1291
00:48:42,619 --> 00:48:46,923
PROGRAMMING. AND SO IF EACH OF 

1292
00:48:46,923 --> 00:48:49,927
MANY DEPARTMENTS IN OUR CITY ARE

1293
00:48:49,927 --> 00:48:52,029
USING SEATTLE CHANNEL SERVICES 

1294
00:48:52,029 --> 00:48:54,431
MORE IT BECOMES A CENTRAL 

1295
00:48:54,431 --> 00:48:55,565
SERVICE. AND THE RECIPIENTS ARE 

1296
00:48:55,565 --> 00:49:03,140
REALLY THE ONES TO WIN. IN THIS 

1297
00:49:03,140 --> 00:49:04,007
CASE THIS AMENDMENT WOULD EXPAND

1298
00:49:04,007 --> 00:49:05,008
THE IMPACT AND AUDIENCE FOR 

1299
00:49:05,008 --> 00:49:05,809
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS 

1300
00:49:05,809 --> 00:49:08,078
SUCH AS READING, SPEAKER SERIES,

1301
00:49:08,078 --> 00:49:09,379
SPECIAL EVENTS. I DON'T KNOW IF

1302
00:49:09,379 --> 00:49:11,915
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN AUTHOR 

1303
00:49:11,915 --> 00:49:17,521
HERE THE READING ABOUT LAKE 

1304
00:49:17,521 --> 00:49:22,392
CITY. OR TALKS OR BOOKS BUT WHAT

1305
00:49:22,392 --> 00:49:27,364
STUNS ME IS HOW AMAZING THE 

1306
00:49:27,364 --> 00:49:31,468
LIBRARY PROGRAM IS AND HOW IF IT

1307
00:49:31,468 --> 00:49:32,936
IS NOT RECORDED AND SHARED IT IS

1308
00:49:32,936 --> 00:49:34,171
JUST THAT MOMENT IN TIME. SO 

1309
00:49:34,171 --> 00:49:35,005
THIS AMENDMENT FOREST WOULD 

1310
00:49:35,005 --> 00:49:37,974
EXTEND THE IMPACT OF THE 

1311
00:49:37,974 --> 00:49:39,076
PROGRAMS THE LEVY IS ALREADY 

1312
00:49:39,076 --> 00:49:40,877
PROVIDING. BY USING THE EXISTING

1313
00:49:40,877 --> 00:49:42,346
INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE SEATTLE 

1314
00:49:42,346 --> 00:49:48,452
CHANNEL TO REALLY BROADEN AND 

1315
00:49:48,452 --> 00:49:50,987
REACH THE LIBRARY'S GREAT 

1316
00:49:50,987 --> 00:49:52,189
PROGRAMS. I'D LOVE TO EARN YOUR

1317
00:49:52,189 --> 00:49:53,256
SUPPORT AND I'LL BE WORKING 

1318
00:49:53,256 --> 00:49:54,358
WITH EACH OF YOU TO UNDERSTAND. 

1319
00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:55,592
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER 

1320
00:49:55,592 --> 00:49:58,128
STRAUSS. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? 

1321
00:49:58,128 --> 00:50:01,098
MOVING ON TO AMENDMENT NINE. 

1322
00:50:01,098 --> 00:50:04,434
>> AMENDMENT NINE IS SPONSORED 

1323
00:50:04,434 --> 00:50:06,636
BY COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. THIS 

1324
00:50:06,636 --> 00:50:08,872
WOULD SHOW COUNCIL INTENTION AND

1325
00:50:08,872 --> 00:50:10,907
A PORTION OF THE LIBRARY LEVY 

1326
00:50:10,907 --> 00:50:12,309
FUNDING AMOUNT AS TRANSMITTED BY

1327
00:50:12,309 --> 00:50:13,677
THE MAYOR AND INCREASED BY A 

1328
00:50:13,677 --> 00:50:16,012
PLACEHOLDER AMOUNT BY THE 

1329
00:50:16,012 --> 00:50:16,980
COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR

1330
00:50:16,980 --> 00:50:18,281
INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT 

1331
00:50:18,281 --> 00:50:21,218
MAINTENANCE FOR IMPROVING 

1332
00:50:21,218 --> 00:50:21,918
PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY UNDER THE

1333
00:50:21,918 --> 00:50:23,720
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 

1334
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:24,888
AND REPAIRING OR REPLACING 

1335
00:50:24,888 --> 00:50:27,591
ELEVATORS AND ESCALATORS. 

1336
00:50:27,591 --> 00:50:30,327
>> THANK YOU ERIC. COUNCIL 

1337
00:50:30,327 --> 00:50:31,428
MEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE 

1338
00:50:31,428 --> 00:50:34,998
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR 

1339
00:50:34,998 --> 00:50:35,298
AMENDMENT. 

1340
00:50:35,298 --> 00:50:36,433
>> IF YOU CAN'T ACCESS THE 

1341
00:50:36,433 --> 00:50:42,406
LIBRARY, YOU CAN'T USE IT. 

1342
00:50:42,406 --> 00:50:44,808
IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE. IF THE 

1343
00:50:44,808 --> 00:50:48,845
ELEVATOR FROM THE PARKING GARAGE

1344
00:50:48,845 --> 00:50:49,846
WHERE THE A.D.A. PARKING SPOT IS

1345
00:50:49,846 --> 00:50:51,214
CAN'T GET YOU TO THE FIRST 

1346
00:50:51,214 --> 00:50:52,516
FLOOR, THE ONLY WAY INTO THE 

1347
00:50:52,516 --> 00:50:57,020
LIBRARY IS THE INTERNET AND IF 

1348
00:50:57,020 --> 00:50:58,255
YOU DON'T HAVE THE INTERNET, IF

1349
00:50:58,255 --> 00:50:59,723
YOU ARE GOING TO GO CHECK OUT 

1350
00:50:59,723 --> 00:51:00,824
YOUR MOBILE HOTSPOT THAN YOU 

1351
00:51:00,824 --> 00:51:01,958
REALLY ARE LIMITED IN SO MANY 

1352
00:51:01,958 --> 00:51:03,360
DIFFERENT WAYS. SO IF WE DID NOT

1353
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:08,365
HAVE THE STATE REGRESSIVE AND 

1354
00:51:08,365 --> 00:51:09,566
PUNITIVE TAX COURT ON OUR HANDS 

1355
00:51:09,566 --> 00:51:11,034
THIS WOULD BE AN AREA THAT I 

1356
00:51:11,034 --> 00:51:12,469
WOULD FUND AT A LEVEL THAT TAKES

1357
00:51:12,469 --> 00:51:14,271
CARE OF THE ENTIRE BACKLOG AND 

1358
00:51:14,271 --> 00:51:16,740
ADDS SOME. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT 

1359
00:51:16,740 --> 00:51:18,175
OVER THE LIFE OF THIS LEVY THERE

1360
00:51:18,175 --> 00:51:20,043
WILL BE MORE ISSUES BUT IT'S 

1361
00:51:20,043 --> 00:51:21,278
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME THAT WE 

1362
00:51:21,278 --> 00:51:23,246
DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO INCREASE

1363
00:51:23,246 --> 00:51:24,781
THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN

1364
00:51:24,781 --> 00:51:26,583
THE FRONT DOOR. 

1365
00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:29,553
>> THANK YOU FOR COUNCIL MEMBER 

1366
00:51:29,553 --> 00:51:31,488
STRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS OR 

1367
00:51:31,488 --> 00:51:32,689
QUESTIONS? I THINK WE ARE AT 

1368
00:51:32,689 --> 00:51:33,123
AMENDMENT 10. 

1369
00:51:33,123 --> 00:51:36,026
>> AMENDMENT 10 IS SPONSORED BY 

1370
00:51:36,026 --> 00:51:39,996
COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS. COUNCIL 

1371
00:51:39,996 --> 00:51:41,198
WOULD INTEND THAT A PORTION OF 

1372
00:51:41,198 --> 00:51:42,732
THE LIBRARY FUNDING AMOUNT AS 

1373
00:51:42,732 --> 00:51:43,500
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR AND 

1374
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:45,001
INCREASED BY A PLACEHOLDER 

1375
00:51:45,001 --> 00:51:46,002
AMOUNT SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR 

1376
00:51:46,002 --> 00:51:48,038
INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT 

1377
00:51:48,038 --> 00:51:48,638
COLLECTIONS BY INCREASING 

1378
00:51:48,638 --> 00:51:51,942
ACQUISITION OF NEW TITLES AND 

1379
00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:53,210
ADDITIONAL COPIES IN VARIOUS 

1380
00:51:53,210 --> 00:51:58,181
PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL FORMATS. 

1381
00:51:58,181 --> 00:51:58,882
>> COUNCIL MEMBER STRAUSS YOU 

1382
00:51:58,882 --> 00:51:59,916
ARE RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS YOUR 

1383
00:51:59,916 --> 00:52:00,383
AMENDMENT. 

1384
00:52:00,383 --> 00:52:01,518
>> IF WE DON'T HAVE BOOKS WE 

1385
00:52:01,518 --> 00:52:04,988
JUST HAVE A BUILDING. IT'S 

1386
00:52:04,988 --> 00:52:07,424
REALLY AGAIN, THAT SIMPLE. IF WE

1387
00:52:07,424 --> 00:52:11,061
ARE NOT ABLE TO PURCHASE, I KEEP

1388
00:52:11,061 --> 00:52:12,062
CALLING IT CIRCULATIONS BUT I 

1389
00:52:12,062 --> 00:52:15,599
THINK IT IS CALLED COLLECTIONS 

1390
00:52:15,599 --> 00:52:17,567
AND MAYBE I WAS THE FRONT DESK 

1391
00:52:17,567 --> 00:52:21,271
CLERK FOR THE LIBRARY BUT IT WAS

1392
00:52:21,271 --> 00:52:22,272
IN THOSE MOMENTS GETTING TO 

1393
00:52:22,272 --> 00:52:23,473
WATCH HOW THAT ONE BOOK WOULD 

1394
00:52:23,473 --> 00:52:26,143
COME AND GO AND THAT IS A TRUE 

1395
00:52:26,143 --> 00:52:28,912
FEWER PUBLIC GOOD BECAUSE WE 

1396
00:52:28,912 --> 00:52:30,013
WERE MAKING A ONE-TIME PURCHASE 

1397
00:52:30,013 --> 00:52:32,315
FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD THAT IS THEN

1398
00:52:32,315 --> 00:52:35,652
SHARED AND SHARED AND SHARED AND

1399
00:52:35,652 --> 00:52:36,586
SHARED. THIS IS ANOTHER AREA 

1400
00:52:36,586 --> 00:52:38,088
THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE BOOKS WE 

1401
00:52:38,088 --> 00:52:40,824
JUST HAVE A BUILDING. 

1402
00:52:40,824 --> 00:52:43,293
>> COLLEAGUES, COMMENTS OR 

1403
00:52:43,293 --> 00:52:45,529
QUESTIONS? I THINK WE ARE AT THE

1404
00:52:45,529 --> 00:52:49,299
LAST AMENDMENT. AMENDMENT 11. 

1405
00:52:49,299 --> 00:52:50,834
>> COUNCIL NEVER STRAUSS IS THE 

1406
00:52:50,834 --> 00:52:51,835
SPONSOR. WITH THIS AMENDMENT, 

1407
00:52:51,835 --> 00:52:54,538
THE COUNCIL WOULD INTEND A 

1408
00:52:54,538 --> 00:52:57,140
PORTION OF THE LIBRARY FUNDING 

1409
00:52:57,140 --> 00:52:58,175
AMOUNT AS TRANSMITTED BY THE 

1410
00:52:58,175 --> 00:52:59,175
MAYOR AND INCREASED BY A 

1411
00:52:59,175 --> 00:53:01,411
PLACEHOLDER AMOUNT BY THE 

1412
00:53:01,411 --> 00:53:02,412
COUNCIL SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR

1413
00:53:02,412 --> 00:53:03,246
INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT OPERATING 

1414
00:53:03,246 --> 00:53:06,316
HOURS AND ACCESS BY CONTRACTING 

1415
00:53:06,316 --> 00:53:08,752
FOR SAFETY AMBASSADORS OR 

1416
00:53:08,752 --> 00:53:09,786
OUTREACH WORKERS TO SERVE ON 

1417
00:53:09,786 --> 00:53:12,055
SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROPERTY.

1418
00:53:12,188 --> 00:53:15,392
>> THANK YOU ERIC. COUNCIL 

1419
00:53:15,392 --> 00:53:16,259
MEMBER STRAUSS, YOU ARE 

1420
00:53:16,259 --> 00:53:17,027
RECOGNIZED TO ADDRESS YOUR 

1421
00:53:17,027 --> 00:53:19,329
AMENDMENT. 

1422
00:53:19,329 --> 00:53:20,664
>> THIS IS REALLY THROUGH 

1423
00:53:20,664 --> 00:53:22,832
CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMEMBER 

1424
00:53:22,832 --> 00:53:24,034
FOSTER WHERE I THINK WE WILL 

1425
00:53:24,034 --> 00:53:24,868
CONTINUE WORKING TOGETHER TO 

1426
00:53:24,868 --> 00:53:27,304
MERGE OUR DIFFERENT IDEAS AND 

1427
00:53:27,304 --> 00:53:28,538
ONLY ONE WOULD MOVE FORWARD BUT 

1428
00:53:28,538 --> 00:53:29,773
WE ARE CONTINUING WORKING 

1429
00:53:29,773 --> 00:53:30,640
THROUGH IT. REALLY COUNCIL 

1430
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:33,643
MEMBER FOSTERS AMENDMENT REALLY 

1431
00:53:33,643 --> 00:53:34,844
ADDRESS THE FACT THAT A DECADE 

1432
00:53:34,844 --> 00:53:36,279
AGO OR EVEN THE LAST TIME THE 

1433
00:53:36,279 --> 00:53:38,915
LEVY WAS PASSED WAS A TIME WHEN 

1434
00:53:38,915 --> 00:53:40,784
THE CITY OF SEATTLE WAS DOING A 

1435
00:53:40,784 --> 00:53:45,889
VERY POOR JOB OF PROVIDING 

1436
00:53:45,889 --> 00:53:46,890
SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE 

1437
00:53:46,890 --> 00:53:48,758
EXPERIENCING EMERGENCIES IN THE 

1438
00:53:48,758 --> 00:53:50,193
CRISIS AND OFTEN TIMES 

1439
00:53:50,193 --> 00:53:51,962
HOMELESSNESS ON OUR STREETS. IT 

1440
00:53:51,962 --> 00:53:54,197
WAS AT A TIME WHEN WE RELIED ON 

1441
00:53:54,197 --> 00:53:56,333
THE NAVIGATION TEAM THAT LED THE

1442
00:53:56,333 --> 00:54:00,036
POLICE AND HAD CASEWORKERS 

1443
00:54:00,036 --> 00:54:01,171
BEHIND. WHEREAS TODAY WE HAVE 

1444
00:54:01,171 --> 00:54:02,606
THE UNIFIED CARE TEAM THAT LEADS

1445
00:54:02,606 --> 00:54:03,673
WITH SOCIAL WORKERS AND THE 

1446
00:54:03,673 --> 00:54:07,177
POLICE ARE BEHIND. SO JUST 

1447
00:54:07,177 --> 00:54:11,448
MAKING THAT SHIFT IN HOW WE 

1448
00:54:11,448 --> 00:54:13,817
PROVIDE CRISIS RESPONSE. WE NOW 

1449
00:54:13,817 --> 00:54:17,988
HAVE THE CARE TEAM WE DIDN'T 

1450
00:54:17,988 --> 00:54:19,422
HAVE, AT LEAST IN MANY PARTS OF 

1451
00:54:19,422 --> 00:54:20,790
THE CITY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE 

1452
00:54:20,790 --> 00:54:21,858
BEFORE. WE HAVE THE CRISIS CARE 

1453
00:54:21,858 --> 00:54:25,595
CENTERS OPENING UP THROUGHOUT 

1454
00:54:25,595 --> 00:54:26,596
THIS COUNTY, WE HAVE ADDITIONAL 

1455
00:54:26,596 --> 00:54:27,597
MOBILE CRISIS UNITS THAT ARE 

1456
00:54:27,597 --> 00:54:28,665
EMPLOYED IN OUR CITY AND 

1457
00:54:28,665 --> 00:54:31,334
THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY. THERE ARE

1458
00:54:31,334 --> 00:54:33,870
SO MANY WAYS THAT THE FRONT DOOR

1459
00:54:33,870 --> 00:54:34,971
OF CITY SERVICES HAVE CHANGED IN

1460
00:54:34,971 --> 00:54:38,241
THE LAST DECADE AND I WANT TO 

1461
00:54:38,241 --> 00:54:39,509
MAKE SURE THE LIBRARY IS KEEPING

1462
00:54:39,509 --> 00:54:43,146
UP WITH THAT. AND BEING ABLE TO 

1463
00:54:43,146 --> 00:54:44,981
BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE CHANGES. 

1464
00:54:44,981 --> 00:54:46,583
FOR INSTANCE WE HAVE WHAT IS 

1465
00:54:46,583 --> 00:54:49,052
CALLED THE SEATTLE IMPACT 

1466
00:54:49,052 --> 00:54:50,520
FRAMEWORK THAT IS OPERATING IN A

1467
00:54:50,520 --> 00:54:52,122
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 

1468
00:54:52,122 --> 00:54:53,156
NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY THAT 

1469
00:54:53,156 --> 00:54:55,992
TAKE THE HIGHEST LEVEL CASE 

1470
00:54:55,992 --> 00:54:59,095
SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS AND 

1471
00:54:59,095 --> 00:55:00,096
CASE CONFERENCES WITH PEOPLE WHO

1472
00:55:00,096 --> 00:55:08,405
ARE IN THAT GEOGRAPHIC SPACE. A 

1473
00:55:08,405 --> 00:55:09,506
GREAT WAY THE LIBRARY COULD BE 

1474
00:55:09,506 --> 00:55:12,475
INCLUDED AND INTERACTIVE. SORRY 

1475
00:55:12,475 --> 00:55:13,710
IF MY COMMENTS ARE A LITTLE 

1476
00:55:13,710 --> 00:55:15,378
JUMBLED. THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT

1477
00:55:15,378 --> 00:55:16,513
OF ACTIVITY IN THE COUNCIL 

1478
00:55:16,513 --> 00:55:18,481
CHAMBERS AT THE MOMENT. BUT ALL 

1479
00:55:18,481 --> 00:55:21,951
THAT TO SAY IS THERE MIGHT BE A 

1480
00:55:21,951 --> 00:55:24,921
WAY WHERE WE UPDATE THE LIBRARY 

1481
00:55:24,921 --> 00:55:26,222
TO BE ABLE TO FIT INTO THE 

1482
00:55:26,222 --> 00:55:27,090
EXISTING AND EXPANDED SOCIAL 

1483
00:55:27,090 --> 00:55:28,091
SERVICE NETWORK THAT WE HAVE 

1484
00:55:28,091 --> 00:55:29,326
CREATED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS 

1485
00:55:29,326 --> 00:55:30,760
RATHER THAN TRYING TO GET THAT 

1486
00:55:30,760 --> 00:55:32,629
SOCIAL SERVICE NETWORK TO FIT 

1487
00:55:32,629 --> 00:55:35,565
WITHIN THE CONSTRUCT OF THE 

1488
00:55:35,565 --> 00:55:37,734
LIBRARY. SO ALL CONVERSATION TO 

1489
00:55:37,734 --> 00:55:40,737
CONTINUE AND HAPPY TO HAVE THAT 

1490
00:55:40,737 --> 00:55:46,643
CONVERSATION. THAT'S ABOUT ALL 

1491
00:55:46,643 --> 00:55:47,477
I'VE GOT . 

1492
00:55:47,477 --> 00:55:48,611
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER 

1493
00:55:48,611 --> 00:55:49,379
STRAUSS. ANY COMMENTS OR 

1494
00:55:49,379 --> 00:55:52,215
QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. 

1495
00:55:52,215 --> 00:55:55,218
COLLEAGUES, A COUPLE THINGS. I 

1496
00:55:55,218 --> 00:55:56,286
WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COUNCIL

1497
00:55:56,286 --> 00:55:57,854
PRESIDENT HAS BEEN HERE FOR 

1498
00:55:57,854 --> 00:55:59,022
INSTANCE BEFORE WE STARTED 

1499
00:55:59,022 --> 00:56:01,991
TALKING ABOUT THE AMENDMENTS SO 

1500
00:56:01,991 --> 00:56:03,193
I WAS REMISS IN NOT 

1501
00:56:03,193 --> 00:56:04,828
ACKNOWLEDGING HER EARLIER. AND 

1502
00:56:04,828 --> 00:56:11,434
THEN I JUST NEED A MINUTE TO 

1503
00:56:11,434 --> 00:56:16,039
CONFER ON NEXT STEPS FOR 

1504
00:56:16,039 --> 00:56:17,474
TODAY'S MEETING. SO IF YOU WILL

1505
00:56:17,474 --> 00:56:23,913
JUST HANG TIGHT FOR A MINUTE. 

1506
00:56:23,913 --> 00:56:34,457
APPRECIATE THAT. WE ARE GOING TO

1507
00:56:59,783 --> 00:57:02,752
TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RESET. WE 

1508
00:57:02,752 --> 00:57:08,758
WILL RECESS TO 10:34. I JUST 

1509
00:57:08,758 --> 00:57:10,160
NEED TO GET A CONSULT FROM OUR 

1510
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:11,461
CLERKS ON NEXT STEPS FOR THE 

1511
00:57:11,461 --> 00:57:12,362
MEETING. THANK YOU. 

1512
01:02:44,694 --> 01:02:47,563
WE HAVE SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBERS 

1513
01:02:47,563 --> 01:02:47,830
PRESENT. 

1514
01:02:47,830 --> 01:02:51,100
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR 

1515
01:02:51,100 --> 01:02:52,101
PATIENCE. THE REASON I RECESSED 

1516
01:02:52,101 --> 01:02:53,503
WAS JUST TO GET A CONSULT FROM 

1517
01:02:53,503 --> 01:02:55,338
OUR CLERK. WE HAVE THREE 

1518
01:02:55,338 --> 01:02:57,607
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FROM MY 

1519
01:02:57,607 --> 01:03:00,376
COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND 

1520
01:03:00,376 --> 01:03:03,279
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA BUT THEY ARE 

1521
01:03:03,279 --> 01:03:06,716
NOT BEFORE US ON PAPER AND I 

1522
01:03:06,716 --> 01:03:08,184
WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAD 

1523
01:03:08,184 --> 01:03:10,920
THE PROPER INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOW 

1524
01:03:10,920 --> 01:03:12,221
TO READ THEM INTO THE RECORD AND

1525
01:03:12,221 --> 01:03:13,489
HAVE MY COLLEAGUE BE ABLE TO 

1526
01:03:13,489 --> 01:03:15,324
SPEAK TO THEM. SO WHAT WE WILL 

1527
01:03:15,324 --> 01:03:16,959
DO IS THEY ARE IN CONCEPT SO 

1528
01:03:16,959 --> 01:03:20,229
THEY WILL BE BETTER FLUSHED OUT 

1529
01:03:20,229 --> 01:03:22,031
IN TIME FOR OUR VOTE ON THE 

1530
01:03:22,031 --> 01:03:24,267
EIGHTH. SO WE WILL HAVE ERIC 

1531
01:03:24,267 --> 01:03:28,771
SPEAK TO THE CONTEXT FOR EACH OF

1532
01:03:28,771 --> 01:03:30,373
THE THREE LIKE WE DID THE LAST, 

1533
01:03:30,373 --> 01:03:31,841
WE WILL DO ONE AT A TIME AND 

1534
01:03:31,841 --> 01:03:33,176
HAVE MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMEMBER 

1535
01:03:33,176 --> 01:03:34,744
SAKA SPEAK TO HIS AMENDMENT. 

1536
01:03:34,744 --> 01:03:36,145
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GRACE 

1537
01:03:36,145 --> 01:03:39,048
WHILE WE FIGURE THAT OUT. ERIC, 

1538
01:03:39,048 --> 01:03:41,350
NOW WE ARE AT AMENDMENT 12. 

1539
01:03:41,350 --> 01:03:44,253
>> THIS IS AMENDMENT 12. 

1540
01:03:44,253 --> 01:03:45,087
SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.

1541
01:03:45,087 --> 01:03:47,723
THIS WOULD INTEND THAT A PORTION

1542
01:03:47,723 --> 01:03:49,525
OF THE LIBRARY FUNDED AMOUNT AS 

1543
01:03:49,525 --> 01:03:50,860
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR SHOULD 

1544
01:03:50,860 --> 01:03:54,330
BE AUTHORIZED FOR INVESTMENTS TO

1545
01:03:54,330 --> 01:03:55,731
SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES BY 

1546
01:03:55,731 --> 01:03:58,601
PROVIDING DIGITAL PROGRAMS FOR 

1547
01:03:58,601 --> 01:04:00,036
TEENS OFFERED AT THE SOUTH ARK 

1548
01:04:00,036 --> 01:04:04,674
AND HIGH POINT LIBRARY. 

1549
01:04:04,674 --> 01:04:05,608
>> THANK YOU ERIC. COUNCIL 

1550
01:04:05,608 --> 01:04:08,878
MEMBER SAKA YOU ARE RECOGNIZED 

1551
01:04:08,878 --> 01:04:09,812
TO SPEAK TO YOUR AMENDMENT. 

1552
01:04:09,812 --> 01:04:13,282
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. FIRST 

1553
01:04:13,282 --> 01:04:14,283
AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO 

1554
01:04:14,283 --> 01:04:15,551
APOLOGIZE TO YOU ON THE RECORD 

1555
01:04:15,551 --> 01:04:19,889
FOR THE LATENCY ON MY AUNT. MY 

1556
01:04:19,889 --> 01:04:23,492
END. AND SORT OF SURPRISED 

1557
01:04:23,492 --> 01:04:27,163
NATURE OF THESE. THEY ARE NOT 

1558
01:04:27,163 --> 01:04:28,431
WALK ON'S BECAUSE WE ARE NOT 

1559
01:04:28,431 --> 01:04:30,833
VOTING BUT PUTTING YOU UNDER THE

1560
01:04:30,833 --> 01:04:33,369
PRESSURE FOR COORDINATING WITH 

1561
01:04:33,369 --> 01:04:35,538
THE CLERK. THAT'S MY BAD, MY 

1562
01:04:35,538 --> 01:04:38,474
APOLOGIZE. I OWN THAT, I DID NOT

1563
01:04:38,474 --> 01:04:39,675
INTEND ANY OF THAT AND ALSO 

1564
01:04:39,675 --> 01:04:43,145
APOLOGIES TO PEOPLE WAITING AND 

1565
01:04:43,145 --> 01:04:44,780
HAD TO TAKE THAT FIVE MINUTE 

1566
01:04:44,780 --> 01:04:47,083
RECESS. BUT GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE 

1567
01:04:47,083 --> 01:04:49,018
TRYING TO DO MORE FOR OUR 

1568
01:04:49,018 --> 01:04:53,356
LIBRARIES. WITH THESE THREE 

1569
01:04:53,356 --> 01:04:54,557
AMENDMENTS. HIGH LEVEL, I WILL 

1570
01:04:54,557 --> 01:05:01,330
JUST SHARE OVERVIEW. THESE THREE

1571
01:05:01,330 --> 01:05:03,499
AMENDMENTS, NONE OF THESE WOULD 

1572
01:05:03,499 --> 01:05:05,234
ADD FUNDING OR ADDITIONAL COST 

1573
01:05:05,234 --> 01:05:07,637
TO A LEVY. JUST CLARIFY COUNCIL 

1574
01:05:07,637 --> 01:05:12,108
INTENT ON SPECIFIC FUNDING AND 

1575
01:05:12,108 --> 01:05:14,310
PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY 

1576
01:05:14,310 --> 01:05:15,511
AVAILABLE. AND SO THE FIRST ONE 

1577
01:05:15,511 --> 01:05:21,050
HERE WE TALKED ABOUT AND I 

1578
01:05:21,050 --> 01:05:22,084
SHOULD CLARIFY I WAS PROBABLY 

1579
01:05:22,084 --> 01:05:24,020
THE FIRST COUNCILMEMBER OFFICE 

1580
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:26,088
TO GET MY AMENDMENT CONCEPTS IN 

1581
01:05:26,088 --> 01:05:31,927
ABOUT A MONTH AGO BUT DUE TO 

1582
01:05:31,927 --> 01:05:32,762
ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR WAS UNABLE 

1583
01:05:32,762 --> 01:05:33,763
TO MEET THE PUBLICATION DEADLINE

1584
01:05:33,763 --> 01:05:35,631
YESTERDAY AND I OWN THAT. MY 

1585
01:05:35,631 --> 01:05:40,036
APOLOGIES. IN ANY EVENT, HERE WE

1586
01:05:40,036 --> 01:05:42,238
ARE. STARTING FIRST WITH MAKING 

1587
01:05:42,238 --> 01:05:44,473
SURE THAT WE SUPPORT DIGITAL 

1588
01:05:44,473 --> 01:05:46,042
SCALING PROGRAMS AND 

1589
01:05:46,042 --> 01:05:47,310
INITIATIVES. CALLED OUT SOME 

1590
01:05:47,310 --> 01:05:52,214
SPECIFIC ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES 

1591
01:05:52,214 --> 01:05:53,382
OF BRANCHES. IN MY DISTRICT THAT

1592
01:05:53,382 --> 01:05:57,653
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF 

1593
01:05:57,653 --> 01:05:58,454
THESE PROGRAMS BEING LAUNCHED 

1594
01:05:58,454 --> 01:06:01,991
FROM BUT THIS IS ILLUSTRATIVE 

1595
01:06:01,991 --> 01:06:03,259
ONLY. AND THE LIBRARY SYSTEM AND

1596
01:06:03,259 --> 01:06:07,530
THE BOARD ARE OBVIOUSLY FREE TO 

1597
01:06:07,530 --> 01:06:08,764
BUILD UPON THIS LIST AND OTHER 

1598
01:06:08,764 --> 01:06:15,237
AREAS IN NEED. BUT THE BASIC 

1599
01:06:15,237 --> 01:06:16,305
NOTION HERE IS THAT SEATTLE 

1600
01:06:16,305 --> 01:06:17,306
PUBLIC LIBRARIES OFFERS A WIDE 

1601
01:06:17,306 --> 01:06:18,140
RANGE OF DIGITAL SCALING 

1602
01:06:18,140 --> 01:06:18,908
OPPORTUNITIES AND TECHNOLOGY 

1603
01:06:18,908 --> 01:06:20,910
RELATED LEARNING RESOURCES TO 

1604
01:06:20,910 --> 01:06:24,013
HELP PEOPLE BUILD CONFIDENCE AND

1605
01:06:24,013 --> 01:06:26,449
COMPETENCE IN TODAY'S DIGITAL 

1606
01:06:26,449 --> 01:06:27,883
WORLD. SO THESE OPPORTUNITIES 

1607
01:06:27,883 --> 01:06:30,686
ARE MOSTLY FREE FOR CARDHOLDERS 

1608
01:06:30,686 --> 01:06:33,823
AND MANY ARE SELF-PACED ONLINE 

1609
01:06:33,823 --> 01:06:36,225
RESOURCES AS WELL AS IN-PERSON 

1610
01:06:36,225 --> 01:06:39,095
CLASSES OR SUPPORT. KNOW THAT IN

1611
01:06:39,095 --> 01:06:42,631
MY DISTRICT SOUTH PARK AND HIGH 

1612
01:06:42,631 --> 01:06:43,466
POINT BRANCHES ARE NEIGHBORHOODS

1613
01:06:43,466 --> 01:06:47,436
THAT HAVE LOWER RATES OF HOME 

1614
01:06:47,436 --> 01:06:50,406
INTERNET ACCESS. CAN PAIR WITH 

1615
01:06:50,406 --> 01:06:53,809
MORE AFFLUENT AREAS OF SEATTLE. 

1616
01:06:53,809 --> 01:06:54,810
THIS CREATES BARRIERS TO ONLINE 

1617
01:06:54,810 --> 01:06:57,380
LEARNING. JOB APPLICATIONS FOR 

1618
01:06:57,380 --> 01:06:58,647
GOVERNMENT SERVICES, TELEHEALTH 

1619
01:06:58,647 --> 01:07:02,518
AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DIGITAL 

1620
01:07:02,518 --> 01:07:04,754
SKILLS, ACTIVITIES AND 

1621
01:07:04,754 --> 01:07:06,789
INITIATIVES. THAT'S PRECISELY 

1622
01:07:06,789 --> 01:07:09,658
WHY THIS DIGITAL EFFORT IS 

1623
01:07:09,658 --> 01:07:10,493
NEEDED AND IN THESE 

1624
01:07:10,493 --> 01:07:12,261
NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROBABLY MORE.

1625
01:07:12,261 --> 01:07:14,964
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS AMENDMENT 

1626
01:07:14,964 --> 01:07:15,731
PROPOSED AMENDMENT SEEKS TO 

1627
01:07:15,731 --> 01:07:18,601
ADDRESS AND ACCOMPLISH AND HOPE 

1628
01:07:18,601 --> 01:07:21,637
TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

1629
01:07:21,771 --> 01:07:24,974
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.

1630
01:07:24,974 --> 01:07:28,811
WE WILL GO TO AMENDMENT NUMBER 

1631
01:07:28,811 --> 01:07:29,178
13. 

1632
01:07:29,178 --> 01:07:34,450
>> ALSO SPONSORED BY 

1633
01:07:34,450 --> 01:07:35,584
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA THIS WOULD 

1634
01:07:35,584 --> 01:07:36,752
INTEND THAT A PORTION OF THE 

1635
01:07:36,752 --> 01:07:37,553
LIBRARY FUNDING AMOUNT AS 

1636
01:07:37,553 --> 01:07:38,654
TRANSMITTED BY THE MAYOR SHOULD 

1637
01:07:38,654 --> 01:07:39,588
BE AUTHORIZED THROUGH INVESTMENT

1638
01:07:39,588 --> 01:07:40,856
TO SUPPORT HOURS AND ACCESS AND 

1639
01:07:40,856 --> 01:07:41,624
COLLECTIONS BY CONTRACTING WITH 

1640
01:07:41,624 --> 01:07:43,659
THE WASHINGTON STATE BLACK 

1641
01:07:43,659 --> 01:07:45,795
LEGACY INSTITUTE FOR PROGRAMMING

1642
01:07:45,795 --> 01:07:47,963
THAT CELEBRATES AND PRESERVES 

1643
01:07:47,963 --> 01:07:49,198
THE RICH HISTORY OF WASHINGTON 

1644
01:07:49,198 --> 01:07:51,534
STATE BLACK COMMUNITIES AND 

1645
01:07:51,534 --> 01:07:54,670
OFFERS A POWERFUL TRIBUTE TO 

1646
01:07:54,670 --> 01:07:57,173
BLACK RESILIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND

1647
01:07:57,173 --> 01:07:57,873
CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 

1648
01:07:57,873 --> 01:08:00,276
>> THANK YOU ERIC. YOU ARE 

1649
01:08:00,276 --> 01:08:01,644
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR 

1650
01:08:01,644 --> 01:08:01,944
AMENDMENT. 

1651
01:08:01,944 --> 01:08:04,246
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. COLLEAGUES, 

1652
01:08:04,246 --> 01:08:05,714
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET AND MEMBERS 

1653
01:08:05,714 --> 01:08:08,384
OF THE PUBLIC IF YOU HAVE NOT 

1654
01:08:08,384 --> 01:08:10,186
YET HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT

1655
01:08:10,186 --> 01:08:14,390
THE HISTORIC WASHINGTON STATE 

1656
01:08:14,390 --> 01:08:15,324
BLACK LEGACY INSTITUTE IN MY 

1657
01:08:15,324 --> 01:08:16,492
DISTRICT IN WEST SEATTLE IN THE 

1658
01:08:16,492 --> 01:08:18,360
HISTORIC ADMIRAL DISTRICT 

1659
01:08:18,360 --> 01:08:19,795
NEIGHBORHOOD PLEASE DO CHECK IT 

1660
01:08:19,795 --> 01:08:25,334
OUT. WE ARE, IT IS A COMMUNITY 

1661
01:08:25,334 --> 01:08:30,005
TREASURE. NOT OF WEST SEATTLE 

1662
01:08:30,005 --> 01:08:30,840
SIGNIFICANCE OR IMPORTANCE, NOT 

1663
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:35,678
OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE BUT IT 

1664
01:08:35,678 --> 01:08:38,247
HAS STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE AND 

1665
01:08:38,247 --> 01:08:41,650
IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT. I'M 

1666
01:08:41,650 --> 01:08:43,018
PROUD TO HAVE IT IN MY DISTRICT 

1667
01:08:43,018 --> 01:08:45,254
IN WEST SEATTLE. A STATEWIDE 

1668
01:08:45,254 --> 01:08:50,326
MUSEUM, INSTITUTION THAT OWNERS 

1669
01:08:50,326 --> 01:08:51,927
BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS ACROSS OUR 

1670
01:08:51,927 --> 01:08:54,430
ENTIRE STAY. SO WHAT THIS 

1671
01:08:54,430 --> 01:09:01,103
AMENDMENT WOULD DO IS IT WOULD 

1672
01:09:01,103 --> 01:09:02,104
SIGNAL CLARIFY COUNCIL INTENT TO

1673
01:09:02,104 --> 01:09:03,205
PROVIDE FUNDING TO SUPPORT HOURS

1674
01:09:03,205 --> 01:09:07,610
AND ACCESS AND ELECTIONS BY 

1675
01:09:07,610 --> 01:09:11,780
CONTRACTING WITH PROGRAMMING 

1676
01:09:11,780 --> 01:09:12,581
THAT CELEBRATES AND PRESERVES 

1677
01:09:12,581 --> 01:09:13,749
THE RICH HISTORY OF WASHINGTON 

1678
01:09:13,749 --> 01:09:18,487
STATE BLACK COMMUNITIES. AGAIN, 

1679
01:09:18,487 --> 01:09:22,791
A NEWLY ESTABLISHED CULTURAL AND

1680
01:09:22,791 --> 01:09:23,492
HISTORIC INSTITUTION LOCATED IN 

1681
01:09:23,492 --> 01:09:25,995
HISTORIC ADMIRAL DISTRICT IN 

1682
01:09:25,995 --> 01:09:27,196
WEST SEATTLE. A LITTLE OVER A 

1683
01:09:27,196 --> 01:09:28,731
YEAR AGO IN FEBRUARY 2025 AFTER 

1684
01:09:28,731 --> 01:09:34,904
YEARS OF PLANNING. EXISTS TO 

1685
01:09:34,904 --> 01:09:35,771
COLLECT, PRESERVE, INTERPRET AND

1686
01:09:35,771 --> 01:09:37,206
SHARE THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF 

1687
01:09:37,206 --> 01:09:40,342
BLACK PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON STATE

1688
01:09:40,342 --> 01:09:44,446
INCLUDING THE DESCENDENTS OF 

1689
01:09:44,446 --> 01:09:45,481
SLAVES. IT'S WORK IS ROOTED IN 

1690
01:09:45,481 --> 01:09:46,549
THE IDEA THAT UNDERSTANDING AND 

1691
01:09:46,549 --> 01:09:48,817
HONORING THE PAST STRENGTHENS 

1692
01:09:48,817 --> 01:09:51,820
THE COMMUNITIES PRESENT AND 

1693
01:09:51,820 --> 01:09:53,255
FUTURE. SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY 

1694
01:09:53,255 --> 01:09:56,725
MUSEUM PASS PROGRAM GIVES 

1695
01:09:56,725 --> 01:10:00,029
CARDHOLDERS FREE ADMISSION TO 

1696
01:10:00,029 --> 01:10:00,796
CERTAIN MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL 

1697
01:10:00,796 --> 01:10:03,666
SITES AROUND SEATTLE CURRENTLY 

1698
01:10:03,666 --> 01:10:08,237
INCLUDING TERRIFIC ORGANIZATIONS

1699
01:10:08,237 --> 01:10:10,206
LIKE THE MUSEUM, SEATTLE 

1700
01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:12,908
AQUARIUM AND OTHERS. COST THERE 

1701
01:10:12,908 --> 01:10:16,178
IS GENERALLY COVERED SO SUPPORT 

1702
01:10:16,178 --> 01:10:18,347
FROM THE LEVY WILL ALLOW TO 

1703
01:10:18,347 --> 01:10:21,216
PROMOTE THEIR MISSION CITYWIDE. 

1704
01:10:21,216 --> 01:10:24,520
WHILE SECURING NEEDED FUNDING. I

1705
01:10:24,520 --> 01:10:26,689
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

1706
01:10:26,822 --> 01:10:28,757
>> COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS OR 

1707
01:10:28,757 --> 01:10:33,128
COMMENTS? ON TO AMENDMENT 14. 

1708
01:10:33,128 --> 01:10:37,066
>> SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 

1709
01:10:37,066 --> 01:10:38,300
SAKA AND WITH THIS COUNCIL WOULD

1710
01:10:38,300 --> 01:10:42,137
INTEND THAT PIPER APPROVING THE 

1711
01:10:42,137 --> 01:10:43,272
LEVY FUNDING SHOULD BE ALLOCATED

1712
01:10:43,272 --> 01:10:47,243
TO SUPPORT LET MAINTENANCE TO 

1713
01:10:47,243 --> 01:10:48,310
SUPPORT THE WEST SEATTLE LIBRARY

1714
01:10:48,310 --> 01:10:51,046
BRANCH SEISMIC SAFETY, FOSSIL 

1715
01:10:51,046 --> 01:10:51,747
FUEL REDUCTION, UPGRADES TO 

1716
01:10:51,747 --> 01:10:53,248
PUBLICLY AVAILABLE SPACE AND 

1717
01:10:53,248 --> 01:10:55,751
ACCELERATING IMPROVEMENT TO 

1718
01:10:55,751 --> 01:10:56,485
PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY UNDER THE

1719
01:10:56,485 --> 01:10:59,321
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT.

1720
01:10:59,455 --> 01:11:02,024
>> THANK YOU ERIC. YOU ARE 

1721
01:11:02,024 --> 01:11:03,993
RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK TO YOUR 

1722
01:11:03,993 --> 01:11:04,293
AMENDMENT. 

1723
01:11:04,293 --> 01:11:07,663
>> THIS AMENDMENT AGAIN 

1724
01:11:07,663 --> 01:11:11,934
CLARIFIES COUNCIL INTENT THAT 

1725
01:11:11,934 --> 01:11:14,870
FUNDING BE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT 

1726
01:11:14,870 --> 01:11:15,638
MAINTENANCE AND RENOVATION OF 

1727
01:11:15,638 --> 01:11:20,042
THE HISTORIC WEST SEATTLE 

1728
01:11:20,042 --> 01:11:20,876
LIBRARY BRANCH, FOSSIL FUEL 

1729
01:11:20,876 --> 01:11:22,311
REDUCTION, UPGRADES TO PUBLICLY 

1730
01:11:22,311 --> 01:11:23,746
AVAILABLE SPACE AND ACCELERATING

1731
01:11:23,746 --> 01:11:24,980
THE IMPROVEMENTS TO PHYSICAL 

1732
01:11:24,980 --> 01:11:29,051
ACCESSIBILITY UNDER THE A.D.A. 

1733
01:11:29,051 --> 01:11:30,686
AT THE HISTORIC WEST SEATTLE 

1734
01:11:30,686 --> 01:11:32,888
BRANCH LIBRARY. THIS IS ONE OF 

1735
01:11:32,888 --> 01:11:36,158
SEATTLE'S ORIGINAL CARNEGIE 

1736
01:11:36,158 --> 01:11:36,859
LIBRARIES FUNDED BY 

1737
01:11:36,859 --> 01:11:40,429
PHILANTHROPIST ANDREW CARNEGIE. 

1738
01:11:40,429 --> 01:11:41,697
THE BRANCH OPENED IN 1910 MAKING

1739
01:11:41,697 --> 01:11:43,499
IT ONE OF THE OLDEST STILL 

1740
01:11:43,499 --> 01:11:45,301
OPERATING LIBRARY BUILDINGS IN 

1741
01:11:45,301 --> 01:11:50,806
OUR ENTIRE CITY. IT IS LISTED ON

1742
01:11:50,806 --> 01:11:51,607
THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF 

1743
01:11:51,607 --> 01:11:54,276
HISTORIC PLACES AND IS A 

1744
01:11:54,276 --> 01:12:01,050
DESIGNATED HISTORIC LANDMARK. 

1745
01:12:01,050 --> 01:12:02,151
LIKE ALL BUILDINGS OF SIMILAR 

1746
01:12:02,151 --> 01:12:03,385
AGE THE WEST SEATTLE BRANCH IS 

1747
01:12:03,385 --> 01:12:04,553
IN DIRE NEED OF UPGRADES AND 

1748
01:12:04,553 --> 01:12:05,621
RENOVATIONS TO CONTINUE TO SERVE

1749
01:12:05,621 --> 01:12:08,991
AS A SAFE, RELIABLE RESOURCE FOR

1750
01:12:08,991 --> 01:12:13,729
OUR COMMUNITY. THIS AMENDMENT IS

1751
01:12:13,729 --> 01:12:17,433
APPARENTLY COMPLEMENTARY WITH 

1752
01:12:17,433 --> 01:12:23,238
OTHER PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AS 

1753
01:12:23,238 --> 01:12:29,545
WELL. JUST SIGNALING WE WANT THE

1754
01:12:29,545 --> 01:12:30,512
WEST PRIORITY FOR THESE DIRE 

1755
01:12:30,512 --> 01:12:33,349
NEED OF UPGRADES. THANK YOU. I 

1756
01:12:33,349 --> 01:12:34,616
ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 

1757
01:12:34,616 --> 01:12:38,754
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA.

1758
01:12:38,754 --> 01:12:40,756
I'M GOING TO GO TO 

1759
01:12:40,756 --> 01:12:41,557
COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. I THINK 

1760
01:12:41,557 --> 01:12:45,461
PERHAPS YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP. 

1761
01:12:45,461 --> 01:12:51,734
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO WORRIES

1762
01:12:51,734 --> 01:12:53,001
AT ALL. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH 

1763
01:12:53,001 --> 01:12:53,836
COUNCILMEMBER SAKA FOR WALKING 

1764
01:12:53,836 --> 01:12:55,504
US THROUGH THOSE. I HAD A COUPLE

1765
01:12:55,504 --> 01:12:56,305
CLARIFYING QUESTIONS. I'M A 

1766
01:12:56,305 --> 01:12:59,375
VISUAL PERSON SO THESE BEAR WITH

1767
01:12:59,375 --> 01:13:03,412
ME. I JUST FOR THE BLACK LEGACY 

1768
01:13:03,412 --> 01:13:04,446
INSTITUTE, AM I CORRECT IN 

1769
01:13:04,446 --> 01:13:05,247
UNDERSTANDING THAT YOUR INTENT 

1770
01:13:05,247 --> 01:13:07,049
WITH THIS IS TO HAVE THE BLACK 

1771
01:13:07,049 --> 01:13:10,419
LEGACY INSTITUTE INCLUDED IN THE

1772
01:13:10,419 --> 01:13:13,122
PASSPORT PROGRAM? THE MUSEUM 

1773
01:13:13,122 --> 01:13:14,256
PASS POGROM. THAT IS THE INTENT 

1774
01:13:14,256 --> 01:13:18,927
BEHIND THAT IS THAT CORRECT? 

1775
01:13:18,927 --> 01:13:20,362
>> THAT WOULD BE IDEAL, OR OTHER

1776
01:13:20,362 --> 01:13:24,800
OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD ALLOW 

1777
01:13:24,800 --> 01:13:28,070
TO BENEFIT FROM 410 CURRENTLY 

1778
01:13:28,070 --> 01:13:29,371
MILLION-DOLLAR LIBRARY LEVY AS 

1779
01:13:29,371 --> 01:13:32,641
WELL. WHILE MAKING THE COMMUNITY

1780
01:13:32,641 --> 01:13:34,810
TREASURE THAT THEY OFFER MORE 

1781
01:13:34,810 --> 01:13:37,179
AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL.

1782
01:13:37,312 --> 01:13:40,482
>> THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST 

1783
01:13:40,482 --> 01:13:41,784
WANTED TO MAKE SURE FOR THE 

1784
01:13:41,784 --> 01:13:42,785
FIRST AMENDMENT. FOR THE FIRST 

1785
01:13:42,785 --> 01:13:43,786
AMENDMENT THAT YOU WALK THROUGH 

1786
01:13:43,786 --> 01:13:45,421
IN TERMS OF DIGITAL SCALING DID 

1787
01:13:45,421 --> 01:13:48,657
YOU SAY THE SOUTH PARK AND HIGH 

1788
01:13:48,657 --> 01:13:51,293
POINT BRANCHES? THANK YOU. AND 

1789
01:13:51,293 --> 01:13:52,661
THEN MY OVERALL QUESTION IS 

1790
01:13:52,661 --> 01:13:56,198
THESE ARE ALL BUDGET NEUTRAL. 

1791
01:13:56,198 --> 01:13:57,633
YOU DIDN'T SAY YOU HAD A 

1792
01:13:57,633 --> 01:13:59,134
PLACEHOLDER. THEY WERE BUDGET 

1793
01:13:59,134 --> 01:14:01,570
NEUTRAL. AND I'M CURIOUS AND 

1794
01:14:01,570 --> 01:14:05,440
MAYBE THIS IS A FOLLOW-UP FOR 

1795
01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:06,608
CENTRAL STAFF. IF WE KNOW THAT 

1796
01:14:06,608 --> 01:14:07,776
ANY OF THESE ARE ALREADY PLANNED

1797
01:14:07,776 --> 01:14:09,211
OR WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE LEVY 

1798
01:14:09,211 --> 01:14:12,681
OR IF THEY WOULD REQUIRE 

1799
01:14:12,681 --> 01:14:14,383
SHIFTING OR IMPACTS TO OTHER 

1800
01:14:14,383 --> 01:14:18,720
PLANNED WORK WITHIN THE LEVY. 

1801
01:14:18,720 --> 01:14:19,988
>> I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON THAT.

1802
01:14:19,988 --> 01:14:23,926
I WELCOME CENTRAL STAFF THE 

1803
01:14:23,926 --> 01:14:25,694
OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AS WELL.

1804
01:14:25,694 --> 01:14:34,603
BUT CERTAINLY ON THE MUSEUM 

1805
01:14:34,603 --> 01:14:37,105
PASS, AND THE OTHER ONE WHICH IS

1806
01:14:37,105 --> 01:14:39,274
THE DIGITAL INITIATIVES THOSE 

1807
01:14:39,274 --> 01:14:40,976
ARE EXISTING PROGRAMS AND 

1808
01:14:40,976 --> 01:14:44,112
SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED TODAY 

1809
01:14:44,112 --> 01:14:47,082
SO BASED OFF OF MY CONVERSATIONS

1810
01:14:47,082 --> 01:14:48,984
WITH THE LIBRARY, OTHER 

1811
01:14:48,984 --> 01:14:49,585
COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS THOSE 

1812
01:14:49,585 --> 01:14:52,488
WOULD ALREADY BE WITHIN THE 

1813
01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:54,256
PURVIEW OF SOMETHING THAT IS 

1814
01:14:54,256 --> 01:14:57,559
AUTHORIZED TO BE COVERED AND SO 

1815
01:14:57,559 --> 01:15:01,363
THE INTENT OF MY AMENDMENT IS TO

1816
01:15:01,363 --> 01:15:02,965
MAKE CRYSTAL CLEAR IN THE CASE 

1817
01:15:02,965 --> 01:15:04,433
OF THE DIGITAL INITIATIVE WE 

1818
01:15:04,433 --> 01:15:07,536
WANT THESE BRANCHES AT A MINIMUM

1819
01:15:07,536 --> 01:15:10,072
TO BE CONSIDERED, HIGH POINT AND

1820
01:15:10,072 --> 01:15:13,175
SOUTH PARK AND THEN AGAIN TO BE 

1821
01:15:13,175 --> 01:15:14,209
ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM EXISTING 

1822
01:15:14,209 --> 01:15:21,917
PROGRAM AS WELL. 

1823
01:15:21,917 --> 01:15:24,486
>> IS THERE A QUESTION THERE? 

1824
01:15:24,486 --> 01:15:26,588
FOR A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT? 

1825
01:15:26,588 --> 01:15:28,624
>> I WILL FOLLOW-UP. THANK YOU 

1826
01:15:28,624 --> 01:15:31,760
SO MUCH COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 

1827
01:15:31,760 --> 01:15:33,395
>> COUNCIL MEMBER FOSTER. 

1828
01:15:33,395 --> 01:15:36,098
COUNCILMEMBER RINCK YOU ARE 

1829
01:15:36,098 --> 01:15:36,398
RECOGNIZED. 

1830
01:15:36,398 --> 01:15:41,570
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. AND THANK 

1831
01:15:41,570 --> 01:15:42,571
YOU COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. I'M 

1832
01:15:42,571 --> 01:15:43,939
GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THESE 

1833
01:15:43,939 --> 01:15:45,073
HEARD IN COMMITTEE AND CONCEPT 

1834
01:15:45,073 --> 01:15:46,208
TODAY FOR THE PURPOSES OF MOVING

1835
01:15:46,208 --> 01:15:48,844
ON THIS VERY QUICK PROCESS. I'M

1836
01:15:48,844 --> 01:15:52,180
WONDERING JUST FOR THE PURPOSES 

1837
01:15:52,180 --> 01:15:53,382
OF MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE I TOO 

1838
01:15:53,382 --> 01:15:54,816
AM A VISUAL PERSON. WHEN WILL WE

1839
01:15:54,816 --> 01:16:00,789
SEE THESE AMENDMENTS? IN 

1840
01:16:00,789 --> 01:16:01,423
WRITING. 

1841
01:16:01,423 --> 01:16:02,424
>> THIS IS A LITTLE BIT NOVEL 

1842
01:16:02,424 --> 01:16:05,727
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS 

1843
01:16:05,727 --> 01:16:06,695
COMMITTEE WILL ATTACH THEM TO 

1844
01:16:06,695 --> 01:16:07,963
THE AGENDA AFTER THE MEETING 

1845
01:16:07,963 --> 01:16:08,931
BECAUSE THAT IS GENERALLY WHAT 

1846
01:16:08,931 --> 01:16:09,998
WE DO WITH MATERIALS PRESENTED 

1847
01:16:09,998 --> 01:16:11,800
AT THE MEETING. WE WILL MAKE 

1848
01:16:11,800 --> 01:16:13,435
THEM AVAILABLE AND THEN GOING 

1849
01:16:13,435 --> 01:16:14,436
FORWARD TO THE PUBLIC AND 

1850
01:16:14,436 --> 01:16:16,672
SUBJECT TO DISCUSSION AN ONGOING

1851
01:16:16,672 --> 01:16:18,540
COMMITTEE MEETING. DOES THAT 

1852
01:16:18,540 --> 01:16:21,176
HELP? 

1853
01:16:21,176 --> 01:16:21,677
>> CERTAINLY. 

1854
01:16:21,677 --> 01:16:23,745
>> IT WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING

1855
01:16:23,745 --> 01:16:24,680
TODAY AFTER THE MEETING BECAUSE 

1856
01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:26,448
THEY WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE 

1857
01:16:26,448 --> 01:16:26,682
AGENDA. 

1858
01:16:26,682 --> 01:16:29,117
>> THANK YOU CHAIR. 

1859
01:16:29,117 --> 01:16:30,552
>> OF COURSE. OF COURSE. THANK 

1860
01:16:30,552 --> 01:16:34,756
YOU FOR THE QUESTION. ALL RIGHT.

1861
01:16:34,756 --> 01:16:39,161
AND YOU KNOW, I DID WANT TO MAKE

1862
01:16:39,161 --> 01:16:41,430
A COMMENT ABOUT COUNCILMEMBER 

1863
01:16:41,430 --> 01:16:45,567
SAKA'S ADS. THEY DON'T HAVE 

1864
01:16:45,567 --> 01:16:46,535
FUNDING ATTACHED TO THEM, I 

1865
01:16:46,535 --> 01:16:51,006
RECOGNIZE THEM AS YOUR INTENT TO

1866
01:16:51,006 --> 01:16:53,175
ENSURE THAT AS THE LIBRARY BOARD

1867
01:16:53,175 --> 01:16:54,710
IS MAKING DECISIONS ALONG WITH 

1868
01:16:54,710 --> 01:16:57,579
CHIEF ABOUT THE LIBRARY BUDGET 

1869
01:16:57,579 --> 01:17:00,882
AND IF THEY ARE TAKING THE 

1870
01:17:00,882 --> 01:17:04,419
THINGS THAT YOU HAVE THESE 

1871
01:17:04,419 --> 01:17:07,089
AMENDMENTS INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE 

1872
01:17:07,089 --> 01:17:08,757
AGAIN, IT IS A LIBRARY BOARD 

1873
01:17:08,757 --> 01:17:11,660
MAKING THE FUNDING DECISIONS SO 

1874
01:17:11,660 --> 01:17:13,395
THAT IS WHAT I AM UNDERSTANDING 

1875
01:17:13,395 --> 01:17:15,430
YOUR INTENT TO BE. BUT YOU CAN 

1876
01:17:15,430 --> 01:17:20,302
CLARIFY. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER

1877
01:17:20,302 --> 01:17:21,336
SAKA. I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE 

1878
01:17:21,336 --> 01:17:25,640
FOR US TO LET THE LIBRARY BOARD 

1879
01:17:25,640 --> 01:17:26,975
NO FORMALLY AS THEY ARE MAKING 

1880
01:17:26,975 --> 01:17:28,510
THESE DECISIONS. THE THINGS THAT

1881
01:17:28,510 --> 01:17:30,779
ARE CONSTITUENTS CARE ABOUT. AND

1882
01:17:30,779 --> 01:17:34,850
THAT WE ALL CARE ABOUT. OKAY. I 

1883
01:17:34,850 --> 01:17:38,520
THINK THAT IS THE LAST AMENDMENT

1884
01:17:38,520 --> 01:17:46,361
UNLESS COLLEAGUES? NO? JUST 

1885
01:17:46,361 --> 01:17:47,162
KIDDING. WELL, THAT TAKES CARE 

1886
01:17:47,162 --> 01:17:50,699
OF ALL THE AMENDMENTS. 

1887
01:17:50,699 --> 01:17:51,800
COLLEAGUES, I WANT TO MAKE A 

1888
01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:53,101
COUPLE POINTS BEFORE I WRAP UP 

1889
01:17:53,101 --> 01:17:54,002
TODAY'S MEETING. THANK YOU FOR 

1890
01:17:54,002 --> 01:17:55,237
STICKING WITH US. MEMBERS OF THE

1891
01:17:55,237 --> 01:18:00,609
PUBLIC AND ONLINE. I HEAR IT 

1892
01:18:00,609 --> 01:18:01,977
HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS AND I 

1893
01:18:01,977 --> 01:18:03,211
JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT THE

1894
01:18:03,211 --> 01:18:04,613
REMINDER THAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE

1895
01:18:04,613 --> 01:18:08,283
NOT JUST PAID BY HOMEOWNERS, 

1896
01:18:08,283 --> 01:18:09,751
THEY ARE PAID BY OUR RENTERS AS 

1897
01:18:09,751 --> 01:18:10,819
WELL BECAUSE PROPERTY TAX 

1898
01:18:10,819 --> 01:18:14,389
INCREASES GENERALLY GET PAST THE

1899
01:18:14,389 --> 01:18:15,424
HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS AND I 

1900
01:18:15,424 --> 01:18:16,425
THINK WE DON'T ALWAYS THINK 

1901
01:18:16,425 --> 01:18:17,926
ABOUT THAT. WE DO HAVE A HUGE 

1902
01:18:17,926 --> 01:18:20,128
AFFORDABILITY ISSUE IN THE CITY 

1903
01:18:20,128 --> 01:18:22,964
AND SO WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF 

1904
01:18:22,964 --> 01:18:27,002
THE ADS THAT WE MAKE AS ALSO 

1905
01:18:27,002 --> 01:18:32,407
IMPACTING RENTERS. AND FOR THE 

1906
01:18:32,407 --> 01:18:33,175
AFFORDABILITY PIECE, I DON'T 

1907
01:18:33,175 --> 01:18:34,242
KNOW IF ANYBODY SAW TODAY'S 

1908
01:18:34,242 --> 01:18:35,310
SEATTLE TIMES ARTICLE ABOUT 

1909
01:18:35,310 --> 01:18:37,746
SEATTLE BEING THE SIX MOST 

1910
01:18:37,746 --> 01:18:43,385
EXPENSIVE CITY TO LIVE IN IN THE

1911
01:18:43,385 --> 01:18:44,419
UNITED STATES. AND THEN A 

1912
01:18:44,419 --> 01:18:45,287
SEPARATE ARTICLE ALSO IN 

1913
01:18:45,287 --> 01:18:46,254
TODAY'S SEATTLE TIMES ABOUT GAS

1914
01:18:46,254 --> 01:18:47,055
PRICES HITTING FOUR DOLLARS 

1915
01:18:47,055 --> 01:18:50,625
NATIONALLY AND OF COURSE I WAS 

1916
01:18:50,625 --> 01:18:51,560
SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE 

1917
01:18:51,560 --> 01:18:52,961
IN SEATTLE IT IS CLOSE TO SIX 

1918
01:18:52,961 --> 01:18:54,629
DOLLARS A GALLON. I SAY ALL 

1919
01:18:54,629 --> 01:18:56,164
THESE THINGS, THESE ARE 

1920
01:18:56,164 --> 01:18:58,800
REALITIES AND I THINK SOMEONE 

1921
01:18:58,800 --> 01:18:59,501
RAISED EARLIER ABOUT THE 

1922
01:18:59,501 --> 01:19:01,636
POSITIVITY. I'M NOT TRYING TO 

1923
01:19:01,636 --> 01:19:05,407
CATCH THIS AND A NOT POSITIVE 

1924
01:19:05,407 --> 01:19:11,046
WAY. I FIND WE ARE AT A PLACE 

1925
01:19:11,046 --> 01:19:12,147
WITH PUTTING THIS LEVY ON THE 

1926
01:19:12,147 --> 01:19:13,415
BALLOT IS A VERY POSITIVE THING.

1927
01:19:13,415 --> 01:19:15,016
WE ALL CARE ABOUT LIBRARIES AND 

1928
01:19:15,016 --> 01:19:20,155
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS 

1929
01:19:20,155 --> 01:19:20,922
CONTINUES. IF THE LEVY DOESN'T 

1930
01:19:20,922 --> 01:19:22,157
CONTINUE FUNDING WILL BE CUT AND

1931
01:19:22,157 --> 01:19:23,759
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF 

1932
01:19:23,759 --> 01:19:26,628
THE THINGS. SO I UNDERSTAND 

1933
01:19:26,628 --> 01:19:28,096
THESE AMENDMENTS ARE REALLY 

1934
01:19:28,096 --> 01:19:29,798
ADDITIVE TO WHAT WE ARE ALREADY 

1935
01:19:29,798 --> 01:19:32,501
INCLUDING AND I UNDERSTAND THE 

1936
01:19:32,501 --> 01:19:37,839
INTENT AND DESIRE TO DO SO AND I

1937
01:19:37,839 --> 01:19:39,908
UNDERSTAND THAT THE FOUNDATION 

1938
01:19:39,908 --> 01:19:41,343
IS A LOBBYING GROUP AND I 

1939
01:19:41,343 --> 01:19:42,377
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU REALLY WANT 

1940
01:19:42,377 --> 01:19:45,247
TO SPEAK TO THE INTEREST OF THE 

1941
01:19:45,247 --> 01:19:46,248
CONSTITUENTS AND I WOULD BE 

1942
01:19:46,248 --> 01:19:50,786
DOING THE SAME ON THE OTHER 

1943
01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:52,154
SIDE. SO I UNDERSTAND AND I HOPE

1944
01:19:52,154 --> 01:19:56,291
YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M COMING

1945
01:19:56,291 --> 01:19:57,459
FROM AND MY COMMENTS AS WELL 

1946
01:19:57,459 --> 01:19:58,693
BECAUSE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS WE 

1947
01:19:58,693 --> 01:20:01,163
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ALL OF THE 

1948
01:20:01,163 --> 01:20:04,166
THINGS AND WHILE WE MIGHT SUPER 

1949
01:20:04,166 --> 01:20:07,102
CARE ABOUT ONE ISSUE IT'S OUR 

1950
01:20:07,102 --> 01:20:08,637
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE ALL 

1951
01:20:08,637 --> 01:20:10,272
OF THE CITY NEEDS ARE MET NOT 

1952
01:20:10,272 --> 01:20:13,341
JUST SOME OF THE NEEDS. AND THAT

1953
01:20:13,341 --> 01:20:15,043
MAKES IT REALLY CHALLENGING FOR 

1954
01:20:15,043 --> 01:20:16,111
US. BUT NEVERTHELESS I AM 

1955
01:20:16,111 --> 01:20:17,646
EXCITED TO GET THIS LEVY TO THE 

1956
01:20:17,646 --> 01:20:26,421
BALLOT WHETHER IT'S BEFORE 10 

1957
01:20:26,421 --> 01:20:27,088
INITIALLY PROPOSED OR WHATEVER 

1958
01:20:27,088 --> 01:20:28,123
AMENDMENTS GET PAST. BECAUSE WE 

1959
01:20:28,123 --> 01:20:31,226
NEED THE FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE

1960
01:20:31,226 --> 01:20:33,995
LIBRARIES WE LOVE. I HOPE THAT 

1961
01:20:33,995 --> 01:20:35,430
IN THE PROCESS OF ALL THIS THAT 

1962
01:20:35,430 --> 01:20:41,136
FOLKS DON'T SEE THIS AS, I HOPE

1963
01:20:41,136 --> 01:20:42,370
YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE 

1964
01:20:42,370 --> 01:20:44,039
GRAPPLING WITH THIS 

1965
01:20:44,039 --> 01:20:46,274
AFFORDABILITY PIECE IN THE CITY 

1966
01:20:46,274 --> 01:20:51,012
AND THAT WHETHER OR NOT FOLKS 

1967
01:20:51,012 --> 01:20:52,113
SUPPORT AMENDMENTS OR SUPPORT TO

1968
01:20:52,113 --> 01:20:53,481
KEEP IT AT THE PRICE THAT IT'S 

1969
01:20:53,481 --> 01:20:56,484
AT THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WRIT 

1970
01:20:56,484 --> 01:20:57,519
LARGE THAT OUR SUPPORT FOR THE 

1971
01:20:57,519 --> 01:21:00,989
LIBRARIES IS DEEP AND STRONG AND

1972
01:21:00,989 --> 01:21:02,624
WE ARE LIVING SADLY IN THIS 

1973
01:21:02,624 --> 01:21:05,927
SOMEWHAT STILL THIS CANCEL 

1974
01:21:05,927 --> 01:21:11,900
CULTURE AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT 

1975
01:21:11,900 --> 01:21:12,901
THAT. I HOPE THAT PEOPLE 

1976
01:21:12,901 --> 01:21:13,668
UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD

1977
01:21:13,668 --> 01:21:15,871
BE UNFORTUNATE TO MOVE FORWARD 

1978
01:21:15,871 --> 01:21:17,105
WITH WHATEVER LEVY GETS PUT ON 

1979
01:21:17,105 --> 01:21:18,373
THE BALLOT AND WE DON'T HAVE 

1980
01:21:18,373 --> 01:21:19,374
STRONG SUPPORT FOR WHATEVER THAT

1981
01:21:19,374 --> 01:21:21,009
IS AND THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS

1982
01:21:21,009 --> 01:21:23,144
WHAT WE ALL COLLECTIVELY ARE 

1983
01:21:23,144 --> 01:21:25,313
COMING FROM AND TERMS OF WHAT WE

1984
01:21:25,313 --> 01:21:27,582
ARE GOING TO SUPPORT TO PUT 

1985
01:21:27,582 --> 01:21:30,285
FORWARD. SO THAT IS MY WAY OF 

1986
01:21:30,285 --> 01:21:31,219
SAYING I LOVE THE LIBRARIES, 

1987
01:21:31,219 --> 01:21:32,654
I'M EXCITED TO GET A LEVY PUT 

1988
01:21:32,654 --> 01:21:34,923
ON THE BALLOT FOR VOTERS. I 

1989
01:21:34,923 --> 01:21:38,159
APPRECIATE WHAT THE VOTERS HAVE 

1990
01:21:38,159 --> 01:21:39,294
TAXED THEMSELVES TIME AND AGAIN 

1991
01:21:39,294 --> 01:21:43,231
TO SUPPORT OUR LIBRARIES. AND 

1992
01:21:43,231 --> 01:21:44,266
ALSO THAT IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE 

1993
01:21:44,266 --> 01:21:45,500
DO HAVE A LEVY CAP SITUATION 

1994
01:21:45,500 --> 01:21:48,436
THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH THAT 

1995
01:21:48,436 --> 01:21:49,537
WILL HAVE FUTURE IMPACT FOR THE 

1996
01:21:49,537 --> 01:21:50,805
OTHER THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING 

1997
01:21:50,805 --> 01:21:54,709
TO HAVE TO PASS NOT IN THE VERY 

1998
01:21:54,709 --> 01:21:57,479
LONG TERM BUT SHORTER-TERM. 

1999
01:21:57,479 --> 01:22:00,615
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL

2000
01:22:00,615 --> 01:22:03,685
FOR BEING HERE. IF THERE ARE NO 

2001
01:22:03,685 --> 01:22:05,754
FURTHER WESTERNS OR COMMENTS AND

2002
01:22:05,754 --> 01:22:08,556
I DON'T SEE ANYONE'S HANDS UP,

2003
01:22:08,556 --> 01:22:10,959
THIS CONCLUDES THE MARCH 31st 

2004
01:22:10,959 --> 01:22:14,529
SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY 

2005
01:22:14,529 --> 01:22:15,630
LEVY. OUR NEXT SELECT COMMITTEE 

2006
01:22:15,630 --> 01:22:21,369
MEETING IS A PUBLIC HEARING 

2007
01:22:21,369 --> 01:22:22,103
SCHEDULED FOR THIS THURSDAY, 

2008
01:22:22,103 --> 01:22:23,305
APRIL 2nd AT 5:30 P.M. FOLLOWING

2009
01:22:23,305 --> 01:22:24,472
THAT PUBLIC HEARING WE WILL HAVE

2010
01:22:24,472 --> 01:22:25,307
OUR LAST SCHEDULED SELECT 

2011
01:22:25,307 --> 01:22:25,907
COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT 

2012
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8th. AT 9:30 

2013
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A.M. WHERE WE WILL VOTE ON ALL 

2014
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THE AMENDMENTS PRESENTED TODAY 

2015
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INCLUDING THE LAST THREE THAT WE

2016
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JUST HEARD FROM AND THEN WE WILL

2017
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TAKE HOPEFULLY A FINAL VOTE ON 

2018
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THE PACKAGE. AND TO THIS END 

2019
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I'M ALSO GOING TO SAY 

2020
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COLLEAGUES, IF THERE ARE ANY 

2021
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CHANGES TO ANY AMENDMENTS OR 

2022
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PROPOSALS WE NEED TO SEE THAT 

2023
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SOONER THAN LATER BECAUSE I DO 

2024
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NOT WANT TO HAVE APRIL 8th A 

2025
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SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T KNOW 

2026
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AHEAD OF TIME WHAT'S GETTING 

2027
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VOTED ON BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO 

2028
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GET THIS ON THE BALLOT BY 

2029
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AUGUST. WE DON'T HAVE ANY 

2030
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INTERRUPTIONS TO ANY LIBRARY 

2031
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SERVICES. THAT IS IMPORTANT, 

2032
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THAT IS KEY. AND I DO NOT WANT 

2033
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NOT TO HAVE THIS LEVY BE BEFORE 

2034
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VOTERS IN AUGUST. I NEED YOUR 

2035
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COOPERATION TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 

2036
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CLEAR ON WHAT IS MOVING FORWARD 

2037
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AND WE DON'T HAVE DELAYS. 

2038
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REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. IF YOU 

2039
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NEED TO TALK TO ME I AM ALWAYS 

2040
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AVAILABLE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO 

2041
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FURTHER BUSINESS, THIS MEETING 

2042
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WILL ADJOURN. NO FURTHER 

2043
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BUSINESS, IT IS 10:56 A.M. AND 

2044
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THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK