1 00:05:25,258 --> 00:05:35,468 [MUSIC] [MUSIC] 2 00:05:37,870 --> 00:05:38,404 -- GOOD AFTERNOON. THE SELECT 3 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:39,839 BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING ON 4 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,507 OCTOBER 27th WILL COME BACK TO 5 00:05:41,507 --> 00:05:42,442 ORDER. IT IS 12:55 P.M.. WILL 6 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:45,845 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 7 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:46,446 -- COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER HERE. 8 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:47,113 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. HOLLINGSWORTH 9 00:05:47,113 --> 00:05:51,184 HERE. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ HERE. 10 00:05:51,184 --> 00:05:52,985 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE HERE. 11 00:05:52,985 --> 00:05:53,486 COUNCILMEMBER LIN HERE. 12 00:05:53,486 --> 00:05:56,089 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 13 00:05:56,089 --> 00:05:56,556 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 14 00:05:56,556 --> 00:05:58,324 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. HERE. CHAIR 15 00:05:58,324 --> 00:06:00,827 STRAUSS. PRESENT SEVEN. PRESENT. 16 00:06:00,827 --> 00:06:02,028 -- THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD, 17 00:06:02,028 --> 00:06:04,797 PLEASE READ ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 18 00:06:04,797 --> 00:06:07,667 1517 INTO THE RECORD 19 00:06:07,667 --> 00:06:09,268 -- AGENDA. ITEM SEVEN. OFFICE OF 20 00:06:09,268 --> 00:06:09,902 HOUSING. AGENDA ITEM EIGHT. 21 00:06:09,902 --> 00:06:11,571 OFFICE OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 22 00:06:11,571 --> 00:06:13,106 DEVELOPMENT. AGENDA ITEM NINE. 23 00:06:13,106 --> 00:06:15,942 FINANCE GENERAL AGENDA ITEM TEN. 24 00:06:15,942 --> 00:06:16,409 SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF 25 00:06:16,409 --> 00:06:17,510 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTIONS. AGENDA 26 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:19,011 ITEM 11. OFFICE OF 27 00:06:19,011 --> 00:06:20,246 SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT. 28 00:06:20,246 --> 00:06:22,048 AGENDA ITEM 12. DEPARTMENT OF 29 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:22,648 EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING 30 00:06:22,648 --> 00:06:24,884 AGENDA ITEM 13. DEPARTMENT OF 31 00:06:24,884 --> 00:06:26,786 NEIGHBORHOODS. AGENDA ITEM 14 32 00:06:26,786 --> 00:06:28,855 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AGENDA ITEM 33 00:06:28,855 --> 00:06:29,422 15 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 34 00:06:29,422 --> 00:06:31,224 AGENDA ITEM 16 SEATTLE 35 00:06:31,224 --> 00:06:32,558 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 36 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:34,694 DEPARTMENT AND AGENDA ITEM 17. 37 00:06:34,694 --> 00:06:35,194 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE& 38 00:06:35,194 --> 00:06:36,129 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. ALL FOR 39 00:06:36,129 --> 00:06:36,662 BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 40 00:06:36,662 --> 00:06:38,598 -- THANK YOU. AND WE ALSO HAVE 41 00:06:38,598 --> 00:06:39,232 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK PRESENT WITH 42 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:40,666 US. NOW. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE 43 00:06:40,666 --> 00:06:42,034 RIGHT ON INTO THESE ITEMS. 44 00:06:42,034 --> 00:06:43,803 COLLEAGUES, IF WE SPEND TEN 45 00:06:43,803 --> 00:06:46,406 MINUTES PER ITEM, WE WILL GET 46 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:49,475 OUT AT ABOUT 4:18 P.M.. I'M 47 00:06:49,475 --> 00:06:50,777 REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN STICK 48 00:06:50,777 --> 00:06:52,111 ON THAT SCHEDULE. WITH THAT, 49 00:06:52,111 --> 00:06:59,252 OVER TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR OH1SA. 50 00:06:59,252 --> 00:07:03,322 -- AND WE'RE JOINED. OKAY, YEAH 51 00:07:03,322 --> 00:07:05,825 -- HEY, JEN. JENNIFER LISH. 52 00:07:05,825 --> 00:07:06,058 HELLO? 53 00:07:06,058 --> 00:07:11,764 -- HELLO. ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL 54 00:07:11,764 --> 00:07:13,800 START WITH O 1SA SPONSORS ARE 55 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:14,434 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. AND THIS 56 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:17,970 WOULD REQUEST THAT O PROVIDE 57 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:18,604 INFORMATION RELATED TO CHANGES 58 00:07:18,604 --> 00:07:21,207 TO JUMPSTART APPROPRIATIONS AND 59 00:07:21,207 --> 00:07:21,841 POTENTIAL CARRY FORWARD 60 00:07:21,841 --> 00:07:24,277 PRACTICES. AND AGAIN, PRIME 61 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:26,546 SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER. 62 00:07:26,546 --> 00:07:27,180 CO-SPONSORS ARE COUNCILMEMBERS. 63 00:07:27,180 --> 00:07:29,282 LIN AND HOLLINGSWORTH. 64 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:30,616 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 65 00:07:30,616 --> 00:07:31,918 FOSTER. SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL. 66 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:32,985 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 67 00:07:32,985 --> 00:07:34,554 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 68 00:07:34,554 --> 00:07:36,155 THANK YOU TO JEN FOR YOUR WORK 69 00:07:36,155 --> 00:07:38,958 ON THIS, AS WELL AS APPRECIATION 70 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:39,759 TO MY CO-SPONSORS, COUNCIL 71 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:42,261 PRESIDENT, HOLLINGSWORTH AND 72 00:07:42,261 --> 00:07:44,197 COUNCILMEMBER LIN. THIS SLIDE IS 73 00:07:44,197 --> 00:07:44,764 INTENDED TO ENSURE THAT THE 74 00:07:44,764 --> 00:07:46,833 OFFICE OF HOUSING PROVIDES 75 00:07:46,833 --> 00:07:48,835 INFORMATION RELATED TO CHANGES 76 00:07:48,835 --> 00:07:51,070 TO JUMPSTART APPROPRIATIONS AND 77 00:07:51,070 --> 00:07:51,571 POTENTIAL CARRY FORWARD 78 00:07:51,571 --> 00:07:52,839 PRACTICES. I THINK A LOT OF US 79 00:07:52,839 --> 00:07:54,273 KNOW, AND WE'VE DISCUSSED ON 80 00:07:54,273 --> 00:07:55,308 THIS DAIS THAT DIFFICULT 81 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:57,243 DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE THIS 82 00:07:57,243 --> 00:07:58,878 YEAR TO HELP CLOSE THE BUDGET 83 00:07:58,878 --> 00:07:59,745 DEFICIT, AND THE MAYOR'S 84 00:07:59,745 --> 00:08:01,214 PROPOSED BUDGET MAKES A ONE TIME 85 00:08:01,214 --> 00:08:03,850 REDUCTION IN CARRYING FORWARD 86 00:08:03,850 --> 00:08:05,852 JUMPSTART APPROPRIATIONS BY $65 87 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:08,487 MILLION IN THE 2026 YEAR END 88 00:08:08,487 --> 00:08:09,789 SUPPLEMENTAL. FROM MY 89 00:08:09,789 --> 00:08:11,190 PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE HOUSING 90 00:08:11,190 --> 00:08:13,292 PROJECTS TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS TO 91 00:08:13,292 --> 00:08:14,861 SECURE FUNDING, THIS CHANGE, WE 92 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:17,029 WILL HAVE WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO 93 00:08:17,029 --> 00:08:19,298 UNDERSTAND THE FULL IMPACTS OF 94 00:08:19,298 --> 00:08:19,832 THIS CHANGE FOR EXISTING 95 00:08:19,832 --> 00:08:21,500 PROJECTS. THE OFFICE OF HOUSING 96 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:24,136 MAY CHOOSE TO MAKE AWARDS FOR 97 00:08:24,136 --> 00:08:26,272 HOUSING PROJECTS BASED ON FUTURE 98 00:08:26,272 --> 00:08:27,773 YEAR'S APPROPRIATIONS, TO ALLOW 99 00:08:27,773 --> 00:08:28,374 THE CITY TO CONTINUE AWARDING 100 00:08:28,374 --> 00:08:29,509 FUNDS AT THE SCALE. WE'VE BEEN 101 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:31,577 DOING SO. HOWEVER, WITH THIS 102 00:08:31,577 --> 00:08:32,678 CHANGE AND APPROACH, IT'S 103 00:08:32,678 --> 00:08:33,980 CRITICAL THAT THE EXECUTIVE 104 00:08:33,980 --> 00:08:34,914 DEMONSTRATES HOW THEY WILL BE 105 00:08:34,914 --> 00:08:36,983 ABLE TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN 106 00:08:36,983 --> 00:08:38,217 NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS 107 00:08:38,217 --> 00:08:40,253 AND RESPOND NIMBLY TO THE NEEDS 108 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:41,153 OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS 109 00:08:41,153 --> 00:08:42,989 AS THEY EMERGE. TAKING THAT INTO 110 00:08:42,989 --> 00:08:46,092 ACCOUNT, THIS SLIDE ASKS THE 111 00:08:46,092 --> 00:08:46,592 EXECUTIVE TO REPORT ON 112 00:08:46,592 --> 00:08:48,060 INFORMATION ON HOW ACTUAL 113 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:49,862 JUMPSTART REVENUE COMPARES TO 114 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:50,963 PROJECTIONS AS IT COMES IN EACH 115 00:08:50,963 --> 00:08:52,765 QUARTER, IN ORDER TO DEMONSTRATE 116 00:08:52,765 --> 00:08:54,433 IF O HAS SUFFICIENT JUMPSTART 117 00:08:54,433 --> 00:08:56,435 REVENUE TO MEET PROJECTED 118 00:08:56,435 --> 00:08:58,504 EXPENDITURES. IT REQUESTS FOR 119 00:08:58,504 --> 00:09:00,907 INFORMATION ON HOW HOW MUCH 120 00:09:00,907 --> 00:09:01,541 JUMPSTART REVENUE WILL BE USED 121 00:09:01,541 --> 00:09:04,510 IN THE 2027 NOFA AND FOR WHAT 122 00:09:04,510 --> 00:09:05,678 PURPOSES. INFORMATION ON HOW THE 123 00:09:05,678 --> 00:09:06,779 OFFICE OF HOUSING IS ABLE TO 124 00:09:06,779 --> 00:09:08,281 RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF 125 00:09:08,281 --> 00:09:09,615 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS. 126 00:09:09,615 --> 00:09:12,451 GIVEN THIS, THIS CHANGE AND 127 00:09:12,451 --> 00:09:13,519 APPROPRIATION APPROACH AND HOW 128 00:09:13,519 --> 00:09:14,086 THE OFFICE OF HOUSING WILL 129 00:09:14,086 --> 00:09:15,621 BALANCE THE RISKS AND BENEFITS 130 00:09:15,621 --> 00:09:16,923 OF AWARDING FUNDS BASED ON 131 00:09:16,923 --> 00:09:18,591 FUTURE YEAR APPROPRIATIONS. IF 132 00:09:18,591 --> 00:09:22,361 THEY DO TAKE THAT, THAT TACTIC. 133 00:09:22,361 --> 00:09:23,496 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 134 00:09:23,496 --> 00:09:24,964 SUPPORT. I THINK THIS IS A SLIDE 135 00:09:24,964 --> 00:09:26,966 THAT HELPS US MAKE SURE WE HAVE 136 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:28,267 APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO 137 00:09:28,267 --> 00:09:29,702 RESPOND TO. WHAT IS PROPOSED 138 00:09:29,702 --> 00:09:31,971 RIGHT NOW IS A ONE TIME CHANGE 139 00:09:31,971 --> 00:09:34,774 AND SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE 140 00:09:34,774 --> 00:09:36,108 REALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS 141 00:09:36,108 --> 00:09:36,676 FOR OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 142 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:37,877 SECTOR, DEPENDING ON FUTURE 143 00:09:37,877 --> 00:09:39,345 DECISIONS MADE BY THE MAYOR AND 144 00:09:39,345 --> 00:09:40,346 THE COUNCIL. SO I ASK FOR YOUR 145 00:09:40,346 --> 00:09:41,581 SUPPORT. 146 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:42,281 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, 147 00:09:42,281 --> 00:09:45,484 FOSTER COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION. 148 00:09:45,484 --> 00:09:48,254 COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION. SEEING 149 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:49,355 NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS. IF YOU 150 00:09:49,355 --> 00:09:52,892 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 01SA, 151 00:09:52,892 --> 00:09:57,229 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 152 00:09:57,229 --> 00:09:59,899 TIME. ARE WE SET? I HAVE 153 00:09:59,899 --> 00:10:02,001 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 154 00:10:02,001 --> 00:10:02,535 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 155 00:10:02,535 --> 00:10:05,371 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 156 00:10:05,371 --> 00:10:11,677 OH3A1. JENNIFER OVER TO YOU. 157 00:10:11,677 --> 00:10:15,214 -- OH3A1 WOULD INCREASE O BY $10 158 00:10:15,214 --> 00:10:17,283 MILLION GENERAL FUND IN 2027. 159 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:19,285 ONE TIME FOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL 160 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:21,454 AND HOME OWNERSHIP PROJECTS. 161 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:23,522 PRIME SPONSOR IS COUNCILMEMBER 162 00:10:23,522 --> 00:10:25,491 FOSTER. CO-SPONSORS OR 163 00:10:25,491 --> 00:10:27,927 COUNCILMEMBERS. RINCK AND LIN. 164 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:28,494 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 165 00:10:28,494 --> 00:10:29,695 FOSTER. SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. 166 00:10:29,695 --> 00:10:30,930 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 167 00:10:30,930 --> 00:10:33,299 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. SO 168 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:35,501 COLLEAGUES, I DON'T TAKE IT 169 00:10:35,501 --> 00:10:36,068 LIGHTLY TO BRING FORWARD A 170 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:37,603 PROPOSAL REQUESTING $10 MILLION 171 00:10:37,603 --> 00:10:38,404 IN A YEAR WHERE WE ARE COMING 172 00:10:38,404 --> 00:10:42,008 OUT OF A $175 MILLION BUDGET 173 00:10:42,008 --> 00:10:43,809 DEFICIT. BUT THE REASON THAT I 174 00:10:43,809 --> 00:10:45,311 BRING THIS FORWARD IS NOT JUST 175 00:10:45,311 --> 00:10:47,480 BECAUSE OF MY BELIEF IN 176 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,114 AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OUR NEED 177 00:10:48,114 --> 00:10:49,882 TO SUPPORT THE SECTOR, BUT IT'S 178 00:10:49,882 --> 00:10:51,350 ALSO BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK ACROSS 179 00:10:51,350 --> 00:10:52,518 THE BUDGET AND WE LOOK AT THE 180 00:10:52,518 --> 00:10:54,020 DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE AND THE 181 00:10:54,020 --> 00:10:55,287 DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT WERE 182 00:10:55,287 --> 00:10:57,490 MADE, IT'S TRUE THAT THE SINGLE 183 00:10:57,490 --> 00:10:58,624 MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THAT THE 184 00:10:58,624 --> 00:11:01,160 MAYOR DID TO BALANCE THE BUDGET 185 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:03,462 WAS THE $65 MILLION REDUCTION IN 186 00:11:03,462 --> 00:11:05,364 JUMPSTART APPROPRIATIONS IN THE 187 00:11:05,364 --> 00:11:07,133 2026 YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL. AND 188 00:11:07,133 --> 00:11:08,901 SO AS I LOOK AT THAT CHANGE AND 189 00:11:08,901 --> 00:11:10,636 THE POTENTIAL IMPACT I BELIEVE 190 00:11:10,636 --> 00:11:12,538 IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND WE 191 00:11:12,538 --> 00:11:15,141 HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE HAVE 192 00:11:15,141 --> 00:11:15,775 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO REINVEST 193 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:17,309 THOSE BACK INTO OUR AFFORDABLE 194 00:11:17,309 --> 00:11:20,479 HOUSING COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT 195 00:11:20,479 --> 00:11:20,980 THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR 196 00:11:20,980 --> 00:11:21,814 RESIDENTS FACE, SOME OF WHICH WE 197 00:11:21,814 --> 00:11:24,784 HEARD ABOUT TODAY, ARE ONGOING 198 00:11:24,784 --> 00:11:26,218 WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING 199 00:11:26,218 --> 00:11:27,453 AFFORDABILITY. AND THAT'S WHY 200 00:11:27,453 --> 00:11:29,722 I'M PUTTING THIS PROPOSAL 201 00:11:29,722 --> 00:11:31,390 FORWARD. WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL, 202 00:11:31,390 --> 00:11:33,325 WE ARE SPECIFYING THAT THE FUNDS 203 00:11:33,325 --> 00:11:34,927 ARE DIRECTED SPECIFICALLY FOR 204 00:11:34,927 --> 00:11:35,494 AFFORDABLE RENTAL AND HOME 205 00:11:35,494 --> 00:11:37,129 OWNERSHIP PROJECTS, AND THAT THE 206 00:11:37,129 --> 00:11:38,431 MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR THE 207 00:11:38,431 --> 00:11:41,100 PRODUCTION OF NEW UNITS, AS WELL 208 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:42,835 AS THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING 209 00:11:42,835 --> 00:11:44,336 HOUSING. THE COUNCIL BUDGET AD 210 00:11:44,336 --> 00:11:46,505 ALSO DIRECTS O H TO DISTRIBUTE 211 00:11:46,505 --> 00:11:48,741 THE FUNDS DIRECTLY TO AFFORDABLE 212 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:50,009 HOUSING PROVIDERS THROUGH NOFAS 213 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:51,444 THAT WOULD BE ISSUED NEXT YEAR. 214 00:11:51,444 --> 00:11:52,645 I BELIEVE THAT AS WE CRAFT A 215 00:11:52,645 --> 00:11:54,346 BUDGET THAT REFLECTS OUR SHARED 216 00:11:54,346 --> 00:11:55,748 VALUES AND OUR MOST PRESSING 217 00:11:55,748 --> 00:11:57,283 NEEDS, IF WE HAVE THE 218 00:11:57,283 --> 00:11:58,617 OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST MORE IN 219 00:11:58,617 --> 00:12:00,286 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT IS ONE OF 220 00:12:00,286 --> 00:12:01,554 OUR MOST URGENT PRIORITIES. WITH 221 00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:04,156 THAT, I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 222 00:12:04,156 --> 00:12:04,757 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER, 223 00:12:04,757 --> 00:12:07,593 FOSTER COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION. 224 00:12:07,593 --> 00:12:09,395 DISCUSSION. 225 00:12:09,395 --> 00:12:10,029 -- COUNCILMEMBER LIN JUST WANT 226 00:12:10,029 --> 00:12:12,998 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER 227 00:12:12,998 --> 00:12:14,100 AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A 228 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:17,169 COUPLE THINGS. ONE IS, AS WE 229 00:12:17,169 --> 00:12:17,870 RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDS, A LOT 230 00:12:17,870 --> 00:12:19,705 OF THOSE WERE JUMP START FUNDS. 231 00:12:19,705 --> 00:12:21,240 AND TRADITIONALLY A CERTAIN 232 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:26,378 PERCENTAGE DOES GO TO AFFORDABLE 233 00:12:26,378 --> 00:12:27,780 HOUSING, GIVEN THE FORWARD 234 00:12:27,780 --> 00:12:30,049 COMMITMENTS. I DO BELIEVE THIS 235 00:12:30,049 --> 00:12:30,549 IS CRITICAL. ADDITIONAL 236 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:32,852 INVESTMENT. AND IF WE FOR THE 237 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:34,153 SHELTER PUSH TO REALLY WORK, WE 238 00:12:34,153 --> 00:12:38,324 NEED PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO. 239 00:12:38,324 --> 00:12:39,959 LEAVING SHELTER. AND SO ALSO 240 00:12:39,959 --> 00:12:40,593 CRITICAL FOR THAT WORK AS WELL. 241 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:41,594 THANK YOU. 242 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:44,063 -- THANK YOU. FURTHER 243 00:12:44,063 --> 00:12:46,966 DISCUSSION? COLLEAGUES, FURTHER 244 00:12:46,966 --> 00:12:48,033 DISCUSSION. I WILL JUST END AND 245 00:12:48,033 --> 00:12:51,036 PASS BACK TO COUNCILMEMBER 246 00:12:51,036 --> 00:12:52,338 FOSTER STATING THAT THIS. I AM 247 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:54,306 GLAD TO RECEIVE THIS AMENDMENT. 248 00:12:54,306 --> 00:12:55,341 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE WILL 249 00:12:55,341 --> 00:12:57,343 BE ABLE TO FUND IN THIS 250 00:12:57,343 --> 00:12:59,111 AMENDMENT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT 251 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:03,783 YOU RECOGNIZE THE NEED OF AN 252 00:13:03,783 --> 00:13:04,850 ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION. THANK 253 00:13:04,850 --> 00:13:06,252 YOU. OVER TO YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 254 00:13:06,252 --> 00:13:07,153 FOSTER, TO CLOSE THIS OUT. 255 00:13:07,153 --> 00:13:09,522 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 256 00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:10,189 DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE TOO MUCH 257 00:13:10,189 --> 00:13:11,490 MORE TO CLOSE OUT WITH. I THINK 258 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:12,892 I'VE ALREADY SAID IT. I THINK 259 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:14,493 THIS IS A REALLY BIG PRIORITY 260 00:13:14,493 --> 00:13:15,394 FOR ME AS HOUSING CHAIR, AND I 261 00:13:15,394 --> 00:13:16,996 KNOW IT'S A PRIORITY THAT IS 262 00:13:16,996 --> 00:13:17,563 SHARED AMONGST THE COUNCIL. 263 00:13:17,563 --> 00:13:18,063 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 264 00:13:18,063 --> 00:13:20,766 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. IF YOU 265 00:13:20,766 --> 00:13:21,333 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OH 266 00:13:21,333 --> 00:13:23,335 THREE A ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 267 00:13:23,335 --> 00:13:27,840 HAND AT THIS TIME I'M SEEING NO 268 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:28,874 HANDS, SO I'M GOING TO CHECK TO 269 00:13:28,874 --> 00:13:32,244 SEE THAT THERE ARE NO HANDS. WE 270 00:13:32,244 --> 00:13:33,479 HAVE NO ADDITIONAL CO-SPONSORS. 271 00:13:33,479 --> 00:13:35,214 SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OH H 272 00:13:35,214 --> 00:13:39,318 AMENDMENT BUDGET ADOPTION 273 00:13:39,318 --> 00:13:42,822 ORDINANCE ONE. JENNIFER, OVER TO 274 00:13:42,822 --> 00:13:43,022 YOU. 275 00:13:43,022 --> 00:13:45,491 -- AMENDMENT ONE TO THE 2026 276 00:13:45,491 --> 00:13:48,594 YEAR END SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE 277 00:13:48,594 --> 00:13:51,530 WOULD REQUIRE THAT ANY UNSPENT 278 00:13:51,530 --> 00:13:53,866 2026 JUMPSTART APPROPRIATIONS IN 279 00:13:53,866 --> 00:13:54,433 O BE AUTOMATICALLY CARRIED 280 00:13:54,433 --> 00:13:56,068 FORWARD INTO FUTURE YEARS UNTIL 281 00:13:56,068 --> 00:14:00,372 SPENT DOWN. THE PRIME SPONSOR IS 282 00:14:00,372 --> 00:14:00,973 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AND THE 283 00:14:00,973 --> 00:14:02,775 CO-SPONSORS ARE COUNCILMEMBERS. 284 00:14:02,775 --> 00:14:03,876 RINCK AND LIN. 285 00:14:03,876 --> 00:14:05,544 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 286 00:14:05,544 --> 00:14:07,413 FOSTER. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 287 00:14:07,413 --> 00:14:08,814 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I 288 00:14:08,814 --> 00:14:10,082 THINK I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO 289 00:14:10,082 --> 00:14:11,217 THESE, GENERALLY SPEAKING, TO 290 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:14,920 BOTH OF THESE ITEMS 291 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,424 SIMULTANEOUSLY. 292 00:14:18,424 --> 00:14:19,058 -- I AM NOT SURE COUNCILMEMBER 293 00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:20,159 OR CHAIR STRAUSS, WOULD YOU LIKE 294 00:14:20,159 --> 00:14:21,393 ME TO JUST COVER THEM BOTH AT 295 00:14:21,393 --> 00:14:23,495 THE SAME TIME? 296 00:14:23,495 --> 00:14:25,331 -- YES, PLEASE. 297 00:14:25,331 --> 00:14:26,232 -- OKAY, I'LL SPEAK TO THE 298 00:14:26,232 --> 00:14:29,301 SECOND AMENDMENT. SO AMENDMENT 299 00:14:29,301 --> 00:14:31,770 ONE TO THE 2027 BUDGET ADOPTION 300 00:14:31,770 --> 00:14:32,471 ORDINANCE WOULD DO SOMETHING 301 00:14:32,471 --> 00:14:34,773 VERY SIMILAR. IT WOULD REQUIRE 302 00:14:34,773 --> 00:14:37,009 THAT ANY UNSPENT 2027 JUMPSTART 303 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:39,278 APPROPRIATIONS IN O H 304 00:14:39,278 --> 00:14:39,912 AUTOMATICALLY CARRY FORWARD TO 305 00:14:39,912 --> 00:14:41,313 FUTURE YEARS UNTIL SPENT AGAIN. 306 00:14:41,313 --> 00:14:43,482 THE PRIME SPONSOR IS 307 00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:45,050 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, AND THE 308 00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:45,684 CO-SPONSORS ARE COUNCILMEMBERS. 309 00:14:45,684 --> 00:14:46,518 RINCK AND LIN. 310 00:14:46,518 --> 00:14:48,587 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 311 00:14:48,587 --> 00:14:48,821 FOSTER. 312 00:14:48,821 --> 00:14:50,789 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. SO 313 00:14:50,789 --> 00:14:51,490 AND THANKS FOR LETTING US BRIEF 314 00:14:51,490 --> 00:14:53,158 THESE AT THE SAME TIME. THESE 315 00:14:53,158 --> 00:14:55,461 ARE THE SAME AMENDMENT JUST 316 00:14:55,461 --> 00:14:56,395 DIRECTED TOWARDS DIFFERENT 317 00:14:56,395 --> 00:14:57,863 BUDGET YEARS, SO I'LL SPEAK TO 318 00:14:57,863 --> 00:14:59,565 THEM TOGETHER. THESE TWO 319 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:02,334 AMENDMENTS REQUIRE THAT ANY 320 00:15:02,334 --> 00:15:02,868 UNSPENT JUMPSTART DOLLARS 321 00:15:02,868 --> 00:15:04,036 APPROPRIATED TO THE OFFICE OF 322 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:05,971 HOUSING AT THE END OF 2026 AND 323 00:15:05,971 --> 00:15:08,741 AGAIN AT THE END OF 2027, ARE 324 00:15:08,741 --> 00:15:09,341 AUTOMATICALLY CARRIED FORWARD 325 00:15:09,341 --> 00:15:10,643 INTO SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS. 326 00:15:10,643 --> 00:15:12,578 THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD NOT 327 00:15:12,578 --> 00:15:13,512 IMPACT THE REDUCTION OF O. Hs 328 00:15:13,512 --> 00:15:16,181 JUMPSTART APPROPRIATION BY 65 329 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:18,317 MILLION THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE 330 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:19,718 PROPOSED BUDGET. INSTEAD, WITH 331 00:15:19,718 --> 00:15:21,053 THESE TWO AMENDMENTS, DO IS 332 00:15:21,053 --> 00:15:22,554 ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE MAKING 333 00:15:22,554 --> 00:15:24,023 THIS ONE TIME USE OF FUNDS AT 334 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:25,157 THE OFFICE OF HOUSING IN ORDER 335 00:15:25,157 --> 00:15:27,526 TO HELP ADDRESS OUR BUDGET 336 00:15:27,526 --> 00:15:28,160 DEFICIT, AND THAT THIS SHOULD, 337 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,462 IN FACT, BE A ONE TIME CHANGE, 338 00:15:30,462 --> 00:15:32,531 NOT AN ONGOING PRACTICE TO USE 339 00:15:32,531 --> 00:15:34,867 UNSPENT DOLLARS AT THE OFFICE OF 340 00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:35,801 HOUSING THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN 341 00:15:35,801 --> 00:15:38,037 AWARDED FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. 342 00:15:38,037 --> 00:15:39,071 THIS AMENDMENT PROVIDES TIME FOR 343 00:15:39,071 --> 00:15:40,673 THE OFFICE OF HOUSING TO ASSESS 344 00:15:40,673 --> 00:15:43,375 THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE AWARDS FOR 345 00:15:43,375 --> 00:15:44,610 HOUSING PROJECTS BASED ON FUTURE 346 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:45,511 YEAR APPROPRIATIONS, AS OUTLINED 347 00:15:45,511 --> 00:15:46,712 IN THE SLIDE THAT WE JUST 348 00:15:46,712 --> 00:15:49,148 DISCUSSED, WITHOUT DIVERTING ANY 349 00:15:49,148 --> 00:15:50,582 REMAINING UNSPENT FUNDS FROM 350 00:15:50,582 --> 00:15:51,917 HOUSING. COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR 351 00:15:51,917 --> 00:15:52,418 YOUR SUPPORT FOR THESE 352 00:15:52,418 --> 00:15:53,652 AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE 353 00:15:53,652 --> 00:15:55,254 PROTECT THE STABILITY AND 354 00:15:55,254 --> 00:15:57,356 SUCCESS OF PROVIDERS, AND THAT 355 00:15:57,356 --> 00:15:58,791 RESIDENTS, AND THE SUCCESS OF 356 00:15:58,791 --> 00:15:59,291 RESIDENTS WHO DEPEND ON 357 00:15:59,291 --> 00:16:01,327 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. 358 00:16:01,327 --> 00:16:02,761 THE FINAL COMMENT THAT I'LL JUST 359 00:16:02,761 --> 00:16:03,295 MAKE HERE ABOUT THESE TWO 360 00:16:03,295 --> 00:16:04,730 AMENDMENTS IS, AS WE MAKE THIS 361 00:16:04,730 --> 00:16:07,766 CHANGE FOR THE $65 MILLION, AYE. 362 00:16:07,766 --> 00:16:09,868 IT'S MY PERSPECTIVE THAT WE 363 00:16:09,868 --> 00:16:12,471 HOLD THAT THIS IS A ONE TIME 364 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:13,105 CHANGE, PARTICULARLY AS WE NEED 365 00:16:13,105 --> 00:16:15,641 MORE TIME TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT 366 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:17,276 OF THIS CHANGE IN OUR APPROACH 367 00:16:17,276 --> 00:16:19,078 FOR THE OFFICE OF HOUSING, WE'VE 368 00:16:19,078 --> 00:16:21,580 HEARD DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY 369 00:16:21,580 --> 00:16:22,548 THROUGH BUDGET ABOUT VARIOUS 370 00:16:22,548 --> 00:16:23,148 DECISIONS THAT THE OFFICE OF 371 00:16:23,148 --> 00:16:25,050 HOUSING WILL NEED TO MAKE, AND I 372 00:16:25,050 --> 00:16:26,518 BELIEVE IT'S APPROPRIATE TO 373 00:16:26,518 --> 00:16:28,454 ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT REPEAT 374 00:16:28,454 --> 00:16:31,256 THIS PRACTICE UNTIL WE HAVE THE 375 00:16:31,256 --> 00:16:31,857 OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THIS 376 00:16:31,857 --> 00:16:32,491 CHANGE. AND, COLLEAGUES, I ASK 377 00:16:32,491 --> 00:16:35,828 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 378 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:36,362 -- THANK YOU. DISCUSSION 379 00:16:36,362 --> 00:16:39,898 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 380 00:16:39,898 --> 00:16:42,234 -- THANK YOU. SO QUICKLY, I WILL 381 00:16:42,234 --> 00:16:45,137 BE SUPPORTING BOTH AMENDMENTS, 382 00:16:45,137 --> 00:16:48,073 AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD ON THE 383 00:16:48,073 --> 00:16:49,875 LAST ONE REGARDING THE 10 384 00:16:49,875 --> 00:16:52,478 MILLION COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, I 385 00:16:52,478 --> 00:16:54,613 UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENT AND YOUR 386 00:16:54,613 --> 00:16:56,382 COMMITMENT, AND I JUST WANT TO 387 00:16:56,382 --> 00:16:58,417 SAY THAT I WILL NOT BE HERE 388 00:16:58,417 --> 00:17:00,886 AFTER NOVEMBER 20th, BUT AYE. I 389 00:17:00,886 --> 00:17:05,758 APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND AND 390 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:07,226 LAYING DOWN A MARKER, IF YOU 391 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:08,927 WILL, ABOUT WHAT YOUR INTENTIONS 392 00:17:08,927 --> 00:17:10,896 WILL BE FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL IN 393 00:17:10,896 --> 00:17:12,331 THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU. 394 00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:14,233 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 395 00:17:14,233 --> 00:17:16,535 JUAREZ FURTHER DISCUSSION, 396 00:17:16,535 --> 00:17:17,169 FURTHER DISCUSSION, NOT SEEING 397 00:17:17,169 --> 00:17:18,103 FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD 398 00:17:18,103 --> 00:17:20,672 LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THESE TWO 399 00:17:20,672 --> 00:17:23,142 BUDGET AMENDMENTS, BUDGET, 400 00:17:23,142 --> 00:17:24,543 ADOPTION ORDINANCE AND YEAR END 401 00:17:24,543 --> 00:17:25,611 SUPPLEMENTAL, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 402 00:17:25,611 --> 00:17:30,616 HAND AT THIS TIME ARE WE SET? I 403 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:31,617 HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 404 00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:32,151 HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCIL 405 00:17:32,151 --> 00:17:33,652 PRESIDENT. MEREDITH. JUAREZ. 406 00:17:33,652 --> 00:17:35,220 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. HOLLINGSWORTH 407 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:36,722 AND. AND JUAREZ. 408 00:17:36,722 --> 00:17:38,624 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW MOVING 409 00:17:38,624 --> 00:17:40,659 INTO THE NEXT DEPARTMENT. OPCD 410 00:17:40,659 --> 00:17:43,462 ONE AYE ONE. 411 00:17:43,462 --> 00:17:45,998 -- OPCD ONE AYE WOULD INCREASE 412 00:17:45,998 --> 00:17:48,634 OPCD BY 250,000 GENERAL FUND IN 413 00:17:48,634 --> 00:17:50,169 2027 AND 250,000 GENERAL FUND IN 414 00:17:50,169 --> 00:17:52,171 2028, AND ADD 1.0 FTE. PLANNING 415 00:17:52,171 --> 00:17:54,373 AND DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST TWO 416 00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:56,475 FOR NORTH AURORA PLANNING WORK. 417 00:17:56,475 --> 00:17:58,076 IT'S SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 418 00:17:58,076 --> 00:17:59,678 JUAREZ AND COSPONSORED BY 419 00:17:59,678 --> 00:18:01,146 COUNCILMEMBERS. LIN AND STRAUSS. 420 00:18:01,146 --> 00:18:03,248 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 421 00:18:03,248 --> 00:18:03,816 JUAREZ AS SPONSOR OF THE 422 00:18:03,816 --> 00:18:06,085 PROPOSAL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 423 00:18:06,085 --> 00:18:08,086 -- THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FIRST 424 00:18:08,086 --> 00:18:09,154 OF ALL, THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR 425 00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:11,623 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. AND THANK YOU, 426 00:18:11,623 --> 00:18:12,191 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR YOUR 427 00:18:12,191 --> 00:18:14,593 SUPPORT AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW, 428 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:16,862 THIS IS REGARDING NORTH AURORA, 429 00:18:16,862 --> 00:18:20,499 NORTH AURORA INITIATIVE IS AN 430 00:18:20,499 --> 00:18:21,133 EFFORT TO REDEFINE AURORA AVENUE 431 00:18:21,133 --> 00:18:23,168 CORRIDOR CORRIDOR WITH SPECIFIC 432 00:18:23,168 --> 00:18:25,104 FOCUS BETWEEN 85th AND 1/45, 433 00:18:25,104 --> 00:18:27,406 WHERE, AS YOU KNOW, SINCE 434 00:18:27,406 --> 00:18:29,641 JANUARY TO OCTOBER, WE HAVE 435 00:18:29,641 --> 00:18:30,175 EXPERIENCED WELL OVER 20 436 00:18:30,175 --> 00:18:32,177 SHOOTINGS. IT WAS LAUNCHED 437 00:18:32,177 --> 00:18:33,812 INTERNALLY IN THE FALL OF 2025 438 00:18:33,812 --> 00:18:35,714 TO COORDINATE UTILITIES, 439 00:18:35,714 --> 00:18:37,816 TRANSPORTATION, INVESTMENTS, AND 440 00:18:37,816 --> 00:18:38,851 COMMUNITY VISIONING TO SHAPE AND 441 00:18:38,851 --> 00:18:40,986 PREPARE FOR TRANSFORMATIVE 442 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:42,754 CHANGES ON THE CORRIDOR, 443 00:18:42,754 --> 00:18:44,823 INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY. THE 444 00:18:44,823 --> 00:18:45,824 WORK WAS FUNDED IN THE 2026 445 00:18:45,824 --> 00:18:47,793 BUDGET, AND THIS AMENDMENT WOULD 446 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,428 CONTINUE TO FUND THE CRITICAL 447 00:18:49,428 --> 00:18:50,896 WORK AS A CITY PROGRAM LED BY 448 00:18:50,896 --> 00:18:54,800 OPCD. BIG SHOUT OUT TO KENT 449 00:18:54,800 --> 00:18:57,302 OPCD, MODELED AFTER THE SUCCESS 450 00:18:57,302 --> 00:18:59,538 OF THE DUWAMISH VALLEY PROGRAM. 451 00:18:59,538 --> 00:19:00,839 THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW OPCD TO 452 00:19:00,839 --> 00:19:02,574 ADD ONE FTE TO MANAGE WORK ON 453 00:19:02,574 --> 00:19:04,743 THE GROUND WITH COMMUNITY 454 00:19:04,743 --> 00:19:06,044 MEMBERS AND ACROSS MULTIPLE 455 00:19:06,044 --> 00:19:07,913 DEPARTMENTS WORKING ON THE LONG 456 00:19:07,913 --> 00:19:10,215 RANGE PLANNING FOR THE CORRIDOR. 457 00:19:10,215 --> 00:19:10,849 THIS POSITION WILL HAVE A TWO 458 00:19:10,849 --> 00:19:14,253 YEAR SUNSET. THE LONG RANGE 459 00:19:14,253 --> 00:19:14,753 PLANNING WILL HELP WITH 460 00:19:14,753 --> 00:19:17,155 COORDINATION OF 461 00:19:17,155 --> 00:19:17,789 MULTI-DEPARTMENTAL APPROACH TO 462 00:19:17,789 --> 00:19:20,025 ALIGN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH LAND 463 00:19:20,025 --> 00:19:21,426 USE, COMMUNITY VISION, 464 00:19:21,426 --> 00:19:23,795 INCLUDING, AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY. 465 00:19:23,795 --> 00:19:26,798 OPCD HAS BEEN WORKING WITH S DOT 466 00:19:26,798 --> 00:19:28,734 SPU SPD CAO POLICE DEPARTMENT 467 00:19:28,734 --> 00:19:31,603 AND THE ARTS TO BUILD UP A 468 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,772 HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ADDRESS 469 00:19:33,772 --> 00:19:35,941 PRIORITY ISSUES BOTH NEAR WITH 470 00:19:35,941 --> 00:19:37,442 NEAR-TERM ACTIONS AND A LONG 471 00:19:37,442 --> 00:19:39,378 TERM VISION FOR THE CORRIDOR AND 472 00:19:39,378 --> 00:19:40,746 THE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG IT TO 473 00:19:40,746 --> 00:19:43,081 GROW GREAT PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO 474 00:19:43,081 --> 00:19:46,685 LIVE, LOVE AND PLAY AND WORK. 475 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:47,152 NORTH AURORA HAS BEEN 476 00:19:47,152 --> 00:19:49,154 UNDERFUNDED AND OVERLOOKED PART 477 00:19:49,154 --> 00:19:50,622 OF THE CITY, GOING AS FAR BACK 478 00:19:50,622 --> 00:19:52,791 AS THE 1960s, PARTLY BECAUSE 479 00:19:52,791 --> 00:19:55,027 IT'S A STATE HIGHWAY WITH 480 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,629 INCREASING GUN VIOLENCE, DRUG 481 00:19:57,629 --> 00:19:58,196 TRAFFICKING AND COMMERCIAL 482 00:19:58,196 --> 00:20:00,365 SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. WE'VE BEEN 483 00:20:00,365 --> 00:20:02,401 HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY A LOT 484 00:20:02,401 --> 00:20:04,269 THAT THEY ARE FEELING FORGOTTEN 485 00:20:04,269 --> 00:20:06,705 AND LEFT BEHIND, AS WELL AS 486 00:20:06,705 --> 00:20:07,339 EXPERIENCING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT 487 00:20:07,339 --> 00:20:09,241 OF GUN VIOLENCE. AS YOU HEARD ME 488 00:20:09,241 --> 00:20:10,509 SHARE AND SPEAK ABOUT EARLIER 489 00:20:10,509 --> 00:20:13,278 THIS MORNING. THIS INVESTMENT 490 00:20:13,278 --> 00:20:14,346 ENSURES THE CITY'S WORK IN 491 00:20:14,346 --> 00:20:16,548 THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IS NOT 492 00:20:16,548 --> 00:20:18,850 SURFACE LEVEL, BUT FOR A 493 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:19,351 CONTINUED AND SUSTAINED 494 00:20:19,351 --> 00:20:20,385 INVESTMENT THAT WILL WORK TO 495 00:20:20,385 --> 00:20:22,621 TARGET THE ROOT CAUSES OF 496 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:24,456 COMMUNITY CHALLENGES, BUILD 497 00:20:24,456 --> 00:20:27,025 PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS PRIVATE AND 498 00:20:27,025 --> 00:20:28,760 PUBLIC SECTORS, WORK ALONGSIDE 499 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:29,294 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, 500 00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:30,896 BUSINESSES, NEIGHBORS TO BUILD 501 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:33,665 DURABLE, LASTING CHANGE FOR THE 502 00:20:33,665 --> 00:20:35,968 RESIDENTS. THE BUSINESSES, THE 503 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:37,869 CHILDREN THAT GO TO SCHOOL THAT 504 00:20:37,869 --> 00:20:41,406 CALL THIS PLACE HOME. AND AGAIN, 505 00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:43,141 I'M SHARING THIS AGAIN BECAUSE 506 00:20:43,141 --> 00:20:44,610 I'VE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD 507 00:20:44,610 --> 00:20:45,911 FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS. AND I HAVE 508 00:20:45,911 --> 00:20:49,281 TO SAY, THE LAST TEN YEARS, 509 00:20:49,281 --> 00:20:50,849 ESPECIALLY SINCE POST 2020, I'VE 510 00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:53,485 NEVER SEEN SUCH AN EXPLOSION OF 511 00:20:53,485 --> 00:20:55,120 THE GUN VIOLENCE IN THE 512 00:20:55,120 --> 00:20:55,721 INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN 513 00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:57,689 RECEIVING. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, 514 00:20:57,689 --> 00:20:58,223 WE STILL HAVE THOSE SEVEN 515 00:20:58,223 --> 00:21:00,392 STREETS THAT ARE CLOSED AND NO 516 00:21:00,392 --> 00:21:02,761 PUBLIC SAFETY PLANS, NO ENHANCED 517 00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:03,996 PATROL, AND CERTAINLY NO BIKE 518 00:21:03,996 --> 00:21:05,364 COPS. SO WITH THAT, I AM ASKING 519 00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:06,999 FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS 520 00:21:06,999 --> 00:21:08,800 PROGRAM THAT WILL SUNSET IN TWO 521 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:10,068 YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 522 00:21:10,068 --> 00:21:11,837 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 523 00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:14,606 EMERITUS COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 524 00:21:14,606 --> 00:21:16,675 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 525 00:21:16,675 --> 00:21:17,909 THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE COULD 526 00:21:17,909 --> 00:21:19,278 DISCUSS ALL DAY. AND WHAT WE 527 00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:20,312 NEED TODAY IS ACTION. SO I WILL 528 00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:23,281 SAVE MY WORDS. FOR WHEN WE SEE 529 00:21:23,281 --> 00:21:25,017 ACTION TAKEN IN NORTH AURORA AND 530 00:21:25,017 --> 00:21:27,286 COMBATING GUN VIOLENCE. SEEING 531 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:28,387 AS WE HAVE NO FURTHER 532 00:21:28,387 --> 00:21:29,721 DISCUSSION, COLLEAGUES, IF YOU 533 00:21:29,721 --> 00:21:31,556 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THIS, 534 00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:32,924 IS THAT A CONVERSATION? NO. IF 535 00:21:32,924 --> 00:21:35,127 YOU'D LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR THIS 536 00:21:35,127 --> 00:21:39,197 ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 537 00:21:39,197 --> 00:21:42,601 THIS TIME. ARE WE SET? I HAVE 538 00:21:42,601 --> 00:21:45,304 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. RIVERA. 539 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:49,408 SAKA. HOLLINGSWORTH. FOSTER. 540 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:49,641 KETTLE. 541 00:21:49,641 --> 00:21:51,877 -- COUNCILMEMBER. ALL COUNCIL 542 00:21:51,877 --> 00:21:52,411 MEMBERS ARE CO-SPONSORS. 543 00:21:52,411 --> 00:21:54,680 -- THANK YOU. WITH THAT, IF WE 544 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:58,150 CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA 545 00:21:58,150 --> 00:22:02,320 ITEM, WE HAVE OPCD THREE, AYE 546 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:03,388 ONE AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I 547 00:22:03,388 --> 00:22:04,790 FORGOT TO CALL ON YOU AS CHAIR 548 00:22:04,790 --> 00:22:07,092 OF THE COMMITTEE. ANYTHING 549 00:22:07,092 --> 00:22:08,026 -- JUST THAT COMMITTED TO DOING 550 00:22:08,026 --> 00:22:09,294 THE WORK. THANK YOU. 551 00:22:09,294 --> 00:22:10,529 -- FANTASTIC. WITH THAT, IF WE 552 00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:13,999 ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OPCD 553 00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:14,366 THREE AYE ONE. 554 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:16,034 -- REBECCA BASKIN COUNCIL 555 00:22:16,034 --> 00:22:17,803 CENTRAL STAFF. THE NEXT ITEM IS 556 00:22:17,803 --> 00:22:19,438 OPCD THREE A, WHICH WOULD 557 00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:21,173 INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION TO 558 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:23,608 THE OFFICE OF PLANNING COMMUNITY 559 00:22:23,608 --> 00:22:24,242 DEVELOPMENT BY $200,000. GENERAL 560 00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:27,346 FUND AND A ONE TIME BASIS IN 561 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:28,780 2027. AND THIS IS FOR A PURPOSE 562 00:22:28,780 --> 00:22:30,649 OF CONTINUING SUBAREA PLANNING 563 00:22:30,649 --> 00:22:32,184 FOR THE BALLARD REGIONAL CENTER. 564 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:33,251 I WANT TO MAKE A SMALL 565 00:22:33,251 --> 00:22:34,753 CORRECTION TO THE CENTRAL STAFF 566 00:22:34,753 --> 00:22:38,924 SUMMARY IN THE CBA THAT I'M JUST 567 00:22:38,924 --> 00:22:39,558 GOING TO BREEZE THROUGH REALLY 568 00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:40,192 QUICKLY. ONE SUB AREA PLAN WAS 569 00:22:40,192 --> 00:22:41,059 ADOPTED AS A PART OF THE 570 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:42,961 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. WHILE 571 00:22:42,961 --> 00:22:44,396 PLANNING FOR THE SIX REMAINING 572 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:47,265 CENTERS IS STILL ONGOING. THIS 573 00:22:47,265 --> 00:22:48,934 ITEM IS SPONSORED BY 574 00:22:48,934 --> 00:22:50,335 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 575 00:22:50,335 --> 00:22:52,771 COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 576 00:22:52,771 --> 00:22:53,138 RINCK AND LIN. 577 00:22:53,138 --> 00:22:54,906 -- THANK YOU. THE SPONSOR OF THE 578 00:22:54,906 --> 00:22:55,874 PROPOSAL, I'LL SPEAK TO IT, 579 00:22:55,874 --> 00:22:59,311 WHICH IS. LAST YEAR WE HAD TO 580 00:22:59,311 --> 00:23:00,045 ADD FUNDING TO THE BUDGET, OR 581 00:23:00,045 --> 00:23:01,913 MAYBE IT WAS THE YEAR BEFORE TO 582 00:23:01,913 --> 00:23:04,783 ENSURE THAT OPCD HAD THE FUNDING 583 00:23:04,783 --> 00:23:06,585 TO COMPLETE THE REGIONAL CENTER 584 00:23:06,585 --> 00:23:07,986 PLANNING WORK FOR THE BALLARD 585 00:23:07,986 --> 00:23:09,354 REGIONAL CENTER. WE ARE STILL 586 00:23:09,354 --> 00:23:10,789 CONFIRMING WHETHER OR NOT THEY 587 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:12,357 HAVE THIS FUNDS THESE FUNDS AT 588 00:23:12,357 --> 00:23:13,925 THIS TIME. AND SO IF THEY ARE 589 00:23:13,925 --> 00:23:15,527 FULLY FUNDED, WE WILL NOT MOVE 590 00:23:15,527 --> 00:23:17,062 THIS FORWARD. IF THEY NEED THE 591 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:18,096 FUNDS, THEN WE WILL BE MOVING 592 00:23:18,096 --> 00:23:19,798 THIS ITEM. I WILL LIKELY BE 593 00:23:19,798 --> 00:23:21,433 MOVING THIS ITEM FORWARD WITH 594 00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:26,705 THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION. FURTHER 595 00:23:26,705 --> 00:23:27,305 DISCUSSION. SEEING NO FURTHER 596 00:23:27,305 --> 00:23:29,541 DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 597 00:23:29,541 --> 00:23:30,609 CO-SPONSOR OPCD THREE A ONE, 598 00:23:30,609 --> 00:23:33,445 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 599 00:23:33,445 --> 00:23:36,014 TIME. ARE WE SET? C 600 00:23:36,014 --> 00:23:40,619 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 601 00:23:40,619 --> 00:23:41,153 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 602 00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:42,421 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA COLLEAGUES 603 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:43,989 WILL BE MOVING QUICKLY TODAY. 604 00:23:43,989 --> 00:23:46,958 WITH THAT, IF WE COULD MOVE ON 605 00:23:46,958 --> 00:23:47,626 TO AN COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I DID 606 00:23:47,626 --> 00:23:49,294 IT AGAIN. 607 00:23:49,294 --> 00:23:50,362 -- SAME COMMITTED TO DOING THE 608 00:23:50,362 --> 00:23:52,230 WORK. 609 00:23:52,230 --> 00:23:55,467 -- THANK YOU SIR. LET'S MOVE ON 610 00:23:55,467 --> 00:23:56,968 TO OPCD FOUR S ONE. PLEASE. 611 00:23:56,968 --> 00:24:00,105 -- ALL RIGHT. OPCD FOUR S AYE 612 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:01,506 WOULD BE A STATEMENT OF 613 00:24:01,506 --> 00:24:02,107 LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD 614 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:05,277 REQUEST THAT OPCD SCOPE A BODY 615 00:24:05,277 --> 00:24:06,678 OF WORK FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY 616 00:24:06,678 --> 00:24:08,413 FOR INTERSTATE FIVE AND SOUND 617 00:24:08,413 --> 00:24:09,815 TRANSIT'S PINEHURST LIGHT RAIL 618 00:24:09,815 --> 00:24:11,783 STATION AREA. THIS IS SPONSORED 619 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:13,051 BY COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS AND 620 00:24:13,051 --> 00:24:13,685 COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS. 621 00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:14,886 JUAREZ AND RINCK. 622 00:24:14,886 --> 00:24:16,922 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, WHEN 623 00:24:16,922 --> 00:24:18,824 YOU GO TO THE PINEHURST STATION, 624 00:24:18,824 --> 00:24:20,926 YOU WILL SEE THAT THE HIGHWAY 625 00:24:20,926 --> 00:24:22,828 LEVEL IS BELOW THE GRADE OF THE 626 00:24:22,828 --> 00:24:24,029 NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH MAKES IT A 627 00:24:24,029 --> 00:24:27,532 PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR A LID 628 00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:30,202 OVER THE FREEWAY. FUN FACT 629 00:24:30,202 --> 00:24:32,704 ROOSEVELT WAY STARTS AT 145th 630 00:24:32,704 --> 00:24:33,338 AND AURORA AVENUE AND ENDS IN 631 00:24:33,338 --> 00:24:34,940 THE U. DISTRICT ALONG THE SHIP 632 00:24:34,940 --> 00:24:37,609 CANAL. IT USED TO BE A 633 00:24:37,609 --> 00:24:40,078 CONTIGUOUS ROADWAY UNTIL I-5 CUT 634 00:24:40,078 --> 00:24:42,013 ACROSS IT AT THE PINEHURST 635 00:24:42,013 --> 00:24:43,381 STATION. WE'VE SEEN IN 636 00:24:43,381 --> 00:24:45,350 WASHINGTON, D.C. LIDS LIKE THIS 637 00:24:45,350 --> 00:24:46,852 BE FUNDED COMPLETELY BY THE 638 00:24:46,852 --> 00:24:49,387 PRIVATE BY PRIVATE FUNDING. WITH 639 00:24:49,387 --> 00:24:54,793 LITTLE OVER 390 INTERSTATE 395 640 00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:57,329 THAT LITTLE PROJECT CREATED MORE 641 00:24:57,329 --> 00:24:57,929 PUBLIC SPACE, RECONNECTED THE 642 00:24:57,929 --> 00:25:01,166 GRID. IT CREATED MORE BUILDINGS. 643 00:25:01,166 --> 00:25:03,101 THAT'S HOW THEY FUNDED IT 644 00:25:03,101 --> 00:25:04,236 PRIVATELY. AND $40 MILLION OF 645 00:25:04,236 --> 00:25:06,204 ANNUAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE FOR 646 00:25:06,204 --> 00:25:06,972 WASHINGTON, D.C.. I HOPE THAT 647 00:25:06,972 --> 00:25:08,240 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO 648 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,308 TO RECONNECT THE PINEHURST 649 00:25:10,308 --> 00:25:12,444 NEIGHBORHOOD. COLLEAGUES. 650 00:25:12,444 --> 00:25:14,079 COUNCILMEMBER LIN IS CHAIR OF 651 00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:14,679 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 652 00:25:14,679 --> 00:25:15,814 DEPARTMENT. 653 00:25:15,814 --> 00:25:17,549 -- I JUST WANT TO STATE MY 654 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:19,050 SUPPORT. AND JUST LIKE THE 655 00:25:19,050 --> 00:25:20,185 AURORA, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE 656 00:25:20,185 --> 00:25:21,453 HIGHWAYS THAT HAVE THESE 657 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:22,954 SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THAT GO 658 00:25:22,954 --> 00:25:25,824 THROUGH OUR CITY. THINGS LIKE 659 00:25:25,824 --> 00:25:27,125 LEADING I-5, SUPER EXCITED TO TO 660 00:25:27,125 --> 00:25:28,460 MOVE THAT FORWARD. 661 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:30,228 -- THANK YOU. FURTHER 662 00:25:30,228 --> 00:25:30,762 DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER 663 00:25:30,762 --> 00:25:31,596 JUAREZ. 664 00:25:31,596 --> 00:25:32,330 -- THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, 665 00:25:32,330 --> 00:25:33,765 THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR, FOR 666 00:25:33,765 --> 00:25:35,233 BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW 667 00:25:35,233 --> 00:25:36,334 THAT I'M A CO-SPONSOR, BUT I 668 00:25:36,334 --> 00:25:37,502 HAVE TO HAND IT TO YOU. YOU'VE 669 00:25:37,502 --> 00:25:39,137 BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE 670 00:25:39,137 --> 00:25:41,306 YOU WERE A LA FOR COUNCILMEMBER 671 00:25:41,306 --> 00:25:43,408 BAGSHAW. AND SO HAVE THE 672 00:25:43,408 --> 00:25:44,910 URBANISTS. ABOUT A LID. AND YOU 673 00:25:44,910 --> 00:25:46,211 KNOW, FOR ONCE, I GUESS I'M 674 00:25:46,211 --> 00:25:48,346 GETTING IT. I'M ON BOARD. I 675 00:25:48,346 --> 00:25:51,082 WANT TO SAY THAT. AND AS AS 676 00:25:51,082 --> 00:25:51,950 COUNCILMEMBER LIN WOULD SAY, 677 00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:55,120 I'M COMMITTED TO DOING THE 678 00:25:55,120 --> 00:25:57,188 WORK. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, I 679 00:25:57,188 --> 00:25:58,056 KNOW YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT 680 00:25:58,056 --> 00:25:59,724 THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH ME BEING 681 00:25:59,724 --> 00:26:02,127 ON SOUND TRANSIT. NOW YOU ARE ON 682 00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:05,163 SOUND TRANSIT. THE NEIGHBORHOODS 683 00:26:05,163 --> 00:26:07,666 NORTH OF 9080 FIFTH AFTER 684 00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:08,967 INCORPORATION. THAT'S WHY 685 00:26:08,967 --> 00:26:11,870 THEY'RE AT WEIRD ANGLES BECAUSE 686 00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:14,005 OF I-5. SO HAVING PINEHURST FOR 687 00:26:14,005 --> 00:26:15,240 THAT, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE LIGHT 688 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:16,341 RAIL STATION, AND I HEARD SOME 689 00:26:16,341 --> 00:26:19,311 FOLKS ARE LISTENING, THE 690 00:26:19,311 --> 00:26:22,280 PINEHURST STATION WILL, AS YOU 691 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:24,849 KNOW, WILL SERVICE IS IN 692 00:26:24,849 --> 00:26:25,884 BETWEEN. NORTHGATE NORTHGATE AND 693 00:26:25,884 --> 00:26:27,452 1/45. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 694 00:26:27,452 --> 00:26:29,220 PINEHURST. AND THEN THE HARD 695 00:26:29,220 --> 00:26:31,022 WORK AND THE FUN WORK BEGINS IN 696 00:26:31,022 --> 00:26:32,824 PLANNING FOR THAT TYPE OF 697 00:26:32,824 --> 00:26:33,959 DENSITY. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU 698 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:36,127 FOR BEING A, A DECADE LONG 699 00:26:36,127 --> 00:26:38,163 CHAMPION OF THIS. AND I WANT TO 700 00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:41,900 THANK THE CO-SPONSORS. OR 701 00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:43,134 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR ALSO 702 00:26:43,134 --> 00:26:44,436 RECOGNIZING HOW BECAUSE HE IS 703 00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:45,971 THE CHAIR OF THIS AND IS 704 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:47,339 COMMITTED TO THE WORK, HOW 705 00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:48,873 DIFFICULT THESE DECISIONS ARE. 706 00:26:48,873 --> 00:26:52,010 BUT AT LEAST LET'S GET REALLY 707 00:26:52,010 --> 00:26:53,645 BUSY ON THE CONVERSATION ABOUT 708 00:26:53,645 --> 00:26:58,683 THESE LIDS. THANK YOU 709 00:26:58,683 --> 00:26:59,284 -- AMEN. FURTHER DISCUSSION? 710 00:26:59,284 --> 00:27:01,219 FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL CLOSE 711 00:27:01,219 --> 00:27:01,987 OUT BY SAYING, IF YOU LOOK AT 712 00:27:01,987 --> 00:27:03,989 THE WALK SHED OF THE CURRENT 713 00:27:03,989 --> 00:27:05,657 PINEHURST STATION, IT IS LIMITED 714 00:27:05,657 --> 00:27:07,926 BECAUSE OF I-5 AND A LID OVER 715 00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:11,763 I-5 WOULD HELP MAKE THAT WALK 716 00:27:11,763 --> 00:27:13,598 SHED BETTER. WITH THAT, IF YOU 717 00:27:13,598 --> 00:27:14,866 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OPCD 718 00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:15,667 FOR S AYE ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 719 00:27:15,667 --> 00:27:23,608 HAND AT THIS TIME. ARE WE SET? 720 00:27:23,608 --> 00:27:26,011 SET. I'M SEEING COUNCILMEMBER 721 00:27:26,011 --> 00:27:28,079 HOLLINGSWORTH. SAKA. LIN. 722 00:27:28,079 --> 00:27:28,913 FOSTER. 723 00:27:28,913 --> 00:27:30,882 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. 724 00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:33,451 HOLLINGSWORTH. FOSTER. LIN. 725 00:27:33,451 --> 00:27:35,720 SAKA. NO. SORRY. DID I HAVE THE 726 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:35,954 RIGHT? 727 00:27:35,954 --> 00:27:37,956 -- I'M GOING TO. YOU GOT IT. 728 00:27:37,956 --> 00:27:38,289 -- THANK YOU. 729 00:27:38,289 --> 00:27:40,625 -- OOPS. 730 00:27:40,625 --> 00:27:42,327 -- HOLLINGSWORTH. LIN. FOSTER. 731 00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:43,428 SAKA ON OPCD FOR SA ONE. THANK 732 00:27:43,428 --> 00:27:48,299 YOU. MOVING ON TO OPCD FIVE. AYE 733 00:27:48,299 --> 00:27:48,500 ONE. 734 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,335 -- OPCD FIVE AYE WOULD INCREASE 735 00:27:50,335 --> 00:27:51,903 OPCD BY 3 MILLION. GENERAL FUND 736 00:27:51,903 --> 00:27:54,039 ON A ONE TIME BASIS IN 2027 TO 737 00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:55,540 INCREASE FUNDING FOR A PUBLIC 738 00:27:55,540 --> 00:27:57,475 MARKET PROJECT SUCH AS AFRICAN 739 00:27:57,475 --> 00:27:59,277 COMMUNITY AND HOUSING 740 00:27:59,277 --> 00:27:59,944 DEVELOPMENT. IT'S SPONSORED BY 741 00:27:59,944 --> 00:28:03,648 COUNCIL MEMBER RINCK AND 742 00:28:03,648 --> 00:28:04,282 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS. 743 00:28:04,282 --> 00:28:05,550 SAKA AND FOSTER. 744 00:28:05,550 --> 00:28:06,117 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 745 00:28:06,117 --> 00:28:06,918 RINCK IS SPONSOR OF THE 746 00:28:06,918 --> 00:28:08,686 PROPOSAL. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 747 00:28:08,686 --> 00:28:09,487 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK 748 00:28:09,487 --> 00:28:11,389 YOU TO CENTRAL STAFF FOR HELPING 749 00:28:11,389 --> 00:28:13,858 US PREPARE THIS AMENDMENT. 750 00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:15,360 COLLEAGUES, WE HEARD A LITTLE 751 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,662 BIT ABOUT THIS PROJECT DURING 752 00:28:17,662 --> 00:28:18,229 THE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER 753 00:28:18,229 --> 00:28:20,765 TODAY, AND THERE IS A LOT TO BE 754 00:28:20,765 --> 00:28:22,300 EXCITED ABOUT WITH THIS PROJECT 755 00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:22,934 WITH AFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING 756 00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:24,269 AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION. SO 757 00:28:24,269 --> 00:28:26,571 THIS AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE 758 00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:28,139 FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 759 00:28:28,139 --> 00:28:29,507 THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC MARKET. 760 00:28:29,507 --> 00:28:32,210 THIS WOULD BE A PERMANENT HUB 761 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:34,112 FOR SMALL BUSINESS, FOOD ACCESS 762 00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:35,413 AND CULTURAL CONNECTION IN 763 00:28:35,413 --> 00:28:36,981 DELRIDGE, AND WOULD BE LED BY 764 00:28:36,981 --> 00:28:38,249 AFRICAN COMMUNITY HOUSING AND 765 00:28:38,249 --> 00:28:40,218 DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU'RE NOT 766 00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:42,020 FAMILIAR WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, 767 00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:42,587 THEY LAUNCHED THE DELRIDGE 768 00:28:42,587 --> 00:28:43,354 FARMERS MARKET, AND OVER THE 769 00:28:43,354 --> 00:28:47,125 PAST FIVE YEARS, THEY HAVE 770 00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:48,593 PROVIDED OVER 25,000 POUNDS OF 771 00:28:48,593 --> 00:28:50,295 FREE FOOD ANNUALLY AND 772 00:28:50,295 --> 00:28:50,929 FACILITATED SALES AND BUSINESS 773 00:28:50,929 --> 00:28:52,997 GROWTH FOR OVER 100 BLACK, 774 00:28:52,997 --> 00:28:54,065 INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR 775 00:28:54,065 --> 00:28:56,267 OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS 776 00:28:56,267 --> 00:28:57,635 PROJECT HAS IT ALL FOOD ACCESS, 777 00:28:57,635 --> 00:29:01,005 SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, 778 00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:01,639 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EQUITABLE 779 00:29:01,639 --> 00:29:02,307 DEVELOPMENT. SO THERE'S A LOT TO 780 00:29:02,307 --> 00:29:03,975 BE EXCITED ABOUT HERE. AND I 781 00:29:03,975 --> 00:29:06,544 BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BRING 782 00:29:06,544 --> 00:29:07,579 INCREDIBLE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO OUR 783 00:29:07,579 --> 00:29:09,180 CITY AND TO DISTRICT ONE IN 784 00:29:09,180 --> 00:29:10,248 PARTICULAR. SO PROUD TO BE LEAD 785 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:11,483 SPONSOR ON THIS. AND HUGE THANK 786 00:29:11,483 --> 00:29:13,785 YOU TO THE CO-SPONSORS HERE ON 787 00:29:13,785 --> 00:29:15,987 THIS. OUR DISTRICT ONE 788 00:29:15,987 --> 00:29:16,588 COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER 789 00:29:16,588 --> 00:29:18,056 SAKA, AND OUR OTHER CITYWIDE 790 00:29:18,056 --> 00:29:18,990 COUNCILMEMBER, COUNCILMEMBER 791 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:20,091 FOSTER. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR 792 00:29:20,091 --> 00:29:21,025 SUPPORT ON THIS. AND COLLEAGUES, 793 00:29:21,025 --> 00:29:23,027 I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK 794 00:29:23,027 --> 00:29:23,228 YOU. 795 00:29:23,228 --> 00:29:25,029 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 796 00:29:25,029 --> 00:29:26,998 IS COMMITTEE CHAIR. YOU'RE 797 00:29:26,998 --> 00:29:27,298 RECOGNIZED. 798 00:29:27,298 --> 00:29:28,933 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST WANT TO 799 00:29:28,933 --> 00:29:30,468 STATE MY SUPPORT. HD HAS BEEN A 800 00:29:30,468 --> 00:29:32,837 STRONG PARTNER, INCLUDING IN THE 801 00:29:32,837 --> 00:29:34,606 HOUSING SPACE AND PUBLIC MARKETS 802 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:38,009 LIKE THIS ARE CRITICAL FOR OUR 803 00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:38,743 LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES. THANK 804 00:29:38,743 --> 00:29:38,943 YOU. 805 00:29:38,943 --> 00:29:41,479 -- THANK YOU. DISCUSSION 806 00:29:41,479 --> 00:29:41,913 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA. 807 00:29:41,913 --> 00:29:44,315 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANT 808 00:29:44,315 --> 00:29:45,984 TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 809 00:29:45,984 --> 00:29:47,952 PUTTING THIS FORWARD. EXCITING 810 00:29:47,952 --> 00:29:48,586 INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT DISTRICT 811 00:29:48,586 --> 00:29:50,054 ONE. BUT FRANKLY, THE ENTIRE 812 00:29:50,054 --> 00:29:51,489 CITY OF SEATTLE AND OUR ENTIRE 813 00:29:51,489 --> 00:29:54,759 REGION, IT'S INTENDED TO BE A 814 00:29:54,759 --> 00:29:58,129 REGIONAL ASSET AND WOULD BRING A 815 00:29:58,129 --> 00:30:01,065 LOT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND, 816 00:30:01,065 --> 00:30:06,337 AND FOOD ACCESS TO A VIBRANT 817 00:30:06,337 --> 00:30:07,138 NEIGHBORHOOD OF OF HIGHLAND PARK 818 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:09,507 ALONG THE DELRIDGE CORRIDOR, 819 00:30:09,507 --> 00:30:12,443 WHICH IS ITSELF A FOOD DESERT. 820 00:30:12,443 --> 00:30:14,145 AND I THINK THIS WOULD 821 00:30:14,145 --> 00:30:17,115 COMPLEMENT. THERE ARE MORE 822 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:18,516 ESTABLISHED GROCERY STORES. ONCE 823 00:30:18,516 --> 00:30:19,117 YOU START VENTURING INTO THE 824 00:30:19,117 --> 00:30:22,120 SOUTH DELRIDGE SIDE, WHICH IS 825 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:22,720 WHERE THIS PARTICULAR SITE IS 826 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:24,989 LOCATED. BUT I ALSO THINK IT 827 00:30:24,989 --> 00:30:26,691 WOULD PERFECTLY COMPLEMENT 828 00:30:26,691 --> 00:30:27,225 ANOTHER SLIDE AND ANOTHER 829 00:30:27,225 --> 00:30:28,526 CONVERSATION. WE HAVE TO TO LOOK 830 00:30:28,526 --> 00:30:30,028 AT GROCERY STORE OPTIONS IN 831 00:30:30,028 --> 00:30:33,965 NORTH DELRIDGE. I'LL ALSO JUST 832 00:30:33,965 --> 00:30:36,334 SAY THAT THE SPECIFIC SITING OF 833 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:39,304 THIS, THIS LOCATION I THINK 834 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:41,472 THERE'S SOME. IN ADDITION TO 835 00:30:41,472 --> 00:30:42,674 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FOOD 836 00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:45,810 ACCESS, I THINK THERE'S SOME 837 00:30:45,810 --> 00:30:46,945 IMPORTANT PUBLIC SAFETY. AND, 838 00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:49,514 YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL 839 00:30:49,514 --> 00:30:52,750 OPPORTUNITIES TO ACTIVATE A 840 00:30:52,750 --> 00:30:53,384 NEIGHBORHOOD PARTICULAR SECTION 841 00:30:53,384 --> 00:30:54,652 OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS A LOT 842 00:30:54,652 --> 00:30:59,157 OF PROBLEMATIC RV ENCAMPMENTS. 843 00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:01,626 AND SO BRINGING SOMETHING LIKE 844 00:31:01,626 --> 00:31:04,429 THIS TO THAT PARTICULAR 845 00:31:04,429 --> 00:31:07,398 NEIGHBORHOOD COULD HELP ACTIVATE 846 00:31:07,398 --> 00:31:08,399 IT. SO PROUD AND HONORED TO 847 00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:10,768 SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU, 848 00:31:10,768 --> 00:31:12,470 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK, FOR BEING 849 00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:14,038 THE PRIME SPONSOR, AND I HOPE MY 850 00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:15,206 COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US. THANK 851 00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:16,875 YOU. 852 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:17,508 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 853 00:31:17,508 --> 00:31:20,645 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 854 00:31:20,645 --> 00:31:22,247 DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 855 00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:24,148 CO-SPONSOR OPCD FIVE A ONE, 856 00:31:24,148 --> 00:31:27,885 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 857 00:31:27,885 --> 00:31:34,092 TIME. ADDING COUNCILMEMBER LIN 858 00:31:34,092 --> 00:31:35,026 TO OPCD FIVE, AYE ONE. 859 00:31:35,026 --> 00:31:37,161 -- AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 860 00:31:37,161 --> 00:31:38,363 -- THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO 861 00:31:38,363 --> 00:31:39,697 THE NEXT DEPARTMENT. FINANCE, 862 00:31:39,697 --> 00:31:45,136 GENERAL, FINANCE, GENERAL ONE A 863 00:31:45,136 --> 00:31:45,336 ONE. 864 00:31:45,336 --> 00:31:45,970 -- FG1A WOULD INCREASE FINANCE 865 00:31:45,970 --> 00:31:48,239 GENERAL BY 200,000 IN 2027 ON A 866 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:50,208 ONE TIME BASIS. GENERAL FUND TO 867 00:31:50,208 --> 00:31:51,976 SUPPORT A COMMUNITY CENTER 868 00:31:51,976 --> 00:31:53,144 DEDICATED TO PROMOTING SOCIAL, 869 00:31:53,144 --> 00:31:54,612 CULTURAL, ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY 870 00:31:54,612 --> 00:31:56,514 SERVICE FOR SEATTLE AREA 871 00:31:56,514 --> 00:31:58,650 RESIDENTS. THE PRIME SPONSOR IS 872 00:31:58,650 --> 00:32:00,285 CHAIR STRAUSS AND ADDITIONAL 873 00:32:00,285 --> 00:32:00,919 SPONSORS ARE COUNCILMEMBERS. LIN 874 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:02,854 AND FOSTER. 875 00:32:02,854 --> 00:32:04,088 -- THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THE 876 00:32:04,088 --> 00:32:06,024 AMENDMENT, I WILL STATE THAT 877 00:32:06,024 --> 00:32:08,026 THIS IS REGARDING THE MARTIN 878 00:32:08,026 --> 00:32:10,328 LUTHER KING FAME COMMUNITY 879 00:32:10,328 --> 00:32:11,329 CENTER, WHICH IS A NON. THIS IS 880 00:32:11,329 --> 00:32:13,631 WHERE THE REQUEST HAS COME FROM. 881 00:32:13,631 --> 00:32:16,534 CLEARLY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH 882 00:32:16,534 --> 00:32:18,202 OUR LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE TO 883 00:32:18,202 --> 00:32:20,004 DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS IN THE 884 00:32:20,004 --> 00:32:21,773 APPROPRIATE WAYS. BUT THIS IS A 885 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:23,942 NONPROFIT COMMUNITY CENTER THAT 886 00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,343 HOUSES COMMUNITY PROGRAMING AND 887 00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:26,878 IS IN DIRE NEED OF CAPITAL FUND 888 00:32:26,878 --> 00:32:28,313 IMPROVEMENTS. AT THIS TIME. THEY 889 00:32:28,313 --> 00:32:31,749 ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN 890 00:32:31,749 --> 00:32:33,651 RECEIVE EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT 891 00:32:33,651 --> 00:32:35,386 INITIATIVE FUNDING AND TO DATE 892 00:32:35,386 --> 00:32:39,290 HAVE NOT, AND THAT IS PART OF 893 00:32:39,290 --> 00:32:40,758 WHY I AM NOT ENGAGING IN THE 894 00:32:40,758 --> 00:32:42,493 EDDIE CONVERSATION REGARDING 895 00:32:42,493 --> 00:32:44,495 THIS, SIMPLY STATING IF THEY 896 00:32:44,495 --> 00:32:45,763 HAVE CAPITAL NEEDS TO SERVE 897 00:32:45,763 --> 00:32:46,964 THEIR COMMUNITY, I WANT TO BRING 898 00:32:46,964 --> 00:32:50,268 THIS FORWARD. SO THAT IS THE 899 00:32:50,268 --> 00:32:52,937 NATURE OF THIS AMENDMENT. 900 00:32:52,937 --> 00:32:53,438 COLLEAGUES. DISCUSSION 901 00:32:53,438 --> 00:32:55,640 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. HOLD ON. 902 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:55,973 -- THANK YOU. 903 00:32:55,973 --> 00:32:57,175 -- YEAH, GO FOR IT BECAUSE I'M 904 00:32:57,175 --> 00:32:58,209 ALSO CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 905 00:32:58,209 --> 00:32:59,377 OVERSEEING IT. 906 00:32:59,377 --> 00:33:00,278 -- OH, DO YOU WANT ME WANT ME TO 907 00:33:00,278 --> 00:33:02,647 WAIT? 908 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:02,914 -- NOPE. 909 00:33:02,914 --> 00:33:04,349 -- I'M GOOD. 910 00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:04,582 -- YES. 911 00:33:04,582 --> 00:33:05,616 -- WELL, YOU KNOW HOW I FEEL 912 00:33:05,616 --> 00:33:07,018 ABOUT THIS BRICK AND MORTAR 913 00:33:07,018 --> 00:33:08,186 STEALING WHEELS. LET'S DO IT. 914 00:33:08,186 --> 00:33:11,356 I'M WITH YOU. 915 00:33:11,356 --> 00:33:13,024 -- BRICK AND MORTAR STEALING 916 00:33:13,024 --> 00:33:15,593 WHEELS. COLLEAGUES, FURTHER 917 00:33:15,593 --> 00:33:18,062 DISCUSSION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 918 00:33:18,062 --> 00:33:18,696 -- COUNCILMEMBER CHAIR. EXCUSE 919 00:33:18,696 --> 00:33:19,731 ME. CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO THANK 920 00:33:19,731 --> 00:33:22,133 YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 921 00:33:22,133 --> 00:33:23,368 THIS COMMUNITY CENTER. WHEN IT 922 00:33:23,368 --> 00:33:24,936 WAS TRANSFERRED OVER FROM 923 00:33:24,936 --> 00:33:25,903 SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, COULD 924 00:33:25,903 --> 00:33:26,938 HAVE WENT TO THREE THINGS. 925 00:33:26,938 --> 00:33:27,605 DEVELOPMENT, COULD HAVE WENT TO 926 00:33:27,605 --> 00:33:30,408 A PRIVATE SCHOOL, BUT IT WENT TO 927 00:33:30,408 --> 00:33:32,276 A COMMUNITY NONPROFIT THAT NOW 928 00:33:32,276 --> 00:33:34,412 HOUSES OVER 20 DIFFERENT 929 00:33:34,412 --> 00:33:34,912 ORGANIZATIONS AND RUNS 930 00:33:34,912 --> 00:33:35,813 INCREDIBLE PROGRAMS IN THE 931 00:33:35,813 --> 00:33:37,949 MADISON VALLEY. SO IT IS IN 932 00:33:37,949 --> 00:33:40,385 DISTRICT THREE, AND IT SERVES 933 00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:41,252 THE COMMUNITY GREATLY. AND IT 934 00:33:41,252 --> 00:33:45,356 USED TO BE THE MLK SCHOOL, WHICH 935 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:46,257 A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS USED 936 00:33:46,257 --> 00:33:47,825 TO GO TO, AND NOW IT'S A 937 00:33:47,825 --> 00:33:48,926 COMMUNITY CENTER. SO REALLY 938 00:33:48,926 --> 00:33:49,560 GRATEFUL FOR YOU BRINGING THIS 939 00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:50,495 FORWARD. THANK YOU. 940 00:33:50,495 --> 00:33:51,596 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. 941 00:33:51,596 --> 00:33:52,997 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 942 00:33:52,997 --> 00:33:53,464 FURTHER CONVERSATION? 943 00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:55,933 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 944 00:33:55,933 --> 00:33:58,503 IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 945 00:33:58,503 --> 00:33:59,504 FG1A1, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 946 00:33:59,504 --> 00:34:10,047 THIS TIME. ARE WE SET? WE HAVE 947 00:34:10,448 --> 00:34:11,015 COUNCIL PRESIDENT COUNCILMEMBER 948 00:34:11,015 --> 00:34:13,885 JUAREZ RIVERA. KETTLE. RINCK. 949 00:34:13,885 --> 00:34:15,820 SAKA. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL. 950 00:34:15,820 --> 00:34:16,421 -- NINE ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. 951 00:34:16,421 --> 00:34:17,522 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR 952 00:34:17,522 --> 00:34:21,259 SUPPORT. COLLEAGUES. MOVING ON 953 00:34:21,259 --> 00:34:22,360 TO FG9O1A1. THIS IS KIND OF JUST 954 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:23,628 TECHNICAL IF YOU JUST WANT TO 955 00:34:23,628 --> 00:34:24,829 BRIEF IT, AND WE'RE NOT GOING 956 00:34:24,829 --> 00:34:26,831 TO HAVE DISCUSSION. 957 00:34:26,831 --> 00:34:28,599 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, THIS IS A CBA 958 00:34:28,599 --> 00:34:30,134 JUST TO RECOGNIZE THE OCTOBER 959 00:34:30,134 --> 00:34:33,070 REVENUE FORECAST. IT DOES NOT 960 00:34:33,070 --> 00:34:33,604 REQUIRE CO SPONSORSHIPS. 961 00:34:33,604 --> 00:34:36,507 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO SDCI 962 00:34:36,507 --> 00:34:37,542 SDCI ONE SA ONE. 963 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:40,978 -- ALL RIGHT. 964 00:34:40,978 --> 00:34:42,246 -- SDCI 1SA AS A REQUEST FOR 965 00:34:42,246 --> 00:34:43,147 REPORT FROM THE SEATTLE 966 00:34:43,147 --> 00:34:44,515 DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRUCTION 967 00:34:44,515 --> 00:34:45,083 INSPECTIONS ON OPTIONS FOR 968 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:46,651 MAINTAINING CORE STAFFING. AT A 969 00:34:46,651 --> 00:34:48,519 MINIMUM, THE REPORT WOULD 970 00:34:48,519 --> 00:34:51,622 IDENTIFY A CORE STAFFING LEVELS 971 00:34:51,622 --> 00:34:52,223 BY LINE OF BUSINESS AT SDCI. 972 00:34:52,223 --> 00:34:53,524 IDENTIFY CURRENT SURPLUSES AND 973 00:34:53,524 --> 00:34:55,393 DEFICITS FOR EACH OF THOSE LINES 974 00:34:55,393 --> 00:34:57,328 OF BUSINESS. RECOMMEND POLICIES 975 00:34:57,328 --> 00:34:58,496 FOR MAINTAINING CORE STAFFING 976 00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:00,765 THROUGH FEE INCREASES, AS 977 00:35:00,765 --> 00:35:02,967 OPPOSED TO USE OF MORE 978 00:35:02,967 --> 00:35:03,601 VULNERABLE RESOURCE. RECOMMEND 979 00:35:03,601 --> 00:35:05,036 SIMILAR POLICIES FOR MAINTAINING 980 00:35:05,036 --> 00:35:06,504 CORE STAFFING THROUGH A RESOURCE 981 00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:09,040 LIKE THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN 982 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:09,674 SPECIFY THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES 983 00:35:09,674 --> 00:35:11,809 BY COST CENTER THAT COULD BE 984 00:35:11,809 --> 00:35:12,376 SUSCEPTIBLE TO GENERAL FUND 985 00:35:12,376 --> 00:35:15,112 SUBSIDY. THIS IS SPONSORED BY 986 00:35:15,112 --> 00:35:16,380 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND 987 00:35:16,380 --> 00:35:17,014 COSPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS. 988 00:35:17,014 --> 00:35:17,949 LIN AND FOSTER. 989 00:35:17,949 --> 00:35:19,283 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 990 00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:20,051 RINCK. AS SPONSOR OF THE 991 00:35:20,051 --> 00:35:23,788 PROPOSAL, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 992 00:35:23,788 --> 00:35:26,991 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, 993 00:35:26,991 --> 00:35:29,494 COLLEAGUES. WE KNOW THAT OUR 994 00:35:29,494 --> 00:35:30,995 PERMITTING PIPELINE IS IN CRISIS 995 00:35:30,995 --> 00:35:33,097 AND THE FEES ASSOCIATED WITH 996 00:35:33,097 --> 00:35:33,731 THOSE PERMITS KEEP SDCI SOLVENT. 997 00:35:33,731 --> 00:35:35,666 SO WITHOUT URGENT ACTION, 998 00:35:35,666 --> 00:35:38,236 ADDITIONAL LAYOFFS AT SDCI WILL 999 00:35:38,236 --> 00:35:39,470 BE INEVITABLE. SO IT'S CLEAR TO 1000 00:35:39,470 --> 00:35:43,608 ME THAT IF THE ECONOMY ISN'T 1001 00:35:43,608 --> 00:35:44,675 GOING TO RAPIDLY IMPROVE, WE 1002 00:35:44,675 --> 00:35:47,445 NEED TO ACT TO KEEP SDCI AFLOAT. 1003 00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:50,348 SO THIS SLIDE WOULD REQUEST SDCI 1004 00:35:50,348 --> 00:35:51,382 PRESENT US WITH OPTIONS TO 1005 00:35:51,382 --> 00:35:52,950 MAINTAIN STAFF, PROTECT THEIR 1006 00:35:52,950 --> 00:35:54,385 CORE STAFFING RESERVE AND FIND 1007 00:35:54,385 --> 00:35:56,721 OPPORTUNITIES FOR FLEXIBILITY IN 1008 00:35:56,721 --> 00:35:57,555 ECONOMICALLY DIFFICULT TIMES. 1009 00:35:57,555 --> 00:35:59,123 AND I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND 1010 00:35:59,123 --> 00:36:01,626 I THANK AGAIN, CO-SPONSORS ON 1011 00:36:01,626 --> 00:36:03,461 THIS SLIDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1012 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:04,629 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1013 00:36:04,629 --> 00:36:06,330 IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. IF 1014 00:36:06,330 --> 00:36:07,565 YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING. 1015 00:36:07,565 --> 00:36:08,065 -- NO FURTHER COMMENTS. 1016 00:36:08,065 --> 00:36:09,467 -- THANK YOU. I HAVE 1017 00:36:09,467 --> 00:36:11,702 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA FOR 1018 00:36:11,702 --> 00:36:12,336 DISCUSSION. I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER 1019 00:36:12,336 --> 00:36:13,104 RIVERA COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. IS 1020 00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:14,672 THAT AN OLD HAND? 1021 00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:15,973 -- THIS IS AN OLD HAND. 1022 00:36:15,973 --> 00:36:21,045 -- BOTH ARE OLD HANDS. FURTHER 1023 00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:26,050 DISCUSSION. COLLEAGUES FURTHER 1024 00:36:26,050 --> 00:36:27,118 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK. 1025 00:36:27,118 --> 00:36:29,320 YOUR HAND IS STILL UP. IF YOU 1026 00:36:29,320 --> 00:36:31,989 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SDCI 1027 00:36:31,989 --> 00:36:33,791 ONE S AYE ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 1028 00:36:33,791 --> 00:36:40,765 HAND AT THIS TIME. ARE WE SET? I 1029 00:36:40,765 --> 00:36:42,767 HAVE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AS A 1030 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,402 CO-SPONSOR TO. 1031 00:36:44,402 --> 00:36:44,936 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1032 00:36:44,936 --> 00:36:45,703 -- THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO 1033 00:36:45,703 --> 00:36:50,942 MOVE ON TO SDCI TWO, A ONE. 1034 00:36:50,942 --> 00:36:52,476 -- SDCI TWO AYE, SPONSORED BY 1035 00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:52,944 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND 1036 00:36:52,944 --> 00:36:53,644 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 1037 00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:55,179 SAKA AND CHAIR STRAUSS WOULD 1038 00:36:55,179 --> 00:36:58,115 INCREASE PROPOSED APPROPRIATION 1039 00:36:58,115 --> 00:37:02,753 TO SDCI BY 210,000 IN 2027 AND 1040 00:37:02,753 --> 00:37:05,022 210, 210,000 IN 2028 AND RESTORE 1041 00:37:05,022 --> 00:37:06,490 ONE FTE STRATEGIC ADVISOR FOR 1042 00:37:06,490 --> 00:37:07,892 CODE DEVELOPMENT WORK. THIS IS A 1043 00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:11,062 POSITION THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE 1044 00:37:11,062 --> 00:37:13,231 ABROGATED AND THE AND THE 2027 1045 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:13,698 2028 PROPOSED BUDGET. 1046 00:37:13,698 --> 00:37:15,032 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1047 00:37:15,032 --> 00:37:17,535 IS SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL AND 1048 00:37:17,535 --> 00:37:19,337 OF THE COMMITTEE. YOU ARE 1049 00:37:19,337 --> 00:37:19,637 RECOGNIZED. 1050 00:37:19,637 --> 00:37:22,039 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. THIS 1051 00:37:22,039 --> 00:37:24,508 POSITION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING 1052 00:37:24,508 --> 00:37:27,178 TO FUND FOCUSES ON HOUSING AND 1053 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:28,679 AFFORDABILITY. IN THE PAST, THE 1054 00:37:28,679 --> 00:37:30,815 POSITION HAS PLAYED AN INTEGRAL 1055 00:37:30,815 --> 00:37:32,516 ROLE IN NUMEROUS PIECES OF 1056 00:37:32,516 --> 00:37:34,986 COUNCIL SUPPORTED LEGISLATION, 1057 00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:35,453 INCLUDING INCREASING 1058 00:37:35,453 --> 00:37:37,054 AVAILABILITY OF TRANSITIONAL 1059 00:37:37,054 --> 00:37:37,588 ENCAMPMENT LOCATIONS AND 1060 00:37:37,588 --> 00:37:38,723 CONNECTING UNHOUSED COMMUNITY 1061 00:37:38,723 --> 00:37:39,490 MEMBERS TO THESE HOUSING 1062 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:41,959 OPTIONS, ACCELERATING HOUSING 1063 00:37:41,959 --> 00:37:44,128 DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE HOUSING 1064 00:37:44,128 --> 00:37:44,695 OPPORTUNITIES LEGISLATION, 1065 00:37:44,695 --> 00:37:45,630 CRAFTING A DATA CENTER, 1066 00:37:45,630 --> 00:37:47,798 MORATORIUM, RESPONSE TO 1067 00:37:47,798 --> 00:37:48,299 COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND 1068 00:37:48,299 --> 00:37:50,301 INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, AND 1069 00:37:50,301 --> 00:37:50,935 IMPROVING OUR SEATTLE STORMWATER 1070 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:52,269 CODE, INCLUDING HOW IT 1071 00:37:52,269 --> 00:37:54,572 INTERPLAYS WITH HOUSING. IT'S AN 1072 00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:56,907 IMPORTANT PART OF ENSURING 1073 00:37:56,907 --> 00:37:57,408 HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE 1074 00:37:57,408 --> 00:37:59,377 LEGISLATION MEETS 1075 00:37:59,377 --> 00:37:59,977 INTER-DEPARTMENTAL NEEDS, AND 1076 00:37:59,977 --> 00:38:03,948 I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET 1077 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:06,183 PERMITTING GOING AGAIN TO BETTER 1078 00:38:06,183 --> 00:38:08,319 FUND SDCI. IN THE MEANTIME, THIS 1079 00:38:08,319 --> 00:38:14,692 POSITION WOULD HELP IN THOSE 1080 00:38:14,692 --> 00:38:14,959 EFFORTS. 1081 00:38:14,959 --> 00:38:15,593 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1082 00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:16,093 COLLEAGUES DISCUSSION. 1083 00:38:16,093 --> 00:38:17,928 DISCUSSION SEEING NO FURTHER 1084 00:38:17,928 --> 00:38:21,499 DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 1085 00:38:21,499 --> 00:38:22,733 CO-SPONSOR SDCI TWO A ONE, 1086 00:38:22,733 --> 00:38:26,370 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 1087 00:38:26,370 --> 00:38:29,006 TIME. ARE WE SET? I HAVE 1088 00:38:29,006 --> 00:38:30,841 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND FOSTER 1089 00:38:30,841 --> 00:38:32,610 ADDING TO SDCI TWO AYE ONE. 1090 00:38:32,610 --> 00:38:34,311 -- COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 1091 00:38:34,311 --> 00:38:34,545 FOSTER. 1092 00:38:34,545 --> 00:38:36,747 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO SDCI 1093 00:38:36,747 --> 00:38:38,683 THREE AYE ONE. 1094 00:38:38,683 --> 00:38:41,218 -- SDCI THREE AYE WOULD INCREASE 1095 00:38:41,218 --> 00:38:42,787 SDCI BY 500,000 GENERAL FUND IN 1096 00:38:42,787 --> 00:38:44,422 2027 ON A ONE TIME BASIS FOR 1097 00:38:44,422 --> 00:38:46,090 TENANT SERVICES, AND IMPOSE A 1098 00:38:46,090 --> 00:38:47,458 PROVISOS THAT THE FUNDS COULD BE 1099 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:49,727 USED FOR NO OTHER PURPOSE. ITS 1100 00:38:49,727 --> 00:38:50,261 PRIME SPONSOR IS COUNCIL 1101 00:38:50,261 --> 00:38:51,262 PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, AND IS 1102 00:38:51,262 --> 00:38:52,930 ADDITIONALLY SPONSORED BY 1103 00:38:52,930 --> 00:38:55,066 COUNCILMEMBERS FOSTER AND LIN. 1104 00:38:55,066 --> 00:38:55,633 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1105 00:38:55,633 --> 00:38:56,701 HOLLINGSWORTH IS SPONSORED. THE 1106 00:38:56,701 --> 00:38:58,536 PROPOSAL YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1107 00:38:58,536 --> 00:38:59,670 -- THANK YOU CHAIR, AND I HATE 1108 00:38:59,670 --> 00:39:03,307 TO BREAK RULES. CAN I BE ADDED 1109 00:39:03,307 --> 00:39:05,342 TO SDCI 001 AS A CO-SPONSOR? 1110 00:39:05,342 --> 00:39:05,910 -- GOSH DARN IT, I SAID I 1111 00:39:05,910 --> 00:39:07,378 WASN'T DOING ANY MORE 1112 00:39:07,378 --> 00:39:07,678 EXCEPTIONS. 1113 00:39:07,678 --> 00:39:09,380 -- OKAY. NEVER MIND. ALL RIGHT. 1114 00:39:09,380 --> 00:39:10,948 OKAY. FOR THE RECORD THAT I 1115 00:39:10,948 --> 00:39:11,982 WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO BE A 1116 00:39:11,982 --> 00:39:12,883 CO-SPONSOR. YOU DON'T HAVE TO 1117 00:39:12,883 --> 00:39:14,585 ADD ME, BUT I'M SHOWING MY 1118 00:39:14,585 --> 00:39:15,586 SUPPORT AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW 1119 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:17,455 BEHIND THE SCENES. THANK YOU, I 1120 00:39:17,455 --> 00:39:19,690 MISS THAT. MY APOLOGIES, 1121 00:39:19,690 --> 00:39:20,858 COLLEAGUES. THERE'S A HIGH 1122 00:39:20,858 --> 00:39:22,093 DEMAND. THANK YOU. SO FIRST OF 1123 00:39:22,093 --> 00:39:23,094 ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE 1124 00:39:23,094 --> 00:39:24,995 OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. 1125 00:39:24,995 --> 00:39:27,498 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 1126 00:39:27,498 --> 00:39:28,065 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR YOUR 1127 00:39:28,065 --> 00:39:30,401 COSPONSORSHIP ON THIS. THERE IS 1128 00:39:30,401 --> 00:39:32,103 A HIGH DEMAND FOR TENANT LEGAL 1129 00:39:32,103 --> 00:39:33,337 SERVICES, RENTER SUPPORT AND 1130 00:39:33,337 --> 00:39:35,072 ADVOCACY, AND RENTER RIGHTS. 1131 00:39:35,072 --> 00:39:36,340 EDUCATION IS AT A HISTORIC HIGH. 1132 00:39:36,340 --> 00:39:38,609 IT WAS RECORDED THAT THERE WAS 1133 00:39:38,609 --> 00:39:39,977 OVER 1000 KING COUNTY EVICTIONS 1134 00:39:39,977 --> 00:39:40,978 IN A SINGLE MONTH, WHICH IS 1135 00:39:40,978 --> 00:39:43,714 NEARLY DOUBLE THE AVERAGE IN 1136 00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:46,884 2023. WE INVESTED 2.57 MILLION 1137 00:39:46,884 --> 00:39:50,888 FOR TENANT SERVICES. THIS YEAR 1138 00:39:50,888 --> 00:39:52,890 IT'S 2.48 MILLION. THE ASK HERE 1139 00:39:52,890 --> 00:39:55,393 IS FOR $500,000 FOR TENANT 1140 00:39:55,393 --> 00:39:56,994 SERVICES AYE. IN ADDITION TO 1141 00:39:56,994 --> 00:39:58,429 WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY THE 1142 00:39:58,429 --> 00:40:01,966 MAYOR'S OFFICE, I ALSO CONSIDER 1143 00:40:01,966 --> 00:40:02,600 THESE INVESTMENTS A HOMELESSNESS 1144 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,068 PREVENTION STRATEGY. COLLEAGUES. 1145 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,503 COUPLE YEARS AGO, WHEN WE 1146 00:40:05,503 --> 00:40:08,105 INVESTED $3 MILLION FOR 1147 00:40:08,105 --> 00:40:09,673 HOMEOWNERSHIP, ONE OF THE 1148 00:40:09,673 --> 00:40:10,841 BIGGEST PIECES AND KEYS IN THAT. 1149 00:40:10,841 --> 00:40:13,577 WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO ADDRESS 1150 00:40:13,577 --> 00:40:14,211 GENTRIFICATION AND DISPLACEMENT, 1151 00:40:14,211 --> 00:40:14,979 WAS TO TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE IN 1152 00:40:14,979 --> 00:40:17,248 THEIR HOMES. AND THAT WAS A HUGE 1153 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:18,349 INVESTMENT THAT WE MADE IN THE 1154 00:40:18,349 --> 00:40:19,784 CITY, BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE 1155 00:40:19,784 --> 00:40:24,155 THAT WERE AT RISK FOR REVERSE 1156 00:40:24,155 --> 00:40:25,623 MORTGAGES, TAXES, UNDERSTANDING 1157 00:40:25,623 --> 00:40:27,057 WHAT PROBATE WAS, PREDATORY, 1158 00:40:27,057 --> 00:40:28,659 LENDING, ALL THESE PIECES. IF 1159 00:40:28,659 --> 00:40:29,560 WE'RE LOOKING AT ON THE RENTER 1160 00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,263 SIDE, THIS IS THE SAME TYPE OF 1161 00:40:32,263 --> 00:40:33,364 INVESTMENT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE 1162 00:40:33,364 --> 00:40:34,498 SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN BE ABLE TO 1163 00:40:34,498 --> 00:40:38,803 STAY IN THEIR HOMES. AND SO WITH 1164 00:40:38,803 --> 00:40:39,470 THE MAYOR'S PROPOSAL OF THE $37 1165 00:40:39,470 --> 00:40:42,039 MILLION FOR SHELTER, TRYING TO 1166 00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:44,508 KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THOSE 1167 00:40:44,508 --> 00:40:45,843 SHELTERS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M 1168 00:40:45,843 --> 00:40:47,044 VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. SO 1169 00:40:47,044 --> 00:40:47,611 COLLEAGUES, WOULD LOVE YOUR 1170 00:40:47,611 --> 00:40:50,314 SUPPORT ON, ON THIS AS WELL. SO 1171 00:40:50,314 --> 00:40:50,614 THANK YOU. 1172 00:40:50,614 --> 00:40:52,016 -- THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1173 00:40:52,016 --> 00:40:53,951 AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR 1174 00:40:53,951 --> 00:40:54,552 UNDERSTANDING. COUNCILMEMBER 1175 00:40:54,552 --> 00:40:57,321 LIN, AS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, 1176 00:40:57,321 --> 00:40:57,788 -- COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1177 00:40:57,788 --> 00:40:58,589 HOLLINGSWORTH SAID IT ALL. THANK 1178 00:40:58,589 --> 00:40:58,789 YOU. 1179 00:40:58,789 --> 00:41:00,925 -- FANTASTIC COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 1180 00:41:00,925 --> 00:41:03,794 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1181 00:41:03,794 --> 00:41:06,964 THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 1182 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:07,998 CO-SPONSOR SDCI THREE A ONE, 1183 00:41:07,998 --> 00:41:10,768 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 1184 00:41:10,768 --> 00:41:15,172 TIME. ARE WE SET? AND WHEN I SAY 1185 00:41:15,172 --> 00:41:17,308 ARE WE SET? IF YOU HAVEN'T. 1186 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:18,709 CAN'T GET TO THE COMPUTER. JUST 1187 00:41:18,709 --> 00:41:21,011 SHAKE YOUR HAND AT ME WITH THAT 1188 00:41:21,011 --> 00:41:23,047 FOR SDCI THREE A ONE. WE HAVE 1189 00:41:23,047 --> 00:41:23,647 COUNCILMEMBER RINCK AND SAKA 1190 00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:24,949 ADDING COSPONSORSHIP. 1191 00:41:24,949 --> 00:41:26,250 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, RINCK AND 1192 00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:26,450 SAKA. 1193 00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:31,422 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 1194 00:41:31,422 --> 00:41:34,258 ANOTHER BILL AMENDMENT SDCI 1195 00:41:34,258 --> 00:41:36,794 AMENDMENT ONE TO COUNCIL BILL 1196 00:41:36,794 --> 00:41:37,061 1213 TEN. 1197 00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:38,796 -- AMENDMENT ONE TO COUNCIL. 1198 00:41:38,796 --> 00:41:43,234 BILL 121310 WOULD UPDATE THE 1199 00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:44,235 SDCI PERMIT FEE. WOULD UPDATE 1200 00:41:44,235 --> 00:41:45,636 ONE OF THE FEES IN THE SDCI 1201 00:41:45,636 --> 00:41:50,140 PERMIT FEE ORDINANCE TO OFFSET 1202 00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:51,842 AN EXEMPTION SO THE RENTAL FEE 1203 00:41:51,842 --> 00:41:53,644 REGULATION. RENTAL AGREEMENT 1204 00:41:53,644 --> 00:41:54,278 REGULATIONS THAT COUNCIL PASSED 1205 00:41:54,278 --> 00:41:57,381 IN AUGUST. THE ENFORCEMENT AND 1206 00:41:57,381 --> 00:41:58,015 ADMINISTRATION OF THAT PROGRAM 1207 00:41:58,015 --> 00:42:00,084 IS FUNDED THROUGH THIS FEE 1208 00:42:00,084 --> 00:42:03,053 UPDATE ORDINANCE THAT CHARGES 1209 00:42:03,053 --> 00:42:05,055 $11 EVERY TWO YEARS TO ALL 1210 00:42:05,055 --> 00:42:06,857 RENTAL UNITS IN THE DATABASE. 1211 00:42:06,857 --> 00:42:09,760 THAT'S THE RENTAL REGISTRATION 1212 00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:11,962 INSPECTION ORDINANCE DATABASE. 1213 00:42:11,962 --> 00:42:12,763 THIS AMENDMENT WOULD EXEMPT 1214 00:42:12,763 --> 00:42:14,164 BUILDINGS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE 1215 00:42:14,164 --> 00:42:15,833 OFFICE OF HOUSING FROM THAT FEE 1216 00:42:15,833 --> 00:42:17,902 AND RAISE THE FEE FROM $11 TO 1217 00:42:17,902 --> 00:42:19,169 $12 EVERY TWO YEARS TO MAKE UP 1218 00:42:19,169 --> 00:42:21,105 THAT DIFFERENCE. IT'S SPONSORED 1219 00:42:21,105 --> 00:42:22,673 BY COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND 1220 00:42:22,673 --> 00:42:24,008 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS, 1221 00:42:24,008 --> 00:42:26,744 RINCK AND LIN 1222 00:42:26,744 --> 00:42:27,311 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1223 00:42:27,311 --> 00:42:28,212 FOSTER. SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. 1224 00:42:28,212 --> 00:42:29,446 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1225 00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:31,181 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 1226 00:42:31,181 --> 00:42:32,349 THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CENTRAL 1227 00:42:32,349 --> 00:42:35,819 STAFF. AND I KNOW I MENTIONED 1228 00:42:35,819 --> 00:42:36,387 THE THE BUDGET LEGISLATION 1229 00:42:36,387 --> 00:42:37,021 EARLIER. THIS IS AN AMENDMENT OF 1230 00:42:37,021 --> 00:42:38,589 A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WAS 1231 00:42:38,589 --> 00:42:40,791 SENT DOWN FROM THE MAYOR'S 1232 00:42:40,791 --> 00:42:43,794 OFFICE WITH THE BUDGET PACKAGE. 1233 00:42:43,794 --> 00:42:45,763 AND AS WE JUST HEARD FROM HB, 1234 00:42:45,763 --> 00:42:47,064 THE INTENT HERE WAS TO ENSURE 1235 00:42:47,064 --> 00:42:50,034 THAT OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1236 00:42:50,034 --> 00:42:51,769 PROVIDERS ARE NOT PAYING INTO 1237 00:42:51,769 --> 00:42:53,070 THE FEE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT. SO 1238 00:42:53,070 --> 00:42:55,406 MY OFFICE WORKED REALLY CLOSELY 1239 00:42:55,406 --> 00:42:57,975 WITH SEVERAL OF THE AFFORDABLE 1240 00:42:57,975 --> 00:42:58,609 HOUSING PROVIDERS HERE TO LOOK 1241 00:42:58,609 --> 00:42:59,443 AT THEIR NEEDS, TO UNDERSTAND 1242 00:42:59,443 --> 00:43:01,378 THAT, AND ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT 1243 00:43:01,378 --> 00:43:01,979 WE WERE BALANCING THIS WITH A 1244 00:43:01,979 --> 00:43:03,581 DESIRE THAT I HAVE TO ENSURE 1245 00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:06,750 THAT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION 1246 00:43:06,750 --> 00:43:07,618 IS ENFORCEABLE. SO THE APPROACH 1247 00:43:07,618 --> 00:43:11,455 THAT WE TOOK WAS TO EXEMPT THE O 1248 00:43:11,455 --> 00:43:12,756 FUNDED UNITS FROM THIS 1249 00:43:12,756 --> 00:43:14,291 REGULATION. BUT IN ORDER TO 1250 00:43:14,291 --> 00:43:15,392 ENSURE THAT THE ENFORCEMENT IS 1251 00:43:15,392 --> 00:43:17,628 KEPT WHOLE, WE'RE ADDING AN 1252 00:43:17,628 --> 00:43:18,696 ADDITIONAL $0.50 PER YEAR OR, 1253 00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:21,765 YES, $0.50 PER YEAR. SO THAT 1254 00:43:21,765 --> 00:43:22,566 MAKES IT A $1 INCREASE OVER THE 1255 00:43:22,566 --> 00:43:25,903 TWO YEARS, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE 1256 00:43:25,903 --> 00:43:27,204 IN THE LEGISLATION TO ENSURE 1257 00:43:27,204 --> 00:43:27,771 THAT WE ARE MEETING THE TWO 1258 00:43:27,771 --> 00:43:29,440 GOALS THAT I HAD, WHICH ARE 1259 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:30,774 KEEPING THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING 1260 00:43:30,774 --> 00:43:33,077 COMMUNITY WELL BALANCED, AND 1261 00:43:33,077 --> 00:43:33,711 ALSO KEEPING THE IMPLEMENTATION 1262 00:43:33,711 --> 00:43:34,645 WHOLE. SO I WANT TO THANK MY 1263 00:43:34,645 --> 00:43:36,547 CO-SPONSORS, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1264 00:43:36,547 --> 00:43:37,147 AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ, FOR 1265 00:43:37,147 --> 00:43:38,415 YOUR SUPPORT AND COLLEAGUES. I 1266 00:43:38,415 --> 00:43:39,883 ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I THINK 1267 00:43:39,883 --> 00:43:41,318 THIS IS JUST A COMMON SENSE 1268 00:43:41,318 --> 00:43:42,386 CHANGE IN HOW WE IMPLEMENT THIS. 1269 00:43:42,386 --> 00:43:43,787 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1270 00:43:43,787 --> 00:43:44,688 IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE. 1271 00:43:44,688 --> 00:43:45,556 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1272 00:43:45,556 --> 00:43:46,056 -- NO FURTHER COMMENTS. 1273 00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:46,857 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. 1274 00:43:46,857 --> 00:43:49,026 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER 1275 00:43:49,026 --> 00:43:49,259 JUAREZ. 1276 00:43:49,259 --> 00:43:51,362 -- I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD TO 1277 00:43:51,362 --> 00:43:51,962 CORRECTION, BUT COUNCILMEMBER 1278 00:43:51,962 --> 00:43:53,998 FOSTER FIXED IT. I THINK SHE 1279 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:54,832 SAID FOSTER. LIN AND RINCK WHEN 1280 00:43:54,832 --> 00:43:57,901 IT WAS ME. SO I JUST WANT TO 1281 00:43:57,901 --> 00:43:59,003 MAKE SURE WE HAD THAT CORRECT. 1282 00:43:59,003 --> 00:44:00,838 -- THANK YOU. 1283 00:44:00,838 --> 00:44:02,573 -- I'VE GOT JUAREZ ON MY PAPER. 1284 00:44:02,573 --> 00:44:04,074 -- ME TOO. BUT I HEARD RINCK, SO 1285 00:44:04,074 --> 00:44:04,808 NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, BUT 1286 00:44:04,808 --> 00:44:06,377 I'M JUST SAYING THANK YOU. 1287 00:44:06,377 --> 00:44:06,977 -- MY MISTAKE. 1288 00:44:06,977 --> 00:44:08,912 -- NO PROBLEM AT ALL, 1289 00:44:08,912 --> 00:44:10,214 COLLEAGUES. AND THIS IS THE 1290 00:44:10,214 --> 00:44:12,850 EXAMPLE OF WHY WE HAVE TIME 1291 00:44:12,850 --> 00:44:14,418 DEDICATED IN OUR IN OUR BUDGET 1292 00:44:14,418 --> 00:44:15,519 PROCESS TO DO QUALITY ASSURANCE, 1293 00:44:15,519 --> 00:44:17,287 WHICH IS WHY WE CAN'T TAKE 1294 00:44:17,287 --> 00:44:18,956 AMENDMENTS AT OUR FINAL MEETING. 1295 00:44:18,956 --> 00:44:21,458 COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER 1296 00:44:21,458 --> 00:44:23,794 DISCUSSION? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 1297 00:44:23,794 --> 00:44:24,395 CO-SPONSOR THIS AMENDMENT TO 1298 00:44:24,395 --> 00:44:24,962 COUNCIL BILL ONE, TWO, ONE, 1299 00:44:24,962 --> 00:44:28,532 THREE, TEN, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 1300 00:44:28,532 --> 00:44:32,469 HAND AT THIS TIME. SEEING NO 1301 00:44:32,469 --> 00:44:33,237 FURTHER CO-SPONSORS, WE WILL 1302 00:44:33,237 --> 00:44:37,074 MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. NEXT 1303 00:44:37,074 --> 00:44:38,909 COMMITTEE OR DEPARTMENT IS O. S 1304 00:44:38,909 --> 00:44:40,978 281. 1305 00:44:40,978 --> 00:44:42,179 -- THE FIRST ITEM IS OSE TWO 1306 00:44:42,179 --> 00:44:43,981 AYE, WHICH WOULD INCREASE 1307 00:44:43,981 --> 00:44:46,417 APPROPRIATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF 1308 00:44:46,417 --> 00:44:47,051 SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT 1309 00:44:47,051 --> 00:44:48,752 FOR $50,000. GENERAL FUND ON A 1310 00:44:48,752 --> 00:44:50,788 ONE TIME BASIS IN 2027 TO 1311 00:44:50,788 --> 00:44:52,690 SUPPORT THE GEORGETOWN FARMERS 1312 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:55,292 MARKETS. CONTINUED OPERATION. 1313 00:44:55,292 --> 00:44:56,727 THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY 1314 00:44:56,727 --> 00:44:58,695 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER AND IS 1315 00:44:58,695 --> 00:45:01,065 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS 1316 00:45:01,065 --> 00:45:01,398 SAKA AND LIN. 1317 00:45:01,398 --> 00:45:03,000 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1318 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:03,767 FOSTER SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT. 1319 00:45:03,767 --> 00:45:04,601 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1320 00:45:04,601 --> 00:45:06,003 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. I 1321 00:45:06,003 --> 00:45:09,473 APPRECIATE THAT, AND THANK YOU 1322 00:45:09,473 --> 00:45:10,107 TO MY CO-SPONSORS, COUNCILMEMBER 1323 00:45:10,107 --> 00:45:10,908 SAKA AND COUNCILMEMBER LIN. I 1324 00:45:10,908 --> 00:45:12,076 KNOW COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, I 1325 00:45:12,076 --> 00:45:14,144 BELIEVE YOU BROUGHT THIS 1326 00:45:14,144 --> 00:45:15,412 AMENDMENT FORWARD LAST YEAR. 1327 00:45:15,412 --> 00:45:16,947 THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE 1328 00:45:16,947 --> 00:45:18,315 SUPPORTING THE GEORGETOWN 1329 00:45:18,315 --> 00:45:19,550 FARMERS MARKET. AND AS WE ALL 1330 00:45:19,550 --> 00:45:20,918 KNOW, FOOD ACCESS CONTINUES TO 1331 00:45:20,918 --> 00:45:23,454 BE A CONCERN FOR SO MANY OF OUR 1332 00:45:23,454 --> 00:45:25,022 RESIDENTS. AND THE FARMERS 1333 00:45:25,022 --> 00:45:27,091 MARKET HAS THE BENEFIT OF 1334 00:45:27,091 --> 00:45:27,691 PROVIDING FOOD ACCESS TO THE 1335 00:45:27,691 --> 00:45:28,792 NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ALSO 1336 00:45:28,792 --> 00:45:29,726 SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL FARMERS. AT 1337 00:45:29,726 --> 00:45:31,695 THE SAME TIME. AND I THINK 1338 00:45:31,695 --> 00:45:32,796 THERE'S A LOT OF BENEFIT TO BE 1339 00:45:32,796 --> 00:45:34,465 HAD HERE FOR THE GEORGETOWN 1340 00:45:34,465 --> 00:45:36,366 COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FOR THE 1341 00:45:36,366 --> 00:45:38,068 SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. AND I 1342 00:45:38,068 --> 00:45:39,069 APPRECIATE COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR 1343 00:45:39,069 --> 00:45:40,337 RECOGNIZING THAT AND JOINING AS 1344 00:45:40,337 --> 00:45:42,239 A CO-SPONSOR, GIVEN THIS IS A 1345 00:45:42,239 --> 00:45:42,873 NEIGHBORING DISTRICT. SO, 1346 00:45:42,873 --> 00:45:44,041 COLLEAGUES, I ASK FOR YOUR 1347 00:45:44,041 --> 00:45:45,342 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 1348 00:45:45,342 --> 00:45:45,909 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1349 00:45:45,909 --> 00:45:46,877 FOSTER COUNCILMEMBER LIN, AS 1350 00:45:46,877 --> 00:45:48,011 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 1351 00:45:48,011 --> 00:45:48,579 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT. 1352 00:45:48,579 --> 00:45:49,179 -- NO FURTHER COMMENT. 1353 00:45:49,179 --> 00:45:52,783 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. 1354 00:45:52,783 --> 00:45:55,219 DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. SEEING 1355 00:45:55,219 --> 00:45:57,221 NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF YOU 1356 00:45:57,221 --> 00:45:57,888 WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR OSE TWO 1357 00:45:57,888 --> 00:45:59,089 A ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 1358 00:45:59,089 --> 00:46:03,794 THIS TIME I HAVE COUNCILMEMBERS, 1359 00:46:03,794 --> 00:46:06,797 JUAREZ, HOLLINGSWORTH AND RINCK. 1360 00:46:06,797 --> 00:46:07,331 -- COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ 1361 00:46:07,331 --> 00:46:08,565 HOLLINGSWORTH AND RINCK. 1362 00:46:08,565 --> 00:46:10,067 -- THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE 1363 00:46:10,067 --> 00:46:11,468 ON TO OSE THREE A ONE. 1364 00:46:11,468 --> 00:46:13,604 -- THE NEXT ITEM IS OSE THREE A, 1365 00:46:13,604 --> 00:46:15,305 WHICH WOULD INCREASE 1366 00:46:15,305 --> 00:46:17,274 APPROPRIATIONS TO THE OFFICE OF 1367 00:46:17,274 --> 00:46:17,908 SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT 1368 00:46:17,908 --> 00:46:19,977 BY $250,000. GENERAL FUND ON A 1369 00:46:19,977 --> 00:46:23,847 ONE TIME BASIS IN 2007 FOR A 1370 00:46:23,847 --> 00:46:26,183 PILOT PROGRAM TO PLANT MICRO 1371 00:46:26,183 --> 00:46:27,951 FORESTS INSPIRED BY MIYAWAKI 1372 00:46:27,951 --> 00:46:30,120 FORESTS OR POCKET FORESTS. 1373 00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,055 PRINCIPLES AT UP TO FIVE SEATTLE 1374 00:46:32,055 --> 00:46:33,223 PUBLIC SCHOOL LOCATIONS. THIS 1375 00:46:33,223 --> 00:46:35,993 FUNDING COULD ALSO BE USED FOR 1376 00:46:35,993 --> 00:46:38,095 EXPLORING DEVELOPMENT OF 1377 00:46:38,095 --> 00:46:39,830 FLOATING WETLANDS IN LAKE UNION. 1378 00:46:39,830 --> 00:46:41,665 THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY 1379 00:46:41,665 --> 00:46:42,132 COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND 1380 00:46:42,132 --> 00:46:43,167 CO-SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 1381 00:46:43,167 --> 00:46:44,868 STRAUSS AND KETTLE. 1382 00:46:44,868 --> 00:46:45,502 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1383 00:46:45,502 --> 00:46:47,838 IS SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT. 1384 00:46:47,838 --> 00:46:48,305 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1385 00:46:48,305 --> 00:46:50,841 -- COLLEAGUES THIS AMENDMENT. WE 1386 00:46:50,841 --> 00:46:52,042 SHARED SOME PRETTY PHOTOS WITH 1387 00:46:52,042 --> 00:46:53,911 YOU THAT I DISTRIBUTED EARLIER 1388 00:46:53,911 --> 00:46:57,514 ON PAPER. THIS IS WORKING WITH 1389 00:46:57,514 --> 00:46:59,716 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TREE ACTION 1390 00:46:59,716 --> 00:47:01,552 SEATTLE. YOU PROBABLY READ THE 1391 00:47:01,552 --> 00:47:03,187 NEWS A WHILE AGO WHERE THEY HAVE 1392 00:47:03,187 --> 00:47:04,755 A POCKET FOREST, MILWAUKEE 1393 00:47:04,755 --> 00:47:05,422 FOREST AT ROBERT EAGLE STAFF. 1394 00:47:05,422 --> 00:47:08,725 YOU KNOW, AS WE I THINK ABOUT I 1395 00:47:08,725 --> 00:47:10,093 WAS MEETING WITH STUDENTS DOWN 1396 00:47:10,093 --> 00:47:11,595 IN RAINIER BEACH AND WE WERE 1397 00:47:11,595 --> 00:47:12,229 TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES 1398 00:47:12,229 --> 00:47:13,230 OF GUN VIOLENCE. AND WHEN I 1399 00:47:13,230 --> 00:47:14,331 ASKED THESE STUDENTS, WHAT WOULD 1400 00:47:14,331 --> 00:47:15,666 THEY LIKE, THEY SAID THEY WOULD 1401 00:47:15,666 --> 00:47:17,301 LIKE MORE TREES IN NATURE IN 1402 00:47:17,301 --> 00:47:19,369 THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS 1403 00:47:19,369 --> 00:47:21,572 CRITICAL TO, FOR OUR STUDENTS. 1404 00:47:21,572 --> 00:47:23,173 AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE AND 1405 00:47:23,173 --> 00:47:25,008 MORE PRESSURE FOR KIDS TO BE 1406 00:47:25,008 --> 00:47:26,844 ONLINE. FOR THAT, WE CONNECT 1407 00:47:26,844 --> 00:47:29,546 THEM WITH TREES AND NATURE AND 1408 00:47:29,546 --> 00:47:31,748 WITH EACH OTHER. AND SO I SEE 1409 00:47:31,748 --> 00:47:33,050 THIS AS A, AS A MENTAL HEALTH, 1410 00:47:33,050 --> 00:47:35,586 AS A ECOLOGICAL EDUCATION 1411 00:47:35,586 --> 00:47:38,021 OPPORTUNITY. AND WOULD LOVE YOUR 1412 00:47:38,021 --> 00:47:39,923 SUPPORT, INCLUDING BOTH FOR 1413 00:47:39,923 --> 00:47:41,592 THESE MICRO FORESTS AT PILOT 1414 00:47:41,592 --> 00:47:43,093 PROGRAMS. THERE'S A STRONG 1415 00:47:43,093 --> 00:47:44,795 PARTNERSHIP WITH SPS AS WELL AS 1416 00:47:44,795 --> 00:47:46,296 EXCITED ABOUT THE FLOATING 1417 00:47:46,296 --> 00:47:49,700 WETLANDS OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. 1418 00:47:49,700 --> 00:47:54,204 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN 1419 00:47:54,204 --> 00:47:54,838 COLLEAGUES. FURTHER DISCUSSION? 1420 00:47:54,838 --> 00:47:56,573 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 1421 00:47:56,573 --> 00:48:00,777 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. 1422 00:48:00,777 --> 00:48:01,378 COUNCILMEMBER LIN FOR PUTTING 1423 00:48:01,378 --> 00:48:04,414 THIS IN. I KNOW THAT WRIT LARGE, 1424 00:48:04,414 --> 00:48:06,717 THE FOLKS THAT SUPPORT OUR URBAN 1425 00:48:06,717 --> 00:48:09,553 FOREST, FORESTRY, FORESTRY PLANS 1426 00:48:09,553 --> 00:48:12,189 SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR AD. WE 1427 00:48:12,189 --> 00:48:15,959 NEED MORE, YOU KNOW, TREE CANOPY 1428 00:48:15,959 --> 00:48:16,693 AND GROWTH ACROSS THE CITY. I 1429 00:48:16,693 --> 00:48:17,628 DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THIS IS 1430 00:48:17,628 --> 00:48:19,296 GOING TO RESULT IN THOSE HUGE 1431 00:48:19,296 --> 00:48:22,032 TREES, BUT I DO THINK THAT MORE 1432 00:48:22,032 --> 00:48:22,532 GREEN SPACES IS REALLY 1433 00:48:22,532 --> 00:48:24,501 IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY IN 1434 00:48:24,501 --> 00:48:26,136 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT LACK GREEN 1435 00:48:26,136 --> 00:48:27,638 SPACES. SO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING 1436 00:48:27,638 --> 00:48:29,172 THIS IN, AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING 1437 00:48:29,172 --> 00:48:30,173 THIS. THANK YOU. 1438 00:48:30,173 --> 00:48:33,277 -- THANK YOU. FURTHER 1439 00:48:33,277 --> 00:48:35,345 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1440 00:48:35,345 --> 00:48:35,979 JUST WANT TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER 1441 00:48:35,979 --> 00:48:36,713 LIN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 1442 00:48:36,713 --> 00:48:38,949 WE ARM WRESTLED FOR WHO WOULD BE 1443 00:48:38,949 --> 00:48:41,251 PRIME SPONSOR. I JUST LOVE YOUR 1444 00:48:41,251 --> 00:48:43,453 PASSION FOR THIS AND THANK YOU 1445 00:48:43,453 --> 00:48:44,554 FOR INCLUDING THE FLOATING 1446 00:48:44,554 --> 00:48:45,922 WETLANDS. I'LL MAKE ONE 1447 00:48:45,922 --> 00:48:48,125 AMENDMENT TO CENTRAL STAFF IS 1448 00:48:48,125 --> 00:48:49,760 JUST ANYWHERE IN SEATTLE. 1449 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:50,594 DOESN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO BE 1450 00:48:50,594 --> 00:48:54,231 IN SOUTH LAKE FOR CLARITY THERE. 1451 00:48:54,231 --> 00:48:55,632 WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ME. 1452 00:48:55,632 --> 00:48:59,169 TWO REASONS. ONE. NUMBER ONE, 1453 00:48:59,169 --> 00:48:59,803 CLIMATE CHANGE. CLIMATE CRISIS 1454 00:48:59,803 --> 00:49:01,038 IS REAL. THE FASTEST WAY TO 1455 00:49:01,038 --> 00:49:04,541 ADDRESS IT IS MORE GREEN SPACE, 1456 00:49:04,541 --> 00:49:06,143 BOTH ON LAND AND ON WATER. OUR 1457 00:49:06,143 --> 00:49:07,911 WATER TEMPERATURES ARE RISING 1458 00:49:07,911 --> 00:49:09,579 RAPIDLY AND IT'S KILLING 1459 00:49:09,579 --> 00:49:11,014 SALMON. IT'S KILLING OTHER 1460 00:49:11,014 --> 00:49:12,783 SPECIES. IT'S BAD FOR THE 1461 00:49:12,783 --> 00:49:14,785 ENTIRE ENVIRONMENT. THE REASON 1462 00:49:14,785 --> 00:49:16,086 THAT THESE POCKET FORESTS WORK 1463 00:49:16,086 --> 00:49:17,587 SO WELL IS EVERYTHING IS PLANTED 1464 00:49:17,587 --> 00:49:19,790 AT ONCE, RATHER THAN WAITING FOR 1465 00:49:19,790 --> 00:49:21,591 EACH STAGE OF THE CANOPY TO 1466 00:49:21,591 --> 00:49:24,895 GROW. AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO DO 1467 00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:26,296 MORE QUICKLY. REALLY APPRECIATE 1468 00:49:26,296 --> 00:49:29,066 YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD 1469 00:49:29,066 --> 00:49:31,001 COLLEAGUES. FURTHER DISCUSSION? 1470 00:49:31,001 --> 00:49:31,635 SEEING NONE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE 1471 00:49:31,635 --> 00:49:35,639 TO CO-SPONSOR OSE THREE A ONE, 1472 00:49:35,639 --> 00:49:39,943 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 1473 00:49:39,943 --> 00:49:43,847 TIME. ARE WE SET? I HAVE 1474 00:49:43,847 --> 00:49:45,482 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, RINCK AND 1475 00:49:45,482 --> 00:49:46,116 FOSTER CO-SPONSORING OSE THREE 1476 00:49:46,116 --> 00:49:46,750 AYE ONE. 1477 00:49:46,750 --> 00:49:48,318 -- COUNCILMEMBERS RIVERA RINCK 1478 00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:50,287 AND FOSTER. 1479 00:49:50,287 --> 00:49:51,421 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE 1480 00:49:51,421 --> 00:49:53,290 NEXT DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF 1481 00:49:53,290 --> 00:49:54,424 EDUCATION AND EARLY LEARNING. 1482 00:49:54,424 --> 00:49:55,559 WELL, WE ARE CLIPPING. THANK 1483 00:49:55,559 --> 00:50:01,732 YOU. LET'S NOT SLOW DOWN. DEAL. 1484 00:50:01,732 --> 00:50:01,932 2SA1. 1485 00:50:01,932 --> 00:50:04,735 -- YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL 1486 00:50:04,735 --> 00:50:05,936 CENTRAL STAFF. MY NAME IS 1487 00:50:05,936 --> 00:50:08,038 JASMINE COUNCIL CHAIR CENTRAL 1488 00:50:08,038 --> 00:50:09,373 STAFF PRESENTING DEAL TO US A 1489 00:50:09,373 --> 00:50:11,274 WOULD BE A STATEMENT OF 1490 00:50:11,274 --> 00:50:11,908 LEGISLATIVE INTENT, REQUESTING 1491 00:50:11,908 --> 00:50:12,709 THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1492 00:50:12,709 --> 00:50:14,745 AND EARLY LEARNING REPORT ON THE 1493 00:50:14,745 --> 00:50:16,113 IMPACT OF CHANGES TO THE CHILD 1494 00:50:16,113 --> 00:50:18,982 CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE 1495 00:50:18,982 --> 00:50:19,616 SEATTLE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM ON THE 1496 00:50:19,616 --> 00:50:21,184 LARGER CHILD CARE ECOSYSTEM, 1497 00:50:21,184 --> 00:50:23,520 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, 1498 00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:24,721 THE IMPACT ON ENROLLMENT AND 1499 00:50:24,721 --> 00:50:26,656 WAITLISTS, COST FOR FAMILIES AND 1500 00:50:26,656 --> 00:50:28,892 PROGRAM QUALITY. THIS SLIDE IS 1501 00:50:28,892 --> 00:50:29,459 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 1502 00:50:29,459 --> 00:50:31,194 RIVERA AND COSPONSORED BY 1503 00:50:31,194 --> 00:50:32,562 COUNCILMEMBERS. SAKA AND 1504 00:50:32,562 --> 00:50:34,898 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1505 00:50:34,898 --> 00:50:35,532 -- THANK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER 1506 00:50:35,532 --> 00:50:36,433 RIVERA SPONSOR THE PROPOSAL. YOU 1507 00:50:36,433 --> 00:50:38,034 ARE RECOGNIZED. 1508 00:50:38,034 --> 00:50:39,770 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1509 00:50:39,770 --> 00:50:44,241 YOU. JASMINE. JASMINE REPORT OUT 1510 00:50:44,241 --> 00:50:47,210 ON. THIS SAYS IT ALL. WE JUST. 1511 00:50:47,210 --> 00:50:47,744 THIS IS A STATEMENT OF 1512 00:50:47,744 --> 00:50:51,815 LEGISLATIVE INTENT TO SEE. HOW 1513 00:50:51,815 --> 00:50:53,350 ARE WE DOING AFTER WE ALL 1514 00:50:53,350 --> 00:50:56,019 COLLECTIVELY, AS PART OF THE FEP 1515 00:50:56,019 --> 00:50:57,621 LEVY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MADE. 1516 00:50:57,621 --> 00:51:00,090 AND THE LEVY ITSELF MADE SOME 1517 00:51:00,090 --> 00:51:02,092 CHANGES AND EXPANSIONS TO THE 1518 00:51:02,092 --> 00:51:04,394 PROGRAMS, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT 1519 00:51:04,394 --> 00:51:05,061 WE'RE MONITORING AND WE'RE 1520 00:51:05,061 --> 00:51:07,164 SEEING HOW THOSE IMPACTS ON 1521 00:51:07,164 --> 00:51:09,366 THOSE CHANGES HAVE ON THE BOTH 1522 00:51:09,366 --> 00:51:11,535 THE CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL 1523 00:51:11,535 --> 00:51:14,371 PROGRAMS AND ON THE ECOSYSTEM AS 1524 00:51:14,371 --> 00:51:18,074 A WHOLE WHOLE, INCLUDING IMPACTS 1525 00:51:18,074 --> 00:51:19,576 TO PROVIDERS THAT MAY BE PART OF 1526 00:51:19,576 --> 00:51:22,045 THE CHILD CHILD CARE PROGRAM, 1527 00:51:22,045 --> 00:51:25,315 BUT NOT THE SOAP PROGRAM AND 1528 00:51:25,315 --> 00:51:27,484 VICE VERSA. SO ANYWAY, LIKE I 1529 00:51:27,484 --> 00:51:30,454 SAID, JUST A SLY THANK YOU. 1530 00:51:30,454 --> 00:51:31,021 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1531 00:51:31,021 --> 00:51:33,557 RIVERA FURTHER DISCUSSION, 1532 00:51:33,557 --> 00:51:37,394 COLLEAGUES, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1533 00:51:37,394 --> 00:51:40,397 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IF 1534 00:51:40,397 --> 00:51:41,565 YOU WOULD LIKE TO COSPONSOR DEAL 1535 00:51:41,565 --> 00:51:42,432 TO SAY ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 1536 00:51:42,432 --> 00:51:46,937 HAND AT THIS TIME. I HAVE 1537 00:51:46,937 --> 00:51:47,571 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ ADDING HER 1538 00:51:47,571 --> 00:51:50,607 NAME TO TWO DEAL 2SA1. 1539 00:51:50,607 --> 00:51:51,741 -- ADDING COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1540 00:51:51,741 --> 00:51:55,045 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE 1541 00:51:55,045 --> 00:51:57,481 NEXT DEPARTMENT. DEPARTMENT OF 1542 00:51:57,481 --> 00:51:59,115 NEIGHBORHOODS ONE A ONE. 1543 00:51:59,115 --> 00:51:59,716 -- HELLO COUNCILMEMBERS. GOOD 1544 00:51:59,716 --> 00:52:01,117 AFTERNOON. MAYOR AND COUNCIL 1545 00:52:01,117 --> 00:52:02,719 CENTRAL STAFF. THIS FIRST ONE IS 1546 00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:05,789 ON ONE AYE ONE. THE CBA WOULD 1547 00:52:05,789 --> 00:52:07,424 INCREASE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE 1548 00:52:07,424 --> 00:52:09,826 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS BY 1549 00:52:09,826 --> 00:52:12,195 $2.5 MILLION FROM THE CENTRAL 1550 00:52:12,195 --> 00:52:12,829 DISTRICT AND SOUTHEAST SEATTLE 1551 00:52:12,829 --> 00:52:14,965 REINVESTMENT FUND IN 2027, AND 1552 00:52:14,965 --> 00:52:17,234 BY THE SAME AMOUNT IN THE SAME 1553 00:52:17,234 --> 00:52:19,469 FUND IN 2028. IT WOULD ALSO ADD 1554 00:52:19,469 --> 00:52:22,572 TWO FTE AND ESTABLISH AND 1555 00:52:22,572 --> 00:52:24,474 SUPPORT THE CENTRAL DISTRICT AND 1556 00:52:24,474 --> 00:52:26,810 SOUTHEAST SEATTLE REINVESTMENT 1557 00:52:26,810 --> 00:52:27,410 PROGRAM. THESE APPROPRIATIONS 1558 00:52:27,410 --> 00:52:29,379 WOULD BE SUPPORTED BY GENERAL 1559 00:52:29,379 --> 00:52:31,248 FUND RESOURCES. THE SPONSOR IS 1560 00:52:31,248 --> 00:52:31,882 COUNCIL PRESIDENT HOLLINGSWORTH, 1561 00:52:31,882 --> 00:52:33,250 AND IT'S CO-SPONSORED BY 1562 00:52:33,250 --> 00:52:35,318 COUNCILMEMBERS, SAKA AND FOSTER. 1563 00:52:35,318 --> 00:52:36,987 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1564 00:52:36,987 --> 00:52:37,621 HOLLINGSWORTH IS SPONSOR OF THE 1565 00:52:37,621 --> 00:52:38,889 PROPOSAL. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1566 00:52:38,889 --> 00:52:40,690 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR. COLLEAGUES, 1567 00:52:40,690 --> 00:52:42,359 LAST YEAR YOU HELPED ESTABLISH 1568 00:52:42,359 --> 00:52:44,861 THE CENTRAL DISTRICT SOUTH END 1569 00:52:44,861 --> 00:52:46,696 FUND, AND YOU DID THAT AFTER WE 1570 00:52:46,696 --> 00:52:48,198 SAW OVER 70 ORGANIZATIONS SHOW 1571 00:52:48,198 --> 00:52:50,367 UP TO COUNCIL MEETING, LAST 1572 00:52:50,367 --> 00:52:52,135 MEETING ASKING FOR INVESTMENTS 1573 00:52:52,135 --> 00:52:53,637 WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS 1574 00:52:53,637 --> 00:52:54,938 YEAR, THOSE FUNDS WILL BE 1575 00:52:54,938 --> 00:52:56,806 DISTRIBUTED TO OVER 20 PLUS 1576 00:52:56,806 --> 00:52:57,407 ORGANIZATIONS AND EFFORTS TO 1577 00:52:57,407 --> 00:52:58,675 HELP PRESERVE COMMUNITIES THAT 1578 00:52:58,675 --> 00:53:01,177 HAVE BEEN DISPLACED AND CONTINUE 1579 00:53:01,177 --> 00:53:03,580 TO SUSTAIN COMMUNITY, CULTURE 1580 00:53:03,580 --> 00:53:04,948 AND COMMERCE. THE THREE C'S. 1581 00:53:04,948 --> 00:53:07,217 THIS WAS EXECUTED IN THE 1582 00:53:07,217 --> 00:53:08,718 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET OF THIS 1583 00:53:08,718 --> 00:53:10,987 YEAR. AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR 1584 00:53:10,987 --> 00:53:12,789 THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 1585 00:53:12,789 --> 00:53:14,157 CHAIR'S PACKAGE LAST YEAR. AND 1586 00:53:14,157 --> 00:53:16,826 THIS IDEA CAME FROM THEIR OFFICE 1587 00:53:16,826 --> 00:53:17,861 AS WELL. TWO YEARS AGO, WHEN 1588 00:53:17,861 --> 00:53:18,962 THEY ASKED WHAT WAS REALLY 1589 00:53:18,962 --> 00:53:21,197 IMPORTANT TO ME THIS YEAR. THANK 1590 00:53:21,197 --> 00:53:23,366 YOU TO THE CO-SPONSORS, 1591 00:53:23,366 --> 00:53:23,867 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 1592 00:53:23,867 --> 00:53:24,501 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER FOR YOUR 1593 00:53:24,501 --> 00:53:26,436 SUPPORT. SEEING THE IMPORTANCE 1594 00:53:26,436 --> 00:53:27,904 OF THIS INVESTMENT. MY ASK THIS 1595 00:53:27,904 --> 00:53:30,874 YEAR IS KIND OF SIMPLE FOR US TO 1596 00:53:30,874 --> 00:53:31,508 DOUBLE DOWN ON THAT INVESTMENT 1597 00:53:31,508 --> 00:53:34,377 AND IT TO BE A SUSTAINABLE FUND 1598 00:53:34,377 --> 00:53:35,912 YEAR AFTER YEAR. THIS FUND WOULD 1599 00:53:35,912 --> 00:53:37,881 BE ONGOING, DISTRIBUTED BY THE 1600 00:53:37,881 --> 00:53:39,449 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS WITH 1601 00:53:39,449 --> 00:53:42,285 TWO FTES TO ADMINISTER THOSE 1602 00:53:42,285 --> 00:53:43,920 FUNDS. THERE WAS A COMMENT 1603 00:53:43,920 --> 00:53:45,255 REGARDING TODAY THE C D CENTRAL 1604 00:53:45,255 --> 00:53:45,889 DISTRICT AND SOUTH END RECEIVING 1605 00:53:45,889 --> 00:53:48,959 MORE FUNDING IN THE CITY, AND I 1606 00:53:48,959 --> 00:53:49,526 WILL RESPECTFULLY WITH THE 1607 00:53:49,526 --> 00:53:50,961 BIGGEST R IN FRONT OF THAT WORD 1608 00:53:50,961 --> 00:53:54,164 WOULD DISAGREE SOUTH OF I 90. 1609 00:53:54,164 --> 00:53:55,365 JUST LOOK AT THE SIDEWALKS, TREE 1610 00:53:55,365 --> 00:53:57,500 CANOPY, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, FOOD 1611 00:53:57,500 --> 00:53:59,369 ACCESS, INFRASTRUCTURE. THE 1612 00:53:59,369 --> 00:54:00,403 LIGHT RAIL IS ABOVE GROUND IN 1613 00:54:00,403 --> 00:54:01,504 NORTHERN NEIGHBORHOODS. IT'S 1614 00:54:01,504 --> 00:54:04,107 BELOW GROUND. LOOK AT THE ABOVE 1615 00:54:04,107 --> 00:54:05,575 THE ELECTRICAL WIRES THAT ARE IN 1616 00:54:05,575 --> 00:54:06,743 THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE 1617 00:54:06,743 --> 00:54:08,545 ABOVE GROUND. AND SOME OF THE 1618 00:54:08,545 --> 00:54:11,648 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE NORTH END 1619 00:54:11,648 --> 00:54:12,282 UNDERGROUND ONES NORTH OF I 90. 1620 00:54:12,282 --> 00:54:16,720 IN 1968, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 1621 00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:17,320 GRANTED SEATTLE $5.2 MILLION. 1622 00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:18,688 THAT MONEY WAS INVESTED IN THE 1623 00:54:18,688 --> 00:54:21,224 CENTRAL DISTRICT C I'D AND 1624 00:54:21,224 --> 00:54:22,926 PIONEER SQUARE IT WAS CALLED THE 1625 00:54:22,926 --> 00:54:24,294 MODEL CITIES PROGRAM. SEATTLE 1626 00:54:24,294 --> 00:54:25,695 WAS THE FIRST CITY TO RECEIVE 1627 00:54:25,695 --> 00:54:26,997 FUNDING. IT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY 1628 00:54:26,997 --> 00:54:28,898 THE LATE, GREAT WALTER HUNDLEY 1629 00:54:28,898 --> 00:54:30,333 AND HIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR. NOT TO 1630 00:54:30,333 --> 00:54:33,603 BRAG WAS MY GRANDMA, BUT FROM 1631 00:54:33,603 --> 00:54:35,005 THIS PROGRAM SHE TALKED ABOUT 1632 00:54:35,005 --> 00:54:36,206 HOW STUFF WAS BIRTHED. EL CENTRO 1633 00:54:36,206 --> 00:54:38,608 DE LA RAZA, ODESSA BROWN CLINIC 1634 00:54:38,608 --> 00:54:41,144 CAMP, WHICH IS NOW BIRD BAR, 1635 00:54:41,144 --> 00:54:42,512 LANGSTON HUGHES, HING HAY PARK, 1636 00:54:42,512 --> 00:54:43,880 POWELL, BARNETT PARK, YOUTH JOB 1637 00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:46,182 TRAINING, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS. 1638 00:54:46,182 --> 00:54:47,517 THE FEDERAL GRANT WAS WRITTEN 1639 00:54:47,517 --> 00:54:51,054 BECAUSE THOSE AREAS HAD 10% OF 1640 00:54:51,054 --> 00:54:53,523 THE CITY'S POPULATION, BUT IT 1641 00:54:53,523 --> 00:54:55,392 HELD 61% OF THE TOTAL PEOPLE OF 1642 00:54:55,392 --> 00:54:57,494 COLOR IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AS 1643 00:54:57,494 --> 00:55:00,697 WELL. AND ALSO 85% OF THE BLACK 1644 00:55:00,697 --> 00:55:01,931 POPULATION. THE CITY SOUTH END 1645 00:55:01,931 --> 00:55:02,932 FUND IS INTENDED TO DO THE SAME, 1646 00:55:02,932 --> 00:55:05,735 TO FOCUS ON COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE 1647 00:55:05,735 --> 00:55:06,336 BEEN IMPACTED BY DIVESTMENT. 1648 00:55:06,336 --> 00:55:08,338 NOW, SOME PEOPLE HAVE ASKED WHY 1649 00:55:08,338 --> 00:55:10,407 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. 1650 00:55:10,407 --> 00:55:10,940 THEY ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1651 00:55:10,940 --> 00:55:13,910 LIAISON AND A CONNECTOR TO SO 1652 00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:14,411 MANY ORGANIZATIONS AND 1653 00:55:14,411 --> 00:55:15,311 COMMUNITIES. THEY DO THE BEST 1654 00:55:15,311 --> 00:55:17,614 OUTREACH AND CAN CARRY OUT THIS 1655 00:55:17,614 --> 00:55:18,248 WORK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PEOPLE 1656 00:55:18,248 --> 00:55:20,583 WHO WORK WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT, 1657 00:55:20,583 --> 00:55:21,484 STANDING UP A SUSTAINABLE FUND 1658 00:55:21,484 --> 00:55:22,952 THAT WILL CONTINUE TO 1659 00:55:22,952 --> 00:55:24,788 -- TO HELP DIRECT FUNDING THOSE 1660 00:55:24,788 --> 00:55:26,423 TO THOSE COMMUNITIES WITH 1661 00:55:26,423 --> 00:55:28,558 PROGRAMING, CULTURAL EVENTS, 1662 00:55:28,558 --> 00:55:29,159 NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS, BUILDING 1663 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:30,060 COMMUNITIES AND STIMULATING THE 1664 00:55:30,060 --> 00:55:31,761 ECONOMY IS WHAT WE NEED IN 1665 00:55:31,761 --> 00:55:35,298 SEATTLE. SO COLLEAGUES, WHEN WE 1666 00:55:35,298 --> 00:55:35,799 REDIRECTED SOME OF THE 1667 00:55:35,799 --> 00:55:37,133 PARTICIPATORY BUDGET FUNDING FOR 1668 00:55:37,133 --> 00:55:38,501 COMMUNITIES WHO HAVE BEEN MOST 1669 00:55:38,501 --> 00:55:41,271 IMPACTED BY HISTORICAL 1670 00:55:41,271 --> 00:55:43,373 UNDERINVESTMENT, WE SAW THE WE 1671 00:55:43,373 --> 00:55:45,008 SAW HOMEOWNERSHIP, WE SAW UMOJA 1672 00:55:45,008 --> 00:55:47,977 FEST, WE SAW CULTURAL EVENTS, 1673 00:55:47,977 --> 00:55:48,578 ARTS, SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, 1674 00:55:48,578 --> 00:55:51,581 YOUTH PROGRAMING. AND THE IMPACT 1675 00:55:51,581 --> 00:55:53,016 HAS BEEN REWARDING TO SEE IN THE 1676 00:55:53,016 --> 00:55:56,619 LAST TWO YEARS. OPCD OPCD OFFICE 1677 00:55:56,619 --> 00:55:58,922 OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY 1678 00:55:58,922 --> 00:56:00,423 DEVELOPMENT HAS EQUITABLE 1679 00:56:00,423 --> 00:56:04,094 DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, WHICH 1680 00:56:04,094 --> 00:56:04,661 FUNDS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND 1681 00:56:04,661 --> 00:56:06,296 CAPACITY INITIATIVES WITHIN OUR 1682 00:56:06,296 --> 00:56:07,731 COMMUNITY. THIS FUND WOULD HELP 1683 00:56:07,731 --> 00:56:09,599 SUPPORT THE PROGRAMING, CULTURAL 1684 00:56:09,599 --> 00:56:11,000 EVENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS 1685 00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:13,103 WITH THAT SAME FOCUS. SO I 1686 00:56:13,103 --> 00:56:15,638 SINCERELY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S 1687 00:56:15,638 --> 00:56:17,273 SUPPORT ON THIS AND WOULD LOVE 1688 00:56:17,273 --> 00:56:19,275 YOUR CO-SPONSORSHIP. THANK YOU 1689 00:56:19,275 --> 00:56:19,576 COLLEAGUES. 1690 00:56:19,576 --> 00:56:21,778 -- WELL SAID COLLEAGUES AND 1691 00:56:21,778 --> 00:56:22,879 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS CHAIR OF 1692 00:56:22,879 --> 00:56:23,480 THE COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THIS 1693 00:56:23,480 --> 00:56:24,581 DEPARTMENT. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1694 00:56:24,581 --> 00:56:25,248 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1695 00:56:25,248 --> 00:56:29,085 YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, FOR YOUR 1696 00:56:29,085 --> 00:56:31,054 PASSION. AND YOU KNOW, YOU'RE 1697 00:56:31,054 --> 00:56:32,355 NOT JUST TALKING THE TALK, 1698 00:56:32,355 --> 00:56:35,225 YOU'RE WALKING THE WALK. AND I 1699 00:56:35,225 --> 00:56:35,725 REALLY RESPECT YOU AND 1700 00:56:35,725 --> 00:56:38,762 APPRECIATE YOU FOR IT. SO I'LL 1701 00:56:38,762 --> 00:56:39,963 I'LL THAT'S WHAT I'LL SAY 1702 00:56:39,963 --> 00:56:43,233 ABOUT THIS AD. OBVIOUSLY, 5 1703 00:56:43,233 --> 00:56:46,269 MILLION IS A BIG AD. AND SO 1704 00:56:46,269 --> 00:56:47,871 WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT CAN COME 1705 00:56:47,871 --> 00:56:50,140 FROM. BUT I, I REALLY APPRECIATE 1706 00:56:50,140 --> 00:56:52,175 AND SUPPORT THE UNDERLYING 1707 00:56:52,175 --> 00:56:53,810 INTENT. AND SO I'LL BE 1708 00:56:53,810 --> 00:56:55,378 COSPONSORING TODAY. AND THEN 1709 00:56:55,378 --> 00:56:56,880 WE'LL SEE WE'LL SEE WHERE WE 1710 00:56:56,880 --> 00:56:58,114 CAN LAND WITH IT. THANK YOU. 1711 00:56:58,114 --> 00:56:59,682 THANK YOU CHAIR. 1712 00:56:59,682 --> 00:57:02,118 -- WELL SAID COLLEAGUES, FURTHER 1713 00:57:02,118 --> 00:57:02,919 DISCUSSION COLLEAGUES, FURTHER 1714 00:57:02,919 --> 00:57:08,658 DISCUSSION I JUST HAVE TO THANK 1715 00:57:08,658 --> 00:57:09,292 COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR THE WORDS 1716 00:57:09,292 --> 00:57:10,226 THAT YOU JUST SHARED. COULDN'T 1717 00:57:10,226 --> 00:57:10,927 HAVE SAID IT BETTER. SO I'M NOT 1718 00:57:10,927 --> 00:57:12,495 GOING TO SAY ANYTHING FURTHER. 1719 00:57:12,495 --> 00:57:16,699 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 1720 00:57:16,699 --> 00:57:20,170 CO-SPONSOR DIONNE ONE AYE ONE, 1721 00:57:20,170 --> 00:57:21,504 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 1722 00:57:21,504 --> 00:57:23,907 TIME. LOOKS AS IF WE HAVE 1723 00:57:23,907 --> 00:57:25,141 UNANIMOUS, SO I'M JUST GOING TO 1724 00:57:25,141 --> 00:57:27,710 STATE THAT. 1725 00:57:27,710 --> 00:57:28,211 -- ALL COUNCILMEMBERS. 1726 00:57:28,211 --> 00:57:33,016 -- THANK YOU. WELL DONE. MOVING 1727 00:57:33,016 --> 00:57:38,288 ON TO DR. JOHN TWO, A ONE. 1728 00:57:38,288 --> 00:57:41,057 -- THIS COUNCIL EXCUSE ME. THIS 1729 00:57:41,057 --> 00:57:41,491 CBA WOULD INCREASE 1730 00:57:41,491 --> 00:57:43,059 APPROPRIATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT 1731 00:57:43,059 --> 00:57:46,162 OF NEIGHBORHOODS BY $100,000 1732 00:57:46,162 --> 00:57:47,997 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 AND 1733 00:57:47,997 --> 00:57:49,432 $100,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2028 TO 1734 00:57:49,432 --> 00:57:51,668 SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS 1735 00:57:51,668 --> 00:57:53,369 AND GROUPS IN THEIR LOCAL 1736 00:57:53,369 --> 00:57:55,472 NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS. THIS IS 1737 00:57:55,472 --> 00:57:56,005 SPONSORED BY THE COUNCIL 1738 00:57:56,005 --> 00:57:58,942 PRESIDENT, JOY HOLLINGSWORTH, 1739 00:57:58,942 --> 00:58:02,245 AND IN CASE WE FORGOT, AND 1740 00:58:02,245 --> 00:58:02,779 COUNCILMEMBERS JUAREZ AND 1741 00:58:02,779 --> 00:58:04,714 KETTLE. 1742 00:58:04,714 --> 00:58:05,281 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1743 00:58:05,281 --> 00:58:05,982 HOLLINGSWORTH. AS SPONSOR OF THE 1744 00:58:05,982 --> 00:58:07,784 PROPOSAL, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 1745 00:58:07,784 --> 00:58:10,253 -- I AM BACK. THANK YOU 1746 00:58:10,253 --> 00:58:11,421 COLLEAGUES. SORRY. THANK YOU. 1747 00:58:11,421 --> 00:58:14,390 THANK YOU. CHAIR. I WANT TO 1748 00:58:14,390 --> 00:58:14,891 RECOGNIZE THE CITYWIDE 1749 00:58:14,891 --> 00:58:15,959 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS FOR THEIR 1750 00:58:15,959 --> 00:58:18,027 FOR THIS MOMENT, BECAUSE THERE 1751 00:58:18,027 --> 00:58:19,429 ARE NEIGHBORS WHO KEEP OUR PARKS 1752 00:58:19,429 --> 00:58:21,064 CLEAN, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS CLEAN. 1753 00:58:21,064 --> 00:58:23,399 THEY ACTIVATE SPACES. AND 1754 00:58:23,399 --> 00:58:25,301 COLLEAGUES, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, 1755 00:58:25,301 --> 00:58:27,370 THERE'S A GROUP CALLED SEATTLE 1756 00:58:27,370 --> 00:58:30,106 NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, WHICH IS 1757 00:58:30,106 --> 00:58:31,074 A CITYWIDE ALLIANCE THAT MEETS 1758 00:58:31,074 --> 00:58:33,343 WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD 1759 00:58:33,343 --> 00:58:34,277 COUNCILS ONCE A MONTH. AND 1760 00:58:34,277 --> 00:58:36,212 THEY'VE CREATED THIS PROGRAM 1761 00:58:36,212 --> 00:58:38,181 WHERE IT'S ALL OF THE 1762 00:58:38,181 --> 00:58:38,648 NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL THE 1763 00:58:38,648 --> 00:58:40,049 NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE FOLKS THAT 1764 00:58:40,049 --> 00:58:41,718 ARE IN OUR DISTRICTS. SO IT'S 1765 00:58:41,718 --> 00:58:43,219 NOT NECESSARILY ONE DISTRICT. 1766 00:58:43,219 --> 00:58:45,822 IT'S IT'S EVERYONE. AND I KNOW 1767 00:58:45,822 --> 00:58:48,525 IN MY DISTRICT, WE HAVE 13 1768 00:58:48,525 --> 00:58:49,492 COMMUNITY COUNCILS, AT LEAST 1769 00:58:49,492 --> 00:58:51,928 SEVEN PARK GROUPS. I KNOW IF YOU 1770 00:58:51,928 --> 00:58:53,363 CAN GO THROUGH ANY NEIGHBORHOOD, 1771 00:58:53,363 --> 00:58:55,231 YOU ALL HAVE A BUNCH TEN, 15 1772 00:58:55,231 --> 00:58:57,800 DIFFERENT TYPE OF COMMUNITY 1773 00:58:57,800 --> 00:58:59,569 COUNCILS. AND SO THAT THIS GROUP 1774 00:58:59,569 --> 00:59:02,205 IS PRIMARILY THEY'RE ALL 1775 00:59:02,205 --> 00:59:04,040 VOLUNTEERS. THEY MEET AT LEAST 1776 00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:07,377 MONTHLY AND TOGETHER THEY HELP 1777 00:59:07,377 --> 00:59:07,977 ACTIVATE DIFFERENT PLACES IN 1778 00:59:07,977 --> 00:59:10,647 THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEY DO SMALL 1779 00:59:10,647 --> 00:59:12,015 BUSINESS SUPPORT. THEY DO 1780 00:59:12,015 --> 00:59:13,216 GARBAGE PICKUP. THEY DO 1781 00:59:13,216 --> 00:59:14,284 DIFFERENT THINGS IN OUR IN OUR 1782 00:59:14,284 --> 00:59:15,285 NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THINK IT'S 1783 00:59:15,285 --> 00:59:16,719 REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE CAN 1784 00:59:16,719 --> 00:59:17,220 CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR 1785 00:59:17,220 --> 00:59:17,887 NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL. SO THIS IS 1786 00:59:17,887 --> 00:59:19,889 SOMETHING THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE 1787 00:59:19,889 --> 00:59:22,258 SEATTLE NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE 1788 00:59:22,258 --> 00:59:24,427 AND, AND DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD 1789 00:59:24,427 --> 00:59:25,395 COUNCILS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. 1790 00:59:25,395 --> 00:59:26,362 AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT 1791 00:59:26,362 --> 00:59:27,597 INVESTMENT AND WOULD LOVE YOUR 1792 00:59:27,597 --> 00:59:30,400 SUPPORT. AND THANK YOU TO 1793 00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:30,934 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ AND 1794 00:59:30,934 --> 00:59:32,602 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FOR THEIR 1795 00:59:32,602 --> 00:59:33,503 COSPONSORSHIP ON THIS AS WELL. 1796 00:59:33,503 --> 00:59:35,338 -- THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMEMBER 1797 00:59:35,338 --> 00:59:36,372 RIVERA CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 1798 00:59:36,372 --> 00:59:37,006 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT. YOU 1799 00:59:37,006 --> 00:59:37,807 ARE RECOGNIZED. 1800 00:59:37,807 --> 00:59:38,508 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 1801 00:59:38,508 --> 00:59:41,511 YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1802 00:59:41,511 --> 00:59:42,712 HOLLINGSWORTH FOR PUTTING THIS 1803 00:59:42,712 --> 00:59:45,081 IN. I KNOW D4 HAS MANY COMMUNITY 1804 00:59:45,081 --> 00:59:46,549 COUNCILS LEFT OVER FOR A TIME 1805 00:59:46,549 --> 00:59:48,351 WHERE THE COMMUNITY COUNCILS 1806 00:59:48,351 --> 00:59:50,053 ACTUALLY LIVED IN THE DEPARTMENT 1807 00:59:50,053 --> 00:59:51,521 OF NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN THE 1808 00:59:51,521 --> 00:59:53,189 CHANGES WERE MADE, AND THEN THE 1809 00:59:53,189 --> 00:59:55,658 COMMUNITY COUNCILS LOST THEIR 1810 00:59:55,658 --> 00:59:58,161 SUPPORT FROM THE CITY THAT WAY. 1811 00:59:58,161 --> 01:00:00,663 SO I APPRECIATE YOU RECOGNIZING 1812 01:00:00,663 --> 01:00:03,433 THAT AND ADDING THIS. WHAT I 1813 01:00:03,433 --> 01:00:05,201 CONSIDER TO BE A VERY MODEST 1814 01:00:05,201 --> 01:00:06,869 AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HELP SUPPORT 1815 01:00:06,869 --> 01:00:08,004 THOSE COMMUNITY COUNCILS ACROSS 1816 01:00:08,004 --> 01:00:09,739 THE CITY. THANK YOU. 1817 01:00:09,739 --> 01:00:11,374 -- THANK YOU. FURTHER 1818 01:00:11,374 --> 01:00:11,908 DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER 1819 01:00:11,908 --> 01:00:13,276 KETTLE. 1820 01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:16,279 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO 1821 01:00:16,279 --> 01:00:18,982 THANK COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOR 1822 01:00:18,982 --> 01:00:20,650 BRINGING THIS PROPOSAL, BECAUSE 1823 01:00:20,650 --> 01:00:22,318 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, AS WHAT 1824 01:00:22,318 --> 01:00:22,952 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA WAS TALKING 1825 01:00:22,952 --> 01:00:24,153 ABOUT. I'M HARKING BACK TO WHEN 1826 01:00:24,153 --> 01:00:25,355 I WAS ON THE QUEEN ANNE 1827 01:00:25,355 --> 01:00:27,423 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 1828 01:00:27,423 --> 01:00:29,592 WHEN MAYOR MURRAY KILLED THE 1829 01:00:29,592 --> 01:00:30,693 DISTRICT COUNCIL. AND TO BE 1830 01:00:30,693 --> 01:00:32,428 FRANK, EVERYTHING WENT SIDEWAYS 1831 01:00:32,428 --> 01:00:35,632 AT THAT POINT RELATED TO WHAT WE 1832 01:00:35,632 --> 01:00:36,232 HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IN 1833 01:00:36,232 --> 01:00:37,367 TERMS OF COUNCILS AND THAT KIND 1834 01:00:37,367 --> 01:00:41,337 OF COORDINATION. AND, AND YOU 1835 01:00:41,337 --> 01:00:44,774 KNOW, COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY 1836 01:00:44,774 --> 01:00:46,709 HALL AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND 1837 01:00:46,709 --> 01:00:48,511 IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE, AS I 1838 01:00:48,511 --> 01:00:50,213 SAY, WITHIN DISTRICT SEVEN, WE 1839 01:00:50,213 --> 01:00:52,315 NEED THEM TO KEEP OUR FEET TO 1840 01:00:52,315 --> 01:00:53,650 THE FIRE. AND THAT'S WHY I STOOD 1841 01:00:53,650 --> 01:00:56,152 UP AT THE BEGINNING OF MY TERM, 1842 01:00:56,152 --> 01:00:56,786 THE DISTRICT SEVEN NEIGHBORHOOD 1843 01:00:56,786 --> 01:00:57,420 COUNCIL, WHICH IS A COUNCIL OF 1844 01:00:57,420 --> 01:00:58,421 COUNCILS, WHICH BRINGS THEM ALL 1845 01:00:58,421 --> 01:01:01,224 TOGETHER QUARTERLY TO TALK ABOUT 1846 01:01:01,224 --> 01:01:02,191 ISSUES AND TO LEARN FROM EACH 1847 01:01:02,191 --> 01:01:06,362 OTHER AND LEVEL UP. AND, AND I, 1848 01:01:06,362 --> 01:01:10,666 I TAKE IT'S BEAUTIFUL WHEN I SEE 1849 01:01:10,666 --> 01:01:11,334 LIKE IN LAST WEEKEND'S SEATTLE 1850 01:01:11,334 --> 01:01:14,904 TIMES, THERE WAS AN ARTICLE 1851 01:01:14,904 --> 01:01:15,505 ABOUT LAKE CITY COUNCILMEMBER 1852 01:01:15,505 --> 01:01:17,340 JUAREZ I'M SURE SAW IT AND HOW 1853 01:01:17,340 --> 01:01:18,474 LAKE CITY CREATED A COMMUNITY 1854 01:01:18,474 --> 01:01:21,544 COUNCIL TO GIVE THEMSELVES A 1855 01:01:21,544 --> 01:01:22,512 VOICE, A GREATER VOICE, YOU 1856 01:01:22,512 --> 01:01:24,947 KNOW, AND TO KEEP. LIKE I SAID, 1857 01:01:24,947 --> 01:01:26,382 CITY HALL'S FEET TO THE FIRE 1858 01:01:26,382 --> 01:01:27,517 BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IN LAKE CITY 1859 01:01:27,517 --> 01:01:28,718 AND OTHER PARTS OF THE NORTH, AS 1860 01:01:28,718 --> 01:01:29,852 WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER PARTS OF 1861 01:01:29,852 --> 01:01:31,154 THE CITY AS WELL, WHEN IT COMES 1862 01:01:31,154 --> 01:01:32,889 TO PUBLIC SAFETY, THERE'S SOME 1863 01:01:32,889 --> 01:01:36,059 MAJOR CHALLENGES. AND I REALLY 1864 01:01:36,059 --> 01:01:36,592 LOVE HOW COMMUNITIES COME 1865 01:01:36,592 --> 01:01:37,827 TOGETHER IN TERMS OF CREATING 1866 01:01:37,827 --> 01:01:39,295 THESE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS. SO 1867 01:01:39,295 --> 01:01:41,364 AGAIN, THANK YOU, COUNCIL 1868 01:01:41,364 --> 01:01:42,398 PRESIDENT AND CHAIR. 1869 01:01:42,398 --> 01:01:43,933 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 1870 01:01:43,933 --> 01:01:46,369 KETTLE COLLEAGUES, FURTHER 1871 01:01:46,369 --> 01:01:47,837 DISCUSSION, FURTHER DISCUSSION. 1872 01:01:47,837 --> 01:01:50,139 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF 1873 01:01:50,139 --> 01:01:51,441 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 1874 01:01:51,441 --> 01:01:52,742 DIONNE TWO A ONE, PLEASE RAISE 1875 01:01:52,742 --> 01:01:59,115 YOUR HAND AT THIS TIME. ARE WE 1876 01:01:59,115 --> 01:02:02,051 SET LAST TIME? ARE WE SET? WE 1877 01:02:02,051 --> 01:02:03,619 HAVE, I THINK COUNCILMEMBER 1878 01:02:03,619 --> 01:02:06,022 KETTLE ALREADY ON IT. SO ADDING 1879 01:02:06,022 --> 01:02:08,391 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA AND SAKA. 1880 01:02:08,391 --> 01:02:09,559 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. RIVERA AND 1881 01:02:09,559 --> 01:02:09,759 SAKA. 1882 01:02:09,759 --> 01:02:11,194 -- THANK YOU. STAYING IN 1883 01:02:11,194 --> 01:02:13,796 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS ON 1884 01:02:13,796 --> 01:02:14,864 THREE A ONE. 1885 01:02:14,864 --> 01:02:17,133 -- THIS CBA WOULD IMPOSE A 1886 01:02:17,133 --> 01:02:19,202 PROVISO ON $50,000 GENERAL FUND 1887 01:02:19,202 --> 01:02:20,903 AND THE DEPARTMENT OF 1888 01:02:20,903 --> 01:02:21,404 NEIGHBORHOODS FOR LOCAL 1889 01:02:21,404 --> 01:02:23,506 GOVERNMENT. 101 GRANTS THROUGH 1890 01:02:23,506 --> 01:02:25,274 DON'S SMALL SPARKS FUND GRANT 1891 01:02:25,274 --> 01:02:27,477 PROGRAM. 1892 01:02:27,477 --> 01:02:28,044 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1893 01:02:28,044 --> 01:02:28,778 RIVERA. AS SPONSOR OF THE 1894 01:02:28,778 --> 01:02:29,645 PROPOSAL AND CHAIR OF THE 1895 01:02:29,645 --> 01:02:31,447 COMMITTEE, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 1896 01:02:31,447 --> 01:02:34,383 -- THANK YOU. CHAIR, 1897 01:02:34,383 --> 01:02:35,751 COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU MAY RECALL 1898 01:02:35,751 --> 01:02:38,287 LAST YEAR I DID AN AD FOR 1899 01:02:38,287 --> 01:02:41,390 100,000 TO DO A FUND WHERE 1900 01:02:41,390 --> 01:02:44,360 REALLY TO ENCOURAGE CIVIC 1901 01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:45,328 ENGAGEMENT AMONGST RESIDENTS 1902 01:02:45,328 --> 01:02:50,600 ACROSS THE CITY. THE DEPARTMENT 1903 01:02:50,600 --> 01:02:52,268 TOOK A VERY LONG TIME. IT WAS 1904 01:02:52,268 --> 01:02:53,302 UNDER THE SMALL SPARKS PROGRAM, 1905 01:02:53,302 --> 01:02:55,004 AND THEY TOOK A VERY LONG TIME 1906 01:02:55,004 --> 01:02:56,873 TO IMPLEMENT IT. SO OF THE 1907 01:02:56,873 --> 01:03:00,243 100,000, 26 WAS SPENT, I BELIEVE 1908 01:03:00,243 --> 01:03:05,047 IT WAS FIVE CONTRACTS AND REALLY 1909 01:03:05,047 --> 01:03:06,849 HAPPY THAT AND SOME AND THERE 1910 01:03:06,849 --> 01:03:08,151 WERE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, 1911 01:03:08,151 --> 01:03:08,751 INCLUDING COMMUNITY COUNCILS, 1912 01:03:08,751 --> 01:03:12,288 WHO USE SOME OF THIS FUNDING TO 1913 01:03:12,288 --> 01:03:14,724 PUT TOGETHER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 1914 01:03:14,724 --> 01:03:15,224 OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR 1915 01:03:15,224 --> 01:03:16,993 NEIGHBORS. THIS IS FOR ANYONE 1916 01:03:16,993 --> 01:03:19,529 WHO WANTS TO DO A CIVIC 1917 01:03:19,529 --> 01:03:20,096 ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY WITH 1918 01:03:20,096 --> 01:03:23,800 THEIR NEIGHBORS. A LESS FORMAL 1919 01:03:23,800 --> 01:03:25,635 PROGRAM. BUT IT'S REALLY AS A 1920 01:03:25,635 --> 01:03:30,473 WAY TO GET FOLKS UNDERSTANDING 1921 01:03:30,473 --> 01:03:31,941 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND WHY TO GET 1922 01:03:31,941 --> 01:03:33,776 INVOLVED. AND JUST IT'S NOT 1923 01:03:33,776 --> 01:03:35,912 RELATED TO ANY PARTICULAR 1924 01:03:35,912 --> 01:03:38,047 ACTION. IT'S JUST REALLY 1925 01:03:38,047 --> 01:03:38,648 TALKING ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT 1926 01:03:38,648 --> 01:03:42,251 WORKS AND HOW ALL THE VARIOUS 1927 01:03:42,251 --> 01:03:43,586 PARTNERS WITHIN LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1928 01:03:43,586 --> 01:03:44,820 WORKS, OR EVEN AT THE STATE 1929 01:03:44,820 --> 01:03:45,988 LEVEL. SO REALLY, THAT'S WHAT 1930 01:03:45,988 --> 01:03:49,292 THIS IS MEANT TO DO BECAUSE THEY 1931 01:03:49,292 --> 01:03:50,293 DIDN'T USE THE FULL 100 LAST 1932 01:03:50,293 --> 01:03:52,762 YEAR, BUT BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD AT 1933 01:03:52,762 --> 01:03:54,564 LEAST 26 K THAT THEY'VE USED 1934 01:03:54,564 --> 01:03:58,401 THIS YEAR. I WENT AHEAD AND 1935 01:03:58,401 --> 01:03:59,468 ADDED 50 FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SOME 1936 01:03:59,468 --> 01:04:01,070 OF THOSE FUNDS CAN COME FROM THE 1937 01:04:01,070 --> 01:04:02,872 UNDERSPEND. ACTUALLY THAT WAS 1938 01:04:02,872 --> 01:04:04,774 NOT UTILIZED THIS YEAR SINCE 1939 01:04:04,774 --> 01:04:10,479 LIKE I SAID, THEY HAD ABOUT 73 1940 01:04:10,479 --> 01:04:11,047 LEFTOVER FROM LAST YEAR'S 1941 01:04:11,047 --> 01:04:12,048 INVESTMENT. THANK YOU. 1942 01:04:12,048 --> 01:04:14,283 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 1943 01:04:14,283 --> 01:04:15,952 RIVERA COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 1944 01:04:15,952 --> 01:04:23,759 DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 1945 01:04:23,759 --> 01:04:25,394 -- SORRY, MY BEING RECOGNIZED. 1946 01:04:25,394 --> 01:04:25,628 -- YES. 1947 01:04:25,628 --> 01:04:26,062 -- YOU HAVE. 1948 01:04:26,062 --> 01:04:27,930 -- YOUR HAND. OKAY. YEAH. I JUST 1949 01:04:27,930 --> 01:04:31,434 WANTED TO THIS IS FOR THREE A 1950 01:04:31,434 --> 01:04:32,301 ONE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 1951 01:04:32,301 --> 01:04:36,072 ALL RIGHT. YEAH. JUST WANT TO 1952 01:04:36,072 --> 01:04:36,906 THANK THE THE PRIME SPONSOR 1953 01:04:36,906 --> 01:04:38,307 HERE, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, FOR 1954 01:04:38,307 --> 01:04:39,809 PUTTING THIS FORWARD AGAIN AND 1955 01:04:39,809 --> 01:04:40,409 ALLOWING ME TO CO-SPONSOR IT. 1956 01:04:40,409 --> 01:04:40,710 THANK YOU. 1957 01:04:40,710 --> 01:04:41,477 -- THANK YOU. 1958 01:04:41,477 --> 01:04:42,545 -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU 1959 01:04:42,545 --> 01:04:44,013 COLLEAGUES. FURTHER DISCUSSION? 1960 01:04:44,013 --> 01:04:45,014 COUNCILMEMBER COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1961 01:04:45,014 --> 01:04:45,381 HOLLINGSWORTH. 1962 01:04:45,381 --> 01:04:47,049 -- I'LL JUST BE REALLY QUICK 1963 01:04:47,049 --> 01:04:48,651 THANKING COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 1964 01:04:48,651 --> 01:04:49,819 FOR HER LEADERSHIP ON ON THIS. I 1965 01:04:49,819 --> 01:04:51,687 KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THESE GRANTS 1966 01:04:51,687 --> 01:04:53,322 ARE TO COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO 1967 01:04:53,322 --> 01:04:54,390 UNDERSTAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. AND 1968 01:04:54,390 --> 01:04:55,925 SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING 1969 01:04:55,925 --> 01:04:58,027 THIS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR 1970 01:04:58,027 --> 01:04:59,629 LETTING ME TO CO-SPONSOR THIS. 1971 01:04:59,629 --> 01:05:01,564 -- THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO BOTH 1972 01:05:01,564 --> 01:05:02,798 CO-SPONSORS. 1973 01:05:02,798 --> 01:05:03,332 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, 1974 01:05:03,332 --> 01:05:04,767 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 1975 01:05:04,767 --> 01:05:06,902 DISCUSSION. SEEING NO FURTHER 1976 01:05:06,902 --> 01:05:08,471 DISCUSSION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 1977 01:05:08,471 --> 01:05:09,105 CO-SPONSOR DIONNE THREE A ONE, 1978 01:05:09,105 --> 01:05:12,208 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 1979 01:05:12,208 --> 01:05:14,777 TIME. I HAVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1980 01:05:14,777 --> 01:05:16,545 EMERITUS JUAREZ ADDING TO THREE. 1981 01:05:16,545 --> 01:05:18,281 DON THREE A ONE. 1982 01:05:18,281 --> 01:05:18,914 -- ADDING COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 1983 01:05:18,914 --> 01:05:19,548 -- THANK YOU. STAYING WITHIN THE 1984 01:05:19,548 --> 01:05:22,018 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS. DON 1985 01:05:22,018 --> 01:05:24,954 FOR A ONE. 1986 01:05:24,954 --> 01:05:27,256 -- FOR A ONE IS SPONSORED BY 1987 01:05:27,256 --> 01:05:27,757 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA WITH 1988 01:05:27,757 --> 01:05:30,159 CO-SPONSORS. COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1989 01:05:30,159 --> 01:05:30,793 HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCILMEMBER 1990 01:05:30,793 --> 01:05:32,528 KETTLE. THIS COUNCIL BUDGET 1991 01:05:32,528 --> 01:05:35,831 ACTION WOULD INCREASE 1992 01:05:35,831 --> 01:05:38,367 APPROPRIATIONS TO DON $150,000 1993 01:05:38,367 --> 01:05:40,870 GENERAL FUND IN 2027 AND 1994 01:05:40,870 --> 01:05:42,838 $150,000 GENERAL FUND IN 2028 1995 01:05:42,838 --> 01:05:43,439 FOR CONTRACTING FOR COMMUNITY 1996 01:05:43,439 --> 01:05:45,374 SAFETY COORDINATION IN THE SODA 1997 01:05:45,374 --> 01:05:45,841 NEIGHBORHOOD WITH AN 1998 01:05:45,841 --> 01:05:47,109 ORGANIZATION SUCH AS SODO 1999 01:05:47,109 --> 01:05:49,445 BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT 2000 01:05:49,445 --> 01:05:49,779 ASSOCIATION. 2001 01:05:49,779 --> 01:05:51,080 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2002 01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:51,947 SAKA, SPONSOR OF THE PROPOSAL. 2003 01:05:51,947 --> 01:05:52,949 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 2004 01:05:52,949 --> 01:05:53,916 -- THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. 2005 01:05:53,916 --> 01:05:55,618 COLLEAGUES, TODAY I'M PROPOSING 2006 01:05:55,618 --> 01:05:58,120 AN AMENDMENT TO INVEST $115,000 2007 01:05:58,120 --> 01:06:04,293 IN 27 AND 28 FOR A DEDICATED 2008 01:06:04,293 --> 01:06:06,429 COMMUNITY SAFETY COORDINATOR IN 2009 01:06:06,429 --> 01:06:09,231 SOTO. AND THIS. WE ALL BRING OUR 2010 01:06:09,231 --> 01:06:11,000 VARIOUS BUDGET PROPOSALS AND 2011 01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:12,702 AMENDMENTS DIRECTLY ON BEHALF OF 2012 01:06:12,702 --> 01:06:15,938 OF COMMUNITY. THIS ONE IS CAME 2013 01:06:15,938 --> 01:06:18,941 DIRECTLY ON BEHALF OF THE SOTO. 2014 01:06:18,941 --> 01:06:21,877 BE I A TO ADDRESS THE 2015 01:06:21,877 --> 01:06:22,511 NEIGHBORHOOD'S UNIQUE SAFETY 2016 01:06:22,511 --> 01:06:25,915 CHALLENGES THROUGH CONSISTENT 2017 01:06:25,915 --> 01:06:28,417 COMMUNITY BASED COORDINATION. IT 2018 01:06:28,417 --> 01:06:29,318 ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE SOTO 2019 01:06:29,318 --> 01:06:31,854 BIA, BUT I HAVE SINCE HEARD 2020 01:06:31,854 --> 01:06:34,790 MULTIPLE REQUESTS FROM VARIOUS 2021 01:06:34,790 --> 01:06:37,126 INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES IN SOTO 2022 01:06:37,126 --> 01:06:39,295 AND ORGANIZATIONS IN SOTO KIND 2023 01:06:39,295 --> 01:06:41,397 OF AMPLIFYING THE NEED FOR FOR 2024 01:06:41,397 --> 01:06:43,499 THIS PARTICULAR INVESTMENT SOTO, 2025 01:06:43,499 --> 01:06:47,870 OF COURSE, IS, IS A HUGE PART OF 2026 01:06:47,870 --> 01:06:50,373 OUR CITY'S ECONOMY, BROADER 2027 01:06:50,373 --> 01:06:54,343 ECONOMY, THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS 2028 01:06:54,343 --> 01:06:58,647 SUBSTANTIAL OPERATIONS IN IN 2029 01:06:58,647 --> 01:06:59,615 SOTO. SO IT'S A HUGE PART OF 2030 01:06:59,615 --> 01:07:03,152 OUR PORT MARITIME INDUSTRIAL 2031 01:07:03,152 --> 01:07:06,389 ECONOMY. AND A LOT OF SMALL AND 2032 01:07:06,389 --> 01:07:07,023 MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS ACTIVITY 2033 01:07:07,023 --> 01:07:09,859 HAPPENS IN AND AROUND SOTO. 2034 01:07:09,859 --> 01:07:11,227 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PARTNER 2035 01:07:11,227 --> 01:07:14,864 TOGETHER TO KEEP IT SAFE LET'S 2036 01:07:14,864 --> 01:07:16,098 SEE. THIS COORDINATOR AGAIN 2037 01:07:16,098 --> 01:07:17,533 WOULD SERVE AS A RELIABLE POINT 2038 01:07:17,533 --> 01:07:18,634 OF CONTACT FOR BUSINESSES, 2039 01:07:18,634 --> 01:07:20,403 CONNECT THEM WITH CITY 2040 01:07:20,403 --> 01:07:22,405 DEPARTMENTS AND OUTREACH 2041 01:07:22,405 --> 01:07:23,005 PARTNERS, IDENTIFY RECURRING 2042 01:07:23,005 --> 01:07:27,043 SAFETY ISSUES, AND HELP RESOLVE 2043 01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:27,643 CONCERNS BEFORE THEY REQUIRE 2044 01:07:27,643 --> 01:07:30,646 POLICE INTERVENTION. THIS MODEL 2045 01:07:30,646 --> 01:07:32,848 HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE IN OTHER 2046 01:07:32,848 --> 01:07:36,619 NEIGHBORHOODS. APPROVING THIS 2047 01:07:36,619 --> 01:07:37,153 AMENDMENT STRENGTHENS THE 2048 01:07:37,153 --> 01:07:39,054 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 2049 01:07:39,054 --> 01:07:41,891 CAPACITY TO SUPPORT ONE OF 2050 01:07:41,891 --> 01:07:42,491 SEATTLE'S MOST COMPLEX AND 2051 01:07:42,491 --> 01:07:44,727 HEAVILY USED DISTRICTS FOR, 2052 01:07:44,727 --> 01:07:47,630 AGAIN, PORT, MARITIME INDUSTRIAL 2053 01:07:47,630 --> 01:07:48,264 ACTIVITY, WAREHOUSING ACTIVITY, 2054 01:07:48,264 --> 01:07:51,534 AND OF COURSE, BIG EVENTS, 2055 01:07:51,534 --> 01:07:53,068 CONCERTS, SPORTING EVENTS, AND 2056 01:07:53,068 --> 01:07:55,104 THE LIKE. SO I ASK FOR YOUR 2057 01:07:55,104 --> 01:07:56,505 SUPPORT. THANK YOU. 2058 01:07:56,505 --> 01:07:59,608 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA 2059 01:07:59,608 --> 01:08:00,609 AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA IS 2060 01:08:00,609 --> 01:08:01,110 CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 2061 01:08:01,110 --> 01:08:02,344 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT. 2062 01:08:02,344 --> 01:08:02,812 YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 2063 01:08:02,812 --> 01:08:03,646 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR, AND THANK 2064 01:08:03,646 --> 01:08:06,282 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SAKA, FOR 2065 01:08:06,282 --> 01:08:08,117 PUTTING THIS FORWARD. ON BEHALF 2066 01:08:08,117 --> 01:08:10,453 OF THE BIA THAT YOU REPRESENT, I 2067 01:08:10,453 --> 01:08:12,321 KNOW I HAVE A, BIA THAT I'M SO 2068 01:08:12,321 --> 01:08:14,290 LUCKY TO ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE U 2069 01:08:14,290 --> 01:08:16,926 DISTRICT. AND THEY HAVE AN 2070 01:08:16,926 --> 01:08:19,328 OUTREACH PERSON THAT HELPS 2071 01:08:19,328 --> 01:08:20,729 CONNECT FOLKS TO SERVICES THAT 2072 01:08:20,729 --> 01:08:22,965 THE CITY SUPPORTS. SO I 2073 01:08:22,965 --> 01:08:23,799 UNDERSTAND THIS ASK FROM THE 2074 01:08:23,799 --> 01:08:26,035 BIA, AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE 2075 01:08:26,035 --> 01:08:29,004 BIA IN IN SOTO. SO APPRECIATE 2076 01:08:29,004 --> 01:08:31,040 ALL THE THINGS THAT ALL THE B I 2077 01:08:31,040 --> 01:08:33,776 DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. 2078 01:08:33,776 --> 01:08:35,578 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2079 01:08:35,578 --> 01:08:39,014 COLLEAGUES. FURTHER DISCUSSION 2080 01:08:39,014 --> 01:08:40,583 FURTHER DISCUSSION. I JUST HAVE 2081 01:08:40,583 --> 01:08:42,351 TO SAY, THROUGH THE SEATTLE 2082 01:08:42,351 --> 01:08:42,952 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT FRAMEWORK 2083 01:08:42,952 --> 01:08:44,453 THAT WE HAVE WORKED TO CREATE 2084 01:08:44,453 --> 01:08:46,388 OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. 2085 01:08:46,388 --> 01:08:48,491 THE COORDINATOR IS THE FIRST 2086 01:08:48,491 --> 01:08:49,725 STEP TO MANY OTHER STEPS, AND 2087 01:08:49,725 --> 01:08:52,127 IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POSITION 2088 01:08:52,127 --> 01:08:53,696 TO START EXPANDING THAT 2089 01:08:53,696 --> 01:08:55,397 NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT FRAMEWORK 2090 01:08:55,397 --> 01:08:58,167 THAT WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESSFUL IN 2091 01:08:58,167 --> 01:08:58,667 CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL 2092 01:08:58,667 --> 01:09:01,837 DISTRICT. BALLARD DISTRICT, A 2093 01:09:01,837 --> 01:09:02,505 LITTLE BIT DOWNTOWN. THERE'S A 2094 01:09:02,505 --> 01:09:05,941 LOT MORE WORK TO DO FOR THE C. 2095 01:09:05,941 --> 01:09:07,576 I'D IS NOT I'M NOT SAYING THAT 2096 01:09:07,576 --> 01:09:08,711 IT'S MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. I'M 2097 01:09:08,711 --> 01:09:10,079 SAYING THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE 2098 01:09:10,079 --> 01:09:12,181 WORK TO BE DONE AND COORDINATION 2099 01:09:12,181 --> 01:09:12,681 BETWEEN THESE DIFFERENT 2100 01:09:12,681 --> 01:09:14,216 NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE ADJACENT 2101 01:09:14,216 --> 01:09:15,918 IS IMPORTANT. WITH THAT, 2102 01:09:15,918 --> 01:09:16,986 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA, IS THAT A 2103 01:09:16,986 --> 01:09:17,253 NEW HAND? 2104 01:09:17,253 --> 01:09:18,154 -- OH, NO. SORRY. 2105 01:09:18,154 --> 01:09:20,389 -- THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. FURTHER 2106 01:09:20,389 --> 01:09:22,958 DISCUSSION? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2107 01:09:22,958 --> 01:09:23,792 CO-SPONSOR DIONNE FOR A ONE, 2108 01:09:23,792 --> 01:09:26,629 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 2109 01:09:26,629 --> 01:09:33,569 TIME. WE SET. I HAVE ADDING TO 2110 01:09:33,569 --> 01:09:35,437 DON FOR A ONE COUNCILMEMBER 2111 01:09:35,437 --> 01:09:37,039 RIVERA AND LIN. 2112 01:09:37,039 --> 01:09:37,640 -- COUNCILMEMBERS. RIVERA AND 2113 01:09:37,640 --> 01:09:39,275 LIN. 2114 01:09:39,275 --> 01:09:41,143 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE 2115 01:09:41,143 --> 01:09:43,112 LAST PROPOSAL IN DEPARTMENT OF 2116 01:09:43,112 --> 01:09:46,081 NEIGHBORHOODS. DON 5SA1. 2117 01:09:46,081 --> 01:09:47,750 -- THIS STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 2118 01:09:47,750 --> 01:09:48,751 INTENT WOULD REQUEST THAT THE 2119 01:09:48,751 --> 01:09:50,986 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 2120 01:09:50,986 --> 01:09:54,323 EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BETTER 2121 01:09:54,323 --> 01:09:54,857 COORDINATE AND STREAMLINE 2122 01:09:54,857 --> 01:09:56,625 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH 2123 01:09:56,625 --> 01:09:58,827 AND LANGUAGE, LANGUAGE ACCESS 2124 01:09:58,827 --> 01:10:01,330 WORK ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS, 2125 01:10:01,330 --> 01:10:01,830 INCLUDING STAFFING AND 2126 01:10:01,830 --> 01:10:02,932 CONTRACTING PRACTICES. THE 2127 01:10:02,932 --> 01:10:05,167 SPONSOR OF THIS STATEMENT OF 2128 01:10:05,167 --> 01:10:05,634 LEGISLATIVE INTENT IS 2129 01:10:05,634 --> 01:10:08,003 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER WITH 2130 01:10:08,003 --> 01:10:10,506 CO-SPONSORS COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2131 01:10:10,506 --> 01:10:11,040 AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2132 01:10:11,040 --> 01:10:12,575 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2133 01:10:12,575 --> 01:10:14,777 FOSTER, SPONSOR OF THE AMENDMENT 2134 01:10:14,777 --> 01:10:16,278 PROPOSAL. I KEEP SLIPPING UP. 2135 01:10:16,278 --> 01:10:18,447 YOU RECOGNIZED. 2136 01:10:18,447 --> 01:10:19,848 -- THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND 2137 01:10:19,848 --> 01:10:21,951 THANK YOU TO COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2138 01:10:21,951 --> 01:10:23,552 AND COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR 2139 01:10:23,552 --> 01:10:24,954 COSPONSORING. THIS STATEMENT OF 2140 01:10:24,954 --> 01:10:26,021 LEGISLATIVE INTENT. SO NOT A 2141 01:10:26,021 --> 01:10:27,256 BUDGET AD HERE. I WANT TO ADD A 2142 01:10:27,256 --> 01:10:28,824 LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY. THIS IS 2143 01:10:28,824 --> 01:10:31,093 NOT JUST ABOUT LANGUAGE ACCESS. 2144 01:10:31,093 --> 01:10:32,861 IT'S ABOUT BETTER. IT'S ABOUT 2145 01:10:32,861 --> 01:10:35,764 BETTER UNDERSTANDING ALL OF OUR 2146 01:10:35,764 --> 01:10:36,298 OUTREACH AND COORDINATION 2147 01:10:36,298 --> 01:10:38,667 EFFORTS AROUND THE CITY. I WANT 2148 01:10:38,667 --> 01:10:39,268 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THE 2149 01:10:39,268 --> 01:10:41,637 DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS 2150 01:10:41,637 --> 01:10:42,104 WORKS ALONGSIDE OTHER 2151 01:10:42,104 --> 01:10:43,305 DEPARTMENTS, WHERE OUR 2152 01:10:43,305 --> 01:10:43,939 RESPONSIBILITIES INTERSECT, AND 2153 01:10:43,939 --> 01:10:46,175 TO ENSURE THAT COORDINATION IS 2154 01:10:46,175 --> 01:10:47,509 HAPPENING. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I 2155 01:10:47,509 --> 01:10:48,177 DON'T MY INTENT WITH THIS LAW 2156 01:10:48,177 --> 01:10:50,546 IS NOT TO PRESCRIBE SPECIFIC 2157 01:10:50,546 --> 01:10:51,780 CHANGES, BUT TO GET A CLEARER 2158 01:10:51,780 --> 01:10:53,215 PICTURE OF HOW THIS WORK IS 2159 01:10:53,215 --> 01:10:55,851 TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE CITY. 2160 01:10:55,851 --> 01:10:58,020 FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN MULTIPLE 2161 01:10:58,020 --> 01:10:58,621 DEPARTMENTS ARE ENGAGING THE 2162 01:10:58,621 --> 01:11:00,322 SAME COMMUNITIES ON DIFFERENT 2163 01:11:00,322 --> 01:11:01,957 CITY INITIATIVES, HOW ARE THOSE 2164 01:11:01,957 --> 01:11:02,992 EFFORTS BEING COORDINATED? WHAT 2165 01:11:02,992 --> 01:11:04,560 ROLE DOES DAWN PLAY IN 2166 01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:05,928 SUPPORTING THE ENGAGEMENT, AND 2167 01:11:05,928 --> 01:11:06,495 HOW DO DEPARTMENTS DRAW ON 2168 01:11:06,495 --> 01:11:08,130 SHARED EXPERTISE, RELATIONSHIPS, 2169 01:11:08,130 --> 01:11:11,033 AND RESOURCES? I BELIEVE IT'S 2170 01:11:11,033 --> 01:11:12,468 IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A STRONG 2171 01:11:12,468 --> 01:11:13,002 UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR 2172 01:11:13,002 --> 01:11:14,670 EXISTING RESOURCES ARE BEING 2173 01:11:14,670 --> 01:11:16,839 USED, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES 2174 01:11:16,839 --> 01:11:18,874 TO INTERDEPARTMENTAL WORK AND 2175 01:11:18,874 --> 01:11:19,441 THE COORDINATION NEEDED TO 2176 01:11:19,441 --> 01:11:22,211 ENGAGE OUR RESIDENTS. SO THAT IS 2177 01:11:22,211 --> 01:11:24,747 WHAT THIS SLIDE IS SEEKING TO 2178 01:11:24,747 --> 01:11:26,282 GET A BETTER PICTURE OF FOR US 2179 01:11:26,282 --> 01:11:27,216 AT COUNCIL AND COLLEAGUES, I ASK 2180 01:11:27,216 --> 01:11:28,517 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2181 01:11:28,517 --> 01:11:30,452 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2182 01:11:30,452 --> 01:11:32,154 RIVERA. AS CHAIR OF THE 2183 01:11:32,154 --> 01:11:33,489 COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 2184 01:11:33,489 --> 01:11:35,124 DEPARTMENT, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. 2185 01:11:35,124 --> 01:11:36,558 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. I KNOW THAT 2186 01:11:36,558 --> 01:11:38,927 DON HAS SOME OF THE COMMUNITY 2187 01:11:38,927 --> 01:11:40,195 ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH AND 2188 01:11:40,195 --> 01:11:42,064 LANGUAGE ACCESS, BUT NOT ALL. I 2189 01:11:42,064 --> 01:11:43,332 REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE 2190 01:11:43,332 --> 01:11:44,867 DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING THEY 2191 01:11:44,867 --> 01:11:46,769 DO ON THE OUTREACH AND AND 2192 01:11:46,769 --> 01:11:49,638 LANGUAGE ACCESS SIDE. AND I KNOW 2193 01:11:49,638 --> 01:11:51,540 FOR YEARS NOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT 2194 01:11:51,540 --> 01:11:52,908 OF CONVERSATION WITH THE 2195 01:11:52,908 --> 01:11:53,709 DEPARTMENT ON ALL THE WORK THAT 2196 01:11:53,709 --> 01:11:55,978 THEY DO. SO DID WANT TO 2197 01:11:55,978 --> 01:11:57,446 RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK. THANK YOU 2198 01:11:57,446 --> 01:11:57,680 CHAIR. 2199 01:11:57,680 --> 01:11:59,615 -- THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES. 2200 01:11:59,615 --> 01:12:02,618 FURTHER DISCUSSION, FURTHER 2201 01:12:02,618 --> 01:12:06,322 DISCUSSION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO 2202 01:12:06,322 --> 01:12:07,222 CO-SPONSOR DON FIVE SA ONE, 2203 01:12:07,222 --> 01:12:09,692 PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT THIS 2204 01:12:09,692 --> 01:12:12,961 TIME. ARE WE SET? I'VE GOT 2205 01:12:12,961 --> 01:12:15,164 COUNCIL MEMBER KETTLE AND RINCK 2206 01:12:15,164 --> 01:12:16,765 ADDING THEIR CO-SPONSOR. 2207 01:12:16,765 --> 01:12:18,067 -- COUNCILMEMBERS, KETTLE AND 2208 01:12:18,067 --> 01:12:18,300 RINCK. 2209 01:12:18,300 --> 01:12:21,603 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE 2210 01:12:21,603 --> 01:12:22,204 NEXT DEPARTMENT. SEATTLE CITY 2211 01:12:22,204 --> 01:12:28,510 LIGHT SCL ONE AYE ONE. 2212 01:12:28,510 --> 01:12:29,078 -- THIS CBA WOULD INCREASE 2213 01:12:29,078 --> 01:12:29,945 APPROPRIATIONS TO SEATTLE CITY 2214 01:12:29,945 --> 01:12:31,647 LIGHT BY $40,000. GENERAL FUND 2215 01:12:31,647 --> 01:12:36,618 IN 2027 AND $40,000 GENERAL FUND 2216 01:12:36,618 --> 01:12:37,986 IN 2028 TO SUPPORT LEASING COSTS 2217 01:12:37,986 --> 01:12:40,956 FOR THE FORMER MARKET STREET 2218 01:12:40,956 --> 01:12:42,257 SUBSTATION SITE AT 2826 MARKET 2219 01:12:42,257 --> 01:12:43,592 STREET. THIS LEASE SHOULD BE 2220 01:12:43,592 --> 01:12:45,427 USED WITH AN EXISTING COMMUNITY 2221 01:12:45,427 --> 01:12:48,063 GROUP FOR A GARDEN. THE SPONSOR 2222 01:12:48,063 --> 01:12:50,632 OF THIS CBA IS COUNCILMEMBER DAN 2223 01:12:50,632 --> 01:12:54,236 STRAUSS AND COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2224 01:12:54,236 --> 01:12:54,870 HOLLINGSWORTH AND COUNCILMEMBER 2225 01:12:54,870 --> 01:12:57,139 JUAREZ ARE CO-SPONSORS. 2226 01:12:57,139 --> 01:12:59,041 -- THANK YOU. I'LL TELL YOU A 2227 01:12:59,041 --> 01:13:01,210 STORY ABOUT THE SHIP CANAL WATER 2228 01:13:01,210 --> 01:13:04,113 QUALITY PROJECT, WHICH IS ONE OF 2229 01:13:04,113 --> 01:13:04,713 THE LARGEST CAPITAL PROJECTS 2230 01:13:04,713 --> 01:13:08,384 THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 2231 01:13:08,384 --> 01:13:11,587 IT UNFORTUNATELY DISPLACED A 2232 01:13:11,587 --> 01:13:14,323 COMMUNITY GARDENING PROJECT THAT 2233 01:13:14,323 --> 01:13:17,192 OCCURS IN THE PARKING STRIP 2234 01:13:17,192 --> 01:13:19,962 ALONG 56th IN BALLARD. AND 2235 01:13:19,962 --> 01:13:21,864 UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO 2236 01:13:21,864 --> 01:13:22,564 ACCOMMODATION THAT COULD BE 2237 01:13:22,564 --> 01:13:23,732 MADE. THIS WAS ACTUALLY, I 2238 01:13:23,732 --> 01:13:25,000 THINK, THE FIRST REQUEST THAT WE 2239 01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:28,737 HAD MADE TO SPU IN THIS ENTIRE 2240 01:13:28,737 --> 01:13:30,372 MEGA PROJECT THAT COULD NOT BE 2241 01:13:30,372 --> 01:13:34,309 MET BECAUSE OF SITE CONSTRAINTS. 2242 01:13:34,309 --> 01:13:37,412 WORKING WITH THIS NONPROFIT THAT 2243 01:13:37,412 --> 01:13:39,882 DOES ESSENTIALLY PEA PATCHES IN 2244 01:13:39,882 --> 01:13:40,315 THE PARKING STRIP., 2245 01:13:40,315 --> 01:13:42,217 -- RECORDING IN PROGRESS. 2246 01:13:42,217 --> 01:13:43,218 -- I SURE HOPE WE'VE BEEN 2247 01:13:43,218 --> 01:13:46,622 RECORDING THIS WHOLE TIME. WELL, 2248 01:13:46,622 --> 01:13:50,192 WITH THAT, WE WORKED TO IDENTIFY 2249 01:13:50,192 --> 01:13:51,560 PLACES NEARBY TO WHERE THE PEA 2250 01:13:51,560 --> 01:13:54,129 PATCH WAS DISPLACED AND WE 2251 01:13:54,129 --> 01:13:56,865 IDENTIFIED THE CITY LIGHT PARCEL 2252 01:13:56,865 --> 01:13:59,201 THERE ON MARKET STREET. BEING IN 2253 01:13:59,201 --> 01:14:01,570 A SIMILAR PROXIMATE LOCATION AND 2254 01:14:01,570 --> 01:14:04,907 SIMILAR SIZE. WITH THAT, THIS 2255 01:14:04,907 --> 01:14:07,676 NONPROFIT HAS IN-KIND DONATIONS 2256 01:14:07,676 --> 01:14:09,545 OF SOIL DELIVERY. THEY HAVE 2257 01:14:09,545 --> 01:14:11,079 IN-KIND DONATIONS OF SOME 2258 01:14:11,079 --> 01:14:13,649 MATERIAL, AND THEY HAVE ALREADY 2259 01:14:13,649 --> 01:14:17,019 RECEIVED A GRANT TO COVER THE 2260 01:14:17,019 --> 01:14:19,421 OTHER MATERIAL EXPENSES BECAUSE 2261 01:14:19,421 --> 01:14:21,990 WE HAVE FOR ANY CITY LIGHT PRO 2262 01:14:21,990 --> 01:14:23,625 PROPERTY, GARDENING HAS TO BE 2263 01:14:23,625 --> 01:14:26,495 DONE ABOVE GROUND. THAT SAID, 2264 01:14:26,495 --> 01:14:29,465 THEIR GRANT DOES NOT COVER RENT 2265 01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:31,433 AND BECAUSE CITY LIGHT PROPERTY 2266 01:14:31,433 --> 01:14:35,337 HAS TO USE RATEPAYER DOLLARS, WE 2267 01:14:35,337 --> 01:14:35,904 CANNOT USE THEIR RATEPAYER 2268 01:14:35,904 --> 01:14:36,805 DOLLARS TO HELP THEM IN THIS 2269 01:14:36,805 --> 01:14:41,743 WAY. THIS $40,000 IS PER YEAR SO 2270 01:14:41,743 --> 01:14:44,313 THAT WE CAN HAVE COMMUNITY 2271 01:14:44,313 --> 01:14:45,681 GARDENING IN THIS AREA. I THINK 2272 01:14:45,681 --> 01:14:48,283 THAT THE NEAREST PEA PATCH TO 2273 01:14:48,283 --> 01:14:54,389 THIS IS TWO MILES AWAY AT BEST 2274 01:14:54,389 --> 01:14:55,023 WITH THAT, COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 2275 01:14:55,023 --> 01:14:55,757 IS CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE 2276 01:14:55,757 --> 01:14:56,859 OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT. WOULD 2277 01:14:56,859 --> 01:15:00,062 YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? 2278 01:15:00,062 --> 01:15:02,931 -- WELL, I LOVE A GOOD PEA 2279 01:15:02,931 --> 01:15:06,435 PATCH, SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL 2280 01:15:06,435 --> 01:15:06,802 MEMBER STRAUSS 2281 01:15:06,802 --> 01:15:07,169 -- [LAUGHTER]. 2282 01:15:07,169 --> 01:15:07,970 -- THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2283 01:15:07,970 --> 01:15:09,872 JUAREZ AND P STANDS FOR NOT FOR 2284 01:15:09,872 --> 01:15:12,241 PEA. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 2285 01:15:12,241 --> 01:15:14,076 FOLLOWED BY RIVERA 2286 01:15:14,076 --> 01:15:16,211 -- YES, CHAIR, I DO HAVE ONE 2287 01:15:16,211 --> 01:15:18,647 CORRECTION FOR THIS PROPOSAL AND 2288 01:15:18,647 --> 01:15:21,783 THAT IT'S THE 2826 NORTHWEST 2289 01:15:21,783 --> 01:15:25,254 MARKET STREET HAS LISTED. IT 2290 01:15:25,254 --> 01:15:26,355 DOESN'T HAVE THE NORTHWEST. 2291 01:15:26,355 --> 01:15:27,990 JUST POINTING THAT OUT. I KNOW 2292 01:15:27,990 --> 01:15:30,659 THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR IS 2293 01:15:30,659 --> 01:15:32,761 MY BALLARD EAGLESON VFW POST 2294 01:15:32,761 --> 01:15:34,229 3063, OF WHICH I'M A LIFETIME 2295 01:15:34,229 --> 01:15:35,530 MEMBER, SO I KNOW THE AREA VERY 2296 01:15:35,530 --> 01:15:37,165 WELL. IN FACT, AT ONE POINT IT 2297 01:15:37,165 --> 01:15:38,767 WAS A TINY HOME VILLAGE THAT THE 2298 01:15:38,767 --> 01:15:42,137 POST WAS SUPPORTING ON A REGULAR 2299 01:15:42,137 --> 01:15:44,473 BASIS WITH FOOD AND SO FORTH. 2300 01:15:44,473 --> 01:15:45,674 AND I'M SUSPECT THAT THERE WILL 2301 01:15:45,674 --> 01:15:48,577 BE MORE THAN A FEW VETERANS THAT 2302 01:15:48,577 --> 01:15:50,546 COULD BE PARTICIPATING IN THIS 2303 01:15:50,546 --> 01:15:53,315 PEA PATCH, GIVEN THE CO-LOCATION 2304 01:15:53,315 --> 01:15:55,617 ESSENTIALLY WITH WITH MY OWN VFW 2305 01:15:55,617 --> 01:15:59,288 POST. SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE 2306 01:15:59,288 --> 01:15:59,621 THAT. CHAIR. 2307 01:15:59,621 --> 01:16:00,722 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2308 01:16:00,722 --> 01:16:01,823 KETTLE DISTRICT SIX SEVEN RIGHT 2309 01:16:01,823 --> 01:16:04,092 THERE ON MARKET STREET. 2310 01:16:04,092 --> 01:16:07,062 COLLEAGUES, ANY FURTHER 2311 01:16:07,062 --> 01:16:07,696 DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION? 2312 01:16:07,696 --> 01:16:09,498 IF YOU'D LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR SCL 2313 01:16:09,498 --> 01:16:10,565 ONE A ONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR 2314 01:16:10,565 --> 01:16:20,475 HAND AT THIS TIME WE SET ADDING 2315 01:16:20,475 --> 01:16:22,978 TO SCL ONE AYE ONE COUNCILMEMBER 2316 01:16:22,978 --> 01:16:23,345 KETTLE AND LIN. 2317 01:16:23,345 --> 01:16:24,680 -- COUNCILMEMBERS KETTLE AND 2318 01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:24,880 LIN. 2319 01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:27,182 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE 2320 01:16:27,182 --> 01:16:29,451 NEXT DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THE MOST 2321 01:16:29,451 --> 01:16:31,486 RESPONSIVE DEPARTMENTS IN OUR 2322 01:16:31,486 --> 01:16:34,656 CITY, SPU WORKING FOR YOU. SPU 2323 01:16:34,656 --> 01:16:36,959 ONE S AYE ONE. 2324 01:16:36,959 --> 01:16:38,927 -- THANK YOU AGAIN, BRIAN. GOOD 2325 01:16:38,927 --> 01:16:39,494 NIGHT WITH COUNCIL. CENTRAL 2326 01:16:39,494 --> 01:16:41,930 STAFF. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS SPU 2327 01:16:41,930 --> 01:16:43,231 ONE S AYE WHICH IS A STATEMENT 2328 01:16:43,231 --> 01:16:45,067 OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT THAT WOULD 2329 01:16:45,067 --> 01:16:46,802 REQUEST SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 2330 01:16:46,802 --> 01:16:48,070 TO PROVIDE A REPORT BY JUNE 30th 2331 01:16:48,070 --> 01:16:50,405 OF NEXT YEAR ON UTILITY RELATED 2332 01:16:50,405 --> 01:16:52,608 PLANNING AND PROCESS STEPS AND 2333 01:16:52,608 --> 01:16:54,376 OTHER FUTURE USES AND POSSIBLE 2334 01:16:54,376 --> 01:16:55,444 DEVELOPMENT OF THE YESLER CREEK 2335 01:16:55,444 --> 01:16:58,080 PROPERTY, WHICH IS IN NORTHEAST 2336 01:16:58,080 --> 01:16:59,448 SEATTLE AND WAS FORMERLY KNOWN 2337 01:16:59,448 --> 01:17:00,515 AS THE TULARE SITE. SO THIS ITEM 2338 01:17:00,515 --> 01:17:02,150 IS SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER 2339 01:17:02,150 --> 01:17:03,785 RINCK AND CO-SPONSORED BY 2340 01:17:03,785 --> 01:17:06,822 COUNCILMEMBERS LIN AND FOSTER. 2341 01:17:06,822 --> 01:17:07,456 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 2342 01:17:07,456 --> 01:17:08,357 HAS SPONSORED THE PROPOSAL. YOU 2343 01:17:08,357 --> 01:17:09,124 ARE RECOGNIZED. 2344 01:17:09,124 --> 01:17:10,192 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS, AND 2345 01:17:10,192 --> 01:17:12,094 THANK YOU, BRIAN, FOR WORKING 2346 01:17:12,094 --> 01:17:12,861 WITH MY OFFICE ON THIS. 2347 01:17:12,861 --> 01:17:13,895 COLLEAGUES, I'LL BE SUPER BRIEF 2348 01:17:13,895 --> 01:17:14,997 BECAUSE THIS IS VERY 2349 01:17:14,997 --> 01:17:17,265 STRAIGHTFORWARD. THIS SLIDE 2350 01:17:17,265 --> 01:17:17,833 REQUEST THAT SEATTLE PUBLIC 2351 01:17:17,833 --> 01:17:18,867 UTILITIES REPORT ON THE UTILITY 2352 01:17:18,867 --> 01:17:20,335 RELATED PLANNING AND PROCESS 2353 01:17:20,335 --> 01:17:23,138 STEPS FOR FUTURE USES AND 2354 01:17:23,138 --> 01:17:25,240 POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2355 01:17:25,240 --> 01:17:26,641 SITE. SPU IS CURRENTLY GEARING 2356 01:17:26,641 --> 01:17:28,610 UP FOR WORK ON FISH PASSAGE 2357 01:17:28,610 --> 01:17:30,512 IMPROVEMENTS ON YESLER CREEK, SO 2358 01:17:30,512 --> 01:17:31,813 THE GOAL IS TO ASSESS THE SITE 2359 01:17:31,813 --> 01:17:34,483 FOR FUTURE WORK. NOW TO START 2360 01:17:34,483 --> 01:17:36,084 PLANNING ON NEXT STEPS FOR THE 2361 01:17:36,084 --> 01:17:36,518 PROPERTY WHEN THOSE 2362 01:17:36,518 --> 01:17:37,653 OPPORTUNITIES ARISE AND I ASK 2363 01:17:37,653 --> 01:17:39,254 FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2364 01:17:39,254 --> 01:17:41,123 -- THANK YOU AND COUNCILMEMBER 2365 01:17:41,123 --> 01:17:42,457 HOLLINGSWORTH IS CHAIR OF THE 2366 01:17:42,457 --> 01:17:42,991 COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 2367 01:17:42,991 --> 01:17:43,625 DEPARTMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING 2368 01:17:43,625 --> 01:17:44,526 TO ADD? 2369 01:17:44,526 --> 01:17:47,062 -- YEAH, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. 2370 01:17:47,062 --> 01:17:47,662 I BELIEVE THIS WAS A PROPERTY 2371 01:17:47,662 --> 01:17:50,966 THAT WE PURCHASED LAST YEAR. 2372 01:17:50,966 --> 01:17:52,801 YEAH. DECEMBER. OKAY. DECEMBER 2373 01:17:52,801 --> 01:17:53,635 RIGHT BEFORE. YEAH. I REMEMBER 2374 01:17:53,635 --> 01:17:56,271 THIS LAST YEAR AND THIS WAS IN 2375 01:17:56,271 --> 01:17:57,172 COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA'S 2376 01:17:57,172 --> 01:17:57,739 DISTRICT. SO YEAH, LOOKING 2377 01:17:57,739 --> 01:18:01,777 FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. 2378 01:18:01,777 --> 01:18:02,244 -- THANK YOU. COUNCIL 2379 01:18:02,244 --> 01:18:02,778 DISCUSSION. COUNCILMEMBER 2380 01:18:02,778 --> 01:18:03,011 RIVERA. 2381 01:18:03,011 --> 01:18:05,047 -- THANK YOU CHAIR. YES, THIS IS 2382 01:18:05,047 --> 01:18:07,249 PROPERTY THAT THE STATE HAS 2383 01:18:07,249 --> 01:18:10,318 REQUIRED. CITY LIGHT TO DAYLIGHT 2384 01:18:10,318 --> 01:18:12,921 FOR FISH PASSAGE. HOWEVER, IT'S 2385 01:18:12,921 --> 01:18:15,891 GOING TO TAKE A NUMBER OF YEARS 2386 01:18:15,891 --> 01:18:17,459 BEFORE ANY OF THAT WORK GETS 2387 01:18:17,459 --> 01:18:19,027 DONE. I'M NOT SURE THAT THE 2388 01:18:19,027 --> 01:18:21,930 DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO SAY 2389 01:18:21,930 --> 01:18:24,566 NOW OR WITHIN THE NEXT BIENNIUM, 2390 01:18:24,566 --> 01:18:27,202 EXACTLY WHAT CAN HAPPEN TO ANY 2391 01:18:27,202 --> 01:18:30,038 SURPLUS OF THAT PROPERTY. SO I 2392 01:18:30,038 --> 01:18:34,076 THINK IT IS A BIT PREMATURE, BUT 2393 01:18:34,076 --> 01:18:35,844 I DID WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT 2394 01:18:35,844 --> 01:18:37,345 THAT IS WHAT WHY THE LAND? WHY 2395 01:18:37,345 --> 01:18:47,889 WE BOUGHT THE LAND FROM TALARIS 2396 01:19:39,074 --> 01:19:39,574 AND AND WHAT WILL BE GOING 2397 01:19:39,574 --> 01:19:40,275 THERE. AND THEN SK FOR CALL. WE 2398 01:19:40,275 --> 01:19:40,909 ADDING COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ TO 2399 01:19:40,909 --> 01:19:41,176 SPU 1SA1. 2400 01:19:41,176 --> 01:19:41,810 -- ADDING COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 2401 01:19:41,810 --> 01:19:42,444 -- THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO THE 2402 01:19:42,444 --> 01:19:43,044 NEXT DEPARTMENT. INFORMATION 2403 01:19:43,044 --> 01:19:43,678 TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. I'D. 2404 01:19:43,678 --> 01:19:43,945 TITD1SA1. 2405 01:19:43,945 --> 01:19:44,579 -- THANK YOU. SO THE NEXT ITEM 2406 01:19:44,579 --> 01:19:45,080 IS ALSO A STATEMENT OF 2407 01:19:45,080 --> 01:19:45,714 LEGISLATIVE INTENT. AND AS YOU 2408 01:19:45,714 --> 01:19:46,715 ROVIDE QUARTERLY YE WHICH WOULD 2409 01:19:46,782 --> 01:19:47,282 CONTINUATION OF A SERIES OF 2410 01:19:47,282 --> 01:19:47,783 REPORTS THAT SEATTLEITE 2411 01:19:47,783 --> 01:19:48,416 CURRENTLY PROVIDES IN RESPONSE 2412 01:19:48,416 --> 01:19:49,050 TO US LIVE FROM LAST FALL'S 2413 01:19:49,050 --> 01:19:49,651 BUDGET PROCESS. THIS ITEM IS 2414 01:19:49,651 --> 01:19:50,285 SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 2415 01:19:50,285 --> 01:19:50,786 AND IS CO-SPONSORED BY 2416 01:19:50,786 --> 01:19:51,520 COUNCILMEMBERS, SAKA AND JUAREZ. 2417 01:19:51,520 --> 01:19:52,854 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2418 01:19:52,854 --> 01:19:53,421 RINCK IS SPONSOR OF THE 2419 01:19:53,421 --> 01:19:54,589 PROPOSAL. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 2420 01:19:54,589 --> 01:19:55,991 -- THANK YOU, CHAIR STRAUSS, AND 2421 01:19:55,991 --> 01:19:57,359 THANK YOU AGAIN, BRIAN, FOR YOUR 2422 01:19:57,359 --> 01:19:59,561 WORK WITH MY OFFICE ON THIS. 2423 01:19:59,561 --> 01:20:00,695 COLLEAGUES, IF THIS LOOKS 2424 01:20:00,695 --> 01:20:02,130 FAMILIAR, IT'S BECAUSE IT IS. 2425 01:20:02,130 --> 01:20:04,099 WE APPROVED THIS SLIDE LAST YEAR 2426 01:20:04,099 --> 01:20:05,167 AND THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, WE'VE 2427 01:20:05,167 --> 01:20:08,203 BEEN RECEIVING A QUARTERLY 2428 01:20:08,203 --> 01:20:11,406 REPORTS FROM SEATTLE. I T ABOUT 2429 01:20:11,406 --> 01:20:12,007 AI IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS THE 2430 01:20:12,007 --> 01:20:14,576 CITY. I HAVE PERSONALLY FOUND 2431 01:20:14,576 --> 01:20:16,678 THESE REPORTS VERY HELPFUL. WE 2432 01:20:16,678 --> 01:20:19,881 KNOW AI IS I MEAN, QUICKLY 2433 01:20:19,881 --> 01:20:20,448 TAKING OVER MANY DIFFERENT 2434 01:20:20,448 --> 01:20:22,584 SECTORS. THERE ARE A LOT OF 2435 01:20:22,584 --> 01:20:23,885 QUESTIONS PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT AI 2436 01:20:23,885 --> 01:20:24,519 INTEGRATION, ABOUT WORK AT THE 2437 01:20:24,519 --> 01:20:26,454 CITY. AND I HAVE FOUND THESE 2438 01:20:26,454 --> 01:20:27,756 REPORTS AS A HELPFUL 2439 01:20:27,756 --> 01:20:28,790 TRANSPARENCY MEASURE AND 2440 01:20:28,790 --> 01:20:31,793 SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER 2441 01:20:31,793 --> 01:20:33,461 CONSTITUENT QUESTIONS AND 2442 01:20:33,461 --> 01:20:35,530 CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. SO I 2443 01:20:35,530 --> 01:20:37,465 BELIEVE THAT THE VALUE THAT THIS 2444 01:20:37,465 --> 01:20:39,501 REGULAR REPORTING FROM ID S T 2445 01:20:39,501 --> 01:20:41,803 HAS BROUGHT TO ALL OF US WOULD 2446 01:20:41,803 --> 01:20:42,871 BE HELPFUL TO CONTINUE. SO I'M 2447 01:20:42,871 --> 01:20:45,574 BRINGING FORWARD THIS REQUEST 2448 01:20:45,574 --> 01:20:46,908 AGAIN TO CONTINUE THAT REPORTING 2449 01:20:46,908 --> 01:20:47,576 THROUGH NEXT YEAR. AND I ASK FOR 2450 01:20:47,576 --> 01:20:49,411 YOUR SUPPORT. O. AND HUGE THANK 2451 01:20:49,411 --> 01:20:51,780 YOU TO OUR CO-SPONSORS ON THIS 2452 01:20:51,780 --> 01:20:52,914 COUNCILMEMBER SAKA AND 2453 01:20:52,914 --> 01:20:53,548 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. THANK YOU 2454 01:20:53,548 --> 01:20:57,519 FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS SLIDE. 2455 01:20:57,519 --> 01:20:59,354 -- THANK YOU. AND COUNCILMEMBER 2456 01:20:59,354 --> 01:20:59,988 HOLLINGSWORTH COUNCIL PRESIDENT 2457 01:20:59,988 --> 01:21:00,755 HOLLINGSWORTH IS CHAIR OF THE 2458 01:21:00,755 --> 01:21:01,289 COMMITTEE OVERSEEING THE 2459 01:21:01,289 --> 01:21:01,590 DEPARTMENT. 2460 01:21:01,590 --> 01:21:02,791 -- YOU RECOGNIZE NOT JUST A 2461 01:21:02,791 --> 01:21:04,426 GRATEFUL COUNCILMEMBER RINCK FOR 2462 01:21:04,426 --> 01:21:05,894 BRINGING THIS. I WILL BE 2463 01:21:05,894 --> 01:21:06,494 SUPPORTING CO-SPONSORSHIP OF 2464 01:21:06,494 --> 01:21:07,162 THIS. SO THANK YOU. 2465 01:21:07,162 --> 01:21:08,697 -- THANK YOU. FURTHER 2466 01:21:08,697 --> 01:21:10,999 DISCUSSION? COUNCILMEMBER 2467 01:21:10,999 --> 01:21:11,233 KETTLE. 2468 01:21:11,233 --> 01:21:13,501 -- YES, CHAIR, THANK YOU AND 2469 01:21:13,501 --> 01:21:15,737 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER RINCK 2470 01:21:15,737 --> 01:21:17,806 FOR THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 2471 01:21:17,806 --> 01:21:21,376 PART OF THE PREVIOUS ONE, BUT 2472 01:21:21,376 --> 01:21:21,943 I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH 2473 01:21:21,943 --> 01:21:23,712 SEATTLE I T ACTUAL WHETHER THE 2474 01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:26,681 OLD DIRECTOR OR THE CURRENT. AND 2475 01:21:26,681 --> 01:21:27,949 BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, 2476 01:21:27,949 --> 01:21:28,750 PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF 2477 01:21:28,750 --> 01:21:30,118 PUBLIC SAFETY, IT'S ALMOST. 2478 01:21:30,118 --> 01:21:31,286 PUBLIC SAFETY SHOULD HAVE A 2479 01:21:31,286 --> 01:21:33,455 SPECIFIC CALL OUT BECAUSE OF THE 2480 01:21:33,455 --> 01:21:35,724 UNIQUE AND THE THE CRUCIAL 2481 01:21:35,724 --> 01:21:37,058 ASPECTS OF THAT. SO IT'S 2482 01:21:37,058 --> 01:21:38,226 IMPORTANT AND IT'LL DEFINITELY 2483 01:21:38,226 --> 01:21:39,628 BE AN AREA OF FOLLOW UP. WHETHER 2484 01:21:39,628 --> 01:21:42,063 THIS WAS PASSED OR NOT, BETWEEN 2485 01:21:42,063 --> 01:21:43,632 THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE AND 2486 01:21:43,632 --> 01:21:46,234 THE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE PUBLIC 2487 01:21:46,234 --> 01:21:47,002 SAFETY WORLD AND, YOU KNOW, 2488 01:21:47,002 --> 01:21:48,036 THEIR USE OF AI, BECAUSE IT'S 2489 01:21:48,036 --> 01:21:51,039 REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A HOST OF 2490 01:21:51,039 --> 01:21:51,573 VERY IMPORTANT REASONS TO 2491 01:21:51,573 --> 01:21:53,308 INCLUDE SURVEILLANCE. ALL RIGHT. 2492 01:21:53,308 --> 01:21:53,975 THANK YOU, CHAIR. 2493 01:21:53,975 --> 01:21:56,978 -- THANK YOU. FURTHER 2494 01:21:56,978 --> 01:21:59,447 DISCUSSION? FURTHER DISCUSSION. 2495 01:21:59,447 --> 01:22:00,081 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF 2496 01:22:00,081 --> 01:22:03,018 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR ID 2497 01:22:03,018 --> 01:22:06,421 T1S81, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AT 2498 01:22:06,421 --> 01:22:16,865 THIS TIME. WE. JOY SORRY, 2499 01:22:17,666 --> 01:22:19,234 COUNCIL PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU 2500 01:22:19,234 --> 01:22:20,702 WANT TO ADD YOUR NAME? YOU SAID 2501 01:22:20,702 --> 01:22:21,569 THAT YOU WANTED TO, BUT. 2502 01:22:21,569 --> 01:22:22,737 -- THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 2503 01:22:22,737 --> 01:22:23,004 STRAUSS. 2504 01:22:23,004 --> 01:22:24,072 -- THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER 2505 01:22:24,072 --> 01:22:26,608 FOSTER FOR THE CONNECT RIGHT 2506 01:22:26,608 --> 01:22:28,910 THERE. READING THE CO-SPONSORS 2507 01:22:28,910 --> 01:22:30,045 ON ITD 1SA1 WE HAVE. 2508 01:22:30,045 --> 01:22:31,346 COUNCILMEMBERS. KETTLE, LIN. 2509 01:22:31,346 --> 01:22:33,682 FOSTER AND HOLLINGSWORTH. 2510 01:22:33,682 --> 01:22:34,749 -- COUNCILMEMBERS KETTLE LIN. 2511 01:22:34,749 --> 01:22:36,418 FOSTER AND HOLLINGSWORTH. 2512 01:22:36,418 --> 01:22:38,386 -- YEP. MOVING ON TO THE LAST 2513 01:22:38,386 --> 01:22:39,688 ITEM OF THE DAY. AND DON'T JUMP 2514 01:22:39,688 --> 01:22:40,822 OUT OF YOUR SEATS BECAUSE WE'VE 2515 01:22:40,822 --> 01:22:42,324 GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF 2516 01:22:42,324 --> 01:22:46,127 HOUSEKEEPING JUST TO CLEAN OUT 2517 01:22:46,127 --> 01:22:50,198 FROM TODAY. FAS1SA1. 2518 01:22:50,198 --> 01:22:50,765 -- GOOD AFTERNOON AND CITY 2519 01:22:50,765 --> 01:22:51,399 COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF. I HAVE 2520 01:22:51,399 --> 01:22:52,267 THE HONOR OF DESCRIBING THE LAST 2521 01:22:52,267 --> 01:22:57,072 ITEM, WHICH IS FAS1SA, AND THIS 2522 01:22:57,072 --> 01:23:00,141 IS A STATEMENT LEGISLATIVE 2523 01:23:00,141 --> 01:23:01,710 INTENT THAT WOULD REQUEST THAT 2524 01:23:01,710 --> 01:23:03,144 THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND 2525 01:23:03,144 --> 01:23:04,979 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMPLETE 2526 01:23:04,979 --> 01:23:05,547 A NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE 2527 01:23:05,547 --> 01:23:08,016 SEATTLE ANIMAL SHELTER TO 2528 01:23:08,016 --> 01:23:10,385 SUPPORT FUTURE PLANNING FOR A 2529 01:23:10,385 --> 01:23:10,985 POTENTIAL CAPITAL REPLACEMENT 2530 01:23:10,985 --> 01:23:12,253 PROJECT AND ASSOCIATED DEBT 2531 01:23:12,253 --> 01:23:13,054 SERVICE. 2532 01:23:13,054 --> 01:23:14,356 -- THANK YOU. AS SPONSOR OF THE 2533 01:23:14,356 --> 01:23:15,357 AMENDMENT AND CHAIR OF THE 2534 01:23:15,357 --> 01:23:16,758 COMMITTEE, I'LL SPEAK TO THIS. 2535 01:23:16,758 --> 01:23:18,893 I WANT TO I'M GRATEFUL AND THANK 2536 01:23:18,893 --> 01:23:21,429 YOU TO DIRECTOR PANUCCI AND THE 2537 01:23:21,429 --> 01:23:23,932 PROPOSED BUDGET DOES INCLUDE 2538 01:23:23,932 --> 01:23:27,802 SOME INITIAL PLANNING MONEY FOR 2539 01:23:27,802 --> 01:23:29,904 A NEW ANIMAL SHELTER. AT MY 2540 01:23:29,904 --> 01:23:31,806 REQUEST THIS YEAR. THIS. AS THE 2541 01:23:31,806 --> 01:23:33,141 NEW ADMINISTRATION ENTERED 2542 01:23:33,141 --> 01:23:34,209 OFFICE, I MADE THEM. MADE IT 2543 01:23:34,209 --> 01:23:38,279 CLEAR THAT THIS IS MY. ONE OF MY 2544 01:23:38,279 --> 01:23:40,482 TOP PRIORITIES BECAUSE IF ANYONE 2545 01:23:40,482 --> 01:23:42,484 HAS BEEN TO THE ANIMAL SHELTER 2546 01:23:42,484 --> 01:23:45,387 RECENTLY, YOU CAN KNOW THAT WE 2547 01:23:45,387 --> 01:23:47,555 HAVE TOO MANY THINGS IN ONE 2548 01:23:47,555 --> 01:23:51,826 SMALL BUILDING. WE HAVE ANIMAL 2549 01:23:51,826 --> 01:23:53,995 CONTROL. WE HAVE THE SPRAY 2550 01:23:53,995 --> 01:23:56,064 NEUTER CLINIC. WE HAVE DOG 2551 01:23:56,064 --> 01:23:58,700 KENNELS, CAT KENNELS. WE HAVE 2552 01:23:58,700 --> 01:24:01,236 EVEN MICE THERE. WE HAVE 2553 01:24:01,236 --> 01:24:03,805 ADOPTION SERVICES. WE HAVE 2554 01:24:03,805 --> 01:24:06,408 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES. WE 2555 01:24:06,408 --> 01:24:07,876 HAVE EVEN IF AND MAYBE MANY 2556 01:24:07,876 --> 01:24:11,513 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS, YOU CAN 2557 01:24:11,513 --> 01:24:14,182 DROP OFF PET ITEMS FOR DONATION 2558 01:24:14,182 --> 01:24:15,917 OR FREE PICKUP. THE FREE BENCH. 2559 01:24:15,917 --> 01:24:18,186 THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IN THIS 2560 01:24:18,186 --> 01:24:21,990 SMALL LOCATION AND IN ADDITION, 2561 01:24:21,990 --> 01:24:24,692 WHEN THE PROPERTY DOWN THE 2562 01:24:24,692 --> 01:24:28,963 STREET WAS BUILT WAS DEVELOPED, 2563 01:24:28,963 --> 01:24:30,932 THIS STREET HAD TO BE RECTIFIED 2564 01:24:30,932 --> 01:24:32,067 BECAUSE THE STREET WAS BUILT 2565 01:24:32,067 --> 01:24:33,501 OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND 2566 01:24:33,501 --> 01:24:34,803 THIS WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. 2567 01:24:34,803 --> 01:24:35,970 AND SO THE ANIMAL SHELTER 2568 01:24:35,970 --> 01:24:37,705 ACTUALLY LOST HALF OF THEIR 2569 01:24:37,705 --> 01:24:40,241 PARKING LOT, WHICH IS NOT 2570 01:24:40,241 --> 01:24:41,309 NECESSARILY USED FOR PARKING, 2571 01:24:41,309 --> 01:24:42,744 BECAUSE YES, THEY HAVE 2572 01:24:42,744 --> 01:24:46,581 PORTABLES. ALL OF THIS TO SAY, 2573 01:24:46,581 --> 01:24:49,150 WE NEED TO BE DOING BETTER. AND 2574 01:24:49,150 --> 01:24:52,153 THAT MEANS A NEW BUILDING. IT 2575 01:24:52,153 --> 01:24:55,323 DOES NOT MEAN EXPANDING 2576 01:24:55,323 --> 01:24:57,725 CAPACITY. IT MEANS MAKING SURE 2577 01:24:57,725 --> 01:25:00,462 THAT THE CAPACITY WE HAVE FOR 2578 01:25:00,462 --> 01:25:01,729 THE ANIMALS IS WELL TAKEN CARE 2579 01:25:01,729 --> 01:25:05,300 OF. SO IF YOU HEARD ALL OF THOSE 2580 01:25:05,300 --> 01:25:07,802 DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, IT IS ALL 2581 01:25:07,802 --> 01:25:09,771 TAKING PLACE IN A BUILDING ABOUT 2582 01:25:09,771 --> 01:25:12,807 THE SIZE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND 2583 01:25:12,807 --> 01:25:14,509 THE BERTHA KNIGHT LANDES ROOM 2584 01:25:14,509 --> 01:25:17,011 AND CITY HALL TAKES UP THE 2585 01:25:17,011 --> 01:25:20,215 ENTIRE BERTHA KNIGHT LANDES ROOM 2586 01:25:20,215 --> 01:25:23,518 SO THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. 2587 01:25:23,518 --> 01:25:28,823 COLLEAGUES, ANY DISCUSSION? 2588 01:25:28,823 --> 01:25:29,858 SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF 2589 01:25:29,858 --> 01:25:31,860 YOU WOULD LIKE TO CO-SPONSOR 2590 01:25:31,860 --> 01:25:34,996 FAS1S1, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND 2591 01:25:34,996 --> 01:25:41,769 AT THIS TIME. ARE WE SET? I'VE 2592 01:25:41,769 --> 01:25:44,572 GOT FOR FAS1SA1 COUNCILMEMBER 2593 01:25:44,572 --> 01:25:45,607 FOSTER KETTLE AND LIN. 2594 01:25:45,607 --> 01:25:46,708 -- COUNCILMEMBERS FOSTER KETTLE 2595 01:25:46,708 --> 01:25:48,743 AND LIN. 2596 01:25:48,743 --> 01:25:49,777 -- THANK YOU. GOSH DARN IT, WE 2597 01:25:49,777 --> 01:25:51,980 MADE GOOD TIME. EVERYONE 2598 01:25:51,980 --> 01:25:54,249 EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS AND 2599 01:25:54,249 --> 01:25:55,216 I'M ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOU. 2600 01:25:55,216 --> 01:25:56,851 LET'S HOPE WE KEEP IT UP 2601 01:25:56,851 --> 01:25:57,852 TOMORROW. I WANT TO DO A LITTLE 2602 01:25:57,852 --> 01:25:59,654 BIT OF CHECK IN FROM THIS 2603 01:25:59,654 --> 01:26:02,056 MORNING'S CONVERSATION WITH 2604 01:26:02,056 --> 01:26:04,092 DIRECTOR WHITSON AND DEPUTY 2605 01:26:04,092 --> 01:26:07,061 DIRECTOR CHOW. I HEARD THE 2606 01:26:07,061 --> 01:26:08,563 NUMBER 660 PROPOSALS THAT WE ARE 2607 01:26:08,563 --> 01:26:11,566 TAKING UP TOMORROW, FOLLOWED BY 2608 01:26:11,566 --> 01:26:12,200 ANOTHER 45 THE FOLLOWING DAY. 2609 01:26:12,200 --> 01:26:13,501 I'M DOING THIS OFF THE TOP OF 2610 01:26:13,501 --> 01:26:14,536 MY HEAD, SO PLEASE CORRECT ME IF 2611 01:26:14,536 --> 01:26:18,573 THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCORRECT. 2612 01:26:18,573 --> 01:26:20,942 -- 59 TOMORROW, 68 ON THURSDAY. 2613 01:26:20,942 --> 01:26:23,511 -- HOLY SMOKES COLLEAGUES, WE 2614 01:26:23,511 --> 01:26:24,946 DID 3536 TODAY. SO THAT MEANS WE 2615 01:26:24,946 --> 01:26:27,649 HAVE TO DO DOUBLE IN BOTH THE 2616 01:26:27,649 --> 01:26:30,451 NEXT DAYS. AND THE TOPICS ARE 2617 01:26:30,451 --> 01:26:33,688 NOT AS FUN AS THIS ONE AS TODAY. 2618 01:26:33,688 --> 01:26:34,455 WE TOOK THE EASY STUFF FIRST SO 2619 01:26:34,455 --> 01:26:36,124 THAT WE COULD GET OUR SEA LEGS, 2620 01:26:36,124 --> 01:26:38,026 SO THAT WE COULD GET INTO THE 2621 01:26:38,026 --> 01:26:40,161 ROUTINE AND THE HABIT OF HOW WE 2622 01:26:40,161 --> 01:26:45,366 ADMINISTER COUNCIL. AND SO I AM 2623 01:26:45,366 --> 01:26:46,000 ETERNALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE DID 2624 01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:47,535 DOUBLE TIME TODAY. WE DID SPEND 2625 01:26:47,535 --> 01:26:49,637 AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT FIVE MINUTES 2626 01:26:49,637 --> 01:26:52,207 PER ITEM. IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS, 2627 01:26:52,207 --> 01:26:56,311 IT IS GOING TO BE EVEN MORE 2628 01:26:56,311 --> 01:26:59,347 CRITICAL BECAUSE WE CANNOT, IF I 2629 01:26:59,347 --> 01:27:00,982 HAD ALL OF THE PERMISSIONS IN 2630 01:27:00,982 --> 01:27:02,684 THE WORLD, I WOULD HAVE MOVED 2631 01:27:02,684 --> 01:27:05,820 TOMORROW MORNING'S ITEMS TO 2632 01:27:05,820 --> 01:27:06,487 THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE WE'RE 2633 01:27:06,487 --> 01:27:07,689 RUNNING EARLY. BUT THAT'S NOT 2634 01:27:07,689 --> 01:27:09,958 THE WAY THAT PUBLISHING AGENDAS 2635 01:27:09,958 --> 01:27:13,328 WORK. SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP 2636 01:27:13,328 --> 01:27:15,196 59 PROPOSALS TOMORROW. AND THEN 2637 01:27:15,196 --> 01:27:17,932 YOU SAID 68 THE FOLLOWING DAY 2638 01:27:17,932 --> 01:27:19,300 HOLY SMOKES. SO WE'VE GOT A LOT 2639 01:27:19,300 --> 01:27:20,768 OF WORK CUT OUT FOR US OVER 2640 01:27:20,768 --> 01:27:23,404 THESE NEXT TWO DAYS. I'M REALLY 2641 01:27:23,404 --> 01:27:25,907 GRATEFUL FOR EVERYONE STAYING 2642 01:27:25,907 --> 01:27:27,108 FOCUSED TODAY, AND I LOOK 2643 01:27:27,108 --> 01:27:28,109 FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN 2644 01:27:28,109 --> 01:27:29,243 TOMORROW. I DO WANT TO JUST TAKE 2645 01:27:29,243 --> 01:27:30,778 A MOMENT TO TAKE QUESTIONS. IF 2646 01:27:30,778 --> 01:27:33,114 FOLKS DO HAVE QUESTIONS, BECAUSE 2647 01:27:33,114 --> 01:27:33,982 WE JUMPED RIGHT INTO IT AND WE 2648 01:27:33,982 --> 01:27:36,584 TOOK OFF WITH STEAM. 2649 01:27:36,584 --> 01:27:37,151 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE, I SEE 2650 01:27:37,151 --> 01:27:40,822 YOU'VE GOT A HAND. OLD HAND, 2651 01:27:40,822 --> 01:27:42,590 GREAT COLLEAGUES. ANY FURTHER 2652 01:27:42,590 --> 01:27:44,525 DISCUSSION TODAY? TOMORROW WE 2653 01:27:44,525 --> 01:27:46,327 ARE TAKING UP OFFICE OF ECONOMIC 2654 01:27:46,327 --> 01:27:48,196 DEVELOPMENT, SEATTLE DEPARTMENT 2655 01:27:48,196 --> 01:27:50,465 OF TRANSPORTATION, SEATTLE FIRE 2656 01:27:50,465 --> 01:27:51,966 DEPARTMENT, THE ARTS AND CULTURE 2657 01:27:51,966 --> 01:27:53,501 DEPARTMENT, AND SEATTLE PARKS 2658 01:27:53,501 --> 01:27:54,636 AND RECREATION. I HEARD THAT 2659 01:27:54,636 --> 01:27:55,637 SEATTLE CENTER HAS BEEN BUMPED. 2660 01:27:55,637 --> 01:27:57,705 IS THAT CORRECT? GREAT. 2661 01:27:57,705 --> 01:28:01,209 COLLEAGUES, ANY FINAL WORDS? 2662 01:28:01,209 --> 01:28:03,578 THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE OCTOBER 2663 01:28:03,578 --> 01:28:05,513 27th, 2026 SELECT BUDGET 2664 01:28:05,513 --> 01:28:07,215 COMMITTEE WILL START AGAIN 2665 01:28:07,215 --> 01:28:08,549 TOMORROW PROMPTLY AT 9:30 A.M. 2666 01:28:08,549 --> 01:28:09,684 WITH THOSE DEPARTMENTS I JUST 2667 01:28:09,684 --> 01:28:11,052 LISTED. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. 2668 01:28:11,052 --> 01:28:12,353 IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, 2669 01:28:12,353 --> 01:28:13,988 WE WILL BE ADJOURNED. HEARING NO 2670 01:28:13,988 --> 01:28:16,257 FURTHER BUSINESS. WE ARE 2671 01:28:16,257 --> 01:28:17,292