1 00:00:14,848 --> 00:00:16,082 GOOD AFTERNOON. THE SEPTEMBER 2 00:00:16,082 --> 00:00:18,018 17th MEETING OF GOVERNANCE AND 3 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:18,985 UTILITIES COMMITTEE WILL COME TO 4 00:00:18,985 --> 00:00:22,922 ORDER. IT IS 2:09 P.M.. I'M JOY 5 00:00:22,922 --> 00:00:23,423 HOLLINGSWORTH, COUNCIL 6 00:00:23,423 --> 00:00:24,124 PRESIDENT. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE 7 00:00:24,124 --> 00:00:28,495 CALL THE ROLL COUNCILMEMBER 8 00:00:28,495 --> 00:00:30,630 KETTLE. COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA 9 00:00:30,630 --> 00:00:32,599 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS VICE CHAIR 10 00:00:32,599 --> 00:00:34,567 JUAREZ HERE. CHAIR 11 00:00:34,567 --> 00:00:35,301 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. HERE, CHAIR. 12 00:00:35,301 --> 00:00:37,437 THERE ARE THREE PRESENT. 13 00:00:37,437 --> 00:00:38,037 AWESOME. COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE 14 00:00:38,037 --> 00:00:39,339 AND COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA ARE 15 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:41,574 EXCUSED. WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. 16 00:00:41,574 --> 00:00:43,343 OUR FIRST GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE. 17 00:00:43,343 --> 00:00:45,078 AFTER RECESS. WE HAVE A PACKED 18 00:00:45,078 --> 00:00:47,514 AGENDA TODAY AND LOOK FORWARD TO 19 00:00:47,514 --> 00:00:49,349 DISCUSSING A LOT OF THE ISSUES 20 00:00:49,349 --> 00:00:50,950 THAT WE HAVE COMING TO COUNCIL. 21 00:00:50,950 --> 00:00:51,918 I THAT THEIR ISSUES, THEIR 22 00:00:51,918 --> 00:00:55,088 ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS. UM, WE'LL 23 00:00:55,088 --> 00:00:56,756 NOW CONSIDER THE AGENDA. IF 24 00:00:56,756 --> 00:00:58,925 THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THE AGENDA 25 00:00:58,925 --> 00:00:59,559 WILL BE ADOPTED. AWESOME. SEEING 26 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:03,296 NONE. THE AGENDA IS ADOPTED. 27 00:01:03,296 --> 00:01:05,031 WE'LL NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC 28 00:01:05,031 --> 00:01:06,933 COMMENT PERIOD. PUBLIC COMMENT 29 00:01:06,933 --> 00:01:07,934 PERIOD. COM PUBLIC COMMENTS 30 00:01:07,934 --> 00:01:09,669 SHOULD BE RELATED TO ITEMS ON 31 00:01:09,669 --> 00:01:11,604 TODAY'S AGENDA, OR BE WITHIN 32 00:01:11,604 --> 00:01:12,205 THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE 33 00:01:12,205 --> 00:01:12,872 CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE 34 00:01:12,872 --> 00:01:15,642 HAVE SIGNED UP? CHAIR WE HAVE 35 00:01:15,642 --> 00:01:16,509 ONE REMOTE SPEAKER. OKAY, 36 00:01:16,509 --> 00:01:17,343 AWESOME. WILL YOU READ THE 37 00:01:17,343 --> 00:01:18,912 RULES? AND THEN WE WILL JUMP 38 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:20,079 RIGHT IN FOR THE REMOTE. 39 00:01:20,079 --> 00:01:22,315 SPEAKER. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC 40 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:23,817 COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MODERATED 41 00:01:23,817 --> 00:01:24,751 IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER. 42 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:25,385 SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED IN THE 43 00:01:25,385 --> 00:01:26,453 ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 44 00:01:26,453 --> 00:01:27,854 REGISTERED ON THE COUNCIL'S 45 00:01:27,854 --> 00:01:29,389 WEBSITE, AND THE SIGN UP SHEET 46 00:01:29,389 --> 00:01:30,323 AVAILABLE HERE IN COUNCIL 47 00:01:30,323 --> 00:01:31,524 CHAMBERS, STARTING WITH IN 48 00:01:31,524 --> 00:01:32,492 PERSON SPEAKERS. FIRST, IF YOU 49 00:01:32,492 --> 00:01:34,160 HAVE NOT REGISTERED TO SPEAK AND 50 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:35,628 WOULD LIKE TO, YOU CAN SIGN UP 51 00:01:35,628 --> 00:01:37,697 BEFORE THE END OF THE PUBLIC 52 00:01:37,697 --> 00:01:38,898 COMMENT PERIOD OR ON THE COUNCIL 53 00:01:38,898 --> 00:01:39,999 WEBSITE. THE LINK LISTED ON 54 00:01:39,999 --> 00:01:42,635 TODAY'S AGENDA OR BY SIGNING UP 55 00:01:42,635 --> 00:01:43,203 ON THE SIGN UP SHEET. WHEN 56 00:01:43,203 --> 00:01:43,736 SPEAKING, PLEASE BEGIN BY 57 00:01:43,736 --> 00:01:44,471 STATING YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM 58 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:46,739 THAT YOU'RE HERE TO ADDRESS. 59 00:01:46,739 --> 00:01:47,474 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A CHIME WHEN 60 00:01:47,474 --> 00:01:49,108 10 SECONDS ARE LEFT OF THEIR 61 00:01:49,108 --> 00:01:50,143 ALLOTTED TIME. SPEAKERS DO NOT 62 00:01:50,143 --> 00:01:51,144 END THEIR COMMENTS AT THE END OF 63 00:01:51,144 --> 00:01:53,413 THE ALLOTTED TIME, PROVIDED THE 64 00:01:53,413 --> 00:01:54,047 SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE WILL BE 65 00:01:54,047 --> 00:01:56,316 MUTED TO ALLOW US TO CALL ON TO 66 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:56,950 THE NEXT PERSON. AWESOME. THANK 67 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,351 YOU. FIRST PERSON UP AND ONLY 68 00:01:58,351 --> 00:02:00,220 PERSON UP. MR. DAVID HAYNES, 69 00:02:00,220 --> 00:02:01,888 STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND 70 00:02:01,888 --> 00:02:06,493 YOU GET TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK. 71 00:02:06,493 --> 00:02:07,694 THANK YOU. WELCOME. HI. THANK 72 00:02:07,694 --> 00:02:08,928 YOU, DAVID HAYNES. YOU KNOW, I 73 00:02:08,928 --> 00:02:10,396 JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT I 74 00:02:10,396 --> 00:02:12,732 THINK COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS 75 00:02:12,732 --> 00:02:16,135 CANCELED, WHAT, SEVEN EITHER 76 00:02:16,135 --> 00:02:16,769 COUNCIL BRIEFINGS OR GOVERNANCE 77 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:18,037 MEETINGS, AND YOU ONLY MAKE ONE 78 00:02:18,037 --> 00:02:20,340 MEETING PER MONTH AND THERE'S 79 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:22,709 NOTHING ON THE SCHEDULE OR THE 80 00:02:22,709 --> 00:02:24,410 WORK PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THE 81 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:26,346 PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE 82 00:02:26,346 --> 00:02:27,780 HOMELESS CRISIS CONCERNS. THERE 83 00:02:27,780 --> 00:02:30,183 SEEMS TO BE LIKE A STATUS QUO 84 00:02:30,183 --> 00:02:31,751 SIGNING OFF ON THE SAME BAD 85 00:02:31,751 --> 00:02:33,486 POLICIES, DOUBLING DOWN ON THE 86 00:02:33,486 --> 00:02:35,655 SAME BAD SPENDING PRIORITIES 87 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:38,191 WHILE YOU ALL THINK THAT 88 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:39,592 BALTIMORE IS A SMORGASBORD OF 89 00:02:39,592 --> 00:02:41,494 CHOICES FOR THE FUTURE OF 90 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,263 SEATTLE. I MEAN, TO A LIKE 91 00:02:43,263 --> 00:02:46,132 DEGREE OF RIDICULOUSNESS. BUT 92 00:02:46,132 --> 00:02:47,400 ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO CALL IN 93 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:48,568 AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FACT THAT 94 00:02:48,568 --> 00:02:50,436 WE HAVE REALLY BAD LEADERSHIP IN 95 00:02:50,436 --> 00:02:54,807 SEATTLE, AND YOU ALL ARE PULLING 96 00:02:54,807 --> 00:02:56,910 PUNCHES ON THE POLICE CHIEF, AND 97 00:02:56,910 --> 00:02:58,811 YOU ALL HAVE GRACIOUSLY TAINTED 98 00:02:58,811 --> 00:02:59,479 THE INTEGRITY OF GOVERNMENT. AND 99 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:02,549 YOU ALL HAVE BECOME 100 00:03:02,549 --> 00:03:05,385 UNTRUSTWORTHY AND TWO FACED, 101 00:03:05,385 --> 00:03:08,454 DISHONEST AND A WEAPONIZED 102 00:03:08,454 --> 00:03:10,356 PRIVILEGE THAT'S REVOLTING, 103 00:03:10,356 --> 00:03:12,025 THAT JUSTIFIES BOYCOTTING 104 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:13,526 SEATTLE AND MOVING THE HELL OUT 105 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:17,897 BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE CONTINUOUSLY 106 00:03:17,897 --> 00:03:18,498 RUNNING INTERFERENCE FOR DRUG 107 00:03:18,498 --> 00:03:22,168 PUSHERS AND YOU WANT TO, LIKE, 108 00:03:22,168 --> 00:03:24,237 TRY TO WEAPONIZE PEOPLE THAT 109 00:03:24,237 --> 00:03:25,171 SUPPORT YOU AGAINST ME WHEN YOU 110 00:03:25,171 --> 00:03:27,173 HAVE THESE SNIDE COMMENTS. AFTER 111 00:03:27,173 --> 00:03:28,975 I FINISHED MY PUBLIC COMMENT, 112 00:03:28,975 --> 00:03:32,011 IT'S NOTED. BUT YOU KNOW, 113 00:03:32,011 --> 00:03:33,379 LET'S SEE HOW MANY SUMMER WEEKS 114 00:03:33,379 --> 00:03:34,814 THAT YOU ALL EXTEND YOUR 115 00:03:34,814 --> 00:03:35,415 VACATIONS NEXT SUMMER, RIGHT? 116 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:36,983 YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE IN 117 00:03:36,983 --> 00:03:40,954 OFFICE MESSING IT UP. HAVE A 118 00:03:40,954 --> 00:03:44,023 NICE DAY. THANK YOU, MR. HAYNES. 119 00:03:44,023 --> 00:03:45,358 UM, AND DO WE HAVE ANY MORE 120 00:03:45,358 --> 00:03:47,026 PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD? UH, 121 00:03:47,026 --> 00:03:49,429 PEOPLE? SURE. THERE ARE NO MORE 122 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:50,964 COMMENTERS. OKAY, AWESOME. THANK 123 00:03:50,964 --> 00:03:53,833 YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 124 00:03:53,833 --> 00:03:54,300 NOW CLOSED AND A NICE 125 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:55,034 TRANSITION. MY TWO YEAR OLD 126 00:03:55,034 --> 00:03:56,369 NEPHEW IS WATCHING. HI, IV, 127 00:03:56,369 --> 00:03:58,972 SUPER IV. LOVE YOU. SO THERE WE 128 00:03:58,972 --> 00:03:59,806 GO FROM THAT PUBLIC COMMENT, 129 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:01,140 WE'RE GOING TO JUMP RIGHT NOW 130 00:04:01,140 --> 00:04:03,910 INTO THE AGENDA ITEMS, AGENDA 131 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:04,911 ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND TWO. WILL 132 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:06,980 THE CLERK PLEASE READ. I'LL READ 133 00:04:06,980 --> 00:04:07,947 THOSE INTO THE RECORD. SO WE'RE 134 00:04:07,947 --> 00:04:09,649 GOING TO HAVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 135 00:04:09,649 --> 00:04:13,586 ONE WHICH IS CB 121292. AN 136 00:04:13,586 --> 00:04:14,187 ORDINANCE RELATING TO SEATTLE 137 00:04:14,187 --> 00:04:16,856 PUBLIC UTILITIES AUTHORIZING THE 138 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:18,224 ACQUISITION OF THREE PARCELS OF 139 00:04:18,224 --> 00:04:20,360 LAND FOR UTILITY PURPOSES ON 140 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:21,594 AURORA AVENUE. THIS IS GOING TO 141 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:24,497 BE FOR BRIEFING, DISCUSSION AND 142 00:04:24,497 --> 00:04:27,000 POSSIBLE VOTE. AND THEN AGENDA 143 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,835 ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CB 121293. 144 00:04:28,835 --> 00:04:31,237 IT'S AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO 145 00:04:31,237 --> 00:04:32,772 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES 146 00:04:32,772 --> 00:04:36,643 AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF AN 147 00:04:36,643 --> 00:04:39,479 EASEMENT LOCATED ON STREET 13709 148 00:04:39,479 --> 00:04:42,515 41st AVENUE NORTHEAST, AND THAT 149 00:04:42,515 --> 00:04:43,149 IS FOR BRIEFING AND DISCUSSION. 150 00:04:43,149 --> 00:04:44,450 COLLEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO TALK 151 00:04:44,450 --> 00:04:47,654 ABOUT THESE BILLS, ABOUT THE 152 00:04:47,654 --> 00:04:49,722 ACQUISITION. PARDON ME, AND A 153 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:51,090 POSSIBLE VOTE. THANK YOU. THANK 154 00:04:51,090 --> 00:04:53,226 YOU. CLERK. THANK YOU. KIM. UM, 155 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:56,095 WE'LL TALK ABOUT THESE. UM, IF 156 00:04:56,095 --> 00:04:56,663 WE FEEL COMFORTABLE MOVING 157 00:04:56,663 --> 00:04:58,031 FORWARD, WE'LL VOTE ON THEM ONE 158 00:04:58,031 --> 00:04:59,399 BY ONE. BUT WE'LL DO 159 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:00,533 PRESENTATIONS OF READ THEM BOTH 160 00:05:00,533 --> 00:05:01,300 INTO THE RECORD SO WE CAN JUST 161 00:05:01,300 --> 00:05:03,603 TALK ABOUT THEM BOTH FREELY. SO 162 00:05:03,603 --> 00:05:04,537 THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR 163 00:05:04,537 --> 00:05:06,105 BEING HERE. GO AHEAD AND GET 164 00:05:06,105 --> 00:05:08,741 STARTED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. 165 00:05:08,741 --> 00:05:09,876 GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ELLEN 166 00:05:09,876 --> 00:05:11,277 STEWART. I'M THE CHIEF 167 00:05:11,277 --> 00:05:11,811 OPERATING OFFICER FOR OUR 168 00:05:11,811 --> 00:05:12,745 DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER LINE OF 169 00:05:12,745 --> 00:05:15,915 BUSINESS HERE AT SPU. I'LL BE 170 00:05:15,915 --> 00:05:17,884 INTRODUCING THE FIRST TOPIC. 171 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:18,518 THIS LEGISLATION WOULD AUTHORIZE 172 00:05:18,518 --> 00:05:20,486 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO 173 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:22,922 ACQUIRE THREE PARCELS ALONG 174 00:05:22,922 --> 00:05:24,524 AURORA AVENUE NORTH AND THE 175 00:05:24,524 --> 00:05:26,726 HALLER LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 176 00:05:26,726 --> 00:05:28,027 SEATTLE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A 177 00:05:28,027 --> 00:05:30,763 NEW FACILITY TO SERVE OUR 178 00:05:30,763 --> 00:05:31,331 ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS IN THE 179 00:05:31,331 --> 00:05:33,466 NORTH END. THIS FACILITY HAS 180 00:05:33,466 --> 00:05:34,967 BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY 181 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:37,537 PROJECT IN OUR WORKFORCE 182 00:05:37,537 --> 00:05:40,039 FACILITY MASTER PLAN SINCE 2018, 183 00:05:40,039 --> 00:05:43,309 REPLACING INADEQUATE FACILITIES 184 00:05:43,309 --> 00:05:45,044 REAFFIRMS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR 185 00:05:45,044 --> 00:05:46,813 FRONTLINE ESSENTIAL WORKERS AND 186 00:05:46,813 --> 00:05:47,447 DELIVERING ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO 187 00:05:47,447 --> 00:05:50,216 OUR CITY. IT ALSO INCREASES 188 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:52,685 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND 189 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:56,289 STRENGTHENS OUR ABILITY TO 190 00:05:56,289 --> 00:05:56,823 PROVIDE OVERALL EMERGENCY 191 00:05:56,823 --> 00:05:57,423 RESPONSE CAPABILITIES. WITH 192 00:05:57,423 --> 00:05:58,658 THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO 193 00:05:58,658 --> 00:06:00,760 FRANCINE AND JACQUES. AND CAN WE 194 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:02,762 HAVE EVERYONE JUST INTRODUCE 195 00:06:02,762 --> 00:06:03,362 YOURSELF JUST FOR THE RECORD, 196 00:06:03,362 --> 00:06:04,864 AND THEN WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO 197 00:06:04,864 --> 00:06:05,465 THE PRESENTATION. JUST REAL 198 00:06:05,465 --> 00:06:07,166 QUICK. GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOOD 199 00:06:07,166 --> 00:06:08,601 AFTERNOON, COUNCILMEMBERS AND 200 00:06:08,601 --> 00:06:11,137 STAFF. THIS IS JACQUES RODRIGUEZ 201 00:06:11,137 --> 00:06:13,506 WITH SPU REAL PROPERTY SERVICES. 202 00:06:13,506 --> 00:06:15,441 GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M FRANCINE 203 00:06:15,441 --> 00:06:17,009 JOHNSON. I'M THE MANAGE OUR 204 00:06:17,009 --> 00:06:20,413 WORKFORCE FACILITIES AT SPU I'M 205 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:23,349 GERRY CARUSO. I'M REAL 206 00:06:23,349 --> 00:06:26,619 PROPERTIES. MANAGER FOR SEATTLE 207 00:06:26,619 --> 00:06:27,553 PUBLIC UTILITIES. GOOD 208 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:28,988 AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AARON 209 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:32,291 RYSEMUS AND I'M A REAL PROPERTY 210 00:06:32,291 --> 00:06:33,893 AGENT WITH SPU. BRIAN. GOOD 211 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:37,663 NIGHT. COUNCIL CENTRAL STAFF 212 00:06:37,663 --> 00:06:42,001 OKAY, SO TODAY HERE WE'RE HERE 213 00:06:42,001 --> 00:06:42,502 TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED 214 00:06:42,502 --> 00:06:44,370 ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTIES 215 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:47,373 FOR THE NORTH ONE WATER 216 00:06:47,373 --> 00:06:51,277 FACILITY. THE PURPOSE OF THIS 217 00:06:51,277 --> 00:06:52,712 LEGISLATION IS TO AUTHORIZE 218 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:55,214 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES TO 219 00:06:55,214 --> 00:06:58,017 PURCHASE THREE PARCELS ALONG 220 00:06:58,017 --> 00:06:59,952 AURORA AVENUE NORTH IN THE LAKE 221 00:06:59,952 --> 00:07:01,854 AREA OF NORTH SEATTLE. THE CITY 222 00:07:01,854 --> 00:07:03,423 HAS ALREADY ENTERED INTO A 223 00:07:03,423 --> 00:07:04,957 NEGOTIATED PURCHASE AND SALE 224 00:07:04,957 --> 00:07:05,525 AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY 225 00:07:05,525 --> 00:07:08,795 OWNER. THE PSA SPECIFICALLY 226 00:07:08,795 --> 00:07:10,596 MAKES THE ACQUISITION CONTINGENT 227 00:07:10,596 --> 00:07:13,065 UPON THE CITY OBTAINING THE 228 00:07:13,065 --> 00:07:14,300 NECESSARY AUTHORIZING ORDINANCE, 229 00:07:14,300 --> 00:07:14,834 SO COUNCIL APPROVAL IS A 230 00:07:14,834 --> 00:07:16,035 REQUIRED STEP BEFORE WE CAN 231 00:07:16,035 --> 00:07:19,972 CLOSE. I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT 232 00:07:19,972 --> 00:07:22,241 SPU IS STILL REVIEWING THE DUE 233 00:07:22,241 --> 00:07:24,010 DILIGENCE FINDINGS AND WILL BE 234 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:26,913 MAKING A FINAL ACQUISITION 235 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:32,952 DETERMINATION BY OCTOBER 20th. 236 00:07:32,952 --> 00:07:35,588 THE THREE PARCELS ARE LOCATED IN 237 00:07:35,588 --> 00:07:36,189 COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE BETWEEN 238 00:07:36,189 --> 00:07:37,723 AURORA AVENUE NORTH AND STONE 239 00:07:37,723 --> 00:07:40,259 AVENUE NORTH, JUST SOUTH OF 240 00:07:40,259 --> 00:07:42,128 NORTH 125th STREET. AS THE MAP 241 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:43,763 SHOWS, THE PROPERTIES ARE 242 00:07:43,763 --> 00:07:45,231 LOCATED WITHIN THE LAKE AREA. 243 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:47,166 THE LARGEST PARCEL IS CURRENTLY 244 00:07:47,166 --> 00:07:48,835 OPERATED AS A DRIVING RANGE AND 245 00:07:48,835 --> 00:07:52,471 PRO SHOP. THE TWO SMALLER 246 00:07:52,471 --> 00:07:55,041 PARCELS FRONT AURORA AVENUE. 247 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:55,675 TOGETHER, THE PROPERTIES PROVIDE 248 00:07:55,675 --> 00:07:57,577 SPU WITH A SIGNIFICANT SITE IN 249 00:07:57,577 --> 00:08:03,149 NORTH SEATTLE. AND I'M GOING TO 250 00:08:03,149 --> 00:08:04,784 PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON WHY 251 00:08:04,784 --> 00:08:07,320 SPU IS PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY. 252 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:09,822 SO, RIGHT. CURRENTLY WE HAVE 253 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:11,090 THREE FACILITIES LOCATED IN THE 254 00:08:11,090 --> 00:08:14,160 NORTH END FOR OUR WATER AND OUR 255 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:14,660 DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER 256 00:08:14,660 --> 00:08:17,296 OPERATIONS. UM, TWO OF THOSE 257 00:08:17,296 --> 00:08:17,897 PROPERTIES OR FACILITIES ARE 258 00:08:17,897 --> 00:08:19,031 LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE 259 00:08:19,031 --> 00:08:21,200 PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 260 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,403 ACQUIRING. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS 261 00:08:24,403 --> 00:08:24,971 THE NORTH OPERATIONS CENTER 262 00:08:24,971 --> 00:08:26,105 WHERE OUR WATER CREWS ARE 263 00:08:26,105 --> 00:08:28,007 LOCATED. AND ALSO OUR BACKUP 264 00:08:28,007 --> 00:08:30,343 EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND CONTROL 265 00:08:30,343 --> 00:08:32,144 CENTER IS BASED. AND THEN ACROSS 266 00:08:32,144 --> 00:08:33,179 THE STREET FROM THAT IS OUR 267 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:34,313 LAKE, THE HELLER LAKE FACILITY, 268 00:08:34,313 --> 00:08:36,549 WHERE WE HAVE OUR DRAINAGE AND 269 00:08:36,549 --> 00:08:38,251 WASTEWATER CREWS LOCATED. BOTH 270 00:08:38,251 --> 00:08:40,720 OF THESE FACILITIES ARE 271 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:41,320 CONSIDERED CRITICAL WORKFORCE 272 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,489 FACILITIES, AND THAT MEANS THAT 273 00:08:43,489 --> 00:08:45,258 DURING AN EMERGENCY EVENT, THEY 274 00:08:45,258 --> 00:08:47,927 MUST BE OPERATIONAL WITHIN 24 275 00:08:47,927 --> 00:08:49,862 HOURS SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN 276 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:54,033 ESSENTIAL SERVICES UM, THE OTHER 277 00:08:54,033 --> 00:08:55,501 FACILITY IS THE HOLIDAY DECAMP 278 00:08:55,501 --> 00:08:56,102 FACILITY USED BY OUR DRAINAGE 279 00:08:56,102 --> 00:08:58,771 AND WASTEWATER CREWS IN THE 280 00:08:58,771 --> 00:09:00,473 INNER BAY AREA THAT ALSO SERVES 281 00:09:00,473 --> 00:09:04,210 THE NORTH END. UM, ALL OF THESE 282 00:09:04,210 --> 00:09:06,379 FACILITIES ARE AGING. UM, 283 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:07,046 THEY'RE INADEQUATELY SIZED FOR 284 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:09,248 OUR OPERATIONS AND EMERGENCY 285 00:09:09,248 --> 00:09:10,549 RESPONSE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING 286 00:09:10,549 --> 00:09:12,218 AT BUILDING A LARGER FACILITY 287 00:09:12,218 --> 00:09:16,422 FOR THOSE OPERATIONS. UM, OVER 288 00:09:16,422 --> 00:09:17,723 THE PAST, AS ELLEN MENTIONED, 289 00:09:17,723 --> 00:09:18,724 OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, WE 290 00:09:18,724 --> 00:09:20,726 HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR A NEW 291 00:09:20,726 --> 00:09:22,828 NORTH ONE WATER FACILITY THAT 292 00:09:22,828 --> 00:09:24,764 WOULD BRING TOGETHER OUR WATER 293 00:09:24,764 --> 00:09:26,399 AND DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER 294 00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:28,534 OPERATIONS IN THE NORTH END, UM, 295 00:09:28,534 --> 00:09:30,036 MOST RECENTLY, IT WAS A TOP 296 00:09:30,036 --> 00:09:32,371 PRIORITY IN OUR 2024 WORKFORCE 297 00:09:32,371 --> 00:09:34,240 FACILITY MASTER PLAN. AND WE'VE 298 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,175 ALSO INCLUDED FUNDING FOR THIS 299 00:09:36,175 --> 00:09:37,877 PROJECT IN OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC 300 00:09:37,877 --> 00:09:38,911 BUSINESS PLAN, AS WELL AS OUR 301 00:09:38,911 --> 00:09:44,083 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. OVER 302 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:45,251 THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE 303 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:47,086 BEEN LOOKING IN THE NORTH END 304 00:09:47,086 --> 00:09:49,021 FOR A SITE FOR THIS NORTH ONE 305 00:09:49,021 --> 00:09:51,090 WATER FACILITY AND LAST YEAR, 306 00:09:51,090 --> 00:09:54,961 AROUND THIS TIME, THE THREE PETS 307 00:09:54,961 --> 00:09:55,595 PROPERTIES WERE LISTED TOGETHER 308 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:59,966 AS ONE UM PROPERTY TO BE 309 00:09:59,966 --> 00:10:01,534 PURCHASED. UM, WE WERE VERY 310 00:10:01,534 --> 00:10:03,035 INTERESTED IN IT BECAUSE IT 311 00:10:03,035 --> 00:10:04,704 ACTUALLY MEETS MANY OF THE SITE 312 00:10:04,704 --> 00:10:05,771 REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD SET FOR 313 00:10:05,771 --> 00:10:08,007 THIS NORTH ONE WATER FACILITY. 314 00:10:08,007 --> 00:10:09,575 THE FIRST BEING THAT IT'S 315 00:10:09,575 --> 00:10:10,910 SUFFICIENTLY SIZED, WE NEED A 316 00:10:10,910 --> 00:10:12,478 FAIRLY LARGE PROPERTY TO HOUSE 317 00:10:12,478 --> 00:10:14,847 BOTH OUR DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER 318 00:10:14,847 --> 00:10:16,682 AND WATER CREWS. UM, THE THREE 319 00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:20,119 PARCELS TOTAL AROUND NINE ACRES. 320 00:10:20,119 --> 00:10:22,254 THEN THE LARGE DRIVING RAIN 321 00:10:22,254 --> 00:10:23,756 PARCEL DRIVING RANGE PARCEL IS 322 00:10:23,756 --> 00:10:25,057 UM, A LITTLE OVER SEVEN AND A 323 00:10:25,057 --> 00:10:27,226 HALF ACRES. UM, IT'S ALSO 324 00:10:27,226 --> 00:10:29,829 APPROPRIATELY ZONED FOR THE USE 325 00:10:29,829 --> 00:10:30,696 THAT WE INTEND TO PUT ON THE 326 00:10:30,696 --> 00:10:33,499 SITE. AND THEN IT'S CLOSE TO 327 00:10:33,499 --> 00:10:35,001 HELLER LAKE, WHICH IS REALLY 328 00:10:35,001 --> 00:10:36,102 IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THAT IS 329 00:10:36,102 --> 00:10:37,770 WHERE WE FUEL OUR VEHICLES THAT 330 00:10:37,770 --> 00:10:39,605 THE FAA HAS FUELING FACILITIES. 331 00:10:39,605 --> 00:10:42,608 AND ALSO OUR REPAIR SHOP, UM, 332 00:10:42,608 --> 00:10:45,511 FAS FLEET REPAIR SHOP IS ON THAT 333 00:10:45,511 --> 00:10:47,913 SITE AS WELL AS A DEWATERING 334 00:10:47,913 --> 00:10:48,447 FACILITY FOR DRAINAGE AND 335 00:10:48,447 --> 00:10:50,850 WASTEWATER. MANY BENEFITS 336 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:52,585 ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. 337 00:10:52,585 --> 00:10:56,355 UM, FIRST IS THAT IT'S GOING TO 338 00:10:56,355 --> 00:10:56,889 SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE 339 00:10:56,889 --> 00:10:57,456 WORKING CONDITIONS FOR OUR 340 00:10:57,456 --> 00:11:01,827 FRONTLINE WORKERS. UM, INCREASES 341 00:11:01,827 --> 00:11:02,461 OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY BY HAVING 342 00:11:02,461 --> 00:11:04,730 BOTH LINES OF BUSINESSES 343 00:11:04,730 --> 00:11:07,933 TOGETHER AND UM, AND THEN IT 344 00:11:07,933 --> 00:11:08,534 WILL STRENGTHEN OUR EMERGENCY 345 00:11:08,534 --> 00:11:10,236 RESPONSE CAPABILITIES BECAUSE WE 346 00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:12,672 WILL NOW LOCATE OUR EMERGENCY 347 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:15,274 RESPONSE AND CONTROL CENTER IN A 348 00:11:15,274 --> 00:11:16,776 RESILIENT BUILDING SO THAT IT 349 00:11:16,776 --> 00:11:23,549 CAN STAND DURING A MAJOR EVENT. 350 00:11:23,549 --> 00:11:24,083 UM, WE ALSO PLAN TO PUT A 351 00:11:24,083 --> 00:11:25,684 REGIONAL STORMWATER POND ON AS 352 00:11:25,684 --> 00:11:26,986 PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO 353 00:11:26,986 --> 00:11:28,187 THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE 354 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:29,822 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT IN THAT, 355 00:11:29,822 --> 00:11:31,991 IN THE DINSMORE BASIN. AND THEN 356 00:11:31,991 --> 00:11:33,993 FINALLY, WE PLAN AS PART OF THE 357 00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:35,928 PROJECT, WE WILL BE DEVELOPING A 358 00:11:35,928 --> 00:11:38,597 PORTION OF STONE AVENUE NORTH 359 00:11:38,597 --> 00:11:40,499 NEAR NORTH 1/25 STREET, WHICH 360 00:11:40,499 --> 00:11:42,234 WILL ADD SIDEWALKS AND STREET 361 00:11:42,234 --> 00:11:48,908 TREES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO 362 00:11:48,908 --> 00:11:50,910 SOME OF THE DETAILS TO THE 363 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:52,445 TRANSACTION. THIS ACQUISITION IS 364 00:11:52,445 --> 00:11:55,081 STRUCTURED AS A FEE TITLE 365 00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:57,016 PURCHASE, 34 MILLION IS THE 366 00:11:57,016 --> 00:11:59,452 ESTIMATED PROPERTY ACQUISITION 367 00:11:59,452 --> 00:12:01,187 COST, WITH FUNDING AUTHORIZED IN 368 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:02,855 THE 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET. I WANT 369 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:07,359 TO DISTINGUISH THE ESTIMATED 370 00:12:07,359 --> 00:12:07,993 ACQUISITION COSTS HERE. SPU HAS 371 00:12:07,993 --> 00:12:09,095 ALREADY PLACED A $2 MILLION 372 00:12:09,095 --> 00:12:12,198 EARNEST MONEY DEPOSIT INTO 373 00:12:12,198 --> 00:12:14,133 ESCROW, AND THAT DEPOSIT IS NOT 374 00:12:14,133 --> 00:12:15,968 AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILLION ON TOP 375 00:12:15,968 --> 00:12:18,971 OF THE PURCHASE PRICE, IT WILL 376 00:12:18,971 --> 00:12:19,538 BE CREDITED TOWARDS THE 32 377 00:12:19,538 --> 00:12:20,973 MILLION PURCHASE PRICE AT 378 00:12:20,973 --> 00:12:22,708 CLOSING. IN ADDITION, THE 379 00:12:22,708 --> 00:12:24,577 PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT 380 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,178 REQUIRES THE CITY TO FUND A 381 00:12:26,178 --> 00:12:28,047 SEPARATE 2 MILLION LEASE 382 00:12:28,047 --> 00:12:29,482 TERMINATION FEE AT CLOSING THAT 383 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:30,916 AMOUNT RELATES TO THE 384 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:31,984 TERMINATION OF THE EXISTING GOLF 385 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:34,453 TENANTS LEASE, AND IS SEPARATE 386 00:12:34,453 --> 00:12:37,623 FROM THE 2 MILLION PURCHASE 387 00:12:37,623 --> 00:12:38,157 PRICE. FOLLOWING COUNCIL 388 00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:39,925 AUTHORIZATION, CLOSING WOULD 389 00:12:39,925 --> 00:12:41,861 OCCUR WITHIN 60 DAYS AFTER THE 390 00:12:41,861 --> 00:12:45,764 LEADER OF THE AUTHORIZING 391 00:12:45,764 --> 00:12:52,605 ORDINANCE. SO TODAY'S 392 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:54,440 RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE 393 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:56,742 FORWARD WITH APPROVAL OF THIS 394 00:12:56,742 --> 00:12:57,309 ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE 395 00:12:57,309 --> 00:12:59,512 ACQUISITION OF THESE PROPERTIES 396 00:12:59,512 --> 00:13:07,019 FOR OUR FACILITY. ANY QUESTIONS? 397 00:13:07,019 --> 00:13:08,754 AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 398 00:13:08,754 --> 00:13:10,356 THAT PRESENTATION. I WOULD LOVE 399 00:13:10,356 --> 00:13:12,892 TO JUMP TO BRIAN TO SEE IF HE 400 00:13:12,892 --> 00:13:13,726 HAD ANY ANYTHING. UH, THANK YOU 401 00:13:13,726 --> 00:13:16,796 CHAIR. MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD BE 402 00:13:16,796 --> 00:13:17,429 BOTH THE ACQUISITION COSTS AND 403 00:13:17,429 --> 00:13:19,865 THEN THE FUTURE PLANNING AND 404 00:13:19,865 --> 00:13:21,667 CONSTRUCTION IS 5050 SPLIT 405 00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:22,368 BETWEEN SPU WATER FUND AND THEIR 406 00:13:22,368 --> 00:13:23,569 DRAINAGE AND WASTEWATER FUND. SO 407 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:24,937 THE TWO LINES OF BUSINESS THAT 408 00:13:24,937 --> 00:13:26,906 WILL BE UTILIZING THE PROPERTY. 409 00:13:26,906 --> 00:13:28,774 BUT SO THIS TRANSACTION IS 410 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:29,408 WHOLLY WITHIN THEIR ENTERPRISE 411 00:13:29,408 --> 00:13:30,843 FUNDS AND IS NOT DOESN'T IMPACT 412 00:13:30,843 --> 00:13:32,978 THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN IS 413 00:13:32,978 --> 00:13:34,346 THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO 414 00:13:34,346 --> 00:13:35,114 PROVIDE COMMENT? I'LL OPEN IT UP 415 00:13:35,114 --> 00:13:41,053 TO QUESTIONS FROM OUR TEAM HERE 416 00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:41,954 WITH COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ OR 417 00:13:41,954 --> 00:13:42,555 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. IF YOU 418 00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:44,156 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WE GOT A 419 00:13:44,156 --> 00:13:45,991 BRIEFING ON IT. IT WAS PRETTY 420 00:13:45,991 --> 00:13:46,492 STRAIGHTFORWARD. REALLY 421 00:13:46,492 --> 00:13:49,428 APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THE 422 00:13:49,428 --> 00:13:52,097 INFORMATION FROM BRIAN. GOOD 423 00:13:52,097 --> 00:13:54,033 NIGHT. CENTRAL STAFF LOOKING 424 00:13:54,033 --> 00:13:56,335 LEFT AND RIGHT. NO COUNCILMEMBER 425 00:13:56,335 --> 00:13:58,470 STRAUSS. THANKS. GREAT PROJECT. 426 00:13:58,470 --> 00:14:00,539 VERY EXCITED. ONLY QUESTION HERE 427 00:14:00,539 --> 00:14:04,543 IS IN. LET ME PULL UP YOUR SLIDE 428 00:14:04,543 --> 00:14:07,046 DECK. SLIDE PAGE NUMBERS BLOCKED 429 00:14:07,046 --> 00:14:12,985 OUT BY THE PICTURE. SLIDE FIVE. 430 00:14:12,985 --> 00:14:13,586 YOU DO HAVE SLIDE NUMBERS. SO 431 00:14:13,586 --> 00:14:14,520 WE'RE NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS 432 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:16,655 CONVERSATION IS ABOUT. UM, AS 433 00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:19,758 SOON AS YOU BRING THAT UP, I SEE 434 00:14:19,758 --> 00:14:24,230 SEATTLE CHANNELS. UH. LIKE D5. 435 00:14:24,230 --> 00:14:25,831 ALL RIGHT. IS THIS UP? ALL 436 00:14:25,831 --> 00:14:27,099 RIGHT, THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. 437 00:14:27,099 --> 00:14:30,269 THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. UH, SO 438 00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:34,540 THE 0.92 ACRE, 0.62 ACRE, THE 439 00:14:34,540 --> 00:14:35,107 PARCEL TO THE NORTH IS THE 440 00:14:35,107 --> 00:14:37,243 FORMER STATE EMISSIONS 441 00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:39,511 INSPECTION STATION THAT HAS BEEN 442 00:14:39,511 --> 00:14:40,613 DEMOLISHED. IS THERE A REASON 443 00:14:40,613 --> 00:14:44,884 THAT WE ARE NOT PURCHASING IT AS 444 00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:50,122 WELL? WILL WE BELIEVE THAT THE 445 00:14:50,122 --> 00:14:51,790 SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES THAT WE 446 00:14:51,790 --> 00:14:54,126 ARE, THE LARGER PARCEL IS LIKELY 447 00:14:54,126 --> 00:14:56,528 GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR OUR 448 00:14:56,528 --> 00:15:00,566 NEEDS? UM, THE THREE PARCELS ARE 449 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:01,367 BEING SOLD AS A TOGETHER THAT 450 00:15:01,367 --> 00:15:03,168 WE, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SEPARATE 451 00:15:03,168 --> 00:15:06,005 THEM OUT. UM WE MAY NEED A 452 00:15:06,005 --> 00:15:08,073 PORTION OF THE SMALLER 0.92 453 00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:09,541 ACRE. BUT RIGHT NOW OUR TEST 454 00:15:09,541 --> 00:15:13,212 FITS ARE SHOWING THAT WE CAN FIT 455 00:15:13,212 --> 00:15:13,846 OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS WITHIN THE 456 00:15:13,846 --> 00:15:14,980 LARGER PARCEL. AND A PORTION OF 457 00:15:14,980 --> 00:15:18,517 THE SMALLER PARCEL. IF SPU 458 00:15:18,517 --> 00:15:20,552 DIDN'T DO SUCH GOOD WORK, I 459 00:15:20,552 --> 00:15:22,788 WOULDN'T SUGGEST THAT YOU 460 00:15:22,788 --> 00:15:25,724 EXPAND YOUR FOOTPRINT. THE 461 00:15:25,724 --> 00:15:27,226 REASON THAT I SUGGESTING AT THIS 462 00:15:27,226 --> 00:15:28,560 TIME TO MAYBE GO BACK AND TAKE A 463 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:30,129 SECOND LOOK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS 464 00:15:30,129 --> 00:15:33,966 TO ACQUIRE THAT PARCEL IS THIS 465 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:36,969 COMES BACK TO ALL OF OUR 466 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:37,536 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AURORA, 467 00:15:37,536 --> 00:15:38,904 RIGHT? WE'VE HAD MANY 468 00:15:38,904 --> 00:15:40,272 CONVERSATIONS IN OTHER 469 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:40,839 COMMITTEES ABOUT THE PUBLIC 470 00:15:40,839 --> 00:15:45,978 SAFETY ISSUES AND HOW STREET USE 471 00:15:45,978 --> 00:15:49,848 AND PROPERTIES ALONG AURORA 472 00:15:49,848 --> 00:15:52,051 CONTRIBUTE OR PREVENT THE 473 00:15:52,051 --> 00:15:53,218 ACTIVITY THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, 474 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:55,321 OF COURSE, POLICING AND ALL OF 475 00:15:55,321 --> 00:15:56,956 THE OTHER GUN VIOLENCE 476 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:58,157 PREVENTION MEASURES THAT THE 477 00:15:58,157 --> 00:16:00,693 COUNCIL HAS PUT FORWARD, ALL OF 478 00:16:00,693 --> 00:16:02,194 THESE THINGS THAT IS THIS. MY 479 00:16:02,194 --> 00:16:02,861 COMMENTS ARE IN ADDITION TO 480 00:16:02,861 --> 00:16:04,530 THAT, RIGHT, WHICH IS THAT WE 481 00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:06,065 KNOW WHEN DERELICT PROPERTIES 482 00:16:06,065 --> 00:16:08,934 ARE ON A STREET, THAT THEY 483 00:16:08,934 --> 00:16:11,036 CONTRIBUTE IN A NEGATIVE MANNER 484 00:16:11,036 --> 00:16:12,938 TO THAT STREET ENVIRONMENT, 485 00:16:12,938 --> 00:16:14,340 BECAUSE THIS IS A DEMOLISHED 486 00:16:14,340 --> 00:16:15,708 PARCEL THAT IS OWNED BY 487 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:18,477 GOVERNMENT, THE STATE. THAT'S 488 00:16:18,477 --> 00:16:19,745 WHY I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT 489 00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:20,946 WOULD BE UNDER BETTER 490 00:16:20,946 --> 00:16:23,215 STEWARDSHIP UNDER SPU THAN IT 491 00:16:23,215 --> 00:16:26,218 WOULD BE UNDER THE STATE AT THIS 492 00:16:26,218 --> 00:16:27,619 TIME, WHERE THE PUBLIC BENEFIT 493 00:16:27,619 --> 00:16:29,321 COMES INTO IS ALL OF THIS 494 00:16:29,321 --> 00:16:32,725 STORMWATER RUNOFF, ALL OF THE 495 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:35,561 STORMWATER DRAINAGE. I KNOW THAT 496 00:16:35,561 --> 00:16:36,261 IN TODAY'S CLIMATE, THE 497 00:16:36,261 --> 00:16:37,930 PREDICTIONS THAT YOU'RE MAKING 498 00:16:37,930 --> 00:16:39,398 CAN FIT WITHIN THE PARCELS THAT 499 00:16:39,398 --> 00:16:40,933 YOU HAVE CREATED. I'LL SHARE 500 00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:42,835 WITH THE SAME GUYS UNDER THE 501 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,570 SHIP CANAL WATER QUALITY PROJECT 502 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:46,905 THAT WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY 503 00:16:46,905 --> 00:16:49,141 DESIGNED, IT WAS SET FOR A 504 00:16:49,141 --> 00:16:51,477 CERTAIN CAPACITY. AND THEN THEY, 505 00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:55,447 I BELIEVE, DOUBLED OR HALVED. IN 506 00:16:55,447 --> 00:16:57,249 ADDITION TO THAT CAPACITY. BUT 507 00:16:57,249 --> 00:16:59,585 20 YEARS LATER, NOW, TODAY, 20 508 00:16:59,585 --> 00:17:01,286 YEARS LATER, FROM THAT 509 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:04,156 CONVERSATION, THAT SURGE 510 00:17:04,156 --> 00:17:06,725 CAPACITY IS BELOW THE INCREASED 511 00:17:06,725 --> 00:17:08,994 WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT WE ARE 512 00:17:08,994 --> 00:17:10,362 EXPERIENCING, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE 513 00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:12,431 ARE HAVING LARGE STORM SYSTEMS, 514 00:17:12,431 --> 00:17:14,166 THEY ARE NOW BREAKING THE MODELS 515 00:17:14,166 --> 00:17:17,369 THAT EXISTED 20 YEARS AGO. SO 516 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:19,271 FOR BOTH THE POOR PROPERTY 517 00:17:19,271 --> 00:17:20,639 MANAGEMENT BY THE STATE ON A 518 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:21,673 STREET THAT REALLY NEEDS OUR 519 00:17:21,673 --> 00:17:25,210 HELP IN COMBINATION WITH SPU 520 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:27,279 STRONG HISTORY OF RESPONSIBLE 521 00:17:27,279 --> 00:17:28,714 STEWARDSHIP, IN ADDITION TO US 522 00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:31,683 NEEDING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE 523 00:17:31,683 --> 00:17:33,519 CHANGE MORE ROBUSTLY THAN WE ARE 524 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:35,187 PLANNING FOR TODAY, THESE ARE 525 00:17:35,187 --> 00:17:36,221 THE REASONS I'M ASKING YOU TO 526 00:17:36,221 --> 00:17:39,091 GO BACK AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. 527 00:17:39,091 --> 00:17:41,126 BECAUSE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO 528 00:17:41,126 --> 00:17:43,162 ACQUIRE THAT PARCEL, INCORPORATE 529 00:17:43,162 --> 00:17:44,830 IT INTO THIS CAMPUS MASTER PLAN, 530 00:17:44,830 --> 00:17:49,535 I THINK THAT IT WILL BENEFIT ALL 531 00:17:49,535 --> 00:17:52,604 SEATTLEITES. THAT'S MY ONLY 532 00:17:52,604 --> 00:17:55,441 QUESTION. GREAT WORK. AWESOME. 533 00:17:55,441 --> 00:17:57,543 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER 534 00:17:57,543 --> 00:18:01,079 STRAUSS. UH, ALL RIGHT. I DON'T 535 00:18:01,079 --> 00:18:01,613 SEE COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 536 00:18:01,613 --> 00:18:02,648 COUNCIL PRESIDENT. I HAVE NO 537 00:18:02,648 --> 00:18:03,382 NEED TO BE SORRY. MAKE SURE YOU 538 00:18:03,382 --> 00:18:04,783 TALK INTO THE MIC TO 539 00:18:04,783 --> 00:18:06,218 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. FORGET TO 540 00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:08,253 CLOSE HERE. SO, UM, SO MR.. IS 541 00:18:08,253 --> 00:18:11,089 IT MR.. RODRIGUEZ YOU DID THE 542 00:18:11,089 --> 00:18:12,591 SUMMARY AND FISCAL NOTE. YOU DID 543 00:18:12,591 --> 00:18:14,193 THE SUMMARY AND FISCAL NOTE? 544 00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:15,894 YES. OKAY. UM, SO I JUST TWO 545 00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:17,062 QUESTIONS. THE SUMMARY AND 546 00:18:17,062 --> 00:18:18,564 FISCAL NOTE IN CONJUNCTION WITH 547 00:18:18,564 --> 00:18:21,433 THE TRANSACTION DETAILS. SO THE 548 00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:22,067 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES ACQUISITION 549 00:18:22,067 --> 00:18:24,369 BY NEGOTIATION OR IF NECESSARY, 550 00:18:24,369 --> 00:18:26,605 EMINENT DOMAIN. SO THIS WAS 551 00:18:26,605 --> 00:18:28,640 ALREADY PUT INTO THE 2026 552 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,275 ADOPTED BUDGET. SO TWO THINGS, 553 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:31,477 UH, WHY DIDN'T WE DO IT GET IT 554 00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:34,346 DONE IN 2026 FOR 38 MILLION, 555 00:18:34,346 --> 00:18:36,315 ESTIMATED 34 MILLION. AND THEN 556 00:18:36,315 --> 00:18:38,450 WHAT WOULD BE A TIMELINE? I'M 557 00:18:38,450 --> 00:18:39,051 NOT GOING TO HOLD YOU TO IT 558 00:18:39,051 --> 00:18:39,918 BECAUSE I WON'T BE HERE, BUT I 559 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:41,353 DON'T THINK THEY WILL EITHER. 560 00:18:41,353 --> 00:18:42,521 BUT JUST WHAT WOULD BE THE 561 00:18:42,521 --> 00:18:44,256 TIMELINE BETWEEN ACQUISITION AND 562 00:18:44,256 --> 00:18:46,558 ACTUAL OWNERSHIP? THAT'S THAT'S 563 00:18:46,558 --> 00:18:49,194 BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY 564 00:18:49,194 --> 00:18:51,163 SITTING THERE. SO, SO 565 00:18:51,163 --> 00:18:52,131 ACQUISITION. VERSUS OWNERSHIP. I 566 00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:53,232 MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE 567 00:18:53,232 --> 00:18:54,600 PLANNING TO CLOSE BY DECEMBER, 568 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,803 20th, DECEMBER, I'M SORRY. 569 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:58,570 DECEMBER 20th OF 2026. OH, OKAY. 570 00:18:58,570 --> 00:18:59,505 SO YOU WANT TO CLOSE UP BY THE 571 00:18:59,505 --> 00:19:01,473 END OF THIS YEAR. OKAY. SO YOU 572 00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:02,774 WANT TO GET IT INTO THIS, YOU 573 00:19:02,774 --> 00:19:04,443 SPEND THAT MONEY NOW. SO THAT'S 574 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:05,210 WHAT YOU'RE HOPING. WHERE ARE 575 00:19:05,210 --> 00:19:08,213 YOU AT IN NEGOTIATIONS? UM, WE 576 00:19:08,213 --> 00:19:10,082 HAVE NEGOTIATED A PURCHASE 577 00:19:10,082 --> 00:19:11,083 AGREEMENT AND WE ARE. I CAN'T 578 00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:11,750 HEAR YOU, SIR. YOU MIGHT WANT TO 579 00:19:11,750 --> 00:19:13,352 PULL THE MICROPHONE. PULL IT. 580 00:19:13,352 --> 00:19:13,986 YOU CAN PULL IT FORWARD. YEAH. 581 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:16,588 PULL IT. THERE YOU GO. RIGHT. WE 582 00:19:16,588 --> 00:19:20,292 HAVE A NEGOTIATED PURCHASE SALE 583 00:19:20,292 --> 00:19:21,994 AGREEMENT AND WE HAVE UM. YEAH. 584 00:19:21,994 --> 00:19:24,930 SO WE'LL HAVE UH, I GUESS, I 585 00:19:24,930 --> 00:19:26,298 MEAN, WE'LL HAVE 60 DAYS TO 586 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:27,933 CLOSE ONCE WE GET CITY COUNCIL 587 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:29,301 AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 588 00:19:29,301 --> 00:19:30,569 THIS. SO THIS IS THE LAST STOP 589 00:19:30,569 --> 00:19:33,172 THEN. AND THEN WE CAN GO. YEP. 590 00:19:33,172 --> 00:19:34,072 OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU 591 00:19:34,072 --> 00:19:35,240 KNOW, YOU GOT I SHOULD HAVE PUT 592 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,809 THAT IN YOUR POWERPOINT JUST A 593 00:19:37,809 --> 00:19:40,412 LITTLE MAP SO I CAN SEE. THANK 594 00:19:40,412 --> 00:19:42,014 YOU. YEAH. NO THANK YOU. THANK 595 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:44,349 YOU. COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AWESOME. 596 00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:45,384 THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. 597 00:19:45,384 --> 00:19:46,618 ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. ARE WE GOING 598 00:19:46,618 --> 00:19:51,156 TO GO TO UH, NUMBER TWO, AGENDA 599 00:19:51,156 --> 00:19:52,858 ITEM NUMBER TWO. AND COLLEAGUES, 600 00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:54,192 IF YOU ALL ARE COMFORTABLE 601 00:19:54,192 --> 00:19:55,127 VOTING ON THESE, AFTER WE DO THE 602 00:19:55,127 --> 00:19:56,328 PRESENTATIONS, WE'LL GO TO VOTE 603 00:19:56,328 --> 00:19:59,131 AND THEN. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. 604 00:19:59,131 --> 00:20:01,233 PRESENTATION NUMBER TWO. GREAT. 605 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:02,467 UH. I KNOW WE'LL NEED TIME TO 606 00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:03,602 PUT IT UP. YOU'RE GOOD. GERRY. 607 00:20:03,602 --> 00:20:07,372 I'M SORRY I RUSHED YOU. GOOD 608 00:20:07,372 --> 00:20:09,841 AFTERNOON. COUNCIL COMMITTEE 609 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:10,342 CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH AND 610 00:20:10,342 --> 00:20:11,009 COUNCILMEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF 611 00:20:11,009 --> 00:20:12,544 THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS GERRY 612 00:20:12,544 --> 00:20:16,348 CARUSO AND I'M THE REAL PROPERTY 613 00:20:16,348 --> 00:20:16,915 MANAGER FOR SEATTLE PUBLIC 614 00:20:16,915 --> 00:20:18,850 UTILITIES. UH, WE HAVE HERE, UH, 615 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:20,452 HERE TO PRESENT AN ORDINANCE ON 616 00:20:20,452 --> 00:20:22,688 AN EASEMENT ACQUISITION, UH, 617 00:20:22,688 --> 00:20:24,790 ACCEPTING AN EASEMENT FOR 618 00:20:24,790 --> 00:20:26,258 DRAINAGE PURPOSES FROM A PRIVATE 619 00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:28,760 PROPERTY OWNER LOCATED IN LAKE 620 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:30,896 CITY. WITH ME HERE TODAY IS 621 00:20:30,896 --> 00:20:32,064 AARON RYSEMUS, SENIOR REAL 622 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:35,734 PROPERTY AGENT. AND, FROM SPU 623 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:37,769 AND BRIAN, GOOD NIGHT FROM CITY 624 00:20:37,769 --> 00:20:39,404 CENTRAL STAFF. I'LL HAND IT OVER 625 00:20:39,404 --> 00:20:42,808 TO BRIAN. I MEAN, AARON. IS 626 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:44,977 RIGHT THERE. AND THERE WE GO. 627 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,478 ALL THE WAY DOWN. GOOD 628 00:20:46,478 --> 00:20:48,914 AFTERNOON. TODAY'S PROPOSAL FOR 629 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:51,083 LEGISLATION IS TO AUTHORIZE THE 630 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:53,118 ACQUISITION AND ACCEPTANCE OF A 631 00:20:53,118 --> 00:20:55,253 DRAINAGE EASEMENT BY SEATTLE 632 00:20:55,253 --> 00:20:59,858 PUBLIC UTILITIES. EASEMENT IS 633 00:20:59,858 --> 00:21:04,096 LOCATED IN NORTH SEATTLE. UM. 634 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:08,900 THANK YOU. THE VICINITY MAP HERE 635 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:10,869 SHOWS A SMALL RED CIRCLE IN 636 00:21:10,869 --> 00:21:12,270 NORTH SEATTLE UP BY LAKE CITY. 637 00:21:12,270 --> 00:21:14,272 THAT'S THE LOCATION OF THE 638 00:21:14,272 --> 00:21:16,608 EASEMENT. AND THEN IN THE 639 00:21:16,608 --> 00:21:18,243 PICTURE TO THE RIGHT, THE 640 00:21:18,243 --> 00:21:19,778 EASEMENT AREA. THESE MEN AREA IS 641 00:21:19,778 --> 00:21:25,484 JUST NORTH OF THE RESIDENCE. AND 642 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:28,553 THAT EASEMENT IS ABOUT 1790FT . 643 00:21:28,553 --> 00:21:31,957 IT CATCHES WATER FROM THE NORTH 644 00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:32,557 AND HELPS FACILITATE DRAINAGE 645 00:21:32,557 --> 00:21:34,259 INTO THE DRAINAGE FACILITY 646 00:21:34,259 --> 00:21:35,927 LOCATED JUST ON THE STREET. YOU 647 00:21:35,927 --> 00:21:39,931 CAN SEE THERE BY THE EASEMENT 648 00:21:39,931 --> 00:21:42,367 AREA. UM, NEXT SLIDE. UH, SO A 649 00:21:42,367 --> 00:21:44,836 LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND, 650 00:21:44,836 --> 00:21:48,573 I'LL BE SHORT. UM, THIS WAS TO 651 00:21:48,573 --> 00:21:50,242 MITIGATE STORMWATER, UH, 652 00:21:50,242 --> 00:21:53,178 PROBLEMS THREATENING TO 653 00:21:53,178 --> 00:21:55,347 UNDERMINE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 654 00:21:55,347 --> 00:21:57,983 ROADWAYS, UM, CAUSING EROSION. 655 00:21:57,983 --> 00:22:00,786 SO NEW NEW DRAINAGE 656 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:02,954 INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, NEEDED ON 657 00:22:02,954 --> 00:22:03,555 PRIVATE PROPERTY TO MITIGATE 658 00:22:03,555 --> 00:22:04,956 RISKS OF FLOODING. THE PROPERTY 659 00:22:04,956 --> 00:22:06,958 OWNER DID AGREE TO GRANT AN 660 00:22:06,958 --> 00:22:08,727 EASEMENT TO SEATTLE PUBLIC 661 00:22:08,727 --> 00:22:10,996 UTILITIES THAT WAS NEGOTIATED 662 00:22:10,996 --> 00:22:12,597 AND PAID FAIR MARKET VALUE. 663 00:22:12,597 --> 00:22:13,732 STORMWATER IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN 664 00:22:13,732 --> 00:22:15,767 AN ONGOING PERSISTENT PROBLEM. 665 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:17,703 SO WE ARE TRYING TO MITIGATE 666 00:22:17,703 --> 00:22:20,505 THAT PROBLEM. NEXT SLIDE. 667 00:22:20,505 --> 00:22:21,206 PLEASE. SO THE TRANSACTION 668 00:22:21,206 --> 00:22:25,243 DETAILS UH, THIS WAS $30,000 FOR 669 00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:27,346 THE EASEMENT ACQUISITION. AND 670 00:22:27,346 --> 00:22:29,915 THEN BENEFITS OF THIS 671 00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:31,983 LEGISLATION IS TO REDUCE RISK 672 00:22:31,983 --> 00:22:34,586 AND RESOLVE PUBLIC FLOODING AND 673 00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:35,153 DRAINAGE ISSUES, PREVENTING 674 00:22:35,153 --> 00:22:36,688 EROSION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 675 00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:42,861 PROPERTY AND, UH, PRETTY, PRETTY 676 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:46,198 SIMPLE INSTALL, BUT, NECESSARY 677 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:49,601 NONETHELESS. UM, SO NEXT, NEXT 678 00:22:49,601 --> 00:22:50,302 SLIDE. SO WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER 679 00:22:50,302 --> 00:22:52,204 ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. 680 00:22:52,204 --> 00:22:55,507 AWESOME. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT 681 00:22:55,507 --> 00:22:55,974 PRESENTATION. PRETTY 682 00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:57,109 STRAIGHTFORWARD. I'VE, I'VE BEEN 683 00:22:57,109 --> 00:22:58,543 BRIEFED IN A LOT OF THESE. UM, 684 00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:01,980 AND I WILL PAUSE HERE TO SEE IF 685 00:23:01,980 --> 00:23:02,481 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ OR 686 00:23:02,481 --> 00:23:03,515 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS HAVE ANY 687 00:23:03,515 --> 00:23:04,583 QUESTIONS. NO. PRETTY 688 00:23:04,583 --> 00:23:05,217 STRAIGHTFORWARD. OH, LET ME GO 689 00:23:05,217 --> 00:23:07,552 TO BRIAN. GREAT WORK. BRIAN. 690 00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:08,987 BRIAN. GOOD NIGHT PLEASE. NO 691 00:23:08,987 --> 00:23:10,255 COMMENTS. CHAIR THANK YOU VERY 692 00:23:10,255 --> 00:23:13,191 MUCH. OKAY. THE NO COMMENT CLUB. 693 00:23:13,191 --> 00:23:15,527 UM, WELL, I FEEL GREAT ABOUT 694 00:23:15,527 --> 00:23:17,829 THESE. I REALLY APPRECIATE 695 00:23:17,829 --> 00:23:20,398 SEATTLE PUBLIC UTILITIES PUTTING 696 00:23:20,398 --> 00:23:22,234 THOSE PRESENTATIONS TOGETHER AND 697 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,769 THEN ALSO FORWARD THINKING ABOUT 698 00:23:23,769 --> 00:23:25,704 AND I REALLY APPRECIATE 699 00:23:25,704 --> 00:23:26,338 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS COMMENTS 700 00:23:26,338 --> 00:23:28,940 ABOUT AURORA AND THE PROPERTIES. 701 00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:30,642 AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE OVERALL 702 00:23:30,642 --> 00:23:32,077 DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. SO 703 00:23:32,077 --> 00:23:33,078 JUST REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 704 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:34,746 SO I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE VOTING 705 00:23:34,746 --> 00:23:35,947 ON THESE. I'LL TAKE A LEFT. 706 00:23:35,947 --> 00:23:38,049 WE'RE ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT. SO 707 00:23:38,049 --> 00:23:39,084 WE ARE GOING. THANK YOU ALL. 708 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:40,685 AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO START 709 00:23:40,685 --> 00:23:42,988 VOTING ON THESE. UM, SO LET'S 710 00:23:42,988 --> 00:23:44,523 START WITH I'M GOING TO MOVE 711 00:23:44,523 --> 00:23:47,425 THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND 712 00:23:47,425 --> 00:23:50,929 PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL 121292. 713 00:23:50,929 --> 00:23:51,596 IS THERE A SECOND SECOND. THANK 714 00:23:51,596 --> 00:23:52,531 YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED. AND 715 00:23:52,531 --> 00:23:54,099 SECOND, TO RECOMMEND THE PASSAGE 716 00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,334 OF THE BILL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 717 00:23:56,334 --> 00:23:57,602 COMMENTS? NO. SEEING NONE, WILL 718 00:23:57,602 --> 00:24:01,740 THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? 719 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:02,374 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS VICE CHAIR 720 00:24:02,374 --> 00:24:04,009 JUAREZ. AYE. CHAIR 721 00:24:04,009 --> 00:24:04,609 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. THREE IN 722 00:24:04,609 --> 00:24:05,844 FAVOR? NONE. OPPOSED. MOTION 723 00:24:05,844 --> 00:24:07,712 CARRIES. AND THE COMMITTEE 724 00:24:07,712 --> 00:24:10,148 RECOMMENDATION TO PASS WILL BE 725 00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:12,217 SENT TO OCTOBER 20th. OCTOBER 726 00:24:12,217 --> 00:24:13,518 20th CITY COUNCIL MEETING. UH, 727 00:24:13,518 --> 00:24:15,520 NOW WE ALREADY READ AGENDA ITEM 728 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:16,721 NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS ALREADY 729 00:24:16,721 --> 00:24:18,256 READ INTO THE RECORD. SO I'M 730 00:24:18,256 --> 00:24:19,791 GOING TO MOVE THAT THE COMMITTEE 731 00:24:19,791 --> 00:24:22,727 PASS COUNCIL BILL 121293. IS 732 00:24:22,727 --> 00:24:23,395 THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK 733 00:24:23,395 --> 00:24:25,096 YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND 734 00:24:25,096 --> 00:24:26,798 SECONDED TO RECOMMEND PASSAGE OF 735 00:24:26,798 --> 00:24:28,600 THE BILL. ARE THERE ANY OTHER 736 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,701 FINAL COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, 737 00:24:29,701 --> 00:24:30,735 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 738 00:24:30,735 --> 00:24:34,105 ROLL? COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS VICE 739 00:24:34,105 --> 00:24:35,173 CHAIR JUAREZ AYE. CHAIR 740 00:24:35,173 --> 00:24:36,007 HOLLINGSWORTH. YES. THREE IN 741 00:24:36,007 --> 00:24:37,976 FAVOR? NONE OPPOSED. MOTION 742 00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:39,678 CARRIES. THE COMMITTEE 743 00:24:39,678 --> 00:24:40,512 RECOMMENDATION TO PASS THIS BILL 744 00:24:40,512 --> 00:24:42,881 WILL BE SENT TO OCTOBER 20th. 745 00:24:42,881 --> 00:24:43,882 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU 746 00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:45,417 ALL. I GOT TO THANK SPU BECAUSE 747 00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:46,651 LAST YEAR YOU ALL PUSHED A TON 748 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:49,287 OF LEGISLATION THROUGH THE 749 00:24:49,287 --> 00:24:50,222 COMMITTEE, AND I GOT ON YOU ALL 750 00:24:50,222 --> 00:24:51,590 FOR THAT. AND SO THIS YEAR IT'S 751 00:24:51,590 --> 00:24:53,425 BEEN A LOT BETTER. I'LL JUST 752 00:24:53,425 --> 00:24:54,659 TELL YOU THAT. THANK YOU. JUST 753 00:24:54,659 --> 00:24:56,795 WANT. THANK YOU. JUST YOU'VE 754 00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:58,396 YOU'VE PACED IT OUT VERY WELL. 755 00:24:58,396 --> 00:25:00,499 OKAY. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 756 00:25:00,499 --> 00:25:03,635 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GREAT JOB 757 00:25:03,635 --> 00:25:04,836 JAX. THANK YOU ALL. IT'S BEEN 758 00:25:04,836 --> 00:25:09,040 GOOD. IT'S BEEN ORGANIZED JUST 759 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:11,109 LIKE MY FRESH WATER. ALL RIGHT. 760 00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:12,677 WELL, THE CLERK PLEASE READ. I 761 00:25:12,677 --> 00:25:14,813 WILL READ AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 762 00:25:14,813 --> 00:25:15,780 THREE INTO THE RECORD BECAUSE 763 00:25:15,780 --> 00:25:17,415 YOU'RE DOING ALL THE SETUP 764 00:25:17,415 --> 00:25:20,385 APPOINTMENT OF SHANNON SMITH AS 765 00:25:20,385 --> 00:25:22,854 CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER OF 766 00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:25,290 SEATTLE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 767 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:26,658 DEPARTMENT. UH, FOR BRIEFING AND 768 00:25:26,658 --> 00:25:29,194 DISCUSSION. THIS IS OUR FIRST 769 00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:31,563 MEETING. WELCOME. UM, SO HAPPY 770 00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:35,400 TO HAVE AMANDA. AND, UH, CHIEF 771 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,604 SMITH. SO GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE 772 00:25:39,604 --> 00:25:40,639 YOURSELF. WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO 773 00:25:40,639 --> 00:25:44,342 IT. UM, COLLEAGUES, I'VE ALSO 774 00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:44,976 SENT OUT QUESTIONS FOR THE 775 00:25:44,976 --> 00:25:47,078 FLOOR. WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE 776 00:25:47,078 --> 00:25:49,314 TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS 777 00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:50,715 THAT WILL BE SENDING OVER JUST 778 00:25:50,715 --> 00:25:52,550 SO WE CAN GET ANSWERS FOR 779 00:25:52,550 --> 00:25:54,085 EVERYONE. AND THEN THEY'LL 780 00:25:54,085 --> 00:25:55,086 OBVIOUSLY BE SETTING UP THEIR 781 00:25:55,086 --> 00:25:55,887 MEETINGS AND ANSWERING, AND 782 00:25:55,887 --> 00:25:57,489 YOU'LL BE ANSWERING THOSE. SO 783 00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:58,623 WELCOME. PLEASE INTRODUCE 784 00:25:58,623 --> 00:26:00,091 YOURSELF AND LET'S GET STARTED. 785 00:26:00,091 --> 00:26:01,293 THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR 786 00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:02,761 HOLLINGSWORTH. AND HELLO, 787 00:26:02,761 --> 00:26:04,696 COUNCILMEMBERS. UH, JUAREZ AND 788 00:26:04,696 --> 00:26:07,032 STRAUSS. SO HAPPY TO BE HERE. 789 00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:08,166 UM, FOR THE RECORD, I'M AMANDA 790 00:26:08,166 --> 00:26:09,534 PLEASANT-BROWN. I'M THE 791 00:26:09,534 --> 00:26:11,002 DIRECTOR OF COUNCIL RELATIONS 792 00:26:11,002 --> 00:26:12,304 FOR MAYOR WILSON, AND IT IS MY 793 00:26:12,304 --> 00:26:13,738 PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE MAYOR 794 00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:15,340 WILSON'S NOMINEE FOR THE CHIEF 795 00:26:15,340 --> 00:26:16,641 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND THE 796 00:26:16,641 --> 00:26:19,277 DIRECTOR OF THE SEATTLE 797 00:26:19,277 --> 00:26:19,778 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 798 00:26:19,778 --> 00:26:20,812 DEPARTMENT. SHANNON SMITH 799 00:26:20,812 --> 00:26:22,547 SEATTLE. IT IS A CRITICAL 800 00:26:22,547 --> 00:26:23,114 FUNCTION OF CITY GOVERNMENT 801 00:26:23,114 --> 00:26:23,949 RESPONSIBILITY OF THE 802 00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:26,585 CYBERSECURITY AND THE TECHNOLOGY 803 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:28,954 INFRASTRUCTURE, DELIVERING AND 804 00:26:28,954 --> 00:26:29,587 MAINTAINING CITYWIDE BUSINESSES, 805 00:26:29,587 --> 00:26:31,089 APPLICATIONS AND DIGITAL 806 00:26:31,089 --> 00:26:33,458 SERVICES THAT SUPPORT 807 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:34,025 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS AND 808 00:26:34,025 --> 00:26:35,894 RESIDENT SERVICES. PROVIDING 809 00:26:35,894 --> 00:26:36,494 FRONTLINE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 810 00:26:36,494 --> 00:26:38,196 THAT KEEP ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES 811 00:26:38,196 --> 00:26:39,898 CONNECTED, EQUIPPED, AND ABLE TO 812 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:41,733 WORK EFFECTIVELY PARTNERING WITH 813 00:26:41,733 --> 00:26:43,335 DEPARTMENTS TO DELIVER IT 814 00:26:43,335 --> 00:26:45,503 PROJECTS ON BUDGET AND ON TIME. 815 00:26:45,503 --> 00:26:47,639 PROTECTING THE CITY'S DATA 816 00:26:47,639 --> 00:26:48,273 TECHNOLOGY ASSETS AND DELIVERING 817 00:26:48,273 --> 00:26:50,709 THE DIGITAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO 818 00:26:50,709 --> 00:26:51,910 SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF SEATTLE 819 00:26:51,910 --> 00:26:53,945 RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND 820 00:26:53,945 --> 00:26:55,447 WORKERS AS THEY ENGAGE IN CITY 821 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,182 GOVERNMENT. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO 822 00:26:57,182 --> 00:27:00,318 MANAGES THE EMMY AWARD WINNING 823 00:27:00,318 --> 00:27:00,919 SEATTLE CHANNEL COUNCILMEMBER 824 00:27:00,919 --> 00:27:02,287 STRAUSS AND THE CITY'S 825 00:27:02,287 --> 00:27:03,655 TECHNOLOGY MATCHING FUND GRANT 826 00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:05,123 PROGRAM, WHICH PARTNERS WITH 827 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:06,091 SEATTLE AREA NONPROFITS TO 828 00:27:06,091 --> 00:27:07,158 SUPPORT THEM AS THEY WORK TO 829 00:27:07,158 --> 00:27:08,727 CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE WITHIN 830 00:27:08,727 --> 00:27:10,795 THEIR COMMUNITIES. SHANNON IS A 831 00:27:10,795 --> 00:27:12,230 SEASONED TECHNOLOGY LEADER WITH 832 00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:14,666 NEARLY TWO DECADES OF EXPERIENCE 833 00:27:14,666 --> 00:27:15,200 GUIDING LOCAL GOVERNMENT 834 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:16,334 INNOVATION ACROSS SEATTLE, 835 00:27:16,334 --> 00:27:18,036 BELLEVUE, AND THROUGHOUT KING 836 00:27:18,036 --> 00:27:19,404 COUNTY SEATTLE. SHE IS 837 00:27:19,404 --> 00:27:20,872 NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR HER 838 00:27:20,872 --> 00:27:22,874 EXPERTISE IN AI, DATA GOVERNANCE 839 00:27:22,874 --> 00:27:24,442 AND CYBERSECURITY, AND HAS 840 00:27:24,442 --> 00:27:26,678 CONTRIBUTED HER INSIGHTS TO 841 00:27:26,678 --> 00:27:27,746 ORGANIZATIONS AT BOTH THE STATE 842 00:27:27,746 --> 00:27:30,415 AND NATIONAL LEVELS. KNOWN FOR 843 00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:32,517 BUILDING HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS 844 00:27:32,517 --> 00:27:36,287 AND DRIVING STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY 845 00:27:36,287 --> 00:27:36,921 INITIATIVES, SHE COMBINES STRONG 846 00:27:36,921 --> 00:27:38,723 TECHNICAL ACUMEN WITH A CLEAR 847 00:27:38,723 --> 00:27:39,224 COMMITMENT TO ENSURING 848 00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:40,759 INNOVATION SERVES PEOPLE. HER 849 00:27:40,759 --> 00:27:42,293 LEADERSHIP IS WELL ALIGNED WITH 850 00:27:42,293 --> 00:27:43,328 SEATTLE'S GOALS TO MAKE THE 851 00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:45,196 CITY SERVICES MORE ACCESSIBLE, 852 00:27:45,196 --> 00:27:46,998 RESPONSIVE AND EFFECTIVE FOR THE 853 00:27:46,998 --> 00:27:48,400 COMMUNITY. ON BEHALF OF THE 854 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,035 MAYOR, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST 855 00:27:50,035 --> 00:27:51,503 FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR SHANNON'S 856 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:52,971 CONFIRMATION, AND I LOOK FORWARD 857 00:27:52,971 --> 00:27:53,805 TO THE CONVERSATION THIS 858 00:27:53,805 --> 00:27:55,006 AFTERNOON, AND SHE IS AVAILABLE 859 00:27:55,006 --> 00:27:56,174 TO READ A STATEMENT AND THEN 860 00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:58,743 ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TODAY. 861 00:27:58,743 --> 00:28:00,278 ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. THE 862 00:28:00,278 --> 00:28:03,648 STATEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, 863 00:28:03,648 --> 00:28:04,282 DIRECTOR PLEASANT-BROWN, THANK 864 00:28:04,282 --> 00:28:06,017 YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND 865 00:28:06,017 --> 00:28:08,186 KIND WORDS. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, 866 00:28:08,186 --> 00:28:11,122 CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH VICE CHAIR, 867 00:28:11,122 --> 00:28:11,656 JUAREZ AND COUNCILMEMBER 868 00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:13,625 STRAUSS. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE 869 00:28:13,625 --> 00:28:15,393 OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD SUCH AN 870 00:28:15,393 --> 00:28:17,762 INNOVATIVE AND HARD WORKING TEAM 871 00:28:17,762 --> 00:28:18,997 OF IT PROFESSIONALS. I STARTED 872 00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:20,532 MY PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER AT THE 873 00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:21,933 CITY OF SEATTLE ALMOST TWO 874 00:28:21,933 --> 00:28:23,468 DECADES AGO, AND I'M VERY HAPPY 875 00:28:23,468 --> 00:28:25,503 TO RETURN HOME TO TO SERVE THE 876 00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:27,238 RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY. I HAVE 877 00:28:27,238 --> 00:28:29,140 DEEP ROOTS IN THE AREA, IN THE 878 00:28:29,140 --> 00:28:31,009 TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY, AND HAVE 879 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:32,544 ALWAYS ADVOCATED FOR LOCAL 880 00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:34,579 GOVERNMENT TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE 881 00:28:34,579 --> 00:28:36,081 TECHNOLOGY TABLE. I'VE SPOKEN 882 00:28:36,081 --> 00:28:37,582 ON MANY OF THESE TOPICS AT THE 883 00:28:37,582 --> 00:28:38,883 LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL. MY 884 00:28:38,883 --> 00:28:41,686 PASSION IS AT THE INTERSECTION 885 00:28:41,686 --> 00:28:42,554 OF TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNITY, AND 886 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:43,688 I WILL BRING THAT LENS TO 887 00:28:43,688 --> 00:28:45,223 EVERYTHING I DO AS THE CHIEF 888 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:46,524 TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR THE CITY 889 00:28:46,524 --> 00:28:50,161 OF SEATTLE, SEATTLE AND THE 890 00:28:50,161 --> 00:28:50,762 SURROUNDING COMMUNITY FACE A 891 00:28:50,762 --> 00:28:53,698 DEEP DIVIDE. WE HAVE RESIDENTS 892 00:28:53,698 --> 00:28:54,432 WHO ARE HIGHLY SKILLED WHO CAN 893 00:28:54,432 --> 00:28:56,901 ACCESS MANY CITY SERVICES 894 00:28:56,901 --> 00:28:57,736 THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND WHO HAVE 895 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,537 THE TIME AND RESOURCES TO 896 00:28:59,537 --> 00:29:01,005 ADVOCATE FOR THEIR INTERESTS. WE 897 00:29:01,005 --> 00:29:02,507 ALSO HAVE A POPULATION THAT 898 00:29:02,507 --> 00:29:04,309 STRUGGLES TO ACCESS THE SERVICES 899 00:29:04,309 --> 00:29:06,845 THEY NEED, WHO HAVE BEEN 900 00:29:06,845 --> 00:29:08,046 HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED AND 901 00:29:08,046 --> 00:29:09,080 OFTEN DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES, 902 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,849 THE TIME, AND SOMETIMES EVEN THE 903 00:29:10,849 --> 00:29:12,650 LANGUAGE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR 904 00:29:12,650 --> 00:29:13,985 COMMUNITY. WE MUST SUPPORT BOTH 905 00:29:13,985 --> 00:29:16,654 IN A WAY THAT MEETS DEMAND WITH 906 00:29:16,654 --> 00:29:18,022 EFFICIENT, HIGH QUALITY 907 00:29:18,022 --> 00:29:21,426 SERVICES, BUT THAT ALSO AFFORDS 908 00:29:21,426 --> 00:29:22,994 RESPECT AND COLLABORATION. AS A 909 00:29:22,994 --> 00:29:24,162 DEPARTMENT, SEATTLEITE HAS THE 910 00:29:24,162 --> 00:29:25,797 DISTINCT PRIVILEGE OF SERVING 911 00:29:25,797 --> 00:29:27,699 OUR PUBLIC BOTH DIRECTLY AND IN 912 00:29:27,699 --> 00:29:29,734 PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL 913 00:29:29,734 --> 00:29:31,269 DEPARTMENTS, CONNECTING OUR 914 00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:32,604 TECHNICAL WORK TO THE BROADER 915 00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:33,238 POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE MAYOR 916 00:29:33,238 --> 00:29:36,508 AND COUNCIL IS KEY TO OUR 917 00:29:36,508 --> 00:29:38,009 SUCCESS. TO BUILD A UNIFIED 918 00:29:38,009 --> 00:29:39,344 NORTH STAR MINDSET, I'VE 919 00:29:39,344 --> 00:29:41,212 OUTLINED THREE CORE FOCUS AREAS 920 00:29:41,212 --> 00:29:42,247 THAT WILL GUIDE OUR IMPACT AND 921 00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:43,815 KEEP US FOCUSED ON WHAT MATTERS 922 00:29:43,815 --> 00:29:47,485 MOST IN I.T. COMMUNITY CENTERED 923 00:29:47,485 --> 00:29:49,921 OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND 924 00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:51,890 FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. FROM THIS 925 00:29:51,890 --> 00:29:53,658 FLOWS INNOVATION, ADVANCEMENT, 926 00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:54,526 AND STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE 927 00:29:54,526 --> 00:29:56,127 COMMUNITIES AND KEY BUSINESS 928 00:29:56,127 --> 00:29:57,462 PARTNERS THAT ARE PROUD TO CALL 929 00:29:57,462 --> 00:29:59,230 SEATTLE THEIR HOME. IN ORDER TO 930 00:29:59,230 --> 00:30:01,266 ACHIEVE THIS NORTH STAR MINDSET, 931 00:30:01,266 --> 00:30:03,067 A KEY FOCUS OF MY LEADERSHIP 932 00:30:03,067 --> 00:30:04,402 WILL BE INVESTING DIRECTLY IN 933 00:30:04,402 --> 00:30:06,604 OUR TEAM AND OUR WORKPLACE 934 00:30:06,604 --> 00:30:08,173 CULTURE, WHILE EXPANDING MODERN 935 00:30:08,173 --> 00:30:09,340 TOOLS ISN'T ALWAYS TIED TO 936 00:30:09,340 --> 00:30:11,209 BUDGETS, WE CAN DRIVE IMMENSE 937 00:30:11,209 --> 00:30:12,577 VALUE BY UPSKILLING OUR TEAM, 938 00:30:12,577 --> 00:30:15,280 REFINING OUR PROCESSES, AND 939 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:15,847 FOSTERING A COLLABORATIVE, 940 00:30:15,847 --> 00:30:17,115 FORWARD THINKING ENVIRONMENT. 941 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:18,917 THIS WILL RADIATE OUT IN MANY 942 00:30:18,917 --> 00:30:20,518 WAYS TO OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS 943 00:30:20,518 --> 00:30:21,619 THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS 944 00:30:21,619 --> 00:30:23,855 AND BUSINESSES WE SERVE, 945 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:24,355 CREATING EXCITEMENT FOR 946 00:30:24,355 --> 00:30:25,924 INNOVATION AND ALIGNMENT WITH 947 00:30:25,924 --> 00:30:28,593 THE MAYORAL AND COUNCIL 948 00:30:28,593 --> 00:30:30,328 PRIORITIES. AS NOTED ON TUESDAY, 949 00:30:30,328 --> 00:30:32,163 I CELEBRATED MY 100th DAY IN 950 00:30:32,163 --> 00:30:36,634 ROLE. UM. I'D LIKE TO SHARE 951 00:30:36,634 --> 00:30:37,202 SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS 952 00:30:37,202 --> 00:30:37,802 DURING MY TIME HERE WITH THE 953 00:30:37,802 --> 00:30:39,904 CITY OF SEATTLE. SO WE HAVE 954 00:30:39,904 --> 00:30:41,839 SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORTED FIFA WITH 955 00:30:41,839 --> 00:30:43,942 STRONG SECURITY OVERSIGHT. WE 956 00:30:43,942 --> 00:30:44,909 HAVE CREATED NEW WAYS TO 957 00:30:44,909 --> 00:30:47,579 RECOGNIZE OUR STAFF PERFORMANCE. 958 00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:49,647 WE HAVE CREATED DEDICATED TEAMS 959 00:30:49,647 --> 00:30:51,416 TO IMPROVE LAPTOP PERFORMANCE 960 00:30:51,416 --> 00:30:53,751 AND TO ACCELERATE LAPTOP 961 00:30:53,751 --> 00:30:57,055 REPLACEMENT CYCLES. WE HAVE 962 00:30:57,055 --> 00:30:57,689 STREAMLINED OUR AI EFFORTS INTO 963 00:30:57,689 --> 00:30:59,290 A TARGETED PROGRAM TO DELIVER 964 00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:01,025 SERVICES AND UPSKILLING. AND 965 00:31:01,025 --> 00:31:03,294 THANKS TO YOU, WE HAVE PASSED 966 00:31:03,294 --> 00:31:05,463 OUR FIRST ROUND OF LEGISLATION 967 00:31:05,463 --> 00:31:06,097 REGARDING TALENT MODERNIZATION, 968 00:31:06,097 --> 00:31:07,799 WHICH WILL UPSKILL OUR STAFF 969 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:10,835 WITH NEW JOB CLASSIFICATIONS. I 970 00:31:10,835 --> 00:31:12,437 AM SO EXCITED TO WORK WITH MY 971 00:31:12,437 --> 00:31:13,638 COLLEAGUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. 972 00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:15,573 UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU 973 00:31:15,573 --> 00:31:18,309 AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR 974 00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:19,544 INTEREST IN MY CONFIRMATION. 975 00:31:19,544 --> 00:31:22,413 TOGETHER, I WANT TO STAY CURIOUS 976 00:31:22,413 --> 00:31:23,514 AND EXCITED ABOUT HOW WE CAN 977 00:31:23,514 --> 00:31:25,483 WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TO UPLIFT 978 00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,719 THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO BE EVEN 979 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,555 BETTER THAN IT ALREADY IS. THANK 980 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:31,990 YOU. AWESOME. THANK YOU. CTO 981 00:31:31,990 --> 00:31:34,125 SMITH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR 982 00:31:34,125 --> 00:31:36,361 TIME. AND WE'VE HAD GREAT 983 00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:38,763 CONVERSATIONS AND MEETINGS AND 984 00:31:38,763 --> 00:31:40,565 REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 985 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:41,199 IMPLEMENTATION OF A LOT OF THE 986 00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:43,034 GOALS THAT THE SHARED GOALS THAT 987 00:31:43,034 --> 00:31:46,170 WE HAVE AS WELL. SO I WILL PAUSE 988 00:31:46,170 --> 00:31:48,006 HERE TO SEE IF COUNCILMEMBER 989 00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:49,340 STRAUSS OR COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ 990 00:31:49,340 --> 00:31:50,541 HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW YOU 991 00:31:50,541 --> 00:31:52,710 ALL ARE DOING ALL YOUR RESEARCH. 992 00:31:52,710 --> 00:31:54,412 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS JUST. UM, 993 00:31:54,412 --> 00:31:56,180 WOULD LOVE TO LEARN FROM YOU. 994 00:31:56,180 --> 00:31:57,882 NOT NECESSARILY RIGHT NOW. UH, 995 00:31:57,882 --> 00:32:01,586 IN THIS COMMITTEE, WE ABOUT 996 00:32:01,586 --> 00:32:02,754 SEATTLE CHANNEL IN PARTICULAR, 997 00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:03,321 SEATTLE CHANNEL HAS DONE A 998 00:32:03,321 --> 00:32:04,722 REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAKING THE 999 00:32:04,722 --> 00:32:08,493 DIGITAL TRANSITION FROM CABLE TO 1000 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:10,995 DIGITAL. HOW DO WE GET THEIR 1001 00:32:10,995 --> 00:32:14,565 STORY OUT THERE MORE AND HOW DO 1002 00:32:14,565 --> 00:32:16,401 WE BACK FUND THE DIMINISHING 1003 00:32:16,401 --> 00:32:17,802 CABLE FRANCHISE FEE? SO THOSE 1004 00:32:17,802 --> 00:32:20,004 ARE GOING TO BE THE TOPICS OF MY 1005 00:32:20,004 --> 00:32:21,139 CONVERSATION AND THE QUESTIONS 1006 00:32:21,139 --> 00:32:22,040 THAT I'D HAVE THAT I'D BE 1007 00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:23,241 INTERESTED IN. BUT NO SPECIFIC 1008 00:32:23,241 --> 00:32:24,275 QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW. YOU DON'T 1009 00:32:24,275 --> 00:32:26,210 NEED TO ANSWER UNLESS YOU'VE GOT 1010 00:32:26,210 --> 00:32:27,078 SOMETHING BRILLIANT YOU WANT TO 1011 00:32:27,078 --> 00:32:29,247 SHARE. BUT FIXING THE CABLE 1012 00:32:29,247 --> 00:32:31,349 FRANCHISE FEE DIMINISHMENT IS 1013 00:32:31,349 --> 00:32:32,183 NOT A SIMPLE ANSWER. I WOULD 1014 00:32:32,183 --> 00:32:34,752 LOVE TO GET YOUR INPUT OR YOUR 1015 00:32:34,752 --> 00:32:35,720 YOUR INSIGHT THERE, BECAUSE THE 1016 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,289 CHANNEL HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD 1017 00:32:38,289 --> 00:32:38,890 JOB OF MAKING THE TRANSITION 1018 00:32:38,890 --> 00:32:40,525 FROM JUST CABLE TO NOW ALL OF 1019 00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:42,927 THEIR STUFF IS AVAILABLE ALL THE 1020 00:32:42,927 --> 00:32:44,762 TIME, BUT A LOT OF SEATTLEITES 1021 00:32:44,762 --> 00:32:46,631 DON'T KNOW IT'S THERE. SO BOTH 1022 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:49,167 HOW DO WE GET MORE VIEWERS AND 1023 00:32:49,167 --> 00:32:50,702 HOW DO WE FUND THEM IN MORE 1024 00:32:50,702 --> 00:32:52,637 SUSTAINABLY? UM, I'M DELIGHTED 1025 00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:54,872 WITH THE LIBRARY LEVY. WE HAVE 1026 00:32:54,872 --> 00:32:55,373 SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR 1027 00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:56,507 ADDITIONAL FUNDING. UM, I'M 1028 00:32:56,507 --> 00:32:58,876 HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT 1029 00:32:58,876 --> 00:33:00,011 THAT. IN A FUTURE DATE, BUT I 1030 00:33:00,011 --> 00:33:02,046 WILL SAY THAT THIS WEEKEND THEY 1031 00:33:02,046 --> 00:33:03,514 WERE ACTUALLY NOMINATED FOR YET 1032 00:33:03,514 --> 00:33:05,450 ANOTHER AWARD. SO LOOKING 1033 00:33:05,450 --> 00:33:09,754 FORWARD TO SEE HOW THAT GOES 1034 00:33:09,754 --> 00:33:12,857 THANKS. NICE WORK AWESOME. THANK 1035 00:33:12,857 --> 00:33:15,360 YOU. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. ANY 1036 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:15,960 OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER 1037 00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,161 JUAREZ. SO ONCE I HAD MY HAND 1038 00:33:17,161 --> 00:33:18,429 UP, DID YOU SEE IT? I DIDN'T 1039 00:33:18,429 --> 00:33:19,130 REALLY GOOD. ABOUT THAT. I SAW 1040 00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:20,898 YOUR HAND. STARTING TO FIGURE. 1041 00:33:20,898 --> 00:33:25,470 THAT OUT. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCIL 1042 00:33:25,470 --> 00:33:26,070 PRESIDENT UM, SHANNON, CAN I 1043 00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:27,372 CALL YOU SHANNON? OF COURSE. 1044 00:33:27,372 --> 00:33:28,606 OKAY. I WAS GOING TO SAY, MISS 1045 00:33:28,606 --> 00:33:30,274 SMITH. I WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL. 1046 00:33:30,274 --> 00:33:31,943 UM, SO WE HAD A CHANCE TO. I 1047 00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:32,777 UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE 1048 00:33:32,777 --> 00:33:34,112 TO. WE SUBMITTED SOME QUESTIONS 1049 00:33:34,112 --> 00:33:35,580 TO YOU, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO 1050 00:33:35,580 --> 00:33:37,548 GET THOSE BACK UNTIL, OBVIOUSLY 1051 00:33:37,548 --> 00:33:38,783 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 21st. AND, UM, I 1052 00:33:38,783 --> 00:33:40,551 HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH YOUR 1053 00:33:40,551 --> 00:33:42,053 RESUME AND YOUR LETTER AND I 1054 00:33:42,053 --> 00:33:43,821 LIKE HOW YOU WENT FROM SOUTH 1055 00:33:43,821 --> 00:33:44,756 CAROLINA TO NORTH CAROLINA. I 1056 00:33:44,756 --> 00:33:46,090 LIKE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID 1057 00:33:46,090 --> 00:33:49,227 IN AI. THAT'S AMAZING. AI EXPERT 1058 00:33:49,227 --> 00:33:50,228 FEATURED. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE 1059 00:33:50,228 --> 00:33:52,096 WERE DEALING WITH THAT IN 1060 00:33:52,096 --> 00:33:53,564 SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, UM, AND 1061 00:33:53,564 --> 00:33:54,565 EVERYWHERE ELSE. AND YOU KNOW, 1062 00:33:54,565 --> 00:33:55,366 WHAT'S GOING ON NATIONALLY AND 1063 00:33:55,366 --> 00:33:56,834 GLOBALLY AND THE MARKET, ALL 1064 00:33:56,834 --> 00:33:58,936 THAT STUFF. SO I KNOW ONE OF THE 1065 00:33:58,936 --> 00:34:00,038 QUESTIONS THAT WE DID PUT TO 1066 00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:03,975 YOU, UM, ABOUT AI AND JUST IN 1067 00:34:03,975 --> 00:34:05,710 GENERAL, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW 1068 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:06,778 WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. AND 1069 00:34:06,778 --> 00:34:08,146 AGAIN, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT 1070 00:34:08,146 --> 00:34:09,414 WRITTEN IN STONE HERE TODAY, 1071 00:34:09,414 --> 00:34:11,015 JUST KIND OF WHERE YOUR THOUGHTS 1072 00:34:11,015 --> 00:34:13,151 ARE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'M HERE 1073 00:34:13,151 --> 00:34:13,785 UNTIL NOVEMBER 20th, BUT, AND I 1074 00:34:13,785 --> 00:34:14,685 DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO 1075 00:34:14,685 --> 00:34:16,654 CHAIR SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, BUT 1076 00:34:16,654 --> 00:34:17,622 AND WE DO HAVE A MORATORIUM, BUT 1077 00:34:17,622 --> 00:34:19,023 THAT IS GOING TO BE A BIG THING. 1078 00:34:19,023 --> 00:34:20,992 AS YOU KNOW. WHAT ARE YOUR 1079 00:34:20,992 --> 00:34:22,193 THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING 1080 00:34:22,193 --> 00:34:24,128 TO WORK WITH THE DIFFERENT 1081 00:34:24,128 --> 00:34:25,396 DEPARTMENTS OR GET US THE CITY 1082 00:34:25,396 --> 00:34:28,266 PREPARED AND EDUCATED IN 1083 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:29,467 EVERYBODY ON AI AND ITS IMPACTS 1084 00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:32,937 TO GOVERNMENT AND REGULATIONS. 1085 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:34,072 THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. 1086 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,606 THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. SO, 1087 00:34:35,606 --> 00:34:37,241 UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 1088 00:34:37,241 --> 00:34:38,943 OBSERVED WHEN I CAME HERE IS 1089 00:34:38,943 --> 00:34:40,244 THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE DOING 1090 00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:41,412 A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND 1091 00:34:41,412 --> 00:34:43,481 THERE WASN'T A CLEAR 1092 00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:45,083 PROGRAMMATIC APPROACH TO HOW 1093 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:45,750 WE'RE UPSKILLING THE WORKFORCE 1094 00:34:45,750 --> 00:34:47,885 IN AI AND DEVELOPING OUR 1095 00:34:47,885 --> 00:34:49,487 CAPABILITIES TO USE IT ACROSS 1096 00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:52,256 THINGS LIKE REGULATION, 1097 00:34:52,256 --> 00:34:54,792 GOVERNANCE, UTILITIES. UM, AND 1098 00:34:54,792 --> 00:34:56,494 SO I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER IN 1099 00:34:56,494 --> 00:34:58,062 PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S 1100 00:34:58,062 --> 00:35:00,531 OFFICE TO CREATE A MORE 1101 00:35:00,531 --> 00:35:02,166 STRUCTURED SET OF WORK STREAMS 1102 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:04,068 THAT ADDRESS THOSE DIFFERENT 1103 00:35:04,068 --> 00:35:06,137 PIECES. AND WE'RE PUTTING 1104 00:35:06,137 --> 00:35:06,671 TOGETHER A MORE PRAGMATIC 1105 00:35:06,671 --> 00:35:08,339 APPROACH BECAUSE I BELIEVE A 1106 00:35:08,339 --> 00:35:11,142 COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, THAT WE 1107 00:35:11,142 --> 00:35:12,877 HAVE TO UPSKILL FOLKS SO THAT 1108 00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:15,746 THEY ARE AI FLUENT, NOT JUST 1109 00:35:15,746 --> 00:35:16,814 USING IT AS A TOOL, THAT IT IS A 1110 00:35:16,814 --> 00:35:19,217 PART OF THEIR WORK, BUT THAT WE 1111 00:35:19,217 --> 00:35:20,384 ARE ALLOWING THEM TO USE AI TO 1112 00:35:20,384 --> 00:35:21,986 MOVE TO HIGHER SKILLED WORK. 1113 00:35:21,986 --> 00:35:23,855 IT'S NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR 1114 00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:26,090 HUMANS. THE SECOND THING IS THAT 1115 00:35:26,090 --> 00:35:28,526 WE HAVE TO START LOOKING INSTEAD 1116 00:35:28,526 --> 00:35:29,126 OF AT DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT WE 1117 00:35:29,126 --> 00:35:30,795 HAVE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT 1118 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:31,696 CAPABILITIES, BECAUSE A LOT OF 1119 00:35:31,696 --> 00:35:33,531 THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT 1120 00:35:33,531 --> 00:35:34,532 I'VE SPOKEN WITH AND THAT I 1121 00:35:34,532 --> 00:35:37,668 WORK WITH, WITH THE AI 1122 00:35:37,668 --> 00:35:41,305 SUB-CABINET, UM MAYOR'S I.T 1123 00:35:41,305 --> 00:35:42,673 SUB-CABINET AI FOCUSED. YEAH, 1124 00:35:42,673 --> 00:35:44,442 THAT, UM, STILL LEARNING ALL THE 1125 00:35:44,442 --> 00:35:49,881 ACRONYMS. UM, THERE IS A STRONG 1126 00:35:49,881 --> 00:35:51,716 DESIRE, BUT IT'S BEEN VERY 1127 00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:53,451 FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC TOOLS FOR 1128 00:35:53,451 --> 00:35:55,353 SPECIFIC NEEDS. AND WHAT WE'RE 1129 00:35:55,353 --> 00:35:57,922 FINDING IS THAT THE NEEDS CAN BE 1130 00:35:57,922 --> 00:35:58,890 CATEGORIZED MORE BROADLY. AND WE 1131 00:35:58,890 --> 00:36:01,292 HAVE A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE USAGE 1132 00:36:01,292 --> 00:36:03,427 AS WE KIND OF MOVE INTO THAT 1133 00:36:03,427 --> 00:36:04,562 SPACE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT 1134 00:36:04,562 --> 00:36:08,533 WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON IN 2026. 1135 00:36:08,533 --> 00:36:09,767 YEAH, I THINK THE THE CONCERN WE 1136 00:36:09,767 --> 00:36:12,837 HAVE IS THAT WE'RE NOT SILOED IN 1137 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:14,205 OUR EDUCATION AS A CITY. 1138 00:36:14,205 --> 00:36:14,839 ABSOLUTELY. AND NOT JUST ON THE 1139 00:36:14,839 --> 00:36:20,478 TECH SIDE, BUT ACTUAL THE ACTUAL 1140 00:36:20,478 --> 00:36:21,812 FOOTPRINT AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF 1141 00:36:21,812 --> 00:36:22,713 AI THAT SEATTLE CITY LIGHT IS 1142 00:36:22,713 --> 00:36:24,348 TALKING TO. SPU IS TALKING TO, 1143 00:36:24,348 --> 00:36:27,285 IT IS TALKING TO ALL OF US. UM, 1144 00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:29,086 I THINK THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE 1145 00:36:29,086 --> 00:36:30,588 CONCERN IS THAT AT LEAST IT'S 1146 00:36:30,588 --> 00:36:33,257 BEEN FOR ME AND I'M SURE MY 1147 00:36:33,257 --> 00:36:33,858 COLLEAGUES AS WELL IS THAT WE 1148 00:36:33,858 --> 00:36:36,661 ARE NOT ALL AI YET. CORRECT? 1149 00:36:36,661 --> 00:36:38,763 YEAH. HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN 1150 00:36:38,763 --> 00:36:41,098 THE STAKEHOLDER, THE STATEWIDE 1151 00:36:41,098 --> 00:36:42,767 GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE, 1152 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,602 STATEWIDE TASK FORCE ON AI THAT 1153 00:36:44,602 --> 00:36:46,003 WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING? I WAS NOT 1154 00:36:46,003 --> 00:36:48,906 PART OF THAT, BUT I ACTUALLY 1155 00:36:48,906 --> 00:36:50,208 SPOKE ON IT AT A RECENT EVENT AT 1156 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:51,242 THE. I THOUGHT. YOU DID. I 1157 00:36:51,242 --> 00:36:52,476 THOUGHT I RECOGNIZED YOUR NAME 1158 00:36:52,476 --> 00:36:54,011 FROM THE OKAY. THE RESPONSIBLE 1159 00:36:54,011 --> 00:36:56,247 AI COALITION. UM, I WAS ACTUALLY 1160 00:36:56,247 --> 00:36:57,748 A SPEAKER AT THAT, SPECIFICALLY 1161 00:36:57,748 --> 00:36:58,382 TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE 1162 00:36:58,382 --> 00:36:59,550 NEED TO TAKE THIS GUIDANCE AND 1163 00:36:59,550 --> 00:37:03,955 TURN IT INTO ACTUAL, UM, 1164 00:37:03,955 --> 00:37:04,589 OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION. UM, 1165 00:37:04,589 --> 00:37:05,489 A LOT OF THE WORK THAT I DID 1166 00:37:05,489 --> 00:37:07,992 PRIOR TO COMING TO THE CITY, UM, 1167 00:37:07,992 --> 00:37:08,859 I WROTE ARTICLES AND DID A LOT 1168 00:37:08,859 --> 00:37:12,196 OF THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AROUND. 1169 00:37:12,196 --> 00:37:13,331 WELL, THESE PRINCIPLES ARE 1170 00:37:13,331 --> 00:37:14,098 GREAT, BUT WHAT DO YOU GO DO? 1171 00:37:14,098 --> 00:37:15,299 WHAT ARE THE FIRST FOUR THINGS 1172 00:37:15,299 --> 00:37:18,302 YOU NEED TO GO DO AS AN ELECTED 1173 00:37:18,302 --> 00:37:20,338 OFFICIAL, AS A, AS A LOCAL 1174 00:37:20,338 --> 00:37:22,473 GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO ACTUALLY 1175 00:37:22,473 --> 00:37:23,908 MAKE THIS REAL. AND SO I'M 1176 00:37:23,908 --> 00:37:25,810 EXCITED TO HAVE THAT PARTNERSHIP 1177 00:37:25,810 --> 00:37:27,178 WITH THE STATE AS WELL AS WITH 1178 00:37:27,178 --> 00:37:29,213 THE CITY. SO ONE THOUGHT AND, 1179 00:37:29,213 --> 00:37:30,681 UM, AND I'M SURE COUNCIL 1180 00:37:30,681 --> 00:37:32,483 PRESIDENT, MADAM CHAIR, WILL, 1181 00:37:32,483 --> 00:37:33,951 WILL DO THIS OR LOOK INTO IT IS 1182 00:37:33,951 --> 00:37:35,386 THAT WE WERE HOPING THAT THE 1183 00:37:35,386 --> 00:37:38,522 CITY OF SEATTLE KIND OF MIMICS 1184 00:37:38,522 --> 00:37:40,024 THE STATE MODEL OF A STAKEHOLDER 1185 00:37:40,024 --> 00:37:41,559 GROUP FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE 1186 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:43,594 AND ALL THE DIFFERENT 1187 00:37:43,594 --> 00:37:45,029 DEPARTMENTS. SO EVERYTHING IS IN 1188 00:37:45,029 --> 00:37:46,297 ONE PLACE. WE HAVE THAT, BUT WE 1189 00:37:46,297 --> 00:37:47,898 DO. SO WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT 1190 00:37:47,898 --> 00:37:49,266 WHAT THE ACRONYM YOU JUST READ? 1191 00:37:49,266 --> 00:37:50,935 CAN YOU SAY WHAT IT IS AGAIN? 1192 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:52,470 ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE ALWAYS 1193 00:37:52,470 --> 00:37:54,338 HAD WELL, FOR AT LEAST TEN 1194 00:37:54,338 --> 00:37:56,073 YEARS, 12 YEARS. WE'VE HAD THE 1195 00:37:56,073 --> 00:37:58,676 MAYOR'S IT SUBCABINET, WHICH IS 1196 00:37:58,676 --> 00:38:01,879 A SELECTION OF DEPARTMENTAL 1197 00:38:01,879 --> 00:38:03,948 LEADERS WHO PROVIDE DIRECTION 1198 00:38:03,948 --> 00:38:04,649 AND GUIDANCE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING 1199 00:38:04,649 --> 00:38:09,120 IN TECHNOLOGY. AND NOW WE'VE 1200 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:09,687 CREATED A SECOND SUBCABINET 1201 00:38:09,687 --> 00:38:11,522 SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON AI. AND 1202 00:38:11,522 --> 00:38:13,691 I'M HAPPY TO SEND YOU THE NEW 1203 00:38:13,691 --> 00:38:14,558 MEMBERS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT 1204 00:38:14,558 --> 00:38:15,760 THAT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAD A 1205 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,596 CITY ONE. WE MEET. THAT'S GREAT. 1206 00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:19,263 AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU 1207 00:38:19,263 --> 00:38:20,564 THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE 1208 00:38:20,564 --> 00:38:22,433 COVERED SO FAR. YEAH, BECAUSE 1209 00:38:22,433 --> 00:38:25,269 WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH, UM, 1210 00:38:25,269 --> 00:38:27,471 DIFFERENT PEOPLE NATIONALLY, UH, 1211 00:38:27,471 --> 00:38:29,640 TRIBES, UM, RECENTLY, THE CITY 1212 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:33,144 OF TUCSON, UM, AND FOLLOWING NOT 1213 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:34,378 JUST THE MORATORIUMS, BUT HOW 1214 00:38:34,378 --> 00:38:36,414 OTHER PEOPLE ARE OTHER CITIES 1215 00:38:36,414 --> 00:38:37,748 MAINLY FOCUSING ON INDIAN 1216 00:38:37,748 --> 00:38:39,617 COUNTRY AND IN REGULAR IN, IN 1217 00:38:39,617 --> 00:38:40,685 LOCAL GOVERNMENT, REGIONAL 1218 00:38:40,685 --> 00:38:44,021 GOVERNMENT, ON, UM, JUST THE 1219 00:38:44,021 --> 00:38:45,589 STAKEHOLDER GROUP AND WHAT THOSE 1220 00:38:45,589 --> 00:38:46,657 REGULATIONS AND POLICIES ARE 1221 00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:47,625 GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND WHAT 1222 00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:48,492 I'M FINDING IN THESE MEETINGS, 1223 00:38:48,492 --> 00:38:50,061 AND I'M LEARNING STILL, I'M 1224 00:38:50,061 --> 00:38:51,929 STILL DOING ALL THE WEBINARS IS, 1225 00:38:51,929 --> 00:38:54,231 UM, WE'RE JUST NOT AI LITERATE. 1226 00:38:54,231 --> 00:38:55,766 I, WE JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE 1227 00:38:55,766 --> 00:38:57,435 TERMS. YOU KNOW, I JUST, I JUST 1228 00:38:57,435 --> 00:38:59,637 KNOW THAT PEOPLE USE AI FOR 1229 00:38:59,637 --> 00:39:02,807 CARTOONS. SO SO WE'RE TALKING 1230 00:39:02,807 --> 00:39:05,342 BELOW 101 FOR AT LEAST FOR ME 1231 00:39:05,342 --> 00:39:08,779 ANYWAY. SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE 1232 00:39:08,779 --> 00:39:10,147 PRIMARY DIRECTIVE FROM THE LAST 1233 00:39:10,147 --> 00:39:11,248 SUBCABINET MEETING THAT WE HAD 1234 00:39:11,248 --> 00:39:13,784 THAT THEY WANTED US TO FOCUS ON 1235 00:39:13,784 --> 00:39:15,353 UPSKILLING AND TRAINING IN 1236 00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:16,487 EDUCATION WITH THE FUNDING THAT 1237 00:39:16,487 --> 00:39:17,888 WE HAVE. SO WE'RE PUTTING THAT 1238 00:39:17,888 --> 00:39:19,256 TOGETHER NOW. YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN 1239 00:39:19,256 --> 00:39:21,025 THE MORATORIUM LIFTS, I THINK 1240 00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:23,027 YOU OBVIOUSLY YOU'LL BE READY. 1241 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:24,428 I HOPE. SO, YEAH, I HOPE SO TOO. 1242 00:39:24,428 --> 00:39:25,296 YES. YOUR PLAN. OKAY, GREAT. 1243 00:39:25,296 --> 00:39:26,597 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 1244 00:39:26,597 --> 00:39:28,065 THANK YOU. SHANNON YEAH, I 1245 00:39:28,065 --> 00:39:29,066 APPRECIATE IT. NO WORRIES. 1246 00:39:29,066 --> 00:39:29,734 THAT'S GOING TO I KNOW AI IS 1247 00:39:29,734 --> 00:39:31,736 GOING TO TAKE OVER A LOT OF 1248 00:39:31,736 --> 00:39:33,537 CONVERSATIONS IN THE NEXT COUPLE 1249 00:39:33,537 --> 00:39:35,439 YEARS. IT'S MOVING VERY FAST, 1250 00:39:35,439 --> 00:39:36,974 AND PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW HOW 1251 00:39:36,974 --> 00:39:38,142 IT'S GOING TO BE USED. AI FOR 1252 00:39:38,142 --> 00:39:39,310 GOOD. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, 1253 00:39:39,310 --> 00:39:40,678 THERE'S FOLKS THAT ARE AGAINST 1254 00:39:40,678 --> 00:39:41,912 IT AND ALL THESE THINGS. IT'S 1255 00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:44,148 HERE. SO UNDERSTANDING HOW WE 1256 00:39:44,148 --> 00:39:46,283 CAN RESPONSIBLY USE IT WITHOUT 1257 00:39:46,283 --> 00:39:48,986 IT TAKING OVER IS GOOD. SO, UM, 1258 00:39:48,986 --> 00:39:52,022 WE'LL. KETTLE SMITH REALLY 1259 00:39:52,022 --> 00:39:53,257 GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOUR TIME 1260 00:39:53,257 --> 00:39:54,492 THAT WE'VE SPENT TOGETHER. AND 1261 00:39:54,492 --> 00:39:55,826 I KNOW OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS ARE 1262 00:39:55,826 --> 00:39:57,194 GOING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME 1263 00:39:57,194 --> 00:39:59,897 MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU DURING 1264 00:39:59,897 --> 00:40:00,898 THIS PROCESS. BUT I THINK OUR 1265 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:02,533 NEXT MEETING WILL YOU WILL 1266 00:40:02,533 --> 00:40:04,568 RETURN OCTOBER 8th FOR THIS. WE 1267 00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:06,771 HAVE A SPECIAL GOVERNANCE 1268 00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:08,739 MEETING, UM, WHERE WE CAN HEAR 1269 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:10,641 THE RESPONSES TO OUR WRITTEN 1270 00:40:10,641 --> 00:40:12,409 QUESTIONS AND A POSSIBLE VOTE 1271 00:40:12,409 --> 00:40:14,178 FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION AS WELL. 1272 00:40:14,178 --> 00:40:15,479 SO REALLY GRATEFUL. IS THERE ANY 1273 00:40:15,479 --> 00:40:16,714 CLOSING REMARKS THAT YOU WOULD 1274 00:40:16,714 --> 00:40:19,884 LIKE TO MAKE? THANK YOU. I LOOK 1275 00:40:19,884 --> 00:40:20,885 FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION ON 1276 00:40:20,885 --> 00:40:22,386 OCTOBER 8th. AWESOME. THANK YOU. 1277 00:40:22,386 --> 00:40:24,622 SO YOU'RE A TAR HEEL? YES, YES. 1278 00:40:24,622 --> 00:40:26,724 AND A GAMECOCK. AND A GAMECOCK. 1279 00:40:26,724 --> 00:40:29,193 WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE BETTER? 1280 00:40:29,193 --> 00:40:30,728 OH, DON'T. DON'T PUT ME ON THE 1281 00:40:30,728 --> 00:40:31,395 SPOT LIKE THAT. IT'S EASY FOR 1282 00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:33,864 ME. I WENT TO ARIZONA AND THEN I 1283 00:40:33,864 --> 00:40:35,032 WENT TO UW ARIZONA ALL DAY. SO. 1284 00:40:35,032 --> 00:40:37,034 AND I'LL SAY THAT PUBLICLY ON 1285 00:40:37,034 --> 00:40:37,768 THE RECORD. BEAR DOWN TUCSON. 1286 00:40:37,768 --> 00:40:39,870 ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1287 00:40:39,870 --> 00:40:42,473 CTO SMITH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. 1288 00:40:42,473 --> 00:40:44,008 AMANDA PLEASANT-BROWN. GOOD TO 1289 00:40:44,008 --> 00:40:45,042 SEE YOU HERE AS WELL. SO THANK 1290 00:40:45,042 --> 00:40:46,310 YOU FOR COMING. LIKEWISE. THANK 1291 00:40:46,310 --> 00:40:48,179 YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ALL 1292 00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,714 RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO 1293 00:40:50,714 --> 00:40:52,082 TRANSITION INTO ITEM AGENDA ITEM 1294 00:40:52,082 --> 00:40:53,818 NUMBER FOUR. WE ARE CHUGGING 1295 00:40:53,818 --> 00:40:55,853 ALONG HERE. THANK YOU 1296 00:40:55,853 --> 00:40:56,720 COLLEAGUES. AND WE WOULD HAVE 1297 00:40:56,720 --> 00:40:57,555 BEEN ON TIME. BUT I DON'T WANT 1298 00:40:57,555 --> 00:40:59,824 TO SAY WHO WAS LATE. CAN WE READ 1299 00:40:59,824 --> 00:41:01,325 ITEM AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR 1300 00:41:01,325 --> 00:41:02,159 INTO THE RECORD. OH, THAT WAS 1301 00:41:02,159 --> 00:41:06,964 ME. I WAS. LATE. AGENDA ITEM 1302 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:09,600 FOUR INFORMATION ITEM 2953. 1303 00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:10,234 INTRODUCTION TO APPOINTMENT OF 1304 00:41:10,234 --> 00:41:11,202 CITY AUDITOR FOR BRIEFING AND 1305 00:41:11,202 --> 00:41:15,239 DISCUSSION. AWESOME. WE ARE SO 1306 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,107 EXCITED. WHAT A LOVELY COLOR. 1307 00:41:17,107 --> 00:41:20,277 OOH, WE ARE EXCITED. SO ANYWAYS, 1308 00:41:20,277 --> 00:41:21,779 UM ARUSHI YOU ARE HERE. YOU CAN 1309 00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:23,848 JUMP INTO THE PRESENTATION. 1310 00:41:23,848 --> 00:41:25,382 WE'RE EXCITED FOR THIS FIRST 1311 00:41:25,382 --> 00:41:26,917 MEETING WITH OUR POTENTIAL CITY 1312 00:41:26,917 --> 00:41:27,651 AUDITOR, SO YOU CAN OPEN US UP 1313 00:41:27,651 --> 00:41:34,024 AND THEN WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS. 1314 00:41:34,024 --> 00:41:36,527 CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? OKAY. 1315 00:41:36,527 --> 00:41:40,364 CLOSER. YEAH, JUST BRING IT 1316 00:41:40,364 --> 00:41:41,832 CLOSE. HOW'S THAT? PERFECT. 1317 00:41:41,832 --> 00:41:45,469 OKAY. EXCELLENT. UM THANK YOU 1318 00:41:45,469 --> 00:41:46,270 CHAIR, COUNCILMEMBERS. UM, WE'RE 1319 00:41:46,270 --> 00:41:48,639 MOVING AT A CLIP TODAY, LIKE YOU 1320 00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:51,208 SAID. UM, SO, UH, MY NAME IS 1321 00:41:51,208 --> 00:41:53,143 ARUSHI THAKORLAL. I'M THE ACTING 1322 00:41:53,143 --> 00:41:54,311 CITY AUDITOR. UM, AND I'M HERE 1323 00:41:54,311 --> 00:41:56,881 TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR 1324 00:41:56,881 --> 00:41:58,482 OFFICE SPECIFICALLY AND OUR NEXT 1325 00:41:58,482 --> 00:41:59,516 CANDIDATE FOR CITY AUDITOR. BUT 1326 00:41:59,516 --> 00:42:01,418 I WANT TO TAKE JUST A BRIEF 1327 00:42:01,418 --> 00:42:02,720 MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE TITLE. 1328 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,121 I JUST USED ACTING AND EXACTLY 1329 00:42:04,121 --> 00:42:05,256 WHAT THAT MEANS, PERHAPS FOR THE 1330 00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:08,525 BENEFIT OF THE VIEWING PUBLIC. 1331 00:42:08,525 --> 00:42:10,227 UM, SO AS YOU ALL REMEMBER, LAST 1332 00:42:10,227 --> 00:42:11,228 DECEMBER, OUR PRIOR CITY 1333 00:42:11,228 --> 00:42:12,763 AUDITOR, DAVID JONES, RETIRED 1334 00:42:12,763 --> 00:42:16,100 AFTER 29 YEARS WITH THE CITY. HE 1335 00:42:16,100 --> 00:42:17,768 SPENT 16 OF THOSE YEARS AS CITY 1336 00:42:17,768 --> 00:42:19,870 AUDITOR. SO THAT WAS FOUR 1337 00:42:19,870 --> 00:42:21,972 CONSECUTIVE FOUR YEAR TERMS. UM, 1338 00:42:21,972 --> 00:42:22,907 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF YOU 1339 00:42:22,907 --> 00:42:24,108 ALL, BUT I CERTAINLY HAVE NOT 1340 00:42:24,108 --> 00:42:26,176 YET HELD A JOB FOR 16 YEARS. 1341 00:42:26,176 --> 00:42:28,612 IT'S A LONG TIME. UM, AND WE 1342 00:42:28,612 --> 00:42:31,282 CAN IMAGINE THE BENEFIT THAT 1343 00:42:31,282 --> 00:42:31,916 THAT STABILITY AND CONSISTENCY 1344 00:42:31,916 --> 00:42:34,184 IN LEADERSHIP REALLY PROVIDED 1345 00:42:34,184 --> 00:42:35,419 NOT ONLY FOR OUR OFFICE, 1346 00:42:35,419 --> 00:42:36,587 SPECIFICALLY OCA, BUT ALSO FOR 1347 00:42:36,587 --> 00:42:38,722 THE CITY AT LARGE TO HAVE, UM, 1348 00:42:38,722 --> 00:42:41,358 ONE INDIVIDUAL BECOME ALMOST 1349 00:42:41,358 --> 00:42:42,927 SYNONYMOUS WITH, WITH THIS ROLE 1350 00:42:42,927 --> 00:42:45,062 THAT'S SO VISIBLE AND SO VITAL. 1351 00:42:45,062 --> 00:42:46,664 I KNOW DURING HIS LONG TENURE, 1352 00:42:46,664 --> 00:42:48,499 DAVID REALLY WORKED HARD TO 1353 00:42:48,499 --> 00:42:50,301 ESTABLISH OCA AS A TRUSTED 1354 00:42:50,301 --> 00:42:51,602 PARTNER, A TRUSTED SOURCE FOR 1355 00:42:51,602 --> 00:42:53,737 INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT. UM, AND 1356 00:42:53,737 --> 00:42:54,772 AGAIN, THAT'S BOTH INTERNAL TO 1357 00:42:54,772 --> 00:42:55,873 THE CITY AND EXTERNAL TO THE 1358 00:42:55,873 --> 00:42:56,941 PUBLIC. AND WE WERE REALLY LUCKY 1359 00:42:56,941 --> 00:42:58,976 TO HAVE HIM. UM, HOWEVER, WE 1360 00:42:58,976 --> 00:43:00,144 WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO 1361 00:43:00,144 --> 00:43:01,245 KEEP HIM FOREVER. WE KNOW THAT. 1362 00:43:01,245 --> 00:43:02,780 UM, AND I THINK HIS FAMILY WAS 1363 00:43:02,780 --> 00:43:03,814 EAGER TO HAVE HIM JOIN ON MORE 1364 00:43:03,814 --> 00:43:07,351 OF THEIR TRAVELS. UM, SO AS PART 1365 00:43:07,351 --> 00:43:09,420 OF MY DUTIES AS DEPUTY CITY 1366 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:10,788 AUDITOR UPON HIS WELL-DESERVED 1367 00:43:10,788 --> 00:43:11,822 RETIREMENT, I STEPPED INTO THE 1368 00:43:11,822 --> 00:43:13,824 ROLE IN AN ACTING CAPACITY. THE 1369 00:43:13,824 --> 00:43:15,192 PERMANENT POSITION MUST BE 1370 00:43:15,192 --> 00:43:17,795 APPOINTED BY YOU ALL. COUNCIL. 1371 00:43:17,795 --> 00:43:19,229 BUT THE POSITION ITSELF CANNOT 1372 00:43:19,229 --> 00:43:20,531 REMAIN VACANT FOR ANY PERIOD OF 1373 00:43:20,531 --> 00:43:23,000 TIME. SO I'M HERE TEMPORARILY. 1374 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:23,667 UM, AND I'VE BEEN HONORED TO DO 1375 00:43:23,667 --> 00:43:25,703 SO. I'VE BEEN IN GOVERNMENT 1376 00:43:25,703 --> 00:43:26,737 AUDITING TEN YEARS. UM, AND I'M 1377 00:43:26,737 --> 00:43:29,473 REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE FOUND A 1378 00:43:29,473 --> 00:43:31,875 PROFESSION AND AN EMPLOYER THAT 1379 00:43:31,875 --> 00:43:33,711 I REALLY LOVE AND TO SPEAK ABOUT 1380 00:43:33,711 --> 00:43:34,345 THE OFFICE BRIEFLY. CHAIR. I, 1381 00:43:34,345 --> 00:43:35,312 YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TODAY, SO 1382 00:43:35,312 --> 00:43:36,313 I'M GOING TO SAY IT. YOU KNOW, 1383 00:43:36,313 --> 00:43:37,681 WE'RE A LITTLE SMALL COMPARED 1384 00:43:37,681 --> 00:43:39,450 TO SOME OTHER JURISDICTIONS, BUT 1385 00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:41,251 WE'RE MIGHTY. UM, THE STAFF IN 1386 00:43:41,251 --> 00:43:43,120 THE OFFICE, REALLY SOME OF THE 1387 00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:44,989 SMARTEST AND HARDEST WORKING 1388 00:43:44,989 --> 00:43:46,056 FOLKS I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF 1389 00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:48,325 WORKING WITH. ALSO KIND. UM, AND 1390 00:43:48,325 --> 00:43:49,526 SOME OF THEM HAVE WORKED FOR THE 1391 00:43:49,526 --> 00:43:50,961 CITY LONGER THAN DAVID. SO THE 1392 00:43:50,961 --> 00:43:52,463 CITY IS LUCKY TO HAVE THEM 1393 00:43:52,463 --> 00:43:54,732 WORKING ON THEIR BEHALF AS WELL. 1394 00:43:54,732 --> 00:43:56,333 AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RETURNING 1395 00:43:56,333 --> 00:43:58,535 TO MY ROLES AS DEPUTY. UM, ONCE 1396 00:43:58,535 --> 00:44:00,404 YOU ALL APPOINT A NEW CITY 1397 00:44:00,404 --> 00:44:01,338 AUDITOR. UM, SO I'M GOING TO 1398 00:44:01,338 --> 00:44:03,140 TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE 1399 00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:04,375 OFFICE, ABOUT THE ROLE OF CITY 1400 00:44:04,375 --> 00:44:05,976 AUDITOR SPECIFICALLY, AND THEN, 1401 00:44:05,976 --> 00:44:09,046 UM, ABOUT OUR CANDIDATE HERE. 1402 00:44:09,046 --> 00:44:11,382 UM, SO OCA IS AN INDEPENDENT 1403 00:44:11,382 --> 00:44:13,083 DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY'S 1404 00:44:13,083 --> 00:44:15,753 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. WE DO 1405 00:44:15,753 --> 00:44:16,320 RECEIVE SOME ADMINISTRATIVE 1406 00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:17,354 SUPPORT ON SOME FUNCTIONS, BUT 1407 00:44:17,354 --> 00:44:19,189 ULTIMATELY OUR INDEPENDENCE, 1408 00:44:19,189 --> 00:44:19,957 BOTH FROM EXECUTIVE AND FROM 1409 00:44:19,957 --> 00:44:22,292 LEGISLATURE, IS REALLY CRUCIAL 1410 00:44:22,292 --> 00:44:23,627 TO ACCOMPLISHING OUR MISSION, 1411 00:44:23,627 --> 00:44:26,363 WHICH IS TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE, 1412 00:44:26,363 --> 00:44:27,965 ACCOUNTABLE AND EQUITABLE CITY 1413 00:44:27,965 --> 00:44:28,899 GOVERNMENT THROUGH INDEPENDENT 1414 00:44:28,899 --> 00:44:29,767 ANALYSIS AND OVERSIGHT. IT'S A 1415 00:44:29,767 --> 00:44:31,068 LOT OF WORDS, BUT REALLY, LIKE 1416 00:44:31,068 --> 00:44:32,036 YOU, WE'RE WORKING HERE ON 1417 00:44:32,036 --> 00:44:34,071 BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYERS. SO IN 1418 00:44:34,071 --> 00:44:34,972 ORDER TO DO THAT, WE PRODUCE A 1419 00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:36,707 LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF 1420 00:44:36,707 --> 00:44:38,509 REPORTS. WE DO PERFORMANCE 1421 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:40,177 AUDITS OF CITY PROGRAMS AND 1422 00:44:40,177 --> 00:44:42,746 OPERATIONS. WE PROVIDE NON-AUDIT 1423 00:44:42,746 --> 00:44:43,781 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO CITY 1424 00:44:43,781 --> 00:44:45,649 COUNCIL AND TO CITY DEPARTMENTS. 1425 00:44:45,649 --> 00:44:47,451 AND WE ALSO ANNUALLY FOLLOW UP 1426 00:44:47,451 --> 00:44:49,353 ON THE STATUS OF ALL PRIOR OPEN 1427 00:44:49,353 --> 00:44:52,322 AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS TO ASSESS 1428 00:44:52,322 --> 00:44:53,824 IF CORRECTIVE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN 1429 00:44:53,824 --> 00:44:56,260 TAKEN. AND WE DO ALL OF THAT 1430 00:44:56,260 --> 00:44:58,495 WORK IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1431 00:44:58,495 --> 00:44:59,129 APPLICABLE GOVERNMENT AUDITING 1432 00:44:59,129 --> 00:44:59,830 STANDARDS THAT ARE SET BY THE 1433 00:44:59,830 --> 00:45:01,131 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE 1434 00:45:01,131 --> 00:45:03,033 THAT ALL THE CONCLUSIONS WE 1435 00:45:03,033 --> 00:45:05,436 REACH IN OUR REPORTING ARE 1436 00:45:05,436 --> 00:45:07,438 EVIDENCE BASED, OBJECTIVE AND 1437 00:45:07,438 --> 00:45:10,007 SUPPORTED BY SUFFICIENT WORK, 1438 00:45:10,007 --> 00:45:11,308 AND THE AUDITORS ALSO GET 1439 00:45:11,308 --> 00:45:13,410 AUDITED. WE UNDERGO A PEER 1440 00:45:13,410 --> 00:45:14,645 REVIEW EVERY THREE YEARS TO 1441 00:45:14,645 --> 00:45:16,547 ENSURE THAT WE ARE ADHERING TO 1442 00:45:16,547 --> 00:45:17,948 THOSE STANDARDS. UM, AND UNDER 1443 00:45:17,948 --> 00:45:19,917 DAVID'S LEADERSHIP, WE 1444 00:45:19,917 --> 00:45:21,485 SUCCESSFULLY PASSED OUR LAST 1445 00:45:21,485 --> 00:45:22,352 FIVE PEER REVIEWS. SO WE WERE 1446 00:45:22,352 --> 00:45:25,656 AGAIN, LUCKY TO HAVE HIM. UM, SO 1447 00:45:25,656 --> 00:45:28,492 I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 1448 00:45:28,492 --> 00:45:30,494 THE ROLE OF THE CITY AUDITOR, 1449 00:45:30,494 --> 00:45:32,496 SPECIFICALLY. UM, AND I HAVE 1450 00:45:32,496 --> 00:45:33,897 SOME THINGS HERE. I DON'T WANT 1451 00:45:33,897 --> 00:45:35,265 TO MISS ANYTHING. UH, THE CITY 1452 00:45:35,265 --> 00:45:37,601 AUDITOR PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT 1453 00:45:37,601 --> 00:45:38,102 ROLE IN PROTECTING THE 1454 00:45:38,102 --> 00:45:39,903 INDEPENDENCE AND NONPARTISAN 1455 00:45:39,903 --> 00:45:42,172 APPROACH OF THE OFFICE. THE 1456 00:45:42,172 --> 00:45:42,739 AUDITOR SETS THE OFFICE'S 1457 00:45:42,739 --> 00:45:44,274 PRIORITIES, DEVELOPS THE ANNUAL 1458 00:45:44,274 --> 00:45:45,976 AUDIT WORK PLAN, OVERSEES THE 1459 00:45:45,976 --> 00:45:48,612 QUALITY AND INTEGRITY OF WORK, 1460 00:45:48,612 --> 00:45:49,646 AND MANAGES ITS STAFF AND 1461 00:45:49,646 --> 00:45:51,882 RESOURCES. THE AUDITOR ALSO 1462 00:45:51,882 --> 00:45:54,218 COMMUNICATES OUR FINDINGS AND 1463 00:45:54,218 --> 00:45:56,220 RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL, 1464 00:45:56,220 --> 00:45:57,254 CITY DEPARTMENTS AND THE PUBLIC. 1465 00:45:57,254 --> 00:45:58,755 AND A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF 1466 00:45:58,755 --> 00:46:01,658 THE JOB IS BEING ABLE TO BUILD 1467 00:46:01,658 --> 00:46:02,292 PRODUCTIVE RELATIONSHIPS ACROSS 1468 00:46:02,292 --> 00:46:03,727 CITY GOVERNMENT, WHILE STILL 1469 00:46:03,727 --> 00:46:06,230 BEING WILLING TO RAISE DIFFICULT 1470 00:46:06,230 --> 00:46:07,731 ISSUES WHEN THE EVIDENCE CALLS 1471 00:46:07,731 --> 00:46:09,633 FOR IT. SO WITH ALL OF THAT IN 1472 00:46:09,633 --> 00:46:11,435 MIND, UM, FOLLOWING DAVID'S 1473 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:12,870 RETIREMENT, THE COUNCIL KICKED 1474 00:46:12,870 --> 00:46:15,372 OFF A COMPETITIVE NATIONWIDE 1475 00:46:15,372 --> 00:46:17,141 RECRUITMENT FOR THE POSITION. 1476 00:46:17,141 --> 00:46:17,741 CANDIDATES WERE ASSESSED ON A 1477 00:46:17,741 --> 00:46:18,742 FEW DIFFERENT FACTORS, BUT 1478 00:46:18,742 --> 00:46:20,611 NAMELY THEIR AUDIT EXPERIENCE, 1479 00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:25,516 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT 1480 00:46:25,516 --> 00:46:26,016 ABILITIES, PROFESSIONAL 1481 00:46:26,016 --> 00:46:26,650 INTEGRITY, COMMUNICATION SKILLS 1482 00:46:26,650 --> 00:46:28,786 AND COMMITMENT TO INDEPENDENCE 1483 00:46:28,786 --> 00:46:30,754 AND NONPARTISAN OVERSIGHT. THAT 1484 00:46:30,754 --> 00:46:31,255 PROCESS RESULTED IN THE 1485 00:46:31,255 --> 00:46:33,290 SELECTION OF THANDEE MAUNG FOR 1486 00:46:33,290 --> 00:46:34,791 THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. AS 1487 00:46:34,791 --> 00:46:35,659 SHOWN IN THE APPOINTMENT, 1488 00:46:35,659 --> 00:46:37,161 PACKET, D IS CURRENTLY SERVING 1489 00:46:37,161 --> 00:46:39,296 AS THE DEPUTY CITY AUDITOR FOR 1490 00:46:39,296 --> 00:46:41,665 THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. 1491 00:46:41,665 --> 00:46:43,967 SHE HAS OVER 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE 1492 00:46:43,967 --> 00:46:45,169 DIRECTLY IN GOVERNMENT AUDITING 1493 00:46:45,169 --> 00:46:47,037 BETWEEN HER TIME IN BALTIMORE 1494 00:46:47,037 --> 00:46:48,739 AND IN DALLAS. SHE IS A 1495 00:46:48,739 --> 00:46:50,340 CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, A 1496 00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:53,510 CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS, A 1497 00:46:53,510 --> 00:46:54,144 CERTIFIED GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL 1498 00:46:54,144 --> 00:46:56,613 MANAGER, AND THERE ARE MANY MORE 1499 00:46:56,613 --> 00:46:58,515 DETAILS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE AND 1500 00:46:58,515 --> 00:46:59,149 THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS IN THE 1501 00:46:59,149 --> 00:47:00,784 APPOINTMENT PACKET. UM, AND WITH 1502 00:47:00,784 --> 00:47:04,988 THAT, I WILL HAND IT OFF TO D. 1503 00:47:04,988 --> 00:47:06,223 THANK YOU. ARUSHI CAN YOU ALL 1504 00:47:06,223 --> 00:47:08,625 HEAR ME WELL? YEP. JUST PULL IT 1505 00:47:08,625 --> 00:47:09,626 CLOSE TO YOU. IS IT BETTER? 1506 00:47:09,626 --> 00:47:11,995 PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD 1507 00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:15,032 AFTERNOON, CHAIR HOLLINGSWORTH 1508 00:47:15,032 --> 00:47:16,900 AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE 1509 00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:17,434 GOVERNANCE AND UTILITIES 1510 00:47:17,434 --> 00:47:18,902 COMMITTEE. AND MEMBERS OF THE 1511 00:47:18,902 --> 00:47:21,605 PUBLIC. MY NAME IS THANDEE MAO. 1512 00:47:21,605 --> 00:47:23,340 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 1513 00:47:23,340 --> 00:47:25,275 NOMINATING ME FOR THE CITY 1514 00:47:25,275 --> 00:47:28,212 AUDITOR POSITION. I AM DEEPLY 1515 00:47:28,212 --> 00:47:30,080 HONORED TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE 1516 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:34,051 ROLE. I AM PLEASED TO FORMALLY 1517 00:47:34,051 --> 00:47:36,620 ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. UM, WITH 1518 00:47:36,620 --> 00:47:38,689 20 YEARS OF MY EXPERIENCE IN 1519 00:47:38,689 --> 00:47:41,325 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUDITING, I 1520 00:47:41,325 --> 00:47:43,227 HAVE DEVELOPED A REPUTATION OF 1521 00:47:43,227 --> 00:47:45,362 INTEGRITY, OBJECTIVITY, AND 1522 00:47:45,362 --> 00:47:47,364 FAIRNESS. WHILE I AM EXPECTING 1523 00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:50,000 HIGH QUALITY PERFORMANCE AND 1524 00:47:50,000 --> 00:47:51,635 ACCOUNTABILITY FROM BOTH MY 1525 00:47:51,635 --> 00:47:55,072 STAFF AND THE AGENCY THAT I 1526 00:47:55,072 --> 00:47:57,808 AUDITED, I DEVELOPED THE 1527 00:47:57,808 --> 00:47:59,376 REPUTATION WHILE WORKING IN A 1528 00:47:59,376 --> 00:48:01,979 COMPLEX AND POLITICALLY 1529 00:48:01,979 --> 00:48:04,348 SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT. AS A 1530 00:48:04,348 --> 00:48:06,116 MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM, I 1531 00:48:06,116 --> 00:48:07,651 FOSTERED A MISSION DRIVEN 1532 00:48:07,651 --> 00:48:12,956 ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON, UM. BY 1533 00:48:12,956 --> 00:48:15,259 ACTIVELY PROVIDING GOVERNMENT 1534 00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:15,893 LEADERS WITH USEFUL INFORMATION 1535 00:48:15,893 --> 00:48:19,896 TO IMPROVE ACCOUNTABILITY. I AM 1536 00:48:19,896 --> 00:48:22,733 VERY PROUD TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY 1537 00:48:22,733 --> 00:48:23,367 DEVELOPED STAFF MEMBERS WHO HOLD 1538 00:48:23,367 --> 00:48:25,035 HIGH LEVEL POSITIONS IN PUBLIC 1539 00:48:25,035 --> 00:48:28,438 AND PRIVATE SECTORS. I AM 1540 00:48:28,438 --> 00:48:30,607 CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITY TO 1541 00:48:30,607 --> 00:48:31,241 CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY TO THE 1542 00:48:31,241 --> 00:48:35,679 CITY OF SEATTLE, FOR WHICH I AM 1543 00:48:35,679 --> 00:48:37,381 DEDICATED TO CONTINUING TO 1544 00:48:37,381 --> 00:48:38,248 PRESERVE THE LEGACY OF THE CITY 1545 00:48:38,248 --> 00:48:41,718 AUDITOR'S OFFICE, AND I WILL 1546 00:48:41,718 --> 00:48:42,319 COLLABORATIVELY WORK WITH THE 1547 00:48:42,319 --> 00:48:44,187 CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY 1548 00:48:44,187 --> 00:48:46,723 MANAGEMENT. I AM THANKFUL FOR 1549 00:48:46,723 --> 00:48:47,691 THE OPPORTUNITY, AND I LOOK 1550 00:48:47,691 --> 00:48:49,226 FORWARD TO SERVING YOU AND THE 1551 00:48:49,226 --> 00:48:52,996 RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT CITY. 1552 00:48:52,996 --> 00:48:54,464 EMERALD CITY. THANK YOU. 1553 00:48:54,464 --> 00:48:56,700 AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND 1554 00:48:56,700 --> 00:48:57,334 BEFORE WE JUMP INTO QUESTIONS, I 1555 00:48:57,334 --> 00:48:58,869 DO WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME AND 1556 00:48:58,869 --> 00:49:03,106 THANK ARUSHI, UM, FOR YOUR 1557 00:49:03,106 --> 00:49:05,542 LEADERSHIP AND JUMPING RIGHT 1558 00:49:05,542 --> 00:49:06,977 INTO THE ROLE OF THE ACTING 1559 00:49:06,977 --> 00:49:07,678 AUDITOR AND TAKING THAT ON. UM, 1560 00:49:07,678 --> 00:49:10,180 I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK. IT 1561 00:49:10,180 --> 00:49:11,448 WAS A LOT OF TIME. I STILL KNOW 1562 00:49:11,448 --> 00:49:13,183 A LOT OF, I KNOW A LOT OF THE 1563 00:49:13,183 --> 00:49:15,218 TIME THAT YOU'VE SPENT, WE'VE 1564 00:49:15,218 --> 00:49:15,819 HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS, BUT 1565 00:49:15,819 --> 00:49:18,155 JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY, AND 1566 00:49:18,155 --> 00:49:18,789 I SAID IT IN A STAFF MEETING AND 1567 00:49:18,789 --> 00:49:19,656 JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, AND I 1568 00:49:19,656 --> 00:49:21,458 KNOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE FROM 1569 00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:22,125 THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE JUST WANT 1570 00:49:22,125 --> 00:49:23,193 TO TELL YOU PUBLICLY ON THE 1571 00:49:23,193 --> 00:49:24,928 RECORD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, 1572 00:49:24,928 --> 00:49:26,163 BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE GIVEN A 1573 00:49:26,163 --> 00:49:28,031 LOT TO THE CITY AND MAKING SURE 1574 00:49:28,031 --> 00:49:29,666 THAT THE OFFICE STILL RAN WELL. 1575 00:49:29,666 --> 00:49:32,235 AND THEN ALSO TO THAT, WE WERE 1576 00:49:32,235 --> 00:49:32,869 STILL HOLDING THINGS ACCOUNTABLE 1577 00:49:32,869 --> 00:49:34,438 IN THE CITY, MAKING SURE REPORTS 1578 00:49:34,438 --> 00:49:35,205 WERE GETTING OUT AND STUFF WAS 1579 00:49:35,205 --> 00:49:36,807 STILL MOVING. SO THANK YOU. 1580 00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:39,676 ARUSHI. OKAY, SO BEFORE WE GO 1581 00:49:39,676 --> 00:49:43,046 INTO THAT, AND I WANT TO THANK, 1582 00:49:43,046 --> 00:49:45,315 UM, OKAY. SO DEE, CAN YOU 1583 00:49:45,315 --> 00:49:47,484 PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME AGAIN? 1584 00:49:47,484 --> 00:49:49,586 MO MAUNG. SO WE KNOW. OKAY. DEE 1585 00:49:49,586 --> 00:49:51,288 MAUNG. OKAY. BECAUSE WHEN I 1586 00:49:51,288 --> 00:49:52,356 REMEMBER WE WERE DOING THE 1587 00:49:52,356 --> 00:49:52,956 INTERVIEW, LIKE JUST CALL ME 1588 00:49:52,956 --> 00:49:54,491 DEE. AND I WAS LIKE, AWESOME. 1589 00:49:54,491 --> 00:49:55,826 BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE 1590 00:49:55,826 --> 00:49:59,596 SAY YOUR FULL NAME AS WELL. 1591 00:49:59,596 --> 00:50:01,331 THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. 1592 00:50:01,331 --> 00:50:03,533 COLLEAGUES, I WILL PAUSE HERE 1593 00:50:03,533 --> 00:50:04,501 BEFORE I DO MY COMMENTS 1594 00:50:04,501 --> 00:50:06,236 REGARDING DEE, BECAUSE I'VE HAD 1595 00:50:06,236 --> 00:50:06,870 GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH HER. I 1596 00:50:06,870 --> 00:50:09,172 WAS ON THE SEARCH COMMITTEE. WE 1597 00:50:09,172 --> 00:50:10,640 HAD A PROCESS AND OVERSAW THAT. 1598 00:50:10,640 --> 00:50:12,509 SO I WILL HAND IT OFF. I 1599 00:50:12,509 --> 00:50:13,710 BELIEVE. COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS 1600 00:50:13,710 --> 00:50:14,644 YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE 1601 00:50:14,644 --> 00:50:15,812 BEEN PAYING ATTENTION THROUGHOUT 1602 00:50:15,812 --> 00:50:17,014 THE ENTIRE SEARCH COMMITTEE, 1603 00:50:17,014 --> 00:50:17,647 WORKING WITH COUNCIL PRESIDENT 1604 00:50:17,647 --> 00:50:19,349 TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND HOW 1605 00:50:19,349 --> 00:50:22,152 EVERYTHING WAS GOING. MANY AND 1606 00:50:22,152 --> 00:50:22,986 MANY POINTS OF GRATITUDE TO YOU, 1607 00:50:22,986 --> 00:50:26,323 ARUSHI, FOR CONTINUING TO BRIDGE 1608 00:50:26,323 --> 00:50:27,891 THIS MOMENT BETWEEN DAVID AND D 1609 00:50:27,891 --> 00:50:31,294 AND D. WELCOME TO THE 1610 00:50:31,294 --> 00:50:31,795 LEGISLATIVE FAMILY. THE 1611 00:50:31,795 --> 00:50:32,829 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH IS ALL ABOUT 1612 00:50:32,829 --> 00:50:34,331 INDEPENDENCE. WE ARE ALL 1613 00:50:34,331 --> 00:50:37,434 INDEPENDENT. THAT MAKES US WHAT 1614 00:50:37,434 --> 00:50:38,034 MAKES US GREAT AND CREATES A 1615 00:50:38,034 --> 00:50:38,935 LITTLE BIT OF TENSION EVERY ONCE 1616 00:50:38,935 --> 00:50:40,303 IN A WHILE. BUT IT'S BETTER 1617 00:50:40,303 --> 00:50:41,605 BEING OVER HERE. IT'S WELCOME TO 1618 00:50:41,605 --> 00:50:42,739 THE LEGISLATIVE FAMILY. WE'RE 1619 00:50:42,739 --> 00:50:44,107 REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. THANK 1620 00:50:44,107 --> 00:50:48,779 YOU. GREAT WORDS. THANK YOU. 1621 00:50:48,779 --> 00:50:49,446 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. UH, I'M 1622 00:50:49,446 --> 00:50:50,514 NOT COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ. DID 1623 00:50:50,514 --> 00:50:51,481 YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE 1624 00:50:51,481 --> 00:50:52,282 GOOD. OKAY, AWESOME. BECAUSE I 1625 00:50:52,282 --> 00:50:54,451 KNOW THAT THIS WAS OUR FIRST 1626 00:50:54,451 --> 00:50:57,821 MEETING. UH, YOU HAVE BEEN 1627 00:50:57,821 --> 00:50:58,355 SCHEDULING MEETINGS WITH 1628 00:50:58,355 --> 00:50:59,022 COUNCILMEMBERS THE LAST COUPLE 1629 00:50:59,022 --> 00:51:00,223 DAYS. HAS HAVE FLOWN IN FROM 1630 00:51:00,223 --> 00:51:01,758 BALTIMORE. SO REALLY APPRECIATE 1631 00:51:01,758 --> 00:51:04,061 IT. I'LL TELL YOU A COUPLE OF 1632 00:51:04,061 --> 00:51:07,664 THINGS WHY I, UM, I REALLY 1633 00:51:07,664 --> 00:51:08,532 APPRECIATED DEE AND, UM, TO ME, 1634 00:51:08,532 --> 00:51:12,169 IT WAS LIKE A NO BRAINER. THE 1635 00:51:12,169 --> 00:51:13,603 EXPERIENCE IN DALLAS AND 1636 00:51:13,603 --> 00:51:15,105 BALTIMORE, YOU KNOW, AS 1637 00:51:15,105 --> 00:51:16,339 ASSISTANT AUDITOR AND THEN IN 1638 00:51:16,339 --> 00:51:18,675 BALTIMORE AS THE AUDITOR, UH, 1639 00:51:18,675 --> 00:51:19,409 THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER 1640 00:51:19,409 --> 00:51:22,746 THE LAST, WHAT, 20 YEARS, 19, 20 1641 00:51:22,746 --> 00:51:24,614 YEARS THAT COMBINED THE LENGTH 1642 00:51:24,614 --> 00:51:25,282 OF TIME THAT YOU WERE THERE IN 1643 00:51:25,282 --> 00:51:26,983 BOTH OF THOSE CITIES, I FELT 1644 00:51:26,983 --> 00:51:28,185 LIKE YOU COULD COME IN HERE AND 1645 00:51:28,185 --> 00:51:29,986 JUST STEP IN AND BE ABLE TO, 1646 00:51:29,986 --> 00:51:32,722 LIKE, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. 1647 00:51:32,722 --> 00:51:33,890 OBVIOUSLY, THE CULTURE THAT WE 1648 00:51:33,890 --> 00:51:36,860 TALKED ABOUT WITH DAVID JONES 1649 00:51:36,860 --> 00:51:37,427 AND THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE 1650 00:51:37,427 --> 00:51:39,029 ALREADY, HOW, YOU KNOW, 1651 00:51:39,029 --> 00:51:41,131 CONTINUING A LOT OF THAT WORK 1652 00:51:41,131 --> 00:51:41,765 AND JUST LIKE ADJUSTING TO, YOU 1653 00:51:41,765 --> 00:51:44,434 KNOW, THE TIMES AND WHAT WE'RE 1654 00:51:44,434 --> 00:51:46,236 GOING THROUGH AND JUST BEING 1655 00:51:46,236 --> 00:51:48,004 NIMBLE WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I 1656 00:51:48,004 --> 00:51:49,773 ALSO FOUND YOU TO BE VERY DETAIL 1657 00:51:49,773 --> 00:51:52,509 ORIENTED, VERY DETAIL ORIENTED 1658 00:51:52,509 --> 00:51:54,911 AND STRUCTURED, INTELLIGENT, UM, 1659 00:51:54,911 --> 00:51:58,648 RESPECTED THROUGH THE INDUSTRY, 1660 00:51:58,648 --> 00:52:00,750 ALL THE PIECES THAT YOU WERE 1661 00:52:00,750 --> 00:52:01,618 PLEASANT TO BE AROUND AND AS 1662 00:52:01,618 --> 00:52:03,954 WELL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. UM, 1663 00:52:03,954 --> 00:52:08,859 AND YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION 1664 00:52:08,859 --> 00:52:10,560 DURING THE INTERVIEWS AND BEING 1665 00:52:10,560 --> 00:52:11,328 ABLE TO ARTICULATE AND, AND FOR 1666 00:52:11,328 --> 00:52:13,830 US TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, 1667 00:52:13,830 --> 00:52:14,931 SOMETIMES THE AUDITOR CAN GET 1668 00:52:14,931 --> 00:52:16,166 INTO THE WEEDS A LITTLE BIT ON 1669 00:52:16,166 --> 00:52:17,667 STUFF, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT BEING 1670 00:52:17,667 --> 00:52:20,003 ABLE TO PRESENT THAT IN A WAY 1671 00:52:20,003 --> 00:52:22,372 THAT'S PALATABLE FOR PEOPLE TO 1672 00:52:22,372 --> 00:52:24,274 UNDERSTAND WAS ONE OF THE MAIN 1673 00:52:24,274 --> 00:52:26,076 REASONS WHY I KNOW THAT I YOU 1674 00:52:26,076 --> 00:52:28,044 HAD MY VOTE IN THAT MEETING WITH 1675 00:52:28,044 --> 00:52:29,146 WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE 1676 00:52:29,146 --> 00:52:30,680 THAT WERE ON THE SEARCH 1677 00:52:30,680 --> 00:52:33,517 COMMITTEE. SO I REALLY WAS HAVE 1678 00:52:33,517 --> 00:52:35,218 LOOKED FORWARD TO HAVE 1679 00:52:35,218 --> 00:52:37,020 CONTINUING TO WORK WITH MY 1680 00:52:37,020 --> 00:52:38,788 COLLEAGUES. UM, AND THEN ALSO, 1681 00:52:38,788 --> 00:52:41,124 YOU KNOW, DURING THIS PROCESS, I 1682 00:52:41,124 --> 00:52:42,125 THINK WE RAN A REALLY GOOD 1683 00:52:42,125 --> 00:52:44,161 PROCESS TO, TO COME UP WITH SOME 1684 00:52:44,161 --> 00:52:45,629 EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR US TO 1685 00:52:45,629 --> 00:52:47,864 LOOK AT AND JUST REALLY EXCITED 1686 00:52:47,864 --> 00:52:49,833 TO START THIS PROCESS WITH YOU 1687 00:52:49,833 --> 00:52:52,836 FOR OUR NEW AUDITOR. SO, AND HOW 1688 00:52:52,836 --> 00:52:54,804 IMPORTANT IT IS TO AS WELL. UH, 1689 00:52:54,804 --> 00:52:56,740 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS SAID IT 1690 00:52:56,740 --> 00:52:57,741 ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. 1691 00:52:57,741 --> 00:52:59,976 IT'S THE BEST BRANCH. OF 1692 00:52:59,976 --> 00:53:02,145 GOVERNMENT. OKAY. UM, BUT A LOT 1693 00:53:02,145 --> 00:53:03,813 OF US, LIKE YOU SAID, ARE, ARE 1694 00:53:03,813 --> 00:53:06,249 INDEPENDENT. AND I THINK ALSO TO 1695 00:53:06,249 --> 00:53:08,418 YOU UNDERSTANDING HOW TO MANAGE 1696 00:53:08,418 --> 00:53:09,286 THE NINE PEOPLE AND 1697 00:53:09,286 --> 00:53:11,188 PERSONALITIES AND THEIR GOALS. 1698 00:53:11,188 --> 00:53:12,756 UM, WE LOVE THAT ANSWER AS WELL. 1699 00:53:12,756 --> 00:53:14,691 SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER FINAL 1700 00:53:14,691 --> 00:53:16,259 COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE? 1701 00:53:16,259 --> 00:53:19,029 THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I LOOK 1702 00:53:19,029 --> 00:53:19,829 FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS, I 1703 00:53:19,829 --> 00:53:21,965 THINK, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ON 1704 00:53:21,965 --> 00:53:24,467 OCTOBER 9th OR SEVENTH FOR THE 1705 00:53:24,467 --> 00:53:26,002 COUNCIL MEETING. RIGHT? THE 1706 00:53:26,002 --> 00:53:29,372 EIGHTH? YES, OCTOBER THE 8th, 1707 00:53:29,372 --> 00:53:30,507 UH, FOR FOR THE NEXT STEPS. ONE 1708 00:53:30,507 --> 00:53:31,875 THING, IF YOU COULD ANSWER FOR 1709 00:53:31,875 --> 00:53:33,243 THE PUBLIC AND I KNOW THAT, UM, 1710 00:53:33,243 --> 00:53:35,579 WE'RE, WE HAVE RUNNING ON TIME 1711 00:53:35,579 --> 00:53:38,448 HERE, BUT ONE THING, IF YOU 1712 00:53:38,448 --> 00:53:40,183 COULD ANSWER FOR THE PUBLIC OFF 1713 00:53:40,183 --> 00:53:42,219 THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, SOMETHING 1714 00:53:42,219 --> 00:53:43,887 THAT LIKE YOU FEEL, UM, WHAT 1715 00:53:43,887 --> 00:53:45,855 YOU'RE GOING TO BRING FOR THE 1716 00:53:45,855 --> 00:53:47,023 PUBLIC AS AN AUDITOR, WHAT CAN 1717 00:53:47,023 --> 00:53:48,892 THEY SEE WHEN THEY SEE YOU? LIKE 1718 00:53:48,892 --> 00:53:50,026 THE TRUST WHEN THEY SEE A REPORT 1719 00:53:50,026 --> 00:53:51,494 COMING OUT OF THE AUDITOR'S 1720 00:53:51,494 --> 00:53:53,129 OFFICE, WHAT WILL THEY KNOW 1721 00:53:53,129 --> 00:53:58,969 ABOUT THAT REPORT? WELL, I 1722 00:53:58,969 --> 00:54:01,905 ALWAYS TRY TO ESTABLISH, UM 1723 00:54:01,905 --> 00:54:08,645 BALANCED REPORT. UM AND UM. WITH 1724 00:54:08,645 --> 00:54:10,847 MY 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UM I 1725 00:54:10,847 --> 00:54:12,983 CAN BRING UM DIFFERENT TYPES OF 1726 00:54:12,983 --> 00:54:15,018 AUDITS WHICH CAN BE ALIGNED WITH 1727 00:54:15,018 --> 00:54:17,220 THE CITY'S MISSION AND VISION 1728 00:54:17,220 --> 00:54:18,922 AND THE CURRENT CHALLENGES THAT 1729 00:54:18,922 --> 00:54:21,057 THE CITY IS HAVING. UH, 1730 00:54:21,057 --> 00:54:23,093 SIMILARLY, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER 1731 00:54:23,093 --> 00:54:23,793 TWO CITIES THAT I WORK WITH, YOU 1732 00:54:23,793 --> 00:54:27,364 KNOW, WE HAD CHALLENGES IN TERMS 1733 00:54:27,364 --> 00:54:30,767 OF, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY, 1734 00:54:30,767 --> 00:54:32,435 HOME HOMELESSNESS, UM, GUN 1735 00:54:32,435 --> 00:54:34,004 VIOLENCE, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 1736 00:54:34,004 --> 00:54:37,173 AND I HAD EXPERIENCE, UM, IN 1737 00:54:37,173 --> 00:54:40,343 THOSE AREAS, UH, LOOKING AT 1738 00:54:40,343 --> 00:54:43,613 DIFFERENT, UH, YOU KNOW, LENSES. 1739 00:54:43,613 --> 00:54:45,548 AND I AM READY TO BRING THOSE 1740 00:54:45,548 --> 00:54:48,218 EXPERIENCE AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE 1741 00:54:48,218 --> 00:54:49,352 CITY OF SEATTLE. AWESOME. THANK 1742 00:54:49,352 --> 00:54:50,553 YOU FOR THAT. D REALLY 1743 00:54:50,553 --> 00:54:52,822 APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WELL 1744 00:54:52,822 --> 00:54:55,191 THANK YOU. OCTOBER 8th IS OUR 1745 00:54:55,191 --> 00:54:56,893 NEXT MEETING. SO YOU WILL 1746 00:54:56,893 --> 00:54:58,061 CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE MEETINGS 1747 00:54:58,061 --> 00:55:00,563 WITH COUNCILMEMBERS. AND THEN I 1748 00:55:00,563 --> 00:55:02,465 ALSO HAVE CIRCULATED QUESTIONS. 1749 00:55:02,465 --> 00:55:03,933 THEY ARE BEING CIRCULATED. I 1750 00:55:03,933 --> 00:55:06,703 WON'T SAY I HAVE THEY ARE BEING 1751 00:55:06,703 --> 00:55:07,337 CIRCULATED AROUND TO MAKE SURE 1752 00:55:07,337 --> 00:55:08,271 THAT YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE AS 1753 00:55:08,271 --> 00:55:11,608 WELL. SO PEOPLE CAN FEEL GOOD 1754 00:55:11,608 --> 00:55:13,143 ABOUT THE CONFIRMATION. SO THANK 1755 00:55:13,143 --> 00:55:14,311 YOU. ALL RIGHT. AWESOME. WELL 1756 00:55:14,311 --> 00:55:15,378 THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARUSHI. 1757 00:55:15,378 --> 00:55:17,547 THANK YOU'D LOOKING FORWARD TO 1758 00:55:17,547 --> 00:55:19,449 CONTINUING TO WORK TOGETHER. 1759 00:55:19,449 --> 00:55:22,118 OKAY, SO OCTOBER 8th, SPECIAL 1760 00:55:22,118 --> 00:55:24,521 GOVERNANCE MEETING. WE HAVE D 1761 00:55:24,521 --> 00:55:28,692 MAUNG, WHO WILL BE UP FOR OUR 1762 00:55:28,692 --> 00:55:29,225 CITY AUDITOR THROUGH THE 1763 00:55:29,225 --> 00:55:30,560 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH AND THEN THE 1764 00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:32,562 MAYOR'S NOMINATION FOR CTO. 1765 00:55:32,562 --> 00:55:34,631 SMITH, OUR INFORMATION 1766 00:55:34,631 --> 00:55:35,298 TECHNOLOGY PERSON AS WELL. THANK 1767 00:55:35,298 --> 00:55:37,367 YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIR. 1768 00:55:37,367 --> 00:55:42,038 THANK YOU, THANK YOU, TEAM. AND 1769 00:55:42,038 --> 00:55:43,773 YOU ARE MY TEAMMATES. THIS 1770 00:55:43,773 --> 00:55:45,675 BRINGS US TO THE END OF 1771 00:55:45,675 --> 00:55:46,576 SEPTEMBER 17th. GOVERNANCE AND 1772 00:55:46,576 --> 00:55:48,111 UTILITIES MEETING. I DO WANT TO 1773 00:55:48,111 --> 00:55:49,779 SAY, COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS, 1774 00:55:49,779 --> 00:55:50,980 SINCE YOU ARE MY TEAMMATE, IF 1775 00:55:50,980 --> 00:55:52,248 YOU CAME LATE TO PRACTICE, WE 1776 00:55:52,248 --> 00:55:55,185 WOULD ALL HAVE TO RUN A SET OF 1777 00:55:55,185 --> 00:55:56,786 LINES. NO, WE CAN GO RUN OUT IN 1778 00:55:56,786 --> 00:55:58,321 THE HALLWAY AFTER THIS AND MORE 1779 00:55:58,321 --> 00:55:58,955 THAN WE RUN A SET A LINE. I JUST 1780 00:55:58,955 --> 00:56:01,024 WANT TO. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW 1781 00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:01,725 THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO RUN A SET 1782 00:56:01,725 --> 00:56:04,961 OF LINES BECAUSE OF YOU. 1783 00:56:04,961 --> 00:56:06,129 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS. I'M. I'M 1784 00:56:06,129 --> 00:56:07,297 MESSING WITH YOU. UM, I'M GONNA 1785 00:56:07,297 --> 00:56:08,398 NEED THAT GRACE FOR THE BUDGET 1786 00:56:08,398 --> 00:56:10,333 MEETING, SO I WON'T, I YEAH, SO 1787 00:56:10,333 --> 00:56:11,267 LET ME JUST KEEP THAT IN THE 1788 00:56:11,267 --> 00:56:12,769 BOOKS FOR ME. JUST IN THE BACK. 1789 00:56:12,769 --> 00:56:14,704 OF YOUR POCKET. THANK YOU ALL 1790 00:56:14,704 --> 00:56:15,538 RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK 1791 00:56:15,538 --> 00:56:16,773 YOU TO MY COMMITTEE COLLEAGUES 1792 00:56:16,773 --> 00:56:19,442 FOR ALL YOUR WORK TODAY. WE HAVE 1793 00:56:19,442 --> 00:56:22,345 NO IF THERE'S NO OTHER ITEMS TO 1794 00:56:22,345 --> 00:56:23,580 COME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, THIS 1795 00:56:23,580 --> 00:56:25,515 MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THAT 1796 00:56:25,515 --> 00:56:26,149 CONCLUDES OUR SEPTEMBER 17th 1797 00:56:26,149 --> 00:56:27,817 MEETING. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT 1798 00:56:27,817 --> 00:56:30,053 MEETING IS SCHEDULED OCTOBER 8th 1799 00:56:30,053 --> 00:56:31,621 AT 9:30 A.M.. WE ONLY HAVE TWO 1800 00:56:31,621 --> 00:56:33,456 AGENDA ITEMS. THOSE ARE THE 1801 00:56:33,456 --> 00:56:35,492 CONFIRMATIONS APPOINTMENTS THAT 1802 00:56:35,492 --> 00:56:37,327 WE HAVE AT 9:30 A.M. ON OCTOBER 1803 00:56:37,327 --> 00:56:38,828 THE 8th, HEARING NO FURTHER 1804 00:56:38,828 --> 00:56:39,963 BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED. IT 1805 00:56:39,963 --> 00:56:42,432 IS 3:06 P.M.. THANK YOU 1806 00:56:42,432 --> 00:56:46,002 COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. 1807 00:56:46,002 --> 00:56:53,810 THANK.